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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
WHERE COOPERATION WINS

The present threshing season which
is just about closed has taught us
country people again the great disad-
vantage of depending upon contract
outfit to do this work. The fall sea-
son has been wet; threshing has been
interrupted; there have been thous-
ands and millions of bushels of grain
greatly damaged in the stack because
1t was not threshed at the proper
time. This suggests one place at
least where neighborhood cooperation
can solve one of the most serious
problems. In the light of this year s
experience, we must all admit that
community threshing outfit, owned
Ev the farmers themselves, becomes
almost necessity. The price of such
machines has now become such that
ten or a dozen men in a community
can easily buy them jointly and do
their work when it ought to be done.
The tractor engine could also be US
ed for the various kinds of farm work
where heavy power is essential. A
six gang plow, hitched to the engine,
will turn up large acreage. The
silos could be filled, the corn shred
ded, the feed ground, good roads
could be maintained, all at a frac-
ton of cost and far better than is
now done. Each farmers investment
in such a joint enterprise would be
about equivalent to the price of one
good horse and it is safe to say that
his investment would be returned to
him every year in the form of in
creased profits, to say nothing Of eff
ficiency and satisfaction.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22

acquaint himself with the feeding
value Of the different grains and
grasses that he grows. He must adapt
means to needs. He muCt study the
requirements of the market. The
longer he lives, the wider becomes his
range of vision, and the more Be es-
capes the necessary limitations OF the
specialist. By many this is regarded
as a disadvantage. To us it seems
to be the one saving thing about
farming; that it tends to develop
breadth of character and saneness OF
view, as well as industry, economy,
patience, endurance and a philosophi.
cal turn Of mind that rounds out char
acter.
1t is quite true that farmers do not
become millionaires by farming. One
does occasionally BY harvesting the
unearned increment on laad; but q
well-rounded character cannot be pur.
chased with money. It can be desel
oped only by living, and only by Nv.
ing under conditions favorable to ita
development. Character is. after all,
the main thing. We cannot take our
farms with US into the next world.
but we can take the character that
is developed by right living. We can
not take our money with us. We can
not take anything with US but what
We are; and what we are is largely
determined by the life we live. Any
business that develops these sterling
qualities and this breadth Of view Is
business in which we may well
take pride and magnify our Office"
our calling.-Wallaces' Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
MARKET REPORT.

Kansas City Stock Yards, Nov. 10,
"A run of $1,000 cattle came in last
week, not including Z 1000 calves, which
was $4,000 more than came in during
election week, and the same number
that arrived corresponding week last
year. The six leading markets were
short $4,000 head from year ago last
week, a fact that put some ginger
into buyers actions, making the 15
to % cents advance scored on all
kinds of cattle look logical. Calves
were an exception, closing 25 to 50
cents lower. The shortage in num-
bers of cattle marketed at the lead,
ing points does not fully express the
situation, as a great many light
weight and low grade southern cattle
were counted in at Kansas City and ..
st. Louis. The winter beef market
is starting out strong and with evil
dence of considerable reserve power.
Packers have not accumulated any
beef this fall and are starting in the
winter beef campaign on a hand to
mouth basis. Bare shelves in pork.
cellars add to their discontinue,
which is intensified by the prospect
of slim winter supplies of hogs,
sheep and lambs. The run Of $4,000
cattle today is selling steady to
strong. Nebraska beef steers sold at
slOS5 today, filling a post that has
been vacant since September. Short
fed steers bring $500 to $3.50, quar-
antine steers today up to $7.25, erase
guarantees including southern riff.
raft S4.25 to s6.25. Range cattle are
fairly numerous today, medium kill
ing steers at $40 and $3.50, good
Colorado killers Friday at S.75, he'll
ers from Durango today at $6.25.
range stock steers s5.25 to 1913,
feeders 1915 to $500, top veals 1915,
Thanksgiving poultry is beginning
to move marketwards and will exert
some adverse influence on live stock
markets during the next week, though
increased appetites of consumers at
that season renders the poultry influ.
elce largely fictitious.
Hogs sold lower today, top $3.50,
bulk $3.50 to s775. A big run at
Chicago today gave the excuse for a
ten lower opening, but the market i'm
proved all through the session, the
top load selling on the final round,
typical of the strong feeling in hog
circles.
Sheep and lambs are on the verge
Of a substantial uplift, according to
dealers, run II 900 here today. Choice
lambs are worth 500 to $3.50, feed.
ing lambs lacking in quality, selling
around 5000.
J. A. RICKART,
Market Correspondent.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
WHY PURE BREEDS ARE BEST
Web Kept Flock Of Thoroughbreds
Costs No More 70 Feed and House
Than the Mongrels.
By MRS. H. F. GRINsrEAD)

(by Mis-. ID. j. GklNSTEAD.J
The person who raises chickens,
turkeys, ducks or any other fowl nat.
urally feels a greater pride and in
terest in thoroughbred stock and,
therefore. gives the flock better care
than would be given to mongrels. No
matter what kind of birds you have,
however, the same rule of good care
applies. With the right kind Of care
and interest your flock will yield
abundant satisfaction and good profit
and both of these are felt to a greater
degree by the owner Of the thorough
bred fowls.
Houses. yards and feed cost about
the same for either mongrels or full
bloods and a well kept flock of thor
oughbreds always attract attention
and admiration from neighbors, who
are often willing to pay much bet
ter price for eggs for Matching pur-
poses from such stock than ordinary
eggs will bring.
Many buyers, every season, get ex.
cellent results in the least expensive
way by. purchasing eggs from which
to hatch pure bred stock. The breed
best suited to your surroundings and
the purpose you wish them to serve
should be selected. The best meat
producer is not, as a rule, a good egg
producer and so on, but with careful
study of some Of the breeds a buyer
ought to be able to know how to Sc
lect Just what will meet his needs.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
On and About The Farm
A GAS ENGINE IS SIMPLE.


The modern gas engine is the sim-
plest known form of prime mover, is
much less complicated than steam
engine and is easily understood and
cared for by the average man. Every
boy who attends the Kansas Agricul-
tural college has chance to study
engines for farm use, and for many
other kinds Of work.
Most of . the complications in older
types of gas engines were in the igni-
ton, that is, the batteries, coils,
switch and igniter necessary for max
ing the spark in the engine cylinder
at the right instant to ignite the
charge. These battery outfits we're
more or less uncertain and their I'M
reliability was blamed on the engine
as whole.
All this complication and uncertain
ty has been eliminated in the modern
gas engine by the use Of a slow-speed
engine-timed alternating current mag
neto of the built-in type, which is a
small machine geared directly to the
engine, thereby forming a part Of 1t.
This machine generates electricity
by mechanical action, so that the en-
CINE makes its own electricity as long
as it runs, there being no batteries tC
replace or other parts requiring atten
ton or renewal.
The perfection of the magnetic made
possible the simple gas engine. and
placed it within the reach of the
farmer, who can now use the engine
especially the small, portable type
for such a wide range of purposes
that no farm can afford to be withou
one.
From the various makes Of mag
netos on the market with which al
engine may be equipped, it is well tt
select one that has visible method
of timing, so that the magnetic timing
can be checked and the user can as
certain if the spark is being produc
ed at the right time by simply look
ing at the magnetic. This is a fea
ture of great Importance.
The use of the magnetic eliminates
coils, switches and all connections
that require any electrical knowledge
on the part of the engine user.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22

Some men the Scripture tells about
have ears but do not hear. If I
should say that that means YOU, you'd
think it rather queer. The Book says
there are other who have eyes but
do not see. And | should be offend.
ed If you said that that meant me.
And yet, old man--and when | say
this, do not raise a fuss-I really
think that those remarks apply to
both Of US. Why, half the men alive
today, and l mean no offense, are
well supplied with senses five, but
haven't any sense. And when you
come to think II out, 1t honestly ap-
pears that's what was meant by those
remarks about the eyes and ears.
The modern way Of saying things ia
rather blunt and plain, and yet some
times our rudest slang is Scripture
Ger again. You might, for instance.
say, as you have often heard 1t said.
that soandso is willing but he does
MT use his head. Or else, in Bible
language. you could say about the
gink. %And some have heads upon
their necks, and yet they do not
think" AFR.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
PLYMOUTH ROCKS ARE FIRST
More Marketable Than White-Festh-
cred Chickens, Says Prof. Lip
pincott of Kansas.

The most marketable breed of
chickens is the Barred Plymouth
Rock. This decision, handed down a
few days ago by w. A. Lippincott,
professor Of poultry husbandry at the
Kansas Agricultural college, answers
a question which long has been dis
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
RESTORATION. OF Fertility.

We hear much these days about the
lost fertility Of the virgin soil. soil
robbery and soH mining" The
fact of depleted fertility is not de-
MED, but the remedy is not always
SO apparent. Commercial fertilizers
may be applied to the land to replace
the elements that have. been with
drawn, but they are too expensive.
There is a remedy in regular, farm
ing operations. It consists in grow
ing alfalfa or clover and corn and
feeding them to live stock. The re-
sulting manure. with the nitrogen
brought by the alfalfa will build up
the soil fertility and continually in
crease the yield Of crops.
Farmers are naturally looking for
the crops that will bring them the
greatest profits. When the price Of
cattle and hogs was low the grain
crops yielded the most revenue. The
farmers knew that with every load
of grain they took to market they
we're hauling off part of the produc-
tivity of the farm, but their immedi'
ate necessities. were so great that
they felt. that they must do the
thing that brought in the largest re.
turns.
Now that the prices of meat have
risen to respectable figures, farm
profits in live stock are more appar
ent, and when considered with the
growing necessity of restoring the fe
tility of the soil it is evident tina
wise farmers will go into stock rails
ing more than many have been do
ing. The increasing population, tht
high cost of land, and higher stan
dard of living are guarantee tina
there will be no more cheap meat
Grain farming should give way t
stock farming, both for profits anC
for enriching the soil.-Missouri AM
Kansas Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22

Suffered day and night the tor
ment of itching piles. Nothing help
ed me until l used Doan's Ointment.
The result was lasting. Hon. John
R. Garrett Mayor, Girard, Ala.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
WHAT ALFALFA DOES.

The farmers who are lucky enough
to have alfalfa ground are losing
money every year that they do not
seed it % this crop, for it will pay
, more money than anything that ear
Oe raised on the land, and makes the
land better for having been seeded.
The writer learned yesterday from
some farmers living northwest Of this.
city and who had been marketing
their alfalfa seed in this. city, what
few acres of good land seeded to al
yfalfa will do for the.owne or tenant
If properly looked after and cared for
While there are probably a great
many other farmers throughout the
country who can relate similar facts
and even go them one better, yet
there are a few whom it may prove
profitable for them to example after.
E. F. Truesdell of Route 8 has a
nice field of alfalfa and has just fin
ished cutting the fourth crop there
from. One crop was saved for seed
and from this he threshed 40 bu-
shells. He sold on this market yes
terday 1876 bushels Of this seed at Sc
per bashel and drew a check from
the purchaser for "a little over $500.
He has left the hay from the three
cuttings and the straw from which
this seed was threshed, which, it is
said, makes fairly good meal when
properly mixed with other feeds and
used for stock during the winter
when. there is little or no pasture.
. Ed Nichols was another farmer whC
marketed his alfalfa seed yesterday,
and he was able to keep close tab
on his crop this year. He rented
about 16 acres of land seeded to this
crop, o. a neighbor, and paid him
1888 and a few cents cash rent for
the tract for this year. He will cut
his fourth hay crop the first of the
week, and already has something like
S5otons of hay in the stack and he
threshed So bushels of seed from the
crop that he saved for this purpose
The seed he sold for Sc per bushel
Q end drew a check from the purchaser
for $3.50. The seed crop alone netted
him something like $40, to say moth
ing about the hay that he has in the
stack for feed or for sale during the
coming winter.
It is also reported that George We
day of this same neighbOrhOod got 81
bushels of seed from his tract Of al
: fam land and the usual number o
cuttings and tonnage of hay. Should
: he conclude to sell the seed at th'
prevailing price for new seed is woul
bring him $40, which is more thai
likely a great deal more money thai
. the same ground would produce IL
two years If farmea to wheat or ccrr
Lyons Kar.) News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22

1t is not amiss to again caution our
readers that when cattle are in the
corn stalks that plenty of salt should
be provided and the drinking heartily
of water be encouraged. So long as
there are plenty of nuBbins in the
field the danger from impactiOn is
not great. We have so far heard of
no trouble as result of pasturing
stalks. So long as large quantities of
blades are in the stalk field-and es-
specially if the weather is dry-cOndi-
tons are conductive to trouble and
every precaution should be taken to
guard against loss.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22

Accidents will happen, but the hest
regulated families keep DR. Thomas
Eclectic Oil for such emergencies.
Two sizes, % and soc. at all stores.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22

You Can Buy OF U.s.
Edison 2-mInuts Wax Records
CSC. for sic
Edison 4-mInute Wax Records
SOC. for 3fe.
E r. MOSES NERO. co.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-14
RABENAU SENT UP FOR LIFE
. Years for other Two-kaufman
siayers Escape Noose-FamIlies
Become Hystericsl.

Chicago.-John Stacey. one Of the
convicted slayers Of Mrs. Hattie Kauf.
nan, collapsed in the county Jail
stacey was overcome with the sen.
ence of 25 years imposed on him A
similar term in prison was given Will
lam Rollin Channell while George
CTowheadD Rabenau. the bandit who
ired the fatal shot. was sentenced for
ife.
-Four women shrieked and tainted
simultaneously as the doom OF their
respective sons and husbands was pro
bounced. For a time It appeared that
1 serious panic might result in the
crowded courtroom. but the hysterical
relatives were hastily removed to ante
rooms as the three defendants were
taken back to their cells in the county
Iail
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-14
WILL EVILS ARE Barred
STRIKERS PAY FIVE CENTS A
WEEK FOR DRINKING WATER.
House Committee Hears idle en-.
ployes Describe Situation at
Lawrence. Mass.

Washington.-Girls and boys, strik
ing mill workers from Lawrence
Mass. testified before the house com
mittee which is considering a resolu
ton TO Investigate conditions which
followed attempts TO send children
from the strike-ridden city.
They told OF working loug hours tor
low wages and OF paying the Ameri
can Wooden company nve cents a
week for drinking water. which they
described as canal water"
The children showed the committee
eViuences OF the hardships and dan.
gers OF their employment exhibiting
mutilated hands and wounds on their
arms and bodies.
Representative Victor Berger and
samuel Gompers. president OF the
American Federation OF Labor. made
statements about the rival unions at
Lawrence.
MISS Jane Book, also OF the Phiia-
delphia committee. corroborated much
OF Bogatin's testimony.
mere has been some question. 81"
said President Gompers In his argu.
ment before the committee, las to the
authority OF this committee to make
This inquiry think the alleged fact
OF interference OF authorities OF law
OF Massachusetts with children leav.
Ing Lawrence is OF sufficient import.
ance to warrant the investigation"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-14
TROOPS NEAR TAKU
U. s. FORCE FROM SHANGHAI AR.
RIvEs AT TIENTsIN.
Aliens VIII Be In Bad Condition "
Racial Strife Begins, Say Dispatches
-lootins Continues.

Tientsin.-The United States cruis
er Cincinnati arrived at Taku. at the
mouth OF the Peiho. thirty miles from
Tientsin. from Shanghai. and the de
tachment of zoo marines which left
Shanghai on the transport Aberenda
arrived here.
Police authorities and the mayor OF
Tientsin have given notice by procla-
nation to those persons who partici-
pated In the recent footing that they
will be granted FIVE days grace. dur
ing which those who return their loot
to It's owners will not be asked any
questions nor punished in any way.
A French cruiser landed n detachment
OF marines this morning at Taku.
Manila. p. I.-Major General J.
Franklin Bell. commanding the
Philippine division. has slightly modi
fed the plans for the expedition OF
additional troops to north China. Only
the third battalion OF the Fifteenth In
fantry at normal strength. under the
command OF Lieut. Col. Edwin A. Root,
will be sent.
fekln, Cnina.-A meeting OF the
foreign ministers decided TO send
n protest to President.Eiect Yuan
Shih-kai against the presence of Chit
nese troops within the seven.mile limit
Of the Tientsin concession.
Looting is prevalent generally in the
province OF Shantung and particularly
in the city OF Tsinan. II also Ia spread.
ing throughout northern China, where.
as punishment Is not melted TO the mu-
tineers. disorder Is increasing and the
temerity OF the robbers is growing
In the city of Pekin there are about
5000 foreign soldiers and at Tientsin
another 2.700. whereas there are 10O.-
900 well armed Chinese troops in
northern China, who might attack iso-
lated foreigners and endanger the
ports.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-14
CINCINNATI MARKETS

Wheat-No. 2 red si.O2dI.O4. No !
red 9Sc@$i01. No. red s4n95c
Sales: car No. 2 red (trackl sl.03h
Corn-No. white 7ln72c, No. 3
white 70G7lc. No 4 white 66Is a6shc
No 2 yellow 7la72c. No. 3 yellow "a
ale, No. 4 yellow 66a69hc. No. 2
mixed 7Od71c. No. 3 mixed 6Sa7Oc
No. 4 mixed 65d6slsc. white ear 700
73c. yellow ear 7ld74c. mixed ear
7Oq72c.
oats-No. 2 white ssh a SEC, stan.
ard white 55G55izc. No. 3 white 54a
Csc, No. white 52I53c, No. 2 mixed
551zc. No. mixed 54h a 55c. No. 4
mixed 52d54c.
Hay-No. timothy s25.5Oa25.75.
No. 2 timothy s24G2i.25. No. 3 timothy
S22M2250. No. clover mixed S246p
2425. No. clover mixed s22 .25d2 70.
No. clover s24G25. No. clover $23
d23.50.
Cattle-Generally steady at yester-
days prices. Shippers s5.75q6s5.
choice to extra s6.s0Q725. butcher
steers, extra S6.25G65O. good 10
choice S550G6.15, common to fair
s435G5.25; heifers. extra s5.6OQ6:
good to choice s4.75@550. common TO
fair s3.25d425: Gamers. s4.75a5:
cows, extra. s4.75@5; good to choice
s4.25Gi.60. common to fair sl.7544;
Gamers $1.5Od2.75.
Bulls-Scarce and firm. Bologna
s450G5.35, extra $54OG5.5O. fat bulls
$5d5.50.
Calves-Steady and active. Extra
s.. fair to good $6.25@775, common
and large s3.50@75O.
Hogs-Quiet; packers and butchers
steady; light shippers l0c lower; pigs
steady. Heavy hogs S6.6506.7O, good
TO choice packers and butchers S6.65G
go, mixed packers S6.55q665. stays
$325@5.25, common TO choice heavy
fat sows S4.50m6. extra 500, light
shippers sG.05q655: pigs ulO lbs and
less) s4.50G6.
Sheep-Strong. Extra $6.S56tG. 30.
good TO choice s3.350375, common
20 fair S1.25@3.
Lambs-Steady. Extra 81, good 10
choice S625U6.90. common TO fair
HL25q6. culls s3@S75. yearlings $4.25
Q5.25.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-14
Six Delegates Named.

New York.-Announcemnt was made
by the National Association for the
Study and Prevention OF tuberculosis
Of the names OF six delegates deslg.
mated by the United States govern.
ment through Huntington Wilson. act.
ing secretary of state. TO represent the
United States at the seventh interna.
tional congress on tuberculosis TO be
held In Rome April II TO 90 The del.
egates appointed are DIR. Henry Bar.
ton Jacobs. Baltimore; DR. Livingston
Farrand, New York; DR.. Charles l..
Greene, ST. Paul; DR. G. Walter Hol.
den. Depver; DR.. Gerald r. Webb. Col.
orado Springs. and William II. Bald
win. Washington. all OF the national
association.