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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-29
Guinea Raising Is
Quite Profitable
Substituted in Fashionable
Hotels for Various Kinds
of Game Birds.

GPrepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Guinea raising is becoming more
profitable as a result Of their success
full substitution in fashionable hotels
and eating places for such game birds
as grouse, quail and partridge, says
the United States Department Of Ag-
riculture. When well cooked, guineas
are attractive in appearance, although
darker than common fowl, and the
flesh of young birds is tender and of
especially fine flavor, resembling that
of wild game. The census figures
show an increase of SO per cent in the
number of guinea fowl on farms in
1920 over the number in 1910.
Raise In Small FIocks.
A few of the large poultry raisers,
particularly those within easy reach
of the large eastern markets, make a
practice Of raising hundred or so
guineas each year, but the great major
ity Of guineas are raised in small
flocks Of from 10 to % on the farms of
the Middle West and of the South.
The highest prices for guineas are
paid in the large eastern markets.
Poultrymen who are near these mar
kets or who have developed a trade
among private customers, receive
prices that make this industry very
profitable. Wholesale prices in New
York usually range from 81 to SLIGO
per pair for dressed spring glineas
They are marketed late in the summer
when they weigh from one to one and
one-half pounds when two and one-half
months of age, and also throughout the
fall, when the demand is for heavier
birds
Guinea hens usually begin to lay in
April or May, those In the South lay
Ing earlier than those in the North.
From 20 to 30, and often more eggs,
are laid before the guinea hen be-
comes broody, at which time she can
be broken of her broodiness easily by
removing the eggs from the nest, when
she will soon begin laying again. If
not allowed to sit, guinea hens will
continue to lay throughout the sum-
mer, laying from 40 to 60, and in some
cases lOO eggs during the season.
Persistent Layers.
As profitable egg producers guinea
hens cannot compete with ordinary
hens, but during the latter part of the
spring and during the summer they
are persistent layers. The eggs are
smaller than hens eggs and conse-
quently bring lower prices, being
graded as small eggs. The chief claim
to profitableness on the farm is the
demand for the fowl by the eastern
markets for supplying the hotel de-
mand for wild game substitute
Their noisy, neyer-ending, harsh cry
which is often cause for their unpopu-
larlty on the farm is really a point
in favor Of keeping few Of them, as
they are excellent sentries, giving
warning Of marauders in the poultry
yard. Their pugnacious disposition,
while sometimes causing disturbances
among other poultry, also makes them
show fight against hawks and other
common enemies, so that guineas some
times are kept as guards over the
poultry yard.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-29
LIME GRINDERS IN
BADGER COUNTIES
Portable Machines Used to
Crush Limestone for
Farm Purposes.

Grinding limestone on the farm or
In the community is coming into wide
spread use as an economical part of
Wisconsin's lining program.
Many people questioned the suit
ability to Wisconsin's conditions Of
the small portable lime grinding ma
chimes when they appeared ID years
ago. It was believed that such ma
chimes could not be built strong enough
to stand the strain of rock grinding.
The experience of operators Of these
machines has now proven that 1t is a
practical method Of preparing agricul-
tural limestone.
The amount Of limestone pulveriZed
by the portable grinders up to the
present time is estimated at $4,000 tons
by Griffith Richards, Of the Wisconsin
College of Agriculture extension staff.
He says that if all this limestone were
to be loaded on cars holding so tons
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-29
Treat Small Grain for
Smut With Formaldehyde

Small grain may be treated for
smut with formaldehyde or copper
carbonate. The smut Of corn, how
ever, is an altogether different kind Of
proposition, and no method Of treat.
ing the seed corn is Of any value
whatsoever. 1t seems that corn smut
is carried over in the soil more than
it is. on the seed. OF course, we would
avoid picking for seed ears which are
affected with smut or which come
from plants which are infected. In
this way it may be possible eventual
ly to build up smut resistant strain.
1t will take a good many years to do
this.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-29

each, it would make long train Of
1000 freight cars. Only a start has
been made, however, for if all of these
$4,000 tons were to be applied to all
the land surface in a regular-sized
township there would no be enough
to make even two-ton application to
each acre.
Farmers have questioned the wis
dom and economy Of hauling limestone
more than three or four miles over
steep. hills and rough roads from their
nearest railroad station to the farm"
says Richards. mo doubt many farm
ers were justified in not using lime
when the farm was located more than
four miles from the railway station.
Local Quarries Supply Limestone.
Fortunately, thousands Of farmers
in Wisconsin have limestone quarries
within four miles or even closer to
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-29
Label Wisconsin Peas

"'Pigs is pigs, declares 81. l.. Rus
sci, dean of the Wisconsin College of
Agriculture "but if Wisconsin peas
are to be anything other than merely
peas they must go to the consumer
under Wisconsin label. The satisfied
customer cannot now make repeat
order and duplicate the pack because
any wholesale brand may come from
any number of factories or from any
state. The identity of Wisconsin's
product is lost. We should do for
WISCONSIN peas what we do with Wis
consin cheese, cherries, potatoes, or
cranberries. If this Is done superior
quality can be traced to where it be-
longs and such. recognition will main
tain demand"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-29
Best Depth for Flowing
Depends Much on Soil

The proper depth for blowing for
corn and wheat depends on the char
acter of the soil, the time it is done
and a number Of other factors. Gen
orally blowing less than five inches
deep is called shallow blowing and
deeper than six inches is called deep
blowing. Under ordinary conditions 1t
does not pay to plow more than six
inches deep nor shallower than five
inches. The deeper blowing is usually
best when done in the fall for corn
the next year, and the shallow plow7
ing for wheat or oats. 1t does not pay
to pillow extra deep or extra shallow.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-29

Outagamie, Sank, Columbia, Crawford,
Vernon, Monroe, La Crosse and Buffalo
counties as well as other counties
where good limestone quarries are not
so numerous and also in spite of the
fact that many of them are rather in
accessible.
Analysis of the limestone to see II
It is of high quality should precede the
operation of the grinder in any quarry,
according to Richards. When a
farmer pays out hard earned cash for
limestone and spends much time and
labor applying it to his fields, he GER
tainly should know that he is buying
high analysis limestone. He is urging
that before any limestone quarry is OPP
Grated one or more samples be taken
from the quarry and sent to the soils
department, College of Agriculture,
Madison, Wis, for analysis.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-29

Nowhere is cleanliness more impor-
tant than in the rearing Of little
chicks Their lungs and entire organ
isms may be stunted and permanently
weakened by compelling them to sleep
in filthy quarters, breathing impure
air night after night. Clean out the
brooders and coops often, every day If
possible, and give them good sum
ming and airing. Nothing is more
health giving and inexpensive than
pure air, for chicks as well as old
fowls.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-29
Soy Bean Proves
as Best Legune
Hay From Plant Is Almost
Equal to Alfalfa or Clover
in Feed Value.

The soy bean has proved Itself the
best annual legume for hay, pasture
and grain, according to J. W. Zahnley,
associate professor of crops at the
Kansas State Agricultural college.
Good soy bean hay is almost equal
In feeding value to alfalfa or red clover,
fitting well into crop rotation and in
creasing the nitrogen content of the
soil, according to the forage authority.
The seed is satisfactory substitute
for cottonseed meal, linseed meal and
tankage. 1t also has the highest seed
yield of the legume family.
Gathers Nitrogen From Air.
"a crop Of soy beans can be plowed
under for green manure or harvested
for hay in approximately 100 days after
planting stated Professor Zahnley
when asked about the legume. Their
value for soil improvement is due to
the high nitrogen content of the plant
and the ability to gather nitrogen
from the sir and store it in the soil
by aid of Aacteria which lives in their
roots.
1.-THE ssed after the oil is extracted
is equal 10 cottonseed or linseed meal
as a feed for live stock. No other
legume will produce such high yields
Of seed per acre.
"Soy beans furnish large quantity
OF a very nutritious pasture from
late summer until after frost. Such
pasture can be- used to good advantage
for growing and fattening hogs, sheep,
and other live stock if supplemented
by a non-legume such as corn. Soy
beans are too rich in protein to feed
alone.
'sSoy beans. like other legumes,
must be supplied with the proper bac-
terra in order to enable them to make
a normal growth on poor soils The
particular kind of bacteria necessary
for soy beans is seldom if ever pres
ent in Kansas soils except where soy
beans have grown. For this reason 1t
is usually necessary to place the bac-
terra In the fields where soy beans
are to be planted This can be done
by treating the seed with inoculating
material which contains large num-
bers of soy bean bacteria.
"a popular method of utilizing soy
beans is by planting in corn for hog
ging down. They may be planted in
the row at the time the corn is plant
ed by using bean and pea attachment
on the planter, planting four to eight
pounds per acre in corn planted at the
usual rate"
Best Varieties Determined.
There are hundreds of varieties of
soy beans, a few of which have proved
their value according to tests conduct
ed by the Kansas agricultural expert
ment station at Manhattan by co-opera-
tive experiments with farmers in the
eastern part of the state.
The best varieties are as follows:
Manchu, an excellent variety for
grain or pasture; Haberlandt, heavy
seed producer and suitable for grain
or pasture Midwest, good seed and
pasture variety; Morse, good variety
for hay and seed; Wilson, an excel
lent variety for hay; Virginia, distinct
" hay variety producing high yields !;
Sable, produces good quantity Of
hay.
Among the varieties described
here the Manchu, Haberlandt, Mid
west and Morse have given good re-
suits for seed and pasture purposes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-29
Fungus Spray for Cherries

If the small brown spots, which later
fall out and give the leaves the ap-
pearance of having been shot full of
holes, appear on the cherry tree leaves,
the trees should be sprayed either with
lime sulphur, 5 quarts in 80 gallons
of water, or bordeaux mixture, pro-
portions of 4-4-5O. The spray should
be applied as soon as the disease ap-
pears. It will preserve the foliage
this season and thereby keep the tree
In the proper state Of vigor.>
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-29
First Dairy School

The first dairy school in America
was started at the University of Wis
consin in 1890 as an outgrowth of thu
application Of the Babcack test.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-05-21
PLATTEVILLE

w. B. Smith, hardware merchant
died Friday morning of complication
of diseases He leaves a widow and
one son, Louis.
Ernie Pothour was out from Mil
waukee Saturday. He accompanied
Mrs Treglown, who will spend the
summer in Platteville. She is over
go years of age.
DR.. Frank Fletcher is the proud
owner of half sister of Strongheart
the great movie dog. The doctor has
not announced that he will start a
movie, but one can never tell what
DR.. Fletcher has under consideration.
Judge j. H. Lewis was carried OFF
the field at Dubuque Saturday in the
field meet between the Normals and
Dubuque University. One of the con-
testants in throwing the javelin,
rammed the spear through Lewis's
foot. His injury was not serious.
Dewey Hudson, escaped prisoner
from Waupun in 1916, is held in jail
at Juneau, Wis, following his capture
in California. Hudson ran away from
the prison farm after serving all but
two months. He enlisted in the navy
during the World war After his dis
charge from the navy he went to Cal
ifornia. A wire to his folks in Platte
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-05-21
William p. Richardson


William P Richardson, the young
est of seven children, was born in
Mulaghann, county Antrim, Ireland,
on May 26, 1910.
He lived in the old home until
1862 when he came to America sett-
ling on Boice Prairie. In March 1868
he was united in marriage to Anna
E. Kendel. Three sons were born to
this union: w. j. Richardson OF
Blooming ton, Clyde Richardson OF
Madison and Frank Richardson OF
South Lancaster. Mrs. Richardson
suffered serious accident in a run
away and died in May 1883.
On October IA, 1884, Mr.. Richard
son was married to Matilda Pearson
To this union was born one child, who
is now Mrs. e. c. Vesperman.
Mr.. Richardson came to this coun-
try penniless boy but managed to
forge ahead by being industrious and
of good habits The first eighty acres
of land that he bought was earned by
working for his brother in-law, Thos.
Bailie This land was cleared and i'm
provements made as fast as his in
come would permit. A new house was
built, the downstairs of which was
finished leaving the upstairs to be
finished after the Richardson's had
more money.
This man was a great lover of good
stock The farm of Mr.. Richardson
was the first in So. Lancaster to have
blooded Durham cattle. No man in
his day of farming expended more
for the improvement of stock than he
did. Because of his interest and en-
thusiasm in improving his herd, he
attended the State Fair regularly,
which was to him an adequate and
happy outing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-05-21
MT. HOPE

Louis Proctor of Austin, Mimi, is
here visiting relatives and old time
friends.
Mrs. Frank Plimpton accompanied
her father, Chas. Pearson, to Fennl-
more Saturday.
Jay Snider went to Bagley last Fri
dav and brought back a load of fur
niture.
The road gang hauled several loads
of gravel to put on No 10 last week,
but found it rather hard to get any
great amount.
Mt Ida played ball Sunday with the
Fennimore Firemen and beat them.
Only two more weeks of school.
l.. E. Wilkinson took advantage OF
the rainy weather and went assessing
last week.
The fine summer CD weather we
are having makes the woodpiles grow
smaller each day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-05-21
COUNTY AGENT NOTES
Continued from page 1
Treat Potato Seed

You who are planting potatoes this
spring whether on large or small
scale do not overlook the value OF
treating the seed before planting
Don't plant potatoes on old potato
ground without treating. Potato scaD
lives in the soil as well as on the po-
tatoes. There are two methods used
in treating seed potatoes. Either one
will return good results.
The treatment most commonly USED
in this section is the Formaldehyde
treatment. Use one CD pint of 40 per
cent Formaldehyde to 80 gallons OF
water. Soak the uncut potatoes IN
this solution for one hour to two
hours, depending on the amount OF
scab or black scurf showing on the
potatoes.
The other treatment and the one
used more often in the potato coun-
ties of northern Wisconsin is what is
known as the Corrosive Sublimate
treatment. The one danger in the use
of this treatment is that it is deadly
poison and will also injure the metal
containers that might be used 10 give
this treatment If this treatment is to
be given a solution of 4 OF. of Cor
rosive Sublimate and 80 gallons OF
water should be mixed in a barrel.
Soak uncut potatoes in this solution
for ~ hours This treatment is the
most effective of the two Make your
crop clean by treating them now.
How About the Hay Crop!
A great deal of poor hay, corn fod-
der and straw was fed to the live
stock of Grant county last winter.
Tho reason for This is that clover
seeding was poor a year ago now and
dry weather fixed what was there.
We have that same condition con-
fronting us now in some sections. we
all wish we had few acres OF al
falfa to cut this summer but most OF
us are not that fortunate. Better look
over the prospects you have for nay.
| If it don't look too good better con-
slider the use of soy beans for hay.
| They can be planted any time from
now until June 18th with good results.
! If part of your seeding is thin ploW
| up part of it, work the ground we'll
| and plant with grain drill soys beans.
| We plant beans about the same as we
| do peas. Get Manchu soy beans, IN
| oculate the seed and plant with grain
drill at the rate of 80 pounds to the
acre. Harrow them we'll after plant
| ing and after they are up we'll. Har-
| rowing of soy beans when they are
two or three inches high on a warm
! day will not damage the beans very
much. Soy beans are on par as nay
with clover and alfalfa.
| This office will gladly give any fur
Their help along this line that we can.
| J. B. KEENAN,, Co. Agent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-05-21
TRANSFER OF OLD BELMONT
4 CAPITOL TO STATE CON-
SERVATION COMMISSION

ARRANGEMENTS are being completed
for the formal transfer of the First
Territorial Capitol to the State Con
servation Commission, to take place
on Sunday, June first, at l:5O p. M
sharp.
The program will include the fol-
lowing:
Invocation by Rev. Robert I. Mer-
rift.
Introductory remarks, and history
and work of Capitol Commission by
NJ p. Rindlaub, Chairman.
Presentation of Flag by w. R. G..
Mrs Hornbeck.
Address of the day, Governor John
J. Blaine.
Presentation of cannon ball from
battle field of Vicksburg, by G. A. H.,
Hon. J. w Murphy.
Transfer of plat of Wisconsin Fed
Grafton of Woman's Clubs, Mrs. H. ).
Main. State Chairman. History and
Landmarks.
Transfer of Old Capitol Park, Hon.
Platt Whitman.
Acceptance, Commissioner Elmer 5.
Hall.
Benediction, Rev. FIR. F. ]. Lillis.
Two bands. the American Legion OF
Platteville. and the South Wayne band
have offered their gratuitous services
for the occasion.
Those from distance are invited
to bring baskets and picnic on the
Capitol Park.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-05-21
Benefits of
q Cash System.

Slowly but inevitably, small town
business men are going on cash
basis. Each year finds a few more
selling for cash and in few years
the dealer who. sells on credit Will
be an exception.
There are number of good reasons
for cash business. One is the smaller
margin of profit allowable. Another,
as compared to credit, is that the
dealer has either the goods or the
money. With credit he frequently has
neither.
There are good reasons for credit
Credit helps people to buy. 1t makes
selling easy. 1t encourages buying
and increases volume of sales. We're
if not for one factor the credit sys-
fem would be unsurpassed. The fac
tor. from a local standpoint IS the
dead-beat.
The dead-beat makes it a purpose
to skin everybody he can, seemingly
having no shame. He doesn't care
what people think of him and pays
only when forced to do so. Fortunate
", the percentage of dead-beats COM
pared to people who pay is very
small. But small as it is it saps the
profits on the good sales. The dead
beat has forced the adoption OF the
cash system.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-05-21

William P Richardson was man
of unusual pluck and grit combined
with a good sense of humOr. On his
way to an International Stock Show
when leaving a moving train he fell
under the wheels and lost his arm.
The amputatiOn was made in the rail-
way depot. At this station there were
some very fine blOoded horses which
he was stopping TO see. His grit and
enthusiasm is seen in connection with
this accident as he was bound to go
out after the operation and see those
fine horses, but was persuaded not to
do so until later time. While re-
turning home some one asked him if
his arm did not pain him severely.
His reply was that it did not hurt
half as much as to- know that a GER
tain congressional candidate on the
Republican ticket had been defeated.
Mr. Richardson was Staunch Re-
publican.
Mr.. Richardson continued his work
on the farm as usual, doing a real
mans work. This he did, not in
grumbling way but in a cheerful and
happy one.
Another illustration Of his good
sense of humor is seen in what he
said to his minister during his ill
ness a few years ago. 1t was after he
had been given some brandy as re-
viving stimulant that he said-and
he surely was a very sick man when
he said TT have always been dry
but now l am wet" And then he
chuckled.
This mans fine disposition went
far in his, life. His fairness and hon.
esty made him a good friend. He be-
lieved in living and letting live. He
appreciated greatly what others did
for him. He wished that he might be
taken so as not to impair the health
of those who waited upon him.
AS a public servant he served on
the town board, on the school board
and as supervisor and alderman.
He was a member of the Congrega-
tional church for "a years and mem
Der of the Odd Fellows lodge for "A
years.
Mr.. Richardson always enjoyed
good health until few years ago. In
1898 he visited his old home in Ire
land, returning greatly renewed in
life.
In 1903 the Richardson's removed to
Lancaster where they have lived ever
since 1t was in his home on May 3,
1924, that he came to his death at the
age of nearly "a years.
The funeral services were held from
the Congregational church on May 6,
the Reverend Louis F. Arhelger Of
floating, with comforting music by
DR.. Corner and Mr.. Hoskins. Burial
was made at Boice Prairie cemetery
with the Odd Fellows in charge.
Those attending the funeral from
out of town were: Geo. Pearson of
Chicago, a brother of Mrs. Richard
son; Clyde Richardson of Madison
and w. J. Richardson of Bloomington.
This good man leaves his wife, his
children and grandchildren and many
friends to mourn his departure
A Friend.
Card of Thanks
We wish to extend our sincere
thanks to those who so kindly assist
ed during the death and burial of our
husband and father.-Mrs. w. P. Rich
ardson and family.