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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16

OF logs heWeQ on the spot ny ulysses
Simpson Grant. A few years ago this
cabin was carefully taken down and
moved several miles to the east, where
It was set up on the grounds of
gentleman who has preserved the relic
as 1t was forty years ago.
When the young soldier Grant came
back from the Mexican war he left
the army and took up the life OF an
agriculturalist. He had made a good
start in the Mexican campaign. Hi;
colonel told him that glory lay ahead
of him, and there was no one sorrier
than this commander when Grant def
nitely determined to change the course
of his career.
Judge Andrew Shores Of Clayton.
few miles north of the Grant place.
told a friend not long ago that he
was present at Jefferson barracks on
the morning that Col. Cumming and
the young soldier took leave Of each
other.
"They called Grant captain in those
days." says Judge Shores. HE was
strong young fellow with close
cropped beard, a quiet eye and
ouieter tongue. When saw him talk
ing to his commander down at the
barracks, and when | learned that he
was about to leave the army for the
toll of a farmer in new country,
! wondered how long the hands that had
known gloves and comfortable quar-
tiers would stand the strain OF AK and
grubbing hoe. Soon afterward, when
| learned that Mr.. Dent had set aside
eighty acres of forbidding forest
primeval for his soldier son-in-law
shook my head again, and began to
wonder when the youth would change
his mind But he fooled all OF us,
and when found that this West Point
young man had actually gone into the
| woods and attacked the trees | was
better prepared for all the great news
that came to me in the years that fol-
lowed. The property that Grant under
took to clear, and did clear. was thick
with underbrush and towering trees.
Grant got the brush out, took the trees
first from high spot of ground.
smoothed the logs. and asked his
neighbors to a house-raising. Two of
the men who helped to raise that
house are living-Asa lesson and John
Parke, both very old residents of this
county.
"While Grant was engaged in the
work of setting up his home he had to
live. Down the Gravois road three or
four miles there were coal mines that
needed props. The stout oak of the
smaller trees on the eighty were good
for this, and the mine owners were
willing enough to pay fair price for
the props, delivered at the mines. So
Grant hitched up a roam horse and
specified horse that he owned, or
had use of, and loading the timbers
that he had himself cut, he drove
down to the mines. No one ever re-
members that Grant ever got on top
OF one of these loads. He used to say
that the horses had enough to do to
pull the heavily loaded wagon with
out having the extra burden of
stout man, quite able to carry himself.
So. summer and winter. the young
soldier-farmer walked. Sometimes be
took firewood all the way to st. Louis
The Webers were near neighbors OF
the Dents, living in little one-story
house that still stands at the foot OF
picturesque hill The elder Weber was
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16
The Good Dairy. Cow.

Professor T.. L. Haecker says: Al
ways avoid the COW that has, tendency
to lay on fat If you want cheap milk
production. l am going to tell you
how to know a good COW: ats a simple
matter. One or two signs tell good
cow as we'll as twenty. In poor COW
the thigh runs down straight, so there
is no space between the thigh and I'D
der, on one side, and, the tail on the
other. There should be plenty of day
light between the udder and the tail
One of the best ways to tell what kind
of COW you have is by her tempera-
ment. A good dairy type has sharp
spine, strongly developed nervous sys-
tenn and sharp hip bones. A good COW
has large and powerful digestive sys-
tenn to use her food quickly and make
the best returns for. It.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16


In feeding cattle, the parsnip is
found to be equal, If not superior, to
tic carrot, performing the business
with as much expedition, and afford
ing meat of exquisite flavor and a
highly juicy quality. The animals eat
1t with much greediness. 1t is reck-
oned that 30 perches, where the crop
Is good, will be sufficient to fatten an
OK three or four years old, when per-
fectly lean, in the course of three
months. They are given in the pro-
portion Of about 30-lb weight morn
ing, noon and night, the large ones
being split in three or four pieces, and
a little hay supplied In the intervals
Of those periods. And when given to
milk cows with little grass hay, in
the winter season, the butter is found
to be of as fine a color and excellent
flavor as when feeding in the best
pastures. Indeed, the result OF ex-
pertinent has shown that not only in
meat cattle, but in the fattening of
pigs and poultry, the animals become
fat much sooner, and are more healthy
than when fed with any other root or
vegetable; and that, besides, the meat
is more sweet and delicious. The
parsnip leaves. being more bulky than
those of carrots, may be mown OF
before taking up the roots, and given
to cows, oxen, or horses by whom they
will he preedilv eaten -Stenh on O.
Book Of the Farm"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16
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From Farmers Review: Referring
to your letter of April and the In
closed proof concerning worms in tur-
keys, which represents letter from
Mr.. L. l.. Phelps, would state that 1t
Is not clear to me from this letter what
particular worms are present. me
treatment which should be used would
vary according to the kind Of worms
with which Mr.. Phelps has to deal. III
he will forward me some Of the para
sites l will 'endeavor to give him some
information upon the subject. His two
questions can, however, be answered
without waiting for that information
l. There is no powder Of any kind
which can be relied upon as pre-
ventive against worms in turkeys
Measures should be adopted II possible
to destroy the stage of the worm out
side of the turkey. Whether such
measures are practicable or not Will
depend upon the particular conditions
at hand. If the turkeys are kept In
yards the surface Of the ground may be
burned with an oil spray, or by spread
ing some straw or other material over
1t and setting fire to 1t. This Will
greatly reduce the amount OF infec-
tion. II, on the other hand, the tur-
keys roam over large fields and 1t is
not practicable to burn these fields, l
see little that can be done to prevent
infection. 1t would be possible, how
ever, to treat the turkeys occasionally
and thus expel many or all OF the
worms. If roundworms are present l
should be inclined to try thymol. This
is one Of the best drugs known In
cases Of infection with roundworms.
The dose has not been established for
turkeys, so far as am aware, but 1t Is
reported that in chickens a one-grain
dose causes the rapid expulsion OF the
parasites. If the parasites in question
are tapeworms instead of roundworms,
areca nut is probably as good as any
thing that can be used. This drug
has the advantage also Of expelling
some of the roundworms as well as the
tapeworms.
g.. 2.|l9s have never heard that areca
3ut' 'stpnts5the growth Of animals.-D.
2. Salmon, Chief Of Bureau of Animal
Industry, Washington. D. C.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16

Ladie and Process Buttsrs Hit.
Ladle goods and process butter have
been both severely hit by the amend
ments the United. States Senate has
tackled onto the oleomargarine bill.
Under this Senate amendment what Is
known as "adulterated butter" Is de-
dned TO be, a grade Of butter produced
by mixing, reworking, Returning IN
milk or cream, refining or in any way
producing a. uniform purified or I'M
proved product from different lots or
parcels Of melted or unmelted butter In
which any acid, alkali, chemical or any
substance whatever is introduced or
used for the purpose or with the erect
Of deordorizing or removing therelrom
rancidity, or any butter with wnlcn
there is mixed any substance foreign
to butter with intent or effect OF cheap
ening in cost Of product In any way.
We are not certain that this amend
lment did not come from the oleo peo-
pie. Some Of them at least have be-
leved that the funds to carry on the
fight against colored oleo have come
from the manufacturers of process but
ter. who might reasonably expect to
profit by the,passage of tha,bill. How
ever, there is no good, reason why
process butter should not be placed un-
der federal rules as we'll as oleomN'
garine. 1t is perhaps little hard on
ladle goods, which are often made from
good grades, and are reworked to get
uniformity of color and sailing.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16
A Corner In the Grant Cabin.

a cabinet maker and when he went
to the Dent home to repair and tune
the piano he took his young son with
him. One day, with his plane, the
cabinet maker drew out a long and
fine shaving that curled up as it fell.
Miss Dent afterward Mrs. Grant, fas-
tened it to the Weber boys hair and
called him the little curly-headed car
penter," name that chung to him for
many year. 1t happened. too, that
Grant was known up and down the
Gravois road When he had got as
far as the Weber home on his way to
the mines or to town he would stop,
as rule, and ask for cup, for there
was a well not far away, a well that
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16
XPORTS OF HORSES FROM THE
UNITED STATES

1t is thus seen that the extraordi-
narily heavy exports Of horses from
the United States in 1901, amounting
as they did to S2,250 head, were due
primarily to shipments of 37,465 head
to South Africa-a larger number Of
horses, with one exception, than had
ever been consigned up to that time
to any Cingle destination in the his
tory OF our country. II this factor,
however, be entirely eliminated from
the trade there is still apparent re-
markable and almost steadily increas-
Ing demand in both North American
and European countries for horses
bred and reared in the United States.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16

E. w. Curtis: sDoes butter made
from hand-separator cream have the
quality? Usually l would say YES
but under present conditions. OCCASION
ally, mo" 1t. seems impossible under
ordinary conditions to make as high a
grade aS,Alttter from farm hand'separa-
: tor cteafkSas sfgatn cream separated; at
the skRming AHtiop. This statement
is rather broad. bit l believe any
creamerymaI who has handled any
quantity OFF hand-separator cream
through sevaUf' summers will, bear me
out in this statemSeitt. The creamery
mans inability to. get the farmer to
handle his cream in such maannefi
that it will Arrive at the +creaAhleyX
sweet, seems to lRs the cause oftthe
trouble. and really the farmer Is paid
Just as much for poor cream, at most
of the factories, as he would receive
for cream that had beenwell cared fdr.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16
Poultry Pni4ti,J

In the main poultry, house the lady
had her bone grinder, and a. half bush
ell Of ground bone was ready for the
fowls: 1t is one Of the most important
i factors of that establishment. Mrs.
Brown grew ELOQUENT as she told what
the bone grinder would do. AT regu-
lar intervals 100 pounds Of bones are
brought home from, the butchers.
These bones include the ribs. The
butchers do not stop to cut out the
meat from between the ribs. and Mrs.
Brown says that sometimes she is able
) to get of as high as fifty pounds Of
meat from $50 pounds of bones. This
meat is fed to- hens and chicks. The
lady expressed her surprise that any
person should try to keep poultry
without purchasing bone grinder.
"a
Women seem to be particularly
adapted to the poultry business This
is doubtless due to the fact that house
keeping" is very big part of poultry
raising. 1t is second nature for q
woman poultry raiser to keep the poul-
try house clean-and more than that,
to keep it tidy and bright. Recently
the writer had the pleasure of visiting
the poultry establishment of Mrs. Alice
Brown of Winnetka, Ill. This lady is
: both thinker and a worker. She has
a brooder house that, we believe, might
serve as model. Moreover, it is the
creation largely of her own brain. IL
is about as sunny and bright inside as
it is out of doors on a, fine day. In ad-
dition. to $50 active, healthy chicks re-
Gently Matched the brooder house con-
tanned several hundreds of Towering
plants. The temperature that is good
tor growing chicks is also good for
flowers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16
Dairy Briefs.

Massachusetts, has passed and IN en-
forcing law relative to the inspection
of glassware used in testing milk,
The law covers the testing of pipettes
and bottles for use in the Babcock test.
the examination Of candidates for pro-
ficiency in operating the test and the
inspection of Babcock testing ma
chimes. Already some 5000 pieces of
glassware of the kind mentioned have
been examined. In one large order
from a supply house 149 pieces were
found Inaccurate and were rejected.
Some Of the applicants for, certificates
ais: testers that were examined were!
found to- be unreliable, and a number
Of machines also were rejected. The
, law was needed, .%'
.bss +, !, =, = 80 ~ =.
i, The New, Workers. have been having
tTtpble. Asith their anti-color law. Aft
! eff having secured many. convictions
under, ~ four justices ofethe appellate
Court decided. that oleomargarine,
though 9olored to represent butter.
could; be, sold in the open market II it
were only sold as 6leo and not as but
ter. 4 The agricultural department OF
the state at once, went to: the legisla-
ture with the matter and got bill.
passed through both houses on Che last
day of the session. The law now pro
vides that colored oleo may not be sold
even when sold for itself. The men In,
New York that are in favor of honest
butter feel that they have had a mar
row escape from complete reversal Of
the policy that has protected them for:
the last several years.
The Royal Veterinary Institute of
Denmark has taken up the investiga-
ton of tuberculosis in it's dual rela-
lions to animals and mem AS a result
the institute has issued an appeal to,
dairymen urging them not to pin their
faith to the opinions of Koch. The ex-
periments have been conducted under
the direction Of Prof. Svensson. The
appeal declares that Prof. Koch is
wrong. in his contention that human
tuberculosis cannot be transmitted to
animals. The institute processes to
have demonstrated that animals con-
tract the disease from people. and APP
oeals to dairymen not to employ con-
sumptives to attend their cows. The
experiences in Denmark evidently cor
respond to those in the United States,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16

on to the southwest of the city Of
St. Louis, on high ground, from which
one may see the distant towers Of the
town, there is we'll kept farm that
is known up and down the ancient
Gravois road as the Grant place.
Across the road from the farm there
is a nursery of new trees. and up a
private road to the northwest there
is cleared spot. in the center of which
is an abandoned cellar, in which there
now grows a vagrant peach tree.
The house that once stood above the
cellar was of logs, and there were two
rooms and central passage in It.
The house, called cabin now and
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16

The Kansas City Southern railway
has now iraugurated for the season
its new through service from Kansas
City to Hot Springs via Salisaw and
the st. l.. |. M. & 8. Ry. Through
Pullman sleeping cars run direct be-
tween Kansas City and the great
Health Resort via Little Rock.
This Is the only company Offering
its patrons such service, and judging
from the liberal patronage given last
year, there is every reason to believe
that this service is highly appreciated
and what the public desires.
For rates and other information,
write s. G. Warner, G. P. A., Kansas
City Southern Railway. Kansas City.
Mo.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16
f3atiIy-Tied Wool.

l.. M. Hartley, an Iowa correspond
ent of the Farmers Review. writes
"To get wool to market In the best of
condition, the most essential points
are to have 1t tied up correctly by an
expert. There should be no foreign
substances left in the wool, but it
should be strictly clean. AS to mar
kets, my experience is that st. Louis
is a great deal better market than Chi
cago, and Boston little better than
either" 1t is certainly true that the
wool grower that does not make study
of the methods of marketing his prod
uct loses money on account Of the wool
reaching the market in a shape in
which the buyer can find an excuse for
paying less than the prevailing price.
Symmetry can be increased by sum-
mer pruning or pinching.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16
Millions of People

USE CUTICURA SOAP, assisted by CUTICURA
OINTMENT, for preserving, purifying, and
beautifying the skin, for cleansing the scalp
Of crusts, scales, and dandruf, and the stop.
ping of falling hair, for softening, whitening,
and soothing red, rough, and sore hands, for
baby rashes, feelings, and chaangs, and for
all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nurs-
cry. Millions of Women use CUrIcuRA SOAP
in the form of baths for annoying irrtations,
inaammations, and excoriations, or too free
or offensive Precipitation, in the form of
washes for Lucrative weaknesses, and for
many ssnative, antiseptic purposes which
readily suggest themselves to women.
'CUTroURA REsoLvESr PILLS Chocolate
Coated) are a new, tasteless, odorless, eco.
nomical substitute for the celebrated liquid
CUTICURA REsOLvENT, as we'll as for all otner
blood purifiers and humour cures. In screw
cap walls, containing 60 doses, price &c.
Sold throughout the world. Soar. Csc, OIErx1rr.
90, PILLS. &c. British Depot T-T Chsrtsrhous; y,
London. French Dspoti Hue Dc IL Palx, Paris. ioT-
rIR DRuo CHEN. Corr, Sole Props, BostoA U. T. a.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16

A publication Of the Department Of
Agriculture says: A comprehensive
idea Of the recent development Of the
United States export trade in horses
may probably be obtained from the
following statement which gives sep
arately the exports to Europe, to
North American countries and out
lying islands, to South Africa, and
to all other countries combined from
1894 to 1901:
EXPORTS OF unRSEs EROM THE
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16
ALTON RESUMES FAST IT. LOUIE
TRAIN SERVICE.

Passengers destined to st. Louis
and points east should 60 via the Kan
sas City gateway. thereby securing
the advantage of the Chicago & Atoms
fast night train. leaving Kansas City
at Q .. M, arriving In st. Louis at 7:0S
q. m. Chair cars free Of extra charge.
Compartment sleeping cars. The Al
ton keeps their light a'shining just
ahead of the rest. Write to l. ID.
Cooper, Travelling Passenger Agent.
Chicago & Alton Railway. Kansas City.
Mo. for lowest rates.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16
DuckwIng Game&

The Golden. and Silver Duckwing
Games are similar In markings, the
only difference being that the Silver
DIckwing cock (see illustration) is
white, where the Golden Duckwing is
golden or straw color. In both varie-
ties the face, comb, wattles and ear
lobes are red; the beak, horn; breast,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16

We ought to be grateful first OF all
and with the deepest gratitude that
God does not guide us according to our
own plans or send us those experiences
which we crave.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16
just As 1t Used to BE.

who journey over from Jefferson bar
racks for a walk about the grounds
that were once under the personal GU
tivation of their army's greatest lead
er.-Homer Bassford in Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16
Silver Duekwing Game cockere,.

tail, thigh, black; shanks and feet.
yellow. In the Golden, the head OF
the cock is straw color; back, golden;
wing bow, golden, the wing coverts
forming distinct black bar across the
wing. The golden points are white in
the Silver Duckwing.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16

The wasp, like the bee, and almost
every other insect. Is infested with
parasites. Wasps have been captured
which had two or three dozen para
sites clinging to their bodies.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16

Ostrich Egg Weighs Three. Pounds.
The largest egg is that of the os-
rich. 1t weighs three pounds, an1 is
considered equal in amount to TWEEN
!y-four hens eggs.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16

When God leads into deep waters,
it is that we may learn to cling to his
hand.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16

Few men ever reach the point where
they are able to look down on them
selves.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16

No amount of love is sufficient to
broil beefsteak.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-05-16

Symmetry can be increased by sum-
mer pruning or pinching.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-30
WHERE QUEEN VICTORIA DIED.

Osborne House, Which Edward Pre-
seuted to the British Nation.
Famous Osborne House, one of the
favorite residences of the late Queen
Victoria. which was presented to the
British nation by King Edward VII. Oh
Coronation day, is one of the most mag
nificent of the several homes of Eng
lish royalty. The gift is peculiarly graf
flying to the British public, as Osborne
is sacred to the memory of the late
Queen and will ever be inseparably con-
nected with incidents in the life of that
beloved sovereign.
AS it will be necessary for King Ed
ward to spend considerable part OF
the year in London and in its neighbor-
hood, at Windsor, and having also
strong home ties in the county of Nor
folk, he felt that he would be unable to
make adequate use of Osborne House
as a royal residence, and he therefore,
offered the property as a gift to the ma
tion. 1t is the Kings desire that the
house be devoted to national purposes
and converted into cOnvalescent
home for officers of the army and navy
whose health has been impaired in the
service of their country.
1t was at Osborne House, Isle OF
Wight, that Queen Victoria died, Jan
uary ~, 1901. 1t is situated in Whip
bingham Parish, not far from Cowes
The house can only be reached by cross
ing the ferry to East Cowes and ascend
ing a steep hill. the view from every
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-30
Conviction of Woman Criminals.

its attitude toward the woman cr1i
appear the sentences recently passed
on two eonvcts. Minnesota, Mrs Tanke pronounced
guilty of murder sentenced to life imprisonment and TO
Miss Morrison guilty OF IKE crime
is twenty-five years Imprisonment practcay
Minnesota settled in one traL Inc
Kansas rather followed the historic custom OF enency
and the finally settled lhese
two sentences may be evidence that is begin
ming to be judged criminal and not as woman
Just this will have the human race Is depata
ble attempt made deny that women nave
similar with but the position In whien
held has kept from visiting upon her the
penalty he pronounced himself There nave Deen
woman the beginning since the nall OF eisera
since the Borga But partly because OF loea
izng partly because did not share In the wo
awmakng and therefore she not held to be OF equ
in any apprecable degree. --
The asexuazng crime will be benefit to the human
race Men and women different after ALL and to
divide them punishment Of crime is to fail IN
the crime. 1t is pleasant to contemplate
future where prisons filed with But these
very illustration the best prevenve-St fau
Dispatch.