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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-12
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
U. S. LAND OFFICE AT SPRINGFIELD, Mo.

U. S. LAND OFFICE AT SPRINGFIELD, Mo.
May II, 1913.
Notice is hereby given that William l..
Cox, Of Brule, Missouri, who, on October
%, 1906, made Homestead Application,
Serial No. o2o8S, No. 2oo87, for southeast
quarter Of northeast quarter, and northeast
quarter of southeast quarter, section 26, and
north half Of southwest quarter, section IS,
township "a, north, range / east, Fifth
Principal Meridian, has fled notice Of in
tention to make Final Five Year Proof, to
establish claim to the land above described
before Clerk Of Circuit Court, at I%ronton,
Missouri, on the goth day Of June, 1913.
Claimant names as Witnesses: Edward
Westerman, Of Edge Hill, Missouri; Jesse
HARRISON, OF Edge Hill, Missouri; George
Grote,. Of Brule, Missouri; Emery Wright,
Of Warrens Store, Missouri.
j. II. BOWEN, Register.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-12
Dental Training.

Fifteen years from now If | have
any teeth left for anybody to fool
with l shall hire a certain Chinese boy
to do the fooling," a New York sales
mar said. HE will be grown up then,
l saw him the other day down in
Chinatown. He was pulling pegs out
OF a board with his fingers. The pegs
had been driven pretty tight into holes
In the board, and it took a good deal
of strength to get them out.
"'That is a funny game for him to
play l said to a white man who
knows the quarter.
Camel said he. That is not a
game. The boy is going to be a den
fist. His folks have made up their
minds about that, and he has COM
menced early to strengthen his fingers.
They train them that way in China
because there they pull teeth with the
fingers. He will not pull with his fin
gers here, but the strength and skill
will come in handy, just the same"
job York well done at this office.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-12

That Eye Glasses are for che purpose Of
enabling people to see better and with great
er ease. We test the eyes and Guarantee
our Glasses to be THE BEST for the money,
and to give Satisfaction. "
R. L. McCLAUGHRY,
3 Doors N. of p o. I~ronton Teweler
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03
Chicken FARMING.

There il no agricultural subject Of
greater interest to all classes Of peo-
pie than poultry keeping in some form
or other.
Overy eighty out Of a hundred farm
ers, large and small, the country over,
keep hens. About forty per cent. OF
the householders in small towns and
villages keep backyard flocks, and the
number of hocks in the great cities IL
positively astounding.
Almost every man you know has
at some time been possessed with the
idea that the easiest way on earth to
make a living IL with chickens. II
you doubt It, ask the next man you
meet what he thinks about the chick
en- business.
Go to a few poultry shows next win
ter, after having industriously read
the monthly issues Of q couple OF good
poultry journals this summer, and by
the time the incubator salesman gets
in his work 1t viii take a straight
jacket to keep you from starting to
keep chickens. And really, 1t In q
very fascinating occupation.
No one need be ashamed Of being a
chicken "crank" in these days, because
the poultry industry Of the country IL
assuming such vast proportions that
1t bids fair to overtop any other sim
gle agricultural product in value at
the time Of the next census. Further
than this, no other product can equal
It for net profits to the producer, be
cause the investment In stock and
equipment 10 exceedingly small com
pared to the returns. The labor. land
and building investment represented
by one dairy COW would take care OF
enough hens to bring in three times
the profit
Now then. can = man Of ordinary In
telligence, no experience and . small
capital, hope to get rich by raising
chickens? There IL but one answer
and that Is, that he may hope to, but
he win not make good.
The writer & personally acquainted
with prominent poultry men N nearly
evarT state IA fh6 Union. and VhIie
many of them Hro Nan 70 40. rnI cnt
e rlch. even fIom a. iIsntI| stand
pol1t
F1e 11a||ff I10'r1. o.I. -
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03
Rhuharh.

How few rhubarb plants one sees
growing and how nice that old-fash-
toned spring tonic IL! Considering
the fact that 1t costs practically moth
ing to plant It and the plants come mp
year after year, there Is no reason
why we should not, all Of US. have all
Of the pieplant pie that we can eat
every spring. Half q dozen hills VIII
supply an average family.
Harvest time for rhubarb is the
spring and early summer. but we fire.
quently get second crop In the tall.
Sandy loan is best for this plant,
but 1t will grow we'll in any rich.
warm, moist soil. You cannot get the
soil too rich for rhubarb, and 1t does
not stand drouth very well.
Do not try to grow the plants from
seed II you can secure root cuttings
from a good, strong old hill. Each
cutting should have two buds or eyes.
Plant them in rows three feet apart.
with the eyes an inch below the sur
face. They will begin to grow at once
and, II planted carly, a few stalks
can be pulled the first year.
As fast as seed stalks appear cut
them OF. II very fine. large stalks
are wanted, and why not have the
best, thin out all but the center buds.
so that the entire strength Of the
plant will feed these.
After the leaves are cut back by
frost in the fall cover the plants with
four inches Of straw or manure. This
prevents freezing and makes the next
years crop earlier.
While the plants will start early,
at the same time the leaves will not
push through this covering until after
danger of spring frcsts is past, hence
1t should not be removed too soon.
Many commercial srowers keep the
soil covered with Atraw the year
round in order to ieep weeds down
and hold moisture without cultivation.
Cover the plants liz the winter any
way. 1t will avoid disappointment
and increase the plHNt food.
Every three or four years It Ia adj
visable to dig up the plants, divide
them and replant ia aDother spot. II
this is not done, the plants run out
and the stalks grow small and pithy.
Division and a new location start
them on again as good as new.
Any surplus can always be sold IN
the spring at good price az we seem
to have natural craving for the fresh
green acid qualities Of this old-time
pie fruit" Eat lots Of 1t. Eat It raw
and cooked, in pies and out Of pies.
put up all you cannot eat and save It
for winter, but grow It yourself II you
have a two by four patch Of ground
where the sun shines. It costs moth
Ing to raise and It tastes lots better
when It comes out Of your own patch.
And, furthermore, It is q much better
spring tonic than sulphur and mo-
lasses, or sasBafras.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03

individual farm may have a peculiar
problem that will have to be worked
out on that farm. The experiment sta
ton workers could help the owner on
ly in a general way. It would be neces-
sary to tell him to take the informa'
ton that the experiment station could
furnish him as a guide and work out
his own problem as best he could, as
he alone is familiar with the special
condition of his farm.
In order to help the farmer with
his local problems to the best advan.
tage, It is necessary for the agricul-
tural college to work in closer rela-
ton with him. It was for this pur-
pose that the work Of farm demonstra-
ton and cooperative experiments was
undertaken. The following lines Of
work have been in progress for two
years, 1911 and 1912:
/. Testing out varieties Of wheat,
corn, forage and grain sorghums, and
other crops in all Of the various sec
tons Of the state to determine the
varieties best adaped for growing In
the respective sections.
2. Selection and breeding OF high
yielding varieties and strains Of corn.
kafir, Milo, forage sorghums, and
other crops.
8. Production and dissemination OF
pure bred seed grains.
4. Preparation Of the seed bed for
all kinds Of crops Of the different coll
types Of the state.
5. Methods Of planting the various
crops, and the cultivation Of the same.
6. Crop rotations.
z. Fertilizer tests and the use Of
barn-yard and green manure.
s. Lining Of soils to correct acidity
lsweeten the soil)
9. Growing Of alfalfa. especially in
sections Of the state not naturally
adaoted 10 the growing OF this crop.
During the last two years. 1911 and
1912 ono hundred and twenty variety
it1ls q corn. nlnoty-fve variety tests
81 aralf fthum1 lhlrty variety tee,l
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03
Cold stornn. for Fruit.

Three systems Of cold storages are
commonly used for fruit-the ammo
mia system, carbonlc acid gas and cal
cIum chlorlde-says the New England
Homestead. Al are chemical stor-
ages; but in q region where natural
ice can be obtained cheaply, the cal
cium chloride gravity system seems to
be much cheaper than the two flrst,
and equally good. The ammonia ayB-
tenn has to be pumped at a pressure Of
200 pounds to 400 pounds to the square
inch. Both these require expensive
duplicate machinery and high-priced
engineers night and day. while the cal
cium chloride uses cheap machinery
and ordinary help. G. H. Powell, for
merly with the United States depart,
ment at Washington, says the calcium
chloride gravity system Is the best for
northern localities.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03

working, thoughtful man. Z, good Nv
Ing, q steady Joy and an assured home
The production of eggs Ii the safesc
and easiest field for the beginner and
where this Ia to be the specially. the
White Leghorn breed is pre-eminent
for large fiocks, outside Of New Eng.
land and other districts demanding
brown-shelled eggs.
In order to be successful, the start
must be made In a small way, and the
ideal plan is for the prospective own
er to work on some successful poul-
try plant for at least six months or
preferably q year, In order to learn
the business from the inside. Do not
underestimate the Importance OF this.
as this business is the most detailed
and intricate Of all the agricultural In
dustries.
The returns are. very satisfactory
when the plant Is intelligently handled.
Thousand hen plants may be equipped
with an investment Of from four to
six thousand dollars and the net re-
turns are from q dollar per hen up to,
the high figures secured by the fancy
stock breeders.
We knew three men in southern New
England, one making $500 from
thousand hens. another making $4,000
with only four hundred hens. and the
third spent a hundred thousand dol
lars on his poultry plant and lost It
all. The first two started small and
grew slowly. The last one started big
and ended small.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03

periments comparing different meth
DDS OF preparing the seed bed fol
wheat, corn, and kafir are being con
Quoted.
In connection with the experimental
work the growing and the distributing
Of improved varieties OF corn were en-
couraged. Forty-seven farmers were
supplied with improved seed Of kafiT
and milo for the purpose Of growing
seed for distribution. In 1911 one
hundred and fifty wheat fields were
personally inspected by representa-
tives Of the college. Three hundred
copies OF a list containing one hun.
dred and ninety-six names Of farmers
offering seed wheat for sale were dis
tributed. Nearly all OF this was grown
from seed coming originally from the
Kansas Experiment Station. and by
far the larger per cent of the wheat
advertised was sold for seeding pur'
poses. About one third Of the Co
operators reported sales amounting to
a total of $4,000 bushels.
During 1912, one hundred and sixty
i've fields were inspected and list Of
two hundred names was issued.
Earlier in the year a list giving the
names Of two hundred and flfty-four
farmers and seed growers who had
good seed Of various kinds was pre-
pared, copies Of which were furnished
upon request.
The cooperative experimentation
and the seed distribution work have
been Of great help to the farmers and
they have also been the means where
by information Of great value to the
experimentation workers has been OBJ
tanned. In conducting this work the
experiments are all outlined by the
men In charge. In planning the ex.
periments, the interest Of the co-opera.
tor is given the most consideration.
and work that win prove Of immediate
value 70 him and his neighhoru A
recommended. AZ far &c possible. they
nro 60 outlined thar thag Wili d. int
TIE regular farm Operations.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03
TeaehInu AorleuIture.

IbelIeve 1t would be to the interest
Of all agricultural people In every sln-
gle town to have an agricultural De,
partment attached to the high school.
would have the teachers 90 prepared
to teach agriculture that they could
also teach II IN the common ucho0ln
to q certain elementary degree. unyH
writer In an exchange. / lave found
that Of the farmers boys and girls
brought up on the farm very many
cannot tell even the name Of the most
common weeds hat grow IN thtlf
fnther's fields, & ssamB . ne thal
the time has arrived, especially n rg.
flculiufai education. when Ne s111
fafs thls matteg ~ and 3l0 q
have aires AZ done "a = i.l' .
.|0 Iht1o l.l1
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03
BACK YARD FARMER
Interesting Pointers on Garden
ing for the City Man or
Suburbanite.
WHAT TO PLANT AND WHEN
Advice by an Expert on Agricultural
Matters-How to Plan the Garden
For the Chicken Raiser
Grow Rhubarb.
BY PROF. JOHN WILLARD BoLTE

BY PROF. JOHN WILLARD 6oLTE.
We are frequently asked to give sug-
gestions regarding the best way to
utilize the ordinary city back yard for
gardening purposes. Space does not
permit of our answering such a COM
prehensive question for each inquirer
and We take this opportunity to cover
the subject in detail.
Let US suppose that your back yard
is about 25 feet wide and so feet deep.
1t is fenced in and is pretty sunny
most Of the day, There Is q back
gate and O walk leading from the
house to the gate. How shall we lay
out our garden to get the greatest
amount Of returns in fruit and at the
same time secure the most beautiful
effect.
In the first place, give fruit and
vegetables the right Of way, using
grass and flowers to all in the odd cor
ners. Most Of our fruit bearing shrubs
and trees are as beautiful as any flow
ering shrubs, many of the fruits them
selves are highly decor Dive. and our
anticipation Of harvest time lends a
very tangible interest, which Is lack
ing in merely decorative plants.
Plant row Of dwarf pear trees nat
along the south side of one wall and
train them in the espalier. vine like.
form on a trellls. Use Dwarf Sickle
and Bartlett pears. Along the vail
facing east plant dwarf peaches (Craw-
fords are hne) and train them in the
same way. Plant from four to six feet
apart and allow from four to six main
branches to grow.
Dwarf cherries or dwarf apples may
be planted against the other walls,
where they will take up very little
room, but care must be taken that
plants near the north side Of any wall
are far enough away to get some sun
shine.
A very satisfactory plan for tho
walk 10 to cover 1t with latticed
pergola and train grapes over 1t. Della
ware grapes on the shadier side and
Concords on the sunny. Grapes make
q fine screen for any small buildings,
ash boxes, etc., in the yard.
A strawberry bed 10 feet by 20 feet,
close to the pears, and three rows OF
20 plants each Of blackberries, rasp-
berries and currants will I'LL up the
half Of the garden next to one long
side and the balance can be devoted
to vegetables and flowers.
We prefer dwarf fruit trees to the
full sized ones because they come into
bearing very early, require much less
care, and produce fined fruit in very
good quantity. Dwarf pears are very
satisfactory. Prune and fertilize and
spray properly and your dwarf fruit
trees will bear heavily every year.
BY planting them against the sunny
side Of wall and training like vines,
the fruit natures earlier, the trees
decorate the wall and they take up
much less room than II planted in the
open. The amount of edible fruit pro-
duced will be nearly as great. Try
some dwarf fruit trees yourself this
year.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03
DON'T BRAG TOO MUCH.

to dude ourselves with the dea
state in the world and have Dragged
about much have used so many isolated
facts and Imagination that ourselves have been MADE
forgeu methods OF farming are Waseu
and ruinous.
growing of the last twenty years mas not
the Kansas teamsters wages let alone
to dT OF more ace
cooperation only u the greater ahnua
yield building the soil that the basis OF prosperity
Of any permanent agriculture"
DEAN MILLER Extension Division X s. A. c.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03

OF forage sorghums. and seventeen va
riety tests OF wheat were conducted.
Over twenty farmers we're supplied
with seed Of Mexican beans during
each OF these years. Twenty-eight
were furnished with seed of Spanish
peanuts, and twenty with cow-peas
in 1912. Fifteen farmers undertook to
improve strains Of corn, kair, and
milo; nine parties in southeastern
Kansas are growing alfalfa under con-
ditions not naturally adapted to the
growing OF that crop; three rotation
experiments; nine fertilizer and seven
green manuring tests are under way.
Six date OF seeding tests OF wheat
we're conducted each year, forty ex
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03
FARM DEMONSTRATION AND EXPERIMENTS
THEIR VALUE TO FARMERS OF THE STATE
The Agricultural College Aims to Work in Close Relation the individual
Farmer in Order That He May Get the Most Benefit
From Their Expeience---ProgresS
in Last Two Years.


ny ". ". SONANiANNIiA"'
a CARCELY anything undertaken
- in recent years is more i'm
portant in agricultural lines
than the farm demonstrations author
lied in 1911. Every section OF the
state may have problems that can be
solved only by experiments under con-
ditions other than those peculiar to
that particular section. This difficulty
was overcome to some extent by estab-
fishing branch experiment stations
which greatly increased the opportu'
nifty for investigators to reach a little
nearer to local conditions. However,
the problems OF the individual farm. or
even those OF a township or county
cannot be fully solved in this way. An
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03

II you have never tried rape. raise
a small field next spring. It is very
popular with hogs. and does them
q world of good.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03

Leg weakness In chicks Is often due
10 the food being Of a fattening na,
ture, and the bodies in consequence
become TOO heavy for the muscular
strength Of the chicks legs. There
should BE bran n tie soft food hat
q Ted. 4 being one 81 tie best bona
ard muscle foods that could gwen
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03

Better not get reckless with the feed
yet. 1t is easily possible that there
still are eight to ten weeks CT bad
weather on the way.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03

Turkey culture is a success only
where the stock can have a good
range. There is too much wild nature
in turkeys for them to thrive in con.
fined quarters.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03

Are the young pigs to be allowed to
SILVER and freeze in the cold. damp
winds Of early spring? And die at the
rate of one to Eve out Of every ten?
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03

One acre Of corn we'll grown and
put in the silo will furnish more feed
for the COWS than can be obtained
by any other manner Of handling the
soil
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03

Il is advisable to increase the guam.
tity of corn IN the night feed, as the
nights are growing colder and extra
fuel Is needed. Corn digests slowly.
and. being Of q heating nature. adds
wonderfully to the comfort Of the
fowls.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03

The farmer who has never used a
tanning mill should get one as soon
as possible 80 as to get well acquaint.
ed with 1t before the busy season
comes.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03

One fatal mistake made at the end
Of the hatch is to keep the door Of
the incubator open too long after the
eggs have begun to pip.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03

For the man who still has not silo:
Build one. and II you can't I'LL 1t until
next fall feed soiling crops this COM
ing summer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03

Most Of those who run the dairy at
a loss never read literature on the sub
ject The losses are largely due to
this fault. for II IL certain that there
IL Nno longer any use Of maintaining
any farm animal at q loss.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03

The fruit tree agent is not all bad.
But for him a good many orchards
would not now be growing and doing
we'll. But It is well to know the
standing of his company before or
dering.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-17
SEALED PROPOSALS

STATE ADOPTION OFF TEXT BOOKS
At a meeting OF the state Board OF
Education held November is. 1918 an
order was entered instructing the
Secretary OF said Board to advertise
for bids in the matter OF the selection
of text books and educational appli-
ances for primary. grammar and high
school grades for term OF not less
than four years beginning July /, 1914.
In accordance with the provisions
OF said resolution. I hereby give no
tice that on or before April is, 1914.
at IL o'clock noon. at the office OF the
State Board of Education in Richmond.
virginia sealed proposals will be re-
ceived for supplying public schools
OF the State of Virginia with text
books and educational appliances for
use In the primary, grammar and high
schools of the State, as provided by
law. Saon proposals should state the
price at which each book offered will
be sold to the children or the patrons
Of the schools on the single list plan.
should give the exchange price where
such book shall take the place of a
book now in use and should be accom-
panied by representative samples of
each book offered. A circular giving
a copy Of the law under which the
adoption Is made and other particu-
lars will be mailed on application.
The right Is reserved to reject any
and all bids.
Given under my hand this gath day
Of November. 1918
E. II. CffESTERMAN.
Secretary to the State Board of
Education
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-17
100000 SPENT ON
WASHINGTON ROADS

BRISTOL. VA. Dec. 16.-state
Highway Engineer u. Tucker Brown,
OF Virginia, and assistants are now
surveying that portion of the Bristol
to- Lexington (Ky.) highway lying in
Washington and Scott counties. Vir-
gInia. The engineers will also survey
in this connection the proposed Bris-
to!-to- Wise county highway and the
proposed Bristol-to- Bluefield highway.
1t is hoped by those directly In
terested to have the work on all of
thse roads well under way by the
date for the annual meeting here
next fall OF the Southern Appalachian
Good Roads association.
President Henry Roberts. OF the
Bristol Board OF Trade, is devoting
much of his time to promoting road
building from this city In all direc-
tions, and as result of his efforts.
Bristol seems destined to he a ter
ninal of a number of important
roads, including the Crest of the
Blue Ridge Highway" which is to
be constructed through the most
picturesque mountain region of North
Carolina and upper East Tennessee.
Information recently secured rela-
tive TO road building in this region
shows that more than 100000 in
road bonds have been issued, with
more than one-half of the amount
already spent In the construction OF
stone highways through counties OF
Tennessee and Virginia. adjacent to
Bristol and extending out within a
radius Of one hundred miles.