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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-09

There was a moderate supply Of cattle
on sale yesterday. The est butcher
grades were steady, bur an others were
a shade lower. There were plenty Of
buyers and an were sold
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-09
GRAIN AND PRODUCE aARKETs

Chicago.
Chicago Oct S.-The leading futures
ranged as follows
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-01
Dr.. Gernault's Experiment.

Some time ago we told our readers
of the experiment being made by DR..
Gernault of Paris to demonstrate to
the world the correctness of the the
ory of DR.. Koch that tuberculosis
was not transmissible from animal to
man. The physician named declared
that he had the utmost confidence ln
DR.. Koch, and to demonstrate to the
world that Koch was right he would
attempt to inoculaue himself with the
virus of bovine tuberculosis. This he
did, applying the vaccine to one arm
The result has been that the arm OF
the experimenter now contains sev.
eral of the deadly tubercles, and the
victim announces himself as fully con-
vinced that bovine tuberculosis is
transmissible to man. The doctor de-
clares cheerfully that he expected to
lose his life as result of the expert
ment, but that his death will save the
lives of others, who would otherwise
have relied on the theory OF DR.. Koch
that the disease possessed by cattle
and known as tuberculosis is not
transmissible to man. The doctor
will attempt to save his life by having
his arm amputated, but the question
Will then be confrontin" him as to
how far the disease has penetrated
his system. If he lives he declares he
will spend much time warning the
people of the danger from this dis
ease, which some are accustomed TO
treat SO lightly. The war against tu-
Derculosis should be pushed. Every
person that has cows should ascertain
whether or not they are affected. The
people that use milk from unknown
COWS should sterilize it. In our
creameries the skim-milk should be
pasteurized before being sent back to
the farms.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-01
Harvesting Potatoes.

The time for harvesting PCT oes is
indicated by the dying of the vines.
The ripening process in the tubers
goes on up to thi time, and 1t is
therefore not wise to attempt to har-
vest before that time. II dug while
immature the quality will not be so
good as it will be if the tubers are
left in the ground till mature. On
the ther hand, it left too lcng in the
ground decay is likely to set in. We
have known potatoes leIt in the fields
too long-till he ground froze too
hard to permit Of digging. This is
not likely to occur, but has occurred
some years when winter came very
early. The man with a small patch
OF potatoes will dig his by hand but
the man that has large quantity to
be harvested cannot afford to do it in
the old-fa.hioned way. He must de-
pend on some of the first-class pota-
to diggers tnat are on the market.
Flowing out the tube-s is practiced by
some farmers, but this is hardly de-
sirable method, as by it great many
potatoes are injured. 1t is better to
invest in a tool made expressly for
the work.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-01
Avoid Lice.

When incuhators and brooders are
being used in the rearing OF chicks
every caution is necessary to keep
old hens away from the brooders. If
they are allowed to run in the same
locality or if the chicks of hens and
the chicks from the brooders be per-
mitted to run together it is almost
certain to produce an epidemic OF lice.
One of the great advantages of rails
ing chicks in brooders is that no lice
are present This advantage should
be maintained. Won Cuiin says: we
have known whole section OF brood
er houses to be filed with lice by
placing single brood Of eleven
chicks. whose mother died. in a
brooder with other chicks. The new
comers were not suspected OF being
lousy, and the lice multiplied and
s, read through all the adjoining yards
and rooms before being discovered.
We have also known roup to be spread
in the same manner-in one instance
breaking up the establishment. In
the latter instance the proprietor was
warned, but he knew it all. and had
it all his own way. Things that seem
small or triiing sometimes make tre-
mendous results. By watching and
directing u small matters we control
greater ones,
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-01
Cornish Indian Games.

Game fowls were imported into Eng
land from India in the early part OF
the last century. Many were Aseels or
Aseel Indians. the purest of Oriental
type. They were then, as they are to-
day, very muscular and compact In
form, low stationed and OF medium
size, with various colors. including
gray, white, black, buff, mottled and
laced. From the earliest of these inn
portations and other fowls from the
same source, though not so pure IN
blood, it is said the Standard Black
Breasted Red Malay was produced by
careful selection and breeding. AS
early as 1870 Cornish Indians ap-
peared in the shows OF England.
though at that early date it is not to
be expected they were of uniform
type and color, owing to the difference
in the ancestry of the fowls exhibited
by the various breeders. But the ex-
changing Of fowls among the fanciers
for new blood and careful selection in
breeding soon brought about won
derful Improvement and the type be-
came as fixed and permanent as that
of any fowl being bred to-day. A trio
of Cornish Indian fowls was imported
into this country in September, 1877.
w. S. Templeton.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-01
Testers That Do Not Test.

A big cold storage company in Min
nesb. Nlis has been bidding for the
cream from the farmers in the sur
rounding territory The hand testers
were to he used to test the cream Of
fered for sale by the company. The
latter agreed to buy cream by the
test, paying enough for it to make it
more profitable to sell the cream to
the storage company than to sell it to
the local creamery. The creameries
have become alarmed at the danger
to themselves Of having any consid
cradle quantity of butter-fat thus di
verted. Accordingly the hand testers
were given a good deal of attention
and some of them sent to the expert
ment station for testing. All tests
showed the testers sent out by the
storage companies tested too low by
from six to eight per cent. Thus the
storage company could afford to pay
six to eight per cent more for the
cream than could the creameries.
which would, of course, give them the
bulk OF the trade. The revelations
will probably cause some change Of
tactics on the part of the great cor
poration, but will probably not put II
out of the field of operations.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-01
Hone for the Hog Crop.

The short corn crop of last year IS
very largely responsible tor the hiSn
pr.ces tina. are being paid for hogs
to-day. These high prices, if long
continued, are certain to affect the
ha its OF the peo.e4 as to the eating
of hog meat. 1t is Tor the benefit oi
the pork PRODUCER to have prices 1T
a medium point but have a market
for an enormous number of hogs. &.
this way the profits are widely G~S-
tributed through the farming com
muniteS. Ihe whole country is hap
pier for il. Certainly no one wants
TO see an era OF high prices for foods
and congested money centers. The
outlook for the corn crop is now good.
Farmers that nave hogs will not need
TO send them to market before they
are at a size to be marketed to the
lest of advantage. A 25O-pound hog
is tar lnUre profitable under ordinary
conditions than is the 150-pound hog.
The slCrt swine supply today is large
iy due TO the fact tlat last year anu
thu spring hogs too lignt in weight
were marketed. The rapldity with
which swine multiply will save the
situation. Meantime every farmer AM
every citizen is Interested III HAY
Ing a good big crop of healthy hogs.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-01
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AGPICU!!L:I!.!U.:!RE
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Neeesei ax for praInaqe.

II there was ever q year when the
advantages Of good drainage were
manifest 1t il this year, especially IN
the territory bordering on the Great
Lakes, where rains have been very
copious during the past two months.
In the vicinity Of Chicago many OF
the mar t gardens are this year
made Improbable by reason OF lack
of drainage. Most plants cannot grow
with their roots immersed in water.
The plants that are cultivated for
food are at standstill in growth
while the water stands at the level OF
the ground. Not Till the water has
settled in the soil to some distance
below them is it possible for them to
resume their normal condition OF
growth. Around Chicago, on the level
lands devoted to truck growing. the
water has been standing for month
past. The vast fields Of ga den vege-
tables seen on them are to large ,x-
tent spoiled. An immense amount OF
work and manure las been expended
on .le fields, but no returns are pos
sibl,. Yet proper drainage would
make the rains a blessing. Land
should be so wtll drained that water
will not stand at all. but will leave
the soil in usabie condition fe :
hours after ever the heaviest rains.
When lands are not drained not only
do the plants stop growing while the
soil is water logged, but the fields
cannot be titled for days afterward.
The soil remains soft and soggy SO
long that no CROP can be properly
tended. The land needs attention.
especially after the surface has been
packed by heavy rains. If the land
is in a condition to pass the surplus
water into underground drains the
surface can be cultivated in COM
paratively short time after the rains
have fallen. We have no doubt that
the water.covered fields near Chicago
represent the condition of thousands
Of planted fields in the states border
ing the lakes.
1t seems strange that after so long
campaign in favor of draining there
should exist such large areas still un-
drained. especially areas that are de-
voted to the growing of expensive and
profitable crops. The writer has year
after year noticed the fields on one
farm where water works l1voc.
Sometimes the fields of this farm age
planted in corn and sometimes in po-
tatoes, but during every year there
are seasons when the crops stand in
the water for weeks at time. The
natural inference is that even when
the water drains from the surface 1t
remains so near the surface that little
can be expected in the way Of crops.
| And little is realized in the way of
crops. The wonder is that any man
should continue to plant on such
land. Drainage helps in both rainy
and dry weather, but is especially nee
essary in rainy weather.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-01
Hill or Level Culture.

Under perfect conditions of soil as
relates to drainage level culture is
best But there is SO Ettie land where
the conditions of drainage are perfect
that some hilling is necessary. So
our forefathers were not far wrong
when they hilled up everything. In
their day drainage of any kind was
unusual except such as was given by
surface bitches. When the corn was
hilled up a natural drain was left by
the removal of the dirt. This condi-
tion helped matters every time there
was freshet. The man that has
heavy soil that has no artificial drain
age must hill or ridge up to save his
crop in the case of a heavy fall of
water. Even though the land be high
or rolling heavy soil needs some
treatment of this kiEc. Clayey hill
sides hold water to such an extent
that crops are often lost from too
much water. The usual inference is
that the drainage is good because
there is slope. This is mistake,
as heavy clay holds water for very
long period unless there be means for
drawing it away from beneath. In
case of heavy clay on q hillside being
underlaid with Gravel or sand we have
\ condition that may be counted as an
exception. Where the land is sandy
of course level culture may be fol-
lowed, unless there are distractions
to the draining away of the water.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-01
peuelopment of RroiLers.

The broiler should not be fed from
the first with the idea OF making him
fat. What he needs at the outset
of his career is food that will make
frame and muscle. Corn and corn
meal should not therefore be given
in any large quantities. Soft food is
also said to be not entirely suitable.
When the birds have attained weight
of a pound or a pound and half they
may be given fattening food The
time during which this need be given
will be so short that no bad results
need come from it.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-01
American Packing Bad.

The State Department has published
the following report from Richard
Westacott, acting consul general at
London: II have recently received
communication from w. E. Boyes, of
Leicester chairman of the conference
of the National Federation of Fruit
erers, at Cardiff, May 12 and 13, 1902.
transmitting copy of resolution
adopted by the federation, which
reads: This federation wishes to call
your attention to the unsatisfactory
way in which American apples are
packed, and asks il it is not possible
for you to adopt the same system as
Canada, and have all the apples graded
and stamped with the government
stamp. By so doing, you will largely
increase the demand for best quality.
and, consequently, the price of Ameri-
can fruit Canadian apples are now
graded and stamped with the govern.
ment stamp, and for all barrels sens
out without the stamPsthe sender is liza
BILE to fine of 81 for each barrel"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-01
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From Farmers Review: You ask
me to tell you something about Black
Langshans as summer and fall layers!
Now that looks easy. as have at
different times bred one kind exclu-
s.vely, then another. until have bred
nearly every variety in the standard.
and finally after trying Langshans
once or twice have settled ON them
as the very best all-around fowl among
the breeds, not only for table and
market. but eggs. have carefully
selected flock OF hens and pullets
comprising three matings. 80 hens all
together, and during the mouth OF
January, 1902, they produced on
ccrn and wheat diet 562 eggs and were
keeping up their average until the
middle of February, when deter
mined to try blooa meal and Red
Aloumen." After feeding four feeds
in warm bran mash at noon as d.
rected, my hens stopped laying, SO
tt at | got but three or four each day
| went back to corn and wheat, which
| put in a trough morning and n1snt,
so they could get what they required
and after ten days they came BACK 10
an average Of 20 to "a eggs per day.
AS summer and fall layers the non
sitting Mediterranean breeds excel at
that season, though the Black Lang
shan outranks all the other Asiatc
breeds from the fact that they are
more active and better hustlers.
They excel the popular Barred Ply
mouth Rock from the fact that they
are more active and less broody than
they. But y out OF my 30 have offered
to sit yet this year. | always let
each hen raise brood of chickens as
early as they will, as it reduces their
flesh and puts them in better condi-
ton to lay through the fail and win
ter. l find them unexcelled by any
for eggs the year around.-S. H. Cot
ton, ST. Clair County, Missouri.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-01
The Gardeners Friend, the Toad.

From Farmers'2 Review: While
not an object of beauty, the humble
toad will please the most fastidious
gardeners eye if he will watch toady
at work of an evening. If one is very
quiet the toad will gather in his sup
per of insects before the onlooker, and
the number of these pests that are re-
quired to satisfy toad's appetite Is
more than few. If they do any
harm at all, we have never discovered
what it was, and we do know they
do an amount Of good, SO don't destroy
any of them. We have the children
bring into the garden all toads they
find in the byways. and as it is sell
dom one gets accidentally destroyed,
they are quite numerous.
If one will cultivate toads around
the house the number of reaches ana
flies will be many less. A toad IL
good in the cellar, too.-EmmA Clear
waters.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-01
An Asparaaus Pest.

A bulletin Of the Geneva STATEN
says: In 1895 many asparagus plants
were for contain, just below the
surface O. e ground the little flax
seed-like bodies which form ore stage
in the life history of some of the dies,
like the Hessian fly. Adults have now
been raised from these "fiaxseeds"
and found to be small, metallic-black
flies about one-sixth of an inch in
length. They are found to be quite
common on the flowers and branch.
let's of the asparagus, especially on
plants that have been eaten into by
the asparagus beetle. The maggots,
or larvae, of these flies are about one
fifth of an inch in length. somewhat
fiattened and Of transparent-white
color. They are found in mines in the
asparagus stems, just beneath the cpl
dermis, the mines usually beginning
near the surface Of the ground and ex-
tending diagonally downward about
the stem below ground for distance
of three or four inches. On Seeding
beds and newly set beds, the mining
of these maggots has caused some in
jury, especially during 1900; but no
serious trouble has been observed on
cutting beds. though they are prob
ably numerous enough to cause some
weakening OF the plants. The seed
lings turned yellow and died much
earlier than they would naturally do.
The maggots changed to puparia-the
"faxseed" stage-in the fall and
show on the infested stems as small,
oblong, dark-brown, raised spots be-
meath the epidermis of the stalks near
the base. Though the insect is not
yet serious pest, it will be well to
adopt some repressive measures should
it appear upon bed. The eggs OF
the first brood are probably deposited
early in June, so no small shoots
should be allowed to grow on the cut
ting beds to receive these eggs. Pull.
ing the old stalks in the fall and
burning them when dry will destroy
many Of the puparia.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-01

Reports from the potato growers in
dicate that the yield OF potatoes Is
likely to be good. as they are being ex-
tensiveiy grown this year all over the
country where potatoes are grown at
any time. The high prices of pota-
toes during the, past year has stimu-
lated the growing of this article OF
food. Not only has the field acreage
been increased, as shown by govern
ment reports, but the gardens have
larger crop of potatoes than usual.
There are millions of such gardens in
the country aud their output, while
not entering into commerce, will cut
quite q figure in the totals.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-01
palry Inssrssts 81 New YORK.

y Dairy lntsrosts of New York.
According to the recent census there
are Ut present in New York state
1901 .6OS cows, which IL . little over
four per cent more than the number
returned by the census Of 1890. The
yield Of milk has, however. increased
over 16 per cent. This would seem to
indicate decided Improvement in the
quality OF the cows, so far as milk pro-
duction is concerned. In fact, the in
creased average OF milk production
must be about IL per cent, q very de-
cided gain in ten years. This Is
doubtless due to the use Of the milk
test and the milk scales. On $1,000
farms milk production is returned as
the principal source of income for the
farms: This is 80 per cent of all the
farms in the state. OF the entire but
ter, milk and cheese output about
$4,000, 900 worth was consumed on the
farms where it was produced. while
$46 100000 worth was sent away for
SALE In the last census year milk
brought over $33,000,000 butter nearly
$40 100000, while cheese brought less
than one-fourth of a million dollars
About $4,000 was received for cream.
The receipts for milk sold are steadily
increasing. while the receipts for but
ter sold are as steadily decreasing.
showing the trend OF economic condi-
tons in New York state. The milk
trade is proving more remunerative
than the trade in butter and cheese.
The amount OF butter produced on
farms decreased about % per cent in
ten years. most of it being now made
in creameries.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-01
Possibi,itie. in Cow Development.

The dairy commissioner OF Mime
sofa says that the dairy cows of that
state are producing only one-third the
amount of milk and butter fat they
should produce. What Is true OF
Minnesota is true Of every state OF
the Union. The dairy proposition
would not be such q serious one to
face If we could get men to deal with
it intelligently and develop their cows.
Unfortunately for the dairy interest
we have great multitude of farmers
that see in the COW no possibility Of
development. They imagine that
feeding her on common prairie hay or
on wire grass pasture will make as
good dairy cow out of her as she
could be anyway. But this is not the
case. The COW that is well fed from
calfhood to motherhood makes q far
better mixer than does the one that
is left to hustle for herself on all
kinds of pastures. 1t has been dem.
onstrated that even the common cows
of our country can be made to yield
far more profit than they do at the
present time If they are given the care
lAdL SioW1us CoWS ueeu. SOWS die
generally fed hit-or-miss. Being
young stock" they are considered
OF no particular moment. Perhaps the
only food they have for weeks is dry
straw. That they do not get the nutri.
ment needed from this food is mat
ter of little Importance to the owner
who simply says "oh, we'll, they are
not giving milk" Right feeding and
development must go together.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-01
Winter Protection of Strawberries.

In the case of Strawberries it is not
the 'eezing that does the injury. On
many Soils especially clay. when the
ground freezes all night and thaws
the next day under the influence of
the bright sun, the ground contracts
and eXps nds, and thus heaves the
plants up, pulling the roots loose,
which weakens .nem. Now a.. We place
some coarse litter over tEe Pants
merely to shade them from the sun
to prevent thawing during the day,
and the frost comes ort very slowly.
no injury can result. The plant must
have air for it's foliage even If frozen
solid, hence, any heavy. dense mass
like manure will smother and injure
it. The strong ammonia washing
down from manure is very bad for
the foliage. and it should never be
placed directly on the plants, but it
may serve a good purpose in conserv-
ing moisture between the rows. Light
chaff, straw, or marsh hay may be
used.-R. M. Kellogg.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-01
Pure Water for washino Better.

TuTS water Tor washing 6SIIeT
The manager of an Australian but
ter factory says that he has found
it to be practically impossible to make
good butter with water from creeks
and streams. He first experimental
with water from streams and rain
water caught in 1000 gallon tanks.
He invariably found that the butter
washed with stream water got off
flavor after it had been in the mar
ket little while, but that the water
washed with rain water remained
good for a long time. He then tried
filtered and unfiltered water. The
butter was made in two lots and
watched. After seven days both but
ters were good. After fourteen days
the butter washed with filtered water
was good, while the butter made with
unfiltered water was slightly off and
molds were showing on the parchment.
After twenty-one Gays the first butter
was still good, while the other was
off in flavor and was bitter near the
surface. After forty-two days the
butter washed with filtered water was
good, while the other was more pro-
nounced in its bitterness. AT fifty
six days the first butter was slightly
off in favor but eataDle, with no mold
showing. Tie butter washed with
uufiltered water was very moldy and
had rank and very bitter favor.
The unfiitered water had all the ap-
pearance to the eye of being pure.
Without doubt much of the bad flavor
of uutter is caused by the water with
hich it is washed.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-01
Price for Poultry Products.

From the Farmers Review: What
have been the prices for poultry prod
ucts this summer as compared with
previous years? Friends in the city
write Lie thai they have been paying
at least SO per cent more for all their
eggs and fowls this summer than
ever before. | think it some of us
would report these prices 70 the Farm
ers' Review it would be OF general
interest.-Hiram Parks.