Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-02-18

Kansas seems to be the promised land to
many q them. Shall the same thing be
gone through again? The little post
once country store is the first one to sup
port. H is often great accommodation to
purchase spool of thread without riding
twenty miles for il. The merchants near
you usually do the most for the commu-
nlty; In encouraging and assisting in
puDnc improvements, they are always
called upon, and expected to respond lib
orally to everything. There are very few,
even In thus proud community, who have
not at some time been Accommodated by
having the merchant wait on them for pay.
The money that is sent away should stay
at nome 1t the purchaser can be suited.
In nine cases out of ten the home mer-
chant will send for the party on the same
or better terms than they are offering the
stranger. The idea that it is easier to sit
down and write for box of hairpins than
to put ON bonnet and gloves and go down
street and get them should not be toler-
ated. Well say that $500 go out of this
county every year to about twenty-five
different stores beyond the state line.
The merchants here are prepared with
goods to take that in in a few weeks. The
amount to the large establishments is
very small to them, but to the home mer-
chants In cash may save them from failing
in business; for they must raise the
amount In money or lose their goods.
That has happened to thousands of East
ern merchants and can happen to west
ern one.
I do not wish to convey the impression
that all eggs brought to town by farmers
are bad, not by any means; only the sub
ject is not a one-sided one, and there is no
need that any produce should be inferior.
The rules of butter making are so simple
that none need fail Churn your cream
before it gets old, and work the butter
milk all out--two or three times if neces-
sary-twice always. The butter becomes
rancid from the buttermilk left in it, and
is the chief cause of complaint. The
wrong amount of salt is the least trouble.
The egg business can be easily disposed
of, too. Gather them every day; never
put in an old nest egg; wash any that are
not clean, even if you have to use a little
vinegar for stained ones. Much of our
taste is through our eyes. Things that
look good taste good. Make case such
eggs. This can be made at home, with
carried on the lap.
The most important thing OF all is to
know what you have to sell, and engage
the same; to be sure of market. If you
have potatoes, do not wait until the
ground is frozen before you dig them and
take them to market; for you will find
that the merchant, not knowing what to
depend upon, has his cellar already filled
with imported ones. The same is true
with other produce. One day enough is
brought in to more than stock every store,
and again the townspeople have to 60
without these things week or more at a
time. Some system among the farmers
and merchants could remedy this evil, for
it sometimes amounts to distress. Many
farmers come long distance, and have
to carry home again what they wished to
sell. It is not right, and some way ought
to be provided to remedy the evil. APP
pointing certain days or certain mer-
chants, and cooperating to supply
commission houses with the surplus of
good articles is much-needed step in the
right direction.
Another very important item: Plan to
supply the market when prices are good.
Potatoes and cabbage, etc., in the spring,
as we'll as fall; eggs and butter in the
winter.
Plenty of feed, warm shelter and kind
treatment of all kinds of animals will
bring the richest reward on one side, and
a perfect understanding with the mer-
chants-the supply depots-for they are
your banks of deposit. And they must
not fail you for want of close attention.