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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21
AMERICAN HORSES.

Exss1-xzu-s9 Ax1u1afs Ffad a Ready Sale in
che German Market.
Azz EzfSsxatiaI German illustrated
Ts.srEuzE notices the report of the Amer
zIs.zszr ez2GsEI at Bremen, and states that
4fezrnszzy furnishes a good market for
zAmecx>az horses This is a significant
fszT-E AzzsE Il suggestive one, also. 1t has
zzsssG 6<.<zxz long since the idea of sending
AmcriEzz, saorses to Europe would have
Esss.n ridfcgfled- The advance in this
Ez1rrzr4 ST five stock industry in this
a11u.zkKF szxS been wonderful.
The S,est blood of American English
4Sv0lx1s-ix includes ScotlandD and French
1hsz-ss=s ha< been used to improve
2Sa7s--s-z1z horses And the result is that
sfss=sss eetIzzses are now going abroad IN
srIsnSnzszzl5se numbers. Since 1895 it
appears that 10000 horses have been
ss.zfSI<sz2 GroEn America to German
IsIrea- ef-r chief ports being Hamburg
zzrs<s Ef-rensssez- They bring on an average
ekx,sxt SIZE each, and are often resold
Hsr srlza 1f Leipsic and other inland
e-ie5sN 1T as stated also by the same
E=Kpcr EkrEt purchasers for these Amer1-
-a.1rr lFsrrzss have gone from Sweden and
-AssSuzzRra 60 Hamburg to obtain them,
-0Safscsx shows chat there is market in
f1sssz- czszxntrles for American horses.
B4zE 5S Is well to note the fact that
xa<asa- -S<si.rsS fails to find purchasers at
rIxslnaneEafive figures. and German
newspapers warn American shippers
: slaxS@ It is useless to send such inferior
>sniazaafs Co Germany. The fact is also
e<uaozzsfnrd that great care should be
t1xs-rn I'm handling and feeding the
ffsEsex Oh shipboard.-Farmers'V Voice.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21
PACKED IN PLASTER.
New Method of Shipping Butter Now In
Usage in Australia.

New Method of shipping Butter Now In
Usage in Australia.
There seems to be no limit to the de-
vising of means for the transportation
of perishable produce to a distance. a
new method is that of packing butter in
box made of six sheets of ordinary
glass, all the edges being covered over
with gum paper. The glass box is en-
veloped in layer of plaster of paris a
quarter of an inch thick, and this is
covered with specially prepared paper.
The plaster, being bad conductor of
heat, the tempera ture inside the her
meticaily-sealed receptacle remains
constant, being unaffected by external
changes. Butter packed in this way ct
Melbourne has been sent across the sea
to South Africa, and when the case was
opened, 700 miles from Cape Town, the
butter was found to be as sound as
when it left the factory. Gases are now
made to hold as much as two hundred
weight of butter, and 40 boys and girls
are occupied in making the glass re-
ceptacles and covering them with pIas-
ter. The top. or lid, is put on by u
simple mechanical arrangement and is
removed by the purchaser equally east
ly. A saving of 25 per cent. on freight
and packing, is claimed, in compar-
ison with the cost of frozen butter car
ried in the usual way.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21

under the body of the tree, SO that " hen
it is raised up it will settle about four
inches lower than what it stood before.
(See cut.) Then trim the tree ihor-
oughly, not by cutting off large limbs.
but reduce the leaf surface by cutting
away small limbs and twigs, and by ak
ing off the ends of the longer limbs.
Then raise it into its place and set a
fence post in the ground at an angle
SO that the tree will rest against che
top of it; then fill in under the roots
with sods and rich earth mixed with
manure, so as to encourage strong root
growth. In a few years your trees will
be as good as before. OF course. this
only applies to trees that have roots
enough left intact to keep the tree from
withering.-Ohio Farmer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21
INTERESTING TESTS.
Fine, Firm Seed Bed Is Preferable to q
Loose Soil.

A Fine, Firm Seed Bed Is Preferable to q
Loose Soil.
In order to determine the effect of
compact and "loose" soil upon seed.
the horticultural students in the short
course in agriculture, Madison, Wis,
made the following experiments:
Each student used 100 white beans
divided into two equal lots. Before
planting, the volume of each lot was
determined by pouring given amount
of water into graduated tubes, and not
ing the difference in height of the water
when the beans are added. They were
then drained and at once planted in
tin boxes with tight covers. The boxes
were filled one-th;rd with moist garden
soil, in which the beans were mixed and
the surface covered with an inch of soil
The same operation was performed with
the second lot, and in addition small
block of wood was used to compress the
soil about the beans. AS each student
prepared two lots, this gave 100 cups,
which were marked with labels giving
students name and volume of beans.
The cups were then placed for "a hours
in a room in a temperature of 6S to 70
degrees. The volume of the beans of
each lot was then determined with the
following result: The average increase
in volume of the beans in loose soil was
46 per cent, in compact soil II per
cent. Peter Henderson relates in
Gardening for Profit" an experiment
in which not one seed in 1000 of celery,
nor one in 100 of cabbage, started in
strips of loose soil, while compacted
strips gave an excellent stand. The use
of the feet or roller is based on the same
principle. In the loose soil there are
less points of contact of moist earth
with the seed, causing less water to
be absorbed, slower termination, and
an unfavorable condition for its best
development.
The concensus of opinion is that a
fine, firm seed bed is preferable to a
loose soil.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21
THE HAND SEPARATOR.
What the Machine Is. How 1t Works end
What 1t Saves.

What the Machine Is, How 1t Works end
What 1t Saves
Prof. c.. s. Plumb, Maryland Experi-
mental Station: 1.-The hand separator
consists of small metal bowl, which
is revolved with great raPidity by
means of cogwheel connections. Milk
turned into the bowl separates into
skim milk. which accumulates in the
outer portion of the bowl, and cream.
which gathers near the center. After
the separation in the bowl the cream
and skim milk escape from it through
outlets into separate tubes, from which
they are conducted into cans. This ac-
ton of separation is continuous SO long
as the bowl is revolving at suitable
speed.
''Separators are now commonly sold
on the market that do satisfactory
work, practically removing all the but
ter fat from the milk. On the average
farm probably every 100 pounds of skim
milk secured by the old-fashioned
methods contains from one-fourth to
one-half pound of fat. More is left in
the milk than farmers are often aware
of. The properly-run separator removes
nearly all, if not all of this.
"The writer believes that every per-
son who keeps five or more cows, with
the object of making as much butter
from them as possible, who makes gilt
edged butter and who is interested in
progressive dairying would find in the
hand separator a money-making ma
chine. Other people are likely to be dis
appointed if they buy hand separator
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21

individual requirements of the mixer
as to height of the stool. width of the
seat, etc. The seat may be covered
by stuffing cushion, made from an old
grain sack, with excelsior. hay, or even
wool.
Sit down on the stool, after deposit
ing it at the right side of the COW, and
place the pail on the board b. This
incloses the pail between each knee and
the guard C, and thoroughly secures it
from any danger of tipping over or the
cow striking it with her feet. This plan
also allows the easy holding of the pail
between the knees, and actually rests
the mixer during the operation of
milking, whether it be one or a dozen
cows.
Adjust your stool and pail so that
each stream of milk from the teats can
be directed into the pail without undue
exertion in reaching out with the arms
or STOPPING over into an uncomfortable
position. See that the udder and teats
are clean. Brush them off thoroughly
with dry hands before depositing the
pail on the STOOL The cow should be-
kept so clean in the stall that practical
ly no filth can adhere to udder, teats Or
fank.-J. 81. Brown, in Ohio Farmer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21
THE FARMING WORLD.
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.

How 1t Affects the Growth of Various
Kinds of Vegetables
In consequence of the success which
has attended the experimental culture
of flowers and vegetables by electricity
in America, some of the London horti-
culturists, who desire to be first at
Covert garden with their early salads
p branch of industry which is exceed
ingly profits ble-propose to install the
electric light in their forcing houses
In the states the electric culture of
plants for commercial purposes has
now become recognized industry.
This fact is mainly owing to the careful
compilation of data which has been
made by Prof. L. H. Bailey, of Cornell
university. Prof. Bailey shows that the
effect of the light is marked even at
a distance of 100 feet; that the electric
light does not determine the periodicity
of growth; that increase under the light
occurs only during the first days; that
growth takes place in daylight IS well
as in darkness. His experiments are
thus summarized: The influence of the
electric arc light upon greenhouse
plants is greatly modified by the use of
a clear glass globe, or the interposition
of a glass roof. Plants which are much
injured by n naked light may be bene-
flied by protected light. The light
can be suspended even above the house
with good effect. AS rule, plants are
earlier under the electric light than
when grown in ordinary conditions
Lettuce is greatly forced and improved
by the electric light An average of
five hours of light per night fastened
maturity from week to ten days, at
the distance of from ten to twelve feet.
Even at 40 feet in only diffused light, the
effect was striking. The light appeared
TO injure young, newly transplanted
plants Radishes were also benefited
by the light, but not much To do them
any good the light had to be hung out
side the house. If placed inside, whether
naked or protected by globe it injured
the radishes. Beet and spinach were
apparently somewhat benefited by the
light. Caulifiowers grew taller and
made fewer and smaller heads and vio-
let's and daisies blcomed earlier in the
lighthouse. This corroborates result s
obtained with other flowers in arlier
experiments. The electric light does
not appear to determine or modify the
hours of growth of lettuce and some
other plants which have been studied
in this particular. Plants which are
benefited simply grow more rapidly
during the customary periods. These
experiments have been extended over
six years and the conclusions reached
are worthy of careful attention as basel
on independent scientific investigation.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

If the COW has a sore teat, milk very
carefully and apply extract of witch
hazel.
Labor is money. Use no useless la
bor-make no needless steps-in the
dairy work.
The oleomargarine business is being
curtailed materially which is good news
to the dairy.
The first cold nights of fall have in
jured the milk yield of many a COW
permanently until she has her next
calf.
A cow that has not bright eye is
not good dairy cow. A fool animal OF
any kind is not the best animal of its
class.
Good corn fodder, good clover and
good straw will make milk. The latter
must be supplemented with grain, and
the first two ought to be.
The application of dirty grease to =
cows sore teat or to the sore on any
other animal has no sense back of it.
Common grease is not healing. It "a
more apt to act as blister.-Western
PlOwmaQ,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21
Home and Foreign Markets,

The marketing of dairy produce is a
factor that should engage the earnest
attention of every farmer. We hear
a great deal about catching the foreign
market, but our home market IS of far
greater Importance. With population
constantly increasing, under normal
conditions the demand for dairy prod
ucts will also increase. There is a
danger that we will look at the foreign
market so much that we will. forget
we have home market Whether the
market be foreign or home, the butter
or cheese must be made knowing to
which it is going, for the anne kind OF
product will not always do for BOTH
Farmers Review.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21
KEEPING ROADS GOOD.

The Time to Repair Highway Is When
1t Needs 1t.
Most everyone has heard of the man
who gave it out that he always took
a bath every year whether he needed
it or not. A great many roads are
worked on the same principle. Once
as fixing up" and the rest of the time
they must shift for themselves. As
consequence they "shift" from one side
to the other, just as the lay of the land
and the lack of proper drainage may
demand.
And, be it reme1Rbered, there is some
times a piece of road that nature has
kindly cared for-which really does not
require fixing. Often this is plowed up.
along with defective sections, and is
made soft and susceptible to ruts and
washouts 1t is also then in a good
condition to produce the largest guam
tity of dust.
good road should never be thus
repaired" A defective road should
be repaired at any and all times 1t
is cheaper, and certainly much better.
Europe's good roads are the result of
do not have to be repaired. They are
fixed before they need repairing
the sense of being partly rebuilt.
The one great lesson the people OF
our land must learn is, that the time
to repair a road is when it needs it.
These once-a-year reformations are too
few and far between. Fix the roads
now.-Good Roads.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21
Tho Way to san Fruit.

In order to effect ready sale for
fruit of any kind in these times of great
competition, it is necessary to grow
large and highly-colored fruits, to
strive after qua,ity-as understood in
the market-more than quantity. al
though the latter must not by any
means be overlooked. Let it be noted
if fruit is to be sold privately, that
good flavor and proper degree of ripe
ness. will recommend your fruit to
your customers If you intend selling
through a market agent, favor will
count for nothing; but rich color and
soundness of condition are everytking
towards securing the highest price. All
fruit should be grown as large and high
~ colored as possible, gathered and
packed before it becomes soft and over
ripe. When gathering fruit. never
gather when there is a heavy dew or
Just after rain. They should be gath
cred dry. and be kept dry.-Rur al
World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21
Finding the Bsst Markets.

If you have good lamb market close
&c home. patronize it. says a writer in
an exchange. The writer puts his
lambs in tine wagon at five or six o'clock
IN the morning, and in two hours he
can unload them in his own market
and save the shrinkage of shipping.
1t distant from any good market, ship
to Chicago, if you live in the west; il
IN the east, ship to New York or Phila
delphia. unless you have good market
closer homo. Each shipper can deter
,uine the best place to ship to from his
locality, by distance and freight
charges, compared with the probable
price for them when placed on the
market.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21

make an excavation two feet longer and
two feet wider than the box, which may
be made of inch boards. The back part
should be about 20 inches high and the
front IL or Ii inches. This will give a
sloping top, which will permit the rain
to run off. The cover may be made so it
can be pushed down or up at the own
er's will; or stick with notches in it
at intervals will answer as well. In
this way the cover can be lifted entirely
off the bed or be raised just enough to
admit necessary air and light. By hav-
ing notched stick the cover will take
no extra room when not in use. The
hotbed may be of any size desired.
In the excavation place six or seven
inches of rich soil, and upon this the fer
menting dung until the bed is about two
feet high. On top of this place three or
four inches of pulverized soil. Put on
the frame and keep it covered until the
temperature rises to 100 degrees, then
sow the seed. Every night until dan
ger of frost is passed cover with mat
or similar protection. The bed should
be opened every day from until ten
or eleven a. m. and from two to three
or four p. m, unless freezing. to let in
air. Never allow the temperature to
exceed 90 degrees or fall below 70. To
secure good. healthy plants plenty of
air is necessary, and unless the air is
admitted tail, sickly growths will be
the result. Care must be taken to bank
the outside of the bed all around with
good stable manurc.-%Farm and Home.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21
Beet Sugar in Nebraska

Nebraska began to nike beet sugar
Just eight years ago. In 1895 her prod
uct amounted to 5000. 900 pounds, and
the industry is growing rapidly The
state law provides for the paying of a
bounty of five-eighths of a cent per
pound upon sugar manufactured in the
state from beets, sorghum or other
sugar yielding plants grown in it, but
no money can be paid upon sugar pro-
6uced from beets for which as much as
SIS per ton has not been paid TO the pro-
ducer. nor upon sugar produced from
beets raised by the manufactured
Fa-:aers' Review.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21
Care Of Apples in winter.

A house for storing apples should be
made as nearly alright as possible.
Set the stills in mortar, and do it well.
Let the floor be double, with sheathing
paper between the two thicknesses of
boards. Double board the outside, and
use paper between. Cell up on the in
side, filling it between with sawdust.
Do not put in any windows, unless they
are covered with tight shutters. Should
the weather at any time be warm open
the doors and windows at night. and
close tightly in the morning. The main
secret of keeping apples is an even tenn
perature, as near the freezing point as
possible, not below it; keep them drv.
and do not permit any circulation of
air
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21
MAKING a AorsEp.
How to Have Fresh Vegetables Almost An
the Year Around.

How to Have Fresh Vegetables Almost All
the Year Around.
In many sections Of the country fresh
vegetables may be had the year round if
a hotbed is constructed and properly
cared for. Such a bed may not be an
expensive one of brick or stone, COW
cred with glass, unless the owner SO de-.
sires- Oiled canvas stretched over q
frame will answer the purpose nearly
as well as glass and will be far cheaper.
1t should be made a few days before
needed, SO that the oil can penetrate
through and through the CLOTH Lin
seed oil is best, and may be applied by
means of a common paint brush
For the hotbed make bed of COM
mon barnyard manure, being sure there
is no cow dung in it. Turn this over
and over two or three times at inter
walls of four or five days Allow the
manure to ferment until smoking hot.
When the manure is thoroughly heated
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21

En1- ErrIfzsfoa compared with the deep
=zrsE EzfzE wounds made by the narrow
czr-sl vEsseas vixen once a rut is started.
Ea1ei3A II Erasoaabay good road and
a.s,zS5 che z~hicEes with tires with some
11szra.y E1a. syszze proportion to weight as
Err. drrs VI q bicycle, with the tread of
s5as. rszE SsEsoeis different from that o.
rhs= Grazzf rrE.eeiS, 50 as not to follow N
slrs. s=sz1zs> path and the surface will not
E,ee quilted at ALL The wheels serve as
rxvzfs-sz, x.14 instead of cutting up the
xxr=sas they ss.zlee them better.
Ef-,s. pAssosophy we show, to ne sure.
VIE szx ourselves poor to keep steam
xssfEses at work on our highways, and
fzs-E- carefully select wagons which will
xszz<5a Tire work of the roller as quickly
=ra SGsxIZ1Ie-MiIford (Mass.) Gazette.
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of the community where they are stu
ated. 1t is easy to make an attractive
watering place, for one can call in the
aid of vines and shrubs. a simple plan
is shown in the illustration. hogs
head contains the water that is brought
to it by pipe. The sides and top are
boxed in, and n roof carried up over the
whole. Over this, vines are trained I'M
til the little building is fairly hidden by
them. 1t may be thought that This IS
considerable trouble to take for water
ing place, but everything that enhances
the beauty of roadside enhances the
value of the property adjacent to it,
and increases the respect of travellers
for those who live adjacent. Wei1-con-
structed roads, well-kept roadsides, at
tractive watering places and properly
marked guide-posts indicate the. vicin-
ity of cultured, thrifty, up-to-date res
identS.-Country Gentleman.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

IT apples that are stored in a cool
-s>sszs-s ape headed up in a barrel, they
~r5sk E1sep better.
Tss- Gznn3 foe the sugar beet should
Ee s,fae<<sd In the fail, and after pIow-
Hiss- sInaess the land is very rich. apply
Rf<0sE Of Wesl-c>otted manure.
Efne Gssfata blight is on the increase.
KHrrsteaExx asiatasre for blight and paris
zzrxr.H 6>r bsss will have to be kept in
ssnsx-S0 1sF taae potato grower.
Nc * mat much trouble or expense TO
.<,axnSxrxc3 - dollhouse for forcing early
~<sss-c1esses or growing vegetables IN
WmfeG The turner can do this.
TZn= apple grower who does not re-
Ezrzzk Ei1z. apple as he would any other
<=szp. and furnish the trees with food.
MS be does other crops, will not sue
.SzaEf-
IL <xae farmer would go at the work
90 pCsxxEcing early vegetables. he could
xzsssh at the low prices for grain, if
x52eF ss.8oid continue. Early vegetables
HS~s9x pay
IL fruit trees grow too rapidly they
wzES Eoe bar well. The force goes into
ftzee ~xsod When young trees grow too
EaNidfF- &c Is a good plan to put the
0nrEzux Ia grass This will check the
au~eh-
ES fa71rzc plants become frozen, dark
-@ ftne room and sprinkle with water
Hzmn Sfe yell, with few drops of
sF.IEIEx oe eampfor in it. Keep the
r<<zxzsez=rture n Is degrees for "a hours.
-FEezzsn Piowman
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21
Growfnr of smau Fruft.

One who is posted on the fruit indus
try says that in looking back two dec
AIDES the strides in small fruit growing
seem wonderful as well as phenomenal
in many ways Small fruits have eddcd
millions to the income OF -tillers of the
soil, and stimulate the desire of the
public for those cheap, healthful and re-
filming luxuries which were scan thy
supplied by natures bounties until
within the past few years The fringe
only of the possibilities of small fr,,it
growing has been reached.-Dakota
Field and Farm.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21
Unthreshed Dat. for Cow.

Unthreshed oats, if cut at the right
stage, properly cured and stood under
shelter, makes first-cIass milk feed in
winter. Good, weli-cured and we'll
cared for fodder makes a good feed,
especially to use as a change to make
up good variety. With the grain ra-
lion. wheat bran can nearly always be
made a part. 1t needs to he fed IN con-
nection with other material, in order
10 make the most of it. Cornmeai,
ground oats. oil meal and iniddlings can
all be used to good advantage.-RuraI
World.