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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-01-31
Knockers.
lRy K. K.l

Knockers are class OF animals
crossed between snake and q long
cared auto honking quadruped. They
are labeled human beings but are
seldom taken for such by those who
are personally acquainted with them.
When they form together In any as
sembly their chatter sounds like q
bunch OF dishwashers on a strike, on
ly more SO. Let a bunch nf Knockers
get together in small circle, say
some sewing circle or post-0ffice gang
and they can ruin more people seem
ingly then all the scandals ever put
out by the ''4OO'' They are known
by their slippery tongue and their
powers Of telling straight, honest to
God lie and can shame any registered
"bad man" by their christian like"
spirit towards their fellow men or
women.
II Knockers we're eliminated In
this world, all would be one continual
round Of pleasure but as 1t is, you are
forced TO put the high sign on all you
know and guess at the rest, and even
then you lose out OH the friend ques-
tion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-01-31

seventy cents.
The space of silage compared with
hay Is an important feature, a cubic
foot Of hay weighs five pounds, while
cubic foot Of silage in a thirty foot
silo weighs thirty nine and siy-tenths
pounds; a cubic foot OF hay contains
four and thirty pounds dry
matter while the same area of silage
contains ten and forty-tive hundreds
pounds of dry matter.
Cattle fed on silage keep in better
condition than when fed on any other
feed In feeding beef cattle there are
by far better results received from
feeding silage than any other feed, it
makes better quality of meat, causes
finer hair and skin and better appear
ing animals throughout, silage is the
nearest feed to natural feed that can
be secured Grass is the best tsummer
feed while silage Is a mighty close
competitor.
L. j. LAWSON.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-01-31
Story of "KindIineo

Theft is the theme Charles Kenyon
has used in his remarkable play
"Kindling" which is to be presented
here, but the motive is not the old
one OF woman stealing because of a
desire to keep up appearances. Maggie
Schultz steals to save her child from
being born amid the squalor OF the
slums. Maggie sees babies weak, un-
healthy little mites of humanity
fighting for life in sunless rooms and
filthy streets. Her husband, in ign0r-
ance, filings the danger OF mother
hood In her face. Tenement workers
warn her, and the broad plains OF the
west loom up as a haven Of strength
for her expected offspring. 1t is thus
that She listens TO temptation and
consents to help rob the owner of the
tenements around her. Her reward is
funds enough to start west in time.
The crime committed, the gradual
discovery OF her part in it by her
husband, leads up TO the great scene
of the play. 1t is in this that he drags
from her, word by word, her confess
sion: breaks down her weak fabric OF
lies and, overwhelmed with love, torn
by shame, learns he is sto become a
father Then. with elemental instinct
he becomes the shielder. The victim
OF the robbery has yet to be appeased.
Maggie's part in the crime transpires.
and this victim, a woman of society,
is brought face to face with the
ten ptations of struggling mother
hood. In eight OF the weeping woman
the veneer of the drawing room is
cracked by the swelling heart beneath
Sarah Padden, who will be seen in
the role OF Maggie, Is said to give
remarkably true picture ia woman
who suffered because of her environ
ment. The others of the cast includ-
Ing William Macauley and Alice
Ringing are ofthe usual United Play
Company standard Saturday night
Feb. l. Kennedy Opera.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-01-31

much and could be purchased at from
$4 to 81 pc ton Last winter it was
snapped up at from $16 to $40 per ton
This set men to thinking, and the re-
suit Is the introduction of the silo.
Ensilage as feed is equally relished
by horses, cows, chickens and hogs,
all vying with each other to get out
side of all in sight.
Not only is ensilage cheaper feed,
but it is superior to any hay with
the exception of alfalfa. 1t produces
a greater flow of q deliciously favored
milk, while the yield per acre is from
eight TO ten times that Of tame hay.
The cost of filling is If anything
cheaper than the harvesting of hay,
running from fifty to sixty cents per
ton. This is the most important fea-
ture. A silo Is by 32 will feed 26 cows
six months. 1t takes from IL to Is
acres to fill one OF the above capacity.
Thus 2S to 30 acres will feed 26 head
of cows 365 days, whereas with the
prevailing method of pasture and hay
land, it would have required 30 acres
of pasture and like amount of
ground for hay.
This is what the silo does 1t doubl-
es the size of mans farm by giving
him the opportunity to use for crop
ping the land formerly used for pas
ture and meadow. 1t is money max
er, for it utilizes every part OF the
corn crop making the stalk of equal
value with the ear.
In conclusion, it will induce men to
raise cattle and keep cows, thus re-
turning to the land In fertilizer al
most as much as has been taken from
it. This with rotation Of crops will
insure better returns, greater comfort
and the latter ought to act as an in
ducement for our yonng men and boys
to remain upon the farm.
Respectfully submitted,
HANS PEARSON
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-01-31
Why Not?

1t is very gratifying to see the gen.
eral awakening throughout the coun-
try for better farming with farm lands
at one hundred dollars per acre 1t be-
hooveS us to get in step for more
scientific method In order to get larg-
er crops and better results for our
labors. Many counties and in some
instances the railroads are sharing in
the expense of employing experts in
each county that will give practical
instructions with view OF getting
the best possible results from the soil.
Lincoln county is one OF the oldest
and richest farming counties in the
state. 1t was the pioneer in the move
ment for the breeding Of seed corn
and was the. first to interest the farm
er and his children in corn contests
which have now spread all over the
state, some OF those who led of In
this movement having sold their
farms or ceased to give active atten-
tion to them. There is danger of our
county ioosing its prestage In this
noble work unless something is speed
lily done to keep US in the lead. In
this connection might it not be 3
wise and profitable move to improve
the poor farm and hire a practical
and scientific man or Superintendent
who would be at the beck and call Of
any farmer In the county who might
require information about anything
On or about his farm? Under the pre-
sent law the county commissioners
have discretionary power and could
pay sufficient salary to attract tn
best talent, and the best Is none
great for Lincoln county. A
saving to the tax payer might
made by keeping the poor on tho
as originally Intended instead u-
ing home rent and board herthar
there as now practiced. We nope
the wideawake farmer will give tin
suggestions their best thoughts ai
discuss the proposition with th.
members Of the board OF commission
ers who are ever awake to the best
interest OF the county.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-01-31

! forty. four tons: sixty head, diameter
twenty three and two-tenths feet,
silage weight two hundred and six
teen tons; for eighty head, diameter
twenty four and eight-tenths feet,
silage weight two hundred and eighty
eight tons; and for one hundred head,
diameter twenty seven and seven
tenths feet, silage weight three
hundred and sixty tons.
There is much economy in knowing
the hest sizes to build silos, for in
stance silo thirty six feet deep will
store five times as much as one twelve
feet deep, due to the greater COM
pactness OF the stored mass, and a
silo twenty feet in diameter will hold
four times as much as one having
half that diameter and will cost but
twice as much to build it.
In building silo there should be a
pit dug and hard bottom Is most
preferable, this should not be dug
over six feet deep as it is hard to get
Silage out of the bottom and pits dug
any deeper have not proved to be of
any advantage
When once started TO ill, it should
be finished before leaving for any
length of time, as it will mold.
The cylindrical form of silo is the
best to build being that it can be
built more substantial and is more
economical OF building material and
it has no corners in which silage is
apt to freeze and stick to the sides,
this especially must be avoided.
The cost of silage is not great, the
entire cost of ton of corn silage in
cluding the land rent, cost Of fertili-
zers, and labor involved in growing
and ensiling the crop is one dollar and
twenty cents, while the cost per ton
to store in silo is approximately
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-01-31
The Silo.

Three reasons why every farmer
ought to have silo:
l. 1T makes the cornstalk Of equal
value with the ear.
=. 1t encourages stock-raiSing and
dairying.
3. 1t will result in enriching the soil
With the raise in the price OF land,
a new proposition confronts the farm
erS Of this and other counties of our
state how to make a farm pay out.
Hay in our county seldom yields more
than one ton per acre. 1t takes quite
meadow to provide feed for the
horses needed to work a quarter Sec
tion, to say nothing of trying to raise
cattle, and the ground necessary for
pasture. Formerly, hay did not bring
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-01-31
Silo Construction.

The construction of silas is some
thing that is being encouraged very
much. Up to the last few years silos
have not been looked upon with as
much favor as they are today, and
the sooner there is a sio on every
farm the better it will be for the
country in general
Dairying is one Of, if not the most
profitable industries OF the present
day and cannot be carried on ex-
tenSively without silO. Not only in
portance, but it is used very salts
factory in the preparing of animals
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-01-31

for the market.
In the construction of silo there
must be different conditions takeI
into consideration, among the mos,
important is the kind Of one to be
built, there are several kinds, but the
one found to prove most satisfactory
Is the REINFORCED concrete, with a
dead air space. the stave silo is a good
silo but it has not proven as good as
the concrete. In order to receive
best results, and hoops of stave silc
should be frightened in dry weather
and when it is empty, as it will dry
out and allow air to enter, at the
time Of filling they must be loosened
to allow expansion.
constructing silo the size Is an
important feature to be considered
this may be determined by knowing
the mum Der and kind of animals to be
fed from it.
Two inches of silage should be re.
moved daily from the exposed sur
face. Two inches Of ordinary corn
silage weighs about three pounds per
square foot near the top, while at the
bottom it will weigh ten pounds due
to the com pactness. On this basis a
proper feeding area maybe placed at
about five square feet per COW daily,
and will give the best results.
The following figures have proven
of much interest in the construction
of a silo as to size. Where silage is
fed at the rate Of two inches per day,
the depth of the silo being thirty
feet and enough silage TO feed thirty
head for six months, the diameter
should be fifteen and two tenths
feet, silage weight one hundred and
eight tonsfor f,r5y heal the diamet
er should be seventeen and five-tenthS
feet, silage weight one hundred and
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-01-31
Buff Orpingtons
Edwin Hammitt

L Edwin Hammltt
, Carl Christopherson
Rhode Island Reds
] Chris GrevlOs
Leghorns
l Ole Rikensrud
? Geo. Tinglum
Partridge Cochins
Mrs. John Overseth
2 EricK Jacobson
White Wyandotts
J. l.. Stauffacher
= X. l.. Knudson
Houdans
Elmer Feldman
BrahmaS
| f. l.. Arnold
English Red Caps
Carl ChristopherSon
Special Prize for Pens of chickens
by one Exhibitor f. l.. Minis
SW KES.
For best Cock any breed Arne Chris
topherson
Best Cockerel u Pulletts c Gre vlos
Sto Essay, lie Roy Laxson
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-01-31
Score Gard.

Exhibitors may obtain their their
score cards by calling at once Of
Farmers ElevatorC o. These rocorda
are yaluablo for roforonca.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-01-31


winners in their respective classes:
PRIZE WINNERS.
TEN EAR CLASS
Score.
|. C.J. Nelson, Eden Twp 81
2. Albert Bergren, Eden Twp S5.5
}. Richard Boutwell, Canton 1913
4. Frank Millett, Eden 1913
>. Martin Pearson, Norway 1914
&. H. e. Herbrandson, Norway 19.l
7. Homandperg Bros. Canton 779
s. H. M. Hanson III
9. Carl Reierson, Highland TL6
TO- Albert Lorenson, 749
IL Julius Hanson, Lynn al
r. r. Rrynjulson, Highland 1873
13 w. L. Millage, Canton 1871
IA. Elmer Johnson, Highland 1876
Is. c. Christopherson, Canton 73. 8
Is. Axel Johnson, Eden 1'4
II. o. A. Knutson, Highland l3
IS. Roy Millage, Dayton l2'9
10. Geo. Tinglum, Canton 12.5
20. Paul Kleppe, Highland 1913
Il. Hans PEARSON, norway -
%. Melvin Sundvold, Canton Ill
%. Erick Skamfer, Highland ia
"a. Ed Shebal, LaValley I,3
%. John G. Lee, Canton I.2
26. John Holdal, Grant 20
81. o. o. Rikensrud, Canton 7o.l
%. e. K Nessa, Canton 10
% T 7 Furgeson, Canton 69.S
30. G. b. Strand, Canton $50
81. Ole SteenSland, Canton 69.3
81 M. O. Nicholson, Canton 692
33. e. 3. Warner, Canton 6S 5
"a. A. Christopherson, Canton 6e.l
30. M. Vareide, Lincoln 67s
SINGLE EAR CLASS.
| Axel Johnson 'o'o
Paul BankSon 100
James BankSon l2.S
f S. Carter ga
5 A. l.. Stewart ~
& NJ O Nicholson H.
Robert Raver 69,7
8 G. j. Nelson rs
9 julius Hanson 669
10 e. d. Warner 66 4
IL p. Eliason TO-
II Jas r. Norton ia 3
l3 Melvin Sundvold ia
IA w. l.. Millage % =
Is A. e. Torkelson 64.l
l6 John Cederstrum 65.a
II Paul Kleppe " y
Is /. Stangeland oz.e
10 Clarence Falde 62.
20 Elmer Johnson oz.4
81 o. A. Knutson "-.'
., Car, f,hristopherson 62 2
% H. ". Roeness %
GRAIN.
Winter Wheat
Carl Reierson
2 II. Brynjulson
Spring Wheat
julius Hanson
Omar Hokenstad
}Oats
f. y. Warner
> oliver Ulrikson
Barley
Mark Enehoe
y A. II. Helvig
POTATOES.
Late Varieties
Homandbers Bros
II. NJ. Hanson
Early Varieties
Hans Pearson
6. w Dixon
POULTRY.
Barred plymouth Rocks
John johnson
n M. Hanson
White Plymouth ROCKS
Irwin Seapy
Black Langshans
Donald Fitch
Buff Cochins
l. John Veenstra
2 Elmer Feldman
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-17
IRISH POTATOES
TAKE SHARP RISE
Virginia Crop Said toBe Ex-
hausted and Western Crop
Is Yet Immature

The Norris avenue marSet~on Irish po-
tatoes yesterday experienced sharp rise.
This vegetable is now quoted at St.1o1i15
and there Is prospect of another advance
SOON. The Virginia crop is said to be ex-
hausted and the western crop is yet im-
mature The resultant shortage is assign
ed as the reason for the present price.
Business In the produce market yester-
day was fairly brisk. Sugar pears Will
arrive today and it is thought the de-
mand will be heavy. This sweet little pear
Is very popular in Birmingham and large
sales are made every season.
oysters are now selling at sl.5o s165
and S1.S5 as against s1.9O a few days ago.
This Is the only change that has been
made in the fish market for some weeks.
oysters come in three grades and the
price of s1.S5 is a reduction of only d cents
on the first grade.
1t is said that there are but few
chickens on the market. A shipment
was received yesterday, but the demand
is slow. AS one dealer put it, the peo-
pie seem to be getting tired of chicken
and the prevailing high prices also haze
tendency to lessen the demand No
changes in the prices OF eggs are regis
tered.
Creamery butter was advanced cent on
the pound yesterday, ana it is said the
market is strong. An advance in the
near future would occasion no surprise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-17
DALLAS WILL NOT
BUILD DANEW JAIL
Commissioners Decide to
Repair the Present
Structure
Selma.

Selma. September 16-(SpeciaL) }
The court of county commissioners of
Dallas county will build no new jail
here in the near future. was the deci-
sion reached by that body in session
Monday morning. The meeting was an
adjourned session and was called for
the purpose of hearing the report of
the jail committee which went TO An
niston last week to inspect the CAL
houn county Jail
After hearing the report submitted
by the jail committee the court decided
to begin work at once in repairing
the present Jail to meet the require
ments as set forth in the recommends
tions of DR. w. H. Oates. state jail
and prison inspector.
With the present Jail put in good
condition according to the recent rec
concentrations of DR. Oates, the Dali
las county officials contend there Will
be no necessity for new jail TO be
erected for several years to come. The
repair work upon the jail will be
started the latter part of this week.
The repairing of the Jail, according
to the recommendations set forth by
DR.. Oates, will cost the county several
thousand dollars and with the eXpendi-
ture of that amount the Jail will be
almost as good as a new structure of
it's kind and will hold all of the pris-
oners of the county for years to come
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-17
OPERATIONS ON-THE
LONG SIDE RESUMED
Only Indifferent Success
Met-Little Enthusiasm
in Rise in Leaders

New York. September 16.-Opera-
tions on the long side We're resumed
In the stock market today. They met
with Indifferent success. The posi-
ton of the market having been
strengthened in the realizing yester-
day following last weeks advance,
bulls sought to bring about con-
tinuation of the movement forward.
The pronounced rise of few leaders
failed to arouse enthusiasm and trad
ing lacked the breadth of last week.
Reading apparently was selected by
common consent as tho leader in at
tempts to bid up the list Copper shares
TOO were in favor by reason of the fur
ther decrease in European supplies and
the advancing price of the metal.
Reading under the spur of consistent
bidding mounted more than ; points
to 169h, the highest figure OF the
year. Amalgamated also made a new
nigh record for the year by rising :
points to So1s. Canadian Pacific ad-
vanced points. Various other stan
dard shares made gains of point or
more but fluctuations We're variable.
Toward the close selling pressure be-
came greater and gains were mostly
eliminated. There We're a few points
of weakness. New Haven fell to a
new low record at S9A.
The rising tendency of the money
market operated against continuation
of the active bull movement. Money
rates, which were advanced yesterday
all around, held strong today roreign
exchange rates again weakened and
there was much discussion of the pos
sibility of gold imports.
Most leading bonds were inclined to
sell off but there were points of
strength among the less active issues
Total sales par value, $1,537,oo0. Unit
ed States IS registered declined u and
the As registered 4 on call. Sales of
the IS registered were made at 9S7s
compard with 97% yesterday and 9sh
last week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-17
COTTON QUIET AND
: RATHER NARROW
Both Sides Await Outcome
of Clark Amendment and
Spot Situation

New Orleans September 16-The cotton
market was quiet and rather narrow to-
day. 1t was much of a waiting proposi-
ton, both sides wanting more light on
the spot situation and also ON the chances
Of the Clarke amendment being changed
In the early trading bears were somewhat
aggressive, but they were run to cover
by the weekly weather reports which
We're more unfavorable than expected,
and were the main bullish influence of
the day.
The opening was steady at a decline of
to points. Cables were not up to ex-
peetations, and the weather map was
comparatively dry, SO far as Texas and
Oklahoma were concerned The forecast
of more dry weather for these two states
stimulated selling after the call and prices
We're put points under yesterdays S
close. This was the low of the day.
Buying for long account set in and was
increased by the weekly weather reports
which made special mention of exces-
sive rains and low tempara lures In the
western belt with notice Of frost at one
point in Texas. Following these reports
there was considerable short covering
and In the early afternoon prices were 6
tc II points over yesterdays last quota
tions. Late in the session sealping longs
were profit takers, and their offerings
weighed against the market somewhat
Tie close was steady. points up to 4
Paints down compared with the close Of
yesterday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-17
COTTON MARKET IS
MODERATELY ACTIVE
Fluctuations Suggest Nerv-
Gus and Unsettled
Sentiment

New York September 16.--The cot
ton market was not more than mod
erately active today and fluctuations
were irregular enough to suggest rath-
er a nervous and unsettled sentiment.
a feeling was expressed around the
ring that advances above IL cents
thought out freer offerings from ten
south and caused withdrawn OF
trade buying orders. On the other manu-
there were many predictions OF an IN
creasing demand from spinners on de-
cline while further bullish crop re-
ports were received from the territory
affected by recent southern storms,
and the weekly report of the weather
bureau was consideged more bullish
than otherwise. Early losses were more
than recovered rs result OF these
conditions. but prices weakened again
under realizing or scattered selling
with the close steady net points low
er TO l point higher. The news from
Washington left the trade uncertain
as to the probable fate of the cotton
futures provisions of the tariff bill
but on the whole encouraged hope
that the present bill would be consid-
erably modified if it was not entirely
eliminated, and this may have contrib
uted to the midday advance. Gables
were about as due although private
advices from Liverpool reported in
creased hedge selling and slack spot
demand, partly as the result of rail-
road strike. The market opened steady
at anadyance of 2 points TO a decline
of points and sold to points net
lower on the early break In liquida-
ton and scattering pressure from local
or southern sources. Prospects for
clearing weather in the southwest
probably helped the decline, but the
market soon rallied, selling about to
II points net. higher after the pubiica-
ton of the weekly weather report. Or
fering increased around 1920 for De-
cember and the close was 10 or IL
points from the best. Private wires
reported a strike of 1ongshoremen at
Galveston, which had tied up the Snip
ping at that point and 1t was rumored
during the afternoon that considerable
cotton was coming from Atlantic states
for delivery on October contract in New
York, where the certificated stock Is
now less than 5000 bales
New York Cotton Futures
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-17
Interior Cotton Movement

Houston: Steady; middling, l3 3-a6ci
net receipts, 22,43S; gross receipts a.
4ss;s shipments. 2o,4os; sales, S72li
stock, 6s,075.
Augusta: Steady; middling, IL 13-16ci
net receipts, 3043; gross receipts, 1878;
shipments, 1919; sales, 2370; stock, 49,
454
Memphis Steady; middling, 13c; net
receipts, 279; gross receipts, 430; ship
ments, $685. sales, 525; stock, 11,775.
st. Louis: Firm; middling, 12Ac; net
receipts, l. gross receipts, 343; ship
ments, 1859; stock, 1920.
receipts, 206; shipments, 267 stock
20,104.
Little Rock: quiet; middling, 12Nci
net receipts, $50; gross receipts, $50
stock, 1861.
Greenville: Steady; middling. 12&c.
Totals today: Net receipts, 26,347
gross receipts. 27.070 shipments, 2f,-
367; sales, 6616; stock, 126,22s