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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-21
FARM AND GARDEN.
FEEDING FOR PROFIT.

Some OF the Ess entails to Success LIN the
Raising of Stock.
In order to make feeding of the stock
on the farm most profta bic, every adj
vantage must be taken, not only in the
feeding, but in the management. The
kind of animal that is being fed will
make considerable difference in the
gain secured in proportion to the guam
tity of food consumed. well-bred,
thrifty animal will make much bet
ter gain in proportion to the food con-
sumed than an unthrifty scrub.
So, a vigorous, thrifty, well-bred an
imal is one of the first essentials in
profitable stock feeding. The cost of
the food and care is the same, and the
difference in the price realized is that
much more profit with the better an
imal.
In order to make the most out of the
feed and the animal the feeding must
be regular. Animals will not and can
not thrive when their food is given to
them irregularly- it happens to
suit the convenience of the feeder. lr-
regular feeding disturbs and deranges
the organs of digestion If the food is
given before the regular time the stom-
ach is overloaded or the organs put to
work before they have fully recovered
from disposing of the previous meal.
The work of digestion and assimilation
is ilnperfectly done, and there is loss
of food If the feeding is delayed be-
yond the usual time, the animal gets
SO hungry that the food is eaten hur-
riedly, not properly masticated, and,
~ oil h Air0cto6 T6
more or less is lost
Nature is regular in her work, and
if the waste in feeding is avoided the
animal must be supplied regularly.
Liberal feeding is another essential.
A Ger tain quantity of food is necessary
to sustain animal life and repair the
daily waste of the system. 1t is only
from the food consumed over and
above this that a profit can be derived.
Hence, other things being equal, the
most profitable animal is the one kept
at the maximum gain consistent with
good health and thrift. Generally the
appetite of the animal is the best
guide. Feed all that is eaten up clean,
but no more. When more is given it is
wasted
There must be good variety of food
to keep the animal with good appe-
tite and supply all the needs of a sys-
tenn to secure the best gains at the
lowest cost. Feed a variety of foods,
taking care to make up complete
ration. The more fully this is done
the better will be the gain in proper
ton to the food consumed. One other
essential is to have the food of good
quality. Good health is essential to
thrift, and this can only be maintained
when sound, nutritious food and pure
water are supplied. Poor or unwhole-
some food or impure water, while it
may not induce actual disease. pro-
duces at least an unhealthy condition
of the system that prevents the best
growth and thrift, and to that extent
lessons the proft.-St. Louis Repub-
lie.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-21
Poultry in the BARNARD.

Tt is best to give the hens free range,
but they should never be allowed in
the barnyards and stables, as it is as
important to have a place for the
hens as for the horses and cattle. It
is not creditable to farmers that their
hens lay in the horse troughs or hay
mows. If the poultryhouse is clean,
and suitable nests are provided. there
is no necessity for the hens laying
elsewhere. In favor of the. hens, it
may be mentioned that they often re-
sort to the barn because the poultry
house is infected with lice. The barn
yard, however, is not the place for
poultry, but for larger stock.-Farm
and Fir eside.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-21
RATIONs FOR HORSES.
Relative Value of Corn and Oats Estah
Hshed by Experiments.

Hshed by Experiments.
The Utah experiment station has
issued Bulletin No SO On the Relative
Value of Corn and Oats for Horses"
The experiment is summed up as fol-
lows:
/. In this experiment with two sets
of horses, one set fed grain ration
principally of corn and the other a
grain ration principally of oats, the
horses sustained their weight the bet
ter on the corn ration.
g The feeding was divided into five
periods. Part of the time one horse
was fed in each set and part of the
time two. In every period save one
the corn-fed set did the better.
3. The feeding value of the rations
Jeemed to vary directly as the guam
tity of digestible matter that each con-
tanned.
4. A nutritive ratio of L to 60 did
better than one of 1 to GO.
s. To sum up the three experiments,
we find: First, that during the sum-
mer, corn and timothy were not so
good as oats, wheat and clover in main
tanning the weight of horses; second,
that during the winter, corn and timo-
thy did as we'll as oats, clover and
timothy in maintaining the weight of
horses; third, that during the spring
and summer, corn, wheat or bran and
mixed hay produced more grain than
oats, wheat or bran and mixed hay.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-21
Selling Eggs bx Weight.

Until the time arrives when eggs are
sold by weight, both the poultryman
and the consumer will be cheated.
The consumer who buys his eggs by
the dozen never pays the same price.
He has the advantage to-day and loses
1T tomorrow. When the prices paid
are based on weight, the sales can be
as easily made as with potatoes, which
are now sold by weight when sales are
znade Wholesale, though retail pur-
~chasers often pay dearly for allowing
deliveries based upon bushel measures
that have slippery bottoms, all in
which the articles are ''artistically ar
ranged" with a view of filling the
measure with the fewest potatoes.
-Faxm and Fireside.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-21
avg FOR. PASTURE
Hts Possibilities as Grass Substitute Are
Worth Considering.


Worth Considering.
If any of our readers anticipate a.
shortage of late fail and early spring
pasture it would be well for them to
consider the possibilities of rye as .,
substitute for tame grasses. When
breaking up our farms fifteen years
ago, preparatory to seeding them to-
tame grasses we made large use of rye,
sowing 1t in August and September,
pasturing it late in the fall and early
in the spring, and sometimes tarning
off in time to- get half or two-thirds OF
. crop of gsain, We do not favor the
growth of rye as crop in itself, be-
lieVing that either wheat or barley
wild yield more moneys worth, but
when sown as a pasture and as, nurse
crop, SO called, for the tame grasses
as well as grain CROP we believe it
will pay any man who Is short OF grass
to sow rye for pasture.
In sowing rye for this purpose we
would pillow the ground as soon as pos
sible after harvest and harrow down
this land as fast as it was pIowed.
This will settle it, prepare a better
seed bed, and conserve moisture. We
would SOW as soon as the conditions
are favorable for growth, usually about
the 1st of September, and if we intend
ed the land for pasture would SOW a
peck of timothy seed at the same time.
If the season be favorable this will
afford a good deal of pasture in the fall
for any kind of stock as well as for
horses and sheep in winter.
Our lambs last winter had picnic
on the Turkish wheat that grew up in
the stubble and it answered the same
purpose as rye 1t will afford a good
deal of pasture in the spring and can
be cut for grain or not as circum-
stances warrant. Eight or ten pounds
of clover seed should be sown in the
spring either on the frozen ground, or,
if the season be dry, as soon as the
frost is out, and covered with smooth
ing harrow. Not the least advantage
of this method is that it renders a stand
practically sure.-Lndiana Farmer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-21
MUTTON AND WOOL.
Profit Only Found in Combination of
These Qualities.

Profit Only Found in Combination of
These Qualities.
While there are many breeds of
sheep which are distinctly mutton or
wool breeds, there are others in which
the dividing line is not SO sharply
drawn. 1t is true that the very best
mutton sheep do not grow the best
fleece, and the best wool sheep do not
give the best mutton. But it is quite
possible to get an animal that, with a
fleece sufficiently good to pay for its
keep, will also produce mutton of a
quality to satisfy the palates of the
most fastidious.
These objects are to be obtained by
cross breeding and proper handling
the two methods which, reduced to a
science, have made English mutton the
only profitable branch of farming in
England. Cross-bred sheep may be
readily obtained by the crossing of
any of the improved breeds which
have done well in your section upon
the common sheep. This is really the
easiest part of the process. The diff
cult part is the proper handling. Our
sheep have cared for themselves so
long that it is hard for us to realize
that a change is necessary. The inn
proved breeds have been made such
chiefly by liberal feeding of succulent
food and shelter from storms. This
care has been continued for so long a
period that it has entered into and al
tered their systems, replacing hardi-
ness of constitution with juiciness of
flesh Neglect will cause them to run
down and lose this most desirable
characteristic. It will also affect the
quality of the fleece, SO that the care
less shepherd will feel the pinch on all
sides.-N. Y. World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-21
A New Remedy for Gapes.

A very simple and safe remedy fol-
gapes has been suggested, which is to
open the beak of the chick and blow a
pinch of insect powder down the
throat. If the best insect powder be
used, such as bubach, which ought to
be procured at every drug store, no
doubt it would prove efficacious A
solution may, by pouring gill of boil
ing water on tablespoonful of
bubach, be made and bread moistened
with it and crammed down the throat.
As bubach is death to all insect life we
believe it viii destroy the cape worm,
but as we have not tried it we would
suggest experimenting on one chick
before using it on the others.-Prairie
Farmer
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-21
THE FARMING WORLD.
eRANpPA,s Gray QUILT.

That's what call grandpa's farm.
Here's red patch-thats the barn;
Here's white one-that's the house;
Here's one, gray-just like mouse;
That the granary, big and old:
Yonder is patch of gold
Grandpa's wheatfield. bright and yellow,
Ripping in the sunshine mellow.
Way up there patch of green
On the hillside steep is seen,
Stitched all round with barbed- wire fence
That's where grandpa's woods commence.
Dark green patches-that's the pines;
Strips of light between, sometimes;
Squares of dark. rich, golden brown
That's where grandpa's plowed the ground.
Mammals crazy quilt is pretty.
But somehow it seems pity
Hours and hours to sit and sew
On that sort of thing, you know.
When it's done it IS far too nice
To use, they say. at any price.
So I think that grandpa's quilt
Is better than one made of silk
And satin pieces. cause, you see,
His is useful as can be-
Harriet F. Croker, in Union Signal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-21
Coal oil Injections for Roup.

When the fowls have taken cold
and the ominous crackle or bad odor in
their breathing indicates roup, catch
them one by one and with small
syringe or sewing machine oil can in
ject coal oil into nostrils, roof of
mouth and even a little down the
throat. Repeat few days later and
you can say farewell to roup." Ono
of our subscribers, J. d. Henderson,
has followed this for eighteen months
and treated some two hundred fowls
successfully. --Home, Farm and Fan
cieE.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-21

You can get all the water, pure,
abundant and convenient, in some
way or you ought not to keep stock.
Think about it until you decide the
best plan for you, and then put it
through, and may you have as good
success as we did l know OF farms
where cattle must drink, or go with
out, water so foul and filthy that it is
perfectly awful to even think about it.
And from these cows is made cheese
and butter or milk that human beings
eat. IN. E. Farmer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-21
KANSAS coaN GUTTER.
Its Inventor Thinks Tt Beats Anything c
It's Kind.

Its Inventor Thinks Tt Beats Anything OF
It's Kind.
have had quite little experience
with sled cutters for corn; ran three
last fall One caught the fodder, but
it was just as hard work to keep it
raked off the knife as to catch it; and
it was unhandy to start the shock row,
as the fodder was cut on one side and
taken off at the other. Another cut
two rows and pulled rather heavy.
The frame is made by 2x4 stuff, and
the floor of inch boards. The back
part slopes up, carries four armfuls,
and six rows make a shock row. Each
person throws down two armfuls,
takes a third behind the machine,
stands it up, spreads the butts and
ties the tops with binding Irvine. As
they come back, they stop SO that the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-21
PouLTRY-HousE PLAN.
Its Designer Claims That TE Has Away
Given Satisfaction

Given Satisfaction
| send you herewith a drawing of
the handiest and best all-purpOse poul-
try house know of. It is a medium
sized house, % feet long and 20 feet
wide, with hall feet wide running
lengthways through the center 1t Is
large enough to house eight different
breeds of poultry in the breeding sea-
son with from ten to twelve fowls in
each pen. The house is divided up IN
eight rooms, four on each side of aisle,
leaving 7XS feet for each 1-nom. The
6x6-inch sills can be used laid on
stone or blocks set in the ground. Use
4x4s for up-and-down studd1ng spiked
on top of sill ~ feet apart. Use 2x6s
for floor joist, 20 feet long, spiked to
up-and-down posts. Floor with COM
mon inch flooring. The center posts,
Axis are spiked on top of sills feet
apart each way, leaving 4-foot aisle
through center of house. The plates
on top of posts are 2x4s and the rafters
2x4s. For siding, drop siding is best.
The roof is sheeted and shingled. The
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-21
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
POWER FOR THE FARM.
1t Can Be Secured by Means of Home
Made WIndknAfH.

1t Cam BE Secured by Means of q Home
Made WInGEnAfH.
To secure power at little expense. a
windmill is easy of construction. TO
make Que for ordinary farm use, build
tower about 20 feet hiGh with tina-
bers leaning, as shown in amt, having
the fans facing northwest. The fans
can be hewed out of a timber about II
feet long, leaving each fan Feet long
from the axle where they cross each
other. The fans are bolted firmly to
the wheel of an old mower, the gear
ing being secured to the top of the
tower. On the end of the mower axle,
which comes back to the center of the
tower, fasten a sprocket wheel with an
iron wedge, over shis put chais. and
in this way the power is conveyed
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-21
OUTLET OF TILE DRAIN.

illustration gives a suggestion of how
the work may well be done. In warm
climates earthenware gratings att
tached to vitrified or glazed tile may
be used instead of iron netting. We
sometimes find it cheaper to tile
drain a basin made wet by seepage
from an irrigating canal than to try
to prevent the seepage Such spots OF
course need no irrigation and when
so drained are very productive.-H. s.
Roberts, in American Agriculturist-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-21
Inducements Cor Meat Products.

1t looks as though the future offered
excellent inducements for meat prod
ucts, not only in the form of beef, but
also as pork, mutton and poultry. 1t
is an excellent opening for profit, and,
AS stock raising provides a home mar
ket for much that is grown on the
farm, there is something gained in
that respect, while more manure and
increased fertility of the soil win re
suit from the keeping of stock
1f0I n. Y.l Times.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-21
TILE DRAIN OUTLET.

Some Reasons why 1t Should BE Made OF
Stone Brick.
The outlet OF tile drain should not
be of tile. 4 more stable ending to
a drain is needed to resist the action of
frost, washing, etc. It is best to have
the outlet constructed of stone or
brick, or both, and o.have the open
ing covered with fine wire netting to
keep out small animals The stones
or brick should be laid in cement. The
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-21
SHADE FOR CHICKENS.

"A Shelter That Will Help the Little
Things in Many Ways.
The run of a raspberry patch is an
ideal shade and scratching ground for
little chicks, but on some places there
is hardly a tree or shrub at hand to
keep off the hot midday sun from the
little fellows. Procure some cheap
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-21

work. cutting one row at time. The
drag was made from old lumber in the
backyard, and the knife (which slants
backward and is twenty-six inches
long, was welded by blacksmith for
twenty-five cents out of two old plow-
shares and fifteen cents worth of bolts
finished the job. No one with two or
more 2cres OF corn to cut can afford to
use the hand knife. A. Pettis, in
american Agricalturist.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-21

OCCASIONALLY crop of grass may De
grown in the orchard if the land is
rich, but permanent grass sod is sure
to injure the trees sooner or later
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-21
CHEAP COIN CUTTER.

Excellent Work Can Be Done with This
Simple Continuance.
A cheap corn cutter, to be operated
by one horse, is the homemade con-
triyance illustrated herewith. It costs
next to nothing and does excellent
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-21
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cotton cloth and stretch it foot from
the ground across supports, as shown
in the cut. Such shelter can be
made any length desired, and will help
the chicks amazingly. Judd
F9~rnar
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-21
WHEAT IN ENGLAND.

Flow the Price of the Cereal Has Fallen
Within Century.
The Home, Field and Forum gives
the following table showing the prices
of wheat in England for one hundred
wears
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-21

Now is good time to build The poul-
try house. The main thing is to hav2
it rcony, dry, warm, ccnLenier. and
well ventilated.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-17

nAnGAINsin Pine rlktea slysrwnrs nj
u. H. iifLLmAN'b.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-17

"Ir Is KoRSEFl" TIN PEorLE SHOUTED.
princess stood beside him with her hand
upon the throne. mud again she wits.
percd In his car.
I'VE hre here IN council together,
nome AZ my trusty subjects and my
self" he said. II have no secrets from
them, and whatever message tho m
pGror may send 10 me al such n time
concerns their Inkcrcsts no loss than
mine" ,
There was q hun OF applause nj this,
nftd' every eyr was turned once more
upon mo. My faith, II was mn awli.
ward position In which I found mysclf,
Tor II is ono thing Ia address 500 hussnrs
and another 10 nrcnk to such N audi.
cnCe on such n subject hut fixed my
eyes upon thu prince, ma tried 10 HnY
lust what | should have mid II we had
boon alone, shouting II out, too, az
though | had my regiment on parade.
"You have often Expressed frlpndAhlp
for tho emperor" cried, ut In now
ni lnat that this friendship IN about to
bn tried. II you stand Arm hp viii re-
ward you IN only he cnn rcwnrd, II
Is nm easy thing for him TO turnn prince
into n King, Hhd n prOVlVcc into q pow.
oF. Ills SyO6 nrt Fixed upon you, and
though you can do little 10 hnrm hlm
you can ruin yourfolr ~ THIS moment
h. N Gruralng The Rhine with 100000
men. Every f1rtfcmH IN thp country IN
In lia hands, lln Will BE- upon you In n
week. ma II YOU nave plhyod him false,
Gpd help 10Th you and your people You
think ilint he In weakened because u
few Of M rot tho chilhlalnu last winter,
Look thercl' I cried, pointing to u groat
sthr which biazoi ihtbuEh the window
nbnyo the prlucr'H head "riut n tho
ompgtOrR ftnr Whcn II wHnos h. Will
wuuo, but not hdf1tn,"
YUU wOul1 hive been rrnud VI mo,
my friends N yOu could have Hodn hnd
heard mc, Tor 7 clhHhod my rnbre M I
apollo, md nWung my dUlnnh M though
my regiment wan plulote1 outside In
Tho courtyard, They llHtcucd ~ mo IN
silence, hul the hnCk NJ the prince bow.
cd more and more, nH tllOuEh tho burden
which welrilci Upon II wbR Hrrntrr
than hlF Mrpurth ITO looked around
with hnFg0rd eyes.
"Nyr have heard n Ffrhohmnn sneak
for France h. said, "t,ot ul have n
uotmnn hpphk for uurmnuyi"
Tho fOlM glanced NJ each uilor and
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-17

Call ut Houses Challenge Plano Sale
and ask for prices.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-17

whispered To their neighbors, My
speech had, AZ | think, had It's effect,
and no mpn wished TO be the first to
commit himself In the eyes VI tho en-
peror. Tho princess looked around her
with blnZlng eyes and her clear voice
broke the silence,
rs q woman 10 give this F'renchmnH
his answer" she cried, ''lH II possible
that among tho nlBht-rldora OF LutaOw
thnre ls none who Can uBO his tongue as
wen as hts Rabre1'
over wont a table with n crash, and Il
young man had bounded upon n Of
the chairs, lie had tho face OF one In
splT0d, pale, eager, with wild-hRwk eyes
and tangled huir. HIS sword hung
straight from his side and his rldip6
boots We're brown with mire.
1t n Korn0rl" the people cried, 1T
If young KOrnor, the poetl All, he VIII
sing, no will sing,"
And he sangl II was soft nj first and
dreamy, telling OF old Germany, the
mother OF nations, OF the rich, warm
plains, and the gray cities, and the fame
OF dead heroes. Rut then verso after
verse rang out like a trumpet call, II
was OF the German OF now, the Ger
many Which had been taken unRwares
aud overthrow, hut which was up
again, and swapping the bonds from her
giant limbs. What was life that one
should cOyet II? What was glorious
death that nj should shun II: Tho
mother, the great mother, was calling.
Her sigh wAE In the night wind, She
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-17

The readers Of this paper viii b.
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that scIencn has
been able to cure In oil It's stages,
md that Il catarrh. Halls Ca.
tarrh Cure Is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Ca
tnrrh being n constitutional disease. 70.
qulres II constitutional treatment.
itaii'a CathTrh Cure is taken Internal.
Is, acting directly upon tho blood and
mucous Hurfncca OF the system thern'
IS destroying thd foundation OF the dis
ease. and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution ard ns-
sistinE nature In doing It's work. The
proprietorg have so much faith in To
curative powers that they oncr One
Hundred Dollars for nny case that II
falls IN cure. Send for list Of tcetlmonl.
ais. Address.
r. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, Use
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-17

n you have any intention Of going 10
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from the north aud west. This In tho
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