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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26
ITnmistakabIe Proof.

Tbe estate owned by the late Col.
crovninshield in a New England sea-
MORT town adjoins the pasture OF a
sturdy farmer. A valuable dog owned
nv the colonel used to get into the
nasture and chase and worry the
farmers cows. Finally, the Boston
Herald says, he went to Col. Crown
inshield and requested that the annoy
ance be stopped. :,
"How do you know it is my dog!
osl,od Col. Crowninshield, rather IN
satisfactorily.
.How do 1 know exclaimed the
former. with rising Indignation,
axTbv I'VE seen him, time and again.
"you must bring me better proof,
ronlied the colonel, coldly
1Au right, SIR" said the farmer, in
10 uncertain tone. THE next time
+bo dog bothers my cows III brlns
ro,, ali the proof you want-in a
wheelbarrow."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26

here, an work at it till he got his
own teeth all loose an everybody
else's set on aidge. Then he'd save up
fer a mouth organ an rub Dlisters on
his lips. When he seen he couldn't do
nothin' with the mouth organ he gave
it away an bought him guitar an
instruction book.
THAT wasn't no good, either, an he
traded that to Pete Simpson, the bar
Der. Pete got it down fine in about
a month. He could play the Span
ish fandango an 'Napoleon's March
an pick out the chords fer most any
kind o. song. Then Bert 'ud come to
town an forget all about his tradin',
settin' around In the barber shop lis
TENN t. Pete. 1t ulster make old man
Walkiss hoppin' mad. He allus' lowed
Bert 'ud never be with the powder
to blow him to blazes as a farmer.
"He wus mistaken about that,
though. Bert wus good boy to work
when there wasn't no music around
an he knew more about raisin' corn
an hogs than the old man did him
self. When the old man fn'ly died an
Bert got the place he raised bigger
crops than anybody in the township
an his stock took prizes ag'in an agln
at the fairs Bert got torable well
fixed an the girls begun maxim set
at him. Still, he don't pay no ptick-
Ter attention to 'em. All his spare tlme
he nut in at Petes shop or he'd come
around an asst me to give him tune
on the OF fiddle. Wunst in a while
he'd send off an buy him horn or
suthin', but he never made out to do
anythin' with 'em in the way OF play
in 'em.
"Fin'ly one night he went to the ~
ceum at Willow Bend schoolhouse an
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26

+baro was a gal there from Falf1ax'
ovor in Atchison County, that was
vis;tin' Lew Meakin's folks she u
took lessons on the pianner an Meah-
IN, hanled over his pianner to the
.,oboolbouse so's't she could play.
uos there that night an III never 1er,
off how Bert whistled ana stoiiipeu
when she pounded out 'siivery WaNes
~ that OF square of Lew's. | Sd"
she was a gal, but she WASH NJ
s,,,,ino chicken. an she was pun q,
Good deal like white oak renee ia.,
-ahout as long an with coln1l ?
most any way you turned her. nes
faca wouldn't have been consluereu ere,
co blame homely if there naa . peea
anv homelier ones around, but thefe
wasn't. +bin, ahout
"But Bert didn't care notnln ato1,n
49, no lest nachally tried to stomp
81 sole in the floor, until she come asln !,
. . - 10 Dive ,em The Maiden's Prayer.
Then he raised the roof an conuu ~
himself disorderly until ne so'
Reautiful Blue Danube. row
next morni,,' he went over 20 LEV
,feakin,s after seed potatoes. AZ -
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26
weeds as Money Crops.

If a plant out of its right place may
be termed a weed, then it must also
be true that a weed for which right
use has been found becomes a useful
plant. It may be that no plant is real
" a weed if only its right use can be
found. The recent experiments at the
Vermont Experiment Station suggest
that profitable market may possibly
be found for the roots of the much
hated witch grass. which have certain
medicinal values and are in more or
less demand from drug concerns The
common sorrel, another weed almost
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26

s which describe the railways Of the United
- IN their organization and operations are so enor-
S ,,to he almost beyond comprehension and belief.
|frp wears only have elapsed since the first
w. frnav was constructed and placed in success
s5.1oron To-day there are 215000 miles of track
#o United States not including second tracks or
n, The methods of transportation which existed
t Stnnbpnson experimental with his locomotive in
rrrl we're practically the same as they had been
Jre tbp dawn Of history.
INV wonderful has been the transformation worked
Ffs mighty force in the worlds civilization, how
at and ipestmablc the benefits it has wrought, how
rat fp wealth it has created! 1t has added to the
Losrps as well as to the comforts of life. Distance
ts bppn annhiIatet Through the ease and rapidty
Communication thus provided, those far apart in dis
rr are brought near; the people of given section
m enabled to enjoy the products Of all other sections,
however remote and regions formerly inaccessible and
mbabfpd have become great centers of population and
1b production 10 trace the course of development of
p railway system Of the United States from it's begin
ra down TO the present time is to trace the history
and growth Of the nations commercial and industrial
progress.
Of the mileage now forming vast network over the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26
Distant Dairy Prosperity.

Dairying seems to be about the
same the world over, and the account
of expert management in New Zealand
resembles quite closely similar de-
scription of the dairy industry in this
country Like other countries, New
Zealand is burdened with careless and
incompetent creamery managers,
which the commissioner of dairying
blames for the low average quality of
the product AS q partial remedy 1t is
recommended that the grading stand
ard for quality be raised. The New
Zealand government supervises ex-
port business, which is the main mar
ket for New Zealand butter, and COM
pels shippers to grade their butter ac-
cording to quality, which is then
marked and guaranteed. The industry
seems to be in a prosperous condition.
The dairy farms have improved their
herds with the addition of thorough
bred stock of the leading dairy breeds.
Land suitable for dairy farms seems
to bring as high price as in this coun-
try. and the price of creamery butter
seems high considering the distance
from the worlds leading markets.
American Cultivator.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26
The Winter Egg supply.

The poultry man is anxious to get
winter eggs. The price paid for eggs
in winter is enough to warrant consld-
cradle time and thought upon methods
of wintering and feeding the poultry
for winter egg production. The Old
way of letting the chickens roost in
the trees or on fences usually keeps
healthy fowls and results i'll most eX-
cellent laying in the spring as the
weather gets warmer and more pleas
ant. But every farmers hens lay at
that time of year, and eggs get very
cheap. Winter eggs are profitable be-
cause of the great demand for them
during the winter season.
In spring the hens get variety Of
foods. They exercise running over the
fields, gathering a variety Of foods.
They are warm both day and night.
BY surrounding them with similar
conditions during the winter months
winter eggs may be obtained. A
warm. well-ventilated roosting place,
kept clean, is one essential.
A warm place, free from winds,
snow and rain in which to exercise
is another. Then feed a variety OF
grain In cut straw or other litter in
this warm pace so the hens may work
scratching the litter apart. Oats, with
wheat thrown into the cut straw, will
give them exercise. Near noon feed
the bran mash, including table scraps
and milk and at night full ration
Of corn If cabbage or turnips given
raw can be fed to them, they will do
even better. Green bone, meat scraps.
grit. clean water are also helpful. Ii
these conditions can be met with in
the dead of winter the hens will do
some laying, at least when eggs are
scarce and prices are high. Good VEN
dlation without draft is very inn
portant as a draft often causes colds
and rouD.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26
Building Up the Soil.

Professor Roberts, who for many
years was at the head of the Cornell
0thaca, n. " Experiment Station, in
a recent address made this remark:
"If l were twenty years younger
should go up and down our country
emphasizing the work of plants in pro-
ducing soil productivity. Instead OF
using a mallet, as l once did, to put
a piece of land in productive state,
should use plants. Blessed be weeds.
Some are minute, but all are soil-build-
ers. They give their bodies back to
the soil and add to the supply OF high
ly available plant food. Tillage and
plants l would emphasize in soil
building"
Farmers are indebted to DR.. Roberts
for so persistently advocating, and
proving, too, the value Of cultivation
to make available the immense amount
of potash stored in the sod. At first
the statement was ridiculed, but the
doctor was known to be cautious AS
we'll as a learned man, and not given
to making rash statements, so others
investigated and found to their s'lr-
prise rhat he was right. Then he and
others took up the question Of the
raising of legumenous plants and the
blowing of them under to add nitrogen
to the soil which had been gathered
by the plants from that boundless res
ervoir, the air. Thus the two most
extensive plant foods became the least
expensive. Then came his advocacy,
renewed persistently, Of the cover
crop, so that the plantless soil during
the winter is only to be found on
farms whose owners are too stubborn
to learn. These incidents are men
toned to point out anew the value to
the soil of green manuring and of cu1-
tivation so that he who runs may read
Exchange.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26
SOLID HONEY.
Cheaper and Better Than That in
Liquid Form Say Bee Keepers.

| Bee keepers are now trying to edu-
cate the American housekeeper II
| the wisdom of buying honey in solid
| form
lne ignorance on this simple sub
Ject is SO general, said an expert on
pees and honey, that the majority
OF women, seeing part of bottle or
comp OF honey granulated or sugary,
VIII refuse to purchase it, thinking
1t has been adulterated with glucose.
AS matter of fact, while honey
Which has been mixed with other
substances may retain its liquid form
indefinitely, all that is absolutely pure
Will granulate in time. Some kinds
are slower than others, bat if placed
IN a cool atmosphere most varieties
| Will become perfectly solid in about
two weeks.
Heretofore, in ar effort to sell
their extracted honey, bee keepers
have been subjecting it to a great
heat and sealing it, while hot, in air
tight bottles. Thus treated, it will
remain in the liquid form, which it
| pleasing to the average housewife,
Tor long time, especially if kept on
the shelves of heated store, as is
usually the case Often, however,
this honey has been taken from the
storerooms of large apiaries in solid
form, and melted before being bot
tied.
ut was the difficulty which bee
keepers experienced in preventing the
alfalfa honey from graduating that
made them think of educating the
public up to the point of buying it
in block. This is the honey made
from the alfalfa of Colorado and the
West, and it graduates SO readily
that it is a hard matter to keep it in
the liquid state for any length of
time
Honey in solid form is cheaper
because the expensive bottling pro-
cess is not necessary, and it is east
er to handle and ship. The honey is
poured into moulds of the desired
size and shape in a cellar where the
temperature is As degrees. or lower,
and nature is allowed to take its
course.
when thoroughly hardened, it is
wrapped in oiled paper to keep it air
tight and placed in a pasteboard box
with an outer covering of paper We
had some honey wrapped like this on
our shelves, subjected to the heat OF
the atmosphere all last summer, and
except that the outer surface of the
block became slightly moist, it re-
NAMED intact GRADUATED honey
sells at % cents for twenty ounces.
while any honey will remain in
liquid form all winter if kept in
warm room, adulterated honey will
not granulate. The housekeeper who
buys this sweet in a solid block,
therefore, has one of the best proofs
possible that it is absolutely pure.
ITO reduce it back to liquid she
has only to cut off the desired amount
and melt it, the same as she would
do with maple sugar. New York
SIM
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26
FOND OF MUSIC.
S~0-0-~-~|~0s1~-N%

1S0-0~0e00~o~0~o-o-~
10 UB,' said Washington Hancock
IO) 10 the boy with the voluminous
WOODEN comforter, who had APP
h0seAed the stove twanging on a
's"slarp, ask Rufe over there to let
'va nave piece of good stout string"
nlat fer:' inquired the boy.
10 lie that blame thing to your
- answered Hancock. "Fasten it
SYI an strong an then take the leg
"' aoor8 an exercise it."
:, WASH don't like music" observed
NJ Baker to Marvin Parsons. with a
s,-, mats what makes him play
lie fiddle 50 much"
,., HeS tit fer treason, spoils an STRAIT
ss-s' said Squire Burkholder in his
r rS'ull oaSSo profundo. There's
T 4r@' 'le immortal bard of Avon saws:
nnl ~aa that hath no music in his
s4, ~ Iond o music" said Hancock.
S ~~lg his chair back against the salt
n, 'S, r. but amt plum crazy over it.
r,., D''. NaikiSs ulster be. / en-
4, ,' sr ]eWSharp most any time an
~ ~ s'oAs Jest about as well. what
s,1.. sU1 taLkiu about music fer,
g sr'e' You don't know The ofd
go Div, ,r'I from Sam Hill to Pay an
s,, "1 Va. was that about Bert wal
ago, ~ "SU' asked Marvin Parsons.
p.a 9SI II. was crazy about music" re-
sa,,-,, ,,,l'eock. He didn't play him
aDr,p.. ever could make out to learn
p9D5 - - didn't know enough to
snf,b,, L" wash boiler with a black
ri,b. '">p at shivaree-but he had
Ole tba. STUART O admiration fer any
Or bor ". could. He'd come around to
dass 'a a,,, While I was practicin, some
kur VIII, set an listen to me by the
Be- 20, E i,I Tears standin' in his eyes.
a ron , licked more times when he wus
asouna ;, one fer follerin' the band
tea tjmo .1an he had fingers an toes
sgen - y over, He'd go to meetin',
Play AZ " Hear the music. He couldn't
l
70, Has Su'u' but he wus allus tryin'
0uy jewsharp, like Glen
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26
Haakon and the Hawkinses.

You pronounce the double "aa' in
Haakon like 'taw'' in awful AID the
"laf,' in O.af as laugh" The two
names fall on the ear as "Hawkin''
and "O-laugh.' The numerous Haw-
kinses are descended from maraudlng
crews of Mortimer who flew on their
fiat-bottomed boats not the raven but
the hawk fiag.-Londol Truth.
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TO HER..

ga is ensbrineI in my heart,
treasured memory.
b all am she has a part,
And will Lav till I die.
When boar frost decks the trees, and all
Is pweSt white below,
Col her name I softly call
She dearly loved the snow.
Ind when spring comes with all its flow,
erS,
And birds for gIadness sing,
And JOYOUS are the sunny hours,
lssh, she loved the SPRING"
Us sweet 70 be remembered So
wonder if she knows,
LII where this memory will 90
When NY life here shall close.
D boy love. that sanctifes
QG common earthly lives,
liz thy power that death defes,
And through all time survives.
Westminster Gazette.
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o-@

as Objectionable, is In France consid-
cred a profitable crop. The plants are
grown very much like dandehons, the
leaves picked carefully, washed, well
cooked and put up in tins or small
casks and shipped to all parts of the
world for use in cooking and as a
salad plant. The demand must be con-
siderable as hundreds Of acres are de-
voted to the crop.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26

The American people spent as much
money last year for gems and jewel
nv as they spent for pianos and other
musical instruments, and more taan
three times as much as they spent for
sewing machines.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26

It is more economical to keep the
calves growing rapidly even though it
does require more feed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26

Girl is brighter than even ner
e4her thinks If she knows that wnen
~ nan caller stays longer than usual,
t is not because OF her attracuseness'
-, :. because it is cold weather outside.
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discovered.

"Why is this cheese 50 full Of ho O.
.prhat,s all right. 1t needs all the
..osn air it can get.s - Cleveland
Leader.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26

Often the COW which gives but
small quantity of milk enriches it so
that it is very profitable.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26

his best clothes an the gal played
'Silyry Waves for him.
"a night or two after that Bert says
to me: You can talk about your horns
an your fiddles an guitars, but to my
notion the palmer beats 'em ALL
1.-TWO months after that he married
the gal an you could drive past the
house most any time O day or night
after that an you could hear 'Silvery
Waves or The Maiden's Prayer or
Blue Danube Judas! That woman
was homely."
81 calculate Bert was satisfied,
said the storekeeper.
81 reckon he wus," said Hancock.
1.-THE only thing ever made me doubt
it wus one time about year after |
seen him at the county fair standin'
an watchin' a Teller that had one O
these dewdads you hitch Oh to plan
ner an it plays it for you. First time
I'd ever seen one, too. Bert's eyes
inst stuck out of his head when the
Teller showed him how 1t worked an
let him run it himself. 'Gosh!' he says.
"'Any piece you want says the
Teller, PAWN over passle o rolls O
naner that he'd been feedin' into the
machine Here's "The Maiden's
PRAYER" Try that
mot by a jugful,' says Bert. Nor
vet "Silvery Waves ner 'The Blue
Danube Waltz" Anythin' but them
can when he'd played suthin' else
the Teller handed him he let out long
breath an looked over at Mis- Wal
kiss, who was standin' by the pickle
booth an seemed like part OF the ex-
bihit only to think! he says. If
only I'd have waited! Blame my cats!
IF on'y I'd have waited!
"What made you doubt whether Bert
was satisfed:" asked Baker, after
little pause.-Chicago Daily News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26

Much is said about the use of the
cultivator for corn, but the harrow will
do good service in destroying small
weeds, and if the small weeds are
killed as fast as they appear the work
later in the season will be lessened.
The object in cultivating should be not
to iniure the roots of the corn more
than is possible. for which reason the
cultivation should be shallow. If the
land is baked and hard, it should then
be deeply cultivated, going between the
rows until the work is well done, Civ
ing shallow and level culture at the
next workings.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26

Carbolic salye or yaseline are good
remedies for sore teats. They can be
applied before starting to milk.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26

diet of pleasure is apt to result
!. had ease OF moral dyspepsia.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26

Successful gardening can be done
only on a fixed system.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26

When you wean the colt give him
plenty Of oats and he will go through
all right, but no other grain will take
the place of oats.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26

Green string beans, onions, wax
beans, parsley, beets, cucumbers, rad
ishes and tomatoes are desirable for
the home garden.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26

A new hardy English walnut is be-
ing introduced which it is claimed can
be grown in the latitude of Central
New York State. One tree in Niagara
County is reported to have yielded
twenty-five bushels Of walnuts, for
which the owner was offered % cents
per pound. The shell is very thin and
the meat of excellent quality. A num-
Der of groves have been set out in Nj
agara County, and one Orleans Coun-
ty farmer is planting a fveacre or
chard. This grower writes that his
trees have gone through the winter
without injury.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26

There is an onion hoe on the market,
long and narrow but triangular in
shape, that is most handy for getting
in narrow places in order to keep
down the weeds.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26

Something Of novelty in the line Of
dairy schools is the recently establish
ed Norwegian course for dairy maids.
The instruction is of a practical kind,
the young women being taught to tend
cattle, sheep, swine and poultry, In
Guiding feeding, tending, also dairying,
scrubbing and cleaning the milk yes
sells The feed and milk must be weigh
ed and a record kept. There is in
struction from text books on the care
Of live stock in addition to the prac-
teal work. The course requires about
six months attendance.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26

In some parts Of Wisconsin farmers
have been growing peas for canning
purposes and now they claim that it
depletes the land and they further re-
fuse to grow them. Besides the dete
rioration in fertility there has come a
phenomenal growth Of all kinds of
weeds and they have concluded to call
a halt. There are some things the crop
grower will not even dare to do.
The stock yards is a very good place
to sell all kinds of finished live stock
products, but it is very poor place to
buy sires for breeding purposes. Stock
yard sires grade all the way from very
poor to no grade and their breeding is
like the X in algebra. There is also a
splendid chance for the introduction of
disease by such a practice. 1t is bet
ter to buy from a reputable breeder
than to run any chances by buying
from a stock yard.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26

Several dairymen have put in large
crops of beets, the tops Of which make
excellent feed, increasing the flow and
adding richness. They can be used
as silage and are cheap and valuable
milk producers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26

A very careful accountant has Gals
culated that it costs about sixteen
cents per bushel to raise corn in the
corn belt. When it is known that the
selling price is considerably more than
double that amount it is easy to see
why good corn land sells at the one
hundred mark.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-26

The butter o,eomargarine fight
seems to have been a fight after all
between the COW and the steer. Where
would the steer be if it were not for
the COW? The cow has won and it is
fitting that she should.