The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20
AMONG FARMERS.


John Rice of Manitowoc Rapids ha
just completed fine stable
George Smith purchased the William
Tisch farm in Mishicott He sold hi
own to "a Mr., Buda The Tisch farm
adioins that Of Ira Boyer
George Warren & Sons of Fox Lake
this state, shipped on Monday carriage
team which We're purchased by Presi
dent Mckinley. He was paid 81, 300 70,
them
Ird Boyer of Mishicott was in the city
on Monday He says the rain storm o
Sunday last i'll that town was one of tn,
heaviest of the season. In the city i
was not much more than Il sprinkle.
The nasty weather of the closing day
of last week was quite hard on haymak
ers. The days preceding promised gooC
weather and farmers moved consider
able hay, none of which was housed
George Anderson who was i'll the city
on Friday said that three weeks befor,
he began haying and was only hal
through. He got what hay he saved I'M
der cover in good shape notwithstand
ing the unfavorable weather
Charley Hall and Tom Windiate were
laughing at those farmers who began
haying early on account of the bad
weather they encountered. Neither OF
the two began haying until this week
but Jupiter Pluvius has not forgotten
them.
The ranges Of Oregon and Washington
are being secured for horses and those,
the like of which ii few years ago We're
slaughtered, being improbable to keep,
are now selling readily The price Of
horse flesh has gone up and farmers who
increased their stock when prices We're
low are making money.
The Weather report says the average
temperature for the week throughout
the state has been above the normal.
The rainfall has been excessive the total
amounting to from two to four inches,
the lightcst being in southern counties
Winter wheat and rye are being cut and
promise IL good yield. Oats and barley
are badly lodged and do not promise as
well as they did Hay is being saved in
very poor condition.
July p is Road day at Menominee,
Dunn county. Senator Stout, Il practical
philanthropist is building macadamized
road in Dunn county at his own expense
rs an object lesson TO farmers in the
state. The work is now in progress and
Road day is for the purpose of giving
farmers an opportunity to see how the
work is done. There is great deal in
this movement Macadamized roads are
the coming thing and the sooner farmers
become acquainted with their method of
construction the sooner they will have
good roads no matter what the Weather
When completed such roads need hardly
any repairing.
The good roads agitation is being con-
Quoted in a most systematic way. The
Pilot is in receipt of a letter from NJ H.
Moore of St Louis, who is President OF
the State and Interstate Good Roads &
Public Improvement Co., which states
that an officer of the association will be
i'll the city at an early date to confer with
our people and if possible make Mantle,
woo one of the II cities of Wisconsin in
which conventions are 10 be held to dis
cuss this movement for good roads. Ii
arrangements can be made for a conven-
ton here. railroads will give reduced
rates to those attending. The business
men of the city should give a cordial re
ception to the associations representa-
tives when he comes.
The foreign crop report of the Agricul
tural department shows a shortage on
the whole as compared with the crop OF
last wear The shortage Of wheat il
Russia is placed at from $4,000 600 Il
100 600, 600, aud this at points most fav
orable for export. The rye crop is alst
short. Prussia reports wheat fair The
Austrian outlook is good, being but
slightly below the average The wheat
crop of Spain and Italy is below that Of
last year The wheat crop of France is
satisfactory, though not up 10 what ear
~ reports predicted. Hay is below the
average On the whole, prospects are
fair for good price for agricultural prod
uctS.
IT's like dip in the fountain OF
youth Touches the check SO gently that
youth fingers on the face of old age.