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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-01-26
RuILn mp THE SON.

Prof. j. @. Hutton. Associate Agron-
)mist at the State College. in charge
II the Soil Survey work in South Da-
Sota, has gathered some important
acts regarding the loss OF nitrogen
tIue to our present method of cropping
The results of a large number OF
'rof. Hutton's tests in eight different
loil types show a reduction of EOS per
;ent less nitrogen in the cultivated
oils than in the virgin prairie adjoin-
ng them. The cultivated land was
lot farmed until the late eighties.
The total loss Of nitrogen. according
% Prof. Hutton, averages 932 pounds
,er acre, enough to grow 621 bushels
IL corr and the fo1der-almost twenty
me s0-bushel crops Of corn. Or. 4s5
bushels OF wheat and the straw
wenty-four 20-bushel crops OF wheat.
Quoting Prof Hstton, the only
,ractical method OF returning nitrogen
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-01-26
COMMUNITY U
Cedar Township Organizes


Cedar Township citizens, with 9TH
crs from surrounding townships, have
organized a lively Community Club.
Regular meeting are being held in the
basement of the Cedar Church. The
programs given are of great interest
to grown people and children. This
community has signifed it's intention
of cooperation with the Hand County
Farm Bureau. Arrangements are IN
der way for meetings throughout the
season. These will include keeping of
Farm Accounts in cooperation with
the Farm Management Department of
the State College. Community corr
and grain competition, alfalfa seed
marketing, poultry culling and some
other phases of home work for the
women. The officers are Lynn II. Co
wan. President and Mrs. Lynn II. Co
wan, secretary.
Hubert Community Club
officers have been elected and an
Executive Committee appointed in the
Hubert Community to develop the
program of work in cooperation with
the County Farm Bureau. A meeting
of the Executive Committee with the
County Agent will be held Tuesday,
January 81.
The officers as elected are John +.
Peterson. president; John Huisman,
Vice President; Mrs. John F. Peterson
secretary. These, together with Miss
Elizabeth Lichty, Mrs. Sam Stobbs and
VIM. Stewart, constitute the Executive
Committee which will work out the
Program for 1922.
Inland Community Club
The Hiland Community Club reports
the result Of elections as follows:
j. s. Br~idenbaugh, President.
ID. S. Bridenbaugh, Vice-President.
Helen Goehring. Secretary.
A meeting has been scheduled with
the Executive committee to meet with
the County Agent Wednesday, Febru-
airy LIST.
Other Community Clubs
Glendale, Pearl and Rose Hill-Bates
Community Clubs have meetings sche-
duled and will make their 1922 plans
Word has not yet been received
from the others. However, it is be-
iieved they will oon get together and
werk out a program In cooperation
with the county program.
e. III. Aicher,
Comfy Agent
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-01-26
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SOUTH DAKOTA FARM CAL.
ENDAR
Timely Reminders Prom
State College Experts.
THINGS TO BE DONE IN FEB
RUARY

Get Seed Potatoes Ready-Getting
the seed potatoes ready now means
a little work but it will insure a big
ger crop in the fall. 1t will also mean
producing a better grade and result in
bringing a higher price per bushel.
Early Hatched Chicks-If one is TO
have early Matched chicks the males
should be available for use with the
breeding flock before the middle of
February at the latest. Allowing two
weeks for fertility to become estab-
lished, this brings the time for saving
eggs up to or into March. March
chicks will require extra protection
from chilling but there is abundant
compensation for the trouble in the
large egg production OF high priced
winter eggs and the greater health
and vigor of the stock.
Spray. for. Scale. Insects-Spray
trees and bushes infested with scale
insects with dormant strength lime
sulphur. Where l.quid lime-sulphur
is used, dilute each part with s parts
of water, but where only the dry pow
dered form is available use / pound to
each 81 gallons of water. Apply the
spray during one of the warmer days
OF the month when the temperature
is above freezing.
Breed Dairy Cow<-Now is the time
to breed the dairy COW. She SHOULD
then be dry during the busy days OF
the harvest and silo-hlling, and fresh
the fall just as the field work
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-01-26
COOPERATION WITH THE COUNTY
AGENT

The County Extension Work pro-
gram as finally adopted by the Hand
County Farm Bureau Directors in CO.
operation with the County Agricultur-
al Agent and the State College of Ag-
riculture, is an ambitious one and in
cludes demonstration work for men,
ome and children. This program
can be completed only by concerted
effort OF the various community or
g%snizations, woman's clubs. farmers
organizations and individual farmers
and their families. This is a county
wide program and one which will
benefit every household in the county.
The cooperation OF every town and
farm family is desired that 1t may be
accomplished.
The farmers and town people Of
Hand County and of the State OF South
Dakota r supporting Extension
Work. 1t has demonstrated beyond
that ii is OF great benefit to
those who cooperate IN it and await
themselves Of hte opportunities. Offer
ed. The one fault to be found with IL
In this County Is that II does not reach
the majority OF the people. This can
only be accomplished through the CO.
operation OF the various communities
and individuals with the County Agent.
The County Agent cannot be blamed
II there are individuals End commun-
who do not care to avail them
of the service of the Office. He
force Extension work on any
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-01-26
HOME WORK

Miss Azalea Linfeld, Clothing Spec
ialist, will be in Hand County during
the week Of February 9Th to 18th to
give the third Of the series of Clothing
Demonstrations.
For those not familiar with the
plans adopted, perhaps 1t will be ad-
visable to again call attention to it.
The Clothing Specialist Of the Home
Demonstration Department of the
State College will meet the women of
the seven communities, already select
ed, once every other month for u
year and give a demonstration on
some phase of Clothing Work accord
ing to the schedule prepared by the
Specialist. During each intervening
month the ladies of each community
are expected to conduct a demonstra-
ton without the aid OF the Specialist,
other than the furnishing of subject
matter and an outline as a guide.
The subjects that have already been
taken up are the Paper Dress Form
and Pattern Use and Alterations. The
subjects yet to be completed include
Study of Materials, Short Cuts in Sew
ing, including use of sewing machine
attachments and garment construc-
ton, appropriate dress. hat making,
renovating millinery and decorative
stitches.
The first two demonstrations have
been very well attended. IL the ten
or mere demonstrations scheduled in
each community for this year are
completed, some valuable information
Mill have hann krnvuhh ~ aanh nam
munity. Local talent will have been
discovered among Hand County wo-
men who can be depended upon to
carry on future work of this kind and
possibly take the information to other
groups of women in the County.
The schedule arranged for the next
series of demonstrations by Miss Lin
field Is as follows:
Linn-Carlton group, Monday. Feb
uary 9Th, 2 p. m, at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Linn.
Forence-H Holden group, Tuesday,
February 7th, 2 p. m, at the home of
idr. and Mrs. Fred Dougherty.
ST. Lawrence-Pearl group, Tuesday
evening, February 7th. at s p. m, at
the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Harris.
Campbell Riverside Ontario group,
Wednesday afternoon. February sth.
100 p. m. at New School House in
Campbell Township.
Hubert group. Thursday morning,
February 9th, 1000 a. m. sharp, at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Will
liams.
Rose Hill Bates group. Thursday af-
ternoon, February 9th. $500 p. M, at
the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Will Tenn
pleton, Sr. =
Glendale group, Friday afternoon,
February 10th, 300 p. m. sharp. at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Halbig.
e. II. Aicher,
County Agent.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-01-26
TOPICS OF THE FARM
A Department Devoted Exclusively to Farm
Affairs in Hand County


to the soil is by growing legume crops
in the rotation. A ton of alfalfa can
take so pounds of nitrogen from the
air, sweet clover and red clover about
40 pounds per ton. By a system of
blowing under of sweet clover and red
clover, nitrogen can be put back ra-
pidly. BY feeding these legumes to
livestock and good care taken of the
manure, from so to rs per CEN of the
nitrogen may be returned to the soil.
Where a rotation including corn,
oats, and sweet clover has been prac-
ticed on the Experiment fields at
Brookings, and where the sweet Glow
err, straw and stalks have been plowed
under, the yield Of corn has been in
creased 3.3 bushels per acre and oats
1876 bushels per acre as an average
for seven years, besides in some years
excellent yields of clover have been
taken from this rotation.
Another rotation of corn, wheat and
legume, the legume being plowed I'M
der-when compared with a rotation
of corr and wheat, has yielded eight
bushels more corn and SIS bushels
more wheat as an average for eight
years.
The burning off of fields in the
spring or fall, and the destruction of
straw Is a very wasteful and injurious
practice. This system coupled with
corn and wheat rotations will be- dis
astrous. Prof. Hutton likens this to
a perpetual motion system and stat
es that this Is a good year to stop the
"narnatuaI motipn" hucipoao nv nlapt-
ing legumes. Alfalfa, sweet clover
and soy beans are known soil builders.
Red clover is not well suited to Hand
County,
Why not make a whale Of an effort
to build back our soils before they are
worn very much?
e. Ii. Aicher,
County Agent.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-01-26
AVERAGE PRICE OF
HOGS NEAR So MARK
Rather Sharp Advance Scored the
Past Week-Market Undertone
StrOng-CattIe Market Slight
ly Uneven, Mostly Steady
On Killers

(By U. S. Bureau of Markets & Crop
Estimates and MINI. Dept.
of Agriculture.)
South st. Paul, Mimi, Jan. Fl, 1922,
With shippers and smaller packers
taking a considerably greater proper
ton of general hog receipts than usu-
al, the market has carried a very
strong undertone the past week and
a net advance Of about SOC per cwt,
has been scored. This brought the
local average price of hogs up near
the $500 mark on closing days, or
highest since last September. Good
butcher hogs averaging 200 pounds
and up sold on closing days at $7.75
to $500, light sorts up to $8.25, and
heavy packing sows $500 to $3.50,
Good pigs closed at $3.50.
The cattle market has been some
what uneven, better offerings of beef
steers and butcher she stock selling
at strong prices while others are weak
with the tendency lower. Practically
no good or choice beef steers are com
ing, best in the past weeks trade
being some mediumweight offerings
which have sold in load lots from
$3.50 to around $500, with the bulk
of the beef steers at the close going
from $3.50 to 1925, and commoner
kinds of off-colored horned steers fat
enough for beef purposes as low as
1925 or $500.
Butcher she stock has been relative
ly scarce, especially light and handy
weights selling from $3.50 to AROUND
$3.50, and these have gone at strong
prices. while the bulk selling from
1925 to $500 are weak to slightly
lower. Gamers and cutters are fully
steady, bulk selling from $2.25 to $500
a few finding a feeder COW outlet up
to 1926. Bologna bulls at 1926 to
$4.25 are strong compared with last
weeks close. Veal calves advanced
SOC for the week, practical packer top
at the close $500.
Good and choice sotckers and feed
ers selling for the most part from
1915 to around $6.25 or slightly bet
ter are steady, but m and medi-
um grades going largely from SAFE
to $3.50 are weak to 25c lower.
Sheep and lamb values have been
marked up again this week, better
grade natives and fed western lamb:
closing at $11.5O o $12i25, better
grades of light and medium weight
ewes $500 to $6.75, heavies $500 tC
S. so
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-01-26
THE FARMERS WIFE
Weekly Service Hints Furnished BY
State College Specialists
Mary Ann Gray

RldIS fhul WAY
Dishes For Brer Rabblt-There are
varieties of ways to serve rabbit as
we'll as different ways to do every
thing else. You may transform Brer
Rabbit in much the same way as yon
do any chicken. Among other sug-
gestions are the following: Canned
rabbit (prepared like canned chicken)
rabbit salad; rabbit rolled in bread
crumbs, seasoned, Drowned and then
nut into the fireless cooker and cooked
until tender; rabbit pie; and rabbit
with dumplings.
Rabbit Pfe-Clean, dress and cut up
the rabbit. Put In stew pan with
onion, parsley, etc, cover with water
and cook slowly until tender. When
half done, add salt and pepper. Put a
small cup in the center of baking dish,
put the rabbit meat around 1t, cover
with pie crust. Make missions in the
crust so that the steam and gas may
escape. Wet the edges OF the crust
and put on a little edge of crust
around the pie. Bake in the oven un-
til the crust rises and browns.
Dnmplings-The following recipe
for dumplings should De followed to
be used in combination with rabbit.
Take Q cups -four, II I. salt, 4 I. bak-
ing powder. 2 t. butter, " cup milk.
Nix and sift the dry ingredients.
Work In the butter with the finger
tips and add milk gradually, mixing
with a knife. Toss upon -four board,
roll TO " inch thickness. and cut with
the biscuit cutter. Place the dump
llngs in a buttered steamer, put over
q kettle OF boiling water and steam
for about IL minutes. II a steamer Is
not available, use a perforated pie
fin
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-01-26

Stacks up. Butterfat brings a higher
price during the winter. There is
also less farm work to be done at that
time. The farmer who plans to have
his cows freshen in the fall is looking
ahead and by milking cow then in
turn is turning what would otherwise
be idle time into real profits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-15
"One-Man" Car Will Compete in Big
 Auto Race

Indianapolis, May 14.-(Special.)-- The first "one- man" car since Ray Barroun won the initial 500-mile race with the Marmon Wasp, will appear in the tenth annual five century race at the Indianapolis Motor Speed- way. Tuesday, May 30. Frank E. Davidson. a New York engineer, has entered the D'wehr Special and will drive 1t all alone.
 Incidentally this Is the first year since 1911 that the rules permitted one man to ride In tho car alone. His mechanic will be bit of mirror perched on the cowl above his head. so that he can look ahead and st the same time keep an eye on his competitors coming from behind.
 Davidson's car Is about year ahead of Its time. He has elected to drive the smallest engined mount in the field of 32 starters. His engine will be two.thirds the size of the other entrants. as it only measures 120 cubic inches piston content, slightly less than two liters This will be the size of the cars in 1923 as the 500-mile race will be run for the first time under the two liter class. a year hence.
 In addition to having the smallest engine, the DWehr is also fitted with rotary valves. another departure from racing practice. The cylinders of this little engine are approximate ly 2h inches in diameter and the piston travels a distance of only f% inches in it's stroke. This is the smallest engine ever raced in the Indianapolis event, the next in size being the 2h liter Peugot that Andre Boillot drove in 1919.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-15
STARLIGHT s
By IDAH M0LoNE GIBSON The Thrilling Experience of Virginia Fairfax in the Movies

Virginia Fairfax, daughter of the first families of Virginia, rebels against the puritanical rule of her grandfather and lured by filmlanJ, runs away to become n motion pie ture actress. Virginia found herself given a very important place in picture by Theodore Stratton, a film star, Kitty Dalton, a friend. warned Virginia against falling in love with Stratton. Maud Samson, Stratton's leading lady, quarrels with him about Virginia Kitty Dalton tells of her meeting Julian Thorndyke. Crascd by drink. he claimed she tried to Kill him. She fled. He accidently finds her in Hollywood. Kitty fears Thorn dyke will kill her. She confides in the Rev. John Storm. whom she loves. Thorndykc, drug addict, comes upon them. He draws revolver 10 kill John storm. Kitty, seeing Thorn dyke, pushes storm aside. The bullet pierces her. She dies after n touch- ing love scene with the Rev. John storm. Theo and v.ry.nia are madIy fin love. Mrs. Chester. a mature woman of the east, invites Virginia to luncheon. Virginia learned from Mrs. Chester. who proved delightful companion. that Ralph Winston, Vir- ginia's father, was aliFe and had been a movie director in Los Angeles. The next day the cast in which Virginia is acting goes to San Francisco. Vir- ginia received a letter from Aunt Virginia and package, forwarded from Los Angeles. It announced the death of her grandfather and the coming of Aunt Virginia to Los An- geIes. The package contained . let- ter from her father and her mothers diary.
 vIRGINIA,s MOOD
 Through page after page followed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-15

my mothers day by day thoughts. She seemed to have a premonftion that she would not live and she ended her little book on the day before I was born with almost the same words she had written Aunt Virginia.
 When you read this, my little daughter. I shall not be with you. But. dear, do not grieve for me. I have had moro than my share of happiness and life owes me nothing"
 I read my mothers last sentence over and over. Each time I literally lived my mothers emotions in those last sad hours. Tears streamed down my face and I felt that the four walls of my room would stifle me. I wanted to get out and I wanted to be alone with the little book and what it could tell me of my mother and father.
 l bathed my face to erase the tear stains and hurriedly putting on my coat l went downstairs.
 As I knew nothing about San Fran cisco 1 ordered taxi. Just as I was getting into 1t, I heard someone call and, turning. I saw Theodore Strat- ton coming swiftly toward me-
 Drive on," I said quickly to the chauffeur and waving my hand to Theo l was whisked out of his sight. 
 Drive mo where can sec the sea-" ordered. The chauffeur took me on a long winding drive through the Presidio, out through the parks, up to the hilltop where the Golden Gate spread out majestically below me.
 shall never forget that sunset.
 l stayed up there alone until the last cleaning flare turned to grey.
 There.was a streak of broken whi.e close-in beneath the hilltop that reached out in queer uneven lines to the sharply cut horizon. In the dis tance line of steamers silhouetted against the glorious sky gave evt- dence of the life and work of .le teeming city.
 Radiant colors overspread the sky. In some places the shading struck a bold. dark green that seemed to have an undertone of gold. while here and there fell great cloud shadows of mauve. In the distance where tho vessels so slowly moved was the deep dark blue that one finds only in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-15
STATE DELEGATES
 ENJOY BANQUET
AIabamians at Methodist Con- ? ference Hear Prominent
 Speakers at Dinner

Hot Springs. Ark. May 14.---Mem- bers of the Alabama and north Ala bama delegations to the general con ference of the Methodist Episcopal church. South, together with mem bers of the alumni of the old South ern university at Greensboro. and of the Birmingham Southern college, enjoyed a great banquet at the Ma Jestic hotel, Hot Springs. on Friday evening Guests of honor and prin- DuBose, a native Alabamian, and Dr. Guy Snaveley. president of Birming ham Southern.
 Dr. Eugene L. Crawford. presiding elder of tho Selma district. was the toastmaster and was equal to the happy task.
 Speakers were: Dr. Frank Culver of Texas: Bishop DuBose, whose elo- quent address touched every heart; Dr. A. J. Lamar of Nashville; Dr. l.. c. Branscomb of Birmingham. edi- tor of the Christian Advocate; pr. Frank Brandon of Anniston: Dr. Hoyt Dobbs of Anniston: Dr. Guy Snaveley of the Birmingham-Sout who told of this great university in it's many phases of work and who said that he would soon announce im- portant gifts to the institutions; Dr. Wili Andrews of Texas: Miss Minnie Kennedy of Nashville, formerly of Alabama; Dr. George Stuart of Bir- mingham; Judge W. W. Brandon: Dr. John Chadwick of Nashville.
 Dr. Henry Hurst of Scottsboro gave two splendid solos. Walt Hefiin of Alabama gave some splendid stories of humorous nature. Clarence Dan nelly, Sunday school secretary of the Alabama conference asked for the members of the old Clario and Bellies Letters societies and 1t was found that there were present 2s members of each.
 There were s2 guests at the ban quet. The banquet was arranged by Charles Sarver of Athens; S. H. Elan of Troy, and NJ. NJ. Mccall of Opelika, who received many congratulations upon the suspicious event.
 Among the members of the alumni of the old Southern university and the Birmingham Southern there were present parties from Alabama, Cali fornia. Texas, Tennessee, Florida. Mississippi, Kentucky. Maryland. Ar kansas, New Mexico. Forty-six alumni members were present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-15
 DRY OFFICERS SPEND BUSY DAY IN STATE

Montgomery, May 14.-(specialo- Six stills were taken by law enforce ment officers in raids in Tuscaloosa. Lawrence and Baldwin counties dur ing the past 24 hours. Deputies of the sheriff assisted the state officers in each county
 In Tuscaloosa county three stills were captured. 2s0 gallons of mash poured out and one half gallon of liquor taken as evidence. One person was arrested on charge Of operating still, one for having a still in his possession and one for violating the prohibition laws.
 Two stills were found in Lawrence while 400 gallons of mash were poured out. One person was arrested on a charge of operating and one gallon of liquor was taken as evidence.
 In the Baldwin county raid one small sffll was found together with so gallons of beer. Two persons were arrested on charges of having a still in their possession.