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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-01

| find that it is always better to have
cows a little hungry when you feed them,
says George e. Newell in the American
Cultivator, than to have them Indifferent
to their food. In other words, see that
they possess keen appetites and relish
everything they eat
In the pasture you will notice that
COWS are dainty feeders, studiously
avoiding grass that grows from dung
hills, and never drinking of unclean wa
ter if they can find pure. This admirable
trait should be respected in the winter
stable both from a point Of healthful-
ness as well as profit.
If cows are fed i'll the stable after it
has been cleaned and aired they will
relish their food much better than if it
is given to them before.
Another important fact to be borne in
mind is that cows breathing tainted and
impure air, as they are so often com
PEELED to do in badly kept stables. yield
milk that is tainted before it leaves the
udder.
If you have plank stable floors clean
them off and sprinkle with land plaster
while the cows are in the barnyard. Keep
the managers free of all refuse OF hay OF
grain that the stock have rejected, and
have the cows confronted by fresh fod-
der when they are driven into the stable.
1t is only by feeding regularly, and
keeping the air Of the stable always
sweet and pure, that you can hope to
maintain your COWS in good health, keep
their digestion all right, and have pure
milk
Especially now do COWS heavy with
calf require constant attention. Today
a good cow is worth more than an av-
erage work horse, and will bring more
in the market. A COW being such a
valuable piece of farm property, no
dairyman can afford to neglect her dur
ing a critical period that is going to IN
fiuence for good or bad her future profit.
AS she approaches maternity give her
extra care every day, extra food. extra
bedding and a box stall, insurlng free
dom of movement.
My experience with mich cows has
proved to be the great Importance OF all
this, as on how well cow does prior to
and during the parturient period hinges
her usefulness for the ensuing season.
The almost universal practice of turn
ing the whole dairy out at once to drink
from small watering tub is dangerous
one. Even if the animals are all de-
horned, their pushing and crowding, of
the pregnant COW cause injuries that
often result in abortion.
AS maternity approaches the freedom
of movement entailed by box stall
should not be deemed q luxury but
necessity to the animal. By the latter
humane method [ have never had any
accidents befall the COWS when calving,
and they universally made good re-
covery.
The manner OF treatment OF our COWS
now tells whether or not they will come
out spring poor three months later. The
way the situation looks at present it will
pay to neglect most anything else but the
dairy Butter and milk prices are ruling
good when compared with other farm
products
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-01
Not Unimportant.

matter often overlooked about the
stables of the cows, and yet tnlng tnat
has much to do with the economical care
of our diaries, is in keeping them free
from parasites. for Il cow infested With
them quickly becomes unthrlfty IN looks,
and falls off both in milk and hesh.
This neglect is the cause often OF great
loss about the stables, and the good dali
ryman not only keeps close Watch to
prevent the swarming Of these parasites,
but, if by chance they are found, goes at
once to ''stamp" out the invaders Lice
on the COWS irritate the skin. and where
a cow is confined in stanchlons so that
she cannot get at them, their search for
food and it's requirement causes the poor
beast almost intolerable suffering, as
witness the release OF stock so infested
and their almost insane rubbing against
Dosts and fences to relieve the irritation.
Let the owner frequently examine his
stock, especially if they are showing
more than ordinary eXertions in rubbing
themselves. If parasites are found wash
the animal thoroughly with strong soap
suds in which a little coal Oil has been
mixed. Keep the animal III the stable
until thoroughly dry, and an old blanket
added will be all the better. In a week
reneat the operation, as many nits will
hatch out, as the wash will not kill all
Of them. Very fine road dust well
worked into the hair will, if frequently
repeated. be a good method, as this is
natures plan. Persian insect powder is
also good. and grease rubbed into the
hair also kills; but as everything falling
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-01
Winter Care Of Rhubarb.

There is nothing better to make rhu-
barb grow vigorously than to cover the
barb plant Mt cannot have soil too rich for
it. Leave it thus through the winter, but
towards spring draw away part of, the
manure over the crown of the plant,
leaving room for barrel open at both
ends to cover it, and piling manure
leaves start too early cover the barrel
during the coolest weather. If the plant
has room to grow thick-stemmed leaves
will shoot up. IF the leaves are thin take
up part of the root, setting it somewhere
else. Rhubarb increases very rapidly
from the root and needs frequent thin
ming
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-01
THE FIELD OF LABOR.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO THE
WAGE WORKERS.
Many Labor Bills Await Consideration
by Congress-Labor Needs Brains,
Not Agitators = California BARRIERS
Seek Legislation-Notes.


In addition to the Lorimer bill declar-
ing blacklisting a conspiracy against
the Government and the Mcguire bill
providing for the creation of a Govern
ment postal telegraph system, says NJ.
J. Carroll, in the Eight-Hour Herald,
there are now before Congress the fol-
lowing measures of special interest to
labor: % A bill introduced by Mr..
Erdman concerning carriers engaged
in interstate commerce and their en-
ployes'' and providing for arbitra ton
Of disputes between railroad officials
and employees; ~ a bill introduced by
Mr.. SouthWick ''to protect free labor
and the industries in which it is en-
ployed from the injurious effects OF
convict competition by combining the
sale of goods, wares and merchandise
manufactured by convict labor to the
State or Territory in which they are
produced;" 60 bill introduced by Mr..
Prince providing for the adjustment
and payment of the accounts Of labor
ers and mechanics arising under the
eight-hour law" and applying to Gov
cIH1HcAG c1IplOy Us, w 1t jill 4AllOuuCGu
by Mr.. M6haney ''to prevent the en-
ployment of migratory aliens on Gov
eminent work. 90 an act reported by
Senator Lodge ''to amend the immigra-
ton laws of the United States" pre-
viously reviewed by us; (6) bill intro
duced by Mr.. Phillips in the House,
where it was passed and is now before
the Senate, authorizing the appoint
ment Of a nonpartisan commission to
collate information and to consider and
recommend legislation to meet the
problems presented by labor, agricul-
ture and capital"
If labor can be assisted by legislation
surely the foregoing ought to prove sat
sfactory-providing they are ever en-
acted into laws. But will they be? We
know, from long experience, that it is
an easy matter to induce some obliging
member of either house to Introduce
bill, and it is just as easy for a whole
lot of fellows who are not SO obliging
to prevent the bill becoming a law. The
rush of important measures generally
serves as sufficient excuse for side
tracking labor measures, and we will
wait with some curiosity to see if the
measures above referred to are fated to
go the usual way.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-01
Hard-Headed Cabbage.

Since the cabbage worm has been 50
widely prevalent there is increasing de-
mand for cabbages that at all times in
their growth have a close, compact head.
There are quite number of these among
the late cabbages, but the best early
hard-headed cabbage we have found is
the early Winningstadt. 1t also grows to
good size and is excellent in quality, so
by purchasers The Stone Mason cab
bage is another late variety that has very
hard and generally very large heads. 1t
requires rich soil. Most all the hard cab
bages will grow loose if planted on soil
not rich enough to bring them forward
ranidly
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-01
How to Keep cider Sweet.

The following scientific method of
treating cider to preserve its sweetness is
recommended by an Eastern paper:
When the saccharine matters by fermen-
tation are being converted to alcohol, if
a bent tube be inserted alright into the
bung, with the other end into pail of
water, to allow the carbonic acid gas
evolved to pass off without admitting air
into the barrel, a beverage will be OBJ
tanned that is fit nectar for the gods.
A handy way is to fill your cask nearly
up to the wooden faucet when the cask is
rolled SO the bung is down. Get q COM
mon rubber tube and slip it over the end
of the plug in the faucet, with the other
end in the pail. Then turn the plug SO
the cider can have communication with
the pail After the water ceases to bub-
bic bottle or store AWAY
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-01
FOR THE FARMER.
The Missing Word.

l know a girl whose mental powers are
quite revelations;
We've squandercd many pleasant hours in
earnest conversation.
She knew the Latin grammar when she was
child of three,
She speaks the Frankish patois like a native
of Paree.
She has mastered every idom the Russian
language boasts,
She knows the Greek OF Homer and big
Prussian words in hosts.
She talks Chinese like Ii Hung Chang, the
BoWery dialect,
In al the latest golfy slang her speech is
quite correct
A wonderful vocabulary, but must confess
duce her to say Yes
New York Journal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-01
Sheep as scavengers.

on every farm, for they will eat much
that other stock will not touch. The
sheep is, however, Very delicate i'll its
taste. so far as refusing what is I'M
clearly But it's taste is different from
other animals, eating green and bitter
fruit that falls early, which no pig can
be starved into eating. 1t is an excellent
stock to prevent land growing up with
bushes, as it browses down nearly every
thing that grows. In the winter sheep
will thrive on bean fodder, taking to it
naturally, while other stock, if they will
eat it can only be taught to do so.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-01
Bui1diur Grades Federation.


The formation of Il national fedora
ton Of all building trades will not only
benefit the building trades unions, but
it will be a benefit to the common
wealth, says the st. Louis COmpendi-
I'm. 1t will create a more just COM
petition among contractors of the vari-
Gus cities by the enforcement of the
eight-houf work day and the adjust
ment of, as far as practicable, a uni
form wage system. 1t will necessarily
force strong organization of contract
ors, and having thus two powerful or
CARNATIONS Of employers and employees
it will be but short time when strikes
will be a thing of the past in the build
ing trades.
There is no question but the inter-
ests Of the contractors and journeymen
are Identical, the welfare of one should
be the prosperity of the other, and it is
only the individual weakness Of hui
and injustice on either side Thorough
organization will put an end to this.
There is another thing that a national
building trades council will surely &C
complish. The suicidal internal fights
Of factions in the various organizations,
which have been more detrimental to
the cause of labor than anything else
under the sun, will be obliterated, and
the National Building Trades Council
will be the most powerful federation
of union men in the world.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-01
LONGING.

When skies o'erhead are threatening gray,
And all the world is white below;
When breezes join in gusty play,
Tossing the eddies to and fro
When bells that deck the paving steed,
Lift up their rollicking refrain,
! wish the years would backward speed;
L long to be a boy again.
TITS not that I might help the din,
Or lightly coast adown the hill;
Ills not that on the pond I'd win
Applause for agile grace and skill.
That imp whose SNOWFALL chills and hurts
Who jeers at me and all my pain
Should presently have his deserts,
If | were but boy again.
Washington Star
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-01
The Compound Locomotive.

The compound locomotive is now al
most universally admitted to possess eco
nomical advantages over simple engines
in the matter of fuel consumption and
water evaporation, but there is still a
considerable amount of prejudice against
it and some objections still continue to
be put forward. One of these objec-
tons, says Engineering News, is in re-
gard to the increased cost of repairs of
the compound engine, by reason of its
greater number of working parts, al
though this has been many times shown
to be much less important than is usually
claimed by the DIRECTORS. The only real
ly practical comparison as to the COM
parative efficiency and economy of the
simple and compound engines is that
based upon the service performance Of
engines alike in all respects except the
compromising, running in the same serv-
ice on the same divisions, and for suf-
ficient length of time to show Il reason
able average, thus eliminating the actual
records of specially good or bad per-
formances. Of course, with three Or
more cylinders, and a corresponding III
crease in number of working parts, q
greater increase in repairs may be eX-
pected. However this may be. the con-
else official statements above referred to
go to show very conclusively that the
two-cylinder compound locomotive pos
sesses decided advantages over simple
engines Of similar construction, both IN
freight and passenger service.
The New York board of health has
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-01
Profit from Geese.

If managed as they should be in the
old-fashioned way, geese pay as good
profit as any stock on the farm. They
need run where they can get to water,
not merely or chiefly to swim in, but be-
cause in the water they find insects and
tadpoles which will make no small part
of their food. If to this they have a run
on one or two acres of grass too rough
for blowing little grain will keep them
in good condition and growing. Once in
six weeks the geese should be plucked
taking a time when the feathers viii
come easily, and are then said to be
ripe" If this time passes the feathers
will come out irregularly, and there will
not again be the regular plucking time
until the following season. A pair of
geese will furnish pound and half Of
feathers during the season, besides rear
ing ten or dozen young, and add q
third of a pound each of feathers when
killed during the holidays. The flesh of
the goose has rather too much fat for
most. but it's lean meat is more Juicy
and of better favor than the turkey.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-01
An Electric SawmilI.

The first sawmill operated by electric
power in this country, and probably in
the world. is said to be that Of the
American River Land and Lumber COM
pany, which is located close to the power
house at Folsom. Cal, of the Folsom
Sacramento power transmission. This
and is cutting $4,000 feet of lumber per
day. The current is three phase, taken
from the power-house at Folsom, and the
motors are all of the induction type, the
installation having been made by the
General Electric company. The motors
employed are one of 75-horse power, one
of 50-horse power, both running at TO
of 5-horse power, operating at 200 volts.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-01

upon the COW is attached to the grease
she soon presents a most untidy look,
Cows infested with parasites should not
be tolerated III the dairy herd. and
should be singled out and medicated at
once. Don't delay the examination.
and. if necessary, apply remedies ut
once-Practical Farmer
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-01
To Keep a Horse in Good Condition.

If you buy horse and pay a good
price for him, you must take care Of
that horse or you will lose money on
him when you come to sell him.. When
you buy horse, no matter what condi-
ton he is in, begin at once to give him
chopped feed. Cut a little hay as short
as you can, and put from two to four
quarts of chop on your hay. Corn and
chopped make good feed. Moisten the
feed with water just so you can see no
dry meal. Do not make it too wet, or it
will be sloppy. Give this to your horse
three times day at regular hours. Give
him little long feed in the rack, he
does not need much long feed, and as
hay is scarce in this section you will save
it by feeding in this way. With good
comb and brush clean your horse thor
oughly every morning. If you use him
and he becomes sweated or muddy, do
the same in the evening. Do not work
him too hard one day and let him stand
for two or three days after. Give him
time, and use him as you would wish
to be used. Do this, and when you
want to sell him you will have a fine
horse, and can get what you paid for him
-OftnntimpS moro
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-01

To prevent the COW from sucking her
self by means Of a mechanical dcFice,
take two harness straps long enough to
reach around the cows neck, and to
buckle easily. Then take IL pieces of
Stats, / inch wide, q inch thick and 10
inches long. Place the two straps six
inches apart; tack the straps to The ltths
three inches apart, with one inch ciout
nails Put around cows neck, buckle up
tight enough to keep it in place, and your
work is done.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-01
Helped it Greatly.

A certain town in the west of England
at one time enjoyed an unenviable notorie-
ty for the impurity Of it's water, and the
desira blitiy of Improvement was generally
recognized. Recently a stranger met one
of the townsmen, and asked him:
what is your towns water like now?
Is it any better than it was?"
''Oh, yes" replied the native; sit is
greatly improved now. You see, we have
gone in for filtering it,
Il am glad to hear that" said the
stranger. What kind of filter have you
adopted?''
I'VE strain the water through the seat
of cane-bottomed chair"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-01
Success in Poultry Keeping.

One Of the short cuts to success in
poultry keeping, says writer III the
Practical Farmer, is to keep careful
record of what the fowls are doing each
day, and the simplest and most salts
factory way | have found for keeping
such a record is to take sheet OF pa
per about a foot square and rule 1t from
side to side with twelve or more lines,
then on the left-hand side rule line
from top to bottom, one-half inch from
the side, ard on the lines in this space
write the names of the months, and then
rule off thirty spaces one-fourth inch
wide, and with the figures for the days
of the month at the top OF each. At
the right Of these rule three more spaces
one-half inch wide, mark the first one for
the total number of eggs laid during the
month. the second for the total dozens,
and third for the daily average of each
month. Have this pinned up in some
convenient place in the kitchen, hang
pencil by a string beside 1t, and then,
when the eggs are brought in each night
it is but moments work to set down
the number in the proper space. At the
end of the month the whole number laid
can be quickly found and the daily aver
age figured, and at the end of the year
one can know just what his fowls have
done during the year. or Tor any day or
month of the year. By preserving these
records he can tell just how his fowls
are doing as compared with former years,
and it is also convenient for compar-
ing the work of different flocks when
more than one breed is kept, and one
wants to know which pays best, or what
method of feeding is most profitable. /
also keep record of hens lost during the
year, the date, and the breed when keep
ing mixed flock, and | try to keep
record of the method of feeding, manage
ment mixtures, and proportions of the
different feeds used, etc, and everything
that is likely to be valuable in the man
agement of my focks in the future. OF
course, a book account must be kept, but
such a record as this enables one to know
more thoroughly what his focks are do
ing than any book account will show.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-01

to be appointed by the Governor of the
State. The fee for examinations shall
be $3.50. These fees, etc, so toward
the expenses of the examining board.
Also that all BARRIERS must register as
such within six months after the pas
sage Of the bill. The penalty for yio-
lating the proposed law is placed at
from $50 to 800.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-01

The New York board of health has
placed pulmonary tuberculosis on the list
of infectious diseases.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-03-02
$304.6S9
Mahara's MInstre!s,

Ore would imagine that a large
circus was coming, Judging from the
display Of advertising around the
town. 1t is a circus in one sense, be-
ing the Barnum of all cO!ored organ
lzations travelling. Mahara's Min
strels comprising 80 teople and con-
tanning all the colored artists of recog-
nized ability IF the day, prominently
headed by Billy Young, the sweet
voiced tenor; aud Master Hillard
Brewer, the wonderful boy contor-
zionist and a score of singers and
dancers This company in all its
entirety will appear at the Carson
Opera House two nights, commencing
Wednesday, March 10. A sensational
street parade daily at noon. Re-
served seats now ON sale at Stein
metz's Drug Store.