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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-08-05


people reached by the bulletins, a very limited
proportion put into effectual practice the
things taught.
With this in view there has been planned
and put into execution extension service
whose function it is to send experts to the
farms all over the state to give actual direction
farm demonstrations on the farmers own
land. These men are specialists in their several
lines, conservative and panstaking in their
work and pretend to be thoroughly posted
on all lines.
Men and money for this work scarce,
hence it is necessary to work in places where
assistance is asked, and where cooperation is
given. Considering the fact that only within
the last very few years has this work been
provided for, the results already accomplished
wonderful. The most effective system has
been made possible by the cooperation of the
United States Government, who has assisted in
the employment of county agricultural agents,
of proven ability who confne their work
to a given county. These have already been
placed in Madison, Henderson, Jefferson, War
ren Metcalfe, Christian, Davies and Mullen
berg Counties, each county paying a part of
their salary and the United States Department
of Agriculture the remainder. 1t is plainly i'm
possible for such to be specialists in all
lines, but they immediate daily COM
munication with the State Experiment Station,
with its laboratories and specialists and like
wise with the Federal Department. This ar
rangement is accomplishing splendid results
already.
While the field demonstrations are doing
splendid work, it must be conceded by the
thinking man that the most permanent good is
TO be accomplished through the bright young
who being thoroughly trained in the
Agricultural College. Only in the last three
come fully impressed upon the people of the
state, but each of those years has witnessed
nearly a doubling of attendance. There
now three hundred boys and girls being trained
at this college Laboratories and class rooms
are over-crowded, but the students taken in
relays and other methods are resorted to, in
order to get the best results possible. While
graduates from this department almost invaria-
bly, secure excellent positions when they desire,
they always urged instead to return to the
farm that they may not prosper alone but that
their neighbors may learn lessons from them.
The Experiment Station embraces the follow
ing departments: Department of Agronomy,
Department of Animal Husbandry (Beef Cattle,
Sheep and Swine), Department of Animal Hus-
bandry DAIRY Cattle, Horses and Poultry, De-
partment of Chemistry, Department of Entomol-
ogy and Botany, Department of Extension
Work Department of Fertilizer Control, De-
partment of Food and Drugs Control, Depart
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-08-05

The Division has for ten years been
conducting series of rotation experiments in
operation with the United States Department
of Agriculture, and has now in hand many
plots of ground which each year occupied
by crops grown under different rotation sys-
TENS.
The head of this Station Division is also
Professor of Entomology and Zoology in the
University, the Institutional work being pro-
vided for chiefly in laboratories and lecture
rooms on the first floor of the Science Building.
The Department has had rather strenuous
year with more students to handle than ever
before in the history of the University. The
equipment for this work will need many add-
tons in the course of the next year two if
the present rate of growth continues. The
quarters occupied becoming crowded.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-08-05

were religiously practised, the farming
pleXlon of Kentucky would be marvelously i'm
proved. The printed bulletin is a good way
of distributing information, but experience
teaches that of the small percentage of the
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-08-05

ment of Feed Control, Department of Horticul-
ture and Department of Research Chemistry,
Bacteriology and Biology)
THE DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY AND
BOTANY OF THE STATION, AND OF
ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY OF THE
UNIVERSITY
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-08-05

Sample of Red Clover adulterated twenty five
percent OF trefoi with point side of seed).
few seeds of buckhorn also in sample
Division of Entomology and Botany.
tons found here but also in other parts of the
state.
In cooperation with the Division of Exten-
sion, the results of the work conducted at the
University, being taken in the most prac-
tlcal way to the fruit growers and gardeners
out over the state. large and growing vol
Continued on page I4)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-08-05


rather wide range of interests included in
fruit, vegetable, flower and landscape gardening.
In particular, it provides of instruction
for students in propagation and Improvement
of plants, orcharding, cultivation of the small
fruits and grapes, market gardening, the grow
ing of vegetables and flowers under glass, and
the of trees, shrubbery and flowers in i'm
proving home surroundings and public grounds.
In of its various aspects, horticu-
ture makes an appeal to every farmer, and to
many jewellers in town or village. For the
student preparing for general farming, it is
desirable to have such acquaintance with the
subject that he may effectively provide for gen
returns from the home fruit and vegetable
garden. For others who wish to specialize in
line of horticulture, there are most at
tractive and promising opportunities for further
studies in fruit growing, market gardening and
other phases of horticultural development
In the work of instruction, use is made of
the lectures, the laboratory, informal talks in
the field, and various kinds of horticultural
practice, such greenhouse work, seeding,
plant setting, grating, spraying the judging
and packing of fruits and vegetables, etc. The
field work is designed to supplement the class
instruction in such a way as to make the
applications clear and interesting to the STU
dent. The experiment work in horticulture is
carried on upon the Station farm, only a short
distance from the University grounds. Here
there is being developed series of tests of
vegetables fruits and flowers, experiments in
methods of fertilization and other details of
management, with a view to working out such
general principles of handling as may be ap-
pcable not only under the particular cond-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-10

ket prices than either the roasts or
steaks the rib ends and brisket being
the dearer cuts of this class. while the
neck and shank are relatively cheap
est. Several of the soup bones are
very economical sources of lean meat,
particularly the middle cuts of both
shanks. 1t will be observed that the
market prices of the cheaper cuts cor
respond much more closely to their
net cost of lean meat than is true of
the higher priced steaks and roasts
On the whole, the investigation of
the agricultural department experts
show that the cheaper cuts of beef are
by far the most economical sources
both of lean and of total edible meat
including fat and lean. No correlation
exists between market prices and the
proportion of flavoring substances
contained in various portions of the
carcass, and cooking tests made by the
government indicate that the proper
ton of waste and shrinkage is not
necessarily greater in the cheaper
than in the more expensive cuts 1t is
evident, therefore, that the retail
prices of beef cuts are determined
chiefly by considerations other than
their food value. such as tenderness,
grain, color, general appearance, and
convenience of cooking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-10
SORGHUM SILACE
Both Saccharine and Nom
Saccharine Can Be Used.
Agricultural College Completes
Two Year Test and Learns.

Manhattan, Kan, May 10.-Sorghum
crops, both the saccharine and nom
saccharine, can be used for silage with
good results. Farmers and stockmen
heretofore have believed that corn was
the only crop fit to be used for this
purpose But a two-year test just
closed at the Kansas Agricultural COL
lege has disprOved a number of be-
lfefs about the silage commonly held
among farmers. For instance it was
shown that cane Silage did not contain
as much acid at any time during the
year as did silage made from corn.
Heretofore little cane has been put in
SiloS because farmers believed that the
acid in it would make it unfit to eat.
The results of the test are particularly
valuable to farmers in western Kan
sas where the sorghums do well and
where there is sometimes difficulty in
getting good crop of corn.
Usually when farmers put cane into
the silo they cut it too early. 1t was
thought that ca should be cut at
about the same time as corn. But at
this stage in its growth cane, the
test showed contains too much sap. If
put into the silo at this time it is GER
tain to result in sour Silage. In the
experiment conducted at the college
cane was not cut until three weeks
after corn. sve
A feeding test with fifteen dairy
cows was last Wlnl6r III
which the three kinds of silage-corn,
kafir, and cane-were compared.
similar experiment was carried out the
previous year In Summing up the re-
suits of both trials these conclusions
were drawn: Corn silage is slightly
superior as a milk producer to cane
and kafir silage. Kafir silage ranks
second. and cane third, as a feed for
milk cows. In both trials the cows
seemed to gain in weight on cane silage
more readily than on silage made from
kafir corn. Although the kafir and
cane were shown to be slightly less
valuable than corn silage there are
other factors that must be considered
in judging the three kinds-yield and
adaptability to conditions. Without
doubt. says o. E. Reed, professor of
dairy husbandry, who had charge of
the test, the increased yield of cane
and kafir will offset the slight in
erase in feeding value obtained from
corn silage. Kafir and cane are drouth-
resistant crops and can be grown over
a wider territory than corn, and from
one third to one-half more tonnage to
the acre can be obtained.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-10
K.S.A.C. so YEARS FARMERS To MEET,
Aggies Will Celebrate During
Commencement Week.
Alumni Numbers 2,2O1 and All
Are Invited to Return.

Manhattan, Kan. May 10.-Com-
mencement week this spring will mark
the fiftieth anniversary of the gradua
tions of students from the Kansas
Agricultural college Fifty years of
struggle and accomplishment! To COM
memorate this half-century, many
alumni expect to return to again en-
joy commencement week. Within the
next few weeks letters will go to all the
graduates of the college whose adj
dresses are available, urging them to
come for the exercises of the week.
And they will come. 1t will be a week
when all classes of all the years will
hold reunions. Added to the regular
events of the week will be the pre-
sentation of "Pinafore," by the music
department of the college.
The college alumni numbers 2201.
Ninety-seven graduates of the college
are dead. Professor Dickens has sent
two notices to all alumni, asking them
to send in a dollar to help publish
the alumni bulletin and an account of
where they are and of what they have
done since graduation. OF the 2,2O1
alumni, answers have been received
from 963. The money paid in amounts
to 81, 1880. That extra fifty cents
means thu some of the alumni have
paid more than the assessed fee. Pro-
fessor Dickens said yesterday that he
would send out cards, the third and
last call. to the alumni who have not
replied to the letters
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-10
BOOSTER DAY AT PRESTON.
Town Was Filled With Visitors
Entertaining Program

Preston, Kan, May 1O.-The people
in the vicinity of Pratt enjoyed one
of the most successful Booster days
that have ever been held in this com
munity. The Preston Booster day was
the first to be given here but there
was something doing all of the time
and the success was beyond expecta-
tions The town was filled with Wis
itors.
The entertainment began with a
band concert in the morning. This
was followed by a baseball game be-
tween Preston and Turon. A number
of prizes were awarded the players.
The band gave another concert, be-
ginning at 1 o'clock. Following this,
a number of track and field events
were enjoyed. This program contained
16 events. This was followed by
livestock parade and an old fiddlers'
contest at night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-10
CHEAPEST CUTS OF BEEF MOST
NUTRITIOUS,SA U. S. EXPERTS

lean and only 3 per cent bone. Rela-
lively more lean and less fat are found
in the chuck rib roast than in those
cuts from the prime rib.
The briSket, navel and rib ends
average so per cent lean, 1 per cent
fat and per cent bone The brisket
and navel are similar in proportions
of the different constituents, but the
rib ends are slightly higher in per-
centage of b-ne and lower in lean.
The flank steak contains SO per cent
lean and 6 per cent fat; and the flank
stew "a per cent lean and 35 per cent
fat.
Soup bones from the fore shank
carry from II to So per cent lean and
from 25 to rs per cent bone. The
homeless shank stew contains SO per
cent lean and II per cent fat.
Cheaper Cuts Yield Most Lean Meat.
Taking the net cost of the lean meat
as basis of comparison, the govern
ment experts learn from their investi
CATION that the most expensive steaks
at the prices given are the porterhouse
cuts. followed by the club, sirloin,
flank, round and chuck steaks. OF
the different roastS, the first-cut
prime ribs are the most costly in
terms of lean meat, and the rump
roast the most economical The vari-
Gus boiling and stewing pieces furnish
lean meat more economically at mar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-10
Four Hundred Institutes VIII
Hold Session May IL.
Superintendent at Manhattan
Issues CaIl-Suggests Topics.

Manhattan, Kan, May 10.-Four
hundred farmers institutes in Kansas
will hold corporation meetings" May
II. Edward c. Johnson, superintend-
ent of farmers Institutes at the Kan
sas Agricultural college, has issued the
CALL Every institute has been asked
to give over it's program on that day
to the discussion of ways in which
farmers may get together for their own
benefit. superintendent Johnson sug-
gests these topics for discussion: Co
operation in community breeding of
stock: in production of purebred seed;
in the construction of siIoS; in buying
machinery; in owning machinery; in
buying fuel and feed; in marketing
eggs in picking and marketing fruit;
in marketing grain; in marketing po-
tatoes; in marketing cream.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-10

Washington, May 10.-The nutritiVe
value of cuts of beef do not correspond
to their market price. Some of the
cheapest cuts on the market are the
most nutritious and have the hlghest
food value, according to experts OF the
United States department of agrlcui-
ture. The great demand for one part
of the beef, it is declared. is respon-
sible for the high price of the so-calleo
fancy cuts, while meat, from a nutrl-
tive standpoint, weight for weight, Is
a drug on the market.
To buy meat intelligently it is nee
essary to know the nature of the cuts,
especially with reference to the pro-
portions of lean meat, fat and bone
they contain. and the food value of
meat from different parts of the car
cass. Uncle Sam is endeavoring to
educate the American people how to
purchase the most nutritive cuts of
beef and thereby lend his aid in re-
ducing the cost of living. An expert of
the department of agriculture. making
this subject an extensive study, says:
"A large majority of meat consumers
have no knowledge whatever of these
matters. but make their selections of
meat solely according to habit or
fancy. In fact, but little accurate data
along this line have hitherto been avail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-10
SAFETYLETS.

Do your work, cutting out all care
less acts.
Do your work with a view of safety
Do not take any unnecessary chances.
Do you always keep in mind your
own safety?
Do you think as much for the pre-
Vention of an injury as you do of your
pay check?
Do you stand for Safety F'irst?''
Do you jog your mind every day to
beware of the careless employee?
DO you work your brain to instill
safety thoughts?
DO always your work as to care as
you would wish to be done by.
. Do not work machinery without
knowing it is in good repair
Do not allow yourself or fellow en-
ployee to contract the careless habit
Do you always think of the safe way
as to doing your work before you do
it?
Do you talk safety with your fell
lows, If not. why not?
Do always remember that thoughts
of safety will prolong your life.
Do you know if all men practice
safety, the careless will become care
full?
Moral: Do unto others as We would
that others would do unto you.
Try State journal Ads for Results.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-10
SUE SHERIFF FOR DAMAGES.
Manhattan Man Wants Pay Because
Store Was Closed.

Junction City. Kan, May 10.-Pa-
pers were served on Sheriff Harbes
for damage suit amounting to $4,000
by J. B. Floersch of Manhattan, an
officer of a Manhattan bank. The
suit was brought against the Glenn
ent-Harter Wholesale Millinery COM
pany of Kansas City, who last week
asked for an attachment against 0. W.
Holt Bee Hive store on West Seventh
street. The sheriff served the papers
and closed the store which has been
closed for two weeks acting as officer
of the law.
Now comes ]. B. F1oersch a Man
haitian banker, and says that he owns
the stock of groceries and that the
property is not that of o. W. Holt,
whom the wholesale people claim pay
ment for a bill of millinery. Mr.. Flor
esch asks damages to the amount of
$4,000 for the closing of the store and
OBTAINING it from doing business. Cor
oner Smiley. who is the only man who
has Jurisdiction over the sheriff serv-
ed the papers on Sheriff Harbes who
in turn will notify the wholesale
house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-10
FARMERS BUSY AT NoRCATUR.
Crop Prospects Were Never Better
Everybody Encouraged.

Norcatur, Kan, May 10.-Never has
there been a more busy time for the
farmers of northwest Kansas than has
been the past week. Hundreds of
acres are being listed to corn and the
acreage will be far greater than was
expected a few weeks ago, on account
of the favorable conditions of the
ground and weather. Plenty of rain
has fallen the past thirty days to put
the soil in the best condition for sum-
mer crops. The wheat is coming on
fine and will make at least so per
cent of a full crop the present condi-
ton being ITO per cent. A feeling of
confidence prevails in the entire coun-
try, and as a result business conditions
in Norcatur and other surrounding
towns show a remarkable improve
ment over a corresponding period of
the past four or five years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-10
NORCATUR TO IRRIGATE.
Norton County Farmer Finds Good
Underflow-InstaIl Pumps.

Norton County Farmer F1ndS OOOu
UnderflOw-InStaIlP Pumps.
Norcatur, Kan, May 10.-The first
irrigation from deep wells will be
tried out in this vicinity this summer.
Wallace Farlow, living a few miles
northeast of town in Norton county,
has just completed a well on his farm
at a depth of ~ feet, and which con-
tains 80 feet of water. He installed
centrifugal pump of two hundred
gallon capacity and on tryout with
his large threShing engine he operated
the pump at full capacity for SIX
hours without diminishing the supply
of water whatever. He will irrigate at
least thirty acres this summer, and
now that the underflow of water has
been tested out there will be numerous
plants installed. E. A. Eakin, on the
ranch two miles below Farlow's, has
just finished a well for irrigation pur-
poses and is now installing pump.
The Farlow pump is being equipped
with the latest oil power engine. 1t is
expected before the season is over
that there will be some plants placed
on the higher lands about Norcatur,
and if successful, of which there is lit
tie doubt the we'll irrigation projects
will revolutionize the farming districts
and turn them into actual gardens of
Eden. At the present time there is
no need of irrigation as the country
about has been having plenty of rain
and the crops are in the best possible
condition, but the farmers are plan
ming to be prepared for dry weather
when it comes by outwitting the rain
gods with water from beneath the soil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-10

BILE to those who wished to buy
meats on a rational basis. AS a result
a few well-known cuts are greatly in
demand, and the remainder of the
carcass is a drug on the market. To
such an extreme has this condition de-
veloped that a portion of the carcass
Qoins and ribs), forming only about
one-fOurth of its weight. represents
nearly one-half of it's retail cost. In
view of the large place which meat oc-
cupies in the American diet, amounting
to nearly one-third of the average ex-
penditure for all food, the Importance
of an intelligent understanding of the
subject on the part of the consumer is
readily apparent.
Not only are the foregoing state
ments true of meat producers and
consumers as individuals, but it is
highly essential to the entire beef
cattle industry, on the one hand, and
the econ Omic welfare of the beef-eat-
ing public, on the other, that a more
intelligent understanding of the diff
ferent cuts of meat be acquired by
consumers generally.
AN increased demand for those
portions of the carcass which are now
difficult for the butcher to dispose of
would contribute largely toward
more stable condition of trade and
thus enable the producer to operate
with greater confidence and economy.
AT the same time it would effect a ire
mendous saving to the consumer him
self by more nearly equalizing the
market values of the various cuts and
by enabling the retailer to operate
with a smaller margin of profit
The manner of cutting and the 10
cation of the different retail cuts are
shown in the accompanying diagram.
Uncle Sans experts give the COMPARE
tive nutritive value in various retail
cuts as follows:
Nutritious Value Per Cut.
Loin steaks average SO per cent
lean, 80 per cent visible fat, and 8
per cent bone. Sirloin steaks in gem
eral contain a greater proportion of
lean and smaller proportion of fat
than porterhouse and club steaks.
Rib roastS contain. on the average,
SIS per cent lean, 80 per cent fat, and
Is per cent bone. The greatest per-
centage of lean is found in the sixth
rib roast, and the smallest in the eIev-
enth and twelfth rib cut.
The various round cuts made from
the round average 65 per cent lean
8 per cent fat, and II per cent bone.
Round steaks contain "A to "a per
cent lean, the rump roast 40 per cent
round pot roast IS per cent, and soup
bones to Sc per cent. The maximum
percentage of fat is found in the
rump roast, and the maximum per
centage of bone in the hook soup bone.
Chuck steaks vary from So to 50
per cent lean and IL per cent fat The
shoulder clod contains 80 per cent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-10
ALLIGATOR IN JEWELL CITY.
Received From F1orida-Win Be Put
in .OId SWimmin' Hole

Jewell City, May 10.-George B.
Crandau has received a baby alligator
from friends in Florida. 1t is enjoying
life in a pan of water in the Crandall
Drug store. 1t has been named Peter
Fay Crandall, in honor of the junior
member of the company.
The boys of the community have an
nounced that nothing but the army
and navy could prevent them from
enjoying the swimming hole at the
dam and the citizens declare they will
stop the boys from using this place.
The alligator may be released in this
lake as a method of keeping the boys
out of the water.