The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-30
SHOULD EAT MORE MUTTON
Meat Is As Cheap AS Beef and OF a
Better Flavor, Says College
instructor.


instructor.
Mutton should be used to a greater
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 AgricuI-
tural college.
ga whole or half carcass of lamb
can be used by the average family be-
fore it will spoil" says Mr.. Patterson.
THUS if a few sheep are kept on the
general farm, a constant supply of
fresh meat is at hand. A 70-pound
lamb will dress out about SIS per cent
or 38.5 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"
N A. Davis Of KinsIey Dead.-N. A.
Davis is dead of typhoid fever at Kin
sley after brief illness. Mr.. Davis
represented his county in the state
legislature in 1911 and 1913.
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Student to French War zohe.-
| Charles Griesa, a Kansas university
senior, has notified his parents IN
Lawrence that he will sail from Bos-
ton at once to serve as a Red Cross
nurse in the war zone in France.
Griesa went on to Boston to train
himself for the work.
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Church Blown Up.-St. Johns Epis-
copal church at Parsons was COM
pletely wrecked recently by gas ex-
plosion which shook the entire city.
The rector, the Rev. Alexander E.
Hawke; his 2-year-old daughter, Flea
uore, and Charles Workman, a
plumber, were severely burned. The
explosion occurred when the plumber,
with the rector, went into the base
ment of the church with a lighted
candle in search of a leak in the gas
pipeline connecting the parsonage
with the gas main on the street curb
ing.
freed by Snakes.-Treed by rattle
snakes for nine hours, James Corbin,
9-year-oId son of a stockman near
Oakley, was finally released when
cowboys killed sixteen rattlers in the
rocks under the tree where the boy
was perched.
Dies From Burns.-Richard Gerard,
3-year-old son of Peter Gerard of
Wichita, is dead from burns he re-
ceived the day before. The mother
was badly burned while trying to tear
the flaming clothing from the child.
No Scent Bread in OttaWa.-Ot-
tawa bakers announced recently that
they will discontinue baking scent
loaves of bread and will handle only
the 1O-cent size. The cost Of produc-
ton of scent 1oaves, it was stated,
was almost as great as that Of the
larger loaf.
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Pipe Line officer Dead. P. Sew
ard, assistant treasurer of the Prai-
RE Pipe Line Company, is dead at
independence. He was As years old.
Mr. Seward left a widow and one
SON
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Child Dies of ParaIysis.-Infantfle
paralysis was fatal to Gladys Dsntic,
years old, who contracted the dis
ease a week ago. Private funeral
services were held at the home of her
parents. Two cases Of the diease have
been reported in Labette county.
Poisoned Cane Kills cattIe-Poison.
ed cane, caused by the hot, dry sea-
son which has prevented the proper
growth OF the forage. Is responsible
for the death Of many cattle In Scott
county. according TO experienced
stockmeu.