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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-07
A NEW CANAL PROJECT.
IT Proposes to Connect the Atlantic
and the Mediterranean.

bordeaux, June 6.-President Faure yes
terday received a deputation represent
irp the interests involved in the projected
canal to connect the Atlantic and the
STaditerranean and assured the delegates
that the government was greatly inter-
ested in the project and fully recognized
the Importance of its being carried out.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-29

stack. For instance If the stack Is to
be IS feet square, the bottom of the
pole viii be placed on the outside of this
square, with the top directly over the
center. Fasten a strong piece of wood,
2x6 feet, on the bottom of the pole
with wire rings in each end by means
Of which it can be staked firmly to the
ground. The four guy ropes are fast
ened to the top of the pole and to the
ground by means of a stake. The pull
legs and hay forks are attached much
the same as in a barn and are operated
similarly.
For making the pole, use two tele-
graph poles, one 20 feet, the other "a
feet, and splice them firmly together.
For guy ropes, take or strands of
30. - galvanized wire, draw them
tight and twist. The best way to do
this is to fasten one end to a post by
means of a chain with a swivel and
pull them taut with large wire fence
stretcher such as is used in putting up
woven wire fence. The swivel will
permit the bunch of wires being
twisted any desired amount. The guy
ropes will cost 50. 40, the pole 50. so, and
in addition you viii need the hay fork
and pulleys, which can be taken from
the barn. The total expense of this de-
vice is consequently only S4.9O. The
whole apparatus in position is shown
in the cut. I have used this kind of a
hay pole for two years and can recon-
mend it. It is the best derrick for
stacking hay that I have ever tried.
Several of my neighbors have used it
and all of them are pleased. With the
pole 40 feet long, stack 80 to IS feet
high can easily be built. The higher
the pole the easier for the man on the
stack.-farm and Home.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-29
HINTS FOR HORSEMEN.

GIVE every horse and colt bran
mash once a week.
THERE is a great deal in the early
maturing of horses
SHOULD the old coat not start readily,
increase the grain ration slightly.
CoTroNsEED meal and oil cake are
good spring rations for work horses.
Our of every twenty horses raised for
market nineteen are spoiled by want
of feeding rather than by overlooking.
WITH the beginning of spring work
horses get out of condition, lose their
appetites and become feverish. The
feed should be changed at such times
and numerous bran mashes be given.
THE latest sulky for the race track
has the drivers seat over the hips OF
the horse and pneumatic-tired wheels
just back of the horses forelegs on
each side. The new device reduces the
amount of harness necessary and is
said to give the horse perfect freedom
of motion.-N. Y. World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-29
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

FARMERS in the west find that it
pays to raise heavy draught horses for
the larger cities, especially for use on
drays-
On large farm it is as important to
have good roads leading to the fields,
to reduce cost OF hauling, as to have
good highways
THE growing of mangels should be
engaged in much more by farmers THAI
is at present Many tons can be grown
on an acre of ground, and make excel
lent feed for stock in winter.
THERE is a wide field open for the in
PRODUCTION of breed of rapid-waIking
horses. The horse that walks fast is
useful in all departments OF the farm,
and is also excellent for service on the
road
FOR scratches nothing is better than
a real physic. followed by two days of
rest At the same time clip the hair
from the heels of the horse and apply
sulphur one part to crude petroleum
two parts
PROPER frming of the soil around the
plant roots viii usually make the
transplanting successful Young trees
that are to be transplanted should be
dug up carefully. damaging the roots
as little as possible.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-29
HOW TO MOVE BEES.
Not as Difficult Task as Many Seem
Think.

Not as Difficuls Task as Many Seem tc
Think.
The evening before the bees are to
be removed, when they have all re-
turned from the fields. they should be
fastened in the hive. When it is suf-
fciently warm for bees to fly they leave
the hive very early in the morning,
and if the hive should be closed during
their absence, they will follow and an
noy the driver and team. Every exit
for a bee should be securely closed.
Their fly entrances should be covered
with wire gauze to admit air so that
the bees will not smother. If the
weather is very warm while the bees
are in transit, and they gather on the
wire gauze, they may smother; halt
should be taken and buckets of cold
water dashed over them.
Previous to moving, the frames
should be secured so that they may
not jostle together. If the frames are
those with fixed distances and glued
down with propolis and have not re-
Gently been handled, they need
not be disturbed-they will not strike
together. If the weather should be
warm, put on the second story above
the brood nest with little or no di-
vision between them, and nail together
so that no Earring by the wheels going
into deep ruts will part them. Bees
have been moved thirty-fve miles in
this way. The hives should be loaded
on the wagon so that the frames shall
be crosswise of it for safety; the wagon
should be loaded before the horses are
attached. When the destination is
reached put them where they are to
remain and leave a short time until
quiet is restored and then remove the
wire screen quietly. The same prin-
ciple is involved as when bees are
moved by wagon. They should be pre-
pared in the same way, but when put
into the car there should be this diff
ference: The frames should be length
wise of the car in lieu of crosswise, as
in a wagon. The hives should be
packed securely together with straw.
Farm and Home.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-29
TIE FARMING WORLD.
cooPs FOR CHICKENS.

What Ingenious Poultry Raisers Can Do
with a Barrel.
Every poultry raiser has used old
barrels as coops. But most of them
have employed them merely for nests
at night, laying the barrel down on its
side, putting in handful of straw,
and brick on each side to keep it
from rolling. This plan is good
enough when there are no rats or cats
around, or when the fowls are allowed
the range of the farm. In fact in the
east it is common practice to fix Up
such a barrel, drive down a stake
twenty or more feet from it, and tie a
string to the hen, protecting the leg
with piece of cloth. The fowls soon
get used to being tied, and thus the
hen and her brood are kept off the gar
dens.
But this is not an ideal way, nor do
we wish to recommend it. The illus
tration here given shows barrel ar
ranged to keep in the old hen and per-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-29
MANY Uses for Mushrooms.

Not only human beings, but cows,
sheep, squirrels and many kinds OF
birds are fond of mushrooms In
many places mushrooms are dried Just
as our grandmothers once dried APP
pies. strung on strings. and hung from
the ceiling for winter use. Some Euro
pean species are used in coloring. One
yields yellow dye, another an exqui-
site green which colors the tree on
which it grows; and from this wood is
manufactured the celebrated Tun-
bridge ware The poor people of
Franconia, Germany, dry. press and
stitch together certain kind Of mush-
room, which is then made into gar
ments; and in Bohemia a large round
toadstool is tried and the inside re-
moved; it is turned bottom upward.
fastened to the wall and used to hold
beautiful trailing vine, which grows
luxuriantly.-St- Nicholas.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-29
The HORSES IAIL
Frequently 1t Indicates TIE Health and
Strength of the Animal.

Frequently 1t Indicates the Health a14
Strength of the Animal.
In well-formed horses the tail should
be strong at the root, rising high from
the Group, the direction of which it fol-
lows When this is horizontal the tail
Is gracefully carried. especially when
the horse is blowing. With a power
full, good-shaped horse it is often ear
ried upward, or even curved over the
back, especially when the horse ID
lively. The health and strength OF
the animal are. according to popular
notions, indicated by the resistance
the tail offers to manual interference
and by the way in which it is carried
To some extent also it affords an indi-
cation of the horses disposition.
A fidgety horse usually has the tail,
like the ears, always in motion; when
about to kick the tail is drawn down
ward between the legs; when the ami
NAL is fatigued or exhausted then it is
dropping and frequently tremulous5
and with some horses, when galloping,
it is swung about in a circular manner
or dashed from side to side. There can
scarcely be any doubt also that, like
the tail of birds, it assists in the horses
.
looping in a small circle or rapidly
around corner it is curved to the in
ner side.
With wel1-bred horses the hair of
the tail Is comparatively fine and
straight, and often grows to such a,
length that it reaches the ground;
bred horses may also have the
hair long, but then it is usually very
thick and strong and more or less
frizzly, though soft, curly hair may oc-
easionally be noticed IN the tail of
thorough horses. In some horses
there IS tendency to shedding of the
tail hair this, like that of the name,
TAIL forelock, fetlocks, and some other
parts is permanent, and not shed at
certain seasons, as in other regions of
the body; the horse is then said to be
'rat-tailed." and there is a popular
saying to the effect that such horse
is never bad one. In other instances
the tail hair falls off, except at the
end of the dock, where it forms tuft,
and the horse is then 'coy-tailed" or
'~mule-tailed. Nineteenth Century.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-29

nit her chicks to run at will The
barrel is separated into two parts by
mailing down the hoops onto the slaves
where the separation is to be made.
Then saving the hoops gives two coops.
Care should be taken to make this
separation at point on the barrel
where the bottom will split lengthwise
of the grain. The pieces of lath in
front may be nailed onto the barrel or
driven into the ground.
The second illustration shows how to
make even a better pair of coops from
single barrel. The slaves are marked
on the barrel about three inches from
each other, that is, the marks on each
alternative stave will run round the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-29
How wna Turkers Foraee.

A writer in Bee Gleanings thus de-
sscribes troop of wild turkeys on a
marsh IN Missouri: He said they start
ed out in the morning like regiment
of soldiers, taking the fields and woods,
and every thing that came before them,
each turkey marching perhaps twenty
feet from its neighbor. They went
away every morning, and generally
came in an hour before shutdown, keep
ing up the same line of march in ali
their raids. About an hour before sun
down they emerged from the woods, in
a long line. all abreast. As they went
over the pasture lot every cricket,
grasshopper, bug and worm was pretty
sure to be detected by their keen, sharp
eyes, and you could see them do their
work as they moved forward Ofcourse.
they got into the cornfelds some, but
nj is generally considered that they do
enough good IN their march to atone
for the corn they take, for corn is cheap
down IN Missouri
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-29
ABOUT BLACK SHEEP.
They Were Quite Popular Not So Very
Many Years Ago.

They Were Quite Popular Not So Very
Many Years Ago.
From time immemorial black sheep
have existed throughout the world,
and yet history fails to give US any ac-
count whatever of any pure blood
; black sheep having been bred and
raised in any country. Among the
many pure-bred focks of white sheep
now in existence, none are SO pure but
what occasionally a black lamb will
make its appearance. And just how
far back the little fellow would have
to trace his ancestors before he could
lay claim to his black coat, no one
knows; but he is there all the same.
About the year 164S or 1850 we have
some history of black sheep being bred
and raised in the eastern states. They
were valued in some localities among
the early settlers, inasmuch as their
wool required no dyeing when made
into cloth. During the years from 1855
to 1855 we know, from personal obser-
walton, that in central Indiana there
were many focks of black sheep bred
and raised. They bred pure black, it be-
ing very seldom that white lamb was
seen among the black fioclzs Many
families, even at that late day, spun
and wove their own cloth. The black
wool was considered stronger and
more durable than the white wool
We have seen these hoclxs of black
sheep in all their purity, and have
helped to shear them. In size they
were fully up to the average of the
common sheep at that day. They
sheared from four to six pounds OF
wool, which was very good average
at that time. But of late years black
wool has declined in price, since dye
ing or coloring the wool has become
such an easy process This. we pre-
sumo, is the reason for abandoning the
black sheep.-Ohio Farmer
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-29
SKIM-MILK CALVES.
They Grow as Rapidly as Animals Fed on
Other Foods.


Other Foods
In many farm districts the milk is
sold to a dairy factory where the
cream is removed from the fresh milk
by a centrifugal separator. The cream
becomes creamery butter, but the
sweet SKINNED or separated milk is
sent back to the farms in the milk
wagons, being sold at a nominal price
per gallon for feeding to calves and
pigs. Oil cake or faxseed meal is
often added to the milk when fed to
calves, but Prof. e. F. Curtiss, of the
Iowa agricultural college, has recently
shown that it is much better to replace
the faxseed meal with ground oats, or
with corn meal containing one-tenth
of ground faxseed. Calves were sue
cessfully and profitably reared on sep
arated milk and the grains and hay
usually grown on the farm. During
the first three months the increase in
live weight was at the rate of one
pound of gain for a little less than two
pounds of dry matter in the feed, esti-
mated by evaporating all the water
from representative samples. Dur
ing the eighth month, without milk,
these calves gained an average of one
pound for each four and three-ffths
pounds of dry matter in the grain, hay
and green forage fed to them. The
experiment indicates that good calves
can be grown on separated milk and
farm feeds during their first two or
three months of life, at a food cost of
about two cents per pound of live
weight The superior adaptability
and digestibility of separated milk for
young animals is also shown, as
well as the application of the law of
growth that as growing animals adj
vance in age, an increasing quantity of
food is required for a given amount of
gain.-Ohio Farmer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-29
TYPICAL IRELAND EVE.

and in the year 1343. 1t was recorded
by the earliest writer's that the Rye
lands stood at the head of the short
wooded breeds. Mr.. Herbert, who has
studied the subject, is of the opinion
that the Rye1ands extended through
England from the Thames to the Tyne,
and even intimates that the Cotswold
were produced by cross of the Rye
land with some heavy sheep. The
counties of Hereford, Shropshire, Stat
fordshire and Oxford sheep were only
varieties of the Ryeland breed. 1t was
the work of years, but in the evolu-
tions Of the sheep industy, potential
factor in good husbandry, the Ryelands
were gradually forced to give place to
a heavier, earlier-maturing sheep until
conditions were reached that the
heavier sheep could not supplant them.
Until this time they were known as
Hereford sheep; but when they were
confined mainly to the southern part
of the country, where it was the Gus
tom to SOW great quantities of rye, and
to pasture fiocks thereon in the winter
season, they received their significant
name Ryeland. That there were two
breeds of Hereford sheep we are led to
infer from the writings of William
Ellis in 1747, for he shows there was
"a dark-faced sheep that was much
sought for by graziers and feeders in
Hertfordshire,' where he lived. and in
other counties which were then re-
garded as feeding sections of England
Youatt describes the true Ryeland as a
small sheep, seldom exceeding more
than fourteen to sixteen pounds to the
quarter in the wethers, or than ten to
thirteen in the eve. They have white
faces and are polled, the wool growing
close to and sometimes covering the
eyes. The legs are small and clean,
the bone altogether light, the carcass
sound and compact and peculiarly de-
velopeG on the loins and launches. The
Ryeland has that form which at once
bespeaks it to be patient of hunger and
capable of thriving on scanty fare. 1t
scarcely admits of a doubt that old
Ryelands would endure privations of
food better than any other breed. Sir
Joseph Banks, who was well acquaint-
ed with their constitution and habits,
used to say that the Ryelands deserved
a niche in the temple of famine. The
weight of fleece rarely exceeded two
pounds, but it possessed a degree of
ineness unequaled by any ether Brit
ish breed. It was finer than the South
down of one hundred years ago, but
not so fine as the Saxony. The Rye
land mutton was always SPOKEN of as
of the best quality. The sheep was at
its best at five or six years oId.-Orange
Judd Farmer
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-29
NN&N1
FIG. 1.-sEcT1oN OF TROUGH.

pieces are toe-nailed to the bottom OF
trough and also nails driven in at each
end used oak lumber for this, as it
is stronger than pine. A space of Ii
inches is given for each hog to feed
from. My trough will accommodate if
ty-one head of hogs of any size. have
also a cover made of 12-inch pine
boards to cover the trough in case of
rain or snow. These covers / raise
and lower by means of small pulleys
fastened to pieces of boards, nailed
perpendicular to the bottom of the
trough and extending high enough so
that when the covers are drawn up
they will not interfere with the hogs
when feeding. They also prevent the
hogs from jumping over the trough.
The barrel is on truck Is inches
high. The wheels are from an old
straw stacker. The slop is let out of
the barrel from Pinch faucet with a
slide and through a 3-inch rubber hose
into the trough. When the slop is
stirred sufficiently I pull out the
slide, and the barrel being full
of s1op and Is inches higher
than the trough, will give it enough
pressure to run out pretty thick slop,
which is the stuff to feed to lay on fat.
The truck runs on a 2x2 wooden track.
When the trough is full at the place /
started l close the slide, lift up my
hose and push the barrel further on
until the trough is filed. thus stand
by watching the slop run out into the
trough instead of handling and carry
ing it with a bucket.
Ihave also fastened an apparatus onto
the barrel to stir the slop wit4l. It works
on the principle of the old-fashioned
churn with handle attached to the
dasher. A scantling, 2x4x2 feet, ripped
open at the top for the handle, is bolted
onto the barrel. The stirring apparatus
is made out of three hickory pieces, l
inch by feet, bolted on the upper end
to a 3-inch triangular piece of hickory,
and this upper part is fastened with
an iron hinge to the handle. The bot
tom, or dasher, is made with 1-inch
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-29
GLOVER HAY FOR HENS
It IsN Excellent Because 1t Abounds 1
Mineral Matter

Mineral Matter.
1t is only recently that clover hay
has been found to be the cheapest and
best winter food for laying hens, and
that by it's use the great difficulty OF
procuring green food Is overcome. In
fact, the essential want of hens in win
ter IS not so much that of green food
as of bulky food of heterogeneous char
acter For many years the writer's and
breeders have made a specially of rec
ommending all kinds of grain for
poultry, the only variation being that
at certain times soE2e of It was to be
whole grain and at other times soft
food was to be given. It did not occur
to them that the effects OF a Iong-con-
tinued diet of grain was as injurious to
fowls as to cattle, and that the eOncen-
trated grain food gave the best results
when diluted Gf we may use the ex-
pression1 with some kind of bulky ma
terial. which not only promoted di-
gestion, but also largely assisted IN
supplying the elements necessary for
the albumen of the eggs, which was
lacking in the carbonaceous food of
the grains.
Another important advantage in the
feeding of clover hay is that it bounds
in mineral matter, thus providing lime
in soluble condition for the shells,
and in supplying the bony structure
for the chicks in the eggs. The phos-
pilates, salt, soda, magnesia, iron and
nitrogen are easiest obtained from the
grasses, but in less proportion than
from bran, or some product of the
preparation of grain. Yet it is less
concentrated and more soluble, while
the fowls can consume a much larger
quantity. To attempt to feed clover,
however, without grain as an assistant
would be going to the other extreme;
and hence, the best results can only be
obtained from mixed or balanced
ration, by which the laying hens are
supplied with food Astounding in all
the elements essential to the produc-
ton of eggs, as well as to supply the
hens with animal heat and to repair
waste of tissue.-Farm and Fireside.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-29

Green food all through the summer
and fall months can be obtained with
good grass. rye, clover, roots and other
crops planted on rich soil. The food
value of all these products needs no
demonstration. But a great mistake
many growers make is to starve the
animals by giving them very little or
no grain. Good growing animals need
grain, even in the summer, when green
food is SO abundant, and it is mistaken
economy to deny them this. The
dairy man finds this out when he tries
to sell his cream and butter and the
beef and pork packers when they cal
culate up the cost of raising every
pound Grain is an essential food for
cattle summer and winter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-29
succes. - Plant Grow1ng.

There is a wonderful amount OF
truth in the following statement:
Some persons have knack of making
all kinds of plants grow in the mosh
unfavorable circumstances l think
this is partly owing to magnetic at
traction existing between such per
sons and their plants The plants
see. to know that they are loved, that
they are household treasures, that
every new leaf and flower is as well
come as the new words and expanding
thoughts of baby to its mother. APP
parently unconscious of this they do
their utmost, and in places least
adapted for house culture of plants, we
often find stands or individuals equal
to the best greenhouse specimens"