Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-28

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Not much sentiment can be aroused
in the minds of the general public
against the farmers patronizing cata~
logue houses if the home merchant
makes a practice of buying from out
side concerns goods for his private use
which he himself may not handle
1t is useless to try to get tenants or
landlords interested in the benefits to
be derived from growing clover when
one year rental of farms is ia vogue. 1t
is not reasonable to expect a tenant to
go to the expense of getting a start In
the clover rotation when he cannot reap
some benefit as q result of his pains
and labor,
This is the time of the year when
prices seem high and the demands
many. New coats, hats, shoes and nit
tens are needed, and coal and -four
must be had Harvest returns are not
fully realized, and money is slow in
coming in, and it is hard to refuse the
modest demands of your wife and
children. Do the best you can and
comfort yourself with the thought that
you are not alone in the struggle.
1t is questionable which is the more
hopeless proposition, both from the
standpoint of his own welfare and
that of the community in which he
lives, the boy who smokes cigarettes in
the back alley or the one who reads
yellow back dime novels in the hay
NOW. Both types are mighty unpromis-
ing propositions and present serious
problems for solution on the part Of
the parent, the teacher and the state.
The systematic buying of household
necessities from catalogue houses not
only tends to kill the business Of the
grocer, clothier and dry goods mer-
chant, but likewise the town in which
they are located. This in turn reacts
and results in depreciating the value OF
every acre of land in territory tribu-
tary to such town. 1t is a mere Illus
tration Of cause and effect that ought
to be patent to all thinking people.
There are a great many households
in which a greater fuel economy might
be secured if the housewife or hus-
band would drop into the local hard
ware store and have the proprietor
give them a few primer lessons along
the line of running the kitchen and
heating stoves so as to get the largest
per cent possible of heat units out of
the fuel consumed. There's a heap Of
hot air goes out of many chimneys
that ought rather to cook victuals and
heat the parlor and sitting room.
While it takes year longer to get at
the actual work of raising the crop,
the most satisfactory way of raising
onions is to summer fallow the piece
on which they are to be sown the year
preceding This method not only re-
suits in terminating and killing the
weeds that may be present in the
soil, but puts the soil in much finer
and more mellow condition. More
over, the work attendant upon grow
ing the onion crop is thus vastly SIM
pliied and much less expensive.
Years of trial with the Northwestern
Greening are furnishing conclusive
proof of the fact that, while it does
not compare in texture, flavor and
quality with the Northern Spy, Spitz-
1harcr Baldwin Jonathan If iC
nevertheless thrifty and hardy in the
northern ATTITUDES, a splendid keeper
and an excellent cooking apple. In
less variety much superior to any
thing in sight is developed, the apple
mentioned is bound to occupy first
place with all northwestern apple
growers.
In view of the fact that dairying is
without question the most eXactlng,
diSagreeable and irksOme system or
farm management 1t behooves the pro-
prietor to make a test of all individuals
in the herd with a view to ascertain
ing which cows are bringing in re-
turn Of $50 and which a return or
only Sc or less per year. In the farm
bookkeeping, whether actual or the
oretical, altogether too many members
of the dairy herd are in red the year
around and never make deposit on
which the farmer can draw interest.
Weed this kind out and get business
cows in their places.
Many a home would be better or
dered and more helpful to all members
within its circle if the mother were
looked upon as the mistress and queen
rather than the pack horse and drudge
Of the domain. Instead Of mother pc
ing the one who should always deny
herself and be self sacrificing the eX-
ercise of these traits should be par
ticipated in by every member of the
family, to their lasting benefit and real
welfare. Only so can the burdens, re-
spcnsibilities and privileges Of home
life he aOuaiIV shared and each mem