Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-05-29


ference between Alfalfa fed pig and
Virginia razor back
What is alfalfa?" A clover which
takes the place of corn and grow:
without rain. You see since we have
introduced alfalfa and kaffir corn
farming is being revolutionized. We
are now running our places on the
elght-hour plan- A breakfast of lOir
steak and mushrooms, alfalfa pig
frogs legs, black bass, broiled chicken
eggs, hot rolls and coffee; with jersey
cream and strawberries, at nine, is
ABOUT the caper. a light luncheon OF
colo turkey or beef, mallard duck, jel-
lies, preserves and salads. at about
one. with square dinner at six.
solaces the vacuity. OF course the
farm hands strike off at five to get
ready for the plain, substantial farm
dlnner, which generally commences
promptly at six and lasts about an
hour and d quarter. was out to a
neighbors the evening before L start
ed. Just ran in for minute to see
some l,oOO pound steers that were
ready to ship to Kaiser Bill and
''Bill who?"
war Bill, of Germany, he gets all
his beef from Kansas they didn't
have time to get up anything extra
IL was just a plain, pOt-luck, o'clock
farm dinner, without any frills.
After the gas was lighted in the
dining room and we were seated and
the old man said grace, / glanced over
q
if there is anything L really enjoy,
next to fishing for black bass, it is a
new fashioned farm dinner
Say, my cheerful friend, what do
you mean by lighting the gas: and
how about the menu?
All south Kansas has natural gas
and farmer has but to drill few
hundred feet and he has natural gas
for cooking, heating and lighting
A beautiful fiaXen-haired daughter
of the households vero Virginia in
looks and dispositiou-ha written
out half dozen bills of fare. AS
was saying the first thing on the
menu was ''Pullets Pab"
blessed be Kansas; and what kind
of broth is that?'
The feet of half dozen SDrinp
chickens properly prepared, the bones
broken and boiled half an hour makes |
a soup only known to be loved. 1t
beats terrapin all to smash. Then |
came black bass, baked spring chicken, |
roast lamb, jowl and greens, celery.
vegetables, two kinds of pie-yes, we
still eat pie during Lent-Helen Cam
eron cake, strawberry short cake,
slace, fruit. home made cheese, coffee,
ce cream, all washed down with the
choicest wine.
Caesars ghost. How do you get ice
;ream out on the farm:''
Our farmers club together every
winter and have it just as regularly
Is they have their wine.
But how about wines in prohibi-
ion kanSaS?''
My dear sir, do L look like Il man
Who was raised on creek water?
And don't you see everything on
his bill OF fare except coffee, sugar
nd the condiments is home grown /.
Kansas home grown.
Our local banks have half million
OAioi . VI DIUIcI COuuUy money on de-
oslt, our farm mortgages are beingl
aid off, we don't owe much of any
hing to anybody, there were about
w thousand head OF cattle, horses,
heep and hogs in the county on the
rst day of January, or about eight
cad Tor each inhabitant; and with
o bad luck we will have money to
IAN to you eastern fellows before ten
ears. Z
Oh yes, we get the spring and fall
lights of wild geese, canvas backs.
I'd heads and maIlards, while prairie
lickens, quail and plover furnish
lenty OF shooting. And when the
oys and girls want little sport they
ct out their saddle horses, take a
oZen grey hounds and go after the
ckra bbiUS.
Horses? We have the finest horses
the world, and lots of them. 1t is
Dt an uncommon thing to see the
gn: take one." on the gate posts of