Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-12-09
(From Mondays daily

Madison, chairman of the state high
way commission. He made plea that
a number of the beautiful spots in
Sank county, such as Parfrey's Glen,
Skillet Falls, Pewit's Nest, and others
to be secured by the county as recrea-
ton places. One in visiting these
would not then feel he was trespass-
ing To be sure they would cost money
but in the end would be worth while.
The following is the concluding re-
port of the Country Life meeting.
AS to health, the greatest element Of
al is keeping the body in first class
condition, asserted Miss Palma Grain,
the county nurse, in discussing Pre-
vention vs. Cure" Cattle are given
a food ration and she thought it would
be well for many persons to use
more discretion in the food they ate,
observe food ration. Examinations
of the body should be made SO that
if there is anything wrong with the
machinery something could be done
in the way of repairs before the dam
age becomes too great, Miss GrahI.
examines many children as a part Of
her duties and recommends that at
tention be given where defects or
disease is located
George W. Davies, Madison, former
ly county superintendent Of schools
in this county, now secretary of the
Wisconsin Live Stock Breeders, as
ISOLATION, took for his subject *The
Promotion of Better Live Stock" He
said the cheapest way ito combat hog
cholrea was to immune every hog or.
the farm. He made the startling state
ment that fifty per cent of the farms
have fowls which are afflicted with
tubeliculosis This could be determin-
ed by killing chicken that seemed
to be i'll and was light in weight, cut
and other parts. If spots were found
on the liver, intestines and elsewhere
the flock is afflicted with the disease
AS to tuberculosis in cattle Harron
county is now advertised the nation
over as one county which is T. B.
free He considered this wonderful
thing, due to the activities of the
county agent. Waukesha has done al
most as well. There is great loss in
cattle value as result Of this dis,
ease.
The decline in the price Of milk
was not due to the condensaries, he
said, because they use but five per
cent of the milk produced. The decline
was due to less consumption Of this
food due to a reaction from the war.
He urged that more butter, cheese
and milk be consumed; this would
stimulate the price.
Three things he urged for the pro-
motion of better live stock:
Suitable equipment.
Good blood lines
Feeding system.
singing led by Prin. H. S. Hemenway
singing led by Prin H. S. Hemenway
of Reedsburg, the business meeting
was conducted.
The sum of 5000 was reported in
the treasury After this report the
following officers were elected.
President-Earl f. Thomas.
Vice presidential S. Hemenway,
Secretary-Co. Supt A H. Martin.
Treasurer-Mrs. George Hengstler.
Prin. w. L. Gates of Lyons then
gave a very interesting talk on IRE
creation of Farm Boys" Among 9th
er things the speaker said that recrea
ton was very important factor to-
ward keeping the boys and girls on
the farm. Playthings put in the hands
of the child form the ideals of his
manhood. Young people who have no
amusements or attractions in their
homes leave for the places in which
such can be found. There are many
attractions found in some homes and
among these, Mr.. Gates named maya
zines, good music and good books.
School districts are also able to Sc
cure travelling libraries and instruc-
tive movie slides. Then. TOO, a church
might be founded
The next was a Joint number gi-
ven by Mrs. Samuel WEIGH and Mrs.
Alfred Rich. These ladies read pa
pers entitled Our Schools of Fifty
Years Ago" These were exceedingly
interesting. Mrs. Welch said the
schools of these days were mere shan
ties in which a three months term
was the average. The salary Of the
teacher was also very low being be-
tween thirteen and twenty dollars per
month The chief subjects taught were
reading. writing, spelling and arith-
metic. For opening exercises in the
morning a passage from the bible was
read which was followed by prayer
after which was singing. The inside
of the schoolhouses was much differ
ent from those Of today. There was