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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-04
Decrease of Sheep Industry.


That there has been a great decline
in the interest taken in sheep as a
part of our farm stock is evident to
the most casual observer. That this
is a regrettable fact will be admitted
by nearly all students of farm prob.
lens. That it would be a good
thing for our farms If we could
awaken such an int2 rest in sheep
farming as to lead UP to our former
standing in the industry Is also adj
mitted. To try to see If we cannot
help trace the causes that have led
to the decline and also help to create
a new interest in the sheep is the OBJ
ject of this article, says writer in
the New York Tribune Farmer. 1t IS
well to pause at lines ara look bach
over the past. For the past has It's
lessons which, If learned, viii help
us to meet the present and prepare for
the future. 1t is, therefore, necessary
that l should refer briefly to the past
life OF the sheep INDUSTRY as it applies
to the eastern half of this country, SO
that we may be able to get a correct
view of its present condition and un
derstand the causes that have led to
its decline
In the days when our country was
in its infancy, when the AK of the
settler echoed from hill to hill and om
fertile acres were being denudeJ OF
their forest growth, the conditions OF
life were much harder than we find
them upon our farms today. The
necessities of life made it imperative
upon the farmer to live, as far as
possible, upon the proceeds of the
farm. He needed not only food and
clothing at home, Naturally, the early
settlers turned to the sheep. "the AMI.
nal with the golden hocf," for all
ages the emblem of purity and limo
eence. Its fleece could be woven into
the warm ''homespun' which our
grandmothers new so well how TO
make, it's meat would give nourishing
food to the household, while the
animal itself found rich pasture upon
the new lands and helped to bring the
farm into better condition by feeulng
on the rough and partly cleared places
that, like all semicivilized things, tend
ed constantly to revert to their natural
state of wildness. Hence, the growth
of the sheep industry is closely allied
to the growth of the country up to the
time when the conditions Of life be
gan to change so rapidly that the peo-
pie found 1t possible to change their
ways of living.
When the inventive genius OF man,
couple6 with skilled laoor made Il
possible 70 produce and sell wooden
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-04
Agricultural Lore

clothing at prices within the reach or
the farmer, there was removed ON
the farm and family the necessity OF
growing the wool and making the an
lual supply of "homespun." Sheep
arming then ceased to be question
If need and became question of farm
policy. AS soon as the necessity of
of keeping sheep was remoI ed the
business became one Of dollars and
cents-to be increaseu or diminished.
1t was thenceforth to be weighed in
the balance against money, the love of
which (but not -e thing itself is e
root of al. evil.
AS matter of policy, a simple ques-
ton of dollars and cents, it confronts
us today, and the balancing of the
ledger is largely to determine the
farmers attitude oward the business.
Statistics are not necessary to MAKE
the subject clear. Suffice say
that east of the great range section OF
our country we have only one-third as
many sheep on our farms as we for
merly had. In my own state we are
annually losing S1.50O,000 that might
be ours if we had kept up our fiocks.
The loss is relatively greater in many
other states. inst this Is a otal loss
is evident from the fact that our farms
are capable of supporting all the stocR
we now carry and our former flocks
of sheep besides. l maintain that the
fertility brought to the farms by the
sheep would so improve them that the
whole income from the sheep might be
regarded as clear gain to our farm in
dustry.
One of the evils against which our
flock masters have had to contend
has been the dog nuisance. Legislators
have repeatedly tried to find some law
that would be effective against this
evil. but thus far the dog has had more
protection than the sheep and the evif
still remains. That it is one OF the
great obstacles in the way of ircreas'
ing our fiocks is abundantly proved
BY the statement of thousands of farm
ers who say they would keep sheep II
it wasn't for the dogs. To my mind
there appears only one sane way OF
solving the problem-recognfze the
dos, as the lawful property of its
owner and compel the owner to keep
his dog at home. If this cannot be
done then the alternative is to kill
the dog. 1t is certainly true that there
are many thousand worthless dogs,
both mougrel, puppy. whelp and
hound. and ours Of low degree" in
this country which are a constant
menace TO the sheep industry.
The the question of fences Is an i'm.
portant one. We do not have the
available supply of forest fencing that
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-04

Hartford, Conn, Sept 24.-Pas-
sengers on the New Haven trains
through this section of the Con
,reticut valley usually watch with
great interest from the middle Of
August until the end of September
the operations Of the tobacco farmers
So much has been written about the
marvellous richness of the yield Of the
weed in a limited district of this vat
ley, and so many picturesque features
appear in connection with the indus
try that il is the regular thing for the
tourist returning from the mountain
or seashore respects of New Englan l.,
after he has passed Springfield to be
gin craning his neck for sight OF
the fields, gray-green with the tall
standing tobacco plants, or swa. ming
with motley crowds of workers
amongst the "laths," or frames, on
which Ire plants are hung head down
ward n Tor to their removal to the
driving arms which dot the landscape
In every dierction.
During the weeks OF the harvesting
there is No lack Of employment in this
section fol any able-bodied man who
is willing to work Getting in Con
necticut's tobacco crop is accompan-
icl almost every year by just such
scarcity Of help as prevails among
the wheat and corn haryests of the
middle west.
This year. especially, the passenger
has looked out upon animated scenes
as he has ridden comfortably through
what has been termed 'the richest
agricultural section Of the Unitea
States, for the yield has been of
bumper" proportions, one bringing
millions Of dollars to the farmers ant
merchants. aui thousands TO the rail-
TOads that later viii transport the
cases of well cured cigar tobacco TO
every. part of the land. Whoever has
been especially observan, In passing
must have noticed the newest
wrinkle in tobacco growing -nameiy
that in many of the fields the dozen or
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-04
Don't Ask Another To Choose Your
Wife.


Queer things are hapen1ng daily
OF course they are, you say Yet
these queer things are not merely
platitudes which we must expect
They make the gray matter work in
US all.
\ Wiiower down south wrote me a
letter a short time ago, in which he
made the urgent reqest that should
find him a wife in Boston HI has
read something charming about the
women in this city
Il want, he says, "a nice, plump,
pretty, honest, truthful, poor girl,
from Is to 30 years OF age, height
about five feet and weight from 100 to
$50 pounds"
He is a woodsman, and makes a
pretty good living. answel-.. his
letter and went TO work in search OF
such a prize have not been sue.
cessful, Every one approached says;
Why does he not find some one
down where he lives? Oh, he's an
oil fool and is queer"
When | look at his photograph ana
study his features, he appears 70 be
an honest, open-hearted fellow AMI /
persuaded he would make some wom-
an happy in humble home.
But if man wants a wife, he
should be able to obtain one without
much outside help
There is knack about getting a
wife; even a widower of As should
find this out. To tell me that he has
brown, curly gray hair, blue gray eyes
and brown mustache is a good mar
gin to work with.
But women generally who are matri-
moEially inclined, do not like descrip-
tons of a prospective husband. They
want to see the subject themselves.
Do you blame them? We do not buy
horses without seeing them Why
should a second party bargain for a
wire? This is queer business.
Now, my advice is this: When a
man, especially a widower ANTS a
wife, he should have gumption enough
TO look around and investigate for
himself. If he lacks this, he is not de-
serving of partner.
It is ticklish business TO find a wne
for another man, even when you have
vivid descriptions of what is wanted,
woman may be thankful when she
is put upon the track of a man who is
deserving of a good wife.
This is as far as one cares to go.
But arranging for future marriages
and trying to work Cupid to subserve
your schemes is a dangerous inter.
ference.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-04

The great value Of olive oil was
known 10 the ancients long before
the christian era, and the olive was
regarded as the most nutritious of all
foods. Its value Is still appreciated
in southern Europe and portions Of
Asia, where it thriyes best ana Is an
article in general use by rich and
poor alike. The food value If the
olive is not yet fully appreciated by
the people Of America, but CaIifof-
MIA, the great clive-growing state,
has started a crusade of educate to
teach the a3lblic how to use this won
derful fruit.
Both at the St. Louis exposition
last year and at the Portland exposi-
tien this year California has been
giving the world some useful tnfor
nation about the olive and other
fruits that flourish in the golden state.
At the booth of big California olive
grower, in the agricultural building at
the Portland exposition, ripe olives
are given away to visitors, and many
persons here see d ripe olive for the
first time. At all California recep-
tions at the exposition, and they are
numerous, ripe olives are served to
the guests. The state that rows
the olive is teaching all America to
eat the olive and to freely use the
rich oil it produces.
The olive is one of the few trees
mentioned in the bible, and olive oil
was used both as food and medicine
long before the time of Christ. II is
often mentioned as being applied as
an ointment for the healing OF
wounds, and in amounting at sacred
| ceremonials. such as the GROWING or
kings T. is still used in the Cath
olic church in the religious rituals,
from the baptism of infants to the last
anointment at the oeathbed
JGrn +. Morgan. an able authority
on food values of the orchard and
farm. says of the olive and its prod
ucts:
olive oil is one of the best vege-
table fats, which in chemical compo-
sition, in nuuitive value and use in
the body, corresponds with the best
ccrnfed beef. without taxing the d.
gestive organs as the latter does.
Olive oil is in stale of natural
emulsion, ready to be digested
promptly without The possibility oi IN
terfering with the digestion of any
other food Pure olive oil is the per
feet analogous Of meat, and it, value
is beginning TO iJe more generally
recognized throughout the world 1t
has been observed that those who live
upon olive oil Us a common article of
food are generally healthier anu in
muct better condition than those who
do not, because it contains more
proteids and albumen than beefsteak.
Two tablespoonfuls of pure olive oil
contain more nourishment than one
pound of meat or cup of butter,
without taxing the digestive organs, "
The introduction of ripe olives to
the market in America is of com
Daratively late date. The ripe olive
as d very nourishing food has long
been used by the orIentals. The
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-04
+. WANDER SONG.

Faith, 1t was dawning OF yesterday,
And soft in TIE cool of the sheets |
lay;
And I'd clear forgot how once went
free,
When a little bird came and sang to
me.
Short was the song and of scanty art.
But it brought the red blood back to
my heart;
And t was never a hymn nor true
love ode
But the song-the Song of the Dusty
Road.
I've bartered my sheets for a star-nt
I've traded my meat for crust OF
bread;
I've changed my book for a sapling
cane,
And I'm off to the end of the world
again.
-Horatio Winslow in McClure's
Magazine for o ober.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-04

Food Value OF the Olive
~

Italian reserves mis- best ripe olives
fer home consumption where they are
a part CT The daily diet and are con
snmed in large quantities, taking the
place Of meat. Travellers IN Pales-
tine have been surprised at the power
Iof endurance OF their Bedouin guides,
who live solely on ripe picked olives
ana hard, black bread. and endure the
longest and hardest marches, apYar-
emily without effort or effect. In
countries like Spain, Italy and
Greece, the ripe olive is a staple
article of food. Workmen toll hard
all day on ration Of black bread and
handful Of ripe picked olives. and
keep in fine physical condition on
this diet All this may be taken as
evidence Of the highly nutrltlve quail
tiles in the ripe olive.
In California the ripe olives are
prescribed in hospitals by physicians
for the sick and conyai 9scent. The
oil blended with the salt il. the pickle
forms an appetizing ligestor which
stimulates secretion and builds up
the appetite. Those who are posted
never rest in their children from eating
the ripe olives, knowing that they are
more nourishing than meat, are
easily di2ested and contain none Of
the dangerous heating qualities which
accompany meat diet.
The importer Sreen, or queen onvv,
is nothing more or less than an I'M
| ripe, undeveloped and indigesdble
pickle. 1t is picked and shipped from
Its native home iii that state simply
because il lerds itself better to long
transportation than the ripe olive.
! There is no nutrition in the green
olive, and physicians claim that when
eaten in large quantities, especially
| by people with weak digestions, much
harm is done by this indigestible, I'M
ripe article Of food. The producers
of these green olives know that the
natives of Italy, France and Spain
would not think of eating them, hence
! they are only put UP for the foreign
market as a commercial ccmmoditS~
| Americans must look to California for
| ne3Hhy, palaIdtOlG, sanitary dILiClS
when they want a good olive. The
food value of the gdeen Give as COM
pared with the ripe can be likened TO
that of little. green apple to a rich,
juicy, ripe one. According to olive
experts, ripe olives and olive oil
should not be considered as an oc-
/ casional delicacy, but should form a
! part OF the average diet AMI be con
sidered a household necessity.
The demand for this commodity is
constantly growing, which is pleas
| ing indication that the fool value OF
/ the ripe olive is becoming better
known and recognized, and doubtless
the day will come when the green
olive will DE banisned from the Amer
icar table and the ripe California olive
will be served in its place.
AT tie Lewis and Clark exposition
the olive is presened to the public Units
it's most appetizing aspect, and Califor-
MIA is doing a good work by seeking to
introduce the ripe olive as food for
! Americans.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-04

To every aspect of the problem
Herbert Spencer must have given
thought; but he has plainly declared
that the human intellect, as at present
constituted. can offer no solution.
The greatest mind that this world has
Yet producei,-the mind that systema.
TIED all human knowledge. that revo
nuonized modern science, that dissi,
pated materialiSm forever. that re-
yealed to us the ghostly unity of al
existence, that reestablished all ethics
upon an immutable and eternal foun,
dation,-the mind that could expouni
with equal lucidity. and by the same
universal formula. the history of a
gnat or the history Of sun,--con,
fessed itself. before the Riddle OF Tx.
istence. scarcely less helpless than the
mind of a child-Lafcadio Hearn IN
Atlantic.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-04
The Only WaX.

Mrs "Stonewali" Jackson, widow
Ue the famous confederate general,
who now lives in Charlotte, n. c.,
was chatting a.lawyer of her acquaint-
ance about the fees demanded by
members of his profession.
Still, there are occasions when a
lawyer isn't the chief beneficiary of a
suit" said Mrs. Jackson. Il know of
one instance friend of mine in
Virginia sued a railroad company for
damages and secured verdict for
$4,000, which was paid, and the
whole amount is now in bank sub
ject to her order. Her counsel didn't
get penny of it,
"How was that?"
She found the only way of outwit-
ting him"
what did she do?"
"She marpied the lawyer. Every
body's.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-04

Robert Lee Harris, chief of the
Catawba tribe OF Indians, which has
a tiny reservation embI cling only one
square mile near Rock Hill, s. c., on
which are eighty members of the
tribe, lately visited Raleigh, n. O.,
seeking in the state library for all IN
formation possible about the Cataw-
bas. These Indians were, even after
1900, a powerful tribe, and touched
the Cherokees, who were in the North
Carolina mountains and in the foot
hills. Chief Harris says that there
are only $50 Catawbas in the United
States, while IN 100 the tribe could
muster several thousand warriors
He is anxious to have the tribe put
under federal care and educated by
the government.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-04

cur forefathers had. We tprr =
wire as the best substitute and fin1
that expensive and unsatisfactory a.
a sheep fence. We cannot affor1 -
fence large pastures for small aooxs
as people used to do. We must learr
Inherent methods and fence smaII
pastures for large hocks. Instead Of
pasturing 100 acres with 40 sheen
we must learn to feed as MANY an n
acres. With the cheapening of woven
Wire fencing there viii be no erea,
difficulty in making needed fences IN
restrain the hocks. The modern sheer
Is unlike her ancestors in some re-,
spects. She can be confined on small,
areas and kept at profit. One of orr
most successful sheepmen recon.
mends that hocks be pasture1 at fha
rate Of our sheep an acre. There is ~
question today in regard to the pos.
sloie profit from sheep. in fact. Their,
mas never cen decade in which the
proht from the focks would not av,
erage up Well with the profit from
other kinds of stock.
There is another reason for the lack
OF interest in sheep-a reason thar
mas been so insidious in its work that
we have realized it only when tbe
effect has been felt. me sevara,
state organizations, the writer's to,
the farm papers, the institute workers
and, In some cases, the experiment,
stations, have neglected the sheen for
the COW. The great increase NJ
dalrylng has been brought about nv
the combined forces of nearly all agri.
cultural workers. | find no fault with
this. 1t is right and the work sno,rla
be continued, but it is a case of this
ought We to have done and not to have
left the other undone."
Had the same effort AMI the Same
amount of thought and study been de.
voted to the sheep that have been
given to the COW we should TODAY have
a large number of sheepmen making a.
success of their business. There are
many farms better adapted to sheen
farming than to dairying; there are
many of our farmers who could make
success of the work if they would
only apply themselves to the business
in an intelligent, energetic manner
The methods of work that answered in
the past are not the ones to be used
today. We are in transition state
We are passing away from the old and
learning the new. Competition in all
lines OF work has become so keen that
we are obliged to study our business
as never before, and it may be safel,
said that in the years to come success
Is to come only to the man who pre-,
pares for it. The highest profit in
any branch of farming is obtainel
only by getting above the average
1t is every mans privilege to get
above the average if he can, and thus
increase the value of his flocks and
farm. 1t would be folly to advise
everybody to keep sheep, but there is
good money in them for those who are
adapted to the business. With only
one-third as many sheep upon our
farms as We once had, with our farms
understocked and losing in fertility,
with our incomes below good business
standards and our needs increasing,
we may well pause and ask ourselves
If, we cannot work out our own saliva,
ton with the aid of the sheep.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-04

brace a religion by causes which lie
psychologically deeper than clear in.
sight and cogent reasoning. But we
see no signs in tne occident that men
ere ready 70 seek 1.-THE path and to
mediate on the evil of existence and
the relief of Niryana. And so far as
the aw Of righteousness is concerned.
we fear that if they find darkness in
Noses and the prophet they will not
be persuaded to turn their eyes to-
ward the light of Asia-New York
Evening Post.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-04
Not inclined to Buddhism

After thousand years OF indifer-
ence. without having made any seri.
GUS effort 10 propagate its doctrines,
Buddhism is beginning TO show a
missionary spirit. in Asia the opinion
is prevalent that Europe and America
are losing faith in the Christianity
which their missionaries proclaim.
1t is hardy probable however, that
any considerable percentage Of those
who have given up Christianity tho
matter from what motivcsl are pre-
pared to adopt the ideas of Buddna.
Ascetieism has had, it is true. a 20.
telt attraction for an element OF man
kind. and men are often led 70 en-,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

A dangerous thing about an heiress
losing all her money is that all her
good looks go with it.
A nice thing about having a bald
head is you don't have to worry about
when your hair turns gray.
One of the queerest things about
loving a girl is the way she believes
you when she says she DOESN'T.
When a woman tells you that she
doesn't sit on the floor to put on her
stockings, what makes them think
YOU think so?
There Is never any need to lie
your wife if you can only get her into
a frame of mind where she will not
believe anything you say.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-04

when a brood mare is weak in any
quality. be careful to select
a stallion with which to mate her that
is strong in that particular quality
and from family which is noted for
exceTling in that quality Rapid
gated. short-striding mares should be
mated with big-gaIJed stations. and
vice versa
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-04
On. on the Hold.un Man.

Said this person: mo wonder bubble
With mirth and with merriment
double.
Why, he robbed me as well as first.
class hotel,
But | gave no tip for his troubled"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-04
The Answer.

Ethyl-Why does Mae let Mr. Au
fulbraKes say such shocking things 20
her?
| Daisye-S Somebody told her that
she looked prettiest when she blush
| ed.-Cleveland Leader.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-04
sun BOnnetS on
Tobacco Plants

Experiments of the Department OF Agriculture Wcrk-
ing toward the Perfect Cigar Months OF Intricate
Processes Produce What Goes Up in Smoke in a
Few Mnutes--One of the Most Scientific Branches
of Up-to-date Farming.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-04

Mothers in a carriage,
Daughters dressed to kill.
Son is playing rouge ct noir
And father pays the bill.
washington STAR.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-04

Fwo languages are used in the
Portsmouth peace parley. The de-
cision will be in the language spoken
.by Inoney-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-04

The recent French census showed
that there are $4,000 more women
than men in Paris.