The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-09-08

going train. returning to their home
at Albert ca, MINI.
I'm always doin' samethin' " SAYS
the Sap Head. Opera house Sept. 8.
Edward Conley, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Conley, who has been
spending bis summer vacation at home.
returned to Milwaukee to resume bis
studies in st Francis school.
Specimens of ripe corr are beginning
to be brought to the city from the fields
of Lake county and they are fine ears.
The weather has been snperb for ma
turing corn. and it is estimated that
there is not q field iu the county that
is not safe from frost.
Yesterday was a delightfully."- cool
day following a stretch of two weeks
of extreme heat. Automobiles were
olt in full force enjoying the cool
breeZes and Swimming over the 6ne
country roads. There are over 400
automobiles owned in Lake county ac-
cording to the tax returns, and it can
be imagined something is doing when
they all get in motion on q perfect
day like yesterday.
Geo. Gum. aged about 40 years,
died at Madison hospital yesterday
morning. the result Of sunstroke. De.
ceased had been employed by Hugh
Smith of Howard training racing hors-
es at Ruskin Park and was brought 10
the hospital last Wednesday. The re-
mains were removed to Hallenbeck's
undertaking rooms where they await
instructions from Mr.. Smith who is
in Huion serving as superintendent
OF the speed department at the state
fair.
A good preventive for hog cholera is
to make a square tank of plank, a foot
deep and 8 or 10 feet across. that will
hold water. Fill with a mixture of
water and DIR. Hess Dip and disinfec-
tant. Let the hogs wallow in it. This
is the latest. Get DIR. Hess Dip at
Osborn's Drug Store.
Bird dogs are popular pets Just now
and some handsome specimens are be-
ing trained by Madison sportsmen for
the hunting season which opens
Wednesday, Sept. 10. Prairie chick.
ems are said to be quite plentiful in
this vicinity this year, the birds hay-
ing been inspected by sportsmen afeid
tanning their dogs. So far this sea-
son $50 hunters licenses have been
Issued, a somewhat less number than
at the same date last year, but Treas
ureI Rohrer will probably be kept busy
writing licenses during the next few
days.
Cotton dispatch: The dairymen's
meeting which was held here Friday
was a big SUCCESS. More than ESQ
farmers were in attendance. Prof
Van Pelt of Waterloo gave an interest.
ing lecture The meeting was held In
a large tent and the COW TO be dem.
onstrated upon was put on a table
where all could see and the speaker
went over the animal point by point
showing the dairy COW in comparison
with tLe poor dairy animal. Prof.
Larson OF BrookiDgs was on the pro
gram but he wss attending a similar
meeting at Belle Fourcbe. At the
close OF the program Paul Brown of
Hartford. secretary of the organiza-
ton, announced that the next quarter
ly meeting would be held some time
during the present month.
Discussing the seed corn proposition
the state experiment station states that
seed corn that is picked at the proper
time gives much better results than
corn that is picked too early or too
late. The seed should be picked
when the husks have turned brown
and the kernels are firmly dented.
In Iowa tbs test shows that properly
picked and stored seed COIN germin-
ated 30 per cent whereas that picked
either too early or too late terminated
from "A per cent to rs per cent. The
proper time to pick corn ia South Da.
kota is on or before the 10th of Sep
TENDER. Our frost record shows that
we can expect a freeze along about
this time. Some SEASONS il 10 delayed
but we can not depend upon this. All
corn that is picked before the frost and
stored in a dry, we'll ventilated room
will give double the results next