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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
Test the Seeds.

est the SeeoS.
At this time of year seed should be
procured and prepared for the coming
season. If put off until later time.
because of the delays that arise during
the rush of spring shipments and
spring work, the seed may not be on
hand at the proper time, the seeding
will be late, and smaller yields will be
the result. This is the proper time to
Investigate the vitality and germinat-
ing power of seeds. This should al
ways be done unless there is no ques-
ton about the matter, and there usual
ly is; and the cost of test is but a
trifie. Purchased seed should always
be tested Seed may have been put
away in storage in proper condition,
but it may have absorbed moisture
from the air, the ventilation may have
been poor and the seed may have been
injured by molding or. heating or
freezing. If such seed is used and the
usual amount is sown, the stand is
poor and irregular, and a low yield is
the result.
The weather during the fall of 1902
was hard on the vitality of seeds, and
even where the best of care has been
taken the per cent of termination may
be low. Where the seed has been neg
<CStCQ tAtC pei cent VI may
fall below so The rainfall was fre-
quent and heavy and much of the seed
was soaked in the field Freezes do
much damage while seed is in such
condition. Much poor seed viii be
sent out the coming season and it is
very necessary that seed be tested be-
fore planting.
simple terminating apparatus can
be made from two ordinary plates and
a piece of flannel cloth Fold the cloth
and lay it in one plate, placing the
seeds between folds of the cloth, which
should be moist, but not dripping
Cover the whole with another plate in
verted and stand in a warm place. If
the test is made during cold weather,
care must be taken to stand the plates
where the temperature will not fall
much below 80 degrees Fahrenheit at
night and will be about 65 or 30 de-
grees during the daytime.
The seeds that have sprouted should
be removed every day and the number
recorded When the test is completed
the number of seeds sprouted can be
compared with the number put in the
test and the percentage of germina-
ton determined Cereals and alfalfa
should be tested for about ten days,
while grass seeds need fourteen to
thirty days.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
To Get a Good Dairy Herd.

To obtain a good dairy herd it is
necessary to both select and breed. 1t
is a great mistake to sell the heifer
calves from good cows, as farmers
now generally do. If the people that
are in the dairy business want good
cattle it is now necessary for them to
raise their own animals. The practice
of going out and buying good cows,
keeping them for a short time under
heavy feed and then sending them to
the butcher has been going on SO long
that it is now extremely difficult to go
out and purchase frst-ciass COWS. In
breeding up it is necessary to select
till number of good cows are OBJ
tanned These cows must be not only
good mixers, but hardy in constitu.
ton. They should be bred to the best
sires obtainable. The sire must be
carefully chosen and with due regard
to the milking qualities of his dams
and grand dams on both sides
A ]. Glover of the Illinois Agricul-
purchase a Holstein bull to put at the
head of the Holstein herd at the coll
lege- He hunted for a good many
days before finding suitable animal
One was finally obtained, and here are
some of the things in his favor: The
dam of this bull produced 662 pounds
of butter fat in one year That means
Is per cent more than that amount in
butter The grand dam on his dam s
side made 404 pounds of butter in a
year. The dam of the sire of that bull
made 27-95 pounds of butter in g week
This bull himself has six daughters in
the advanced registry, and one OF
these daughters has made 24.sS pounds
OF butter in one week The dam of
the bull purchased gave Is ,2S9 pounds
OF milk in one year, and the grand
dam gave 20,304 pounds in a. like pc
riod
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
THE PuNIsHMENT OF JuRYMEN
In OIden Times Judge Had That
Power in his Hands.

In oldeH times. when a jury in Epg-
land remained impervious to sSe
judges gentle mode of persuas u,
fine and Imprisonment We're not .e-
sorted to The. jury that acquitted
Sir, Nicholas Throekmorton was con-
demned to eight months imprison-
ment in addition to the payment of
a large sum of money In the reign
Of Queen Elizabeth a jury, having re
duced a prisoners alleged crime OF
murder TO that of manslaughter. was
at once sent to prison and bound over
in large sum to be of good behav-
ior- Penalties were likewise inflicted
upon ehe innocent wife and children
of the offending jurymen- Even now
il is believed by some legal authori-
ties that a Judge has the right to in
fiict fine upon a juryman refusing
to obey his directions Such power
is, however, not exercised. except in
the case of a juror absenting himself
without 4 justifSble cause Of this
practice there is the following story:
A Judge has fined juryman for non
attendance On hearing that he had
been unable 20 be present because of
his wife's funeral the judge, whose
wife was said to be not of particu-
1arly gentle nature, exclaimed
Has he7 That was a good excuse in
deed 1 wish we all had the samei"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18

a window; and the man, with an I'M
easy glance in her direction, seized
hit hat and slipped quietly from the
room.
Half an hour later she was again
standing by the window, her few
household duties completed. Pres
emily she noticed a tall, broad-should-
cred figure coming along the street,
stopping now and then as though to
make inquiries. a moment later a
clear, imperative rat-tat sounded
through the house. and she went to
the door wondering who it could be.
The uncertainty was of brief dura-
ton, for. as the door swung back. his
Merry, l am glad to see ye." was
mingled with her pleased, "Oh, Jake.
you here?" Then with warm flush.
on her face she re-entered the room
and he followed
There We're no chairs in the room.
and she motioned him 10 the largest
of the boxes. Then she came and
placed her hand familiarly on his
shoulder
Now. tell me. Jake, she command
ed, whatever brought ye way of to
these parts; an how's all the fo'ks-
an the farmin' an huntin' an fishin',
an the woods an peaks. an'-an'
everything2"
But he only possessed himself of
her hand laughing.
You uns are in reg'lar hornets
nest of place. he declared. I axed
for We at one house, an at another
an another. an nobody seemed to
know We by name, they all wanted to
talk an say somethin' bout some
body else He paused abruptly. and
at that moment flare through a
broad crack in the stove crossed her
face .-Nervy," he cried, sharply.
springing TO his feet whats the mat
we've been cryin',r
NO. no. Jake she expostulated.
smiling and flushing under his anx-
ious gaze, ~hit's-hit's jes' the hard
work an lonesomeness of the place
Ye don't know
Yes do know" explosively.
hits that shifty-eyed daddy-no,
don't mean that. Nervy- But 1 heered
hit all comm long When folks
TarneC where I was goin' they jes'
seemed achin' to tell me bout the gal
he was 10 marry. an that she said
you and her couldn't live in the same
house. Why, Nervy, +" His face
had grown dark, but now it suddenly
cleared, and he ended with a laugh
Anyhow, hits goin' to hep my
plans
Your plans2" she asked.
He settled himself comfortably
upon the box and drew her down be-
side him.
"Ye member that day we parted on
the mountain" he said. with a sup
pressed eagerness in his voice which
she could not fail to notice -sYe
want satisfied with our narrer way
o. livin' an wanted to fit yo'sef for
somethin' nobIer in the big worf out
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
First Spraying for Apple scab.


From Farmers Review: | note in
recent issue of your valuable paper
that you advise spraying the apple
tree while buds are dormant to pro-
tect against apple scab fungus My
experience has been that this is un-
necessary and useless. The spores
start to grow later and if first spray
ing with Bordeaux and arsenical mix
lures is made when the flower buds
first open, the treatment will be early
enough and of great value. When I
say flower buds first open" 1 mean
the original bud which contains the
five, or more, separate blossoms and
do not refer to individual blossoms
Let those who do not understand this
observe carefully the opening and de-
yelopment of the bids. There are
many things in nature that can be
studied with pleasure and profit if we
viii but give little time TO it The
flower in the desert is not. the only
one that was born TO blush unseen
for few see the beauty of the spring
blossoms as they should.-Henry H.
Dunlap.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
The Expensive POOR Cow.

Some dairymen would be better on
if they did not have SO many COWS as
they own at present and some would
be actually better on if they had
none This is hard saying, but 1t Is
true The sooner the poor cows are
weeded out of the herd the better II
takes a fairly good COW to pay ex-
penses. There are millions of cows
in the United States that are not fair
ly good This is proven by statistics
regarding the average of milk and
butter production The average COW
is not money maker, and there are
millions of cows poorer than the av-
erage cow From the average COW
down they should be sent to the
shambles. The farmers of the UNI
ted States would be ahead what they
received from them as beef This
would be clear gain, and more. for 1t
would be preventing annual losses
regularity. The men that scoff at
book farming, that will not read ag-
ricultural papers and that will not
attend farmers institutes are the fef
lows for the most part that are keep
ing these expensive poor COWS The
men that are awake and that think
Moreover, the men that are progress
sive are getting ahead of the men
that refuse to think. They are going
out among the slow men and are an
nually buying their best COWS to put
into their own herds They are doing
this at the expense of a few dollars
per COW more than they would have
to pay for a poor COW. They are do
ing the right thing, for If the other
men refuse to be instructed they must
necessarily suffer the loss of their.
best animals. A COW that will make a
profit of fifty dollars a year is GER
tainly worth twice as much as the
COW that will make only twenty-five
dollars profit in a year, yet the fool
ish man that sells the better COW will
part with her for S35 when he would
want $25 for a poor cow Every
farmer should investigate the matter
and as quickly as possible get rid of
his expensive poor COWS.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
HE GOT THE PIE.
How Peter Widener. as Boy, Aston
ished a Quaker Meeting.

How Peter Widener, as Boy, Aston
ished a Quaker Meeting.
As a boy Peter A. B. Widener, the
traction magnate of Philadelphia, was
inclined to be mischievous. Once, it
is alleged, he came near breaking up
a Quaker meeting This is the story
as told by some of his friends.
He was walking with another boy
in Montgomery county, and, coming
to the old meeting house that is near
the famous Belmont Race Track, he
peered through the half open door at
the quiet folk within 1t was a strange
spectacle he beheld-a great room
filed with men and women, all mo-
tionless, all silent.
Young Widener went to a bakery
near by, and bought little pie. Then
he walked boldly into the meeting
house. He stood in the middle of the
aisle and held the pie up
This pie he said, in his clear
who speaks first here, Whoever
speaks first gets the pie
An old man. tall and lean, arose.
He pointed his finger in reproof at
the boy.
Friend, go thy way" he said.
Does thee think that to interrupt
But young Widener had already
hurried down the aisle to him.
The pie is yours, SIR. he ssid
and. placing it in the hands of the
amazed old man, he departed quickly
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
The Chinch Bug.

In the accompanying cut we show
the chinch bug, an insect that has
proven very destructive to grain crops
in some sections of the country By
the side of the mature bug will be
seen a perpendicular line about one
eighth of an inch long. That shows
the real size of the insect, the Illus
tration being greatly enlarged. The
chinch bug is a native insect, origins
ally subsisting on various wild grasses
in the Mississippi valley and through
out its range. 1t is now widely dis
tributed, being found in all the ter
ritory between Manitoba and Nova
Scotia and the Gulf of Mexico.
There are numerous ways of fight
ing this pest Waste land should be
burned over and cleared up. Wild
grasses infested by chinch bugs
should also be given the fire treat
ment- The rubbish in the fence cor
ners and by the hedges should also
be raked UP and incinerated. When
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18

When the girl reached her own door
she turned to look at the sun, which
was just sinking behind the cotton
mill. But it was a dull, disreputable
ball which leered her through the
grimy atmosphere, and she threw out
her hand with a sudden revulsion of
pent-up disgust.
"'Tain't my SUM- she half sobbed;
"hit's-hit's on'y jes' some cheap
thing the fact'ry gifts up"
The company used the poorest
grade of soft coal, and though its
dense smoke had ceased to blacken
the sky above the tall chimney. it
still cIogged the moist lower atmos-
phere of the mill yard and the cheap
hastily constructed village in the lit
tie bend of the sluggish river.
A heavy step approached and she
turned to look into her fathers easy,
good-natured face.
-'Ye pears to git ahead O. we uns-
Nervy." he said, with obvious disap-
proval in his voice; L spoke TOTO
Bess comm out. an she said We lef
the fact'ry like ye was fired outer
gun. She-they don't like fo's to be
offish an onneighborly-
At the name of Bess the girl drew
back, flushing hotly
4 don't keer for none of en- she
retorted drearily; they're so cheap
an trif1in' Hits bad 'nough il this
cabin, with nothfn' bat mo- cabins an
mud an mill smoke all round, but hit
lows me to git to myself, some Oh,
papi if ony we hadn't Ief' the noun
tainl" She turned abruptly into the
cabin, and he followed
But hit was you as seemed mos
set on comm, Nervy,' he expostulat-
ed, as he seated himself upon a box
and watched her start a fire and set
about getting supper. When l frs
spoke of hit, We was jes' viii to come.
Ye said there'd be chances to study
an Iarn to be like folks, an that ye
wouldn' have to grow up ign'rant an
no count An now" wonderingly.
here We are, homesick. Already I'm
feared. Nervy that ye ain so strong
minded, an-an' projectin' as folks
lowed on"
The girls face hardened little. but
she made no answer. The man drew
his box forward and began to eat
hungrily, but from time to time raised
his eyes furtively to the face oppos-
tie At length, as he transferred the
last slice of bacon to his plate. he
blurted out desperately:
'-Mebbe ye'd ought to have mo-
scomp'ny, Merry. 'Tain't very lively
with jes' one man like me in the
house, an me mosIy out. Nov there's
the Grogans that take bo'ders,'' shift
ing his eyes from her direct gaze
they've got fo' or five mighty bright
young gals, an / do hear enc of EN- s
goin of P'raps We might sit her
place OF co'se.' hastily, I'D ha.e to
have We go way. but if lowed ye'd
be havin' better time an be mo
content like. Id be willin'"
Her lips curled a little.
Then hits true?" she said. I've
been hearin' We was amin 10 marry
that gal. Bess. an ] reckon I've done
said sharp things TO folks that hinted
1t But IL couldn't help hit. pappy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
Practical knowledae.

A Scripture examination was beng
held recently in an. English school.
where the lesson was Elijah Offering
sacrifice on Mt Carmel As the chill
dren looked like good scholars, the
inspector gave them a question:
Now. you have told me that Elijah
put the bullock on the altar Why
did he put water around the altar q,
The children looked amazed except
one little boy, who stood up and said
please, sir. to make the gravy
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To Love and the Hills

The man made no answer except to
shake ais head sullenly. Her face
again grew hard.
4 s'pose hits Bess that's at Gro
gans, an is goin' off," she said, cold
ly, AN she's done tole We that she
an me can't live in the same house.
Ain that hit, pappy? When she comes
here, I'm to go to-Grogans. or some
where. Well, don't be skeered- Jes'
whenever she tells ye to SEN me of,
H. She rose hastily and went to
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18

Fro. The chinch bug tFsIfssss iencopterus)- a. b.
eggs: WHY hatched arva II. its tarsus; {, ierva
after hrst moit. I. after second mott; @; pupa
natural indicated at Sides y, enlarged
leg of perfect bug tarsus of same still more -n-
1arged. i. proboscis beak enlarged from Riley)
the ground is frozen tame meadows
may be burned over without injury to
the grass. Trap crops may be planted
and will sometimes do good Rota-
ton is one of the best ways of check
ing the ravageS of this insect In the
rotation, small grain should be dis
associated as much as possible from
corn. Some try plowing under the
first rows of an attacked field, but this
does not always prove effective
Spraying with kerosene emulsion
gives some relief when the work is
done in time. One of the methods
that has been quite generally prac-
ticed is the plowing of a furrow and
dragging a log through it to kill the
bugs as fast as they accumulate. The
tarred line has been tried as barrier
to an invading army of these insects
with some success 1t must, however,
be renewed several times a day.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
10 Fiolnt AnnIe scah-

A Nebraska reader of the Farmers
Review asks how to fight the apple
scab. In answer win say that the
successful fighting of the apple scab
fungus is not an easy matter Spray
ing is practiced, but it is not uni
formly successful Some orchardists
follow the practice of giving a winter
treatment with copper sulphate before
the buds swell. This spraying soIu-
ton is made by the use OF three to
four pounds OF copper sulphate to SO
gallons of water This strength Is
safe only when the buds are dormant.
For use on foliage the proportion
should be one pound of copper sui
phate to $50 gallons of water The
Bordeaux mixture is, however, the
spray that win be found most effec-
tive 1t Is used generally on the un~
folding leaves before the blossoms
open, and again after the petals fall.
Ii the season be wet. the second spray
ing should be followed by a third in
about ten days.
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JHoRTI(ULTOREs
SsI IS "a
20 T&@
UnskiIIfuI orchardine.


R. Morrill,: One of the weaknesses
Of the average orchardist appears TO
me to be lack of plan at the begin
ming 1t is sometimes a sudden thought
that sets a man into growing an or
chard- He has not informed himself
as to what the requirements are or
how nearly he comes to filling the bill.
so far as the man is concerned or the
soil of the orchard. In our own state
there are good many meadows and
corn fields spoiled with peach orchards
"a very fatal mistake, because a man
can blow money into an unproductive
orchard about as fast as anything
know OF. and take about as little out
or 1T, and that is often determined by
its location, and often a mans troubles
begin right there. The next trouble is
getting the best out of each and every
tree in an orchard When a man sets
an orchard and finds a tree does not
start well, he should understand that
that particular tree has some inherent
d1fficulty, which almost invariably will
remain to the end. The life of an
orchard is determined by its surround-
ings and the amount of fruit-we are
talking about peach orchard-it may
be ten or twenty years; with an apple
orchard it may be fifty years under
good management; and still men viii
occupy the ground and expect to work
around a tree which starts out weak
ling, and expects to work all that time,
with only one life to live, when with
the expenditure of a few cents at the
end of the year he may throw out that
tree and put in good one.
nj
The 36th volume of the transactions
or the Illinois State Horticultural So
ciety, containing the proceedings of
the state society, of the northern,
central and southern district societies
as well as various local societies is
already published and is upon our
table. 1t is a substantially bound
book of nearly $50 pages, and con-
tains full page illustrations. Parti-
cular attention has been paid in the
proceedings of the various societies to
papers and discussions practical and
scientific, on fruit culture. Valuable
features of this book are lists of fruits
recommended for the different dis
tricts of the state accompanied by
descriptions of the various varieties,
formulas for the preparing of spray
ing mixtures and directions for apply
ing the same, reports of the expert
ment stations. reports of experiments
in building cold storage rooms and
in keeping fruits, etc. This is valu-
able book to all fruit growers and
horticulturists generally. 1t is sent
to all members free and to public and
school libraries on receipt of l5c
to cover postage. Annual membership
in the sts-Ie society are 81. Life mem
bershlps So. Address the secretary, L.
R Bryant, Princeton, III.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18

Eleven villages in Russian Turkes-
tan are said to be in runs as a result
of the recent earthquake and fully
5000 houses have been destroyed The
government viii be obliged to supply
the wants of the working people at
Andijan, until spring
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18

No farmer can manage his affairs
ON strictly business principles who
does not keep an account of his re-
ceipts and expenditures and take an
occasional inventory to see how he
stands financially
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18

The breedfng-up of the corn plant
to q high protein content means the
revolutionizing of the cattle feeding
industry within the corn belt
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18

"Spangling" is the marking pro-
duced by large spot or splash on
each feather, differing with that of
the ground-color-
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Table Repartee.

The Sugar-You're always taking
water: why don't you brace up and
show a little grit2
The Mlk-I would if L had your
sand
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Experience IS a great teacher. but
her tuition fees are exorbitant
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LAST PRAYER.

astsea is sr1neG. andt he
h las fed IS
When heIasthr els ,andt the
tneis prayer that o
In the eloudcry of the andsp
cefuI wave 70 I'm ronr under
To the tunnyhsh home neonsa are
nquetp ia out of sight andhe aring.
Grant Irnayhe o.
A1outth the fine keenbo Of
ward the bright o
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her voice breaking suddenly. with
my own nanny dead on'y five
months II ye'd wkit a year. /
wouldn say word, an-an' I'd even
try to make frien's with Bess. Oh,
pappy, won't We please wait on mann
my's 'count?''