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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-14

ment Station undertake the promo
ton of associations OF at least 20
farmers each, who will agree to pro-
duce at least five milking Shorthorns
to be approved by the committee
Let this Association be formed and
appoint one man TO represent - let
the Experiment Station appoint 9
second man and the National Depart.
ment of Agriculture a third man. let
these three men be the council who
shall govern certain things concern
ing this breeding. Let public money
from the national government aud
the state Experiment Station be
used to find our COWS. or to bring
them into that Association, not con-
| fine that to this country, but find
them anywhere they can, England,
Austria. or anywhere they can ind
this kind of stock; let the govern
ment go to the expense OF finding
out those animals and then let these
individuals put up the money for the
purchase of them, or use public
money to pay for them and let the
public funds be used to pay mai
to work under this council OF three
men to superintend this breeding.
Then have certain rules; divide the
cattle into three classes; let this
council have an option on all animals
that it may use, certain animals that
I, cannot be sold out of the association,
but must be kept in the association
to breed from. keep all the best All.
mails there.
/ Then, a second class allowing the
association to sell to whoever wants
milking Shorthorns for breeding pur
poses, or any other purpose.
| Then. the third class. not to be al
| lowed to be sold or used at ALL
This plan can be applied not only
to milking Shorthorns and all kind.
OF dairy cattle, but horses and swine
for general pork production, bacon
hogs. any class of the larger animals
| am simply giving YOU suggestion
OF the things that can be accom-
plished, but We must remember al
ways that il requires a LARGE mum
Der of any specific kind OF animals
AS you all know, fine work along this
line has been done in corn breedlns
by the Funk Bros, in Illinois AS I,
dairy animals. might say we do no
have enoughaof the kind of testias
that has been talked about and yoi
tairymen deserve credit, You ars
,rking out more Of that vrincipls
o. testing and breeding than all o.
the beef men. 1t is along these
lines that we shall arrive at the
values OF individuals. thus enabling
us to tell which family, which fiux 81
blood, would he the most profitable
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-14
Broillno and Roasting.

Ii housewives understood more
fully the process of broiling. roast
ing, and boiling. there would be less
complaint OF tough, tasteless meat.
Tue principles underlying all three
methods is Identical; the difference
lies in the medium employed. In all.
the object TO be attained is to first
quickly scar the exterior of the meat
thus coagulating the surface albumen
and effectually sealing the juices.
The cooking then proceeds more
slowly to finish. thee time required
Ringing, as matter of course. upoa
the sizee of the cut.
In broiling and in roasting, which
are In reality the same. the name
depending upon the nature of the
piece of meat. this hardening of the
exterior is accomplished by expos
ing the meat to the direct action Of
the heat. which must be intense
enough to scar the surface at once.
When It is not. the juices drip out,
leaving the meat tasteless and sac
riflcing its nutritiye qualities.
In boiling meat, surface coagulation
is attained by immersing the meat in
boiling water and keeping up the
temperature for minute One of
the preliminary rules of boiling, one
which should be indelibly impressed
upon very cook. is that water cannot
be heated to the proper temperature
for boiling t212 degrees) In an open
vessel nor in one with an Indifferent
ly fitting cover. Another point, equol
IN importance to the first. Is thas
when water begins TO boil, quicker
iire than is absolutely necessary TO
81 ~ II boiling results smere IN
wasting the water in the form Of
team and so hardens the exterior of
the meat as to prevent the head pen.
etrating to the interior -Housekeeper
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-14

suggestion. Do not get the idea that
l am advocating this to discourage
the great work of the breeding Of
animals in America by private indi
viduals. farmers and corporations.
We believe this association would
help the business Of every breeder
and farmer, just as the Island OF Jer
sey and other local governments have
helped breeders. believe that the
business of breeding is to be built NJ
all along the line.
The organization for plant breeding
is going along in different way; Il
does not need to be gotten at in
just this circuit way of breeding live
stock; there is some Of that work
that can best be done at the state
experiment station; others can best
be done by large city firms and
other lines by private individuals, but
all this work is along on line with
the same principles. This matter
may branch out on many lines.
worked all of 10 or u years on the
breeding of wheat and got very I'M
portant results, so that some Of
those new varieties cover now 10 or
Is million acres. OF course these
matters must be worked on long lines
You must be patient AS the lady
said, it takes 81 years to grow a boy
and it takes patience for the develop
ment of any good thing.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-14
How to Make a Paper Hat.

You can easily made n paper list
worn at PAPER luncheon" OF az
color.
You will have 10 buy two rolls n
crinlled paper and few yards OF
nat wire. Cut the paper hi sf.ips
an inch and half wide. TaNe .nr4s
OF these strips and plat them closely
when yon come TO the end OF The
paper strip take another and strip il
into the folded end of the first strip.
crush II closely together and keen
plating II is better to use uneven
lengths.
When the plat Is quite long Won
can commence the crown. To DO
this make little round wad with one
end OF your plat. turning in the
sewed-up ends; then sew your plaits
around and round on each other.
When the crown is as large as re-
quired sew the plaits In a downward
direction and continue In this way
sewing them tightly together SO that
this part may be very firm before
starting the brim. Then turn the
piaits again and sew plat away until
me brim Is the size you want. The
b;d Is finished when you have twisted
y into becoming shape and wired
the brim.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-14

things in this plant breeding indus
try. | was using thousands Of ca-
dividual wheat plants and clover
plants and timothy plants, planting
one seed in hill and keeping
record of every part of the process.
working up the experiment as sys-
tematically as you do with your dairy
cows. For. years had been wanting
to look through the British Islands
and see what forces were at work
that brought about the production Of
those great breeds of live stock
that have made the reputation OF GER
tain localities. / went over there
and into those special counties that
had produced those great breeds OF
live stock. | went into the county
of Lincoln, was at the county fair,
gathered points about there, and 1t
began to dawn on ne how they hal
handled the breeding business in that
county. They had used large num-
bers. So began to realize that
our herds are scattered all over this
great country, while there their
basic grounds are close together.
There they could bring together
enormous numbers and make compar-
isons- II there was ram that pro-
| duced great crop of lambs, every
body knew about it and followed up
| those things. so that the best ones
| were chosen out of thousands ami
taking in three or four generations
| in connection with their fairs AMI
exhibits and shows right there one
could learn to do as We do with corr,
to take large number of plants, give
the same opportunity to each by plant
ing one seed in a hill; then out OF say
10000 plants, we throw out nearly
all of them, saving only the best
plants. Then we harvest those by
themselves, we shell out those ears
picked out from one or two hun
dred of the very best plants, We
mark those one hundred plants an
We will make each one another plant
Wheat is a self-pollenating plant, SC
1t Is easy to experiment with 10 II
that respect. We give each one Of
these plants a little plat three feel
square with hills four inches aparl
each way. we harvest the plants ana
thresh them out with little machine
! we invented, they have been har
/ rested la a little bunch. and Their
we sort The grain. numbering re
! plants.
] In the case OF the dairy animal
We had the breeding power of the
COW or bull in terms of 100 or 15G
of the .parentage. In this case, tbs
same plant was both father an,
mother. but the principle is just ID,
same. We invented a new term
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-14
PLANT AND ANIMAL IMPROVEMENT
r J" NJ Hay Asst Secretary Agriculture Washington
In the Wisconsin Farmers Bulletin

Never In the world was there such
. time for the organization of an n
dustry as we now have In American
agriculture. These are piping times
OF peace. We are producing annual
ly six billions worth Of farm prod.
ucts. Statistics produced In the last
i've years from $4,000 farmers show
that TIE selling value of the farm
lands Of this country has increased
more than 3S per cent. The next
census four years hence will no Doubt
show that instead of 20 billion
dollars worth of farm property, We
shall run up somewhere between rs
and 30 billions.
Out OF the six billion dollars worth
OF farm products produced by or
people. there are fully five-sixths of
that which are subject to the opera.
ton Of the breeder, the plant breeder
and the animal breeder. In indy. +
ual cases as, for instance, with dajrJ
cattle, wheat, sugar beets, potatoes
and great lot of other plants and
animals. it has been definitely proven
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-14

and we call this the the "cyngenetic'
power, or breeding power. We did
that again and again. SO that at
the third year we had it In terms
Of 300. the mother plant | will not
go into details, but you can see that
we got in two or three years some
remarkable varieties, which we sent
out to the farmers, sending four
bushels each to a certain number of
farmers. asking each to plant 1t
opposite the wheat he was com.
monty growing and to make com.
parsons. One year we sent out 10
400 farmers and we got reports from
nearly all OF them. but we had to
throw out all but 81, because we
found some flaws in them.
A Plan for LocalIxInp Breeding In
terests.
Now, the question comes as 70
how we can adopt this business plan
OF making comparisons in broad
way In large numbers with our dairy
cattle. Mr.. Glover. now with "Hoard's
Dairyman," did a lot OF work down
in Illinois. and your people at this
Experiment Station have done loi
OF work; Mr.. Hacker. OF Minnesota
has done a lot OF work along that
line, and found out how simply aud
cheaply to make tests as TO the valae
OF the inyididual COW. The test Is
pretty nearly worked out. II Prof
VOL had his herds IN close prox-
unity, so that II would be practic-
able to apply these tests to every
COW in the herd for three years dur
ing her lifetime. he could In that wSy
establish a record OF the individual
value Of that cow--this Is the point
want TO come to: believe we
want a little evolution IN hreediag
our live stock We have begun via
an experiment 70 try to localize thu
matter. just as the breeders in Eng
land locallze their breeding. We are
about ready to undertake II 81 ~
counties surrounding the Estpeni
ment Station Of Minnesota. C1f
plan will be to take up some OF the
lines we recognize as important, for
instance. milking Shorthorns. We
will let some officer OF the Experi.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-14

just as sure as any fact has been
proven in any experiment station
that We can increase these values hy
breeding. at relatively small ex
pense, 10, Is. 20 and 25 per cent, and
l stand here to go on record as be-
lieying that with relatively small
expenditure in American agriculture
through the National Department .;
Agriculture the experiment stations.
the cooperative associations, corpor-
ations, firms and Individual effort
that we can in relatively short num-
Der of years, say 10 to 20 years, l.:
crease the value of our products 10
per cent more than they would other
wise be, by this breeding, and that
this breeding need not cost one per
cent of that 10 per cent.
In my own experience with wheat
and corn breeding, this statement is
amply justified 1t is much more
justified in Mr. Burbank's work win
fruit, vegetables and flowers in Cali
fornia 1t is substantiated with a
lot of your dairy breeding. You have
shown that you can produce a COW
that will give one-half more thar
that same COW formerly gave at a
reasonable expense for the feed at
comparatively little increase of ex-
pense. 1t is business proposition.
Mr.. McKerrow, that we get busy or
this thing. Ten per cent Of five bill
lion dollars means sc million dollars
annually, and in 20 years that means
lot of money added to the wealth of
this country.
A Course Of Action Outlined.
The elements OF business plaa
are being worked out. Some OF them
are shown right here in your own Ex-
pertinent Station work, showing how
to use the Babcock test and the scale
in getting at the valuation of your
COWS. Twenty years ago was teach
ing animal breeding; | saw the weak
ness of the body Of thought given out
in the books on animal breeding, aud
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-14
DUTY FORBADE DEATH.
What Kept Dreyfus from Suicide
When Falsely Convicted.

To his lawyer Dreyrus wrote a let.
ter, noble in its simplicity. which,
better than anything else, shows the
courage that animated him in this
somber day:
4 have kept my promise to you.
Innocent have faced the most ter
rible martyrdom that can be inflicted
on soldier; have felt all around
me the scorn of the crowd; have
suffered the most frightful torture
that can be imagined. How much
happier had been in the gravel Th-t
had been the end. | should ha.o
heard no more the voices OF ia ne.
eternal peace. But duty did nor per
init me to die, Vance Thomrs ii
Success Magazine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-14

In the end. In this case we have
spoken OF where we take the milking
Shorthorns, we would soon learn
which fiux OF blood II was. whether
one that leaned always toward the
dairy type, or whether one that
leaned always over to the beef type
Those things would take care OF
themselves, we will get over the idea
of theorizing and taking sides, saying
the dairy cattle are all right or The
beef cattle. are all right, instead OF
saying that, we would say, here is
the stun that does the business and
we want some OF that kind OF cattle.
might say that some one recently
made the suggestion for name for
this plan of organization for breed.
ing, by calling 1t the Circuit Sys-
tem,' ! suppose because the man
handles the business on a circuit, and
believe that public money can BE-
used In this way. not only Legally.
but with great advantage to the
great people. We are pushing he
agricultural Idea through the state
Stations and Agricultural Higa
Schools and this is simply another
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-14

She knows that proud people seldom
have friends. In prosperity they
know nobody; in adversely. nobody
knows them. She knows that to
make long lived friendships one must
be slow in making them.
She knows that the woman who
gains trifie meanly is meaner than
the trifie. She knows that 1T is less
pain TO learn in youth than to be ig-
norant in old age" She knows that
il she can not throw brightness over
her home. it is best not to throw a
wet blanket over It, She knows that
the wife who think she is perfect is
generally the most imperfect The
unwise wife may profit by studying
what the wise woman knows.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-14
Handling of Young Plants.

Writing In the Housekeeper Samuel
A. Hamilton the wellknown floricult-
urist, gives some hints which are help.
ful to both the beginner and those
more experienced. In the handling
OF the young plants after they have
come from the soil, you must be
guided eery largely by the kind of
plant with which you are working.
II one of the coarse. large kinds
such as the aster geranium and
coleus. they should be transplanted
carly, and should be thinned out as
soon as they have made the second
leaf, but IL of the finer leafed varie
ties. such as alyssum or agratum, al
low them to grow until they have
shown their fourth leaf. and do not
thin them until they touch each
other, The above are the best
rules which can be given covering
the handling of young seedlings. OF a
general nature. as in practice no two
kinds of plants are handled alike.
The differences-are those which are
inherent in the plants themselves. and
| will be plain to every observant per
son.
As soon as the young seedlings
have attained their fourth leaf, or /
height of four inches, they viii be
| ready for potting off. This potting
Is very necessary thing If it is de
| CfrfI t.,
by the time they should be set out
into the open beds or borders. For
the pots use the two-inch ones for the
finer ones. and the two-and-a-half for
the coarser ones, as directed above
The soil should be the same, as far
as possible, as that used for the seed
hats, or at least be as rich and por-
Gus. In the bottom OF each pot. put
over the hole small piece OF broken
pot or stone of suitable size. but
not In such manner as to interfere
with the drainage.
Set the pot before you and take
the plant In the left hand holding it
over the pot, on which the hand may
rest, so that the bottom of the roots
viii be half way down in the pot
Sift in soil until the roots are reached
then spread them out on the soil, and
sift more soil over them until the pot
IS heaping full. II should then be
pressed down with the thumbs until
firm all around. and be given good
soaking, and set away in light mod
erately warm place to grow out with
out any checking.
As soon as these pots are filled with
roots the plants will need to be shift.
60 or For bedding stock we shift
closer than for others. Not many
of the plants will be ready for shift.
Ing during the month of February
but those which are should be shifted
into four-inch pots and kept growing
along
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-14

give this kind of work basis in the
minds of legislators, a belief so
they would put public money into the
breeding, not only OF plants. but of
animals | happened to be nearly the
only one at that time who thought
seriously of the unity of principle
in animal and plant breeding. We
are all coming to recognize those
principles now. There is not much
difference in breeding corn and wheat
on the one hand, as compared with
breeding animals, no more than there
is in breeding two species of animals,
You cannot use the same manner OF
testing or figuring out your results
in breeding swine that you can in
breeding corn, but the general prin-
ciples are the same, and the broad.
est generalization | can bring to it is
this, that there is one in many, in
thousands, that has remarkable in.
dividuality with the breeding power
to work it into a new and valuable
strain or breed That is true In
corn. it is true in wheat, it is true
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-14
What the Wise wife Knows.

She knows that ZONE is more than
half what you ma &c II. and that a
builder OF happy home Is success
indeed. She knows that IL takes
two to prolong family quarrel, one
can therefore terminate IT. She knows
that Milling the house with bargain
Keeps a couple from owning the
mousse IN which they place them.
She knows that II we thought All
we said we'd be wise. but IL we said
AL we thought we'd be foolish. she
knows that some people sneer at love
n a cottage, but love that could wish
70 I'VE anywhere else Is not love
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-14

in flowers and it is true in cattle. Il
is true in all classes OF animals and
plants. five will once get thorough.
iy in our minds that great fact and
vii! then reorganize breeding on i
basis where large numbers can be
handled under q system. so that the
breeding power of our different par
emit animals are brought into COM
parison and then brought together,
huxes OF blood, if you please, are
produced by welding together these
best blood lines into families and
fused: if we viii do that in large
systematic way, with the results o.
comparison and with what has been
done in plant breeding along this
line, we will have gained one po,-.
We will have learned how
This great American people is com
ing TO the from. and 1t can afford
to put up the necessary one per cent
to gain an actual 10 per cent In
lease in our animal and plant prod
ucts.
Requires Systematic, Concerted Ac
ton.
We have been working in an In
dividual way. We believe in giving
every man chance to do his own
business and to build up bis own
family on his own farm In his own
home. so that we will grow great
people; and our agriculture is built
on that plan. Our forefathers had the
good sense to build on the 160-acre
homestead plan and 1t was almost
the greatest thing in the formation
of our government to build up the
arm and the family home, the best
institution in our land, and l GER
ainIy do not believe in treading thai
down. We have seen. however, In
great industries, the great trans
portation. mechanical and CONNER
cial industries, that they are becom-
ing merged. they are taking away the
individuality of the workers in that
line and merging them. making them
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-14
Easy.

Sir said the young man. ewlli
you permit me 10 pay nay addresses
to your charming daughter and try IL
! can make her love me?p
Certainly. my dear boy; and there
y no reason why you should not sue.
coed Lots of others haye..--Trans-
lated for Transatlantic Tales from la
Saeta
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-14

Fair Really. Herr schuIze. 40
you think 1t amuses me to talk OF
nothing but the weather?
schulze fill at ease)-wen, frau.
iein thoughter-er-as the weather fs
50 very fine Just now.--Fliegende
Blaetter.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-14

that this subject was not being
treated in anything Ike an adequate
wav started 70 try some expert,
men,s bu, in those dars there wasn't
much money for these things. !
carried in with hogs. thinking ! could
use large numbers. but soon saw
that that was very expensive. so !
TOOK NC plants and began the study OF
he principles Of this subject. hoping
: r,,rht ret results tia, would help to
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-14
Floating 4 Scheme.

Ihey say that old Altewadd. after
ne had couple. is liable to loosen ~
and buy liberally?g
is that so? Well. iii invest Ii
cents t9ward pool to exploit the
proposition. Washington Herald
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-14

only cors n wheel I am not hers
70 defend anything Of that kind in
sgricui;pie: do not believe we wan.
. norge cnr great interests 50 as TO
frsirc 'nr individuality the great.
- God given right to this country
IS to own a farm and raise family,
as il cannot be raised anywhere else.
il you are within reach Of the right
kind Of schools in~the country.
In 1898 had figured out some