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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03
POULTRY
Ponds for Geese.

From Farmers Review. Not
knowing just what is meant by the
term ponds, 1 will treat the subject
on the more general term, all waters
for geese, whether ponds. running
streams or pools of water. We have
raised geese for twenty or more years
on farm where geese have access
to all of these retreats. We must not
forget that the goose is a water fowl,
and water seems to be her chief
source of pleasure. As to the bene-
fits to be derived from a running
stream it's chief benefit is in the
early spring, when ponds and pools
are, frozen. They seek these retreats,
and in their sportive exercise, frolic-
ing and bathing, they are led to Co
habit early in the year, so that our
early eggs are just as fertile as the
later ones. During the long and in
active winter these occasional outings
produce healthy and vigorous body,
this being conducive to the fertility
of their eggs. OF course these bene-
fits accrue also from the pond after
the season opens. Were I asked
whether I considered the pond of
much value in goose culture. l would
say emphatically, yes. Our geese
ftrue to goose nature) seek out these
ponds and pool retreats, and have
many times remained In and around
them for several days at a time, when
the season is warm and wet, and have
remained several days without return
ing home, and then only to lay, and
off again for these summer resorts of
the goose family. Aside from the
healthy exercise they obtain much
EouriShment in a variety of forms.
While our geese are out thus forag-
ing, some of our neighbors' geese,
which are less fortunate, lounge
around on the meadow or rest con-
siderable part OF the time. 1 have
also noticed that some of our neigh
boris geese apparently wait until a
shower furnishes a pool in order to
make it convenient for them to CO.
habit It is certainly true that pond
conus1ces mucn 10 the fertility of eggs,
in stimulating their sexual organisms.
We breed only the two buff varieties,
and in keeping a careful record of
eggs set, 1 find that from so to 100
per cent of eggs in setting have
hatched. OF course not grain stuffed
until abnormally fat. Had l no water,
l would certainly have at least large
tub planted level with the ground al
ways filled with water during the
early spring and during the mating
season. l have said nothing of bene-
fits derived in growing geese, but for
them from the point of rapid growth
l think the pond very valuable after
the gos1ing has grown it's wing feath-
ers, and even very young geese we
have allowed to run to these places
and they seemed to grow with that
mushroom speed SO peculiar to geese.
If ponds are infested with turtles, no
gos1ings will long survive if allowed
to enter the pond.-J. H. Leatherman,
Medina county, Ohio.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03
Hot Weather and Milk.

The farmer that will so provide for
mis- herd of cows that the milk yield
will be as great in the hot weather as
in the spring will make money by the
operation. 1t is a fact well known to
all, that in the middle of the sum-
mer tke milk yield is always short
ened on account of the dryness of
the grass and the abundance of flies,
aided possibly by the greater evapora-
tion of moisture from the bodies OF
the cows. If this decreased milk
flow resulted in any good to the cows,
or if the milk flow. were regained
after the hot season, the loss would
not be SO great as it is. But the
milk flow, when allowed to decrease
for number of weeks, will not again
be resumed till the, following spring
when the cows come in fresh. This
is a problem on which it is advisa-
BILE to work till it is solved. We be-
lieve the silo is the surest and quick
est answer that can be given.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03
Iowa Butter

Like Wisconsin. Iowa seems to be
forging to the front as a butter-mak-
ing state. This is largely the result
of a campaign of education that has
been carried on for years by the
state agricultural college and the
state dairy and food commission. Pro
fessor G. L. Mckay, professor of
dairying at Ames; Christian Lassen,
his assistant, and H. r. Wright, dairy
and food commissioner of the state,
have been powerful factors in improv-
ing the product of the 500 creameries.
Prices have been good and the vol
ume of butter large. Rain has been
enough abundant to keep the pastures
in good condition. Moreover, oleo
selling under its own name has not
lnterfered to any extent with the sale
of creamery butter. If it has dis
placed any kind of butter it has been
farm butter of poor quality. 1t would
be interesting to know to what ex-
tent the sale of farm butter has been
thus checked.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

Siberian butter has stirred up so
much enthusiasm among the Russians
that native thieves have begun steal
ing it. Not long ago barrels loaded
with butter at one end of the route
turned up at the other end full of
ice and stones So many casks of
butter were lost that the government
took up the matter and ran some of
the thieves to earth. 1t was found
that they had confederates among the
drivers of the carts that transferred
the butter. Casks similar to those
containing butter were filled with ice
and stones and left in lonely place
IN the forest There the exchange
took place. Now the government is
arranging to SO mark and seal the
butter casks that no exchange of
casks can be made without detection
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03
Protect Fowls From Lice.

From Farmers Review: The pro-
lection of fowls from lice is one of
the essential points in raising poul-
try, especially in getting show birds.
L find by close observation during my
recent years of experience along this
line that there are two different fam
lilies of these troublesome pests The
small mites that are found about and
on the roosts and the large lice that
Sreed on the fowls. The last men
toned are not very hard to get rid of
if each fowl is busted literally with
some good insect powder occasional
ly. A convenient time to apply this
is after they have gone to roost The
first mentioned are the ones that take
persistent. effort to keep down The
following rules strictly adhered to are
as good as l have been able to find:
First, clean your house thoroughly of
droppings. litter and cobwebs, etc,
and burn plenty of birthstone in it,
Then whitewash it, using plenty of
carbolic acid in the mixture. Then,
after scaldfng roosts with hot water
paint them with lice paint, and you
have a clean house. Keep dropping
boards clean every day and have
roosts painted over every. two or
three weeks. and the victory is al
most If not entirely won- II one uses
an incubator he need not be bothered
with lice on young chickens, but with
hens the battle is on These are my
plans, which 1 find are very success
full: Dust the hen when set thorough
ly with insect powder, then again the
third week, and then again when done
hatching, also all the little fellows,
and put in coop that you feel sure
is free of lice. Cleanliness, first, last
and all the time, is the prevention
which is worth several pounds of
cure.-P. B. Harshman, MouItrie
county Illinois.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03
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Importance of Dairyino.

H. R. Wright, dairy commissioner
OF Iowa. says: Most everybody that
writes or talks about the dairy busi-
ness takes an extreme view, either
tnat the business is the only one ana
the most profitable one for the farmer,
or that it is a matter of little mo-
ment, and, indeed, for great number
OF farmers, money losing instead OF
money making occupation my
seif belong to the optimist class, ana
oel1eve not only that the dairy indus
try or the country is very large al
falr, but 1 believe also that, notwlth-
standing the apparent high cost OF
production, it is one of the most prof
table industries for the individual,
for the section in which it is carried
on, and for the country at large. Be
cause the farmer, with his few old
COWS, is the visible and immediate
representative of the dairy business,
we allow ourselves to imagine that
the dairy business is very little
thing. The representative of the
dairy industry stands for the largest
single line of agriculture save one.
His product, with value of $500 ,OOO,-
600, is greater than the annual value
of hogs sold in the United States
($5O0 100000; it is greater than the
value Of all hay and forage ($484, 1885,
S46); is greater than the value of all
the meat cattle slaughtered ($419, 1885,
2OO); 1t is greater than the value OF
all the wheat produced ($369 ,945, ,32o);
it is greater than the value of all the
eggs and poultry ($2S1, ,17S .035); and
it has a cash value almost twice as
much as the value of oats $(217 ,098,-
$50; sheep ($5o,000.0O0) barley
($41 ,6S1, 1922; rye ($112,290,540); rice
S8,O00,000); and buckwheat ($5, 5,747,-
853) of the United States. 1t far sur
passes the value of cotton ($330. .0G0.-
000), and is second only to the value
of corn produced ($S2S. .25S 1920.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03
LARGEST Tree in the World.

In the public square of Nassau, the
capital of the Bahama islands, there
is only one tree, but that tree literally
fills the square and spreads its shade
over all the public buildings in the
neighborhood for it is the largest tree
in the world at it's base, although it
is hardly taller than a three-story
house. 1t is usually known as a ceiba,
or a silk-cotton tree, but the people of
the low islands of the West Indies call
it the hurricane tree. Even the old
est negro in the island can not remem-
ber when it was a bit smaller than it
is at present.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

regiments of artillerists and engin-
GERS. two companies of light dragons
and four regiments of infantry remain
ed: and of these James Wilkinson
again took command as senior officer.
The army consisted then of 31S on
GERS and Ais men: but only a year
later this number was further reduced
to one regiment of artillerists and two
regiments of infantry, with a strength
Oh 241 officers and 3,046 men
The army remained at this size for
six years, with Wilkinson still in
command, until on April IL, 1908, the
strength was placed at TIA officers and
9,147 men, divided among regiment
pf light artillery, regiment of artil-
iertsts, regiment of dragons. seven
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03
Steam Whistles pisIiked.

Steam whistles have fallen unde
the displeasure of the physicians of
Salem, Mass, and twenty-four of the
doctors have petitioned the city coun-
Gil to adopt strict regulations concern
ing their use within the city limits
They declare that the noise made by
them is often "a matter of life and
death to persons seriously ILL., and a
nerve-racking and discomforting thing
to most people at all times.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03
Incident of Maxim's Royhood.

The PiscataQuis, Me-, Observer OF
April 26, 1860, contained the following
legal notice: Freedom notice: For a
valuable consideration, / have this
day relinquished to my son, Hiram
s. Maxim, his time during his minor
ity. I shall claim none of his earn
ings or pay any debts of his contract
ing after this date, Isaac Maxim Wit
ness, d. ID. Flynt. Abbott, April IS,
1860" The lad who was given his lib
erty is now Sir Hiram Maxim, of Lon
don, Eng, the great inventor of rapid
fire guns and airships-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

The cultivation of hemp for fiber
was formerly practiced to a certain
extent in some of the Western states,
where it proved a profitable crop, but
as the labor of harvesting it Is much
greater than that of most products.
and it is also very exhaustlng TO Ins
soil. especially when the seed is
ripeped, it has never been a favorite
crop with American farmers. 1t can
be more prof1tably cultivated in other
countries, where labor is cheaper than
it is in our own.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03
Hardly piuIomatie.

you do not care for me- Why, you
even forgot my birthday. Fitz-Bile-
A bit of delicacy on my part, madam
/ did not fail to remember that you
had come to the point where your
birthday ought to be forgotten.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03
MS SALARY 5000 A WEEK.

Lores Grim Highest Paid Chile
Actor on the Stage.
Lores Grim Is paid a weekly salary
of 5000, making him the highest-paid
child actor in the country.
This little chap now nine years old
is the son of a prominent organ manu-
facturer cf Cincinnati, and has been
on the stage ever since he was four.
In the last three years he has ap
peared in all of Charles Frohman' s
productions requiring the services OF
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

a small boy. In the few years or his
stage career he has saved enough
money to purchase a piece of real
estate in Cincinnati that brings him
in a fixed income of $50 month.
This Master Lores is permitted to
spend on clothes, for it has always
been his ambition to be the best
dressed. boy on Broadway For two
seasons this little Beau Brummel has
actually set the fashions for boys
clothing.
At the Children's theatre, Cincin-
natl, he was paid $50 a performance.
which is a far greater amount than is
usually paid to grown stars on Broad
way. He also has an enviable reputa-
tion of playing string instruments by
ear
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

London correspondents announce
that it is the policy of the British gov
srnment to hereafter govern the Trans
vail as q crown colony in the strictest
sense of the term, that is, by onicials
appointed from England and backed
by large and permanent military gar
rison.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03
Mice Caught on Fly Paper.

A woman in South Deerfield, Mass,
has discovered a new use for the
sticky fly paper. She found that if
mouse put his foot on the paper he
would put the other foot on and it
would hold him fast
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03
Gave a Baby Parade.

The tenants of a New York resi-
Dental block resented the criticism
that they were sbabyless' and mem
bers of the race-suicide society, and
gave a baby parade. 200 strong
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

The permanence of effect is one of
the most valuable characteristics of
farmyard manure, as, If once applied
In q rotation, it benefits all the crops
in the rotation.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

The cucumber fea-beetle may be
driven on by the application of freshly
slaked lime or SCOT
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-01-03
Socialism in the Grange.
Detroit Free Press

Surely the microbe of socialism cannot have
bred so rapidly within the National Grange
that the members as whole seriously advo-
cate the government ownership of railways,
in spite of the fact that Prof. T. G. Atkeson,
who halls from West Virginia, has told his
fellow grangers that 1--WE are at the mercy of
the railroads" So we are; but we are at the
the mercy of the farmers, too. Ifthe railroads
refuse to carry the crops we shall all suffer,
and if the farmers refuse to raise the crops we
shall likewise suffer. We are all at the mercy
of one or another, but even for purposes of So
cialistic controversy it may be assumed that
we are not community of idiots. That there
are substantial grievances against many meth
DDS of railway management nobody denies.
There are short sighted over-reaching men in
the railway business just as there are similar
men in the manufacturing business and in
farming. But that there are grievances which
necessitate so revolutionary proceeding as
government ownership of railways is almost
unthinkable, in spite of the clamorings of the
real and pseudo-socialists.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-01-03
Murder and Life Insurance.
Wnshin1fn,l DiRnnfeh

The question of the effect of murder upon a
life insurance policy when issued upon the
life of murderer was on Monday passed upon
by the United States Supreme Court in an
opinion delivered by Justice Brewer. The
case in which the opinion was delivered was
that of s. NJ. Burt VS.. the Union Central Life
Insurance Company. VIM. e. Burt, of Travis
county, Texas was the name of the man in
sured. His policy was made payable to his
wife, Anna NJ Burt. and in case of her death
to his executors. During the following year
Burts wife died, and he afterward was charged
with her murder, and was found guilty and
executed. Afterward the heirs of the estate
made effort to collect upon the policy, but
the insurance company resented payment.
The lower courts, including the Court of Ap
peals for the Fifth circuit, sustained the pro-
test of the company, and Mondays opinion af-
irmed the decision of the Court of Appeals,
holding the policy invalid on the ground that
to sanction payment under the circumstances
would be contrary to public policy.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-01-03
FEEDING FOR WINTER EGGS.

If those who keep fowls for winter
eggs will provide comfortable, clean
houses and feed their fowls on the
kind of food that will furnish the
component parts of the eggs, the egg
production will go on, and as fast as
the yolk is formed it will separate it
self from the ovary and pass into the
oviduct to be covered with the white
and the shell. This process depends
entirely on the formation of the yolk ;
until this is formed no egg can be
furnished by the hen. AS soon as
the yolk passes into the oviduct, the
process of completion begins. This
can be finished in from FIVE to six
hours, or it may take from twelve to
twenty, according to the activity of
the hen and the presence or absence
of the proper material to do the work.
The number of eggs laid thus depends
on the number of yolks the ovary
will furnish. There are hundreds of
these small, incomplete ova which
will be complete as fast as nature can
do the work with the material at
hand. When deprived of that man
ner of food necessary for the growth
of the yolk, the work must stop, and
the unnatural quantity of fat-forming
food goes on making the hen too fat
and unfit for the very labor she should
perform.
Another fact for consideration is
that the yolk or ovum becomes ferti-
lized very soon after it leaves the
ovary or just as it enters the oviduct.
As soon as the process of covering the
yolk begins, contact of fertilization is
impossible. When the process of
making the egg goes quickly on, as
is necessary with the larger egg yield,
there is but little time for the yolk to
be fertilized, as it passes so quickly
from its encasement in the ovary into
the oviduct, where the process of fin
ishing is done. For these reasons the
chances are better for a large per
cent. hatch from the hen that lays the
fewer eggs.
To aid the poor fertility side of the
question, we have the more sluggish
condition that is natural to all fowls
and birds following the season of
moult and migration. Fowls of all
kinds lose strength, courage and vigor
during mou1t or the fall season. This
same influence counts against the fer
tility of the winter egg yield.-Dairy
and Produce ReUiezO.
"GLADYs-"Did he get on his
knees when he proposed to u?'
Marie-"No; l was already on
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-01-03
49,
The trunk of a Canadian

The trunk of Canadian birch tree enclosing
another birch has been preserved at an English
chair factory. The outer trunk is but inches
thick and the inner one is 2K and it is supposed
that seed sprouted in a hollow of the old tree,
the sapling in time filling the hollow for dis
lance of several yards.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-01-03
WTEsTERN MARYLAND RAILROAD.
Schedule taking effect September 20, 1902
Leave Hillen Station as follows:

Schedule taking effect September 28, 1902.
Leave Hillen Station as follows:
DAILY.
4.30 A. Mast Mail, Main Line, Hagerstown N.
and w. X. r., and the South and ex. Sunday
p. V. r. r., ChambvIsburg, Martinsburg and
Winchester.
DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY.
TBS A. M.-York and b. 4 IL. Div. and Main line
east of Emory Grove; also, Carlisle and g. &
H.R.R.
s.23 A.M.-Main Line, Hagerstown. Shippensbure
Frederick, Emmitsburg and N. & W. r. r. to
Elkton.
1912 A. .M.-Accom. for Union Bridge, York.
Gettysburg.
2.25 p. M.-Accom. for Union Bridge.
3.32 p. M.-Express for York and b. & H. Div
AIS P. MEX. Main Line Points, Hagerstown,
also Frederick, Emmitsburg and Shippensburg.
$40 p. M.-Accom. for Emory Grove
6.15 p. M.-Accom. for Union Bridge.
11.25 p. M.-Accom. for Emory Grove.
SUNDAYS ONLY.
9.35A.M.-Accom.f for Union Bridge and Hanover.
2.35 p. M.-Accom. for Union Bridge
400 p. M.-Accom. for Emory Grove.
10.55 p. Macon. for Emory Grove
Ticket and Baggage Office, 2l5 e. BALTIC. street.
Trains stop at Union, Pennsylvania avenue
Fulton. Walbrook North avenue) Stations,
B. H. GRISWOLD. Gen1 Pass. Agent
f. 8. LANDSTREET, V.P.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-01-03
Leave Washington f0,. BoIt,,no,.e

BOO go, 6l5 zoo, 7.45, $50, 757 $40 600. 1000
1925, 1850, 1l.00 A. M. 1915 I245. l.2S. 2Ol.
S15 $50, 400, Limited 40. 40. 433, 4bO. 5.40
6l5 $50, 715 7.45, 1000, 10.40, 11.35, p. NJ and
l2.1O night. Sundays, $50. 200, 7.50 757, $40.
BIB, $3.50, l400 Limited, 40 40, 4.5O, $40. 6io
800 7.l5, 7.45, 1000, 1910 P. NJ and 1910 night.
For tickets and timetables to all points apply
at Calvert Station, at northeast corner Baltf-
more and Calvert streets, and at Union Station.
Baggage called for and checked on orders eft
at ONCE, northeast corner Baltimore and Cal
vert streets.
j. B. HUTCHINSON, T. r. WOOD
General MANAGER. General PASSENGER 10ent
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-01-03

Painting rainbow flashing with streaks of red,
blue and yellow is British officers plan for
making cannon less conspicuous. Tried on
battery of six guns at Aldershot, the colors
blended into confused mass at a little distance,
making each gun difficult to locate, and at 800
yards the outline of the gun was lost, while at
1000 yards it harmonized with trees. open grass
land. sandy plains, or broken country. APP
preaching from about 5000 yards, some artillery
officers failed to discover the guns until they
had advanced to within 1000 yards.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-01-03

Lithopone, substitute for white lead con-
sisting of mixture of zinc sulphide and barium
sulphate, dates from 1874. AS an English pro-
duct under the name of Charlton white it had
little covering power and was expensive. but
German processes perfected seven or eight
years ago now yields satisfactory and success
full material. The price is Is to 20 per cent. less
than that of white lead. The improved paint
has great covering power, resists changes of the
weather, is not blackened by sulphurous emana-
tions, and is harmless. Lithopone is much used
in France and other countries, the annual con-
sumption being 10000 or 10000 tons or more. 1t
seems to be rapidly taking the place of white
lead, and its success is being increased by the
efforts of health authorities to lessen the dan
gers of white lead making.