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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15
belt in Illinois. and there we have had

belt in Illinois, and there we have had
much trouble with the corn root worm.
He lives on corn roots exclusively. 1t
therefore becomes necessary for US TO
rotate corn, keeping 1t of OF certain
fields for q few years that this worm
may be starved out. This having to
forego the use of corn fully and freely
would initiate against the soiling sys-
tenn with us.
Mr.. Monrad spoke on how to milk the
COW. Get good dairy maid. 1t would
be blessing for Michigan If the girls
did the milking, for the men would then
have to fix up the stables and keep
them clean. have seen great many
stables where one had to put on long
boots to go into them. Why do be-
lieve that girls should milk? Because
they are gentler. My experience of six
years taught me that to milk COW
properly you have got to be on good
terms with the cow. l once had a white
heifer that was a beauty, but she was
wild. kept my temper for a little over
two weeks, and she was kicking all the
time. Then lost my temper and used
the stool. I did not milk that cow any
more. l sent her back to my brother
who had a good many cows and did not
need to milk them all. In fact, he only
MIXED ten cows to get enough milk for
family use.
But men may learn how to milk. II
when you go home you will induce the
young men to weigh the milk right
along, you will find that 1t will make
o great difference in the interest they
take in the milking. Buy good milk
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15
Discussing the Cow.

CONDENSED from the Farmers Re-
view stenographic report Of the Michi-
gan dairymen's meeting)
Professor c. D. Smith opened the dis
cussion on the COW. He spoke first on
the selection of the COW. Where we
used to select cow on the total amount
Of milk she would give we now pay
more attention to the relative amount
of butter she will make. She is good
cow If her percentage of butter fat Is
large, provided she gives fair amount
of milk. The chief attention OF the
experiment station during the past two
years has been toward this point. is
it true that the cows that have the
typical dairy form make butter most
profitably? Is it true that the Internal
capacity of cow is made manifest
by exterior signs? I am ready to as
sert that such is the case. Our best
COWS at the station conform most close
ly to the best dairy type. However, few
of us have time to become good judges
of external signs of internal quality, SO
that most of us must buy our COWS
judging them by the weight of milk
and by the test for butter fat.
Q.-Can we judge by the young ami
NAL what kind of COW she will make
in the future?
A.-When I picked out my wife, l
did not do it when she was a little
girl, but when she had grown up. And
the same theory holds good in picking
out a COW: you must wait till she is
mature before you can tell definitely
what kind of COW she will be. we
cannot predict with any certainty what
a heifer will make. There are certain
signs, of course, signs that tell whether
she has the beef type or the dairy type,
but you can not depend on the details
that may develop.
The next point was the stabling and
feeding of the cow. A member said:
It seems to me that with land at $40
per acre we cannot afford to pasture
cows at the rate of one cow for every
four acres of land. We had better feed
partly on the soiling plan.
Mr.. Gurler,---Nov. live In the corn
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15
Hens too Wolf Fed.

It is fourteen years since began to
keen poultry. have handled a good
many of the standard breeds, among
them being the Light and Dark Bran
mas, Buff, Partridge, Black and White
Cochin, Langshan, Silver Wyandotte,
White and Black Minorcas, White and
Barred Plymouth Rocks, Leghorns and
Hamburgs. l now keep the Barred
Plymouth Rocks for market fowls and
Single Comb Brown Leghorns for eggs.
Our house for winter is built three rect
into the ground, with floor covered Win
one foot of leaves for scratching pur-
noses. The roof and sides are doubled
and it never freezes. We have no ven
tilator. I have tried all ways Of feed
ing and am now feeding wheat ard
buckwheat as soon as they get off the
roost in the morning. By a. m. l
give them boiled potatoes made thick
with II ground buckwheat, IL corn,
At oats. all ground and 2-7 bran. At
D. m. l feed oats in the leaves. We
shin eggs to New York, but sell the
fowls aliveat home. We get eggs in the
winter when we do not get the fowls
too fat. About the only losses l have,
come from the depredations by hawks.
Leghorns are the best layers and ma
ture early. Our greatest obstacle has
been in feeding too often and getting
the birds too fat. During the last win
ter especially we fed some meat to
them and thought they would do bet
ter if they got it twice day. The re-
suit was too much fat.
c. A. Waldron, M. d.
Lenawee County, Mich.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15
BITS OF KNOWLEDGE.

A gallon was originally pitcher or
jar, regardless of size.
Nine. Patti recently sang in Nice
for charity, and the performance netted
$4,000 francs.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British am
bassador at Washington, is an accom-
plished musician.
The Salvation Army has during the
past four years led annually to the Saw
Tor, 100000 souls.
The was of the last seventy years
have cost Russia SITE, 900, 900 and the
lives of $4,000 men.
A Turkish turban of the greatest size
contains from ten to twenty yards Of
the finest and softest muslin.
1t is stated that nearly 100000
pounds of fur for hatters' purposes are
produced in the United States.
At the National Saengerfest, to be
held at Pittsburg, in June, Ill societies.
with 1900 singers, will compete.
The woodland area of the United
States now covers about 100000, 900
acres, or 26 per cent Of the whole area.
The coliseum at Rome was built to
accommodate 100000 spectators. 1t
covers 51s acres of land, and was 12O
feet high.
Lord Blythswood says that he has an
instrument capable of measuring down
to the 6O,O0Oth part of an inch.
Germans Directing to the habit Of
holding the hands in the pockets have
formed society, the Antihandinden-
acknowledgements.
The letters in the various alphabets
Of the world vary from twelve to 2O2 in
number. The Sandwich Islands alpha
bet has twelve, the Tartarian 202.
The diatoms, single-celled plants Of
the sea-weed family, are soNsmall that
5000 of them laid end to end scarcely
suffice to cover an inch Of space on the
rule. i
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15

One night, while playing to 6
crowded and rather noisy audience, ar
incident occurred which upset the
equilibrium of audience and actors.
Silence had been secured and the
leading lady was bemoaning her sad
fate to the accompanying strains OF
soft and plaintive music.
Suddenly child in the pit began to
cry with might and main. This ex-
asperated listener in the gallery, who
shouted: "Throw that kid out!"
An angry voice from the pit replied:
"You come down and throw out its
father!" Answers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15
Park BENCH COmmunings.

"Pard," asked Tuffold Knutt,
emerging from a brown study, dye
reckon there's such thing as poverty
inicrobes?"
NO" responded Mosley Wraggs,
after giving the subject a few mo-
ments' severe reflection. "Ef they
wuz any povery microbes mine would
"a starved themselves to death forty
years ago" Chicago Tribune.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15

"That young man will make his
mark in this world. His forethought
is wonderful" said one San Antonio
gentleman to another.
What is remarkable about him?"
"Nhy, the very day he popped the
question he stepped into a lawyers
Office to know what divorce would
cost. He is, indeed a remarkable
young man, and never makes mis-.
take without stopping to consider the
cost" Texas Sitting.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15
ASTHMA.

There is no longer any necessity OF inhal'
ing the poisonous smoke of burned weeqs
If YOU are suffering from Asthma. The
Red Cross Constitutional Medicine is the
only positive cure for Asthma known OF at
the present day. 1t takes all the slime,
mucus and diseased sediment from the
lungs, bl onchial tubes, and stomach, en-
tirely removing the cause. One or Two
bcs les will cure any case of Asthma per-
m lentiy. Price reduced from s. to s2 per
bottles bottles for So. Address RED
Cross CONSTITUTIONAL MEDICINE Co., AZ
East 18th ST., Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15
When Nature

Needs assistance it may be best to rem
der it promptly, but one should remcm-
Der to use even the most perfect reme-
dies only when needed. The best and
most simple and gentle remedy is the
Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15
Modern Adventure.

eyes" said the major, as he twisted
his mustache and balanced himself on
his tip toes, ~ have had some very ex-
citing moments in my life; big risks
and hair breadth escapes and all that
sort of thing you know"
And in all innocence she exclaimed:
why, really, major, I didn't know
you rode bicycle" Washington
Star
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15
Just Filled the Bill

Critic-That villain in your story is
q perfect masterpiece. Where did you
get the character?
Novelist - imagined man pos
sessed of all the forms of wickedness
my wife attributes to me when she
is angry. Spare Moments.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15

Is not stcadicr than q system liberated from
tn, shackles of chills and fcyec, bilious re-
mittcnt or dumb ague by Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, perfect antidotc to malarial poison
in air or water. 1t is also an unexamplcd
remedy for bilious, rheumatic or kidney COM
plants, dyspepsia and nervousness. 1t im-
proves appetite AMI sleep and hastens con-
y a1cscnncn
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15
Just What He Wanted.

Hell wish it were true that all the
world loves lover.
She-Why?
He-Because you.are all the world
to me. Chicago Record.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15
FARMERS WE SELL YOU DIRECT,

all kinds of Hay tools. Sections cts
Cylinder Teeth o cts. Pure White Sisal
Irvine, freight paid to any point in
Kansas or Missouri, cents per pound.
Send cts. in stamps for Buggy Cata-
logue. Send cts. in stamps for
Thresher Catalogue.
THE KANSAS CITY MACHINERY Co.
1000 hickory St., Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15

Hatterson-I have been trying to
teach my baby to stop drinking from
bottle.
Catterson - should think that
would be pretty hard thing for you
to do. Truth.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15
Real Tafry on a stick.

"Courting sticks were in use in
New England about 100 years ago.
They were long wooden tubes, through
which the lovers could whisper to
each other when the presence of other
persons interfered with the secret ex.
change of endearing expressions.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15

"Look at the color in her cheeks
One would almost think she had been
drinking"
well, I guess she has been paint
ing things red, all right enough"
Presently they drifted apart. De-
troit Tribune
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15

To polish tortoise shell make paste
of jewelers. rogue and a little sweet
oil. Put it on the shell, and when
quite dry brush it off and polish with
channels
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15

To find an opal is deadly omen. 1t
means that you have picked up some
one else's misfortunes. Better let the
stone lie. NO matter what Its value may
be.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15
Forgiven.

aren't you the same beggar that
gave half pie to last week?"
II guess am, mum, but Pm willin'
to let bygones be bygone's. 1t amt
in nv heart to bear no malice" In.
dianoplis journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15

feed soft feed Of some kind, and feed it
hot. Then I feed oats, wheat or some
similar grain, hoed in the sand, so they
will have to dig for it. Corn If fed at
night, and meat scraps once or twice
week. We have never grown fowls for
market till last year, when was able
to dispose Of our last of June hatch at
Is cents per pound. We have had good
success in raising chicks. We feed
boiled eggs once day till the little
ones are two weeks old, with bread
crumbs at the other meals, with corn
and oatmeal. We have had little loss
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15

Cold water is best for washing
glasses. If hot is used 1t is apt to be
too hot and crack them; # only warm
they will not dry clear and bright.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department of tho Parma Few
Hints as to the Care of 1.-Two Stock and
Poultry.

Y poultry expert
ence covers about
eight years. I have
kept the single
comb Brown Leg
horns and Buff
L G 6 h or n s. My
house is just an Or
binary one, with
windows on the
south side. In the
morning I usually
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15

Through certain humors or passions,
and from temper merely, q man may
be completely miserable, let his out
ward circumstances be ever SO fortu-
nate. Shaftesbury.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15

Nerve Rcstorer. No Fits after the nrst avs use.
Marvellous cures Treatise and o. trial bottle free ~
Fit cases. send 10 DR.. Klines3l Arch Sts fhhsssFs
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15
Goes Cough Balsam

Is the oldest and best 1t will break MP cold quick
than anything else. 1t Is always reliable. Try It
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-15

To clean steel rub with a piece Of
channels dipped in kerosene.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-22

release the stud on the rock arm from
an engagement with the lifting arm, so
that the latter will, by stress of the
spring, be forcibly rocked down into
contact with the pin. e ! - s. =
THE lift pin will now be swung
through the rear portion Of the cross
slot by the arm, and by the impetus
given to the pin and post by said arm
the post, bow piece and hat will receive
a rotary movement sufficient to bring
the pin into the depression, when the
gravity of the parts will cause the hat
to drop into it's normal position on the
wearer's head. When the person max
Ing salutation with the Improvement
applied to his hat resumes an erect
posture after bowling, the weight will
swing back into normal position, which
Will draw the upper end of the rock
arm forwardly, and move it's lower
end rearwardly far enough to release
the arm from the PIN
All this for the ordinary use of a
gentleman who desires to create a ia
Vorable impression on the promenade
without physical fatigue But there
are other uses of more utilitarian
character.
There may be a sign or placard
placed on the hat having the improve
ments within it, and the saluting de-
vice be used to attoract attention of
the public on a crowded thoroughfare
TO the advertisement on the hat, the
novelty Of its apparent self-movement
calling attention to the hat and it's
placard."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-22

advertising medium, and may be en-
ployed for such a purpose"
James c. Boyle, of Spokane, Wash,
is the patentee. In describing his in
vention to the patent office he says
graphically: ~ s4I -
''To carry into effect the broad feat
ure of this invention, which compre-
hends the automatic elevation and ro-
tation Of a mans hat to effect unique
salutation,I preferably employ mechan-
ism held in a ease removably clamped
on the head Of the wearer of the hat,
while the hat Is detachably secured to
the working PARTS Of the device that
raise the hat completely rotate 1t, and
deposit 1t correctly on the head of the
wearer every time said person bows
his head, and then assumes an erect
posture, all parts of the novel device
being completely inclosed in and con-
cealed by the hat"
The mechanism of this exceedingly
convenient invention is comparatively
simple, considering the complicated
uses to which 1t may be put. A case
Is provided, the inventor lucidly re-
marks, ito hold the driving mechanism
Of the hat-lifting and rotating device,
and in order to adapt the latter for
effective service 1t is necessary that the
case be maintained stationary and tenn
porarily attached to the wearer's head.
To this end suitable number OF
curved spring fingers are secured to the
lower part of the case, and are adapted
to gently clasp the head OF the wear
err with their free lower ends.
".If the hat with the entire device
within it is adjusted on the head Of
the wearer of the same so as TO cause
the depending spring fingers to clasp
the persons head and dispose the case
In a vertical plane extending from front
to rear of the hat, and the spring has
previously been wound, the device will
be ready for service"
Now for the that remover in actual
operation. The inventor leaves nothing
to the ina gination, and describes the
process, so that even the most obtuse
may learn to manipulate his con-
trivance. zen
SHOULD the weather of the hat having
the novel mechanism within 1t and en-
gaging his head, Us before explained.
desire to salute another party, 1t will
only be necessary;ofor him to bow his
head to cause the weight block to
swing forwardly. baThe swinging OF the
block as stated, will. by the consequent
vibration rearwardly of the upper end
OF the arm, push the rod backward and
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-22

is in Estes park, and to reach the park
you have to go by stage or horseback
for about thirty-fve miles. think be-
yond doubt 1t is the most picturesque
place in this country. The peak Is just
as high as Pixies peak, a little over IA,
600 feet from the sea level, but it is a
good deal more interesting. A railroad
takes you to the top Of Pixies peak,
but you couldn't get a railroad up Long 8
peak in thousand years. You can
ride up to the timber line, and you have
to climb the rest Of the way over big
rocks and along the edges Of precipices
that make you dizzy.
About halfway up on the rocks at
the Keyhole, where you can look down
on both sides of the range. you pass a
rough wooded slab stuck between two
boulders. It marks the spot where a
woman tourist died some years ago
while trying to make the ascent too
late in the year. 1t was late in Septem-
Der, but she insisted on making the
climb. She was a woman who had
spent almost all her life in travel and
had been in almost every country in the
world. She finally persuaded one of the
two guides in the park to go along
with her. He refused at first, but she
told him If he didn't go with her she
would go alone. So they saddled their
horses and rode to the timber line,
where the wind was blowing a gale.
I think it was the third week in the
month, and 1t is unsafe to make the
climb after the first It was fearfully
cold on top of the mountain, and when
they reached it the woman's strength
gave way. A snow storm came up, and
the guide had to pick her UP in his arms
and carry her. He carried her down
the worst and most dangerous part Of
the way and then left her lying on the
unsheltered rocks while he went on
alone to the park to get help. 1t was
eight hours before he could reach the
ranch and return with some men. When
the party reached the Keyhole the wom-
an was dead and her body was frozen
stiff
From the top Of the peak you get
the finest view to be had in the state
You look down upon the plains to the
east, and see four big rivers, each f1f-
teen or twenty miles apart At night
you can see the lights of Denver, $50
miles to the southeast. You can look
across toward Kansas and Nebraska
and see bluffs nearly 200 miles away.
I doubt If there is a finer view to be
had in the country. And yet there are
not more than $50 people year who
go to the top Of the peak
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-22

are evidently doing all in their power to en-
force the child labor law and they should be
encouraged by the labor unions In the war
they have inaugurated. Inspector Mayo has
visited 1856 factories In Minneapolis, and
through his untiring efforts numerous boya
and girls under legal age have been taken out
thirty-two were found to be under fourteen
years Of age. Eighty-two were ordered to
secure certificates showing attendance at
school twelve weeks in the year. In seventy
two telegraph and messenger Offices and stores
2O6 under sixteen were found, thirty-nine of
whom left or were dismissed Vigorous steps
Will be taken hereafter to enforce the law
wherever children under the age prescribed
by statute are found employed.
committee of three was selected, at the
wait on the capitol commission and en-
deavor to convert the members to the views of
organized labor generally, that it will be to
the best interests of the taxpayers of the state
that union labor only shall be employed on
the capitol building. Six candidates were in
itfated and an even half dozen more will join
munication was received from Cincinnati ask
ing aid for the garment workers out on
strike In that city. The eight-hour move
ment was discussed and the report of the
secretary showed that there was not an idle
man in the union.
This harnessmakers were out in force Tues
day evening. Besides the regular routine six
new members were added and two applications
were read and referred to the usual commit
tee. Tickets for the dance on April II were
reported as selling rapidly.
The arbitration committee selected by Typo
graphical Union No. 80 and the Typothetae-
z. D. Neff and Frederick Driscoli DR., g. H
Bridgman, of Hamline being chosen by the
representatives of the two bodies to- act as
the third member-met at the Pioneer Press
building, corner of Fourth and Robert, Thurs
day afternoon, for the purpose of settling the
dlnerences existing between the book and Job
printers and their employers over the new
scale asked for by the employees Harry
Franklin argued the case for the printers
while 9. w. Hornick spoke for the Typothe-
tae. The outcome, although not what was
asked +, for resulted In the adoption of the
scare IN force at Minneapolis. $16.3S for a
week OF fftynine hours. The printers de-
manded an Increase from SIG to $1S
Messrs. Nef and Hornick speak in terms OF
high praise of Harry Franklin's argument in
behalf OF the book and job printers before the
arbitration committee. The scale paid Min
neapols conlpositors proved to be the STUN
bling block in the way Of the adoption of the
$1S scale.
1t was definitely decided at the Thursday
evening session Of the garment workers
union to hold their leap-year party on Tues
day, April 2S. The grievance committee re-
ported as satisfactorily settled the difficulty
between the union and local firm, and also
that the scale CT prices adopted by the union
had been accepted by them. Twenty-Five
dollars was voted the clothing cutters and
trimmers at Cincinnati o., who are on
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-22
A SIMPLE CONTRIvANCE FOR TIP
PING THE HAT AUTOMATIC
j.; CALLY.
IT Is ALREADY PATENTED.
BOW AND THE HAT IMMEDIATELY
Observation-Disclosures PROPER
ANGLE.
USEFUL
1t Ii the Clever Invention of a Res.
tdent OF Washington
90 State.
TO n "sCoRCHERs."

WASHINGTON, March 21.-Many
queer devices are annually patented by
sanguine individuals, but the palm
must be yielded to a Pacific coast man.
who has just secured a patent from
the United States patent office. This
device may be described as a boon to
indolent strollers, who. with their hands
In their pockets, are too tired to lift
their hats to an acquaintance; Of bene-
fit to "scorehing'' bicyclists, who lit
orally have their hands too full to at
tend to this duty OF courtesy, and alb
solutely indispensable to fast drivers,
who, ribbons and whip in hand, find
their time too fully occupied to lift
their hats by the usual method.
Officially described, and in the lam
guage Of the letters-patent, "this inven-