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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-03-08
LITTLE NUBBINS OF FAR.
NEWS

Mares that are in foal should be
tered we'll and allowed some exercise
day Light and regular work will q
the best exercise. Oats should be fd
them in preference to any other gral
Oats, bran and good clover hay arg
ideal feed for the breeding ewe
Why let all the special sheep feI
enjoy all the profits in sheep and
feeding? There are many corn farmers
can feed one to two cars Of sheep
year. j
One of the latest excuses for not
ing good crops offered by slipshod ia
is that Good crops impoverish the
1t must be that this is quite gene
known in some localities.
In the keeping of milk strong
is to cool the milk as soon as possible
milking.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-03-08
BEANS AND PEAS TO PLANT
TEN EYCK, of the Kansas Sta
NJ ton has made some valuable tests
w of variouS field crOnS and his results

WYNN. TEN EYCK, of the Kansas Sta
w ton has made some valuable tests
w of various field crops and his results
show that among the millets German
ranked first in the yield of hay and seed,
the largest yields being $50 tons of hay and
25.2 bushels of seed per acre. Siberian
millet ranked second
mentioned as yielding more than IS bush
els per acre: Yellow, Small Yellow, Ito
San Early Yellow, Green samarow,. and
Early Brown, of which Ito San and the
Yellow varieties are the most productive.
The Ito San and Early Yellow rank high
in earliness.
OF "a varieties of cowpeas grown, New
Era gave the largest yield, III bushels
per acre. and several varieties gave an
average yield of 2.5 tons of dry fodder per
acre Coleman, Early Amber, Kansas
saccharine sorghums gave good results,
Coleman ranked first in production, with
a yield of 40.55 bushels ef seed and 74l
tons of slower per acre, while Amber and
Kavanaugh ranked first and last, respec-
lively in maturity. It was found that nifty
days after harvesting, sorghum slower IN
the sack still contained on the average
SIT per cent of moisture.
The results with nonsaccharine sorghums
showed that yellow Milo maize and large
African Millet yielded 5.27 tons of stover
and 2O.5 bushels of grain, and 5.33 tons
of slower and 1878 bushels of grain per
acre respectively, while Red Kattr corn
and Black-Hulled White Kafir corn IroIn n
of slower and 57.3 bushels Of gram, ana
4.07 tons of slower and 59;l Dusn 1le % VI
grain per acre, respectively The kathr corn
slower contained fully as much moisture
when stacked as the slower OF the sac
charine sorghums.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-03-08
~. saeeke

Conducted by S. C. HUH

lay a good sized egg, more or less Of a
brown color. They make good roastlng
fowls but their meat is coarser grained
than that of the Wyandotte.
The light Brahmas excel for large roast asst
ing fowls. If kept in good condition they
are excellent winter layers. Their eggs
are of rich brown color
family. They are steady early spring,
summer and fall layers. They lay large
white egg The Buff in merit comes next.
The Brown Leghorn lays probably more
eggs in a year than any of the Leghorn
family, but the eggs are of rather small
size.
The Rhode Island Reds are frst-elass
layers; brown eggs They are excellent
roasting fowls.
The Black Langshan is q grand and winter aa1o7
layer the eggs being of the finest coloi.
AS roasting fowls they are unexcelled, their
flesh closely resembling dnH6r the BUT 5trt ths
Iangshan will never be very popular among
market who must m5o have asgnof d ysiiow
neat carcass with bird that shows dark
PIN feathers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-03-08
COST OF BUTTER

Statistics carefully complied from
the Iowa creameries show that IND
age. cost for manufacturing butter s
four cents pound in creamery
makes 10000 pounds of butter in N
one and three-fourths cents in
cry that makes 10000; and aboa
and one-half cents where the crd
makes 100000 pounds. This mean
other things being equal the farmej
patronizes the large creamery will
about two cents per pound more h
butter than the patron of the small
cry. AS the average Minnesota cod
duces about 165 pounds O. putter
year her annual earning capacity Isl
more where her product is taken to 4
creamery than when taken to small
The above figures are suggestive ID
they show the error Of starting creai
in localities where there is a shorts
COWS.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-03-08
SUGGESTIONS THAT MAY
HELP

COW, by actual test, giving six quarts
of milk at each milking, taken away five
miles and housed in a strange stable gave
and only four quarts at the next morn
ing's milking.
She was driven en- the journey very
feed and drink. She was treated with the
utmost kindness yet the irregularity of her
daily routine life decreased the milk yield
so per cent for the day, and nearly 20 per
cent for the following day
Dairy cows should be fed and MIXED
with clock-like regularity. They should be
given the privilege, and induced, to drink
freely for the flow of milk will be gov
crned largely by the amount of water con-
sumed.
Avoid unnecessary change of water with
from strange we'll until they are starved
. IT, it.
No domestic animal should be compelled
to drink ice-cold water in winter. That
pumped from a deep well and given to the
stock Immediately is about the right tom
perature.
during the summer but it should have dry
and very warm quarters in WINTER
Where insufficient protection from storms
and the cold are given, and many are IN
the other in order to keep warm and the
weakest suffer and often perish.
The hog by nature cannot stand dust.
When hogs cough, if the pen be dry, sprinkle
it to settle the dust. Avoid bedding with
musty or dusty material.
Winter is the very best time of the year
to move and transplant large shade trees.
Take them up with a large ball OF frozen
soil which holds without injury an immense
number of feeding roots.
Drag down stalks and tall weeds in win
ter when the ground is frozen or dry. In
this condition they will catch the SHOWS
and rains become rotten, make blowing
easier and sooner become available plant
food when turned under.
On billy land inclined to wash, watch the
soil during winter and fill depressions and
that Will hold the soil and catch any that
may be washed in from roads and adjacent
fields.
Keep the barn, stables, hog peas, and
poultry houses clean OF litter and manure.
The department of trade and commerce
of Canada has issued statement that the
western wheat crop of that country Will
be So, 100000 bushels Of this only one
fourth will grade No. 1 hard
large number of German farmers in
Missouri are selling their land from 500
to $125 per acre and are going farther west
in search of cheaper land.
Railroads of the south making great
efforts to induce farmers in the colu north
ern regions to go down there. Although
there are thousands of improved farms that
have been allowed to deterlorate through
bad management there is practically no
wild and vacant lands to be had in that
country.
The scarcity of squads has Induced certain
inscriptions persons to substitute very
young chickens and palm them off on the
public as pigeons. The reason squads are
so scarce is because so many of them are
sold as quail.
Ten of King Edwards English Shire
horses are being exhibited in this country
although not for competition. These horses
are the descendants of the great Shires
that were once ridden by the knights at the
wars and tournaments of England
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-03-08
THE MOST POPULAR BREEDS

TITO THE beginner in poultry raising the
following notes about breeds may be
helpful:
The White Wyandotte is steady layer
of good average sized eggs, the color vary
ing from tint to nice brown. Excellent
winter layers. The leading breed for broil-
ers. and popular for small roasting fowls.
The Silver and the Buff Wyandottes are
also good breeds with about the same
merits.
The Barred White and Buff Plymouth
Rocks are larger sized birds than the
Wyandottes, and are good layers if not too
LITERALLY fed on carbonaceous foods. They
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-03-08
PREPARED FOODS

I have been feeding a laying food
find It very good for my hens, II
never had my hens lay so well
through the winter. months as they
this year. They seem to like it very
and to thrive we'll on it. l have alsd
a chick food and like it very much II
1 would not go without it if it COZ
SIS hundred weight. l ordered
pounds early this spring so as to be
to get it by the time l have some q
1t does away with all worry and Y
and there is no waste whatever in IL
it. 1t is needless to say that he
recommend it to poultrymen.-F. S.
min. 49, a. -
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-03-08
HOW UNCLE JOHN
FIGURES 1T

Farming is profession, and only when
it is so regarded will it be accorded its.
proper place among honorable avocations.
The ideal farmer is made out of the child
of the farm he has been developed by edu-
cation and science. The former he secures
from the common schools and the latter at
the agricultural college or from farm jour
nails.
One of the most potent factors in advanc-
ing agriculture is the fair. No other insti-
tuition offers such opportunities to the farm
er for acquiring profitable knowledge. He
Is there instructed in his special line of
work He is stimulated and encouraged to
give his best efforts to the betterment of
his Troducts. He is made better farmer.
straw stack is fine thing for the
farm animals to use as sort of winter
house these cold days, but see that they
are properly housed at night
The trouble with many Of us is, we lack
pride in our work, and the reason we do rot
is because our work is done in careless
slipshod manner. 1t is poor rule that
will not work both ways therefore, to be
proud of our work we ought to do 1t well.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-03-08
WAR ON LIQUOR AND TOBACCO

The Kansas Anti-Liquor Society has adopted a new
plan to fight the liquor traffic. 1t is mailing free
recipe for the cure of the liquor habit 1t can be
given secretly in coffee or food. Also one for the
tobacco habit that can be given secretly The only
request they make is that you do sell the recipes
but give free copies to friends. Their address is
Room IS Gray, Bldg, Kansas City, Mo.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04
A River Trip with Descendant of
the WashingtOns.


Alexander Ford. m Applcton's.
II was my good fortune TO sail down the
Potomac with one Of the Washingtons. a
lady who TO the manner born. was pleased
b point out TO me the really historic
places on the river. To this descendant
Of Georges uncle, Alexandria was dear
not so much because her great relative
had been warden of It's parish church
stu standing-but because Fitzhugh Lee
had, after his cause and fortune went
down together, delivered milk from house
10 house I'm this old colonial city. and
they sent him from his milk route % the
executive mansion at Richmond Il was
she who explained 70 me that Mount Yer
non was named after a British admiral.
Lord Vernon. under whom Lawrence.
Georges half-brother, from whom he ia
herited the property, had served. And
how many Americans know that Master
George came within an ace Of beginning
his career as a midshipman In his majes-
tvs service? Only the tears Of his mother
prevailed over the persuasive influence of
his elder half-brotheT. Lawrence. The
WashingtOns still live at Wakefield where
the Father of his Country was born; the
estate is still in the family, and the
Washingtons of to-day are the same
plain. hearty country gentry that gave us
the immortal one
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04
Stories of His Wealth Exaggerated, Though He
Can "Pay Debts and Have Enough Left
to Keep His Family"

and towns and villages dotted here and
there. while other large tracts, especially
of the areas most recently cut over, are
waste and desolate.
Nobody appreciates more thoroughly
than Weyerhaeuser that before many
years nave passed the country will be in
sad need OF the timber which has been
cut so rapidly TO build up Weyerhaeuser's
and other big lumbermen's fortunes. For
this reason he has made a close study OF
reforestatiOn and actually has under
way a scheme to restore the forest
growth to many thousands Of acres I'm the
Mississippi Valley. He cannot hope per-
sonally to reap any financial reward from
this course since, as he says, il takes
eighty years In this country TO grow a tree
OF prime commercial value
Meanwhile. the Mississippi Valley being
so nearly bare OF trees, he has secured
-standing timber holdings on the Pacific
Coast in the Southwest, the South, and
in the regions between Minnesota and
the Coast which he is turning over to
the needs of commerce" quite fast
enough TO meeS the demand.
In the course of his lumberman's life
he has Travelled many thousands Of miles
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04

wealth is less than the popular estimate.
Fayerweather's unsuspected riches made
great to-do when discovered by his will.
and the to-dO over the way il WAS be-
queathed lasted more than bakers
dozen of years. He left his money to the
colleges mainly: his widow and relatives
contested il. and the final deeision-in
favor Of the colleges-was not rendered by
the United States Supreme Court, 10
which the contest was carried, until 1904
shepard "A millionaire.
Little known anywhere else, but, along
Sh Hill and Weyerhaeuser and a few
O, ners. an institution in St Paul is David
c. Shepard. who built most of the Hill
railroad mileage and made millions for
himself while doing It. Shepard's greatest
hobby used to be fishing, but for years It
has been the family mausoleum. that he
had built more than a decade ago from
his own design. which makes 1t look as if
it were cut from a single solid block Of
marble
Duluth is another city whose million
aires are more numerous than the popula-
tion would seem TO warrant. as you will
find If you walk out East Superior street
some day with an enthusiastic Duluthian.
This long, curving tkoroughfare and the
short steep avenues which bisect it at
right angles are fronted by scores OF the
homes of resident mililonaires who have
made their pile out OF iron instead Of
lumber.
1t was in Duluth that the second
Charlemagne Tower. now so prominent IN
the diplomatic service. made part Of his
millions: but Tower whose family-Of
Philadelphia-was rich before ever he
lived In the West, has not found il diff
cult IN his days of gre1ter riches to fit
himself IN with the manner of life
wherever his lot has been east.
Plenty Of Resources Left.
There are many who believe that
much fewer men in proportion to the
total population will be able to achieve
the millionaire grade in the years tc
come than have done so IN the past. Ger
tainly not so many as formerly viii be
able TO hew their way 10 millionairedom
by way Of the forests for the forests have
shrunken to only a fraction OF their
earlier magnifcence Even now. however,
the United States forest reserves are
larger than the entire German empire.
while each OF several States. including
New York and Pennsylvania, notably,
have good sized forest reserves OF their
own. Besides, the mineral and other re-
sources of the country. aside from its
forests. are so great that, unless Ameri-
can enterprise and push suddenly cease
10 exist, the crop of new milhonaires is
sure 10 be a regular thing for many
years 70 come
Il Is the fashion nowadays TO write
down the lumbermen as vandals who have
consciously -despuiled the country of a
most priceless possession. and some OF
them have been too ruthless. no doubt, but
there IS another side 10 the shield The
lumber pioneers were. q most important
factor in the rapid development Of the
United States all through the nineteenth
century.
Copyright 1897. By Dexter Marshall.l
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04
Georgin's Disfranchisement Law.

From the Savannah News
A matter that doesn't seem 10 have
been given much consideration, as yet,
is the effect that Acknowledgement is
going to have on the Democratic party
1t may not have great deal at first.
but as new issues arise It Is practically
certain that il Will have a very marked
effect The pressure that has, in a
large measure. kept the white people to-
gether being removed, they viii divide.
II the white people should divide would
that improve the chances Of the negroes
for getting the ballot again? That is
q question that cannot be answered ar
present. It Is impossible to see far
enough into the future TO form an opin-
ion as 10 what the ultimate effects Of
disfranchisement will be.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04
New blood. but Not Youne.

From the New York sun.
The Alabama brigadiers In the United
States Senate wiz be succeeded by two
ex-Confederates, who commanded COM
panies during the civil war. In Gen. Nor
gans seat will be found Capt. John Hol-
lis Bankhead, who was wounded three
times, and in Gen. Pettus' place Capt.
Joseph Forney Johnston, who received
four wounds in action, wifi answer to
the roll cali 1t will not, therefore, be a
case of the old order giving way TO the
new; Capt, Bankhead is sixty-five, and
Capt. Johnston sixty-four; new blood, but
not young blood.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04
When Antos Are Commnn-

From the Chicago Tribune
Perhaps the greater use Of the automO-
bile by serious people. taking it as an or
dinary accessory Of rural life, will solve
the problem of the control Of speed within
proper limits. owners Of horses do not
habitually drive them at full speed. Yet
II horses never had been used before ard
some genius learned 10 tame and drive
them. ii is likely that the exhllaration Of
the speed possible would be the feature
OF their use to which attention would be
especially paid. When automobiles be-
come as common as horses, It will oe as
ridiculous to rush about In an auto as IL
would be now to drive on a galiop through
the streets.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04
Erete RaiIroading Methods.

From the St. Louis Republic
1t signifies nothing to say that the
United States leads the world in the num-
Der Of railroad fatalities We are in the
railroad business in this country. where
as the single-track. narrow-gauge, dinkey
operations that pass for railroading in
some Of the old countries couldn't run
down a cow; and, all told, there are not
enough OF them to make up one good
sized American system. Before the old
countries can hope 20 compete with us
and organize the killing business on any
thing like a scale, they will have to bor-
row a magnate or two.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04
American Newspaper Intelligence.


President SchUman. of Cornell, in Putaam'S
/ do not think that as d people We lag
behind the Athenian or any other nation
in our general knowledge of facts. on
the contrary, I believe that ia this sense
the Americans are the most intelligent
human beings who have ever trod this
planet. Our world-embracing daily news
papers bear witness 10 our desire TO be
inf0rmed-and 10 be informed at once
In regard to everything happening beneath
the sun-yes. and within the closet, and
under the cover of night. and in the dark
recesses Of human passion and crime
There Is no matter of fact. whether ma
terial or moral. personal or impers0nal.
TO which an American is Indifferent And
his immense native curiosity (Which is
also at the root of his inventiyeness) is
at once graufed and stimulated by the
ubiquitous and omniscient reporters Of
the newspapers.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04
Looking for the One Word.

From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
There is a rapidly-growing and an ire
pressible demand for such a revision Of
the tariff as win protect and benefit the
United States without pillaging the public
at large for the private benefit Of a few
favored milii0naires. AS yet no word Of
encoura cement has come from President
Roosevelt. however
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04

From the Baltimore sun.
It is no doubt true that the government
gets and holds too large a proportion OF
the cOuntTy's money supply With lower
taxes and smaller surpluses there would
be less temptation to the extravagance
which now permeates every branch OF
the public service.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04
ExenDt Glasses

From the New York Evening Post.
Prohibition legislation in the South, TO
be consistent, should include grandfath-
er and an educational classe permitting
the free use OF spirituous liquors by all
persons whose ancestors had fought In
one of the wars OF the United States, or
who can decipher and interpret the mean
ing OF the label on the bottle
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04
MICROBES AND SUCH.
written for The Washington Herald)

written for The Washington Herald.)
/
Pity the sorrows Of the man
Whose food Genes in a box or car,
Or carton made Of paper board.
With pre-dlgested sawdust stored
Let him look out he'll get a hunch
If milk he drinks az dairy lunch;
II he must drink. then let it be
Potomac boiled, without cafe.
If q desires 20 fiji his jeans.
Three meals day Of pork and beans
VIII do The work. But piei Refrain,
Or else expect dyspersa's pain.
or if by chance his fancy strays
To soft shell crab on fasting days.
Let him reflect on those whom fate
Thus led up 70 the golden gate.
III.
Or. II on watermelon fine
His fancy strays in summer time.
On apples. peaches plums to cram.
Should think about his diaphragm.
Reject the seeds. OF Doctor Hix
May quite remove his appendix
".
If on ice cream be fain would feast
Eat one small dish. And at the least
Let him not tske 70 stop his breath
The soda fountain road to death.
shun all the row with deadly barb.
Excepting yichy and b-carb.
Eat nothing taken from the soil
Without preliminary boil;
Boil all the food and boil the germs.
Butterfly eggs. and snails. and worms.
Cucumbers. lettuce, onion mess.
Raw celery and watercreSs,
And every kind Of garden sass"
Spinach. snap beans and ''sparro-gass"
And every morning. night, and noon,
Boil fork and knife and dish and spoon
And whether the weather be cold or hot,
With sterilized water boil the pot.
And on safe side TO surely be,
Boi bill-o-fare and recipe.
VI.
On Or, Wiley be should think
Whene'er inclined 10 take drink
OF hot-scotch. schiedam, or TeTm0uth,
Gin rickey, bane Of age and youth,
Jamaica, or New England rum,
Fit only for hobo or bum;
Tennasse corn or applejack
WIZ lay him fat upon h;s back,
Or brainstom cause. TO murder lead.
Compelled the ''unwTitten law" 10 plead,
And lawyer pay his neck 10 save
krom hempen halter and the grave.
VII
Thus let the man b. reason led,
Whether at work or play or bed.
Avoid the compounds frauds. and blendE.
All manufactured ODDS and endsi
Refuse al drains, except straight rye
II he must wet the other eye.
MORAL.
To sum up the whole heed the words Of the wise.
Whose province is daly to warn OF advise.
Have nothing TO do With things dry or damp,
Unless Bottled in Bond or with "GcTernme
Stamp"
JOSEPH BURDEN.
Washington, D. 9.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04
Or Around Buffalo Bayou.

From the New York Herald.
They have a fish in Australia called the
"blue-eye," which feeds voraciously on
the larvae Of mosquitoes. What a picnic
that fish would have in a neighboring
Statel
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04
Ther Talke thc RenI MINING

From the Louisville Courier-JournaI
]. p Morgan says he never gave the
servant girl any stock tips, The fact is.
nothing but real money is accepted as a
tip by the intelligent waiter, his sisters.
cousins. or his aunts
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04
IN Ernensfre nisinfectinn

From the Hartford Times
The cost Of the latest fumigatiOn Of
Coney Island IS computed at slightly over
s., ,000, 600.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-04

According to Lees report, the strength
Of his army at Gettysburg was less than
G. coo. so that. with the tremendous odds
against him, he could lily spare the men
he lost at Winchester.
Taking 1t all together, the ebatt,e cf
Winchester, which J have thus briefly re-
called, had an important bearing on all
the military events which followed. clear
up to the great battle Of Gettysburg. and
no history Of Gettysburg is complete
without reference to the opening preludel
at Winchester