Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-04-08
KAMPEskA.

NOT IOr t,IeSlnGHL Wlisou' ne ID
mighty good man for the place, evel
if he is a democrat. If Teddy hat
been president we would be at wa
now ,or@if Taft had been there. MI
Roosevelt would have plunged int
war, and Taft would have blundere'
into trouble. Men are looking 10
work all through the east, shops ant
small factories are, many OF them
closed, ! like Minnesota fine, a grea
state. or the. big cities, III take Chi
cago for me. In Illinois common
hay is $1,000 to $500 a ton. This IL
my first visit to Dakota. ! like II
first rate, excepting the wind. VIVA
you need here greatly is more grass
land and more trees."---George -
now with Patrick Burke.
II am having great luck with sheep
and lambs this year. Almost every
eve is giving birth to triplets. Yes;
good money in sheep now. Stock IS
what we need, no doubt. shall seed
down ten acres to alfalfa this spring.
] seeded a plat to tame grass last
year and got a fine stand."-Patrick
Burke.
mo, L have no alfalfa seed for
sale. will SOW what ] have. Zen
pounds to the acre is sufficient to get
a good stand.'--G. A. Tracy,
81 had forty acres Of potatoes last
year, and will have sixty acres OF
them this year. AT rs cents a bush
oil they beat small grain. It's a poor
piece of ground that will not produce
$50 to I75 bushels to the acre. |
have no trouble getting pickers. !
pay them 4 cents a busbel, and a man
can make big wages at that. Four
cents is really too much; 3 cents is
about right. My barley last year on
potato ground went 40 bushels OF
good grain, on the other ground
about 10 bushels. / ship by the car
lead, Potatoes are not much more
trouble to tend than corn, the profits
are greater. have never treated
my seed with formalin. | have new"
er had scab, though no doubt the
treatment is worth while. use a
digger that lays them out in a row
on top Of the ground. We have tried
the buncher and elevator types or
diggers, but they are not a success
with us because of Jumps of dirt.
One needs q good planter, sprinkler
and digger. / live abou, two miles
from car track. Of course, at a con.
siderable distance from loading point
the hauling of the crop would be
something of a barrier to its culture,
/ also raise corn. | plan to have 80
acres this season. think the day of
single crop farming is past for this
state, at least in this section. 1t
ought never to be practiced any
where, at least not without resting
the land and under intensive farm
ing.'--Al Happier.
In speaking of whether he consid-
cred the town of Henry~-be lives
near H~enry---hetter without saloons
than with, Mr.. Iappier empiiatieaily
said without, in every way With
the saloons open have seen the
streets of Henry when 1t was not
fit for a child or a lady to be upon
them. There has been D n Of that
since the saloons closed There are
more people in the churches, more
children IN Sunday school and day
school Ton go to town 10Y il har-
vest time after a man and you gen
orally find a sober man. Iou hardly
could before. Now you can generally
count On the hired man or men being
on hand MnnaaF morning ready for.
sna could not 80 so before. .
Miss Rnby Rand visited a few
aagH ia this community with rela
HFeg aud friends
AIrE. g .. Purcell Is recovering
from q lew dsyg Illness.
Mr.: ard Mira Harry Sasse had their
little ntsn. Ralph haptised Sunday.
Mr md Mr.. VIII Broderrnan and
Mias Elsie Anna called upon Mrs.
Fired Hrupfn Enndavs
Eatar services wers held id the
church Sunday. Mrs Alex Dawson
and airs. Emerson accompanied Rev
Nit BEGINNER nut TO them.
Mrs Geo Isrpft and daughter. Mur-
0sased upon Mrs Bert Lewis
Wednesday, asferraopA
AIRS Al a.. DAnisf left for ST. paaij
MINI, basnisia ii gataent at pne eaI
The dlos5itsls there she wsH also
Niais III the homes tnf Aar paaasats and
sister Mrs, Strrnahe,g
. Nh Lee III sSafer8Dwa. Ii hefn-I
Ing AS g1uniat 1T this aaHasS
The sftslla eramt hit abe season iai
Rieliafsa, we sake 81 occurred Friday
last ad che honle a Mr. ana Mrs. |
skzte Croft b Aag Aps5a I, mar king
phs saslsar NNa0daxg a~Tsnfves&arE of
niu.fss Jaaap1ss En to invita-
slnsse fsEsn thee friend ana nesghbor,
l1tta &srasasaas a. sofngaay 81 their
!fsasssssss xzsaserAa III the home 10 re-
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