Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-07-14
KANsAs ITEMS or INTEREST

The county jail at Sterling has been
completed.
The new government bonds are In
demand at Lawrence,
Last weeks issue OF the Clay Center
Times contained notices Of seven mar
riages,
The meadow king Of Linn county In
J. g. Balyeat, who has commenced har-
vesting and battling his crop OF 1900
acres He expects TO ship $500 tons of
hay this scason.
Albert Schnell, one OF the Doniphan
eounty recruits writes home from
Camp Algcr saying "rhls soldering
Is the first job have had that ] could
not get mad and quit"
For some time past the wife OF u far
mer living near Clifton has been no III
that II was impossible for her husband
10 leave her bedside, and few days
ago twenty-five OF his neighbors turn
I'd ont and cultivated his corn for him,
The celebration OF Fourth OF July
was rather premature at Hutchinson.
A whole case OF cannon crackers be-
same ignited while unloading them
and exploded. One woman had Il Sky
rocket 10 pierce her arm, and she may
have II amputated,
Topeka druggists report that several
drug manufacturers IRE using the war
tax as an excuse TO raise the price OF
their products. The prices thus raised
are upon drugs the retail price of
which cannot be raised, and much
complaint results.
Fred Prince, one Of the old-time
printers and newspaper men Of the
northwest IL now farming aud growing
fat in the Solomon valley No one
ever came down the pike who could do
better work on IA Washington hand
press than Farmer Fred Prince.
A Kansas farmer says there Is no
fruit that gives better illustration OF
the value OF thinning than the grape,
and none in which the process so Of
ten turns the scale from loss TO profit.
The work should be performed early
In order TO secure the best results.
Larned has u dewey Square" on
which Is lOO-foot flag pole from
which floats flag 9Gxlj feet 1t Is
surmounted by nm are light, and thir-
teen feet from the ground Is encircled
bya band stand capable of holding
twcnty-six musicians. This Is the
neatest piece OF patriotic frill that has
come to the surface rs yet
Green foods for poultry have been
frequently advised aud among them is
rape. limo preparations have yet been
made for supply of green food for
summer use, rape should be sown Mt
any time up TO the middle of July.
Prepare the ground as for root crops
and SOW the seed broadcast or In drills
thirty inches apart, says an experience
ed Kansas farmer
The bean crop will be likely to bring
good prices the coming fall, owing to
the demands OF the army, and IL will
pay TO put in mt least small area.
The general wet weather throughout
the state has prevented earlier plant
ing hut seed may be put in up to the
miGdle,o July II the weather Is favor
able. Any good corn land win give
good crop Of beans, but the soil must
he VOL narrowed and kept free of
weeds.
Kansas farmers who have tried II,
say that cotton seed will kill hogs in II
short time where It is fed to them free
", and thatit is nota desirable food
for fattcning either hogs or cattle.
Cottonseed meal Is sometimes used in
connection with corn for feeding cat
tie because Of its cheapness, but it
produces soft, oily flesh, not so firm or
good In quality MS that produced by
feeding corn. Oil meal, which Is the
meal made from tlnXScca after the oil
has been pressed out, is wholesome
food for hogs and cattle when fed in
connection with corn and other ra-
tions
Oats straw has "A value Us food too
great to permit of its use Us bedding.
II the practice of feeding oats UNI
threshed was more general still
greater saving would result Cut the
crop several days before the grain
ripens, which win leave the straw in
better condition, and save a loss Of the
grain from the heads in handling. If
cut with mower they should he cut
greener than when put up in handles.
The oats may be kept ina stack out @:
doors II properly protected, but 1t Is
best to put them up in bundles and
then stack them some place in the
barn.
Mayor Corbin of Mound City, backed