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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-29
HORTICULTURE E. ri BROWN
CALENDAR OF FARM WORK FOR APRIL

TO bear, farm or garden crops may be
grown between the trees, but soon the
trees will occupy all the ground. When
about fifteen years of age, they will be-
gin To show signs Of contact, and then
the first cutting out must be done;
there must be no waiting for "one
more good crop" or any such thing.
When the trees need TO be taken out,
they must come out. Each alternative
row diagonally, when removed, will
leave the remaining trees a little more
than thirty-fve feet apart, and they
can stand so for ten years longer.
When crowding is again about TO oc-
cur, the remainder Of the filters must
be taken out, leaving the permanent
trees 50X50 feet apart, and they will
need that much room for development,
if they are healthy and stand in re-
gion where apple trees grow to nor
NAL size. The same is true of cherry
trees, especially the Sweet Mazzard
varieties 1t is plainly seen that this
gradual thinning is a great advantage,
for ii gives ample time for each vari-
ETY. to come into profitable bearing and
yield a number of good crops before
being dug out, and the grower can well
afford to take out the portions that
have served their purposes. Yet no
crowding has been allowed, if the or
chardist has done his duty promptly.
1t has been said that there are few
who will cut out trees that are in full
prime Of bearing, and this may be
true, but one who does not have the
eli RI do WI 70
should be done should not engage in
the business and expect TO excel in
fruit raising.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-29
ARBOR AND BIRD
DAY PROCLAMATION

one of my dearest memory pictures
is father sitting in the cooling shade
or a beautiful pine that he and plant
ed long years ago. The sweet, plain
tive music of this tree comes back to
me i'm moments OF solitude. Trees are
real friends OF man, beast and bird. In
recent years we have come TO realize
this, 1t is hoped that Americans will
acquire enthusiasm i'm preserving use
full and beautiful trees i'm both city and
country, that they will plant every
year useful and beautiful trees by the
roadside, in school yards, about their
homes, in parks and farm fields.
Let us cherish loyalty and love
for cur songsters; yes. a tender regard
for the birds who can't sing, birds that
destroy in the aggregate millions Of
destructive insects. The economic
and aesthetic value of bird life is be-
You'd calculation. The hearts of boys
and girls and grown ups" become
more human, more helpful. as they
come TO read Alright the Creators mes
sage in the lives of trees and birds.
Therefore, /. Woodbridge n. Fer
ris, Governor of the State of Michigan,
do hereby designate Friday, May Sth,
A. ID. 1914, as Arbor and Bird Day,
and do request that this day be OBJ
served by all schools, public and pri-
vate and other educational institutions
by the planting of trees for beautify-
ing school grounds and parks. and by
conducting suitable exercises for pro-
noting the spirit of protection to trees
and birds
Given under my hand and the Great
Seal of the State this first day of April,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and fourteen, and of the
Commonwealth the seventy eighth.
WOODBRIDGE n. FERRIS.
Governor.
FREDERICK c. MARTINDALE,
Secretary of State,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-29

How Much sun for Young Chicks?
Would you consider it sufficient
sun for young chicks, from early
morning until noon, through the
summer months? The spot is dry, but
no afternoon sun. Il. II.
Chickens that can get sun for half
the day will not suffer for lack of sun
light if deprived of it the other half,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-29
There is a Difference

That there is difference between
the average and the first-class man is
known to all employers, but that the
1irst-class man can do in most instanc-
es from two to four times as much as
is done on an average is known 10 but
few, and is fully realized only by those
who have made a thorough and scien-
tific study Of the possibilities of men.
This fact is as little realized by the
workmen themselves as by their em-
ployers. The frst-class men know
they can do more work than the av-
erage, but they have rarely made any
careful study of the matter And the
writer has over and over again found
them utterly incredulous when he in
formed them, after close observation
and study, how much they were able
to do.--Frederick w Taylor.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-29
WE HAVE FAITH IN
THIS STOMACH REMEDY

woman customer said to us the
other day. Say, you ought to tell
everyone i'm town about Rexall Dys-
pepsia Tablets. l would myself if
could" That set us to thinking. So
many people have used them and have
so enthusiastically sounded their prais-
es both to us and their friends, that
we had an diea you all knew about
them. But, in the chance that some
of you who suffer from Indigestion,
heartburn, dyspepsia, or some other
stomach complaint, don't know about
them-we are writing this.
They contain Bismuth and Pepsin,
two of the greatest digestive aids
known to medical science. They
soothe and comfort the stomach, pro-
mote the secretion of gastric juice,
help TO quickly digest the food and
convert it into rich, red blood, and
improve the action Of the bowels. We
believe them TO be the best remedy
made for indigestion and dyspepsia.
We certainly wouldn't offer them to
YOU entirely at our risk unless we felt
sure they would do you a lot Of good.
liz Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets do not re-
lieve your Indigestion, check the heart
burn, and make il possible for you to
eat what you like whenever you like,
come back and get your money
Sold only at the more than 1000
Rexall Stores, and i'm this town only
at our store. Three sizes. Csc. soc. and
S1.00.-Connell's Drug, Store.-Adv.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-29

IL was customary forty years ago to
follow the heXagonal method OF plant
ing and thus equalize the distance
apart of the trees 1t perfectly equal
ICES the distance and Is all right in
that respect, IL no filters are 10 be used.
The rows are equally wide i'm three
ways and can be plowed and cultiv-
ated three ways, and | recommend ii
where the trees planted are all to
stand permanently But with apple
and cherry orchards and some other
kinds, the filler system is necessity,
if the most Is 10 be gotten out Of the
ground devoted to it,
The distance apart chat trees should
be when fully grown is far too great
for them for about the first twenty
five years. 10 occupy the space be-
tween with apple trees, that wilkbear
early and be ready to be dug out when
their room is needed, is the best use
know TO make of it. Some advocate
the planting OF peach trees as filters,
but this is a great mistake. Theoreti-
caIly it is very good, but practically it
is very bad, Peach trees are such rank
growers that they overgrow the apple
trees, especially with their roots, and
work an injury TO the apple trees. For
the first few years it will not be motto
ed but by the time the peach trees
have been left long enough to pay for
the ground they have occupied, dam
age will have been quietly done TO the
apple trees from which they will never
recover. can see no reason for plant
ing peach trees in an apple orchard
except To bring early returns and oc-
cupy the ground profitably. BY set
ting early apple trees, such as Yellow
Transparent, Wealthy, Duchess,
Grimes Golden and Wagner, the same
object will be obtained and no damage
result. Aside from the injury TO the
growth of the apple trees, peach and
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-29
The Question of Close Dropping Boards

The Question of Close Dropping Boards
| believe in the use of dropping
boards close underneath the hens.
made the perches of 2X1's set flat
wise on 2x4's that rested on their edges
directly on the dropping boards.
The perches were made into a
frame work that was fastened to the
back wall Of the houses at the rear end
of each of the 2X4's.
Every morning after the birds come
off the roost, the perches are hung up
against the back wall by large strong
hooks, and the dropping boards are
carefully scraped and clearly swept,
At no time of the day are the perches
allowed to remain down, as at night.
My birds often enjoy the clean board
space as a kind OF porch or lookout
over the yards, where they may sit
during the day. / am convinced they
must realize that ii is a perfectly clean
place, and they occupy it by prefer
ence.
Every month, and sometimes Of
tener, all the perches, dropping boards
walls, ceiling and nesting compart-
ments are carefully painted with a
mixture of crude carbolic acid and
kerosene Zone part of the former to
two parts of the latter.) This solu
ton is applied with a four inch paint
brush and great care is taken 10 get
the paint into every crevice and cor
ner. BY such a treatment of the
perch and dropping board system
there is never any offensive odor about
the roosting places. The birds sit on
these perches about six inches above
the dropping board, and / have never
seen any kind of sickness among them.
nave never seen a mite about the
place; and the slight odor of carbolic
acid that arises from the fixtures un-
derneath the birds helps TO keep the
lice reduced 20 a minimum.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-29

Scattered all over the country are
thousands of orchards that have been
planted too closely, and what they
need is thinning out to give room in
the air for the foliage and room in the
soil for the roots. Hard as it may seem
to deliberately cut out half of the
trees in a bearing orchard. it is often
the most sensible thing 20 60. Indcc9,
it is often the greatest folly not to
do it, for to allow all the trees TO be in
jured is certainly folly, and to save a
part is wisdom. The net return is the
thing to look at; more good fruit can
be grown on q small number of trees
that have a good chance and il is
worth more than larger amount Of
all poor fruit There are many trees
that have been set too far apart, say
thirty feet, for profitable occupancy Of
the ground for the first ten or fifteen
years, and after that they are too close
This is a most common dilema and
there is almost no economical and
practical remedy, especially if the
trees are set by the simple,
square method. Removing each al
tentative diagonal row will remedy
the evil But to avoid the evil con-
sequences of bad planning and have
the entire soil area profitably used is
the purpose.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-29
POULTRY
CONSULTING DEPARTMENT
Conducted by NJ. w. HICKS

What was wrong with a one year
old male bird that walked as if he
was hurt in back; was sick two weeks
ate heartily until two days before he
died; after death his comb turned
black"
The bird may have had his back
injured in some way. As 10 that
couldn't say without knowing about
the conditions under which he was
kept, and the possibilities Of accidents
to him. An apparent lameness in the
back might also be due to kidney
trouble or to diseased organs OF gem
Grafton.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-29

Be noble, and the nobleness which
lies
In other men, sleeping but never dead,
Will rise in majesty to meet thine own;
Then wilt thou see it CLEAN in many
eyes
Then will pure light around thy path
be shed
And thou wilt never more be sad and
lone.-James Russell Lowell.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-29

Dear Sir am a subscriber To the
Banner and if you can give me any
information on the following question
| will be very thankful.
| am raising White Leghorns and
having very poor luck with the chicks
My chicks seem healthy and lively
until they are four weeks old, and then
they begin dying. They seem to get
droOpy and soon fall over and die
The biggest part die at night, but also
lose some in the daytime. We have
cut them open and can find nothing
wrong with them. They do not have
diarrhea and are not bound up We
feed the very young ones rolled oats,
then chick food, and a dry mash Of
bran shorts, corn meal and beef scrap,
gradually leading up TO whole grain.
We keep grit, charcoal and fresh
water before them all the time. We
are using Mandy Lee Breeders. Any
chicks which live over five weeks do
fine. out Of our last hatch of 155 there
are now living 20 and they are not
past the dying stage. If you can tell
me the cause and a remedy for this
trouble please do so as soon as pos
sible in enclosed envelope as | have
another hatch a week old now, Can
the cause be in breeding? Also
feed sprouted oats for green food.
Yours truly ID. w. l..
From your letter your chicks have
no ailment that chicks are heir to
they only just Idle. Perhaps your
brooders are kept too warm. That
will take the life out of them. How
ever. am rather inclined to believe
in-breeding is the cause. That weak
ems the constitution, and the little
fellows can't stand very much.
would suggest that you introduce some
new blood into your flock. 1t is not
too late now, as the season is just be-
ginning.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-29

apple do not need the same spraying
nor the same cultivation and should
not have the same treatment. Let the
apple trees be by themselves and the
peach trees likewise, if the climate
and soil are suitable to both. The
plan of mixing them has been tried
out by a great many growers in all
parts of the country and none Of them
want any more Of it. 1t is positively
Objectionable.
think the best style of apple or
chard planting is to set the trees in
plain squares 25X25 feet apart. For
permanent orchard such varieties as
Spy Baldwin, Fameuse, Hubbardston,
Jonathan, Mcintosh, y. w. Greening,
ontario, Red Canada, Rhode Island
Greening and Sutton's Beauty should
be set fifty feet apart, and the others
in all the inner spaces.
As the above plan suggests, where
hllers are to be used, three filters or
temporary trees are planted to every
permanent one. If desired, there can
be three varieties used and have them
all arranged for progressive thinning.
When an orchard is planted by this
plan. before the trees are old enough
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-29

God condescends to play hide-and-
seek with men, concealing things in
order that men may find them.-Fran-
els Bacon.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-29

Orchard complete with filters. Trees
25x25 feet each way. Room for about
II to / ) years.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-29

but the amount OF sun desirable at any
time depends upon the temperature
and the ventilation. A poultry yard in
city partly surrounded by buildings
which obstruct ventilation, and getting
the sun all morning, might be decid-
eddy uncomfortable in the mornings
in summer. II is desirable always
that the birds have access 10 shade at
will.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-29
skin Disease.

have lot of chickens that are
losing their feathers around their
necks. Can you tell me what it is and
what can be done TO cure them u.
NJ
Chickens have a disease like scro-
fula in which they lose the feathers
around the neck. 1t is caused by a
small mite which burrows into the
roots Of the feathers. The best RENE
dy is TO smear their heads with car
bolated vaseline or an ointment of sui
phur, lard and turpentine. / would
clean off as much of the loose, scaly
matter MS possible, and then apply the
ointment Two or three applications
should be sufficient.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-29

Reat s as Important as worIs.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-05
B|lL|NGSCOtNT
POLITICS QUIET
= II |HNtN.F. 'T E-T|t "
J. w. FOLEY, The SAGE or
MEDoR4, X, GIVES : II ' F'hi'A u
ING RESUME. "
NO CONTESTS of MOMENT
Old Officials are Satisfied, and
Little Change likely to be
Made, n ~

Medora, N. D., May 4, 1914,-Tris-
une: Billings county has been known
for years for its red.hot political cam;
paigns in county elections. This year
the campaign will ;be mild, very mild;
q gcAtleman's campaign. That part
of the old county from whence came
The storm Of thunder and lightning
is now Golden Valley county. ~ l.stt,
Ira J. Wilson, nov serving his first
term as county auditor. is not and
will not be a candidate for reelection.
Mr.. Wilson is the fifth since the or
g%anization of the county who has held
the office of auditor.
Two for Auditor. ;I .
So far, two candidates for the. Of.
flee of auditor have announced them.
selves, j.. K. Beery and Horace Peck.
Mr.. Beery has been deputy auditor fo,
several years past, and Mi. Peck Is
now a member of the board of county
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-05
Antiaduliity Of Naddino.

No, if you, are nagged you are not
alone in your experience. Nor are the
ragged. persons Of this age the only
ragged persons Of any age. NagginEg
is an: old custom. They tell us that
Adam; Job, Socrates, Aesop. Leonidas'.
Machiavelli and many more distin,;
guished historical personages were vic
tins Of nagging. This proves the an
tiquity but not the wisdom or the
responsibility Of nagglng. And if it
is as old as it is claimed to be let 1t
crawl away somewhere to die. For.
come to think Of it, nagging is just
as hulirtful to the nasger' as it is to the
nagged. So why injure ourselves f or
iii. purpose, of injurying some one else?
Samson did that. you know, when he
pulled down. the. temple Of GAIA and
broke. his. own back, Rather a poor
example to follow, eh?-Detroit; Free
Press. ,.-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-05
- ,.FfE2 .
Wrote In Bed,

Mark Twain wrote nearly, all his
later books in bed. So persistent d
''sluggard'i. was he that he had a spe-
cially cointr;ived bed desk fitted up so
that he could write without trouble, q:
exertion while propped luxufiously
among his pillows. He used to aver !,
that most Of bis best thoughts came to !
him in bed and that the trouble and
worry Of getting. up, shaving and
dressing dispersed them all and left
him in no mood for commencing his
literary labors. He was Of opinion
that. bed was the very best place for
the author, and he acted upon his be-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-05

Mere Man Was Absolutely Elk.
"a fa}at4 ~ 49, Us
cluded; Pu1blius Claudius Peepeds
Some. ,'<'.

Medora, N. D., May 4-Late last
week the married women entertain
ed the young, unmarried girls. NO
men were allowed to enter the hall,
but It'll is said that one Publius Clodius
peeped through a window. The EN-
tertainment was a grand success.
Some of those present said that even
Lydia Thompson, when at the height
of her fame and power, could NOT. e
eel some of the stunts pulled off.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-05
WAS HAMrET FAT7 .
With Hi. Own Word. He Doth ~:
claim the Fact Quite Pat.

claim the Fact Quite Pat.
The traditional Hamlet Of our stage
is a lean. ascetic young person. an
idealized. etherealizel. heroic creature
evolved for the delectation of the matt.
nee girl. He is a horrid sham. Is It
credible that such a mau would have
lacked the determination. the purpose.
fu;ncss,,' to put his revenge into opera
ton pat upon tie discovery? II is all
very we'll to argue about his mental
balance. 1t, was his sluggish liver
that stayed, him and hampered him.
Hamlet's father was a fat and lethar.,
gic man by his own account, .,
Sleeping within my. orchard, ..~~ s..
My custom always Of the afternoon.
he says in his ghostly interview.
We may then look tor some clew to
Hamlet's character as soon as he is
alone on the stage. What are his
words?
Oh, that tina, this too. too solid ntcas,hI would
melt! ~|&
1t Is. a keynote. that may not be
CLOSED over as a. beautiful thought.
for the same idea, bursts out some lines
farther on. where he says Of the world
~. Th!nss rank and grsss In nature
Possess It merely: ~ -,
Is It credible that such. thoughts are
there for any purpose save to guide
lis rs to the nature Of this princei
They serve a double purpose. Not
merely! do we learn that Hamlet was
d, fat man, but also that he was an TN;
happy fat man. Hamlet was a man t.
whom bis bulk was mi afhictfon. H.
was handicapped by. It and knew that
he: was. Some such idea, is discernible
in every one Of the, great s%oliloquies
He scorns himself for a sluggard:
~. What ia q man. 49,. No., -,
II his chief good and market OF his time
Be but to sleep and feed: ,
His mind. unhinge1 or not, is 'ob
sessed by fairness, and In the mad tur
MOL of emotions after he has slain
Polonlus his thoughts run:
We fat all creatures else TO fat Us. and
We fat ourselves for maggots.
1t bursts out again in the "Oh, what
a rogue and peasant slave" harangue
Ere this ~
should have fatted all the regions kites
With this slaves offal:
And who but a fat. letharsic' man
would have said in the ITO be or not to
be- speech: .a.s .,..#j
Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under = weary life.
Does not the phrase bring to mind al
once the picture Of a fat man toiling al
come loathed task?--IOndon Express.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-05
CYCLONE |. \ IS !. fatal II :. . -.
=: TO FOUR PERSONS
TOWN OF MAUDE, TEXAS,
MOVED BY TERRIFIC WIND
-; .' s-~. 49,, - 4 ''.t' rr
AND RAIN. "|

Mount Pleasant, Texas, May A.
Two persons we're killed and half, of
the houses in the town of Maud, Tex
as, we're destroyed by a cyclone, &C;
cording to information received, here.
IT did severe damage at Red Water,
and near Pittsburg, Texas, injuring
ID people in three towns. Mrs. Pearl
White and child were killed at Maud,
six persons were injured at Red Wa
ter. and four we're hurt, n fatally,
near Pittsburg.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-05
Another Maxim ManuIad.

Success will come to any one wh'
perseveres."
"T am not so sure about that. | have
been married for ten years now. and
my husband hasn't liked anything that
| have had for dinner yet."-Pittsburgh
Post.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-05
Lift the Ban.

Ell. Pasot Texas. May 4.TAdditional
instructions received! along the Dor
der by customs and army officials,
placed more, liberal construction on
the embargo oil arms. The ban has
been lifted on everything witIl|the ex-
Hception Of guns. ammunition, explos-
ives and aerOplanes.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-05
LEVI F.. ANDERSON.
FOR sUpr. OF SCHOOLS

Having been urged by school patrons
from all parts Of the county to continue
in the present office another term. ]
hereby announce that / am again a cam
didate for election to the office Of SUI
pcrintendent Of Schools for Burleigh coun
~ subject to the endorsement Of the
school voters.
c. r. VIGNESS.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-05
shs.KneW

Miss Jaii6et is a long time ccmin:
down" Ne said to the pretty parIor
maid. perhaps she is-ha. ha-per-
haps she is making up her mind whetfr.
er to see me or not"
The maid smiled coldly.
mo-" she said: 1t is not her mind
she is making up."-Philadelphia
IcS.Sar
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-05

which in some manner gave way, and
Mr.. Erlendson was dashed through
the front plate glass window, shat
it to fragments, He protected
his. head with his arm. to some ex-
tent, however, preventing serious in
iurV. . -.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-05
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.

l ]oun that | will be a candidate
for the Republican nomination for Re-
preventative from the 9th Legislative
District (Burlcigh County,. at the pri-
mary election, June "a, 1914. 49,
e. A. WILLIAMS.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-05
ron REPREsENTATlvE,

hereby announce myself as q candi,
date for Representative for the 27tt
District (BurIe1gh County,. subject tc
the decision Of the Republican voters.
X. A. ERSLAND.