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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-27
Miscellaneous Considerations.

Silage is a quick finishing roughage
in that it produces large daily gains
and produces a glossy coat and a soft,
pliable skin. Moreover, it can be used
to advantage at times for carrying
cattle for longer time so as to pass
over period of depression in the
market, or to carry the cattle along
in thrifty condition so they can be
finished at later period.
For many years the belief was gen.
eral that cattle which received silage
as major portion of the roughage
would have to be kept in warm barns
and not be exposed to the cold While
they do need protection from the cold
winds and rains and need a dry place
to lie down, it has been clearly demon
Strated that warm barns are not only
unnecessary but that fattened cattle
make both larger and cheaper gains
when fed in the open sheds than when
confined in barns. Stocker or thin
cattle receiving silage will, of course,
need more protection than animals
which are being fattened.
Silage can be profitably used to
supplement the pastures for steers
during the time of drought, when they
are being finished for market, but it
is still an open question whether it
can always be used profitably for
feeding to breeding cattle during such
times.
The theory that silage-fed cattle
shrink very heavily in shipping to
market is erroneous. While the actual
shrinkage during transit is sometimes
greater, the fill taken at market is
usually good, and if good judgment
is used in preparing them for shipping
the net shrinkage is no greater than
for cattle which have been fed on dry
feeds. For Sc hours previous to skip
ping nice bright hay and slower should
be substituted for the silage in the
ration.
The general impression that choice
or prime carcasses can not be made by
the use of succulent feed is equally
untrue, as the silage-fed cattle usu-
ally make more desirable carcasses
than cattle fed a similar ration, eX-
cept that silage was replaced by one
of the coarse folders. There is no
appreciate difference in the percent
age of marketable meat that steers
will dress out which have been fin
ished on a silage ration and dry ra-
ton. The meat seems equally bright
and the fat as well intermixed with
the lean.
If silage makes up the bulk of the
roughage it will be necessary to haul
large amounts of bedding into the
sheds to keep the animals dry, as
there is no waste in silage, or else
make a cement floor and cover with
bedding to absorb the urine and pre-
vent the animals from slipping and
to give them a warm place TO lie
down. When the enormous saving in
the quality and amount of the feed
is considered, this disadvantage does
not seem hard to overcome by the
stockman who has the capital to put
up the silo and pave his feed sheds
or feed lots.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-27
Icretary of Agriculture
Discusses Cost OF Living

arisen from a dispersion of agencies
undertaking to aid in the advancement
of agriculture and to consequent jeal-
ousy and antagonism.
Just as there is individual selfish
ness so there is institutional selfish
ness, and some institutions like some
individuals get to thinking so much
about themselves that they forget the
people whom they serve and who
make them possible. | could point to
State after State where the State de-
partment of agriculture is jealous of
the State college of agriculture and is
buster watching the advances of the
State college than it is with it's job of
helping the people. / could point to
State after State where the State col
lege of agriculture and the State uni
versity, created by the same people
and maintained for the service of the
same people, are buster preventing
extensions of one another's activities
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-27

1t should be understood that the
above rations are not necessarily to
be fed in the exact quantities given
above, but should be modified to suit
local conditions or the actual condi-
tions on each farm. They are given
to show approximately the average
amounts and character of feed that
would be consumed daily by a 1000
pound steer during the feeding period.
1t is well to feed as near a bal
anced ration as possible without ma
terially increasing it's cost. Some
times the prices of available feeds
are such that a farmer is justified in
deviating from the standard. Such
conditions are illustrated by the use
of some of the rations given above.
The second ration shown for the
South is an example, as that ration
is very narrow, but in certain local
tiles it is more profitable than one
which is lpaanced by the use of high
priced CO lrbOiydrate feeds.
Two ratiors are shown for the West
where kafir-corn silage is used.
With some farmers it would undoubt-
edly be more profitable to use alfalfa
hay as a substitute for cottonseed
meal, while with others the purchase
of the cottonseed meal would be more
economical.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-27

time, heavy roughage ration with a
small amount of grain should be fed
during the winter months.
Silage for Fattening Animals.
Silage stands first in rank of all
the roughages> for finishing cattle.
Formerly, during the era of cheap
corn and other concentrates little at
tention was given to the roughage,
as it was usually considered merely
filler" and of very little economic
value in feeding. No especial care
was taken in selecting any particular
kind, nor was the quality of it serious
ly considered. AS the prices of the
concentrated feedstuffs advanced, the
feeder looked about for methods of
cheapening the cost of producing beef
and soon found this could be accom-
plished by using Judgment in select
ing his roughage with respect to the
grain fed. This has continued until
at the present time the roughage re-
ceives as much attention as the con-
centrated, feed, and has been made
to take the place of large amount
of the latter. The feeding of silage
came into general use with the advent
of expensive grain and is becoming
more popular each year. With the
present prices of feedstuffs there is
hardly ration used for feeding cattle
which can not be cheapened by the
use of this succulent feed. By COM
bining it with other feeds the eff
cheney of the ration is increased to
such an extent that the amount of
the daily gains is invariably greater
and the cost of producing a pound of
gain is lesseped. The heaviest daily
gains are usually made during the
first stage of the feeding period, and
silage can then be used to advantage
in large quantities with small
amount of grain, but as the feeding
progresses the amount of silage
should be lessened and the grain in
creased. In some places the price of
hay and slower is so high that the
greater the proportion of silage used
in the ration the more profitable is
the feeding.
Conditions in general are such that
any given ration will not suit large
number of farmers, nor will it be so
profitable for some as it will for
others, so each farmer must deter
mine for himself just what combina-
ton of feeds will be most profitable
for his use. However, to give a gen.
eral idea of some of the rations
adapted to different localities and
which may prove satisfactory for a
1,000-pound steer, some examples are
given below:
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-27

Saginaw - 1t is reported that sew
eral of the present aldermen have ap-
preached attorneys and asked them
If they could not retain their seats in
the council until their terms expire.
This would be January 1, 1915. The
new charter which was adopted No
vember Is becomes effective January
l, 1914, and the present council has
but few more weeks to serve.
Saginaw Police are searching
for a man who visited Giuder's Jew
elry store Wednesday night and at
tempted to sell $1,000 of diamonds,
each over carat in weight. The
clerk notified the police and the
stranger ran out.
Muskegon Mrs. George Paptas
Whitehall, mother of three children,
who disappeared Sunday night fol-
lowing quarrel with her husband, it
is claimed, has gone to Idaho. The
children will be placed by the father
in a local children's home. The wo-
nan has brother in the west, and it
is thought she went to his home.
Hastings-Charles Stuckey, son of
the late Daniel Stuckey of Castleton
township, whose whereabouts were
unknown for a number of years, has
been locatef IN Rugby, N. d., and
County Treasurer Reams has sent him
a draft for money representing his
share of his fathers estate. Daniel
Stuckey died in 1898.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-27
SILAGE FOR BEEF CATTLE

time, heavy roughage ration with a
small amount of grain should be fed
during the winter months.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-27

For the eastern states where hay is
very high and corn is relatively
high.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-27

BENZIE COUyU
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EMMETT COUN'
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Northern Land Agency.
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Pardee Business Exchange.
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KENT COUNTY
The Grow Agency
Geo. W. Brace q Co.
MANISTEE COUN
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MUSKEGON COUl
W., w. Barcus.
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Pears Real Estate Co. 49,.
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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-27

For the west, where corn can not be
raised.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-07-24
!. +. church basement Thursday,

U. 3. church basement Thursday
Aug. 3.
Mrs. Tyler aud daughter, Mrs. A.
Cahoon, and two boys visited last
week in the northern part of the state.
The Misses Wright returned TO their
home in Croquet, MINI, after an ex-
tended visit with relatives here.
Mrs. Wagner and children ale visit
ing at Saudusky.
Mrs. Tim Commons aud two children
spent last week visiting at Cazenovia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Reidle spent part
of last week at Madison.
Miss Lucy Harris of Reedsburg was
q caller here few days last week.
A. c. Cushman and family of Reeds
burg Sundayed at the r. L. Bohn
home.
Mrs. VIM. Blackman returned home
last Thursday from Madison after a
few days visit with relatives there.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-07-24
CHANGES IN PARCEL POST

Plans for the extension, improve.
ment and reduction in rates of the par.
Gel post were announced July 18th by
Postmaster General Burleson. The
changes, effective August Is, include.
1 Increase from eleven pounds to
twenty pounds in maximum weight
of parcels.
2 Material reduction in postage
rates in first and second zones.
Abandonment of parcel post map
4 Adoption of rate char5 individual
lied to every Office.
5 PuTchase'of many automobiles fol
parcel post delivery.
While for the present the maximum
w light limit of twenty pounds and the
reduction in rates will apply only tc
the first and second zones from any
given postoffice, distance of about one
hundred miles, the changes directed
Constitute the first long step toward
u universal extension Of the system and
q general reduction in rates.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-07-24
ELECTRIC MESSAGES
FOR HUMANITY UPLIFT
Famous Prison Evangelist to Appear
on Our Chautauqua.
NOTED WOMAN is COMING.

Our citizens are to be congratulate
ed upon their good fortune in being
permitted to hear the noted prison
reformer, Mrs. Lila G.. English, on
our Chautauqua this year. This wo-
man of great heart and noble soul
has devoted her life to the uplifting
of fallen and unfortunate humanity.
Only woman with such purpose IN
life could awaken the admiration and
esteem that have been accorded Mrs.
English from coast to coast through
out our great country. Mrs English
believes that when history is written
fifty years hence, her part in it will
not be measured by the good she re-
ceives from her fellowmen, but by
the good she does for them; and so
she spends her life in taking her cleo
trio messages Of the Boys Behind the
Bars to the throngs of people who
eagerly await her coming.
If we were to inquire whence Mrs.
English has acquired her remarkable
supremacy, we should probably learn
that, like all truly great characters,
she has deep, true understanding
of human nature as we see it all
about us. Not only can she look
through the rough exterior and see
the lurking virtues Of the men in
prison stripes, but she can pierce the
shell of sham goodness and lay the
finger of condemnation on those hyp-
ocrite wolves who strut about US in
sleeps clothing.
Mrs. Lila G. English and Mrs.
Maude Ballington Booth rank togeth-
er as true benefactors of mankind.
Mrs. English, besides her stirring
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-07-24
PRAIRIE DU SAC
MAY GET new LINE

On Monday night the Madison
council granted the Chicago & Wis,
consin Valley Street Railway com
pany franchise with the proviso OF
some things the company must 30.
Part of them are as follows:
Build the line on East Washington
avenue before January 1, 1914, orforfeit.
Build the lines from Madison to
Portage and from Madison to James
Vile before January /, 1915, or forfeit.
Build the line from Madison to Prai-
RE du Sac and complete its system in
Madison before January l, 1915, or for
felt.
Before doing any work it must have
on deposit in a bank or trust company
at Chicago 100000 and pay to the city
$40. 900 to fix up the intersections on
East Washington avenue.
Give bond of $4,000 to protect the
city.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-07-24
PASSES MILESTONE

J. N. Vanderveer was eighty-four
Years old on Monday and passed the
cay as busy as ever. He is knight of
the plane and saw and while he cele.
braled his anniversary he secured the
estimates for q new house, the con-
Tract for The building of which he
may take. L. is interesting to note
some of the great changes in house
construction which have taken place
since Mr.. Vanderveer came TO Delton
in 1850. Soon after his arrival he
built frame houses for Orange and
Solomon Brown at the north end Of
Websters Prairie and the residences
still stand. The lumber for the foors
was dried in the sun, and was planned
and matched by hand. There were no
door and sash factories in the county
then so Mr.. Vanderveer had to make
these parts by hand and he was about
the only one in the entire community
who had the tools. Some of the doors
be hung in the Brown houses still
swing after more than sixty years of
service. The shingles for the roof
were planed and he says the roofs
remained on those houses for more
than forty years before they were re-
newed Roofs do not have such long
life now.
Mr.. Vanderveer was born in the
town of Root, Montgomery county,
New York, July q, 1929. He came
to Wisconsin in 1850 by the way of
the great lakes and says Milwaukee,
where be landed. was not much of a
town. There were only few brick
houses, most of the building being of
wood. With three companions he
he came by to Delton by the way of
Fox lake and Portage. Neighbors
were not near and he recalls his
brother-in-law went with an OK team
TO Evansville for load of supplies.
Mr.. Vanderveer swings his hammer
as industriously as if he intended tC
live until he reached the century
mark or more.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-07-24
Automobile Breaks Down.

On Sunday George Koberstein Of
Portage drove an automobile to Dur
wards Glen and as he started down
the steep hill parts of the car broke
with loud reports. Three of the party
hurried to as many different tele-
phones to call for help from Portage
and after a time assistance arrived.
The car was taken to the home OF
William Benz to be repaired. Among
those in the car besides the driver
were Mr.. Koberstein's sister, Lester
Williams, Sophia De Mile and n. S.
De Mile of Baldwin The car had
taken the party on q tour through
Minnesota.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-07-24
REUNION At MERRIMAGK

Sunday, June Is, MI. and Mrs. 6.
T. Parks of Merrimack entertained
their children and grandchildren.
This was the first time all OF the child
rem had been home at once for ten
wears. Fred Parks, the eldest son, of
Chetek, Wis, and his wife and child
ZEN came Wednesday to spend their
vacation They made the trip in their
Buick automobile. Those present
were Mr.. aud Mrs. A. T. Parks, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Parks, sons, Freddie,
Marshall, Willie and henneth, and
daughters, Goldie and Eveline; Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Parks, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Parks and daughter, Viola; Mr.. and
Mrs Myron Parks and daughter,
Charlotte; Mrs. Irving johnson and
daguhters, Caroline and Marion and
Leroy Parks.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-07-24
BARABOO GRADUATE
GETS RECOGNITION

This office has received a clipping
ffom a Boulder, Colorado, paper
which contains an interesting item
concerning Howard H. Barker, 9
graduate of the Baraboo high school
and student at Madison for two
years. The family formerly resided at
North Freedom where his father, John
Barker, met with a fatal accident and
afterwards Mrs. Barker, moved west.
The Colorado paper says:
Howard Ill. Barker of this city, who
graduated from the university last
June, has been appointed to an in
structorship in chemistry at the Uni
versity Of Missouri, located at Column
bia, where be will go after . summer
at Estes Park. Mr.. Barker came
here from Madison, Wisconsin, two
years ago, where he took his first two
years work.
At the University of Colorado e
took "a little engineering, little co :
lege and a lot of chemistry" TO quo 5e
what the C0loradoan said of him this
year. He is a member of the Acacia
fraternity which is composed of uni =
versity students and professors VII }
are Masons.
Prof. g. Il. Williams, who for the
past two years has been in charge II
the high school inspection work, will
be director of the extension depart
ment of the University Of Missouri
next year, of which he is a graduate.
Gideon s. Dodds, graduate OF tht
university, who arrived here yester
day to go in the summer school faculty
is professor of biology in the Missouri
institution.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-07-24
Lime Ridge

The Henry Voieht family spent
from Friday until Monday at Madison
and Beloit.
The l.. A. 3. will serve supperin the
bicycle ridden by Glen Porter
accidentally collided on Third
street near the First National bank.
Mr.. Payne had been at the station. to
see some friends away and was re.
turning home. AS be came to the
corner he noticed the young man on
the wheel and although running
slowly the two machines cametogether
Among those who witnessed the acct
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-07-24
Birthday Celebration

A few relatives and friends assem-
bled at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. F.
N. Peck on Sunday at the request OF
Mrs. Peck. A sumptuous dinner was
served by the hostess and happy
hearty, all-'round good time was en-
joyed, the event being in honor Of
Mr.. Peck's 83rd birthday. Tokens OF
remembrance were Left by the guests
and snapshot pictures of the company
were taken by Grace Randall. Those
present were Miss Cora Niles of Won
ewoc, Mrs. A. r. Hinckley, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harley Niles, Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Randall and children, Grace, Tracy
and Floyd Randall of Baraboo and
Henry Voll of North Freedom.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-07-24
Lila G.. English, -Soloist.

Lila G.. English, Lecturer-SOlOist.
messages Of life behind the bars,
brings a passionate love and SYM
pathy for mothers and girls. She is
famous the country over for her
talks TO women only, in which she
gives her hearts best to help her
struggling sisters. Only one who
knows from actual experience is able
to advise with perplexad women and
girls concerning their own peculiar
problems. AS Mrs. English is herself
a mother, she knows, and the throb-
bing testimonials from women and
girls who have been helped by listen
ing to her heart to heart talks assure
us that in the coming of Mrs. Eng
lish we have rare treat.
Naturally we shall all be delighted
to know that Mrs. English is to have
with her company of entertaining
artists. Her wonderful success on
the platform has been partly due to
the beautiful songs with which she
illustrates her lectures. We are to
receive the benefit of this musical
talent in the concerts which will pre-
cede Mrs. English's lectures.
We shall all eagerly await the COM
ing of Mrs. English and her company.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-07-24
D8ItOn and Mirror Lake

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Kitha with q
party of six friends went into camp at
Lakeside. They came through from
Chicago in q large touring car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stick and family, MI,
and Mrs. Anderson and family with
friends from North Delton were pic
nicing here last Wednesday.
Glen Rorke and wife of Red LODGE
Montana, were callers here while ON
their way to Alderman and Reedsburgc
to visit friends,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Fidlien OF Mil
waukee are at Lakeside for couple Of
weeks fishing.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. g. Reid and fam
lily of Geneva, H., are at the Dairy
farm.
Last Thursday Mrs. Morse of Kill
bourn with party of six friends
spent the day at the lake, taking din.
ner at Lake View hotel.
Mr.. Rienhold Mohr of Chicago is at,
Lakeside for weeks fishing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodwork and fam
lily are at Cottage Home for their va
cation.
Mr.. and Mrs. McCall of Minneapolis
are visiting Mr.. anu MIS-, Lawton at
their summer home.
Mr.. and Mrs, Vickers and sOnss
Will and Ernest, of Dellona, Miss Ada,
Newell of Fairfield and Mrs. Van
VaIkenburg and daughter of Chippe-
wa Falls spent Sunday at the lake,
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. r. T..
Barker.
Mr.. aud Mrs 7. ID. Roberts and
daughters, Cecil and Name, Miss
Lydia Van Pelt and Walter Edmund.
all Of Blue island are in Pine Cottage
at Lakeside for two weeks outing.
Mrs. =. A. Steele of KiibOurn and
Mrs. Nellie Syverson and son, Charlie
of San Diego, Cal, visited Mrs. W. j.
Hurlbut at the lake last Saturday.
Mirror Lake is rapidly clearing up
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-07-24


and death ended his long infirmity on
Monday evening. He was conscious
until within few hours before he
died. During the years since his ac-
cident Pearse Sansum has kindly at
tended TO his tonsorial needs from
week &c week, much appreciated
good deed.
Mr.. Bailey was one of the oldest
residents of BarabOo and this vicinity,
He was born December q, 1921, in
Yates county, New YORK, and was
therefore in his ninety-third year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey were married in
Chatauqua county, New York, in
1S43. and lived together for more than
sixty-six years. They came to Bara-
boo in 1856 and Mrs. Bailey died in
1909. The accident on the railroad
crossing was not the only time be had
been thrown from vehicle. Twice
before his shoulder was broken in
runaway accidents.
He was member of Co. E. 10th
Wisconsin, and OF the A. G. church.
There is one son, Bert Bailey, Lynx
vile, Wisconsin.
Funeral at 2 o'clock on Wednesday
at the home of his daughter, 227
Sixth street, Rev. j. M. Dick, former
~ pastor of the A. G. church officia-
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-07-24
VENERABLE RESIDENT GONE

John L. Bailey, aged almost a CEN
tury and an invalid for nearly seven
years, died at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. J. w. Dibble, Monday eve
ming about Z O'clock. Nearly seven
years ago he was struck by tain at
the crossing near the south end Of the
upper bridge over the Baraboo river
in Lyons and his hip was broken.
Since that time be has not been able
to walk but survived thel accident for
an unusual NUMB Der of years. For
some time after the accident be resld-
cd at his home IN Lyons and later
took up his residence with his daueh-
ter. A few days ago be grew worse