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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20
Emergency Crops.

Millet.-For winter hay SOW millet
or Hungarian grass from the 10th to
the 30th of June. using from a bushei
to bushel and half of seed per acre.
When the seed heads are coming into
blossom cut and cure for hay. Millet
or Hungarian grass will yield from
one ton to two and half tons of good
quality hay per acre. Horses should
not be given over one feed of millet
hay per day.
Cornfodder.-Any variety ct corn
will do for green or dry forage. the
early kinds being the most suitable for
early fall feed. Sweet corn is very
satisfactory, because the stalks are soft
and palatable. Plant in hills or drills
just thick enough to choke the ears
down to about half their normal size.
Begin feeding as soon as the ears are
glazing, and continue with the dry
forage throughout the winter. From
three to six tons per acre of winter
forage. suitable for all kinds of farm
stock, can be secured from a corn crop
grown on good land.-Prof. Henry of
Wisconsin Experiment Station.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20
P,.vroom for Children.

New York Tribune: Richard Smith
and his wife, of Philadelphia. will
erect a building in that city designed
to furnish shelter and playrooms FOR
such children as may be brought there
seeking recreation by parents, guard
ians and other caretakers." The build
ing is to be IS by 50 feet. and is to con-
tain a playroom for bad weather. re-
ception and toilet rooms. room with
cots for tired or sick children, a dis
pensary with a trained nurse. diet
kitchen, and a room with mattresses
on the floor for babies to tumble about
in. Unattended children will not be
cared for, nor will food be furnished.
It is intended exclusively for young
children and their attendants, and
boys more than 10 years old will not
be admitted.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20

and little more than an extinct vol
cano. Nevertheless, it has a popula-
ton of sixteen families, ninety-four
persons in all. 1t has neither doctor.
minister, lawyer nor editor. Its peo-
pie live as best they can among the
hills and along the narrow strip OF
irregular plains that constitute the
island. An English corporal, with the
transparent name of John Glass, and
two companions with their wives,
formed the nucleus of the settlement.
This was twenty-three years ago. and
Corporal Glass, who is the Oldest in
habitant, acts as governor. Once a
year the island recognizes the fact that
there are other persons in the world,
for just that often it receives a visit
from an English vessel that delivers
the annual mail. Property is prac-
tically held in common, there is no
strong drink. no crime and the people
are healthy and long lived.
The inhabitants Of the island have
their gardens to cultivate, where they
rear fair quantity Of vegetables such
as potatoes, cabbages. onions and some
fruit. They also have their sheep and
cattle to tend. of which they own 800.
There are pigs and plenty Of geese
and poultry.
The occasional visit Of the warship
referred to affords the only opening
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20
Leg Weakness.

Weakness of the legs is trouble
appearing in young birds, cockrels
more often than pullets, and is seen
usually between three and five months
Of age, says American Poultry Jour-
nal. The larger breeds are more prone
to this trouble than the smaller and
more active birds. This weakness Is
caused by the pushing for growth BY
feeding too much fattening food and
condiments. thereby increasing tho
weight of the body beyond the ability
Of the legs to support it. If your birds
are getting into this condition you will
notice at first unsteadiness in gait.
They move slowly and the limbs
slightly shake. In a weeks time they
can hardly keep up on their legs, ard
when feeding will sit down so the body
is nearly on the ground. Looking the
bird over, you will find little to attract
your eye, except the weakness of the
legs. The bird otherwise appears to
be healthy. The feathers are bright,
the eye clear and the appetite good.
As the days pass the bird loses his de-
sire for food; is picked upon by his
brothers; lice multiply upon him; he
becomes thin; the skin grows dry and
erackly. In the very beginning Of leg
weakness remove all causes of trouble.
Spice, corn and cornmeal, buckwheat
and rye, should not be fed for weeks
to such birds. Have regular times to
vivA the meals and make each bird
work for part of his food. If possible,
have sick birds by themselves to
avoid imposition by the other chicks.
A grass run, with shade and cool wa
ter, will help cure these cases. II you
have time and patience. one-tenth of
. grain of quinine given to each bird
with leg weakness. every morning, will
help bring up the chick to health
again.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20
THE LONELIEST PLACE ON EARTH.

mother to have her taught howermak-
ing and paid for her apprenticeship.
Some months after the little hunch-
back. weak and dying Of consumption.
arrived in a small cart drawn by her
mother, with some beautiful artificial
field flowers she had made, some one
having told her that Mdlle. Calve was
playing Ophelia, and that it was nee
essary for her to have field flowers.
The singer was deeply touched. Tho
poor little consumptive fowermaker
has passed away, and in memory of her
Mdlle. Calve has ordered marble flow
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20

stranger. Unless a sharp lookout Is
kept the unsophisticated islanders will
send to the warship all the Oldest and
toughest geese they have. which are
generally uneatable.
The island forms part of the British
empire, and the islanders celebrate the
queens birthday. and on that occasion
the two pieces of ancient cannon On
this lonely isle are regularly fired as
an evidence of the loyalty OF the In
habitantS.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20
The Fecundity of Swine.


The impression is prevalent among
farmers that pure-bred swine are un-
profitable for breeding purposes, as it
is thought that as purity Of breed in
creases fecundity decreases. The QCes-
ton of the fecundity Of improved
breeds of swine was investigated re-
Gently by the Indiana station. The
number of pigs narrowed and raised in
the first and the last 200 filters re-
corded in the registers Of Berkshire,
Poland China, and Chester White pigs
were compiled. In comparing the lit
tiers, 100 filters were selected in which
the sows were recorded, and 100 in
which the bears were recorded. The
dates of narrowing of the first 200 lit
tiers varied through number of years.
The last 200 filters were almost all far
rowed in 1896. The popular opinion
was not confirmed by this investiga-
ton.
While there seems to be a reduction
In the number of very large filters. the
total number narrowed is about the
same as shown by the first records. 1t
Is not intent to compare breeds, but
to compare the earliest and latest rec
ords of filters, to determine whether
there has been a real gain or loss in the
fecundity of the breed. The number
of boars and sows raised was as fol-
lows: Berkshire. 400 filters, 1855 pigs.
1.49S boars, 1858 sows; Poland China,
1000 litters. 6.542 pigs. 1928 boars, g.
314 sows; Chester White. 600 filters,
1855 pigs, 2.236 boars. 1919 sows. In a
total of 1888 pigs narrowed. and all
raised, there were 1,78S boars and l.
907 sows.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20
TURKEYS and Ducks.


To the Farmers Review: From AZ
turkey eggs set we secured SO nice tur-
keys, all living so far. They are now
June y three weeks old and as healthy
IS possible. The eggs were set under
chicken hens, and were given to the
hens that Matched them, as far as pos
sible. Three hens Matched 81 poults.
and these were given to two hens. Is
to each hen. The other Z are with a
hen that also has IL little chicks.
Boards a foot wide were built around
q bare spot of ground, and in these
the coops were placed. The pens adj
join. but have board partition, and.
Of course, coop in each pen. The pens
are probably 12x12 feet in dimeu-
siOns.
The poults were not let out Of these
pens until large enough to fly over
them, which they could do when two
weeks old: then they were allowed to
fly over when they wished. They have
been fed on curds, soaked wheat bread
and corn bread. The curds were made
black with pepper, and were eaten
with greater relish than any of the
other feed. We were not able to give
with slug shot, whether any lice are
them many onion tops this year, but
we never saw turks do better than they
have, not an ailing one among the
bunch. They are busted each week
visible or not. and the mother hens
are given an extra good busting each
time. The 80 were entirely free Of lice
at the last busting, but the previous
one the little wings were we'll inhabited
with them.
For various reasons We like the bare
pens best. 1t is impossible for the little
things to get wet after a shower if the
ground is bare. and getting wet is al
most fatal to young poults. We
have several more eggs incubat-
ing, mostly under chicken hens. al
though one hen hid her nest so well
she was sitting when found. AS to
whether eggs from young turkey hens
will hatch or not is yet an undecided
question with us, for while our
neighbours nice young hens failed to
lay fertile eggs, one little hen Of ours
(well it would have been a runt If it
had been a pig), but one year old,
laid eggs that were all fertile. We set
them more as an experiment than
thinking they would be of any value.
She lay pure white eggs.
The turkeys are scarcely as large as
from the old hens eggs, but are as
pert as any. AS rule it is best to
not bother much with turkey eggs laid
by a hen under two years old. The
young hens lay the most eggs before
desiring to set. We only got two lay
ings of eggs this year. The hens were
two weeks later in commencing to
lay. We are frequently asked why we
didn't raise market ducks this year, II
we were afraid of the price, or had we
decided they were improbable?
Neither. We didn't try to have any
because unavoidable circumstances
prevented our getting hatch early
enough for profit in market ducks.
One must have ducks ready to mar
ket by. at the latest, the first week in
June to get much profit. 1t is better
II you can have them by the middle of
May. We would rather raise ducks
than any other poultry, and are not
afraid of losing money. In fact we
are rather lonesome without them
emma Clearwaters.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20

Tho amount Of mlt used Is not mi
form. It Is adapted to the taste q the
market where it Is expected to be sold,
but 1t varies between and 5 per cent
Of the weight Of the butter. The salt
is worked into the butter with the least
possible amount of handling. and it Is
then laid aside for some time before
the next working takes place. In
summer it is put in butter coolers.
which are sort Of ice-box. In winter
1t is either laid in large rolls in
the butter trough or on q table pro-
vided for the purpose. 1t lies here
for a couple of hours in the cold sea-
son, but when the weather is warm II
is allowed to remain for eight or ten
hours. or until the cool Of the follow
ing morning. before it receives the
final working. The object is not only
to cool the butter. and thus allow 1t
to become firmer. but also to allow
the salt to dissolve. ard to penetrate
the whole mass. When the butter has
attained the proper degree OF firm
ness it is again put through the work.
er, and a considerable part of the brine
formed from the salt is worked out.
The amount of working it can stand
differs much in individual cases. Care
is taken, however, that it is not the
least bit overworked. so as to be-
come greasy and sticky. This w<Sking
may be repeated couple Of TUES. or
it may be packed for shipment at once.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20
II Is Little Island in the South
Atlantic Ocean.

for the produce of the dairy and poul-
try yard. Arcadian simplicity might
be expected from such a people, but,
on the contrary, they look upon the
visit Of a man-of-war as grand
chance of making much out of a
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20
STORY OF MDLLE. CALvE.
A Poor Little Child's Gift to tho Great
Singer.

A Poor Little Child's GIFT to tho Great
Singer.
Apropos of the announcement tnat
Mdlle. Emma Calve had ordered her
tomb to be made with representation
of herself as Ophelia, NJ. Jules Claretie
recalls a pathetic story concerning the
great singer, embodied in letter which
Mdlle. Calve had addressed to himself,
saws the London Chronicle. Some years
ago Mdlle. Calve gave concert at
Me- for the benefit of three very poor
families. One of the recipients, a con-
cierge, had a poor little girl of Is.
hunchbacked and with paralyzed legs,
but with beautiful, soft and intelli-
gent eyes. Mdlle. Calve advised the
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20
Obstruction Of Drains.

If the line of a drain runs within 20
or 80 feet of a willow tree. water elm.
black locust, box elder. or any other
water-lOving growth, including the
common elder which grows along
fence rows so readily and which We
danger that the roots will reach the
tile and grow into the joints and stop
the flow OF water, says a writer In
Drainage Journal. The roots of tho
elder will not reach so far. but they
will, II conveniently near. grow into
the tile and in time effectual!y stop
the drain. A drain 30 feet away was
filled full OF fbrous roots and silt.
most effectually stopping the drain.
Another drain which came to our no
tice was filled with elder roots. The
roots Q: growing crops may and do
reach the tile and grow into the joints.
but, as sOoE as the crop is ripened.
the roots decay and pass out through
the drain without doing any damage.
But those having drains near any OF
the trees mentioned would do we'll to
deaden them before they have time to.
fill the drain with roots.
Two Extremes.-Ii all the good
qualities of the different breeds could
be obtained in one breed the poultry
man would be fortunate. But how can
he secure a fowl that cannot fly over
a four-fOot fence. and which is adapt
time have such bird to be an active
forcger, and possess breast abound
ing in choice breast meat? The very
fact that bird has short wings and
cannot fly is evidence that it is def
Gent in breast meat, for the muscles
of fight are on the breast. Hence, il
he wants the best forager he cannot
have the best bird for enduring con-
fnement. The two extremes separate
widely and will never meet
Old or Young Sheep.-Old sheep are
more profitable than young ones as
long as they are healthy. The age at
which a sheep becomes improbable
depends upon the way it is kept and
its constitution. Some viii. go down in
vitality sooner than others. Any sheep
that fails to regain her flesh properly
after the lamb is sold should not be
kent. as there Ia danger Of not living
through the next lambiny.-F. h
SW&S
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20
Clever Girl.

Cleveland Plain Dealer: Briggs
thought he was awfully clever. He took
his best girl to drug store where they
sell five-cent ice cream soda. He
thought the girl didn't know, but she
did" "Well?" well, now she In
sists on going there twice as often"
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20

Say, teacher, me an Jimmy here
has a question to submit to you"
well, my boys, what is it," Jimmy
bets me de cigars dat the champeen
David knocked out Collar accordin' 10
de Queensbury rules. l says no. Who
ns?"-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20
Sailing Butter in Denmark.

The New Zealand Dairyman gives the
Danish method of sailing butter as
follows:
As soon as the buttermilk has been
removed the butter is weighed, in order
to calculate the amount of salt re-
quired, and the salt Is worked in at
this time, usually on the butter-wofk-
&. Sometimes It Is all incorporated
at one working. but In many places Il
= preferred to add It In Two vorkinu.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20

Far out in the South Atlantic, al
inost midway between Africa and
South America and in slightly higher
latitude than the Cape of Good Hope,
lies the loneliest isle in the world.
Tristan da Cunha is seven miles across
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.

How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department Of the Farm-A Few
Hints ~ to the Care Of Live Stock
and Poultry.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20

ers for her tomb, flowers Of the field.
such as her little protege had made for
her.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20

California produces about one-third
Of the almonds consumed in the United
States.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20
Eject of Cleaning tho Creamery.

Eject of Cleaning tho Creamery.
I will relate an amusing incident l
saw happen in a creamery l visited a
short time ago, writes G. B. Lawson in
Creamery Journal. The creamery was
as clean and neat as any could be.
There was not a speck Of dirt on the
floor or about any of the machinery.
The door opened and a tramp came
in with muddy boots on. 1t was rainy
at the time. He made one step on no
inside and stopped. as soon as he saw
the condition of the room. looked at
his muddy feet, took off his hat and
apologized for coming in in such a
hurry with so much mud on his feet.
II that creamery had been dirty and
grimy, as some are. that tramp would
not have stopped at the door and
apologized, but would have gone in and
gotten the buttermilk he wanted with
out looking at his feet. Brother But
termaker, do you keep your creamery
so clean that a tramp will stop at the
door, take off his hat and offer an
apology for coming in? If not, try
it and see what difference it will have
on the looks of the place, and also on
the quality of the product made.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20

Chicago claims to use E,0Oo. 900
poands Of soap . year.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20

boats OF Newport. Defender may 60
out with Columbia. but will not -
raced against her until next month.
Both are now at Bristol. r. L-Fro0
Omaha World-Herald.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20

Lousy Fowls.-A friend told US the
other day that her hens never seemed
to pay much more than they CONSUMED
in food, but during the conversation
admitted that her hens were so COW
cred with lice and nits in the warm
weather that one had to change their
clothes whenever they came out of the
hen house. When this state of things
exists it would be much better il the
poultry could all be killed of. They
would then be out OF their misery and
would pay as well as though alive un-
der such conditions.-Ex.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20
Change of Poultry Breeds.

To the old fancier looking back over
a period of twenty-five to thirty years
what a change has taken place, says
the Farmer. Then the varieties adver-
tised in the poultry journals and ex-
hibited in the shows were the Asiatics.
Leghorns, Hamburgs, Games. etc,
principally the Asiatics, and the an
nual shows were mainly made up of
Asiatics, Leghorns and Games, with
the Asiatics in the majority. In the
way of new varieties first came the
Barred Plymouth Rocks, and they BE-
came favOrites from the start; then the
Javas, a variety but little bred to-day;
then the Silverlaced Wyandottes, the
White Plymouth Rock, the White
Wyandottes, the Golden Wyandottes,
the Black Wyandottes, and now the
Buff Plymouth Rock, the Buff Wyan-
dotte and the Buff Leghorn. The i'm
provement made in the new varieties
from year to year and the rapidity
with which they are approaching the
demands of the standard. indicates the
energetic and go ahead" character Of
the American fancier.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-07-20


q ". Sorenson. formerly chief dairy
expert to the New Zealand govern
ment, but now Of Copenhagen. Den
mark, writes to the DAIRY" (Eng) as
follows:
Permit me to enter protest against
the advice rendered by Mr.. r. Gibson
among his precepts for buttermakers
printed in the March issue Of The
Dairy. I refer to the concluding SEN
tence wherein Mr.. Gibson remarks:
Always use preservatives in curing
your butter-it prevents injurious, dis
ease-producing microbes from attack
ing it. and makes it wholesome and
easily digested." Whether from
standpoint Of good business, COM
mercial morality. or public health,
more misleading statement could not
we'll be made. In the first place pre-
servatives are not essential to the cur
ing of good butter. especially Irish but
ter, which is produced almost on the
spot where it is consumed. Not
pound Of Danish butter contains pre-
servatives, and no one will accuse
Danish butter of not keeping we'll. I
myself have exported hundreds Of tons
OF butter from New Zealand to the
London market, made in my own and
other factories without an ounce OF
preservative of any kind except COM
mon salt, and have received no COM
plants as to keeping qualities. In
e.. ;,.l. - b,,ff from
New Zealand today is, to the writer's
own certain knowledge, free from pre-
servatives, and the market price af-
fords the most convincing proof that
butter can be successfully sent from
the Antipodes without preservative.
Yet we are told that English and Irish
butter, made today and eaten tomor-
row, must be preserved" with the aid
of doubtful drugs! Then as to pre-
servatives preventing the attacks OF
injurious disease-producing microbes.
any one with the most elementary
knowledge of bacteriology. must be
aware that boric acid. which Is the
basis of most preservatiyes. has no
such property, even il used in much
greater proportions than is possible
in butter making. The same may DO
said of any and every other ingredient
that may be employed without mark
eddy affecting the taste OF the article
treated. And finally as to preserva-
tives rendering food wholesome and
easily digested," think that in the
face of all the medical evidence to the
contrary, the bald assertion on the part
of the writer of the article in question
can scarcely be accepted as the most
satisfactory form Of proof.
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The Arb Not Found.

Little might 1t he thought that the
Emerald Isle WAS suspected IF entombing
any relies II B!ble times. But the i'm
agiuattou of some has heep mere active
and eccentric. In county Meath there Is
the Royal Mound OF the iiul Of Tara. on
We're crowned \ gentleman ~ the name
90 Glover. who has obviously developed
strong - nlpfnms ~ british Israelsm. was
convinced that the Ark Of the Covenant
lay buried beneath the mound. and con-
svQueutly proceeded on Il suhterTanean
expedition III search at the lost treasure.
Bot after extensive excavations. which
the landlord permitted and the board If
works had no legal power to prevent. and
after weeks of fruitles~ search. the fam
cied explorer gave up his quest-London
Jewish World
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