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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-15
QUALITY OF PROTEIN VARIES
Source Of Nutriment is Important as
Well as Quantities Furnished,
Say Wisconsin Experts

Hart and Humphrey of the Wiscon-
sin experimental station report that
there is a difference between the
quality of proteins coming from vari-
Gus kinds of feeds. AS an instance,
an animal is able to use more of the
protein found In milk than in any
other article of food. Sixty per cent
of the protein In distiller's grain can
be used, 81 per cent of oilmeal, As
per cent of gluten feed and go per
cent of skim milk powder when fed
with corn.
An animal producing from 40 to 10
pounds of milk daily and receiving no
skim milk powder stood no nitrogen.
but rather drew from her system in
proportion to the amount demanded.
No more protein was fed in the ration
when the skim milk powder was used !;
the results were simply owing to the
fact that In one form the protein was
disable, while in the other it was not.
The source of nUtriment is therefore
important as well as the quantities fur
nished. -
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-15

fhe growing scarcity of sponges has
warned those familiar with harvesting
them that unless means are provided
to augment the natural supply the
sponge industry will be seriously Grip
pied in few years more. Government
experts have been experimenting on
the growing Of spOnges and have aScer-
tanned practically the only feasible
ways by which they can be cultivated
at all successfully. Awaiting himself
of the knowledge gained from these
experiments, G. D. Chase, an English
man, living in Florida, some time ago
selected a site off the Florida c0as,
where he started a sponge farm. At
present he has about 100000 sp0ngrS
growing there which are capable by
subdivision of increasing about tenfo'd
every three years. A company has
been formed TO promote the enterprise,
which plans to keep the number all
ready started multiplying at least
three years before putting any OF them
on the market. At the end of that
time an annual yield of about Z00J''
900 sponges can be had, they say.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-15
NOW MAKE ARTIFICIAL MILK
Manufacturers in England Have Pro.
duced Substitute SO Perfect That
Cream Rises on II.

According to Popular Science Month.
". they are making in England an ar
tificial milk which is so perfect that
cream rises on it and cheese can be
made from it. The ingredients are
ground peanuts, soy beans, sugar, wa.
ter and mineral salts.
About 400 grains of potassium phos.
phate is dissolved in 200 pints of waite,
at 176 degrees Fahrenheit. Enoua
sugar is added to give $40 per cent
to the finished product. Forty pounds
of meal prepared from the nuts and
boiled in a steam-jacketed pan; then
1t is subjected to an operation of 4 va
cuum pan. and lastly it is treated with
a culture Of Tactic bacteria until the
required acidity is obtained. After it
Is pasteurized and cooled a small per-
centage of citric acid is added
The milk thus produced may be con-
densed and sold in cans, or dried and
powdered, or sold as liquid in bottles.
The addition of nut fats will give GER
tain proportion of cream. BY using
sufficient lactic bacteria the product
may be cultured to give a table cream
or soured mass for making cheese.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-15
STUMP BURNING PLANS
Several Have Been Carried Out
With Fair Success.
Simple Method Evolved by Professor
Ferris of Mississippi-Two-lnch
Hole Is Bored Through Stump
and Fire Started.

Several plans for the slow burning
of stumps have been devised and car
ried out with fair measure of sue
cess. Professor Sparkle of Seattle,
Wash, advocates a system of charpit-
ting by which air Is admitted 70 the
fire through a long pipe. Combustion
is carried on in the heart of the stump
instead of on the outside. A descrip-
ton Of the system appeared in these
columns about year ago. 1t requires
some skill to obtain results by this
method, as several Of our readers wrote
saying that they had tried it without
satisfactory results. 1t is better suited
for the destruction of the woods of the
Pacific coast than for those of the
East.
A simpler plan has been evolved by
Professor Ferris of Mississippi and as
shown in the accompanying diagram,
consists of a pinch hole bored dag
onally through the stump. The upper
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-15
NECESSARY FOOD FOR PLANT
Humus Has Power Of Holding Nitrates
of Soil FertiIity-HoIds Moisture
in Position.

HumuS is the substance formed In
the soil by 5ecaying vegetable matter,
such as leaves. stubble, roots, manure,
crop plowed under and so on. HumuS
not only comprises elements of plant
food itself, but it has the power of
holding the necessary nitrates of fer
tile soil to prevent their escaping
through washing or other means. 1t
also has the effect of sponge in alb
sorbing and holding moisture in posi-
ton and form available for the use
OF growing plants aud aids in keeping
the soil porous. Humus is indispensi-
BILE to plant growth. Poor crops are In
many cases due to its lack.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-15
HONEY IS VALUABLE ASSET
No Farm Complete Without Few Colo
MES of Bees-MoVsbIe Frame
Hive Is Sufficient.

No farm is complete in its convent
ences and business methods without
few colonies Of Italian bees comforta-
bly, housed in a most convenient hive.
Honey is one of the farmers most valu-
able assets, and in many places dozen
colonies will gather rs to 100 gallons
of honey during a single season, worth
in many places IS cents a gallon. All
the bee wants is a movable frame hive,
in which the honey is stored in a con-
venient manner for the farmer to get
at any hour he may wish to have honey
and butter.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-15
CULTIVATION OF CORN CROP
There Is No Work Which Will Take
Place of Good Flowing Near
Enough TO Destroy Weeds.

Some pillow the middles, but do but
little blowing near the corn. While it
is important to clean the middles,
there is no work which will take the
place of good blowing near enough
the corn TO destroy all the grass. The
plow is the implement for grass de-
struction, but after all can be done
with it there may be here and there
some hOeing to do. When the corn
is laid by as to blowing, the hoe should
60 Immediately over the fields and de-
stroy every weed and every sprig Of
grass which may have been left. The.
rule on every farm should be to lay by
the corn absolutely clean.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-15
PRAYER OF THE SU8URBaN17~
Appeals to the Garden Pests ,,
Him Only Something Ths, Law lave
May Call His Very Own

Potato bugs, spare me ho
thee, one potato plant. OF the ,ne'
long and beauteous rows thar gr nlauy
mine eye but last week there r a,es.'l
but one plant unscathed BY tbv - aus
geance. ven
Blackbirds, leave me, I beg. ona ~,
Of corn. or four-score and Ton uli
hills which upturned their rroanna'
to the morning sun but six shor, da
ago one hill now remains unoatha.''
by thee and thine. ea
Cut-wOrn s, give me, ask If hp+
cabbage ana one tomato plant for m;a a'
very own. OF twO-score and siv -
lected plants which stood proudly :.
mine garden on Monday last but oa1
of each remains to tell the tale of ,bs
destruction.
Thou squash and melon bugs, list n
me in mine hour of sorrow. Give ,oo
one melon and one squash Miami
These alone still stand unwreckad ba
thee in thy massacre.
Robins, hear my supplications. Civ.
me from mine strawberry patch ons
box of strawberries for mine truly owr
unmutilate by thy ravages.
Have PITY on me, toiler 0 pest,
and leave ne but an atom that NAV
rave wiIh those many others on IN,
joys of agriculture William Sanford
In Life.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-15
coIIeae eirIs Do rheir nRits.0

The American flag waving over Rad
cliffe college proclaims the willingness
of Radcliffe girls to help their country
in time Of need, says the Boston Adj
vertiser. Cards indicating the capac-
ity in which every girl is willing TO
serve have been flied. Many intend
to work in the field, raising fruit anu
vegetables; some are ready for domeS-
tic service-cooking, sewing, cutting
out garments and knitting; others
have signified their intention of doing
clerical and mechanical work. Sun
others have signified their readiness
for service in nursing and first ald'
Every girl is willing to do her part.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-15
GROW CORN THAT IS ADAPTED
VIII Mature and Require Entire
Season to Ripen.

wv. E. HANGER. Ohio College of Agri-
cuiture.)
1t is the most profitable, ordinarily,
TO grow corn that will mature and that
will require the entire growing season
in order to ripen. In the northern por-
ton of the state, corn that has been in,
troduced from southern sections will
frequently not mature. In the south
ern portion of the state, on the other
hand, some corn is grown which does
not require the entire growing season
for its maturity. Such corn is of a
smaller type and does not yield as
much grain as the length of season
makes possible.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-15
GOATS ARE THRIFTY FEEDERS
Animals Are Easily Raised and Meat
Highly Desirable for Food
Little Capital Needed.

Goats are very thrifty feeders. They
are easily raised and the meat highly
desirable for food. Kids soon reach
the age when they may be sold for the
market or slaughtered for fresh meat.
A few acres of rough land could hard
" be used any better than for goats.
A small area for pasture crops could be
util zed for producing kids for the
local market. 1t would not require
much capital to start on a small scale
nor much labor to take care of the
animals.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-15
WASTED LAND ALONG FENCES
Department of Agriculture Reports
That Ordinary Rail Barrier
Occupies Twelve Feet.

Few farmers stop to think how much
land is taken up by the fences. The
fence itself takes little room, but It is
impossible to grow anything for sew
eral feet on both sides of the fence.
The department of agriculture reports
that the ordinary rail fence occupies
a strip over II feet wide. About 5000
feet of such a fence takes up an acre
of land. Hedges take up little more
than the rail fence. the width varying
according to the width of the hedge
row.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-15
Experiment on Barley
as Wheat Substitute

Madison, Wis.--BarIey muf-
fins, barley bread, barley break
fast food and barley cakes may
become as common on our ta-
bles as white bread, graham
mullins and oatmeal, according
to the results of experiments
now being carried on by the
war research committee of the
home economics department of
the University of Wisconsin.
In seeking cereals to relieve
the wheat shortage the depart
ment found tkH+ the food and
commercial value of barley
made 1t advisable to begin re-
search along lines that would
conserve the barley industry of
Wisconsin, while at the same
time bringing about economical
results for the housewife.
Wisconsin, according to re-
cent statistics, produces one
eighth of the barley crop in the
United States.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-15
EXCELLENT FEED FOR DAIRY
Peavine siiage Is Very PalatabIe, Con-
Gaining More Protein Than
That From Corn.

Peavine silage is an excellent feed
for dairy cows being very palatable
silage and approximately equaling it
in the total nutrients. Because of its
strong odor. peavine silage should be
FED after rather than before milking
to prevent taintins the milk. 1t may
be fed in as large quantities as win
be consumed but is more satisfactory
when supplied at the rate Of about %
pounds per COW per day,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-15
Britain Develops Speed.

The erection of a British machine
gun factory in three months has az
tracted u great deal of attehil"'
among the nations building fraterni''.
Two months after the building vas
up a steady supply of guns was pen
turned out. The steel work, l.'-'
tons, for the main building was deN''
cred and erected in Just over 40 day.
There are $500 window panes. ~
floor space is 215 acres, accomnouI"e
ing more than 1000 machines e-eC
.ricaIly driven and worked by womeA
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-15
WastefuI Menus.

If Americans generally do not over
feed they do to q large extern indulge
in diverse dishes and f1ncy foods
which run up bills. Tne 40 Boston
hotel and restaurant proprietors "uD
have confined to cut the frills our Oh
their menus have begun a movement
that should enlist not only public cater
ars, but housekeepers all over the cou"-
try. If we do not ut down the voiuiLe
Of our food consumption but mercy
dispense with SO much variety a vas,
amount of waste in both labor '''
foodstuffs will be avoided.-Provi-
dence Journal.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-15
Stump-5urning Plan.

end of this hole is at the surface Of
the ground, the lower end on the op-
pOsite side and about IS inches below
the surface. The earth is dug away
and a fire started at the lower end.
The auger hole serves as a flue and the
stump is soon burned out. This plan
has been found successful with pine
stumps on lighter soils. 1t will no
doubt be found practicable with stumps
Of other species of trees.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-15

who will be training at the same time.
"The hangers will take care of Y
airplanes. The preparation of these
fields will cost approximately million
dollars each, including the construc-
ton of the necessary buildings, dorm
tories, work shoNs and hangers. A
standard set of buildings has already
been worked out, the fields will be APP
proximately mile square, and great
care is being taken by the military Of
ficers as regards their location.
'We are estimating about four
months as the period for getting these
students ready for army service.
THE aircraft production board Is
working hard to assist the military de-
partments in their arrangements to
ordinated and at the same time to get
the necessary training machines ready
In time for their use.
Both the manufacturing problem
and the training problem will be much
simpllfied the second year if we can
eSldDIiSn TIE proper CO-OEuIhutlOu VI
effort this year. The manufacturing
capacity can easily be doubled the sec
ond year. In getting the cooperation
of the manufacturers In placing their
facilities at the disposal of the gov
eminent we have found the organiza-
ton of the Aircraft Manufacturers as
ISOLATION, effecteS last February, of
great assistance.
"A prominent British general has
asserted that Americas greatest con-
tribution to the war will be aircraft
and aviators. We believe that once
started upon quantity production
American mechanical genius will over
come any present obstacles to the prog
gress of the art"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-15
BEST DISPOSITION OF ASHES
Scatter Them In Henhouse Over and
Under Roosts and Wherever Filth
Has Collected.

The best place to use the ashes from
the range or coal stove is in the hem
house. Scatter them literally over
and under the roost and wherever any
filth has collected. Keep the feeding
portion of the house heavily Uttered
with straw and feed the grain in the
straw. Make the hens work and they
viii not get lazy,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-15
COOP FOR LITTLE CHICKENS
Sides and Bottom Are Fastened To-
gether bv Siding 6eaded Edge
Of One into Other.

The sides and bottom of the knock
down coop are fastened together by
sliding the beaded edge of one into
that of the other. The ends are held
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-15
Poultry Coop.

by clips. There is an outer door of
sheetmetal and an inner one of wire
netting; both turn down on a beaded
edge, and when down serve as an in
clined entrance way for small chick
ens.-Wisconsin Agriculturist.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-15

Maj. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., of the
Officers Reserve corps in training at
the Plattsburg camp. Major Roosevelt
is only one Of the Roosevelts in camp.
Kermit, another son Of Colonel Roose-
welt, and ]. A. Roosevelt are also train
ing there.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-08
BOOSTS PRICE OF COAL
STILL ANOTHER Is CENTS
One Dealer First to Add to Bur
den on "30-Cent Basic In
crease" Announcement
UP S1.OO SINCE APRIL
Complain of Failure of Roads to Make
nclvery--Therefore the Con-
sumers Must Pay

The first known increase In the price of
coal TO consumers in this city following the
thirty-rcnt basic increase" announced hy
the operators a few days ago was made
today by Ava H. Bates who has yard
al Sedg.cy avenue above Twcnty-s Ntl
street. The increase made was Nat TWEEN
ty-fvo cents Ton on All size except uaa
coal Whether other dealers viii rolioN
the example Of Bates IS not known
With the now increase the pricca 10 local
consumers are Egg. So, stove. Ss.25; nl'
$3.50, With an additional twenty-five cents
a ton when II must ho carried IN by tAo
delivery men in baskets This makes coal
Of all sizes - a ton hiGho, than II was on
April of this year
Differences between large coal operators
and retailers in the city as to the supply
of Goa! here compiCatc the coal price ques-
ton. brought into notice by tho Federal
Trade Commissions warning against
buying laniC.' Dealers say they are
unable to obtain deliveries from the opera
tors, whose prices are wel-known 90 the
trade and whose mine price figures agree
with those named by the trade commission
as mot excessive"
In consequence. Mr Bates and other
dealers say, they are forced TO turn 20
sales agents for Independent mines. who
are able to make deliveries. but al prices far
above the Trade Commissions schedule.
Anxious Z" supply their trade. and unable
TO be certain of deliveries. they are paying
big premiums" to the sales agents for small
mines, dealers throughout the city declare.
William II. Clausen, a retail dealer at
Twenty seventh and Diamond streets, said :
! ut Is true the Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron Company is quoting prices
that are fairly low, but shipments in the
proper quantity are not being made The
railroad quotes low prices. but fails to- de-
| liver enough coal here"
According to Clausen this forces reta Hers
| to buy from SO-Called "indepcndcut" "
| dealers. and pay $40 ton for egg 81 CO
| for stove $3.50 for nut and 800 for pea
| at the mines
The 3O-Cent basic increase" was an
! nounccd by the large operators. following the
| new wage agreement they entered into With
| the anthracite miners on April %. But the
| retailers added between so and 75 cents a
| ton to their prices six days before tn
| wage agreement was reached by the anthra.
cite operators.
Whether this higher price will absorb the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-08

watermelon and squash are estimated for
hills, that is mounds of earth two feet high
and about two feet square. or larger If
space permits. Corn can also he planted
in drills, that is straight furrows. about
one inch deep. on the Jewel. a grain to each
inCn. If bush lima beans are planted in
hills three plants to a hill and six hills two
to three feet apart will he sufficient Corn.
beans. Cucumbers 1t is possible to measure
out, as the seeds are big enough 10 handle
Gg plants and peppers. of which only a
few are required Ohree to six for Il family
&C tour), and carly tomatoes it - best to
buy in potgrown plants, Cabbage, caul-
Hover. lettuce, celery. tomatoes can also
he purchased in this wise. Anything un-
der a dozen of each should be bought thus
Distance in the row given for turnips par
sntpS onions, satisfy, string or wax bush
beans, heets. carrots, peas is the interval
they are TO stand when thnncd out, as too
many Will sprout from the sowing, no mat
ter how parsimonous, for the ground to
care for to successful maturity.
In the large table. cabbage Cauli1owcr.
celery, eggplant pepper and tomato are
Sown in greenhouse hothed or sunny win
dow early in spring and set out in open
about dates given. Repeated sowings are
made for succession crops of corn. lettuce.
string and wax beans. onion sets radish and
spinach. Requirements are designed to
afford liberal al-summer supply for family
and enough to store or can for fall to
spring.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-08
Farmer Smiths
Column
THE DOLLS BURIAL

My Dears-katherine Is dead. She was
only paper doll, but she was very dear to
her mistress.
Inc cause? Something was the matter
WIN her neck There was a fold in II which
seemed TO grow worse and so her head came
off,
And she was buried--Katherine, the paper
eoii was laid to rest one chilly afternoon
Inc ground was turned over and her life
iess form laid to rest in little white coffin,
~ was an envelope, to be sure, but on it
was written God Bless You" and flowers
were drawn on the little white coffin.
Inc little mistress mourns-the other
paper dolls mourn. While Katherine, the
paper doll, rests under little wooden cross
which marks her grave
Lovingly, your editor,
FARMER SMITH.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-08
Some Anecdotes That Vividly
Reflect the Character and
Temperament of the Savior
of France" Who Is to Be the
City's Guest

This IS the eighth aud last tnstdllment Of
"The Life Of Marshal Jo6re,' which began
IN the EVENING LEDGER last week