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bring them into winter quarters and
also for the use of watering the house.
] have a rubber hose IA feet long
which / use in washing off my buggy
and wagon. 7 also use 1t for washing
my horses feet and legs as the wind
mill forces a powerful and effective
stream.
BY means of the patent self-locking
and unlocking method l can stand on
the ground and stop or start my wind
mill by pulling the cord which hangs
down beside the frame. My windmill
cost me $54 but good mill can be
purchased for s27.50 and up.
Counting the three months that
keep my stock In the pasture and
three hours work per day at 10 cents
per hour which is the minimum wages
for farm hands, the windmill will save
$27-half the price of the mill, while
it would cost me that amount II did
not have it for hand to pump water
for the stock.
There are several other advantages
that the windmill is to the farm. 1t
can be attached to the grindstone, the
cream separator, churn, etc., making
|. one of the most useful implements
on the farm.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03
fpv a q WpATuEPsroNr,


The hog house floor is an unsettled
question. A good floor Is the ground
with woven wire stretched on top to
prevent the hogs from roofing. Elec-
trically welded corncrib wire is very
satisfactory. This makes floor which
is easy on the hogs, almost free from
rats, and, if properly bedded, warm
and dry. it is, however, more difficult
to keep free from dust than some
other floors. Many concrete floors are
used, but they are cold, liable to be
wet, and are hard on the hogs feet
Often almost an entire pig crop and
many sows are lost by taking cold on
concrete floors. Concrete floors are,
however, very satisfactory when COW
cred with plank overlays, or false
floors, which should be raised from
the concrete about an inch by mailing
cleats on the under side. The wood
portion of this floor consists of by
inch timbers laid about one-fourth
inch apart to allow drainage.
Board floors are expensive, short
lived, cold If up off the ground, and
make the worst kind Of rat harbors.
The writer once visited an old hog
house with wood floor in which the
owner said the rats had gotten over
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03
PRACTICAL CONSTRUCTION OF
COMFORTABLE HOG BUILDINGS
Unsettled Observation-Disclosures
Satisfactory With Plank Over1ays
False FIoors-Venti1ation Is Important
Factor Often Overlooked.

stand out 6 or inches to prevent the
SOW from MASKING the pigs against the
wall.
1t will be found convenient to have
the alley gates removable by lifting
out. 1t is sometimes helpful, also,
to have part or all of the partition
fences removable. All partitions should
be 80 to SO inches high.
Six by feet is generally found to be
very satisfactory size for pens, but If
feeding is to be done inside, the pens
will need to be longer In order to give
room to feed and water without get
ting the bed befouled. Very large
sows, such as are sometimes kept by
breeders, may need more room, but
the producer of pork will not need
a larger pen. Small sows do not need
this much room, and 1t might be good
economy to make half of the pens 5
feet wide. Five by Z feet will accom-
modate small SOW very we'll.
How doors should be % to % inches
wide and 80 to 81 inches high in the
clear In cold weather a piece of
burlap or ducking hung at the top of
the hog door, with a stick a little
shorter than the width OF the door
nailed across the bottom to prevent
the wind from blowing 1t back, will
help materially to keep the pigs warm.
The pigs will soon learn to lift the cur.
tain when they want to go through.
The board doors In cots would not
then need to be closed except in very
bad weather, or whilo the pigs are
very small.
In most cases either ventilation is
lacking or the house is drafty. In a
well-ventilated, double-walled build
ing, little moisture will gather on the
walls even In very cold weather, while
In poorly ventilated one thick coats
Of frost will often gather, and the
whole house will be damp when the
frost melts. 1t is not easy to secure a
good supply of fresh air and prevent
all drafts from striking the pigs.
There are, however several quite sat
isfactory methods of ventilation in
use. The commonest one is to make
some of the windows so they will
either slide or swing on hinges. The
cloth curtain window also does good
work.
Whitewashing the inside of the
house is an excellent practice. Be-
sides going long way toward disin-
fecting, 1t increases the light mate
rally. When the sunshine strikes
whitewashed wall, much of 1t is re-
Elected to the floor and does a great
deal of good. Dark houses which
must be used will be much improved
by whitewashing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

A Cry of Terror Broke From Isabelle.
and hoped up and down screaming,
ooh, he'll kill Billy! He'll kill Billy!"
over and over at the top of his lungs.
But what winged Allen Linthrop's
feet to reach the spot was the sight
of Isabelle Juggling away at the other
dogs collar, in the vain endeavor to
separate the combatants.
Don't be scared she called to the
child as Allen neared them, BILLY is
all right, and I'll soon make them stop
fighting"
Here Allen joined the fracas and
quickly hauled the dogs apart.
The youngster thanked Billy's de-
liverer with ardor when peace was
at last restored. BILLY never fought
before, and / was afraid he wouldn't
know how" was his final remark.
Allen laughed as he replied. 81
guess Billy knows it all without teach
ing"
Il think we will get Billy home as
soon as possible" said Isabelle.
Freddie and / were taking a walk,
but we were not looking for an attack
ing enemy" She smiled at small Fred.
die, without trace of agitation in
her manner
Aliens admiration of this brave
young woman deepened.
II shall be your guard Of honor.
to see that you have no more as
saults." he said.
Freddie lived on the outskirts of
the town, only short distance from
Isabelle; and they soon saw him safe
lys housed, still holding firmly to
Billy's leash, while the non fighting
terrier wore an expression of patient
meekness, hardly in keeping with his
recent actions.
Would you like to drive out to
Rose farm tomorrow and get some
roses?" queried Allen later on, when
leaving Isabelle There is a splendid
showing Of all sorts, I am told"
Indeed I shall love roses"
When his chum dropped In to see
him that evening, Allen proceeded to
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03
BENEFITS OF
FARM WINDMILL
kn Some Respects At Serves as
Hired N an-Affords Fresh
Water for the Live Stock
Day and Night.
(By F. H. HATLEY. kentucky

(By f. II. HATLEf, kentuckyD
use my windmill to a great adj
vantage on my farm. In some respects
it serves as a hired hand. When
purchased my windmill l secured two
pieces Of timber, nine feet long, five
inches thick and eight inches wide.
/ placed the legs Of the windmill on
the two pieces Of timber which has
a bevel on the bottom like sled run.
ner. / firmly screwed the legs to the
timbers and nailed braces across from
one to the other making 1t steady.
Then it was ready to move from place
to place by means Of pair of horses.
In the summer months when it Is
hot and dry hook onto my windmill
and take it to the pasture and con-
meet it with the pump, keeping fresh
water for the stock day and night. !
save the labor of doing the pumping
myself which before, took me about
two hours twice day and my stock
enjoyed two good drinks day. Now
they enjoy cool, fresh drink at all
times through the day.
nave pen OuAO LILY WAAN1AAAA
and pump to keep my stock from dam
aging either. My watering trough is
made from gum lumber IL feet long
and Ia inches wide, l IL inches thick
and is Is feet long. 20 inches wide and
IA inches deep.
l have a rubber hose to fit over the
mouth of the pump which is five feet
long and leads to the trough and at
the end of my trough | have an inch
and three-Quarters iron pipe that inter-
sects 1t about one inch from the top.
1t comes straight down to the ground
with an elbow allowing it to go along
on the ground to a ditch.
My pipe is three inches under the
ground from being mashed by the
larger animals.
When the summer is over and 1t
begins to rain / hook up to my wind
mill and bring it to the house, which
requires but short while, connect it
to my pump at the house to use In
pumping water for my stock after
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

What | particularly admire about
Isabelle Ivan is her perfect poise,
remarked Allen Linthrop to Bert Har-
land, his special crony. ON all the
months of our acquaintance ] have
never seen any exhibition of nerves.
And | have been with her when a
mouse, cow, snake and a heavy
thunderstorm appeared on the scene
not all at once, of course, but upon
four separate occasions. She was not
in the least rufled by one of them,
but retained her usual calm"
His friend was becoming accustomed
to these eulogies of the young woman
mentioned, and answered good
humoredly:
I'm fact you begin to think that at
last you have found the perfect
woman, and / suppose the next step
is to discover If she will not change
her final initial from / to L."
ut would be the best step l ever
took in my life If / could win her
consent to that change" declared Al
len with decision.
When duty forced Bert to leave him,
Allen started out for the Ivan home,
and lost all sense of time in ponder
ing over the perfection of the fearless
Isabelle. So deep was he In this
pleasant musing that it only gradual
ly dawned upon him the usual quiet
at that hour had become a pande-
monium. Mingled human and canine
bowls and growls indicated lively
dog fight in progress nearby.
The aroused dreamer rushed around
the corner of the high hedge just
head of him, and beheld at a short
distance two well-matched bull ter
riers in fierce combat A very small
boy held the end Of one dogs leash,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03
Prospective Renter Of an Apartment
Desired Fresh Air Fiend for
q Neighbor.

every renter has his own idea Of
what constitutes desirable neighbor-
hood" said the renting agent. "A
tenant hung back from signing lease
for six hours the other day because
l could not tell him whether anybody
in the block was taking the fresh-air
cure. He was so insistent that /
finally made inquiry and learned from
the janitor at No. 225 that a man on
the third floor of his building sleeps
every night with his head stuck out
of the window, and then the tenant
signed the lease.
"His precaution was due to fear
of burglars. He has learned, he says,
that the best burglar alarm ever In
vented is the fresh-air cure. Not even
the doctors who advise it know so
well as the second-story men how
many people sleep with their heads
out of the window. They know be-
cause the habit interferes with their
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03
EX-SENATOR 80 YEARS OLD

Recently George Franklin Edmunds,
one of the famous constitutional law.
yers of the United States and for a
quarter of a century a leader in the
senate, until his retirement in 1891,
celebrated the SD anniversary of his
birth. Although Vermonter during
the active days of his public life, he
now divides his time between Phila-
delphia and Pasadena, Cal.
Fifty-seven years ago Mr.. Edmunds
entered the Vermont legislature and
after service extending until 1862
resigned to resume the practice OF
law In 1866 he was elected to the
United States senate. serving contin-
uously until 1891. His name will best
be remembered by the Edmunds act,
which provided for the suppression
of polygamy in Utah and the disfran-
chisement of those practicing 1t. He
was also the author of an antitrust
law and was the head of the commit.
tee on judiciary.
He was one OF those who drafted
ion of 1877 and was a member of that
4, procidoutiaI candidate and In 1890
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03
Narrowing VS.. Praying for Rain.

eff l were to come onto your farm
and set 750 teams to work for week
hauling water onto quarter section
at the rate of four tons day / would
then only put on as much water as
evaporates in a week when there is
a good moisture content in the soil"
This is the striking illustration that
President Worst of the North Dakota
Agricultural college gives of the tre-
mendous amount of water that es-
capes by evaporation. He then con-
cludes: "a thorough narrowing will
stop this evaporation and save that
amount of water"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

The tank is made of galvanized iron
and is set near the well with pipe
connecting from well to tank at the
top OF the cream house. In one side
of the tank make hole for piece OF
gas pipe using a couple Of locknuts,
one on the inside, the other on the
outside te keep from leaking. On the
inner end of this outlet which con-
meets with the water tank for cattle,
use an elbow with piece Of gas pipe
about sixteen inches long turned down
SO that the circulation is good in this
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03


the headship
Its administration Besides
right He was In the Mormon royal line He nephew
o the Book o Mormon
five wives the father
these
decenly obviously to
and is
taking plural
He added that he still supports but does not live with
the
unlawful before
ling pluralm
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03
Wanted a Burglar Alarm

business. Whole blocks that used to
be profitable hunting grounds for bur-
glars are now so much waste space
because two or three persons in the
block go to bed with the upper half
of the body protruding beyond the
window sill. Outdoor sleepers may
sleep comfortably, but they sleep
lightly. The second-story man cannot
make noise half block away with
out waking them and giving the
alarm"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03
WOULD CURB SILENT ORATORS
Representative Mann. the minori

Representative Mann, the minority
leader of the house, Is on the trail o1
those who obtain leave to print
their remarks In the Congressional
Record and who then intersperse
these remarks with applause" "iout
applause" "tumultous applause" AMI
other complimentary annotations %ndi
eating that the house was in state
of frenzy, while "the distinguished
gentleman" was speaking.
Representative Mann has beer
glancing over the records containing
the debate on the Free List Bill and
the Arizona-New Mexico statehood
resolution. He Is understood to have
picked out one oratorical gem, In par
ticular, that has been made the sub
iect of a little satirical comment or
the part of the minority leader. This
speech seems to have met most
wonderful reception.
The orator, according to the Rec
ord started off smoothly. but was In
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

The owners Of pet dogs should see
that they get plenty of drinking water
during hot weather. 1t is said that
IN those localities where there is a
good supply of drinking fonts FOR AMI
mails, rabies is of rare occurrence.
Cats, too, though they may not de-
veSop rabies from want of water,
often suffer greatly from thirst, and
Gu hot days will manifest their graft
fnde for the attention by purring loud
Ty when water is offered to them.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03
Bid Garden Of Grub Worms.

Under no circumstances should you
use the same garden spot again until
you have rid the soil Of the worms
and grubs. To do this plow the land,
roll, drag and roll again to hold the
moisture. Then give 1t another thor
ough working.
In September go over the ground
again making sure all weeds are de-
stroyed, and next spring you may
again use the space for garden.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03
CHURCH HEAD AS A WITNESS

Recently President Smith, head or
the Mormon church, gave Testimony
before the congressional committee In
vestigating the sugar trust relative to
the formation of the Utah-Idaho
Sugar company. For the head of
strong church society, he has found
time to devote to affairs of purely
secular character
President Smith has reached his
present high stage of efficiency by
sedulous attention to business. At
years old he welded a goad over an
OK team when the great exodus of the
Mormon sect from Illinois began. He
worked at manual labor in Utah; he
was missionary to the Sandwich
Islands: III 1853 he was ordained high
priest and member of the high coun-
Gil Off and on from 1860 to 1877 he
was missionary of the faith in Great
Britain. In 1866 he was ordained an
apostle. He has been president of
the church since the death of Lorenzo
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03
Gasoline Motors for Sea Voyage.

Gasoline Motors for Sea Voyage.
A trial voyage Is being made be-
tween Rouen and Philadelphia by the
petroleum bark Quevilly, equipped
with auxiliary gasoline motors. So
confident are her French owners OF
the success of the experiment, by
which they hope to reduce the sail
ing time from a present uncertain
four to eight weeks to an average of
three weeks. that they are having
built a much larger vessel. to be
equipped also With auxiliary gasoline
tnVtVte, ~
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03
CONSUL ACCUSED IN SCANDAL

William H. Michael, United States
consul at Calcutta. whose dismissal
as a result of the recent Investigation
of the Day portrait voucher was re-
commended in a report OF the SUD-
committee of the house committee on
expenditures. was formerly chief clerk
of the state department.
The alleged misrepresentation OF the
state department funds occurred in
connection with the purchase OF
portrait of Assistant Justice Day Of
the Supreme court, former secretary
of state, and amounted to $1,000. Only
$3.50 was paid to Albert Rosenthal.
the artist who painted the picture.
The committee during its investiga-
lions traced to a single voucher the
sum of $2,450. On this voucher was
written ''for portrait and frame of ex
Secretary Day"
The testimony having showed that
the $1,000 unaccounted for was in the
hands of Morrison as disbursing clerk
- i1q OlA rlr kH0
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03
appropriated either by Michael and

Michael
jointly, Michael alone
reported
committee began its investigation which later dcov
by he in it's
good the OF he
emergency
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

Colonel Krag has perfected rifle
even better than his last one. which
viii shoot steel jacketed bullet
through a dozen men standing In q
row, provided they will stand while
the colonel practices, as they usually
zfa not.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

An Elgin telegraph operator has
confessed that he cannot support his
wife and seven children on a tele-
graph operators salary. Why has be
rot thought of starting chicken
Farm?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

The hobble skirt has put three thou.
sand mill girls in Rhode Island out OF
employment because of the decrease
I'm the quantity of cloth. If the hob
Ole skirt Is convicted on half the in.
d1cfments against it, it will get life
Aarm In cold storamA-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

StOckbridge, Mass. has citizen
who feeds turpentine to dogs simply
Co hear them howl Some people will
do almost anything for the sake OF
music
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

One of our ambitious explorers
plans a trip to the south pole in an
aeropIane The attempt may not be a
success. but, at any rate, he will not
run the risk of being overcome by the
Eeaf
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

almost before ne
with adlves had
reception oy
loud prolonged
"tumul tuous," bohs "insurgent"
notes does not ndcate that
while modern Demosthenes let
flow his burning
in
of
and a lawyer profession.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

A Chicago bride wore lemon bios
SONS instead of orange blossoms, but
tt remains to be seen whether it was
the bride or the groom who was
handed the lemon.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

So long as American girls continue
TO purchase titles and with them un
happiness, no one can say that the
gold brick business has fallen into
disrepute.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03
Bows, and Girls, Clubs.

Clubs for farm boys and girls to
stimulate interest in improved meth
DDS of agriculture and better living
conditions on the farm cow have a
total membership Of $4,000 In the
United States.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

An Albany man could not remember
his name until he had been shown
photograph of himself. 1t must have
been one of those fendish snapshots
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03
CONSTRUCTING MILK COOLER

tank. the water going in at the top
and out at the bottom. All the water
for cattle must pass around the
cream where the cream can is set az
soon as separated.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

An eastern newspaper devotes a
page OF type and pictures to showing
how q canoe should be managed One
way TO manage a canoe is to keep
out of it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

A Troy man lost In fire $4,000
which he had stored in the house be-
cause he had no confidence in banks,
but then few of us have any conf
SIence In fires.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

Singing an hour day will drive
away indigestion, opines New YORK
doctor. In other words, we can buy
health for a song.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

a savant tells us that music will
Kill a mans taste for liquor. but we
have heard music that was almost
enough to drive a man to drink.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

Rich prizes are hung up for avia'
tors and automobile racers. Yet the
old game of rocking the boat comes
Ia for nothing but abuse.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03
Better Than Wealth

F1gg-Well, you know the old say
Ing: "Contentment is better than
wealth."
Fogg-That's so; people don't try to
borrow it from you.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

A New Yorker is suing for divorce
because his wife is growing too rat.
Divorce is getting to be more than a
fad Es is a habit.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

A moonlight rainbow has been seen
cM New York, but many of those who
so on local moonlights will see rain
bows before they get home.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

Has a hen mind2'' asks Kan.
sas City paper. She must have, 9th.
erwtse she could not have originated
the idea of crossing the road.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

A Chicago woman's club lecturer
says that laundry work is poetic. Still
a saw-edged collar is not quite as ef-
fective as the average poem.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

A Sc. Louis man who was hit by q
street car apologized to the motorman
for delaying traffic. The heat has
queer effect on some people,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

The pitch for tuning pianos has
been changed from 435 to 43S vibra-
lions. Listening to it in the next nat
causes one long vibration.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

Ch1cagoans keep their jewels in odd
places, says the manager of safety
deposit company. Not to mention
pawn shops.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

A mIlIion-dollar house with $780,
600 suite of rooms to play in has been
built for a little New York boy. Poor
kiddies
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

Likewise it is a good idea to keep
mes fingers out of the vicinity OF the
electric fan.