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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

To treat paint spots that painters
have left on your panes of glass soak
in turpentine. If they have been left
long enough to be very stubborn
scrape the spots with the edge of a
penny. 1t will not scratch as would a
knife.
Mice have the greatest dislike to the
smell of peppermint. A little oil of
peppermint sprinkled round their
haunts and holes will soon make them
look for other quarters and forsake
those which have become so disagree
able to them.
A piece of camphor forms a popular
barometer. If the lump of camphor re-
mains dry when exposed to the air,
dry weather is to be expected. If, on
the other hand, the gum absorbs mois-
ture and appears damp, rain may be
anticipated.
To renovate black felt hat brush
the hat to remove all dust and then
sponge with equal parts of liquid am
monia and boiling water. Rub this
on the felt thoroughly, then set the hat
on the table or some other fiat surface
to dry, for if this precaution be not
taken the brim is sure to get out of
shape.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
Late vooues in Laces.

There is the splendidly snowy Point
de Flanders which wears forever and
can be patched and darned afterward
with bits OF finer lace. And there is
the heavy Irish crochet which can al
ways be reclaimed by stitch or two
of crochet work.
There are hundreds of imitation
laces which are very nice, indeed, both
for trimmings and for making up the
vest and smaller parts of the gown
A great many laces are applied in
long panelesque fashion and, for this
purpose, the strong heavy laces are
used And, then, along each side of
the lace panel there is an opportunity
for some very fine handwork. One
lace panel was bordered with embro1d-
cred daisies in the middle of which
was set little rhinestone. Another
lace panel was bordered with roses
upon the petals of which there were
fastened the smallest seed pearls, just
enough to look like drops of dew
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
Cats and Chickens.

A poultry paper says, I'm spite of
what cat owners and cat lovers may
say, every cat sooner or later will
yield to temptation and kill chicks;
not at home perhaps, but at some
neighbor's.''
In the main the above is true, but
there are exceptions. 1t is not true
that every cat will kill chickens, even
the ne1Shbor'S chickens. The editor
OF this column once knew a tom cat
that was an inveterate destroyer of
bird life. He would lie in the meadow
grass and leap up after the swallows
as they skinned near the grass for
bugs Frequently he was seen MUNICH
ing fat bird that he had caught But
he never touched chicks
1t was the custom on that farm to
tie string to the leg of mother biddy
and tie the other end to a stake driv-
en- in the ground. A barrel turned
down on its side served as a home
for the brood. What was done with
one brood was done with all the
broods. This gave the chicks full run
of the lawn, and gave the cats full op-
portunity to catch them.
From one to four cats were always
kept about the farm, and the writer
never knew of cat catching a chick.
But of the farm cats none were bird
catchers except the old tom-cat men
toned.
One day this cat was seen coming
up the road from the direction of a
neighbor's, and, to the surprise of the
writer, he had a young chicken in his
mouth. He had evidently caught it
in the open road in front of the neigh
bor's house. The writer was further
astonished when he saw the cat turn
into his own yard, walk up to a
brood of chicks and deposit the new
chick among them unharmed. The
writer took the chick back to it's
owner.
Now, the intelligence of that cat
was certainly unusual. He was either
stealing from the neighbqf for the
benefit of his owner or he had found
the chick in the road and imagined it
mad strayed away, and forthwith re-
turned the chick to the place where
he thought it belonged. The latter
supposition is the more plausible one.
1t seems to be a fact that cats raised
on the farm soon get the idea into
their heads that chicks are not lawful
prey like rats, mice and wild birds.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
IIVE1|
STOCK.
Beet Pulp for Sheep.

The RecOrd-StOckman of Denver is
authority for the statement that about
5000 sheep are being fattened at Gree
ley, Colo, by the Greeley Sugar COM
pany. They are divided up in pens of
700 to 500 sheep each, each pen being
in charge of a feeder whose business
1t is to watch them closely. Oct. IL,
at the time they were put on feed
they averaged seventy-four pounds
each. and during the first three weeks
made gain of two and a half pounds
per head per week. The ration is ten
pounds of pulp to one-half pound of
alfalfa hay per day per head. To this
ration it is expected to add a small ra-
ton of sugar beet molasses. Expert
ments last year indicated that the mo-
laSSeS tended to make firmer flesh
and that sheep fed with it as part of
the ration shrunk less in shipping
The sugar company expects to feed
during the season approximately Is 900
head of sheep and 500 to- 500 head of
cattle The results last year were a
profit of 80 cents per head for the
pulp feed sheep. Experiments were
conducted last year in feeding pulp
and alfalfa and corn. with the result
that the pulp and alfalfa fed sheep
gained from Is to 25 per cent more
than those which received the corn in
addition.-Wallace's Farmer
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
WILLS THE
TEA DREwS

TwIiled surah is having a renais-
sance.
Cashmere is becoming the vogue in
Paris
Aurore is the name given a delicate
pinklSh blue.
Bloused jackets look particularly
we'll on small women.
All the muffs are large and most of
them inclined to 1atness.
Old rose. shading to a brick red, is
popular shade for a hat.
A few are wearing bright green net
face wells, with curious effect.
The peartlaced cap of the ill-fated
Juliet is again a popular ornament.
Women with very plump faces
should never wear a thick neck ruche
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
Partisan Trottino Gowns.

For morning saunters short skirts
and long jackets are most popular
And every Parisienne who is a woman
of fashion deems it her duty, as we'll
as her pleasure, to walk for an hour in
the mornings in the Avenue des Aca-
cias, and so smart broughams and vic
torias are drawn up in a double line
near this favorable promenade along
which the elegantes love to loiter and
meet their friends.
The only frivolous notes in the build
of these tailor suits are the touch of
color in the velvet of collars and cuffs
and line of embroidery upon light
velvet waiStcoat.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
When Hens Can't Hunt.

In the winter when fowls cant run
and hunt animal food, it should be
supplied them. Too many of our poul-
try keepers imagine that the same
feed they give their poultry in the
summer is suitable for winter, and
they forget that the fowls in the sum-
mer obtain themselves what supple
ments the food given them. In the
winter this supplementary food must
be given by the owner of the fowls.
In this supplementary food, chopped
or ground meat should take the first
place, and after that should come
boiled potato parings and the like
Green things are hardly obtainable in
the winter, unless the farmer has had
the forethought to lay in a store of
cabbages for the fowls. Often in the
field in the fall are soft headed cab
bages that are very suitable for pouI-
try feed in winter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
To Offset GRAY Fur.

The gray furs are apt to prove
rather trying to most complexions, and
clever milliner gave this hint anent
their adoption for hats and headgear.
Where the hat is such that the hair
shows between the hat and the face,
the color of the hair will often offset
the trying effect of the gray fur; but
where the hat comes close to the fore
head then an undertaking of rose-col-
ored chiffon, of geranium red velvet,
or whatever especial tint in pink or
red will prove most complimentary to
the wearer is used, with the result that
a rosy reflection is cast upon the face,
and the hardening result of the fur is
entirely overcome.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
Hens and Pullets.

Hens often have diarrhoea from be-
ing fed too fattening a diet This may
occur when they are fed with the
pullets; pullets do well and lay well
on a diet which would take an old
hen off her feed. This is because the
pullet has to grow bone, meat, feath-
ers, and eggs, and can use a large
quantity of food. The droppings
should be watched. Where there is
watery discharge streaked with more
or less blood the ailing bird should be
separated from the balance of the
flock and given range Put tincture
of iron or handful of old nails in
the drinking water and feed dry grain.
mostly wheat. Hens that are known
to be laying should be fed apart from
the older birds that are kept over for
breeders. They will lay on fat with
the surplus food which their sisters
are turning into eggs.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
LITTER FOR THE PIG PEN

How much litter is needed for the
pig pen depends largely on the con-
dition of the weather. In the sum-
mer time very little is required The
pigs evidently do not want the straw
packed closely around their bodies
when the weather is warm They
want chance to lie down where the
air can get into contact with their
thick skins. AS cold weather comes
on the amount of bedding can be in
creased to advantage. For this, cut
straw and chaff are best, especially
for the brood SOW that is about to
farrow. Long straw should not be
used, as the little pigs are often tan
gled up in it and tramped on by the
sows. One of the great faults to be
met with in the country, so far as the
keeping of pigs is concerned, is the
neglect of the bedding of the swine
This must be often renewed in winter
if the animals are to be kept warm
and comfortable. In the winter time
the pens do not dry out as quickly
as they do in the summer and hence
more attention must be given them
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
Vitality of Wild Mustard Seed.

In the Seed Laboratory at Ottawa,
Canada, one hundred fresh seeds of
Wild Mustard were planted in good
soil in box, and under the most fav-
orable conditions only thirty-five of
them could be induced to grow The
box was then placed in the open air
for week with the thermometer be
low zero. When again put in the ger
minator, seventeen more of the seeds
produced plants. The soil was then
allowed to become thoroughly dry and
again put out to freeze, after which
twelve more of the hundred seeds ger
minated. This operation was repeat
ed several times, until finally every
seed demonstrated that the mother
plant had not lived in vain.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
An Automatic Lice Killer.

An ingenious method of applying
kerosene or other liquid lice DESTROY
er to hogs has been discovered by an
Indiana hog raiser A good solid oak
post foot or foot and a half in
height is placed in position in the hog
lot One hole is bored in the top to
the depth of about eight inches and
two at right angles from the sides at
the bottom of the vertical hole. Soft
pine pins are driven into the side
holes The upright hole is filled with
kerosene, and stoppered. Next a bur-
lap strip eight or ten inches wide is
wrapped around the post over the side
plugs. This after a time becomes
soaked with kerosene and the pigs
vii rub against it at the place where
it will do the most good
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
Neck and Hat Sets.

With every hat there must go some
thing for the neck these days, and
the most beautiful creations are
planned to go around the throat and to
fasten in the front.
There are lovely art noveau boas
made of ermine and decorated with
art noveau buttons, which are set on
about six inches apart And there are
dressy things in peacock feathers to
match handsome breast ornaments for
the hat. 1t can be taken as a settled
thing that neck trimmings must match
hat trimmings and that they must be
alike no only in one way, but in all
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
The Milk Pail,

1t is probable that the wooden pail
is used in comparatively. few dairies
and on few farms where dairying is
made much of. The wooden pail is
impossible to keep clean. Ordinary
dirt can be washed out of it and kept
out, and if it comes again can be again
removed. But with the ferments that
develop in milk it is different. 1t would
take more scalding and rinsing and
drying to keep the pail clean than
most pals get. The metal pail is by
far the most serviceab1e and the most
sanitary. If the creases are filled with
solder the pail will be the easier kept
clean. The old rusty milk pail cannot
be too quickly discarded. 1t is i'm
possible to keep a rusty milk pail
clean.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
CATCHING Sheep bx the WOOL.

We are almost out of patience when
we see men who have kept sheep for
years catch them by selling hold of
their WOOL 1t is cruel, shamefully
cruel, and a man with any heart in
him would never do it second time
if he could see the red, blood-settled
looking flesh. always found under such
spot if the poor sheep is killed
shortly after the abuse. 1t is almost
as easy to catch sheep by the neck
or leg, and if it were not it would be
no excuse, tearing, as it frequently
does, the skin from the flesh just be-
meath it, The sheep is so delicately
made and the skin is made SO tender
by the close protecting fleece that it
is much more serious thing to pull
the wool of a sheep than the hair on
ones head.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

ways. The colors, the materials and
the general style must match.
Perhaps the best hat and neck
effects can be obtained with crushed
velvet A hat can be trimmed with 3
band of the velvet and the very same
material can be used for a four-in
hand necktie- 1t must be about five
inches wide and finished up precisely
as though it were made of fur. Its
ends are trimmed with fringe or with
tails.
Handsome fluffy neck ruffleS are
made to match hats and there are ruff
f1es that are in the most attractive
shades of green to go with Charlotte
Corday hats that are made of green
velvet with futings of green musliD
and green chiffon.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
Care of the Bull,

In the care of the bull gentleness
is the first consideration. He learns
that no one is going to abuse him
and he does not look for trouble
Firstly, bull should be raised right.
then there is no trouble. 1t takes
many months to tame badly raised
bull and our advice is to let such a
bull alone. Have a small stable or
pen by the barn or other convenient
place where the bull may be kept
An exercising lot is essential to his
health. Brush him off daily and feed
him little grain. Feed only clean
hay, and salt should always be before
him. Water him regularly. Good SER
vice from him is only had by giving
him good care. When a bull is kept
up and a record is made of each COW
bred, all the calves may be saved
that bad weather would kill if they
came at such times. Have a sort of
system about things in the care Of
COWS.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
Cashmere Very Popular.

The very latest fabric employed to
build midwinter frocks is cashmere
This material has been, SO to speak,
put upon the shelf for several years.
but its popularity is now reassured.
1t is one of the most attractive of light
weight cloths, it lends itself readily
to drapery and it is especially suitable
for house gowns. Draped waists and
full sleeves are now universally worn.
and this sort of light weight mate
rial is particularly practical for the
purpose Perhaps the most popular is
red, and cashmeres are found in every
shade from bright scarlet to the deep
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
Mark the Winter Layers.

At. this time of year begin to note
the fowls that are doing most of the
laying, and later mark them SO that
eggs from them can be secured in the
spring when the Matching operations
begin In the hit-or-miss policy usu-
ally followed, more eggs are set from
hens that do the bulk of their laying
in the spring than those that do most
of their laying in the winter By
spring the heavy winter layers are
perhaps producing little, and therefore
the proportion of their eggs to the
whole lot is small We say perhaps"
because there are few reliable statis-
tics on the subject, and these are not
of general nature The farmer must
rely on himself as to the means by
which ne can secure and keep track
Of the best winter layers
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
Salt for Butter.


1t used to be thought that any salt
was good enough for butter 50 long
as it would dissolve in a reasonable
time. 1t was only little by little that
men found out differently. Not till
people began to get particular about
the flavor in their butter did the spe-
cial butter salt appear on the market.
The old salt had been the cause of
much butter being rejected. One gro
fish. AS the salt was in bags and the
fish in piles the very decided smell
from the fish permeated the salt
Every farmer that used that salt and
sold his butter had complaints about
the fishy smell in his butter. At last
some bright fellow traced the fish
smell to the Pile of dried fish alongside
of the pile of salt bags. Another COM
munity had trouble with it's butter
smelling like kerosene and traced the
trouble to the salt, which was in an
open bin alongside of several kerosene
barrels. Now the handlers of salt for
dairy purposes are on the lookout for
just such combinations in the gro
ceries and warn their patrons that the
salt must be kept sealed from outside
smell. We doubt not that much of the
directly from the salt, which has been
stored in all kinds of places in the
farm house and has taken in some of
the numerous smells that belong to
farm vegetables.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
In Gray Velvet.

fascinating frocll of gray velvet
has a skirt that fits the hips perfect
ly, and plaits are let in at the bottom
to give the fullness desired. At inter
walls from below the hips are strips of
braid reaching across from one seam
to another, and then space. The
next breadth has the space filled in
with the braid. The skirt frees the
ground all the way round The loose
fitting jacket has a lOOse-stitched gir-
die holding it closely to the figure,
above which it blouses all the way
round. Braid is applied at each side
of the back seam and over the shoul-
der and down the front on each side
of a white waistcoat embroidered in
black and gray. Full puffed sleeves
come below the elbows. and they are
caught into deep cuffs of the embroid-
cry
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

Fashion has decided that all smart
costumes must be made with waists
and skirts to match, and a charming
design in plum-colored crepe de chine
is here pictured. The full waist is
made over a vest of embroidered ba-
tiste. Graceful fullness is given in
front by tucks in the upper part, and
the wide shoulder effect is success
fully carried out by the shoulder
straps that extend from the neck out
over the sleeve. The full puff sleeve
is prettily finished by a small turned
back cuff. The skirt is one of the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

est claret or dahlia tones. The pas
tel shades are as well modish and
chestnut brown is also fashionable.
Velvet and silk braid is the popular
trimming. Velvet is fashionable in
ruches and in fiat bands the same tone
as the corsage. Another fashionable
material is crepe de paris. There is
as well a soft serge that has made its
appearance, and it appears in new
weaves and designs, and the diagonal
serges in fine checks are much used
for street costumes.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
I1A1K92Y1
Selection Versus Feeding.

A bulletin of the Connecticut Expert
ment Station says:
During the five years covered by
these records, the variety and amounts
of food and the care of the herd have
been much the same. The increase in
the net profits from 81 % loss in 1899 to
S21.64 profit in 1908 must be attributed
to the selection of animals better
suited to dairy purposes. The average
cost of animals added to the herd
since 1899 is $42.50. What change in
the system of feeding or caring for
the herd would have resulted in as
large an increase in net profit? There
is no reason why the results secured
from this herd cannot be secured by
the average farmer.
We think the above is well worth be-
ing considered by our readers. There
are many herds of dairy COWS that are
in the same condition as was the sta
tion herd referred to before improve
ment in the quality of cows began. 1t
lost money for the owner and that is
true of many herd of COWS on our
farms There is this difference, that
at the station it was known just how
much money the COWS were losing.
A good many people say that the
breed is in the feed, but when a system
of feeding is about perfect the work
of selection must begin. The select
ing of good COWS for the dairy herds
would soon bring up the prices of good
cows and bring down the prices OF
poor cows. This would result in send
ing to market the poor cows and keep
ing the good ones on the farms. AS it
is now the farmer and the butcher dis
criminate but little between the good
COW and the poor COW. Good cows go
to the butcher indiscriminately, and
good COWS and poor cows are kept on
the farm indiscriminately.
Feeding is a science worthy of be-
ing studied, but it can never take the
place of selection and breeding. The
breeder has large part to play yet in
the improving of our dairy herds, and
the selector also has large role to
play. If an experiment station can
make the Improvement in it's herd it
did in four years, certainly every farm
er can afford to take up the matter of
selection at once. The price paid per
cow as noted was a little over $42, but
it must be remembered that the cows
displaced brought something.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

L ne Sl1Sntly cross
ed fronts are bor-
dered with a fine
embroidery of silk
cord to match and
ornamented at the
bottom with rO-
SetteS of the silk.
The plastron is
of lace, also match
ing the waist.
and is ornamented
with bows of lilac
velvet ribbon. The
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

latest models and is exceedingly grace
full. The fullness in the upper part is
disposed of by small tucks around the
hips, although the pattern provides for
rows of shirring or for a plain gath
cred skirt. 1t is cut in seven cores,
and wide tucks at the lower edge as
sist in giving the fashionable flare.
All fabrics that are soft and pliable
are suited to the mode, such as eta
mine, voile, chiffon cloth and liberty
satin. The medium size requires
three and one-quarter yards of forty
four inch material for the waist. and
six yards of forty-four inch material
for the skirt
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
No Worry About Feed.

There is one good thing about the
dairy business-if money has to be
spent for additional feed it is never a
long investment Returns are OBJ
tanned at the end of the month. Any
feed dealer will carry a farmers ac-
count for a month and when the milk
or cream check comes he can pay his
feed bill. No farmer can, therefore,
consistently argue that he has not the
necessary money to feed heavily on
grain or even silage.