Watertown leader. [volume], October 27, 1911, Image 7

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STATE TAX LEVY
■ TOTAUSJGHER
figures on amounts to be
COLLECTED BY WISCONSIN
COUNTIES ANNOUNCED.
$5,557,255.95 TO BE RAISED
Half Million Added for Educational
Purposes—Good Roads Appropria
tion Is S3&O OOO—Assessment of
Milwaukee County Highest.
Madison.—Secretary of State A. J.
Prear has announced the state levy
for taxes of the counties of the state.
The total amount to be raised is
$5,557,255.95, divided as follows:
State aid for the maintenance of
county charges in state charitable
and penal institutions, $364,244,27.
Special loans to cities, $210,391.87.
School district loans, $301,617.75.
Interest on state indebtedness,
$157,570.
State aid for free high schools,
$150,000; graded schools, $120,000;
university. $1,103,029; normal
schools, $490,23 5; common schools,
$1,858,989.
For the new capitol, $4 50,000.
State aid for county highways,
$350,000.
Milwaukee county is assessed at
$967,424.81, which is the highest
apportionment in the state. Dane
county is next, for $286,283.80.
Florence county, having the least
property valuation, is the lowest on
the apportionment list, the amount
being $7,708.21.
The levy this year is $850,000
more than it was last year, the in
crease being due to the $350,000 for
public highways and $500,000 for
the state university and other educa
tional purposes.
The new levy by counties is as
follows:
Ailarna .. $16,923,871 Marinette. 53,366.35
Ashland , 44,697.69 Marquette 24,430.96
Barron .. 62.207.10|Mllw’kee. 967,424.81
Bayfield . 35.290.81 [Monroe .. 57.438.54
Brown .. 99,707.45'0c0nt0 .. 58.308.49
Buffalo . 40.012.67 lOneida .. 28,324.88
Burnett ~ 14,486.44 Ontatr’mle 107,024.86
Calumet . 51,062.44 lOzaukoe. 47,630.28
Chippewa. 66,088.12 Pepin ... 15.421.59
Clark ... 72.559.12 Pierce .. 45.473.28
Columbia. 87,1 13.90. polk . ... 48.792.93
Crawford. 34,398.73 Portage . 54.782.30
Dune ... 268.283.80'Price ... 31,665.69
Dodge .. 141.809.6718aeine .. 128.438.75
Door ... 4G.423.99JU1ch1and 52,087.17
Douglas . 82,955.59 Rock ... 142.300.49
Dunn ... 54,729.171Ru5k ... 27,007.45
Eau Claire 72.905.6D5t. Croix. 67.284.89
Florence . 7,708.2D5auk ... 80,819.93
F. du Lac. 131,665.28|5awyer . 17,134.60
Grant ... 124,107.92'5bawan0. 64,076.05
Green ... 77,527.1715heb0vg , n 115.390.34
GFen Lake 43,322.03'Tay10r . . 31.709.38
lowa . . . 73.534.55ITremp’eau 52.598.58
Iron 21,953.161 Vernon .. 66,766.94
Jackson . 42,777.15|V11as ... 16.758.93
Jefferson . 98.733.321 Walworth 111.529.13
Juneau .. 44.080.471 Washburn 24.209.54
Kenosha . 76.323.971 Washing’n 60.883.41
Kewaunee 42,424.05'Waukesha 94,640.75
La Crosse 76,445.921 Waupaca. 76,365.29
Lafayette. 80.538.661 Waushara 41.476.81
Langlade. 40,751.lOWin’bago. 130,737.85
Lincoln .. 38,855.93 [Wood .. 66,405.66
Manitowoc 99.964.681
Marathon 111,349.711 T0ta1..55,557,255.95
BLACK RIVER AGAIN NORMAL
Business District of Black River Falls
May Be Rebuilt on East Side of
Stream, Near the Depot.
Black River Falls.—Black River
has now fallen about four feet and is
again nearly normal. The boom
proved to be a barrier against which
the water had no effect., The hole
in the concrete dam is again being
dynamited today to make it deeper
and wider so that when the old daui
of logs and brush is removed, .he
water can run through it to better
advantage. There is a persistent ru
mor that the east side of the river
will be chosen for the busin ss dis
trict and many favor this location on
account of the depot being situated
there.
STATE LENGTHENS WORKDAY
Capitol Employes Will Be Compelled
to Work Seven Instead of Six
Hours in the Future.
Madison.—Seven hours, instead of
six, will hereafter be the working
schedule in the state capital. A law
of 1897 requires employes to work
from 9 a. m. to 5 p. in. with one hour
for lunch but in many offices the
rule has not been followed. Not only
must the employes work seven hours,
hut they will be forced to take one
month’s vacation as permitted by the
law. They may take one day off each
month during the year, or thirty
consecutive days at the end of the
year.
“Drys” Will Publish Paper.
Madison.—One of the Prohibition
party's enterprises will be the pub
lication of a state paper, the first
issue of which will appear soon. It
will be called “The Partizan” and
will be published in this city under
the editorship of State Chairman J.
B. Smith. While primarily a state
paper, it will be national in charac
ter. The state central committee
has decided to hold its state conven
tion in Madison, February 22, 1912,
Dean of School Officers Resigns.
Princeton. Timothy Sullivan,
aged 84, of this village, has resigned
as clerk of school district No. 7. He
has been school clerk for fifty-seven
years, and was re-elected in July for
another three years.
Raue Given Life Sentence.
Marinette.—Charles F. Raue was
sentenced to the state prison for life
by Judge Hastings for the murder
of Mrs. Anna Marlow on June 18.
A motion for anew trial was denied.
\
First W/>man Rail Passenger Dead.
Milwaukee.—Mrs. Anson W r . But
tles, the first woman to ride on a
railroad train in Wisconsin and one
of tne first women to settle in Mil
waukee county, died recently at her
home at Fox Point, aged 82 years.
Buried Alive; Will Live.
Wausau. —After being buried alive
in a dry well by a cavein and thought
dead. Leo Babel, 3 years old, of
Kelly, r> few miles from here, was
roseu. J and brought back to life.
EQUITY SOCIETY WILL MEET
600 Delega'es Expected to Attend
State Convention at Fond du Lac
on November I, 2,3 and 4.
Fond du Lac. —Fully 500 dele
gates are expected in this city when
the American Society of Equity holds
its state convention in the Coliseum
here on November 1 2 and 3. An
organization of over 10,000 mem
bers, its sessions will doubtless at
tract large numbers who are not of
ficially listed as delegates, and the
three days of its meeting will mean
much activity.
The Society of Equity is composed
of representative farmers and has
for its first and leading object the
maintenance of profitable prices for
all products of the farm, garden,
orchard and dairy.
The society also operates grana
ries, elevators, warehouses and cold
storage houses on the farms, in prin
cipal market cities and in all locali
ties where necessary, so that farm
products may be controlled instead
of passing into the hands of middle
men or trusts.
Further objects of the society are
to obtain equitable rates of trans
portation, secure legislation in the
interest of agriculture, open up new
markets and enlarge old ones, to re
port crops in this and foreign coun
tries so that farmers may operate in
telligently in planting and market
ing, to improve the highways, to pre
vent adulteration of food and the
marketing of the same and to pro
mote farmers’ societies in foreign
countries.
REALTY BROKERS TO MEET
Gathering at Milwaukee in January
to Extend Membership of New
State Organization.
Milwaukee. —The annual meeting
of the Wisconsin Association of Real
Estate Brokers, which was organized
at Madison last winter, will be held
here on the third Tuesday in January,
1912. The object of the association
is to facilitate intercourse between
men engaged in the realty business,
in the belief that their united action
in regard to matters in which they
have a common interest will be mu
tually advantageous. With the ob
ject of extending the membership, the
secretary, of the Association, W. E.
Hamilton of this city, is sending to
real estate men of the state who do
not belong a booklet containing the
articles of incorporation and constitu
tion, and a letter in which he says:
“With extended acquaintance, ex
change of views and opinions by the
units represented, greater possibil
ities, broader ideas, stronger influ
ences, will emanate from this com
bined force, for a state federation,
thus qualifying the Association for
membership in the National Associa
tion of Real Estate Exchanges.”
WARN CAPITOL CONTRACTOR
Industrial Risk Board Gives Order
for Safeguarding of Workmen
on New State House.
Madison. —An order requiring im
mediate compliance with the law
passed by the last legislature pro
viding for the protection of workers
on public buildings was issued by the
industrial commission, directed to
the contractors for the construction
of the central portion and south wing
of the new state capitol.
The law, of which violation is com
plained, provides that the floors of
buildings under construction shall be
filled in or covered over before work
men shall be permitted to begin work
on the next succeeding floor above.
Complaint was made by workmen
that this law was not complied with
by the contractors and that because
of such failure they are subject to
liability of accident resulting from
the carelessness of workmen above.
Northwestern Teachers Elect,
Eau Claire. —The Northwestern
Wisconsin Teachers’ association at
the close of its session here elected
officers as follows: President, J. W.
T. Ames, River Falls; first vice
president, F. R. Hamilton, Hudson;
second vice-president, Jessie H.
Smith, Washburn; treasurer, L. C.
Hatch, Augusta; members executive
committee, A. D. Wheldon, Superior;
Matilda Miller, Eau Claire. Secre
tary Clark’s term lasts another year.
$160,000 Fire at Platteville.
Platteville. —Fire in the separat
ing plant of the Wisconsin Zinc com
pany here caused a loss of about
$150,000. Only the company’s of
fice was saved. The separator is
said to be the largest one in the
state.
Fishermen Rep'evin Nets.
Bayfield.—Nets, valued at $3,000,
seized by deputy game wardens dur
ing a recent raid, as a result of
which violence was feared, have
been replevined and the case will be
fought out in the courts.
State Teachers Meet Nov. 8.
Milwaukee. The Wisconsin
Teachers’ association, with its 5,000
members, which opens Its annual
convention in Milwaukee November
8, will hold meetings in thirty-one
different halls, besides the main sec
tion which will hold five meetings.
Raises $5,0C0 Flood Fund.
Milwaukee. Subscriptions con
tinue to come in for this city’s Black
River Falls relief fund, which now
totals nearly $5,000.
Indians Gather Holiday Greens.
Menominee. Several hundred
Chippewa Indians and others are
busy in the woods around Couderay
gathering princess pine, or greens,
which are shipped in carload lots to
the large cities for the holiday trade.
Boy Drowned, Not Kidnaped.
Manitowoc. —Mystery in the disap
pearance of Floyd Smith, aged 3, was
cleared by the finding of his body In
the river. It was thought the lad
had been kidnaped.
COOK AND SHIELDS
REGISTERJENIALS
CONTRADICT STATEMENTS BY
LIEUT. GOV. MORRIS AT THE
STEPHENSON PROBE.
TESTIMONY DOES NOT AGREE
Shields Says He Did Not Have Meet
ing With Cook Nor Threaten to
Shoot Him —Senator Lyons Brands
His Previous Testimony as Joke.
Milwaukee. —The appoarapee of
Wirt H. Cook of Duluth before the
senatorial committee and his denial
of the most of the statements made
by Lieut. Gov. Morris, was the moat
sensational feature of the Stephen
son election investigation thus far.
Mr. Cook denied flatly all the moat
damaging statements made by Mr.
Morris, who gave Mr. Cook as h'a
authority. Mr, Cook said he did not
tell Morris and Husting that Hinos
and Stephenson raised a pool to
elect Stephenson. He admitted he
did say Hines raised something over
SIOO,OOO. Cook said he did not say
the money was entrusted to Shields
and others to be used, and that some
of the money was used in getting the
three democrats to walk out.
Cook admitted on the stand that
he and Hines were not on friendly
terms. He said Hines had been dog
ging him with detectives.
R. J. Shields, much wanted and
finally secured witness, went on the
stand and denied in toto all the
statements of Morris and Cook re
garding conversations had with him
and statements alleged to have been
made by him. He said he had not
spoken to Senator Stephenson but
once in twenty-five years. Shields
denied ever having had any inter
view’- with Cook in Chicago or having
made a threat to shoot him.
Senator Lyons who was called to
the stand, said the remark he made in
the legislature that he received SIOO
to be good, “was meant as a joke.”
CONVICT COUPLE OF MURDER
Milwaukee Jury Finds Payo Mravic
and Mrs. Novkovic Guiilty of the
Slaying of Latter’s Husband.
Milwaukee.—Pajo Mravic and Mrs.
Marie Novkovic were found guilty of
murder in the first degree by a jury
in municipal court after four hours'
deliberation. They Were charged
with having murdered Stephen Nov
kovic, the woman’s husband, that
the woman, who was in love with
Mravic, might be free. Both defend
ants took the verdict calmly. Their
attorneys immediately moved for a
new trial.
The crime for which they were
tried was most brutal. Stephen Nov
kovic, Paja Mravic and Mrs. Novko
vic had left their home to go to a
picnic in Neumiller’s park on the
night of July 23. While on the way
home Mravic and Novkovic became
involved in a quarrel, which ended in
Novkovic being murdered. Both
made confessions soon after their
arrest. Mravic claimed that Mrs.
Novkovic Incited him to stab her bus*
band to death.
RESTRAINS TRACK REMOVAL
Peshtigo Lumber Company Secures
an Injunction Against Wisconsin
and Michigan Railroad.
Marinette.—A temporary injunc
tion has been secured by the Peshtigo
Lumber company, restraining the
Wisconsin and Michigan railway
from tearing up eight miles of track
between Peshtigo and Peshtigo Har
bor. The Peshtigo Lumber company
originally owned the line to Peshtigo
Harbo * and turned it over to the rail
road under certain conditions. The
railroad company has abandoned
traffic on the line and announced its
intention of tearing up the tracks.
It is understood that the lumber
company still claims an interest in
the line and that it will fight the
tearing up of the property until a
settlement is made.
To Aid State in Tobacco Fight.
Madison. —Gov. McGovern has au
thorized Louis D. Brandeis of Bos
ton to r“present Wisconsin at the
proceedings in the federal court in
New r York growing out of the under
taking to reorganize the tobacco
trust. The step was taken in the
interest of the tobacco growers of
Wisconsin.
New Poorhouse a Model.
Kenosha. —Kenosha has given con
tracts for the rebuilding of the poor
house, which is to be a model for
other cities in the state.
First Sugar of Yea r Shipped.
Janesville. —As far as is known the
first shipment of beet sugar in the
state has been made this season from
the local factory. Despite the fact
that the rainy w'eather delayed the
beets considerably this year the crop
is being harvested sooner than it was
last year.
Many Wish to Hunt.
Brodhead. —Since September 1,
over 700 hunting licenses have been
issued in this county.
Appeal Shortens Sentence.
Washburn. —Convicted of killing
Louis Mitchell in 1909, John Bure
guard, sentenced for life, appealed
the case and pleaded guilty to man
slaughter in the third degree, re
ceiving a three year sentence.
“Crack-the-Whip” K'is Lad.
Marinette. —While placing crack
the-w’hip with schoolmates at Niagara
Reuben De Frene, aged 15, wat
thrown to the ground and nis neck
broken. Death was instantaneous.
FOR TAKING LONG TRAMPS
Foolish Things Some Girls Do to In
terfere With Enjoyment
of Outing.
Girls who have had Ht||e experience
In outdoor life often d$ some foolish
things when they begiil to try this
form of enjoyment. One f way in which
many of them interfere with their own
comfort is by going on a tramp with
the wrong kind of shoes.
The girl who has played tennis and
found the soft, rubber-soled shoes com
fortable will think that they will sure
ly help her to enjoy a tramp; but they
are the last thing to wear for a long
walk, as these girls have found to
their cost. They come home with
their feet aching and the calves of
their legs tired out from the lack of
the spring that is given by heels
Walking with a flat, heelless shoe on a
rough road is extremely trying, and
one can feel every stone through the
soft rubber soles; and these tired feet
and legs will feel even worse the next
day.
Quite as bad as the tennis shoes are
the low shoes with thin soles and high
heels. These tire the feet and may
sprain the ankles. The only shoes that
are really satisfactory for “roughing
It” are strong high shoes with thick
soles. The strongest ankles need sup
port in rough walking, and It is often
wet in the woods. The girl who has
once tried the two ways of tramping
will never again be persuaded to wear
low or thin shoes.
AN APPLE BUTTER STIRRER
Hanoy Implement That Makes Labor
Easy and Will Please
the Cook.
The cut represents an apple butter
stirrer which is hard to beat, I think
It is made of a wooden shaft about
two inches thick and about three
inches higher than the kettle • with
a crank about one foot long turned by
Apple Butter Stirrer.
a long pole or lath as shown In the
cut. The shaft Is held In place by a
strip of board through which it passes
The board has a mouth at each end
which fits around the kettle handle.
At one mouth is an iron slide with a
setscrew to hold the board in place.—
C. R. Bashore, in National Stockman
and Farmer.
RECIPE FOR SWEET PICKLES
Southern Method of Preparing This
Most Appetizing of All
Relishes.
After the cucumbers have been In
urine for twenty-four hours, slice them
Dne-quarter inch thick. Soak the salt
Dut, changing the water frequently.
When perfectly fresh again, weigh out
two and one-half pounds of fruit, add
me ounce of alum broken Into bits,
cover with cold water and boil half
Dour. Remove from the fire and drop
Into cold water again. Return to the
Settle with me ounce of white ginger,
cover with cold water and boil half
in hour. Then make a syrup of three
and one-quarter pounds of sugar, one
and one-quarter quarts of vinegar,
three-quarters of a pint of water, one
ounce of stick cinnamon, one-quarter
Dunce of mace and one-quarter ounce
Df cloves. Put the cucumbers Into
this and boil on a slow fire until the
syrup thickens. This seems tedious,
but it is well worth the trouble.—
Housekeeper.
Lemon Drop Cakes.
One cup sugar, two ounces butter,
three eggs, three cups flour, one
pound currants or raisins, half tea
spoonful salt, two teaspoonfuls baking
powder, one cupful milk. Flavor with
lemon extract. Cream sugar and but
ter. then add the eggs, well beaten;
then add the milk and flavoring. Have
ready the flour, raisins and baking
powder, also salt, which should be
thoroughly mixed together; then add
this to the butter, sugar, etc., and stir
slowly until you have It all thorough
ly mixed. Drop a teaspoonful at a
time on a well greased dripping pan
and bake in a quick oven until a nice
brown, five to ten minutes.
Homemade Corn Beef.
Make a brine of three quarts of
water, one cup of coarse salt, one
half cup brown sugar and saltpeter
size of a hazelnut. Boil all together
and let cool. Select the piece of
meat you prefer, put it into a crock,
and turn the brine over. Let stand
about six days with a weight on to
keep under the water, when It is
ready for use. Cover with cold water
and cook over a slow fire. You will
think it is the best you ever ate.
Apple Charlotte.
Well butter a pie dish; then place
In it, in alternate layers, first bread
and butter, without the crust; then ap
ples cored, pared and sliced, a little
sugar and the juice and thinly chopped
rind of lemon; repeat until the dish
is full. Cover with the peel of the
apples and bake in a brisk oven. Turn
out and servo with sifted sugar. Time
to bake one hour. A medium sized
dish will serve four persons.
Chipped Beef.
Cut dried beef in thin shavings.
Pour boiling water over and let stand
ten minutes. Make a sauce of one
cupful of water, one of milk, a beaten
egg and one tablespoonful of flour.
Stir well, season and add the beef;
let boll for five minutes. Serve.
Honey Butter.
Mix one pound butter with one
pound of strained honey; put in small
tumblers; it is delicious for hot bis
cuits or cakes. Do not melt either
oue on the stov
FARM AND
ROAD
MPROYffTO
TO SEPARATE SMALL SEEDS
Old-Time Gravity Method May Be
Used to Advantage With Seeds of
Egg Plant, Tomatoes, Etc.
The seeds of egg plant, tomato
seeds and other small seeds may be
separated, showing the good and the
bad, by means of weak brine, in the
Egg Plant Fruit.
bottles shown here, the one on the
left contains pure water, upon which
many seeds are shown as floating and
a larger number at the bottom. In
the bottle on the right, it is a 20 per
cent, solution of common salt In which
egg plant seeds that sank In pure
water were placed, with the result
that many remained at the top.
All seeds that swim In water should
be rejected, and a further separation
can be made as shown in the illustra
tion by placing the seeds that sink in
water in a weak solution of sugar or
salt
The percentage of seeds, large or
small may be determined by the dens
ity of the solution employed.
Those that float may be removed.
This gravity method is simply the
old-time practice of “brining” wheat,
| ' j
Bottle A, with pure water; bottle B,
with 20 per cent, solution of common
salt.
barley, oats, etc., but can be applied
with advantage to seeds of much
smaller size.
BULLETIN ON DUSTLESS ROAD
Department of Agriculture Issues
Statement Giving Methods for Ex
amining Materials.
Dust prevention and road preserva
tion are almost inseparable subjects
in the study of good roads, so insist
ently demanding the attention of road
engineers and chemists interested in
modern road construction. Therefore
the bulletin of the United States de
partment of agriculture on methods
for the examination of Bituminous
road materials, prepared by the office
of public roads, and issued as No. 38
of that series, which contains com
plete descriptions of the methods of
examination for that class of materi
als. as employed at present by that pf
fice, should materially further the
adoption of standard methods, a mat
ter which Is of the utmost importance
at this time.
These methods are presented In
such a form that any intelligent per
son may, with a little practice and the
proper equipment, make such exami
nation. With this object In view, the
bulletin describes the various tests
in greater detail than would have been
necessary for the use of chemists, and
illustrations are presented of practi
cally all the apparatus required. Also
a list of the necessary equipment for
a small laboratory about to engage in
the routine testing and inspection of
bitumens Is given. The maximum
cost, exclusive of platinum ware, solv
ents and chemicals, would not exceed
$3OO, and probably could be purchased
cheaper by securing bids on the entire
equipment from several drug supply
houses. For the extraction of bitumi
nous aggregates, the recovery of the
bitumen and examination of the aggre
gates, an additional outlay of $125
would be necessary, but this expense
seems to be entirely within the means
of most road commissioners charged
with the construction and mainte
nance of public roads.
It Is to be regretted that no stand
ard methods for examining bituminous
road materials have been generally
adopted, as the necessity for such
standards has become imperative. The
office of public roads has given consid
erable attention to this matter, both
with respect to investigations conduct
ed in its laboratories and through co
operation with certain technical soci
eties interested in the testing materi
als. While it is realized that the
scheme of examination presented is
by no means perfect, and may in the
future be improved, it has neverthe
less been of great service in classify
ing bituminous road materials and de
termining their suitability for use ac
cording to various methods of applica
tion and construction.
Farm Leaks.
One of the worst leaks on many
farms comes direct from the manure
heap, by leaving it piled up near the
barn, exposed to storms, so that the
better part leaches out and goes to
waste. The first principles of agricul
ture demand constant and liberal fer
tilization of the soil, and as the aver
age farm is never over-supplied, no
man should neglect to apply the man
ure as fast as made to those soils
where it will do the most good.
Care of Onions.
Onions should remain in the sun
until thoroughly cured and the tops
so dry that they will not add moisture
to the mass when they are put under
<;OV*r.
HANDY FOR SPREADING UMi
Distributing Machine Can Be Madi
By Any Ingenious Person at Very
Small Expense.
The accompanying lllustratloi
shows a home-made machine for dh
tributing lime, ashes, etc. The six
cornered box Is hung on a 4x4 scant
ling hewn down so it will run througl
wheels about four inches, as bearing
for the frame to draw by. says ttu
Homestead. A tongue is not needed
although one could be used. Any old
wagon or mowing machine wheels wil
do. Make the ends to fit anxle, both
ends alike, doubled crosswise of the
grain of the wood, with cne-lncb
boards, twelve inches wide. Fasten
one end of the box and axle to a
wheel, and let the other wheel turn
on the axle. A support may be put
In the center the same as the end.
but it Is not necessary unless the box
is made longer than ten feet, as It la
very strong and the axle breaks the
fall of tbe contents and prevents
packing. Tbe feed is regulated by
using two three-inch strips, with one
bolt In the center and a heavy screw
through the ends into the long strips.
Leave the center cross strip long
enough for the handle to close. While
filling, tack the strips to hold exact
while boring one and a quarter-inch
boles ten inches apart, opposite th
Lime Spreader.
side holes intermediate. Use three
strap hinges and three hasps with
hooks on one side for door. Any
amount can be put on. By using a
button to stop lever, one can adjust
amount wanted. Turn the button to
stop the lever the same every time.
Any handy person can make one m
two days. The cost of material will
not exceed five dollars anywhere, new
and dressed.
USEFUL IN THE CORN FIELD
By Aid of Horse Shown In Illustration
One May Make Shocks That Will
Stand Till Husked.
By the aid of the corn horse Illus
trated herewith you can make trim
looking corn shocks that will stand
up until husked, says a writer in the
Farm and Home. The small pole
marked b can be pulled in and out
through a hole, c. In pole, a.
The horse is set In position and
the cornstalks stacked against the
place where poles a and b meet unit 1
A Corn-Grower's Friend.
a shock of the size desired is reached,
then it is tied near the top and the
snort pole Is pulled out. The horse
Is then pulled straight ahead to
where the next shock Is desired. No
saddles are made when this corn
horse Is used, and at husking time
the stack can be pulled over withou/
having to cut the saddle stalks.
To Cut Corn for Silo.
To make the best ensilage and also
to have it contain the largest amount
of digestible nutrients, corn should be
fully matured; not dead ripe, but
glazed and dented. It will be impos
sible to get every plant just at the
right stage of development, some will
be too ripe and some too green, but
you must figure on the bulk of the
crop. If the corn is not mature leave
it as long as possible. Have every
thing ready and leave the crop till
frost. A light frost will not hurt It
very much but will help to ripen it up.
You can wait until quite a severe frost
if you cut immediately the very next
day, and lose but little, if any, of tbv
food value.
To Clear Land.
When other work is cot pressing
the fall is a good time to clear up t
rough piece of ground and sow it to
winter grain. Dynamite is of very
great assistance in getting out stumps
and boulders. As this is a high ex
plosive it must be handled with crire,
but it is no more dangerous than gun
powder if handled in the proper man
ner.
Push the plow!
When in doubt build a silo.
Conservative marketing always pays
best.
Lime may be applied to the soil at
any time.
The best seed corn is that grown
on one’s own farm.
Early fall plowing is the cheapest
and best crop insurance known.
Sixty tons of water a month are
needed to produce an acre of wheat.
Plow early arid plow deep, but plow
deep whether or not you plow early.
Toads rank next to birds in value as
destroyers of harmful insects about
the garden.
Many farmers now pasture their
corn fields which Is the most econom
ical method of harvesting the crop,
and, under favorable conditions, the
JT.cst profitable.
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He —She is so artificial.
She —Yes, artificiality seems natural
to her.
The Very Worst.
Element J. Driscoll, at a dinner In
New York, told a number of amusing
stories about his strenuous life as
commissioner of weights and meas
ures last year.
“A friend of mine,” said Mr. Dris
coll, “noticed one morning that hla
grocer looked very sad. ‘What’s the
matter, old man?’ my friend asked
jokingly. ‘The weights and measures
man hasn’t been dropping in on you.
I hope?’
“ ‘Yes, he has,’ snapped the grocer.
“‘But you don’t really mean to say,’
exclaimed my friend, ‘that he caught
you giving only fifteen ounces to the
pound?’
“‘Worse than that!’ groaned the
grocer. ‘l’ve been giving seventeen.’ ”
Salve to Conscience.
It was at a concert, where the re
moval of hats was not obligatory, still
the woman with a conscience wished
to be accommodating. She turned to
the woman sitting beside her and
said;
“Does my hat bother you?’’
“Not in the least,” said the other
woman sweetly, so the woman with a
conscience settled complacently back
to listen to the music while persons
on the back seats twisted their necks
out of joint trying to see around her
hat.
Association of Ideas.
“You have a great many flies and
mosquitoes,” said the rather super
cilious girl.
“Yep,” replied Farmer Corntossel.
*T don’t like to mention It, but I’ve
noticed every year that flies, mos
quitoes and summer boarders all ap
pears to be on hand at the same
time.”
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SHIFT
If >our Food Fails to Sustain You,
Change,
One sort of diet may make a person
despondent, depressed and blue and a
change to the kind of food the body
demands will change the whole thing.
A. young woman from Phila. says:
‘ For several years I kept in a run
down, miserable sort of condition, was
depressed and apprehensive of trouble.
I lost flesh in a distressing way and
seemed in a perpetual sort of dreamy
nightmare. No one serious disease
showed, but the ‘all-over’ sickness was
enough.
“Finally, between the doctor and fa
ther, I was put on Grape-Nuts and
cream, as It was decided I must have a
nourishing food that the body could
make use of.
“The wonderful change that came
over me was not, like Jonah’s gourd,
the growth of a single night, yet it
came with a rapidity that astonished
me.
“During the first week I gained in
weight, my spirits improved, ana the
world began to look brighter and more
worth while.
“And this has continued steadily, till
now, after the use cf Grape-Nuts for
only a few weeks, i am perfectly well,
feel splendidly, take a lively interest In
everything, and am a changed person
in every way.” Name given by Postum
Cos., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, “The Road to
Wellville,” in pkgs. “There’s a reason.”
Ever read the above letter? ▲ new
one appear* from time to time. They
are grenulne, true, and foil of human
Interest.