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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-06-13
erasshoppsrs Being E.termInated.

Lawrence, Kan Grasshoppers
which appeared in great numbers in
Ness county. Kansas. last week. caus-
ing fear among the farmers for their
crops, are being killed by millions by
a form of fungus.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-06-13
Elremen Save Guests.

Cincinnati-A hve-story building at
Sixth and Walnut streets, comprising
the Hotel Elmer and several lodging
houses, caught fire here early Sunday
Firemen made sensational rescues of
guests.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-06-13

1t is foolish worrying over our fan
ures today. when there Is always
hope that we may redeem the weak
places In them acknowledgement
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27

country, where people live in one
place for years and grow up with their
relatives and neighbors around them
and where the ties of friendship are
strong and satisfying.
II the city boy let's out q yell or
plays ball in the streets or swipes an
apple, the police are down on him In q
moment.
The country boy can whoor, whis-
tie and sing as much as he pleases
and if occasionally he strays into a
neighbor's orchard and comes out in a
fit of Observation-Disclosures with melon
under his arm, or dozen apples in
side his shirt, he is not arrested! Gen
orally he is invited to help himself
and come again if the neighbor sees
him
In the city everybody is against the
hoy. The people upstairs complain to
the janitor that he makes too much
noise: he is not allowed to sit on
the doorstep, and so he drifts into the
crowds Of bad boys around the cor
ner, who are bad because they are not
allowed to Go things that every
healthy, well-ordered boy wants to
do.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
MILKING cows IN PASTURE
Work is Performed by Aid of EIec.
tricity on HobrechtsfeIde Dairy
Farm, Near Berlin.

The latest step towards securing a
maximum yield of milk from high
grade cows has been taken on the
Hobrechtsfelde dairy farm near Ber-
lin, where the owners first objected
to the use Of milking machines on the
ground that they would require the
cows to be driven to the barn for the
milking. Such tramp Invariably de-
creased the flow of the milk from each
COW, so the old method OF hand milk
ing was retained until electric circuits
had been strung around the farm for
operating other machinery.
Now the milking is done by cleo
tricity, while the COWS are out in the
open pasture, thus securing the maxi
mum output of milk from the herd.
and enabling one man to milk five or
six cows at time. The milking ma
chimes in this case are of the type en-
bodying an individual motor and Oul-
sating pump for each machine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
Ducks Profitable.

1t will pay to add ducks to the poul-
try department of every farm, says
the Poultry Journal. Nothing was ever
known to grow so fast and cause so
little worry and work as ducks.
Everything is "grist" that comes their
vay. They consume vast quanti-
ties of coarse foods, and convert It
rapidiv into flesh and money. This
growth they make is wonderful. They
are independent of the caretaker, ex-
cept so far as food is concerned
When they have grown to be two or
three weeks old they even provide
the greater part of their own food By
hunting for it. They are the hap
piest. brightest and most independ-
ent things on the farm. They re-
quire a house or houses of their own.
plenty of water to drink and pad
die their bills in, and grit in some
form.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
ROCKY ROAD FOR BOY
Country Lad Has Easier Time
Than City Youth.
Where There Is Chance for Education
and Good Home Is Provided,
Youngster From Rural Dig
tricts Has Big Advantage.

Do not ever believe, you boys OF
the country, that the city boy has all
OF the coed times going. In many
ways he has a rocky road to travel.
One of the big men Of the Chicago
university, who makes study of the
condition of boys in the cities, says
the country boy, If he has the chance
OF an education and lives in a good
home, has deal better time than the
fat-bred, steam-heated city boy.
The city boy has no opportunity to
bring In the wood, milk the cows, gath,
or nuts or go out into the woods, and
so has no part in the home work.
The city is mean to him. He sell
dom puts his foot on the ground be-
cause it is all covered up with stones
and cement.
He has no neighbors, for people
move every year, and sometimes of
tener, SO what's the use Of getting ac-
quainted. There are no real homes
10 fats-not like the homes OF tho
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
Quack Grass.

AS a usual thing, quack grass does
not mature its seed in hay or in win.
ter grain crops, since they are cut too
early, shut in hay that is left standing
for seed and iE spring grains it does
become mature and is carried from
field to field or from farm to farm BY
the threshing machine. in manure, IN
hay and straw or j. seed grain or
grass seed.
The first thing to 90 Is to learn To
know quack grass seed and then r5-
fase absolutely to use any grain for
seed that contains it. As soon as the
fall work is we'll out of the way get
the tanning mill in working order and
clean the seed grain so we'll that there
is no weed seed of any kind in it.
With oats and barley the work must
be done particularly well, since quack
seed resembles these to a certain ex-
tent, although it is much smaller Buy
your seed, grain and grass seed early
and be absolutely sure that you get no
quack seed in either
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
EarIv incubation.

1t is interesting to examine young
alfalfa plants and note how quickly
they obtain the benefit of nitrogen
gathering bacteria. Plants less than
four weeks old may have two or three
nodules on a single root and have a
countless number of bacteria furnish
ing nitrogen from the air When land
is first inoculated by the use of soil
from an old field one may find much
unevenness in the size of plants at
an early age, due to the fact that the
taller plants are getting an abundance
of nitrogen, while the smaller plants
have few or no bacteria at work for
them. 1t is for this reason that a sec
ond seeding on land that has beaa
made to grow alfalfa successfully Is
much surer than first seeding.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
NUB CORN BEFORE PLANTING
Carefully Conducted Experiments
Have Proven Advantages in Prac-
tice-lncreases Yield.

At the North Carolina station care
fully conducted experiments have
demonstrated that it is advisable to
nub corn before planting, for it has
been found that, when seed from the
tips and butts of ears are placed in
one plot, and by the side of it another
of the same ears, there is a larger
percentage of dwarfed and barren
stalks on the plot planted in tip and
but kernels than from the other and
hence less yield of shelled corn per
acre.
AS both plots were planted on the
same type of soil, and treated in the
same way by fertilization and cultiva'
ton, it is strongly probable that the
decreased yield of the plot sown in
butt and tip grains was due to the
seed, as all other conditions were as
nearly identical for both as it was
possible to secure.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
RIGHT CONDITION OF BoARs
Animal Should BE in Vigorous Health
and Not Too Fat or Lean
Should Be Fed Properly.

che boar's condition should always
be that of thrift and vigorous health,
not too fat, nor yet so lean that as a
barrow he would be considered unfit
for pork, says Coburn's Swine in
America. If too fat he will be clumsy,
slow and in no wise sure. Discretion
must be used in the feeding of the
boar, for carelessness in this respect
NAV disqualify him for the season or
even make him permanently impotent.
tt is possible to so poorly feed boar
that his progeny will be exactly the
kind his owner does not want. His
feed should be nourishing and cool
ing. and if corn is given it should be
tempered with feeds which are some
what laxative, and be used in moder-
alton. When service is severe his ex-
ercise may be greatly lessened, and
his proper feeding is the means of
balancing this inequality.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
Delicate Point.

They are a happy couple. They
haven't been married very long. In
fact, the honeymoon has barely waned
says the Pittsburgh Post. An elderly
friend met the bridegroom downtown
yesterday and slapped him on the
back.
We'll, happy as lark, SUPPOSED"
'Oh, yes"
"How's the cooking?"
81 have one trouble. It's just this
my wife has been preparing angel
food every day for dinner"
"You must be getting tired of it"
81 am, Yet l feel hesitancy about
saying anything. How soon after the
honeymoon would it be proper to ash
for beefstead and onions?"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
Two Old Levantine Cities.

One of tie real boom centers of the
Levant is the ancient city of Cairo.
Another is Damascus, long a citadel
of bigotry and intense hatred Of
change. There are many remarkabl
signs of progress in Syria, and Jeru-
salem itself is fourishing greatly. In
1860 Beirut, the chief port of Syria.
had about $4,000 inhabitants. Now
it counts more than 10000 GAIA. on
the coast southwest of Jerusalem.
had $4,000 people in 1887. Twenty
years later there We're $4,000. Until
1898 no flag but the crescent and the
star of Turkey had been permitted
to wave in Damascus. Now other
flags are freely shown there. The
Grand Mosque is lighted by cleo
tricity. There are steam railroads
and electric street cars. There is also
a modern waterworks system.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
LITTLE GENERAL FARM PAYS
Profit Secured in Poultry as Well "a
Horses, Mules, Dairy Stock,
Sheep and Hogs.
CBy w. II. sHEPARDl

A neighbor of ours makes poultry
a strong side line Of his farming He
grows a great variety of plants and
keeps and feeds variety of animals.
His poultry sales amount to near
~ 5000 each year and he feeds his
grown chickens nothing except what
they pick up about the place, but
through his methods of cropping and
feeding they secure an abundance,
and respond accordingly.
The same neighbor keeps and grows
horses and mules, dairy stock, sheep
and hogs.
From the poultry and cows he has
constant daily cash income.
From the horses and mules he sells
each year one or two animals at 500
or more piece.
From the sheep he has wool to sell
In early spring, and lambs later in
the summer, and from the hogs he
sells from 500 to 5000 worth every
two or three months.
He grows wheat, oats, corn, hay and
variety of forage crops, besides a
good orchard, truck patches, and gar
den from which nearly all the family
eatables are grown, with some fruits
and vegetables to sell
He also sells from 800 to 5000
worth of wheat each year, and his
dairy products amount to $400 per
year, and all from a farm of less than
100 acres.
Any general farmer who plans and
executes can grow variety of plants
and animals on a small farm, make
good money from the crops, and at
the same time build up his land faster
than by special cropping.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27

neighbors become dealers under the
law and must have the seeds tested.
Farmers who sell seeds in bulk to
dealers do not have to test the seeds.
but the dealer must do so.
The law also requires the payment
of a fee of 25 cents for each test and
that amount should accompany every
sample. sent In for examination.
The seedman must necessarily
charge more for his seeds where he
lives I'D to the law, both because the
better grades of seed are higher priced
and because of the labor necessary to
bring seeds up to the necessary stand
ard. The farmer on the other hand
can afford to pay higher prices for
seed which he knows to be free from
nOxious weed seeds and which has a
high terminating power. Glover seed
terminating 100 per cent. may be
worth $40 per 100 pounds, but if it ger
inmates only SO per cent. it is worth
to the farmer but $12 per 100 pounds,
and the loss does not end with the
poor seed. A poor stand of hay re-
L
suits and only so per cent of hay
crop is secured. Seeds that give a
low test in vitality and do not produce
strong, vigorous plants. The sale of
such seed is an injury to the farmer
and hurts the trade of the seedsmen.
Dealers and farmers are urged to
send in samples early and not wait
until time to use the seed. 1t is i'm
possible to make termination test
on any seed in less than three days
and many grass seeds require from
IA to % days for a satisfactory test.
| Sufficient time must be allowed for
making the test.
All seeds purchased from dealers
| outside the state are bought at the
purchasers risk. Farmers should in
sist that outside dealers make their
seeds conform to the standards set in
| the Wisconsin law. IN no other way
will our farms be freed from the heavy
taxes imposed by weed growth.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27

College Of Agriculture.

wisconsin College OF AgricuitUrs'
Far more noxious weeds have been
distributed in Wisconsin by the pur-
chase and the use of grain or grass
seed which contained these weeds,
than by any other means. The legis-
lature has, therefore, placed certain
restrictions ON the sale Of all seeds
except garden seeds.
Seed containing noxious weed seeds
in number less than 1 to 1000 of the
named seed may be sold but the fact
that such weed seeds are present
must be stated on the label. The pur-
chaser then buys such seed at his own
risk.
Where seeds OF the common weeds
are present in a quantity greater than
per cent of the seed under exam.
ination, the name and percentage OF
such seeds must also be stated on the
label. The character and approximate
per cent. of inert matter such as sand
sticks, broken stems and seeds, must
also be given on the label providing
such inert matter constitutes more
than 2 per cent. of the sample.
When the farmer or scotsman
wishes to have his seeds tested off.
cially, samples Of the seed should be
addressed to Seed Inspector, Expert
ment Station, Madison, Wis. The in
spector and assistants will also take
samples of seeds in the open market
and note all violations of the law
They are also empowered to bring
suits for such violations.
The law provides that seed dealers
and their agents may make tests OF
the purity and viability of seeds, and
their guarantees may be based OF
such tests. But the dealer must be
willing to stand back of the test and
II the test is not correct he is subject
to prosecution. His seeds are at al
times subject to retest by the state
seed Inspector.
Farmers retailing seeds to their
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
CONVENIENT AS a NAIL BOX
Anything in Shape of Pan May Be Oi'
vided Into Compartments to Hold
Bolts and Screws.

Anything from half gallon baking
pan to six-gallon dishpan may be
used in making very useful and
convenient compartment box in which
to keep nails, screws and bolts. The
pan may be divided into four, six or
eight compartments.
To make the divisions, get the dis.
lance across the bottom and the top
of the pan, secure a piece of board
just as wide as the pan is deep, and
long enough to make the piece, an,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
Pan Nail Box.

other piece two or three inches
broader for the piece that forms the
handle. Cut notch as shown at x.
this notch to be as wide as the boards
are thick.
Place the No. / in center of pan
and nail in place, through the sides
and bottom of pan. Next place No. 2
across No. l so that the notches at
Xxx viii fit in each other, then nail as
you did No 1. If more places are
wanted, these quarters may be subdi.
vided
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
Necessity for restinn SD

Good seed corn is the key to getting
good stands of corn. A good stand of
corn is necessary to secure good
yields. Owing to the wet fall of 1911
there is now much doubtful seed corn
in the country
One cannot afford to plant corn any
year. much less this year, without
testing. The single-ear method of
testing seed corn is the only practical
method.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27

en- from diseased crop, even though
these tubers are themselves smooth
and healthy.
Seed tubers from fields not known
to be free from disease, and from un-
known sources, especially if from the
east, should also be disinfected. In
any case, it is a simple, inexpensive
and harmless precautionary measure.
There are two standard methods. both
using formaldehyde (also called for.
malin).
The first is soaking the seed tubers
for two hours in a solution of one
part formaIdehyde to $40 parts of wa
ter Il pint to 80 gallons). This same
solution can be used repeatedly with
out losing its strength. This is the
best method for ordinary potato
growers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27

provided such discolored part is cut
off and rejected
All seed should be disinfected il
order to destroy germs of the scah
and black leg diseases which may be
carried on the surface ot tubers TAX,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
~ FOLEY'S Qr
HONEY AND TAP
- COMPOUND AAS
STOPS COUGHS : CURES COLDS
| Contains No Opiates Is Safe For Children
LIaYIlEY aG:sEsIUa i 2Uic 1s0 saalEs
Awful Blow.
Contain No Opiates Is safe For childre

Yes" said slithers, Mickey was
my dearest friend, and / shall never
cease to mourn his death. 1t was a
terrible blow from which shall never
recover"
WHY though you married his
widow" said Jimpson
'Why--er-ahen !-why, yes, did;
but
Here Slithers subsidized into deep
and uncomfortable silence.-Harper S
Weekly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
HOW TO HANDLE
SEED POTATOES
BY PROF. l.. r. JONES,
Wisconsin College of AarieuIture.

AS most serious potato diseases
are introduced in the seed, it is of
the greatest Importance that only
sound potato seed be bought and
planted While Wisconsin fields are
as yet not badly infected with dan
gerous diseases and pests. eternal
vigilance is the price of future i'm
munity.
Potato seed should be carefully
sorted for planting, and only clean,
sound tubers used. A careful look
out should be kept for any showing
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
Soft Headed New Workers

Isn't that Sibley there with the
crutches? 1 didn't know he was lame"
He isn't; but he lives In Harlem
now and it is the only way he can get
Eeat in the elevated trains. "-Pzck,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
Burbank.

discolored flesh. If badly discolored,
they should be thrown out and not
used for seed. If seed is scarce or
high-priced and the discoloration is
slight, especially If it is confined to
the stem end, the tuber may be used,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27

Figuratively speaking. a man and
his wife are one. but the figures on
the grocery bill are apt to disprove it..
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, sOftens the gums, reduces infiamma-
ton allays pain cures wind colo Csc bottle Adv
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
Gathering Eons.
growers.

Gather the eggs several times a day.
especially during very cold weather.
For Matching purposes eggs should be
kept in a temperature of so degrees.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27

PILES CURED IN TO IL DAYS
Your druggist will refund money If PAZO ONT.
MENT fails to cure any of Itching, Blind
Bleeding or Protruding Piles in TO IL days. SOC.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27

Pay compliments if you will, but
pay your bills first.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27

Poultry are in very good condition,
but they are not very profitable, ow.
ing to the high price of feed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
Apology.

You called me dog, sir"
''Oh, no! Some dogs are very fine
creatures. ] called you q cur
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27
LADIES CAN WEAR sHOEs

one size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease the Antiseptc powder to be shaken in
to the shoes It makes tight or new shoes
feel easy. Gives rest and comfort Refuse
substitutes For FREE trial package, adj
dress Allen s. OlIns<ed. Lie Roy, y. Y. Adv.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-27

Some people arc as unpopular as a
last years popular song.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-21

WANTED-Two or three unfurntshed
rooms for light housekeeping by bust
enss woman; references. Rooms"
cae Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-21

State of Illinois. Rock Island Coun-
ty-ss:
In the Circuit Court. May term, A. d.
Maud McGee VS.. Joseph MCGEE. In
chancery; No. 695s.
AfidaYit of non-residence of Joseph
MCGEE, the above defendant. having
been filed in the clerks Office OF tho
circuit court of said county, notice IS
therefore hereby given to the said non
resident defendant that the complainant
fled her bill of complaint in said court,
on the chancery side thereof. on the
2sth day of March, 1919, and that there
upon Z summons issued out of said
court, wherein said suit IS now pend
ing, returnable on the first Monday In
the month Of May next, as Is by law re-
autred-
Row. unless you. the said non-resf-
dent defendant above named, Joseph
MCGEE, shall personally be and appear
before said circuit court. on the nrst
day of the next term thereof, to be
holden at Rock Island, in and for said
county, on the fifth day of May next.
and plead. answer or dcmur 10 the said
com1alnant's bill of complaint, the
same and the matters and things there
In charged ard stated will be taken as
conf essed, and a decree entered against
you according to the prayer Of said
GEORGE w. GAMBLE, Clerk
Rock Island Ill, March 20. 1913.
jackson, Hurst & Stafford, complain
ants solicitors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-21
LEGAL.
Notice of Publication.

State of Illinois. Rock Island coun-
ty-ss:
In the Circuit Court, to the May
term. A D. 1918.
Hazel Nudge, complainant VS.. John
Nudge. defendant In Chancery.
Affidavit of non-reSidence OF the de-
PENDANT John Nudge, having been filed
in the clerks office of the circuit court
OF said county. notice is therefore here
by given to the said nonresident de-
PENDANT that the com plainant filed her
bill OF complaint in said court. on the
chancery side thereof. on the 29th day
of March, 1913 and that thereupon a
summons issued out of said court
wherein said suit is now pending, re-
turnable on the first Monday in the
month of May next, as is by law re-
Quired.
Now. unless you. the said non-resi-
dent defendant above named. John
Nudge. shall personally be and appear
before said circuit court, on the first
day of the next term thereof to he
holden at Rock Island. in and for said
county. on the first Monday in May
next, and plead answer or demur to the
said complatnant's bill of complaint, the
same and the matters and things there
in charged and stated will be taken as
confessed. and a decree entered against
you according to the prayer of said bill.
GEORGE w. GAMBLE. Clerk
Rock Island. Ill, April 5, 1913.
]. T. and S. r. Kenworthy. complain
ants solicitors.