The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-07-25
Preference in Weeds by Angoras.

side.'
Preference in Weeds by Angoras.
How true it is that silent laws un-
derlie all-The greatest, the smallest,
the most trivial event!
Turn Angora goats in tracts filled
with varied grOwths and they select
their feed immutably, finishing up first
the vegetation they best like, then the
others in fixed order according to pref
erence-sC down to the last which
they eat only to sustain life. A st.
Louis writer notes the order
Elm shrubbCr.2 and the rose family,
the latter consisting of and including
Jewberries, blachberries, grapes, crab
apple. etc The hazelbrush and buck
rush next dis. Jpear, and it is noticea-
BILE that the hickory and the unimpor-
tant shrub, water ash, remain until
the last. They bark these plants with
their horns
Their relish for weeds is in this or
der: First, narrow leaf dock foliage,
white top, pokeberry leaves and stalks,
iron weeds, refusing only the various
thistles, burdOck, mullen, gympsOn
weed and the dogfennel.
From Il herd of 200 the owner has
had an increase of sixty kids. These
are worth 81 each at the age of one
xxynn md IN 1Y,iY
as much as the best of them.
Greatest Living Lumberman.
OF all lumbermen, none is so great
as Weyerhauser He is often in Chip
pewa Falls, where one of his mills
1.-The biggest in the wOrld"-is at work.
He is German, plain, unpretentious
man, but of much force. Judge Mar
shall, before he went into the supreme
court, was legal advisor in whom the
older man had great confidence. The
judge, by the way, himself laid the
foundation Of a large fortune while in
private practice. Speaking Of Mr..
Weyerhauser, the timber company,
which bears his name, has just in
creased it's capital stock to $1O,0OO,OO0-
All of the new stock has been taken by
the old stockholders. The company
has been gradually adding to their
holdings of timber until they now own
about a million acres in the state of
Washington.
Found New Stuff to Saw.
Pine operations are still reported in
Wisconsin-the beginning of the end.
it's supply in bayfield, county, has
reached across Lake Superior and on
the north shore (MinnesOta) purchased
a lot of uncut pine, enough to keep it's
mills going for some years. OF course,
this makes the city of Washburn
(Which wondered what would happen
to it if the mill shut DOWN very happy.
Another mill in that city, having eX-
hausted it's pine, will manufacture hem
lock and pine. Another concern is not
discouraged by the shortage in pine
they make cedar shingles, and laths
and cedar posts.
Pneumonia in Cattle.
There has been more or less brOn-
chial pneumonia among cattle. The
disease is Of a comparatively mild type
and so far Us has been observed has
only attacked cows and heifers. Most
of the animals examined have been in
fair to good flesh.
The disease is probably caused by
poor quality of course food, espe-
cially corn-fodder. The dust or other
irritating material in the fodder seems
to irritate the bronchial tubes; this IT,
ritation enables certain bacteria that
ave in the air passages normally, to
multiply rapidly and cause an infiam-
nation of the tissues. The disease is
not contagious but several animals
may contract it from the same source;
that is, infected food.
Medicinal treatment is of little value;
in fact, the excitement attending
drenching the animal and the POSSIBLE
ity of getting medicine into the lungs
is apt to do more harm than good
The animal should receive the best of
care; protection from the weather; lax
ative, nutritious, but not bulky food,
and pure water. Cornstalks should not
be fed. With the advent of warm
weather and grass the disease is dis
appearing.
Irrigation Farther West.
The government is sending out much
information about irrigation, the re-
cent law creating great interest in the
topic. A late bulletin deals with the
Vernal valley in Utah. 1t is reach of
twenty miles by three wide. The soil
is a sandy loam and the principal
crops are alfalfa and oats. Like many
other sections of the west, the rain
fall is too small-nine inches. Hence
without the use of wafer the land is