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Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-14

Wib doubtful Just what position thu
American stock interests will hold at
the Paris exposition next year, as
there ID manifest desire among
Americans to keep their hgh-prlced
breeding stock at home. They are
In favor of sending fat cattle that may
DO Killed at the end OF their time OF
exhibition, but they are too fearful OF
contagious diseases to risk animals
that must DO returned to this country,
10 Is said to BIO q fact that stock dis
eases are far more prevalent In Europe
than In this country. America has, at
great expense and after years OF war
rare, eStormnated SOME of the worst
diseases, and 1t is not probable that
either tho Secretary of Agriculture or
inc leading stockmen of the country
want TO give the said diseases chance
TO re-establIsh themselves on our soil
me possibility OF contagion at Paris
10 very great. Animals will be brought
from all parts OF Europe, and II 10 pos
siDle that more or less disease
VIII DO brought with them.
The government Is making slow but
sure progress In It's investigations OF
hog cholera and swine plague. Since
1891 this work has been going steadily
forward Progress has been impeded
by the fact that one serum could not
be produced that would DO equally efl-
cacious as against hog cholera and
swine plague. Nevertheless II was
found that by injecting animals with
both kinds. of serums or the products
OF hoE cholera and swine plague, q
very large percentage OF the animals
was saved. Areport on the tests made
In Page County, Iowa, says: ITO give
the general results with the work car
ried out ounder the direction OF DR..
Dorset, II may be Btated that out Of 1876
animals treated with the mixed serums
l6l We're saved, or about SO per cent.
The disease existed on all of the farms
where treatment was carried out, a
number OF animals had already died,
and about so per cent OF the animals
treated were Ill at the time Of injection
with the serum. In the check herds
there were originally 429 animals, and
the disease had begun both in these
check herds and in the treated herds
about the same time. In the herds
which wero not treated, only about 10
per cent Of the animals recovered.
Comparing these two sets 1t would APP
pear that the serum had reduced the
mortality about CT per cent. 1t is un-
derstood, Of course, that all of the ami
mails were under the same conditions
after treatment as before. As a rule,
the animals appeared to begin to Inn
prove very shortly after the injection
of the serum. One herd was treated
with culture alone without serum.
Only 40 per cent OF the herd 80 treated
was saved. In another case herd
which was In very poor condition at
the time OF incubation was treated
with a mixed swine plague serum and
a dead culture. Eighty per cent Of
these animals was saved, while in
third similar case where the condition
of the animals was very poor, only 80
per cent was saved"
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-14

ginning to lay, the cost OF hSr main.
tenance detracts from the profits great
y, When early pullets Chose Matched
not later than Apri) do not begin in
November II 10 seldom they will lay
until the opening Of spring. ills much
cheaper to keep tho old hena during
the three months required for the
mounting process than to sell them OF
and replace them with early pullets
The old hens will cost less and pay
better. No early pulot will pay for
herself until she IL at least 10 months
old, as she must return the cost from
tho time aho was Matched until the
time she begins laying, tribute which
the hen has already paid.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-14
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate RMS
Department of tho Tarm-A Row
Hints as TO the Care Of Live Stock
and Poultry.


Herewith we illustrate a sanitary
milk pail in use by the Kansas Agri-
cultural College. The Idea Ia not new,
and such pals have been used here
and there for long time, We do not
know Of any firm that has them for
sale, but presume they can be easily
manufactured by any timer. The adj
vantages of this kind OF n pail must
be obvious to any dairyman. II will
certainly prevent from getting into the
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-14
Airing Incubator Erra.

]. u. Stevenson, writing In Rural
New Yorker, says: One who advised
that airing was unnecessary probably
makes q machine with q great amount
of ventilation There are very few
machines now with automatic egg
turning devices for turning eggs with
out removing from the egg chamber,
and nearly all authorities prefer taxi
ing them out for turning, when they
are sure to get slight airing twice
each day. II the change from 1903 de-
grees to 60 degrees or less for the few
minutes required for turning is too
great, what about the setting hen that
must come of occasionally for food
and water, even though the tempera-
ture is 20 degrees or less? She will
stay off in zero weather much longer
than the time required to turn the
eggs from an incubator. In my opin-
ion the change, II not long enough to
chill the eggs, will give stronger
chicks than the continually closed ma
chine or the hen that sits more close
ly. 1t is much easier to get the de-
sired air space in the eggs when the
incubator room Is at so degrees than
when at 80 degrees, and find 1t much
easier to get out good matches OF strong
chicks in the early spring than In hot
weather.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-14
THE BEST OF 1T.
Aud stin Lovely Woman Is Cl1morinS
for Her Rights.

for Her Rights.
Every man has his day; but thanks
to his gallantry, woman has every day.
II reasonably indulgent, she is mis-
tress OF her destiny. She has her An
ger In all sorts OF pie, writes Jean Po-
tage In the Boston Home Journal. Her
sins are forgiven hes, n she murders
a man who has failed to treat her like
the perfect lady she was not, the jury
is pretty apt to acqult her. taking into
consideration the naughtlness Of the
man. On the other hand II she treats
a man hastily, and he does her quletus
make with q large bodkln, twelve good
men and true dlsbelleve his story and
order him to the scaflold. II she sues
her lover for breach OF promise, she
gets at least a part of what she sues
for. II he sues her he gets the ha-ha
from all the newspapers. In case OF a
quarrel in which she Is to blame, she
has q court OF last resort which ia
closed to manklnd-she can always
shed tears when she finds things are
not going her way. II she loses a
part OF woman's glory-her golden
locks-she may piece out the remain
der with some adroltly commlngled
curls, to the eternal deception OF tho
public, and so never hear the remarks
Of derlsion turned toward her bald
headed husband. II she's an actress
she can play Juliet and Hamlet both,
while the male Thesplan, though ne
may make better Hamlet, Is preclud-
ed by public prejudice and an insipient
black beard from ever looking at the
moonlight and asking Romeo where
fore he is Romeo. And still she asks
for her rights" and seeks for power"
The frat person who asked for the
earth, and then scolded because 1t was
not fried on both sides and turned
over, must have been of the sex that
brought Adam 10 grief with an apple,
| An industrioua man with good sense
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-14

The Farm orse.-Strength is not
the sole requisite in farm horse. The
true farmers horse is one equally SER
viceable in dragging the plow and trot-
ting to market with light wagon
says the Rural World. The farm
horse should thus be a cross between
the draft and road horse Courage,
determination and quickness In taking
hold Of loads are very important quail
tiles in this kind Of horse. An ami
NAL Weighing 1,10O pounds with these
good qualities will often be more SER
vlceable than the team that weighs
hundreds Of pounds more. A quick,
steady walker, is very essential. Did
you ever stop to compute how many
days work you could save in blowing
a field with quick walking horse?
The animal that gets over the ground
rapidly saves time and money to the
owner. A slow walker is poorer for
farm work than a slow tr0tter, and the
time lost thereby Is much greater.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-14

We notice that contemporary OBJ"
jects to board floors in poultry houses,
because they get wet and soaked with
filth from the poultry droppings.
Whenever that condition arises, 1t Ia
a positive proof that the poultry house,
Is overcrowded, or lacks light and ven-
ulation, or is not cleaned out as often
as ii should be, The writer Of this
has q poultry house that has, been In
use for some years, but init no such
condition has arisen as Is described In
the said journal as a necessary conse-
quence of having board floor The.
building is 12x20 feet and is.well light
ed on the east, south and west. In,
summer two Of the sashes, are taken
out AID wire screens put In. In this
house not to exceed fifty fowls are
kept at any one time, and generally
tho number does not exceed twenty
FIVE The light and ventilation keep
tho floor dry in all seasonal The drop
pings become soon dry and the house
is cleaned out In large part by sweep
Ing, the shovel being used only imma-
dlately under the rooste. 1t is better
to have the floor Of matched lumber,
as there are then no cracks to annoy
in cleaning out the house. AS to rats
there is no danger al all II the floor
Ia so built that 1t will be foot or two
above the ground. There is no point
Of support at which a rat could begin
operations to gnaw his way into the
poultry house.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-14
CURIOUS PETS FOR WOMEN.

Some minds are striklngly original,
even in the choice OF pets. Certainly
this was the case with the wife Of a
gentleman farmer who made pet Of a
pig. The animal lost Its mother early,
and the lady, taking pity on the little
orphan, bore 1t off to the kitchen,
where she succeeded by the aid Of
feeding bottle, in rearing 1t.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-14

Economical Feedlng.-An economi-
cal food is early-cut hay, silage from
mature corn, oats and peas An I'M
economical way Is 10 give tho herd late
cut hay, silage from immature corn
roots, new and untried crops. The
reason for the early cutting Of hay 10
because you get more digestible pro-
tein or milk forming food than in
late cut. Mature corn only should go
into the silo; otherwise 1t causes an
expensive watering OF stock. Corn has
proven to he more digestible when 1t
is cut just as the kernel begins to
glaze. Experiments have proven that
the sllage of everything Is the most
economical way OF handling the grain
crop, owing 1.-The amount Of milk
given and the amount Of butter pro-
duced being more on the food from the
silo than in other ways Of harvesting
it.-Frof. ]. l.. Hill.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-14
"June 18th. 49,

my Dear Coz.-I'm open to a COM
promise; tell your lawyers So / will
make over Forest Lea to you'll don't
care to live there-and you will pay me,
say, half OF the income. In the alb
sence OF the will which Fort asserts
was made by our uncle, but which he
has never produced. I can Of course
claim the whole. But we are cousins.
and don't wish to be hard on you.
The old governor ought to have left
you something, II he didn't.
"Messrs. Smlthson and Wright, Of
Russell street, Russell square, have in
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-14

Dried Blood.-The principal food in
gredent in blood is nitrogen, which Is
also the most essential substance In
albumen or the white of egg. Dried
blood contains about IA per cent OF
nitrogen, while green bone may con-
tain but or 2 per cent, as the bone
is mostly phosphate Of lime. Bone
varies. II it has adhering meat 1t will
contain more nitrogen than II clean.
Blood cannot entirely take the place
of bone, as the bone contains phos-
plates The dried blood will answer
as a substitute for fresh blood, but no
kind Of dry food, whether animal or
vegetable, is equal to that which Is
fresh.-Ex.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-14
CHAPTER XVIII.

One week after our wedding day an
epistle reached my wife, the audaclty
of which simply overwhelmed us. We
read and reread II, and finally INDUCED
in a hearty laugh over II, It was word
ed as follows:
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-14

The Profit in Poultry.-The profit In
poultry is just what we make 1t. II
we pay out large sums Of money Tor
eggs, birds and equipments, we must
make large sales and lots of them IL we
expect to make profit. II we nes":t
our poultry, no matter how little ''e
nay out, we will lose money.--Ex.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-14

The pig became great pet, and
used to follow its owner like dog, II
could hardly have been Its outward at
traction that won her heart; 1t must
have been It's qualities which endeared
II to her.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-14

A much more extraordinary instance
Of a strange pet, for woman, at any
rate, was where an old lady so far
overcame the natural repugnance Of
her sex as to tame a mouse which had
been caught in her store cupboard. So
successful was her treatment that at
last the tiny animal would take crumbs
from lis mistress fngers.-Woman'S
Life.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-14

Another member OF the feminine
gender actually made a pet of tur-
key, and declared 1t should never be
eaten, but die in its own good time"
which 1t did Of old age.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-14

Do not aerate the milk in the stable
or in the lee of the stable. The air
IN which the milk is aerated must be
pure. else the milk In being aerated
will suffer more harm than the aera-
ton will do good.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-14

Horse "Beef."--A large plant for the
slaughter of horses for "beef" is go
ing UP at Medora, N. d. The object
of this concern is to supply the meat
hungry people Of Europe with horse
aesh and our own city people with
canned horse, to be labeled beef"
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-14

thing morer inquired. THAT day,
when met you together, for In
AtAnceW
"You have no right to ask me such
questions" Mona replied with dignity,
"and II you please. We will talk busi-
meas"
Eyes, we Will talk business" as
sented, ")o you know, my dearest,
that In the present phase OF the affair,
II 10 Mr., Branscombe who gives you
the half Of Forest Lea-not you who
give Il to him, Without the Will, which
clearly he does not intend to surren-
der he Ia the possessor Of the estate
"Does II matter2' asked my wife.
mo" / answered, Struggling my
shoulders 1T is simply detail"
"And there will be nothing to pre-
vent the compromised asked this de-
termlned little woman, anxlously.
Nothing excepting the restitution
Of the will. You could not, in that case,
give away anything"
"Then I hope 1t will never be re-
stored In fact" said my wife with
emphasis, ~ would not receive II; |
would destroy Il.
"Then you must not take me into
your confidence" laughed, II can't
have anything TO do with compromising
n felony"
Mona was never tempted to carry
her threat into execution. Charlie
Branscombe's troublesome career came
to a sudden end by the bursting OF an
overcharged rifle on a hunting expedl-
tlon; and amongst the papers handed
over to us by foreign banker waa tina
missing will.
1t was not without some natural
tears to his memory that his faithful
hearted cousin accepted at last her In
heritance; and, II she Is now consoled
by the fair bright face OF young Har-
old Branscombe Fort, who, as second
con, is to be the heir-as he Is the
the good old colonel, she
still loves TO trace In the frank, dell
cate features likeness to the lost
playmate OF her youth.
And am no longer Jealous.
(The End
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-14

A lady who was confined to her room
had a fowl which, before her illness,
was a constant companion. 1t used to
be regularly brought to her room every
morning to see her and be fed by her
own hands, and allowed to take a
short walk about her room.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-14

Another very singular pet was that
Of a frog, which was tanned by young
girl In the country and would come out
from under the leaves at her approach
to be fed with strawberry,
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-14

milk much Of the matter that now
gets in. The constant falling of dust
from the COW into the milk Is in
measure checked. II the COW lifts her
foot she is not likely to get 1t into the
fluid that Is to be used as food for the
family, or course, this must be kept
clean, or the strainer on top will be-
come an element of danger rather than
safety.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-14

The time is ut hand and In some
counties Is now here when the pas
lures Will fall and the cows will either
have to fall off In milk, receive green
crops that have been planted for them
before this time. or will be turned into
the meadows, This latter is not q, wise
thing to do in most cases, but is done
to q great extent, The amount Of
damage depends a good deal on both
the condition Of the sod and Of the
moisture In the soil. II there is a good
sod, II the land has been we'll treated,
the grass will be so thickly matted
that there will be little damage, unless
the ground Is so soft that the tramp
ing of the cattle will break the sod.
II the sod is thin and the heritage
light the cropping will do much dam
age to the crop next year; but in such
cases 1t would be better to turn the
meadow under late In, the fall and put
1t into a cultivated crop for a few
years. Where fields are to be turned
under either this fall or In the early
spring, the cropping now will be 80
much gain. Where 1t is expected to-
keep meadow permanently 1t is GER
talnly not good policy to turn the
cattle into 1t after heavy rain, when
the ground is soft.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-09-14

An industrious man with good sense
doesn't have to depend upon luck. J
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-08
Went 60 SIeep ON Parade.

New York recently had a brief exhibi-
ton of one popularity of the negro, viz:
his penchant for sleeping whenever or
wherever he may be- The Sun says:
zone of the occasional halts in Satur-
days big parade stopped a company Of
cOiored soldiers I'm front of the city's
grand stand on Fifty-ninth street and
three of the soldiers leaned on their guns
and went sound asleep. The noise Of the
cheering around them was loud and con-
unuous but it didn't interfere with their
nap. The people in the stand near them
shouted at them and even threw fruit at
them. but the three coal black privates
slept on. II was the longest wait Of the
parade at that point but IL did not last
more than five minutes. The line ahead
began to move and the Captain Of the
colored company ordered his men for
ward. With chests thrown out and heads
up. the coiored soldiers started forward
all of them except the three who were
leaning on their guns asleep. The Cap
tain didn't notice that these men had
been left behind. The three sleepers stood
their ground until the front rank OF the
company behind them bumped into them.
Then they awoke with a start. looked at
the crowded stand beside them, and, DIS
covering that every one on II was laugh
ing at them, they grinned, back and trot-
ted ahead until they overlook their COM
many"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-08
TRIUMPH FOR AMERICAN SKILL,
The Bridge Builders in the Soudan
Accomplished Very Great Feat

pHiLApFLPHIA. oct, 6.-SdperinteA-
dent Wennas of the Pencoyd Iron Works.
bf this city, and the seven skilled iron
workers who accompanied him 10 Egypt
TO erect The bridge over Atbara river. in
the Soudan arrived in New York last
evening on the steamship Servia. ana
were given a royal welcome when they
reached the Pencoyd Works to-day. They
are looked upon as heroes by their thous-
ands OF fellow wcrkmen. and The whole
force turned out to greet them. Work
was suspended. whistles were blown ana
quite a demonstration was made. The
rapidity OF The completion OF the Atbara
Bridge by the PencOyd Company has at
tracted the attention OF the word though
suyelntCuuent W ennas mOdestly lc-
marked TO-DAY that ne dll nO1 regard
me achievement as sfcat one lie said
that il he could have mad big force OF
American helpers 10 assist him in the
erection of the bridge i.s.ead OF convicts,
the only help avaAab.e, he could nave
finished the work even quicker than IL
was done.
The English government wanted steel
bridge built for its military road i'm Es, pt
and wanted il built in "a hurry No LIE
clish or European constructors could be
found with capacity OF Sufficient cner-
getic action TO undertake the work, and
The Pencoyd Company took the contract
on February last. The structural parts
OF the seven spans. each $50 feet Ions
weighing $50 tons. and the cylinder cas-,
Weighing Ga tons. were rapidly prepared
and were shipped from New York April
10Th. The material arrived at its desti-
nation in the latter part OF May. Superin-
tendant Wennas and his seven skilled
assistants were on hand, and In two
months after their arrival the completed
structure was turned over TO the hn-
rlish eovernmont-an almost unpreceden-
ted piece Of engineering enterprise
There was no skilled labor i'm the Sou
dan. and Superintendent Wennas was
forced to accept the service of the con
victs. who were provokingly slowl i'm
their work As an instance. Mr. Wennas
said six gangs OF these people Of six men
each we're abe 10 drive only one hundred
rivets day. while in America one gang
Of four men is expected 10 drive one
hundred and fifty rivets a day The i'm
tense heat was also a drawback and
Obliged a suspension Of operations each
dav from eleven O'Clock TO three. work
being performed only from eight to elev-
en- and from three 20 six O'Clock The
r~anv san1storrns also seriously inter-
fered with the progress of the work.
washington Post.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-08

Preparations are being made on an eX-
teneive scale at the Harvard Obserya-
tory Cambridge Mass, for observations
during the neteoric shower Of November.
This will be the second and greatest
year OF the period during which the earth
masses three times through or near the
Ieonid shower. and If the conditions are
favorable. II IS expected that the obser-
vations viii give results Of great value
10 Astronomical science. Last year, when
the earth passed through the front end OF
The comet. many observations were handi-
capped by cloudy weather on the best
night. some only obtaining Impressions OF
about 400 mcteoTs At Harvard, however,
the results were satisfactory, over SO
being obtained. This year the earth
passes drought the center Of the comet,
and on the principle night, which will
probably be that OF the 18th. the meteoric
shower will present scene OF rare beauty
TO those who have the hardihood TO ST
up until after midnight 10 watch for II
Before midnight there will not be much
20 reward the watcher The Harvard Oh
servatory authorities are sending out
circular with blank forms on which TO
record the time. briiiiancy. color etc. OF
the meteor observed TO astronomers and
others interested all over the country. and
a'so TO many points In Europe In add
ton 20 this. large special force o.
assistants VIII be employed at the obser-
vat0ry in Cambridge. which hes excellent
facilities for making observations
Philadelphia Ledger.