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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
THE ASPARAGUS BED
By Ola Larson. Foreman Central
Experiment Farm, Utah.

The most excellent early vegetable
Should be in every garden. One year
old plants should be planted in rows
four or five feet apart and Is to 20
inches apart in the row. Great care
should be taken to get them planted
right, for after a bed is well started
and properly taken care of it viii last
almost indefinitely. In planting small
beds dig holes for each plant IS or IS
inches square and IL inches deep. put
in about eight inches of well-rotten
compost; then about three or four
inches of soil, leaving the bottom of
the hole little higher in the center
than at the edges. After the roots of
the plant have been trimmed to three
or four inches, place the crown of the
plant on the high place; spread the
roots all around: then cover with
about three inches of soil. Press the
soil firmly and leave until the plant
has commenced to grow, then fill the
hole up with soil. Early spring is the
best time for planting. Rows should
be run north and south A shaded To-
cation is not desirable as the plants
need all the sunshine they can get. In
planting large beds, blowing furrow
is better than digging holes In the
fall of the year the tops should be cut
off and burned and the bed should
be given a heavy covering of we'll
rotted manure. This should be dug
into the ground in the spring, taking
care not to disturb the plants. Aspa-
ragus may be cut the third season
after planting. After July 1 cutting
should stop and the beds allowed to
rest until next season. In cutting,
care must be taken not to cut the
young sprouts that are not out of the
ground. The English method is to
leave it until the sprouts are six or
eight inches out OF the ground and
turning green. The French and Ger
man method is to bank up the beds
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05

about one foot above the crown of the
plant, and bleach it. Those who use
this method claim that it gives the
asparagus better flavor.
Asparagus will do we'll in almost
any soil, but deep, black soil or sandy
loan is preferable. Small vegetables
may be grown between the rows the
first two years. A sprinkling of coarse
salt over the ground once year is
beneficial as asparagus grows wild on
the sea coast.
The new asparagus culture for COM
mercial purposes now existing in Ger
many is entirely different from the
above method. Hundreds of acres are
grown there. The plants are set about
15 inches below the surface of the
ground and the land is plowed over
them about eight inches deep every
fall and spring.
Asparagus for winter use can be
forced to good advantage in hotbeds
or under greenhouse benches. Large
clumps of roots can be taken from the
field and transplanted. The crop, is
produced chiefly from the nourishment
which is stored in the roots and the
roots are then thrown away after the
season is over.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
CONCERNING THE COWS.
A Series of Don'ts Which the Farmer
Should Remember.

Don't be unkind to the milk COW.
Don't use a club but kind words in
stead.
Don't torment a COW by teasing her
young.
Don't allow COWS to sleep in a mud
dy shed.
Don't permit the cow to drink i'm
pure water
Do not feed the milk cow rotten"
or decayed corn.
Don't allow your fingers nails to
grow long if you are daily mixer.
Don't allow any loafers around
when milking, such as dogs, children
or cats.
Don't yell at the COW, and beware of
profane language, it leaves a bad i'm
preston.
Don't fail to keep some sort of salt
handy so the COW may have free &C
cess to it. TX
Don't expect COW to give as much
milk when half fed as when properly
cared for
Don't. when milking, beat the cow
for stepping backward when flies are
numerous.
Don't allow your cows to be chased
by dogs. or be hurried when going to
or from pasture
Don't expect the COWS to come from
pasture By mere calling them but
drive them up slowly.
Don't forget to allow the cow civil
treatment and she will return the
same in good measure.
Don't milk until dusk during the hot
months so as to avoid the presence OF
the dies which so vigorously attack
the COW just before shutdown.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05

treated with raw oil and white lead or
shellac and oil is suitable for this pur-
pose. Canvas may be rendered dark
in color by mixing lampblack with the
oil. AS an especial precaution against
possible tearing of the canvas at the
top of the fumigator a wire net may
be tackled on the inside of the frame
so as to prevent the limbs from COM
ing in contact with the canvas. The
canvas may be sewed in such a man
ner that three sides are inclosed with
one large sheet. Around the base of
the fumigator a strip of canvas 1S
inches wide is securely tackled and
when the box is in place these strips
lie on the ground and may be covered
with dirt or, preferably, long sand
bags of small diameter for preventing
the escape of the gas. These strips
may be fastened up out of the way
when THE fumigator is being moved.
The movable face of the box rests
upon a two-inch fiange which is COW
cred with felt so as to prevent leak
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
FUMIGATOR FOR SMALL
TREES IN THE NURSERY
Apparatus SirpIe Effective.
Agricultural Department Expert.

The chief advantages claimed for
this fumigator may be stated as fol-
lows: Its cubic content may be easily
and accurately computed. and hence
the exact amount of chemicals neces-
sary for the treatment of each tree is
readily determined The same
amounts of chemicals will be use for
each tree. and the necessity of separ-
ate estimations of amounts and weigh
ings of chemicals in the field are thus
avoided. Fewer men are required to
manipulate the fumigator than would
be necessary to handle a tent large
enough to cover trees of the same
size. The fumigator does not rest
upon the trees, and there is therefore
little danger of injury to buds or
of breaking small limbs. Trees which
bear some long branches may be
pruned sufficiently to admit them into
the fumigator without injury. The
frame of fumigator constructed in this
manner was found to be rigid and suf-
ficiently strong, and the whole proved
to be gas-tight.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
Rack for Feeding Corn.

lowed. One such as shown in the
sketch is a good one. The corn is put
into the rack at a, and the cattle
reach over the bar, C, and eat it
through the slanting Stats, b. Corn
that falls off drops down upon the
platform, e, where it is reached by
the stock.
There is no loss in this method of
feeding, says Farm and Home, and
tests at the Nebraska experiment sta.
ton show that in many cases a great
er net profit can be secured from the
feeding of corn to the stock with the
fodder in this method than can be had
by feeding shucked or shelled corn.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05

age. The surface of the movable side
which rests against the fiange is COW
cred with the same material. This
movable side is forced into position
and held by wooden buttons firmly
bolted onto the frame. The cost of the
fumigator, 10x6x6 feet, will vary from
$13 to SIS, depending upon the quality
of the sheeting which is used to cover
the frame and whether wire netting is
used In the top of the fumigator. A
fumigator made according to this
method may be carried and operated
by two men. For operating the appa.
ratus a bag of cyanide of potash is
placed over the dish Of acid, and a
string tied to the bag is extended
through small hole in one of the
strips of the frame. The string may
then be gently pulled from the out
side, when the cyanide will fall into
the acid, after which the hole is closed
with a wooden plug. The time re-
quired by two men for moving the
fumigator from one tree to another
and putting 1t in place was found TO
average about ten minutes during the
expesd1ants reported.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
Never, No, Never.

Never milk with wet hands. Never
mix warm with cold milk Never close
can containing warm milk. Never
try to break kicker with a club.
Try kindness. Never form the habit
of feeding and milking at irregular
hours Never allow the cans to stay
in the dairy stable while being filed
with milk. Never add an animal to
the dairy herd before being sure4it is
frec-from disease. Never buy a COW
on her pedigree alone. It's her per.
Torrance at the pail that counts most.
Never allow COWS to become. excited
by hard driving. t-','"d wnrd- or un.
necessary dis
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
SECRET OF GOOD CREAM.
Suggestions Which: " Followed WIN
Give Good Results. {.

The following suggestions are given
as guide for the production of cream
of good quality:
l. Clean cream, cold cream, and
rich cream are the three words which
tell the secret of producing sweet
cream.
2. Be clean and sanitary in milking.
3. Have all pals, crooks, cans. and
dairy utensils scalded and clean.
4. Keep the separator clean By
washing after each separating
.. Cool each lot OF cream in cold
water before setting it away and have
1t thoroughly cooled before adding to
the general lot of cream. "a good way
is never to mix a fresh batch of
cream with older cream, but keep
each lot from. the different separat.
ings, separate and in one-gallon
crOcks.)
b. Have a well-yentilated cave or
cool cellar in which to keep the
cream.
Z. Stir each of the separate lots of
cream every day to keep them uni.
form.
s. Have wire screen for each
crock so as to air the cream" and
keep out flies and insects.
9. Skim rich cream-35 to As per
cent-and it will keep sweet longer.
: 10. Deliver the cream to the cream
cry or receiving station three times a
week in summer and twice a week in
winter
H.. Insist upon the creameryman
weighing out the sample of cream for
test instead of measuring in pip.
cite. The scales are more accurate.
II. Have the cows come fresh in
September and October and receive
70 to 80 cents a pound for the butter
fat in winter instead of Is to 20 cents
a pound in summer.
Is. Make a study of the herd Of
cows, select the best ones. sell the
poor ones, buy or raise more good
ones, grow more cowpea and alfalfa
hay for winter feeding, and make the
COWS keep you instead of you keeping
the cows.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05

Fumigation with hydrocyanic-acid
gas has been recognized for some
time as one of the most effective
means of dealing with San Jose scale
and other scale insects. This method
of treatment has been applied to
nursery stock, as well as to trees
standing in orchards. The labor nee.
essary for manipulating a, tent or box
covering for trees in orchards is un-
der any circumstances considerable,
and this gives importance to the prob
lem of devising a cheap, easily man.
aged and effective covering for fumi-
eating trees. The frame of the fumi-
gator illustrated herewith is construct
ed of pine strips three inches wide
and seven-eighths inch in thickness,
the strips being braced on three sides
by double cross-pieces midway be-
tween top and bottom and short
braces at angles. The base has but
three sides, the fourth side being
omitted so as to avoid the necessity of
lifting the fumigator over the top of
the tree. In order to strengthen the
base, two trips extend from the back
strip of the base to the front end of
the side strips. Two stouter strips are
bolted onto the sides at convenient
height for carrying the fumigator The
fourth side is separate from the rest
OF the fumigator, is made of the same
material, and fits tightly in place
against the two-inch flange on the
face of the box.
The frame is covered with any gas.
tight material. Eight-ounce duck
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05

Growing cataIpas.-Following are
the conclusions arrived at in the dis.
cussion of catalpa growing as prof
liable tree culture, by Samuel J. Rec
ord, forester: 1. That the wood of the
hardy catalpa has many valuable prop
critics, and is specially desirable for
posts; 2. Only the pure catalpa spe-
cies should be planted; 3. Only good
soil is adapted to the culture; 4. 1t
is much cheaper to grow the seed
ings than to purchase them from
dealers; 5. That close crowding of
the young trees is to be avoided; 6.
That hand pruning is necessary to
make clear, straight and sound tim
Der; Z. That the growing of hardy
catalpa may be made safe and prof.
liable business.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
FEEDING THE FARM
WORK HORSE
BY e. G. Parker, Asst. Agriculture
asf, Minnesota EXP. Station.

The average cost to the farmer
OF maintaining farm work horse for
year is approximately SITS, this fig
ure including feed, labor in grooming
| and Harvesting, depreciation, inter
est on investment and shoeing. About
two-thirds of this expense is made up
of feed, a fact which emphasizes the
Importance of judicious and eeonom-
ical horse feeding.
The horse is one of the most diff
| cult of domestic animals to properly
feed. The energy manufactured from
his feed is converted into muscular
effort, and because of the relatively
small size of his stomach and diges-
tive apparatus. it often happens that
the OutgO of energy-as expended in
muscular efforts greater than the
capacity of the digestive apparatus
for taking in energy, and the ultimate
result is lack Of power and stamina
and disease in the locomotive or.
gans. The working life of the average
city dray horse does not exceed five
or six years, and the farm horse ten
years. Injudicious feeding and water
ing and poor care are responsible in
many instances for the short working
life of the horse.
The problem Of feeding farm work
horses resolves itself into a problem
of securing high degree of efficiency
at the seasons of greatest activity, as
seeding, harvesting and blowing, and
into problem of cheap maintenance
during the remaining seasons of the
year. In order to secure the greatest
efficiency in feeding the grain should
be adapted to the various seasons of
the year, and this point should re-
ceive greater consideration at some
seasons than the relative price of
feeds. During the hot harvest months
oats are always to be preferred to
corn or barley, and wild hay or tim
othy to clover hay. Corn, barley and
clover are too heating to be constantly
fed in large amounts during these sea-
sons and keep the horse up to the
highest point of efficiency. At other
seasons, however, the relative prices
of grain feeds should determine their
selection for horse feeding. Too
strong prejudice in favor of oats ex-
lists in the upper Mississippi valley.
While oats are a more cooling and
life-producing food than corn. they are
usually more costly than corn, and
corn should be substituted for oats
during many seasons of the year be-
cause of its cheapness. From expert
ments in horse feeding conducted at
the North Dakota Experiment Station.
the conclusions were drawn that oats
at 80 cents or over are a costly food
as compared with corn and bran.
Corn at Sc cents per bushel was con-
sidered as cheap a grain feed for
horses as oats at % cents. When
bran is worth SIS ton or less and
corn Is cheap, an excellent grain ra-
ton for work horses can be made Of
mixture Of one-third corn and two
thirds grain. Grinding the corn and
cob or cracking the corn Is desirable
for old horses. Barley, wheat and rve
are too expensive to feed unless dam.
aged, and damaged grain ought NOT
to be fed to the work horse-better
feed it to the sheep or the hog
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
Showing Method of Constructing a
Square SiIo and Method of Cutting
the Corners.

says Hoard's Dairyman. If square
silo is desired, our illustration will
show the method of building and ,espa.
cially the method of routing the corr
ners. which must be done to keep the
siiage from hanging in the corners
and so spelling. The frame is made
of 2x6. laid horizontally a foot apart
so as to obtain the utmost strength.
The lining and outside is put on as in
other forms of silo.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
careIessness and NEGLECT

carelessness and NegIect.-These
are the worst enemies of any enter
prise. They will wreck any undertak.
ing, however favorable the conditions
may be for the success of that under
taking. Carelessness in the poultry
yard leads to all kinds OF troubles
Neglect of the fowls brings In the lice
an often let's In the night providers.
1t frequently leaves a broken window
till cold storm comes and the birds
are down with colds that make 1t DOS
sible for that terrible disease. the
roup, to develop. More flocks have
become unproductive from neglect
than from any other cause. Unless a
man can give his poultry the carr
they should have he win get little
satisfaction out Of them.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
THE SQUARE sILo.
How II Can Be Built and Made Stuff.
cientiy Strong.

The square or octagon silo is not as
strong as the round form, but it can
be made sufficiently strong to be a
successful silo, but all things consid-
cred, round silo is much to be pre-
ferred, both for strength of construc-
ton and ease of building and repair.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
Dairyinq.

Dairying is not frontier business.
1t follows after the pioneers and is
. more finished type OF farming, re-
quiring more skill and knowledge than
ordinary CROP production
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05
FEEDING CORN AND FODDER.
Special Form of Rack Which Makes
the Practice Easy.

The feeding of old corn stalks with
ear attached is being practiced with
good results by many western corn
belt stockmen. This requires special
form of rack if it is successfully fol-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05

Fattening Horses.-In fattenfne
horses for market an average gum Of
over three pounds per head for 4 ma
Rod of 80 days has been made under
favorable circumstances
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05

In Watering the Horse.-Avoid sud.
den and unnecessary changes in the
method of watering
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05

| not fortified and are used for com.
parison with the fertilized ones. If
the squares are made 20 by 20 feet
an application of one pound of nitrate
to each one of them will be equivalent
to almost one hundred pounds to the
acre.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-05

Before using fertilizers in large
quantities it is well to experiment
with several different kinds in plats.
The above diagram shows plots of
uniform size which should be sep
arated by space of at least -
inches. The squares marked o are
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-09-29
TROOPS CALLED OUT.
Wild Reports Of Possible Trouble
Proved To ee Groundless.

M",,.,. Nj, Sep, N M:.d r"tri =
in which there was no Crtdenct caus =
"a oue compau! Of "a, ni",ih Ia
be -"u' 70 Plateau. q negro settle
u.nnt three miles from Mobile at I: -
O'Clock Friday morning.
Tn. reports were started by per-
son. of no authority and there waa
rot t.. slightest occasion for sending
for &<,pOpS-
Several families VINO were employ
ed a, factory near Plateau. came
~ IN. CIV saying that the negroes
wei. holding secret meetings and were
going To avenge the death OF a negro.
Nose Basse,t. who was lynched on
Sunday morning for attempting to rape
an aged white woman near the place
At o'clock the place vas very
quie; and not the least trouble Is ex
ppc.eI. The affair in many instances
has been greatly exaggerated.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-09-29
Ack HALE rESTlFIEs.
Makes Sweeping Denial Of Charge o.
Murder A7ainst Him.

Bristol, Tenn. Sept. 2S.-Ack
Hale wnOis on trial AZ BlOntville for
the murder Of LIKE DAVIS. the Grim"
haviu. been committed IN East Hill!
Cemetery. In the city last March. on
Thurasa$ took the stand in his own
behalf ana gave substantially the same
version " the tragedy a, wL'n hrst
arrested a rev minute, after the IA
tai >L,t Was fret
Hale made sweeping denia! Of the
charge OF mlr,.er. ana cont iSdicted all
the witnesses for the prosecution "a
to the events Of the afternoon and
eveniu. on which the cir! met her
death. He tes,ihes that he had been
intimate with his alleged victim. but
officers were called In rebuttal who
declared that ne denied while under
arrest that there had been any iati'
macy bet ween them.
In several other important partic-
uiars Hale's story was shaken upon
cruss.examination or by rebuttal evi
depce.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-09-29
OCEANS sorroM RA,sEo.
New Mountain Peak roewssd BY Re.
ont uphsavais in the Far Worth.

New Mountain Peak eoeNe6 ~ Ne.
cent Uphsavs's IN the Fss NORM.
Seattle. Wash. Sept ?s.-Captain
A. J. Henderson. OF the revenue cut
tor Thetis. on arrival here from an
Arctic expedition. confirmed With o.
ncial reports the arcountiDf a rtolen'
volcanic eruption OF Mt. .k"shin. oa
Sept. l. and the existence of a new
peak rising from the sea forming
par, II the Bososlov formation.
The latest addition Is the f1ur'h.
ami with Its appearance the bottom
OF '.,e ocean has raised until chan
mel, formerly sufficiently large for the
passage OF ships are now dry land.
The Maaushin volcano was threat
en,ug for SIX hours. and ashes heavily
impregnated With sulphur tell 10 a
dep. VI ,hree.eishts 81 an inch.
The mountain l. - miles from Una.
!aska. Reports made TO Captain Hen.
ier,on In the north state three other
similar volcanic DISTURBANCES nave &C
CURED along the Alaskan coast during
the pI rS"nt summer
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-09-29
ooMER FAvoRs LOCAL o7TicN.
(0eu!d Not Advise a State Prohibition
Law Tor Alabama.

Mont gOmery. Ala. Sept 2>-In ne
QpveruOr .A,ts at rest all the tain about
~ Incorporating in his call the Ques-
01o0 Of con >idering a general pr0hiDi'
NO. bill when tue extra session II
1slIed.
: In the call for an extra session
0ys the governor. Il would not en-
10y . prohibition call and would not
0fviss q state prohibition law.
Tie governor explains his position
eay1ng that he had been asked by
eolh sides about the matter. He
0ys that when he vas making his
panpaign throughout the state Tor
0Dvernor he stated In every county
eAst I favored local option: thus CIV
1hs every county the opportunity TO
Vote a. to waether or not they should
Aave saloons. dispensaries or pron'-
01tion. 90 I favored the local op'
Nisa Law ~ enAc' by the last lests-
0Atsre and tn! ,k that II should SAND
oDtil the people have opportunity 10
NE On the question as . state POI
49,
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-09-29
:. PERSONS DROWN
.fhubeat Cspsi1ed % Tssbig'
.hee River In Alabaaa.
iaaa1 CAUGHT IN the RAPIDS
a,.u.aots Were Thrown into Swift
y e.,rens and Drowned Almost in
sa.nt,y-River Very Treaeherovs at
,s.,.& vvhsre Goat Caps,zed.

I, 0lobile. Ala. Sept. "S.-i~sIi- Ne''
nsille. = white DO! of Mo'i." AMI -
So..vues we're drowned In the Tom
snaeh.a river al McGte~s Shoals. a
~ while after noon Thursday. while
sss1er.using the river in "A ferry boat from
- governments works where they
-. EN- ploytd. They were on thrI.
~ 20 dinner when the accident oc-
~nsFed.
s About midstreAm the l!t.!c BOAT
nrifted beyond control OF the men into
- rapids and soon capsizcd. Two OF
- negroes In the boat scramo.'
- ton as Il overturned but the other
aaeupants were thrown into the swif'
>ureat and were drowned almost h
aGsatly.
The young white boy drowned /, the
- OF W. r.. Vernn.Ic. 'hr chief en- :
l1.eer In Charge Of the government
Oorks at The shoals, Their home
II IN Oakdale. . suburb ~ Mobile.
TIE boy was no. employed at The
vesks. but was thc''' "n visit 10 AZ
lnther and was returning home w..r,'
- accident occur:,i
{, The Tomb gbee r!A"!. - III" | =.
0here the boat o. re-. l. \. B..
tvpscherous and has lnu- - on
avsA too dang, for ~. a.
,pe,Ienced stea:..,' a. N i