The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-09-28

A ton of bulbs contains from three to six
pounds Of phOsphates, so that not only does
q given weight of leaves exhaust the soil in
greater degree than an eqnal weight of
bulbs, but Is also fitted to give the animal
more of those materials from which the
bones are to be formed. On this account the
tops Of rutabaga are very suitable food for
young stock. As the tops contain more Of
the constituent parts OF milk than the bulbs,
COWS fed on the tops and bulbs give more
milk than those fed on the bulbs alone. In
all cases hay should be given as corrective
of the bowels. White turnips, when fed to
mich COWS, produce more milk than Swedes
The White Globe turnips excel all Others for
producing milk Turnip tops spread over a
turnip field and plowed in, will be as bene-
fetal to the soil as consuming the crop on
the land by folded sheep.
Obstinate Horses
A horse "balks" far oftener for some, to
him, good and sufficient reason, than be
cause he is obstinate, but occasionally a
horse will make up his mind not to go past a
certain place, and it is very likely that no
amount of whipping will force him to go.
The first thing which should be done is to
ascertain is the load is too heavy, if the har-
ness Is easy, il there are stones in the hoofs,
or if anything frightened the animal, some
times a little patience and patting will be
sufficient, and at any rate will be better than
| any amount Of hagellation. There are also
some simple devices which are sometimes
effective. The writer hereof has seen horse
induced to move on, and that, too, after he
had been severely beaten, by covering his
| eyes and breathing into his nostrils. In this
instance the operator simply placed his
hands as closely as possible over the animals
eyes, and breathed two or three times in one
Of his nostrils. Another method, which We
| connot vouch for personally, is told in mar
ritive form, concerning horse, ridden by
groom, which refused to pass a certain place,
rearing and pluDging in such way as TO en-
| danger the lives of both horse and rider
Presently spectator of the scene walked up
to the groom and said: 81 think, my man,
you are not taking the proper method to
make the horse 60; allow NE, it You
please to show Won trick worth knowing"
well" said the groom. IF you can make
him so, it 10 more than l can do The first
speaker then took piece of whip-cord, and
tied it with firm kno, to the end of the ami
mails ear, which he lent gently down, fas-
tening the end of the string To the check
buckle of the bride; this done, he patted the
horses neck once or twice, and said: Now
let me see you go quietly home like a good
horse" The horse moved off as gently as if
nothing had happened. Probably neither
Of these devices has any especial virtue in
itself, but each Of them involves q certain
amount Of gentle treatment, and certain ma
nipulatiOns 10 which the horse is unaccIs-
toned. If either plan should be resorted to
in violent manner and as ifthe covering of
the eyes or the tying of the cord We're intend
ed as coercive measure, very likely the
horse would remain obstinate and savage
still. If properly and kindly executed,
some such plan as these we have mentioned
will divert the horses attention, arouse his
curiosity, and it is likely that he Will move
on as il nothing had happened. - Christian
Union.
Agricultural Items.
The California fig crop is ripe, and some |
of the growers will dry considerable guam
titles. Last year one grower sold 1000 |
pounds of figs from one tree.
The Missouri corn crop this year will be |
the heaviest ever raised in that State. The |
season throughout has been favorable, and |
farmers will have large crops of everything
they raise. 1t is predicted that corn and po- |
tatOes will be very low.
The reclaimed marsh lands in Califor-
mia are proving to he the best in the State. |
not only for the production Of all kinds of |
market vegetables, but also for grain raising.
From an acre of such ground a crop of wheat
was recently harvested, yielding seventy five
bushels.
The agricultural statistics in Ireland
show decrease Of 81, 2s7 acres in the land
under cultivation. There are As, 900 acres
less in potatoes, 5000 less of oats, and 49,
900 less in wheat, while there has been an l
increase in grass Of 56, 600 acres. The emf
grafton from Ireland in 1867 was % per cent
less than in 1866.
In England the price Of beef rarely
reaches twelve cents per pound. And this is
he case when farmers hold their farms az
Yearly tenants. These farmers buy stock
,attle, or cows or sheep, and then buy corn
,r linseed cake from America on which they
eed them. Why, then, can they sell their
meats at twelve cents per pound? The an
'wer is that the English farmer feeds his
took for the sake of the manures and the
more stock he feeds the better does il paw
There is no other explanation.
hall C0nn0lly Become . Jonah?
Throw "Res1.Coat" Overheard.
In the war Of 1912 an enterpri-ing, DASH
ng American officer, with small boat-crew
N one Of the upper lakes, made what now-a-
lays we would call a raid upon a British
,Ost on the shore Of the lake, and Selling
ONE dozen English soldiers as prisoners and
hoos Load off voil. v,,aIa nth al |
or the American post some thirty miles
istAnt.
A British boats crew was quickly started
q hot pursuit. With the first morning light
he pursuers we're deserted fast gaining on
ursued. Every exertion at escape was
,ade, but soon a musset-shot, sending spray
water near the stern of the American boat, ,
I'D that escape BY main strength At the oars 1
AZ useless, and safety could only be secured
, some witty device. Suddenly, as a second
pre- Of water was thrown up by passing =
z the voice of the captain Of the American !,
"a was heard, Throw overheard a red !,
pa, and a moment after over into the lake a
ent one of the British prisoners. The
ankees now pulled all oars, while coon the 4
arsuers we're busily engaged rescuing the h
ruggling red coat from the water, by which I
me Tue dnkee Wa CiedI Oh musket range. | -
ending with redoubled vigor to the oars, a.
e British boat was again in eager pursuit, =,
ID once more the musket shots fell about "
e sides and stern of the pursued Throw =,
er another red coat" cried the American =
ider, and another British soldier splashed -
to the water to delay by his rescae the pur- \
efs. =.
This simple operation was 20 successfully N
peated that the raiders at last entered un- a
r the protection of the guns of the Ameri- nj
a pot with half of their prisoners and all n
their spoils y.
Have the the people at the CITY Hall read r
It storyNN y. Ere. Poet. n
Thae'b the Reason IL %.
1T ia an exploded theory" says one who of
AXIS with knowledge, that women dress to
please the men. They dress to please or fu
ie och other. Any girl Of sense or ex- y,
Renee knows that it Is just - easy to bu
* mans heart in two dollar muslin, th
~ nd up, - il i in . 6ve-huhdrsd to
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