Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-04-24

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A horse trainer, who died recently j.
California, requested Just before hi
death that his favorite trick horses mich,
be present at his burial. They were con
spicuous objects in the funeral process
lon.
INDUSTRIAL BREvlTlES.
The experiments in growing Englisl
wheat made in various parts of India las
year were not at all successful. In some
cases the seed did not terminate at all
and in others the plants died soon aftel
sprouting, either from drought or from
excessive rain, it is stated, though the
latter case is improbable, except II
swampy districts. Mr.. Price, director Of
agriculture in the Madras presidency, is
however, of opinion that the experiments
have not conclusively proved that Eng.
lish wheat will not flourish in India, az
there may have been want of care or un.
skillful cultivation. He has, therefore,
induced the local government to procure
fresh supply of English seed wheat,
and this is to be tried in suitable parts
of the Neilgherries, under proper super
vision. What should be aimed at, in his
opinion, is the administration of the
the English varieties, growing them first
in cool districts, and gradually introduc-
ing them into the rest of the country.
The growing custom of keeping and
publishing dairy records is one that
affords great deal of interesting and
valuable information. One of the most
complete of these records yet given is
that of fifty-seven pure-bred shorthorns,
comprising the st. Adams dairy herd,
belonging to Mr.. J. N. Edwards, which
appears in the current number OF The
LiUe Stock Journal of London. The
record includes the age of each COW, the
number of days she has been in milk,
the aggregate and average daily yield OF
milk, the specific gravity of the milk,
and the percentages of cream, fat, and
solids. The best results was yielded by
a COW which supplies 9,197 pounds OF
milk in 2S2 days, or 80 pounds ounces
per day, with IA per cent. of cream and
the lowest was that of 2-year-old heifer,
which gave 2,O47 pounds of milk in PIG
days, or 9 pounds 7 ounces per day, with
10 per cent. of cream.
A paper on ensilage was read at the
Darlington, England, chamber of agri-
culture meeting, by Mr.. T.. Easdale, agent
to Mr.. Stobart, of Pepper Arden. He
said that their experience on the estate
he managed had now extended over four
years, and that Mr.. Stobart continued to
hold the same favorable opinion of the
system as at the first. Since the enlarge
ment of his silos he had made two hun
dred tons of silage in 1884, and the same
quantity in 1885. In the two past win
ters he had fed forty fattening beasts,
from sixteen to twenty milking cows, and
upward of sixty store cattle, all of them
receiving share of ensilage, but not en-
tirely fed on it. He specially alluded to
the advantage of feeding mich COWS on
Stage in winter, and maintained that of
about six hundred persons whose opin-
ions had been obtained ninety eight per
cent were favorable to silage as food for
cattle.
In the manufacture OF starch from corn
the essential steps in the process are as
follows: 1. The shelled corn is stepped
in water. 2. The grain while wet is
ground between millstones. 8. The
ground material Is passed through a
boiling device whereby the coarse hull
or bran is separated from the finer parts.
4. The finer parts are mixed with the
proper amount of water and are allowed
to flow over long slightly inclined troughs
or tables The starch settles to the bot
tom, and milky colored mass floats off.
The hull or bran from the third step is
the so-called 'sfeed." It is the hull of
the grain with small proportion of adj
jacent parts. The milky ooiored mass
of the fourth step is the gluten" 1t
contains much greater percentage OF
water than the feed" and also varies In
other respects.
DIR. Edward Heckel announces his dis
covery of tree in central Africa called
by the natives "karite or scare" which
he says is likely to replace the gutta
tree. The berries of this tree produces
wax called "britter of karite," and valu:
ed highly by the natives and travellers.
The tree covers the vast tropical area of
central Africa in dense forests, and after
it has attained the age Of four years it is
possible by discreet incision to obtain
from its trunk and large branches an an
nual supply of about nine pounds of
gutta without injuring the tree in the
least. A good substitute for gutta
percha is much needed, in view Of the
rapid decreasing quantity Of the supply
of gutta of really good quality.
A recent bulletin of the New York state
experiment station deals entirely with
"Slug Shot," an insecticide claimed to
be entirely harmless to persons and all
animals except insects. After careful
examination in the laboratory arsenic was
found in sufficient quantity to destroy
potato beetles and other small insects
which consume the foige, and the con-
clusion was reached that the amount OF
poison found in the sample was certainly
sufficient to demand especial care In its
use at all times, and to warrant the
recommendation of its discontinuance
upon cabbage and all other vegetables
and fruit, when it is possible for Por-