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The Dickinson press., 1915-09-25
KILLING Mild Oats.

Wild oats are one Of the worst weed
pests that the Colorado farmer has to
deal with especially in the higher alti-
tudes. Where wild oats have occupied
the land for a number Of years they
usually have left a large amount of
seed on and in the soil. Quite fire.
quently when a given crop of wild
oats is destroyed by cutting or plow-
ing the land will Immediately come up
thickly with wild oats. The common
impression is that the crop was not
destroyed, whereas usually the grow
ing crop was killed and the crop which
appears is the result of the sprouting
Of seed already in the soil.
The best way to rid the land of wild
oats is to use meadow crops or cult
waited crops. If the wild oats are pre-
vented from seeding and conditions
made favorable for the sprouting of
the seed in the ground they can be
eradicated in . short time. The seed
is known to have vitality enough to lie
in the soil from three to even years
before germinating.-Alvin KeZe. Colo
RADIO Station.
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-25

the Warfield needs fertilization from
some other variety. For that reason
the Dunlap is perhaps a little more ia
vOred, even though the Warfeld has a
slight advantage as a canning variety.
The De Rockers make a speciality Of
Of Concord grapes to make juice to
supply their trade. Their finished prod
uct is as clear as crystal and of most
delicious quality. They have a special
way Of making their grape juice and
their jellies. They do not make the
juice or jelly entirely at canning time,
but just extract the juice from the
fruit, heat and seal it in jugs or jars.
with no sugar or anything else added.
When it comes to the time of shipment
they siphon the juice out and then
add the sugar, heat and bottle for Gus,
toners. This method has many ad-
vantages, and Mrs. De Rocher consid-
ers it one of the greatest helps to sue
cessful work. 1t considerable
labor in rush times when they receive
the fruit, and also, by siphoning, just
the clear juice is drawn off and all Of
the settings are left in the jug. This
insures a very clear product Of grape
juice and jellies.
All Of the canning products of this
farm are put up in glass. The pre-
serves, marmalades and canned goods
are put up in pints and seven ounce
sealed jars. Strawberry, plum and
peach preserves are also put up in four
ounce jars, commonly called individ-
uals, and are put up for the dining
car trade. When customers are serv-
ed with either of these products in the
dining car they get them in the origi-
nal package, which is not opened IN
til it gets to the table. The jellies are
put up in eight ounce screw top jars.
and the grape juice is put up in pint
and quart bottles with the metal top
cork.
Their trade for these canned prod
ucts consists Of railroad dining cars.
fashionable clubs and restaurants of
Chicago and numerous wealthy fam
lilies in Chicago and elsewhere. Some
Of these families have standing year
~ orders. All Of the products are sold
before they are made. Mr.. De Rocher
goes to the regular customers in the
spring and takes their orders for the
season. After the canning business
opens they take no orders, and the can
ming is done just to All the orders they
have on hand. Shipping Is attended to
as customers require the goods, so that
some Of the product is going forward
all winter.
The annual profits at this farm are
up in the thousands Of dollars, for the
orchard Is nov bearing, and there Is a
large output of apples, pears and plums
to be added to the berries and garden
truck. By the system in force for han
ding fruit there is little waste. Stock
that is not marketed when picked is
saved by preserving and canning meth
DDS. 1t is seldom that a farm family
has as large ar income as the De Ro-
cheers enjoy, and If they cared to go
more extensively into gardening they
could double the earnings Of their lit
tie place.
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-25
ENORMOUS WASTE By WEEDS

Iowa Agricultural College Estimates a
Loss Of %s25.Coo,0oo In Iowa Alone.
Experts Of the Iowa Agricultural col
lege estimate that weeds cost Iowa
farmers not less than $2o, 100000 a
year. This is a huge sum, and if there
is difficulty in crediting the possibility
Of a loss so enormous as Springing
from this source alone there need he
small wonder. But the experts leave
no for doubt. They have made
careful Investigation in both field and
laboratory, and they put on record the
facts that these disclosed.
Weeds, says their bulletin, are harm
full in a good many ways. They con-
sumo plant food that should go to the
agricultural crop. They rob cultivated
plants of sunlight. They take the mois-
ture so essential for a crop, especially
in a dry year. Weeds like the morning
glory pull down a crop like wheat, corn
or oats. Many of them harbor bad in
sects.
But there is little need to waste time
giving a weed a bad reputation, says
the Indianapolis News. That it has
already, and the farmer knows from
experience what weeds do to his crops.
Translating the damage to dollars,
however, and applying the figures to
the state as a whole is likely to set
the agriculturist thinking along new
lines. 1t presents the subject from
another viewpoint.
What is true Of Iowa, Of course, is
true in proportion in other states. Iowa
farmers are not slovenly farmers. Their
fields are as we'll cultivated as the
fields Of farmers elsewhere. The weed
is no greater menace there than it is
in Indiana, and in Indiana, also, it is
causing damage amounting to millions
of dollars annually.
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-25
Scientific
Farming
DESTROYING QUACK GRASS.
Methods Employed by a Minnesota
Farmer In ATTACKING the Weed.

Methods Employed by a Minnesota
Farmer In Attacking the Weed.
a Mimi. S....a farmer outlines his meth
cd Of attarH.us quack grass rs follows
in the Iowa Homestead:
AS quacl; grass is taking possession
Of some Of our best land throughout
the central west, I thought perhaps a
few words relating to my experience
in dealing with it might set some n
thinking and consequently benefit
him. In my early experiences with
quack grass, which anne first in small
spots, 1 tried killing out with salt. I
could kill it entirely if I used salt
enough, but the expense was out Of
reason, and, besides, when I used salt
enough to kill the quack nothing else
would grow on the land for years. I
then tried digging and burning, but
Boon gave that up as a bad job. One
can scarcely get all the roots by dig
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-25
AVOID SDLO ACCIDENTS. !


With the opening Of the silo filling
season there Will be frequent reports
OF serious and fatal accidents. The
manufacturers Of silage cutters have
greatly improved their construction In
recent years, and most accidents now
adays are the result Of carelessness.
Practically all Of them can be avoid
ed by the exercise Of reasonable care.
In addition to the exercise Of common
n at the feeding end Of the ma
chine, here are some things that the
inexperienced mai should do:
Be sure that the machine 10 being
run at the proper speed.
Take care that corn is never put into
the machine until the motion is up to
full speed.
In stopping be careful not to shut of
the power uDtil the elevator 10 empty.
If the elevator is mot empty the cut
material viii fall back and lodge in
the fans. Then when the machine Is
started again the cut corn jams the
fans. and as a result they are bent or
broken. @
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-25
Making the Little
Farm Pay
By c. c. BOWSFIELD


A Michigan family named De Roch-
er, occupying fifty acres ut Big Bear
Lake, is giving q good Illustration of
how to manage a small farm for profit.
Mr.. and Mrs. De Rocher at first de-
pended on bush fruits and vegetables
for their living while bringing on an
orchard Of apples. pears and plums.
Their main income now is from the
larger fruits, which are sold mostly to
private customers.
They keep little live stock or poultry
because their taste runs to growing
and handling fruits. Much of their
product is canned, and by this
they are able to obtain retail prices.
The most unique feature of their farm
ing enterprise is the business which
has been built up in fancy canned
fruit. This is where Mrs. De Rocher
yields the power. She has studied
her fruits and her market and carries
the information in her mind ready to
use at all times. A particular phase
of her work has been to determine
which varieties Of fruit give best re-
suits in supplying a family trade.
She has decided that no other kind of
strawberry will hold its color so well
or make such excellent preserves as
the Warfeld and the Senator Dunlap.
These are similar varieties, but the
Dunlap has a perfect blossom, while
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-25
Farm and
Garden
RIPE FOR THE SILO.

When Corn and Other Crops Should
Be Harvested.
wv. II. Dobson. Louisiana stution.l
Corn is ready to harvest for filing
the silO about the same time it is ready
for harvesting the fodder. The grains
should be web dcnted and glazed and
a few Of the lower leaves turned
brown. IL the corn is cut too green
the silage will be sour and the feed
ing value decreased, while, on the 9TH
or hand, n the corr Is too ripe it will
not pack web IN the silo.
Sorghum should be harvested for the
silo while the seed are in the dough
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-25

g1ng, and it is too expensive. l might
eHnmerate several methods I tried, but
was not entirely satisfied with any.
Finally I got to thinking strongly on
the subject. All the methods I had
tEied had been too expensive for the
results obtained. I then began along a
new line entirely and have found it
much cheaper and very much more ef-
fective.
The method employed is what might
be called the smothering method. The
Mea is this: If n can rot the quack
roots in the ground he has turned an
enemy to a friend. I would do this by
FIRST enriching the soil by a coat of
Manure or a clover crop Or preferably
beth. Then anything I plant or SOW
VIII grow quickly, while if the land
was in a lean condition any smothering
crop would grow so slowly that my op-
poEtunity would be lost. A good way
would be to SOW the mixed grasses and
ehever and pasture for a couple of sea-
SONS, covering with manure while to
gesture. The very tramping Of the
6&~AA MAC q LCAuS1CJ " UIluS uudCh
Raots nearer the surface.
A8te in the fall Of the year after it
Ind this treatment I would plow quite
fAn1sow and harrow down at a con-
venient time the following spring, thor
aughly If 1 could spare the time. I also
double disk and harrow again at odd
times. About June I, not much later,
Lplow again quite deep, harrow down
and SOW Immediately to German mil
let, about M and one-half bushels to
the acre. I sow each day as fast as
plowed SO to get the millet started
ahead Of the quack. When my field is
plowed my millet is sowed. Inside
three days, If there is plenty of mois-
ture, the millet is up and inside of ten
days it covers the ground. BY having
the ground rich and sowing at this
WaRm time Of the a the quack
Wild never see daylight until fall, when
the mallet is cut for hay, and then it is
dead, Foot and branch, and the ground
is in HDlendid shape for a bumper crop
OF corn next season. In fact, I have
raised our best corr on land treated
as above, with scarcely a root of quack
showing on land that was badly sod
ded the year before. BY this method
very little extra work is given the
1An6 @ve the extra blowing, a big crop
o6 very good millet hay Is grown, and a
big crop Of roots is rotted in the soil
equal I'm, value to a coating Of manure,
&nd; the ground Is left in excellent con-
Gt1on for two crops Of corn following.
Some have tried buckwheat in place
ct milet, but with not as good success,
"a 0o8n does not follow buckwheat as
vel, and after one has got the soil into
a high state Of fertility by this method
he. naturally wants to grow corn fol-
lowing, as small grain is very apt to
lodge. Small patches Of quack can be
easily smothered by using tarred pa
Per as q cover for six weeks. In using
tarred paper be sure to lap the sheets
well and weight down with earth. This
Is too expensive a treatment except on
very small patches. It is very difficult
to handle quack grass on land that "a
not well drained.
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-25

PLoW OR DISK sTU1sLE.

From tests that have been
made blowing has been better
for storing moisture than disk
ing. If heavy rains fall the in
crease in moisture content Of
plowed land over disked land Is
greater. This is to be expected,
since the blowing stirs the sur
face Of the soil more thoroughly
and puts it in better condition to
catch any rain that comes. The
blowing also will kill all weeds.
The disk does not in all cases
do this. 1t may be preferable
if a soil does not blow when it
is fall plowed-to plow the stub
BILE fields instead Of disking
them. This, however, is fire.
quently impracticable, due to
the dryness of the soil. Listing
the soil has been almost as good
as blowing. We have not, how
ever, made many tests to deter
mine the effect of listing.-Ne-
braska Station.
a
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-25
Corr For the SiIo,

The best time to cut corn for the silo
is when the ears are well ripened and
before the leaves have become dry,
says A. @. Army Of the Minnesota ex.
pertinent station.
This conclusion has been reached as
the result Of experience. The early
practice was to cut corn while it was
still quite green. But analysis revealed
the fact that the feed value increased
as maturity Of the plant approached.
and the practice therefore changed. in
some cases to the other extreme. The
best results. however. seem to he from
corn cut as indicated.
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-25

stage. Like corn, if it Is left in the
field until it has become too dry the
silage will contain q large amount Of
indigestible material and will not make
a good quality Of silage.
The time of harvesting the crop for
filling the sllO-that is, the stage in
which the crops should be harvested
must be given great consideration If q
good quality is to be obtained.
Pea vines, soy beans and other hay
crops should be harvested for the silo
at the same time as for making hay
that is, when In full bloom and few Of
the heads are ripe.
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-25

made OF 1 by 2 inch strips placed
four inches apart. The shelf or rack
may be put on posts as illustrated.
writes 7. L. Bailey In the Missouri Val
ley Farmer: Vessels may be turned up
side down upon it, and they will catch
the air from underneath.
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-25

blade that passes easily around a
peach pit without waste. The small
handle Of the spoon will likely cut the
hand. It may be best to cut off the
spoon handle halfway up and attach
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-25
Spoon to Pit Peaches.

Put an old, heavy kitchen spoon ON
a grindstone or use a file to cut it
down from each side until it is half an
inch wide. Grind each edge until
sharp and you have a semicircular
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-25
MYSTERY NOISES.
OF Unknown Origin, They Sound
Like Muffled Thunder.
COMMON IN THE OLD WORLD.

These Curious eoomines, That Puzzle
Science, Heard at Times From Aus
tralia to ireland, Are Akin to the
"Moodus Noises" of Connecticut.
1t is a hot and tranquil summer aft
ernoon on the Belgian coast in time of
peace. Strolling along the shore you
are startled by a muf1ed defamation
that seems to come. from somewhere
far out at sea. Can it be thunder?
There is not q cloud in the sky, and
you remember that thunder is rarely
audible at a greater distance than
fifteen miles. A man-Of-war at target
practice, perhaps-far in the ofing. At
this point your Belgian friend ex-
plains. 1t was the ''mistpoeffer," he
says, and a sign that the weather win
continue fair.
But what is the m~istpoeffer? If you
can answer that question you car alse
explain the mysterious Barisal guns OF
India (Barisal Is the name Of q town
IN the Ganges 0ebta), which have puz-
aled scientific men for half a century.
You al explain also the strange Tum-
kaings that Ia certain parts Of Italy
seem to cense from nowhere IN par
teular and are known to the peasantBy
AndeR forty or more local names. the
desert sound of the Australian wilder
ness. the water guns Of Leugh Neagh
h Ireland and the aerial detanations
&Ho& Dooocfnno11u ckor&lo HoHfOvDSnwro
during the warm season.
For example. in September, 1896, to
quote the Santa Rosa Republicans, "a
tremendous explosion, presumably IN
the air, occurred near Cazadero. 1t
was heard by the jewellers Of the
mountain region ever an area of 900
square miles,"
All noises Of this kind resembling
thunder. but not traceable to that or
any other known agency, are new gen
orally called in scientific literature
brontidi, a nan first used by Profess
scr Tito Alirp1 who has made o spe~
'eial study 81 these phenomena in
Rtaly.
The "MoodHs noises" familiar to ola
residents Of M0odus and East Had-
dam. Conn, are probably kindred Pie.
Aomena, although they eem to be
somewhas more definitely associated
with s~0bterTaneaD earth sheeks tAan
are typical hgo0t1M, and the same Bsg
be said of The gouffre Of Haiti, whseA-
nj least IN some eases-is easily recog-
nfzed as Of sU~bterTanean origin.
Although systematic investigations
Of bronti6 are Of recent date, occu-
Fenees Of the phenomena have been re-
corded from early times. Lord Bacon
mentions IAN extraordinary noise h
the sky when there is No thunder"
and similar sounds were known 10
Humboldt and Boussingauft Captain
Sturt, a pioneer explorer Of Australia,
wrote In 1929:
about 3 p. NO.. of Feb. Z during the
Australian sHnsmer) MI. Hume and i
were occupied tracing the chart upon
the ground. The day had been re-
maFkably fine. There was not q cloud
In the heavens nor a breath Of air b
be felt. On q sudden we heard what
seemed to be the report Of a gun fred
ut the distance Of between Eve and six
miles. It was not the hollow sound Of
an earthly explosion or the sharp craze
king NOISE Of failing timber, but n
every way resembled the discharge af
q heavy piece Of ordnance.
mo enc was certain whence tho
eound proceeded. Beth Mr.. Hume and
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-25
Sod and Insects.

To guarantee against insects do not
follow a grass sod with such a grain
crop as corn. 1t is well to keep the
land fallOw for q time.
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-25
Rack For Airinq Milk Pans,

A Slated rack for airing milk pans
and other milk utensils may be made
easily. A shelf 3 by AZ feet will hold
a good many vessels. The Stats are
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-04-23
The Cheerful Woman

There are emergencies in every
household which call for the dis
play Of a stateman's skill. Tn,
cheerful woman is pre-eminent OF
such occasions. She conquers h,
grim uncle or the dyspeptle couslI
with her Infective oheerfulness, anC
her servants recognize her as theu
friend and ally in all matters that
are essential to their welfare. The
length Of time she keeps her ser
wants is a source of wonderment 10
her less fortunate friends, but the
secret of 1t Is her own wInsome dis.
position, She soothes the tired
worker with a word of kind COM
mendation where another might
make a querulous complaint. When
direction Is needed she delivers 1t
in such a gentle albeit firm manner
that it has no sting or reproof.
This gentle, tactful woman is
not afflicted with work that is from
"sun to sun, " or that Is "neverdone"
She does not moralize much, per.
haps, but by some means she man.
ages to accomplish a great deal of
work and have plenty of time at her
command. 1t Is by means Of that
same cheerfulness of disposition.
There is less delay in executing her
commands, and she possesses the
gift Of "timlng her turns" so that
sometimes 1t seems as If the "fairies
did help her." And the fairies Of
gentle breeding and of kind heart
do help her.
Everybody welcomes smiling
face. All doors are open to it; oil
social circles welcome it. 1t is an
open sesame to heart and home. BY
it burdens are lightened, cares dis.
pelled, sorrows banIshed, and hope
made to reign triumphant where
fear, doubt and dependency held
high carnival.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-04-23
HUSBAND RESCUED
DESPAIRING Wife
After -Four Years Of DiseOuragins
Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave
Up in Despair. Husband
Came to Rescue.

catron, Ky.-ln an interesting letter
from this place, Mrs. Bettie Bullock
writes as follows: II suffered for iou
years, with womanly troubles, and during
this time, could only sii up for a little
while, and could not walk anywhere al
all. At times, I would have severe pains
In my left side.
The doctor was called In, and his treat
ment relieved me for a while, but was
soon confined TO my bed again. Alter
that, nothing seemed 10 do me any good.
| had gotten so weak ! could not stand.
and gave up In despair.
At last, my husband got me a bottle oil
cardui, the woman's tonic. and COM
menced taking II. From the very first
dose, could tell II was helping me.
can now walk two miles without It's
tiring me, and am doing my work."
II YOU are all run down from womanly
troubles, don't give up in despair. Try
Cardui, the woman's tonic. lthas helped
more than a million women, In IFS y
years OF wonderful success, and should
surely help you, too. Your druggist has
sold Cardui for years. He knows whal
II will do. Ask him. He will recon-
mend II. Begin taking Cardui today.
Write 20. Chattanooga Medlclne Co. Ladies,
Advisory Dept, ChaitanooEa, Team. for Special
Iisiruciions 90 your case and e4-pafe book hofs
1rea,nent fOr Women" sent In plain wrapper. hoo-B
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-04-23

o. G. Mock, cashier of the Banl
of Biggers, was here Sunday to see
relatives and special friends.
A. J. Downing went over to
Hoxie Saturday to see his mother,
Mrs. w. A. Downing, who Is very
sick.
Quite a number from this place
attended the unveiling of the mon
ument Of the late Sam Ferguson, at
the Chesser cemetery last Sunday.
The ceremonies were conducted by
Manson camp, w. o. W., assisted
by the Pocahontas camp.
Green r. Jones, who has been
confined TO mis- home for several
weeks with typhoid fever, was able
TO be about town this week,
TO the delight of his many
friends.
Mr.. Shelton, farm demonstration
agent for the Frisco r. r. system,
was here first of the week looking
after the four demonstration plats
IN Randolph county, and paid the
Star Herald very welcome visit.
Mr.. Shelton looks after these farms
IN something like fifty counties IN
this territory.
Esq. J. T. Hamilton and John
Adair, two business men Of Manson,
were business visitors Monday.
Attorney S. a. ID. Eaton was
lookiug-s(ter legal matters At Don
iphan, Mo, this week.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-04-23

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Pocahontas star herald., 1915-04-23
A Case In Point

The stand pat republicans profess
to be very confident that the spirit
of reform has run ITS course and
that the government is going 10 be
turned back into the hands of those
who have permitted the special IN.
terests to despoil the people. II
any reader Of The Commoner is N
doubt as to the result of such an ex
pertinent, If the people are sc
thoughtless as to make 1t, be will
find case in point In the 44th and
54th verses of the MI chapter OF
Matthew:
"Then he saith, will return into
my house from whence | came out;
and when he Is come, he fndeth IT
empty, swept and garnisbed.
"Then goeth he, and taketh with
himself seven other spirits more
wicked than himself, and they enter
in and dwell there: and the last state
of that man is worse than the first.
Even so shall 1t be also unto this
wicked generation"
w. j. Bryan.