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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18


BY some the increase in corn culture
in the Southern states since 1890 is
ascribed to a competition begun eight
years ago in one of the agricultural
papers, which offered a cash prize 10
the American farmer who raised the
largest crop to the acre of any cereal.
says Fort Worth Live Stock Reporter.
The prize for wheat went to Utah, for
oats to Now York, for barley to Ohio,
and for corn, strange to relate, to
South Carolina. One farmer in MARI
borough county, in that state, estab-
lished his claim to have raised crop
from one acre of 239 bushels, and the
awarding of the prize was revelation
to many Southern farmers who had
uniformly regarded cotton as the sta
pie agricultural product of the South
and had seen neither reason nor profit
in the cultivation of corn. Since then,
whatever the reason of the Develop
ment of the corn crop in the South may
have been, 1t is fact that it has beer
enormously increased. and that the
western states no longer hold their re-
lative prominence as corngrowers. BY
the official census OF 1880 there were
produced in the United States in that
year 1,750,000,000 bushels of corn, and
by figures of the deparement OF agri-
culture in 1895, fifteen years later, tho
corn crop Of the United States WAS B.
$50, 100000 bushels. The increase, how
ever, was not uniform; it was greatest
in the southern states. Alabama In
creased from 25,00O,0O0 to 45,OOOOOO
bushels. Arkansas increased from "a
100000 to 100000 bushels, more than
double. Louisiana increased from ten
to twenty-five million bushels. Gsor-
gia from twenty-three to forty-two mil
lion. Florida from three to six MIL
lion, and Texas, most remarkable OF
all, from Twenty-Five to one hundred
and seven million. Mississippi in
creased from twenty-one to thirty-hve
million bushels, and South Carolina
from eleven to twenty million. While
the southern states have been increas-
ing their corn product, the former corn
states have either made no gain or
have been falling off. From 1880 to
1895, Iowa increased only from 275 to
29S million bushels, Indiana from lib
to 121, and Michigan from 81 to 81
million bushels Wisconsin fell oil
from "a to 33 million bushels, Ohio
from Ill to 80 million, and Illinois,
once the chief producing state in
the corn belt, from 325 to 255 million
bushels. In the same period New York
declined from rs to Is million bushels.
The corn product Of Pennsylvania fel!
off from As to 43 million bushels, and
in other states of the east or middle
west the proportionate decline was
practically the same. The south is the
region in which there has been a ma
terial increase in corn product.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

Blankets which have been used all win
ter, no matter how white,- ARE never clean,
and should be washed before putting away.
Many housekeepers satisfy themselves by
shaking and airing their blankets rather
than risk spelling them in washing. But
this is mistake, for if the work is prop.
erly done no shrinking will take place. and
the feecy soft appearance may be retained,
as we'll the color for years. The necessary
thing in washing blankets is to have plenty
of soft water and good pure soap. Inferior
soap is really the cause of the damage
done wooden goods in washing. 1t hardens
the fibre and yellows the fabric. When
ready to begin the work shake the blan-
kets free of dust, fill tub half full OF hot
water. Dissolve third of cake of Ivory
Soap in it. Put one blanket in at time
Dip up and down and wash gently with
the hands. Never rub soap on blankets,
or wash them on the washboard. After
the blankets are clean, rinse in warm water
until free of suds. Add little blueing to
the last water. Shake and squeeze; then
hang on the line until dry. Take down,
fold, lay under weight for day or two,
and pack securely in box and cover.
Blankets thus washed will retain their
original freshness as well as wear three
times as long as if put away soiled year
after year. ELIZA H. PARKER.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18
Blight in Apples.
!. G.. S.

The rule is that aged trees which
have gone through the period of &C
tive growth are not so vitality affect
ed with blight as they arc when young
er, and there is more sap wood, says
Homestead. The sap wood is most
subject to blight, although no part Of
the trees that are subject to it is ex-
empt. The Tallman, Willow and Wag-
oner are very susceptible to blight, and
their presence on some soils during
the period of growth aud establish
ment is a distress and a WEAKNESS of
the flesh of any lover of trees. Never
theless, the merits of these and other
sorts that blight are such when they
get old and fruitful that they are
planted every year and they stay with
us. When trees that blight readily are
planted they should not be grown too
rapidly, and after they start they
should be seeded down so as to make
the growth slower. This may not work
on all soils, but it has been our observ-
alton and is worth trying. They need
north hillside planting, with thin soil
and only a moderate annual growth.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18
menta Of the law describes the black-

ments of the law, describes the black
knot yellows and San Jose scale, and
gives information concerning them.
1t also contains copy of the law as an
appendix. This bulletin will be sent
free to all who apply and in quantity
to township clerks and fruit commits
sioners having use for 1t, upon appli-
cation to the Experiment Station,
Wooster, o. Complaint has been made
that in some townships the trustees
have refused to appoint commissioners
upon the presentation of proper peu-
tions. This matter of their refusal
was submitted to the Attorney Gener-
al of Ohio. He gives an opinion to
the effect that where black-knot or
peach yellows is found to exist the
township trustees must appoint such
commissioners upon presentation of
petition in compliance with the stat
ute. He states: This duty is not a
discretionary one, but is mandatory
upon them (the trustees). If the trus-
tees fail or refuse to perform any
duty enjoined upon them by this act,
the proper method to compel the per-
formance Of such duty is by pro-
ceeding in mandamds instituted in
the Common Pleas Circuit or Supreme
Court" 1t is also to be understood
that the cost Of mandamus proceed
lngs may not be paid out OF public
monies, but will fall upon the trustees
personally.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18
All the Way.
From the Missouri River
to Buffalo, the Wabash
Railroad Operates Trains
Over Its Own Tracks.

Having leased the tracks of the Grand
Trunk Railway between Detroit and
Suspension Bridge, and those OF ths
Erie r. r. from Suspen sion Bridge to
Buffalo, the Wabash r. r. will run its
own trains from Kansas City, Omaha,
Des Moines, st. Louis, Quincy, Hannibal,
Keokuk and Chicago to Buffalo, being
the only road from Missouri and Missls-
sippi River points having its own hne ana
trains running into Buffalo. Through
cars from Kansas City, st. Louis and
Chicago to Buffalo without change.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18
Ohio Township Fruit Commit TONERS.

Ohio Township Fruit Commit iiOners.
Ohio Station Bulletin: Black-knot
Of plum and cherry liz found wherever
these trees are grown. Peach yell
lows appears to occur in all portions
of Ohio where peaches are CONNER
cially grown. The San Jose scale has
been introduced probably within seven
or eight years at great many points
in the state, exclusively in nursery
stock infested with this insect. With
Ohios orchard interests the need for
great care in preventing the spread OF
these enemies of fruit trees is readily
apparent to every one. Black-knot may
be prevented by the removal and burn
ing of all knots each year, before
March, If possible. Peach yellows is
held in check by the removal and burn
ing of all infected trees each season.
The San Jose scale requires vigorous
measures, likewise. Badly infested
trees should be taken out and burned
while insects and trees are dormant
Trees less infested may be pruned and
treated with whale oil soap solution
made by dissolving " pounds of soap
in one gallon of water. The treatment
is applied at any time when leaves are
of, and just as buds are starting in
the spring. The Ohio law Of 1896 pro-
vides for the appointment of boards Of
fruit commissioners by the township
trustees, upon the written petition of
i've free-holders. The law is manda-
tory upon the trustees, requiring them
to appoint these township fruit COM
miesioners upon petition, as stated.
Wherever fruits are grown and the
trees are affected with any or all of the
troubles mentioned above, such COM
missioners are provided for by the stat
ute. Bulletin 70 of the Ohio Expert
ment Station. issued under the require
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18
Ono Fare for Round Trip Plus Sc 90.

Travel is Joy to those who know
how to get the most out of it. Luxur-
ious Pullmans, comfortable chair cars,
modern and day coaches, regular and
appetizing meals at dining-rooms or in
dining-cars, in connection with short
est distance and time between given
points, makes travelling pleasure at
any season of the year. This is what
you pay for and get when your ticket
reads via Santa Fe Route. National
Educational Association, Milwaukee,
Wis, July to Q, 1897.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18
Berry Bushes in Summer.

All berry bushes should be protected
from summer heat and drouth. This
may be done in two ways. First, by
frequent cultivation and hoeing thus
forming an earth mulch, which pre-
vents the rapid escape of moisture
from the soil. Second, by covering the
ground around the hill with coarse ma
nure, straw and other material, which
prevents evaporation and retains the
moisture about the roots. One of the
best and cheapest mulches for the far
mer is green clover, cut in blossom and
applied same as manure. 1t is easily
applied, retains moisture, enriches the
soil, keeps the berries clean and con-
tains no germ of noxious weeds. A
good mulch we'll applied is one of the
great necessities in successful fruit
growing. When new canes of the
blackberry and blackraspberry are
eighteen inches high, nip the top of
about two inches; this will cause sew
eral new laterals to grow which should
be trimmed severely in the spring. The
pinching back Of new growth is i'm
portant. 1t largely increases the bear
ing surface, keeps the bush low, strong,
we'll formed and less liable to injury
from severe storms.-M. A. Thayer.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

The recent test for early lambs under
the auspices of the National Stock
man and FARMER, and conducted by Mr..
Geo. M. Weber, Maryville, Ohio, vas
made by using two Southdown and two
Dorset rams, upon two fiocks Of grade
Rambouillet ewes, eigbty-fve IN each
flock. This test is of value, because
by it is shown that lambs averaging "a
days old may be made to weigh 49
pounds each, and that these may be
sold at an average of Sc each. For the
butchers block what other kind of do
nestle animal can beat this as money
maker? The test also shows that for
prof1icacy the Southdowns can claim
equity with the Dorsets, although this
is one of the claims of the latter for
superiority. The Southdowns Iro-
duced 81 and the Dorsets IS lambs.
]. G. S.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

Green Manuring.-Grow clover, COW
pease and other crops on the land to
be turned under in some shape, make
all the coarse manure possible on the
farm, then supplement these with lib.
eral supplies of potash in the form of
muriate or sulphate of potash, or in
kainit; and with phosphoric acid in
dissolved bone or phosphate rock; and
q the nitrogen is not secured from the
air as it should be, buy nitrate Of soda.
H. E. VapDeman.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

Chautauqua AS sembly, Island Park
Winfield, Kansas, June Is to 25, 1897.
One fare for round trip from points in
Kansas and Oklahoma located not more
than $50 miles from Winfield. Tickets
ON sale June IS to 20 inclusive. Agent
Santa Fu Route will be glad to supply
additional particulars on application.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

Baron Krupp, the great ironmaster
of Germany, carries evidences OF his
trade with him when he goes calling.
His cards are made of iron, rolled so
thin that they are said to be great
success for social use.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

One fare for round trip is all you will
have to pay from any A. I. & S. F.
station in Kansas to the Musical Festi-
val and chautauqua Assembly, Forest
Park, Ottawa. Kansas From points
In Kansas within $50 miles and from
Kansas City and st. Joseph tickets on
sale June 10 to e5. From points in
state beyond this distance, tickets will
be sold June 10 to II. The park is only
half block from A. T. & S. T. station
in Ottawa. Folder and particulars Cd
application
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS
bome Up-to-dnte Hints About Cultiva-
ton of the Soil and Yields Thereof
HORTICULTURE. viticulture and Flori-
culture.

N the soil are found
the decaying rem
nants of plants and
animals, which con-
tain considerable
quantities of nitro
gen; the rocks from
which the soil has
been made usually
contain an appreci-
able amount of nj
trogen, and every
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

A man named Hash has been ap-
pointed steward in the Virginia peni-
tentiary. There Is something about
his name which suggests that he is the
right man in the right place.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

Raise all the feed you can for your
cows ut home on your own ground. In
that way you can get good money for
the crops themselves.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

Butter may look nice, have the cor
rect grain and sailed to taste, still if
it lacks flavor or has bad flavor it
sells at reduced price, if at all. 1t is
the fine flavor in butter that all seek
after.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

The editor of this paper advises his
readers that a free package of Peruviana,,
the best kidney and liver cure on earth, will
be delivered FREE to any sufferer, If writ
ten for promptly. PERUvIANA REMEDY Co.,
2S6 5th St., Cincinnati. Ohio.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

A New York judge has wisely decid-
ed that the wife and not the husband
should control the servants
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

OF the 1854 suicides committed in
Denmark in the years 1885 TO 1895,
four-ffths were by men, and the favor
lite months we're May and June. Three
out of four preferred hanging.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

FITS Permanen tly Cured. Motifs after
first days of DIR. klines Great Nerve Restorer.
Send tor FREE 5000 trial bottle and treatise.
Or r. ii. KLINE. Ltd, 93l Arch ST., Philadelphia, Ps
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

Plant peas every week until the
middle of June, and n succession may
be had until the end of the season.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18
suMMER CARE OF BLANKETS.

When day or base ball game starts
mt wrong. it is hard to recover.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

Philadelphia took nearly 100 years to
build that Washington monument
The people there think it was done
with expedition and promp titude.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

Strawberries are becoming cheap
enough in Kansas City to supplant
rhubarb
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

Cucumbers for pickles need not be
planted until the middle of June or
first days of July.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

Look out for a man who says he is
cynic; he is sure to be the most trust
ing creature on earth.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

Nectarines and apricots can be grown
anywhere that the peach or prune will
thrive well.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

This is a good month to plant late
cucumbers to pickles, set out late Gel
cry plants for winter use, and to plant
sweet corn for use in the early fall.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

The bubonic plague means that there
is great need of more soap factories in
India.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

Mulching prevents the early flow of
sap by preventing the ground from
warming up too soon.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

Grapes thrive best in well-cultivated
and well-draiued land.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

We draw the line on hard-milklng
cows. A kicker can be trained out OF
it or tied; but life is to short and too
precious to waste on hard-milking
eov
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

No fruit repays judicious pruning ana
trimming better than the pear.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

The poor are taxed and the rich are
little burdened.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

The city girl in the country with her
cart and horse is something of ter
rOr
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

When butter is worked very dry the
grains of salt left in it are not u.s.
solved and re main in a gritty conJ'
ton
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

Having the orchard trimmed up keeps
the trees bearing we'll
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

1r the spring is the best time to
prune the peach. Cut back one-half of
the new growth of wood.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18
personally.

There is rapidly increasing interest
In the sheep industry in the south and
wherever southdowns have been intro
duced they have nearer filled the re-
quirements for that section than any
other breed. Southdown breeders are
to be congratulated upon the fact that
the Tennessee Centennial Exposition,
through its -ery liberal premiums, Of
fers an excellent medium for bringil g
their sheep to the attention of the farm
ers of the south. The exhibition of
Southdowns at this centennial ought to
be of the highest character, both as
to numbers and quality of the animals
shown.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets'
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
lOc. II c. c. c. fail, druggists refund money.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

No-To-B BAG for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. Soc, 81. All druggists
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

The Southdown Sheep Breeders AS
ISOLATION and the Southdown Club, two
rival organizations in England having
the Southdown sheep industry in in
terest, have united into one organiza-
ton, the Southdown Sheep Society, and
elected Mr.. Walter William Chapman,
the former efficient secretary of the
Sheep Breeders Association, as secre-
tary of the new society. If members
of the united society will permit Mr..
Chapman to conduct its affairs in up
to-date modern ways, the interests OF
the Southdown breed OF sheep will be
very greatly benefited. If, on the 9TH
or hand, as there are indications. the
policy of the society is to be OF an an
Gent order, its usefulness will be OF
little account, and 1t is even likely to
be found a detriment to the interests it
is intended 10 promote.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

Agitation is necessary and uesired
In country town, when man buys
n ne suit, people guy him for a week.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

Make quality rather than quantity
the principal aim.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18

The annual meeting of the American
Southdown Breeders Association will
be held in the secretary's Office at
Springfield, ILL.,, on Wednesday, May rs,
1897, at 10 o'clock a. N. At this meet
ing the regular annual election Of Off
GERS will be held. Among other mat
tiers pertaining to the association that
may receive attention will be the
changing of rules of entry, so as to re-
quire the registry of an additional
cross, viz, great-grandsires and great
granddams, in cases where the ances-
tors are not already recorded. Also,
the matter of holding meeting of the
association in Chicago during the fat
stock show this winter, should such
show be held.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18
in stamps

THE DIAMOND PALACE, like all
successful institutions, has many imi-
tators, who endeavor to sell cheap
rbinestones and other pastes claiming
they are topaz. We caution the pub
lie to be careful, as THE DIAMOND
PALACE, American Express building,
Chicago, are the sole importers Of these
stones.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18
MRS. HlnsIow.s soothins SYRUP

For children tcehng ,sofens the gums reduces nlam
alton allays pain cures wind collie. 20 cents BOTTLE
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-18
WHITE TOPAZ.
Beautiful Stones to Be Seen at the
Diamond Palace.

Diamond Palace.
Every day in the week and every
hour in the day one can see crowds
around the show windows of THE
CHICAGO DIAMOND PALACE. The
cause of it all is the now widely known
White Topaz. The White Topaz, or
carbonated diamonds, have come to be
recognized as the nearest thing on
earth to genuine diamonds, so near in
deed is it that the proprietors of the
DIAMOND PALACE do not hesitate to
place real diamonds in their windows
amidst their display of White Topaz,
and allow the public to pick them out
at the selling price CT the Topaz.
The latter stones have all the lovely
brilliancy of the diamonds, sparkling
steadily and with wonderful fire. The
thousands of these stones in the win
dows forms one of the most gorgeous
displays and has proven an attraction
which is one of the features of Chi
cage.
In order to find out the advertising
medium best suited to their business,
this enterprising concern offers to send
n genuine White Topaz to all those
who will cut out and send them their
advertisement, which appears else
where in this paper, together with 25c
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-12-03

70 gee the performance offered by the
Great Wallace Shows Is to see the best
artists in the circus professor that
money can secure or long years Of ex-
pcrience suggest, is the universal yer.
dict Of those who have been enabled 10
visit this popular place Of amusement
dnring the past dozen years. And this
year, the fourteenth successful season.
the claim Is set up that all previous
records are oyershadowed and n pro.
gram Of high-class novelties Is offered
that outclasses all competitors. Better
yet, this assertion seems TO be founded
on absolute facts, as the press notices In
every city included in this years tour
thus larhave been Lavish in their praises.
Indeed the universal verdict has been
the best circus yet seen here" and
when the tremendous strides in this
branch Of the amusement business dur
ing recent yeas Is considered, this il
exceptionally strong language. The
proof Of the pudding is in the eating
thereof, IL a ttite saying, and the peo-
pie u this city and vicinity will have
an opportunity to test the worth Of the
Wallace Shows III the near future. The
date for the exhibition in Greenwood,
Doc, y. and the customary glittering
street parade win be given ut 10 80 in
the forenoon Of that date.