The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-04-29

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twenty years-her heirs enjoy the an.
nual amount of $500, not for the full
period of this second life, but until
twenty payments have been .made.
And this kind of insurance is cheap.
that is. the premium is less than the
kind that cashes up a large sum Of
money Cheaper because the company
has the use of the gradually diminish
ing principal. A large check was paid
in Milwaukee recently by Charles Allis
in payment Of an annuity for Mrs. Ed
ward P. Al!is. The check was for
$4,000 in consideration of the pay
ment of $25,000 each year to Mrs. AL
lis as long as she may live.
Radium as a Pain Killer.
We had a popular talk on radium
not long ago. Richard Guenther. Il
Wisconsin man, now consul general at
Frankfort. reports that radium is Il
pain-killer. He says: Doctor Darier.
of Paris, describes q case of cancer of
the face which. through application
Of radium, had been rendered painless.
Similar results have been obtained by
other noted experts He he also found
quick and pain-killing effects Of
radium in certain diseases of the eye.
In two cases Of nervous SpaSms-
which occurred three to four times a
week-weak radium preparations were
applied to the temples for two Or
three days, when the spasms ceased
Samples of weak radio-actiyity verify
these results.
Ex-senator Villas Buys Fancy Cattle.
An Ohio agricultural writer notes a
large purchase in Lake county, by
ex-senator Villas of Wisconsin, for his
stock farm near Madison. and to say
that his buyer, Leonard Gay. has a
discriminating eye, and has picked up
about the cream of the Hosten herds
in this section, is putting it in a con-
sentative way The total outlay re-
quired over $4,000 Of the senator's
money. Some time ago. Lake county
was put under requisition. and about
sixty head were purchased from the
herds of Jake Beidler, M. G.. and
others, and SO well pleased was Mr.
Villas. that Geauge county was next
invaded, and from the herds of Harry
Burnett, Frank Reuwee. Loren Rich
ards, A. Allen, and Amasa Roswell
and the Ludlow estate, he took sixty
three head. old and young. the pick,
paying nearly $4,000, including a bull
at the Ludlow auction, for which ST.
600 was paid. Most of the stock was
registered Mr.. Gay was after special
purpose COWS, and with diStinctiyely
dairy type and make up, that was
wanted, and that only, bought.
Cheese in Wisconsin.
In Wisconsin there are 1000 cheese
factories, and half that number of
creameries. The Cheese and Dairy
Journal, published at Whitewater. is q
new journal designed for the cheese
makers. G.. w. Rankin Is the editor,
and the expert includes e. s. Baer of
Madison, John Luchsinger of Monroe.
Professor Decker. some Canadians, and
Others The returns from the lat
est census show that there are
still 1850 farms upon which dairy
cheese was made. The product manu-
featured constituted almost 51s per
cent. of all the cheese made in the
United States. The newly organized
Wisconsin cheese board will be cap
italized at $4,000. divided into 300
shares of $50 each ~
Last Bulletin Fertilizers.
The last bulletin Of Professor Hen
rvs big school deals with fertilizers
and feeding stuffs. old topics but i'm
portant. The low prices which the
cereals command do not ordinarily war
rant the eXpediture of much money for
commercial fertilizers for these crops
under present conditions, but this is
not, as a rule, the case with special
crops like tobacco. sugar beets. pota-
toes. garden truck. etc Tobacco grow
ers will no doubt find it to their ad-
vantage to supplement dressings of
farmyard manure with commercial
fertilizers, especially such rich in pot
ASH SO that all the manure on the farm
need not be put OH the piece of tObac-
co land as is now often the case. To-
baccO draws very heavily on potash
and nitrogen and these ingredients.
must. therefore. be Supplied in ample
quantities. Another crop which will
repay the cost of commercial fertilizers
is sugar beets. This crop. like tobacco
and most other leafy plants is especial
ly exhaustive of the nitrogen and pot
ash in the soil. unless the leaves and
tops are returned TO the land
ORLANDO BURNETT.