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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
PROFIT IN SYSTEMATIC FARM
Light Scratching of Soil and Careless
Breeding of Live Stock Proves
Quite Costly.

(By WILLIS j. FLANDERS, Illinois)
am willing to confess that / did
not wake up to the real necessity of
system on my place for three or four
years after I started in for myself.
My land is so rich that if l scratched
the surface bit and cultivated lit
tie l generally got pretty fair crops,
taking one season with another. But
l finally began to notice that even if
my land was rich some of my neigh
bors whose land was poor were rails.
ing better crops. Finally l discov.
cred that the main trouble was To-
Gated right in my own person and /
came to and began to attend the in
stitutes and read farm papers and
actually tried to learn something
about real farming. l have a great
deal to learn yet, but 1 have found
out some things.
One is that careless breeding of
live stock is costly proceeding. It
came hard, for instance, to pay $125
apiece for three thoroughbred cows
and then pay SIS for the services of
a bull But when the time came to
sell year-old calves found out how
those investments paid. / sold bull
calf for $3.50 and two heifers for $50
each the first year and three years
later l had a herd Of nine animals
that were worth $1,000. In fact, they
paid me more than that in the long
run. That lesson in good breeding
helped me to see things right.
Then l learned that a bunch of
sheep neglected, half fed, poorly
housed in winter, with no system as
to breeding, was poor investment.
My father gave me flock of ten
when | started to farm and after three
years this had increased only to six
teen, owing to my neglect. Then when
/ began to sit up and take notice. 1
sent the whole bunch to market and
bought ten fine grade Shropshire. ewes
and thoroughbred two-year-old ram
and took care of them. This flock
paid me over 100 per cent. in three
years and SO / was taught another
lesson.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
Planting Trees.

With quite number of farmers the
belief is that from about the last Of
October to the middle of November is
the best time to plant an apple tree.
At that time usually the ground is
loose and moist sufficiently to work
we'll but not wet and sticky. Besides,
the growing season is over and the
trees will hardly be injured at all by
the change from nursery to orchard
Roots that have been cut in digging
and preparing for resetting will cal
lous over, and the ground will settle
firmly about the roots, and in the
spring the trees are ready to awaken
into new life without check to their
growth. But in severe winters some
trees will be lost The better plan is
to set the trees in trench with top
sloping close to the ground. Then
cover with litter to prevent severe
freezing. They will be in fine shape
for early spring planting.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
Milking Young fieifers.

Should heifers when they first come
in be MIXED three times a day? Some
good authorities claim that they
should, especially when the heifers
are descended from an excellent milk
ing ancestry. The principal argument
in favor of such milking is that the
udder is not able to hold all the milk
that it can secret until time is given
to it for further distension through
repetition in the acts of filling. 1t is
claimed that il some instances serious
discomfort may follow where such
milking is neglected. If three milk
ings are thus given, it would seem as
though the first. should be quite early
in the day, and that the last should be
given quite late.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
TO CULTIVATE THE ORCHARD
Vegetable Crops Require Both Manure
and Cultivation, Which Benefit
Pear Trees.
tby R. B. RusHING.l


The first three or four years after
orchard in vegetables of some sort,
but never in, wheat or rye. The vegef
table crops require both manure and
cultivation, which benefit the young
pear trees.
When the pear tree makes a fine
growth the fifth year the orchard can
be put in clover and left two or three
years in that crop. -
The first crop of clover may be-
taken off, but the second crop should
never be taken off, but should be left
to rot on the ground to enrich the
soil.
While the pear orchard is in clover
it is beneficial to hoe or grub around
each tree in the spring and keep the
soil loose around it; this destroys
many insects and also keeps them
from nesting there.
trunks and larger limbs of the trees
with a solution of soft soap and water,
about half and half. This will destroy
insects and keep the bark smooth and
healthy.
Keep down all suckers from around
the roots and remove all sprouts from
the trunks. The pear, however, needs
but little pruning if the trees make a
strong and vigorous growth for sew
eral years, unless there is a tendency
to grow too much in height at the
expense of the width.
Low heads are more desirable. How
ever, when pruning is necessary it
should be done to conform to the hab-
it's and natural shape of the tree.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24

is raven blue, whose advent into fash.
ionable circles was made early last
year, and most becoming color it is,
blue veil is no small advantage to the
scheme. Cloth dresses are well made
OF this raven blue, the braiding on
other decoration being Usually i'm
black, while royal blue as trimming
for hats and for dresses continues on
its career of success. Besides faced
cloth, zibeline is now recognized as
desirable, and zibeline is of the softese
and silkiest kind, either plain or sur,
face or with broad diagonal ribs. AS
usual, in autumn the dead-leaf colors
are in vogue, every shade Of red and
mulberry, every tone of green and.
brown being recognized as attractive.
and attractive they are, too, especial.
ly in soft thick materials, and aboYas
all in velvet of every description
For the inexpensive tea gown moth.
ing can be better or more successfuIi
than velyeteen chosen in mulberry
tone and embroidered In aluminium
if the pocket permits such extrava>
gance-with little guimpe of deep
cream lace, and the shape in mediae~
val style, with girdle of aluminium
The illustration portrays one of
the most effective ideas of the season.
In gray soft satin, made with slopina
panel The corsage is fashioned OF
net hung with chains Of silver boules..
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
cows IN THE LAP OF LUXURY
Extraordinary Pains Taken by New
York Authorities to Provide Babies
With Pure Milk.

The milk which is furnished in the
seven depots of the New York milk
committee to the babies of the tene-
ments is what all country milk could
and should be, says Hampton's Maya
zine. The COWS on the farm supplying
the committee are taken care of as if
COW were the rarest of animals and
likely soon to join the dodo and disap-
pear entirely.
They live in a ST. Regis sort of
barn, the concrete floors and iron and
glass walls of which are kept as clean
Us parlor. Twice daily the COW stalls
are sterilized with live steam. AS a
precaution against dust they keep no
hay or other food in the barn but
send it in as it is needed. by means
of trolley system.
Every day the cows are inspected
by a physician and any COW not in
perfect condition is Immediately re-
moved from the herd. Twice month
chemists analyze the milk to make
sure that it Is fully up to the standard
of richness and purity.
Before being MIXED each COW is
groomed and sprayed with pure spring
water by man who has been med
ically examined and has just had a
bath and put on a perfectly clean
white suit. A second man dries the
cow with sterilized single service tow
els, after which the white clad milk.
ers, sitting on spotless metal stools,
perform their duties.
The milk is strained through steril-
lied cotton pads into sterilized cans
and cooled in a dustproof room which
no one except the white clad workers
is ever permitted to enter. Here the
milk is bottled, sealed and packed for
its journey to the city. Within thirty
hours after the milk is packed it is de-
livered at the doors of the milk COM
mittee's model laboratory in New
York
Five men work in the laboratory
sterilizing and filling the bottles. In
reality they are filling prescriptions
for every baby has its food especially
designated by skilled physician, the
prescriptions varying from week to
week according to the age and condi-
ton of the child.
These men in their spotless white
suits and caps work in a speckless
room that Is sterilized with steam
every morning, preparing food after
the most scientific methods and ac-
ccrding to physicians prescriptions,
not for infant millionaires, but for ba-
bies of the tenements
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24

front seat, light pongee coat about
her, with an air of expectancy, as If
she awaited the coming of some one
not far off, sat Agatha First. Yes.
the very same AS cheerful and as
much herself as if she had not plead
ed a headache as an excuse for not
automobiling with us that morning.
1 stood stock still in the road as
my unwilling eyes took in this amaz-
ing sight, and it was a full minute
before my routed wits apprehended
the significance of a mans checked
automobile coat that hung over the
back of the seat beside her. Evil
IDENTIFY she was with some one, which
somehow seemed less extraordinary
at the moment than that she should
be alone. Her escort though not
visible was apparently not far dis
tant, for even as I stared, Agatha
First rose in the machine displaying
huge bunch of wild flowers in her
hands as she did so, and hallooed to
him. Don't pick any more!" she
called, 'I don't want any more flow
ers. want you'll" A laugh quite near at
hand sounded for a response and hur-
riedly started back down the road.
] wanted awfully to see who the man
that belonged to the checked coat
was, but l wanted still more to es-
cape being seen either by him or by
my eccentric guest, Miss Endicott
The possibility that I might fall in
with the former returning from his
little ramble, flowers in hand, almost
made me run, and the fear that in
looking for him, the latter was al
ready on the point of discovering my
retreating form, caused me to stick
close to the roadside and the shelter
of the trees like any thief or tres
passer. And, by Jove! l didn't
breathe freely till I'd sighted my own
machine standing in the sunlight at
the crossroads. It's a nasty posi-
ton for chap to be caught in,
eavesdropping, and if they had seen
me they would never have believed
/ had not been spying on them.
did you get a jack?" inquired
Freer as l came up. Ee could see
perfectly well that was empty
handed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24

Coats reach to few inches below
the hips, and braiding is definitely a
favorite trimming. Plain velveteen'
literally braided, is amongst the now
elies, and an excellent model in veil
veteen is bound with braid and has
braid buttons. The coat Is cut with nj
plastron straight down the front. butt
tons being on either side, while the
straight basque is put on with a seam
round the hips The same wide plasl
iron and hem are carried out on the
skirt, braid bindings and buttons bel
ing the only decoration. The lining
TO the coat of this our new frieni.,
plne-patterned foulard, and the hat
winch is designed 20 complete it has
narrow brim of broad black velvet
ana high crown, with the drapedI
loids held at one side with a goldenl
and bronze-leaved rose having q fews
pink petals in the center. These metals
movers with silk centers are amongst
the new arrivals, and new also-or Lett
tnem pass as novelties-are gardeniasF
made in white kid.
besides plain velveteen there Is vel-s
Veteen with shaded stripe, lookingb
us best either in mole grays orr
browns, and this will make a veryf
good coat and skirt with smoked pearl
buttons and pipings of silk for itsa
sole adornment. Many Of the coatsl
nave sailor collars, not entirely to myp
taste, and seeming an homogeneous
element in the scheme of winter FASH
ions: and not few coats are gath7f
cred or plated above the waist into al
straight basque.
Cloaks of All Sorts.
The voluminOus cloaks of velvet, or
satin, or fur are ideal for those whos
can afford them of the best quality
and cut; they have a graciousness alE
their own, and are eminently comfort4
able for wear over the embroidered
soft satin dresses which do such bel
coming duty at the afternoon bridges
table. A most popular color for these
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24

(s2eyNuhYIsW 6y ma cAA41z1 0u2n4uYM NaN A0ZzIN

20, they stopped, did they?" asked,
and thought to myself with some sat
isfaction that they were in trouble,
too. The misery that so often at
tends an automobilist is especially
fond of company
Wonder if they'd lend us a jack?"
/ remarked aloud. What kind of a
machine was it, kid?"
"a whoppin' big teller, red, like
your lordship's," said the boy. OF
course he knew me, even If l didn't
know him. He was probably the
butchers or bakers boy from Wye
on his way back from the castle.
Sounds rather promising" said
Dearest. "Do go and see if they
can't help us out. I don't want
Agatha Lawrence to walk all that
way home in this mud!"
Every WE'LL" 1 said, but it sounds
as if they were in need of assistance
themselves Why else should they
want to stop in the middle Of the
woods? However, I'll make the at
tempt. Freer, you stay by the la
dies, and I'll go and see what 1 can
dol" And just stopping to give the
little boy shilling or two for his
information, I strobe down the wood
road in the direction he had pointed
out.
I hadn't gone far and was just
wondering again what in the world
would possess any one to push down
so narrow road in big machine,
when the machine in question came
in sight. 1t was a big touring car,
red like mine, to be sure, but an en-.
tirely different make, and l stopped
and stared at it in an overwhelming
surprise. But not for any reason in
connection with the automobile itself.
1t was the girl who was it's sole pas
senger that held my attention and
caused my surprise. Sitting in the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24

said" / gaped at her a moment,
then seized her shoulder.
do you mean to say it was Archi-
bald?" ] cried, "who was the owner
of the checked coat"
"I didn't say" she replied, only
] it does look little like it, doesn't it?
You see ne couldn't go to the cricket
with us because he had to go up to
London, and she, because she had a
headache. VOLTA TOUT"
''But we saw the wire," objected.
"Oh, as to that" she said, +" a tele-
grams easily enough cooked up! He
had only to write one himself and tell
the station-master to send 1t over.
We none of us examined it closely
It's an old dodge, you know"
$50 it isl" l cried, land you're
right. 1t must have been old Ter.
hume! What a dunderhead I've been
not to see it before! But l say" l
added, less exuberantly as a thought
struck me, IF that's the case, what
does he mean by it, Dearest? What
do they both mean by it, he and she?
And what does it portend in regard
to the match we're trying to make be.
tween Arch and Miss Lawrence? An
swer any of those questions If you
can! Wiseacre that you are, /. be-
lieve you'll have to let me count ten
on that!"
I'm afraid will she admitted, as
puzzled as l was. you see 1 never
knew Agatha Endicott as well as
did the other five Agathas-as well
as I do Agatha Sixth, and then you
know Agatha Sixth has visited me
before, and this is the first time I've
seen Agatha First since we parted
on the occasion of my marriage"
(TO RE CONTTNTrEn
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
Caught!

do you remember me buying a hair
mattress from you the other day."
asked the lady.
Perfectly well, ma'am," was the re-
ply of the dealer.
well. I've discovered that only
about one-quarter of the filling is hair"
"Then you certainly do seem to have
me where the hair is short. maam."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
PLANTING Peoples.

Ever try planting peoples in the
fall? They will come through an or
binary winter all right and get an
earlier start next spring than those
planted then.
Winter weather is mighty hard on
buildings and fences. Good time to
use the paint brush before the rain
sets in.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
To Save Time.

1t is an excellent idea when a house
keeper is not blessed with stationary
tubs in her laundry to try purchasing.
a two-inch garden hose and attach iS
to the faucet. In this way she cam
let the water run in the tubs and
boiler without lifting drop Of water,
which gives the laundress extra TING
which otherwise is wasted.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
Chocolate Cake.

Half cup milk, one-half cup sugar,
squares chocolate. Boil together
until thick over teakettle OF use
double boiler and set away to cool.
Half cup butter. 1 cup sugar. "A cup
milk, 2 eggs, 2 cups -four, even tea
spoon soda, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add
the above mixture and mix thorough,
ly. Cover with white frosting.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
cauliflower Fritters.

Soak and boil the caulifower in the,
usual way, then separate into flow.
ers. Dip each piece into a thin bat.
ter, plunge into boiling fat and fry q
delicate brown. Serve very hot on a
napkin. If preferred the pieces may
be dipped in mixture of salt. pepper.
vinegar and oil. then fried
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
Collie in Horses.

Collie In horses has sometimes been
produced by sudden change of feed
in the fall or early winter from old to
new oats. The safer way is to change
gradually, beginning at first by mix
ing one part of new with three parts
Of old oats for a feed and increasing
the proportion of new oats gradually
as long as the old oats last.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
Hard to Manage.

Redd-I hear the chauffeur has run
away with your neighbors wife?"
Greene-He certainly has.
'What did the old man say when he
found It out?"
"Said the chauffeur never could
manage the machine, and he didn't
know just what would happen to him
with the !"-Yonkers Statesman
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
Lime Wash for Trees.

A lime wash which has been found
a good protection for trees against
rabbits is simply to wet enough un,
slaked lime to the point of consistency.
add a little carbolic acid to the SUBJ
stance and paint the trunks of the
orchard trees. -
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
L-onq Steps.

$50 you elevator boys have gone on
q striker" interrogated the visitor to
the apartment house.
you bet!" grinned the youthful
manipulation of the street car
"But I hear the tenants will take
some steps this evening"
Ddto' tounb6wish ianoto 'rcould Mi
Don't doubt it, boss. Until we go
to work they will have to take a
great many steps, morning and even
ing"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
MODES Of 0he MOMENT
ONDON. ENGLAND.

ONDON, ENGLAND
Fashion has developed
Indian shawlitis," and
the symptoms have
spread to all gar
ments. The pine pat
tern of Oriental glory
sheds it's influence
over all kinds OF
clothes, and it's poly
chromatic coloring is a
feature alike of silken
trimmings and thick
and thin fabrics. We
were threatened with
this in the very earli-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
No Chance.

I'll never marry unless marry a
clever woman"
"Then you WON'T" replied his
friend.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
The Place.

s'Where do you think would be the
most appropriate meeting place for
the bird menu
1T should think the Canary Isles.'
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
Clear Water for Sheen.

Sheep won't do well without water.
and they are dainty about drinking.
Clean running water is just as essen.
.tial as good grass.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24

Don't forget to cultivate punetuag
ity and neatness.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-06-09
New Towns Near Stanley

County Surveyor Frahm, of
Ward county, is preparing plats
for the new towns of Lostwood and
Lunds Valley in Mountraill county.
The new towns will be located in
the center of a very good farming
country with a large and rapidly
developing territory adjacent to
them. Both will be on the new
extension of the Great Northern at
present being built out of Stanley
Lostwood will be 18 miles from
Stanley and Lund's Valley will be
six miles from Lostwood and "a
miles from Stanley.
No announcement has yet been
made by the Realty company as to !,
when the opening sale of lots will
be held.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-06-09
SENT TO FEEBLE
MINDED INSTITUTE
RUHLE CHILDREN OF NEAR nOCA COM.
MITTED TO GRAFTON INSTITUTE
BY COMMISSIONERS

As result of an investigating
visit to the home of Martin Ruhle.
living eight miles north of Tioga,
by County Superintendent Mrs.
Tatem on Thursday, May 26, the
four oldest children of the family
were committed to the institute
for the feeble minded at Grafton
by the county commissioners this
week and arrangements haye been
made for them to leave next Mon
day.
The children we're committed
under the compulsory school law.
The family consists of seven chill
dren and are the same children
who were lost on the prairie in a
snow storm some two or three
years ago and after wandering to
White Earth were finally located
at Epping and identified as be-
longing to the Ruhle family by
the address on some mail which
they had in their possession.
This is a rather pathetic case,
but the school authorities and the
county commissioners feel that
they have done the best thing for
the children and the parents in
sending the four oldest to the in
stitute as they will be given ad-
vantages there they could not OBJ
tain elsewhere, and the commits
sioners also think some steps will
have to be taken to separate the
parents as the mother is not of a
sound mind either.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-06-09
TEACHERS WILL BE
HERE JUNE 10Th

An excellent corps of instruct
ors has been obtained for the
Teach ers institute which will meet
here at the High school assembly
room for one week beginning
Monday, June Goth.
Mrs. Tatem, county superin-
tendent, announces that notices
have been sent ont to one hundred
and seventy teachers, over a hum
dred of whom are sure to be in at
tendance.
The instructors are as follows:
G. G. Schmidt of the State Uni
versity; Mrs. j. Sanderson Of
Grand Forks, assistant in elemen-
tary work; Miss Fisher of Valley
City Normal, assistant in the pri-
mary work; Miss Mary PETIT OF
Minot, special instructor in draw
ing, penmaDship and music. State
Superintendent w. L. Stockwell
will also be here.
The meeting of the school Off
GERS of the entire county will be
held on Saturday, the 25th, and
the teachers will be held over to
attend the meeting.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-06-09
For Members School Board

Fred H. Smith and E. B. Link
announce themselves as candi-
dates for members of the Board
of Education in the Graphic this
week subject to the action of
the voters at the election to be
held Tuesday, June 21st. Both
of these gentlemen have been
residents Of this city for several
years and are well qualified for
the office and would make good
officials if elected.