. JUNE 19.16. Esta bU.• hed 1863. 'I a YesI' Volume 54, Nuailber...l:3'-?- TOPEKA, KANSAS, 10,
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of PERMANENT, profitable agri.cultUre.' ".
sy�te� ' has yet been developed where live stock haS been �':. . "�':;'.
,�l stock is • ,�': Live �ntW, eliminated" from the farms. \ � No - ·_;r., '
. to the maintainance of soil fertility.
The development of a permanent and . profitable system of live stock production requires good farm- , . ing methods.' No country has become noted for its live stock whose farms did not yield abundant crops.' No breed of horses, cattle, sheep, or swfne of economic importance has ever been produced
on an impoverished soil.
The Animal Husbandry Department �f the' Kan
sas State AgricUltural College is working out means
__.. , and methods by '. !i/ii'" the breeding and feeding of
on the ' live stock may conti�b�f.'II,'9.lf .�� profitabl� farm and ranches of Kansas�J f.>.s'.'Ii ..is will result in, bringing increased prosperity to those who live in
the open country. It will mean better live stock,
better better better citizenship. crops, homes, and . .
- W. A. Coche'
. A. C 0 C H B L ••,> �lOiessor of Animal Husbandry. I> \ansas State Agricultural College Items of Intere6t A£out Automo£ile., Eng1·nes, Tractors, ana Motorcycle.
AN engine is run on any of the thus insuring the production of tbe largo heavier fuel oils, much more carbon est amount of heat available from any IFis formed in the cylinder than when given volume of mixture that can be run on gasoline. However, there is al introduced into the engine. ways some deposit of carbon upon the It has also been found desirable to piston head and on the, cylinder walls. introduce some mechanical device wHich works to Some of this its way tho pis. will divert the current of air and gas ton rings and may so clog the grooves mixture directly against the wall of this J\ as to hold the rings fast. Should one highly heated part of the earbureter, SoHd ateel construction. or fhus even 1,.. Sandwich G88 and two rings be stuck only at The particular device has the appearance Oil Erurine. with mounted on lBIDe magneto. one of will de of a. Yll truck lurrifilhee point, the leakage gases small wind mill with slanting power. AU deeigned and ih bUilt In ourown plant. a1,lJ)erior to 888embled stro.y the compression. If'the compres blades, It is stationary in the carbu macblD" 8"\7 itcel ehillD ""'_fulon (DO belt sion is found to be bad or and reter. All ill MIl lacking of the 'air and gas 'mixture ,l!t�p). SImple feeder aDd bloek dioDl!I_r. of ...... oat • coDtinDOIIII .tream 01 IIOlId aa1a111e the valves have been tried and they are must pass by the blades of the "wind f. IJC .. not then the must be re mill." The of the vane a �:rt st=.":.:ttoCIr-���re::.t�' leaky, piston slope gives "Ton. T.II." ...... ,..... YOIII' III1IIda moved and the grooves and exam motion to the air as it JJI to rings whirling passes bl. proIIlII. Pletun. ODd de.rIbM tlIeM· cleaned and well the el: _t_. Write incd, oiled. Should through it. The motion tends, by a een be one "Iii IIIIIWICIIIFL Cl.,517 ...... -. .. rings badly worn, of all may be trifugal force, to throw any liquid fuel replaced. The ring must fit snugly into present in this air current the against ell the groove yet be so loose that it, will outside walls of the earbureter. The noi s�ick at' any point when pressed into heat that raises the temperature of the III the groove. Rings are sometimes bent highly heated portion of the carbureter SO 80 do not out and fill the which this jll tht1y spring surrounds spot instantly " cylinder. This might be causod by over flashes the liquid fuel into a permanent heating the engine, especially if the ring gas. The gas in turn is thoroughly, is stuck in the at the r piston time. mixed with the air on its passage from . Shoul4 it be necessary to remove the this part of the carbureter into the en gi ::-r.:.. cylinder-head, a new gasket will very gine cylinder. fiBeclin 8 .ho: P' ...... likely be necessary. Wllcn such a gas Little of the air current has been sno .._ ket can' be obtained from the manufae heated in contact with the Sllo 10 x 2j, filled wit.." No. 9 .-1"::""1""'1 by coming Blizzard with ·a4. 1-2 II. P. turer it is It is not an ex III':LSOIClle =-U very good. hot wall' of the cylinder, for In 8 hours U. OIII.r practically enfflns by A. Blood & difficult task to cut one. Sheet all the heat wns tho ._W.... coodingly available from this source Co., 6oshen,lnd." Intormu asbestos is the best form of be 'has been used to . tlon sent us with the lIir.ture show 11. The one gasket the fuel from auccessfal change The F\ BlnderEngine. At cause it is very thin, but on this ac a liquid into a gas without raising the tachments for aQ count it should be handled with care. to extent. .iIi binder. Twohora. temperature any BLIZZARD To cut a a sheet of the A-four 51 eulb> pullB-ftblnd gasket, place cylinder machine equipped with '''ThIs Ensilage Cutter arID lIeayygraln... packing upon the cylinder or cylinder such a carbureter runs while Pi perfectly Is L'le tried and true rna emrIne drlveaaickle head and with a ball Ii peen hammer tap idling. Tile conclusion is that some ac chine lor the larmer. Sim ,and all maehln�. 111 it down over the edg('s, thus cutting it tion or reaction takes place in this heat ple, sale, easy torun. Small off. Cut the and engine bill.' eneuen, Ele :, out bolt holes open ing process similar to of the new Cushman that. vating ability unlimited. sl Light Weight Engines for the water in the same Rittman .or Ail ...... Worlll , ings jacket process' of manufacturing gas- Capacity limited onl,. to bow , rut :rOil can brio, tbe corn. �e GoVerned. v� way. . oline; Jllrht weight. 4 H. P. Stead,...... clock. RepaIr ex onl:v of lubricating oil will The difference in the between pense BDI_I.. Ea.Ueat mac� I nee 1901ba. Forced water cool Plenty 1IflUally price of the a. stIli In use, and DOIlO to our bur BYBtem.llrevents over prevent lltieking rings. Only gasoline selling at 20 cents, and kero Ilwowled�e worn out. ·beiti1lll'. T1IIik ... froDt bel small quantity of oil r(>gularly applied sene at 8 indicates the _ on l'8IU' FrIe- cents, economy t:��e�/�-.:g.�ni!1!1l elllr!oll is suffici(>nt. This oil also tlooClatch PaIIey. Au for improves of installing some kind of carbureter, ne Dick KnsrIDII Book. , to 20 8. P. the cracks be Jolo Mf,. Co. u compression by filling embodying the of, on 60 Culliman Motor principles spoken Boa CaatoD, Ohio 1I Worb tween cylinder, piston and rings.-E. R. every The cost of these eaa "..... In...trod engine possible. GROSS, Colorado. carbureters is about the same as that of UNCOU. IIUItUM s the beat earburetera, up-to-date gasoline a The here at New. Idea in Carbureter experiment the college f with one of these new Automobiles, traction, and 11:11 classes earbureters, seems il to indicate that the same amount of of stationary engines, through change of d can be can .be run on obtained from kerosene as earburoters, kerosene, power 1J IS derived from its of solar oil, or distillates, says W, H. San equivalen·t w{\ight ders, instructor in farm motors at the gasoline. Heretofore this has not been Kansas Agricultural College. possible while using heavy oil unless it were burned in of the Diesel The englnes which are now using gas engines oline can be made to run on anyone of type. the oils mentioned above the As the excessive weight of the Diesel provided the fuel is not heavier than 39 type of engine would preclude its use for Put degrees automobile Daume, and the kind af earburoter service, or even for light PUNCH right traction is used, Recent experlmenta have given engines, it does not seem pos iDto the motor sible that we can ever to e conclusive proof as to the practicability hope get effi ';_take th cient service from kerosene or distil of the new discovery. KlCKoutuf lates, Mr. Banders, The next VVben the present carbureters are says thing the motorist. be the the which are now us appears to installation of the kind •• modified, engines Grtarant••d W1'An IIJIG. co.. 910" .. II.,. IAIaA. U& of carbureter that will handle kerosene ing gasoline will be adapted to burn ForeHr and other fUI'I. The utilization of heat is dlRtillatl's in the common types of and lower the of their Sold EVU7Where necessary where the gaseous mixture is engines price op K. C. PRAIRIE DOG sprayed in the air current feeding the erntion.-B. K. DAOHDIOIAN. THE TRACTOI THAT OIT WOIII THEM ALL engine. This is not. so difficult as one WID poD tbree 141ncb think at first. The h('at of the at bottomll onder an,. might Engineering Manhattan ordlnl!l7 conditions. exhaust which is thrown 2G B-P. Waakeeb_ gaslls, usually Many people do not appreciate the "IT CAN'T at is in this lIIotor-can be nsed away once, employed pro faet that in spite of its name, the Agri cess to heat the of the �:cty:::�IB=�: particular part cultural College of Kansas was founded COLLAPSE" plows _t 2" mil.. and not carbureter preheat either the to toaeh mechanic arts as well as per hour-oo road agri work fuel or the air used., 6 mil... Byatt culture. Its engineering division has BoDer Bearlnll'8. This of the air or practice preheating equipment which compares favorably the fuel, before mixing the two together with that of the best schools LOW COST in engineering the carbureter, has been used with in the country, and with its highly SUCCPBS for a number of varying ;Y(>ars. trained and experienced corps of teach The chief drawback to the of preheatlng ers, is capable of giving every opportu the air is that less of air is in w(>ight nity to young men of Kansas who wish troduced into the engine than when the to make engineering their life work. air was colder and more dense. It offers four-year courses in civil en In any given wl'ight 'of air there is gin('ering, eleetrical engineering, mechan about '23 pl'r cent of oxygl!n. As oxygen ical engineering, highway enginecring, alone supports combustion, it ther('fore agricultural engineering a�d architecture. follows that the heat from rt�slllting To take up any of these engineering combustion must on depl'nd abRolutely courses the person must be a graduate the amount of in a volume oxyg('n giv('n of a standard high scbool or must sat in This of the cylindpr. quantity oxy isfy ('ntrance requirements equivalcnt to determint�s the of g('n quantity h('at a high school education. EasyBaUng which mURt be uR('d in each cylinder full The 'value of the equipment in the lab Leverage does .alleable Iron' of mat('ria1. (!xplosive oratori('s, and rooms thework.QuJck.smootb IDterloo)dnlr shops deRigning low Heated air, if free to expand, will oc used for running. up-keep cost. � Ron·Breakable purely inRtruction of I'ngineer � cupy gnat('r space than CQld air. Hence ing students is greater than $150,000. Free CUTTER WHEEL the heatl'd air must of nl�(,(,Rsity be � New and Distinctive Features of Service less �� and contain for Admiral _ I and In lighter oxygl'n any clean use R., Press CD. �. . Safety Operation To, headlight mirrors, some - ,"'I volume. unnec lou l,KiIllllCII,y,Ia. 1raI...... T_ " SUo Co. given Consequently any jew('ler's rougA or whiting, applying with writetorcopytoda1'1f1:��':�iJt N��t':'::����:;�. which is absorbed the eSRary hl�at, by a moisten('d cloth rubbing dry with air before it is allowed to enter the �'!Id anot.hl'r cloth: ThIs procedure will not cylinder, will produce 1(,lIs power for scratch tho mirrors and will give them each than if colder and more explosion ,a highly polished surface. WITT'E dtmse air was used_ "The The type of carburettlr that enabled greatest matl'rial problem of the You can't bull' .",,. unntl enmnB at .. the use of oth('r fuel than gaRoline, at Unit('d Rtlttl�s is to bring about the adop . �';f�"pj".1.;".r�t,';,:;�t.!'�Ltd�= temp�s to add just enough hent to" the tion of Rystems of farming that will re- tactorytoaaer. Eatabllabedl870. WITT. mixture of air and fupl to prepare it store, increas(', and main EIIIQI"!! WORK., permanently 1601 Oa::land Av. K...... o. for introduction into the tain the of American CIt:f•• propprly cylin productive power 1001 .mpl...kII••PlttoIIu...... clcr at as Iowa temperature as .,.,ossible. soils."-J)R. CYRIL HOPKINS. The Standard Farm P'.per of Xanlal
Manarer ALBERT T. REID. Presldont C. C. YOUNOOREEN. Ad�erthln, Edltor T. A. BORMAN. Edltor.in.Chlef O. O. WHEELER. Live Stock
Editorial. Advortlalnr and BUllnoes Ollie.. - Topoka. il:lUlau Inc New York Olllco. S'Rl Fourth Ave.. W&llaco C. Richardson. .• Man...,r ChlclIIIO Olllee. AdvcrtllllnJr BuDding. '000. W. nerbert. Inc.• Manllll'"
Entered &t the Topeka POSt omu as second claaa matter
the time amount of KEEPING HOGS HEALTHY WHEAT OLD DELUSION gest that they write to the Department at propgr th� large -MIRACLE Lack of is There can be little in claims have of for the 'referred' plowing necessary. power profit pork pro most Agriculture bulleting ' , 1'I1l' exaggerated · in cases for unless the are made from time to time for. new to above... responsible many delaying d�ction hogs kept healthy, Ill"'11 reo of the 'in· . this work. The Disease takes wheat, As as 1807 • 31 � heavy wheat grower _toll v.u i ... Lies of early heavy .ho� a deal of to .hls On another of thls 'Issue' was be LEGUMES IN ROTATION quires great power get dU'!!try. page iii,' .,,,,called Jerusalem Wheat counties of work done at "the time. It. is .is'.li.n article on sanitation and the pre and ,n,ow, under ,the name All the corn-produelng proper iltt.: "xploited, . have deereased in acre .to enough horses on vention of dhllili;se that is well ·worth thla same is Eastem Kansas impractical keep . ' lnska Wheat, variClty lit' the -work. when it should careful is worth a at of this or at_ least this has band to do all reading. Prevention be I��' sold to the uuwllry exorbitant yi,elds' crop, sta-: be done. would. be their deal than cure, and- :'j, Almost equally:, exaggerated been found to be .true wherever any. They eating, -great more eViery pri. t tistical studlea have J)e{1r1 made. The heads off during the remain�ler of the hog, will jt, to' his. in�er!'lilt' to "lUI III" have been made for the Stoner grower. fin4: Even the tractor owner finds it -do to Miracle of the matter in the year. everythmg possible. keep di�ease y,'1 i,'I)' or W'!leat. organic depletton use his as all kinds from a foot· these to is the most fact�r, in .necessary to engine .for many gE'rms 9i gaining ';"l,,'tllse of many attempts SOIJ im'portant : in as the ,to make hold. (11'1,,:tlld farmers, the' Federal Depart cauiling,'this reduction yield. Decay jobs possible during, YI,ar to the main It No class of farmers can make .The dreaded disease of :is is eseential pay. mO,st ' hogs lll"'IL of Agriculture has investigated ing vegetation of soil and where no better use of the, tractor than .ean wheat cholera. The losses from -this exceed some of these wlleat· varieties and lias te,nance fertiln;y; effort been made to reo farmers, but it will be a gr.eat advan tllose of all-other diseases combined, published, a bulletin entitled systmnatie has, jll,( it has stead to have the' So'me few men maintain, that it -is ".-II.I,;ka and Stoner or Miracle 'Vhl!ats turri vegetation to the soil, tage fanning sufficiently hog character to distribute the to avoid even 'this disease diversified in ' by -']''''0 Varieties Much Misrepres.ent.ed." i1y, decreased in productive power. pos�ible E. CaU of the Kansas labor the out the most str.ict sanitary Til,' findings of this bulll·tin' are being Professor L. throughout rear. calTyi,ng most The wheat farmer m SIlO' measures. we. now h�ve considerable in Agricultural College, says the fly-infested Fortunately, gil"'" publicity many his a sure noticeable declines in corn have tions might just as well make up the serum treatment which is paJlt'rs at the present time. yields' counties where al mind that he must do' his when used. ":.ISSAS FARMER was led to investi_' taken place in those plowing early prevent"ative property Many and be in a to all vol growers, however, have, been depend Lile claims of this variety known falfa has not been successfully grown position destroy hog g.tt" if continue to too much' 011 the serum . he on account of soil This is an unteer wheat would ' ing entirely a,; �firHcle" wheat over two years ago acidity. that' if vac indication of the need for in raise wheat profjtablj', treatmenb, .. assuming they' n, " result of the extravagant claims Iegumes rotation. WIIere, alfalfa cannot 31·31 31 cinated their hogs it was' not ri�lle8sary th: t were made for it. As are· th!l crop being to be so in the beans or CORN CULTIVATION . were warned to be eautlous be made to cowpcas, soy particular �arrying ,out SII!I mrmers grow, . is clover should all means eon The of a good com crop various sanitary preeautitone, This, is .in 1:11; up the new variety. Lnsb sW(,l't by making ing a matter rainfall a mistake. sanltation- the stitute an of the rotation. ]argely of July Proper, is, of 51111l1l1eJ', knowing tllat the Federal De important paj-t durin� The of and In other words, Without greatest importance. Even when serum l'HJ'llllcnt had been testing these varle spreading barnyard manure, August. manure moisture in the is used, bad resulta will follow from with the under of enough ground during . ti.--. we again sought to obtain the latest plowing green will build the in which the ears are shoot informat.ion and in our issue of and Il'gum{'s, period unsanitary surroundings. ]l'b-ihle crops especially , enable it to and there cannot be a large The article referred to emphasizes the .'1111:11:'1; 21, 1915, made the following up the soil and produce ing filling, , same is to some extent side in the as it did when first Old The true sanitary prevontion of hog sl n t-mcnts on our editorial page: crops plowed. yield. in and the of the these crops disenses, and while the author makes ',[, .\NSAS FARMER has no desire. or ob soils are always low nitrogen. grain sorghums. only is in the can, stand still and wait for moisture no mention of the usc of cholera jet·!; in preventing the introduction of cheapest way to supply this hog form The while corn must liave it at exactly the serum- the omission is no indication that 11t'll .md improved varir.ti�s of any agrl· of decaying vegetation. log can be no is to show that elm umes contain much mor.e nitrogen than time or there large be hogs culr urul crop, but we feel it our duty right do other and .these can _ be proteetoattem:rtjngby sanitation alone. Sanl to 'IIII' many readers 19 warn them plants ,therefore yields. in the While it seems as �hough so much tation with vaccination, when conditions agaillSt. taking up a new variety until be depended upon supplying '. on the weather during July and make it necessary, will keep hogs from til";,,, is no question as to its merit and lDitrogen required. depends the corn cannot afford choll'ra, and we would tbat We maintain experiment Vegetation added to 'the soil in' the August, grower having urge nd'lJ,tability. as let the manure not furnishes to be 'so much of a fatalist to all 'hog growers apply all the simitary !ita I ionB to tryout these new things, form of green only but weeds and choke out his crop. measures in their nil,] llntil tllese trials have br.en care· tile nitrogen required as it decays, grow possible handling the Weeds are robbers, taking both moisture herds. filII) made no farmer is in buy· also greatly improves physical justifil'd and food that should to the 31 31 31 some new character .of the soil.· We cannot urge plant go 1I1� ;;opr! of and wonderfully . for The work done at the pres· MORE LABOR ON CORN CROP • ihcd at inflated too strongly the necessity plowing crop. bdng , dP:-"1 variety greatly. corn has can when the and other ent time the best farmers . We remember i't was pn\{';i. .: under green manure crops by . should for its purpose the of the weedS practice to give corn not' more than Il'hat is known as Miracle WIIeat vegetable matter and the Il'gumes killing of the abun· and now up in the corn three' cultivations. The most fore· Ct'l1 ''; in this class of· new and extrava· always be included because grass springing contain. rows. The two·row disk cultivators are handed farmer was the one who could gant[.'· exploited varieties. We have se· dant supply of nitrogen they hurrit1d the fields as,rap' rUsh his corn and, complHe 'tli� nil tile information possible about 31 31 31 being through through tu�"'! not so as third cultivation at the earliest· FLY CONTROL possible, hurriedly " possitile [!1I" partiCUlar variety. for the renson HESSIAN idly �s yet Rnd and to do work in and covering date. tilnt it has been described as being so Turn the groUJld early deep poor killing has been the weeds. _ WIlen ,land was low in price ",nd com ph"':('nJcnal in its yil'lds. We found destroy all volunteer whl'.at, germinating th.,' and time After this cultivation with the disk, was bringing only tWl'nty' or,thirty cents milling qualities had been de. the advice given time again by ,tts listed corn can be cultivated a busb('I, the amount of labor that could the of the entomologists of Ollr expE'riml'nt sta· usually r"l ·t'Il.(·d by milling derartment shovel cultivators two be in cultivation ,h, Ilansas two tion, for controlling the Hessian fly. It with the ordinary profitably expended' Agricultural College Surface· was The one, much at· or three times, with less- than at tile present time. Y""l'., ago. In this it is on a sl'l.'ms as though no pays profit. respect be corn can now in }ttll WIth other varietirs of soft wheat, tention to this kind of advice until the planted corn may profitably gone grower eODsistently put it a serious over from three to six times with the considerable more time in slI(·I, as Fulcaster. Wllile soml'! excel· loss becomes so grl'at tllat is 'eultivating reo shovel cultivator. tests have been and caring for his crop tllan in the days ]p'!( �'i('lds have been reported by some matter from the standpoi,nt of crop Many \1'1,,, to conducted to determine how often corn of chl'ap land and low-priced corn. It Ilave grown this new variety, turns. WIlen tile pockt1tbook bl'gins they reo a' matter Ill', Hessian dam: can be cultivatt1d. In the is simply of good business. h.v 110 means phenomenal and could Buffer as it dol'S whl'n fly profitably cent bulletin from the Kansas Experi· The extra bURhels of corn that might �:,-':" he accounted for early plow· age increa!les and when the wllcat grower by on it be a little more 1I1e, ":J to ment Station the of corn, produced putting l'eful preparation of sred bed, and realizes his helples!lnpsB in attl;mpting growing l)y statl1d that too into the are worth so murh an , favorable sl!ason." raise wheat in fly·infeRted territory, the is frequent cultivation, expense crop !'I'c1ally do more now that of on I , worked out of the ento· when the soil is dry, may the margin profit then gave in detail the results carefully plans especially more harm than few farm· the labor is' wider than in S(·"I',I"·tl in the Federal DI'partment of mologists are given more serious at· good. Very considerably arc to find time to the of corn. 'We wonner if '\['i I' IIlture tests that had bel'!n made tention. ers, howev{lr, going days ehl1ap is re· our corn this business can be controlled. cultivate corn more often than it growers recognize a period of three years and The Hessian fly �'.":'nllgh in mind that principle. '. "h j Igures are now in the bulle· This has been conclusively establishl'd, quired. By keeping killing givl'!n of cultiva· With our modern such as the (t" infor. but it effort in the weeds is the primary object tools, ,11I<;t issued.. We secured this, requires co-operative 1l!:Jt!1)1I This tion there will not be much danger of two-row cultivator, it is possible to do and gave it to our readl'rs last doing of the things ne('essary. YE'ar the soil a deal more work than when the AI' _ll'it because it coul . You should have a ·the following for the use of my 8SS0- V,ESTMENTS.-TIIE OBDINARY HOG WALLOW 18 DISEASE BBEEDEB IIhotgun convenient and shoot birds that come around my farm, and others interested vour �tes o� as In growmg hogs: feeding pens, they are apt to c'an)T infection from fann to farm. This al'lo In swine, as in human beings, preven will not rained on or applies to or tion of diseases is to be given more con get full of dirt. directions given herein for cleanliness stray dQgs, cats, chickens, any common carrier; sideration than 'treatment of diseases, USE OlLER TO KILL LICE around the premises. r would not in mind the old PROVIDE PENS encourage people to visit always bearing adage Vermin is a cause of disease QUARANTINE frequent my. en that "an oUnce of is worth in Whenever sick in the hog quarters, especia.lly those prevention hogs, as it weakens them and you have hogs in a of cure," but. in mind the keeps should be cleaned gaged hog raising. as there is a great pound my them thin and stunted, their quarantine pens, they deal ratio in is as making !)f' dailger of them infcc this adage wrong, an ounce resistance to diseases low. daily and all bedding changed and thor carrying To prevent tion on their shoes. It 91 is worth at least a ton the might be a wry prevention .of various vermin bothering hogs, have oughly sprayed. wise .and cure, and I believe the who houses and should be economical precaution to hnvo person ong hog oilers, either the kind or Quarantine pens wrote the patent of overshoes on ·the inally adage would agree wit.h home made, and them built· on an isolated part of the prem prcm keep filled or several/airsises an insist on-visitors to me, and change the ratio, if he had ever covered with crude ises, where the hogs seldom go, and, if your hog oil, gas oil, kerosene on a been called an pens putting pair of them and wear upon .to help handle , or other to the side of the farm to which epi- medicated oils: To make a. possible, them while demic to which the human race or swme water in ing walking around home made oiler or flows, order to prevent the through hog scratching post: the pens and houses. These shoe, herd is heir. Set one of water Infecblon hog , post in the ground and possibility washing should be USE OF DISINFECTANTS deeply down to sprayed, aired and sunned fn" leave it ten to twelve inches above the your hog houses and pens. The is of quently and especially after b-u-n Prevention largely aeeompllshed by ground; set another in the fences the quarantine pens should be having all post ground at least worn by some visitor, in order to kill having houses, pens and places fre twelve' feet and leave. it five feet high, boarded up away two feet left in them from visit the in a arid battened, and if the outside any germs the quented by hogs kept sanitlll'Y above the ground. Bolt a 4 x 4 x 14 on tightly or's To do their beds in shoes. This might seem useless a 11(1 condition. this, keep top of these two and then hogs persist going around the quar posts securely foolish to anyone uninformed in changed often and burn up the straw or the 4 x 4 antine run a wire fence around rp.i!nrrl wrap and poets with a liberal quarters, to whatever is it to the transmission of germs, but an," material used in making of sacks and either keep them away. layer burlap secure one informed on the would rr-nl them. Spray their beds, quar the with Keep a pair of overshoes at 8ubject sleeping burlap fence staples or malle your ize that it is and in which con house and wear highly and quite ters; pens places they able wire and then keep the quarantine them' when importa�t with burlap are reasonable. gregate antiseptics very frequently soaked with one of the above oils. There you working around it and take Whenever a, or die-. and keep them well aired and opened up should be several of these them off and leave them there when bog, any' animal, oiling devices it should be burned. If it is buried. it 80 the sun will shine on them. Do not on the you are to leave. This premises, sufficient to easily ac ready keeps you be that fresh air and sunshine are from ;.1 might dug up by or birds f1l111 forget commodate all and in convenient carrying infection way on your dogs hogs disease scattered over the the cheapest and bcst germicides at our for them. shoes to other parts of the It germs prr-m places premises. Iaes, In order to command. All and be a wise to burn a dead hog, pile hogs, beds, pens Do not allow the might precaution al)lo have hogs to get consti up Borne the carcass on the places they frequent should be sprayed a pair of overalls to on over logs, place pated, the put your and at least twice a week and if there is particularly young, growing clothes while around the Jogs pour kerosene over the carcass The are more working quar pigs. pigs apt to con and logs and set it afire and see that it any suspicion of-an epidemic among your get antine pen and take them off and leave stipated and their stomachs is a own or those of deranged thcm ,there after are entirely burnt up. Slash it with hogs your neighbors, than a you through with mature This is because the a knife in various and the the spraying should be done daily until ho�. your work there, for the same reason. places grease alimentary canal IS and will rnn out and all doubt has If have a sick growing rapidly PROVIDE PURE WATER make it burn easier. passed. you' is not so perfectly formed as it is in a and other hog in the quarantine pen, everything Drlnking water is one of the most im Spoilt grain damaged feod, grown hog, and a animal has a and should be sprayed each day. Wash all growing portant points to deal with, relative to irregular over fel'ding, will al,o more voracious than a floors and appetite mature of cause stomach and bowel troubles. feeding troughs frequently, animal. prevention diseases. Never allow swine Exercise and a well balanced ration and keep them well aired and sunned. to drink river water; as it is very A of are to Also spray your troughs anfI feeding large percentage hogs are af apt to carry infection. Try and ar quite necessary' keep hogs health:'. flicted with intestinal worms. Never confine a in a or house. floors with an antiseptic solution. Spray They range to give them pump water exclu hog pen lower a if to all connected hog's vitality and resistance to as water is free from possible let it run in a field. ." granaries, buildings, ete., sively, practically diseases. The best' Never a with your hog operations with the anti preventive is the in fection that has percolated through buy grain or other feed in where there septic, but keep the spray off the hay community are sick hogs. on where the and grain, as it might the animals hogs in the eommunitv poison have that eat it. In spraying hogs with tl!-e been sick for a year past. solution, be careful not to get it into Always quarantine any hogs that nre use brought on the for s. their eyes, as it would be very painful of aU of the sunlight and fresh air uround the premises thirty day quarters allow to to them and cause their to us arc the to any dlsease might have might eyes possible, they best germ-deatroylng you have. at they agents them in an solu get sore, or even cause them to lose MAKEyour command. develop. Dip antiseptic tion when their but be to all rubbish and manure they first arrive and befor sight, equally careful Keep cleaned up and hauled away or burned. all turning them out the spray it into their. ears., if possible, as Kecp houses, floors, places frequented by the hogs, and the hogs them among hogs. Never feed the carcass of donrl the ears are always favorite hiding selves, sprayed at least twice a week, or oftener, if disease is' in the any animal to Burn it. places for lice. . neighborhood. hogs. well and the Boors and Never keep an on Keep your granaries aired '" Keep feeding troughs clean and often and also unthrifty hog tl.w sprayed Either sunned, as it to deteriora well aired and sunned. premises. dispose of it, or k'.l1 helps prevent and tion of all herd well burn it.' Its is low and It your feed. Clean up manure Keep your supplied with pump water. Avoid river or sur vitality contract some trans and rubbish, such as straw and corn face water, as it is liable to be infected, might disease and mit it to your herd. cobs, frequently, and haul it away or Keep condition and salt before and . powders' your hogs constantly The of burn as it would be sure to see that eat even price 'freedom from hog it, contam they it, if-you have to mix: it up with ground feed. It! C�l�' is a eases is eternal in inate the feed if left around. The best laxative and appetizer and the stomach and bowels vigilance sanitatl?n keeps sweetened. and !IIF' use to make of the corn Remember that hygiene and care in cobs is to pile vermlnwenkens the 110gS and makes them more liable preventing to eases from on them up, pour kerosene over them, set diseases. To prevent vermin, the and oilers well being brought your premo keep rubbing poles ises common them afire are the and by carriers. 'What would and, when they aglow, oiled; spray hogs keep the cement wallow filled with water can it avail to out strict sanita· have a of barrels of taining thc once a week or oftener. This also you carry couple very satty antiseptic, changed prevents tion and to water at hand to put out the fire. This flies, mosquitoes and fleas from them. hygiene and allow a. disease disturbing be to will a Do not your a per make saltY charcoal, which the allow the hogs to A is more brought premises by get constipated. growing pig apt or will eat with a to a disordered son, stray animal, or bird? hogs relish and it will get stomach and become constipated than a mature hog. Remember that sweeten their stomachs and intestines of diseases is to be considered more than prevention . . The and improve their digestion. treatment, dresaing percentage of anima.ls of different kinds varies This JR Keep condition powders be Burn the corn cobs for charcoal. Put out the fire with widely. constantly salty water. -due to the fore the hogs, where it will not wet The hogs relish the salty charcoal, amount of flesh and fat pre,;' get ent on the Lht or blow and if will Burn all dead carcass and somewhat to away, they not eat animals. , it thickness of the hide and size of straight, mix: it with some ground Quarantine all sick hogs, or those that are off their until all th'; feed, heads and and to the amount or grain, either dry or- wet, preferably dry. possibility of scattering infection has legs, passed. fill or the water Feed the to a of amount of feed and condition powders the small Keep pair overshoes and overalls at the to wear quarantine pens, present in the tract at the time pigs just as soon as they will begin to when working around them, and leave them there when leave. digestive you of For the eat slop or ground grain. The condition Do nob allow birds and dogs around the and slaughtering. hogs dr�ssJllg hogs feeding quarters. varies from 65 to 85 powder will keep their bowels open and Keep strangers off the but if must have percentage per cc,�t hog premises, .you visitors,. with an It their tracts to let them usc a of overshoes average of 75. For cattle digestive sweetened, say pair when visiting the hogs pens and quarters. , ranges from 48 to 'with bothing of their and Remember that all diseases of swine are 70.per cent, aiding appetites nearly preventable. 44 't Keep salt accessible to all of average of:53, and for sheep from 0. digestion. 56 Put it where it per ceni with an average of 48 pCI your .hogs constantly. CM'''' _ U.d1l,1 Hint. to' t-h. SMfI,11 Ffl,r� mit'" Jut Ent,,.. ;!'f tA, Business By B. E. CARMICHAEL o J.lil. Ex,mmnt Station high prices for farm ani. mals may encourage many to en PRESENTgage extensively in some bran_!lh or other of animal production, without first giving careful attention to a number of points that, are of fundamental impor-: tuuce, The numerous failures that are experienced and the frequent changes in plans that are made by some who under take live stock farming on a more or less extensive scale, furnish strong evi dence that this line of work is too often engaged in without a sufficient knowl edge or observance of the factors that make for satisfactory -suceess or .for flat failure. MAN'S ABILITY IMPOBTANT Of all the factors that should be givenl very careful thought by the man who' \ some of' . ron phase \ templates taking up ... Ift'UDII!.D FOB. SEVEBAL YJ:AB8 none is im I!'EEDING or YOUNG CA'rl'LE HAVE BI!ZN animal production, of mor:e �CTICAL PROBLEMS IN THE WIN'J.'D TIll: lIDI:ICTING HELD IN IlANHA'rl'Alf THIS WEEK BESULTS 011' portance than is the personal equipment AT KANSAS UPEBllO:NT STATION • ....::AT THill ST11ZB8 FED THIS SEBIES 011' TESTS of the man who is to have charge of the PAST SI!lASON'a TIlBT wED GIVEN.:_ CUT BHOWS GROUPS 011' m, business. As successful live stock work is ordinarily conducted, the proprietor has a large share of the.actual oversight stable- is that of the spasmodic attention of sOD!,e and care of the stock. It is obv.ious that, markets. The kind of animal produc that is likely to prove engage economic so-called bteeders. , under such eireumataneea as this, the that will beBt meet these conditions Points that 'have sig tion utility. secure are the ones that are Whenever it is poBSible to_ high cwner of the live stock should possess ,in a iB the kind that nificance only given locality close to it is for _11 the work to receive attention class animals home, highly genuine ability doing -should engage the attention of stock likely persistent desirable to do so. Such' a course cuts ... connected with 6f live stock. A hint this from animal breeders. Fancy points or the.keeping men-of that locality. along , and down the of sliippiug,', Numerous instances are observed in often be secured the fads that are in fashion one time expenSe buying, line may by begin of the moderate fashion deserve no at· and acclimating.' Besides, danger ;;_ which failure, or at least only ner from the of men who are out of another, experience introduction of disease is to be attributable to .a lack the tention from serious minded men. likely ,,': success, is plainly with live stock in locality. ' succeeding lessened It is a distinct ad,van·' £ of and on the part The and breed of animals vigor, capacity for' produe thereby., ' experience' .Longevity. knowledge kind, type more thaii be able to see animals , owner. it is a and tage'to of the to having been decided upon, tion, good disposition, fecundity ','.." keep once before and this is more are of far more buying, ' The man who ill willing to work only important to remember that the selee preparency importance of foolish fads that if animals may be':: hours a for six a week, individual animals for the herd than are many the easily accomplished ' eight day days tion of to wise _ found close It is a , or ten months The basis for selection by. policy' - and this through only nine or flock is a matter of no small conse- quence. only avoid stock from a ma,li _' of the will in most cases decide purchasing year, not successful whose reputation for Jionesty is that he is not for ' equipped information and fortunate for strictly good. A pedigree 'Work with . live stock. to treatment and him if he comes to this decision, before relative previous per or even a of an aili undertaking the work. IMPROVING THE KANSAS E'GG formance, birthday is no more to be While much helpful information con mal, depended upon than is the man who supplies informa- cerning the care of farm animals may K. S. 'A. C. WM. A. LIPPINCOrT. tion it. ,� be or given in the form of ver ooncemiug written, Care should be exercised to avoid lbe bal directions, no writer has yet put in Those should be the not a price so high as the'quality of animals that are affected ink a set of directions the following of Eggs" paying purchase in Kansas of the warrants. with or dis which will insure success with live stock, slogan of every person eggs any dangerous contagious 31 a dealer was 14 such succeeded GRADEin interested in poultry On May paring ease or that have been exposed 'to, or teacher bas way and no lecturer any that "� 'means more cents a dozen and taking everything disease. Lossea from tuberculosie, con- _' in an man all that production. Grading profit telling ine�erienced was without reference to cholera and other jill must do with Iive stock to be success for the farmer, a standardized product .brought in, �agious abortion, hog and a On June I he on are and breeders ful. Practical for packer and consumer, qualitr. began buying mseases enormous, working knowledge-"lhat shipper, which he called outlet for stock. a baSIS of two grades, should do all in their power to a:void may be gained only by experience is greater breeding a "firsts" and "seconds." He paid 15! losses from the start. is farm ' .aueh essential to SUcceBS with live stock. If Producing better eggs probe very dealer's, cents for the firsts. These were eggs EXPAND BUSINESS SLOWLY. the beginner has not' had this experi-' lem. Paying better prices Is a Both are Both that were o( good size, clean. uncracked, No matter how the live stock ence, he should secure it by for problem. fairly simple. carefully working He cents for re care. Neither will be and newly laid.' paid 121 Inan has launched his work, he must another or by engaging in. live stock require special the other is solved at the seconds, or eggs that were small, member that a is a be production in a small way until he fully solved unless' beginning only only or cracked. Rotten : shrunken, eggB Careful selection of animals has become experienced. A fondness for the same time. dirty, ginning.' were discarded and not for at all. not The of eggs of the best paid well suited for meeting the prevailing animals, -while possibly absolutely production in the involves considerable on There was not a single day conditions must be supplemented con essential to BUCceSS ,with 'live stock, quality pains by farmer whole month's business when the "firsts" attention to the contributes to the of the farmer, and the stant intelligent details surely v{lry materially part the , "seconds." In .. is not these pains. did not outnumber the of the business and to economic such success and adds greaUy to the who already taking changinjf formed the habit of sum total of the month's business the conditions that be of suffIcient con as well as the because he has may pleasure profit yielded by more ' outnumbered the "seconds" , so "firsts" demand an entire revision the business. doing all his work well, will not do sequence to for his trouble. The than three to one. This is' only a single of ... OPPOBTUNITIJ:8 IN LIVE STOCK unless he is paid plans. is to be tme in believes of at him ia to touch instance, but it likely The beginner should alw.ays keep in While the writer confidently only way getting will the majority of cases, and certainly the fact that his own in that live stock farming funiishes more his pocketbook: mind, purpose most of the sold where quality buying is practiced. live stock is to realize a profit t'omplete opportunity for the exercise of At present eggs by keeping are On the first business, which hap from that live stock personal initiative and for the applica the farmers throughout the country day's it, and. further, "case-count" to be the difference be does not minister to the of executive and better purchased on the basis, or, pened Saturday, that necessity �ion ability a dozen "Case-count" means tween 14 cents and 15! cents or the comfort of mankind has no financial reward for both tban does any at best, "rots out." right was found to amount to $10. If and that has that a flat is for all eggs re nearly to a place in present day agriculture system of strict grain farming price paid but On the these had not been graded, such ,a far been exploited, and that it also gardless of quality or condition. eggs caDDot long keep place. Although �hus on the flat the are an "rots-out" basis the rotten bought price, persons for failure abundant,' rurnishes an avenue for preventingIn actually eggs opportunities else who had taken care of their eggs and the financIal and sat· manner soil and are not for, but everything compensation ,;collomical depletion, paid "firsts" 1et in the 6653 dozen of isfaction that are associated with lor increasing soil fertility, yet goes. brought genu actually were that would have for the and remem that are and stale which bought day ine success pay well labor lIe would urge the beginner to Eggs small, dirty laid home with $10 Iesa money are demanded. that ,be maintained as much money as newly eggs gone nearly thought that feriility may bring with. On the b�r I!oil clean. This means than did go home WIthout hve stoek and that, as has been that are large and tbey fails too other the persons who brought the .tated time and Boil that the producer of good goods .hand, Caustic Lime HarmfUl again_ by specialists second-class went home his share of the returns. 254 dozen eggs and agreed to every careful student get The Station by farmer with $4 leRs than they would Pennsylvania Experiment the mere Some one has said that the nearly o� animal production, keeping been sell has a twenty-year test of in the have taken home if they had. completed 01 live stock never insures the main makcs a mistake selling goods lime is as it should burned lime compared with ground at wholesale and ing at the flat price. This tenance soil Therefore, the he produces buying a fertilizer for soil of fertility. who sells a stone as correcting he consumes at retail. He also be. The person poor product who feels to engage in the goods The results show a remarkable 1Il'�1l disposed would receive alower acidity. the sells much that he on the aver price. !lUllnal production merely for pur produces and for limestone. It was same The difference between the $16 advantage ground jJose of or Boil basis, the price maintaining increasing age price getting dealer's found that each ton of. fresh lime de or in the $4 comes out of the poCket. should remember that his duty whether his goods are superior of humus in the �ertility This dealer BaYS that he is stroyed 1,175 pounds not in the direction of. ferior. He buys, however, on a graded particular of nitro· l� necesBarily to this difference because he soil and liberated 47 pounds h\'c that actual lOBS when he turns in his eggs in trade, glad pay stock farming and basis, first-class The land quick lime pro or canned a number of eggs. gen. receiving of as of soil whether it is for calico, geta larger iuvested capital aB well coffee, duced 99 bushels leBS com, 116 bushels At the same time he knows exactly what fC'rtility may result from blind attempts gcM)ds. JeBS 13 bushels leas wheat, 61 tons of such he is and does not ,have to guess oats, to conserve the of his land In spite of the prevalence sys getting the fertility by "seconds" or "rots" less per acre, during 2O-year there are more at the number of hay stock around to make manure." tems of b.uying, probably on "keeping as he did when teat, than the land which ground farmers and farmers' wives wl-o are mar that he may possibly get, S'l'UDY CONDITIONS 9AB.UULLY is set Ilmestone was used. Four tona of ground above the iu fixing a flat price. The price by Whether to live stock in any ex keting eggs average quality limestone or two tona of lin:le were keep the and not The guess qnick kind to will than there are buyers who pay goods by guess. tensive way, and what � average as the to the m ia DOt to favor the farmer, applied comparative plots every" and below the likely ' to a extent upon l&ation, prices get eggs average four great the dealer is dealer does the guessing. years. c��pendunate. soil.- feed supply. labor and qualit... This means that Divide 6,000 by .: the price you pay for your Contr�lling Bee S-warms' . Pennsylvania Oilproof may be the natural way better farming. The plGwing can be fGr increasing the number Gf bees, done at the rigllt seasGn no. matter whllit SWARMING_ but it is not desired by the bee- the temperature is or how dry the �VACUUM CUP keeper who. is bees to grGund is. The pIG", ean also. be set to keeping produce � honey. . a good depth. Nearly all team wGrk is Indications Gf are when done on some successful farms with the swarming . TIRES queen cells with eggs Gr larvm nearly light tractor allowing the owners to dis ready to be sealed are found in the brood pose of nearly all their horses and eut maximum cost oa That will give you your chamber. The night before a swarm is·to ting down on the feed' bill. A great the basis of the guarantee of issue a peculiar "qua;wking" or "pipina" many people hav.s enough horses laying sound may be heard in the hive. Thls arGund 11 months in the year eating Miles sound is made ei,thet by the old queen their heads Gf·f, if BOld would bring 6,000 which is about to swarm Gr· the new to' a tractor to do. . .by enough money buy Then credit yourself at _the same rate for every queen which as yet has not emerged. If the heavy team wGrk and ·while idle . it is a it will would not in Gr take thousand miles fOU get over and abo"B t"BgllllrantBB. primary- swarm, probably depreciate value issue between 10 a; m. and 3 p. m. If care and feed.-No.rthwest Farmstead. Many users repay the�selves the larger �art and it is an after swarm it may emerge at any time between 7 a. m. and 4 m. even the entire first cost of VaQuum Cup Tire. in p. with The bee keeper who.· has BUcceB8fully Ditchina D;namite less at the The writer has had� cGnsiderable ex this way. More at the ,tart, finl'''. wintered his bees BO that he has a strong with ditches for drain . in the to Gn the sum perience blasting colony spring carry land and considers this method much PBNNSYLVANIA mer's wGrk should do. all in his to' Ing power to hand as the work RUBBER swarming. superior 'digging, prevent can be in less time, The exact cause fGr is not accomplished easier, swarming and at less than in the old COMPANY, there' are several eon expense way known, although Gf hand When I JEANNETTB, PA. ditiGns which are known to stimulate it. excavating. blasting, find the condition 'o.f the soil a If these conditions are a plays remedied, large in the amount of Dlrm.ftu:tO" Gf will be eon- very prominent part percentage swarming . to be used. In Ira.elll' "..4 trolled. dY1lamite light, dry soil, Jlme.lllnu:1" the charges are required to. be clo�er to Those bee keepers engaged in pro drou,Ao.' than if the soil is wet. I usually ducing extracted honey do" not· seem to' gether d. ·U.II,4 use a blasting machine 'when wishing to be bothered as much by swarming as St4I" ".4 fire a line Gf shots at one time, and are those engaged in comb-honey pro c.lIIItIII. thus use a low o.f duction. In the hives used' for extracted grade dynamite,. say 20 or 40 cent. the. bees have much more room per hGney If the land where the ditch and Gvercrowding is admitted to be one proposed is to be made is wet or under I Gf the chief reasons for To. water, swarming. use the the overeome this condition, the bees should propagation method, firing of Which is with a No.6 have a sufficient amount o.f comb accomplished. empty and fuse.' and it should be in an easily acceB8ible cap For the method use a place near and abGve the brood. pro.pagatiQn bar not less than one and a half o.f the hive to the dur punch Exposure SUD Inches in diameter and make holes about the 'heat Gf the should be ing day or inches and avoided. The hives Jihould be sheltered eighte$lD .twenty aparp . down to within six inches' o.f the reo trees, in an open shed, Gr by placed pro quired depth. To an estimate of tected by an Improvised shelter of some giv,! fhe amount· o.f dynaJlute to use for a sort. must not Gnly be They protected ditch say three feet decp, I WGuld use from the sun but should have Gf plenty from one-half to one stick (11:x 8 inch)' ventilation. This may be accomplished of 60 per cent nitroglycerine a bottom board and block straight by using deep or for a ditch feet the corner o.f the hive hot dynamite, eight deep, ing up during from three to four would be weather. T.be additional furnishes cartridges space sufficient and a few more room for and facilitates satisfactory. Try clustering holes in an before the ventilation. experimental way final blast is made, say or ten If a number o.f drone cells are eight large holes, then make the of holes these should be cut out and reo st.ring noticed, the line o.f the ditch and if with worker combs. along proposed placed, possible, into each hole the Or, if the framer which the drone place charge, tamping {'APPLETON from. a well with wooden .. cells have been removed be !ltick, never using ;" may placed metal. Leave the middle hole until the in the center of the hive. Here the bees last and into it place its the are more apt to build worker cells. Full charge, last cartridge in this hole being sheets of foundation encourage the build primed SJIoFiller with a No.6 the to whIch of' ·worker cells. the most blasting cap ing Probably fuse has been Actual records tHat cOmmonly practiced method for prevent already crimped. Tamp prove Appleton- and retire to a safe .' is out the thoroughly, light ing swarming by cutting queen distance. The concussion of the first 'Silo Fillers cost the least cells. This, however,· is not a always causes the other to per toll oIlIIla.. pu'up or per ,ear of life. '1'remeado_ method. In of explosion charges dependable spite prac fire .simultaneOus. Should If Rroalr cooaructloa mall" an Applek)a practiclll, all of these methods of control, practically .roof _a1nl' brealldowD. 80lld oak and I&eel frame. ticing the land be covered with water where and olllDe. the bees may have the swarming .ontied.braced bol&ed:lmpOlllble too pullout the proposed ditch is to be made, it is 1IaD, ':ltelDldve power and labor ,.,.IDS feature•. lucb fever" BO firmly fixed that nothing will bel& driven better to load the holes as soon as u Iudepeadent blower allowiDlr Ipeed &0 be their as swarms. just IIdJusted for minimum uae 01 lor prevent issuing as power an, belsb& IUO: be made, the mud is likely to. fill them frlotlouleal feed tlble ruDninlr on cbllled Iroa rollen: Swarming may prevented by proper up. In case water is on the blves spiraled &0 rive clean Ibearln. cut. manipulations. some of. which are as fol standin� leut use of power. 01 6-16 &0 2" Inchea. after IS unnec nOlen.th. cut. lows: Introducing young queens, ground, tamping loading Lowdown cut-UDder frame, eu, to bandle. Both fe prefer as reQulrlll which not essary, the mud and water fills the rolll and able controlled b, lingle lever, POlldve ably from stock has swarmed. to do hole, acting as lI8Jl·workIDa ••fet,. device. Guaranteed Using bait sections or extractor combs tamping. When the holes are Two Boo•• F...., One on l1li0 bulJdlDlr and IUa.e croPS: more and better work in the first super in comb honey produc firing electrically, made in the same manner the lite other a complp.te catalo. of Applek)n 8110 .sllere with leu thaD tion. This will induce the bees to begin as for .. four IlzeB for. b. p. suollDe englnel and UII. Wrlte power method, I them wGrk promptly in the super and avoid propagation only .load .a.Ieto..... Co.. .18 F...o Sine" ...... IIL aD,. other Mlo fiBer• with 20 or 40 crowding in the brood chamber. The per cent dynamite instead of the 60 cent. The proper manlpulafion of super so as to per top cartridge in each hole is avoid crowding. The removing of combs primed with a No.. 6 elec o.f broods and replacing these with tric blasting cap, the charges are thor but the wires empty combs or sheets of foundation. oughly carefully tamped, connected J. H. MERRILL, Assistant Entomologist, together and thence connected K.S.A. C. to. the lead wire which is not to be at tached to the blasting machine until just ready to fire. When firing electrically Opens Way for Better Farming never connect the lead wire to the blaat A large perccntage of farms today ing machine until the very last thing. 'HissEENcormNuouy MAKING have gas engines to work for them My best work has been aeeomplished pumping, sawmg, grinding. etc.; in fact, when the wind was blowing so. that the nearly every farmer has an engine avail dirt would fall to one side, clear o.f the WAGONS-BUGGIES-HARNESS able for power work. If hc does not ditch, and when the temperatura Gf the FOR EVERY FARM USE SINCE 1852 own one his neighbor usually has one ground was about 50 degrees Fahrenheit he can borrow for a few days to help Gr higher.-J. RICH. LUCAS. - out. In a very few years the small tractor will have become as SEE THE STUDEBAKER DEALER common. On the same acreage two cows fed man' with 100 acres or. morc to .- _ ....4·. can be . Every silage kept at the cost of one cow each must at plow year keep least five fed hay or other roughage. In other horses to do the work. The small trac words, good land will support twice as tor that will a is pull gang plow gain many cows with a silo as without it, in ing popularity very rapidly. Not but to get the best results in feeding, only can the tractor plow, disk, the must be TbIa I. the _Md of th-..... great hay_viall. mon.,...... ldlllr .taek eov· pull silage properly balanced with era allover the eountr17 on thousand. of farms. They lave enoullh to drill and harrow, but grind feed, saw alfalfa or clover. IPQ' for themselvee-aud lDOre- Keeping Books Pleasant Talk "We enjoy keeping books," writes :lriSB Lydia Smyres of Cherokee County. "We are keeping ours as carefully aa they are kept in stores. Not only are lhe members of the family learning to k,"'p records,' but it makes our farming :t business. We know our profit and loss account is correct. Kf'eping ae counts of our farm business often helps tiS to make money go farther, and that Seek Economy, Simplicity . Power, !1l"IIIlS money saved. "We also find keeping a diary pleas ant sales of 'Case and profitable. We write in this It is a well-known fact that ,the 'yearly n'cord a few Hnes-eaeh day covering such Ii concerns combined. ems as weather, farm work, house threshing outfits exceeds that of the next three work, new elothes, and visits made or this evidence of Case to you that thi. IWl'ived. This may seem like taking a Surely overwhelming leadership proves l(lt �f trouble, but we frequently find is the result of actual performance. (,lie information recorded in our diary' popularity . (,f considerable value." - Details Unnecessary . have furnished this evidence they know� Town and County, Co-operate! for When any machine earns practically uni In ibe steam class, Case engines years'- The middle west small town , average versal this is proof have been acknowledged the simplest, the Ii' not a unit without the popularity, very popularity complete ' most powerful, and therefore the most' "oulltry which surrounds it. They are of merit. economical. Take our most recent ad parts of one unit. Either without the In the threshing field, Case has won other will fan to do itA work \\,1111. An in boiler construc first because we have been vance-improvements nce�8ional place special Fourth of July celebration, tion. This proves that we still believe in and power �tr"ct fair, or similar wholesale glltting izing threshing machinery in steam power as well as in gas. 1(lJ::?ther, is not the kind of co-operation since 1842. Our experience-our effi :' h,lch. alone will' bring the parts of this cient industrial organization - our re Case steam engines meet the boiler mto the best For :�nlt working harmony. sources-mean for you a maximum of laws'of all states and provinces. must the other in the I"'".eh help solving for they are I" u),lems of the whole unit. The town value for money expended. steadg power threshing 1I'''s�. not feel that this eo-operation without equals. �;.''''lstS in .dragging the farmer away VV�ch--Steamn,lCero.efte Or if you want a gas tractor with your '10111 home 10 order that he may be in threshing machine, Case builds four si&es. to spend his money, and the or Gasoline? 10·20, 12-25, 20·40 and SO·6O. 'r,:l;ed, mer must towns thrive not feel that If you are figuring on buying an outfit, buy ['11\ at of the three lea. y his expense. One acts as the Case engines types Case. Better be safe than sorry. If you are hav and of the ,,'I!llIg buying department simply because they have proved by ing your work done, be sure that the thresher "lilt, and the the de ahead. other as producing actual work that they are all we claim man has a Case outfi�. You will be money I'artment. for them. The .farmers themselves Our catalog tells why. Want a copy? Middle west farmers are realizing Illore keenly jlvery year that their problems are social and eco·· ��ea�estIUle J. I. Case Machine Inc. 711 Erie Raeise, Wis. probl�ms. They may need to im Threshing Co., �y�ED) St., �'ove their methods of crop raising. but ley need much more to Improve their IfITB U' 'IUTOIOlltE' Power .ad life _ weiaht n� fldoh • tr8dio1i. wark like . week in this department we two cows will make of that feed. One heD)' plo haft beeR mide "e showed the picture o-f a milk ree- will pay for her feed and build a modest .,de. m.de DOW to do tbiI c1_ of wwk LASTord made out as we would like to bank account, the other may even be _III wiIb have them made, and we hope our dairy kept at a loss. Any business that does light-weight espIaIive eaamee. do Dot and _ot the club members will refer to it often that 'not paf expenses and at least a little They � tame IS - be eccJIIOmieallelUtt. that � they mar get ftle hablb of making their more, unprofitable whether it cIe.ia-I .ad COIIItnIcted CIa reports In this way. There are- many dairying, selling dry goods or groceries. Oil-e.-TrKtoa Destroys 'Smut boys and girls in the club and unless, If the dairy business of the farm is _mpliah. are made it done at a loss it is sure to be a drain Treat aD seed grains with For.. your reports 'Qlliformly, means that much extra work' will be on the profits of some other part of ...�yde. It posi� desboJl NIOIOLS I SIEPARD Bo.'s necessary here in the office to gather the the business. lIOutI Of barley, oats, ,,"heat, rye, information and correct the reports. ------and annjhjlatea scab and OIL·aIS TRICTOR potato Making these reports in a way that A Word to New Members Our new will the blanks sent out KANSAS Llaa.leg. Lis Hand (it by AS soon as you have bought your cow, Ia properi, millie to do the wack th. it Book tells how to use FARMER, is a part of the agreement fill out the blank which calls for de • CxpecteiI to do. h ia Dot U -.n each club so but .' signed by 'dairy member, scription of cow, purchase price, date of mem. tried ud tilted � this work should be done just as care freshening, etc., 'and .send at onee to � eDough and reliable eDOUp lID be as milk and feed your cow. KANSAS FARMEL This -is our ree IaIIl UDder the Red RiYer lWIIe ' fully you first SpecW' If this work is not done ad mlffJll'KI/lJl'f{{!!f.,-.n;:"".,.�4Ir correctly, ypu ord of your hav,mg, become a member of BUUanty.' and for 'Ail Look it free and should lie reaa may cheat yourself your cow, the Kansas Farmer Dairy Club and we It will plow. haul Md work at the belt these records will be a part of the bas�s should have the blank- with the 1teIdin oIlteIm. '" fanner ia business for Dro&t. ' promptly. of awards. ro� is IIJIIIIU'NIIIw the 11. S. Remember you can, start your record � ec__ are hiahlr deftl. Department of AaliCalIIIre. Yoar dealer A few of our boys and girls have sent any time up to September 1, 1916, and qIecl. It _ the �. it hanlte sells Formaldehyle prepAred by our Jab. in their reports incorrectly made. The as soon as you start"You sbould send �itu. the� lID do ... �. pial bottles 3S aata. Wrile for most common mistake has been the mix in the blank covering this...... that you want it to do-ad that the nJuable book to-day. ing of the calendar months. As most Bothvthese blanks are important and we paruIee it to do-without ...... other business is done on a basis of cal should be promptly sent us. .. bteakiat dowa. nat'. Iuiaaa. PEIIII AMBOY WIllS endar months, we thought best to have 100 WlWAII STIEET lEW YOlK our dairy club business on the same DONPf TRY TO WORK A 1 Are You Feeding for Milk basis and the reports have been printed PLEASURE MACHINE accordingly. Both the feed and milk If you would get the best possible records have thirty-one spaces-dated 1 cash results from your year's work in Tbn'. a lot to tIIta ...... fD. Q.uutloll. It II the Kansas Farmer Club, wen worth ouefal fD_�llon ·1Ief_ :you 'Inn> to 31_nd you should begin marking Dairy you IUIJ' IdII4 of a tzaotor tIIit wiU should know what the feed are 01' .. your record in the space that corre you giv oU " ollDe. -WrIte u. ten aIIIl -.IdeI' the fact. that _ 0lIl 7O1l beo the date on which your cow will make. Your cow has putmatea�1' sponds to you began ing f_ :rOUl' deolaiGa fa m..e. :&III: t. the Home milking. Your feed record should be B certain capacity for making milk E4ltlOa of the .... BinI' 8H01&l_lI&lIU &114 .. she will a certain of milk .. CaWoc that talIa about 0lIl' lID" begun at the same timc in the space on give quantity if will make - that blank bearing the same date. she receives the feed that By referring to the dairy club depart· thatj muchJmilk. To get the will clean them off Permanently_ ment in the June 3 issue, this explana out of your investment you mostlrofitshoul sup IIOROU I 00. will be understood. ply your cow with all the feed she ean SIEPAR. and you work the hone earne time., tion (In Conlln.oul Busln.R 1.,8) or If is a's to make the make into milk. S,inc. Doe. not bliater remoyc the casy reports .UILDE"••1fOl.U.IY.L� 0.. hair;- delivered. as and we our One member writes, he is feeding his 12.00 per bottle, right wrong, hope boys THRESHllle MACH-I .. Will tell and will read the forms on cow five pounds of bran a day and that ERY you mor�_!f..:. .1���rite. girls printed 'I1nI , Book f K free. the and then the informa she is on pasture. ['his boy would get WIInr S.... WldStacbn AIISOKBIl'fKt JR.. reports give ...... OiI.Gu ...... the' for tion asked in the better results if he would feed a mixed antiseptic'liniment mankind. for, right place. ClOJ _n... • MIOHIOAII ration instcad of bran and ORIIK. reduce. VariCOIe Veu... Ruptured Just do your best. We have all the grain only, . MIIIclCl or LlpmellQ. I!IIllrr04 Glandt, Collrllo faith in the world in folks who do their this ration would supply the required Weill, Crill. All.,. pallI qulcJclr. Price .LOO aDd 12.01 and nutrients cheaper than .. will bran alone • boille II druUilll or dell.ered. Mulll_red 011., br best-espeeially boys girls. at present prices. For cows feeding on W,'.YOUNG, P. D.r.,211 T....It.,'prlllll.ld.II... grass a combination.' grain ration con Club Member Tries Out COW sisting of four parts, by weight, of com KANSAS FARMER has just .reeelved an chop, two parts bran, and one part of DoYon tv_ Overalls? interesting. letter from a dairy club either linseed oil meal or cottonseed ------member in Labette County. 'This girl meal, will give good result's. If the lin seed meal can be at as low Then you'll be interested in the bought a Hereford cow in March, which oil bought or lower than the cottonseed kind that fit and wear gave her a heifer calf the first day of price meal, Ie. Smal Sized 1Iaresllers made from Pure Indigo April. She decided to test her cow be it is preferable as its effect on the sys For Small Sized Tractors Denim fore entering her in the club work. 'By tem is better. can get a small a record 0.1 the feed and the Your cow might- make profitable use you keeping Avery "Yellow-KId" Thresher of six or seven this mixture milk the cow has made of it, this club pounds (If NowIn either a ll)x30 or 22x3G Inch member has decided the cow would not daily. Of course, you should increase Blze for use with a smlln Tractor. AD Tractor and 19x30ThreRher be in the club work and will what effect it is hav Avery8-1(j profitable ttradtially. noting or an Avery 12-25 Tractor and 22x36 on the milk flow. Also , not enter her. She is now looking for mg figure just Thresher will make ,.011 a fIDe small a cow with some dairy qualities. what the ration is costing you so that threshlug' outfit. This girl has learned a most valuable you will know whether the increase is Qot J'J!J.I. the Facts lesson at the that if worth what it costs. Herein is the value about Avery Tractor FarmIng and outset, namely, you Threshlnl: Outnts. Six sizes Tractor to of the feed and milk records re are feeding a cow for milk, the feed you PlowlDlr Outfits-a size tor every size sfiould be used by her in making milk quired in the club work. fa1'm. Five sbes Trnctor Threshln&' Outftts-a size for every li�e,..m. Write and not for fat on her growing body. now for 191(jAvery Tractor. Plow IIDd It takes just as much work to milk one When you keep a record of what you Thresher Catalog. Address cow as another, and if a milk-making feed a cow, and the milk she gives in re AVERY COMPANY it is different from ration, is fed it costs just as much to turn, just milking 1404 low. Stre.�P.orl•• IRlnoI. address of n...... t feed one cow as but there is all cows without whether or not .AU ". Rl'IIDcb another, knowing House 01' - .Jobber the difference in the world in the use they are worth the work put on them . Scl;tt City. Kans., W7 t,l . •9.t- No, _ . STATE BANK CASHiBAGS CITIZENS Don't throw them away. Save them and 830405 ship to us. We'll pay you HIGHEST MARKET PRICE. Get your neighbor to Sure Mr.. Gopher ehlp his bags wi th yours. Established 1870. Cat�h __ FULTON BAG 1/1: COTTON MILLS A. ______'or Pat Pay to .7.. t2.u Order. $-.2;,,_,.M,"- Latest invention on gopher trap. 1190 S. Seventh St. St. LouIs, 1\10. ented July 18, 1911. Easily attached to - gopher trap. Price 15c, postage prepaid. _/������--�.�_�._�_,._�=_cc_�,��, Write '.��tU ••••••• '718 41,' , In Joe JI!'f.ort B. ./ into 'BI good milking llarn./ 'building- tt n.1I s �e' mut keep in mind ��e�trc3rra:-& 'f.�:::: =:� 4•• 48•• dairy ba�, 4&•• construction and the J. R. COJU... II...... 1,1811 '.4 the of 46.5 Cheapned II. 8; !lIqle" Bon, R•• III t,4 both the barn and the 40.8 eue of keeping II. B. EDsle a Scm. B.. 980 1.4 945 '.1 cows clean. - CODBtruction of II. B. !lInsle a Soni B.. Proper .. S. a B.. ..1 :U al8iete in J!lnCle Son, staUs and gutters materially ,lD. B. Eqlil .. Son, B.. .111 tl 41.1 81•• the cows c_Iean�. B. FITOH. JII. B. En.le a,Son, B..1.n. 1.1 keeping &. s.. ma.'}e a Soli. B...... 41,9 IlL S. En.le a Son, R••••• ... .". IlL !t Eqle .. Son, B.. .-u , ... .0.1 R•• 1.1 'l.5.1 a Son, - Cow E.....81 Jln.le r� Telting Report 40•• A. B. WllcoJr, 11. .... � 014 � I.. Records of cows in the DickinSon A. B. Wllco., B...... 011 ..4 ..... Tests t.n . 'of· '5.' Practical 'System Cow Testing Association which A. B. WllcOJr, 11. .l.tl! 1.1 County A. .B. WilCOX, 11. 1,••0 1.1 48.' more than of but ••• 61•• A. B. Wilcox. B 1.11. , of a tub Of forty ' annual of the Hoi· sisting ten-pound cteamery produced \,ounds - THE meeting II••• •• ••8 48." L. 1.0" - T of U. Rottman. ' this butter each for which -ter during the 'period thirty dQ,Ys end H.' Association from exhibit_or, L. U. Rottman, -R ••••• ••8 I., stein·Friesian 1916. stands Jer 41.0 "J"_ , are to be suitable ,will be offered. ing Apri. �O, jor L. U. RoftlJ1.&D,' B..... 884 '.8 prizes 5111t p�oposltions Short- L. U. B••••• 1.820 I.. A year t":"O are "H" for 'OS; R." ror. , Rotfman. will The various breed asll()Ciations sey; Holstein; ' 41.6 p1a.ce L. B.,•••• 1.008 ••• considcrrd which, If. adop�ecJ. for Red Polled. U. Rotflllan. considerable interest in this "R. P." ••••• '.5 66.6 on a a hornj L. U. Hoffman. B 1.1" • of !a taking Per� Pounds 48.1 officirtl testing dairY. aDlma�8 L. U. B l.1IIl , 1.9 With Dew which p�mises to de Hoffman, bllsis and �terprise� Cent Butter J.'A. W,eiahar.-B l.0H 48.0' I c0D818�ent - tiona ?JlBke .It of 80 Pct. 68.8 mto one of the Poundll Wellhai' B•••••• In One velop greatest dairy J. A. •. 1.518 I:f economy dal'l practice. IIllk Fat '.5 611•• soune] shows in the United G. WAT- Owner- Fat, J. A. Weiahar. B...... l.U. submitted B. Sqtes..--J.' has been by R•••• 3.1, 40.8 of them John. Ralph Sterling. J...... 860 5.1 n.? J. A. Welllhar. B. 1.008 of the ,SON, Manager. &.8 57.5 Irwin, the owner ,cow holcUng Ralph Sterling. J...... US .. 5.. 48,6 record for butter Ralph Sterling. J•. '. . 646 pro ' the world's yearly J...... 879 •.1 ".1 is Ralph Sterling. - The sumJDer' silo galnmg favor, who is therefore acting OIJ J...... 148 6.. 68.4 duction and Ealential. of Dairy-Farm Ralph Sterling. sUcculent and the Ralph Sterllns; J...... 818 4.0' .0.9 r�pidly' as a means ,of etormg, dictates of experience, oth'l.lr oom the ' fresh and S. R .• 1,115 of the as Sunshine, air, warmth, D. Engle" Son. feed. farmers" feed a committee, H Many dairy' ,snap, Is submitted by fort are the main elisentials of a sani H. S. !lInlrle. 1,422 'I:X U:: Irwin's is to H. So H.•. "", .1.290 8.8 81.2 in the and especially sociation. Mr. proposi\!_on farmers ha.ve Enlrle. every day year barn. •• U.6- •••• •.• l(any H; S. En-cle. 11. " 1.UI small a elase for for tary dairy when 'is not to be had. A for '... 8.4 .0.8 pas�ure pr:Qduct�on. ._ the idea that barns and H. S. Engle. R•..•• 948 prodde 10 expensive equip "'.4 in the faU to be of 305 and to credit thiS Will Roule, H. •...... n '.8 silo built and filled days, ment are for the period necessary product�on Will S. R. •.•. 910 I." n.? cows that have records Roule. is the most economical all made - July •• 'opened',in .. '.2 ••.• class of clean, milk. This is not the case. Will S. B. • 1.098 their. Rouae, 47.1 method of a sueeulelit ration on a basis of per JlI. N. Farnnam. R•.• : .1.OolT I.S supplying for 3G5 days There :cases where thousands The are many JlI. N. Farnham. J. .... 818 ... 411.11 short left over formance for 305 days. propositiqn during pastures. ,Silage of dollars are invested :for &: Seaborn. H .••. 1.1&8 committee is equipment Kott, from winter with the prac Mott' H, .... 19U feeding may_be kept 8ubmittp.d by are but lack of &: Seaborn. 1.290 '4:: and conditions ideal, ••9 n.o midsummer. Cows, the same except that the official veey little 'loes until of clean 41.' , tically proper methods and knowledge a-eO�geDlL':�ill�':t.Rit: : : : 1.m B.8 to be 270 , be 'fed , shall days. H •..• 1,002 ••8 411.0 froD!- fifty pouncl8 test of milk. George Lenhert, , eh0D!d for� pcriod liness result'in &. quality ".6 breeders and \'OOr Georlre Lenhert, R ...• 1,a18 8,. of each Silage alone does day. ' practical can some of 8 lliJage }�xperienced Farmers Install type H .... 1,881 8.5 liB. realize the that is Georse Lenhert, not f1irQiah • balanced ration, -so some dairymen principle and a ven Georse Lenhert, H ••.• 1,U? 8.1 4&.6 stanchions, gutters, 54.1 to this movement for a The _.swinJing George Lenhert, R .... 1,086 4;0 should be fed, especiaU,.. t�e, behind change. and at _ .;low 44.8 grain H ...• 8.1 on a; tilating lighting system George Lenhert, 1,122 cows that the mOlt milk. of cattle must rest I brecdillg dairy stable can be remodeled George Lenhert, H .... 1.296 1.0 48.8 cost. I Most an,.. giv� foundation of economical dairy practice. would Not one dairyman in a thousand advocate milking a cow 365 days in suc cession, nor would he consider it good dairy sense not to breed his cows so as ______to have their calves regularly every the Wheat· Cut in a mania for Quickl twelve months. But Getting large records our breeders have almost completely ignored these cardinal ciples of sound dairy practiCe anjrinthe bip- record is sou�ht at the expense of every other eonaideratlon. The seven and thirty·day tests have been con- and no doubt rightly so, on ae , de.nnr-l, count of their failure to indicate the continued performance of the cow. The yearly test is equal1y at fault because it utterly ignores correct dairy practice. Yenrl\' records are of two kinds one kind, 'and usually the one that makes a poor showing taken in itself, is made by , cows that are pregnant eight or nine months of their test'year; in the other clnss the cows are pregnant one to three months and frequently not at all. The most unprofitable cow in a dairy, be she a grntic or a pure-bred, is the cow that docs not hrove a calf once every year" but ,under t.he present system of official testlllg' she IS the one that is most likel,.. to b- set up as a model of dairy perfec tion, The 270 or the 305-day test pe IIO� will sweep away the false basis on work' done what a BIG ,,:II":h she stands by removing the han SPEED---Getting the quickly=-that'e - that she over the cow that BULL is no never �llcap enjoys BULL TRACTOR means to you at harvest time. The BIG sluggard IS "red to the dictates of with a tractor according work-, of how hot it is or how bad the flies. Pulling a binder sound practice. shirks regardless dairy farmers ran their BIG BULLS 24 hours a The association not be new to you, but, in 1915 many , may may something Holstein header-with BIG BULL for 10 days, adopt this new idea at this time. To day and saved ALL, the crop. "I pulled my 12·ft. my <10 a stacked a lllight, in the eyes of majority acres in soggy ground. Got it all jUlt day of �o averaged 25 per day very wet, I s their records at a members, put destructive wind stonn an.d saved the price of the BIG BULL in with those of other breeds before we had a very UI;on.lh'n.ntage Kansas. a E. Dick of Alton, working under the old system' but it just few days"-says Guy 11'111 rome sooner or later. Already and do the work with a BIG BULL. Because of You can bind from 25 to 35 acres of wheat a BETTER, brorrl('l'� a.nd are wise to the day dairymen works more Think what all this means of the BIG BULL-2� to 3 miles per hour, the binder efficiently. \\'raknp,�s of the present system. They the speed to compared to the old way-the horse way. Fomething more than big figures you, BETTER rllnt but it is one farm can handle QUICKER, CHEAPER, I'ceol'd; want to know the con Cutting wheat is important work, only job you they For after the wheat is cut, it must J\:lI Ions a BIG BULL than otller you can mention. instance, under which it was made , and and EASIER with any way aro a 26-inch fully - no t f comes to BIG BULL will startle you. Operating Separator, aII'mg over themselves to buy be threshed. When it threshing-the tI stacker-that's where the BIG BULL shows calf of a cow made a. with and wind power. "Ie I!ul! that has - equipped weigher 'tll'I'J or1" and' such is one made . record, b' 1I ,)" cnw whose breeding has been snc l�1l1erl in the interest of a big showing. .�' PI', tl!e present system of yearly TRACTOR t If; 18 BULL of late that the BIG noticeable 1\ Ol'·bncr'- go t0 the trouble to state the nUl) 1 20 H. P. at .' months that the cow carried at a 7 H. P. (�i;-" 1·ff rO'li, she was fortunate enough to Belt her record under such favorable Drawbar $645.��.B� C,,;](trI lons.-Pacific Review. ' Dairy Minneapolis There's the fall to be d9ne. Show plowing three .�outhwestern Dairy acres the bull wheel in the furrow subsoiling I .. . inches to ten day, h '- six to deep--eight per Rou th western Show Asso- Plowing eight this-the DaIry time-that's where the BIG BULL first won fame. Remember cia" inches more; at the same Was for harrowing with a,. slower tractor re�ently or�anized. the, enables to as acres with two plows as you can plow rJ�; I�I�sc of speed of the BIG BULL you plow many a strictly dairy show but the number of acres you plow per day that in t holdmg three or four It isn't the number of plows you pull, ,.'all'ns City. with plows. counts. of this association is fall work. You as well it now-have the pUrpos.e want a Bull Tractor for the and other might buy J1ln\�\", to consist of You'll Big plowing the tractor Pr]ucab?nal and is, considerable amounts of time and money. Then you'll have � use of it to eut wheat, thereby saving ('xhiI;)t of cattle, products your daIry. dairy "11(1 l I un'" all for the fall work. ready TRACTOR now-he not be able to do 80 later on because Th,-, ," eqUIpment. Your dealer can you with a BIG BULL may ,.how WIll be in the commo- supply than the held for BIG BULL TRACTORS after harvest was greater supply Ilioli" there's a scarcity of steel, and the demand t:ollvention hall, situated in the will be hard to buy-get your BIG 1'01":' 1 and will be the same this BIG BULL TRACTORS mighty of the hotel district of Kan last year, year. sas' Crnl't BULL now and be and so prepared. to a new a being central1y located, enables to hitch onto binder. If you have buy binder, Yr'1' .\�Y, THE BIG BULL BINDER mTCH you any , BULL l'h In.rge attendance is antieipated. will be This will not pay for the BIG mTCH, no whiffle-trees, nor neck yoke required. only of the show is September 18 truck, tongue, to'�a:llne but will 'save you money besides. All'l"ld We have the &8surance of five lliffl'r .. ; t:Vb of and the See Your Dealer at O�ce or Write llJacllilJ 1, r�eds dairy eattle, hibit cry mterests promise a fine ex- CO. A & REEVES MOTOR t HALL BROS. '1l!'lrk Inl'1k contest open to the KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI Unito<] 1538 GRA.ND AVEl'flJE 'Stnetes a featur!l of this shuw' an .will �e pnzes will be offered. There I W�l sPleclala so be a butter exhibit con- LEGHORNS. PURE BUFF EGGS, $3.60 hUndred . sle Crltas, FIC?rence, Karl. .. ---Jel. PURE-BRED SINGLE COMB l'R-' Leghorn eggs, $I per hundred. �h-;'. �WNI, Little' Talks to TonD, Haven, Kan. El -..._ H.ousekeepers�;: SINGLE COMB BROWN ,Pullet mating only. Tiff LEGHORNS_' - Moor�. Hillful Hint, H,re lor tlae Women Folia 01 tAe. Farm City, Kan. Osag� PRIZE) WI·NNING,SINGLE COMB one-half ,il1J All are architects of Fate, unless he is Leghorn..... price. Eggs. 3e: these game, convinced that this is 7c. Guaranteed .. thleIE'. Working In walls of Time: tock, $I each from • Some massive and a layers, Ferris that with deeds and great, wrong change takes place in him, strain. pay $7 PC'r Some per hen. Clara Smith ��od Victrola wIth ornaments of rhyme•. it is more than likely that in his mature Colwell, Cenl, ;'. I\n�� IX, 'SO .... - For the he will be and Other sc)'les $15 to $400 structur� that'we raise, years undependable tricky DUCKS AND Time Is 'wlth materials flUed: and will care only for' those interests GEESE. Our to.days and ),('stHelay. a Victrola is which are self-centered. Are the blocks with which we built!, ENGLISH..!>ENClLPJD 'RUNNER D :cKS:: HAVING A few days ago we watched two Eggs, twe!ve, ·U; 'hundred, 16. Fro nl, play lIall , like Build and Kane ' the today, th"�, .irong sure, Toronto, ,I. ... 1'1':' mates who were on just having With a firm and ample base; racing roller skates. And ascending and secure As th€'y neared the goal, the "loser" at PURE wHlirlll'RtfNNER in . greatest singers your Shall tomorrow find its place. and eggs fO.r !!ale;; .SatlstactlonDUCKS-STOCK" to throw·the other who was guaruntee" . -Longfellow. tempted boy Mrs. H. E. Halle. .!I(cCllne, Kan. home. only a foot ahead, hoping to thereby win . the race. It places at command the most Beware �f Black .Canning R.ubbers. Contrary to his plan, it was your 1..' ! QRP/NGTONS., .. I � he who was famous artists of all the world to sing Housewives are warned not to use the surprised with a fall, and while was SINGLE· 'COMP: BUFF and for you the music you black rubber that arc he :tumbling, his ·playmate ORPINU'l'ONS play knoWl rings frequqontly Eggs l�rge.: vlgor!lu8 tarm ' from. rango bl;d-; and like best. free with' new for crossed the line, the race hon $I per hundred. given jars canning; winning settIng, U Martha Rro\V� Hear ),our favorite music at They are .made of a cheap grade of rub estly and in spite of his effotts to. steal Parkervllle, Ka'D:· Victor dealer'.. Write . an)' ber and contain tar. The tar flavor it.· to us for catalolls. may BUFF ()RP,�NGTONS-S':l'�ICTLY FANCY into How often 'we know or hear of· men matlngs, winter Viet. T.odq MachlDe Co. get the fruit or vegetables .and eon aplenc)!d' la),ers. Egi:". 11.50 'J. F. Cox, Houte Cuad... N.... sequp.ntly cause scrious loss and dlsap who in their dealings with others- answer ���e�!!e�a��l\epald. 2S. pomtment. Gray, white, or red rubbers the deserfptlon of these -two boys.: The of good grade -are recommended. New one type with' only one objt�t in -view PLYMOUTH ROCKS. that of or rubbers should be obtained for vege gaining glors, wealth, position Victrola BARRED tables and fruit, but old rubbers be for self-bolts .ahead of the ROCK8-72 PREMIUMS. STOCK may tho'!Jghtless sale. Eggs half used for and results of his unfair methods which price; Italian bees. Mattie jellies marmaJades.-Home. by A. Gillespie, Clay Ceilt.el', Kan. ,Economics Dept., Nebraska College of he seeks to win, and many times finds UTILITY BARRED- ROCKS A l' BER. that the final blow dealt his fellow in muda Agriculture. Ranch. Eggs, tlfteen. $1: hundred. 14. ------the hope of putting him out of the race, Frank Hall, Toronto, Kan. Chilc1ish Become Habits. reacts to his own and-fall, Ways Life injury BUFF ROCK EGGS. FRISCO woHi:iY'S If the child is selfish at his It seems a from a school Fair play and long way championship stock. 11.60 and l3 per fifteen. C. R. Baker, Box cheats in order that he may win the boy's race to a life career, but in reality F, Abilene. Knn. EGGS FROM BLUE' RIBBON BAI1RED and Wl\lte. Rocks, U to SS tor fifteen. IYril. for mating list. Fine cockerels anti pullets FASHION DEPARTMENT-ALL PATTERNS TEN CENTS tor lIale. H. F. Hlc! . first-class blrdsj :the same kind I ha t ell my self, $I per 15, $6 per 45, and I pre pav ex- ¥-�':'ao: 8!s::;g"a!�t:nr. Jl.�'ie�!, t��nunlon. , TURKEYS. eTTA WA.. KAN$. WHITE HOLL·AND TURKEY EGG�. 12.50 per twelve. W F. . .l(an. Real Estate For .. Teague, Collyer Sale MAMMOTH WHITE HOLLAND I':GGS. sired by 37-pound tom, U eleven. Jessie 840 A. Gove County Wheat Farm, sprIng CrUe., water, near town. Price. $14.000. Want East· F1orencl\,_K_a_n_. . ern farm equal value. J. F. Xell, SalIita, Ken. RHODE ISLAND REDS FOR SAL&:-40 a.. almost adjoining cIty Krebs, city 3,500. this 2 mlles county. % SIX PURE-BRED R. C. RED ROO�'TEnS. McAlester. All bottom. All tillable. Soli, hatchE'd Iast year. for .ILlI, ch"P. dark loam. Part In cult. U5 acre. Immedtate Mrs. Howard Martlridale. Maellson. E 111. SOUTHERN REAl.TY CO., McAlester, Okla. S. C. RED EGG�LARGE BONE. DARK FOR SALE AT A SACRIFICE red, from prize stock, Write for price> Mrs. Elmer Nloholson. Route 5, Wellington. Magnificent 15-room modern residence. Kan. Cost $28,000 to build. Within five minutes' ..._------walk of Union Station. Is good buatneas SINGLE COMB RED Will EGGS-HUNDRED. property. sacrltlce for $9,000. $5.000 $8.50: Mrs. Rosa Janzen. ncn- thirty, $1.50.. will handle. Address R. N., Care Kansall eseo, Kan. Farmer. RANCH FOR SAF.E. ROSE COMB RHODE ISLAND RSDS Won iirst 1,280 Acres, two etreams, two sets Im second at Illinois State Fair an:l at two 111lllinIT' provements: 175 acre. under Irrigation, county shows. Four grand for 1916. "t'liing. fenced and cross-fenced, outside range. Eggs, $1.50 to U per WrIte for W. Hihl)el'. ,10.00 per IIClre, No trade considered. ThIs mating list. A. Is a Damar, Kan. bargain. _ C. A. WILLIS, DOUGLASS, WYOMING EGGS AT SACRIFICE PRICES A r.o'fER .. UTICA, NESS COUNTY, KANSAS May 22nd from our six grant! pens �o ! On main line MIssouri Pacific. Send for Comb R('ds mated to roosters costtns 1;',00 to 15 00. list of, dlxty wheat, corn and stock farms, $35.00: egg., $1.60: $30. $2.:,0; ".00. Pure-bred 100, an, srae you want, map of Kansas and 'other range flocl< $3.50 Ill'I' Also hens roosters ('attlloK, IIterBoture. It you don't want to buy any good and cheap. W. R. land, do you know of anyone who does? It Huston; Americus. Kan. ------you do, send us the names of parties who might buy land here. If we close a deal wIth any of them, wlll pny you well for BABY CHICKS. your trouble. Buxton Rutherford Land (lo., Utica, KansM. YOU BUY THE BEST BABY en leKS. guarantepd. at Colwell's Hatchery. Sl1l1lh Center. Kan. -P-U-R-E--B-R-E-D--R-O-S-E-C-O-M-B--R-E-D--l;A01 10c each. Mrs. C. E. Hili, 1·oronlo• ehtckes, ' Beautifu,1 Farll Halle Kan�as. Close to Ottawa, Kan. Well Improved, rich ------soil, fine shade. splendid soft water. You REDS, BARRED BUFF will like this 120 acres. Write for doscelp ROCKS, _OR�; Ingtons from free range flocks. tlon. and view of ' price, postcard Improve hundred. W. �1."1'.,.' pPle ments. L. E. Castle, 1920 � __I_C_h_l_ta�._K_a_n_. �' ------Manlfleld Land Co., OttIWI, lin. WYANDOTTES. Come to Fowler, Meade Co., lin••• WHITE WYANDOT'l'E EGGS I"II�Iiun Where great opportunity awaits you; where prize winnIng stock. $1.80. thirty: $4.;," rg�I���fab�lthhefl:!�\';,� ��t:�r:�taw��I'.�s fr�! dred. Mrs. Will Belghtel, Holton. K":'.:,- and at to No. 7718--La 'KANSAS FABHER is the farm great - Evi:By WEEK comes fifty-two times a of the Great Southwest. Has weekly filled with the best stories, becn published continuously since, 1863 year, pic and is thc oldest farm papcr wcat of tures in colors, financial articles, bealth , the Missouri River. It is the most care articles, stories of the theater,- ad a edited farm in the West, fully paper wealth of interesting material. n is a from the of practical infor standpoint member of the mation. Both the editor and associate magazine every ftpdly will editor were reared on Kansaa farms and enjoy- and value. conditions in thc have made 1\ life study of tlie territory reliable covered by KA.�AS FARMER. It is the absolutely of real guide for the practical farmer-"the paper help.",' TntPt�:s nOM[JOWNAL� For \ no \!!>l[ADE ICELESS BEFBIGERA.TOBI $3.00 Only $1.50 tor, Thf' following description will aid ln the l",n�tJ'uctioll of this device: . �Iah : screened case 31 feet high Home Journal Today'. �ith t]" other dimensions 12 by 15 Peoples lIleheR. [' a solid top is used, simply TQDAY'S MAGAZINE will give you mny HOME JOURNAL Is a p,locc tI" witter pan on this. Otherwise PEX>PLE'S maga hours of pleasure. Every number is Uke flL tlu- into the of It stories I,.lll closely opening zine of fiction. publishes the visit of a welcome friend. U radi tnp'r:tJllC and J-Ineh writers in suppor� i� by written by thc most famous ates and and clealst,he la:·t"ned to the Inside of the hclpfulness good cheer, world. will entertain you frame, 'iuee two movable shelves in the They drives away the blues. For the latest subscriber the fJ'illlf', a month if will bc a 12 to 15 inches apart. Use every you styles, delightful stories, mOlIPY sal'i;ng 3, blSClllt ! "I 12 inches square on 'the top to this There is a complete p. magazinc. and labor saving ideas, TODAY'S llAoA: holr] I re to, he water, and where the in .eaeh issue. 'I'heso stories r:'I'I.I.UPTON.PUIIII_.NcW"wbRK novelette ZINE is the leader. It is a real fngpr:tt .. t is to be used indoors have the neCf.'88ity arc so varied, absorbing and interesting Whole tiling- standing in a large pan to ·to every woman who has at hear. the n. catch a You will also �liy drip. The pans and case may that you simply cannot �iss single �ne. health, welfare, progress and happiBcss be and on care of children, departments pnlnLhj white, allowed to dry, find dopartmcuts cooking, of her needlework. PEO' family. Women everywhere are then ('li, .ur-led, A covering of' white for entertainment, and newest fancies in t- in the home. about TOOAY'S MAGAZINE. cantult !I"nllel should be made to fit the PLE'S HOME JOURNAL touches every part of life talking fram,', 1\ � ve the smooth side out and ,buttu!! t 1;" covering on the frame with sl o: :1 curtain hooks and ;s buggy utomobile g, eyes. all :'n�cd so that the door may be s, ('pr,nr,d "'jj hout unfastening these hooks. Read This Offer-····It Saves TIII� r:;·, ":1Rily be done putting one Big Money by , 01 n luoks on the edge of the door Here is $3.00 worth of magazines for only $1.50. This great ,e �O\\' tl" l:ttch and other 10 '.rar the just oppo of the of !Ite th: is made entirely for the benefit readers KANSAS O. 'lpening with the hem on each production 0, \Idr there been so much value offered for "xl"tlded far to cover the FARMER. Hardly, if ever, has r, enough al reader the of kl':ttk the edge of the door, so as to so little cash. We urge upon every necessity writing rep our the warm, outside air and ro order to take full of this 1 llin at once in advantage big bargain. th. ('('!lIed air This dress or eov offer is to all-new or renewal. If your - This open \1 i1\ have to be hooked �round the subscription 3. �lln!( we will extend it one "Il�" Two double one is now paid in advance, year. n h�llif (i,],so. strips ,.� i.lll' WIdth of each side should be 01: t.he 0.1- 1 top of each side and IoHC\\'CdI\'(,r) t I, extend over about 2! or 3 Kans. iI' h,' Address KANSAS FARMER, Topeka,. :;C1I" ." pan of water. The bottom th, the >. I ""\'('l'lng sbould extend to 01\'1'1' I'" '!' ,r of the case. e. 1 PltH'pi1 f' or IIn a hd \l'h, ,"'!e rlgerator say p,ace ,'I' Will circulate around it freely. If \1.1, �JI'; 'l\:, and are used on the buttonholes "I! flannel instead of buggy II hook:':"'; 1 i,' cost should not exceed 85 I' rrnt�.' "Gimme a nickel's worth of asafetida." misses and children, illuswating gar Ginger Snaps. The cI(!rk poured some BRafctida in a, m(mts all of whieh can be very easily 1 cupful mota.srs Goosebeny Catsup. and pushed it across the made at home. We will spnd the latest As �\ % cupful shortenIng pap!'r bag \\ <'t·t relish to be served with 8 % cuptutR Hour (!ounter. "Charge it," drawlC!c} the cus issue of this quartcrly fashioB book to In�at ".: soda. " few % tpa.poonful name 1" asked the addre�s in the United "':"bcrry catsup hRS equals. glngAl' tomcr. ''What's your any States, post Put> Co 1 tablp"poonful !I'IV pints of it this srAson and 1 sa.Jt "Take it," said and safe guaran see i�l� % telUlpoonfuls clerk. ''Honeyfunkel.'' age ,prepaid delivery , :"! do not share this clerk. "I wouldn't write asafetida tecd, of 10 cents. opinion. Heat molasses to boiling point and th,1 upon receipt r, Add and for five cents." Ph [' over sh!)rtening. dry ingredi Honeyfunkcl tJ gf)Ac:berriee pour "An tbe farmer's Ph!,�I _' heirloom," explained J I"lq:;'ar ents mixed and sift!'d. Chill thoroughly. to "is , 10 Cents. wife her 1 i,U/'hil vin(-'gar Toss of mixture on 1l0ur!'d board Summer Fas�on Book, thirteen-year-old boy, 1 cloves part number of de that has bern handed down l;:I::;,��"?Onful- As to the .. as roll large something '''ourul Clr elnn&DlOD. and roll as thin possiblc. During owing nlC�rd BrQaDd it is not for us to from father to son, and in some in ing, bowl of mixture should be k<'pt cool partments, possible ': illustrate the ncw designs Itanees is greatly prized." wawr OD beni... to almost or more flour will be needed, making very many �ough these hpirlooms I'm wear to��t. and short. that come out each month, we have made "I'd prize spit!e8 in a email cloth Rack. snaps hard instead of crisp lloill;(.,l,lace to our readers with ing," remarked the youngster, "a grpat sugar, ..til thiek. arrangmnents supply Add !ond apices fashion deal more if wasn't so in the Vi'l:1',I:��, in Arkan a catalog illustrating they 16ng ,. Cnn boil few longer. It was in a country store quarterly �.s 400 for a"u,�,g�a.r.-ca.land sas. A customer drifted in. ncarly practical styles ladies, legs." 9. one-gaUus Do Not Crowd C.hicks need to be on the lookout is no small matter, it thoug'b may lie these to see that It won't days your grow easy. do just to hand out YOU, ing chicks are not too crowded. to them and f: morning night, they III are the They growing very rapidly, and, be 'looked after -durjng the Whole r 'poop that was in size for them a You will find a . sick one a1· ample here and few weeks is too small and one ago, now, ailing there, and these must' be � Don't Abuse Your Tractor larger quarters should be provided for tended to. The cause of their them. aihne�� be aseerjained so as to ,'must avoid, Many fine chicks are materially in of Let It do the work"lor which it was intended. It general. d,:rangement �he Whole ftock. jured by crowding. They are growing By finding out what ails a siek will do it if will use the chk� you proper lub�cating oil rapidly and are greedy, caring more to can you. often. prevent � general e � An oU of the correct all of the wants demle of lubricating body to minimize. get they can, regardless sickness. S!"metlmes it is of the others. crowd; and tread that the lee ':"friction. An on that maintains th:1t correct lubricat. 'They bothers plilck. This can be on and pick each other till we find our remedied with ing 'body even under extreinely- high temperature by dusting insect powder once promishig Bock is looking decidely be' conditions. Sometil!les ,it, may indigestion, and ragged. Separ!lote them according to this 'can often be remedied by sizes, the weaker ones a the feed and changing giving chance, providing plenty of it we find our best .ior may fowla' among Oftentimes the are overfed. them. chick� �; Get Stuolilld Gas ,Eagille results of such feedmg are The should be as the indigestioll, coops enlarged liver trouble;' leg weakness, and bowel chicks older. The cockerels should The grow complaint. light foods should hi TraetorOn be from the when fed separated pullets they i.n the- forepar� of t�e day anrl the are three months old. But if don't heavier or more solid It minimiz•• friction and .Umlnat•• the usual trouble of scored you grams in the even. wish: to keep these cockerels for breed There-:is This oU I. for the lubrication of ing. nothing better for lasl cylinders. m�de'upresily ers next year, it would be better to sell' at than wheat and tractor whera Is used as fueL It fa feeding night kafir engineS; keroaen" equally them at and the a bet once, give pullets for growing chicks. These be efficient for of all of ma may . lubricating bearings types harvester ter chance to thrive and But prosper. mixed witti cracked corn and small seeds chinery and for of tractors. be sure that all hea:vy gearings growing chicks have and you will hive a most excellent plenty of room at night to be com ration for night feeding. fortable. If not will you eventually fina One can readily see the necessity for Standard Oil Company of them many deformed with crooked heavy foods at night and the lighter 72 W. Adams St., (lnrllarus) U. S. A. breast or keel and Chicago. 41 bones, otherwise in ones during the early part of the dav. Jured. ,The chicks have a Ipng night in which some nourishment must be provirled. If Don't let your chicks out too early in they have a full crop of grain when the they morning when the dews are heavy. go to roost, this will last them till the first feed in the morning. During the Storms and wet weather are now pre· day the rations are coming in at stated and the chicks should be and valent, pro- intervals; the crop always has a sup. tected from them. , ply of food ready f6r the gizzard to grind. ' , A few good precautions "acted on in If you will .look after these things, AN ,.00 allllxed to bancJIe ,.oar grain time will a will a .. to DOn't un!,*, prevent many calamity you pass successful sea· , tIIt.:re!II'lO aat blahest prI..., through the market at buaIn_ brood son JOII(_�,OD aow;Pri_-1IH JodIr" among your of chicks. with chicks. If you do not at a1ant. 1IIIId'_ tbe blab lid..... gire Beat IIIIIl DnatleaJ tention to the signs of danger, you will Tuno..Lok Grain Bins 11§1l� During the hot summer months comes be in much trouble from time to time, ;:::=�� 1 ""31 1==:3 a time in the _ ,to ;;;r..... and tonllll84-faat II.. &be ,_ TUNG-LOB: SIlo. life of a chick when it gets Do the work in a: proper manner and - � - Bulaat to ereat DO 'upert" belp reqali'ed pDt ODe up In I... tban a daJ'. IistlC!\S and dumpish. Then is the time give the chicks the best of care, for BeHer ThaD Metal-ADd Far Lower In Cost they for the to itij appe will well for all the la bor Metal Bln.....t and lOt _tant. The,.".." and bulira-al'!!eaan,.cIam�8J' poultryman' tempt pay you you Jl'8 terrlbl,. _1Ii�e. TlTl'IG,LOK and will tite with a change of diet. Provide have been at, later on. BIria,D8�DWeet laata=te. IILo� :.�. �ert=3J�: Wree Book I':;:�: =:!�b1e,.ourc;...r'ta. plenty of shade, fresh water and a TUNG-LOK SILO. m change of feed If TANK .. IIOIID1cn11tC 1IkII...... GIr.... quite frel}uently. you Blood Meal would have fine fowls In the fall, you must keep the chicks growing right "Will you please give some informs SUNSHINE .1 YOUR HOlE AT MI,DNIGHT along. tion in regard to the merits of blood If we can show you that we have the simplest, cheapest, easiest meal as & feed for laying hens, in the to cleanest and church or operate, absolutely fool·proof home, store, Give eolumns of Also which il schoOol Lighting System, will you let us send you our Illustrated fresh and clean water to the your paper' the or circular with prices. terms and testimonials regarding the Lake fowls several times a. and best for this pu,rpose, blood meal It Is than coal 011 and used for both day, especially Lighting System? cheaper let the first in the meal made from the blood, bones and lighting and cooklng. You wouldn't be without It, once you try one: drink morning be flesh? One house ndrer lasts a life time: easy and simple to operate. ,You will be surprised clean water. Water standing over night poultry supply at the low cost. Successfully ten years. thousands In use. tises thil operated during warm weather is liable to be full beef meal made as above. Is Addr_ LAKE GAS SYSTEM MANUFACTURING CO., L. B. Lake, Inventor and l\laDufaet'r blood meal a chickl of dust, poison and parasites. These, are good feed for young 1,004 Frederick Avenue, St. Joeeph, Mlllsourl not good for chickens. Fowls should and laying hens? Is it a healthy ration have all / or to cause disease Til the pure water they can 'drink, apt . Answer.-Blood meal or dried blood II for they drink a great deal in summer, and when fresh water is not furnished to an excellent addition to the laying ra and the hens are and them they are apt to drink any foul tion, jf confined This Outfit Given to water that is accessible to them. This is have no access to bugs and insects, they Useful must order bound to cause trouble by all have some form of meat in breeding con· manner of diseases. to lay well, and blood meal is as centrated a substance as can he found. If a from the Subscription Helpers It is a, good plan to teach your chicks pure article, made b!oo�, bones It Ii to heed so that a and flesh, can be • your call, with pan of procured, I Butcher Knife • • 1 Meat Cleaver better for than feed you can get ihem into their poultry still, it is better balanced the dried blood But houses or coops on the of a alone. many.of 1 Meat Saw approach beef WIth thUe storm. This matter of shooing the meals are mere tankage, � life and out of It chickens into their coops when a storm substance squeezed Dried blood is be THREE-PIECE IDEAL MEAT SET comes is' a nuisance. They scaster to not so liable to of the terated as beef meal. A little ad�ld'dne Given as a. to anyone a. club of three NE\V subscribers every part yard, and it takes as premium sending blood is for It is fed to KANSAS FARMER at the special trial rate of 50 cents to January I, 1917. many.persons as chickens to house them, good young chicks. in the either or moist. ,%en whereas if you have taught them to mash, dry ------ fed loss USE THIS ORDER BLANK come at can dry there is to be some your call, you place the feed apt e to fol' tbal KANSAS FARMER, Topeka, Kansas. in their coops and the chicks will_go in compared the moist mash, Gentlenren: Inclosed find to for the when can particles of dried blood are so smull please $1.5(} pay following three you close them up till the �I�a� new trial subscribers to KANSAS FARMER for the rest of 1916. storm is over. they are hard to pick up, unless mIxed -with some other feed. Too much bloo TOWN STATE meal is neither for chieks Sell Stock good thano; SurPlus fowls, for it must be remembered It is - all 1 ...... •...... , ...... • very importent �o of it is an � � dispose extraordinarily condensed for here is surplus stock, where there is of animal food. If fed twice it :\'CCIt� a leak in the s 2...... •.•••...... : . � business . great poultry w!ll be all If fresh beet the of right.. ( feeding unprofitable stock. 'Now WIth meat, adhering to them, • M. E. RICHARDSON - - KANSAS STERLING, were com of the following figures �ource injured animals will SUffer piled by the manager of the provl m consequence. THEsion of one the department of Notices have been ,sent out and DEIERLING STOCK FARMS Kansas are' City packing houses, and quoted posted in the various stock ynl'ds Have fltteen large, heavy boned, black, registered 16 to 18 hands and :lacks, in the .Drovers' 'I'elegram s. about the pens and chutes high, good heads and ears, good style, good breeders, I have a number ot loading of 'the Jacks sired by the Pride ot Missouri. also several other good herd "During the week ending Saturday, railroads, in the In .urging humanity treat. prospects. my 1914chamPlonisale, sold the champion or Kansas State Fair, 1916, May �O, 241 hogs, on account of their ment of hve stock. Eastern Lightning. also Demonstrator, tlret prize aged jack Missouri State were thrown out of crippled condition, The shipper cannot expect the !'''i!�mt!!�t��e���c::rc:r�e:tJt��:;, t:r��\:� a���r::J�re ':��'"���� ��:.':.a\·n l!��� our droves and sold other regular ail �crips', men who 'help _to handle his to Wabash nailroad. Wl\(. DBIEBLINO. QUEEN CITY. MISSOUBI. and as such hogs be averaged about $1 under more careful than he is.hlmself. He ean perfect, hogs, or say about $2' per hog. well afford PERCHERON � cqn,s�d,llr.�arefully the STALLIONS FOR SALE But many have to be sold 'subject,' here sug. A and a gestions given.- pall' ot, coming .toun coming three-year-old" two blacks and the other & bay, means which if fail to the " .Ired by the herd stallion Siroco (61368), which we lIold to go to Northern Nebraska. They they �et ,by pr'lced'to government inspector the shipper loses !\:-eM: aDuLt 8: SONSand a�e s�ASHINGTON, KANSAS still more-possibly $15 per hog, and it Better; St�k 'ib 'Cloud County is estimated 10' 'cent fail to _ so per pass, The following item from a news letter that for the above week there were sent out by �rl Knaus, agricultural POLAND POLAND CHINAS. about 25 on which $-15 each was lost and CfflNAS agent of Clo;u,cl County, shows how live 216 on which lost about $2' they each, stOCK iniprovement can be brought !thou. a total for week of making one $807. in a I, commup.,ity , • BRED AND GILTS • If, therefore, this is usedforthe 100 SOWS 100 average "Charles R. V. 52 weeks of the year, it means a 'Ashley, Warrell, and ALL IMMUNE, BIG-TYPE POLAND CHINAS yearly Melvin of Oakland and loss of just 'about $42,000. The ques Parker" Meredith FOR SAL�ows and gilts bred tor July and Sl!ptember litters. A tew Receiver gllla Townships, have- pooled their interests bred to Wonder. A tp.w gilts sired by First Metal and bred to tion, therefore, presents itself-can the The Wonder by Long and invested in a Receiver Wonder. These are big stretchy gllta and will pleas!! anyone. AIIO a tew hog shippers coming to Kansas City af pure-bred Hereford a choice October boars. 'Can .hlp pain or triOS, not have October and November gilts and tew ford to bull. By so, doing they obtained a related. Prices reasonable. Come and see our herd, Over 700 registered hogs on the tarm. throwaway $42,000' 'through individual careless bette� than anyone of them THE DEMING BANCH, OSWEGO, KANSAS handling of We think hogs? alone felt like to use on n Two Miles r,om Town. H. O. Sheldon, Hel'tUDIIIIl, not." buying small berd. This is a way for a KANSAS FAlBS IN 1918 With hot weather almost here and the very good HENRY'S BIG-TYPE POLANDS beighborhood to improve the live stock Following Is a list ot talrs to be held In danger of with Fall also bred or sired overhcating increasing at cost to boars: gilts open, by Kansas In 1916, their dates-where they sll'9.ll each individual. A. Q. Mammoth Orange. pigs by Mam every twenty-four hours it behooves the Spring have been decided on-locations and aecre Holbilrt"has of R moth Orange and Big Bob Wonder. men to recently disposed grade tarles. as reported to the State Board ot preparing market their hogs, and JOHN D. 'HENRY, Bonte I, Leeompton, Kau, stallion and now has a Agriculture and complied by S�cretary J. the men who handle them when pure-bred. George they Palmer, of Miltonvale, Phil East get to market, to turn their to recently shipped C'K��:!:r�tate Fair Asso�latlon, thoughts in a carload of and POLAND CHINAS man, Secretary, Topeka; September 11-16. the comfort of the animals. high-grade pure-bred Kansas State Fair, A. L. Sponsley, Secre Holstein cows and heifcrs. Several 01 For Sale--A tew large type bred gilts: all Humane treatm-ent at the tary, Hutchinson: September 16-23. country vaccinated by the double process. Price these were sold to his He Allen Agricultural Dr. F. chutes and the market are worth neighbors. reasonable tor quick sale. County Society, loading S. Beattie, Secretary. lola: September 6-8. also bought a Holstein bull of high pro A. J. dollars to the shipper. SWINGLE LeonMdvUle, Kauau, Allen County""; Moran Agricultural Fair ducing strain. This certainly is u boos' Association, ,E. N. McCormack, Secretary, Hogs are slower in summer than in - to in that com. Moran: September -. winter because of the heat. Patience dairy' industry �he" " -OLD ORIIINAL SPOnED POLAIDS Barton County Fair, Association, Porter munity. ,', Great October 3-6., is needed in their if the best 150 choice spring pigs lett, elred by RPven Young, Secretary, Bend: handling Brown Hiawatha Fair Asso ot the very best boars ot the East and West. County-The prices are to be secured for them, .be ciation, J. D. Weltmer, Secretary, Hiawatha; Priced cause the insist �I���wRgWY8�'O��ni\!��he September 6-8. buyers that the animals Profitable Cattle Ration A. S. Kanf188 Butler So must be in first class condition when Alexander, Prop. Burlington, County-DougllsB Agricultural ' Shelled alfalfa and cotton Ciety, J. A. Clay, Secretary, Douglasa; Sep- corn, hay received. . LANGFORD'S SPOTTED POLANDS. tember 27-30. • seed meal and It is the gave the fasteilt gains Mr. Farmer, look this way. Pigs ready to Clay County Fair Association, W. F. Mil club users, the kickers, and greatest prof,it of any of the six ratione ship. T. T. Langford a Sona., Jameaport, Mo. ler, Secretary, Clay Center; October 4-8. the men in' too big a hurry that' send Clay CountY-Waketleld Agricultural As fed in the recent, cattle bruised and crippled hogs to the market, feeding experi sociation, Eugene Elkins, Secretary, Wake- ment at the experiment station n l' Lin tl'eld; October 6-7.' ,,- and those bruised and crippled hogS ate SHORTHORN CATTLE. Cloud County Fair Association, W. L. Mc coIn, Neb. The other rations fed the the cause of lower prices for the men Carty. Secretary, Concordia; August 29- different lots in the experiment were: September 1. who put their time and their into money Shelled corn and corn Cottey County Agricultural Fair Associa them. alfalfa; ground tion, S. D. Weaver, Secretary, Burlington; and shelled alfalfa, and The owners are alfalfa; corn, VAIL lEBO SHOBTHOBIS September -. the chief losers at the _ shelled the - silage; corn, alfalfa, silage For 8&l_Four Scotch-topped bulls, eight Cowley County Eastern Cowley County hands of the club wielders and the pole months old, all reds. They are extra good. Fair Association, W. A. Bowden, Secretary, first four weeks, and Tarkio muiasses dates prodders. Priced at UOO. First check g�ts enotce, Burden: not Bet. feed the last fourteen weeks; and W. H. VAIL - HUME, MISSOURI Cowley County Agricultural & Live Stock For several years steps have been Association, Frank W. Win shelled corn, and cottonseed meal Sidle, Secretary. taken to much of the to alfalfa, field: July 11-14. stop cruelty the last six weeks. Decatur County Fair Association, J. R. hogs and this has resulted in a great SIORTIOBI BULLS Correll, Secretary, Oberlin: dates not set. in the of The sixty head of steers Dickinson Fair lessening suffering the ani twc-year-old For two 10 and 11 months County ASSOCiation. C. ,R. for sale, bulls. old; mals on their to market. used in the experiment were' bought solid reds, sired by Brompton's Son. Price, Baer. Secretary, Abilene: Septembp.r 19-22. way Douglass Fair & Agricultural So and were sold at U25. First check gets choice. County Continued eo-operatlon is needed, $6.75 prices ranging - ciety. C. W. SULLIVAN BBOS. MOBAN, KANSAS Murphy, Secretary, Lawrence; from $9.60 to or at a net September 19-22. however, bctween the shippers, the rail $9.75, profit of over in Elk County Agricultural Fair Association, roads and tli'e men in the stock $1,100. The cattlEl were fed Fred R. Secretary, August yards. HILL'S SHORTHORNS Lanter, Grenola; There are a an open lot and under conditions similar '29-31.: number of "dont's that One red Shorthorn bull 11 months old, to belt can be observed with at the those found on the average corn sired by Bettie's Albion 399451. pure Scotch, Ellsworth County Agricultural & Fair As profit pres well bUilt, weight between 600 and 700 sociation. G. C. Gebhardt, Secretary, Ells ent time. Just a few of them follow: farm. tor Priced to sell. worth; 19-22. pounds. Ready service. September Don't drive the hogs too rapidly. C. E, HILL TORONTO, KANSAS Franklin County Agricultural Society, J. Don't be R. Finley. Secretary. Ottawa: 8-8. in too big a to load. a September hurry- 'Develop breeding heifers by feetlin� Franklin County-Lane Agricultural ]o'alr Start in time. proper grain ration in connection Shorthoms Association, Flo'yd B. Martin, Secretary, Don't lose \\'I,th S,camore .prinCS Lane: September 1 and 2. patience. the roughage. The roughage should JO' MaltsI' of Dale by the great Avondale Gray County Agr.lcultural Association, E. Don't forgct that a bruised or clude alfalfa and and herd. A tew, Scotch bulls and crippled clover hay �l1nge bead. young T. Peterson, Secretary, Cimarron; Septem- hog hits the book. and ' in order bred helter. tor sale. ber -. shipper's pocket to develop bone and muscle Don't beat 'or H. M. RILL LAFONTAINE, KANSAS Greenwood County Fair Association, Wil shove the hogs because a hClfrr, liam produce large framed, healthy Bays, Secretary, Eureka; August 29- do not to move fast two 1. they happen quite fit to become a mother at the or September ' age R I V E R SID E SHORTHORNS Harper County-The Anthony Fair Asso enough to please you. Headed L. years. by PrInce Valentine 4th 3421'79. ciation, G. Jennings, Secretary, Anthony; Don't throw water on the back of an Families represented. Orange Blossoms, August 8-11. overheated Butterftles. Queen of Beauty and Violets. Johnson County-Spring Hill Grange Fall' hog. Sprinkle the floor of The officers and directors of the _\mcr' H. H. HOLMES, Ronte I, Great Bend, Kau. Association. W. F. Wilkerson, Secretary, the car or instead. pen lean Royal Live Stock Show are Iltnking Spring Hill: Septpmber 6-8. to is I:..abette County Fair Association, Clarence Cruelty hogs clearly shown in plans for the sixteenth annual sholY· the meat of SHORTHORN BULLS Montgomery, Secretary, Oswego; September the animals after they are The date set is October 2 to 7 uurl I� Four' to 20-23. young bun., nine eleven months old. prepared for market. Bruised backs and Lincoln County Agrlcultral & Fair As will again be held in Convention flaIl, C. Eo CASHATT, OSKALOOSA, KAN. hams do non sociation. J. D. Ryan, Secretary., Lincoln; sell so readily as the clear Robert Hazlett of El Dorado is pn',ltlent September 13·16. meat, and future from the of Lincoln County-8ylvan Grove Fall' & Ag shipments the board of directors. Aske.'s· Shorthorns ricultural Association, R. W. Wohler. Sec - retary, Sylvan Grove; Septpmber 20·22. Registered Shorthorns, bulls and helters; Linn County Fair Assoctatton, John C. reds and roans. Bred and raised on Clover Madden, Secretary, Mound City; Septem Lawn Farm, Main line Mls.ourl Pacific. ber 6-8. C. W. ASKEW '" SONS, UTICA, KANSAS Logan County-Inter-County Fair Ailsocla tlon. L. L. Secretary, LOWEMON'l' SHORTHORNS. Moore, Oakley; Sep tember -. Brawlth Heir 351808 heads herd. Inspection Marshall County Stock Show & Fair As Invited. Eo E. Heacock'" Son. Harttord, Kan. soctatton, Blue Rapids; dates not set, McPherson County Agricultural Fair As sociation, James T, Grlmng, Secretary, Mc YORKSHIRES. Phprson: August 22-25. Meade County Fair Association, Frank Fuhr, Meade; 5-8. YORKSHmE Secretary, Spptpmber SWINE Mitchell County J;'alr Association, I. N. Cholera-Immunrd of the young stock best Tlce, October 3-7. and Secretary, Beloit; type breeding for sale, Prices always Fair El reasonabte. Montgomery County ASMclatron, liott .. DONAI,D Irvin, Secretary, Coffeyville; Septem R. ACKI,IN, Perr;VKlnlrl:. Ohio ber 26-29, Morris County Fair Association, H. A. IMPROVED Clyborne, Secrelary. Council Grove: July 25- OHIO CHESTERS 27. (Race meet only.) Nemaha Fair Association. M. B. Williams, Secretary. Sl;\necai dates not set. I. Neosho County Agricultural Society, Geo. IMMUNE O. C. PIGS K. Bldeau, Srcretary. Chanute: October 3·6, ALVEY BROS. MERIDEN, KANSAS Ness County Agricultural Asooclatlon, James A. Cason, Secretary, Ness City; about September 1. Choice lugult and September Pig. Norton County Agricultural Association, Weight 125 $26. Booking orders tor Fred L. pounds. Strohwlg, Secretary, Norton; August. Iptlng pigs, U5 each: pair. $26: trio, $35. 29·September 1. Registered. In Ottawa Fair AN ABUNDANCE Express prepaJd anywhere County Association, J. E, OF PURE WATER, GOOD AND PLENTY OF PAS Kansas. F. C. Boute Ran. SHADE, Gookin, I, RnAAtllI, Johnston, Secretary, Minneapolis; Septem TURE ESSENTIAL ber 6-8. TO THE HEALTH OF HOGS.--oN THIS FAR1I1 WATER CHESTER WHITE PIGS. Write tor breed Pawnee ('!ounty Agr,lcultural Association, FROM A STORAGE TANK IS PIPED TO ALL LOTS AM) 'ng and prices. HR.rry H, Wolcott, Secretary, Larned; Sep· P'AS�S E, E. SmUey, Penh, Kansas. tember 28·29, - ' -=== At"tile ]1'; W. ROBI80N, C..h1e1'·�_Q 8tMe ..... estra .haa" 8.' and G n. old CLUE GOWD, iranD.. FlftY·faur for l1lIIiotered percheron .talllona NadJ KANSAS 2 Jr. olda rMdJ TOWANDA, beaVY ltand: S8.� HOLSTEIN, 'FRESI4tt1 ·�FAR·M., and d,,",lop on. 19, Bol all al'es. Largest' pure-bred herd In the Soutll. ror some service Pure-bred and 11Igh grade Holetelna. , '" wltb breeding. .talUOOI. Just aboYe Kanlu CIty. west headed by Oak :pe Kol Bessie. Ormeby 1:66789. show bull royal ,Ian PERCHERDN FARM ... R. O. dams_and ·elres. ' rRED CHANDLER k'ure-bred bulls. lIe,rvl.ceable age. from A. IOWL 47 Train. Dally some with' omclal records. ChoIce. extra lilgh gr&4. Roule 7. Charllan. A grand lot Gf pure-bred heifers, calf to bulls. con.tantly Go. COW8- and marked. h!!avy sprlngerll. In pure-beed heifers! wel� Send draft for number .. weeks Bargains. [I IlORSE8--For sale. four-year itand. High graae' heIfer ealvea 6 to 10 old. U&. M(lIW.\N Edwin Green b. cara bere. Inllpect our herd before purch&elng. WrIte, :wk. stallion. Daniel by wanted. All prIces t; G. • i \I"r�an Iowa I 0496. J. ED BAILEY, irwin, or phone u.. �1�\I;'I"in Address All Communica OmOD. R�BISON. ::::::- CATTLE. JERSEY tions to Kansa. Farmer ToRlEY'S HOLSTEINS and Not to Individual. bulla. The beat HI,h gr!Lde COWl! and helf��1 a::d r::Ja����. breecllnlr; Penonl maU may have to 'be held Herd for eeveral or Tow'Jlnda, Kanau Reduc� ,,&,1,- be delayed ill' . O. 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