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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24
Carrot Rust-Fly In Its Various Stages
and Damaged Carrot.

the young maggots make their way
into the root, and tear the tissues In
a similar manner to the cabbage mag.
got; the attack causes the rusty
blotches to appear. The maggots OF
a later brood infest the full-grown
roots and continue their work Of de-
struction in the root-house during the
winter Celery and parsnips are also
attacked.
Preventive measures seem to be the
only remedies available. To deter the
fly from laying her eggs, the rows OF
young carrots, when ready for thin
ming out, should be sprayed with kero.
sene emulsion, or busted with sand OF
plaster in which coal oil is mixed, hall
a pint being used to pailful of the
material. The application should be
made weekly, and especially after hoe
ing, until about the middle of July.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24
maintenance OF GOOD ROADS
Cannot Be Kept in Proper Condition
Unless Kept Well Drained and
Free From Holes.

No earth road can be maintained in
good condition unless it be so con-
structed as to drain well, and unless
it be kept free from ruts and holes.
The best method of maintaining an
earth road, especially a prairie road,
is by the systematic use Of the road
drag. A sand road is never good I'M
der any circumstances, but certainly
is not improved by browning. A sand
road is at it's best when moist, SO it
should be left fiat. No one wants a
sand road, so, if possible, clay should
be added to, and mixed with the sand,
making what is known as a sand clay
road.
The old way, and it is used today by
many, of filing a mud hole with brush
with a little earth on top, cannot be
too strongly condemned, and is only
permissible in cases Of emergency,
when it is impossible to drain the hole
overseer or foreman should in dry
weather center his work on such
places until the road is raised to a
sufficient height to drain well. Many
overseers have brush hauled two miles
to fill mud hole, when sand is with
in shoveling distance of it.
If farmers do not take community
interest in the improvement Of the
roads and put their shoulders to the
wheel we will surely remain 'stuck
in the mud
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24
POULTPYNOTES
(NN1StsS2e y - ao 40 J

The lazy hen is seldom the profitable
hen.
Desirable eggs are said to weigh
about "a ounces to the dozen.
It is as an egg producer that the In.
dian Runner duck has gained the most
fame
On every farm poultry should not
only have place, but prominent
place.
The Indian Runner duck is not in
clined to fatten so readily as other
varieties.
Rigid culling is absolutely necessary
if you would keep the flock in the
best shape
Ducks as a rule are hardy. They
do not have gapes. The weakest part
Of duck is it's legs.
In case some of the cockerels need
to be eaten or sold on a fancy market
it pays to put them in crate and fat
ten them for two weeks.
AS an article of diet, if provided by
a competent chef, the green duck re-
sembles the famous and fast disap.
pearing canvass back duck.
For hens that have learned to eat
their own eggs a shell filled with
| mustard, aloes, or red pepper will help
to break up the unfortunate habit.
Turkey eggs may be Matched in the
incubator very nicely, but unless you
have number of hens it is hard to
get enough fresh eggs to fill ma
chine
The meat of yarded poultry is al
ways more tender than that of
fowls having free range, due to the
extreme muscular development of the
| latter.
1t requires about four geese tc
make pound Of feathers. Picking
| live geese for their feathers is q prac-
tice that has been discontinued in this
country.
It is estimated that it requires the
| feathers from about ten ducks to make
pound. The sale of which just
about pays the cost of dressing the
fowls for market.
| A plant of Swiss chard sown adjoin-
ing the poultry yard will supply
greens all summer, provided the
fowls are not allowed to eat it more
J than an hour day.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24

Violent Remedy Applied to Clock That
Fooled Londoners for Ten
Years.

LonGon.--For ten years the clock or
ST. Mary-le-Strand has looked due
west past the Savoy and Cecil hotels
and on the Charing Cross announcing
to all that the hour was exactly II
o'clock. A couple of days ago the
hands of the old clock were removed
and a familiar feature of the Strand
has thus been lost.
The rectors wife explains that peo-
pie passing down the Strand about
noon have been deceived into thinking
that the old clock was a trustworthy
timepiece, and the result has been
'innumerable letters Of complaint
from all kinds of irate people who
have lost trains or missed appoint
ments. This has gone on for years,
until at last clockmaster offered to
take away the hands and leave the
dial blank but not misleading"
The reason why st. Mary-le-Strands'
clock pointed to the same hour for ten
long years is simple enough. There
was no money to defray the expenses
Of keeping it in order
Up to eleven or twelve years ago
the vestry looked after it, but when
the Westminster city council took
over the vestries the clocks income
was stopped. Private generosity kept
it going till 1902 Then it stopped, and
except for three hours in 1908 it has
never gone since.
It's short resumption of labor was
due to the enterprise Of an organ
blower who one day climbed the
tower, wound up the spring, and after
a struggle managed to get the pendu.
lum to swing. To the astonishment OF
the verger, the rector and people in
the Strand, the old clock recorded the
hours of one, two and three, and then
stopped. Next day 1t was put back TO
twelve, and there 1t remained till D
couple Of days ago.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24

items needed to construct it. In the
case of window frames, for instance,
a saving can be made by boxing in the
openings and having the sash strike
against a strip tackled on the frame
thus made. AS 2x4's 10 feet, Is 2x4's
"a feet for rafters, $50 feet flooring,
500 feet siding, 500 feet inside sheath
ing, rolls roofing, % 2x6's 10 feet,
1 bearing bear 20 feet long Axe, 700
feet roofing boards, 40 linear feet 7sx4
for door jambs, doors 2-6x66, 1 door
frame and outside door 2-6x6-8, win
dow frames with storm sash to fit, 8
barn sash 20z24 inches, 80 linear feet
1Ax4 for corner boards.
The other materials needed for
roosts, ETC., can generally be found
around the place.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24
EUROPEAN ENEMY OF CARROT
Rust-FIy, of Recent Importation, Does
Much Damage to Roots-Ex-
ceIlent Remedy Given.

The carrot rust-fy is very serious
enemy to the plant. 1t is compare
lively recent importation from Europe,
having first been observed in this coun-
try about twenty-five years ago. It's
attack may first be noticed in spring,
when the leaves of young carrots turn
a reddish color, and on examination
the roots will be found to be covered
with rusty blotches-hence the name
of the insect.
The parent of the mischief is a
small two-winged fly, quarter of an
inch long, body dark green, head and
legs pale yellow and the eyes red.
From the eggs, which are laid on the
stem below the surface of the ground.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24
Plymouth Rock.

second in popularity to the Rocks, the
white variety being the most popular.
Their blocky shape makes them an ex-
ceilent breed for broilers Like the
Plymouth Rocks and Rhode Island
Reds, they lay brown egg. The Leg
horns lay a white egg and IN this re-
spect they have a slight advantage,
as most markets prefer the white egg,
though there is no difference in the
qualities Of eggs with brown or a
white shell.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24

post, or some other consideration,
makes the plan impracticable. The
following method (shown in Fig. p
has been successful where it was i'm
possible to dig deeply. Three posts
were set at a distance of ten or twelve
feet apart. Then the brace and guy
wires were attached to the second and
third posts in the manner usually en-
ployed between the corner and second
posts. A guy wire was run from the
top of the second post to the corner
post at the ground and a stout board
or 2x4 nailed to the upper ends of the
first and second posts. The wire OF
the fence was then stretched to the
second post and wrapped around it.
The space between that and the cor
ner post was closed with fencing
boards Or wire, as was most conve-
nient,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24
PHYSICIAN ADVISES
CUTlcURA REMEDIES

"Four years ago had places break
ont on my wrist and on my shin which
would itch and burn by spells, and
scratching them would not seem to
give any relief. When the trouble first
began, my wrist and shin itched like
poison. | would scratch those places
until they would bleed before could
get any relief Afterwards the places
would scale over. and the flesh I'M
derneath would look red and feverish.
Sometimes it would begin to itch until
it would waken me from my sleep,
and l would have to go through the
scratching ordeal again.
Our physician pronounced 1t dry
eczema" I used an ointment which
the doctor gave me, but it did no good.
Then he advised me to try the Cuti-
cura Remedies AS this trouble has
been in our family for years, and is
considered hereditary, | felt anxious
to try to head it Off 1 got the Cuti-
cura Soap Ointment and Pills, and
they seemed to be just what I needed.
'The disease was making great
Roadway On my system until l got
the Cuticura Remedies which have
cleared my skin of the great pest
From the time the eczema healed four
years ago, until now, have never felt
any of its pest, and | am thankful to
the Cuticura Soap and Ointment which
certainly cured me. I always use the
Cuticura Soap for toilet, and l hope
other sufferers from skin diseases will
use the Cuticura Soap and Ointment"
(Signed) Irven Hutchinson, Three Riv-
ers, Mich, Mar. Is, 1911. Although
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold
by druggists and dealers everywhere,
sample Of each, with 32-page book,
will be mailed free on application to
"Cuticura,' Dept. L, Boston.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24

continue until there will be enough
water to float the greatest of the
dreadnoughts.
Pearl Harbor is to be the most
strongly fortified naval base in the
Pacific, if not in the world. The har-
Dor is landlocked and is distant from
Honolulu twelve miles. When the
channels to the east, the middle and
the west locks have been dredged, the
harbor will be large enough to float
the combined navies of the world.
The work of construction has been
under way more than twelve years
and it was fastened materially after
the Spanish war, and the occupation
by the United States of the Philip
pine Islands.
Hidden forts and disappearing guns
of the latest pattern are to protect the
new harbor. The guns will use smoke
less powder so as to render their dis
covery by an enemy more unlikely
than otherwise would be the case.
The most Of the expense in con-
nect1On with ChlS great UNDERTAKING
has been for the cutting of a chan
mel through one side of a coral reef
so that vessels can get to deep water
inside the harbor. The coral is of the
hardest character and, therefore, the
work has been slow. But the re-
suits will be permanent and there will
be no need of dredging to keep the
channel open. More than 100000
cubic yards of coral reef have been
excavated to open the approaches to
the inner harbor.
The solid character of the coral reef
will afford a fine foundation for the
craving deck. The drydock has been
planned on a large scale. 1t is 100
feet long, ITO feet wide and fifty-five
feet deep, large enough in every way
for any battleship.
Hawaii has the advantage over the
Philippines as a naval base because it
is nearer the American coast and con-
sequently American ships can get to
coa1ing stations in comparatively
short time in the event of war.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24
+ 1871.

the corner post near the ground, and
being crossed back of the post pass
around a large stone or piece of dur
able wood buried in the ground. These
wires are then twisted between the
posts to make them tight and hold
firmly in place about the brace and
corner post. A corner so set cannot
pull up. However, as the best gal
vanized wire will rust off in few
years in the ground the life Of such a
corner is not so long as may be de-
sired. The use Of heavy stone or
concrete post set in the same man.
ner without the dead man" will be
practically everlasting, but in many
cases the cost of the stone or concrete
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24
The Position for Her.

After speaking at great length on
the emancipation of women, a young
woman asked a statesman:
"Supposing women were admitted to
govern the affairs of the common
wealth, what post would you assign to
me?"
"The management of an institution
for the deaf and dumb"
"Why that?"
Because either these unfortunates
would learn to talk or you would learn
to keep quiet"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24
WHEN A TONIC
IS NECESSARY
If You Are Run Down and Debili-
tased the Health Can Only
Be Restored by Building
In the Blood.

When the body is weak and the blood
thin it is sometimes difficult to tlnd the
cause unless a wasting illness has pre-
coded the decline in health.
Obscure influences, something un-
healthiul in one g surroundings or work.
NAV lead to a slow impoverlshment OF
the blood and an enfeeblement OF the
whole body. When serious stage has
been reached there seems to be nothing
that will account for 1t.
In such cases complete change OF
climate or OF work will sometimes effect
a cure. It takes long time, however,
and for the great majority OF sufferers
is out of the question.
Mrs. G. P. Boutwell,, of Clear Water,
Mimi, whose husband is a hardware
merchant there, says:
"About two years ago, when l was
living at West Union, Iowa, | was all
run down through hard work and worry.
[ called a doctor who said I was suffer-
ing from general debility. He treated
me for some time but was unable to
do much for me. I had cold chills all
OF the time and seemed to be nearly
bloodless. I could not keep anything
on nv stomach and lived on eggs and
milk for some time. My stomach was
sour and the gas on it kept me from
getting much sleep at night. The doc
tors medicine made my stomach feel
worse.
''My father had used DR.. Williams
Pink Pills with benefit and advised me
to try them. After week or so Icould
notice "a change. Isoon became stronger,
my appetite came back and the head
aches disappeared. was then able to
eat without distress and began to domy
work. i had a good color and gained
in flesh. DR.. Williams Pink Pills can
not be praised too highly"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are a general
tonic and are useful in all diseases arls-
ing from poor blood or weakened nerves,
such as sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism,
nervous headache, pale and salow COM
plexions and many forms OF weakness.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or will be sent, postpaid,
on receipt of price, so cents per box;
six boxes for $3.50, by the DIR. Will
Hams Medicine Company, Schenectady,
N. Y. A booklet, "Diseases of the
Blood" will be sent free upon request
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24
SOLVE CORNER POST PROBLEM
Use of Heavy Stone or Concrete Post
Will Be Practically Everlasting
Method Is Shown.

An old method of setting firm cor
ner post, but one not known by every
body, is the dead man. way, which
Is fully described and illustrated by
Carl Brann, of Linn county, Kansas,
In the Homestead. The corner post is
set and the brace extended to the bot
tom Of the second post in the usual
way as shown in Fig. 1, but the guy
wires from the top of the second post
pass on both sides of the brace and of
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24
PEARL HARBOR A GIBRALTAR
New Naval Base Being Built by Y. s,
Will Be ImpregnabIe When
Completed.

Washington. - BY midsummer OF
early fall it is expected that the work
Of constructing the approaches to
Pearl Harbor will be completed and
then the United States will have in
the Pacific a national defense as i'm
portant and as impregnable as that OF
Great Britain at Gibraltar, says the
Christian Science Monitor. When
completed the work will have cost
about $10,OO0,00O.
The channel leading into the har.
Dor has already been cut to depth
OF thirty feet below low tide and will
thus pass some of the cruisers of the
Pacific station. But the cutting Is to
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24
His VeracIty.

Jim Slocum of Montgomery county,
ayers the Kansas City Journal, was
called as witness to impeach the tes-
timony of man in that county. Jim
was asked If he was acquainted with
the reputation of the witness for truth
and veracity. Jim said that he guessed
maybe he was.
'Is it good or bad?"
well" said Jim, 81 don't want to
do the man no injustice, but I will
say that if his neighbors were to see
him looking as if he was dead they
would want some corroboratin' evil
dence before they would be willing to
bury him."
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24
PLYMOUTH ROCK is POPULAR
More of Breed Found on Farms Than
Any Other on Account of Blocky
Shape-Wyandottes Next.

The Barred Plymouth Rock is with
out doubt the most popular breed
of chickens in this country-more of
them are found on the farms than any
other breed On special poultry
farms the Leghorn is very popular
breed, and in the poultry farming dis
tricts the Rhode Island Reds are al
most exclusively used, says writer
In the Rural New Yorker. AS a gen
sral utility fowl the Wyandottes are
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24
Manure and Silaqe Corn.

Twenty tons of corn silage an acre
were harvested last fall by George
L. Hyslop Of Ohio. He uses it for fat
tening cattle and hogs. The most
interesting thing about this yield is
that it is the result of proper utiliza-
Ion of barnyard manure. The ma
nure shed has an important place on
the farm.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24
HOUSE FOR THE FARM FLOCK
Material Used Does Not Figure as
Much in Economy as Shape A.
lowing Use Of Al! Room

It Is not so much the materials that
enter into the construction Of poul-
try house that means economy as it
is the style or shape that allows for
making use of every inch Of room.
The house shown in the accompanying
plans is economical in cost, will take
charge of good-sized flock Of hens
and allow for additions to be put on
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24
Special Status.

"Why does that fellow put on so
many airs among his companions?"
"'Cause he's near-society, he is. He
was once run over by a multi-million-
aires motor car
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24
Green Feeding Worth While.

If the best results are to be OBJ
tanned with poultry they must be fur
nished plenty of green feed, is a state
ment so often heard that its repeti-
ton seems silly; yet there are fiocks
OF fairly prosperous farms where one
would think the practice of regular
green feeding had never been heard
OF.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24
Function of Earnyard Manure.

FUNCTION OF DdFnydTd Mdnure.
Barnyard manure is very essential
In garden making because it furnishes
both plant food and humus. 1t also
warns the soil and makes it easier
and cheaper cultivated. 1t cannot cas-
lily be dispensed with.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24
Squash Buds,

Squash bugs may be trapped by lay
ing shingles near the plants. The bugs
will be found under them early in the
! l,rning
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24

"Has that prison a laundry"
Certainly. Don't they have to wash
and iron the convicts?"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24

That irritable, nervous condition due to q
bad liver calls for its natural antidote--
Garfield Tea.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24

Tact sometimes consists of knowing
enough not to know too much.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24

Never eXaggerate your faults; your
friends viii attend to that.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24

Garfield Tea helps clear q muddy complex
ion, dispel foul breath and sweeten the temper.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24

The fellow who depends entirely up
on luck isn't to be depended upon.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-24

HOWELL don't see why Tom Wat
son always has "of Boston" after his
name.
Powell-Neither do I; it is no more
necessary than it was in the case Of
John L. Sullivan.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-12-05

Socialist: One who wants what's
coming to him bad enough to give
others what's coming to them.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-12-05
!. SOCIALIST NEWS ..
Socialist Party Establishes
Research and Information Bureau

The Socialist Party has opened an
information department at its national
headquarters, at III North Marhe
street. Mr.. Carl D. Thompson. recent
ly of Wisconsin, is in charge.
The department is the result of long
and careful consideration on the part
of the membership and officials of the
party. NE.s
The need of some Independent and
reliable source of information on all
special subjects involved in the pres
ent social crisis has long been felt by
all active workers in the Socialist
| movement. The election of thou
sand or more Socialists to official posi-
tions which put them in places where
definite concret einformationN on spe-
cial practical matters was an absolute
necessity served to emphasize this
need. Prominent members of the par
ty everywhere have for long time
been @hrging the establishment of a
bureau of research and information,
something, on the order OF the legisla-
tive reference Libraries established by
many states and municipalities.
Finally at the last national conven-
ton of the party held at Indianapolis
in May, 1912, recommendations of the
establishment Of the bureau came from
several different sources. The Nation
al Secretary recommended it in his re-
port, the Committee on Municipal and
State Program unanimously recon-
mended it in their report to the con-
vention and the matter was finally re-
| ferred to the National Executive Com
mittee for definite action.
At it's meeting in August this COM
mittee took the matter up, arranged
| for the establishment of the bureau
and made nominations for the man
! ager of the department. Mr.. Thomp-
son was finally elected, came to Chi
cago and began his duties November
| 18th.
The purpose of the department, as
stated in the various resolutions and
motions made concerning it, is to
gather data and information from this
and other countries concerning econo-
mic, political and social conditions and
problems and to give such assistance
and information as may be required by
the local of the party or elected or
appointed official Of the party in con-
nection with their official duties.
Mr.. Thompson says that he will IN
dertake to establish a cooperation
with all reliable sources of informa-
ton in this country and especially
with the International Bureau Of the
Socialist Party at Brussels as we'll as
the various national organizations in
Europe He is determined to make
the bureau here the best and most
valuable source of information for mat
tiers within its scope of any in Aemrica.