Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-05-26
'He rive fer Cent. Fund Due the State---Dis.
eussion in the Senate.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel,

HI
me senate has still under discussion tho
resolutions providing for the no o9oaSsion the
state OF the i've per cent. f,55 - w c1le
OF the puollc lands so long vitbba1d 20
a hnal settlement with the oT5 So Glo IoI
Company. a recent number NJ ~ S NISeI
sionai Otobe contains a speech of Sas
Howe on the subject. He presents +be aoa
very clearly, and very conclusiveIv" n ease %o
half of demand of the State.
As the matter has heretofore stood. % no
learn from Senator Howe's speech Wiscons;n
has been credited On the books of the Interi.
or Department with the five per cent, in
question. Then the same Department has
charged the State with 125, 900 acres of land
comprising this Rock River grant at $3.50
per acre, making an amount greater than the
credi
From this statement of the account Senator
Howe dissents. He argues very clearly that
there's neither justice nor proprietv in charg
ing the State with the total The lands were
granted for specific purpose, and a compa-
ny was organized to carry out that purpose.
TO which the proceeds Of the land as sold
were gwen 1t was project in which the
government was quite as much interested as
the territory, expecting by it to enhance the
value OF the lands remaining sufficiently TO
remunerate for all the outlay. The TERRITORY
had no other duty nor responsibility in the
premises except 10 account for the funds ac
| tually received from the sales of lands, which
the State Is, and always has been. ready TO
| 40 The Territory paid the money over to
tne company as long as there was any proba-
oihty OF the canal being constructed; when
| that probability failed, the territory refused
TO pay over the money longer, and used what
was lett lor It's own purposes. What it used
=,
through the State to refund, and is perfectly
willing that it should be deducted from the
amount claimed, and which the government
admits to be due by crediting the State with
It, More than this is not Just, and the State
| is willing to do no more.
| SO far as settling with the old Rock River
Canal Company is concerned, the State has
no objection to the Government doing it, as
| proposed il these resolutions. The State
Will pay over the money used by the terrific
ry, which money the Government can give to
| the canal company or make such other dispo-
sltion of it as it pleases.
Senator Howe has placed this matter be-
fore Congress in light so clear and under
standable, that it seems to US it must be as
sented to, and the long pending claim be set
tied. The amount coming to the State must
be III the neighborhood of 100000.
VITALITY OF SEEDs.-Farmers are often al.
vsed through agricultural papers to gather
matured weeds and put them in their compost
heaps Now, very much doubt the propri-
ETY. of this advice. Although the deconpos-
ed weed stalks may be of some vitality | am
very certain the seeds do not lose theirs.
When seeds will stand cold and heat for years
or pass through the stomach of an animal
without being in the least impaired, | very
much doubt the decomposing process Of mat
ter with which they are connected destroy
ing them.
Years ago. there stood small, thick hem
lock forest i'll a certain locality in Ashtabula
county, through which a winding wagon road,
from necessity was made, and farmers often
drew loads of hay through this piece of wood
When the public roads were properly laid
cut and fitted for use, the wood road was en-
tlrely abandoned; twenty years later the for
est was cut down, and as soon as the suns
rays struck the earth here, there came up a
beautiful bed of timothy, the whole LENGTH
and breadth of the old road. / believe pc. pie
| acquainted with the circumstances, gene, ally
| believe that the hay seed scattered there
| twenty years before, retained its vitality, and
| when the sun and rain fesl upon it, it germin-
| ated and grew.
During the early part of the summer, while
| weeds were in bloom, I dug a large pond-hole
IN my pasture, some three feet deep; soon
| after 1t was finished there came a light show
| er and a warm sun week Or so after this
the bed of the hollow was covered with small
| weeds. 1t was impossible for the seeds TO
have blown there at that season Of the year,
and the only conclusion | could come to, was
| that the seeds had remained for centuries in
| the earth without losing their vitality.
| | think it far m IRE advisable tO oatbnr mo-
| tured weeds and burn them rather than to
put them into the compost heap.-Erayt,es II,
the Ohio Farmer.
Do NOT WASTE Observation-Disclosures is worth
more than money because it will produce
large crops Of grain and grass. Grain and
| grass in turn will produce beef and mutton
but money will do neither. Do not allow the
rain from the roofs of buildings to wash it
| away. Manure is the farmers revenue.
| Mingle the horse manure and other manures
| together. The horse manure is dry, and will
soon become fre-fanged, if collected in
| heap. But let It be mingled with the drop
| pings OF neat cattle, and it will absorb the
| moisture Of that, and both will be preserved,
| and make much better manure than if each
kind were kept by itself
The subject of manures is receiving very
much attention among American farmers, and
those who make the most of it, and apply it
judiciously, find that they are always well
paid for their trouble, provided they have
prepared their soil beforehand, BY under
draiting it where there is an excess Of water
Farmers need to think more, talk more, read
| more, and plan more about manure.
GARGET IN Cows.-Garget is a troublesome
complaint. 1t affects the udder and produces
morbid action of the system, but more par
ticulary of the secretory and lactescent glands.
If taken in season, common linseed oil rubbed
carefully ovez the teats and udder, will effect
cure. In stubborn cases, from two to three
applications may be necessary. As proven
tive, few doses of saltpeter, per month, ad-
ministered in dough or mash-a tablespoon
full at time, is highly valuable.
THE TH1RTY-FIRsT REGmENT.-A correspon-
dent in the Thirty first Regiment, under date
of Murfreesboro, May Sd, writes that the reg
iment is stationed along the railroad from
that place towards Chattanooga Four COM
panies, viz: B, F, G, and K are at Murfrees-
bOrn. COmDaOy + Is doipo provoct d,,4r -,