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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04
Bitinu and Sucking Insects.

Briefly stated, there are two classes
of insects-biting and sucking. The
latter group includes those insects
which injure the plants by inserting
their tube-like mouth parts into the
plant tissue and draw up the sap Of the
plant. Common forms of these insects
are the scale insects, red spiders, wooley
aphis and other plant lice. The RENE
dy must be one that kills by contact
with the insect body such as kerosene,
kerosene emulsion and the soap mix
lures. The biting insects are those
which chew and swallow some portion
OF the plant or fruit The grass-hop-
per, many beetles and the codling moth
larvae are good illustrations. The d.
rect poison, such as Paris green or
other arsenicals. which can be applied
to the part Of the plant that is eaten by
the insect are the surest remedies
New Mexico Experiment Station.
The catalpa tree is growing in favor
as tree for fence posts. 1t is quick
grower, as trees go. and the wood will
last a long time when used for fence
posts. Hardy varieties only should
be grown.
The reason why more trees are not
planted is that it takes too long to
bring them to any size. The farms
wants quick returns.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04
Charm of the Desert.

You often hear from car window OBJ
servers of the "dreary" desert, the
hopeless" the "cheerless" desert.
But the desert deserves none of these
adjectives. 1t is dreadful, If you wish
in the way in which it Furnishes the
ignorance and presumption of those
who know not the signs of thirst; 1t
is sometimes awful in its passions
Of dust, torrents, heat; 1t is even mon
otonous to those who love only the
life of crowded cities; but it is never
dreary or cherries. Hopelessness
may we'll apply to the deserts of Null
berry street and Smoky hollow, with
their foul odors, their swarms of
crowded and hideous human life; but
the desert of the arid land is eternally
hopeful, smiling, strong, rejoicing in
itself, says a writer in the Century.
The desert is never morbid in its ad-
versity, on the other hand, it is calm
and sweet and clean-tne cleanest of
all land. Not till man comes, bringing
his ugly mining towns and his de-
structive herds, does 1t bear even the
vestige of the unclean, the dreary,
the unpicturesque.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04
MRS ALEXJ0HNS0N

DR.. Hartman relies principally upon
Peruna in these cases. Peruna cures
catarrh wherever located.
Mrs. Alex. johnson, $50 University
avenue, Kingston, Ontario, Can. writes:
az have been q sufferer for years
with bearing down pains and back
ache. and rot no relief from DOCTORS
prescriptions. ! commenced taxing
Peruna and after taking the first b0f-
tie I felt much better and within
month I was q well woman ana
heartily recommend 1t to any woman
who Is In as poor health as Was.
MRS. A. JOHNSON.
Miss Mabel Meyers, Argentine, Kan
SEES, collector for the Kansas Temper.
ance Union, writes: "Peruna has proved
friend to me for it cured me when l
was sick and the least can do in return
is to ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS value to the pubic;
Since was 17years old l have suffered
with headache, backache and pains IN
the shoulder blades. l caught cold
easily and my lungs were weak. Catarrh
of the lungs was what the doctors called
nv trouble. l took their medicine for
eighteen months without any beneht
and hearing about Peruna decided to
try it. used nine bottles and was re-
stored to health. This was two years
ago, and I am now in perfect health"
If YOU do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use OF Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving
full statement of your case and he Will
be glad to give you his valuable ao'
vice gratis
Address DIR. Hartman, President o.
The Hartman Sanitariun, Columbus, y.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04
Sweet Corn.

Sweet corn for family use should be
PLANTED at different times throughout
the season, that the users may have
1t coming on at convenient periods.
The same is true If green corn Is to
be sold in the market. There are sew
eral advantages in the raising OF
sweet corn. One of them Is that sweet
corn can be harvested much cheaper
than can field corn, as the harvesting
consists only in going through the
fields and swapping off the ears that
are ready to use. Another advantage
is that the stalks may be fed green
to the mich cows, and will produce
a large revenue in that way, provided
a farmer have several cows that are
giving milk. The fact that 1t does
not all reach marketable size at the
same time makes 1t far easier to han
die the crop than is the case with
field corn. In addition, there Is no
fear of fall frosts, for the corn does
not have to be ripened and thus
makes the necessary growth In a
much shorter season than does the
field crop. In fact, sweet corn can
be grown much farther north than
can the corn for common uses.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04
StartInu Cantaloupes.

Cantaloupes can be started In hot
houses and afterward transferred to
the fields. In some vineyards the
practice is followed of sowing one
seed In a box the size Of cigar box
and allowing 1t to develop to good
size before transplanting. The boxes
are then taken to the field and the
sides and ends torn off, the bottoms
being left to hold the roots in place.
When placed in the ground the plants
go on growing as If nothing had hap
pened, for the pieces of boards re-
naming do not prevent the spread of
tho roots laterally. The advantages
of this method are several. One OF
thcm is that while the plants are I'M
der glass they are protected from
their insect enemies and make good
growth. After they become strong
and vigorous, insects do them little
harm. OF course another advantage
is that the melons are ripened several
weeks earlier than they otherwise
woul1 be.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04
Poultry Manure.

Poultry manure is among the most
valuable of fertilizers manufactured
on the farm. but 1t cannot be handled
in the same way that other farm-made
manure is handled. 1t cannot be
thrown out and left to the mercy OF
the elements without loss far great
er than usual with manures. 1t con-
tains a large quantity of ammonia
which is readily cast off into the at.
uosphere. 1t must therefore be com
bined with some absorbent to pre-
serve its manurial value. Lime should
never be used, but many other things,
like land plaster and dirt. may be.
Put the manure with its absorbent in
barrels and keep from getting dry
enough to be considered dust. In q
state of complete dryness chemical
changes take place that may destroy
the last vestige Of its fertility. 1t is
by all means advisable to put 1t where
It can be useful to the crops as soon
as possible.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04
PAYING for Fat and casein.

In Prince Edwards Island some of
the cheese factories have adopted the
plan OF paying patrons for not only the
fat in the milk but also for the caseln.
According to the rules that have been
adopted by most of the factories in
this country purchase by fat content
only is practiced. This seems to be
the correct method. 1t has been shown
that the relative casein and fat con-
tent of milk is about constant. This
is the case with normal milk. OF
course If man skins his milk and
and then sells 1t by the Babcock test
he himself is the loser of a part of
the casein. But this factor is unim-
portant, as 1t is not likely that many
farmers that send milk to cheese fac
tories skim off a part of the cream.
We can see no particular advantage in
taking the casein into consideration
when buying milk for anything. pro-
vided that milk be bought on the
Babcock test,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04
Dropping Boards.

The droppings should be cleaned
from the dropping boards frequently
both for the sake Of cleanliness and
to keep the manure in the best posi-
BILE condition for use. 1t is almost nee
essary to use an absorbent OF some
kind on the boards. Land plaster Is
without doubt one Of the best materi'
ais disable. Some people use ashes
But wood ashes are very apt to afrect
the feet and legs of the fowls. Coal
ashes cause a loss Of the ammonia
though they are very good for keep
ing down lice. 1t has been charged
that land plaster gathers dampness
and that is probably correct, but the
solution of. that part of the problem
is to keep the boards fairly clean all
the time, disposing Of the droppings
every day or two. We think there is
an absorbent that can be used to ad
vantage If the manure is to be cleaned
away but once q month.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04
Past Profits In Strawberries.

faet fronts IN StTdWueTT'cs'
1t is interesting to go back In
mind to the time when strawberry
growing first became popular In this
country. The real interest in straw
berry raising began just before the
Civil War. Strawberries Of the cul'
tivated varieties were then very I'M
common. The wild ones sold for per-
haps 10 cents a quart. When the
improved varieties came into the
market they commanded . very high
price, especially just before or after
the natural season for the wild ones.
BY the end of the war the profitable
culture of strawberries was drawing
a good deal of attention. Men made
from 5000 to $500 on single acres OF
ground. The phenomenal profits In
duced thousands to rush into the
business. In time the prices dropped
so that many cultivators that went IN
with high hopes of making great for
tunes abandoned the business In dis
gust. Following that came season
when the industry of strawberry grow
ing had settled down to a commercial
enterprise on commercial lines,
where it has remained ever since.
Though the profits are not now phe-
nomenal, yet they are sufficient to
insure continuance Of the very large
supplies of the most popular Of all
berries.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04
ENTERED THE WRONG HOUSE
But He Was Treated In Thoroughly
HomeIike Manner.


Here is a story which the late Con.
gresham Amos ]. Cummings was fond
of telling: A member of congress was
going home late one night when he
met a young man who was satisfac-
torily loaded" The congressman hap
pened to know where the young man
lived, and kindly guided him home.
The congressman had no sooner pulled
the bell than the door was thrown
wide open and a tall, husky woman
appeared. She never said word, but
grabbed the young man by the collar
and shook him till she fairly loosened
his teeth; then into the hall she took
J him and slammed the door.
The congressman was descending
the steps when the door was thrown
open a second time and his friend flew
out of it as if thrown from a cata-
putt. At the foot of the stairs he land.
ed, and the congressman picked him
up. Very much frightened and con-
siderably sobered, the young man
gasped: I'VE don't live here; we
moved last week!"-Washington Post.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04
:; RQIa1Rx
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Summer Feeding.

From Farmers Review: In reply
to the inquiry, What do you consider
the most profitable feed to give fowls
during the hot weather? would say:
My experience has led me to believe
that wheat and oats make the best hot
weather feed. But there Is as much
Importance in how to feed 1t as In
what to feed, especially in hot weather
among the larger breeds, as fowls are
pretty much like the human family.
When the hot weather comes on they
want to seek a cool, shady place and
take things easy. Now. we think they
should be made to scratch for their
living Just as much in summer as win
ter so we provide them with plenty OF
litter in their houses and into this
all the grain is thrown. sometimes
wheat, sometimes oats, and they nave
to find all they eat in this way. we
have the litter about six inches deep
on the floor of the house, the litter Is
part straw and part fine shavings,
about equal parts.
We think it pays to buy straw for
this purpose, as we save the cost OF
straw in the feed we save. Before we
adopted this plan for summer as well
as winter and fed the poultry out IN
the yard, we had to feed HOOKS OF
sparrows that would gather around al
feeding time. Now the sparrows have
found out they cannot get free lunch
every time the chickens are fed tney
do not bother us any more. This pfaa
answers another purpose besides Keep
ing the fowls in perfect health. AS
our floors are composed OF dry earth
the constant scratching raises con-
slant dust, which keeps the house and
fowls free from vermin. or course We
have dropping boards under the perch-
es, which are cleaned frequently.
We always keep plenty of crystal
grit and granulated bone before our
fowls and those that are yarded up get
beef scraps three times a week ana
plenty Of green stuff. such as lawn
clippings, cabbage and lettuce leaves
We do not soak any Of the grain In
summer, but feed 1t all dry. want 10
say. after the fowls have scratched
this litter fine it makes the very best
mulch for strawberries or to put
around tomato vines in summer or 10
give bulk and value to the compost
heap. We find that fowls treated In
the way l have described do just as
we'll, II not better, yarded up In sum-
mer than running at large.-E. J. Sad
Ter.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04
WOMAN As A POLICEMAN.
Honolulu Peace Official Is of the Gen
tie Sex.

honolulu FedCc OUiCIdI Is OF inc 1cH'
tie Sex.
Every woman must be interested In
the progress made by other women, es
pecially when that progress means an
incursion into the ranks Of the call.
ings held by men. For this reason
go so far afield as Honolulu in order
to draw attention to the fact that a
woman has become policeman there.
| am quite aware of my bull" in max
ing a woman a policeman. The rea.
son which prompted her to seek this
novel employment is that she Is ex-
ceedingly fond of children and ami.
mails, and it was to protect them that
she obtained the appointment. AS her
father is worth millions, and is one of
the great men there, it is easy to I'M
derstand that it was not desire for
gain which inuuced her to put on the
blue" though it is probably not blue
in the blue Pacific. She is mounted
officer, the better to aid ner in coming
up to malefactors, and she carries a
reyolver.-Woman's Life.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04
Hand Separator Cream.

Prof. e. w. Curtis, at Kansas con-
vention said: The farmer that has
been in the habit of separating his
milk on the farm will not again go 10
hauling his milk to the creamery. he
avoids hauling. The skim milk from
hand separator is more suitable TOT
calf feed than Is whole milk. On the
other hand, the cream separated by
the hand separator is not so good as
the cream the creameryman separates
from the whole milk brought to him.
We can't get the patrons to take care
of their cream. We can get some Oh
our patrons to do that at first, but
they soon find out that they get no
more for their milk than do the pa
irons whose cream Is brought to the
factory In poor condition. We nave
tried scoring, but that has not proved
successful. We are now buying cream
both by the Babcock test and by the
acidity test, paying less for the cream
that has too much acid. The time is
coming when there will be a pasteur'
izing establishment in every village
of the state. In that case only sweet
milk can be taken. for 1t will have to
be received sweet to be successfully
pasteurized.
@. What does It cost to gather the
cream separated by the hand separa-
tor?
A. l find that my summer make Is
four times what 1t is in winter. Prob
ably the average cost Of hauling Is
about IN cents per pound OF butter
fat.
A farmer: am patron OF
creamery and have hand separator.
have been getting six cents per
pound more for my milk than those
that haul their own milk to market,
and l have the sweet skim milk to
feed to my calves.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04
What About Your schoo, Housess

You may not this season be able to
build a new one. or make the radical
changes in the old one that you had
in contemplation, but there is no school
district In the United States that can
not afford to tint with Alabastine the
interior of their buildings, thus max
ing them more attractive, getting col
ors made with special reference to
their effects on the eyes Of the pupils,
getting a sanitary and rock base ce-
ment coating that will not harbor dis
ease germs.
The closely crowded school rooms
need all the safeguards to the health
Of the pupil that intelligent officials
can surround them with. and all SAM
tarians unite in saying that Alabastine
Is the only proper material to be used
OH such walls.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04
" MISS LIZZIE SNEATHING
Dr.. Hartman, the Famous Gynaeco!o-
gIst and Inventor Of Pe-Tu-na Of
fers TO Treat Women Free During
the Summer Months.

America is the land Of nervous
women. The great majority of nervous
women are SO because they are suffer-
ing from some form Of female disease.
By far the greatest number OF female
troubles are caused by catarrh.
Women afflicted with pelvic catarrh
despair Of recovery. Female trouble is
so common, SO prevalent, that they ac-
cept it as almost inevitable. The great
est obstacle in the way OF recovery is
that they do not understand that it is
catarrh which is the source OF their
illness. In female complaint, ninety
nine cases out of one hundred are moth
ing but catarrh. Peruna cures catarrh
wherever located.
The following letter was recently re-
ceived:
1856 w. 3sth st., New York City
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, o.
Gentlemen:-'What bread and meat
means to the hungry Peruna means to
the sick. 1t is al especially valuable
medicine for sick women. have found
that no medicine 40 quickly restores
health and places the body in normal
condition. / but voice the sentiments
of women who were once sick, but are
now in perfect health.
MISS LIZZIE SNEATB1NG.
All women who are in doubt as to
what their trouble is should write DIR.
Hartman, Columbus, Ohio. Give him a
full description of your trouble, previ-
GUS treatment, symptoms and age. He
will promptly reply, with full directions
for tire atment free of charge. This is an
opportunity which no ailing woman
should miss. DR.. Hartman has become
renowned through his success in treat
ing women's diseases. His experience
IN these matters is vast. Correspondence
is strictly confidential. No testimonials
published without written consent
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04
CHANGE IN CURIosiTlEs.
Senator Manderson's Story at Ban
quet to General Porter.

Senator Manderson's Story at Ban
quet to General Porter.
At the dinner given in honor Of Cen
Horace Porter by the Republican
club, Senator Henderson created the
main diversion by telling the follow
ing story:
There was once a Connecticut
farmer who went up into Maine and
captured a young bull moose. When
he got 1t home he instinctively sought
to make it a source Of revenue. He
built fence and put tent over II
and hung out sign explaining the
rarity of the animal and advertising
single admissions, 10 cents; families
25.' There came along long, lean
lanky hill farmer, with a woman and
twelve children behind him, and offer
ed quarter at the door.
"Looky here said the Snowman
Wait bit. Is this all one family?
Are these all yours?'
"'They be- said the lanky one
This be my wife, my only wife, and
these be my children, all twelve OF
them
1.-THE Snowman handed back the
quarter.
"'Pass in, my friend he said ear
nestly, pass in. 1t is far more I'M
portant that the bull moose should
see you than that you should see the
bull moose
"Now," concluded the senator, "it
strikes me as far more important that
this club should be entertained by
Gen. Porter than than Gen. Porter
should be entertained by this club"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04
Setting Apple Trees.

From the Farmers Review: In your
issue of May q I read an article on
orchard management, in which Mr.
Aldrich advises setting trees leaning
to the Southeast. This presents a
new phase as to leaning trees,
Neither southeast nor southwest is ad.
visable. It is my experience that II
should lean toward the sun at be.
tween half-past twelve and one
o'clock. Gaylord, Iowa.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders fer Children
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse
in the Children's Home in New York Cures
Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Dis
orders, move and regulate the Bowels and
Destroy Worms. Over 1000 testimonials
At all druggists, $50. Sample FREE. Ad
drsss Allen 8. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04

Whether potatoes are to be grown
on the level or in ridges depends
largely on the soil and to some en-
tent on the season. 1t would be a
mistake to attempt to raise potatoes
By, level culture in clay soil badly
d tned. !. s. "a Z: =
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04

Tell woman she locke fresh and
she smiles; tell man the same thing
and he is sure to start rough house.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04

AS rule when you see good man
you see one who is as ugly as a mud
fence.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04

The professional beggar doesn't ap-
preciate little change in the weather.
and branches.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04

IF you USE BALL BLUE,
Get Red Cross Ball Blue, the best Ball Blue
Large Q o. package only cents.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04
Tn. Eqq Preserving swIndIe.

From time to time there appears in
the press of the country wonderful
story of how some person has made
money in large quantities by preserv.
ing eggs. 1t is not infrequently
headed "A Fortune In Eggs" and
winds up by referring the reader to a
concern in New Concord. Ohio, or
some other place where the formula
can be obtained that will do the bust.
ness. The scheme is to get lot of
free advertisement for some chemical
Of no value or for something that
could be bought great deal cheaper
in the common drug store. To all our
readers we say, do not be caught by
this trick. The best formulas for pre-
serving eggs are published without
charge by the Farmers Review. and
these formulas are backed up by the
experiment stations of the United
States.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-07-04
Uniformity In Butter.

Uniformity in butter is one OF the
most difficult things to be obtained,
yet 1t is one of the things that the
market demands. 1t is claimed that
the British market Is even more ex'
acting in this regard than Is our
own market. The foreigner demands
that he receive the same kind OF but
ter each time, for he wants to know
that it is good, and how can he know
that it Is good unless 1t be uniform!
Moreover, the taste becomes educated
to a certain product, and demands to
be catered to- The grocer that goes
into a commission house to purchase
a large lot of butter will take what
he knows to be uniform, and that
only. AS soon as he finds butter that
Is not uniform he is afraid of 1t. 1t
requires uniformity to give conf
dence. The butter makers on the
farm have to face the same condition
of things that is faced by the makers
of creamery butter, If they want to
sell their butter on the open market.
Uniformity can be attained only by
scientific methods, and these meth
DDS are within the reach of every per-
son that cares to make the effort to
have his butter product uniform.
Guesswork will need to be dropped
and exact measurements substituted.
The sale must be weighed into
known weight of butter. The Their
mometer must be used both In the
ripening of the cream and at churning
time. The acid test must be under.
stood and utilized. In fact, the per-
son that desires a uniform product
cannot afford to neglect any detail
of operation to secure that uniformity.