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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-06-07
HILLSIDE ORCHARDS.

The orchard on the top and sides of a
hill must have different treatment from
that growing on the level or gently
sloping land. The latter may be Guilt
waited annually. The hill orchard can
not be cultivated, as that would result
in disastrous washing during heavy
rains One object in putting an orchard
on rather steep hill is to utilize 1t in
a way that will prevent loss Of soil and
its fertility by the means of running
water But in the case of the hillside
orchard 1t is not generally necessary to
set out the trees on the native sod and
leave them to their fate. In many
cases, where the soil is composed Of
heavy clay, drainage ie help We have
seen clay hillsides that would hold wa
ter in holes and hollows for a week
after a rain. In such soil the excava-
ton made for the tree at the time of
setting out will prove veritable water
bowl, in which stagnant water will re-
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-06-07
A NIGHT PASTURE.

During the cool Of night after the
suns glazing face is hidden and those
incessant flies have hidden away for a
few moments of rest-this is the time
for the over-heated and much-worried,
dairy cow to do the major part of her
pasturing. Many experienced COW men
keep the cows In the barn all day and
allow them to pasture by night only.
BY providing good ventilation and
darkening the windows with old gunny
sacks the flies give comparatively little
trouble. Though this is well 1t is not
to be advised unless one Is intensively
In the dairy business. Then he should
give the method fair trial. Keep ac-
count Of quantity of milk given by the
herd for week on pasture by day and
yard by night and then barn by day and
pasture by night for another week, then
again for a week same as first week, or,
divide the herd equally and alternate
the two halves. think there will be
little doubt that the night feeding will
show up better than the day, but wheth-
er there will be enough difference to
warrant the extra labor remains for
each man to decide for himself.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-06-07
FROG RAISING.

Can you give me any information re-
garding the raising Of frogs for market?
Possibly you can refer me to some work
on the raising of frogs. We are think
ing of starting a frog ranch and would
like to gather all data we can before
giving it trial.. J. T., Colorado.
Every year or so this frog ranch"
idea is started. 1t is much like skunk
farming! Most of the frogs and all the
profits are started by lead pencil in
some newspaper Office. Thousands Of
pounds Of frogs legs are sold every
year in the large cities. In New York
there is good demand for these "dain-
ties" but so far as we can learn the frogs
are caught one by one by people who
make a business Of hunting them in
creeks and swamps, chiefly in northern
New York and New England. So far
as we can learn there is no such thing
as a frog ranch-which we take 1t is a
place where frogs are to be bred and
cared for artificially. The scheme will
not succeed, largely because the big
frogs eat the little ones up and pay no
such prices for the privilege as humans
will. The United States fish commits
sion at Washington has issued pamph-
let on the frog which is worth reading.
We have no desire to start frog farm
ing. The loss that would surely come
from it would make croakers out of
every one.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-06-07
HARVEST TIME COMING.

The harvest season is nearing, the
time when old mother earth awards
prizes for faithful and intelligent work
and punishment to the lazy and shift
less. 1t is to be fruitful season. The
well-headed wheat, oats and barley
make beautiful picture as the fields
bend to the summer winds and wave up
and down as the pillows on summer
sea; the pastures are covered with the
snow Of the white clover bloom loading
the air with a delicate fragrance that
minds one Of the breath of the crab
apple and plum groves of the spring;
the red clover fields are a cardinal red,
heavy as seldom ever before, lordly
crop above ground, while they have
richly stored the earth with food for a
succeeding crop. The crop has fairly
reveled in the heat and moisture of June
and its green uniformed rank on rank
will soon be out with tassel and ear,
the golden wealth Of great state.
Fruit is abundant, the bees all in the
clover surfeited with honeyed richness,
young ROSTERS just trying to crow are
advertising their fitness for the frying
pan and their untimely end, the flowers
are all on dress parade, the red of the
roses, the royal purple of the wistarias,
while the grass is velvety green. Fine
country to live in and fine time to live.
HE that goeth forth weeping bearing
precious seed shall doubtless return re-
joicing bearing precious sheaves." This
is the time of rejoicing.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-06-07
PoLLENIzATIoN BY BEES.

1t has been assumed that the BIOS
some of various fruits are pollenized
by the winds as we'll as by bees and
other insects; but now the experiment
station authorities throw doubt on the
question, and Prof, Waugh states posi-
lively that pear and plum pollen can
not be conveyed by the winds, since
it is sticky and gummy. Whether the
pollen of strawberries and raspberries,
grapes and apple blossoms can be con-
veyed by the wind remains to be seen.
Most farmers are positive that the
pollen of corn is conveyed by the wind.
If the wind does not carry pollen
from one fruit blossom to another, we.
must certainly encourage bees to do
this work Possibly all fruit growers
will have to keep bees.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-06-07
WHITEWASH FOR THE P0UL-
TRY HOUSE.

1t is a good plan to whitewash the
interior of the poultry house at this
season of the year to assist in keep
ing down lice and vermin that may
infest the poultry house during the
summer.
We herewith give a good recipe for
a whitewash that may be used outside
or inside. 1t is made as follows:
Stake one bushel of good lime in boil
ing water, keeping it covered while
shaking; then strain and add one-haf
peck salt dissolved in warm water,
three pounds brown rice boiled to a
thin paste, one-half pound powdered
Spanish whiting and one pound clear
glue dissolved in warm water. Mix
this all thoroughly with the slaked
lime and let stand for several days.
Apply as hot as possible with a clean
brush.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-06-07
HOW MUSTARD RoBs WHEAT.

The plant-foods in the soil consist of
certain salts or minerals, as common
table salt and saltpeter. Certain of the
salts are abundant enough in the soil
at any one time to feed the crop for a
season or many seasons.
Others, such as saltpeter nitrate
acid) are liberated, become available to
the plant, or are rendered soluble, only
gradually, that is, there may be enough
of the saltpeter in the soil to last crop
only a few weeks. AS it is used, more
Of this food is rendered soluble so that
1t can be used by the plant.
We have this process going on in the
soil during the growing season; the
humus or vegetable substance con-
stantly yields certain quantity of the
saltpeter, and the growing plants are
at the same time using portion Of this
When the growing crop contains weeds,
there are two classes of plants drawing
on this food substance.
Nearly all the weeds begin towering
and ripening seeds long before the
wheat or flax or corn begins maturing
its seeds. Now, plant that is flower
ing and ripening seeds draws greater
amount of nutriment or food from the
soil, proportionately, than does plant
that is merely putting forth green
Ioauec The demands of the mustard
or French weed upon the soil during
June and part of July is greater and
more insistent than an equal amount of
wheat or other crop, and its demands
must be first supplied.
In other words, the French weed or
mustard is taking UP the excess of salt
peter as rapidly as 1t is formed, leav-
ing no surplus food to be drawn upon
by the wheat or flax when its time comes
to blossom and produce seed.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-06-07
CARE IN FERTILIzING Or
CHARDS.

1t is hard to get the soil too rich or
too full of vegetable matter for the best
production of vegetables. With fruits
the case is different. To secure the best
results on thin land orchards must be
fortified, but 1t must be done with
care and Judgment. Excessive appli-
cations of stable manure, or other nitro
genous fertilizer, should always be
avoided, especially after trees reach
bearing age. Such applications induce
a rank, sappy growth that makes pear
trees much more liable to blight, and
will surely cause destructive rotting Of
the stone fruits. With apples there Is
less danger, and they may safely be
fortified quite heavily. Excessive
wood growth is, however, never desir-
able in a bearing orchard of any kind.
The trees should be carefully watched,
and be given such treatment as will
give crop Of well-developed fruit; and,
at the same time, moderate growth of
well-matured wood. The leaves should
always be Of dark rich green, for
pinched yellow foliage indicates starva-
ton.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-06-07
EGG-EATING CURED.

Egg-eating is not merely naught.
habit in fowls. 1t is rather a natural
impulse to correct mistakes in feed
ing. We have never failed to cure
the most inveterate egg-eaters by
giving them plenty Of albuminous
food, in cut green bone, meat, worms,
ETC., and sufficient supply of sharp
grit in oyster shell, pounded glass or
crockery, etc. Sometimes we have
seen fowls entirely broken of egg
eating by giving them a supply of
ground oyster shell or other gritty
stuff alone. Constructing nests in
such a way that eggs deposited there
in will roll away from the hen and
slide through hole in the bottom Of
the next, into drawer underneath,
is taking useless trouble, even If the
nests are made to work well. Hens
do not like to lay in such nests, and
will not If they can help it. Furnish
all their needs of food, ETC., and the
hens will not have to try to find I'M
natural substitutes for their natural
requirements.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-06-07
SOIL FERTILITY.

Few soils are so lacking in fertility
that they would not grow crops could
the mineral plant food which they con-
tain be unlocked and brought into fit
condition for use. This important oper-
alton, as we'll as nitrifcation-or the
conversion of nitrogen compounds into
the form of nitrates-can proceed only.
in the presence of moisture. Crops
plowed under for green manuring, and
barn manures, can be made available
only when there is sufficient moisture
in the soil. There is constant move
ment toward the plant roots to restore
the equilibrium, or to make good that
use by the plant. This movement OF
the moisture brings to the roots the
soluble plant food.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-06-07
ALFALFA MEAL.

"A new move in the development
of the alfalfa industry is the organi-
zation of company in Omaha which
designs to put alfalfa on the market
as protein food in. perfect mechan-
ical FORM" the circular before us
states.
1t is further explained in the cir
cular that alfalfa meal is me-
chanical preparation Of alfalfa. In
making the meal the alfalfa Is re-
duced as fine as -four by special ma
chinery. In the process of curing and
reducing the protein element Of the
plant is all retained and made i'm
mediately available to the action of
the digestive fluids Of the animal.
Alfalfa meal contains from 16 per
cent. to 20 per cent Of digestible pro-
tein. 1t exists in the combinations
nature has made in her most perfect
forage plant, and In alfalfa meal 1t
is in the most convenient and perfect
form for economical feeding"
The plan of reducing alfalfa to a
meal and thereby making it available
as dilutant protein food to use in
connection with corn meal, and more
particularly, to make it suitable for
hogs, poultry and other stock which
lack facilities for masticating the al
falfa in its natural state, appears to
us to be a strictly logical develop
ment.
Alfalfa contains five to eight per
cent. more protein than "shorts" and
three to five per cent. more than
wheat bran, and 1t would appear to
need only the mechanical condition of
grinding to make the alfalfa pre-
ferred by feeders to either of the 9TH
ers. And in case the alfalfa meal"
as meal meets the favor of the stock
men as the known feed value Of the
plant seems to warrant, it will add
an element to the stock food supply
which will quite dispose of the wheat
brain question. In other terms, IL
alfalfa meal" shall succeed a wheat
bran famine need never again exist,
and the corn grower will have at
command an unlimited supply of a
dilutant protein food to mix with
and balance his corn ration.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-06-07
EAR1! ORcHARDsGARDFN

main for days to the great detriment of
the tree. We call attention to this fact
for the reason that many people have
the idea that all land with declivity
Is naturally well-drained.
The hill orchard will generally have
to be kept In sod, but this does not al
ways prevent the use Of the spade
around the trees. After the ground has
become we'll filled with the roots of the
trees 1t is sometimes advisable to use
mulch. This destroys the grass, but
does not disturb the soil. To what ex-
tent this can be practiced will depend on
the conditions Of soil, slope Of land and
rainfall.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-06-07
BACK TO THE FARM.

Soon after graduation week
His home he'll hang his hat In,
And give the mule roast in Greek,
A flashing loud in Latin
But soon he'll strike
The same old song
"Gee-haw! Gee--haww
And "Git along"
For nothing classics in the mule,
Whose hide is far from brittle;
He knows more than is learned In school
Although he brags but little.
He waltzes to
That same old song
"Gee-haw Gee-haw"
And "Git alongw
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-06-07
KEEP THE CULTIvAToR GOING

This is good year to keep the culti-
vator going in the corntield up until
the evening of the last day possible.
The fields are weedy. The corn is
small The ground in many places is
in poor mechanical condition. The.
abundant rainfall has made the corn
root shallow, and dry weather will hurt.
it. Keep the cultivator going to kill
the weeds, to fine the soil, to save the
water for the corn-it will probably
need 1t all.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-06-07

In culling the flocks include all the
understood, fat-ribbed and weak-con-
stitutioned sheep. No difference how
we'll wooded they may be they are not
perfect sheep and should not be per-
petuated in the flock. Fatten the culls
on good pasturage as rapidly as pos
sible and sell as soon as in a good mar
ketable condition.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-06-07

Bee men are contending that the
progeny Of some queens are longer
lived than those Of others. This is an
important point. If one set Of worker
bees will live twice as long as others
they will live to gather twice as much
honey and the profits of the apiary
would be increased 100 per cent. by hav-
ing all bees of this strain.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-06-07

A mash composed of two quarts of
oats, one quart of bran and half pint
Of tlaxseed makes very good stimulant
for young horses. Put the cats in the
bucket first, over which place the fax
seed, pour boiling water over this and
then put in the bran. Cover and let
stand for four or five hours before feed
ing.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-06-07

1t never pays to rush out to farm
work right after eating dinner. TakessI
a few moments to rest. More can be- 7
done in this way before night end
with less fatigue.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-06-07

Keep the cultivator going in the DO
tato field, the oftener the better.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-06-07

Gowan, state deputy warden, has been
working along the Arkansas and Wal
nut rivers in Cowley county the past
week. He has been assisted by Frank
Guthrie, the county warden. They re.
ported that they had captured sixteen
hoop nets and four traps. These were
all found In the rivers. They have
been taken from the water and de.
stroyed by the officers. The owners
will be prosecuted If they can be 10
Gated.
Boy Hangs Himself.-Paul Lillivre,
IL years old, was found dead in his
fathers woodshed near Westmoreland
the other day. Evidently he met his
death by accident while playing, as
the binding Irvine by which he was
hung was not around his neck, but
merely passed under his chin, cutting
into the flesh and making it impossi-
BILE for him to breathe. The Irvine had
been tied to rafter in the shed for
some purpose, and the theory is that
the boy had climbed upon a nearby
barrel and fallen into the moose at the
end of the Irvine.
Burrows Investment. - J. R. Bur-
row, secretary Of state, and several
other Kansas capitalists, are negotiat-
ing for 100000 acres Of timber land in
Old Mexico. Mr.. Burrow has gone to
inspect the property and close the
deal, If the thing looks good to him
Sad News of Husband. = Speeding
westward through Colorado on a Mis-
souri, Pacific passenger train en- route
to meet her husband at Starbuck,
Wash, Mrs. Charles Strum Of Cald'
well, Kansas, was stopped at Pueblo
by a telegram announcing the deatF
Of her husband.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-08
BOXING NOTES..

jerry Gaines and Jack curran havn
been matched to box at Bellows Fall1
NOV. Is.
the best iightwcights. have been
matched tn box at London Nov. &c.
Tommy Quill has been offered a
match - tho Lymansville. +. /. club
win Iil SIC of Philadelphia. I1c Ia;
not - " decided To- accept the of
fcr.
To avoid = knnrl<nut. tho police e
Hammond. InI. Monday night stopped
tn" bnu' between kid" Former Of
rhIr-Er ana Carl Anderson IF Ham
n"n1 in TIN fifth round. the former
fighter ling awarded tho baltic by
rcf+ron Jimmy Blrdcll. Farmer dom
"nStratol that he had not lost any Of
his "id-tiin" skill and hitting ahilitinr
rs he FOUGHT a cautions and clean fight.
Harr. LOWS. who has done moro
fighting Sp far than any other light
weight i'm the business. has just sign
ed arti,t.a Of agreement for another
battle. EIo has accepted terms t.
firht Mix: ward. tho Michigan fighter,
fn~ 10 rounds n Cir"rl RAPIDS. Mich.
, N Nov. II. Although Ward Is a good
man il " moro than likely that Lewis
will hav.. ~ trouble in getting the Dc
ciSinn.
Matchmaker M'cayey of the Pacilin
=. - Of Los Angeles. cal. is making
arrangements at present to hold n
tournament at hi; club this winter in
which featIerweiGhta will figure As the
principals. II" expects /" have Harry
Bake and frankie Neil meet in the
first contest Of 70 rounds. and Aha
Nttell and jimmy Walsh in the second
bout The winner Of each fight viii
then battle 70 rounds for the feather
; weight championship title.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-08
MARKET REPORTS.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features Of the Days Dealing IN All
the Leading Stocks.

%cw York NOV. TIL" speculation in
stocks proved t. 10 Of /: dcsiiitnry char
actfr to-day. in spite ~ the signs nf ami
nation in III" early selling. Tn" largest
shaI.' nj activity Was during th' hrsi
hOrr and this Wis largely under the
domination of foreign Influences. Report
ed 3Ir" hc"Si"n OF Il further adTdnc" IN
ti-s Bank Of England discount rat" at tho
W,t.flV meeting Of thu governors t"nor-
TOW Was 4 principal factor. TIE r" was
last few days and The selling 70 tx"
profits aggravated tho effect 81 II" sell
inc for London account
tn" nGtatl" strength III til" H.ll stock II.
especially N",tht-n Pacific. Was "ttrih-
utDi t. tic "ii cause If au expected q
h..1"rcial results ~ tn" iron or" deal.
Thcre vas nrmlral strength in illinois
Central Hpd in chicago &. Alton. which
WAS "Nrltincd hv the belief that II" rs
sr"nNt;"u Of control of Illinois Fcntral in
At I'r.-S'icnt Fish argues some u".j. ct =
closer relations botW"' u roads dominated
by =. IL IIHrriInaI.. Til" 10 al call mon
rat advance. III" ton 2i tho time money
rrarkrt however. was called strong and
nervous ard tN-11v loans Wcr" reported
At per cent. with that rat" bid for 6.
da"s
Reports from Washington If z case ~
preparation FOR prosecution Of the stand
ara cil a.. received sor,c attention in
H. market. tn demand from shorts
which caused racoverieS in prices, dis
closed that bear activItv Wa an i'm
rnrttst 'ltmsnt in IL" markets weak
rcS&. ppt ronS.d.r7hle net losses re-
nained after the rally The closing ton.
We tirm and dull.
Bond; were heavv- Total sales. paI
value. SIX f"h- I'nit2i states bonds were
urrhlE-.d "Il call.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-08
MANY PUBLIC REQUESTS.
VIII of Rev. Edward Slater Admitted
to Probate at Osdham, Mass.

Dedham. Mass. Env. The will Of
E"v. Edward Slater Of Dcdham,
making ruh'ic r. ursts 81 over $1,000
vas allowed to-day - Judge J. II.
Flint. in the Norfolk probate court tn"
Will provides that the requests t'.Er
effect upon the death If certain IF Mr.
Skaters relatives. II provides for $lo'
each for III" NassarhusrttS Historical
Society. New England Historic G"ne'-
logical Society. Dartmouth College.
Laphan Library. ThetfGri. VT TIE
rest and tho residue Of the estate. val
ucl at about $4,000. is left in shares
as follows:
Onc-haE to tn" Massachusetts, Epis-
copal diocese. To tc used by the lih:a-
ry Of the diocese. and ly the Episcopal
Theological School at Cambridge. one
quarter 10 the Vermont Episcopal do
c"se. the income To be turned over -
st. Barnab bus church of Norwich. Vt,
one quarter To III" New Hampshire did,
cese. the income 10 be used by st.
Thomas church ~ Hanover y. Fl.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-08
TANGLE GROWS WORSE.
Action o. Captain Of Warship Anglers
the New FoundIand Cabinet.

St Johns, y. r. NOV, a delegation
Of captains Of American fishing vessels
boarded the warship Brilliant in the BAY
IF Islands yesterday To learn # they'
could continue u hire New Foundland-
crs outside thu thrce-milc limit. the colo
NAL government having posted notices
warning coast folk that the bait act ror-
dcred service aboard foreign vessels lille
gal. Tho captain Of the Brilliant assured
the delegation that under the terms Of
the modus vivendi tho action described h.
them could not he peralized. The cap
tain also notified the colonial fishery in
~rector that Lo Intended to frame rules
FIR I'll" conduct II tha herring fishery
along the shores. The colonial cabinet is
protesting 70 the imperial government
that both proceedings ny the warship
captain are illegal ann that hts action be-
Titles the colon:=ts authority.