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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
Farm and
Garden
IMPROBABLE ACRES.
Idle Lands Can Be Improved Until
They Become Profit Bearing.

Idle Lands Can Be Improved Until
They Become Profit Bearing.
We hear many uncomplimentary
things said about the improbable dairy
cow-the boarder cow that is supported
from the profits Of the remainder Of the
herd, says ]. G. Mcdowell in the Farm
Management Monthly. On many farms
the improbable dairy COW is not by
any means the only boarder. Low yield
ing acres. like boarder COWS, are often
fatal to successful farming. Our farm
survey records show that areas of poor
~ drained. compact, sour soils, or soils
low in humus greatly reduce net profits
and are frequent cause of minus la
Dor income. Sometimes these records
show that as much as 80 per cent of
the entire farm acreage does not pro-
duce enough to pay its way.
One farm on which we recently took
records has forty acres of poorly drain
ed land that in its present condition is
practically worthless. twenty-five dol
lars per acre spent in drainage will
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
HOUSES FOR POULTRY.


, In order to get plenty of sunlight
choose a southern or southeastern ex-
posture.
If possible, make use of natural shell
ter against cold winds. Select the
southern side of hill, an orchard OF
buildings.
The house must be dry. A site that
provides natural drainage is desirable.
Locate the house in as convenient a
place as possible.
Fresh air houses should always be
used. Cold air, if dry and without
drafts, is conducive to hen health.
Floors may be earthen, board or ce-
ment. Earthen floors may be damp
and are hard to clean. Board floors
are best for portable houses. Cement
floors are best for permanent houses
and may easily be kept sanitary.
Walls should be cheap and durable,
providing warmth. They should be
about five feet high in the rear and
from six to eight feet high at the
front.
The best types of roofs are the A
roof, shed or gable roof.
Prepared roofing material is better
than shingles or tar paper.
All fixtures should be portable to per-
nit of easy cleaning.-Farm Progress.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10


declares that spinach should be sown
broadcast on frozen ground in Febru-
airy and Immediately covered to the
depth of one inch with well rotted
stable manure. Sow about one pound
of seed to 1000 square feet of ground.
Thick Leaf is the best variety for this
purpose. Spinach sown in this way
will grow larger and heavier than
spring sown spinach.
Spinach likes a rich, well drained
soil. The ground should be sweet
and quite hard for best results. Top
dress every ten days with nitrate of
soda. five pounds to every 1000 square
feet. being careful not to let the nj
trate lodge on the large spinach leaves
or they will have white spots burned
in them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
The Marching Dead.

abe night smelled sweet. the breeze
rustled, the stream murmured, and
killed came marching. They seemed
Of one great company, no longer enc
mics. All had the same fixed stare
Drawing something strange, that they
were trying terribly to push away.
All had their eyes narrowed, yet fixed
open, in their gray white, smoke grim
ed faces. They made no sound az
they passed. Whence were they com
ing, where going, trailing the ghosts of
guns, riding the ghosts of horses; into
what river of oblivion, far from hOr
ror, and the savagery of man?-JohD
Galsworthy in Scribner's Magazine
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
The kexa of the Universe.

In the ! ear 1884 William Patterson,
founder of the Bank of Scotland con-
ceived the grard project of planting
on the isthmus of Darien British
colony which, in his own words.
should secure for Great Britain the
keys of the universe, enabling their
possessOrs to give laws to both oceans
and to become the arbiters of the com
mercial world" This colony was ac-
tually founded at place still known
as Puerto EscOces, but its people were
subsequently forced by the Spaniards
to evacuate and return to Scotland.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
Why Thew Wanted II Chanoed.

The new play was in rehearsal, and
delegation of actors approached the
manager. On being received the
spokesman said: "Sir, we have come
to ask that a portion of Mr.. Browns
part be cut out"
whats all this about? What part
do you want cut OutY' clustered the
manager.
1.-THE part where he, as the disguised
count, borrows IS. Every time he
thinks any of us has any money he
calls q rehearsal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10

A big business makes its biggest
profits from utilizing the by-products-
the waste.
Wisconsin has the greatest dairy
business in the world Badger dairy
men own 100000 COWS. Skim milk,
buttermilk and whey-all by-products
of the dairy which, without hogs too
often are wasted-may be used to ad-
vantage in the economic production
of pork.
Of course, it requires something
else besides skim milk or buttermilk
And we have it. Corn can be grown
In practically every Wisconsin coun-
ty. Small grains are easily one of
our most successful field crops. Our
soils raise the finest of green forage
crops. We are close to the output of
milk feeds. We have the best mar
kets at our doors.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
COUNTY AND NEARBY.

John Anderson, one of the real
pioneers of this country, died at his
hume in the town of Woodman week
before last, at the age of "a. He
came to Grant county in the year
1854, and built a grist mill on Green
river, on the very site now occupied
by the Anderson mill. He lived in
one valley more than so years, and
was as highly respected as any man in
Grant county.
A wedding among the Norwegian
people of Castle Rock township is
always notable affair in that
vicinity, but from all accounts the
nuptial celebration that united Miss
Magma T. Johnson, of that town, to
Albert Anderson of Readstown, was
a very striking event. A great num-
Der of guests was present from
Soldiers Grove, and other points on
the Kickapoo.
Boscobel has decided on August
IL, II and Ii for its fair. Boscobel
has the first fair in this vicinity
and the little city is not to be blamed
for thinking it has the best tair in
the world.
Richland Center high school put it
over Lodi in basket ball to the tune
of 60 to II. That is the most extreme
score we have seen this year.
Mrs. Mary Hamilton, Richland
Center, died last week at her home.
She was very prominent in w. R. e..
work, and was the widow of the late
Roswell r. Hamilton. She was 72.
Platteville was visited by most
nervy individual last week, taking
orders for Hearst's magazine. She
was a young women, and her plan
was to learn the names of young men,
including their first name or nick
name, and any little personal item
regarding them that she could. She
then accosted them in a most un-
conventional way, calling them by
their most familiar name, and re-
ferred to some incident in their lives,
which, for the time being made them
feel she surely knew them. She
later of course, made known her e--
rand, and in very many cases her
plan worked and she sold her
magazine. II showed considerable
''nerve, and was not highly COM
mendable manner of making her sales,
but for an unusual way of a stranger
approaching people it certainly took
the cake. 1t is question whether
it really paid, for young woman to
so cheaper herself in appearance be-
fore men.-Platteville Journal.
The question of new buildings to
take the place of those destroyed by
fire last week is as yet undecided.
We are informed that Groom & Son
will probably rebuild, but there is
nothing definite about any of the
burned buildings being replaced as
yet. One thing is sure-it will be
a serious blow to the town if new
buildings are not erected this sum-
mer. We know of two merchants
who want to locate here, but neither
is able to put up building and buy
a big stock of merchandise in addi-
tion. We are confident that a
modern two-story building covering
the lots in question would be pay
ing investment, and if there are no
private parties who care to undertake
the proposition, what is the matter
with forming stock company to do
it? This affair merits the serious
consideration of every property owner
in the village. Bloomington Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
Reformed Spelling.

A commercial traveller tells us of an
interesting notice exhibited in the win
dow of a small shop in the west of
England. 1t runs, "Ome Grone Une c
a Pott''
To upholders of the new photography
this should be interesting. 1t refers TO
home grown honey and its price.-Lon-
don News -.----
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10

right of way. Also put steam
shovel along the bluff above town and
a sand dredge in the river at Wyalus-
ing. There is a bridge crew in here
now putting in thing between here
and the Wisconsin river.
We have been having winter again.
Friday morning it showed and the
wind blew a gale. 1t drifted the
worst here in the bottoms that it has
this winter, not enough to do any
hurt; but on the hills it filled the
lanes again. The roads were bad.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10

And these dairy by-products are
really valuable. Feeding experts re-
peatedly tell us that 100 pounds of
skim milk fed to hogs is equal to
half bushel of corn. Buttermilk
has approximately the same value and
whey has about half TIE feeding value
of skim milk or buttermilk. These
milk by-products furnish mineral and
protein to build muscle and bone.
They are relished by hogs and add
variety to the ration.
On top of all these other advan-
tages we have the breeders, and they
have the hogs. Wisconsin swine men
have already been top notchers in the
swine world. They have proved that
the pork business is a winner and
they have established the pure-bred
hog business as one of our most i'm
portant live stock activities
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
Channels Leather.

Chamois leather is rather eXpen-
sive, so that it is just as well to know
how to clean it. Put 1t into a weak
solution of soda into which you have
thrown some grated soap. Leave it
for two hours and then rub 1t until
clean. Finally rinse the leather in
warm, soapy water. Wiring the lie ther
in a linen cloth and dry quickly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
Moderation.

Moderation is the silken string run
ming through the pearl chain of all viz.
tuaS.-Bishop Hail
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10

make this forty acre tract the equal of
any in that district. and good land is
selling there at $3.50 per acre.
The successful business man tries to
weed out all improbable enterprises
and to expand those that pay a profit.
Improbable acres cannot always be
disposed of as readily as boarder cows.
but usually they can be improved until
they become profit bearing. If the in
come from such land cannot be in
creased it is quite possible that the
labor spent upon it can be reduced un.
til the income at least pays the cost of
labor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
Then You Now.

MCCORMICK binders and EMERSON, STAN
SELL They lead-the world over
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10

Early Spinach.
The New Jersey eXDerimnnt station
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
Then You Sow
Then You Harrow

And have got the best line of disk and lever har
rows ever manufactured Call and see them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-10
Buggies and Wagons

Our stock is just as large ever and the styles
beautiful this year VELIE, STAvER, JAMES
VILE and j. l.. CLARK makes the kinds
SELL We have something fine in the milk wagon
line.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-12
LOTTERIES.

The first lottery in England began operations s46 years ago, Jan. II, 1869, when the drawing began at the west door of St. PauTs Cathedral and continued day and night for several months The lottery was under the auspices of the government. and com sisted of 40.000 shares at ten sl1iIIings each. the proceeds to be used for iEs1- proving harbors and in other public works, From that time until 1926, with the exception Of 5 brief period, the British government sanctioned lotteries as 3 source of revenue. The tickets were sold through private agents, and any agent who had sold the lucky tickets in any drawing ad- vertised that fact on the hoardings and in the newspapers. and enjoyed a rush of business. Lotteries were early adopted in Aner1cas and churches and religious organizations often made use of this method Of rais- ing funds Iot6er5es have 1ong since been abolished In Great Britain. Cam ada and the United States, the famous Louisiana lottery having been the last in the United States. In Ger many Italy and in many Of the Latin countries the lottery is still an es- tablished institution.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-12

up. and does not seem to be quite as bad this winter as she has been the two previous winters I have your club books and read your lectures in our paper every week. Maybe she ought to eat only certain things. or kinds Of foods. MRS s. E.
 am very sorry to learn of your little daughterss trouble. but believe that you can overcome 1t if you adopt the right treatment. ou are right in supposing that the diet has sarne- thing to do with the trouble, and you should be very careful not to al- low fhe little one to eat meat of any kind, especially fat meats and porks no candy or sweets should be a.1- lowed, nor tart or acid foods. such as pickles. etc. Give her a little mashed potato, or better atiH baked potato. with a little butter on it. Beef soup as we'll as vegetable soup can be given, but all of the fat should be thoroughly and carefuIIy sxinmed off. Toast old bread especially whole wheat and graham bread, oat- meal prunes, eggA any Of the break fast foods, besides oranges can be given with safety. As she grows older and better you can gradually increase on this diet but you would be wise to watch her bowels careful ly to see that she Thoroughly dtgests her food. If you find that she does not, then just try to find out what caused the indigestion ButterniIIx is very beneficial if you can get her to drink #. A suifab1e combination of tissue foods for internal use would undoubtedly hasten her recovery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-12
CLUB NOTES.

will gladly answer all inquiries for information on health subjects from readers Of this ps5b bIicatton if same are addressed to Home Health Club, 5039 Cottage Grove Ave- Chi cago. Send full name and address with { cents postage.
 have had many letters from con- seientious parents asking now they can prepare their children for the great and puzzling questions that come I'D as they reach the age Of ir- q4iry and school, and how they may be saved from the evil of nisinfor- nation regarding the physical origin of life. cannot well answer these questions heres but have sought to answer all Of them and many more of all loving parents and all of thin pamphlet entitled, What. When and How to Tell Your ChiId.,' Tn order to save me the labor and expense of writing long letters to all I send the pamphlet for ten cents to any one who desires This charge merely covers the cost of production, pack age and postage as would like to see copy of it in every home where there are children.
 Dear Doctor: I would like to re- ceive your advice about my little girl two and one half years old. She has Eczema all over her body. It start ed to break out on her when she was only 3 months old, w11en% the cold weather commenced, and this is the third winter that she has been trou- bIed with it. During the summer, uItiI falh she pretty nearly healed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-12
HOME HE'LL TN CLUB


 Poisons. Antfdotes For all eases Of poisons taken into the stomach. remedies should be used as quickly as possible to produce vomiting me remedy usually at hand ana qnickiy available is d ta1blespo poonful or cona-s T,,f,nz salt in a. pint of warm water. This remedy is not positive an all cases, however, and therefore the second, which is quite certain to produce the desired results. shoald be used. It is one tablespooaaIui oI< powdered mustard in a tunbierfuI or water After vomiting the general rule is to give a. little sweet milk aI so generous loses of easter oil or in case castor oil is not available, olive oil, lard OF any other oil or melted butter
 Of course, the most important thing to do is to telephone or send at once for physician. but while wait-s ing for him keep actiye The prompt use of spirits of amonia or common househoId anonia may be Of great Hold the bottle of annonta or smelling salts so that the patient must inhale the vapor Rub the limbs Vigorous 1y and keep the body warm with hot water bottles, hot bricks or hot bags of salt Or sand. When the doctor atrrives he will proaablys giveaa heart stimuIant or strychnine in the form Of hypodermic infections. No other person is Justified in giving such a. stimulant, although nurse may. give it when Sd ordered by the doc-. tors.
 In all cases where old formulas are at hand which advise the use of lwl1iskey as q stimulant, they should be disregarded It is now positively known that whiskey does not give the stimulating effect 1t was for m erly supposed to give. A safe and
 
 usesd in all eases where hickey was formerly used, may be found in your own kitchen Scapsicuna. or common red pepper It is one of the most pronounced and at the same tiue one 1 Of the plirest and strongest stilnu- lItsis unedualed when 2 prolonged aIld l powerful stimulaht is needed as in congestion, chills, heart failure, etc. \ It is difficult to administer in the form of an infusion or tea but the i powdered capsicum may be given in capsules if they are at hand, other l wise prepare a mixture as follows: l Three ta.blespoonfu1s of conannon red ipeppers two tablespoonfula of salt, meistened and stirred into a paste l then pour onto this half pint of 1 boiling water. As soon as cold strain I off. being careful to not agitate or ! stir up the portion that has settled I to the bottom Add to this liquor or 1fea one-h half pint of good sharp l vinegar and you will have the best stin1ulant that you could possibly ge<
 Tn cases of emergency and a p1ny- Fsfcian cannot be reached 2 layman Is justified in giving about drops of digitalfs in cases of AcetaniIid or Phenaeetin peisoning. then proceed to stimulate as above described.
 In lptomaine poisoning vomiting f should be induced as quickly as pos sibie and the entire alimentary canal elnptied; castor oil or other quick acting enminants. but you should al Esoap sues, making sure that the bowels are completely emptied.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-12
Gorsage Bouquets For Dances
 JOHN HECK E SON
BAD BR BATH

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-12
LITTLE BEITNY'S
 NOTEBOOK
By Lee Pape

 Yestidday I was in mas room look ing in the mirrer and making fases to see how meny dinerent kinds cood make, and aftir a vile I filled my fase full of air and pulled up. tha cprnirs of my eyes with my fingers, making myself look jest like a fat Chinee, and [ termed erround and staI-tid to waWk erround the room doing it and saying. Look, ma, look I'm bizzy, sed ma going avn sewing holes in socks
 We'll jest look wunts. sed, look It wat I'm doing.
 And ma looked LID ana saw me looking like a fat Chimes, and she sed We'll hope you don't imagine that looks pritty. It's not sipposed to look prfttv. sed. And lzepp wawdng erround the room doing 1t, and ma sed Stop it, simpil, you'll gro to look that way. woodent care, sed, if my fase stayed this way cood get a 5ok, in d side show as the grate Tite Chinee. And kepp WaWking erround look E calm to the n1irrer and looking at myself. and aftir a vile ma looked up agen, saying. Benny Potts. are you still doing that, now you stop it i'm meeditly, don't you think yure funy enun looking as 1t is. No mann, I sed.
 Well I do, sed ma, and if you don't kwIt that this seckond III make you wish you had.
 So [ stepped looking like fat Chinee avn akkount of my fase bee ing tired enyway, saying, Wat wood you do, mas if Twas reely a Chinee. 1d make you do ayyi the washing. of corses sed ma.
 Then I'm glad I'm not sed.
 Wtch am
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-12
ROBERT UNDERWOOD yoHNsoN. ea TO-DAY. DENoUNCEs
 KAISER IN FLAMING VERSE


 Robert Underwood Johnson, for more than forty years a member Of the staff of The Century Magazine. and for several years editor-fn- chief. was born in Washington sixty two years ago to-day. Poet aS well as ed- itor, he published his first volume of verse in 1891, and since then has gained reputation as one of Amer icass foremost Bards. OF late MT. Johnson's muse has been largely de- voted to denunciafions of nilftarisn in general and the Kaiser in particu- lar. In The Cost. he writes: Mars red altar gapes. and forth there
 fare
 With torch and sword the Furies,
 driven by one
 Hailed as the gods bronze image come
 to life,
 But. nearer seen. g pietistic Hunl With wild, fanatic air. Tn Deaths-head helmet and greaves
 worn with prayer. He sets the unwilling world in my
 riad strife
 To orphan Europe, blowing hill and For famines harvest of the iron seed.
 Robert Underwood Johnson is the father of Owen Johnson, author of saThe Eternal Boy and other novels which have gained for him a place among the literary elect.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-12

New york, Jan. 11.-Frank Hed1ey. vice president and general manager of the Interborough subway system ao- fnisison that his company waE power less to prevent further subway fires similar to the recent one that cost the life of one woman; and sent 200 passengers 8o the hospitals He claimed no remedies could stop the dangerous short circufttng. Several investi gations are under way Tn order |fo reconmend measures that may be taken to prevent a recurrence of what came near being a terrible disaster.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-12
NOTICE

For forty y-eight years we have been conducting business at the came old location, corner Of Main ana John Streets, Bridgeport, Conn, and one Private Bank has been established there continuously. We have received and paid out on demand without mo- tice millions Of dollars of money de- receive money subject to depoSi tori check at sight, on which we allow three per cent. per a1zuunas credited % each account monthly. We solicit men. firms and corporations, and all who want a bank account where they can deposit money. cheeks or drafts and leave 1t for one day,one week, one month or one year, and draw interest. We give to the business our care1uA personal attention as the oldest firm of private bankers tn this state.
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