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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29
BIRDS AND FRUIT INDUSTRY
Damage to Agricultural Products by
Feathered Tribe Small as COM
pared With Benefit.

A reasonable way of viewing the
relation of birds to the farmer is to
consider them as servants, employed
so destroy weeds and insects, for whom
sufficient food and needed protection
is generously provided. In the long
run, no part of the capital invested
in the farm or orchard is more certain
to pay bag interest than the small sum
collected as toll by the birds that har-
Dor near the premises. Deductions
from the extensive Investigations un-
dertaken in response to numerous
complaints concerning depreciation by
birds in orchards and vineyards on the
Pacific coast, show that the food hab-
its of the 70 species, whose stom-
ach contents were under examination,
indicate that but four species common
in California, can be regarded as of
doubtful utility. They are the linnet,
California jay, stellar jay and red
breasted sapsucker. Therefore, when
all the known methods of protecting
fruit have been exhausted, or cannot
be profitably employed, a reasonable
reduction of the numbers of these
offending birds is permissible; but the
more the food habits of birds are
studied, the more evident is the fact
that with a normal distribution of
species and fair supply of natural
food, the damage to agricultural pro-
ducts by birds is small as compared
with the benefit.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29
GENERAL FARM NOTES.

Daisies are nuisance in as pas
ture.
Be careful not to churn the butter
into lump.
There is no pleasure or money in
keeping improbable sheep.
Something should be done to have
the young pigs get plenty of exercise.
Always strain the cream into the
churn to remove any particles of curd
or dried cream.
Fall blowing for alfalfa is recon-
mended by the best authorities where
the seed is to be sown early in the
spring.
A wire stretched across the barn
behind the cows for lantern Is usu-
ally in evidence on well-manured
farms.
Dandelions are not weed when
found in the pasture, because their
medicinal qualities are very beneficial
to live stock.
Rundown sows don't promise very
big things for the pigs they bear. If
you want nice big pigs, keep the moth
er hogs in good shape
Bookkeeping, for those inclined that
way, is certainly well paying bust
ness, as there is less competition in
raising bees and producing honey than
In any other side line of farming.
Corn should contain sufficient mois-
ture to pack well into the silo.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29
COWS POISONED BY SORGHUM
investigation at Colorado Station
Leads to Discovery of Deadly
Poison In Plant.
(By I. E. NEwsoM, Colorado Agricultur-

(By I. E. NEWSOM Colorado Agricultur-
al College.)
Sorghum, Kafir corn and Johnson
grass are often poisonous, when
grown without sufficient water and
fed green.
One case has come under my obser-
walton already this season. Seven
cows were turned in to clean up
small patch of Kafir corn that was
badly stunted on account of drought.
Having a dim recollection of some
danger associated with pasturing
Kafir corn, the owner stayed with
them, as he said, ito see that they
did not bloat." In less than five min
utes one of the cows began to stag.
ger and died before she could be driv-
en- from the field. Three more died,
and the remaining three were greatly
depressed, but finally recovered.
This incident calls to mind a SINH
lar occurrence at Brighton, Col, sew.
eral years ago, when 80 head of mich
cows were turned in to a small patch
of Kafir corn growing above the ditch.
and 10 of them were dead in 80 min
utes.
This Brighton incident led to an &C
tive investigation of the cause of poi
soning in these cases. Professor
Avery of the Nebraska experiment
station came to Colorado at the sug
gestion of DR.. George H. Glover, and
succeeded in demonstrating the active
poison to be hydrocyanic or prussic
acid-one of the most deadly poisons
known.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29
WINTER FODDER FOR CATTLE
This Is a Season Where Advantages
of Scientific Feeding Are Made
Especially Prominent.

In the live stock on a farm are con-
values derived from the cultivation of
the land and the expenditure, in vari-
GUS ways, of the farmers time and Ia
Dor. To dispose of it before it shall
have reached that stage of maturity
when it will bring the largest returns
is, then, to sacrifice large share of
the stock raiser's income. Yet, in the
presence of general scarcity of hay
and pasturage, it has seemed to some
that the sacrifice is unavoidable. Let
all such take courage!-and at the
same time take an inventory of the
resources that yet remain for carry.
ing stock on through another winter,
or on to a point where both the
weight of the animals and the state of
the market shall indicate that the
opportune moment has arrived for
selling.
Corn fodder, oat and wheat straw,
and short or immature grain crops
these, when carefully husbanded, will
be found to supply very effectively
the place of hay or pasture. Many
root crops also promise to be abun-
dant. BY carefully feeding these with
some grain, in a balanced ration,
large economies may be effected and
yet the stock show little if any dimi.
mutton in it's growth. This is a sea-
son where the advantages of scien-
tific feeding are made especially prom.
inent The agricultural extension di-
vision of the University of Minnesota
will soon publish helpful bulletin on
this important subject.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29
LIGHTNING'S QUEER STUNTS

Lightning has been known to play
queer freaks. but streak of the Jer-
sey brand which struck the home of
John Alderman in Rochelle Park, N.
j., few days ago seems to have
done more queer things in moment
than had been done since Ajax defied
the fluid.
One side of the hall was ripped out
and from there the lightning flashed
into the parlor, where a broken lamp
and scattered and broken bric-a-brac
told of its passage through that apart
ment.
Then it journeyed to the dining
room, where Mr.. Alderman was sit
ting. The walls, blackened. scared
and bulged out on three sides. show
that the bolt struck the room in
three places, and Alderman is still
marveling how it was that the light
ming flashed all around without ever
touching him.
In the kitchen was an old-fashioned
clock, quite heavy and fully two feet
in height The lightning removed this
from the kitchen and deposited the
| wreck in the dining room. The west
side Of the kitchen wall was blown
out The kitchen floor was blown up
ward. The kitchen table was splin-
tered into bits and the range was
| shattered into many pieces.
A young woman next door was wri-
ting letter and her pen-point disap-
peared as the bolt shook the place
Yet, strange to say, although there
were four persons in the house at the
| time not one of the occupants suf-
fered any injury from the freakish
| bolt, other than the shocked surprise
that would be expected on such an
| exciting occasion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29

possibilities are NSAy AAAAAo
the sportswonaan has her sKist mar
rover than last year, but she steao.
lastly turns from the attractions OF
the one-and-a-quarter yard width ana
will more wisely adopt a Kilt winch
bears little stuff in it, or the stralgnC
and fitting skirt which has box-pialt
down the center of the back. PERSON
ally am always in favor OF the Nat
kilt for the genuine walking Dress
worn with knickerbockers and boots'
Boots are things of beauty, the tnlcK
sole being no drawback to the cali
vamp and the antelope upper, but you
must have the like specially made for
you, for the ready-made variety TO
suit accurately individual insteps is
hard to find Round smoked pearl
buttons are an essential to the ante
lope upper and the calf vamp, which,
l may mention, is not a common OBJ
ject of commercial creation, patent
leather being far more general; and
patent leather, when serious walking
is a question of necessity, cannot be
considered comfortable, writes Ma
dame Aria, in London Madame. The
ordinary leather boots completed with
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29
SNAKE is BABY'S MASCOT

The following story, taken from
Purulia Qndia) paper, has the flavor
of the Arabian Nights:
"a child was born to Brahman In
the village of Shapur six months ago,
and since the very date of birth
serpent has been a constant attendant
on the babe. One day the reptile was
caught and thrown in the river. AT
night the Brahman heard the serpent
say to him in a dream, If you Kill
me 1 shall completely destroy your
family. If you do not, l shall not
harm you, but, on the contrary, DO
you good Since this oracle from the
serpent the Brahman and the mem
bers of his family have left it alone.
when the child is on the ground
asleep or awake the serpent spreads
it's hood over it's head like an UNI
breIla. When the child is on the bed
the reptile quietly lays itself down
under the cot Once the child's
mother took the child to the house OF
a relation near. The father was fol-
lowing her with an umbrella under
his arm. On opening the umbrella he
saw that the serpent was inside it..
He threw it away, but it forthwith
returned to his house.
1.-The serpent is still there. The
Brahman gives the reptile milk twice
a day, which he drinks"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29

Away up in Klamah county, Ore.
gon, are located vast forest belts and
the lumber industry is maintained on
very extensive scale. Many of these
heavy timber belts are remote from
either railway lines, or even logging"
roads Huge logging" carts are ex-
tensively used In these regions In
hauling the big heavy saw cuts from
the forest depths to the various mills,
where they are reduced to lumber
They are all two-wheeled, and con-
structed so as to sustain a very heavy
weight. The wheels are about IL
feet In diameter, length of axletree
z feet. The hub, spokes, axletree and
felloes are all built of very tough.
solid wood-usually of oak or hickory;
however, the tire is of thick broad
steel.
The log, or logs, are suspended to
the axletree by heavy chain, and
nearly balanced-the hind ends barely
dragging, so as to greatly reduce the
force in hauling. Horses and oxen
are both used in this logging business.
and as many animals as may be re-
quired may be attached to one cart
The. wheels are SO large that they
move with comparative ease over
large distractions, and along very
rough, mountainous roads. 1t would
be next to impossible to carry on the
lumber industry in those wild regions
without the use of these huge logging
carts, as they are called. These carts
are the largest vehicles of the kind
on the Pacific coaster perhaps ir
the United States. The cart alone
weighs nearly a ton.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29
To Get Good Fruit.

Go over the blackberry and rasp-
berry vines for signs of rust and in
sect disease. Cut out and burn every
doubtful vine.
1t is an easy matter to make valu-
able tree out of poor one by top
grating.
Always plant small fruits on deep,
rich alluvial soil, one which carries
plenty of humus.
You must not forget that all berries
are forest fruits and generally grow in
the shade and are great lovers of
moisture.
Young trees will grow later in the
fall than older ones and the sap-run
should be checked as early as pos.
sible.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29
HAD JUST CAUSE FOR PRIDE
Man Determines to Take Vain Wife
Down Peg and Is
Shut Up.

The man admired his wife just
about as much as man can admire
wife; nevertheless, when he saw
that she was devoting more and more
time each day to mirror gazing he de-
termined to take her down a peg. Said
he brutally:
Il wouldn't be 10 stuck on myself II
were you, just because people hap
pen to notice yon when you go out
It isn't you they are admiring. It's
your clothes. l heard a bunch OF
women say SO just the other day"
For en- instant the shock to the
womaL's vanity was overpowering:
then quickly recovering she said:
I'm that case am prouder than
ever. Nature is responsible for me.
but ! designed the clothes myself"
And then the man shut up.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29

The stork was in whimsical mood
the other week when he visited Mrs.
Joseph Pygeorge of San Francisco and
presented her with the smallest little
sample of humanity ever seen out
west. The baby weighs exactly 2A
pounds, Is perfectly developed and in
the best of health. The tiny girl Is
fed by means of glass dropper, about
two thimblefuls of nourishment at a
time. The midget is kept in a No. 8
card board shoe box, lined with cot
ton wool, and has already attracted
crowds of visitors.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29

The common sea-turtle, found in
large numbers on the coast Of Florida,
INDUCES in a large family, being no
believer in race-suicide. She lays $50
round white eggs during the two days
she remains on her nest. She then
fills in the pit, which is about foot
deep, and leaves the eggs there to be
Matched out by the heat of the sun.
The eggs of the turtle are considered
quite a delicacy and many persons
make a living by digging them out
of the sand when they are fresh-laid.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29
POULTRY NOTES.

Don't overfeed the old hens In hot
weather.
One of the very best poultry feeds is
nice plump oats.
Give no harbor to rats around the
young chicken coops.
Keep the lawn closely clipped and
give the clippings to the chicks.
Have no wet holes near the chicken
coop. Dampness works havoc every
time.
The hens gizzard is little gris1
mill. Keep it well supplied with
grit.
Water washed gravel is not grit; it
takes the hard, sharp kind for good
hens teeth.
There is wide field for study when
you go earnestly into the poultry
business.
Be right among your hens several
times a day, and see that their every
want is supplied.
Sense in the chicken yard means
cents in the pocket, but scents in the
henhouss means sickness and loss.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29
Hivinu Bees.

Some beekeepers use trap at the
entrance of the hive. This trap al
lows the workers to pass, but catches
and holds the queen when the bees
swarm. A new hive is placed upon
the old stand when swarm comes
out, and the old one moved to a new
place. The bees, not finding the queen
with them, return to their old loca,
ton, and enter the new hive, suppos.
ing it their own home, and, as they
are going in, the queen is released
and goes in with them; thus they are
really led to hive themselves.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29
WAS HIS OWN SURGEON.

"Cy" Andrews. a wealthy oil opera
tor. well known in New York and
throughout Pennsylvania. amazed his
friends the other day by amputating
his own toe with sharp pocket
knife.
Some weeks ago, Andrews became
troubled with an ailment of the foot.
and doctors told him that he would
nrobably have to get his toe taken on
lat the joint.
"You won't start that with me"
Andrews is reported to have said. Il
mad a friend whose trouble started in
+he same way, and they cut off his
toe. and then they cut off piece OF
hts leg. and afterward they cut off
two more parts of his leg to the
knee."
Mr.. Andrews went to his room, took
out his knife and performed the oper-
alton. Then he bandaged the wound
and walked down to the bar.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29
The Farm Team.

Those who want a team to use only
on the farm and not on the road, and
30 not care to go faster than a man
can walk, would do better to turn their
attention to oxen. A well-trained yoke
of four-year-old Devon cattle will get
about faster than the Percherons with
the same load, will not eat as much,
will work more hours in a day, and
when their farm work is done they
can be made into beef which, If not
so good as the steer beef from the
west, will be better liked in this coun-
try than the best of horse meat.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29

CATERS have the preference CT some,
and among CATERS those of stocking
cite share favor with those of cioth.
while the puttee owns more votaries.
perhaps, than either, and there are
few, very few, who merely wear
cashmere stockings allied to well-fit-
ting boots of ordinary leather. Gray
antelope with black leather, and brown
antelope with black leather, are both
prominent fancies.
Excellent Mixtures Seen.
But to return to my woods. There
are many excellent mixtures in frieze,
and tweed, and cheviot, showing green
and brown, and purple and blue as
popular combinations with antelope
skin or wide braid for collars, and
hens, and cuffs. The box-plaited coat
is again an established favorite, with
the belt passed through straps placed
very low round the hips. Most of the
skirts are made in limited corselet
fashion, but not all, the leather belt
being too becoming to discard Thick,
diagonally-ribbed silk is well used for
shirts, and dark foulard shirts spotted
with white are also in favor; and,
again, those who are most keenly SEN
sitive to cold seek the comfort of a
| Vivella shirt.
The knitted wooden coat worn un-
der the long travelling coat is one OF
the most conspicuous features OF
dress, and this is to be obtained in
all lengths with sewn or knitted hens,
hanging straight or belted round the
waist. The knitted silk coats have
not so many attractions as those OF
wool, nevertheless they are firmly es-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29
GREAT PRESENCE OF MIND

At an inquiry recently held at Bel
fast, into the laundering of dredger.
Captain Brabazon related how he
managed to save himself from drown
ing. When he was thrown into the
water he was wearing his heavy sea
boots, which, when filed with water.
prevent a man from swimming and
bear him to the bottom like weights
of lead. When the captain sank to
the bottom of the channel he stuck
the heavy sea boots deep in the soft
mud and succeeded in withdrawing
his feet Then he struck for the sur
face and swan ashore.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29
Webbing and TESTING Milk.

There is but one sure way to deter
mine the difference in value between
the good and the inferior cow. Weigh
ing and testing daily is only a bust
ness proposition. 1t is the only safe
way of determining what price to ask
for a COW in selling her or of what to
pay when buying. No intelligent farm
er will sell a cow for $50 that will
make him net profit of $40 or $50
year; neither will he keep a COW that
doesn't pay him profit if he knows it.
Test and weigh the milk is the way
to know.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29
VIOLIN BURIED WITH HIM

An ex-army bandmaster named Mar
tin died at Colchester recently. He
was very fond of a certain violin
which he possessed, and had refused
large sums of money for it. Before
dying he left instructions that his ia
nous fiddle was to be put in the coffin
and buried along with him. His
strange request was duly carried out.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29
S.,.a The Crumbs.

Save all the crumbs of bread, if
Won would be ever ready for a
quickly-prepared and tasty dish
When you have enough crumbs, put
them in a tin to toast, and when cool
crush them with rolling pin and
put them away in box. Thus they
are always at hand for sudden
fry of veal loaf, fish. or the like.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29

A fall bride has planned her brides
maids gowns after fashion plate of
1850. The foundation of the frocks
will be of silk and the overdress of
fine white tarletan, made with three
skirts, the top one looped up by tiny
punches of pink moss rosebuds, while
a wreath of the same tiny flowers will
be worn in the hair. Large snug bou-
quets of the rosebuds, edged with the
old-time lace paper frill, will complete
these quaint costumes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29
Mo Side CurIs.

There has been an attempt to re-
vive the clusters of side curls just
covering the tips of the ears, which
are suggestive of Dickens rather
backboneless heroines. Though this
couture sounds so youthful in practise.
it is found to have a most aging eff
feet
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29
Homemade Waste Paper Basket.

Homemade Waste Paper Basket.
A pretty and inexpensive waste pa
per basket can be made by cutting
four pieces of cardboard the same:
size. little narrower at the bottom
than at the top. Tack them to a
square piece of wood, and tie the cor
ners together with string, silk cord
or ribbon. The cut-out patterns or
wall paper make a nice decoration.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29

head; and the spider herself sits
(worked in black thread) just under
the left eye of the fashionable veil
wearer, thus serving as court
plaster beauty spot.
It is one of the fads that the
usual" woman will do well to es-
chew.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29
Appropriate.

Have you sold much of your
stock?" l asked the amateur mining
promoter.
"Yes," he replied, i've sold shares
TO every policeman in the city"
But why Ito the policemen" in
CURED
A look of wonderment swept over
his face. why" he calculated. II
thought you knew all the time that
my proposition was a copper mine"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29

The latest in wells, successor to the
comet and the lace curtain designs,
Is the spider web. This is formed in
exact imitation of the web that prob
ably foated over little Miss Muffet's
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29
MODES Of 0he MOMENT

HOSE who go up the
woods to shoot have been
concerning themselves
for some weeks past with
the new tweeds, no
doubt finding them sin
gularly like the old
tweeds, and being per-
suaded that in the matter
of their making-up the
=, IL INrrnn
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29

Natives of a number of South Pa
cific islands make fish hooks of mother
of pearl, so bright that no bait or 9TH
ar lure is necessary.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-29

Population Of Greater London.
The present officially-estimate pop
ulation OF Greater London is 7.537,19&
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-05-15
RHUBARB AND CELERY

Another excellent crop for western
Washington is rhubarb. In fact, we
know of no section where it is grown
better than In some of the western
Washington moist lands. Get good
variety, Burbank's Winter Crimson
being a good one. Have we'll rotted
manure and soil for it. Probably
no plant in the west enjoys manure
better than rhubarb.
Celery desires peaty, humus soil,
rather than sandy loan. Light sum-
mer moisture would be bad for celery.
We do not think that you can afford
to bother with tomatoes. They come
late and give considerable difficulty
That problem you had better try for
Yourself by planting a few Sparks
Early Anna tomatoes, or some other
food sorts this year. Potatoes should
be good crop. They require lots of
cultivation, and plenty Of fall moist
ure, especially late potatoes.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-05-15
DWARF PEARS AND APPLES

Seattle: What do you think of the
possibilities for dwarf apples and
pears in Western Washington?
T.. B. HI.
We are of the opinion that dwarf
pears and apples can be used to de-
cided advantage in Western Washing
ton, especially on account of the trees
coming into bearing earlier, and not
growing SO tall as the standards.
This makes it possible for man to
maintain the growth of the tree. The
standard trees do not come into bear
ing so early, but if planted can be
made to bear much earlier by the
practice of summer pruning. We do
not think you would make mistake
in planting dwarfs. We would cling
close to apples, pears and cherries,
cut doubt if we would plant peaches.