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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07

known this all the time and has been
taking advantage of it. Wherever we
studied the grasses we found legumes,
such as the wild clovers, vetches,
ground plums,~ licorice, even the dread
ed loco is a legume. The nitrogen
gatherers are busy on the prairies;
Nature ees to that.
Have you eve stopped to think how
grass is utilized when man does not
interfere? In early times, buffalo
and other wild animals grazed upon it
where they found the feed most to
their liking. If they grazed heavily
upon M spot Nature spread a pro-
tective mantle of inedible plants up
on the soil and the animals moved on
to more toothsome pastures, leaving
the land free, and the b%eneficent gras-
es would again establish themselves.
Wherever these animals grazed, they
dropped their manure; it was scatter
ed back without waste directly onto
the soil that produced it. They were
not confined and forced to exist on
short pasture till the soil was prac-
bare, Nature abhors over-graz-
Much vegetation was left after
they had had their fill and, with the
seasons as this abundance
matured and died, it fell again to
earth and became incorporated with
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07

were the livestock, now the Hereford
and Angus and Shorthorn and Gallo
way take their place, and choice milk
cows and pure-bred hogs and horses
and sheep help turn into money the
easily grown grass and roughage.
We have seer how the population
moved westward and toward the north
across our Empire. The first break
ing of sod and growing of wheat on
any scale was done in the extreme
east and toward the south. Here the
evils Of one-crop farming was first
apparent. And here purebred live
stock vas first generally accepted.
Here it is found in greatest abundance
and from here it is being extended
toward the west. Within a generation
after the movement of farmers COM
menced, this immigration of purebred
cattle is under way, following the same
lines and populating the same terri
tory. Thus we are reverting to ma
lures original plan, for we are COM
ing to understand the wisdom and ne
cessity underlying it.
Wherever cattle go onto our farms,
conditions are resumed like those
when Nature fed livestock and thus,
from and within the sod, built up and
maintained a rarely fertile soil. Where
the wise husbandry is followed, pas
ture and alfalfa appear and the grass
comes again to it's own.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07
IMPRcr<;< y 81 METHODS IN FARMING
A. P. HENDERSON, Agricultural Agent for Bottineau County

ing.
We have also quite a number of the
milking strains, such as the Holstein
and Guernsey, which are giving pro-
ftable returns.
Sheep growing is coming into vogue
rapidly. We have at the present time
some 1000 breeding ewes and a total
of some 5000 ewes and lambs owned
in small f1ocks throughout the coun-
ty and with wool around fifty cents
a pound and lambs worth fifteen
cents a pound this is a very profit
able form of livestock for which our
county is admirably adapted.
The production of hogs is also be-
ing taken up to a considerable extent
and when the pigs are born in the
spring, grow principally on sweet
clover, alfalfa or grass pasture and
fattened in the fall on a field Of flint
corn, which almost always natures
here, this line of livestock is very pro-
fitable at the prevailing prices.
The raising of horses has always
received considerable attention from
our farmers and nowhere can bet
ter conditions be obtained for this
class of livestock. The large lime
content of our soil makes it very
adaptable for the production of all
kinds of livestock and especially Of
horses, as it is noticeable that the reg
ions, notably Kentucky and Missouri,
where some of the best horses are
raised, the soil is rich in lime, which
makes far better pastures for the pro-
duction of growth of bone and muscle.
Sufficient emphasis has hardly been
given to the production of the differ
ent grasses. An Iowa farmer and in
vestor just the other day called on US
and stated that he vas favorably inn
pressed with this country in general
but that unless he could be shown
that we could grow tame grass sue
cessfully he would not invest a dol
lar in land he was considering doing.
These farmers from the older states
know the things that are essential to
successful agriculture of any country
and what is required to keep up the
fertility of the soil and make farm
ing profitable. l was able to show
him what he wanted to see through
the progressiveness of some Of our
farmers who have adopted this phase
of farming and it is by such exper-
fences as this that we want to draw
the attention of all the farmers and
business men as we'll that the matter
of Better Farming" is everybody's
concern and deserves the encourage
ment of all those who are interested
in the development of this particular
region.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07
Woodwards Arrive at Destination.

Friends in the city have received
! word from Mr.. and Mrs Woodward
that they arrived safe and sound at
Pennsburg, Pa. They report an ex-
ceptionally enjoyable trip, having
practically no mishap to mar the
pleasure of the outing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodward left Bot
tineau Thursday morning, May III, by
automobile, carrying a complete camp
ing outfit with them and camped prac-
tically every night.
Mr.. Woodward drove his Model IS
Overland car and made the entire
trip of 213O miles on 80 gallons of gas
oline, or an average of q miles to the
gallon.
At Madison, Wis, they were laid up
for one day with minor dynamo trou-
bles and at Elkhart, Ind, they were
delayed two days on account OF con-
tinued rains. This left the roads
through Indiana and Ohio in very
muddy condition, and from Plttsburg
to Pennsburg, Pa, it rained steadily.
The only tire trouble on the entire
trip was the blowing out OF a casing
on the last days journey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodward expect TO
| return to Bottineau about July 10th
and will also make the return trip
by auto. At present they are visiting
with Mr.. Woodward's brother, 0. M.
Woodward. They will also visit their
son, Mont, who is working near there,
and another brother of Nh. Woodward,
who is in charge of a big electrical
works near Philadelphia.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07
THE interest in livestock
which is manifested by the
event which is announced

WHICH Is manifested by the
event which is announced
elsewhere in this issue of
the Courant is the logical sequence of
the intelligent development of the
country.
Soil is composed of ground rock
and decayed vegetable matter and as
the vegetable matter is used up by
successive cropping the soil gradually
has a tendency to resume it's original
form. This results in blowing, in the
lack of the misunderstanding quality
and in a general depletion of the fer
tility Of the land, so that as a logical
result the farmers mind is turned af-
ter a series of years to some correct
i've method as he comes to realize the
necessity of putting back into the soil
some of the properties that have been
exhausted by the growth of crops.
The keeping and feeding of live
stock from the a feeds grown on
the farm furnishes the vegetable mat
ter to be returned to the land in the
form of manures, making blowing less
apt to occur, also furnishing a condi-
ton which will hold the moisture long,
and make the product more certain,
so that the increasing interest in live
stock which is emphasized by the
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07
Sunday School Picnic at Roth.

The Annual Picnic of the Roth I'm
ion Sunday School will be held We'd
nesday, June 10, at the VIM. Hewitt
home, one mile south Of Roth. There
is a splendid grove on the farm and
it is an ideal place in which to hold q
picnic. This picnic always draws 9
large attendance from the surround
ing country and a general good time
is enjoyed by all. Everyone is wei
come to this picnic. To you and your
friends a hearty invitation is extend.
ed to be present. There will be a ball
game between Roth and Eidsvold.
Starbuck, as we'll as many other out
door sports. Everyone is requested
to bring their own lunch. However
there will be q stand at which lunch
and refreshements can be purchased.
early, stay late.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07

Special Edition of this paper and by
the picnic which it announces June
18th under the auspices of the Short
horn Breeders Association, all go to
show that we in Bottineau county are
passing from the single crop system
of farming to one Of a more diversi-
fed nature.
We have in this county all Of the
prominent breeds Of cattle represented
in the purebred herds Of the farmers,
the Shorthorn, Of course, predominant
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07
es to respond to mans demands.

es to respond to mans demands.
Then driven by his needs, man be-
gins to observe, and he learns how
Mother Nature built and enriched the
soil. It is no secret-she grew grass
and cattle. And now, over y EN-
pire, the idea is making it's way. The
recognition of the value of grass and
the demand for cattle are observable
everywhere.
Not only are cattle being utilized,
bit tJ better cattle. Where the .l buffalo 9
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07

pute, but this we must admit-when
she had to nov off and we moved on
she turned over to US a farm that had
been kept up and made more product
i've through all her centuries of tilling,
productive to a degree we have not
maintained.
Our practice has been grain farm
ing almost without exception. How
absolutely at variance with Natures
way; she always rotated her crops,
fed livestock, returned the manure to
the soil and conserved the humus.
Hers wise methods and precau-
tious, and how we disregarded them!
We raised the money crop, the easiest
to get.
But man cannot be blamed for this.
Establishing a home in u new coun-
try was no child's play. Money had
to be raised as quickly as possible, and
wheat was the way to do it. There
was little game for food or timber
for shelter, as in some countries.
Much had to be bought for immediate
necessities, and that required money.
So man raised wheat.
But he kept on raising wheat, drew
lavishly upon the fertile soil while
making little if any provision for re-
plenishing it. Now Mother Nature,
though dispossessed, still guards
her soil, and in time brings punish
ment upon those who persist in tax
ing from it while never giving back.
The yield of the one unchanging crop
falls off; inedible weeds take the
ground; the farm, denied rotations,
the life-giving legumes, the manures
and the humus, at last sullenly refus-
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07
the soil as hunus.

The result Of mother Natures ro-
tation Of crops and cattle feeding OPP
erations carried on for unnumbered
centuries before man interefered was
4 soil richer and productive almost be-
yond mans dreams. The first years
Of our cropping to grain in this EN-
pire resulted in fields that bore strik-
ing witness 70 natural fertility. What
returns Nature got during her farm
ing operations would be hard to COM
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07
Presbyterian Church.

II A. M. Morning Service. 8 P. M.
Evening Service. 1915 P. M. Sunday
School. 800 P. M. Junior G. E. 700
p. M. Y. P. S. C. E. Wednesday, 500
p M. Devotional Service. Thursday,
500 p. M. Choir for Mothers Day.
Saturday 1880 P. M. Quartette re-
hearsal. It.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07

List your farm or city property for
sale or exchange with Wilson &
Burghart. Office Ertresvaag block,
Bottineau, N. D. tt.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07

Get your next meal at Golden's
II will cost you but BIC. e
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-02
LET NELL ROAR.YOu VOTE.

Vote dry and make hell rear says
Billy Sunday.
Incidentally that's all right. Let hell
roar but let's vote Iowa dry to make
Iowa a better state.
Let's vote dry to save the boys
Let's vote dry because a dry state
means dry eyes for wives and mothers
and children.
Let's vote dry because the wage and
profit and energy of the state instead
Of being sQuandered on booze goes to
buy coal and provisions and clothing
to build and pay for homes, to build up
communities, TO buy war bonds
Let's vote dry as an expression OF
good plain common sense and for COM
mon human welfare as well as q re-
.ligious duty.
That hell shall roar is incidental
Let 'er roar Just at present let's vote
dry to keep Iowa mothers and wives
smiling, TO keep men whose failing is
their worst enemy doing well; to
maintain the homes that have been re-
born; to continue the better business
that has grown on the ashes of the
saloon; TO keep collections good: be-
cause If there was ever a time in the
history Of the world when men and
health and high purpose and food and
wealth should be conserved it is now; ;
let's vote dry because it is good sense
and good citizenship-and let hell roar.
But let's vote. Let's see that our
vote is counted at Des Moines. lot
Of US make prohibition ammunition
With defective primers-that hang fire
or fail TO 60 off on election day. Shoot.
Pray if you please, but keep your pow
der dry. Put the ballot in the bulls
eye.
There's reasons enough from hell to
happiness to vote dry. But none Of
the reasons will count unless they end
by getting the vote in the box
Let hell do the roaring if there is
roaring 10 be done. You vote
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-02
Billy Bunny and His Friends

When BILLY Bunny, Uncle Lucky and
Mrs. Mousie arrived at the Old Brier
Patch, where Il told you in the last
story they were going, they found Billy
Bunny's father sitting on the front
porch with something shining just like
star in his crayat. Yes, sir! The sun
just sparkled aud flashed from his
purple tie so that Mrs. Mousie ex-
claimed at once, Il know he has on
that diamond horseshoe PIN" And sure
enough this was the case, and as soon
as the lady mouse saw 1t she told
Uncle Lucky that 1t washer pin, and
that before Mr.. Mousie had died 1t
was his pin, and before that 1T be-
longed 10 his father. and perhaps she
would have gone back another genera
ton or two IL Mr.. William Bunny
hadn't taken it out OF his tie and given
it to her.
A.Tm glad the rightful owner has
come for IT, he said, with a bow. but
how it ever dropped down into my back
yard / don't know. 1t was just the
other evening, when Billy Bunny and
were sitting out here, that we saw
what we thought was falling star
but when came to look found TINS
pin," And then Mr.. William Bunny
puffed away on his pipe and looked
very thoughtful and so did Uncle
Lucky.
II know how that pin happened 10
drop in our back yard SAID Buy
Bunny all of a sudden. just IKE tna''
And this made his father drop his pipe
and Uncle Lucky sneeze, and MIS-
Mousie give a little sneeze, and MIS-.
Bunny. who had just come to the froh'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-02
Topics of the Times

Subscribe for it quick and get it out
OF the way of corn husking.
When the hog producers meet
Pinchot and Hoover at Waterloo both
ought 10 learn something from the
other.
strange how soon a coal mine owner
can fall from the height of affluence to
such aject poverty as the mine ownen;
are pleading. They must have been
simply living from hand to mouth.
About the only danger the corn is
now is that the snow viii catch 1t
in the fields.
As the war goes on and If it goes on
long enough We shall forget what
party a patriot belongs TO.
Noticed the muskrat house or the
goose bone on the husks on the corn
or any other certain way of telling
just how cold this winter is likely to
be?
Some people are under exceptional
obligations to LaFollette for drawing
attention from themselves.
Perhaps in this regulating business
of prices we snail learn something
that will be valuable in peace also
Getting killed in an automobile is
getting almost as fashionable as dying
Of a surgical operation.
e America CT have Monroe
Doctrine why shouldn't Japan? I'm
ita:ion rs the surest form OF fattery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-02
TIMES. REPUBLICAN, lL1UNN, OCTOBER iG7s

Heflin unconscious in another; Champ
Clark raging here and there scream
ing the battle cries of Bowling Green
and Louisiana Mo-; Kenyon, mayhap
riding LaFollette, and Cummins land
ing all spraddled out on Lodge. Hush,
gentlemen, hush!
BY the way, what rules would be
most applicable to congressional fin-
ish fights, London prize ring with the
right to. throw your man and fall on
him or Marquis of Queensbury with
hitting in the ciinches barred?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-02
The L.psu.s. Of Ner.h America.

The language Of all Americans OF
German extraction should be English.
Notwithstanding all our kindly feeling
for those more elderly immigrants who
still use the tongue OF their childhood
ana youth, It should be remembered
that they of their own accord came to
an English speaking continent to bet
ter their condition in life.
The country has done something for
them, they In their turn should Do
something for the country by helping.
in whatever way they can. to see to
it that this continent Us never in dan
ger Of becoming bi-hnxual. English 1t
has spoken. and English Ia speech 1t will
remain. That much Ii sure. never so
sure NJ II IL today.
In New York and Pennsylyania a
pro-American society has been organ
lied among those OF German parentage
or German birth, TO do away with Ger
man Language newspapers during the
war. The society purposes no war on
its German speaking compatriots in
this country. but does intend opposing
all who are not supporting America
and her allies In this struggle for
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-02
"EvlL COMMUNICATIONS CORRUPT.

The Des Moines Register suggests
that when two congressman start
fighting their friends and colleagues
keep their seats and let EN- fight.
There speaks the cruelty and savage
satisfaction in battle cultivated by as
ISOLATION and propinquity. Des Moines
is used TO fighting as is figflting. Down
at Tommy's place where the Des
Moines patrician Tolls to see the Po-
dunk Pirate break ribs and otherwise
disorganize the Cauliflower Kid from
81. 80 y. -.ivu.. ~. = Co: = ::s;:;: :.
There, when one gladiator is knocked
out too soon the thumbs OF ariscocratic
ring seat holders point downward and
the seconds bite the pug's ears and re
yive him sufficiently to be knocked out
again, thus satisfying the savage in
stinct of Des Moines and at the same
time demonstrating the right cross, -
the ''haymaker' and other popular and
effective prize ring fashions Of putting
folks to sleep. Ribs crack merrily and
luxations and fractures delight the Des
Moines soul
Thence and there is born the trucu-
lent ferocity which demands that the
halls of congress flow with the blood
Of our popular representatives.; thence
arrives the suggestion, the implacable,
brutal requisition that our conscript
fathers shall raven each upon the
others gore while their peers sit and
shout encouragement and bet their
sesterces upon their blood
1t all springs from Tommy's and the
rtnged arena and the gladiatorial
games Of Dies Moines. 1t is reverston
to type, a renaissance Of barbarism
bred and born where "Lop Ear Levin
ski and the "Sebastopol SluggerT
Moines holiday. From such scenes and
such associations spring atrocity
AoPihC anu iouSh iSO06SS.
Perish the thought that congressman
snail savage eacn other upon the noOl
of our proudest legislative halls; thai
the shout Of fight, fight" shall bring
those staid and digniied lawmaker!
from their sleep in Hobbies. tear then
from their poker games and other mild
and civilized diversions to watch
cheer, encourage or condemn or ser
mayhap to mingle in the fray. Shade,
OF Harry Hui, forbid:
Imagine. II the latitude Of imagina'
ton so far permits. Jim Good clinchet
with a gentleman from Missouri il
J one corner while Towner slowly choke
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-02
greater freedom everywhere.

greater freedom everywhere.
According to the society secretary.
Harry A. schendel OF New York, the
society feels that the majority OF Ger
man language papers in America are
being used in dangerous secret pro-
paganda, which unquestionably y be-
ing financed in Berlin. Those whsstead
only the German papers are being used
and led into doing things that are un-
questionably disioyal and that Will
eventually lead them into tronble with
this government and Its citizens.
This Is well and very well. All who
speak the German language In this
country should note and remember tho
great fact that Bismarck noted as the
most important of his century. namely,
that the language OF North America 10
English.-Minneapolis Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-02

, door, drop her bowl Of batter. for she
was making cake and couldn't leavs
the kitchen before. And. oh, dear mel
Everybody began to Scold the littls
rabbit. And then they all said IT once
"Who was it?'
"Old Mother Maggie answered
Billy Bunny, and he took out Of his
pocket a black feather and waved 1t
in the air. Il picked this up in our
back yard, of the very spot where the
pin was" And then everybody looked
at everybody else, and Mrs. Mousie.
took out of her pocket black feather
and said. 'And picked this up on the
floor Of my bedroom. That thievins
maybe flew into my room and took
the pin out Of the cushion on my
bureau and then flew away"
i"Yes, and she dropped 1t when she
few over your back yard" said Uncle
Lucky to Mr.. William Bunny.
well, what are we going to DO
about it?'' asked Mr.. William Bunny,
lighting his pipe and putting away.
Don't let's do anything more" said
Mrs Mousie. I'm so glad to get u
back. Til keep my window locked
after this"
And then she went inside to make
little call on Mrs. Bunny and Uncle
Lucky. and his little rabbit nephew go.
into the Luckymobiie and drove on
and Mr. William Bunny took up the
Bunnyville 'tGazette'' and started TO
read. And would you believe II! He
read this very story on the front page!
Yes, sir. that old Editor Owl must have
set up all night and maybe little
longer to get 1t in the paper, which
shows he was a very wise bird.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-02

had elected the admiration OF the
world. She was honored for her schoi-
arship. her thrift and her natural ac-
complishments in industry and ednca-
ton. Now she has lost All these th'hss
and has gained the hatred and con-
tempt OF all mankind
Nobody believes for moment thar
Germany can retain the territory she
holds. She can not tax her losses to
conquered countries. She Is today =
beaten nation and is. only seeking q
WY to save her face--rather the races
OF her Hohenzollern rulers. In time
these rulers win be deposed ny the
people, they have SO grossly misled.
-fhe balance on the books In the
kaisers empire is in red The empire
lis bankrupt in morals. in credit, and IN
every other worthwhile thing. It's
only asset is a dAcredited dynasty
which Is IN truth its greatest liability.