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ONE DOLLAR WHEAT.
Western Canada's Wheat Fields Produce .
Yields-Free
duce it-Magnificent -
: Grants of r Land to S ttlcra.
The returns at the Interior Depart-
anent show that the movement at
: : American farmers northward to Can-
ada Is each month affecting larger
areas of the United States Time was ,
says the Wlnnlpog Free " Press , when
the ! Dalwtas , Minnesota and Iowa fur-
nlshed : ( Uw Dominion with the main
bull of its American conUngcnt. Last
year , however , fort > ' -four states and
, districts were represented In the at-
I1lclnl statement as to the former resi I-
'clence at Americans who had homo-
.stoa.ded . In Catnda. Tim Dakotas still
lral the list , with 4,006 entries , Minnesota -
'lwsota being a close second with 3,887 ,
glut with the exception or Alabama
and Mississippi and Delaware every
state in the Union supplied Bottlers
'Who , In ardor to secure farms in the
ferUle prairie country of Canada , be.
came citizens of and took the oath at
: alieginuco to tile Dominion. Last
your no less than l1,8H Americans
entered for homestead lands In Can-
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ada.From
From the Gulf to the Boundary ] ,
and from ocean to ocean , the trek to
the Dominion goes on. Not only the
'whoatgrowers of the central MIssls-
:8lppl : valley , but the ranchers of Texas
; and Now Mexico , and ] the cultivators
.of the comparatively virgin soIl at
Oklahoma ' , are pouring towards the
proluctlvo : ( vacant lands of the Cana-
dlan Northwest. It Is no tentative ,
lmlf-hoarted departure for an allen
country that Is manifested in this
' xodus ; It has become almost a rush
to secure possession of land which it
is feared by those imperfectly ac-
qualnted with the vast area of Can
: ada's vacant lands , may all bo acquired '
. , cd before they arrive There Is no
. - " element of speculation or experiment
'in the migration. The settlers have
full Information respecting the soil ,
\'eallh , the farming methods , the
laws , taxation and system of govern-
-ment of the country to which they
acre moving , and they realize that the
opportunities offered In Canada are In
-overy respect better \ and greater than
: these they have enjoyed in the land
they are leaving
Canada can well afford to welcomo'
tCol'Ually { every American farmer CO'11-
ing to the Dommlon. There Is no
question , but that these Immigrants
make the most desirable settlers obtainable -
.tainable for the develolJmmll of the
prairie portion or the Dominion. Full
Information can be had from any au-
lhol'lzed ; Canadian government agent
whose address will be found else-
Iwhore In this paper.
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.Successfully used by Mother Gray , nurse
'in the Childrcn' Home in New York , cure
Constipation , Feverishness , Dad Stomach ,
Teething Disorders , move and regulate the
; Bowels and Destroy \Vorms Over 30,000
! testimonials At all druggists , 25c. Sample
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' \ \ hen it comes to borrowing trou-
: ) la there is neVel' any dicmully about
crodi
; free to Twenty-five Ladies.
The Defiance Starch Co. wlll give
:25 : ladies u round trip ticket to the
IsL Louis Exposition , to five ladles
11n each of the following states : III i-
' 11oi8 , Iowa Nebraska Kansas and
Missouri who will send In the largest
: number of trade marks cut from a ten
I .cent. 16 . ounce package at' Defiance
cold water laundry starch. Thin
: means from your own homo , any-
where in the above named states ,
! These trade marls must be mailed ! to
and received br the Defiance Starch
j : Co" , Omaha , Nebr. , before September
1st , 1904. October and November
'Will be the best months to visit the
Exposition. Remember that Defiance
is the only starch put up 10 oz ( a
ll pound ) to the 1)ackage. You get
me.third more starch for the same
, money than ot any other kind , and
Defiance never sUcks to the Iron
The tickets to the Exposition will be
wont by registered mail September
j , nth Starch for sale by all dealerl
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Windows . In Dalr ; : Barn'
More light Is needed in most of our
dairy barns. Last week the writer
visited a dairy stable in which nine
cows are Impt. It was the smallest
stable for that number of cows he
ever saw and the wonder was that
the cows could have lived through
the winter just past when the cold
was so great and continuous that the
stable must have been kept shut up
for days at a time. 1' . was not more
than ten feat In height , so far as avoll-
able space for air was .concerned , rind
the cows were packed as closely together -
gethor as it was possible for them
to stand , with a feeding floor only
six feet wide in front. There was a
single window in the west. Yet from
this stable went out milk to supply
the neighboring villagers. Conditions
were almost at that point where aboard
boar of health could bo justified in
stepping in. Yet the owner bad tried
to be tip . to - data and had laid cement
floors both In front of and behind the
cows. Over the cement were laid
planks to make the cows more com-
fortable. This showed enterprise , yet
the great lack was llght. In the
building of a new stable thE > addition
of the proper windows is not a bard
matter , and in the cash of stables already -
ready in use this should not be neg-
lected. Few of our cow peepers fully
appreciate the health.givlng powers
of llght.
Producing Good Milk. .
The whole ' secret of producing good
milk can be generalized in a few
words : Healthy , clean and well - fed
cows having a clean , comfortable
stable ; health . clean and quiet mllle-
ers having a disposition to treat the
cows at least fairly ; sound , clean and
sterlllzed utensils , prompt cooling and
protection of the mlll This in the
secret that is brInging success to some
dairymen whIle their neighbors fail.
These conditions could be introduced
easily , cheaply and profitably into
thousands of daIries. Too many dairy.
men make the mistake of thinking
that a large outlay of money is neces-
sary before high-grade milk can be II I I
prOllucOll. They are scared off by a
phantom. The fact is , many dairies
could be changed to a sanitary from
m unsanitary condition without the
expenditure of a single dollar In cash.
More light , more fresh air , better aI'-
: angements for bringing the feed and
for removing manure , a little time
each day to clean the stable and the
cows , a coat of fresh whitewash once
or twice a year to. cover and kill the
bacteria on the walls and partitions
-these'things are not expensive-and
perhaps a new ceiling or floor above
the cows to exclude dust from the
hay mow.-R. A. Pearson.
The Stanchion Should Go
In spite of all that has been said
against the stanchion it still persists
on our farms. That it should be discarded -
carded Is the verdict of about every
man that does any thinking along this
line. The rIgid stanchion lllay be easy
to build , and easy to understand the
construction of , by the ordinary farm
carpenter that has built no other hind ]
in all his life , but that does not make
It a humane arrangement. It does not
permit the cow to place her head ill
sleeping as nature intended she
should. It does ] not permit a cow to
lick her haunches , as cows do now
and then if they are to be comfort-
able. The cow in the rIgid stanchion
is very much of a prisoner , with lIttle
chance to move her bOdy for any pur-
pose. There are numerous stablIng
arrangements now on the market , and
ninny ideas in addition have been expressed -
pressed in the public press that are
not controlled by patent rIghts. There
arc probably few localities where some
sort of humane arrangement Is not
in sight and cannot be inspected by
the cow owner that wants to make
his animals comfortable.
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Manure Docs Benefit Land '
It good deal of comment has been
cauzcd by the publication by the department -
partment f.Jt agriculture of the United
States of bulletin 22 , in which the
authors claimed that poor soils were
as good crop yielders as good soils ,
provided both were in the same mechanical .
chanical condition. This was regarded -
ed everywhere as a most astonishing
statement , as it was equivalent to
saying that all kinds of manure bene-
fit soil only by improving It mecbp.n-
iClllly. A few people , however , always -
ways ready to follow any new doc
trIne , at once took up with this new
idea.
But our best agriculturists have
been all the time certain that fertilIzers -
izers do add to the amount of avail-
able plant food iIt the soil. It was the
contention of the authors of the bulletin -
letin in question that natural agencies
cies are an the time at work In the
soil liberating new quantities of plant
food , and that the amount of plant
food so liberated is as great in poor
soil as in good. They claimed to have
found this out by actual analyses of
the plant food available in different
salls. .
It is evident 'that something is
wrong with their soil analyses. One
of the greatest soil physicists in the
United States 18 Professor F. H. King.
DurIng 1903 Professor King carried on
some experiments to determine the
points at issue in the bulletin. He
carried' on the same tests on three
types of soil of low productive capac-
Jty ) and three types of soIl of high
productive capacity. He determined
the plant food soluble in water once
each week during the entire season
in soil from each field He also grew
crops on each of the six fields. The
amot--t of avaIlable plant food in the
good soils was found to be about two
and a half times as great in the good
soils as if I the poor soils , all the
average at all tests throughout the
season.
The crops grown responded in llle
measure. The good soils yielded
crops land ( a haH times Id'rger
than did the poor soils. When these
crops were analyzed they were found
to contain about two and a half times
as inch plant food as did the crops
grown on the poor soils.
It will thus be seen that there is
a difference In the amount of plant
food in different soils , and that the
most productive soils are those well-
manure(1 and containing much avail
able plant food. It is not true that
there is as much available plant food
In solution in the water of Olla soil
as of another. a
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Grass is the great fundamental crop
Without the aid of man ( and previous -
vious to his intervention ) it covers
the habitable earth everywhere with
its mantle of green and fills the so1\ i
with a thick , fibrous growth ot roots ,
and not only protects the land from
. the ravages of wind and water , but
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becomes also me prImary source or
food for a large part of the anima )
creation , says A. 1\1. Ten Eyck. Ac-
&ii ' ding to the government reports ,
corn holds the first place as the great
est wealth-producing crop of this country -
try , while grass takes second rank ;
It is safe to say , however , that tha reverse -
verse is the actual fact. The reports
fall to take into account the great
wealth produced from grass as a pas.
ture and Its great value as n soil-pro-
tectoI' and a sollrenewer , and its pow.
or to increase the yield of other crops
when used in rotation. Although the
native grasses grow without the aid
of man , yet it is only when certain domesticated -
mesticated species are cultivated that
the greatest production of bay and
pasture is secured.
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How to Keep I House
With all the luxuries and pleasures j' '
of this life , its big enjoyments and Its
smaller comforts , there is an offset or r
antithesis which we have to conte- - ' - i
with in the form of aches and pains.
In some way and by some means
every one has : a touch of them in
some form at some time. Trifling as
some of them may be , the risk is . . (
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that they wm grow to something .
greater and rack the system with constant -
stant torture. There Is nothing , there- j.
fore , ot this kind that we have a
right ! to trifle with. Taken in % time ,
the worst forms of pains and aches
are easily subdued and cured by the
free use of 81. Jacobs Oil. No well
regulated household ought to be without .
out a bollle ot this great remedy for
1Ialn. It Is the specific virtue of pene-
tration In St. Jacobs Oil that carries
it right to the vain spot and effects n ,
prompt c.lre even in thc most painful :
cases o : Rheumatism , Neuralgia , Lum- ,
l.mgo , Sdnt.lcn. You want it also in
the house at ail times fur hurts , cuts
and wounds , and the house that always - I
ways has it keeps up a sort of insur-
auce against Imln. I
A college diploma oesn't always
enable a man to get three square
meals a day.
Auk Your Dealer For Allon's Foot-EBlle ! ,
A powder. It rests the feet. Cures Corns ,
Bunions , Swollen , Sore , Hot , Callous Aching
Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails Allen's ' .
Foot-Ease makes newer tight shoes easy. At
all Druggists and Shoe stores 25 cests. Accept ' - : -
ccpt no substitute. Sample mailed FREE. '
Address Allen S. Olmsted , La Roy , N. Y. '
There is nothing that so increases a
man's desire to work in the garden
as the discovery that his wife has
misplaced the rale
Don't you know that Defiance
Starch , besides being absolutely superior -
nor to any other , is put up 16 ounces
in packages and sells at same price
as 12-ounce packages of other kinds ?
The woman who carrie ; ; her age . , * . ,
well shows the pride she has : in it. . "
Wiggle = Stick LAUNDI.Y : BLUE
'Van't spill , break , freeze nor spot clothcs
Costs 10 cents and equals 20 cents worth of
any other bluing If your grocer docs not
keep it send lOc for 8a1l11/10 to The Laundry
Blue Co . 14 Michigan Street , Chlcngo.
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No man was ever' discontented with
the world if he did his duty In it.
Sensible Housekeepers
wlll have Defiance Starch , not alone
because they get one-third more for
the same money , but also because of
superior quality.
The disagreeable mail wonders why
people are disposed to avoid him.
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nlr"- "Wlnlllow's sootblnJ Syrup.
For children tcothln , softens the gums , reduces In
fiammatlon , allays pllln , cures wind collo. 25cab' tUc.
A happy home life is to t1. man the
acme of satisfaction.
Piso's Cure Is the best met1lclno we ever used
for nn acre ctlons ot the throat and lungs.- VM. ' - i
O. ENDSLEY , Vnnbcrcn , Ind. , Feb. 10 , 1000.
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A polltieal ring has a beginning ,
but , like any other ring , it has no end
Dealers say that as Boon as a customer -
tomer tries Defiance Starch it Is impossible .
possible to sell them any other cold 1\ i \
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water starch. It can be used cold
or boiled.
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The right kind of a girl doesn't need '
leap rear In her business. _ .
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Storekeepers report that the extra"t. .
quantity , together with the superior !
quality of Defiance Starch makes it ' j
next to impossible to sell any other
brand
The LANKFORD HUMANE J
Horse Collar
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It Is ! cotton.fil1ell , nntl.chnfln , ft
will po3lttrely CUrt and prevent
galls and sore shoulders and do
away with pads. .Aek ) 'our denIer
fur thom. Write for catalogue
and rtceh'tour JIIOl1l0ranltUlTl . . .
account hook free THE : : POW.'r"
ERS' MFG. CO , Waterloo , Iowa. '
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