The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-09-22


whose feet have sat Is ], M. Shrope,
proprietor of the famous White Leg
horn farm. He has discovered that
chickens from incubators, raised in
brooders, do not know as much as
those brought UP and raised by a
mother hen.
Last year in three days he lost
more than four hundred four-weeks-
old incubator and brooder chickens
from the their eating rose bugs.
They knew no better than to eat
these bugs literally by the hundreds.
But the mothered chickens of the
same age from the same lot Of eggs,
brought up side by side with them,
was not allowed to eat rose bugs and
lived to grow up. The mother hen
teaches her little ones to let those
tempting morsels alone.
The year before Mr.. Shrope lost
twice as many four-week old chick
ems in three days He reduced the
proportion one-half this year, and
next year he expects to eliminate
the destruction entirely. He knows
today when those rose bugs will
sweep down upon those ten, acres
and he has also learned by sad ex-
perience that the bugs came when
the chickens had a passion for ami
NAL food, when neither grasses nor
grains satisfy them. If he cannot
teach them to let the bugs alone, he
can satisfy their passion for animal
food and for three or four days be-
fore the bugs come he will feed his
chickens animal food to the limit. His
experiments show that In another
year he ought to satisfy their crav-
ing sufficiently that they will be In
different to the temptation.
Children, like chickens. or chick
ems like children, can be best trained
domestlcally by being well mothered,
but when the mother remedy fails
for any cause, the social treatment
must be applied; and requires an APP
probation OF the fact that tempta-
lions come when the appetite there
for RACES, and that when appetite and
temptation meet, a death fever is
probable--that the remedy Is to feed
the appetite in advance of tempta-
ton with that which is safe and at
tractive.
When we realize the danger to
children from seasonable temptations
as a poultry raiser realizes the eff
feet upon chickens perhaps we shall
meet the situation as herolcally and
tactfully as he does
Mr.. Turner, who has been in at
tendance at the Agricultural College
for the past year and will attend this
year, made this Office a pleasant call
lately He brought us some peaches
Seward county peaches. He is en-
thusiastic over the Agricultural col
lege, as Is every boy or girl Of the
Safe Of Kansas who enrolls in this
college-the best in the state for the
farmers boys and girls and those
who believe in the blessedness of
drudgery.
Mrs. Florence Derthlck and daugh-
ter, from Oklahoma, Mr.. Carpenter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hottinger and daugh-
ter, Lora, Mr.. and Mrs. Congrove and
Dorothy and daughter Of Mr.. Con-
grove, who is here visiting from Kan
sas City, Mr.. Taylor, Mrs Corzine
and Mrs. Schneider were all pleasant
callers last week. Mrs. Derthick
left her daughter in Liberal to at
tend school, She will make her
home with Mrs. Stoufer and be lit
lte Margaret's chum.
1t seems like the good old sum-
mer time to see Judge Thompson's
smiling face and hear his CHEEKY
voice say, Good Morning" He Is
just as happy and good looking as
when we first saw him marching up
the steps with the High school boys
and girls and smiling at the little
maiden who has since become his
wife.
Mr.. Fred Deal called on business
relating to his district-No 16. He
tells US he is doing all he can to
have their schools rank with the best
in the county. Good school boards
and good teachers help to make the
good schools.
Mr.. Ortiz brought us in one OF the
finest cantaloupes we have seen for
long time. 1t looked too good to
eat, so we kept it a day or two to
look at. Well, when we went to eat
it we could not find it and one of our
good-friends told us that the
judge and jury had appropriated II
and had eaten 1t. Hereafter we will
try to remember JefIerson's rule