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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19
TNE
CHILDREN
ST.
RAISE PIGEONS FOR PROFIT
Most Fanclers Take to FantallS or
Pouters, but Homers Should 30
Selected for Money.

The boy or girl who lives where Il
d possible to keep live stock will de-
rive a great deal of pleasure. rs well
a. considerable profit. from raising
pigeons. II they are properly cared
for pigeons give their owners little
trouble and they more than repay for
tho time spent upon them. The sale
Of squads. which are the young birds,
nets q goodly profit after the owner
has once started his pigeon loft.
Nearly all pigeon fanciers like to
own some fancy birds, such as fantails,
pouters, or tumblers, but when 1t
comes to making money from the
birds, the homers should be chosen.
The full grown homers, properly mat
ed, should be bought only from q re-
liable dealer. They may be q little
expensive but they pay in the end. A
pair Of first class homers will cost
about two dollars. Every pair Of good
birds, well cared for, produce about
dozen squads a year. In the whole
sale market the homer squads sell
for about "a o dozen. Private Gus
toners are willing to pay 40 and even
80 cents q pair for them.
The old birds feed their young un'
til they are about four weeks old
when they are ready to be marketed
II the boy or girl who owns the pig
cons has attended to the needs OF the
old birds in the morning, he or she
may go off to school feeling sure that
the young birds will be fed and cared
for by their parents. Food may be
left before the birds all the time, fol
pigeons never eat too much.
OF course, everything depends upon
the kind Of house the pigeons live In
the sort Of food they receive, and
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19

an average daily gain OF two pounds.
Comparing two other rations-one OF
ground Kafir and alfalfa hay, pro-
duced 100 pounds OF gain at cost OF
$50 pounds OF grain, wlile a ration OF
ground corn and alfalfa hay produced
100 pounds gain at cost Of 466 pounds
of grain.
Thus there was not great differ.
ence between kafir aud ground Indian
corn when combined with shorts and
tankage, while, when these two feeds
we're combined with only alfalfa hay,
the Indian corn proved much superior.
This simply suggests chat kafir CON-
pares more favorably with Indian corn
when combined with protein concen-
trates.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19
Greetings.

1t is common in Arabia to put cheek
to cheek.
The Hindo falls in the dust before
his superior.
The Chinaman Gismounts when q
great man goes by.
A Japanese removes his sandals
crosses his hands, and cries out
Spare mel"
The Burmese pretend to smell OF q
persons face, pronounce 1t sweet and
then ask for Q smell"
The Australian natives practice the
singular custom when meeting Of
sticking out their tongues at each
other.
A striking salutation Of the South
Sea Islanders is to fling q jar OF water
over the head Of a friend.
The Arabs hug and kiss each other
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19

It It believed at the Kansas expert
ment station that If kafir meal is sup
plemented with concentrates rich in
protein, like cotton seed meal or cake
almost equally good results are to be
obtained as in feeding cattle Indian
corn meal. This seems true, too, In
hog feeding. For instance, the Kan
sas station fed ground kafir seed 81
per cent, shorts 80 per cent and tank
age 8 per cent to lot of hogs. 1t re-
uuired S56 pounds Of grain to produce
100 pounds of gain. An average daily
gain Of 1877 pounds was obtained. An
other ration Of ground corn 81 per
cent, shorts 80 per cent and tankage
s per cent produced 100 pounds Of gain
at a cost of 372 pounds ofigrain, with
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19

~ re llhlb mas COine loE INC ~
| Establishment OF u vigorous con-
structive policy on the part OF
the people who live In. the Great
Plains Area.
The actions OF an overenthusiastic
class OF citizens has kept back tho
legitimate development OF this great
area for many years.
Ten years ago this class OF citizens
in northwest Kansas Was telling the
prospective settler that climatic con-
ditions we're changing; that there
would be no more dry years, rainfall
was increasing, and that hot winds
were q matter OF history. This same
territory has completed its four sue
ccssiye failures in wheat The result
of these failures has been an exodus
Of disappointed settlers from that part
Of the state.
There are narrow strips Of country
where a timely local rain or two made
the wheat crop, but these areas are
the exception to the rule and cannot
be taken as indicative OF general con-
ditions.
What is true OF northwest Kansas
is true, in general way, OF nearly
every portion OF the Great Plains Area
south of the Kansas-Nebraska line.
Some sections for q few years enjoy
a period Of fairly good grain crops.
Then the good years shift to some
other locality.
In considering the area as whole,
the little valleys with an underfiow a
few feet from the surface, where al
falfa succeeds and corn is fair crop
should not be counted. Here condi-
tons differ from the 0S per cent OF
the land which lies on the prairies
where water is below the reach OF
any known plant life and the only pos
sible source of supply Is from rain.
Leave out Of calculation these fav'
ored spots and consider the prairies
and what they are capable Of doing.
It is a known fact to the old timers
on these prairies that grain farming
is unsafe. Dry farming methods hold
some hope for the future, but are not
guaranteed, guiltedge security al
presnt. For anyone to induce men
unacuuainted with the country, tc
take a chance on dry farming meth
DDS. so far rs they have been worked
out for the Great Plains Area, is little
less than taking food from babies. Ye'
II goes merrily on. There are always
a lot OF men who are ready to take
the experiments of the government
or the state, distort their meaning
add their own conclusions. and capi
talize them at the expense OF the
public.
There are many honest men on the
plains who tell the truth and try u
develop the country along Legitimate
lines, but they are compelled to SUI
fer from the Misrepresentation o.
their less scrupulous neighbors. NJ
honest man will take exception to thii
statement.
So far as western Kansas Is con
cerned. the facts are in evidence
What the country has done since III
settlement is a matter Of public rec
ord. Kansas is not at all proud o
that record and does not boast Of II
Had not tine Impossible been tried thu
record might have been different.
The Great Plains Area has passed
through one of the most trying times
in q generation. In almost total fail
ure OF forage crops was followed b!
the severest winter that any but thu
"oldest inhabitants" remember. Th'
net result was a reduction Of thu
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19
ANasty Accident.

Bonnie, aged 4, met Henry, aged o.
and the following conversation en-
sued:
"Whatsamatter your head?"
Bumped it on q ceiling"
ION O stepladder?
mo, was playin' 18th my papa onA
floor an | was sitting on his tummy."
IAN men what?"
"Tapa sneezed."ZPubiic Opinion.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19
rlmI.lv Threat.

Mammalian, dear! Have / come
home to a naughty little girl!
Nurse-Really, madam. don't
know what to do with Miss Mabel.
she's been very Troublesome all the
afternoon, and now she says II abe
can't have cake before her bread and
butter she'll 80 on ahungsr striksl--
Punch.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19

ObC y puLO-oAOu DAO'
All poultry relish skimmilk.
WhItewash the poultry house.
Grade the potatoes when shipping.
Keep the sheep in out Of the cold
storms.
Ewes should be two years old be-
fore being bred.
Thorough milking Is good for the
udder. II develops It.
Unless a man has q great love for
n horse he should not handle colts.
The very best Of feed and care VIII
be at least partially wasted on SCRUB
cows.
Other things being equal, the busy
hen may be depended on to lay the
most eggs.
A poor, half-fed eve cannot do her
work any more than can thin, ema-
ciated horse.
Barley is a hard grain for chickens
TO digest and It is best to feed 1t only
occasionally, If at all.
A little granulated charcoal mixed
with the soft food for the poultry Is
excellent in cases of diarrhoea.
Onions from the garden, chopped
up and mixed with the feed, will help
keep the flock vigorous and healthy.
He who wishes to ride safely should
make It a habit to examine the har-
ness before getting into the carriage
A good way and one that will appeal
to most flockmasters is to save q piece
Of the second growth hayland for their
use.
The silo means excellent feed
stored in small space. Just what IL
needed when the grass in the pasture
IN dry.
A chickens stomach is not made
of iron, and the same diet day after
day harms them as much as It does
q human.
II the heifers kick some when you
begin to handle their little udders,
never strike them. Speak quietly and
be patient.
Keen an egg record and do not fail
to mako entries daily. The successful
poultryman must be business-like in
every respect.
The hen that lays so eggs a year
costs Just as much for feed and care
as does the one that lays $50 eggs.
Take your choice.
A cover for the separator when not
in use has its share in turning out a
cleaner product and frightening the
life of the machine.
The last milk drawn from the udder
contains 10 to IL per cent. of fat while
that MIXED out first has only about 2
per cent. Pays to get 1t all.
The best and most profitable COWS
are the first to suffer from exposure
to cold, because they are the most
highly and sensitively organized.
Every careful dairy farmer should
have good stock but he shouldn't buy
such stock until he Is sure he can
give It the kind of care It deserves.
The most fertile and productive
farm can easily be made poor or a
run down one be enriched accord
ing to the management Of the owner.
Wnen tne Ial rush OF WORK comes
.Glong, 1t is not always easy to do the
milking at regular hours. but this
should never be neglected. even for a
day.
Udders should be wiped with a
cloth, and all possible means used to
prevent dust from rising IN the air
of the stable and afterward settling
into the milk.
Pick out a sire with a good diepo-
sition. Never raise colt from a nat.
urally vicious tempered mare. Pc
-culiarities Of disposition are almost
invariably transmitted.
Clean the poultry drinking dishes
lor fountains every day and disinfect
them with boiling water twice a week
to kin the germs Of disease. which are
likely TO accumulate there and infect
the whole flock.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19

The chap who poses as good fel-
low" is apt to get the short end OF 10
eventually.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19
Just SHOPPING.

JUbI OHUPPIHB'
Tired Clerk lover piled up counter)
Can / show you anything else.
madam?
Customer-Yes; the nearest way
out.-Boston Evening Transcript
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19
Haru TO &C

"This case some ugly features about
it"
"Then put a good face on It"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19
LIVE STOCK THE ONLY MEANS FOR THE
development OF GREAT PLAINS AREA
Dean Webster Believes that Four Successive Failures OF Wheat Crop
Has Demonstrated that Grain Farming in Western
Kansas is Unsafe to Say
The Least.

tBy Ed H Webster. Dean OF agriculture. X. s. A. CT
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19

Only pigs coming from prolific par
ents should be retained as breeders
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19

Hens that are kept for breeders
sshould be ones that have never been
forced for heavy egg production. Be
cause Of the terrible strain on their
Reproductive systems the larger per
cent. Of their esgB are infertile and
What chiefs DO hatch are weak
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19

II possible, plan for dry box stalls
with dirt floors in which to winter the
colts.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-05-01

work for Henry Hinman at the
Plain.
Mary Goodwin has finished work
for w. E. Hunt at the Plain and
is at her home here.
Mrs. Fowler formerly Alice Smith
is with her mother, Mrs. William
Brown. Mrs. Fowler is not any
better. She has been in Warren
Summit at the sanatarium the past
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-05-01

Wallace Remich went to Woods
Vile Monday to visit his daughter,
Mrs. Harry Lang.
z Miss Virginia Hastings was at
her home over Sunday at
the Plain.
Mr.. Douglas of Barnet is work.
ing for Harry Emery.
George Bort Jr., has gone to
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-05-01

few months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Smith were
in McIndoes Saturday evening.
Henry Jellison is at home from
his winters work in Glover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Nelson Wis
tied Mrs. Rice at the Plain one
day last week.
Monroe Grange work the third
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-05-01
SPECIAL OFFERINGS
For Friday Only

and fourth degree on the IL candi-
dates that were taken in last week,
this Wednesday evening. A chicken
pie super will be served by the
ladies.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred LeClair. have
returned from Sutton where Mr.. Lee
Clair was called by the sickness of
his father.
Use American Liver Tablets.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-05-01

Glass Lemonade or Water Sets
highly decorated
Regular price 81 80, Friday CSC Set
Oval Enamel Dinner Pals,
the only sanitary kind
Regular price 89c, Friday sec each
Another Lot
Round Sp1int Clothes Baskets
Regular price SOC, Friday 25c each
Folding Co Carts, rubber tire, nicely
finished, Friday 81. % each
One Lot Japanned Bread Boxes, largest
size, regular price 69c, Friday SIC each
Silver Knives and Forks
One lot silver plated knives and forks,
steel base, regular price $1.75 doz.
Friday S149 doz.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-05-01
The Pearl Waist

A comfortable, healthful and sanitary
Waist for Boys and Girls Regular
price 25c, Introductory price
Friday only 19c each
200 Iyds. Brown Linen Crash, usual
price loo, Friday 7c yd.
One Table of Remnants, ginghams, per
Gales, ETC., values up to 1Oc yd.
Friday SC yd.
s pieces 81 inch Eclipse Shirtings.
Regular 15c yd., Friday lie yd.
2 pieces Unbleached Linen Damask, Y
inches wide, was 75c, Friday soc yd.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-09
A RETROSPECT
Copyright, 1913. BY Associated Literary Pres
BY Annie Hinrichsea


"You have been awfully good to
me-"
Il am interested in you" said the
woman at the desk. "Y0u are young
and ambitious and very enthusiastic. +"
1.-THE other editors" said the girl.
tell me to submit my stories and
they will read them. But you take
time to talk to me and advise me
and help me. You do think can
write. don't you"
Il think that some day you will be
able to write"
The editors eyes were keen and
appraising. Her face was cold and
there was q touch Of sadness about
her lips. When she smiled. q sur.
prising gentleness softened her face
and brought q faint glow to the clear
skin.
"Some day l shall be able to write"
repeated the younger woman, her
merry, piquant face suddenly serious.
THAT is encouragement enough to
help me through every trial. am
ready to give up every other interest
for this one beautiful. perfect dream"
"A girl Of your age and charm usual.
~ has q very important Interest,"
young man."
There was . young man. Miss
Graymont. q wonderfully nice man.
butt wrote many stories. l sold .
few. I thought that II l came to the
city and met editors and writer's I
should be able to do better work and
sell It. He wanted me to stay at
home and marry him and forget my
ambition. I refused"
The sad lines about the editors
mouth deepened. Her eyes seemed to
look through the girl and far beyond
her. DO you love him." she asked
slowly. "And IL he good and true!
10 It only your ambition that stands
between you?"
II want to be Z great writer. Am.
bition Is greater than love-"
my advice Is marry the man you
love. Do not give him up for the sake
Of q career"
Il want the career" The girls lips
were set In q stubborn line.
miss Ellis, between . beginning
and a success lie years of struggle
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-09
EDUCATION FOR LIFE WORK
High School In Newark, N. j., Teaches
Practical ThIngs In Addition TO
Regular Course.

A ilve.room model nat. Z machine
shop and q school Of business are
some Of the features Incorporated in
q public high school Just opened in
Newark. N. j., for the purpose Of pre-.
pairing girls and boys to be good wives,
good workmen and good clerks.
The model nat, containing dining.
room, pantries, bedroom and bath.
room. In addition to the school kitch.
en-, provides practical problems in
housekeeping for the girls, who also
receive instruction in other branches
of housewifery. such as sewing, mil.
linery. home sanitation, nursing. cook.
ing and like subjects. The machine
shop, one hundred feet long, is main
tanned in connection with the course
in manual training. In addition to ma.
chine shop work, the Misunderstanding
course also gives the high school boys
the chance to learn forge work, pat
tern making and sheet metal work.
Preparation for such occupations as
joinery, wood turning, and free hand
and machine drawing is also provided.
As the school generates its own
light and power 1t is likewise enabled
to give instruction in the handicrafts
which pertain to these branches. In
order to use this plant for instruction
purposes, . special test room has been
provided.
In the business school, courses In
business practice and typewriting are
offered. All these courses In house.
keeping. handicrafts and commerce
are IN addition to the regular English
high school work.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-09

immense buildings. After q moment
she brought her thoughts back to the
girl. you are going home" she said
deliberately, home to Roger. Don't
interrupt me. You must 60 home and
marry him. You cannot realize your
ambitions. You have not the talent
nor the ability. You will never amount
TO anything in the literary world"
but you told me q few minutes
ago that can write"
Never mind what told you then.
Listen to what / say now. You can
not write. You have absolutely no
talent"
At the door the girl turned. The
editor saw the look on her face.
Mabel" she said gently, forgive my
cruelty; 1t is kindness"
You have killed my ambition"
said the girl. "and you have broken
my heart"
A few days later q man was shown
into Miss Graymont's once.
"Rober Galbraith." The editors
voice was almost q whisper.
mabel Ellis has told me every.
thing" said Galbraith. "She came
home utterly discouraged. A beauti.
full dream.bubble had been pricked by
the sharp needle Of brutal frankness."
Il am glad she has gone home. She
will not sacrifice love for a career.
Her description Of the cherry trees.
the brook and the stone bench remind
ed me of similar spot and interest.
ed me in her work. She has some tai
ent. She might have succeeded. But
when she told me that the trees. the
brook. the bench and tho lover were
real. that the lover was Roger Gal.
braith, and that she intended to give
him up for her profession determined
to end her ambition. did 1t for her
sake-and-and for yours. Roger. It
seemed unfair that two women should.
for the same reason. make you un.
happy"
1.-TWO women? Only ono woman
ever made me unhappy"
II sent Mabel back to you. She will
forget her ambition In her greater
happiness"
Sent Mabel back to mo! You sent
her back to my nephew; he is also
Roger Galbraith. You are coming
back to me, Edith. It has been ten
years since you told me that you
loved your art better than you could
ever love me. believed that you
were happy and satisfied with the lot
you had chosen. I have always loved
you, dear. But I could not come to
you until I heard the story Of a lone
". successful woman told by a cruel.
heartless editor to q literary novice"
1T Is spring." the editor answered.
The sadness was gone from her lips.
Her face was radiant. 1.-THE cherry
blossoms are in bloom, the stone
bench is by the brook. and III am
going to them"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-09

and heartache. cruel thorns and bit
ter tears. If you love good man. &c
home and marry him."
Il shall not"
"You remind me Of a girl I knew
years ago. She was as pretty as you
are and as ambitious and enthusias.
tic. She left her lover and came to
the city. At first she had . hard
time: her stories sold slowly. But
gradually editors found merit in her
work. With each success the memory
Of the man she had loved grew fainter.
At last she wrote him that her am.
billions were being realized and that
he was out Of her life forever. For
time she was very happy. But when
che had reached the most coveted pin.
nacle she found only-only unuttsra.
Bile loneliness. She will always b
lonely-and she 10 still young. The
man-shs has never seen him since.
I suppose he has forgotten"
But I am different" persisted the
girl. Success will completely satisfy
me. I was never 90 happy In my life
- I was when you read my story
Cherry Blossoms.' and told me that
Il was good"
1T 10 good. The description Of the
cherry orchard. tho old stone bench
By the brook. the dying sunlight on
the distant hills, touched-attracted
me. mean, and the story you placed
in that setting was . tender, natural
little love story"
A shade came into Mabel Ellis's
eyes. 1T was q true story" she said
softly. 1T really happened there.
under the cherry trees. The trees are
real and the brook and the stone
seat, and Roger and we're real lovers.
But We have parted now"
Roger"
Roger Galbraith."
You live at Woodford?"
"Why, how did you known"
II was there once. 1t was spring.
time and the cherry trees were in
bloom Again the editors eyes went
far beyond the girl, beyond the city's
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-09
celerideo IN Youth.

In HE history Of the Strand, Just
published In London, Beresford Chan.
csllor quotes . capital story about
Colsridge. II Il TO the effect that In
his hot poetic youth. Coleridgs was
walking down the Strand. lost In day
dreams. when hs began to wave his
arms about him IN some mysterious
corresponlsnoo with his thoughts.
n the course Of these gyrations 10
Wa % unfortunate - to ind his hand
IN . strangers pocket This aston.
ished person 1t once charged him with
fslonious intention, whersupon the
poor youth sobbed out his innocence.
and added the perfectly true explana.
tion: II thought sir thought was
swimming the Hellespont"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-09
Contrary Evidence.

THAT woman says she feels tre.
mendously superior to all the fads
and foibles Of society"
"Yes," replied Miss Cayenne: but
I observe that she has read about
them 90 attentively that she knows
them all BY heart"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-09
Feellnes.

well. old sport. how do you feel?
rye Just eaten bowl Of oxtail soup
and feel bully"
tive Just eaten a plate Of hash
and feel like everything."-Yale Rec
ord.