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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
Prepare for Cold Weather.

In the summer is the time to pre-
pare the cow stables for cold weather
Comfort is money when applied to the
cow. The COW stable should be warm,
or at least should be warmable. Tests
have been made at some of our expert
ment stations to determine how much
comfort counts in the saving OF feed.
1t has been proven that a COW exposed
to cold and wet requires 25 per cent
more food to produce the same amount
Of milk than is required If she is prop
erly kept in a warm stable. The dairy
cow will not stand the cold that beef
steer will stand With the dairy COW
he fat is deposited on the intestines
Dr. worked up into cream. 1t is evident
that if what little fat she has is on the
Intestines it does not serve to keep
her warm except in so far as it is
burned up in the lungs. On the other
hand the beef steer has his fat under
the hide or infiltrated through the
meat. The fat in that form helps to
keep out the cold. The result is that
the steer will lie down in a snowbank
in the full sweep of the wind, chew his
,ud and look happy The dairy COW
On the same day will hump in the
shelter of anything she can find and
will look very unhappy. She demands
and should have comfortable quarters.
where the temperature can be kept at
about 20 degrees or little over.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
The U. S. Brand.

Copyright, 1902. by Daily Story Pub. Co)
horse, raw-boned and broken-winded,
such as the general
was buying and marking by the thou
sands; and the bugler who rode him,
stunted and narrow-chested, the re-
cruiting sergeant had picked out Of
the cutters of the Bowery-
The general, inspecting this last
shipment of recruits, let his glance
rest on the two.
Poor MATERIAL he said, gloomily,
to the young aide at his side
That same afternoon foraging
party was sent out up the valley.
There were none of the enemy, it was
believed, in the neighborhood; but
less than two miles from camp they
ran into a strong detachment of Con-
federate infantry, concealed in the
woods and a ravine. At the first vol
ley the color-sergeant fell, shot
through the head; and the bugler's
he was up again in an instant and had
caught the colors from the dead mans
hand almost before they reached the
ground.
The rest of the party had wheeled
about and were riding back up the
hill. The boy stared after then
blankly. They were going hack with
out the fiag-the flag, Putting the
bugie % his lips he sounded the rally.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
Reseedina the Plains.

The reseeding of the plains grasses
while important, is no light task. The
cattle and sheep herder on wild lands
cares nothing about the future. Find
ing good feed, he continues to overpas-
ture and oyerrun, until the earth is
tramped solid and the plants virtually
eaten down to the roots, and Their
seeks pastures new, going on with the
work of destruction over and over
again. The soil, also, produces less
and less, until at length the land be-
comes bare desert, and the ill effects
of this savage procedure is felt hun
dreds and hundreds of miles away In
the summer the parched and heated
earth gives rise to cyclones and 81,
moon wines that scorch and witheI
vegetation even to the Mississippi riv-
er and eastward. 1t will take more
years to again cover the plains with
grass than it has taken the reckless
squatter herds to feed it off. In fact
it never can be done. unless stock can
be kept off the seeded ground fol
three years, or at least so carefully
pastured the second and third year as
to leave the ground fairly covered with
foliage.-Jonathan Periam in Inter
Ocean.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
Deformed Chicks.

While the faults of incubation are
responsible for many of the deformi-
ties found in the chickens, and un-
doubtedly weaken others in ways
which are not SO apparent to us, one
cannot state that the chickens which
come from the egg in developed con-
d1t1on and can eat ever die on account
OF weakness due to the incubation,
says a report of the Rhode Island ex-
pertinent station. In my experience
SO far the weak chickens. when prop
erly handled, seem to have developed
and grown as rapidly as the stronger
However, those which were hatched
incompletely developed or with Grip
pied members. as the legs or beak,
have not been able to survive in all
cases. Under the even temperature
system, however, the weaklings, when
separated into hovers by themselves,
grow unexpectedly well, and may at
tain some weight. As practical mat
ter, however, all such weaklings and
cripples should be destroyed as soon
as hatched. To the poultryman who
can devote but little attention to them
they would prove an annoyance.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02

going to desert the colorsi For
third time he was raising the bugle,
when there was a sound of hoofs be-
hind him Here they came at 1asti
He turned eagerly; and crashing
through the underbrush came his own
riderless horse-answ wering the call.
To vault into the saddle and dart
through the crowd took but the space
of a breath. The enemy's surprise
gave him minutes start Then the
bullets came singing after him, more
than one finding lodgment in CULVER
ing flesh; but the rider, bending low
in the saddle, murmured soft words
of encouragement and praise, and the
horse swept on up the hill and over
the crest, leaving a trail of blood be-
hind; across the creek. past the Union
outposts, into the quarters of their
own company; then dropped without
a groan-
The boy sprang to one side to avoid
the fall; and with the blood stream
ing down his face held out the flag to
a young aide-the only officer near.
We've brought back the colors,
sir" he said.
Then men about sent up a quick
cheer The boy staggered little as
ne turned toward them
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
Students on Stock Farms.


A communication to The Farmers
Review from the Iowa Agricultural
college says: The department of ami
NAL husbandry of the Iowa Agricul-
tural college has succeeded in placing
large number of its students on
prominent stock farms during the
summer vacation. These positions are
beneficial to- The student in two ways.
First and most important, it affords
them an excellent opportunity of IA
miliariZing themselves with the meth
DDS of stock farming in vogue on the
most successful stock farms on the
continent Secondly. they receive a
liberal compensation for their services
which aids them in defraying their
expenses during the school year. Ex-
perience gained in this way serves the
student an excellent purpose in after
life, whether he decides to return to
manage the home farm, to pursue ag-
ricultural instruction work or to as
sumo the responsibility of managing
stock farm During the past few
months the department has received
great many requests for competent
men to manage stock farms. Some c 1
these positions have been filed, but
so far the demand has been greater
than the supply. In the future, how
ever, the college should be in a po-
sition to supply men exceptionally
well qualified for this line of work.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
odd Wedding Customs.

Giving wedding presents is an old
custom, but it differs in various coun-
tries. Scotland's penny weddings
were peculiar. They were called
penny affairs, but the invited guests
contributed a shilling and occasion
ally a half crown, and out of this sum
thus collected the expenses of the
wedding feast were paid. Germany
has a pay wedding at which the bride
receives her guests with a basin be-
fore her, in which each person enter
ing deposits a jewel, silver spoon
or a piece of money. In some parts
of Germany the rule is that the ex-
penses of the marriage feast shall be
met by each guest paying for what he
eats or drinks. The prices paid for
viands and drinks are high, and the
young couple often make a handsome
profit out of their wedding, often real
izing a sum quite sufficient to start
them nicely in life. Often as many
as 800 guests are present at such q
wedding.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
Oats for Horses.

Horses nurtured on oats show mettls
that cannot be reached by the use O.
any other feeding stuff. Then, too
there is no grain SO safe for horse
feeding, the animal rarely being seri-
ously injured if by accident or other
wise the groom deals out an over-sup
ply. This safety is due in no small
measure to the presence of the oat
hull, which causes a given weight oil
grain to possess considerable volume
because of which there is less liability
of mistake in measuring out the ra,
ton further, the digestive tract cam
not hold quantity of oat grains suf.
ficient to produce serious disorders.
Unless the horse is hard pressed fos
time or has poor teeth, oats should be
fed in the whole condition. Musty oats
should be avoided. Horsemen general.
ly agree that new oats should not be
used, though Bensingault, conducting
extensive experiments with army
horses, arrived at the conclusion that
new oats do not possess the injurious
qualities attributed to them.-Feeds
and Feeding.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
ONE MANS FINE coNcEIT.
Massing of Men, He Says, Means
Strength; of Women, Bonnets-

Massing of Men, He Says, Means
Strength; of Women, Bonnets-
Its an odd thing about women
remarked Jones to his wife. as ne
settled himself for a special effort
I'VE admire you intensely in the indf
vidual. We adore you when taker
singly. But it's a strange, sad fac
that when a few hundred of you ge
together you lose distinction. A mul
titude of rare women brought together
in one building for a common cause
are far from venerable. Look at Sor-
osis. The club is undoubtedly made
up of ideal mothers and wives, but
enc resolutely refuses to find 1t any
thing else than a convOcatlon OF Don
nets. Earnest, intense women recruit
the ranks of the Women'S Christian
Temperance Union, but its mass meet.
ings only amuse the rest of the world.
An exclusively feminine tea was never
an object of envy to those who pass
it by"
e.And what of you men?" suggested
Mrs. Jones. Are you all so much
finer in crowd?"
"Undoubtedly,' replied Jones. ut
isn't open to dispute that a gang
of men is at all times convincing. Ii
it is only mob with rope looking
up a criminal the sight does not lack
impressiveness. The imagination
plays about Smoker and speculates
as to the quality of the cigars and the
stories And good share of the
worlds work has been done by men
in mass for a purpose. Union to us
is strength, and the novelist has al
ways remained below when the door
of the banquet hall was opened for
the filing out of the ladies. New
York Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
The Hen Yard in Summer.

1t is quite easy to make the hen
yard in summer a profitable feeding
ground for the fowls. Enough poultry
wire to divide the yard will cost lit
tie After the division is made, one
side should be sown to seeds that will
produce forage. One of the best things
to sow we have found to be lettuce
The fowls eat this greedily- 1t should
not Re used for pasuurage till it is we'll
rooted and established. Another thing
that should be sown is rape. A pound
OF seed will go a long way. 1t is not
too late to sow it even in midsummer.
1t grows rapidly and soon reaches a
height of a foot or more \ hen the
fowls may Le~ turned onto it, They
will strip it of it's tenderest portions,
but will leave the stems and the mid
veins As soon as the fowls are taken
on this pasturage, the midveins will
at once begin to send out new leaves
and soon the plant is again in full
foliage. The wrile- noticed that at
the North Carolina experiment station
the yards were sown with oats. This
makes most excellent pasturage, and
the fowls eat it readily. Some feed
chopped grass in summer time, but we
have observed that hens do not take
much interest in eating anything that
has been thus prepared. They prefer
to have their green forage fastened
down so they can pull it to pieces
themselves. 1t is, therefore, better to
give them green pasture in the form
of growing crops than to give them
green stuff cut up.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
CHICAGO Mirkmen Prosecuted.

The Illinois state dairy and food
commissioner has brought about 100
suits against Chicago milkmen for the
breaking of the state law relative to
signs and names on wagons, selling
skim milk for whole milk and for wa
tering milk. Much of the milk being
sold for the use of children in the
poorer quarters was found to be wa
tered. Some of the cases are due to
the use of formaldehyde in the milk,
but these cases are not reported nu-
merous The best part of the prose-
cutions consists in the publication in
the daily papers of the names of the
men being prosecuted and the charges
against them. Thus in the list printed
last week we find that there are
charges against IL for selling aduIter-
ated milk, charges against ten for hay-
ing no labels on their cans of skim
milk and also for selling adulterated
milk, and against nine for selling skim
milk contrary to law and violating the
abel law The other prosecutions are
.or the violation of the label law.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
LOST CHANCE FOR A PANAMA
An Officeseeker Hears Too Late OF q
Cabinet Officers Desire.

An unsuccessful applicant for gov
ernment office was chatting with some
friends the other day just before
starting for home. and the conver-
sation turned on Panama hats.
The unsuccessful candidate had a
beautiful Panama, soft, light and
close-woven, which had been ap-
praised by local hat dealer at high
price. One of those in the conversa-
ton repeated the remark of cab
met officer, that he had been intend
ing all his life to buy a high-grade
Panama, but couldn't muster up cour-
age to pay the price
"I have often thought of writing to
some friend in the tropics to purchase
one for me-" the cabinet officer was
quoted as saying, "but have never
done so. You know they can he
bought much cheaper down there. The
finest one 1 ever saw was worn by
a man l met more than thirty years
ago. He got it at Panama and told
me he paid $500 for it
Don't you believe these stories
about such prices" said the unsuc-
cessful candidate. This fine hat that
I'm wearing came from South Amer
lea. 1t cost just SIS in gold at the
place where it was made"
There was silence for minute, and
then the ex-candidate asked:
who did you say was the cabinet
officer who told that story?'
The name of the secretary who
hadn't looked kindly on the candi-
dates application was mentioned.
My" said the candidate, sadly
lingering the soft fabric of his Pan
anna, Il wish I'd heard it sooner"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02

tree, whipped out his sabre, and
sounded the call again.
The men around him laughed.
''The trump of old Gabriel himself
wouldn't bring them fellers back" OBJ
served one; lit amt no use a-kickin',
sonny"
The bueler glanced despairingly to-
ward the hill. They couldn't really be
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
Mites on Cattle and Sheen.

The mite which causes cattle itch
or mango, is closely related to the
mite which causes sheep scab-botb
belonging to the same genus and
species, but are different varieties. This
sheep-scab mite will not attack cat
tie, nor will the cattle mite attack
sheep or other animals. The itch mites
are found to be very numerous upoB
affected cattle, and very small guam
tity Of debris from ar actively infest-
ed area of the skin will often reveal
a surprisingly large number of the
parasites. These mites may be re-
moved from an animal and retain thefI
vitality for long time. Specimens
have been collected and kept in small
glass bottles in the laboratory at the
ordinary temperature of the room dur
ing the winter months, varying from
As degrees F. during the night to so
degrees F. during the day, which
would live and remain active from
eight to eleven days. Exposure tc
bright sunlight, however, would kill
most of the mites in a few hours
Farmers Bulletin 152.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
New York COACHING Parties.

Personally conducted coaching par
ties are a summer feature of New
York. The coaches leave at stated
times during the day and in two hours
and a half most of the sights of
Manhattan island. including Grants
tomb. Riverside drive, Central Park,
Fifth avenue, etc, are visited, each
coach having "an expert guide and
lecturer on board to explain the
1.pOo points of interest en- route"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02

'Tain't me that done II, boys" he
said, with an uncertain smile; ''it waa
the hoss," and fell, fainting, across his
dead steed's saddle.
The young aide turned away with
grim half-smile.
Poor material!" he muttered.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
Temperature of Milk.

Milk. when drawn from the udder OF
the COW, has a temperature of SO de-
grees. If this temperature is permit
ted to remain at that point the few
bacteria in the milk when drawn will
Increase with great rapidity to an In
Vulnerable host Therefore the milk
should be cooled down as quickly as
possible to so degrees and below. This,
to a considerable extent, stops the in
,rease of bacteria Where the separa-
,or is used the milk need not be cooled
before separating. 1t should be sepa-
.ated at once and then run over
milk cooler of some approved make
In z few minutes It Will thus be re-
1uced to the desired temperature.
Carelessness as regards temperature is
he cause of much of the poor farm
made butter on the market. The milk
during the time when the cream is
rising is permitted to remain at almost
any temperature. This facilitates the
increase of the more badly favored
bacteria, and the cream is thus spoiled
before the butter is made. A low tenn
perature from the first would have
given milk and cream of better flavor
and of greater value
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02

Irish Looking for African Market
Reports from Ireland indicate that
the Irish are reaching out for the
South African market. In some parts
of South Africa butter is reported as
selling at S5 cents per pound and to bt,
of inferior quality even at that price.
The Irish creamerymen and dairymen
think they have as good a chance to
take this market as any others. They
claim that state aid to foreign dairy
men is preventing large sales OF Irish
butter in England. They would there
fore look elsewhere The queer thing
to a distant observer is that among the
competitors that are driving the Irish
butter out of the English market are
enumerated the Australians Now il
the Australians can send butter all the
way to London and successfully COM
oete with Irish butter, what will pre-
vent the Australians doing the same
thing in South Africa? To us it does
not look possible for the Irish to wage
4 successful warfare of this kind in
field thousands of miles from Ireland,
when they cannot meet the same COM
petition at their own doors
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
Poultry Points Picked Up.

II Liam wants to show birds he
must raise only good stock and that
in abundance. The man that raises
only a dozen birds a year stands less
chance of having winning birds than
does the man that can raise hundreds
In that case he finds it easy to get
together a few exceptional birds. In
this connection we must remark that
in case the breeder is looking to COD
tests in the show room he will need
to make study of the points of birds
himself that he may when he goes to
the show take only his very best in
stead of inferior stock
Gull -igidly. Always be on the look
out for the poorest specimens of birds
and get rid of them as soon as found
and as fast as found. To permit the
culls to go right on producing more
culls or what should be cu1ls is a mis-
take. The best thing to do with culls
IS to send them to the butcher, and if
there is danger of his selling them for
breeders send them to him dressed.
Hens should be made to lay when
eggs are high in price This can be
done, but it requires attention to
something more than feeding The
breeding must be looked after. The
hens must be raised from early spring
chicks and must be forced forward
from birth to maturity.
One should not attempt to winter
more fowls than can be comfortably
housed Too many birds in a ho,fse
makes it extremely difficult to keep
the air pure or the floors clean. Lice
and disease are encouraged The ar
tempt to do this usually results in dis
aster of some kind
Eggs should be soll to private ems
toners, if possible. as in that way the
farmer takes to himself the middle
mans profits. Besides. private cus-
TONERS are usually weIl-to-do people
and are willing to pay a little more
than the usual customers of grocery
stores
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02

The human heart is like a we'll
strung harp-a succession of sweet
tones and of discords.
The life of a grass widow is not
always green, nor does it run to hay
seed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02

A mans greatness is often exhib-
tied in his self-imposed restrictions.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02

Nothing looks more peculiar than
TO see a young man trying to f1irt,
when he doesn't know how.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02

You can bottle up the truth for q
tims. but 1t eventually pops the cork
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-04-17

A man who gave his name as R. NJ.
Altold, Norfolk, Va, and who claimed
to be representative of the Osborne
Manufacturing Co., registered in Win
chester, got on drunk, was arrested,
placed in Jail, and had check cashed
for $40, payable to himself and drawn
on the First National Bank of Hagers-
town, and alleged to have been signed
by a Mr.. Billmyer, Shepherdstown.
The bank declined to cash the check
until Landlord Athey endorsed it
The bank forwarded the check for
collection, but was notified that it
was no good. The man is described
as being below medium height and
rather heavy set. He has light,
reddish hair, thin on top and is freck-
led faced. He has a very large head
and talks with Northern accent.