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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-08-19
IMPROBABLE LAND
LIKE BOARDER cows
Low Yielding Acres Are Often
Fatal to Successful Farm
ing-Drainage Favored.

The United States department of
agriculture sends out a bulletin from
which this article is taken:
We hear many uncomplimentary
things about the Improbable dairy
cow-the boarder COW that is support
ed from the profits of the remainder Of
the herd. On many farms the I'M
profitable dairy COW is not by any
means the only boarder. Low yielding
acres, like boarder COWS, are often
fatal to successful farming.
Our farm survey records show that
area of poorly drained, compact, sour
soils, or soils low in humus greatly
reduce net profits and are a frequent
cause of minus labor income. Some
times these records show that as much
as 30 pee cent of the entire farm
acreage does not produce enough to
pay it's way.
One farm on which we recently took
records has 40 acres of poorly drained
land that in it's present condition is
practically worthless. Twenty-Five dol
lars per acre spent in drainage will
make this 40-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 enter
prises and to expand those that pay
a profit. Improbable acres cannot al
ways be disposed of as rapidly as
boarder COWS, but usually they can be
improved until they become profit
bearing. If the income from such land
cannot be increased, it is quite posi-
BILE that the labor spent upon il can
be reduced until the income at least
pays the cost Of labor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-08-19
HeipfuIness Sometimes Resented.

Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson' g
Passing Of the Third Floor Back"
made deep and lasting impression
on Kansas City. It stimulates fine
desire to be more charitable and kind
ly. 1--WE remember" writes Franklin
p. Adams of New York, the morning
after seeing The Passing of the Third
Floor Back, we felt more than usually
unworthy, and spiritual reform was
working into our calloused heart. A
young woman, carrying an achingly
heavy suitcase was walking up the
subway stairs. Let me help you,' we
said. Don't touch thut!' she cried, as
one about to bite. If you don't stop
annoying nae, I'll have you arrested.
So. fearing the headline. Bard Gets
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-08-19
CHAPTER XIV.

Samson stopped at his studio and
Shrew open an old closet where, from
q Uttered pile Of discarded background
draperies, canvases and stretchers, he
flsNed out a buried and dust-covered
pair Of saddlebags. They had long
Gain there forgotten, but they held the
rusty clothes in which he had left
Misery.
Samson had caught the fastest west
bound express on the schedule. In
thirty-six hours be would be at Hixon.
There were many things which his
brain must attack and digest in these
hours. He must arrange his plan Of
action to it's minutest detail, because
he would have as little time for refiec-
zion, once he had reached his own
country, as q wildcat flung into a pack
OF hoands.
From the railroad station to his
home he must make his way-most
probably fight his way-through thirty
miles Of hostile territory. where all
che trails were watched. And yet, for
Che time, all that seemed too remotely
unreal to held his thoughts.
He took out Sally's letter, and read
It once more. He read 1t mechanically
and as piece of news that had
brought evil tidings Then, suddenly,
another aspect OF 1t struck him-an as
pect to which the shock of it's recep-
ton had until this tardy moment
SIinded him. The letter was perfectly
grammatical and penned In a hand of
copybook roundness and evenness.
The address, the body Of the missive
and the signature were all in one chi
Biography. She would not have intrust-
ed the writing Of this letter to anyone
else.
Sally had learned to write.
Moreover, at the end were the
words, with love" 1t was all plain
now. Sally had never repudiated him.
She was declaring herself true to her
mission and her love
Good God!" groaned the man, in alb
{eet1y bitter selfcontempt. His hand
went involuntarily to his cropped head,
end dropped with gesture of self
doubling. He looked down at his tan
shoes and silk socks. He rolled back
his shirtsleeve and contemplated the
forearm that had once been AZ brown
and tough as leather. II was now the
srm of city man, except for the burn
fng of one outdoor week He was
returning at the eleventh hour
stripped of the faith of his kinsmen,
hafetTipped Of his faith in himself.
II he were to realize the constructive
dreams of which he had last night 30
confidently prattled to Adrienne, he
must lead his people from under the
blighting shadow of the feud.
He must reappear before his kins-
men as much as possible the boy who
had left them-not the fop with new
tangled affeetations. His eyes fell
upon the saddlebags upon the floor Of
the Pullman and he smiled satirically.
He woah like to step from the crai1,
at Hi2on and walk brazenly through
the town in those old clothes, chal-
longing every hostile glance TT they
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-08-19
tating, then her voice came In = wh!s-

tating, then her voice came in \ vh!s-
per:
Samson, dear, I'm not holdin' yoN
to any promise. Those things we said
were a long time back. Maybe we'd
better forget 'em now and begin all
over again"
But again he crushed her in his
arms and his voice rose triumphantly:
sally, / have no promises to take
back, and you have made none that
I'm ever going to let you take back
not while life lasts!"
Her laugh was the delicious music
OF happiness.
81 don't want to take them back"
she said. Then; suddenly, she added,
importantly: 81 wear shoes and stock
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-08-19

flooring no one challenged his advance.
The yard and orchard were quiet from
their front fence to the griSly stock
ade at the rear, and. wondering at
these things. the young man stood for
a moment looking about at the after
noon peeee before he announced him
self.
Yet Samson had not come to the
stronghold of his enemy for the pur-
pose OF assassination. There had been
another object In his mind-an utterly
mad idea, it is true, yet so bold Of
conception that it held ghost OF
promise. He had meant to go into
Jesse Purvy's store and chat artlessly,
like some inquisitive "furriner." He
would ask questions which by their
very impertinence might be forgiven
on the score of strangers folly. But.
most of all, he wanted to drop the cas-
ual information, which he should as
sumo to have heard on the train, that
SAMSON South was returning, and to
mark, on the assassin leader, the effect
Of the news. In his new code it was
necessary to give at least the rattler's
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-08-19

patient as comfortable as possible and,
if he can, drags him to a point where
the bursting shells are not likely to
injure him. Then, on his hands and
knees, the plucky worker makes his
way along the rows of dead and
wounded, taking as many, II not more.
risks than the "Tommies" themselves.
OF course, working under such try
ing conditions the surgeon cannot do
all he would wish for the wounded.
By means Of injections from his hypo-
dermic syringe he temporarily allevi-
ates their pain, and In serious cases
stops bleeding by tightly knotted
bandages placed round the injured
limb. while broken bones he puts in
"splint," provided. in many instances.
by the stricken soldiers bayonet.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-08-19
Not a Thanksgiving Proverb.

Japanese bravery is perhaps due
to Japanese pessimism." said the Jap
anese consul to San Francisco. "The
Japanese have black strain of pes
simism in their veins. This Is evi-
denced by their proverbs.
There is one proverb which, in its
disparagement of the human lot. Ia
perhaps the most pessimistic proverb
in the world. 1t runs:
".To revenge yourself on your en-.
envy, let him l4va
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-08-19
Development of Heat by Plants.

The development of heat by plants
in Dewar TASKS has been studied re-
Gently by H. Molisch. The flowers.
leaves, and fruits of large number
of plants showed great contrasts in
the amount of heat developed. Most
leaves and flowers developed consid-
cradle heat; MOSES, algae, and num-
Der of common fruits. very little.
Lichens and fungi showed a wide
range in this respect.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-08-19


ings now, and I've been to school lit
tie. I'm awfully--awfully ignorant,
Samson. but I've started. and 1 reckon
you can teach me-"
His voice choked. Then. her hands
strayed up, and clasped themselves
about his head.
"Oh, Samson" she cried, as though
someone had struck her. you've cut
yore ha'r."
cit will grow again." he laughed.
But he wished that he had not had 20
rake that excuse. Then, being hon
est, he told her all about Adrienne Les
cott--even about how, after he be-
iieved that he had been outcast by his
uncle and herself, he had had his mo-
ments Of doubt. Now that It was all 80
clear, now that there could never be
doubt, he wanted the woman who had
been so true friend to know the girl
whom he loved. He loved them both,
but was in love with only one. He
wanted to present to Sally the friend
who had made him, and to the friend
who had made him the Sally OF whom
he was proud He wanted to tell
Adrienne that now he could answer
her question-that each OF them meant
to the other exactly the same thing;
they were friends of the rarer sort,
who had for a little time been in dan
ger OF mistaking their comradeship for
passion.
AS they talked, sitting on the stile,
Sally held the rife across her knees.
Except for their own voices and the
soft chorus of night sounds, the nils
were wrapped In silence-a silence as
soft as velvet.
81 learned some things down there
at school. Samson" said the girl. slow
~, land / wish-I wish you didn't have
to use this"
Jim Asbery is dead" said the man
gravely.
EYES," she echoed, "Jim Asberry's
dead" She stopped there. Yet, her
sign completed the sentence as though
she had added, "but he was only one OF
several. Your vow went farther"
After a moments pause. Samson
added:
Jesse Purvy's dead"
The girl drew back, with a fright
ened gasp. She knew what this meant,
or thought she did.
Jesse Purvy!" she repeated. "Oh,
Samson, did ye-?" She broke of, and
covered her face with her hands.
mo, Sally" he told her. "I didn't
have to-" He recited the days occur.
rences, and they sat together on the
stile. until the moon had sunk to the
ridge top.
Capt. Sidney Callomb, who had been
dispatched in command Of militia
company to Quell the trouble in the
mountains, should have been soldier
by profession. All his enthusiasms
were martial.
The deepest sorrow and morthDca-
ton he had ever known was that which
came to him when Tamarack Spicer,
his prisoner of war and man who had
been surrendered on the strength of
his personal guaranty, had been as
sassinated before his eyes. In some
fashion, he must make amends. He
realized, too, and it ranked deeply,
that his men were not being genuinely
used to serve the state, but as instru-
ments of the Hollmans, and he had
seen enough to distrust the Hollmans.
Here, in Hixon, he was seeing things
from only one angle. He meant to
learn something more impartial
,(TO BE CONTINUED
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-08-19
Different Now.

"He's sure that the people can't be
trusted to act wisely in great public
matters"
That so? Only last week l heard
him telling that he believed in the
people,
81 know. He was running for office
then, and most of them voted for the
other feuow."-Detroit Free Prasa
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-08-19
An Institute of Agriculture.

More scientific farming resulting in
lower food prices In cities is the
avowed object Of the free institute of
agriculture which has been in prog
ress in New York city throughout 20
weeks of the present year. The in
stitution depends upon cooperation
between the national department of
agriculture. Columbia university and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-08-19
Loss Among Turkeys.

The fatality among young turkeys
In nine cases out of ten is caused by
want of due care during the earliest
stagest of existence. Low or wet
grounds, in fact any dampness, in
duces rheumatism of the joints, etc.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-08-19
Gull Out Poor Stock.

No dairyman should be satisfied
with cows that produce much less
than 800 pounds of butter fat per year.
Use the Babcock test ard dispose OF
the poor stock.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-08-19

the New York state department of
agriculture. 1t is intended that per-
sons who intend to go into farming
shall be better prepared for this pur-
pose, while those who are not fitted
for that occupation may be deferred
from attempting it. 1t is also the
hope that abandoned farms near the
city may be subjected to proper de-
velopment.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-08-19
Separate Ailina Hogs.

Hogs afflicted with swine plague
should be Immediately separated from
the rest of the herd, kept in an iso
lated pen and fed absolutely nothing
for two or three days. No danger OF
their being starved.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-08-19
Teach Bows GentIeness.

Boys often chase the COWS, not re
alizing the great danger and even
cruelty they cause. They should b.
taught gentleness toward all animals
and particularly toward horses ant
cattle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-08-19
Profitable Sheep.

For the man who has rough or
poor land with short pastures, sheep
are much more profitable than cattle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-08-19

Jail Term for MASKING, we ran away,
like the coward we were. Kansas
City Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-08-19

for 90 years. An object lesson against
overeating.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-08-19
From Shell TO Market.

Ten weeks from shell to the market
ia the time allotted chick.
The Detroit times., 1915-03-22
TROOP NO. 8

ny Joseph Burbs.
After the minutes were read Mt tho
last meeting and accepted. the troop
divided into three squads and took
up knot-tying. signa1fng. and ban
dagfng.- The majority OF the scouts
took triedguiar bandaging.
The credit contest II growing hot
ter every week. The boys who are
leading are William MARI. 331 points:
Carl Meyer. 3i+. and Winfield Meyer.
311.
Every meeting there are visitors
who want to take their safety FIRST
examination from Mr.. Super. This
shows the scouts are working.
The scouts taking knot-tyfng and
bandaging were marked down on the
register cards. Some OF them are
making great progress.
After the squads had completed
their work, the. meeting was called IN
order. and Floyd DUFF OF River Rouge,
passed his tenderfoot examination
and was admitted into the troop.
The number OF active scouts Is
now q.
Fred Spies was voted to be allowed
to take his tenderfoot examination.
The troop attends the Fort Street
Presbyterian gymnasium regularly
every week. Next week our pictures
will be taken.
Mr.. Super announced that he would
put a box In the scout rooms. In
this box scouts will put accounts OF
good turns they have done. Every
once I'm a while the box will be open
ed and. the contents read.
The new credit system IL now In
The Detroit times., 1915-03-22
BY PROF. SPADE.

by pHSEs oENbE.
The fun the beginner gets In plan
ming his garden is only rivaled by
the fun of the experienced gardener
Here Is the chance to lay out on
paper the spring and summer cam.
paign In the back yard, to figure
and plan so that every inch Of space
is utilized.
Four things should be considered
at the start In making the home
garden. They are, sufficient yield
to supply the family, succession OF
crops, ease and cheapness OF cult
walton, and maintenance OF the fer
tility OF the plot for the garden OF
next year and the year after.
Always SOW In rows, with the
taller and more hardy plants at the
north. Growing vegetables In beds
is usually more work than the
results are worth.
A back yard, 60x4o feet, will sup
ply the average family with small
vegetables in plenty and, with a
quick succession of crops and Judi
cious handling may also furnish
some OF the potatoes and cabbage
required for the winter.
The Detroit times., 1915-03-22
FRANKLIN SCHOOL

Editorial star, Chief. wilIara VIII
coxi associates. Ralph Kent. Lowell
Fuller, Eva Forest, CorneIia Blaun.
Gardner Hallock, Murfc Mathisoa,
Orra Gregg.
Room Fthad halliday off, II was
a bright. sunny day. and this made
us enjoy II even more.
Report cards were sent ont Wed
nesday and we are starting TO brace
up on our work for better marks
Children I'm room + acted like In
dians Monday and had great time.
The following children are MEM
bers OF the Safety First society OF
Greater Detroit: Allen Mackenzie.
George Sears. Fred Rounds. Gerald
jennings. Walter Strasser. Arnold
coatey. Raymond Hanley and Albert
Cough. These were In room +.
Hazel Tim was the only one That
got one on her report card for
sewing In Room II.
Our school II having physical Gull
ture tests. and IL getting satisfactory
results under Leader Joe Langman
and his assistants, Lowell Fuller.
Clair Coats and Cleo Stetzel.
/, There IL an epidemic OF mumps
around the Franklin school.
Miss Augusta Grotheyn.. the reel
The Detroit times., 1915-03-22
PLAYGROUND LOGIC
d. Herman B.rcus.


The Detroit board OF education. DR..
Chas. 4. Chadsey and Ira w. jayne.
recreation superintendent are max
ing very hard fight not only to
have the estimators and aldermen ia
vor the play directors for Detroit pub
Keep them from seSoppinss from ' the se
budget the item which calls for an
appropriation which will enable the
board OF education to employ these
men.
The majority Of the aldermen and
estimaors hold the opinion that play
leaders and directors are worthless,
and are not needed to keep or heir
the children play the right kind OF
games and to do the right kind OF
exercises after school hours and dur
ing the recesses the same as during
the summer vacation.
Many OF the aldermen and esti-
majors have openly denounced the
appropriation of money to employ
play leaders and directors. but these
men have not looked into the matter
as carefully as they should have. or
as carefully as the board of educa-
ton has. and so cannot give an opin-
ion which Is backed by good Judg-
ment.
The board OF education knows that
the play leaders are necessary. DR.,
Chadsey. superintendent OF Detroit
schools, asserts they are n necessity
and should be employed. Supervisor
of Schools Stuart has also gone on
record as favoring the play leaders
to direct the children In their games
He holds the same view that DR.
Chadsey does. In that the schools
would be ruined. windows broken and
equipment and private property de-
stroyed by the children IL they were
allowed TO play without the guidance
OF leader or director. At the same
time. the play grounds would not be
as greatly used as they would be II
there were leaders to teach the cftl-
dren how TO play and to see that
they played the right games.
At some Of the play grounds the
children have not been able to play
this season. as some OF the people
living around the play grounds have
complained that too much noise was
being made by the children or that
windows and other private proper
ty were being destroyed.
This would not have happened had
there been play leaders at the school
Fairgrounds who would see TO II that
the children did nto make any dis
turbanoes or destroy public or pri-
vate property. II play leaders are
essential for the Fairgrounds and
children In the summer vacation. they
are Indispensable when the schools
are open.
The Detroit times., 1915-03-22
NEwBERRY SCHOOL
Editorial stsn-Chief. Ruth Resen-
berEt associates. Prfscilla VAIN
wright. Clara stein. Ida Lee, Hart
ford Williams, George Clayton
Nicholas BerfnR.

Editorial stsn--Chief. Ruth Resen-
berEy associates, PrfscilIa VAIN
wright. Clara stein. Ida Lee, Hart
ford Williams, George Cisyten.
Nicholas Berfng.
The AS girls were invited 10 room
8: Friday. March II. for the follow
room C; When Ma Gets Home" reel
tation; THE Visitor" recitation, Net
tie Rice: The Sandalwood Box" dia-
logue. bernard Clasky. Geneva DEMO.
William Neineid. Harold Bigelow,
Marks. William Klein. Anna cohn.
Esther Bressman and Florence Sell
touritz; Little Ida's Flowers" pead-
Ing, Anna Cohn: "a Perfect Day.
song; The Heart Bowed Down"
song: .@s s% SS H alSsr. s as
Florence sietouritz; Bernard Pale
sy.s dialogue, Bernard Ciasky. Elsie
wohlghangen.
Newberry editors are very busy
nowadays. Whenever teacher turns
around an editor IL at her heels, al
ways on the alert for news.
The AS class were studying about
Extracting roots" In arithmetic
Some one wrote from teeth" after
this in an arithmetic. thus making II
read Extracting roots-from teeth
whenever one walks through our
halls at recess time. he sees the
room boys standing on their heads
jumping like wild. rolling on the
fioor, and nearly throwing their necks
out OF joint attempting to do the cell
ebrated "stunts."
Good gracious! What aren't those
kindergarten children making now
They have q large sand table that
has houses made Of blocks In II
windmills made OF cardboard. sail
boats made of paper trees (made OF
twigs) with clothes lines that have
tiny clothes attached TO the lines and
hanging on the twigs.
Mrs McIlvenna. a former teacher
and at one time a pupil of Newberry
was very welcome visitor here this
week.
Miss Barlow visited Newbsrry
Thursday morning. and said we DID
exceptionally fine work. She alsr
taught the A room girls the "taren.
tella," folk dance.
Some OF the Newberry graduates
were delightfully."- entertained By
Florence sietouritz after school one
afternoon last week, She sang some
beautiful songs We call her dis
Song Bird" OF Newberry.
Newberry boys and girls very APP
propriately celebrated st. Patrick'i
day by wearing green ribbons and
shamro cks.
The Detroit times., 1915-03-22

With the corn and other, tan
things on the north side, place to-
matoes, eggplant and like plants
adjoining them, cabbage crops the
next In line and at the farthest side
the roots crops. such as potatoes.
Keep crops of like kind together.
II rows are to be long enough for
more than one vegetable. row con-
tanning parsnips, satisfy and late
carrots would form a good combina-
ton, while a row containing cab.
bage, parsnips and lettuce would be-
inadvisable. Keep together the
crops that are ready for harvest at
the same time.
Only four tools are necessary 70
cultivate the garden, although those
who think they prefer more can OBJ
tain them and tighten their labor
somewhat. Two spades. one OF the
common garden kind. the other
forked, can be obtained for less than
81 apiece. A good garden rake and
hoe will cost about so cents apiece.
Then trowel and a little hooked
wedding knife will save some hand
labor although they are not abso-.
lutely necessary In the small garden.
The Detroit times., 1915-03-22
THOROUGHLY ENJOYS
VISIT TO THE TIMES


Three OF the schools scheduled 70
visit The Times ONCE Friday had
delegations OF editors here promptly
on the hour, and the juvenile Jour.
nalists had the time of their lives.
Miss Marietta rwilimarth. princi.
pal nj Clay school. came along with
her stan OF tiny editors. none above
the fourth grade. and seemed TO en-.
10y the VISIT as much as they. Her
ability to turn time backward and
enter into the spirit Of the enjoy.
ment OF her charges explains the
love they have for her. Earl Gran.
dali Is cdItor-in-chief ct Clay, and
has the follow Ing associates: Duane
McMurray. Victor Machris. Homer
McDermctt and Virgil Davis. The
editors had AZ guests Harry Menzer.
Adeibert Christensen and George
Barnes.
Martin Godovnik, editor-In-chief.
and Louis Lux, assistant chief Of