Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-23

%uus IL tuo OccupdHt OF any Sucn
lanes shall fail to so destroy such weeds,
as so required after having six days
notice in writing by the Weed Com
missioner, such occupant shall be fined
five dollars for the first offence, and
ten dollars for each offence thereafter.
3rd. ANY person who shall offer for
sale or sell, grass seed. packages of
fruit-trees. grown upon lands infested
with any of the following weeds, Canada
thistle, cookie bur, quack grass and
budock, shall be punished by fine not
exceeding twenty dollars nor less than
ten dollars.
4th. The supervisors of each town
or the city coucil Of any city as the case
may be, shall on, or before the last
Monday of June. designate one of the
constables of said town or city, to act
as weed commissioner, who shall hold
his office for one year, and until his
successor is appointed. The board may
for any good cause remove said COM
missioner and appoint successor to
serve the unexpired term.
9Th. The commissioner shall care
fully inquire concerning the existence
of noxious weeds In his township or
precinct and in case any person, per-
sons or corporation occupying or con-
trolling any lands within this State,
shall neglect to destroy any Canada
thistle, cookie bur, quack grass and
burdock, growing on any lands owned
or controlled by him or them, or on
any highway. lane or alley adjoining
such lands, it shall be the duty of the
commissioner to destroy or cause to be
destroyed all such weeds. He shall
spend as mary days as the supervisor
or city council may deem necessary,
and for each day SO spent, shall receive
one dollar and half per day, and one
half of all fines collected, upon presen-
tation of his account therefor, verified
by his oath, and specifying by separate
items against each piece of land,
describing the same; and the respective
amounts shall be placed on the next
tax roll in a separate column headed,
For the destruction of weeds,' as a
tax against the lands upon which such
weeds destroyed, and be collected as
other taxes.
Mr.. K. p Green, of Fennimore, gave
an of-hand address on 1.-The Best Breed
of Cattle for the Farm He spoke
about thirty minutes, and was never at
loss for ideas or words. He favored the
Holsteins. He believes in general pur-
pose breed of cattle and begged leave to
differ with Mr.. Hoard, who is down on
a general purpose" COW. Considerable
discussion followed in which Mr.. Fox,
Mr., Joe Nathan and others spoke highly
of the Shorthorn breed. Mr.. Nathan
claims that the Holsteins have too much
bone for the amount of beef that for
beef the Shorthorns beat any other
breed. They were also shown to be
good mixers.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
Mr.. A. 0. Fox, of Oregon, opened the
afternoon session with an able paper on
Summer and Winter Feeding Com
pared His paper, which was perhaps
the most interesting one delivered at the
institute, will be given in full next week.
The Ladies Quartette again 'sweetened
the OCCASION" after which Mr. O. M.
Richards, of Elmo, gave his paper on
Fish Culture on the Farm" Mr.. A.
V. Knapp followed on Apples: Their
Culture and the Varieties best Suited to
Southwestern Wisconsin"
Mr.. John Willis, of Lancaster, spoke
briefly on ''small fruits" but the dis
cussion of the subject had to be deferred
till the evening session as it was now
time to adjourn.
THURSDAY EVENING.
The last session of the institute began
at seven o'clock with crowded house.
The Band and the Ladies Quartette were
both present and furnished delightful
music. The principal topic of this SEES
sion was horticulture, and the growing
of small fruits. Supt. C. L. Harper
read an excellent paper written by j. H.
c. Sneclode, of Cassville, on The
Various Disappointment of Fruit
Growers, and the Avertable Causes that
Lead to Them" Mr.. Sneclode was
unable TO be present. Mr.. Peter Pfeffer,
of Pewaukee, gave an account of his
experience in fruit growing Mrs. j. A
Curtis, of Patch Grove, read a paper en-
titled, domestic Economy and How it
may be Accomplished The Ladies
Quartette then sang The Millers Song
and in response to an enthusiastic en-
core gave The Kerry Dance" Mr.. d.
F. Sayre, of Rock county. delivered an
able address to the young men who were
looking for their work in life.
A very we'll written paper on small
fruit culture by man who knows what
he is talking about was then read by
Mr. Anton Schmitt of this city. Prof.
Chamberlain's paper on Industrial
Education" was the last. At its con-
clusion Mr.. d. +. Sayre arose and
begged leave to read the following reso-
luton in behalf of the Institute workers
and their friends.
RESOLVED, That the Farmers Institute
| at Lancaster, Wis. tender its cheerful
recognition of the services of the Mil.
aud St. Paul and To the Chicago and
n. w. railroads 10 the farming inter-
est in conveying the workers of the In
stitute free gratis over their respective
railroad lines.
This resolution was unanimously
adopted
Supt. Morrison in few well chosen
words thanked the people, one and all
for the interest shown throughout the
institute and expressed his regret in
having to leave SO many newly made
friends. He hoped to meet many of
them at the Boscobel Institute next
month.
The Institute adjourned sine die.
Among those who took an active
part in the discussion of subjects
brought up at the Institute were Geo.
S. Whitcher, of Lima, Mr.. c. B. Stowell,
of Hudson. Mich. Col John &. Clark.
Chas. L. Harper, j. f. Bain, of Preston.
and many others.
NOTICE.
The 10th Annual Meeting of the Ger
man Mutual Fire Insurance Society,
of Liberty, will be held in the Town of
| Liberty on the 4th of January. 1897.