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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-10-12
BURRS IN THE WOOL.
This Is the Time of Year to Get Rid
Of the Sticky Things and
Increase Profits.

The selling price Of wool in Indiana
is very seriously affected by the pres
ence OF burrs. Light, bury wool is cut
from one to three cents a pound while
hard, bury wool is oftentimes cut
more than one-half in price. The sheep
gather these burrs in the fall. Burrs
are now setting on, and the first frost
Will cause them to dislodge easily from
the stem and attach themselves to the
wool.
AT a slight expense OF labor consid.
cradle Improvement in the quality Of
wool may. be made by Riding the uas-
ture OF burrs. Careful going over the
pasture once or twice. and then keen
ing up the watch in passing among the
sheep, will tend entirely to rid the
field OF burrs. Burrs make a puny
growth In thick pasture sod II
sheep are kept in the field they will
eat the young burr plants. They will
finally rid the field of burrs IL a new
supply is not constantly reseeding the
held, for they carry the matured seed
away in the wool and kill many vouns
plants and prevent others from making
a healthy growth-American Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-10-12
FARM FACTS.

II your family have not had all
the strawberries. peas and other good
garden stuff they can tuck away
what do you think Of yourself?
Show US how to make swinging q
hoe as popular as swinging baseball
bat and we will solve the labor prob
lem and provide food for all.
In our investigation Of the farm
help problem we have found a man on
the Pacific coast who makes q business
Of supplying Japanese farm help.
A neighbor who has q large flock
Of hens saw US carrying a large bunch
Of alfalfa the other day. why, / pay
$50 a ton for that stuff-dried and
ground" he said.
Shocks are not confined to electrici-
ty. The man who takes up dairying
as an easy way to rake In money will
have 8, shock when he discovers his
mistake.-0range Judd Farmer.
In spraying potatoes don't walt un-
til young bugs are Matched. Destroy
the laying beetles and eggs by using
. good sprayer and tobacco juice
mixed With Q little gasoline and blue
stone
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-10-12
KEEP STEERS COMFORTABLE
How the Stock Raiser May Increase
His Profits Materially Dur
ing Winter Months.

At Wisconsin convention a cattle
feeder said: you must keep a steer
comfortable One time had nv
steers weighed in, and one had gained
only ten pounds during the month.
while the Others had gained from 50
to 60 pounds each. | thought OF course
the boys who had weighed them had
made mistake The second month
that steer gained only Is pounds while
the Others had gained so pounds 7
examined that steer and found he
stood where the floor had worn down
and that he had stood on his toes. and
his legs had become sore. took him
out OF that place and put him in a box
stall, and he gained so pounds a month
for the next three months. At another
time let the steers out for the winter
and they ran hard, and one steer hit
and cracked his horn. He gained only
Is pounds the next month. The rest
gained so pounds each"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-10-12
Fruit for Horses and Cows.

We are asked If it pays to feed fruit
to farm animals. Does II pay for you
and your family to eat apples and 9th.
er fruits? II It does, 1t will pay to
feed fruits to your horses, COWS. etc.
Our horses and cows are crazy for ap-
Piles. and as we always give them some
fruit they always have an expectant
look when we come near them. 0p
feeding apples to cows they should be
spaded in half to avoid choking.) True
a pound Of apples will not flourish a
horse as will pound Of oats, but this
is no reason why fruits may not be
helpful to animals. It is said that no
germs can exist in the stomach while
fruit acids are present. Yes, feed your
animals fruits, but not IN excess, and
do not feed green fruits. since you
would not eat them yourself.-Midland
Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-10-12
REMEDIES FOR CHINcH BUG
Fighting This Pest by Disease Inoc-
uiation Has Not Proved Sue
cessful.

Spreading chinch-bug disease has
not proved very successful in Okla.
homa. At one time it was thought
that perhaps by the spreading of an
injection that this pest could be sue
cessfully eradicated, but experience
has proved that warm, moist weather
is necessary for the spread of the
disease. On the other hand, cool dry
weather is unfavorable and no infec.
ton occurs. The authorities at the
Oklahoma station point out that there
are four means by which the farmer
can protect himself from the chinch
bug. These are given in the follow.
ing:
l. Destroy, during the winter or
early spring, all the winter quarters
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-10-12
RELATIONS OF LABOR and CAPITAL
Continued from Fourth Pape

Judge, prosecutor, witness or jury;
driven like brutes by hundreds across
the state line and dumped down upon
the prairie in Kansas. The state Of
Colorado was converted into military
despotism, as absolute as Russia
Here was an example Of what capital,
criminally organized, will do when it
has the power. This reign of military
despotism left to Colorado a legacy Of
lawleSsneSs and corruption which will
curse the state for years. The law.
thus mal-treated and uodden upon,
shrank away, and ceased to be Of any
effect; and foul corruption, the off.
spnng of the trusts and criminal com
binations, dominated the election
which fol owed, defeated the will of
the majority and imposed upon the
taxpayers millions upon millions of
fraudulent public burdens to create
revenues upon which these robber
trusts hope to fatten for years and
years. This high-handed and awful
lawlessness was all enacted In the
name OF law, and upon the pretense
OF maintaining law and order. Upon
this false and villainous pretense.
the state Of Colorado has been con.
verted from free and honest com.
monwealth into lawlesS community.
Practicing lawlessness under legal
forms; in short, sovereign anarchy.
This episode in the states history
was so shameful that even Secretary
TAFT, while attempting defense of
capital in his Bath speech, in justifi-
cation of government by injunction,
said:
"lf, in such cases, there is no adc-
quate remedy for the injured person
by legal proceedings, after the injury,
the temptation is for him to take the
law in his own hands, as the phrase
is; and then we have civil war. This
is what happened between the miners
and the corporations IN Colorado
when the state was disgraced by the
laWless proceedings Of capitol and la.
Dor, and its public officials alike"
1t will be observed that Taft says
this was civil war. and while he
charges labor with lawlessness he
admits that capital was lasless, and
that the public officials were also
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-10-12

lawless. 1t was their sworn duty to
bring both labor and capitalize justice,
If they were lawless. But: Taft con.
fesses that the officials were lawless.
and the fact is that they we're thus
lawless at the instigation and by the
procurement Of lawless capital, whose
co-conspirators they became, to crush
labor and stamp out liberty. In other
parts Of the country lawless capital
has resorted to the plea Of breaking
labor strikes by melting ruffians to
make assaultsupon peaceable laborers
These ruffians, so employed ave called
ike.breskers. A short time
ago the newspapers reported the
proposed departure from the City
of New York for a point on the
Pacific coast of two thousand and
five hundred of these so-called
strike breakers, to break up a
strike. Think of it! Twenty
five hundred ruffians; twenty Eve
hundred bullies; twenty. five
hundred toughs; TWEEN ty-Eve
hundred thugs, bruisers, FOUNDERS,
scullions, brutes, murderers, load.
ed up on a long train of cars to be
transported three thousand miles,
to descend upon a body of labor
ing men, who are as Secretary
Taft says, maintaining their
wages by a strike, and all in the
name of Law and 0rderl All
this is the work of such oganiza-
tions as Parry's Employers Union.
These men who organize and lead
these criminal combinations are
enemies of liberty, enemies of the
constitution, enemies of the
government, traitors of the
country. traitors Of humanity.
and warn you now that if they
are not checked and defeated by
the people at the ballot box, they
will subyert every state govern
ment in this Union, as they have
subverted the government of
Colorado: and they will, in like
manner, subvert the natio nal
government, and found upon the
ruins of both state and national
governments an oligarchy of vul-
gar, swinish, lawless wealth.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-10-12
Clover Hav.

Well made clover hay is an excellent
corrective for concentrated feeds in
winter. For pig feeding clover hay
should be run through the feed cutter
and the chaned material well soaked
BY pouring scaldirg water over It To
the material so softened add meal and
feed the mixture once a day to all pigs
except those in the last stages Of fat.
tening.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-10-12


Adult at left: a. b, eggs magnified and
natural size; c. young nymph; e, Sec
ond stage of nymph; +, third stage: g,
full-grown nymph; d, h, j, legs; l.,
beak, through which food is taken.
Small lines show natural size.
of the bugs, together with the bugs
themselves, by deep blowing. Chinch
bugs fly in the fall to bunch-grass,
their natural food before crops were
introduced, to pass the winter. Not
finding the grass, they will hibernate
in any shelter that may be at hand.
During April they fly back to the
crops to mate and deposit their eggs.
Generally the wheat is in prime con-
dition for them at this time, and 1t
is the crop that suffers most when
the eggs hatch and the young bugs
begin to feed. Of course the great
est damage is done later when the
broods become very numerous and
begin to migrate to new fields. The
crop moved upon at that time is the
one to save.
2. Plant trap crop" to protect
the main crop, and when the bugs
move upon the trap. pillow the whole
under, bugs and all. This method has
given good results. The trap crop
may be millet, Kafir, or sorghum, and
should be on the side of the field
nearest to the wheat.
3. Pillow a space of ten feet around
the cornfeld when the bugs begin to
leave the wheat, harrow and drag
with brush to make as much dust as
possible. This can be, done only in
dry weather. Small, immature bugs
will not be able to cross the ten feet
of dust, and the mature ones will
seldom resort to flying.
4. Later in the season, when the
insects move upon the corn, few
rows cut and piled in armful-sized
piles will attract the chinch bugs, and
II it Is warm and the corn heats
thousands of bugs will die under these
piles from a chinch-bug disease. The
piles of green corn offer the ideal
weather conditions, hot and damp, the
disease being naturally present soon
takes" and the result is the death
of all bugs affected.
Do not attempt to destroy the
chinch bug by spraying. 1t has been
tried at the experiment station and
by numerous farmers, with the same
unsuccessful results. A few more
tests will be made with sprays, and
the results given II successful. But
until then the farmer has adequate
means at hand to materially lessen
the damages by this pest, by using
the above methods.
To repeat: By all means plant q
trap crop and pillow It under when
the bugs move upon It In great num-
bers. Pillow a dust strip and lay piles
of green cut corn or sorghum In the
path Of the migrating bugs. Then
finally. begin next winter to save
your wheat crop, BY cleaning up all
places where chinch bugs could hide
away and pass the winter months.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-10-12
Variety in Feeding.

Variety In feeding belongs to profit.
able stock growing. whether swine OF
other animals, but in connection with
variety there must be Judgment used
In changing and in the combinations
Too marked change can only be fol.
lowed with disastrous resultA-Amerl.
can Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-10-12
A Crop for Every Soil

Some crop is adapted to almost every
condition Of soil. On the great semi
arid plains Of the west, sage brush and
cactus grow luIuriandy. The world /,
explored for useful plants that will have
the characteristic Of the plants men.
toned as to ability to grow in arid
places, but have at the same time some
economic value. Considerable success
has already been obtained.-Farmers'
Review.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-10-12

COVERED TROUGH FOR LAMBS.
q creep or opening large enough fol
the lamb, bat not too large for a ma
ture sheep. The feed for the lamb:
must be placed in a trough covered 70
keep out rain If in an open lot and
to prevent the lambs getting into II
and soiling the feed The illustration
shows a cheap covered trough which
can be constructed any desired length
1t is made Of inch boards. Orange
Judd Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-10-12

Thieves seem to be getting
pretty bold around this town of
late. John Shaffer had a road
wagon setting out in front of
eFriedeman's blacksmith shop
tuesday evening, and Wednesday
morning it had disappeared. The
track showed that it had been
hauled away by a man walking
beween the shafts, and was fol-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-10-12
TO HASTEN GROWTH.
Lambs Should Be Provided with a
Little Feed Besides the
Mothers Milk.

To hasten growth lambs must have
bran, oats and maybe very little corn
In addition to their mothers milk. This
extra feed may be given in a small pen
or room adjacent TO the general feed
lot, and connected with II by means Of
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-10-12

lowed about two blocks south of
where he got the buggy before
the track was lost in the sand. 1t
was n road wagon with red run.
ming gear and a black bed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-10-12

Father OSullivan, recently Of
Atchison, is expected to arrive today
to take charge Of the Catholic church
at this place.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-10-12

Mrs. Hugo Demuth and Mrs. Shat
fel drove to Ellinwood today to spend
the day visiting with friends in that
town.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-02

The opening of Congress tomorrow viii
find a large attendance in the galleries.
as well as on the floor of both House and
Senate. the majority Of Congressional
homes having been opened In the past
week. Senator and Mrs. Hale. Senator
and Mrs. EIkins, Senator and Mrs. Dry
den. Senator Eeau and Miss Kean. Sen
ator and Mrs Depew. Senator and Mrs.
Buillley. Senator and Mrs. Martin. Sen
ator and Mrs Knox, are all recent ar
rivals.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-02

The annual luncheon and sale Of useful
and fancy articles 10 be given by the
ladies Of the Pierce Guild. auxiliary to
the Washington Hospital for Foundlings
wiz take place Thursday. Friday. and
Saturday of this week. at the Masonic
Temple. corner of Ninth and F streets
Luncheon viii be served from L to 2
o'clock, under the personal direction Of
the board of lady managers. and wiz be
fully up to the standard of former years
They viii be assisted by volunteer
Mattresses. numbering about fifty girls
and young matrons Of resident and Off
clal society.
The officers and active members of the
guild are. President. Mrs W II. BayIy:
vice presidents, Mrs. J. II. Spal8ng and
Mrs. J. A. Swope: secretary. Mrs \. b
Browne. treasurer. Mrs. W "a. Hoeke:
Mrs. J. Y. BarrOss, Mrs. 5. r. EsJnd. Mrs
Alexander Britton. Mrs T. L. Browne.
Mrs J. E. Church, Mrs. G. z. Emmons.
Mrs. J. NJ Green, Mrs. H a. Hall. Mrs
r. w, Haynes, Mrs. S. l. KimbaU Mrs
J. J. LlghtfO0t. Mrs. James Mckinney.
Mrs. T. p Moran. Mrs. J. c. Pennie, Mrs.
NJ. V Richards, Mrs. Fl. c. Stewart, Mrs
Virginia Thompson. Mrs. z. r. Wallace,
Mrs. G. B. Welch. Mrs. Simon Wolf, Mrs.
S \. Whltwen, and Mrs Vespasian War
ner.
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students q quiz. which was followed with
o. discussion 0u the advantages Of CO
education. Dancing was iBdulged Ia and
light refreshments served.
The debut of Miss Isabel Nagruder.
scheduled some time ago FOR December 3.
has been indefinitely deferred. as already
announced. owing 70 the Illness Of the
prospective bud who IS suffering from
typhoid fever at her home on II street.
X is great pleasure 10 announce that
Miss N2gruder is doing very well with 10
fears being entertained Tor her complete
recovery in time TO join her C0atempOca-
ries before the close Of the season.
Mrs. SyGons and Miss Symons viii hold
the first o. their three at-homes t0-mor-
row afternoon. which WHY be Miss sy-
mons first appearance in the role of host
ess ln Washington. This particular bud
has already had a very delightful social
experience. having been presented in Buf-
fa'o during the past summer, near which
ci,y she and her parents passed a great
part Of the season.
Tuesday VIII bring an interesting tea al
the Alb. Club by Mrs. AUlick Palmer and
AllSS ts.lilcg- NLo nave invited their
friends TO meet Miss Katharine CIabaugh.
debutaute daughter OF Judge and Mrs. II.
NJ Ciabaugh.
Col and Mrs. Bromwell will give their
first large dinner party of the season on
Tuesday evening. the occasion being in
honor of AIRS. Edgar Bright, of New Or
leans
Miss Ruth Tanner win make her debut
on Wednesday at large tea at her par
ents' home. on r street, with d small
dance TO follow in the evening.
Mrs. GheCu. wife of Rear Admiral
GhCen. L. 5. y. viii give an afternoon re-
ception on Thursday, which wiz be the
debut Of Miss Florence Gheen. and serve
the further purpose of welcoming to their
new home on New Hampshire avenue the
many Washington friends of this popular
family. who have just returned from sew
eraI years residence in St Paul
Friday viii De banner day in afternoon
affairs. the chief events being the follow
ing debutante teas: Mrs Robert /. FIem-
ing. TO introduce Miss India Bell Fleming:
Mrs. Hannen Jennings, to introduce Miss
Katharine Jennings; Mrs. Hatfield. wife
of Col Hatfield. at Fort AIyer. 10 intro
duce Miss Helen Hateld; Mrs. Harrison H
Dodge, TO introduce Miss Molly Dodge.
Mrs. Pierce Crosby will also be the
hostess at tea on Friday afternoon at
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Tomorrow will usher in one Of the
busiest weeks of the winter. quite apart
from the convening Of Congress. which to
large number of the winter residents is
the opening event Of each season. While
the state dinner parties viii begin in De
cembeT. the President and Mrs. Roosevelt
having already issued invitations for De-
cember l3. the official receptions viii not
begin before January !.
Rear Admiral William Sheffield COwles
left Washington last week to join Mrs.
Ccwles and their son, Sheffield Cowles. at
their estate at Pennington, Conn. They
viii return the first Of next week. The
Ambassador 10 Great Britain and Mrs.
WhltelaW Reid Will be the guests Of Adj
miral and Mrs. Cowles for the week be-
ginning December 30.
Miss Cannon, daughter Of the Speaker
of the House. arrived at the family resi-
dence on Vermont avenue yesterday.
1Ir. and Mrs. Nathaniel Francis enter
tanned at dinner Lass evening. in honor
of Mrs. Bright, of New Orleans.
u
wilkshire regiment of the British army.
has been appointed military attache at
the British Embassy in this city. 20 sue
ceed Lieut. Col Count Gleichcn. The latter.
who was only appointed TO Washington
last season, has spent little time i'm this
country, out recently returned to await
the appointment of a successor. Count
Gleichen viii probably receive a sub
stantial promotion 20 a European, post
Mr., Marshall Langhorne, secretary OF
the United States Legation at Copenna-
gen. who has been making snort visit
T. his parents home in this city. was
among the passengers sailing on the Phil
adelphia for Southampton yesterday
Thursday afternoon viii be devoted to
the annual Christmas sale fer the benefit
cf the House OF the Good Shepherd. which
takes place At Rauscher's, from to s.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-02

A wedding Of much interest to Wash
ingtonians is that Of Miss Marie Mont
gomery Edelin and Mr. Francis LeBaron
Smoot which will take place at noon.
Tuesday. December 4, at the residence
of the brides parents, Mr. and Mrs.
CLAYTON A. Edelin. In Nineteenth street.
The ceremony. which viii be performed
by the Rev. James F. Macllin, rector Of
St PauTs Catholic Church. viii bc at
tended only by the immediate families
Of the bride and groom.
Mr. and Mrs. John c. Capers and fam
Hy have an apartment at the Cumber-
land. Thomas circle, which will be their
Washington home Mr.. Capers maintains
his citizenship in South Carolina. how
ever. and is the member for his state
Of the Republican National Committee.
He has Just completed a term as the
United States district attorney Of Sou-h
Carolina. and is now practicing law in
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs YOrke. Of Ohio. are stay
ing at the New Willard during their
visit to this city.
After a lengthy stay in Atlantic City.
Nj. William A. Haley returned to his
home in this city during the past week
for an indefinite period.
The junior class Of the Washington Col
lcge Of Law was entertained Friday
evening by Mrs. c. r. Langworthy and
the ladies Of the German-American Kin
dergarten and Preparatory School, corner
Of Connecticut and California avenues.
Prof. Harry A. Hegarty, instructor in the
Washington College Of Law, gave the
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stone, at Fort Keogh. Mont, November
Is. Mrs. Edmonstone is the daughter Of
the late Maj. Adam Kramer. L. S. A.
Gen. I. s. Catlin, L. s A, retired, and
Mrs. Catlin, will pass the winter in New
York. where they have taken an apart
ment at the Breslin.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-02

AIRS. Nicholas I.QnSworth. who. by the
way. is an intimate friend of young Mrs.
Crane. VIII also Doe "a comparatively new
matron in Congressional society, as, not
WifhsJandinE her position as daughter Of
the President and her own personal pop
ularity, she VIII be expected 20 make
the much discussed first call on all the
wives of her husbands seniors in the
House, upon the Cabinet, and Supreme
Court
The Washington herald., 1906-12-02

Mr. and Mrs. Yorke. of Ohio. are stay
ing at the New Willard during their
visit to this city.
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of the House. arrived at the family resi-
dence on Vermont avenue yesterday.
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Thursday afternoon viii be devoted to
the annual Christmas sale fer the benefit
cf the House OF the Good Shepherd. which
takes place At Rauscher's, from ? to s,
The Washington herald., 1906-12-02

1Ir. and Mrs. Nathaniel Francis enter
tanned at dinner lasJ evening. in honor
of Mrs. Bright, OF New Orleans
The Washington herald., 1906-12-02

After a lengthy stay in Atlantic City
Nj William A. Haley returned to his
home in this city during the past week
for an indefinite period.