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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-16
HOW TO PREPARE GOOD SEED BED FOR corr

Mt Professor Of Soils, K. s. A. CT
cellent condition for cultivating the
corn.
When the corn is to be planted
with the loose ground lister, 1t neces-
states the blowing Of the ground.
AS a rule, 1t is best to plowin the fall
to a depth Of about seven inches and
allow the soil to remain in a rough
condition during winter to prevent
blowing and aid in the absorption Of
water. Early spring cultivation, with
the disk harroy, alfalfa renovator, or
spring tooth harrow is advisable for
the purpose Of conserving soil mois-
ture and liberating plant food.
When corn is grown west Of the
section of the state just under dis
cussion, 1t should be planted with a
lister. When corn is planted In this
way the soil may be listed at planting
time without any previous prepara-
ton. However, this is not the best
system to follow. II best results are
to be obtained early preparation is
necessary. This may be done in sev-
eral different ways. The soil may be
dIsked early, blank listed early and
then the ridges split at planting time,
or blank listed early and then planted
in the same furrow. The early disk
ing of corn ground is an excellent
practice and gives good results
throughout most Of the section
where listing Is practiced. II the sur.
face Of the sol is hard and compact,
It should be disked as early In the
spring as possible in order that It
may be loose enough to allow free
entrance Of water and also to form
q soil mulch. Heavy spring rains may
also be necessary in. order to kill
weeds that start to grow before plant
ing time.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-16

being careful to get those on each
step block exactly opposite one an
other. Run a piece Of. the bell wire
through the top holes Of the project
ing flaps Of the hinges, and another
through the bottom holes Of the flaps,
as shown in Fig. 8. Then slip silt
upright through the sleeve formed by
these wires, the hinges, and the step
block, and twist together the ends Of
the wires close against the silt up
right so as to make tight-itting
sleeve Gig. A.. The step block will
now slide along the upright. To fasten
1t at different heights, 1t is necessary
to make a hole through the upright at
different heights and in the proper po-
sitions so q nail can be pushed
through the center holes Of the hinge
flaps, and through the upright, as
shown In Fig. 4.
Most boys want toe-straps, and Fig.
5 shows the best way Of attaching
them to the adjustable steps.
Tin-can stills like those shown In
Fig. z furnish lots Of fun. You can
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-16
Ancient STAGE to Be Used.

A more than usually interesting dra-
matte revival Is announced for April
16, when the "Agamemnon" Of Aes-
chylus will be performed in the an
Client Greek theater Of Syracuse.
Nearly "a centuries have passed
since Hero l embellished his city with
the theater which tradition attributes
to the architect Democopor Myrilla.
Aeschylus must have taken refuge
in the court Of Hero very soon after
its completion, and It may be conjec-
tured that the great trilogy, which be-
gan with the "Agamemnon," was
often performed on its stage; It is
known that the "Persae" was per-
formed there and a-work written for
Hero by Aeschylus, entitled the EFT
neae." of which no trace remains.-
New York Sun.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-16

well and hearty and weigh about
900 pounds. feel very grateful that
/ found Dodds Kidney Pills and you
may publish this letter II you wish. I
am serving my third term a. Probate
Judge Of Gray Co. Yours truly,
PHILIP MILLER, Cimarron, Kan.
Correspond with Judge Miller about
this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills, 800. per box a
your dealer or podds Medicine Co.,
Buffalo. N. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music of National Anthem
English and German words) and TO
cipes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent free.
Adv.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-16
IBy R. 1. Throckmorton, Assistan


In determining how to prepare the
soil for corn, in order that we may
obtain the best yields with the mini
mum cost OF preparation, 1t is neces
sary to consider the influence OF the
different methods on the water alb
sorbing and retaining property OF the
soil and also to consider whether OF
not the soil will be more subject to
blowing OIL, washing II prepared In
certain ways.
With the diversified conditions
which exist in Kansas, 1t is obvious
that the method of preparing the soil
for corn which is best in one sec
ton of the state will be very poor
in another. Because of these condi'
lions, we have three systems OF pre-
pairing the land for corn each OF
which Is adapted to a different part
OF the state.
Surface planting is perhaps the
best system to follow in the eastern
part Of the state, that is, east OF
Marshall and Chautauqua Counties
where the greatest rainfall occurs.
However, on the extreme uplands OF
this section, listing may be available.
When corn is to be surface planted
the land should be plowed during the
fan or early winter and allowed to 70
main until spring in loose and por'
GUS condition SO that 1t will quickly
absorb and retain any moisture that
may fall upon II.
Corn planted on the surface usual
" terminates quicker and better
than listed corn because the surface
soil is warmer and usually contains
less moisture than the soil below.
The second section of the state to
be considered is that portion extend
ing westward from the area men
toned above to the western edge OF
Republic and Summer Counties.
Throughout this section Of the state
the rainfall is not sufficient to make
surface planting advisable, yet the
rainfall is greater than that Of the
western part Of the state. In this
section conditions are very favorable
for the use Of the loose ground or
disk lister. This implement leaves
'the BOil IN loose ridges and h e1
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-16
ona.a Aneestorn.

How many male and female ances-
tors were required to bring you into
the world? First, It was necessary
that you should have a father and
mother. That makes two human be.
ings. Each Of them must had had q
father and mother. That makes four
human beings. Again. each Of them
must have had father and mother,
making, eight more human beings. So
on we 90 back to the time Of Jesus
Christ, Sc generations. The calcula-
ton thus resulting shows that 1885,
235. OH. 4S9.534,976 births must have
taken place to bring you into this
world-you who read these lines! All
this since the birth Of Christ-not
since the beginning of time.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-16


W ANSAS plants, on the average
IN over one million bushels Of sect
corn annually. Because OF the
large increase In the amount Of wheat
seeded last fall, the acreage OF corr
in 1914 will probably be below nor
NAL. The quantity OF seed required
will-probably be between 100000 and
100000 bushels.
Kansas produced In 1913 about
$4,000, 200 bushels Of corn. which Ii
only twelve per cent Of the normal
crop. Very little Of this corn is III
for seed. Because Of the drouth and
heat, 1t did not mature properly and
even where yields OF from five to ten
bushels to the acre were obtained, the
corn produced is. as q rule, inferior
in quality and vitality. While much
Of It may terminate, 1t lacks the vigor
and vitality necessary to obtain a
good stand Of strong vigorous plants
A large per cent Of the seed corr
for next years planting must come
from sources other than the Kansas
1913 crop. Probably the best source
Of seed for any given locality 10 the
home grown 1912 crop. This croT
was above normal in quality, and
where the corn has been kept under
proper conditions. 1t will make good
seed. II the corn ls Of good vitality,
It will undoubtedly be superior to seed
introduced from other states or from
distant localities within the state. In
all probability, enough good seed can
be selected from the 1912 crop, to-
gether with a little good seed OBJ
tained in 1913, to supply the needs OF
the state, but to do this the seed must
be selected at once and put on the
market and properly distributed.
The Agronomy Department Of the
Kansas State Agricultural College Is
endeavoring to assist farmers who
have a surplus amount OF seed for
sale in finding a market and at the
same time help those who desire to
obtain the best seed for their respec-
tive localities. Prior to January 30,
1914, there were listed with the Agro-
nomy Department over $4,000 bushels
Of seed corn, some Of which has now
been sold. All OF this is Kansas
grown corn, and as all parts Of the
corn growing section Of the state are
represented, the list offers q good OPP
portuniry to -locate seed corn adapted
to all sections Of the state. Farmers
who have a surplus OF seed corn and
wish assistance In disposisg OF 1t
should notify the Agronomy Depart
ment at once, giving the name of the
variety, amount, and price per bushel,
and send at the same time a small
representative sample for inspection
and termination test.
In many localities 1t may be impos-
sible to obtain home grown seed. In
this case seed should be obtained
that was grown as near home as posi-
BILE. Where corn must be obtained
from distances Of one hundred miles
or more, the locality from which IT
had best be obtained will vary with
the portion of the state in which 1t is
to be planted.
In northeastern Kansas, there Is
SUFFICIENT home grown corn OF the 1917
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-16

have races on them, and you can use
them for making scent" tracks when
playing the game of "Hare and
Hounds" Cut the Block A Gig. 81 Of
the right length to At inside Of the
top of a tomato-can. Then cut block
about inches wide and inches long
CB, Fig. 81, and. after lacking the
straps C to 1t, nail block Alto its cen
ter. Set block A into the top Of the
can, and fasten It in place BY driving
nails through the can into its ends.
Straps c may be strips Of cloth.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-16

and the 1913 crops to more than sup
ply the local demand. and in this part
of the state there Is no necessity Of
importing seed from other sources.
In southeastern Kansas. the situa-
ton is not SO fortunate, since both
the 1912 and the 1913 crops We're
short. In a few favored localities Of
this part Of the state fairly good seed
corn was produced in 1913. This and
the 1912 corn should be the first
choice Of seed. The next best source
Is seed corn from Missouri that was
grown directly east Of the locality In
which It is to be planted.
In north central Kansas, especially
in Smith, Jewell, Republic and few
adjoining counties, there Is suficient
old corn to more than supply the local
demand and this should be obtained
for seed II possible. II home grown
seed is not available, corn from east
central and eastern Nebraska should
be secured.
The same thing applies to central
and southeastern Kansas with the ex-
ception that corn from northeast Kan
sas 10 to be preferred to that from
more distant sources to the northeast.
For south central Kansas, early va
rietles from central. and eastern Okla
homa will be better than those OBJ
tanned several hundred miles north
and east. In bringing corn north
there is danger Of obtaining varieties
that will not mature and care should
be taken that suitable varieties are
secured.
For the western one-third Of the
state, corn from central and southern
Nebraska and southern Dakota is per-
haps the best source Of seed, In that
the varieties obtained will mature un-
der western Kansas conditions. There
is danger in obtaining northern grown
seed for any locality in Kansas that
the varieties obtained will mature too
early to take advantage Of the longer
growing season and are, therefore, not
capable Of producing maximum yields.
A large quantity OF shelled corr Is
being shipped into Kansas this winter
for feeding purposes. As a rule, 1t Is
mixed lot from unknown sources.
Many farmers wiz be tempted to use
this corn for planting rather than to
obtain good seed Of varieties known
to be adapted to their conditions. No
one can afford to take this risk. The
risk involved is far too great and
more than offsets the trouble and ex-
pense OF obtaining good seed. This
corn may be a poor variety unsuited
to Kansas conditions and the vitality
OF the corn is likely to be low. Such
corn should not be planted until
every possible effort was made to OBJ
tain better seed.
Corn used for seed next year should
be given a termination test regardless
Of the source Of the seed. II 1t does
not terminate ninety per cent or bet
ter, It is unfit for seed. No farmer
can afford to plant corn large por-
ton Of which will not grow. A little
time and effort spent in making a
termination test will often save re-
planting a field or a reduced yield due
to poor seed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-16
For Handy Bous and
Girls 10 Make andDo
CcOuy1ishtbyANssly HaID
BY A. Nicely HALL.
HOMEMADE Stills.

The common form Of stills made
and used by American boys, and shown
In Fig. /. require little or no descrip-
ton. All that Ii needed 10 q couple
Of poles inch thick. inches wide
and about 6 feet long. for the uprights.
and two blocks Of wood inches thick.
8 inches wide. and inches long. for
the step blocks.
Have you ever attempted to devise
q pair Of stills that may be adjusted to
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-16

notice that It has q drawer In one end.
This drawer and the table top are
made Of a pillbox, the kind having q
sliding cover "a, Figs. and 81. Cut
the two sides OBJ Of the form shown
in Fig. 6, and fasten them to the
sides Of the box with glue.
The armchair Gig. y Is made out
Of the sliding cover Of q pillbox. The
dotted lines in Fig. s show the neces-
sary cutting.
A small borrower forms the seat Of
the chair shown in Fig. 9. The legs
are formed Of two pieces Of cardboard
"a and B, Fig. 10), one having q slit
cut from its bottom edge up to the
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-16
BY DOROTHY PERKINS.
DOLL FURNITURE MADE OF CARD
BOARD BOXES.

Cardboard boxes - large, small.
round and square ones-suggest many
possibilities for homo handicraft that
q girl may work at.
The doll bed shown in Fig. i IL
made from q candy box or box in
which fancy stationery has come. Get
the kind Of which the box telescopes
into the cover. In Fig. 2. A shows
how the foot and sides Of the bed are
made from the box. and B shows the
cover used for the head and canopy.
Cut away the sides Of box A a. indi-
Gated by dotted lines. to mako them
Of the form shown in Fig. 1. Then
cut and bend down the head end Of
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-16

the box, and, slipping this inside Of
the cover, fasten 1t with glue.
The top Of the little table shown in
Fig. 8 is an inverted pillbox, with the
cover removed. The legs OBJ are each
made of a piece Of cardboard. folded
as shown in Fig. 4, and are glued or
sewed inside Of each OF the four cor
ners of the box top.
A table Of a more elaborate con-
struction, though one quite as easy to
make, is shown in Fig. 8. You will
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-16
Alert Perception Needed.

"You say that man who occupies
q position of serious public RESPONSE
-bility needs o sense Of humor?"
Certainly. The more grave and
dignified he assumes to be. the more
he needs a sense Of humor. He must
be able to recognize humorous things
Instantly, SO as to avoid saying them"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-16
Teaching Boys to Cook.

A class IN cooking. for boys, is be
ing taught at the Kansas Agricultural
College. The class Is open 20 all
boys, in the school. but most Of these
in the class are students In civn en-
cheering and IN the school Of agrt
culture. They are the ones 10 whom
such work wIll bs'of the mcsi valuA
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-16

my breath was
short and I had
chills and back
ache. I took the
pills about q year
ago and have had
no return Of the
palpitations. Am
now SO years old,
able to do lots Of
mammal lahor. am
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-16
Comparisons.

my boy has q swelled head from
overpraise."
80 has mine from the mumps."
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-16
HaW.HaWI

City Guy-What kind Of a dog do
you call that?
Farmer-That's q huntin' setter.
City Guy-Whaddeya mean, huntin'
setter?
Farmer-He hunts bones, and then
sets and eats 'em.-Yale Record.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-16
JUDAH CURED, HEART TRoUsLE

I took about 6 boxes Of DOddS Kid
ney Pills for Heart Trouble from
which had suffered for 8 years. !
had dizzy spells, my eyes pulled,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-16

Mr.. Robert n. Norris. No. 1883 Hen.
~ St, North Berkeley, Cal. writes;
ave have never had any other meoi.
cine but Peruna IN our home since We
have been married. ! suffered with
kidney and bladder trouble. but two
months treatment with Perma maze
me q well and strong man. ny VIE
felt weak and was easily tired ana
was also troubled with various pains.
but since she took Peruna she u wen
ana strong"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-16

Not Much.
Bess-Do you think much Of Jim
mic?
Tess-NO. only about twenty-fOur
hours a day.-Judge.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-16

Wrong Label.
Grocery Clerk-What Is It, auntie?
Colored Aunty-Missus sent me for.
two cans Of indicated milk.
The Springfield herald., 1914-03-13
Notice of Guardians
Sale of Real Estate.

State of Colorado! ss
County of Baca.
In THE COUNTY COURT.
In the matter of the estate of
clyde T. Davis, minor.
Notice is hereby given that on
Friday, the Goth. day of March,
1914, at the hour of ten O'Clock
am, l, Ira o. Davis, guardian of
Clyde 7. Davis, a minor, pur-
suant to the decree of the county
court of Baca county, Colorado,
made and entered on the Goth.
day of February, 1914. will sell
at private sale through my a.
gent, George S. Allen. at the
court house in Springfield, Baca
county, Colorado. the following
described real estate belonging
to said Clyde T. Davis. a minor,
to-wit:
The undivided one-sixth in
terest in the east one-hslf OF the
northwest quarter Of section
nineteen (19) in township thirty
1907 south and range forty-three
(43) west situated in Baca coun-
ty. Colorado. The terms of said
sale will be cash.
Dated at Springfield, Col
orado, February 81. 1914
Ira. o. Davis
Guardian Of Clyde T. D.vis a
minor. 81
The Springfield herald., 1914-03-13
LuCALS.
And still growing.

And still growing,
o, YES, that pie social.
It's on the Doth inst.
DR.. j. Y. Saylor was out from
Two Buttes Thursday.
A subscriber every minute
was the way we took in some of
them this week.
Miss Esther Wallis, the eff
Gent assistant in the pOstoffice,
is visiting home folks this week.
Chase and Guy Upton of
Morton county, old time Baca
countyites, returned from Kan
sas with H. G. Kaiser and visited
with him for q few days.
Mrs Rachael Alfrey of Villas,
tagged the Herald family band
wagon Wednesday, and for the
year,to come will be with the
Herald and the happy Herald
family.
Geo. Hrown, now of Lamar,
made us feal that life is worth
the living yesterday by paying
the rent on that first fiat of the
Herald family residence.
Thanks to George.
Il Lee Holmes and Bob Hitchcock
have formed a partnership in,
tue blacksmithing business,
aud to give room for both OF
tlem are building rock shop
9Ax4O feet just opposite the
Burton Restaurant. The foun-
dation is being laid now, and the
shop will probably be ready by
tahe firos of May.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-20
FEDERATION MEETING

Federal inspectors were severely
criticized by Victor A. Olander, secre-
tary of the Lake Seamen's Union, at
the regular meeting of the Chicago
Federation of Labor yesterday after
noon.
Adequate lifesaving devices were
demanded and overcrowding of ex-
cursion boats was condemned.
Upon the request of Elizabeth Ma
loney, business agent of the Wait
resses' Union, a committee was ap-
pointed to investigate the actions of
the police operating under orders of
Knab, the restaurant keeper.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-20

Spaulding of the Health Department
to protest against it and against her
incarceration in the pest house.
Spaulding, however, told her he
had been responsible for her going
there and would send her there again
if he felt like it.
A Day Book reporter, after hearing
Mathilde's story, visited DR.. Spauld-
ing.
Eyes, 1 sent her there" the doctor
snapped. "And I'd do the same thing
to you under the same circumstan-
ces."
The reporter, completely cowed,
made the feeble suggestion that Ma
thilde had compiled with the require
ments of the law before she was sent
to the pest house and that Norden
had the certificate proving it and that
it seemed a criminal proceeding to ex-
pose the girl to contagion when she
had complied with the ruling of the
Health Department.
1.-THE certificate don't count the
doctor said. Anybody can get certif1-
Gates. We got to see the place, and
she wouldn't show it to U.S."
"But you could have found out
from DR.. Eberhart-"
The doctor interrupted. THAT
won't do; we got to see the place."
The reporter suggested that high
handed proceedings of this kind
might be against the law, but the
doctor held that compulsory Vacci-
nation is lawful and seeing is be-
ieving."
But as a matter of fact she hasn't
been Vaccinated really, yet" the re-
ported suggested.
"WeI, we saw that it didn't take,
anyway" the doctor replied, "and she
wouldn't let us see before"
And so Mathilde was exposed to
contagion in a pest house because
she was too modest to show a vacci-
nation placed where her vanity told
81,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-20

Shells that your eye doctor?
He-He was until he sent in his
bill. Then discovered he was skin
specialist.
A house in lewiston Me-, has one
half on each side of the street. 1t
was cut in two and one section was
moved across without permit, but
then the obtaining permit halted
the removal of the other section.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-12-31
HAS FAMOUS RECORD
Deaths Head HuSSarS an Old
Organization.
First Got Together by Frederick VII.
liam, Duke Of Brunswick, to OPP
pose the Great Napoleon, and
Gave Him Much Worry.

The curt refusal of Napoleon I. to
allow Frederick William, Duke OF
Brunswick, to bury the body of his
exiled father In his native land. in
spired the organization Of the Deaths
Head hussars, the most famous regi-
ment In the present German army.
Frederick William vowed eternal
vengeance against the French con-
queror; and until the day of his death,
June 16, 1915, on the field of Quatre
Bras, he was Napoleon's most impla-
cable foe in all the German states.
Brunswick barred to him, the duke
repaired to Bohemia after his fathers
death. He was without funds. but
through the efforts of his sister, then
Princess of Wales, English funds
found their way to him.
All Germany was then under Ma
poleon's foot. His armies had swept
all opposition. Prussia, Brunswick, Ba-
varia, Saxony, all the states were
mere vassals of France. Yet under
meath fire Of hatred burned, which
the duke helped fan into the blaze that
eventually sent Bonaparte to st.
Helena.
The duke announced himself as Ma
poleon's foe. Men focked to his stand
ard. He organized and equipped 1000
cavalrymen, and, in memory Of his
father clothed them in black. A sill
yer skull and crossbones adorned their
hussar headdress, and the silver lace
slashings Of the Jackets we're placed
to resemble the ribs of a skeleton.
"The Black Brunswickers," they
were called. With the gallant duke at
their head they began guerrilla war
fare that was a continual worry to
the French armies Won Stein, Scharn-
horst and others gave them secret
encouragement.