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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-27
4 wAR-vEsSEL WANTED.
1t Is needed for Protection of Amcri-
cnu Interests.

II Il Needed for protection OF Ahcr-
can Interests.
WASHTNGTON. u. g.. February &c
Tho state Department has received n
dispatch from Mr. Baker, United States
Minister 40 Managua, Nicaragua, request
inc that q war-vessel be sent TO Corinto
10 protect American interests. The state
D.partmut has sen: the request to the
Navy Department. Unfortunately, for
quick compliance with the Minister'S de-
s.re the united states warship Alert,
the nearest ayaiiah.. vessel for this SER
Vice. left san Jose for Acapulco, Mex
Yesterday. and cannot be reached.
The fact Of the outbreak Of a fevolu-
ton in Nicaragua Was made public in
the Southern Associated Press dispatches
tw,nty-fOur hours before Mr. Bakers
message was received.
THE ALERT TO BE SENT.
WASHINGTON. u. g.. February %
Secretary Herbert has decided 10 send
TIE United states ship Alert 70 Corinto
for the protection of American interests.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-27

Who are afraid to trust the people
the men who wish to refer the
charter amendments to the people, or
the men who oppose this reference? Say,
who are the men who are afraid to trust
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-27
FINANCIAL.
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FINANCIAL.
Invest your money at home. Stock IN
well-known, solid, city business houses
for sale. Parties with money to invest
will find this a safe, reliable, and most
desirable investment.
The stock will be sold IN blocks OF 500
up.
All communications received in strict
confidence. Address c. J.. D., care OF
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF RICHMOND. FEB. &c, 1896.

AItT-IN I'D.
Steamer New Berne, Rhodes, Norfolk:
Old Dominion Steamship Company.
SAILED.
Steamer New Berne. Rhodes, Norfolk.
Ola Dominion Steamship Company.
The advocate., 1896-04-01
Planting Trees by ROadgIdeg.

There are two sides to the question
of roadside tree planting. Without
doubt they beautify the landscape, and
In dry summer weather they furnish q
pleasant shade. But in the early
spring the shade of trees keeps the
roadbeds muddy for longer time, and
the trees are frequently in the way of
making necessary improvements. Be-
sides, If the trees are set close to the
fence their roots will sap the moisture
from adjoining land in the fields. We
have known farmers, says the Anpert-
can CyZtiUGtOT, who planted shade
trees along the highway adjoining
their farms, intending to use them as
supports for wires and boards so as to
make fence. But as the trees grew
they took up so much land in the field
that no hoed crop could be grown with
profit from ten to fifteen feet
inside the lot. If it had been
merely pasture the loss would not have
been so great, as good grass will grow
on land that is partly shaded. But to
plow, plant and cultivate q strip Of
land ten or twelve feet wide every
The advocate., 1896-04-01
England's Idle Land.

How widely different the aspect Of the
country is now from that which prevailed
sixty years ago! And not only the aspect,
but the occupation, manners and customs
of the yeomsnry and peasantry. Take an
instance-ssy the neighborhood of
Harrow on the Hill. "Within my rec
election" said an aged man, "forty
barns have been pulled down between
this and Pinner. Harrow beans were
long famous, and southwark, in Perivale,
grew wheat Of such excellent quality
that it was reserved exclusively for the
royal household. Not an acre is grown
now either of wheat or beans. Neither
is grazing carried on, only grass is grown
for hay, to supply the London markets.
1t is quite possible that when the new
motor carriages come into vogue, horse
power, on the roads, at least, will be
partly dispensed with, and that gradually
wheat and beans viii become more
largely grown again. A vast amount Of
farm produce in the food Of horses.
1.-THE largely decreased number OF
horses employed on the land ia cited as
The advocate., 1896-04-01

In none of these calculations has
there been made any allowance for the
value of the cOrn-stslks, which Ordi-
nsrily, under the crudest management,
should offset the cost of harvesting
the grain, and under proper condi-
tions should have forage value much
In excess Of such cost. Taking these
into every estimate, as should rightly
be done, the showing Of cost per bushel
would be very sensibly diminished. In
the results Of this Investigation it will
likewise be noted that the rental for
these Kansas corn lands, or the interest
figured by their owners on the invest
ment represented, averages more than
81 per cent, or a net rate higher than
the capitalist, general banker or money
lender dreams Of realizing.
It should be understood that the
thrifty Kansas farmer does not meas
ure the profit of his corn crop by the
narrow margin here shown between
the items of "cost" and "Vslue." He
does not, as a rule, anticipate selling
The advocate., 1896-04-01

his corn by the bushel at the figures
given as "vslue," nor expect more if
he did so than moderate return, one
year with another, for his labor and
investment; 1t is the conversion of it
on the farm into beef, pork, poultry,
dairy and similar products from which
comes the surplus to make the com.
Portable homes and build the school
houses, colleges and churches that are
such common objects on his horizon
and so largely the measure of his am
bitlon.
The advocate., 1896-04-01
American Butter.

A st. Paul dairy company having won
the sweepstakes and first premium for
butter at the recent national butter and
cheese convention at Cedar Rapids, To-,
Minnesota now claims to be the producer
of the best butter in the world. Against
more than 500 competitors from Maine
to California the Minnesota butter scored
97.82 in possible 100 per cent. The
fine butter making industry has
gradually worked toward the West.
The center of production of the best
dairy butter products in the United
States was first established in Orange
county, n Y. Thence it took long
Jump westward to Delaware county, To-,
which for years maintained it's prestige
as a producer Of the finest butter. Elgin,
ILL.,, then captured the prizes and held
the reputation, but now the glory and
the prize, a $500 silver statue, are st.
Paul's. The result is expected to
operate as great stimulus to careful
and intelligent dsirying in the
NorthWest.-We York Post,
The advocate., 1896-04-01
The Witte Gasoline Engine.

The accompanying cut Of the Witte Gas
oline Engine shows one Of the most satisfac-
tory machines Of the kind that is on the
market. The Manufacturers Of the Wltte
engine have recently gotten out IL horse
power upright engines that, as a motive
power for operating pump, will discount
two windmills. The ones now In operation
use, on an average, five gallons Of gasoline
per week. For pumping water for stock
or irrigating small tracts Of land this small
machine is unsurpassed in any respect.
They are sold on a very close margin and
will pay for themselves IN less than year
Complete catalogue and full particulars
furnished upon application to Witte Iron
Works Co., Kansas City, Mo.
The advocate., 1896-04-01

Foreigners sometimes smile at
the way Dutch people 60 on eel
ebrating historical events which
occurred several centuries ego,
and there is no denying that
the yearly commemoration Of a
siege of Groningen in the year
1894 may become somewhat mo-
notonous, but it keeps the mem-
ory of such events fresh among
the younger generation better
than any history learned at
school. Unlike the old lady
who did not care for history,
because she thought "by-gones
had better be by-gones," Dutch
children, with these constant
appeals to their imsginstions,
learn to look upon the past as
part Of the present and to feel
that they are bound to make
themselves worthy Of the hero
The advocate., 1896-04-01

a consequence Of agricultural depression i.
Surely this must be one Of the causes.
Farmers will persist in holding farms
much too large for their capital, and the
land is labor starved. In village well
known to me there are eighty less horses
employed than twenty years ago, and
where dozen men had constant work
there are now only two" ."--LondOn Echo.
The advocate., 1896-04-01
Preventing Smut.

Many experiments have been made
in attempting to prevent smut in
wheat and oats. The Vermont Ex-
perimental Station was very successful
in plan they tried, that of dipping
the seed In hot water. They filed a
basket nearly full of seed, covered it
with hemp sacking and dipped 1t into
one barrel, plunging up and down to
get every part wet. After ten min
utes take it out Of this barrel and
plunge it into another for ten minutes;
then spread it out to dry. The first
dipping is to warm the seed 80 they
will not cool the water in the second
barrel. 1t is the second plunge that
kills the smut fungus. Have the water
at 1873 deg, by good thermometer. Do
not return the treatedseed to the same
bags or bins without trst scaldinR
The advocate., 1896-04-01

year the field was planted with corn OF
potatoes and get no returns was more
than the farmer cared to do. He con-
cluded that his beautiful roadside fence
was costing more than he could afford,
and therefore cut 1t down, substituting
post and board fence. - Wisconsin
AgrictLltetriSt.
The advocate., 1896-04-01

The condensed itemized cost showing
made by the forty.three growers who
plant with listers, or have found that
method preferable, Is thus:
The advocate., 1896-04-01
Peanuts are Healthful.

Better than candy and even better
than too much meat for your school
lunch box or basket is a handful Of
peanuts every day. Folks who know all
about foods say that this crisp and
toothsome little ground nut is packed
full of just the material that a growing
boy or girl needs. Remember when you
are tempted to spend pennies for sweets
or bakers tarts and cakes, that a few
peanuts eaten cften, but not too many
at time, will be very much better for
you.-NeS0 York Times.
The advocate., 1896-04-01

them. Machines which thresh o smut.
infected crop win convey the disease
to the next grain threshed. Do not
plant grain on q smut infected field for
two years. Wisconsin AgricWItWrist.
The advocate., 1896-04-01
THE GROWING OF CORN.
Its Cultivation, Use, Cost and Value Dis
cuSsed from q Kansas Standpoint


The following ia the Introduction
prepared by Secretary Coburn for the
State Board Of Agriculture Quarterly:
Anyone even moderately familiar
with Kansas agriculture understands
chat the States premier crop Ia corn, al
though at the same time che most en-
thuslastic advocate of her productive
possibilities makes no claim that the
western two.fifths, or the thirty-nine
counties west of the ninety-ninth me-
rldian, are especially or reliably corn
growing territory. The corn yields
which, in the twenty-five years closing
with 1896, have had an average annual
value exceeding $31, 600, 900, or total
value in that time Of more than $780,
100000, have mainly been grown to
the eastward of the north.and- south
center line. In spite of this and three
very disastrous seasons in one Of
which the crop was less than nine
bushels per acre-the average yield for
all the wide area planted In the thirty
four years of which we have record
has been twenty.seVen bushels per
acre, and in ten of those years ranged
from forty to forty eight and four
fifths bushels.
Justly famed as many Of our wheat
crops have been, statistics reveal
8 fact surprising to casual ObSerV-
ers, namely, that in the quarter Of
century mentioned the aggregate value
of the corn crop has been very near
double that of the winter and spring
wheat crops combined; and further,
that In no year in the States history
has the value of the wheat approached
in magnitude that Of the same years
corn.
The average value of Kansas corn
per bushel for twenty-five years has
been q 1.5 cents. and per acre, $7Sl;
the average value per bushel of the
corn crop of the United States for the
past twenty years, az shown by the
government reports, has been 81 S.5
cents, and the average value per acre,
S9.l5.
Detailed information, found else
where in this report, obtained from
slxty.eight extensive and long time
Kansas corn growers In forty.fve coun-
ties, which In 1895 produced 10000, 600
bushels, shows, condensed, the follow
ing average cost of each principal item
entering into the production aud har.
Vesting of an acre of corn (the larger
number Of growers planting with list.
ers, without previous blowing, while
others plowed, narrowed and planted
with check'row plsnters), reckoning
the cost of harvesting as for yield Of
forty bushels per acre:
0oo0 sssssis.ss " W
Planting with lister, or with check.
row planter, including cost OF previ-
oSisiIRs:inE SSi Rl:SiHIns !.l...: and n.''0~ins. ..
Husklng and putting In orib. ....... IS
Wear and tear and interest on cost OF
Rent Of land Tor interest on its v1ailuej. al
Total cost ....................... @n
Cost per bushel l................... AZ
Average value OF corn land per
AIANssss ~ 10
The condensed itemized cost showing
made by the forty.three growers who
plant with listers, or have found that
The advocate., 1896-04-01

AohS .sss.ssss.ssss sssssssss.s'ssss 20 %
Statements Of cost where the land Is
plowed, well narrowed and planted
with the ordinary check.row machine,
summarize for each item "a below:
The advocate., 1896-04-01

race to whom they owe their liberties
The american.
The advocate., 1896-04-01
THE WITTE GASOLINE ENGINE.

Manufactured by Witte Iron Works, Kansas City, Mo.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-07-02

ton TIL cut with a moving machine
early in September for the sllo, thus
efTecting considerable saving Of labor.
Millet for ensilage should be planted
about June 1.
The hay of vetch and oats. peas and
cots, and Of Hungarian grass makes
good coarse feeds for winter equal to
an average quality Of hay. The peas
and oats can be cut when in blossom
early in July and followed Immediately
by Hungarian grass. One is thus en-
abled to grow from 8 to 81
tons of these hays per acre. On lands
that cannot be made to produce two
and one-half tons of English hay
yearly, this method might be followed
with advantage, if labor is not too
costly. BY planting variety Of an
nual fodder crops, many farmers are
so situated as to be able to sell English
hay to advantage.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-07-02
Canadian Mutton.

It Is without doubt true that the
prime, active factor in the problem OF
the importation Of sheep into the Unit
ed States from Canada is the quality of
mutton. There is no doubt that great
err pains is taken in Canada to produce
a fine quality of mutton than in this
country, and there the English methods
of mutton making have been much
more generally adopted than here. 1t
is said to be true that the English
sheep farmer regards with considerable
indifference the importation Of sheep
from all countries except Canada, for
with that one exception no country
sends any sheep to England to compete
with native mutton except at very
much lower prices. There is. of course,
no good reason for Canadian mutton
out-selling that of the United States,
either at home or abroad, but 1t does do
it, and simply because more attention
and skill are devoted to the work OF
making it. There is nothing in the
soil, climate or feeding-stuffs of Canada
that necessarily make better mutton;
the materials are at hand here in as
great abundance and of as fine quality,
and therefore the only thing lacking
is the more skillful combining and feed
ing, and possibly breeding, to make a
quality Of meat as fine as the world
can produce.-Ex.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-07-02
Feeding.

For practical purposes 1t is not pos
sible to weigh out the coarse feeds,
and a great deal will have to be left
to the judgment of the feeder. If hay
alone is fed, give all the animal will
eat up clean twice daily. 0ne-third to
one-fourth of the coarse folders can
consist of straw. 1t is hardly economi-
cal to feed over fifteen pounds of roots
daily. From 80 to IS pounds of en-
silage daily is sufficient. More than
this will disturb the digestion of some
animals, and also make many cows
lose in flesh Nine to twelve pounds
Of hay or other coarse feed of a sim
liar nature, together with 80 to 35
pounds of ensilage make sufficient
coarse fodder for an animals daily
needs. 1t is not good economy to feed
over one-half Of any leguminous crop.
either green or dry, in the total daily
coarse fodder ration. While the coarse
feeds can be fed according to the feed
ers' judgment observing the general
rules given above, it becomes neces-
sary both for the sake of economy and
health, to weigh or carefully measure
the grain ration. The coarse feed will
furnish from loo to 15O pounds of di-
gestible protein and We add the con-
centrated feeds primarily to secure the
extra 100 to 1.50 pounds of protein
necessary, to properly balance the IA.
ton.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-07-02

fortunately 1t is very difficult to cure
indian corn fodder. 1t is also difficult
10 cut or shred it and preserve 1t out
side Of the silo in quantity for any
length Of time. For these reasons, the
silo all things considered is undoubt-
eddy to be preferred for preserving the
corn plant, and practical experience
has demonstrated its value. For those
who desire corn meal during the win
Ter for feeding horses, pigs, and poul-
try, 1t is very good idea to remove
the ears from the stalk just previous
to cutting for ensilage. They can be
thrown upon the ground and allowed
10 remain for about two weeks to cure,
and can then be husked. If it were not
for the increased labor involved in re-
moving the ears and in husking and
grinding the same, the writer would
not advocate putting any of the grain
into the silo, for it has been clearly
shown that the loss during fermenta-
ton is considerable. The medium green
sofa bean is a valuable crop to put into
the silo with corn. The method Of
cultivation has already been described.
One part bean fodder and two parts
corn fodder is good proportion. It
should not be put in in layers, but both
corn and bean plants run through the
cutting machine together. Thus mixed
the bean fodder will keep better, and
will aid in neutrallzing the acidlty of
the corn. The advantage Of this mix
lure for feeding is, that it increases the
percentage of protein in the ensilage
from IA or 1.6 per cent (corn alone) to
&c or 2.S linked ensilage). II this mix
ture could be fed as an entire daily
ration, but very little concentrated
feeds, rich in protein, would be re-
Quired. Corn for ensilage should be
cut when the ears are fairly well
glazed. Beans planted about May 25
will be ready about the same time.
Barnyard millet is also recommended
to be used In connection with sofa
beans for the silo. 1t requires fully as
much plant food to produce crop, as
does corn, and will not stand dry
weather as well. On fairly moist land
from Is to II tons can be grown per
bcre. The seed can be sown broadcast,
and the crop needs no further atteD'
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-07-02
The Cnrrant.Rnrer.

This is pretty wasp-like moth which
may be found flying in the hot sun
shine searching for suitable places in
which to deposit its eggs, which are
laid singly near the buds, where, in
a few days, they hatch into small
larvae, which eat their way to the
center of the stem, frequently passing
down one stem and up another, eventu-
ally causing the death Of portion Of,
or the entire plant. Like the previous
species, this, too, is imported, and is
two brooded, so that the work Of de-
struction is carried on during the en-
tire summer.
Remedy.-In the autumn or ear.
spring all stems found hollow should
be cut out and burned.-Indiana Ex-
pertinent Static
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-07-02

considerable area of hay, and depend
upon this crop to a large extent for
coarse feed. Such land should be
made to produce three tons Of
hay, equivalent to about three
thousand pounds of digestible mat
Ter per acre. Similar land planted
10 corn and equally well MANFRED
would probably produce fully four
thousand pounds digestible matter per
Lcre, but the increased cost Of growing
in acre of corn would in the writer's
Judgment fully balance the increase in
Tleld. There are, however, consider
lble areas on every farm that are not
Natural grass lands. Such lands are so
lastly affected by frequent droughts,
that from one to one and one-half
Ions Of hay per acre are maximum
lrops. Land Of this kind is far better
luited for corn and will yield fully
hree times as much digestible matter
per acre as when in grass.
Ensilage: Corn or any crop put in
The silo is not improved in quality.
The various lamentations which such
materials undergo, decrease to an ex-
lent their nutritive effect, i. e., ton
VI fodder before being ensilaged would
have greater nutritive value than
litter being ensilaged. The writer does
lot believe in putting any crop into the
lilo that can be properly cured. I'm
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-07-02

The adoption of a universal standard
thread for screws and bolts is one of
the possibilities of the near future.
An international conference is about
to be held in Europe, having for its
object the adoption of a uniform sys-
tenn. This will be in line with the
proposed adoption of the metric sys-
TEN of weights and measures.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-07-02

blowing, and to be sometimes MIXED,
though not often, as they are fierce and
troublesome and their yield Of milk
small and of poor quality. Their flesh
is almost inedible. 1t is different, how
ever, with their cOgeners from Southern
India, which are larger and tanner, and
are often imported for dairy uses in
large numbers, for they are fairly tract
able, and give good supply Of whole
some milk. Being kept in the neighbor-
hood of large towns, they are allowed
to feed upon the commons, where they
present an interesting sight to strang-
ers, who are astonished at their almost
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-07-02

On this page We give an illustration
II a Ceylonese team of buffaloes hitched
10 a cart common to that country. 1t
will be noticed that the tongue is fas-
tened to a yoke bound to the horns.
Thus the weight of the pull is on the
horns and not on the shoulders, as with
hs.
Consul W. Mercy, of Colombo, writes
II these animals as follows: The COM
mon buffaloes also inhabit Ceylon, and
ire found both wild in the interior and
partially tame in the Singhalese. viii
lagos, where they are kept and used to
'rample the paddy Tice) lands after
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-07-02

hairless, uncouth forms, the very ex-
emplificatiOn of ugliness. The wonder
is still further increased when the awk-
ward beasts, to avoid the midday heat,
walk deliberately into the neighboring
ponds, submerging their bodies until
their noses, raised almost perpendicu-
larly, protrude above the waters, pre-
senting the appearance OF shoal of
alligators. No successful attempt at
crossing these buffaloes with true cattle
has, l believe, been made, the mixed
progeny. whenever any appeared, hav-
ing died young.-From the Farmers
Review.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-07-02
Grand Excursion to Buffalo July 9th
and eth.

The National Educational Associa-
ton will hold its next annual meeting
IN Buffalo, and the Michigan Central,
THE Niagara Falls Route" has made
a rate Of one fare for the round trip
plus $500, association membership fee.
Send stamp for Notes for Teachers"
containing valuable information rela-
live to Buffalo and Niagara Falls and
10 cents for summer note book, fully
descriptive and profusely illustrated
of the Summer Resorts of the North
and East
City Ticket Office. 119 Adams street
0. w. RUGGLES,
Gen'l Passr and Tk't Ag't.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-07-02

Dealers everywhere, both wholesale
and retail, report trade in Goldfish ex-
ceedingly dull. For some reason no
body seems to want this commodity at
any price. Prices were scarcely ever
lower than at present, and yet the de-
mand is thoroughly demoralized.