Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-01-16

development m SCUM AAEEICe a4A
+ elsewhere. that American capital has
shown 10 willingness to invest. The
/ reason, always, for such condition.
+ il to Be found either in lack Of sym
pathy from the parent government
itself, or an absence Of laws aftDrding
proper protection for big invest
ments
So, after all, American shipping is
up TO Washington.
Our FATHERs USED To TILL
Among the yarns Of the future will
be anecdotes o. the ere horse, which
has been tabooed By the New York
FIRE department. and who in the natur-
al order Of things will pass out Of use
forever within the next three years.
And what is true Of New York applies
70 other big cities IN Washington
the snoring power machine has been
supplanting the gathering hOOfs Of
the horses. 1t may * that there is
something almost tragic ia the pass
ing Of the fire horse, the smashing,
dashing animal, with ears laid low
who understands just what is meant
when the bells tap, and who appears
70 have an appreciation Of the acclaim
Of approval that BE- has evoked from
the curb. As the country isprogress-
ing the next step may see automobiles
instead Of horses rs the affairs Of
Massala and Ben Hur, and peThaps
audiences can be- educated TO applaud
the smell Of gasoline in place Of the
clatter Of horses hoOfs.
Experience has shown that there is
a net saving Of $3.50 year on an
unromantjc automobile tractor cap
able Of drawing a fire engine, as COM
pared with the cost Of the horses
necessary 20 draw it, Also. automo-
bile fire apparatus may be modified
much more rapidly than the horse
drawn sort. aud rapid mobilization is
az much Of factor in fighting fires az
ia Sighting battles between men. So
the fire horse must go. New Workers
will do well TO make the most Of him
in the few short months remaining be-
fore the sound Of his hoof beats is
drowned out forever by the shrek of
the auto fire siren
CROP IyER-IFICATION
The Department Of Agriculture has
fifteen women acting as agents in the
south They have built up a system
50 nat they have $3.50 county agents
carrying ont their instructions, and
these county agents are directing the
work Of 33. 420 girls If the men Of
the South cannot see the fallacy Of
the single crops, despite wars, en-
bargos and the boil weeyil, then there
appears 10 be hope IN the splendid
results being obtained through the
young women who show that they are
able to appreciate that something be-
sides growing cotton is essential a
young lady named Madge Farrar has
been teaching the Tennesseeans a few
tricks in farming, and the Agrieul-
tural Department gives out the infor-
nation that by raising and selling
vegetables throughout the year she
made net profit Of s19l. 81, while the
second best girl who also did good
work but did not diversity, made
500 20 profit. The girl with the second
average grew only beans and toma-
toes during the fall and summer Miss
Farrar, however, having grown these
crops, put in onions during the win
ter, which she sold at a good profit in
February She then proceeded to
plant cabbages, which brought her an
income during April and May, while
peas were her main crop in June.
This brought her back TO the tomato
and rounded out year of profitable
vegetable growing.
Another young woman found peach
orchard into which hogs had been
/ turned. She took her Gamer with her
and established herself in the orchard
4 to save what was left from the hogs,
and made $4,000 in one week from her
work Similar instances have de
monstrated the possibilities Of saving
waste TN that section, aud there has
been a more general interest exhibit
ed not only by the farmers daughters
/ but by many Of their wives.
The Texas girls have shown an I'M
usual interest in poultry in addition
to their canning ana garden work
/ This is only the first year Of the poul-
try work, but already 300 young
women have accomplished actual re-
suits and in not single case did the
girls fail to make profit The result
has been that in many cases the whole
flock Of poultry on the farm has been
turned over 80 the daughter. The
marketable value Of infertile eggs has
been emphasized