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Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-04
From Mondays Daily.

a. II. Zimmerman was in Chicago
today.
+. &. Martindale was in Argos, las
Saturday.
Mr.. c. Fisher was in Inwood Frida,
on business.
J. W. Hess left for Chicago this morn
ing on business.
Mr.. Burns, of West CAIRO street. ha.
! quite sick baby.
Valparaiso will soon be confronted
with a baby show.
Mrs. VIM. O'Keefe is visiting rela
lives at South Bend.
! DR.. j. II. Abner, of GrOvertown. wa:
in our city Saturday.
Mr.. Peter Ulrich is nursing a swellet
sub-maxillary gland
Mr.. Claude Fish is confined to hi:
bed with pneumonia.
DR.. ID. c. kno is having his office
decorated and painted over.
Mrs. Julia Work, of Laporte, is visit
ing at the home of James Houghton.
Miss Carrie Gabbert, of Argos, visited
with friends in this city over Sunday.
j. q. Davis deputy clerk, spent Sun
day with his family at Kentland, Ind.
James Reeves left for few days Wis
it with friends at Logansport, last Sat
urday.
Marion Bland, of Inwood is attend
ing commissioners court in this city to-
day.
Lou Altman returned from a few
days business trip to Chicago last Sat
urday.
Mrs. Vim. Potter, of Culver City, Wis.
tied with O. r.. Porter in this city yes.
terday.
Mrs. Geo. Alleman is visiting her
many friends in Stark County west of
Marmont.
Miss Davidson was the guest Of Miss
Hollinger last Friday at the residence
of Mrs. Daniels.
Miss Bessie Wink, of Bourbon. was
the guest of Miss Christina Ulrich for
a few days last week.
Chas. Bean of Fl. Wayne, and form
er resident of Argos, called on DR.. Will
son, last Friday evening returning home
Saturday.
Will McGlothlin of J. G. Kuhns cloth.
ing store, went to Marion, Ind, We'd
nesday and spent Thanksgiving with
friends in that city.
Mrs. John Dial, of this city left last
Saturday for Mulberry, Ind, where she
will remain during the winter with her
daughter, Mrs. Martin.
Last Saturday was considered the
banner day on the Pittsburg railroad
in the freight line. AT one time there
were sixty-one freight trains between
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-04

spent the evening with the family of
VIM. Zehner.
j. G. Ripley Passenger Agent for the
Vandalla was in town " ednesday,
Henry Schultheiss and wife were in
South Bend over Thanksgiving visiting
friends.
y birthday party was held at the res
idence of Rev. Rothenberger Thursday
in hOnnOr of their little son.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Van Diem, of Roch-
ester are visiting with Mrs. Van Diens
sister, Mrs. +. NJ. Orr, of this city.
Upton Schilt, Leonard Vogeli and
John Gallagher, attended the Trilby
matinee at South Bend, Thursday
Amasa Johnson and wife, of this
this city, spent Thanksgiving with
their daughter Mrs c. F. Baker of Fl.
Wayne Thursday.
Arthur and Lou Clara Jones enjoyed
their Thanksgiving dinner with rela-
tiyes at Rochester. They returned
home last evening.
at is an old saying that secret can
be kept by three men if two of them
are dead, but woman cOncealS-what
she does not know
The dance given in the Opera House
Thursday evening was not very well
patrOnlZed, but those who was present
report pleasant time.
Mrs. Flea C. Burrough, of this city,
who has been visiting with her son at
Philla, Neb., returned home this week
after four months visit.
Misses Dunnuck and Miltenberger,
offer their entire line of pattern hats
and bOnnets at greatly rednced prizes.
Call and see them at the Vogue one
door south of State Bank.
Last week the Goshen Times cele-
brated its fortieth anniversary by pre-
senting to its readers a trade edition
of no small proportion. The Times is
one of the substantial institutions of
that city.
DR.. DennistOn, of Lapaz, was among
our visitors this morning. He starts
next Tuesday an another trip to
Georgia. His faith in that country
seems to have been cont agious in the
community where he lives.
The little three-year- son of Byron
Slabaugh, east of Nappanee, while play.
ing with pair of scissors accidently
thrust the point into one of his eyes
destroying the sight. y dangerous
playtning in the hands of child.
Gideon w. Blain went to South Bend
Thanksgiving to coach the Chicago
train in the foot ball game between
Notre Dame and the Chicago college OF
physicians and surgeons. The score re
suited 2t to in favor of Notre Dame
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From Saturdays Daily.

ing.
Emery Unger was in Nappanee
Thursday.
Miss Josie Craig went to Lebanon
Friday.
Miss Alice Kllnger went to Lakeville
Thursday.
W. E. Bailey went to Rochester
Thursday.
Jerome Ball drove over to Argos
Thursday.
G.. Blain and wife were at Marmont
Wednesday.
F. Brinkley, of Nappanee, was in our
city Thursday.
Mrs. Foster Groves, Of Hubbard, was
in town Friday.
Hattie Wise, of Hibbard, was in our
city Thursday.
Vim. Warnes OF this city was in Bour-
bon yesterday
Mr.. and Mr.. Franklin were in Fort
Wayne Thursday.
Julius Born went to Marmont We'd
nesday on business.
Geo. Rupe drove over from Argos
Thursday morning.
The Ladies Military band left this
morning for Rochester
Henry G. Old, of TT. Wayne, was in
our city to-day on business.
Nose Leland wife and son, spent
Thanksgiving at Marmont.
The union services held at the L. b.
church We're largely attended.
W Z. Leonard Sr. ate Thanksgiving
dinner In South Bend Thursday.
Miss Bessie Vets came home We'd.
nesday to visit with her parents.
III. III. BOnham and family spent
Thursday with sister at Goshen.
John Mckinney, of Bourbon visited
with his brother Frank, Thursday.
ID. l.. Dickinson and Jesse Warrens
were hunting at belong this week.
Mrs. Richey, of Bourbon, spent
Thursday with Mrs. Horace Corbin.
Judge Gapron was at Winnamac, yes
terday and to-day on legal business.
Miss Gertrude Fields spent Thanks
4
Miss Eva Young. of Logansport, is
the guest of Miss Grace Axe for a few
days.
John Demont, of Rochester, called i'm
the city Thursday for short visit with
friends.
Miss Sallie Brazetton, of Argos is
the guest, of her friend Mrs. DIR. Knott
this week.
The family of Jas. Huff, left for
Michigan City, where they will reside
in the future
ID. f. Walters and Prosper Ball wit
messed a game OF foot ball at South
bend Thursday
c. Fields, of South Bend, has been
visiting few days with parents and
friends in our city.
Mrs. Holdridge returned from War
saw yesterday where she has been visit
ing for a few days.
&. F. Wahl, VIM. Huff, |. l.. ID. Seller
AMI J. III. Stinch, of Bremen, spent
Thanksgiving in our city.
a. ID. Williams, John Leitre and ID.
w. Johnson, of Kewanna, registered at
the Ross House Thursday.
Married by Justice III. b. Reeves Nov
ember 9th, Charles Faulkner and Miss
Ida May King, of Bourbon.
Lee Kendall attended gathering
under the auspices of the Sons of Vet
erons at Frankfort, Thursday.
Mrs. l.. b. Kepford of Columbia City,
and son, w. f. Kepler, of Billings,
Montana, are the guests of Mrs. Keep
ford's daughter, Mrs. G. A. Dew.
The new mill being erected by Mr. J.
Baugher, at Walkerton, is nearly COM
pleted, and i'm a short time he, will
commence business In dead earnest.
Miss Lille Grossman, of Argos, who
has been visiting in Pennsylvania re-
turned to Plymouth, Thursday and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-15
VALUE OF IRRIGATION.
1t Eleva ties Agriculture from Drudgery {
Scientific Pursuit.

1t Eleva ties Agriculture from Drudgery to
Scientific Pursuit.
The truth is that irrigation is not
only positive advantage in the econ
omy of agriculture, but that it goes far
beyond the mere agricultural processes,
and exerts far-reaching influence upon
industry and society. A country which
is naturally arid, and which has then
been brought under proper system of
irrigation, will differ very materially
in the quality of its civilization from
the country which receives only rain
from the sky, and depends altogether
upon that source for the moistening of
it's fields. And there could be no bet
ter illustration of these principles than
che Kern delta of California. Here
vast estate of 200 acres has been
brought under a system of irrigation
remarkable for its simplicity, and the
influences to which I have referred
will work out their results here if any
where.
Let me first refer to the most OBJ
vious advantage of irrigation, which
may be readily understood at once.
This is the fact that the irrigation
canal skirting the edge of the farm
constitutes an insurance policy upon
the crops. Men insure their lives, their
houses and barns, and their cargoes
in transit across the sea. Why should
they not insure the crops on
which their existence and prosper
ity depend? Of course this is an
other form of insurance, since fire in
surance does not necessarily prevent
liability to destruction, but compen-
safes the loss Irrigation is a higher
and better form of insurance, since it
prevents the possibility of loss. But
this is the smallest and narrowest view
of irrigation, although every farmer
will readily understand that it is
worth a great deal to him to know
that his crops will be secure against
failure by drought or flood year after
year.
The first effect of irrigation on the
agricultural industry is to elevate it
from the plane of mere drudgery to
that of skilled labor. 1t is a higher
form of industry. just as fine cabine t
making is higher form of industry
than the telling of trees in a lumber
camp. If the farmer has a rich soil
and ample sunshine, and he can then
apply the rain" just as he needs it,
with nice sense of the differing wants
of various vegetables, trees and field
crops, he has the basis of scientific
farming. It is essentially new indus
try. or at least a new and higher form
of an old industry. We have only be-
gun to understand the possibilities of
scientific production from the soil by
means of irrigation.-W. E. Smythe,
in Colman's Rural World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-15

rotted off at the surface of the ground
but serve also the purpose of holding
each board in place, even though it be
not nailed. These strips are quickly
nailed into position, and will prove
very satisfactory; but where water is
inclined to stand along the line of a
boundary, it is well to pillow deep
furrow alongside the fence, running
the furrow off at frequent intervals 10
lower ground to secure drainage. 1t
is almost impossible to keep a fence
from rotting, or to keep it upright,
except by the use of some such device
as that shown in the cut, where water
stands in and upon the ground for a
considerable portion of the year.-N.
Y. Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-15
Level culture for Pota toes.

Almost everybody now agrees that
level culture produces the largest and
best crops of potatoes. But it is inn
possible to have level culture unless
the seed potatoes are planted deeply
enough for the tubers to form under
the soil The constant tendency of the
tubers is to rise as they grow. This, if
the seed has been planted only one or
two inches deep, makes it necessary to
draw dirt around the hill, making
mound which sheds the water on either
side. This also cuts the potato roots
in the middle of the row. 1t requires
dry and rich ground to make success
full deep planting and level culture
possible. But soil without stagnant
water near the surface is always nee
essary for the potato crop. If the sub
soil is filed with water through winter
and spring. it is impossible to grow
good potato crops on such land the fol-
lowing season by any method.-Prairie
Farmer
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-15

The object of blowing is not merely
TO turn over the soil to bury the surface
trash and soften and pulverize it for
seed. 1t has a deeper purpose than
this shallow one. It is certainly to fit
the land for the seed and to afford
good covering for 1t. But it is not to
bury the surface, with the accumu-
lated matter of the previous crop,
where it cannot be of use until it is
Burned back again. The so-called
''cut-and-coverH kind of blowing should
be made penal offense, for it is detri-
mental to all concerned in the good
culture of the land. On the contrary,
1t is the sloping furrow slice, laid on
edge at about As degrees with the
surface, and the manure with it lying
IN layers from the top to the bottom of
the furrow, that is really blowing
Rural World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-15
TIE FARMING WORLD.
PLAN FOR HOG HOUSE.
ANY Etelligent Farmer Can Build i
Without n Carpenters Aid.

ANY Irtelligent Farmer Can Build 1t
Without Carpenters Aid.
In building house on the plan de-
scribe you will not need to employ a
carpenter unless you wish, as any man
who can use a level, square and saw
can put up the house.
Fig. shows house Sx16 feet, with
rear posts feet high and front feet.
This house is made with a loft above,
but it will usually pay to make the
rear posts feet high and the front
ones II feet; this will give a six-foot
story below and room to store a hun
dred bushels or more of corn above.
Even if not wanted for corn, such lofts
are always convenient for temporary
storage for fruits or vegetables, or to
spread anything you wish to dry or
cure, and would advise that the upper
story be always built.
The door should be made high enough
for man to enter standing up, as
when it is necessary (as is sometimes
the case) TO go into the house, it is not
convenient to crawl through window,
and not safe if the house is occupied
by a sow with a litter, to be obliged to
get down on all tours to make your
exit, for if the SOW las I have known
one to do) makes a charge on your rear,
she can move faster than .you can, and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-15
TERRAcING INSTRUMENT.

at its center. Terrace lines are marked
off by placing one end where the pro-
posed terrace is to run, while the other
end is moved until the air bubble indi-
Gates level Stakes should then be
driven into the ground where the ends
rest and one end swung around until
the instrument is in reversed posi-
ton and leveled again. To get the
fall between two terraces, fit false
leg by pivot to leg of the triangle
and adjust the instrument until the
spirit level indicates horizontal line,
then sight on the cross bar and move a
target attached with three-foot meas
ure down hill, until it comes in line
with the sight. This shows the place
where the next terrace should begin.
After the terraces are once correctly
formed and grasses or the roots of any
forage crop grow upon them, there is
no fear of breaking and they are of no
further trouble, though, of course,
they must be kept in order and occa-
sionally repaired like other things.
" World
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-15

If she does not get a mouthful out of
the seat of your trousers, will at least
send you out head first faster than you
want to GO.
To enable you to ventflate the house
we'll when the weather is hot, have
the upper third of this door cut off
and hinged separately, so that it can
be opened when the lower part is shut
sash or glass, or sliding board shutters
to be closed in bad weather, and left
open most of the time. S, S, are
spouts through which swil is poured
into the troughs. In building this
house, corner posts inches square
arc used, and nail-tie spiked down
on the top to serve as plate. One
tie will be needed betweeN the floor
and plate at the rear, and two at the
front, and these can be either gained"
into the posts or 'ship-lapped. In
stead of AKA posts in the middle, at the
front and rear, set two 2x4, 17s inches
apart. This is to enable you to put in
a partition without mailing 1T, when
you wish to divide the house into two
apartments, as we usually do for our
sows to farrow in.
The boards can be dropped into this
slot and rest on each other, and a pin
above the top one will hold them in
place. There should be notch cut in
the bottom board large enough for
good-sized pig to pass through, and
small slide door made to close it when
not needed, as when the pigs begi1 to
eat (which is at or 4 weeks old),
the mothers should be shut out from
one side and the pigs fed there sepa-
rately.
We try to breed our sows so that two
or more will farrow about the same
time, and if one sow saves but three or
four pigs and another eight or ten,
we transfer from the large to the
small litter. To be successful, this
must be done when the pigs are but a
day or two old, and care should be
taken not to excite the sows or they
may trample and kill some of the pigs.
l have found one way in which pigs
can be lifted without struggling or
squealing, and that is to lift them by
the tail / have done it scores of
times, and always with the same re-
suit. If you catch a little pig by the
legs or body he at once struggles and
squeals, and his mother rushes to his
rescue; but reach over and get hold of
his tail. and he goes over the partition
without struggle or protest.
The boards for the partition should
be carefully fitted SO that they can be
put in and taken out without any
trouble, and there should be long pins,
or rack, on which to place them when
not in use. If you expect to store a
heavy weight above, put good joists
under the floor and bridge them we'll
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-15

January the price often used to run as
high as so and 60 cents a dozen, while
in the spring and early summer the
supply was drug and dear at from
to cents. The eggs were packed in
oats or sawdust and also in preserving
fluids. This process was far from salts
factory. The preserving fluids had
tendency to weaken the shells. A proc
ess came into use by which the eggs
were dried by artificial heat and
ground up into the shape of meal for
packing. Such egg meal found favor
with bakers and was practicable for
use on ocean vessels.
The cold storage system of preserva-
ton was hit upon as the most success
full, and it has assumed vast proper
tions, millions of dollars being ex-
pended in plants Chicago has several
of the largest concerns of the kind in
the country. The old method of using
ice is being gradually dispensed with
in view of the improved facilities OF
the big storage houses. Chicago has
sufficient capacity to hold 23o,OO0,Oo
eggs at one time. Notwithstanding
alleged discoveries by which eggs can
be manufactured no process has been
found successful up to date. No egg
has ever been manufactured except at
a greater cost than the production of
the natural one.-Chicago Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-15
FARM AND GARDEN.
ABOUT TERRACIN0.
A Cheap Implement Which Makes the
Work Very Easy.

A Cheap Implement Which Makes the
Work Very Easy.
While the value of terraces when
properly laid off is undisputed, yet
poor construction and the need of
terracing instrument have added to the
objections already urged against them
Of the greater difficulty in the use of
improved machinery, in hauling and
In the increased number of short rows.
In spite of these obstacles the sub
ject has gained in Importance of late
so that large areas of what was once
considered worn out" land and inca
pable of profitable yield are being
brought again under cultivation by the
practice of the proper system Of ter
racing.
The first requisite is to get level lines
laid off on which to build the embank-
ments. This requires an instrument.
There are several cheap ones on the
market, but homemade tool will an
swer equally well. Such an instru-
ment as Represented in our cut is made
of two pieces of timber eleven feet long
and one piece six feet long. The two
large pieces are fitted together at one
end, while the others are eighteen feet
apart. The small tim Der is fastened to
the large ones, four feet from the point
of NEE ting, and spirit level is placed
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-15
RuTTERMILk as FEEp.
Results Of Tests Conducted ut various
Experiment. Stations.

Experiment. Stations.
Butternilk has Ibeen fed with good
results at some of our experimental
stations Creamery buttermilk as
against skim milk for pigs was tested,
the analysis of the former showing it
to contain 900 per cent. water and 700
per cent solids. Of the latter OIL per
cent. was fat and 2.O9 per cent. casein.
The analysis of the skim milk gave for
its composition 90.42 per cent water
and 9.56 per cent. solids, of which O. 80
per cent. was fat, and 1923 per cent.
casein. These figures indicate that the
skim milk has the higher feeding
value, and at the same price would be
cheaper In a trial at the Massa-
chusetts station, six pigs. weighing
from 40 to so pounds each, were divided
into two lots The one received skim
milk and cornmea1 and the other but
termilk and cornmeal. The skim milk
was rated at 2 cents gallon, and the
buttermilk was charged to the pigs at
the contractors price of 1877 cents a
5al1on. The cornmeal cost $2s ton.
The meal and milk were mixed to-
gether in the proportion of one meal to
seventeen of milk. This would make
a very thin slop. The resultaof the ex-
pertinent, briefly stated, was to the eff
feet that a pound of dressed pork made
with the skim milk and cornmeal cost
81 cents, and that made with the but
termilk and meal at the prices stated,
cost 40 cents. During the period of
about four months Q24 days. the skim
milk lot gained GIFTS pounds, and tho
o1I+ Il lot dc
average about 1.6 pounds day for each
lot, which is good gain. In a second
trial, in which the mixture of grain and
milk contained more grain and less
milk than in the first trial, different
results were obtained.
Twelve pigs, ranging in weight from
Is to 16 pounds each, were divided into
two lots. AT first the meal and milk
were fed in the proportion of one to
eleven, and gradually the quantity of
meal was increased, until at the end
of period of about four and one-half
months GAO days. they were getting
the mixture in the proportion of one of
meal to five of milk by weight For
this trial the cost of producing a pound
of dressed pork with the skim milk
and corn meal, charged at the prices
mentioned, was 5. 35 cents, and in the
instance of the buttermilk and meal,
the cost was 5.75 cents per pound. The
buttermilk lot gained LOIS pounds, or
an average of one pound day, while
the lot fed OF skim milk gained 1,19C
pounds, or LIZ pounds day. To the
corn meal used in the latter expert
ments was probably due the better re-
SultS.-Rural World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-15

der Of the space the same as the north
side. In the walls were placed two
glass windows and door with glass
In the upper part. In the north wall
there is window level with the roosts
IS inches high and 5 feet long. It is
used for ventilation in the summer. In
winter it is covered with boards and
banked with earth. The windows are
hinged and covered with heavy wire
netting. l have an extra lattice door
for summer.
The walls were given two coats Of
gypsum or poor mans plaster very
abundant in the southwest, and when
dry heavy whitewash was applied to,
fill all cracks. Roosts occupy the north
half. The south half under glass is
reserved for nests and feeding ground
during stormy weather. The floor un-
der the roosts is made of gypsum,
cement and sand. From this the drop
pings can be readily taken. l feed
boiled wheat in the morning, dry
wheat at noon and feed of meat at
least once day in winter. I have
kept IS to 100 single comb Brown Leg
horns in this house for three winters
without having a frozen comb. The
hens lay well also. The bank feature
is not essential; walls made entirely of
sod will answer.-American Agricul-
turiSt