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Irrieating a Farm Clo.rden.


Many farmers feel so sure. of success
with artificial watering thst they are
putting down artesiaa wells and in
tend to build reservoirs as si9on as pos
sible, the past dry seasons causing
them to realize the necessity OF a most
constant supply of moisture. Nearly
all the wells are inches III diameter
and cost from 90 to 50 cents per foot.
The flow amounts to frons I ) to 50
gallons per minute One 3ia-inch well
that cost $500 and is 295 feet deep
flows about 1900 gallons PA minute.
though the amount has never been ac-
curately measured. /. is thought the
flow of some wells neaS this large one
has diminished and it IS possible that
the artesian water supply may be linn
tied.
A few fields have been ;hooded or
wet up" direct from these wells dur
ing the fall and winter and have pro-
duced the following season p TO 80
bushels of wheat to the acre, and other
crops in proportion. while tiglds not so
treated produced less than half this
amount. Irrigation here is largely con-
fined to gardens, the water in most
cases being used direct fronIthe wells,
but a few farmers have reservoirs
which aid in the economical use of the
water, thus giving much better results.
One garden has been irrigated five
years and is producing all kinds of
vegetables in abundance ard OF fine
quality. A few gardens have been
watered by wind-pumps. This method
gives excellent results especially where
a small reservoir is used Other gar
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-07-01
State Items of Interest.

Two girls were drowned in the mill
pond at Kingston. They were out riding
on the pond, when the boat capsized and
both were thrown into the water.
Ed Johnson was struck by falling
tree at the camp of the Red Cliff Lum-
Der Company near Bayfield, and died.
II is not known where he came from.
The annual meeting of the Walworth
County Old Settlers Society was held at
the fair grounds in Elkhorn. The an
nual address will be made by Rev. Hen
ry G. Miller.
At Shell Lake Barney Wall was SEN
fenced by Justice Ryan to five years in
the reform school The lad stole money
of the Chicago. st. Paul, Minneapolis
and Omaha office. He pleaded guilty
A carload of orphans, numbering about
seventy-fiye, were brought to Bayfield,
from the East. The choildren were dis
tributed among the residents of the town
and thirty-six were given to the half
breed Indians on the Red Cliff reserva-
ton. The children refused to stay with
the Indians. as they claimed they We're
being mistreated, and new homes with
local families were found for them.
Miss Martha Anderson, Br6dnead
young lady, had quite a novel experience
while on her way home one evening.
While walking along she felt singing
sensation on her right ankle She did
not think anything about it, but simply
rubbed her foot against the ankle and
kept on walking. Soon afterwards she
experienced the same pain on her ankle.
She stopped down and upon examining
her ankle she found a garter snake tight
~ wound around her leg. Miss Ander-
son succeeded in Kidding herself OF the
reptile without sustaining any serious
results.
While moving house on his farm at
the lower end Of Prairie du CHEN Her-
man Stuckey, a farmer. found concealed
near chimney between the walls plush
case containing a gold necklace, ear
rings. bracelet and lot of other jewell
n. The house is a very old one and has
been occupied by many families.
The Illinois Steel Company wins out in
its suit against the Jones Island squat
tiers. the Supreme Court reversing the
decision OF the Nil yankee Circuit Court
in favor Of the latter. The decision holds
that the Steel company. al the TINE OF
the commencement Of the action was the
owner Of the premises in dispute by title
under government patent.
The 5-year-old son Of Polish settler
named Jamouka, living in the northern
part Of Chippewa County, shot his IL
months-old sister as she lay in the cradle
Janaonka had returned from hunting and
ha5 mt the loaded shotgun in a corner
The boy picked up the gun and it was
accidentally discharged in his hands.
The corner stone OF the new Baptist
Church was laid in Kenosha. Many mem
hers Of the denomination attended the ex-
ercises. The structure viii cost IN the
neigAborhocd Of $4,000 WIN compies-
ed, and replaces the one destroyed By
Ere less than q year aye Nearly al the
funds needed for the Suilding have been
subscribed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-07-01
The Gradus Pea.

Those who find the best profit i'll rails
ing the wrinkled varieties Of peas win
be glad to have the Gradus, Shown i'll
the illustration. Not only is the quality
of this variety equal to that of any
wrinkled sort, but it is better than any
OF the smooth sorts that are early in
season. The Gradus combines quality
with extra earliness and extreme pro
ductiveness. Most of the wrinkled sorts
are rather tender. but this variety may
be planted as early as any of The
smooth sorts without injury, and IS
said to be the Only wrinkled variety
with which this can be done. The
growth of the vine is strong and
healthy, and the bearing qualities are
of the best. The pods are large hold
ing from eight to ten peas. While the
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OF Hawaii. with 6.6s0 square miles and
$4,000 population. Porto Rico. 1910
square miles and $1,000 people. and The
Philippines and the Islands which come
u as with that group, 10000 square
mics and 1tkOOo.eoo population With
these acquisitions there were made. in
lSssS. additions Of l75sSi0 square miles
to our area and i0.92o,No0 TO our inhab-
itaats.
The United States haa an area of SIS
OaO square miles and a population OF
about 100000 at the beginning OF the
nineteenth century. Il: starts out in the
twentieth century with an area OF SdI0.-
600 square miles aud a population Of 90
coo, 600. OnEy the British. the Russian
and the Chinese empires cover larger
Space on the worlds m4p than the Unit
ed States. Exeiuding colonies. China
alone OF all the worlds nations exceeds
the United States in Dimensions and in
hahitants.
The domsfa OF the United States IN TINS
year 1902 passes through al the ZONES
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-07-01
GUESSING and knowing.

Thousands of farmers have guessed
ii did not pay ID feed, and so have let
their cows dry up nearly. destroying all
profit in milk for the entire year. Ia
who read, think and don't guess any
more than they can help have kept
their herds up 20 the usual standard.
Their verdict is that it has paid good
profit TO do this. The Others are look
ing ahead with gloomy eyes. o. no! i.
don't pay to be reading farmer" Ii
connection with the foregoing the
Oajryman quotes the following as illus
trailing that knowledge is better than
guessing at things: THE Kansas exper-
iment station at recent test found
that counting wheat at 81 per 100
pounds, cottonseed meal at $3.50, and
rating butter at II cents per pound, and
placing the value Of skim milk against
the hauling there would be very
handsome profit in the transaction:
therefore, that it would pay farmers
great deal better to purchase cotton
seed meal and increase the amount
both of wheat straw and ground wheat
and thus keep their cows in milk, avoid
ing the shutting OF the creamery with
all the evil results which follow
Hoard's Dairyman
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-07-01

July 4 seems to have lost its true sig
zItcance and now belongs to the small
boy. whose highest aspiration is TO burn
incense to the Chinese god of lockjaw, il
shere is such a deity on the celestial cal
eRdar. The pestiferous frecracker and
the physicians ally, the toy pistol, are
the small boys accessories, both before
and after the fact, in numbering the peace
Of mind and destroying the nerves Of peo-
pie who have outlived the ebullient stage
Of youthful spirits and prefer to take
their patriotism on the nations natal day
as u man takes a cold solemnly
and with a consuming desire to have it
ever with. Apart from Young America,
aud his peculiar ideas Of a celebration,
she day Is given over to even more rep
Iehensible forms of jollifeation, which
are supposed TO be in conformity with
abe spirit Of the immortal Declaration.
Proclaim liberty throughout the land
and TO all the inhabitants thereof" runs
TIRE inscription on the old Liberty bell,
8ad goodly share of the people OF the
present day literally construe the procla-
nation as a license 10 commit all man
ner OF offenses against health, sobriety
and the peace and dignity of the common
wealth
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-07-01
Farm Notes.

Bordeaux mixture controls downy
mildew on lima beans.
A haphazard. go easy way in farm
ing is not going TO bring big profit
this year
Make the boys interest In the Farm
so profitable that he will be anxious to
make farming bis life work.
Chicory culture was started by Long
Island farmers several years ago. but
It did not pay and has been abandoned.
The farmer as well as the business
man who is going to forge 70 the front
these times is the one who thinks and
plans,
Broom corn should have frequent
cultivation till the plants are t'so feet
high. Then the cultivation may be
stopped unless needed to retain nsola,.
ure
II has been demonstrated that in this
sections where thorough drainage is
practiced larger crops are produced.
and at less cost than wher drainage is
| Af~AENAFaAs
The ctirrant worn Is ready to begin
work on the frsc approach OF warm
weatle-. Powdered hellebore Is the
remedy which may be used with
water or applied In the dry condition.
while the leaves are damp from rain
or dew
String beans can be obtained during
the eptfre summer by planting once a
month for successive supplies. The
seed germinateI quickly in warm
weather, and the plants grow rapidly.
They can also be- extensively grown
for picking.
when the old strawberry beds are
out Of use plew them under for late
cabbage or furnps. II preferred the
land may rereain for a garden plot
next spring. but II such Is preferred
the bed must be seed. Latc In the
fall ccyer the beds with manure and
plow the plot nezN spring.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-07-01
A Literary Courtship.

"There is more in this literary business
than l thought possible" declared the
young man who is in love- when my
girl, owing TO circumstances over wien
she had no control, left for the West, |
decided that l would follow as secn rs
could earn enough to pay my fare there.
'Some time ago l was in book store
and CHANGED to see book entitled larry
Thou Till Come The thought struck
me that it would be good hint, so |
purchased the book and sent it to her.
BY return mail l received from her The
Right of Way Say. that made me feel
good all over.
'But one month later l was startled
and somewhat puzzled by getting Great
Expectations and the best way 1 could
figure Ii out was that she had met some
one out there with a lot of money and
was trying to break the news to me gent
ly.
Yesterday was knocked all in heap
by receiving The Crisis I'm going
West tomorrow if have to ride on a
brakeman. Detroit Free Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-07-01

Any farmer who can grow corn sue
cessfully can succeed with sorghum,
and will fad it a decided addition to
the winter supply of stock food. al
though those without great deal OF
experience with 1t seem to think it
can be used to advantage only as
supplement to the pasture. To grow
sorghum successfully the soil must be
put in good condition, broken up deep
and well prepared. Make the seed bed
fine and sow the seed any time this
month. Grown for hay, the seed is
sown broadcast at the rate of two
bushels per acre and narrowed In, but
1t is better to grow it in rows two or
three feet apart, the latter distance
being preferable, enabling one to cult
vate with the horse. When grown in
rows the culture should be the same
as with corn, and the plot should be
kept free from weeds. Stock Of oil
kinds eat sorghum readily and it will
pay to experiment with small plot
Of it this season. In feeding 1t, as
with all foods that are new to the ami
mails, it should be given in small guam
titles ut first until the animals get
used to it.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-07-01
Deem PIowinx,

We used to believe in what we read
when young about the value OF plow-
ing deep to bring up the fertility that
had ieacheG down through the surface
soil into the subsol our opinion was
changed when we tested the deep
blowing upon a field with a clay sub
soil that we planted with corn. Later
experiments have more thoroughly con-
WINGED US that deep blowing. by watch
we mean a depth of more than four to
six inches, IS seldom beneficial In this
climate, whatever it may be In other
sections OF the country. The crops like
corn. that like to spread their roots
near the surface where the soil is
warmed by the sun, certainly DO not
need to have the earth stirred very
deeply for them. while those tnst send
their roots down into the saJsoil as
onions. clover. beets. etc. can de so
almost through the hardest subsoil or
anything excepting a gravel IN w@iich
there is no moisture .-Amegican Cllt.-
vafor
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-07-01
AMERICA OF TO-DAY.
Vast Increase of the United States
Within the Century,

Vast Increase of the United States
Within the C@.atury.
The America which the new century
sees is strikingly different in area and
influence from that which the opening
years of the nineteenth century saw. A
hundred years before the Spanish-Amer-
lean peace treaty was signed in Paris
on Dec. 10, 1898. the United States oc-
cupied comparatively small spot on the
earth's surface 1t was surrounded on
three sides by powerful and unfriendly
nations. AS at present, its northern
boundary was Canada It's western line
was the Mississippi river, and its south
ern border was Florida At that time
Florida comprised not only the present
State of that name, but also a strip OF
territory extending westward TO the Mis-
sissippi river, along the southern line of
the present States of Mississippi and Ala
bans. Florida, throughout its entire
length, from the Atlantic to the Missis-
sippi, belonged to Spain, and Spain held
the whole Of the territory west of that
river.
Thus England was on the United
States northern border. as at present,
while Spain shut it off from the Gulf of
Mexico and from the vast empire west CT
the Mississippi. The American who, a
hundred years ago, went down to st.
Augustine, Pensacola, Mobile or New Or
leans, found himself in Spanish territory
The American who crossed over TO St
Louis or any other point on the western
side of the Mississippi would also find
himself under the Spanish flag. Even
Natchez was held by Spain, contrary to
the treaty OF peace between Great Brit
ain and the United States signed in 1888,
until 179S. In the latter year Spain
moved her boundary line short distance
below that city. Moreover, England held
Oswego, Niagara, Detroit, Mackinaw
and other points in the United States on
the northern frontier until after the Jay
treaty was signed in lT96, and then 1t
was exceedingly slow IN eyacuating those
posts. The United St&tes a century ago
had no rights which aI;y Of the great ma
tions felt bound to respect.
The imperial dimensions of the United
States to-day make striking contrast to
its comparative diminusiveness 100 years
ago BY the successive acquisitions of
Louisiana in 1903. Florida in 1919, Texas
in 1S45, New Mexico and California in
1S4S, and Alaska in 1861. the area Of
the United States at the beginning OF
1898 was, approximately, 3.60S, 900
square miles. Then came the annexations
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ems to the reading of the Declaration.
and the orator speaks to unhearing ears.
Society HES itself to the seashore 10 hear
SHAT the wild waves are saying; the
pugilist hires hall and puts up mimic
fake of a gladiatorial combat, and every
body who can manage il gets out OF town
until the trouble is over.
The old fellows lament the decadence
~ the observance OF the Fourth, and sigh
Tor the vanished days of general train
ing and hard cider. when the gallant mi
huaman in brave regimentals pirouetsed
on gaily caparisoned steed and stitily
executed the tactics in the presence Of
che village girls attired in white frocks
and prunella CATERS.
Recent events have demonstrated that
there is no diminution of patriotism in
Ahe country, but it is nevertheless true
that as a people We are getting away
from the days and sentiments OF the
gonscript Fathers. Times change and
men change with them" is truism being
kxemplified in the United States. Wheth-
sr the change is progress or retrogresSion
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xiii ha revealed when the future S I'M
Fel,fed 10 the view OF the historian Of
-Ae American republic.
Turning Back the Years.
Turning back TO years. We hu5 that
Ne Fourth Of July was a date fraGght
nth the fate OF men and nations. 1t
was time when. as the homely phlloSo-
sAsT Franklin said. the patriots must
<-sng together OF hang seHarateiy-
Es is well 10 remember this, II for no
.ueAer reason than 10 remind Us that
1AzaEs which have beginning may have
=. end. and nation which was founded
N ire struggle Of man for civil liberty
uzy be oyerthrowa by mans insatiaie
E-sea FOR glory.
That was a solemn and momentoas
vsshsring in Philadelphia Il century aud
n nzarfer ago. Many things have hap
rezs1 since then. Much progress has
aasa made ia applied arts and sciences.
IN discovery. in invention and in co1amer-
<zl aud industrial development. Pro-
w-ssx has also been made in endghtea-
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dens have been watered by pumping
from streams This mode OF irrigation
must necessarily be limited, as the
amount of water in streams IL very
small during a dry time. Ip fact. |
have seen it almost dry.
The water is usually run between
the rows of the various crops, some
times between every row, or at most
every third or fourth row. The plan
proposed is to have main bitches, with
several sets of laterals dividing the
fields into squares, varying In size ac-
cording to the slope of the LAND. In
stead of bitches for the second set Of
laterals, back burrows may have to be
substituted If the fields have much
slope, for the water is too valuable to
permit of waste. The illustration
shows how few "catch" the water
from artesian wells. 1t may be dis
tributed as best suits the gardener or
farmer-L. G. Hendricks, in Farm and
Home.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-07-01

from point far to the north OF the Arc
tic circle to a point far to the south Of
the Tropic of Cancer, and extends almost
down to the equator. The resident Of
Alaska sees the north star up near its
zenith. The inhabitant of the Philippine
catches glimpses of the Southern Cross
The person who travels westward from
the eastern verge of the United States
OF to-day to its western boundary line
will make a circuit of almost half the
globe. Except for few days in mid
winter, the sun is shining on some part
of the United States through every hour
of the twenty-four.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-07-01

We used to say that old hay well kept
In the barn was better than niorleg at
interest, but the following paragraph
from an exchange leads us to think that
Il is possible to keep It too long for
profit. 4 farmer III I.acenia. ~ H.. has
been feeding out hay TO his stock this
spring which was harvested in the
spring Of 1s57-forty-fiee years ago
This hay Is yet clean aad bright bring
In every way as handsome and perfect
as when put INFO the barn. we 30 not
remember the price Of gay in 1877. bur
about 1861 we sold hay 81 our own e'uE-
ing at about $50 per ton Bur 4 That
hay was worth but $50 per ton fofty-
FIVE years ago. and had been sold and
the money placed at interest. L would
have bought a great deal Of hay Fhis
ppring, while al compound interest the
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win Not Te1l VINO shot Him.

With bullet in his right breast Thos
NJ. Jones, prominent business man of
Racine, refuses to give the name Of the
man who shot him. physicians are
alarmed. Jones and a companion went
to the farm of John Richardson to shoot
backbirds Jones was shot through the
right breast Neither he nor his COM
panion will talk about the affair and ply
sicians who are in attendance will say
nothing. 1t is claimed that the shooting
was accidental
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-07-01
PRAYER OF THE REPUBLIC.

o ThouG God that in the nd
We Thy blessing nat land
Far and wide is waving peoples old
symbols white
the field strife with with
Bathed flaming red!
children
Washed the flag battle whie
seadfast hearts for God and Country made field blue
And guide Nations
Red for glory: white justice
Blue for faith and loyal light God above.
In this
to Thee.
nd to
Thee Of
Hold in Thy keeping sacred refuge Of the free
Russell NJ Seeds.
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tut of the blx he clam


bered,
With many a glance of dread,
Where Tommy, dreaming OF the Fourth,
Lay tossing on his bed.
The cracker, trembling greatly,
Then hied him to a wood,
And sought dark and lonely dell,
Where drops of moisture stood.
The woodland creatures gathered,
And gazed, with startled eyes,
And listened to his tale of woe
With murnurs of surprise.
Said the selfish, boastful cracker:
You see. | used my wits.
NV brothers in that fatal box
VIII all be blown to bits;
While /, because l reasoned,
And dared to act Per-BANGNt
A terrible explosion
Throughout the woodland rang
1t was a frisky FREELY
Toyed with that dangling cue;
And into countless pieces
The cannon-cracker flew!
st. Nicholas.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-07-01

Replanting in the field is obnoxious Ia
the farmers, hence they should seIect
good seed. When plants are missing in
the hills or rows the appearance Of the
field Is not attractive. 1t is better and
cheaper to buy selected seed than to
perform the labor Of replantng that
which would be unnecessary and which
could be prevented by making proper
beginning. The failure to properly pre-.
pare the ground, too little care given to
the covering of the seeds and economic
ing in the use OF seeds are also causes
of loss.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-07-01
THE BADGER STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONCISELY
CONDENSED.
Prohibitionists Nominate State Ticket
Three Men Drown of Milwaukee
Racine Man MyteriousIy Wounded
Attempt to Burn Church Fails.

The Prohibf5iel. State convention in
Milwaukee selected a full ticket. She
platform adopted declares it to be .eur
profound conviction that humiliation and
complete oyerthrow.of the legalized sa-
loon system and the absolute prohibition
of manufacture, sale, importation, expor-
tatlon and transportation of intoxicating
liquors Tor beverage purposes is the one
paramount political Issue before the
American people" The ticket is made
up thus: Governor, T. W. Drake; Lieu
tenant Governor. Wesley Mott; Secrc-
tary of State, John c. Martin; Treasurer
DIR. Henry A. Russell; Attorney General.
Charles L. Allen; Superintendent Public
Instruction, L. V. Collins: Railroad Com
missioner. H. H. Churchill: Insurance
Commissioners, Hans II Moe.
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ment, and many cherished myths relating
to men and events have been exploded.
We have learned some things and have
unlearned others. We nave learned that
the apotheosis of Washington was not
justified by the facts. The iconoclast has
the godlike Washington and
left us man. In his present form he is
more human and essentially greater than
he was when invested with the attributes
of the goldman. On the whole. we like
him better now. but we did not give up
the ideal Washington without a french.