The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-18
THE MELLErrE COUNTY PIONEER.

Is preparing his first shipment of
summer beef to the eastern markets
and 1t will take 600 standard size
cattle cars to carry the CONSIGNMENT.
which Will be composed Of some 90.
ooo range fed stock. Twenty en-.
gines will be needed to draw this
shipment, which If placed in one
single train would make a line of
freight cars more han four miles
long. Figuring cattle at the present
price or Is cents q pound on the
hoof. Dana's first shipment Of 10000
should bring him a check Of be-.
tween 1000, 900 and 49, 0O, 900. And
there are other consignments com.
ing.
The following homemade fly repel.
Tents TO ease old Brindle at milking
time are recommended by Horace
Jones, instructor in dairy husbandry
at the state college: % 100 parts fish
oil, so parts oil Of tar, and / part
crude carbolic acid; apply with a
sprayer. GU One pound common
laundry soap, 4 gallons water, / gallon
crude petroleum, and 4 ounces DOW.
dered naphthalin. Dissolve he soap
in the water and the n%aphthalin in
the crude petroleum. Care should be
taken that the spraying is not done
Immediately before milking as milk
absorbs odors very readily. II the
cows are MIXED in the stable the milk
should be removed Immediately aft
er milking to a cool place where no
odor Of the fly repellent exists.
Residents OF the coteaus Of the
northeastern part of the state are
building hopes Of trout fishing in the
spring brooks in that part Of the
state through the planting Of a mum.
Der or trout fry in their streams by
the state fish and game department.
Up to the present trout fishing in
this state has been confined to Black
Hills streams, but if they can be
held in the short spring brooks in
the coteaus there is no reason why
trout fishing may not be enjoyed in
that section in a year or two.
Hundreds Of thousands Of acres OF
spring wheat In central, southern and
eastern South Dakota that 10 days
ago promised yields Of 20 to 40 bush.
els per acre are so badly hit with red
rust n blight, two to five bushels
per acre will be the yield. Many
farmers will make no effort to har-
vest the crop, will let it fall and turn
the straw under. Others will cut for
the forage it will afford while many
others will turn sheep and other stock
into the fields.
Seventy-two members OF the Run
dali family, prominent pioneer resi-
dents OF Davis, attended the 18th an
nual picnic and reunion of the fam
lily near there. Those present rang.
ed from infants in arms to octogen.
arians, several ( generations being
representeds -TSs accommodate all a
table 100 feet ibng had to be pro-
yided from which to eat the picnic
dinner Later in the day % cakes
and a large quantity of ice cream
were served.
Good rains during the last week
saved the wheat and corn crops in
the Black Hills region, but the opa1
country in the eastern part of Pen.
nington county is still suffering from
the hot, dry weather. The condition
also applies to oats and speltz crops.
All alfalfa is practically harvested
in Remington county, but farmers
are father slow in this regard In
Meade\ county.
Two bonding propositions will be
submit9,d to the voters of ~Iroguois
at a snacial election to be held Wed.
nesday, July 16. One of the PROPOSE
tons Provides for the issuance of
bonds If $4,000 for the installing OF
a municipal water works system, and
the otder provides for the issuing of
bonds Of $4,000 for the purpose of
constructing a sewerage system.
What ultimately will be one of the
most comprehensive paving pro-
grams ever undertaken by any city
in South Dakota, was launched by
the city council Of Mitchell. Preli-
minary plans were made for the paw.
ing Of five miles Of city streets.
For wearing the uniform of an Am.
erican sailor without authority, Oar
win Merit Walker, a 21-year.old lad.
who was arrested by the Huron 20
lice recently, has been sentenced to
serve six months in the Minnehaha
Jail and to pay a fine Of $500.
Soldiers and sailors Of Stanley
county organized the Stanley post OF
the American Legion. Practically
every soldier and sailor in Stanley
county has Joined the new ~organiza.
ton, and headquarters will be main.
tanned in Fort Pierre.
Boys and girls interested in junior
extension work In Hand county have
organized three clubs for the produc.
ton Of pure-bred cattle. a Shorthorn
Cow club. Aberdeen-Angus Cow and
Calf club, and Hereford Cow and
Calf club.
Gen. Leonard Wood. commander OF