Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-08-04

I - has II hctu customary 10 furnish ucighh,
I ing towns or firms In ncighburiug towu~ WI
q iCey A. Yes sir.
@ Have you been ia the habit Of deIiveri,
g that iecg A. have contract for SlS0 60 till u
q hCNse aud haul the ice, aud another for $50 az
he hauls the ice himself
@, Are YOU compelled 10 employ outside be
for that work. A. l have had ...... ,.,.. au
some horses Go help me "a the Ice. That Is all
have ever employed extra,
q. Doesn't IL require "A great deal more feed 4.
those horses In doing that work. A. For ia
weeks while we are hauling ice, but as soon d
we get through hauling ice we haul wood la.
year had horse die the first d1y / went ont &
the fields, We have seven horses. Here thrg
weeks ago had marc that / raised on an
farm. She took pneumonia aud died. ! cannu
save horScs any more thau.....
9. How many horses do YOU uwn2 A. Dol own
q. ANY of those work hursVs} A. have
single driver, a team, pony and colt
9, You have no work hurscSt A No sir.
have bought wort, horses and turucd them over
TO the County.
q. Why is itNou have had so much truubl,
with yaur hors,~f 1 don't understand H. sp,
great many umvs. A, ! think take purtty
near as good care of my horses as any body,
/ Maybe avn too good,
] %. How many teams dc YOU keep sltod the year
Z aronudt A. keep them an shod
/ Q. DO yuu thtui, that Is strictly necessary 4
/ Yes sir. Where could you drive Jruuud that
Z place II they were not ,hodt NV horses are
/ liable to be- on the road pulling coal ur SOME
/ thiuu aud ] wuullu' want Go see amy horse limp
I ing tor the sake of a shoe.
/ %. How uttcr do You have them .hodt \.
/ Have them shud when they need IL.
/ 9, How often world that hrt A. | couldn't
[ say, Sometimes they ram until they lose a
I Shoe aud have them shud AN around,
! Q. How many shoes would Won have sct iu "a
yuart A. I newer thought never figured Il up
/ Q. Dou't YOU thiu, ID would surprise YOU IL YOU
I didt A. You take horses uu roads like ours,thcN
I wear out shoes.
/ o don't see why IL should take ALI the wear
around GO haul supplies. y. The Horses have
20 be driven of the farm every uuCc iu a while,
%. Don't you think "a blacksmith shop would
/ pay cut there, according 20 the bills that you
J have paid for black~mithiup the last few years.
I \. No, do not
| O. now often do You reset q sboey A. don't
7 know.
! O. How long does a shoe last as rule3 A. /
| cauuot SAY that II they are fit to he reset they
are reset, q not, they put on new ones.
.. l notice Ia putting iu your bills tot zoos YOU
/ have 42S shoes sci aud 354 were new ones don't
/ see how you could ever use that many A. |
{ cannot account tor that When nay horses need
shucng send them aud get them shud,
/ o. DO you think YOU would get them shod Just
as Often IL YOU were paying the bulst A. Yes
. sir, YOU bet your life.
o. When YOU send Your horses to he shod OF
! have aus blaclSsmithiug Go be done, de- you in.
( sist upon bill being rendered immediately
You don't scnd any authorization that they
should do this work and tile amount OF the hillt
{ A. No
/ O. They Just render the bills To the trustees
every year} A. Yes Sometimes they run that
! long
/ o. You said while ago that YOU advanced
/ money to some local people around here Don
/ yuu think that any blacksmith or any trades
/ man would be willing 60 wait until the trustees
I meeting A. | said some people.
I Q. Don't You think that anyone could wait un-
! III the monthly meeting of the trustees Was II
strictly necessary for You Co do sut a, No site
guess IL V3s not Probably they could wait Il I
should in .isJ ou it, but II the bin wasn't any
I big sum, advanced IL.
J =, La regard to the amount ni sales that you
Gaye made there iu tie last two years. Last
year you turned in SlIbA43 aud ia zoos YOU turn
I cd Ia $500 NOu SAY that you keep leo head of
cattle on The farm, How old do YOU keep these
catuc3 A. nave sold steers two and ID halt
o. How many do Won calculate 60 sell every
year How long have YOU been butcherlng any
cattlry Answer not giycna
q. DO you know how much feed you have
bought during these two ycarst a, No, ] do
not
/ .. II you have bought more feed than you
have returned in sales, would YOU THINK that a
good business propusiuunf a. Maybe not.
Q. Don't YOU think il ought 20 be- renrdicdt a,
/ o. Do people as a rule that have 4oo acres OF
land, do they buy more than they SELF A. Don't
most farmers buy icedY
/ O DO they buy more than they selll A. SOME
/ of them do
/ o. Land wouldn't be apt to increase very fast
I IN value II they did thatt A, Year ago crops
were pretty poor.
/ o. Ia zoos You returned bills for feed for
I amount paid for feed 5000 D. aud the total
amontit OF sales only siS2E6l. leaving 4 deficit
OF sos ON feed and feed alone. a. Now, / can
sell So tons of hay II a. get IL hauled.
q. m we YOU been iu the habit of making out
bill, ia anybody A. Yes sir.
.. Generally do you have the persons sign the
claim A. Not in All eases. No.
o. When Won pat in claim for salaries, did
Won put any claims Ia separate or did YOU bunch
thc claims up2 A. Put them In separately
q. How did you pay this different helpf A.,
A. Paid them the money as they wanted it
Sometime they would have money in advance.
! o. You paid them currency or by Your person
| al check A. Sometimes currency aud some
| times check
o. Generally did you figure the discounts on
on an blls2 A. Yes,
| ing certain rooms out there What rooms are
! designated as your private roomsY A. -Four
\ he'd rooms 40 stairs the dining room and the
| double parI6r.
| o You have furnished an those AZ your ex-
/ pcnse? A. Yes sir.
/ o. That includes, 1 presume. rugs curtains.
efc.y A. Yes.
! o. The dining service and an that A. Yes sir.
! q You Vould be allowed by the county GER
! ain help Tor your private roonis2 A. We are
! supposed to have gfrl In our private part, but
! baH Of the time we don't ma We one We are sup.
Used q, Ia t,y female attendants Two cooks
| wstcb / never had but one farm hand until
Iaie i~'
! a / mean for your persoual use2 You would
| h9 allowed ono hrlpefy A. We are supposed 10
! have one
a uotp many, az toar Inmates r. obIp Ia do "a
! f,SIi DAYS worsg a. Roth ntaie and female
| ,bnpt sfxfy odd. p,urse.
/ N unu, MANY frmaIry A. Pretty nearly half
* Dnu't thc male Inmates do most of the farm
| ,ss,rt,g a T,nuldn't do am tbat work fherr h
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