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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

STATEMENT
showing receipts and disbursements of
the Board of Education from July 1, 1910,
and condition of each fund, February /.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
Diary of a Fiy-KiIler.

Monday-My attention was called
last night to a statement that house
flies are bearers of disease and should
be destroyed as soon as possible.
began my crusade against them this
morning. 1t was little discourage
ing, because there was only one fly
in the house and it was quite agile.
1t escaped me. l broke two vases
and a photograph frame.
Tuesday = nearly killed three
flies this afternoon, but the lamp got
in The way. 1t was 81 lamp.
Wednesday-I saw fly on the out
side of the fly screen and raised the
screen so l could hit it. Seventeen flies
flew in. / missed It.
Thursday = There was a sluggish
looking fly on the window with closed
wings. | stole toward it cautiously,
but it flew up just as let the blow
fall. Then l knew it wasn't a fly.
1t was a wasp My nose began to
swell at once.
Friday-My nose is sight. Drat
the flies.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
ALFALFA PEST
WORKS INJURY
WeevII IS Not Native to America,
But Introduced From
Europe, Asia and
Africa.
CBy f. M. WEBSTER.)

The alfalfa weeyil is not native to
america, but has been accidentally in
troduced from Europe, western Asia,
or northern Africa, where 1t is very
common, and where, while more or
less destructive to alfalfa, 1t is prob
ably prevented by its natural enemies
from working serious and widespread
ravages.
The insect winters entirely in the
beetle stage, seeking shelter, before
the frosts of autumn commence, either
in the crowns of alfalfa plants, close
to the surface Of the ground in the
field or under leaves. matted grass,
weeds, and rubbish along ditch banks,
hay stacks and straw stacks. Indeed
It is oftentimes found in barns where
hay Is kept over winter.
It has been estimated that fully 80
per cent of the beetles that go into
winter quarters in the fall live through
'util spring. With the coming of
pring the beetles make their way
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
CONVENIENCE OF DIVIDING
FALL AND SPRING HOG HERDS
By This Method Farmer Will be Able Distribute
M Equally, Economize Room,
Markets Suit Him And Furnish Customers
Pork Desired.

rushed through the month of No.
vember. or until conditions are right
for marketing.
The clearest profit is made in ten
months, at which age, the hogs ought
to average $50 pounds Animals that
get good pastuSage, and about such a
diet as l have described. are pretty
sure to escape disease. 1t is essential
to have plenty of pure water in the
hog lot.
The farm should include three OF
four small fields, securely fenced, SO
that one kind of forage could be
rested, while the other was used. Then
again, If the owner detects fever OF
other sickness in the herd. 1t Is easy
TO segregate those animals which are
affected. Prompt action along this
line, may prevent heavy loss.
Dipping is another essential, and as
1t is neither difficult or expensive, II
ought to be attended to, twice each
summer. With this kind of hog farm.
ing. cholera will not be known, and
the stock will get steady growth,
from beginning to end.
If the weather be severe, when 1t
comes to the last month of feeding,
the hogs should be kept in clean,
roomy pens, but even to the last day,
they should have some succulent for
eggplant to eat. Glover or alfalfa is
suitable for this, and carrots are ex-
cellent, in connection with the corn.
or peas.
It is for the good of the animal, and
of course for the owners pocket, that
a program of this kind be marked out.
Feeding 50-cent corn, for six or eight
months, will not do. Farmers must
learn that forage is natural to the hog,
and that it will give the growth at a
small cost.
Allowing full rental value for the
land the cost Of all food supplies, and
the wage value of the time taken UP
in the care Of the stock, from the date
of birth, to the marketing 100 hogs
10 months old averaging 250 pounds,
can be turned off, at cost not ex-
ceding $500.
1t may be done for little less, but
If it is to be business proposition.
let it be figured as business man
would count the expense, With care
full experimenting and observation, for
several years, get no figures very
far from 81 for a marketable hog
weighing $50 pounds.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21

little corn soaked in water is good
when the pigs begin to show growth,
What they need above all else, how
ever, is the range, with just about
such line of food as would be re-
quired to give young cattle steady
and rapid growth. Field-peas ought
to be available toward the end of
summer. The hogs can be allowed to
do the harvesting themselves.
This will give firmness and sweet
ness to the flesh, and could be used
right through the fall, instead of corn.
My preference would be to give the
final month to a dressing up with
corn. This crop being ready in Octo-
Der, the fattening process can be
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
One Cure for Sarcasm.
nsen always was sarcastic,

Bunsen always was sarcastic.
One evening last week when he got
home his wife had new hat to show
him. 1t was some hat. Anybody
could have seen that it was the final
phrase in female headgear.
But Bunsen started to make re-
marks. He said it looked as if it had
been trimmed by cross-eyed milliner
on an empty stomach. And he made
a lot of other disparaging remarks.
Mrs. Bunsen was almost in tears.
Bunsen had to go into the other room
to have a quiet laugh at her expense.
The next day he had forgotten all
about the hat.
The day after that he was reminded
of it. Mrs. Bunsen handed him bill
for retrimming that hat-$18,34 it
came to.
Bunsen paid it without murmur
and said the revised edition of the hat
was just exactly right. He is not
criticizing hats any more.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21

Among the other interesting pieces
of news set afloat this summer Is one
coming from the shoemakers OF Bos-
ton to the effect that women's feet
are growing larger. The shoemakers
do not like this, as more leather is
thus required for every pair of shoes
turned out. Chicago. having heard the
word from Boston, has explanations
ready. A large retailer Of woman's
footgear in the Windy City admits
that women's feet are growing larger,
but says this is due to outings and
athletics. For several years, he de-
clares, women have been taking more
exercise, doing more walking, playing
more games.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
ADVICE FOR CANNING TIME
Getting Ready ls the Most important
Thlng-Best of Fruits Should
Be Used.

In the operation of canning and
preserving, as in almost every other
function OF housekeeping. the get
ting ready" is the most important
thing and begins far In advance Of
the actual canning day. Some notes
made last season will give knowledge
as to when fruits and vegetables are
to be expected, so that time and pro-
vision may be made sor them. AS the
various cans and glasses have been
emptied, II they have been washed
and covers carefully fitted before putt
ting away, much annoyance and ex-
pense will be spared. If the appetitesI
OF the family have been observed It
will not be advisable to put up much
of the unpopular varieties.
Kettles-which have never been,
used tor any other purpose than pre-
serving-spoons, forks, knives, skim
mers, dippers, tunnels, jelly bags.
fruit press, strainers, scales, meas
ures are all necessary implements
(others will be individually required
and should be In state of perfect
order and cleanliness. Have enough
suitable jars, cans, glasses, ct Getera,
with rubbers, tops and covers at hand;
plenty of paraf1n, labels, cloths for
wiping and handling utensils, and the
labors of the preserving season will
not plunge you into nervous prostra
ton.
Procure the best fruits and vegeta-
bles, each at the crest of its season.
Prices are lowest then and there is
less waste. Overripe fruits never
make good preserves or jellies.
A wise cook never tries strange
recipe If she has one which she has
tested and found satisfactory. Tastes
differ and an untried recipe may prove
disastrous.
Use granulated sugar for all pre-
serves, jellies and jams; light brown
sugar for spiced fruits.
Heat the sugar for jellies in the
oven before adding to the fruit juice.
Do not cover while cooking unless
you want trouble.
Have receptacles standing in hot
water when the hot mixtures are put
into them.
Seal perfectly.
Leave standing where you can OBJ
serve them for few days.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
A Hit
What She Gained by Trying Again.

A failure at first makes us esteem
final success. (
A family in Minnesota that now en-
joys Postum would never have known
how good it is if the mother had been
discouraged by the failure of her
first attempt to prepare it. Her son
tells the story:
1--WE had never used Postum till last
spring when father brought home a
package one evening just to try it. We
had heard from our neighbors, and in
fact every one who used it, how we'll
they liked it.
well, the next morning Mother
brewed it about five minutes, just as
she had been in the habit of doing
with coffee without paying special at
tention to the directions printed on
the package. 1t looked weak and
didn't have very promising color, but
nevertheless father raised his cup
with an air of exceptancy. 1t certain
ly did give him a great surprise, but
I'm afraid it wasn't a very pleasant
one, for he pu. down his cup with a
look of disgust.
Mother wasn't discouraged though,
and next morning gave it another trial,
letting It stand on the stove till boil
ing began and then letting 1t boil for
fifteen or twenty minutes, and this
time we were all so pleased with it
that we have used it ever since.
Father was confirmed dyspeptic
and a cup of coffee was to him like poi
son. So he never drinks it any more,
but drinks Postum regularly. 4 He isn't
troubled with dyspepsia now and is
actually growing fst, and I'm sure
Postum is the cause of it. All the chill
dren are allowed to drink it and they
are perfect pictures of health" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
Read the little book, 1.-THE Road t.
Wellville," in pkgs. There's a reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
nre genuine. true, and full of humaA
interest
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
FAITHLEss CORN.

Corn has decided to do without the
respect and admiration Of the people.
The promise of the crop at the period
following Nearly seeding was unex-
celled, and every eater of meat and
eggs in the land could congratulate
himself that this promise was equal
to the realization Of last year. The
immense crop of 1910 had cheapened
food considerably, and another large
one this year would have had ten
dency to settle prices for a couple
of years or more, provided no real
shortage occurred In the crops OF
those years. says the Providence Jour-
nal But the current stock Of informa-
ton about the 1911 crop makes the
prospects for such a substantial ar
rangement for trade and business
wherever dependent on the crop any
thing but bright. Beef and hogs, with
poultry, will be the corn-eaters most
directly affected. There is danger OF
a repetition Of the highest prices for
them, and of the possible maximum
charge once more for eggs and fresh
fowls. Three months ago the promise
under which these all have been sold
since last fall brought a large supply
of cheap corn into the market. Today
the indications are of rise to the
figures of last summer and Of Septem-
Der and October of last year. 1t is pos.
sible that the warm weather and
drought conditions have not seriously
hurt the crop and that the quotations
for corn will fall off correspondingly
when the real facts are shown to be
more propitious.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
AIDS FOR THE
HOG BREEDER
Two Pastures Better Than One
Vicious Animal Should be
Killed -ProVide
Shelter.

The breed of white hogs is rapidly
disappearing from this country.
Free range for hogs does not mean
that they should be allowed to run
over our neighbours farm.
With good fence wire as cheap as
it is today 1t is an easy matter to d..
vide up the hog pasture into convenient
lots.
Two pastures are better than one,
because while the hogs are feeding
In one field the other will be recover.
ing and later furnish much more at.
tractive feed than as If both pastures
are used as one
The vicious hog that is forever
breaking out and causing trouble fDI
ones neighbor cannot be killed to
quickly.
1t is a good plan to provide sum
mer shelter for the hogs on hioh
spot where the wind will have a f. 81
sweep.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21

Last year there died in the United
States of pulmonary tuberculosis
about 100000 people! Multiply this
number by three and a fraction-the
ratio of midas population to our own
land you will find that these terrible
figures covering the loss Of life from
the plague in India. when analysed,
show that out of a thousand men,
women and children in the United
States, practically as many die of
consumption in the ordinary year as
died Of the plague in India during the
past six months of epidemic. 1t real
ly seems as If civilized America ought
to be able to do a little better than
.hatl
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21

down on rough surface. This lm-
plement works differently. A wheel
with a grating surface is mounted on
on upright, which is clamped to the
edge Of the kitchen table. A holder
Is hinged to the center of the wheel
and in it is placed the article to be
grated The wheel is turned with
the object pressed close against it,
and the grinding process accom-
plished very expeditiously. When
enough has been grated off, the hold
er can be lifted and its contents al
lowed to drop into the dish below.
When the article has been reduced to
a size where the fingers are likely to
be cut in pressing it against the
wheel, some other object may be
placed between.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
Left Him Ear Behind.

Childish standards of greatness are
MISUNDERSTANDING because they are
at once so like yet so unlike the
standards of grown folk. Many an
adult, for instance, has been proud
with no more reasonable basis than
that which little Johnnie displayed in
attempting to top" the boasting of a
juvenile comrade.
1--WE got real railroad train, with
an engine that goes, an real, live
pony, an a really, truly gun, NJ"
That's nothing" interrupted the
lads disguised listener. "Once knew
a boy that sat up until II o'clock
twice in one week."
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21

egg punctures in the midst of the egg
laying season, with the punctures
fresh and new. AS one puncture may
contain anywhere from a few to over
30 eggs, probably 10 or Is on the aver
age, this single plant presumably con-
tanned between 1900 and 1900 eggs
at the time 1t was observed. If these
Matched and half of them developed
into female beetles and so per cent of
the latter passed the winter, this plant
might in a year give rise to over $780,
900 beetles.
The alfalfa weevil has no natural
enemies, except frogs and toads, both
of which are by far too few in num-
bers to greatly restrict the ravages Of
the pest
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
nv c. c. RowsF1ELp. Illinois,

(By e. e. BOWSflELD, lllnOlS.)
Every farmer, who raises as many
as 100 hogs in year, ought to divide
them into spring and fall herds. BY
this means he will be able to distrib-
ute the labor to suit his convenience,
economic in room, sell when the mar
ket suits him, and furnish his custo-
mers on short notice, any kind of pork
desired, from suckling-roast to prime
bacon.
The thoroughly practical man can
turn hogs into money very rapidly,
but the business needs to be on scale
extensive enough to enable him to
properly divide his fields and build
ings, and to make thorough expert
ments, with different types, and differ
ent kinds of food.
| have observed two or three bad
failures recently, which were caused
primarily, by the old and erroneous
idea that hogs do not require much
ground room or forage.
In raising pork for the market, the
farmer ought to keep in mind these
vital points: Cost Of feeding, danger
of disease or sickness, and range Of
market prices.
Starting the season with so to 100
pigs just weaned, the owner should
provide pasturage of some kind.
would give this lot of young animals
one mess per day, of brain and shorts
moistened with slops, skinned milk
or whey. This is ample in grass-lot
of five or ten acres.
Glover is excellent for forage, but
artichokes and rape are better. A
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
TIE Trouble With Humor.

E. N. Brown, president Of the Ma
tional Railways of Mexico, discussing
in New York railroader who was al
ways out of work, said: 'He is too
quick with his tongue-that's the trou-
BILE. lie has ready wit that he is
too apt to use upon his boss" Then,
with laugh Mr.. Brown uttered this
epigrammatic and true saying:
"Repartee has lost as many men
their jobs as it has made others their
regulations"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
He Knew Jim.

Jim had made an unsuccessful at
tempt to conquer the world and came
back to the Tennessee town dirty,
worn out and hungry.
"Uncle john" he said melodra
matically, 81 came home to die"
mo, dod CAST you," said unsympa-
tAetic Uncle John, you came home to
eat."-Success Magazine.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
Apples and Red Jelly.

Take six good-sized apples and core
them. Put two cloves into each ap-
pie and as much granulated sugar as
1t will hold. Place them in a baking
pan, without touching, and add a cup
Of water, or more, as you think fit.
Look at them often and try to keep
them whole. When done, take out
carefully and place in dish. Strain the
strip they were cooked in and put in
another saucepan, with a little gela-
tine (dissolved) and few drops of
red coloring. Boil till quite clear and
then put around apples. Set away to
cool till supper time.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
To Prevent Granting.

To prevent jams. jellies and so
forth from granting add a teaspoon.
full Of cream Of tartar to every gallon.
When making jelly If 1t should be.
come like strip add the juice of one
large lemon to every quart and boil
until it jellies on a spoon. This will
prove successful even after the jelly
has been boiled too long.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21

forth from their hiding places and
attack the young growth of alfalfa as
soon as there is sufficient food for
them,
In ordinary seasons they appear in
March and the egg-laying period usu-
ally lasts from March or April until
early July.
Some idea Of the abundance of
these eggs and the extent to which
the pest may breed in vacant lots and
other waste lands where alfalfa has
escaped from cultivation and grows
as a weed may be obtained from the
fact that in one case single plant
has been found to contain 127 of these
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
KITCHEN CRATER is ROTARY
While Nutmeg or Onion Is Held
Against 1t.

AS 1t is usually women who manip-
ulate graters it was only right that
1t should be one Of that sex in Ohio
who designed the rotary utensil of
this type reproduced herewith. The
old-fashioned method Of grating to
nutmeg, onion or whatever it might
be, was to rub the article up and
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21

A rich woman from New York an
grily declined to become a patron Of
4 Los Angeles hotel when she was in
formed that her doggie would not be
permitted to receive massage treat
ments in the barber shop. Aren't
some hotel keepers independent!
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21

After she had Jabbed her hatpin
into a mans eye San Francisco
woman scolded her victim for having
his eye where 1t interfered with her
hatpin. We feel almost sure that she
belongs to the class of women who
regard all men as brutes.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
Feed for Dairy Cows.

High-priced feed and low prices fut
milk or its products is a very undo
sirable combination, but It is some
times economy to submit to a present
loss, rather than allow a milk flow
to go by default.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21

Gayboze-When my wife saw the
condition I was in when I got home
from the club last night it just stag
gered her!
Martini-Pm not surprised. You
know you drank enough for two, old
man!
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21

The highest paid woman in govern
ment service is announced, though
somewhat needlessly, to be engaged
In the occupation of making money.
She is in actual charge Of making
coins at the mint.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21

A New York woman says she hangs
her head in shame because America
Is not producing more great poets
Poets are born. but we can't expect
them at the rate Of one minute.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21

The chicken, as well as the dog, has
had it's day. A st. Louis hen bumped
into motor car and wrecked It Pos
Iibly this is the solution OF the old
eonundrum why does q chicken
cross the road?"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
Cow of Quality.

1t is unofficially reported that a Jer
sey COW ownd by a member of the
American Jersey club, of New York,
in years test gave 14,452 pounds OF
milk. The average daily was 80 $40
pounds milk and 2 pounds and "
ounces of butter.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21

A practical Joker at Atlantic City
wanted to scare the crowd with an
Imitation of drowning man. 1t took
an hour to restore him after the scare
had become real one The water is
an element which does not lend itself
kindly to this peculiar form of humor.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
Keep Up Cows Condition.

To keep up the condition of the
cows and to supplement the pasture a
little wheat bran and fiaxseed meal
can be profitably fed all through the
summer.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
A TRAIN LOAD OF TOBACCO.
TWenty-four Carloads Purchased for
Lewis Single Binder Cigar

LSWIS OInSiS DlIluCI NlSdI
Factory.
What is probably the biggest lot of
all fancy grade tobacco held by any
factory in the United States has just
been purchased by Frank P. Lewis, of
Peoria, for the manufacture of Lewis
Single Binder Cigars The lot will
make twenty-four carloads, and is Sc
lected from what is considered by ex-
perts to be the finest crop raised in
many years. The purchase of tobacco
is sufficient to last the factory more
than two years. An extra price was
paid for the selection. Smokers OF
Lewis Single Binder Cigars will appre
ciate this tobacco.
--PeOrid Star, January Is, 1909.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21

A Pennsylvania minister has quit
his pulpit to become a carpenter.
Hate to think what he'll say when he
hits his thumb instead Of the nail
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21

One of the biggest elephants in cap
t1vity is said to Lave broken its leg
Evidently he tried to stop a freight
train.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21

Society women who take up avia'
don will get comprehensive view Of
the new styles In hats.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
True PHILOSOPHY.

To have what we want is riches,
but to be able to do without is power.
George Macdonald.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
Fruit Sauce.

Mash fresh fruit and let stand for
three hours, and heat thoroughly be-
fore serving.