Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-07-04

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the devices adopted for storing farm
tools and machinery. A good pillow, ap-
parently nearly new, had been left in
one corner of the field standing in the
furrow, just where, last fall, the plow-
man had finished his stint. Probably
the timber needed seasoning-it was GER
tainly getting it; or, maybe, it was left
there for acclimation. Perhaps the
farmer left it there to save time In the
hurry of spring work in dragging it from
the shed. Perhaps he covered the share
to keep it from the elements and save 1t
from rusting; or, again, perhaps he is
troubled with neighbors that borrow, and
left it where it would be convenient for
them. He might at least have built
shed over it.
Over in an adjoining field was q reaper
and binder just where the job was fin
ished last fall in gathering the wheat
the hogs had taken the wheat-were
thrown over the concern, and the hogs
had cozy nest among the gearing and
on the bundle table, and in their zeal to
get the warmest place had worn all the
dirt and rust off in many places, and the
constant friction of their bristles made
the machine take high polish in places.
Approaching the house, we passed
through the barn yard, and il this man
does not act soon it will be grave ques-
tion which he can easier move, the farm
buildings or the manure heaps. Passing
to the house the same order prevailed,
though we managed to get something to
eat, aud paid seventy-ive cents apiece
for some bread and milk and a greasy
doughnut or two.
After returning to the train, we were
tired, and ordered onr berth prepared
and were soon asleep and dreaming. We
again visited that mans barn; boards
were kicked off, partitions were half
broken down, racks broken, floor foot
deep with manure-there was no room
to throw it outlay trampled under foot
and wasted, grain squandered. The
wagon had not been hauled under the
shed, though it was raining. The har-
ness was scattered about-hames in one
place, the breeding in another. The
lines were used for halters We again
went into the house. A shed stood near
by in which family wagon was kept for
the women to go to town in. The hens
had appropriated it as roost, and, how
ever plain it once was, it was ornamented
now inside and out. ct should be borne
in mind that hen manure does not injure
growing melons, SQuaShes, cucumberS,
etc. This farmer bought these things in
town.. We peeped into the smoke
house, but of all the fxings ever seen
this place beat them. A Chinese mu-
scum cannot compare with it. Onions,
soap-greese, decaying pumpkins, hogs
bristles, soap, old iron, rags, bones, ket-
ties, broken spinning-wheeI, churn, a
grind-stone, bacon, hams, washtubs, a
barrel of salt, bones with the meat half
cut off, scraps of leather, dirty bags, a
sack of corn meal, old boots, smoked
sausages, the ashes and brands that re-
manned since the last smoking, stumps of
brooms, half barrel of rotten apples,
together with rats, bugs, earwigs, sow
bugs, and all the vermin usually found
in damp dirt.
Two gentlemen told us the next morn
Ing that we did not dream half what
they saw when they went to the house
in the back way. The window near the
door had twelve lights, two wood, two Of
hats, four OF paper, one of bunch of
rags, one pillow, and the rest Of glass,
more or less broken and patched. Under
this window stood several cooking pots,
and several that were not used for cook
ing, and Us they were debating whether
to enter or not, such squall arose from
q quarreling man and woman that they
feared violence if they entered.
Two of us entered the front way and
escaped the circus and museum heard
and seen by our friends. Amazing
change! q front door, piano. pictures,
books, and smiles. The back door princi-
pally old junk, slop barrels and quarrels.
Oh, what contrasts can our most vivid
Imagination picture. But what else can
one or could one expect from . person
who stored his implements and ma
chinery out of doors and spent most OF
his time at the grocery or saloon talking
Of hard times and the down-trodden
agriculturalist.
NY friends, the foregoing Is no fancy
sketch, and its counterpart can be
found in nearly every farming commu-
nifty. Then the question is raised why
the boys will not stay upon the farm,
but seek the glare, glitter, and achieve
ments of town or city lifef This class
Of farmers have no money to pay for OF
time to read the agricultural paper, but
VIII eagerly subscribe for some political
blstherskites thrice told tales, and can
always be relied upon to have bottle OF
whisky In the haYmow or in . hollow
log. These things ought not SO to be;
this is what brings the high. the noble,
the exalted pursuit of agriculture into
disrepute, and causes many OF their
neiehbors to hang their heads in very
shame. Such farmers as these are In.
variably lodging their creditor and
waiying protest; their notes are seen
everywhere, and finally they make q big
sale, pay all their debts, but the
Sheriff is the auctioneer.-FdTm, Netd
and Stocaunan-
How to Seed Down Ground.
II depends largely, in seeding ground.
vhether it is to be used for permanent
nssture or merely for hay for year OF
20 and then to be plowed up again. II
~ permanent pasture, we want the SOD
~ thick, and : variety Of grasses %