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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-21
Spraying is Necessary.

In an address on spraying, Prof F.
M. Webster said The canker worm,
the tent caterpillar leafrollers and
other native leaf-eating insects, find
instead of an occasional wild cherry
tree, wild crabapple tree or wild plum
tree, whole acres of improved varie-
ties of these, acres upon acres OF
raspberry, blackberry, strawberry and
grape Grass feeding insects find
hundreds and thousands of acres of
grassy plants more tender and juicy
than the natural grasses. Is it any
wonder that native insects, before
confined to a less. number OF less
fruitful trees, with an occasional year
that permitted almost no fruit at all
to grow, thus almost exterminating
them, should, under such favorable
conditions as are offered by our pres
ent system of fruit, vegetable and
grain culture, thrive and increase in
numbers far beyond what they would
under less artificial and less favor
able surroundings? We first create
an environment, unnatural and vast
ly more favorable than the original
for the development of insect enc
mics of our crops, and bring about the
very conditions that these insects are
intended to prevent, and then wonder
why it is that they do what is the
most natural things in the world for
them-feed and breed in the midst of
plenty. 1t has always seemed to me
that the fruit grower who planted out
his orchards, vineyards and berry
fields, and gave them no protection
from their natural enemies, was do
ing about what commanding general
would do If he were to send a divi-
sion of his army into the enemy's
country and not support it with other
troops. 1t is as plain as can possibly
be that the fruit-grower must use arti-
fetal measures to fight the enemies
of his crops, II he expects to succeed.
The present conditions are now what
they are, and we cannot now change
them. This being true, ii Is mani
testify the proper course to pursue, in
seeking by artificial means to coun-
teract, so far as possible, the adverse
effects Of these present conditions.
Thus, the spraying of plants with in
secticides and fungicides becomes i'm
perative.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-21
Anfksr az ~ . ON. Mlry." z

BY and by young Green left him
and went up to the house for drink.
Johnson was not the only silent one
that day. His daughter listened mute
ly to the young mans conversation.
If anything she was even more list
less than usual, though strange
color tinged her cheeks as he talked.
He left the promised book with her;
he had not forgotten it, he said, but
had been unable to take it before. For
moment her face glowed with pleas
ure, and the silken lashes lifted swift
ly, but fell ere their eyes could meet.
She thanked him in few simple
words in her low, sweet voice; then
her gaze wandered away to the hazy
mountain top in the distance. He
left in a few minutes, deeply disap-
pointed in her, and yet strangely in
terested and puzzled. Had he mis-
taken her? Was she incapable OF the
thought he believed she possessed?
Had she not, after all, the ambition
to be more than an untaught village
girl? Did her thought end with the
blue line of the mountains and the
hamlets scattered along their sides?
Dolores disappointed him; he
thought her so much better than she
had proved herself and yet under 1t
all there was sting in the thought
which he did not understand, student
of character as he was.
"She was positively stupid" he said
regretfully yet her face shows such
possibilities"
He was walking slowly down the
narrow path to the shop, his hands
clasped behind him, his fair head
bent slightly forward. Dolores was
watching him, but he did not know it..
He never guessed of the wistful
brown eyes following him down the
stubbly path.
Bess whinnied shrilly when he
came in sight She was restless and
snappish, but when he mounted and
rode out of the shop she grew gentle
again. AS he rode away Johnson
called after him that she must have
gone some distance without her shoe,
for her foot was tender.
Dolores watched him with her far
seeing eyes as he rode up the noun
tain, then her gaze went down to the
shop. Her father was standing In the
doorway also watching the rider. He
had forgotten his pipe; his face in the
hazy sunlight was full Of sullen
hatred, and he looked capable OF
committing almost any act. His NUT
tered threat of the previous evening
returned to her clearly and distinctly.
Her eyes widened with nameless fear.
She looked up the mountain again to
where the black mare was bearing
her rider proudly along the yellow
thread of road; she was no longer
listless; her face was white, her lips
Quivering with excitement.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-21

to discover if they might be "tetch-
ed" In reality the girl did not even
see them.
She was wondering vaguely what
the woman would say about the mare.
That she had come for some purpose
outside of bringing the fruit was
clear to her. She waited with sink.
ing heart and strained ears for what
the woman would say. She knew well
that something must follow. That 1t
was in regard to the mare of young
Green she lad not doubt. Perhaps
the suspicion in regard to the guilty
party had become fact Perhaps
this woman had come to tell her
perhaps
ITO be continued)
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-21
The Guinea Hen.

From the Farmers Review The
Guinea hen is one of the most inter
esting fowls on the farm. She is al
ways wide awake and lively, always
on the lookout for any enemy that may
appear, and when seen she is not slow
to give the alarm, which oftimes is
great protection to the other fowls.
Then she is a great layer will COM
mence soon as it is warm in spring
and will be a regular contributor to
the egg basket till fall, if not allowed
to sit. They can be raised as easily
as chickens and when they are raised
with chickens they will be as gentle
as chickens. The white Guineas are
finer table fowls than the colored ones,
as their flesh is of a lighter color, and
their skin more yellow. l don't think
any one could tell the difference be-
tween young guinea fried and young
prairie chicken, and an old one is as
an old prairie chicken. When Matched
with chicken hens they have to be
shut up with a hen four or five days
until they get used to the hens cluck.
then they can be turned out and fed
the same as chickens. They are
great foragers, always on the go, and
catch a great many insects. If they
want to go into the garden, let them
go for they will not scratch up any
thing, and are not likely to eat any
thing but insects and worms.-A. 2.
Copeland, Vermilion County, Illinois.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-21
The Kitchen Garden.

While gardening is steadily on the
increase, yet it is a deplorable fact
that many farmers have little or no
garden and by this means deprive
themselves of privilege that should
be taken advantage of by every one
Nothing is more healthful or more
easily produced for the use of the
family than a good supply of garden
vegetables of all kinds. Thus it is
that nearly the entire living of the
family can be secured from such a
garden for several months in the year,
and that living is the most healthful
and palatable of anything that can be
furnished. especially when fruits are
added. We would not advise farmers
who are not within easy reach of a
GOOD market or canning establish
ment to attempt to raise much more
than enough for their own use, be-
cause in a great many places the bust
ness is overdone and prices are kept
at a low figure. This, coupled with
the prevailing scarcity of help. ma
terially interferes with the looked for
success, when carried on on large
scale.-John Vsnloon.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-21
The Calf and the Cow.

The dairy calf, to be raised econom-
ically and with the greatest chance OF
developing into a valuable dairy COW,
must be raised by hand, says j. II.
Grisdale. True, considerable skill and
careful attention are necessary to sue
coed along this line, but careful OBJ
servance of four or five principles VIII
insure success: First, regularity OF
feeding; second uniformity in guam
tity of food; third, uniformity in quail
ity of food; fourth, uniformity in tenn
perature of food; fifth, cleanliness.
The young calf should be fed at least
three times a day for two or three
weeks, and preferably four times. Inc
ration the first week or ten days
should consist of whole milk fed at
temperature of about 100 degrees
Fair. This ration may be gradually
changed to skim milk by introducing
a small amount into the whole milk
ration and gradually increasing the
proportion being careful to feed al
ways at the same temperature. The
place of the fat removed in the cream
may be taken by oatmeal or fiaxseed
meal boiled, being careful to make
but very slight addition in the usual
amount at any one time. Most Ills
that calves are heir to arise from a vio-
lation of some one of the principles
have mentioned or from a lack OF
cleanliness. Almost every case OF
scours or indigestion may be traced
to some sudden change in the time OF
feeding, the quantity or temperature
of food fed. "The boy is father OF
the man" is trite saying, but even
more surely the calf is mother OF
the COW. The ill-fed, dyspeptic, I'M
thrifty calf can never hope to develop
anything but commonplace COW. and
two or three successive generations OF
calves so treated are surely enough
to chill the aspirations of the most
sanguine dairy man. The calf once
past the age of three months is usual
ly safe, the danger from that time on
lying in the risk of getting too much
food and taking on fat rather than
growing. 1t is usually best to breed
when about Is months old and when
four or five months advanced in preg-
nancy, or even sooner, heavier ration
of a kind fitted for milking COWS
should be fed. AS parturition ap-
proaches she should be fed as much as
she can stand of foods suited for
COWS in full milk, even though she get
fat and develop an abnormal udder.
Much of her future usefulness depends
upon her treatment during the first
period of her lactation. A ration must
be found that will induce milk produc-
ton, but such as will not encourage
the laying on of fat. She must be
treated kindly, well fed and MIXED
for twelve months or longer. Habits
formed during the milking period stick
to the COW as long as she lasts. So
let these habits be good ones. In
conclusion to the prospective dairy
man I say as was once said to me:
Breed, weed, feed and hustle" but
of these the greatest is feed.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-21
HABIT IN READING PAPERS.
Almost Every Person Has One Part
He Turns to First.


He Turns to First.
VERY old persons" said an observ'
er, nearly always, on unfolding their
newspaper, turn to the column OF
Deaths. This is because in the first
place, they are most likely to find
news of their friends there than in
the column of Marriages. or any
other part of the paper, and because,
in the second place, they are interest
ed In death-they have it much in
their minds.
Young girls turn first to the soci-
ETY. news and weddings, and after that
to the fashions. Young men of the
healthy, open-air sort, turn first to the
sporting news, while boys universally
turn to this page first. The actor, Of
course, reads the dramatic columns,
and the writer the book reviews, but
neither of these departments, / fancy
does any part of the disinterested
public consult first of all.
THE elderly gentleman of POM
pous appearance reads the editorials
first, while his corpulent, cheerful
wife reads the recipes on the house
hold page. Some clergymen read
the wills of the dead, to see what
charities have been remembered with
requests. There are many people who
read the crimes, the scandals and the
shocking accidents first. Poets, as a
rule. will not read the Newspapers at
ll."-Philadelphia Record.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-21

The details of Sampling and testing
required are worthy of the factory
mans most earnest attention and care,
says Professor Eckles of the Missouri
Station. The Babcock test under prop
err conditions of use does exact justice
to all, and instead of being a cause of
friction between patrons and creamery,
it should be a peacemaker and judge
that increases business and en-
courages improvement among the
herds of the dairymen. 1t pays to do
your testing carefully and honestly. 1t
pays as business policy, leaving out
for the moment the questions of right
and wrong. 1t pays to give every man
just what he is entitled to-no more
and no less. | believe a creameryman
should know where he furnishes a set
of tests that he would be able to go
before court and swear they are cor
rect. 1t does not take the patrons Of
a creamery long to find out whether
the testing is being done carefully or
not. l do not believe it pays for
man to attach an air of mystery to the
method of testing or to keep the time
of testing a secret and allow no pa
irons to be present. Rather announce
the time the testing is to be done, and
invite all to be present, and demon
strate how simply the system is car
ried out Let factory manager once
gain the confidence of his patrons by
accurate, careful work and the trouble
over this question at the factory is
about over
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-21
Cover Crops and Peach Trees.


The location of the peach orchard
and the moisture supply Of any one
year have much to do with the value
of cover crop. The peach orchard
located on level plain and the peach
| orchard located on hillside will be-
have very differently under almost any
condition. The hill location is the de-
sirable one; the plain location the I'M
desirable one, at least in the northern
states. There are many orchards in
both situations. In most years, espe-
cially in dry years, the cover crop,
planted in midsummer will do more
good on the low land than on the high
land.
The main object of planting some
kind of cover crop now, say of mil
let, is to stop the further growth OF
the trees and to force them to ripen
their wood. Young peach trees are
very much inclined to grow too long
in the summer and fall. This is due
to the fact that the peach is natur-
ally a rather warm country tree and
requires a long season to get its
growth and mature, which is also true
of some varieties of apples A cover
crop planted at this time will begin
in few weeks to take up the surplus
moisture from the ground and to shut
off the amount that the peach tree
can get. This Is desirable thing
at this time of year, for the trees have
obtained all necessary growth by the
middle of July. If they are checked
at this time the rest of the season Will
be spent hardening UP their wood for
winter.
For the same reason cultivation OF
peach orchards should not be contin-
ued after this time. Clean cultivation
is a great conserver of moisture, and
such conservation has the effect OF
stimulating the continued growth of
the peach tree. Many an orchard has
been ruined by this treatment 1t is
not desirable to let an orchard go to
grass but on the other hand 1t is not
desirable to carry the stimulation in
duced by clean culture too far.
1t has been found that on high land
the effects of cultivation are less gen
orally than on low land. The trees
will frequently stop growing anyway
at about this time, whether cultivated
or not later, and will begin to mature
their wood. Possibly in very wet
year this would not be the case, and
growth would continue too late here
as we'll as elsewhere. 1t is therefore
safe to use cover crop even on high
situations, as wet summers and fall
are always possible. Moreover the
cover crop acts as a protector to the
roots of the trees during the cold OF
winter, and prevents the frequent
freezing and thawing of the ground.
In case of very wet season inducing
growth, there is this much gained
anyway.
Several stations are carrying on ex-
periments with cover crops, and their
results are being published from time
to time Their work will be carefully
watched, as it is certain that cover
crops have a great bearing on the
success or failure of peach orchards
toward the northern limit of their pos
sibe growth.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-21
CHAPTER ~.
The Mare.

ne
ct have come again" said young
Green, laughing.
He stood in the doorway of the
shop. holding the black mare by the
bride.
johnson had been sitting on a
bench outside of the shop. smoking a
clay pipe. AS the young man spoke
he arose and advanced toward the
mare.
Another shoe so soon?" he
uueried. shortly.
Yes" said the young man, lightly.
"Her right shoe this time. Come.
Bess: come, my girl"
There was a sudden. sullen glow on
Johrsons face as he took the bellows
and blew the fire into a fierce blaze.
He laid the iron on the fire and rails
ed the hammer.
Young Green began to talk. He
spoke of the dry weather and the hard
roads: he told the news Of the town
and of the trial that was TO come on
Of a notorious horse thief who had
heen caught attempting to steal Bess.
me blacksmith listened in sullen
alliance between the blows Of the ham
msr.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-21
CHAPTER v.
Whose Was the Deed?


Dolores was waiting for something
to happen. A vague terror possessed
her; she could not have defined II
had she tried; she did not try. Young
Green's face seemed to haunt her
She watched her father continually
while he was in the house, for a sort
of fascination was upon her, and she
could not keep her eyes from his face
She could not explain the terror
that possessed her, but her whole
listless nature was aroused. She was
different, and her life was somehow
different, she knew not how.
The slow days passed, it seemed to
her, with even more slowness than
was their wont. Every morning the
red sun arose out Of veil of haze
from the mountain beyond the val
ley; every evening he sank behind
the gray peaks in the west.
Nothing happened after all; life
was stagnant; the sun arose and set !;
the haze hung more dense and thick
over the mountain peaks. No rain
fell; nothing happened. Nothing hap
pened until
One day the rumor floated across
the mountain that young Green's
mare, one of the choicest breed In the
country, valued at what seemed to
the simple villagers a fabulous sum,
had gone lame. And this was discov-
cred the morning after she was shod
by Johnson.
To most of the villagers this fact
meant nothing. That the one had
anything to do with the other never
entered their heads. They had no
cause for suspicion. But to Dolores
the rumor came like blow. II seem
ed to her in a strange, far-away fash
ion that this was what she had been
expecting. This was why the kindly
blue eyes were always looking into
hers, and the pleasant face was for
ever in her thoughts.
Her eyes were on her father when
the news was told by one of the
neighbors. A nail was driven into
the mares hoof and she was dead
ne nOcllCA nd1 ~
he examined her hoof, which was not
until the morning following the day
Green was at the settlement. 1t was
a hard blow to the young man, the
speaker said. for he had thought as
much Of her as though she we're a
woman. Conjecture was rife as to
who had done the deed. Suspicion
rested particularly in one direction,
ard the suspicion was pretty well
founded. but the young man would
wait until there could be no doubt
And here the story ended.
Dolores had listened silently. as
was her habit. no one noticing her.
The memory Of her fathers words
the other day returned to her with
a force she could not account for.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-21
ADVANTAGES of Early Christians.

Bishop Potter is telling a story of
a dear old lady who recently asked
him how it was that Solomon was
allowed to have so many wives-not
to mention the other ladies.
He explained that the manners and
customs of Solomon's days we're diff
ferent to those Of the present era,
whereupon she replied earnestly, "Oh.
don't you think those early Christians
enjoyed great privilegez--New York
Times.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-21
CHAPTER vi.
A NeiuhborIy Gift

~ NclgHpoTiy S'e
"Et hev been so dry l lowed mebby
Their guarding hyar dedn't mount ter
much, bein' as ye air up so high, SO
bringed we some strawb'ries outen
our guarding, Dolores"
Thank you; our garden didn't
amount to much" Dolores said,
gravely. She looked at her neighbor
without sign of interest in her face;
she spoke in her usual listless man.
ner; but under the listnessness and
apparent carelessness was the con-
seriousness like a sharp sword, that
the gift was the forerunner OF some
thing to follow else than her pleasure.
She emptied the berries out OF the
basket into a dish and stood regard
ing them. Mrs. Smith said afterward
she looked as though she were trying
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-21
POULTRY
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Chinese jncubators.

The Chinese have been using incu-
bators for centuries, how many no
man can tell. Matching chicks by this
means is a trade there, and certain
Cinnamon do nothing else, at least
during the four months Of the hatch
ing season. We illustrate herewith q
Chinese incubator seen from the out
side, and show also a cross section
of the same. Such an incubator will
hold from 1000 to 1850 eggs. The in
cubator is three feet high and three
feet in diameter. About 20 to 80 Of
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-21
Admitted His Guilt.

do you not at times have soulful
yearnings which you long to express
in words but cannot?" asked the fair
maid who had a leaning toward the
sentimental.
Yes, was up against something
like that once" admitted the youth
with the noisy tie. Il wanted to tel
egraph home for money and didn't
have the price of a Marconi."