Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-16

ing manure TO excellent advantage.
The removal of manure in the sprino
occupies much time when there is much
work required in preparing land for
crons and putting III seed. The season
in which this work must be doneis very
short in most Of the western states, and
any operations that can be performed
81 any other season of the year should
be attended to. The ground is in much
better condition for hauling manure
over in the winter than in the spring.
II it is covered with snow sled can be
used instead of a cart or wagon for
hauling manure from the barn to the
field. 1t is much easier to throw the
manure on and off sled than to load
it on wagon and to dump it where it
is wanted. If the ground is no. cover
ed with snow it is generally frozen so
that the wheels OF the cart or wagon
will move easily and will do no dam
age to the sod The spring is a poor
time in which to draw heavy loads
over a field. \ team can haul but 4
small load when the wheels of the wag-
on sink into the soft ground, and the
injury they cause in breaking the sod
is very great. Some farmers object to
hauling manure and spreading it upon
the fields where it is wanted during the
winter because they think it is liable to
be washed away. There is little dam
ger of its being wasted in this manner.
If it remains frozen it will not be car.
ried off by the action of the rains, and
if the weather is sufficiently mild to
- 3 L.,
will be in 4 condition to absorb it. A
smaller amount of manure will be
wasted if it is spread over a plowed
field than if it remains in heaps by the
side of barn or stable. The burrows
viii prevent it from being carried
away.
A Wartime Incident.
The following good story on Rev. DR..
Bartlett, of the New York Avenue Pres
byterian church, is printed here, says
Washington dispatch to The Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette:
Just about the close of the war,
when greenbacks were abundant and
entertainments in demand at points
where large numbers of troops were
stationed, Rev. DR.. Bartlett, who was
then lecturing, received telegram
from someone at Cairo, H., asking his
terms for a lecture. Five hundred
dollars and expenses answered the
doctor, hoping to get rid of the annoy
anre and danger Of SO long a trip.
Name your own time; terms satisfac-
tory, was quickly wired back. So in
due season the doctor started to fill his
engagement. He was to speak on Fri
day evening, but owing to several acct
dents common in those days, he did not
reach his destination till late Saturday
night. He was most cordially well
coined by the chairman of the lecture
committee, whom he found to be an en-
terprising sutler. Apologizing for his
non-appearance, he was told that Mon
day night would do quite as well. His
host asked him if he could not preach a
sermon on Sunday evening. The doe
tor said he would deliver one of his lee
lures on the Glory and Shame of Lam
guage,' appropriate to the occasion. To
his establishment he found Sunday
morning that he was advertised in an
extra bulletin to deliver his grandest
and most eloquent lecture that evening
at "a per tlcKet. lie eXpOStulated, but
in vain. He was told that he must
keep his promise.
Expecting to find small audience
At such large tariff he was surprised
with a crowded house, aud four major
generals on a front seat. 1t was all
clear gain for the sutler, who had sold
tickets ahead for the regular lecture,
and used the Sunday-night service to
take in the army of contractors, officers,
and others then thronging Cairo, who
were willing to pay almost any price
for an evenings entertainment.
81 hey treated me like prince, said
the doctor, "but Inever preached Sun
day night before or since where tickets
of admission were paid for. The sutler
got ahead Of me, and came out with