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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-19

be set upright in the center of the ia BILE.
This pin ought to be exceedingly
smooth and even, well the top
of the table. Next, block of tena-
cious wood should be placed on the pin
by means of hole bored in the middle
of it, so that it may easily turn This
block needs TO be at least eight inches
square at its base and ten inches high,
the upper part of which is mortised out
to receive the lifting pole. The lifting
pole or lever should be 20 feet long. At
one end it should be six inches in di-
ameter, thence gradually tapering down
until at the other end it is not more
than three. Four or five feet from the
larger end it should be pivoted on a
strong pin IAN iron bolt generally serves
the purpose besD passing through the
TWO ends of the block. At the end of
the shorter arm a good swivel hook
cIevis should be fastened. and at the end
of the longer arm rope. For the sake
of convenience in house and moving
about, the pole with the block may be
taken off from the pin on the table,
thus making two pieces of the affair.
This also makes it much easier to handle
III case there is only one person about to
use it.-Frederick o. Sibley, in N V
Trib
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AMONG THE POULTRY.

Boiled eggs which adhere to the shell
are fresh.
If too much sulphur is given it is apt
TO cause leg weakness
Keep lime and ground bone where the
fowls can help themselves
Feed the turkeys regularly SO that
they will come home regularly.
Milk can be given in place of water
until the fowls are six weeks DID,
If the hens are well cared for while
mo1ting they will lay before winter
Nothing tends more to engender dis
ease in poultry than filth in the coops-
In feeding fowls closely confined,
never feed more than is eaten up clean.
Feeding hard grain to ducks exclu-
siyely usually means crippled legs or
feet sooner or later
In keeping eggs for market at this
time it is important to keep them in as
cool place as possible
Late-hatched puliets will nearly al
ways make small hens, as they do not
grow after cold weather sets in.
When bantams are Matched too early
in the season they are liable to grow too
large to make them desirable
Coarse bones in fowls indicate coarse
meat, and coarse-meated fowl il pear
eating.-St- Louis Republic.
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.oRAlNlNe THE SWAMI. )


How to Reclaim Land Espo0Anlly AdApeS0
Grazing.
Swamp lands vary greatly in the cost
of drainage, some being very easily
drained, merely requiring good out
let, and drains to catch the water that
comes down on them from the surround
ing upland, while others having hard
and impervious subsol near the sur
face, require frequent drains over the
entire surface Springy swamPs are
usually the most difficult to drain well.
a. it is necessary to 50 cut the bitches
an to tap the streams of water before
it reaches the surface, and this requires
much skill and experience. The ma
ture of the vegetation growing In .
swamp will have considerable influences
on the cost of reclamation Many
swamps are ditchcd and then left with
out any further attempt at rendering
them productive, the owners suppos-
ing that they being rid of their surplus
water will, like new-cIeared upland.
soon produce good pasture without seed
ing. This is a mistake; the old marsh
vegetation is firmly rooted, and though
the drained land is not well suited to
it's growth, it hangs ON and is replaced
very slowly or not at all by better food
Now, if we have to spend any money at
all on THESE the Srs
it back is to keep working on them ill
they will grow good crops of some kind
Cut off the brush and break up the wild
grass sod, and get some good tame
grasses growing. The most of cur
swamp lands, when properly ditched
and cleared, are especially adapted to
grazing and the production of hay, and
for this reason are usually more profta-
BILE when owned and farmed in con-
nection with adjoining upland; this is
especially the case where mixed farm
ing is followed. Again, the closer and
more compact farm is, the cheaper it
can be worked In other words, it
may be more profitable to reclaim and
work a swamp than go around and be-
yond this swamp to purchase upland,
because the upland is farther away from
the buildings The cost of fencing
must also be considered in looking at
this subject, especially if the swamp is
already on the farm. So long the
swamp is unproductive, the adjoining
cultivated field must bear the whole
cost of the fence between them; when
the swamp is cleared, we increase the
productive area of the farm without
much increase of fence. and thereby re-
duce the cost per acre of fencing the
farm.-Colman's Rural World.
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LIVE STOCK NOTES.

Did YOU ever know of dog killing {.
cz-EIs-d sheep
A stocknan's advice is to keep stock
-SrEapbooh and paste into it items that
NH be useful for you to remember. 1t
KAY save You many dollars.
a superb hog feed, for any age and
Utmost any condition.says an exchange.
E corn wheat and oats of equal parts,
@-47<aTseiy chopped and fed any way the
E>gs like it-cooked or raw, soaked or
zLy-
Swamp hay and timothy hay have
@zssout equal quantities of protein, fats
=crsd carbohydrates. but nearly twice as
Szssach of the timothy hay is digestible,
@xld hence it is worth nearly twice as
Esueh ton for ton, as swamp hay
-Ie0rnal of Agriculture.
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performs does not materially depend on
the security of the ends of the brace.
No. is pull brace, and the security OF
its work depends very largely upon the
nails or other continuance for fastening
the ends. In order to make it really Sc
cure it should be dovetailed at both
ends; then, theoretically, if the dove
tailed did its work, one brace would be
as good a s the other, but in practice No.
?. or tine push brace, is to be preferred
The rear post of the gate may be al
lowed to extend two or three feet above
the hinge. In that case the pull brace.
as in No. IL, may be used to advantage.
since the upper end of the brace may be
placed very much higher than it can be
in the push brace, thereby securing
greater steepness and greater sustain
ing power.-DirectorI L P. Roberts, Cor
nell On W Experiment Station, in
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kerosene in six gallons strong soap
@zds was applied with force pump
Il bunch of ID small pigs were secured
III n small Enclosure. One man worked
the pump while another sprayed, care
being taken to thoroughly wet the fore
quarters and the inside of the ears
where the lice are more abundant.
Forty pigs were treated in this way.
sEhe whole time required. including the
preparation OF the emulsion, did not ex-
ceed one hour. Allowing IS cents per
gallon for oil and one cent for soap the
cost would be 14H cents The lice be
came inactive upon being wet, and were
found dead the next morning Hairs
containing eggs or nits were secured
the next day and were closely watched
for some time, but they failed to hatch
To be effectual the application must
be repeated to catch those which eS-
cape and the floors and crevices of the
Sfy thoroughly saturated with the
preparation at intervals Pumps and
rubber tubing can be secured at small
expense If a spraying nozzle is not
at hand. the thumb held over the end
of the tubing will be found good sub
sfitute. In the illustration above,
haIf-grown louise. much magnified, is
shown at 4. The full-grown louise is 3-16
OF an inch long. or about the length OF
she black line at the left of the picture.
ITS color is a dirty gray The sharp
claws seen in the illustration are no.
Esss-d TO hurt the pig, but to clasp the
hairs The food is taken through
sharp rostrum or beak. which is thrust
through the skin; represents three
eggs; from one to half dozen may DC
thus fastened to single hair. The egg
Is white with dark colored cap.
Through which the young louise energies.
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LTRY-HOUSE FLOOR.
Natural Earth Is the Best. for q Num-
Der of


There is considerable difference Of
opinion concerning the matter of floor
for a poultry house Some contend that
the floor should be of wood, and others
that the best floor is the natural earth
am firm believer in the earthen floor,
when it is properly made The land on
which the poultry house stands should
be thoroughly drained if it is at all liza
BILE to become water-soaked, no matter
what kind of floor is used; and where
there is no danger from understanding
the earthen floor has many advantages
over one of wood The top soil should
be taken out and clay or sand filled i'll
until the surface is six inches above the
surrounding level, and this should be
firmly packed by beating it down with
heavy weight
Such floor is better for the fowls be-
cause more natural for them. When it
becomes foul it can be easily renewed
by taking off the top of it and putting
in more clay or sand. Lice cannot find a
refuge in an earthen floor. as the dust
is fatal to them: while. if the floor is of
wood, the cracks make an excellent
hiding place for them.
If the cost were the same 1 would
choose a well-Tnade earthen floor 10
any other that I have ever seen. The
houses in one of the most extensive
poultry establishment in the west are
all of them made of solid clay. Disease
is hardly known about that place, ami
the foul odors that are so often present
where wooden floors are used are en-
tlrely absent, because the earth acts
as a deodorizer and isinfectant-Farm
and EireSide.
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vermin-Proof Hens. Nest.

Having tried plastering hair, 1 can
recommend its good qualities to all It
can be obtained at any tannery, and
probably of any mason Its great vir-
tue lies in its being filled with lime
dust, so that no lice will care to settle
near by. If disturbed. the fine lime
dust Will fill the air, and no hens viii at
tempt to scratch nest out thus made.
For sitting hens it is t1st the thing, be-
ing warm. soft and a sure preventive
against vermin- If your fowls scratch
their nest and if your sitting hens and
nests are covered with vermin, use plas-
tering hair, and you will have no more
trouble. 1t is better and cheaper than
any patent nest egg. powder. sulphur or
tobacco-Rural World.
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MEASURING LAND.
Any Intelligent Farmer Can Do 1t With
Surveyor.


Make a light and straight pole 16k
feet in length, and mark feet and half
feet on one side, and on the opposite
side divide the 1872 feet into spaces
representing the length of links in
the chain of surveyor. says a good
authority. \ surveyors chain is &C feet
in length, containing 100 links. Hence
pole 1879 feet long would be equal to
25 links \ link is 1-62 inches in length.
With dividers one can indicate 25 equal
spaces or links on one side of the pole
in a few minutes. Let the pole be oiled
Or painted, and be kept under shelter
where it will not spring by being eA-
posed to alternate rain and sunshine.
Now, in order to measure an acre of
land, multiply the number of rods Tor
the lengths of the pole) on one side of
the plot by the number OF rods on the
end of the plot. and divide the product
by 16O, the number of square rods in one
acre. For example: A plot of so rods
long and rods wide will make acre.
4 plot 40 rods long and rods wide is
equal to an acre \ plot 20 rods long
by s rods wide viii embrace 16O square
rods. equal to 1 acre. A plot 1919 rods
On each side, if the line run at right
angles, will embrace approximately a
square acre. or $50 square rods.
When a plot is not lined out at right
angles it (the square plot) will not en-
brace as much ground, although the
length and width are the same as there
is in the square plot A fourth of an
acre, or even a tenth part of an acre.
may be lined out with the angles so
acute to measure as many Iineal feet
as the length and side of a square acre.
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Do No. Buy SHOW sheep.

Never buy show sheep at the fairs. or
away, because they are big, IA. and
fancy Remember they have been ruined
&c make them so, as far as any useful
ness as breeders is concerned No
farmer can ever hold them in the con-
dition they are found when able to win
in a good show ring To look at them
when so handsomely fitted and abun-
dainty fed by all the skill known 20 the
shepherds craft to the young breeder
i very tempting but like many other
temptations it Will result in disaster if
followed Buy rams or ewes from the
breeding flock of some reliable breeder.
that are fitted for breeders and you ara
reasonably certain of success.-rarm
and Home
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KINDNESS TO HORSES.

III. Pays Dollars and Cents Treat
Domestic Animals Well
1t pays in dollars and cents to be kind
90 all domestic animals. On this SUD
Jsrt a contemporary says: An ugly
temper is an expensive thing on n farm;
this Is especially true in the handling of
horses One of the most successful
faRss-oiers OF driving horses who has
built up a profitable trade in family
drivers, his orders exceeding his sup
ply, says his success has been very large
- due to the fact that he never allows
III blow a cross word in the stable
yard pasture
Bad drivers make bad horses. 4 horse
cannot be screamed at and cursed with
ont becoming less valuable in every par
Ezealiar- To reach the highest degree
Of vzalne the animal should be perfectly
gentle and reliable. but if it expects
every moment that it is in harness to be
s=DSied and struck it will be in n con-
slant state of nervousness, and in its ex-
C1te19ent is liable. through fear, to do
something which is not expected. 1t is
possible 10 train a horse to be governed
by speaking TO him almost as complete
r As to train a child, and when thus
Grained the horse reaches his highest
value When a horse is soothed by the
NOSCS OF MS QrlNer. ana we nave
seen him claimed down from great eN-
eTfeznent by no other means, it may be
fairly concluded that the man who has
S<sch power over him is humane man
acd a sensible one.
& gentle horse is worth more than it
would be if not gentle. What is termed
vScsousness in horses is frequently moth
ing but sheer timidity, and almost in
~zrIabiy is the result of rough treat
Uznt- Horses would not give way to
6car when man approaches them if
thry had always been accustomed to re-
czrave kind and humane treatment
Young colts should be taught not to
fear the approach of human being
They are fond of being petted, and wit.
<-a=stant kindness will become quiet and
N5zr<5ie- a nubbin of corn, handful of
ErzIn or little sugar offered them oc-
<-zssonaiiy will gain their confidence
zzsd they will gradually lose all fear
TIE spirit OF trustfulness thus inspired
sd the resulting gentleness of dispo-
s7sson will last through life unless adj
verse Influences are allowed to inter
E0e
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In the Apple Orchard.

Apples should be gathered as soon as
ripe, and the surplus and inferior spec
linens should not be left upon the
ground to rot, invite vermin or breed
insects, but picked up and fed to stock
or otherwise disposed Of By doing this
the apple worm may be greatly dimin-
lshed- Bands of carpet, bagging, or
other fabric fastened around the trunks
of the trees with a single long tack will
catch many of the apple worms after
they leave the fruit to undergo the last
Transformation into moths Examine
them weekly and kill all worms and
pupa that are found--Rural World.
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capacity of the barn, but simply the
cow quarters- The silo in put in the mid
die of the long hay-bay that usually
runs the length of one side of the barn,
while the addition is made at right
angles to the feeding-foor- the original
cattle quarters and the side of the barn,
in the form of an ell" The new ar
rangement is shown very clearly in the
diagram of the interior which is given
Two calf pens are conveniently To-
Gated in the angles formed by the two
lines of cattle stalls More room can
be made for calves, if needed, in the
manure room that is located at the outer
end of the addition Into this is wheeled
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Social Life on the FARM.

The social features of farm life are
not as attractive to the young as they
should be- Town people make a study
Of their social life, and they are con-
stantiy working and planning some new
feature of pleasure and enjoyment. TIE
parents plan for their children and their
ehiidren= friends, and they spend both
time and money for the advancement
of social culture Why not incorporate
more of this idea into our farm ifc7
It's surely worth trying-Rural Woraft
The dust bath is absolutely necessary
for fowls.
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THE FARMING WORLD.
APPARATUS.

8aves Lots OF Hard work and Is Easily
Constructed
1t In always advisable for the farmer
TO possess everything possible which
will tend to ease his work, and by all
means when it is something attainab.e
at little or no expense. The device
given below is one costing but trif1e,
is easily made. and when rightly con-
structed it is worth it's weight in gold
to any farmer. With it heavy bull<z.
such as flour, sugar, salt, hops, baled
hay and the like can be loaded or nm
loaded with ease into almost any kind
of an open vehicle. The fact is, It viii
be found available in many an unexpect
ed place, and hence every farmer. and
many people who are not farmers, ought
to own one.
The apparatus can be made up TO
certain extent of any size desired But
for most purposes one may be consid-
cred sufficient that is constructed ac-
corr1ing to the following dimensions:
The table should be six inches thick and
IA in diameter; it should consist OF
hard wood, and, if possible, be in one
piece. The legs require a length ot
seven feet, inserted into the table at
such an angle that the affair will stand
firmly even where the ground is not
level. A wooden pin made of white oak
or hickory, one inch in diameter, should
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Observation-Disclosures
nARN ARchlTEcTuRE

How to decrease the Capacity OF nm Old
Structure 1T Small Expsnss.
The barns on many farms heretofore
devoted to mixed farming" have but
limited ACCOMMODATIONS for cows.
When starting to work up . dairy, as
many farmers are now doing. more barn
room becomes = necessity. 1t il the pur-
pose of this article to show how the or
binary barn may have it's capacity great
Iy increased for dairy purposes-and
that, too. at a very-sman expense
With the addition Of a xilo, which the
dairyman must OF necessity have, il Ii
pot necessary to increase the storage
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THINK THIS OVER.

Wouldn't 1t Pay You 20 Mako LIE On
Your Farm Brighter.
We want to see more beauty and
greater abundance in fruits about the
farmhouse We want to see more con-
tentment and pleasure there. We urge
the cultivation of flowers for the pleas
ure it affords, and the raising of more
fruits and better gardens for the in
creased vigor and health such things
impart-
We have q vineyard that begins to
riPen its fruit about the LIST of August,
when there is a certain amount of lam
guor and Hstlessness in the atmosphere,
time when fevers are apt to take root
in the system, and when everyone feels
more or less run down. But since our
vineyard has been bearing, and we can
go to it of an early morn, before break
fast, and eat the fresh, sweet, ripe
grapes. there comes a revived feeling,
breakfast tastes better, and the system
is toned up for the day. 1t is one of the
wise provisions of nature to ripen
grapes just at the time of the year when
they are best suited to the health and
appetite.
We urge the planting of vineyards and
other small fruits A fruit garden is of
greater necessity. in so far as the health
and happiness of the family are con-
cerned, than the cornfield. The peas
ants of Spain, it is said, eat fruit more
than anything else, yet they are noted
for their strength and vigor Fresh
fruit is filed with the very essence of
the life-giving principle 1t is natures
storehouse of the most beautiful and
pleasant elements of the soil and the
air, such as are bound to impart re-
newed strength to the consumer. 1t is
beauty and vitality combined and con-
densed-
How much more of happiness and
pleasure there is sure to be in the home
that is surrounded by beautiful flowers.
and fresh, sweet fruits. How superior
in every respect is such home in which
to raise our children. compared to the
barren home of the thoughtless and
shiftless. that give no heed to the better
and more elevated system of living that
comes of cultivating nature in her high
er branches Think this matter over
Coimans Rural World
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FARM AND GARDEN.
FIGHTING HOG LICE

,-r e>.ass for Eternal Vigilance and Lots OF
Careful WORK.
Ruf few farmers, where hogs are
rzised In large numbers, will need to he
nzld the nature and habits of the hog
House. illustrated below. At the Iowa
governmental station some infested
-Sne were made the subject of expert
xzzuraf by the entomologist- Mixtures Of
kerosene and lard, and lard and sui
EAur, as ordinarily recommended for
Ezsifes on domestic animals, were
H<f tried, but this application proved
a.. tedious operation where many ami
zzis were to be treated, especially If
not more than ordinarily tame A kerr
a.cne emulsion consisting of six parts
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HENS In THE ORCHARD.

E0w to Put Up q SeryiceabIe Movable
summer Poultry House.
Many farmers and orchardists would
like to have hens in the orchard for the
good their presence would do the trees,
were it not that the fowls must be kept
confined because of the damage they
would do to the adjacent garden and
flower beds The sketch shows a way
to keep one or more fiocks of hens in an
orchard. A light, low house, made of
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KITCHEN WATER WORKS.

shows how nature can be barnessed to
do this work A pipe is laid from near
the bottom of the well up to the FROST
line of the ground, and down the slope
to, the cellar of the house where it turns
upward to the kitchen sink. Where the
bend of the pipe is higher than the
kitchen sink all one needs to do is to
put a faucet on the end of the pipe and
sc draw water at will. This principle of
syphoning water on the farm ought to
be more often utilized.-Farm and
Home.
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each day the manure from the two lines
of cows, when it is covered with litter
and kept solidly tamped by hogs, or
young stock, running upon it. Large
doors at one side permit a cart to be
backed into this manure-room to be
loaded.
Yards can be made on both sides of
this addition, thus keeping the cows in
smaller herds when turned out The
addition may be made high enough, if
desired. to afford chamber for storag gre
purposes. or for toolroom and work
shop 1t is desirable to have cattle quar-
tiers warm when one lives in northern
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MOVABLE SUMNER POULTRY HOUSE

MOVABLE Sc MINER POULTRY HOUSE
haf-inch matched stuff, has a wir> run
attached to the end, as shown in the il
lGstration- The house has no floor. The
eggs are gathered by opening the hinged
board in the end. Low trucks are at
tached to the corners so that the whole
can be moved occasionally to a new 10
cation 1t can thus be moved up and
down beside the rows of trees, stopping
for a day or two under each tree.
scratching. fertilizing the ground and
destroying insects The fowls all do
well under such conditions, and their
presence viii be of great value to the
orchard The lower sill of the sides of
the house should continue out, and
form the base Of the sides of the rum
Orange Judd Farmer.