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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-02

Tho Beef Trust Is sending money into
Germany to stir up strife and force
the government to permit the importa-
tion of its meats.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-02

FOR TUBERCULOSIS. IL per cent for
actinomycosis-lumpy jaw--and 4 per
cent for hog cholera"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-02

The pure food laws will, Of course.
be enforced against some poor little
grocer. But against the Bee. Trust,
never!
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26

Telling the Time.

One Of the accurate ways of telling
the time is to use your hand as an
hour mark Nothing simpler. All
farmers not possessed of watches or
clocks and who have some practical
notions of common utilities not invent
ed by man, but given to us by the
Creator, know the rule. It is necessary
to keep in mind the hour of sunrise
and sunset and to hold the arm
straight out from the shoulder, with
the hand at right angles, bending from
the wrist forward. If the sun sets at
7 o'clock and is still high in the heav-
ems close one eye and make three meas
ures of the width of the palm near the
thumb. Each measure means one
hour. Three measures mean three
hours, so that the time thus obtained
is Z less 3, or o'clock. With practice
you can beat the average watch.-New
York Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26
German Syrup

We want tOimpress on our readers
that Boschee's German Syrup is
positively the only preparation on
the market today, that does relieve
and cure consumption. Tt contains
the specifce. such az pare tar, ex-
tracts OF gum, etc, ETC., which have
been so highly endorsed FOR the cure
of coughs, colds and consumption
by the great medical congresses.
The consumptive, whether his disease
is in the throat or lungs, must have
rest at night, aud be free from the
spasm of dry and rackine cough in
the morning The diseased parts
want rest, heanng and soothing
tseatment, and the patient needs
fresh air, good food, etc, German
Syrup will give free and easy ex-
pectoration in the morning. with
speedy and permanent relief, Small
bottles 25 cents; regular size, con-
tanning nearly four times as much,
Is cents. At Frost u SPECS.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26
Horses and Oil Cakes.

"Say, d'you know anything bout
bosses, hey? Dye know they'll eat
pork? Well, they will when it's fed
'em an they have to. The heaves
stops subsequent, though they're an all
fired sight wuss afterwards. Belle
went right onto meat diet, hog meat
an oil cakes. Yep, linseed oil-it'll
fat a rail fence. Belle took on weight
amazin' Gurus thing bout oil cakes.
though. Once a boss has been fatted
OH 'em an then grows pickid ag'in
there amt nothin' in the world'll put
flesh onto him a second time. You can
try as much as you're mind to; it amt
no use. "-American Magazine
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26

A local paper in Hungary published
an account of the rendering Of king
Lear" on the stage Of very small
theater in the town where the paper
appears. The Hungarian critic began
his article in this way: 1.-THE historians
Of literature are still at daggers drawn
as to who wrote Shakespeare's pieces
Shakespeare OF Bacon. After tonight's
performance of king Lear there can
not be doubt on the matter if any one
will take the trouble to look into the
tombs Of those two famous men. The
one who still lies on his back has not
written King Lear at any rate, for the
true author during tonight's perform
ance must certainly have turned in his
grave"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26
Exact Kn0WlellDe-

1t will pay every man to weigh the
milk of every cow at every milking.
Records show that there are whole
herds that do not return the cost of
feed. Weighing pays because only a
definite record of the best COWS shows
whether each one is doing her best or
for some reason is going wrong. The
next best scheme is a weeks test ev-
cry seventh week. This will give near
the actual yield. You cannot afford to
weigh the feed for each COW, but there
should be record of the total amount
of food that goes into the herd.-Pro-
fessor II. E. Van Norman.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26
Announcement.

The summer meeting of the Wis
consin State horticultural Society
will be held at Baraboo August 20.
l. will be one day session devoted
largely to a discussion of the value
of native shrubs, vines and flower
ing plants for cultivation.
The establishme ut of park sys-
TENS in villages and small cities will
be treated by a competent landscape
gardener.
Liberal premiums will be offered
for both native and cultivated flow
ers in bloom at that time.
T.. CRANEFIELD,
Sec. W. s. II. S.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26
AN ANCIENT TELEGRAPH.
Used by Grecian Generals In the
Time of Aristotle.

Used by Grecian Generals In the
Time of Aristotle.
Telegraphy as a means of conveying
information to distance by means of
signals, etc., was used by the Grecian
generals in the time of Aristotle. This
early mode Of telegraphing consisted
Of two or more earthen vessels, ex-
actly similar in shape and size and fill
ed with water. These vessels were
each provided with faucets of exactly
the same caliber, so that an equal
amount of water could be discharged
from each in a given time.
In these vessels several uprights
were fixed, each with disks attached,
on which were certain letters and SEN
fences. When all was in readiness
the party desiring to communicate
with another started a signal, which
was continued until it was answered
by another which signifed "go ahead"
When that signal was given both turn
ed the faucets, and the water com
menced to escape. The water contin-
ued to flow until the sender of the
message relighted his torch, when the
outlet to both was instantly stopped.
The receiver then read the message on
the disk which was standing level with
the water, and if everything had been
executed with exactness it correspond
ed with the message which the sender
desired to convey, and which of course
was the one also shown on the disk
standing on a level with the water in
his vessel
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26
1Innertine nf.

Originally the word "impertinent''
s1gnified merely mot belonging to-"
When Wycliffe said that there were
many men in this world who were
"impertinent to earthly lords" he did
not mean that they were Cheeky" but
merely that they had no masters.
Then, as used by Shakespeare, "im-
pertinent came to mean irrelevant"
Just 200 years ago it was defined as
signifying "absurd, silly, idle"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26
THE CLIO IS GIT"
Solving the Problem of Stalk Han
ding and High Priced Land.

Stalk fed STOCK is inferior to silage
fed stock. and the heavy stalks accumu-
lating in the barn and yards are hard
to handle. 1t is q difficult matter to
get them upon the field, and after they
are there they hinder cultivation. The
to represent 30 per cent Of the nutri-
ton of the fodder If that is allowed
to become ripe and woody you lose SO
per cent of the feed value. This half
of the stalk increases the difficulty in
handling at least 100 per cent. All
these problems are solved by the silo.
1t takes all the corn, cuts it I'D at a
time when it is full of rich feed and
preserves it in prime condition for
winter use. The manure from silage
fed stock is preferable to that of stalk
fed stock because it is much easier to
handle and can be applied to the land
more economically. The silo is at"
On High Priced Land.
When farm land sells for anything
above $G5 an acre it is something of a
problem how to make the average crop
pay for it. The beef farmer is up
against it good and hard, and the dairy
farmer has no snap unless he attends
to business and is posted If a man is
going to keep one cow to every four
acres and if he has to pay $50 an acre
for the land that COW must make him
1920 above expenses in order to pay
the interest on the money invested in
the land alone. This does not allow
anything for improvements, interest on
the price of the cow or labor. TIE
solution of the whole problem lies IN
silos and silage. The forty acre farm
with a silo is worth just as much as
the eighty acre farm without one when
it comes to earning capacity. If man
depends upon hay, corn and pasture
alone he can keep only about One-third
as much stock as if silage entered his
ration. The silo is the solution of prof
it's from high priced land, declares
KimbalIs Dairy Farmer in conclusion
to the foregoing appreciation of the
silo. 1t gives more feed for less money,
and the feed is harvested at a more
desirable time.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26

Women with weaknesses should
never forget DR.. Shops Night
Cure. This magic-like local treat
ment, is used at bedtime, all night
while the system is at rest, it is
constantly building up the weaken
ed tissues, soothing the infamed and
sensitive surfaces and will surely
clean up all catarrhal and local
iron bles. Sold by M. NJ. Sweet.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26

DR.. Shops Restorative briggs
lasting relief in Stomach, Kidney
and Heart troubles through the in
side nerves. No matter how the
nerves became impaired this remedy
will rebuild their strenth, will re-
store their vigor. Remember it
does no good to treat the ailing or
gan-the irregular heart, rebelIious
stomach, diseased kidneys, They
are not to blame. Go back to the
nerves that control them--treat the
cause-use remedy that cures
through the inside nerves. Sold by
M. M. Sweet.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26
True of Trouble.

s'He's out of job now. He had
good opportunity, but he didn't take
the trouble to improve it,"
eyes, it's a funny thing about trou-
BILE, isn't it? If you don't take it you'll
have t."-Philadelphi Ledger
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26

Talking in sleep is more common
than is generally supposed. Of 200
students between the ages of twenty
and thirty Al per cent of the men and
81 per cent of the women talked in
their sleep, and most Of them could an
swer uestions.-Harpers Weekly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26
A Caro-

We, the Undersigned, 90 hereby
agree to refund TIE money on a 30
cent bottle of Green's Warran ted
Syrup OF Tar If it fails to cure your
cough or cold. We also guarantee
a 25-cent bottle to prove satisf fact
Dry or money refunded. Fox Bros,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26
Three Physicians, treated him without
success

w. L. Yancy. Paducah, KY,
writes. II had severe case of kid
ney disease and three of the best
physicians in Kentucky treated me
without success. [ then took
Foley's Kidney Cure. The first
bottle gave immediate reliefe, and
three bottles cured me permanently.
| gladly recommend this wonderful
remedy" Sold by @. W. Frost.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26

Darling, yours shall be sunny lot
In life"
"Now, look here, George, are you
talking Of your behavior or Of where
we are going to build in the suburbs2'
Baltimore American.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26

bdlduCeu hluUucSS is DIS luIpOI tdHI as
balanced rations in the care of dairy
animals
Too Much Overrun.
Immense overrun in churning means
extra water worked into the butter. If
the water exceeds Is per cent the but
ter is to be classified under the law as
"adulterated."
Progressive Improvement.
Cows grow old, meet with accidents
and lose their places in the herds use
fulness. Changes should be progressive
in quality. The good milk cow should
be also good breeding COW; not that
we will ask her to give us twins, but
give us daughters superior to herself
McSparran.
Cooking the Cow.
Milking is only cOaxing the COW. The
dairy business cannot hold up when
you feed white top hay scraped Off
poor fields to COWS that are unable to
shed their hair Early cut clover and
grass, bran, linseed and gluten feed,
with little change, give excellent re-
suits. The American cow has had too
much exercise in the past. She is hard
worked in the mere making of milk.
When properly fed and Watered her
natural inclination is to lie down.
Rev. J. d. DIETRICH.
Timely Points.
A shortage in the water supply for a
day or two makes a shortage in the
milk flow.
Don't pound the COW because the flies
are making her crazy. Get some fly
repellent.
Don't try to hold separator milk over
until the next day this weather. Feed
it at once
Flies hurt, and short feed cuts down
the milk flow this weather. Avoid
them if you can. Kimball's Dairy
Farmer.
Buttermaking In Maryland.
AS far as buttermaking on the farm
is concerned, it's day in regions within
the shipping zone of large cities is
passed, except as it may be necessary
to take care Of an unwarranted sum-
mer surplus.-C. f. Doane, Maryland.
Room For All Breeds.
There is room for all dairy breeds in
this country. There are conditions
where any one of them is better than
the rest. Let it go at that, and spend
the money necessary for breed tests in
making authentic tests Of more cows,
aiding the breeder thereby to broader
selection Of performing blood.-Nation-
al Stockman.
Freshening, In the Fall.
During the summer practically every
dairy has surplus of milk, due to the
shortsightedness of producers in gen
eral, who find it impossible to get over
the old mistaken idea that COWS should
freshen in the spring instead of the
fall. What a good thing the farmer
has whose cows are due to come fresh
next October or little later!
Scrubs All Around.
Scrub cows on scrub feed make the
scrubbiest of business.
----S
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26
Proceedings of the Town Board of the
Town of Washburn.

Proceedings of the Town Board Of
the Town of Washburn, June 9th,
1906.
Present-A. III. Hosmer, Charles
Young and Martin L. Prestgard.
The meeting was called to order
by The chairman at two o'clock p. m.
The minutes of the last meeting
was read and upon motion accepted
as read.
1t was moved by Hosmer end
seconded by Young that we issue an
order. to E. G. Alvord. of 1923 "a
for legal services for the Town of
Washburn.
Motion carried.
1t was moved by ,Hosmer and
seconded by Prestgard that we pre-
sent bill of one hundred and eight
dollars ($1O8.OO to AIvord and
Dufur for office rent
Motion carried.
1t was moved by Hosmer and
seconded by Young that we employ
Richard Sleight as attorney in the
following cases.
George G.. Mcdonald VS. Town of
Washburn.
w. NJ. Tomkins VS. Town of Wash
burn,
E. G. Alvord VS. Town of Wash
burn.
Motion carried.
1t was moved by Hosmer and
seconded by Prestgard that the bill
of expense in the Nels Lee case be
laid over until the next meeting.
Motion carried.
1t was moved by Hosmer and
seconded by Young that we pay
Thomas Cook sixty dollars ($60.O0)
on his road contract.
Notion carried.
1t was moved by Hosmer and
seconded by Young that the clerk be
instructed to buy justice docket
and set ct statutes for justice of
the peace.
Motion carried.
The following petition was read:
To the Town Board of the Town
of Washburn, Wisconsin.
Gentleman
We, the undersigned tax payers of
the Town of Washburn, hereby petit
tion Jour honorable body to lay out
and build a highway as follows:
Beginning at the north east correr
of the north east quarter of the south
east quarter of section 35 in town
ship 40. range 5 west and running
west one quarter of mile.
Signed by
G,,ot K orIctrf,po
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26

When you want anything in the
line of JOB printing The Times can
supply your wants in frst-class
shape.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26
Oscar KalliO.

To The Honorable Town Board of
the Town of Washburn, Wisconsin.
Gentleman:
We, the undersigned taxpayers of
the Town of Washburn, petition
your honorable body to lay out and
maintain as highway the old grades
of the Hines Lumber Company from
the city limit line to where the same
crosses the highway between sections
one and two in township 40 and
range west,
Sirpa6 NV.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26

CAPT. JOHN E. DoHERTY, Manager
Ashland Wisconsin
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26

Total S597 60
1t was moved by Prestgard and
seconded by Young that the meeting
be adjourned.
Meeting was adjourned at seven
o'clock p. m.
ALLEN BUTTERFlELD,
Town Clerk.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26
Dairy Talk of Today

Balanced kindness is as important as
balanced rations in the care of dairy
animals
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26
Too Much Overrun.

Immense overrun in churning means
extra water worked into the butter. If
the water exceeds Is per cent the but
ter is to be classified under the law as
''adultera ted :"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26
Progressive Improvement.

Cows grow old, meet with accidents
and lose their places in the herds use
fulness. Changes should be progressive
in quality. The good milk cow should
be also a good breeding cow; not that
we will ask her to give us twins, but
McSparran.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26

Gust KarlstrOm.
Valentine Mayala,
Matt Talyetie.
John Stone,
O. P. Swanby,
II. P. Swanby,
Peter Kosberg,
0aoar Ko1iio
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-07-26

Nels Martinson.
Charles Moland,
Martin L. Prestgard,
A. M, Warden,
Chas. Anderson,
John Johnson,
John Peterson
A. Lindstrom,
John 2. Anderson,
Fred Leroux,
Amt Peterson,
Ole Dahl,
John overly.
1t was moved by Prestgard and
seconded by Young that all road
petitions be laid over until the next
meeting.
Motion carried.
GENERAL FUND.
Name For Rwhat Amt
Purpose
Mike Thoreson service as assessor So 90
Theo. Bender g 50 90
Fox Bros books for assessor 3 40
Tower Lyon & Co. constables equ;ments Ia so
e Alvord legal services % 81
Chas Young services as supervisor Ia co
M L Prestgard &c 90 g IL 90
A II Hosmer IS chairman IL 90
Total s21o "a
HIGHWAY FIND
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-12-05

cattle. Once in while you will find
a dog that is trained for both sheep
and cattle, and then it will be found
that he was first trained for sheep
If dog has been trained for sheep,
it is not difficult to train him to handle
cattle, but if he has first been trained
for cattle it is difficult to train him
for sheep.
A we'll trained dog is one of the
most valuable animals on the farm,
but a poorly trained dog or one not
trained at all is a fit subject for exc
cution. Unless you have sheep dog
that is we'll bred and we'll trained,
don't have any dog at all, for the
reason that the dog is likely to infest
your flock with one or more Of the
varieties of tape worm One of the
best preventions of tape worms, in
fact, is to physic your dog and burn
his droppings.
These are a few of the many things
which have to be learned; if not by
reading, then by experience Read
ing is much the cheaper way.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-12-05

sod which is dug out is put in the hole
upside down, and packed down hard
around the roots Of the tree. AS soon
as possible after planting, pile Of
coarse mulch, straw, weeds, grass,
forest weeds or trash is thrown close
around the tree AS grass or weeds
which grow in that field are cut the
crop is raked and piled around the
tree, thus having mass OF decaylng
vegetable matter there all the time. In
one peach orchard we have cut the
grass and hauled it out for hay, then
we gathered weeds and trash OF all
sorts and threw that around the trees.
This method, however, is not what
call the mulch system, as when properly
carried out all the grass which grew
in the field should be cut and piled like
a Young hay stack around the foot Of
the trees. | imagine that 70 per cent
OF the reported failures of the mulch
system, especially for young trees, have
been where the grass was hauled away
from the orchard | planted one
orchard field and cut brush, cedars,
briars and sweet-fern bushes, which
were piled around the young trees.
Under these different conditions the
growth Of the young trees has ranged
all the way from poor to excellent de-
pending upon the amount OF mulchlng
material we had put around the trees,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-12-05
The Mulch Method Of Orcharding.

We have advised all Our readers, who
grow fruit trees Of any variety, to
test, by actual experiment, Stringfel
lows New Horticulture.
He has shown by the unlmpeachable
evidence of disinterested parties, that
it produces peaches which will stand
UP better under the worst possible con-
ditions for long shipment, than those
produced under any other method of
cultivation. He has also shown that
pear trees grown according to his RI
are more free from blight than other
trees. He also claims that it was test
ed on orange trees for many years
near Galveston, Texas, and that the re-
suit was that it more than fulfilled all
his claims. We have also printed the
evidence Of the editor of the Rural New
Yorker, who has an orchard which was
set out according to the rules Of the
New Horticulture The reports of the
editor have been uniformly favorable.
In the last number of the Rural New
Yorker he prints an address which he
made, and which we reproduce for the
benefit of our readers We believe that
it would pay you to try the method on
some OF your trees, if you are still too
skeptica1 to risk the whole grove or
orchard
There have been so many questions
about "mulching'' of late that we print
here the substance of a paper read by
H. w. Collingwood before the New
York State Fruit Growers Association
at Fredonia, NJ Y
What it Means. -What do [ mean by
mulching a young tree? | plant trees
either in sod or plowed ground, as is
most convenient, usually in sod. dig
small hole and closely prune both
roots and top of the tree, then I pack
the tree hard in the little hole The