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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13
Value of Milk.

Milk is complete food, being rich
N nitrogen and mineral matter. This
is derived from the food, whether it
be grass or grain, and milk is as much
product of the soil as any other sub
stance that leaves the farm. 1t is
nothing more nor less than the
changed form of the food consumed
and as milk can only be produced
from food, it is the result of CONVEX
sion of one or two substances of a
milk nature into another of a more
concentrated character. When the
food is converted into milk, much of
the nitrogen, phosphates and potash
pass into the milk The manure also
consists of a proportion of the foods,
but the larger proportion of the valu-
able food elements must of necessity
assist to create milk, and the fact is
also demonstrated that while we
may be blessed with an abundance of
manure, the value depends upon it's
quality and upon it's bulk.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13
QUANTITY, QUAIL
ITY AND PRICE"
THE THREE ESSENTIALS THAT
ARE GIVING WESTERN CANADA
Greater Impulse Than Ever This Year.

The reports from the grain fields of
Central Canada, (which comprises the
Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta) are to hand The year
1909 has not only kept pace with pre-
vious years in proving that this por-
ton of the Continent is capable of
producing splendid yield of all the
smaller grains, but it has thoroughly
outstripped previous seasons. There
is quantity, quality and price and from
all parts of an area of about 100000
square miles there comes the strong
refrain of contentment and satisfac-
ton. In the distribution of the con-
ditions causing it no district has been
overlooked.
Various estimates of the total yield
Of wheat for the country have been
made, but it is not the vast total that
influences the general reader so much
as what has been done individually
The grand total-say 1870 million BUSH
price of the world it may be interest
ing to know that in the worlds mar
kets the wheat crop of Canada has
suddenly broken upon the trading
boards, and with the Argentine, and
with Russia and India, is now a fac
tor in the making of prices. If so to-
day, what will be it's effect five or ten
years from now, when, instead of
there being seven million acres under
crop with total yield of 125 or 1870
million bushels, there will be from II
to 80 million acres in wheat with a
yield of from 1916 to 900 million BUSH
els. When it is considered that the
largest yield in the United States but
slightly exceeded 700 million bushels,
the greatness of these figures may be
understood Well, such is safe fore
cast, for Canada has the land and it
has the soil Even today the Prov
ince of Saskatchewan, one of the three
great wheat growing provinces of Can
ada, with 100000 acres under wheat,
produces nearly 80 million bushels, Or
upwards of one-tcnth of the greatest
yield of the United States. And Sas-
katchewan is yet only in the begin
ming of it's development AS Lord
Grey recently pointed out in speaking
on this very subject, this years crop
does not represent one-tc1th of the
soil equally fertile that is yet to be
brought under the plough
Individually, reports are to hand
of yields of twenty-five, thirty and
thirty-fve bushels to the acre. Scores
of yields are reported of forty and
some as high as sixty bushels. The
farmer who takes care of his soil,
who gets his seed-bed ready early, is
certain of a splendid crop.
The news of the magnificent crop
yield throughout the Canadian West
will be pleasing to the friends of the
thousands of Americans who are resi-
dents in that country and who are
vastly instrumental in the assistance
they are rendering to let the world
know it's capabilities.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13

take the construction of q floor eight
by ten feet in size. This can be made
any size you wish, more or less, by
simply changing the measurements
given
For the two outside sides of the
form you will want two strips of two
by six lumber ten feet four inches
long and two of same size (for the
ends) eight feet long. Nail together
as illustrated, with the sides over
tapping ends. Take this in the place
you wish to floor, with stakes on out
side. ~
For the inside form cut two by two
inch strips into two pieces nine feet
four inches long and two pieces just
seven feet long; join together as you
did others, with sides overlapping
ends This will make the form just
nine feet four inches by seven feet
four inches-outside measurements.
around the floor which will be just
two inches deep.
The inside is held in place by two
strips nailed across the whole form.
with the inside just four inches in
from the outside form, thus making a
space of that size around the whole
| mold
For the trough take two ten-inch
boards seven feet long and join to-
gether, side by side, with cleats; these
! are for the bottom of the mold. Take
| two boards nine inches wide and nail
| upright on this for the sides of this
| mold; across the ends nail boards 10
bv 20 inches, thus making a square
box.
Now take two short pieces of board
seven inches wide and with yourscom-
pass set at 61a inches mark half cir
Gle on each one. They are then cut
out along that line and these half cir
cles are nailed to the bottom board
of mold in the center and just 21a
inches from each end board. The
half circles are just 10 inches wide
at the widest part. If the rest of the
box is made of inch-wide lumber the
space inside box mold will be just Is
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13
Years Work Blaine Destroyed

"No,' he said, no, am not ill. but
feel very blue this morning. l recent
ly completed the first volume of my
history 1t has taken me year of hard
work. This morning / have destroyed
it. 1t wouldn't do. | have learned that
if you want to obtain clearness of
statement, to escape diffuseness Of
style, to discover exactly the right
word, really to express your thought,
to catch the Tilt and rhythm of nara
tive writing, you can't do it by dicta-
ton. l dictated nearly the whole of
my first volume, and while l discov-
cred that there is sort of spontanei-
ty, a rapid form of expression, as
though the thought were recorded hot
from the mind, when dictation is en-
ployed-something that is peculiarly
appropriate for journalism also dis
covered that the calm, clear, concise
and perfect form and expression
which are necessary if literature is to
live must come not from the tip of
the tongue, but slowly, laboriously,
from the point of the steel pen.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13
How Hayes Got Rid OF Bores

of say one or two persons who are
room. When | first came here, this
was one of the most trying of my ex-
periences Sometimes it was very
difficult to convey hint to the caller
or callers that my time was occupied,
and that | should be glad if they
would depart. The president should
be especially caWful about hurting
the feelings or wounding the pride
of anybody. But at last I hit upon
a plan which has worked admirably"
The president turned in his chair as
though to look out from the rear win
dows of the White House upon the
broad sweep of lawn, and in the d.
rection of the uncompleted Washing
ton monument.
After | think the call has been rea-
sonably long, | turn towards the win
dow, as you see me now, and I try to
say in a pleasant way: Have you
seen the Washington monument since
you have been here?' Usually, the
answer is that it has only been seen
from distance Then l say: Well,
you should go down, crossing the
White House grounds, if convenient,
to within such distance of the monu-
ment as will give you very good
idea of it, No one should visit Wash
ington without getting a near view of
the monument. You know, presidents
I change, but the monument, when com
pleted, is to be there FOR all time
This hint usually has the effect
desired. My callers feel compliment
ed that | should take the trouble TIC
suggest to them some one of the
Washington sights that would interest
them, and within few moments they
rise and bid me good day l have
rarely known the eXpedient to fail"
Again the president smiled And
| then, apparently as an afterthought
he added:
| "Of course, you will not make any
mention of this little confessional
! least not until after | have retired
from the presidency"
copyright, 1909, by E. J. Edwards.)
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13
Interesting Corners in the Library
Where ST. Paul May Have
Studied.

There is no lack of knowledge con-
corning certain Of the structures in
Ephesus-the more recent ones, we
NAV call them, though they were built
1000 years ago. There are inscrip-
tons everywhere, Albert Bigelow
Paine says in Harper's Weekly, and
some of them are as clearly cut to-
day as they were when the tool left
them. The library was built in honor
of Augustus Caesar and LiVia, and 1t
must have been veritable marble
vision. Here in its corners the old
students sat and pored over books and
urecious documents that filled these
crumbling recesses and the long van
ished shelves. st. Paul doubtless
came here to study during the three
years OF his residence, and before him
St. John, for he wrote his Gospel in
Ephesus and would be likely to seek
out the place of books. And Mary
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13
Phonetic SPELLING,

Phonetic spelling was evidently in
fashion in the sixteenth century, when
even Shakespeare could not spell his
own name consistently. There is q
letter dug from the correspondence
of a woman of the sixteenth century
in the, book of the Cotswold family.
the Hicks Beaches. One Juliana
wrote it concerning matter of debt
between herself and my lord d
Kaldar.'' And she writes: my lord
Ammeril and your wife l honor and
love; but your false swearing and
promise hoterie pore" What she
really meant. was utterly abbor.''
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13
Get 4 Good Bull.

In selecting the foundation for a
herd, the dairyman should not hest
tate to pay we'll for bull that will
stamp upon his female progeny the
power to give quantity, color and rich.
ness to the product. In selecting fe-
males only the best should be used
for building the herd 1t seems to
be a rule in breeding that the more
mixed the blood of a female the
greater will be the influence of the
male. In selecting the dairy females,
care should be taken to get those
which have no tendency to beefiness
By selecting foundation stock in this
way, and by rearing the best of the
offspring, valuable herd for produ-
cling high-grade market milk may be
built up in comparatively short
time.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13
How the Financier Lost Track of
$4,000 in Stock which He Had
Deposited as Security for a Loan
Year Before.

One of the intimate business asso-
ciates OF Commodore Vanderbilt was
speaking to me one day of the remark
attributed to the Commodore that IL
was much easier to make fortune
than to keep it.
The Commodore did say that not
only once, but many times" this friend
said And he was also fond of say
ing that the first $1,000 was the hard
est to make and keep. Generally,
when that remark is quoted as having
been made by the Commodore, the i'm
portant part of it is omitted, namely,
that it is hard to keep the first $1,000
after it is made.
One day the Commodore came into
the office of the finance officer of the
New York Central, and asked that Of
fetal how much money he was car
rying. The latter named sum.
You haven't got it right declared
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13
Maine Statesman Burned the Original
Manuscript of First Volume of His
Famous "Twenty Years of Con-
gress."

A housemaid, Gin search of kindling
to light her fire withal," burned to
ashes the original manuscript of Car
lyle's French Revolution" and it's
author sat down to his desk once
more" what lover of the creator of
'Sartor Resartus' does not know the
story and has not marveled at it? But
how many of the admirers of James
G. Blaine know that the original man
uscript of his first volume of his great
work, to which he gave the title
Twenty Years of Congress" also was
destroyed before it could be put in
print?
The story was told recently by Sen
atOr Chauncey NJ. Depew during the
course of a conversation with few
friends, in which the point was made
plumed knight was master in the
use of the English language on the
printed page.
THAT reminds me-" said the SEN
atOr, 'of a very impressive experience
I had with Mr. Blaine a year or so
after he had retired rom the office
of Secretary of State in President Ar
thurs cabinet in December of the
same year that Garfield was shot
Shortly after his sudden retire
ment to civil life, I had been told that
Blaine was to be seen il the congress
siOnal library every morning, search
ing among the archives. and that he
was contemplating some sort of lit
erary work. | had asked him if the
report was true, and he had replied
that for the first time in q quarter
of a century he was at leisure and was
inclined to set down in narrative form
his experiences in public life in Wash
ington. l became greatly interested
in the plan and from time to time en-
couraged Mr. Blaine to push it
through to completion.
well, year or so after Mr.. Blaine
had first told me that he thought Of
writing a record of men and events
with which he was familiar as a mem
Der of congress for twenty years,
called upon him one morning. | saw
that he was depressed, considerably
so. and asked him if he were ill.,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13
Ephesus, the City that Was

would walk with him to the door some
times, | think, and Mary of Magdala,
for these three passed their final days
in Ephesus and would be drawn close
together by their sacred bond
The great theater where ST. Paul
battled with the wild beasts stands
just across the way. 1t seated $4,000
and it's stone benches stretch upward
to the sky. The steep marble fight
that carries you from tier to tier is
there to-day exactly as when troops of
fair ladies and handsome beaux
climbed up and still up to find their
places from which to look down on
the play or the gladiatorial combat or
the massacre of the Christians in the
arena below.
These old theaters were built in a
semi-circle dug out of the mountaip
side, so that the seats were solid
against the ground and rose one above
the other with the slope of the hill,
which gave everybody good view.
There were no columns to interfere
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13
Pure Bred HOES.

The most money is in pure bred
hogs, and yet strange to say they offer
better bargains than any other class
to-day. The farmers have not bought
them as they should, and breeders are
overstocked Now is the time to stock
your farm with pure breeds At least,
get a pure boar and breed up. At
present prices it will pay you richly
to do so. Pure stock natures in short
err time, consequently takes less feed,
and brings earlier and greater profits.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13

His Inoffensive Way of Dismissing
Troublesome Visitors by Sending
Them Out to See the Washington
Monument.
Whenever l read of the great nerv-
Gus strain that is put upon a modern
president of the United States by
reason of the calls paid to him not
only by office seekers and their back
ers, but also by the thousands OF per-
sons who simply want to see ana
shake hands with the president, | am
reminded of the little trick that Pres
ident Hayes confessed to me that he
employed to rid himself of callers.
The afternoon in the latter part OF
his administration that [ called on
him he received me in the library OF
the White House. Strangely enough,
he appeared to have some leisure, and
was even disposed to chat little
about matters of common interest.
''Mr. President" l said, after
time, you must often get very weary
one account of demands made upon
JOu, SOul IIIlIC anu yodI hSANS~NA' ~
those who call upon you with no other
purpose than to pay their respects and
to go home saying that they have
seen the president
President Hayes was holding in his
hand gutta percha penhoider, at
the end of which was a gold pen. He
began to tap his desk with it, and at
the same time a smile lighted his
countenance. as though my question
had suggested, instead of unpleasant
recollections, some which aroused his
sense of humor.
"Of course, it is sometimes little
exhausting to stand and receive with
a handshake hundreds of persons
whom you have never met, he con-
fessed. But | always recall my own
feeling-at least the feeling | had
when I was young man-that the
president belongs to the whole peo-
pie. and that they have the right to
make his acquaintance. And really,
do not think public receptions are
so trying as frequently are the visits
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13
HIS VISIT MOST OPP0RTUNE
Another Days Delay and the Result
Would Have Been Unfortunate
For the Physician

A lady was very solicitous about her
health. Every trifle made her uneasy
and the doctor was called Immediately
The doctor was skillful man, and
consequently had large practice. 1t
was very disagreeable to him to be so
often called away from his other cases
for nothing, and he resolved to take an
opportunity of letting the lady see this.
One day the lady observed a red spot
on her hand, and at once sent for the
doctor. He came, looked at her hand
and said;
You did we'll to send for me early"
The lady looked alarmed and asked:
Is it dangerous, them"
Certainly not" replied the doctor
Tomorrow the spot would have dis
appeared, and l should have lost my
fee for this visit"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13

keep the boar. The illustration shows
how the crate is made. 1t is simply
a panel three feet high arranged in
one corner, with bar inserted in the
middle board and two by tours
fastened to the side for the boar to
rest his feet on. The SOW is driven
into this stall and fastened there by
use of the bar.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13
Feed Box.

ton shows how this can be avoided by
making a feed box which will prevent
the horse from throwing his head over
the edge at the side. Boards two feet
high are nailed endwise above the box
so as to keep the horses head inside.
The picture shows right-hand box on
the right-hand side Of the stall. The
horse should be so tied that he can
not get his head above the edge of the
boards on the left-hand side.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13
INSIDE HOG BREEDING CRATE
Patent Contrivances Are Rather Ex-
pensive-Home-Mad Device
Answers All Purposes.

Patent hog-breeding crates are
rather expensive and are so simple
that l decided to make one for my
self, writes J. F. Coburn in Prairie
Farmer I found it more convenient
to build the crate in the pen where I
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13
CONCRETE HOG FEED TROUGH
Illustrations Showing Complete Floor
and Directions for Constructing
the Various Parts.
BY A. a. HOUGHTON.

The complete feeding floor and hog
trough in place in shown in Fig. l..
The trough is movable, SO that it can
be turned over as needed to clean
same, and by it's weight it makes 1t
positive that it will not be upset in
the feeding. The floor has a curbing
around same to prevent the corn be-
ing pushed off into the dirt. This is
also rounded on top so that there are
no sharp corners for hogs to injure
themselves on.
The forms for building the floor,
ETC., are shown in Fig 2, and to illus
trate the construction of them we will
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13
Charity and COURAGE

Knicker-Do you ever cast your
bread on the waters?
Newwed-No; all | dare TO do is to
throw cold water on the bread.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13
COULDN'T WAIT.

Tailor cannot make you a new
suit until you hat paid for your last
one, yet.
Mr.. Nopay-But | can't wait so long.
Winter is here and | need something
warm.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13
Innnortant 10 Mlothers.
Good Examnle.

Mr.. Crimsonbeak-Her an item
which says the swan outlives any
other bird, in extreme cases reaching
800 years.
Mrs. Crimsonbeak-And remember,
John, the swan lives on water.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13
On TIE Best Authority.

Miss Rogers-How did you imagine
anything so beautiful as the angel in
your picture?
Artist-Got an engaged man to de-
scribe his fiancee to me.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13

Tightness across the chest means a cold
on the lungs 1t means misery and dis
comfort every minute. if nothing worse.
What's the answer? Rub the chest with
Hamlins Wizard Oil quick.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13
FEED BOX FOR GREEDY HORSE
Illustration Shows Way of Securing
Animal So That It Cannot Throw
Its Head Over the Edge.

Many horses have a bad habit of
throwing their feed out of the box in
their haste to bolt as much grain as
possible in a short time The illustra-
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13

with ones vision, for there was nc
roof to be supported, except perhaps
over the stage, but the top seats were
SO remote from the arena and prosce.
mum that the players must have
seemed mere miniatures. Yet even
above these there was still mountain
side, and little boys who could not get
money for an entrance fee or carry
water to the animals for ticket, sat
up in that far perch no doubt, and
looked down and shouted at the show
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-13
Stops L.ameness

Much of the chronic lameness
in horses is due to neglect.
See that your horse is not al.
lowed to 60 lame. Keep Sloan's
Liniment on hand and apply at
the first sign of stiffness. It's
wonderfully penetrating - goes
right to the spot ielieves the
soreness limbers up the joints
and makes the muscles elastic
and plant.