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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28

matter in various stages of decompo'
sition toward the ultimate waxy sub
stance called humus coating the soil
grains Is. therefore by all means the
most important improvement that can
be made in sandy soils.
Unfortunately, the coarse grain of
these soils allows them to be readily
penetrated by air, which causes the
decomposition or burning of the or
ganic matter until it is entirely re-
duced to ash which will dissolve in
water falling on the soil and be car.
ried away or leached through the sub
soil The increase of vegetable mat
ter in sandy soils is, therefore, mas
ter of considerable difficulty and one
which must be given constant atten
ton and be planned for definitely IN
any system of farming.
This is being done, however, with
remarkable success near Sparta on
poor sandy soil deficient in nitrogen
and organic matter by growing le'
gumes and blowing them under. This
adds both nitrogen and humus to the
soil.
Through the action of bacteria
which develop nodules on their roots,
the members of the legume family, In
Guiding clovers, alfalfa, serradelsa,
sand vetch. yellow lupine, peas, beans,
etc., as is generally known, have the
ability to take their supply of nitrogen
from the air and deposit much of 1t
in nodules which remain in the soil
If the soil is supplied with the neces-
sary bacteria and moisture, and with
phosphorus, potassium, calcium and
other necessary elements, these le-
gumes are able to grow on soils ex:
tremely low in organic matter. When
turned under, they add to the vegeta-
HE matter of the soil besides leaving
a supply of nitrogen, by which they
fit the soil for the growth OF other
crops not supplied by nature with the
legume method of securing their nj
trogen The growing of legumes,
therefore, is the starting-point in the
Improvement of sandy soils and is
the most important practice In the
maintenance of their fertility.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28

many other kinds of work which the
reader may recall. These tasks may
all become hurry up work II left
too long, and for the time be trans
ferred from the second to the first
class. For example, the binder was
put away at the end of harvest, need
ing repair. There is almost year
in which to make this repair, but il
it is left undone until the harvest is
ripe, it becomes hurry, up work and
replaces some of. the work of the
first class. Good farm management
requires that all such tasks be done
when there is no demand for labor
of the first class. Whenever labor
of the second class takes time from
labor of the first class, the profits OF
the farm will be reduced.
The farm manager will find it help.
full to keep little book in his poke:
in which to jot down tasks which
can be done on rainy days or at
times when there is no rush work on
After each task noted in the book,
may be placed the date before which
the task must be performed.
put nothing off until tomorrow
which can be done today" applies to
labor of the second class, when no
labor of the first class is demanding
attention But do nothing today
which can be put off until the NOR
row." applies to labor of the second
class. when there is hurry up work"
to be done.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28
MANY ENROLLEDI IN
FARMING COURSE
1A2 New Students at College of
Agriculture.
INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR
High Salaries Offered-Men Find That
They Can Earn More by Return
Ing to Homes and Putting Ed
ucation Into Work.

Madison-On November IL, AZ new
students had registered for the short
course Of the college Of agriculture
of the University Of Wisconsin, or IL
more than on the same date last year.
Final registration does not close until
November 80, when 1t is expected 400
students will be enrolled. This will
include the second year men who have
returned to complete their courses.
Every year the employment Office Of
the college OF agriculture receives
about three hundred requests for men.
70 work at salaries ranging from $25
10 500 a month, but not half of these
positions can be filed. Not only is
the graduating class too small, but
many of the students realize that
there is larger field with a greater
financial income in returning to theiT
home farms
The president Of the American
Guernsey Cattle club, the president Of
the Wisconsin Livestock association,
and prominent farmers and breeders
Of the state, received their training
In the short course.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28

-
Considerable hog cholera is report
ed from various points in southern
Wisconsin and heavy losses have been
sustained by some farmers. The dis
ease has broken out at several places
in Dane county, the herd at the uni
versity farm being among those at.
tackled. The cases at the university
farm have been isolated and no fur
Their danger is apprehended at the
farm. NJ. Fl. O'Keefe of Westport has
been a heavy loser. There seems to
be considerable cholera in the south
ern tiers of counties in Wisconsin"
said Professor Hadley of the univer-
sity college of agriculture, "but we are
doing all we can to prevent it's
spread" Serum for the vaccination
of hogs against this disease can be
obtained at the university.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28
BY PROF. A. r. WHiTsON,
Wisconsin COLLEGE of Agriculture.

BY PROF. A. r. WHiTSON,
Wisconsin College of Agriculture.
Wisconsin contains between four
and five million acres of soil which
farmers generally classify as sandy"
approximately three million acres of
these lands lie in the central and
southern portions of the state and are
already settled and in farms. The re-
naming area, between one and two
million acres in extent, occurs chiefly
in three sections of the northern part
of the state; one in the northeast, an
other in the north central portion,
largely in Oneida and Villas counties,
and the third in the northwestern
portion.
Owing to the readiness with which
sandy lands can be cleared, they are
being more rapidly developed than
the heavier soils which originally had
a much heavier growth of timber.
These soils, as a class, have num-
Der of advantages over the heavier
soils for certain crops, chiefly on ac-
count of the fact that their low water
holding capacity allows them to warm
up more quickly and to be worked
soon after rains so that crops that
require much hand labor can be grown
on such lands more advantageously
than on heavier soils
1t is we'll understood that two fac
tors are chiefly concerned in deter
mining the water-holding power of
soils; first, the fineness of the grain
of the soil itself, and second, the
amount of organic or vegetable mat
ter it contains. The water is held by
the soil in the form of fine films sur
rounding the soil grains, and the finer
the soil, the larger the amount of this
surface and accordingly the larger the
amount of water it will hold.
Vegetable matter in various stages
of decomposition absorbs large guam
titles of water. An increase of this
amount of vegetable matter in the
soil is, therefore, the most practica-
bic way of increasing the water-hold-
ing power of the soil. The develop
ment of good supply OF vegetable
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28
Would Protect the Insane.

Because Of alleged instances of men
and women improperly committed to
insane hospitals, the Wisconsin Medi-
cal Woman's association passed a
resolution designed to improve this
condition. The resolution provides
appointment of a state board of medi-
cal examiners, one member at least Of
which is to be a woman physician
trained In care Of mental diseases, the
function Of which board shall be to ex-
anime patients before incarceration IL
insane hospitals.
To this end it recommends the es-
Enlistment of detention hospitals in
which those believed to be insane may
be temporarily placed, and for rea-
sonable length of time be under sur
veillance of state examiners.
1t is further recommended that the
board act in cooperation with a jury
composed of men and women. 1t is
believed by members of the society
that such an arrangement would be
conducive to more just commitment of
criminals. The resolution stated that
occasionally cases in Wisconsin are
committed to the insane hospitals
when a positive diagnosis of insanity
could not be made, the commitment
being upon the testimony Of general
practitioners, not always skilled in
the recognition of insanity.
The resolution stated that cases
more properly belonging to penal in
situations have been known to be COM
mitted and that the presence of these
cases is a menace, as the insane are
particularly susceptible to any infiu-
ence, good or bad.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28
State viii Lead at Livestock Show.

State VIII Lead al Livestock Show.
Wisconsin will lead all other states
and Canada in the number and great
variety of breeds of sheep at the thir-
teenth annual International Livestock
show to be held at the Chicago Union
Stock yards, November 80 to Deem
Der Z. The Badger breeders will show
1853 head and in point OF numbers this
will be the biggest herd at the show.
The Onoka farms. Waukesha. have
entered II ShrOpshires, II Cottswolds,
and A. w. Arnold, Galesville, will
show one Hampshire, seven Lincolns
and eight Southdowns. Wisconsin
university shows ten Shropshires,
three Oxford, 13 Southdowns, nine
Cheviots and three Rambouillets and
~ grades. George McKerrow e Sons,
Pewaukee, show II Shropshires and
IL Oxfords. The university also shows
IL Hampshires. A. Broughton & Sons.
Albany, enter nine Shropshires and
nine grades. L. Kammerer, Brodhead,
shows nine Shropshires and five
grades.
At the international Dairy show
held at Milwaukee last month the Wis
consin Breeders association occupied
a booth and gave demonstration
showing what the Badger livestock
men are doing in the way Of progress
in several different lines. At the In
ternational Livestock show will be
seen living example of high class
work in this direction by the owners
of Badger herds. The Wisconsin men
come down to the show with 40 head
of Shorthorns, "a head of Herefords,
three of Red Polled, and four grades.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28
Expect $4,000 Delegates.

Expect $4,000 Delegates.
Plans for strengthening the Wiscon-
sin Federation CT Catholic Societies ny
stimulating interest in the national
convention of the order, to be held in
Milwaukee next August, in individual
branches, were discussed by the state
organization committee in offices of
the Catholic Family Protective asso-
citation.
The national convention will bring
$4,000 delegates from all parts of the
country and insular possessions
The committee decided to ask Arch
bishop Messmer to confer with bishops
and to send letter to clergy asking
that enthusiasm be aroused in each
parish. The committee will call a
meeting of heads of branches to urge
increase in membership.
Those who attended the meeting
were: John Schneider. Menasha; Rev.
Phillip Schweitzer, Watertown; John
Gaines, Clintonvilie. and DR.. H. ].
Granting and Otto P. Seifrtz, Mil
waukee.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28
Boston Brown Bread.

One cup cornmeal, one teaspoon
salt, one cup rye meal, three-fourths
cup molasses, one cup whole wheat
-four, one pint sour milk, one and
ane-half teaspoons soda. Mix the meal
-four and soda well together, add the
molasses and sour milk; mix well, d.
vide In three; place in creased molds
and steam one and one-half hours.
-(From Wisconsin Farmers Insti-
tute Cook Book.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28
plant Nnur Flower Bulbs.

II you want a hardy perennial
flower bed or border next year and
have not planted the bulbs yet, it
will be satisfactory to plant the bulbs
now, as this will permit them to send
out little rootlets in the warm spells
of winter and at the earliest approach
of spring. This will insure early, Wig
orOus flowers
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28

States Crop for Year Above Average.
In spite of some injurious factors
and conditions this has been big
year for crops in Wisconsin.
1T has been year Of tremendous
crops" said Prof r. a. Moore, pro
lessor of agronomy at the university
when the corn crop was delayed
By the cool weather in the latter part
pf the summer there was some fear
for 1t, and some Of it did not mature
In time to escape frost, but 1t was a
great crop nevertheless, much above
the average.
''The grain crop was also big on the
whole In this section, although the
cool weather retards the crops and
later the rain interfered with the
theshing. There Is considerable second
grade grain this year as result OF
these factors.
THE potato crop is big, particu-
Larly in northern Wisconsin. Grubs
have been fearfuIly destructive IN
some places around here, yet in spite
Of that fact there seems every indi-
cation of a big yield. Especially 10
this true in the northern part OF the
state. Some days ago / was up I'll
Ellis Junction in Marinette county,
and while there | saw hundred
teams waiting to unload their pota-
toes at the warehouse. The farmers
we're getting twenty-five cents a
busheI there; in some places they
were getting more.
Professor Moore was in ,Dodgeville,
where he spoke at an Iowa county
corn show which the principal or
the high school had arranged in the
court house of that city.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28
Dairy Glass Is Largest.

Dairy Class Is Largest.
The winter dairy course of the uni
yersity college of agriculture has
opened with the largest registration IN
its history, al practical buttermakers
and cheesemakers being enrolled for
the three months work.
Sixty per cent. of the students are
cheesemakers. In previous years the
proportion was practically reversed,
many more buttermakers than cheese
makers taking the course.
Experience in either a cheese fac
tory or a creamery is required for en-
trance to the course. Some owners OF
factories and creameries are among
those taking the course this year.
Fourteen nonresident students from
Oregon, Kentucky, Michigan, Iowa
and Minnesota are enrolled.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28
Cover Your Strawberries.

Strawberry plants will suffer this
winter unless you cover them well
with straw. They will suffer next sea-
son If the straw or manure with which
you cover them this winter contain
many weed seeds.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28
MI. vo,,r snow Pillow Now.

This is a good time to make snow
pIow. If made in the shape of v
with plow handles for better guidance.
and a singletree attached so that a
horse NAV be used in making the
paths from house to barn and around
the buildings this winter, great
deal of time will be saved and the
paths made will not be so slippery and
dangerous as if made simply by tramp
Ing the snow down.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28

ever, until further results are obtain
ed In the marketing Of the hemp, the
college does not recommend that it
should be grown for this purpose.
There is some difficulty in finding a
market for the small quantities which
each man would grow, although this
difficulty will probably soon be over.
come
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28

She--Sometimes you appear really
manly and sometimes you are effemi-
nate How do you account for it?
He-I suppose it is hereditary. Half
of my ancestors were men and the
other half womani-Tit-Bits.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28
u.r,n "a xiii Thistle.

Use of hemp for eradication Of
ouack grass and Canada thistle has
proved very effective In the exper-
iments conducted by Professor Nor
Scrd fr the vicinity of Waupun How
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28
Not the Same.

You used to aall your wife Kit
ten"
Il know, but she has grown since
then. Judge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28
Free kilah School increase.

According to the new official school
directory of Wisconsin. issued by the
state, there are now ST free .four-year
high schools in the state, which is IA
more than last year. In addition,
there are IS independent high schools
One-third of the principalships of the
free high schools in operation last
year are held this year by men new
to their present positions. The direc-
tory lists 70 superintendent, four OF
whom are new this year. About one
in seven of the city superintendencies
Is in changed hands
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28
Chance.

st always embrace an oppor.
tunity"
But, then, you must be careful you
are not hugging delusion."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28

Here's your portrait, sir"
THAT my portrait? Well, may
have sat for it. but won't stand for
it."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28

A girl of ten hates to be kissed al
most as much as girl of twenty
doesn't.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28
Milwaukee Loses Nee.

Although Milwaukee put up a strong
FIGHT for the next convention of the
FIRST district of the Women's Relief
Corps of Wisconsin. they lost out to
East Troy. At the close of the session
In Sheboygan the following officers
for the ensuing year were elected:
District president, Mrs. Mary Conrad,
East Troy; senior vice-president, Mrs.
e. w. Senton, Waukesha; junior vice
president, Mrs. Nellie Carey, Mani
sowoc; secretary, Mrs. Ida Achier,
East Troy: treasurer, Mrs. Clara Al
beers, sheboygan.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28

A silo IA feet in diameter and 80
feet high viii! easily hold 100 tons of
silage.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28

Not According to Rule.
Her emotions are ungrammatical. Z"
What ID you mean by that?'
''All her moods are tense"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28
New Corporations.

new NCTPoIdliohS'
Articles of incorporation were filed
as follows:
La Sale company, Milwaukee; CAPT
tai. 100000; incorporators, W. F.
Frier Fred Tschientschy, Frank H.
Fielder
The following foreign corporations
filed statements:
Semet-Solvay company. Pennsyi-
vania. increasing its capital from
100000 to 100000.
B. F. Goodrich company, Ohio: cap
ital, s9oOO0,o00; interest in Wiscon-
sin, $4,000.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28

A CURB FOR PILES.
Coles Carbolsalve stops itching and pain
and cures piles. All druggists. rs and sec. Adv.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28
New Wisconsin Patents.

Gustav Bjorkman, Racine. massag.
ing syringe; Ernest Duscher, La
Crosse. assignor to the VoteVBerger
company, type setter; Ernest Duscher,
Crosse. assignor to the Vote-Berger
er company, printing machine; Orlan
do C. Frick, assignor to Smalley Man.
ufacturing company, Manitowoc, feed
cutter: Charles w. Kersteter, Milwau
kee. sprinkler head; Alfred Laukhuff
Milwaukee. paper cutting mechanism;
(reissue) Henry C. Miller. Milwaukee
Iooseleaf binder; Clarence A. Shaler
Waupun. electrical heating unit.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28
BADGER
NEWS BREVITIES

adygmith.-Warren Vansickle, if
teen years old, shot himself
through the head while deer hunting,
dying few hours later. He stood on
stump, holding his gun by the muz-
zle. The gun was discharged when 1t
slipped off.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28

La Crosse-C1arence Barney Of
Eau Claire, paroled prisoner
from the Green Bay reformatory, after
a three days silent treatment in the
city jail, confessed, according to the
police, that he stole purse contain
ing 500, besides several checks, from
the home of Mrs. Anna Hendrickson.
The police say he climbed through q
window while the family was at sup
per. He will be taken back 10 Green
Bay.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28

Cumberland.-Herma Nicholas, a
farmer living near here, acct
dentally shot and perhaps fatally
wounded himself when his rife slipped
from his hand and was discharged
The bullet hit him In the. temple.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28

Appleton-Joha TThiesen, caught
by Patrolman Garvey robbing the
till in a tea and coffee store, was
sentenced to two years in the state re-
formatory at Green Bay. The police.
man was concealed SO close to the
cash register in the store that Thiesen
practically rubbed elbows with him
while rifling the till.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-28

.Neenah-His neck broken last Sat
urday in a fall down a flight
of stairs, Chester Robiee, aged fifty,
still lives, although he is In precar-
ious condition. His body is complete
Iy paralyzed except his voice. Physi-
clans have partially reduced the frac-
ture.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-09-07

Pudieran ser orgiasticos tazones
para beber la luz Ell que horecen.
para libar ell sol, bajo que mecen
srls altiwos y esplendidos pompones.
Rosas asustadoras por enormes
rosas como de clclopes defomes,
teneis de un rito antique Ia grandeza.
Tai vez fuisteis en- viejo poderio
vasos redondos, lenos de rocio
para brindar a Dios la Belleza.
SALVADOR RUEDA.
(Continuara.)
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-09-07

LA ROSA DE OLOR

Sois las rosas de olor. rosas sencillasi
para amadas en todos los inStantes;
sois igual que los ojos de abundantes,
y mas feclmdas son vtlestras semillas.
Ell pueblo os entreteje EN- su mantillas
EN- los dlas de fiesta rutilantes,
y os recuesta Ell srls senos palpitantes,
y os ad0ra en- ell templo de rodillas
Sois las rosas, humildes Gle La aldea
en- que ell Sol de los pobres Sc fecrea
llenandolas de amor y besos rojos.
Y EN- ell libro immortal, por Dios escritas,
Sois 10 mismo que ell trigo de benditas,
ipues sois el pan diario de los ojoS
LAS ROSAS GIGANTESCAS.
We'd su rojo grandor; regioS borlones
sllS calices magnificos parecen
que las catidas brisas estremecen
tomandolaS por grandes corazones.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-09-07
SOBRIN0S De LzQUlERDO & Co.
.. EN- G.
TETUAN 20, SAN JUAN, PR
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
IMPORTADORES EXPORTADORES
Agentes Generates
Agentes Generates

De los vapores asaanicos espanoles de Pinos lzqu5do
& Co., de Cadiz
Del famoso Vermouth "ClNZANO" de Torno
Dc los renombrados Vnos Rojanos, bancos rojos dc
las "BODECAS RIOJANAS", de Madrid.
De Ia Cerveza ngesa T" roja marca TENNENT
De los superiores Aceites de DIVA marca "TENA. dc
Sevilla.
de otros productos de Europa, de gran er
esta ISla
ntroductores gran ecala dncos recepores, de aa
excslentes ACEITUNAS SEvLLANAS que vendemss preco
ados envasadas potes automscs especiales COS
ssllo estampado marc @EQUIERD0-