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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-17
A Problem in Beef Production.

Prof. w. ]. Kennedy of the Iowa
Agricultural College said recently:
In the past no branch of live stock,
save the fat hog, has been so gen
orally handled throughout this state
as has beef cattle. Iowa's natural
conditions have been most favorable
and have done much towards making
her the greatest breeding and feeding
center of the central west Her v1r-
gin soil was well adapted to the
production of corn and the growth or
blue grass pasture, the two things
which when combined, have no equal
for economical production of beef OF
the very best quality. Then she IS
situated between the range territory
where so many cattle are grown and
the leading cattle market of the world.
These conditions have been of untold
value to the Iowa farmer. Notwith-
standing these advantages, in many
sections of this state farmers who
formerly reared and fed cattle for the
market are no longer engaged in the
business. They claim that with land
selling in the neighborhood of one
hundred dollars per acre 1t is TOO
valuable to carry stock on When
land was cheap they reared their own
cattle, when land advanced in price
to fifty or sixty dollars per acre they
changed their business and became
cattle feeders, but now since land has
made such marked advances in value
they are compelled to go out OF the
business. We are glad to note, how
ever, that we have a great many very
successful beef producers. Men who
reared cattle when land was cheap,
when land advanced, and who are still
successfully and profitably rearing and
finishing cattle which, when consigned
to market, always command the very
top price.
We have had and are likely to have
for some time to come two classes OF
men engaged in the beef cattle bust-
ness. The first class, which at one
time was much the larger of the two.
might be called the beef grower
He reared his own calves, fed and
finished them for the market. To the
second class belongs that now large
number who might be termed cattle
feeders" They do not pretend to
rear their own cattle as during part
of the year they have no cattle what
ever on the farm. They buy their
feeders from the ranges or from the
small farmer who rears a few calves
each year.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-17
(From Farmers. Review.l

The Texas Experiment Station has
put out a bulletin on the pruning of
the peach. The experiments were
made and the bulletin written by
Prof. r. H. Price. AS the principles OF
pruning are the same everywhere We
believe we can do no better than to
give the substance of this bulletin, in
the following article:
Pruning is the operation of taking
off undesirable branches. The form of
top should be decided upon before the
orchard is set and be strictly adhered
to afterwards. Nearly all the ugly
and poorly-formed tops of peach or
chards are largely due either to neg
lect or to training to some ideal almost
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-17
Breeders of Shire Horses Meet.

Breeders of Shire Horses Meet.
At the annual business meeting at
the Sherman House, twenty-five mem
bers of the association were present
J. G. Trueman presided and Secre-
tary Charles Burgess looked after the
records of the meeting. The report
of the secretary showed that the as
sociation had expended $756 for prizes
at the exposition? There had been
direct cash appropriation of $500,
besides other money for gold medals,
etc. The rule admitting the registra-
ton of stations having five top cross
es and mares having four top crosses
in each case by sires recorded in the
American Shire stud book, was strick-
en- out by an unanimous vote. Since
the last annual meeting twenty new
members have been admitted. The
association is in a fourishing condi-
ton and business is reported good
from every quarter. Discussing the
Shire horse, Mr.. Rollins of Illinois
stated that he was the great draft
horse of England and in his own ex-
perience excelied all other breeds for
heavy purposes. Mr.. Finch, who has
had considerable experience with
draft horses in the Chicago market
finds that the English buyer gives
strong preference to the Shire horse
Mr. Sullivan said that the best horse
he had sold this season was a Shire.
He was opposed to cappers organizing
a company OF farmers to purchase
stallion and then holding up the i'm
porter for one-half the price for nego-
tiating a sale. No officers were elected
the present officials and committees
holding over until the annual meeting
in 1908.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-17


would grow but little for several years.
The crown of the tree would be started
in no definite place. The limbs would
likely be scattered all along up the
trunk. The growth of limbs would
likely be uneven. and it would be diff
fcult to make the top assume a de-
sirable form afterwards. Hence the
top is cut back to about Is inches, as
shown in cut g. If the tree is two
years old, or is an overgrown one-year-
old tree, the side buds are so latent
that the branches may come out 1rreg-
ularly- This form can usually be cor
rected by pruning properly afterwards
The difficulty is not likely to be met
with if one-year-old, rather small trees
are selected. In cut is shown this
tree being set in the orchard. If the
growers would request the nurseryman
to prune off at least half the top be-
fore shipping, it would be great saw
ing of wrapping material and cost of
transportation.
In cut is shown a tree after one
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-17
Value of Hen Manure.

The eggs and chickens are not all
that the hen gives you There are
the droppings as we'll An expert
ment, with a view of determining the
value of these, was conducted at the
Raleigh IN. CO. Experiment Station
This experiment showed that the COM
mercial value of the droppings of the
hen was equal to at least half the cost
of maintenance This experiment
showed that the amount of nitrates in
hen manure was 81 to IL in the same
bulk of farmyard manure; that the
proportion of phosphoric acid in hen
droppings was 4s1z, as compared with
6 In barnyard manure, and that the
proportion of potash stood at Al In
the former case, as against 10 in the
latter.-A- G.. Gilbert
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-17
Do stars Explede7

The appearance of a new star in
the constellation of Perseus, and its
rapid expansion into a nebula, which
has been going on for some time past,
have revived among astronomers the
theory that some nebulae may be
formed by explosion. About 1870
Prof Bickerton of Canterbury college,
New Zealand, showed that If two
stars should Craze one another the
abraded parts. if relatively small,
would have so high a temperature
that they would at once become
nebulous, and that the nebula sc
formed would under certain condi
ticns, continue to expand until dissf
pated in space The present expand
ing nebula has been growing at the
extraordinary rate of several thousand
miles a second and is, in many ways,
one of the greatest celestial wonders
of the time.-From Success
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-17

John Mallory's strong arms.
inspiration, came the recollection of
the telephone
She staggered to her feet and dashed
into the schoolhouse. The interior was
aglow with the reflections of the
flames; the air was sitting with the
smoke.
With her hand upon the receiver she
paused irresolutely, then turned her
head slightly and glanced out the win
dow at the hurricane of death bearing
down upon her.
mo, no." she said. ''I will not No
power on earth can save me now And
he-it would be but agony for him to
know that 1 am in this sea of flame
and he unable to give me aid When
it is over-is over-it will be time
enough for him to know"
With her face illumined with a
gleam of heroic determination. she
turned away and walked slowly to the
window. And there she stood pale.
but gazing calmly out at the raging
flood of fire. The flames were only a
few feet away now and their hungry
| tongues almost licked the window
panes. In despair she wrung her
hands.
.Oh, God" she cried. 81 cannot die
without once more hearing the voice 1
love, without asking to be forgiven for
the hasty, the angry words 1 uttered"
Again she hastened to the telephone
and rang the bell. And when at last
she heard his familiar voice the fire
| was laying greedy hands upon the
walls of the building.
John she said, you are not angry
with me. are you, dear? You do
! not know how glad 1 am to hear you
say that, dear. 1 was afraid you held
resentment, and L. Oh, no, John.
dear, it was all my fault, and I am
sorry-so sorry. Where am I
now? Do you think 1 would be stand
ing at the telephone if 1 were in the
schoolhouse? There must be fire all
| around it by this time. Isn't it aw-
| ful?"
She shrank for an instant before the
| intense heat The roar of the flames
was like wall of a hurricane in a
| forest
"John-John! Perhaps-per-
haps I will never see you again. dear.
| But if 1 never do, remember that l
| loved you-John-better than
| She staggered beneath the choking
/ cloud of smoke Scarlet tongues of
flame were tapping the floor almost at
| her feet
Yes, John 1 am going away-far.
| far away. Where? l can
| not tell you-now Tomorrow
tonight. perhaps you will know.
Oh. John-dear, dear John j.. :
Good bye -. Good
| The receiver dropped from her
| nerveless fingers and, blinded with
smoke and faint from the intense heat,
! she reeled forward through the black
ness. Stumbling, falling. rising again.
she reached the door unscathed. hear
| ing the desperate ringing of the tele-
phone bell and the deafening roaring
| of the flames
! Onward she staggered until she
| reached the road-that one narrow
| break in the wall of fame And there
| she paused and turned her flushed face
upward toward the sky in mute ap
peal TO heaven Something fell upon
her forehead, something damp aid
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-17

Cut 2.-Young Tree AS 1t Came From
Nursery.
Cut 3.-Tree Pruned and Ready for Or
chard-
tree each succeeding year. The limbs
will become long and angling. The
weight of the fruit on the ends of the
long limbs will cause them to droop
and frequently break or split on. If
the fruit is not thinned on from them.
many varieties will overbear one year
and SO exhaust the trees that they are
not apt to bear the next year. Such
orchards are liable to fruit every other
year. During the heavy fruit year. an
overloaded tree will make but little
wood growth on which to bear the fol-
lowing year.
Cut / shows a peach tree that has
had one years growth without prun-
ing. 1t will be seen that the top was
formed near the ground. The tree has
made low bushy growth. A num-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-17
bearing they have not failed in single

bearing they have not failed in single
peach crop.
In cut is shown a peach tree
bought from large nursery during
the fall of 1900 1t is an average
peach tree as it comes to the grower
from the nursery. 1t is long and slen-
der with only few limbs near the top.
The lower side branches were all
crowded out by the trees that grew
close by the side of it The topmost
branches on such a tree when set out
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-17

Cut 6.-Pruned After First Years Growth
years growth. 1t has made a rather
undesirable top. 1t was large one
year tree when set out in the orchard.
There is ample room, however, for a
wise choice in selecting the place for
the crown on this tree. The lower
limbs have made much more vigorous
growth than the upper ones. On this
account the point for the crown on
this tree should be selected as lew
down as possible.
In cut 6 is shown the same tree after
pruning. The limbs will throw out
many side branches next year, because
they are not shaded by other limbs
above them. Branches on the left of
the tree at "a" are apt to make the
mast rapid growth since they will not
be shaded much by any other limbs
near them.
To the amateur this severe pruning
of the young tree may seem hazardous;
but the peach tree will stand an i'm
mense amount of pruning.
PIums and Cherries for South Dakota.
A newspaper bulletin from the
South Dakota station at Brookings
recommends the following plums. on
AoIIuSIA udIlVe plum ,TOOCS, DeSOtO,
Wyant, Wolf, Forest Garden, Odegard,
Miner. Hawkeye. For trial, Olson.
Stoddard. The cherries recommended
are Early Richmond, Wragg, English
MoreIlo, Ostherin. Farmers in South
Dakota intending to set out cherry and
plum trees will do well to write to the
experiment station for advice.
Prof N. e. Hansen, of Brookings,
has the following to say on root-kill-
ing: A common source of trouble is
the winter-killing of the tender roots
or stocks upon which apple. plum and
cherry trees are grated or budded in
the nurseries Trees should be protect
ed by mulch or layer or stable litter
spread on the ground for several feet
out beyond the branches This pre-
vents trouble from root-killing. Culti-
vate the mulch into the soil during the
growing season, at least in young or
chards, to prevent drawing the roots
too EeAr the surface If plum trees
are on our northern native plum roots,
no trouble need be feared from root
killing. II the fall is dry, a heavy
soaking of the roots with water Is a
great help. before mulching, as it pre-
vents drying out during the winter If
we were always sure of q heavy snow
this watering would not be necessary.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-17

Says an Irishman- Every man is
so honest in this country that they
are compelled to offer rewards for
thieves
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-17

4 rope often gets tight because thai
is the way it is taut
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-17

dashed into the road. Already she
could feel the heat of the fire that was
racing towards her with the speed of
railway train 1t seemed no more
than two miles away; she could hear
the ominous cracking of the dry grass
as the flames ieaped forth and en-
braced the writhing verdure in their
hot embrace.
The sky was hidden by a mantle of
smoke; the sun, visible only at inter
walls. was great, round ball of GRIM
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-17

Cut l--Young Tree Being Set in Orchard
Der of peach trees were grown for
several years without pruning. and
they maintain this form of top during
their entire growth. Hence, this form
was adopted with very satisfactory re-
sultk Since these orchards came into
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-17

Foes without are less to be feared
han faults within
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-02-19
PRESIDENT A TREE CHOPPER.
The Myatery of the Executives Visits
to the Forest In at Last
Explained.

The mystery of President Roose-
velt's visits to forest near Tennally-
town was cleared up the other day.
He goes out there during the early
morning and spends an hour welding
an ak against the trees of the forest.
He is accompanied in this latest. eff
fort to rid himself of his surplus ener-
gy by Clifford Pinchot, forester of the
department of agriculture.
The forest near Tennallytown be-
longs to the Dutch Reformed church
which President Roosevelt attends.
The trees on the land are so close to-
gether that they do not have chance
to grow and the trustees of the church
determined to thin them out. They
asked President Roosevelt to request
Forester Pinchot to visit the land and
mark the trees which should be re-
moved. The president replied that he
would attic I'D to the matter, so he neti-
fed Mr.. Pinchot TO be on hand early in
the morning with couple of axes.
The president and the forester after
deciding that tree should be re-
moved proceeded to remove it. Fully
so large trees have been felled by the
presidential AK.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-02-19
A MODERN WILLIAM TELL.
virginia Youth Suspended from Tree
Limb Is Saved by shooting Of
the Limb In Two,

William Tell, with variations, was
enacted at Roxbury, Va, the other
day when Henry wilkins, a boy, was
saved by precise craftsmanship. The
boy climbed tree to get a squirrel
that had been shot by hunter. He
fell and might have been killed but
for spur limb that penetrated his
trousers and left him hanging head
and feet down. A council of war was
held among the hunters as to the
best way to get the boy down, and
MI. Wilkins suggested that, as the
limb was small. he would shoot it
in two at the base while two young
men stood at the bottom to catch the
boy. This the boy at first refused
for want of faith in the hunters
aim, but the shot was finally fired,
the limb was cut, the boy fell into
the arms of the hunters, and, al.
though all went to the ground to.
gether, no one was much hurt.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-02-19
TO STUDY RINDERPEST.
to Solve Mystery of Cattle
Dis eases In RhOdeNia.

Prof. Koch, the noted bacterfelogist,
has gone to investigate the plague in
Rhodesia. He will be accompanied by
Drs. Keine and Neufeld.
Prof. Koch said that he had some
misgivings as to the outcome of his
mission, because the mystifying char.
acter of the disease was wholly differ.
ent from any known kind of rinder.
pest. 1t dated only from the war. I'm.
ported Egyptian, Australian, and
South American cattle, which it was
expected would be immune, succumbed
early to the disease.
He took whole cargo of apparatus
and chemicals. He proposes to live
among the herds and to observe every
phase of the disease. incidentally he
will continue his tuberculosis expert
ments, with the view to obtaining posi-
tive evidence that bovine tuberculosis
cannot be communicated to human be
ings, theory, to which he steadfastly
adheres,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-02-19
DOMESTIC SCIENCE FOR GIRLS.
says TAey Need Training In
HoaaekeepinE.

"a girl who cannot make and bake
bread, compound pudding and wash
and iron her own shirt waist is fraud
upon young American womanhood,"
declared Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones be-
fore the National Housewives asso-
citation, of Chicago. And you, moth
ers and housewives, are to blame for
the common feeling of your daughters
against kitchen service. Why. condi-
tions have reached the stage that an
American born girl would rather work
in a store or factory than in a home,
doing homework.
"This servant girl question is be-
coming more vital than trusts, tariff
or anything else IN the nations cate
CORY of unsettled things. II affects
the home and family, the most sacred
institutions In the land, and has much
to do with the unhappiness of the ma
ton. Every girl ought to have lessons
in home-maldng; she ought to be
proud Of her housekeeping abilities;
she ought to glorify kitchen work,
not scorn 1t. How many men there are
who are proud of having begun as
a day laborer? But who ever heard Of
a woman boasting of having begun life
as dishwasher or kitchen-girl? And
why is the difference, prayF This idea
that kitchen work is mental must be
corrected and the lessons must begin
at home, in every home"
The speaker further expressed him
self in favor Of large school of do
nestle science for girls to offset the
manual training schools for boys. He
said he knew Of persons, of whom ne
was one, who stand ready to establish
such a school in Chicago as soon az
there is demand forit from the wom-
en- of the city.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-02-19
SECOND CITY OF WISCONSIN.
Oshkosh Claims a Right to This ID 10
tinction, Basing 1t on Its New
Directory.

The new directory for Oshkosh, Wis,
for 1903 has just been issued. 1t con.
tains 1924 names, and, according TO
the estimate of the directory publish.
er, the population is 32,Os6, and &C.
cordingly Oshkosh has jumped to its
former position as second city in popu.
lation in Wisconsin. Racine has just
issued its directory, and, according to
the figures of the publisher, Oshkosh
has Racine beaten completely. Ra-
cine's increase in the past two years
before the United States census in
crease has been about ten per cent,
while that Of Oshkosh, using directory
figures, has been 16 per cent.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-02-19
CHURCH STATISTICS.
Increase in Membership Does Not
Keep Pace with Growth.
Former Government OmcIAl Pro-
duces Figures DO show That the
Churches Are Losing GrouEd-
Catholics suffer Most.

According to Ii. X. Carroll, who was
the government church statistieian in
1850 and has annually made it his bus
mess to compile church statistics, the
church membership growth in all de-
nominations has failed to keep up with
the increase in population. DIR. Carroll
says the church membership gain last
year was l.5 per cent. while the pop
ulation has been increasing at the rate
of 2.6per cent year. The total church
membership in all religions he puts at
2s,69s,O2s, gain of 4O3,743 over year
ago.
DIR. Carroll says tits the Roman Cath
Ollie church showing that pulls the fig
ures down. The Protestant growth,
DIR. Carroll says, was IL per cent, or
more than twice the regular Roman
Catholic growth. DR.. Carroll's esti-
mate of the Roman Catholic communi.
cant list is l,575,OOO less than the fig.
ures given by the Catholic directory.
He gives the population of the various
church families and the percentage of
increase of communicates last year
as follows:
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-02-19
CRY OF SNOBBERY.
Friction and Unpleasantness DeveL
ops In the British Army.
Omcerz Whe Have Wen Their Cem-
nissioss frsn the Raaks COM
pi.in of Grossly Uzfsir
--- Treatment.

When the South African republic Of
fered opportunities to the men from
the ranks and from the auxiliary and
colonial forces to obtain Commissions
as the reward for distinguished serv-
ice the British nation applauded. To-
day one hears strange stories how
these men, who served their country
well, are being snubbed and black
balled because they lack the social
hallmark obtained by entering the
army through Sandhurst.
One officer complains that no one
will associate with him in his mess.
His presence at table is tolerated with
the scantiest of meals. He threatened
to make statement in writing TO the
authorities, since in addition to this
treatment the regimental expensesare
being forced up with the object of
driving him out of the corps.
This snobbery occurs among officers
who are in the main drawn from mid
die classes and who entered the army
merely to obtain the social status which
the king commission bestows. Many of
the men who complain are of the class
known as "born soldiers" with whom
1t was hoped to stiffen the somewhat
Aabby ranks of some of the corps.
But the fact that they have won their
commissions from the ranks by dis
tinction in war is proving bar to
their advancement.
Money on the one hand and social
qualifications on the other are
strengthening their forces to keep the
army close preserve. for which
brains alone are disqualification. In
the cavalry, for instance, the inspector
general has drawn attention to the
fact that one of the chief attractions
Of the service in India is polo.