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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11
FARM AND GARDEN.
HANDY swrLL TRUCK.

One Can BE Made at Homo at Cost of
Three Dollars.
have homemade swill truck which
like very much. I bought an oil bar
rel, knocked out one head and bored a
aole opposite the bung hole and of the
same size. Then, at blacksmith s,
got two old buggy wheels with boxes
in, and the iron part of buggy axle,
and had the blacksmith take piece out
of the axle and shorten it so that it
measured two feet nine inches between
the hubs. had the axle for two inches
back of each shoulder rounded, it being
square, and showed it through the holes
in the barrel, until the ends were at
equal distances from the barrel; then I
wedged all around the axle with some
soft wood, such as pine. Then made
frame, see 2, two feet eight inches
from outside to outside, in
width, and which may be of
any length desired. Two irons.
5, of the right length to bend around
the axle, were bolted to the frame.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11
Fowls Trimming at Large.

There is no better place for flock hav-
ing full liberty than to allow them ac-
cess to brush land, as theJ viii then Sc
cure insects and be comparatively safe
from hawks Many waste track OF such
land could be used for poultry-raising
and il the soil is light and sandy it VIII
be all the better as it viii be dry. u
fowls have free range they viii PARTIAL,
support themselves, but more land vii
be required for them than when the,
:s1e confined 1t is not 50 much the con
tinement as the inactivity that Otter
causes failure II fowls in confinement
are kept busily at work they Will need
no range, nor VIII they care for it,
Prairie Farmer. -
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11
VALUABLE POINTERS.
IF They Are Followed Horse Breeding II
Bound to BE Profitable.

Bound to BE Profitable.
To those of our readers who share our
faith that horse breeding viii pay in the
future, says Wallace, we give several
pointers Don't breed any mares under
any circumstances that have a disease
that may be transmitted by inheritance.
as for example, SPAWN, or any other de-
feet of bony structure. Don't breed any
small mares to draft horses: the result
will be misfit and viii sell al about beef
prices. Don't breed except with a def
mite purpose IN view. If you wish to
breed heavy draft horses, use 1,6no
pound mares; if express horses weigh
ingabout 1,6o0 pounds,u use active,shape-
ly, spirited mares weighing 1,4GG
pounds. Select the best sire in the
neighborhood or county for the purpose
you have in view and breed only for
definite purpose If for drafts. use
draft material; if for coach horses. use
coach blood. There is not much of it in
the country, but there is some. and as
coed show as any will be had by using
the large standard bred horses Begin
practicing for the next years colt by
taking the proper care of this years
colt, no matter how it may be bred
Don't let it tag along after the mare IN
the corn field, but leave it a home in
good. dark stable, or better still in
pasture lot with shed to run into and
something nice to eat in good clean
box in the corner. and in a place where
the chickens don't roost over IT. Give
it small grain ration up until weaving
time and let the grain he oats It is
oats that put bone and good form in 4
horse. or for that matter in boy II
these suggestions are followed. the
breeding of horses gives as much
promise in these dull times as any
thing else on the farm.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11
ARTICHOkES FOR HOGS.
Used with Great Success in Kansas rs .
Summer Feed.

Used with Great Success in Kansas AS .
Summer Feed.
Soil should be mutually rich, if not,
should be made SO by manuring heavi-
ly the previous year with coarse ma
nure. Flow deep and subsoil if possi
BILE. making mellow bed not less than
16 inches deep. Mark off in burrows
four inches deep, same distance apart
as for corn; plant same potatoes,
using one eye to a hill, is inches apart
in the row. Give level culture as for
corn. While articholles are small, use
one horse and single shovel to cross
pillow them. Before they begin to bloom
be careful not to pillow too near the hill
or deep enough to break the young
tuber shoots beginning to form at that
time. When in bloom, hill up slightly;
after this keep weeds out and surface
worked to depth of an inch. to hold
all moisture. At this period they need
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11
THE FARMING WORLD.
SIMPLE EGG TESTER.

No Poultry Keeper Should BE without
One of Them.
One thing that is very essential in
Matching by either the artificial or the
natural way is an egg tester. Most
incubator companies send a tester with
every machine they sell, free of charge.
For those who are not so fortunate as
to have one will tell you how to make
the kind L use at present First, saw
off two pieces 16 inches long from a
hard pine board three-quarters of an
inch thick and six inches wide; also
two pieces 16 inches long from a pine
board nine inches wide and one-half an
inch thick, marking one with the fig
ure 1 and the other 2. In one end of
No. 1 saw three notches like the letter
V. About seven inches from one end
Of No. bore a hole large enough to
place a piece of thick magnifying glass
(those round disl<-lilSe glasses found on
the sides of many lantern globes will
do).
The center of the hole should be seven
inches from the end, whatever the size
of the hole.
On one side of No. 2 nail around the
hole a square frame of cleats SKIS, the
cleats being an inch square. (See Fig.
~ This done, cut out piece of leather
about 41zinches square. In the center
of this cut an oval or egg-shaped hole
about 1A inches long and 1 inch
wide at it's widest point. Nail this
on the frame just made and nailed
around the hole; then nail the four
boards in the form of a box, placing
No. L and No. opposite each other.
Be sure and have the end of No. 1 that
has the notches cut in it placed down
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11
Ground Bone for Poultry.

Probably no people in the world
svaste so much as the Americans, sim
Fly because no people have so much that
can be wasted. 1t seems a great loss
when we consider the vast quantities
of bone going to waste every day.
This can be easily ground with small
outlay for bone grinder or cutter.
The elements that are found in green
bone are those of great value to the
hen She uses part to make bone AMI
a part to make egg shells and some q:
1T even goes to make muscle; for lime
is not the only thing found in the bone
IN its green state. Bones can be OBJ
5ained from the butcher at very low
price, and in country places can doubt
less lie had for the asking. We as peo-
pie should save the vast amount oi
valuable food matter going to waste in
the form Northumberland Review
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11
AGRICULTURALHINT
wALDENsIAN FARMERS.

Quite a Colony of Them Is Located in
Burke County, N C.
In the summer of 1898 some 20 fam
lilies came over from sunny Italy and
settled in the western part of North
Carolina. They were the advance guard
of the colony which to-day numbers
about 200 persons.
There would be little to attract at
tention to this settlement if it We're
not the only one of the kind in America.
The colonists are Waldenses; that is to
say, they are descendants of re-
Hgious sect that was driven by perse-
cution into the Piedmont mountains OF
northern Italy Here they were safe
and secluded. and here they We're free
to follow their peculiar forms of wor-
ship. In their mountain retreat at home
the Waldensians have followed the or
binary pursuits of agriculture. Living
by themselves and shut off from the
outside world, these people were con
tent to farm after the fashion of their
forefathers. The result was, their
methods of farming we're rather rude
and primitive.
country they brought with them their
old-fashioned ideas and methods. Many
of the colonists had never seen a plow
or mower and reaper until they ar
rived in North Carolina. OF course
our modern methods OF intensive farm
ing and rotation of crops were beyond
their knowledge. The colony is located
in Burke county, n. c., about eight
miles from Morgantown, the county
seat. The village is called Valdese,
and is laid out into streets and building
lots. The first thing the colonists did
was to build a church and schoolhouse.
Recently they have showed consider
nble enterprise in starting a hosiery
mill, in which most of the young people
are employed. The property of the col
onists consists of several thousand
acres. This has been divided into small
farms, each family receiving from so to
60 acres. At the same time each house
holder is obliged to assume his share
of the debt which the colony still owes.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11

cut out the door A. The piece removed
will answer nicely for a shutter, and
may be hinged as indicated. For yenti-
lation saw out spaces y b b. covering
them with screen wire. Make the GOV.
er c out of any thin boards. The adj
vantage of such a coop is. that it ex.
cludes rats and other "varmints," while
allowing ample ventilation. / have
seen double coop made ON this order
out of box too large for single coop
Painted yellow for body color, and top
red, it was a snowy and attractive fea-
ture of the poultry yard.-G. w.
Waters, in Journal OF Agriculture.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11
Here is the cost:

1 threw in the labor for a good cause.
From our dooryard to the hogpen is
200 feet. Fer eight months of the year
my wife was carrying out the swill, if
we men folks We're away. There was
an average of ~ pals day for some
body. Walking the 200 feet times over.
OF 2,40O feet day, in eight months,
counting 20 days to month, gives us
EOS days, and 499, 200 feet in year. In
25 years this amounts to IL, 4S1 900 feet,
or 1864 miles walking; at 80 miles a
day, this would occupy nearly 70 days.
In 25 years one might have to eNpend
SIS for trucks and repairs. Anyone who
carried the swill would earn about 20
cents day. Young married man, do
you wish your wife to work for 20 cents Il
day and board herself, when il you have
truck standing by the door you can
lake it right along on your way to the
barn without extra steps ?-Rural New
Yorker
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11
shears sheep at seventy-seven.

In this section the field of woman's
usefulness is widening, and the old Ed
ticn that her place IS in the kitchen is
being dispelied- This country has col
ored woman who is brick and stone
mason by trade and is an expert in that
line The country comes to the front
again with another new woman She is
Mrs. Rhoda Cox, of the Panoia section
y few days since she wanted her sheep
sheared, and, finding no man who
would do the work, went to the sheep
sheds and performed the work herself.
The JOB was neatly done, and the Il
sheep were soon separated from their
fleece. Mrs Cox is II years old and
active, hale and hearty---Richmond
Dispatch.
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necessary. The illustration shows
such rack built against fence, which
has one important feature. At the or
binary feed rack the strongest and
most belligerent of the stock Will course
along the length of the rack and drive
off the weaker. With the one herewith
illustrated all such difficulties are
avoided, as each animal must keep his
own place-Orauge Judd Farmer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11

all the moisture possible to develop
them to full size. This is the great
trouble in the semiarid section-dry
weather during the time when they are
making themselves Should seasons
be favorable, look out for a bushel every
six hills.
In summer, wnen green pasture is
scarce, turn the hogs in to help them
selves. The value of artichokes is Eot
SO much in the fattening qualities as
in furnishing a food to regulate the
bowels and cool the system while
hogs are on a corn diet This makes
them valuable as food when fed with
other dry feed. Cows, horses, sheep and
fowls relish them. Artichokes should
be dug before ground freezes and stored
where they can be got to feed at any
time. Freezing does not hurt them if
the frost be allowed to draw out before
digging or removing from the pit Five
bushels will plant an acre.-M. f. Al
berty. in Farm and Home
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11
vERMIN-PROoF COOP.

It Excludes yermin While Allowing
Plenty of Ventilation.
Anybody can make a convenient and
handsome coop. as shown in cut, out of
a small goods box Take box say
Is inches wide by so inches long, and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11

1 next put on the wheels, and the thing
was done. 1 can put in IL pailfuls of
swill, and if pains be taken to wedge
water-tight, 1 can Sill it three-fourths
full or more. To empty, tip the barrel
and pour out, as the axle turns in the
wheels and frame.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11
SAFE FODDER RACK.

So Constructed That Each Animal Must
Keep Its Own Place.
When the pasture begins to get short,
the stock must have extra feed, and a
feed rack for the pasture or barnyard is
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11

With nearly all small fruits now ii is
a good time to go over the rows and If
any places are bare ill them with thrifty
planta.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11

Be careful in selection when buying
trees One variety viii bring profit an
other Will cause you loss Foresight
Is better than hindsight-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11

Applying little water amt often is
bad principle in watering plants I
water is needed apply thoroughly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11
south Missouri Frrst Bell.

That that part of southern Missouri
which extends from Springfield to
Thayer, along the line of the Kansas
City, Fort Scott & Memphis railroad, is
rapidly becoming one of the creates.
fruit belts in the United States is evil
denced by the fact that the counties OF
Greene. Webster, Wright, Texas, Howell
and Oregon will this year produce no
less than 10000 barrels OF apples and
sos, 7oc bushels of peaches.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11

TIE evenness and regularity in feed
ing mark the degree of success in feed
ing hogs for market.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-12
HERBART CLUB.
CONTINUED From Ninth Page.)


ucationaI system to be natural should
be similar in method to the process by
which the race has reached it's present
state of moral and intellectual culture.
Is it true that the mind of the child so
develops? We must appeal again to
child study. There are many other sub
jects for which we must make the same
appeal.
There are two phases of child study
which should be distinguished. One is
for purely scientific purposes and must
be conducted along scientific lines under
competent guidance; the other Is for the
study of individual children as an aid
to intelligent teaching. The second
phase should be undertaken by all teach
ers. 1t is necessary for them to know
individual children as 1t is to know the
general laws of mind. 1t is the diagno-
sis and treatment of particular cases that
determines the skill of the physician.
There is danger of child study becom-
ing a fad, but. under proper limitations.
it will prove of great advantage. The
ornithologist studies birds through an
opera glass; the zoologist seeks animals
In their native haunts in order that he
may learn their habits. SO study children.
The charm Of childhood is its freedom
from self-consciousness, and everything
should be avoided which might In any
way tend to produce it, Children should
not know that they are being studied.
Value can only be attached to results
when they are obtained from the obser-
walton of spontaneous activities.
Mr.. Cunningham. In the discussion of
the paper, said that 1t was important in
the outset to distinguish psychology from
metaphysics Psychology he said. has
its own peculiar methods. and cannot be
studied by the methods OF mathematics
and biology, yet 1t is capable of being
studied by the experimental method
Child study Is a fruitful field of work
Eye mindedness, he claimed, is the result
of our civilization and is highly desir-
able. The schools must recognize this in
their courses of study
In the study of the motor ability Of
children the conclusion has been reached
that young children are incapable of
mind adjustments, and. therefore, many
Kindergarten employments, such as
weaving. pricklng, ttc., are condemned
The speaker took issue with this conclu-
sion He thought that control of the mus
.:i-s dn only -be acquired ny effort, and
that If all muscala; sxertion were done
away with no Improvement would be pos
sIbIa.
Mr. C. A. Brown. Miss o. W. Summers S.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-12
Totally Blind,

Mr.. Septimus Kurnan is totally blind,
having never seen in his life; but he
works faithfully at his trade, and not
only does all the work which is brought
to him, but hunts for work. He is an up
holsterer by trade. to which he was edu-
Gated In the Asylum for the Blind at
Talladega. He will make or repair your
mattress, overhaul your settees and
lounges, will put cane bottom in your
chair as nice and as beautiful as when
work to him at the office formerly occu-
pied by Judge McCorde at Avondale, or
a postal addressed to him at East Lake
will soon bring him to your house. His
work is first-class in all respects and
charges moderate. He Is in every re-
spect a gentleman, and an humble, faith
full Christian man. This communication
is not made at his request, but entirely
without his knowledge. Give this worthy
man your work. A FRIEND.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-12
FOUND $4,000 IN GOLD.
A North Carolina Farmer Discovers Treas
ure Hidden During the War.

At the close of the war, when General
Sherman's army was marching about
this state, says letter from Raleigh, N.
c., when they came near the town of
High Point, in Guilford county, people
who had money in the local bank at that
place withdrew it and endeavored to
conceal 1t from the "bummers'' and rob-
bers who followed in the wake of the
army, says a correspondent of the St.
Louis Globe Democrat. An old man
named Peter Pool had 10000 in gold in
the bank vault, as special deposit,
which he carried away and buried in
the ground near Sunbury postoffice, a
few miles from High Point.
After the scare was over MI. Pool went
out in the woods to get his money and
was unable to find it. He kept his failure
to himself, fearing somebody else would
find his treasure and steal 1t. He never
did find his gold and finally lost his mind
and died an inmate of an asylum. Since
that time the Cape Fear and Yadkin rail-
road has been built by Sunbury. A man
named ]. H. Parker bought land at Sun
bury and has been cultivating tobacco
and selling timber. He had heard OF the
hiding of the money by Pool and how
the whole face of the earth had been dug
over after the secret got out, but he did
not make any search himself for the bu-
ried treasure.
On Wednesday last, as Parker was
walking over his land he observed that
a veryilarge oak tree had been blown up
by the roots. AS he passed by the tree
he saw what appeared to he an iron box
amongtthe roots of the tree. He pulled
it out and found it very heavy and fas-
tened by two old-fashioned padlocks.
He managed to lug the box to his dwell
ing and broke 1t open. In 1t he found
$40, 900 In gold coin. 1t appeared that the
tree was hollow and the dirt had been
excavated through the hollow and the
box then put down among the roots.
1t is not doubted that this money is
that of old man Pool. 1t is understood
that Pool left no heirs. If this be true,
the Chapel Hill university will probably
contest with Mr.. Parker the ownership
of the treasure trove, as all escheats go
to the university.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-12
Parts for any stove and gas
oline stoves repaired at J. e.
Gossett's, 1914 End avenue.
Reunion United Confederate Veterans, Rich
mond, Va.-Reduced Rates Via Southern

udHWaJ
For the occasion of the sixth annual
reunion of the United Confederate Vete-
rams. which occurs at Richmond. Va.
June 30 to July 2, 1896, the Southern
Railway will sell tickets to Richmond,
Va. and return, at very low rates.
Tickets from points in Georgia and
Tennessee, north and east of Atlanta and
Chattanooga. will be sold June 81, 2S and
29, and from points south and west of At
lanta and Chattanooga, and east of the
Mississippi river, tickets will be sold
June 26, 81, 20 and 20. Final limit on
tickets from all points will be July 6,
1896
From points south and west of Allan
ia the Southern railway is the short and
quick route to Richmond, Va, via the
Piedmont Air Line, and the service is
peerless. From Knoxville, Chattanooga
and points west thereof the route of the
Southern railway is via Ashyille and
through the scenic land of the sky. .
The service of this line is unexcelled
Call on any agent of the Southern rail-
way for further information, or E. j.
Martin, T. p. A.. Columbus, Miss; ]. l..
Meek, T. p. A., Knoxville. Tenn; w. H.
Doll, T. P. A., Chattanooga, Tenn. L. A.
Shipman, T. P. A., Birmingham, Ala; J..
G. Andrews, s. w. p. A., New Orleans.
La: w. A. Turk, G. p. A., Washington.
D. c.; s. H. Hardwick, A. G. P. A., At
lanta, Ca. G. A. Benscoter, A. @. p. A.,
Chattanooga, Tenn. 3-31tojy1