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Twenty odd years aeo , Salzer'a
WhiteBonanzaOatswon the world's I
prize of $500.00 offered by the
American Agriculturist for the j
heaviest yielding : oats.
Our new Rejuvenated White Bonanza
Oats eave during 1910 and 1811 sworn-to
yields ranging from SO to 259 bushels i
per acre. Doss well everywhere , not I
so particular as to soils and climes. '
For We Stamps We Mail 1
A package of our Famous Oats , together
with a lot of other rare farm seed sam
ples , aa also our Mammoth Catalogue ,
If you ask for same. i
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Ask your dealer to show you our "Merit
Make"Dress and Negligee Shirts ; also the
"Merit Make" Overalls and Jackets
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WE SELL TO MERCHANTS ONLY
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anything advertised in its col
umns should insist upon having what they '
ask for , refusing all substitutes or imitations '
Brown's Bronchial Troches i
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Sample free. JONH I. BEOWN & SON , Boston , Mass. ,
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wanted atonce. 60,000 Estates seeking
claimants. Yon mar be ono. Facts In i I
HEIRS booklet B. W. Send stamp. Intcrna- ! .
tlonal Claim Agency. I'lttsburg , Jt'a. j
WILL SACRIFICE C3 A. IN JEFFERSON CO. , ILL. ; ; '
best farm In co. ; located right In'market : all con
veniences ; 40 a. cnlt. 2storjSr. . house , barn , stock ,
etc. Great bargain. GEKBER , Box 819 , Chicago.
FOR SALE-120 ACRES IN CLAY CO. , ILL. ; ALL
tillable : S acres strawberries ; ono 3 , ono 2 room
house , bam , outbuildings , orchard , etc. : will sell i
all or 40 acres. 11ANBAUN , Box 319 , Chicago. i j
FOR SALE BEST FARM IN LINCOLN CO. .
"Wash. ; 1,100 acres ; ICO a. cult , ; adjoininc SprajmcS
r. house in tow M : on farm , house , 2 barns , outbldps. ,
orchard , 600 hens , etc. MELVILLE , Box 319Chicago.
BEST 80 ACRES IN THE FAMOUS TWIN FALLS
tract , Idaho ; 43 acres alfalfa : house , outbuildings ,
orchard , stock , pouHrr , machinery , etc. Will sac
rifice. DU11N1L , Box 319 , Chicago.
FOR SALE irO ACRES IN GRANT CO. , WASH. ;
near Coulee City ; 20 a. cult. ; running stream , house ,
barn , machinery , etc. F1TZ , Box 319 , Chicago.
ICO ACRES IN HOOD RIVER CO. , ORE. , 20 ACRES
cnlt. , balance apple trees ; 4 r. bouse , barns , etc. ; near
county \VilIsacrince.McKAYBoxS19 , Chicago.
FOR SALK 320 A. IN LYMAN CO.S.D.,40 A.CULT. ,
275 tillable , cross-fenced , house , barn.ontbldgs. . etc. ,
near town and market. Burroughs , Box 319 , Chicago
FOR SALE ICO A. IN AURORA CO. , S. D. ; 115 A ,
cult. , all cross-fenced , 6-room house , new barn , out-
bldgs. , stock , macb. , etc. DRHWBS , Box 319 , Chicago
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est refex&uM. Beet results.
E POSTAL
PRESIDENT CONCURS IN RECOM
MENDATION REGARDING SEC
OND-CLASS MAIL.
SENDS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
Transmits Postmaster General's Re *
port Which Shows Profit In Postal
Department for First Time in His
tory Parcel Poet Is Urged.
Washington , Feb. 22. A raise In
the rate on second-class mail matter
Is recommended in the annual report
of the postmaster general which was
transmitted to congress today , accom
panied by a special message from the
president. For the first time in the
history of the department a profit is
shown for the fiscal year ending June
30 , 1911.
Accompanying the document way
the report of the commission on sec
ond-class mail matter appointed by
Joint resolution of congress on March
4 of last year and a brief message of
the president , In which he called at
tention to the principal features of the
two reports.
The report of the commission on
second-class mail matter makes the
following recommendations :
1. The rate of 2 cents a pound on
copies mailed by publishers to sub
scribers , to news agents , and as sam
ple copies , and by news agents to their
subscribers or to other news agents.
2. The rate of 1 cent for each 4
ounces for copies mailed by other
than publishers and news agents ; that
Is , the present transient rate.
3. The present free-in-county priv
ilege retained , but not extended.
The commission also recommended
that the cent-a-copy rate for newspa
pers other than weeklies and for pe
riodicals not exceeding 2 ounces in.
weight , and the 2-cent-a-copy rate for
periodicals exceeding 2 ounces in
weight , when mailed at a city letter-
carrier office for local delivery , be
abolished.
As to the effect and adequacy of the
proposed Increase of 1 cent a pound
In postage the commission says :
"Such an increase will not , In the
opinion of the commission , bring dis
tress upon the publishers of newspa
pers and periodicals , or seriously in
terfere with the dissemination of use
ful news or information. A reasonable
time should be allowed , after the rate
Is fixed , before it is put into effect.
While the new rate will be very far
from compensating the government
for the carriage and handling of sec
ond-class matter , It will to some extent -
tent relieve the existing burden and
result in a more equitable adjustment
of rates. "
Both the president and the postmas-
ter general concur in the recommenda
tions.
President Taft again concurs in the
recommendation of the Postmaster
General for the adoption of a parcel
post system , suggesting the inaugura-
tlon of such a service on rural routes
and in the city delivery service first.
Hitchcock's recommendation for
government ownership of the telegraph -
graph lines under the supervision of
the postal service is not approved of
by the president. Regarding this ho
says :
"There is only one recommendation
in which I can not agree that is one
which recommends that the telegraph
lines in the United States should bo
made a part of the postal system and
operated In conjunction with the mail
system. This presents a question of
government ownership of public utilii
ties which are now being conducted by
private enterprise under franchises
from the government I believe that
the true principle is that private en
terprise should be permitted to carry
on such public utilities under due regulation -
lation as to rates by proper authority
rather than that the government
should itself conduct them. This principle -
ciple I favor because I do not think it
in accordance with the best public pol
icy thus greatly to increase the body
of public servants. "
The report of the Postmaster General -
oral is full of statements of chalges
In the organization and methods of the
postal service made since the last an-
nual report , and of tentative drafts of
legislation embodying certain recom-
mendations of the department which
need legislation to carry them out. It
also calls attention to the fact that
the revenues for the fiscal year ended
June 30 , 1911 , amounted to $237,879-
823.60 and that the expenditures
amounted to $237,660,705.48 , making a
surplus of $219,118.12.
The report shows that the postal
savings system was begun experimentally -
tally in January , 1911 , and that it has
now been extended so as to include
7,500 presidential post offices , which
includes practically all of the post
offices of that class. Preparations are
also being made to establish the sys-
tern at about 40,000 fourth-class offices.
The deposits in 11 months have reach
ed a total of $11,000,000 , distributed
among 2,710 national and state banks.
Wonderful Experiences.
"When I was out in the country last
summer , " said the beautiful chorus
girl. "I milked a cow. "
"Oh , you haven'c anything on me , "
replied the artist's model. "I rlslted
an aunt of mine in the country last
fall , and one evening I helped nei
wash the dishes. "
An Empty Tradition.
"Pop. why are you called the head
t the family ? "
"It is merely a courtesy title , mj
on. "
STOCK ON DRY FARMS
Crops Are Made More Sure and
Productive.
.t Has Been Found After Many Years
of Experience That There Is Much
Money in Keeping 100 Header
or So of Cattle.
The dry land farmer should raise
live stock because feed crops are more
sure and productive and at the same
time greatly reduce the cost of mar
keting the products of the farm. In
my farming and stock raising opera
tions , I had for some years access
to free range , but the country in my
immediate vicinity was finally all set
tled upon and naturally I had to con
fine myself to my own farm in my
stock raising operations , writes "W. F.
Gardner , in the Denver Field and
Farm. After having the free range to
myself for so long I , like many oth
ers in the west , thought I had been
put out of business by the new set
tiers , but how easy it is for a fellow
to adjust himself to conditions , if he
will get his head to work. After a
good many years' experience I find
that there is more money in keeping
one hundred head of better stock , bet
ter fed and cared for , with a small per
cent , of loss , than , there was in keep
ing the same number on the open
range ; and the more organic matter I
have put into my soil the more capable -
ble it is for holding moisture and the
less it will suffer when drouth comes.
We of the west are in a position to
raise live stock more cheaply than the
farmers in the more humid sections
of the country from the fact that our
soil and climate are peculiarly adapted
to the raising of that most wonderful
forage plant , alfalfa , a nitrogen gath
erer and an enricher of the soil , a sub-
soiler and , when fed with corn , a bal
anced ration. Alfalfa is king in the
west and goes hand in hand with live
stock. In many sections dairying is
rapidly gaining on horticulture and is
bringing in more money than any oth
er industry. The dairymen are con
sidering the fertility of their soil , the
greatest asset remaining to the Amer
ican people. Probably the best reason -
son for western farmers going into
the dairy business is the fact that
people in a new country must accept
a system of farming that will bring
quick returns in actual cash. The
stock business will do this quicker
than horticulture , especially dairying ,
because it takes from five to seven
years to .bring an orchard into bear
ing. To my mind , the best farmer and
the 1 one who will certainly succeed , is
he ] who keeps live stock. When the
horticulturist ] in the near future is
buying 1 high-priced fertilizer to raise
the i same fruit in quantity and qual
ity that he raised when the soil was
virgin , the stockman's farm will be as
futile j and more productive than when
he ] first turned the sod as nature left
it. j The man who goes into a new and
untried country , builds a home and
opens , up a new farm and by intelli
gence and close attention to business
succeeds in converting that piece of
wild land into a'valuable property is
not only a successful man , but has
shown himself to be a benefactor
of , his race and it will be many years
in i this country before the life work of
such a man will be given the recog
nition j it so justly deserves. Cattls
raising : is profitable even during the
present ] times of high-priced land , high
priced ] help and high-priced feed. Of
course , the farmer must look after and
properly j care for his live stock in the
best i possible manner. The raising of
stock works nicely with other farm
operations and a good profit can be
made if the animals are fed in the
proper way there is so much good
feed j that would be actually wasted on
the , farm if live stock were not kept.
I do not give my stock any high-
priced } feed and yet always aim to keep
them thrifty. I plan to feed economi
cally. There is some feed in wheat
straw and oat straw is good and the
stock is converting it all into fertility
to be added to the land. Many logi
cal reasons can be given why the dry-
farmer should keep live stock. The
first essential In dry-farming is an
ample supply of moisture in the soil
and the keeping of live stock on the
farm will add to its water carrying
capacity , because the more live stock
kept on the farm the more manure
and organic matter will the farmer
have to incorporate into the soil. It
is an assured fact that the more hu
mus the soil contains the more mois
ture will it hold. The more live stock
the farmer keeps , the greater the in
ducement to raise a larger acreage of
forage and cultivated crops of which
corn would probably be the main one. '
The farmer would rotate and my own
experience in farming twenty-seven
years in the semi-arid country is that
It pays to put half the land into a cul
tivated crop every year. If fed to live
stock , corn is the best paying crop ,
speaking from a money standpoint and
saying nothing about what it does to
ward keeping up the fertility of the
soil by the better cultivation given and
the greater amount of manure made.
This is farming and not mining the
farm as is done by the raising of
small grain and carting away the fer
tility of the soil to the elevator.
Crop Bound Poultry.
To relieve a crop-bound bird fill a
fountain syringe with warm water , in
sert the end of the hose without the
noz'e : into the bird's throat and fill
the crop with water. Then hold the
; , ird's head down and gently press out
he contents of the crop.
SUCCESS IN A DRY SECTION
Do Not Place Yourself In Position
Where You Have Not Sufficient
Capital to Work On.
I have driven very widely over the
1 arid plains during the past year. My
early experience in a new country
places me always in sympathy with
the thought of establishing a home.
There are some things which must be
observed by those who succeed in
what is called the dry sections , writes
O. C. Gregg in the Deseret Farmer.
First , do not invest all of your cap
ital in land and then incur debt for
adjoining lands and so leave yourself
without a sufficient amount of ready
money to aid in doing the things which
must be done in order to make that
land sustain expenses and family liv
ing. Second , do not delay to open up
a reasonable amount of this land
which you have acquired so as to ob
tain from It as soon as possible a
weasure of crop that will help if it
does not fully sustain the expense of
the family for the first year or so.
Third , one of the greatest aids for
the sustaining of the home will be
found in a reasonable amount of
stock which should be obtained very
soon and so help pay the running ex
penses. Let this stock comprise a few
good cows. Do not forget the poultry
and add to these two classes of stock
one or more good brood sows. Fourth ,
without incurring too much expense
proper shelter can be made for this
stock. There will need to be a little
fencing. This Is more readily obtain
ed today than in the early days be
cause woven wire is now comparatively -
ly easily obtainable.
Fifth , make every effort that is needful -
ful to keep this stock well. The reve
nue from them will enable one to live
upon the land without incurring debts
which may seriously handicap further
efforts. Sixth , use what implements
are necessary to do the work upon the
land which is open. Do not , however ,
open more land than you can proper
ly cultivate. Seventh , let the increas
ed acreage be made gradually. It is
better to thoroughly cultivate a small
number of acres rather than to have
much land that can not be fully tilled
and that will probably call upon the
settler to furnish expensive imple
ments whlcft 7ild in turn make trou
blesome debts. Eighth , begin quite
early to plant about the buildings the
beginning of shelter belts. The trees
should be so set as to aid the comfort
of the home and make one of the best
conditions for the continued effort
to make that new piece of land to be
a home in every way.
Water for Plants.
The Nebraska station , in studies of
the water requirements of plants by
a new method perfected by the station ,
has found in two dry years that there
was a distinct economy of water with
narrow-leaved corn as compared with
broad-leaved. The strains with a high-
leaf area yielded 43.G bushels per acre ,
while those with a low-leaf area pro
duced 52.1 bushels.
White Holland Hardiest.
It is claimed for the White Hol
land Turkey that it is the hardiest
variety known , the most quiet in
disposition , among the heaviest lay
ers , quality of flesh surpassing all
other breeds , early maturity , matur
ing the first season.
The corn grader is a necessity on
every farm where the corn planter is
used.
As to garden seeds , it is usually
best to buy direct of responsible seed
houses.
Seed selection is the oldest and
most common method of attempting
to improve our crops.
The grasshopper situation is a dif
ficult one to cope with where vast
acreages of idle land exist.
Do not pile manure around the barn
and do not pile it in the fields. Spread
it as fast as it can be taken out.
Good roads are the reward of corn-
mon sense applied to the local man
agement of town or county affairs. .
The business that grows rapidly | i
may well be watched closely. Cent
cerns of slow growth are usually more
stable.
Better copy the farmer who pro
duces his yields at the lowest cost
than the man who produces the largest -
est yields.
Farm success comes to the man
who runs his little bit of land on the
'same plan that the engineer does his
train right on the dot.
The land that was plowed in the
fall for next year's garden will work
up better than that that must be
plowed in the spring.
Don't wait till planting time to re-
cure seeds , and then buy package-
seed from the grocery store. This
seed is apt to be of inferior qua-ity.
Corn and alfalfa usually can be at
tended to when the wheat needs no
care , thus distributing the labor
more equitably throughout the sea
son.
son.Are
Are you testing your seed for germ
inating qualities ? It is a simple mat
ter , and the state experiment station
will send you full directions for doing
it at home.
Rough , stormy weather should be
utilized in preparing frames and
placing broken glass in the hot-bee-
and cold frame sash. It is desir.iblf
to paint the sash at leaef 4\ery oilier
year.
ALL OVER NEBRASKA.
Hog Records Again Broken.
Douglas County. The official count ,
of the stock yards company shows
South Omaha to have received a total
of 102,603 hogs for the week ending
Saturday , the heaviest receipt for a
single week in the history of the
South Omaha market , exceeding the
previous record run of last week by
14,748 head. In accomplishing this the
single day record was again shattered ,
when on February 13 28,969 hogs were
unloaded at the South Omaha yards.
In the totals for the last week the
five big markets stand as follows with
reference to hog receipts : Chicago ,
188,000 ; South Omaha , 102,000 ; Kan
sas City , 70,000 ; St. Louis , 63,000 ; St
Joseph , 50,000.
For the year to date the five mar
kets above mentioned show the fol
lowing totals , as compared to same
period for previous year : 1912 , 3,140-
000 ; 1911 , 2,216,000 ; increase ,
924,000.
While South Omaha is the only one
of these markets to show any pro
nounced gain over previous maximum
periods , the receipts at all western
markets are extraordinarily heavy ,
and the quality has been such as to
occasion no alarm for future supply.
The marketing is almost normal , a
few localities , on account of scarcity
of feed , sending hogs off a little light.
The natural disposition has been to
market hogs weighing around 200
pounds , particularly at the western
markets ; yet there has been a gain
in average weights of hogs marketed
in February as compared to January.
At South Omaha the weights for Feb
ruary averaging 221 as compared to
217 for January.
Visit South Omaha Stock Yards-
Three hundred students ef the
Nebraska State Experiment Station ,
under the direction of Dean E. A.
Burnett and Principal Fred Hunter ,
were the guests of the South Omaha
Stock Yards last Tuesday. The oc
casion was their annual trip to the
stock yards , where the methods of
handling live stock and converting it
into meats were explained in detail.
The stock yards were turned over to
the students that day. The visitors
were divided into four squads and
were escorted through the packing
houses. The superintendents of the
"Big Four" houses had arranged ev
erything for the convenience of the
guests. The students were shown
how more than 50,000,000 head of
cattle , hogs and sheep are turned in
to products , aggregating $125,000,000
annually.
Body of Child Found.
Red Willow County. While digging
a ditch on one of the Senator J. F.
Cordeal's farms in Driftwood pre
cinct , the tenant , Fred Swartz , un
earthed the bones of .a little child ,
probably a year old or less , buried in
a goods box about a foot below the
surface. Only the larger bones and
some hair remained of the little body
thus buried by unknown hands at
some early date in the history of this
county. Neighbors who have lived in
that vicinity for thirty-three years
have no recollection of any child hav
ing died on this farm , which was
homesteaded many years since.
Jewelers and Launderers.
The Nebraska Retail Jewelers' as
sociation and the Nebraska State
Launderers' association will hold
their annual conventions in Omaha
in March , the former on the 6th and
7th , and the latter on March 19 and
20. Committees have been appoint
ed by both organizations to arrange
for the local entertainment and pro
grams.
Prepare for Festival.
Adams County. The movement for
the 1912 fall festival was given an en- j (
thusiastic launching at a public meeting - j
ing held at the Chamber of Com-
cerce at Hastings. The dates decided j
upon are October 7 to 12 , inclusive. I
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Motor Car Service for Oscecla. I
Polk County. A letter was received j
in Osceola from Superintendent Ware , j
addressed to the president of the Os- |
ceola Commercial club , promising to j
install the motor car service long con- j
templated between Osceola , Central I
City and Lincoln. The car is expected i
to leave Lincoln in the morning and j
return from Central City in the after- j
noon or evening , arriving in the Cap- j
itial City in time for evening enter- j
tainments and meetings of various
kinds of state importance.
Fire at Diller.
Jefferson County. Fire completly
destroyed the general store of Loock
,
& Habicht , the opera house and L. P.
Raymond's harness shop at Diller.
The loss will probably amount to
$25,000 , partially covered by insur
ance.
Fireman's Skull Fractured.
Dakota County. Frank Miller of
Lincoln fell from the engine of a
Burlington freight train at South
Sioux City and was seriously injured.
He was taken to St. Vincent's hospi
tal at Sioux City and is suffering
from a fracture of the skull.
Talley Acquitted.
Saline County. The grand jury ,
which was the first called in Saline
county for twenty-four years , closed
its labors last week. It reported four
true bills. One charges Arthur Reima
with gambling at Crete ; one charges
the same offense against Elvin Tal
ley. They pleaded guilty and were
fined $200 each. Elvin Talley was also
indicted on the charge of assault upon
India Smith. This is part of the af
fair that caused so much excitement
in Crete last December. The jury re
turned a verdict of not guilty.
SAVED FROM
AN OPERATION
How Mrs. Reed of Peoria , I1L ,
Escaped The Sur
geon's Knife.
Peoria , 111. "I wish to Yet every one
know whatLvdiaE.Pinkham'sVeoretable
Compound has done
forme. Fortwoyeara
I suffered. The doc
tor said I had a tumor
and the only remedy
was the surgeon's
knife. My mother
bought me Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta
ble Compound , and
today I am a well and
heal thy woman. For
months I suffered
from inflammation , and your Sanative
Wash relieved me. I am glad to tell
anyone what your medicines have done
for me. You can use my testimonial in
any way you wish , and I will be glad
to answer letters. " Mrs. CHRISTINA
REED , 105 Mound St , Peoria , III.
Mrs. Iiynch Also Avoided
Operation.
Jessup , Pa. "After the birth of my
fourth child , I had severe organic inflam
mation. I would have such terrilile pains
that it did not seem as though I could
stand it This kept up for three long
months , until two doctors decided that
an operation was needed.
"Then one of my friends recommended
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and after taking it for two months
I was a well woman. " Mrs. JOSEPH A ,
LYNCH , Jessup , Pa.
Women who suffer from female ills
should try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta
ble Compound , one of the most success
ful remedies the world has ever known ,
before submitting to a surgical opera
tion.
Chest Pains
ams
Sloan's Liniment is an ex
cellent remedy for chest and
throat affections. It quickly
relieves congestion and in
flammation. A few drops
in water used as a gargle is
antiseptic and healing.
Here's Proof
" I have used Sloan's Liniment for
years and can testify to its wonderful
efficiency. I have used it for sore throat ,
croup , lame back and rheumatism and
in every case it gave instant relief. "
REBECCA JANE ISAACS ,
Lucy , Kentucky.
is excellent for sprains and
bruises. It stops the pain
at once and reduces swell
ing very quickly.
Sold by all dealers.
5Oc. , $1.OO
Sloan's
Treatise
on the
Horse
sent free.
Address
Dr.
Earl S. Sloan
The Wretchedness
of Coiistipation
Can quickly be overcome by
J CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER J PILLS.
Purely vegetable
' act surely and '
CARTER'S
gently on the
liver. j Cure ITTLE
Biliousness j , IYER
Head PILLS.
ache ,
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ness , and Indigestion. They do their duty.
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