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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-31
Preserving Cut Flowers.

Cut flowers will keep three timeI
as long as they otherwise would If d
few simple precautions are observed
In their care. Always take OF the
string or wire with which they are
bound, unless it is inserted through
their stems-a barbarous custom to
any flower lover Do not crowd too
many in vase; rather utilize pitch
ers and fingerbowls than give the ap-
perance of one of the tightly packed
"posies" of the seventies.
Really the Japanese custom of just
one or two flowers in a vase is the
prettiest. especially II they are large
and distinct In form. Put pinch OF
salt in the water and change 1t daily
Finally. char the end of each stem
with the fire from piece of wood
not match. for the PHOSPHORUS is
bad for the flowers-and never. new
er touch pair of scissors to them.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-31
CHARACTER SEEN IN PIPES
The Act witty of Race Is Proportional
Sc Length of Stems Of
Their Pipes.

M. de VAUDEVILLE of Paris is a col
lector az pipes. and his study of the
question has enabled him to judge peo-
pie by their pipes.
The pipe. he tells us. is characteris-
tic of TIE race, while the cigar and
cigarettes are cosmopolitan The &C
tivity of race is proportional to the
length OF the stem of their pipes.
The shorter the pipes the more Ia
borious the people, and. inversely, the
longer the pipe the more slothful the
people. The more economic the people
the shorter the pipe stem. and. in
vsrsely. the more prodigal the race
the more gluttonous it is-the bigger
is the bowl of the pipe. His last de-
duction regarding the smoking OF
pipes is perhaps the most unassailable
II is:
THE main PORT in regard to pipet
il not to break them. "-Tit-Bits.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-31
RATION TO FATTEN POULTRY
Method Adopted at Maine Station and
Gives Much Satisfaction-coops
Are Used.

At the Maine station the following
ration for fattening is fed to fowls in
small pens with great success.
Hundred parts of cornmeal.
Hundred parts wheat middlings.
Forty parts of meat meal
This was fed as porridge, thick
enough to drop. but not run. from a
spoon. Milk is preferable for moisten-
ing the mixture.
French and English fatteners who
make a speciality Of the business of
fattening thousands of chickens each
year confine them in small coops. The
coops used at the Maine station had
floor space of 16 by 20 inches, in
each of which four chickens were
placed This method can be used
when the space is limited. At the
Maine station it was found that chick
ems fattened in pen put on weight
as rapidly and at as low cost as those
in crates or on which examining ma
chimes were used.
Where a pen is used the fowls
should have shade. grit and the water
must be fresh and plentiful. Feed
them three times a day and be care
full to see that none is left in the
troughs between meals.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-31

Il am going TO marry Nellie Arm
strong" announced Harry Leclair.
He looked just as his name sounds:
he was handsome. with a very distiI.-
guished profile. large dark eyes and
a well set up figure. But his fingers
were much stained with nicotine from
too many cigarettes. He dressed
gracefully, devoting considerable time
TO his clothes-principally because he
did nothing else.
Are you?" queried Paul Schmitz
quietly and unbelievingly.
Schmitz was a civil engineer, whose
rugged face, capable hands. roe b
clothing and high-laced boots indi
Gated considerable familiarity with
hard work and hard knocks. Does
she know 1t yet. Harry"
Leclcir, being a consummate egoist
with no sense of humor. never knew
he was being laughed at, and now ne
looked at Schmitz suspiciously. But
the big man who was striding along
beside him was very grave.
We'll. no." confessed Leclair, salts
fed with his scrutiny. But I'm go
ing to ask her-maybe tonight. You
see. I've had my fling, and I'm ready
to settle down. I'm twenty-five; it's
time for me to be getting a home oil
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-31

Planning to take the longest CUE.
tinuous railway journey possible on
the earth. Secretary of War Dickinsos
has decided. in returning from the
Philippines, to use the Trans Sibedian
railway He will then be in posi-.
ton, on his return. to understand how
much of a factor that great railway
viii be In determining the part Rus
STA will play in The lar cast. and to
what extent it viii be possible for
the road 10 figure as a military factor
in shaping the affairs OF the future IN
that part of Asia.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-31

rroaches. Within there are the usual
groups of figures. Most startling ana
striking of all of these is a very If
fective piece representing the famous
passage in the old mythology OF
Uzum dancing to please the gods.
The gods look sadly like Ainu gentry;
they have long and heavy boards quite
unlike what might be expected Of true
Japanese. They are represented as
sitting in a semicircle on the ground.
The background is a magnificent mass
ing of green and blooming flowers,
broken at the middle by the opening
of the cave In which the sun goddess
has hidden herself. Several of the
gods. supplied with characteristic
Japanese instruments, seem to be
playing the accompaniment to the
"woman-of ng-happiness" as
she dances. The god-of-the-strong-
arms has seized the great stone at the
entrance to the cave Of the sun god
dess and is dragging It aside. reveal
ing the goddess herself against bril-.
liant rising sun. After passing a
series of finely executed groups. most
ly traditional, although one comic
piece is distinctly modern, we come
to a final performance which is Curl
Gus and Enthusiastically Japanese. 1t
represents scenes In Yoshitsume' s
life. In it there is a great vessel sup
posed to represent a Chinese pirate
junk composed Of flowers. The hero
is seen In canoe. The vessel re-
wolves in the apparent water to the
great Joy of the crowd of spectators.
When it has completed its revolution
it suddenly falls to pieces, while new
actors brilliantly illuminated with
numberless small electric lights Of
different colors come into the scene.
At the same time the ceiling Of the
space above the spectators disappears
and one seems to be standing be-
meath a trellis covered with pendant
clusters of wistaria. This whole cell
ing lowers over the head of the crowd
in curious and striking way. simple
but effective. At the wrestling hall a
very notable competition is taking
place In chrysanthemums. The prize
flowers have been carefully collared
with white paper collars to separate
them from their surroundings and to
give an opportunity for critical judg-
ment upon the elements which have
made them the winners of the prizes
offered.
Another chrysanthemum display is
on near Shiba park. Here the chrysan-
themums in bloom are the attraction.
There is also a great display of the
little dwarfed trees for which Japan
is famous. Here one may see ancient
pine trees a little more than a foot
or two in height. some of them
gnarled and twisted In the most fam
tastic fashions, initiating the widest
freaks of nature; little naples. the
delicate foliage of which is turning;
little plum trees, whose leafiess trunks
and branches tell that winter comes.
Here, too. are stone gardens-but
stone gardens are another story.
Copyright. 1910. by W. G. Chapman)
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-31

my own. And Nellie is the girl I've
decided on
You'll live with your mother, same
as ever. take it?" said Schmitz,
bluntly.
Again Leclair shot him distrust-
full glance. 'Ye-es. | suppose So" he
admitted, reluctantly. "Mother'd be
in that big house all alone. Or else
You'd live with your wife's folks. +"
finished Schmitz.
That question can be easily set
tied after we're married" replied Lee
clair, stifly.
Schmitz always had exasperated
him. They had grown up together
and the "square-head," as he had
privately termed Schmitz, refused to
treat him with Difference. Schmitz
would not be dazzled by the fact that
his old playmate was the village Beau
Handsome Harry" his
friends called him. To Schmitz he
was still a worthless, lazy youngster,
content to drift along, living on his
mothers slender income.
Anyway. l thought I'd let you
know" Leclair said, with the slight.
est possible accent on tie personal
pronoun. He knew that Schmitz was
overwhelmingly so-in Nellie Arm,
| strong. But in the calm sureness OF
better looks aud more polished man
ners he had never given the engineer
serious thought as a rival.
And yet his heart r1isgave him
when he turned in at his own gate.
How embarrassing his position would
be had he overestimated his facina-
tons! Or suppose Schmitz, warned
by his foolish boastfulness, were to
propose first!
You told Paul you were going to
ask Nellie to marry your" echoed
his mother, fretfully. as they sat
down to supper. She had once been
handsome, but bitter discomfort had
married her features. why, Harry,
think you'd have better sense! You
know how friendly they've been ever
since the three of you were children!''
But it was only friendliness, =
urged the youth He hasn't been
near her home for a week."
Hes always talking with her over
the wireless retorted the mother,
| her fretfulness increasing First he
built that machine in his own house;
| then he rugged one up for Fred Arm
strong, and taught him how to work
it Next. of course. Nellie learned
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-31

First and most characteristic are the
flower figures: second. the trained
plant figures; third, the blooms. At
these shows the blooms really are the
last of the three points of interest.
The flower figures are usually of
the size of life. They consist of a
light framework made of an open
basketwork of withes. These are sup
piled with heads. hands and feet of
modelled composition. The frame
work is closely filled and covered with
moss, leaves. llchens and crysanthe-
mum blooms. The flowers generally
used ape small and chiefly of three
colors-purple. white and yellow. The
foundation of the clothing is usually
green or gray MOSES or lichens; the
embroidery and patterns on them are
in the colored flowers. These figures
are usually grouped In tableaux. which
have a suitable background The fig
ures themselves are so posed and
placed as to have considerable real.
ism and lifelike appearance. In most
cases. nine out of ten at least they
represent some scene from national
history. tradition or mythology. The
noted heroes of the past, beautiful
and famous ladies. the gods them.
selves are those who here are shown.
The grouping and pos;uring recall and
picture some striking scene in the
famous stories of the race. To every
| Japanese child. each of these groups
is an object lesson and instantly re.
calls story with which be is IA.
miliar. Thus the doings of YoshItsune.
the deeds of the II Ronin. and the acts
| OF the Sua.0o0 gods are favorite sub
/ jects. Bes des these groups OF flow-
er figures at Dangozaka there are as.
tonlshing productions in the way of
/ training single plants to curious and
/ absurd forms. This training is done
/ by tying individual shoots or branches
80 slender splints. A favorite form
for such training is a fan; but rings
! bicycles, tram cars. sailing vessels
with extended sailsl are not beyond
the range OF possibility
The least significant Of the three
forms Of exhibit at Dangozaka is the
1 display of blossoms. There are. how
| ever. some things OF interest. Thus,
at present. there is a great plant GOV.
cred with a sheet Of bloom which ia
composed. they say, of more than =
! thousand individual flowers
There are many such chrysanths
mum shows Just now in progress. One
VIII n makes bid for a higher elias:
/ of patronage IS to be seen In this
great wrestling hall This building. &
new one. is claimed TO be the largeut
audience hall in the whole Orient
Just now It is given up to chrysanthe
NUNS. There is a great show O
blooming plants for sale as one sp
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-31
YoLk

he light it will be seen that the air
space in the large end is very small
and the yolk almost invisible. AS the
age continues the air space enlarges
and the yolk becomes visible as shown
in the illustration. Rough shelled and
abnormal eggs should never be
hipped. Through some markets may
call for several grades Of eggs as a
General rule there is no necessity for
many grades. What the best trade
demands is freshness. grading. uni
'ormity in packing and regularity in
supply.
For ordinary purposes two grades Of
eggs will be found sufficient to salts
~ the demands made on the producer,
vix.: New laid selects and No. |. An
other grade of common stuck may for
time be marketed, but they must
aot be sold under the brand of the
association.
New Laid Selects.-Thcse are to
consist of strictly new laid eggs. NOT
1ver five days old, weighing not less
han twenty-four ounces to the Dozen
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-31
Healthy Fowls,

The natural inheritance of all fowls
is constitutional vigor. provided, of
course, they are not enfeebleG by in
iudicious breeding Constitutional
vigor can be maintained and brought
about by choosing the strongest,
healthiest and hardest of the stock for
breeders every spring and by killing
of the weak and sickly ones in the
fall. The introduction of fresh blood
frequently not only keeps up the
stamina. health and vigor of stock. but
il also enables them to resist sick
ness and sudden changes of weather
much better than fowls closely and
continuously inbred. or fowls not bred
to any degree of constitutional ex-
cellence. or selected for establishing
any permanent quality.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-31
NUERHz9'
CANADIAN GRADING OF EGGS
Poultry Producers Association Ma
king Efforts for Proper CLASH
fication.

The Poultry Producers Association
Of Canada has been making an effort
TO provide a classification and grad
ing for dressed poultry and eggs. Last
year a number OF grades were adopted
for the use of poultrymen and at pres
ent the secretary wishes to get the
views of producers and dealers in re-
gard 70 any amendment of the grad
ing rules that may seem desirable.
In the grading Of eggs it is laid
down as first requirement that they
must all be shipped new laid. A new
laid egg is an egg that is not over
five days old when shipped an egg
that has been gathered promptly and
ker. in a moderately dry, cool place
tunder 60 degrees). free from foul
odors and other communicating infiu-
ences. On holding new laid egg to
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-31
LP1UJIgH MlIL,rLR21Y
llllSIOdN ES q

All poultry that are not pure-bred
are not scrubs.
When growing fowls expressly for
market, many poultrymen prefer cross
breds.
The houses and pens the fowls are
placed in should be- scrupuiously
clean.
Generally a hen with nice. clean
cut head and a full, bright eye will
be a good layer.
Crossing an African gander on Tou-
louise geese is said to give the largest
sized offspring.
II is well to consider what is the
best treatment of fowls while they
are passing through the moult.
Fowls always seem to moult earlier
and quicker when they are warm
and in places where they are exposed
to the sun.
When moulting actually commences.
Il Is best to feed literally On rations
which are easy OF digestion and rich
in protein
The cockerels should be culled out
early and sent TO market. Pullets viii
develop l.,i-h better If this is done
Son. hens in every yard are too old
for good service. Have you any :!
Good time right now to get rid OF
them.
Among the several varieties of the
Cochin family the Partridge is consid-
cred by many to be the most beautiful
Skinned milk is a good feed not
only for raising calves. and pigs. but
Il is also a1 excellent feed for raising
chicks and for egg production
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-31

leaves however, are TO attract our at
tention on this occasion. The third
of the autumn delights is the chrysan.
themum. Just now one sees chrysan-
themum everywhere Plants are of
fered for sale ON every street. and
particularly In the morning one meets
great push carts filled with growing
and blossoming plants On the whole.
the highest taste finds satisfaction In
pure whites and bright yellows there
are. however, of course. any quantity
of other tints. most of which have
their admirers. The names given to
the different varieties are poetical
and often indicate quick apperception
and interesting association of ideas.
Flowers in which the outer coloring
differs from the inner color of the
petaloids usually call up damasks to
the japanese mind. Personally, those
which best please us are the dark
maroon purple-sometimes verging al
most to black-and the damask-sug
gesting flowers with outer tint of
golden yellow and inner of maroon. II
is not only the larger plants with
enormous blooms that please. but
very many times the little lowered
forms covered with blossoms not an
inch across are charming In our
garden Cooksan set out two little
plants which we have watched with
wonder. One of them is n mass OF
small flowers, not an inch across, OF
sunny yellow The other plant. scarce
iy foot in height, has borne many
scores of rich maroon blossoms scarce
Iy three-ouarters of an inch across.
Yesterday we saw the chrysan-
themums at Martha The place is IA
NOUS for its displays. and the show
was brilliant. The favorites appeared
to be flowers OF snowy whiteness 2l9
Inches across. with narrow tattered
petaloids. The massing of the plants
at such displays is striking Thou
sands OF plants are crowded closely to
gether so as to give very sheet OF
bloom
The pervading fondness for chrysan
themums is indicated in many popular
fashions. Thus few names for women
are greater fayorites than Kiku--
chrysanthemum. The flower is USED
of course. in decoration everywhere,
Every one knows too. that it is the
Imperial flower. and appears not only
on the national flag. but on the stamps
and coins as we'll 1t is true that the
decorative is a hlgnly convention.
allied chrysanthemum--as indeed the
representations OF flowers used in
decoration generally are. But do not
for a moment think that the chrysan
themum used in decoration is I'm.
periaL The use of the Imperial
chrysanthemum is prohibited by law
1t may be used en- objects made for
the imperial family or on objects pre-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-31
By PROF. FREDERICK STARR
The Flowers of Japan.

I scented by them as tokens of aprecia-
ton. The Imperial chrysanthemum has
16 petaloids. If you will notice the
next decorative chrysanthemum you
see, you will find that it has any num-
Der Of petaloids except 16; that num-
Der II must not have.
Apart from the displays OF fine
plants in notable bloom, remarkable
for their character or quality. there
is a curious kind of chTysanthemum
show which is very popular. Perhaps
the best known of these is Dangaza-
ka. At Dangazaka there are four
chrysanthemum shows in competition.
They occupy both sides of a street
which runs steeply downhill--two on
one side, two on the other. In front
OF them are curious box platforms
scarcely more than yard square, and
mounted en- posts which raise them
to a height of three feet or more
above the ground In each one of
these-and every show has several
is a spieler whose noisy cries would
do credit to Coney island or a Pike
show. The din made by these fell
lows is prodigious, as each one seems
to make a special appeal to each and
every passer to patronize his show.
They hold out to. the possible patron
great handful on which are repre-
scented in crude wood-cut pictures
some of the attractions to be expected
within. When lunch time comes. the
splelers do not quit their box plat
forms. but unconcernedly eat rice and
drink tea in the presence of all. stop
ping between sips and mouthfuls to
cry out their shows. Three forms of
attractions are usually presented:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-31

The three occasions of the fall
lime for the Japanese are the mush-
room parties. the maple leaves and the
shrysanthemums. The mushroom is
commonly called "the king of foods. .
and minute distinctions are made be-
tween those of different flowers. Par
lies for gathering mushrooms occur
In every part of the empire but there
are certain districts famous for their
plants; thus the neighborhood OF Kio-
to yields a mushroom known every
where, and japanese travellers at this
season do not fail. in visiting Kioto, to
carry home a basketful of the much
priced delicaoy. OF all mushrooms.
those which have grown under pine
trees and are said TO have the deli
cate flavor of the pine are most
priced. The mushroom occurs con-
stantly in popular art. It is common
iy associated with Uzume. the much
happiness woman"
The viewing of the maple leaves is
a favorite excuse for autumn picnics
among these people. The Japanese
maple trees are usually of small size
with very little leaves. deeply and
narrowly cut. The change in color is
gradual, from the natural green
through brownlsh purple into reds,
Erimsons and brilliant orange. While
there are of course maple trees every
r-here certain places are preeminent
s-5r the gorgeousness of the autumn
coloring. Thus Nikko is famous for
its bright display. At this season
brilliant maple leaves (artificiaD are
much in vogue as a decoration for
store windows.
Neither mushrooms nor maple
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-31
Hay Crops.
location

Wheat, corn and other crops are no
more improved by rotation than hay.
The Minnesota experiment station
shows that a plot continuously cut for
hay the past Is years has given an
average yield of 17S tons per acre,
while a plot under a three-year rota-
ton of wheat. clover and corn hay has
yielded the past 10 years an average of
% tons per acre. In five-year rota-
ton of wheat. timothy and clover, pas
ture, oats and corn. the hay has yield
ed an average of SO tons per acre
since 1900. Eight tons of manure per
acre were applied once in five years
on the five-year plots. There is money
IN manure.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-31
Poultry Runs.

There is more or less dry weather
during the summer, and the runs not
infrequently become baked. and in
heavy soils more or less filthy. The
man who has the best interests of his
stock at heart will once a week use a
hand pillow in such yards and stir up
the soil so as to make it loose and
fresh. If he does this at night, the
next morning the fowls win get at
work. scratching, hunting worms and
stirring up things generally. 1t is
wonderful how much they find in this
turned up soil that furnishes them
both amusement and food.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-31
pouhtful Compliment.

At the dinner of a literary club in
Chicago two minor poets were heard
IN conversation. Harold" said the
one. i've just seen your triolet in The
Spread Eagle Magazine. "Ah!" ex-
claimed the other. pleased express
sion coming into his face. and with
the air of a man preparing himself
against burst of praise. Yes. con
tinued the second poet: land. do you
know. / heard rather neat little
compliment passed on it by young
,adv of my acquaintance. Harold
seemed still more pleased. May ask
what she said?" he queried. Where
mon the first minor poet gurgled:
why" said he. she wanted 10 know
whether had written it"-Lippin-
COTS
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-31
indian God Rock.

There is a famous historical rock
on the banks of the Allegheny river,
near Franklin. Venango county. known
as the indian God rock. which it is
proposed to move to Franklin to In.
sure its preservation. It is figured
that the rock, which bears Indian
hieroglyphics. weighs about 125 tons.
II is believed that it can be lifted
from its foundation. in whole or in
part, by one of the railroad steam
cranes and loaded on a car and taken
10 Franklin. II has been visited by
thousands OF persons, among them
many scientific men. who have pro
nounced it an Indian relic Of much
historical worth.