Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-11
Local Farm ana Stock Notes.
Coon Valley ere8 -aery scored first pr
MUM on butter the La Crosse fair

Coon Valley ere8 .nery scored first pre-,
MUM on butter II the La Crosse fair
The Hillaboro Santry says that some
time ago number OF farmers of that To-
cality contracted their lsplbs for FIVE
cents per pound for future delivery De-
livery Gay lambs were worth abouti6 so
per hundred pounds Tue loss 10 some
farmers was considerable
Shirley Marshall tells the De Soto Ar
gus that the old-time belief that unless
the bees work on .ckwheat it will fail
to yi7ld any grain is erroneous. As an
experiment, Mr.. Marshall huilt pen
3x3 feet, of window screen, ''bee tight, y
around a corner Of his buckwheat 6eld,
and he says that after q carefu test, 10
shows as much, or a little more seed
than that which was not enclosed.
During y recent trip through the east
ern section of the "jlnty, and especially
in territory tributary 70 Hilisboro, the
editor OF the CENSOR noticed that the
residents have what seems a practical
idea and q custom that adds tone by
putting in plain lettering Krep's Farm, "
Jones Farm etc on their free deliv-
cry mail boxes.
A good dairy showing is that made
puolic by G. $ Lawson, of Red Mound,
from his product delivered to the Retreat
creamery for August; 401 pounds of
cream, 1871 . pounds OF butter tat aver
age test 39} price per pound, ~ cents,
making check total $50 This record Is
for seven milch cows, three Of which are
two-year.old heifers, giving an average
Of over "a IS each.
De Soto Argus: ) NJ. Bennett, of Viro.
qua, put up at the De Soto House one
night last week Upon putting his team
in the barn, Mr.. Bennett was greatly
surprised by the actions of one Of his
horses and the animal in the adjoining
stall, owned By Ole Larson, Of Reads
town, aud upon investigation found that
the Larson animal was one which he had
owned and driven with his horse FIVE
years ago, The two beasts manifested
almost human joy at the meeting after
their long separation and talked to each
other in their horse language until sep
arated the next day.
The roads ia this aeetion Of the coun-
trY have never been in such fine condi.
ii a as at present sumo intelligent road
construction on highways has been man
ifested Of late years and experience and
observation are having their effect
The agricultural experiment station
has issued Bulletin No. 127, on the Prin-
ciples and Practice Of Horse Breeding.
1t describes the different types of horsee,
how TO tell g good horse and dwells ut
length on diseases 70 which ,hs horse Is
subject, their treatment, etc. IL is a
valuable psmphlat TO those interested
in horses
Hon. Nils ?. Hanger, member Of
the state tax commission Was in the city
briefly Tuesday afternoon He came
over the Southeastern road from La
Crosse to inspect the same for taxation
purposes. and drove % LaFarge to make
ike trip over the Kickapoo road. One
of the happy incidents ol Mr. Haugsn 6
visit was his accidental msefing in The
CENSOR ofice. Of Mr. Rinehart 4 Bent
son The two men were class mates ~
Dec0rah Luther college thirty. .four years
ago. aud bad not before met since their
college days.
Mrs Henry Kush', who b4d been
an invalid FOR several yesrF ha- 80 sr
recovered her health bat she IS perform
ing her usual housp boId lapors A year
\ or more ago neisber sfe nor her husband
thougns that this Tould ever be possible.
Her trOubie scanned 20 hr p general per-
vCus breeb1owu, wifn - mach trouble
and Q partial l0-s Of p3ser jn her iimis
Mr Kuehl sass ihtt she will zeon bs
perfectly well Dr. n Ewee tbs Chit
eago Fpecialiss bss mad the cese for sew
ersi moBtbs and r. li- -kiifui treat
ment, Mr Kushl says. her recovery is
due