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The Colfax chronicle., 1904-04-16
Red Clover with Oats.

The man who is SO situated that he
can use purchased protein feeding
stuffs profitably is able to enrich his
land in the cheapest way possible.
When he is buying bran, middlings,
ETC., he is getting the elements we pur-
chase in commercial fertilizer-nitro-
gen, phosphoric acid and potash. Sta
BILE manure is variable quantity, so
far as actual value is concerned. The
character of the food largely deter
mines the character of the manure.
When concentrated foods are used, the
manure is rich. The protein foods
that are rich in mineral matter-as
bran, for example-bring to the farm
relatively large quantities of such fer
tility as good commercial fertilizer
contains. II these foods can be used
with profit in feeding, the fertilizer is
gotten without cost. The direct ma
nurial value of some protein feeds is
as great as their selling price, or rather
would be If they were available in the
ground and needed in the proportion
found and capable of even distribution
like commercial fertilizers. While these
conditions are not met, and one-fourth
Of the fertility may be taken out by
the stock, we can see how rapidly a
farm may be built up in this way if the
manure is carefully saved and evenly
spread upon the ground. The man
who buys feed for stock is buying fer
tility.-Farm and Fireside.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-04-16
siInse For Fattening steers.

Prof. Soule, of the Tennessee sta.
tion, says: We had 16 grades Short
horn steers on feed; in $50 days we
made gain Of 1,442 pounds, or daily
average of 2.40 pounds per steer. This
is a good gain for average feeding.
Any man can make good gaiHs with
silage il fed properly. II addition to
silage we fed some cotton-seed meal
as means of finishing. There is no
question of the feeding quality of corn
at the finish, but do not believe that
it would be or is advisable to feed it
throughout the whole period. We have
found corn silage to be cooling as q
roughage. We grind our corn and
cobs into a fine meal, and this works
we'll with silage as a feed. We feed
cotton-seed meal, but the hogs do not
follow the cattle. We fed as high as
10 pounds of cotton-seed meal to these
steers on silage without any evil eff
fects on the steers, but do not believe
this woul4 he possible with any other
roughage but silage."
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-04-16

Many girl has regained her faded
beauty, many matron has heightened
the days of her comely appearance by
using Peruna.
Peruna produces clean mucous menu
branes, the basis of facial symmetry
and perfect complexion.
The women have not been slow to dis
cover that a course of Peruna will do
more toward restoring youthful beauty
than all the devices known to science.
While it is true that Peruna cures ca
tarrh wherever located, yet tits advisa-
bile for everyone to use Peruna as a
preventive and not wait until catarrh
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-04-16
PERPETUAL PASSENGER.
Woman Utilizes Extraordinary Priv
ilege Accorded Her for
Brave Act.

1t sometimes happens that trivial cir.
cumstances lead to an entire change in
the course of ones life. In an article
describing some of the queer things that
are done by persons to whom passes have
been given in return for valuable service
an eastern newspaper tells of young
woman to whom such a pass was in ef-
feet means of gaining living: "a
good many years ago there dwelt a young
woman on the coast of England not very
far from the mouth of the Mersey She
was used to seeing the waves come comb
ing to the cliffs on which her home was
built and she was not afraid of the wa
ter. On wintry night the storm howled
around the chimneys and she knew that
many a poor sailor lad was in distress
far out at sea.
''She was of the plucky build who do
not fear the elements at their worst, and
so she left her cottage and watched.
Soon she observed the lights Of steamer
making for the shore, and If the course
was continued she knew there would be
a bad wreck and probably many lives
lost So she fixed up ''flare"-which
at sea means any old sort of thing
which will attract attention by the blaze
1t makes. Her flare was seen and under
stood and the ship kept off the coast until
there was sufficient light to make the
mouth of the river. The ship was a
peninsular and oriental boat, making
Liverpool on a special trip. One Of the
directors of the line heard the story and
became so interested that he visited the
girl in her cliff home. She would not ac-
cept money for her act, but he finally
forced on her life pass on the line OF
steamers which run so far to the east
that they meet themselves coming back.
| She took the pass and laid 1t away.
Some time elapsed and she did not
seem to be caught up by any likely young
man. She got so that it was necessary
| to support herself. when she suddenly
remembered the pass. She put it into
| effect at once This woman. no longer
a girl, now makes her home on the PENN
sular and oriental steamers and has
visited every port from Hakodate, In
Japan, to the Mersey mouth. She is the
only original globe trotter, for she is al
ways moving and seeing queer harbors
| The pass was given merely as an exhibi.
ton of good will, but it proved life
saver for her. She practically married
the steamship line"
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-04-16
VALUE OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS
ProdigiouS Amount OF Money Invest
ed in Agriculture in the
United States.

II the average city man were asked
how he thought the price of domestic
animals in the United States compared
with the market values year ago, he
would doubtless think first of the cost
of meat Then, says the Cleveland
Leader, he would remember that auto
mobiles were much more in evidence
than they were IL months back in the
history Of tbe motor carriage business;
He could not be expected to have more
than dim and uncertain notions of the
price of sheep, which is greatly affected
by the market for wool.
So the average town-dweller would
be likely to guess that cattle we're at
least as high as they were year ago.
He would have the same opinion as to
hogs, and he would think of what the
butcher asks for lamb and mutton, and
put sheep in the same class. He might
estimate the average price of horses
somewhat less than it was at the be-
ginning of 1903.
Once year the American Agrucultur-
alist, weekly paper devoted to farm
interests. takes much pains to ascertain
the market value of domestic animals
in the United States and the changes
which have taken place in the IL
months preceding. This winter its fig
ures seem to prove that the natural
guess of the city man would be wrong
in all respects.
Cows kept for milk are about So per
cent. cheaper. Other cattle are report
ed to average 13 per cent. less in mar
| ket value than a year ago. Hogs are
about nine per cent. lower Sheep have
lost ~ per cent. of their market price.
But horses are rated six per cent. more
than they were last winter.
| 1t is clear that the automobile has
not hurt the market for horses in any
such sense as might have kept the ad-
vance from being as great as 1t would
otherwise have been. As for the de-
cline in the price of farm animals used
for human food and the lack of any
corresponding change in the cost OF
meat to consumers, that is a sore poini
with many people who are obliged tc
consider carefully what they buy. Il
the great packing companies and thu
retail dealers in meats have any goot
explanation for the conditions reported
they keep it to themselves. The curl
osity of the public is not satisfied.
The enormous value of domestic AMI
mails, in the aggregate is shown mos
strikingly by the fact that the declin,
in market prices during the past year
a change which has not been more thai
about three per cent. is calculated at
net decrease of $120,000,0OO. Nothing
more is NEEDED to show how vast the farm
ing interests of the American people ar
and how prodigious the investment o
the nation in agriculture has become
1t is still the greatest of all industries.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-04-16
HERE AND THERE.

The vermin, which are so trouble
some among chickens can do little on
ducks and geese, because of the heavy
down; they are also subject to few
diseases, and easy to raise.
The most economic way to begin
with pure-bred poultry is to buy eggs.
Set them under a good hen. You may
raise some as good as the breeder
from whom you obtained them, and
which could not be purchased except
at large price.
With all our wisdom and skill In
breeding, no one has yet produced a
COW that will make as much milk
from discomfort as she will from COM
fort. An animal of extreme hardness
may be produced; but good, paying
cows are not built on those lines.
Some farmers spend enough time in
looking for tray stock to more
than keep their fences in good repair.
1t Is not pleasant work looking for
strays, especially when they are found
in some other mans lot, neither is II
conducive to neighborly friendship.
It is often recommended that male
fowls be separated from the flock as
soon as the laying season is over. Ws
are not in sympathy with this, as II
is not natures method. The males
are the hens natural defenders and
associates, and they are lonesome
without him.
There is often ''runt" pig among
the others, and, il fed with the others
he does not get his share. He should
be put in pen by himself, or the
trough should be SO arranged that
each one will have an equal chance
Stats nailed across the trough helps
some.
It IL not always the largest hog thai
pays, but the hog that will put on the
largest gain in the least time with the
least outlay of fed. A pig that drops
In April should make good-sized hos
by the close of the year. In order tc
do this, 1t win be necessary to have
him well bred, and then he should bt
wen Ted.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-04-16
HOW TWO BEAUTIFUL WOMEN ESCAPED
DREAD CATARRH BY USE OF PE-RU-NA.
Catarrh Robs Women of Health and Beauty.
Pe-rr-,a Makes Women Healthy and Beautiful

Miss Amanda johnson, Fairchild, Wis, writes
sIwrite to tell you how much Peruna benefited me.
For mum Der of years pain in my head around my
eyes, and thought because needed treat
ment Invent oculis and had glasses fitted to my
ewes and wore them for some time but felt relief
whatever In fact felt than before and came to
the trouble not with my eyes, but
with my head and that it must be catarrh AS SO many
Of NV friends had used Peruna with benefit for this
trouble thought would try it. was not sorry that
did so for in short time began to improve, and In
four weeks my eyes were in splendid condition. my
general health much improved and all the catarrh
of the head was gone was glad to get rid OF this
trouble and am glad to endorse such good medicine
Peruna."-Miss Amanda Johnson.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-04-16
COTTON BELT SITUATION.
The Principal Dangers Are Boil
Weevil, Over-PrOdUcttOn ana
Neglect of Home Supplies.

Cotton growers were never before
on a better financial footing or more
hopeful to the future than now, with
the possible exception of ante-bellum
DAYS. Among their enemies, however,
are the boil weevil, danger of over
production and the neglect to raise
necessary home supplies. These must
be combatted while prosperity lasts.
Improve the home by judicious ex-
penditure of surplus cash, raise meat,
vegetables, ETC., for home consumption,
and plant no more cotton than can be
prepared for and fertilized properly.
The planter must move faster than the
boil weevil by adopting cultural meth
DDS
There are many evils that may
befall the cotton planter. A general
European war, which the conflict be-
tween Russia and Japan may bring
on, would injure the cotton market,
and the price of the staple would
fall, while foodstuffs would increase
in value. This would injure the money
crop of the southern farmer and in
crease the price of necessary home
supplies. Overproduction hurts any
business, and to no other crop is 1t
more fatal or less excusable than to
cotton. "Wise acres" told us a few
years ago that we would never again
see ten-cent cotton, while knowing
one" now talks as IL cotton will al
ways fiuctuate in the double figure
column. The conclusion of the one Is
as faulty as was the opinion Of the
other. But the price of cotton can
be kept up to a paying figure by in
telligent diversification. If not in past
years by reason of their financial con.
dition, the cotton raisers are now In
a position to adopt this system.
Cotton is selling for four or five cents
more than in December, 1902. Thii
| is partly owing to decreasing supply
and increasing demand, but not wholly
so. Speculation has had something te
| do with this advance. A full, or ever
an average crop, on an excessive acre
( age, such as is likely to be put in thi'
year, may not only lose to the farmer
the present prices, but coupled will
speculation, which it is sure to be
may send prices as far below the cos
of production as they are now above 1t
Speculation is on the farmers side now
because the supply is short. Keep i
there by raising home necesisties-thel
| all the cotton you can.
The farmer should make his hom'
attractive, and prevent his children
from seeking a livelihood in the city
| To do this, "one-sided" farming mus
be abandoned. Change the system o
education which teacher that 1t is de
grading or beneath the dignity of al
educated person to labor on the farm
Acquaint the rising generation with tn
fact-that agriculture. rightly conducted
calls for a higher order Of intellec
than any other profession, is surest Il
its returns to all the essentials of hap
pines. Agriculture is the backbone o
the nation; the life Of the world; tn
noblest of all pursuits, and therefor
the most useful and honorable.-Col
Farm and Ranch.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-04-16
EARLY PLANTING BEST.
Folly of Putting on Planting 81
Crops Until the Season Has
Too Far Advanced.

Last year demonstrated the impor-
tance Of early planting and the folly
of putting of planting until out of sea-
son, the soft, unmerchantable corn,
short oats crops, low-grade tobacco, all
are evidences. Oats were sown in May,
when the regular season is late March
or early Auril; corn was planted in
June, that should have been planted in
the period from April 10 to May 20;
tobacco equally late. 1t is true that
last spring was an exceedingly unfa-
vorable season for spring work. but
did we make the best of the conditions?
Did we begin as soon as we should
up because it was too dry, as we
thought? Didn't the neighbor who
took advantage of every moment dur
ing the planting season, plowing the
driest land when it would do, without
waiting till the whole field was dry
enough, and working up the 1clods and
planting when it seemed too dry, sue
ceeded in getting through in season,
| and SO raise fine crop? have in
mind two renters on the same farm;
one, with IS acres to tend in corn, put
in every moment that would do, and
raised bumper crop high-grade corn.
The other one, with 80 acres, found 1t
too wet to plow, and before he got
to work it was too dry; so he planted,
at last, 25 days later than he ought.
raising a poor yield Of soft, unmar-
ketable stuff, too sappy to keep, or to
sell at more than rs cents per bar
rel, when matured corn was $3.50 per
barrel. In this state have had bet
ter success with oats sown from the
1st to goth of March, having to re-
sow only once in ten years on account
of freezing out; with corn planted from
the middle of April to the middle OF
May, or even earlier, with the late
heavy yielding sorts, If the ground is
warm. Having corn frosted down
when six inches high, without having
to replant, and fine yield, too.-Cor
Epitomist.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-04-16

Squire Smith. of Harrison township.
in Kiowa county, has handed down
some new law. A man was brought be-
fore him the other day charged with as
sault. The defendant admitted the crime
but said that ne was justified in commit
ting it because the complaining witness
had called him lot of vile names. The
squire discharged the prisoner, saying
that a man who would cuss another de-
served to be licked.-Kansas City Jour-
ual
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-04-16
FARMER RAND PLANTER
SUGAR CROP OUTLOOK.
rhe Conditions Have Been PrODi.
tiOns For the Cane Sugar Crop
in LOuislana.

The weather has remained propi-
tious for the planting Of the balance
of the seed cane for the sugar crop OF
1904, and the work is now practically
completed. All the seed cane was
found to be in excellent condition,
hence, there is ground for congratu-
lation that the crop has made q most
promising start.
Owing to the uncommonly favorable
weather during the winter, planters
have been able to properly prepare the
land and to plant the entire crop. No
seed having been spoiled. a full
acreage has been put in, and, as no
delays have been encountred, the
planting has been completed weeks
ahead of the usual time. These facts
insure a good start for the growing
season.
While an early start is not suffi-
cient to make a good acreage as well
as a heavy tonnage, 1t is certainly the
essential element to full acreage,
and In most cases to full tonnage per
acre. OF course, poor growing sea-
son may cut down the final results
as far as sugar yield Is concerned,
but the very fact that the winter has
been comparatively dry should bring
a reasonable abundance Of moisture
later on, when 1t Is most needed.
The crop during the past two years
has been injured by drought during
the growing period. and last year this
defect was felt all the more, because
the crop had made very late start,
and, therefore, backward before
the drought period was reached. An
equitable distribution Of moisture and
sunshine is needed during the entire
growing season. Should the crop just
planted experience such conditions,
there will be every chance OF big
sugar yield next fall.
Commenting upon the present sit
uation in the sugar district, the Louis
lana Planter says:
Favorable weather conditions are
still prevalent throughout the sugar
district, and the work of planting cane
has now been practically finished and
all the seed has been found to be In
excellent condition. We now have
before us the cultivating season, AMI
it Is anywhere near as favorable in it.
weather aspect as the planting perio'
has been, the cane crop of 1904 shoult
prove a record-breaker, SO far as thu
yield per acre is concerned.
There has been comparatively lit
Il rain during the past few months
and, IL the law of averages is to b
worked out in our weather, this woul'
Indicate that we have good prospect
of escaping the unfortunate drought
which so often visits us in the lat
spring and early summer, when tn
canes are so much in need OF copiou
supplies of moisture. New Orlean
Picayune.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-04-16
Miss Flora Hauser.

has fastened itself in some part of the
system.
Peruna acts quickly and beneficially
on the infamed mucous membranes
lining the different organs of the body.
Thus it will cure catarrh wherever
located.
If you do not derive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President OF
| The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-04-16
hundreds ofWomen Cured by yPe-ru-na
of Annoying Catarrh.

DR. HARTMAN has probably done
u more than any other physician
toward popularizing a means of
escape from the facial deformities, such
as watery eyes, twisted nose, offensive
breath, dry cracked lips, due to the
ravaging effects of catarrh.
He has made chronic catarrh life
long study. His remedy, popularity
known as Peruna, is the most famous
remedy for catarrh in existence.
Probably there is not a man or woman,
boy or girl, within the bounds of the
United States that has not heard of Pc
runa. BY far the largest majority have
used Peruna.
The multitude of people that have
been cured of chronic catarrh by using
Peruna can never be known.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-04-16
KnowIedge Comes High.

Colleges used to be self-supportine
Chicago university has had $l2,0O0,000
from Mr.. Rockefeller and s.. 600, 900 from
other folks, yet it clamors for more.
Some peoples knowledge comes high.
The explanation is that the best colleges
always expand-and increase-their
work. The income Of no college in
America from pupils equals the expense
Of teaching them, or anything like it,
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-04-16

The farmer who has confined his ef-
forts to two or three staple crops does
not know how his farm would respond
to some one or more special crops.
This is q day of specialities and
many men can make success grow
ing some special crop, who are not
now making a good living growing
some Of the staple crops.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-04-16
w. L. DOUGLAS
"a, 80 as SHOES ssSs' sss|

w. l.. Douglas
shoes have by their
excellent style.
easy-6tting, q n q
superior wearing
qualities, achieved
the largest sale or
any shoes in the
world. .
They are just as good
Is those that cost you
- to $5-the only
difference II the price,
Sold Evsyywhere.
Look for name and
price on bottom.
Douglas uses Corona
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-04-16
Consisting oi
Cuticura
Soap

to cleanse the skin of crusts
and scales, and soften the
thickened cuticle; CUTl-
CURA Ointment to In
stantly allay itching, irrita.
ton, and inflammation, and
soothe and heal; and Gu II
CURA Pills to cool and
cleanse the blood and expel
humor germs. A SINGLE
SET, costing but ONE
DOLLAR, is often suffi-
cient to cure the most tor
turing. disfguring skin,
scalp and blood humors, &C.
zemas, rashes, itchings, and
irritations with loss of hair,
from infancy to age, when
the best physicians and all
other remedies fail.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-04-16

Ten-elevenths of the worlds people
ass north Of the equator,
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-04-16

Coltskin, which II everywhere coneeQed y
- the fnest PAtent Leather yet produced
fasr coior Eyeisfs used Shoes By nal. xte.extras
1rite for CstaleG. w.L.DosSIass breektens -
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-04-16

Sold throughout the world. Cutlcura Rescl.
vent soc. (in form of Chocolate Coated PiIles
1Sc Der vial Of Coz. Ointment, Soc, Soap z3c.
Depots: London. n Charterhouse So; Paris,
5 Rue De la Faix: Boston. 1877 Columbus Ave.
Send for Chow to Cure Torturins. Dls-
neurfpg Humors from Infancy to Age"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-27

A good joke was told on one
of our citizens, who had for some
time been troubled with pimples
on his nose and concluded 1T was
time to do something for it. So
he looked around In the pantry
and found bottle of liniment
which he applied twice a day for
several weeks. In the meantime
his nose got no better very rapid
ly, but instead began to assume
gigantic proportions. Atlast he
consulted his wife about the mat
ter and asked her advice. She
asked him what he had been do
ing for it, and he told her that he
had been using that liniment in
the pantry. What liniment?"
she asked. So he got the bottle
and showed it to her. "Well of
all the fools, you do beat all"
screamed the wife. THAT amt
liuiment, that's bottle of bust
developer that Mary Ann sent to
St. Louis for. "-Tomahawk.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-27

piscatorial specialist, but the
particular locality is not readily
recalled that gives promise OF
better sport TO the average dis
ciple of Walton-from the earn
est tyro to the enthusiastic ex-
pert-than the lakes and streams
of good old Wisconsin.
The variety of fish obtainable
in this commonwealth is remark
able, and embrace everything
from the useless, sluggish repre-
sentatives of the hnny family up
to the lively and pugnacious
muscallonge, and intermediately
the beautiful brook trout and
gamey bass. As a consequence,
opportunity for every form OF
angling is presented. from the
bent pin 10 casting, and from
that to the scientific fight for SUI
premecy over the mighty mon
arch of the northern streams.
Early reports from the fishing
grounds are indicative of a grand
season, and next month should
see the state filled with enthus-
iastic anglers.-Milwaukee SEN
tinel.