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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
Officials Assert That Many Wives Are lndolent
SHARP arraignment Of the farm

A SHARP arraignment of the farm
IA ers' wives and daughters of the
country and incidentally their city
sisters is contained in a report made
the other day by George X. Holmes.
chief of the division of production and
distribution of the agricultural de-
partment Although wages have ris-
en- steadily during forty-four years.
Mr.. Holmes declares that the women
Of the present age have forgotten or
are too proud to indulge in household
work on the farm. The lure of So
ciety," which has reached out to the
farm, he says, is much to blame for
the conditions, which he described as
acute"
Country girls, as well as city girls, "
says Mr.. Holmes, il reporting to Sec
rotary Wilson, seem to regard house
hold labor for hire as undesirable.
Joined with this fact Is the other one
that the women of the farmers fam
lily are neither able nor willing to re-
peat the manual labor performances
Of their grandmothers on the farm"
The raising OF the standard of liv-
ing on the farm, the report continues,
Is responsible in a measure FOR the
women of the farm now engaging in
social functions" which the govern
ment expert holds to be ''incompati-
BILE with the performance Of household
labor" The passing OF the old-time
domestic industries is deplored, and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
CBy L. c. REYNOLDS.)

The best time to study the wool pro-
ducing quality of ones flock is when
the animals are sheared. AS wool is
being removed from the sheep time
should be taken to remove a few fl
bers of the fleece and note its quality.
In every flock there is wide varia-
ton in the quality of the wool from
different individuals, despite the fact
that they were sired by the same ram
and given practically the same care
and feed. The average wool produc-
ing sheep of the double-deck type
should shear at least twelve pounds
of wool of good length and density.
The wool should not be excessively fine
nor, on the other hand, TOD coarse, but
should possess something of medium
quality. | have a number of indi-
viduals in my flock that annually
shear from twelve to thirteen pounds
of wool of the quality that always de-
mands the highest market price.
These ewes are on the order of the
mutton breed, although they have
been bred for a number of years for
both wool and mutton production.
/ am firmly of the opinion that the
most profitable sheep for the average
farmer to raise in the future is the
animal that will produce a high quail
ity of both wool and mutton. In view
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
TOLD BY PASSPORTS mot 4 POETIC SOUL
Maiden Might Be CIaSSed as of
the Earth, Earthly.
Simple Narrative Which Further
Proves That Love Must Endure
Many Hardships In Its Search
for Kindred FEELING.

Re was a very poetic and impress
sionable youth, and, though she was
a very prosaic maid, there was some
thing very attractive about her and
he often asked her to accompany him
on moonlight walks along the country
lanes. He was sometimes nettled at
her Interruptions, but, lost in rever1e
as he often was, he allowed her to
prattle on until he recovered the
thread of his discourse.
They were crossing a small bridge
over a creek, when he said:
Don't you admire little bridge"
YES" she interrupted: bridge is a
great game. 1 often play with Mrs.
Van Duser as my partner"
AS she gossiped on he became lost
in meditation. Coming to broad river
they paused at the margin and he ex-
claimed:
How wonderfully enhancing this
is! Just to see the CLEAN on the wa
ters! Don't you like the moonlight
dancing"
YES" she chimed in, dancing in
the moonlight is so fine! / attend all
the hops at the hotel, and there, on the
broad, open platform"
He betrayed no disappointment at
her lack of interest in their surround
ings as they stood by the edge of the
stream, and he wandered on with her
into the open country. They fingered
by low stone wall as he said, i'm
pressed by the scene:
How wonderful is Nature in all her
aspects! How inspiring the lofty trees
and the grassy levels Is it not boon
to get away from the citys heat?
pine so for the country zephyrs! Do
you not feel yearring in you for
COOL"
YES" she said, I'D ever so much
like to have an ice"
And sadly he took his way back
with her to the hotel, and ere long he
disappeared into the narrow confines
of his room, to get what comfort he
could from his poetic musings.-Na-
than M. Levy in Judge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
Reduced Mortality From Cancer.

Cancer has at last, by a steady and
uniform increase year after year.
reached mortality of eight thou
sand" recent bulletin of the New
York state department of health re-
ports. Cancer as a disease has in
creased more rapidly than tubercu-
losis. The comparison with tubercu-
losis shows that in the preceding 20
years there have been 100000 deaths
from that cause and 100000 from
cancer" The bulletin adds: Com
pairing cancer with the almost sta
tionary mortality of consumption, it
would appear that within another 20
years there will be more deaths from
cancer than from consumption"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
Child Labor Prohibition.

During the last year eight states
have prohibited child labor at right,
six have declared that eighteen was
the age limit for night messengers,
while four other states have made
this age twenty-one. In Pennsylvania
children under sixteen cannot be legal
ly employed in the coal mines, and
these laws, together with the laws reg
ulating street trade and the adoption
by the American Bar association of a
uniform child labor law and the grow.
ing use of the eight-hour day for all
1aborers, combine to foreshadowing
an easier time for the child Of the fu-
ture.-Uncle Remuss Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
MOST PROFITABLE SHEEP FOR AVERAGE
MAN TO RAISE is DUAL PURPOSE ANIMAL
Wool Should Not Be Too Coarse Excessively Fine but Should
Possess Something of Medium Quality Superior of
Mutton and Wool Most Desirable

| ing both the wool and mutton quail
| ties.
An impression prevails in the north
of England, says John Wrightson in
London Live Stock Journal, that sheep
| never drink, and in this faith ! was
brought up. Water was always con
sidered to be an important accessory
in cattle pastures. but its absence was
never looked upon as an objection to-
sheep runs. There is breed known
as "crag" sheep in Lancashire, which
range over the extensive upland of the
mountain limestone, that are said to
require no water; but this does not
strike a Northumbrian as very re-.
markable as it fits in with his precon-
| ceived notions
Mr. Primrose Mcconnell supports
this view when he writes that lin his
| boyhood he had herded sheep and
cows together in hot summer weather,
and been struck by the COWS constantly
repairing to the water, while the sheep
never went near it, and were never
seen to drink at all, although they had
access to a running stream close at
hand" He adds that northern shep'
herd would ridicule the idea OF
sheep ever drinking unless it was In
bad health. This opinion | can en-.
dorse with slight modification, as my
| idea in the Forth of England was that
sheep were practically independent OF
water
That this is also true to a certain
extent in the south is shown by the
practice of many good shepherds, who
do not allow their ewes water during
the period of CESSATION. There are
circumstances in which this rule is
not adhered to, but they constitute ex'
ceptions which may be said to prove
the rule.
To speak generally, it is a bad sign
| when a eve drinks frequently, ana
| indicates unsoundness in. some form.
| The truth seems to be that as long as
heritage is succulent, or is moistened
with dew, or from rain from time TO
time. sheep do not require water
When ewes are fed on hay they
should have water; and when they re-
ceive cake and hay together, and are
not allowed roots, it is evident that
the moisture of the body must be kept
on On the other hand. il they have
access to roots they do not require wa
ter. and this is one of the best rea-
sons for growing roots on high anG
dry situations.
Again, the need of ewes which have
to support lambs at foot are different
to either dry sheep or pregnant ewes
They are called upon to supply a.
larger quantity of water in their milk
and they must be supplied either d.
rectly or through succulent food in or
der to do so.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12

Mr.. Holmes adds that lit is rare that
one of the younger women know how
to knit
Throughout large areas" he says.
"the pride of the housewife in great
stores of preserves, dried and picked
fruits, berries and vegetables exists
chiefly in history. and dependence is
placed mostly upon the local store for
the products of the cannery and the
evaporation"
Within the period mentioned Mr..
Holmes reports that wages paid to
men laborers on the farm have arisen
as high as 70 per cent and that har-
vest hands are now paid upward of
$40 month with board. For the
farm laborer who lives on the farm
the year around, Mr.. Holmes declares
the money paid does not represent the
real value OF his remuneration, for
the "cost OF living virtually Is solved
for kim.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
New Herd of Bison of

~ ASHlNGTON.-Gov scien-
w fists in Washington displayed
great interest In dispatch from Win
nipeg a few days ago, announcing
that Harry v. Radford, the American
explorer, had discovered more than
$50 wild buffalo in the Slave lake dis
trict Of the Hudson Bay country.
The wild buffalo of the American
plains are gone and nothing remains
of them save a few museum and
geological park specimens.
Outside of the national geological
park in Washington, the Bronx Zoo,
in New York; Yellowstone National
park, and few other collections of
domesticated bison there are no
known living specimens of the buffalo
in this country, and the last wild herd
In the United States is believed to
have been exterminated. For many
years reports have come out of the
Hudson Bay country concerning the
existence of new and distinct spe-
cies of buffalo, but only within the
last ten years have scientists agreed
that this species is a different variety
from the American bison.
I'VE are very much interested in
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
attention NEEDED
FOR WINTER PIGS
To Raise TWO Litters Annually
One Must Not Allow Over
stocking.
CIV q. w. BROWN


There is a decided difference In car
ing for the pigs of autumn, narrowing
and those of the spring filters. On the
average farm the latter have the adj
vantage over the former or coming
in previous to the advent of the spring
grasses, and have more generous
supply Of milk and other laxative 1000
stuffs to keep them growing and IN
perfect order.
It has been my practice for a num-
Der of years to raise two filters OF pigs
a year. To do this successfully | find
that one must not allow overstocklng,
but rather should sell off a portion OF
the pigs soon after weaving time,
keeping only so many as he knows
he can accommodate with good quar-
tiers and generous feeding. One must
not slight pigs during cold weather
either in housing or feeding.
Besides dry nesting quarters the
pigs should have a good-sized lot IN
which they may get plenty of exercise
Growing pigs should not be crowded
into close, filthy quarters, exposed 10
vermin and disease.
Our winter pigs are very profitaDly
fed upon whole corn in the fodder, as
they delight in getting their feed from
this material. I find that they eat
very much of this fodder, which forms
a fine diet. The cobs and the coarse
stalks are raked up and burned fire.
ouently. affording the pigs a generous
supply of charcoal.
/ aim to keep a COW for every litter
of winter pigs, and with the milk and
railkstuffs | can grow bunch OF pigs
equal to the spring litters.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
German Red Tape,

Under the headline, "A Criminal
Rescuer," the Berliner Tageblatt tells
this story: "a man who had probably
become weary of the battle of life en-
deavored to end it all by hanging him.
self He chose for the scene Of his
exit a forest, and had succeeded in
suspending himself by the neck when
a youth passing that way came upon
the grewsome scene. He cut the man
down, who in falling injured his head.
Next day the youth was arrested for
causing bodily injury to the would
be suicide, and in defense could say
only that he did not usually carry a
cushion on which hanging men could
drop. He promised never again to
interfere in similar cases and was
discharged
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
Thunderinu Leuion.

The laundering Legion was the
twelfth legion of the Roman army I'M
der Marcus Aurelius, acting against
the QUAD in the year A. d. 114. The
legion was shut up in .defile and re-
duced to great straits foE,.want of wa
ter, when a body OF Christians, en-
rolled in the legion, prayed for relief.
Not only was rain sent, but the thun-
der and lightning so terrified the Ell
envy that complete victory was OBJ
tanned, and the legion was ever after
called 1.-The laundering Legion" Ac-
cording to Brewer, the Theban Legion.
l. e., the legion raised in the Thebais
Of Egypt, and composed of Christian
soldiers led by st. Maurice, was like
wise called 1.-THE laundering Legion"
Brewer, however, states that the term
existed before either of these two
were SO called, but he gives no further
explanation of the origin of the name.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
OLD TOM FOOLED THE BOYS
Sagacious Puss Wisely Bided Hls
Time to Escape From His Thought
less Tormentors.

One of our amusements was hunt
Ing cats without seriously hurting
them. These sagacious animals knew,
however, that though not very danger
Gus, boys were not to be trusted.
Once, in particular, l remember, we
began throwing stones at an expert
enced old Tom, not wishing to hurt him
much, though he was tempting
mark He soon saw what we were UP
to, fed to the stable and climbed to
the top of the may-manger. He was
still within range, however, and we
kept the stones flying faster and
faster, but he just blinked and play
ed possum without wincing either at
our best shots or at the noise we
made. l happened to strike him pretty
hard with good sized pebble, but he
bl1nked and sat still as if without feel
ing. He must be mortally wound
ed l said, "and now we must kill
him to put him out of PAIN" the saw
age in us rapidly growing with in
diligence. All took heartily to this
sort OF cat mercy and began throw
Ing the heaviest stones we could man
age, but the old fellow knew what
characters we were, and just as we
Imagined him mercifully dead he ev-
fdently thought the play was becom-
ing too serious and that it was time
to retreat; for suddenly with a wild
whirr and gurr of energy, he launch
ed himself over our heads, rushed
across the yard with blurr of speed,
climbed the roof Of another building
and over the garden wall-out of pain
and bad company, with all his lives
wide-awake and in good working or.
der.-John Muir, in Atlantic.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
Floors for Hog Houses.

Our experience is that wooden
floors in the hog houses will produce
rheumatism in the animals just as
quickly as cement floors if former are
allowed to remain damp and the bed
ding holds moisture, says writer in
an exchange.
If the cement floors are kept clean
and well Uttered with dry straw or
other material frequently, rheumatism
will not result.
Better have hole two feet wide at
the top of the pen and crack two
inches wide at the bottom. 1t is the
cold air blowing under the doors and
around the pen that causes the great
est discomfort.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12

OLIVER OPTIC, Horatio Alger, Mrs
" Alden ("Pansy"), and score or
more of the lesser lights of the juve-
pile literature of generation ago will
suffer a permanent eclipse in the pub
Mc library of the District Of Columbia.
The executive committee of the IL
brary is cooperating with the teach
ers to discourage indiscriminate read
ing of juvenile stories by the youth of
Washington.
In the opinion of George F. Bower
man, librarian, books that tend 20 in
stitute false ideas in the minds OF the
growing youth, those which force an
retrospective trend in little girls and
those which falsely depict actual con-
ditions of history must be set aside.
Oliver Optics works are classed as
"purposeless."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
TYPICAL Cross-ExamInation.

Counsel-Do you know Julius Gaze
sar?
Witness7-No, sir
Counsel-Have you ever met hims
Witness--No, sir
Counsel-You remember that yoI
are under oath?
Witness-Yes, sir.
Counsel-Then, if you have nevsr
met Julius Caesar, how can you gay
on your oath that you do not know
him?
JUSTICE think we have had enough
Of this style of examination.
Counsel-Your honor will please
note my exception to your coming to
the assistance of the witness.
Justice-If you say that again 1
shall have you expelled from the
courtroom. Topics.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
Suppression Of Oldest Newspaper.

The president of the Chinese re-
public, Yuan Shat Kai, recently sup
pressed the newspaper King-Bao
which undoubtedly was the Oldest
paper in the world. For $500 years
it has reported the more important
news not only of China. but also of
foreign countries. At the time when
the art of printing and journalism was
as yet unknown In Europe, the
Chinese Gong-Chung invented means
for making types from lead and silver
ard in the year 400 A. D. the paper
King-Bao was printed, and has since
been issued regularly until recently.
The first edition was printed on ten
sheets of yellow elk, neatly tied to-
gether, and was thus sent to all the
high officials of the Chinese empire.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
Interest to Scientists

Mr.. Radford's discovery" said Dr.
Richard Rathbun, assistant secretary
of the Smithsonian institution, in
charge of the United States national
museum. I'VE know this explorer
very well. The object Of his expedi-
ton was to visit the home of the
wood bison in the almost unknown
region of northwestern Canada, west
Of the Slave river. and north OF the
lower Peace river. This expedition
started In 1909 and has included track
surveys over many hundreds OF miles,
and furnished Mr. Radford the oppor-
tunity Of closely studying the wood
bison in it's haunts. and Of making the
first recorded observations on this
rare animal in life.
Eighteen specimens were seen by
him during the first part Of his ex-
ploration tour, and under permit
from the Canadian government one
was killed by him. 1t weighed 2,4O2
pounds, and both the skin and skele-
ton were preserved. The skin was
presented by Mr.. Radford to the
Provincial museum at Edmonton, Al
berta, while the skeleton was obtained
by the National museum at Washing
ton.
"This skeleton and the skull are
very fine specimens, and the skeleton
is probably the only one of a wild
buffalo in any museum. Our informa-
ton was that Mr.. Radford had not re-
turned and that his expedition con-
tinued into the Slave lake country
and beyond. This is the first word
we have received from him since this
specimen was obtained"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
ROOTS ARE FINE FOR
PRODUCTION OF MILK
Make Valuable Addition to Ra-
tons During the Cold Win
ter Months.

No matter what some people tell
you, turnips and other roots make
fine milk-producing feed. Turnips
will not affect the flavor of milk IL
fed atsthe right time.
If turnips are fed in large quanti-
ties, and two or three hours before
milking they are likely to give the
milk an unpleasant taste, but II FED
directly after milking no flavor what
ever will be noticed.
A peck of turnips to each animal
per day is sufficient in most cases. A
good plan is to feed directly after hay
in the early morning. and once day
is often enough.
Roots make very valuable addition
to the winter rations because they
add to the variety of the feed and no
animal on the farm appreciates va
riety more than the dairy COW.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
Machine To Write Music

A German musician has invented q
machine which, he states, automatical-
ly registers the notes emitted by the
piano. The new machine, Harper's
Weekly states, has the same object as
one invented by an Italian and used
by Mascagni in writing his operas, but
it is a larger instrument and is operat-
ed by electricity. Into the machine
is inserted a roll of paper and the CON-
poser seats himself before the piano
and executes the composition that he
desires to give to the public The ma
chine faithfully registers every note
produced, SO that the musician does
not have to depend upon his memory.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
When Herring Is Herring 1t Is Herring

A CCORDING to Secretary of the
n Treasury Macveagh herring is
a herring when a herring.
The secretary of the treasury, who
returned to his Office the other day,
was called upon to render a decision
on what is a herring, and he did 1t ac-
cording to the foregoing paragraph.
He decided also that herring Is not
any one of number of fancy fishes
ccpularly classed as herring. as many
of the importers would like to have
the customs officials believe that they
are herring.
Like the question, What is whis-
key" and "Is hen bird" What is
a herring" has caused considerable
trouble to custom officials. Assistant
Secretary Curtis wrestled with the
herring, that is the herring question,
and then passed 1t on to Secretary
MacVeagh and the latter Che having
been wholesale grocer for many
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12

of the fact that many of our focks at
the present time have been bred along
mutton lines exclusively, | believe
flock owners can well afford to give
more attention to the wool producing
side of their flocks.
For the past few years wool has
been commanding very high and uni
form price. The mutton market is well
established. To insure the greatest
profit from the growing of sheep, eth
or on the farm or Range, superior
grade of both wool and mutton must
be marketed.
There has been a decided improve
ment in the sheep producing industry
in the past few years along the line
above considered, but / am fully aware
there is plenty of room for consider
able more along the line of comDln
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
Hard to Keen Out.

Mayor Samuel l.. Shank of Indianap-
oils was talking about Englands inter-
ference with the question of Pana-
ma canal tolls.
England he said, seems to be to
he as meddlesome, in this instance, as
the Irishman who was watching the
fight.
This Irishman watched two chaps
pommel each other for three or four
minutes, and the sight made him more
and more uneasy.
Finally turning to the crowd. he
said:
Excuse me, friends, but is this
a private scrap, or moight we all take
hand in it?'-Toledo Daily Blade.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12

years and an importer Of herring)
promptly held that herring is her
ring, and that anchovies, brisling, car
dimes, sprats, pilchards and alewives
are impostors and hereafter shall not
be behring's.
To the importer this fmeans that
herrings when imported gill be as
sessed 1 cent a pound If fresh, and
half cent pound If packs'd any 9TH
er way, and that the importers shall
pay a duty of three-fourths Of cent
a pound, or 80 per cent. ad valorem.