ESTABLISHED. PAGES·WEEKLY. VOL. XXII'I, No. 40.1863.} TOPEKA, KANSAS, OCTOBER 7" .1885, {SIXTEENPRICE. 81.50 A YEAR.

OTTAWA AND THE FAIR. Hail," costing $2,500, whlcb, for arenltee- expected, however the showmg was choice Burns first, and S. Redenbaugh second; 3 tural and stands without, an 'and creditable. years and under Johnson Bros. first, and Correspondence K.NBAB Jl!AR.!.IEIl beauty finish, 4, Apeelal and the new The , sbow was Indeed extraordl W. F. Thompson second ; 4 ypars and over, Ottawa, with a population of about 8,000 equal, Secretary's office, too, tbe kind heretofore and of Johnson Bru�.,first and caine second. 1 Anhabltants, Is tbl' ')�clal city of Franklin surpasses anything of narlly fine, consisted Short-horns, M(wcs.-Three and d. "county, and Is most beautifully situated seen upon fair grounds. Besides these two Herefords, Holateln-Frleslans, Jerseys, Dev- DTaft years over; Decker and A. Decker 1 �upon sllghtly undulating prairie and wooded edlflees, there has been built new barns, onshtres, Polled Anltlls and grades. Among 'first, second; year, stalls lind the cattle exhibitors from abroad were W. and'under 2, Geo. Miller first, and C. Decker land, near the central portion of the couuty, stablea, pens, ea�h having ample for the intended. of the of -second brood mare 3 and over 'wlth Through the northern paLt of, this elt'gHnt,Joo� purpose �Il Latimer, of Gar-nett, and J. S. Hawes, ; years the Fran'khn the former sucking Geo. Shead first; 4: yeara -and city flows, fr� west "to east, the elasslc foregomg improvements eause 'Colony, Kas., gentleman havlna colt, to feel 13 head of the latter 13 head over, Geo. Miller -first, and John Fisher Marais, des Oygnes river, over which span ! Count(Assoc�a�lo:n:and otta�a c�ty Short-hor';ls and and well for Herefords. were of second; a and under 4, Johnson Bros. several magnificent bl'I(Jges, thus',�fing free, happily proud, the:!; may" of Both lots ge!Ds per- years without exception eV,ery one jU1ltly pro- fection and oreated unbounded, enthuslastle firat; 2 years and under 3, C. Deckffrst, and' access to and from eltl"�' side of this placid , nounces this park of all from all A. J. Evans second; sucking colt, I. J'. stream], Tbls city: ranks toe rore- the pre-eminence commend�tlon visitors, especially am�g OtHers. Interested in Grimes first, and G, Shead second. most ot-busmees centers of theyre�t West, from �hose the propagation of Every line of exhibit was very complete first-class stock. The total number of oattle Sweepstalccs-A. Bazll first, and' T. J. J and is fBs't assuming metropolital),w'rs. An II and almost 74. Bell ·second. Other classes were ztven and ordnance has juSrbeen'p�sed by 'h r City fa.llltIess., 01;1 exhibition was The, made a decided preurtums awarded, but space will not per- certain to' The Fln« Arta.Department, a department ' ,Council authorizing parties putin occupying , �6rse I mit the results. exhlbltion within Itself. Here w.ere seen our:publishlng a sy,;tein of waterworks, which, when once greater portion of Assembly Hall, was cer- for completed, will do much toward enhanclng tainly an attraction of rare worth. A'mong horses adapted every purpose and klnc;l CATIl'LE. work. In one of �h'e'value of. all, property w!thln her the arts were exhtblted many eholee paint- of this .anlmal Is .found 'Short horns.';Bull; � y_ears and under S, rate limits. corpO-1 mgs, executed by' home talent, which' nature's most useful gIfts to man, wlthout W. B. Lafollet first, and K. J: Hendricks I which life would be a Railway taetttttes are good, six outlets of attracted, bY,ti:elr design and exquisite, fin- certainly forlorn hope second; bull 3 years' and under, 4, W.

' this most Important commercial factor ena- Ish, the attention and commendation of all. to a ma�ol'ity of humanity, How wonder- Latimer first, and T. G., 'Stewart secl.n(l; a bles the Clty'to have Interconrse with all The leading merchants of 01ftawa added fuliy grand, powerful and intelllgent are bull I year, and und-r 2; T. G. Stewart first, portions of tIie Inhabitable globe, thereby' value to the displays of this building thro,ugh these noble steeds, and, too, how doetle and and W. Latimer, seeondx . bull calf, W. of granting

a and that but con­ with the addition of to' snit tbe taste: which are taught in the Bible, hut let your ices of milk-pan, nothing spices of Sweet Pichles.-Steam the fruit until a own and neighbors' children be literally scientious application absolutely boiling fork is care­ filled with the vtle slums that emanate water will reruove tbe da�ger. easily pushed through It, belnl/: - tul not to overdo with a as from lowest grade of city life. Let them see To clean carpets: Dampen some Indian them; far pickle follows: For each 10 Ibs..use 3lbs. of sugar, Pine and Palm. it on our strets, call them to the pu bllc fair meal, mix sa.lt wlt.h It, and sprinkle over the harlots 1 Quart of 2 ounces of cinnamon, 2 where they are to be entertained by carpet; sweep vigorously. Take a small, vinegar, tree, tilt' rowan grew A- .10nf'ly scoundrels ounces of cloves. Boil and pour over the \.mollg the boulders; long and lone. and gamblers, pickpockets and sharp-pointed stick to remove the salt and In apples while hot. ThL' wild moor heaved beneath the blue Qf every hue; plant dens of infamy every meal from cracks and corners. It.ellthery swells of turf and stoue, destruction. In all the above work, we consider the In . street to lure our children to water,' so often recommended for Barley best the And then tell us are too sensitive to granulated sugar cheapest. wandered east, they'd wandered you the may be varied and made to relish 'j1hey'd sick, tbls have the Ten Oommandruents read to your Dried. A1Jplc8.-We are year trying WE st, by adding stoned raisins to it. Let it boil lice and and the Northern of our Transcend­ Wltl! da music, song mirth, children the best and most intelligent ' plan drying by after putting the raisins in. If figs are pre­ 'TIled who paused to rest ents out the core with a tin That sunbu g-rul�p class in our teachers. by punching 'I of earth. community-the ferred, cut them in pieces and put them in. On that tho spot shadowy tub one half and "0, consistency! thou �art a:'; jewell." inch in diameter strlngmg travel If troubled with the smoke from soft coal and In the hot-box over the stove. With heat and overcome, What are the farmers thinking of? When hang . slumbered. On the grass so that you cannot lay your clothes on the With souud this is The bandsmai. their wives and children to good fruit quickly pre­ -s and drum they bring (what leathern pim cymbaled grass to bleach, you call improve their looks can be Lay the an ill­ pared, and when only well wilted And 'ld Iiat with bells of brass. proposes to be) agrlcultural fairs, bright-peal, in this way: After rubbing them pour ab­ in clean crocks or stitutiou

" been a valuable prize; aud-would havegiven that he could not comply at present with his said a memb'er of the company, who hadjllst the foe a hold on the shores of the Qhesa­ request, and was obliged even to detain .Key­ come In from town. peake, rrom which they would bave been himself and his vessel until the operation He took a copy of It· from his pocket and dislodged with difficulty. Washington'was upon Fort McHenry was concluded. read it aloud to tbem as they lay upon the The Herita.ge. but a straagllng village, without miHtal'Y The Admiral's vessel being overcrowded, grass. It was called for again. He read it value, Baltimore was a commanding posi­ he sent the American board a second time, and a third, more soldiers The rich man's son Inherits lands, gentlemen-on defended. 'I'wo miles Il;athered about to' hear unfll the And piles of b.' ick and stone and gold, tion, capable of being the frigate Surprlse, commanded by his son, It, whore And he Inherits !lo:t white hands, below the city, on a point of land juttmg Sir Thomas Oochrane, where they spent the regimeut seemed to be present. And tender flesf that feels the cold, into the water; stood tben, and now stands, and thus moved on to the attack. .\n actor, named Ferdinand Durang, who Nor dares to wear II garment old i night, Fort McHenry, so named after, one of the was also a soldier, sprung up, rushed Into a A heritage, it seems to me, During the bombardment of the fort, Mr.' would wish to hold in fee. statesmen of l\'Iaryland, Sturdy arms tent, seized his brother's, music book, used One scarce early Key and his friends, including Dr. Beanes, - and hearts had been laboring there by both of them for their examined willing were on board their own little vessel flutes, .' 'l'he rich man's son Inherits cares; sent for weeks to its fortifica­ piece after pleee; and at length cried out: bank the many strengthen a and The may break, factory burn, under guard of marines, thus they .. burst the bubble tions and additional guns into postnon, Boys, I have hit It I" A breath may shares, e;et afforded an to witness the hands could earn .were opportunity And'Boft·white hardly under the direction of Lie rtenant Colonel - He had selected the ail' of a favorite 01 action. A llving that would serve his turn; .. George Armistead. The time had been well English song, called TD Anac�eon In A heritage, it seems to me Of all the thousands of human beings hold in fee. and the aallant 'had Heaven," written by John Stafford Smith One scarce would wish to employed, commander within hearing of that bombardment, there a modest confidence in his ability' ,to:. repel about the year 11772. It was composed tor a was not one so nature and The rich man's son tnherlts wants, probably fitted by the imposing fleet of Oockburn,. which now musical club which met at the Crown and His stomach craves for damty fare; to be moved by it. Fraqcls S; car­ education Anchor tavern In With heart he hears the pants 'conRisted oj.more than forby 'vessels and London, frequented by sated Key, t.hen 35 years of age, a lawyer in good Of toiling hands with brown arms bare, ried seven thousaud troops. The fate of Dr. Johnson and Sir Joshua Reynolds. A standing at the distinguished bar of his na­ And wearies in his easy chair; his soon as Ferdinand had selected th Baltimore depended absolutely upon L'urang ' A It seems to me tive State, was a son of John Ross Key, an nerttaee, he mounted a stool to in fee. holding this position. mUSIC, and sung it One scarce would wish hold officer in the army of the Revolution. He banner floated jits assembled comrades with all the fire an The star-spangled which for the son inherit? had beeu noted frOID his youth up What doth the poor man's of which he was An over tbe fort had been made by a. lady of spirit capable. ey. Stout muscles and a sinewy heart, ardor of his patriotism, and he had at­ Mrs. aided witness says: A a hardier spirit; Baltimore, Mary Pickersgill, by more once in verse hardy frame, tempted than to celebrate .. of two hands he does his part These full of the pa­ How the men shouted and clapped I for King her daughter. ladies, the deeds of his countrymen. He In useful toll and art; gallant every triotic feeling of the hour, made a flag never was there a wedding of poetry to A heritage, it seems to me, had a habit of dashing down lines and stan­ of the Importance of the occasion. music made nnder such Insplring influences A King might wish to hold in fee. worthy zas that occured to him on any old scraps of It contained four hundred yards of bunting. Getting a brief turlough, the Brothers paper that came first to his hand, and sev­ What doth the poor man's son inherit? it In soon after. It was It was so large that the ladies were obliged Durang sang public Wishes o'erjoyed with humble things, eral of his poems were gathered up by his it out in the malt-house of a neigh­ caught up in the camps, and sang around A rank adjudged by toil-worn merit, to spread friends from the litter of his office, Content that from employment springs, boring brewery. the bivouac fires, and whistled In the streets All the bombardment continued with­ A heart that in his labor sings; day and when was and we When Mrs. PickersgUl's daughter was au peace declared, A it seems to out the whole heritage, me, ceasing. During night tbey scattered to our homes, it was carried to wish to hold in fee. old lady of 76 years, she used to describe the A King might remained on deck; following with their eyes scene. thousands of firesides as the most precious son inherit? the continuous arcs of fire from the enemy's What doth the poor man's "I remember," she wrote, "seeing my relic of the war of 1812." -A patience, learned by being poor, ships to the fort. Tbe anxiety of the poet, of Fort mother down on the floor placing the stars. The flae; McHenry, which inspired Courage, if sorrow COOle, to bear it, Americans about and the little Qompany of the of Francis still exists in a A fellow·feeling that is sure After the completion of the flag she' super­ song Key, only more Intense when darkness To make the outcast bless his door; intended the topping of It, having it fastened him, grew tolerable state of preservation. Colonel A It seem's to me, covered the scene; and they could form no heritage, in most secure manner to its Armistead caused it to be taken down from to-bold in fee. the prevent A King might wish conception of the progress or the probable being torn away by balls. The wisdom of ' the staff after the battle, and its honorable issue of the strife. o rich man's son I there Is a toll her precaution "was shown dunlng the en­ wounds bound abont by the very ladies who That with all others level stands; 3 in the the flr- ever gagement, many shots piercing it, but itstill Suddenly, about morning, had made it. It was after carefully Large charity doth never soil, remained firm to staff. * * mother Ing ceased. As they were anchored at some preserved. He left It to his widow, who In But only whiten soft, white hands, the My frOID the British were A heritage, It seems to me, worked many nights until 12 O'clock to com: distance vessels, they turn, bequeathed it to their youngest rich to hold in fee. this Worth being plete it in a given time." utterly at a loss to interpret mysterious daughte,r, boru under it in Fort McHenry, 'I'he reader will see in a moment the sig­ sllenee, after the bombardment; and she in turn left; o ])oor man's son I scorn not thy state; There is worse weariness that thine nificance of this statement., But for the firm Had the tort surrendered I it to hen son, Mr. Eben Appleton, ot rich and the deck of In merely being great ; and faithful stitching of these two patriotic As they walked np and down \ Yonkers, New York, who now possesses it: Toll only gives the soul to shine, we should havehad no their vessel III the darkness and silence of It was raised over Fort McHenry for the And makes rest fragrant and benign; ladles, probably song to the binnacle to A heritage, it seems to me, of the Star-Spangled Banner. the ni({ht, they kept going time September 14, 1824, atthe reception Worth being poor to hold in fee. September tbe 6th the great British fleet look at their watches to see how many mln- of General Layayette., . J left Its In Chesapeake Bay and utes more must elapse before they could dis- 'I'he author of the song died at Baltimore Both, heirs to some six feet of sod, anchcrage over Fort Ill.ast a Are equal in the earth at last; sailed for Bnltimoren and It entered tbe Pat­ cern w�ether the flag McHenry in 1843, aged 64 years, and in 1857 small of the dear or- the uuion was 'the Both, cliildren same God, apsco river, upon which the cHy stands, five was the star-spangled banner, volume of his poems published In title to vast Prove your heirship after. Twelve miles below Baltimore, jack of England. city of New York. He has no living de- days ' By record to a well-filled past; tbousand men. The dawned at length. With a scendants.-JatmIl8 in Youth', A heritage, it seems to me, they landed seven Happily, daylight Parton, worth a life to hold in fee. and thrill of and aretltude, they saw Companion. Well, the brave Marylanders Pennsylvanians triumph -James RusseU Lowll��. still there." soon =::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::= were ready for them. Three thousand that "our flag was They militiamen, volunteers from Maryland and perceived from many other signs that the Nam.,••to. p.,rtame4Car"o.t, Prk., 10... (JLINTON BROS. CllatoavUI., ... , .11 and _60Dlddcn STAR-SPANGLED BANNI;R." Pennsylvania, commanded by GeneralJohn attack, both by land and sea, had failed, _ �o Strickaer, well-posted and well-intrenched. that Baltimore was safe. They could see co1leet1 I' II PI AGENTS'r:::.,,;,:r.",."tyL... PL��::S�S= The' Event Whioh Inspired This withstood this killed their com­ with their glasses the wounded troops car- Thrilling great force, ..._..... EII'lU.COPYU(OCO•• !)IlCuaI 5_, If,Y. i Patriotic Song, mander, General Ross, and forced them rled 011 board the ships, and at last the whole ALLI 83 to 88 _Ir A piece of news was borne across the At­ finally to abandon the attack. British army was seen embarking. WORK�F4ta per day A minutes after the dawn of that lantic ocean In May, 1814, which chilled with While these events were occurring, the few 'l!�'b�' VI��'i\:1t';,u��g:at.��nln�dtlruli .when the first felt sure of apprehension every American heart. Na­ great vessels in the British fleet moved up glorious day, poet had been overcome the the anchored before Fort McHenry, the issues of the battIe, the impulse to ex- poleon Bonaparte by river, OUftl���t����t�:��I'liA��Eull'�'l:g'�'b�£�a�:�}' III verse rushed him. I tJrd, Coun. allied armies of Europe, and was safely im­ and began to pour upon it that tempest of press his feelings upon In his a and he wrote prisoned on the island of Elba. This intel­ shot, shell and rockets, which the author of He found pocket letter, back of it the first lines of the ligence notified the American people that our song has commemorated. Every gun upon the of the hour he could ManWanted�o:,\;!! can im­ In the excitement the fleets and armies of Great Britain, which was heard in Baltimore. We weil song. In hL.locallty. ResponsLble house. Reterenoes 8][­ (JO.. with but he wrote some .hanged. GAY&; 12 Barclay St.. N. y: for twelve years had been wagmg war with agtne the feelings of tts inhabitants during not go on his task, brief notes and lines the letter. France, were now disengaged, and would the twenty-four hours of its continuance. further upon retained in his with­ have little to do, and would be free to over­ The author of the song, Francis Scott Key, Some lines he memory whelm and crush the Republic of the United was not a combatant in the battle, although out making any record of them. When his him to hoist States. We were then in the second year of he witnessed it from beguming to end. guard of marines lett free that contest with Great Britain which we Durlng the first operations OIL that coast Ad­ anchor, and sail for the city, he wrote out as it still call the war of 1812. It was a summer miral Cockburn and several officers of 'the the song .on the way, very nearly now on his in Balti­ .or alarm, and the whole coast was alive with British army occupied as their headquarters reads, and reaching hotel the bustle of defensive preparation. a house at Marlborough, belonging to an more he made a clean copy of it. The next Dr. he showed it to his The invasian came. The enemy's ships aged physician of the place, Beanes, morning brother-in-law, Ohtef Justice of entered Chesapeake Bay about the first of whom they detained' as a prisoner, lest he Judge Nicholson, Maryland, CHICAGO. Thegn!&t, BIlI­ as he bad commanded a "THE CURRENT" June.a fleet of frigates and lighter vessels. should send the news of their landing to who, judge was, ���e,.":.:7 otn�urF'WUy Mr. of volunteers in Fort CleaD, perfect, grand! Over 600 brilliant contr�� In Admiral Cochrane entered the timore, He was a partleular friend of company McHenry August utore. U 6 mo, $2.tiO. Buy It at your De..... and his that the the bombardment. dealer's-BendyeBrlyd'1 cents for bay in a great ship of eighty guns, bringing Kf

Oommeroe on Waterways. was 5,009,488 tons, a decrease of 795,100 Raise the Potatoes and Oare for Them. THE KANSAS FARMER In a ARlIIER at­ tons. The total tonnage of two. of the recent issue of the F It is about tnne to take late potatoes Published the tention was called to the action of the great railroads of that State-Central Every Wednesday, by out of the Raise and Erie-for the same in ground. them.In dry waterways' convention at St . Paul; and yea-rs was, KANSAS FARMER CO. 1874. weather. to be uncovered some thoughts were offered in relation 12,478,954 tons; for 1884 it was They ought an H. O. DBMOTTB, " President. to the decadence of river transporta­ 26,432.016, increase of nearly 14,000,- long enough to dry olf pretty well, but H. A. HEArH, • Business Manager 000 tons. W. A. PEFFER. • Editor. tion. It is true that water is a much they ought not to be kept uncovered - It is seen more tractable agent sometimes than from these figures that TERMS: OA�H IN ADVANCE. over night. As soon as they are dry iron or wood, and it is well established notwithstanding the state abolished 81nlfle SubBorlption•• and enough so that most of the dirt has that loads be floated on tolls taxes the people $70U,(JlOO to - heavy may .1.60 the fallen off of them they ought to be put 8�:':C�::,'ieJ:��hB, 1.00 water a long distance cheaper than they keep canals in good condition so Olub Hot.eR! that on a board floor--any dry and hard sub­ can be carried over land. When canals there shall be no hindrance to :l'1"e copies one YeIlr, • " - • �.O" stance will do for a floor. be " • may - commerce, business has fallen off in They Kleven coples, !lne year. 10.00 were first made they afforded improved piled two feet Cover but let a one ten 16 cent. while In-the same deep. them, A psrsen may bave copy fer himself year free, facilities for transportation, and at that years per U8 four namea beside. bls own. and live dol­ the roof some by sending ten the business of the be distauce above the pota­ Ian; or, ten Dawes, b...Ides bls own. and t... dollan. time there was nothlng to indicate that years competing toes, so that air may pass freely over ever dis" railroads increased more than 100 per ADVERTISING RATES any better method would be cent. them. See that the rain is well shut MRde known on applicRtlon. Orders from covered. But railroads have been built out. abroad for adv"l'tlslng must be aceompa­ the will it to When weather turns colder cover _Died by the CRah. alongside the canals and they have cap­ Now, question is, pay with straw or to water routes when we ligbtly hay prevent KANSAS FARJ\IER 00., tured nearly all the trade. open exclusively bad effects from frost. When the time OfHee. 2'73 KRnSRS Avenue. Tope�a. 'l'be subject is called freshly to mind find that people will not use those comes that freezing weather may be ex- by the interest taken by the people of wh·lCh have been prepared for their pected, see that-they are well protected New York in enlarging the Erie canal. use? It may be that rivers and canals � � � �.� � � � � � from the cold. Use the best means at Both of the great at are not alike in this respect, and that political parties for their commerce would follow rivers when it your disposal preservation. If ONLY 25 ,CENTSI their conventions held two weeks ago have no select-a shuns but let us has storage Thf. KANSAS FARlIrER will be sent adopted resolutions favoring enlarging canals, why, ask, y?U potato� piece of dry, well on a the canal and Improving and strengthen­ river commerce fallen off even more dramed. groll,nd, on Trial to New Subscribers from the have It. a bed than that of canals? There is a slope, you Lay mg the locks. 'l'wo methods 'are sug­ good ,n.or�h �s date when the is received SIX Inches thick of dry hay or straw, subscription gested. We learn from the New York deal to be learned about this matter yet. .as until 25 cents. large as may be needed. On that ptle January 1, 1886, for Sun that one of the methods proposed the potatoes in the form of a rick. IS to deepen the canal by digging at the A Mistake iu Figures. They ought not to be more than thirty fli=�lli iii bottom or raising at the top; the other In our article, "War on" Silver," two inches deep in the middle. Cover the is to enlarge the locks. It is Impractl- weeks ago, it is stated that the quanti­ 26 Oents. pile with bay or straw, laying on care­ Only cable to deepen the canal, because ex- ty of pure silver in a standard dollar is fully so that if need be it will help some Send in 25 cents and take the KANSAS cavating the bottom would interfere 412t grains. The figures are wrong, in shedding water. Cover about six FARMER the rest of the 1885. with year culverts and disturb the mitre There is a mixture of copper with ' inches, and then'put on outside cover- sills of the locks. To fill up on the silver in coin=one part in ten-and the The of the ina ,of earth all over that will be the management Montgomery banks would require rebuilding the mixture is called standard silver. The fatr several sub­ depth of the spade or shovel. Take the county gave yearly locks to such an extent as to make new weight of the dollar is 412': but grains, dirt from the next to tbe KANSAS FAItllIER as space adjuining the scriptions structures preferable. the Sun one-tenth of that is But, part copper alloy, And take the earth out premiums, for which they have our pit. evenly so aeks, why should the locks be enlarged Sl.) that the. quantity of pure silver in thanks. that there' Will not be anylittle water when they are already more than the dollar is 37U grains. We did not --_.-- holes in the bottom when rain comes, to the traffic of If manure is adequate the canal? To observe the mistake until our attention to be kept rich and in After this is all done rim a furrow from the locks would not the was called to it a its best as enlarge enlarge by friend who is very condition there should be the ditch about the out to a lower traffic that would them. much in pit no from it as pass through interested the subject. The nearly evaporation possi­ place, so that perfect drainage is estab­ the season of 1884 the standard of fineness in the ble. a is to throw During lockages beginning was Hence, good way lished. If the pit is out on the open on the Erie canal at Frankfort were t�le same as that in the Spanish. doll' r. straw or hay or earth over the manure prairie and not protected from winds In on the other 892 silver unless are 20,800. 1873. hand, they parts pure and 107 parts alloy. pile additions, being made' all stand some corn stalks against the pit the time. were 2!,9tlO. Yet in 1884 there were no .:.rhe weight of the dollar under that and keep them there by brush or any tolls on the canal, and in 1873 tolls had "standard was 416 grains, containing, other device that think of. of you The President the United States to be paid. Why enlarge the locks it however, 37lt grains of pure silver and If one has in barn or recently .appointed a;' Pennsylvania the present locks are more than 441 grains alloy. In 1837 the standard potatoe storage other out house or two physician, Dr. E. O. Shakespeare, to sufficient for all the work they have to was changed to 900 parts puresilver and cellar, thmgs under the only are necessary, one is to keep all rain proceed, direction of the do? Aa Mr. Tilden said in his message lOt) parts alloy, or, as above stated, one .. out, and the other to have straw or hay Secretary of State, as the representa­ of ]'875, the theoretical capacity of the part in ten alloy. But the quantity of enough all around potatoes to tive of the United States to Spain and canal will be three or four times the pure silver was left as it had been, at ,the pre­ other.countries in where vent them from freezing. Europe cholera largest tonnage it has ever reached. 37U, and that bas never changed smee. exists, and make .an investigation of the There is no doubt it can conveniently In handling potatoes they ought not to be bruised more causes, progress and proper prevention and easily do double the business which Notice to A. H. T. A. than is really un­ .anrl cure of the in order that a has ever even avoidable. They soon show of rot disease, existed, though the locks Members of the Anti-Horse 'l'llief signs full be made to be n-ot manned and worked with at the bruised places, and when report may Oongress the Association, Kansas Division: The G. pota­ during its next session. If this was true toes begin to rot there is danger of loss, highest efficiency." W. Secretary still fails to respond to when there were in a They should be examined 25.000 lockages any of my letters, and in I occasionally As an medium the consequence advertising KAN" how much more true is it when during the winter, whether in store or year, am under the necessity of the BA.S FARMER has no in this assuming equal State. have fallen to as in pit, and whenever they begin to rot they only 20,800, duties of secretary. I have sent blanks Persons having property of any kind 1884 ? they need prompt attention. Orcourse for annual reports to all orders that I which they desire to advertise among And this IS the point to which atten­ the farmer will watch the weather know of. I presume that there are country people cannot.do better than to tion is now called. In our article two closely and not expose a pit when the some that have been omitted, as I had try our columns. Here is part of a letter weeks ago, we gave no figures, being temperature is near 01' below freezing nothing later than the report of 'S3 from E. C. Evans & Sedalia, Mo.: content with the statement that But a care Son, general from point. by little and hard •• which to 'get the addresses. If They say: As we have sold farm, commerce over canals and rivers is de­ work a large pit may soon be those failing to receive the blanks will handled, stock, and everything, we do not wish creasing continually, while that on the the rotteu potatoes thrown out and the nottfy me, I will forward immediately. our advertisement.Inserted any longer. railroads is increasing. Discussion of sound ones dried and The To some deputies and orders I sent re-pitted. We are pleased with your paper and the subject in New York has brought better plan, if the weather is not too more than one blank; to all such I think it our best advertising medium, the facts given above and others. severe and the market too is to many would ask to asslst in the distribution low, as most of our orders were from the As to the tonnage that passes over the sell the good ones at once. And when by sending the surplus to the nearest readers of the KANSAS FARMER. We canal and the railroads that run beside in a bin to rot remove sub-orders. I would potatoes begin to it to Again urge propose recommend the pur­ it, the Sun gives the official figures, them at once, dry out the bin that every or-ter send at least oue thorough­ chasers of our herd, and other friends." sbowing that the aggregate .tonnage ly, throw out all the damaged representative to the annual meeting at potatoes, that over the ones passed Erie and Junction dry the good and replace them in Reader. look at the of City, October 28th, at 10 please map canal in 187<1 was clean straw or the time Champlain 3,223,112 a. m. I hay. During Kansas and see where Norton expect the V. G. W. P., J. J. county tons, and that in 1884 it was to make the the 2,631,190 to be on that required change keep and Decatur county are i::iutter, present occasion. situated-away tons, a falling off of 591,922 tons. potatoes secure from freezing by cover­ out on the "desert and then re­ Fraternally, plains," Another fact is to be considered in con­ with corn or M. E. G. P. ing straw, fodder, any­ -member that they both were represented CARSON, W. nection with these. In 1874 the tonnage thing that will be a sufficient protec­ by most creditable exhibits at the Parsons, October 1, 1885. Ne­ paid tolls, but in 1884 It did not; the tion. braska State Fair recently held at Lin­ tolls having been abolished two or three coln. If those western people do not An Iron railroad tie is now made. years ago. It was thought that the toll to!� ����e �sU;l�; ::�:: f�a�: ��;�;:� t soon stop, it will become necessary to It is like one-half of a a system was an injury to the business of cylinder-say cellars in large quantities, if the cellar drop all distinctions between eastern the canal, .and hence the Legislature stove pipe eight feet long cut in two by is under.a building that is by and occupied western Kansas, remembering only a slit made the canals as free as the rivers, through the middle lengtlrwise, man or beast near to the potatoes. As that all of us had in the beginning about and the people keeping up the repairs at an then the edges bent out into long as they remain dry and healthy the same kinds of ups and downs with annual expense of about $7UO,000. But flanges, There are rests on the curve there is little or no danger to be appre­ more ups as we journeyed. It will soon still the business continued to decline. where the rails are to be raster-ed. 'rile hened from their proximity; but when be Kansas, that and nothing more, the rests are The entire tonnage of all, the New notched" so as to receive the they begin to decay offensive and un­ prefixes eastern, western, etc., being and a York canals in the year 1874 was rails, slight movement ahead of healthy exhalations continually pass historic reminders of times. pre-historic 5,804,58i tons, and in the year 1884 it the ralls makes ,it fast. I from them. . 1885. . KANSAS

a wheat between now and and mtllet are heavier-about An agent of the government was sent What Will the Weather Be? lallgfl crop ot! ,TImothy Nuvembf'r Ist, * ** these di�ide 430 In- . one-fifth. For to to locate a cattle­ second number T'M by Texas, recently, ,The of. FutWl'e, I would also advise farmers to put In I shall stead of by 540. There IS no exact fever line, that is a line which Prof. Blake's paper, is before us. Our winter wheat as far north all their ex- rule. in because of tbe ever va.rying density of mark the boundary of the 'region readers of four weeks ago remember perience ebows it to be a protitable crop, witb a favorable with the tnten- even 01 tbe sBme kind. The width which cattle will communicate Texas we made note of the fil'st number winter, 'bay that - tion to put in less w·heat next a stack must be of averaged.. fever to other cattle. Nothing is defin­ and a few from spri!lg. re-printed paragraphs year, for next season WIll not be favor- itely known yet as to the location but it. It is but fair to say that the pre­ able for spring wbp.at. * * * Tbe statistics of cities show It is belived that the line will be south dictions tbere made were, in the main I also conclude that in 1886 the whpaL mortality in will be a oue, of the Texas Pacific railroad. at least, verified. crop England very good a marked diiffel1ence' In the death rates at leMt the weatber will be I:!enerally No.2 contains a similar prognostica­ favorable for it. * * * In Rusl'ia. lIf white and colored people. lit is

. If any of our readers want to prepare tion as to the weather during October. however. the reverse will be the CIlSI:' some economists that colored for whpr" the 811gued by some of the very; best manure inst. and November prox. The edltor There will be places in Russia will fair t.o increase socmueh faster or or fiower wheat crop next year be people tbaq. garden, or lawn, vineyard, says: good. but in a lal'ge part of Russia tue whites do that in the course of time the or other make a time of this bed, special purpose. Mv ealculatlons at the weather will-be such as to make tl ... or do not show southern states will be wbolly in pos- or round .. . rail or board pen square writing.. September :13. wheat crop of 1886 a comparattv any extremes or extraordinary weather I s-seien and eontrcl of persons of negro any other form and of size to suit your failure. As to the balance of Europe, tor October. rate in about a cannot speak de.finitely.' descent, The death among the taste or convenience, put Storms and showers wlll be scattered it blacks is so much greater 'tban that 'foot of stable manure, moisten well, over the greater part of North Amedca for the wbites as to suggest and cover it with six inches or so of in about the usual proportion September Weather. among October some localities a in the it will not leaf mold from the timber, or muck ; receiving Prof in his ember weather whether, long run, not Snow, Sepl little too much, while others will found to OftRPt their from a or then put in other the fol- be fully greater pond swamp, have quite enough, but on the general report, among facts, gives another proportional increase. The New Orleans another layer of manure, and average it will be about normal.' lowing: on of earth, and so continue as long There will be some sharp frosts, and The entire absence of frost, which Times-Democrat, commentina the layer . towards the end of the month some returns, some of the as you wish. Cover to keep tbe sun and charactenzed this month, is not an ex- mortalHy gives freezing weather in thenortbern States. It is rains but the compact feature for in Kau figures. and its own conclusions. heavy out, keep but a large part of the month will pro- ceptdonal September that s�ys, tbat the moist all the time, The layers may be duce very fair October weather, with a l'Iall. Nine of the eighteen Septembeus probable, journal week or two of warm now among the made as the manure is made, when moderately 0f our record haYe been equaIIy favored mortality prevailing weather. Taking the whole month to. in the United but there is no special hurry. The date of the first autumn negroes Btates; par­ gether, it will be slightly cooler than ayerage and of th« ticularly.ln the cities, from year to year the average for October. "hoar frost," II October 1st, civilized The mercantile failures in the United People who intend putting In winter first "killing" frost Ootober 20th. 'J.1h� is greater than that in any should now it in 88 soon as and it must in the course of States fortbe quarter ending September wheat �et mean temperatore of the month country; possible, so that it may \get well rooted urban of the as R. G. Dun & Co.'s closed waa below the average. time, as the population 30, reported by before the freezea, as tbere will just ground south and the crowd mercantile agency, number 2,173, be cold weather in November next that The rainfall W88 almost double the increases, negroes I not into the affect their �r against 2,346 in the corresponding will freeze the ground, though very average, and nearly all of it occurred towns, seriously in most of the northern States; ratio of increase. This excessive mor- period in 1884. The liabilities show a deep, durin&' th�first week. The wlnd-veloc- that is in so late that it and wheat put t noticeable the remarkable to was cent below the ality i.s among negroes decline, amounting does not get well rooted before the ity twenty per (If the northern 88 well as the southern $23,600,000 against $511,600,000 in the ground freezes, stands 1\ poor chance to average, and the cloudiness was nearl,. more in the third quarter of 1884. For the nine live through the winter. Thi!!! year the normal. cities; but it is naturally cold in November will be earlier and in to months last passed the fallnres show a .Mean •.-65.4.a de�eees, latter, growin� higher proportion more tban but as' mOllt of 7!mpera'uT severe usual, race to the total increase in number over those of below t,he percentage of the alight October will be quite a favorable month which il o.eg deg. tb.lieptember In Charleston the death last year, but not the liabilities, being in for fall work, most people, by diligence, mean. The higest ·,temperature was populatlon. can be well for winter before rate blacks fs 45 to 23 for the number 8,161, compared with 1,856, for prepared 83 deg., on the lKth; the lowest was 49 among tbe cold weather will seriously in New 46 to in the first nine months of 1884, an in­ early on the a of.39 whttes; Orleans, 22; interfere. The frosts in November will deg., 2nd, Kivin&, range It.ichmond, 32 to 19; in Baltimore, 38 to crease of 311. The liabilities, however, extend nearly to the Gulf of Mexico, deg. Mean temperature at7 a. m., 59 43 in 32 to J7; m-Loule­ were only $87,QOO 000, compared with and people who are not forewarned and deg.; at 2 p. m., 74.28 deg.; at 9 p, m, 23; Washington, there for the nine months of may be damaged by the frost ville, 32 to 20. In W ashington $101,000,000 firl:lt fo�ea�med .64 • 00 deg hew- . .. InJ urmg the sugar-cane. I do not, ..' than as whites 88 1884. which IS are more twice many that the October frosts this Ramfall-5.41 inches, 1..97 ever, and the constitute a of the Ohio inches above the mean. negroes, yet latter has a year wi!exyectbe serious south September England postal telegraph­ .A circum­ river. There were large majority of the deaths, connected with the Rain fell on eight days. that is a telegraph shows that much of this Prof. make says he will details showers. The entire rainfall stance which service. A few the give" 4 thunder postal davs ago is tJue to as well fully for November" in the next num- fo.e the 9 months of 1885 now completed mortality dissipation were reduced one-half and the rates as bad. sanitation is the fact tbat there ber of The Fut·ure. has been 30.95 inches, which is 2.26 business to increase at once, began is a excess of male deaths. the In the same article, prepared, as he inches above the average for the same large showing that many persons will use the be­ he of the re- seventeen number of male negro adults dying the says, September 23, speaks months in the preceding telegraph rather than mail often­ to one union at bad tnz, in ·many instances, as .two is not Topeka, predicting years. times when the expense beyond with the females. That the weather, and it is good enough to go to compared their to The an- ability pay. dispatch ... have increased so record. He said : I am sorry that the Patents to Kansas People. negroes apparently "nouncing the change says: The post losses, is Soldiers' Reunion at Topeka, which be­ The following is a list of patents fast, notwithstanding their were not office authorities disappointed to the fact tbat the bulk of 29, could not have been Kansas people for the week due Itrl3at a tele­ gins September granted in tbeir expectations of rush of in the south 'live in the held one week sooner or two weeks ending October 2d, 1885; prepared population business on the of the graph granting Patent districts. later, as the last few days of September from the official records of the country sixpenny telegram, which went into and the first week in October will pro­ office b:y Mr. J. C. Higdon, solicitor of effect to-day. The returns up to 5 p. m. St. Louis dealers in products duce rain storms, some of which will be patents, Diamond building, Kansas show a largely increased business. The recently organized an association for very apt to occur during the reunion, City, Mo.: majority of the messages sent were the purpose of opposing the sale of and be followed by frost, while later in (Jar axle-bearing=Peter Cool, of Man­ kept down to the sixpenny rate. The butter-in that city.. It will be up­ the month there will be one or two hattan. bogus public coudensing them to tbe limit of Refrigerator-James Castell, of Blue hill work. If the dairymen of the weeks that will have no storms in Ksn­ twelve words. Rapids. cuuutry should make an organized effort sas, and not many in other States." Door shield-Myron Camp, of Sedg­ to prevent the sale of imitation butter The honey locust tree is recommended On Wednesday evening during the wick. Gate spring-Kious & Morton, of Le uuder misleading names they might as a sure grower in western Kansas. Fair. the weather was threatening­ Roy. accomplish a great deal of good for The SantaFe Railway company made indicating ram. Thursday Automatic blotter-Alfred Ross, of cloudy, their industry. The right to man 1- some experiments in tree planting some it did and the streets Wichita. morning rain, sell a healthful article of SEPTElIlBER 26TH. facture and ago. Groves were planted at dif- were so tbat a old years muddy great many be But the Store service-EI wood Chapman, Em­ food cannot questioned. ferent points along the line, and a soldiers did not [otn in the procession on poria. right to require 'honest markinga In correspondent of the Ness county News that account. But toward noon the Steam cooker-Anderson & Sherman, trade inheres in all Lvgtslatures. If a to one of tbem thus: afternoon refers: ';AtSpeare- clouds cleared away and the Ellswor�h.· . man and offers it machine-l1euben F. Wilcox. makes oleomargarine ville high dry exposed situation) the was was cold and Adding • (a pleasant. Saturday that he violates no Au�usta. for sale under name, cottonwoods and box elders soon died. morning's frost killed a great Sunday Stock waterer=-A. J. Balch, Halstead. law and cannot be molested on that Gaps appearing in the rows of some of tender plants that ought not to Jacub H. many Fruit, jar fastener· CaSSidy, account. And dairymen can force the tbe other sorts and the great and long have been left outdoors so long. L"!l.veu worth. issue that far. Thev can compel manu­ Medicine for dipbtheria-Jobn A, cqntinued droutbs of succeedmg years In an artiele devoted to the wheat Rt'am. Barnes. facturers of Imitations to give proper' entire to be caused the plantation crop of 1886, The Future says that itwill Lane. Duuble churn-Isaac Lantz, names to their products so that Dur­ abandoned. The fence was thrown be and he advises farmers to gOQd, chasers need not be de�eived. What­ became a down and the alleged grove sow largely wherever they can do the Inquiries Answered. dairymen should insist upon is honesty browsing ground for stray cattle. Years work well. We quote a few extracts: HOVEN.-R. E., your cows ate too in trade, to the ext('nt of giving truth­ of drouth and discourage- . passed; years In Amenca there WI'11 be on I one . y much clover. A cow should never be fulnames to tue articles they deal in. men,t b0t WID d S and" hoppers,."dan spell of weather during the coming turned into !trowing clover when sbe is the plantation was given up to a dense 'winter aud spring that will be hard on bloat and re­ the and after a full in­ hungry. They eat too much, The salvation army is bringing. growth of weeds, while here aud there �int:er wheat, I the damage often die. thpir Howling on sod covered the In vestIga�lOn c�n.clude �hat proach upon religion. buffalo ground. from WIll not exceed 5 . .. . WInter-killing To MEASURE HAy.-Common, well­ the public streets has not enough relig­ spIte of all thIS there was one vanety nencll it will be, as favorable per cent.; I runs atabout ion in it to commend the practice to which outlived them all. Of the honey as we could reasonably ask. As I have cured hay in mow or stack stated in another there will to­ tbe of to-day. True religion is locusts not one had died-many of c

Indefinitely in decaying vegetable substances that puahes 011t a long distance In the dlree­ mens, as that makes acoIriplete pyramid ' p.lthev beneath the or or a a manure clorficufture. trees In marshy tlon of supply of food in shape of A glass or partly grass couservatery 1S wet places at a distance. Here may or for a of water far beneath tlley heap, supply believed to be the best for a good dis Pl\�S the winter and even live for several it, or to one side? Or what shall we say of SEVERAL INTERESTlNG SUBJECTS, pl�ty, one where the light comes down years. They are borne into the air when a vine planted in a dark cellar which escapes from above, audthe sides sbow to best PEAR BLIGHT. dry hy the winds, 01' are' carried up by from its prison and rears its head with pride advantage. Judges deciding do not The American Pomological Society evaporatlon. Being so extremely minute into the sunshine above? If these are not the needed. A held an interesting meeting a few week· they may be borne through.the air for great evidences of lnstinct what shall we call always give points d change in OUl' premium so that our ago at Gran� Rapids, Michigan. Fron stauees and coming in contact with the them? list, moist surface of tender or the centre "That have similar to premiums will givea little better idea a report of its proceedings, as published twigs plants pneuliarltles of the flower, tind entrance to the tree and those of auimals is apparent from the fact of what it is for. The in the Daily Democrat, of that city, we given necessity again produce the disease. that there are organisms wlneh sclentltic of this is seen in take a few extracts on of change every decision, points speclal men whether that a causes the dis­ ani unable to determine they and should be taken our Interest. "Prooj specific ge1·m steps by Society are or be­ ease.-So far it has been assumed that the plants animals. The similarity in this matter. Prof. Arthur, Botanist of the New tween the habits of and animals germs accouipauylug the disease are the plants York Here if! a very brief outline of Prof. Agricultural Experiment Station, e urse of teaches me tlutt we may be aided in arriving It. Tne 'attempt was now made .. on and thi. at cuncluslous to the hardiness of Cook's lecture on Economic Entomol­ spoke "Injul·ious Fungi," to prove ngldly that such is actually true, relatlng how anlmals are The lee' urer bad on is wbat the report gives' of his' address: [t will be remembered that the dlsease was fruits, by considering ogy." displayed and made more hardy, also to the stage Jive charts the "The experiments on which the address communicated by Inoeulatiug with the dis­ improved Illustratmg in other and to treat­ of was based have been carried on at till' eased juices washed out with water. It is improvement ways, different kinds insects and their ment of as we have better Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva, evident, therefore, that the disease must be diseases, physi­ growtb from the egg and larvae to the " cians for animal than vegetable disorders. N. Y., during the last two Ylilars. The firs: due to one of two things; either to the germs perfect insect. The ma.jor:part of the Therefore iu answer to the 'vVhcre work In this line of investigation was don­ or to the [ulces' which accompany them. question, insects which are so destructive to do the plants eorue from that are fouud in by Prof. Burrill, of Illinois, who showed by This was done by a succession of -cultures. plant life work either entirelyat night the and how came . that the disease be A. small of water north, they possessed many experiments may drop containing or are so hidden in the soil that the with I ask frOID whence came introduced into branches of the pear blight germs was introduced into hardiness," healthy pear husbandman is not able to discover man and the beasts of such northern lands, tree by transferring a minute particle 01 some corn meal solution in which all life aud what did become them. Every vegetable or· fruit tree diseased tissue or the vlscld substano­ had been killed by boiling it. The germs by process they pos­ sessed with hardiness? feeds a different kinds accompanying the dlsease to the health) increased by growth and filled the liquid, great.number.of of insects. The lecturer showed branch. He also found that germs or bae­ the juices accompanying, not being living "The birthplace of man and most animals by statistics how terla were an Invariable accompaniment of matter, did not luerease but were diffused was in a mild clime. Their march north­ much the conntry loses the disease. The at through the whole liquid. and so greatly ward has been by slow stages, occupying every year the ravages of tnsects. experiments Geneva. by corroborated this. diluted. A small drop of tins culture was many thousand years, during which they Tbe known amount of damage in money " Introduced into a fresh corn have inherited hardiness The Inoculation was soon found to be a, solution of accumulated and done last year was. $2,000,000, and the when a of water meal; the germs and filled enough to withstand the climate of the certainly conveyed drop multiplied unknown damage was probably as much was used which had been in contact with the liquid, while the very small part of the arctic regions. The birthplace of the rna­ more. The number or speores of de­ diseased pear wood and had taken up some original diseased juice, which had been jorityof fruits was likewise in a mild climate, structive insects is increasing every of the germs as when the exudation or dis­ introduced With the germs, was again greatly from whence they have migrated throughout year and the problem of warrlng eased tissues were used: The disease Sll diluted. Again a drop from this culture the ages. While plants are deprived of the againet them is more and more im­ introduced in healthy tissues showed ltselt was transferred to a fresh preparation, and peculiar methods of Jocomotionpossessed becoming A number of these in­ 'by the blackening of the bark in about a so on through six cultures. From the last by animals, they make free use of others' portant. large sect are week on an average, It was tound to grow culture a drop was put into growing' pear wings and legs, and of lakes and streams. pests very formidable, because the' best in the most succulent tissues, such tissues, three months from the time the " The seeds of fruits will usually remain as a rule they have no bird foes in this "S the Ups of young sboots, and .espeetally germs w"re taken from the tree, to start the in·the stomachs of birds and beasts several country. A study of insect life shows in unripe rrutt, It 'progresses throullih the first culture, and the disease was produced days and finally be deposited several hun' that they change their, tastes and habits 11mbs most in the warmest weather, in the usual form. By this means the germs rapidly dred miles distant from. their birthplace and in time they leave one plant and but Is not killed by cold, being able to make had been kept alive by constant growth, without loss of Plants have thus ' vitality. attack another. As soon as they destroy a slow growth all winter.. whlie the juices accompanying them had and by other methods north and migrated one kind of vegetable or fruit feed " so' diluted as to be tbey Mode to 'learn been. enormously prac­ south. Those plants best adapted to a oj .Attack.-Experlments on some other. Tllis that eternal absent. The was now shows, the manner In which the germs enter the tically attempt northern clime that rove south perish under made to show that the of the disease vigilance 1S the price of good harvests. pear tree were at first unsuccessful. Dis­ juices the scorching sun of the tropics, but such as by themselves could uot the disease. A few years ago' California was abso­ eased branches tied Into a tree of healthy produce migrate north become more hardy as they This was done filtering out all free from while growth did not communicate the disease. by germs progress northward. The gradual increased lutely injurious insects, trom an infusion by dis­ now state is infested as Appal'atus arranged to draw air across made Slicing up exposure is met by the response invariably tha� much as eased twigs In water, by passing it througn diseased branones and then over healthy given by plants and animals when placed in any other. All insects have their foes a Ilue porcelairi jar, such as are used for elec ones, gave no results. A potted Dear tree a perilous posttlon, which is, to fortify and the reason wby thesescourgea come trical batteries. The juices thus obtained, Thus was watered for over a month only with tbemselvea agalust disaster. the par­ often in epidemics and stop as sud­ free of all germs, in no case produced dis­ water filled with the germs- ot the disease ent accumulates hardiness by gradually­ is that these foes to insect life ease when Inucculated into denly and still remained An healthy tissues. increased The inherits healthy,' arrange­ exposure. offspring are all the time. A The WIIS therefore absolute that the working knowledge ment to a slow of water proof the hardiness of the parent and acquires permit dripping of these insect both natural and germs only were the cause of the pear foes, containing the germs upon very young pear blight. more hardiness from further exposure, until "It was now' to show whether artificial,' is absolutely necessary to the growth did, however succeed in conveying necessary in the course of ages the hardiest varieties any kind of germs would cause or farmer and fruit-grower, A the disease" to healthy tissues. It was blight, are obtained. knowledge whether there is but one specitic kind. For of the habits and life of insects is also Observed the present spring that an Engli, h "This natural process is too slow for short­ this tuoculanous were-made In hawthorn had blighted badly. The short purpose pear lived man, who seeks to hasten It by long necessary so that the best means of ex­ trees as before, using the germs from rotting SpUl'S on the sides of the 11mbs bear cluster­ leaps. Instead of occupying ages to remove terminating the pests can be learned. tomatoes, from various kiuds of decay, etc. of flowers and it was observed that these a seedling from New Jersey to Minnesota Experimenting on the different ways of In no case was there any disease produced." he at the rate of miles :flowers on the blighted Iimbs had made no ships by express torty getting rid of insects should be en­ since the time of Prof. of New l' an hour. The change of climate is too growth opening, although Green, ark, spoke on couraged and money should be ex­ it was the latter of June, and the " Hardiness of Fruits." sudden and violent, and the result is that, part He said: pended in carrying on experiments. unblighted limbs had the fruit two-thirds like many other good things, the petted "1 am considerably interested in the liardi­ Economic Entomology should be grown. The germs of the disease had eVI­ variety dies young. uess ot fruits. Therefore, I often ask myself studied by all persons who expect to dently entered through the flowers a full "Man seeks with more wisdom to Import by what process does a variety become hardy succeed in and month previous, and had only recently been a variety to our northland that through long fruit-growing farmiI,lg. «nd how is it that we expect hardiness in a conspicuous by the dying of the leaves. But generatlons of gradually increased exposure v ulety originated north, and do not expect - many of the twigs were dead where there has become hardy in foreign climes. While con ,'fY NUR.�ERY, Soventeen b it in a variety originated south? 1 gain an LABETTEyear. tJre,cent Strawberry Plauta, '1.50 per 1,000. were no here the had tins meets with success we must All klntls oC etock low. .. flowers; germs evl­ ht into this partial nursery equally Addre lustg subject by considering the J L. Ksa, dently entered the tenderest tissue remember that the luherited peculiarities of Williams, Oswego, through si mllarlty between plants and animals. of the growing tip and progressed down such imported varieties are not such as Should I ask you to specify the dlstluctlve ward, as was shown by the 'end leaves belug varieties inherit on our own soil. Therefore Hart Pioneer difference between the animal and vegetable Nurseries, from our native stock must we look for our dryest and apparently longest dead. Dade Co.• Mo" 1857: Ft. Bcott, Kill., k iugdorn, you would doubtless btl In [E.tabllabedc puzzled best success." 1065: Incorporated, 1884.] "Growth oj the Germs Outside oj the for there are no functions of answering, FORT SCOTT, : : KANSAS. TI·ee.-It had now been shown that the dts­ aulmul life from the functions of Mr. L. A. of Missouri.read differing Goodman, A Cull 1I0e of Nursery stock, all warranted true to eased germs enter the tree through tilt' rhe plant life sufficiently to define definitely a very instructive paper on "Lessons name. No H"l),I.itution of varieties 1.0 our purch .....rl. ReCerence: Bank of Ft. Scott. For other testimonials tissues at the ends of the branch, s tenderest the dividing line. .of the World's Fair." He said sub- see our catalogue. and In the In flowers, usually early sprinj!, "The qutlstion of � digestive apparatus stantially: Care in the collecting and but where the germs come from had not yt!t does not distinguish anilllais from as plants, handling of fruits and a good cold been discovered. The first trial was to some animals to have no ap])ear digestive to bold them in. We learn that M U R D ERE D If thrive outside storage learn the germs would the apparatus while plants and trees may in a those fruits with perfect of the PI'Ices on Nursery Stook Knocked In the tissues of the tree. A nutritive solu­ certain sense be said to markings living digest that WlllCh He..... We bw. R full a••ortment or Stock free­ NUl'8ery tion' was made by boiling some cornmeal in nourishes them; neither can the difference variety, good size, color, quality, all hnud. � pple, Poncb, Pill"'. Fore.t Tree and Apple dom from insect scabs - and water and using the colorless liquid. A between animals and plants be established marks, �:(1!I�g�;.J!�rta�,el:�:��r·afe�';.' t'N�]:a����e�Pf�� Gd�� particle of blighted pear twig was intro­ on 'the grounds that· plants, vines and trees rusts, nicely arranged and correctly ��i;]:����'/'�Neo�O��!t'jg: c,��t�g��ft 2'���;'l.lf��'!j duced Into snch a solution and in one to tW(J (Jnly can be propagated by buds named, are the ones that received the Mo. PaCific Railroads. Sav. money by getting our cuttings, price!!! At1rlrel!8 ( at ordinary room tem perature the and for there are animals that call days scions, 'premiums. We tbink tbat steps should C. H. FINK /I{, SON,Lamar,BartonCo.,lllo. whole WIIS filled with the It he cut 1ll each of liquid germs. pieces, which developes be taken to glVe certain rules in judging was also found that they would grow in into a animal. has hay perfectly-formed It been all kinds of 1'ruits, points of compari- tea, made by bolllng .hay in water, and in thought that the rlistmgulshlng feature is 0 W son, and a certli.in number of points for various other things, including barnyard Illstinct. It may be that plants and trees ; a scale, rather, �hould be Farmers, send your addross for partlcul ... not In the are not 'of uew varieties of Wheat. We have mailUre, although very vigorously possessed with Instinct, but if they . . Wheat deClsion.gIven, and then the Judges can work to last. It now became evident that the course are not, what shall we say of the impulse ���t a"��nr�a�ie���lt�v:>:d !ifl ��t�ls';'�rr: cropSEEwhen Fultz or pawson winter kills. We don·t better and to better satis- entirely HEAT of the disease is usually something like this: that· leads the vine to throw out l·tS .tendl'I·ls advantage claim each of n dozen kinds to • • be the bt':st. W� know which .re Ihe best · a factIOn. Flat tables used for tbe and sell you such. BE SURE to .ee our c... 'l'he germs In diseased tree escape to the in the direction of a and twine t support, logue for reliable Inlormatlon hefore placlng your order. In· surface In the are itself about it with and a of or troducers of and headqnarters for true Martin Ambar sticl{y exudation, .they the greatest tenacity? display , plate apples pears' Wheat. .I. A. EVERITT & CO., Seadaman' I PA or of the WATSONTOWN. .. IND. are washed free ground and multiply Or what shall we say of the roots of a vine should contain no more than five speci- INDIANAPOLIS. 1885.

waste time grindmg the oats. Bran. �n t&e oil meal and other articles are good, but .IDoiru. oats is the most satisfactory of all. I never knew of a calf eating too many. About Oslree, it­ Something Feeding While young keep each calf tied by calves In expenmenting with feeding self, and if the flies are troublesome a of different breeds, Prof. Henry gives darken the stable. Don't put the young the progress series of tables showing things out into the hot sun with the that the the made, and states younger idea tnat the little grass they may eat calf the greater the proportionategain. will compensate for the blopd sucked of the milk fed To ascertain the value by the myriads of flies that pester them. of it is assumed that each pound growth We have had Jess trouble and better re­ is worth is worth 4 cents, and that hay sults with winter calves than wlth those bran and ensilage $8, oil meal $25, $12, that come in the spring. and oats 32 cents per bushel BETHANY COLLEGlD $3 per ton, Dismiss all that a skim calves prejudice or a cent a Two of the Protestant Church. pound. milk calf must be a stunted, unsightly: Under care,of the EplAoopal the . Girls and Ladles exclusively. BoardtDtC . were sold before the expiration of ad­ For Young We are as . alld in thing. making great Day Pupils. so that the average period is, trial, vancement in calf rearing as in' butter Twenty-six Ofl'ioel'8 and Teaohel'8. weeks instead of for all Intrusted to our care. fact, twenty-one and old ideas must Faithful Maternal ovel'l. value of the skim milk like hay. It·oecupies t90 space 'duced', then the the stable. racks trouble in the in feeding in Long : : : KANSAS. am confident and causes too much TOPEKA, 'rises I as to proportionately. be so constructed and placed 100 handling. may from experiments made that pounds and thus fodder had much better be form divisions of the yards, for when Such of cannot be made $4 the weaker growth stacked in the and fed in autumn. separate the herds, keeping the cow. yard the calf is allowed to suck themselves, Something must be fed at this time. and more timid ones by cents for 100 pounds may 3.'wenty-four .B fair show . corn fodder can never be fed more where .they will stand for skim and seem a very high price to be not conveniently than in the yard in Cows heavy with calf ought surely with present prices for . .mllk, the. herd. yet autumn, Corn fodder can be stacked in separated fr.lm the rest of·the full milk at the factory can cheese, that it witl take but little 100 long ricks so scarcely realize ovet 50 cents per damage from the weather. For ordtnary­ "I ozae my to the producer. These six pounds sized corn the stack should be about ten calves together gained 1,544 pounds, or Restoratz'on feet wide so that two tiers may be laid in over three-rourths of a ton, twenty- butts out and lapping just enough to Healtft, FALL TERM BEGINS SEP�MBER 16,1885. of over tops one being an average _weeks, to bind the whole together. The middle each week. The first OPEN TO BOTH SEXES.• twelve pounds per full may be kept sufficiently by laying thfee of the calves stood in a basement in bundles lengthwise of the stack. In where it seldom froze during the barn, topping out the stack, the bundles­ coldest weather. The last three stood should be laid lengthwise in the middle in a barn partly occupied by stock, only of the stack until it is raised up to a and where it froze almost as hard as good fair pitch in the center; after the out of doors. 'l1he conditions were cer- bundles are again laid crosswise but tainly no better than the average Humors, Humil1ating Erup CAMPBELL now at an angle usually called high ,"alt Rheum stock. D-ISFIGURINIitiona itching Tortures, Scrofula. farmer can give to-young CU!rICDBA REME­ pitch. Two or three tiers should be laid and Infa.ntile Humors cured by have had both good and poor re- of the last tiers DIES. We in this way, the tops CUTICURA RESOLVENT, the n(iW blood purifier, from skim milk, and as a where cleanses the blood and persptrauon "f Impurirles sults feedmg together at the ridge, tbe coming and elemental and thus removes oauae� Normal the follow- poisonous University, offer summary of experience they should be tied in pairs, thus 'form­ CUTICURA the great Skin Cure, instantly aUays KANSAS. rhe Skin and . Itching ann Inflammation. clears HOLTON, hints: kmd of thatched roof. Corn and r..tore. the Hair. ing ing a Scalp, heals Ulcers and Bores. Beautifier Skin - to nine ... lin - - November 10 skim milk Eight handled this IlUTICUR SOAP, exquisite WINTER 'l'ERM Opens Feed lightly. fodder can be .easily in from CUTICURA, Is FIRST and Toilet Requtslte, prepared - - 111 feeds is sufficient to SECOND WIN1ER TERM· Opene January in three while it is a difficult and indispensable In treating Skin Diseases. Baby very - - quarts - • • March - 80 way, and Skin TERM � Opens from twelve to Humors, Skin Blemishes. Cha))ped Oily 'SPRING - - calf or - - make a gain to them into a loft the - - June 18 thrifty tedious job get up CUTICURA REMEDIElIare absolutely pure.and SUMMER.TERM Openl and Skin Beautifiers. .- fourteen a week. well filled with only Infalilble Blood Purlflers pounds on to a pretty up .. fiO bay Price. Cuticur , cents; Term In all the Snld everywhere. New OI...se. are orllanlzed ever!" More calves are killed by overfeeding Resolvent,91'. POTTER DRUO_AND Bhetorlc, German. . hay. Bonp. 25 cents; Oommon Branches. Book-keeping. BOSTON. MASS. PhJslology, I.atln. than underfeeding. A section of the rick can be fed down CHE�lICA L ()O., VOl al Nuslc Drawing, AlgeuTa Telegraphy, Type-writing and Stenography. a if wish so that not much can Room and Tnt­ Feed three times day you at a time, injury 854 In advance will pay (or Board. TOPEKA November 10 to March 80. fodder while fed out. ttou for two T.rws-from results. occur to the being of Prot. good THE MUSIC D.ltPA.RTMENT-Tsln charge calf's Petersttea Conserva­ Never let the milk go into the Cattle seem to relish good brightcorn Benry H Morrlll, of the Carlyle taetructton Is superror to of ." ustc, Boston, The . than 98 F. Use in autumn much better than tory stomach colder degrees fodder any otber In tbe West. can enter at Rny time. in do the best We know of and _.- Students thermometer determining hay. Medical MILLER. a regularly they Sur�ical PRESIDENT J. H. Addreas the warmth of the milk. nothing in the way of fodder that is INSTITtrTE. a of milch cows in Make lime water by putting piece better for autumn-just Free Tuition. Expenses Light. a of PERMANENT AND RELIABLE. lime the size of a hen's egg into [ug as they come from grass, than bright, STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. is once in a KANSAS water and shaking. When the water well-cured corn fodder, with DRS. MULVANE, MtlNB: & MULVANE, Endowmenl $500,000. Buildings '10�.000; th'e as is in charge. cIear 1·t·IS ready for use. Keep Jug while a "nubbin" left on, usually Physlclaus and Surgeons Apparatus ,&0,000. times. A case. Cows are inclined to shrink a 400 STUDENTS. corked tlght.at, all tablespoon- the Treat successfully all curable diseases of the eyt< 17 INSTRUUTORS. throat and season the and ear. Also catarrh of the nose, received Crom Common fulof the clear lime water may be given little in their milk at this of Farmen' sons and daugbtera sure methods. course In Belence abd IndDl- lungs, by new and Bchools to full or partial feed if the calf shows any the but this will keep them with each year at best, and Sur- All Manner of Chronic. Private to Manbattan, Kan88ll. occurs re- will. tr�n�r�j. Catalogue scours. If scouring in milk much better than hay and signs of up gical Dl.seasell Suocessfully An . . duce the amount of milk at once. But because corn fodder is fed in the Scientifically Treated. ALICE B.STOCKHAM,M.D. stirred in the milk and parched should not be wasted. If By egg yard, it Patients Treated at Teaches Painless Pregnancy Over- Home, Givescertain flour are both excellent remedies. about on the and 1D and Parturition. scattered ground BY CORRESPONDENCE. Neu­ often cure (or Dyspepsia. not feeding enough, as we often see feeding, the fence corners, it, Send for circular and printed list of qnestions ralgia, Constipation, are the confl Billiousnc:ss, , and cold as a lost. It and consultatton strictly Headache, much ot! its value fodder is etc. �ilk Change of Li Ie , irregularlty corresfondcncedentla . causes of principal scourmg. IIs trodden down, fouIe d over, and ren- TEN EDITIONS DRS. lIDLVANE, MUNK & MULVANE, SOLD EIRSI' YEAB. eat woole oats unfit before it is half for Teach the calf to by. dered for food 86 east Sixth street. Topeka. Kansas. The very best book the time it is three weeks or a month eaten. The bullies of the herd will WOMAN· women and girrs.-Dr.E.M.�

.. 8l!.OO a few small handfuls weaker members over and "'C::) � Po.tpald.Clotb l old by slipping drive the ».liO � U � TU R.E Morocco...... f • into mouth just after it has drunk through the piles, suatching a mouthful. �t te:.:=s to AGENTS, . RELIEVED AND CURED very i�s " Kan••• Cit" Mo. its milk. When it has eat and dragging an armful out and tramp- S. F. tlunkln CO., or Detention from Busl- . le�r�led to. Without any Operation a before It in a little it down into the mud at the same Treatment, or Refunded. them keep supply ing ness, by my Money 'rAPE �OR.M Consultation Free. Send for Circular. for the time. ... tbree houn. AI8e box. If you haven't oats enough Infallibly CUl'ed tn one to DR. D. L. SNEDlKER, common worms. lI'or Racks to be for all Prof, Fl.ld s Worm Powders Cor and calves let the horses go ought provided Ka8. 11811d tor ... horses both, particulate anll references, Pamphlel If these are no more over D. Morris' Kansaaa".uue, Topeka. Ku. without ratheI;. than the calves. Don't yard feeding. used Rooms W. Dr!ri:����a, .IS. .Il'lELD.1l4 12 KANSAS FARMER.

' - This, That and the Other, THE MARKETS. Steaming white wood and submitting It to ======B::EC,OODI.I: C()H,N"!' an end renders It so it , us before of Oorn. We make' liberal pressure tough, Issald, By Tetearwph, October 5, 18R1>. Oorresponrl with. making, nther dlsposltrou your 011 ton. as to a cold It. advances all couslznments. COIllItIIS�IOn, $:;,00 p-r require chisel to split LIVE STOCK !\lARKETS. � Wire us tor quotations whenever necessary, at our expense, II Branrty used to be the drink parex(;eHence New York. SUMMERS, MORRISON & CO., of the Southerner. It was displaced 17 BEIWES-RecelptH :1.450 Market had a firmer 174 South Water CHIOAGo. and now to Stre�t, Is : whisky; whisky gIving way mnrnf bu­ ... R' t r to NatioDlll Bank, ; J V. (I'ts.rwpll �\. Co . Jlbio8.t!o. tone and f"lrly aeuve trnde In the ng �fptrnn!>1ftan Ohlcagn BY AN ale nile! beer, HE Winl'!, some late arrlvltl" had to be sold at easier price- 1806, r' I!ll'tiYB Poor "01,1 at 4 011"4 extr» A Russlan Inventor has devised means of to prime native steers 7;. 'qllirctl• '\ "' -J. L. Sf) native .'eer. t \1 d, On, "nel C:ol"rado .tee-I. STRANAHAN,. ,�orll'tto wond with a certain eheml- -- Imprl'gnaUn" uealer in-- lolil:e cot S 85a' sales were a' 5' 086 00 per 1"', 01 cal that matches made from it can be used 6iX: l!"nd,"1 Ilerlny RTiI ' Ill, for uauve steer. bUU 400"440 lor Col"ru , , Rlue. several times over. hI' l{ '�8 st, ...k. BROOD'-l: CORN eultfJl'1 dUl Olams to thfl number of a dozen or so f'lI f.. , And SHEEP-Kpcelpls 1.700.. �hRde stronger AND ALI, Bltl101U AND I I\1ATJ1:RI,AL,.. IIlhree e rer-ently from a clear Rky at Mallt<('at", j!n"d st, u- k '""" etearance, Extrenn a, 3 (I' al(""d Eroom-Mak.ers' & Tools. \lLY o'tl1 Machinery lip. the velocity of'tllfh' descent snat 11"- "4!111 hO l�,. r..r aud 4 "U116 �5 f· r nnpet Mlnll., pvr sueep, to t '''Ulhs tate. 111ft slwllf;. were alive ai.d Ing The clams . fall pPf" 16.1'111. No to �5 about fonr in lenzth. .I:IOllil--TIt!cdpi> Important chaugos �.U:l Inches The phenome- tit' P>'n"Po St. Louis. nOI), It Is said. was witnessed by several "\IIMlm CATTLE-R('rel, t" 2,0,0 -Iupments 500 Mar .trustworthy men. ker. s'eH<1y \lltll un »utve butcher deman.: An Inrllan about the size of a headstone, NI1t1v., bure. trfl'g .t"ck 2 �bn4 00, stockers It',It e�rl urck lie l .. t d Iarze and similar In shape, 1 n'lL 3 '1'"XlLllS Iud ..,,, water-pitcher. feeuers ;5. grl1,s 1500.350, .IC�111, w except that the top Is oval, was found In the steers � � nt:"r lip. 61Il'" Nfl ner a of Morh' Huusatoulc river lately by resident HOllS-Recelpts 3.200. shtpments 3.200. ake up R Brookfield, Conn. On the oval shape part aouve lind lower. I'H('kiL,g, 4t,u31SU, Yurkers 41,(J 11 all u be prem' are wrought two distinct hieroglyphics. On a4,5 burchejs 4 f5a'l 20. Hprtwil Flro i1lz!'11 B' the (If carv SH�EP·-Kecd�ls suu shipments 1,4,)0. sld-s the stone are also curious All\' fla and aeuve fur muttous. Common to f>< , re It one of the finest g,o<1 d\'f'I'lise Irurs, Experts pronoun The 1 7;a� ·'0, good 10 chntee muuons 2 6UIl3 2\, f"UI'� 1838-1885'THE LARGEST BUYERS' GUIDE II l'lIIlRIIV sneclmens of Indian headstones In the couu- . 11IM.�I�,!UTL issued and crlpl!on . in 3 75, TeXII.IJ8 1 7;u3 ou. la mb« ! Wa3 75. EAIU,Y PEAR. Ripenlug Sept. 1I1arch, H such try. NewYork a.nd each 256 Oentra.l earl',f!;YI JIIIJl. year. .... paget, en daya at Bend for Ilir A Ohlnese VIceroy has propounded a new CWcago. Sells Hiy"etJt Prtce«; S,Yoxlf% Inclaea,wlthover PPI1t:c "t lor1l of 'l'ree, 100 yrs. Original - thnlMIII'11 The Drovers' Joun.a: reports: Ul1l8tratlons a earthquake theory. In a memorial to the nhl. a;rl'- Headqual'ters for 3,500 dilt 1101. II CA U ou ,VH1. 'whole Picture throne this high official attributes an earth- TTLE-ReCI"lp'. N"live�Bteady. KieWel' Pears, l'arry SIl·'!". Gallery, hAS n W Jr.• GIVES Wholesale h erus 10e Iower. t 81e"1'8 5 7f>�6 I' b""Tit!w. WilSOIl, Blackber1'lf!s. Price. brnlldR Expl" 00, good •• quake 'of last January til the mildness of the Illo.rlboroRGI'pb.rrles.Grap ,ttc. dl,'ect tn cnn.,wIlc',·s on IlU Cor' �I!�crlllt.(. nb"lee Sl�er" 5 �5�5 cummnll to hl" goods snipping 50, .• also givi an of WM. PARRY, PARRY P.O N. J. OT use. wintl'r, which caused I'xcess "yang," personal thrnlly Tell. how to !lI,rR 4 00..0 £11'11 110. llat! Vto cuws 2 15n3 50. nltlive stotke,. and or male element of the order, �·lveu exact cost o'C every. Thp JI nature; although and leeder. 2 75al' 0 l'"x�s 2 Lhe 90a:140. t.hing you. U8C, eat, drink, 'Wear, or froUl shock was In a measure due to loeal officials .). 23,1 00 5... ,oc lower. R IJ� Sale 1 For Sale I !"'V0 1'.. 11 ,,..ith. These po'" HOGS-Kece!pls For INVAI.UABLE cerliflr".t who their and thu3 fall�d i:>G�n;:s eontab� npglpcted dUties, and milted 355"06 ., (JHcking aud shipping 365 Information Klealled Jr!lllch to in tbe harmonizing influences 4 OO,light w"i�hts 3 ,15,,4 l5'. 1,000,000 �l'Onl n." markets o� tlle world. wI( �� wlll mnU a eopy FREE to Ilny a� l;J���!i H ... avl'n.ga, SBI£E -TIl'ceipIBa,' 00, TTnchlln ed Cnmmo Ihe O� Of,' .!;:"gg upon o� 10 et•• to receipt deCray frorulh.­ 2 !5d2 75, fllir tu guod 3008340, cbolce 3 75ul O'J, and R"gardlng the relative degrep8 of hard- strawberry RasnbErry plants! eXllcns6 or ,n"'iUng. Let u. hear Crom .bnce. Kao!!'Bs. hornbeam, almond, beech, lower. Extreme range of salea 340.3 OJ, bulk Ii' hi"lof I ,!\\lH� R'l thorn are of notable hardness, and, of course, B 60a3 90. . loth. J, The\! , very serviceable where that quality Is essen- SHEEP-Receipts -. Market quiet. 8ale�: tla!. KANSAS the beol 123 natives a�. 9! Ib�. at a 00. Professional bpauty on the Paclflc coast ---- PRODUCE finds lucrative employment as a pretended iUARKETS, illustration of the merits of a patent medi- St. Louis. HOMt NURSERIE cine. A wondt'rfully lovely young woman WHEAT-Generaily h'gher but unsettled. No. -OF- travels In the charlot of a vendor of m�dl· 2 red. cash 94aU4l-:1c. cine, which, he dt'clares, causes �he pprfec- CORN-Slow but· steady. No.2 mlxed, caEb Lawrence, Kansas, ·tlon of hbr compltlxlon. He sells a toulc, 40!>-, 84'J�(l. To the front, with the Largest As­ OAr\RT"R At 1 6�A.' 65 ner " 1m BE-\N'-QII"teil blls. n favorite of Doted specio.111lt. (now r. J. E. prescription SAS FAHlIlEU the balance of lhl:: ytar Address,. BRO"M I uRN- >Ie qu"te: SurI4"!1,,. Relt' "'('I'k· &.ired.) Dru,a!!iRt9 enn fill it. Address G. P. &: I 1!l!)5 fol' l:l5 cents. 801: T. A.,LOCKWOODlKausa.:; Ci y. ing aJ,ia4c, commonl!1,a2c, crooked %d}�C, DR. WARD'" CO •• LOUISIANA, MOo ell KA.N�AS- FARMER. 13

HE STRAY LIST. EAN�A� rARM�R�' MUTUALi BLUE VALLEY HERD·] STUD SHORT-HORN HOW TO POST A STRAY. CA�TLE, Ft:ES, FINES AND P"N'LTIES FIJI.' r\or POST' rIR� IN�URAN�B ��I � ING. , iIlF"" ';".i;

BY AN AOT or UlA Le�I"latul·A. approved February when the value of a 81fll,' 7 IBriU, 86l:tloD I, apprulseu ti.e Orerk is r' I!ll'ilYS exceeds teu dolJtu's, f'oun,r,y 8 R certtft('11 KANSAS. 'quirc.l, within t(-II dn� after recetvtug A.BILENE, l�criptlol1 BUU apprataement, to rorwurd bv m-rt, d�80 I of .. aid lotice con tal atIlg Q euurptete pUOII Rf,.'jl)'8, uerlny ou whicb they ,were t[1ken up their appruts II restd-uce ut t.hA t alue. and t.he nROW ann ker·up"tl" h(lI.C'\�IMl) lrAln"'�R 10"ett,cr with the Rum III tHt� cUlltnlllPd In 8!1.1ft nonce. eJl'� ()"eRch animal F.\RMF.R And sucb nauce sh»ll be publt bell tn thp nlllrcP. successtve 1R811t!S of rue IlfLjJer. It i� mRri�' tb­ 0' the 1< AN.!:U,S !i'AIUIF.R to Refill IItY or the proprtel,orR Ultll'� in 1hJ­ --J:NSUR.:mS-· he paper, .r,'ee nJ cost. to every Ui.H1llty for tale. to b� kl'.}f, ou file tuhts ottice the iuspec'tlon rail "pr�oIl9 tnh·rActt..d)o strav». A pellalty nf frOlli fli 5.U1I1O �5t1110 Is atHxed to ROV fAHure of I:l Justice of tb .. hI' PI'R"6, a OOUl"-Y OJerk. or rne proprteiora 0' t . �nQ �l��k h'� Live a violation hrm 'ArrM�J' for law. Pr��lrty and AGAINST �uch as Oruickshamcs, Roses ot ;:snarons, Young Marys, Phylllsea, Josephlnes, Broken antmals call be "'I«U up at aoy tim. In tb, other good sorts. AltiO e�'ul\.ken animals can only he t �kAn up bf'tween Tornadoes and Wind he I:.t day of Nnvember and th� 1st ttA.)7 of April Fire, Lightnin[, Draft & Mares & Mules. I Horses, .IC.I,I, when found III the lawful enotosure ot t! STOR.MS. Roadster, General-Purpose nl:"I'IIP, flnp. enndltlon tf'nlf for RAJ" at reasonable nrlees, CorrllRpondence and No neraone, except, oltlzens and householders can Stock always In a tbe taw en­ CIIII at the Blne lI!anhattan. Kansas. ,ke up stray. Tbe Company bas now complied witb lnspectl-m Invited. � ValLey Bank. JI ulIlHlluHllllable to be taken up, Aha11 Cf)U1e uuou acted by tbelast Legislature (or MUTUR.I Fire Inaurauce he premises of dUy uerson , and lie ;nUs Inr II'U rta',:I V'\TM. P. HIa-INBOTHAM, Propriet.or. ' do IIPI' Iwin!:! uoth'Ad tn wrtun 01 the filet" any ou» C,Hupronleit to create a guarantee capU"llind now hOUAPholder tuka Ill' t.he snme. IllzplI (\'1(1 may bustness on a cash basis. AII\·IHm�It" taking up R.1l estr IY, ml181i imrnp.lttnt.... l In In - uVf'I'Lise the eq,we by pnstf nz three wrtueu nntiC'E''' 11 AGIl:NTS \VANTED Every County ocrr .. ct. ttl-' HOLSTEIN !!U1f1.nr. ptaces tn t.he tuwnthlp, �lvtllg B Ka.nsBs. FRIESIA;t'fS crhH1nn of sucb stray .BIITH HOME-BNED addre.. t.be S""r.l.I\ry. ALL AGEg AND SF.XF.S If such stray 18 1I0t, nrov-n up at t\le pxptrRt.lnn or "" For any Inrormatlon, AND IMPORTED • of • ell days thA taker-up Ahall .,0 hernn,QDV .lu-r.tca ttu' httuntro, Knn�M. ,"f t,he townsntp. and flip RII aftll wit sr.M.tiuJ! Pence Cows an,l .Heifers Bred to Be.t Netherland and SHe'll waq I..-kpn Up Oil hla prefllhu�'1. tlult II, IIf\! BfI'tly Bulls. dldllotllrtvenorCLlIJ6eit,tot)p,drlvPIl I hot, hi Aaggle UWJ'P, Aililre'B J W. If I RQI� & (1() hils n velllf.1t1,d tt for 1f'D dR. a, 1bHt t he mnrku au \f A "'1.:" for hp.l.t nrt(lp'� T.he Recorl1s of a H"rd are the True bmll(la hay not b"pn alrererl ; alAn 11 .. t:ball glv .., 1\ fnl) RnF-tl,n. Av�rdge for Er,G�. �'e.t of Itci l\Terlt. deocdp1.iou of the Sfl1UP. and 1f,fi CR.'-h value. He Rhall RUTl'F.R, ··HFE'''. Rl!Ul give a bond to t he State of double the value 01 Poultry. G ..UJE and nil I Iuds The Milk and Rutt..r TIeoor,ls Have £1I'liM,q:r.y. .of F,lrm Pr ilun". FollOWing Anlmab Now In Uu,' Herd: ThE' Jilsttre or the PPRt'P, Atl8.ll wlthfn twpnlt· dR�'R All Heen Made by frolll the timB 81iCh Rtta" WRR tukell up (Lpn dn\7R flft, r F.tabllshecl 1866. l\llLK RECORnS: po,ll L'), m�1tA' ut, nnr! r:.ll df)lIa;p, havA Ryprsll..d over 18,OtI0_1bs.ln a year. in tbe KANSAS FAIUIEI� lu th,et- MANILLA ROOFINO l;J���!i�!: ���I����:,d know nf but 23 l:"W8 that have m"d� yearly r,·cord. exc'le.llng 16,000 lba. ml"lntbfl We jhe o'\'n,'r 01 any -ltr}1.Y, may wt1bln f,wfOlve over Ib:h IL'D(} 14 of' theul u,I'e ItOlV in OlU' Her,1 0.1111 bave a.veraged 17,500 fm!1I flIP tlmf> ofltl\{tn� up. pro've't,hfl Fiame byevltlc'!ce B the tsntlre numbpr 111 �hp; Hprd t.hat bR.-e ,b�:or" nyJu8Ltcflofthp.Pe.l1.op,ofthe f'nll,.tv. h)l\'iltlt Twent,y liVe II�V" aYerUIlPl1 uVtT I" Otln 1 'd h, ,'·"R.r. l"Il�ty-threp. \P Ir nhts 21 two· 6 oza,iQ A flnl n01lftecl�tbf> takpr'lIp or Ihe tlm� wben and til, wBdeyearty records, inclulllDg 14 t.bl'e� !lOci Y.-I\r· ,Ids, haveavernge,. 12,7861b3. year. JU�lt�p.llf>fhr·· wllflm prouf will h' otfprer1. The Ftl'P,1 i\UTTElt R";OORDS: ,hR.1I h=l; 1'1 p,1tvprpo til t,h,' ownpl'. on t,he ol'drr of t,h� oz a 'Fir. COltI8. 20 Ibf'. 7 Oft� tlJ at. w�t-k. Nine Uuw" havo avpragpd 10lb", � tn wt'ek. the nf,,11 r.hfLr�eR nntl Fivp COW" have BVprnR'p.rt .. ,Jll.�tl('�\,and npon pl\ymf'ut. "'p. f>11 ti OZS. til f\ W· ek SIX t.bl'fle-Har old", bavl' averaged 14 Ib�. 3 OM. io a' k. tr lI�e owner 01 1\ !o1trl1.Y faliR to pruvc flwnr.r:ih,p Fun Fa.ct.s and Fict.ion. r... eu t,;ows haVE> a'l. rth 17 Ibs .. 13 bp.2oz·. tn K wep.t. �I.J:: two·yp.Ar olds within t\vel va monthA aftprt.h·, 1,1 me of a COlLI ijl.velllhree yedf ,1dH(Lh fOnttrt-l ulUb"rlplltpfl) bavr!8veraIlAf1 taking, DUlllher hn.ve 10 'ba. plele W,le Ahall vep,t In thp IfI,kf.r-lip. have tlVerHllel1 It Ib·�. 1% IrZ� 10 � wt'eK. F fleefll,",'O ypar-oh'8 (pntlre t;ef-tArl) 8vflrAgett N"lberland t'amllv or six ('OWl' but Ihrep YP-Rf! At Lhe pnfl of a yeRr afl,er a Buny i8 taken un, till''' S:1 10 OZi. in 0. wt'f'kt I'hp f'Ol Ire nr' ttllRI llU�lorted (tWll being 1 w .. , ,R thp H"r from whl.:h to fnnn4A'lnn �t.nrk. Prlr.fl8 1,.w 'or JIl:;t,lcp. or the PeH.ce LlllIall IAsue R 8ltmfllOIIf� to tbrf-lf' "I .) have qver�ged 17% hq in ... k ThtR jr.-t, I/: Lakeside Stock Farm, ",.rllo"�,,, N. Y. hOIl�chl)lrlpr9 to 'lpllllBr and )lppr dsp. 811111-1 Rtr IY, RIIDJ­ q,tnhty of .tock. "JlIITHS. PIl'VELJ, LA.MB, IDOlifl Lo he Aervf'd bv the tstcPt-up i 8!\ltl npi r deer", or tW'lor lhem,8halilD a I r epecfS descrtntj Ilo't tlul\' fnllleM111 and make a Hworn return of the 8�1we qt,rf:r.y, A PAPER' FOR THE PEOPLE. 10 the Ju.tlc•. Pioneer Herd of Holstein Cattle JOHNSON EROS. TlleV Rhall Alao dete,'mine t.he cost, of kpt"plng, I\nf1 DeY · •.e� to Society. •. Amu8pmenl. and Drnmatlc the her.lE'fltH the t!;\kRr-up mRy bave had and report tlJe Lodg -AND-- GARNETT, KANSAS. . IlIke Ihe Aamp out of t.he St\\te before the t,ltle RhA)I bave veAtRd In him, �hall be li!:ullt\· 01 B mlfldelHPllnoT and snail doubt .. thp. v .... lue ofsucl1slray and be fltrfelt • ,u�Jcct to 8 fin. oftwellty rloUar.. Dairy Thermometers! for week Strays ending Sept 23.1885 ALL GLASS I EASILY KEPT CLEAN I

Ford county--Sam'l Jr., clerk. .. Gallagher. Tells you wh n to Churn, • MARE-Takpn up by Thoa. J J\[cGlllre.ofClmarron Mall for - - 60c .l!.tc. Sent by soald.} Breeders of and neal,rsln tp". ,Iuly 24, 1885 011,) ro�n-Rorrel lO'lrP.. Jpft, eve out" _hilI' hind t'Ppt, n or If! YPRrA old, hrllurlell M, S' T.olI lerf 1nrlPMcribahl'" br;md on l .. rt shoulripr thl!?h, - nORSF,·-By !lame, one dark bay bor�� hJilek mane Weather {���k!!lc���er} 25c. PERCHER'ON NORMAN HORSES. nud Lail. whILe fac•• wilit. 1111111 r,:et, IS to 20 �e.rs old. Beet yet manufactllrp.rl, Al1dr�9R •• bree� HOLBTEINe. \ Graham J. clerk. THE 'leV. jo'OWJ,ER CO .. For teef. butter, and cbee oounty--R. Rarwi, .. iil hff'pd takpTt tn T ,Rt', t·f·" f!'C. 111. For largest ret urn on monev inv sted Hwloe, PONY-Taken III} by N. n, Minor of Wild Hor8P St,ampA 11R\·mpu'.] DUltUC JERSr;YR. Cbolce rpl!lst.ered animals fe. Ill,! AUj?ust 25 olle murf" POllY 'J'exar­ 188:'i, b�own ,,,Ie WM A. GARLlNER, Oregon. Mo. ·on left shlluhlPT alld uoth about by !1!!\!IIIS bfp3, weight aoUclt.d. When writing mention I�O IHlIlndR: valued at $35 Correspondence FANNY FERN HERD " iR pallp.r, HarDer cmntv---E. S. cle k. Rico, --OF-- MnLE-Td �1l11 t>rert by A. li. 1\'luOHE dt ijONH, amlo"" II Tne best hoR' In the worllt. We hHove made 11 For HandsQmest I Cheapest I Best I .Iticlalty or 1 h 111 hrppri fnr 38 VPBrs. We are tb� hUiles 1 JAMES A. FERRY , e... dt'r9 of thor01lghlwed Poland ChI-nos III t.hp world . "l-.lpell OVI'T 7110 I'i}(iO in 1883 Bud coulet 1I0t supply t hf. IlD(lorler RI1<1 !I.e.-(Ier of Norman 'lUH.ud We are ralfting 1,000 pillS for this HPh. ... on's Ifortiies. rlu1e We IHtV� ltill tlUWH and 10 malps ,ve Br.. hrppoinp rom. OUI' hl'periers (UP all recOided In A11lerican P.-C t .. PltllLn cald or River View Stock Farm, Ill. ,'ef'ord PIJrIl all p)lull-." l'Pr.nrd, 4:i Wilmington, Breeder- or PERCHERON-N �1I"''' r,'q••• ,..nut Send for Illustrated Cat.aloglle IUld Prices of ·Ir·' IIJourn.aI2!; Qh11npR CI,YDE�DALE HORSES. li!l.lty h.ud Ju.t ra- mUea aouth on the Cblcl\1:o& AUon .\Ud Com. anrl .ee our .tonk: I r not. as repreRented we will Fifty otCblcago, Wrl\e lor Illutitrated catulogue. (lO. ceived from Europe. CINOINNATI (0.) CORRUGATING pay your eltllen.... Special ratea by ""preas. rallrolld. OCTOBEIt 7, 14 KANSAS FARMER.

wholly to what will pay in a money a:&e 'ouJlry lJard. sense, is somewhat degrading to our Manhattan Herd of Berkshires better natures. It pays to be happy, to enjoy recreation; to cultivate kindly for Different Purposes. Poultry feelings, and especially to provide t Oonc�uded.) pleasures and amusement for our chil­ '£he best flavored flesh and the richest dren. In the way of poultry, nothing are those of the Game fowl, of eggs else will please a ehild so much as the which there are varieties. The many gift of a few Bantams or other Hi tractive Black-Reds are the best for ordinary fowls, as the Sultans; and there is use; the others, as the Duckwmged abundant choice of varieties of these. vaneties, the Piles, Spangled White, The Sebrrght and Game Bantams are Gray, and others, being more desirable beautiful birds, Liliputiau in size, and the fancier. This to variety approaches very small copies of larger varieties in nearer to the Indian fowl than jungle many cases. '1'he most unique of all, other of the domestic' breeds, and any perhaps, is the Japauese Bantam, a rare descendant from it. The hens is a direct yariety in this country, wrth white and a moderate num­ are good mothers, lay black plumage and all the quaint ap­ of small but ber ricl..ly-flavored eggs, pearance of the usual Japanese produc­ and the cocks are the most courageous tions.. The Sultans are also rare fowls, and combative of all fowls. The Games been hither from Con­ having brought SOVEREIGN DUKE 3819.·· (From Life, Lou Burk.) be III an enclosure without by cannot kept stantinople a few years ago. SOVER1l:H1N DUKE 3810. at head of famous Manhattan Herd. Among many other honol'8.nl.ewhen., tll1a and are active LoUIS a high fence, foragers. For eggs alone, one should choose ,pleudld stre won five blue rrbbous durfng two euccesetve yeare at the gret\L St. fair. Ino.udmg sweep­ 0. n ...ver attained other boar. Hakes as best hORI' of Rny age breno , eaca year,-a record by any Houdans and Oreveeoeurs are highly White Leghorns, H that color is desired; At Ille St" Louts and other le utfng fairs of 1882, the Mauhattan Herd BUBtalned It. wert-earned prlze-wlnnlDIl r-nutauon of roruier years by wtnlltll� a majorIty, over all competitors, ot the vremluma competed tor. belD&' fanciers as considered by some profit­ for black fowls, the Black Spanish, and 13 t'weelJRtnkps I1Dd 68 prlzeR fur that year. Terrltorlea Umil the present time I bsv. been unable to .npply the demand from eome fifteen BlaloB and able fowls. are somewhat for handsome and the old to that They plumage eggs, �l)r my awine, but I now hev. about 20 ve'y choice UoarK aud SOW" enough US8. These are )l'ung grotesque in appearance. Brown Leghorns; for eggs and flesh, the [\VIX B��:� P,;-�c�i,"o\'�;�lli.��I��e�e�·���,�t���:t'fn 11.f:'I���(f�a:r.I�':.·:!�com. through the aprlDJr and Sows and five Doted BoarBID use, SatlefactioD certainly the most popular fowls in Llzht Brahma first and the Plymouth summer 10 ve,'Y thrlity, ondiuon Twelvo dltTerent famlile. ot ruarauteeu, ...- SE!nd (or Oatnlogue to and with the care to as France, given Ruck next. For brood fowls foster­ A. W. ROLLINS, Manhattan, Kansas. them by the French women, produce mothers for non-sitting breeds, the immense quantities of eggs, which sup­ Oochins or Games are admirable. For a HERD not the native consumption, small where' is the first ABILENE ply, only yard beauty -o:j.o"", which is very great, but many millions consideration, and a few but sufficient of dozens for exportation. The Houdans eggs are desired for family use, the BERKSHIRES have a mixed or mottled plumage or Hamburgs of the different varieties, 01' FOR1BB5. black and white and possess a fifth toe; the French or Polish fowls and Game, COMPRISING the cbolc••t stratne of blood bred to ten different famllleB known to the Crevecoeurs are black; both are will lie found suttaule, while for Orna­ perfectloD.lncludlng fame. auch as the Balli. Sweet seventeen. O....aDara crested and have or antler­ and for folk's horn-shaped ment alone young pets, and GlPBY farolll... At the head of my herd BtaDda like combs. The former breed deserves the silky White-Crested Sultans, or one EARL OF CARLISLE ],0459, more notice for 01' farm use than of the varieties of the Bantams family many second at A son of Imp. lWynl CarliBle 3433 and Imp. Fash!on. and DUke of W.lIIngton 12392, winner of prize it has yet r-celved. may be procured. As to the common, <1. Louts FaIr In.1884. under one yoor old. My pI�. tbl. Bprl1lg are v.ry fine, from five dlffereDt bnara, I never 'mv. bad a case of ,1100MB ID my herd of any kind•. Have some chotce Boara now ready for Rervlc•• also one - mixed - . BULT�fin.lndlvldnal and bred. The most popular fowl in England is old fashioned, up, mongrel, vounz SH.ORT HORN fll8hlonably I would "Iway. p,·.fer part·leo to the Dorktng, of which there are tu ... "barn-door fowl," that ought to be Come a.nd See My ·St.oak Eef"ore Purcha.sing, the aud ·the White consigned to oblivion as an uuprontable _ Colored, Gray Bnt ord... tru.led to m 111 rocelve my own persons! attentton and will b. filled with care, for I'wlll not I1ed(l nUlsance.-Ruml Yorker. Bonn. varieties. These fuwls have a fifth toe, New- .ut stock I.hat I would b hameu to keep mYlelt. Catalogue. will be really Oorreanondence lIOlIclted. rome an" Bee or addr... JAMES ELLIOTT, Abllene, Kansas. bnt scarcely any other peculiarity for • Ask your Druggist for a tree 1"lal Botcls of Dr which they are more noteworthy than Klng's NeW Discovery for Cousumptlun, TIME-ER LINE HERD 011' for this. They are too tender for our climate, lay few eggs, are persistent Wanted. HOLSTEIN CATTLE and POLAND-CHINA HOGS. sitters, but are tine table fowls. If kept Ten thousand new subscribers to try HOLSTEINS. POLAND�CHf:NAsi tho trade w1tb w. also have an extra lot Of Poland-Ohlna in the expectation of profit, for the K.ANSAs 1<'ARJI1ER balance of We are now ready to Bupply W.ltarn irbPI except the [[olst.ln Oattle-Buill. Uow' and Calvea, ALBo Grade from a sucklDg PII1 to a four-year·old Sow. Our Hogi sale by breeders, they will bring only 188-5 for 25 cents. OWB (bred or uobre

Uice Co .. [rus. Our h.rd carriestlt. blood fowls, and It well-kept flOck of them has ;'<}: •. r.YOllS,

• '0' ,( tbe mo't noted str..lua. bended hy tbr.e of the beBt a beautiful appearance in the yard 01' )ottrs Wf"f:lt of the MlesiRslppl river. 100choiceflhow ..,.- tVCIILIr. a lawn. The Polish are tht-' !II. oiDe now (01" RRIA: Rl�o ROWR hre(l, and b'HLrft rRndy f lr upon grassy ...... matured anlmallJ ���).� orvlce. Rtnck recorrltld in the Amerionn Poiand·(lbl nn I have thlrly bre••Ung SO'<'B. all oldest known in and I1,pcold. Corr;.�pondence promrJt1y Rllswered. P1'lceF ind of the vary b.st BtralnB of blOOd. I am u�ln. variety Europe, the rp Bonnble and eo.[ i!'lrar::tion guarnnteefl. 'hre. "pleodld Import",l bnara. hea�ed by Rpl.Ddld are II,," III'" with their conspicuous crests at­ Ilfl••··wlnner Plantagen.t 2919 wInner of Canada nrlzeB and �old m dal at tb.leadlng .bOWB In to some tor of tractive persons. The White· In 1881. I am n"w.• pr.pared to flU orderB pI1I[8 PrI_ OTTAWA HERD OF .,Ither B.X not akin. or tor matur.d aDlmalB. Crested lilack and toe lilack-Crested If' you WRut If Yt)O w�nt -oaoonabl.. tlatlB'action tluaranteed. Send for cata- MoOUT,LUGlf. more curious ""-ell A SET'l'ING OF logue and prlc. I1Bt, free. 8. White are, perhaps, thau A YOUNG SOW, ottawa. Kanaal. c::a roland-China and Duroo Red useful, as have been bred for the Bred to our crac-k IIt"'4' l'lymouth Rock Jersey Hogs, they BoafSi =- Eggs, at $1.60; PURE-ERED peculiarities which give them their � If you want l1:::li names more than tor' profit. A young If you want Small Yorkshire A YOUNG BOAn I a Thorough bred Berkshire g brood of these fowls, well feathered as C':JlI Pig; :x: SHORT-HORN SV'VINE. they are, with full crests or top knots, � If you want BULL, are quaint and curious enough to make =- From ,100 to 1125, A YOUNG SOW . them the delight of the children. Sumtl -- Pig; of the Polish fowls. that have not been Write to If you want MILLER BROS., spoiled in breeding are reputed to be to an order (or Has. place Junction .. I..L. WHIPPLE, Proll'r, Ottawa, good layers. Oity, Blred - I hllve for sale a On. lot of young pig. by Jay­ A Sl'RING _ Box 298. Kas, There is more to l'IG; nothing encouraging hawker 2639, Ottawa King 2885 (Ibe cbamplon bogo of the natural kindly affection of children ""'''kiln coooty), and Buckeye Boy 2<12219, Ben But­ EXCELSIOR HERD OF than the and of ler 2977. Leek's Gilt-Edge 2887. wblcb are v.ry fine posseSSion rearing pets. \!Ii of the uest selected BOWB or the hrepuel'O of fp.shioDable fltraiUft. l\{y sows are all first· We are Oreedlng swine tn bp found In the country. direct And there are no more attractive POLAND-CaINAS and ENqLISH BERKS HIRES. cll\'Is and of Rtrnln'!, I aJso have 0.0 extra fine Il.bove named pets popular Sires and DaTlUl. We are DUl'oe for 6ale trom Blrct� and lescend)mts rrom Imported tot of Jersf'lY Re(] plccs .. a a D. H. \VEBSTER. Austin. Cass Co .. 1\[0. t� order. for either breed. of both. au , than pail' of Bantams with brood ,lams that have never becn bp.l\t.eu iu the show ring jn p .pared 011 at individuals from UotN) and f'unr c unties in KU,llanA. I have bog!:! or all IlJl�8 tn of wee no than a wren or My herd ." IDl.l.de up of YorkBhlres thoroughly. and things larger famillea. Are all '·ecorderl. rates or trio of no kllJ. (,)f sale. Herd hRB taken over $: 1!t.�;�Ot,:..:rJ"��l1 ptl�ulllr Sln�le uy pairs be 88 a herd has neVfr had ore BRUsfied tbal. t.bey cannot excelled profita· tomtit. For useful these expreSR. Choice fol' sale. Prices low. (also twenty prizes .,hls lnflt, vear My mature purposes, Pigs ID Central blfl to ralBe. Th·y are very docile aDd lIreerl (roUl premium stock, Plymouth Rocks, Lang­ ally dlReRoe Stock all .lIgll)le or recnrded hog anci SeDd for call see stock I or write give rapidlY. small fowls are not worth considtlration; shane, Mawmolh Bronze Turkeys, TouloU81� Geese RDd Rpcol'd. Please and pr�M'�'kcc')'(i:tI'ie � SON Imperial P.kln Ducks. Fowl. (01' sale. E.gsln sea­ Winohe8ter, Jeft'erllon C�•• it••. put tbe ide� ,of confining ourselves son, Send forOlrcular,and mentIon KANSAS FABblEB. �����!�;��D i':r��t'i:'r���lie���'uu�:,.'),��/OStt.r���l�:' 15

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that is an amount of excruciating pain Fence·. We do not think 8,{801 Wire unnecessary. . ·lJeferinorion. wholly S8,dgwic� (l�e too far 'H'. __"'�. that we would be going by '��IIJI�i!fi;i£Ci

aud mullein boiled in milk, and nothing .any one_., --- him Ile passes "old reliable" seemed to do any good. We propose t) make the drinks it. My no the milk. just as he KANSAS IfAlllllER so valuable that what to chickens ate sick with appears wide-awake farmer can afford to keep the cholera. [It is Indiges­ it the remainder Don" me to be house without it. Try net-work wlthont barbs. fence In use. It 18 a stron. cattle. The best fence milk purpose wIre as horses aud arid the character or the may of 1885. Is the hest general and poultry,as well School tion, ,vIII turn dogs, pigs, styles for Lawns. Parks, 'oJure stock. It roads. Very neat. pretty It will cow eat Stocle rnngeB,andsheePIRftl as preferred. cause. Does the any­ for Farm. Gardens . or made 01 galvanized wire, will be the Covered wltD rust-proof patnt, (lIve It a fair trIal; It lots and Cemeteries' wIre In eveey respect. decoction ot than boards or barbed steel defy all com­ '( Give a Ufe·tlme. It Is hetter Iron pipe and wire. but grass last' a Glltes made or wronght and easiest thing Mllls'lones' into favor. The StlIIClWlcil We make the hest. cheapest. Fur WheBI� wenr' It.eU and durability. now made. and a little ginger. and neatness, strength, neatest chel'.J! Iron fences oak. bark, POll�.r.e�.!a'iiiMILLS pettrion III II'llte. and tbe Cut­ nutomntlc O'r 8elf-01'eninll' The best Wire Stretcher. ",orklng nll-h'.iiiIfghtn'es.R, and uselul Invention. for clean the hous-s, Ga, 1:001' is" late excellent Wind En_ines chicken cholera, up A.A. DeLoach & Bro., Atlanta, nll8S 1'"llItr)' manufacture Russell's 'l'IHI foldin!,; We also Hardware or Prices wonderful! low. Send for and I'ost Anltor,;,. ask Dealers, and tinlOf Pliers etc. For prices and particulars affected . after the birds, Mention this paper. ror grinding, removing large CD.t.1lol'ue, puniptug; all(1 Gea�ed ]"ngiues' IIwater PUPCI'. the fol­ llleJItioning administer every three hours address, Ind. SEDGWICK BROS., Biclunond, lowing: Rhubarb, 5 grains ; cayenne 10 drops.] COOK FEEO:g:RSTOOK pepper,2 grains; laudanum, With theTRIUMPH STEAM CENERATOR GLANi:5ERB,- What are tbe and of early It will save )1 to � your FARMERS will FOR in a horse � feed. and your stock F'ENCES later of glanders fatten Bymptoms thrive better and LAND-OWNERS. ? Tbe i lustrat- AND In what way is it contagtous L quicker. Send fer Address and Most Durable. Can < ed circular. Cheapest. consider­ Prettiest, Feoce-Mak­ or glanders vary CO on our Stan'dard symptoms R[CE, WH[TACRE & •• be made any size forms farmer 250 rods of sub-acute or ehrontc 42,\V.1I10nroe st.• Chicago. Machine. Any having able, and in ing machine for Itself. fence to build can make a pay remain' make from 810 to the same conditions apparen tly Owoers of machine can then and in some cases for' �:'!:t�!�t"ueN��'b�eaY�:s�Oa�I��::}f.h�����!1�:::r� for months; Irom that sell macbtnes make pROFIT ritory free. Agents &c for at tbis writing Lllus. catalogue. terms. .• years. Enough you ns 86000 8100aweeK. t!O. aDelnnatl, O. from one or BOILER free. IIT&NDABD UFa. is to say that a discharue FARM schnel­ botb nostrils, ulceration of the ��Sl_lF�Cil8c:;o'tJ�E�;;tnle 1111){timupdtg'uollel' f 'lpLicsits IS tile derlan membrane (wutch pink wLt"einanlinuto.Ov&..r7,OOO Oook you,; cor-n and the nos­ in lise. CRIST II on the septum of »ota.t.rcs, nnd save oue-hn r ,the OWN membrane ctrculur, YOUR 10St of pork. Send for one or two hard, knotty trils),' and D. R. SPERRY& CO.

__ under the throat between the dATAVIA, - ILLINOIS. . tumors _ �i1lcBi� Su.lesroom23'l Lc.lLeSt. WIND ENGINE Wings of the lower jaw, are sufficient, condemn an animal. It is "MANVEL" as a rule, to which con­ SELF-REGULATING, NOISELESS, eontaalous by any means SIMPLE, DURABLE, FARmERS OAN STooxmEN AND from the diseased to the Grinder 1n the World. .veys the virus animal ENCINES susceptible parts of healthy volume on bodies. One could write a BOILERS WIND O' ALL .1••• , THE but in brief I have answered HARNESS this subject, wtthouta frlct.lon SRd tor GRATN with. maehtns cog. Catalogae AND GRTND ALL THEIR all their water for �toek. aU SEIISE EIIO[NE ., 'he 'amp tfme Pumps you ask.] COli II MDII etuteh. 0,. r"'chet. _nil FITTINGS Ob o. IRON PIPES •. 8prlD�eld, CO'1 OF PUMPS. TANXS, FULL LINE examIne th.1s machine. HOLLOW-IlORN.- like to know a WInd Mill shou d Would. on ban,1. Partie. r�qnlrl"g ' kel)t want the kind and amount of work they death of a cow that built f,)r service. and write, stating what caused the Incorporated 1884. Established 1840. done, to well until TIlE CELEBRATED was fresh last winter, did "BRADFORD" Kas. iast when she became dainty, WIt.LIAMS & (Limited), Atchison, Juno, PORTABLE MILL. 8. S. CO., and the flow of milk de­ MICHICAN.) unthrifty, CORN, WHEAT" FEED, (FACTORY. KALAMAZOO, IIIACIIINERV. 'creased finally failed altogether. FLOUR IIIILL and, Otrcu- and One front teat was caked yielded l11�CD�:g�C::��fn\�oI Bradford Co. and the cow seemed stupid. The Thol. clotty milk', 17f, net I1R W. AefGlld St., into a corn­ Four weeks ago she broke VINVINN.&.TI. 0. ADAMS' WIND MILLS and afterwards BY A- field, ate green corn, -ARE llACKED served scoured to some extent; was by RECORD'J1)1lU�1'J!!II!!:l: SPLEND[D TWELVE YEARS became weak a and subsequently STORM·TESTED. male, E-TR[ ED.' + would' T[ M In tbe ankles, and when reclining '�""""'------(ALSO)------"""-"'" and moan throw bel' head to one side READY MADE WIND M[LL TOWERS. WATER·TANKS. [RON·PUMPS. ami bawl piteously. Tbree days 'pre­ SQUARE. OR ROUND BRASS PUMP·CYL[NDERS. Ac. vious to her demise, while drinking Mailed Free. of Circulars and Testimonial Sheets, water, there was a coptous discharge Pamphlets, tbe and she ate but Salle Co" III" pus from nostrils, MARSEILLES M'F'G CO., Marseilles, La mortem exam­ little thereafter. A post � horns were ination sbowed that both vacuum bollow and pithless, and also a unusual in the top of tbe bead, and an SOWERS. concentrated in Incorporated 1884 quantity of dark blood Established 1840. S �r��s��P.��s�e!. T�o� and taster than by 'any �er method. !1�!!Pn� better bored the animal's Ashes. Fertilizers, the udder. Mr. N. Salt, even, attached to any SEED sowing perfectly Readlly " SAVES by CROP as be was lifetime•• SOl'l'8 80 Aoreo day. horns and split bel' tail, or ,'art. Lasts a �er "", wagon WHEN DRILI,ED. J'he oiity prnett­ Co. ONE.FOURTH LARGER THAN. afflicted = Bradford cow was Thos. .::;•.•. new FREE Iltustmtcd believe' the OMe for inclined to Successors to cal Broadcaster made. Sen.l at .:;::;:;0.. this Address the manufacturers avers that -, CATALOGUE"S" Mention paper. but now " . ,;:.: :-:-.:-,. with hollow-horn, Thos .Bradford &Co. '\-Vis. doubt as to the cause Freeman & Sons, Racine, he is involved in Sole Manufacturers 1/" ·l),\�::::.::::�:�i�;Stephen described of the .f" of her death. [The symptoms and indio Old Reliable and Celebrated in this case are so numerous that we cative of a number of diseases, BRADFORD find it impossible to give an opinion. end that before the PORTABLE MILLS PERFECT CL�NER, GRADER 'Ve suppose, however, is the ONLY For Any KInd of of GRAIN and SEED. moaned and bawled SEPARATOR of Every Kind cow lay down and claimed for It_ SMALL GRAIN. one which does ell scientifiC operation 01 l!a�h�ld�l�b�2N!�N��A!N�!��It is the only the Also Manufactur­ success. Send for piteously, oBi others It I. a 'grond in some ers all Where fall, F-ree to the born and pouring BOOK and learn 8omething. boring our CENTENNIAL been performed & Racine, Wis� irritating mixture had Address S. FREEMAN SONS, FlOHrD UJ MI'II EVC17}uocly. find words strong enough to General Machl'nery, We cannot Loclc N(Js. 2;,29,31 and 33 Street, barbarous and totally 25, condemn this JlIcllned :Wgnr Htshlnnd Housr� Plane, for where it does not useless operatIOn, CINCINNATI, O . WrIte fol' Cataloglll'. it causes . ) outright destroy tile cow's Hfe,

BOOKWALTER ENCINES

UPRIGHT AND HORIZONTAL,

3 TO 10 HORSE POWER. OVER 3,000 IN SUCCESSFUL OPERATION. Illustrated Pamphlet sent free. Address, JAMES LEFFEL & CO., SprIngfield, OhIo. Eliter" Offlce i 110 Liberty St.. New Y.ork. 16 KANSAS FARMER. OCTfI)BElt 7.

ElR,.A.DLE-Y, ��ElELER, &. CO., The DIAMOND FEED Mill Is Far Superior to Any Other in Market! This Is not mere "advertising" talk, but we are to it ready prove by any practical test, or to give a dozen sound rea­ sons for our claim, to anyone interested who will

DROP US A POSTAL CARD FOR FULL INFORMATION; 'WAG�NS, (!ARRIAGES AND FARM !A(;HINERY. Branch House and Sole General Depot for -The Garden City Plows, the Schuttler Wagon, the Watertown Spring Wagons, BUGGIES OF EVERY STYLE AND GR.ADE. m- Al�o (ienPTAI Alrpnt� for th« Lplvllnl!,' Farm Machinery, such as EAGLE CORN-SHELLERS, HORSE-POWERS and POWJJ:R o:;HELLERS, DlCKEY FAN MILLS, FEED-CUTTERS, OTTAWA (CYLINDER) The ::EIrad1ey OO:D1'b:l.:a.ed. :;L-:l.a-ter-Dri11 for ::Laas. fir Ask Dealer for B. your W. & CO.'S GOODS, or write to us for full information and prices. All sold goods under our own name and gnarantee. CORN�R T!NTH &, HICKORY STS., {NEt,J:E'���ON} KAN'SAS CITY.

TWO-CENT COLUMN. G LUSIN;} OUT SALE! REPRESENTATIVE SHORT-HORNS! On and THE WHUL!>: STOCK OF Tuesday Wednesdav, November 3 and 4,

- lJ,nl! RXCII" NOE \Ve maltA a sp .. or ex (DURING THE FAT .r cht,lty Horses and STOCK SHOW,) cl1"n�tlla (,rIl1/'4 1,,",11'4, CIT,Y 'lIlll town �I'I)P"I't\· lilt' O'ydesdale Mares, Galloway "t.' ckA of ...... 'i rQI III -r, hnlldl�p, harflw�l-e a. c1 lithl-ll' bu and Polled IneRI!, 1",p,tSLt4. J. Broue & Co., 10' 11.8I"t �t'V"lIlh Angus Oattle,

street . 1'"ppkR MACHINERY, fARM IMPLEMENTS, ETC" -\oN ·E- ltil) 1'\''; ('8 111 I: K .... C 1I1"t.\·, h.. Tho K._�II�'t·t Forllwrl, !on to I Bft� Intof-Stato in" 01 a.rd a .. YI'El'4DALE HOR�E BroBdors' EX.fhl 8111.1•• e, 4t -re. Will f'xcha."R'P r r t,; r , N Association u-\\'RI,a MP,,- V. will n.. "01.1 at Pnbl 0 cerumen .. per In H. il'flwlna KR.IIM.'� I'alf. hl� Will rowu, J. !:Stune Jt ":0 .. 1U4 make, at Riverview oClliber 14:. 1885. and ror rhree Park, Baat lieveuth 8trflet. Topeka. 1�"litlnt1lnl' day" III I t�t IU be ....)'1 lOll/priM. about 7u IWflhnen \;h'.lelu·sl .. :�"a lion I �nrl Mar", .LUoDe whlcb I.ft' KANSAS Iuvoce '1 .. tt15'IU WiU Pl:· all\' I' lz -wtunere i fiO h.ad I1t h ... IlI'''''''Y anrt f'ollfu OITY, ens .ee for a EXCH.\.NGF.-Dru,R'R!orA.Ruod (arm. J. etone dt Co, 104 i!;n:o.! AIJR'u!O 01,1t1 . and ahnut fiO h-..d or Gra:. Canle. Its MISSOUR.I, Seventb B',reet, 10 �econd Annual Public Sale of Topeka. �;D call WUI be sold at llriv.l:t.t.e sal», terms to Iu�t pUrCbRBE!J'. approved animals, on or a�dreB' J. Btona .It ':,male 81111 female. from ot the Co" 1U4 Eut Sel'eutn tops Best Herds atreet, MASON P. MILLS. Tru.'e". In Top.ka MI�sonri and Kansas. nnd representing tbe _ .most p"pulllr fllmill,," lU extso-nce No EXOEl.\NGE-Slx 10'" 10 SnUln ¥,v.nltoll inferior, III., .unaouud or non breeding cattle w!ll be Towttmu twu bluck:R ofdllpot. nne two 10'" in BinOlu, offered; 'and 01 e or Inaton, Ill. for I ... d or » fnrm '0 PUBLIO SALE! p-rues wanting more to tbelr Kan"8.8 or Nt!brR�k.a. herd. will find Ibi. ' top tbeir opportunity, Among the herd. tha.t wll e-.ntribute .Adare., B. Q,_l1eMo"., Qllinc,.1I1. this speclmeu animals to magnificent �1ferln" "ill be tbose or sucn wel l-known breeders as 8At.1£ -tJur ... nt.lre Iler.1 uf chiiic.. ly tHe Sbolt S. bl)ra Ctltl,le or I Will Sell at Publio (l. nuuc_n. L. MUler, Robl. Ran. W. T. FOR thp. VOUIlIl Mal'Y, F'ora UHd Art! Auotion, Hearne, Dr. H. l\[. Gilbert, Ramuel "teln­ bell" families prlCA low )'\Hd termR liberal. metz. Hon:H. C. Artrl.f'·S Iruland, A. R. L.llCk(,y, Dr. W. H. H. Cun,Uif, Ro. 'V. (and mention IhlB paDer) E. 0, E-aDB & lion. S.,'"II;" Owen, J. H. Mo. S. M. OCTOBER Wacner, Hudson, J. W. Hutchln8, W. A. Powell, C, S. Eleholtz and ------WEDNESDAY, 21, 1885, otllers. 'L'OR SALE-One PE'r:herl)n-N'nrml\o Stl\lllotl, fllll­ At my .,.. ,ole one mile north .I:' 0", ot 8 EDALIA • blooi, anti two Pe'chPrnn-Norman Grades. Call on 1110., the follo\tln" or acldre.. J. D. Welb, H.lIsbol'o, K:B8. lIe.crloec1 property: Ninety b,nd On the o( day following NOVEMBER 1 ,------"OWB ancl H (THURSDAY, at ocIock l(erB, tenlfead or Steere, torty CalVI e, 5,) p. m., BALE-Seven bUDdred Merino dve Sbe.p, Will be Brood Ma,eB. lour Work one or B ltd 1u lotM tu Horses, e�an FuR atltt pUrCDH.Bel''' 8,\111 are 8IU'f'P free Mul,., one tine a�d MAJ. S. E. trom dlBe�.. , Buggy Saddle HorBe, the well­ WARD & OF AddreBs J, C, Dwelle, attor ey at law, SON, WESTPORT, Flurl!ocp., Kafl. knowu ilutldle and Harn... StallloD DreDDen the Mo., Will offer from their Noted Tblrd; lWo Rhol'l-"orn Dulll, viz: Sky Lad, No, N') FURTflER U::!i'.: fo,' 'Juwl,," .• 148.' A. H B" calvM HAVlNG(a·y"nr and Rlncl{ 42M9, aueu,' 1, 187Q: Wnloo, No old) HIt,wl: • V'V 179�'J (2· yeal' old) M21d CItLVf.'ll 1('lnlwl' ALNUT GROVE ... J.R1l2· tort" hPQft of HERD, A. P C. ReCOl"', w wUl RPII T,;'em. 'fhev Fat, Hop-R, 'are hHLb ..tllllt.9 beeil or "\terioo UBweepgtaktlslJ bORrA antljirst·claJ. Sheep one PI"leeton, onl" 1I".lmlly A Lot of J,ltR'-gPt.tCl'k. Wrll,1 CarrisRe, and g, lar�� lut \.f �'ar'n itF THIRTY HEAD OF OHOICE of for prices. Trut!sdell & l:'el'tiue. Rh:e Iml,lemt.mts WUI ANIMALS, I'!onslst.ing Lyons, Co • liltf'. a fill off,-r hoi taw ... Cows and Twenty-two I.imfl an" pl.c9, at" pril'ale ea18, tfln Heifers and Eight Bulls of the HIGHEST BATES heal YOll!:!g BREEDING. ofwpll-hl"ed ;hout.-boro BuU., to th, FOR SALE.-I bava4nO Grn�e b,.t b"loDl.:iDg Merino Sh.ep, r"mllle.ID tbe country. The get or ouch r.Downerl elrel aB SI{EEPmO!'itly ·!£w .. s For Oxford of Vlnewood 3d (33427) and partl'mlarsl::I.dtlres8 E. T. F'rtnvp, Mud othe,.,. of most d Harrington Belle Duk. Pavilli·.n. ]\faTlY ot I,bp. ("'WI otreren ar. and all 01 (499!lS), the IltinA'lIlahen Shorr-bunl bDcefitry The8e 'It'ill nollJe WH.bann�e'" no . KA.�. b1t1'h-iraile, culls, bUT 8uch anImal" A, t,l, 1)1 "nvp t r-pn ""Y Short·horll hre,i1J1or he fO bl'f'd to t.llt! h66l, Hhl1rt-horn 'Bull .. may prnud pOS.UtI, oftbe (ollowill'!' ramtlifs: Ii: liurlflOIl Il"kh'-vi!Jill0U. Wild RYIiI, Roan The Calv8I .. DUl'hf!!'R, DilChflllA. Pur'" and H' ifor" are nt'arly all t om blwh-arade CrRiQ'i, ROI� n( Sharon, YOllng Mary Loudoll Oucheas anfi rpmnleq wt11 hf> brp41 to 1hD Duke of Pbylli. The Short-horn BuUI. About hall Corowall, R pure Rate9 Bull. or hAve c'i\IVE'8 t,hetr sldeM of Cor.wall r hy by Duke BUTTER AND III"klu" �i;�vOnl'��}�r:��-I�ted Barrington Helle Duke, Rnd Ibe bull. In robu.' "'HEESE III vlior. Inspection 18 IDVIte G1lllowlI,y blund. A ID"Dg I,he hull'" is tbe ;''l'lk''1 OC lo .. CelMbltl.t,,11 l'rize.wjLlIl�'1 CATTLE Cows, Bulls and nine • e'Hlrn ft",,,,·.. ,.dpol (10111 n. Heifers; head of "I II' (1907), tS;A. line of Imported ENGLISH . �ruilil prize wtnutull arlCefltlirA. Th. �. cat'I'tr 're. lit' to b -I ""fll,I" RUrl Rre �lIln ('lilt' h' - P IZE" or , of wlnll1Dll81re� bav� ralf at foot LI,I DltAFT HOHSES of the Fanny u,,(I'kh1l1 228H. won (three StalJions)-five Mares safe in the (64"14) UI'r-.tpn7.t'Qt II R'C' ud tn foal; forty head \1-.111) "\�' IJt"i r, UrJ"� '1' l\11.ftat, J882,1\11f.1 J88·�. Rpmember It ,,"'a' � WOIl :in. � t,t' Vl',llluoluery. htch the KraUl' on tbe \If IN A for C '10111"11 'e nt I H\Ve�p!:lta.ke8 blook at New Orl�ana. !,OLA.ND-CH HOGS, breeding of them O'CIOOI[ P rn. purposes-most Registered. .. d (onr ftt 8 'rERMS OF SALE credit of six b�RI�ll�:P; r����1. orA�;;t;�,.: bB9J:c"�'rr paper, mouthl, per cent. :-A mouths, wltllout interest, if paId whan due; if not when 12 S. A paid due, per cent. from date of note. Note to have two indorsers. ,99L. •.SAWYE:Q.. C. WEEDON & WALTER CO., & Auotion��r, Live Stook Kansas WILSON MOORE, Rae. Exchange, City. COL. S. A. SAWYER, Auctioneer. Parsons,

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