The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-16

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1901, by j. S. Trigg, Rock
ford, gowa)
Correspondence Solicited.
Two things, beef and real estate, are
now indulging in headache after their
spree.
Look out for the fellow who wants to
sell you bu6ded apple trees at a dollar
apiece. He is fraud. Set the dog on
him.
California produces 500 carloads OF
honey each year. Bookkeeping is more
of a business in that state than in any
other.
The state of Minnesota has hOrt1-
cultura, society consisting of 1900
members. No wonder apples grow in
that state.
The province of Manitoba is equal in
area to England and Ireland, yet con-
tains but 1000 inhabitants, while the
mother countries have 33,000,000.
The Northwestern Greening apple re-
ouires more pruning and more moisture
than any other apple we know Of suit
ed to the Northwest country.
A September frost is more damaging
to a cornfield than a May frost, which
cuts the young corn to the ground. The
latter RECEIVERS, but the former never
does.
The beet trust is magnanimOusly sell
ing coal to the poor at cost price. Now,
when chuck beef gets up again to 10
cents it will be proper for the coal
trust to reciprocate.
The types of apples which will be Sc
lected as the standard for the north
central portion Of the country are and
always will be originated from seed
Iings developed in that section.
Buttermakers are a good deal like
school teachers. The salaries paid to
the good ones are not high enough, and
those paid to the poor ones are too
high. There really is no place at any
price for either the poor buttermaker
or the poor teacher.
The substitution of bags for barrels
for cement, -four, sugar and other COM
modities has seriously affected the
coOpers' trade. While it is bad for the
cooper it is proving d good thing for
the forestry interests of the country.
This is one of the penalties of gTogress.
And now the wise men affirm that
they have discovered that the cause OF
appendicitis is the use or fine wheat
flour, the people using black bread not
being subject to the disease. Most
Americans will prefer TO take their
chances on white bread and an opera
ton.
In buying trees to set ont this spring
we think you will get the best results
by taking two-year-old trees in prefer
ence to those that are Older and larger
in fact, the twO-year-old trees will al
most invarie bly, be the largest and best
trees at the end OF five years. Then they
cost less and are more easily planted
Many man is the owner of rough,
bluffy, stony tract of land which would
make an admirable site for an apple
orchard. Apples take kindly to stones
and gravel and prefer sucn soil to the
lower and richer alluvfal lands. While
the trees will not grow nearly so fast,
our experience proves that they are
longer lived and harder trees.
You will be wanting to set out some
shade trees this spring, and while some
other varieties may do we'll with you,
still the white or water elm is absolute
ly certain to give you satisfaction. We
have no more clean, graceful or hand
some shade trees or one that will en-
dure more unfavorable conditions of
location and soil than the elm. Like
some people, it grows more beautiful as
1T grows old. IN
The 1st of February good beef ami
mails sold for Sc and Gamers for 81 per
cwt. Some of you ask, What is can
ner?" Well, she is quite likely to be
for most of them are of the gentIeI
SEX your old pet of family COW which
has outlived her usefulness in the dairy,
but which you are too tenuer hearted to
kill, yet mercenary enough to sell, CIV
ing the best Of her life to promote the
prosperity and comfort OF the country
and in death furnishing nutritious,
it not very palatable, ration for the
defenders thereof.
The annual seed catalogues are COM
ing to hand. They are of two kinds
one got UP with intent to deceive and
mislead would be purchasers as to tho
yield and size of the particular kind
advertised, the other containing a fair
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