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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23
SIGNS. OF RAIN.
Animals and Plants Indicate the APP
proach Of Storms.

Animals and Plants Indicate the APP.
proach of Storms.
It is well known that animals and
fowls give notice Of the approach Of
rainy weather by their peculiar actions.
Dogs and cats are less energetic and
show an unusual disposition to sleep.
Sheep crowd together in a sheltered
place. Horses neigh, cattle low, pea
cocks scream, guinea fowls squall, and
ducks and geese are more noisy than
usual All this is due to the decreased
supply Of oxygen In the air and to the
depressing effect of damp air on their
nerves. 1t gives them soAe difficulty
in breathing and makes them JistlesS
and uneasy.
Another sign Of rain is seen when a
cat rubs her ears and sometimes every
part Of her coat that she can reach.
This is due in part to the dampness Of
the air, which penetrates the hair and
makes the skin itch, but it is chiefly
due perhaps to the air being heavily
charged with electricity. The hair 9f
the cat becomes heavily charged, too,
and she rubs it to make it lie smooth
and to brush away the peculiar sensa-
ton that electricity causes.
Perhaps you have noticed that the
leaves Of the dandelion and the clover
fold up and go to sleep, SO to speak,
when rain is near.e AS these plants
never open their leaves without the
stimulating influence Of sunshine, the
cloudy sky puts them to sleep. Anoth-
er reason for the change is the expan-
sion Of the air vessels Of the plants,
due to the damp air, which causes the
leaves to contract and close, just as pa
per curls when one side Of 1t is mois-
tened
Boys and girls should make a study
of these things. Not only would they
find the study full Of interest, but it
would cultivate their powers Of OBJ
serYation and give them better
knowledge of nature Chicago News.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23
SOME POTATO EXPERIMENTS.

In a series Of experiments connected
with the growing Of potatoes the Ne
braska experiment station found among
other things that on similar plots Of
ground firm seed produced a yield Of
$40 bushels, while sprouted seed under
exactly the same condition produced
but 556 bushels. The experiment
showed that they could have afforded
to pay $1.68 per bushel for the good
seed as well as to have accepted the
poor seed for nothing. It was also
found that for depth in planting four
inches gave the best results, and that
those cultivated seven times during the
season yielded AZ per cent more po-
tatoes than similar plot which was
cultivated but five times. This is in
formation that should be of ~alue to
every gardener.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23
First publication, May 10, 1857.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

HENOSHA COUNTY COURT-In Probate.
N In the matter of the last will and tes-
lament of r. F. Roberts, whose full name was
Robert F. Roberts. deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the claims and
demands of all persons against R. F. Roberts,
whose full name was Robert F.. Roberts,
deceased, late of the Town of Bristol,
in said County of Kenosha, will be examined
and adjusted by the County Court of Kenosha
County at the regular terms of said Court to be
holden at the County Court Room, in the City
of Kenosha, in and for said County, on the first
Tuesday of September, A. D. 1907, and on the
first Tuesday of January, A. D. 1908, at ten
O'Clock A. NJ. of those days; also that the time
until and including the first Tuesday of Decem-
Der, A. D. 1907, is the time allowed and limited
for creditors of said r. F. Roberts, whose full
was Robert F. Roberts, deceased,
to present their claims for examination and al
1owance.
Dated at Kenosha, the 10th day of May,
A. D. 1907. By the Conrt
RUSSELL 81. SLOSSON,
W6 County Judge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23
STREET ASSESSMENT NOTICE

Office of the Street Assessment Committee,
City of Kenosha, May 9, 1907.
The Common Council of the City of KenOSha
having decided that ii is expedient and neceS-
sary that Market Street from w. Main Street
to Newell street; Grand avenue from the present
end of pavement to Brockett street be improved
by curbing with stone curb, by grading, by
paving with vitrified paving brick on a bed of
concrete; Grover street, from Prairie avenue to
Salem avenue be improved by Cnrbng with
stone curb, by grading, by paving with Yitrifltd
paving brick on bed of crushed stone and
otherwise improved at the expense of the real
estate to be benefited thereby And having
ordered that the Street Assessment Committee
view the premises and determine the damages
and benefits which will accrue to each parcel of
real estate affected by such change and inn
provemeut, the entire cost of the contemplated
work or improvement upon said portions of said
streets, and the amount that should be assessed
to each parcel of such real estate as benefits or
damages ACQUIRING thereto by such con-
temp1ated work or Improvement. Now there
fore, notice is hereby given that in pursuance
of said order, plans and specifications for said
work have been prepared and approved, and
the entire cost of the improvement con-
templated in SAID plans and specifications de-
tern1ined; that we have viewed the entire ter
ritory and each parcel of real estate affected by
said Improvement and determined the damages
and benefits which will accrue to each parcel
LOT real estate by reason of said improvement,
and the an1ount that should be assessed to each
parcel of real estate as benefits or damages &C
cruing thereto by such contemplated work or
Improvement. Notice is further given to all
persons interested that said report is on file and
open for review in the Office of the Street AS
sessment Committee, in the City Clerks Office
in the said City, and will be continued for
the space of twenty days after the date of this
notice, and that on Friday, May 81. 1907, at 200
p. M. in the afternoon, the said Committee will
be in session at their said office to hear all OBJ
jections that may be made to said report.
JAMES GORMAN
r. H. MOTH
j. II. O'BRIEN.
wa Street Assessment Committee,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23
OPTICAL ILLUSIONS.

An Experiment With Beam of Light.
The Parallel Lines.
Are these four vertical lines parallel?
The eye says no, but if the sketch is
looked at edgeways with the eye at
the bottom Of the page they will be
seen to be perfectly parallel
When you look direct at them, they
appear to be themselves irregularly
curved, but in reality they are per-
fectly straiSslt.
Here is another optical illusion: When
a beam of light passes through dark
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23
A Wise King.

There once lived very wise king
who, it was said, could answer any
question put to him. People from all
parts Of the world came to ask his adj
vice If they were in any trouble or diff
fculty. One day an old man who had
heard reports of his great wisdom
came to him and, bowling almost to the
ground, said, May it please your maj
esty to answer me a question:
"Say on" said the king.
The old man then said, "Can you tell
me why, having two eyes and two ears,
have only one mouth 7"
"Yes," said the king; ''you have two
eyes that you may see everything well
and two ears that you may hear every
thing well, but you have one mouth SO
that you may not talk too much"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23
VALUE or THE LEGuMEs

In an investigation recently conduct
ed by the Michigan experiment station
It was found that inoculated soy beans
were enabled to add 1857 pounds of
pure nitrogen per acre. In a somewhat
similar experiment conducted by the
Alabama station it was found that
oats, following coWpeas, turned under,
yielded 22.8 bushels per acre, while
after millet they yielded but 12.4 bush.
els. In another test it was found that
oats following coWpea stubble yielded
S4.4 bushels, following coWpea vines,
plowed under, they yielded 28.8 bush
els. while after millet there was a
yield of but 90 bushels. The differ.
ence In yield was without question due
to the nitrogen which the leguminous
cops added to the soil.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23
first publication, April Is, 1907.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

HENoSHA COUNTY CoURT:-In Probate.
N III the matter of the. estate of Dora
Acker, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the Claims and
demands of ali persons against Dora
Acker, deceased, late sof the town of Salem,
in said County of Kenosha, will be examined
and adjusted BY the County Courtof Kenosha
County at the regular terms of said court to ne
holden at the County Court Room, in the City
of Kenosha, in and for said County, on the first
Tuesday of September, A. D. 1907, and on the first
Tuesday of December "A. D. 1907, at ten O'clock
a. NJ of those days; also that the time until and
including the first Tuesday of November, a. D.
1907 is the time allowed and limited for cred
itors of said Dora Acker, deceased, to
present their claims for examination and al.
lowance.
Dated at Kenosha, the 10th day of April,
AID. 1907. BY the Court.
RUSSELL b. SLOSSON,
We County Judge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

BEAM OF LIGHT. PARALLEL LINES.
room, you think you see the light, but
light is Invisible. You see. only the
particles Of dust which are always
floating in the air, and if those dust
notes could be removed, as in vacu-
I'm, for instance, you would see no
beam.
TO prove this take redhot poker
and pass it gently through beam Of
light on some sunny day, and dense
black shadow will be seen for a mo-
ment where the poker has passed. The
heat consumes the dust particles, and
the light becomes invisible, having no
solid matter to reflect it.-Star Monthly.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23
Guess the Answers.

II Dicks father be Johns son, what
relation is Dick to John? His grand
son.
If all the money in the world was d.
vided equally among the people, what
would each one get? An equal share.
Why Is young lady like sheaf OF
wheat? First she is Graded, then
thrasheG. and finally she becomes the
flower Of TIE family.
Why Is an engraver fearless OF
drowning? Because he is accustomed
to die sinking.
What lesson of life can the small boy
learn from the fire engine7 It must
work or 1t can't play.
who is 1t that always has a number
Of movements on foot for making
money! A dancing master.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

If there are any spots in the orchard
where piles of apples were allowed to
rot last fall, it will be a good idea to
sprinkle a little lime on them to sweet.
en- them up and restore the equllibri-
uln Of the soil.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

The night Of May this year we had
to put horse blankets on our hotbed to
keep the tender stuff from freezing,
the thermometer registering ID degrees
below freezing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23
VITALITY or WEED SEED.

VI u AL VT WEEP 0GEgs
That one seasons careful and clean
cultivation will not eradicate all of the
weeds is due to the fact that many Of
them will lie dormant In the soil for
many months, simply waiting to be
thrown near the surface, where they
will be exposed to sufficient air ana
warmth to terminate. Several years
ago the North Dakota experiment. sta
ton conducted a series Of experiments
with a view to ascertaining the vitality
Of a number Of weed seeds when left
in the soil. It was found that some
wild oats would grow after having
been buried twenty months, but were
all dead after fifty-six months. Some
Of the mustard and French weed seeds
grew after having been buried for
fifty-six months. In this connection 1t
should be remembered that frequent
civilizations during single season
usually terminate most of the weed
seeds in the soil.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

The purely good citizen is never
found in the list of those who have to
be brought to mark by the tax ferret.
This matter of paying taxes is sort of
fundamental, and if a fellow doesn't
fall down here he is very likely to be
a pretty honest as well as decent sort
of man.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

Careful testing of individual ears of
corn by sowing the kernels from each
ear in separate rows has revealed the
fact that even though two ears may be
of about the same size and general ap-
pearance there may be variation in
yield of from 30 to so bushels per
acre. The farmer who has a little ex-
pertinent plot of this kind can easily
select his seed ears from rows show
ing the greatest yirility and produc.
tivity and thereby greatly improve the
quality as well as the quantity of his
field crop
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

Where the garden has a southern ex-
posture and a shelter on the north to
break the wind early planting of veg
etables is worth while. In other cases
early planting simply means a putting
of seeds in cold storage until the
ground warns up sufficiently to ger.
inmate them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

A greater care in the use of lead
pencils is one Of the economies that
will have to be practiced from now on
If the supply of red cedar, from which
the great bulk of pencils are made, is
not to be entirely exhausted. Figures
contained in recent pamphlet sent
out by the United States department
OF agriculture are to the effect that
S2O,O0O,O00 pencils are manufactured
In this country annually, requiring
10000 tons Of wood; that up to the
present time no measures have been
taken looking to a preservation Of or
renewal Of the red cedar forests. with
the result that the manufacturers are
race to face with great dearth OF ma
terial from which to manufacture
them; that there is no other wood that
can be well used as a substitute. and
that the only way out is for the adop-
ton Of a careful system OF reforesta-
ton with view to replacing the vast
areas which have been stripped o.
wood for pencil manufacture.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

A north Iowa farmer recently lost
eighteen head of cattle and hogs as a
result of straw stack which had
been eaten into from the side, topping
over on to them and smothering them.
He will know better next time and viii
take measures to prevent the recur-
renee Of such an accident.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

He cannot be called an agricultural
success who persists in virtually using
his whole field as a testing box for his
seed corn. Yet there are many, in all
probability the majority, who are do
Ing this very thing this year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

There are good many dairy sections
where the best COW to be found will be
fetching her owner a net return equal
to that Of fifteen or twenty of the poor
est individuals. The Babcock test is
the only way of getting rid of the poor
er kind.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

Continuous grain raising and weedy
land usually go hand in hand Those
who have convinced themselves Of this
fact and have adopted some sensible
system of crop rotation are quite like
ly to forget most of their weedy trou-
bles.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

The old sow often eats her little pigs
because she has had insufficient animal
food. She should be supplied with this
shortly before narrowing time. If her
food ration contains tankage, she will
need no other meat ration than this.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

Nutritious food, dry quarters, fresh
air and pure water are fundamental
requisites for success with either live
stock or poultry, and great many
troubles are the result directly or indi-
rectly of a failure to see that all four
conditions are carried out.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

The Kansas experiment station is
helping the farmers of the state in the
fighting of the green bug pest by send
Ing out into different sections speci-
mems of a parasitic insect, a sort of
bee, which attacks the green aphis Wig
orously and makes short work Of 1t.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

Out of total mileage Of public roads
In the state of Louisiana Of 24S97,
twenty-six miles are surfaced with
gravel and eight with stone This
means that only IA Of per cent of
the roads have been improved. In
marked contrast to this is the showing
made by the state of Ohio, which out
Of total of 69,439 miles of public road
has 23,462 surfaced with different ma
terials, which means that 33 per cent
or the public roads are improved. The
showing is as creditable In the one
case as 1t is small in the other.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

The grasshopper is proving one Of
the very worst pests that the alfalfa
grower has to contend with. In spe-
cial bulletin on the subject issued by
the federal government Of agriculture
the following dope is recommended as
excellent for poisoning them: "One-half
barrel fresh horse manure into which
one pound each of paris green and salt
have been thoroughly mixed. Scatter
this where they feed, and they will par
take of 1t and kick the bucket"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

Rich soil in good filth has a deal
more to do with success in alfalfa
culture than the application of cart
loads Of nitrogen fixing bacteria.
Where one can get soil from an alfalfa
field long established or from a spot
where sweet clover has grown there
is no harm in getting 1t and spreading
1t on the ground to be sown, but send
Ing hard cash off to some sharper who
is much more interested in filing his
pocketbook than he is in propagating
bacteria is a very speculative propo-
sition.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

II you find that red squirrels raid
your birds nests and destroy their
young in the coming months give them
a warm reception with a slingshot and
some No. 8 or shot, provided it is
against the law to use a target rifle in
your neighborhood. Squirrels are very
graceful and pert little creatures, but
we pass them up when it comes to
choice between them and the birds.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

That is a pretty unpromising soil in
which weeds will not grow and earth
worms will not work
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

There was more than che. robins
nest in which the PRETTY eolored eggs
got chilled 50 severely in the early May
freezes that they will never hatch out
the much loved songsteIs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

Before plants are removed from the
hotbed to the open ground they should
be hardened off-that is. the beds should
be allowed to dry out and cool off some
with the glass removed, so that the
condition Of the plants to be removed
will be more nearly that of the garden
In which they are to be set out.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

Those who covered their last years
pansy beds are just now reaping a
very ample reward for their pains in
an abundance Of these beautiful flow
ers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

There are comparatively few plant
diseases or insect pests that are not
held in check to a considerable extent
by a sensible system Of crop rotation.
Many May be entirely done away with
by such system.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23
WHERE 70 LOCATE

A reader of this department residing
ut Marseilles, H., writes for informa-
ton as to the best place to locate. He
has had quite an extensive experience
In farming, and, although he is at pres
ent working in a manufactory, he.
wants to go on to a farm again. He
would like to get from eighty to 1850
acres of land at a reasonable price that
Is worth the money; prefers to go south
rather than north, and asks what time
of year it is best to look over a new
country and whether it is better to
rent for year or two or to buy out
right. We have given our correspond
ent's situation and queries somewhat
In detail because the information he
asks may be of assistance to others
somewhat similarly situated. In choos-
ing a location for a farm home there
are several things to keep in mind
character Of soil and subsoil, annual
rainfall, proximity to a good market,
kind of neighbors and price one has.
to pay per acre. There are all kinds of
land that seems to fill the bill in near
" all respects except that of rainfall.
/ Unless this is better than twenty four
inches annually for period Of twelve
or fifteen years the settler runs consid-
cradle risk in purchasing with any
other object in view than using the
land for grazing. 1t is true that in
many portions of the semiarid belt
there seems to have been an abundance
Of precipitation during the past five or
six years, but there is no guarantee
tate agents that drought conditions
which have prevailed in the past may
not recur again. This condition is one
that prevails from the one hundredth
meridian west and from the Canadian
line to the Mexican border. We have
known other locations where every
thing was all that could be asked ex-
cept the neighbors, but in this one re-
spect fellow might as well have lived
among the Fiji islanders. Eastern
Kansas, Nebraska, Indian Territory,
Oklahoma and Texas, as well as por-
lions of Arkansas and Missouri, offer
the settler admirable opportunities for
location. Were we in our friends place
we would go down into the Ozark
country or into Indian Territory or Ok
lahoma. Rather than buy SO much
land as he desires we believe we would
pay more for fewer acres and aim to
carry on an intensive rather than an
extensive type Of agriculture. We
would much favor living for year In
a locality before purchasing, as this
gives one opportunity to see a country
at it's worst as well as its best.
The best time for the settler to see
a new country from the standpoint Of
the loquacious and affable real estate
agent is from Feb. to May 1. From
his own standpoint it Is when the land
scape looks the dowdiest, which is usu-
ally from July / to Sept. 1. It is a
great deal easier for one to invest in
land than it is to pull stakes after he
has located and found things not en-
tirely satisfactory. A years time
should give. a man all the information
needed on the most essential points
In looking up the rainfall of locality
it is well to accept nothing but gov
eminent reports as authoritative
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

With sugar at the. prevailing price 1t
is not par5icularlg sweet or satisfying
thought that every man, woman and
child in the United States consumes on
the average about seventy-fye pounds
of sugar annually.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

Butter color, I've, bluing and rat
poison are articles that should always
be kept on the top pantry shelf and
not left on the window stills where the
kids can get them. A good dose of
any one of the lot is usually enough to
put finish on any Juvenile physical
organism.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

1t quite often costs a good deal in
more ways than one to smash records.
Ora Haskins, the young man Of Sid
ney, Ia, who year ago last November
husked 217 bushels Of corn in ten
hours, ruined his own health as re-
suit of the feat and contracted lung
trouble, from which he recently died.
The $50 hushel fellows are alive and
kicking today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-23

It may be quite safely laid down as
a general principle that education,
whether high school or college, is of
definite benefit to any boy or girl who
prizes it sufficiently to work for it and,
on the contrary, of mighty little worth
to the one who is not willing to pay
this price.