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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-07-23

biendo con un 6xito constante ell vino de
Quinium Labarraque 4 mas de oshocientos
obreros er fsrmos 8 debilitados por los mias
mas paI6dicos que exhalan los terrenos del
Eure. Los enfermos vefanse regenerados, en-
breve tempo, con solo tomar habitualmente
ana eopa de las de licor. mafiaaa tarden
Ei vino de Quinium Labarraque. eminen-
temente t6nicO y febrifugo = la inica prepa
racion de este genero aprobada por la Acade
mia de Medicina de Paris, Sc vende en- todss
las farmacias.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-07-23

Ei ayuntamiento de Lares. 80 neg6 q faci-
litar bsgsjes Ia Gnardia civil. La Diputa
cion provincial ha resuelto que ell servicio de
vigitancia eDcomendado 4 dicho Institute
exige SO le proporcione bsgajes en- determi-
nsdos casos.
No sabemoe en- que disposiciones ne apoys
Ia corporation provincial de que casos es
peoiales E trata
BneEo sera aclararlo.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-07-23

En- lIarurss y picachos,
en- cieDf gas y isrdines,
son 'os Inejores botines
los que venden Los MaGch1cAo
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-07-23

FL Centro de "La Victoria" de Aguadilla
se propone celebrar en- sns salones una vela-
da lfrica -iiteraria, con objeto de contribuir
con los fondos que SO recsuden al estableci-
miento de un hospital
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-07-23

I'll consul de Dinamaroa don OSrlos Arms
trong ht rectbido svlso of 1al de hsberse le-
want do la c0sreutsna que cootra esta I4ls
80 VeutI imponieudO eu las de San Thomas
5 anita Cruz. P.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Sand should not be made substitute
for gravel.
The roosts should be low, especially
for large heavy fowls.
Oats are one of the very best grains
to feed to molting hens.
Fowls that are confined need a supply
of green food daily now.
In shipping live poultry it is poor
economy to ship the best with the poor
est. Grade them.
The proper age at which to begin to
feed the fowls to fatten is just as soon
as they have reached maturity.
In nearly all cases improvement in
poultry can be more readily secured if
only one OF two breeds are kept.
If rightly cared for duck Will
weigh pound when six weeks old, and
can be marketed at eight weeks old
Equal parts of bran and corn meal
mixed up with water and baked and
then soaked until soft in sweet milk
is an excellent feed for young chickens
st. Louis Republic
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22

times make returns that seem fabulous
A grove once planted is a source of great
revenue for generations. own ia, IN
of 40 acres at Emile, Pa, and have
near 1000 grated Paragon. chestnut
trees six years old; some of the trees
bore from six to eight quarts of nuts
per tree this fall. This grove of chest
nuts has yielded more revenue for the
year 1895 than all the rest of the farm
Large tracts of land suitable for chest
nut planting can be bought at five dol
lars to ten dollars per acre.-Joseph L.
Lovett, in Farm and Home.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22

name, horse nettle, botanical Solanum
Carolinense, does not indicate that this
weed is closely related to the cultivated
potato, but the botanical name of the
genus shows close relationship. An ex-
animation of the flowers shows they
much resemble those of the potato, be-
ing blush or whitish in color. The
berry, commonly called the seed, also
resembles that formed on the potato.
The leaves have large prickles ON the
midrib and some of the larger lateral
ribs. They are also slightly hairy. The
stem is beset with numerous stout
prickles. Many of the related plants
of this genus are ANIMALS, but
horse nettle is a deep-rooted peren-
NAL, its roots often extending three
feet or into the soil.
This fact makes it very tenacious
weed, very difficult to exterminate. For
this reason the weed grows in dense
patches, which are carefully avoided
by stock in pastures. L would advise
blowing the land, allowing none of the
leaves to appear. The plant should be
kept down the succeeding year. Plov
the ground again next summer. Sow
thicl<ly with rye and keep watch of the
nettle, allowing none to grow. Careful
work for two seasons should remove it,
L. II. Pammel in Farm and
Home.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
rrouehs for YOUNG stook.

1t is not great undertaking to pro-
vide small trough in some convenient
corner where they can eat their soaked
corn and milk unmolested by older
stock. They learn at an early age to
visit their sideboard and their apprecia-
ton of its contents increases daily. Az
time goes on they will become more de-
pendent upon their side ration, until.
as you go the round with the feed buck,
cts, you are reminded that you have
another regular lot on your feed roll.
By the time they are ten or twelve weeks
old you have them weaned with but little
ceremony. They have become SO at
tached to their feed trough that they
miss their mother but little, and the
sow will have reduced in the flow of
milk, making weaving very simple
matter.-Pacific Rural Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
Cure for scaly Leg.

Sca1y leg is an unsightly ana rapidly
disfiguring disease of the feet and legs
of domestic poultry caused by minute
insect multiplying and piling up under
the scales and raising them up and ulti-
mately causing 1ameness and death.
These parasites spread from one bird to
another and hence are contagious. On
the first appearance of roughness rub
q mixture of kerosene and lard into the
scales, and if the day is a warm one the
lard may be omitted After day or
two the infected legs should be washed
thoroughly in tepid water and after
drying a little should be anointed
again with the kerosene and lard
Farmers Voice.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
AsouT FALL PLowIna.
Some of the Reasons Why the Work
should Be Done thoroughly.

Some of the Reasons Why the Work
should BE Done Thoroughly.
To prepare the ground for the seed, it
should be deeply plo,ved in the autumn.
and cross plowed, as the land cannot be
plowed in the spring without exposing
a large surface to the strong drying eff
fects of the spring winds, and thus oc-
casioning the loss from the sol, by
evaporation of quantity of water pro-
portioned to the increase of surface ex-
posed. By the reciprocal action Of the
atmosphere and the soil the latter keeps
up its store of available nutrutive mat
tiers. The silicates soluble with diff
Guilty slowly yields alkalies, lime and
magnesia in soluble forms; the sui
phides are slowly converted into sui
pilates, and generally the minerals of
the soil are disintegrated and mixed
under the influence of the oxygen, the
water, the carbonic acid, and the nitric
acid of the air. Again, the atmospheric
nitrogen is assimilable by the soil in the
shape of ammonia, nitrates, and the
amide like matters of humus.
The rate of disintegration, as well as
that of nitrification, depends in part up
On the chemical and physical character
of the soil, and partly upon the temper
allure and meteorological conditions.
Moreover, the soil lying in rough in
terfurrows has been subjected to the
action of frost; it is in its upper layers
SO broken up and divided in all direc-
lions by the powerful expansion of the
water when converted into ice as to be
reduced to the condition of the greatest
possible fneness, recognized and so
much desired by the farmer under the
term mellowness.
It has consequently attained that de-
gree of pulverization and porosity
which, with an adequate degree of mois-
ture, affords solid standing ground for
the young plant, while at the same
time enough air for the Development of
the germ can penetrate the surface soil.
and in the upper layers nutritive ma
terial for the young plant dissolved by
the moisture of winter is always pres
ent. 1t is therefore in accord with rea-
son not to pillow the land at all in the
spring, but to put in the seeds without
further preparation than previous
The vigorous development of plants
depends far less upon the weight and
size of the seed than upon the depth
to which it is covered with earth and up
On the stores of nourishment which 1t
finds in its first period of life.-Andrew
Ell. Ward, in Farm, Field and Fireside.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
REARING RABBITS FOR MARKET.

feed once week to prevent scurvy and
keep in health.
Rabbits can be bred in any kind of an
Enclosure that is clean and well venti-
lated. Where hutches are built one
above another they are not handy and
difficult to keep clean. The plan of a
rabbit house shown below may be one,
two or more stories high and may be
built as small or as large as desired. In
plan a, the pen or hutch is five by six
feet and BIB are breeding boxes, common
dry goods boxes without bottom and
turned upside down with an entrance
large enough to admit full-grown alb
bit. When not in use, the boxes may be
removed. The alleyway, C, is three feet
wide. By using two alleyways access
to all pens is made convenient. Board
the pens high enough SO the rabbits cam
not jump over the top. Enough win
dows should be made for plenty of light
and in warm weather be removed and
covered with wire mesh. The building
must be rat proof, especially where the
does are confined Litter pens with dry
sawdust and clean out whenever filthy.
Barrels of grain and sawdust are placed
at e.
Mating can be done at all seasons of
the year. DOeS DreeQ at SIX months
old and should not bring over four or
five filters per year. Bucks should be
kept separate from does. Remove
young when six weeks old, taking away
one or two of the strongest each day to
gradually dry off the mothers milk
flow. Allow the young rabbits to run
together until four months old, then
separate each sex.-F. Boomhower, in
Farm and Home.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
PIG-PEN POINTERS.

The digestibility of food is an impor-
tant ITEM Make it count; balance the
ration
If your can start with a small, hut
choice herd of thoroughbreds you are
fortunate, and on the high road to sue
cess.
A short, compact body in a SOW indi-
Gates tendency to fatten, and not to
bring large filters. Select those with
long bodies, well rounded ribs and ten
to twelve teats, well spread apart.
A correspondent from Old Mexico
says the American hog is rapidly gain
ing in favor there, owing both to the
good quality of the meat, and the con-
siderable difference in price between
the two countries
You CANNOT push the hogs too fast.
1t will lessen the cost if you provide
clean, tight pens, and dry, clean sleep
ing place Pigs which have been once
stunted do not make asgood use of food
as those which have always been kept
thrifty.-Rural World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
MULES ARE PROFITABLE.
superior to Horses in All Kinds of Or
binary Farm Work.

superior to Horses in All Kinds of Or
binary Farm Work.
There can be no question of the SUI
Qeriority of mules over horses in all
kinds of farm work in this country,
says the Canton (Miss.) Times. This
as the verdict of all practical success
full farmers. 1t is useless for us to di-
Hate on this subject, for it is a fact too
well established to admit of discussion
Our contemporary says: The horse is
being rapidly displaced by electricity,
bicycles and steam, and his production
must necessarily be restricted, as but
few, and those of the finest and for
special use, will be required in the near
future.
The mule, however, will for an un-
known time in the future be required
Cor farm work, which is the most ex-
teEsive of all productive industries, and
must bring remunerative prices. 1t has
always appeared to us that it would be
a profitable business. The prejudice
against home raised stock, so unfound-
ed. has been one impeachment DUE how
ever, in 4 great measure to the want of
proper5productiop of first-class stock,
from the same sectional causes which
hold us back in so many other indus
tries, viz, want of thorough business,
care of production, and habits of gentle
manly4leisure.
The south has paid enough for i'm
ported mules in the last 80 years to
buy every farm in every southern state.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22

other hand, tap it lightly as you walk
along the row.
For ammunition use a teaspoonfuf
of Paris green (all you can lift out with
the spoon) to half gallon of -four, air
Stacked lime, plaster paris, land plaster.
or, best of all, cement, such as is used to
plaster cisterns with. This last does
not wash off as easily any of the 9TH
ers and costs no more than -four. Mix
in a large bowl. If flour or lime is used
it will be of an even pale green tint. Do
not make it stronger or you will be in
danger of injuring the potatoes. A gall
lon will dust an acre. lean goovera an acre
in an hour, which is much faster and
easier than sprinkling with water.
Dust while the dew is on, which is much
better than after rain. In day or
two go over again, busting the buggy
spots. This box can be used for dust
ing cucumbers, ETC., with lime, ashes.
SCOT or other substance in powdered
form.7J. Defebaugh. in Ohio Farmer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
PICKING THE DUCKS.

Their Feathers Usually Bring Good
Price in tho Market.
Duck feathers always bring r fair
price, especially white ones. and should
be saved when dressing the ducks, if
they are sold dressed; if not sold
dressed do not pick just before selling.
The amount received for the feathers
ought to pay for the dressing.
The breeding ducks may be picked
several times a year, generally Tour to
six. Do not pick until the gathers are
'ripe," which can be told by pulling u
few from different parts of the bodies
of several birds. If they come out cas-
lily, without any bloody fluid in the
quill, they are all right and should be
picked" or many will be lost. In pick
ing pull only few feathers at time
by taking between the thumb and fore
finger and giving a quick downward
jerk. Do not pull the bunch of long,
coarse feathers under each wing.
Before you begin picking tie the
ducks legs together with bit of list
ing or other soft cloth, and if the duck
is inclined to object to the picking by
thrusts with the bill, slip an old stock
ing or something of the sort over it's
head. Use no unnecessary harshness
with any of the birds and be especially
careful with laying ducks. Sitting
ducks and those that are soon to lie set
should not be picked. In hot weather
much of the down may be taken from
the brakes. Do not take any in cold
weather-Western Rural.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
Cure for Dy.entery In Fowls.

The disease among fowls known as
dysentery is individual in its work, md
does not spread. The sick fowl be-
comes droopy, stands about with head
and tail lowered and passes a dark,
greenish and yellow discharge, very
thin and watery. Treatment of this
disease is at first camphorated spirits
that is, camphor dissolved in whisky.
Take a tablespoonful and put it in half
a glass of water and give the sick fowl
tablespoonful every four Aours. The
second day dissolve a little sulphate of
copper (blue stone) about the size Of a
bullet, in quart of water, and let the
sick fowl drink all it will. During
treatment feed soft food seasoned with
little red pepper. A cure is generally
effected in three days with this treat
ment.-Dakota Field and Farm.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
WHEN EGGS FALL Off.
Two or Three Days Fasting Often In q
Good Thing for Hens.

Two or Three Days Fasting Often Ii .
Good Thing for Hens.
The treatment of flock of fowls
from which no eggs are obtained is
sometimes the reverse of that which is
correct. As soon as the hens cease to
lay they are given twice as much food
as formerly, when the cause of the diff
Guilty may be that they already have
bad more than was necessary. IF the
comb becomes pale it is considered a
disease of itself, when in reality pale
comb simply implies that the bird is not
in laying condition. No matter what
the ailment may be, the comb simply
serves as an indicator and is not affect
ed in any manner. When hens are
about to lay they have bright red
combs. Any method of treatment
which serves to retain the brightness of
the combs is correct. If the fowls fail
to lay the first thing to do is to observe
if they are not too fat, and if they have
water in the crops which does not seem
to disappear and pale combs, it is indi-
gestion. If they have bowel disease it
method to pursue with sick fowls is not
to give remedies, but to withhold all
food for two or three days. There is
nothing that shows to such good effect
with sick fowls as two or three DAYS
fasting, and they will usually get well
with no medicine if fed lightly. making
lean meat and chopped grass the prin-
cipal foods, emitting all grains entirely,
with more eggs as the result.-Mirror
and Farmer
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22

I'm regard to baling hay direct from
the field, a writer in the Western Rural
says: So much depends upon the Ioca-
ton that it Is impossible to give an an
asyyer, without entering, to some extent.
into detail. In this climate and latitude
our experience has been that hay should
not be baied until it has gone through
the "sweat," although, if intended to be
used without much delay, it might be
very loosely baled after it had been well
=sun-cured. In Texas and in some of
the southern portions of the United
States. it, may be baled very satisfac-
torily direct from the meadow. In
South America, particularly in the Ar
gentine Republic, users of our machines
bale their alfalfa while it is almost
green, without apparent injury. We
are quite sure, however. that such a
course could not be pursued with any
but disastrous results in this climate
and latitude of the United States, as the
hay would be inclined to mold.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
The nsxeess Hog fin America.

There is d hog on exhibition at Kauf-
man, Tex, which is. perhaps, the largest
living hog 1t is four years old, and was
raised in Robertson county, Tex When
sold, six months ago, it weighed 1,430
pounds He is eight feet three inches
long, four feet one inch, measures six
feet around the neck, eight feet around
the body and % inches around the fore
arm. His feet are as large as those of q
common OK, and the leg bone larger than
that of the largest steers. He is Poland
China and led Jersey He eats corn like
an OK, takes the whole ear in his mouth
at once, and eats the cob as well as the
corn, eating from 40 to 50 ears of corn
at meal There seems to be no surplus
flesh on him, and physicians who have
examined the hog say he can easily be
made to reach 1900 pounds.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
Cauaes of Poultry Di.ease..

The Midland Poultry Journal says:
To overlooking and the ravages of YER
min are due three-fourths of the disor-
ders that affect domestic poultry. The
excessive feeding of foods rich in. fats
causes indigestion, fatty degeneration of
both liver and flesh, apoplexy or vertigo
diseases commonly denominated as
cholera and blind-staggers, and in many
cases the liver becomes an enlarged and
thoroughly rotten mass). vermrn also
open the way for indigestion by dimin-
ishing the activity and vitality of the
fowl, as well as open the way for colds
and roup. The other one-fourth are
due to filth. feeding on stale ground and
allowing fowls to drink stale or impure
water. There is profit in watching
these things
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
MANAGING THE BULL.
There Is No Use In NeedlessIy Riskina
Ones Life.

There Is NO Use In NeedlessIy RiskiuR
Ones Life.
Handling bull with a staff is safe
ninety-nine times out of a hundred, but
I am always afraid that the hundredih
time is coming, says 3 writer in Ma
tional Stockman. On one occasion
when I had to move a bull from one zen
to another I could not well use staff,
and concluded to try two ropes with q
man at the end of each rope. us
one of the men, the hired man was the
other. As soon as we got out of the door
the hired man stumbled and fell. For
tunately the bull started after him in
stead OF me, and I was able to hold him
until the man got up, and then when the
bull started to lift me off the earth,
the hired man was able to hold him, and
we got him moved to his quarters safe
ly-
This was combined pen and yard
that was built out of posts set so close
~ that he could not get his head
through. and SO high that he could not
jump over, and there he stayed until he
was killed. When he was to be used he
was driven into one side of his pen, and
q bar ,sos slipped through the gateway
in the partition that divided his pen,
and the COW was turned into the other
side of the yard, and after one or the
other was driven to one side tit mat
tered not which, as there was a gate in
both sides), the COW was taken out.
All this could be done with either a
long whip or bunch of hay, to coax the
cow or the bull to one side of the pen.
Even if the danger is small, there is
no use in needlessly risking ones life.
And the peace of mind that one has
when he knows that there is 40 danger
to be apprehended, is worth all it costs
to put up such safety pen, many times
over
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22

two inches. AS there is no strain on the
pole sidewise,it need not be very strong,
b is block of hard wood, I6 inches
long, four inches square, with a slot
cut in for the pole to play in. The bot
tom end has a hole bored five inches
deep so that it will turn freely on the
end of the iron bar which is driven into
the ground. Should the animal be
headstrong, and the ground soft, the
bar might be pulled over. If piece of
tubing be driven into the ground few
inches, and the bar set inside, it will
not be tipped out. A short rope is on
the end of the pole for convenience to
hitch to. D is an iron bar, E short
piece of tubing, f a pail or kettle with
weight sufficient to balance, which is
easily set off when moving. I use an
ordinary iron bar which is found on
most farms, and may be stuck by hand.
Only in a very few instances, when the
ground was soft, have found it neces-
sary to use the tubing. Ell. d. Gale,
in Rural New Yorker.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
AN EXCELLENT TETHER,

Very Convenient Where ONLY Few AMI
mails Are Kept.
The cut shows tether which have
been using, and found safe for any of
the farm animals. The old way of driv-
ing a stake into the ground. and tying
a rope, is very dangerous; many a horse
has had foot made sore from burning
with the rope, besides very often being
thrown. I have seen horse lie down,
roll, get up and have good play while
hitched to the tether. I kept horse
hitched out all last summer, with one,
because it could not be caught when
turned loose. 1t will be found very con-
venient when only one COW is kept.
1t is made as follows: "a is the pole,
IL feet long by IA inch thick and five
inches wide where the pin passes
through, which should be at one-fourth
the length of the stick from the end.
The long end may be tapered down to