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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-29

We heard man say recently that he
always preferred to drive horse which
needed the whip. We could not agree
with him. While we will not say that
a horse never needs the whip. it has,
for us at least, got to be an emergency
situation which ever justifies the use Of
one Boys and horses are licked alto
gether too much.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-29

A wreck of the tender and the beau
tiful will be disclosed as spring ad-
vances in all that territory which rare
lily sees the mercury much below zero
along the line of latitude 40, where
this winter the mercury dropped to 80
below and gave an arctic temperature
for nearly two weeks. The peaches,
European and Japan plums, the roses,
grapes and berry bushes, which usually
winter safely without covering, will be
found greatly injured if not entirely
destroyed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-29

We passed through section of farm
ing country in the west lately where it
seemed to be the common practice to
turn the stock out and let them eat at
the haystack ct their pleasure. The
impression was unavoidable that these
farmers were a dreadfully shiftless,
lazy lot.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-29

We noticed recently twenty or more
sheep busily engaged in eating hay
from the top of haystack. On gen.
eral principles we would not be afraid
to make bet that there was a good
sized mortgage on that farm.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-29

Grade sires on stock farm are as
bad as any mortgage. They represent
the very poorest and most Improbable
work in stock raising. The money put
into good sires is always returned, with
big interest,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-29

Nature is queer in her way. Here
she works for 500 years to grow some
monarch forest tree, only to Shiver
1t to atoms in the infnitesimal part Of
a second by some lightning bolt.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-29

We ran across young man recently
who with his brother six years ago,
when they were just young boys, in
vested in two registered Shropshire
ewes. The boys made a careful study
of the sheep and cared for their little
flock, infusing the newest and best
pure blood into it. Today the boys have
a flock of over 100 pure bred ewes Of
this breed which Is conceded to be one
of the finest herds Of Shropshire sheep
in the west. This is not long story,
but there is lots Of meat In 1t.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-29

The best man cannot make very
dollars to spread over seventy-ive
miles of road in a township, so it is
not best to be too critical of his work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-29

A man had 100 acre farm left him
by his father twenty years ago free
from membranes. Since then he has
<een doing what so many do-been
raising grain and selling it from year
to year until his soil has become worn
and unproductive. In order to get
along he had mortgaged the farm for
all the money it would carry as a Sc
curity. A year ago he moved to town
and rented the farm to a tenant for
So per acre. This tenant put sixteen
good cows on the farm and easily paid
not only his rent, but obtained from
the farm good living. If he stays
there for five years he will be in good
shape to buy the farm.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-29

The present high prices for mutton
and wool will tempt thousands Of men
to rush into the sheep business, buy
ing fiocks to start with at exorbitant
prices, later to find that the ups and
downs Of the sheep market have made
the business improbable and their
flocks have to be sacrificed at dollar or
two head, as has so often happened
In the past. Don't do this. Sheep are
all right; just like any other domestic
animal, sometimes pay and sometimes
don't The time to go into the sheep
business is just when every other fell
low is trying as hard as he can to get
out Of it. If you must start, commence
with a very few and build up your own
flock. Not every man can properly
care for sheep anyhow-not over one in
ten. If you have level low farm
don't keep sheep at all; If you have q
high and rolling rough farm they are
the best domestic animal you can keep
on It.
We note with pleasure that Nebraska
tree growers are offering catalpa fence
nnsts for sale. This is the. begic-ng
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-29

Every particle Of straw produced on
the farm should find it's way to the
barn yard and be there converted into
q valuable fertilizer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-29

The corn root worm rarely troubles
the corn where corn is grown at the
rate of sixty bushels per acre but once
in four year rotation Of. crops on
good clover sod. This pest is the pen
atty of growing corn on the same land
year after year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-29

The sheep men are having their in
nings these days. Contracts for the new
crop Of wool are being placed at high
er prices than for many years-23 to 25
cents-while mutton is the one meat
which has not shared in the general de-
cline in value of all other meats.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-29

ing the winter than. at any other sea
son, as many a man finds out who does
not properly protect his fruit trees.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-29

of what should be a, large industry IN
that state.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-29

Money is not made on any farm very
rapidly, and never without plenty Of
good hard work, which is the reason
why so many young men. dodge the
farm If possible. The successful farm
er will accumulate money slowly, but
safely and surely, and,he will further
always see to it that his soil is not de-
pleted, but rather made more produc-
tive each year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-29
THE RAILROADS AND THE PEOPLE.

THE RAILROADS AND THE PEOPLE.
In the present controversy being
waged between the people and the
railroads over the matter Of transpOr-
tation it is not SO much a matter Of
rates as it is discriminating charges,
the favoring of certain towns and inter-
ests and the consequent discrimination
against other communities and individ-
uals. While the railroads are and
should be protected in an unquestiOn-
ed title to their respective properties,
there is this difference between them
and a purely private business in that
the public, having bequeathed them
the most valuable franchises in the
whole country and with such fran
chises bestowed extraordinary powers
and privileges to promote and secure
a great public utility and necessity,
has thereby acquired an inalienable
and important interest in such roads,
which gives it every right to demand
absolute fairness and impartiality in
their management. This right the peo-
pie have been rather backward and
slow to assert and possibly never
would were there no just causes for
complaint. AS it is, the people are
waking up. and such ceaceable and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-29

last fall all through the western cOun-
try was unusually full Of water-nearly
one-third water-when gathered. I'm
less special pains were taken so thor
oughly dry out this corn before cold
weather there will be found this spring
large per cent Of defective seed. A
lot Of selected ears taken from a crib
of what would be called well matured
corn in southern Iowa, in the very
heart Of the corn belt, gave when test
ed recently terminating power Of
only 10 per cent The fact is that the
intensely cold weather Of this winter
has about ruined the seed corn where
it was either not previously well dried
or kept where it would not freeze.
This matter should be attended to right
now. Better find out now whether the
seed is poor than do it on the 18th Of
next May, after it is planted.
A problem on the farm in these days
of scarce and high priced labor worth
constant study is how to substitute the
horse for the man. The horse one can
get and keep; the man one can some
times get and want to get rid Of. The
manufacturers Of machinery are help
ing the farmer out on this line in many
ways with the manure spreader, the
four and six horse cultivator, disk,
plow and drag, with the two row corn
cultivator and other tools which easily
double the effective working ability Of
a man. Up to date farming is becom-
ing more question of intelligent ma
nipulation Of intricate machinery and
intelligent direction and management
Of farm work than physical labor Thus
1t Is a good investment to send your
boy who Is to become the farmer Of
the future to take a course in farm
mechanics at some agricultural college.
It Is one thing to get the good COW,
another to give her proper accOmmO-
dations and care, but the most impor-
tant thing Of all is to learn how to
feed her SO as to get her to do her best
work at the pail. On an average we
believe that there is a loss of not less
than 33 per cent in the butter product
of our western diaries owing to the
one thing Of giving the cow an i'm
proper and unbalanced ration. Corn is
the thing on which cow keepers fall
down. It is not a milk producing ra-
| ton, and the more the cow eats the
worse she is off, Corn fodder is a fair
milk ration; corn silage still better
one, but still unbalanced, and must in
either case be balanced up with clover
hay, bran, oilmeal, gluten feed or oats
and, best of ALL alfalfa hay. If the
farm produces little but corn, sell it
and buy these other feeds if the COW
is to be made profitable.
INCREASING THE FARM INCOME.
A man owning a $50 acre farm
writes us that his average gross in
come from his farm, taking a series of
| years, is about So per acre and wants
to know if there is any way practical
! and available for him to increase this
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-29

really very small income. He has for
many years been what is called a rails
er Of grain and hay to sell, keeping but
little stock. AS result he has greatly
impaired the fertility Of his soil, and
thirty bushels of oats and corn to the
acre and ton Of hay to the acre are
about all he gets even with fairly good
seasons. There are so many men in
this fix all over the country that it
justifes a somewhat extended COM
ment by us. The system referred to is
all wrong. 1t goes from bad to worse
each year it is continued. There must
be radical change In this case,
which may be taken as a type, there
should be from twenty-five to thirty
acres of clover sown this spring; there
should be a hog pasture fenced off and
at least fifty hogs kept; a dairy of six
teen COWS should be set to work on the
farm, and coming right with these
cows will be the calves and the pigs;
half the acreage Of corn should be
plduIcU, anu Twice as well cdFcu lOT
as ever before; every mouthful of hay
and every kernel of grain produced on
the farm should be fed to some animal
right on the farm; a system of crop
rotation should be adopted which will
include clover every fourth or fifth
year. While it will take three or four
years to get these reforms all brought
about, we will guarantee the result to
be that in the end the yield of crops
will be nearly doubled and the income
correspondingly increased. Thousands
Of men have done this, and other thou
sands are now engaged in this reform
work, and wehave never known the plan
to fail. But some may say they do not
like to take care of dairy-too much
bother. Well, then, try sheep or raising
beef animals, and if neither of these
variations of the plan appeals to you
the best thing you can do is to sell the
farm and go to town and run Tor super
visor
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-29

A farmer in northern Iowa was very
DESTROYS of securing an outlet for the
water in a pond hole on his farm, but
the only way in which this could be
done was by way Of his neighbor's
land, who most vigorously opposed the
plan. A ditch or drain four rods in
length would DO the work, but the pond
remained a nuisance because Of the
neighbours opposition. A muskrat
prowling around took it into his head
to drain that pond and bored out the
drain, releasing the water, greatly to
the pleasure Of the owner and the pro-
found disgust Of his neighbor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-29

An article in an agricultural journal
referred to the habit Of Information as
characteristic Of the rodent family. We
hardly think that this statement is
justified. While many members Of
this family will remain in their homes
during extreme cold weather, they can
be hardly said to hibernate The rab-
bit, the squirrel, the rats and mice are
active all winter long. The gopher,
chipmunk and ground hog do hibernate
after fashion, but hardly in the same
manner that does the bear. Field mice
are just as active in winter as during
the summer and usually in conjunction
with the rabbit do more mischief dur
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-07
LIST OF KANSAS FAIRS

Following is a list of@fairs to be held in
Kansas in 1905, their dates, locations and
secretaries, as reported TO the state board
of agriculture and compiled by secretary
Alien CONT Agricultural Society,". T.
Treadway. secretary. lola September
12-16
Balcn- secretary. Ell Dorado October
2-6.
Cedar Vale. October 1l-1s
Puckey, secretary. Clay Center. Octo-
cloud County Fair Associa tion--w. G.
CGffey County AGRICULTURAL Falr Associa-
tion-HenTy Jaesson, secretary. Rurlng-
Eastern Cowley comfy Fair Association
(Cowley county)-J. NJ. Henderson, sec
rotary, Burden. September 27-29.
stock Associatios,-W. ]: Wilson. secre-
fary, Winfield October SO:
cT caiationakrann kekay secretary. Fitto
burg September 1S-z2.
Elk County Agricultural FAIR Association
e B. Place, secretary. Grenola. Sep-
tenlber 1914.
The Finnev County Agricultural society
hold their fair September 81, 2S and %,
1905 A. H. Warner. secretary.
Harvey County Agricultural Society,". T.
AxtelI. secretary, Newton September 60
linn County Fair Associations. e. Ha-
ley. secretary. Mound City. September
Marshall County Fair Association-E I.
Miller. secretary, Marysville. Septem-
MCPHERSON County Agricultural Fair AS
sociation-H. 4. Rowland. secretary. Nc
Miami County A Il ana MeehaDd-
Secretary. Paola. September e "a.
Mitchell County Agricultural association
p G. Chubbic. secretary. Beloit
f-offevvilIe Fair and Park Associa tton
oItgomery couHty)-R- Y. Kennedy.
Secretary. Coffeyvflle.
kiorris County exposition Company-M.
F. Amrine, secretary Council Grove
Neosbc County Fair ssociation-H
Lodge, secretary. Erie. September 26-29
Cent? al Kansas Fair Association (T1eno
countyl-A. I. Sponsler, secreta W
Hutchinson. September 1923
Satire County Agricultural. Horticultural
and Mechanical Associatfon-H B. Wal
lace. secretary. Salina September 1922
Kansas State Exposition Company fShaw W.
nee county)-C. H. Samson, secretary.
Topeka. September LIS.
Rocks County Fair Assocfation-E. s. vii.
liams, secretary Stockton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-07
Western League.
Denver SIS, Pueblo 90.
Changing Her Name.


The other day, in the advertisement
columns of my morning paper, l was
rather brought up by a lady who there
gave me to understand that her bap-
tismal name was photographed as
WELL say, as "Edythc.' 1 confess that
I was ungallant enough to doubt this
photography My belief is, in fact,
that. in the official record, this name
would be found written in the usual
way, and that its possessor had varied
her godfather's and godmother's or
biography to suit her own personal
ideas of the picturesque A day or
two later [ found reason to suppose
that variations of this kind are rather
the rule than otherwise. Here was
another lady who assured me that she
had been christened in the name of
Mai; and, before 1 was much older,
was confronted with startling
phonetic variant in the shape of
MARI. Now, a la rigueur. a future
bride may spell May with an 'i'
final, and no great violation be done to
first principles; but when it comes to
a two-Id Mary, the officiating clerk
would, 1 conceive, be justified in a de-
mand for the production of the bap-
t1smal certificate. OF course no one of
my sex with any experience of the
ways OF the other, ever misenploys
time in the attempt to fathom the rea-
son, or the want of reason, for wo-
mems actions Presumably, however,
this Mary had decided that her name
was shared by too many others, and
that, rather than be d Mary among so
many. she would be a Mairi all by her
self. Sponsors. perhaps, are not con-
s1derate enough in their nomenclature
treatment of their patients. How. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-07
NAMES SCALLOP FISHERS.
A New Industry There, But It's Proved
Profitable One.

A new industry for the fishermen of
the Maine coast is that of catching seal
Tops. 1t has already proved profitable.
and hundreds of men are engaged in the
work, They drag with huge nets the
bottoms Of the bays and harbors and
take out thousands of gallons of these
shell fish. The fishermen about Bluehiil
and Frenchman's bays are an at it.
Scallops were discovered in the latter
bay only last spring
The scallops live in deep or shoal wa
ter to suit their taste, and in a sense,
are migratory. They are found in shoal
water during the summer, and in the
winter they live in deep water. In the
IN the winter prefer sandy places. They
are often seen in huge clusters and
sometimes found piled up on one anoth
er several tiers deep.
Great beds of them have been discov-
cred in Bluehill and other bays ten feet
in depth. Near Bartletts Island last
winter Ernest Moore of Bass Harbor
and his companion ran their boat upon
what they supposed to be ledge. 1t
proved to be a scallop bed of great size
and density. The scallops were piled up
in wind rows and cocks just as though
some farmer fisherman had been there
and stacked them up with pitchfork
The men made a small fortune in the
next few days. They caught barrels and
barrels of scallops for which they found
a ready market.
In the winter scallops bring the fish,
ermen in Boston and New York about
50. so per gallon. A hundred scallops
viii yield a gallon of. sweatmeats- The
fishermen last winter, in some instances,
made as high as $50 in a single day,
and an average days catch ranged
from $40 upward. They retail here now
for 20 cents a gallon
The fishermen in dragging for seal
lops use boats tllirty-fiye or forty feet
long, which are propelled by. sail ana
naphtha power. a big fleet of these
west side of Mount Desert Island for
several winters with marked success
The coming fall will see still larger
Heet in Ffenchman's bay, since scallops
in untold numbers have been found
there. There is no fishing there now,
for the scallops are not so good III the
summer. and sell at a low price.
The sea1lop boat has power and DER
rick. A large. strong net with a five or
six-foot iron plate at its mouth, at
tached to 100 fathoms of rope, IS the
equipment for scraping the t1sh from
their deep sea beds When the net IL
full the load is drawn into the boat by
a small windlass run by a naphtha en-
CINE of several horse power.
1t is the practice OF IobStermen OH
the Maine coast to build huge pounds
and when Holsters are plentiful ana
cheap in the summer to put them IN
these pounds and keep them until the
following winter
The scalIop fishermen believe that
they can reap harvest in the same
way by catching up scalops in summer
and keeping them in pounds or cars
until. the price of ssca1lop meat goes up,
ScalIops will live and.thrive in car as
well as lobster 9. The experiment mas
been tried with good results--New \ DIRK
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-07
DREYFUss WILL STAY.
Manager of Pittsburg Club Will Not
Go to American,

Pittsburg. Pa, Sept. There is
absolutely no truth to the reports that
have been sent out from Pittsburg re-
Gently that Dreyfuss would jump to
the American league with his Pirate
team next year. Some enterprisfng
local correspondent always springs
this yarn on the public whenever any
one gives him an opportunity to print
1t. Dreyfuss did have chance TO he
come a part of the American league
at one time, but he turned that OFFER
down and since that the proposition
has never been relieved
There is not the slightest chance
for any such move on the part of the
Pittsburg club now without bringing
on another baseball war, as the Ma
tional and American leagues are work
ing along now under a peace agree
ment and such move would mean
open hostilities, and there is not a
magnate in either league who is anx-
ious for any more baseball war. The
two years of peace since the signing
of the famous agreement at Cincin-
natl have been prosperous ones for
most of the clubs
Pittsburg fans are pulling hard to
win the pennant this year. They have
not yet given up hope of beating out
the Giants, and the six-game lead
that McGraW has over the locals is NOT
too great handicap for the Pirates to
overcome if they keep up the pace
they are going at present. The citi-
zens are turning out here in great
shape to see the Pirates play and
the Labor day crowd was one of the
largest of the season. The Pittsburg
management claims that the Pirate
club has paid the New York club
more money for games played in
Pittsburg this year than the Giants
club has paid to Pittsburg for games
played in New York.
This makes Pittsburg the banner
baseball town in the country. although
Chicago must be close to the top, as
last year they were only a short dis
tanee behind New York in attendance,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-07
SEEKANEW MARK
Eastern Turfmen Plan for a
Feature Race.
Will Be an Overnight Event at
Brighton Beach.
OWNERS ARE WILLING.
Hermis Expected to 60 Against
His Own Record.
Hamburg Belle Is Another Miller
in Best of Form.

New York, Sept An effort will be
made at the Brighton meeting to bring
the worlds time record for a circular
mile back to the east The record
Q:S7 2-5) belongs to Dick -WeIles. and
was made at the Washington park
track. Chicago. a
At the solicitation of a number of
owners who have good middle-distance
runners in their barns the Brighton
management will put on a race which
1t is hoped will bring out the speediest
horses in training and restore the rec
ord to the east.
1t viii be an overnight event with ST.
200 added for horses 3-year-olds and
upward, with special weights. Colts
regardless of the age will carry 112
pounds while mares and geldings will
carry 109. This will put the crack g.
year-olds of the season on an even basis
with the other horses. and probably is a
wise provision.
The conditions of the race provide for
$500 extra for the winner if the track
record of 1888 is beaten and 81, 900 extra
If the worlds record of 1877 2-5 is low
cred Several owners have already sig
nified their willingness to prepare their
horses for such race and there is no
reason why the event should not prove
q great feature.
1t would afford a splendid chance for
41eIIllS- 10 lower MS own track record,
as in nothing but a race under some
special conditions would he be so leni-
emily treated in the matter of weight.
Hamburg Belle is another miller Just
now at top-notch form and there are
any number of horses that might be
attracted by such a race.
By many the purse may not be con-
sidered commensurate with the import
ance of the race. but this is not liable
to be drawback to the race. Any own
err would be pleased to retire his horse
for the season, and perhaps for good,
with a worlds record mile to his or her
credit, regardless of the money that
might be won in making the record.