Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-29
The Farm.

ally issued, be the most instructive
and useful report on that subject that
has ever been made in this or any
other country. To begin with, it will
embrace nearly all the leading breeds
both of the lard and bacon type, fed
with the same foods, in adjoining lots
and of course under the same condi-
tons, and with the same care. It will
determine the cost of making the live
weight, grain, and other feed, at the
prices prevailing in Iowa during the
last year. 1t will show in which breed
pound of live weight costs the most
and which the least.
It will show the shrinkage in dress
ing, and the difference in value placed
upon the different types in the market.
1t will give the analysis of different
breeds as determined by the depart
ment at Washington, and inasmuch as
portion at least is to be made into
English cuts and shipped abroad and
sold on its merits in comparison with
the best cuts of hogs from differnt ma
tons. 1t will show.the real and COM
parative value of the different breeds
for export. This is complete, thorough
and exhaustive work. Of course it
will require to be duplicated perhaps
several times before we can draw hard
and fast conclusions, and we have no
doubt it will be. If the farmers and
breeders will follow carefully the line
of work carried on at the different ex-
perimental stations, they will add
very largely to their knowledge, and
may add TO their skill, in feeding and
growing swine.
Owing to the growing Importance of
the dairy interests of Kansas, it is
proposed to establish a dairy expert
nent station in connection with the
State Agriculture al college at Manhat-
ton, to be in charge of II. M. Cottrel1,
and to be conducted as one of the most
important features of the college
work. Prof. Cottre11 was superinten-
dent of Vice President Morton's i'm
mense dairy farm in New York for a
number of years, and shipped butter
to New York city at rate of DC per
pound. The rate from Manhattan to
New York is a cent and a half per
pound. Consequently, the professor
says that Kansas is in a better posi-
ton to engage in that business, even
on a small scale, than the people of
East.
The merit of corn meal was practi-
cally unknown to the Be1gians up to
few years ago, according to a compar-
ative1y recent department of agricul-
ture bulletin. This says that in order
to introduce corn meal and oat meal it
will be necessary to cause consider
able change in methods of living.
The custom of eating very lightly in
the morning initiates against oat
meal, while the habit of using bakers
bread prevents the use of corn s.scal in
its most desirable forms. Even the
stoves in use in the houses are not
suitable for baking corn bread or
cakes. The servants are not accus-
toned to make bread and the people
never eat it hot. Dat meal and corn
meal are to be found in a few of the
stores only, those catering especially
to the English trade.-Orange Judd
Farmer.
The Dodge City G1 ,be-Repub1ican
is authority for the statement that the
Rock Island has begun series of ex-
periments with the Campbell system
of cultivating the soil. They have
shipped the necessary machinery to
Preston, Kas., and the experiments
will be made on the company's land
there. This method is not at all new
and is rather remarkable that the
railroad company should go to such
trouble to test process which has al
ready proved very successful. Briefly,
the Campbell method is to thoroughly
cultivate and pulverize the soil to a
depth of from four to eight inches,
then p1ow it under so that the pu1yer-
lied soil will be down to a depth of
eight to fourteen inches.
After the pulverized soil is plowed
under. they cultivate the soil on top
again until it is completely pulverized.
The theory is that the pulverized soil
holds moisture much better than
hard sub-soi1, and Mr.. Campbell, the
originator of the plan, claims that
there is plenty of rainfall to raise
crop every year in Kansas if this
method of cultivation is followed.
The first expense is, of course, great,
but if Mr.. Campbel1's claims are cor
rect it would be paying investment.
As it is probable that some new feat
ures will be introduced at these tests.
The public will watch the experiments
with considerable interest.
That South Dakato is fast coming
to the front as a big daring state will
be seen from the following: Six years
ago there were just two creameries in
operation in South Dakota. Ali the
farmers were raising wheat. Five