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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-02
CHAMPION FOWL PICKER.
frank Gurner Can Pick 8 Chicken In just

Frank Gurner Can Pick 3 Chicken In just
Five Seconds-
Here is an account of the feats OF
Frank W. Gunner. of Eastport, L. l., who
claims the title of champion chicken
picker of the world He is willing to
bet s., 900 that he has right to the title
and his record is one chicken picked
clean in five seconds. This eNtraortfi-
nary performance Turner has re-
peatedly accomplished, and IN all the
contests in which he has taken part has
distanced his competitors to such an eN-
tent that it was almost painful to wit
ness their puny efforts.
Some time ago Gurner thought he
had rival worthy of his metal in John
Daily, of Fire Island, who had great
reputation as an expert in this line.
A friendly contest was proposed. Daily
in an evil moment accepted.
The chickens were produced and DAILY
went to work. Gunner did not move O
hand, but watched his opponent.
When his opponent was half through
Gunner doused his fowl in scalding
water, tossed it in the air, rubbed i.
after his own peculiar metbo cd, and be-
fore the astounded DAILY knew what
had happened the chicken was handed
to the judges without as much as pin
feather on it.
The Greenport champion Jared even
worse, and after a ridiculously one
sided match Gunner offered to pick four
chickens to the Greenporter's one, bu.
even with this handicap the offer was
refused.
In the presence of a New York World
reporter Gunner equaled his record time
of five seconds, and then offered to pick
one SLOWLY" in ~ seconds. to show how
it was done.
This is what happened: Gunner
plunged the fowl into scalding water.
seized it and threw it into the air, caught
it as it came down with one hand
around each wing. With Hghtning-lilSe
rapidity the right hand then shot out
carrying away all the feathers of the
wing on that side. The same motion on
the opposite side carried away the
feathers on that wing.
The chicken was then laid on burners
right leg, and Gunner, both hands NOV
ing like piano keys operated by a rapid
player, literally struck off the feathers
on the upper side. It was Immediately
tossed over to the left leg and similar
treatment followed on its other side.
The chicken was then placed between
the operators legs and clawing move
ment of the hands followed. When this
ceased the chicken was absolutely
picked clean.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-02

well, and for outside purposes it is
worthless. For covering, stretch mus
lin over the top and tack it on firmly.
Apply one coat of hot tar, let it dry,
then put on another. If to the tar a
small proportion of fine wood ashes is
added, the coat will be firmer and more
lasting. Upon the last coat as fast as
put on, sprinkle sand plentifully. Such
a roof is windproof, waterproof, and
with the addition of a new coat of hot
tar every year, becomes practically in
destructible.
Such houses are ideal homes for broods
of chickens. Two or three hens with
their fiocks may occupy such house,
and with the addition of roomy yards
are well provided for until the chicks
are half grown. If not crowded they
may remain there until removed for
winter quarters. When three weeks old,
the gates are opened and they go hunt
ing all day long when the weather is
suitable. When weaned they have a
comfortable, permanent home to return
to. 1 have used these houses with
marked success.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-02
WORK OF HONEY BEES.
Calculations in Regard to the Nectar Col
Iected by Them.

Calculations in Regard to the Nectar Col
Iected by Them.
A writer in the Revue deS Sciences
Naturelles makes the following calcu-
1ations in regard to the work done Y
the honey bee: When the weather is
fine, a worker can visit from 40 to
so flowers in six to ten trips and
collect grain of nectar. If it visits
200 or 400 flowers, it will gather i've
grains. Uuder favorable circumstances,
it will take a fortnight to obtain
5 grains. 1t would, therefore, take sew
eral years to manufacture a pound of
honey, which will fill about :, 1000 cells.
A hive contains from 10000 to 1000
bees, half of which prepare the honey.
the other half attending to the wants of
the hive and the family. On fine day,
16, 900 or 10000 individuals will, in six
or ten trips, be able to explore from
400, 900 to 10000 900 flowers, say several
hundred thousand plants Again, the
locality must be favorable for the prep
aration of the honey, and the plants
that produce the most nectar must
flourish near the hive. A hive inhabited
by 10000 bees may, therefore, under ia
vorable conditions, receive about two
pounds of honey day.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-02
NEW FORM OF RouP.

If Not of Very viruIent Nature the Dis
ease Is Durable.
A new disease has appeared among
fowls. They have trouble in brea thing,
keep their mouths open the greater part
of the time and are constantly swallow
ing. There seems to be a yellosvish
growth in the roofs of their mouths.
This is form of roup, which may have
been formed by keeping the fowls in
unclean quarters or where cold night
winds can blow upon them, or in a
close, damp house; or by the attacks of
lice, or any one of a dozen different
things. 1t is durable if not of a very
virulent nature. The hest plan is to
separate the diseased fowls from the
others at once and place them in a coop
by themselves where the remainder of
the flock cannot get at them. Feed in
a small trough, giving wheat, cracked
corn, table scraps chopped fine, to
which charcoal broken to the size of
wheat kernels has been added, a heap
ing teaspoonful to pint of food. Add
20 drops of kerosene to each pint of
drinking water. Clean out the house
and burn half a pound of sulphur in it
with the doors closed. Then batten up
all the chinkS to stop drafts, and spread
air-slacked lime over the floor. Spray
or swab the walls with kerosene. Re
move the old perches and put in new
ones. Feed the hens as above de-
scribed, give an abundance of clean wa
ter. keep their quarters neat, dry and
clean as your own house, and there will
be no trouble. There is always some
thing wrong in the management when
the fowls have roup. Study it out and
make the necessary changes. Always
keep an eye on the fowls, and when one
becomes sick, place it by disclaimer
lean Agriculturist.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-02
RArIoNs ron HORSES.
Skim MIX L. the Food Par ExceIence for
Young Animals-

Skim MILK L. tho Food Par Excellence for
Young Animals-
To an inquiry for the best ration for
mares in foal and for colts from one to
three years old, the Country Gentleman
replies that there is no better collection
OF foods for both the brood mares and
the colts than roots, oats, wheat and
bran and middlings, inseed meal and
skim milk. though other materials, such
as barley, corn to a limited extent, malt
sprouts and other by-products may be
used.
A grain mixture consisting of four
parts ground oats, four parts wheat
bran Tor middlings, not the finest), and
one part inseed meal, will do all that
any mixture will in promoting the kind
of growth that is desired.
In the case of the mares, the quantity
CT grain ration that should be fed de
ponds so much upon conditions-such
as size, the quantity of work. whether in
CESSATION or sucking the foal-that we
are sure it will be more sensible for q
practical feeder to govern the ration by
his personal observation than by any
arbitrary rule which we might venture
to suggest.
Skim milk would be food par excel
lence for the colts, even for those three
years old; and if a supply of this can b..
had for 20cents or less per 100 pounds. no
more economical food could be found
for part of the ration. If the milk is
fed, the inseed meal may be left out OF
the ration, and the bran and oats re-
tanned, in the proportion of one pound
of the mixture to six pounds of the milk
for the younger colts, the proportion of
grain increasing as the animals grow
older. The skim milk would also be
splendid food for mares while suck
ling their foal. In any case, especially
if all other foods are dry, roots are ex-
ceedingly desirable as an occasional
feed. and they may be fed daily to colts
with excellent results.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-02
DRAFT-HORSE BREEDING.
A Revival Which Means Prosperity
Throughout the West.

A Revival Which Means Prosperity
Throughout the West.
The revival of draft-horse breeding
in the horse-breeding states, after this
unprecedented decline in breeding fo-
three years, is simply the law of supply
and demand. The revival of business
and commercial industries calls for
more big draft horses, while the sup
ply of good horses is far short of the
demand, and must be until we can pro-
duce new supply and mature them
for the markets. Prices meanwhile
must advance and the weights increase
to 1900 and 2 1000 pounds, while in 1892 IA
1,O0O-pound horse was a good draft
horse. Farmers have about concluded
that they will stick to the farm, and if
they farm draft horses are the most
substantial, reliable and profitable
branch of stock breeding.
The revival of draft and coach
horse breeding throughout the west
ern states means greater prosperity.
Already these horses top the markets,
and the many foreign buyers are eager
ly looking for the best of them, while
our own city markets complain of the
short supply, just when they want more
of them and a little larger and better
than ever before.-Live Stock Journal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-02

animals, and perhaps loses enough to
buy 20 hog leaders.
As to how wide to make the chute,
mine is about two feet, with plank
one side, so as to close the balance of
end of wagon bed, to keep small pigs
from getting out. The end at the wagon
should be just as high as the bottom of
the wagon bed.
The cut represents one of the most
convenient and labor-saving imple-
ments ever used. This is an invention
of my own, and never saw one just
like it. One man or boy can load from
little pigs up to 500 or 6OO-pound hogs
and never lift a pound or dig wheel
pit take off a hind wheel. I have
used this device for years, and my neigh
bors come and borrow it, and all praise
its merits. Any greenhorn in one or two
hours can make one. For the upright
posts use scantling two by four inches,
and for the sides scantling one by four
inches. The cut shows it so plain 1t
needs no detail. I took two siX-inch
pulleys, put one on the outside of each
front post at the foot, simply passing a
one-half-inch bolt through the foot of
the post and pulley. I then take hold
just like wheelbarrow and move it
where please. For the incline floor T
use one by ten scantling, placing top
one on first; then it forms a foothold.-
E. j. Newkirl, in Farm and Fireside.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-02
Good Condition Helps Sale.

There is no question but what stock
for sale can profitably be put in particu-
larly good condition. This fact has been
so clearly shown over and over again in
the sales rings that it would seem now
as though no ore could really doubt it.
The best-bred stock in America, if Of
fered at auction in any market, when
poor, thin and badly out of condition,
will bring scarcely enough to pay the
expenses of shipping and sale; while if
only fairly well bred, but in particularly
good condition and well trained. they
now bring very fair prices--Farmers'
Review.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-02
LIVE STOCK ITEMS.

What is the difference in feeding value
between white and yellow corn, we are
asked Practically more.
When the fattening process begins
1t should always be crowded to the very
limit of the animals appetite.
Giving the pigs tho run of good
clover pasture will help materially to
secure q good growth at a low cost.
At the present price for horses tho
owner of a mare can better afford to
pay the scrub stallion owner to keen
away his horse than to pay for service.
There has been a great deal of hog
cholera this year. and much of it has
come from bad water. The drought
dried up the streams and wells and the
stock got water where it could, and
much of it was very bad water.
Waldo Brown says that there is less
risk of loss of fall filters than of those
dropped in the spring, for in March and
April we are liable to severe storms and
s,sciden changes in temperature, and il
rs more difficult to keep the sows in E
healthy condition through the winter
than in summer, when succulent food is
abundant.-Farmer's Voice.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-02
FANCY CREAM cHEESES.
They Are Very Appetizing and Easily
Made at Home.

They Are Very Appetizing and Easily
Made at Home.
Dainty little cream cheeses are easily
made at home. Mix pint of fresh
cream and with three cups of fresh
milk add a scant half-teaspoonful of
liquid rennet. Whip the mixture
thoroughly for three minutes, then let
it stand for three hours, or until it is
thoroughly clotted and firm. Turn it
out on a cloth spread over a sieve, to
drain off the greater part of the whey.
After this tie it up in the cloth and
hang it in some cool place to drip like
pot cheese or cottage cheese. When it
has drained in this way for IL hours
line little cups holding about q gill each
with sheer buttered muslin. If the cups
are. perforated it is so much the better.
Season the cheese curds with salt, as
you would cottage cheese, and fill the
lined cups. Put slight weight on each
one, and in an hour they will be ready
to serve.
For another cheese take equal quantf-
ties of milk and cream, and for every
three pints of the mixture, stir in four
drops only of liquid rennet- Beat the
whole together until it is very frothy,
and then set it away to stand for II
hours. Drain it and tie it in a cloth to
drip as before for IL hours. then press
it in cloth into perforated mold large
enough to hold it. After two hours take
it out and rub it with salt top and bot
tom, and lay it on a clean board in a
cool, well-aired place, turning it and
sprinkling it with salt every "a hours.
At the end of two or three days the
cheese will be ready for use.-N. 4.
Tribune
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-02
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Do not plant corn too deep.
Most farmers ought to be fruit eat
ers.
Secure seed north rather than south of
you.
Be careful not to overwork the young
colts.
1t is a good plan to mulch newly set
trees.
To profit by mistakes is the beginning
Ct systematic effort.
Time spent in looking after the COM
fort of the work teams is time well
spent
When the teams are allowed to rest
n the fields pull the collars away from
the shoulders.
A young animal should never be al
lowed to fall off in condition sufficient
to retard it's growth
To do the best work in keeping down
the weeds the cultivation should be
commenced before the weeds get well
started.
When a horse has frequent fits Of collie
- indicates chronic indigestion, and
care should be taken in feeding and
watering.-Farmers' Union.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-02
Sore Feet in a Cow.

the hoof is to be treated in this way:
Wash well with hot water and carbolic
soap, and if there are scabs in the sores,
break these by rubbing with something
rough when they are softened by the
hot water. Then apply this mixture:
Take of pure vaseline four ounces,
acetate of copper half an ounce, Venice
turpentine. one ounce, and common tur-
pentine one ounce. Melt together all
but the copper, then make an intimat e
mixture of all by rubbing them on a
board with a dinner knife. After the
washing apply this ointment to the
sores and bind the foot, between the
claws, and all around it, with n bandage.
Prairie Farmer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-02
Ashes Are Good for Orchards.

The man who has even a small plot
of ground to tend, and throws his ashes
out into the street or highway, or any
where else to get wasted, has surely a
crack in his hog-trough," and in his
head, too. Ashes contain potash and
Phosphoric acid, two valuable plant
foods. They also have excellent me-
chanical effect, making clammy
ground friable when mixed Herewith,
and soil naturally too loose is made
more compact by their application
Apply them literally to fruit trees and
plants, garden vegetables, and, in fact,
anywhere a crop of any kind is to be
raised, thoroughly mixing with the
soil, and grand success will result
Jefferson d. Cheely, in Farm and Fire
side,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-02

Il use wagon tire) and bend in form of
v, fastening each end TO the beam above.
The iron or roll Cb) will fit in the point
of the bent iron (c). With a two-inch
augur bore two holes at right angles
through the roll about foot from the
end; then take eight pieces of two-by-
four material, four of them made to fit
the augur holes. The other four should
be three or four inches shorter and
nailed in between. Then take some
strips of half-inch stuff four inches
wide I'd d. and nail to the ends of the
eight pieces of two by four. Nail strips
on the edge of the two by four to keep
rope in place. If q large wheel can be
secured and attached to beam Cay it will
be unnecessary to make one. A half
inch rope will hang any beef. Wind it
several times around the wheel. Fasten
two ropes Zone is shown at II to the
roll about six feet apart, long enough to
reach the floor. Construct a three-inch
roll Is inches long (g) about three feet
from the floor. with crank attached to
wind the small rope on. Attach the
rope taut and the windlass is complete.
I can dress and hang 1,00O-Pound beef
alone and can take down a quarter or
side and leave the rest hanging. 1t is &
simple, strong and cheap windlass.-
E. n. Fisher, in Farm and Home.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-02
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Eggs of uniform age hatch at a UNI
form time.
For laying hens care and close quar-
tiers will beat neglect and ten-acre
run every time.
The heavy sitters should have shallow
nest boxes and rather fat nests, other
wise there will be many broken eggs.
Sunshine is good for weakly chicks;
too much will kill the strongest, espe-
cia1ly if it shine through a glass roof
into a close box or coop.
Early green food is desirab for fowls.
but it need not consist of the first blades
of grass in the door yard nor the early
garden crops. Are your fences mended?
If hen deserts her nest, don't throw
the eggs away. Put them m warm
water for five minutes, dry them with a
rag, wrap in wooden and set by the stove
and hunt another broody hen. With
care the eggs will wait for two or three
days if not badly journal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-02
How to Prepare Tobacco Dip.

Speaking of tobacco dip, writer
says it will require for 100 sheep 100
gallons of water, and to make that
strong enough to kill ticks and the scab
it Will require the addition of all the
fluid that can be extracted from IS
pounds of tobacco. The tobacco should
be thoroughly STEPPED and boiled SO as
to get all the strength out of it. To
this mixture ten pounds of sulphur
should be mixed separately in a pail of
hot water, and after being thorough
IL stirred should be added to the dip.
If tobacco stems are used, at least
three times the weight mentioned
should be STEPPED.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-02
FARM AND GARDEN.
THE FIvE-AcRE FARM.

How Tt Can Be Made to Yield Handsome
and Certain Returns.
To make the most of a small farm i.
must be made to yield it's fruits at such
times as they are the most valuable,
which means to prolong the season 10
the greatest possible extent consistent
with economy. There is great pleasure
and profit in having vegetables both
early and late. There is a decided relish
In very early vegetables, if of our own
production, and providing they can be
produced at a reasonable price. The
Isotbed meets all these conditions; when
Droperly managed it will furnish many
vegetables nearly two months IN adj
vance of the garden, and of much better
quality, because they are grown more
quickly and at moderate cost
But the hotbed to be profitable must
be made useful the entire season, or at
zeast from March to January After 1T
has furnished us with an early crop OF
radishes and lettuce, together with
plants for early cabbage, caulidower
end tomatoes, it can be made highly
useful for cucumbers, not our common
garden varieties, but the English frame
sorts, which do finely with us in sum-
ner when grown in frame, which
xhouIds be kept well shaded on sunny
days. We have grown as large and we'll
shaped cucumbers in these frames as
we have ever seen grown in the green
house.
If cucumbers are not desired, SOW d
few seeds of tomatoes about the list
of June, not later than the 10th; these
will ripen their first fruits upon the ap-
Froach of frost, when the sash should be
put ON, and the season of tomatoes can
be prolonged for at least month. After
these are gone the frame can be filled
with lettuce plants, which should be in
readiness, and with little protection,
the hotbed will furnish a supply during
December.
A goodly number of cold frames
should be in readiness in spring to re-
ceive the young plants of tomatoes, cab
bage and cauliflower, in order to harden
them off before transferring them to
the garden; this will afford the lettuce
all the room it will require for heading,
as the other plants should be sown in
alternate rows in order to make all the
space useful.
The importance of this kind of farm
ing is but little understood or appre-
ciated. 1t is carried on extensively near
all large cities, and is made profitable
by those who understand it. But it IS
>aoubly valuable to the small farmer who
grows not so much for profit for
pleasure, for those who are willing to
pay to their gardeners what their vege-
tables and small fruits would cost them
IN the market, and the rental of the
farm besides, for the satisfaction there
Is in having everything fresh and strict
fy first-class in every respect.-Rural
Farmer.
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labor. The very best possible device for
setting hens is shown in the cut. It is
a box without front or bottom, with
Stats in front, as shown. The nest is
made on the floor of the sitting-room
and the box turned down over it. In
the Slated portion is placed a dish each
of cracked corn and water. The hen can
come off whenever she pleases, and must
go back to her own nest, and that, too.
without any care on the part of the
chicken raiser. When the chicks hatch
they can be kept with the hen in this
coop for several days, secure from many
of the mishaps that are apt to befaII
very young chickens. Make up lot of
these affairs before the Matching sea-
son opens, and you will find later on
half the ordinary labor in setting hens
taken away.-N. Y. Tribune.
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Advantages of Pasteurization.

cradle to sterilization, because, when
rightly done, it secures all the sanitary
benefits of sterilization without inn
parting to the milk that repulsive taste
so characteristic of sterilized milk The
only practical difference in the two pro,-
esses lies in the greater degree of heat
and the longer time of its application
in sterilization. Prof. TyndaIl found
that if liquids were submitted to heat
ranging from lao to IT'S degrees F. for
few minutes, then cooled, and after
few hours again heated, they became
perfectly sterilized without being
cooked. If they are not heated a Sec
ond time, some of the bacteria seem to
have escaped death.