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Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30
The Egg Industry.

Ask any thrifty housewife regarding
the value Of the quantity Of poultry and
eggs used in her family, then multiply
that amount by the 100000 families
in the United States alone, and you will
be astonished at the magnitude and
value Of the great poultry industry.
While some families may use but
small amount, many others use a very
large amount Of poultry and fresh eggs,
says Oklahoma Farmer. Their use is
a question of advanced civilization and
knowledge Of the hyglenic value of
foods, as shown by the much greater
use Of poultry products in large cities
and towns by the most enlightened peo-
ple Of the world. Notwithstanding the
enormous quantities Of eggs raised in
the United States, the amount Is not
large enough for the consumers of
them. In the past three years nearly
100000 dozen eggs have been import
ed, paying a duty Of to cents dozen
for entry. The foregoing fact, and the
more important one that the prices for
choice poultry and eggs are higher now
than ten years ago, shows that the
business is not overdone. The value
Of the poultry products increased from
$118,00O,OO in 1880 to $148,000,0O0 in
1895. The demand for fresh eggs and
choice poultry increases faster than
the supply. In European countries
where larger proportions of eggs and
poultry are used than with us, the
supply is furnished, not by large farms,
but by the multitude of people who
live near cities and towns. There are
thousands Of suburban families in the
United States who may learn lesson
from this. Enough strictly fresh eggs
ought to be raised by them for home
use. Those having a suburban home
with some land can easily raise a good
ly number Of eggs to sell in town each
year and thus add to their income.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30
sun.spotU and tho Weather.

The interesting question whether
there is any measurable influence eX-
erted upon the earth's atmosphere, and
particularly upon what we call the
weather." by the black spots on the
sun, is again under discussion. Sun
spots increase and decrease in size snd
number periodically, the average time
from one maximum of spots to another
being about eleven years. At present
the spots are becoming less numerous,
and their minimum period is approach
Ing. At recent meeting Of the Royal
Meteorological society Mr.. A. B. Mac
Dowall gave reasons for believing that,
as the sun-spot minimum draws near,
there is tendency toward greater heat
In the summer and greater cold in the
winter than is the case near the sun
spot maximum. The part of the world
specially considered by Mr.. Macdonald
was western Europe, but If Europe is
affected by sun-spots, America must ba
by them also.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30
Keeping Summer Butter.

In reply to an article on the ova
production of the dairy industry, a
Minnesota paper says that in 1850 the
United States contained population
of twenty-three million people, and
there were 6,SS5,O94 cows, and in 1880
with a population in this country of
fifty million souls, there were only
12,443, 120 cows, and even in 1896, with
a population of over seventy millions
OF people, the number Of cows were
less than fifteen million, which shows
how much faster our population in
creases than are the dairy interests,
besides In 1850 only twenty people out
of every hundred Of our population
lived in towns and cities, while now
the figure Is twice that, and this fact
largely increases the demand for dairy
products. There is strip of country
extending from the Atlantic ocean to
the Rocky Mountains, within which is
made nearly all we know as dairy
products. 1t takes in the states OF
Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Nebraska, South Dakota and New
York. Outside of this strip OF terri
tory It seems to be impossible to pro-
duce either butter or cheese at profit.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30

fectiv0. In Scotland, to scare the
crows, farmers put up what is there
called potato "bogle"-a suit Of old
clothes so stuck up in the potato field
as to make the crows believe there is
man inside them. Thus far Jimmy
has outwitted the thieves, and he now
keeps two or three of these watchmen
in the field with entire satisfaction as
to results. A little sulphur busted
into the old buds might be useful, as
the smell of it would perhaps add to
the effect. Should the wolves get to
recognize the difference between the
sham man and real one, there is still
another resource open to the shepherd.
He can take the place of the scarecrow
for few hours and try a rife. Suf-
ferers from the wolf should give this
plan trial anyway. One man keeps
stag hounds that do good work. Last
spring few hunters made good money
by tracking the dams to their dens and
digging out the young brood. Some
sheepmen advocate an increase in the
wolf bounty, but 1t would take special
pressure applied to their local repre-
sentatlvcs to work up any movement in
that direction.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30

tening, drVssing and sorting, as well
90 in packing them as the trade de-
mands, much better prices would be re-
celVed. Beginners who have succeeded
fairly well in raising flock are often
at sea when 1t comes to preparing them
for market. Rhode Island turkeys Gre
famous for their quality. In the best
markets in New York city, Providence.
Newport and Boston they lead those
from other sections. In the same mar
kets they often bring ten or twelve
cents more than those from all other
states except Connecticut. About New
Years leading New York paper quot
ed R. l. turkeys at twenty-elght cents,
and everything else In the turkey line
at less than seventeen cents. Many
growers are interested to know the rea-
son. It Is not their fame in the past,
or because they are scarce, that they
sell for the most; 1t is on account of
their superior quality. Much of this
high quality is due to the plump COM
pact breeding stock used, and to the
way 1t is managed; also to the care
taken In growing and fattening the
young turkeys. The pains taken in
dressing and preparing them for ship
ment, however, probably does more
than all to give them their high stand
ing. Of course you can not dress
thin, fiat bodied, long-legged bird so
it will sell with the best; but the
plumpest, best shaped and most attrac-
tive bird in every way, previous to
killing, may be so dressed that 1t must
be classed with that which is inferior
Again, the handsomest young turkeys
that are perfectly dressed If packed
along with addressed ones, or with
tough old toms and hens, must be
classed with the latter, and go for less
than they are worth. Too many send
nothing but flair to poor" stock to
market. In many cases it is simply
because they do not know how to pre-
pare 1t so it will bring all that can be
got for It.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30

give up and try It again. Mr.. Halley's
work is instantaneous and he uses no
shutter, making hand exposures. He
has some records to be proud Of. Using
two cameras he photographed twelve
horses in fifteen minutes; again he
spent three whole days trying to get
good pictures Of twelve mares and their
foals, the difficulty being in getting the
foals and their mothers together in the
right pose.
Mr.. Hailey's worst trouble lies in
photographing hunters, which are seen
at their best only when galloplng with
their long tails flying. When standing
still they are meek-looking objects.
He remedies this by painting with a
brush handsome tail floating on the
breeze and wiping out the original one
on the plate.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30
ADVICE to Hor.o Owners.

Suppose that your horse has fallen
lame; don't Immediately resort to your
favorite llniment, says writer in
American Horse Owner. 1t is a cardl-
nal rule to first have the shoe removed
and the foot examined Numberless
mistakes have been made by neglect
ing to observe this rule. The writer
has known many cases Of foot lame
ness in which the horse has been
treated for foot lameness in the shout
der, the tendons at back Of leg, 1.-THE
back sinews," the pastern, the fetlock,
the coffin joint, in fact, every conceiv-
able place but the right one. Pain in
the foot will often cause sympathetic
swelling IN the leg, which may be easily
mistaken for the seat Of trouble. Until
the shoe can be removed, keep the foot
as moist as possible by means OF water
or stopping with clay or COW dung
This, besides allaying possible lnfam-
matory processes, will facilitate exam
nation Of the foot by softening Of the
horn. A mere cursory examination oil
the hoof when the shoe is removed will
not do. 1t must be a thorough examl-
nation by thinning the whole Of the
sole. Corns, pricks and bruises Of the
sole are usually amenable to treatment
by poultices and lamentations. Oh
course the smith will, or should, take
the very greatest care when thinning
down the sole, not to cut entirely
through the horn and so let "the flesh"
out, for this would probably consider
ably compllcate matters, and possibly
prove worse than the original trouble.
If the animal does not speedily show
signs Of improvement after 48 hours
treatment, professional advice should
be had.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30
Protection ArnIn,. rorpoaos..

Writing in lie Yacht" NJ. Duboc
states that the Japanese have made
some remarkable experiments in con-
nectlon with the best means OF
strengthening a ships hull against tor
pedo attack. Two bulls were prepared,
each with an inner she'll, the space
between the two being in one case left
empty, and in the other packed With
bamboo. On exploding equal charges
against the outer she'll of each the
hrst-named hull had both outer and in
ner skins wrecked, while the second
Ond case the inner skin escaped injury
almost completely, though the bamboo
packing was reduced to shreds.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30

and premiers, lawyers, writer's ana So
ciety folk interested in horses Hook
to his studio. He started In some
twelve years ago in the general photo,
graphing business, but his fondness
for horses led him to branch out into
speciality. He says very seldom Will
a horse adapt itself to the camera. The
handsomest horses, like handsome peo-,
pie, often take the poorest pictures.'
Then, rightly enough, trainers and
owners will not allow the photographer
to pull about a valuable horse entered
for a big race because they fear a chill
for their delicate charges Mr.. HALEY
selects his background, focuses his,
camera and has everything ready
Then the horse Is walked into the
scene, his blanket removed, and the
picture instantly taken. The brief time,
allowed for posing is a great drawback
and It takes experience to get good re-
suits.
Position, Mr.. HALEY says, means eN
erything. Some horses are hopeless.
Sometimes the wind is wrong or the
dies are bad and then the artist has 10
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30

go within touch Of a barb wire fence.
According to his method Of reasoning,
1t must be a new engine schemed for
his destruction. Now he cares no more
for barb wire than for the prickles on
a rose bush, and from all quarters come
complaints that half a dozen strands
Of wire are. of no account when lamb
Is on the other side. He has this year
killed more lambs than ever before,
and goes under the wire without mo-
ment's hesitation. But a well-known
Aheepman tells US that there is still
one way to scare him, which in his
own experience has 80 far proved ef-
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30
To study Plant pI.enss..

An experiment station for what has
been called the "vivisection Of plants"
has been established by the Deua-4-
ment Of Agriculture in W 4-H.hgsJn.
Somewhat similar stations exist else
where. but It is said to be the inten-
ton to make this more extensive than
any other. Valuable results are
expected from the study Of
the diseases Of plants, anS
It has long been suggested that this
may lead to the employment Of plant
ioctors," lust as now we dave doctors
for mea nd animals
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30

low butter or cheese or occasionally
milk must be looked upon with
some suspicion, as this coloring is
no sign whatever Of the quality OF
the product, and in many cases
Is mask for inferior rather than
superior products Of the dairy. Annat-
to, turmeric, saffron, carrots and the
yellow coal tar products (anilines) are
among the favorites used in these col
orings. Annatto is a coloring matter
obtained from the seeds Of an evergreen
plant OF the Bixinea family, and is a
native Of South America, and the West
and East Indies, where it is used for
haVoring and coloring soups and other
dishes. Spanish saffron or crocus is
a powerful stimulant and narcotic en-
menagogue and may lead in delicate
persons to very serious results, espe-
cially in cases of expected confinement.
Not only this; its effects upon hysteria
and other nervous affections has led
in careless dosing to serious cases OF
nervous prostration. In the hands Oh
inexperienced persons this Is a risky
coloring to say the least. In the use
OF some Of the coal tar colors lies the
greatest risk to the health OF consum-
ers, although the majority Of these
colors are, from a sanitary standpoint,
comparatively harmless substances,
few Of them are decidedly poisonous.
There are seven coal tar colors posses
sing marked poisonous properties; Of
these five are yellow or orange and two
are green. The names Of the poison
Gus colors are: list. Martins yellow,
naphthalene yellow or Manchester yell
low. 2. Saffron substitute or dinitro-
cresol. Sd. Plcric acid. 4th. Metanil
or golden yellow. 9TH. Orange No. 2,
Beta naphthalene orange, and aurantia
or golden yellow are classed as sus-
picious.
Greens, 1; resorcinol, 2; naphthol
green, 3D."
These coal tar colors taken into the
stomach in large quantities produce
serious disturbances, such as nausea,
vomiting, headache. etc. 1t seems 70
10 ldlIly well 65ldDllbuSu JuhJ luo
quantity one would consume as used In
butter at an ordinary meal would not
produce any especially harmful results,
yet with three meals per day and the
continued use Of these poisonous col
ors there is an open question whether
its continued use even In minute guam
titles is free from serious objections as
an article in food. Most of the butter
colors used are in liquid form held
in solution or division in oil or glyce-
rine. Some Of the favorite formula
consisted Of:
u Annatto, Turmeric, Olive oil, SAT-
from.
~ Annatto, saltpetre, Fish oil.
80 Saffron, Turmeric, Cotton seed
oil.
Columbia butter color, Hansen's con-
tanned coal tar colors.
Improved butter color, Wells, Rich
ardson & Co.. coal tar color.
Concentrated butter color, Perry'S
coal tar color.
Spanish Dairy Color. .Annatto
Thatcher's Orange, ........... Annatto
Hty.y, % kha oho,yo oon1 Aar ooInrs s,aua
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30
reaction for Martins yellow and ore
for methyl orange.


Success in securing a large number
Of little turkeys depends upon the win
ter and spring management. It Is,
however, one thing to raise a large
flock and another to put It in the best
shape for market. Many old and sue
cessful growers are not we'll up ontbis
end Of It. II their methods were I'm
proved, says Samuel Cushman in Farm
Poultry. and more core taken In fat
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30

Alderman Bacler of Brooklyn is a
philanthropist--also real estate deal
er. He has offered to the first family
that is blessed with twins in his dis.
trict house, rent free, as long as they
want to occupy it To the first family
that registers triplets he offers to give
house and lot. Triplets are regarded
now as an unqualified blessing in the
nlderman's district.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30

After several unsuccessful attempts
and three years labor the unparalleled
feat Of cutting a ring out of single
diamond has been accomplished by the
patience and skill of Mr.. Antoine, one
Of the best known lapidaries Of Ant
werp. The ring is about three-quar-
ters of an inch in diameter.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30
The Wolf and tho Lamb.

The wolf is the most wary OF all
wild animals. Traps, poison, every de-
vice by which other beasts of prey are
invelgled to their destruction, he can
always steer clear of, says Nor'west
Farmer. Ten years ago he would mot
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30

In spite Of all the doctors that were
called in to testify in the Luetgert
murder case at Chicago, one Of the ju-
rors got sick and caused suspension
of the trial
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30

A Chicago woman with two broken
ribs has demonstrated the impractica-
bility of alighting from moving street
car with baby in one arm and mar
ket basket on the other.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30

A girl christened Margaret can sue
ceed in getting all the members OF the
Nsmily but her brother 70 call her Mar
garite, and he will insist upon calling
her Maybe.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30

A new inmate at the Iowa industrial
school is Elmer Davis, aged years.
He was sent up for stealing horse
and buggy, bicycle and tricycle. and
setting FIRE to dwelling house.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30

Some Swiss convicts recently es-
capped from prison, and an advertise
ment announcing the tact says that,
with the close cropped hair, knicker-
hackers and striped jackets, the fugi-
tive murderers may be easily be mis-
taken for American or English tourists
excursioning in the Valaisan Alps"
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30
puttsr Color and Honlth.

ULLETlN Il, STATE
Of Michigan Dairy
and Food Commits
sion:-
The attempt to
initiate bright yell
low colorlng, natur-
al in some milk,
has led to many
obnoxious prepara-
lions, so that to-
dav n beautiful vel
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30
CLEVER AT HIS ART.
CLARENCE HALEY HAS TAKEN
TO EQUINE PHOTOGRAPHY.
Che Speciality Suited His Fancy and
Ho Has Made a Success Something
About tho IntricacIes of Getting Good
Pictures Of BlOoded Horses.

Wo subjects which
make a photogra-
pher unhappy are
babies and horses.
both being equally
hard to handle. :
That is why Clar-
ence HALEY Of ST.
Johns Wood and
Newmarket is FAM
GUS. Mr.. HALEY Is,
young-about 30
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30

Even New England consumes more
butter than she produces. And when
butter can be exported to Europe at a
reasonably low price, there is always
a market for It there. For these rea-
sons the profits of the dairymen in the
dairy country seems to be assured.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.

How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department. of the Farm-A Few
Hints as to the Care of Live Stock
and Poultry.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30

A girl never tries to extinguish
the spark so long as man has money
to burn.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30

Hrs. WinSlOw's Soothing Syrup
FOR children teething sOftehs the gums reduces nam
alton, aays pain, wind collie. 90 cents bottle
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund the money fails to cure. ESQ
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30

Selling butterlne for butter is get.
ting money under false pretenses.
FAN growth Of wood should not be
stimulated In trees.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30

Which is greater, railroad engin-
eer's responsibility or passengers
risk?
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30

Air the cellar during the warm days,
throwing open all windows and doors.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30
WICHITA DIRECTORY.

A lieu0n Jobber Paints, Glass, Walt
JI NJ DIOHuIJ Paper, etc. Samples and
Prices on Application. WICHITA, KANs.
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Z " oWLQ, 81 sRq S1R b yo NJ I TA,IG q;
- US VUHU Wichita, KanS
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When answering advertisements
please mention this paper.
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w. N.U.-WIcHITA.-NC./ o.-iSs7.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-23
PERSONAL.

Judge Emory SpeeT, who is favorite
orator in Georgia, is to deliver a regular
old-fashioned Fourth of July speech in
Augusta on Independence day. All the
people are looking forward to it with
pleasurable anticipation.
The late Sir Henry Halford bequeathed
to the Royal College of Physicians in Lon
don a very fine portrait by Sir Thomas
Lawrence, of his grandfather, the Sir
Henry, who was physician to three SOW
ereigns in succession, and who was presi-
dent of the college for nearly quarter
Of a century.
while Col. Hays family came from
Scotland six generations ago." says the
London News, his excellency, with that
touch of scorn for pedigree which the the
oretical American possesses, has not in
Vestigated the origin of his family, and is
unable to say whether he belongs to the
noble house of Hay"
Jacob Fry, an aged man, residing at
Sporting Hill. Pa. was the victim of a
peculiar accident recently, while fishing
along Conestoga creek. Near by were
several boys practCing rifle shooting, and
a stray bullet struck him in the throat.
1t penetrated his esophagus and dropped
sarily dangerous.
-Wickliffe Preston of Lexington, Ky,
who, according TO report. is to be the next
consul to Marseiles, is a Kentuckian of
note, as was his father before him. He
Is the son of Gen William Preston of
Mexican war fame, and former United
States minister to Spain under President
Buchanan. Young Preston got his given
name from his mother, whose father,
Col Robert Wickliffe, was a noted Ken
tuckian before the war Wickliffe Preston
was educated a Washington and Lee
University and then took a law course at
Yale. After spending a year in Europe,
he studied law in the office of William
c. Whitney in New York. and then re
turned to his Kentucky home to engage
in farming and the breeding of blood
horses He is higher than six feet as a
cross country rider has no superior in
Kentucky, and he has all the agility and
strength of a trained athlete. Mr.. Preston
is AZ years old His wife was Miss Sarah
Mcdowell, one of the most beautiful heir
esses in st. Louis. The prospective con-
sui is a typical southern gentleman.