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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26
BREAK BROOD SOW
OF VICIOUS HABIT
Smell of Kerosene Disgusts AMI
NAL and Prevents Her From
Eating Her Young.

AS a general thing it is somewhat
difficult to break a SOW from the habit
of eating her young after she has once
formed this vicious and unnatural de-
sire. 1t starts from the SOW being out
of condition; she is feverish and her
appetite demands something that she
is not getting.
The state of feverishness is fire.
quently brought about by constipation
and effort should be made to prevent
constipation by the feeding of linseed
oil. and care previous to and after far
rowing, as it removes the cause for
fever.
Dip a wooden rag into kerosene and
rub it lightly over the hair of the pigs
Be careful, however, not to get it on
the skin as it will blister. The smell
of the kerosene disgusts the SOW at
once and thus prevents her from tax
ing the life of her young.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26
SEEK GOLD IN DESERTED CITY
Planning, Rocking and Slucing Ruins
and SidewaIks-Find Nuggets
and Coins.

Redding, Cal.-The streets and ruins
Of the old town Of Shasta, once the
most prosperous gold mining camp in
the state, are being mined for gold
and coin. For weeks Perry Davis and
Harry Paige have been making $40
day each.
They are panning, rocking and sluic-
ing underneath the sidewalks, In the
ruins of the brick buildings that line
the west side of the good old town"
and in Main street ITSELF They recover
not only gold nuggets and gold dust.
but silver and gold coins
In the good old days one could
scarcely walk up Main street of Shasta
for the jam of pack animals and the
crowd of miners on their way to the
placer diggings near by. Gold dust was
plentiful The miners spent money
like princes.
No one claims the brick buildings
that have stood tenantless for years.
Davis and Paige have ripped up the
floors and worked over the rubbish
they found underneath. Thrown into
the sluice boxes or else panned out by
hand, this rubbish has yielded nuggets
and coins. Dimes by the score have
been recovered, some of them dating
back to 1914, and none of them being
of more recent mintage than the early
fifties.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26
IMPROVEMENT OF
ALL LIVE STOCK
Good Ram on Bunch of Grade
Ewes Is in Many Cases More
Than Half of Flock.
nv HOWARD HACKEDOM. Missouri
/ m \

(By HOWARD HACKEDOM. Missouri
Starion)
The use of a good sire is one OF the
recognized principles of improving the
live stock. This principle is generally
considered to be fundamental by all
breeders of live stock, both breeders
of pure bred stock and breeders OK
animals for the open market How
ever. some breeders through neglect.
or a lack of knowledge and interest
in the improved types, use sires which
retard the general quality of their
flocks and herds, rather than ad-
vance it.
Judging from the quality of native
lambs on the various Missouri mar
kets. lamb producers of this state are
realizing more fully each year the
economy of investing in good sires.
A good strong yearling ram should
be able to serve SO ewes. A good
ram when used on a block OF grade
ewes is in many cases more than half
the flock, because he will usually have
greater ability to stamp his charac-
ter on the offspring than have the
ewes. So with a small flock of grade
ewes. worth from 81 to $40 per head,
one can afford to purchase good
mutton ram. AS the value of the eve
flock increases one can afford higher
! class ram.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26

a flight with Dalaminne, a Belgium
aviator. Prince Boris, the heir-appar-
ent to the throne, and Princess Cyrille,
the kings second son, also flew that
day.
Besides these two sons, Ferdinand
has two daughters. All four are chill
dren of his first wife, who died in 1899.
His second wife was before her mar
riage Princess Eleanora of Reuss. She
was forty-eight years old when he mar
ried her and it is said he took this step
in order to protect his daughters from
court intrigues.
This is not the first time that Ferdi-
~pand has seen America. In 1879 he
Visited his brother, Prince Augustus of
Saxe-Coburg. who had married the
Younger of the two daughters of the
Emperor Dom Pedro of Brazil. The
princess made long botanical voy-
age in the interior of South America
and when Ferdinand returned to
Europe he wrote it up in Latin that ii
might be read by all scientists. The
visit of Ferdinand here eight years
before he assembled the throne, did
not attract much attention, and little
was written about 1t.
When Ferdinand decided he would
take the more high sounding title OF
car instead of prince he was not AFRO
gantly assuming something for which
there was no basis in history and
precedent 1t was reversion to what
Bulgaria had been in the tenth cen
fury. At that time the Bulgarians
revolving from the Byzantine empire
established a nSw realm, of which the
capital was the ancient city of Tir
nova. Bulgaria became a powerful
state, extending to the Adriatic as
well as to the Black sea, and it's CHIEF
ruler, Symen, was crowned as car.
When the commissioners of the Pan
ama-Pacific exposition visited Ferdi.
nand recently he told them of his adj
miration for things American, and set
before them an American dinner, In
which wild turkey, pork and beans fig
ured prominently.
The king is convinced that Bulgaria
can learn more from the United States
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26
Land of the Future Tense.

Then laziness. do not today what
can be put off till tomorrow" is the
first commandment in the unwritten
constitution of the Mexicans, says the
Christian Herald. Beware of the Next
can who engages to do something for
you tomorrow" For tomorrow"
merely means some time in the future.
Because of this particular point of
view Mexico has been humorously
dubbed 1.-The Land of Tomorrow 1t
is the land of procrastination; the land
of POGO tempo" or wait a while
An appointment made for ten o'clock
in the morning may be kept at II
or IL, or perhaps not until afternoon.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26
Smoky Cities Also Fooay.

The relation between smoke and fog
is ably set forth in a bulletin just is
sued by the Mellon Institute of Indus
trial Research, University of Pitts
burgh, and written by DIR. Herbert IL.
Kimball, professor of Meteorology,
United States weather bureau. He
sums up the matter by saying:
City fogs are more persistent than
country fogs. principally because of
their increased density due to the
smoke that accumulates In them.
I'm consequence of the above there
are fewer hours Of sunshine in the
cities than in the surrounding country.
THE sunshine is less intense in the
city than in the country, the light OF
short wave lengths, or the. blue light,
suffering the greatest depletion
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26
SMALL VS.. LARGE
CHICKEN FLOCKS
Amateur Should Start With Few
Birds and Gradually Work
Up to Full Capacity.

1t seems to be the ambition of the
average amateur to Immediately get
on top of the heap. He sees no rea-
son why he cannot at once establish
good income from poultry farming.
and the way he figures out results is
really remarkable.
Do not his figures show that as he
made so much profit on so hens, he
can make ten times greater on 500?
He forgets that in the care of SO
fowls he has plenty of time to supply
all their wants, and that they re-
ceived greater variety of food than
would be possible to give flock ten
times larger. The table scraps alone
in the feeding of so fowls is an item
which cannot be overlooked and which
in all probability contributed more to
the results than anything else.
In a small flock an ailing fowl is
more readily noticed than it is in
a large flock, for the reason that the
keeper has more time to carefully in
spect. In a flock of 500 the attend
ant must hurry up his work of feeding
and watering and cleaning up, and he
at times only mechanically glances at
the birds.
Large flocks necessitate the employ
ment of extra labor and the hired
man" question is serious one on the
poultry farm. 1t is difficult to secure
man who will take the same interest
in the fiocks that you will. He is
working more for wages than he is for
the success of the plant.
The moral is this: Begin small,
grow gradually and stop growing
when your capacity is reached. IL
hired help must be employed assign
some particular work to help, but let
the real personal management be in
your own hands. 1t is the only way
to make a large poultry farm pay.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26
ESSENTIAL POINTS
IN CARE OF MILK
system of Safeguards Should Be
Observed in Dairy House and
While in Transit.

Milk is kept wholesome after leav-
ing the cows by a system OF sa1e-
guards observed during milking in the
dairyhouse and while the milk is IN
transit from the farm to the consum-
er.
The precautions observed during
the milking are sterilized white duck
suits for the mixers, careful washing
of hands after each COW is MIXED
milking through sieve into the pail
and straining the milk when IL IL
poured from the pail into the can.
The foremilk, as the first milk that
ia drawn is called, is also discarded,
thus preventing any bacteria when
NAV have found their way into this
part of the milk from getting into the
milk that is kept.
Ali the milk is exposed to the barn
air but very few minutes and is
taken into the dairy just as soon as
the cans are filled.
The range of yield per pound OF
milk is very wide, it taking from
eight to ten pounds of the richest milk
I'D to 80 and over of the poorest 10
make a pound of butter. The average
of common stock in the country Is
about rs pounds. Anything between
that and 20 pounds of milk for a
pound of butter is good. Below this
is very good, and extra down to eight
and ten pounds is extraordinary. AT
ten pounds to the imperial gallon,
eight quarts would be 20 pounds OF
milk.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26

Most feeders find better results
from grinding corn for young lambs
although many feed whole grain very
successfully.
The big f1ocks are going to the far
West all the time and are crowding
the cattle off of the ranges.
One part sulphur and two parts salt
is an excellent combination for sheep
1t should be placed where they can
always get at it.
Unless you actually love the work.
do not attempt to raise a flock or
sheep. The shepherd must be in full
sympathy with his flock or else he
cannot be successful.
If you keep your sheep shut up In
close pen without proper ventila-
ton they will catch cold when they
go out into the cold air.
Sheep will drink nothing but abso-
lutely clean water, and will suffer for
the lack Of it.
A little oil meal fed twice a week
with the bran will prevent indigestion
in sheep
Sheep should be changed from one
feed to another gradually. They are
delicate and cannot stand sudden
changes of feed any more than sud
den changes of weather.
Never feed more than one-fourth
of pound per day per head at the
start and when on full feed three or
four weeks later the limit should be
two pounds.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26

Lambs should have their tails cut
off and be castrated in from seven
to ten days after birth.
Lambs just under ten months old
produce better meat at that age than
any other.
The best time to market lambs is
between January and May.
Never keep more than twenty-five
or thirty sheep in one lot together
If possible.
The best time to have lambs to
come is about two weeks before pas
ture.
No every man can have pure bred
sheep but it is not difficult to obtain
pure bred ram.
1t is not a good plan to keep sheep
housed up too closely. They should
always have plenty of exercise in the
open air.
AS long as a sleeps coat is kept
dry it can stand good deal of cold
weather but rain and sleet are fatal.
A rough boisterous hired man will
do more harm to a flock of sheep
than he is worth. This is particularly
true about Landing time.
Ground corn and cob meal makes an
excellent food for lambs, but they
should be started on small allow
ance at first
If sheep are turned on to alfalfa
pasture and allowed to eat all they
want some of them will die from
bloat.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26

original. He believes in rich men. He
the Weyerhaeusers, and the Morgans
are what make country great. To
develop his crude nation he deliber-
ately set out to favor certain indi-
viduals. Grasping methods he encour-
aged. And these industrial empires
he made the framework of his own
political empire.
What his success has been was seen
IN the recent Balkan wars. In the
first war the Bulgarians swept al
most to the gates of Constantinople,
carrying everything before them. or
course, Ferdinand, or somebody made
a grave mistake in starting the Sec
ond war, where Bulgaria tackled Ser
via and Greece and lost almost all she
had gained in the first conflict. But
this setback in the face of great odds
did not upset the argument that Ferdi-
nand had done wonders in his quarter
of a century at the head of the Bull
garian people.
In person Ferdinand is large, he has
a magnificent heavy beard and pres
ance which commands respect among
one of the toughest and most head
strong people in the wori,,. He is a
man of the strangest contrasts. Sus-
pected of having the man who put
him on the throne, Stambouloff, the
great Bulgarian patriot, put to death
with hideous tortures, he is yet in his
calmer moments devoted to the sim
plest of hobbies, the collection of but
terfiies and wild flowers. 1t is said he
spent the last moments before going
forth to war with the Turks among his
beloved cabinets and albums.
Yet he is man of the most redoubt-
able courage, of the utmost fierceness
on occasion, and If his enemies are to
be credited only little, Of an un-
scrupulousness seldom met in these
modern days. He was accused Of be-
ing behind the capture Of Miss Stone,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26
NO WAY TO COOL A CAT
Put on ice, Pussy Leaps Into Barroom
In Frenzy and Makes Wreck
of IL.

New York.-John Tonkes, proprietor
of the Colonial hotel, Eighth avenue
and One Hundred and Twenty-fifth
street, thinks locking a cat in re-
frigerator by mistake Ia likely to make
it wild. He reached this decision the
other day
Someone closed the refrigerator
doc m big black cat. When it was
opened two hours later pussy tore out
in frenzy. She made straight for
the barroom. Here were a dozen men,
among them Colonel Bambrich, Civil
war veteran.
They got out-all except Colonel
Bambrich. He took chair and raised
it to throw at the animal. The streak
of fur rushed between his legs and
upset him.
Weary of marathoning up and down
the floor, the cat took to the shelves,
shattering cut glass worth $3.50 at
every bound. Colonel Bambrtch in his
upset dislocated hip.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26
CAR FERDINAND OF BULGARIA
WILL VISIT THE UNITED STATES
One Of the Leading Factors tn Recent Balkan War Coming to
America With Queen Eleanor the Princess Eudoxa and
an Army of the Leaders of His Country, to Study Our
Methods and Absorb New Ideas.

the American missionary, who was
held by bandits for many weeks.
He is hard worker and thorough
student. Among other things, he has
the distinction of being the only mon.
arch who can talk Yiddish. Bulgaria
has been freed of the curse of anti
semitism which has thrown it's dark
shadow over Roumania and Russia.
Ferdinand was the first royal per
sonage to go aloft in flying machine
On July s, 1910, his majesty went for
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26

New York.-Czar Ferdinand is COM
ing to the United States. The man
who would be king, and who was and
is king, and what is more, car, Is
coming to America with queen Flea
nora, the Princess EudoSia, and many
of the leaders of his country. He is
looking for new ideas, American IDEAS,
for this ruler is the apostle of modern
ideas to his people and in full sym
patby with them.
There was a time when the world
thought Ferdinand would never be
anything more than the Man Who
Would Be King. When the young
prince of Saxe-C oburg was considering
the offer of the Bulgarian leaders, Bis
marck succinctly remarked to him:
Take it, young man, it will always
be a pleasant Renaissance"
But it was 27 years ago when
Ferdinand first began to rule the Bull
garians and the experience isn't
Renaissance yet Every year there
are rumors Ferdinand Is going to abb
dictate, Ferdinand is going to be as
sassinated, Ferdinand is tired of his
job, and some power or other is going
to give Ferdinand the experience OF
his predecessor, who was practically
kidnapped by the Russians.
But every January 1 Ferdinand is
there on hand as usual, working full
Office hours, drilling his troops,
scheming with his captains Of indus
try, planning new railroads and ports.
intriguing in regal fashion, and alto
gether doing business at the old stand.
Ferdinand ought to prove intensely
interesting to America for one thing,
if for no other. He sis the worlds
champion trust maker and magnate
creator. Ferdinand came in 1887 to
rule over what was sometimes called
the Peasant state. 1t was country
of rough, capable, self-reliant farmers.
There was no middle class (mer-
chants) and no upper class (aristoc-
racy). Ferdinand has created these
two classes. He has caused Bulgarian
life to be largely patterned on the
rest of Europe. But his methods are
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26
Condemns Doctors Boards.

The milk commission of New York
has taken steps to force milkmen to
shave off their boards lest they convey
germs to the milk. There are many
physicians who wear boards, yet the
hygienists assert that nothing can be
more detrimental to the public health
and some of them urge cities to COM
pei their physicians and surgeons to
be clean shaver and to wear skull
caps when attending patients.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26
MOTOR HEARSE CAUGHT FIRE
Funeral of Woman Interrupted by
Blaze in New York-Thousands
Witness Sight.

New York-The sight of motor
hearse containing a body and ablaze
from end to end, attracted thousands
Of curious pedestrians on Lower
Broadway Harry Duris. the chauf-
feur. swathed in big fur coat, was
slightly burned before volunteers
stripped off the garment.
The body, that of woman, was re-
moved from the blazing hearse by the
police. Firemen then put out the fire.
It had caught from the motor
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26
Value of Poultry Manure.

Claiborne says poultry manure is
equal ais a fertilizer to the best article
Of Peruvian guano, and if properly
cared for under cover, is worth as
much as Pacific guano, which is usual
w worth from $40 to $50 per ton
Professor Norton says that 800 pounds
Of well-kept hen manure are equal in
value to IA to is two-horse loads of
stable manure. Science in Farming
says 100 pounds of fresh hen manure
contains 1913 pounds of nitrogen, sos
pounds OF phosphoric acid. and II
pounds CT potash.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26
WORE ovERCOAT FIFTY YEARS
York, Pa, Man Gets Good Service
Out of Garment-Now on Elk
hibition.

New York.-Fifty years is long
time FIR an overcoat to serve its
owner. but such case has been dis
covered. The coat was purchased of
York pa firm in October, 1853, &C
cording to the Clothier and Furnisher.
1t ~as wcrn continuously until March
20. 1905, when It vas exchanged by the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26
Forecast for 1914. h.

A Lucknow cable TO the London Elk
press says: "The forecast of Pundit
T. P. Jyotishi, the Indian Zadkiel, for
1914 predicts: The thirst for blood
caused by wars and revolutions will
not be so very widespread or terrible
this year. BY the favor of the stars
and deities Turkey will gradually
emerge into freedom. The death OF
two of the most prominent personages
of Asia and Europe is observed. /"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26
Manv Species of Trees.

There are somewhat more than SOC
recognized tree species in the United
States, of which about 100 are com.
mercially important for timber. OF the
500 recognized species, 800 are repre-,
sented in the governments newly ac-
quired Appalachian forests. All Amer.
lean species, except very subtropical
ones in the Florida keys and In ex.
IRENE southern Texas, are to be found
in one or other of the National forests
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26

than from any other country on the
best methods of developing the in
dustries of his kingdom and proposes
to bring here with him, in addition
to the queen and the princess, num-
Der of his most able citizens, who, on
their return to Bulgaria, will apply the
lessons they have learned to the teach
ing of others.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26
international Law Academy.

1t has been decided to found an
Academy of International Law at The
Hague. The money supplied by DIR.
Goedkoof and the heirs of the late
M. Asser will be used for the purpose,
and a considerable portion OF the
cost of maintenance will be betrayed
by large annual contributions from the
Carnegie endowment for international
peace. The academy will be housed
in the Palace Of Peace.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26
Need for Special Breed.

Above and about Hudson bay there
are enormous deposits of copper, gold,
and silver, but only an Indian can live
there. He has grown up there as a
polar bear grows up amid ice 1t is
thought a special breed OF Indian and
Chinese might meet the needs.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26

firm for another coat. 1t has since
been on exhibition in their store as a
relic.
The original purchaser of the gar
ment was Jacob Wambaugh of York.
who is still living and is nearly ninety.
years old.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26
Improved Water Gauge.

To avoid accidents due to water
gauge glasses appearing to be full
while in reality they are empty, a
glass has been invented with spiral
markings that refraction makes ap-
pear horizontal when covered by
water.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26
Asks Police to Find Gold Teeth.

Chicago.-Miss Trixie Sing,
vaudeville singer, appealed to the po-
lice to find her two gold teeth which
she lost trying to eat a tough steak
in a restaurant. THE teeth cost
lot of money" she said, "and ! cant
do my act without them"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26
And She Needed checks,

Teacher-"Did you ask your mann
ma why the pen was .mightier than
the sword?" Small Eloise - Yes,
ma'am. She said it was because papa
couldn't sign checks with a sword"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26

Copenhagen Christian x.
talked several of his public speeches
into monograph and the records will
be preserved among archives OF Den
mark
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26
Feminine Faih.

A woman is perfectly willing to in
trust her life's happiness to man,
but she never has faith enough in him
to permit him to pick out a $22 rug
Topeka Capital.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26
Beauty the Farmstead.
Set out some shade trees this spring
and beautify the farmstead.
Renair Garden Tools

Go over all garden tools and see
that they are repaired or replaced
with new ones before next seasons
work begins.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26
ch,.accans Spend Fortune at on.ra.

Chicago. During the ten weeks
opera season in Chicago just closed,
Chicagoans paid 100000 for seats, and
the opera company, contrary to Gus
tom. made comfortable prof
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-03-26

Cow testing shows that many fine
looking cows do not bring in much
cash from the factory.