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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-12
Why She Gave In.

It was evening and Mrs. Steel wa:
alone in the house. but Mrs. Steel i:
brave Suddenly she heard the sound OF
the opening cot window and muffed
footstep echoed from the dining room
But never a tremor agitated that noble
woman. Bravely she walked to the room
whence the sounds emanated and came
face to face with a buriar. who held a
revolver point-blank at her.
Tell me where the moeny is hid" he
Kissed. "or I'll fire"
Never she answered determinedly.
Villain. do your worst
Il will!' snarled the scoundrel. bafhed.
but not beaten. Tell me instantly where
your husbands gold is hid or I'll drop
this big, wolly caterpillar down your
neck"
Five minutes after chuckling burglar
stole out OF the house carrying a bag.
whince issued the chink OF a hard-earued
and lang treasured hoard.-Exchange.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-12
SPRAYING TREES,

If il is well fixed in the mind that cop
per sulphate will kill most fungi; and ar
senic about all biting insects that can be
induced to eat it, the way to the proper
application of these preventives andTeme-
dies is quite clear. Spraying with the
simple copper solution or with Bordeaux
mixture before the buds start is a good
to open a combination of the copper and
arsenic preparations should be put on in
the most thorough manner writes II. z.
VanDeman in ''Vicks' Family Magazine -
This will kill the germs of Peach Leaf
Curl. some other fungus spores and many
of the bud eating insects. 1t is a good
preventive against the troubles of all the
orchard fruits and the grapes and ounce
trees are nearly ready TO open their bios
some they should have another spraying
After they are well out of bloom third
spraying of the same kind will kill a large
part of the cooling moth larva in the
fruit
Grape vines should have at least one
good spraying of the combined mixture
soon after the fruit is well started to
growing to keep down the Black Rot, and
leaf eating and rolling insects.
If all these matters are given close and
prompt attention, there will be a profit of
more than 1000 per cent on the money,
time and labor expended.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-12
sUNFLoWER SEED FEED.

Sunflower seed for fowls is similar in
its action to oil meal, which makes 4
fair substitute, although I prefer the sun
flower seed. says a correspondent of the
Agriculturist. Both have a laxative ten
dency. When conditioning birds. or put
ting them in share for the show room.
should hardly know what to do with
out sunhower seeds. 1t adds a gloss to
their feathers and makes them look very
mt.
The seed can be successfully raised on
and goo, corn land. Manure the ground
we'll and put in good condition Sow
seed with corn planter. three seeds in a
hill. hills eighteen inches apart. rows
three and half feet apart. Cultivate
one way. When plants are well up. thin
out 70 one plant in a hill When the
seeds are good and ripe, and about ready
10 drop from the heads cut off the tops
and run them through a threshing ma
chine. Unless well drier the seeds will
spoil. Dry by spreading thinly on barn
floor. or they may be kiln dried
1t is a crop that does not greatly ex-
haust the soil. I have raised it on the
same land three years in succession and
once I raised 100 bushels cleaned seeds
TO the acre. and that was on ground that
suntiowers had been grown on two pre-
vious years. I call 100 bushels per acre
a coed average crop that every poul-
tryman ought to raise in quantities suit
able to his needs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-12

pigs do their growing during that season
in condition to be used. They can ac-
tually be reared at less cost than during
any other period of the year. It is pos
sible to plant green spring crops that will
furnish cheap feed for the filters and
sows. and do much towards promoting
the development of bone and flesh.
From experience of feeders at the ex-
pertinent stations the pig increases with
greatest profit until 6 or Z months old,
when it has reached the maximum. After
that the gains require large amount of
grain to produce a given amount OF pork,
and they should be fattened and disposed
o.
One bushel of corn made 10 1-3 pounds
of pork at months old; at months old
one bushel made 1872 pounds; in months
old one busheI made 12.6 pounds.
While there are varying conditions that
have their influence upon the amount Of
gain made. it is a general principle that
after to months the amount of gain
from a bushel of corn is on q decreasing
scale.
These gains do not come up to the ones
that have been secured by individuals.
1t may have been partially in the quality
of the pigs, as there is a great deal in the
characteristics of certain animals. We
have farmers who have sows and boars
that they can scarcely feed little enough
to keep them from getting too fat. They
have such a power of assimilation. which
is out of all proportion compared with
Standard.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-12
CROSSING BREEDS
DOESN'T Ply
So Several Authorities on Cat
tie Declare in Strong Terms
PROVEN BY EXPERIMENTS
Other Topics of Interest to the
industrious Farmer
PROVEN BY EXPERIMENTS
CROSSING OF BREEDS.

A great many farmers are carried away
with the idea of crossing breeds. especial
ly among dairy cattle. In almost every
instance we believe this practice does not
prove as improving as it would be 10
hold to line breeding.
On this point Mai. Henry A. Alvord
says:
Amy herd of mixed blood, with fair
dairy qualities. can be rapidly built up
and improved by the use of a well Sc
Iected, pure bred bull from any one OF
the four. They seem to cross advantag-
eoUsly upon what is called native stock
and upon females having a perceptble
grade or more, Of Shorthorn or Durham
blood. Guesnsey and Jersey grades are
especially satisfactory as dairy cows. But
the pure animals of these strengthened
races co not generally cross well among
themselves. The Holsters are very pre-
potent, and stamp their characteristics
upon all their grades and crosses, yet
they seldom nick well with pure ami
mails Of the other three breeds. The
Guesneys and Jerseys mix well, but with
but Improvement upon the parents of
either side The Ayrshire sire does not
cress Wei with any of the others. A
very superior dairy animal is, however,
the usual result of crossing a good Jer-
Bey sire with an Ayrshire dam.
A correspondent Of Harold's Dairyman
says; y have paid up to $1,000 for horses.
$500 for cattle, good bi prices for sheep.
hogs and chickens. all generally of good
pedigreed stock. Have tried cross breed
iDg in its many ways, and with few ex-
ceptions, have obtained nothing but
scrubs, and never in any one instance
an Improvement on the original stock.
Five years since l quit this foolishness
and nothing now for me but good stock
in its own breed. Fortunately I was so
fixed that l carried the idea of cross
breeding as a fancy, regardless of profit
or loss. Can see where limited means
would result in sure financial failure. to-
gether with the degenerated scrub stock
as q resuS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-12
RANDOM COM MENT.

THE Cardinals Snuff Box" is being
| dramatized by Made.aine Lucette Ryley
for Maxine Elliott's staring tour mex
season. Miss Elliott will have the part OF
| the duchess.
Mary Mannering traces her appearance
| on the stage to an attack of measles
which took her out of school and left
her nothing to do. Miss Mannering was
10 then, but for some reason she neglects
to say how long ago that was. At any
rate, if the storys true, going
folk owe more TO the measles than they
had supposed.
John Hendricks Bangs, the alleged hu-
morist, is said TO have given up a position
which paid him $4,000 a year in order to
| devote his entire time to writing plays. If
| the story is true commission to inquire
| into Mr.. Gangs mental condition should
| be appointed.
John Whittier, a Lowell weaver, walks
twenty -four miles each day between the
tween the daily journeys on foot Whittier
spends ten hours before a loom in a Low
ell suspender factory. He is a small man,
ABOUT forty years old.
The biggest man in the world was re-
Gently found in Kusjak, Russia, and his
name is Deodor Machon. He is twenty
two years old and seven feet nine inches
tall and we'll proportioned. He was dis
covered by a German scientist and taken
TO Berlin. where he is now creating SEN
sstion.
Homely but high compliment was paid
by The Lecompton, Kansas Sun to the
nemo.y of Mark MigIario, a native of
Italy, who recently died after farming
in that vicinity for many years. The Sun
says: He will be missed by all who knew
his upright honesty. His loads of wood
were always large. His cords measured
a cord. His bushels had four pecks.''
Austria is the only empire in the world
which has never had colonies, or even
transmarine possessions, in any quarter
of the globe
doctor advises his patients to be
bright and frivolous at meal times if they
would preserve their indigestion in full
vigor
The cave jewellers of Mexico can run
distance of 10 miles at stretch. going
at slow trot, running steadily and con-
stantly. Frequently a letter has been car
ried from Guazapores to Chihauhau,
distance of over 600 miles, in five days,
the carrier living all the time on a simple
diet of pinole, a finely ground corn mixed
with water into thin kind of Cruel
Captain Gordon Casserly. of the English
army, in his book on The Land of the
Boxers records his surprise at meeting
in a Chinese city a pigtailed individual
who addressed him in fluent English with
a Yankee twang. do you live in Sam
chun?'' the captain asked him, in sur
prise Not much, you bet" he replied;
Il don't belong to this darned country
any more. live in Frisco"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-12
Ears and Their Use.

The drill sergeant was getting hoarse.
The squad of recruits he had TO train
were as duuGerheeded a set as ever drove
a man TO distraction.
Order after order he bawied, but his
commands were either obeyed wrongly or
ignored altogether.
Right turn he yelled
Their was aswaying. hestitating move
ment among the squad but beyond that
no one attempted 10 obey. One man in
particular had. he noticed. stood as z
rock
He strobe Up 10 his man with rage fl
his eve.
why don't you pay attention." he
shouted DO you know what Jour ears
are forg''
20 course said the startled embryo
field marshall They're 10 keep ne hat
on sorr"'-ExchanEe
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-12

The easiest way 20 make To- late George
n Pullman mad vas . rsfsr % als Dai-
ace car company a. TIE ~Fuilrasn Fasses
Car Canpzny.f Die bas re eomsasY Ia
corrorats3 IA Isf7 az ~PaIlsnzas Psi4cs
Car Company bsst re world "a general
Eff ogt TIE Sossessfvs 4 - naw fhs
Pullman Company. I h~ar tnat 4 . zhous
% tselArs a blx eiTfssad K0oplz. Let
god Bot Ltncoia shoal' Re = shs p-~ss-
cenf At .sf1se q Tssr TIE cspsaal STICK
q tbs company - TAfssa Ia ssgy.
10, 80 stockEe8fsrs rscs5yra IS &c 10
IN essldszes - was 80 szehesf xffs ever
f-szcs - a eoTporsfsez 20 rs saasehalasrs.
Esca snsrs ~ II seassssnx asasly
ss god Is as~ promised --Se~ Yasx
E-rees
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-12
VALUE oE PouIrRY

Poultry values on the farm have been
vsriously discussed by the numerous au-
thorities. Among those most prominent is
Prof. Gilbert OF Ottawa. Canada, who
gives the following reasons:
l. Because the farmer ought, BY their
means. u convert a great deal Of the
waste OF his farm into money in the
shape Of eggs and chickens for market.
= because, with intelligent manage
ment. they ought 70 be an-year revenue
producers. with the exception OF perhaps
two months during the molting season.
5 Because poultry viii yield him q
quicker return for the capital invested
than any Of the other departments Of
agriculture
:. Because the manure from the poultry
house viii make a valuable compose for
use in either vegetable garden or orchard
The birds themselves. Il allowed TO run
in plum O. a7rle orchard. viii DESTROY
all Injurious insect life
5 Because. while cereals and fruits can
only be successfully grown IN certain sec
tons. poultry can be raised for table use
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-12
MINIATURE LOCOMOTIVE.
Is Displayed in Window on North
Main Street

In one OF the windows Of Schoilencerger
Bros bicycle store on North Main ap-
pears miniature locomotive. sixty-three
iT-sss long. that was made b. Allan Getz
OF hose house No. ! with 10 other tool
than = pocket knife The engine and
tender are made % qsarte7-sawed oak "a
tiresy. with the exception OF tae bel and
side rods Mr.. Gstz used no model Il bis
work and made il al odd times since the
first day OF January. The engine Is vel
proportionec and every part visible O.
any locomotive engine Ia 70 be seen on
this model The wood Is painted metal
coior ard when placed On miniature
track. as i IS in the display window. =
e an almost perfect reproduction q the
big Rack Island engines The motive
power comes from a heavy spring CO..
eezled within tie body % TIE s-glz<-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-12
Misleading mo"

1 did not know
What sorrow lay
In that small word she spoke;
The little NO"
She breathed that day
My trusting heartfelt broke.
/ did not know
CWould 1 wer deadD
/ did not even guess
Twas really so,
AS men have said,
That woman's No" means Yes!
Said I, rs your
Papa about?"
She guileful answered mo"
Here yes wer pure;
And truth shone out
And how was l to know?
And shall
Be blamed that now
/ am a broken wreck
Face like pie,
Lines on my brow,
MBy coat ripped to theneck.
Oh depths Of cussed
Deceit and woei
But always after this
/ will not trust
4 woman's NO"
When Istart In to kiss!
Exchange.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-12
LEGEND OF FEBRUARY.

Here II a pretty legend which rnStheTa
row tel their children when they ask
sehy February has only twenty siKht OF
twenty nine days Long ago. tray say.
February vas a gambler and r. was -
unluckY that Ne soon lost ali hi rncn@y.
Lice other gamblers. he srie6 % rscoytf
u. and he said 20 his companions that
~ hoy would lean him Eorns rnonsT -
would give them as security ore q has
Gays January ard Marc $50 were ma
tssrally associates Tifh hirr more sftea
thar Any 4 fh~ ether Houths. accepted
~. oTsr and - poor February soc iost
the money which - had borrowed sses
q them acquired one q his days
That T. Why lamar and March hzYs
tsirty-ons GaTs and February has ans.
tzenf7-eisht IN ordinary ard twenty mas
e. leap years
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-12
CANNED CHEESE CURED.

Prof. Permit Of the Oregon experimental
station has made some very interesting
experiments in taking fresh cheese cured
ready for the press and sealing it her
metically in tin cans. In this condition
the curd goes through the curing pro-
cess in good shape. The cans holding
about 5 pounds were first parafined. the
curd was then packed in the tins under
pressure, remaining in the press over
night. They were then soldered and laid
away. The loss of the rind and a large
per cent OF the usual shrinkage was thus
avoided. Who can tell but what this may
open the door to a new method of putting
up cheese for the market
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-12

or layers Of eggs in all parts of the coun-
try.
6. Because poultry raising is an en-
ployment in which the farmers wife and
daughters can engage, and leave him free
to attend to other departments.
z. Because it will bring him the best
results in the shape of new-laid eggs dur
ing the winter season, when the farmer
has the most time on his hands.
S. Because TO start poultry raising on
the farm requires little or no capital. BY
good management poultry can be made
with little cost a valuable adjunct to the
farm.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-12
CHICKENS Al COLLEGE

The agricultural colleges Of Kansas and
Missouri have been giving their students
special courses in poultry management
and in the appropriations asked for by
the Illinois College of agriculture this
year is $1,000 for Investigations in poultry.
So the colleges are beginning to recognize
the Importance Of the hen and her pro-
ducts.
The Kansas institute, besides furnish
ing lectures and lessons in judging fowls
of the various breeds, provided papers
and discussions on different breeds and
topic Of interest to poultrymen. One of
these was Feathers off. illustrated
with dressed BIRDS. which might be con-
sidered as a sort of introduction to one
feature Of the institute-the table poultry
test
N sending out the invitations to enter
the contest those in charge said:
The Agricultural College invites the
pcultrymen of the state TO send to the
Gollege. ont later than February IS two
hens in the best table condition possible.
The hens are to be judged for their
worth rs table fowls and a report will
be made Of the respective merits
com. tent judge Will be secured, who will
pass upon the birds, first as live birds.
second as they appear dressed. and. fin
ally. as served upon the table Hens or
grown pullets Of any bred. cress or even
mongTels. may be entered in this compe-
tition. The object Of this contest is to
determine the true value of the fowls as
meat producers, both as to quantity and
TO quality. Send in two birds of your
favorite breed. and if they have worth
as meat producers this test Will prove it.
Contests Of this kind are new to the
poultry industry of the west. but they
are undoubtedly step in the right di-
rection.'
That's getting down to practical bust
ness Feathers and fancy points may he
well enough for the show pen. but what
TIE farmer wants is eggs and meat The
hen that VIII produce the most eggs and
(oD the most pounds of the best meat
from the least amount OF feed is the hen
that viii win favor with the farmer
We are glad the hen has got into the
colleges as well as the Slows The two
Will. RICH y used. greatly improve the
pcu,tty produce of the farm
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-12
SOFT EGGS.

The laying of soft eggs-that is. eggs
covered with a membrane rather than
SHELLS easily ascribed to overfatness,
but some hens persist in the habit. wheth-
er fat or lean. even if well supplied with
lime, and such fowls are doubtless af-
fected with chronic disorder of the organs
of reproduction. While there are all
rls--- for table use. they are good for
nothing else If several hens in a flock
lay soft eggs. it is a sure sign of over
feedin, declares the st. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-12
WANT BETTER RATES.
Kansas Millers Talk About leeisla-
ton at Kansas City.

ton at Kansas City.
F. q. Stevens. secretary of the South
ern Kansas Millers club, has returned
from a meeting Of the secretaries OF
Millers' associations of Kansas, Mis-
souri,. Nebraska. Oklahoma and Indian
t. iitory. which was held in Kansas
City Thursday. There was a good at
tendance of millers in conjunction with
the secretaries, and the matter OF differ
entail in wheat and -four was discussed,
also the placing of American -four in
European markets on an equality with
European -four made from American
wheat. and a central organization of
millers throughout the country to bring
pressure to bear on congress TO abolish
the dinerential tariffs on wheat and
-four on all railroads.
There will be a big meeting Of millers
in Detroit next month, when It is ex-
pected that an organization will be effect
ed to make a strong compaign TO have
American -four placed on a par with
European -four in all European ports
The European -four made from American
wheat IL Of an inferior quality 20 the
-four made in this country. but the tariffs
work a hardship to the American millers
who cannot compete with their products
in other countries The National Millers'
association VIII urge congress 20 make
tariffs high on all goods coming from
countries discriminating against Ameri-
can -four
The following secretaries were present
at the meeting: A. Z. Williamson. Clay
Center. Kan; J. n. Cline. Concordia,
Kan; P z. S.eriin. Kansas City. No:
II. o. Bradley. Clyde. Kan: C V Top
ping. Oklahoma City; ? u. Stevens.
Wichita: n. b Smith. Beatrice. Neb.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-12
WEIGHING CHILDREN.

In Madagascar the French governments
IS making strenuous efforts TO improve
the condition OF the natives and TO N
crease the population. and ever since Cen
erSl Gsllieni has been IN the country army
officers and surgeons have spent consitsr-
able time trying 70 impress the natives
with the benefits OF modern civilization
ard 20 convince them that II trey desire
Their children 90 be thoroughly healthy
them must rear them according % Euro
pcaD methods. The arguments CT the
foreigners have made much imuFsss.eu.
especially on the native women and new
they readily consent Whenever the army
surgeons express q desire % weigh their
children.
As a result infants In AadaEzzcsr aFs
now weighed regularly IN the prsseres
OF surgeons and oficers and a csrsfsi
record Is kept OF the weight IN each c=ss
and OF the gain from month TO month-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-12
His Susy S-ssor.

y suppose you are resting now that the
legislature Is rot in session.
My friend replied Senator Sorghum
YOU don't understand this business az
all The work OF making preliminary
arrangements is hard work When the
legislatures in session al you have 70 do
IS TO see that the goods are delivered
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-12
GRAZING TOMATOES.

The United States government at the
experiment stations has succeeded in
grating the tomato top on TO the potato
root, and, strange as it may seem, the
growing of a crop of tomatoes does not
seem to interfere with the growth of the
potato, and We have no doubt that it
will become common some time by this
means to grow the finest tomatoes and
potatoes both from the same plant pre-
diets the St Louis Globe Democrat.