Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21

William JenOff of brentwood saunt-
cred over to Hurley village Wednes-
day night In saloon he is alleged
to have said that he could spit on
that" as he pointed to the United
States flag on a wall.
The bartender demonstrated with
Jenoff. When the barjenders fistic
barrage was over, Jenoff was found to
have received bruises necessitating
the services Of a surgeon.
He paid a fine of $36.O5 and return
ed to Ironwood sadder and wiser
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Several acres of drug plants Of vari-
Gus kinds were cultivated and har-
vested in the new medicinal plant
gardens which were opened this year
by the pharmaceutical experiment
station of the University of Wiscon-
sim
The years harvest includes one acre
of beladOnna, One-half acre Of hyO-
scyatus, and one-half acre of digitalis
plants that are in great demand at
the present time-One acre OF pepper
mint and one-half acre of worm
wood.
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Fond du Lac county for four months
this summer was the home Of the boss
bovine Of the state, Queen Korndyke
Netherland DeKol, second, owned by
Fletcher Bros, Waupun. She stood
first in eighty-fOur COW testing assO-
Citations in the state. Her total milk
production for the four months was
9.489 pounds. Her butterfat prOduc-
ton totaled 448 pounds. pound
of butterfat makes more than pound
of creamery butter. At the rate this
COW produced in the four months, her
production in year would make
nearly $500 worth Of butter.
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A farmer over near Burlington,
Racine county, has luck rather out OF
the ordinary. 1t was recently dis
covered that twenty acres OF his land
was undertake with moulding sand.
1t lies about a foot below the surface
and varies in thickness from two to
four feet The farmer has sold the
deposit to a Chicago company for sou
an acre, but best Of all, he is to nave
his land back, for the top soil IS to be
carefully removed and after the sand
is taken is to be replaced making the
surface again suitable for farming
! purposes.
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Raising the price of sugar or cut
ting off the supply altogether means
little to J. F. Kerwin justice in the
town of Superior. He raised patch
of sugar beets for his own use last
summer
Eve have had sugar beet syrup and
cakes for breakfast" says Mr.. kerWln
eve did not attempt to clarity the
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slight green tinge and taste OF the
beets. But is went pretty good and
was sweet.
1--WE cut up a fve-gallon jar OF
beets. poured boiling water on them
and let them stand over night. Next
morning we drained off the liquor
and boiled it down to syrup. l nave
grown sugar beets for several years
They do we'll here and have a large
percentage Of sugar
Machinery for ten complete saw
mills, made by the McDOnOugh Manu-
! featuring company Of Eau Claire, III
ffty-fve days, has been sent east on
a special train to be shipped at once
to France. Ordinarily ten mills would
represent the output Of the company
for one year.
Every shop operation was under
constant inspection by government
official who made his headquarters
there Each of the mills was com
pletely equipped with carriages, cir
cular saws, feed works, edgers, cut
off saws, live rollers and all driving
and transmission machinery
The mills were boxed in full readi-
ness for ocean shipment and will go
direct to the American foresters in
France More than 10000 feet Of lum-
Der were used for the boxing alone.
Gen. PerShing has just cabled to
| Maj. Long at Washington to hasten
shipment Of mills.