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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14
IMPORTANCE OF
(. FARM HORSES
Animals, IN Com bination with
Modern Machinery, Have to
Great Extent Replaced
Human Labor.
,Rv THOMAS P. COOPER. !,

(By THOMAS p. COOPERD
At present the horse Is practically
the entire motive power of the farm.
In combination with improved farm
machinery, the horse has, to great
extent. replaced human labor. And
the modern farm depends as much
upon the efficiency of the horse that
is kept to perform the labor IS 1t does
upon the use of the human labor upon
the farm. In fact. the efficiency OF
human labor upon the farm, and In
many instances the proper operation
of the farm, depends entirely upon
the farm horse. We may readily un-
derstand, therefore, that the farm
horse is often the greatest single fac
tor in the success of the farming oper-
atoms 1t is essential, then, that the
farm horse be so cared for, and the
farm so organized, that maximum
return on the horses labor can be
secured annually.
1t is true that horse owners gener-
ally are not accustomed to look upon
the horses of the farm, or their labor,
as costing anything. The horse has
been considered so much OF neces-
sity, and so much part Of the farm,
that the question of the cost of the
horse labor to the farm, or of the
methods by which such cost may be
decreased, has been very largely neg
lected. The question of economy of
power on the farm is only brought up
at those times when consideration is
being given to some other form of
motive power than the horse. 1t is a
question, though, that-with increas-
ing cost of feed, of care, and larger
investment in horses-will constantly
become of greater and greater i'm
portance
The cost of horse labor depends
upon many conditions that vary on
each farm, so that costs are not SINH
lar on different farms. However, the
items that make up cost are similar
on all farms, and only vary in amount.
1t is essential, then, that the farm
operator have an accurate knowledge
OF what comprises cost, and what ave-
rage costs are, that he may institute
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14
IMPORTANCE OF ATTENTION
TO MEMBERS OF SHEEP FLOCK
Extra Care Constantly he
Summer Months If Good Condition Lambs
Is o Maintained-ShouId be
Given Separate Pasture

circles-a poor, dwarfed and runted
lamb.
Right here is where the sheep
farmer shows whether he is capable
and efficient. II he is, he will attend
to them at once. In fact, the best of
them anticipate nature a little by
weaving earlier
II 1t has not been done before, the
really capable and efficien. farmer at
tends to it now. He may be, and often
is, right where his fields need him the
most, but he knows that here is some
thing that will pay him immensely.
He knows that a little brains and
forethought exercised now will take
the place of a lot of work and feed
later on.
The best thing to do is to separate
the ewes and lambs entirely. If pos
sible give the lambs fresh pasture
on which no sheep have been grazed
for year. This is to avoid the
dreaded stomach worm.
One way that has been found good
is 70 turn the lambs into patch of
rape and allow them to Craze 1t down.
Some like to let the rape get six or
eight inches high before turning in on
it, but for my part | think 1t is too
tough by that time. | much prefer
the three or five-inch plant to the
larger and woodier growth.
Often after the rape Is eaten. the
meadows have started up afresh so
that the lambs can be turned ipto
them and allowed to eat the fresh,
tender heritage that springs up with
the first shower.
Sometimes when nothing better is
offered, haye turned the lambs into
the uncut hay. They tramp down
some of it, but they more than pay
for what they destroy. Then, after
the hay is cut, there is always lot of
good feed on the ground that is just
what will do them good.
1t may be that the ruinous crop OF
weeds is just starting up. The lambs
will eat these, and with what new
grass starts up will do well, to say
nothing of the great good they do as
scavengers in keeping the fence
corners all clean.
II carefully handled during summer
there is no reason why the lamb
should not come on in great shape
ana make great big lusty eve or
wether by Christmas.
say eve or wether, l wonder II
all come under this classification or
whether, despite all that can be said
and done, there are not lot of un-
trimmed rams in the sheep pens OF
the corn belt to-day; but that is an
other story.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14


young of his age entered the service They of the same
the department. and with this tie of strangeness the place
appealing to them they had become acquainted readily
Ny young from childhood knew his sterling
worth and convinced of his capacity and for his work
surprised especially when he told that while ne had been lei
OUT the other young fellow had been retained the service questioned
him possible for this and got the true story OF the move
Jones' shall call him. of the hyster type quick apt ana
conscienceless degree He possessed hy diplomacy and tact
which, while making him friends made pleasant
acquaintance good fellow neither trusted nor dis
trusted by his associates
"But both of you positions of trust" said "Coud you
showing preference honesty and dependable
s?'
Thats the point exclaimed young friend mo for you see
both of us under bond"
this counting house for the worker whose honesty might be
improbable have this honesty recognized by part OF his
working There time clock at the entrance doors super
literal upon the working force of the Office An audi
checked the work whose cupd caeessness might
involve And above ALL those responsible
way for moneys bond with surety company.
whole tendency of the business world today toward fostering
dishonesty of its determination not to recognize honesty
Why time, of all Others should ourselves with
the wordy pchment of honestly Has the point that
ecug honesty lost vrpe the critic lectures the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

At the Wisconsin experiment sta
ton az a result of a trial with hogs
they found that an acre of rape pro-
duced as much gain on pigs when
used as pasture crop along with
grain as Sc bushels of. corn would do.
1t will thus be seen that the small
pasture or q minor rotation produces
vast amount of value as measured
in grain feed.
In addition to tbs feeding value of
rape for hogs they were found to be
stronger and gained more rapidly aft
er the rape feeding was discontinued
than the ones which had been OF
grain alone. This is doubtless the re.
suit of being more vigorous and
healthy. They found that the ones
fed rape and grain considerably out
gained the ones fed on grain alone
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14
Made Lively Corpse.

The next time Paul Gill. the lumber
man, calls the police to look after
case of murder in his yard he'll first
make a personal Investigation. The
last time he called upon the authori-
ties he put faith in the breathless
statement of an employees that man
had been killed in the yard and that
both legs were gone. The fact is that
a man, who had overindulged his ap-
petite for drink, got into fight, bled
freely from his nose and acquired a
most ensanguined appearance. Then
some one, to keep him from further
harm, had unbucklcd his two wooden
legs and let him snooze off his souse
in the lumber yard.
1t was at this angle that he was dis
covered. But when the police awak
ened him he proved very lively
corpse-Cleveland Leader.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14
tBy EI.MER HENDERSON,

tBy ELMER HENDERSON,
Of all the things that should merit
the attention of the farmer at this
time none are more important than
the lambs.
No matter how carefully you care
for the eve during the trying period
of lambing. nor how well you feed her
during the raw, chilly months of early
spring, II now, during the hot months
you neglect the little ones, all your
work has been in vain. For it is then
that the really trying time comes.
Until summer climatic conditions
have been fairly conducive to the best
health and growth of the younb
lambs. Grass has been abundant and
the eve has been liberal in her flow
of milk. Now, however, change oc-
ours in the life of the little one.
Our days, which before have been
cooled by cool and balmy breezes
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14
ARRANGE GOOD
HOG PASTURES
Farmer Who Starts to Diversity
HAS Crops Should ADOPT
What Is Called a
Minor Rotation.
pv HENRYO

believe that every farmer who
starts to diversity his crops should
adopt what is called minor rotation,
or, in other words, he should build a
fence around some small pieces of
ground handy to his building to be
used in time as hog pasture, place
for growing potatoes and perhaps for
special patch of seed corn. A pig
that is fed grain all his life usually
fails to pay expenses. One which is
given the run of such a pasture until
he is up to $50 pounds weight along
with some grain feed will be produced
very much more cheaply and econom-
ically.
A good hog pasture may be had sy
sowing mixture of two pounds
Dwarf Essex rape, busnel OF barley,
a bushel of field peas and little MIL
Ter seed per acre.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

Mother-'Tn his last letter. my son
asked me to send him half dollar to
buy him logarithm table" Friend
We'll. really, DO think his college
should at least supply his furniture.
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would then be more orderly. The list
of liquids consumed during the last
session, which lasted 81 days. seems
to support the presidents views.
1t includes "a barrels of beer, or an
average of over ESQ pints day. ABB
sinthe was consumed to the amount
of " pints; vermouth, 1876 pints; bit
ters, 1913 pints; orangeade, 376 pints:
lemonade, 1857 pints, and cassis
,black currant essence), 17S pints. Be-
sides there were consumed 2,3O6 pints
Of various syrups. strawberry. currant,
etc
With these liquids went 5000 sand
witches, 1876 pounds Of cold meats, IT
Gruyere cheeses and 222 Camemberte.
II Is true that there are nearly 600
deputies.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14
With Reno So Handy.

Editor-You say here in your report
that Mr.. Jones has taken a partner
for life"
Repolter-Well suppose the ex-
preston is a trifle bromide.
Editor-It isn't it's bromidic quality
| was thinking of; but don't you know
our policy is never to be extravaganza
or dogmatic in orr statementsl
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

This agitation about having country
dogs taxed and muzzled would be funny
if the proposition were not so silly. Dogs
are as necessary to householders in the
country as policemen are to the city, and
often they are more valuable in that they
in nine times out of ten prevent crimes,
while the policeman has to hunt the Of
fender after the commission of the crime
| have four dogs at my home in the
country. They are not permitted to run
at large and l know a number of instances
where they have given warnings when
chicken thieves were on their rounds.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

such economies in his management as
seem desirable. Carefully-kept rec
ords and accounts with the farm
horse, show that the average cost of
horse labor on the farm is about eight
and one-haif cents per hour. The rate
seldom averages less, and generally
runs higher This means that the act
ual cost, on the farm, of horses
labor for ten-hour day, is IS cents,
or $1.70 for team.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14
Athletics
Interfere
With
ColleSe
Studies
By JOHN d. MERRILL

factsa make its recommendations accordingly.
which take the most time not necessarily the
most Objectionable much
football the practices regularly after
months and then New London where it
weeks during the period of the final examinations
held New London for the benefit the
of the and by arrangement with the faculty
might well for the authorities of the different colleges
slider whether the particular form of
athletics INDUCED in is not more i'm fLX <Uz62nn:lH
portant than the number of inter- >kS'
collegiate contests played in any year. l.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14
Injurious for Pics.

When the SOW is given warm, rich
slop, or other milk-producing feeds
just after her pigs are born, strong
milk flow is forced The newborn
pigs get too UGH and have diarrhoea
which often kills EN-.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

If intercollegiate athletics interfere
seriously with the college work of the stu
dents who take part in or watch them, it is
reasonable and proper that the college au-
thorites should try to have these contests
as few as possible. Whether there is such
a conflict is, it seems to me, matter of
fact, the determination of which can safely
be left, in the case of Harvard at least, to
the athletic committee, body made up
of three members of the faculty, three grad
yates and three undergraduates. This COM
mittee should hear the arguments and rep
resentc tons of each side, decide what the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14
HOW ENGLISH
TRAIN HOP VINES
Ingenious Farmers Arrange
Stills, Fastened to Legs
Enabling Them to
Reach Wires.

How growers OF. Kent. England.
have discovered novel way of fixing
the wires on the tall poles on which
the hops are trained to grow. The
poles are about IL feet high. and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14
May Close Bar to Statesmen.

M. Brisson, who presides over the
French chamber of deputies. is cred
tied with the intention of proposing
that when the house meets again the
bar shall be closed at 700 p. m. as
he believes that the evening meetings
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

Women residing in or travelling
through New Jersey are forbidden to
decorate their hats with any portions
Of birds, but they may use the mil
liners bills If they so choose.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

It is possible to see one of the
comets with a field glass. but the av-
@rage timorous person will not begin
making his will before the celestial
vfsitant becomes visible to the naked
eve
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

One of the turbins of the battle
ship North Dakota has been stuck"
for five weeks. 1t is best to have
these incidents develop in times of
peace.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

Tennessee man has absolutely
forgotten his identity. The fact that
ne is not called upon to give testi-
nRODy in any investigation makes his
case especially remarkable.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

Our millionaire poloists are ap
pTaRded for defending the interna.
uOnai cup. but nobody sees fit to say
a few kind words about the ponies
which really won.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

A New York woman claims to have
solved household problem by i'm
porting Filipino girl as a servant. 1t
viii be all right If she keeps Moros
ont of the kitchen.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

DIR. Pranard says the steak and
chicken we leave in restaurants goes
tn waste The doctor does not know
of the kitchen reincarnations which
caterers learned from his own Paris.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

placed in rows at intervals of four or
five feet in the fields. Upon these.
wires must be stretched, and for this
operation the ingenious farmers have
devised long stills, which are fastened
to their legs, enabling them to stand
at height of seven or more feet from
the ground.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

Children should never be allowed to
pluck flowers, even in the field and hedges,
merely to throw them aside; they should be
early taught reverence for this floral beauty
which is around them and never be permit
ted wantonly to break down boughs and
branches, OF fill their laps with buttercups
and daisies only to leave them withered in
the sun, discarded and forgotten.
The young should cherish their flowers
as wisely as, and more tenderly than, they
cherish their gold or silver pieces in their
money boxes. The exquisite beauty of
even the humblest blossom can only be ap-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

Unless that flock of comets can
guarantee something more exciting
than cyanogen gas it may as well keep
on going
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

In the interests of navigation it
may become necessary to put tenders
on the rocks that line the Pacific
coast
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

IL some persons had spent the sum
mer raising potatoes instead of sun.
auya they would soon be ready 20
saose into more expensive flats.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

~Why do women outlive mem" asks
2he Medical Record One of the rea-
suns is that women do not try to
Jump on moving trains.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

lost arts
Civilization aturally imposes discrimination and
the small hypocri Honesty only of training
in right thinking and under circumstances which give
opportunities fol exercising the virtue. Continue to
preach honesty To the young man who has been walled
in until dishone y his part is mpossibity and
in another gene ation he will at the doctrine as
he would at game law to preserve the mastodonl
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

A Minneapolis girl had the courts
chaRge her name from Olsen to Smith.
Nevertheless Olsen is good Ole
name
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

Articles in an esteemed contempt
xaFy on Modern Aeroplanes" should
he followed by others on ancient areo-
planes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

a man In Connecticut dropped dead
from Joy. Yet joy kills even fewer
Sflan lightning strikes, and everybody
has a thousand or more chances to
one of escaping the latter misfortune.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

Persia's ex-shah paid steamship
SIS, 900 to take him back to that coun-
try. Some men go to a lot of ex-
pense and bother in hunting trouble.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

There is one thing in favor of the
Eceman Thus far nobody has been
able 60 inuent something just as
good"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

Passengers on the great ships of the
OCEAN can now get weather reports
from everywhere and all the news of
the world by wireless. Why. then. 60
to aeA at all?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

AeropIane engines of the revolving
type consume vast quantities of castor
OH, doubtless for that colicky noise
they make
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

What is so rare as an actress with
out a divorce?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

Or. Wiley is probing into the mys-
teries of the restaurant mince pie.
That man isn't afraid to tackle any
shfng.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

Motor boats now make thirty-tive
miles an hour The speed craze thus
rules land, sky and water.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

Society women have taken to diving
SIN a submarine boat, one advantage
cE that method being that they do not
get their hair wet.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

The Aero C1ug of America has
adopted a rule barring flights over
cities There are few haystacks in
the cities
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

Don't take your vacation too Sc
gfousIy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14
Teach
Children
Beauty
of the
Flowers
By William #. Curtis. Jr.

caed by eyes gaze with attention and affection the
wild th the cuckoo Of the
ny blossoms and hdgerow but pphes
are the whole for them but these
little treasures broadcast with hand scarcely any grateful
The garden of the SOUL by whose wicket the world
the garden something of the golden still
the alleys where the bees hum about the lilies and the
.rc.le
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

I'm Waterbury. Conn. a man paid
stiff fine rather than wash himself in
fail It was no night of the bath for
him
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

Lilies little annoyances include per-
SONS who persist in walking on the
wrong side of a crowded sidewalk.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

Some men feel battered when q
strange dog wags his tail at them.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

In Colorado, where potatoes have
become legal tender, one can take
ones change in Saratoga chips.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

A farmer with good potato crop
would have no trouble in trading it for
an automobile.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14
Business World
of Today Fosters
Dish ones sly
Honesty
Talk
By JOHN A. ROWLAND

ERHAPS before the history of this country have we
had so much conventional talk the subject of honesty
As has characterized the movement, we seem
all at once to have discovered the Ten Commandments We
preaching honesty almost if it cure-a just
added to the pharmacopeia
Not long ago young friend to me with discour-
aged face and detected pose He had lost his place in great
counting house because of the influence of recent money
another
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

More persons are drowned any day
than are killed In airships.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14
Would
Place
Tax ON
ALI Cats
Too
BY Nj. 1. JONAS
Baltimore, Md.

They are safeguard protection and to place them
would be injustice.
Why put wease owls and other varmins who do
harmin our chicken yards?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

The summer girl is now queen, with
Dan Cupid as her prime minister.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

What should be done with the Of
fensive person who says: We'll, how
does It feel after your vacation?"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

It is such nuisance to be French
playwright, compelled to write all of
ones masterpieces between duels.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

Babies are scarce in Pasadena. but
che town is strong on grandparents.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

If the young turkeys prefer to roost
In the big tree in the yard, let them.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-14

~Bird-woman" is the very newest
word.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-12-30
Clever Russ to Escape.

The telegram received by Tang re-
lates that Tuan bribed mis- soldiers to
announce publicly that they had muir
deredv him. Instead they killed A pig
and exhibited their bloody swords to
the populace, VoWing that the stains
Cron them were TGan's blood. Mean
while, Tuan, clothed in rags, made his
pSpana