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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-10-08

The Democratic party in Michigan has
given up ibs cid maine, and 10 now oflci-
ally known as "he Republican Silver.
Popuust Demo- party" That comes
pretty near 10 boxing tho whole political
compass Herald
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-10-08

Many days work IL lost by sick head
ache, caused by indigestion and stomach
troubles DeWitt's Little Early RiserB
are the most efectual pill for overcoming
such difiicultes.
DunfrU l. GunuMAsE
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-10-08

If y0u have ever seen little child III the
agony of summer complaint, you can real
ize the danger Of .be trouble and appreci-
ate the value OF instantaneous Ieliei al
ways afforded by DeWi,ts collie and chol
era cure For dysontery aud diauhoea il
is a reliable remedy. We could not af
ford TO recommend this AZ cure unless it
were cure.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-10-08

Tom Watson's clowning In the west
threatens to bust the circus" and thore
Is to be an uttompt ON tho part Of the
Popocratic managers to mako him ride in
the baggage car instead Of the band
wagon.-New York Commercial.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-10-08

Il does'nl a4itcr much whnlh~r rick
headach- biliou-Ger-. Indigestion AMI O. n
stip.tiuu AR caused ur neglect or Toy TN
avoidaBle ci. Gun -tdurre; DeWrt's LIt'e
Early kis-i. viii sptedily cure them all.
kkDICs 4 hKOHMAEn.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-10-08

The whole = stem is drained and unter-
mined by indolent ulcers and open sores.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve speedily
heals them 1t is the best pile cure known.
RRDICK & GRoBMASS.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-10-08

The man who attends to the city lamps
may he discourtcous, but he is always
pole light.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-10-08

A floral bicycle was the funeral tribute
recently made by Lewiston, Me, hot
house Tor bereaved cyclomania friends
of young man who had lived near there
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-10-08

Only about dozen words of genuine
English origin end with the letter "a;"
two dozen with the letter 20, and near
ly 5000 with "y,'
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-10-08

Poison Ivy. insect bites, bruises, scalde'
burns, are quickly cured by DeWite's
Witch Hazel Salye the great pilr cure
RyDrCK q GRoHMAES.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-08
FARM AND GARDEN.
FUTURE OF FARMING


Steady Decrease In New Ensiand's
Rural Population.
Undeniably the best crop that the old
farmers produced was men. They sent
forth these hardy young children of the
soil to strengthen and energize all the
higher forces of our civilization. 1t
might be unjust to say that they are not
doing it still, but 1T is to a less extent,
relatively, than in what are now called
the good old days. The advantages of
education extend to the boys on the
tarm more than ever before, it is true,
and they grasp them more generally
and more eagerly. But for what pur-
pose? To escape from their humdrum
environment and enter that larger and
more active world where the prizes as
well as the failures are greater. The
passion to see and enjoy life as it is
lived in the great centers of population
and business is more intense than il
ever was in the days that are past, ami
education rather stimulates it than
otherwise. Even the farmers them
selves have the infection, and if they do
not encourage they only weakly re-
strain their educated children from
turning their requirements to what
seems to them better account than til
lage of the soil. Only small proper
tIoH even OF the graduates OF our dSr1-
cultural colleges, though given a special
technical equipment for that service,
return to the farm. If they can gain
fortune and reputation and experience
III some other calling they frequently
like to resume farming avocatiou,
but only in comparatively rare in
stances is it adopted life work.
These are hard facts, but we might
as well face them. The census reports
show steady decrease of population and
production in the rural portions of the
state, yet educational opportunities
were never before SO general or avail
uble now. 1t would be a sad comics
sion that there was no remedy for this,
but the remedy has not yet been
found. Education benefits the farmer
as much as the lawyer, both in his bust
ness and his citizenship. and it should
not be held responsible for the depres
sion in agricultural industry; but the
social pace is such that the husband
man cannot follow it. There must
enter into the business the elements
that make success along other lines
cooperation and capital-before it will
tecome attractive to the educated ard
the mbitious-Boston Transcript.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-08
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

In farming it is better to raise thing
or an animal than to buy it.
Usually the farmer that drives his
cows with dogs saves time, but loses
butter.
Fertility in an available form is the
basis of all successful production from
the soil.
Generally It takes longer to develop
heavy built animal than it does a
light built one.
The most profitable pig is the one that
makes the fastest growth from birth to
maturity.
There is no economy in investing
money i'll good blood unless it can be fol-
lowed up by good attention.
1t will aid materially in maintaining
good health with the stock if care is
taken to provide them with plenty of
pure, fresh water daily. - Farmers
Union.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-08
SOFT-SHELLEo EGGS.

An Explanation of a Number of Theories
This Subject.
There are various theories on this sub
iect, and the cause can oaly be guessed
at. Lewis Wright says that soft-shelled
eggs are caused by overlooking, or want
of lime which is best supplied by cal
cined and pounded oyster shells. Some
times, he says, it is occasioned by fright,
in which case the hens will be all right
in a day or two. Filthy nests and YER
min, he thinks, may have something to
do with the fault. We believe that when
a fowl habitaally lays soft-shelled eggs,
as some do, that some functional dis
order is the cause, and not lack of lime,
which has become stereotyped phrase
in this connection. Such hens should
be put in a coop by themselves and ex-
perlmented with. We have never seen
soft-shelled egg here in Georgia,
where there is no limestone, and where
our water is free-stone. But we have
had soft-shelled eggs in Tennessee,
where the water is all limestone, except
the mineral springs. When a hen lays
soft-shelled eggs occasionally, she is
simply out of condition some way, and
lack of lime may have nothing to do
with the trouble. If the lime theory is
worth anything, rot only one hen, but
the entire flock would lay soft-shellcd
eggs when lime was lacking. Yet such
a thing never happens. Fowls get lime
for egg shells from the food they eat.
And that is the only way they do get it.
Fancier.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-08

Our experience is against weaving
pigs other than to let nature take it's
course. 1t is almost impossible to pre-
vent them from receiving a check il
-veaned at seven or eight weeks old, Us
>some advise. You will not only check the
growth of the pig, but it seems great
INJURY would result to the SOW. No one
would take calf from its mother, re-
srain from milking her. and then ex-
spect the COW to escape without injury,
and surely a sow must be something like
a COW. Teach the pigs to eat at as early
age as possible, gradually increase
the feed until about two months of
'age, giving as much butter, or skim
milk, as they will-take along will: what
grain they get, and weaving will not
be hurtful to either the pig or dam.
More loss of growth Is incurred right
here than at any period of the pigs
fife. If you must wean them Mt an
early age. don't do it suddenly.-South-
ern Swineherd.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-08
pumping Car for che B.rn.

One of the greatest contrivances
have yet seen for cleaning out barn
Is found in the barn of neighbor who
does not believe in ,piiing manure up
against the side of the building, as is
so often observed on some farms. He
las track similar to the one on which
the hay carrier runs. and it extends the
entire length of the barn in the rear OF
the stalls and some distance outside of
the building. A dumping car is swung
on this track which will hold almost
wagon load of manure. 1t is Wheeled
along behind the stalls where needed
end when filed is pushed out on the
track to the manure pen and dumped.
This continuance has not cost a great
deal, and it is a very great conven-
fence.-Rural World
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-08
FOR HOSTING HAY.

the fork. An iron pin passes through
the prong and pole, SO as to allow the
pole the sweep motion. The pole should
be placed in fork so as to just balance,
which will give the end for hosting the
hay a little more length than the other.
Total length of the pole should be 35 to
40 feet The rope shown at E, for hold
ing the hay fork. should be about ten
feet long, and may be secured at any
convenient point along the pole within
say ten feet from the end.
At the other and larger end of sweep
go is placed pulley, through which
passes q rope, one end of which is fas
tened around the upright at III. The
other end passes through a pulley Sc
cured to a frame at bottom, and to this
end is fastened the singletree at X. The
pulley in cut is shown at center of frame.
but in actual use it may be shifted so as
to be at either end or part way toward
same, as well as midway the two ends
When the pulley is in the center the
sweep pole moves upward in direct line,
as the horse pulls; if at either side, tue
sweep, as it is raised, swings around.
thus carrying the hay to any part of the
ricl, desired. The trip rope (not shown
in CUT attached to the harpoon fork
should be long enough to reach from
wagon to the most distant part of rick,
and is used by the man On wagon to
pull the sweep back in place after the
hay is tripped.
Twenty, thirty or forty tons of hay
anay be put into one rick, built much
As 25 feet high, by means of this device
OF course, the frame at bottom must be
securely stobbed down. A prong or
projection on stob to catch over the si!ls
= l. - L. \ l.
~crowbar. l am indebted to Mr.. A. Lip
pitt, Meadville, Mo, for description of
x,his sweep, which he has been using for
many years with entire satisfaction
C. w Waters, in journal of Agricul-
fnre
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-08
Enective Cure for Koup.

One of the best, cheapest and most
cleanly cures for roup in fowls is said
to be sulphur, alum and magnesia, equal
parts, in the form of a powder. We
have had no experience with it, but
give it as it was tried by a poultry
raiser and found to be very effective.
He got a sort of dry powder sprayer,
such as is used in applying insect pow
der, and applied the mixture to a hen
having the roup. The effect was a cure,
and he has since recommended his rem
edy. The powder should be blown over
the head of the fowl, and into the eyes,
throat and nostrils- When there is
canker in the fowl, the cankerous
growth should be removed with a blunt
stick and the powder applied over the
affected parts thoroughly. This will
effect cure.-Dakota Field and Farm
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-08
One Way to Save Moisture.

How to save as much of the moisture
as possible is a matter which has re-
ceived the consideration of scientists
and farmers. There are methods by
which water may be stored for future
use, but such are not practicable on
all farms There is one way to par
tally prevent loss. which is ia
miliar to all farmers, and that is to
keep the surface of the ground which
is occupied by a crop always loose II
a shower comes much of the water will
flow OF the hard ground, but if the soil
is loose the water will more easily &c
down. Constant stirring of the soil
also prevents loss of a large portion OF
the moisture already in the soil
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-08
HOMEMADE HOPPER DozIER

piece of canvas was stretched. This
frame served the important office of
throwing back all those grasshoppers
that otherwise would jump clean over
the pan and throw them into the oil.
The runners on which the pan stood
were usually made of saplings or small
pieces of board having an upward curve
in front to prevent them from catching
in the ground. The front ends Of the
runners were all fastened by screws to
a cross-piece, which was, in turn, drawn
by two ropes, one at each end. These
ropes were Joined in front and fastened
to a single-tree- Sometimes two hop
per-doziers were fastened to long pole
by means of short ropes; this was very
easily drawn by one horse. just in
front of the pan was fastened piece of
rope which swept the ground a few
inches in advance, and served to stir up
the hoppers and make them jump in to
the pans. In the pan was laid piece of
cloth which was first saturated with
water. About a pint of kerosene was
then thrown in and the upright sheet
Or sail of canvas moistened with oil.
The machine was then drawn over the
pasture, or wherever the hoppers were
thickest. In a short time it was usually
seen to be partially filled with dead and
dying insects.
The slightest touch of kerosene,
either from the pan or from the canvas
sheet, means death to the hopper, fer
the oil spreads over its body in the
same way that a single drop will spread
over a large surface of water. 1t seems
to produce paralysis, which is first
shown by the stiffening of the legs. A
very large proportion of the hoppers
that came in contact with the oil in
the pan. Immediately jumped out again,
but they invariably died in the course
of few seconds or minutes.
Hundreds of these machines were
made and drawn over the meadows and
pastures, with the result that millions
of the choppers" were killed, and this
work, added to the fact that the season
was unfavorable to the insects, saved
many crops. Last year we hard several
requests from readers in the eastern
states to how these "hopper-doziers"
are made, and so we print this informa-
ton early in the season.-Rural New
Yorker.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-08
Observation-Disclosures
CHRISTOPHER TRAP.

A Device That Saved Many Crops In tho
State of Minnesota
We told our readers last fall about
the serious outbreak of grasshoppers in
Minnesota, and the efforts made 20 de-
stroy them. Among other devices en-
ployed was the hopper-dozier, picture
of which is shown. A bulletin of the
Minnesota Experiment station gives
the following account of the making of
a hopper-dozier:
A sheet of ordinary sheet-iron, such
rs is used for making stovepipes, was
turned up 1A inch around the edges,
and riveted at the corners. This made a
shallow pan about s feet long, 2 feet
broad and 1H inch deep. To the bottom
of this were riveted the six small strips
which could be fastened to the three
runners on which the pan rested. To
the rear side of the pan was screwed
light, wooden frame, as long as the
pan and 11a foot high. Over this frame
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-08
Requisites OF . Horse breeder.

In the successful breeding of horses
the breeder must be lover of the horss
as the first requisite, and, second, he
must be a person of horse sense and
eumption. and when he has these
requisites he will be constantly study
ing the subject and getting what light
he can from the live stock journals,
and in his study of the animals under
his care will soon learn what foods are
best suited for each individual animal,
and thus feed so that his colts will
thrive and his horses will remain free
from disease, while, his neighbor, lack
ing these requisites, will be constantly
having sickness and misfortune.-Rural
World
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-08
Quality Means PROFIT.

Quality gives the profit. If berries
cost three cents for picking. boxes.
commissions, etc, and sell for four
cents, an addition of one cent more
per quart gives double the profit. as il
as the first cost that must be met. If
berries sell for six cents to-day and
-four cents tomorrow the profit is three
times as much, although the advance in
price is only one-half of the whole
The better the quality. consequently.
the larger tine profit over the original
coot.-Troy On Y.) Times.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-08
Bees Killed by Spraying.

It has been often argued that when
orchards are sprayed with arsenical poi
sons while the trees are in bloom a
great many bees are killed. The bees
are not only useful as honey gatherers,
but they are very helpful in fertilizing
the flowers. Some experiments made
last year at the Ohio station show con-
clusively that bees may be killed in
large numbers by spraying while the
flowers are open. and since this practice
is never necessary at that time for the
destruction of injurious insects it should
be avoided. The trees should be sprayed
just before Towering, and as soon as
the blossoms have fallen, and never
while they are in bloom.-Garden and
Forest.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-08
NOTES FOR BEEkEEPERs.

Removal of all the queen cells will
stop swarming.
There are more failures from bad
management than bad seasons.
A cell properly developed and of full
size is certain to produce queens.
Glass packages always show the honey
just as it is, and the buyer sees just
what he is buying.
Drone-laying queens are worthless in
every respect, for the drones they pro-
duce are deficient.
Be on the lookout for drone-1aying
queens. good colony will soon be
destroyed by them.
A colony for Matching should at all
times be strong and contain brood in
all stages of development.
Giving the old swarms a young, fer
tile queen as soon the first swarm
has left will usually prevent second
swarming.
As soon as the honey flow or the
heaviest part of it is at an end remove
all surplus honey intended for market
or family use.
You can extract honey from frames
partly filled with brood at any time.
1t is not necessary to wait until they
are sealed over.
Surplus departments or upper stories
should be kept on the hives during
the summer season, as quite a surplus
may be stored at intervals.
It will be good time now to lay away
a few combs of sealed honey for the
bees to use next winter. 1t beats feed
ing and is better for the bees-St. Louis
Republic.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-08
Money in Maple Sugar.

More money lies in planting good
maple sugar grove than in three-quar-
tiers of the common crops. 1t will take
about 20 to 25 years to bring trees to
tapping condition. Perhaps the boys
will get the benefit. but that is true
when we build expensive houses and
barns. Maple sugar will be in large
demand for the next five years. owing
to the destruction of cane in Cuba. It
is always q good paying crop. First
class sirup will command one dollar a
gallon, and good sugar is worth ten ~
twelve cents per pound.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-08
THE FARMING WORLD.
SERvICEABLE DEVICE.

How to Make a Most Excellent Sweep for
Hosting Hay.
A cheap and highly serviceable device
for hosting hay from wagon to the rick
as illustrated in the accompanying cut
The bottom of frame is made with three
strong pieces, eight feet long, securely
framed together with cross-pieces as
shown; the sills "a A Az sioping at the
ends in order that the whole affair may
doe drawn from place to place the same
as sled. The uprights (B B B b are
mine feet long, and may be extra secured
to a small, square, strong platform
above by passing a heavy iron strap IA
piece of old wagon. tire is good) around
Che latter. The upright (CH) is Pivoted
on the iron pin at the bottom. and ex-
tends to height Of. say six feet above
the platform at top of frame, through
which it passes. For this upright
suitable fork is selected. with one prong
about two feet longer than the other.
To the upper end of the longer prong.
at f, is secured pully for the purpose
of raising the main pole (sweep) into
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-08
Troubles of Bookkeeping.

Beekeeping has come to be All i'm
portant industry in California, and, as
might have been expected, there is a
conflict going on between the beekeep-
ers and the fruit growers, the latter
asserting that their fruits are Injured
by the swarms of bees that sting the
fruit in order to secure the honey. The
controversy has grown very interesting
in San Leandro, which is in the midst
of the fruit country, and the complaints
which have been lodged with the trus-
tees have led to a serious tangle. A
struggle is now being made with an
ordinance that shall restrain the bees
from being guilty of vagrancL
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-08
ELECTRIC FARMING.
A New York Farmer Turns the Sod with
Trolley Pillow.

A New York Farmer Turns the Sod with
a Trolley Plow.
Now for the trolley pillow. The old
time farmer is out of date.
Electricity, the master force, which
by the end of the century will DOM
mate every field of human work ard
solve all the problems that have so long
baffied mankind, has been enlisted in
the most essential of mortal occupa-
tions-agricu1ture.
The farming of the future is to be
done by electricity. Dynamos and
wires will attend to the business CT
the big farm. The sonorous "gec
haw!" of the up-country soil-tiller will
be heard no more, and the farm hand
who would keep his job will have to be
thoroughly acquainted with ohms,
volts and amperes.
Edward NJ. Bentley, of New York, has
just made a long step toward the es
adjustment of electricity a hard
working factor on the farm. He has
patented an electric pillow. which runs
back and forth across field and turns
up the soil in fashion that would have
made pioneer farmers of a hundred
years ago stand dumb with amaZement.
His invention calls into use the most
recent developments in the line of trans
mission OF eiecLIlc power. ~ power
house in a centrally located village can
furnish motive force for all the farm
work to be done within a radius of
many miles.
Along the two opposite sides OF a
field, poles and wires are put up, and
between these, stretching directly
across the field, is stretched a third
wire, which serves as a trolley upon
which the pillow travels. This wire is
slack, so that it may run through the
pillow continuance, which let's out wire
behind as it progresses and winds it in
at the front.
When the pillow reaches the end of
furrow the current is automatically re-
yersed, SO as to start the machine back
again. Thus the pillow goes back and
forth until the whole field is traversed.
The ends of the trolley wire, as the
work progresses, travel along on the
wires strung alongside the field.-N-
Y journal,