Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-09-30
AS Cheap as Beef and Better
Flavor, Says Agricultural
College instructor.
COSTS LITTLE TO RAISE SHEEP
viii Eat Weeds and Grasses That
Other Live Stock Will Not
Touch, He Says.

extent by the Kansas people as it is
as cheap as beef and the stewing cuts
are the cheapest meats that can be
| purchased Clearly dressed mutton
is just as palatable as any other class
of meat and many persons think the
/ flavor is much better, asserts A NJ
Paterson. assistant in animal hus-
bandry at the Kansas State Agricul-
| eural college.
"A whole or half carcass of lamb
can be used by the average family be-
fore it will spoi1,'' says Mr. Patterson.
Thus il a few sheep are kept on the
| general farm, constant supply of
fresh meat is at hand. A 7O-pound
lamb Will dress out about 55 per cent
or 3S-5 pounds. This amount of meat
can be used by the ordinary family
before it will spoil.
Mutton has not been used to any
great extent as food by the American
people. This is due largely to the
strong taste and odor that are caused
by improper methods of killing Spring
lambs will produce cheaper meat than
Will any other class of meat-produc-
ing animals. The sheep can be turn
ed out in the pasture, orchard. or any
small lot in the spring and they will
eat the weeds and grasses that other
stock will not touch. Thus they keep
the weeds down and at the same time
furnish a supply of good fresh meat"
Good Money in Alfalfa Seed.-Mucb
alfalfa seed is being harvested and |
threshed in Republic county from the |
third cutting of alfalfa A yield of |
s1xty-seven bushels was obtained from /
a 15-acre field belonging to Mrs. M.
E. Mainquist. At the rate of $12 a |
bushel, that~means about $50 an acre.
No Scent Bread in Ottawa-Ot
tawa bakers announced recently that
they will discontinue baking scent
loaves of bread and will handle only
the lucent size The cost of produc-
ton of scent loaves, it was stated,
was almost as great as that of the
larger loaf
Enlists in British Army.-Mark
Ewald, holder of an A NJ degree
from the University of Kansas and a
former teacher of Great Bend. has
left for Canada, where he will enlist
in hospital corps of the British
army.
fNHCu py norSe'S kICk.-CIlffOrd
White, young farmer of Smith coun-
", was killed the other night by the
Kick of a horse. widow and four
children survive
Big Deposits in Independence-The
'eport of three national banks at In |
dependence. made in response to a
all from the Treasury Department.
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Dies From Kick of MuIe.-Dwight.
he S-year-old son of Howard d. Pink
lam, farmer south of Salina. died s
ecently from the kick of a mule. He 6
vas injured early in the week. j
Buy Refinery sitetsamuel Gold. a
tein, Kansas City merchant. has q
old twenty-five acres of land near !
ne stock yards in Wichita to the I =
'hio Oil Refinery Company. The
ompany will build a refinery there =
once The consideration was s25.- :
90. .
Another Paralysis case-A case of
ifantile paralysis has been discoy- -
red in the farm home of j. J. y
chmidt south of Mcpherson. The g. =
ear-old daughter is suffering from | T,
lie disease :,
Found CandIes.-While cutting corn =,
a his farm a half mile from Weir. =,
,cently. p. E. Elder discovered a =
swly made grave. He notified the :,
ffcials at Weir City, who opened the :.
ave to find five or six half burned :;
indies The grave was the regu- -
ton size. but one end had been IN
lg foot deeper than the other. The
nd is complete puzzle to the au-
critics.
fill
Pipe Line Officer Dead. p. Sew III,
d. assistant treasurer of the Prai- -
Pipe Line Company, is dead at -
dependence He was As years old e.
Seward left a widow and one
Ty
Horse Kick Kills Farmer.-Cliffor,, -,
bite, a farmer. was kicked by a ~
Lctious horse near Smith Center the 10,
her afternoon and instantly killed ~,
X y
Mrs. Davis Awarded S1.-A verdict :
81 in favor of DR.. Josephine r
Wis against Mrs J. T. Shreye- wife =
the pastor of the Christian church 60
Ottawa. was returned by a iurv go
- mere recently Mrs PAL
vis mad sued the minister's wife for bef