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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
Glover and Timothy.

The Missouri station has conducted
very careful experiments in steer feed
ing. using different kinds of roughage.
These experiments show that, as an
average result, a bushel Of corn with
timothy hay produced 4.93 pounds Of
grain, while the same amount of corn
with clover hay produced 65S pounds.
Rating the gain at the low price Of five
cents per pound, the feeder gets some
thing more than eight cents per bushel
for his corn when he feeds it with
clover than when he feeds it with
timothy. Put the hay away having in
mind to feed the clover to the steers
and to all growing and all mich ami
mails, and to sell the timothy. Good
real good-clover hay Is as good for
work horses as timothy. If you don't
believe it, try it out. But the clover
must be cut early enough-when the
heads have just become real red-and
handled without much rain or dew,
and not be overcured-that means the
use Of the best haying machinery. In
cidentally, the use of the best haying
machinery means hay at less cost for
the making.-Weekly Witness.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
To Advance Agriculture.

With the $15,OOO,OO0 the United
States Department of Agriculture has
available for this years use consider
able progress should be made in agri-
cultural advancement. While all lines
Of work are to be carried out as usual,
most attention will be given the for
estry service. Forestry is one Of the
more important problems now before
the American people and it is but
proper that it should receive first at
tention. The Department Of Agri-
culture is doing good work. There
are those who belittle its efforts and
claim the money given annually for its
support is wasted, but much of the
standing agriculture enjoys to-day is
due to this division of the government.
Let the good work go on.-Exchange. Y
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
Fishing on Horseback.

On the California coast they fish Oh
horseback. After a big blow enormous
numbers of squid are sometimes seen
washing about among the pounding
breakers. When such news comes to the
town every man or boy who can beg OF
borrow a horse goes galloping down to
the beach armed with a 6-foot bamboo,
at the end of which is a strong steel
hook. They dash into the surf, and,
driving the sharp steel into the squirm-
ing jellylike creatures, haul them ashore
and and dry upon the beach, pumping pin ink
and water, and with their long sucker
trimmed arms coiling about like snakes.
Squid sell for a couple of shillings apiece.
Their flesh is good for bait; the pen, a
long opal-tinted bone which extends
from the tip of the tail to the neck,
forms the cuttlefish bone of commerce,
and the eyes, which when dried look like
large dull pearls find ready sale among
the curio dealers.-Fry's Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13

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Newspapers may be used to pad the
ironing board just as well as an old
blanket or muslin.
Soap well applied to drawer slides
will keep the drawers in furniture and
closets from sticking.
If you will varnish your linoleum
about every three months it will last
much longer than without the coats OF
varnish.
Discolored cups and dishes used for
baking can be made as new by rubbing
| the brown stains with flannel dipped
into whiting.
When washing floors or cleaning win
dows always put few drops of 'paraffin
in the water and this will keep away
flies, moths and other insects.
The skin from boiled ham will be
more easily removed if as soon as be-
ing taken from the boiling liquor the
ham be plunged into cold water for a
moment
Cheese may be kept from going moldy
by wrapping it in a cloth dipped in
vinegar and wrung nearly dry Cover
the cloth with wrapper Of paper and
keep in a cool place.
Do not throw away the old table
cloths When too much worn to use on
the table cut into convenient size, put
narrow hem on sides and one-inch hem
on ends and see what 1ice, soft towels
they will make
For grease spots on mating make a
very thin paste with water and fuller's
earth and apply it literally to the soiled
place. Cover with a cloth and let it
dry gradually In few days the dust
can be swept off and the spot will be
rmoved.
Use all small, undeveloped or green
potatoes in soups, or hash, for the un-
developed potato will not cook well and
it. often has a very fiat flavor When
boiled they make good frying potatoes,
though it is almost impossible to cream
them or make them palatable unless
mixed with other vegetables or cooked
with meat.
Before cooking canned goods place in
a colander and drain off all juice and
rinse with cold water The seasoning
must be supplied with good fresh but
ter, milk, salt and pepper Leave no
canned goods in can that has been
opened remove at once. This may rob
re
II Is safest and best to do so.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
PM Hurnus I'm the Soil.

If your soil needs humus, pillow under
all the coarse manure you can get this
fall Every farmer realizes the neces-
sity of having more manure, and one
way to secure it is by providing an
abundant supply Of absorbing material.
Even if there appears to be large pro-
portion of this material in the manure,
making it strawy and coarse, it can be
plowed under and will answer an ex-
cellent purpose. Every effort should be
made to secure all the manure that is
made on the farm, so that nothing
shall be lost This manure, properly APP
piled on the meadows, should be worth
ST per two-horse load in the extra
amount of hay that will thus be secur-
ed from its use.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
wIRE-FENcE r1aHTENER.

sag and loop it is no longer attractive,
nor is it a sure means Of keeping
stock within bounds. Many devices
have been suggested and even patented
for stretching wire, but here is
simple little contrivance that anyone
can make in few minutes that will
do the work quickly and well. For
short spans it can be made Of wood,
although for heavy wires or for long
stretches 1t would be better to make it
out of iron. This little contrivance is
about two feet long, with two pins
about three inches apart at one end.
Place the wire between these pins and
turn the stretcher around until the
wire is drawn tight. By engaging the
pin at the other end Of the stretcher
the tension can be maintained while
the wire is being nailed fast. With
an arrangement Of this sort one man
can do rapid work alone and fix up
sagging fence in short order.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
Merchants Fall Trips.

Merchants throughout the west and
northwest are now making their semi
annual visit to the large business mar
kets to purchase their fall and winter
stock. No market shows more complete
and attractive stocks than can be found
in Milwaukee. Combine business with
pleasure. Bring your family with you.
Milwaukee is known as one of the most
attractive summer resorts in the coun-
try.
Milwaukee iobbers and manufacturers
want the patronage of up-to-date bust
ness men. They guarantee the best
goods at right prices and believe in and
offer fair treatment. The absolute SUI
periority of their manufactures is known
throughout the world. Buy your goods
where the great majority of the same
are made. Through the reduction in
railroad fare to cents a mile everyone
may now travel at a minimum cost with
maximum profit. While in Milwaukee
visit to the rooms of the Milwaukee
Association of Jobbers and Manufacture
ers. 1913 University building, will bring
any information that is needed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
MACHINES TO BRING SLEEP.
Revolving Mirrors, Polished Metal Balls
and Electric Batteries Used.

Revolving Mirrors, Polished Metal Bali
and Electric Batteries Used.
81 call it sleep MILL" said the manu-
facturer, as he led the way to his huge
plant.
He opened the door into a long room
where two rows of girls were boxing in
struments like electric fans, the wings OF
the fans being studded with small round
mirrors.
MANY insomniacs," he said, "can
sleep at the window of an express train
The sight of the landscape rushing by
them invariably brings on a refreshing
nap Well, this machine, with its whirl
and glitter of revolving mirrors. acts on
the eye and brain in the same soothing
manner, and the insomnia whom train
ride helps is invariably helped by this.
Here" he said. entering a smaller
room. 1--WE turn out slumber balls"
A number of young men were rounding
and polishing balls of bright metal. and
he took one in his hand.
FIXED high above the head" he said,
$50 that it strains the eye to stare at it,
this ball frequently brings sleep to in
somniacs of a melancholic type.
in the next room we make a small
machine for clamping the arteries lead
ing to the brain. 1t is easy to adjust and
it very considerably diminishes the flow
of blood to the brain centers. To GER
tain nervous, feverish insomniacs-au-
thors, actors and so on the clamp oft
en- brings sleep in few minutes.
"And here we make very simple bat
terry that while the patient lies in bed
sends a mild current up and down his
spine. The battery treatment usually
succeeds best with female insomniacs.
1--WE employ" he concluded, 800
hands here 1t is a tribute, isn't it, to
the hectic activity of our Twentieth CEN
fury civilization, a great mill like this,
those who are too tired and nerveworn
to rest naturally ?''-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
A Newsv Letter.

A wholesome scorn of physical ills is
a good thing, according to the philoso-
phy of a boy in the state school for de-
pendent children, who wrote his father
thus:
Dear Papa: We children are having
a good time here now. Mr.. Sager broke
his leg and can't work. We went on a
picnic and t rained and we all got
wet. Many children here are sick with
mumps. Mr.. Higgins fell off the wagon
and broke his rib. but he can work a
little. The man that is digging the
deep we'll whipped US boys with bug
by whip, because we threw sand in his
machine, and made black and blue
marks on US. Ernest cut his finger bad
~. We are all very happy. "-Delinea-
tor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
Truth and +
Quality

appeal to the Well-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA is the only remedy OF
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
Oh which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
The quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
Fine Men for a Jury

The difficulty of impanelias a jury in
the early courts of Wisconsin may be
seen from story related by former Sen
ator Spooner of that state.
Judge Irwin was on the bench, and
murder trial was pending. G. 7. Long.
Familiarity known as Lucy Long, was
undersheriff. There was difficulty in get
ting jury that knew nothing about the
facts Of the case. The regular panel had
been exhausted and special venire had
been issued and was finally returned.
"'Well, Mr.. Long asked the Judge,
have you at last secured a sufficient
number of jurymen who know nothing
about this case?
Yes, your honor replied Long. six
of these men don't know anything about
nothing at ALL "-Minneapolis Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
Argentina Animal Statistics.

Consul General Alban G. Snyder
sends from Buenos Ayres a tabulated
list from a report just issued by the
minister of agriculture showing the
numbers Of live stock in Argentina.
They total 1872 40. divided as fol-
lows: Cattle, 25,844,SO0; sheep, H.
5S1,1 100; horses, 5,462,170; mules and
donkeys, 545,S70; goats 2,566,SOO; pigs,
2,S41, ZOO.
The province Of Buenos Ayres con-
tains one-half of the live stock of the
republic. having 100000 cattle and
100000 sheep. Entire Rios province
has 9OO6,3OO animals, Corrientes 7,911,-
600, and Cordoba and Santa Fe each
nearly 100000.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13

acres Of unoccupied habitable land.
What a slim reserve that is may be
realized from the fact that one-fourth
of it was disposed Of in the following
year. We cannot add to our agri-
cultural areas except by irrigation and
drainage, but we may, by intelligent
selection Of crops, by scientific cultiva-
ton and by careful treatment Of land,
make it produce three or four times
as much as it does at present. And
this is the direction in which our de-
velopment should proceed, for we must
find room within the next 80 years for
doubled population according to our
undiscerning ideas. The American
farmer of the future must be man of
broad mind and technical knowledge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
Canned Pears.

To every three pounds of fruit allow
one and ole-half pounds of sugar and a
half pint Of water. Peel pears and lay
them in cold water to keep them from
turning dark. When syrup is boiling
put in pears and cook until they are
clear and a fork will go into them
easily. Have jars standing in pan Of
hot water, carefully fill them with the
fruit Pour syrup over them, filling to
top. Seal at once.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
Appettzine Fish Dish.

For an appetizing dish take the white
meat of a chicken, and two sticks Of
crisp, bleached celery. Chop them to-
gether fine, and season with salt, pepper
and vinegar. Allow this to stand a
while, then squeeze dry, and add two
tablespoonful Of mayonnaise dressing
and mix well. Over some buttered toast
lay two or three thin slices of bacon,
and on top of this spread the chicken.
If not objectionable, sprinkle chopped
chives over the whole.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
Qufnce Jelly.

Take about fourteen ounces and two
pounds of sugar. Divide ounces into
four parts and put into kettle nearly
covered with water and cook until ten
der. Pour juice through a cloth. This
will make one quart Of juice. Clarity
sugar, pour over juice of ounces and
cook for fifteen minutes. Skim the
juice. Then pour into jelly tumblers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
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To Keep Juice In a Pie.

Anyone who has ever had the juice
from an apple, rhubarb or other pie run
all over the oven while baking knows
just how annoying it is, says the Wo-
mans Home Companion. l have over
come the difficulty by taking strip Of
clean white cloth about an inch wide
and long enough to lap when put
around the edge Of the pie plate,
wringing it out of hot water, doubling
together lengthwise, and pinning tight
around the edge of the plate. When
the pie is baked take off this strip and
you will find the juice in the pie in
stead Of in the oven.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
Mango In Hogs.

Following is recommended cure fol
mango in hogs: Creosote, ~ ounces
lard, pounds. Mix well and apply to
the affected parts of the body. Or, sui
phur, one-half pound lard, 2 pounds
Mix and apply as suggested above. Tur
pe1tine and sulphur at the rate Of ten
parts of the former to one Of the latter
is another effective remedy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
Steamed Peach Pudding.

This excellent recipe comes from Mr..
Berry's Fruit Recipes" Mix well a
cup Of flour, two Of bread crumbs and
a half cup chopped nuts, preferably
almonds. Stir in the beaten yolks of
three eggs, three-fourths cup sugar, a
little lemon juice and two heaping cups
chopped peaches. Lastly add the whip
ped whites of three eggs. Turn into u
well-buttered mold and steam two
hours Serve with peaches pressed
through a sieve and sweetened.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
Chicken with Cocoanut.

Stew a chicken and remove the
bones. Crate a cocoanut and cover it
with water fifteen minutes; strain it
and add more water. This again
should be strained through a bag of
coarse cheesecloth, and the rich liquor
resulting-about a pint-added to the
chicken. Cook slowly few minutes
and thicken with two tablespoonfuls of
-four mixed smoothly in cold water,
one-half teaspoonful Of salt and three
teaspoonfuls of turmeric powder. Let all
cook up with the chicken, then lay it
on a platter surrounded by boiled rice
and cover partly with gravy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
How to Cool Milk.

Practical experiments seem to prove
that many, if not all, Of the benefits OF
aerating milk were due more to cooling
than to any other cause. Cooling to the
same degree will accomplish substan
TALLY the same results, but without ar
aerator it may be difficult to reduce the
temperature as rapidly, hence the AGRA.
tor may be considered an advantage I'M
less a patent cooler is used.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
What a Poultry Man Says About 90
Mule Team BOrax.

GAS 1 am in the poultry business, I
had ten white chicks to wash and pre-
pare for a show used 90 Mule Team
Soap for washing the birds, and l can
say from years of experience, washing
white birds, never before have found
a soap or Borax that cleaned my birds
so fine and easy. l had a great deal
of comment on my birds being so
white" J. A. Dinwiddie, New Market,
Tenn. All dealers, ", 1 and Id. car
tons. Sample and booklet &C. Pacific
Coast Borax Co., Chicago, Ill.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
Give Plants Plenty Of Water.

To the Editor: When you water
plants soak them and have done with
it. 1t is the little dabs of water all
the time that do mischief. Out of doors
it doesn't rain every few minutes, but
when it does it soaks and then stops.
Morning is the best time to water.
Stand the pots in tub Of water deep
enough to reach almost to the rim of
the pot. When the soil turns black on
top take them out and drain.-Mrs. A.
Chaplin, New Jersey.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
Uncle Sans Slim Land Reserve.

The time when a man might move
westward and take up virgin soil at his
pleasure has passed, and, in general,
it may be said that the son of the
farmer Of to-day must look for his sole
heritage in the land his father holds.
It is now barren boast that Uncle
Sam has farm for every one Of u.s."
In 1906 we had less than 100000
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
HOMAGE Due to Fashion.

Englishmen do not notice how their
women-folk are dressed. The French
woman passes her life challenging atten-
ton, and triumphantly earning the repu-
tation of being up to As, the best turned
out woman in the world. But it is the
passionate solicitude of her countrymen
which makes her so.-London Sketch.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13
THREE-HORsE LINES.

ular ones. Fasten them to the inside
bit rings of the outside horses. Let
this run over the back of the middle
horse and buckle into the regular
buckle. 1t works fine and gives one
full control Of his team
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-08-13

WlIn kidney IrOuDle
that l could not
straighten up after
STOPPING W i t b GU t
sharp pains shooting
through my back. 1
had dizzy spells, was
nervous and my eye
sight affected. The
k i d n e v secretions
were irregular and
too frequent. / was
in a terrible condi-