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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
PASTURING PIGS ON CLOVER
Produces Cheapest Pork, When Used
In Conjunction With Some
Supplemental Feed.

Even at present prices it is essen
TALLY to our interests to produce pork
as cheaply as possible. Simply be-
cause hogs are selling at record prices
we cannot allow the cost OF produc-
ton to creep up alongside the increas-
ed selling price. 1t should ever be
the aim of the hogman to have the
hogs and the methods which will en-
able him to produce pound OF pork
with the smallest outlay consistent
with good gains.
1t has always been our opinion that
the cheapest pork can be produced on
clover pasture, when it Is used in con-
junction with some supplemental feed.
writes Clyde A. Waugh, in Michigan
Farmer. Glover furnishes cheap pro-
tein, allows the hog to exist In what
approaches his natural condition,
keeps him fairly healthy. u1anures
your field and saves a great deal Of
labor.
We have found that most OF our
profitable filters are those that are
narrowed about the time the sows can
be turned on pasture. 1t is an easy
matter to take a roll of hog fencing,
stick in a post every seven or eight
rods, and to stretch up your fence. 1t
can be done in half day. Several
litters of pigs can be run In a few
acres.
After sucking a few weeks the
sows can be reduced to a ration Of a
few ears of corn a day. Before this
a few troughs can be placed so as to
admit the pigs and keep out the sows,
when the pigs can. be given shorts
and other feeds.
Handled in such manner you have
fair sized shoats when the new corn
crop is ready to be fed Then, little
green corn can be used to advantage.
However, by the time the corn is
ready, the shoats will stand quite a
heavy feeding while on the clover. BY
so doing, the spring pigs can often be
turned off after running behind steers
on a very short feed which begins
early in the fall. Two years ago We
turned bunch of shoats so raised, in
a corn field with the older hogs. When
the piece was hogged off part of the
spring pigs went to market.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
KEEPING COWS OUT OF PONDS
Dalrymen Make Big Mistake In Allow
ing Animals to Drink Dirty,
Stagnant Water.

Many men who think they are good
farmers allow their cows to drink all
summer from any old pond that hap
pens to contain enough water.
No matter how filthy it Is, or how
warm or contaminated by vegetable
growth or droppings from the animals
themselves, SO long as it is water.
A greater error never was made.
You cannot get good milk or butter
from dirty pond water.
The cow is a wonderful milking ma
chine and she often transforms some
pretty poor stuff into milk, but II she
is given nothing but dirty, stagnant
pond water all her powers Of alchemy
cannot turn 1t into fluid fit for chill
dren to drink.
There is one way, however, in which
pond water may be used to advantage,
but 1t is not to allow animals to go
into 1t or drink from 1t direct.
A pond on the Oklahoma station
farm holds million gallons and sup
plies 100 head each of cattle and hogs.
1t drains a large area which is on a
hill to the barns and feed lots. That
is different.
AS it runs from the faucet 1t Is as
clear as the average well water and 1t
tastes good.
The cost of building the pond and
of piping the water about one-third
of a mile was about $500. Barring
usual accidents 1t should cost nothing
for repairs and it does not cost a cent
to operate 1t.
There are many localities where the
ground is more or less hilly where this
system of supplying water could very
easily be adopted without great cost.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04

Numerous Catch Crops to Supple
ment Hay When Latter is Failure
Soy Beans fer SiIo.

On many farms where the number
kept through the winter is dependent
upon the amount Of hay harvested,
the farmer is unable to winter ell of
his stock when the hay crop is a fail
ure unless he grows catch crops to
supplement his hay crop.
Oats and peas make a very good
catch crop and will produce large
amount of palatable and nourishing
hay.
Corn fodder makes an excellent
catch crop and affords abundance of
rough feed, although corn that is al.
lowed to reach more mature condi'
ton will afford the most nourishment
Millet Is another excellent catch
crop and will thrive under a wide
variety of conditions, but like most
other crops will produce better crops
when it Is raised on land that contains
an abundance Of plant food.
Barley and peas are very valuable
for fail feeding and may be cut late
and cured for hay the same as oats
and peas. This mixed crop may be
used for soiling purposes until late in
November. Rape is a member of the
turnip family and makes an excellent
late forage crop for sheep and hogs
any many farmers pasture it with
young cattle but it Is not adapted for
feeding dairy cattle, owing to the dan
ger of it's giving the milk bad odor.
similar to that impaired by the turnip
when fed in large quantities.
Soy beans are recommended highly
as an economical source of protein
and may be grown in most sections
of the country where live stock is
fed. Many fail with this crop be,
cause they do not wait for the ground
to become warm before they sow the
crop. Soy beans may be drilled. plan
ted in hills or in rows.
On farms where there is a silo they
will do we'll when sowed in the corn
field and run into the silo with the
corn crop. It improves the food value
of the ensilage and has no bad re-
suits.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
Justified.

]. P. Morgan. Jr.. praised, at lunch
con in New York, the exquisite fruit
Of the Paris restaurants.
There are peaches" he said, 'as
big as cantaloupes. The pears are
like pumpkins. The grapes, in punches
as hugo as a ham, are respectively
themselves the size of plums.
"And Of course this fruit is always
served out Of season. Hence it comes
high. but justifably high. know
New York man who had a melon for
desert at the Cafe Anglais in January.
and then complained when he was
charged seven dollars.
1.-THE maitre d'hotel came in answer
to his complaint.
Isn't 1t outrageous said the pa
iron. to charge me seven dollars for.
this meion?'
Why, no, SIR said the maitre
d'hotel; and Ii you can fird me doz-
en- melons at that price. I'll buy them
from you at once"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
To put on 4 Veil.

How many women know how to adj
just a veil? Very few; and when care
lessly put on, no matter how beautiful
the couture or how becoming the
hat. the entire effect is ruined. Many
women never acquire the trick of ad-
justing a veil neatly. therefore they
should dispense with it altogether, or
take time when there is nothing more
urgent on hand, to learn the art of dis
posing of the ends and giving 1t fin
tshed, tasteful appearance. A veil can
not be put on hastily and look we'll In
this respect it resembles a shirtwaist,
regarded by many as simple gar
ment, but how often do you see the
wearer of one looking as trim as this
little garment demands that she
should! Unless carefully and persist
emily attached to the skirt. 1t is bound
: to bag: a little extra strain, and it be-
comes completely detached. leaving an
ugly space between the waist and
skirt, while the belt offers no reason
able explanation forTits presence-De-
liEeator.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
THE SToRK BEHIND TIME
His Arrival In Europe From Africa
This Year Has Been Considerably
Delayed.

For some unknown reason the stork
rope IA days behind time. T q stork
is very pugnacious and his fist work
on his return to his village, house and
chimney is to drive out the intruder,
whether crow, jacfdaw or other bird,
that has taken advantage of his abb
sence to occupy the nest. Then the
nest is repaired. Ett
StOrks are not SO many as of yore,
for states are more often used for
roofing and the old matched roofs are
passing out of use. This Is a bad
thing for the farmer whose fields are
overrun with mice, for field mouse
is the stork's titbit
The family instincts of the stork are
an example to mankind. Turn about
father stork and mother stork watch
over the three or four eggs, and when
these are Matched both parents are
kept busy bringing mice, worms and
frogs to push with their beaks into
the threats of the hungry stockings.
Fourteen days later the education
of the young begins. They must learn
to fly in view of the long journey over
sea they will shortly have to make.
Above all the flight muscles must be
strengthened by practise, and when
the young pinions begin to flap the
parents insist that the Tapping prac-
tise shall be continued. Short excur-
sions follow until always under the
guidance of the parents, the young
storks begin to seek nourishment for
themselves.
At the close of August all is ready
and the family fly off across the seas
at speed of 20 miles an hour.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
Palmetto ASPARAGUS.

Palmetto asparagus is the most pop.
ular variety for commercial planta.
tons. It is rust-resistant to a large
degree and makes strong, vigorous
growth. Columbian White Mammoth
is a splendid white variety. Aspara.
gus should be grown more largely for
many eastern markets. 1t nearly al.
ways sells readily at good prices and
brings the grower cash return early
In the season before many other
vegetables are ready for sale. If mar
ket conditions are favorable, plan for
setting a bed next spring. Grow
your own plants. If possible. If not.
buy from special growers who pro.
duce strong plants free from disease.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
FINDING BORAX IN THE WEST
The Romantic Stry of How 1t Was
First Discovered in Death Valley,
Nevada.

In the west a romantic story Is told
of how borax was dis severed In Death
Valley. 1t appears that in 1880 one
Aaron Winters and his wife Rosie
lived in a gulch known as Ash
Meadows, not far from the mouth of
the valley. Now, Winters was so at.
tached to his wife that he would not
permit her long to be absent from
him. Their little hut on the side OF
the mountain was 100 miles from the
nearest neighbor, In a wild. rugged.
forsaken country.
One day there came to their hut
desert tramp, who spent the night at
the Winters place. He told Winters
of the borax deposits of Nevada.
When he left Aaron began to think of
deposits of the same kind ne had seen
on his explorations into Death Valley.
Accordingly, he and his wife went to-
gether to make the search, having pre-
viously provided themselves with GER
tain test chemicals, which, when COM
bined with borax and ignited, would
produce green fame. Having pro-
cured piece of the substance which
he believed to to be borax, Winters
and his wife waited for nightfall to
make the test. How would it burn?
For years they had lived like Piutes
on the desert, very often in need OF
the barest necessities of life. Would
the match change all that?
Winters held the blaze to the sub
stance with a trembling hand, then
shouted at the top of his voice: "She
burns green, Rosie We're rich for
life!"
They had found borax. The mine
was sold for $4,000, and Winters took
his Rosie to a ranch in Nevada.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04

judge from the appendix to a very d.
verting little book entitled "Gradus
ad Cantabrigiam" referring to the
English Cambridge, published in
1924. The authors, in giving hints to
freshmen how best to enjoy them
selves during their stay at the uni
versity, enjoin them as follows:
'Cut lectures. go to chapel as little
as possible, dine in hall seldom more
than once a week, give 'gaudies' and
spreads. keep horse or two, go to
Newmarket. attend the six-mile bot
tom. drive drag, wear varmint'
clothes and well-built coats, be up to
a smoke. rum one. at Barnwell, a
regular go at New Zealand, staunch-
admirer Of the bottle and care a
damn for no one. "-Baily's Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
Wisdom From the Baby.

An uncannily learned infant recent
ly dealt laughing confusion to a group
Of the chatting elders whom she
found sitting in the soft summer twi-
light.
Il wonder, why we do like the. half
lights SO we'll" unused a sentimental
young lady, the conversation having
turned upon this subject. Spoke up
,diminutive Alice: as
1.-THE Bible says that men love dark
ness rather than light because their
deeds are evil"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04


university both
located Walwala 1891
the practise of He elected prosecuting attorney Waawa
Washington
had misd the situation Washington The
meddled
Washington
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
Concrete Fence Posts.

The United States department of
agriculture. Office of public roads,
Washington, d. c., has issued an
elaborate bulletin on the subject Of
concrete fence posts. This bulletin
goes into details, gives full and min
ute instructions enabling the farmers
to build their own fences with the
farm labor. BY applying to the Office
of public roads, United States depart
ment of agriculture, Farmers Bulletin
No. 4O3 will be sent without charge
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
rhe Way Of q Woman.

"The woman of today" remarked
the shoe clerk boarder, doesn't seem
to know what she wants"
"Your wheels need lubricating,
young man." rejoined the fussy old
bachelor at the pedal extremity of the
mahogany. "The woman of today
like the woman Of any other day,
wants anything as soon as she finds
out she can't get it,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
Aeratinq Milk.

All milk should be aerated as soon
as taken from the cow. This can be
done by passing it through the separa-
tor, but it is not as good as device
which divides the milk into many fine
streams and then allows 1t to flow over
a wide surface in thin sheets with
plenty of ice to keep the surface cool.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
Wild Goose Farmer.

Capt. Joshua D. Wheaton of Chinco-
league. Va, claims the distinction of
being the only wild goose farmer in
the world. He has $50 acres of land
skirting the coast Of Chincoteague
sound and has at the present time
over $500 wild geese on the place.
He ships alive to the northern mar
kets and gets an average price of SIS
per pair. He got start by capturing
young birds and clipping their wings.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
Fertilizer Distributors.

Wheelbarrow fertilizer distributors
with side delivery are very useful for
fertilizing plants which are benefited
by top applications after the plants
are started. These machines are in
expensive and are especially useful in
applying nitrate Of soda.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
ALlttIe Sermon.

Don't think dat you got de world
in swing, 'kaze you amt got de
strength ter swing it; an don't think
dat you kin fence 1t In, 'kase you got
de wire. Ell you kin jest call ten
acres of 1t yer own, you better go
long bout yo' business an be satis-
fied."-Atlanta Constitution.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
oue.tIon Of preceoence

what makes you doubt that all
men are born eQual?"
1.-THE absolute confidence Of every
parent that his baby is superior to
any other in existence"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
NODES Of 0he MOMENT

on the linen dresses, and any severity
Of cut is thus Offset by the graceful
neck trimming.
| A deep rose colored dress which
would sound striking note at ten.
mis- afternoon has been selected for a
| girl with dark hair and excellent col.
oring. The blouse is simple and un.
of rose linen embroidered in rose and
edged with a narrow frill of Valen-
ciennes lace set onto the collar with a
narrow black satin piping. The dress
buttons in the front and has a simple
| linen belt and cuffs to match the col
lar trimming. With this dress the
girl wears a wide brimmed rose col
ored straw hat triHmed with a huge
black satin bow at the left side toward
the hack.
L White and black pin striped marqui-
settle or muslin make becoming and
useful dress for almost any afternoon
affair, and it can be given much Of an
air by the trimming used to brighten
it. The dull gray tone of the material
combines we'll with rose color or pink.
while certain shades of blue or yellow
often lend delightful touch. A dress
OF this design was made with slight
| ly cut out neck and collarless effect
was achieved by an application OF
trimming to surround the neck. The
trimming was nothing more than a
shaped piece of rose colored silk with
ends which fell almost to the top of
the wide crushed belt of the marqui-
settle. The sleeves were finished with
a cuff of the same rose satin and lace
frilling, while the skirt, which was
short and narrow, had deep band Of
the material cut the other way so that
the stripes ran around. This band
was headed by tiny fold Of rose
satin.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
Corn EnsIiaqe for Sheep.

Corn ensilage can be fed to sheep,
but be very careful If it is at all sour.
Nothing gives better results than
clover or alfalfa hay and turnips, with
a small quantity of mixture Of wheat
bran, oats and DIN meal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
MedicaI coIIeae HYMN.

"Have you heard the new medical
school hymn?"
No what Is it?" &
Fifteen men on dead mans
chest yale Record.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04

HE young girls are bene-
fitting by the prevailing
note of girlishness which
characterizes this sum
mer's dresses, and for
once at least they have
a distracting number of
models from which to
choose. Some are love
Tier than others and all
hnun linna of grace and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04

stock transactions
a
he
education a nominal
having the the
funnel of like dimensions
brickayng
practical lines
to bargain
phlanthropst out
would think of
only sins on the floor
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
Unfinished Products.

Gushing Gussie-Men owe lots to
women. Take the case of Mr.. Binks.
His wife made him.
Cynical Sua-Yes, you can tell he Ia
homemade.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
POINDExTER IN LIMELIGHT

Representative Miles Poindexter of Washing1
ton, candidate for the United States senate,
whose cause has been espoused by Theodore
Roosevelt, was born in Memphis, Tenn fifty-two
years ago and has lived in Washington nineteen
years. He has served only term in congress
and has been identified with the insurgents,
which makes the action of Colonel Roosevelt all
the more important to national politics.
Mr. Pondexter has been political foe Of
Richard A. Ballinger secretary of the interior
in the Taft cabinet with whom Clifford Pinchot,
former chief forester and friend of Roosevelt has
had feud for some time
The Washington congressman visited Colonel
Roosevelt at Sycamore Hill few days ago and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
Dangerous Enthusiasm.

Sometimes enthusiasm borders on
hysteria, and then it is. dangerous in
stead of useful.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04

Action may not always bring hap
piness. but there is no happiness with
out action.-Disraen.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04

WY HILE the Severer styles or linen
wv dresses have low necks, the line
for these Is higher than for the
softer models. Voiles, dainty muslins
and lingerie effects may be cut quite
low, comparatively speaking, to disclose
the curve where the neck and Shout
ders round into each other. There is
this rule to observe, however. in plan
ming such frock, and that Is to have
the curve shallow across the front and
back. Instead of resembling 'U" 1t
should be like crescent. A simple
fold of silk, an entredeux or narrow
shaped collar makes becoming finish
for the neck. and then the favorite
frill of fine linen or lace may be added
below this. Sometimes the lingerie
ruff1e Is set on at the top of the neck
and there is no other finish.
Undersleeves are a feature of many
summer dresses and these show lit
tie below the elbow or more, from
half way between shoulder and ell
bow to half way between wrist and
elbow. There seems to be no hard
and fast rule about the length of
sleeves for such dresses. AS a usual
thing they come midway to the hand.
but sometimes they end just below the
elbow. Few of them reach the full
length of the arm, a length which
detracts from the cool. summary look
of almost any gown. Above the un-
dersleeve the sleeve proper is finished
with some trimming. fancy cuff
perhaps adjustable, which can be
freshened from time to time-or with
a closely fitting band of embroidery
or lace. This may go straight around
the arm or turn at right angles on the
outside of the arm and end in an up
ward point.
A buff linen dress buttoning down
the front has the skirt cut in gradu-
ated panel and a deep plated fiounce
reaching all around from the sides of
the panel. The blouse also has but
tons in front, following diagonal line.
and there is a medium width belt fast
ening with buttons. A round, fiat col
lar of fine embroidery finishes the
neck and. the three-quarter length
sleeves have cuffs to match. The
blouse. is given fulness by having a
wide plat laid backward at the shout
ders and stitched part way down.
Pointed lines in trimming are uti-
lized effectively in dress made of
sheer batiste with a tiny all over en-
broidered flower. The skirt has a
graduated fiounce headed by a band of
cross tucking which Is edged on Ell
Their side with Valenciennes insertion.
This trimming forms deep v in
front and slopes upward at the sides,
reaching almost to the belt in the
back. The same scheme Is carried
out in the waist trimming and It is
repeated in the sleeves. A soft crushed
pink silk belt and some loops Of the
silk at the neck suggesting tie COM
plete this charming afternoon cos
tune.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
GIVES MILLIONS FOR BOYS

David ]. Ranken, Jr. one of the wealthiest
men of St Louis, has acted literally upon that
much-advertised saying of Andrew Carnegie, that
The who dies rich dies disgraced," and has turned
over his entire fortune estimated at little more
than $3000,000, to the David J. Ranken, Jr School
of Mechanical Trades, which he founded reserv-
ing only $4,000 year for his own modest uses.
The school established a year ago with
an endowment of 100000, its purpose being to
give boys over fifteen years old trade education
for a nominal sum. The school has prospered
and to amplify it's usefulness the additional en-
dowment by Mr.. Ranken has been made.
Mr.. Ranken, who born in Londonderry,
Ireland, in 1885, and who has been a resident of
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
College Way. in 1924.

College men of other days were not
at all greasy grinds." If one Is to
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04

Mr. Van Vakenburgh went to Kansas City 1885 and entered the law
admitted
He married in 1889 Ingold of City,
Major
election
held
Vakenbugh justice the back in New York in tie early COS
Friends the department
considered
IN
all packing
brought suit this jurisdiction and
before Judge Mcpherson. sitting Judge Philips
Vakenburgh lime
light all highly m
administration.