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35. £stabHs-iied t8:63. a Year Volu'm� 5.5.,,·N·umb:et" ,TOPEKA .. XANSAS" 'SEPT:EMBER 1, .917. $1 THE FARMHOUSE IMPROVED Plan • .:American I11trmhouse is 'com ana many go.od plans would net j)l'ov.ide Etherton, "if earefully worked out, are an alcove .of the dining ,1'o and cost. .11a1f or more of this in winter. . It mak,es 'Probably good as it might be, .and perhaps ougbt accessible from the wash room 'and stair objectionable pos tenth 'would not be for the number sible a concrete floor on the It part to be, for his particular needs. What, hall and has a. very direct route ifr,om ground. of stories wanted. of the houses a. entrance to the basement Many then, cII,n be the value of so 'few plans .the kitchen. ,gives grade would be 'suitable for level It lowel's the floor ef the room ·only building a-s 'here shown f This is essentiaLly.a. kitchenette ,plan. steps. whereas 'one want to buIld above the to the level m the sites, .may "Rea_dy·made plans," says 'Professor 'The first effort was to make the kitchen laundry on a hinside and have entrances from ·�tair landing and thus adds j;o the ·eeon· two 1eve1-s. The site lbe of the ' bui.lding may' 'omy plan. . south 'of the highway, but many of the The laundry is l�ghted and ventilated plans would be made for farmsteads mt by casement windows on the .eout.h and the north, tl1e east, and {he west sides by the door on the :east. It ·has' 18ta of the road. Some of the .plan.s would tionary wash ·tubs a,nd !room for.a. ·clothes be made 1'Qr semi·trepical, or v.ery tem· basket at either end of tne tIle one thousand Jlla·ns left, after dis . Jaundry heater will keep an abundant cardin� all that would not meet the supply of water hot when the .kitchen foregom,g requirements, the weeding-out range may not be in :use, or wllen gas process should continue according to or oq may be used fo! ,(lO,oking and .not many additional items that need to lie for beating 'the water_ . cOf\sidered in planning a new house or The shower bath is a modem improve in an one. remodeling old . ment for the farm homeJ ana it is h.ere It may be, for instance, that the !Pros provided without much additional ex· pective builder 'W'OUM -want 11. Toom for pense for room and far plumbing connec a hired man. He would want this room tions. 'The room whicn 'DESIGN HEBE' SHOWl'f ONE OF MANY THAT CAN BE USED WITH PLAN dressing adjoins to be 'and from -the fam· iflDOB ehower hath· inclOBllre is to be used 'Bepin.lte :aparl ILLUSTRA'TED ON PAGE EIGHT the .ily .. rooms, :but lWUly farmel's -do not also as a wash room. It has a corner house their help under the family roof (Continued on Pag� Eigh�) : v KANSAS FARMER . . FARM ,PO�E,R' 1t'm� of intere8t A bout A �tomob;1e6," �Englne8, Tractor6, �J Motorcycle effect of the tractor upon machine. Nine out of every ten farm· American agriculture was dis ers will respond to instructio�. THEcussed by Arnold P. Yerkes, of the Federal Department \ of Agriculture, 'Caring for Inner Tube at a of the of Auto You Can Depend On meeting Society One of the foremost automob Ie tire motive in Engineers Fremont, Nebraska, dealers in t1ie United States is SILVER'S "OHIO" the recent tractor demonstration. authority , The during 'for .the 'statement -that more than' half LocIcairSUo.FW... Mr. Yerkes is connected with the Bureau tlDeI �Utll" a bill' Point at .110 of the inner tubes returned for i. one of IIlIInw of Farm adjust time. Thl. the reasons for the "Oblo Management, and for' several �1IIleaCa6le 1000000Mp.U·. olWClIIO ment are nothing more or less than nadJ-buiJt Ve _ Bam'doors which balk. lliclt and years has been studying the tractor for6igOGPllcitJ!-fcutworr.-wlthl_C!ban.... 'tims of abuse, and are not as for bieakqe ...d cIeIaJa. Baeked b7 " 1/-.' 'all over He defective, the track are an DUis proposition the country. maaafactuiinil. .lIperience-b), the 1110 IIlIer iump everJaating claimed the Albert ..... out by purchasers, says Ilion U_ D)' riDerlmeDtatatloaa Jead· pointed �hat there are two angles rDII farmel'll featu ance. What is m.9le. are an Marple, in the current Issue of eyerrwh..... Bill' : Auto- they to the tractor situation-that of the writing matic beater f_. I!Ow_VlnIl' d1reet.drive� the friction nec:... Yours will neller American Motorlst, This is rather I_control."BaJI-doll- aey. balk. manufacturer and that of the farmer. pip" DOD ve a sweeping statement, .and, if true, it rollel'll. blower. B.,,... "'" never stick, never jump the tras;k He cliose to. speak from the farmer iilGDe-packsrevOl'II8.almj!airtig :f...... ,. Hu.r-Wu.r appears as though the tire user in gen /,oo4[or .""',.. IVrUt;tor CICItaIog. oleo 600'" Oft SiIHriud.BUGQe. ' and .will alway_ run Imootlily and standpoint. eral with to himself and ' might, profit We are indebted to the and THE SILVER MFO. Co. eaaily if equipped with the Implement the tire 'companies, be enlightened as, to 3528roaciwQ',SaI-.OIalo I Tractor Trade of Journal Kansas City the proper care of the automobile inner Modern SlJap MetIloct.-llN for this' of ' - report Mr. Yerkes' remarkse tube. , !.� McKinney-Pitts'l)urgb He does not believe that the tractor Mr. CollI.,. Says Marple: .. will make 1Rampe.' Door Hanger agrieulture more intensive, "There are .,a number -of things which but does believe that it· will make it. must, be done the tube is _ absolutely if There io • meal acIi_1 which tUe. more extensive. He said that it had to give its best service. In the first been his up all the .... leaWlII pieoti 01 dearuice b4!O observation that the tractor had place, it must be realized that the tube a Iween d..or and 8_. There ia a lateral ad tendency to increase the farm acre is made of rubber, and that rubber has C&II .that the farmer OWllS i_enl by which )'ou iD_ or de age; who. 1\ trae a number "of natural enemies. Among. er_ the betw_ doo. and tor rents additional land and farms on. space w.u. There these are sunlight, oil, grease, acid, are a scale. In other words double, roller-beariq wbeelo which make larger the' farm water, and the very atmosphere itself. il IUD will be lIIloothly i and deep-poovec!- runW&J'l. acreage extended when trl)ctors One of the worst of these is sunlight, endooed on lop .Dd· from which are in use. He based his an aicleo, the general opin -which has effect of drying up the, wheel. poaitiveiy cannol iump. ions largely on observations lie has made rubber, whereupon it becomes brittle and since the development ot the tractor and loses its when it is kno:wn as .. 'The McKinney-Pitbbnrgh Door H....., elasticity, also the fact that 'other improved farm 'macaroni' rubber. and Track are' made aubstantiall7. of lested (brittle)' means that I stand , ready machinery has extended the . "If the tube is to come in "50-50" iron, and oteeI. The ou161 i. weather - aereage permitted to half proof " . . meet you way_ on tended the individual contact with or with bird - by inrmer. grease rags Co.V aDd proof; aDd � be used OD doon engme prices-csell direct from ,fac. While tractors will be sold ered or saturated with or the tory-...... v..,.u.. in thickn.... from oae and one-baH to through grease oil, lmatedl.te Shlpmont_ve YQn stu. out the entire United States in time, rubber in, the touched will SIGI according to Bize. I make tint two and one-baH iDcha. SoId'under a biDd. places quickly nothl!'8: Mr. Yerkes defined a definite deteriorate unless the is engines-Kerosene aDd GasoUn_z to.!1 H-P._;' iDII,lIUuantee. geograph tube SOPIr give ydu ,the benefit at II ical area in which the of cleaned. years continuO!Jll,o preponderance practical. engine-buDding experience.' W1'Ite ' If )'oat dealer dna aol handle McKinney sales will come within, the next five "The method of the· for latest price Iist-au· BI;)'lea-Stati0nar7." carrying spare and Ha_ aend VI bia�. .. u• district Portable Saw-RIg. Alan ad .,.., years. .This embraces Illinois, tube is also important. It should never width oI)'oat door opeaiDg. the he;.J.t of your Iowa, North and' South Dakota, Nil be carried loose in the tool, box, for if .. door. and whether double or we Kansas and aiasle. and braska, Missouri. , carried this way it cannot help becoming WI ' wiD lell you what it will COIl 10 it. equip We Mr. Yerkes gave his auditors the re injured, If folded and carried unpro will' aIao lead literature deacribiaa1the _or sults of his observatlons the tected there is danger of the tube be ��ENG_ regarding ' infuD. chafed' at sizes of tractors in most general use and coming the points where the time-tried and t1me-tested.:cut uel c�t 50 \ those most and economical for folds occur, .then, when these chafed per c!lnt, usingTm_kerosene-start as easy as a practical , engine. My terms are C•• , the farmer. He believes that in the fu are under there is h, 'Ijllllnll, places put pressure, lasOlinea IIoaeJ Down-90-J>a37, TriaJ--5-Y881' Guaran McKinney Mfg., Co. ture the bulk of the tractors in use will great danger of their proving unable to tee. Read my new Ulustrated book. "How'. Mdon 01 HGrtl_,..lor eA. Fa"" be those generally designated as three stand the strain. .ludlll Ellllne.", before S'ou choose aDY engine. This Is a book for the farm owner as 5LocUit and tractors. The '''Never should the tube, be carried 'well as St. Pitt,bur,b, P.. four-plow two-plow any the shop expere;-- B::v return maIl-I!'REE.· where near tractor, he says, is all right for small" the battery box of the car, ED. B. WITrE. Pres.. farms where there is but little belt work as the acid in the battery means cer to be done. But in his opinion the two- tain death to the tube, and no one can WITTE ENGINE WORKS plow tractor does not offer enough s!!-y just when the battery is going to 180Z0aklaDdAve., KansasClty,'Mo. t;�rPo�t��: a leak and 18!1ZEmplre BI� Pittsburgh, Pa. tin&' Corn. CMIle and Kaftlr power for belt work. spring splash over everything Corn. Cuts' and throw. In in sight. Some interesting observations were undersized tubes in oversized co R g�:e o���n�t·:hoc�aneq".:'a1 also offered Mr. on "Placing NHARVISTER Yerkes the work to a Corn Binder. Sold in by casings is. another common fault of car e.ery state. Price only $22 with rodder binder. The performed by tractors., He designated owners. This will ruin a tube l'an�Iv��� ��t�:;;n.J =r�t'fo':�b:.'Wbt m��w���t'. belt work as the most important fea practice Creek, N, Y within a short ,time." Sandy .. writes: "3 -years ago' I purch.. ea ture and said that the amount of belt your Corn Harvester. Would not take 4 times the work even �ra":'..J':e t� exceeds plo.wing. He says mH"i'i�gs� J���r�oto'f.�t,_ �o���o�r..e.·� that the tractor must not on times better than 1 expected, S&.ed $40 In labor tbl. be-,able only" Eco�omi�e Gasoline rall." Roy Appl'!... F&rmersv1lJe. Ohio: "I ha.e used to but to. all plow, handle work on After a careful a: com shocker, com binder and 2 rowed machinea. investigation of the machine Cultivatio.n row hilt your be&ts them all and takes less twine plowed ,ground. of present gasoline situation, Van H. Man 01 any machine I have ever used," John F. Haag, he is crops, lielieves, being solved. Mow ning, director of the Bureau of Mines ifo':ir�l3ie o.!'�!:i� �illrri'r !1�'�ltlc; ,,11&'::, gr rt'��s:lli: ing was pronounced practical where of the of the Otis, Colo,: "Just rec�.ed' a letter from my rather Department Interior, has hitches are which mowers oayjnll he received the corn binder and he Is cuttlnll' emplo.yed by issued the statement: com and cane now. it works tine and following Bays that I can be wo.rked in to cut a suf can sell lots· or them nest year." Wrlto for free cat· multiple One-hal, of the gasoline used in the wide swath. ficiently By inference, the United States (1,250,000,000 is �1�.8)l�Olf:'lj�uftl'F�� �'h':.esA'XLr�1.°r�A'N3A�,:"tl- tracto.r is not gallons) economical when used to used in pleasure riding. one binder. pull o.nly Although it is It is estimated that the United States somewhat Mr. cumbersome, Yerkes be Army will need 350,000,000 gallons for �:.'i:�J! lieves th.e use of a tractor 'in Preaa. ""�:�'A�I� harvesting trucks, automobile Simple eonatruetlon. is aeroplanes, tractors, Blllller •• practical. Much here also on paclty. Runa by depends and other machines. There is no way of Iteam. tractor or ... the hitch. 8'88011 A side rake attllchment for this, in this &lllliDO. IDMIIiL obtaining country except HArrIEI. tractors also is and by COMPAII possible practical, saving from the and this in Mr. existing supply, lall Yerkes' opinion. be effected aln•• economy may by voluntary Cilr. The hauling of ·manure under cutting down of in .... present pleasure riding (for conditio.ns, ho.wever, Mr. Yerkes does not stance, the man who takes his family consider practical. He believes that a out on Sun,day for a fifty-mile ride can ' larger manure spreader will come - in cut this in half). time by which manure will be hauHng It lias been estimated that by eco made economical with a tractor. He nomical use �nough gasoline can be does no.t believe much in the tractor for saved to supply- not only the United ro.ad hauling. Only 3 or 4 per cent o.f a States but also its allies for war pur farmer's wo.rk is'done on the ro.ad. Road poses. an GlEEN CORI CUTTER hauling requires eco.nomic' load, The following suggestions shpuld be which makes a cumbersome outfii;. He observed by automobile owners: is mo.re inclined to. favor a truck and Do not allow to trailer your gasoline engine by wllich smaller lo.ads can be run idle. hauled, but in much faster time. Use kerosene, not gasoline, for clean Mr. Yerkes also his to paid respects ing purposes in the garage. tractor service.' He said that the farm See to it that the carbureter does not ers sho.uld be educated in the use and leak. Form the habit of off of tractors shutting operation to such an extent the ga'8oline at the tank. that would their they get service from By judicious regulation of the mixture the rather than from tractor, the man of gasoline and air in the motor both ufacturer. Manufacturers llave adver and greater power economy of fuel may tised, Mr. Yerkes �aid, that "even a bo:y be obtained. or girl can run our tractor." Tllis idea Automobile owners need not up has a to make the farmer lay Important tendency feel cars, but should use them either for 'that he not A 60·TON SILO d(les know much if he asks trade or for pleaslire purposes thoughtfully No instruction. The easiest and and .ca.ftoldl�. Erected one day. cheap judiciously. If this advice is fol Round wood stave. est to Mr. Announcement Thousands In way give service, Yerkes said, lowed there will no \lse. be, undue Save that teed. $7-5 is to educate and instruct the farmer soorcity, for the United States an abun DONl1'A.'ARM - possesses RAYMORE, MISSOUIU fully before he is turned loose with the dant sllpply for ordinary purposes. See Page 11 '\ . , '"" ••" _." " ''."'' ""'.. , t I�. ''''''.''''''''.''''''''''m''''''' -,...... ------...••_..u"' •• """"'!.1· • " ".._ m_ ··'···.."'· "_' .. "'''� ''''''',.''''' """ �"'?m i "'.":"." i r,."·" . �t.���;."� FAR MER It"'bli:�':'��'1';"� KA N/ S A I= .! �:"' S,' ...... � ...... -. K.ANSAS -'THE FARM pAPER 'OF . I � . :Member Audit BlJreau of I Ente're.d Ilt W. S�etary ,Treasurer r !�peka POSt*'e:;- T. President ahd Edtfc)r J. con¥', aneJ, ' " '�BORM.AN; � Editor as Second Class Matte� Ji G. c. CircUlations '� . ·S. E. me W..HEELER, • - Cobb, Presiden� '" .. Asso�,ate, ; ...... I; r ...... � CHICAGO, OFFICE:,. 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PRICE FOR If very �., Alfalf'ai1' of the-wofld dis- for increased,pr6ductron�of food, pown live r are await- into trade by'reason almost essential. to s ss with wheat'growers, anxiously evidences of' this fact, IS r> restore business as far would see 0 1917 turbanee 'and to you no . that live of the price of the are stock and we. should orget ing 1<�e fiX:mg basis.' look about you. Fields of grain fear' thllit all may be to a' reasonable stock is f iwwrWlIf ..,: the are' . � crop, '.' Many have, .t)w,Fo�d Food ' for harvest, city -Iots production were that the r�ady . will. consider the: de- 4if'hey il\,s'ttilcted' '#,early in the aBOtvalft 'lrl· ;;; .Admirii'Str'ation cultivation as never 'before, and present emergen Ad'miniBtration feels"juBtiiied bY"itB ex- 'under '''I mil:nds·',of'::,the. consumer more thaIl'tHe, abundant duction, '� on fields" and gandens promise so farsin ·tI:te pstrr- ' have been es· in the price �n' perience 'counting ' The 'moisture condltiori coat fixing methods' r of'/production oj) the bulk Jlf' yields. Year by year'advaneed wheat""gtown the past yea'.r: '.(liE!' one otic eo-operation great pecially fa eed' but were' told theM have ,been, introdl!oe� with, 'favorable.',for commisaion: on' business men, -they ()f, pl'odu�tion of Eastern Kansll-s thiS year. man .,6l:L, the. prlce-fixing the.eoun- mosf BatlBfactory results. No section farmers, of -Kansas are' if any" persons',try.tq 'exploit that is !lot suffic�ent ram un who!Ji:'�1ie, 'pin. -the can show progress' in·tliis time of',·war should not country greater ' p.ens ther� Fall-seeded Of they the fall. , is President- Wi1.tef.� try have aided ..til too late in ning;:;fJiiii�/{aith to see that: the ours'. Our- fafrB 'greatly. WaterB heBitate to take steps !ha,n alfalfa should well rooted before, thef Agr·icm,inoa.l .Oollege, Doctor the work ,of advancement. The -eom- get drastic brCongress, on m: the rains kriowEt!;tlte"coflditions·uri'der ·whi�4�wheat powers.conferred the winter in, and' aa c�me . to Food Administration, for such 'cases ing fair wil] � DO exception gen- �etB was in :;KanBas the year and the thia alfalfa can be seeded Just past " yeaT . early ,gr,(hv.n ' < 'eral. rule/'" , on are can be can be-c6uli,ted on to inBiBt. ia price- employed. 'as soon as the aeed be'd. properly Waters 'has the confidence. # 31 31 - the,farmer from President .' is advisable to S!)W to 'protect FOOD SURVEY prepared. It seldpm high enrijigh classes in' KanBas. His NATIONAL We know that President Waters 'of all ,of. peopfe ,later than the latter part of September. 10Bs< state '·The Federal Department of Agrichl. knowledge of conditions in the is well·drained soil-rich favors· a price ror th,is .year·s a ,tremendous task Alfa�fa requireB )lilJli'e.r I nn ad· ture is underta.king for such that 'he can be depended to in it must be than the Gpve,rn:ment guarantee canvas made especially nitrogen-and cr�p duties of this office with in the couniry-wide being the ' aB he does from minister the with lime. In fact the 1918 crop;, Coming, of the farm which are .now ,well supplied to all. demanll;s have ale products in an a state JUBtice Heavy cannot be grown successfully prodllcing such·litrg.e ,quantities available as food' or convertible into crop been made on his time. can be made to, wheat and so' thoroughly fa· ready .A�chair· is acid soil. �or land of being Defense food. This nation-wide inventory hiB views are man' of the Kansas ,Council of alfalfa. the use of barnyar.d miliar with -the conditions,. the food 'bill grow by. he has devoted much time to authorized by prod'uction of sweet command, thiJ 'serious consid· directing manure or the under certain: to ...... which is a separate plowing the work of this and as a recently enacted, of the seed· eration of his" on the com· organization, inde· clover so� time'in advance colleagueB! com· of and entirely member of the wheat price-fixing piece legiBlation of the soil can lle cor· mittee. the food control bill. The ing. The acidIty mission he has been compelled- to spend pendent of crushed limeBtone. lJ'he crop has not .been grown iB thiB 'rected spreading preBent in in ad Bureau of C'.rop Estimates making by considc::rable time Washington . alfalfa has never been under'normal or average conditions, and thouBand picked On farms where dition to made in the inter· Burvey. Thirty·five be to it is 'Tlot an matter to prices other trips of or fed it may necessary eaBY adjuB� The Kansas volunteerB from the bureau�s corps grown the men who eBts of KankaB people. .Ag. soil with the nitro so aB to be fair even to' all .will be asked inoculate the proper ricultural is fortunate 'in having 150,OO() crop correspondents have wheat. At the conference College bacteria. This can' be done gtbwn - deanB of to take in the farm survey. gen.fixing Kansas the exceptionally capable men 'as part culture method, these cui· recently held, in City und�r the representatives, a by the pure and in _ Each of fiel4. Federal of the different departmonts, spite manufactured and sold com auspices of the Departm�nt himself and familiar tures bemg of the extra burdenB falling upon them farmet- thoroughly before .Agriculture, one speaker presented fig. conditions in hiB mercia.lIy, or by spreading just becauBe of the demands made with farm community, 'of that in a certain Bection heavy in· two or, three hundred pounds urilB -'!'Ih,owing the' executive will make a report of food Bt9ckB, seeding winter· President Waters, an old alfalfa to the effeots of weather and upon on his surface soil from field. dry is well meat animals and crops that the work of· the inBtitution being cluding new field and harrow· so.. reduced the yield theBe each acre of the killing. ., farin, and each of repr'eBentati:ves / this' culture cost $2.71 a bushel on handled in emergency. it in The pure wheat actually will be supplied with ten extra Bched·"" ing carefully. Bection more 31 '31 31 a of a the farm. .Another from a which he will diBtribute method is simply process pouring HOW FAIRS CAN HELP uleB of. inquiry bacteria of , favored with 'rains reported a Buryey' for containing the proper we hold our fair his neig}lbors, reports upon liquid which indicated Tb,e queBtion; "Shall among before if iB As seven, hundred ,farms farmB. From the 385,· over the seed planted. this has be.en answered in ,their respective to of $1.73 a. bushel be yearY" wiBely soon as the alfalfa begin grow th,at a price might all 000 thuB obtained, the experts plants the affirmative the managers of reports and soon _ by fair for· that. BElction. the total num· the bacteria begi,n to de,ve)op fairB the all of the bureau, ,knowing iSBue we in the of country. Nearly of the a!ld On page five e,f this print big farms in the United StateB, will 'enter the"roots' young plants are alBo as bel' of Btatement of the Food the local fairB going 'I!-head nodules the Bize o·f a millet full the official make final estimates for the farmB of form about the uBual. The first thought waB that with AB the bac .AdminiBtration relative to handling It iB believed that this seed on the tiny.'r!)otlets. the United States at war It .would be th'e country. direct wheat in order that our of' teria take nitrogen price situ\ttion� of and estimate, judging from the accuracy grow they know what iB done an unwiBe expenditure energy air in the Boil and when these readers may being /' other records gathered, will be from the action to conduct our fairB aB uBua!. similarly becomes the reasonB for Buch money farm die this nitrogen and aBsigned that the fairs within a few per cent of actual tiny organisms taken. In: the con· The facts are, however, for the alfalfa and..other plants IlB" iB being reading most food stocks. available can serve the country siderationB it would Beem actually as well. enumerated, A Becond BurV'j!y about November 1, made ex·, efficiently in the preBent emergency. fall is the 'beBt that conBiderable effort is .to will cover the fall In 'EaBtern K'lcnBas an educational feature can similarly conducted, The fair aB . as it fits solicitude for the . preBs extreme pro· harveBts. time for Beeding ordinarily, be of value in bringing about A small ducer., A of prices seemB to greateBt itB best fnto the crop rotation. Btabilizing our The bureau alBo will extend. reg- be a fuller realization of all agricul. shallow and be the and this can hardly not Btubble field plowed objecti.ve, the state ular crop. eBtimates to' cropB reported grain without and tural reBources. Many pf big , and worked down after rain accompliBhed price.fixing de· heretofore further enlarge itB servo early than fairB will conduct regular Bchools and, furniBheB idea seed. undoubtedly means III lower price calculated to until seeding time everr voted to.food conBervation and the con· ice by Bpecial inquirieB bed is firm would under uncontrolled .from extra· bed conditionB. Such a seed have.prevailed reBources. informa�ion arising ate not servation of all our natural gather haB sufficient 100Be soil marketing. Wlleat growers farm conditions in .certain unaerneath, but be conducted for 'the . now that this The'se BchoolB will ordinary Beed and the ,in patriotism and on to cover the give lacking the as a sectionB. top become be purpoBe of mobilizing country a'foothold. In this method policy haB law, can, depended the 31 '" 31 _young plant as· whole so as to out in winning Beveral weed on to fall into line and cO'operate, help Jewell of crops .of is now The of County preparation else war as aB It county agent of courBe that whatever is quickly posBible. for BeedB on the Burface .lillie. germi. sliming the fairs had received, up to .AUgllBt, requests lying and up to the people to support and'-been killed before the alfalfa Bpecula. nated - done, illegal manipulation over three thouBand carloads of alfalfa. in the to the fulleBt extent posBible bot'!t by Unless the stubble was tion wi1l� be eliminated handling came to the farm iB Beeded. exhibits and and MOBt of these requeBts to consumer. send,ing by attending the use of the diBk of wheat from producer office through county agentB in plowed fairly early worked out the advantage of the opportunities hl�reau safer method of 1'he methods being by taking Illinois, and· would be the preparing offered. Northern MisBouri, Iowa, constitute b. experi. Bccd as it is important that it Gov!!rnment gigantic Wisconsin Indiana. The farmers in t�se Bections the bed,. unnec· The editor of a in out sOme of ,the prominent be well and have only -a. thm ment, cutting as aB $21 a ton f. o. b. settl�d this satisfactorily .tp.e offered hig)l complications in handling paper. m!lBt !lnBwered is of of loose soil on top. eBsary, whether faITB should be Jewell pointB. This typical layer We come queBtlOn as to County to fifteen to the great Btaple crop. may through for alfalfa to other From twelve poundB held when the was at war. He the. requestB going seed iB with a fund of knowledge country. acre of enough tlliB' experience sections of the state. Alfalfa hay and good home·grown some . said: '. seed bed. which will enable us to .make big com· to on a well-prepared . is the -baBic feed plant this ''ln view of the fact that a. great war Bilage becoming of the forward strideB in hannling prob- cows and other The agronomy department Agri. some at first for milk the is UB, the thought of bination feeding not advise lem BO aB to cut: out a. lot of illegal upon it College does Beeding fair this but live Btock as well. It makes possible cultUral Wllich. all was not to hold a year; in the fall later than September and corrupt manipulationB almost cut out the of alfalfa officers decided to go on as to feeding '!Pgh. in farm have been fighting the wisely 25. Of courBe it can-be Beed'ed later organizatiQPs which usual and have alL exhibition price!! grain. of the state- than in a�d again�t for years. 31 the southern part proteBting reflect the of this 31 Jf 31 31 31 would progreBs part the northern. 'The president of the Stat� Farmers' ADMINI$TRATOR of the country. have a of land KANSAS FOOD , iB that If you patch ,Buitablc war and Union of Kansas requesting every week that H. J. "The of cannot, can the Beed,Ded It waB announced laBt thought BtRte reBolutionB for fall Beeding and get be excluded from local union in the paBs of the .Agricultural should: not, tl)e J!1indB in condition, you cannot go wrong Waters, preBident will meet that the wheat price-fixing proper food admin· of the The many who urging thiB fall. had been appointed people. on ·in some alfalflt College, BO' commission make t'he price 1917 starting federal food ad- here in reunion next month will be istrator for,Kansas • .A 31 31 31 and the wheat at least $2,75 a bushel on the for each bered the thought of war, of due to miniBtrator is to be appointed by and wire these resolu· The rising value good '!torBes Bacrifices which it demandB. It will 110t baBis Of Chicago, one of the different states. Nineteen of both and indirectly, tionB to Herbert Hoover at 'Vashington,� the 'war, directly their oaths be an occaBion wholly to' pleasure, to own thoBe to dat.e took given commission is Bhould be a encouragement ,appointed will be remembered D. C.' The price-fixing- great was in but an evcnt ,vhich have never shown of office 23. This .group an· ers of who A!ugust time of the now in and it has .been pure-breds Food .Ad- as been llCld at .11. seBBion, the fairs. conference with the National haying frank Btate- their animals heretofore at big all when the nounced that they desire for two and received gre!ltcst war in llistory, "Kansas breeders have entered draft miniBtration daYB� farmers aB to actual costB More men of the land went ments 'from instructionB regarding tllCil' dutieB. Btrong, young horseB at tIle Topeka Free Fair this. year battle that freedom not of wheat production. They �ake with a deal forth 'to might 'yill before. Tliose intcrested in They are investeq great ,of the ..method for theBe than ever out from' the earth. It is not at 9,11 public prcparmg power in connection with �arrying periBh llOrBes who expect to make pur· and attrac· statements in the near future. good the of that the sportB better than to visit in their home BtateB proviBions neceBBary 31 '" chaBes could not do told tionB be Btricken from the program of 31 with the food control law. They were ALFALFA fair and become acquainted, under control, SEED MORE the, that the of the law which they the fair. These, proper Kansas. breederB and their Btock. The' purpoBe occaBions. We know' of some farmers who plan of are in order on such devoted to are to enforce, and, the policy alwaYB had brick and_ cement building help to to BOW wheat thiB fall where tlley the Food of which thcy "But it is neceBsary give emphasiB horBes has accommodations 300 ani .AdmjniBtration, intended to Beed alfalfa. Under the cir- f9r not to the which make for it are now is to> stahilize and greater. things mals. There is a pOBBibility that may agentB, been the cumstances this is probably justifiable lo disturb condltionB and to defend hone progresB, aB it haB alwaYB pur· be to qual" provide temporary ' on Bome but there is need for 11.1. neceBsary com· of the management to give proper farms, enterprise againBt illegitimate pose EaBtern Kan. ters for the overflow. est,. WisconBin falfa on many a farm in petition. The object is to correct the emphasiB to these thingB. KANSAS FARMH-R . INQ.UIRIES. Something For Every_ Farm- Overf/o1lJ'� Items From 'Other D�:partments HAVE been asked to. give the finish animals with a minimum the amount surface and not allowed to tun dewn far so that method of of It enough som� tentative re treating grain. is the proper thing to do the wall. On some stock it is the . se�d whea:t iarms BUlts can be WEfor smut. We have thIs under given. Last spring three given present day conditions'. We have to re-fm the- silo the and treatment. once or practice during eight-tenths aeres o·f sweet elovee twice almos,t eve:ry been too lavish in-.J)ur. use of in grain winter with sheeked corn after which had been seeded with year, but for the benefit of new snapping oats in 1915- sub- , timeB past, and lJ)ust use' more out or aU ef ears. roughage part the' We believe was fenced off and I!Jrx cows . sCl'ibers or wheat who not for animal grade· turned. growers may larg.ely feeding. Corn is com farmers having silos should in -ha:ve heretofore it figure cl�ely May 7., A cheap shed was built in theught necessary to iiig down some. jn and with a before price, big they decide to allow them to one corner to serve as treat the seed for we s�and shefter, from the. smut, give crop in sight over the niain corn belt because of the market value the treatment empty liigli. storms and a tank was so the commonly recommended. states. it down to a where provided may get point of the corn'. cows could be watered. There is no as to the They- have been question effective it will not be so high as te cause Iive ness of left OR the the beatment, and it is to be· stock men to lea:ve silos unfilled pasture continlWWlly. They because had never that wheat do. eaten. s.weet clover before, but. regretted nqt see more in a. Rapid or Slow Silo �owers they money maturing. crop Filling , as more take. thIS' they had no-thing else. to 'eat, generaIlly preeautien so and .maTketing it IllB S. Y. Waba'Wlsee· they . dry grain-. R., asks Ii BOOn. an they can be sure are not- Gounty, acq;uired appetite. for:' it.- a.nd they putting The silo's chief function is to it is. to a. . preserve· fill silo in infected seed into the necessary' quicklY' now apparently; graze, it with as> a ground. Smm. in f:eed so aB to make, it more. valu keen rongh. order to ha'\le relish as wheat. reduces. its good silag,e. any; other. pasture. Pl:ofessor quite appreciably value able and with hay as scarce and in It is much easier to. on' high. make' Reed said these cows the market.. good sMa� 'in 'price aa, it is this yeaI' it is from slow if the immediately The important fHling, ('.2'Op will wait,. creased somewhat in milk and all stinking smut, which i.e the kin:d UBe all the fodder and other thall1 from flo,Wi. t!l roughage rapid fil1ing. It is· the summer most commonly found, is best treated pOBBible tlitough ]Jave dene as weD as; the, cows at the barn by using formaldehyde, or commercial kept, dairy and fed and alfalfa. formalm. A poUDd" or pint, &f f<>rma.J.m silage hay.. Dnring the. is. to first month these six cows, used fifty gallons of water, or at averaged the rate of an OUDCe to each three gal thirty-three gallons of milk a day, and the cosh was. _ lons of water. A gallon of the mixture daily grain. $1.65 .. The, were is enough for a bushel of grain. Spread !JOWB heavy preducers .. and oi 'course were some in the seed wheat in • thin on a taro. given grain addition to· layer the feed • paulin or clean bam, :floor and they got from the pasture. sprinkle Late. in it: with the mixture until it is thoroughly June it got so and there is a, Iikeli- A. Garfield, -president of Williams COl everywhere are .most-keenly through a single agency. Arrangements Administration, in far hood that our 88,000,000 bushel surplus lege, chairman; ChJlirleli S. Barrett, pres in the results which will are 'made to liberate I Interested being �relLter bushels rident of ·the Farmers' Union of the of may be expanded to��OO,OOO,Ooo Union, City, PEOPLEfollow the putting into operation quantities stored-up supplies vice the last to be .added to Canada's. of 120,- Georgia; William- N. Doak, presi the foQjJ, control law President India and Australia. Within surplus signed by bushels. . dent Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Wilson August 10_ Kansas people are few years Australian wheat has begun OOO,OO() A FLOOD 0.11' GB.AIN Roanoke, Virginia; Eugene D. Funk, concerned in the first to arrive in America, and will continue OOLDEl'ij' especially prob from' Aus National - Com ABSqCiation, in Other "It is evident that wheat president lem taken up by the Food Administra -to arrive· increasing quantities. Edward F. . have since India and Russia is awaiting ex Bloomington, Dlinois; Ladd, tion-that of reguilliting the price of important changes .occurred tralia, the' restricted limited president North -Dakota. Agricultural. this wheat and the crop the war that seriously undermine portation, only by year's handling If the North Dakota.; R. Good the consumer-be of the -whea.t market and will transportation facilities. WjU_ Oollege, Fargo, Oil its movement to stability Chamber of COm wheat· should end immediately this enormous wyn Rhett, p�esident cause this is one of the great tend to· ·offset the apparent ad:v.antage world would be turned loose the merce .of the United States, Charleston,' states. Kansas .normally pro of the American farmer in the surplus upon produeing The war South Carolina; J. W. ShOrthll, secre duces about one-tenth of all the wheat trade. wo.rld, flooding th,!! markets, foundatlona of would be National Council of �ers' CO in the United- audhas pro AlLEBICAN GBAlN TRADE IlEVEllOPllENT high prices tary grown states, wheat Nebraska.; total "To understand this it knocked from under American operative Associations, York, duced as high as one-fifth of the situation, Federation because the normal export re James W. Sullivan, American annual While we have grown an should be remembered that for the past growers, crop, exceed of New York; L. J. of whe'at this the of in quirements do not .600;000,OQO Labor, Brooklyn, abnormally small m'op thirty years marketing grain - bushels. Tabor, Ohio State Gr�•. will be America has for its . year, we feel that our readers depended mobility master. .A WEAKENED FINANCIAL 8YSTElI Barnesville, Ohio; Frank W; Tauaslgr to know what the Food upon the American !l'ystem of "hedges." . anxious exactly of the chairman Federal Tariff Commission, this matter This has out of the pecu "Again, the gperation export Administration is i.n system grown N. doing__ Somewhere and the elimination 'of exchange Washington, D. C.;. Theo. vsu, p.t.esi of the price and distribution liarities of grain production. embargo regulating in wheat futures has taken: the dent American Telephone .& Telegraph We therefore a. of is alw�y:s ripening. trading of this year's crop. print' crop grain New York J. or from the financial �ystem Company, City; Henry in fun the (#icial'statement just issued Somewhere the weather is expanding underpinning which fOol' has been trained Waters, president Kansas Agric1iltural the Food Adminstration office. contracting the crop. Cable and tele thirty y�ilols by that a loan on wheat Manhattan, Kansas. the to understand College, - "To win the war the first considera graphic information reaching buyer was se- . contract & "It will be the of this commis tion of the United. States .in its food and seller on the open marts � been purchased by good duty into the sion to make a. thorough inquiry program must be to feed people the costs of whea.t,· costs of within the of this government. .produeing eonfines etc. When "The- second consideration must be for milling, distributing, baking, and as much food its is completed analyzed .our people to spare pro inquiry this will announce the basic price ducts as can be spared to feed our Allies, body at which the wheat will begin "to .be France, the United Kingdom and' Italy, This will take into con Belgium, whose normal consumption ex bought. price sideration not the costs of produc ceeds their produetlon. only but also a reasonable to "The third consideration must be to tion, profiil and an Ineen American farmers and other es-: farmers on the average, protect to make it worth while for .wheat sential parties in the wheat trade from �ive wheat in such .quan losses that occur from growers to. produce disastrous might United titii!s as be needed by the the unprecedented choking of the world's may States and our allies. arteries through which this wheat ordi "The fair price commission desires a narily moves. frank statement as to his actual costs "France, Italy, the United Kingdom from farmer who produces wheat. and Belgium under normal conditions every The method of preparing this statement import. annually 381,000,000 bushels of will be announced and wheat. Thesc nations have suffered a given general.pub BUILDING ON GROUNDS OF '!'HE TOPEKA. FREE FAIB within a short time. lowering of their productivity as a re REMODELED AORICUL';l'UBAL licity sult of being in the war. They now HOW FOOD ADMINISTRATION WILL �PEBATE have a total wheat deficiency in produc "The Food Administration will th'en about bushels. It and resell it to Amer tion of 200,000,000 because the would buy this wheat them to the basis of their hedging practices curity. hedging system will be. necessary for import should the ican users and to, the allies. The Food which have acted as a. kind of insurance -offset any value depreciation within the next twelve months about Administration will the margin This and the market fall. regulate Russia had an to the business. practice dis 577,000;0(1" buehels. the Amer of throughout the chain of unusual facilities of the "Without governmental aid profits abunr' and a vast surplus, transportation tribution within this nation, so as to ;:..... :i.¥pgrain enabled American ican' farmer would be in a of be but Great- Lakes have position essential fae if this surplus could released; future than the interests of all farmers to their wheat "acreage, greater insecurity in the protect Russia cannot move any grain to our expand concerned. ever before in the of this coun .tors the American business men to. develop history Imnie- allies 'in quantities essentially impor farmer would "The Food Administration will the wheat the try. The danger to the notwithstanding , tant. industry, lidense all elevators and . of other nations with be more acute because his costs of pro "diately grain SITUATION OF THE ALLIES competition houses that come within the pro costs and greater duction have risen enormously during storage allies are isolated from practi cheaper production In this the, 'lOur, and the visions of the act, way gov United as against our increasing the war, ordinary organization an 'markets except the grain yields, ernment will protect the interests of the cally costs and acre of the business world would be power as with production lessening unusual ,StRtes and Canada, compared decline in American people against any of less to. prevent the possible ante-war conditions. The supplies yields. break in was at wheat values of the costs -of prices. are the hands "So as the world peace irrespective and Roumania in long YEAR Bulgaria had to function production, and' losses would be enor PROTECTION FOR NEXT of the Central Powers. As already and trading opportunity if fiat mous. This the entire the food control Russian is shut off. normally, it is doubtful any price might disrupt "The act constituting stated, the supply United States and made or sustained sin eommerce of the a minimum price' The from Australia. and India could be by any specifically provides voyages about a condition of financial in a bushel on will Such fiat prices would bring for farmers of two dollars are three times as long and require, gle country. international No. 1 northern wheat, or its three times as tons of have to be by .agreement, security. spring therefore, many CONSUMERS which almost But with PROTECTING PRODUCERS AND as the basis of at the to move wheat as is required is impossible. equivalent, "sales shipping and "To the has sub The the disruption of world conditions protect public, Congress principal interior primary markets, from North Atlantic ports. voyages be off" of the sources of constituted an agency to. step in to such rules and as from India and Australia are also far the shutting grain ject regulations the ten tween the central of the President.. ex in some countries, and purehgsing agency be laid down l!y more dangerous because of longer supply may exhaust the in the allies and the 'unorganized American American farmers need to subma-rine attacks. dency to grain supply "Consequently, posure has constituted a un a nation like America find farmers. Congress have no fear that there will be any NORTH AMERICA'S RESPONSIBILITY others, may this control in the for the our a crisis it is forced to food control, placing in prices "The responsibility for furnishing itself in whereby expected heavy slump control the of" this hands of the President of the United 191-7-18. therefore, in allies this 577,000,000 bushels must fall determine and price years They may, own citizens. and the President has increased whcat the United to its States, desiJp1ated all confidence plant . in no :slight degree upon commodity protect OF PBODUCERS the Food -Administration to administer in accordance with the recom- Canada. The estimated or PREOARIOUS CONDITION acreages States and: Administration "That crisis bas arisen. The war has this work. The Food mendations recently made for each dis dinary wheat surplus of the United world wheat trade. While now proposes to act for the American trict the United States Department States for 1917 is 88,000,000 bushels. disrupted the by . the to them in the matter of the Canadian surplus will our reserves are being exhausted, people protect of Agriculture." "Probably and to the finan bushels. This will still reserves of other countries are banking price provide necessary be 12Q,000,000· to and store the wheat of For three the Russian grain cial guarantees buy leave a deficiency in supplies up. crops Increase in Tractors little of wheat on hand in 1917 at fair allies of 369,000,000 has been held, finding very outlet, crop our approximately with the W. H. instructor in farm further and no outlet to European prices,; to deal allies, giving Sanders, bushels. This deficiency is still practically be has all of, them such as can be motors at the Agricultural College, the "fact that the United consuming centers. Australia only surplus spared; by are more than trac enlarged and of the and to control the margin of profit lieves there 6,000 States must make reservations of wheat her last wheat crop, part hand of and dis tors in Kansas, many having been pur with whom we trade before, a total on among trading, milling, baking for neutral nations crop making were . bushels. factors, to' the end that feeds chased since the figures published and from whom we secure essential approximately. 180,000,000 tributing of be conserved for American farmers March 1. . Such reservations will in "Another Australian wheat crop may products. flour be had From all information obtainable the to bushels will and cheaper bread and may crease the deficiency ap approximately 100,000,000 European consumer. most size is 12.5 bushels. mature in and Australia is by the American Congress popular approximately 400,000,000 January, drawbar. Most of the proximately this mar has also made an of $150,- at the to thc allies alive dur for a market. To find appropriation horsepower "The way keep looking Administra demand is for tractors suitable for farms economize at Australia has removed her wheat 000,000 to enable the Food the war is for us to ket for ing can to finance its The of 200 acres, with a few inquiries increase the "and flour so that this' wheat tion operations. every turn, and thereby duty, 160'-acre in so far as .Food Administration will with tractors suited for farms.; the United States to 200,- now move into America, operate from . number surplus out the actual cost This indicates that either the bushels. This, together with the limited number of sailing ships profit, putting only\ 000,000 of as its for the hand of horses is insufficient to supply power from Canada and available will permit. operations charge shipments Argentina, for cultivation or that there is an awak least a. "lndia has a on hand of ap of the wheat crop. should' supply at surplus ling to Australia, FAIR PRICE the farmers .tending with' . COMlIQ:SSION among can live. 100,000,000 bushels ening minimum on which they proximately new lines an This wheat is locked "In order to finance this undertaking ward experiments along HOW ALLIES MEET PROBLEM this harvest. up our a fair for better and cheaper power. that the American because of' difficulties. and to supply allies, price ticipating "One think transportation out that the use might conditions wheat must be determined as the be Mr. Sanders points stand's in a very safe "Although last year's crop wheat producer the of' for all pur but such bad in there is a of this work. Accordingly, mechanical.power farming with to prices, were Argentina, ginning will increase position regard Jan President of the United States has in Western Kansas case. The acreage, and by ap poses is not necessarily the allies, greatly expanded tracts of land in to move, a commission to ascertain what in the future. Large their situation, have perfected uary next, when 'her crop begins pointed foreseeing for the 1917 wheat that section of the state have not yet ar should have a of 150,- should be a fair price arrangements and shipping Argentina surplus With the buying Oil this commission are been under cultivation. bushels. _ repre put so that all wheat leaving 000,000 crop. this rangements, sented consumers and the proper utilization of tractor power free destined for consumption in "The American people are practicing farmers, pub ports The members consist of H. land could be made to contribute its bit. be as recommended Food lic at large. !!!ony of their countries must brought economy by the. 6 K A N S A S' MER FAR " , . �"KanS,a8' Farme·r· ;'Dairy Clul,- c 1,," t])a;rll I • -, � of all Dairy Club mem with typhoid fever early in August. He bers Cllose ,.�ith the last mJlking was taken to St. John's Hospital Au RECORDSA1tgu8�,3 t, Most of. the boys and gust 5. In case Ernest does not'� girls of the club started tlIeir. records covel' in time to. get his' story in earlier in the year, and of course these the first of September, we feel sure the� have already completed their year's rest of the club members will be glad to work. There. are a few, however, whose have us extend the tim\! for him. cows did not freshen until or September .• a little later, and .these must end the �!!!b� as stated A Cow �'Switchboard" year above. , We know you are all anxious to have' I� you have ever milked a cow in fly the we • PY:,. prizes .awarded, although believe time, you know what it means to be you have worked in this club with far slapped in. the face by the cow's tail. less thought of the prdzes to be won Of course she does not do this from than is usual .. in club contests of -sim viciousness, but the effect-is' just as ilar nature. The bad as GET Kans,as Farmer Dairy if she really meant to hit you. Y01)R Club been ••••• .. has. different from any other Some use devices to hold the _____ /.1 " dairy-men ' club ever conducted. In this tail , club you while milking. These simply clamp ��-","-.. have learned can --=-.�� that you buy a dairy the switch to the cow's hind leg. We 'take D'I LAYAL .eow, her home, and the very next recently saw an entirely different means day have some money to apply on tIie of protection deseribed in Hoard's �onerele--:-� .:I'_': purchase price. If you buy a cal.f or It Dairyman. It is' used on the .Alfalfa noorS pig, you have to wait for it to grow -and Guernsey farm of Math. Michels in Wis Feeding r:::':'" -··NOW While ',I ...... develop. you wait you are re consin. Mr. Michels made this device ceiving no. income. It is a good deal after having one of his almost It wiD pay for itself by eyes fle feedla importari�. harder to up interest where do hit with the cow's tail. and there was keep you stroyed by being S�VINGthe farm of spring, never not o!, today. "',1\, each day realize the results of He tried the tailS' while milk '. greater reason to save every your clamping Feeding Floor bas beeome ODe' of the Of course can take a but found actual most oonce of butterfat and half-hour �fforts. you' pen ing, by test that some useful tann Improven'lenbs-It SaveS cil and that Its entire coet in one . of time and labor. figure your calf or pig is of the cows dropped off as mucli as 25 ;vear_ It means the' increaalng in value, but with a good cow per cent in their milk when tlleir tails prevention of all waste-and waste at the present prices of feed, Is inexcusable; A Moreover,-if labor and ma you do not have to figure .....out a paper were tied. terial coats concrete feeding floor. watering trough, continue to income. You have the to sell His device consists of 'a board about incrc;ase, product and bog wallow are essentlala on every your De Laval moat cost you for real money every day. This is one eight o-r ten inches wide and four and modern fann. more later on. Buy it now and, of the reasons why you have found the a half or five feet long. It is hung by, it wiD save ita own coat in a few Club Your livestock will have full protection Dairy work so interesting. From two wire hooks from a wire run long against disease if ;vou bulld-of concrete. months, at present cream and the first could feel that of the very day you ning lengthwise stable just over Concrete Is sanitary. It Is reasonable butter • prices. you were producing of real the of. the In ,8 In Initial cost. Above It something edge gutter. milking all. .does'. not and as saw or �. See the nearest De value, the' note at the of the milker decay deteriorate; • Laval agent you long string cows, slides rbrht and let him bank away show you grow. less and less each month, this board along so that, it hangs in what the De Laval will save for you. you soon to work . with even the to. his It· you do not, know the' De Laval began jllst right place protect face acent. write direct tor, any de8ired greater .interest because you could see when jreolV switches her tail. The cows iDformatiou. that you were winning a' cow, whether can switch all they like, but cannot DEWEV you won any other prize or not. Most strike the milker in the face. We would � The De Laval Separator Co. of you have already won your cow and that our Club members J .. suggest Dairy les � 29 E. MadieoD St. own her clear of debt. Some have even who have been annoyed by the switch Portland Cement NEW YORK CtDCAGO purchased a second cow and are follow ing of the cow's tail try this simple the same method of for her. device. ing paying Is 'the 'fariner's favorite for making P8Z'o ./ No matter whether one of - you win the ,manent farm improvements. contest prizes or not, you have earned New See tbe dealer near a cow and besides learned a great deal Member Starts Record Dewey ;vou and ask him tor the Bulletin on Concrete that will be valuable to you later. This cow was fresh week. I did My last reeding Floors. Be baa It or WiD is a contest in which there are no not her • losers. expect. to be fresh until about pi; It for :rolL It will take' some tlme to go over the the first of October, I took the calf __��II>l...... work of all the members. You can help away last night, August 20, but will hurry along the awarding of the prizes feed it whole milk for a while. My cow . by getting your stories in at once if has been running on pasture and has have you not already done so. If you had no other feed.-GLEN D. ULM, Em- Loo" are among the few who close the year's poria. lor_.. t". work September I, be sure to get :\11 DewerSlga. records in as your soon as possible. You should feed your calf whole milk In awarding fhe prizes there are a for two or three weeks at Ieast, Be number of 'points to consider. Perhaps very careful to have the milk clean and you became so interested in your work sweet. +Of course if you take it fresh that have the rules of from the cow it will be all you forgotten right if you . the 'contest. First, the total butterfat use clean pails. When you. start to use LUMBER of production the cow is to be consid skim milk you. will have to be FERTILE IHncI rnm Kill-Wholesale .rico•. very ered. In this the cows under five careful. Do not make the all at QgIck IblImenu. YOlllDlped belore paylor. Send yoting change 'of will be the allowance once. DI """carpenter', bill for prompt frelrht prcpalcl years age given Begin by putting in a pint of KANSAS .-l-. Alk for free barralo millwork ..laIor. provided for in the record associations skim milk to take the place of a pint of Kent.ae LamII01' C••P••:r for pure-bred animals. This means that whole milk. If the calf does all 1840@ 8cNtb at. Tacom right, Sprquo .. Wa. , if you milked a two-year-old heifer she increase the amount of skim milk eYSlTy LAND will not be expected to give as much day 01' so by a pint until it is taking butterfat in a year RS a cow five years skim milk entirely. of CHEAP age. Thirty points of the perfeet Do not feed the calf more skim milk POULTRY & EGGS score are allotted to total butterfat pro than you would whole milk, You have Those who located in Central always wanted. duction. Next comes cost of production. taken the fat out of the milk, but feed Kansas 20 • years agQ a.re �the bia Here your skill as a feeder has come in. ing more does not take the of "THE COPES" place any farmers Their land hal In calculating the cost, the different of the fat which has been removed. The today. Topeka .feeds used have been at the same to do this is to teach calf to made them independent, Highest FREE figured way your for all .no matter -. Cash Prices Coops and Cases price members, what eat grain about the time you begin to Your chance now is in the five had _ you actually to .pay for the feed. feed it skim milk. You can do this by Southwestern Kansas counties Thirty points are allowed 'in' this sec- some and bran mixed and . having chop tron. adjacent to the Santa Fe's new 'putting a little in the calf's mouth when The record of the work he is line, where land is We will sell you the best suit part is'lmpor through- drinking his milk. good still and all have had a chance to of clothes In America for •.••r-, $25 tant, win You should never mix grain with the cheap. No advance In price If you buy this twenty points, or perfect. We: are sorry skim milk. As soon as it has learned to With railroad facilities thl. country I. fall. all have not done the work so well 'as to eat some can it grain, you give shelled developing fast. \ Farmers are win the makiDl FRED VOlLAND twenty points. The way in corn, kafir, or oats, with a little bran if good profits on small investm8llts. It il which milk and cream is handled is also it. You must be the for the man of moderate Kansas you-have always very place today '%tJJ. and Ave•• Topeka. Kansas ' important because milk is a human food careful to- have the pails clean and feed means. and can so easily be made unfit for use. the skim milk warm and at about the Wheat, oats, barley, speltz, Itaffir and a of the club same Quite large proportion temperature each feed. Do not broom corn, milo anclfeterita grow abun members' have earned the twenty points give the calf any of the foam that dantly in the Southwest counties referred the and cream by giving milk the best forms when you separate the milk. This to. Chickens, hogs, dairy COWl and beef is of care. "Money Saved sometimes causes colic. cattle increase your proflts. "There were some izea offered You speeiafpr You probably will have to feed your cllA get 160 ac�s for '201) to $300 which have cow Earned" you may forgotten entirely. a 'little more now that she is fresh. down, and no further payment on prin Money These were for letters and Of pictures you course she may give considerable milk oipal for two years, then balance one sent in See 11 during the year, We have all on pasture alone, but be sure she is get eighth of purchase price annually, inter Page these letbers and and now that pictures ting plenty of pasture. Good cows will est only e per �ent-price $10 to f15 an has the, year ended will look them all usualJ.Y pay far a little grain. acre. over carefully and see who among the Write for our book of letters from members are entitled to these who are special farmers making good there now, You have all so Banker Club prizes. written many Supports also illustrated folder with particulars of good letters. and sent us so many pic I have been reading of the Kansas our easy-purchase contract. A.ddres·s Walker's tures that we fear it will not be Farmer and easy Dairy Club would' like very E. T. CartHdge, to choose the winners. much to F. join. N. Nelson, of the First Santa Fe Land Improvement Co., Store If you are back on of rec National Bank of Drug any your Burlingame, has prom 188. Santa Fe ord's, do not a but ised Bldg., Topeka, J[anss,L Sixth and delay single day, get to loan me the money to buy a Jackson them in at once so that we 'can award cow. I expect to purchase a good Hol the at the earliest date. If on tlie market ror prizes possible stein. I am hoping that I may be a pure-bre.d Dairy Club member soon and that I will atocA, read KANSAS FARIoIBR li"e The rubber ring you put on a . preserv Club members will be aorrv to learn meet all the requirements.c-Ror.axn E . stock advertisements. You jar to stretch income. . will ing helps your that Ernest Wendel was tnkell down RONDY, Scranton. find what you ;want.· \ , Sept�m�r I, 1911 makes a .: IDEAL heatilig , . . -'�,- -:--home oot",of a bouse,' <, � .. 'AND' . INCOM.E. -.. BU'TTERFA'T, -_- a chance to see and have BE profitable a- milk cow must the bllY,;er' has few - to him many different -: be a good' pro.ducer, ·but peo dem6hsrlli:ated, choose the one that suits Tople realize how rapidly the rate makes and can of profit increases as the total produc his fancy. The Iowa State Asso�iation wilY' tion increases. The cost of handling an Dairy on as the hold its sessions the ordinary cow is almost as much again interesting A well balanced program for cost of handling a high producer. It is grounds.. overhead both the and manufacturing easy to see th'at tile expense, production consider of the will be' 1111 it is called in a factory, is sides, ind'us�ry given. �,ith the ably greater on 'th\"ee cows capable of the many grave--problems-..facing. and this producing 150 pounds of butterfat a dairymen. ..creamery�en year, ' 'there t ,.a record'!breaking. at year each 'than on one .450;P!>1Wd cow, should be amount of "l:lbtterfall tendance at �very session. Every I dlj.y's total - the, . and . yet contain is the same.. program Will. also scheduled produce� and state organiza '. The da,ii'.y .division of: the F�\fer8;1' De meetinga.of naj.lonal for the of partment of Agriculture' has- . prepared tions development dairymg. and have of Iaeat aD some based on the records of Put In AMlUUCAN Radiators and an mBAL BQuer richt aWII37 pIeoey figures of and labor. Not oec:euaey to winter'with a . , savina fu� . 1 various cow ;testIng'asso Value' of Legumes' peat ,6!!�., ,�Qws in. - have OC' water preuure the net huc;mc:nt ciationa which show how rapidly In these days of high-priced grain and [noome . increases wit) Increased, produc concentrates 'of all kinds, every dairy- . or in or can be suC'" new, ' .are as building ol(f country city, tion. .,of butterfat. �e figures learn to the value Any man should appreciate AMERICAN " an Boiler and follows: of The whole country has cessfully heated with IDEAL Average'lncome legumes. Ave�age butterfat as almost . above feed cost come to look upon·alfalfa hay of IDEAL outfits is production (pounds) of The economy heating Radiators, . ....•.•.•.••••.•• ·4.00 in the ' essential feeding. 100 •.. $ profitable about the • wonder now cannot I. 150...... 18.00 milk cows. We sometimes known to all users. They say enough northern can ...... •... . • • . eastern and dairymen pay lack the 200 ,. �9.00 fuel 'the' comfort, the of repairs, Kansas alfalfa great savings, splendid ...... more a ton for .. .• •. 43.00 or �50...... $20 and the solid serv , it little the cleanlinesS, every-day good, I 300...... 56.00 and in addition pay the freight on' attention, then have to IDEAL Boiler and AMERICAN Radi- ... station and ...... 68.00 their own 350 ... : to ice that they get from_their , their farms. ••...•.•.•••...... 88.00 haul it out to Growing 40a ators. They have made homes out of their houses. , 108.00 is of the 450 •••••••••.••.••.•• legumlnous crops /a part dairy. a few As butterfat production increased man's farm business. Here are these most tm. year you from 1'50' to '300 pounds, income over suggestive statements about Especially fr.om a bul cost of feed advanced from $18 to $56, valuable plants taken press should choose an IDEAL doubled income above letin of the Wisconsin Experiment Sta Qr as production outf�t for It• feed cost increased three times. As tion: U heating and the . RADIATORS BOILERS - butterfat increased from .150 "Alfalfa, clover, beans, peas H features. production . AMI�ICANi'IDfAL. great fuel sar.ing the most pOUD(�S to 450 pounds, income over cost rest of this family pro.!!uce same time can be burned with great of feed advanced from $18 to $108, or' nutritious food altd at the Any fuel anywhere income over feed more to the soil than they as production trebled add nitrogen est heating results. cost increased six times. If no ex remove. last forever.. W� have never the cost feed. are con come nearer to some ·£he IDEAL hea6ng outfit will p«;!nsEJs, except of "Legumes giving 450 than other heard of one out. Repair billa are unknown aad the" sidered, tlie cow that produced thing for nothing any plants. wearing about ilUention is sO for plenty of heat d8y and night of butterfat was as profitable Yet there is nothing mysterious slight getting pounds not have to after it the first these have formed part that you will wonder why yoti do' l09k as tW·enty·seven 'cows of group "plants, They a. was 100 some bacteria that live on more than once a day. whose average production nership with If labor and miscellaneous ex their roots. These bacteria in return poimde, on the Save fuel this year also, .could be taken into consid for being given a home (nodules) penses from the er.atio,n the results would be much more. plant roots and for food plant the air and leave it , wit·h striking; take nitrogen' from IDEA'_' heating the records the soil for the use. would use BoUer. In their hom we W,Ould have no '.f>.. . .further study of in plant's �ne I.DEAL ...... I! You can bum the loW priCed fuels of any the cost of was "There are millions of dollars' worth high pnced fuel questIon. showed that roughage' IDEAL Boiler. and AMERICAN Radiators are such so localities and but that this over each acre, the coat the outfit. about. the same for all groups, of nitrogen savers or fuel t:lu!t you will soon save the first of sreat IDBA:L Bolio. file! an almost endless of feed was somewhat have supply and estimate ror - the total cost bacteria Phone or calion your heatln, dealer today Ket PUttina pota mIx the all ....4 In for the more cows, to draw on. in an heatlna outfit. �_. coal cases .a • greater produetive IpEAL _. lDoderft ea. maJltle. this wealth is #' The increased profit should" therefore, "The way to tap great extractl.D2' ALL tbo these that have these beat trom tho IDeI. be credited in part to better feeding, to grow plants Send lor this book (F�e) .. more due wonderful bacteria on their roots. These but apparently it was largely We want to cost do well without the bae Write for copy of "Ideal Heating." you to better cows. The present high plants do not tod�y beans the truth about the of feed will eliminate the low-producing teria. When alfalfa, clover, peas, read this book through; for it gives you eliminate the of the older of these legume to have IDEAL cow, or it must eventually or any and show8 we want you land for heating question why who such cows. More are sown on a piece of dairyman keeps plants to your house into a home. cows are it is necessary to heating change cows are needed, but better the first time, usually bacteria as well as the aU deal needed more. Certainly it pays to keep sow the plant Sold by ers. Noexcluaive good cows and to feed them w�ll. seed. ��F14 �'In these days, when plant food is so �ta �CAN�lirORCOMP1\NY the greatest possible use The Cattle Congress important, Dairy should be madJ of the Iegumes, the ���---�------�---- 1 to 7 man At' Wateeloo, Iowa, October greatest food/producers for and inclusive, will be held the Dairy Cattle beast. Cougresa, which will probably surpass Draw.Bar PuB all previous shows because its purpos� Skim Rich Cream Straight food con Maximum PuB-No Side Draft is so directly in line with the "A turn of the cream screw on your servation campaign now being conducted Tha Parrett DUlle same aa horaea-direct on the draw are will dollD:ts in yoW' pocket bar. No loet)lower. Implements alWIlP under control our Government. separator put by Arrangements one mau. Thle Ie one feature whleb maleea the P81'o -skim a rich cream instead of one low of to a demon n� ezac-. under wav give practical be the Buperior light weia'ht of in butterfat," says a folder which is stration of every important phase distributed this month by Wisconsin and emphasize the magnitude ing dairying creameries their The of the among patrons. industry. the de to the fact booklet was prepared by dairy ;;: Present indications point Kunia ..- of the university. that the estahlished for partment De�uk The Wheel high standing sells about 500" Origiuallligh Tractor of cattle "Wisconsin annually MezJCO _ .. both numbers and quality lmi bnt Dot equalled. <>Peratea OD of cream to butter fac Cuba' shown will be if not mao 000,000 pounds Caaada gasoline or kerosene for all field. beltor ,P.taintained If this cream tested 20 cent road work. Yonr inqulry will bring fuJI increased this Breeders tories. per Ete. year. about thIa all vactor. teriRlly and the test were increased to 35 per detail. DIJrl)OH representing fifteen states have already, about 200,000,000 pounds of skim advised their ,intention of showing their" cent, milk could be milk worth Parrett Tractor CO.,40: ruLer BJag., au. m. a much will saved-e-skljn herds and larger territory e('uivalent Kauim8Dll-Parrett Co..-K_ Cit�. Mo.' time about $1,500,000 as feed, the undoubtedly be represented by the of a million bushels .of corn. entries close. The premiums offered to "The farmer is not for the actual five Guernseys,-Hol paid tons before the the herds, namely: butter compared with 2,000 Brown of his cream but for the Jerseys and weight of the war. About. half of ateins, Ayrshires, Result: 286 of outbreak The na fat it contains. pounds total more than $8,0001 this enormous of condensed Swiss, 35 cent contains as quantity Two associations and clubs will cream testing per and the rest is Only tional breed milk to the allies of butterfat as 500 pounds goes offer substantial in addition many .pounds to South American countries, premiums 20 cent. And the shipped show of cream testing per Switzerland. to those given by t]l.e proper. of .Holland, Denmark and of 35 cent cream 'saves,.214 pounds Weeks .More- The manner in which ,exhibitors, per This heavy demand for condensed milk and skim milk, worth at present prices $1.60 equipment sup had a in the be machinery, dairy or chickens." has part raising prices a for calves, pigs, See�aleU have reserved space indicates feeding for milk. We learned that plies· milk is worth as much in ing pasd just confidence in future Skim 'just condenseries in Kansas great dairying.I one of, the Kansas as it is in Wisconsin. This is big The 48,000 square feet of exhibit space has announced that it will-pay three advice for the KAnsas farmers in the northern and eastern in the and the ten. acres of good dairyman. for milk be buildings dollars a hundred pounds this will be states who are paying high price,' exhibit space on the grounds October been a remarkable increase ginning 1.. the and it to The man who con There has adding freight, feeding filled to capacity. .... demand condensed milk. From their milk cows and other stock. If they the construction of a new in the �r ri��-a-ds-o-f-a-lf"-'a-I-fa- have templates house office in New York Many c-a hay feed this alfalfa after 'Ore the custom can the of a am out sec profitably:. • barn, purchase separator, been of alfalfa-growing we comes the information that 12,000 shipped we wonder if could.; water City this at paying freight, �ilking machine, lighting plant, milk has tions of Kansas year, .remark Kansas. farm tons of American condensed not afford to feed it in system, or any piece of up-to-date This hay is going to been abroad month.....as ably high prices. �uipment, should visit this sho'v. Here shipped every \ KANSAS fARMER SepWnber 1,. '1917 z: Commercial Fertilizer for Wheat use of commercial fertilizers' is arises is whether or not the use of fer becoming quite common in some tilizers one year wiII 'make it necessary THEparts of Kansas. The following to continue the use from that time on. inquiry is representative of many that This question may' be answered by the come from farmers wishing to know defi statement that an application of fer about the of tilizer wi11 the for three nitely profitableness. using, increase yield fertilizers: or four years. After this, the yield will '''1 am seeking information regarding gradually decrease until it has dropped the use of commercial fertilizer with back to' the I original point. However, I wheat•. 1 am contemplating sowing sev this is no reason why tha-use of fer- ...: eral acres of wheat this fall and want tilizers at one time should . demand their to get right on the use of fel'tilizer. I use at some later date." hear different ones talking. Some say if used once its use must be continued Showing Potatoes at Fair or nothing will be raised thereafter. If you raised some Others say that land will not raise clo good potajoes, why not an exhibit for the fair! _ ver after uaing fertilizer, etc. I have prepare After let the lie on here a farm of mulatto or rather red digging, potatoes soil, the soil, and another at Fort Scott that is ground long enough to' dry thor oughly and to. the skin. rnther a white soil. Is it necessary to toughen have Carefully wrap each tuber separately this soil to determine the - analyzed in kind of' fertilizer to use!"-T. W. W., paper. Place in -shallow boxes and Linn County. one-layer ._ store in a dark cool Prof. R. I. soils place. Throckmorton, spe Take out before tim'e to send the just . . . cialist at the an Gel Rid 01 Worms Agricultural College, tubers to the show. swered this as follows: inquiry Clean them with- a soft' brush, remov- "The use of commercial fertilizer has . how much iPs worth to' you in dollars and cents ing every of the dirt. Figure the particle to free from worms.' Worms thrift become. very general throughout Avoid in order nob to' hogs prevent pressure . injure keep your " eastern counties, and marked increases the tubers.' -retard arowth-rob you of good, high-priced pork. in have been obtained from the yield Do not. wash; tubers wilt if' 'Washed use of commercial fertilizers in the and have an unnatural sheen, of wheat in the southeastern growing Pick out a model of the type, size, of the state and on those soils Dr. Bess'Sloek Tonie part color and of the to be ex- eyes .. which have- been derived from limestone variety - hibited. Drives Out the �o.xns and shale. Soils derived from these . Make the rest of the lot as nearly- like sources are very low in phosphorus and BS _ and at the-same time tones and conditions the It this model .\ " system.. therefore of this ele possible. require applications See that the skin is clean, smooth and enables your hogs to be at their best-to do their best. ment before maximum giving yields. free from sunburn, a desirable You take no chances. Stock Tonic is You "The soils which have been derived having My guaranteed. luster and bloom and free from from contain being buy it at an honest price, from my dealer in. your town whQ limestone, however, fairly all blemishes of all sorts. of and large quantities . will return your money if it does not do as claimed. phosphorus Wrap in soft paper and. pack so that therefore do not respond so to readily they will not jostle or jar in Tieing the PrIce7 such The fertilizers re 'WVIIy Pay Peddler "J"'IINIce My applications. shipped. on such soils are those which "'1"" PaD. "00; tOO-lit. Dram..... quired contain a small amount of nitrogen, a in the far West. South and CaQllda. Silage saves much of the cost of EXcept of and no high Smaller pPJ)kall8s In high percentage prosphorue, oil meal and feed. proportlo.n. Potash has not Increases priced ground Silage potash. given is the cheapest milk and meat sufficient to for the material. Such producing. DR. BESS a CJARK" AsbIand, Ohio pay winter roughage known. fertilizer may be applied in the form of .. acid or some form of bone phosphate THE DR. BESS POULTRY' PAN-A-C�A meal. High· grade bone meal fertilizers ;FARMHOUSE IMPROVED have given very marked increases. (Continued from Page One) wW bens the moalL help your througb "The white ashy soil is lavatory for this purpose and 9. small . in phosphorus and applicationsespeciallrlow0 this window under the roof of the east porch material have given us an increase of for light and ventilation. 100 per cent in yield in some of our co The room for the hired help opens off operative tests 'in Southeastern Kansas. the stair landing and six steps below Acid phosphate should be applied at the the family rooms, which are on the sec rate of 180 to 200 pounds per acre. The ond floor. This space can be used for a high grade bone meal should be applied store room, instead, or it can be made at the rate of 160 pounds per acre. into 'a sleeping porch and all other space "The question of whether or not to on the second floor be used for rooms. have it chemical analysis of the soil to As shown, this little room is well ven determine its fertilizer requirements is tilated through a double casement win a common one and .one nat dow 011 the south and a window on the very which . urally arises when the soil seema to lack east. . plant food elements. We have not The water closet is on the level of found it advisable or practical to make the stair landing for convenience to the chemical analysis of the Boils. for this first floor. It is detached from the bath purpose. The chemical analysis will room. give the total amount of plant food ill Because of lack of space, we cannot the soil but not the amount which the show the arrangement of the upstairs plant can use. rooms or the basement plan. We will . "Another question which commonly reproduce these in a later issue• latter part of July when Mr. 'Mohler 6 1-2 to proposed this co-operative plan of help 10% ing out the situation, would have shown the yards filled with pigs and piggy on sows. These pigs were actually going your Money to market at It sacrifice and Mr. Moh ler, being apprised of the fact through See Page11 the' letters he was receiving from all : sections. of the state, turned his atten tion to letting feeders in other states Since the crop conditions have 80 know that pigs were being sacrificed. greatly improved in 'Kansas, we have We understand that a good many car heard some criticism of the effort made loads of pigs have been loadcd direct to by Secretary J. C. Mohler of the State Missouri and Iowa. Of 'course with the Board of Agriculture to help farmers wonderfully improved feed condition having undeveloped pigs to find a profit many who might have been compelled to able market for them in other states. It sell their hogs later are now expecting was pointed out that this was' encourag to feed them out. It is probable that ing the sacrificing of pigs from Kansas some part of the criticism is due to the farms. The facts were, however, that fact that these shipments were made • THIS HOUSE MAY ONE AND the pigs were actually being rushed to direct, thus avoiding the payment of any HAVE ONE, ONE-HALF, OR TWO S'l'OBIES market. A visit to any stock yards the commission charges en route. SepteDnber I, 1917 KANsAs ' . r Values We Have' • , Improv.e�eDts. IDcrea��: La�.J.·· . .October 1 to- 6 prosperity of a farmi� eoun wil{be- held this. )'e$1' .... _ ,try is gauged by' the improve-_ inclusive.. ' :,TO 'L·OA,N will be a show THEments found on the fal'iDs_ A This year's show purely ��"O"N'E'Y the foUl' beef breeds, Hl good observer in riding through the of. great registered Oft Farml �an"'. can tell from the car window which will be more strongly represented country On.acccnnt of when he is passing through a section of than any previous year. of cattle, or fertile' Iand farmed by' progresslve, up th� prevailing high prlee beef Can OJ!, us write. unusual interest is taken in the to-date farmers and having proper fa raising . and herds of the four cilities for marketing crops to advan of beef cattle. of PIONEER MORTGAGE CO. breeds . the kind of improvements he leading beef America, namely, THE . tage, by . Shorthorns, Aberdeen-Angus sees. Good farm houses, barns, fences, Herefords, ltuJV8l1e �opeka, EUaaL will be at D� / and other farm improvements as a gen and Galloways, represented American this from all eral proposition can be taken as a fair the Royal year We AI�ays Have Money'OD Hand index to 'the value of the land itself. quarters of. the United States. On account .of space at Of course in a newly opened territory -inadequate this show wlll this will no� hold good, but as a coun Convention Hall, year's Electric .the week fol develops, nothing SG clearly en be held at Park, try Week celebration- at hances. the value of the land as lowing Old Glory farming M'ONEY?�. . 'NEED closes ._YOU good improvements of all kinds, the park, which Saturday, Septem DO and it -ls that thou The value of improvements is not ber 29, .expeeted To a Farm or to Make in the for Old Buy Im�roveqlents? a matter of comfort or con sands of vlsitora city In making every' acre produce ,this :rear. simply' Week will remain over for the 'l'be Gover_t. Ia aaldsag .tOl' co-operation vemence for the the work. are service. , people doing Gwry We hay.. plenty or money _d at your .American to, see one of the fin invested in improvements on Royal, :- Money, cattle shows to land is valuable capital. If prop est registered breeding good United States this eeason, AND CENTRAL KA'NSAS handled it will return as much or be held in the FARM MORTGAGES IN WT�� erly option _ be. granted, " will be a norse show several A special privilege, is 'given whereby 8. favol'abl...prepayment' ' dollar for on' the invest There thereof,on the principal note, more, dollar, 'or ue. or multlple8 . connection with the American giving the borrower the privilege paying as in the land in Interest payment. ment the money tied up nights, on the- flr8t day, of any month after the the of flJ'!t itself. In' sections where the country is Royal, probably under auspices - Parkvlew- Club of Kansas well settled, such. as Central Ran- the Riding fairly' of harness and MERRIAM MORTGAGE COMPANY- sas and extending west in the' better City, �onsisting light THE events. The is a:lllualve dealing hi' farm. mortgages agricultural regions, the value of im saddle management go-, Thirty-seven years of contlnuoUII and some other horse show events, • C. B. IIltRRIAH, Treallllr,er will be more dem ing after C, W. MERRIAM, PresIdent provements clearly , ' first class F. Vice-President J. C. HARMON, Secretary to a D. ., onstrated with each and everything points MERRIAM, passing year. TOPEKA, KANSAS horse show fo1" the Ainerican Royal (lOLlJ'MB1AN BUILDING There are many farms operated by ' visitors., tenants. A good tenant, one Who has been for a t make land to its has also _ the ability to produce Space ," which wil be under the fullest capacity, will not be satisfied, on poultry show, frovided of V. H. Southard, man CO. - a farm having poor improvements. It management Zereher and S��ionery Useful Culture. Mr. Qook does not him a fair chance to dem ager of Poultry , give - . . . Kanaas has three -, , ,. and his Southard employed - onstrate his ability compels already Topeka, '. ,� of national reputation. - family to put 'IlP with inferior accom ,poultry judges from the various state and suffer discomfortl!l. Poultry exhibits Cabinets � modattons many .. Shaw-Walker "' .. Office FUJng fairs will be here for the poul BO,oks :: Stationery Equipment A tenant will want the with brought - ," good p'lace week of the .Amer the good improvem1mts and Will usually try show- during the " get it. ican Royal. Land owners who hold to the idea that __ ... ----- man needs to make a land is all that a Topeka "Free Fair ·Plans OF TOPEKA' lif success of farming, will lose out, B_ANK ',. The educational feature will be em: whether they farm the land themselves "In Service as WeD as in Name" � I ' more than ever ,this year at or turn it over to tenants. Land is phasized , the Free Fair, which will open. Established in 1868 only a part of the equipment needed to Topeka to the wfth no admis insure success in farming. Too often its gates public 10. The ------all the available capital is tied up in' sion charge, Monday, September Capital and Surplus $500,000.00 fair will be known as' land and it cannot be made to return second day of the Farmers' and Stockmen's The an 'Income. on the investment because Day. has a Pa the farm lacks what might be called management prepared, People's located where ad CLA.SSIFIED equipment. vilion conveniently a&A.D, ItANIAI .A....R·S working demonstrations' will be In a section whese the tenant farms dresses and given the week. Representatives PAGE FOR RIADY BARGAINS can be out because of the lack tbroughout ADVERTISING picked and leaders newcomers are to of the' of improvements, apt _ Agricultural College of organizations will speak _get a poor idea of the country. Owners agricultural of interest to people of -good farm land in a growing and on topics greatest classes. On Farmers' and Stock developing community cannot affOrd to of'all men's live stock and other agrleul neglect this matter of farm improve Day tUral will be atten ments. We are now being urged to grow topics given special the there will be a maximum of wheat, and tion. In evening crops, especially in front of the economic conditions seem favorable to grand patriotic display This feature will be reo, following such a. course. Providing the grandstand. . several evenings of the week. necessary buildings and otber improve peated .The third will be Good Roads ments will be a most important factor day and road enthusiasts will occupy in Inereasing crop production and en Day, of the There will be the productive value. of farm the center stage, hancing talks and demonstrations in lands. good roads the building of roads and the use of road Thcre will also be tractor The Announcement machinery. Royal demonstrations and canning demonstra Stock Show The .Americ!Ul Royal Live tions. The parades of live stock will be SAVING THE .WASTE given daily and there will be special en tertainment features each day. On Thursday the subject of defense THE PROF,IT,! will be uppermost, The United States MAKES Kansas National Guard, Ladies saved and L 0 A N S Army, In all kinds of manufacturing the by-products are carefully A. the Red manu of the G. R., Navy League, salable merchandise. is, or should be, a great War worked into Farming Oil Time if Desired Sons of Veterans, Spanish that no is permitted to Long Cross, facturing business so carefully conducted by-produce Scouts, Campfire Girls, the are the of veterans, Boy to waste. The land provides the raw materials and buildings Privileges Payment of the American Revolution, go into Daughters factories where the cheap grains and fodders are changed high-prtced the Legion, and other patriotic or Write for Rates Royal eggs, beef, mutton, etc. Call will come to the front in butter, pork, organizations - the for the day. without sufficient program . Fanners, who try to fann factory The Capitol Building Old settlers are to hold forth Friday. must sell their raw materials and' let the next This is also Woman's Day and Health buildings Loan Association Pavil and and Hygiene Day in. the People's fello� make the profit. ion; This will also, be the in which day wnte us for Topeka, Kansas will be You want to make 'the most out of farming-then descrip _ all the animals prize-winning enable to make the most out of your Avenue The awards in all tions of farm buildings that will you 534 Kansas especially on display. finance if We will make recommendations for buildings and you departments will have been made by land. that timc and those who cannot come necessary. before can on this day get a complete THE COSTS YOU ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. view of the animals and other exhibits OUR ADVICE TOPEKA STATE BANK in all classes" which have won in the usual the fair competition. As Topeka I want to know how to save the waste 'Products I exhibit. me advice as to what will have a strong live stock on' my farm. Give your s�:fe��t��:8der buildings I should have. I fnt��8t::8D:n��fI People of Kansas can well afford to FILL OUT County, or two in attendance at the My land Is !n spend a day THE COUPON Kansas and I own •• � ••••••• acres. Topeka" Topeka Free Fair. . State. ------AND MAIL TO NAME , ••: ••••••••••••••••• A number of hearings on the tractor can. US must b€J oiled with the squirt oil I::S- ADDN.ESS••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.••••• These require frequent attention. The idea in oiling bearings is to constantly an oil film between the wearing SAVE MONEY keep - MORTGAGE CO. surfaces. A small quantity of oil ap THE FARM much more effective plied every hour is TOPEKA K!\NSAS and no more 11 than a pint in the morning See, Page for the rest of tile day. " v , JQ KANSAS FAR MER SepteIi1ber 1, 1911. - ,. -MODERN HE1\TING METHODS' • ! BUILDING the modern farmhouse, ing systetit also, but this is seldom done. careful consideration must be given The vent flues for removing foul air INto the question o..f heating. Prof. W. from the rooms" are seldom provided iJJ 1\.: Etherton in his recent bulletin, .is residence work and the outside cold air sued! by the -Engineering Experiment inlets are when ,.seldom used .provided. , the StatioI!.' cit Agricultural College in The average owner will not bear'the ad with the National co-operation L'Umber'_ ditlonal e""pense of operating such a. men's devotes a' ' Association, whole As a chap heating.ventilating system. result•• ter to the "Pro�ction from Heat the inside SIX BIG 'DAYS AT THE BIG FREE FAIR. The stand topic, air and odors are circulated gates open day and Cold.", After taking up in detail the within the house. Herein an and night. This beautiful 86·acre fair ground, all of the twenty-four is advan p�rn;ta· many structural features involved in in win nent buildings and every exhibit js open and f,ree to No admisslon tage alr-Jeakage through doors, everybody. a house that will stand the test and races and building dows, poorly constructed walls. It, charged except sho'rs. in, from heat and he protecting cold, compensates, in large measure, for V\Chat the main to be considered gives points would otherwise be a bad practice with. in and . Mammoth Live Stock and' selecting installing the heating all systems of residence heating. Agricultural Exhibit In the northern states about system. "Furnace systems of heating are good, the first question asked a farmer who Th� new Hall will be crowded with exhibits of by theoretlcally ; but, like obher systems,.' Agric�ltural the. far!ll, is to build a modern house is, Boys' and Girls' Clubs, the- Junior and: Home-Made A dis planning they often fail in practice because oil 'bad' Departments. big "What of do rec-' Mother and Art and Textile -system -beating you installation. ,It is quite \1;0' p'lay by Daughter Canning Club, Culinary, ommend Professor imposaibla itors. Ten barns devoted to "live stock. �xhib. 1", Etherton says design 'furnace work with as much while furnace pre that, heating is to be rec cision as'steam and bot water; .but, be ommended for most farm hot houses, cause of its difficulties, it needs even 24 Mor. Races Auto'Races water 'is' to be preferred except fpr' firs,t. more skillful handling. .. and conditions will oftentimes Unfo�na�ely " The afternoons THE BIG \ cost, jus. for the owner and the manufacturers of of Tues '. Fred Horey, the world's tify the greater expense. gpod furnaces', the Installat.ione are ·too day, Wednesday, _Thursday ' will defend his In selecting, a he men and Friday will be devoted champion, heating system, often made' by guess and title in a match race for a tions the items for considera according" t:? to harness and, FREE following eccentric ideas of the meehanies. running of on Sat tion: races.OO. $7,500 in pur�e $1,{)OO.OO "The' owner' should know; first; that purses. "The first cost of furnace Kansas Derby, urday. heating th:il quantity of air, from the furnace "Is . about one-half as as system,s 'm,�ch which will be required to heat a house FAIR direct steam and about one-third as 30 will vary considerably, for the several BII Sh�ws Battle In Skies much as direct hot water. rooms, and according to conditions which "Structural difficulties may render im must be The Con T. Shows will furni�h 'the"amusement on Sunflower known and considered Kennedy the installation of hot air carefully Trail, where there will be clean and Island shows. practicable and intelligently, to determine, even thirty entertaining Coney and in houses. pipes registers ready-built fairly well, the sizes of tlI'e registers, If this obtains for one or difficulty only stacks, leaders, furnace, and cold air . two. rooms, a combination furnace and Katherine Stinson Champion Women duct that are necessary for g Flyer• satisfactory <, i hot can well used. A • • water "system b� results in heating. Second', tbat the 'Katherine woman water disk can be within the fur Stinson, champion flyer, is only twenty feitrs old, but placed' heated air will move along t@ lines of nace above the' fuel and is famed as a flyer. She loops the loop, flies upside-down, diJe$ the death connected by least resistance and at rates which .will Miss Stinson will on to the radiators as in an drop. fly S�turday, "Katherine Stinson Day," and will pipes ordinary vary inversely with 'the resistance. It These or heat race Fred Horey, the auto champion. hot water, system. disks, is desirable, that all air 'quite therlfore, _ l ers, are as 'of catalogued auxiliary parts branches be fairly well equalized in reo furnaces and' they can be purchased as sistance. To this end, the furnace should '.oples' Pavillon---An Educational , such. Department be located so as to equalize, as nearly all'� , "More basement room may be reo possible, the of the several - lengths" In the Pavilion, under the of the Kansas Council of for furnace installations than for People's auspices quired leaders-the horizontal pipes in the base Defense lectures and demonstrations in food conservation and will steam or 'hot water. If ceilings are low, production ment. -_ The pipes -should have as few be and each a Mother and held'daily day Daughter Canning Club' will give a the space below the leaders will prob bends ' as, possible and these should be canning demonstration. useless for other ably be purposes. made wi�h long.radius elbows. The me A furnace s�uld be located to equal. chanic should not be 'permitted til con- ize as as the of nearly possible lengths nect a round leader into a narrow v,cr' IN PREMIUMS several, leaders. This $30,000' $30,000 t�e requiremenb tical stack without an easy elbow or a it about the center of the house. 'places 'boot' 'which is made for the purpose. or hot water can as well A steam boiler Long' leaders and Ieaders which near the end of a extend, be placed building. to the windward side of the house should "Radiators valuable may occupy space have as much pitch as possible and more rooms. Hot water radiators will in the than other Ieaders, The connections of about one-half than occupy �ore r<_>om _ leade,�s to' furnace should be equally dis steam radiators. Hot all' oc registers tribtited about the casing of the furnace. cupy no at practically space al!. Third, that furnace gases can be and Feed the Win the War! "Rooms' on the windward Side of a Fighters! should .e excluded from the rooms by cannot be a furnace house ,heated \ly making alr-tight joints in the furnace Hln••t the live the Yields! when the wind is strong. Circulation of Cr.p.! castings. Fourth, that these are only a. On the battlefields of France and Flanders tIle United States boys and the Carra steam and hot water the through system few of the essentials to a furnace dian are .Ide side to win tor the the good boys fighting by World freedom that Prusslan- of and radiators' is not affected by Ism wouid destroy. , pipes system of heating .a!,-d that one' can�ot While doing this must be fed and ounce ot muscle that can wind they every be - pressure. , requisi " well afford to -sacrtflce or to run a risk, tioned must go Into use to save this crop. A short harvest and year's period requires the' '''Furnace systems respond easily of essential' combined forces ot the two countries In team work. SUCh as the soldier boys In sacrificing any by _empl�Y.!' quickly. The kindling of a may : Fraace and Flanders are demonstrating: fire. �e ing a heating contractor who lias nob sufficient to the chill : remove morning proved himself wholly capable and trust- 'THE COMBINED FIGHTERS IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS from the house. If the 'drafts are closed worthy. _, AND THE COMBINED HARVESTERS IN AMERICA or if the fire is to the permitted go out, "Steam ana hot water are WILL BRING THE ALLIED VICTORY NEARER house cools systems quickly. more often installed by specialists in' A rectprocal arrangement for the use of farm workers has been "A can be heated more perfected between building work furnace the of Interior of Canada and heating than systems, and Department the the Departments of Labor and Agrl· with steam than with hot water, culture of the United States. under which It Is to permit the harvesters quickly they can be calculated more pro�osed but water in the boiler must be heated precisely by that are now engaged In the wheat fields of Oklahoma. 'K'ansas. Iowa., North Dakota, rule, but there is quite as much need for South Dakota. Minnesota. and Wisconsin to move over Into before steam can be Nebraska, Canada. with to boiling gener· caution in the 'installation of these the of to the - sys.:- privilege later returning United States. when the crops In the United, ated, Steam radiators, are heated to States have been conserved, help to save the enormous crops In Canada which terns as in any other. and about 220 but lose their by that time will be ready for harvesting. degrees, "It is the keen eon , they. competition of heat quickly when pressure m the sys· NEIGHBORS WHEN tractors, aggravated by the poor [udg HELP YOIlR CANADIAN YOUR OWN CROP IS HARVESTED' tem fails. menb of owners who strive for the Canada wants Harvest Hands to take care many 40,000 of Its ,"In a hot water system water fills ' that t�e cheapest possible bids, accounts , 13 Million Acre 'W!l�t Field the boiler pipes and radiators. A rela- /91' . so many 'skinned jobs.' Contractots One cent a IJllle railway fare from the international Boundary line to destination amount of heat is tively large required must have If are -and the same rate returning to the International Boundary., High wages. good to the of all this living wages. they boird, comfortable lodgings. change temperature to bid -low to obtain work, and to circulate it compelled An I-dentlflcatlon Card Issued at the a Canadian water normally boundary by Immigration Officer they may take larger profits than other= will guar-antee no trouble In to the United States. the the returning . through system. However, w�ter feel in and AS SGlON AS YOUR OWN HARVEST IS move northward wise, justified doing so, SAVED. and assist hegins to circulate as soon as there IS a your Canadian neighbor In harvesting In this do bit In leave the owner to his at his; way your helping "Win marked difference in in repent folly the War." temperature any leisure." For particulars as to routes. Identification cards and place where employment part of the system, and it will. cOl!tin,!e may be had. app_' to Superintendent of Immigration. Ottawa. Canada, or to to circulate as as there IS fire m long Save' Grain Sorghum Seed GEO. A. COOK, Canadlall GDvernment Agent, 2012 Main St" Kansas City, Mo" the heater. Water enters the radiators at about 160 degrees and it has, at this, The demand for seed of feed crops for temperature, so much beat that it con late planting was unusual this year; , tinues to warm -the rooms long after it It was met by those men who had begins to cool. This advantage of mai!!. stored seed in the head and kept it dry. taining a nearly uniform temperature m At first thought, we felt that these men the house, day and night, with compar should have advertised their seed' early. ativcly little attention to the boiler and But later it seems to us that the inter with 'an economical consumption of fuel, ests of the country were served best by , makes hot water heating tlie most de holding this seed for late '. planting. sirable of any system in common use Some of the seed thus held was grown for domestic purposes. This is espe in 1915. Men who put this good seed cially true for cold climates where heat away and held it proved benefactors, is needed continuously for several and made money, too. months of the year. In localities where Now, the suggestion comes, from this ' ",.HE and Induetrlal 'Blaae" Aploulture' Expoel. the weather is not severe, but to 'iesson. Those who have seed of tlon to be held anyWhere In the world In 1 81 7. subject good "" well be feed should select as much Foreign oountrles. and our own state. are sudden changes, fireplaces may any crops contrlbutlna to It••plendor. It ,. a libera' edu· used to 'supplement a hot water heating as they can afford to store -and put it •• a. w.1I wholesoma ' cation, good, anlollment. system. away 'where it can be kept safe from OOME EARLY AND THROUGH. S:rAY "SteaJD heating requires too much care rain and rats.-J. E. PAYNE, Oklahoma. and attention for the busy farm wife who may be left alone much of the day. There bas never been a greater de· "It is quite possible to make a fur· mand than now for men and women nace system of heating a good ventilat· thoroughly trained in agriculture. a time to build a silo in that· . been learned of this 'disease. It· has -was, better than the and what Is been found that infected cows do nofl- section present, , is true of continue to abort: WIlen it" first breaks' true, of Lyon County many t sections of the state. Mr. Popenoe out- in a 4erd a considerable number other that with an initial cost of f6ur usually throw their calves. ,-During the figures be less dollars ton and a cost fQr second year the abortions will per capacity of one dollar a ton, it is posstble and the third year the cases will be filling convert into feed corn and few., this to good tpe In. �a�_ t��disease dts�ppearl\.. '�� at a cost of five dal�" automatically, t.li'at· no new other reps p.;:Q,�I�ed" Iars at, 'No silo should stand , " empty to the ' , susceptib�e. a�imals ;are,',��de{i, -' . Li�e herd. Disposmg�ot the ,COWB that have this yeafo�a Traeing S�OClt S·hipm�rtt·;' aborted and buying' new ones usually R. F,''Hoch of that county has' a 32- of .serious h�ndicaps in /ket conditions,' reduce the hazard, and' results in prolonging the disease in the ton silo 'made of 22-foot fir flooring at .the an in live This fur . markeimg hve stock IS to know thereby encourage increase - herd. The contagious, .l�bortion germs a cost of only fortY.,dolJars. so for nine cows ONEhow to avoid sending in 'stock on stock production. are often spread by the bull, great 'nished him silage enough Bureau of The are mailed free to inter in a season at a cost for of an overloaded market. The reports care need be ,exercised purchasing last storage only the Markets of the Federal Department of ested persons making req.uest of sire to make sure that he is free from $2.25 a ton. He .took thi.IJ_silo down, f9r D. G. him A Agric�ltuT'l. has undertaken a. service Bureau of Markets, Washmgton, the contagion and also not to allow the summer and put it'<'dJrder cQ,.ver. or all the information is are is not IS certain be of great value �o Any part ,of to serve cows that aff!lcted. silo of' this kind !,If (o"hrse per- th!l't .to who wire used a s-hlpperB' A shlpp-er can learn early J,d telegraphed to those request , manent, but it co. by rel\ter •. the the each day exactly how service, provided they will pay' Feed Needed 01' man of small s wit}'. good profit. m�rmng of, Cheap - � for market at transmission at commercial much hve stock IS headed charges The county agent of Lyon Co�y, in he is .. 1';';7 that If rates. _, , particular timl? �illing faFm bureau me!Dbers through SIO Ul t th cut ------_ A'l buil yo of the message, he a�dressing attention . �ear:WI to pay the expense his monthly news letter, calls additi information much ear feed bills, will be permanent can receive this Contagious Abortion. to the fact that while the long spell of � wire. Heretofore the was to the lier by shipper is one of the weather has reduced the profit-produc' . Contagious ,f!,bortion: most dry .greatly equipw.�!W-iDjt{he the last man concerned to abundance- and Ii. valua�when there is an mighty " probably serious disease" that can get into a herd, prospect for corn,' farm, learn of the movement of live stock en ·There never, wish ,to' rent 01' sell the place. Only recently valuable facts han of material for good silage. you route to market. sC!:me As .an illustration of the inform.ation now available regarding live stock move ments, 'we quote from a statement fur nished for .a given date: "Today-Au-_ gust IIJ--,there are 3,115 carloads of live. stock. on the railroads of the United States destined to some 100 markets. Of these cars, 1,772 are loaded with cat tle, 699 with hogs, 289 with sheep, 105 with horses and mules, and the rest with mixed stock. The greatest number of to Chi cars (or any point are bound Fort cago, with Kansas City second, Worth third, and St. ,Paul fourth. Chi num cago is the -destfnablon of a larger ber of cars of each kind of stock than in the case of any other city, except horses and mules and mixed. The larg est number of cars of horses and mules were loaded for' East St. Louis, while St. Paul was the deathraeion of by {ar the largest number of cars of mixed ssoek," , that It was pointed out in the report the greatest number of the Chicago' shipments came from Iowa, with illinois Iowa's of all cars second and Minnesota third. Prices large consignment was made up mostly of hogs. These figures represent the typical live stock movement at this sea advance September l$th/ son of tlie year. The real significance of the figures is in the detail and ac- which both and curacy with shipper .... on packer can know the probable supply With the any market on a given day. points of origin and point of Ilestination The FOOR Touring Car to known, the supply of any kind of stock market can be - - - - at the various points . ap- will be increased from $985- $J050 proximately foretold. Five hundred and twenty-one division superintendents of all railroads west of the Allegheny Mountains, representing re Car about. .225,000 miles of line, nightly The SIX Touring to port these facts by telegraph. The bu 300 .$1·250 'reau .recelves nightly an average of will be increased from such wires from division superintendents. \ A night force of telegraph operators and and tabulates statistical clerks receives , . wired this information, so ,that it can be demand for Studebaker to market points at 7 A. M. eastern time. costs of materials and labor used in But the popular A tabulated summary of thejoadings the materials' ' cars is exhausting pur . manufacture of automobiles have rapidly is wired daily, including Sunday, to the THEthe offices of the Bureau of Markets in chased at old price's, and therefore, prices local been, and are, steadily increasing.. Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, of all models will have to be increased on Kansas Omaha, Portland, Chicago, City, Studebaker uses only the' highest grade .Fort Worth, and Washington, D. C., for September 15th. immediate publication in the press. Thus materials throughout their car, including and members of an invariable 'Studebaker policy to producers of live stock chrome-nickel and vanadium steels, �enuine It is the' ;live stock and meat trade, at the must and other materials of subordinate price to quality-quality markets have an early morning report hand-buffed leather ' in more accu be maintained. which will assist gauging the 'highest quality. always rately' the receipts at all of the live markets. The information con You will never have another op stock A ago Studebaker made huge pur probably to . year tained in these reports should help , such a for portunity to buy, for so little money, avoid the costly market gluts chases and placed long-term contracts present and should decrease need for the -diver durable,. accessible, roomy and materials, making it possible to continue the powerful, aions of live stock in transit. manufactur comfortable car. The operation of this market report present low prices while other service is the co-opera car is for a possible through ers of cars in the Studebaker class have Every Studebaker guaranteed tion of the railroads which givc the the full date of purchase, facts, andIts value to stockmen and already advanced their prices. yearTrom live stock trade is greatly extended by the help of the press which disseminates the information. The instability of live stock prices .. and the wide fluctuations which occur BU,'Y -NOW ··SAVE 'MON-EY from time to time resulted, in part at esti Models least, from the lack of dependable Four-Cylinder Models Six-Cylinder mates on the market receipts. The pres -- Present Prlcea Present Pricea with definite ad Prices Sept. 15 ent reports supplant, Prices Sept. 1& stock load Roadster • • • _ '1250-1335 vance facts concerning live STUDEBAKER Roadster , 985-.1025 Car. •• 1250- 1385 ings, the former' mElthod of guessing at Touring _ 1850 This service, it is be Touring Sec1an. 1700- market receipts. Car 985- 1050 W Ont. Micb. South lneL Ilkervme. . • • • • "f'750- 1960 will make for the better distri Touring Detroit. Bend, Coupe Iieved, 2600- 2750 . Limousine bution of, fat 1J!;0ck consignments in ae- Every-Weather Car 11811- 1250 with demands at the various to South Bend f. o. b. Del1'olt cordanee . Address all All PriCK All prloe. f. a.1I. Detroit correspondence markets on the different market days. They allow the commission men to ad vise their trade more accurately when to ship; 'and conduce to more sta.ble mar- ," ,12 KANSAS Septem� 1. liU! Clasaified AdverU.lng "b� coanter.'· 'l'housands of people have 8urplus Item. of stock for eaJe-lImlted In amount or nambers hardly enough to �ustlf7 extensive dlaplay advertl.lnlr. Thousands of 'other people want to buy these aame These things. We desire to make-tbls Intending buyer. read the claultled "ad."-Iookln� tor bargains. Your advertleement department juet as helpful as pOulble, and bellevln'� that an exohange of experiences wlJl add to here reache. over 80,000 t...rmer. tO::l' (; Ilen. a word per week. No "ad" taken for I�s value, we hereby extend an invitation to our readers to use It In ..... lea. than 60 cents. All "ads" !!IeLln nnlform .tyle, no Initials and numbers p lng -on to others exJ)erlenoee or �.ea display. tiona by which have count as words. Addre08 counted. Terms, alway. ClUh with order, you profited. Any Questions submitted wUI reoelve oar careful attention and It we are unable to make SITUATIONS WANTED ads, up to 26 word.. Including address, will be Inserted satisfactory anewer, we will endeavor to direct Inquirer to reliable source of tree .f cihar�e for '....0 wee.... tor bon.. tide seekera ot employment On tarm.. help. Add� lDdltor of Home Department, Jlan...._.:r�mer, Topeka, ...... A(;ENTS WANTED. LUMBER. ------Oaeezlnesa is a to be more is a GENTLEMEN: McNAMES ,sOLD III LUMBER, MILLWORK, POSTS, DIRECT thing pro This very practical way to eave for than 8,!?rayer8 and auto-waahers one week: ,profits froll'l. mill, wholesale prices. Send tor car foundll·grateful all that genius both chickens and chicken feed, and it is $'2.50 each. Square deal. Write Rusler CC)., penter's list for estimate. - freight prepaid ever Inspired or: talent ever aceom a. to the housewife J'ohnstown, Ohio. Millwork catalog tree. Keystone Lumber guarantee that she Company, Tacoma. Washington. plished. Next best to natural, spontane �l not be caught unprepared for vis. ous cheeriness is and HELP WANTED. deliberate, intended ltors. , AND which we "HORSES MULES. persistent cheeriness, can ere Young rabbits can be cauned in the FARM HAND, U5 PER MONTH, HOUSE ate, can cultivate and can so foster and same and wood rumtsned. F. G. Houghton, Dun- IMPORTED PERCHERON way. - 8TALLION� cherish that after 0. few lap, Kansas. black, sure. Good � ..ck, black with mealy years the world ·polnts. Quick and sure. Priced rlgbt. W. will never suspect that it was not an WANTED-MEN-WOMEN, 18 OR OV,ER. F. Teague, Collyer, Kansas. -Spread the Meat Flavor Government jobs, ,100 month. Big oppor hereditary gift.-HELEN HUNT JAOKSON. the tunity tor farmers. War necessitates hun SHEEP Spread meat flavor .over ot1&er dreds appOintments. Write tor list posi foods and '80 You have a rock somewhere in economize on the quantity tions. Franklin Institute, Dept. 0.-81, your of Rochester, N. Y. FOR SALE-TWO REGISTERED YEAR own soul, and that is the rock for meat consumed, says the United Ung Hampshire Down rams, also spring ram you to build. on. Stl!tes Department of Here lam'Qs. R. C. Krueger, Burlington, Kan. Beware how y.ou borrow a Agriculture, CATTLE. is one to utilize fragment of some other man's and plant way left-over meat by its flavor: 120 HEAD OF HIGH GRADE HOLSTlDIN MISCELLANEOUS. it on your sandy and try to build spreading places MEAT cows and heifers, Jlrlced for Quick sale. B. on that. Dig well, till TuRNOVEBS.--Chop the meat. If 11'. 1,024 YEARS AMERICAN SOc deep, dig dig you McNutt, Oxford, Wisconsin. HISTORY, find the basis of the quantity on hand is small, mix with poatpald. ElJaa Pelton, Hudson, K;ansa�. proper your own - it Ief't-over FOR SALE MY ANNUAL CROP OF strength.-PBlLLIPS BROOKS. potato or rice. Season with, registered Hereford cattle, 60 head; 14 young TWO O�IO ENSILAGE CUTTERS, AL· salt, pepper, onion, etc. Place on cows, bred; 10 heifer ,calves; 26 bulls, calves most as good as new. WlIl sell or trade. filling circular of biscuit about the to one year old. G. P. Jone8, Olpe, Kansas. 'Nos. 11 and 17 with 2J6 teet of blower pipe Teeth Facta pieces dough with each. B. F. Erwin, Fairfax, Missouri. .size of a saucer. Fold over the dough HOLSTEIN CALVES, HIGH GRADE, Good authorities tell us that children and from cows producing up to 60 pounds. crimp edges together. Bake for POULTRY. who have, teeth are seven Either MX, $15 to $26. L. D. Arnold, Man· perfect about about one-half hour in a hot oven. hattan, K&DBas. months ahead of other in BUFF DUCKS, $1.25 EACH. ROBERT children phy A brown sauce made from two table· Webste�, Canton, Kansas. sical and do the same FOR 'SALE-DOUBLE STAN D ARD development spoonfuls of flour browned in two table Polled Durham butts, Write for of school in description WHITE ROCHl U PER HUN amount work six to twelve of butter which It and EGGS, spoonfuls. to cupful of price. C. M. Albright, Route 2, Over .red. "Nora Lamaster, Hallowell, Kansa.. months less time than do children . with brook, KaDllas. water or stock and a half teeth. teaspoonful poor of salt is added, may be served over the FOR SALE-FORTY (40) HIGH-GRADE POULTRY SUPPLIES children's chances for Wisconsin Holstein cows In bunches to suit Many physical turnovers. mental purchaser. Big, young, bagging to calf. WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN POULTRY and development could be mao Hannon Bros., Olathe, Kansas, 20 .mnes feeds and supplies. D. O. Coe, 119 E. Sixth terially improved dental attention southwest Kansas City. by Stock and Broth St., Topeka. when it is needed. Because it is the Soup - A few of chicken FOlt SALE VERY CHOICE HIGH first set of teeth we should not neglect' jars soup stock or �ade Holstein calves, either sex, three tc them and eXCU8e ourselves with broth on the emergency shelf will be Ilx weeks old, at $20 per head, crated fOI: the Real Estate For Sale convenient for use in .hlpment. Or It you want dairy cattle 01 thought that there will soon be a new very case of sick any age, I will buy them at a commlll8loll ness or set. Before the new teeth come the on a For the trom the beat herds In Southern Wisconsin. 10,000 ACRES of, good grazing land, well busy day. soup six of chicken in �Ibert M. Hanoon, Whitewater, Wisconoin. wate�ed, for $3 to $6. All crops good. No child may suffer much unnecessarily and stock, place pounds two drouth, no hot winds. Grass for cattle and his health be undermined because gallons of cold water and simmer over HIGHLY BRED' HOLSTEIN corn tor hogs. Best country In the world to may CALVESi' the fire for five hours. Remove meat either sex, 16-16th ,pure, from heavy milk live and make money. his body is undernourished on account er", five to Beven weeks - from old, beautlfuU, W. W. TRACEY ANDERSON, mSSOUBI of his inability to chew his food. If bones, then 'straln, Add eufflcient marked. U8, crated and delJvered to anF water to make two ex attention is ex of stock. Fill ata.tlon, preas charges paid 'here. Send 8EVER&L GOOD HOUSES TO T.RADID given before tpe nerve gallons hot or orders or write. Lake View Holstein Place, FOR LAND, such trouble can be avoided glass jars enameled tin cans with Whitewater, Wisconsin. posed, easily farms to for the hot stock. seal Six trade Weltern Ransa. and the cost will be small. ,... Partially glass jars. land. Wheat farms at a bargain. , and tin DOGS. As soon as the first teeth are through Cap tip cans. Sterilize for HEMPHILL LAND CO•• Kansas. Lawrenee, children should be taught to brush them ninety minutes in hot water bath outfit FIVE, MONTHS MALE COLLIES, QUIC:K!, at least twice a day-hefore breakfast or one hour under five pounds steam "8. Frank Barrington. 'Sedan, Kal:lsas. WOULD YOU BUY and after supper. This habit is learned pressure. 140 Acres. six mUe. from McAlester; on TRAINED RABBIT FOX and is a To cait chicken broth with use HOUNDS, terms, for $4,500, if we show you $4,500 crop easily very valuable one, as rice, hounds, coon, opposaurn, skunk dogs, on farm? It so, wrlt.ll the teeth clean will twelve ounces of rice to each of pOinters, terre to. List free. VioletoettersiHII keeping do much gallon SOUTHERN REALTY CO Okla. Kennels, Hanover, Pa. •• McAlester" toward keeping them sound. soup stock prepared as described in the Crooked and teeth are Boil the rice COLLIE PUPS FROM GENUINE STOCK 91iO-AORE BOTTOM FARM teeth that preceding recipe. thirty Four hundred acres Fill dogs that ddve from the heel. E. 1. In CUltivation. 160 acres the of the face also should minutes. hot jars or enameled tin Dolan,> meadow, balance pasture. Splendid alfalfa. spoiling shape -Route 2, Platte City" Missouri. cans two-thirds full of rice and the re wheat or corn land. Splendid 011 posslb1l1- be given immediate attention, as much 'ties. A fine for some one, mainder with then, T:RAINED BEAGLES, :RABBIT HOUNDS, bargain Only $76 can be done early toward soup stock, proceed acre. take a small correcting fO:J:hounds. coon. opossum, skunk dOg8. set ,per Might farm In on their as in the stock alone. - Such deformities inter canning soup ters, pointers, house, farm dog.. Ferretll. the deal. Write growth. Catalog lOco Brown's Kennels, York, Pa. 1\1. T. SPONG ,. FREDONIA, KANSAS fere with perfect mastication. AIREDALES AND COLLIES-GREATEST Use of Fruit and Vegetables of all Grown A BARGAIN pup.. dogs and brood matrons. Canned Chicken Farmers' Bulletin "Fresh Large Instructive IJllt, se, W. R. Watson, 158% Acres, 3'1" miles from good town of 871, Fruits Box UI, Oakland, Iowa. 1,000 people, with high school, .good school Mrs. B. H. asks: ''Is and Vegetables as Conservers of Other on H., Clay County, house the land; seven-room house, good has of on it safe to can chicken? If how Staple Foods," been WA.NTED barn, plenty water, state automobile so, long just published road, A splendid farm, Price, ,7,200.00; should it be fried before Should by the United States Department of Ag $1,000 cash, balance from one to fifteen canning? the in and will be sent to house WANTED-TO HEAR F"ltOM OWNER OF years at jow rate of Interest. Why rent? which it )s fried be poured riculture, any farm for sa.le. g�ease good State cash price, full Send for views of this farm, Address over It? If so, should the then be wife on 'request. Address the Division description. D. F. Bush, Minn. THE ALLEN jars MinneapoliS, COUNTY INVESTl\IENT CO., filled with of United States lola. KansllS. water? We have a number Publications, Depart ment of SITUATION WANTED. of young chickens and as grain is so Agriculture, Wasliington, D. C. The of the bulletin high in price it is necessary to use as scope is given in EXPE:RIENCED MA:RRIED MAN WANTS the in SUMlER COUNTY little as and we do not preface these words: "In general, job on farm or ranch September 1. Earl possible yet The great Sumner withstood the the bulletin out that M1ller, 103 The Drtve, Ka.nsas. County want to sell the young chickens, as points peas, beans, Topeka" long drouth and high winds of the spring they are and similar would be the most and then more needed for meat." legumes WANTED-WORE! ON 'MODERN PURE produced high-priced wheat than other in the useful as .sa bred dairy farm, by experienced, relJable any county U. S., and Having had no experience in canning protein ( meat) ver8; ':pota land are low man. yet prices very on Improved sweet young Lawson Sappington, Centralia, fried chicken, the was referred toes, potatoes, and similar vege Missouri. farms-$40.00 to $76.00 per acre. Write for inquiry description and prices, to Otis E. Hall, state club leader, who tables as starch savers; and fruitw-nd WILLIAl\I HEl\mROW is an on the of all sweet potatoes as sugar Tbe Land Man Kansos authority canning possible s1I:vers, _ Caldwell. while all fruits fruits, vegetables, and meats. His an and green and succulent HONEY-NEW CROP. SEND FOR PRICW FARM AND HERD. swer is as follows: vegetables are valuable to supply the lIat. Bett W. Colo. Hopper, Rocky.:rord, "The canning of chickens and other diet with mineral substances and with W. :R. Huston, of Americus, Is Kansas, meats obtainable on the farm is one of certain substances essential to health SEEDS one of the successful Duroc breeders In Kan which are them sas. The_ herd boars now used In this 'herd the most that can be present in and in mll-ny practical things . WHAT HAVE YOU TO SELL? WHAT are Model a Taylor's Chief, flve-year-old done at We need no fear other foods in minute amounts. When do you want to buy? See us fair week. D. hog by Model Chief 44969, out of Pt. L.'s present. have, 119 are used to it it O. Coe, E. Sixth St., Topeka. Model Chief, a combination. of the Ohio of ptomaine or losses if extreme care is vegetables supply protei Chief and the Colonel cross which has is to them with - used in the meat in the can important supplement :RYE NEW CROP, EXCELLENT FOlt proven one of the best crosses In the Duroc placing soli or fresh some other food and pasture, building cropping. $2.50 families, Taylor's Model Chief Is a very while and if the work of sterlllz containing protein, bushel. B. H. Pugh, Topeka, Kansas. for this large hog and very evenly bala.nced and Is ing is thoroughly done. It is necessary purpose milk, particularly skim a very fine cherry color. He has proven SEED SEED to chicken for -until it milk-so often a and a WHEAT, RYE. ALFALFA to be a sire of some out.s1:andlng litters and fry canning only by-product, per sced, turnip seed and other seeds for fall ishable one among them are a number of fine herd is a little brown on the outside or as well-is important. planting. Write for The Barteldes per By prices. boar prospects. This boar was shown In the means Seed Co cooked one-third as as it of bills of fare and ... Lawrence, Kansas. first prize young herd at the Missouri State haps long recipes prac tical is made of the Fair In 1912. Mr. Huston has also used a should be for serving. Then pack the application princi PURE-B:RED HIGH-YIELDING TURKEY Golden Model boar ana also Great Wonder set forth in the bulletin." red hard seed cleaned and at chicken in and fill ples wheat, graded, by Long Wonder. There are fifty-six spring jars, up surplus space, & Ferdinand $3.60 bushel. Hubka, Vllets, pigs on the farm by these two boars out of in with, the in which the Kansas. jars grease some of the best sows on the farm. Thel'__ chicken was fried, and process three Essential Food have all been Immuned and are coming Principles SWEET CLOVER "UPLAND ALFALFA," a.long In tine shape. A feature of the herd hours in water that is boiling rapidly, The dairyman's gold mine. Permanent problem of the selection of food pasture. at this time Is a splendid lot of spring time when the water Grows with oats. J. counting begins to more as wheat, rye, Lewis, boars that are herd prospects. grows complicated prices ad Madison, Kansas. boil after are lowered into it, again jars vance and the available food materials J. H. McAnaw. o�ero'D, Missouri, has If a steam outfit is TIMOTHY SEED, U.OO PER BUSHEL. pr.essure used, decrease. One of the most vital succeeded In building up one of the choice points High purity and first class In chicken should be min·' germination, herds of Chester White hogs In that state. processed sixty in which the diet is to fall shorb every way. l'lmothy-alslke likcly mixture, $4.60 He makes a specialty of developing breed utes after has reached five bushel. Satisfaction or pressure is in the mineral-salt content and in the per your money Ing stock. All animals for breeding herds back. Henry Field; Shenandoah, Iowa. pounds, or forty minutes at ten are carefully selected and developed along pounds shortage of growth-promoting substances lines to Insure good breeders. He has the of steam, and it will do no harm to ale called vitamlnes. blood lines of the breed In his herd popular low tbe steam to go up to fifteen and has the type with size and quality. At pounds. The following suggestions are this time he has a choice lot of stock A variation of five to fifteen for �iven POULTRY AND EGG MARKET HIGHER. young pounds for conserving these essential nutnents, Including some fall and Coops free. For prices, "The Copes," Topeka. outstanding spring minutes will do no harm," boars. fifty by the Home Economics department of 13. 1, 1911 KANSAS September , FARME� . . This is eonaider . below the- Ohio University:' just skin. and in which are cooked' richer in mineral Dlatter pro II. PtesideJlt R: and Water vegetables ably . L. PeJlweu, ltI. John30n, Secretary TreaS1ll'er., served the teid than the flesh of the and should be e�ther with v� . potato, if we it off with the skin we lose table or used in the making of. soup. peel In order to Potatoes should -be rooked in the skins these valuable 'ingredients. the United States regardless of the final method of 'serv save these, Depart other ment of recommends that ing. This is, also true of many Agriculture be into II, vea and fruits. . potatoes washed, dropped . vegetables and allowed The L. M. Penwell Unhulled or brown rice is greaily to sel of rapidly boiling water, rice from to cook ten minutes. Remove and strip , be preferred to the polished skin as '9I'hen are' which much. material has been off the thin potatoes valuable boil Co. removed. peeled after thorough cooking by Undertaking will still be Fine patent flour is deficient in both ing. The potatoes prac handled like mineral salts and vitamines. The mill tically raw arid may be in "Phone 192 of a higher. per cent of the wheat raw peeled potatoes preparmg any ing German kernel into flour would remedy this de dish, as scalloped, French, or 506-508-510 Qu�ncy St. Topeka, Kansas etc. An ficiency. fried potatoes, potato chips, Milk should be the last thing excluded excellent' way of cooking the potatoes and the entire from the diet of children, because of its is to bake them, potato, the thin brown be many advantages as a. tissue-building including crust, may boiled with a and growth-.promoting�od. "A quart eaten; or they may be pot SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES in a with of milk a day for every child" is a good roast or placed roasting pan cover before rule. a meat .roast, removing the to Skim milk despite- its shortage of fat, they finish cooking to allow them brown. is I1S valuable a source of mineral salts GOVERNMENT SCHO'OL and vitamines as whole milk. The Kansas Wesleyan Business College holds an appointment by the are an exeellens ch.ildren need more tissue Ordinary "greens" Growing Government to teach Morse and Radio This honor foods than do whose United States Telegraphy. source of mineral salts. building persons this school. work of . is' a of the efficient is completed. Milk, eggs, meat, fitting recognition growth furnishes us all needed additional equipment to are all tissue The War. Department If II, raw is cut across with II, fish, cheese, and legumes potato handle the classes of young men and women now enrolling, called the fibro but milk and are great sharp knife, 8, layer building foods, eggs immediate with the are appointment. Signal best for children. Graduates guaranteed vascular layer. may be easily noticed young railroads. Service or, if preferred, with the Write at once' for catalog. PATTERNS TEN CENTS FASHION DEPARTMENT--:ALL The Kansas Bu.iness College, Salina,' Kansas Farmer. Wesleyan Thl. department I. prepared especially In New York City. for Kansaa patterns We can supply our reader. with high-grade, perfect-fitting, Beam-allowing .. well as the at 10 cents each, posta..e prepaid. Full directions for making, amou�t r: t':��f::ly';,":ru��ea:��m.:da(I!.I::. e;':.�nry�t!:l�'!" th�':,�r���e�:Jb:"lIa��Ue�:v�ft�ac� We to fill all orde... pattern you want, and enclose 10 cents for each number. agree promptly and guarantee' safe delivery. Special offer: To anyone ordering a pattern Woman Her Own Dress we will eend the latest I.sue of our fashion book, "Everl: of book If maker," for only I cents; .end 11 cents for pattern and book. Price ordered without pattern, Ii cent-. Addrus all order. for pattern. or books to K&D8_ l'armer.. Topell;a, ;Kane... ��KAlISAS. .&BILED. first one hun Please send me your catalogue, and special tui'ion rate to dred new students. Positions guaranteed. Name : _ .. � .. _ _ .. Town : _...... State "The House .of Courtesy" $75A Month Guaranteed NOW SHOWING New Fall Modes In Suits, Dresses, Coats, Blouses and Separate Skirts And The prices are always moderate, con �Bank. of materiaL sistent with quality � Railroads Demand Our Graduate. Graduates guaranteed positions and fur �(jmj whUe to defray expenses 707 Kansas Kansas nished employment Ave., Topeka, attending. 119 East Eighth St., Topeka HELD CONSERVATORY OF 'MUSIC VOICE-We guarantee any woman High C with ease. PIANO-Latest methods. . Re�:i�ytr�:'t:,-.!�n�'i��ten �raduates. Community Chol'Wl. For particulars address .F. J. HELD,DEAN, OTTAWA, KANSAS Quality' DiRDlonds, Watches and Jewelry Cut Glass and Silver '1!ELEGRAPHY THE ADDIS JEWELRY YOWlIr m... and """'"'" attend on credit. A pr..,tleal Ichool wit.h rallroad STORE No. �30o--Glrls' Dress: Cut In sl>:es 4' to 14 years. !teady tor any emergency r.": B.o;.�.anL'JN"�oU ,tt':.to MONTH. Write ror cataloJl. Is the junior girl It she Is dressed In such a smart little trock as No. 8300. The ,185 PER The is worth to on TELE.'U"'H straIght loose lines are particularly good tor the slight undeveloped fIgure. This ad $2.00 you ."NT" FE .CHOOL Eton effect and tastens at the center tront. The or more.' waIst Is In the popular .Jacket of $10.00 Ka.lu and sides as any purchase' D ... F ToP,h, straight one-piece skirt Is gathered to the upper. part around the back Cut sizes 34 to 42 Inches bust tar as the pockets. No. 83U-Ladles' Waist: In but evertheless 817 Kansas Ave., Topeka, Kansas measure. The advantages ot simplicity are exploited in this plain a broad good-looking waist. The center tront closing Is stitched back to form tuck, A and the turn-back revers are formed by the extension of the tronts. separate girdle Is included In the pattern and may be of ribbon. No. 8292--Glrls' Jumper WE BUY Dress: In sizes 6 to 14 years. Mothers wql welcome a new Idea for a jumper Cu� the This dreos-a style which has always been more or less popular for junior girl. and the deep V NAME" dress has a suggestion of 0. man's vest In the straight pockets, "YOUR OWN In one No. 8302- JUNK shaped opening at the front. The planted skirt is cut I1lece. This model Is Cut In sizes S6, 40 and H Inches bust measure. Ladies' Apron: Old a matter of fact It can be worn Instead of IL copper, brass, zinc, alumlnum, really Intended for an apron, but as B.IORT S% are which saves time In making. The scrap-iron. bot dress just as well. Body and sleeves In one, SIZE INOIl rubber. bones, rags, or wlthont the cuffs. The neck Is cut quite short sleeves may be finished wIth tles. old auto tires, tubes and radi over the head. No. 8S0li-Ladiee' Skirt: low In tront, to allow the apron to slip on ators. of the skirt which Cut In sizes 24 to 32 Inches waist measure. A version two-piece of It Is shown In No. 8306. It will ON THIS EXTRA FINE KNIFE is a little different trom the usual conception If It is developed In a suitable ma ter-la.l, . tor It has make a splendid utility skirt Two best quality steel blades. German DYAL BROS. smartness. The major part of the skirt Is In one piece, simplicity combined with silver tips, brass lined. Transparent handle Junk Dealer'8 In Kansas the front No. 8301-Llldics' Dress: Largest cut circular. The other piece Is used for panel. showing your own name. measure. This dress fills all requiremeuts tor an PHONE 266 Cut In stzes 34 to 40 Inches bust beautiful knlte with but the collar and vest We will send this afternoon frock. The waist Is In shirtwaist style, Intormal your own name on it for one yearly sub Write tor Price LIst. The opening Is filled In with a lacy transform It Into a dressy affair. generous scription to Kansas Farmer at $1.60 or a at the with slash pockets WE PAY HIGHER PRICES vest. The simple skirt I" a two-piece model, gathered top three years" subscription at 12.25. Address in the side seams. / KANSAS FARlIlEB - TOPEKA, KANSAS 14 KANSAS FARMER September I, 1911 '''Your Flag and My Flag" ','Fling out, Ring out, with cheer alld shout, I -To all the Our wi.ds, Countr� I1DntJer;�:" I�� Be ellery bar and ellery star ; Displayed in lull and glorious manner." Show at Free Fair -Cole. Poultry present indications there will respond 'and as poultry at thi!l tirii.e is be more chickens than ever at the marketed at an actual loss when being -, FROMTopeka Free Fair thijf year. The care and feed are considered, we would l poultry building has always been therefore advise the holding of. all pul crowded alniost to- its lets • •• fullest capacity. and cnponizlng of the cockerels Long ·may it walle Thomas Owen, of the There is bound to be superintendent. high prices paid poultry -:'department, says ,that he fears for eggs and' we have never yet found' O'er -th« land 01 the Iree the created will more than. could be sold advan- newly junior department capons . fairly swamp the poultry section of the tageously.:_FRANK COPE. and the home 01 the fair. While the outlook for entries in the regular classes up to last Many are 'in stat "ralle" is, fully complaints coming year, the junior department is meeting ing tp,at young chicks arc .not, doing well: with a most enthusiaatic response. Mr. From all chicks that have been sent US," Owen, who is an experienced poultry we' conclude that the greatest cause is man, makes the following statement re lice. Many sick birds have "been re / garding thi� increase in. interest in poul ceived that had It serious bowel trouble. The big demand, the scarcity ot.good dyes and the high price of cotton try production: In each case' it was found that ·lice· were have made it hard to secure flags. We have been fortunate enough to secure "The poultrymen have raised more causing the looseness of the bowels as a few 3 feet 5 feet with canvas and chickens this year than ever and well as the weak emaciated conditton. high-grade printed flags by heading . before, brass grommets, colors fast. with the prediction of 75·eent eggs be The hot dry weather was .ideal for' the fore Thanksgiving, they will be in the development of lice and mites. . Blue You Have One of These May millionaire class before long. When war' ointment will kill the lice and coal oil Flags If You Act Promptly was first declared, poultrymen, like' 'and crude carbolic acid or stock dip will rid of HER.E IS OUR OFFER everybody else, were jarred.' But thcy get the mites. soon got over that and proceeded to For only $1.50' we win enter your subscription or extend your subscrip raise morc chickens than they evcr had. We are not inclintd to thro� any tion for one year and send y�u this beautiful flag, postpald. Price a flag of "The American Poultry Association ill spasm because of the .present grain this size and quality. You will then appreciate our splendid offer. April called off their annual meeting, prices. It has rained and the· hysteria which was to have been held-in August has passed. Prices will steady down and Don't at the chickens .rvlll a Delay-Send Yo� Order NOW, Before It Is Too Late Milwaukee, but the officers soon saw harvest. good crop' their error and are now calling the meet of late weed seed and be ready for the FLAG OFFER BLANK - ing, for September. They had cold feet business of wipter egg production. As in April, but the temperature is all right , a. rule after a hot dry summer we may Name now. The war look for a late which . R. F. D . won't affect our exhibit long fall, greatiy unless it be to increase it, so put the helps" the poultryman to get his birds . poultry department down as a foregone in winter quartets in the best of, con- Postoffice �...... State . ". success." dition. DESK- D, KANSAS FARMER, TOPEKA ,The poultry department will be open to entries later than the other stock de Scaly leg is a troublesome and loath partments of the fair. Entries may be some diseaee, and is contagious. A mix made until 6 o'clock the evening of Sep ture of kerosenee oil, lard and carbolic tember 8, the Saturday before the fair acid, if rubbed on the legs, will soon CHESTER WHiTE HOGS I opens. cure this malady. Breeders Directory Don't Force the' Molt R'ED POLLED CATTLB. Hahlon GroenmUier. Pomona. Kanl&8. Laying hens should be allowed to molt' ANGUS CATTLE;. The common idea that if D. J. White. Clomenta. Kan. naturally. JERSEY CATTLB. hens are compelled to molt early they Oliver the Choice J, B. Porter II Son, Han. Mayetta., will quickly feather out and commence DORSET HORN SHEEP in the is erroneous. An '0; I. C. SPRING PIGS, BOTH SEXES. H. V. LaToW'ette, Boute 2, Oberlin. Ban. laying fall, at Fremont Bred gilts. early molt is not a sign of early fall HABBY W. KAN. HAYNES, GRANTVILLE, production. Usually the late-molting hen is the heavier producer. In fact a. Clinton Cheaters SHORTHORN lack of feather growth is suggested by Count, CATTL.E. G. W. of the of Mis BookIng orders for sprlpg pigs of National Hervey University Swine Show blood lines. Fall and spring souri College of Agriculture as one of pigs at bargain prices. the to consider when J. H. McANAW - CAMERON, l\IISS0URI points selecting S,camora Springs Shorthorns hens for winter Master ot Dale by the great Avondale laying. hea.ds herd. -A tew young Scotch bulls a.nd Very often show -birds are forced into bred. tor aale. " HORSES AND hel!era a summer molt by a restriction of feed. MULES. H. H. HILL LAFONTAINB. KANSAIJ This is done so that the birds may be PERCHEBONS-BELGIANS-SHIRES Sunflower Herd of Shorthorns in full feather once more for the early 2, 3. 4 and s-vr. stallions, ton and show season. This should never be A tew prao heavier; ajso yearlings. I can good cows and ha!tera tor sale, also ticed with stock. It will cause spare 75, young registered mares chojce bull calves. Come and see my herd. utility A. In toal. One ot the largest breed L. HABRI8 OSAGE CITY. KANSAS production Ito stop and' weaken the hens . Ing herds In the world.' at n time of tlte when full FRED CHANDLER, R. 7, ChAr year strength lton, Ia. Above Kansas City. is needed. It is unwise to change the Registerld Shorthorn CaHle general character of the feed. The ad Ten Scotch· bulls for Choice Young English ShueII, topped ready service, dition of some l\eJ.gta.ns, also a few cows and oil-carrying ingredient, Percherons, also Coach stallions, also mares, heifers, priced reason able. Come and see such as sunflower will aid Many first prizes. Long time 6 % notes. my herd. however, seed, DUnols Horse Co., Good BIk., J)e8 Moines, Ia. O. W. LONG - - MAITLAND. l\IISSOURI in the of new development feathers. At the National tractor Barn Full ot Percheron and StaWons Harell. ALYSDALE HERD 'OF SCOTCH SHORT- Twenty-tlve mature and demonstration at Fremont, aged jacks. Priced HORNS a Good War to .ell. AL. E. SMITH. Lawrence. Kan_. Poultry Crop Prince Valentine 4th and Brawlth Oliver tractor and other" Clipper has been called the that plows In service. Orange Blossoms, Butterttva, Poultry crop were drawn Queen of Beautys and Violets. Choice' never fails. It offers one of the best Oliver products young stock tor sale. of food on tractors. 'GALLOWAY CATTLE. H. H. HOLMEIiI, Route 28. Topeka. Kan&aa ways increasing production by forty-two difierent short notice. Poultry uses feed more The same reason that caused than other ABBOTSFORD SHORTHORNS, economically probably any sixty-five per cent of the GAL·L.OWAY. BULLS class of farm animals when it is care tractor manufacturers not mak- Sixty breeding cows. A tew choice SIXTY yearling and two-year-old bull.. young handled. It will a bulls for ..... fully to- .trong and rugged; tarmer bulls. have been sale, produce pound I ing plows pull Oliver pro Dllvid & of meat or' on four of Will price a tew cows and BIlUo.ntyne 80n, Herington, KansM eggs pounds grain ducts in order to secure the t��fe���own. concentrates are when protein fed. pule best results from their tractors .. lit. FBIZELL. Frlzell. Pawnee Co.. KIUUI.... lets' will in from six to 'earl Her begin laying is the reason why you-should d Shorthorns months. Cockerels nre for eight ready insist upon an ()'1I!'ver imple Valiant 346162 and Marengo's Pearl 391· market at the age of twelve to sixteen 962 In service. bulls to 10 ment for use with your tractor. HAMPSHIRE HOGS Young up months weeks. (fhere is in old for sale. Reds and roans. In good money poultry good Oliver tractor plows are fur thrifty condition and the rn ak l ng' of good and cggs if the flock is properly man useful animals. nished with three or four HALCYON HERD HAMPSHIRE HOGS Inspection Invited. aged. Very little capital is required and two, Best breeding, best type. Stock for s8le. Cnn ship on Rock Ialand, Union Pacific or bottoms for light tractor use; Santa Fe expensive stock and equipment are un GEO. W. ELA. VB1Jey Falls. KansOll Railway. in larger sizes for heavytract C. W. TAYLOR ABILENE. KAN8AS necessary. Careful management and. ors. fceding are more important than ex POLLED DURHAM CATTLE. pensive equipment. The Oliver tractor disk har AYRSHIRE CATTLE. row and Toller pulverizer are FOR SALE--A tew choice young bulls. Prices ,especially adapted for tractor aired by Chief. a son of True Sultan. Priced Poultry hitch. to sell. The market is lower than �a - present D.-C. VANNICE RICHLAND, KANSAS SOUTH FARM A Tell your plowing needs to ('On Mo. Pac. Ry., 17 miles S, E. of Topeka,) YRSHIRES year ago on poultry as 3. result 'Of the 300 HEAD. the nearest Oliver dealer or very high prices paid for the 1916 crop, 75 Anlmols write us for information on Imported from 8cotlll",1. a 143 large percentage of which is yet held cows have qualified for advanced the to •. I best adapted meet AUCTIONEERS registry. ,- ill cold storage, for the 'reason that it plow Males them, and temales for sale. was' impossible to secure refrigerator Jas T McCulloch LIve Stock AucUo._. I SOUTH FARM steamers ill which to export the surplus. Wrlte·tor date. Wll.LOUGHBY OHIO Further, the European nations have Oliver Chilled PlowVtbrkS CI��k����'W,��.u PIonoaken iar !be World but little of our LESTER R. HAMILTON - bought poultry during the The of feed Ind. Live Stock Auctioneer WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS past year, high price South O.,nd. tw'rlt. for terms and date. Clarksdale, Mo. PLEASE MENTION KANSAS FARMER and the low price of poultry do not cor- September 1, 1917, /. KANSAS FARME-'R M",O .D ,E R N H' ERE' F'O R D 5 POLAND CHINAS POLAND CHINAS. -HAZFORD .PLACE' 4m Home of tbe Grand Champion B�CALDO 6TH, assisted by CJALDO 2D, PUBLW4.N AND BEAV BALTIMORE. F.ulkner', F .m • u , I I_tt.'d ,.I.I�I of farm and berEl Invlted. p All our show cattle our own breeding, 'Inspection breedhlg The worM's greatest pork hog herds now for in A tew choice young bulls reserved to head high-class )lure-bred ready are raised exclusively on .... and sale, spection - H'IGHVIEW BR'EEDING FARMS WUUam CondeU, .Her�lDan. :, The large*t registered ot old, original, big-boned, spotted her�'' Poland" on EARTH: HOLSTEIN 'CATTLE. HOLSTEIN CATTLE. 8prin. Pt.s Now Bead7 to Sblp, PaIn _d Trios No Kbl. D HI880VU H� L. FAULKNBB BOX oJAMESPORT, F. W. ROBISON, Cuhler towanda S,at. Balk CLYDE GIROD, At the FUl _ HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN4.,FA.RM, TOWANDA, KANSAS " .- BBEEDEBS 0.11' PVKE-BRED HOLSTEINS both "'_, telteOJ and lIDteI&III dIma, alfer apeelal attracUona In choice youna bulls, readJ for I,,",ce, We' berd. rsuon. Let ua furnish you .. bull and Imp....e your 11& wllbIn . prj_ ' , FARM POLliO CHINAS IT WILL PAll 11011 TO SEE 01]B OFFERING . ELKMORE, IIIOd In calf to )lure-bred llir... l&rlle denlppe4 t..... aI blah .,.ads YOUoa' cow. and bolIen &II IPrtoa'er.. 'IlIIt' to CALDWELL'S BIG BOB. , at that .b&llen.., comparl.on for Bo18tein8. A HOME OF THE G·lI.AND CHAMPION, nlcel:v marked and the rIIbt do.lr7 tnle prlcea - udden, or ua. sow ua In mind-balers purcbuinIr. WIre,-"rlte pbone show herd at the TopeklL 'Free Fair. Annual bred sale Fehruart 19, 191�. our farm "ill contiD.e:rOlL Keep See: . ROBISON TOWI\NDA, KANSAS FRED� B. CALDWELL, HOWARD, KAN. GIROD & MAURER-'S HO'LSTEIN FARM FARM AND'HERD. them at near-grade prices? WE HAVE Why not buy pure-breds when you can get .... matured cows, a.ll with exception" P,oland THEM trom three-montha-old heifer and bull calv t.o Spotted F. H. Rock, owner of Rock's Dairy, Wich - and good Indlvldual& Also grade cows and ally high class breeding; Fllnely marked ita. Kansas, owns one of the great produe stUI better, ca.ll at tarm and Inspect them. Write tor and prices or, ' Ing herds of Holsteins In Kansas. His herd heifers. description EMPOBIA, KAN8A8 Chin:as from the toundatlon up has been built for T. B. MAVRER.- (lOM:l'ANll All breeding stock In tbe herd Thirty spring boars, thirty IIl1rU11r gilts. production. and 18 backed by a long line of recorda that tn-' Sired by Blll.le Calnville Giant grade cows and helters, carloads or SundaYI cows and It Is one of High Perfect Judge. Sows DY Brandywine, Bud sure profitable dairy less. Calves crated ,and shipped anywhere, the strongest dairy herds In Kansas at tbls weiser, Old Clipper and Spotted Giant. HOLSTEIIS AID time. A feature of the berd Is' the choice price UO. Priced to sell. .MO. lot of young stock and eows all with A. R. :1', W, WALlIIBB J. O. RILEll &:. SON CAINSVILL.:i!:, . O. 'backtng, I'\ERISEYIU • __ TO,WIVIEW HERD 1011. F. F. Wood, ot Wamego, 'Kansas; repo;'ilf' .. herd Duro.cs well tellows tarrowed In JIlDe.. ,his of pure-bred doing C Ten big stretchy one ��;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;==;_.W_Q_.;,S;.lde-;:8;toek=�:Farm=�.:--:W�hl�te�W:'"�;,;,.m. Mr. Wood'has succeeded In,hulldlng up '( one. Two choice tall year Everyone a good herds Kansas. He r: of tbe good Duroc ":In • I my boan and gilts any place DUROC JERSEYS FO'R SALE lings. ship has the popular blood and the big, They make good. Prices aro .lInes r;,:, Helfer 8 to 5 on approval. e' tbat lI.eglstered Holstein Calves, Kaa. smooth, easy-feeding ty mak"'l¢e " CHAS. E. GRII:BNE, PeabodT, �J;;;======months old. Bull Calves, 1 to 2 years old. right. profitable market hog. � featuXt�o'f' his A. R. O. Also, milk cows. berd at this time Is the boolc"G!.o� young hacking. ... DAIRll, Bonte 9, Wichita, SPOTTED POUlOS stock of both sexes. �. 5 luroe lOin BPCK'S K�@. OLD ORIIIIIL __ v> Sprinc I all sired by seven ot t.he "tock ot ages, P. L. Ware & Son, 0" aola, Kansas"," Ired by Illustrator O'Rlon 3d and Fancy boars of the East and West. Iraeburn Holsteins very best owners of a choice herd 0 g-type Poland'. Victor and out of my best herd sow.. TIle7 ��lkC�V,�OP'! wboae dam ,and lire's dam eacb l'rlced Chinas, report'thelr spring p g�01l"1 '-fo .are real herd prospects, selected frOID .1 Champion, �G:ABw.mWy�rov���Jhe h h raised. It want a held world's records In their dILY. fine. They have about eighty .sil' pigs Write today you .� 4 A. 8, AlelUUlder, Prop. Burllnl(ton, � pigs sired by such boars as Miami Chief, .prlng boar, H. B. COWLES. 808 Kau. Av., Topeka, B'.aD. Wa,e's Blue Valley, and Frazier's Tlmm, OLD ORIGINAL SPOTTED POLANDS and out of dams by Major B. Hadley, HOLSTEIN HEBD John W• P•tford GOLDEN BELT Cbolce March and April pigs of both sexes. Wedd's Long King, Master Orphan, Big Lo- Herd headed by SIr Korndyke Bess HeUo H. A. MATTOX, Boute 2, Burllnl(ton, KaD, gan Ex., McGrath's Big Jumbo, Wonder :aoa6_ 1 the distance sire. HI's dam, King, and Wedd's Expansion. No. 165946, long ��"'�-:- -:- ,....._.;;Batt.;;;;;;;.o;;;r;.;d;;.vl1l;.;;;;;;:e,::..:K;;;:;:-;;;n;:=;::;. dam and dam's two sisters average Langford's PoIandB.-Last call tor IP'and Spotted better than pounds butter In one year. spring boa�R. Yours tor good hogs C. W. Taylor, of Abilene, Kansas, Is one 1,200 early bulls ot serviceable age tor .ale. T, T. Langtord • Sons, Jamellport, Mi880urL ot the successful breeders of Shorthorn cat DEMIIC RAICH Toun. than the . QUALI;TY herd KANSA8 tle In Kansas, This Is larger W... BBNTLIn', MANHATTAN, average, numbering eighty-five head, and BIG-TllPE POLAND CHINA HOGS. • 'POLAND CHINA HOGS IfjOR-:e� has been established about twenty-five See our show herd at Topeka Free Fair, Some ot the best Scotch hulls known and Okta Breeding stock tor sale. Immune. Satlstao years. Kans8.S State Fair ILt Hutchinson, tlon guaranteed. Come and see me. boma City. Fifty sprlQg boars for sale. 5811l.TEII HEIFER. ui�ds��e;�r �:a':t�s �r's���1�6;'d��"" Six hundred head In herd to select from. AULNE. KANSAS :�de cb:tWe V. O. JOHNSON A feature of the herd at tbls time Is a We offer tor sale tlfty ot the besC- high All choice lot of young bulls that are herd bull H. O. Herd Manager: IP'ade Holstein helters In Wllconsln. Sheldon, bun whose dam Is sister SPOTTED POLAND' B R. prospects. OSWEGO, KANSAS. bred to a 29-pound O.A So the sire ot the world's champion cow, FOR SALE-Five February boars sired by The Illlno[s Horse Company, of Des' I>uchesB Skylark Ormsby. Also a tew choice Spotted Lad and out ot Ennis Queen. Tbey Moines, Iowa, report their fine lot of young rall cows. are real berd headers, priced at $40. First stallions doln!! well, They also report a CLOVER VALLEll HOLSTEIN FARM check gets choice. - - - srowtnr. demand for choice stallions and a DUROe WhItewater -. Wl8eonrlD C. A. GOOCH ORRICK, IInSSOURI lORTERFIElD number of good ones from this herd -nave 1) herds and leading HOLSTEIN CALVES FAIRVIEW POLAND CIDNAS. recently gone good breeding farm". heifer fIve weeo Heavy-boned March pigs, either sex. Eighty JERSEY HOGS 'Very blgh grade calves, reasonable. Write III)ld, nicely ma.rked, $25 each delivered to to select from. Prices Breeders' Association The Iowa Holstein My entire her-d, bred sows, spring boars your station. We can supply you with reg us your wants. - sale of Holsteins at KANSAS will hold 0. public and gil ts, All will be sold. Write me your Istered or high grade Holsteins, any_�ge or 1'. L. WARE &: SON PAOLA, 4. A choice Waterloo, Iowa, October ve'ry wants. I satisfaction or' retund number, at reasonable prices. Clover Vane:r herds In Iowa will gug.rantee from the best . offering your money, Don't wait-write today �ol8teln Wlsconsln. for this sale. The offering F!U'ID, Whltewater, POLAND CHINA HOGS . be catalogued . will represent the hest In Holstein breeding J. A. PORTERFIELD, ,Jamesport, IIl1s80url. boars ready for serv SecrIst '" 8tepbeBBOD, Holton. Kau, Breed Twenty-five spring and Individuality and every animal that 25 and a tew hred sows. In ers exclusively ot prlze-wlnnlni Ice; sp�lng gilts,· will go in this sale will be carefully to sell. Come and see Hof,ure-b'redsteins. Correspondence AU Immuned. Pi'lced spected. , APPROVAL my herd. . JOlES SELLS 01 �l't'.:;��.reaklng - - IIIAITLAND, MISSOURI O. W. LONG J. n. nlley & Son, of Cainsville, Missouri, February, .March and April Durocs, palnl old herds unrelated. First cl&8. are owners of one of the noted herds of and trios and big-boned Spotted Potarrds now as pigs at reasonable prices. original KANSAS B.�tt.r Bred Holsteina sembled. Their herd Is one that Is drawn W. W. JONES, (lLAll CENTER, CATTLE. and a num your next bull calt trom a herd that JERSEY upon heavily for berd material Buy and won the butter telt over all breeds. ber of the best herds In Missouri neighboring states were started with found McBRIDE'S DUIiOel '.P.MA8T &rn&ANTON,KANSAS have all ation stock from this herd. They boars for sale. Good ones. have Four-months-old and Heifer. tbe noted hlood lines of the breed and If taken at once. .e,'8, C.,., feature Tops, $25, Holslelll CIIVIS 120 tbe type with size and Quality. A KANSAS Higil Orade u-r:,�� bred W. T. McBRIDE .- PARKER, to 6 weeU marked, 120 each. Pure-bred and high grade.' Forty of "helr herd at tbls time Is the choice lot bred, , old. beLuUfuUy all trom' BLfe deU.ory and .aUstaction lUaranteed. yelLrllngs, superior Individuals,. of young stock of both sexes. profitable dams, now-tor 8ale•. FERNWOOD FARMS. WA·UWATOSA. WISCONSIN of Herington, WOOD'S bUROeS .- SON, Jewell CIty, David Ballantyne & Sons, oJ. W. BERBY � Best lines of calve Kansas, are among the oldest established Boars, sows and gil ts. breeding. Nicely marked hlgb-grade-HolstelB •• Boute hreeders of Sborthorn cattle In Kansas. Mr. THE WOOD DUROC FARM price reasonable. O. Canute8on, t, the Kansas Ballantyne has maintained this berd on F. F_ Wood Wamego, DeI.VUl, WlsconslD. The -::"'- JERSEYS same farm for more than forty years. REDH.UR,ST de FARM berd now numhers sixty breeding cows, LONE TREE DUBO(l Golden and r;Joble of Grandson. of Jolly from some of the best Scotch cows scendan ts Herd Graduate Prince by Graduate CoL Oaklands for sale. Also a tew tancy Choice Orange by lJoar bulls known In tbe West. Sows, Ohio Chief, TatarraJt, Model Top SHEEP. and heifers ot same breeding. Write. Roan Mollel by Victor Orange, assisted hy 'and Good Enough Again King hlood line", TIPTON. l\IlSSOUBI the herd. Bulls I ILBDHAN'- SON Victor Model, nQW heads Spring pigs, two for U5.00, three tor U5.00i this herd the past LIFETlIIIE EXPERIENCE proves tbe that have been used In� not related. A butter-bred, from bulls as J for Kansas. Stock Bectstec-ed Jersey Bolls, te\v yen'rs were such well known Ramboulllet the best sheep M"", LITTLE KANSAS high producing cows. Photo furnished. Marshall Abbottsburn by Young Abbotts GEO. J. BtmKlI:, RIVER. for sale. ·E. D. KING, Burlington, Kansas; 2. TOl)fOka, KaD. a Linwood well's Jeraf>7 DaiFJ', Boute burn, Goldfinch 115705 out of best cows In I!IIl\IUNED DtmOCS Golden Drop cow. one of the Pride the late Col. Harris' herd. Collynle's With size and bone. Bred sows and male. DOYLE PIRK SHROPSHIRES was also used for a CATALOGS ARE READY' hy Imported Collynle a specialty. 150 (jarly pigs; pairs and triOS, Shropsbl..-Thlrty ewes a num Sixty Registered numher of and this hull lett no All Immuned. Satisfaction guar-/ For .tbe toU.owhlg Jersey sales to be beld years kin. and ewe lambs, thirty rams and ram lambs. cows that are now In Mo. ber of valuable tl}e anteed. C. G. Ditmars .- Co., Torney, sired our undefeated Ohio under my management: Chief Lambs hy ram, D..xter by Imported Scottish Locbrle & McCoy, Carl Junction, Mo., Sep- berd. and Michigan; 1916. valuable sire and lett a string of ' proved II. What's VI'anted; HOMAN &: SONS KANSAS tember 27. A featUre Wbat's Wanted by Long PEABODll, breeding cows In the berd. Oklahoma Breeders' Sale, Oklahoma, Okla., good Big Bob Orange, a litter brother to Big herd at this time Is a splendid lot September 29. of tbe Jumbo, Is 0.1.0 used In the herd; Big Logan FIVE EXTRA GOOD HAI.\II'SHIRE BAM bulls that are coming along In Redmon & Son, Tipton. Mo" October 1. of young by Big Tom, the grand champIon ot Dakota LAl.\mS condition. Geo. W. Hagan, Lee's SlJommlt, Mo., Oct. 31. good and Minnesota' state fairs last year; King Priced right Ii taken In the next two weeks. Write today and ask to be placed on my Receiver by Old Receiver ,.. Ill also be used Porterfield. of Jamesport, Missouri, list. Addr""s J. A, In the herd. A feature of this' great herd at L. M. SHIVES, I, IUKA, KANSAS mailing successtul breeders of Duroc R.O�TE Mo. Is one of the extra sired B. C. 'Settles, Sa.Ies Manager, Palmyra, con this time Is 300 good spring pigs hogs. Mr. Porterfield Is not only a built by their bunch of berd boars. RegIstered Shropshlrtll, structive breeder but a feeder, and has few for size and RAMS bred for WEIGHT and 0. herd that has equals [s up O. W. of Maitland, Missouri. WQ8 cham- combined. The stock sent out from Long, WOOL. Our aged ram f Quality 0. success with his Poland makes good for the pur making great ploll 1916 Iowa. State Fair. ImJ)orted HEREFORD C�TTLE. this herd always Shorthorn cattle. Mr. Long a that China hogs and Buttar rams. Also 100 ew... as they are grown In way chaser, has raised sixty-five spring pigs and they them valuable breeding stocl<. A C. lV. Chandler, Kellerton, Ia. Insures have been well all fmmuned, a.nd at this time Is t wen ty grown out, Abo.e Kans.. City. feature ot; the herd Cblnas. Mr. boars and are the real big-type Poland five extra large gro,wthy spring farms In material. Long bas one of the Ideal stock the kPnd that make good SHROPSHIRES HEREFORD CATTLE gilts, North Missouri and he bas made very satis ERWIN!S trom Poland Chino. lilogs and Rams and of El Dorado, Kansas, factory profits Registered Sbropshlre registeretl Robert H. Hazlett, ot herd Heifers. fairs a Shorthorn cattle, and a feature the Jacks and Jennets for sale. Wo.nt to Sell Forty C.OW8 and exhibit at the leading state will at this time Is ten Scotch-topped bulls and Cows bave calves ILt foot and are rebred. of Hereford cattle. Mr. Haz B. F. ERWIN FAIRFAX, MO. splendid string cows are bred, real herd a number of fifteen choice that Twenty-five bulls of breeding age, lett has for years attended annual sale taken In - headers. Send for my catalog, state lairs and has alway's pride FOR SALE Ten registered Shropshire October 1917. . showing only cattle of his own breeding. ewes, fifteen registered Sbropsblre buck � the WOf P:��or��s�f b�:Jto��;J�e'otK��s:osc He has the means to go out and buy ha�o�':Ie lambs, ten pure-bred unregistered Shrop Kan. his motto Jersey hogs In Kansas. The he �. crAW GOLD STANDARD ceo Quali i OFVALUES Uniform in all eo Mod s AND REO QUALITY at Reo . OF THE SIX ROADSTER the Prices and backed by the Reo same is true, plus the extra lux guarantee, constitutes "The ury it affords the owner at the Gold Standard of Values" extra cost-$1385 f. o, b. Lan. each model in its class. sing. � WE SHOW HERE SIX Reo THESE TWO ROADSTERS are' Models, comprising Fours in of similar design and identical Touring and Roadster types-; construction, and are conceded Sixes in Touring and Roadster; to be the handsomest cars of the and the two Reo Commercial aside. type-price. Vehicles-the U-Ton "Speed . and 2 - Ton Wagon" "Heavy FOR THE FAMILY that needs a Truck. Duty" car of greater capacity than five and yet of moderate upkeep, the IN THIS ADVERTISEMENT we Reo Six Touring Car-also $1385 have for a space only brief para for the present-knows no equal. graph pertaining to each Model -lest you forget tfie line is so complete that you can find the NO MATTER WHAT YOU PAY car you desire, in the type you you. cannot obtain a 7-passenger prefer, and in a Reo. car ofbetterdesign; one that rep resents' sounder engineering; REO THE FIFTH, "The Incom more experience; better materiels parable Four," is America's most and workmanship than enter into famous automobile. Standard in the making of this Reo Six. practically its' present form for now eight seasons-"going on THAT'S A BROAD CLAIM, but nine.": At its present price, $985, we make it unhesitatingly-and this car is verily "A gold dollar you know that the word of Reo for ninety cents." passes at par everywhere. TO REO THE FIFTH more than OF THE REO MOTOR TRUCKS to is due the move any other, the same is true. The U-Ton ment that is now so apparent "Hurry Up" Wagon at $1,125 the return to the Four-cylinder (chassis $1050); and'the famous in all cars at type listing less than 2-Ton Reo "Heavy Duty" $1000. Truck at $1800-each. is the leader in its own c1ass-demand THE FOUR IS THE ULTIMATE greatly in excess of factory type in that price class. Econ capacity. omy of upkeep, as demonstrated by this Reo model, has done BUT THAT IS TRUE of all Reo much to prove the superiority models, without exception. and ruggedness and economy of the Four in that class of car THAT'S WHY WE SAY "Reo where the buyer must count the Quality is Uniform in all Reo cost and demands yet the service· .Models," the uniform over de and the roominess. mand for all Reo models justi. fies the statement. THE FOUR ROADSTER is the handsomest model of its type ORDER NOW if you'd have your you'll see on the road-at any Reo. soon. Present ..All PRJ C E S a.7""e prices obtain price. for the to F.O.B. ·LAN.SIN.G And; present, you only from day day, and are can get it for $985 and freight subject to increase a:n.2 -Eo without ..ruyec� from the factory. notice. incrrf1a.se 7i/i'M.i1U& nolice Reo Motor Car Company Lanaing. Miciligan i (