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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-30
RAPE AS SWINE
AND SHEEP PASTURE
BY PROF. G. C. HUMPHREY,
Wisconsin College of Agriculture.

Few cultivated pasture crops are
more profitable for feeding hogs and
sheep, and sometimes even cattle, than
Dwarf Essex rape. This may be
sown at any time from April until
late summer, successive sowings In
surfing a continuous pasture.
Rape is often sown broadcast,
though it is considered to be better
practice to SOW 1t In rows 80 inches
apart, which permits of cultivation, a
more rapid growth, and sheep or hogs
pasturing II without trampling down
and wasting so much OF the crop.
When the rape is drilled 215 pounds
of seed per acre is enough, unless the
ground is rough and one desires
plants not too large and woody, when
four pounds is better. When broad
casted, four to six pounds will be re-
quired.
Stock may be turFed into the field
as soon as the stalks are twelve to
fourteen inches high, before the plants
are so old as to be unpalatable. This
Wal Db dDOuL 6lBhb hC0hN 6ASSA Wv
ing. Some men, with limited acre
ages, cut the rape instead Of pastur-
ing 1t. II rape is cut four or five
inches high, instead of close to the
ground, a second or even third crop
will grow. Rape soiled in this man
ner should be drilled in rows.
Most Wisconsin farmers find 1t best
to turn their sheep and hogs into a
rape field and let them eat 1t down.
Portable fences to keep the rape from
being wasted prove good investment.
When sheep are first turned into rape
they are apt to eat too much, and
bIoat and scours are quite sure to
follow as a result It is best to turn
sheep onto rape for only few hours
In the afternoon and for not more
than half a day at a time when they
have become accustomed to it. For
bioating a good remedy is liquid am
monia, one teaspoonful in three times
as much Of water. This should be
given every hour until the swelling
subsidies.
Pigs, especially white ones. are very
apt to sun scald II allowed to run in
rape which is wet from rain or heavy
dew.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-30
BY PROFESSORS L. r. JONES and
J. G. SANDERS,
Wisconsin COLLEGE of Agriculture,


The first. spraying that potatoes re-
suire consists of the application of an
arsenical poison for the destruction
of the potato beetle The vines should
be treated as soon as the eggs of the
first beetles hatch, any delay making
the killing of the pests doubly diff
cult. Paris green, applied either dry
or in water, is the most common poi
son. Two pounds of paris green per
acre is the usual application
Arsenical poisoning or burning of
the potato leaves frequently follows
the use of paris green, owing to solu-
bic arsenic that may be contained in
it. To prevent this, lime should al
ways be mixed with the poison. If
used dry, this may be done by mixing
with air slaked lime; if to be applied
as spray in water, add one pound or
more of lime for each pound of paris
green to be used. Id recent years 9TH
er arsenical poisons have been used
more or less as substitutes for paris
green. Lead arsenate has been the
leading one "a pounds in so gallons of
water, applied with spray pump. 1t
is more adhesive, but less quick in it's
action on potato beetles.
If the beetles and larvae are espe-
cially troublesome, a second applica-
ton of the arsenical poisons may be
necessary. Otherwise, the later in
sects are controlled by spraying for
blights with combination bordeaux
arsenical mixture.
About two weeks after the applica-
ton of the paris green, or about mid
summer. modified bordeaux mix
ture should be made as follows:
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-30
just Like 4 Man.

A man suffered from infiammatory
rheumatism, and his wife nursed him
patiently. He had a very fault-fnding
disposition, but she was very patient
and also very fond of him.
After an especially severe attack, a
friend called to inquire after him.
The patient wore a mournful express
sion.
WELL" said the friend, cheerfully,
how are you today?"
Very badly" replied the rheumat-
ic sufferer, "and it's all my wife's
fault"
Why" cried the friend in astonish-
nent rs 1t possib1e?"
Yes, moaned the invalid, you
know, the doctor told me always to
avoid damp places; and there my wife
sits and cries just to make the air
moist around me-"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-30
SPARTAN TEST FOR BOYS
Asked to Stop Eating Pies, Cheap
Candy and cruiIers In New
York City.

New York.-New York schoolboys
have been asked to start, and continue
1T least month, test in self-denial,
IN which they will abstain from using
cheap candies, unwholesome pies, crul-
ers and greasy pastry, and soda water
Favored with highly-colored sirups.
The public schools athletic league
makes the request, and promises the
boys who keep their pledge that they
will excel in all athletic contests to be
held in Central Park when 10000
Toung athletes will participate in
festival Of sports.
The league also has obtained pledges
rom the boys not to use alcoholic bev-
rages or smoke cigarettes.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-30
TENDERFEET WIN
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
HILL AND SONS, THE DAT CHAM
PloNs, ARE cocKNEYs BORN
AND BRED.

City-bred in the worlds greatest
metropolis and unframed as to things
agricultural, we're ]. C. Hill and his
three boys when they settled on home
steads at Lloydminster, in the Prov.
ince of Saskatchewan (western Can
ada), eight years ago. Today they
are the recognized champion oat grow
ers of the North American continent.
having won twice in succession the
silver challenge cup. valued at $1,000.
at the Fifth National Corn exposition,
Columbia, S. c. The Plate, officially
known as the Colorado Dat trophy, is
emblematic Of the grand champion
ship prize for the best bushel of oats
exhibited by individual farmers or ex.
pertinent farms at these expositions.
The Hill entry won this year In the
fee of the keenest competition, hun
dreds of exhibits being sent by expe-
rienced farmers from all parts OF the
United States and Canada The oats
were grown on land which was wild
prairie less than four years ago.
When Mr.. Hill and his three sons.
who probably never saw q wider acre
age than the hills of Hampstead
Heath, or the parks of London, came
to Saskatchewan eight years ago, they
had little more capital than was re-
CURED for homestead entry fees. They
filed on four homesteads. in the Lloyd.
Minister district, which straddles the
boundary of Alberta and Saskatehe.
wan. They went to work with will
ripping the rich brown sod with break.
ing plows and put in a crop, which
yielded fair returns.
They labored early and late and de
MED themselves paltry pleasures, glad
to stand the gaT for while in rising
to their possibilities. They talked with
successful farmers and studied crops
! and conditions and proflted by both
/ The new life on the farm Vas strange
/ but they never lost heart, handicapped
as they were by lack of experience
and capital,
The farm house, modern in every
respect, compares favorably with any
residence in the city. The Hills hav.
substantial bank accounts and theil
credit is gilt-edge from Edmonton Il
Winnipeg and beyond.
There is nothing secret about ou
methods nor is our plan copyrighted
We first made a thorough study o
climatic conditions, soil and seed,
said Mr.. Hill. I'VE tended our crop
carefully and gradually added liv
stock, realizing from the beginning
that mixed farming would pay large
and more certain returns than straigh
grain growing. We have demonstrate
that fact to our satisfaction and tn
result is that many of the farmers 1
the district are following our exam
pie"
The land that the Hills work is c
the same class as may be found any
where in Manitoba, Saskatchewan o
Alberta. --Advertjsement
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-30
ARE EXPERT SHOTS
Albanians Perform Remarkable
Feats With Odd Weapons.
Hit Target About Size III Dime at
Hundred Yards-Men Who Miss
Are Ridiculed by Crowd
and Punished.

Scutari.-The Albanian riflemen are
said to be among the most skilIful in
the world. Indeed, their feats of
craftsmanship, even in boyhood, are
so extraordinary as to seem uncanny.
On enc occasion a curious exhibi-
ticn RI their skill was shown when a
tarSst about the size Of a dime was
placed en- a tree, to bo shot at from a
distance of a hundred yards by body
OF men marching in single file. AS
each of the ten men passed the target
he fired, so quickly that it seemed he
scarcely aimed at ALL Not one man
missed. The same ten men marched
double-quick, firing without the slight
est hesitation, and but one marksman
missed the target. The weapons used
were the usual Albanian gun-a long,
ornate affair, carrying a ball about the
size of hazel nut
One young Albanian stepped for
ward and threw a bit of stone into
the air with one hand and shot it into
pieces with the other. This feat was
duplicated by several other marks
men.
A gold ring was placed upon a tree
and nearly every Albanian put ball
through it without touching it. Then
eight little boys, from the ages of
eight to ten, put balls through the
same ring.
Such men as missed the mark were,
amid the laughter of the crowd, con-
demned to stand with an earthen
cruise of colored water on their heads
to be shot at by the others. So two
men stepped forward, and little cruises
We're carefully set on their heads,
while two other marksmen, each a
brother to the man he aimed at, came
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-30

Copper sulfate, pounds;
Fresh stone lime, pounds;
Paris green, l pound
COR lead arsenate, 8 pounds;
Water, so gallons.
Stake the lime and dissolve the cop
per sulfate in water in separate con-
tainers. Strain the lime water into
the barrel and add water to fiji the bar
rel about half full Dilute the sui
fate solution with several pailfuls OF
water and strain this into the barrel,
stirring promptly and thoroughly and
adding more water as needed to fill
the barrel. Add the arsenical poison
and use,a once. The important point
to remember is that both lime and sui
fate solution should be diluted with
water before combining, and the mix
ture stirred. If this mixture is allowed
ed to stand long, it settles to the
bottom and is thereafter less effective
and more likely to clog the nozzles.
Agitate the mixture thoroughly while
spraying.
If used in large quantity, stock So
lutions" of both copper sulfate and
lime should be made up in advance.
one pound Of the chemical to each gal
Ion of water. Enough may be made
to last through the season. A mix
ing outfit sholld be arranged on an
elevated platform, provided with a
pump or other water supply, and bar
rels to hold these stock solutions.
This application of bordeaux-arsen-
ical mixture should be repeated about
once in two weeks during midsum.
ner, according to the needs for con
troll of blight and Insects In case
the crop is Liable to suffer severely
from either early or late blight, Il
viii pay to continue spraying in this
same way through the late summer.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-30

began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and now | am strong
and healthy. Mrs. ALICE DARLING,
RID. No. 2, Box "a, Pentwater, Mich
Read Observation-Disclosures sayss
Peoria, nl.--"I had such backaches
that could hardly stand on my feet. I
would feel like crying out lots of times,
and had such a heavy feeling in my right
side. had such terrible dull headaches
every day and they would mn feel
so drowsy and sleepy all the Z ne. Jet I
could not sleep at night.
after had taken Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound a week began to-
improve. My backache was less and
that heavy feeling in my side went
away. / continued TO take the Conn
pound and am cured.
"You may publish this If you wish. F"
Miss CLARA L. GAUwITZ, R.R. No. 4.
Box GO, Peoria, III.
Such letters prove the value of Lydia
L. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for
woman's ills. Why don't you try itf
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-30
WomanIIness.

Perhaps it would not be so easy to
lose 'womanliness" as some people
seem afraid it would be. Perhaps all
the pow-wow about becoming desexed
is superfiuous. Weininger calls atten-
ton to the fact that while there are
people who are anatomically men and
psychically women. there is no such
thing as a person who is anatomically
woman and psychically man. How
ever masculine her appearance, a
woman's psychic qualities remain dis
tinctively feminine. At least, Mr..
Weininger says so.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-30

forward and shot. Immediately the
men shot at were covered with the
eolored water, which trickled over
their faces and clothing, while frag-
ments of the jugs hy all about them.
Some of the marksmen were so GER
tain of aim that the members of their
families stood like stoics and permit
ted them to shoot at eggs, apples and
so forth placed upon their heads.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-30
Bones a.1oo Years Old Found.

Geneva, Switzerland.-Prof. PeiE-
ard, the government archeologist, in
xcavating at Blassens. near Fribourg.
las found imbedded in quartz the
zones Of a woman. together with some
jwelry of the Gallic-Helvetic period,
5. G. $50 to 200. The ornaments were
bronze necklace and bracelet set
With pieces of biue glass.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-30
Run ! Poker Game; Expelled.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Cyrus Cummings
ZONES of Brooklyn and Jaffry Byron
Davidson Of Red Bank, N. j., were ex-
yelled as students in the dental school
II the University of Pennsylvania aft
r 1t was discovered they had opened
) poker room for students. The
game" was run In an exclusive apart
nent house across from the college.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-30

In addition to this, potassium iodide In
one or two dram doses each day for
ten days should be given, then with
hold treatment for a like period, and
repeat. Watch the animal closely for
symptoms of poisoning, which will be
shown by profuse discharge from the
eyes, increased flow of saliva and loss
of appetite.-Prof F. B. Hadley, De
partment of Veterinary Science.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-30

8 e riou 8 dlSplaee-
ment. / had back
ache aud soaring
down pains so bad
that ! could not sit
in a chair or walk
across the floor and
/ was in severe pain
all the time. / felt
discouraged as I had
taken everything I
could think of and
MAS M hofter r
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-30
Just as Effective.

Wigg-Oh, I'm tired of life. Have
you pistol you can lend me?
Wagg-No, but can let you have
chafing dish.-Ph Philadelphia Record.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-30

Some people never seem to learn
that the impossible is impossible.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-30

A man without an aim in life is like
dog that has no wag in his tail.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-30

Question: "A ditch in this township
which drains several acres of land
should be enlarged, but the neighbors
cannot agree on the best plan, many
wishing to do the work by hand Is
there any way that these men could be
made to let ditching machine do this
work?-A. L. II.
Answer: 1T is short-sighted policy
to put in by hand merely a small ditch.
Likewise, If you are planning on put
ting in a ditch with a capstan machine
only three feet deep, you are making
a mistake. You need an outlet ditch
from six to eight feet deep, four feet
wide at the bottom, and sixteen feet
at the top. This will give you an out
let for any lines of tile you may have
to lay. Such ditch would cost about
SIS an acre for all of the marsh land
benefited, and to put it in you would
have to organize a drainage district
This involves some points of law
which are best settled by local law
yers.-Prof. x. r. Jones.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-30
AT the School.

At the School.
Il never saw such heads as you
girls have! Who's got your rats?"
'Old Miss Prim--the cat"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-30
WOMAN COULD
NOT WALK
She Was So IIl-Restored to
Health by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.

Pentwater, Mich. = ga year ago was
very weak and the doctor said / had
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-30
AN S w E. X S
to Live Questions

Farmers are invited 20 write TO the
Agricultural Editor, Agriculture Hall,
Madison. asking live questions, which
will be referred to the proper depart
ments, answered in these columns,
and also by mail where desirable.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-30

Question: am having difficulty in
drying up a COW. sHer previous own.
er was never able to get her dry. Is
1t harmful to attempt to dry her at all .!
j. NJ B.
Answer:-Although 1t is always ad
visable to dry off COW before she
freshens, so that she may have period
of rest, there are instances where it
is very difficult to do this. II one
commences in time, however, say six
to eight weeks prior to freshening,
and withholds grain and feeds timothy
hay, 1t Is usually possible to dry most
cows off. After they are thoroughly
dry 1t is well to go back to the light
grain ration and better class of hay
to get the COW in good shape prior to
freshening. 1t is a good plan to keep
a lookout for signs Of milk fever
Prof. G. c. Humphrey, Department Of
Animal Husbandry.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-30

Question: One of my steers has the
lumpy jaw. How should treat 1t SO as
TO prevent its spread among the 9th
ers of the herd?-J. K.
Answer: -Lumpy jaw is not a Sc
verely contagious disease. Ordinarily
but one or two cases at the most viii
appear in herd within the course
Of year or so. Apply strong tincture
Of iodine to the enlargement. Some
times the injection of tincture of 10
dine into the swelling with a hypo-
aermic syringe viii be found beneficial.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-05-22
1000 SETTLERS A DAY
WESTERN CANADA MAKING RE.
MARKA6LE PROGRESS.

Settlers from the United Kingdom
and other countries of Europe landed
in Winnipeg last week at the rate OF
one thousand n day. The predicted
boom in the populating of the prairie
provinces this spring has material
ICED. as It did last year. and today the
busiest city In America is probably
the Manitoba metropolis.
The sturdy nations of Europe are
all contributing to the rapid growth
OF Canada West. Two OF the largest
contingents reaching Winnipeg last
week were from Germany and Sean
dinnvia.
The British Isles are sending out
larger contingents than ever before.
The old land newspapers are filled
with accounts OF send.offs and fare
wells being given TO popular towns
folk on the eve OF departure for Can
ada
Numerous editorials record the sen
timcnts, bordering on despair, OF the
Britons who see their towns and vii.
lagos dcsolated by the desertion Of
favorite sons and daughters. We can
sympathize with those left behind
while felicitating the young people
who have their own way to make in
the world. on their new opportunities
in the country OF mammoth crops
Scotland lost 5000 of her best
blood and Drawn in n single week this
month No wonder the young aspir-
Ing Scots take 80 quickly to Canada.
They have been reading OF the trl-
umphs and wonder working OF Scot
tish pioneers In the Dominion ever
since they we're BARNS" A great
part OF Canada's success was wrought
by Canadians from Caledonia. and the
young Caledonians OF today are eager
to demonstrate that they can do as
well out west as their forebears
In addition to those from the old
countries, the United States still
keeps up in a strenuous manner and
is sending its thousands into that new
country OF the north. They take up
the free homesteads OF 100 acres on
which they live for six months OF
each year for three years. and then
get deed or patent for a farm that
is worth anywhere from SIS TO $50
per acre. or, they may purchase lands
at from SIS TO SIS per acre that will
yield with proper care IN cultivation,
excellent returns for the time, work
and money Observation-Disclosures.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-05-22
REALISM CARRIED TO EXCESS
Luck OF Drapery Would Seem to Have
Furnished Excellent Incentive for
Maternal Slipper.

A mother in Worcester. Mass, who
had orthodox views. had told her chill.
1ren the Garden OF Eden story. The
children were greatly impressed. One
afternoon, returning from town. the
mother found the palms and ferns had
disappeared from the veranda. Going
into the darkened living room she saw
one OF the boys, minus clothing, re-
clining under a big fern, while anoth-
er. equally clothless, was standing by
palm. They enlightened her by ex'
planning that they we're playing Ad-
am and Eve in the garden.
At that minute her youngest boy,
not three. came into the room as ma.
ture had first given him to the world.
except that he wore silk hat on his
head and carried a cane.
And pray who are your" asked the
mother.
The little one looked up at her and
smiled as he said Il am the Lord
bod Almighty. walking in the darden
In the tool OF the day"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-05-22

On many good farms there ia no
FIRST class leguminous nay produced,
and on some farms none at all. This
is due largely TO the fact that limo
thy ia more easily grown and har.
vested, and this is the crop that the
farmer understands handling best.
However, the value Of lcgume hay Is
being realized more and more and
there Is perhaps more being grown
in Missouri every year. Briefly, the
secret of curing clover is to get rid
of the water in the plant without in
juring its feeding value.
Time Of Cutting.
Probably the first point TO decide
is the time OF cutting. 1t is generally
agreed that the latter part of the full
bloom stage is the best time. The
largest quantity OF the best quality
OF hay can be cut then. From the
period of full bloom until the seeds
are formed there is q decrease in all
nutrients with the exception of crude
fiber, in which there is sometimes an
Rppreciable increase There Is loss
In total weight, and as the plant APP
proaches maturity the crude fiber
takes on a woody character. The
loss Of leaves and finer parts In hand.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-05-22
JustIee With a VENGEANCE.

A broker was talking about J. Pier
pont Morgan.
The money trust investigation UNI
doubtedly shattered him." the broker
said He believed that this investi'
CATION was unfairly conducted. lie
likened 1t. in my hearing, to a horse
stealing trial out west.
"A jury was gathered in the street,
he said. and shut up in room, after
a brief trial. and when an hour had
gone by Il mob burst in and uncere'
moniously demanded what the verdict
was.
Not guilty said the foreman.
THAT won't do" said the leader Of
the mob, fiercely You'll have to do
better than that And he shut the
jury up again.
In half an hour the door was
opened once more.
Well. gents, your verdict said
the leader.
Guilty the foreman said.
There were hurrahs from the
crowd. and the leader said:
Correct You can 60 now, We
strung him up an hour ago,