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Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-02-13
No Need TO Stop Work

When the doctor orders you to stop
work it staggers you. 1 can't you say.
You know you are weak, run down and
failing in health day by day, but you
must work aS long as you can stanl.
What you need is Electric Bitters To give
tone, strength and vigor to your system,
To prevent break down and build you up
Don't be weak, sickly or ailing when
Electric Bitters will benefit you from the
first dose Thousands bless them ior
their glorious health and strength. Try
them. Every bottle is guaranteed to
satisfy Only soc at All Druggists.
(Adv.)
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-02-13

Cats have nine lives. they say. The
cats don't say It, OF course; people
do. AS a matter OF fact cat lives
to be about fifteen years old. II It is
we'll taken care OF. and a dogs life is
OF about the same length Horses live
to be thirty or more years OF age
A lion may see seventy years pass
by: an elephant can often count his
years by hundreds II he is an edu-
Gated elephant: and Il is said thai
whales live close to 1000 when they
keep out OF the way OF harpoons
Turtles are also long lived creatures
the more so. 1t seems. the larger they
are
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-02-13
Mothers Can Safely Buy

Dr Kings New Discovery and give it
to the little ones when ailing and suffer
ing with colds, coughs, throat or lung
troubles, tastes nice, harmless once USED
always used. Mrs Bruce Crawford, Ma
gra. Mo. writes: Or Kings New Dis
covery changed our boy from pale, weak
sick boy 10 the picture OF health. Al
ways helps Buy il at All Druggists
(Adv.)
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-02-13

Continued from First Page)
dry and the seed has not matured hardly make
light irrigation Unless meadow ground has
feed apart Forty should be the extreme
and twenty-five thirty for this that
the head OF your cougaons get too much the
little your feed bitches far your
land This another matter where judgment
Cutting Threshing
The containing cut with an ordinary mower with
wndrower attached the clover out of the av
OF the horses and machine the ground
the wndrow the either directly the machine
stacked If directly machine without exposing
to the weather too long the bunch this will
factory arrangement both saving handling also
cause threshed dry hot percentage the seed OBJ
tianed from the hay than allowed stack If
stacked ALL almost necessary pass through the sweat or
thresh it before t passes to a sweat
AIsyke
Quite large quantity of this variety
on the Twin Falls Tract this being apparently
ana neavy eder is growing in popularity AS high eleven
bushels to the acre have been raised and the Is
cents per pound as came from the machine price
than can ordinarily be expected for Asyke.
1t is more difficult nurse crop than
is obtained second Growth will - t oy one cutting
seeded heavily
The amount of seed from pounds Ayke and about
~ POUNDS OF ked Clover to the acre. There
opinion as to whether Ayke spring produce cron
of seed that The writer Asyke last August and
growth that time to fall He intends to n anu az
this coming raising cron If
seed this coming but the Twin Falls where
large quantities for number of wears na dis
courage n dea that seed crop be raised the
Clover
White clover requires from to pounds good seeding and
under conditions two crops of seed should
a ne meauo" wei established In sowing of the
much stress cannot be laid getting the best seed
pourabe and using meadows 1t
would pay @ FARMER well to go over his meadows where
raise seed and cut out noxou appear can ndb
eddy raise fine clover seed in Idaho anywhere we will
clean and keep from weeds here than hack
East because we can control growth of keep
impossible separate of them This case
of prevention should aim to
attention. producing price and have the
satisfaction Of not only financial success but of doing thing WELL
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-02-13
Are You a Cold Sufferer?

Take Dr. Kings New Discovery The
Best Cough, Cold, Throat and Lung
medicine made. Money refunded il it
tails to cure you. Do not hestate-take
it at our risk. First dose helps. j. r.
Wells, Floydada, Texas, writes: Or
Kings New Discovery cured my terrible
cough and cold. I gained 10 pounds. 4"
Buy it at All Druggists CAdv.J
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-02-13

Agronomist in charge Of
Clover Investigations.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-02-13
Idaho Southern Railroad Train Schedule
Effective December 18th, 1911.

DAILY No. STATIONS DAILY M. /
l.v. IL go am. Gooding Arr. 5:3O pm.
Nv. HIS am. Bennett AR. 900 pm.
Lv. 1885 ain. Wendell Arr. 4:45 pm.
Lv. ll:59 am. Appleton Arr. +;25 pm.
Arr - 10 pm. jerome Nv. 4:lo pm.
y. {. MAcWArrERs, V. 7. X q. NJ,
Miner. Ida.
f. ). Jackson, Supt., Gooding, Ida.
J. IL. RADCLIFFE, q. Z. A., Miner, Ida.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-02-13
Mr.. .. G.. Sherman,
Jerome, Idaho.
Washington, d. c.

Replying your letter of l4 regret state that we have no
special publication respecting We sending
blue slip instructions regarding the production of this and
alsyk
Practically the only to which the hay seed is agcuuraly
but reports using seed
with the manufacture dye. have been able
this date having superseded by the
cheapy made synthetic dyes Judging 10y the demand for
clover seed of all kinds do think need Idaho will
gt market with alyke seed The increasing difficulty
growing red clover will
the alsyke Yours
J. VI. WESTGATE.
Agrononst in charge of
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-02-13

Large Returns From DID you notice the article published
weeks ago in this paper about the IT.
Clover Deed oouth realized by South
o., Side neghbos last year? The conditions
Oiue. nearly like theirs Ia
have every expect a. good TT.
they and in fact the hundred
thresfed last o this show full as we'll
q fields covering BOB showed average SOL
and of 4339 This
sufficient number of fields very reliable data
production last season.
We told that depended upon every year.
farmers who understand game WELL manage get good
seed crops.
friend of living Twin Falls that
farmer receive check for little $1,000
clover seed and they figured to average
about s94 90 per
looks though Clover production may well
looked the saviour of the large acreage
this
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-04-11
Pauly-Jones NuptidlS.

A wedding of much local interest
took place at ST. Henry's church yester-
day morning when Miss Olive Howe
Jones, daughter of Mrs. Mary Jones,
was united in marriage to Mr.. William
H. Pauly of Manitowoc. Lohengrin's
wedding march was played by Prof. S.
S. Mullen. The couple were attended
by Miss Stella Hertel of WATERFOWL, and
Mr.. Charles Pauly of Manitowoc. The
Rev. J.. W. Nellen of Beaver Dam, Off
ciated. A wedding breakfast followed
at the home of the bride in Western
avenue. The happy couple will reside
at Manitowoc, where the groom is a
member of the firm of Pauly G. Pauly,
cheese dealers. The bride is one of
Watertown's most popular young la
dies. She was reared here and grad
uated frcm the local High school, class
OF 1903. She also graduated from the
Milwaukee Normal school and has fol-
lowed teaching since her graduation
and was engaged in that capacity at
Manitowoc for five years.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-04-11
W lillian FL. Woodland,
VIM. F. Voss,
Albert A. Frattinger,
Committee on Finance

A report OF the Maryland Casualty
Co Oh the condition of the boiler in
Lincoln school stating that the same is
in good working order was received and
placed on file. By resolution the clerk
was instructed to notify teachers wish
ing reappointment to apply in writing
on or before May 1st, 1913
The following resolution by Mr.. VOss
was presented and unanimously adopted
by rising vote and ordered printed.
Whereas, Mr.. James w. Moore has been
for rs consecutive years member of the
Board of Education of this city and for
the past II years its President and dur
ing all these years both as member and
presiding officer has faithfully and reg
ularly attended to his duties thereby
setting an example Of fidelity TO public
duty worthy Of imitation by newer menu
bers, therefore,
Resolved, that the members of the
Board Of Education sincerely regret his
voluntary retirement as a member of the
Board and herewith extend to him their
heartfelt thanks for his uniform, court
eous and impartial action as its presid-
ing officer.
Adjournment,
Carl R. Field,
Clerk.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-04-11
DR.. A. w. Meyer and P. H. Swift were
visitors in Madison Thursday.
SO Far. So Good.

The judiciary committee Of the assem-
bly, at Madison on Wednesday afternoon
unanimously recommended the bill for
the passage keeping the county couI
sessions in Watertown as at present. tt e
measure will undoubtedly. become law
n my thanks TO the zeal us effort f a :
semblyman c. F. Viebahn.
The only change from the old law es-
tablishing the court here was inserted
by NatertOwn attorneys. This change
provides that when there is a general
term at Jefferson, there is also specia!
term at Watertown and vice versa. This
gives attorneys and litigants a chance
10 have orders signed without the neces-
sity OF travelling either to jefferson OF
Watertown when the general term is in
session at either place.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-04-11

hogs and % pigs bought at that time.
1t is estimated that the 83 hogs which
weighed rs or 80 pounds in the spring
made gain of rs pounds per head.
The ones sold in August averaged
1872 pounds and those kept till later
225. Counting only 80 hogs and moth
ing for the pigs, they returned after
paying for the $50 bushels of corn
fed, $4,000 to the credit of the alfal-
"a alone; the hay was worth $4,000;
total $69300, or s115.50 per acre.
This alfalfa was not injured by this
extra hard treatment but some parts
of it were frozen out last winter, and
this spring the field was disked and
cross-disked and the thin spots re-
seeded, securing fair stand. While
many doubt that alfalfa is suited to
Illinois, not having examined the evil
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-04-11
TWONOTED AUTHORITIES ON ALFALFA

In speaking OF his experience in the
growing of alfalfa, the Hon. A. P.
Grout of Winchester, Ill, one Of the
largest alfalfa growers in the state,
has this to say:
my success at first in growing al
falfa was not startling, but on the
contrary met with many discourage
ments. Had 1t not been for the dod-
dies, (sheep and hogs) that seemed SO
fond Of it, and thr1ved SO well on the
small quantities was able to furnish
them, 1t is doubtful II I would have
kept up the struggle. A knowledge
of its wonderful feeding value gained
by experience was the incentive that
urged me on.
The time has come in my expert
ence, and 1 believe in the experience
of every alfalfa grower, when just a.
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larly Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado,
Calllornla and Utah-the great alfalfa
states. We have reached tho point
Where we know we can grow &lfalfa
In the corn belt, and it Is now up to
us to grow It,
Where Alfalfa Is Grown.
The accompanying map shows where
alfalfa is grown In the United States
today. At the present time all the
alfalfa grown in the United States is
less than the area Of the little state
of New Jersey. The total area under
alfalfa in this country Is 4,70T, 1856
acres. or this area Kansas alone has
956,962 acres of alfalfa-or about one
fifth of our entire alfalfa crop.
Nebraska comes second with $685.
2S2 acres; Colorado third, with sos, 1872
acres; California fourth, with 4S4,134
acres; and Idaho fifth, with 3OS,S92
acres.
All Of the corn belt states are lam
entably shy In the growing of alfalfa,
as is shown by the following rank in
"hiSh lHcy COmS dS pTOuuC0Tb Oh the
crop:
Missouri. II; Ohio. 10; Iowa. 20; I'LL
nois %; Wisconsin, %; Indiana. Is;
Michigan, 20; Minnesota, So.
With the unquestioned advantages
of alfalfa, we should be growing more
of this great legume crop.
Advantages Of Alfalfa.
AS to the advantage of growing al
falfa In the corn belt, Prof. p. 81
Holden says:
"It produces a large yield per acre,
more than double that of clover.
ut Is rich in protein, having almost
as high feeding value az bran.
1T is the most enrching crop for
the ground which we have.
when good stand is once secured
1t will generally last four to six years
in the humid regions and much longer
in the west.
ut can be fed as hay to all kinds OF
animals, and has no superior as hog
pasture"
Builds Up Agriculture.
mo one more literally abets the
growth of two blades of grass where
one grew before than he who effect
lively urges the cultivation OF alfalfa
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RAISING ALFALFA IN ILLINOIS

Charles e. Yanney of Mclean coun-
ty, on the George 8. Hanna Place, has
some remarkab BILE results with alfalfa
He got good stand on six acres by
breaking the ground the last of July,
d1sking 1t three times, narrowing and
cross-harrowing two or three times,
dragging twice, sowing 20 pounds per
acre OF seed broadcast, narrowing
1t in and rolling the ground. This
was In 1905. The alfalfa grew about
four inches high that fall and was not
cut. In 1907, it yielded about two
tons per acre, but in addition $50 pigs
in 1908, the big returns began.
Three cutting of hay returned 2Hz
tons per acre. but In addition $50 pigs
were pastured on this alfalfa from the
time OF the first cutting until Decem-
Der. The pigs were bought when
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-04-11

The Finance Committee presented the
following report which was accepted and
the accounts therein contained were al
lowed, alI voting in the affirmative:
WATERFOWL, Wis, April 2. 1918.
To the Hon.. the Board Of Education.
Gentlemen,
Your Finance Committee respectfully
reports that we have examined the fol-
lowing accounts and recommend their
allowance as follows:
Jacob d Blumenfeid, for iEsur-
SuCe. ....S so.UU
Carl &. Emmerling, for insurance. 1900
Gustav Buchheit. for insurance. 4 $40
Cooley Grocery House. for supplies$ 1850
7. j. Berto. for express and post
age advanced ...............$ LAT
Evors Shskshesky, for substitute
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corn belt from three to six tons of
hay per acre. The composition of al
falfa hay is such that it has almost
the same nutritive value as wheat
bran, and may be substituted for
wheat bran in the feed ration with
good results. AS a feed for all
classes of live stock it is unexceled.
Every animal upon the farm loves al
falfa and thrives upon it. AS a pas
ture plant for hogs it has no equal in
the amount which animals will gain
from an acre of it, as much as 600
pounds of pork per acre being fire.
quently reported where hogs have
grazed it. 1t Is also the best horse
pasture known, and it sometimes is
used as pasture for sheep and
cows, although one must observe due
care in pasturing it with these ami
mails, since they may bloat."
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they weighed As, 50 and 60 pounds,
and when they were weighed in the
middle OF December they averaged
1875 pounds. Counting gain of rs
pounds per head and allowing $4,000
for about 200 bushels Of corn fed
to the hogs, and figuring the pork at
5 cents per pound, these hogs re-
turned $4,000; the hay was worth
$195.00, total $65700 from six acres
or $4,000 per acre. Contrary to the
results in many other cases this pas
turing did not hurt the alfalfa and
was repeated without harm the next
year.
In 1909, this piece of alfalfa yielded
BIZ tons per acre in three cuttings
and pastured SO hogs from the time
the alfalfa was four inches high in
the spring until August IA, when 66
head were sold, and from then till
frost it pastured the remaining II
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certain and favorable results are ex-
pected from seeding to alfalfa as
from any other crop.
at Is not SO much the soil, the eli
mate or the location. az In knowing
how. That fact has been clearly dem
onstrated.
"In my judgment, alfalfa is the most
valuable farm crop that can be grown
In Illinois, and yet comparatively lit
tie is known about it in the state.
know of nothing that will do more
for the development Of the state or
add more to its wealth than a
thorough knowledge and understand
Ing of alfalfa.
II do not know of any greater or
more valuable eervice that the few
successful alfalfa growers, who have
learned the lesson, can render their
state than to spread far and wide
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Board OF Education.

Speciei Meeting OF the Board OF Edu-
cation March 20. 1913. All members pre-
sent except Cooley. Voss and Blasius.
President Moore in the chair.
report of the committee on building
and grounds recommending the allow
ance of the balance due G.. ]. Russell on
pl umbing contract Webster schooiwas
referred TO Finance Committee.
A report Of the Finance Committee re-
commencing the alIowanceand payment
of said balance OF $685. was adopted
and the amount ordered to be paid all
voting in the affirmative.
Adjournment Carl r. Field.
Clerk.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-04-11

knowledge of alfalfa, and encourage
it's cultivation and use by the farmers
Of Illinois. To be instrumental in
bringing into general use a plant
which will add untold wealth, not only
to the farm, but to every other in
terest, will be far more creditable and
more deserving of honor than that
usually accorded for any public SER
vice.
Joe Wing Believes in Alfalfa.
Joseph E. Wing Of Ohio, who has
100 acres Of alfalfa, and who is one
of the best known authorities on this
crop in the United States, ss.ys:
Alfalfa is a perennial enduring on
well drained soil from five to fifty
years with one sowing. 1t may be
cut from three to five times a year,
and will yield in the region of the
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-04-11
BY j. &. BUCK.

We have come to the dividing of the
ways-we have reached a critical
point in the history of our agricul-
tural development. Aside from the
100000 acres in the United States
that can be reclaimed by irrigation,
and the 100000 acres of farm lands
that can be made available for Guilt
walton by means of drainage, no very
large areas of virgin soil remain to
be brought under cultivation in our
country. In time, Of course, these
barren lands will be made to yield
abundant harvests-but for the pres
ent we must look elsewhere to find a
solution of the problem with which we
are confronted. If we are to keep
for us to secure larger yields from the
fields that are already under cultiva-
ton. That is to say, our problem is
not so much how to increase the popu-
lation in rural communities as 1t Is
to increase the producing capacity of
the people already on the farm.
Average Yields.
The average yield of corn per acre
in the United States is only about 81
bushels.
Our average yield of wheat is only
1877 bushels per acre-and the aver
age yield of nearly everything we
grow on the farm is exceedingly low,
compared with the yields in other
countries.
1t is high time we were waking up
and doing something.
Better Farm Management Needed.
One hundred years ago the Mohawk
valley in New York was the wonder of
Europe, was the wonder of the world
for it's fertility, and thousands Of car
loads of cattle, hogs and farm crops
were shipped out of that valley until
its fertility has been exhausted. The
settlers then moved westward into the
Miami ana Scioto valleys of Ohio. and
did the same thing over again. Fol
lowing the exhaustion of these rich
valleys, the magnificent broad prairies
of Illinois and Iowa were brought I'M
der cultivation, and the same process
is now being repeated. Even in the
Red River Valley of the North, where
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upon those who are strangers to II.
and no one is more truly working for
the benefit Of agriculture, the basis of
all prosperity, than he who proclaims
its excellence as the foremost forage"
Ex-Governor Hoard.
Grow Alfalfa.
An acre of alfalfa yields $3.50
pounds OF digestible matter: red clo-
yer, 5000 pounds; and corn. z.8oa
pounds.
ID every dollars worth of alfalfa
there are thirteen pounds of protein
IN every dollars worth of corn there
are only eight pounds of protein. The
great value of alfalfa as feed stuff Ia
therefore apparent.
Alfalfa enriches the soil-grain Inn
poverishes the soil.
There remains little more to be said.
Every farmer who reads this should
begin Immediately to make prepare
tons for putting in a piece of alfalfa,
even though it be only one acre. IL
you can grow an acre next year you
can grow ten acres the following year
and then twenty, forty, and even
one hundred II your farm is big
enough to make 80 large a field prac-
ticable.
Ten acres Of alfalfa on every farm
in the United States would give us in
round numbers $4,000, 900 acres of al
falfa Before the next decade has gone
into history we would be growing
100,000,000 acres Of alfalfa In the Unit.
ed States. II we do this we will be
infinitely better off than we are today
our fields will be vastly more fertile
and our crop yields will be bigger and
better-our herds will be larger and
the quality of butter fat will be great
ly increased-we will have happier
homes-and we will be better citizens.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-04-11
ALFALFA PROVERBS
BY Charles M. Carroll.

By Charles M. Carroll.
Alfalfa enriches the ground.
Alfalfa is a drought resister.
Alfalfa is the best soil doctor.
Alfalfa adds humus to the soil.
Alfalfa increases the milk flow.
Alfalfa is high in feeding value.
Alfalfa. balances the corn ration.
Grow your protein-don't buy it.
Alfalfa sod grows larger corn crops.
ers.
Alfalfa has no equal as a hog pas.
ture.
Alfalfa keeps stock in good condi.
ton
Alfalfa should be grown on every
farm.
An alfalfa field is a hogs idea OF
heaven.
Fox tail is the greatest enemy OF
alfalfa.
Growing alfalfa is good business
farming.
Alfalfa means more money and bet
ter homes.
Raise what you feed anC IGeQ Wnat
you raise.
Alfalfa does things and never loafs
on the job.
Alfalfa with a fair chance always
makes good.
Alfalfa fills the hay NOW and pays
for the privilege.
Alfalfa is the cheapest and best
feed for beef cattle.
Alfalfa insures larger yields from
the crops that follow.
Alfalfa cCnt&ins more protein per
ton than clover or corn.
Alfalfa is the agricultural wonder
of the twentieth century.
Alfalfa yields from two to three
times as much as clover or timothy,
and is more valuable hay.
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the way on a street car and was struck
while walking along the track near the
to go home. An eastbOund car struck
him.
Mr.. Collins was about sixty years old
He is survived by two sisters, Miss Mary
Collins and Mrs. John Barrett, who re
side in the family home.
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Killed by Interurbdn Car.

Owen Collins, farmer residing four
miles east OF WatertOwn was killed by
an interurban car at Hustisford road
Wednesday night. The body was picked
up and brought to Brooks undertaking
rooms, and his relatives in the country
were notified. The man was on his way
home and 1t Is said he rode a. portion of