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V^kv*7 ff?«tt 'v •*2 ®jP£S-.^ •si"""* VOL. 2. NO. 1. r-~- J?\- r'%^nd• ^.ith'. "'?K 1 T?ese .-V, .• •',-' vv'v ^-rC- .y" HO MORE, FflT PICKING FELLERS HE'S Got |p 1 ARMING does not consist only of plowing ground, sow ing, reaping and threshing wheat It has been a- part ,.of the farmer's duties to fight pests. ~V.', --r--' pa© O N Gophers, crows, mice and, other destructive crea? »6 farmer. He must .tureis cause no end loss and trouble -.'.spend time,and money poisoning, trapping and shooting these... .•« "4s. ^r....^-'little pests in,order to save his crops alrjJ}&* ......... *X do FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1916. 9 I There are other kinds of pests which the farmer must conjlare ^^0^ «l with. These pests do not live in holes along the fence row." Xat fi»lS ,?wTw. not^ive They live in fine mansions and palaces in the classy residential districts of our big cities. They ride in the most luxurious cars and feast on the fat of the land. .V- AND ITS 10ADEP To THG tAOTZLBj^ '1 Looks Like a Hard Winter Ahead for These Crows lVV.'. in holes along the'fence row^ wheat fields after this. ADER &22®^^!t§EmaSi LjjfJ) |T WAS NOT (.IKE THIS IN THE OLDEN days W£ USE"D ^J TO ERT' Y«LL OUR JsX'd bellies Smv ACHED ?-*v.8SN. bf a§-^rue 6*,^. •4*r to farmer gets up at 4 a. m., works all day, does chores till nine clock at night that he may produce a. good prop. If he fights the gophers, the crows and the mice hard enough, if he works early and late enough, if he escapes the^i^t, the hail and the drouth, he may have'a good crop. |®l is then that the city pest gets in its work. But theTe is hope ahead. The farmer has got a new gun Pre"y his»OT of th^, fcrows. J* TO6F3 we LI. STflRve tlKE ES 8hm ,he It only depends on how well the farmer handles the gun by* int?rest an^ ngt, WQT?y about the ^yifer"1 •2r Ix 3/v W* *S I ©MJSUMJ5JI WHOLE NO. 16 WflNYft WHEAT O^IMERCS I RWY^ CWB No^h Dakota weeping I I I