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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-16

The aim should be to pr1duce I: ON
Loo TO 200 pound pigs at six to seven
months old for the greatest profit.
says the Jersey Hustler. Keep OF
friendly terms with your herd. culti-
vate quiet dispositions. Have the hogs
SO that you can handle them with ease.
Quietness and patience will aid in do
ing this. As soon as your hogs are
ready, sell them, you have no further
profitable use for them on the farm.
The man who keeps his hogs after they
are ready to go expecting to get more
per pound will be very apt to lose
money; while the one who sells when
the hogs are ready, generally hits it.
Every farmer has to accommodate
himself to his environments, so far as
food is concerned. 1t is his endeayor
to use that which he can produce best.
1t, therefore, requires every farmer
TO rely in a measure upon himself. He
must think over his business, and de-
eide after careful thought which are
his best methods to pursue. Give the
hogs large range of pasture. When
We say pasture we do not mean a large
lot that hogs have run in for years
containing not a spear of grass, but a
nice grassy pasture. Think of yourself
sitting down to q table without any
thing On it to eat and you being. ex-
pected to make a square meal. And
again, the hogs need exercise, sun
shine and corn mixed with the grass.
just the same as we enjoy and require
variety of food.
The man with the good stuff and
who is not overstocked, reaps the
greatest reward, while the one who is
overstocked, of course, underfeeds and
fails to get out of his business what
he should. A breeder who will accom-
plish anything by permitting his ami
mails to lose in growth, has the
expense and no work done. The fault
with the young breeder is in keeping
more stock than he can properly care
for. There should be no difficulty in
seeing which is the right road to pur-
sue.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-16

The highest waterfall in the world
geography tells us, is the Ceroso1a
cascade in the Alps, having a fall of
2,400 feet; that of Arvey, in Savoy, is
1,10O feet, and the falls of Yosemite
valley range from 700 to 1000 feet But
higher yet is the waterfall in the San
Cuayatan canon, in the state of Du-
range, Mexico 1t was discovered by
some prospectors, ten years ago. in
the great barranca district which is
called the Tierras d ,sconoeidas While
searching for the famous lost mine,
Naranjal. a great roar of water was
heard. With great difficulty the par
ty pushed on, and up and down the
mighty chasms until they beheld the
superb fall that is at least 5000 feet
highland of Sunshine
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-16
Poultry Briefs.

Some farmers that are interested in
breeding up poultry make the mistake
of trying to do so with common fowls.
By using fowls of known breeding and
fixed type they could progress much
faster, as they would have behind
them the generations of work OF other
men. If they continue to work with
the common fowls they will be merely
duplicating the work already done by
others. The prices for pure bred birds
and for mongrels are not far apart,
which difference, if it were large,
would be the only excuse for choosing
the common fowls for a basis on which
to work. As the best of the pure
bred birds may be purchased for
few dollars. it is waste time working
along other than established lines.
There is an abundance of room for i'm
provement even with the fixed breeds.
for there are as yet in all the breeds
birds of very Indifferent merit.
This has been very dry fall in
much of the West, and has, therefore,
been favorable to the work of repair
ing the poultry houses. which we doubt
not has been quite largely done. If, for
any reason, any houses have been
neglected they should be looked after
at once few repairs now will save
frosted combs this winter. Drafts
should be prevented by stopping up
all the cracks. In the cold, damp
nights that are frequent in the fall
and spring birds catch colds that open
a way for the development of roup
germs, and thus losses from this dis
ease occur.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-16
The international Live Stock Exposi-


The International Live Stock Exposi-
The latter part OF November and the
early part of December will bring large
numbers of people to Chicago to attend
the International Live Stock Exposi-
ton. 1t scored such a success last year
that the managers feel justified in
making preparations on magnificent
scale for the coming exposition. Rail-
road managers have granted special
rates, which in themselves will be
special inducements to visit Chi
cago at that time. Those who
plan to attend the exposition should
make their applications to their
railroad agents, so that If not
properly Informed the information can
be secured direct from the Interna-
tional Live Stock Exposition Company,
whose address is Union Stock Yards.
Chicago.
During the exposition week (Novem-
Der 80 to December y this year the
National Live Stock Association will
hold it's annual convention in the city
of Chicago at Studebaker Hall, and
some of the brightest livestock minds
of the two continents will be present
and address the delegates and visitors;
thus the first week of December affords
a feast for the student of livestock
husbandry. The International Live
Stock Exposition is entirely co-opera-
tive; it is not gotten up as a money
maker in any sense, but rather as a
tribute to the livestock men, and to
aid them in their efforts to improve
the general character of our live stock.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-16
Utiiizinx Cow Peas.

A poultryman reports that an acre
of cow peas was left uncut near his
poultry yard, and during the winter
his hens attended to the harvesting OF
the peas. He was surprised to receive
almost double the usual amount OF
eggs during that season, and asked II
the peas had anything to do with 1t.
Cow peas are rich in protein, therefore
should assist in forming eggs. The
exercise in securing the peas is an
other factor which recommends this
practice to the poultryman in search
of winter eggs 1t would be a good
plan to give COW peas a trial-Golden
Egg
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-16

A deposit of lithographic stone has
been found near Mt Sterling, KY.
which Eugene Leary. of the United
States Geological Survey, believes to be
more valuable than any gold mine
There is no reason" says Mr.. Leary,
why the quarry should not control
the market in this country. There is
no lithographic stone anywhere else,
so far as is known, and there will be
no difficulty in competing with the
German product
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-16
LINN. supply for Poultry.

A bulletin of the California Expert
ment Station says:
One of the best materials that
poultryman can use for supplying the
requisite lime is oyster shell, or any
other variety of shells An expert
ment In this direction was made at
the New York Experiment Station. and
the result. was such that the use of
oyster shells during the laying season.
where they can be cheaply obtained.
was strongly recommended. It was
found there that one pound of oyster
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-16

shells contained sufficient lime for the
shells of about seven dozen eggs.
Shells are not the only source for
the lime necessary for egg shells
Bones also contain a large percentage
OF lime, as Is seen from the following
analysis of clean dry bones of oxer
and sheep:
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-16

The first factory for the manufacture
OF cotton sewing thread was located ~
Fawtucket in 1884
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-16
Fowl Cholera GERM.

DR.. N. w. Sanborn says: The cause
of fowl cholera is minute germ
which, under the microscope. presents
either a circular or oval outline. 1t
is one of the bacteria, and has been
called by some a micrococcus, and by
others a bacillus. 1t is about one-dfty
thousandth of an inch broad, and two
Or three times as long 1t grows best
at from IS degrees to LIS degrees F..
1t has no power of movement, does
not form spores, and is easily des-
troyed by drying, by the ordinary dis
infectants, and by temperature of
i32 degrees F. for 15 minutes
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-16

Ostrich feathers are an article oil
import from the Argentine republic
to this country
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-16
wastes OF the Hen.

The mineral matter of the food eat
en- is not entirely assimilated by the
body. And the composition of hen
manure, given below, proves that this
ia likewise true of the nutrients.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-16

After occurring the best cow possible.
and having fed her in the best and
most economical manner known, the
next step is to take proper care of the
milk The value of milk { pends large
1y on the care it receives, as wei as
the amount of fat which 1t contains.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-16
10000
Total

The unassimilated fat and carbo-hy-
drates are included in the organic
matter" and the undigested portion
the nitrogen
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-16
Per cent

Fresh green bones also contain. be-
sides the lime compounds. some pro-
tein or fesh-formers, which add to its
value as a poultry food. The best
way to render the bones available is to
have them broken by means OF the
bone cutter One pound of the green
bones is generally considered sufficient
for sixteen hens. Besides the cut
bones of oyster shells, the hens must
have a generous supply of some kind
of grit, very coarse sand or broken
crockery. The grit serves as teeth
for the hens, and when they are un-
able to obtain it indigestion and other
ailments are sure to follow.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-16

The double or triple skirt looks de-
cidedly smart on slight figures.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-16

On Christ, the solid rock, stand;
All other ground is shifting sand.
Arizona republican., 1901-12-15
TO MAKE HENS LAY.

TWO years ago." writes a New York lecture before the chemistry class at the medical university where was a student the professor, while analysing an egg. stated that the reason hens do not lay as many eggs in winter as in summer was that in winter they could not get the necessary food to produce the yolk of eggs. and if farmers would feed their fowls powdered red albumen in the winter they could have as many
 eggs in the summer. I was inter-
 ested in the subject. as my father and brothers are farmers, so after the lee
 ture I asked the professor what quanti- 10 take d pound of powder of red alba-
 men and mix it with one pound of black or red pepper, ground fine. Then every morning mix some ground feed, half wheat bran and half cornmeal. and to each quart of this mixed feed add two teaspoonfuls of the mixed pep per and albumen, then add enough hot water to dampen it. not to make il sticky. Give quart of this hot feed to each twelve hens every morning and a quart of whole grain. wheat or corn or both mixed. for each twelve fowls every evening. and in two weeks your hens will begin to lay and will lay all winter if you feed them this food. The professor said he had kept a pen of game fowls for fifteen years and he all ways fed this feed and always had an abundance of eggs. I wrote to my
Arizona republican., 1901-12-15
HIGHER GRAMMER IN CHICAGO.

Chicago's heroic and unresting strug gle for more culture achieves a result once in a while that would give an or dinary university faculty the vertigo. The latest example is the discovery by William c. Payne, a district super intendent Of schools. that Three from eleven leaves eight" Is both bad arith- metic and bad grammar. The first tidings of this noble plunge into Twen- tieth or perhaps Twenty-first century thought was delivered by MT. Payne to some of Chicago's leading public school pedagogues at a dinner several nights ago. The gist of his discovery is that classroom language is in need of radical reformation This is the way in which MT. Payne held his position up to envious eyes:
 For instance said Superintendent Payne, if you take three from eleven what remains?''
 Eight replied an unsuspecting edu- cator.
 "'That's where you show that you really do need reformation In order to have been able to take the three from the eleven you must have had a separate group of eleven from the vii cinity of which you could remove the three-in fact, you must have had four teen in order to be able to take three from eleven
 Hold on.' some one suggested. I had eleven apples. took three of them away and there were eight left
 "'Certainly,' said Superintendent Payne. you took three of them away and left eight. But what did you take the three from? From the eleven? No. indeed. From the other eight. Other wise you must conceive of yourself as taking the three apples from them selves, as they were a part of the ori- ginal eleven
 ".Then what should we say? Eleven less three equals eight?"
 "'No. for what part of speech is less?'
Arizona republican., 1901-12-15
BAD ARIZONA BOYS.

The Cabinet saloon at Deming was held up on Tuesday morning by two young Morgan boys from Arizona. They had lost about s15 in gambling on Monday and afterwards sold their saddles and pair of cowboy shaps and with the money purchased a 44-caliber revolver. Smith & Wesson. They slept in a vacant room in the rear of the Cabinet saloon during the night and before daylight they walked into the barroom and demanded that the bar keeper. Charles Johnson. hold up his hands. The request being compiled with one of them went to the cash register and relived 1t of s35. When they had disappearend Johnson notified Sheriff Baca. who at once instituted a search, but at noon the daring young men had not been located.
Arizona republican., 1901-12-15
BLASTS FROM RANTS HORN.

Better to be a poor man than a rich machine.
 The heart that sings wings itself to heaven.
 The gloomy church breaches sum less sermon.
 Sincerity is the one great secret of success.
 No man finds his work until he loses himself in it.
 Some churches make very successful burial clubs.
 It takes a great man to escape un- deserved glory.
 Don't try to keep your pigs and your pearls together.
 It makes all the difference in the world whether our religion is an inner force or an outer fashion.
 The bars across the heavenly road are as likely to be made of gold as of iron.
 Nothing would surprise some people more than to have their prayers an- swered.
 It will not help to pray for heavenly illumination after you have blown out the candle of sense.
Arizona republican., 1901-12-15
THE NEW BANKS.

Through the kindness of A. C.. Smith. cashier of the Gila Valley bank. the Copper Era is permitted to make the following statement in regard to the new banks soon to be established in Morenci and Clifton. The charter of the Gila Valley bank will be changed to that of the Gila Valley Bank and Trust company. All three of the banks will operate under the one charter. and the capital stock will be increased from $25, ,O00 to $50.000. The new charter will give the banks the right to act as reg istrars of stock and trustees of estates
 The Hill building in the old town has been secured for the Clifton bank. The building will be remodeled and the bank will be as neat and well fur nished as any in the territory. At Mo- renci the bank has secured rooms in the new hotel building soon to be erected, but temporarily in some other location. Among the new stockhold- CTS are the following well known and prominent citizens of Morenci and Clifton: C. E. Mills. H. $. Van Cor der, Gordon Mclean. w. J. Davis, Walter Douglas. A. T. Thomson, Alex Mclean and Henry Hill. Several oth- CTS will most probably be added later
 The stockholders of the Gila Valley bank include the names of many of and the Gila valley. Until the new organization is effected the officers and directors of the new institutions cannot be known but they will be mer of experience in banking and well ac-
Arizona republican., 1901-12-15

Less is a proposition declared a principal. and governs three
 ".On the contrary, less means. ac- cording to Webster, smaller, not so much" It is hard to say off-hand what would be a correct phrase Perhaps eleven diminished by three equals eight,''''
 long and fierce argument is said to have followed this burst of illumina- ton. Some fossils suggested that three from eleven leaves eight" is an filled out to take three of your eleven apples away and you leave eight 1t would pass muster. Another stuck to it that you actually did take your three apples from your eleven, just as you would take a slice out of a piece oC pie. If one wished to encourage such puerility it might even be put forth that in the sentence, eleven less three equals eight" less is equivalent to minus, and minus means to be din,in- ished by: and that. consequently. eleven less three equals eight" will pass unscathed under the axe of the everlasting parser.
 But the case is one in which quibbling is vain as well as shameful In the fierce glare which emanates from the mind of a William C. Payne, language. idiom mathematics. a dozen grammars- subterfuge. common sense, the past, present and future are revealed as pitt , ful things.-New York Sun.
Arizona republican., 1901-12-15
A BREWERY ENTERPRISE.

Manager Shaw of the San Antonio Brewing company received a letter to- day from the president of a large brew cry in Davenport, Iowa, asking about the field here for establishing a large brewery and ice plant He stated that s1OO, ,OOO could easily be raised if the out look was favorable, and inclosed a number of questions for MT. Shaw to answer. Among other things he wished to know which was the best town In Arizona for a brewery, what the town would do, what the consumption was. and the quality of the water that could be secured. MT. Shaw has replied, an- swering all the questions, and he be- lieves that the chances are favorable for the erection of a large brewery and ice plant here 1T, the near future.-Citi-
Arizona republican., 1901-12-15
INVENTION OF BIsBEE MINER.

When the Copper Queen first began to use oil under their boilers at the Spray shaft a great deal of difficulty was encountered in getting the oil to give a steady flame and sufficient heat under the boilers. The burners sent here were totally unfit for use anI caused considerable damage to the boilers by burning them, causing con- tinuous repairs and considerable an- noyance. T. c. Wright, foreman of the Spray, studied the matter over very carefully. and with the aid of several of his machinists rigged up a. burner to try and see if it would not give . larger flame and thus distribute the oil over a greater surfact than before. and in this way save the boilers and do away with the petty annoyanmces. Several faults were found in their first burner, bUt after remedying the de- fects a burner was at last gotten in shape and is now giving every satisfac- tion. No trouble whatever is met with in the burner and not a drop of oil Is allowed to go to waste
 The burner consists of a section of iron pipe about three feet long. with a section of pipe that resembles the sue ton of pump. and the draft forces the oil through the holes and scatters 1t on the brick bottom under the boilers. and this gives a steady sheet of flame almost as large as that caused by a coal fire. A valve is attached to the pipe on the outside of the door and serves to regulate the quantity of oil needed for the fire. Messrs. Wright and associates have not applied for a patent on their invention, but are thinking of doing so.-Review.
Arizona republican., 1901-12-15
PERSONAL NOTES.

Prof. F. Lamsen Scribner. expert of the United States department of az riculture, has been selected to have charge of the department of agricul- ture which is to be organized in the Philippines.
 Three gifts have just been received by the University of Pennsylvania. One of 5000 was from Mrs. Thomas K. Conrad. which. with previous sub scripticns. completes the endowment necessary for a s1O.000 fellowship. This fellowship will be in the department of physics, and will be known as the John Fries Frazer Fellowship Messrs. Keasbey and Mattison have given S25.000 to the new medical labra- tories. The third gift was 5000, from Dr. John s. Wentz. of the class of '6i. medical department. It was for the new engineering department of the university.
 Mrs. c. N Whitman. of Denver owns the largest ranch of any woman in the world. It is located in Texas. near Tascasa, and is called the l.. s. ranch. from Lucien Scott, the first owner. The ranch is thirty miles square. and hundreds of cowboys are employed upon it.
 Tn the future says Truth, of London. "the Prince and Princess of Wales are to live a great deal at Os- borne. and they will have Frogmore Lodge as a week end retreat during the London season. The prince will often pay brief visits to Balmoral during the salmon fishing season on the Dee. as he is a keen angler. and Craiggowan House is to be his residence on Dee side
 A memorial to President Mckinley is to be erected in the main corridor of the Philadelphia postoffice. It will be in the form of a. bronze bust of the late president. and it will be mounted on a dark polished pedestal of Quincy granite. The shaft will be four feet two inches wide at the base and nine feet high.
 The German emperor recently at tended a meeting of the Society of Naval Architects in Berlin and listen ed to a lecture by Privy Councillor Brinkmann on recent changes in the disposition of guns in battleships. "To the surprise of the audience" says Ma ture, "The emperor ascended the plat form. and after beckoning all who were present to remain seated. spoke upon the subject of the influences of mili- tary requirements upon the develop ment of naval construction and the disposition of artillery on ships. The presence of the emperor at a scientific and technical meeting is itself a mark of sympathy with their aims; and when. in addition, he shows himself keenly interested in the subjects dis cussed, the influence upon the public mind must be very great. To this in fiuence must partly be ascribed the re- gard in which scientific investigation is held in Germany"
Arizona republican., 1901-12-15

father and brothers, giving them this receipt, and they and several neighbors tried it last winter with complete sue. their hens laying. My father keeps fore last they did not lay at aE, but on this feed last winter they averaged about seven dozen eggs a day all win ter. One thing the brahr1as used to do to finish, that was set, but last spring father could not get hen to set until he quit feeding this feed.
 My brother bought 250 young hens last September and I got a letter from him today saying that he began giving this feed two weeks ago and is now getting over 200 eggs day. I have .. great many friends back home that read your paper and thought I would have you print this receipt they and all your readers that keep poultry could be benefited by its use, for hens may as well lay all winter as to be idle. A hen is simply machine and if you do not supply the material the hen cannot lay the eggs. You can get a pound C. pepper from any grocery for thirty ce3ts a pound of red albumen for sixty cents andla pound of each will feed fifty hens over a month and you will get 100 dozen eggs that you would not get without it. and 100 dozen eggs in winter are worth at least $20. and S20 fer ninety cents worth of feed is surely a big profit
 When you meet a man with scheme rlrn .ad ff, in. hrrrr