The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-30

4EEz.34A1AEE(N
.' .!!.:.!.3 |If'sIE5 S
Copyright. 1901. by ]. S. Trigg, Rock
ford, Iowa)
Correspondence Solicited.
~
Rice feeds ten persons, taking the
world at large, where wheat feeds one.
The losses by reason of hog cholera
last year in the state of Indiana are
placed at near Sc 100000, 49,,
The American farmer is getting the
daily paper habit as a result Of rural
delivery, and it is a good thing for him.
Steam transports having a capacity
of 100000 bushels Of wheat each will
soon be plying between the Pacific
coast and Japan. E IS
The modern harvesting machines are
now in use by twenty-nine different
{ nations (of the, earth ard represent in
their ability to harvest the crops Of the
world the labor of 20 1000 900 men.
We do not know that the time will
ever come when the lion shall eat
straw like the OK, but the time has
come when the hog will eat hay-al-
falfa hay-like an old COW. 1t is sta
pie winter ration for Kansas hogs. J. -
An expert dealer in butter stated re-
Gently that he would rather handle but
ter which scored so and which would
remain at that scoring until disposed
of than to handle an extra grade at SO
and have it drop to 90 before it could
be sold.
A second cutting of timber land
oak, hickory, maple and basswood-Of
twenty-eight years growth yields
about eighteen cords to the acre, worth
net to the owner about $72. This fact
explains why forestry is not profitable
in commercial sense.
A farmers mutual insurance COM
pany of a county in a Western state
paid $2,375 on thirty-nine losses during
/ they year. OF this amount 81, 2S4.84 was,
for losses caused by lightning, stock
killed, while only $129.75 was paid out
for fire losses This goes to show that
lightning in these days of barbed wire
fences is very destructive agent.
The stockmen of the West are bitter
1y opposed to the proposed packing
house trust, believing such a combina-
tion will have the cattlemen complete
ly at it's mercy in the matter of fixing
prices. This opposition is so marked
and emphatic that with its threats to
establish packing houses of it's own it
may defeat the proposed packing house
merger.
Years ago when black walnut was
plentiful and cheap it was used largely
for the construction Of the wooden
bridges by the pioneers because of the
ease with which it could be worked
and it's Well-known durability. Such
bridge built fifty years agoin the state
Of Indiana, $50 feet long, contains tim
Der valued at present at SIS, Q00,- which
would more than twice pay for a steel
bridge to take its place f,l'{(. r-lc4
We are asked whether the production
of cucumbers for pickles is a profitable
business, what the yield is and what
the profits. In such cases as we have
known the crop will yield, a gross re-
turn of from $40 to $40 per acre. There
are two difficulties in the way of this
crop-one to protect the vines from in
sect pests, the other to secure, neces-,
sary help to gather the crop, which has
to be done every two or three days dur
ing the season. TT !ftliJ 7 ~
If one starts out as breeder of reg-I
istered cattle of any breed, he must
produce animals of such grade of
excellence that his yearling males will
bring him at least $100jeach. If he cam
not do this, he had better confine his
efforts to the production of beef or milk
and let others breed for the market.
Not every man is cut out for breeder,
There must be Individual excellence as
well as pedigree, and some men cannot
combine these qualities. 1885
"A large purchase of Belgian hares by
an Eastern canning factory was logic
ally followed by large shipment of
choice selected boned turkey from the
cannery soon after. After all, it's
what you think you are eating rather
than what you really eat, evidenced by
the serving of fried cat for squirrel as
a joke at a party, the participants at
he faoct p1ooco6 ond SotiCfipd On1V To