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Value of Swine Pasture.

The value of the hog pasture will
depend on the kind of feed it contains
and the proportion that such feed oc-
cupies to the whole. Many of our hog
pastures contain only wild grasses of
which the feeder does not know the
constituents. In most cases he does
not even know the names of the wild
grasses on which the swine are feed
ing. Such a pasture is, at best, but
a poor substitute for a field of red
clover, or a field of rape, soy beans
or COW peas, of which the owner
knows the composition. In any case,
too much must not be laid upon the
pasture. The swine must have sup
Elementary grain ration unless they
are following cattle that are being
fed a large amount of corn. The pas
ture and the grain rations should be
in such balance and in such abund-
ance that the pigs can reach the
weight of 200 pounds in six months.
This is for pigs that are being pre-
pared for the pork barrel. With the
breeding stock il is different, and the
pasture. If a good one. with nutritious
clover or alfalfa, may be made to do
most of the work in the summer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-26
Thinning Peaches Pays.

Not every grower appreciates the
importance of thinning peaches. but
there can be no question of the neCes-
sity of the practice. if best results are
to be secured. The Michigan Expert
ment Station reports the following
concerning this matter:
"a thinning test was started In
1908, TO last over a period of three
years. OF one lot, one tree was thin
ned TO inches; one was thinned to
or inches. and one tree was left I'M
Trimmed. OF the other varieties. one
tree was thinned to inches and one
tree left unthinned. 1t was noted at
the end of the first seasons test that
all trees severely thinned were much
thl.iftier, and their foliage much
healthier, and did not fall from the
trees as early in the season as on I'M
thinned trees; that peaches from the
thinned trees sold for nearly double
as much as those from unthinned
trees The varieties chosen for the test
happened to ipen at a time when
there was a good demand. otherwise
peaches from unehinned trees would
have been unstable From a com.
mercial standpoint the be1efit from
heavy thinning was very apparent"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-26
CAPTIVATING Drilled Corn.

1t is generally conceded that more
corn can be grown on an acre in
drills than in hills, but in weedy land
the great trouble is to keep drilled
corn clean and free from weeds. The
great mistake in cultivating drilled
corn usually Is made at the first
working, when shovels Of medium size
to the rows. We find it no harder to
keep drilled corn free from weeds
than it is to keep hill corn clean, by
using the smoothing harrow across
the rows just as soon as the corn is up.
In four or five days second harrow
ing may be given and then the cult
vators be set to work.
Avoid leaving any furrow close to
the rows, and also be sure not TO
throw a ridge of earth up to the
plants. Keep the land just as level
as possible the first two or three
workings and then as the plants be-
gin to shade the ground they will do
much to smother out weeds. The later
cultivation of any corn is best given
by a one-horse five shovel cultivator
instead of the two-horse riding imple
ment, as with the former one can go
very shallow and keep at any desired
distance from the growing corn. We
believe there are too many high-priced
riding cultivators and not enough
small one-horse implements used. The
latter, diligently used, insure clean
crops.
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Point. of a Good Dairy Cow.

l Will endeavor to give a few of
what many years of experience has
taught me to believe are essential
points In selecting profitable dairy
COW, and will commence at the nose.
Take COW that can put hex lose in
uncup-you can take a lineup to milk
her in; but cow that it takes a buck
ct to get her nose in, you will have to
take a bucket to milk her in. In
other words, / want a cow or a calf
OF either sex, in order to make a prof.
liable dairy animal, to have a great
broad mouth $50 it can NOW wide
swath), with thin lips indicating
thin hide and fineness throughout. en-
aiding it to sift out most of the nutri-
ton in food consumed and return it
to you In its milk; with broad, open
nostrils, giving it good breathing ca
pacity; and short from nose to eyes
long in this space indicates long in
the legs; too much wind blows under
1t and soon dries up the milk. even if
they give a good flow in the start;
broad between the eyes, indicating
broad deep COW throughout, with good
heart, lungs, liver and digestive or
gans; large, full eyes, indicating plen-
~ of nerve force to carry out the re-
quirements Of the body; long from
eyes to horns. indicating good sense;
narrow between horns, indicating but
little combativeness and a mild dis
position; well developed body, not
"pot-gutted." with large teats and
plenty of loose skin for udder devel-
opment-but not large, meaty. fieshy
udder that will be nearly as large
after being MIXED as it was before;
long tail with a good switch to, enable
the COW to keep the flies from sucking
her blood that goes TO produce milk.
There are other indications, but these
are enough to give beginner start.
Harding Bailey, in Jersey Bulletin.
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story or the Delhi Diamond.

THE strangest story of my expert
ence," says Edwin William Streeter,
Iondon's famous diamond expert, lis
that in connection with the famous
Delhi diamond. This got into the pos
session of one of the hussars, but the
commanding officer forbade his re-
tanning it. as he would have nothing
to do with the loot.
The hussar. however. was not so
easily to be deprived of so precious a
gem, and he hit upon a very simple,
yet effective. expedient to retain pos
session OF 1t. He embedded it in a
pill, which he gave TO his horse, and
so got away with it.
Later he complained that his horse
was suffering from some mysterious
malady, and was unfit for service, di-
rectiug that it should be shot This
was done, the hussar subsequently
holding a secret post norton on his
dead steed and removing the diamond.
Thus the stone reached this country
and was purchased by the Duke Of
Brunswick. and from his grace &C
duired tt"
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The Cost of Making pnrk.

The sole purpose of finishing a
bunch of pigs at an early age is to
make them more profitable by saving
feed. 1t takes a certain amount mere
~ to keep them, and the shorter the
time they are kept the less this will
cost. So far it is g simple problem,
but there are other factors which en-
ter in. The pushing process may be
the most costly in the end because
1t requires the feeding of a large
quantity of high-priced grain or mill
stuffs, whereas by utilizing the pas
lures and the woods they may make
a cheaper growth and ultimately go to
market at less cost. 1t may be said
that the pasture has value in proper
ton to the grain. Sometimes it has
and sometimes it has not-all de-
ponds on what something else could
get out of it in the way of gain and
consequent cash. The point is that
early maturity in the sense of market
ing hogs at an early age is the best
thing only when it is the cheapest. A
man can afford to wait a couple of
months to put his pigs on the market
if by utilizing pastures or forage and
saving high-priced grain he can do it
cheaper. The cost of marketing a
takes to do it is the vital problem.
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A Perfect RicxcIe.

1t is an attribute of human nature
that every man carries in his head a.
rough price list of the merchantable
articles with which he is familiar. If
a price for house and lot or a collar
button is named lower than that which
he has in his mind, he thinks he is
either getting bargain or being cheat
ed. Many swindlers have made use of
this price, but one genius originated an
offer made a few years ago Of COM
plete bicycle for the preposterous price
of $3.4S. 1t was nickel plated, said the
advertisement, had a durable frame.
rams horn handle bars, and all other
modern improvements. with this ma
chine" it went on, you will never get
into trouble by puncturing or cutting
your tire" In short, so the advertiser
enthusiastically asserted, the wheel
was "a perfect charm" 1t was, in the
literal sense of the word, as the pur-
chasers found out, for the mail
brought a bicycle watch charm, made
of plated wire wrought in the form of
a bicycle. The tires were indeed I'M
puncturable. Every statement in the
advertisement was literally and exact
ly true.-Leslle's Monthly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-26

Coop for Growiug Chick.


Where chicks are raised in consider
able numbers. it is necessary to pro-
vide protection for them while they
are on the range. and house such as
is illustrated and described here may
be produced at small cost. Make
number of them and scatter them over
the range. Obtain number OF small
dry goods boxes, making the roof OF
any material one has on the farm or
buying the cheap hemlock lumber and
covering the cracks with laths or tar
red paper. In the gable end cut
large hole for ventilation and arrange
the opening in the front SO that some
means will be had for closing 1t so
that the storm may be shut on.
If one has but a few coops slid
ing window may be used to close the
front; if many coops are made the
opening may be closed by a sliding
door made of thin material. During
the summer, If this solid wood door
was used it would be advisable to
make the ventilation opening larger
and cover it with some coarse mesh
wire netting. Unless one has had ex-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-26
XIII Weeds Before Planting Corn.

The best time to kill weeds is be-
fore the corn comes up, but l can kill
more weeds in going over my ground
once with a drag or harrow before
the corn is planted than you can in
two or three times after the corn is
planted. My practice has been to fol-
low the breaking pillow with the drag,
if not too wet, and in few days
cross harrow, and in a few more days
harrow again and follow with the
planter or drill l drill exclusively. l
open a furrow two or three inches
deep and plant in the furrow; there
fore l cannot use the harrow or weed
er after my corn is planted, for it
would fill the furrow and cover the
corn too deep. | use the cultivator
with narrow shovels and tenders and
fill in the furrow gradually until it is
level, then keep the surface level Now
1 see some one holding up his hands
in horror at the idea of drilled corn
planted down in a furrow. l should
like to divide field with you; you
plant on the surface in hills, and
drill in the furrow; neither to use
hand hoe, and the one that has the
cleanest and most corn TO take the
crop.--I n. c., in Indiana Farmer.
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state Items of Interest.

Albert Johnson, whose home is at 255
115th street, Chicago. killed at
Abiemans by being run over by cars.
Prof. William Porter. for ffty-three
years instructor in Latin in Belot Col
lege and his wife celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary,
DR. George c. Gorst Of Baraboo has
been appointed and has accepted the
place of superintendent of Mendoza hos
pital for the insane. He is a well7known
Baraboo physician.
Thieves secured several hundred dol
lars in money and some $500 worth OF
gold watches. from the robbery OF the
residences Of J. f. Lloyd. Edward Ruger
and Mrs. PhiIlipson in GAINESVILLE.
The remains of Alfred Mi1ftz were in
tered at Kewaskum asst Saturday.
Heart failure overlook aim as he was on
his way home from San Francisco. and
he was found dead by the conductor Of
the train.
The body of Joseph Plourde a former
resident of Menominee. Mich. was re-
ceived at Marinette from Indianapolis.
4 certificate from the undertaken said
that ne had been murdered. Plourde
went under the name of ]. I. Williams
in Indianapolis.
Elisha l.. Bump. one Of the most prom
ilent attorneys in Wisconsin. died at
Waukesha OF Bright's disease Mr..
Bump was we'll known throughout Wis
consin. having at one time been a can
didate for place on the State Supreme
bench He came from New York IN 1869
and had resided in Waukesha since 1871.
Herman Oelke Of West Bend died in
Arizona. having been accidentally shct
by one Of his companions. Nothing WIS
known OF OeIl1e's whereabouts. as lie left
home on june !. unbeknown TO his par
ents. the message from Jerome Ariz.,
being the hrSt news received.
Al ApplefOa decisive step has been
taken By the mill owners. After waiting.
as they said they would. until the strik-
ers had been given chance 10 return
10 work. the owners Of the Atlas paper
mill opened with q full force Of nom
nnion u,en. The strike began June g.
and the manufacturers have shown no
signs Of weakening. They refuse to rec
ognize the union
Between midnight and 8 the other
morning, occurred one of the most fright
full accidents ID years at the Maileable
iron foundry in Beaver Dam. The night
fireman. John Rake. while in the upper
story Of the plant. inspecting the machin-
cry. lost his footing and fell many feet
into the machinery below. Death must
have been almost instantaneous. He was
about 40 years Of age and leaves a -ife
and several small children
Herman Bezke. 10 years old. was
drowned in Clear lake while bathing.
He os-4ss from boat and when he came
up called for help. but his companions
thought he was jesting. and made no
sfort to save him.
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what does that matter to me
CHAPTER XIX

do be quiet. Cruchot. So it is set
tied. quite settled" cried Grandet, taking
his daughter's hand and striking his own
into It. ''Yor viii not go back from
your word. Ecgenie? You are a Sood
girl"
In his joy he embraced his daughter,
almost suffocating her as he did so.
By noon next day the declaration was
drawn no. and Eugene herself signed
away all her rights 10 her heritage. Yet
4 wear slipped by. and the cooper had
not kept his promise, and Eugene had
NOT received q sou Of the monthly in
come which was to have been hers; when
Eugene spoke to him about it. half
laughingly. he hurried up 10 his room.
and when he came down again he hand
ed her s. third OF the jewelry which he
had purchased of his nephew.
There, child he said, with certain
sarcastic ring in his voice. will you
take these for your twelve hundred
francss"
"ohi father. really? wiu rou really
sire them TO me!"
You should have as much next year
again" said he. finging it into her lap:
land so. before very long. you viii have
all his trinkets." he added. rubbing his
hands. He had made a very coed bar
gain, thanks to his daughters sentiment.
and ,Tas In high good hnmor
Five years went BY In this way, and
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Lose from Bitter Rot.

The losses from bitter rot OF apples
are seldom appreciated. but the men
that have investigated them declare
them to be simply enormous for the
entire country. Professor Blair of the
University of Illinois. said last fall
that the losses from bitter rot in four
counties of Illinois had totaled for the
past season $1,5o0.O00. This was in
the four counties of Marion, Clay,
Richard and Wayne. Bitter rot is
fungous disease and can be controlled
to some extent by spraying. 1t is time
that apple growers awoke fully to the
enormous tax they are every year pay
ing to the fungous diseases that raw
age orchards. Could farmers elimi-
nate. even this one scourge OF bitter
rot we would add millions of dollars
TO the value of the apple crop.
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Minstrel Solves 3IystcTy of Pictures
Taken in Capitol Grounds.

Minstrel Solves Nryst>Ty of Pictures
Taken in Capitol Grounds.
In New York recently Lew" Dock
stader, the minstrel man. turned over
to the police the moving picture hlIes
that were used in a camera il the
capitol grounds at Washington, where
photographs were made of a man made
up to represent President Roosevelt
extending aid to a negro lying on the
ground. The films were surrendered
undeveloped.
Dockstade-s action followed a visit
from a police inspector after a secret
service officer from Washington had
made call at the detective bureau and
stated that the Washington police
wished the films.
II wished the pictures for a new
'monologue,' said Dockstader, after
leaving the inspectors office, land 1
am sorry that my venture should have
caused such commotion. Ii is not
true" he continued, that l was made
up to look like Booker T. Washington,
although the other man was meant to
resemble President Roosevelt it was
with the most innocent intention that 4
had my confederate made up as the
President"
What took place in the capitol
grounds in Washington is described by
Special Officer Jones, as follows:
About 7:50 o'clock Thursday morn
ing saw a man with big photograph
instrument setting up his machine
over by the George Washington statue
Two open carriages were hard by. /
saw a man get out of one and lie down
on the asphalt in front of the machine.
l went over to see what it meant
There on the ground was fellow
BACKED up as negro He was a big,
fat fellow, and wore regular min
strel outfit. AS l came up the other
carriage drove up, and from it alighted
a man who was dressed like President
Roosevelt. He helped the PROSTATE
negro into his carriage, offered him
cigar, tipping his hat to the negro as
the carriage drove Off | did not inter-
fere with them because photographs
are permitted to be taken in the road
ways of the capitol grounds" After
the picture taking Dockstader and
party took the first train to New York
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THE BADGER STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONclSELY
CONDENSED.
kenosha Insurance Man Caught in
Wildcat Frauds-,so Spooning in
GAINESVILLE Parks-Tate of Farmer
Who Tied a Cows Tail.

Walter Marshall Cowell, an insurance
operator of Kenosha, who was arrested
on a charge of writing wildcat" insur-
ance and using the mails TO defraud, was
bound over TO the federal grand jury His
bond was fixed at 5000, which he gave.
The arrest of Shanklin mad Jacobs. al
legged leaders in wildcat business in
Chicago, probably led 10 the arrest of
Cowell as it is claimed that Shanklin
and his companion, who have been in
many deals with t1Ie Kenosha man, turn
ed all his communications over TO the
federal officers and supplemented them
with an affidavit to ihe effect that they
were simply acting as the agents of
Cowell. Cowell has thrown open his
vaults TO the federal officials and de-
clares that ae viii furnish evidence which
will result il the entire Chicago crowd
being convicted
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SO "snooning,, in Parks.


Last winter GAINESVILLE was electrified
by the ordinance introduced by an ambi-
tious alderman, which, if passed, would
have prohibited loving couples from
"spooning' ON the school house and
church steps. The ordnance was defeat
ed by the efforts of Alderman Connell,
the only bachelor member of the Council.
At the last meeting of the Council an
other bombshell was sprung by Alderman
Matheson, law partner of Senator White
head. which, if passed, will cause electric
lights to be strung in the vicinity of all
the secluded places in the city parks TO
prevent lovers from 'spooning." Alder
man Cornell has again objected strongly
to this measure and by his persuasive
power the ordinance was held up until a
later meeting Of the Council. Cornell
has been flooded with letters of thanks
from GAINESVILLE young women
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no event disturbed their monotonous
existence. Eugene and her father lived
a life of methodical routine with the
same regularity of movement that char
acterized the old clock Every one knew
that there had been profound sorrow
i'll Mile. Grandet's life: every circle in
Saumur had its suspicious as to the state
of the heiress' heart. but she never let
fall word that could enlighten any one.
In the year 1927 her father began to
feel the inirmities of age. and was ob.ig-
ed to take her still further into his com
fdence; she learned the full extent of his
landed possessions. Grandet had reach
ed the age of 50, and toward the end Of
the year had a paralytic seizure. from
which he never rallied. Death came up
at last, and the vine growers strong
frame wrestled with the Destroyer.
So Eugenie Grandet was alone in the
world, and her house was left to her
desolate There was no one but Nanon
with whom she could talk over her trou-
bles; she could look into no other eyes
and find a response in them big Nanon
was the only human being who loved her
for herself. For Eugene. Nanon was a
providence; she was no longer a ser
want, she was a humble friend.
NJ. Cruchot informed Eugene that she
had three hundred thousand Iivres
year, derived from landed property. be-
sides six millions in the 3 per cents and
in ready money two millions in gold. and
hundred thousand francs In silver,
without counting any arrears that were
due. Altogether her property amounted
to about seventeen million francs
Where can my cousin be?' she said
to herself.
On the day when NJ. Cruchot laid
these facts before his new client togeth-
er with the information that the estate
was now clear. Eugene and Nanon sat
on either side OF the hearth in the par
lor, now so empty and so full of Inem-
cries. Everything recalled past days,
from her mothers chair set on its wood
en- blocks TO the glass tumblcr out OF
which her cousin once drank.
ITO he continuadl
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Sues His Mother-in-Law.

An action to recover damages in the
sum of $4,000 for the alleged alternating
OF his wife's affections has been institute
ed by j. II. Robinette of Minneapolis
against Alice McMillen of Oshkosh. j..
p Robinette is the fourth husband of
Jessie McMillen Quaw Radford Meyer
Robinette, an adopted daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert McMillen, and Alice
McMillen is the widow of the late mill
ionaire lumberman of Oshkosh. 1t is
alleged that the defendant promised the
plaintiffs wife beautiful home and un-
limited money if she would leave her hus-
band She is worth 100000 and will
fight the suit bitterly.
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Treatment Coz scratches.

The best treatment for scratches is
10 put one ounce each OF suiphate Of
CINE. sugar-of- lead End powdered alum
into a quart bottle, Ill with pure soft
water and shake well. Saturate the
sore places well once day for
week. then apply sweet OH TO the scab
once a day 10 soften the scab and
make il peel on: then wash with
warm water and CASTLE soap. II the
horse Is used while being cured. al
says clean and DIR the legs. rubbing
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water for fhe swine.

Pure water does~more than quench
the thirst of the hog. Ii enters large
ly into the composition of flesh; it as
sists in digestion by acting as a sol
vent for food elements; it is a vehicle
for carrying of the poisonous wastes
of the system. which. If not thus re-
moved. are often reabs0rbed by the
system, either creating diseases or
conditions favorable 10 disease raw
ages. When the drinking water hap
mems to be unwholesome in itself. the
possible double mischief is easily IN
derstood.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-26

The utility in cooking feed for ami
ruals, and especially for pigs, was
given most attention in the days previ-
Gus to investigations by experiment
stations. Cooking feed is no longer
regarded as an economical practice for
fattening animals. However. for breed
ing stock and sick animals, and for
animals which it is desired TO put into
the very highest condition. cooking
may be practiced with good results. if
expense Is disregarded. Pigs so fed
show marked thriftiness and health.
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-Four Peonle Poisoned.

Three members of Attorney Kuechen-
meister's family of West Bend and lit
tie fresh air" boy came near being fa-
tally poisoned. They were stopping at
Cedar lake and became i'll after dinner.
Ii is believed that some of the baking
powder used in the cooking was poison
GUS All the patients are now considered
out of danger, owing to timely medical
attention.