Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-08
THINGS DOING.
Current Events sof General Intcres.
InsARrtcuIture.

1
One outcome of the cotton situation
indhis; country}has been for some time
apparent to anybody with an eye for
future events, England has been max
ingbstrenuousse efforts to extend cotton
Egypt, and it is authentical-
lySreportedsthat those efforts are meet
ingtwitht success. The government Of
| Jamaicatiss saidgto he entering upon ex-
tensive experiments in cotton produc-
tionNwithla view to pushing the ipdus-
try Germany and France are also
making gtheirsyentures in various parts
| pfstheiriforcignt possessions, and it Is
| beginning to tbe realized that there are
freshTareas where it is probable the
cottong plant can be probably cult
| waited.
Belgium, theg Netherlands, Italy and
JapangaretnowAtalked of as nations all
pfawhich spossess section territory in
theirtfo 'eigntcolonies of Africa and the
East Ildies lands Formosa. Russia al
ready9gcowsA cotton, but thus far uses
itiall
The secretary of agriculture, the
chief of the bureau OF statistics and
| one Of 1.-THE largest manufacturers of
print cloths in this country are all
credited swith sopinions (which are sub
stantially to sthesefTectithat the short
age inS the supply sof cotton has not
heenA suffcienttto account for the alb
normallyS higheprices and that the re-
sultaof these may. betthe. establishment
Cfsnew9 cotton, fields ain, other countries.
Cotton $traders swho 4maintain that sthe
1sghapricesG aref justniable do SO on ac-
count &of he smalmess OF the crop.
tributedtintgeneraleto the. cot
tons boil Fwceyn. The loss in Texas
rottontthroughg thistinsect is gplaced by
iatestsestimates ats30O000 bales. De
ferioration in the cotton seed is an
othersfactor claimed in the short crop,
and some of the agricultural authori-
ties areT iuclincdEto see truth in this
claim, sbelieving that the low price OF
cotton shadEmadesmany planters indif-
ferent tintthe selection Oftseed. thu best
of 'whichiwentjtosthe oilsmakers.
AReaIlFarnAers' Trust.
Buying sands selling ;aRd dealing IN
allakinds 'of sfarm andadairy products,
cattle, Sheep swine. spoEIltry. dry goods,
boots and shoes, groceries, hardware,
farm machinery, lumber, stone, brick
and all kinds of building material.
grain and real, estsue and dealing IL
aIlt'-, ! s,of. merchandise andsin buying
and selling ~ kinds of property on
commission, and otherwise" Such is
stated to be the. object q company
of 500 Iowa farlisrs. 1t is claimed
that &ansexpense,o less sthan $4,000
forlsalariess andA other! iterlsa on a capt.
talbot. S2j. deindebtedIsssfnot ex
CeedinE s., O0Oatheys carriedsontlasty year
asbusiness ofs$G20 600
Hoss Glucose Is tMade From Corn.
One of The novel; things sin the food
section. of the, Notwithstanding at
thesSt. Louil,tworlEs fair twill be the
Unconstitutional thcpprocesa of making
glucose from com. GIucose!s now I'M
derstood to be.a neutral sweet devoid
Of flavor, with no hGr, full properties
and ,of value asAfood With2 the addi-
tiong of5a little 'lrickorysbarkito give it
thesmaple''' twans' Tor nuiXedFwith pro-
portionsof THE genuine unapp., it makes
Observation-Disclosures heavier than ma
pie, sbutllighter in rcolor. unless, colored
with sugar shousetInolasses.
A Farmers' Exchange.
AAprotectswhiCh' or ginatesi in atfarm-
ers'4 co operative ,meRtinE held in Chi
cage last DecenaberIh has for its ,object
the, consolidation. ofttht garioustco-op-
erativet moyementssof Americanffarm-
ers tand the establishing Mt Of "a farm
erslexclauge. AGeetine at Omaha is
expected totbringsfurthei development
of'the plan
A Big tButtertshowt PLANNED.
At the recent Wisconsin Association
of7ButternEkers,, Secretary 'Fulmer adj
yocatedsthe ,ioldine. Of a state scoring
contesuonce.a month. EIe,also said the
association could aid the dairy and
food, comuassions,andab n power
IT. legislation. 1t was 'rNsoMed that as
important an exhibit as possible should
be madeAt st. Loui :. and the work Of
the dairyf school oE Wisconsin univer-
slty was CONNIE nded. 1t is claimed
that the supply men sod about $4,000
worth ofmachinyry
Ohius's Fine Poultry show.
Exhibits by two catteIfes, over
hundred.togs and fiftylbeautiful wal r.
fowl were interesting features of one
Of thesfinesst poultry'slDws on the rec
ord ofi the Ohio StaterPoultry associa-
ton. recently held. The entries Of
fowlssnumbered about 1000 and com
prised many varieties and breeds. y
number Of bantams~ were shown, in
cludingtblacl rosc ..--mbs, silver duck
ling, gcanes.and manyiotbcrs.
Corn Composition.
Both Illirois and Missouri have
ystematicallysaud vigorously
for, cccssiin.the'worki' $ fair ceTn ex-
hibit atiSt.I4ouis. TlHAexhibits,of each
of these states will be the result of
state competitions ,heldawithta view to
securing tthe finests CORN. grown in the
state gfor 'dlspldyiin theuniversal OK
position. The Illinois commission
makes its sawartlS under sthe, auspices
oftthelstatetfarmeTs institute
j. r. MARSHALL.
ThehIIor@e.For theairarfacr.
AttMitck, N.aS.D. .bcfor,Sthe South{Da-