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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20
BURDEN FOR ANY STOMACH
No Wonder Dear Old Lady Mas Hor.
rified at Nephew's Peculiar Conn.,
bination for Lunch.

Aunt Pauline is a dear old soul, but
she doesn't understand a thing about
golf. the other day her nephew re-
turned from the local course, after a
particularly rotten exhibition OF golf.
Did you have a good gamer" asked
Aunt Pauline, who always processes n
kindly interest in what she terms her
nephew's "eccentricity."
NO" was the reply. "The seventh
tee was sloppy and all the green's were
in q terrible state"
Aunt Pauline s~huddered.
You mustn't lunch there any more,
Gilbert. What n weird combination 1!
And YOU know how easily you get indi-
Gestion.' She shrugged her shoulders.
thereby relieving herself Of all respon-
sibility. Il can understand how enjoy
able a cup of tea ana Il sandwich must
be after Il game; but Eve cups Of tea
and Sreens-."-ChicagO Daily News.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20
LONG RECORD OF GOOD WORK
American Sunday School Union Has
Completed Its 1o6th Year of Serv-
ice-lts Activities.

The American Sunday School union,
Oldest Sunday-schOol organization in
the country, has just completed its
106th year Of service. Since its found
Ing, the Christian Work (unden0mina-
tional) tells us, the union has organ
ICED $4,000 Sunday schools, into
which it has gathered 100000 pupils.
During the last year ii either organ
lied or ~reorganiZed 1880 schools, is
sued a dozen Sunday-school periodl-
Gals, with n circulation of some 2.OOO.-
O00, and published 100000 books, book
lets and other Sunday-school reQui-
CIteS. Further,
More than five thousand persons,
young and old, have prOfessed CONVEX
sion in connection with its work dur
Ing the past year, and forty-Seven
churches Of various denominations
have grown out Of its schools. It's work
covers the whole United States and is
supported by some twenty-five thou
sand sivers-people who believe that
union, evangelical work of this sort IS
the salvation Of our outlying rural dis.
trictS."-Literary Digest.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20
Cabbage Will Respond
Nicely to Use Of Lime

The gardener and orchardist Is
constantly surprised at the responsive
ness Of plant life. Some plants re-
spOnd 10 n treatment and some an
other, but certain 1t IS that the
requirements Of each kind of crop
grown must be studied rather than
to treat all alike.
In the study OF fertilizer require
ments by the Ohio experiment station
both At Wooster and Marietta 1t Is an
outstanding fact that cabbage will re-
Spond markedly To the use Of lime.
Where one ton Of ground limestone
Is applied TO the land each year, and
no other treatment is given there has
been an average increase fer eight
years Of IA tons of cabbage. In con-
trast to this the tomatoes have given
only q little over cne-fourth ton In
crease. Likewise, when lime Is used
with either manur or chemicals the
increase from lime Is striking. 1t Is
q coincidence that lime is also a spe-
cifc for club-root Of cabbage and
gives additional reason for applying it.
Spinach is another crop that Will
give a big return for the use Of lime
on an acid soil. The difference be
tween lined and unlimed spinach is
so great as to lead one to think heavy
manur!ng or fertilizing was the cause.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20
Female Purebreds
Showing Increase
On Many Farms Scrubs
Have Practically Disap-
peared From Flocks.

tPreptreG by tho United States Department
OF Agriculture)
when farmers adopt purebred sires
10 head their herds and ilocEs II is nor
long before the percentage Of pure
bret females increase notably. Tn!s
encouraging tendency toward more
rapid Improvement Of live stock has
been brought about by the United
States Department Of Agriculture in
the Better Sires-Bctter Live Stock
campaign.
Scrubs Disappear.
Nf a total Of more than 100000 fe-
male animals listed by farmers who
have agreed to keep nothing but pure
bred %sires, more than 30 per cent
are of pure breeding. On these farms
scrubs have practically disappeared.
For the larger animals the reports
show that only "a per cent of the fe.
males are scrubs, and, of course, the
males are Of pure blood, as that is the
basis on which the farms are listed.
The poultry tiocks owned by these
farmers are particularly well bred.
only l.3 per cent Of the female birds
being listed as scrubs. More than So
per cent Of a total of 100000 birds are
entered on the list as standard bred.
Among the herds Of swine there are
very few scrub SowS-Only IL per
cent. Nearly-twO thirds Of them are
p%urebred.
The federal-state effort to improve
the live stock and poultry Of the ccua-
try has now brought in a membership
campaign that represents nearly a mil.
lion head OF animals and poultry.
Farmers who have become members
have sent in interesting accounts Of
their experiences in improving their
animals and their bank accounts. Other
farmers who are taking part IN the
work are invited by the department to
send In their individual experiences as
well as those of community organiza-
tiOnS engaged in the Improvement Of
live stock. Definite facts ana figures
should be included whenever possible.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20
Consumption of Milk
Shows Big Increase
Nearly 103 Billion Pounds
Was Made Use Of in 1922.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of AGRICULTURE

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agriculture
Did you consume 0i5 pounds OF
whole milk In some form ur other last
year? According 10 the United States
department of Agriculture nearly 1903
billion pounds OF whole milk was used
III 1872 in the production OF butter,
cheese, ice cream, milk chocolate and
various other milk products, including
h Dillon pounds consumed as milk.
HE quantity Of whole milk used IN
1921 was approximately % billion
pounds, which Includes IS billion
pounds consumed as milk.
Consumption Of milk for household
purposes increased from 10 gallons
per capita in 1921 to so gallons In
H., according 10 the departments
hSureS. Consumption ky city folks
increased two gallons per capita. but
lack OF any increased consumption In
rural communities pulled down tie
average increase for the country as a
whole to one gallon.
a big Increase in consumption of
milk chocolate is shown, 100 million
pounds Of whole milk being used for
this purpose in 1922 as compared with
40 million pounds in 1921.
The number Of milk COWS on farms
JANUARY !, 1923, is placed at 24,429,OO0
as compared with 24,OS2, 900 COWS on
farms January /, 1922. TO the aver
age of these two figures is added
100000 COWS in towns, making a
total of 25,505,000 milk COWS produc-
Ing approximately 103 billion pounds
or whole milk or III average produc-
ton of 1909 pounds per cow. Aver
age production per COW in 1921 was
1915 pounds.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20
Extensive Experiments
With Apples for Swine

The Washington State college has
found that Gull apples are worth SO
a ton rs hog feed. Extensive expert
mcnts were conducted the past year.
Pigs which weighed 94.S pounds each
at the start Of the experiment gained
In weight GG.1 pounds each, or an av-
erage Of 1.3S pounds per day. Each
pig was fed an average Of 400 pounds
of apples and AT pounds Of grain per
Gay. 1t was found that the apples
saved, per every 100 pounds Of gain,
400 pounds Of tankage, 31.7 pounds
Of millrun and 9442 pounds Of barley.
To 90 this, 29G.6 pounds Of apples were
fed. As the apples are bulky, contain.
ing little protein, IT is necessary TO in.
clude a little more tankaGe in the grain
mixture.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20
Her Only Flight Through Air.

Little Nellie'S mother was entertain
ing a famous aviator. After he had
finished a thrilling story, little daugh-
ter sighed deeply ana said:
1--WE clear forgot how it feels to
sail through the air
"Why, Nellie said her mother in a
shocked voice, you were never in the
air in your life"
Gracious, NAMING! Have you for
gotten that the sIork brought me?"-
Everybody's Magazine.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20
Use Manure Economically
to Get Largest Returns

Best evidence Indicate; that manure
gives largest returns to the ton when
applied thin once in each short rOta-
ton, or twice in q rotation Of more
than five years. Eight to ten tens TO
the acre in a three or four-year rota-
ton, used with on average Of 200
pounds Of acid phosphate TO the acre
each year, give excellent returns. A
manure spreader is said TO be a time
and labor saver, particularly in making
light applications, and 1t tears up the
manure so il Is mixed more uniformly
with tie soil.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20
of Campaign to
Eradicate Tuberculosis

An important angle of the campaign
10 eradicate tuberculosis from cattle is
shown by the figures on the occur
renee Of this disease In hogs. In 1922,
one out of every seven pigs slaugh.
tered under federal supervision
showed LESSONS of tuberculosis. a
good deal Of the meat was consid-
cred fit for food, but more than 5000
600 worth was condemned. Hogs got
the disease from cattle. Every herd
of cattle that is cleaned UP means
the anne Improvement in the hog in
dustry.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20
Illuminated Gloves.

A novel Illuminated gauntlet glove
for motorists and traffic controllers has
been invented. on the back of the
glove are two electric lamps, one red
the other white. The red light is used
by motorists when turning or stopping
and the white light is used for in.
spection, reading signposts, or maps
The battery is carried in a small peck.
ct on the outside Of the gauntlet. Or
the inside Of the thumb and two fin.
gers are small metal contact points
and TO light the lamps II simply
closes the finger on the thumb.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20
Fertilizers Should Not
Be Used as Substitute

"Fertilizers should be employed In
addition To and not in place Of other
good Soil-managemcnt practices" says
Irof. y. T. Wiancko of the Purdue
experiment station. "Legumes in the
rotation, the use OF manure or ether
organic matter, drainage and lining
where needed are all %perQulsites to
the most satisfactory use of fertiliz-
erS."
Results Of a longtime experiment
on a corn-Wheat-clOver rotation at the
Purdue station illustrates this point.
The treatment and results were as
follows:
Plot LINED 1912 and 1920, six
tons manure on corn crop, 1872 bushels
wheat per acre.
Plot Same as plot l with 200
pounds per acre acid phosphate on
corn crop, 20.5 bushels wheat per acre.
Plot Same as plot . with 200
pounds per acre 2-9-4 on wheat crop,
@G.7 bushels wheat per acre.
The significant thing about these
results is that in plot 3, the combina.
ton Of q good rotation, lagumes, line
and manure produced conditions re-
sulting in large returns from the use
Of a suitable complete fertilizer. In
other words, as shown by plot l, the
rotation, legumes, lime and manure
produced q favorable condition but.
compared to the others a small crop.
The addition Of complete fertilizer on
plot 3 was all that was needed t.
push the crop into a new field of
profits.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20
GTIIWNNMIIIl|

taking it a week l began to improve,
and now l feel fine and am doing all of
my homework, including washing, sew
ing and house cleaning. have recon-
mended your medicine to my friends,
and l am willing for youto use thisletter
rs a testimonial, as / would like to help
any one suffering the way did from such
a weakness. Mrs. DELLA HICKEY, a
S. ludlow ST., Worcester, Mass.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Private Text Book
upon Ailments Peculiar to Women"
will be sent you free upon request.
Write to The Lydia Z. Pinkham Medi-
cine Co., Lynn, Mass. This book con-
tains valuable information.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20
The Literal Husband.

Wife-Where's the chicken l told
you TO bring home?
misunderstanding doing.
Wife-Why not?
Husband-You told me there'd be n
lot Of them, and for me moi to take the
first one they showed me-
Wife-YeS-
Husband-Well, you told me TO pick
one for myself. And there wasn't IN
there that hadn't already been picked
thoroughly.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20
Reduced Percentage Of
Hens ClasSed as Culls

The percentage Of hens classed as
culls-that is, not capable Of proGuc-
ing enough eggs to pay for their feed
has been reduced in Idaho 1lOcks
from So per cent In 1919 TO not ex-
.eeding "a per cent In 1922, according
TO reports to the United States De
partment of Agriculture. This has
oeen accomplished by cullins cam
paigns carried on by agricultural ex-
tension workers, through which as
much rs possible Of the Improbable
stock was eliminated from the focks
each year.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20
Properly Fed Pig Gives
GruntS of Satisfaction

Don't try to stop a pig from squcal
Ing by kicking him IN the side. He i.
hungry and will continue to squeal un
I'll you give him something to eat. l.
you give him plenty Of corn, clover
and slops, he will turn his unpleasant
song OF hunger into q grunt Of salts
faction.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20
His Condition.

"Ah! How fine 10 have such d
family, TO be married, and" rhap-
sodized n queer-looking tourist who
had halted his Hootin' Nanny car In
the big road. How" :
"Eh-yah! :" responded Gap Johnson
Of Rumpus Ridge, who was looping
owe his own front fence. I've got
fourteen-yaw-w-wn children, and
the generl impression pears to be
that I'm married. i d'know myself,
though. You see, whilst the justice
Of the peace was operating 1 fell
asleep and hain't never been right
shore that | wasn't sued for dam
ages, or something that-a-way, instead
Of getting married. But wife lows
a wedding ceremony was performed,
and so I've just sorter-yaw-w-wnl -
let it 20 at that."-Kansas City Star.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20
let Sleeping dogs" Lie.

She-While you are asking papa for
my hand, I'll play something lively on
the piano.
Held rather you wouldn't, dearest.
You know some people simply can't
keep their feet still when they hear live
" music.-Boston Evening Transcript.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20
Silo Is Most Excellent
Substitute for Pasture

The silo is the best known substi.
tute for pasture, and where land Is
valued at more than 800 per acre very
few acres should be devoted to pas
ture, for this same land put into good
corn and that put in the sllo would
produce six 10 seven times more feed
than II II is left 10 pasture.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20
Pertinent Query

A youthful history instructor at the
Midway %(according TO the MaroOn) got
quite Disguised the other day at his
class of dumb bellies and spoke out in
e~Xasperated scorn: IF you were all
q little younger, or | were a little older,
/ would take you on my knees"
(Which way?" interrupted the pretty
blonde in the front rOw.-Chicago Post.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20
Betty Knew.

Betty had her little brother ont
playing with her. He fell down, and
while he wasn't really hurt he set up
q lusty yelling.
"Why don't YOU pick Bobby up ana
comfort himf" | asked Betty.
ooh, he isn't hurt" she said, %"'cause
he is just crying with his holler and
not his tears."-EXchange.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20

tllu got 80
and weak from it
that / could hardly
stand or walk across
the floor. The doctor
gave me all kinds of
pills, but nothing
helped me. / hap
|pened to meet O
f~riendwhoha taken
Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vege lie Com
pound, so | thought
j would try II. After
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20
Important That Floors
in Coops Are Kept Dry

If there are floors to the chicks.
coops see that they are kept dry and
clean. Take them out occasionally.
scrape them and dust with dry earth,
ashes or sand. IF the coops have no
bottom be sure they are moved often
enough to always have the grount
under them clean.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20
Only One Explanation.

"MaGge and Mabel used to be bosom
friends and now they scarcely speak
"What'S his name?"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20
MRS, hickey
so WEAK COULD
HARDLY STAND
Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Restored Her Health

Worcester, Mass. - 81 had some
trouble caused by a female weakness
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20
A Slave Of Habit.

Alice-"Do you get any pleasure out
of smokingT" Virginia-"Oh, yes; it
worries my husband"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20

Service which costs nothing Il
worth extraordinarily little.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20

The farmers are the founders OK
civilization.-Danlel Webster.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-07-20

Understanding is the first great
need in all human relations.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-05-04

By International Labor News Service.
 Indianapolis, Ind, May, 4.-How Big Business labor haters are urged to pool their strength in fighting trade unionis1n is frankly and brazenly told in a leaflet being circulated by Associated Employees of Indianapolis, one of the militant labor hating organizations of the country.
 This pamphlet IS a reprint of the an- nual report of the president and secretary at the recent annual meeting, where en- poyers were urged to get together for the anti-union shop.
 The circular says:
 It is good business and cheap indus trial insurance for all employers to pool their moral and financial support in help ing some one employer defeat strike :--:: the effort to protect the freedom and rights of all employers and of all labor. By extending their collective influence to help some one of their number with stand the onslaught of strike agitation, other employers not involved can effec- lively keep the strike specter from their own doors. It Is equivalent to buying any form of insurance. The small pre- rnll1m employers pay into the Associa- ton in membership fees, constitutes a
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-05-04
BY LEVI STEVENS LEWIS.

D LEN , Il EF END LE" lS.
 Perhaps the following data will be valuable information for the Railway Age. Anyway, nothing like this has ever appeared i'll that consistent if not always reliable touter for the railway corpora tions.
 During the calendar year 1921 the gross transportation income of class one railroads operating north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi rivers IS re- ported to be just $2, ,355, ,580,269.00. These figures embrace every source of revenue known to the craft, including income from dining, sleeping and buffet cars; de- murage charges, hotels and restaurants, telegraph and telephone income, switch ing, and various other specified income !; exactly thirty-three different sources specified all told
 The number of miles operated Tn this district (the eastern district), IS reported to be 5o,464-53, and so the average in come per mile of line is correctly stated to be $39,613.19. The income per mile of line is correctly stated if the other figures are correct.
 But evidently the other figures are ex- ceedingly incorrect Careful students of the great problem" cannot credit the figures said to represent the total gross income without the explanation that is certainly needed in order to har morlize the information with other well established facts that stand 'unshaken
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-05-04
ARE RAILROADS HIDING ENORMOUS PROFITS NOT
 PUBLISHED IN REPORTS?

and unshakable."
 Let us criticise this reported income in the l;oht of more trustworthy evidence.
 Not less than five freight trains operate every "A hours 3o5 days in the year ovef the line from Denver, Colorado, to Cheyenne, Wyoming If each of these trains average 500 tons to the trip, and SAYS per ton, for the entire distance that, then the partial transportation in- come that Is to say the income from this one source only, IS not less than $4, ,334,- 375 in F months-and doubtless the actual total income IS much nearer double these figures The distance be- tween the two cities is 106 miles; so the average income for the year is at least $4O,8oO.33 per mile of line.
 And so the income from this one source from this comparatively obscure line of track appears to average $1, ,276.o4 more per mile of line during 12 months than the income per mile of line report ed as the income realized from the greatest transportation lines on the face of the earth, which operate ''in the most prosperous and the most populous sec ton of the greatest and proudest nation on which the sun rises and sets"
 The puplic is douptless exceedingly slothful and stupid, but even SO, the people will hardly credit the statement that our little line of track here in Colorado earns so much more gross transportation income per mile of line than IS earned, for instance, over the tracks that lay between New York City and Philadelphia. or Chicago and Cleve- land, or Baltimore and Washington, or Boston and Buffalo, or Detroit and Gin cinnati
 But what if nobody cares?
 Will the Railway Age please copy? Also those modest but exceedingly popu- lar news" papers, the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-05-04
Contract Labor Evils
 Exposed in Florida

death f'a7Sls of Martin Tai Tabert, way North baz s kota boy, in a convict lumber camp in this state, has stirred Florida from Key West to the northern boundary. The evils of convict contract labor has been given wide publicity, and people are con- meeting this system with fogging and other corporal punishments that have been inflicted on unfortunate prisoners.
 It is shown that the Putnam Lumber Company, in whose camp Tabert died, was assured a continuous supply of labor by arrests on the smallest preteXt The COunty's law enforcement machinery was set up for the purpose of supplying this demand. Men who were arrested were advised to plead guilty with the dismissed or given a light sentence This permitted the court to adjust the sentence to the labor demands of the lumber company.
 Walter Higginbotham. who is under $10,000 bond to answer first degree murder charges in connection with the death of Tabert, told the state legisla- tive committee that he Is known as the whipping boss" for the Putnam com pany. He said he whipped convicts as often as three and four times week and averaged four men at each whipping. When prisoners were charged by guards with striking their work, they would be turned over to the whipping boss" in true slavery style.
 A. B. Shivers, former guard, told the committee that convicts were fed on hot water, bacon and corn bread for breakfast six times a week. He said Higginbotham brutally flogged Tabert three days before the youths death.