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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1896-07-09
Virginia Items.

riting news for the TIMES this
yea-,
twill be things we see and hear,
I'm we get them wrong or mixed
ldends forgive us for this is '96.
II Rufus Hall and daughter, of
trensburg, visited relatives and
aiiends here last week.
Geo Crooks has built u new hay
ID
oso Jenkins, of X G, came home
3xeek to spend a few days with
bpsrents.
Im Ward, county clerk Of Linn
n Kansas, visited his sister-in-law,
Lewis Garner, and old neighbors
y week. Mr. Ward is one Of the
nv settlers in Bates county. He
um that politics is badly mixed
Ibis county.
IN James Crook was on the sick
\ last week.
Dick Wolfe spent Saturday and
uaday in Cass Co with an old teach
Friend. He says the corn is look
NJ we'll around Belton.
Uncle Manzar Hensley is on the
itk list.
The hum of the thresher is heard
hour midst.
Mrs Fred Nestlerode was quite sick
Sth sore throat, but is better now.
John Maloney went to Colorado
hst week.
Miss Ella burst went to X G Tues
Nv Of last week. She thinks two
karts are better than one.
The Changers met Wednesday of
Ast week and sold the hall and lot to
1t Judy.
James Drysdale and wife, of But
h, visited his father, VIM Drysdale,
sho has been quite poorly for few
ays.
Mrs A w Simpson was quite sick
be q few days but is able to be out
lgain.
"A Wallace has built u summer
ttchen over his new cellar.
Mrs II II Flesher and Mrs Bruner,
nsited the families of G w and Isaac
fsrk Tuesday of last week.
Mr. Reed, dentist of h {, was il
nr city Thursday of last week.
Vulte u number of our people cele
snted the 4th at home.
The Harrison flag was run up or
he pole and unfurled to the breezs
@wave over our city the 4th.
Alton Park, of Clinton, spent a few
Ays with his, mother, Mrs A J Parl
Ast week.
AW Simpson makes a fine appear
sace sitting on the seat of his new
ander, when cutting his neighbors
grain.
The Christian S s averaged - las
auarter.
Elder Claypool preached at Mian
,enter last Sabbath and will hol,
seetings this week. Elder Reed wi
there his regular time, Saturda.
md Sunday.
Vim Buxton, of X G, visited hi
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1896-07-09
Taxing The People Rich.

The Mckinley plan of allaying
discomfort is to increase taxes. A
special from Canton to the New
York World says:
The Major assumes that this wave
OF silverism is not really a demand
for the use of more silver, but a
popular cry for more money. He
will therefore meet this impression
by pointing out that the Govern.
ment needs more revenue, and that
with ample revenue the money
ssringency viii be decreased
If there is another way for q
country to raise revenue than by
taxing its own people it has never
been discovered A dollar has
never been deposited il the United
States Treasurer which the people
do not pay. either before or after de
post The Mckinley idea. then, /;
that the more money you take from
the people the richer you make them.
To satisfy the popular cry TO,
more money you bave only to take
away more of the money now in cir
culation.
1t is an axiom il polaac,se ecoaa
my that "a rich goTernmens t.sake.
poor people" But Mckinley, be
ing a Napoleon, IS under the neces
sity of making preeendents. H
would promote prosperity By in
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1896-07-09
Trustees Sale.

Whereas D McKibben, single man. BY
his deed OF trust dated February lnsa-
Is.rs and recorded in the recorder's ofnet
within and for Bates county. Missouri. n
book No lI0 page b conveyed TO the unaeF-
signed trustee the following described rea.
estate living and being situate in the county o'
Bates ana state OF Missouri, to-wit;
Commencing a. the southwest corner OF tue
southwest quarter Of the northeast quarter OF
section twenty-five l22l township foriJ -
range thirty-one 1917, thence east sixteen fos1
thence north twenty rods. thence wess six
teen rods thence south to the beg nnins. con
.airing two 90 acres more or lese "hIeh
conveyance was made in .Tass 70 Sscai. eur
the payment OF one cer.sin nose i.ai5
described in said deed 90 trust, ~ :
whereas defauit has been made In the payment
of tie note and accrued interes: thereon nos
pas. due and unpaid. Now therefore, st the
request OF the legal holder OF said note and
pursaan: to the conditions OF said deed Of
trust, will proceed TO seiIshe shore described
premises at public vendae tn tie highest bid
der for cash. at the east sron: door OF the cour:
house in the city of Batter, e0ratT of Bates
and state Of Missouri. on
Tuesday August /. 1896,
between the hours of nine O'Clock n tie lore
noon and 4 We o'eloek in the afternoon Of that
day. for the purposes Of satisfying said debt,
interest and cos.s. II. 4. pEaGfFAL,
SAT- Trustee.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1896-07-09
HIGH ORLOW GRADE
Administrator Notice.

Notice is hereby given. That letters of ad-
ministration on the estate of J Morrison de-
ceased. were granted to the undersigned ON
the nth day of June. 1856, by the probate
eourt of Bates county. Missouri
All persons having claims against saia
estate are required TO exhibit them for allow
ance TO the administrator "ithln one year
after the date Of said letters, or they may be
precludef, from any benefit of said estate; and
If such claims be not exhibited within two
years from the date of this publication, they
shall be forever barred.
This End day of July. lsss.
+. L. MORRISON, Administrator.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1896-07-09
MISSOURI AND KANSAS CORN
There is Big Crop aud Plenty for Tx
port in Both States.

There is Big Crop aud Plenty for En-
port in Both States.
Grain men Of this city are at the
present time devoting great deal
of their time to studying the out
look for this years corn crop, and
from present indications it looks as
though corn would be king in this
section Of the country. Kansas and
Missouri have been favored with a
bountiful supply Of rain, and every
thing points to large corn crop
in both these States There will be
q great demand for this crop from
different sections of the couutry,aud
especially from Mexico, where there
is drought. Unless rain falls there
within few days, Mexico will have
repetition of tho corn famine OF
1892
Very little corn has been expo-.ed
into Mexico owing to the high duty
that is imposed by the Mexican gov
ernment, The way is cleared now,
however, for in anticipation of a
scarcity CT corn the duty has been
removed from the States OF Seuvo-
lean, San Louis Potosi and Tamau-
'ipas for the entrance of corn TO
each State. Large orders are being
received in Kansas City daily for
corn to go to Mexico, and yesterday
one firm received an order for 1O0,
900 bushels to go to LarGeo. 1t is
an i'll wind that blows nobody good,
and Missouri aud Kansas farmers
will feel happy in thought that they
have plenty of corn form fer Mexico
Kansas City Times
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1896-07-09

Carthage, No, July IA meet
ing of kicking silver Republicans
was held at the Circuit court room
last night. with Judge j. NJ. We-ks
in the chair i strong manifesto
was issued to silver Republicans and
big organization was formed The
Republicans Of this section are all
for free silver. and kick against tie
gold platform
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1896-07-09

creasing public revenues. II two
dollars out of ten is paid in taxes he
would double revenue and prosperity
by making the tax four dollars.
The resulting prosperity would soon
force a repetition of the doubling
process, and, as it is impossible to
have too much of good thing, it
would then be necessary to wipe out,
in taxes, the remaining two dollars
of the original ten.
Then we would have the Mlllen-
nium-or a Terror.-oost Dispatch.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
WHEN THE BLIND SEE.

Blind peoples first experiences OF
sight are curious. An old man in Penn
broke, Ont, who was born blind, re
ceived his eight by the removal of a
cataract. When the bandage was
fret removed, the patient started vic
lently and cried out as with fear, and
for awhile vas quite nervou from the
effects of the shock. For the fret
time in his life he locked upon the
earth. The first thing he noticed was
a flock of wild sparrows. In relating
his experience, he said that he thought
they were teacupa, although a few
moments af6erw W rds he readily distin-
guisEed a watch which was shown to
him. 1t is supposed that this recogni-
ton is owing to the fact that he heard
it ticking. The blaze from the lamp
excited the most lively surprise in his
mind. He had no idea what it was.
and when it was brought near, he
wanted to pick it up. When the night
approached upon the day when he first
used his eyes, he was in a fright, fear
ing that he was losing the sight which
he had so wonderfully found after so
years of darkness
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
WINTER LAM BS.
Ell Paso, Ill.

An experienced shepherd writes to
the Rural New Yorker that for several
years the demand for choice winter
lambs, misnamed hot house lambs, has
been a growing one, and, although the
number of men embarking in the pro
duction of these lambs has been stead
lily on the increase, yet it is certain that
the prices for choice, fat lambs early
in the season have keptup and neither
free wool, overproduction nor the gold
standard has affected them. Fat win
ter lambs are wanted on the tables of
the wealthy of the cities. There is no
other such delicious or healthtul meat.
the wealthy will have them, and they
will not mind the price, SO the quality
suits. But, as the writer say 8, the eve
must get into the habit of dropping
lambs early, and the flock master must
get into the habit of taking good care
of the lamb.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
HORTTCULTURE
TREATMENT OF STRAW
BERRIES.

correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
As the strawberry plant grows, or
at least increases its root growth, even
in cold weather, when the ground lie
not frozen, and also ripeDs its fruit
early in the spring, a large part OF the
manure used should be applied in the
fall. or all times this is the best to
apply stable manure Used then as a
top dressing its value is doubled. For
when thus applied its fertilizing pow,
ers are not only most effective, but it also
acts as a mulch to protect the plants
from cold, and most important still, to
lessen the freezing and heaving of the
ground 50 damaging to their roots.
For the very best results the straw
berry should be repeatedly and liber-
ally MANFRED before planting, while
growing and before making its fruit.
But even a neglected field a be trans
formed into the most valuable spot
on the place by the following fall treat
ment: Kill all weeds by shallow scrap
ing with hoes. II in matted rows, then
plant to stand from 4 to 6 inches 8part.
Mix well and apply evenly over the
beds, plants and all, at the rate of 100
pounds muriate of potash and 200
pounds dissolved bone per acre Over
this scatter evenly OUer the 1UhOIe field
ten to twenty two horse loads stable
manure per acre.
Where the application of stable
manure is very heavy, it is best to de
fer putting most of it on till the ground
begins to treezs hard. Part OF it should
also be drawn off before plants start
growth in spring and left in middles
But at least ten large loads, if not
lumpy, can be safely used after O;to
Der 1st, provided 1T is evenly diStTibu
ted.
AS the litter in the manure mulches
your plants and keeps the berries clean
of grit when they come, your crop will
now give you no further trouble till
picking begins unless weeds appear.
If they do, they must be pulled or
scraped out, or they will, at the most
critical time appropriate the moisture
and plant food, which your crop must
have to succeed.
0. W. BLACKNALL.
Kittrell, N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24

more towards the introduction Of that
valuable system than any other person
that ever lived. I think it is also safe
to claim that he was the first person in
the world to publicly demonstrate it.
If any person knows Of anyone shat
did it at an earlier date, let such per
son come forward.
The third important improvement is
the portable creamery (uot a creamery
and it dates from about 1879. It is
used mainly for the practice of the
Swedish system, yet that system can
be practiced in most any kind of appar-
atus in which provision is made for
rapid cooling of milk to proper tenn
perature.
As there are on the market at least
a dozen differerent styles of portable
creameries this reference cannot be
characterized as advertising.
r. w. MOSELEY.
Nliptcr ToUo
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
THE GAIT OF THE HORSE.

There is hardly any question but that
the gait of the horse is largely ipfu
enced by the driver. This is especially
the case with a young horse that is be-
ing trained to drive or work. If the
young horse, when being first trained
to work, is put in the hands of a care
less, slow driver, the horse will soon
acquire this kind of a gait, and if al
lowed to continue under this kind of
treatment for any considerable time a
habit will be formed that will be hard
to overcome. A slow trailing gait is
really harder for a horse. A moderate
ly quick walk, either with a load or
when empty, exhausts an animal less
than a snaii's pace.
Another item should be considered,
and that is when a horse is allowed to
fall in a slow gait he becomes aged and
incapacitated long before his natural
time; his )ints and sinews become stiff
and contracted, and he is soon iucapa-
BILE Of properly performing the work he
should naturally be able to do.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
PROTECTING PLANTS.

The opinion, sometimes expressed,
that hardy plants need no protection
during winter, is not shared in by per.
sons who ind increased crops where
protection is given. 1t is argued by
some that the strawberry, for instance,
is naturally as hardy as many other
plants which require and receive NO
protection whatever, and SO with other
cultivated plants, as the grape, resp
berry, etc. This is true to a certain
extent, and if nothing further was
looked for than the mere existence Of
a plant, it would not greatly matter
whether it received protection OR not.
But in practice it is found that a prop
er degree of covering notably Increases
the crops Of fruit; and it is well to keep
in mind that the best varieties of our
fruit.bearing plants have been far re
moved from the natural condition of
their ancestors, and have acquired ar
tificial qualities, as it were, by careful
cultivation, and which q only be
their needs. If neglected, they will
500 show the ordinary result of neg
ligence, and it is only by giving all the
care and j~udicious attention which the
best experience suggests that they can
develop their greatest profit and use
fulness. But it is also a N OBJ
s~ervation that a good practice may be
rendered nugatory by inju6icious ap-
plication.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
DEPENDS ON THE OK.

Some weeks ago the editor of the
News and Observer attempted to in
fIence the prejudices of the people Of
the State against Hon. Z3b V. Walser
and other white Republicans of David
son county, because they had il the
Superior court Of that county, under
the law, testified to the character of a
disfrenchised colored man in that couu
ty and had him restored to citizenship;
and, Notwithstanding the raising of his
hands in holy horror, this same Demo
cratic editor goes into the Superior
court of Wake county and does the
same thing for a colored nan whom he
knew would vote the Democratic tick
ct. We do not print this to find fault
with Mr.. Josephus Daniels, but simply
to let the people know of his inconsist
ency. 1t is another case of whose OK
is gored.-R aleigh Gazette.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
HOW TO USE THE APPLE CROP

Apple growers in Wayne county,
N. Y, have hit upon methods whereby
their entire apple crop is utilized.
Wayne county is one of the largest
apple growing sections of the country,
but apple growers did not begin to util
ize the entire crop until low prices and
insect ravages, causing a large per
cent. Of inferior fruit, caused them to
do SO. All fruit is carefully graded
and used for cider, evaporation, can
ming or cold storage purposes. Ordi
nary cider ferments rapidly, SO it is
filtered through a sand lacking in iron
that is obtained in Massachusetts, and
comes out as q sparkling champagne
that will keep for a year without fer
mentation.
The next grade Of apples r evapo
rated, and Of these enormous quaint
ties are used, which bring to Wayne
County apple growers over $1,000 O0O
annually. In ~evaporators, there are
many makes on the market. A good
h!6G4AASS C6p5Olo VI SN6Po46V4bS 4LGy
bushels per day, can be bought for SIS
to 1925, and a one hundred and fifty
bushel daily evaporation for $500. Cost
of evaporating will average one and
n half cents per pound, and five to
six pounds Of evaporated fruit can be
had from a bushel of fall fruit, and
six and one. half to seven and one half
pounds from winter fruit. The big
surplus this fall makes prices unusu-
ally low. A finer grade of apples than
those used for evaporating, but not
perfect fruit, is used for canning. For
evaporation, apples are cored, peeled
and sliced by machine, but for canning
they are cOred, peeled and cut in halves
or quarters. They are washed, boiled
in a syrup and packed in gallon cans.
This fall many apples r being canned
in hope of a short crop next year
g N. Perkins (NeW York;, in Ameri
Can Agriculturist.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
YARD
CHEAP LANDS AND POULTRY.

On all lands there is a growth OF
something, and among the different
kinds of barnyard fowls there are some
that will find a portion Of their food
from the voluntary growth. Inc tur
key is an active forager, and indus
triously works over a large area, con-
Stunning not only insects, but a great
many grasses and seeds. Ducks and
geese prefer to seek the young and ten
der heritage, not excepting weeds. If
a piece of land is idle, and is unsuitable
for large stock, it will pay to put it to
use, and thus compel it to return at
least the interest on it's value. When
poultry houses are built sufficiently far
apart to allow room for g flock of fifty
hers, they will need little or nc atten-
tion in summer, the feed given depend
ing on the vegetable growth upon the
land. If it is covered with green food,
even if of weeds, the hens will not be
slow in finding all they desire. If the
growth is scanty, then a mess Of meat
and bone at night will be all the help
they may need. Poultry should be used
on poor and Improbable land, espe
cially in sections where there are always
good markets and fair prices are OBJ
tanned the whole year, and it is better
to keep geese, ducks, turkeys and hens
than to depend only on n kind. If
good land is used, then the circum-
stances governing other matters on the
farm must be considered; but the OBJ
i9ct is to call attention to the utiliza-
ZION Of waste land, poultry Offering
better opportunities for affording a
profit than even sheep, as the hens give
returns every day in the year. The
farmers must at some time realize the
fact that poultry should not be a side
business on the farm, but be taken up
as one of the most important, and when
they begin to do so they will learn how
to manage better and how to make
land pay that has neve paid before
Farm and Flreside.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
THE TIME TO MAKE CUTTINGS

During the winter months is the time
to make cuttings Of such trees and
shrubs as it is desirable to increase.
Ounces, currants, gooeeberrieS and
grapes are readily increased by III
tings. In the case of shade trees, vii
lows and pOplars are easily grown
from cuttings, but the great majority
Of trees need to be raised from seeds,
layers or by budding or grating. But
when it ome to the Towering shrubs
which adorn our lawns, cuttings are
the chief reliance of propagators. The
time to make them is while vegetation
is dormant, ana it is better done at
least a month or more before spring
comes. The beautiful Golden Bell,
Weigelr, Mock Orange, Spirea, Deu-
tia and Althaea among many others
are easily raised in this way.
The best shoots for the purpose are
those of last years growth. The exact
length is not particular so that two or
three joints are included in each one.
About nine inches Is a good length for
most sorts, though grapes having the
joints far apart may be a foot in
length. 1t is believed that when the
lower part is cut just below an eye,
that roofing is earlier accomplished, so
cuttings r usually made in that
way. 1t is not 80 essential at the up
per end where the cut is made, but as
the buds push from the joints all wood
above the highest one is useless. After
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
FHE DAIRY.
METHODS OF RAISING CREAM

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
Three important methods or i'm
provements have marked en- equal
number of epochs in the art of butter
making. In point Of date Of introduc
ton to attention of American dairy
men there is no great difference as be-
tween two of them, VIZ the Swedish
system Of cream raising and the gran
ular system of churnipg.
The Swedish system of cream raising
dates it's introduction to the ate ntion
of dairymen in this county from the
year of 1876 and credit must be given
to the late X. A. Willard. It was first
practiced in Sweden and at one period
a good deal of butter made in Sweden
from cream raised by that system, sold
in the London market for enc dollar
per pound.
The Swedish system Of Cream-raisiug
has proved to be all it's most enthusiasts
tic advocates ever claimed for it, and
the better it is understood the more
common will become the practice of it.
Do not confound it with the SO called
Cooley system, for it is far ahead of
that; has many advantages over it, one
Of which is, it affords ventilation to the
milk and cream. In fact it is really a
system, whereas the other is only so
called. However, if anyone wants to
practice the Cooley SO called system
there is no legal bar, as the patent on
it granted to William Cooley, of Water
bury, Vermont, February 2O5h, 1877
(No. 1877. 3l6) expired February goth,
1884. There never was any patent on
the Swedish system.
The granular system Of churning was
known to and practiced by a very few
persons in this country before it was
known even to a limited extent in a
general way in certain sections Of the
country where dairying methods were
somewhat advarc8d-say in New Fog
land and in the State of New York.
Between the years of 1875 and 1880 a
progressive dairyman of Barre, Wor,
cester county, Mass, John T. Ellsworth,
now deceased, attended all, or nearly
all, the dairymen's conventions held in
New England and New York, in the
capacity of an invited lecturer on dairy
subjects. He took with him a Bullard
OssiIatipg churn in which at each meet
ing he demonstrated the art of churn.
ing granular butter. AS such demon.
stration took place usually each day
of the meeting, hundreds of people al
each meeting were educated in the art
These, in turn, educated others, henc'
it is safe to say that Mr.. Ellsworth die
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24

the cuttings are made place them in a
cellar, buried up in sand or earth, with
but the tops projecting, these to re-
main until the time arrives for setting
them out in the spring. When the
work is done about February, it will
be found that the cuttings are nicely
healed over by the time spring comes,
which is in favor of the success Of the
operation.
When the winter is over and the
soil is in good condition for working
the planting may be done, setting them
so that two thirds of their length are in
the ground and one third out. In ordi-
nary seasons the most of them will be
we'll rooted by fall.-Practical Farmer.