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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
Test Your Seed Oats.

National Crop Improvement Service.1
Every grower of oats should test his
seed before sowing. A very simple
way to test seed for termination il
to take two tin plates, one slightly
smaller than the other, cut cotton fan
mel pads to fit the inner side of the
plate, soak pads In water and squeeze
out surplus moisture; put the pad
upon the larger plate and count 100
oat seeds and scatter over the pad:
place another vet pad over the seed
and invert the smaller plate as q
cover to prevent evaporation. Add .
little water when the pad becomes
somewhat dry, but be careful not to
use too much water. Keep in tenn
perature of from IA to 80 degrees +.
At the end of six or seven days, count
your sprouted seeds.
1t doesn't pay. to SOW oats which viii
DOT test IS per cent
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
MIXING AND CHANGING SEED.
Il 10 Advisable to Select the Best VI.
riety Adapted to Soil and Climate
and Keep II Up to Standard
Running Out 10 Due to
Carelessness.

National Crop Improvement service.1
Mixing varieties of oats is bad pol
ICY. It is also bad policy for farmers
In the same neighborhood to SOW diff
ferent kinds Of seed. It pays the
grain grower to use one ''pedigreed"
variety of wheat. oats. barley, corn or
other grain. and to keep it pure. Yields
Increase and improve in quality year
after year. II the seed is carefully
cleaned and graded each year; and the
variety establishes for the locality a
reputation which is felt on the market.
Running out" is due to careless selec-
ton and poor tillage. Care in these
particulars will not only prevent it.
but will. as said, improve the quality
Of the grain. Buying seed every few
years, from regions having different
soil and climate, is unwise, even IL the
variety is the same.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
Tho Seven Wise Men OF Greece.

The Seven Wise Men OF Greece.
The seven wise men of Greece were
Thales OF Miletus. Pertander of Cor.
nth. CleObulus of Lyndus. CbiIon of
l.aredaemon. $olon OF Athens. Bias Of
Prtenne and Pittacus Of Mitylene
Some fishermen of Mfletus sold draft
ut fishes to 0ystander. When the
net was dra wn In it contained a golden
tripod. and the purchaser claimed It
was his. while the fishermen contend
ed that they sold only the t1sh that
might tie In the net The dispute was
referred to the oracle OF Delphi. who
awarded the tripod to the wtsest man
In Greece. Thereupon 1t was taken to
Thales. who declined 1t and suggested
that it be given to Bias. BE In turn
refused to accept It, and thus It was
successively declined BY all the seven.
and they were thereafter known as the
seven wise men Of Greece.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
THRIFT OF THE SWISS.
Hard and Psrilous Work Of the Hay.
makers Of the Alps.

Hard and Psrilous Work Of the Hay.
makers Of the Alps.
The thrift of the Swiss turns every
bit Of ground in the Alps to the best
account. II a few square yards can
anywhere be made or reclaimed the
requisite labor is not grudged.
The farmer makes the very soil. He
builds terraces along steep inclines,
lines them with blocks of stone and
then packs the earth Oh them. Thus
he transforms the mountain and the
rock into a little patch. where he
plants vine or raises oats or corn.
Along the edge of precipices the peas
ant haymaker goes in search of grass.
clinging to the rock with iron clamp
ers on his feet. He hangs on the sides
Of the cliffs which imprison the valley
and mows down few tufts of grass
on craggy shelves here and there.
His scythe on his shoulder. armed
with his iron shod stick. provided with
his clamp irons. a cloth or net rolled
up in his bag. he sets out at midnight
in order that the dawn may find him
at work. During the two months of
hay harvest he goes down to the vii
lage only three or four times to renew
his supply of food. BY this hard and
perilous occupation an Alpine mower
makes from 3 to s francs a day. his
food not included. and many times un'
der some projecting rock he must seek
q bed and pass the night.
Once dried the wild hay is carefully
gathered into a cloth or net and car
fied down to the first little plain,
where it can be made into a stack.
which Is weighted down with large
stones to prevent it's being blown
away.
In the winter. when everything is
covered with snow. the mower climbs
again the mountain. carrying little
wooden sledge on his shoulders. He
loads it with hay. seats himself in
front and shoots down with the swift
ness of an arrow Thus the hay crop
Of the Alps is brought in.-New York
SIM
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
SIBERIAN VILLAGES.
Life Of the Peasants, Their Cottages
and Their Steam Baths.

Life Of the Peasants, Their Cottages
and Their Steam Baths.
An interesting account of the charac.
teristics of Siberian villages is given in
his book. Siberia" by NJ. P. Price:
"The villages through which we trav-
eled on the way were Russian in every
respect. Streets were wide and full
of ruts and slime. The houses had log
frames and rough hewn boards for the
roof. They had a clean and well kept
appearance and were surrounded by
fences of wooden boards. Through the
fence gateway opened into court
yard where the live stock were kept.
A stream generally runs behind the
village, and the manure from the yards
is pitched in heaps along it's banks.
being carried away each year by the
spring floods.
''rhere is large room with brick
stove. taking up perhaps quarter of
the room. In this the family eat. live
and sleep-sOne on the stove aud some
on the floor while separate small
room is kept and reserved for visitors
or others who are not members of the
family. The rooms are whitewashed,
and each member of the family has a
steam bath every week in hut kept
for the purpose outside
1.-THE notion that the Russian peasant
is habitually dirty is most mistaken.
Here. at all events. the average Sibe-
rian peasants house could compete
with the best cottages in rural Eng
land. The temperature Of the rooms IS
generally rather trial to such as are
not used to extreme cold outside and
sealed windows with stove inside"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
PATENTS IN GERMANY.
There Inventors Are Looked Upon as
Teachers to the Nation.

IeaCnerS 10 tho NATION.
In Germany a patent is regarded to
be equivalent to a promotion of ma
donal knowledge by the disclosure Of
a heretofore unknown art. writes II.
F. Wertheimer in Paper. The inventor
is judged to be some kind of teacher
to the nation; therefore the patent
Office does in no way care for the real
father of an invention. To the first
applicant is allowed the patent. and
lack of first and true inventorship does
not invalidate or bar the grant of q
patent unless the invention has beer
fraudulently obtained or stolen If
the person from whom a patent has
been stolen flies an opposition at the
proper time or starts an annulling suit
against the granted patent the patent
is refused or annulled. Moreover. un-
der certain conditions fraudulent
patentee may be compelled by law
suit to assign the patent or even the
patent application to the rightful
owner.
This broad principle regulates easily
the status of persons who have actual
~ carried out the invention previous
to patent application by another. as
we'll as the question Of interfering ap-
plications: Such persons are not az
fected by the patent. for they have not
been instructed by the inventor. In
other words. they have not derived
any new or useful knowledge by the
disclosure of the Datent: therefore
they have legal right to use the pat
ent for their own business. but this
right can only be assigned to others,
together with the transfer Of their
whole business, In other TERMS they
are entitled to a limited free license
Infringement suits are relatively
rare and by no means so frequent as
In the United States. Furthermore.
they are considerably less expensive.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
THE PICTORIAL FINS.
Without Thorn Fish Would stanl
Upon tie Head. u.

Without Thorn Fish WOULD staml
Upon lts Head. b,
The pectoral fms of fish are the
two fins. one on each side. just back IT
the head. These fms aid the fish to
some extent in swimming. They are
small oars which the fish feathers very
beautifully and are of value chiefly to
preserve its equilibrium. 1t is with
these fms that the fish maintains its
horizontal position in the water when
not swimming Without them the fish
would stand on its head. Sometimes Il
fish loses one or both Of its pectoraI
fms by disease or by accident. A fish
without pect0ral fms is In bad way
While most fishes keep a horizontal
position in the water when not swim
ming. there are fishes that do not. One
Of these fishes is the fetish. which
when motionless suspends itself in the
water. head downward. at an angle of
forty-fve degrees or even nearer the
perpendicular. 4 fetish kept in an
aquarium which had lost both it's pee
otraI fins inclined over backward past
the perpendicular when motionless to
about the same angle that it would
have kept in the other direction If its
pectoraI fins had been intact. so that
when not in motion it seemed to be
lying at an angle on it's back.
In the same aquarium there was a
striped bass weighing about pound
and a half. one of whose. pectoraSs6ns
was attacked at the tip by fungus
which gradually encroached upon it.
Finally the discussed portions. of the fin
were cut off with pair of sharp
shears. the cut being made within the
sound part Of the fin. At first the fish
was like Il man in boat pulling one
long oar and one short one--tt couldn't
hold course But it soon accustomed
itself to it's new condition. and there
after it got along very comfortably.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
PREPARING SEED BED.
A Well Prepared Seed Bed Is Neces.
sary-Disk Land Two or Three
Times-A Mellow Surface Of
About Three Inches-PIowinQ
Not Necessary.
(1y r. A. Moore, Wisconsin College Of
Aoriculture.)


National Crop Improvement Service.1
A carefully prepared seed bed has
been one of the most neglected fea-
lures in connection with the produc
ton of oats. It is very common
practice to see an end-gate seeder at
work in fields where the corn stalks
still remain standing on the ground
AS matter of fact, most of the
preparation of the seed bed has been
very largely done after the oats have
been sown. Such practices will have
to be done away with before we can
expect the average yield of oats to be
materially increased. The preparation
of the seed bed by no means receives
the attention that it should in connec-
ton with all our grains, but especially
Is it deficient with our oats.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
SHADOW OF THE MOON.
tie Rapidly sf Motion 40 Shown In ,
Solar Eclipse.

lts Rapidly ef Motion 40 Shown IN .
Solar Eclipse.
Probably the fastest motion that man
can perceive with his eyes Is that Of
the shadow Of the moon across the
earth in solar eclipse. This rate Is
practically that of the moon in it's or
bit. which is about 1000 miles an hour.
This Is roughly half mile a second
Now. ii u person were to be stationed
on mountain whence he could see
for some miles he could actually watch
the approach of the shadow and keep
his eye on it's edge OF course the
shade would cover the whole landscape
for any one person.
From the testimony of many men
who have witnessed the phenomenon
In such circumstances it is terrible
and awe inspiring spectacle. Thus
Forbes Of Turin: II confess it was the
most terrifying sight | ever saw. As
always happens in the case Of sudden.
silent. unexpected movements. the
spectator confounds real and relative
motion. felt almost giddy for mo-
ment. as though the massive building
under me bowed on the side of the
coming eclipse" Another view is de,
scribed by Langley: THE bright cloud
l saw distinctly put out like candle
The rapidity of the shadow and the in
tensity produced Il feeling that some
thing material was sweeping over the
earth at Il speed perfectly frightful.
involuntarily listened for the rushing
noise OF Il mighty wind"
There are. Of course. many velOcities
greater than this that occur on the
earth. which. too. are measurable. such
as the speed Of light. which is 10000
miles a second. and the speed of MOLE
cues Of hot gases. but they are not di-
rectly perceptibe to the human vision
Lawrence Hodges in Chicago Record.
Herald
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
|OAT CROP OF WORLD
Some Interesting Facts Con-
corning It.
Nearly Four Billion Bushels Produo.
tIon In Europe and Amerlea-1A2or
100000 Bushels Produced In
United States.

National Crop Improvement Servtce.J
The oat crop Of the world is nearly
1000, 100000 bushels annually, most of
which is produced in Europe and
North America. The principal oat-pro-
ducing countries are the United States,
European Russia, Germany, France.
and Canada. In the United States the
greater portion of the crop is grown
in the upper Mississippi valley. ILL.,
nois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Nebraska are the leading states in
the production of oats. The annual
crop, in 1912, of the United States. was
about 1,42O,0O0,000.
The market grades of oats depend
on the color of the grain and its free
dom from mixture and from dirt.
The legal weight of bushel of
oats in most of the states is 81
pounds
About two pounds of straw are usu.
ally produced to one pound of grain.
The proportion of straw may be ma
terially reduced, however, in some va
riet1es and in some seasons, or it may
be materially increased. The hull
usually comprises 30 to IS per cent. of
the grain, though the range is from
little more than 20 per cent to about
As per cent.
Analyses shows oats are higher in
protein than corn, and about equal to
wheat and barley. They are higher
in ash than any of the other grains,
and considerably higher in fat than
either barley or wheat. On account
Of the hulls. oats contain the highest
percentage of crude fiber, an undesir-
able element. Dat straw contains more
protein and more fat than corn slower
or the straw of any other small
grain.
Feed Value Of Oat Straw.
Dat straw is more palatable and
more nutritious than the straw of any
other grain and is nearly equal to
corn stover. In addition to it's use as
feed it is largely used for bedding
and for the formation of manure. It's
fertilizing value is about So ton.
Hay made from oats or from oats
and peas, is both palatable and nutri-
tious, being higher in feeding value
than timothy hay. These crops can
also be used as pasture or cut green
for feeding to stock. Sheep do par.
ticularly we'll on oats and peas, either
when cut for hay or when used a.
pasture.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
TEST YOUR LUNGS.
A Simple Method by Which One MAJ
Measure His Development.

- obHbHI0 "SStON Ny Vv"S~ss OU0 "soJ
Measure His Development.
People often suffer from weak, I'm
developed lungs without Suspecting it.
True. small. feeble lungs are usually
associated with small. narrow or
sunken chest. but not invariably. BY
means OF the misuse of physical cul
ture it is possible to develop large
chest muscles. thus acquiring a big
chest measurement. while the lungs
remain small and ill nourished
Again. lung mischief is often so slow
and inSiduous in its approach that the
trouble is not discovered until it is
firmly established Here. however. il
q simple test which will tell you
whether your lungs are healthy or not:
Take as deep a breath as you can.
and then. in II SLOW but distinct voice
count from one onward AS far as you
can without taking in more breath
The number Of seconds you can con
tinue counting is Il pretty reliable in
dex to the state of your lungs. so 20,
should have some one to time you.
IL your lungs are sound and normal
ly developed your range will be be.
tween twenty and thirty five seconds
If your limit is between ten and TWEEN
ty seconds there is no need to tie
alarmed: probably your lungs are
merely in need of exercise. to- M
readily obtained by regular deer
breathing in pure air. A range Of less
than ten seconds. however. points til
more or less mischief. and you should
not delay in having your lungs ex
amined by medical man.-LOndon
Answers
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
Emulation.

your first name is June. is it. little
glrl?"
Yes. sir: only don't spell it the
Way most folks do"
How do you spell it,
"J-u-e-n."
''Why is that little grip
do you s'pose I'm goin' 10 let the
Macs get ahead Of me when it comes
TO spellin names different?"- Chicago
Tribune.
Making excuses takes time that 10
better spent In making good. -
Youths Companion
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
ART IN ITS DAWNING.
Primitive Mans First Crude Efforts
Toward the Beautiful.

In the beginning man went forth
each day-some to do battle. some to
the chase, others again to dig and
delve in the feld-all that they might
gain and live or lose and die-until
there was found among them one. diff
fering from the rest, who stayed by
the tents with the women and traced
strange devices with burnt stick over
a gOurd.
This man. who took no joy in the
ways OF his brothers. who cared not
for the conquest and fretted in the
field; this designer of quaint patterns.
this deviser of the beautiful. who per-
ceived in nature about him curious
curvings. as faces are seen in the fire
this dreamer apart was the. first artist.
And when from the field and from
afar there came back the people they
took the guord and drank from out
of it. ~
And presently there came to this
man another-and in time others-Of
they worked together. and soon they
fashioned from the mOistened earth
forms resembling the gourd And with
the power of creation. the heirloom of
the artist, presently they went beyond
the sovenly suggestion of nature and
the first vase was born in beautiful
proportion.
And the toilers toiled and were
a-thirst. and the heroes returned from
fresh victories to rejoice and feast.
and all drank alike from the artists
goblets. fashioned cunningly. taking no
note the while of the craftsman's
pride and understanding not bis glory
in his work; drinking at the cup. not
| from choice. not from consciousness
that it was beautiful. but because. for
SoOth. there was none Other.-.James
Mcneil Whistler
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17

Booths Brother on Lincoln Snoor,ng.
A letter to General Adam Badeau by
Edwin Booth. brother Of John Wilkes
Booth. assassin OF Abraham Lincoln.
written only three days after the as
sassination. was published recently. In
part it reads:
For the first time since the damna
bic intelligence stunned me that ,ny
brother Wilkes enacted this fearful
hellish deed am able to write
You must feel deeply the agony near
in being thus blasted in ali NV hopes
by a villain VINO seemed so lnvahle am,
in whom all his family, found Il source
Of joy in his boyish and contiding ma
ture. Abraham Lincoln was
MY president. for In pnre admiration of
his noble career and Christian prime,
pies did what | never did before
voted and for him"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
WATER FOR THE LAUNDRY.
Convenient Method Where Running
Water Is Not Available.

Where there is no running water
in the house barrel with a faucet
placed about one-third of the distance
between top and bottom may stand in
the shed on washday. This should
be within equally easy reach of boiler
and tubs. This barrel or tank should
be filled with water the day before
the washing is to be done and the
water softened, if hard water is used.
It is convenient to have this barrel
rest on a platform raised high enough
to allow the water to run by gravity
through the faucet and be carried
through a hose directly into the tubs
or boiler, but barrel at such height
is often SO difficult to fill as to render
such method impractical
Those who are fortunate enough to
have pump very near the shed may
be able to use the rubber tubing to
fiji both barrel and boiler by pumping
water directly into them provided
the elevation of the two permit. A
homemade drain leading from the
shed to safe distance from the house
and we'll, and emptying where the
water will be carried off and the
ground kept deodorized and clean by
moving air and bright sunlight, will
very much lessen the heavy labors
of emptying tubs, and deprive wash
day of some of the dreaded exposure
which usually accompanies it. These
pipes must. of course, necessarily be
laid below the frost line.-Juniata L.
Shepperd, University Farm, st. Paul.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
aeItane.

6oJ19n0.
In the highlands OF Scotland and In
ireland May was called Beltane.
This was the name OF an ancient pa
gan festival. traces of which nave sur.
vtved to this day. The name Ia still
used for May day in Gaelic Scotland
1t Is said that the druids on that day
nsed to make two tres with great In
carnations and drive their cattle be-
tween them as a safeguard against
disease.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
Food for Man.

National Crop Improvement service.1
Harry Snyder, professor Of chemis.
try, College Of Agriculture, Univer.
sity of Minnesota, says:
"Of the five cereals most commonly
used for lveakfast foods, oats con-
tain perhaps the largest quantities Of
the important nutrients, with q fairly
low proportion Of crude fiber"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
Every Move . Picture

Every Move Picture.
THAT movie star spends al, bis time
In bed when he isn't acting"
lis the work. then. SO awruiiy ardu-
ons2''
mo. bnt ne can't bear to stand
around tn elegant poses that be isn't
betng paid for "-ptttsbnrgb Post.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
Only Something.

1t is extravaganza to buy such dress
lining. Mrs. Bargains
1T was real cheap. hubby. dear
only dollar something yard"
How much is 'something?' What
was the price?''
1T was $1.9s a yard" New York
Herald. 81
i
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
The Only way.

done wore out three foots OF q
graveyard rabbit in de hopes Of good
tuck comm my way" SAID Brother
Williams. IAN des 'bout come ter de
conclusion dat Dr. only way ter git dat
Is ter go Ter work fer 20 tivtn'."'-At.
ianta Constitution.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
Appropriate emblem.

Appropriate Emblem
:Yon women ought to orga nize 90
ciety for the encouragement OF pick
pockets
What do you meanY
"And adopt AS your insignia the
dangling nand bag."-Louisvtlle Couri-
er.Journai.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17

What yon do for an ungrnteful man
b thrown away.-Lattn Proverb
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-10
Suit Cleanup

If you want good Suit at a
small price, here is surely your
chance to get a good Suit at less
than the price of the Innings.
We have about 20 Suits left, in
qualities from Si2.50 TO $500, left
from our fall and winter models,
that we are putting in our north
window to close at only 1898.
II you want a good, everyday bust
ness Suit, this is a good chance to
get the whole Suit for less than
you will pay for a common, every
day Skirt.
When you can buy a good Suit
for only S3.9S that is worth from
$500 to $500, it is surely a good
time to make a little money 60 a
good ways.