The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-27

priced by Mr. Kearney are two pewter
| plates brought to America on the
Mayfower. There is also in addition
to the blue plates collection Of tea
| pots, sugar bowls, gravy boats and
! tureens made by the same famous pot
| ters.
In the eastern states collectors have
in many localities made house to
house canvass in the hope OF finding
rare old colonial plates for which
there is much demand. AS much as
$3.50 has been paid for single plate
| by these relic hunters.
| Exploiting Northern Wisconsin.
Every Badger is interested in the
successive plans to exploit the north
ern country. There are thousands OF
| individual farmers working away in
clearing up the forests, but of course,
! it is slow work because hampered by
| lack Of money and proper tools to re-
move the stumps and logs. That it
can be done better on large scale is
not strange in these days of consOlida-
ton. Most significant, therefore, is a
! recent sale of about 10000 acres OF
| land in north Wisconsin, south Of Ash
| land, to a stock company organized
| for the purpose of clearing up on
| large scale and putting into cultivation
! lands in the SO-called burned dis
tricts." The company of fifteen men
have bought of the Wisconsin Central
railway about 1000 acres, 1000 acres
| from the Second Ward Savings bank
in Milwaukee, and 1000 acres from
! other parties, mostly residents near
Marengo The stockholders are prom
inent farmers and business men Of Co
lumbia county.
w L. Ames, who has been twice
selected by Governor ScOfield to repre-
sent the state in farmers congress, is
vice president Poynette is the home
of the active spirits in the company.
| This land is cheerless to look upon,
but the soils in this burned and cut
! districts are among the best in Wis
! consin, and their natural adaptability
| to clovers and grasses has been noted
by all authorities who have looked
| into the matter.
Glover does not freeze out but seeds
| itself from year 20 year, making it
region most advantageous to the dairy
man and sheepman. There are sandy
districts, yet large proportion of the
central part has rich and productive
| soil
! and the papers Of the state will now
ring with talk of this sort.
Studying Forestry in Colleges.
| The growth of forestry as a science
/ is going forward, and scarcely any
thing can be of more Importance to
| Wisconsin. The principal meeting this
/ summer was of the American For
estry association at Columbia univer-
| ca - in, li1ti fhn
| American Association for the Advance
ment Of Science.
| The interest manifested in forest
matters in the east and middle west
within the last two years has been
productive of much agitation and leg
| islation in a number of states. New
York state is about to prepare working
| plans for it's Adirondack possessions,
! while Pennsylvania has passed a for
est reserve law and is purchasing land
for reserve purposes. In Michigan an
act was passed providing for the crea-
ton of a permanent forest commits
! sion. Wisconsin also has been agi-
! tating forest matters to a great extent
and it is hoped that there will soon
be an adequate law enacted for the
| Improvement of forest conditions in
that state. Minnesota has enacted a
law for ablishing forest reserves
under a novel plan, from which good
results are promised in that state,
while in Indiana, North Carolina, Mas
sachusetts Connecticut and other
states encouragement is given.
| 1t is to be hoped that our state uni
versity may soon have school Of for
! estry The Yale prospectus for next
i fall is issued 1t is a two years
| course. Enough technical forestry is
taught, however, during the first year,
to enable the students to make silvi-
cultural studies. to investigate the
| growth and production of trees and
forests, to establish forest plantations,
and to make Trimmings and other
classes of cuttings.
Heaviest Load on the Hind Wheels.
From the recent bulletin on road
building, put out by the agricultural
! college, we learn that in loading the
ordinary wagon the heaviest load
should be placed on the hind wheels
for three important reasons: First,
! because they are larger and will not
depress the roadbed so much and will
, draw easier if they do; second, when
the wheels track, the front wheels
make a road, by firming the ground,
over which the balance of the load
may be more easily drawn; third, when
the axle of the front wheel is free to
be turned, as in the common wagon,
the slight inequalities of the roadbed
tend all the time to keep the tongue
vibrating, so that there is strong ten
dency, by this to and fro swinging, to
cause the front wheels to cut more
deeply into the ground and thus in
crease the draft.
The pamphlet points out that in the
maintenance of railroads it was early
learned that two or more men provid-
ed with proper tools must be employed
by the year, to care for and keep in
order certain number of miles of
road. 1t is the business of these men
to daily go over their section.
1t is self-evident that good country
roads can only be maintained by adopt
ing and keeping in force system
which is equivalent to that found in
dispensable in railroad maintenance.
ORLANDO BURNETT.
Merely Conventional.
A young man, to make conversation,
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