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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17
Familiar Surroundings.

The COW should be kept amidst ia
miliar surroundings. Changes of any
kind will likely affect her yield OF
milk. A change of mixers, especially
if from competent mixer to an in
ferior one, will affect the COW adversely.
And by the expression inferior we do
not mean simply a mixer who is an
adept at drawing the milk. A mixer
who is not gentle. who does not win the
respect and confidence of the cow, is a
very inferior mixer. In some expert
ments that have been made it has been
shown that a good mixer can get from
two hundred to three hundred pounds
more milk from a cow in two weeks
than poor mixer can get In other
instances great loss in the quality OF
milk was the result of changing to a
poor mixer.
Change of quarters will have q det-
rimental effect, fact that is generally
recognized. The cow is very sensi-
tive creature, and that is something
which some people act as if they did
not know. Take q cow from one farm
to another; give her the very same care
that she has always had, feed her upon
the same food, and let her be MIXED by
the same person to WHOM she is accus.
toned, and at first she will likely fall of
in yield and likely show decrease in
quality. The lesson is plain enough
Let the management be as regular q
possible. Western Rural. s--.s
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17

The handle by which it is manipulated
should of course be somewhat longer
than the projection at the opposite end,
which is inserted in an auger hole to
hold it in place. The roller should be
carefully turned and then planed in to
six or eight-sided figure. This will
be the most difficult part to make, and
had best be intrusted to the local cab
met or wagon maker. This table must
have boards about three inches high at
the edges and slope in such a way that
the buttermilk will drain off. It must
incline from the person using it. At the
narrow end of the table, where the but
termilk is to escape, few small grooves
should be cut with a gouge.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17
CheaD reed.

Fourteen different rations or comb1-
nations of food have been used in feed
ing mich cows at the Massachusetts,
experiment station during the past four
years The tests have been very accu-
rate. The cost of the rations is based
on corn meal at $s2. rs per ton, wheat
bran at S21, hay at SIS and corn slower
at SIS per ton The cheapest feed con-
sisted of 81 pounds each of corn meal
and wheat bran, pounds of hay and
1914 pounds of well-cured corn stover,
the total cost being a fraction over IA
cents per head daily. This food con-
tanned manurial elements worth 6 cents,
so that its actual net cost was only a
fraction over ~ cents per cow daily.
The yield of milk averaged nearly as
high as when the COWS were fed on a
more expensive ration. This food con-
tanned 1 pound of heterogeneous matter to
"a pounds of sugar, starch, etc. The
next cheapest feed was made up of 81
pounds each of corn meal, wheat bran
and gluten meal, with TX pounds Of
well-cured corn slower, costing 1871 cents
for each COW daily. The manurial value
was about cents, so that the net cost
was ~ cents, for the food for each COW
daily. In this case the food contained /
pound of heterogeneous matter or lean meat
substance to pounds of sugar and starch.
The yield of milk was almost as salts
factory as when rations costing 20 to so
cents per head daily were given.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17

of sleeping innocence. Duluth! Twas
the name for which my soul had painted
as the hart panteth for the water brooks.
But where was Duluth? Never in all
my limited reading had I seen the
celestial name in print, or heard even
the winds whisper of the zenith city by
the unsalted sea-
81 told the Postmaster I could see
where Proctor Knott had made a bad
break, and was sorry he had done it. So
1 bought postage STAN pand withdrew.
''And that is the way they work a
stranger in Duluth" concluded grand
father, in some heat, ,''nor is that the
worst of it. On my way back to the
hotel 1 dropped into saloon. I was
pretty we'll wrought up over this in
fernal Proctor Knott racket, and I said
at once to the barkeeper:
'''I will shake you for the drinks, my
friend, but will make it condition
that you do not spring Proctor Knots
speech on me, for 1 am not myself
"'And you are Knott yourself"' he
exclaimed, rushing around from behind
the bar and grasping me by the hand.
by Jove! I've heard of you often, and
am glad to see you. When did you come
to town.
81 repulsed him gently, and said:
My good friend, l simply ask that you
will not spring Proctor Knott's speech
on me, for 1 am not myself. I am not
Knott. 1 give you my word that 1 am
not. Not that would not be Knott,
but that 1 am not
''The barkeeper looked at me in a
dazed sort of way, up one side and down
another, and then said:
"'Look here, old man, you say you
are Knott and you amt Knott. Knott
that you would not be Knott, but that
you are Knott. 1 always thought the
fellow who made that Duluth speech
was bigger fool than Bucks colt and
now know it. IN. Y. World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17

elevators bursting with grain, and when
the Government finishes it's improve
ments we will have dockage front of
twenty miles. How many bushels of
wheat do you suppose were shipped in
here during the past four months?'
81 gave him the exact number OF
bushels, emitting the pecks, and he
said: tAh, that's correct. / see you keep
abreast of the times. And yet this is
the town that Proctor Knott lampooned
so outrageously in his famous speech in
Congress. Why, sir. Proctor Knott
stood in the halls of Congress. thus
and could see through the glass boxes
that he had the attitude-sI say Proctor
Knott stood in the halls of Congress and
for an hour ridiculed Duluth like this:
"s'Duluth! The word fell upon my ear
with peculiar and indescribablec charm
like the gentle murmur of a low fount-
ian stealing forth in the midst of roses
or the soft, sweet accents of an angels
whisper in it's bright and Joyous dream
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17

A six-inch board may form the lowest
strip on each side, then four-inch,
then two three-inch strips. The sides
are nailed up. then the bottom board is
sawed out of proper length to admit
the strips at the front, and back of the
sides. and securely nailed to the lowest
boards of the sides. F.lT,
The stats are nailed across the front
and top. four for each place, then sim
gle board slipped in between two strips
at the back end, making door for get
ting the pig in and out. Two wire nails
hold this board in place. The weight
is from thirty-five to forty-five pounds,
and will hold large pig, going hundreds
of miles.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Senator Blair is completely pros
trated by the vote on his educational
bill. So is the bilL-Philadelphi
Press Rep).
Congressman Mckinley should
whisper into his photograph: "Whom
the gods wish to destroy they first make
mad."-Shoe and Leather Review.
-Webster's unabridged dictionary
contains less than one-half the number
of words contained in Senator Blair's
speech on the education bill. but it has
the advantage of telling something new
all the way through.-Utica Herald.
What the farmers of this country
are suffering most from is a system OF
taxation which compels them to sell
their products at the lowest prices and
buy their supplies at the highest and
drains their resources to swell the pro-
fits of protected" capitalists.-N. Y.
Times.
Henry Wildeye Blair failed to
force his everlasting education bill
through the Senate, and it seems to be
about time for him to fulfill his threat,
made short time ago, to leave the Re-
publican party It is rumored that the
post of envoy extraordinary to the court
of Luna will be offered Hmm. Y.
Sun.
The most singularly idiotic pen
sion scheme that has yet been put forth
is that of Senator Ingalls,, who wants
pensions granted to women who may
hereafter marry disabled veterans, with
the additional advantage to the latter
of procuring a divorce whenever deemed
necessary at an expense of So Before
long it is likely to be mark of dis
tinction for citizen to draw no pension
from the PHILADELPHIA
Record.
The unseating of Democrats in
the House of Representatives is going
on without any reference whatever to
the evidence presented. 1t is done on
the broad plea of the contestant in the
Catchings case, who declines to figure
majority, but claims seat on the
ground that Democrats are such uncon-
scionable rascals that moro Republicans
than Democrats must have voted--St.
Louis Republic
against the free-raw-material argument
at least their smallness now proves
nothing. We're the duties taken of, how
ever, from the raw materials that enter
into the construction of the machinery,
SO that the latter could be obtained At
less cost, there would in all probability
be SO much moro profit in the business
that the number of mills would increase
until the production outstripped the
home requirements and the Southern
markets would be considered worthy q
attention.-Expurt and IinAacA
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17
SWINE COUGH.

Some Valuable Suggestions From Stock
Raiser This Subject.
Cough is the most common ailment
among swine and one the least general
ly understood. Many hog-raisers be-
lieve it is sure forerunner of cholera,
when it is related to that disease but
incidentally. Different forms of dis
ease may cause cough, but the prevail
ing cause is cold contracted the same as
in the human family. It is very COM
mon for early pigs to catch cold from
wading in water and mud. If they
come out of a warm bed and have to go
into mud and water at once they are
nearly sure to contract a cold, the
temperature of the body is changed so
suddenly. Another theory is that
sleeping in dust causes cough. This is
not necessarily the case, for many pigs
and hogs sleep in dust without cough
ing. In summer pigs contract cold from
excessive heat just the same as we do
ourselves. Indeed, the same causes
which produce cough in the human
family will do SO in swine, for the vital
organs and general circulation are
similar. Hence they need only to be
subjected to similar influences to show
similar results. Pigs contract cold and
cough more readily than larger hogs;
and likewise children are more liable to
colds than adults. Sudden changes in
the atmosphere, chilly winds, and cold
rains will produce cold and cough.
Change in sleeping places from
very poor to very good bedding-is an
other cause. During the war soldiers
| returning on furlough from the tented
| field and sleeping in feather beds con-
| tracted the severest colds. If swine
sleep too warm cough is sure to follow
| as result. The extreme heat of sum-
| mer is another cause
Breeders often get letters from Gus
| toners stating that pigs shipped to
| them have cough. This is often true,
| although the pigs did not cough before
| shipment. The changes and exposure
| during transit cause cold and cough.
1t is quite frequent when pigs are
| shipped in winter that they are trans
| ferred from hot car to express wagons,
hauled to offices, and then set out on
sidewalks for hours to await the arrival
| of customers. Then the pigs are put
| into open wagons with no covering for
crates and hauled for miles Is it any
wonder they cough? Or rather. is it
not a wonder that they live?
| In most cases nature throws off
| colds; but when colds continue have
used the following remedy with graft
| flying results: Pulverized licorice, /
pound; elecampane, 1 pound; black
anthony. q pound; sulphur. n
| pound; pulverized resin, n pound;
copperas u pound; asafoedita. n
pound. For pig one teaspoonful in
slop twice day. Pine tar in trough is
also valuable addition. This formula
is the result of my study of pigs cough
| ing and the uses of common medicines.
1t has proved effectual in every case for
| me as we'll as with several other breed
ers who have tried IT'D. L. Thomas,
| in Breeders Gazette.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17
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HOUSEHOLD BREviTiES.

-Molasses Cake.-One cupful OF mo-
1asses, one-quarter cupful cold water,
piece of butter the size of an egg, one
of soda, one-han teaspoon
full of ginger, little salt and two and
one-half cupfuls of flour.
"A few years ago fashionable table
was so piled with high dishes that IL
was impossible to see ones vis-a-vis
without peeping under the heavily laden
silver and glass ware Now table Is
considered vulgar when not laid In a
low, simple manner.-avv-.z~s-.s-.-.--=
Planned Spring Chickens.-Split the
chicken down the back, put in drip
ping pan, cover with bits of butter, and
set in the oven. When half done take
out and season with salt. pepper and
butter, return to the oven to brown
Make gravy by adding butter. little
hot water and a tablespoonful of grated
cracker to the gravy in the pan.
Sweet Apple Pudding.-Pare and
slice half dozen large sweet apples Tor
more il smalD, scald a quart of sweet
milk and stir smoothly into it teacup-
full Indian meal, teaspoonful salt and
a teacupfu1 molasses and the apples;
mix we'll together, pour into buttered
pudding dish; bake three hours in q
moderate oven. Serve with hot sauce or
sweetened cream.-Orange Judd Farmer.
To brighten gilt picture frames,
take sufficient flowers Of sulphur to
give a golden tinge to about one and
one-half pints of water, and in this boil
four or five bruised onions, or garlic,
which will answer the same purpose
Strain off this liquid, and with it. when
cold, wash with soft brush any gliding
which requires renewing, and when dry
it will come out bright as new.-Waver-
ley Magazine.
Cream Pudding.-In one pint of
cream or rich milk melt a teaSpoonful
of butter, then add half a cup of sugar,
one teaspoonful of lemon or vanilla and
the yelks of five eggs Beat the whites
of the eggs to stiff froth, drop by spoon
fuls in the hot custard and stir very
lightly, so as the whites will be all
through the yellow custard in spoonfuls
unbroken; the effect is very pretty
Ripe strawberries may be placed in a
dish and the custard poured over them
Household.
= Indian Eggs.-Boil some eggs hard,
put them in cold water, then shell them
and put into more cold water. When
quite cold, take them out on to a cloth,
cut off one end with sharp knife so
that they will stand upright Now in
sert small spoon and remove the yelks
without breaking the whites Rub the
yell1s through wire sieve, put them in
a basin and mix them with an equal
quantity of Indian chutney; stuff the
eggs with this, and dish in an upright
position Of course, you will have
double of the mixture required to fill
the eggs: put the remainder by and use
it when required--Good Housekeeping
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17
ORATORICAL TRIUMPH.

How Bill Simpson " Did Himself and His
Fellow-Citizens Proud.'
Mr.. Bill Simpson had just been nom
mated for mayor of the town of Rash
vile, out in Montana, and, responding
to the loud and long yells of the crowd
rose to make his first speech. which has
been reported exclusively for Time:
swell, boys"
''Hooray for you, Bill! Hooray!"
81 don't know ez -
''Hooray! Hooray fer Bill"
81 amt used to this sort of bizness
and
go it, Bill! yer doin' bully! Pitch
in! Ho-o-o-o-ray!"
''YOu all know me, boys"
Course we do, Bill! Lord love ye
old boy-c0urse we know We! Go on! &c
on! Pitch in, Bill! Go it, Gallagher
Gas said before, experimenting ain't
my"
''Ho-o-o-o-o-o-ray fer Bill! Three cheers
an a tiger fer the silver-tongued orato,
Of the rowdy West, begosh! Hip, hip
hoo-ray!"
''All kin say is"
$50 ahead, Bill! Give us something
bout the 'Merican flag and the ole
eagle! Ye kin do it, Bill! Hooray!"
81 didn't expect this honor, and So
'Whoop 'em up. Bill! Lay ole Da1
Webster in the shade. Spit on YOU
hands and wade in! Wendell Phillip.
amt patch on to our Bill! No b,
hain't! Hooray for the next mayor o
Rashviller'
can SO guess I'll set DOWN.
"Hoo-ray! Hoo-ray! Whoop-la! Bill'
dandy an right at home anywhar
Hip, hip, hooray! Ye done yersel
proud, old boy! Throw up yer hats
boys! Kick up yer heels! Show som.
probation of the best speech ever mad,
in this county! Hoo-ray for Bill Tire,
cheers an ti-i-ger! Whoop la! Let
carry him home on our shoulders! Hoo
rov!"-Time,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17
CRATE FOR SHIPPING PIGS.

Shippers Can Get . Hint from This.
The man who receives stock in crates
does not care to pay express on useless
lumber, yet he wishes to have the crate
strong enough to hold his purchase safe
ly until it reaches his farm Some
woods. like poplar. Eastwood and elm,
are both light and tough and can be
used thinner than pine, but if pine is
thoroughly dried and planed on both
sides a neat light crate can be made
which will hold pigs or sheep securely.
A crate for a two-hundred-pound pig
must be four feet long, thirteen or four
teen inches wide and from twenty-four
to twenty-eight inches high.
When sent by freight it should have
feeding-box in front, and be nailed to-
gether with wire nails properly clinched.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17
SMUT IN GRAIN.



- strOying It. &.
A Danish experimenter, Prof Jensen,
has made extensive tests of the efficacy
of hot water in killing of the spores of
smut adhering to various kinds of
grains. The conclusion of his expert
ments is, says the Country Gentleman,
that it is only necessary to- dip the seed
to be sown in water heated to- the tenn
perature of 1872 degrees Fahrenheit.
It Is best, however. to dip the grain first
into as-vessel with the water at ITO de-
grees, and from that into the second
vessel with the water heated to 1S2 de-
grees. If there is only small quantity
of grain to be treated, the dipping can
be done upon kitchen stove in kettles
of the ordinary sort. thermometer be-
ing employed to denote the tempera-
lures. The grain is placed in a sack,
through the fabric of which water easily
passes, and the whole dipped into the
first kettle with the water at ITO de-
grees. After remaining here for few
minutes the sack of grain should be re-
moved and immersed in. the hotter water
of vessel No. 2. The only point to be
thought of in this connection is the
| movement of the sack sufficiently that
the hot water may penetrate between
| the grains and reach the whole surface
of all the contents of the bag. After a
few repeated dimensions by lifting and
lowering the bag it is removed, and the
grain plunged into cold water. From
the cold water the grain should be
spread but to dry, after which it is ready
| for sowing. ,sef
Should there be a large quantity to
treat, it may be best to have two large
watts or kettles holding barrel or more
of water each, when grain sacks can be
used for the dipping. Care should be
taken that the temperature of the hotter
water be always between $50 degrees
and 1s5 degrees F. The principal use of
the first vessel is to prevent consider
able cooling of the hotter water that
| would be caused by plunging the dry.
cool grain directly into it. This treat
ment need not be delayed until sowing
time, but can be given any day, even in
the comparative leisure of the early
spring before the hurry of seeding time
arrives.
The following are Prof. Kellerman's
conclusions from large number of field
tests of various remedies for smut: L.
Treatment of the seed with hot water
by the Jensen method completely pre-
vented the smut in every case, and i'm
proved rather than diminished the ger
minating power of the seed and the
vigor of the plants. g. Treatment with
a solution of copper sulphate (blue Wit
riol or blue stone) four ounces to one
gallon of water for eighteen hours, pre-
vented the smut but greatly injured the
Good
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17
Objects of Pig Breeding.

It should not be forgotten that the
sole end of pig breeding is to attain =
large quantity of meat of good quality
in as short space of time as possible.
The greatest quantity can not be OBJ
tanned without breed and suitable feed
ing, nor can we expect quality without a
combination of good feeding and man
agement- It might be said that the OBJ
ject of a pig is successful fattening. 1t
he fails In that his life Is fail
ure. But if the animal is of good
breed and is healthy. such result
could scarcely be brought about. unless
by bad feeding and management 1t Is
nevertheless fact that some breeders
dose money, while others, pursuing .
practical system, get fair returns
Western Rural
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17

like the gentle murmur of low fount-
ain stealing forth in the midst of roses,
or the soft, sweet accents of an angels
whisper on the bright and joyous dream
of sleeping innocence. Duluth! Twas
the name for which my soul had painted
as the hart pantcth for the water brooks.
But where was Duluth? Never in all
my limited reading had 1 seen the
celestial name in print or heard even
the winds whisper of this zenith city by
the unsalted sea-"
s''And in that way he went on for one
hour ridiculing Duluth said the land
lord, as he wiped the perspiration from
his. brow and sat down again beside me.
Now, look at Duluth, with its great
blocks of buildings, its bursting ware
houses and elevators and it's mills and
factories. How many bushels of wheat
do you suppose >
Fifteen million two hundred and
twenty-five thousand four hundred and
forty-seven bushels and some pecks,'
answered promptly, for this thing had
been sprung on me several times before.
"'Just so,' said the landlord, and yet
Proctor Knott stood in the halls OF
Congressman he rose grandly to his
feet again-'and yet, 1 say. Proctor
Knott stood in the halls of Congress,
thus
81 asked the landlord at this point il
he wouldn't kindly hold that paragraph
until walked around to the post-ofice
and got my mail.
when the postmaster handed me ou'
my letters, he said: Il think you are
stranger here told him was. sThinl
you will like Duluth?' he continued
Got to be quite city. Ten newspapers
great business blocks, warehouses AMI
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17
FARM AND GARDEN.
A GOOD BUTTER WORKER.
A Good Appliance That Any One Can
Mnkos

A Good Appliance That Any One Can
Make.
The work of butter making is not so
easy, says Farm and Home, that dairy
men can afford to do without the best
appliances. Where only small guam
THY of butter is made, however, it may
not pay to invest in an expensive butter
worker The one shown in our engrav-
ing, if well made at home, will do very
effective work, and do it much more
rapidly than the hands. Hard maple or
beech or some other close-grained and
tasteless wood will be needed for the
table top and roller. The table on
which the butter is to be worked is al
most in the shape of triangle, the
roller being hung at the narrow end.
The roller should be made something
the shape of the housewives rolling pin.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17
He Couldn't Get Tn.

Court-What is the charge against the
prisoner?
Observation-Disclosures conduct He
was making racket in front of Shaw's
saloon.
Prisoner-Oi was throyin' to get into
the saloon, bedad.
Court-Weil, why didn't you go into
the saloon without making a noise
about it?
Prisoner-Oi couldn't. It was chuck
full of delegates to the temperance con-
vintion.-Arcola Record.