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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-21
FARM CONDITIONS.
The Winning Combination of Big
Yields and Paying Prices

The Winning Combination of Bis
Yields and Paying Prices.
While the greatest Of all our grain
crops has not yet been secured, it is
probable that this years haryests will
foot up the greatest total ever gar
nered by American farmers. Wheat
is not far from a record breaking crop
oats q great crop and corn the greatest
on record if it's present promise is no
lowered by untimely frosts. But when
the American farmer confronts his
Thanksgiving turkey he will have some
thing more than many bushels to be
thankful for-fair prices. We have
had big yields before that brought
little joy because they had to sell so
low, but now the agricultural pro-
Queer has the winning combination of
good yields and paying prices. Those
who are dissatisfied with present con
ditions will do we'll to look up quota
tons on farm products ten years ago.
Cattle Situation.
The most hopeful feature of the stu
alton is the improved market for beef
The trust agitation has died away, and
pork and mutton are dearer than usual
and so is poultry, all Of which tends
to expand the consumption of beef
The promise OF "a great corn crop is
also likely to be a source Of benefit
to the fall cattle trade. 1t will lead
those who have cattle to keep and
finish them and will induce others to
invest. Although the past three years
have shown no profits to most feeders
they will probably finish large mum
Der again the coming winter. There
is no other avenue open to them, with
prices of other classes of feeding stock
tout of sight" On the whole, the
present cattle situation is better than
was anticipated earlier in the summer
though there is still vast room for
Improvement.
The Small Feeders.
The tendency Of the times is against
the professional feeder, the speculatol
who buys his stock and his feed and
hires his labor The man who can feed
his own grain on his own land without
increasing his labor bill is driving the
speculative feeder out of business. The
small feeder has the great advantage
of cheap roughage, his own or hired la
Dor at minimum cost and ability to gel
something out of the manure Will
all these things in his favor he can feed
stock on narrow margins and prosper
where the speculative feeder will lose
money. At distilleries, mills, ETC., the
latter holds on, but he Is passing out
elsewhere National Stockman.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-21
Lewis and Clark Exposition.

For the Lewis and Clark expos
ton at Portland, Ore, the Omaha
will sell tickets daily until Septem-
Der Both, good returning 80 days from
date of sale at the rate OF $47 90 for
the round trip. These tickets per-
nit passengers to stops at any point
or points at or west Of st. Paul with
in final limit of ticket either on the
outward trip or returning. We will
sell tickets via any line from St
Paul and with the privilege of re-
turning via a different line If so
desired. We also sell tickets at
same rate via Omaha and the Union
Pacific with privilege of returning
via same route or via any of the
NORTHERN lines,
f you are thinking of making this
trip you should not fail to give US a
call before. deciding to go via any
other line,
Be sure and GET your tickets via
the Omaha.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-21
The Day of Small Things.

When Danny Griffin was a boy he
had an eye to business and knew how
TO invest dollar SO it would increase
Once he trapped two skunks and sold
their skins. With the money he bought
a pig. Danny was good feeder, and
the pig grew large and fat Apples
and corn and milk were converted into
pork. The hog went to the butcher, and
the proceeds went for two sheep. They
leach had g lamb. and the ewes with
their increase, brought enough to buy
a good heifer calf. When the calf
grew to be cow he sold her to Frank
Y. for $35.
That was thirty-fve years ago. and
Danny was then fifteen. Now Daniel
Griffin owns hundred acre farm be
sides other property. and his crops and
mis- credit are good.
Moral.-Despise not the day Of small
things .-Farm Journal
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-21

1.-The Moonshiner's Daughter is
the title Of a successful melodralna
which has been meeting with great
favor the last four years and which
will be seen at the Opera House,
Tuesday, Sept. Goth. There is a
pretty love story nicely woven
throughout the play depicting the
adventures of the Moonshiners IN a
most realistic and thrilling manner.
Incidents from the famous Hatfield
Taylor feud Of Kentucky and len
nesse are shown in wildly true
manner. A raid on anilllclt still
and the fight that follows between
the Moonshiner's and Revenue M en-
is another feature. A number OF
clever specialties are introduced,
many of them direct from the lead
ing vaudeville theatres OF the coun-
try. Seats for sale at Sweets Drug
Store.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-21

rows of kernels on the cob.
There should be very little space be-
tween the rows of kernels. A wide
space shows shallow kernels of bad
shape
The per cent of corn on the ear is de-
termined by weighing the ears, shelling
the grain and reweighing the cobs and
grain. A hundred pounds of ear corn
should never shell out less than eighty
pounds of grain Kentucky Expert
.ment Station.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-21
FARM VITIES

To make pigs profitable they must
be kept growing every minute
The watering tank should be cleanee!
out frequently. 1t is a shame to com
pei stock to drink water thick with dirt
and slime.
The Brahlna is a good winter egg
producer anti makes a fine large roast
ing fowl for market.
September is a good month to set
hens for Christmas poultry.
A small crop promises to make ap-
pies profitable fruit this season.
The farmer must not hang back in
supplying things that are pretty to
look upon, although they may not be
delicious to eat. One Of the great buy
ers Of the products of the farm is the
human eye.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-21
Finishing Grain Harvest.

Late sown grain will be harvested
this month The work should proceed
without delay and the grain not allow
'ssS to stand until overripe. The late
;Down oats will make good hay if cut
while yet green, and this is very
satisfactory use to which to devote
them. Good crops of barley are some
shines grown when for various reasons
st is found necessary to sow late, and
IL makes an excellent substitute fer
enls purpose. This is ali easy crop to
cure late in the season. Where buck
wheat is raised it should be in condi
ton to harvest by the last Of the month
and receive proper attention. Amer
3can Cultiyator.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-21
Exhibiting Fruits at Fairs.

One of the haDdsomest and most at
tractive exhibits of fruit we have ever
seen was that shown by Lucas county
at the Ohio state fair last fall The
fruits, which comprised practically the
whole list of those available at that
season, were neatly arranged on a
large table about twenty feet square
and in such manner that the COM
binaton Of varieties and colors at once
attracted attention and prompted com.
ment on the beauty Of the products.
Too frequently color on exhibition ia
bles is overlooked Exchange
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-21
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SELECTING SEED CORN.

Htome Hints aad the Illinois Corr
Growers Score Card.
Every one who has grown con-
knows how readily it runs OUT o.
.giegenerat es. Plant breeders are agreed
tfhat the most potent cause for this de.
q; icy in corn is inbreeding. TIC
iavDi tits it is best to select ears from
aaifferc%t portions OF the field, and these
ears are +, be seIect>l at as great 9
distance from each otl.,i. rs possible.
We are constantly receiving inquiries
AS to the points a2d rules used in the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-21

Uniformity of ears in variety is the
BEST indication that that variety has
1oeen carefully selected for number
OF generations.
The nearer the shape Of an ear APP
breaches that Of a cylinder the greater
will be the percentage of corn to cob.
This cylindrical shape will permit the
ear to carry straight parallel rows of
kernels from butt to tip.
Those varieties of corn that have re-
eceived the greatest care in their Sc
lection and Improvement are uniform
in color The white varieties have a
white cob, and the yellow and red va
Gieties have a red cob. No corn should
lbs used for seed that shows the effect
e0f cross polarization. The effect of
pollen is shown the first year.
By market conditions is meant the
ssoundness of the ear and the conditions
of the kernels The ears should be free
from decay or fungous disease, and the
kernels should not be shriveled or
tchaffy, but show full maturity.
The tips Of the ears should be cover
ed with regular, uniform kernels, so
that no part of the cob can be seen
The butt Of the ear should be well
filed out with even rows of kernels
and swelled out evenly beyond the end
a0f the cob around the shank
The kernels should be uniform in
size, shape and color, and should pos
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-21

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ch aracteristics
The shape of
the kernel on
the broad side
should be : as
near that Of q
wedge as pos
sible. TIL i S
shape will per-
nit Of the lar
goSt number of
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-21

Where Bibles Are Not Allowed.
The Turkish government has refused
the request of the United States and
Great Britain to permit the sale of
Bibles in the streets of Turkish cities
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-21
Lost

Three year old steer white and
red. Finder will be rewarded by
returning to John Proll.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-21
MARKETING POTATOES.
Sorting and Begging the Crop - a
Sorter Illustrated.
Canada.

BY w. T. MACOUN Canada.
Some of the varieties of potatoes
which are poor quality are freest from
blight; hence these are becoming pop
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-21

Pioneer Who Crossed the Continent
Half a Century Ago Will Return by
the Same ROute-His Outfit Is Near
ly Like the One He Had Then-WiIl
Take Careful Notes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-21

scoring and judging of corn. The fol
lowing is the score card adopted by the
Illinois Corn Growers association:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-01

full and pleasant. Its standard of moral ity is higher and produces a robust life that is healthful and beneficial not only to the individual but to the nation as we'll
 The rural free delivery system has done more perhaps than any other one thing to make farm life more agreeable and desirable than ever before. The ru- ral free delivery of mail has brought the intelligent farmer in closer touch with the world and made him more intelligent and instilled in him more respect for himself and his country. The system has given him better roads for the transpor- tation of his products to market and he is, therefore. better prepared to do his work easier, better and with more profit. Every day he is able to read that days newspaper and equal his city brother in point of general information
 He Is no longer isolated. but feels him self as close to the great. throbbing heart of the world as any other man. He is made to feel that he is a part of the great industrial and economic fabric of his government, and if he is a man of pride and ambition. and he generally is he feels it his duty to do his part In the wonderful scheme of national existence. and his part in providing equitable gov- ernment.
 When these facts and conditions are rightfully understood and properly ap- preciated the farm will retain many of the boys who would hurry away to an- swer the call of a false ambition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-01
Handling the Stars.

Heinrich Conried In Leslie's Monthly.
 A single production like that of the opera of Aida" demands the services of close upon 400 persons, exclusive of the musicians in the orchestra and the stage hands. The casting of an opera is in itself no trifie. Enormous "cachets'' Cor "fees') cannot be paid in exchange for small service. It would, therefore be folly to allot minor part to a great singer as Mahler can afford to do in Vienna, where the artsist have annual salaries and appear in whatever parts may be allotted to them. Besides, even if the director of the Metropolitan were willing to squander money to obtain a standard of ideal excellence, he would have to contend with personal vanity, artistic jealousy and abnormal sensitive ness. Mime. A. whose remuneration for one night would keep many large fam fly for whole year, would decline to sing any but the most conspicuous fem mine role. MT. B would be equally re- fractory if his dignity were sighted by the offer of anything less than the lead ing baritone part. MT. c, the tenor, would probaly risk losing his whole seasons emoluments rather than interpret any thing but the hero of the opera in which he was to appear Even the bassos (who are usually more amiable and easy to live with than the sopranos and tenors or some baritones) would have objections to being cast for parts less pretentious than those of the kings, landgraves and high priests of grand opera. Abroad directors are less fettered, and it Is much easier to deal with artists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-01
The Pursuit of Beauty.

Paris Letter to London Telegraph.
 You must suffer to be beautiful. ac- cording to French saying. There seems to be some truth in the statement. if a lady's maid Is to be believed. She has revealed the secrets of her mistress bou- doir or, rather. torture chamber. but one wonders that she is still alive. For months she lay flat on her back on the floor motioness, with her arms close to her sides during several hours of the day. This was. 1t appears, to improve her figure. During the rest of the day. for the same period of time. she sat or a high stool giving and rocking the upper part of her body backward and forward and from side to side unceas- ingly By this process she is said to have acquired a statuesque throat and sylph's waist. The lady's nose, having soar ing nature was corrected and made Gre clan by the constant application day and night of a spring bandage. One nostrll was originally larger than the other, so she wore small sponge In 1t for year. Her cheeks have been filled out and rounded by injections of paraffin. Her ears for months were compressed against the sides of her head by springs. while heavy weights were attached to the lobes to produce the required elong- ated shape, which has ben successful ated shape. which has been successfully ed martyrdom for year, the lady, s al- ready stated, is now beautifrl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-01
SMASH DIAMONDS.
Why Girls Use Hammer to Crush
 Valuable Stones.
From the Memphis scimitar.

From the Memphis Scimitar.
 ''The hammers will be working over- time, as usual, all day Christmas" sighed the Maiden Lane jeweler. No, not the slang-built hammer but the genuine article. And, in consequence, several thousand dollars worth of flaw less diamonds win be smashed to bits. Incidentally, a tremendous number of engagements will be broken by those same hammers, and there will be as many angry complaints to the innocent jeweler, who probably sold an article of value at a fair price.
 Does that sort of talk strike you as silly? Well, it isn't. It's gospel truth. But 1t will take a little explaining:
 Every now and then some idiot of a paragrapher writes that a real diamond that paste diamond or rhinestone can easily be shattered. He goes on to say that this is the truest and easiest way to test the genuineness of a stone. The paragraph is copied all over the coun- try and girls read 1t and tell other girls about 1t.
 "Of course, there is no word of truth in such crazy statement. The purest diamond can be clipped or broken by heavy blow almost as easily as can rhinestone. But no one takes the trouble to make the world at large ac- quainted with that fact.
 'So when, on Christmas day, Angelina explores her stocking and finds there a lovely diamond which Charlie has saved his money for six months to buy, she is ar, 1ott< Tod Inc nltraC to clnx it to her best girl friend. But before doing so she decides to forestall the lat ter's possible inquiry as to its genuine ness. She has read that if you hit real diamond with a hammer the stone will not be harmed, but that a paste jewel will fly to pieces Quick! Where's the hammer? Bang! The iron mass crashes down on that twinkling shimmering ray of living sunshine. And the result is al- ways the same. The stone, whatever its value, is reduced to worthless white dust.
 Then Angelina bursts into tears of rage and modification. The beautiful diamond that carried with it so much love and SO many pecuniary sacrifices is smashed to flinders. She Is at once con- vinced that it was cheap imitation, and that Charlie is a stingy impostor, un- worthy any girls love. She thinks that by one hammer blow she has proven both assertions. (This seems doubly cruel when one remembers that the price of diamonds has risen about 30 per cent in the past five years)
 Later in the day, when Charlie calls around to receive her thanks, he thinks that he has stepped into hornets nest. After a series of tears, recriminations, reproaches and explanations, he rushes off to the jeweler from whom he bought the diamond, loudly denounces the poor dealer as a swindler and demands his money back. He is lucky if the engage ment itself is not eclared of.
 "T suppose no word of mine can pre- vent girls from ruining their diamonds in this insensate fashion. But am often inclined to paste in each jewel box the warning:
 ''Breakablsl Do not uss hsmmersl''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-01
ReCeipe for CheerfuIneSS
 BY MARY ANNABLE FANToN

flannel, oil the floor, put just a little oil on the cloth so that no rubbing in is necessary. When floor is not used con stantly it will only need the borax wash once a month with the oillng once week. A bare floor should also be dusted with mop between times, just as you would run a carpet sweeper about for morning.
 The same solution will clean all wood work and furniture without injuring the lustre or changing the color. It Is ideal for white fittings and entirely does away with the fatigueing use of a scrubbing brush.
 If the open fire is possible in this cheer full room, the brass androns, fender and tongs can all be cleaned Tn the same economical, easy way. Dip all the brasses in n tub of borax water and Cas- tile suds, the water having just been boiled; dry with flannel and rub for minute with chamois skin.
 Have dark Madras curtains that don't have to he washed and hardwood leather furniture that doesn't have to be brushed. and ferns and palms inst cad of lot of curios to lift and dust
 It Is really cheaper and easier to have a house. especially the living-room. cheerful and pretty and comfortable than to have 1t stiff and plain and full of work
 Most housekeepers work more than they rest in their sitting-rooms. While they, most of al should have the joy of what they create. Misdireeted conscience Is what is the trouble. Women should use their conscience for themselves as well as their families
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-01

A woman has not made a successful home unless it is a cheerful place. She may be the best housekeeper in town, the best cook. the most dexterous hand at fancy work; but she is not a real home maker, if you don't feel happy in her home, if you don't recognize an air of brightness and gladness as soon the she greets you.
 And a. home can't be cheerful unless 1t is a pleasant place to live in. It mustn't remind you all the while that someone Is worn out taking care of it. If the chairs are hidden away in pinafores. and the pretty carpet covered with a crash bib, and the chandelier draped. and each thing in the spot to which 1t has been apparently nailed, a room won't impress the merriest guest as cheerful A room to make you welcome must look as though the family liked to live in it, 1t must look simple enough not to suggest work and city enough to suggest taste, and 1t must seem easy to keep in order. and just enough in order to prove it is not neglected.
 There must be light and if possible an open fire. and cushions near 1t, and books at your hand wherever you sit, and book shelves low enough to reach and little tables handy for work basket or book or lamp. In other words a room must have a pleasant expression to win liking, which is true of people as we'll
 Where a woman does her own house work, as so many charming American woman do, home must be as simple as is consistent with the expression of her love for good art and cheerfulness. And in furnishing her rooms she must consider just two points In view What will be effectively duranble and what will be easy to keep. clean.
 First of all she must do away with her carpets Bare floors and rugs are healthful, economical and artistic. They bury fathoms deep that most terrible fetish of house cleaning They add va riety of beauty to a room, and any one can be cleaned separately in case of ac- cident. Their hygienic value Is incalcul- able. There are no corners to make safe hiding for microbes no holding of dust for season. Every time it is swept 1t is clean all over.
 There is an immediate protest from many women to the effect that bare floors are too much trouble to keep clean. I know there is such a tradition. and If floors were oiled daily and waxed weekly, every busy housekeeper would be justified in refusing them. But they are very little trouble. indeed. if one just knows exactly how to take care of them Once a week. in a. room that Is much used, they should be mopped with borax water pail of warm water with half cup of borax dissolved in it. The borax water will remove all soil without touch ing the hand to the mop-for you should have one that wrings itself at the side of the pail--and leave the floor hygeni- cally clean, destroying both moths and microbes.
 Then with another mop of soft, old
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-01

years while the second has faint dis tant companion. Castor is white and Pollux is red; the former Is approach ing us at the rate of eighteen miles a second and the latter is drawing away from us with the comparatively low ve- locity of one mile a second.
 The last of the nine bright winter stars Is the magnificent blue star Regu- Jus. This will be seen low down in the east at the end of the handle of the sickle in the constellation Leo Major or Greater Lioux. It Is a very hot and very distant star much resembling Sirius and has faint companion which Is of so intensely blue color that 1t has been described as looking as il 1t were steeped in indigo.
 Star Clusters.
 West of Regulus in the position marked H on the map, there is a hazy, diffuse object which is very clearly visible to the naked eye. This is the Praesepe whose singular greenish light was sup posed before the invention of the tele- scope to emanate from group of three pebulous stars. If the observer will ex- smine 1t with an opera glass, however, he will at once zee that 1t is . star clus-