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Meade County news., 1915-08-26

The breeding of dairy cattle is a
matter surrounded with numerous
difficulties, rendered all the more uD-
certain and kantalizing from the ar
tificial conditions In which the cat
tie are reared.
Some of our highest producing dairy
cows have been developed along milk.
producing lines until they are in real
ity an unnatural deformity.
Every well-bred cow that is kept on
the farm by the very law of its being
is ready and able to assist in giving
additional value to all crops grown on
the farm If we only surround her
with the right conditions.
Buying cows and selling them as
fast as they stop giving milk will
never build up herd of high-produc-
ing dairy COWS.
The calf from the moment of lis
birth should be kept in thrifty grow
ing condition. Letting an animal run
down is great and permanent loss.
1t is something lost forever. that no
amount of after care or feeding can
regain.
When the calves are playful it is
an indication of thrift and health.
1t is essential that we attend to the
comfort and bodily ease of our cows.
Meade County news., 1915-08-26
lATlvE LIFE IN NEW GUINEA
Magic, Marrying and Murder Seem
Closely Connected Practices Among
the Innocent Aborigines.

The expedition led last year up the
Fly river in British New Guinea by
Sir Robert Clarke resulted in the dis
covery of some amusing customs, for
the members of the party fell in with
many who had never seen a white man
before.
These natives practice magic which
they call kuri-kuri-which kills men
by suggestion. mo man among them"
says Sir Robert, is supposed to die
naturally. The magic man tells him
he is going to die, and he propmtly
does die. 1t may not be all hypnotism.
Supposing a man is told that he is to
die from a snake bite, it is not diff
cut to make certain of his death.
When man is dead his relatives
must get head so that his spirit will
rest in peace. They go out on muir
dering expedition and get their head
from the nearest tribe they can sur
prise. 1t doesn't matter to them
whether the head is that of a man,
woman or child.
The girls will not marry man un-
less he has a certain number of heads
and has killed man in personal COM
bat. When a new house is built there
must be more killing, because the
posts of the house have to be sprinkled
with human blood. The hideous war
fare never ceases, for a tribe which
has been attacked must seek revenge.
"The continual fear Of surprise at
tacks is shown in the character of the
houses. These were built in the trees.
They were rested on scaffold poles
fifty to sixty feet from the ground,
were beautifully thatched and were
chiefly constructed of palm leaves.
They were loopholed in the sides for
arrows and holes had been left in the
floor through which stones could be
dropped on the heads of an enemy.
Large quantities of stones are kept
In the houses. These tree dwellers
also wear kind OF bamboo cuirass,
which is arrow-proof and would be
shot-proof. The arrows used are about
nve feet long and are projected from
very powerful bows. / don't think a
white man could draw their bows.
nave known man to be pierced
Through by an arrow from a distance
OF 2OO yards. Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Meade County news., 1915-08-26
Preparing.

In one of the southern states the
negroes are great patrons of a matri-
monial agency. One darky, anxious
to find wife for his son, went to this
agent, who handed him his list of
lady clients. Running through this
the man came upon his own wife's
name, entered as desirous of obtain
ing husband between the aEes of
twenty-eight and thirty.
Forgetting about his son, the darky
hurried home to announce his discov-
cry to his wife. She was not at all
disturbed.
"Yes," she said. 81 done give him my
name. | puts it down when you was
so sick In de winter and de doctor
says he must prepare for de worst
Chicago Journal.
Meade County news., 1915-08-26
REGULATING Electric LAMPS.

The demand for regulating the de-
gree of light from an electric lamp
has resulted in lamp which has been
recently exploited, containing two
separate filaments Of the lamp, which
may be operated separately or togeth-
er, giving the lamp a rating of 200
watts. with each filament taking 100
watts. A consumption of 0.6 watt per
candlepower is claimed for this lamp,
and it has a life of 1000 hours if the
tilaments are burned separately. or
1000 when they are burned together.
Meade County news., 1915-08-26
GREAT AMOUNT OF
WORK AROUND FARM
Of Much Importance to Have
Fresh Water for StoCk-Turn
Horses Into Pasture.
(By E. VAN BENTHUYsEN.)

Good water for the stock is more i'm
portant during the long hot days of
summer than any other season.
Now is the time when the forage
crops-did you sow any last spring.
come in to keep up the milk flow.
A pig kept in dirty, dry pens these
days cannot thrive.
1t is cruel and poor judgment to
keep horses shut up in a stable during
the hot nights.
When the horses come in from the
fields in the evening their heads and
legs should be washed and rubbed dry
and after drying feed in the open air
and turn out to pasture.
These are hard days for the dairy.
man, as the milk flow decreases while
the flies increase. Use the forage
crops, screen the stable windows and
spray the cows with fy-repellent.
Meade County news., 1915-08-26
Spray Mixture for Potatoes.

Lime-sulphur is not good spray
mixture for potatoes. This is the dc.
cision of the New York experiment
station after a series of tests. Where
lime-sulphur was compared with
bordeaux mixture as a remedy for
potato blight it was found the lime
sulphur decreased the yield about %
bushels per acre, while the bordeaux
increased the yield 20 bushels Dsl
acre.
Meade County news., 1915-08-26
A Forlorn Hone.

"Mr. Corncobbe. dare say your son
has learned great many things at
college,"
Yes. He's larnt how ter yell, how
ter dance, how ter play football an
baseball, how ter set in a stiff game
of poker. an has other accomplish
ments haven't been able ter classify
yet, but l hope ter find among EN-
what I'm looking for"
"And what is that?"
Something that will help him ter
get more out Of an acre Of land than
I've ever been able ter get"
Meade County news., 1915-08-26
Camping Hint.

Asbestos cones will be found inval-
liable to the open-air camper. Roll a
sheet of asbestos in cone shape and set
the small end securely in the camp
fire. In it may be baked apples. po-
tatoes and many other things. A good
sized cone will take the place of sew
eral cooking utensils.-McCalps Maya
zine.
Meade County news., 1915-08-26
Prevent FORAGE poisonino

Frequently horses die of forage
poisoning caused by molds in the
straw or corn. AT once change to
good hay, sound oats and wheat bran,
then there will be no more losses.
Keep the horses out of pastures. At
the outset of an attack full dose Of
physic should be giver but preven-
ton is all-important, and no specific
remedy has been found.
Meade County news., 1915-08-26
Two Classes.

THAT Jltney gave you a mighty
hard bump"
II should say so. have been laid
up for two weeks"
Good thing you carry accident in
surance."
Yes. but it doesn't get me anything
in this case"
Il should like to know why not"
"I could see in the chauffeur's eye
that his hitting me was not going to
be an accident"
Meade County news., 1915-08-26
Happiness,

81 have tried all sorts of happi.
ness, and it never lasts" said a
spoiled, petulant. cynical woman.
did you ever try forgetting your.
self for six months!" said shrewd
listener The question went to the
heart OF the trouble. To paraphrase
an old proverb, when self comes in at
the door, happiness flies out of the
window.
Meade County news., 1915-08-26
Wrote Famous Work.

Karl Friedrich Glasenapp, the IA
nous biographer of Richard Wagner.
recently died at Riga; Russia. The
Glasenapp-Wagner biography, pub
lished in 1876, remains the most ex-
tensive work on the life of the great
composer.
Meade County news., 1915-08-26
Wasn't on the Map,

Little Lemuel-Say, paw, what state
is Effigy in?
Paw-Effigy! Why, l don't believe
ever heard Of such town, son.
Little Lemuel-Well, l was Just
reading about man who was hanged
in effigy, and l can't find it on the
map.
Meade County news., 1915-08-26
An Honest Confession.

'T suppose you will be out again
tonight" remarked Pokerton's wife
somewhat sarcastically.
"I am sure" he admitted, unless I
hold better hands than l did last
night"
Meade County news., 1915-08-26

Submarines for naval purposes were
first developed by France.
Meade County news., 1915-08-26

A close friend is one who won't
lend you money.
Meade County news., 1915-08-26

Berlin and Vienna have each a pop
ulation exceeding 100000.
Meade County news., 1915-08-26

The thread of the silkworm is ono
thousandth of an inch in diameter.
Meade County news., 1915-08-26

When the time is noon in London
Berlin records 1854 p. m.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-20
1T til Ss1f1tf G-ll lG===.=-a1tu=.

That very graceful garment, the long
tunic, which appeared and took the
world of fashion by storm late last
summer, is with us again. Sometimes
1t is an overdress as long as the under
skirt, but often it hardly differs at all
from the tunic of last season. The
skirt under it has grown wider, al
though it is often considerably mar
rover than the tunic. But it may be
equally wide, and in either case is
good style.
One need only to examine the gown
of embroidered voile shown here to
appreciate the charming outlines of
the tunic skirt and to realize that a
gown put together on such good lines
is something more than merely fash
tonable. The style is so pleasing that
1t has lasting qualities. The bodice
Is cut on simple and graceful lines
also This is model that might be
safely chosen for gown of handsome
lace, with the expectation that little
change need be made in 1t from season
10 season
But the model as pictured is made of
plain and Observation-Disclosures wolfe,
not at all expensive. 1t is washable,
durable, and beautiful fabric. 1t can
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-20
RIGHT TREATMENT
FOR FENCE POSTS
Pile Neatly and Allow Them to
Thoroughly Season-PIan
for Charrinu.

When most farmers prepare to build
fences they set green posts and then
when they begin to rot off at the top
of the ground after four or five years
they grumble and fret a great deal
about the trials and tribulations of
fencing. AS matter Of fact, if the
posts are neatly piled in the dry and
allowed to thoroughly season, and then
are treated by charring the end which
is to be placed in the ground, and the
top, which should be slanting. is
painted with red lead and linseed oil,
they will last so or &C years.
Here is the method for charring.
Build heap Of logs 10 or IL feet long,
set it on fire, and when burning brisk
ly, lay upon the fire the ends of as
many posts as it will accommodate
crosswise. Turn them over a time or
two, and when slight coal has formed
upon the surface, throw them into a
pile and put on others. You can treat
four or five hundred a day and if
practiced by every farmer when build
ing fence 1t would save enough in a
few years to build good roads in every
community.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-20
MAKING MONEY IN
PORK PRODUCTION
Quality Is More important Than
Size in Breeders-Avoid
EIephantine Animal.

It is mighty hard work to correct
your lack of ability as a feeder by
buying a coarse-boned breeding boar.
The best type of swine have been
evolved from the experience of breed
ers and packers.
Quality is more important than size
in selecting the breeding stock.
We are at the beginning of a pc
riod' of enlightenment concerning the
possibilities Of hog farming.
Heavy feeding does not always pro
duce proportionate gains.
At five months of age, the pigs most
valuable asset is about one hundred
and twenty pounds of bone and muscu
lar development, aided and supported
by a keen and natural appetite.
Avoid the elephantine hog or steer
they are freaks that cannot be re-
lied upon to give a carcass of great
value or weight.
The liberty of pasture affords the
growing pigs the exercise necessary
to produce perfect health and body
development.
Get a farm, young man, and raise
good hogs
1t is a mistake to think we can
find profit in buying milk feeds to
supplement our corn crop, and neg
lect to provide pasture and forage
crops.
Coarseness indicates low vitality
sluggishness and slow-feeding quail
ties.
The ideals of the breeder and pack
er are coming more and more toward
one common standard. The demands
Of the packers are the reason for
show-yard excellence.
When farmers recognize the posi-
bility Of exclusive pork production as
a specialized branch of animal indus
try, and evolve systems of farm man
agement adapted to the business, it
will become attractive as business
proposition, and herds of well-bred
hogs will become common in many To-
calities where few good hogs are now
seen.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-20
MANY LITTLE JOBS
FOR BUSY FARMERS
Landing Ewes Should Have
Proper Shelter-CIean Up
the HenhouSe.

Sorry you did not fix up a house for
the Landing ewes? May lose enough
lambs to pay for new one.
The spring pigs are coming along
now. Thousands die every year from
too much cold wind.
Get into the grape vines with knife
and pruning shears, if you know how
to prune. Otherwise keep out.
Now is the time when the lice get
busy in the chicken house. At 'em
with the kerosene can and the white
wash brush.
What a pity to let the baby chicks
perish in the cold wind for lack of
shelter.
The spring crop of calves is coming
now. Dehorn them by using bit Of
caustic instead of saving them off a
year later.
Do not give the sow's nest too much
litter at narrowing time. Many pigs
are destroyed by too full nest.
No nest ever made for hen beats a
half barrel laid on it's side, particularly
for March weather.
The bees will be taking spring
flight. Examine them after they come
back to ascertain if they have enough
food to last till the blossoms come.
A strong spring wind will dry all the
moisture out of the tree roots if left
exposed long while planting.
The climbing cutworm is working
away on the newly set trees and vines
these nights. Keeps out of sight in
daytime. Keep him away by a strip
Of stiff paper put around the plant and
pushed an inch into the soil.
Make fair written contract with
the hired man. Saves misunderstand-
ings.
An hour in the workshop repairing
now will save time later when it is
more valuable.
The heavy rains and strong winds
will push over the fence posts.
Straighten them up.
Potatoes will sprout now If given
light and air.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-20
BUCKWHEAT is BEST
GRAIN FOR POULTRY
Chickens and Turkeys Allowed to
Harvest Crop - Trampling
Down Does No Damage.
(By A. J. LEGG.)

Wy <As AALxG0.I
Buckwheat is the best grain crop
that we have ever tried to furnish a
foraging ground for poultry.
1 SOW late in July and allow the
chickens and turkeys to harvest it.
They are all the better for the exer.
else and the only cost is for the seed
and work of preparing the soil and
sowing it.
Late in last July sowed about one
acre where the chickens and turkeys
could have free, access. They began
to work on it as soon as the grains
were filled and were at work on it for
nearly two months.
If it is trampled down on the ground
the grains will not damage unless it is
warm enough to sprout them. Buck
wheat will lie on the ground all win.
ter and grow in the spring.
A buckwheat stubble makes an ex.
cellent feeding ground for poultry dur
ing pleasant days throughout the fall
and winter season and the poultry en-.
joy the exercise.
OuI uouS, puIletS anu OepIempeI
Matched chicks are all in fine condi-
ton, largely due to the buckwheat
to which they have free access.
The plan of allowing them to har-
vest the buckwheat saves trouble of
feeding and it also teaches them to de.
pend upon their own efforts to obtain
their food. Buckwheat whole grain
has nutritive ratio of one to Z, which
can be reduced by furnishing some
concentrated food.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-20

be bought in narrow or wide widths,
and with embroidery in colors, as well
as white, on a white ground. Wolfe is
manufactured in an endless variety of
embroidered patterns.
The underskirt, in the dress pic
tured, is fitted about the hips and cut
with a moderate flare. 1t is finished
with a three-inch hem. The tunic is
fitted to the figure by means of tucks,
graduated in length and extending be-
low the hips. They are shorter at the
front. The tunic dips trifie at the
front, and this slight dip is repeated in
the bodice.
The bodice is cut like plain blouse,
with the fullness gathered in at the
bottom and confined under a girdle
made of the embroidered scallops. 1t
fits the figure vaguely like short
jacket. The neck is finished with a
turnover collar of lace, and the same
lace is used for the puffs and frills
about the sleeves.
A silk scarf tie finishes the dressing
of the neck. This design is one that
seems as we'll suited to the matron as
to the maid, and nothing prettier can
be found for graduation gowns or for
the useful white dress for midsummer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-20
JULIA BOTToMLEY.
Simplicity in skirts.

According to the Dry Goods Econo-
mist in the simple tailored suits the
skirts are made very plain, with more
or less flare around the hem. This
is introduced both in the gored and in
the semicircular models. A few skirts,
however, are shirred on at the waist
line. Some plated skirts are also in.
Guided in the orders.
In the dressy suits the skirts are
usually made on similar lines, the
plated effects particularly being pop
ular. In some instances these dressy
skirts are finished off at the bottom
with cordings, tucks, bias folds of the
material, silk braid or velvet ribbon.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-20

The best values that have been
shown in shopping bags within the
memory of the oldest shopper are to
be found in the leather goods depart
ments just now These bags are shown
in many shapes, (most of them prac-
ticaD and in medium sizes. Pin seal
and morocco are the most popular
leather, although there are other va
rieties to choose from. Black con-
tinues to be the favorite color, with
tans and browns next in importance,
and few dark blues, green's, puppies
and reds for those who wish a bag
to match a suit or some dress acces-
sorry in color.
Four bags of pin seal are shown
here in black. Two of them are sup
piled with very complete fittings. They
are soft, and the leather in three of
them is gathered on to the frame, so
that they are more roomy than their
size would indicate.
The bag at the upper left-haDd cor
ner is to be recommended to the tour
fist. 1t contains a good sized fiat hand
mirror fastened to the frame by a bit
of strong ribbon, and a small coin
purse. In little pockets made in the
lining there are a small face powder
box with tiny puff, scent bottle, a
case with nail file, and tube which
may carry days supply of cleansing
cream. Even this ample fitting is ex-
ceeded in some bags that carry a card
case and very small pair of scissors
besides.
The bag shown at the lower right
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-20
LeaisIate Against Debt.

To such an extent do all classes OF
India load themselves with unsup-
portable debts for the sake OF the
show and pomp Of marriage occa-
sion that the government of India has
become aroused and has passed laws
intended to make impossible the in
curing of debt beyond the ability to
pay, together with much-needed legis-
lation aimed at money lenders, who
have been accustomed to extort
enormous rates of interest from the
helpless ryots.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-20

the entire and especially
from the to
birds maximum
this
biological the United States department of agriculture
established scattered
Alaska of which, in the
established
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-20

while he board one OF
provide Mr. Marsha WIN
Marshall
Panamaacifc exposition When
received board the
Howard occurred to Secretary
Daniels reception the attendant ceremonies should De
prescribed flag
permanently prescribed the vceres
whenever vicepreiden board
of the president ship OF the navy
include the by hosting his flag and hrlng
hauling his flag and
The given the
those given the president
the OF ~ guns
and the national coo were
the salute
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-20
Her Grievance.

When the season was almost over a
storekeeper in e small southern town
put lot of dollar shirt waists in the
window at rs cents. "Say, what kind
of bizness you call dis?" asked an old
colored woman. "Is dat de way you
try to make a liar out of yo' custom
ers? After been telling all de cullud
folks in de neighborhood dat paid a
dollar for this shirt waist, you come
an spoil my reputation for veracity.
Las time / ever gwine to do bizness
here"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-20
Watch Her Shoes.

AS all the dresses, no matter wheth-
er Tor walking, the house, or for eve
ming, are quite short in the skirt, it
is easy to imagine the fanatic things
that appear in shoes. A slim ankle
will be more to be desired than a pref
ty face this year, and what women will
save in their dresses they will expend
on their shoes and stockings. For the
house, the dressmakers are making
a speciality of very simple little satin
frocks with long sleeves and hip
sashes falling just where the wearer
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-20

officials have often cried out against
the wanton slaughter of birds, declar-
ing that these birds were necessary to
keep down the insect pests and there
by protect the farmers crops, but
they have not stopped at this. With
out much ado, they have been select
ing the quiet, isolated hooks of the
country as bird reserves, as places
where the birds could go and under
the protection of the authorities rear
their young in security and comfort.
At the present time there are "A
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-20

hand corner will commend itself to
the shopper or the traveller who
wishes to take few notes by the way.
1t has an oval mirror, set in the flap,
a change purse, powder box, scent bot
tie and notebook, with pencil attach
ed, each slipping into its own particu-
lar pocket and easy to get at.
Instead of these fittings the remain
ing two bags are provided with only
a mirror and coin purse. But sepa-
rate compartment assures a place for
such fittings as the wearer may choose
to provide for herself.
Innings are made of strong MORE
silk usually, but gayly lowered silks
and satins, in durable weaves, add a
charm to these already charming shop
ping bags.
Dnr-nRHI
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-20
Examine the Fence.

If the garden fence is not strong the
horse may push it down and let all
the animals on the place into your
truck patch some night while you are
snoring. That means a ruined patch.
Look over the fence today and see
that it is all right.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-20

as soon in the spring as the ground Is
dry enough to work.
The pigs can be turned on to the
first lot as soon as the rape is from
Ia to Is inches in height, and as soon
as they have eaten it down to four or
five leaves to the stock, the pigs are
transferred to the next patch and so
rotated from one lot to the other
throughout the summer.
If well supplied with satisfactory
forage during the summer months,
pigs can be finished for market and
fattened off quickly as soon as the
crop natures.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-20

(By JAMES G. FULLER, Wisconsin Ex-
pertinent Station)
Sow patch of rape. 1t will furnish
the growing pigs with a wealth of pal
htable green feed, and if given a
chance to come back" will produce
crop after crop of excellent succu-
lence.
The most satisfactory method of
growing this crop for swine is to pro-
vide three yards of about equal size
and seed them three weeks apart with
one and one-fourth bushels of oats and
five pounds of rape to the acre. The
first lot, of course, is generally sown