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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-02
Tools for Orchard Cultivation.


o. NJ. Morris, in q publication of the
Oklahoma station, says: The ordinary
two horse plow is the best implement
to use in early spring. This will stir
the soil to a good depth and put it in
such condition that the rain will sink
down and not run of the land. 1t
also leaves the surface open and free
from trash and litter that would be
in the way of the cultivator. The
plow can be run as close to the tree
as the team can be driven without
danger of barking the tree or limbs
with the harness. If the plow passes
too close to the tree it should be
turned out of the ground or raised
so as to run very shallow. A small
plow six or eight inches wide is very
good to finish around the trees and
along the dead burrows, but it is not
necessary. Some form of a plow is
necessary and the orchard cannot be
well cared for without it. The shall
low summer cultivation can be done
with several different kinds of tools.
The small shovel cultivator is a very
good tool and can be used for a great
many purposes. The one horse five
shovel cultivator is one of the best
tools for small place. 1t can be ad-
justed to do almost any kind of work,
and to work in narrow places. 1t de-
stroys the weeds, breaks up the sur
face soil and leaves it level. There
are several kinds of disk harrows and
cut-away harrows that do good work
and leave the soil in an almost ideal
condition. The disk harrow is one Of
the best tools for summer cultivation
OF the orchard. 1t destroys the weeds
and leaves the soil level and well pull
verified, thus forming a good mulch.
The cutaway harrows are good for
surface cultivation, but do not as a
rule work well if there is much trash
or weeds and grass on the ground.
TIE common straight and slant
toothed harrow is of great value in
smoothing down the surface of the
soil after the plow and heavy culti-
vators. 1t is also of value to break
the crust of the soil after a rain.
There are several kinds of spring
toothed harrows that do good work
and are valuable as surface cultiva-
tors. The roller and drag are of but
little value in orchard cultivation.
The roller can be used to advantage
sometimes on very loose, gravelly
soils.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-02
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The universal Easter rejoicingS in
olden times were not all because of
the great event which Easter COM
memorates. Old records show that 1t
was often because the long forty
days fast was over with a return to
solid eating once more-not only to
solid eating, but for the time to much
feasting
Anciently the paschal or Easter
season extended from the Sunday be-
fore until the Sunday after Easter
proper. On the Holy Thursday be-
fore, called Maunday or Shere Thurs
day, there were services commemora-
tive of Christ's washing the disciples
feet The Pope at Rome, the arch
bishops in various countries. and the
monarchs in England even through
Elizabeth's time had feet washing
services, the necessary accompani-
ment of which was the giving of food
and money to the poor
On the last day of Lent everybody
in Rome rushes to the Vatican In
Italy the "sepulchers'' in the churches
are watched night and day by people
clad in deep mourning from the dawn
of the Holy Thursday till midday on
Saturday, when the body is supposed
to rise from the grave. The resurrec-
ton is announced by the firing of can
non, the blowing of trumpets and the
ringing of the bells which from the
preceding Thursday have been care
fully tied up to protect them from the
power of the devil
The ceremonies of Easter day 1t
self are grand, long and many featured
throughout Catholic Christendom. but
anciently these were barely over be-
fore secular performances began.
For many years, and perhaps even
to-day, the first dish brought to the
table on Easter day at Queens col
Iege, Oxford, was red herring fixed to
resemble a man, put astride a corn
salad, riding away on horseback This
is said to be remnant of the old
pageants which were exhibited in the
popular rejoicings that Lent was over.
Children in England, as at Wash
ington, go out and roll eggs on a
lawn or in field, some rolling them
like bowls, some throwing them up in
the air like balls The chief glory OF
paste egg to a boy who wants to
win the championship in hard hitting
is its hard shell. One who wishes to
gain a conquest with his egg chal-
lenges a companion to give blow for
blow He is victor whose egg stands
the attack, and he goes on challeng-
ing.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-02

water to make 10 or IL gallons and
boil for 80 minutes. 1t is better to add
hot water, as the cooking will thus
proceed more rapidly; but cold water
can be used. Add 5 pounds OF salt
when the paste is diluted When this
paste is cooked, strain and dilute to
so gallons. The cost of this wash will
be about one cent per gallon.
1t is necessary to strain the wash
before it is diluted. The strainer in
vented by the Virginia station (illus-
trated here) consists of an outer box
(BB) which is about 1 foot square
and 8 inches deep. This box has a
short piece of 1-inch gas pipe screwed
into the bottom. Inside of this box
fits the square box CAD shown in the
two illustrations. The inner box is
made with a sloping bottom entirely
covered with timed steel wire cloth,
16 meSheS to the inch. The slope
makes it much more effective as a
strainer than if set fiat. Copper wire
or copper vessels of any kind can
not be used about this wash, as it
quickly destroys them.
Next week we will discuss the ap-
plication of the wash.-Farmers' Re
view.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-02
A Lenten Sacrifice

There was an accusing voice in the
swelling notes of the big pipe organ.
Peal upon peal of denunciatiOn rolled
out into the dim-aisled church and re-
verberated back from the vaulted cell
ing, all it's solemn impeachment seem
ing finally to center itself in the pew
occupied by the stately Miss Weyman.
She trembled under the stormy ar
raignment. She looked back over her
life with a shudder and realized for
the first time its utter selfishness.
There were no crimes of commission
upon her spotless life, but what had
she done to make the world brighter
or better? Nothing! The answer
seemed to come in mighty anger from
the big organ, rather than from her
own inner consciousness
Bred in luxury and reared in idle
ness, what had she ever accomplished
with the ten talents that the Master
had given her? Her charities? She
had given much out of her abundance.
but she had never given so much as
a crumb of bread that meant sacrifice
of one moments comfort Selishness.
selfishness, selfishness! 1t was the
keynote of her, life-and the whole
message of the big organ that morn
ing.
The sun presently shot through a
great stained-glass window that cast
a food of golden light athwart Miss
Weyman's pew, and that same mo-
ment the thunderous rebuke of the
organ ceased, and in it's place came a
strain of pleading harmony and then
a sweet, clear note of humble praise
with sorrowful undertone that car
ried with it suggestion of the agony
o. the cross.
She glanced up and a bright smile
from the choir turned her cheeks
aflame. There was her guilt of sell
fshnessi She realized now that this
was the thing that had lain dormant
upon her conscience for so long. And
there must be her sacrificed She
turned faint and almost cried out at
the thought. He belonged to her!
He belonged to her, For five long
years they had been as good as be-
trothed and for two years she had
worn his ring. waiting, waiting until
his pride should be satisfied with the
measure of success he had set him
self to accomplish before marriage.
And the time had almost come.
Two years. But in that time her
younger sister, Grace, had suddenly
bloomed into womanhoodi She turned
suddenly to the sister at her side
She, too, was looking up into the
choir and exchanging bright smile
with the handsome young bass. Grace
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-02
D. WA-KEENEY, N. 2. 1904 HS.GIvLERP
Raising Pheasants.

For pheasants take a medium sized
hen, after she has been sitting two
or three days, gently lift her OF or
the nest and place not over Is to Ii
pheasant eggs in the nest, gently re-
place her on the nest; if she flies on
when replaced, let her go, she will
most likely go back of her own will.
If possible, select the tamest hens for
Matching quail and pheasant eggs.
Food and water should be placed so
that the hen can subsist during 1ncu-
baton. This is especially essential
II the hen is shut up in some out
building, otherwise the food part Is
not so essential, as she will soon find
food if allowed to roam over the
yard, etc. If the hen is quite tame,
examine the eggs frequently to see
that none is broken or whether she
has fouled her nest; if any of the
eggs have been broken, remove the
broken eggs and clean all the others
that have become dirty from the
broken eggs; do this with a damp
cloth dipped in warm water. Never
put the eggs in water. foul nest is
quite certain to kill the young BIRDS
1t takes % to "a days for the eggs
to hatch. After the eggs have been
eggs with luke-warm water. 1 find
that this greatly assists the young in
leaving the shell. The hen should
always be set in a box whose sides
are at least six inches higher than
the nest; if not the young will leave
their foster mother as soon as they
are out of the shell. Don't remove
the hen until the young are at least
"a hours old, as by that time they
will have learned a part of their
foster mothers call or talk. When
you desire to remove the hen and
her brood to a coop, first get four
boards, say IL to IA inches wide,
edge them up, making a square en-
closure; nail the ends together and
then throw dirt around the bottom
edges of the boards, so that it is not
possible for bird to get out; better,
perhaps, to put dirt on both sides of
the boards, as it often happens that
other chickens may scratch the dirt
away from the outside, thus giving
the young a chance to get out. When
you are quite certain that you have
your enclosure such that the young
cannot escape, then take any old box
that you may have, remove one end
and one side, place the box in the
center of enclosure with open side
down, nail Stats over the front to
keep the hen in the box. When this
is all done, take the hen and her
brood and place them in the box, and
the first thing to do after this has
been done is to give the hen all the
corn she will eat.-F. ]. Wilson.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-02

turned at her sisters movement and
met her eye with a calm, steady gaze
in which there was no cOncealment.
then smiled at her with the perfect
understanding of true sisterly affec-
ton.
Miss Weyman caught her breath
with a sigh of relief. There was no
dlsloyalty there, she knew. She re-
f1ected with a pang that these two
young people did not know their own
secrets as yet. They might never
know it, He would, in his simple
honor, go calmly through his pro-
gram and marry her when the time
came, and Grace would deck her hair
with orange blossoms. Why should
she not go through with her share
of the program, too? She would!
She must,
Again that organ, 1t rose once
more to it's stern roll OF denunciation
and Miss Weyman, as if she had done
a guilty thing, looked apprehensively
at the calm pure face OF her sister.
All, but those two were made for each
other, and if it were not for the high
sense of honor that kept their loyal
minds untainted even by the thought
that things might be other than they
were, they would be sweethearts even
now. She reflected that herself and
the man in the choir were of exactly
the same age and that the time would
come when she would be no longer
young; that he must sooner or later
see what he had missed to make his
life complete. She loved him, but did
ne love her as a man should love the
woman he marries; as he could love
Grace if he were free to do so? She
looked up again into the choir and
sought the smile she loved so well.
She studied the smile when it came
as she had never studied it before.
and as the big organ pealed out the
opening passages of the TIE Deum.
she bowed her head in her hands for
a moment, to fight back the tears
that sprang to her eyes cs she silently
made her Lenten sacrifce.-Los An
geles Times
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-02
Old and Damaged Milk Cans.

What is more disgusting than to see
milk that is to go into a thousand
homes carried in milk cans that bear
every mark of filth and neglect?
Cans that are rusty and discolored
within and without, bruised and bent
till one would wonder if they had
been in a railroad wreck, are often
found at the stations at which milk is
delivered for shipment to the city as
well as at the creameries and cheese
factories. Such cans give the impress
sion to the beholder that the milk
they contain has not been well cared
for. and they speak the truth. As
every one knows, it is impossible to
clean such cans after the first layers
of timing have been broken and rust
spots have appeared.
At a factory in Illinois we saw q
wagon drive up with two rows of such
cans. How were they unloaded? The
driver simply pushed each can over
the side and permitted it to fall to
the ground and into the mud, being
entirely careless whether the can re-
ceived injury or not. He may have
been only hired man and apparently
did not feel personal interest in the
matter. A close inspection of such
cans would show them utterly unfit
for use in conveying milk. They
might indeed be used for the carrying
back, to the farm of whey and skim
milk, but are almost certain to be not
SO used; for most farmers do not
want to carry two sets of cans to the
creamery. One might say that the
outside of the cans does not prove
what the inside is, but the man that
stops to make an investigation finds
that there is striking likeness. The
managers of many of our cheese fac
tories and creameries will do well to
give the matter more attention than
it has so far received.
est
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-02
Easter in Russia.

In Russia Easter is the most i'm
portant festival of the year, and is
observed by the Orthodox church with
greater ceremony than Christmas.
There is universal joy in the whole
country. Strangers salute each other
with a kiss and with the words,
s.Christ is riseni" The latter custom,
however. is rapidly dying out
The Greek church requires a strict
fast through Lent This fast is OBJ
served by all classes, from the Tar
to the humblest peasant. 1t is thought
that if the fast be neglected the Eas-
ter blessings will be missing, and
misfortune will consequently follow
through the entire year.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-02
ScaIy Legs.

"Sca1y legs is caused by q para
site and hence can be quite easily
eradicated from a flock The trouble
does not spread rapidly and this again
indicates that it is quite easy to con-
troll. 1t is seldom met with in young
fowls and less in the light Mediter-
raneans fowls than in the heavy
breeds Old birds of the heavier
types are most likely to have it.
Fortunately for the raisers of water
fowls, ducks and geese are not subject
to it. AS parasites of all kinds can
be killed by the use of grease and oil,
these may be disposed of the same
way. Probably the oil and lard them
selves would do the work, but to make
the remedy the more efficacious, kero-
Sene is added. 1t is also sometimes
well to make an emulsion of kero-
sene and water and dip the legs of the
fowls into this. Pure lard is good and
If the legs of the fowls are creased
with this till the spaces between the
scales are filed the recovery should
be complete This is a matter that
should be attended to, as the birds
doubtless suffer greatly from the in
cessant itching. This is shown by
the persistency with which fowls af-
fected with this disease peck at their
legs, often making them bleed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-02
Preparing Lime Sulphur Wash.

1t is now quite generally recognized
that the lime-sulphur wash is one OF
the most efficient washes for the de-
struction of the San Jose scale. H1tn-
erto there have been many kinds OF
advice as to how this wash should be
prepared, some of them requiring the
boiling of the liquid for a period OF
two and one-half hours.
The Virginia station has taken up an
investigation of the matter and has
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-02

Every farmer can improve his flock
of fowls by constant and careful Sc
lection, always wedding out the poor
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-02
Cut 2. Brick Furnace and Kettles.

Cut 2. Brick Furnace and Kettles
one: Lime (uDslaked), 80 pounds;
sulphur (fiowers) 80 pounds; salt,
10 pounds; water, 100 gallons.
When cooked and diluted this should
test 1.052 to 1.054 on the hydrometer
We illustrate herewith some of the
arrangements for making this wash.
Our first cut is of a kettle mounted
on a tripod, which can be easily car
ried about from place to place, and is
adapted to small orchards, where lit
tie of the preparation is needed. The
second illustration shows a brick fur
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-02
Crested White Ducks.

Crested White ducks are valuable
chiefly as ornaments, as they possess
no qualities that are not found in
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-02

die so as to spread it about. AS
soon as this boils. add 15 pounds OF
sulphur and mix briskly with the
lime, adding boiling water as neces-
sary to bring the entire mass into a
thick paste. When this paste has be-
come even in density, adj enough
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-02

Cut Funnel for Straiping Wash.
mace surmounted with kettles. This
will be found useful in preparing wash
on a large scale, and much fuel will
be saved over the more open arrange
ment- The third cut shows the fun
mel used for straining the cooked
wash The last cut gives details OF
the funnel and strainer
In making a wash for a small or
chard, use or gallons of hot water
in 20-gallon kettle. Add Is pounds
of lime, stirring with a wooden pad
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-02

There is no real creating without
hard work.-Brahms.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-02

worked out the problem quite effec-
lively. 1t finds that 80 minutes for
boiling the wash is as good as several
hours. This means a considerable
saving in time and fuel. Ie also finds
that the old formula of using so
pounds of lime and 40 pounds of sui
phur per 100 gallons of water is far
off from the necessary combination,
as such strength merely wastes mate
rial without improving the results OBJ
tanned from the application of this
spray. 1t has tried various combina-
tions, and has settled down to this
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-11-05
SET PORT ARTHUR ON FIRE
SHELLS SET FIRE TO
POWDER MAGAZINE.
Portions of Town Caught Fire-Fire
Continued All Day-Japanese Cap
tured Russian Trenches on Slope of
Rihlung acknowledgements Con-
slider Progress of Siege Satisfactory.

Chefoo, Nov. 1.-The third general
attack on Port Arthur began October
"a, according to unimpeachable au-
thority. On October &c Japanese
shells set fire to the onl smokeless
powder magazine in Port Arthur. Por-
tons of the town caught fire, the fire
continuing the whole day. On October
rs the Japanese captured the Russian
trenches on the slope of Rihlung noun
tain, also a fortified position protecting
that fortress. The Japanese consider
the progress of the siege to be highly
satisfactory.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-11-05
JAPANESE WAR FUNDS,
Huge Sum of Money to Be Raised for
Comma Year


Tokio.-YOur correspondent has re-
ceived trustworthy information to the
effect that the Japanese financiers
have resolved on resolute measures
to provide the war funds for the com
ing year. These measures are esti-
mated to produce 770,000,000 yen, part
from the new war tax and $50, 600, 900
from loans. With regard to the loans.
several banks have already pledged
themselves to provide 300,000,OO yen.
Of this, 100,000,000 yen will be taken
by the Bank of Japan, and by the pos
tai savings bank, and the remaining
15O,O00,000 will be arranged for when
the necessity arises.
The chief items to be affected by the
new war taxes are the salt monopoly
and the silk fabrics, and increased
taxes will be also levied on land, in
comes, business, etc. Further customs
duties will also be imposed. The war
taxes of the current year have been
evidently felt very little and the ad-
ditions of next year are not expected
to cause any economic inconvenience.
The ordinary expenditures, not central
and local, will be boldly curtailed.
There is every prospect that the diet
will indorse this program.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-11-05

Mukden, Nov. 2.-The .apaneso
army is rapidly being reinforced and
it is expected that the new troops will
shortly reach from 10000 to 6O,OOO
This greatly complicates the problem
confronting General Kuropatkin.
The whole energy of the Russians
must be devoted to holding their posi-.
tious unless they can bring up large re.
Inducements speedily. Even in that
case, the situation promises to become
increasingly difficult. The Japanese
Notifications are already far too strong,
supported as they are by seige guns
and rapid fire pieces, to be carried by
frontal assault.
Possibly these Notifications might
yield to turning movement, which
would force the japanese to retire, but
this would require great superiority
in numbers, for the Russians must hold
their center with force at least equal
to that of the japanese in order to pre-
vent the latter from cutting through
and severing the communications Of
OH0
Two batallions returning early on
the morning of October 80 from the
banks of the Shakhe river, came under
the fire from japanese IL inch guns,
several shells falling in the Russians
ranks, doing considerable damage. One
man was rendered deaf and dumb, but
otherwise uninjured, and another was
thrown into ditch and buried alive.
A number were killed.
simultaneously with the attack on
Sinchinpu ON October 80, the Japanese
assaulted the position held by the Nor
shansky regiment, close by, but were
repulsed.
A eannonade against Boutiloff Lone
Tree) hill has been in progress since
the night of October 80, without effect
Sunday night there was an anlleis
and rife fire by the japanese along tne
whole Russian front. The Russian
sharpshooters are worrying the Japan
csc considerably at night.
Genreal Kuropatkin continues Ii
personal command until the new gen
erals arrive, when he will direct 'n0
operations from a central point.
In the BATTLE of the Shakhe ri'oi
the Russian corps alone lost 275 ofnc0''
and 1850 men.
The situation is practically unailei
ed. The japanese on October IA SEN
one division and half from PORT ~
thur to Liaoyang. The Russians az
now in inferior numbers and anticip"''
an attack Immediately.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-11-05
j. P. Morgan Is at st. Louis.

st. Louis.-J. z. Morgan and party
have arrived from New York. The
other members of the party are R. N
Hickok, 7. K. Sturgis, D. S. Eggleston
William Stickpole and Charles Sanns
They will remain in the city about
four days, and it is said to be their
intention to return to New York at
the expiration OF that time. Most of
the time while here will be spent at
the worlds fair.