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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28
Can a Farmer Make Money!


My answer is that very many farm
ers do make money. One must first
consider what the investment Is in an
ordinary farm. A general farm OF
eighty acres, with usual improve
ments, would not inventory more than
$4,000 to $9,O0O With the larger fig
ure the net income at 10 per cent
should be $500; yet no farm that Is
considered to be at all profitable pro-
duces so little income as this The
daily living, which must be charged to
income, would amount to more than
this. If the general farmer comes
out even at the end Of the year, he
has, nevertheless, made good rate
on his investment, and he has In
creased the value Of his home at the
same time. The difficulty with farm
ing, considered from the financial
point of view, is not that the rate OF
income is low, but that the amount OF
profitable investment is small Con
sidered in it's bearing on the national
welfare, this fact is propitious, for 1t
means that the farm provides an In
dependent business Of small resources.
Considered as means Of producing
great individual fortunes, however, the
farm is inadequate, and it Is to be
hoped that it always will be SO, for at
least one great profession or business
should be measured in other terms
than money producing power for the
individual.
There is untold wealth in the SOIL
There are practically no exhausted
soils; they are mostly humus robbed
and poorly handled soils. No one has
ever yet reached the limit, on any con-
siderable scale, Of what the soil is
capable of producing. Many men
make a comfortable living on ten to
fifty acres of land, and yet they al
ways expect to produce more next
year. Only here and there are we be-
ginning to develop a really scientific
and businesslike agriculture
The opportunities in farming are
great. 1t is almost impossible for a
man to fail if he knows the business
and has abilities that would lead him
to success in other undertakings. It
Is a general belief that almost any
man can leave the city and make a
living on farm. This is a grievous
error. Farming must be learned, as
must engineering or teaching. It can
not be learned from book or a bulle-
tin. but by farming. The older the
man when he makes a radical change
of business the less are his chances Of
success If he has been in a subor-
dinate position in his former business,
his chances of success in farming are
less, for he will probably be deficient
in executive handling and initiative.
Often a druggist Or a preacher will
think that he can go to farming with
every assurance of success; yet he
would not think that farmer could
go into the drug business or to preach
ing. Yet many a business man and
many q preacher makes a most sue
cessful farmer-L. H. Bailey, in New
York Tribune
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28
Silace and Roots.

A silo fer storing corn is cheaper
than a barn for storing hay. \ silo
holding about two hundred tens may
be constructed for about $3.50. About
twice the number Of cows may be
kept on q farm if the silo Is used. The
ensilage may be kept over and fed
during the dry and hot months of July
and August, when pastures are short,
and that is the most difficult time to
keep up the flow of milk, ard if cows
once drop in the flow of milk it is we'll
nigh impossible to get them to regain
the full flow. When dairymen do not
have silos the next best thing is roots,
such as stock beets, which yield six
hundred to seven hundred bushels per
acre, and may be preserved in base
ment, barns or in root cellar.-Ameri-
can Cultiyator
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28
Farm Notes.

The greatest mistake that can be
made is to allow stock to deteriorate in
the winter time with the hope Of re-
gaining what has been lost when grass
comes.
The sheep will find quite an amount
of forage on the stubble field which
other animals will not touch at this
season, but because a sheep is willing
to eat what it can find in that manner
should not deprive it from receiving
regular rations at the barnyard.
Agriculture will not have attained
the highest place until farms Of the
country have been made to produce
annually the full measure Of their ca
pacity. This means rotation, fertili-
zation and host of other things that
must come with progressive farming.
Every farmer should have q few
grapevines They serve as arbors or
| shade, and can be grown where they
will not take up much space. All poul
try yards will be improved if grape
vines are grown along the fences and
the fowls will find shade under the
Overhanging branches in summer
Hemp can be easily grown in nearly
all sections of this country, but the OBJ.
stacle to it's successful cultivation is
the labor Of preparing it for market
There Is wide field for inventive
genius in deyising appropriate machin-
cry for specially treating hemp and
other fibrous plants which demand
more labor in some sections than can
be proftably bestowed Oh them.
In constructing a poultry house it is
best to have its face to the southwest,
as the sun will then send in it's warmth
as soon as it rises. The sun Will warm
the house until about o'clock in the
afternoon in the winter. If the house
faces the south, as is usually the GUS
tom, the suns rays will not enter be-
fore 9 or 10 o'clock, although the morn
ing Is the NEST important time for re-
celving the benefit.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28
LATEST MARKET REPORTS.
MILWAUKEE, OCTOBER 90, 1905.
Ego AND DAIRY MARKETS.

MILWAUKEE Eggs Market steady
strictly fresh laid loss off, cases returned,
nc; cases included, do, 2112c; at mark 1917
WZoc' storage, city. April, No /. zoe: stor-
age country, 1SM19c: seconds lie; checks.
loc. Ihere is good local demand with
only fatr supply. Receipts were 15J
, butter-Firm; choice grades are in gool
Neuahd; low grades of dairy are slow sale;
creamery, extra, per lb, 21c; prints, 21Ar;
ISIS l95I, 1SQl9c; seconds 16M17c; dairy prints,
io1gc' Iancy dairy. 1719c; lines, 14M16Rc;
p PACE 1t; stock, 12c; whey, Ice Receipts
theess-Firm. The demand continues
lily on Brick and easy on Linburger.
m,uppiy LIBERAL demand good; American
1at cream twins, 110p11Mc: Young Alneri-
~, 1-WI212c; Daisies. 12M1215c; Long
ii 1l'na, l2@121?c; low grades, SM10c; Lin
DulseF' per Id, new, No. /, S1a00c: off
i Ia sac; fancy new Brick. sNs!1ac;
n ,,i",o, Swiss. domestic 1lM111zc; fancy loaf,
: WiZEc; No. =. SM10c; Sapsago, 2oc.
Receipts were 5000 lbs.
MUSCODA-Chcese, 27J boxes twins and
60 daisies offered; twins withdrawn; daisies
sold 1T 10Ic.
CHICAGO : Butter = Steady; creamercs,
1J1aM21C; dairies, 1401Sc. Eggs-Steady
at mark, cases included. 1SM19hc. Cheese
Easier: daisies, 1O@M11c; tw.ns, 101ac:
Young Americas, lie. Poutry-Steady
turkeys, 13@14c; chickens, hens. 9@1cc;
springs. 10kM11c.
N-Butter-OfIerings, 295 tubs sales,
30 at 211ac; 40 at 21&c. Official market
.11Ac. firm.
WATERTOWN-Ch sales 75CO at ia
IKE for large white and lie for large
cOlored, small white, and twins.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28
NgufdInr in Spain.

Never in my life have 1 seen such
wrapping and muff1ing as have seen
in Spain. The men here wear very
heavy cloaks-heavier than any outer
garment we have in America except
fur coats. These cloaks are usually
lined with colored plush; the insides
Of the front flaps are often lined with
red or green or yellow plush, and
often with two colors. Sometimes the
men have pointed hoods to their
cloaks, but even when the cloaks are
not hooded the wearers wrap the
capes around their threats and mouths
and even around their heads. I have
often seen a Spaniard going along
wrapped in a cloak and with muf-
fer bound around his head, so that
only one ear, one eye and one nostril
were exposed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28
AN IDEA FOR CORN FEEDERS.

steers. 1t is supported by 2x4 braces
as shown at C C C. Cuopla d is we'll
opened for free ventilation. The floor
Is raised one foot in the center so as to
make sufficient fall for feed to drop
into feed trays, f. A slide, g, Ike inches
by Is feet, may be used to regulate the
flow of grain into manger. It should
have two handles attached as shown.
The door to the scoop hole should be
made with slides similar to a scoop
board, as at a, ard about 2X211s feet,
that there may be no waste of corn
while filling the crib. The 2x4's, b.
which form the bottom, should project
on each side about 90 inches to build
the feed trough.-A. w. Heide, in
Farm and Home
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28
Rain and the Hay Product.

Every farmer strives to get his hay
beyond the washing influence Of rain
as soon as possible. Rain water may
dissolve and remove more than 10 per
cent Of the dry matter Of hay, and
what is thus removed may represent
quite 20 per cent Of the feeding value.
Half an inch of rain means some fifty
tons of water per acre, and If the crop
be equally spread over the ground, 1t
is, Of course, subjected to the whole
Of the washing influence Of this guam
tity OF water But If the crop be put
into cocks that occupy only one-tenth
OF the area, 1t follows that the hay
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28

like harpoons, some have prongs, one Is
a steel club, some have single and dou-
BILE moon blades, another Is like a
spear Or pike pole, one blade Is like an
inverted half-rnoon and some are like
forks. The blades are Of extra fine
steel, almost as sharp as razors. The
weapons weigh from five to twelve
pounds each and some Of them came
from the residences Of Chinese man
dHrinS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28
SI1e:led Corn Self Feeder

My style Of feed crib can be made
Of any size, so as to suit any number
Of cattle. Mine, however, is 6 feet
wide, Is long and 10 high. 1t mas run
ners, G., underneath, that it may be
readily moved to any place desired.
The roof is extended out 50 as to keep
grain dry as well as the backs Of
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28
DOWIE MUST WALK.
Sacriligious Deputy Sheriff Seizes
Prophets Team and Drives
Away.

New York, Oct. 26.-An attachment
was served today on the Dowies' coach
and team. AS the vehicle was being
driven past the Fifth Avenue hotel, a
deputy sheriff jumped on the drivers
seat. served the attachment on the
coachman, seized the coach and team
and drove off with them.
Defended Zionite.
The attachment is said to be for $1,000
and was secured by Attorney Robert T..
Farley, his claim being for services rem
White Plains, former Zionte who was
convicted of allowing his child to die
without medical assistance.
The usual early morning service Of the
Zion restoration host in Madison Square
garden today was attended by a large
crowd Of Zion citizens, with small
sprinkling of outsiders. Dowie attended
Today begins the last week Of the Host 5.
restoration work in this city.
Meetings Unsuccessful
An admission made by elijah" from
the stage was that his early morning
sacrifice of praise and prayer" meetings
have not been a success. Our early
morning prayer meeting" began Dowie,
was held at $50 o'clock in the hope it
might help people who had to go TO
business early, but 1t was found exceed
ingly inconvenient for the host. so I've
determined that the host shall have
breakfast at $50 o'clock. while the meet
ings will be held at $50"
Dowie denied the report that his wife
had taken 100000 in bonds and secur-
tiles in an iron box to Australia. He
said she had no iron box with her. One
of the overseers explained further that
the aggregate wealth Of Zion City
amounted to only $4,000. 900, and that
Dowie laid claim to only 5 per cent. of it.
Don't Know Who Father Was
In his morning address today. Dowic
said that he had no right to the name
of Dowie and that he did not know who
his own father was. The occasion for
the statement was certain letters pub
lished By morning newspaper purporr-
ing to show that Dowie had cast off his
own father. Years ago. Dowie said. he
had the painful revelation made to him
that John Murray Dowie, to whom the
letter was written, was not his father.
He said the elder Dowie handed him GER
tain documents on which he would speak
tonight. Dowie declared that he was
glad the matter was out as the letter had
been in the hands of certain persons for
years.
Wants Newspaper Censor.
During his address he again denounced
the newspapers and demanded the eStab-
llshment of a censorship to protect clergy
men, politicians, judges and business
men from newspaper attacks. The house
to house visitation in Jersey City by
DoWleites was begun.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28
MILWAUKEE HAY MARKET

Timothy. firm; CARROTS, cnolcc timothy,
l1.250i11.50; No. l timothy. IU.0li11 UO: No.
> timothy. S.ORd950 clover and clover
mixed. 1.2JMS.50.
Prairie hav steady: choice Kansas Ii 81
M11T5: No. l Kansas 1030U11 GO; No. >
S.;Vd9.OO.
stray steady: rye. 7.50@T.75: oats, 800
80: wheat, 4.25Gi4.50 packing hay, 7.O0d
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28
MILWAUKEE LIVE STOCK MARKET

HOGS-Receipte, l car; market higher;
light. ) }3M5.6n; mixed. $50 to 30 lbs
.i..io1iJ.e5; packers, 4.9GGLJ.25; pigs, SO 10
40 lbs. 4.JUNI5.VG.
CATTLE-Receipts. none: lower. calves
steady; butchers steers. medium 10 good,
1850 to 1900 lbs, 3.750i4.J0; fair to medium,
30 20 1850 lbs, 3.CGM3.J0: heifers, common,
2.2oM2.oO: good, 3.CcGI3.I5: cows fair TO
good, 2.4ONt2.S5; Gamers. 1851 10: cutters,
2.GOd2.2o; bulls, common, :. 15012. 40; choice
2.GGU3.OO: feeders. 500 to $50 lbs, 2.cO0
500; Stockers, 500 TO 80 les. 2.U(lu2. 30:
veal CALVES heavy, 2J0d3.50: choice, 550il
go Miikers-Common, 13.U0d2J00; choice,
80 C00I42. 90
$50; bucks 2.25M2.50: lambs 375M4I5
Chicago receipts: Hogs, 1900; cattle,
$1,000; sheep, 5000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28


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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28
CHICAGO POTATO MARKET.

Chicago. H.. Oct. 2G-[Specia l-itoport-
ed by Coyne Bros: Potato market is ac-
tive and higher: best white stock. JSG760c;
fail to good, 5J0l5Ic Receipts, 30 cars,
which includes two days. Sunday and Mon
day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28
Little or No Hone.

She-Hasn't she given you the least
hope?
He-I believe she has; the least she
ever gave to any fellow Philadelphia
Ledger.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28

Often the explanation has nothing to
do with the case.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28

at the outside in easy reach of the
fowls.-J. D. Spooner, in Farm and
Home
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28
Coon for Eutteuin1 Chickens.


Where 1t is desired to take extra
pains in fattening chickens, it is nee
essary to confne them in close quar-
tiers for two or three weeks before kill
ing. The coop shown herewith is ideal
for this purpose. 1t is set Oh legs 27s
feet above the ground for convenience
in caring for the fowls. The coop Is
about 2 feet wide, 5 feet long, and
2 feet inches high, and will easily
hold six birds.
The bottom should be constructed OF
Stats. somewhat closer together than
the sides and ends, SO that the drop
pings may fall through. The coops
should be placed under roofs to shed
rain and to protect the fowls from the
hot sun. In cold weather it would be
necessary to protect them still more
by placing the coops in buildings. Feed
troughs and water vessels are attached
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28

VIII be affected by only one-tenrn or
the rainfall, that is to say, by FIVE in
stead Of fifty tons of water. Not only
does water actually wash out much Of
the soluble and most valuable constit-
uents Of hay, but it also removes the
aroma, and leaves the crop much less
color, too, suffers, and with it the sell
ing value Massachusetts PlOughmGn
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28
Wants Newspaper Censor.

During his address he again denounced
the newspapers and demanded the estab
hshment of a censorship to protect clergy
men, politicians, judges and business
to house visitation in Jersey City by
DONieiteS was begun
Americus times-recorder., 1903-05-16
Extension of Line Rronoaed.


San Francisco, May 15.-The board
of directors of the California North.
western Railroad company took the
first step today toward the extension
of its line from Willitts in Mendocino
county to Eureka, Humbolt county,
by organizing a new company to be
known as the San Francisco and Eu.
reka Railroad company, with a capi-
tai stock of $10,000,OO0. This COM
pany entirely disassociates from any
plans which the Southern Pacific rail.
road and Santa Fe may have for OBJ
tanning a foothold in Humbolt county
and has been incorporated in further
ance of an independent plan for ex-
tending the California and Northwest
ern westward to .Humbolt county.
Americus times-recorder., 1903-05-16
CRUELTIES ALMOST
SURPASS BELIEF
Horrible Mutilation of Jews
at Kishineh.
STATEMENT OF HEAD PHYSICIAN

Victims Eyes Were Put Out, Nails
Driven Into Their Heads and Their
Limbs Sawed Off-Thousands Now
Without Food or Shelter.
New York, May 15.-Dr. Doroschew-
ski, the head physician Of the Nation
al hospital at Kishineff, after exam
lining the dead and wounded has Civ
en- the following specific instances of
hideous cruelty, says a dispatch from
Kishineff, Bessarabia, to The World;
"A JewesE named Sara Fonarschi,
was brought here with two nails,
inches long, driven into her brain
through her nose.
"One Jew was brought in with one
hip, both ankles and wrists broken,
his severed hands and foot dangling
by the skin.
"a Jew named Charlton had lost
his upper and under lips, which had
been cut away with kitchen knife,
after which his tongue and windpipe
had been pulled out through his mouth
with pinchers.
"The ears of a Jew named Seller
had been cut away and his head bat
tered in IL pieces. He was raving
maniac.
"a carpeter was surprised at work
and both his hands were sawed off
with his own saw.
"A Jewish girl was assaulted by
several brutes, who then cut her eyes
out with a pocket knife.
"One woman, after trying to de.
fend her children, was thrown upon
the pavement, disemboweled, and
feathers and horse hair from her bed
were stuffed into her body.
Small children were flung out OF
windows and trampled upon by the
mob.
"Forty-seven were killed on the
spot. 80 died Of their injuries and 500
are under treatment. Many will be
cripples for life"
-Four thousand Jews are without food
or shelter, and it is impossible for
them to get away.
Americus times-recorder., 1903-05-16
TRAGEDY AT Ell PAso, TEX.
Mysterious Affair Occurs In Ramona
House In that CitY


Ell Paso, Texas, May 15.-George M.
Peterson and Mrs. E. M. Fairchild
were shot and killed here this morn.
ing in the Ramona House. The ho-
tel keeper, awakened by a rapping on
his door, found Peterson in the hall
who said he had been shot by Mrs.
Fairchild and that she had also shot
herself.
The proprietor went to call assis-
tance and while he was gone three
shots were fired. When he came back
both were dead. The woman was
lying on a bed in a pool of blood. Mrs
Fairchilds' husband is a travelling
salesman. Peterson came here a
short time ago. The cause of the
shooting is unknown. The evidence
indicates that Peterson did the shoot
ing. His father is a wealthy com.
mission merchant at Amherst, Wis.
Mrs. FairchiId was registered from
Denver.
Americus times-recorder., 1903-05-16
HOUSE
FIRE CLAIMS VICTIMS
Building In Chicago Rapidly
Consumed.
GREAT PANIC AMONG TENANTS.
Besides Those Known to Have Perish
ed One Man Is Missing and Many
Other Persons Were More or Less
Seriously Injured.

L
ed One Man Is Missing and Many
Other Persons Were More or Less
Seriously Injured.
Chicago, May 1.-Two lives were
lost in a fire that destroyed the West
chester apartment building at 5O12
Cottage Grove avenue. early today One
man is missing and is supposed to
have perished in the flames, while two
persons were probably fatally and
others seriously injured by jumping
from the windows. The dead are:
Louis Phasa, 10 years old.
Harry Strubley, so years old.
Those missing:
William Huebel, 80 years old.
Those injured:
Theodore Whitley, arm broken; Pat
rick Bolger, hands cut; Nelson Lund-
berg, badly burned about head.
Mis-. G. D.. Hoffman had her back
broken and is internally injured; Louis
Herbert also had his back broken.
The dead girl was found in the hall
on the second floor of the building,
where she had apparently been over
come by smoke while cropping her
way to the stairs. The body of
Strubley was recovered from the base
ment where he was accustomed to
sleep. 1t is thought he was rendered
insensible by the smoke and was then
drowned by the deluge of water from
the engines.
The fire started beneath a grocery
store which occupied the ground floor
OF the building, and spread rapidly
through the shafts until the entire
building was ablaze,
Twenty-seven families live in the
apartments on the three upper floors,
and many persons narrowly escaped
injury in the panic which followed the
alarm of fire. The property loss on
the building and contents is estimated
at $4,000.
]. 7. Hoffman, husband of the in
jured woman, saved his two children
by throwing them from the second
story window upon a mattress. His
wife, however. fell to the ground. 1t
is thought that she will die Sam
Hall occupied a room in the basement
with Strubley. His body was not
recovered, but he is thought to have
met the same fate as Strubley, and
the ruins are being searched for his
remains.
Ambulances were hurried to the aid
of the injured, while neighbors provid-
ed clothing in abundance for the un-
fortunates, many of whom were un.
able to save any portion of their ef-
fects from the flames.
Americus times-recorder., 1903-05-16
NEW YORK sUBWAY STRIKE.
ExcaVator3 and Rockmen Discuss Diff
ferences with Contractors.

anu TNCGhIIiCI DISCUSS LII
ferenCes with Contractors.
New York, May 15.-Members of
the EXcavators and Rockmen's unions
held meeting today and discussed
their differences with the contractors,
especially those concerned in the sub
way work. These strikers decided
to maintain their position and keep
away from work. There were no spe-
cial incidents to the meeting.
Plckets of strikers in groups of five
were stationed on all the corners in
the italian quarter They talked
with the strikers who seemed to be in
clined to go back. These strikers
decided to maintain their position and
keep away from work When the
Italian subway strikers threatened a
workman in the Bronx today he bran
dished a revolver. A policeman ar
rested him while the strikers escaped.
The workman was subsequently re-
leased by the magistrate before whom
he was arraigned. Two hundred
Italian striking workers warned 70 of
the WOrkmen in the Bronx to quit
work on pain of death. Four of the
strikers were arrested.
Americus times-recorder., 1903-05-16
Awaiting Analysis Of Chemists.

Cincinnati, May 15.-The coroner
has not yet begun the inquest on Ben
jamin Fisher, who died from the effect
of drinking poisoned whiskey sent to
Mrs. Noble, of this city, from Mem.
phis. He is awaiting the work of
chemists, who are examining the pois.
onous fluid and also is waiting the re.
suit Of the poison on the other vic
Tins. DAILY and Burbank are still in
a critical condition, although both
have been able to take nourlshment.
Stevens, third victim, is in fair
way to recovery while HerbiIe, the
youngest of the victims, is already
well
The general opinion of physicians
and chemists in advance of analysis
is that the poison used was strycb.
nine.