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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05
A HEALTHY.
HAPPY OLD ACE

May be promoted by those who
gently cleanse the system, now and
then, when in need Of a laxative
remedy, by taking a tablespoonful
Of the ever refreshing, wholesome
and truly beneficial Syrup Of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA, which is the
only family laxative generally APP
proved by the most eminent ply
sicians, because it acts in a natural,
Strengthening way and warns and
tones up the internal organs without
weakening them. tits equally bene6-
fcialfor the very young and the mid
die aged. as it's always efficient and
free from all harmful ingredients. To
get its beneficial effects it is always
necessary to buy the genuine, bear
ing the name of the Company
California Fig Syrup Co.-plainly
printed on the frontof everypackage.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05

The kinget smaller than any of our birds, save
the ruby throated humm1ng bird alone manages
to live through all the cold Northern winter and
be all the while as cheerful as robin in April
The kinget as far as the experience of one per-
son is concerned at least prefers to get his sum-
mer food in the thick bushes, and seemingly has
a preference for those which are near clamberng
vines The klnglets cast about for likely places
in which to pass the winter AS far as can be
ascertaned they simply get into the heart of some
thickly tWigged bush through which vine
branches and there all night long they defy both
cold and snow.
The great northern shrike which is due in the
northern states from its summer home in the
British possessions about October 1, spends his
nights close to the bole Of an evergreen tree.
There is little clump of evergreens well within
the limits of the city Of Chicago where half
dozen Of these birds roost nightly from October
to March. Inasmuch they live a diet of
English sparroWs and spend all the daylight hours
in the laudable vocation Of killing the imported
feathered pest, the exact location of their roostng
place will not be given for fear some champion
of the sparrow might disturb the rest of these
feathered friends, whom many unkind enough
to call butcher birds.
AS a matter of fact one need feel little anxiety
for the welfare of the birds that stay with in
winter The nursery ditty of What will the robin
do then, poor thing?" is tearcompelling but the
robin, the bluebird, the jay, and the chickadee
will all care for themselves and will feel no envy
of in his steam-heated fiat
During the bitter weather of winter while peo
pie with hearts in the right places are scattering
crumbs and seeds at their doorsteps for the little
feathered land visitors, the great city of Chicago
whole is doing it's best to feed the storm
blown birds of Lake Michigan. Not all the
age of the city, Notwithstanding the completion
of the drainage canal, is sent towards the Missis
sppi. Some little of it still finds it way into the
lakes with it's burden of garbage, and there the
gull scavengers, by eating much of the output that
from their point of appetite is edible, do their best
to aid in purifying the water supply.
In the dead of winter when the cold is SO in
tense that it seems that exposed creature can
live, the waste of water between Chicago and
st. joe Mich, is peopled with strange feathered
visitors who shun the same water stretches when
the wind blows soft out of the south. A storm
which once rose and preceded a spell of zero
weather brought with it from the north scores
of strange beautiful arctic visitors known as
long-tailed ducks. They may be seen all through
the winter well out into the open water OF Lake
Michigan. They fairly revel in cold weather
and in cold water It is highly probable that
they would never come to the great lakes at all
we're it not for the fact that everything north
ward is frozen solid. The male "l0ng-tail" is
beauty. with his strongly contrasted black and
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05
NEW SILO GAINS POPULARITY
Material From Which These Huge
Tanks Are Built Is Hard Burned,
Hollow Clay Building Blocks.
(By A. G.. KITTEL.)


A new type Of silo that is gaining
favorable mention in many parts of the
country where it has been tried out is
the tile built style, Of which the
Iowa" silo is a good representative.
The material from which these silos
are built is hard burned, hollow clay
building block, an the building as we'll
as users are claiming list Of ad
yantages for them over other types.
One of the chief advantages, they say,
is that it retains moisture better than
most of the other kinds, and this is
one of the fundamental principles in
preserving silage. The silo wall must
be as nonporous as it is possible to
make it. Steel reinforcement is laid
in the mortar joints, thus making this
plan Of silo resist all outward press
ure from the silage inside, and per-
forming the same service that hoops
do on stave silos. Being built Of ho1-
low blocks such a silo is particularly
frost resistant, and this feature is one
that is quite important where there is
much freezing weather in winter. Doors
are made Of wood, and about all the
care and repair tile silo needs after
being put up right is to replace the
doors when these have rotted, and to
give the inside wall a cement wash
about once in four or five years.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05
PROBLEM OF TOO MUCH WORK
1t Must Be Solved, Especially When
New Methods Are Advocated-Sow
Part of Land to Some Grass.

(By w. c. PALMER, North Dakota.)
"Too much work" Is remark that
meets one on nearly every farm. The
writer has often heard the same re,
mark at Farmers Institutes. And
especially when new methods are ad.
vpcated. 1t is real serious problem.
However, it must be faced and solved,
too. AS long as the land was new.
spreading over large number of acres
was in many cases profitable.
That time has now passed as the
results in half farming now too often
result in crop failure or so many wild
oats and weeds in the grain that it
makes a man ashamed to take them
to market. Half farming with such
results simply wastes work. Some
better method must be worked out
WHAT is the man to do who has
more land than he can work thorough
ly? One solution is to sell part Of
it. That, however, is not what most
land holders want to do. Another solu-
ton is to sow a part of the land to
d4Ao11C, SACFCAJ VI oOlAC
timothy, bromus or slender wheat
grass. The returns from the land in
hay will be fully as good as from that
in grain. And the work will be much
less. At the same time the land will be
cleared from weeds and plant dis
eases and the humus content will
be increased.
The starting Of the clover and al
fSlfa may need some special prepare
ton, as manuring and sowing with
out nurse crop, and introducing some
of the germs that live on the nodules.
Get small piece started and that will
help you get the whole farm in condi.
ton.
Leave it in grass three to five years
Every year SOW more grass and also
plow up some sod. This new land
will be in fine condition to grow large
crops.
By this procedure the work on the
farm will be reduced and the returns
increased, and the land put in much
better shape than is possible in con-
tinuous grain growing.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05
GAPDEN dnd
KAPM NOTES

There is no food value lost by en-.
SLIDING corn.
Never apply paint or any other coat.
ing to green or unseasoned lumber.
A little paint goes a long ways to.
ward making a home out of a group OF
buildings.
If your cabbages do not seem to be
keeping well, sprinkle over them a
supply Of water.
The corn shock with it's butts frozen
into the ground sharpens ones Ian
guage wonderfully.
Next spring select high-grade seed,
If you did not have large, solid heads
of cabbage this year.
Work that is systematized whether
1t is on the farm or In the office al
ways proves the most profitable.
Lime, ashes, old manures, leaves,
wastes from the kitchen, all go to
make an excellent compost heap.
The man who is opening his first
silo this year is going to experience g
lot of satisfaction in using that feed.
If you have any vegetables that you
will not use for family supply, now is
the time to get in touch with buyers.
Celery is sturdy 1t can winter
some heavy frosts, but it should al
ways be protected enough to keep it
from freezing.
Are you fond Of rhubarb pie? II so,
why not see to it next year that you
have fresh rhubarb during the winter
instead of the canned vegetable?
We are growing so humane these
days that we are making efforts to
keep all drafts of cold air out of all
barns, even where the sheep are kept
Alfalfa hay at S12 per ton offers as
cheap a source of protein as oilmeal
at $50, and besides the alfalfa hay
furnishes more Of other feeding ma.
terials.
Cabbage, carrots and other vegeta,
bles will keep we'll in the house Gel,
lar, where they are convenient, ii
well packed in sand in large boxes
and the windows left open.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05
EXCELLENT TRAP FOR MINK
illustration Shows One Also Found
Efficacious for Raccoons, Opossums,
Skunl<s and Muskrats.
(By J. w. GRIFFIN.)

(By j. w. GRIFFIN)
A limb of sound wood, with a hol-
low two to three inches in diameter,
with horseshoe nails driven as shown
in the sketch, makes good trap for
minks, raccoons, opossums, skunks
and muskrats
The bait should be about six inches
beyond the point of the nails, there
fore, if the hollow runs the full length
of the piece, it should be plugged up
at one end
Drive staple in the limb and wire
it to a stake or small tree.
You may carry it with the animal
alive to hole of water and drown it;
to release the animal, draw the nails.
The nails should be very sharp and
should form circle with their points
about one and one-half inches in
diameter for mink
This makes an ideal trap for coons
when the hole is smaller-for the
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05
Her Resignation.

Papa" she said, 81 am very angry
with Geraldine"
whats Geraldine done?" asked her
father
why, l told her secret last sum-
mer,' said the little girl. Indignantly.
"and she has just told me she's GO
ing to tell it."
That's very wrong of Geraldine.
Has she any excuse?"
"Why, l told her it was wicked to
tell secret, and what do you think
she said? She said: oh, know, but
I've resigned from that secret
Papa" she concluded, earnestly,
you can't resign from d secret. can
you?"
The mental processes Of children are
past finding out.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05
TIED DOWN.
20 Years SIavery-How She Got Free.
dom.

A dyspepsia veteran who writes
from one of England's charming rural
homes to tell how she won victory in
her 20 years fight, naturally exults in
her triumph over the tea and coffee
habit:
Il feel it duty to tell you," she
says, "how much good Postum has
done me. I am grateful, but also de,
sire to let others who may be suffering
as did, know of the delightful meth
cd by which I was relieved.
Il had suffered for 20 years from
dyspepsia, and the giddiness that usu-
ally accompanies that painful ailment,
and which frequently Frustrated me.
l never drank much coffee, and cocoa
and even milk did not agree with my
impaired digestion, SO l used tea, ex-
clusively, till about year ago, when
found in package of Grape-Nuts the
little book, The Road to Wellville.'
after careful reading of the book
let I was curious to try Postum and
sent for package I enjoyed it from
the first, and at once gave up tea In
it's favor.
Il began to feel better very soon.
My giddiness left me after the first
few days use Of Postum, and my stom-
ach became stronger SO rapidly that it
was not long till l was able Gas I still
ann to take milk and many other ar
ticles of food of which I was formerly
compelled to deny myself. I have
proved the truth of your statement
that Postum makes good, red blood
81 have become very enthusiastic over
the merits of my new table beverage,
and during the past few months, have
conducted a Postum propaganda among
my neighbors which has brought bene-
fit to many, and shall continue to tell
my friends Of the better way in which
l rejoice" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
Read the little book, "The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a rea'
sen"
s1vaT read the above Ictfere new
Cuc 0Droura from ginc to time. Taey
er& eSt"C1tae, trUe, asla fail az human
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05
Good Mink Trap.

coon thrusts it's claws into small holes,
and under chunks and rocks, in
search of food.
Bats for fur animals: birds, mice,
raw beef, pieces of rabbit or muskrat.
Leave everything around the trap
in as natural position as possible.
Do not go near the trap when once
set, any more than you can help, as
the animals sense of smell is very
keen.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05
CORNER POST MADE STRONG
May Be Made From Small Tree by
Following Directions Given Here
With-WiII Not Pull Away.

A satisfactory corner-post may BE-
made from small tree, as follows:
The tree is cut the size wished for
the post (the tree forked, Of course).
The fork is cut foot shorter than the
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05
This Gate Won't Sag.

ficient to hold up any gate found on
the farm.
The swivel bolt which screws into
the post should be placed far enough
from the top hinge of the gate so as
to be turned conveniently to take up
the slack in the WIRE
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05
Manure Spreader.

Where there is much manure to be
put on grass land, it will pay to have
a spreader that will do the work so
much more satisfactory. Two adj
joining farmers can own one together
and thus lessen the cost.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05
THIS GATE WILL NOT SAG
Clevis and Swivel Bolt, Which Any
Blacksmith Can Make, Will Be
Sufficient to Take Up Slack.

The clevis and swivel bolt, any
blacksmith can make. The wire is
found on nearly all farms; No. 9 Or IL
wire, galvanized, two double, is suf-
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05

body. The post is put in the ground
and the fork turned on the inside cor
ner with a rock placed under the
prong.
1t is impossible for a post made in
this way to pull away.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05
Lime fer Soil Acidity.

Most Of the lime now used Is for the
correction Of soil acidity, and to
many farmers this reason for applica-
On seems the NEST profitable.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05

The time to mulch anything for win
ter protection is after the ground has
become chilled to considerable depth.
If it is frozen, SO much the better.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05

Reproaches are certainly an effec-
tive cure for Indifference; but they
change it to anger rather than love.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05

the woodpecker is felt to
keep him as a companion
throughout the winter a
piece Of suet bound firmly
to the limb of a tree and
occasionally renewed will
insure his presence as a
guest as long as the snow
flies, and with him, tempt
ed by the suet, will be a
goodly company of jays,
chickadees, and golden
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05

- daintest of the feathered creatures
that they must be moving on.
There is puzzle for the scientists even more
pick than that offered by the spectacle of migration
1t is to get the solution of the problem of why
birds with the recurring autumns invariably seek
warmer climes while others apparently much more
poorly fitted by nature to withstand cold weather
conditions stay about the familiar nesting scenes
when the lies deep and the cold is like that of
est Agnes Eve"
The titmOuse, the Concord chickadee of Emerson
is little feathered gem which looks as though a
breath Of cold would set it all a-shiver Yet this
little fellow sticks by his Northern friends all
through the winter, when bigger heavily feath-
cred, and apparently hardy species have sought
out the orange and the magnolia groves of the gulf
There are scores of other birds which remain with
us to pipe a cheerful note the snow wastes
Whlle their southen-fying friends are silent amid
their cOngenial surroundings
One of the most interesting bird studies is that
which leads to personal knowledge of how the
feathered species for themselves during a time
when exposed man, even though heavily clothed at
times freezes to oath. 1t is question if many peo-
pie know how the despised English sparrow whom
we always have with u.s. manages to pull through
Northern winter without offering himself up as a
mistaken belief among those who have noticed the
great bulky nests which the sparrows have built in
almost every tree that these punches straw dried
grass and feathers form the abiding places of the
sparrows during the coldwnter nights. AS a. mat
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05

Constipation causes and aggravates many
serious diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured by
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The favor
lite family laxative.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05

PILES CURED IN 6 TO IL DAYS
Your druggist will refund money If PAZO ONT
MENr fails to cure any of Itching, Blind,
Bleeding or Protruding Piles in TO IA days. SOC.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05

You'll generally always find that
the person who is most suspicious of
others, himself needs watching
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05

1t seems that to make both ends
meet requires no end of money.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05

ter Of fact, a sparrow sell
dom goes near a tree nest
in winter. If he has found
a lodging for his summer
home in a cornice of a
building he may go there
to sleep away the long,
cold nights, but the tree
nest is deserted from the
moment the last brood is
Matched.
IF one wishes to know
where thousands of the
sparrows sleep in winter
let him on some cold night
take a stout club and rap
with all his might upon an
electric light pole that is
fitted with an overhanging
hood. There is a little
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-05
*k Z{LGgXy Z ZE{ZZRgzZl& 7Vy{E7PzdlS 7RMlNlD <
w WIN qEzEl@&z BLASTS rpx,Re ; CLARK

HE greater battalion of the army
Of the birds is in the southland for
the winter. The warblers were the
pioneers in the march to escape the
cold. The naturalists of the world
would give much to know what it was
in the torrid time which told these
daintiest Of the feathered creatures
that thew muSt he moving On
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-07
CChapter CT next.)
WHY PRESS STATE ISSUES?

Are not the 'progressives'' under
the leadership of Colonel Roosevelt
rather confessing the weakness of
their cause in the national political
arena by placing such emphasis as
they do on the need for the initiative.
the referendum and the recall, to-
gether with the recall of judicial de-
cisions? It would seem SO.
These are purely state issues. So
it is argued, at least, by their de-
tenders. And while it might be all
right for either or both of the pre-
dominant political parties. in accord
ance with their discretion and wis
dom, to go on record in their national
platforms as being favorable to these
principles of government, they can
scarcely be put forward as questions
on which the national campaign
should be fought out before the people.
Colonel Roosevelt has made it clear
that he believes the states should
adopt the initiative and the refer
endum. He styles the recall, includ-
ing that of judges, as a mere matter
of expediency of which the several
states should be the judges. And he
would limit his plan for the recall of
judicial decisions to the confines of
states. There has been no suggestion
from any progressive that it would
be wise to apply the initiative and
the referendum to the framing of
federal legislation.
So why this attempt to make these
questions of paramount Importance
in the national campaign. or in the
campaigns for the presidential nomi-
nations which are now being fought
out? Is it not a confession as far as
the Republican ''progressives'' are
concerned that they are without am
munition of national caliber which
might be styled as progressive y
That is a fact anyhow. They haven't
much ammunition of this sort lying
around loose. Most of it is tucked
away securely in the political war
chests of William H. Taft
Pick out any question of real ma
tion-wide concern, some matter that
affects the interests of the whole peo-
pie. Isn't it a fact that the position
which Mr.. Taft takes on it is a pro-
gressive one. Not only is his attitude
progressive. 1t is also practical. His
three years record is one of remark
able achievement in the accomplish
ment of progressive legislation of ma
tion-wide scope. His plans for tariff
revision are admitted by all fair
minded men to be the only sane and