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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-12-30
u MERCHANT
JOINS

Mr. Frank Scofield, of the mer-
camille firm of Scofield Bros. this
city, departed for St. Paul last week
where on Dec. 18th he was married
to MISS Gala Damon, at the home of
the brides brother. The groom is
an enterprising young business man
who mas been a resident of Miller
for q couple of years, having pur-
chased the Crabtree mercantile bust
ness. The bride is a resident of
Kellough. Idaho, and is unknown
here. After a honeymoon trip and
visit among relatives they will be
at home at Miller about February
list. The PRESS joins the friends in
congratulations to the happy Young
couple.
Mr. David Hughes and Miss Mary
E. Wade, of St. Lawrence, we're I'm
tied in marriage at the M. E. par
sonage Dec. %, Rev. J. H. Kearton
officiating.
MIR Walter Moss and Miss Lille
Corbin were also married at the par
sonage by Rev. Kearton on the same
day Dec. %. The Press joins the
friends of these two happy couples
IN congratulations.
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VIVA CAN YOU DO
WITH THE PAST

SATURDAY. is the day to swear off.
turn over a leaf, make some more
resolutions, etc. all of which are
recommended by their cheapness.
But here is the best and most APP
plicable epigram seen in current
literature. Herbert Kaufman. says:
Bury the past and don't mark it
with a monument"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-12-30

Iroughout the, Short Course stoekmans'E Exchange Bureau viii be conducted.
Any farmer having breeding stock of guilty he wishes 10 sell exchange should send
a description of I'M to the Committee in charge and it will be advertised free of
charge. Any man wishing TO buy should let his wants be- known nd m endeavor
will be made to find smch stock frs ae.
On Tuesday Jan. 4h all farmers inteestedi in a Better Farming Association OF in
a Farm Improvement Association should be present and ready to discusst the feasibility
OF such al organization for HAND county.
Besides the regular lecturers arrangements are bring made to obtain al expert
PouIyman to lecture during this time. Lectures and demonstrations in the morning
and afternoon IN crops and live stock will be given in the Jewel Theatre on the east
side of main street the sebnd door south of Churchus store all crop exhibits should
be brought here. Lectures and emonstra6ons OF Home Economics together With
me ladies' exhibit viii be heidi tn Mccoy Hall as will all evening meetings.
Those having seed grains for sale would do well to exhibit a sample 1T this time.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-12-30
Church
a p Cooner pastor

A. p. Cooper, pastor
1920 a m. Sermon:
l1:45 a m Sabbath school
The lessons are interesting. come
and join a class.
$50 p. M. Christian Endeayor.
7:30P M sermon.
We want you to come.
We aim to begin all services at
the minute appointed. Be on time
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-12-30
STATE
DURING WINTER

The state dental organization
meets at Huron, January 4th, for its
annual winter session.
The state press association also
meets at Huron. January 18th ard
18th. for its semi-annual meeting.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-12-30
AUSTRIA TO E
WITH UNITED STATES

Washington. - Austria will not
meet the demands of the United
States in her forthcoming reply to
the Ancona note, and Teutonic di.
plomatic circles are represented as
being prepared for a severance of
diplomatic relations.
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St. AIMS Church

Services on LIST. 3rd. and 5th Sum
days.
Masses at $50 and 1920 q. m.
Evening services 7:30 p. m. sun
days.
Week days, Mass at 8 o'clock.
Holy Days. Masses at 6 and 9:&
a. m.
Confessions. Saturday evening at
Z p. m.
Those desiring instruction in the
Catholic Doctrine will call at Priests
residence on Monday and Thursday
evenings. Father Duguay, Pastor.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-12-30
DID YOU FORGET
THAT XMAS

Send the PRESS one year to that
friend or relative. If your order
bears a December date you can get
it for 81.
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Christian Church

SnTiStldn (nufCn
Lords Day School at 10 o'clock "a.
m.
HOO a. m. Sermon.
Communion service at HAS o'clock
m.
Christian Endeavor at $50 o. m.
1880 p. m. Sermon.
Your presence desired.
l.. w. Thompson.
Minister.
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between one Of these townships and
another in which the average are Of
the teachers is I fraction above thirty
one years.
The we'll illustrated TEXTBOOK .,
today makes useless many Of the
charts, and the highly colored; over
drawn representations of the different
/ organs Of the human body
The truth OF the injurious effects
OF alcohol and narcotics demands the
serious attention Of the teacher. but
the excessive exaggeratien of any
thing has no place In our eduea tional
processes.
Far better equipment for the teach
ing Of physioloSy and hygiene Wouid
be some simple pieces OF niAtefial
brought from home, the grocery or
meat store; to be Used for illustrative
and experimental purposes for d few
Rotations and then thrown away.
! Each new school term ana each
new subject should have its illustra-
tive material suited to the subj.ct and
the season.
Again we find the dead page Of
even the highly eolofsd chart does net
1
| provided each year, Invested of all tie
dust and cobwebs Of a twelve-fii0hth
preceding:
Practically the same thing can be
said of apparatus fof the teaching Of
! elementary Agriculture. no chart or
anything Of that kif1d should ever BE
gotten UP to take the place Of the real
test or experiment. made BY tfs child
with crude material and natural cor.
ditions as should re found at the
school OF home.
| Textbook agriculture OF any othe:
textbook subject Is rather ifeless
! without the necessary apparatus; ffes-
ent-day observat OH: or Illustrative ma
terial to enlivefi and make the sHS.
| jeet clear. ttz5N
The movement fifw g., foot e. ',u'li
up small libraries Ii ~ t:i'
schools is q very com i}.r III 4
The influence ct such ) lazy 8
probably more fersre. ilihrs q ! 1:
; cred from the safidfn ut u che t
to the community; than ahs otEef
equiprnei1
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PLOW UP THE WHITE GRUBS
iris in Three Years to Corn
and in Two Years to Timothy and Small Grains

Ground which is in corn or has
heavy stand of pure clover during the
year the beetles are flying. which Will
be 1917 in the infested area referred
to, will ordinarily contain few grubs
since the beetles will not seek such
land for laying their eggs. The beetles
prefer lana in small grains, timothy,
or covered with weeds for egg laying.
Land which is in oats during the flight
of the beetles will contain many grubs,
but If clover. which is one OF the least
susceptible crops, follows, the grubs
will scarcely injurc that crop.
Aside from this rotation, 1t is desir-
able to so arrange the crops that the
least amount of land will be In timothy
and small grain the year the beetles
1917) are abundant and the follow
ing year (1918) to plant corn on corn
ground. and use for small grain and
timothy the ground which was in these
crops the previous year.
If anything is to be done to reduce
the DAMAGE of this destructive species,
work must be begun far In advance OF
1918, when this species can be ex-
pected to do unusual damage unless
controlled. To cope with the white
grub it is important that the time OF
occurrence of the grub and abundance
be known in advance, and work done
each year prior to 1918 IN the way OF
blowing, and rotations be planned with
reference to the stage that the grub
has reached in It's three-year life cycle.
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dren he comes In contact with in the
schoolroom five days In the week.
The old-time plan Of "boardin'
round" while not SO commendable In
some Of its features, did give the
teacher an opportunity to learn some
thing OF the setting of the life of the
children at school
Quite tho opposite OF the old-time
plan may be found In not few places
where the teacher lives far away from
school, and rides In a buggy or on an
electric car and times himself to ar
rive at the school at, or near the time
OF beginning, goes through the form Of
teaching the school for six hours, and
In great haste departs for home.
Under such conditions 1t appears
that no thought or consideration Is
given to the welfare Of the child or
the community at any other time than
during school hours.
The teacher is not always to be
censured for taking no part in ac-
tivities other than the school, for in
some communities 1t is beyond the
possible for the teacher to secure a
boarding and rooming-place, that he
4
serving.
Another essential characteristic of a
good teacher is earnestness in prepare
ton. There are not as many rural
school teachers as there should be,
who have taken the time and pains
to prepare themselves to do the work
for which they have been quite willing
to receive the pay for doing.
It is crime against humanity to
take into ones charge lot of inno-
cent or linsuspecting children, and go
through the form Of what may be
called teaching school, when unified
for such work.
The public is largely to blame for
not paying sufficient wages to invite
and retain in the school the most sue
cessful teachers. Dollars and cents are
the smallest kind Of measure OF the
work of serious and sympathetic
teacher.
In many townships, the average Sc
OF the teacher is not above twenty
two, and In some places it is as low
as twenty. What striking contrast
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offer training courses for teachers OF
agriculture, ranging from summer
courses OF few weeks to regular four
year courses, with additional graduate
| work.
The State Of Ohio, in some respects,
leads the nation. In the determination
| OF citizens to improve educational
facilities for the common people, the
state OF Ohio has held d distinct
leadership. Out Of the 1000 high
schools In Ohio, 22s, or nearly one
fourth. have been esta blished by
townships.
Practically one-half (111) are in
townships whose valuations range
from s4Oo, 900 to 100000. and those
worth one million dollars or more are
supporting theft full proportion.
One must be mindful of the fact
that few Of the million-dollar town
ships are around or near cities. In
such cases, the township board pays
tuition to the nearby city. The sam
plan is pursued by other boards.
where convenient to village schools,
and the lowest possible expense; are
the chief considerations.
Any board of education in Ohio may
esta blish one or more high schools.
whenever 1t deems the establishment
Of such schools proper or necessary for
the convenience or progress OF the
pupils attending the same. or for the
conduct and welfare Of the educational
interests of the district.
The boards of education of two ad-
joining township school districts. or of
a township district and Of a village
or special school district situated par
TALLY or wholly within the township,
may by majority vote Of the full
mem bership of each Of said boards.
unite said districts for high-school
purposes, and each board may submit
the question of levying a tax on the
property In their respective districts,
for the purpose of purchasing a site
and erecting building, and may issue
bonds.
Any high school, so established.
shall be under the management OF the
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board Of education Of the district NJ.
which the school is located. and snal'
be free to all youth Of school age
within both districts, subject to such
rules and regulations as may be
adopted by the board of education
having control Of the school In re-
gard to the qualifications in scholar
ship requisite for admission, such rules
and regulations to be of uniform oper-
alton throughout both districts
The funds for the maintenance and
support of such high school shall be
provided by appropriation from the
tuition or contingent funds, or BOTH
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White grubs, wherever not con-
frf,iled BY cultural and rotation meth
Gas. have caused millions OF dollars
loss this year to corn growers IN
northeastern Iowa. southern Wiscon-
sin, and northern Illinois, parts OF
Minnesota, the southern part OF Michi-
ran. and northern Ohio; also In north
eastern Pennsylvania. southeastern
New york, parts OF Connecticut and
New Jersey. A recent survey OF the
INFESTED areas ia iowa Wisconsin, Illi-
nois, ana Michigan, by Government
entomoiogists, together with reports
received from the other infested
States, estimates the damage to be
more tina $4,000, 600.
This particular species Of the whfte
grub which is 50 destructive In this
section has three-year life cycle and.
unless controlled, will do some damage
In two years and will again be Highly
destructive to corn, Timothy, potatoes,
and Strawberries in this region in three
years.
IN view OF the fact that the White
grub Will again be heavily destructive
Iii this section IN three years. unless
controlled by natural or artificial
means, the entomologists especially
urge farmers In that region to begin
to apply these measures this fall. The
measures are of three Kinds
a. Killing the grubs Matched in the
ground by blowing ana disking in the
fall.
(2) Destroying the May beetles
while in fight.
(3) Rotations Of crops which will
prevent the planting Of corn in the
third year after a crop of timothy.
small grain, or on Weed-coovered land.
This rotation Is recommended be-
cause the May beetles In two years will
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poultryman ais difficult and itfibrae-
ticable As mates of fact 1t Ii
neither, but can be done easily and III
a short time It may Be appropriate
to state at this time that, II the poul-
trynan and farmer expect to meet
success In raising their birds they VIII
have to give them at least q fraction sf
the thought and attention which they
give to other departments OF their
makes Il possible to learn Whether
any birds are losing weight, and II this
Is the case, these birds must be res
garded with suspicion and separated
from the res. IF the flock. It IL espsc-
tally dangerous to allow a turkey hsn.
showing this sign OF disease. to br6ed
her youf1g. (4) II II Is known that
blackhead II present In any Of ths
poultry, the yafds should be Kept as
free as possible from English spar
rows, and the poultry houses and grain
bins from rats and mice since. it has
been shown that these rodents carry
the parasite. (5) II 1t is desired. to
fattsh birds for market, begin t. in
crease the fatibhs gradually. Never
attempt to fatten Birds which, In sue.
cessive wsishihss, Show loss ot
weight. Overf4edihE does not cause
blackhead, bit Ii does frequently cause
the sudden death Of birds In which
blackhead Is present. 90 When birds
have died Of biaekhead, their bodies
should be promptly burned or buried
in order to prevent the dissemination
Of the coccidia, either through the raw
ages OF rats or skunks, or by leaving
the dead birds to decay about the
premises.
Regarding therapeutic measures, chs
following may have some advantages
II given early in acute eases OF black.
head: a. isolate the sick bird from
the fiock, and place 1t In dry. we'll
ventilated location, free from colds ana
draughts. (a) Feed sparinsly on soft.
light easily assimilable food, with liz
tie grain, especially corn.
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of each district, in proportion to the
total valuation of property IN the re-
spective districts, the same to be
placed IN a separate fund In the
trea sury of the board OF education
having control Of the school, and paid
out by action of said board, but only
for the purpose of maintaining said
school.
Joint township high schools have
been organized under this act at Men
don. Mercer county; Farmersville'
Montgomery county; Pandora. Put
nam county; and Ashville, Pickaway
county.
The pupils from the township, as
we'll as those in the village, are hav-
ing advantages that would Of necessity
be denied both. were each district to
have high school operated inde-
pendently.
Each of the villages named is
trading point for rich agricultural
district surrounding it. In one OF
two of these schools the science OF
aerfculture has taken its place with
older sciences.
Most courses OF study for secondary
sch ols are at present being arranged
to meet the. needs of boys and girls
Who from lack of desire or means, or
from necessity, to begin lies WORN
early, cannot enter a college.
The mental discipline, and the Gull
ture that come from the courses tnat
NAV he called practical are OF the
highest value when they are brougnt
into close relation and proper adjust
ment with the older branches tnat
have been taught in the academies
and high schools for seventy-five
years.
The sciences are being taught not
alone for the sake of knowledge, pu'
hecause of their value In the daily
occupations. The use Of science IN
the practice Of an art MAY lead one
to look upon that science as oelne
only practical.
That knowledge which aids one IN
making a living is in the true sense
M more practical than knowledge Of
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such subjects as assist one in the daily
pra rffca ne livinp

such subjects as assist one In the daily
practice Of living.
The old time course of study had
much to offer that prepared one for
refined living, but they had little that
prepared one to know the laws OF
nature that might be used in making
living.
More botany, physics and chemistry
are taught in q first-grade township
high school today than we're offered
In the four-year college courses OF
Harvard and Yale three-quarters of
century ago.
The school Of experience Is dear
one, and 1t takes too long to learn its
many disconnected lessons, although
they may be deeply impressed.
The application of the natural
sciences = botany. physics. zoology,
physical geography and chemistry-to
agriculture. not only assists In prop
erly understanding ones observations.
but it may reduce a year in the school
Of experience to one short month.
The price paid for the lessons at a
later date may be much more expen-
sive than the tuition paid for practical
high school science teaching in the
home township.
Over one hundred schools are now
teaching the science Of agriculture;
most of these are township high
schools. A few of the schools are
teaching the principles Of cooking.
The township high schools furnish
secondary education at home. The
child can experience the daily pleas
ures Of his home, and can associate
the pleasures Of the school directly
with them.
1t has tendency to preserve rural
life and its pleasures. and at the same
time elevates and enriches them.
1t makes for unity in social life.
The tuition-paying plan has ten
dency to break up social life in the
township.
1t increases local pride in all educa-
tional work.
erly arranged and taught, Industrial
work will be considered by our young
people in quite as favorable q light
as that Of the professional service.
It will increase the material re-
sources and enhance the value OF
property.
The graduates Of the first and sec
ond grade high schools can now en-
ter the college Of agriculture at Co.
lumbus without examination.
It makes for the highest degree OF
culture and refinement in our country
homes.
In the effort to meet the needs OF
the various classes of Students espec-
tally of those who are unable to COM
plete college course. the Agricultural
colleges have been unusually active In
recent years in organising short and
special courses of different kinds.
Practically all OF these institutions
have organized such courses which are
planned to meet the needs of young
people who may be classified some
what roughly as follows: ~ Those
preparing to enter a four-year- agri-
cultural course; GU those desiring In
struction in agricultural subjects, but
having insufficient scholastic attain
ment to carry the full collegiate
course; (3) those unable to leave home
for an extended course, who desire
instruction in some particular phase
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-09
SERIOUS DISEASE OF TURKEYS
Annhae the Industry in
England Almost Every State the Union

It was formerly believed that Black
Head occurred only in the turkey. Con-
tinued observation soon made 1t clear,
however, that fowls also might have
the disease, and 1t is now a WE'LL
esta blished fact that not only fowl, but
practically all domestic poultry are
susceptible; and, although they are
much more. resistant than turkeys,
they freuehtly die Of blackhead. The
same organism has been found In
guinea fowl. ducks, pheasAnts, quail.
grouse, pigeons, and sparrows But
the chief danger from such general
occurrences Of the disease III q mild
form lies in the fact that where there
are domestic poultry the grounds are
necessarily contaminated With the
causative organism, and thus rendered
unsuitable for raising turkeys. For
this reason it IL never safe to
allow turkeys and dther poultry
to use the same yards. The oe-
curranee of the disease In wild
birds such as the quail, grouse, and In
several varieties Of sparrows, adds to
the varied possibilities for Infection.
Regarding the last Of these, 1t cannot
be doubted that the common English
sparrow has played an important role
in the dissemination Of blackhead
throughout the country, and Is prob
ably still an important means OF bear
| ing the disease from one locality to
another.
! AS a general thing, the poultrynan
will do better to study methods Of
prevention than to waste his money
on so-called remedies and cures"
for biackhead. Treatment should be,
in the main limited to such birds as
are of special value. and the poultry
! man should devote his attention to SCI
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curing conditions which are calculated
to prevent the disease In his focks as a
whole.
Regarding such preventive measures
the following, though simple, may be
recomnended: CD Protect the yards
and focks which may have the good
fortune to be uninfected with black
head by careful examination Of all
new stock. whether turkeys, fowls,
geese, or other domestic birds. (2)
Keep the turkeys on grounds which
are as fresh as can be obtained.
Change the range at least every year
or two, and, above all, keep them
isolated from fowl and other poultry.
90 Keep every turkey In the flock
under frequent observation in order
to separate, and at once isolate, any
bird which gives evidence Of the dis
ease. To facilitate such observations
1t is of the greatest help to legband
every bird, and to record its weight
from time to time. This procedure
may be looked upon by the average
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lay their eggs in such land, and the
resulting white grubs unless controlled
will be particularly destructive to corn
or the other crops, the roots or Whlch
they will attack during the following
summer. :
Fall blowing next summer and fall
1s16) will be especially effective In
destroying grubs Of the 1914 or de-
structive fight and should be univer-
sally practiced in the grub-infested
districts.
Try to get chickens to follow plow,
harrow, and cultivator to reduce grubs
and other obnoxious insects. Fifteen
acre fields have been cleared of
heavy infestation of grubs by permit
ting the poultry the run of the held
during cultivation. Hogs also are use
full agents in Kidding a field Of grubs.
Crop rotation should be practlced.