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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-10-15

These are things that any farmer
can have" explained the young man
ager. 1T makes the handling Of stock
easy. 1t is especially easy and con-
Venient for me-for am q dairy farm.
er, remember"
To carry out this, the most impor.
tant Of his ideas, required another
innovation, most interesting Of all.
The big barn was divided into long
rows Of stalls for the cows. Each
animal has swinging iron neck hold.
er that gives 1t ample liberty yet
keeps 1t In place.
In front Of each row Is an iron pipe,
air tight, leading to vacuum tank In
the power room where are indicators
telling Of the air pressure. The en-.
CINE pumps the air out Of the tank
and so out Of the pipes, leaving a sue
ton that Is used to operate milking
machines, Of which eight are installed.
These are Of the ordinary type used
In the agricultural colleges and can
be operated by a boy.
1T takes US about an hour to do the
milking Of 30 cows" explained the
young man. I'VE shall have 40 cows
soon and It will take no longer then.
1t Is not profitable to use the milking
machines with less than 40 cows, be.
cause of the expense Of installation.
Something like $500 is invested in this
apparatus.
But 1t helps solve the hired man
problem. Few men like to milk. In
the foreign countries and in some
parts Of this country where dairying
by hand has been the custom for a
long series Of years II is easy to get
mixers. The western hired man balks
at two or three hours Of milking daily.
This makes 1t difficult to secure help
on the farm II attention is given to
dairying, With these machines It is
different. Any hired man will manage
the machinery and likes It, for he is
relieved Of the drudgery Of the actual
work himself. There will be easier
work managing this farm than ever
before and l expect to make more
money out Of 1t, too"
Along with the change in the farms
methods have gone changes in the d.
vision Of the crop-raising plans. In.
stead Of producing grain for selling,
the farm will now produce feed for
the cattle and hogs. Two hundred
head Of swine are being cared for and
the income from these is not to be
despised.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-10-15

plough and reaper and binder-being
somewhat larger than, but otherwise
constructed on the same lines, as
the species in everyday use for horse
baulage. The tractor, then, is a three
wheeled machine, having two broad
tired, chain-driven propelNng wheels
behind and one smaller steering wheel
centrally situated in front. The steer
ing lock is distinctly good, the tractor
turning In a circle of which the radius
Is about seven and one-half feet. The
20 horsepower motor is of the two
cylinder horizontal type, the fuel be-
ing either petrol or parafln as de-
sired. The power from the engine is
conveyed to the single driving chain
by means Of a friction clutch, but
there is also a pulley which can be
thrown into gear and used for driving
threshing machines, chaff-cutters, etc.,
when the tractor is stationary. The
cooling system is excellent, a big
head Of water being carried in a large
tank alongside the drivers seat,
which, by the way, is most comforta-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-10-15

bly, sprung. The steering Is light and
positive by means Of a wheel and two
rods running from the steering col
umn to either side Of the front wheel.
The entire tractor weighs IS cWt The
weight question Is, OF course most
important and the comparative light.
ness Of the tractor Is distinctly In is
favor, for 1t overcomes one q theS
farmers main objections to mechani-
cal haulage on the farm. In dry
weather the tractors driving wheels
are not provided with any special
gripping devices, the steel tires being
equipped only with small diagonal
ribs; but in wet seasons, or O greasy
ground, "spuds" are clamped to the
tires and afford additional holding
power. At last weeks demonstration
both the grip Of the driving wheels
and also the cooling system were
tested severely, for the surface vas
slippery and the ground so SOFT that
the tractor was compelled to do all
Its work on the low speed. m spite
Of this, however the engine did not
become unduly hot, nor did the driv-
ing wheels appear to slip to an appre-
cable extent.
The demonstration took place upon
a large farm on the outskirts Of Big.
gleswade, the farmer himself being
loud in praise Of mechanical haulage.
| was first taken to a field In which
some thirty acres were ready for the
plough, and here the tractor was har
messed I'M 10 a fhrea.fnrrnu nlnnnh
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-10-15

The clevis and swivel bolt any
blacksmith can make. The wire is
found on nearly all farms. No. 9 or
No. II wire, galvanized, two double,
is sufficient to hold up any gate found
on the farm.
The swivel bolt which screws into
the post should be placed far enough
from the top hinge Of the gate so as to
be turned conveniently to take up the
slack In the wire.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-10-15
To XIII sparrows.

A method Of getting rid of the Eng.
lish sparrow pests is described by
poultry breeder, whose yards were
visited by the sparows in such num-
bers as to seriously interfere with
his profits. He fastened a smah boz
about four inches deep. on a post
i've feet high, placed Just outside OF
bis poultry yard. This box be kept
supplied with poisoned chick feeds.
The sparrows entered cordially into
the new feeding program and several
hundred Of them left bodily testlmo-
malls to the palatability of the food
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-10-15
Shift Pastures.

Shift the animals from one pasture
to another. as often as possible, both
for the good Of the animals and the
pasture. Sheep especially should
have their pasture changed often, as
they contract disease when kept In
one place too long Too close pastur
ing kills out the grass by reducing
the leaf surface Of the grass.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-10-15

This device when properly adjusted
takes the greater part Of the strain
from the top hinge, yet places nc
more on the bottom one.
i also helps to keep the gate closed
as the wire is frightened as the gate
is thrown open.
The manner Of setting the posts and
OF hanging the gate need not be SO
fully described, as the most Of the
farmers have their own way Of setting
posts.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-10-15

The machine made light Of Its load,
and turned the three tracks Olsanly
and evenly, travelling all the time ever
the soft ground at the rate of about
three miles an hour. Naturally,
paid particular attention to the ma
chimes behavior at the headlands, for
1t Is there that motor-tractors are
said to be at a disadvantage owing
to the inability to turn in as small
a circle as team of horses. However,
there appeared to be no waste Of
space, the headlands being left practi-
cally the usual width. The ploughing
was carried on up one side of a strip
and down the other, a method which
did not test the steering block to
such an extent as would have been
the case had the plough been re-.
quired to return along the land most
to the furrow last cut. prt ',rn II
this were required 1t would be pa:!e,i
ly easy Of execution, for the tractor
can back the plough readily into any
desirable position, and the time occu-
pied In maneuvering is infnlteslmal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-10-15
Potato Fertilizers.

The, Long Island experiment sta
ton reports that with wood ashes and
manure used for three years smooth,
even and large potatoes we're pro-
duced that had fine flavor. With a
high-grade potato fertilizer" they re-
port a very small yield Of understood
potatoes with poor favor.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-10-15
Nitrate of Soda.

Nitrate Of soda has been recon-
mended to mix in the soil around the
roots Of plants to strengthen them, at
the rate of 300 pounds per acre. 1t
acts not only as a quick fertilizer for
plants, but also as a repellant to keep
OYt certain insects.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-10-15
Put Ground In Shane.

Don't SOW anything this fall unit
you get the ground in No. shape
and then better use disc drill,
some other drill, disc preferred. Tb
beauty Of drilling lies in putting Ii
seed IN at an equal depth.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-10-15

cement floor is used, are practically
rat and mice proof. Where the CO
ment floors are used, the T4haped
post should be set well down 10 the
concrete.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-10-21
NACADAN NO LONGER THE
POPULAR METHOD OF
ROAD BUILDING
Something About the Sand
Clay Method Of Highway
Construction, By Which
Good Roads May Be Built
Without Bankruptcy.

Macadam is no longer the pop.
uIsr method of highway construc.
ton, and is rapidly being sup.
planted by the sand-clay meth.
cd. by which roads better than
most macadamized highways may
be built, it is said, at about one
tenth the cost of laying macadam.
A fine road, good in all wealth
ers, may be built for $500 per
mile, using for the material the
sand and clay of the country,
while macadam costs from 81, 500
to So, 900 per mile.
Farmers Bulletin 311, issued
by the u. S. Department of Ag-
riculture, says of sand-clay roads:
It may safely be said that the
construction of sand-clay roads
in the Southern States has pass
ed the experimental stage. 1t
has been proved that they are
we'll adapted for light traffic. and
are less noisy, less dusty, and
more resilient than the average
macadam road. Even under
heavy traffic they have proved to
great extent satisfactory. There
are sand-clay roads in the South
Atlantic and Gulf States over
which heavy loads of cotton and
other farm products are hauled
throughout the year, with but.
title resulting damage. When
Opntinued an siztk page
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-10-21
ADVOCATES HIGHWAY
FROM MOUNTAINS
TO THE SEA
From Asheville Citizen Oct. II.

The following speech of MIR. NJ. L.
Shipman at the recent good roads
convention in this city has attracted
much attention in the state by reason
o. the valuable suggestions it contains.
and The Citizen publishes it by re-
quest. Mr.. Shipman said:
Mr.. President and gentlemen:
The object OF this meeting has
been clearly and tersely stated: How
can we obtain god roads in the South
ern Appalachian Mountains?"
To this the obvious answers are:
Heve the will to get them; get the
money to build them; spend the mon
ey right. These things mean, of
course, the collective will, the con-
cerred action, the unselfsh purpose
OF the whole people. And that is an
idle ideal without education. The
first step therefore is to preach, to
demonstrate, to insist; to advertise
and illustrate; to repeat and and re-
iterate. There will be need too of
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-10-21
100000 HOTEL At
COLUMBIA PARK

d: S. Anderson has the plans
N MS office for the new $1OO, 900
63oteI to be erected at Columbia
Mr.. Anderson states work on
me building will begin within
one month.
The plans call for a structure
VI 15O rooms and is modelled
TTOmeWhat after the Toxaway
In Inn and the famous Palm Beach
a;5el. GGtel. All the rooms are out
SSlue SI3 rooms, each connected with
ITatn, while the great lobby and
tng ttlnlng room will be notable fea-
8eS lures Of this latest addition to
hotels.
doaar::, Mr.: Anderson has not yet
HIoeannniltely decided as to the exact
StCalo SStcatlon of the building, but
oiS oifStes f4 it will either be on the
s',1 ~u Whltted house or on that
superb hill near the spring.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-10-21
Gtside Capitalist
Becoming Interested

Mr.. H. C. Mcqueen, president
Of the Murchison National Bank
Of Wilmington, the oldest and
largest National bank in this
state, spent Monday in Hender-
SOnville arranging the details of
a certain real estate deal which
promises to have an important
bearing upon the future develop
ment of this town. With Mr..
Mcqueen in this transaction will
be associated that we'll known
firm Of real estate operators,
Ewbank & Ewbank. Mr.. Nc
Queenlis''highiy pleased with Hen
dersonville and will be a frequent
visitor here.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-10-21

tact need of craftsmanship, need Of
Ioatfence. The instruction must be
concrete, In words of one syllable. in.
examples OF dollars and cents. Before
the collective impulse is obtained.
there will have to be individual con
INSTRUMENTATION and conversion
too. OF a people who are strong in
| the tenacity with which they cling to
old ways, cautious before they are
| led to accept new doctrines. There
VIII nave to be propaganda of
unity among a people prone to diff
f@r-a non-partfsan ambition among
| a People fertile in politics and sus-
pi. ious of motive.
| How are we going to do it? How
| are we going to win for ourselves as
a principle that which we Individual
ly endorse and about which collective
ly we are so apt to divide?
Believes in Good Roads.
I would not be taken as speaking
as a pessimist. 7 believe in good
roads as theory, and I believe in
their future among this people as a
Fact. If I suggest temperamental diff
ficulties as opposed to physical ones,
it is because Of my confidence in the
WI rth and stability and potency of
my people. When they want good
roads they will get them. Trust the
mountain character for that. The
thing is to make them see that they
want them. Among the experts that
are gathered here it would be worse
than useless for me to attempt to set
forth the advantages of good roads
over bad ones. 1t would be idle for me
R~a&@
rGs ds should be built, when the time
comes to do the actual work of con-
struction. In this respect know that
I am not an expert I know it not
from innate modesty but from, sad ex-
per.ence. In common, take it, with
many another who is here today,
have built roads, or assisted in con-
structfng them, myself. And 1 have
ridden over my own handiwork az
deep-and cussed it as
rode. The bitter humor of the old
cushioned method or road building
las already sunk deep into the un-
lerstanding Of the people. When the
ine for the great revival comes, the
york will be in able hands. And the
,tople will not regret their sweat
But let US in the spirit of conf
Lence InaC SnOu1Q characterize This
Meeting, confess that old prejudices
re slow in dying among US. In spite
f Improvement here and there, in
pite of healthy and slowly leavening
citation now and then, the work
ct almost awaits it's start. Among
ther things, some of US have inciden-
al1y-now and then-"dabbled' in
olitics. When we haven't gone In
winning ourselves, we have obseFv-
d others sailing their unstable crafts
n the sea of statemanship. And we
ave also observed that the easiest
5ay for any ambitious servant of
he people to commit legislative hari
ari by means of political shipwreck,
as been to pass a road law for his
cUnty. This question of good roads is
ne calling for the broadest states
rather than any brand OF
oliticS. but even measures of states
must be executed by poIiti-
ians. In any handling of this Ques-
on, therefore, the politician must be
Continued on Page Six)
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-10-21
HUSTLER COMPANY
DECLARES DIVIDEND

Alta directors meeting of the
French Broad Hustler Company,
held in the Office of the company
on Oct. 18th, it was ordered that
a i've per cent dividend be paid
the stockholders, and that the
balance of the surplus, amount
ing to $500, be applied on new
equipment.
The capital stock of the COM
pany is $1,000.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-10-21
Hon: Richmond Pearson, of
Asheville, is at the Gates.

The many friends of Mr.. A.A.
Gates hardly recognize him
with his nnustache shaved off.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12

s. rk 49, f
It is unlawful for any hunter to use
more than twenty-five decoys, or to
set them more than 200 feet from
natural covering. The same must be
personally set and watched by the
owner. It is unlawful to. pursue or
kill any aquatic fowl after sunset or
one hour before sunrise, or to- use a
rifle to hunt or modest aquatic fowl,
other than wild geese or tosesset or
build an artificial blind in open water.
1t is against the law to killer have
in possession or transport during any
one day more than ten grouse, prairie
chickens, woodcocks, wild geese or
brant, more than fifteen cartridges,
more than twenty-five ducks, mudhens
(coot), plovers, snipes, rails and rice
hens.
A resident hunter may carry with
him the full limit of any kind of game
birds, or a mixed bag, containing not
more than thirty of the game birds
herein enumerated.
A nonresident hunter may take
thirty game birds out of the state dur
ing the open. season.
Game birds and venison cannot be
shipped nor sold, but must be accom-
panied by the owner on the same
train.
The possession of any protected
game birds by any person who is not
in possession of a hunting license is
unlawful.
/ All kinds of harmless or wild birds
and their nests and eggs are protect
ed except blackbirds, crows, English
sparrows and game birds in season.
The fine is So or imprisonment for each
bird killed. 4- m
Oct. 10 to Feb. l shall be the gen
eral open season for rabbits and
squirrels. "A
Hunting rabbits with ferrets is pro-
hibited.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12
CANNON FoReETs COOPER
Congressman From First District Not
to Head Insular Committee

to Head Insular Committee
Congressman Henry Allen Cooper of
Racine representative from the First
Congressional District, failed to be re
appointed chairman of the committee
on insular affairs, Speaker Cannon
appointing Congressman Olmstoad of
Pennsylvania, to the position which
Congressman Cooper has held since tho
committee was organized. The failure
of Congressman Cooper to receive the
appointment was due to the fact that
ne fought Joseph R. Cannon, speaker
of the house, for two years and was
the member of the insurgent forces at
theopering of the session which closed
Thursday
While it had been reported at differ
ent times that Speaker Cannon was to
punish Congressman Cooper by not
naming him as chairman of the com
nittee on insular affairs dispatches
from Washington some days ago were
to the effect that President Taft u1g-
ed Mr.. cannon to re-appoinE Mr..
Cooper to the charmanship of the \com-
mittee, but Mr.. Cannon refused at the
last moment and the Racine congress
man loses his craftsmanship, but is APP
pointed member of the foreign affairs
and election committees
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12

ear ever to the Northwestern station.
We saw several people looking for us,
but ] had left the judge in the ladies
waiting room and we had no trouble
eluding the people When we got on
the Northwestern train several news
paper men came through the train and
one Of them talked with me. but /
managed to shut him of. " hen we
reached Waukegan We left the train
and took an automobile to the electric
station and made THE remainder of the
"trip home on the chicago & Milwau-
kee. We left the car at Anderson S
Park and walked down to the Cava-
nagh home.'
Mr.. Burns stated that he not think
it would be possible at this time for
Judge Clarkson to give out story of
his strange travels, but that with a
few days his condition would be such
that he could tel the whole story.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12
MAY SEND THEM BACK
go W.
New Ruling of immigration Off.
Gals May Reduce Coming
of Aliens to kenosha
MUST HAVE AT LEAST s25

The deportation of hundreds of Inn
migrants from New York during the
last few weeks, on orders of Commits
sioner of immigration Williams, prob
ably will be brought to the attention
of congress. 1t is not unlikely that
an effort will be made to legis-
lation which will prohibit the exercise
of such power by immigration cotn-
missioners.
The present immigration laws are
not satisfactory to- many members of
congress, They are particularly dis
tasteful to members Of, the. house
whose districts are largely populated
by foreigners. - 81
The law prohibits the entrance into
this country of pauper immigration,
but fails to define what a@pauper is.
Commissioner Williams in attempt
ing to draw the line between the
aliens who are apt to become Deepen
dent on charitable organizations and
those who are fitted to battle with the
new world, has ruled that all persons
coming into the port of New York
must have $25 in addition to. the rail
road fare necessary to carry them to
their future home.
That this requirement. can not be
met by many Of the immigrants is
indicated by the deportion of thous-
ands during the last two or three
months. In one day recently 624 per-
sons were sent back to Europe.
1t is thought that this ruling will
have result of reducing the num-
Der of aliens coming to kenosha as
for some time many aliens have been
brought to this city by their friends
who were furnished with just money
enough to get to Kenosha. Within
the last few months aliens leaving
trains at Kenosha have asked police
officers to take them to the homes Of
friends or relatives declaring that
they were practically without funds.
The great majority of the aliens com
ing to Kenosha, however, would be
able to meet the $25 requirement.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12
PLAYED GREAT GOLF
Dick Cavanagh Sets New Amateur
Record for Blue Mound Course s.


Former state golf champion Dick
Cavanagh, set a new amateur record
for the links of the Blue Mound
Country Club on Friday !. afternoon
when in practice game over. the links
he negotiated the 18-hole course in ~
strokes. The best amateur score made
on the links before this was rs and
the score made by Cavanagh was with
in two strokes of the professional
record of the course held by Bob
Simpson, Cavanagh would have re-
duced this record as we'll had it not
been for the fact that he drove three
balls out of bounds thus losing three
strokes. G. Z. Allen, another of the
Kenosha players, got a rs, equaling
the amateur record and Y. d. Barnes
got "a, two strokes under the record.
The card returned by Cavanagh fol
lows;
Out--4 5 3 5 3 5 3 4-37
In-3 3 3 5 5 3 3-35-72
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12
HOLD 47TH- REUNION
Kenosha Members of the 2Sth infantry
Attend Reunion in Milwaukee

Kenosha members of the Twenty
Sixth Volunteer Infantry in the war
of the rebellion went to Milwaukee on
..ednesaay afternoon to attend the
forty seventh annual reunion of the
regiment which was held at White
Fish Bay. There were so of the 1910
men connected with the regiment dur
ing the war present at the reunion.
A seven course banquet in honor of
the survivors was served by the '.Sons
of the Regiment in Milwaukee after
which there were short addresses by
General F. c. Winkler, Revenue Collee-
tor Henry Fink and other members of
the regiment. Wednesday evening
the members of the regiment held a
camp fire out at the Soldiers Home
and all the Interesting history of the
regiment was recalled. Many Keno
sha soldiers belonged to the Goth Wis
consin, but there are now but four of
them surviving Of this number G. F.
Stemm, Peter Wirschem and Charles
Vollmer were present at the reunion.
George Ihmpert, the other member of
the regiment from Kenosha was in
chicago and unable to go to Milwau-
kee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12

Try a want aa
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12

It is rather o. novelty in the City
Council to- have a bill challenged on
the ground that the party presenting it
rendered no services. for which he
should receive pay. There is a very
general belief that little investiga-
ton along this line can do no harm
and may result IN saving the city some
money.