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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-06
sowed to oats last spring.
Phenomenal Increase in Sorghum.

Sorghums-As previously suggested d,
the area devoted to the sOrghums was
phenOmenally increased. Kafir-corn
is the chief of these, and its 919,04
acres this year is 299,23S acres, or 48
per cent more than last year, and by
far the largest yet recorded. Testi-
mOny to its dry-weather resisting quail
tiles is given in its yield of 2,561,4 AIS
tons, or more than in any other year,
excepting 1902. This years crop is
much the most valuable ever grown,
amounting to $14,455,0O0, or nearly
$6,500,000 more than last years Milo
also gained establishing new records
in aggregate acreage, yield and value.
gained forty-tWo per cent over the
1910 acreage, and this year 1913, 12S
acres were devoted to its growing. The
yield although rather light in some
localities was in the aggregate worth
more than the crop of any other year.
Broom Corn-The low prices for the
big crop of broom corn in 1910 seem to
have reacted on the industry, for this
year there were only 55.963 acres
planted, against Ill, 1908 acres the year
before. Naturally the total output is
much reduced, although in the central
and extreme southwestern counties
average yields were well maintained.
The yield for the state is 81 per cent
less than a year ago, but its value is
only A per cent less, owing to increas-
ed price.
other Crops=The potato crop Of
1865, 029 bushels is the smallest in
years, or 2,929,3 96 bushels less than in
1910, and worth less by $2,232,707.
Grown principally in western Kansas,
barley shows a marked falling of in
acreage, yield and value. It's output is
1437,169 bushe els, or less than in 1910
by 3,190,056 bushels. The remarkable
rise of nearly 100 per cent in fax
prices last year. apparently induced
enlarged sowing, for this years was
1OS.1S1 acres. against 56.044 in 1910.
The yield was not far from 100000
per bushel remained high, yet about
in 1910.
Fail Wheat-The indications are
that about the same acreage has been
sown to wheat this fall as a year ago,
with increased sowings in the eastern
counties and less in the west The
general condition for the state is 81
per cent, or lie points above the
condition a year ago. Beginning with
Marion county there is a strip to the
west, through Mcpherson and Rice.
thence widening fan-Iike north and
south and including two or three tiers
of counties on to the Colorado border,
where conditions are not SO satisfac-
tory, owing to dry weather. In most
other portions of the state the plant is
thrifty and the soil in favoring filth. |
Twelve counties report a condition of
1 90: in Ottawa the average is 103, and |
in Republic and Washington, 1O1
Crops and Products in 1911. |
The yield and values of the years |
crops and products are as follows:
Bushels. Value.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-06

stockmen, and those who put all
their eggs in one basket like the man
who depended wholly on wheat that
failed, are the ones who find them
selves in an uncomfortable situation.
Many have found their faith in the
sorghurns as dry weather crops well
justified, and this years statistics
show gain in sorghum acreage of
total by far the largest yet planted.
Kansas farmers, generally would do
well to give consideration to the sor-
ghums as part of their annual plant
ings-
Wheat-This years wheat crop. in
GLIDING 1O4,762 bushels of spring
wheat, is 5O,sO9.4S5 bushels, worth
S43. 84O.590. This is the smallest pro-
duetion since 1893; 1t Is 1O,000,0O0
bushels below the % 2O-year average,
and likewise 100000 less than in
1910. Yet there have been but nine
crops that exceeded in value that of
this year. and they were those of the
nine Immediately preceding, emitting
1902. Prices were well maintained,
averaging for the year about the same
bushel. and higher than in any year
between 1881 and 1909.
Half Wheat Acreage Harvested.
The complete assessors returns
show 1908. 346 acres of winter wheat
sown IN the fall of 1910. OF this
10 illus acres were harvested. result
ing in the yield stated. Spring wheat,
the principal acreage of which was as
usual in four or five northw estern
counties. was practically q failure The
same may be said Of the winter wheat
generally in the western third of the
state, and even in several counties fur
Their east: in eight countless five of
which had extensive areas in wheat,
the reports show no harvest. Only
four counties west Of the 9Th meridian
report so much as ten bushels to the
acre, and six counties east of the line. /
in the north central part of the state
under ten bushels. The coun- I
ties having the highest average yields
are in the eastern third of the state, /
Lyon leading with 25 bushels and I
Brown and Coffey following closely I
with "a bushels each. On account of i
their more extensive sowings the cOun- i
ties having the largest aggregate yields /
are south central. Stafford leads with .
2.567,6s4 bushels, Reno is next with 4
2. 400, 36S, and Barton third with p
310,154 bushels. Seventeen of the
eighteen counties. each having one
million or more bushels. are in thel
middle portion of the state. and aggre-
gated 27117.415 bushels. or 53.5 per
cent OF the total. That in these coun-
ties the weight and quality are excel
lent is some compensation for the
states shortage
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-06
LONG BROS. BURNED OUT
Loss Is Estimated at $3.50, 900 In Kan
sas City Fire.

Kansas City, Mo-. Dec. 6.-Fire.
which for a time threatened the entire
wholesale district of Kansas City, last
night, destroyed the five story building
at St Louis avenue and Santa Fe
street, occupied by Long Brothers
Wholesale Grocery company. The orr
gin Of the fire is unknown. The loss
is estimated at $250,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-06
SHOT in THE FACE
While Waiting to Be Hanged for a
Murder.
washington. {

Washington. Ca, Dec 6.-WhiIe
standing at the prisoners bar just at
ter being resentenced to hang today,
T. B. Walker, a negro, was shot in the
face by the brother of the man he
killed. He was not seriously hurt, and
although proceedings in the court
room were temporarily halted, the
black paid the penalty on the gallows
this afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-06
Oaszrnate of Taft Dies.

Sioux City, Ia, Dec 6.-E. H. Stone,
one of the wealthiest men in Sioux City
and a classmate at Yale of President
TAFT. died at his home in this city today.
His father was pioneer and well known
banker
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-06

When Mothers Shirl Their Duties.
Chicago, Dec 6-Three hundred moth
ers of Illinois met today in Oak Park. a
suburb, and heard school teachers and
superintendent say modern mothers
were willing to shirk the duties of moth
erhood' when their children started to
school.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-06
Corn Crop short.


Corn-The crop is 1O5,OOO.OO0 bush
els. or about 1900. 900 bush els below
the annual average for the twenty
years ending with 1910, and more than
$1,000, 600 bushels less than last years
There have been only four years since
1881 in which smaller yields were re-
corded. AS pointed out the price was
higher than for any year in past third
of a century, in spite of the grain be-
ing here and there worm -eaten and
chaffy The total value was $780,
40S, or about $17.00O,O0O less than
that of the 1910 corn. The acreage
planted was 7,76O,OS7 acres. While
this is less than last year by between
nine and ten per cent, it is larger than
the annual average, and ten per cent
larger than the average paintings for
the decade ending with 1910. AS the
United States Department of AgricuI-
ture reported Kansas this year with
more than 100000 acres in corn, the
figures returned to this board by as
SCISSORS. through their county clerks,
were most carefully examined in detail
and of their approximate accuracy
there can be no question. The asses
sors obtain their statistics by a house
to house canvass at the time of listing
property for taxation. and in that way
secure the Information at first hands.
The returns of assessors this year
showed 6,e96,412 acres in corn, and
this with the 763,675 acres of aband-
Oned wheat land planted to corn,
makes the total reported
Of course the principal corn terri
tory of Kansas is the eastern half, but
even there yields We're short. Donf-
phan reports the highest average, "a
bushels; Brown, adjoining on the west
is second with % bushels; Shawnee
third. with 26 bushels, and Atchison
fourth with % bushels. Brown is
credited with 3,401,6Os bushels. or
more than any other county, and Sum-
ner is second with 2.739,352 bushels.
Oats-With the largest area ever
sown. OF 2,149.5O6 acres, the oats
threshed out, 32.O52.145 bushels, or
nearly 100000 less than year ago.
The better yields, in the main were in
the south central and extreme north
eastern counties. Sumner had 3,775,272
bushels. or more than twice as much as
her closest competitor. which was
Harper, with 1,674.970 bushels. Sedg-
wick, Marion, Kfngnan and Crowley
are the others having 100000 or
more bushels each. Nearly 271,000
acres of the winter-k killed wheat was
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-10-13
LOCAL and PERSONAL
THE WEATHER.
FAIR sonight and Saturday.

Bebber Co, Opticians Phone to9
There VIII be- no services in Tenn
pie Albert tonight.
Or ". -. Radtun. pf Hclcu II n
visitor in the clt> today
straycd Jersey COW. Finder viii
b, rewarded hy Wallace irsscldcn,
John McGluvray o. Estancia is Wis
week.
r. J. Scott of Las vcgas arrived
last night and viii spend a. day or
iva IN Albuquerque.
a.. NJ. Brooke Of Mctarthy's is Wis
ting the fair Tor the rest OF the
week.
Dr. e. e. Clarke of Socorro Is IN the
citN g. visit III. iair und 10 attend the
New McNico Dental society meetings.
J. J Jacobsen uf Drming ~ spend
ing dag ur tWu ~ the city looking
"a the big fair
W. H. johnson. who spent ycster-
day IN the cts. returned this morn
ing 20 santa Fc.
g.. u. cleveland of East Las We
gas IL IN Albuquerque tor a brief
visit
colonel George Washington Prioh-
arl b. in the city on political mat
ters.
". % Merritt of Ration Is spending
O. ..v daNs IN The city visiting the
Imr
simon Gusdorf and wife are here
t1r t look at the fair from their homc
d Taos. n NJ.
3D. A. Bsnkendorf Of nclcn Is Wis
nor here today he is accompanied
1y ". r. weimore.
Fred Fuller ot Topeka IL the pleas
ant guest OF liolyeI and Roy Robinson
SEA South Arno.
Nathan Jana. secretary nf the terri
tory OF Ncw M,Nico. h Ia santa r,
today. the surst Of his cousin. Bonnie
O. jana.
+. vs. Drake of Hodges, \. NJ. IL
here Tor brief visit MIR. Drake u
the man IN charge Of che Santa liar.
bara opmpany's tie drive each ycnr.
e.. A. Zimmerman, a former rest
dent ~ this city, and e. r. hilton
both of san Antonio, are visitors IN
Alhuauvraue for tn" res. ~ the week
Tan-asy special safe. bugEics, wag-
ons, harness ana saddles. High grade
buggics nov selling 40 So. Harness
$40. J knrber A 60.
| ". T.. Glenn. we'll knoNu railroad
man Of San Maroial arrived in the
cit, hsFf uight and Niu Spend day
OF tw1shcrc visiting the Hir
Edwefd IT, Mcdlcr formerly a resi-
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-10-13

well dressed foot Is something that everybody
appreciates.
Some people pay fancy prices to secure it, while
others fail to get satisfactory shoes any price they
pay.
The men, women and children we shoe have we'll
dressed feet and are always satisfied
Our shoes have splendid reputation behind them
and experienced service in fitting is also worthy
of the consideration of anybody who wants shoes
that are just right.
The new dull feathers, the rich SUICIDES, handsome
Velvets dainty Kids and the new Tans are all here
The high toes, and short vamps both in button and
Butcher are very much in evidence. This store
claims to give the best shoe values at any quoted
price
Mems Smart Fall Shoes ......... $500 to $500
Women's Dainty Fall Shoes ........ 200 to 4.50
Chldrens Dressy Fall Shoes .. 100 10 800
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-10-13
SOME SWELL DRINKS

Manzano Ginger Ale Mangano
Fruit soda, ManMuo Water. Root
Beer ana an kinds 81 spaas
MANIANO " NIIR 40.
Thos , Topham, Prom, once 20i ~.
Central Phone gas Laboratory il0
south walnut Phone ist5
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-10-13

dent 81 AlbnGucrapc but nov Of Las
cruces, H. boo the city for tcN DAYS
stay.
The returning visitors to southern
cities this morning loaded three bis
cars TO capacity on the Santa Fc train
To- the south
Alec Brown and Ernst Selgman OF
liernalilio aud n, kaufman OF DoMin.
go. all connected with The bCrnallllO
MercanlIl, GO. are In the city for the
fair
W. g. Mcdonald. Democratic candi-
date for s"t ruor ana a member of
the cattle sanitary board If here to
attend the session of the latter Called
for today
Visitors 90 The fair. do not over
look the new nome az the Charles H.
field Go. Wholesalers Of everything,
the largest opncrete freproof struc-
turc in tHr vest located north of the
AlVarado along the railroad tracks.
Mr. and Mrs. ed Radack OF Ration
are boz Aouuu' rque the guests oi their
friends. 40 tud Mrs. Henry NanoW.
Nj. EudJe, s one Of the uoyices who
viii take th, Shriners' stunts satur-
day aud btg,me member uf ballut
Abyad temple A. A. O. n. NJ. s.
In Che account ~ The Mout"1dma
parade Yesterday Il Was stated that
the Modern N oodinen We're represent
ed hy float This should have read
"Woudm"H of the World The
Wo"dmen pf the World we're assisted
by the Woodmen circle, ladies aux
ili"r, "a the order,
Walter %. lotto, representing Dave
Lewis Ia Don't LIZ Ia Your wife.
which happens at the Elks' thsa,sr
here October 90. n IN town today con
trfring with Manaser Frank store
Of tn D.. T.. %, q. Mr hoitO SAYS he
dislNcs very much iu boost his own
show hu' saws that 'Dpnt lie to
fou VIE IL whirlwind of FUN
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-10-13

You are not experimenting ON your.
self when YOU take Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for cold as that prep.
aration has won its great reputation
and extensive sale b. its remarkable
cures Of colds and can always be de.
pended upon II is equally valuable
Tor adults sad children aud NAV be
given ~ Young children with Implicit
conhdeHcc as II contains no harmfd,
ofug Sold hy al dealers
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-07-20
HARD WORK MEANS SUCCESS
eially One Must Stay With Work
Night and Day.

A great many people buy incubators
and brooders and expect them to run
themselves There would be just as
much sense In the hen leaving her
eggs for the wind and sun to hatch in
stead Of setting on them and guarding
them. night and day. for 21 days.
Illuminate things won't run them
selves: they must be run. Machines
are all right. but they haven't brains;
men must supply the intelligence.
Now, II has been proved by thou
sands OF people in different parts Of
the world that artificial incubation
and brooding of poultry is an assured
success. But TO make this success re.
quires close personal attention from
intrusted to any Tom or Dick or Har-
ry Tom and Dick and Harry hired to
do the work may set the machine
going. but they won't keep them
going. They lack the personal equa-
ton. They would just as soon see you
make a failure as they would see you
make a success of the chicken bust
ness.
To hatch and brood chickens artifi-
cially one must stay right with the
work. day and night This does not
mean that you have TO SIT up with and
nurse the machines and baby birds,
but that you just about know exactly
what they are doing every hour OF the
twenty-four
Many people fail to keep the infant
chicks dry. warm and well supplied
with fresh air in the brooder. This
is a simple matter. but an essential. A
herd OF goats will get along in a re-
mote brushy pasture for weeks at a
time with nothing but bushes and
fence rails to feed upon. Not so with
baby chicks: they must be fed at
least fivo times each day.
The neglect OF simple sanitation in
the brooder is responsible for heavy
mortality among young feathered
stock. Fifty or a hundred or more
young birds in one close room will
soon make foul conditions. which in
turn will soon lead to- disease and
death II the foulness Is not removed.
Those who are very careful to keep
the brooder scrupulously clean usually
have good success with brooder
chicks. and those who allow them to
become filthy meet with inevitable
loss.
Failures. then. In Matching and
brooding poultry by artificial means
are due to the use OF infertile eggs. al
lowing temperatures I'm the machine
to run too high and too low. lack of
good ventilation. failure to keep tho
brooder clean and the young birds
supplied with direct sunlight. and ir.
regular feeding These may all BE-
summed up in one phrase-lack OF
close attention to details.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-07-20
Grass the Main Thing.

In large lawns such common shrubs
as the SNOWFALL, the Persian lilac. and
the Japanese ounce. are excellent
Besides these there are the mock
orange, the golden bell, the spiraea
vanhouten. and the pearl bush. The
dogwoods and evergreens work In well
in the decoration Of a large lawn.
OF course these are not all that are
needed for a beautiful lawn, for in fact
the important thing is thick, we'll
kept grass sod. the carpet, II you
please. upon which to set the scenery.
The cannas. hollyhocks, coleus and
geraniums are necessary, but should
be used only as borders, or some Of
them in porch boxes. Rose-bushes
are often desired. and the harder va
rieties should be obtained and placed
togt Their in rows or beds, as single
rosebushes soon grow to limbs and
appear unsightly.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-07-20
BEAUTY SPOTS THAT COUNT
preciated Than at a Rail-
way Station.

There is probably no place where a
garden Is more appreciated by the
public than at a railway station. Folks
when out travelling have their eyes
with them; they are open TO all kinds
of impression, and such as at home
would in passing be barely noticed
and even remain entirely unobseryed.
II met on travels, are welcomed with
an interest highly profitable. The
beautiful has added beauty: the part
ly hidden and insignificant becomes
obvious; the eye searches greedily Tor
new impressions. when We are out
a-traveiing.
This. then. is probably the funda-
mental reason for the railroad gar
dens. Culture has been given TO 9th
erwise ugly situations; trees have
been planted along rlght-of-way
fences: vacant spots have been trans
formed from barren clnders into beau
ty spots of lawns and flowers; not
platforms and sidewalks have had the
spotted shadows OF trees thrown over
them; the cherries has been trans
formed into jubilant symphonies OF
colors aud cool shadows. inviting. In
deed, when summer burns the travel
er's back.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-07-20
FATTEN FOWLS FOR MARKET
Food should Be Given at Regular
Hours and Then only What the
Birds viii Eat Up Clean.

Chickens for broiling or frying
should be fed extra for two or three
weeks 10 get them fat. with plenty OF
good. solid meat on breast and thighs.
Range poultry Is never classed as
firstclass market poultry.
Put six 20 eight chickens In a clean,
roomy coop; place coop In shed.
which should be kept quiet and mod
orately dark. Give first morning feed
Of cornmeal mixed with milk: Just
what they will eat with a relish. At
nine O'Clock give second meal OF
baked bread mixed with boiled yege
les. At noon give cracked corn
Ned with little wheat. At S D. m.
give cornmsal mixed with milk. They
should be fed nj regular hours and
given only what they eat up with n
relish at each meal. No food should
be allowed TO lie In the coop. as they
lose their appetite when food Is left
In the coop to turn sour.
Sour food r. not NJ TO feed.
Wash Cut the coop every morning
This is necessary and should not be
neglected Give little gravel or
charcoal about twice a week Give
milk instead of water by this meth
cd chickens may be fattened in two
weeks time. Chickens thus fed will
make prime market poultry and will
command an extra price.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-07-20
lPUJlEgl NrIR25Y
G9llS1SSddNNESQ
Feeding the turkeys too often is an

Feeding the turkeys too often is an
Injurious practice.
Every farmer should go into the
pure bred poultry class.
Don't expect to get winter eggs
from late Matched chicks.
Get rid of some OF the ROSTERS that
are now worrying the hens to no good
purpose.
The Indian Runner duck is not In
clined to fatten SO readily as other
varieties.
Hunt up private customers and
agree TO sell them strictly fresh eggs
then do II.
The quickest way to break up" a
setting hen is to shut her up day
with a rooster
The comb is as sure an indicator of
the health OF the bird as the tongue
Is of the person.
Teach the turkeys to have a regu-
lar feeding ground apart from the
other fowls OF the farm.
Late Matched chicks make good
broilers or soft roasters In the fall
when the prices are high.
The very best kind OF a pen for
ducklings is one that can be easily
moved from one part Of the yard 10
another.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-07-20
Flowers on Lamp Posts.

Ornamental lamps, gorgeous with
real floral decorations, kept green and
fragrant perpetually in tower boxes
suspended midway between top and
bottom OF the lamp standards. will be
erected on Kearny street. from Market
TO Pacific
About three months will be required
TO put up the lamps. and work will be
commenced imme diately. The flowers
which will adorn the lamp standards
will be watered and cared for by an
automatic arrangement. the mere
pressing OF a button being sufhceat 10
perform the deed.-san Francisos
Chronicle
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-07-20
Home Town |
Helps e
LONDON MUCH LIKE PARIS
British Metropolis 10 No Longer
cloon-Enshroudeo, piani-
fed City.

In the old days London was essen.
TALLY a city OF ponderous pomp. Paris
in comparison appeared as bright
FREELY beside the grim darkness which
surrounded England's metropolis
Now, the streets OF London are
brighter, II possible. than those OF
Paris, the shops as gay, the movement
as vivacious. Most Of the plays In
Paris we're considered at only for
those who did not mind broad jests
or who told each other In whisper
that they had been to the Palais Roy
ale. Today. the London thoaters bold.
ly advertise the most risque entertain.
ments, there is no subject that Is not
discussed, no novel that is not read.
and Il has become a well.known say
Ing that instead OF the younger women
being restrained by decorum from In.
dulging in doubtful literature, books
are now described as the sort Of book
one would not give TO ones mother to
read"--for this was a girls description
OF a well.known work OF fiction
Rush and hurry, hurry and rush.
characterize the life Of those who are
called the smart set" The early ride
In the park, the afternoon drive and
shopping calls, have given place to
polo matches and pigeon-shooting, mo-
tor scorching. bridge and poker. II
you wanted in the old days to see your
friends, you could invariably find them
at a quiet. solemn lunch. assembled in
dim. stately dining rooms between l
and o'clock Now. restaurants, ho-
tells. tea houses and lunching rooms
are the resorts of the representatives
OF the fashionable world.