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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12
ROTATION OF CROPS.

Composition of Soils and Way to Main
tain Their Fertility.
As the result of the analyses of $50
SAMPLES of soils, the Minnesota station
has issued a bulletin of which the fol-
lowing is summary:
l. The. continued cropping of soils to
grain crops only without any system of
rotation or other treatment is telling
severely upon the original stock of half
decomposed animal and vegetable mat
tiers, and nitrogen. Soils which have
produced grain crops exclusively for ten
or fifteen years contain from third to
half less humus and nitrogen than
adjoining soils that have never been
plowed.
9 Soils which have been cropped
until the organic matters and humus
have been materially decreased re-
tain less water and dry out more
rapidly than when there is large
amount of organic matter present in
the soil.
g. Soils which are rich in humus
contain a larger amount of phosphates
associated with them in available
forms than the soils that are poor in
humus.
4 Soils which are rich in humus and
organic matters produce a larger
amount of carbon dioxide tHat acts as
a solvent upon the soil particles and
aids the roots in procuring food.
5. One-haf of sandy knoll, heavily
manfred with well-rotted manure, con-
tanned nearly quarter more water
during six weeks drought than the
other half that received no manure.
g. The supply of organic matter in
the soil must be kept up, because it
takes such an important part, indi-
rectly, in keeping up the fertility of
the soil A good system of rotation, in
GLIDING sod crops and well-prepared
farm manures, will DO this, and will
avoid the introduction and use of COM
mercial fertilizers, which are now cost
ing the farmers of the United States
over S35, 100000 annually 1t viii not
do to wait until this question forces it
self upon rs.
Z. A rotation of crops will soon Ibe
necessary on account of the peculiar
oSaposition Of some of the soils and
the corresponding sub-soils, especially
those in which the surface soils are
richer in phosphates and nitrogen
while the sub-soils are richer in potash
and lime by means of rotation, the
fall benefits of the strong points or both
the top soils and the sub-soil viii lie
secured
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12
LIE oMNlPREsENT cRoAKgR.

He's very funny comforter-the man who told
you So
A kind Of patent right he's got on what he
doesn't know;
He has morbid appetite for everything that
fails:
In fact ais life is all made up Of walls and
walls, and walls.
must allow at farming have been poor sue
cess,
A kind O. sort Of average one, to put 1t mild, 1
guess
This comforter who visits me-just call him who
you please
He always has some fault 70 find with every
And he can theorize away the profits of my
land.
Until see them slip away like little grains of
sand
''Now, take. for instance" he win say, "the
wheat you raised this year,
And sell 1t 1t the market price, and you have
nothing clear;
For every acre that you sowed it cost you-let
US count
the big amount
For bone dust. plowlng, narrowing and seeding
wheat and grass
And opening up the burrows for toilet the water
pass,
Twelve dollars for each acre. it is safely to com.
pute;
For harvesting and threshing It, four more TO
follow suit.
Then add 10 this the taxes, and interest on the
land,
The wear and tear OF harness. the board Of team
and hand
The hauling it to market the tile. and under
drain,
Makes five and twenty dollars, cost per acre Of
your grain.
You got but thirty bushels per acre from your
field.
AT sixty cents per bushel. win eighteen dollars
yield.
And 50 you see you're poorer for every acre
BY seven times the dollars OF acres you have
grown.
Or, let me try another sum-for figures never
lie
And on the dairy question balance sheet we
try.
Your COWS an average season win yield from
products SOLD.
On an average forty dollars, that's counting
young and old;
And now To feed these cattle, sir, on fodder,
grain and hay,
Will cost you. at a moderate guess, full twenty
cents day.
In the year, it's seventy dollars, which brings
you out behind
An even thirty dollars for each Of the milking
kind"
almost was discouraged at the out the figures
made.
'Twould surely make me bankrupt within the
next decade.
So fastened 70 the woodshed and got shingle
out
And wrote 'For sale" upon IT and tackled it to
the spout
But then / got TO rhinking-the figures there
and me
vfeb lat afra
agree.
For while the figures made me poor aad poorer
every day,
MY bank account was looming up. my barns
were full OF hay.
And the mistake my friend haa made-the cost
OF raising grain
Was simply work that had done with brawn
as well as brain;
And so my friends discover-you can theorize
and plan,
But the great successful farmer IS the honest
w0rkingman.
II. NJ. Stanley. in Ohio Farmer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12
lilo Was sensitive.

Courtesy at sea is scarce and highly
valued commodity The mate of
whaling vessel once announced to the
captain that he saw whale breach
ing and blowing, and gave the loca-
ton. The captain looked, and said he
could not see it. The mate again
announced the fact, bat the captain
could not make it ont and finally said,
impatientlv: If You think you see a
whale, 60 and catch him The mate
promptly ordered out boat, and. sure
enough, found the whale and captured
him. He returned triumphant with
his prize, and Of course, the captain
was highly gratified. Mate, he said,
cordially, you have done we'll You
shall have the thanks Of the own
ers and perhaps a reward The mate
replied: Gaping Jones, ! don't want
no mention, | don't want no thanks,
and dent want no reward. An
wants is civility, and thatof the com
INCEST civil kind
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12
rrrrailrer, for rotatoo..

The average yield Of potatoes IN this
country is about Sfty bushels per acre,
yet in competitive trials as many as
nine hundred bushels per acre have
hao3 grown proportionately, on an ex-
perimental plat. This was done with
care and the judicious use Of fertiliz-
ers. il is true that il would be difficult
for any farmer TO produce nine hun
bred bushels Of potatoes on an acre Of
land, but the low average indicates
that something better can be done
with.such a crop.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12
A HUNTERS GOOD LUCK.
" He Had Found His Bear 1t Might
Have Gone Hard with Him.


Have Gone Hard with Him.
The hunters were sleeping in their
cabin in the mountains Of Idaho one
September morning, when the tallest
one, Bill by name, woke with start,
listened intcntly for q moment and
then sprang to his feet and dressed
hurriedly. Then he snatched an old
muzzle-loading musket from the corner,
and shouting Bear" at the top of his
voice, dashed out of the cabin Hours
passed and the sun was low when Bill
returned, tired and hungry and wish-
ont bear meat. He had followed Bruin
from thicket II thictet. through
swamps and over hills. sometimes
catching a glimpse of black fur, but
never getting q chance To shoot. till at
last he lost the trail in a rocky gorge
and was forced by the approach of
night TO give up and return empty
handed The other two hunters sym
pathized with their companion until
one Of them suddenly happened to see
On the shelf the lock Of the gun, where
William had placed il the night before
after cleaning the maslSet ''Well, Ill
be hanged" cried Bill. when the dis
covery was communicated to him.
Then he reflected little and said,
cheerfully: What's the odds? The
bear didn't know that"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12
The rarrner VINO Succeeds.

The best farHers are those who are
able TO discriminate and to determine
which is the best paying crop for their
fEgms and To grow it, instead of follow
ing the beaten track Of years Of prac-
tice simply because it has been their
habit They are finding out what is
the best paying crop on their farms. all
things considered. and they are push
ing those branches for all they are
worth, Ill success lies along any other
path, and the sooner the thousands of
farmers who are struggling along in
old land pretty muddy4 ruts recognize
thisfact the sooner will they be enan-
siPated from their present uncem-
Portable positions. Is your farm pro-
ducing what it is best fitted to produce.
soil, climate and markets being con-
sidered? p Colman's Rural World
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12
A HAYRAcK.

order to keep the rack in place a false
bolster is bolted to it which fits on to
the front bolster of the wagon. The
false bolster is made of hard wood
In front the stills are 1871 inches apart
from outside to outside, the distance at
the other end being 80 inches, A A
represent the roller upon which the
front ladder is erected; b the rear
ends Of the stills; the false bolster and
b n simply the hind bolster of the
wagon. The lower figure to the right
represents the front ladder. The lower
figure to the left represents the hind
ladder which should not be more than
81 feet high in case a hay loader is to
be used 1t is simply bolted to the
sills.- Orange Judd Farmer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12

cut Yoa can have horse for the
wood, or drive stakes into tho ground
with the tops crossed. 50 as to hold the
logs Mr. Wells says he can pat up
Eve cords in ten hours with this ma
chine. OF course. he says. it takes soAe
little time TO learn how TO run the saw
just right In this machine, the stakes
are nine feet long for the sides and ten
for the other. The pendulum on which
the saw is fastened is eight feet long,
and has holes bored in it so that it can
be easily raised or lowered. Mr., w.
uses the horse" or stakes for saving
poles from two to six inches in diam.
eter. For saving large logs he uses a
rolling platform like that on buzz
saws Rural New Yorker
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12
OUR FIRST CORNISH MINERS.
Their Introduction Into the Mining Re-
gions of the Southwest.

Their Introduction Into the Mining Re-
gIons of the Southwest.
Perhaps the earliest experiment in
introducing Cornish miners into the
southwest mining region was that
made in the '70s by the English owners
of mines on the Maxwell grant, in Col
fax county, northern New Mexico.
The cowboys and Mexicans looked in
amazement at the immense, dark, mus
cular fellows from Cornwall, who were
so handy at sparring and wrestling,
and who knew absolutely nothing
about gun. The cowboys and
miners got along together with rea-
sonable amity. and in later years, with
the general mining development in
New Mexico, other west Of England
men have been brought BY mining
companies, or have drifted on their
own account, into the mountain re-
gions Of that territory. THUS a Briton
travelling in southwest New Mexico,
on approaching a little hamlet by
night, was surprised and pleased to
hear the heartiest and jolliest of old
English ditties. sung with the broad
est west of England burr" and ac-
companied in the proper places by Wig
orous stamping and chorus of manly
voices in the same brogue. lie had
stumbled upon "A little settlement of
Cornishmen, tablished short dis
lance west of Pinos Altos, and known
as 'tJaclltown."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12
An Imnortant Question.

The most searching question for
every farmer TO ask himself is what
proportion Of good land on his farm
goes to waste. 1t only needs more cap
ital per acre TO bring up the productive
ness Of these waste places so that they
will equal the best There il always
profit in good land well cared for. The
failures in farming invariably re
suit from trying 10 cultivate land
that has not been brought into csndt
ton for profitable cropping, or elss
from trying to cultivate more land
than could be kept well titled. There
is no profit from halfway work on the
farm
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12
An Honest Appeal.

So many advertisers are in the field
that Dr.. SHooP, of Racine, Wis, ha.
debided to send to any address, free, to
prove merit, samples of his remedy to-
gether with a new Medical Book. fol
, cts, to pay postage, that the people
may have an opportunity Of fully test
ing aud understanding his recent dis.
covery Of the cause or chronic dis
cases, and his method Of curing s'om-
ach, liver kidney, aud diseases Of the
internal organs by the use of his Re
storative Nerve Tonic which acts upon
the nerves that govern these organs.
Dr.. SH00p. Racine. Wis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12
FoR HAULING Hay.
A Cheap and simple Rack and some @
ITS Advantages

A Cheap ard simple Rack aud some of
ITS advantages.
The hayrack shown 10 the illustra-
ton is one which used last summer.
1t is 10 feet lnng and feet wide Two
inch lumber is used Tor the sills and
cross pieces, the former being inches
and the latter 6 inches in width. Three
boards are nailed or bolted on top of
the cross pieces on each side of the
rack. A 2x4 scantling long enough to
reach from the outer edge of the rack
to the inside of the boards is bolted
edgewise on top OF the two hind cross
pieces. An inch strip must be placed
upon the hind cross piece to bring it up
TO level with the one in front of the
hind wheel The cross pieces are now
high enough so that when the boards
are placed upon them they will be out
of the way of the wheel This makes
a rack which is nearly level, being only
inches higher behind than in front
This rack is advantageous In that the
distance between the stills is smaller at
the front end than at the rear end of
the rack, thus allowing shorter turns
than when they are made parallel In
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12
BATHING IN ALASKA.
Cold Enough to Give Cast-Iron Man
Chill.

Cold Enough to Give Cast-Iron Man a
Chill.
Up in Alaska the method Of taking
bath is somewhat heroic. says the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat. Every trading
post has bath-house. and the people
are supposed to avail themselves of its
privileges once a week A person ac-
customed to living in a milder climate
would have good deal of hesitancy
about undressing in one of these
places, as the temperature is always
below zero. In an inner room an arch
OF stone is built SO that a fire made be-
meath can penetrate through. A trap
door in the roof answers for a chimney
After the stones have become thor
oughly heated and the smoke has
passed out, all the Goals are removed
and the trap door closed. In this room
stands caslx of warm water and an
other that is ice cold When the bather
enters he pours hot water on the stones
until the room is filed with steam;
then taking seat on bench. he waits
till the perspiration streams from
every pore in his body, Next he takes
a bunch of dried twigs and leaves, pre-
pared for the purpose, with which he
scrubs himself till al the impurities
have been removed from the skin. fol-
lowing This with a wash-off in warm
water and soap. lie concludes his bath
by dashing a bucket of ice cold water
over his body, and then rushing TO the
dressing room, where, with his teeth
chattering and shivering in every limb,
he resumes his clothes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12
lie cave II Up.

The Boston Transcript tells how a
teamster kept beating one of his
horses numerically, and how the ami
NAL still refused to go forward Tn
able to endure the sight of the lashes
upon the horse, the lady of a neigh
boring house rushed out "oh, is there
any need of whipping him so-is there
any use In it?" she implored, timidly
batting the stubborn animals head
The teamster dropped his lash. me
use at all, ma'am," he said, in a tone
of resigned despair; I've licked hin
till I'm tired out, and it amt bit o
uSa y
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12
wooD-cUTTlNe DEVICE.
Its Inventor Calls 1t His sHard- Times
Hired Mas"

Its Inventor Calls 1t His "Hard- Times
Hired Mas"
This is the name given the device
shown in the cut by Mr. c. A. Wells, of
Pennsylvania He says that the hard
times" compelled him to cut his wood
alone. Like good householder he
cuts enough wood in the winter to last
a year The machine is easily under
stood. Three poles or rods make a
frame for the saw to swing on. An
other rod fastened to bolt at the top
Of the frame plays inside two pieces OF
board The saw is made fast to the
lower end of this rod, and then it viii
swing back and forth as shown in he
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12
SEE WHAT

The wo!.known manager Of excur.
sions TO Washington, Calf5rnia, and
the White Mountains, A. Whitcomb.
": have never bad anything dc
me so much good as your Sulphur
Buffers. 1t IS the best spring medicine
/ ever used Would all who suffer
from billousDess and dyspepsia to use
Sulphur Bi.ters for | know they cured
me.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12
a FITTING Term.

Why do you use such peculiar
terns?" asked lawyers wife Of her
husband. who had returned worn out
by his days labors. Il don't see how
YOU can have been working all day like
a horse Well, my dear" he replied,
Eve been drawing a conveyance all
day; and If that isn't working like a
- tsp,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12
DON'T YoU KNOW

That to have perfect health you must
have pure blood. and the best WaV 10
haYe pure blood j. to take Hoods Ssr-
saparilla. the best blood purifier and
strength builder 1t expels all faint of
scrofula. salt rheum and all other hu-
mors, and at The same tine builds up
the whole system and gives nerve
strength.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12

It's just as easy to try One Minute
Cough Cure as any thing else. It's
easier to cure severe cold or cough
with i. Let your next purchase for a
cough be One Minute Cough Cure. Bet
ter medicine; better results; better try
II
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12
Rheumatism Cured in a Dav.

"Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in l to DAYS.
Its action upon the system is remark.
able and mysterious. Ii removes al
once the cause, and the disease i'm.
mediately disappears. The first dose
greatly benefits, rs cents Sold by,
Stone q Hassell, Druggists, Lancaster
48ly
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12

Stores Sarsaparna Is powerful
b.ood Purifier. The best remedy for
PImples, Salt Rhe I'm, Catarrh, Scrofula
Constipation and Rheumatism.
per bottle. Sold by STONE & HAssELL
Lancaster. Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12

SHILOHS CURE, the great Cough
and Group Cure, is IN great demand
Pocket size contains twenty-five doses
only 25c. Children love il. Sold by
Druggists
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them castoria
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12

Frederick Beck commi ted suicide at
Cleveland, by cutting his thro t sever.
ing the sr,erits OF bis wrist, taking
poison. and hanging himself
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12

The widower about to remarrv. is
the most unseldsh of mOrtals. He sell
dom thinks Of number one.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12

Itch on human and horses and ali ami
mails cured in 80 minutes by Wool
ford's Sanitary Lotion. This never
fails. Sold by Stone & Hassel Drug
gists, Lancaster Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12

1t is worthy of comment tba, the faith
er who cant pronoues "uosSeau" is the
one who can afford to buy the incest or g
for his daughter. -Atchison Globe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12

Twenty-sevs saloon keepers at Free
port. III were fined for operating slot
mschines, and ordered to discontinue
the prtetice
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12

No better and TO digestion.
No better cure for dyspepsia.
Nothing more reliable for biliousness
and constipation than DeWitt's Little
Early Risers, the famous little pills. j.
/. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12

John Roch, for many assessor of Elk
River Township, Iowa, attempted sui
eide by taking laudaDum His life
was saved.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12

When man past fifty hasn't had
any bad luck for three days he begins
to quake and trembIe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12
THE PUZZLE SOLVED.

Perhaps no local disease has puzzled
and batfled the medical profession
more than nasal catarrh. While not
Immediately fatal it is among the most
nanseons and disgusting ills the flesh
IN heir to, and the records show very
few or no eases of radical cure OF
chronic catarrh by any of the many
modes of treatment until the introduce.
tic n of Eiy's Cream Balm a few year.
ago. The success of this preparation
has been most gratifying and snrpris.
ing. No dr1ggist is without IT,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12

He-Whewl in this letter yon tell your
mother the baby has cut two teeth, and
The doctor said they wouldn't be through
for two weeks more. Ste know dear,
but | was allowing for the time on
would cary il in your pocket.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12

The AaskaLs often have eating
matches, at which great mum bers of The
villages compete. The one who eats
the most is considered the biggest man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12

Il always did enjoy an inte leclusl
fesst, !" said the canniosl, as he ate the
Yale man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12

Hoods Pills may be ad by mail for
2Jc. Of q. | Hood & Co, Lowell,
Mass
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12

Are the members of the college Pi
Eta Society particularly partial TO
pastryP
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12
for Infants and Children.

"Castoriais so wen adapted ochildren that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known TO me" II. A. ARCHER, N. D..
III So. Oxford ST., Brooklyn, ny.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12

"The use OF 'Castoria is so universal and
its merits so well known that it seems work
of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach"
CARLOS MARTIN, D. D.,
New York City.
Late Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12

Castoria cures Collie, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, DiarrhRa. Eructation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes d.
gestion,
Without injurious medication.
For several years have recommended
your Castoria, and shall always continue TO
DO so as II has invariably produced beneficial
results.''
EDWIN F. PARDEz. NJ. D.,
The Winthrop, - 125th Street and 9TH Ave-,
New York City.
COMPANY, = MURRAY STREET, New YoRk.