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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26
THE FARMING WORLD.
FROZEN MILK BLOCKS.

Copenhagen Is Building Plant for Their
Manufacture.
Milk may be bought by the brick in
summer, Just the same some kinds of
ice cream. 1t will be frozen solid,
though, and if intended for use as soon
as received in the household the tactical
fluid for the tea or coffee will have tn
be Clipped off with the handle of the
knife or fork, according to the guam
tity desired in the drink. Perhaps ut
the Waldorf, at Delmonico's and other
resorts of the wealthy the frozen milk
may be seen in cubes. like sugar, or in
pats, like butter, and a man NAV order
u lump of milk with his coffee and rolls,
as, well as lump of sugar or another
pat of butter, please"
From fad frozen milk has grown to
be more or less of necessity in the
warmer countries in Europe, and some
of the larger dairymen in and about
New York are seriously discussing the
practicability of introducing the Gus
tom as experiment. It is claimed
that if the milk should be first frozen
it is just as impervious to the gathering
of disease germs as is boiled milk or
water.
Many persons do not take kindly to
the idea of frozen milk. or even pre-
served milk. Fresh milk in cans, they
claim, can be kept fresh for 16 hours,
and if it does not remain sweet for thai
length of time they conclude that the
milk was not fresh when poured into
the cans, or that the cans were not
clean.
The trade in foreign importations Of
frozen milk and cream is yet in it's in
fancy. but advices recently received by
American dairymen indicate that the
industry will be speedily developed to
greater proportions. especially IN Hol-
land. The Belgian government designs
to increase the trade at an annual out
lay of $4,000, and in Copenhagen, the
capital of Denmark. a company has
been formed and arrangements have
been completed for the regular export
of frozen milk. The necessary plant has
been erected and contracts have been
made already for the delivery of lie, 900
pounds per week, which will be sent to
all parts of the world in bricks or blocks
like ice.
If the lines laid down in European
countries were closely followed the
health inspector would arrange these
lists so that simultaneous occurrence
of infectious diseases in a number o.
families served by the same ice-milk
man would be promptly discovered and
the mischief checked.-N. Y. Journal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
SMOOTH HIGHWAYS.

yF1Hs Wheelmen Are Doing to Hasten
Their COnstruction.
Joseph b. Bishop sums up his article
I'm the Forum ON the Social and
EsrouoEnic Influence of the Bicycle" in
cheese words: Putting all other sociat
szzzd economic effects aside. its influence
ara missionary for scientific road build
FsEzr Is alone sufficient to entitle it to the
Ezzzfang gratitude of the American peo-
zzKx- The commentator of this good
xzsE5ce of the wheel rests on a sound
basis It is not too much to say that be-
fire the bicycle came into general use
fkz. majority of the country roads were
uszf always adequate even for heavy
xsaaous, and, as a rule, were unsuited tc
Eight driving, except at a certain season
<zf the year In the vicinity of large
cities great stretches of highway like
zine lancaster pike, near Philadelphia.
csexe sometimes macadauized. but
GEznch roads into the country, or roads
Nx.youd a certain radius of miles from
che metropolis. were left almost in a
E1fural state. Up to the present time
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26
Dr,nk w.t.r for D,......

1t is possible to prevent many dis
eases and cure others by drinking large
quantities of wafer.s An eminent French
physician says typhoid fever can be
washed out of the system by water.
He gives his patients what would
amount to eight or ten ounces an hour
of sterilized water. Experiments have
been made with diseases caused by bac-
terra which demonstrate the curative
value of water. In cases of cholera,
where the system secretes a large
amount of fluid, enormous quantities of
hot water are of great benefit and will
cure many cases without other medi-
cincs. One doctor says that perfectly
sweet, fresh cider, taken in large guam
titles. has been known to cure diseases
of bowel complaint The acid kills the
bacteria, which are speedily thrown out
of the system. Hot water in fevers is
of great use, and an ordinary tumbler-
full of water as hot as can be taken once
an hour is one of the very best remedies.
The important thing is to get into the
system and out of it sufficient
amount of water to prevent the accuInu-
lation of ptomaines and toxins within
the body.-N. Y. TimeA
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CORRECT PRINCIPLES.
Unless They Are Employed Road Build
ing Is q Failure.

UnIees They Are Employed Road BuHo-
: ing Is Failure
Deputy Secretary Hamilton, of the
state department. of agriculture is out
IN a bulletin on the subject OF gooR
roads tina. will excite considerable dis
cussion ia various localities throughoue
the state. Mr. Hamilton takes the
sensible ground that the present.
wretched condition of many of the
roads is due not so much to lack ,sf
funds as Jack of judgment and knowi-
edge.
Year after year, he says. road super
risors go right along constructing
roads on a plan that presages failure
by a violation of the elementary Prln-
ciples of good road-mal<ing.
Roads high at each side and depressed
in the middle, rendering drainage inn
possible, are constructed by men who
profess to know something of road
building, and who have had sufficient
experience to recognize how absurd and
illogical are their ideas. Farmers do
the greater part of this bed road-build-
ing, partly because of a lack of en-
thusiasn in the movement of good
roads, principally becau.e of an abb
sence of knowledge of the underlying
principles of road construction.
The good road, as every one should
know, IS high in the middle and ovais
off to the gutter at each side, thus eff
fectually draining itself.
THE pI oblem of the Present." says
Mr.. Hamilton, sis not how to build
good roads, but can we here in Pennsyl-
vania build them? Can the farmers
who have charge of the highways of the
state construct good reads within a
reasonable time and at moderate COST
and win they do it? Some one will do
it inside the next 20 years. If the
farmers of Pennsylvania conclude that
it can be done, and undertake the work,
and conduct it in a proper way, they will
retain control. If, on the other hand,
action is delayed. or they continue to
manage this business as 1t has Deen in
the past. then all the indications are
that the management will be taken out
CT their hands and the work will be done
by others; and the serious danger is
that the farmers after all, will have to
foot the bills"
This should spur the Farmers to a
more intelligent conception of road
making. Under the present blunder-
ing system the danger is that the work
will be taken out of their hands. Nor
can they blame the state for refusing to
continue mode of procedure that re-
suits in wretchedly constructed roads
ct high cost.--Philadelphia Call.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

A good dairy cow should be trained to
stand quietly in milking. SO that the
mixer can readily use both hands
It il less work to wash the butter
milk out of the butter when in 4 granu-
lar form, and it can be done more effect
lively.
The rate of consumption of cheese in
America is about three pounds per cap
tia per annum.
Let one person do the milking, II
possible. Cows get used to a mixer.
and almost invariably hold up" their
milk when a new mixer comes. Too
frequent changing of mixers has
ruined many a COW.
Practice and chemistry agree that
good clover hay is the best roughness
which can be used in the dairy; but,
remember that poor clover hay is poor
cow feed. The leaves are lost when
tumbled about too much after it il
dry.
Don't hire at any price q man who has
q bad temper; he will ruin your cows.
Don't hire one who is not good mixer;
he will dry OF your cows Don't em-
ploy = man or boy who in not willing
to learn to carry out your instructions.
Rural World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26
COUNTRY AND CITY.


The Farm Laborer's Lot Is Not So Bad
Many Imagine
Those who work by the month on the
farm are apt to regard their circum-
stances with disfavor when they hear Of
the wages which labor of no higher
grade commands in our large cities. But
they Will find, if they investigate the
matter, that the farm laborer is usually
as well paid as his city brother, and
oftentimes great deal better. In the
city of Pittsburgh at present all the car
penters and artisans of similar grade
that are wanted can be had for two dol
lars per day. Many cannot find work at
that. All over western Pennsylvania
good common" labor can be had at
prices from one dollar to one dollar and
fifty cents per day. Those who have
contracts for public works, such as rail-
roads, pipe lines. ETC., are overwhelmed
with applications for work.
Wages like S1.5O, So, or $3.50 per day
look pretty big to the man who the year
round makes but so cents in cash, but
they are not so big as they look. They
are often inconstant. A good many
skilled Iaborers can work only part of
the year, but rent and other living ex
penses must be paid all the time. The
city laborer must pay cash for every
farmland is either furnished or permit
ted to raise for himself free of cost. Un-
less a workman of the two-dollar grade
has constant employment in city like
Pittsburgh he is very likely to find the
balance on the wrong side at the end
of the year. If he has family to sup
port he must often live in cramped quar-
tiers, and must raise his children amid
surroundings unfavorabIc to their ply
steal and moral development. Contrast
this picture with the man on the farm,
who, if he has a family, is often fur
nished house at little or no cost, is per-
mitted to raise his vegetables, dairy
products and meat, and is paid wages be-
sides. Or with the single man who is
kept and if economical has most of his
wages at the end of the year. The coun-
try laborer who investigates the mat
ter thoroughly will be very slow to
change his certain employment and in
expensive living for place where the
reverse is unfortunately too common
National Stockman.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26
GARDEN AND ORCHARD,

Evaporating is a good way of saving
fruit when there is not a good market
for it.
Some varieties of fruit, like the cherry,
after they start to grow, need little
if any pruning.
Cultivate all orchards sparingly now.
before winter
When there is an over-supply of fruit
the fallen fruit can be fed to the hogs
to good advantage.
In sending any kind of fruit to mar
ket it will pay to sort carefully before
packing for shipment.
In the selection of trees for plant
ing look carefully after the roots aud
see that they are all right.
One advantage with low-headed trees
is that it is easier to gather the fruit
from them when it is ripe.
Better take little time to water the
young growing trees now than to run
the risk of losing the tree.
About the only objection to 1ow-head-
ed trees is that the branches interfere
with the work of cultivating.
Early in the fall, when the growth is
completed and the wood rfpened, is a
good time to prune apple trees.
All things considered, there are few
fruits that can be grown as econom-
ically as the grapeor the cherry.
Whatever tends to promote the gen.
eral health and thrift of the tree will
also help to free both tree and fruit
from blight and scab.-St. Louis Re-
public. ~
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p.rkened Stable. for Cow.

Every farmer and dairyman should
have stable that can be darkened, in
which to put his cows morning and
evening during milking time Being IN
a darkened room the flies do not trouble
them, and they stand quietly while be-
ing MIXED, and are glad to be freed
from the pests which torture them
when outside the stable. cow must
have the patience of Job to stand quiet
ly and be MIXED, while the flies are
sucking blood from almost every part
of her body; and because she kicks and
fops her tail around to drive off these
pests, the patience of the mixer be-
comes taxed, and the poor beast is too
frequently beaten and kicked, because
she tries to rid herself of the flies that
ars biting her. Try = dark stable for
milking. and you wiz never be satisfied
without one thereafter.-Rural World.
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work for tn. wid. TIRE.

Our friends should not forget to speak
a word now and then for the wide tire.
It is difficult to have permanent roads
without it. We too frequently see where
some man with narrow tired Wagon
has driven ON to a lawn and defaced it.
Unfortunately, the one that does the
damage is seldom the owner of the lawn
The narrow tire damages the dirt road,
while the wide tire improves it by pack
ing down the dirt instead of cutting
into it. Who has not been on country
road just after the mud had dried out
and found the ruts so numerous and
hard that it was with the greatest diff
Guilty that one could drive over it at all.
If the wide tire makes rut at all it is SO
broad and smooth that it makes an easy
track for driving, and leaves less hub
Disclaimers Review.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26
ABOUT MILK FEVER.
Useful Hints tho Subject from tn
Rhode Island Station.

Useful Hints on tho Subject from the
Rhode Island Station.
Bulletin 6, of Rhode Island station, is
an illustrated pamphlet on milk fever.
This is a brain disease, caused by too
much or too little blood. Many cows, it
says, inherits predisposition to milk
fever, the Jerseys being especially liable
to it. Overlooking and want of exer-
else are frequent causes of the disease.
The symptoms are chill, twitching of
muscles of head and face, stoppage of
milk and urine, padding" with hind
feet, staggering, grinding the teeth, and
sometimes violent tossing of head, and
believing. Treatment: Put the COW
in a warm place, wrap the body closely
in a sheet wrung out of cold water, and
wrap several blankets over the sheet.
Blanket the neck, and rub limbs with
wisps of straw. After Precipitation
starts change sheets every half hour.
Make the bowels act by injecting eser-
inc under the skin, or giving the follow
ing: One ounce powdered nux vomica,
two ounces tartar emetic, 10 ounces
glauber salts, Az pounds fine salt-a1
boiled ten minutes in two quarts water,
and give one-fourth of the entire guam
tity every half hour. If COW is down,
keep her propped up on brisket. If
she bloats, puncture the paunch from
above the hollow just in front of
''haunch" bone. When sheet and blan-
kets are removed, cover her with dry
blanket TO prevent chill. Squibb's fluid
extract of ergot is good preventive and
cure.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26

keep the hay from coming down under
the cattle's feet. Chains for the neck
take the place of stiff stanchions. A
raised walk in the rear is added, room
being afforded between this and the
platform for manure gutter, which
should be lined with cement. A feed
box for grain, roots or ensilage slips in
from the feedingfioor like draw, and
can be removed when empty. This plan
looks to the saving of all the manure
and to the greater comfort of the cows
and those who have to care for them,
while the changes that would have to
be made to secure these advantages
would be inexpensive. With the changes
suggested ought to be mentioned also
the need in the average old-fashioned
barn of more windows to let in light
and sunshine.-N. Y.'Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26
HISTORICAL ROADS.
They Were Built by Hard Work and z
ttrely without Resolutions.

They Were Built by Hard Work and En-
ttrely without Resolutions.
When Appius Claudius started out to
Sr1isd the Cow famous Appian way, he
<3faa't wait for carriage builders, bicy-
-csE clsIbs and farmers pennies" to pass
Ezrssaasztioss@s on the subject. He simply
IsyKz men 20 work and constructed road
--s-s0 miles in length, by IA 10 Is feet wide
from R1sne south through Capau to
IsrfszdEsi. and although roc years have
PASSED since then, the Appian way is
sstitt the best country road in Europe.
t&ks.n Napoleon determined that France
should have the best highways on earth
fDr the rapid movement of troops and
The ready supply of armies with pro-
zisssnss, he didn't pause for the adoption
az n constitutional amendment, but at
zzEscr took his soldiers out and built the
sEazts- And there they are to-day, the
1Esesst ana best highways ever construct
ed This dictatorial wy of doing
shings rs Of course neither possible nor
advisable in a republican country, but
1f Ez = part of history which teaches us
mai the only way to get good roads is
tn 6Enid Them, no matter what the cost.
What rs wanted most in the construction
'os country roads is disposition to
give up the cash required for the pur-
ps,@Ar- A bushel of resolutions never yet
tsssft n foot of roadway anywhere under
heaven Rural World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26

The Baldwin is the most profitable
apple of the eastern states, but it is a
disappointment in the west, being gen.
orally quickly decaying fall apple.
though last season, in common with
all other varieties, il kept much bet
ter than usual. A seeding of the Bald
win, as good in all other respects and
a better keeper. would be decided ac-
QUESTION Babbitt, said to be a Bald
win seeding. is considered by those who
have examined it, to be such an apple,
but 1t has not been widely tested yet.
Rural World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26
Export. of American Butter.

Large sales of butter for expectation
H-zzse been reported recently, and this
haS caused little more firmness in our
rsss<sr-ts- The export trade i'm Ameri-
c.zz 6~Efter has increased considerably
s2zHEarlE present era of low prices.s In
CINE 6s7i year closing June so exports
'~..e1e 1920, 439 pounds. against 5,462.-
pounds for the previous year. This
'kxz.<1e rs welcome relief to our over
zfucked markets, and it is to be hoped
ts,=xf ut will continue to expand But il
A probably growing only because of the
seheaPoess of butter here, and NAV be
'<xpecfed TO subside when prices adj
NH0ce--National Stockman
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26


There has been no uniformity in the
E<liliing and preservation of roads. y
person starting a road journey
enough New York, Pennsylvania or
efe New England states was never
<slre that his progress would not be de-
zszyesI by ruts, stones, holes and other
EHaEec1iments of country travel.
There are good reasons why the roads
EH this country are not yet in the stale
uf perfection found abroad. The vast
acess of the United States, the wide
stretches of uncultivated land, the rap
ID march of emigration westward, the
concentration of wealth and population
III metropolitan centers, have all con-
tEEszzffd to a certain neglect of scien-
<stic road building. In addition to these
hir1drances, the enormous expense re-
sy9Frezi to build and keep in order thou
ssszrzefs of miles of highway. seemed often
tn put the undertaking out of the ques-
f6oEz-
There are indications. however, that
vx1na4 the legislation CT townships anil
THE complaints of transfers and drivers
have not been able to accomplish in this
matter will be accomplished by the BIZ
eyvse- a century run is practica bic
<saIy over hundred miles OF good road
The man VINO takes spin of five or ten
miles of an evening also demands a safe
and sure passage unimpeded by stones
or ruts- The ever-increasing number
OF whselmen makes this demand i'm
Ferative, and good roads are now in
<.SIs1bie- The time may not be very far
distant when n man may wheel from
New York to San Francisco over high
ways as firm and smooth as the boule-
Nard--N- Y Commercial Advertiser.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26
FARM AND GARDEN.
NEAT CATTLE QUARTERS.

How Co Improve Old-Fashioned Dairy
Barn Tie-Upa.
The cattle quarters in most of the
barns some time built are objectiona-
bic for the following reasons: The old.
stiff stanchions are generally in use,
depriving the cows of proper comfort.
The platform on which the cattle stand
is not high enough to keep their tanks
out of the droppings, nor is there a
gutter in the rear to hold the solid and
liquid manure, the floor usually being
SO open that all the liquid runs to waste
the best part of the dressing. There
is also no walk behind the cows, but
one must pick his way through the
manure-a filthy condition of things.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26
BOGUS PARIS GREEN.
It Is Sold In Large Quantities to Califor-
mia Fruit Growers.

1t Is Sold In Large Quantities to Califor-
mia Fruit Growers.
Mr.. B. NJ. Lelong, at tie meeting of
the State Horticultural society OF Cali
fornia, is reported to have stated as fol-
lows:
I'm the past two years enormous
quantities of paris green have been
sold to growers, much of which was
or very inferior quality. The results
were equally as poor, AMI many grow
ers have I hus become pref adiced against
it's use. Samples of paris green have
been examined with astonishing results.
Several samples, although of nearly the
same shade of color as the pure paris
green, were found to be mixture of
prussian blue and chrome yellow, clay
and chalk. Others were found to con-
tain no crsenious acid. In many cases
the fault lies with the fruit growers
themselves, for we have continually adj
vised them to use the pure article, which
costs 20 cents per pound. This advice
has been disregarded to considerable
extent end the cheapest grades have
Leen purchased, with little or no re-
suits. 1t was only last week that an ex-
rensive apple grower visited several
stores in quest of paris green. refused
the pure at 20 cents, and had large
quantity shipped to him a. Az cents per
pound. You can therefore imagine the
results lie will have."-Pacific Rural
Press.
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The Roman empire had system of
paved roads, radiating from Rome in
>z<EET direction, to the utmost limits OF
Izzznzn territory. One great road led
=s.-ros< the Alps into Gaul. to point near
-&s1kziz, aud beginning again in Britain
- Fan directly north to the wall OF
SEseruss another down the valley of
tzne Danube, and from Constantinople
s.zse. through Syria and Palestine. to
de Euphrates. Still another ran west,
Sasc1x the seacoast into Spain, while
-A&rica had it's own system.
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should be made of the lightest obtain
able material that will turn rain. When
raised or lowered it is secured in place
by iron pins stuck into holes bored in
the posts for that purpose. A jack
screw, if to be had 1.-TWO jackscrews
would be better) will be great help
in. raising the adjustable roof. There
is jackscrew made that clamps to an
upright post, which would here be just
the thing. This is the cheapest posi-
BILE hay protector, as there is hardly
anything to it but the roof.-G. w.
Waters, in Journal of Agriculture.