rftinn iBilrti" t rffin- n OAkbtfA C61MV kilkAiD; DAK6A CM, NEBRASKA. ff V " fi- y r. .jidttaBrearffiwaagg s-w-j .w , vm!K.xmKr.Yr2aSA. Dakota County Herald! 3HN H. KB AM, PUBLISHER Subocrlption Trico. $1.00 Por Year. Telephone No. 48. Official Paper of Dakota County Farm Notes. Issued by tlio University of Nebraska College of Agriculture. KEEP THE CULTIVATOR GOINO Shall the cultivator bo kept going in a clean field of corn when the Burface of the ground is already a mulch of dry loose Boil? The College of Agriculture says that one must remember that cultivation thru its cutting of corn may do harm as well as good. As long as there are nu merous weeds to be destroyed, culti vation is very much in order, but there is growing evidence that mere moving about of loose soil in a clean field is labor more or less misspent. BUSY AGENT IN KIMBALL COUNTY Kimball county farmers who hired an agricultural agent, or farm dem onstrator, last year are giving their new "hired man" a good work-out. Durtng the first 11 months of service, his records show that he visited 4C2 farms at the request of farmers, or more than one a day. In addition, about twice that number of personal inquiries were received at his office. The cooperative sale of seed and live stock thru the association for this period amounted to $10,874. Among other things, the members of the farmers' association are cooperating in crop tests, the control and pre vention of diseases of crops and live stock, boys' and girls' club work, and community clubs. WHEN NOT TO USE VIKUS Never use virus in vaccinating an unthrifty herd of hogs. If cholera breaks out in such a herd, the De partment of Animal Pathology at the Universitv Farm recommends the use of scrum alone. Two or three weeks later when the hogs have im proved in condition, give the simul taneous treatment. If the unthrifty condition is due to worms, give some well-known worm remedy. Where there is no cholera in the vicinity, it is not advisable to vacci nate on account of the possibility of starting a center of infection. The exception to this is the breeder of pure-bred hogs. Where virus is used in such cases the owner should use every precaution against infect ing the premises. HOW OFTEN SHALL CORN BE CULTI VATED? At the Illinois Agricultural Expe riment Station, in a test lasting five years, corn cultivated to an average depth, three to five times as the va rying seasons required, yielded 08.5 bushels ner acre, while that cultivat ed nine to fifteen times yielded but 68.6 bushels per acre. The number of required cultivations vanes con siderably with the season. In years when the soil is packed by heavy and frequent rains and weed growth iB correspondingly troublesome, culti vation must necessarily bo more fre quent than if opposite conditions ex ist. It is also probably true that cold, wet heavy soils need more fre quent cultivations than do the oppo site kinds. In actual practice, how ever, it seldom pays to cultivate less than three times or more than Jive times. Junior corn bulletin, Ne braska College of Agriculture. FARMERS' WORST ENEMY Weeds are the worst enemy of the farmer who is farming under limit ed rainfnll, according to a recent bulletin of the Agricultural Experi ment Station of Nebraska. It says: "All of our work has pointed to the fact that from the standpoint OF STORING MOISTURE, THE KILLING OF WEEDS IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN CULTIVATING THE SOIL. Cul- vation, however, is the means of killing the weeds and serves to keep the Burface soil in condition so that it will catch the water that falls, and not blow. "In 1907 a small tract o'f land was kept thoroly cultivated until the middle of June, then one-half of it was allowed to become weedy, while the other half was kept cultivated. During the latter part of September, moisture determinations were made to a depth of three feet on each por tion of the tract. It was found that three and one-half inches of water had been used from the upper three feet of soil by allowing the weeds to grow. 1 ho portion which was kept cultivated had at the end of the season practically all the water it could carry, while the portion where the weeds had grown was as dry as it would have been had it produced a crop of grain." Similar results were obtained from experiments in 1908, 1911, 1912, and 1913. I from our Exchanges j SftTOtt HOW lOTO ROTO KOT ROM HOOK Ponca Journal: M. P. Logue, of Jackson, was in town Wednesday and made this office a business call. Newcastle Times: Mrs. Heenan, of Vista, has been here visiting her son, Mike Heenan, and family, re turning home Monday noon. Wynot Tribune: Mrs. II. A. Mc Cormick returned Friday evening from a weeks visit with her mother and brother at South Sioux City. Farmers Meet for Business Session I. The board of directors of the Da kota County Farm Management As sociation met Friday afternoon for the regular business session, with the following members present: F. Learner, Thos. J. Hartnett, E. L Ross, Martin Hogh, Hugh Raymond, and T. F. McGlashan. After the reading of the minutes of the April meeting, Mr. Raymond reviewed the work accomplished for the association for the months of May and June, as follows: "During the months of May and June I have visited 70 farms; have had 90 office callers; 40 telephone calls; have written 85 letters and sent out 2 circular letters of 300 Craiff News: Mrs. Raymond ,--".-.. rj p; ntrn HUI1UUUL6 CUUUlUr IUUI Ui GUV touts, f &outh S ioux City, return-, . , haye e(1 t ar. ed home today after a weeks visit to . ' , . ' t' nnnorq. hnv. her parents, Wallace Dose anu wue Wakefield Items in Wayne Demo crat: Miss Nettie Samuelson re turned Tuesday morning from a ten days' visit with her sister, Mrs. Walt er Miller, at Dakota City. Hartington News: Mrs. J. J. Mc Allister, of Dakota City, returned home Monday morning, after a visit with her daughter, Mrs. McNamara, and family. Her granddaughter, Mary McNamara, accompanied her home for a short visit. Winnebago Chieftain: Mrs. Chas. Ohmit is spending the week visiting in South Sioux City. ...James Small, brother to Bob Small, has accepted a position with the O'Connor store as manager. Mr. Evans has return ed to South Sioux City. Allen News: Miss Margaret Nor dyke spent Sunday in Randolph .... Frank Hale returned home Tuesday nizht from a trin to Minnesota . . . James Baker, a former resident of this place, but now residing near Homer, was in town on business last Wednesday. 55 75 8 25 10 45 ' & UiA y M'a'JA'.i.7. SWK f y MWvMM. I. r"7i ' WlWtf0fifWtfg'J mm Jiff OP WHEN YOU SCREEN UP! Your window and door screens will look better, wear better and give longer service after using Mound City Screen Paint Requires little time, tnkes little paint, but It certainly makes a big difference in last year's ocreens. Makes new ones last longer and keeps them looking nice all season. No clogging of the meshes. Let us tell you about this Screen Paint. DAKOTA CITV PHARMACY Bloomfield Monitor: H. F. Fred erichs and family returned Sunday evening from Crystal lake, where Mrs. Friednchs anu lamily had gone the week before. Herm went down after them on Thursday. Herm says he caught several large pickeral while down there. Lyons Mirror: It. E. Snethen, brother of W. E. Snethen, has taken the place of helper W. L. Wicklend at the Burlington depot .... Miss Lu ella Hirsch. of Walthill. visited M. M. Warner and wife Saturday. Her father. Abraham Hirsch, settled in Dakota county in 1856. Osmond Republican: Joe Leedom, of Gordon, Neb., was in town the first of the week visiting with rela tives and friends. He was on his way home from Lincoln where he had been attending a school ot in struction for the officers of the Ne braska, state malitia. Joe has been appointed captain of the company at Gordon and it is required of all com missioned officers to attend this school. He reports the crops around Gordon as the best ever raised and that business is booming. He and his father are having built a new brick building for the Gordon Jour nal, which they own and publish, When this building is finished they will have one of the finest plants in northwest Nebraska. Sioux City Journal 6th: Dr. J. Harlan Bridenbaugh, of St. Louis, Mo., is hero tor a visit with his pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Briden baugh. 3905 Fif th avenue. . . .The po lice raiding squad Sunday used the sense of smell successfully in con ducting a raid at the Davey Bros.' drugstore, 1016 Fourth street. The raid was the seoond in two months. They applied their nostrils to two jugs. One jug bore a sulphuric acid label, while another was mark ed "wood alcohol." One whifF in each case was sufficient. The fumes were the fumes of whisky, the police say. Liquor of various kinds was found in all parts of the store, neat ly hidden. Three kinds of whisky were unearthed among the drugs. Eight pints of bonded liquor were revealed in a search throngh draw ers. Behind boxes on shelves the raiders found sixteen half-pint bot tles of alcohol. One gallon of sher ry wine, one gallon of port wine and two bottles or beer were taken. J. P. Davey was arrested on a charge of selling intoxicating liquors. He was released on a $500 bond furnish ed by J. L. Levitt. Emerson Enterprise; F. F. Haase attended Masonic lodge in Sioux City last Thursday night Miss Louise Bayha, of Niobrara, stopped over between trains with Geo. and F. F. Haase last Wednesday. . . .Ar nold Bichel, brother of Mrs. Theo dore Peters, returned to his home at Mineola, la., after spending ten days here visiting with relatives. . . . On Juno 28. about forty relatives and friends gathered at the home of Win. Wallwey, jr., to remind Grand pa Wallwey of his 71st birthday an niversary. The relatives in attend ance were the families of Messrs. Wm. Wallwey, jr.. Fred Blume, Henry Wallwey, Fred Wallwey, Louis- Wallwey, George Wallwey and Henry Wilke. The day was spent in games by the children and conversation by the older people, with ice cream and caKe for refresh tides for the county papers; have held four indoor meetings with an attendance of 105 people, and one field meeting with an attendance of 20; have secured 20 farm records and vaccinated 180 hogs, and five calves; have traveled 926 miles. "On Jone 2nd and 3rd Dr. Cain was in the connty and meetings were held at Dakota City, Goodwin, Ho mer, and Emerson. These meetings were not very well attended on ac count of people being so busy, with the exception of Goodwin, where a good crowd came out. I have alBo had men in the county to take farm records but most farmers were so busy that they could not give the time for the record to be taken, so it was very difficult to secure rec ords." On motion made by Director Ross the following bills were ordered paid: J. W. Rooney, repairs and stor age on car for May $ 8 University of Nebraska, se rum and virus 54 J. W. Rooney, storage on car tor June, $5, worK on car, $2, oil and repairs, $1.25. . . D. C. HefTernan, office rent May and June, $10, oil, 45c. Hugh Raymond, salary for May and June, $100, ex penses, $15.10 115 10 Kenze & Green, oil and gas. . . 10 62 The motion for the approval of the bills was seconded by Director Hartnett and carried by the board. Director Ross made the motion that Treasurer H. H. Adair be or dered to send the directors a list of the delinquent subscribers in their respective precincts so they might investigate and assist to collect sub scriptions yet unpaid. Director Hartnett gave a second and same was carried by the board. Motion was made and carried that the treasurer submit to the July business meeting a financial report for the first half of the year 1915. Motion was made and carried that the treasurer and secretary submit their records showing the financial transactions of the association at the July business meeting, that the same might be audited by the com mittee appointed by Pres. Learner. Pres. Learner appointed Geo. Orr, Ed Ross and Thos. J. Hartnett as the auditing committee, after which the meeting adjourned. T. F. McGlashan, Sec'y. CORRESPONDENCE. J HUBBARD. Bart Leahy was in town Tuesday. Bertha Francisco came home Tues day. Alma Frodtrieksnn came homo J. ' Saturday morning. Summer nnderwear in the latest and best makes. C. Anderson Co. Fred Bartels was in Sioux City last week. A large number from here went to Emerson Saturday to celebrate. Fred Johnson and family visited at the Fred Miller home Sunday. Another new line of wash goods just received. C. Anderson Co. D. C. HefTernan and wife attend ed the funeral of Mr. Beacom at Waterbury the first of the week. The picnic given at the C. M. Ras mussen home was quite well attend ed. George Timlin was in Homer Sat urday. Kimonoes and aprons, cheaper than you can make them, at C. An derson Co's. years. The deceased is survived by a widow and four children. Funer al services were held from the Cath olic church at Vista Tuesday morn ing, interment being made in St. John's cemetery. lOMFn Thompson went away remain till after the Potato Wilt. Frederick Renze took a load of girjs to Sioux City Sunday. Ras Nelson is sporting a bran new driving team. Gene Leedom had a couple of ribs broken while in town last Saturday. Embroideries, laces and dress trimmings in the latest styles, at C. Anderson Co's. Charlotte Hartnett is visiting at the Mike Farrell home. Cora, Mabel, Willie and Albert Sorensen visited friends here the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Rasmus Nelsen and family celebrated the Fourth with friends near Homer. Quantities of Oxfords and cool summer shoes at C. Anderson Co's. Tom Long and Herman Renze were in Jackson Saturday. Christine Beck, Lizzie Rasmussen, Alice Howard, Bonnie Hartnett and Varonica HefTernan celebrated the Fourth in Emerson. Frederick Renze came home Satur day to spend the Fourth with his pa rents. He returned Tuesday. We can use all your produce, but ter and eggs, at the best market price. C. Anderson Co. Guy Anderson came down Tues day to see the home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Johnson vis ited the first of the week at the H. Johnson home. Christine Beck spent Monday and Tuesday with Alice Howard. We have a fine line of the best groceries for outings and lunches. Saves the housewife lots of work. C. Anderson Co. Mrs. Reise and children were in Pender Monday. A local company is being formed to purchase and take over the Hub bard telephone. If the deal is made some needed improvements will be made. Geo. Deroin and Miss Flora Fran cisco were granted a marriage li cense in Sioux City last Saturday. Congratulations. Theodore Friday to Fourth. Hand Rockwell and son-in-law Ed Munger returned Sunday from their trip to New York and Indiana. Mrs. Rachael Kinnear returned ' from llumbolt, Iu., Sunday ,( after a visit with her mother, who is quite ill. Charley Smith came in from Bas sett, Neb., Sunday. R. L. Smith came down from Sioux City Sunday to spend the Fourth with his daughter, Mrs. Chas. Holsworth. I Mrs. Charley Bates and son Am , bery were south bound passengers Sunday, returning in the evening. Mrs. August Wilkins, daughter Elsie and niece Emma, were Walt hill visitors Sunday. I Albert Bristol took Will Bristol to ments. At 6 o'clock a sumptuous HUM m birthday dinner was served at a long tamo on the lawn, at the head of which sat Grandpa "Wallwey sur rounded by six of his children (a daughter, Mrs. Richard Schmidt, now living in Washington, was the only one not present) and twentv- two grand children. At tho close of that happy day all who were there expressed the desire that Grandpa wauwey would be able to enjoy many such occasions on his natal day. Found. A gentleman's coat. The owner can have same by paying the expen ses of this notice. I hrve found in several fields of potatoes a disease which is called Fusarium wilt. This disease is one of common occurrance in the North ern BtatOB and has probably been in troduced here by using Northern grown seed potatoes, The symptoms are not always pronounced enough to attract attention. In its mildest form the disease appears on plants when they have reached a height of twelve or fourteen inches. It may cause a stunted growth; tho leaves may roll and lose their natural color, finally wilting entirely, and the en tire plant may become yellowish in color, drying prematurely. On pull ing up such dead vines, the root usual! show marked 'evidence of dis eased condition. They are frequent ly brittle, breaking off very easily and nppearing somewhat rotted. They may be grayish or brownish in color, and are often partly covered with a white or pinkish mold. Tho stem branches leading to the tubers are often browned and are more or less rotted, and sometimes they ap pear slightly pink. If a thin slice is cut across the stem where it is at tached to the tuber, a discoloration varying from a slight yellow to a deep brown is noticable. This dis coloration is in the form of a more or less complete ring, although it may bIiow only in isolated spots. These potatoes are affected with the disease although they might very easily be passed as perfectly sound tubers. Fusarium wilt cannot be checked by seed treatment and vine spray ing. As the disease is located in the center of the tuber the solutions used for disinfection cannot reach it, so tho only method of control lies in the direction of careful seed se- selectlon. The safest and at the same time most profitable method is to reject all tubers for seed purposes that show any signs of Fusarium wilt Infection, This fuiiKiis can live over winter in tho ground as well as in the potatoes and also Uvea over from year to year so that it is not safe to plant potatoes on infected ground for five years. In order then, to control the disease careful seed selection must be practiced and also potatoes must not be planted oftener than every five years on the same ground if it has become infect ed with the disease. Hugh Raymond, County Agricultural Agent and Agent U. S. Dept. Agri. Boy Scout Notes Alfred Johnson, Harold Antrim, Emil Ansnes, Theodore Frederick, Henry Krumwiede, James Graham, have jiassed second class tests. Regular meeting Thursday ut 8 m. A short "hike" and "sneak will be arranged. Second clnss badges will bo presented. The monthly "lOO duty" badges , are now held by Alfred Johnson, Emil Ansnes, Henry Krumwiede and 1 James Graham. & JACKBON. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mackay, July 5, 1915, a daughter. Mary McGonigal returned to work Tuesday morning to her work in Sioux City, after an over Sunday visit at home. Mary Waters is spending her vaca tion in the C, Carr home at Adams, Minn, Charlotte Hartnett is visiting in tho M, Farrell borne at Hubbard, John McGonigal departed last Friday for Niobrara, Neb,, to spend the glorious Fourth with E. A. Leahy. Mrs. Middleton and children are visiting relatives at Brunswick, Neb. Hobart Kearney, wife and daugh ter, of Murdo, S. D., are guests in the Lee C. Kearney home. Mary Quinn departed last Satur day for Lincoln to attend summer school. The Misses Rita Jones and Marie Ryan were among those who cele brated in Emerson last Saturday. They were over Sunday guests in the W. C. Ryan home. Rev. Felix McCarthy left Sunday evening for a month's vacation. His place is being filled by Rev. Fr. Har rington. Nellie Hogan returned Monday from a week's visit with relatives and friends in Sioux City. Benetta Hall departed lost Friday for Sibley, la., to spend the Fourth with her brother Raymond, who is located there. As Jackson didn't celebrate this year the patriotic ones celebrated in Ponca, Emerson and Pender, where good times were enjoyed. U. G. Payette, who worked around here the past year departed for Claremore. Okla., last week to visit his wife, who is living there. Mrs. Ella Muloney attended the funeral of the late Mr. D. Beacom here Tuesday and was a guest at the Will Hartnett bomp, Margaret O'Connell, of Barry, Minn., is a guest in the P, Nichols home. The O'Connell family for merll lived here. The Jackson ball team went to Bronson, la., Saturday and defeated Bronson by a score of 1 to 0. They went to Pender Monday and were shut out by a score of 7 to 0. Mrs. J. M. Kennelly went to Oma ha last Saturday morning where she will undergo an operation for the removal of a tumor. She was ac companied by her husband and Dr. Magirl. Loretta, the little daughter of W. J Riley, was painfully bruised Sun day evening. In company with oth er playmates she fell off a box car J on the switch track on her face, urutsing it very badly, but lucKiiy no bones were broken. Dennis Beacom died at his home near Vista, Neb., Saturday, July 3, 1915, after a Bhort illness, ago CI Winnebago Monday to help Johnnie Hunter in tearing down a building and building a new one. D. C. Bristol bought a new Saxon, trading his old auto in on it to Kil mer Bros. t Marvin Armour has threated him self to a new Maxwell. Dr. C. H. Maxwell was a Homer visitor Thursday. Lightning struck Em Harris' barn Wednesday, burning the wire on a bale of straw, but did not set it on fire. The horses were in the barn but were not injured. Mr. and Mrs. Dailey were north bound passengers Friday. Johp Sullivan and wife and Geo. Johnson, from Nacora, were shop ping in Homer Friday. Mrs. Sherman McKinley and son Sherman came down from South Sioux City Saturday to spend the I'ourth with home tolks. Mrs. B. McKinley went to South Sioux City Saturday. E. J. Smith and wife and Leon Ream and wife autoed to Pender Tuesday. Mrs. and Mrs. D. C. Bristol and sans Albert and Harold autoed to Sioux City and Crystal lake Monday to spend the Fourth. James Allaway and wife and Jim mie Allaway and family, Will Lea rner and family and Ed Ross and family autoed to Crystal lake Mon day to celebrate. Mrs. H. E. Wagner and baby, Miss Elsie Wilkins and Fred Wagner went to LeMars, la., Monday to visit till Wednesday at the J. E. Wagner home. Mrs. Billy Carter went to Omaha Sunday to visit relatives and friends for a few days. The Dane annual picnic was held at the Chris Rasmussen place Sun day. Homer and vicinity was well represented by Americans as well as Danes and a good time reported. A good time was reported from the picnic held at the Ern Harris home Sunday. The Thacker family were visitors at Crystal lake Monday. Orval Lake and family, of Omaha, and Vern Lake and family, of South Sioux City, were Homer visitors Monday. SALEM Miss Amy Culbertson entertained the T. B. H. D. club last Wednes day. Eighteen members were pres pnt;. A two course luncheon was served at 4 o'clock, Miss Alice Swan, of Sioux City, was a guest, On ac count of the storm that evening eight of the club members remained all night, Mrs. John Delanoy has traded her farm to Guy Dolaney for property in South Sioux City. Mrs. Frank Learner returned Wed nesday from a month's visit with rel atives at her former home in Seneca, Pa. George Heikes and family were guests at the Geo. W. McBeath home in Dakota City Monday. Mrs. J. J. Viets, of Berlin, Conn., arrived Saturday for a visit with her mother, Mrs. H. Bodenbender, and other relatives. S. A. Heikes got kicked on the knee by a vicious cow Tuesday and is laid up for repairs. W. W. Armour and Miss Nettie Selby, of Dakotah, la., are visiting at the T. F. McGlashan home. Dakota City Grocery Specials for Saturday Only 3 ioc tars of Trilby Soap - 25c 3 ioc bars Jap Rose Soap - - 25c 3 Cans f Peas . - 25c 2 Cans of Tomatoes - - 25c 3 Cans of Corn - - 25c AH of Our 8c Values' of Calico Per Yard 5k W. Dakota Jil.., tu Nebraska CITY ir-ICD'TE:ik Nick Kirsch, Prop. GOODWIN. M. Hawk, C. Christensen, J. Olsen and W. Hungerford were city pas sengers Thursday. John and Frank Duggan are visit ing friends and relntives in Sioux City. Henry Knudsen and Amanda Mogensen spent the Fourth at Ute, Iowa. Mrs. Martin Hawk visited at the C. Anderson home Monday. W. Franklin autoed to Bronson, la., Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. G. Winthersand Mr. und Mrs. C. Anderson visited at tho A. Anderson home Sunday, M. Hines and C. Anderson had a load of hogs on the market Friday. A Newspaper That's Right. Our readers will bo interested in the Sioux City Tribune. It is one of the few papers in tho country that one cannot, if interested at all In the movement of humanity and in pub lic affairs, afford to be without. It furnishes all the newsof this section, knitting together the related inter ests of Iowa, South Dakota and Ne braska, reports the latest news of the great European conflict quickly and admirably, and editorially inter prets the news with phenomenal ac curacy. Subscriptions for it may bo made through this office or through the postoffice at the low price of ?2 a yeur. DAKOTA CITY, Kivi funiisliid : rid icfittcd throng out. The uy best of iuiuiiiii.udalioiis (jffeied to the 1 1 a v i Hiik public i nd Ci lnnier cuil Men. Hoard by the day oi week. Von are Weli-cme. NEBRASKA o ucrnet m l0iF" Insurance uiitjjiujy Of NEWHAVEN.CONNtCTICUT JOHN H. REAM, Agent Dakota Citv, Nebraska. VXRAJf Licensed Kmbalmer Lady Assistant Ambulance Service Wm. F. Oick.2rt.sorv Ball 71 Auto 8471 415 Sixth Stteet Sioux City, Iowa Abstracts of Title A S 10,000 Surety Bond Guarantees the accuracy of every Abstract I make. J. J, EIMBRS, Bonded Abstractor. Successor to the DAKOTA COUNTY ABSTRACT CO. oaratmft i Ask Your Dealer to Show You I -a zz CD o o 3 CO a 7T "Che Famous Sturcs Bros. Harness If they Don't Have Them, write or call on S dirges Bros , ui Pearl St., Sioux Citj , la. I I i Westcott's Undertaking: Parlors Auto Ambulance Old Phone, 42G New Phone 200 Sioux Gityi Iowa. si 3 I . .i "K W I i