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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
BIG FACTOR I'M INCUBATION
Causes of Lower Percentage in Arti-
fetal Matching Is Matter of Con-
siderable Conjecture.

The question of the cause or causes
of the lower Matching percentage that
commonly characterizes artificial in
cubation when compared with results
obtained when eggs are set under
hens, is a matter about which there
is considerable conjecture, but little
definite knowledge.
In connection with various theories
that have been advanced and several
experiments that have been made, it
is perhaps suggestive that investi-
gators have recently inclined to the
opinion that unsatisfactory results are
probably due in greater measure than
is generally supposed to an excess of
ventilation.
Several authorities are mentioned in
support of the statement that there
is a larger amount of carbon dioxide
in the air surrounding the eggs that
are naturally Matched than in a we'll
ventilated incubator, and the question
is raised as to whether and to what
extent it may be an essential factor
in incubation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Invented Power Loom.

Erastus B. Bigelov, inventor of the
power loom for weaving carpets, was
born in West Boylston, Mass, 100
years ago. He was the son of cot
ton weaver AS boy he displayed
unusual inventive ability. At the age
of twenty-five he brought out his pow
er carpet loom, which did away with
the slow process of hand weaving and
revolutionized the business of carpet
manufacture in America. In 1851 he
exhibited at the London exhibition his
power carpet loom, which could weave
as fine tapestry carpets as could be
produced in Europe. Before his
death, which occurred in Boston in
1879, Mr.. Bigelow had become the
recognized leader in the carpet and
lace making industry in New Eng
land.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Caulifiower Does Best on a WeII-com.
pacted Soil.

the house, where it is impossible to do
any work except by hand. AS a re-
suit the care Of the garden is left to
the women and children, yet what
child really enjoys hoeing and pulling
weeds or how many women on the
farm can truly give the time and at
tention necessary to the profitable pro-
dUction of these crops, especially IN
der such unfavorable conditions? In
instances of this kind the home gar
den is not a souce of profitable in
come.
Plan the garden to be twice or three
times as long as wide, with the rows
running lengthwise. In this way the
blowing, narrowing and cultivating
can be done in about one-third less
time than it would take were the plot
more nearly square.
Another feature to be considered is
the arrangement of the permanent
paintings of fruit trees, berry bushes
or other crops that do not have to be
renewed each year. If planted pro-
miscuously throughout the garden they
make it difficult to cultivate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Animal Idiosyncracies.

Many are the idiosyncracies of ami
mails. Some horses are afraid OF a
dog, some of bit of paper, some
of bear, some of a car. I have
known two mules to shy a, a big vel
low cucumber on a fence, and a COW
we formerly owned could not endure
to see any mans hat removed.
The Oldest trick recorded of a rid
ing animal is that of Balaam's ass,
who tried to crush its riders foot
against the wall. Biting, paving and
boiling are also described in the Scrip
lures. A balky team figures in Esop
and Chauser. That the horses OF
the Saracens used to shy is shown by
the traditional inquiry, of they
thought King Richard was in that
bush?'' This same baking, or jib-
bling. in all its varieties is one of the
most aggravating of vices.-From "A
Farmers Note Book" by c. E. Phelps.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
None Too Proud.

Secretary Of War Garrison, apro-
pos of the revival in navy and army
of vice admirals and lieutenant gen
erals, said at a luncheon in Washing
ton:
"This is largely matter of diplo-
matte etiquette, a matter of elegance.
much goes by elegance nowadays,
you know. I said recently to a multi
millionaire who had risen from a
plumbers apprentice to I don't, know
how many bank presidencies and in
terlocking directorates:
Your women folks must be proud
of you, since you are self-made.'
yes he answered grimIy. eyes,
they're about as proud Of me as they'd
be of a homemade dress. "
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
BUSINESS ABOVE ALL THINGS
Farmer Willing to Let Wife Sob Her
Fill If He Got His Price
for the Goo"

The farmers met in the market
town, and there was a calculating look
in the eyes of both as they faced each
other About that there coo l was
talking to you of the other day. be-
gan Farmer Dobbins. will you take
twelve pounds for her. George?" mo,
no. OF couldn't part with 'er for that
not by a long chalk" But t'other
day you told me you might let 'er go
for that" Something's 'appened to
the coo since then" Mercy on US,
George, what's the matter? Coo dead?''
Worser n that said George. You
see. my old missus can't abear to part
with t old COO 1t I'D break 'er cart,
Shed sob 'erself into a fit over it,
Well, wen. / suppose that ends the
business? ' Well, I'm not so sure O
that. Farmer Hayseed. Look ere.
Make it twelve pun ten. and let the
missus sob. London Tit-Bits.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Aged Should Eat SparingIy.

A British scientist lays down a
regimen of hygiene for the treatment
of the aged. 1t is pointed out that the
aged require less food Of all kinds,
because they utilize less. Overfeed
ing, or rather a normal adults ration,
overtaxes their digestive powers and
floods the blood with effete products
which the kidneys and other emunc-
tories cannot handle. Drinking water
should be encouraged, and baths,
which should be taken regularly,
should be neither hot nor cold, OF
short duration, and preferably in the
evening, when they conduce to a good
nights sleep. Fresh air and exercise
are indispensable. Clothing should
be light. warm, loose and Of wooden
material. The feet should be well pro-
tected.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Natural Querv.

A young married man living in
Lakewood has a camera which he is
fond Of. He takes snapshots Of his
bride, and his bride takes snapshots
Of him, and then they have the films
developed and printed and stuck in a
book and show them to all callers.
Once they prevailed upon a compla-
cent friend to take picture of the
two Of them together. The young
husband just loved this picture-it
showed his wife and himself in an
extremely affectionate attitude. He
carried a print Of it around in his
pocket.
The other day he was showing this
picture to a friend. I'm proud OF
this one, old man." he explained. 81
wouldn't part with it for any amount
of money. What do you think of it?"
HIN, it's very good Of your wife.
Who is The man.''-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
SUCCESS OF A WOMAN
MADE COMFORTABLE LIVING ON
A SMALL PLACE.
Great Secret Is TO Start With Poultry,
Garden and Berry Fruits, Gradu-
ally increasing Stock and
Crop Operations.

fBy KATE ST. MAUR- Copyright, 1sl4)
Can a family make a comfortable
living on a small farm?
Yes, most emphatically yes, if they
possess ordinary common sense and
industry. My own personal expert
ence is an undeniabIe demonstration
Of that fact I started on rented
place with really no capital, as a bust
ness disaster had swallowed Ep all
our savings, SO that I know what it
is to commence at the very bottom of
the ladder.
The place we found was an old
fashioned homestead. There were two
large barns. corncrib, Toulouse and
several odd sheds. 1t was really a
farm of $50 acres, but the owner let
US have the house and twelve acres,
including the orchard, for SIS q month,
on three years lease, with the privi-
lege Of taking over the additional 168
acres at any time during our tenancy
for an additional IS month, with the
option of purchase.
Stock had to be bought in small lots,
as l saved money from our living ex-
penses at first. So I bought a few
old hens-broody ladies that wanted to
set-and raised 148 chickens the first
summer. The old hens had cost $40;
extra eggs for setting, So; feed, 81.
And on the credit side there were 80
chickens sold as broiIers; which
brought $22, So young pullets kept
for stock and all the eggs We wanted
for our own table. From a trio Of
ducks bought early in the spring /
sold 16 young ones when nine weeks
old for 1892. In November of the
same year 80 more were sold and II
retained for stock I can't give the
exact cost of feeding because no sep
arate account was kept, but certainly
$40 would cover it. The old birds
cost $3.50, SO the profit on the invest
ment amounted to nearly $50.
The apple orchard was in a very
badly neglected condition, but still We
realized $3.50 from sales in the fall,
and our vegetable garden had supplied
our own needs and furnished boun-
tiful supply for picking, preserving
and canning for winter. Having bal
ance on the right side Of the ledger,
we built a new chicken house and
bought a COW. The place was entirely
self-supporting by the eighteenth
month, and from that time on stock
grew so rapidly that it seemed ad-
yisable to take on the rest of the land
and raise all our own feed for the
stock
The great secret in starting on a
small place is, I think, to commence
with poultry, garden and berry fruits
and gradually increase stock and crop
raising operations, as success and mar,
ket, to say nothing of your own expe,
rience, makes growth feasible.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
MADE LAND ENGLISH
TO FRESHMAN THE FRENCH OWE
DEFEAT IN AMERICA.
Sir William johnson the Great States.
man and Leader Who Held the
Indians Faithful to Him
and His Cause.

On the 18th of March. 1888. there
sailed into the harbor Of New York a
vessel from the Emerald Isle bearing
among its human freight a young man
of twenty-three who was to exert a
tremendous influence upon the for,
tunes Of this continent.
The young mans name was William
johnson, to be known later on as Sir
William Johnson, king of diplomats,
natural born soldier and statesman,
and the greatest tanner of wild Indians
that ever lived.
Johnson was born in the county of
Meth, Ireland, in IT'S, and might
ever have remained there had he not
fallen desperately in love. When he
told his love to the black-haired, blue
eyed beauty who had enthralled his
heart, he, was rudely rejected, and in
his sorrow he resolved upon suicide.
But the lovesick swain was intended
for something better than that of fill
ing a suicides grave. Sir Peter War
rem, an uncle, solved the problem by
sending Johnson to look after his
large landed possessions in the Mo.
hawk valley.
( The young man had hardly planted
himself in America when he began to
make his influence felt. Among the
red men he became at once a king.
BY the magical power of his person
ality he made them both love and fear
him. His great common sense, iron
will, and unfaltering justice made him
the Great Father" Of the savages over
whom no other man. white or red, was
able to exert the least control
The value of Johnson's power over
the Indians was seen all through the
mighty struggle between France and
England for supremacy on this CONT
nent. By keeping the formidable Six
Nations true to the English cause
Johnson may be said to have saved
the day for the redcoats. The strate-
gle Importance of the state of New
York in the French-English war was
immense, and it was Johnson's diplo-
macE in preserving that Importance
for the English that finally turned the
scale in their favor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Blind Girls Memory Feat.

One of the most wonderful blind
girls in London is Miss Mabel Green,
who lives in Gloucester road, Regents
Park Blind since birth, she is a clev-
er shorthand writer and typist, but her
greatest gift is her extraordinary mem
Dry
An instance of her remarkable pow
er was forthcoming the other day
when, returning home after hearing a
sermon by the Rev. F. B. Meyer, she.
wrote out, without notes, the whole Of
the discourse in shorthand. Every
Sunday it is her custom thus to report
the morning sermon, and her report
is always accurate and complete.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
MAKE A SUCCESSFUL GARDEN
First Step Is to Have Plot Situated
So 1t Can Be Given Same Treat
ment as Farm Crops.

The first step toward a successful
garden is to have it so situated as
to receive the same cultural treat
ment as that given the general farm
crops. Progressive growers of to-
day seek to eliminate, as far as pos
sible, all hand-work in the making
of their products. If this is a profit
able procedure in the production of
staples, it is Of equal advantage in
the growing of fruit and vegetables,
writes S. B. Shaw in the Progressive
Farmer. Too often the location is a
small patch OF fenced-in ground, near
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
USE OF GREEN FERTILIZERS
Most Approved Method of Renewing
Depleted Soil Is to PIow Under
Some Green Crop.

The blowing under of green crops
like peas, oats, clover, alfalfa and
other grasses, is, next to a liberal use
of barnyard manure, the most approved
method Of renewing a depleted soil
and of maintaining the fertility of new
land
Where this is practised in connec-
ton with rotation of crops there
need be no fear of any deterioration in
the soil. Indeed, if a suf1ciency of
livestock is kept and the products of
the farm mainly transformed into beef,
mutton and poultry before being sold
the land will grow richer and more
valuable with each successive year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
EnrIish Ennineers Win.

Despite competition from the lead
ing American, Belgian, and German
structural engineering firms, the
Cleveland Bridge and Engineering
company of Darlington, England, has
secured from the Argentine govern
ment the contract for the erection of
the great new reservoir to be built at
Caballito in connection with the water
supply of Buenos Ayres. This reser-
voir, which will consist Of three tiers
of wrought iron tanks on columns, will
have a capacity for 100000 gallons
of water and will rank as by far the
largest elevated reservoir in any part
Of the world
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
WORK TO SAVE BABIES
LONDON MOTHERS INSTRUCTED
BY COMPETENT TEACHERS.
Infants Are Officially Weighed Once
Week. and Instructions Given
10 the Mothers as 10 Proper
Care Required.

Does anyone know that curious old
thoroughfare. St. Johns street. Clerk
enweH? Curious because, in the very
heart of industrial London, it pre-
serves a distinctly old world and
''Dickensy" atmosphere OF Quietude
and homeEness, says the London
Globe. Save fer the passage OF an oc-
casional tram, bound for -Smithfeld
Market or for Waltham Cross, there
is little more traffic in the afternoon,
ANYHOW. than would be found in the
side streets of a sedate and remote
county town.
Here. every Thursday, a remarkably
interesting domestic function is held
at No 268, one of the municipal
weighing centers" maintained by the
Borough Of Finsbury, where poor
mothers bring their babies to be
weighed and inspected by the chief
woman sanitary inspector and the two
health visitors of the district, who, if
the child is not fourishing as it should
do, give expert advice and aid to the
mothers.
Quite pleasant gatherings are these
municipal mothers meetings." for
relations are most cordial between the
officials and their charges. Imagine
some fifty young mothers, with as
many babies, chatting cheerily with
the inspector and with each other.
comparing notes-and infants = as
they wait their turn to go to the
weighing table.
Fine and pretty babies most OF
them are, thanks to the care and at
tention their mothers bestow on them
under the expert guidance of the OIL
Gals. The only puny babies present
are found to have been brought there
for the first time.
One of these newcomers is found
not to have scrap of wool on his
poor, chilly, ill-nourished little body;
aud coy knitted vest is provided
for him straightway, while the moth
er is told of the Importance of keep
ing the mite warm and quiet. He is
a bottle baby" which accounts to a
certain extent for his evident deli
cacy; and proper bottle is thereup-
on produced and the diet chart on
which the register of the baby's prog
ress from week to week is explained
to the mother, giving instructions for
the proper feeding times and the prep
aration Of the food.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Fatigue Museum.

Mr.. Frank B. Gilbreth, the we'll
known efficiency engineer, has started
a museum of devices for eliminating
fatigue in industry The museum is
in Providence, r. I. Among the ex~
hibits to be found in the museum are
factory stools and chairs of many
kinds adapted to many lines of work
for both men and women employees.
Ultimately the museum will contain
factory devices that affect the physI-
cal well-being Of the worker. 1t is
not limited to machine safeguards or
sanitary arrangements. = Scientific
American.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Diamonds 20 America.

While last year was unfavorable
for some departments Of the world s
business, the diamond trade at Art
werp fourished. At the beginning o.
the year there was an advance in the
price of diamonds amounting to abou:
10 per cent and during the rest of the
year prices remained fair and firm.
Owing to political troubles, he Euro
pean market was much disturbed but
unusually large. Exports to the United
States amounted to S13,374,474, as
compared with s1O,9O3,80O for 1912
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
He knaW.

IF I were you" his wife said, I'D
go to that man and tell him exactly
what I thought of him. He lied to you
and you ought to tell him that you
know it. If I were you I'd let him
know just how I despised him. I'd
have the satisfaction Of making him
feel ashamed of himself
NO, my dear" he replied, you
wouldn't do anything of the kind. If
you were me you'd do just as I'm do
ing. This fellow weighs so pounds
more than I do and they tell me he's
one of the best boxers in this town"
Chicago Record-Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Seays Annual Toll

In spite of better construction, more
accurate charts and the continued i'm
provements of lighthouse service, the
sea still takes an enormous annual
toll in property and lives. The marine
disasters Of 1913 amounted in money
value to s35 100000 in British insured
ships and cargoes that were totally
lost. On the Great Lakes alone the
storm Of last November rolled up a
loss Of. s4,7OO,000. The above fig
ures do not include damage to ships
and cargoes that were not total losses;
for these, the damage amounted to
over $30,OO0,0O0.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Ancient Cult of the EIYcatcher.

Beelzebub was the fly god Of Enron
Preferred to in II Kings IL, 3, 4 and
100. The great god Baal was some
times worshiped as the lord of the
fly" as he who drives off the flies.
The flies were then and are now mans
worst enemies in Palestine and Egypt.
We remember well how we had to be
continually fighting them off with fans
when we We're travelling in those lands.
The flies settled on the eyes of the
children and literally sucked out their
eyesight.-Christian Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
In Full.

An old negro clergyman asked to
see the city editor of a certain Rich
mond newspaper and sent in card.
It bore the name of The Rev Micaiah
Johnson, Secretary, S. F. P. 0. U. B.
O. I. A. n. n. P. The city editor let
him in.
81 say, uncle" he asked, what's
your society,""
Yes, subj the negro answered.
Oats whut come to see yer bout.
Aim sekertery OBJ de Society TO de
Prevention OBJ Unceremonious Burial
oh INDECENT, Aged and Needy Negro
Paupers."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Dickens the Humorist.

Only the great humorists survive
their own day and generation. There
is nothing that fades so quickly as
humor What our grandfathers
laughed at is likely to seem very fiat
to US. But the humor of a genius like
Dickens is as fresh and stimulating
today as when he wrote his books,
It springs from his knowledge of char
acter, and is founded on the universal
experiences Of life, and humor Ike
this does not die.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
separate Quarters for Lambs

Cribs should be provided for the
lambs when two weeks old, so that
they can eat by themselves. They
should be taught to eat little ground
oats early and should be given a lit
tie clover hay at which to nibble all
the time. See that they have plenty
of fresh water and exercise.
They should be fed all they can eat
from the minute they can nibble grain
until they are sent to the market.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
l at Her Go

At a fancy dress ball for children a
policeman stationed at the door was
instructed not to admit any adult. Al
excited woman came running up to
the door and demanded admission
I'm sorry, num-" replied the police
man, but l can't let anyone in but
children" But my child is dressed
as butterfly" exclaimed the woman
and has forgotten her wings" Can't
help it," replied the policeman; cor
ders is orders; you'll have to let her
go as a caterpillar"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Hon GhnIera

Hog cholera is a disease which
seems to be stopped to a degree by
the frosts of winter, although frost
cannot he said to stop case after
it has taken hold of its victim. How
ever, It seems to prevent the rapid
spread of the disease. The result is
that IN spring time the affection is,
as a rule, at the lowest ebb, but in
creases rapidly from that time until
fall.