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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-11

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Davey, R. c.. La. Metropolitan.
Davis, Jno, PAS Sth ne.
De Almond. D. A. Mo-. varnum.
De Forest. R. E.. Conn. 221 LIST ne.
benson, W. H. Ala, 1910 10Th.
Dinsmore, H. A., Ark. Metropolitan.
Dockery, A. M. Mo-. Wizards.
Dolliver, J. p, Iowa, Hamilton.
Donovan. D. D., Ohio, 12O Sd Sc.
Doolitsle; W; H.. Nv, wash ;so Wyormley's.
Durborow, A. c., ILL.,, Shoreham.
diamonds, P. c., Va, go A Sc
Edwards, P. c., Va. 23O A Sc.
Ellis. W. T., KY, the Richmond.
Ellis. w. R., Greg. S15 18th.
Enloe. 5. A, Tenn, 1874 Vermont ava
English, w. B., Cal. 1904 H.
Foes, J. T., Va, 80 A Sc.
Erdman. c. j., Pa. Randall Hotel
Everett, VIM, Mass, The Albany.
Fielder, G. B.. N. j., Normandie.
Fithian, G. W.. ILL.,, 514 18th.
Fletcher, l., MIMI MINI, Shoreham-
Forman. w. S.. ILL.,. Randall.
Evan. r. W., Mo-, Hillman House.
Geissenhainer. J. A., N. j., Arlington.
Gear, J. H., Iowa, Portland.
Geary, 7. j., CAL. ITO 10th.
Gillett. G: W.. n; Y. Hamilton.
German, J. S., Mich. wormley's.
Graham, ]. IL, N. Y, Ebbitt-
Gresham, W., Texas, 426 9th NV.
Grimm, l.. T., Mich. 40 st. Sc.
Grosvenor c. H, Ohio. Cochran.
Grout, w. W., VT. Arlington.
Grow, G. A., Pa, Wizards.
Goldzier j., ILL.,, 400 Sc.
Goodnight, ]. H., KY, the Arno.
Haper, A. L., the Portland.
-Hainer, E. j., Neb, S15 18th St NV.
Haines, C. D., N. Y. Congressional
Hall, o. NJ, Mimi. 14O1 Mass. ave.
Han. u. s., Mo-, 2113 o st.
Hare, D. D., Ohio. Varnum.
Harmer, A. c., Pa. The Cairo.
Harris, w. A.. Kansas, 1881 q st. NV.
Harrison, Geo. p, Ala, Riggs.
Harter, M. D.. Ohio, 1910 Riggs place.
Hartman, c. s., Montana, 1734 r st
Haugen, N. p, Wis.,. Fredonia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-11

Chicago's annual charity ball was held
last night at the Auditorium. About 1,5OO
people were present and 10000 was real
lied for charity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-11

John Mcnamara was fined $50 or thirty
days by Judge Miller yesterday for the
theft Of a lap robe belonging to A. S. John
SON.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-22

ground and then gnaw the plant of.
The female deposits her eggs in the
ground near the roots of the plant. and
this accounts for their being in the
ground about ashill.
The young grub which matches from
the egg is very slender, and when full
grown is about one-third Of an inch
long and not thicker than an ordinary
darning-need1e. The young worm
commences to work upon the stem as
soon as it is Matched. It eats the bark
and perforates and hollows out the
lower portion of the stem which is in
the ground, sometimes even working
above the surface. The young COM
pletes its growth in about a month:
they then enter the earth and form
little cells, where they transform. and
emerge as adult beetles in about a fort
night. The full-grown worms are rep
resented in Fig.,2 the hair line at the
side showing theinatura1 length. There
are several broods each year. Itpasses
the winter in the adult state, usually
under leaves, logs, or any rubbish that
will afford shelter and protection.
Among the older remedies may be
mentioned the following: Treating
the vines with solution of tobacco
water, infusion of elder, walnut leaves,
ETC.; applications of ground plaster of
Paris. powdered SCOT, sulphur, snuff,
a1oes. ETC.; placing burning torches
among the vines. But at present there
are but two remedial agencies which
are considered worthy Of trial. One is
to cover the vines with screen, thus
keeping the beetles from the leaves.
Wires or half barrel hoops thrust into
the ground so as to form two crossing
arches, like basket on croquet
ground, and covered with cheese cloth
or netting, do well. The most effective
and satisfactory remedy L have found
is the use of paris green prepared and
applied as follows: Take a teaspoon
level full of paris green and add to
this two heaping spoonfuls of dry
-four, stir the mixture well and
sprinkle over the leaves, and especially
about the stem at the surface of the
ground. A baking powder can with
holes punched in the head will do very
well as sitter for a small pa tch.-
Prof. w. G. johnson, in Farm, Field
and Fireside.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-22
IMPROVED RAnoNs.
Result OF Valuable Experiments ee shs
Massachusetts Station.

Result Of Valuable Experiments ne she
Massachusetts Station
The American Dairyman summarizes
experiments of the Massachusetts, sta
ton in regard to dairy rations. It
says that the ration fed by many Mass
achusetts farmers as given by the re-
port consists OF $50 pounds of wheat
bran, the same quantity of corn meal,
four pounds corn. .stover and "A. SO
pounds corn ensilage. The nutritive
ratio OF such ration is Ito and its
cost 14.99 cents, while 5.S4 cents is ac-
corded to it as its material value, max
ing the net cost 9.15 cents. The total
milk yield of six COWS for Ia DAYS on
this. ration was 1861 quarts, at to-
tai cost of Ice cents per quart, while
the net cost per quart was LOG cents.
The amount of butter fat in this guam
tity OF milk was 67.31 pounds and its
cost per pound was 1857 cents. The
ration recommended by the station to
take the place of the one just noted,
which it may be stated contains only
1.30 pounds Of digestible protein, con-
sists of three pounds of wheat bran,
three pounds of Buffalo gluten feed,
three pounds cottonseed meal, four
pounds corn slower and 42.7S pounds
ensilage. This ration contains $50
pounds of digestible protein, and it's
nutritive ratio is LAS. Its total cost is
1898 cents, which is reduced to
7.46 cents as the net cost, be-
cause it gives richer manure, and
this is credited at S46 cents. In the
returns of six cows fed this ration for
a days, they are credited with 1886
quarts of milk at a gross cost of LEO
cents per quart, and the net cost OFT
cent per quart. The quantity of but
ter fat obtained from the milk in this
instance was 81. II pounds at cost of
16. 80 cents per pound. The point about
this experiment is that the same cows
were used in both trials for CORE
spending periods of time, and it is
within the limits of reason able coniec-
ture that the result of the second ra-
ton would have been greater if some
part of it was not diverted to repair
the physical waste due to the poor
nourishment present in the first ration
Some of the things gained in using the
second ration was an increase of 81
quarts of milk over the quantity OBJ
tainable by the first one and the aggre-
gate yield was produced at less cost
Again, the increase Of butter fat with
OAC oOeIc1 HdCiOA ~ 14'oo pouuuS anu
the cost of production is decreased 2. 81
cents per pound as contrasted with the
same item in the account of the first
ration. Another point that should not
be overlooked is that the ration that
furnished the best returns actually
cost less to feed. In other words, de-
creased cost of production furnished a
richer ration that produced larger
yield of milk, that was of higher quail
itv
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-22
GARDEN AND ORCHARD.

NEGLECT to mulch in good season
kills many trees
MANY young trees are killed by too
deep planting.
IN thinning grapes, as a rule, two
good clusters are enough to be left on
one cane or bud.
MANY fail to get good results with
raspberries and cixberries by allow
ing them to sucker too freely.
PLANT lice, such as green fly, may be
destroyed with soap-subs or tobacco
water. Sprinkle it on with watering
pot.
MUCH fruit that otherwise would go
to waste can be saved by having a fruit
evaporation and evaporating all that
cannot be marketed or used in any 9TH
er way.
TIE best way of pruning blackberry
and raspberry canes is to pinch of the
growing point when the cane has
reached height of three feet. This
makes stockier growth
ONE of the best ways of replacing
missing grapevines in bearing vine
yard is by laying down cane from the
nearest thrifty vine of a good variety.
Dig trench foot deep, lay the vine
in it. allowing it to stand up two or
three buds above ground. Fill up the
trench with rich soil, pressing down
well upon the vines. Louis Repub-
lie.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-22
A Word. ABOUT STREAMING MIX.

Straining should begin before com.
mencing to milk, by brushing off all
the dirt, hair, straw. etc, from the
udder. teats and body of the cow. Let
it be the duty of some one person to
go over all the cows with soft brush
or a damp cloth before the COWS are
MIXED. An ordinary wire sieve
strainer does very well. but we add tc
this by doubling cheesecloth or thin
cotton SO as to have it four thicIknesses.
Lay the cloth across the bottom of the
strainer and then fasten it on by means
of a tin ring which slips over the cloth
and bottom part of the strainer. For
quickness weuse a strainer that q pail
Of milk may be put into at once. This
sets in a wooden frame over the can.
Some use a wooden cloth to strain
with Cloth of some kind is necessary
to catch hairs and fine dirt This cloth
must be kept clean. Scald it thorough
~ each time after using.-Ontario Ez
perimentat Farm.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-22
LOOKS BEFORE MERIT.

Importance of Care in Sorting and Mar
keting Garden Crops.
1t costs no more to raise good fruits
and vegetables than it does poor The
expenses of gathering. packing and
shipping and marketing are precisely
the same on the different grades. But
the returns are wonderfully different,
and, we take it, the farmer is in the
business for these very returns. Why
not then get the most out of them?
The only thing which makes the differ
ence between the good and the poor is
care, but this selfsame care must be
scrupulOusly exercised from beginning
to end. From the proper preparation
of the ground for the plants right
through to the shipping of the crop,
every detail must be attended to: the
neglect of single one may render all
the others futile. 1t will not paw to
expend all the energy on raising good
crops only to gather and ship them in
a slipshod fashion. Of the two evils
it is better to err in the other direc-
tions, for careful sorting and neat
packing will do much towards selling
an Indifferent article, all things being
judged first by their appearance and
then by their taste. Looks come before
merit in all cases.
When these are combined, as thew
always should be, then the big profits
come in, for fancy articles bring fancy
prices Too many farmers fail to real
ize this. They save their labor by fall
ing to assert their crops according to
size and quality, or economic in the
wrong direction, as when they use an
old soiled package, thereby disgusting
would-be purchaser and rendering
him suspicious of the fruit which a
clean new package would have set off
and rendered tempting and attractive.
All such saving, whether of labor or
money, is false economy, and results
In loss to the seller.-N. Y. World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-22

30 much higher and rougher that the
wayfayer, or he who's a-horseback
or in vehicle, will be glad to take the
side he now despises- The teamster
with a thousand of brick will help to
make one or t'other OF these sides
smooth before fall. If not, the COM
minuting and pulverizing qualities Of
Jack Frost, or a good covering Of snow,
may fix things before next spring.
Now such horrid slipshod business is
not at all characteristic of this farmer
on the farm. Ifyou go and look, you will
find that he has all the latest improved
farm machinery. good horses, blooded
cattle and sheep, and is in general a
rather ssO-ahead sort of a man-al-
ways excepting that awful road in
front of his place. When he ''gets
around to it" I am sure he will see that
this cry for good roads is not all in the
interest Of those bicycle people. Any
how, what is the matter with the agri-
culturist getting a wheel for himself?
Once a Week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-22
FOUND THE Losr SHIRTS.

Judge Black Put His Clean Over HIS
Solled Undergarnents-
Kirkland White, better known as
skirt" has lived for over forty years
In the pretty little city of York, Pa.
which was also the home Of the late
Judge jeremiah 5. Black. Mr.. White
was a personal friend OF the judge,
aud they used to make many trips to
this city together and invariably stayed
at the Astor house. Mr.. White was at
this hotel one night recently and got
to speaking of his old friend, Judge
Black, who, he said, was the most
absent-minded man he ever met Mr..
White went on:
Whenever the judge and arranged
to start off on a trip together Mrs
Black used to tell me to be sure and
see that the judge paid his hotel bills
He generally forgot to do so unless
somebody reminded him of it. Some
times the clerks in the hotels would
suggest that he owed something just
as he was about to depart, but more
often they wouldn't. and the bill would
remain unpaid until he visited the
hotel again. These things annoyed
his good wife very much. When we
were returning after one of our trips
the judge would often say to me:
Bless my soul, Kirt, don't believe
paid my bill at that hotel. What will
they think of me?'''
"'Oh, that's all right. I settled
things 1 would reply. The Judge
would then insist on paying me back
Immediately, and when we got home
could make a clean report to his wife"
''Why. 1 remember" said one of the
clerks, who has been with the Astor
house for many years, THAT one day
I handed Judge Black telegram He
took it, and, after reading the address,
Judge Jeremiah S. Black on the en-
velope, he handed it back to me re-
marking that it couldn't be for him,
but that it must be for somebody else
of the same name. as he didn't recog-
nize the handwriting"
THE story of the shirts, however"
put in Mr. White, sis the best one of
all, and Mrs. Black told it herself She
said that one time the judge had to go
away alone on weeks trip, so she put
some things into valise for him, in
Guiding three clean shirts. When the
judge got home again. she opened the
valise and was surprised to find but
one shirt in it, and that was a soiled
one.
Gracious me, judger she exclaimed.
what have you done with your shirts?'
'''Pm sure L don't know, my DEAR
he replied; aren't they in the valise%
s. No, they are not said Mrs Black,
and they were new ones, too
''We1. the mystery of the lost shirts
was not cleared up until the judge
went to bed that night. It was then
discovered that he had worn the lost
shirts, one over the other. When he
wanted clean shirt he had evidently
forgotten to take the one he was wear
ing off. Mrs. Black used to say that
had the judge stayed away longer and
had more shirts with him he would un-
doubtedly have had them all on when
he finally got home."-N. Y. Tribune
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-22
SUMNER BEVERAGES.


Fruit the Foundation OF a Variety of Re-
freshing Drinks.
One of the luXuries of the well-regu-
lated family is a good supply of sum
mer beverages. or the ready-nade ma
terial for preparing them. In seasons
when fruit is plenty, one may make
the foundation for such drinks at very
small cost, and keep it on hand. Il
great many sirups are made and bot
tied; most of these, especially those for
immediate use, are cold pressed, which
makes, of course, the most desirable
article, as all of the flavor of the fruit
is retained in its natural delicacy. But
these sirnps do not keep unless one has
exceptional facilities for very cold stor-
age. Where there is an ice house or a
large supply of ice kept on hand. so
that the bottles may remain at ice-co1d
temperature continually, the cold
pressed process has its advantages; but
in many households this is not prac-
ticab1e; therefore, sirups are prepared
by heating the fruit and sugar, and
when at the proper pitch. putting
them into hot bottles, Or closing them
tightly, the corlxs being sealed and
tied down.
An excellent method of making these
number Of successful housekeepers, is
the cooking of a half jellied compound
that is at once f1avorous and delicate.
The sugar and fruit are proportioned;
as for jelly, the sugar is boiled for
ten minutes, then the fruit, previ-
ously crushed and mashed as fine as
possible, is stirred in, the heat being
kept up to the highest possible point
meanwhile. Ten minutes of boiling
after the fruit is in is sufficient; then.
regardless of its jellying capacities, it
is put into jars or bottles and tightly
covered One may put it in fruit-iars,
bottles or jugs at pleasure, but it is
much more desirable when put in
small, wide-topped glass jars The
popular fruit-jars in the pint-size have
now the same sized covers as those that
hold quart, and the strip, if it is
slightly thickened, is more easily re-
moved from them Materials for lem
onade may be prepared in similar
way, the Juice being pressed from the
lemons and quantity of sugar added
to 1T. Crushed straw berries. raspber-
ries. bits of orange and pineapple NAV
be added to the lemons and sugar. and
If bottled and kept upon the ice, will
last long time without any heating
or any other process.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Church of Jesus Christ of lat.
ter-Day Saints. Mormon. claims 42s So
eietiss~
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-22
INTERESTING FACTS.

Draught OF Agricultural Implements -
Recorded by the Dynam0meter.
Bulletins No and No. of the Utah
Experiment station contain interesting
results from tests of draught of farm
wagons, plows, moving machines and
harrows, as measured by self-record-
ing dynamometor-
The conclusions, as stated in these
bulletins, are as follows:
That Golfers add to draught of p1ows
by some Is per cent. That trucks or
wheels under the end of the plow beam
decrease draught by about Ii per cent
add uniformity to the furrow and
lessen the work of the plowman.
When the traces are not in line with
the draught of the pillow the draught is
increased.
Lengthening the hitch slightly de-
creased the draught. A share badly
sharpened increased the draught SO
per cent. over a new share. A dull
share drew harder than a sharp one,
but not as hard as a badly-sharpened
share. Draught decreases with the
depth and with the width per square
inch of soil.
Walking plows gave slightly less
draught than su1ky p1ows with rider.
Sulky plows drew easier down hill, but
much harder up hill than walking
plows. A share straight on its land
side and bottom took land we'll and
gave slight increase of draught. A
loss of draught was found on a sullxy
pillow when its adjustment to take land
was made from the pole.
A wagon with fellies IL inches wide
drew on moist, but close, blue grass
sward 41.6 per cent. harder than
wheels with fellies inches wide. On
dirt road, slightly moist, the narrow
tires drew 1877 per cent heavier than
the wide tires.
Draught on plank road is 1-5O of the
load, and not 1t of the draught on a
dirt road in its ordinary condition after
rain.
A load over the hind wheels drew 10
per cent easier than over the front
wheels
Lowering the reach, or the coupling
pole, on the hind wheels decreased
draught; wagons draw easier when
the traction has an upward incline,
and harder when horses are hitched to
the end of the pole
Loose burrs reduced draught As per
cent
An old moving machine repaired
drew easier than new one.
The draught was 81 per cent. great
er for well sharpened sickle than for
one more nicely sharpened.
pitman box set tight gave less
draught than one set quite loosely.
When cutter bar is not near right
line with pitman rod the draught is in
creased.
When guards are out of line the
draught is increased.
When cutter bar inc1ines upward
draught is decreased.
When the sections of the sickle do
not strike in the center of the guards
the draught is increased.
The draught was decreased ten
pounds by the driver walking.
A loss OF force was observed when the
wheel at the end of the cutter bar
failed to work we'll.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-22
FOR FEEDING CALVES.

4 Continuance That Saves Considerable
Time Well as Feed.
A trough fastened into pen is not
desirable for feeding calves, as it can,
not be as thoroughly scalded out as it
should be. Moreover, pouring milk
into anyareceptacle in pen in which
there is a calf is hazardous business,
the operation usually resulting in
spilled milk. An arrangement with a
feeding pail is shown in the illustra.
ton. The back board is hinged to the
front of the pen on the side marked a.
The pail can thus be set into the
holder on the outside of the pen and
the holder swung quarter of the way
round and hooked, thus bringing the
pail inside the pen. When removed a
button keeps the calf from getting his
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-22

longed to an old horse rake. The frame
was made of 2x4 elm, left from horse
fork track. The space in the CEN
ter is for the BARREL and IL 25 inches
square. This will let kerosene barrel
drop through about a foot, where it
should be hung with irons passing IN
der the bottom. The wheels should
track six feet apart An old moving.
machine seat should be mounted on
the right hand side. The pump should
be mounted, SO as to be easily removed
from the barrel We use a pump with
115-inch cylinder and 4-inch stroke; Is
feet OF hose, and a Bordeaux spray
nozzle With one man to drive the
horse, and pump, and one man on the
ground with the hose, they will go
over a large piece in short time. The
entire cost, exclusive of wheels, need
not be over SO, if one does the work
himself. F. 81. Bump, in Country
Gentleman
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-22
THE FARMING WORLD.
THE CUCUMBER Beetle.

Vegetable Gardeners Have Reason to Wage
War Against This Insect.
A very troublesome creature is this
little insect, which has inflicted heavy
damage on the vegetable gardener by
its depredations- It confines its at
tacks principally to the cucumber,
melon and squash. The beetles make
their appearance in the spring from the
middle Of April to early in June. ac-
cording to the latitude. It is nearly
quarter of an inch long and half as
wide; Of bright or a pale yellow
ground color; the head is usually black,
but not always, as it is sometimes yell
low; the wing cases have rather q
broad black stripe along the middle of
each. and narrow black border en-
tirely around each.
The adult insect is represented in
Fig. 1. It feeds voraciously on the
leaves OF the young, tender plant, and
will ruin whole patches in a few hours.
They seem to delight in gathering on
the stem near. the surface of the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-22

The Church of Jesus Christ of lat.
ter Day Saints, Mormon, claims 425 So
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-22
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
HERE'S A GOOD IDEA.


Get Farmers to Ride Wheels and the Road
Question Is Settled.
It is typical American scene: The
harvest time that is now under full
Roadway in most of the states OF the
union has its spare moments for the
thrifty farmer, though it is a very busy
season. But even in these spare mo-
ments the agriculturist is busy with
his thoughts. The roadmaking is over
for now" On one side of this primi-
tive highway great, rough ridges Of
sod and clay have been plowed out OF
the bottom of the roadside ditch and
scraped up to make the road. The
farmers cattle often coming home that
way know better than to walk in
these heaps while the other side OF the
road is smooth. So does the country
swain riding home from meeting or
countryside dance with his best girl.
So does everybody. How, then. are
those rough ways to be made plain?
But just wait. The farmer looks in
nocent enough; and to judge by his
roadmaking, you wouldn't think he
knew much. These teamsters and the
general public may think they can
travel these highways for nothing, and
that they have what city folks call q
''cinch" on the downtrodden son of the
soil. AS soon as harvest time is over that
other side Of the road will be heaped up