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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
THE SUPPLY OF PLATINUM.
Very Much in Demand and Its Source
Entirely Unknown.


One of the most valuable minerals
of which the source of supply is very
little known, and is consequently very
limited, is that of platinum. In De-
cember, 1904, a discovery was made
of platinum group of metals in the
copper ores of the Rambler mine in
Wyoming The uses of this metal
would be greatly increased if it could
be found in sufficient quantity to re-
duce the present high price and to
make a certainty of a sufficient supply
to warrant a further enlargement of
it's uses.
For very many purposes there has
as yet been found no other metal that
will perfectly take its place. The con-
sequence is that the price of platinum
keeps up almost equal to that of gold.
and the demand for it has been some
what increased in the last few years
by the discovery of use of osmium
which occurs in a considerable extent
in American platinum as the mineral
osmeridium.
The present known deposits occur
in three FORMS First, in places, as ex-
emplified by those in the Urals, Co
lombia, Brazil and British Columbia.
Second, in veins, as at Tilkerode in
the Hartz Mountains, Minas Gereas in
Brazil, Santa Rosa in California.
Beresoosk in Russia, Gualdua1 Canal
of Spain and the Rambler mine al
ready mentioned. The third is by
dissemination in eruptive rocks found
in Canada, also as a native metal in
basic eruptive rocks.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
To Wisconsin Sheep Breeders.

Wisconsin can lay claim to being
one of the best sheep breeding states
in the Union. The record of her
focks at the great shows of the coun-
try, including the International at Chi
cago for the past four years, shows
that no state in the Union has brought
so many high class sheep that have
stood at the front in the show rings
as the breeders of his state. As
there is no active sheep breeders or
ganization in the state and as request
has been made by many of our leading
hockmasters that such an crganiza-
ton be perfected during the week of
the Agricultural Convention at Madi-
son. 1 take the liberty of issuing
call to the sheep breeders of Wiscon-
sin to meet in the Senate Chamber on
Wednesday evening, February Sd, at
$50 o'clock, to organize a Wisconsin
Sheep Breeders Association, for the
purpose of furthering the sheep breed
ing interests of the state. All sheep
breeders are cordially invited to be in
attendance.-Geo. McKerrow, Supt
Wisconsin Farmers Institutes.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
Broke Ii Gently.

Danny O'Brien worked on the sec
ton and was as tender-hearted a man
as ever got drunk and cracked pate
with a shillelah. At the time of Pat
Dumphy's. great misfortune Danny
was chosen by the section gang to.
break the news gently to Mrs. Dunn
ply.
Good marnin', Mrs. Dumphy,' said,
he. did We hear about PATTI"
ct heard nothing about him since.
breakfast" she answered.
did he seem to be all right then?'>
"Sure he did,
Eye noticed nothin' wrong wild his
moind?'
'sNothin' at all. Phwhy do We ask
''WeI1, hear that his moind do be
wanderin' a 1itt1e.''
AN phwhat do We mean by that?''
aT mean he has lost his reason, Mrs.
Dumphy."
Lost his reason, is it? An how did
he do that?"
well, Mrs. Dumphy," said Danny,
scratching his head. 81 don't know
exactly. Ye see, wasn't close by
whin it happened. But do be hearin'
from the rest o. the b'ys that he fell
acrost the track and q train cut his
head on-Brooklyn Eagle.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
Buff Cochins.

From Farmers Review: After hav.
ing tried several of the leading breeds
we tried breeding the Buff CochinS
and to say they are our favorites just
expresses it. For early, and in fact
all-winter layers take the Buff Cochins
by all means, as they will positively
lay more eggs from November till
March than any other breed. All that
is necessary to get winter eggs from
Buff Cochins is to have early Matched
ones and when laying time is neal
feed them wheat and oats or barley
and little corn at night only. Also
give green feed if it is handy, and
of course green cut bone is good, but
not necessary. We always keer
plenty of crushed oyster shell in their
pens. Also grit. We never advise
feeding sloppy feed or mashes of any
poultryman will get to feeding dry
feed and whole grains. Any breed OF
fowls needs exercise and Cochins
with the rest, but not an expensive
arrangement as some advertise. Just
partition off the pens with foot boards
every three feet apart for them to
jump over is a splendid plan and sure
to be beneficial. AS to beauty where
will you find a breed of fowls that
are as handsome as a pen of even
colored, fluffy, loose-feathered Buff
Cochins? And when you cone to sell
them on the market there is som 1
weight to count to your good, and, by
the way, good eatable chicken meat
We have male birds weighing Is
pounds and females weighing 10
pounds, and not too fat either. Talk
about turkeys We would not trade
our Cochins for the best turkeys in
the lands. P. Rolph, Winnebago
County, Wisconsin.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
Londen.s Milk Supply.

London is said to use about 100, 900
gallons of milk per day. Up to 1865
all the milk used in the city was
produced within a few miles of the
place where it was consumed, but in
that year a great cattle plague visited
the metropolis and carried or so many
COWS that the consumers had to draw
their milk supply from distance.
Now milk is brought in from a dis
lance of $50 miles. The production
of this milk takes the labor of 10000
persons, while the drivers of milk
carts in London number 1000. The
milk for London's breakfast is drawn
the night before and commences to
arrive in London by a m Within
the next two hours the bulk of the
milk arrives at it's destination, but
some gets in as late as 8 a. m. The
Londoners claim that their milk is the
claanest in the world. ON account OF
the rigid rules relative TO the milk
trade
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
THE MOTHERS OF MEN.
Responsibility That Is Their Heritage
ON Earth.

Responsibility That Is Their Heritage
on Earth.
The birthday of Lincoln is approach
ing it's centennial, for he was born
ninety-five years ago of wonderful
mother, of whom the world knows,
alas, too little
Nancy Hanksi
know not what furtive, haunting
suggestiv there is in this name
of piquant pride and girlish coquetry.
But whatever buoyant song her soul
might have sung under happier skies,
that gentle soul was all too sensitive
to the hard conditions of her environ
ment. She dropped, and the rosy
cheeks grew wan, and the great soft
eyes were troubled in their depths,
and the eager, questioning mind was
numbed by the riddle of her life and
the burden of its sorrows. If the
wind laughed in the sun, it sobbed
in the night. If the spirits OF the
forest whispered hope they sometimes
shrieked despair. If the clouds, like
water fowl, rested on the bosom of
her woodland pools, they also hung
like shadows above her brooding
heart And so the moaning of the
wind and the shadows of the clouds,
and the boding spirits of the earth
and sky, and the mystery, and pathos,
and tragedy of life passed into her
nature and became part of it, and into
the nature of Abraham, her son, sole
heir to her tenderness, her wistful-
ness, her destiny.
1t has been said that in every great
man there is something of the child,
and I would add: Yes, and of the
woman. Napoleon was not great-he
was monstrous. True greatness has
in it depth of tenderness and well
spring of melancholy, through which
there may bubble up betimes an iri-
descent humor. Lincoln could catch
the rainbow colors of a joke even
through the prism of his tears. A
great man is a religious man. In his
soul there is a mystery of love, too
vague, thank heaven, to limit by
theology. Lincoln's religion was a
creedless Christianity.
His physique, his strength-1ike the
strength of a gorilla-his physical at
tributes were inherited from his
father, but his soul was given him
by his mother, who, lowered with no
earthly thing, gave all that she had
of heaven-her motherhood, herself.
''All that 1 am,'' said Abraham Lin
coin, Il owe to my mother"
Now, Prof. Drummond in that great
book of his, called THE Ascent of
Man." has taught us the holy sanction
of that word-mother- He has re-
vealed to us how all the forces of the
universe, through countless ages and
millenniums, have conspired and as
pired to produce this final, GROWING
miracle of God-the miracle of moth
erhOOd Mothert Handmade of God
elect of heaveni Not even to an
angel is vouchsafed the care of life
new made; you, you only are deemed
worthy of the charge. Not cherubim
nor seraphim may nurse a human
soul; mothers heart cradles mans
first and only innocence!-Henry D.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
The CHAMPION.

Once upon a time there was a GER
tain grocery keeper who was very sue
cessful in accommodating money be-
cause he advertised to sell his wares
at less than they cost his competitors.
There was a great wonder at his
remarkable success and much specu>e-
ton on the secret that he kept so we'll
Finally his secret was discovered
when it was learned that all of the
scales on which he weighed his goods
were far out of balance, the ends on
which the merchandise was placed
being much heavier than the other
ends.
Moral-A man can be = lightweight
champion without being = pugilist
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
Corn Whole on Ground.

For period of seven years the Wis
consin experiment station carried on
feeding tests with hogs to determine
whether corn whole or ground was
most utilized by hogs. In this test
220 hogs and pigs were used. being
divided into II herds. In the case of
nine OF these herds there was a saw
ing of corn by grinding it, while in
three there was loss The highest
saving was 17.6 per cent, and the low.
est 8 per cent The highest loss was
8 per cent and the lowest 1 per cent.
The average saving in the nine herds
was per cent. The average loss in
the three herds was per cent Aver
aging up all the herds we find an
average gain for the IL herds OF about
8 per cent
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
Royal Carpet of Value.

In the photographic museum of Rot
terdam may now be seen beautiful
carpet which the shah of Persia re-
Gently presented to Queen Wilhel-
nina as a souvenir of his visit to
Holland some time ago. Woven into
the carpet is the following inscrip-
ton in Persian: Presented by His
Majesty Hozzaffer ed Din, Shah, EN-
peror of Persia, to Her Majesty Will
helmina, Queen of Holland In the
year of the Hedjira. 1920" The car
pet measures thirty-six square yards
and in each square yard there are
$50 900 stitches
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
The Fruit Package.


Mr.. H. A. Aldrich, president of the
Illinois State Horticultural Society, in
his annual address to the society, re-
Gently said:
The fruit growers in the near fu-
ture will have to face the question of
fruit package, and there had better be
an effort made by all organizations to
have a uniform package If there
had been only a moderate crop of ap-
pies in the west this season we would
have faced a barrel shortage. As II
was, some packers paid as high as 35
cents in our own state for a 81 barrel,
and in New York as high as 60 cents
was paid. The Canadians suffered
from the same complaint, and apple
growers there paid as high as so cents
per barrel. For foreign markets
where apples have to stand the rough
handling of an ocean voyage, the
package will have to be the box, and
a good strong one too. But for our
home markets it will not be surprfs
ing If some certain make of basket
would prove the most profitable to
the grower of choice apples. 1t was
the basket that solved the problem OF
disposing of the enormous grape crops
we have been producing. 1t was the
basket, in which grapes could be
bought in small quantities and with.
out loss, that taught the public to eat
grapes. Fruit packed in barrels ca
be sold only to the middleman. but in
baskets it appeals right to the con.
sumner. But to ship in baskets you
will have to have your cold storage
handy, and at picking time run your
apples into cold storage in any shape
that you can handle to the best ad-
vantage. Then at the right time put
them on the market and there is not
a doubt that they will bring a better
price than if shipped in barrels.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
The HysIop Crab.

This is an old and well known va
riety of American origin. Vigorous
grower, forming a well rounded and
open head. Limbs and trunk stocky.
Trunk measures at base 251z inches
in circumference, at head 20 inches.
This variety has thus far been free
from disease. Light bloom and few
lily formed fruits noted in 1892. First
crop worth noting was produced in
1895. Trees bore crop in 1897, q
fair crop in 1899 and q full crop in
1901. Fruit of large size, beautiful
deep red color, and excellent quality.
Season early for q crab-fruit ripen-
ing in August and September. On the
whole. one of the best OF the crab
apples. Recommended for general
Observation-Disclosures 1872, Virginia Sta
ton.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
Care of Manure.

To make good manure we must feed
good food. Manure made from feed
ing straw alone is barely worth the
handling, said James McFadyean at a
meeting of Ontario farmers A lead
ing authority tells us it is worth
only from 20 to IS cents to the ton
of straw fed, while that from a ton
of timothy hay is worth $3.50. That
from clover hay is worth 81; from pea
meal, $40; from bran, Sc, and from
oil meal, $40. Now, we have the main
tanning of the fertility of our land in
view. We must feed our hay and
coarse grain on the farm, and convert
them into money through the medium
of butter, cheese and meat, and leave
the manure heap so much the richer
If we sell ton of cheese, say at &c
per pound, we would receive $3.50, and
how much of the fertility of the farm
have we sold? Say it takes ten
pounds of milk to make pound OF
cheese; and the same authority tens
us there is SO cents worth of fertility
to the soil in a ton Of milk, and there
will be $3.50 in ten tons, and II the
whey be fed on the farm its fertility
is worth $3.50. The net amount OF
plant food sold would be worth 500.
Now suppose we sold clover hay. IL
would take thirty tons at Sc to bring
JUS $3.50, and as clover hay, after being
fed to stock is worth 81 a ton as fer
lti1izer, we have sold $120 worth OF
plant food from our farm. And this
lis only another proof Of what obser-
walton tells us, that the farmers who
are carefully and judiciously feeding
their hay and coarse grain are the
men who are maintaining the fertility
of their land, and making some money
also. Now, 1 think it is an acknowl-
iedged fact that stable manure spread
over the barnyard and exposed to the
action of the snow, rain and sun, be-
comes reduced in weight and value.
The very essence of plant food is
leached out if it goes where it is
least needed. AS it is taken from the
stables, byres and pig pens it should
be mixed and kept under cover, or,
second best, piled up in heaps. Man
ure is capital we have to invest that
does not improve with age nor in
crease in value with handling, and the
sooner it is bearing interest the better
for ourselves.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
POULTRY
Meat for Poultry.


ers properly appreciate the value OF
meat as ration for poultry. We be-
lieve that were it fed more freely,
especially to young and growing
chicks, it would result in a distinct
saving in many ways. There is some
value in meat to poultry above that
shown by the protein and carbohy-
drate content. 1t has much more
extensive effect than has yet been
found reason for. This has been
demonstrated both by private poultry
raisers and the experiment stations.
At one of the eastern stations two
hocks of geese were experimental on
in this matter One flock had a partial
ration of meat from the time the Cos
Hngs were born till they arrived at
maturity. The other flock was de-
prived of all meat, but the birds were
fed balanced ration of grains and
vegetables. The results were truly
surprising. The ones that had meat
showed great vigor from the begin
ming and grew with great rapidity.
They were also able to throw of dis
ease, and when they reached matur-
ity hardly any of the birds had sue
cumbed to disease. Not so the other
flock. The birds in that grew about as
rapidly as do most of the geese
raised on the farm. They were only
ordinarily vigorous and had no par
ticular ability to resist disease. They
were subject to the same conditions
as the geese in the other flock, but
now and then goose died from vari-
Gus diseases and troubles to which
geese are subject. When they reached
maturity the geese in this flock were
hardly half the number they were
when they came out of the shell. The
station authorities regarded the show
ing so remarkable that they had photo
graphs taken of the two f1ocks and the
same were published and widely cir
culated.
Birds have a greater need of meat
than do our cattle, horses, sheep and
swine, for the reason that they have
always been accustomed to the use of
meat in some form. When it is re-
membered that for countless genera
lions before man domesticated them
fowls fed largely on insects and
worms it can well be understood that
this habit cannot be eradicated, even
in few centuries. 1t would take
thousands of years yet to change the
hen into true vegetarian, that is,
preIerlnS vegetables TO meat. Our
horses, sheep and cattle have been
vegetarian for unnumbered myriads of
years before the appearance of man in
the world. Fed for months on a vege-
tartan diet our birds experience a
great lack of something and that I'M
supplied need results in lowering the
stamina of the fowls. How great the
craving for meat is may be guessed
at by the excitement of the fowls
when meat is brought to them after
long period of purely vegetable food.
Cheap meat in many forms can be
obtained from the butchers and it can
frequently be saved on the farm when
it would be otherwise thrown away.
Ground bones, especially if fresh, help
supply the deficiency. We know of
one man that sometimes kills an old
horse and salts down his flesh for
the poultry. This meat is cooked be-
fore feeding. In many localities fish
that are not marketable can be had at
low price or for nothing and this
forms another source of meat supply
for the fowls.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
MCEN5E 6URWER BESIDE
7Q,zB ar l2ESFT ENPER0eS
CRANDE4THER>

The dowager empress of China is
thoroughly alive to the peril threaten
ing China as result of the Russo
Japanese crisis, and has determined
at all costs to fight for the freedom
of Manchuria from foreign control
Conferences between the dowager and
the leading statesmen, it is added,
have convinced her that any other pol
icy would be tantamount to dynastic
suicide, as the dishonor of the ances-
trail tombs, implied by foreign domi-
nation, would be objectionable in the
eyes of the Chinese, and unless Wig
orous effort is made to reassert Man.
chu authority the Taipings and Kola-
shut will attempt to restore the Ming
dynasty, with the result of the COM
plete destruction of China.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27

foot of the operator. Communicating
with the pump is a nozzle, through
which the food passes to the bird.
This machine can be used profitably
only in the fitting of fancy birds for
market, and to prevent loss the birds
must sell for at least one cent more a
pound than those fed naturally.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
Poultry FEEDING Machine.

We illustrate herewith a machine
used a the Ontario Agricultural Col
lege for forcing feed into the crops
of fowls being fattened for market
A food reservoir at the top contains
porridge made of various kinds of
ground grain. To the bottom of this
is attached a small force pump moved
by a lever and treadle worked by the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
Dat Crop of 1903.

Below we give by states and terri
tories the yield of oats in 1908, as
compiled by the United States De
partment of Agriculture:
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27
Geese in Germany

The United States consul at Leip-
sic, Germany, says that the goose is
the most popular domestic fowl in
Germany. Yet the number raised is
only about 100000. and the number
is annually decreasing. On the other
hand the imports are increasing, and
tor the last three years were: (1eO0)
6.220.055: G9oD 6.431.247; (1902) T.
254,145. Five-sixths of these are from
Russia, and most of them are raised
in the vicinity of the Black Sea.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-27

Poultry products are easy to mar.
ket and can be taken to town with
other things In this the farm fowl
has the advantage of the farm COW.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-05-23
An Open Letter.

From the Chaplin, S. G., News:
Early in the spring my wife and
| were taken with diarrhoca and
50 severe We're the pains that we
called a physician who prcscrib.
ed forus, but hismedicines failed
to give any relief. A friend who
HAD bottle Of Chamberlain, s
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy on hand gave eaci1tOf Us
Ia dnsezar1d we at once felt the
effects. l procured a bottle and
before using the entire contents
ws we're entirely cured 1t is a
wonderful remedy and should be
found in every household. II. G.
tBailel,Editor. This remedy is for
sale by Barkers Drug Store.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-05-23
Northome Excursion.

Al,4sst tfli g inefts ft,fai sxetiit-
sion from Northome are under
consideration BY those. who have
III hand the ball games to be
played here next Sunday and
Monday The excursion would
take in the towns Of Northomes
I3laclduck, Tcnstril1e, l2arley
and Turtle River, and would
bring hundreds of people to=tle
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-05-23
Special Prizes

Special prizes Will be offered
for tie laccs at the annual meet
ing of the Northern Minnesota
l1lrelnen 81 Tournament associ.
alton and will bring 10 llallock q
.nlllni5,n. Of teams who had not
planned attending tile tourna-
sment. The Beinidii team is ia
GOOD shape and expects that by
the time Of tie meeting il will be
one of the strongest eyer sent
from here.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-05-23
Ball Team For FOsst0n.

t'osston is worked up over q
plan 70 secure for that live town
Il first class base ball team and
many Of the most influential men
in tliat city are willing to lend a
helping hand to make the pro.
position d 90 a number Of
players from Iowa are to be
secured and it lis intaHded~to
make the team a winner.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-05-23
Fine DiSnIay.

Perhaps the finest display 81
straw hats ever seen in Bemidji
now adorns the display window
OF O'Lcary 4 I'5wSef s store. 1t
eses:fs executed and DESIGNED by
the Messrs. Thomas and Sprague
and is very appropriate for this
season Of the year.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-05-23
Mill on the Rainy.

The Mississippi Valley Lum
herman says the Rainy River
zEumbe1 Company,
made up mostly Of Minneapolis
n4n, las just completed one Of
the most complete saWmill plants
in the world at Rainy River, On
talIO.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-05-23
Secured Many Sinners.

The mother and sister Of VIM.
-Ghonnm.d, who were ia the city
several days last week securing
signers to.a petition fora pardon
for Chounard. secured over zoe
names to the petition. They will
cover this country thoroughly
and are confident that a pardon
can be -secured for him.