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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-12-25
RIGHT LENGTHS FOR SILAGE
Question Is One Upon Which Much
Difference of Opinion Is Manifest
ed-Packing Eliminates Air.

(By II. II, KILDEE. Iowa Experiment
Station)
The question as to the proper
lengths in which corn should be cut
when put into the silo is one upon
which much difference of opinion is
manifested. Some advocate as long as
IA inch, others less than one-half inch
or approximately one-quarter inch,
and the majority intermediate lengths.
ter and one-half inch, require more
power, but insure a more palatable
silage, resulting in less waste in feed
ing, and make it easy to pack it thor
oughly at time of filling. This packing
helps to eliminate the air, thus i'm
proving the quality. and makes it pos
sible to put a greater quantity of corn
in the silo.
1t is more essential that thoroughly
matured corn be cut into shorter
| lengths than corn that is more imma-
ture and succulent, as much of the dry
portions will be wasted by animals on
| full feed if not cut into small pieces.
When one considers the matter from
all standpoints it is evident that the
common practice of cutting the corn
into one-half and ree-quarterinch
lengths is the preferable one The
writer has made it a practice to cut
the corn into three-quarterinch
lengths, but realizes that when corn
becomes dry the one-half-inch cut is
more desirable. If the man interested
wishes a shorter cut for the upper
part of the silo would recommend
the upper third be filed with one-half-
inch cut
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-12-25

There is no better way of interest
Ing the boys in farm life than to get
them started in some part of the
work Let them form clubs of differ
ent kinds. Clubs for the protection
OF birds; clubs for growing pigs, corn
and other products. 1t should not be
difficult to get them interested in
cub Tor the purpose of securing an
ample supply of wood for the winter.
The illustration shows a boys club
In Pennsylvania, actively engaged in
pulling stumps. There is nothing more
CHEEKY than a bright fire in the crate
on a cold winters night and the old
'tumps scattered around the average
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-12-25
What to Learn.

There are five things in life which
we ought to learn. Here they are:
1. Learn to laugh. A good laugh is
better than medicine.
2. Learn how to tell helpful story.
A well-told story is as welcome as a
sunbeam in a sicToom.
8. Learn to keep your troubles to
yourself. The world is too busy to
linger over your ills and sorrows.
4. Learn to stop croaking. If you
cannot see any good in this world, keep
the bad to yourself.
5. Learn to greet your friends with a
smile. They carry too many frowns
in their own hearts to be bothered with
any of yours.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-12-25
WheIlCe(dIlle
{lsl4)O|yleSid|lS

which appeared and one that seeming
ly entirely precluded European influ-
ence was that the New Testament his
tory Of the Bible was conspicuous only
by its absence from the native lore.
This was and is now taken as certain
evidence that no Europeans had visit
ed the islands, for had they done so it
is readily apparent that the New Tes-
lament history must have been para
mount in their teachings.
One of the Lost Tribes7
Possibly the most plausible theory
as to the descent of the Hawaiians and
the other branches of the Polynesian
race is that they originally sprang
from some of the lost tribes of Israel,
who in some unaccountable manner
reached the shores of the great west
ern ocean in their migrations and pop
ulated certain of its islands.
In support of this theory, which
gradually is coming to be accepted
among scholars, are numerous ancient
legends which have been handed down
by word Of mouth for centuries. or
these not the least interesting is the
legend having to do with the creation.
In the beginning Kane, Ku and Lono,
Sunlight, Substance and Sound, consti-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-12-25

at the headquarters of the club in
Philadelphia, that Mr. Robin greatly
prefers a house of his own structure
while Mrs. Wren, or the Martins, will
look in upon new bird house built
with much care and decide not to take
it at all, or if they move in, they will
stay little while, then suddenly leave
without notice or apparent reason.
Some older members of the club
who are patient bird lovers and stu
dents, have found out that bird resi-
dents like individuals, have decided
tastes in the matter of homes, which
must be catered to. 1t has been dis
covered that the blue jay, who has es-
tablished her independent, economic
status by the number of grasshoppers,
>caterpillars. bugs. beetles, cutworms
weevils. ticks and plant lice she con-
sumes is fierce little militant who
demands separate establishment far
removed from any neighbors, with
which she refuses to associate On
the other hand, the beautiful purple
martin maintains a dove-like DISPOSE
ton in spite of steady wasp and
other aggressive insect diet, and must
have company or she will move She
is happiest in cooperative establish
ment Of some thirty or more apart.
ments. She lives up to the nonre-
sistance theory to such an extent if
not protected she is easily driven
away by the quarrelsome English
sparrow.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-12-25

farm are excellent for that purpose
1t is a good thing to get up the
supply of wood for the winter before
the deep snow comes on. Skid the
logs out and haul them down to the
house. Roll them in good sized snug
piles handy to the sawmill If you
have one, or to the skidway, If you
cut them up with a cross-cut saw
It's nice to have the log-way near tne
woodhouse, so you can throw the
blocks in and split them up in tneFe,
If the house is behind the barn q
some other building. it will help u
keep OF the hard winds while you
are at work.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-12-25
Generous Consideration.

"Haye you said your prayers?'
asked the mother.
"Of course" replied the child.
"And did you ask to be made a bet
ter little girl?"
Eyes. And put in a word for you
and father, too"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-12-25

vided. The value of the silo in supply
ing fresh summer succulence during
the winter months and in helping out
when pastures dry up in the summer
is also shown best when cows are
under test.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-12-25
Farm Lumber Shed.

Every well-appointed farm should
include in its equipment a storage
place for lumber. Much time is
wasted annually by farmers, who
never keep an extra board or a I'm
Der on their places, with the result
that every time they wish to do a
little repairing they have to journey
TO town FOR lumber.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-12-25
WINTER WORK ON THE FARM
Get In Ample Supply Of Firewood--.
Repair Machines and Overhaul
Wagons-Lay Plans for Spring.
(By L. NJ. BENNINGToN.)

On days when the weather will per-
NIT we may press the work of get
ting up the wood for another year.
He is very poor farmer who does
not attend to this part of his farm
work, but waits till the wood is need
ed from day to day.
Hay riggings may be put in shape
for the coming season. Other farm
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-12-25
SHOW MONEY MAKERS
Loafers Spotted and Eliminated
When Cow Test Is Used.
No pairyman Can Afford to Spend His
Time and Money on Animals Which
Do Not Pay for Their Board
Value of SiIo Is Shown.

by G. r. INGALLS,. Wisconsin Experi-
ment Station.)
Cow testing shows the money max
ers. The best cows in many Wiscon-
sin herds are returning profit of 500
or more every year. 1t is possible to
have every COW kept do as we'll.
The loafers. the cows that consume
more than they return, are quickly
spotted and eliminated when the COW
test is used. No successful merchant
handles line of goods on which he
loses money: likewise, no progressive
dairyman will milk COW on which he
does not make a profit. The milking
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-12-25
LineaI Descendant.

PA, what is lineal descendant"
"A lineal descendant is a person
who has to fall back on some praise
worthy ancestor for his own import
aIce."
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-12-25

TW2OM what source did the Poly
nesian race originally spring I?
This is a question which has
vexed the minds of learned stu
dents of the origin of races and
one which has never been satisfactor-
lily answered, says Stuart B. Dunbar in
the San Francisco Chronicle. The
Polynesian race in the accepted sense
of the word is that race Of people
which inhabits the Tonga, Samoan,
Ellice, Cook, Society, Marquesas and
Hawaiian islands In former times,
however, all brown skinned peoples of
the islands of the Pacific were errone-
ously included in the classification, de-
spite the fact that their physical and
mental characteristics differ radically
from the inhabitants of the islands
mentioned.
The Hawaiians, that branch of the
Polynesian race with which we of the
United States are most vitality con-
cerned, and which can be taken as
typical representatives of the race,
show upon first inspection Characters
tics not to be found in any of the prim-
tive peoples Of the world. Appear
ance, customs, intelligence. the ready
adaptability to civilized conditions all
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-12-25

| tuted triad named Ku-Kaua-Kahi, rec
ognized as the Supreme Unity.
These gods existed, as expressed by
the Hawaiians, from the time of night,
darkness and chaos, which latter they
dissipated by an act of their will. The
heavens, numbering three in all, were
next created, and after them the earth,
which was used by them as a footstool.
Next in the order of events they Gre
ated the sun and, following this, the
moon and stars and number of spir-
its and angels to act as their servants.
Then man was made by the gods from
red and white earth and clay and their
spittle. The clay was brought from
the ends of the earth by Lono. When
the earthen form of man was complet-
ed, the triad breathed into his nose
and he became living being. Last OF
all, woman was created from one of
the ribs of the man while he slept, and
upon awaking he took her as his wife,
the two becoming the parents of the
present race. Although the names of
the first man and woman vary in the
different legends. they are most gen.
orally referred to, the man as Kumu-
honua and the woman as Kealakaho-
nua
Like the Bible Eden.
The original home of the founders
of mankind is spoken of in the Hawaii
an legends as a wonderfully beautiful
place, and in it were various fruits,
nuts. roots and animals for the main
tenance of tie lives of its human in
habitants. Several of the fruits, how
ever We're tabooed, and it was through
eating one of these, a species of bread
fruit, that the founders of mankind
were expelled from their home and
met with other misfortune.
Other legends tell of one of the spir.
its who were created as servants to
the triad having revolted and attempt.
ed to create man similar to Kumuho-
nua. The man was constructed of clay
and earth, but when the spirit breathed
into his nose and commanded him to
! come to life, he failed to do so. Fol
this offense the spirit was Shrust down
: into uttermost darkness-I1ao-loa-i-
po-where he lived and was lord.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-07-23
Laugh With Us

Congressman Finly H. Gray of In
diana said in the lobby Of a Wash
ington hotel the other night that you
car lose the youngsters when. 1t
ome to making a good guess, even
If they don't hit the mark. In proof
of the statement he told this story:
Some time 6 the teacher in a
public school was giving a talk on
classic mythology. Little Willie was
not very attentive. and when it came
to n questioning part Of the game
he was lost in the wilderness.
Willie said the teacher. closing
the book and looking impressively at
the youngster, can you tell me who
Cyclops was?'
Eyes, ma'am, was the prompt an
swer of Willie. He was the Teller
what wrote the cyclopedia.'"
Joseph H. choate and chauncey
Depew were invited to a dinner. Mr..
Choate was to speak. and 1t fell to the
lot Of Mr.. Depew to introduce him,
which he did thus: Gentlemen, per
init me to introduce Ambassador
Choate, Americas most i~nveterate at
ter dinner speaker. All 0 need to
90 to get q speech out Of Mr.. Choate
Is to open HIS mouth, drop in a din
ner. and up comes your speech"
MT. Choate the senator for
MS compliment, and then said: Mr..
Depew says If you open my mouth
and drop in a dinner up will come a
speech, but 1 warn you that il you
open your mouths and drop in one of
Senator Depew's speeches up will
come your dinners"
Harry Lauder was being dined by
friends at the Lambs Club. New York,
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-07-23
JULY %. 1914.
MARKETS FOR CANNED GOODS

Although South America imports
about $4,000. 900 worth Of canned
goods annually. the United states fur
nishes only about IS per cent Of the
total, of which the principal item
lie canned salmon. That the sales OF
came goods in this field can be
greatly increased is the opinion Of
Commercial Agent f. 4. Thayer, Of
the department of commerce, who re-
Gently completed an investigation Of
the Latin-American markets for this
line of goods.
The results of his investigation are
incorporated in a monograph issued
tic commerce. This publication treats
Of the consumers preferences. sales
methods, pure food laws. credit terms,
Shipping costs. and other subjects in
the various countries OF interest to
American Gamers. Copies Of the
Sd may be obtained from the super
%intendent Of documents, Washington,
for five cents each.
The development of the canning in
dustry may not be OF Immediate in
terest in the northwest, but it will be
OF interest here. Our section will
probably not compete with some 9TH
ers in the fruit canning industry, but
other things than fruits are preserved
in cans. And there is no district in
the United States where vegetables
suitable for canning can be grown
better than in North Dakota. Green
peas, string beans. green corn, young
beets, and a score of other garden
products grow here better than any
where else that we know Of, and the
actual work of canning can be done as
cheaply here as elsewhere. In time
Jul farming methods will have chang
ed and our labor situation will have
SO developed that this will be one of
the great canning centers of the Uni
ted States.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-07-23

ton is that the person taxed knows
that he is paying taxes, and he is
likely to take some interest In the
disposition Of the money. A mar
need not be a very wealthy man to
pay 100 a year in income taxes. II.
when he is paying over the money,
he recalls the fact that he is paying
out SIS Of 1t directly for military pur-
poses. he may wonder If he is getting
his moneys worth, and how. And, il
he concludes that he is not, he is like
~ to feel more acutely the folly of
the whole game Of war that he would
otherwise. and to take a more active
interest in its discontinuance. If, in
stead Of $50 for wal and 81 for agri-
culture. he could spend 81 for war
and $50 for agriculture. wouldn't he
be apt to like 1t better?
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-07-23

and out" grimly. "oh, yes: I've never
told you just how close I've been
trimmed!".
Mrs. Jonley paled. She had almost
guessed, but to be sure
And, by lingo, he got around and
borrowed the thousand for me! Said
he'd been in on the deal him
self If his wife hadn't been at a Ger
tain affair and impressed certain par
ties with his credit and ability! And
somehow he seemed to think we had
something to do with enabling her I'd
attend the party. So we're all right
again." Mr.. Jonley spoke hoarsely.
OH said Mrs. Jonley. "And IL
well. l always did like Them Then
she tore up the note.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-07-23

The Merrows borrowed everything
that their neighbors owned, except,
perhaps, such articles as chimneys and
toothhrushes. 1t had been eight
months since they moved to the small
suburb. The first day they borrowed
the Jones handsaw and the Grays'
hammer. The second day they Dor
rowed a jar of cream from old Mrs.
Perrell. The third day they beseech-
ed Mrs. Jonley to let them have half
a Loaf of bread.
Mrs. Jonley gave it g%raciously. She
sympathized with Mrs. Merrows and
Ethel, the pretty seventeen-year-old
daughter Neither was dressed to run
down to the bakery. and they were so
that only a cry hard hearted person
could have refused them so trifling a
favor.
But she later said that if 1t was to
do over she'd see them starve. She
said it with firmly compressed lips
and angry eyes as she handed Mr..
Jonley his cup of coffee at dinner.
And I'm going to quit right now"
she added. The very next thing that
for / intend to be nj of. l don't mind
letting them have my hemstitched
napkins, nor my house slippers. nor So
the other day-oh, yes, she paid that
back. she ALWAYS pays money back;
of course. she'd be ashamed not to-
and I didn't srudge her my cut glass
water set for her afternoon tea. nor
my big fern when the bridge club met
at her house. But I m tired of not be-
ing able to finish a new magazine be-
fore she picks it UP and starts a story
and says Dear Mrs. Jonley, I'm sure
o don't mind if I take this home
and send it back tomorrow. It's so
seldom I get interested in a story
Just as If I wasn't interested, too"
Then Mrs. Jonley paused for lack Of
breath.
Pass the bread, please" was Mr..
Jonley's only comment.
Does Mr.. Merrows poster you any
more?" his wife asked.
Mr.. Jonley sighed. For the sake of
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-07-23
THE PARIS TRIAL.

Reports of French trials appear
strange to American readers. The
! procedure is entirely different from
ours, and arguments between defend
ant and opposing counsel and between
counsel and witnesses are permitted
to a degree which appears shocking
to those who are accustomed to the
American and English forms.
h present trial of Nine. Caillaux
for the murder Of CASTOR Calmette,
editor Of the Figaro, is characterized
by most Of the features which appear
to US to be strange. Stripped Of its
frtlls, the case amounts to about this:
For a long time the Figaro had made
bitter attacks on Caillaux, a minister
Of the government. and the officials
wife, in a At Of anger, visited the edi-
torial rooms and shot the editor.
That is the case in a nutshell. The
charges against Caillaux were. among
other things, that he had been impli-
Gated in frauds in connection with
army contracts. In the evidence Of
the accused woman she has stated
that her purpose was to prevent the
exposure of q scandal in her own life
which she supposed was about to be
ventilated. Efforts are 70 make a po-
ntical case of the homicide, and it
may be that there will be some sue
cess in this. The woman's efforts to
suppress q scandal by killing a man
does not appear to have been espe-
cially successful.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-07-23

not increasing a TRADE he had kept
silent. Now he admitted that only
that very morning Mr.. Merrows had
obtained $40 from him. A customer
was coming whom Mr.. Merrows had
to dine, and he happened to be short.
And already the account stood $32,
one pocket knife. eight lead pencils,
one fountain pen and two old but be-
loved pipes in Mr.. Merrow's favor.
HE said he'd pay back some time for
all I'd done for him. Mr.. Jonley said
weakly. offering to quell the wrath
that he saw sparkling in Mrs. Jonley's
black eyes. He was tired and desired
a quiet evening.
"Pay you back!" Mrs. Jonley's tone
was whitening. Yes. that's Mrs. Mer-
rows cry. Some day, you dear Mrs.
lonely minicking. I'LL make you
glad you know us. And meanwhile
I've supplied her with fresh egas
when we had to go without ourselves
to make up. And right now I quit"
Mrs. Jonley stiffened and was silent.
Mr.. Jonley looked around appre-
hensively.
There was a sound of running steps
on the side porch. a light familiar
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-07-23

n evening, and of course recipro-
Gated by entertaining his hosts. The
Scotch comedian has an endless fund
Of stories.
"A Dundee farmer, who lived not
far from my old home in bonnie Scot
land Lauder told his friends. EN-
ployed a farm hand named Sandy.
Here. Sandy said he one day.
gang room n gle the coos a cab
bage each, but min We gle the biggest
to h coo tina gies the maist milk
bidding. Upon his return the old
farmer asked him if he had done as
he was told. and had divided out the
cabbages according to merit.
AYE, MASTER replied the laddie.
I gied 'em a. a cabbage head, and
hung tn biggest on the pump han
de-"
During one of the battles in the
Spanish-American War an officer was
wounded severely in the thigh, and
for four or five days several surgeons
were engaged attempting to discover
the ball: Their sounding gave him
excruciating pain. On the fifth day he
could bear it no longer, and cried to
the surgeons, Gentlemen, in heavens
name what are you about?"
eve are looking for the bullet
well, why didn't you say so at
first? 1t is in my waistcoat pocket?"
Women must consider it a dread
full fate to be. an old maid" unused
Mr.. Chugwater.
They do, JOSIAH" said Mrs. Chug-
water. what terrible sticks they
sometimes marry to escape it,"
And Josiah rubbed his chin and
said nothing.
The most dramatic day Of the Six
ty-third congress was when Champ
Clark, the speaker of the House, took
the floor for his famous speech ex-
planning why he opposed President
Wilson'S policy Of repeating the Pan
ama Canal tolls exemption law. Clark
was on the losing side, and everybody
knew that the vote, would certainly
uphold the President.
his remarks in his Vibrant, booming
voice. Representative Tom Hefin of
Alabama walked through the Demo-
cratic cloakroom. Even there the
thunder Of Clark's voice was audible.
Helm stopped, laughed and said:
THAT reminds me Of an old color
ed man down in my state. He was
working in the middle of a field on a
hot summer day. It was so hot that
the heat seemed to be simmering vis-
IDLY wherever you looked. After a
while the midday train rushed by
about half a mile away, whistling for
a crossing and roaring and thunder
ing as it went.
The old man watched it 20 by,
took hold of his. hoe, and stopped over
his work once more. Then he said,
talking to himself:
Boom! Bing! Bum! Hum!' But
Is gwine to ride o mex sadday
night!"-Popular Magazine.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-07-23
OUR o VACATION
By PAUL WEST
, P A UL ST
Illustrated by Moser

visit sumboddy would invent 1 that
would find a lemmenaid spring under
the groWnd sumwhares. That would
be werth while, as they are plenty of
waiter now.
TORP WILL BE VERY RITCH.
Torp stebbins was sean figgering on
thare barn dore this moaning & he
sed it vas abowt chickens. His
farther gay him 20 eggs for setting &,
Torp has them under q hen now.
When thay are Matched out Torp isent
going to kill them but will waite till
thay each lay sum eggs themselves.
Then when thoase chickens lay sum
eggs too he viii waite till they hatch
4 hav thoase chickens lay sum moar
& so on. BY that time Torp SAYS he
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-07-23

paid sistern thay wouldent let him,
II he sed it was all he could
do to keap it from pulling rite outen
his hands.
Then all of a suddin the three of
them disappeared & sum Teller sed.
"Thay must Of CAIN on the hiddun
spring & the divining rod has pulled
them rite down into it,"
So we run across the feald to find
cut & you cou1dent see them at ali,
but you could here them, thay hay.
wing fell into the mud crick which
was there. becawse thay had to walk
facing rite to the frunt & couident
look down or 1t would of spoiled the
Fatty sed It worked SO good he