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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
Milk Affected Where Animal Is
Subject to Excitement.
Well Known Physician Cites Instances
Where Headaches Have Been
Caused, To Be Cbiterated
by Weak Tea and Lemon

London.-"This milk comes from
COWS that have been kept calm, un-
excited and in a good temper" will be
the guarantee of the honest dairyman
OF the future.
For milk from excited or irritated
COWS is, according to the latest scien-
t1f1c opinion, more Immediately, though
transiently, harmful than when it con-
tains disease germs.
THE reason Is this well known
physician declared recently. when a
man is subjected to unpleasant emo
tons, such as temper, fear or sulki
ness, his blood throws out toxins. In
tense excitement has the same effect,
and this is the cause of the bitter
taste in the mouth after such expert
enCes.
Now, these poisonous bodies are
eliminated from the blood by means
of the various secretory organs of the
body, among which are the salivary
glands, and that is why their presence
is detected by the taste
In the case of mich cows a definite
percentage of the sum of the toxins
caused by fright, bad temper or irri-
liability reaches the milk, and in ex-
IRENE cases will cause it to go bad
much before the normal time.
Patients frequently call upon me
and complain that their health, though
not radically bad, fiuctuates unpleas-
antly in a way that they can only de-
fine as resembling slight, but very I'M
pleasant, liver ailments.
"In listening to their descriptions of
their symptoms I have been struck by
the fact that many complain that very
often they come down to breakfast
feeling very fit and hungry after a
vigorous cold tubing, but half an hour
after that meal are not we'll
There are sensations Of headache
rather than real headache, unpleasant
heart palpitations, sluggishness of
thought and a sense of irritability,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
Former New York Judge Improves OF
German Idea and His Plants
Rush Season.

New York.-The newest thing in
scientific soil tilling is the electric
farm" Ex-Judge Thomas H Williams
of Brooklyn is making the experiment
He has purchased two-acre plot at
East Northport, L. l., on which he is
trying to grow crops with the aid of
electricity.
While the general scheme is not
entirely new, Mr. Williams thinks he
has improved on the methods en-
ployed by experimenters near Ores
den, Germany There the electric cur
rents were passed through atmosphere
surrounding young plants. 1t was
found that, while the growth was ae-
CELEBRATED to a slight extent, it was NOT
enough to warrant the expense of the
electrical equipment
Mr.. Williams has strung wires on
poles about a dozen feet above the
ground in which seeds are planted
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
Chicken Lice EXPERIMENTS.

Chicken lice will live off Of the
fowls body for a considerable length
of time, and specimens Of the wan
dering lice have been kept alive in
boxes by experimenters for period
of nine or ten months by simply Civ
ing them a supply of fresh feathers
at regular intervals. On the clothing
of poultry pickers the lice will some
times live for several days. 1t is not
believed by ehtnologists that bird
lice commonly attack cattle or horses,
as they have often been credited with
doing In nearly every case the lice
found on animals, said to be so af-
fected, were mammalian lice and not
bird lice.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
COTTON SEED FLOUR

facts regarding the cotton seed flour
have been deduced:
Cotton seed flour resembles meat
more closely in its chemical compost
ton than it does wheat flour. 1t is
quite different in character from wheat
our; it contains less crude fiber than
cotton seed meal, in that it contains
less bulls. The -four contains more
than twice as much protein as the
meats, which is due to the water in
the meat, but whatever the cause of
the difference, the cotton seed flour
contains over twice as much flesh
forming (not fat) materials (protein)
as anyu of the meats.
A portion of cotton seed and meals
contains over four times as much pro-
TEN as eggs, and about the same
quantity Of fat. 1t contains over four
times as much protein as wheat flour.
Wheat -four, however, contains con-
siderably more nitrogen-free extract,
consisting chiefly of sugars and
starches. Thus wheat flour is a diff
ferent kind of food from cotton seed
meal
Cotton seed -four is a meat substi-
tute. 1t is not flour substitute, be-
ing low in sugars and starches in
which -four is so rich. Protein is the
chief constituent of meals and is gem
orally considered as the most expen-
sive nutrient of our foods.
The bakery products which were ex-
amined had a yellow or brown color
and pleasant taste. The color is
not noticed in ginger snaps and GIN
gerbread. Doctor Traps advises
against bleaching the cotton seed flour,
believing that as it is different in nu-
tritive value from ordinary bread, it
is well that its color should call at
tention to the fact.
Doctor Traps says: "There is no
question that cotton seed -four will
be wholesome, but experience and ex-
pertinent most determine the quantity
that man should eat.
1T is very rich and it would be an
easy matter to eat too much. For that
reason don't think that it ought to
be used except as a mixture with 9TH
er flour, not less than four parts of
other flour to one of cotton seed
-four"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
Wholesome Substitute for Meat,
SAYS State Chemist OF
Texas.
AS Manufactured in Lone Star State
Can Be Used as Human Food,
Is Professional and Scientific
Opinion of DR.. Traps.

College Station, Tex.-That cotton
seed flour, as manufactured by the
cotton oil mills of Texas, can be used
as human food is the professional
and scientific opinion of Dr. G. S.
Traps, state chemist of Texas
In explaining what cotton seed -four
seed meal which has been especially
treated so as to remove the hulls as
thoroughly as possible. 1t is finely
ground, of bright yellow color and
with pleasant odor and sweetish taste.
According to the investigation made
by the state chemist, the following
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
a SimpIe Prize,

A woman who was limited In her
prize giving In club to a twenty-five
cents a prize, bought three sheets of
blotters and a yard of ribbon to
match. The former costing five cents
apiece, the latter ten cents yard
Each of the blotters was cut into
four round mats large enough to ex-
tend slightly beyond the bottom of a
dinner plate. The twelve pieces were
neatly tied together with a ribbon,
with fluffy bow on top, and the mats
were ready for the careful housekeep-
er to slip between her fine china
plates to prevent scratching.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
nOUEl24XzN'
@l-~-h
CUTTER FOR POULTRY FEED
Device Consists of Lawn Mower, Set
Up on Box or TabIe-Ciips as
Fine as Desired.

Having noticed several references
to the need for a fine feed cutter for
chickens green feed, / give suggestion
Of simple homemade arrangement
that will cut clover and other like
green feeds as fine as desired, says a
writer IN Rural New Yorker.
The arrangement consists of lawn
mower (any width of cut), set up on
box or table with cutter bar In per-
pendicular position, the machine being
held in position by stationary blocks
Fastened to cleats), front and back
of roller, also a block on floor with
wedge for placing. Back of the cutter
bar is the feed chute with side plates
at delivery end about eight inches
apart and with adjustable strip set
across for protection to the fingers
as well as to guide the grass. The
chute is nailed to cleats which in
turn are fastened to box. Contact end
Of chute sides are sawed out to "a
dius of cutter. 1t is essential that
floor of chute at delivery end be same
height as cutting edge of bar. At the
delivery side of cutter an incline takes
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
AH-Might Bank Didn't Pay

lights burning within the institution
were regarded almost as reverently
as altar flames.
The midnight tellers were consid-
cred as the highest type of metropoli-
tan enterprise and progress. But
lately the directors of the Night and
Day bank have noticed that while the
lights burn brightly and the institu-
ton is pointed out with pride by New
Workers escorting rural cousins about
the city, and loudly proclaimed by the
orators on the sightseeing automo-
biles, little business was done after
six o'clock. So having more regard
for dividends than for furnishing an
object of tourist interest, the direct
ors have decreed that hereafter the
bank will open at eight o'clock in the
morning and close at midnight.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
a knowino Girl.

When young Lord Stanleigh came
to visit an American family, the mis-
tress told the servants that in adj
dressing him they should always say
Your Grace" When the young gen.
tleman one morning met one of the
pretty house servants in the hallway
and told her that she was so attrac-
tive looking he thought he would kiss
her, she demurely replied, clasping
her hands on her bosom and looking
up into his face with a beatific ex-
preston, 20 Lord, for this blessing
we are about to receive, we thank
thee. "-Lippincott's
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
--.EE.1

exceeding the previous seasons raw
ishment Of a hat for her small daugh-
ter, and in accomplishing her end she
seems to stop at nothing except what
the old-fashioned call bugles, those
ietted ornaments which most deco
rate old ladies' headgear. Everything
but these go to making Mile. Petite's
bonnets 1t would seem.
We have fallen into the way OF
elaborate hats for small maidens, but
we still observe, or try to observe,
something of that simplicity which is
part of the charm of childhood. Our
bonnets for near-babies are confined
largely TO muslin, ribbon, soft straw
and tiny blooms.
Hats for small girls aTord all the
variety that could be asked in the
way of a summer crown for little Sue
or May. The one pictured, with
wreathings Of closely massed rose
buds, has full shirred crown of pink
chiffon, from which falls softly over
the curls Of the little maiden ruf1e of
pink chiffon. Very dainty, and
model that can be quickly and cheaply
copied.
On many of the French bonnets for
children, black is employed with pref
ty, though bizarre results. One shape
that bears the name of Paris firm is
close fitting, blue straw, of pale
shade, supple enough to be plated at
the lower edge. A band Of black vel
vet marks the line Of junction of crown
and brim, and on one side forms 9
bow with loops and ends.
Who but a French milliner would
think Of forming tiny white roses in
rings and placing them at intervals on
the velvet band? Then, as a final
touch, a soft frill Of valenciennes lace
1t attached to the under surface of the
bTim.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
RAZOR CASE.
7 INCHES

This useful case for holding two
razors is arranged in such a way that
the razors may be slipped In or with
drawn with the least possible trouble,
and the case may be folded at the
join of the two pockets and SO entirely
inclose the razors. Each pocket is
seven inches in length, and an inch
and a half in width, and made of soft
wash-leather mounted upon a square
of thick cloth cut into scallops that
are pinked at the edges.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
DIES LAUGHING AT A JOKE
Heart Failure Causes Death of JoIIiest
Member of Maryland Merry
Making Party.

Baltimore, Md.-Just one minute
after laughing heartily over a joke
that was sprung by one of his com
panions, Antoine Zeitvogel, 4S years of
age, of SIG South Bentalou street
gasped slightly and expired. Zeit-
yogel was visiting his friend, Michael
Maximov, on South Bruce street,
In the dining-room he, with several
other men, was swapping stories. Zeit.
vobel had just concluded a side-splft.
ting yarn, and another member had
stepped UP to narrate a good one.
When he finished Zeitvogel roared
with laughter. Suddenly his face be-
came discolored and he gasped for
breath Alarmed, the other men
jumped up to aid him, but before they
could reach him Zeityogel was dead
from heart failure.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
Hand-Raised Chicks,

In raising the chicks by hand you
will have no trouble with lice, nor
losses from old hens fighting and step
ping on the chicks. Should the wealth
er turn Unexpectedly cold and you
feel little worried at night, or even
through the day, set jug of hot wa
ter in the center of each small coop.
Be sure to place the jug (il you don't
happen to have a jug handy tin 81
rup pail is nearly as good, in the cen
ter of the coop, so there will be space
all around 1t; otherwise they may
trample each other in trying to get
the best place.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
Non-EertiIe Euns.

One reason of the non-fertility OF
eggs is lack of meat rations. This ex-
eggs batch so poorly, while later,
when insects are plenty, the matches
are good Ii you can not give the
hens fresh meat or fresh ground bone,
buy some dried beef scraps or beef
meal. If you have plenty of skim
milk or buttermilk to give TO your
fowls, it will take the place of the
meat ration to a very great extent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
Furniture Covering.

If you do not wish to go to the ex-
pense of having covers for your fur
niture made by the upholsterer try
the expedient of pinning on summer
covers.
Cut pieces the exact size of chair
or section of sofa. allowing enough to
turn in a hem all round edge If it be
not bound with wash braids.
Fasten the pieces in place with big,
headed white pins placed as close as
upholsterer's tacks. The pins are or
namental and form a trimming. If
less contrast is desired get pins of gilt
or color of braid.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
Simple Lamp Shade.

A handsome but easily made lamp
shade for the library or den of a sum
mer home is made of AN octa gonal
shaped frame. This is covered with
Japanese grass cloth in dull shade
of green and on each of the sides is
q single conventionalized tulip and its
foliage. stained a deep or duh red.
The edges of the design are out
lined in raised gold paint and a deep
bead fringe in two colors of the shade
and gold finishes the lower edge The
top may be finished with a narrow
gimp or be turned under and hemmed
by hand.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
Topless Potatoes.

Lewistown, Pa.-Parks Murtiff, pro
prietor of the ST Charles hotel, owns a
farm in the vicinity of Burnham park,
and his farmer called him over and in
formed him that he was growing top
less potatoes.
An investigation proved that two
rows, supposed to have been early
rose seed, were absolutely without
sign of stalks; yet there are roots with
potatoes the size of large shellbarks In
the rows.
The farmer says it's good thing.
as it will fool the bugs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
FEEDING THE YOUNG CHICKS
What a New Jersey Poultry RAISER
Gives to Little Ones-Pure Clear
Water Necessary.

The first feed l give is common
white bread whole wheat bread
would be as good, possibly better)
moistened with sweet milk so as to be
softened, but not pasty, writes F. H.
Valentine OF New Jersey in Garden
Magazine. Less meat Is needed when
milk is fed regularly
AS the chicks grow l give at least
one feed day consisting of a mixture
of bread soaked in milk, ground oats
with the hulls sifted QUIT and corn
meal, with little bran or middlings
to make 1t crumbly. The milk must
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
Fiuhtinu Vermir7.

The warfare against lice and mites
In the poultry house is best begun in
the spring or early summer. If, dur
ing the first few warm, sunshiny days
of spring, the houses are given a
thorough sweeping and cleaning and
some disinfectant like good coal tar
preparation is used, they will remain
sweet and sanitary for month or
more if the droppings under the
perches are frequently and regularly
removed and plenty of fresh air can
circulate through the house
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
Cheap Dresses Make Hit.

New York.-Twenty-se of the
243 girls who were graduated from
the Washington Irving high school the
other night received their diplomas
wearing dresses some of which cost
as little as Y cents and none more
than one dollar. Among the other ZIG,
some had on dresses that cost as high
as SIS. More than 1000 persons were
present, but not one person was found
who was able to pick out one of the
81 girls whose dress had been made
complete for less than one dollar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
How He Kept the Law.

Il noticed" said the friend-who-
ould-be-trusted, after trip through
the factory where preserves are made,
that white powder is first put in
the cans, and that the preserves are
then put in the white powder"
Yes" explained the proprietor to
the friend who-could-be trusted, that
white powder is a preservatiYe. You
see we are compelled to put the pre-
serves in a preservative because an
idiotic requirement of the government
makes it unlawful for US to put a
preservative in the preserves"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
The Oeacon's Parable.

A self-conscious and egotistical
young clergyman was supplying the
pulpit Of country church After the
service he asked one of the deacons,
a grizzled, plain-spoken man, what he
thought of his morning effort
WAL" answered the old man,
slowly, "Pll tell ye in kind of para
bic. | remember Tunk Weatherbee's
fust deer hunt, when he was green.
He follered the deer's tracks all right,
but he follered 'em all day in the
wrong direction. -Housekeeper.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
Aoply Whitewash Now.

A coat of lime inside the poultry
house is an improvement in many
ways 1t makes the room lighter;
it preserves the woodwork; it fills up
the crevices and prevents them from
becoming breeding places of insects.
Lime wash is also a good killer of
stray germs of disease. A little car
bolic acid mixed with the whiteWash
is help. Use a spray pump and
force the material into the crevices
No brush will be needed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
Starts an Electrical Farm

These wires combine high amperage
and low voltage. Windmills are used
to generate the electricity. Part of
the current is run into the storage
batteries for use when there is no
wind to work the mills Mr.. Will
iiams tried the scheme first on small
plot at Central Slip, L. l. He is said
to have advanced the growth of his
plants three weeks. He is now ex-
perimenting on a larger scale.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
For Eyelet Workers,

When making large round or OBJ
long eyelets or those that are petal
shaped, all difficulty may be obviated
by working first and cutting away the
central material afterward with tiny
manicure scissors. If carefully done
by this method, the laundering will
have only a beneficial effect upon the
eyelet Instead of wearing it out.
The secret Of good looking dot is
to put the stitches very close together.
never overlapping, and drawing each
thread to the same tension,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
Buttons on Summer Frocks

When buttons are used as trimming
on summer frocks. instead of sewing
them, tiny eyelets should be worked
and the shank of the button pushed
through and caught on the wrong side
with patent fasteners or rings.
Be sure to remove these buttons be-
fore the frock is sent downstairs IN
the laundry, otherwise they may not
all return. Not only is this method
better for the button and prevents
chipping and following from hot suds
but 1t simplifles ironing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
BONNETS FOR TOTS
MAKE THE LITTLE WEARERS
LOOK LIKE FRENCH DOLLS.
On the Maze OF Elaborate Hats for
Tiny Maids, Mothers Are Re-
minded That Simplicity Is
Part of Childhood's Charm.

If there is anything that makes the
mother of boys only, or the woman
who has not enjoyed the noble privi-
lege of having children at all, long for
a girl Of her own it is the sight of the
ducky bonnets wherewith they crown
small girls nowadays, making them
look like regular French dolls.
AS a matter of record, the French
have always put deliberately decorative
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28

hats on the heads of little girl tod
dlers, letting the golden locks or ebon,
as the case may be, peek out through
wreathings of roses or choux of rib
bon.
From the hour when her daughter
emerges from babyhood the French
mother puts her mind each season to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28

inexpensive and Suitable Device for
Caring for Young Chcks-HoW
to Put 1t Together.

AS everybody knows where an in
cubator Is used for raising chickens a
brooder is a necessity. An inexpen-
sive contrivance can be made by fol-
lowing the directions given below:
Nail heavy Stats across the top of a
medium sized box and tack flannel in
loose folds on the under side On top
of the Stats place a warm soapstone,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
EASY TO ANSWER.

The Teacher-Who was it that
climbed slowly up the ladder of sue
cess, carrying his burden with him as
he went: who, when he reached the
top gazed upon those far beneath
him, and
The Scholar (aged 81 know,
ma'am. It was Pat O'Rourke, presi-
dent Of the Hodcarriers union.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
Rat Steals Hens Zoos

Petersburg, Ind.-A sitting hen at
Charles Berridge's, just west of town,
has been losing the eggs placed under
her, until only one remained
Berridge kept close watch on the
hen and saw large rat sneak to the
nest, go under the hen, and soon ap-
pear with the egg which it rolled into
a hole near the poultry house.
An excavation was made and the
shells of Is eggs, all that had been
placed under the hen, were found in
the rat hole.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28

Always ask for the right leg OF
chicken or turkey" said chef III
the left leg is offered yon, refuse it.
It will be tough and stringy.
You see, these birds nearly always
roost on one leg, the left. Hence that
leg becomes very muscular. The ST
news are like steel 1t is an excellent
leg from the athletic, but vile one
from the culinary point OF view
But the favored right leg remains
tender and juicy. Therefore, as the
advertisements say, ask for and insist
on getting the right leg
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28

Because hens are out On the land
now do not therefore think they do
not need shells and such things They
may not be able to find bit Of that
kind of food in all their travels. A
shortage here is apt to mean short
age in eggs with good shells on
them