Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-07-24
Chas. Bonino Has Fine Place.


One of the attractive places near
Hurley is that of Citizen Chas, Bon
inc north of the city We call 1t a
place" for lack of any other name.
1t is not a farm in the fullest sense of
the word, for Mr.. Bonino is not
farmer, but he has a gardenthat would
do justice to any full full fiedged tiller
of the soil In it you will find grow
ing potatoes, tomatoes, raddish, lettuce,
rutabagas, onions, beets. cabbage, etc.
And besides he has Belgian hares,
wild ducks, chickens, etc.
For many years Mr. Bonino owned
the Bonino biock on the corner of Sill
yer street and First avenue. With
his family occupied rooms on the sec
0nd floor, A few years ago he sold
the building and had erected a fine
residence Oh a tract of land which be
owned north of the city. And here,
surrounded by his chickens, ducks
and 0 her farm life heexpects to spend
the rest of his days.
The residence is a fine structure of
stone and brick faced with stuccO and
has all the cOnveniences of city
home.
Mr.. Bonino is believer in indiyid-
nal effort in keeping down the high
cost of living. He believes that every
family should have garden and raise
the many things which go to make up
the family food table. He not only
believes it but practices it and has one
of the finest gardens in this neck of
the woods. And he goes fart her than
only raising garden truck and pota-
tos to keep down the high cost of liy-
ing, for by raising Belgian hares he
SAYS that the meat from Belgian hares
is nice and tender, white and tastes
like chicken, and readily fills he place
of steak, roast or any other kind of
meat usually found on the family
table. He has at present more than
hundred Belgian hares. He takes
particular pains in breeding them and
has separate pens for each particular
breed. He says that the cost of feed
ing them is nominal. especially in the
summer time when various kinds of
grasses are available. He raises rut-
abagas TO feed the animals during the
winter.
Another unique feature about MI
BoninO's place is the presence ola flock
of wild ducks. Probably he only flock
of wild ducks in this part of the state
A few years ago he obtained six full
grown mallards from game preserve
in Illinois. The original flock has in
creased so that he now has more than
a hundred, including several matches
this year. An artificial pond which
MI. Bonin0 had built at considerable
expense some years ago furnishes the
natural element for the ducks. The pom
is surrounded by a wire fence but over
head tits open. He says the ducks show
n o desire to fly away during the sum
mer months, but in the fall t hey give
indications of desiring to join the
migration to warmer cline and he
then places them IN wire enclosure
over part of the pond. The ducks
ay their eggs and hatch young ones
in the grass and on the banks of the
pond, which is near the river and al
ways we'll supplied with water, both
from the river and by the overflow
from spring water we'll near the
pond. TO see the ducks swimming
around in the water aud docking TO
feed when called is a pretty sight to
behold.
A part of Mr., Bonino's holdings in
cludes what is kncwn as Bonino's
park, beauty spot on the banks of
the Montreal river with shade trees,
lawn, etc, evolved at heavy expense.
a dancing pavilion in the park has
been leased to Louis Santini and week
ly furnishes amusement for large
crowds.