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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-06-14

to defer planting more than one row
until next year, when | could have
plants without paying out money or
running the risk of nursery substitu-
ton, or delays in shipment.
Our illustration shows a moderate
sized branch about the size OF a mans
little finger which had seven smaller
branches. Six of them got partly COW
cred and became rooted as SEEN only
did not sketch in all the many roots,
some much larger than shown. My
bushes are mostly Victoria, which is
of the Red Dutch type. and believe
1t would be possible by burying all the
branches OF single ten-year-old bush
to root 800 or more plants. The plants
dug would grade as first and sec.
ond one-yeer plants, and if planted out
one year would make such plants as
are generally sold at one dollar per
dozen. Currants of the Fay or Cherry
type grow less spreading than the Red
Dutch and fewer layers could be
made in year, but those rooted would
be very fine and could be made equal
In one year to the average two-year
plant as grown. from: cuttings. To
grow currants from cuttings it is best
to take cuttings in. September says
the Ohio Farmer, bury until spring,
and then plant,g5out. Most OF them
will grow, but this way is much more
complicated for busy farmer than
the simple bending down of branches
and covering with earth. BY the same
simple process gooseberries may be
multiplied and almost all kinds of
roses and Towering bushes. and grapes.
Of course. ..- * ..:
I might add that the land where I
am to plant my, currants has been
heavily MANFRED for Wakefield cab
bgae. and / shall plant the cabbage
two feet instead of 81 inches (the usual
distance) in rows so that l can put
currant root between every other
plant, making the currants four feet
The cabbages will scarcely meet at two
feet and then only for a period of
about ten days before cutting, The
cabbages mature in July, when the
stumps may be removed and thrifty
row of currants take their places.
While visiting friend in Van Vert
county l noticed a lot of hexagonal
tiles. to the number of 200 or more,
In a pile in corner of the garden.
They were of six-inch size and five
or six inches long. l found that the
ties had been specially ordered cut to
that length to use as protection to
cabbage and other plants. When
freshly set, strip of newspaper laid
across with little earth on either
side gave shade and protection from
frost if necessary, and the tile kept out
all cutworms which did not happen to
originate within the circle they pro-
tected.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-06-14
THE FARM COW.
A Very Large Factor in the Butter
Making Industry Of the
Country.

The real butter maker of the e0un-
try Is the farm COW whose milk never
goes to the creamery This cot, is
least often heard from. because she
is less in the light of public OBJ srya-
ton than the cow that is producing
milk for the creamery. Yet, the total
amount of butter made on farms in
the United States is far greater than
the amount made in creameries.
So our greatest hope still lies In
the cow that gives milk for ting maxi
ing Of farm butter. The spirit of i'm
provement is abroad and these are
multitudes Of farms on which good
COWS are taking the place IT poor
ones, It is impossible to estimate
how great this improvement is. A
farmer that has 80 COWS said to the
correspondent of the Farmers Re-
view: my cows made $50 pounds Of
butter in March, and think am do
ing pretty we'll as only % of them are
giving milk that can be used for but
ter making. That is about a pound
per day of the cows giving milk. and
we have the by-products to help swell
the profits
That mans herd six years ago was
doing only half as we'll as the above
statement would indicate. but the man
has been selling his poorest COWS and
replacing them with good ones right
along.
Up to the present, time the good
farm COW has not been appreciated,
and for this reason her price has
not been much above tina" Of the poor
farm cow. But a change IS going on.
and the time is not far distant when
SO many farmers will - looking for
profitable cows that ths extra mixer
will bring a fancy prise at any time
of wear
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INCREASING THE cURRANTs
Successful Way Of Handling the Cut
:. tings So ~ to Produce New
Growth. @$t.

Il was about to order a couple ofshun-
dred currant bushes when, in arrang-
Ing for the annual spring Kidding up
OF the row had, l noticed that some
branches had got buried and the twigs
had taken root, and SO I waited few
days. The ground each side was m
cabbage in 1903 and in tomatoes last
year, and in blowing and cultivating,
soil had been thrown upon: a branch
here and there and resulted in making
layers. l finally dug more than $50
plants, and the prospect of developing
others SO easily this summer led me
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-06-14
FIG. 6 B.

the back Of the bench frame. This
board is nailed to the frame, put
should be raised to the same level as
the front plank by placing strips under
It on the end rails of the frame and
by mailing strip on the back edge
OF the front plank for it to rest on,
as shown at A in Fig. A (shown in
last weeks article.) If it has been
nailed as directed the back board
of the bench frame is already at
a sufficient height (seven-eighths OF
an 1nch) above the top ends of the
back legs to make up for the difference
in the thickness between the front
plank and the back board of the
bench top.
The wise front should. if possible, be
made of maple. although ash or even
hard pine will do.
1t should be one and three-fourths
inches in thickness. eight inches wid,,
and 26 to % inches in length Che
length depending on the height of the
bench). and if desired it may be re-
duced to five inches in width at the
lower end, which will give it a neater
appearance. This is shown in the
drawing. Fig. G A. Two inches from
the lower end mortise two and one
half inches long and one-half inch
wide must be cut through and through
the piece.
This is to receive the end of the
slide piece, C, Els. 8 (shown in last
weeks article), which has a tenon, or
tongue, cut on the end to fit in this
mortise, as we have shown at B in Fig.
9, and must be kept in place by long
wood screw or by a half-inch pin, as
shown at E, Fig. e A.
In this slide piece, which must be
made of some hard wood, a series of
holes must be forced for the insertion
of small iron rod: or pin, which
must be moved from time to time SO
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-06-14
COURT KNEW THE GAME.
And Took Judicial Notes of the Fine
Points as They Were
Narrated,

senator Clay, of Georgia. is looked
upon as one Of the best raconteurs in
the upper house OF congress. In negro
dialect stories he is inimitable, says
the Louisville Courier-Journal. This
is his latest:
When Judge David Irwin was hold
ing court in Marietta, Ga. a negro was
brought before him for smashing tho
nose OF companion while the two
were engaged in a supposedly friendly
game of cards. There were a dozen
witnesses who testified that there was
no provocation whatever. but that the
prisoner had suddenly leaned over The
table and smashed the nose of the
man opposite, nearly knocking that
organ out of place.
The belligerent was convicted of as-
sault and battery and sentenced to six
months Imprisonment. The man had
IN the past borne a good reputation
and Judge Irwin had known him for
years, and besides the judge was noted
for his clemency to first offenders. So
he asked the prisoner, when the case
came before him for review, why he
had acted in such a manner
You must have had some reason"
he said. Nov tell me all about it, jlst
between ourselves"
Deed I did hab some reason.
jedge; deed I did," the negro blurted
out. "Jedge, did you eber play seben-
up?"
The stern dispenser of justice de-
clined to answer the question.
Whether I play seven-up or not has
nothing to do with the case.' he said.
But 'ded it hab. jedge; it hab heaps
to do wifi it," the negro insisted, TOR
lessen you can play seben-up you cain't
understan' how this yere happened.
You see, jedge, me and shat niggc<
ober dar was playin' and I dole lha
kairds and turn up de nine-spot o.:
spades, and l nab in my han the jack
and the ten and the deuce He beg
and l glib, i'm one, an den what you
think dat niger ober dar done? He
lead de ace oh spades an put on my
deuce. Den what you think dat niger
ober dar done? He lead de king OBJ
spades and I give him a hard look, but
l put on my ten. Den what you think
that emery, low-down, sneakin' niger
done, jedge? He lead de- queen oh
spades. I put ON my jack: and den I
just lean ober an smash he's nose
clean often he's face" s.
When order was restored the judge
solemnly revoked the previous sem
tence. II think that if the defendant
pays one dollar" he said, call the re-
quirements of justice which the SOW
ereign state of Georgia demands will
be bountifully satisfied"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-06-14
SHEEP WITH 'DAlRY Y.
How One Successful Farmer Feels
About Combination Of
54 the Two. Ill., H.. =

s. ! nave always been lover OF sheep,
and have owned a flock ever since I
was ~ years old. Years ago the
amount of wool was the object sought
Tor, and when it brought from Is cents
to Il per pound the Merinos were
strictly In 1t, shearing from seven to
ten pounds per head. and small flocks
often reaching II pounds; but Of late.
years mutton has been more of an oh.
1ect than wool, and especially lambs,
1or that reason We look to the large
type OF coarse wooded breeds. After
looking over the different breeds, I
saw none that l thought was any
better for wool and lambs than the
Shropshires. They are excellent moth
ers, very prolific, and, when fed and
cared for. give lots of milk. My flock
average about eight pounds of wool
per head and seldom have less than
three lambs to turn out for two ewes
and often every eve will have twin
lambs. Two years ago all had twins
but two, and they had triplets. I lost
only one lamb. and that got killed
They are quiet breed, that is, mine
are; are easy to handle for large
sheep, and the lambs are always tame
1t makes a great difference about
sheep being afraid of the one in charge
of the flock.
Now. as to the profits of KEEPING
sheep with dairy, do not expect all
Will agree with me, writes CORE,
spondent of the Rural New Yorker
Profits depend ON the man ard thu
management to great extent. My
flock average about s. per head from
wool and lambs. Two years ago they
averaged Sill per head. When we were
all making butter instead of selling
milk. l made as much butter per COW
as those that did not keep sheer
around here; our make averaging 800
pounds per cow for the year. For that
reason I came to the conclusion that
the flock was not a detriment to the
pasture for the COWS.
The sheep will take care of them.
selves, for they are up at daylight and
feeding. They will pick their living
four weeks earlier in the spring than
cows will. If you keep your cows built
up, and with good flow of milk, you
can begin to feed them in August
while the sheep will care for them.
selves until the middle of November
I never house my sheep until about
Landing time. They have shed that
is always open for them. and see that
they are in. if cold storm comes on
but otherwise they are always out in
the open. Oats always give me salts.
faction when fed to them in the win.
ter. generally save a load or two
Of sheaves for the sheep, as they are
fond of grinding their own feed Once
In awhile give a feed of corn. Just
for change. and I feed beets as Ions
as they last. then a mess of potatoes
once a week.
Since feeding in the above manner
and with plenty of outdoor exercise. !
have had no weak lambs to bother
with. The last of February and frs.
of March suits me for the lambs to be.
gin to come. When they are about
two weeks old they begin to eat lit
tie grain. They have all they care to
eat until they go out to grass; and
they get very tame by being with them
so much. When go to the barn aud
sit down in about five minutes I have
a row of lambs around ME:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-06-14
Dad Plays He Is an Anarchist in
Geneva-1n Venice They Give Aims
and the Bad Boy Upsets q Con-
dola in the Grand Canal.
By HON. GEORGEw. PECK

BIZ HON. GEORGE w. PECK.
(EN-Governor OF Wisconsin, Formerly Pub
Usher of Pecks Sun, Author of "Peck's
Rad Boy, Etc.)
Copyright. 1906. BY Joseph Is. Bowles>)
VENICE, lTALY.-MY DEAR OLD
CHCMlRENO: Dad couldn't get out of
Switzerland quick enough after he got
thawed out the day after We climbed
the GLACIERS. We found that almost all
the tourists in Geneva were there be-
cause they did not want to so home
and say they had not visited Switzerland,
SO they just jumped from one place to
another The people who stay there
any length OF time. are like the foreign
residents Of Mexico. who are wanted
for something they have done at
nome, that is against the law. There
are more anarchists in Geneva than
anything else, and they look hairy and
wild eyed. and they plot to kill kings
and drink beer out Of two quart Jars.
When We found that more attention
was paid to men suspected of crime in
their own countries. and men who were
believed to be plotting to assassiuate
kings. dad said it would be a good
joke If story should set out that he
was suspected OF being connected with
a syndicate that wanted to assassinate
some one, so told fellow that l got
acquainted with that the fussy old man
that tried to ride a glazier without
any saddle or stirrup was wanted for
attempting to blow up the president
OF the United States by selling him
baIed hay soaked in a solution OF dy~
Mantle and nitro-glycerine
Say, they will believe anything in
Switzerland. It wasn't two hours before
long-haired people were inviting dad
to dinners, and the same night he was
taken to den where a lot of anar-
chlsts were reveling and dad reveled
TIL almost morning. When he came
back to the hotel he said his hosts got
all the money he had with him.
through some game he didn't under
stand. but he understood it was to go
into fund to support deserving anar-
chists and dynamiters. He said when
they found out he was SUSPECTED as
sassin nothing was too good for him.
He said they wanted to know how he
expected to kill president by soaking
baled hay in explosives. and dad said
it came to him suddenly to tell them
that the president rode on horseback
good DEAL and he thought if horse
was filled with baled hay and nitro
glycerine and the president spurred
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the horse and the horse jumped in the
air and came down kerchunk on an
asphalt pavement, the horse would ex-
plode, and when the rider came down
covered with sausage covers and horse
meat, he would be dead. or would want
to be- Dad said the anarchists went
into executive session and took up
collection to send man to Berlin to
I'LL the emperors saddle horses with
cut feed like dad suggested
Well, the anarchist story was too
much for Switzerland, and the next
morning dad was told by policeman
that he had to get out Of the country
quick, and it didn't take us Is minutes
to pack up, and here we are in Venice.
Well, say. old friend. this is the place
where you ought to be. because nobody
works here. that is. nobody but gon-
doliers. We have been here several
days, and I have not seen a soul do
ing anything except begging, or SELL
ing things that nobody seems to want.
If anybody buys anything but onions.
1t is for curiosity, or for souvenirs. and
yet the whole population sits around
in the sun and watches the strangers
from other lands price things and 20
away without buying. and then every
body looks mad, as though they would
like to jab a. knife into the stranger.
The plazas and the places near the
canal are filled with hucksters and
beggars, and you never saw beggars so
mutilated and sore and disgusting.
never supposed human: beings could
he so deformed, without taking an ak
to them, and it is so pitiful to see
them that you can't help shedding your
money
AS hard hearted as dad is. he
coughed up over $40 the first day. Just
giving to beggars, and he thought he
had got them all bought up, and that
they would let him alone. but the next
day when he showed up there were ten
beggars where there was one the dav
before, and they followed him eyerv-
where, and all the loafers in the
plazas laughed and acted as il they
would catch the cripples when dad cot
out Of sight and rob the beggars Dad
thinks the way the people live is by
dividing with beggars. A man who has
deformity, or sore that you can see
half a block away, seems to be con-
sidered rich here, like man in Amer
lean who owns stock in great corpora
lions. These beggars pay more taxes.
than the dukes and things who live in
style. p. ..... ..-..
suppose dad never studied geogra- :.
ply, SO he didn't know how Venice was
situated, SO he told me to go out and,
order hack the first morning we were
here, and we would go and see the
town. When told dad there were no
hacks, no horses and no roads in
Venice, he said I was crazy in my head
and wanted me to take some medicine
and stayrin bed for a few days, hut
convinced him, when we got out
doors. that everything run by water:
and when | showed him the canal and
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three-quarters of an inch in thickness,
The upper cross piece is five inches
long, two inches wide and one inch in
thickness.
The lower cross piece is six inches
long and otherwise of the same dimen-
sions as the upper piece. Fas,en one OF
these cross pieces to each opposite end
and on opposite sides of the board with
five one and one-half inch No. II screws.
and, as before. bore through The upper
pieces with quarter-inch bit and coun-
tersink the screw heads flush with the
surface OF the piece Great care must
be taken to screw on these cross pieces
at an exact right angle with the board.
Shoot Board.
The shoot board shown in Fig. IA is
used for jointing the edges of short
pieces, and will be very necessary for
all those who wish to do true and correct
ha4d work. 1t may be made from pine
or poplar, and is from 36 to ~ inches in
length. The lower piece is "a inches
wide and 3 inch in thickness. The up
per piece is 51a inches wide. and must
not be more than e inch in thickness.
1t extends over the lower piece IL
inches on the left hand edge. as shown
at A in the illustration.
The lower board is bored with a Il
inch bit for liz inch No. II screws. and
is firmly screwed to the upper piece
from the lower side so that no screws
WILL appear on the top surface of the
board whencompleted. Underneath and
IN the angle formed by. the two pieces.
a strip ~ inches wide and < inch in
thickness is screwed, as shown at A.
When the shoot board is in use its
forward end rests against the bench top,
and this strip rests against the front
edge OF the bench: or the strip may be
grlpped in the front wise if desired. The
lower right hand angle of the upper
piece is chamfered of as shown at E. to
prevent chips and dust from interfer-
ing with the working of the plane. The
cross piece at1he head end of the board
should project inches over the left
hand edge Of the board. 1t is ? inches
wide and l inch in thickness. and firm
~ screwed to the board with l 4 inch No.
II screws in the same way as directed
for the bench hook ends. We give a
cross section of the board with the
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the legs smooth with the top edge Of the
upper piece, and also saw or trim off
the lower ends so that they will sit firm
ly on the floor. The cross braces on the
legs just under the top piece should be
six inches wide, five-eighths of an inch
in thickness and nailed on with one and
one-half inch wire nails.
Bench Hook.
The bench hook illustrated in Fig. Is
should be made of poplar or some other
moderately hard wood, and is very
necessary. not only for saving and trim
ming small pieces with the backsaw,
but also for planning and dressing the
ends of small pieces, as will be explained
more fully later on. The board should
be >16 inches long, six inches wide and
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dress clothes and sit on verandas, or
eat and drink, and talk Eyetalian, and
ride in gondolas, and play guitars, and
smoke cigarettes, and talk love. 1t
is SO warm YOU can wear your sum-
merpants. and the water smells of clans
that died long ago. 1t is just as
though Chicago was flooded by the
bursting OF the sewers, and people had
to so around State street, and all the
cross streets, and Michigan avenue, in
fishing boats. with three feet of water
on top OF the pavements. Imagine
the people of Chicago taking gondolas
and riding along the streets. landing
at the stores and hotels, just as they
do now from carriages.
We had been riding in gondolas for
two days, getting aground in the mud
when the tide was out, and going to
sleep and waiting for the tide to come
in. when it seemed to me that dad
needed some excitement. and last night
I gave it to him.
We were out in our gondola. and the
moon was shining. and the electric
lights made the canal near the Rialto
bridge as light as day. The Rialto
bridge crosses the Grand canal. and
has been the meeting place for lovers
for thousands of years. It is grand
structure. of carved marble, but it
wouldn't hold up threshing machine
engine half as Well as an iron bridge.
Well. the canal was filled with thou
sands of gondolas, loaded with the
flower OF Venetian society. and the
music just made you want to fall in
love. Dad said if he didn't fall in love.
or something. before morning. he
would quit the. place. made up, my
mind he should fall into something, so
began by telling dad it seemed
strange to me that nobody but Eye
Italians could run gondola. Dad said
he could run gondola as we'll as any
foreigner. and l told him he couldn't
run gondola for shucks. and he said
he would show me, so he got out of
the hen house where we were seated
and went back on to the pointed end
Of the gondola, and grabbed the pole
or paddle from the gondolier. and said:
Nov, Garibaldi, you go inside the
pup tent with Hennery, and let me
punt this ark around awhile"
Garibaldi thought dad was crazy.
but he gave up the pole, and just then,
when they were both on the extreme
point of the gondola, and she was
wabbling some, I peeked out through
the curtains and thought the fruit was
about ripe enough to pick. so threw
myself over to one side of the g0ndola.
and, by gosh, if dad and Garibaldi
didn't both go, overheard with splash,
and one yell in the English language.
and one in Eyetalian, and I rushed
out Of the cabin and such a sight you
never saw.
Dad retained the paddle, and had his
head out Of water, but nothing showed
above the water where Garibaldi was
except a red patch on his black pants.
Dad was yelling for help, and finally
the gondolier got his head out of tic
water, and said something that sound
ed like grinding a butcher knife on a
srindstone, and I yelled. too. and the
gondolas began to. gather around us,
and the two men were rescued. The
gondolier had been gondoling all, his
life and he had never been in the water
before, and they thought it would
strike In and kill him, so they
wrapped him up in blankets and put
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FIG. Il.

dimensions and projections, OF the sew
eral pieces in the small drawing in the
illustration.
We have given very minute direc-
lions. not only for the home made bench
illustrated in Figs. 6, 9 and 10, but also
LOT the saw-horses. bench hook and
shoot board, knowing that many will
prefer. in the beginning: to do as much
as possible toward the equipment Of
their own workroom. We would only
commend the bench. however. to those
who cannot afford a complete bench
win two vises similar to those shown
in Figs. TORS,
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long far enough apart to let the spool
work freely between them. Use 1-inch
boards, c.. for braces. Put rod
through upright pieces at d to hold
spool. To operate. fasten end Of wire
to post hitch horse at K, using
chain 8 or feet long. Let the spool
roll ON the ground. This will keep the
wire free from kinks.