Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-03-26

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been a very busy fellow and the new
q so has been IA little scarce, but W.
Mil promise to do better the comm.
aeh and if the iongsufferjng edito'
Viii only forgive us this time we vii
hop to it and get up a little more mex
We will skip the weather agar
this week with the remark that it wa!
pretty near the zero mark two OF
a tines the past week and, too
Sunday Of this week, but at this time
II Is apparently on the road to q
milder spell. No doubt the farmer
will soon be aield and the beasts Of
burden will m their long
season of toll and pay for their board
of the winter.
And more and more the iron horse
Is taking the place of the horse Of
flesh and bones. Mr.. Sam Purcell
and son, Hanlon, who together are
farming a large tract of land this
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plow and Hanlon started it out to-
ward their ranch this afternoon. We
noticed as we passed him that he did
not do as good a job of guiding it as
he does the automobile, as it seemed
TO steer from the rear whereas an
auto car Is guided by turning the
front end. Mr.. Purcell and son also
will get the binder that goes with this
outfit which has a shocker attach
ment with 1t, the first one Of It's kind
In this part of the country to our
that W. have ever known to be used.
II it roVes to be a success we ven
ture the assertion that it vii! not be
many years before the same will be
numerous as they will do away with
a lot of the expensive day help that
is today one of the big items Of the
only n small part of it; you can't al
ways get men that will work as a
good man ought to. And often you
are unable to get a man at all when
you need him the worst.
And now, dear farmer, do not think
that just because we are not having
a lot of rain at present that we are
going to have q dry spring or year as
n of the good features of this state
lie that all allows you a dry field in
the which to put in your seed, that is,
1t generally does. and any man who
has spent a few years in the states
Of Illinois, Iowa or Missouri knows
that this Is a big item to the farmer.
We have mndded more than one crop
In old Iowa and know whereof we
speak.
We take 1t that we will have to
concede that AL Tessier is something
of a horseman and can get a team
up in n pretty good shape to drive
and to sell. Mr.. Tester had a horse
sale the past week in the city and
they sold well we understand. Henry
and John Reintsma with Claude Tes-
sier assisted Mr.. Tessier at the sale
and in getting the horses to the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tessier were to the
city the first of this week.
H. d. Rice Is the fellow that Is 60
ing to see IL there is any virtue in the
use Of a little soil culture in the way
Of deeper blowing and as we'll the
application Of sorne extra dressing to
the soil m the way Of phosphate or
Tennessee phosphorus rock of that
sort. Mr.. Rice applied some Of this
last season but not being satisfied as
to its merits Is applying a consider
able amount to a patch OF his land
lying north and west of the j. j. Pur.
cell home. We understand that he
viii apply this on the strip to the
west Of where he had the corn the
past year on his north quarter there.
II Will be applied before it is plowed
we believe or that Is can be at least,
at any rate IT will be on the land
before the seed is Gown. Well, some
tirnea Q can make money by the
spending Of money.
George Croft was in the city the
first Of the week. He took In his old
seeder and traded 1t on q new one of
the double disked type. the kind i'll
would 3 Is the popular drill this
spring, Well. think that II We were
70 buy one We too would purchase o.
double disk drill, We think that the
single drill Is all right but it needs
ixing, And here We mean more
than the common expression as vel
mean what we say that 1t does need
changing and that 1t could be SO ar.
ranged that II would be far ahead OF
its present construction.
We met Mr., Lou Larson on the
way TO the city the first part of the
week. He ii with Edward Falveys
Mr.. LarHun stated fhnf fhay xrnrc all