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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-07

vations. He made a study Of fauna
and flora, Of shrubs and animals. He
declared that agriculture is the
crown Of all other sciences" and re-
commended that colleges and univer-
stiles establish a professorship Of az
riculture. He advised the college
boys to return to the farms and re-
plenish and invigorate calling that
was languishing. He insisted that
the schools, instead Of storing pupils
with lore which the state Of soci-
ETY. did not call for, should be con-
verted into schools of agriculture.
He organized the first agricultural so
ciety, giving twelve rules for its gov
eminent, and suggested among many
other things the making of good
roads. Jefferson did more to pro-
mote agriculture than any other man
that has ever lived. He invented
the mould-bOard Of the pillow, which
was adopted in 1894 in this country
and two years later in England, and
which has never been improved on.
Jefferson recognized that the land
question was the greatest that has
to do with human progress. He said:
The end of barbarism will not come
until man begins to feel that he
rightfully has no more than life es-
tate in this sphere, with no right to
squander the inheritance Of his
kind"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-07

A. Schroth Of Capron, Okla. had
in a mixed load Of hogs and cattle.
Crop conditions are almost perfect.
Wheat is especially fine. The head
is filled out and harvest will begin
along the 18th or 18th. Corn is back
ward but it looks well. There will
be an increased acreage Of kaffir.
Mr.. Schroth was on his way to Film
wood, Kansas. to visit his father, a
pioneer rs years Of age.
j. W. Pascoe, wife and daughter,
departed this week for Lyons, where
they will visit few days before go
ing to Fayetteville, Ark, for a stay
OF several weeks.
D. C. Luse left for western points
Tuesday morning.
Miss Ethel Davis returned from
Washburn college last night.
Fred Zutavern, w. E. Stoke, L.
c. Breeder and Henry thinner made
a political pilgrimage to st. John
Tuesday.
Will Allen, manager Of the A. &
A. drug store, transacted business
with the headquarters concern in
Hutchinson Wednesday.
D. ]. Lewis was over from Hois-
ington Wednesday.
A number Of Logan township farm
ers were in the city Wednesday call
ing on the commissioners in the mat
ter Of the rebuilding OF bridges that
went out in the spring floods. This
township was hit pretty hard this
year. Among those here were John
Helfrich. F. Straub, Dave Ames, B.
VieNhaler and Leo Fest.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-07
On and About The Farm
GOOD PRICES FOR HOGS.

D. E. Ghormley numbers among
those making good money in the
sale Of hogs. This week he dispos-
ed Of fiftyfive head on the local mar
get for which he received approx
mately $1,000. The stock was a
year old and had been raised just
outside the city. Mr.. Ghormley fig
ured the cost Of feed at $500. The
first six months shorts were used
and soaked corn the remaining time.
He still has 81 head Of hogs to be
delivered in October. The others
were brought to town Monday and
shipped by Culbertson and Hanks to
Wichita. The gentlemen sent another
car yesterday. In spite Of the high
price Of feed there is good money in
the raising Of hogs in this locality
Sterling Bulletin.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-07

1t tried mighty hard to rain Tues
Gay morning, but only succeeded in
getting the dust down a little while:
Have a cigar on Clyde Yeo, Jr.,"
is the way 1t sounded Tuesday morn
ing when Clyde Sr's. friends found
out a son and heir had been born
to him the evening before.
o. W. Dawson was in Larned Tues.
day afternoon In the interests Of his
candidacy for congress.
A joint meeting Of the county med.
ical societies Of the counties Of Rice,
Reno, Barton, Pawnee, Stafford and
Edwards was held In this city yes
terday, a large number Of the medi.
cal profession being in attendance.
Morrison Bros. have the contract
for the new residence being erected
by E. c. Davis.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-07
UNENTERED KANSAS LANDS.

There are approximately 100000
acres of government lands in. Kan
sas remaining subject to homestead
entry, according to figures compiled
by the officials Of the United States
land office at Topeka. Two-thirds
Of the unentered acreage is located
in the district Of the Dodge City land
office, there being only 10000 acres
still subject to homestead entry in
the district of the Topeka office. OF
this 10000 acres, considerably more
than half is located in one county.
There are $4,000 acres unentered in
Cheyenne county, the northwest coun'
ty of the state. There are nearby
$4,000 acres unentered in Morton
county, the southwest county Of the
state. In other counties of the
state most Of the land still subject
to entry is in small tracts Of from
forty to eighty acres.
The land office officials look for a
boom In the lands In the southwest
ern part Of the state now that the
Santa Fe railroad is extending its
lines into the four railroaddess coun-
ties Of the state, where nearly fifty
percent Of the unentered land in the
state that is at all suitable for home
stead purposes will have been taken.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-07

The greatest agricukuralist Of the
United States was Thomas Jefferson.
He was a student of the soil, and was
the first man who ever began the
practice of rotation of crops in order
to conserve the soil. He believed
that the tillers Of. the soil were the
best people on earth. He said:
Those who labor in the earth are
the chosen people Of God, if ever
He had a chosen people, whose
breasts He made his peculiar deposit
for substantial and genuine virtue.
Corruption of morals in the mass OF
cultivators is a phenomenon Of which
no age or nation has furnished an
example" Showing his appreciation
Of the farmers, and their virtues as
compared with other classes We quot
this: The proportion which the ag-
gregate Of other classes Of citizens
bears in any state to that Of its hus-
bandmen, is the proportion Of its I'M
sound to its healthy parts, and is a
good enough barometer whereby to
measure its degree Of corruption.
The mobs Of great cities add just
so much to the support Of pure gov.
emment as sores do to the strength
Of the human body" jefferson was
the first man to reduce farming to a
science. He divided his lands into
plots and kept accurate account %
each, ascertaining what crops were
suited to certain soils. He introduc'
ed rice in the South and was the
first man to import Merino sheep
He established and conducted a min
iature agricultural department, botan
ical garden and weather bureau. Fol
years he made meteorological obser
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-07

The high school boys went out
north OF town Sunday and met Beck
er's ball team. losing the game by
the score Of 5 to l.
Two divorces were granted in dis
trict court Tuesday, Lulu Babcock be
ing divorced from Ira Babcock. and
Edward Metlem from Ruby Metlem.
]. B. Prose and S S. Shattuck were
over from Hoisington Tuesday after
noon.
Reg Russell. Will Stanley and Earl
Jordan took an extended auto trip
out northwest Of Ness City the first
Of the week. The two former have
bunch Of cattle out there on pas
ture. The cattle are getting along
very well, grass being good.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-07
FARM CATTLE FOR BEEF.

Farmers and breeders are coming
to a realization Of the necessity for
producing beef cattle on their farms
That many of them already appreci
ate this need is manifest in expires
sions that have been appearing in
the Telegram, and also by develop.
ments in markets, feature of which
at times recently has been the buy
ing Of cows for breeding.
In order to realize the greatest pro
fits from farm production Of cattle
farmers will find dt necessary to use
good, purebred sires for breeding. A
steer Of good breeding can be pro
duced at practically the same cost
as an inferior animal, while market
returns vary considerably.
The agricultural press, farm in
stitute lecturers and agricultural col.
leges and experiment stations are a.
mong the agencies that can and will
contribute to a proper foundation for
farm production Of beef, but there
is still another-the purebred live
stock associatlon-that promises to
aid in this commendable work. An
example Of what the purebred stock
record associations may do is con-
tanned in The Galloway Review" a
new publication that has Just reach
ed the Telegram. The Galloway Re
view, the American Galloway Breed
ems association announces, will be a
quarterly. 1t will give information
corning Galloway cattle and attempt
to develop a keener interest in the
work of the association and effect a
closer relationship between breeders.
The initial number is interesting and
should have some influence in slim
ulating the farm production Of cattle
through the collection of extracts
from the farm and live stock press,
including the Telegram, on the mer-
its Of the Galloway breed and the
beef cattle shortage.
The time is ripe for an expanding
demand for the product of the breed
er Of registered cattle. Discerning
breeders see ahead a growth in de-
mand for purebreds with which to
raise beef for market on farms. To
insure that every farmer starts right
in the production Of beef, work OF ex
ploitatiOn, assistance In the onganiza-
ton Of groups Of farmers for the pur-
chase of bulls comparatively, and 9th.
er efforts in this direction, cannot be
overdone.-Drovers Telegram.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-07
CURED HAY WON'T BURN.
It's careleEsness That Causes spon'
taneous Combustion

The loss caused by the heating and
burning of alfalfa hay in the stack IS
usually due to care!essness. Proper
precautions were not taken in curing
the hay. Sometimes 1t is due to
weather conditions. but usually 1t is
caused by too much water in the
stem Of the plant when stacked.
A simple comparison we'll illus
trates this, says A. H. Leidigh, assis-
tant professor Of crops at the Kan
sas Agricultural College. If a tree
Is cut down on a cool or cloudy day,
the leaves remain green and fresh
for some time, and are continually
taking water from the trunk and
passing it off into the atmosphere.
If the weather remains reasonably
cool for a few days, the water will
all be taken out of the tree.
But If the tree Is cut down on
sultry, hot day, the leaves immediate
ly wilt, dry up and fall off. This
leaves all the water in the trunk
and no means for getting it out. 1t
is the same with alfalfa. If tie
weather is no too hot the leaves will
remain on the stem and carry off
the water. but II it is hot and sultry,
watch for trouble i'm the stack. Sew
eral alfalfa stacks near Manhattan
have burned down, and in every case
improper curing of the hay before
stacking seemed to be the cause.
When it is impossible to wiring wa
ter out Of hay, says Professor Leid-
Ugh, it is dry enough to stack. The
best way to cure hay is to rake it
into small windows before the leaves
are dry enough to fall off. There
let it dry out slowly. Of course
weather conditions will not always
permit this and are a frequent source
of trouble. If the ground is damp,
or if the atmosphere is saturated
with moisture, the windows must be
turned over frequently to expose all
the hay to the sun.
Hay often heats in the stack be-
cause it gets wet or absorbs moisture
from the ground. This difficulty may
be overcome by stacking on founda
ton Of poles or under sheds. In
stack Of alfalfa 25 feet long, stacked
In the ordinary way, not less than IS
to $40 worth Of hay is spoiled on the
top and bottom. The loss from few
stacks would pay for the cost Of
shed.
Just how much heating affects the
feeding value of alfalfa hay is an IN
settled question. Some argue that 1t
lowers the feeding value by improves
the taste. Cattle usually eat brown
and black alfalfa with more relish
than the bright green hay.
The proper time to cut the hay,
which may be we'll discussed here, Is
when the crop is one-tenth in bloom.
This is a good plan to follow under
ordinary conditions, but when 1t is
very succulent and has made a rank
growth it is better to let it stand a
few days longer before cutting. The
surplus water in the stem will thus
have a chance to pass out. Another
excellent guide is to watch the new
buds or shoots at the base OF the
plants. When these bgein to grow
the crop is neady to cut for hay, even
If it has not begun to bloom. The
starting Of the new buds indicates
that the plant will grow immediate
ly after 1t Is cut.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-07
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Kansas Cdy SIOck 1drOS, JUNE D.
Top grades Of cattle are steady to
firm with a week ago, and are in
fairly secure position because of
scarcity, but middle and lower class
es are Is to % cents lower than a
week ago. The market is steady
today with leaning toward strength
for the good ones, and weakness for
the others. The supply today is 5000
head, a moderate run in the native
division being augmented by a good
supply OF quarantine cattle, about
100 cars. The quarantine cattle now
coming are largely from Texas,
about equally divided between the
Northern and Southern parts. Those
from Northern Texas have had a
fairly good course on meal and cake,
and sell at $500 to $3.50, while
those from South Texas are mainly
straight grassers, at $50 to $3.50,
some that have had cake on the
grass up to $685.. These cattle are
plentiful at all the markets, either
direct from shippers, or consigned
to packers, who have bought them
at Fl. Worth, where most of them
congregate. This is the only bear
item on the list, and buyers are max
ing the most of it. It has served
their purpose to depress cheap class
es of natives Is to so cents in the
last two weeks. Top natives bring
1920 here today, steers selling at
$7.75 and downwards feeling the de-
preston noted, top cows SIPS, bulls
a quarter lower than a week ago,
$4.75 to $500, stock steers $500 to
$500, feeders $6.25 to $7.25
Hog receipts have been running
above expectations recently, and the
bulls have lost about all their cOur-
age. Prices went down without in
terruption last week till right at the
end, when there was slight revival.
Trade specialists disagree about the
future, though old timers say that
reports from the country about pro-
spective supplies are VIGOROUSLY I'M
reliable, since country buyers do
most of their trading over the tele-
phone and do not get in view Of the
conditions at first hand. Swelling
receipts may indicate a good reserve
supply. Run here today 1000, mar
ket 10 higher, top $7.65, bulk $7.35
to $3.50.
Sheep and lambs advanced % to So
cents last week, but tidal wave
struck the market this morning and
closing sales are quarter or more
lower than opening sales. Receipts
here today $4,000 head, good run,
but the trouble is said to be based
on bad mutton markets, and prospect
Of plenty of Southern stuff at Louis
vile in the near future. Choice spring
lambs are worth 1926 to 1915, clip
ped lambs $500 to sS75, native
wethers and ewes up to $500, Texas
muttons $500 to $50, goats $500
to $S.75. ]. A. RICKART,
Market Correspondent.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-07
TO CONTROL HEssIAN FLY.
Wheat Sown at the Right Time Will
Not be Damaged.

The Hessian fly will not bother
your wheat If it is sown at the right
time. Experiments carried on by DR..
T. J.. Headlee, professor of ertomol-
ogy and zoology at the Kansas Agri-
culturarl College, show that if wheat
is sOwn after certain date, this
date varying in different localities,
the Hessian fly will do no damage.
Doctor Headlee conducted his ex-
periments at various points over the
state. He first determined the earl'st
date at each Of these points when
wheat would not be attacked by the
fly. Then, by using what is known
as Hopkins Law Of Latitude and Al
titude," he was able to determine
what would be safe date for SOW
ing in any part Of the state If the
latitude and altitude of the place
were known.
Similar experiments have BEEN car
ried on in Ohio and. West Virginia.
In these experiments 1t was found
that the fall brood of flies disappear
ed one day eafner for onefourth Of
a degree north and one day later for
every one-fourth Of degree south
Of a given point. These experiments
also showed that whenever altitude
was sufficiently variable to bring
about difference in climate, there ex-
listed a ratio between the disappear
ance Of the fall brood and the height
above the sea. A difference of 100
feet in altitude made a difference Of
one day in the time Of disappearance
Of the fall brood-one day earlier if
100 feet higher and one day later if
100 feet lower than a given point.
In the Kansas experiments two Sc
ries of stations wene used. The indi-
Vidual stations of the eastern series
are located from north to south at
Marysville, Manhattan, Marion, Sedg-
wick, Wellington and Caldwell. The
stations in the western series are
located at Norton, Smith Center, VIII
son, Great Bend, Pratt and Sawyer.
By knowing the safe date of seeding
for one of these stations, DR.. Headlee
is able to estimate the time of safe
seeding for any other station. For
example, taking the eXperimentally
determined safe sowing date of Marys-
vile, with a latitude of 80 degrees
and 40 minutes and an altitude of
115S feet, as October 2, the theo-
retical safe sowing date for Cald-
we'll, with a latitude of 81 degrees
and minutes and an altitude of
11O7 feet, is October 10, while the
actual date determined by the aver.
age of two years of experimental
sowing is October IA. The theoret-
ical date, however, misses the ex-
perimentally determined date nanther
II the station whose date is to be
determined is east or west of the
initial station. This variation prob
ably Is caused by the difference in
the annual precipitation of the east
ern and western sections of the
state.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-07

WANTED TO TRADE 100 acre
farm in Gray County, for small farm
near town. For particulars call at
this office. 10-15t.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-07
FOR SALE.

One car Of Work Mules. At Star
Barn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-07
GREEN BACKS in
STRAW STACKS

The Wastag of grain by the Treng is far more
IMAM many suppose The Operator usually knows help
with that kind Machine he up and lets
go at that The Farmer suspects it, but thinks put up with
and much OF his hadarne money straw stack
Ins great wasage the result employing incompetent
Threshng Machine that rshes the stack but does not
beat the grain
Is up to you Farmers to what Machine grain
THIS season. You have worked hard grow grain and you pay
the bill for heshing it. You your profits with
the straw pile for bushe goes the stack is money
right out of your pocket
You Can Save Your ThreSh Bill by Hirinq
Red River Special TO Do Your ThreShinG
will the grain you less Of your time it will
10 your job quicker win clean your grain pay you all
around is the only Threshg Machine uses the true and
sure method separation by beating grain Of the straw lust as
you would do with your pichfork.
The Big Cylinder the Man Behind the Gun and the Shakers that
toss the straw and beat you with k the
grain that other waste whether be wheat oats rye barley
peas rice alfalfa, timothy other grains or seeds
THE RED RIVER SPECIAL WORKS ON AN ENTIRELY DIFFER
ENT PRINCIPLE OF SEPARATION any other make It beats
out while other makes hurry to the stack and expect the
grain to fall out, which it do
Have your threhng done this year by Red River Special IT
WILL SAVE YOUR THRESH BILL.
Write call Branch or Dealer for the proof
NICHOLS SHEPARD CO., Battle Creek. Mich.
The only builders the Red Special Thsher setFeeers
Wind Stackes Weighe and N Co. Traction Steam Engines
oiFGas Tractors and Everything for the Thresheman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01

NAV encounter and can and will help avoid or over
come them if given a chance.
The freshman should 90 out for football, baseball, or
anv other sport in which he may have skill Even II he
fails to make the class teams he will have some fine eX-
ercisc under most competent tutors, and Will become
acquainted with lot Of worthwhile fellow IN his class,
whom he might not meet so intimately otherwise. lie
should mind his own business but by that ! do not
mean no interest should be taken in class or college al
fairs On the contrary let him get in touch with them
and study them closely 1t is the only way they are
made worth while.
Finally, urge that he lead his own life and stand
honestly by it-not with chip on his shoulder nor Il
stubborn determination that his way is right and all the
others wrong but with feeling Of sincerity Of purpose
and result Most Of the other things that 90 to make
undergraduate success will then take care OF themselves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01

or as near II Is ne can dIIOTl,
because it will give him bet
ter opportunities to become
acquainted and keepin touch.
He should also at once meet
the adviser to whom he is
assigned, who will prove a
gold mine to him if he can
gain his friendship, because
he knows from experience the
difficulties the undergraduate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01

THE day is now at hand when the wardcrs
of the universities throughout this
country are standing at their gates ready 20
fling them wide to the thousands of young
men who, as freshmen, are to enter upon
that new and cnviable highway of years called
college life. - And as they stand impa-
tientlv awaiting the click of the gatc-latch
under the warder's hand they hear, with
more or less attcntivcneSS. the last speeding
word of advice" II reaches each individual
VoungStcr from countless Ourccs,-trom the
college president. from the master, from the
hopeful father and the indulPcnt mother even
from an uncle and an aunt or two. 1t is
either whispered or shouted into his ear,
according 10 the temperament or temper OF
the counsellor. 1t is good advice sound adj
vice and of sterling Import in the task he is
undcrt aking,-th of acquiring what Is 50
vaguely described as AN education. II
deals with the course he has selected, his
books and study hours, his necessity for
closest attention to mathematics or language
or science. II holds before his eyes the in
tcllcCtual record someone else has achieved,
a record he must equal or excel. In word.
most of what he hears is the iluttcring OF
textbook leaves and the droning voice of the
lecturer.
1t is we'll that the youngstcr should hear
this. even in so exciting a moment; but there
is something else for his ears, something OF
equal value. This is the voice of the elder
brother who has gone through it all, has had
his four wears within the gates, and has
learned from men as well as from books He
is not the one to talk Of books and class
rooms: rather it is for him to put his arm
about the shoulders OF the younger one and
tell him Of the personal things the class and
the college expect Of him. His advice is. in
his own words, how TO make good A; how
the youngster should bear himself in this
first glowing year 50 that he shall not queer
himself with his fellows; how he may
achieve an honorable place, an cnviablc place,
in the undergraduate body.
So it is in this spirit, the spirit OF the elder
brother 20 the younger, that these articles
about honor and aim and the manly things
have been written by men who have lived
their four years within the formidable gates.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01

possess. and above all cultl-
vatc the friendship Of the
men Of his own class.
In the year, that follow he
will find duties and response
bilitics demanding an incrcas-
ing share Of his time, and will
frequently find himself look
ing back longinglyon the care
free liberty Of freshman year.
Finally, the freshman must