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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
BY PROF. j. c. MILWARD,
College of Agriculture.

Wisconsin College of Agriculture.
In commercial potato growing CEN
ters there is urgent need that re-
vision be made Of the rules of county
fairs relating to the arrangement of
premium lists on potatoes. Question
able varieties are often recognized
on the list, and in measure encour-
agement is indirectly given to the
mixing of varieties. Competitive po-
tato exhibits have been encouraged by
the college of agriculture, and form
of special premium list has been
adopted. This list is submitted and
recommended as substitute for the
lists generally used at county fairs
or special potato exhibits.
Rules and Classes.
1. Potatoes should be exhibited in
one-half bushel lots. Not less than
one peck will be accepted.
Q. All potatoes must be grown by
the person making the exhibit
8. Not more than one premium will
be awarded to any exhibitor on the
same variety in ono class.
4. At the discretion of the Judge
unworthy exhibits may be excluded
from premiums regardless of compe-
tition.
Class BEST sample of each of the
following standard varieties: Rural
New Yorker. Burbank, Carman No. 3,
Green Mountain, Peerless, Early Ohio,
Early Rose, Triumph and Irish Cob
bier.
First premium, three bushels stand
ard seed, or cash.
Second premium, two bushels stand
ard seed, or cash.
Third premium, one bushel stand
ard seed, or cash.
The horticultural department has
distributed great deal Of seed in the
potato sections and this seed has been
used to advantage as premiums on
the competitive exhibits. Commercial
interests have usually co.operated by
offering either cash or merchandise
premiums on exhibits.
Class II-Best collection of standard
early varieties showing trueness to
type and desirable market conditions.
Premiums similar to those of Glass /.
Class III-Best collection of late va
rieties showing trueness to type and
market conditions. Premiums similar
to those of Glass l.
Class IV-Best standard new vari'
ETY. not listed in Class 1. Premiums
similar to those of Glass /.
Glass V-Best collection of seed Of
standard varieties. Premiums similar
to those of Glass I.
Glass Monumental growers ex-
hibit. (In some localities competitive
exhibits of best standard late varie-
ties and best standard early varieties
have been arranged and premiums
have been awarded to the best sam
pies after inspection of the crop on
the field, In cellar or warehouse. Only
stock from fve-acre fields or larger is
allowed to compete. This arrange
ment is adaptable only to special con-
ditions, but the recommendation is a
good one for special potato exhibits
where provision can be made to in
spect the entire stock Of competitors
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
Whitewashlnc Hen House.

When you whitewash the interior
of the poultry house mix liberal
amount Of some good disinfectant or
crude carbolic acid with the white
wash just before applying it. This
will insure the destruction of all lice
and mites with which 1t comes in con.
tact.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29

cock valve at the top of the feed pipe
as shown in the illustration.
A coil spring holds the valve open
when the water in the watering dish
is low and allows the water to flow
in until the float rises, which closes
the valve and shuts off the flow until
the water is again lowered in the
dish.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
Brooder Colony House.

will hold a brooder and accommodate
a flock of 100 chicks.
The yard should be made in three
sections of Ike or 1x3 inch strips
covered with one-inch mesh wire net
ting. II covered over the top with
wire netting, 1t will be proof against
cats and other intruders. The coop
and house should be moved to fresh
ground weekly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
ce++lno Most Money.

1t is not the great number of fowls
we raise that brings most money, but
the ones we can comfortably care for.
1t takes food and labor to care for
poultry. Twenty hens properly cared
for will give better returns than 100
only half fed and poorly housed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
v.rmin In Hot Weather.

Veruin breeds much faster In
warm weather than In cool weather.
often give the henhouses, brooders
and brood coops thorough disinfect'
ing with some good liquid disinfectant
and dust the fowls and chicks well
with lice powder
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29

There is no possible way Of deter
mining sex of eggs. Mapes very
truthfully says that the best way to
tell whether an egg contains rooster
or pullet Ia to hatch the egg under
a hen, and watch the chick for about
q year-if It crows 1t is a rooster; II
1t lays eggs, it is pullet.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
BR0ODER HOUSE MADE HANDY
Convenient Coop for Poultry Keeper
Can Be Made Any Size Desired
Cover With Netting.

The illustration shows very con-
venient style of coop for the poultry
keeper 1t can be made any size de-
sired, from 2x3 to 4x5 feet or more.
says the Farm and Home. The
smaller coop is sufficient for a hen
and her brood, while the larger size
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
Sees Bio Sugar Beet Crop.

Sees Big Sugar Beet Crop.
The sugar beet crop in Wisconsin
will be ons C the largest ever raised
according to A. D. Campbell of the
Wisconsin Advancement Association.
Mr. Campbell said that his beet crop
covers about 10000 acres. From
II to IL tons are grown on each
acre, he said, and the beets are
sold for about 1925 ton. With what
the farmer can make from the use OF
parts of the vegetable not used in the
manufacture of sugar, he can make
about SIS gross profit from each acre.
according to Mr.. Campbell.
"The beet crop is as large as it can
be without swapping the sugar fac
tories" Mr.. Campbell said. Much
more beets could be raised if there
were sugar factories to buy them. II
view of this situation new factory is
to be built at Oshkosh. The present
factories are at Chippewa Falls, James
vile, Madison, Menominee Falls and
Marinette. The damp weather which
we have been having is favorable te
the growth of the beets. At about this
time we ought to have sunshine, and
think that there win be enough of II
to develop the vegetables properly
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29

Milwaukee to Get Home for Animals
At the recent meeting Of the Wis
consin Humane society a resolution
was adopted for the society to take
immediate action toward establishing
a home for unfortunate animals in
Milwaukee. Mr.. Philips suggestion
for having an exhibit at the state fair
next month met with the approval Of
all
E. B. Heimstreet of Palmyra, one Of
the directors Of the society, in bring
ing up the matter of home, suggest
for he understood that there were
many willing to help financially such
an institution. He also offered a res
olution requesting the use Of the state
fair grounds, when not in use, for one
year. H. X. Curtis seconded the mo-
tion and was followed by John LIE
Feber, who gave a short talk. Miss
Lenora Cawker said that it was some.
thing that she had looked forward to
for years, as she had now in her ken.
nels more than forty cats and dogs
which had been brought in during the
week. Short talks also were given by
Woods Plankinton, ]. H. Kopmeier, j.
F. Kraft, Frank Cannon, E. T. Fair
child, H. e. Philips and Miss Mar
shall.
In unanimous vote it was decided
to name the proposed institution the
Cawker Memorial Home for Animals,
and the matter was placed in the
hands of the following committee: e.
B. Heimstreet, chairman; Frank Can
non, e. T. Fairchild, H. L. Philips and
Miss Lenore Cawker
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29

A Clean Stable for the Cows.
A dirty, filthy COW stable is mex
cusable. It is a bad habit that must
be abolished. Every farmer should
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29

La Crosse - Emil Raze, charged
with assault, escaped from the
Buffalo county sheriff while await
ing train here The sheriff followed,
firing his revolver, but without effect.
The attempted escape was frustrated
by a saloon keeper who, mistaking
the handouts for a revolver, foored
the prisoner.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29

Marinette-Grant and Curtis Am
undsen, aged five and seven years
respectively, sons of Louis Am
undsen, a jewe1er of Marinette,
drowned in a slip at the foot of Ely
street. They were on logs sailing
toy boat when they fell into the wa
ter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29

Sun Prairie.-James Brown, a Chi
cago aviator, fell thirty feet in BIZ
aeroplane at the Industrial fair here
and was painfully injured. The ma
chine was smashed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29

Fond du Lac. - Solitary confne.
ment and a bread and water diet
was meted out to two county Jail pris-
oners, John Swanson and Joseph
Bradley, who escaped from their cells
and we're overpowered and RECALLED
with difficulty by the sheriff and Jail
electrician. Both men possessed heavy
iron bars, believed by jail officials to
have been struggled in to them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29

Racine.-Nick Yannuzzi, an Ital
ian, was sentenced to ten years IL
states prison for a criminal assault
upon little Fannie Julnified last June
Following the assault, TO which the
convicted man pleaded guilty, the
father of the child inflicted two Sc
we're wounds on the face of Yannuzzi
with knife. He was discharged by
the court on the grounds that he had
acted on behalf of society.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29

Madison-In North Hudson the
village clerk and two saloon keep
ers are practically the only per
sons not employed by railroad, and
it is almost impossible to obtain Off
GERS for the village unless railroad
men are included. The attorney gen.
eral ruled in an opinion that the anti
pass law does not prevent such rail-
road men, If elected, from using passes
If they used them in performance Of
their duties with the railroad and not
for their own pleasures.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
cLEWs' CHEERFUL VIEW.

Henry Clews is cheerful in his
view of the business situation. In
his weekly review he says: ""The
United States seems to have taken
in Mother Nature as a special part
ner, and once the country prom
ises to be favored with good har-
vests. If present calculations are
realized we shall garner a 700, OOO,-
600 bushel wheat. crop, a 1900, OOO,,
900 bushel corn crop and a 1900, OOO,-
600 bushel oats crop. &C.,.
'The yield of potatoes and hay is
also likely to be considerably ahead
of last year. The total value of these
five crops is estimated at So, 600, OOO,-
900, or about 5000, OOO, 900 ahead of
last year. In all probability the ag-
gregate of all agricultural wealth
produced this year will be about &c..
600, 900 900, as against s 800, 900, 900,
the figures of the department of agri.
culture last year. "
What this annual production of
new wealth means to this country
may be estimated when it is remem.
bered that the capital stock of all
the railroads in the United States
is placed at $S,470, 900, 900. An in
crease of $500, OOO,O 900 in agricultural
products in a single year cannot but
be a powerful stimulus to business
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
coLoNEL,s INCONSISTENCY

There are some people who APP.
pear to relish the cZarism of Theo.
dore Roosevelt and there are others
who do not. Editor Lewis of The
Cannon Falls Ledger is of the lat
ter class. He describes the colonel
in this way: "He. boasts and bluffs
and bubbles, and says one thing
today and denies it tomorrow. He
is for high tariff and low tariff;
against m suffrage and for
women suffrage; for reciprocity;
he won't I'll for a third
term; he will support the nominee;
he won't go to Chicago and goes to
Chicago; he tried to steal delegates
and he calls the man a thief who
did get them. ."He says: thou
shalt not steal and then goes | n
to steal presidential electors; in af-
fecting the defense of high ideals
he uses the language of the prize
ring, the barroom and the gambling
den; he denounces trusts and com
bines and takes their money to
pay HE eohlpdiSH eApeilSeS, he is
all things to all men just so he
gets their votes; he defies and over.
rides laws and blames others for
not enacting laws; .
He is a confirmed opportunist
who always misses his opportunity;
he denounceS socialism and goes
the socialists one better by advocat.
ing the recall of judicial decisions;
he quotes Lincoln and does things
that Lincoln hated, and he spurns
the virtues of Washington in order
to play the part of Caeser." This
is the measure that Editor Lewis
takes of the idol of the third
partyites.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
TROUGH AND PIE COUNTER.

The Owatonna Journal says: "The
old basis of maintaining party Or
ganization through the ability of the
party to put me and my friends
in office and political jobs is a
thing of the past. The day is at
hand when the great majority of
voters will align with a party only
when it represents the principles
and ideas that they believe in. If
you question this, how many
straight party ballots will be cast
in this country this fall?" Bun
combe! Should Woodrow Wilson be
elected, the always hungry demo-
Gratis will break each others necks
in the scramble for places at the
trough. The same thing will apply
in case Colonel Roosevelt is elected
president. The patriotic progress
s~ives," even though they are filled
with idealistic notions, will be all
ready to accept space at the pie
counter, and not a few of them will
go so far as to shove their COM
patriots one side in their efforts to
reach the pie and pudding.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
WEALTH FROM WORKSHOPS.

According to a census bulletin re
Gently issued these interesting facts
are made public: In 1909 the United
States had 26S,491 manufacturing es
adjustments, which gave employ
ment during the year to an average
of ~7,67S,57S persons, of whom 6,
615,G46 were wage These
manufacturing establishments pait
1896, 613 900 in salaries and wages
and turned out products to the val
lie of 500, 672, O52,OOO, to produce
which materials costing $12,141, 791,
900 were consumed.
The value added by the manufac
ture, namely, the difference between
the cost of materials and the tota
value of products, was $~8,53O,261,
600. This figure best represents
the net wealth created by manufac
turing operations, because the gross
value of products includes the cos
of the materials used, which are
either the products of non-manufac
turing industries, such as agricul
ture, forestry, fisheries and mining
or else are themselves the produc
of manufacturing establishments.
During the ten years from 1895
to 1909 the number of blish
ments increased 29.4 per cent; thu
capital employed, 1868 per cent,
the average number Of wage earn
ers, 4O.4 per cent; the amount O.
primary power, IS per cent; the
value of materials consumed, a.
per cent; the value of products, 81;
per cent; and the value added b,
manufacture, 1866 per cent. TIL,
gross value of products in 100!
exceeded that in 1899 by more thar
$~9,OOO,000,O 900, and the value added
by manufacture in 1909 was, il
round numbers, So, 700, 200, 900 more
than in 1889.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear,
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inflamed condition of the mucous
lining of the Eustation Tube. When
this tube is iniamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing,
and when it is entirely closed, deaf
ness is the result, and unless the
inflammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to it's normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by
Catarrah, which is nothing but an
inlamed condition of the mucous
surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of deafness (caused by
catarrah) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrah' Cure. Send for cir
culars, free. F. j. Cheney, & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio.
- Sold by druggists, sc.
~ Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
ROAST FOR jim PETERSON.

his is the nice, gentle way The
st. Paul Dispatch handles James A
Peterson:
after placing Roosevelt in the
twilight zone and abusing him dur.
ing the La Toilette movement, and
even since the Chicago convention,
James A. Peterson, through his man.
ager, w. T. Coe, has crooked the
suppliant knee and asked for a front
seat on the penitential bench. Mr.
Coe explained that Mr.. Peterson was
thoroughly p%enitent. He c%ontrasted
Peterson's conversion with some he
had witnessed as a boy in a Metho'
dist camp meeting, the sincerity OF
which was not to be questioned be.
cause of it's speed.
"'YOu can't afford to keep any.
one out because of his past SINS
shouted Mr.. Coe at the progressives
in their convention yesterday.
"The LOTUS Manahan-Peterson tri
umvirate has a culver full of candi-
dates now, and it's attitude to Roose.
'CiI Io ny d zeal IO see
some members of the Minnesota Pro.
gressive Republican league in office.
Even that former %implacable foe OF
Roosevelt, James Manahan, candi
date for congressman-at-large, hover.
ed about looking for a soft place
to light among the Roosevelt pro.
gressives."
And it will not be long ere a
great many third %partyites will crook
the suppliant knee and ask for a
place on the penitential bench of the
republican party.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09

to see there is nothing which him
ders development into a sound body.
Weak eyes, unnoticed by parents,
have been discovered and eyesight
saved by these inspectors. AIDE
noids, the little nodules in the nasal
passages, have been discovered.
These have hindered the promotion
of more than n pupil, on account
of their effect on the general health.
Pupils with adenoids are usually
dull. The removal of the growth
often does wonders, but parents are
growth. Every community might
well afford to consider having a
paid school physician this fall.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
THE RURAL SCHOOLS.

"The rural school is the one lag
gard in the educational procession
declares E. T. F%airchild, Kansas
state superintendent of public in
struction. This condition is due
among other things, to the fact thai
the emphasis of educational thought
has been placed on the city schools
the high schools, and the colleges
at the expense of the rural school
Mr.. Fairchild also finds that "the
ever-increasing trend of population
toward the cities, and the growing
per cent of tenant farmers, have
had a distinct and deterrent effect
upon our country schools. Of the
II, 00O, 900 rural-school children, con
shutting a clear majority of the
whole number of the youth of school
age, less than twenty-five per cen
are completing the work of the
grades.
"The teaching body is immature
and lacks proper training. Terms
are short. School buildings are
poor, insanitary, and ill-equipped
The school enrolment is constantly
decreasing. The supervision is
wholly inadequate. Cost of instruc
ton is higher than in the grades
High-school privileges are denied
the great majority Of these boys
and girls.
"The strong, virile, rural school
of a generation ago has gone, and
in it's place is a primary school weak
in numbers and lacking in efficiency
The country boy and girl of this
strenuous and complex twentieth
century are not afforded equal edu'
cational opportunities.
"a vital weakness in u rural
school system is the lack of a gen
uine demand for properly trained
teachers. | have knowledge of one
state that bears an excellent repu,
tation e~ducationally where, out OF
5000 rural school teachers in 1910,
400 were found to have had nc
training beyond the eighth grade.
eff we want to get more out OF
the rural schools, we must put more
into them. We can never have the
best rural schools until we have
aroused the public interest in them
The national life and character OF
tomorrow is set and directed by the
schools of today. The country is
the nations great recruiting ground
To it the city has always looked for
it's supply of men who do the great
things, who command armies, build
industries, take the initiative. II
is true that the cities are the cen
tiers of organization, but they are not
self-sustaining. The rural popula,
ton must always be the bone and
sinew of any country. More than
one-half of our school population is
trained in the rural schools. These
schools are inadequate" Yet in
spite of this severe indictment some
of the brightest minds in the coun
try were developed in the rura.
schools.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09

The suit of the State of Missouri
against the lumber companies oper.
ating in the state on the ground
that they illegally restrained trade
and sought to monopolize trade was
decided against twenty-nine of the
companies in the report of the special
commissioner to the supreme court,
1t finds that they curtailed output,
regulated prices, blacklisted retail,
ers and worked under a joint trade
agreement. Exceptions will be heard
by the court in October.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09

The editor of this paper would
not knowingly say a word to hurt
the feelings of any of it's subscrib-
ers DR. citizens at a time when the
dark winged messenger of death has
brought sorrow to the homes, but
from the best of motives we desire
to call the attention of our readers
to the custom of publishing "card
of thanks" says the Elysian Enter
prise. 1t is a custom that has out
grown it's purpose, if it ever had
one. When sickness and death
comes to your home it is only nat
ural that your friends and neighbors
should do what they could to assist
you. They would be heathens if
they did not. They know from the
expression of your face that you
are thankful and deeply appreciate
all they do, and it is not necessary
to rush into print and tell the world
that your neighbors we're kind when
you were in trouble. The reading
public is becoming tired of the ole
stereotyped ''card of thanks You