Tons Of Hay Destroyed

Madisov. Wis., Oct 8$. - Fire in the Wisconsin river bottoin and those srivers tribntary to the Vis-onsin have caused heavy losses to the farmers living the rivers. Curtis Hazeltine, of Mazomanie, who oivns about 20,000 acres of marsh lands in Dane, Sauk and Iowa counties. says most all of the hay jrrown on his land was destroyed by fire. He has leased the marsh in small pareéis to farmers, and those placing almost sole dependence for hay on the marsh are in desperate straits and will be obliged to Bell their eattle at whatever they will bring in order to avoid their starving. Mr. Ilazeltine cstimates that 50,000 tons of hay have been destroyed in southern Wisconsin nlone. Along the Wolf river and its tributarles raarshes have burned out and farmers were anuble to rescue their hay which had been stacked in them. In many places the fire is still burning. Stock can be purchased at almost any price along tliese rivers, tame hay having been a failure on account of the drought. The loss cannot as yet be estimated.