•
THE DEACON’S
SHEEPSKIN
By M. QUAD
Copyright. 1910. by Associated Lit
erary I'riu
if you know anything at all about
fn-rm life you know that uow nnd then
a farmer gets a hankering for mutton
and kill»« a sheep. In removing the
pelt lie is very careful. A cut in It
depreciates Its value
Pelts are gen
erally purchased by tin |M»d«llera. and
they are generally l«»oke<1 over very
carefully beforehand, if there are two
or three cuts lu the pelt it is only halt
price Deacon Strong lived on n farm
in the outskirts of the village of Raw-
aonvllle. Tin p«*ddl«*i*M had found him
a truthful man.
When the dcactSi
warranto«! n slK*e[»Kkin free from cuts
it wns no us«- s|H*iiding time to l«M»k
nt It On tills partlcuiiir morning when
n |MMl«ller ended tlie deacon had a |M-it
ail roll«*d up to trade for tin puns
While ti«* didn’t exactly warrant it. he
didn't acknowledge to any damage,
and it was three «lays later (lull ^ie
peeldler foiiiai he had tiecn don«* for
Tlie iMsidler could have gone back
and talktsl alxait graft and all that
ami ralMsl a row. but he didn't. He
returned io the neighborhood after s«*v
eral wi-eks. but be didn't call on the
deacon. Neither did tie make any in
quiries atiout hlin.
He Just sawed
w « mm I and listened to whnt p«*opl«* were
talking about, umi what they were
talking atiout Just then was Hie fact
that the deacon l.ad decided to semi
his old motln-r to tlie poorhouse
Deacon Strong realized Hint he
woul<) be criticised, and so he went
aixnit telling wliat a tieautiful poor-
house it was.
Tin* tin |M*«l«llcr got on to th«» talk
and th«* facts, and he was «loing some
thinking ns In* drove from tlie neigh
borhood. He had a brother in a town
twenty miles away, nnd the brother
was a Inwyer.
Tlx* day had been set for grandma
to go to the poorhouse when one of
the neighbors brought in a newspaper
to slu«w tlie deacon an advertisement.
It «filed for Information concerning
one Anna Strong, widow. nn«l strongly
hinted that It would be to her great
ndvantag«* to step out into the lime
light. Tin* poorhouse trip was can
celed and a Journey made to s«*e it
lawyer.
Anna Strong. widow, was,
He cottltl
Deacon Strong's mother,
prove It by fifty [»eople. The lawyer
repll«*«l tiiat It was all right so far. but
di«l she have a cousin name«] Charles
Bixtiy. a rich man living in Boston, a
cousin win» would lie apt to remember
her In his will to tlie extent of $25.000?
Tlie deacon's hair cllmlx*«! up. Ih*
said that he hadn’t tiie least doubt of
tlx* couslnshii» ami would take tlie
cash home to the old lady. II«* went
too fast. Tlie Widow Strong must up
pear and mnke nn affidavit. Wliat her
son knew or guessed wouldn’t cover
i
the case. The deacon didn’t say she
hud lost her voice. He started for
home to see if he couldn’t find it for
her
Her fingers were so cramped
that she hadu’t written a line for
years, and till depend«1«! on tlie recov-
<*ry of tlx* voice Tlie olil woman hnd
lM*en tucked invay in the'poorest room
of tlie house. Siu* was at once trans-
ferr«*«l to tin* liest. Tin* scraps from
the table were thought go«»d enough
for her. Siu* was now f«al on tlie l'«*st
Insteih! of tfirce regular meuls perilaj
six* wxh e«>axed to eat much oftener.
Tlx* son hnd hardly spoken to her for
weeks, but now he ant with Iler and
even told lier Jokes and hoped she
would live for twenty years yet. lie
also went among the tielgtilmrs and
sal«! tiiat lx* tiad heard th«» cellar ot
th«* poorhouse was damp after every
shower, and h<* couldn't think of tak
ing Ills dear mother there.
Mrs Strong, widow, could hear very
well. Six* heard tier son ask tlie name
of all her mah* cousins, including
Charles 1 Bixby of Boston, and she heard
herself addressed as "dear inotix*?."
but she 1 imild make no Intelligible re
plies. : Not when the «I itigli.«-r iti Inw
coiu I mm I h«*r hair for her ami wushed
her fa«-«* and' said she w.:s :i -«aliit if
there ever was on«* couhl she talk.
When sin* was lift«*«! in ami out of tlie
buggy for a ride she couldn't express
her gratitude In words. Once or twice
sin* happened to overhear I mt dutiful
son say to tils wife tiiat be’«! like to
build a tire under tlie old woman to
make her talk, but she didn't lay it up
against him. Six* went rigtit on hav
ing tlx* best In tlx* house nnd wonder
ing why other old women didn’t lose
their voices.
Once a month for two long years
Deacon Strong call«*,! upon or wrote to
th«* lawyer
He offered all sorts of
terms and rompromlsea, i»ut it was no
use Ho wrote to Boston, but Ills let I
ter was unanswered.
Ho consulted
other lawyers, but they snhl that noth
ing could I m * «l««n«* until that voice came
back. Rnw eggs nnd wine. pies, cake
nnd puddings fatten«*«! tlx* old woman,
but the voice remaln<*d otxlurate She
wlnk«Ml and she smih*«! and six* noddtal.
but that wasn't enough to bring bom«
the Bixby legacy. Then nt Inst she
dl«Ml Six* wont to sleep in her chair
one «lay nnd pawed away without a
struggle She was biiri<*d in a very de
cent tnnnner. am! next day the deacon
walked into tlx* lawyer's oflte«* as next
of kin nn<1 heir to Hie Bixby legacy.
"Am! you mother «lhln’t regain her
vo|«*e?” ask«««! the Inwyer.
"Never spoke a word.”
“Stu* hnd the lM*st of care?”
"The very heat.”
"1 am glad to hear it. I have Just ns-
eertflned there was some mistake about
It. She may have been a «»usln of
Charles Rlxhy's. but he left his money
to an old man's bom« ”
If the piece of willow grub land con-
in tics to send tip shoot« from the old
xmiis they should be liued off or mewed
down as fast as I bey Hppeur, prefera-
lily the former, If the roots nre kept
from deci loping leaf systems during
one season they will give no further
trouble.
Wiilie not ranting with California or
Florida in the producibili ot orioige*.
I xhiìhùi MI prudu« ed 141.7**0 I »ox ex tn
inn.
fS&Fnf
ORCI»,
There were 1ni|M>rt«*<l into the United
States in 1!MK* 1.479.U3I bushels ot flax
need as compared with 44.731 bustiela
tn I'.WX
G&W1
Russia Is one of the leading sugar
is*et producing cotintrie». her output
for IPO!) being ”.5t“_’.854 tons as coin-
tartsl with 9.25TJCV4 tons for the pre*
«erlitt g y tur
EETRIGG
CENTRAL POWT
RGCUE RIVER
VALLEY
I
Rundown tree«, like rundown folks.
ts>w and 'heli need a tonic, and their
condition «the trees’i can often he ma
terially improv«*d by spading the
ground alsuit the roots nnd applying a
good mulch of niauure. while during
the dry weather an occasional water
ing will help materially.
Hotel Galiier
Rates ÿt.oo to $2.00 per day.
week or month.
Special rates by
Sample Riunii tn Connection.
Bandon
Oregon
The ttock of hens appreciate shade
tn hot weather Just as do folks and ♦
OREGON
oilier animals, if then* are no trees
Scrub dairy sires hare no place on
CCSRESPONOENCC
in tin yard a few suuttowers protect
farms when* sufficient progress In the
SOLICITEO
ed while young from the hens will
dairy business lias been mad«* to Install
answer the purpose well.
(Thia matter must not be reprinted with
tlie cream separator and the Babcock
out special permission.]
Hutter, yet now ata! then a fellow gets
Tile slugs that |s>sler tile rosebushes an economical streak and cuts tip this
CO-OPERATION IN ROAD WORK. may be easily put out of business by very shindy
The scrub sire has no
spriukling the vines with white lielle- lilac«* in any section where brains and
There is no sort «if public work in
liore when Hie dew Is on or with just prudence ar«* tin* agricultural guides.
which folks are interacted generally
plain line road dust, which is cheaper
where the principle of co-operation
and will insure the same results.
could lie followed to better advantage
Do you want to Buy, Build, Sell or Rent?
Many of the owners of the big poul
than in the care of the public high
try ranches at Petaluma. Cal., where
There
is
liardiv
any
article
In
coui-
ways. In some sections this fact s«*ems
Do you want Fire, Life, or Accident Insurance?
more poultry Is raised and m«»re eggs
mon use that is more easily or more
to be reeoguiz<*d. in some others not
nre produced than in auv correspond
FZs|»«*clally is there n«*«*d of this co often adulterated than paint, in case Ing section of the country, make a
Do you want to Register for the Fail Election?
operation in those sections where«*artti a make of paint cannot be secured business, among other things, of hatch
toads are the rule and where tin* char wbich one knows to be relia bit* or ing chicks by the thousand and selling
Do you want Hunter’s or Angler’s License?
acter of the soil is such tiiat there is which n reputable dealer will guaran them when n few days old. These lit
ne«*«i of working it at a critical time tee qs such on«* has the recourse of tle fellows are put in a comfortable
Do you want any Notary Work Done?
following heavy rains or wet seasons, buying white lead and oil and doing and safe receptacle and nre shlp|H*d to
bis own mixing.
This will require
Particularly is this true of stiff clay
their designation by express, fetching
If you do, Go To
or adobe soils, which can I m * advan- some care, but it will give a paint about 10 cents apiece.
tageoitsly worked ami leveled only which will afford the most possible sat
Yours Truly
when they |«>ss«*ss tlie proper amount isfaction.
Tlie painting of the trunks of the
of moisture and Hi«* right «•unsiatency.
Exhaustive investigations which have orchard trees with a goo«t lltne wash
Under such conditions it Is impossible
been made into the matter of tubercu in which several pounds of salt and a
for one roml su|M*rinlen«lent and his
losis among food producing animals by few ouii<-«*s of carbolic acid have is*en
helpers to give all the road of their
the bur<*au of animal industry place mixed will not only Improve th«* con
territory treatment nt tlie pro|i«*r time.
the annual loss from this one disease dition of the bark and kill insect p«»sts.
As a result many such highways dry
to th«* stock raising interests of th«* but by ret1«*ctlng the rays of the sun
up rough au«t hard and remain in this
coutHry at $24.000.000. These same will tend to prevent sun scald. Careful
condition for months. Could a system
lnv«*stigatlons prove conclusively that ly slacktai stone lime should be used
lmv«‘ I ms ' u followed which w«»uki have
bovine tuberculosis is easily cotntnuni- for the purpose, this being diluted to
«•nlisti'd th«* aid of property owners or
<-at<*<i to human beings and that cows th«* consistency of paint after the
renters along the highways ami the
which ar«* sleek and apparently healthy slacking process Is completed
roads have been dragged at til«* pro|>er
may be tar .-idvanceil in Hie disease
time a go«sl highway would have l»een
and ir positive menace to the health
Size in fruit or vegetable Is usually
I
secured The tienetlt of this co-operative
of nil who consume their milk.
the
result of limiting considerably the Adveertisement for Sidewalk
system Is recognized in some stares,
quantity or utitnber produc«*d. Prize
Advertisement for Bids for
tlx* road tax lieing remitted in «-as«*
Carrying
out
Its
purpose
of
protect
winning tomnto«*s are secured by grow
Construction
property owners give a stipulat«*«l
Street improvement.
amount of aid in keeping in condition ing tlx* fauna of th«* country and of ing a thrifty vine and then restricting
Notice is hereby given, that the Common
the rends abutting their own [»remises making s|»ecial studios of tlios«* birds the fruit It is allowed to produce to
Notice
i.« her by giv. n. tS«t the Cor mon
Council of the City of Bandon, Coot county
'i'liis plan glv«*s excellent results and ami animals wbich may be of eco two or three. In th«« same way big
Council
oi
City of Ban Ln, Coon Ccuniy, xs.li
Oregon,
will
upon
Monday,
the
15th
«lay
of
should lx* adopt«*d in other places nomic value to man. tlx* United States melons and squashes are the result of
U|>on Monday the 15th d»y oi August, 1910.
department
of
agriculture
lias
recently
snipping
off
all
but
one
or
two
blos
August,
1910,
at
the
hour
ol
7:30
p.
m.
o'clock
where tlx* roads at certain seasons of
issu«*«l as farmers' bulletin No. 390 soms. fertilizing tlie vines’heavily and of said day. receive sealed bids for the construc at the hou< oi 7:30 p. m. o'clock of Mid d
tlie year ari* little short of unspeak
tlx*
results of its recent investigations covering th«* Joints which touch tlie tion of three hundred (300) fret, more or lets, of receive sea kJ bids io« the construclion of a [
able, yet for tlie attempt to keep which
in repair large sums are exi»ended an into pheasant raising. The bulletin eartli with »oil. when new root sys sidewalk upon the Elast side of Spruce street in ntf and plank bridge upon Mam sire« 1 from th •
contains a concis«* account of tit«* meth tems art* developed which aid in the
nually. but i«> little purpose.
Bandon, Oregon, extending from the plank and north line oi its interse lion with Atwater str«t,
ods used by many pheasant raisers, feeding of the plants. As soon as the
pil'ig bridge up the hill to the end of and to running norlhwrtd to the terminus lher« of at d«s p
HOW HE BESTED QUACK GRASS. including pro|mgutiou. care of the desire«! fruit or vegetable is set the connect with the walk in frent of Trowbrnlge water of the Coquille river; said bridge to be
A Minnesota farmer who has had an young birds. |»rot«*ction from enemies, vines should be so pruned as to throw
property, ground for ridewalk right of way t * be built for full 75 iect width; speci'ications to lie
intimate acquaintance witli wpniek housing, feeding and marketiug. as th«* whole strength of tlie plant into
prepared
for the
bidder, specifications
to obtained Irom tlie vn lersigned.
well
as
«»tlier
interesting
ami
practical
them
grass covering a period of aliout twen
be obtained from the undersigned.
Council reserves the right to reject any and all
ty years ri«l his land six acres —of tlx* phases of tlie industry. Tlie treatise
1
With the price of concentrates—bran,
may be obtained through one's senator
Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
pest in tlie following manlier. B«*gin
I
oiltneal and tin* like—soaring to t>e-
bids.
liing ill 19(18 lx* allowed the grass to or representative or by making request
Daft J at Bandon, Oicon tbit 5th day oi
tw«*eu $28 nnd $40 a ton. especial in
of
tlx*
department
of
agriculture
at
grow until it blossomed. l»ut before
August,
1910.
E. B KAU5RUD,
terest
attaches
to
the
raising
on
the
Dated
at
Bandon.
Oregon,
thia
5th
day
o
any s«*«"d formed lie cut tin* pnt<*li ami Washington.
home lands of feeds which «‘an take August, 1910.
Recorder oi the City of Bandon, Orc, on.
E. B. KAU5RUD, J It
•nude hay of it. He then plowed tlx*
"Tlx* Economic TJso of Meats In the the place of these high priced stuffs. It
Recorder of the City of Bandon, Oregon.
stulilile under siiXMitlily, using tile disk
Home" is tin* caption of a bulletin Til«* liest subatitutes nre the legumes—
harrow to work up a s«?ed bed and
>
lately put out by the agricultural de alfalfa for th«* drier sections w«»st and
.'liming to disturb tlie sod as little ns
Summons
part men t tit Washington. Tlie treatise southwest, tlie clovers for the northern
possible, On tills I k * sow«*«l German
Ims I h ' cii prepared for the especial and eastern states (alfalfa where It
CHEATED!
IN Tl E JUSTICE COURT. SIXTH DIS-
millet tlx* 15th of .Inly. Tlie seed « am«*
benefit of Hie housewife, who. with will do well* and cowpeas ami soy
Louis Hinton of Elizabeth City, th ■
TRICT, COOS COUNTY, OREGON.
up well, blit owing to dry w«*nth«*r I pri« <*s for tlx* Iwst cuts «if meat which beans for those sections of tlie south
rU*h«*st man in North Carolina, <ll<*«l a A, £. While, Pla-nlifi,
following tile millet did not do w«*ll
1
where
the
rainfall
Is
so
heavy
as
to
h.'iv«* provHihsi. Ims laid n problem on
few weeks ago.
II«' turned st«*ers in to pastura th«*
her hands to provide the family witli seriously interfere wltii tlie proper
v«
SUMMONS
p.-. ch ill Oe|olM*r and plow«*«! tin* an «s-onomic ami satisfactory meat ra
Hinton, it is sai«l. own«*«! real estate 7. W. .Mtfrks, D'fendent, |
curing of alfalfa. The problem of pro
groiird tlx* Inner [»art of November
tlon. Il takes up general methods of viding n cheaper ration can be sltnpli In almost every state of th«* Union anti
(
In tlx* spring of 1909 tlx* quack grass
preparing meats, the utilizing of cheap tied If th«* silo is installed, which will storks ami bonds in nearly every large
To l.W. Meek*, delendcn! above named:
l«><>k<‘d sick bill soon began to take oil er « tits in palatable dislu*s, as well as mean the carrying of a maximum coriioration in tlie country.
In 1 he Name oi ihe Stile <4 (..»«¿on,
life. He disk«*«l the patch alwiut one«* other matters of interest. At the elos«* unount of stock on a minimum acre
fils wealth is roughly «*siimat«*<i at
a week until tlx* middle of .Itim*. when of the bullet in ar«* given fifty reei|»es age.
you ate hrteiiy required Io r ppear I«4orc the
$2.000.1 XtO. ami it may I m * tn*ar«-r $5.
lx* again plow«*d it. hnrrow«*«l it tin«' for savory meat dishes coll«>et«*d from
undero-joed Jusiu e U the Prate, lor said Disli.-1,
IM 10.0« IP.
and drillcil in a peck nnd a half of a wide rang«* nnd suit«*d to Hi«' ne«*ds
County, and Sial«, to aiuwer Plaintiff's Com
Tin* several blights that nttack po-
This rich man llv«*d in his old farm
bnlder corn to tlx* acre, laist full lx* of tin* nveragi* home. The bulletin talo vines «luring tin* muggy midsum
plaint fil««l herein within -ix weeks from the
house. which <'ontaim*«l barel.i enough
liar« <*sted thr«*«* nnd a half tons ot dry will lie forwarded fr«s* to any who
mer weather are of fungous origin
date <>l the first pul'll at.or« hereof. :o- * it. «n or
furniture for actual needs, no carpets
fodder |>cr acre. om*-thlrd of which had limy make request of the agricultural
and may I»«* prevented or ch«*ck«*<l by
nnd no curtains. Window |Vm«*s w«*re before lhe 23rd day ol Srpte nt« , 1910.
produei'd good sound corn. TIu* field department nt Washington.
spraying the field with Isirdenux mix
lacking in half tlx* windows
You will take notice that •* you fail so to
Is at present compl«*tcly «•<»ntro||<<l
ture. which is easily made by taking
Every morning lM*fore breakfast Hin appearand answc-i, Plamtili **ill take |ixiitment
nnd lie says that any kind of a till«*«!
That th«* feisling of sling«* to dairy a small amount of quicklime, slaking ton wiisln*«l his face in Hie hors«-
crop «an I m * rais«*d this year without
a.a'*ul you for the ;Um oi .51. 0, [ lus co Is and
cows in large quantities does not seri it to a tine past«* and «Hinting it in half trough. Ills only basin.
any trouble from til«* qnack. Corn
disbursements.
ously affect the <|iiality of milk was th«* volume of water needed for tlie
When In* drove to town in his rickety
witli thorough cultivation, in this farm
With tills should I h > mixed buggy he <-arri<*<l his dinner in a fill
demonstrated by a test made by th«* spraying
Pl.untili has ma<le affidavit for publication of
cr's opinion, must enter largely Into
Illinois ex|x*riim*nt station not long a solution m.-ide by dissolving an equal pan tinder the seat.
thr. summons, and ihrouxh li.s all »racy, C. I*.
any rotation whose purp«»s«> is to kill
i
sulphate
ago. Samples of silage ami nonsilnge number of pounds of copper
Nor was Ills action eccentric, lie Wad< •, moved for ordrr of co« ri dirt tn; » h . e,
out «|unek grass, while disk tools
1
For In was merely out am! out stingy.
milk were tasttsl by some 300 mem in a like amount of water.
Said motion grant. J.
sfieiihl I««' ns«*«l so far as possible in
bers of th«* faculty anti student I hm I v . stance. If one wished twenty gallons was thrift run to seed anti resulting
Dated, Bondoil, Oregon /\uy. 1st, 1910
tlx* tilling of tlx* soil.
of
the
spray
mixture
two
pounds
of
including elghty-om* ladi«*s. In nil tiff
in [»lain penuriousneM.
Geo. P. 1 opp.ig,
|M't- «-ent preferred th«* silage milk. 29 stone lime should I m * slaked and di
Ami there are others. They may not
VARIEGATED ALFALFAS.
Justice of the Peace.
31
-Gt
ltit«*«l
to
ten
gallons
of
’
water
and
two
per cent preferred the nonsilnge milk,
The ordinary alfalfa, whose original while tin* remainder had no prefer- pounds of bluestone in ten gallons and wasli tlieir fac«*s In tit«» hors«* trough
and they may repla«v tlie broken pri'x's
k-----------
home was probably 1‘ersia. lias com«* to etice. Samples of tlie silage ami lion these two lllix«*d.
If potato beetles in their windows, a ad they may hive
i>«> considered a stnmtard ami valuable silage
milk were submitted to five arc on the vines they may tie dispos«*d
Ordinance No. 158
forage crop in the western half of tlie dairy experts in several large cities, of In the same spraying operation by rich furniture and expensive rugs. I
Unit«*d Stntes This variety has blue am) of th<*s<* on«* had no choice. one adding aliout t wo ounces of puns green in order to I m .* nlmolutely rich they x
i hi« is an ordinance entitled “An Ordinance
sacrifice tilings of more value than
flowers and a coiled po«l. Within a [ireferred the notisilage
amending S<:. I of Ordinance proposed as No.
nonsilnge milk.
milk, while to twenty gallons of tlie liordeaux or a furniture or curtains.
few years iber«* lias I»« m * ii Introdin-cd in three preferred th«* silage milk. Th«* littli* less than a [mund of commercial
Some of these p«*ople that they may 14-1 entiilid "An Ordinance providing for
the country ti variety of yellow flow cows which prodm ««<1 the silage* milk arsenate of lend.
get money they do uot need will sue regulating and requiring cement .-.idewalks on cei-
ered alfalfa, which grows wild In Si tlse«l in this test were given forty
rltlce comfort, health, companionship tain parts of First street in the City of Bandon.
beria and several countrl«*s of Europe. [MUimls of silage a day. which is eon-
of family, friends. ha|iplneas.
A
Kentucky
farmer
who
lias
reported
i gett'Hg specifications thereof and regulat ng the
Hint does not have the upright habit or sidernbly In excess of the ration usu
Strange?
his experience recently speaks favora
Same.”
produce as much seed, but that In ally f«s|.
You smile nt Ix»uls Hinton carrying
bly of tlie wild sweet clover ns a farm
point of resistance to extrem«*s of
crop, tin* variety so often seen growing his dinner under his old buggy sent or THE CH Y OF’ BANDON
drought nnd «-old is decldt*dly superior
Willie melons will do well on a great In unlikely places along roadsides, rail at the niggardliness in trifles that dis
DOES ORDAIN AS I OLI OUS
to its Ida«' flowered relative. In some variety of soils, they seem to flourish
road cuts or In abandoned stone quar tinguished the late Russell Sage, bill
cases these fields have grown side by liest on a mellow, friable loam which
Sec. I.-- That Section one of Ordinance N •.
ries or grind pits. 11«* linds It an ex many ii man anxious for surplus dol
side, nnd hybrid or variegated alfalfas has Iss'ii well enriched with barnyard
142 it hereby amended to read as follows: "All
cellent renovator for wornout soilsand lure will go further tlinn that.
have resulted, combining some of tlie manure. About a dozen see«!» should
for sulslulng rough places on his farm
For the sake of money lie cannot us. sidewalks shall be 8 feet in width and shell
ln*st qualities of both varieties
Til«* I m * planted to tlie hill, the plant Ing be
which have b«*en pre-empted by we«*ds many a man will sacrifice not only ma be at the «-stablidi«. j grade at llie inside «<|ge aiui
best of Hies«* variegated strains, which ing <ielnye<l until danger of frost Is
and briers. II«« harrows tlie land in terinl things; he will blunt Ills con shall have a slant of two inch« towtrd the outei
lM*nr both blue ami yellow flowers, ar«* past. When th«* young vines have got
the spring so ns to give a good seed science and atrophy his soul
< dge, The facing next to the curb »hJI I e six
sand Iticern. Grimm's alfalfa and past tlx* strip«Ml IxM'tle stag«* the plants Iasi and sows from fift«*en to twenty
It is easy to lx* rich—if you will pai inches thick and shall extend one foot lx low th«
Canadian alfalfa. Of this list tin* sec should lx* tliinmsl to three or four in a pounds of seed per ncre with half a .the price.
•urface of the sidewalk.
The foundati« n shall
ond strain lias been very successfully hill. Like all other growing things, bushel of outs. To produce sc«*d In*
The question is, D«»os it pay?
be well tamp« d eaith upon which shall belaid a
grown iti Minnesota nnd North Dakota, melons will «io ls>st If given frequent sows fifteen pounds |>er acre on fertile
Does It pay to stunt oneself for
course of grouting 5 1-4 inches in ihickn« .
where it has withstood c«»ld winters cultivation with ls*th wheel cultivator land. For fall seeding lie prepnr«*s the sake of money one cannot us««? I
remarkably well and lias product*«! a and witli line, which will Insure a land and sows in October. To tie us«*«l It pay to roti oneself of spiritual thing* consisting of four p»*ts gravel, three pat « eharp
larger yield of hay than th«* blue flow moist and mellow condition of the soil
for hay he finds that sw<*et clover for the sake of material things- mate sand one part cement; upon the uouting shall
If the melon patch 1« so large that it should tie cut when the first blossoms rial things that one do«*s not ne«*d?
ered variety.
be laid a course ot cement [taste three quartets
Is not feaslbl«* to prntwt the hills from appear. Iiefon* the stalks become
If so. tlien lxinls Hinton was wise t« of an inch thick, consisting of one part cenxnt
ABOUT DURUM WHEAT.
the stri|s*«l Iweth* by means of shallow woody. Tie also reports that the sweet save the cost of a wash basin and live
and one part sharp sand; all cement used in
Durum
wheat,
quite commonly fram«*s c«»ver«xl with mosquito netting clover Is an excellent crop with which on bare fl«w»rs.
said work to be Portland cement thoroughly
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known under the name of macaroni
to pr»*cede alfalfa, ns It keeps the land
If so. thou he is also wise who denies
wheat, seems «'sisa-ially ndapted to spraying the vln«*s with nrsemtte of free from weeds and inoculates the himself, lets go friendship, even lion mixed and applied while ir. a liquid slate. | he
soil nn«l climatic ^editions existing in lend nt tlie rate of nisiut half a fxtand soil with the bacterial life necessary or and self respect. In his chase after top coating or dressing to be applied before
grouting has ut.
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tlie great plain west of the .Mississippi to tw«'lve gallons «if water. This may for tile best development of the nlfnlfa extra dollars.
river, where the rainfall ranges from b<* applied witli fair pressure by a plant.
Passed the Common Council thu 3rd «lay oi
Some of those men are on lieti great
ten to twenty Inches |M*r year. It Is hand sprayer, the muzzle of which
flnan« lers. They are not.
August. 1910.
not only quit»* drought resistant, but should be so adjusted that some of the
They do not get value received for
E. B. Kausrud, ....
City Recorder.
seems largely free from rust, in hu poison will Is» lodged on the underside
what they buy. They pay tisi milch
Approved this I Ith day of August, 1910.
mid sections it does not do so well as of the leav«*s where tlie beetle often
for wbnt they g«*t And they nre cheat
other standard varieties of wheat. In works. The size <>f the melons may be
J. W. Mast, .... Mayor.
ed every day ot their liven.
prlc« it ranges a few cents per bushel Im reliv'd by restrl«-tUig tboM on a aln-
lower than other wheat of like grade.
(la vint» to two or three.
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