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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
VALUE OF DRAINAGE
Much Swampy Land May Be
Made Quite Productive.
WORK is ONLY FAIRLY BEGUN
Lands Too Wet for Profitable Produc-
tion Of Crops Should Be Drained
Improves Soil by Making 1t
More Porous and Friable.

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
BY simple drainage much of the wet
swampy farm land which cannot be
cultivated in its present condition
may be made productive. There
is also many piece of culti-
waited land which is not producing
what it could be made to do If it were
properly drained. Indeed, according
to the departments specialists, drain
age in the United States is only fairly
begun, and its immense possibilities
are but little known. Farmers Bulle-
tin No. ga of the United States de-
partment Of agriculture discusses this
subject in some detail.
Lands that are too wet for the most
probable production of crops, such as
wet level land, low spots, and the dry
subsoils of fat areas on the SUBMITS
of knolls, river and creek bottoms, and
peat boys, should be drained. Even
uplands may often be drained with
profit, especially hillsides subject to
erosion or inclined to be "spouty." In
deed, drainage is profitable wherever
1t is necessary to the fullest use of the
land. 1t is not uncommon for lands
too wet for cultivation to produce,
when drained, 60 to 70 bushels of corn
or oats or from one to one and half
bales of cotton to the acre. On much
of the drained land the increase of
yield is from Is to 100 per cent, and
by the increased yield and decreased
cost of cultivation the value of the
land is often doubled.
Improves the Soil.
Drainage improves the physical con-
dition of the soil by making it more
porous and friable. Thus stiff soils
are made more easy to work. The
roots of plants are given greater
feeding depth by the lowering of the
water level end hence the ability of
crops to utilize moisture Is increased.
Well-drained soils absorb more rain
fall than undrained soils, thus de-
creasing erosion and damage by floods.
Drainage warns the soil. Heat
from the sun acts directly upon the
soil when excessive moisture is re-
moved by drainage. This is notice
able in the North, where the planting
season is from one to two weeks
earlier on drained land than on SIM
liar land when undrained The dan
ger of damage by frost both in the
spring and in the fall is reduced.
Warming of the soil also causes the
seed to terminate more readily, there
by giving better stand of crops and
causing the plants to grow more
promptly
Drained land can be plowed earlier
In the spring than undrained land.
Crops can be cultivated sooner after
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
PROFIT FROM ALFALFA ACRE
Greatest, Most Profitable and Produc'
tive Swine Forage-Test Made
at Iowa Station.

(By JOHN M. EvvARD. Chief in Swine
Production, Animal Husbandry Section.
Iowa Experiment Station.)
Recently there was returned a profit
of little over $3.50 for the operations
carried on an acre of alfalfa; the corn
was charged at 60 cents, and the hogs
sold for 81.
Now these are the returns for the
happy combination of settled corn
and an acre of settled alfalfa, taking
young growing fattening pigs to the
weight of $50 pounds, no charge being
made for the alfalfa. Charge the al
falfa at $40 an acre and there remains
$240 pork values assuming no loss of
pigs) over and above feed costs. Labor
is arbitrarily assumed to be Offset by
the manurial residues remaining; of
course charge of 81 a pig labor could
be charged and still leave for the
acres operation a net return of $206.
The alfalfa acre carried A pigs Oh
the average from weaving to market,
these pigs finishing at $50 pounds,
fat and Embarrassing. No alfalfa, of
course, was left on the acre; it was
all pastured. This is not the best prac-
tice, but it shows what corn on an al
falfa acre will do when the corn as
well as the alfalfa is pushed to the
limit
These pigs gained Las pound day
during the entire grazing season of
40 days, requiring 387 pounds of corn
feed for hundred pounds gain, this
costing $4.14 with 6O-cent corn. The
charge for alfalfa on the basis Of a
hundred pounds gain amounts to $.12
(12 cents), making a total cost of
$4.26.
After paying for the alfalfa and
crediting all the profits to the corn
the net return per bushel was, with
81 hogs, almost a dollar, or exactly
98.5 cents.
But let us remember that alfalfa in
itself will not net $3.50 on the acre, or
corn alone 98.5 cents to the bushel
when fed to 81 hogs.
1t is the very happy combination of
settled corn and settled alfalfa that
does these things.
The cost of gains with 60-cent corn,
and $40 alfalfa at $4.25 perhaps tells
the story best-although it is well to
bear in mind that after all is said and
done in the swine forage story that
corn and alfalfa are prominently the
most profitable corn belt doublet of
economic feeds that it is possible to
grow and fatten swine on.
Alfalfa is our greatest, most produc-
tive, most profitable swine forage and
corn is our greatest, most productive.
most profitable swine growing feed.
Why not plan the swine feeding with
alfalfa and corn as the basal feeds?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14

George M. Cohan engaged young
woman for one of his productions
whose ambition excelled her abilities.
One morning she went to Mr. Cohan:
Il have only one line in the first act,
Mr.. Cohan," said she, "and but one in
the second. Couldn't you give me a
line for the third act, also?"
Mr.. Cohan thought for moment of
all the trouble the girl had caused
him, and of the exalted opinion she
had of her poor acting.
well, yes" replied Mr.. Cohan,
during the banquet scene in the third
act you may enter and say: Here is
a ham,"
oh" she exclaimed, land do bring
a ham on the state with me?"
NO" answered Mr.. Cohan, ut is not
a speech; it is a confession, my dear"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14

in the sun, an immaculate chauffeur
at the wheel.
Whose is that, Sweep"
Mine, for the week I'm talking
about! l mean ours, II you'd only
buck up and get ready to come out!
A week doesn't last forever, you
know!"
Blanche ran off to Martha, who
fused and hindered her with the best
intentions. 1t would have been diff
cult to say which was the more ex-
cited of the two. But the old nurse
would waste time in perfectly fatupus
"reminiscences of the very earliest ex-
petitions in which Mr.. Cazalet had
led and Blanche had followed, and
what a bonny pair they had made
even then, etc. Severely snubbed on
that subject, she took to peering at
her mistress, once her BARN, with fur
tive eagerness and Impotence; for
Blanche, on her side, looked as though
she had something on her mind, and,
indeed, had made one or two attempts
to get it off She had to force it even
in the end.
There's just one thing 1 want to
say before l go, Martha. You know
when Mr.. Toye called yesterday. was
out?"
"Oh, Mr.. Toye; yes. remember,
Miss Blanche"
well, don't want you to say that
he came in and waited half an hour
in vain; in fact, not that he came
in at ALL or that you're even sure you
saw him, unless, of course, you're
asked"
who should ask me, wonder?"
well, don't know. but there seems
to be a little bad blood between Mr.
Toye and Mr.. Cazalet."
\ Martha looked for a moment as
though she were about to weep, and
then for another moment as though
she would die of laughing. But a
third moment she celebrated by max
ing an utter fool of herself, as she
would have been told to her face by
ANYBODY but Blanche, whose yellow
hair was being disarranged by the
very hands that had helped to impris
on ii under that motor hat and veil.
."Oh, Blanche, is that all you have
to tell me?" said Martha.
And then the week of their lives be-
gan.
The weather was true to them. and
this was a larger matter than it might
have been. They were not making
love. They were mot out for that"
as Blanche herself actually told Mar
tina. with annihilating scorn, when
the old dear looked both knowing and
longing-to-know at the end of the first
days run. They were out to enjoy
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
SYNOPSIS.

Cazalet. on the steamer Kaiser Fritz
homeward bound from Australia. cries
out in his sleep that Henry Craven. who
ten years before had ruined his father
and himself, is dead. and finds that Hill
ton TOye, who shares the stateroom with
him, knows Craven and also blanche
Macnair, former neighbor and NAV
mate. When the daily papers come
aboard at Southampton Toye reads that
Craven has been murdered and calls
CaZalet's dream second sight. He thinks
Of doing little amateur detective work
on the case himself. In the train to town
they discuss the murder. which was com
mitted at Cazalet's old home Toye hears
from Cazalet that Scruton, who had been
CaZalet's friend and the scapegoat for
.Craven's dishonesty. has been released
from prison. Cazaiet goes down the
river and meets Blanche. Toye also
comes to see her and tells Cazalet that
ScrUton has been arrested, but as he
doesn't believe the old clerk is guilty he
Is going to ferret out the murderer
Cazalet and Blanche go to Cazalet's old
home and meet Mr. Drinkwater of Scot
land Yard. Cazalet goes with Drinkwa-
ter to the library where the murder was
committed, shows him a secret passage
through it. In town Toye, talking with
Cazalet about the murder, suggests finger
prints on the weapon found in the secret
passage as a means of trapping the muir
derer and succeeds in securing a print Of
Cazalet's hand. Toye traces CazaIet's
movements while a passenger on the
Kaiser Fritz, finds that he left the boat
before the murder and returned lust after
It, and warns him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
VALUE OF HAWKS AND BIRDS
Much of Their Food Found to Be
Field Mice, Grasshoppers, Crlck-
cts and Other Insects.

DR.. c. Hart Merriam says that the
popular notions about hawks and
birds for the slaughter of which many
states gave bounties, are altogether
erroneous. Ninety-five per cent of
their food was found to be field mice,
grasshoppers. crickets, etc., which
were infinitely more injurious to farm
crops than they.
The charges against crows are that
they eat corn and destroy eggs, poul-
try and wild birds. Examination shows
that they eat noxious insects and de-
structive animals, and that although
rs per cent of their food is corn it is
mostly waste corn picked up in the
fall and winter. With regard to eggs,
it was found that the shells were eaten
to a very limited extent for the lime.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14

a rain, and if covered tile drains are
used instead Of open bitches machin-
cry can be used to better advantage
and the cost of cultivation decreased.
Health conditions are also improved
by the drainage of swamps and stand
ing water. The breeding places for
mosquitoes are removed, with the con-
sequent adjustment of malaria in the
locality.
Practical System.
The most practical drainage system
is one that is adequate, permanent,
uses the least possible land, and is
not a hindrance to cultivation. Tile
drains which empty into either open
or closed outlets most nearly provide
such a system. BY the open-ditch sys-
tenn much valuable land is occupied,
the drainage is seldom thorough, and
the bitches become filled and have to
be cleaned out. Open bitches some
times occupy as much as ten per cent
and frequently five per cent of the
area drained. Thus it is that tile
drains, while more expensive to in
stall, are generally the most econom-
ical in the end.
In laying out a drainage system,
the outlet is the first consideration.
On rolling or billy lands channels
have usually been washed out, al
though they may need to be straight
ened and cleaned out. On low, level
land It is usually necessary to dig
open bitches, and they should be-
straight and deep, since curves check
the flow of water, while In deep ditch
water generally flows more rapidly
and less vegetation is likely to be
present. The outlets should be deep
enough to take care of the flow from
branch drains, which may necessarily
be placed low to secure sufficient
fall.
Open bitches work well with drop
Of four feet to the mile, although
some. of necessity, have no more than
one foot drop. In loamy soils subject
to freezing the sides of the ditch
should have slope of IS degrees, in
sandy soils a greater slope, while in
stiff soils subjected to little freezing
less slope will do.
Outlet bitches should usually follow
the natural course of the water, al
though efficiency and economy may
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
Pink Pants.

Pink pants for pale people may be-
come a reality instead of a mere hand
full of words shortly. The reason is
this: The beautiful blue color that is
usual in overalls comes from a dye
that is getting very scarce in the mar
ket. The aesthetic effect that may be
produced by a lot of red-faced brick
layers clad in bright pink is something
to be dreaded.-Hartford Courant-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
Authority on Steel Production

Sir Robert Hadfield, who has been
selected by the British government to
assume charge of the engineering
works that 1t has obtained power to
take over for the manufacture of war
material. is one of the greatest hv-
ing authorities on the production of
steel. In addition to the Bessemer
medal. which is the blue ribbon of the
Iron and Steel institute of Great Brit
ain. he has received equally high
awards from similar societies in al
most every country of the civilized
world. Inventor Of manganese steel,
he is chairman of the Hadfield Steel
Foundry company Ltd, at Sheffield.
one Of the biggest ordnance and pro-
jectile concerns in the United king
dom. in fact, In the world.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
canada's Herrino Fisheries.

The Canadian herring fisheries are
said to be the richest in the world.
and the quality of the fish is quite as
good as the North sea product. The
industry of Canada has great oppor-
tunities at the present time, and an
effort is being made to cause such
inspection, Standardization and adj
vertising Of the product az will enable
it to command the market which, with
improved conditions, will be found
awaiting 1t.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14

most enduring, barring only his ad-
miration for Josephine. And Napo-
Icons son, who went by the name of
Count walewski, became a big figure
in France when Napoleon III occupied
the throne within the memory of many
men still living.
Count Walewsh was president of
IDENTITIES, a senator, minister OF state
and a foreign ambassador. He had
the pleasure of telling Lord Palmer
sion in London that Louis Napoleon
had Jumped from the presidency of
France into the throne Of an empire.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
MAJESTY OF SEA REVEALED
Traveller In Alrship Tells How He
Was Impressed by His Passage
Over the Ocean.

From an airship H. Warner Allen
claims that for the first time he real
lied the full solitude OF the sea-
To right and left" he writes. the
sea, fecked here and there with foam
and its blue expanse cut sometimes
by the ash of a seagull's wing (the
seagul itself far below was invisible,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
Salvador Passes a SAVINGS Law.

Official publication has just been
made of a law of Salvador providing
for the establishment of stock COM
pany for savings and mutual loans
among the employees of the treasury
department. Under the provisions OF
this law the disbursing Offices shall
deduct certain proportion of the sal
airy of each employee, to be credited
as savings and to be used as a fund
for loans to members in time OF need.
ALI administrative details will be I'M
Ter tbs direction of governing board.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
necessitate a diversion from the nat
ural watercourse.

necessitate diversion from the nat
ural watercourse.
Use of Open bitches.
When the ditch runs through field,
the earth should be leveled back from
the bank, so that no more ground
than is necessary will be lost from
cultivation. When the value of the
land is high, the open ditch should
not be used where it is practicable to
use tile. In the middle West tiles as
large as three feet in diameter are fire.
quently used, and, being covered over,
they do not occupy tillable land or
divide field Where properly laid.
there is little danger of the tiles fill
ing and practically no maintenance
cost. Because water runs faster
through tiles they can be much small
er than the open ditch. The latter.
however, has an advantage in holding
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14

but its wings flashed bright as they
caught the SUM. stretched out to s
horizon line which was a perfect sec
ton of circle.
Behind US, and ahead where the
land lay, q screen of light mist inter
posed and cut short our view In q
straight line.
THE sensation was one of perfect
content mingled with a solemn rev.
erence for the vastness of the sea;
not a sail in sight and nothing to divert
attention from our swift arrow-like
fight.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14

DR.. William C. Farabee, head of the
University of Pennsylvania museum
Amazon expedition, has sent out his
first message from the wilderness in
months. Many notable discoveries
have been made. The Campo Geral
country, heretofore practically III.
known to civilization, is described by
Doctor Farabee as a worthless, SEM
desert area, billy and rough" Here
the head-hunting Mundurucu Indians
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14

THE shadow OF the bag moved
lightly across the waves. There were
no varying air currents, and the air
ship kept smoothly on with an even
motion.
THE sea beneath gave an added
sense of security. as though. II need
were. it would break our fall.
Even the mechanics. men hardened
to every form OF danger, seemed
touched by feeling of awe and were
silent; they had nothing to do but
gaze across the sea. as the even roar
of the motors told that all was well"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
SeifAhasement.

Every man should know himself"
remarked the parlor philosopher.
Perhaps" said the mere man: but
in doing so. he wastes lot of time
that might be spent In making more
desirable acquaintance. Judge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
Production of Coke.

During the year 1914 there was
produced in the United States 1855.
914 short tons OF coke, valued at $685.
334,217, according to the annual state
ment on the manufacture of coke now
available for distribution by the geo.
logical survey.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
EXPEDITION PROGRESSING

were found. Doctor Farabee studied
their customs and languages, compil.
ing a vocabulary and writing down
much of their folklore. which is ex.
pected to clear up the relationship OF
this tribe with the Tupi.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
NapoIeon's Warsaw Romance.

There will never be so many books
written about the Kaiser's capture OF
Warsaw as were inspired by the occu-
patton of that town little more than
a century ago by Napoleon Inc
French monarch's stay there became
a famous episode in history. not De-
cause Of its military significance, but
because of the romance involving the
Countess Walewski.
Books are still being written ABOUT
that love affair of Bonaparte. or MS
many affairs Of the heart that was the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
MAKING Hods Paw.

The financial success of the hog
business is determined largely by the
health of the herd. Health is most
easily maintained by preventive meas
ures. Cleanliness, the most neglected
and most influential factor. should re-
ceive first consideration.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
Strong Habit.

What is that business neighbor of
yours running along the hillside eV-
cry morning in his bare feet?"
Taking his financial exercise"
Financial exercise"
Yes; trying to collect what's dew
on the banks"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
a Better WaV.

Keep on the watch. Opportunity
may knock at your door"
I'm not going to wait for that. I'm
going to pound on Opportunity's door"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
LOYAL.

He's loyal . his friends. isn't her
Very. With six BARRIERS idle in
shop he'll sit around FOR an hour and
wait for his favorite hair cutter o
finish the customer ahead of him"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
Willing to Help.

But suppose we were attacked.
Would you, as a business man. go to
the defense of your country?
I'D serve thirty da-s. | wouldn't
mind sacrificing my vacation"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
PRUNING Crane Vines

AS soon as the frost kills the foliage
of grape vines they may be pruned
back and laid on the ground ready to
be covered before the ground freezes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
Winter Cover Crops

Prevent soil from washing.
Prevent soil from blowing away.
Prevent soluble plant food from
being lost by teaching.
Furnish winter and early spring
grazing.
Enrich the soil by adding vegetable
matter and humus.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
Modern Farm Essentials.

Good breeds of live stock and the
most approved and up-to-date labor
saving farm implements are neces-
sity on the farm.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
Storaue for Cahbaaea.

Where only few cabbages are to
be stored it is a good plan to wrap
the heads in newspapers and put them
on shelves in a cool cellar
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
Great Nlcissitudes

The greatest vicissitudes of things
amongst men is the vicissitude of
sects and religions.-Francis Bacon.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14
SKIM MILL RIrtternniIk

Skim milk buttermilk is the equal
OF natural buttermilk in practically
every important respect.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14

Pastures Regulate Milk Flow.
As the pastures are SO the milk flow
is apt to be. unless helped out by stall
feeding.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-12-14

This law is to be put into effect on
January /, 1916.
Evening star., 1915-01-09
New York Bank Statement.

NEW YORK, January 9.-The state
ment of actual condition of clearing
house banks and trust companies lor
the week shows that they hold $l2o,-
579.S19 reserve in excess of legal re-
ouirements. This is an increase of &c.
494, $50 over last week.
The statement follows:
Actual condition:
Loans, etc, s2,1ss.sss.ooo; decrease
s2,609.00O.
Reserve in own vaults OBJ, $337,5S2,.
900; increase, s7.405,000.
Reserve in federal reserve bank
500. 900: increase. $441.000; ~.
Reserve in other depositaries. $32,'
234, 900; increase. $4,000.
Net demand deposits. $2,os1,2s0.ooo
increase, s9,115,000.
Circulation. $46.216.oo0; decrease. s2,-
CB) OF which s2s4.os2. 900 is specie.
Aggregate reserve, $470,554.000.
Excess reserve, $12o,57s.s1oi increase,
s6.494.890.
Summary of state banks and trust
companies in Greater New York, not
included in clearing house statement:
Loans. etc, 1851, ,4os,soo; decrease
Specie, s4s.so2,ooo; increase. $685.
Legal tenders. s1e.22s.ooo; decrease
1915 100.
Total deposits, s645,o95.4oo; decrease
s4S3,900.
Banks cash reserve in vault, $11,553,-
500.
Trust companies cash reserve in
vault, 44,268,200.
Closing-Mercantile paper. 3&.a4
sterling exchange, firm; 60-day bills,
4s1; for cables, 4.S410; for demand,
4s360;, bar silver, 4S%; Mexican dol
lars, 37A: government bonds, steady
railroad bonds, firm.
Evening star., 1915-01-09
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. January 9.-The cotton
market showed renewed strength this
morning with all months making new
high ground for the movement on a
more active demand from foreign
sources, continued Wall street buying
and covering of shorts.
prices were better than due by sew
efal points. was the factor on the OPEN
ing advance of from ] to S points mere
and the active months sold IA to Is
points net higher during the early
trading.
Futures opened steady as follows
january offered, 500; March, sos; May,
S.35; July. SIS; August, S.65; October.
S.19: December S93