ESTABLISHED. PAGES WEBKLY. VOL. XXIV. No. 29.1868.} JULY TOPEKA, KANSAS, 21, 1886. {SIXTEENPRI()••1.30 A YEAR.

ABOUT clsloo the TORNADOES. by rising and slnklDlI: of the ba- tbe sudden heating and expansion of air. ance was like what has often beendescnbed In the Kansas and and Orop Weather Bulletin I rometer, ships at sea can avoid their caustna It to raise the upper strata and so as seen in waterspouts. for the month June eliding 50, 1886, Issued greatest fury by observing well-known rules. disturbing the equilibrium, watch the Infiow- When the. precipitation Is more abundant by Hon. Wm. of tbe State Tbe tornado Is a Sims, Secretary very small cyclone, bavlne Ing currents tend to restore. 'Were tbls the the beat set free II;lves tbe upward air move­ Board of Agriculture, tbe state- a breadth following of feet where the cyclone has only consideration, the movements would be ments a II:reater velocity. and the rain Is roent of storm theories Is made: miles. . Tbe barometer gives little Indl- of short duration and of no great violence. sometimes carried 80 blgh as to' be frozen, A few words on the of tornadoes cation of Its subject approach, and Its move- The energy set free by precipitation comes and falls to the earth as ball. It Is ·very

PERFECTION NO. 215. STOCK RAM IN USE AT MERINO SHEEP FARM. PROPERTY OF . . MCOULLEY & BRO., LEE' SUMMIT, Mo. not be out of at this time. The may place ments are very erratic, as well as violent. in' here to Intensify tbe atmospheric move- probable that all great hall storms partake month generally supposed most prollfle of "I'he two are similar in the important fact ments, until the tornado is equipped with all of the tornado characteristics. Theso-called this kind of storms has come and this that the wind has two motions-an passed onward its power for destruction. In accordance waterspout Is a tornado when It sweeps over year without serious wind any being reported movement like ordinary wind, and a motion with this, we find that all destructive torna- bodies of water. The downpour of water from of the State. Kansas has in­ of any part rotation about a vertical axis. The gyra­ does are accompanied by great rainfall, and from such clouds comes from the air for tbe deed been for five or six exempt years from tory movement in the northern when rain ceases storm most and is and there is no hemisphere - the the soon dies part, simply rain, tornadoes of kind tbat the swept throuzh Is from left to right, or opposite to the rota­ out. The.funnel-shaped cloud which Is the good evidence that a tornado lifts great Irving and other of the State In 1879. tion of a parts the hands of watch, while In the sure precessor of the tornado, is the visible masses of water Into the air from a lake or No year without some of the passes part southern hemisphere this motion is reversed. evidence of preeipltation, although it is not 'see, Oases are r.ot rare wuere schools of great area of Kansas visited wl· vio­ This being is eqnally true of cyclones, tornadoes, lways that snch a cloud is evidence of rain- 'small fish have been caught and transported lent and more or less are and storms, buildings even the little dust-whirls: which shows ran. About six years ago a cloud of this quite a distance, but we believe that when a blown down; but tornadoes of the that all Irving these phenomena are governed by kind appeared three or f011l; miles southeast tornado strikes the water it agitates and type are happily of rare occurrence, and the same laws. It has been analytically of Topeka, having at its base on the earth a scatters it without IIftln� much of It high Kansas Is as free as ber from tablished quite neighbors by Prof. William Ferrel, that fluids cloud of dust and leaves, and this was into the. air. In this way· small pools and these visitors. It Is the fashion to call these on the earth's surface a .moving toward cen­ nected to the funnel-shaped summit by a ponds have been swept dry, the water and tornadoes "cyclones." though the latter term ter must take that form of con-I mud In necessarily zyra­ ,long column of something which looked at a being.scattered every ectlon. Re­ has lone been to applied by meteorologists tory motion which all observation shows distance like a column of water. It swayed ports that water has been lifte the storms of a different character. quite Oy­ them to take in cyclones and tornadoes, and to and fro with a sinuous motion, till at last bottom of wells by tornadoes may safely be clones, properly so called, occur on the At· this as gyration also accounts for the baromet­ tbe top separated from the base, and In a regarded delusions. We find In the wind lantle and Indian or on the shores of oceans; ric fluctuation in the cyclone. few minutes both had dtsappeared. No rain sufficient energy to account for all the de­ these great seas. They have well-defined We and may therefore conclude that the tor fell from this cloud, though the wind was structive transporting effects seen In tor­ and regular cover a nado movements, usually ortgmates In the movement of air to­ violent enough to prostrate several stacks of nadoes. There is a velocity wblch (tas been great area; can be foretold with some pre- ward Ii occasioned In most 'center, cases by hay which came in Its path, and Its appear-. (;Conctuded on page 4..)

• JULY 21, 2 KANSAS lI"ARMmR,.

ever to Herd, have less than three crosses go known fact that full-fed pigs eat slowly How to Get a Valuable the salt water as food. As regards in times of severe cold. On this account . Suggestions are always in order, \ ijfte �toe& aJnterest. if is reliable and speaks of to the best to start pedigree, �t -it was found occasionally necessary Iowa farmer says place desirable excellent features. it is very .. PUBLIC SALES OF FINE CATTLE. substitute a small feed of raw corn for toward a good herd is the particular It IS a of what has gone means lie. simply hiStorY Pa.tes claimed only Cor aalea advertised In the the regular ration of cooked corn; but place where your Begin before,-the only guide of what to do KANUB FARJn:JI. it is believed that this was not done where your means will justify, he says. for the future. There are some breeders Anima' 5- , . B. CUndUr. Short·hom•• PleaBant results often enough to affect the "totals and If you cannot aff9rd to buy the who preserve their pedigrees faithfully, A::.:.!��� T, A, Hubbard, Short·horne, Wellington, averages" obtained in this experiment. of other men who have bred up from who make worse for want of 01 nn:t Kan.... Cltv Fat .thlngs and W.dn.oday com- tben with me

- prevail. -- --- __ eventually form, the only exception being the _8_,_4�nd 5:.. We know this because we have hold. a RAW will have it so. Beason will not get occupants of pens number 8 and 10 FEED: drawn a CORN. seen good papers by young 3811 605 6.3 8.4 1.68 n9 81M hearlna. Red bulls are preferred, and No.8 was a six-months-old pig which PillS No.6. 7, lawyer, while no young farmerhas 8,9 and 10, ?m- breeders prepare to meet the demand. refused to take kindly to the exclusive passed the inns and outs. the haudling, Roans, we think, are as good, but the corn diet, and consequently was early of the difficulties encountered and elevation beyond Some feeding. breeding, will have reds and the result will trial. No. the people counted out of the 10. in the of this experiment its ancestors of a young animal. Much prosecution be red cattle. We do not tbmk that to the rule of uni- other 'exception have been referred to. The that is written by sidewalk farmers. is already man up dunng his life­ . any by grading formity, differed from his companions cold weather which prevailed during misleading. They tell you often that a can as good cattle as the was Poland- ttme produce in that he a purely-bred the last four weeks of the trial furnished grade to breed from is better than some average thoroughbred of to-day. We China, and one of superior feeding interruptions. Durnig thoroughbreds. This may be so, but we many annoying think that grading up will soon produce character, the others being purely-bred of severe cold near the close never knew of such a case. periods � personally valuable but not as good as we Berksbires. Tbe cattle, and closely-related tbe the remained 10 an Let us 'illustrate. We have three experiment. pigs now in- _ behavior of the young pig No.8 was almost comatose cond tdon, coming to hundre1 grade ateers and one thorough­ have.� � teresttng, because it seems to illustrate con- This was the their feed with evident reluctance. bred steer. thoroughbred Hog Houses. a truth of quite general application. and a meanest. most ill-favored beast suming but little making pro- runtiest, a for I have made houses study 7 hog . This almost from the showed Short­ pig. first, gain. While the cold in a large herd of thorougbred portlonately light years, and have built six variable he was often twenty-tive a quite appetite; weather affected all the pigs alike. so horns. His owner made a steer of him for my own use in that time, and in the troubled with and had the of six ." constipation, far as relates to the character and we him. Inside ,. externals, bought last three I have the greatest con:� coat got dey and. unthrifty appearance of the cooked feed=dta to freeze months on our good grass he filled up, Iiabihty venience foT. tbe least money of any I which careful managers everywhere as soon as placed in the trough-made leveled out. and now looks away beyond have ever seen. After trying different to avoid in their stock. Tbis case strive it difficult to keep accurately half-breeds, three-quarter breeds, seven­ extremely sizes and shapes I finally settled on one of that have come under is many my the record of feed consumed. Neverthe- and fifteen-sixteenth eighth breeds; feet as the best width. My reasons observation course of twelve eight in the It believed that the errors thus breeds. less is for this widtb are that it the adopting years' experience upon College were not sufficient to affect blood .tells originating Blood tells, and our native furnishes room for all the hogs all to what I ample farm, serving empnaslze results obtained. I in the The uneven the expect as well as any other. back, that can be accommodated at the believe to be the that fact, namely, near future to repeat, under more thick the lonz the thin bones. the hide, trough, and there is no economy in en­ valuable, unexcelled I may say, as corn the favorable circumstances, experi- the big horns. the not needed. If a feed accessible food legs, unquietdispos�­ closing space is. as an easily fattening ment above detailed. than tneir tion, are indeed �ftr longer room is desired I build two of ·these for mature animals, it is for young The figures given above need but opposite, and the grade will breed houses frontmg each other, as many a starvation diet. bac� growing pillS literally a.herd It little comment. They show as con- very certainly. In grading up feet apart as the width desired for the These were fed twice with pigs daily zround to elusive as figures can show anything is like abandoning all gained feed room and let the rafters run up general regularity at 8 a. m. and 4 p. m.; that the cooked corn was less useful breed from' a grade. No farmer can. say tdll meet. One of my.jJouses 8x12 were the' end of each ten they all weighed at male than the raw grain, the difference in that he cannot afford to buy pure feet is high enough so that I can store a careful record made of all days. and demonstratton that favor of the uncooked corn taking the blood. It is easy of 100 bushels of corn overhead, and two The pens 1 pigs occupying females can afford to weighings.. item of pounds of feed required to make no owner of ten other 8x14 are near my corn crib. and so to I) Inclusive fed cooked to than blood on .were she.lIed one pound of Increase. amounting use anything else pure we do not need room for corn, and have corn; those 10 pens 6 to 10 �ecelved exactly one-fifth. That this result is the male side. Prices of thoroughbred made them just high enough so that a raw shelled much 10 corn,-as within- the reach of b,oth- not an accident seems abundantly males are every man can stand straight to clean them series fed as was consumed with- being owners of a proved by the other items of the sum- owner of ten females, and out. The front is 7t feet from floor to out The cooked figures of each afford to wa�te. fo� co�n mary; the daily consumption smaller herd cannot patronize top of plate and the rear 4+. and in given 10 the tables follow In WhlCb. pig using cooked feed was almost ex- other than pure males. The only ex­ weather-boarding a 14-foot board cuts every case refer to the weight of the as the amount of raw is tenable is that bred one actly the same cuse that pure- one length for the front and for the corn before cooking. The corn was corn used in the pens where raw corn males are not for sale. This would be and extends down below the floor and and rear. weighed cooking owners tried to be�ore after,' was the exclusive food, but the average the case if all our female joists, which are ten inches wide. It the proportion of water 1U the abs�rbed daily gain-and of course the total gain get pure males. Iowa has perhaps as takes 308 feet of weather-boarding 10 the case just cooking process most kinds of subtracte. -and the gain per hundred weight of. pig many thoroughbreds of to cover a house 8x14 feet, and one of of every feed of every pig. Tbe com- were in the series using the cooked fine horses; cattle, hogs and sheep as tbis size will winter comfortably twelve parisons wherever are therefore: ma.de feed. greatly less than with the pigs most States, but if there were a general stock hogs of 100 to 125 pounds weight cooked before It was of entire �orn. weighed using the raw corn. Such an demand tbe supply would not equal it. each. or eight large hogs can be fattened cooked, WIth raw corn SImply. In cook- unanimity of results can only be ex- Good feeding must accompany good in it. I did fatten ten 3oo·pound hozs no set rule was followed that Ing, except the cook- plained upon the theory that blood in breeding up a herd. Iowa In one of this size. but they were the corn was so thoroughly so far as a�ted u_pon 109 was an injurious process grows plenty of everything that is good crowded at the trough for the last by .the heat that each gram might ItS use as food for fattening animals is for animals. at the cheapest rates. month. I have tried two-inch plank for easily be crushed the b�tween t�umb concerned. With younger animals, Discretion must be used in the choice of house floors and do not like it. It 'I'he was done 10 an hog finger. in and, COO�Ing whose gain would be made chiefly foods. Many a ilne animal has been costs much more than double inch and ordinary barrel. WhICh was conn��ted growth. the cooked feed' might give overfed with corn and ruined. It is the must be lined at last, or the cracks will with boiler a from the herdsman. Grass allow a. steam, b! half-l� different results foregoing; besetting sin of the open so as to let in cold, and steam pipe which the .supplIed bal.rel but a considerable general experience will develop fully all grazing animals. shell corn to waste. I have used floors with at a pressure varymg ste�m bO,Iler does not encourage ttns belief. In winter the temptation comes. De­ made of inch laid double, for the last from to pounds to the t�lIty SIxty, Nothing has been said here of the cost velooment is all that is needed, steady years, and I find that a floor inch. Water from the eighteen square directly considerable of cooking -always a very growth, The use of young males is re­ laid ill this way will last from ten to well was to each as was given daily pig. labor and cost and item both in respect to prehensible. It ruins the male twelve years, and when it is renewed required. . of f�el.-as circumstances. such 8S weakens the stock. Breeding too young there will generally be enough of the old Almost from the first a . of co�sIderab�e mechanical conveniences and cost is bad, as it prevents sumetent size be­ floor to furnish a liningfor the new one. W8S In practical difficulty cost of experIenced. labor and fuel vary greatly the ing reached by dam or offspring. Too The lining or first tioor need .not be laid feeding the cooked WhICh corn� bu.t on,e the process 10 'different localities. long suckling is objectionable, as it de. close, and common sheathing boards. of course would be felt 10 feeding any velops too much bone. in the young and without straight edges, are as good as .rorm of soft very cold feed; during brother to the horse in A yearling Foxhall, greatly reduces the parent. any. I do not have a ground pen of which much was ex- weather, which fame to the American turf brought Breed Do not be tempted connection with a hog house if by that the cooked corn, steadily. perlenced. soft. mushy, by his splendid campaign against the world for to sell out a particular line of stock In is meant a pen with a ground floor, unless consumed as soon as placed in In England and France, sold at auction times. your it will in wet weather become a "slough would freeze entail- for the ever depressed Study tamtltes. the 36,000. . largest price trough,' solidly, recently the nostrils. . Seek mates to obliterate faults, Pay of despond," and a stench in waste at . This a colt In this or other 109 consiiderable times paid for yearling,., any for the best obtainable. Ftlw steers tha.t I make, however, an outside pen the difficulty was aggravated by the well- country. 1886. 1 KANSAS. FARMER. 8

POULTRY. same size ao the hog house and .floor it of 2,332,697,681 bushels, which is more BREEDERS' DIREOTORY. with strong boards, and by (leping a than double the production of 1870. POULTRY YARDS-T. B. .wlQ'. QardI 01 IArcoco I"'"' or'_, '"" .._,_'" ,AI Breed­ SUNFLOWER of straw, cornstalks, or other ' supply SUPPosing the rate of increase to have ...',DireoIortI lor f10.00Jllf',_,or�.OOJ"''''�; proprlelO�Jr;Bb�s")QD FOWLS. coarse litter 10 this _II addUConcllI""'. fl.OO �,_.. A 00JIlI of ,AI _ Pnre-'brPd. o( tbe bu' "'ra(,.,. for tbl...IlIOn'. trade, pen, t� hogs make Bend for continued through the last five years at '"" .. -' ,AI adwrICNr � ,AI � olllw conal.tlnll o( tbe ..I""t and Ip.a�ln. \,&,1,,1... a I(ood lot of manure, and if pains an ...rd. my new and Import.antolroQlar. Satl.tacUon ",.rant'd. the same rate it did from 1870 to 1880, taken to supply enough litter the pen ROCKS.-W. E. Doud, E" ....k., K•••,­ now HORSES. PLYMOUTHbreeder o( Plymoul,b Rocke. E'II, fl.1O per 11. never stink Saxon I the total product must be over will (a good word). Bird. ",r ole at irom ,I to ,5 each. bushels two­ use this as the manure and do not 3,500,000,000 ..annually, AND TROTTING HOR·E8 .nd pit D. 411 Pollt R...,.,t. North .. K.... THljROUG'lfBREDPoland Cblna Ho.. bred and (or ..I.. Write (or have a thirds of which are grown in the 'West JENC8.Sil: TIIJ::ItaIn etralu flnd it necessary to separate O. B. K.... A pedIV_. Hlldretb, Newton. o( Plyb�o",i'�t�Ck��k�':,�n':':J.:� �:,d�. sleeping apartment, but divide the floor and Northwest. One-half or more of the Western or W. McAFEE, Topeka, K...-For ..Ie .Ix extra POULTRY YAR[)S.-L. E Pixie... Ba­ a 2x6 on gratn goes eastward, say .. by setting studding edge. H • 1l00d Registered Sbort-horn Bull.. Aloo Clyde.. EUREKAreka, K.... b,.....dero(Wy.nd..tt.... B. B R.Gam , of dale Hor.... Tbree mile. 8tb St. ro.d. across the floor, dividing it into two 1,000,000.000 bushels, weighmg weato(Topeka, �u�:.k·Bt:°:n:\\':��O{:·�n����:.u;.,�P:�� of 60,000,000,000 pounds. Supposing _ parts, and by a little training the hogs W. CULP, 8co\levllJe, K.... lmporter .nd bl'Mller yonw.n_t.� this be of wheat C• o( Norm"n and OIy.eacI.le 8ta,llon.. Price. and tbree ... I h.... beon col­ will use one for and the one-half of to made up nearly (8) ,e part sleeping term. 10 suit buye... ()orreepondence lO11olted. VI.­ EGGS.-ForIectlnll oholce bird. and ob.,lce.tock. wlthoutotrer­ and and the other half of IlOre welcome. lUll noll' tornl.b other for eating. oats, corn, Inll aft" tor tbe market. I p...parPd to a o( tbe (ollowtn .rietl... Th. White and about <1 cent. of the (ow .. l&Il!e • rye, barley, per e.r There is no need of a carpenter in or will of CATTLE. t'l:c'l:irl:ra::,kl'i>l�c:ut:\t!,.r:nd11J:'�:�w:rJJ whole, 1 pound in 25, consist 18 building one of these houses. First Mllbom•• n� per Valley Fall. Poultl')' Y.rd, plant food, in the form of nitrogen and P. O. Box :187. V.Iley Falla, Kao. J. W. HIl., Prop'r. prepare a foundation, which may be CATTLE.-A. J. C C. Je...,y cattle. o( ash; or, in other words, f.;>r every train JERSEYnoted buuer ramlllea. Family c�w••nd younll WYANDOTTES AND .B. L1:G- or or stone .toek 01 eltber.ex (or ..Ie. Bend (or C. W. •• •• 18. Oblcken. fnr we tbl. boulders, posts, brick pillars. catalope. HIGH.SCOIlINGbom ElI , et.OO per of cars loaded with Talmadge. Connell Grove, K...· (all. Add.- Gao. R. Blue K... twenty-live grain, Craft. Raplda, , Then place short sills 4x8 inch, and of which there will be the ends. required 120,000 - Elm Park Ploce, Lawrence K... R. NYE ..8venworth, lI'u breoder of tb.1MC!- eil1;ht feet long-on edge-at D.uUI: dealer In _ vaHetl.. of L.nd .nd Wal.r Fowl& to move 1,000,000,000 bushels, there will GUERNSEYSL. Bulleue, feJ[l.terad Guern..,y battle. N Inc On these place five joist 2xl0 and the Younll atock ror ..Ie. TeleJlbone connection 10 farm. BBAHIlU a .�Ialty. S. nd tor Clrcul.r. be in every train one carload of the best of see that the founda- LEGHORN EGGS - Pure blood .nd dne length �he house; D. WARREN'" K and' most available plant food in the CO'l..Maple mn, ..... Import: BROWN.tock. (rom the celebralfid Bonney Itraln o( DOted W • e.. and breed... ot ..aD POLLaD OATTLB. Thor­ tion is square and level; bridge the [olst I.y.... Thirteen f'IIR' for '1.110; 119 for II 60. A few oUllbbred and bullo lor ..Ie. lit. railroad soil carried off in the form of nitrogen Jlrade Marya . J. P. FBfDIo so as to have the weight come alike on otatton. and Western �O!\b�WT�I:���';:::kC!OlcellOck. and the floor;'tl Do not let the ash, annually depleting all, lay H. JA(J][SON, Maple Hill, farms to ..he extent of carloads 120,000 FRANKHBkBPoRD OU'TLa. YOUDg tborollJlbK"'bbreederOfred Bnlla . floor project any for when you 'weather- LANI"'""t..S'-"'"..�ANS , of 20,000 pounds each of tbeir most aIWQ.oD ..and (or ..Ie. CbolCHt blood .nd quality. board you must nail to both silla and I bave • dne yard of pure-bl't'd Lanpb.n.. 0aD which in the end will .para. few ..ttlDII" o( ell"".t et.OO Warrant precious material, M:MARCY ct; SON, Wakaru.. , K..;. b.ve tor 1&1. as this will the build- to be tnab. Cblcken. (or ..I. tb • tall. joist, strengeaen T • R·glRtered tlbort·born Bulla.nd Helf.ro. ellP r.'18. enrich the Atlantic Ocean and the . goto tblrty be.runread. Come J. A. BLU. RArIDl, R.u. ing. Now cut posts from <1x<1 scantling, CarloadloIeBl�IJ\lty. BU..!���.. British Isles. How long the West can �::! three for the front and three for the POULTRY YARDS-JDO. G. Be"l" ..rlotl.. of stand this drain upon its fertility and S. GOODRICH. Goodrich. Ku. breeder of Thor- SHAWNEEProp'r. Topeka. Kaa., breeder o( choice will a front ann P. Cochlna. rear; a twelve-foot stick cut J • olllfbbred and Grade GaUow.y cattl.. Tborongb- >eelalt,. BIll it not be for bred loud .. anPodul�'bryc.�V'!Yoarn• I, ... (c ..�olett... and prosper. may possible any b.lt·blood BuUI (or le, 80 Bllb-lrade and rear post. Saw them square Cowa witb calf. ()or_pondence Inrtted. . one DOLLAR PBR THIRTEEN-For froID them on of the fasten the say precision, EI" set top floor, �� .with butev�ry o�e obolce PI moutb Rot'k Fowl••nd e.tra Peltln w1th the of· 10 CREEK HERD of Sbort.born Cattl., con.ut. ONEmy tendency Duck.. Mark S. SaU.bury, Box 81, KaD... O.ty, Mo. bottom by toe-nailing and spike 2x2 faml11ar. �hmgs FISHIngortbeleRdI0Ilfamll1e•• Young.tock and ilronse the knows the sectIOns are Turkey. (or ..le. Walter Latimer. Prop1r. G.rnett, 8.•• studding to the top of them for plates.. �cCldent this MISCELLANEOUS. Put up your end rafters so as to nail the �rowHlg po�rer :wherever exba�st­ HERD SHORT· HORNS. - E. O. 109 process IS gomg The 1S a CEDAR-OROFTEvan. ct; Bon. Propr'., Sed.II., Mo. Younpte.. o( to tbe K.n nu K... top of the weatLer-boarding them, O? .West moot popular (amlll.. (or we. A.lao Bronse Tor­ S. URMl', 137 •• Topek., , country, which by. and Plymoutb Rock Oblokena. Write or call at S • Lhe Stock Aoctloneer. Sal made In any pan in'a rim of nail ties of 2x4 and you �reat an� thlsdepl�tIOn, olllce o( Dr. o( th. State. IOlIolted. put E•.C. EYan., In city; Correapondonce 1'S so 10 the be­ are to weather-board. Two men ready enormo?s a_ggregate, ct; Land and LI.,e Stock' . comes diluted LAWN HERD of Sbort-born•• Robt. Pat-' GAGE, Broke� conSiderably BARNESJllootlon bave I.rc. 1I01e o( tbnrouli- will build one of these houses �h�n BROADIOn Kao., Herd Lumbe...bout CIty. Ku., complete Bamlln, Prop'r. 80... line over the vast from wh1ch 1t 120 bead. Bull. and ()ow. for ole. bred Oat,I., Horae. and Specl.1 barJlalnaln in two days. If you prefer you can hava spre� are� IndlYldu.lo. ()orre.pontlence IOlIclted. is but, expansive as the a small outs1de at each and BA Manbattan pen end, �e�1ved; We�t CATTLE AND WYER. 11:... Live Stock Ano 1t 1S not to SWINE. is, • tlonoer. Sal.. made In .lUbe iltatee and Can� a to SA. arrange movable partition divide la�ge enou�h �ndure ��1S Good ...r.....II01. H.ve tulll8le of Herd Boob. ()om­ upon ...... fertlhty H. ALBERTY Oborok K m.k.. a pll oat"loll1l the bouse into two equal parts; this will c�nstant dr�lD .1ts na�1ve , .... q>eelalty w1thout telhng upon re­ M • ot Ilree�lnll Hol....ln- rlea'an and Jo...,y Oal.tl•• be very convenient foc 90WS at farrow- 1t� agqcultura.l 1'0iand-CbloaSwlne .nd Plymontb Rock Fowl•. Ell.. sources to an (or ..Ie. AIl.!OOk recorded. r.ttle and .wlno o( both time. I would make two doors to extent plamly perceptible. ing sexes for sale. ()orreopondence Invltod. TIMBER LINE HERD· whether the outside is at No country can long carryon a large the pen pen VIEW HERD-Of Tborougbbred Sbort· the rear or two are made. Make the exportation of agricultural products PLATTEboru cattle CbeRter Wblte and BerUblre Boll. Add..... E. M. iknney ct; 00.• Box 790, Fremont, Neb. doors two feet wide and three feet high, witliout· ultimately impoverishing its HOLSTEIN- CATTLE PARK: STOCK FARM.-T. A. a for Hubbard, and with at the so as soil. If there is necessity export­ -AND- hang hinges top, ROMEWelltnglOn, K... , breeder of blllb-gracle Sbort­ born C�tUe. car I..t or Aloo breeder of to out of the reach of ing something, and the soil is rich and By .Ingle. turn up t)le hogs Berbblra �wlne. POLAND-OHINA HOGS to of it ��f�.EDgll.1l .. when open, and arrange a hook and able produce large crops grain. r;�::ti�!�':.�I�� If is better to it so converting the GROVE STOOK FARM.:_J. F. GlIok. Bhrb­ staple to hold them up. you build. keep by We are before the 'Publl0 tor the year 18l!6 'WIth ASHland, Doulpba n county. KaBIBII. breed. IIrll·clGu into otber products wbich will of HOLSTEIN there IB in two of these pens facing each other and grain THOROUGHBRED SHORT-HORN CATTLE some the dnest BULLS . feet it wlll make ligbter draughts upon its fer­ Alfn the State, and COWS and HEIFER,B of like merit, eight apart, give you a.large POLAND·CHIN A SWINE. the of I At Prices to Suit the Times. room at a small tility, exportmg products grain ..Ie. feed very expense.- In�t��.tock for ID.,;l8CUon and correopondence F. W B., in the Indiana Fal'mel·. ratber tban the grain itself. The con- In Hogs, our herd hili! only to be seen to be 'version of grain into milk, wool, and DR. A. M. EIDBON, Reading, Lyon ()O., Kao., mat.. admired. We have a dne lot ot March and April Aslt for what want. meat is tbe panacea for soil-exbaustion. bredaa��II����b;b"o�t:r� ��t�l������f:� Pigs. you 110.... of tbe moot (..blonable .trall" pure-bred Jer- . W, J. ISTIS 4; Converting grain into meat permits of sey Red HOI. and Jeney O.ttl.. SONS, Andover, Kansas. leaving nine-tentbs of its fertilizing PARK:, contAlnlnll 2.000 acree. thr SHORT-HORN..Ie. A180, Sbort-born Cattle and Reai.t.ered Po· on tbe so that instead properties farm, land-Ohlna. Young _tock (or ..Ie. Acfclreeo B. F. HOLSTETN..L -.::=lIA-.::=lI� ���. MoPberoon Co Ku. . Pu� Grain Into Milk and Butter, of losing 1 pound of.' plant food for Dole. CanlOn, .• This paper bas often called attention every 25 pounds of grain, the necessary for 250 SWINE. to tbe philosopby and the importance of loss will be but 1 pound pounds of grain. Wool makes a more concen­ condensatIOn in the products of the trated than meat. and conse­ product LI8R BERK8HIRE of and thrift. PIe., farm, by way economy leaves more ot the fertilizing _c���I�'!1lfrt'�B��Li��:At 110 aDd u�war a. _ quently F. M. ROOKS'" Co., Burllnlame, Kao., or Boonville. MD If grain is put mto milk and sucb of the matter contained in the crops co'nsumed as is not sold is into butter on tbe farm. stand in PLUMMER. 0.....8 C1lty. Kan..... 'l>reedpr o( milk - put Dairy products Will.Recnrrle

(Continued from page 1.) good water. He also has bought the adjoin­ now so common on the Fourth throughout r Jr the anticipated throng, as nothing ·was ing railroad laud which three years ago he the United States, is nothing less than .a left undone that would add comfort to.all estimated sometimes as as 200 miles high paid.85 per acre for on time; he now asks burlesque of our Independence Day,' and attendant.s. A shady grove, choice ice-cold per hour. The movement Is as and don't care about at should be all eltlzens." a bountltal of ugward well 820 for it, selllng discouraged by good water, repast good things, '. as and few structures can resist It onward, that. Our town ISl1;rowing: vacant busmess It Is true, and a pity 'till 'tie true," also music by the"l. O. O. F. band of Osage such a force. It is sufficient to carry men lots sold last week for feet. allvmanlfested the $1,000, 25xI2.'>. that this mercenary spirit, like a rank weed, City, clearly generous and animals into the air, and everything thus a new bank is of our friend Eidson. N. H. The purchase is for site. It is choking out all the higher sentiments of spirit Major lifted and set in motion becomes a missile to to look like rain. 1 will write Endsley, the auctioneer, acquitted himself commencing liberty abd patriotism tmong the American crush objects in Its path. The flying sand, more after the rain. under the condition of as man­ you people. But that spirit which inaugurated nobly things pebbles and debris Is like a sbower of grape ·T. ifested. J. McKITRICK. 'the" Boston tea party'� will yet awake from shot, and will soon pelt the bark from trees, Wilson, Kas., July 19,1886. Its sleep and indltference and will make tea '

or drive into the skin or flesh of animals. . Book Noti068. '-.------of the Chinaman this time instead of his The delusion that popular electricity plays The fires of Weare in receipt of a Ilp�ial Issue of Letter from a Man. product. slumbering liberty an important part in these tornadoes lacks Young GTerm'8 .Ii'r'U1.t Grower devoted to and American independence are kindling at {or July, Kansas Farmer: scientific evidence, and for the most part the strawberry, on ",·hlch Mr. Green is au- every blast. The poor and oppressed are ' thunder and lightning are not prominent in I have been a reader of the FARMER for shakinl( their cbains, while the monopolist thority. them. The electric are accom­ more than three years, and have never seen phenomena is strlvlna to rivet their chains closer. But Prof. Richard T. Ely, the economist of the paniments of violent atmospheric move­ any young man of my age have an article or the spirit of liberty IS awakening. Surely foremost educational institntion in America, ments, and are etfects rather than causes. letter in this paper. Probably there have their birthright was belne stolen while they Johns Hopkins University, contribntes the The question of practical interest is how to been writers, such as I speak of, and I over­ slept. Americans with no homes, freemen second of his timely "Social Studies" to the foretell the approach of tornadoes and avoid looked them. with no freedom; doomed to toil in poverty Aue:ust HOJrper'8. Under the beading of their consequences. 1 wonder what the majority of the young by the hand of wealth; doomed to Ignor­ "The Economic Evils in American Railway The prediction of a tornado cannot be men are doing for a Itvlne. That is, are ance with the grandest system of public Methods" he lays bare some glaring abuses· made with until we see It coming. at home on their fathers' farms, or are certainty they schools the world over. Would that we which are generally overlooked or underes­ All observation teaches us to expect a long workine: the for strangers? they by month could hear at our next celebration the voice timated. period of unusually hot and dry weather to Also, how many read the papers every of the whole multitude sing- The July be violent storms. and are interested in them? is Pansy (forty�ight quarto'pages, terminated by These week, Why II Our I'ountry, 'tis of thee, illustrated) is in every particular thoroughly may assume the tornado character. When it they do not write about their experience Sweet land of liberty, good. Its leading articles are contributed by we see before such a storm a tendency 1D the In life, such as how to manage to get along �!�e�:; :���'and be bright "Pansy" (Mrs. G. R. Alden), Margaret air to form dust-whils, it is ,!ell to be on the with men they work tor, to get a good name With freedom'. holy light, Sidney, Faye Huntington, and the Rev. C. R. lookout, and If the funnel-shaped cloud ap­ and higher wages that the general average �:.�c&�g,blu�",::��,�t It contains also an Interesting it if we am 20 1 have Livingston. pears, is wise to get out of its track of farm hands. 1 years old; M. J. HUNTER., .. letter from India, desorlptlve of How can. Most such storms in Kansas move been away from home three years next No­ Some Missionaries Travel," excellent short from southwest to northeast, and we may vember, except about ten months, the fall About Stook. Gossip stories, poems, eto., etc. Ten cents a num­ with considerable where the the one I left home. Also once judge accuracy following The news of showers in cheerlna copious ber, 81 per year. Boston: D. Lothrop&Co., path of destruction lies. Ce!lars in our before tbat. I took a fancy for dolnz for my­ . western and central Kansas this week will publishers. houses be so constructed as to be safe self. It was in the of may lat�r) part February, refresh the pastures and help out the corn a even should the be the General Basil Duke, in an article to appear retreats, building blown 1882; I would be sixteen following May. great deal. Stockmen generally will be ben­ in the Southern Bivouac for AUl!;ust, relates down, and in most cases an ordidary cellar I left home, friends and all, and started fitted with the farmers. the Incidents of the retreat after the fall of is more secure in storms than other parts of east. The next day 1 sat as one in a dream. . It is to that on the house. be'remembered August 5, Richmond. 'I'hts war has never I could scarcely realize my story yet position all ,I at Pleasant that Dr. W. H. H. The to be from toma­ Hill, Mo., been it is one danger apprehended looked at the faces In the car, but I fully told, though ofabsorbing strange the well-known breeder and exhib­ does Is over-estlmated. The com­ Cundiff, interest. 'l'he describes the last coun­ greatiy on to that call and paper :went place they Chicago, will make his first annual sale of Short­ small area covered the itor, cil of war, the of the treesure paratively by largest when 1 got there, wondered how it was 1 protection horns. The cattle will be sold on their merits of them, and the rarity of their occurrence, train, and the !tradual dlsmtegratlon of the , came there. But at last 1 knew what 1 was makes the risk small indeed. Another as beef producers and their milk and show remnants of the Southern armies. very to do, and the same day I arrived 1 got Many circumstance il! the fact that qualities. No better time to buy first-class of historic Interest heretofore 'favorable most work. But I did not there or points neg­ stay long any cattle the of· them come in the when their and, pure-bred than present. Big lected are made clear in tills and day-time, other I bad left home to make my narrative, place. be now. be and a of money may realized by purchasing It a most contribution approach may seen, place safety fortune. I soon found that It was not like altogether important The best chances As a scientific for years. to the of war. sought. question, there is home. But, nevertheless, I did not get history the much of interest The KANSAS FARMER wishes great connected with the homesick. I often thought of horae; of the especially The Popular Science Monthlly for Augnst of and much about them is to upon every zeneral fa.rmer the study tornadoes, bright side, and. of the dark,side, and of the Impress will open with a richly illustrated article of not well We need not of better .. , anuerstood. expect, boys that I used to associate wltb, and of Importance raising cattle, horses, great economic value entitled Woods and however, as a result of any scientific hogs and sheep. Reduce the number of inquiry, my brothers and sisters, and then I would Their Destructtve Fungi." The author, that the dales and localities of tornadoes common stock and improve the quality, and think I might just as well be away from Mr. P. H. Dudley, a civil engl,!eer of rising will ever be and such take better care of the stock on hand, and foretold, predictions home, and probably some day I would be reputation, has for several years been study­ must be left, as have to much more.rnoney will be realized from the they always been, richer than I was, tben I would feel better Ing the structure of those woods most com­ the and who find in stock of this class for the feed consumed almanac-makers, others, when I went home. monly employed in the arts, with reference the changing moon and of the and the time and care expended. Use noth­ posltlens But here I am. Four years have passed to the aeenctes concerned in their deteriora­ planets a sufficient basis for their ing but thoroughbred males under any cir­ prophecies. away. and it seems like a dream to me, tion. The results of his investigation put cumstances. Well-bred individual thorough­ when I think of the past. I was born in quite a different aspect from the e:enerally bred stock of all kinds can be bought cheaper News From West Line of Ellsworth Pennsylvania, and came to this State With accepted one on the process of decay, and and on better terms than ever bl'fore. 'fake ·Oounty. my parents in 1880. We came to Dickinson promise to be of vast industrial importance . advice and some Kansas FaJT'TTU?Jr: Since then I have been good buy thoroughbi:ed in their practical county. through appJication. , stock this year. Better opportunities than Our part of the county has suffered from parts of Missouri, Illinois, Iowa and Ne­ BIRDS OF KANSAS.-Thls is a re\'lsion of the present time may never come again. a severe drouth. Early-planted corn will braska, and for all 1 can eay there is not Col. N. G. Goss's catalogue of the "Birds of Let no difficulties prevent you from taking. not Blake half a crop. and five days more much ditference. Everywhere we go we Kansas," published In 1888. Since that time advantaae of this golden opportunity. Have without rain will cause late corn to be worth­ see the industrious grow rich and the inat­ the American Ornithologists' Union have the courage to replace the "runt," "plul1;" less. Vines are about dried up. Last week tentive are as poor as ever. For my part, I prepared and published a revision of the and the "scrub" with first-class stock. the thermometer ranged to 116 deg. lD the try to make the place I work at appear like nomenclature and classification of North, shade. On the evening of the 15th at 6 home, and have always succeeded in getting The first page illustration of Perfection American birds, and that makes this revis­ Is a stock ram in use- In the o'clock it was 105 deg. in the shade. Every a good name wherever I went. Yet we 215, registered ion by Col. Goss necessary. The list "em­ flock of R. T. & Lee's Sum­ living thmg, animal, fowl, vegetable. suf­ should not be flattered, as many are, but go McCulley Bro., braces 355 species and races; of these 175 are Mo. Perfection's first fleece was 18 fered. The wheat yielded a fair crop; the on in perfect Ignorance (seemingly) . of all mit, known to breed in the State." Added to the 311bs. He was awarded the berry is fine. but there is no price for a the words of praise that are cast about us. Ibs.; second, list of birds are several Interesting articles in 1885: At farmer to live on:' Tbe elevator price ranges As we often see the remark, "Labor hath following prizes Bismarck, on the protection of birds, and one on the first for .best ram 2 old and from 35 to 50 cents per bushel for No.2, its reward." Suffice me to say I think this Kas., years over, English sparrow. The book is published by ram for which is too small a price for the farmer. can De applied to the man that is working sweepstakes for best any age, first the Kansas Publishing House, Topeka. The best ram and five of his at Kansas Everything is down but hogs, and it seems for $18 to $20 per month, as well as to the get: City, author has our thanks for a copy. that any that has a is him. AI�o, through all my travels I Mo., first for best ram 2 years and over, person hoe; selling employer. HORTICULTURAL REPORT.-The report of have as as 4 have never been ways I had sweepstakes for best ram any age, first for Buyers paid high cents gross. discharged-al the MissourI State Horticultural Society for The seems to be out well. somethlnz else to at that I was sure was best ram and five of his get: at St. Louis, pasture holding get 1885 is out. Weare indebted to Secretary The heavy rains had the well better than the present. but have found out Mo., first for best ram 2 years and over, first spring ground L. A. Goodman, Westport, Mo., for a copy. in the best' way is to stay at one place and save for best ram and five of his get owned and saturated, a,!� 'gfa!"s :kept growine: spite The report proper contains 467 pages, and of the drouth. Cattle are fat on the what we earn. MAC. bred by exhlbitor, first for best ram and three range. the appendix, bound with it, adds 106 pages. Tell the farmers of Kansas they want to July 12, 1�6. of his get owned by exhibitor. He never ---�--. The appendix is made up of a paper pre­ the went in the show ring without gettIug a blue push oleomargarine bill, and give the pared by Prof. S. M. Tracy, of the Missouri ribbon. with some Kansas dairyman a chance to live. Oelebration of the Fourth of Perfection Will be shown Thevery July. State University. We agree with the Secre­ best of buttter commands from 6 Kansas Farmer: of his lambs that will be hard to beat. dairy only tary that this report contains a great deal of to 8 cents per pound, and merchants do not Here is an extract from a private letter The Short-horn cattle sale of Dr. A. M. matter useful to horticulturists. The best want it at that. saythere Is no mar­ from an old and in Eidson, advertised to 'take nlaee at River They very prominent lawyer place to go for information is where the peo­ but with all the on Cal.: Home has been ket, jobs put up butter, Nevada, Farm, July 15, 1886, post- ple wbo possess It live. Practical horticul­ " and the central a wheat stock, Kansas farmer I fully concur with you In your opinion poned to future ·date. This step was turists. speak in this book, and they know is rich. The settler that came here of the celebrations' in deemed on account of con­ getting degenerate indulged prudent present more all the rest on the subject In hand. ten years ago and homesteaded, with barely by the people on our National holiday. 1 dltion of crops. About 150 people were th�n enough t.o get here with and build him a here on the same but the hot winds and lack of rain expressed myself day your present, While planting a tree do not try to ratile dug-out, Is now worth ten thousand dollars; letter bears date even more dis- for the ten cut the corn (July 4th), past days having the dirt among the roots by shakine: the tree but lie knows how to realize as It satisfied with tne manner of the so noue wished to invest be­ hardly it, observing prospects short, up and down, for this draws the fine, hair­ Is in land and stock. The land has National as In the the number of stock mostly great holiday indulged by yond they already pos­ like roots out of place, but does not push Increased in value so fast that it makes most of whom are of hence no sale. The cattle to have really people here, foreign sessed, them back; it folds them up and Kets them at him hard up. You will find his old home­ birth. They seem to be solely bent on been sold this otferlng were indeed choice all out of sh_a.:.p_e_._ __,_--- stead enclosed with a neat barbed wire furthering their individual private interests and spoke well for the proprietor of same; fence, good house and barn and outbuild- by exhibttmg their trade advertisements or but the finest stock on earth cannot sell A correspondent of the Prwf,rf,e Fa'T'11WT' - tnzs, and mostly a wind-mill, with plenty of in exhibiting what 1 consider burlesques of when circumstances 'as existed here inter­ feeds broken bones and millet seed to his water flowing from a never-failing well. our birthday of liberty and independence. vened.. Dr. Eidson deserves hearty praise hens, and reports excellent results in the Central Kansas Ia'blessed,with abundance of The masked procession called 'Horrlbles,' I· for the manner in wblch he had prepared way of eggs. XANSAB lrARKlIIR,.

SOMETHING ABOUT TURNIPS. from about one plant to each two square Kan� Oity Fat Sto!)k Show. CQ. will give one ton of oil cake meal for feet; but as a large turnip does not sell well best lot of five fat wethers, any age or breed. Kansas farmers do not raise enouzn tur- We are in receipt of a copy of the In the market, when growing them for sale The Standard Implement Co., Kansas nips. Every farm ought to have Its "turnip general rules and premium list of the I leave two to the . wlll one Little are them thicker, say plants City, give Yankee sulky plow patch," just as it has a .."arden. Turnips Kansas Cit"J Fat Stock Show. to be and tber the ones • for the best draft or breed. food for both man and beast. square-foot, then ga larger horse, any age very good held from October to as early as the weather will admit, and let Saturday, 23d,' Mr. M. City, will When potatoes are short, turnips come Wright, jew.eler, �an8as the smaller ones grow longer. There are Saturday, October 80th, next. Any one silver water set as second premium handy for table use; Indeed, they are now give feet in acre, and the interested person can obtain a on heavy draft horses. 830.) coming Into very general use in the cities In 43,560 square I\n legal copy by (Value, of is to the the J. W. The Iron Cleyeland. connection with potatoes. They are stili weight turnips fifty pounds writing Secre\Sry, Sanborn, Garry Roofing Oo., bushel. If we can a will one valuea at b�tter for stock. They sUl'Ply the place of grow turnip welJ1;hlng -Live t:;tock Exchange Buildiog, Kansae Ohio, give corn-sheller, one on each square foot, it will give a $5, for best carcass of wether, any age,. green food as far as it Is possible for any- pound Oity, Mo. We would be pleased to see of tons to tbe In addition to the lltated , thing to do it. During tall and winter and crop nearly twenty-two acre, Kansas farmers interested in this show special premiums or 871 bushels. I think It would be easier to In this list, will be found the special of, the early sprinll;, when dry food is fed inostly, and hope they will at least attend and grow turnips that would averaee twopounds Breeder's Gazette, as glv:�n In the premium are and " animals liable to constipation result-' stud tbe d'ff1 erent breeds 0 . f each with two feet to each than Issued. diseases. that would be a square plant, y. st�k list already ing prevented by exhibited. What farmers most need In one each with one to each foot. A The earnestly Invites all those free use of turnips. pound Secretary bed is for the stock line, is the most prontable for of the Farmers who have not been in the bablt of compact seed absolutely necessary contemplating competing any The land should be plowed at least breed for the purpose intended, and lI;eneral or special premiums offered, to raising turnipswlll have to learn by expen- turnips. a month before and two months is there is no better to find him at once of the kind and number menting. As essential preliminaries, the sowing, place good notify and the of roller and of animals Intend to show and for what ground must be clean, mellow and In good better, by use harrow, meat antmals than at a fat stock show. they it should be made fine and solid. When the wlll . condition for germinating the seed. Wbeat General premiums run from $25 in premnnns they compete . time COl[ es to sow, harrow so as to make An effort Wlll be made to Induce the or oat stubble ground will 00 Il burned off the sheep and hog departments to $100 two Inches of the surface mellow; then sow breeders of pure-blood draft horses to com­ and s�lrred, or well plowed immediately in the cattle. the seed and cover with a . aItmtted number of select horses, removal of if It a soak- light plank drag; pete; only atter crop , lI:ets good A Iarge number af speoiaI pramiums 'thl 111 th d IIghtl dt he however, can be accepted. ing to settle it tbe turnip seed Is . ra,ln �efore . are offered ' as follows: ear 0 so a w germ na a once. We have assurance of a very sue- sown. The ground must be In good condl- StbWt iCtoverth teitseelll YI ante prtess already be and the The American Short-hom Breeders' Asso· . 'tion, mellow and clean and rich. The best A crop of clover may cut_for hay cessfulshow. J. W. SANBORN, stubble turned under in June, and at once 'clatlon voted to duplicate ali premiums l:iecJ;etary. iround, not specially prepared, Is an, early ------taken Short-horn cattle rolled and harrowed flat; then during July by pure-bred at . potato lot that was well cultivated and the Are You South? wltb six or loads of flne rna- Kansas City and Chicago Fat Stock Shows. Going potatoes removed. It needs notblng but to top-dress eight asd harrow mixed. If The Short-horn Breeders' Asso­ If so, it Is of great importance to you to be of the vines and with har- nure, till thoroughly AlJlerlcan be cleaned leveled It one has not clover land, and can bnrn off a elation also voted That we autborize the fully Informed as to tbe cheapest, most row. Mr. Waldo F. Brown, a successful of wheat it makes a good eon-. societies offering such premiums to, give direct and most pleasant route. You will tarmer of Ohio, says he has raised turnips as piece stubble, dltlon of soil for turnips; for the ash fertil- to the pubilc that we expect to wish to purcbase your ticket via the route a field crop the last twenty-five years and assura!lce Izes the and the kills tbe duplleate the preralums offered by them for that will subject you to no' delays and by failed only partially two of the twenty-five land, burning insects. It will pay to draw out a few loads the year 1887." which through trains are run. Before you years. His experience will doubtless be of straw and on the stubble so as to' Kansas State Sbort-horn Breeders' start you sbould -provide yourself with a worth something to farmers in Kansas. He spread :rhe and Association will all map and time table of the Kansas Fort says: make the burning thorough, then this dupilcate premiums City, awardedto Kansas Scott & Gulf Railroad Short I have from 100 bushels to M land should not be plowed, but tbreeInehes exhtbrtorsot Short-horns (Mflmphis grown up ' high as 1,500 each year. Although some at Ule surface made fine. If the land Is rich or Short-horn grades. Route South). 'Tbe only direct route from years I have not been able to sell, and so a The Clinton Short-horn and via Kansas to all in eastern it will grow good crop withouUllle manure' County (Mo.) City points have fed them to my stock, in other seasons , or If have not fine there is Breeders Association will dupilcate all pre- and southern Kansas, southwest Missourt they bave paid me a larger net, profit than you manure, per- mlums on Short-horns and and Texas. the route trom any crop grown on the farm; and taking the haps no crop on whlcb commercial fertilizers their grades Practically only yearS one with another. I havefound an acre can be used with as great certainty of good taken by any breeder Ilving In Clinton the West to all Southern cities. ,Entire or two of turnips to pay better than most ' results as on this. Unlike beets carrots, county. trains wlth Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars farm crops. I remember one year that I sold and The American Hereford Breeders' AsBO­ and free Chair Kansas a carload of 400 bushels at 333i cents a bushel turnips are In the best. condition for feeding Reclining Cars, City on the track at my station; and as I was In the early part of the winter, and will be elation will duplicate all awards made to to Memphis; througn Sleeping Car Kansas loading the car, was frequently asked bl' to valuable in finishing off beeves for the pure bred Hereford cattle ' and to grades City New Orleans. This is the direct farmers the price and several times when I Christmas but if will sired Hereford bulls. route, and many mires the shortest line to told It they said, I'Can you make anything market, pitted they by registered 'growing turnips at that price \''' It so hap- keep in good condition for spring feeding. The American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Little Rock, Hot Sprlnll:S, Eureka Springs, paned that corn was tben selling at the same A little if not disturbed till thawed Association will all awards to Fort Smtth, Van Buren, and all freezing , , duplicate Fayetteville price, and I said to them, "You grew on an' does not hurt them, and 1 have wintered Aberdeen-Angus cattle, and to their grades points in ArkRnsas. Send for a large 'map. average less than fifty bushels of corn to the Send for a of Missouri and. Kamr acre, and gave it the entire season and sev- them successfully with but a foot of earth in sired by registered Aberdeen-Angus bulls. copy the I an Bas Farmer, an S-page Illustrated paper, eral thorough workings; grew average coldest winters. Pit them on' land with a The Iron Co. ' of Cleveland , . Garry Roofing full and reliable Information in of 200 busfiels of turnips to the acre, and contatutng zentle slope, plow four furrows ten inches Obi0, wi1 I give � corn-sheller for the best relation to the States of Missouri and grew them as a second crop and gave them great that and throw the loose earth out at the pure-blood yearling Aberdeen-Angus steer. Kansas. Issued monthly and mailed free. no cultivation at all." I will say bere deep, . Address J. E. 200 busbels Is a very moderate crop, and that sides, then pile the turnips in the trench so (Value. $5.) LOCKWOOD, G. P. & T. A., Kansas City, Mo. I have grown 500 bushels on an acr.e of the will be about three feet and the The U. S. Wind and Co of top high Engine Pump , hlghly-manured land that had grown two ' ." sides at an of 45 and Kansas City, will one ten-foot Halla- crops besides the same season. the first crop slope angle degrees, give being parly peas that were marketed by June then throw on the earth. It will take from day windmill, valued at $100, for the best {O, and the second crop pickles, aud the tur- twenty to twenty-five feet of pit to each 100 pure-blood or grade Galloway steer. nlPil wert! sown about the 1st of August at and a man should cover 500 bushels The Garry Iron Roofing Co., of Cleveland, tne last working of the cucumbers. I be- bushels, will a valued at lIeve that It Is easier to !trow 1,000 bushels of or more for a day's work. I have never fat- Ohio, give corn-sheller, $5, turnips on an acre than 100 bushels of corn. tenea cattle so rapidly as when I fed in con- for the best yearling grade Galloway steer, As, to the time of sowing In Kansas, that nection with grain a bushel a day of turnips. The IArve Stock Record. and. Fwrmer, of Kansas will a Belle feed­ may be best regulated by the season. Let I have in this way fattened old cows In two City, give City the ground be made ready by the middle of months' feeding so as to double their value, cutter, value $38, for the best thoroughbred one and July; and then sow the seed, as the ground when It would have been well nigh Imposst- yearling, under two, that has taken first or second may be 10 good condition any tlmein the last ble to have fattened them on grain alone. I premium i¥lass. half of July 01 first half of August; and in a will sum up the points to be observed in sue- The Mohne Plow Oo., dealers In farm ma­ 1. A Kansas will one Field's season of unusual drouth about that time, cessful turnip growlna: ..thoroughly cbinery, City, give we would not besltate to sow as late as the prepared soil, fine and compact. 2. Sowing Favorite teed-mill and horse-power com­ first day of September in any part of tbe after a rain, so as to give the crop a vigorous bined, valued at $85, for best car load of southern half of the State. It is better to start without weeds. 3. A good variety, and twenty 01' more fat hogs, exhibited by feeder•

. BOW after a rain, rather than before a rain. the Purple Top Strap Leaf is among the The Garry Iron Roofluz Co., Cleveland, will one eon- A summer rain starts a fresh crop of weeds best. 4. Not too early sowing. 5. Thin Ohio, give sheller, valued at $5, or so as to of for best barrow or every time.. and if tbe sowing Is postponed seeding thinning give plenty spayed sow, any age. until after the rain, the weeds are set back room." The L£ve Stock Indicator, Kansas City, when the turnip seed is put in. And a will give a premium. for best five fat hogs, heavy rain Is apt to produce a crust on the MONEY--ATTENTION, under twelve months old, bred and fattened soil surface which Impedes the early growth by exhibitor. Two or more lots to compete. In Amounts From $200 to of the plants. Sow as soon after a rain as any $100,000. (Oasb, in gold, $25.}

the will work well. '10 Farmers and. Ranchmen-In Eastern & Allen Manufactur- _ ground . Trumbull, Reynolds and Central Kansas: As to method of sowing, Mr. Brown.ubove Ing Co.•. Kansas City, will give one Datn If you want to borrow money or refund quoted, prefers broadcast sowing, and our riding hay-gatherer, with steel wbeels, val­ present incumbrances on your farm, at rea- experience Is in the same direction. We ued at $25, for the best carcass of shoat sonable rates of with or Interest, without . quote what follows from an article of Mr. under nine months. Other things being commission, write direct to us. No delay, Brown in the FwrmerB' Review: equal, the shoat that yields the largest per u when security and title are satisfactory. We AbSOI UtiPe re. "I prefer to sow' broadcast, and use no cent. of lean to fat, that can be separated by y make a of loans- speclll..lty placing large a will receive this This pow,l.,. II.V I' varl... A marvel of purity, mixture of any ktnd wltb the seed, Use knife, premium. A state- . from $2,000 to $l00,OOO-at lower rates Bod fl.rt'I'gth Rml wh4)le"()IIIt'IIC8�. 1'flul'e �Lfln .mt. at htln only the thumb and forefinger and sow a ment of the foods.gtven must accompany the 1h· orrnuarv klullA. null cannot ,," 801·\ in cnlnl1t>UtloJi on han � tu llIuldtll e "f ahl". or less commlssItOany agency In the for this i tb. h,w·l.e'l, "I,orl'\\'ej�n', five or six feet one cast entrance � strip wide, making premium. ),ho"flhat", oowo1 rq Sold only in en. "3 RoyAL H.ur- State . when ers ate exe- Money ready p�p INO 106 Wall S .. N. Y. every two steps, and you will not be likely The Buford & George Implement Co., POW".R Co., to ------entad. We want nothing but first class 1m .. to g�t ihem tqo th�ck. Abo�t One pound to Kansas City, will give one Rock Island proyed or partially improved farms and acr� Is rigl:)t. !:lhould,the turnips be top Clipper steel-beam plow for the best lot' of AR �he INE .. ranches. Address TS- be thinned stqck barrows or F, tIlJ�I:r they clI:P by, running over fi,v.e spayed sows, any age o� : ,A. D. ROBBINS & Co., of good address a ligb� and the bel>t time breed. (Value, $20.) j:tentlemen �Ilern vrltp. harrow, 179 Kansas Kas. to thlll on a Ave.; Kan- VVANTEB. �o prlght sunny �ay, wheIJ.the' Topeka, Bradley-Wheeler .rtf:anufacturlngCQ., To Solicit for Our Portraits. plants are FWO or thr�e in�hes across. �un sas City, wll� give"one Diamond feed-mill with and a said one of his recent set- and horse-powllr, at for best car. So�ething Ne�--Photo-BteeH;n���. !'Cr9ss tl).e harrow, then,::\"alt. feW Ip valued $90, JSllurgeon Enclo....tamp for Catalogno. Addre.. II!omentfj to lIee bow many an� mODs;' "If riJ,e to go out io the load Qf twenty or more fat exhibited .. P,BOTO.STEEL-ENGRAVINa 00., shilep,. p�ants wflt, !Jod tol

and of sadness that we look on this tiresome dts-' telllgenee, culture, purity, dignity The SuJfering of Shy OhildieJ!.: play of sham patriotism, got' up 'by people character. Pity the sufferings of shy ehildrenr atand learn our who most certainly either do not compre- Wecannot,parrot.llke, "say;" between these little ones and the people who of there must be a fountain from which we can hend or do not regard the grave import unthinkingly or cruelly Inlllct pain upon if abund- My Own Ootintrv, what should be the prlnelpal ceremonies of draw forth Jiving words, and the these tender souls. Why outrage a child's this of to the present and future ance of the heart is truth and charity, with 'faith In human and material, It he The west wind blows, the ruffled rose day days nature, HUNTER. and culture close at hand, the Is drooping In the vale; generations. M. J. knowledge has such faith, or prevent his acquiring It, Thll fll,W', s of woodland bow'rs mouth shall speak only such words as shall of his and fragrant Here IS the article: by taking advantage shyness Mak� sweet the cooling gale. , do the credit and his hearers a favor. him with OF PATIOTIC TEACffiNG. speaker want of self·confidence? Why fill Earth'" flow'rs mRY bloom awhile for some, THE NEED re- 1 am that are and with with terror? Why'con­ But nevermore for me I From every part of the country come glad times changing, distrust, fear, sun Is and I must domestic education Is that should be beautiful to The low, go ports which show that the present week's that useful becoming vert the world, Home to my own country. the as in other eoun- is to be dreaded? If the Fourth of July has had a more general cele- tbe order of day here, him, Into one that and fair the flowers for This Is tries, among the better classes. person who does these things is anything Oh, sweet there,, bration than many years past. sweeter far than here; for our that a he is still of a senous Yes, as it should be. We want a revival of patti- It speaks well 'own State, short of brute, guilty ooe endless OnA !'prlnK for aye; day; where a cultured that no carelessness can excuse. . otlsm all over the and we need it there is a place wise, offense FIelds never turning sere I country; men woman Is women to be Intel- and confidence should be st1mu-- Ob, sweet are all the streams that roll especially for the generation of young training young Courage each lea I who shall "open their a who is He should be Along heavenly -aye, and young wowen, too-who are pre- lig'ent home-makers, lated In child shy. No pam nor gloom canever come WIth wisdom." dlstrnst paring to step upon the stage of active life, mouths taught to believe that his extreme is, Into my own country. and Into whose hnnds we of thepresentgen- The subject of reading, in this connection, III-founded, by showmg him the source of not me to enter It I would not llve; I could grieve eratlon must soon, In the very nature of Is too prolific to permit upon his error. A happy life will then be opened In this strange land, Longer things, yield the direction of our country's here. to him, where all before was desolate. But Since 1 may tread the streets o'erspread The birth- Shall we not place only such literature 'be- to this is an easy matter, With gold by God's pure hand I progress and destiny. recurring Intensify shyness our shall do Its made to suffer Ah I then adieu, sweet frlpnds� to you; day of our Independence is by all means a fore familles.as Important and many children have been could with me Would you go for training in t!le lessons of part In Instructing ana edifying? the pangs of a miserable existence through and taste the sweets fitting.occaslon To walk the streets, - How of the boys and PHOEBE PARMALEE. searlna, terrifying and various impositions Which bless my own country I .patrlottsm, many abashed girls of your household, of your, town or uoon their weakness. If a child Is not long when I am gone; In 01J. stay City, ever read the Declaration of Independ- The at the presence of a stranger" confidence uome over soon to me' Oomplexion, or have clear Idea of the causes himself and the stranger also can be awak- You're welcome where the blest ones are; ence, any To obtain a beautiful skin one must begin own I led the thirteen colonies to take up 'ened treating the child with considerable Come ttl my country which and diet fat meat and by awhile for properly. Butter, Earth's flowers may bloom some, arms a new nation ? Not 'one In for his feelings and a gentle press­ to establish food of kind must not be eaten. regard by But nevermore fur me I greasy every not one In This should 1I0t ure behind him that shall, force him to over­ The sun Is and I must go ten-nay, fifty. Coffee and tea must be given up, so must lOW, and be so. Let us have more of patrl- come them. But to expose the Infirmity Home to my own country. teaching cheret and all kinds of wine, and milk or -The Ourrent. Make the and of at It III ridicule, Increase the pain and otlsm. boys girls proud lemonade substituted. Fruits and vegetables laugh and In their hearts that make the cure all the more difficult, so that, the old flag, msptre should be eaten in abundance, rich candies I dare not praise you, lest you overpay sufferer must additional love of freedom which burned so brightly should be the undergo pains My praise with thanks; so, since we have and cakes avoided, pie never the altars of the Revolution. when he grows up, and must overcome them one joy upon touched, and pickles and acid food generally In let me wish for your boy the best he may In his unavoidable contact common, you And this Is not all. There is a sad 'Igno- should be dispensed with. A woman who All blessings that unceasing, day by day, with the world. the and find that her Fathers and mothers for their children rance among people, especially follows the above rules will prllY. What a gratifying thing It must be to scare For him, may fickle fortune prove less coy, among the young, of the fundamental prln- skin will become smooth. and clear after sweet less with less a Child, to fill his heart with hobgoblins, to Love's bitter, gold elplea upon which our Government Is based. eeverakmcnths have passed. Of course, the , the darsness with to man­ alloy like In which the will of a and careful. No people monsters, who are No system ours, dieting must be thorough Than we have found them, growing that me­ is the law, is. ufacture surroundtnzs Incessantly gray. majority of the people supreme improvement can be made unless it naee harm. This would be amusement unless the masses of the can be enduring A of taken every tq, Oor children our hearts forever young tablespoonful sulphur the who burns his at the' keep understand its savage captives little voting population clearly other for a and then not In Time's despite. I, In my maid, morning week, but to the in this nine­ should be inculcated in stake, person hvlng Renew my youth, as you do In your son. Principles. These taken for three and then taken again days, teenth of it should be WI! echo all our sweetest bards have sung all the more necessary at the century clvltlzation, Youth. This,is every other morning for another week, is 911e Of such beloved; hopeful, Yl't afrald, as repulsive as savagery itself. How pleas- Present as we are in an era of reaction PIe centered all In one. time, of the best things to clear the complexion. 'Because our hopes an act it must be to frighten a child to the war. There is at the Ing after civil present It acts like magic. It shou'd always be -Mary Grace Walker. as is now and then or to scare on the of the death, done, time a disposition part people mixed WIth molasses or something that will a little one till he stands transfixed with ter- of one seetlon, at least, to establish the jus- If thou hast sinned, make repara­ clear it from the system. My son, of its ror and trembling in agony. tion tlce of the secession cause, or tospeak deal the constttu- straight; A great depends upon children to bear their mla- doth on sin sooner or later walt. downfall as the of the stronger; Strengthen shy For,sufftlrlng triumph tion of the person and the kjnd of complex- re­ and to overcome do not What reparatton then P This only=to do not wish to, admit that the whole fortune it; subject they Ion she has. What will help one woman ridicule or fear. can be led pent doctrine of States' rlebts and secession was them to They And feel a sure sense of InRI ant better­ will have no effect whatever on glad, wonderfully out of the manifold unhappiness arising - a hideous error. Yilt It and had there ment. WLBdOm of the Brahmin. was, others. One is however, milk thing certain, from each -, a clear of the principle shyness, by strengthening been understanding is always eonduclve to softening and whiten- tlous step until familiarity makes It perma- , that the Union is an Irrevocable compact, Fourth. the skIn, and it is a noticeable fact that More About the Glorious Ing nent and little at a can be ana that the of every citizen is due ; so, time, they loyalty who have never been allowed to drink Enclosed find a clipping from the girls in oontidence lind courage until please to the Nation rather than to the State in advanced tea or and who have Toledo Bl.ade on this subject of celebra­ coffee, drunk,quantltles dare to look about them withoutfearof which he was born or of which he is a citl- they sur­ of milk, have generally, when they reach tions. Since my ronner letter I was faillire or harm. The of ehlld- there would not have been four years of impressions zen, the age of 20, very beautiful complexions. to hear the remark from a hood are often almost people prised bloody strife to establish it. Ineradicable; had no de­ one the well meaning person, "I for one, Hot water Is also of best things should take care. then, that those Impres­ sire to hear that worn-out harangue of the with which to keep the complexion in order. stons shall be true, hopeful, dvlng self-con­ What Must" The Talkers" 7 drunk one hour Revolution," etc. How suggestive of the Say A tumblerful should be be- fidence and courage to those who need It. that some are with If it spirit of tbe masses. People wltb this sentl- It is true people gifted fore every menlo is disagreeable by There can be assault and battery against the and see a flow of while and half a lemon should be ment could easily stand unmoved ready language, others, itself, the juice of feelings as well as against the body, and the and blunder­ onr dear old flag riddled witb anarchist's the majority, are embarrassed added. Sugar should noE be used. Most former offence Is more enduring and more to a bullets. Such an event might stir the slum- ing In speecbs If called upon express women In summer time are too careless of painful than the latter. It is justasinallen­ is no matter how famlliai are and when winter bering loyalty in' them, but the spirit dyinj!; thought, they their complexions, comes, able a right that one's fee1lnll:s should not be to balls and =starvlng." The old-fashioned barbecue, with the subject. and they go out parties, they outraged as that his bodily liberty shall not with Its processions, orderly to military pre- It Is true, also, that a part of the education regret it. The sun is excellent for the com- be abridged, and the shy child demands Im­ to eiston, Its stirring speeches, tbe great table of young people should be the training plexlon If it does not get too much of it. A munity and protection from those who out. as no 18 the and little and Is oftentimes where the people were made to feel express Ideas clearest, Simplest, browning freckling rage this right by making him a victim of wherA else, tbat universal sociability pecu- thus tbe most forcible manner, also to bring very beneficial, but when the race Is exposed his shyness.-Good H0'U8e�e6Pf.ng. liar to Americans, all these are things, of the out all there Is to be said upon the matter In to too great measure of the sun's rays the paat; and Is patriotism, upon which depends hand. skin is apt to become coarse. Veils-very By using comb foundation the labor of the the preservation of our Government, to pass There may be many pleasant and enter­ thin ones-should 'always be wurn at a sea­ bees will be much reduced and therefore and methods resorted to which to gnin unless are carried. The away, also \' Is ther� no way to revive tainlna by side resort, parasols more honey may ,be expected. perpetuate these sentiments? Those of us tbls end. Onemay be to give a subject, and salt air and sun together are bad for the A breeze who the war were surrounded with at the explratlon of a few moments, require complexion, though excellent for the gen­ cooling during Stirredall the trees exbaustlve discourse that all tbe hardships and dIfficulties It wall pos- a concise, upon eral health. With music soft and sweet, sible under the circumstances for a rebel- subject. In a eertatn literary socrety with The face should always be washed in water The rain drops fell In lious people to inflict, remember as though whlcb I was acquainted, the.seconversatlons that has the chill taken off. Warm water Is the qutet dElli, Like the patter of fairy feet.· 'twere yesterday the enthustaam with which were called "three- minute speeches." The not good for the complexion, despite all that the endeavored to fill neither is re­ we were wont to greet our National ensign members of society up has been said to the contrary; 'I'he'flower held up as It passed floating above that long line of the three minutes with "talk" upon the-sub­ ally cold water. The one makes the skin Its fragrant cup To catch the welcome rain, sometimes on and at them. In every case we telt short and in time wrinkles 'it; the other boys 'in blue, foot, ject given lIabby, Each lily bell other times cavalry. Often have I seen the of talking our three minutes, showing the roughens it. Oatmeal and Indian meal wa­ In the beautiful dell to low refrain. whole line raise their caps and respond with fact that we still needed training in bringing ter are both excellent for waRhiug the face Swung the rare our themes with in. The softens the skin Veeder. a cheerat a loyal signal, which was a out polnts and elaborating and hands meal -Margaret ----� thing to them, and dangerous to those who readiness. This brings me to the point with and gives it a delicate tlush which is very must 'the talk­ The of women will On her death-bed three months Eva gave it. Hut patriotism did not regard dan- which 1 started out-" What becoming. majority ago find that salt water will their com­ of Bound Brook, N. J., warned her ger, rather defied It, and gloried in the op- ers' say?" also help Hebron, husband Edwin if he valued his of portunlty. But after twenty years' the This Is sadly suggestive of what the aver­ plexions. Get 10 cents' worth of rock salt peace mind not to He remnant of those soldiers upon whose heads age talker, in reality says. We have all every month, and wash in a basin Into which marry agatn. pronnsedsel­ that he would live and die a the frosts of winter are fast falling, we see heard some untrained, uncultured person a good lump of It has been �aced. Rain emnly widower, aims are and and his wife away contented. A paraded as a part of the spectacle for the talk. The talk of one whose low, water is an excellent thing for the skin, passed short time he married a and I1f­ amusement of a' multitude, not one in a hun- whose interests are of the most sordid kind, there is as much truth as poetry in the say­ ago wtdow, believed that he was dred of whom appreciate the pre-eminent Is a travesty upon the art of conversation. ing that the "early dew of the morning will terward' constantly of his dead his in the nation's affec- The average talker Is a few steps In advance make like the face of an angel the woman haunted by the spirit wife; position they occupy • dreams were and his wakeful mo­ tions sufficiently to even raise their hat in of such an one, but the silence of either Is who bathes in It." hideous, not ments One last he honor. When we look upon them, remem- indeed golden, though their speech may frightful. morning wee� "That tired from which was found dead In and his neigbbors bering that to us they were the protectors of be stlver. feeling" you bed, suffer so In the is and friends believe that his death was caused life and home, the preservers of all thl1t we With what pleasure we tnrn from either much, particularly morning, sheer held dear, It Is with feellnis of unutterable 1 to one whose discourse Is the outcome of In- entirely thrown olI by Hood's Sarsaparilla. by fright. 1886. XANSAS FARMER. 7

of the locality, and not a living thing was to Private Yaohts. be.seen, New York millionaires, not knOWing what CAMPBELL The earth was and cracked with the dry aU to do with- their money, are spendlllg it In heat. Dead snakes without number and ver­ bulldlne magnificent SU13W yachto to go Only. min were discovered the hunters. Tbe by around the world in. Mr. Astor has' his Instead of was found to a kissed and / heat, diminishing, Only baby, . Gould the NORMAL caressed, Nourmahal, Jay Atalanta, and UNIVERSITY Gently held to a mother's breast. Increase the went the moun­ higher they up now W. K. VlUlderllilt, son of W. H., is tain's the cracks In the earth widened JACKSON CO". KANSAS, Only a; child, toddling alone, slae; buuatng one in some respects wore wagnlfi­ HOLTON, and new ones and the be· Brightening now Its happy home. appeared, locality cent than the rest. Suen yachttl, so-caned, came nnlnhabltable. It was no FALL TEIK OPENS AtJGtJS'l' 31, 18. wonder, are as as small ocean steamers. Van­ Only a boy, trudglng' to school, large they say, ihat the terror-str1cken family, de­ Governed now by sterner rule. derbilt's III to be 285 teertoug. Any of these pressed In the 'knowledge that sometnlne private steamers can carry 800 to 400 pas�lln­ Only a youth, living In dreams, and terrible was in the strange taking place The Vanderbilt is II. steawtl of Full of Ilfll now seems. Kllrs. yacht Coursn!' promise earth beneath them, and living in the midst Ro�ular Collomatn over 1,300 tuns burden. Her owner now Three- Years of Weeks . Forty"elght . of hot whose heat Only a man strugldlng in life,' stifling winds, Increasing belungtl to the Awencan Yacht Club. He Each. Shared in now by a loving wife. to their terrified and minds brought Ignorant has wade a new ueparture fur II. Vandel'bilt. nicturea of burnlng fitllds and volcanoes, had ·DEPAR.TMENTS: Only a lC!'ay-beardJ toadllng again, it Is tlald that, W illtaw Ji., wht'n he W8tl a resolved to abandon the uncomfortable re­ Growing Old and lull of pain, boy, aud the Old Cuwwodore before hiw, Preparatory, Collegiate, Teachers', Busi­ gion. ness-including when he was a boy, were to row 'feh'graphY. Type-writing Only a grave, o'erzrown with grass, obnged and Pre­ The town of Brule is very much excited Stenography,-Clvil Engineering; Dreams unrealized, rest at last. ferry skiffs contaunug pasSeUIlollrtl frow paratory Medical, Music, Art. over the and on Wednesday a -Charles Gatchell. dbcovery, l:ltat4!n Isiand to the .Batttlry. Thi::! was a party of half a dozen men started for the tremendous row aud gave the Vauderbl1ttl Natural Counes of and .atura! . Study scene of the burning mouutaln. It is about such a dlstalite for salt water that none uf Methods of Inatnotlon. A Mountain in the Northwest five or ten miles from habttatlon at pres­ Burning . apy til" bluod have neretorore owned a yacllt. or Thoroughness 1n common eut existing. Men well acquainted With the required Territory. Now W. K. h8tl.changeu this, These pnvate brauehvs. Preparatory d..partment In charge A wost comes to here. geology of the province declare that the lo­ of old and startllng story light eteauiers call gu around the world, It ueees­ experienced Instruetors.. Stu­ cation of this volcanic area has been fixed to dents permitted to take but few studies at a A of five from the are built and fittt:d in thl: party young gentlemen tlII.I'Y. They up time and to waster them a nicety, and might be with reason expected. required before maritime provinces. under the of WUl!t Iuxurluus uiauuer, at an expeuee of going on. guidance Thelr'theory Is that the bltumlnuus coal, in wany nuuared thoul!and douars, '1'hIoY have an Indian lI;ulde, left here a couple of weeks which this mountain Is known to be MUSIO DEPARTMENT-Is In range bt:llll built for the of the cbarge solely pleasure of a Musician and ago to hunt In the Manitou river district, In rlch, has by some phenomenal means become wry thorough euperlor uragnates whu own tneiu, that they and tneir Instructor. The work of this department Is the Northwest the five Ignited; the vast and mass far territory.' To-day smouldering fawilies and friendl! neeu nut associate With not surpassed III the West. sportsmen returned en ,I route for home. down in the mountain's thus heart, making the cuwwon even In auu people travllllng In will They brought no game, but Instead came a mighty cauldron of the Manitou river's advance, pay tor board, ' reereauou tours, bed. $110 room and tuition tor four tfrm8, or burdened with a most marvelous of a ------story forty weeks. This Is often reduced by self­ burning mountain In their hunting district. A young lady in San Leandro dreamed boarding. or No extra charge except for Some The parties' names are Me88rs. Sutton, Wil­ Little Blaok People. that sue walS rlulng bnll thlit the horse was Music, Art, Telegraphy, Type-wrltlrig and Stenograpby classes. . liamson, Van Horne, Cribbs and Alexander. Discoveries wade every once In a while ruuutug away. t)he J uuiped and Itlll fl'OW CATALOGUE sent free on application to The dlstrlet In which they went hunting lies show that, wuch as we think we know In the DIlU to the flour, ullilucating her shoulder, about fifty wiles to the south of tbe Cana­ our time, there is yet a good deal to be found President �. :0:. KILLlI. A novel shower 01 rain occurred at l:lacra- dian Pacific railway track from Brule, on out. An explorer in south Africa, Mr. G. M. mentu, Cili. Thll stars tho highlands near the Manitou river. This Farlnl, has been Investigating a new race of wtlretlhIDlllK brlKhtly WASHBURN COLLEGE at the tune, ann a blitlk ureeze W8tl 11luWlDl!; locality Is just north of the Untted States people there. They are negroes. They are T.OPEKA.: : KANSAS. now the suutn, 'I'ue ralu boundary line from Black .Duck lake III Min­ a tribe that are as really dwarfs as- any you U1'01I11 were very and 10r abuut a unnute nesota. They report having left Brule in ever read about In fairy. tales. They are not Iurge, they came duwn tl.iICk. and 18t1t. cowpany with their guide, and [oumeylng magicians, however, like the dwarfs In the soutn. After traversing some distance they story books, but they are very cute and quick. In tills country three newepapers are de­ met a mountaineer's on the Into fAmily .. way Two other travelers had seen these Ilttle voteu to tile IIllli. worw, slx to thehonty bee, the with all town, their goods and chattels men but could not near thew. before, get tnirty-twu to poultry; flj,aslJ:unowy is repre­ packed on tw.o lean-looking horses. The Mr. Farlnl made friends with them mak­ by liented I,)y turee papers, cbnuy-wilkinj( by mother carried a sick child In her arms, and to them. The tallest are four lng gifts only tnree, Alwu:;L every uaue auu prutesslou two little girls, whose tow-beads were fleece­ and a half feet no than a high, laraer boy of has it:! s),ltlclat organ. toddled barefoot after grown, along tne 11. They look like children 9 and 10 years father. Two sons and a daughter led tbe old, yet tbey have their babies, and their 0....wo 0 "" lila eu ..au.. .. "" iu...' ..we Ull 10(;

50 �"18d4Xr way. uncles and aunts and ramtnes, just the same �untS,t+.;.U ""r�W1l41�.lAI_ •• .NucUltoru. L�: Ilotbllfnladmltled, Foar eon... of.lltod:r-Clu­ Their appearance showed that they were as .folk. SCI.otlllc, 1.lterarv aod big Ji...... tiful V..rdil. Alie"",' .IWW1� bookano lull .Ieal. Enlll.h. Two depar\. 'for some and on m.nte-Coll.glate aod Preparator.>. EIcol,ent "'oUl­ leavlnjlt hastily reason, being seem to have no of words. OUI.b.l..I.vr :40; • .H.A(:.U...h, UA1UJ They language DUl.w!' .'" U.i:Uld. �Ol�­ ti... Expen..8 very low 1"0r turn,.r InronnaUon the tv,ru, t.iuLU.I. addreea interviewed by would-be hunters, tbey They utter BOUuds of some sort as animals PETER MoViCAR, PrHluen&. said tbey were fleeing from the rejltlon in do, something like squealing and quacking, A��!.:�.��:tl1:11/!C?!�"� h'r:.�t!:o�� �!: which had lived on account of "some .uu Free Tuition. they and tbus talk to each otber. But nobody yet .t.J.uJ!l'O'lICU .h!1Ju,.I.ULt.. 'i1lct." '1:UVLU,IIoUU 1010 U.I. OUt: Expenses' Light. terrible fire." said that had lived uauU�J.I.. l'J.lt)�, .�.uu. !tOt lia.1LUJU18I'8. aouJ't:8S A. �. They they has been able to understand them more J::1Al'd..lL'J.U.r. 01. LV. Auu any I A,H/01, Jnlclllgan. KANSAS STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

from hand to mouth on a . patch of cleared than he can pig talk or horse talk. Endo..ment fIjOO,OOO. Bulldlnll1ltlOO,OOO. 1.M.J:'nOV.li:D nOOT B.li:ER. on a mountain Appara&us t6Q,OOO. ground side, whose base Strange to say, these tluy negroes are the �tlIRES' l'tu.:k.,.¥'=iI, :tu CLS. luubti 5,alJ.IJ08 01 .. 1'1 INSTRUVTORS. 400 STUDENTS. formed a of the Manitou river's \.t. ... U ...... MoOU portion bravest and shrewdest 'of all the races. near VhO, .,.,._ k.hUK Wuoi'=aowe beveJ'a�tJ. tiulQ l.Iy Fannen' IOns and recel'",d. from Common ..ll Ui U.....al.b, vt· tita.u. oy lllWl U11 U;CE1PI. 01 ;d) C1.ll. danghten bank; that the terrible fire was somewhere Lake where live. Scbool. to fUll or conroe In Science and Indlll- Ngami, they They shoot \..I • .ti.. l:lu�. .hJ:). 4& .N. JJtsll1.Wji,

. most stifling, and there also' the earth was pair off as tbll birds do. FALL TERM OPlt:1"S WEDNESDAY, just:1 SEPrEMBER 8Tl', 1886. too hot In to touch with the hand. are with the tiniest places They bronze-colored, For intom.atlon RdM••• Nothing else was noti�eabl('t, the mountain possible hands aud feet, and are as QUick J. A. LIPPINCOTT, Chancellor. :lAt..renoe, XaL being bleak and bare from winter, but far­ and active a� 6qulrrels. 'fhey get tbelr liv­ ther back on Its sides the heat was absolutely Ing easier than anybody else known. Whtln unbearahle. After climbing up Its thlckly­ hungry they shoot the first wild animal they STEUBENVILLE •• FEMALE .'.- SEM I NARY. wooded sides for two or three hundred feet, can find, and cook and eat It on the spot. Opens September 5th Location healthful: rnoms for young ladies Dew and attractive; table thll hunters were forced to as When comes, wherever are, 1".... hardy return. night they they II'lnprOU8: con"", lib... I : ",II,y ample; ..ork thorougb 10 all d.�ar' mente, Modern tanguag•• tanlbt b:r tbe n�tural ruetllod. will or R 8tudent In tbe the air was Simply Animals dig a hole in the sand, get into It and go .2110 pa. aU.,,:pen... regular enuree. Boot prlvU.... ln Mule suffocating. j�8t and An at moderate COIIt. !!end tur C.talollue, bad left their retreats, the birds steered clear to sleep. They never have any houses. J. W. WIGHTMAN, D. D., Principal. Steubenville. Ohio. JULY 21,

.. SEVEN AT to charts and preparations made by farm and grounds, drawn by members THE KANSAS FARM ER THOUTSAOpNEDKAT,EAOHERS students in. connection with class work. of the surveying class from surveys Samples of two patterns of compound made by the class; and of engineering EoII'rABLISHED IN 1863. The meeting of the National Educa- are shown: of these the de­ drawings illustrating these prepared tional Association at Topeka last week microscope Published Every Wednesday, the bas sixteen; 'and each student and read bv members of the class in by was an oeeasion of much more than partment of the senior class is furnished with one, civil engineermg. KANSAS FARMER co. average importance, Every State in the together with tools, etc., wi� which he The samples of sewing work shown OFFICE: Union was represe.ed, and it was esti- Ka•• works two hours every day during one were such as have been made during the lI7S :&;"n.a. Avenue, Topeka. mated thdt at lealt seven thousand term. past six months in the regular practice - - - - - President. teachers were in the Arrange- H. C. DEMOTTE, city. books show - The botanical include - specimen hours of the classes. They H. A. HEATH;.. Business Manager. ments had been made by resident w. A. PEFFE�, - - - Editor-in-Ohiet. samples of work done by students of plain and ornamental' needle work, teachers and other citizens to take the in the course. The work the State first year machine work and hand work, lace The KAN8A8 FARlIIKR. Agricultural care of all who should come, so that of .K.&1l8lL8, Is ahlo the Ltliclal State paper of and and paper times collecting mounting -specfmens, work,'fancy kmtting, pleelng patch­ lor pUbliBhlng aU the Stray Notice, of tbe state, notwithstanding there were many forms a inconsiderable work. has and ill kept on tlle in every County Clerk's otlice. however, very Dress-Otting· and making as many strangers.In town as the hotels part of the course-occupying but a been a prominent part of the work, could accommodate they were taken to SUBSCRIPTIONS: part of the student's time near the more than 150 dresses been made homes of the and cared for having - the • -- - 81.1S0 people One (lopy. one year, latter part of the term. during the' past year in the sewing trouble and at little ex- (lLUB RATES: without very The geological charts represent work rooms. Garments of all kinds have been •- ., were Five Copies, one year, S 5,00 pense. The department meetings - ' • - atudeuts at the end one - 10.00 done by fourth-year made to the number of 650, very few Eleven Copies. year, held at different places in the city, as of a ten weeks' course in Such of which can be shown because A person may }lavea Copy for himself one year Senate geology. samples hl8 MUSIC Hall, Library Hall, free by send.ug U8 fuur names besides own, charts, one by each student according they were made for immediate use. and'Jlve dOllars; or, tell names besides his own. Chamber, Representative Haij. and and I4n dollars, to his own design, are required ·of the The young ladies of the graduating others, and the general meetings were "dAMPLE COPY FREE. class made their own dresses for the Term. : -- (lash in Advance. ��e�: !��S�le��� Cl!��� zoological charts are made by occasion, ����:r:h:p;l:r:� special students in connectiun with The model kitchen, shown by photo­ ADVERTISING. with the treatment they received by the in the Each with con­ A"lIIER the work performed laboratory: graph, is well equipped Advertisers will lind the KANSA8 F citizens. and in return the people were. cheapest and best medium pubusned for reach that is studied is similarly illus­ veniences for best work in the fur subject culinary every part of Kanaaa, HeasunabJe rates much with the presence of Ing very pleased hne. " unobjeenouanre ad",ertlsements will be made trated. of advertlBe so many well behaved and intelligent known upon application. Copy Six anatomical preparatlpns are menta Intended ror the current Issue should reach strangers. 0 l'amt 0f D Wea.ther. tbls otD.ce not later than Monday. shown, namely, of rabbit, striped omp ry influence. AddreB8 KANSAS FARMER oo., Such a meeting has a great fish and There is a good deal of complaint Ka•• gopher, spotted salamander, 'J:opeka, men and women from all Cultivated mice. These specimens exhibit the abo-it the weather. The unusual heat of the together ottwo was hard on fresh parts country coming several organs in the various animals in weeks ago Don't let; fruit. or vegetable go to for of mutual any purposes improvement natural position, and are selected from corn tassels and injured some, probably if it be to avoid it. result in And waste possible must of necessity good. special student work done in the beyond recovery. Subsequent dry when the ulterior I\im is the use of the weather has caused more or less dis­ Tomatoes are nice canned, and laboratory. very learned in good and new things doing For anatomical work there are dis- content in some quarters through dread, the process of canning is not difficult. good to their fellow citizens through boards for large specimens, and of a long- continued drought. It is . seetlng it is to The Edwards County Agricultural the agency of schools, impossible zinc trays for the smaller-the latter seldom, indeed, that farmers pass a of such influences. Association will hold a Fair at Kinsley, estimate the extent with wax-covered bottoms for dissec- season without utre or less tIry' on the October 12th to 15th inclusive. Everything good learned way tion under water. The usual variety of weather. The prudent husbandman on the : one the here, during the stay and return, disaecttng scalpels, tenacula, 'blow- always considers drought as of Senator John Sherman's wife stays at the will be taken to the homes of chains and hooks, scissors, bone- probabilities, and he prepares himself seasons and pipes, home during the busy teachers and to their where it Where corn was well work, saw, syringe, etc., are found. accordingly. ground her hus­ superintends their farm while sown on will be as good seed gcod Also for geological work, hammers, plowed and well worked after planting. band is engaged in public duties at was ground. The whole State of Kansas chisels and picks. growing 'corn will endure a great deal Washington. honored as well as benelited the of and warm weather. Wliere the -----� by The zoological specimens consist of dry influence the occa- and the of one hundred stuffed birds and as was badly plowed or not plowed Where from any cause the potatoe meeting, nearly ground will be felt sion and the work done a few mounted at all before planting and badly worked crop is short on the first day of August, many skins; mammals; among our a long time. of etc. it will not sustain a let It be remembered that another crop people a large collection reptiles, fish, afterwards, growing were so numerous, so The Chemical of the crop loug in hot dry weather. Corn may be raised after that if early varie­ The meetings department the work done was in the leaves will curl and turn gray under: ties are used for seed. largely attended, and college has the best equipment up of heat and so various and so important, that it State.· the influence drouth, and, From the· 1st of the be to crowd into one The exhibit of the Printing still revive when rain comes. Until it; ., July report would impossible depart- a is there is Georgia State Board of Agriculture, we issue of a weekly paper anything like ment consists of a miscellaneous actually dead, ground for­ the and where the has been learn that the average wheat yield in fair report. The daily papers of assortment of pieces. In the book of hope, ground in the corn WIn that State this year is four and eight­ city were full every day of the proceed- specimens are hundreds of different kept good condition, a time without rain. tenths bushels to the acre. ings and gave only abstracts of most of jobs, some of which would not he pro- live long

--_.-- what was done. But there was one nounced first-class by any job prmter; It is probable that our corn crop will horticultural friends our We hope ou� feature of special interest from but the attempt is not to show the best be cut short a little in some places, but be over the will patient non-appearance standpoint-c-the industrial exhihits, work that the best students could do, there will be a very large corn crop addresses in the of their FARMER, TheI showing the work actually done by but, rather, to show a line of all the raised in Kansas this year uniess the are to over until we were good enough keep pupils at school. Several States work done by all the students in the season proves to be worse than any can find room for them at the rate of represented in these exhibits, as In- department. There is no attempt at any other known in the State's history. one or two a week. diana, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and classification worth speaking of; the People are easily frightened and often Ka�sas. The work consisted of pen- mentonous. jobs appear on the same hollow before they are hurt. Two weeks Secretary Sims' report for June 30th, manship, drawing, needle work, carving, page 'with those having less creditable of dry weather is not a serious matter shows a slight increase in wheat over mechanical work in iron, clay and wood, appearance. only when added to some other weeks the last preceding report. His estimate descriptive work in entomology, botany, 'I'he Industrial department exhibited of the same kind. Our weather is 14,200,000 bushels for the State, a etc. Among these the State Normal about two hundred drawings, mostly prophets, some of them,' predicted dry little more than 50 per cent. of the School at Emporia, Kas., and the State regular class work of the past year. weather about this time, and Prof. of five ye�rs last past. average Agricultural College at Manhattan, at- They are arranged on the walls so as to Blake 'says It will be worse in: August, tracted more attention, especially indicate the methods followed in teach- and he says a good deal of corn must A N. of the 14th Raleigh, C., dispatch the others. among Kauaans, than any of ing and the progress of the pupils, go; still, we do not yet believe there is inst. that and continuous says heavy of the President Taylor had charge In the Carpentry exhibit were many going to be any excessive loss on that rains throughout the State have caused Normal display and President Fairchild interestmg specimens of the students' account. the greatest flood since '67. The dam­ took care of the College exhibit. Both handiwork. The work of beginners Let us aU take the weather as it comes, in many sections is well­ age ,to crops to the schools re- are very creditable shown to a very limited extent in simple and vary our crops to suit all kinds of nigh total" and in others from one­ spectively and to· Kansas, giving sawing, planing and [oint-making. seasons. Even where corn fails, there quarter to one-half. abundant evidence of the excellent Samples of dovetailing and compouud is time yet to grow buckwheat, turnips 'character of the work done in those in- more advanced and Breeders of Clinton county, 140., ad- tenoning illustrate potatoes. stitutions. It would have required a while the finished Later.-Since the was in vertise a.stock show and basket picmc work, tools, chest. foregoing deal of labor and time to note show cases and furniture show work of we have news of rains :n different in Vance's Grove adjointng Plattsburg. great type on exhibition, in either room, students advanced in the course who of Kansas. In A committee on arrangements is ap- everything parts Bourboucouuty and we did not undertake anything of effort for skill. The an hour's hard rain tell. Local rains re­ pointetl, and they .Invite strangers and have given extra the kind, but in the little college paper, models of roof and in . Dickinson "glorious. lovers of tine stock to be present and church, bridge ported county, the Industrialist, we find a statement of frames are as of rain" at Abilene Ed-. ! of their hospitality. given examples higher Sunday night. partake de- -�-- which the - the exhibit from had an "abundant rain-. .. college practice work. wards county tails below are in was The Santa Fe-- 'l;'he Daily Capita! says there has been gathered: The work shown entomology fall" Monday morning. that of advanced with Railroad had about :till,OOO paid into the county The department of Natural History chiefly students, company reports, Monday.. school fund in ftnes in liquor cases can with difficulty transport samples samples only of the ordinary elementary from Newton, Wichita,Welhngton, and. since Mr. Curtis became County At­ of work and apparatus, and therefore collections which each of the eighty as far west aa Dodge City, ttl the effect;: a fallen torney of Shawnee county. The liquor its exhibit l.as been confined to the students in the class of the past year that "quite heavy rain" had at:. to make. those Ther men have paid in the neighborhood of microscopic outfit furnished each has been required points Monday morning. ob- exhibit .of the de- corn will not be a full $4,000 in costs, and the county has not student, with samples of mounted The Engineering crop, probably.. consists of of the but the situation is'still paid over $50 costs in whisky cases. jects, to botanical specimen books. and partment maps College hopeful. :KANSAS P'ARME:R.

, wHI a Small and Herda, July nth was the bottest day of the Oattle Fevers, ponds t�tl ser�e gO'Od))Urp�s,e i� Large Texas. trymg A lilttle labor weUt di- There is no questton about the truth season in northern Reports The time of year is at hand for cattle tI�e8'. sent to Fort rected WIll suffice to arrange HI pond so !of the proposition that small herds are from many dmlferent points that are not very well kept to begin to the ther­ to it free more proportionally, than Worth on that day represent sicken and die with what most farmers �s �r�serv� reas.onabI.y, fJ!'o� : profltable, 100 to 110 tmpurities. Trees. like Willow. maple are l'lIirge ones. The same is i.-rue 01' mometers as ..egistering deg, in Kansas call Texas fever. black leg, the edge small farms as compared with large' in 1tibe shade. and other' names for similar a�d c?ttonwood, pl�nted along --_.... murrain, WIll aid very much In keeping the water and the of the reasoe what ones, philosophy food for diseases. As to is Texas fever, Oorn is not suitable young pure. and some rock Imbedded at a is tbe same In both cases. Where a is black or we wheat are better. and what leg murrain. Wigs. Oats, rye and will prevent the tramping has but one cow or one acre of now to discuss or to write proper. place family the but when need not stop ::Milk and grass are best, and of earth and water by stock. ground, the cow or the lot will receive down opinions about. The thing needed �IXlDg rthere is no grass, rye and oats chopped By atill other and better work the pond extra attention whereas if there are is to and all those diseases milk or. water and fed prevent any need _ ..and.:mixed with can be so that no animal one hundred co�s In the herd or a thou­ if we can. If a man were compelled to arranged \Warm are very good: ever go any part of it to drink. sand acres in the farm there will be eat bread and drink from a mud- mto, musty will this e hope readers give more extravagance, more earelessness, 'Vf!CY dry weather is reported in the hole when the weather is 'dry and warm, � ou.r cattle are more waste, more loss. And it matters -Northwestern States, and forest fires and if he continued tbat kind of dieting s�bJect attentlO�. Al�'eady SIck and some dying With fever in parts not what the herd is used. for, whether 'have broken out in Wisconsin. A a few days, he would have a fever. So. of the State where there have not been for breeding. for beef or for milk. The lumberman says that at least if cattle, in bot dry weather, drink foul prominent any Southern cattle for years, and with- smaller the herd the better care it feet of pine have been de­ water and eat dry, dusty grass, they '1,000,000,000 out tbe conditions. we submit and' ' knowing receives good handling always pro­ already in the Menominee re­ will have a fever It matters not what .stroyed tbat the water and feed they are getting duces proportionally good results. that Iosa hy fire is we call the particular kind of fever, it ti'!lb�r ' ,giQ.n,. a!lss.-T. J. samples grass numbers, :any if farmers can be made to un- and because. and inquired about its naine properties. be better taken care and there would , and then his knowledge is used on the E. A. of, derstand that their sick cattle are sick The sample was forwarded to Prof. be a studied and continuous effort to �Bide of the Oannot the farmers Popenoe, of the State A�rlcultural Oollege, people. .causes at hand and dis- from plainly for examtnatton and report. This Is his make them 'as duct'Ive as ible. take hold of the matter, as was done in pro POSSI cermble, may be induced to change answer: man they Il1be Second district, and put up a -" found In his tame their manner of handling stock. The large clover Tbe Kansas Central Agricultural 80- that want? grass meadow your correspondent at they __ by will hold its eleventh annual Fair ._. It is a common sense statement that ciety Oouucil Brove is the "buffalo clover," . of the American - at Junction Oity, Tuesday, Wednesday The Annual meeting III order t-0 have and maimain't·am health im TrLtol:!um refiexum, which ranjres from "Horticultural for will con­ and Thursday, September 21st, 22d and Society. 1886, animal or human life, the food eaten at least to - western New York westward, vene in the of Oleveland. Ohio, 23d. The premium liat I'S' out showing city and the liquids drank must be whole- eastern Kansae. It is nowhere so abundant, 7th and continue three and commendable enterprise in the way of .September next, some and nutritious. Muddv water to my knowledge. as to become agrlcul- four This will be one of the and stems inducements to exhibitors, and it is an ,or days. water green with decaying vegetation turally important, and its foliage of its kind or little book from a mechani­ 'most important meetings and foul WIth mixtures of animal ex- would furnish at best but coarse grazing interesting this and should be It does not spread, ordinarily, though cal of view. The and hourof "ever held in country, crements, full of living things, cannot hay. point day all lovers of the "art which I have found a large number of plants to- premiums is also given under .attended by be wholesome or nutritious, and yet a awarding on a few square rods of meadow. It and all the are , mend nature." A full programme gether each heading, premiums does great many cattle have nothing else to does not flourish in so far as I have soon be pasture, numbered the ,of the meeting will publisbed, drink. and sanded grass alone will consecutively through Dry seen." embrace the names, book. thus greatlyfacilitating'reference. 'which will leading not produce disease neceesarllv, for in this The fflature of premiums here- .known to horticultural fame, when cattle have all the pure clean The Atchison Champion says the re- special so at of this , and some from abroad. Par­ was tofore successful the fairs country, water they want they do not suffer from nomination of "Farmer" Funston vticular information on application and Association receives more than usual given eating grass that is no worse than not a surprise. He had just enough Green­ attention. Tho fifth meeting of the .to W. H. Ragan, Secretary, merely dry and dusty. But when added the right kind of opposition to turn a Golden Belt Oircuit, with its -castle, Ind. to such feed we have the disease-breed- good chance into a certainty. Mr. Trotting a $10,000 aggregate of purses, will be held ing water above described, disease must Funston's friends can hand him Dr, Holcombe. State Veterinarian, connection with this fair. Other later if there IS not a certificate of life in field Green and come sooner or beautifully engraved 'returned from .Mat attractions of or wider Im- membership in the House of Repre- state, was called to change. Council Grove, wbere he connected therewith are:' sentatives if can only secure the portance (1) of disease If a farmer cannot get good water for they Investdgate outbreaks among A band tournament, September 21st; he same kind of opposition in all future cattle. He the trouble to be his stock under ordinary conditions, reports Outside of the (2) a sboottng tournament, September from the to devote his attention to some- campaigns. advantage Texas fever, which origmated ought the of Kansas wheel­ of having tbe most helpful lot of ene- 23d; (3) meeting of about 300 head of cattle thing else. No person can afford to do ,bringing in men. 22d and 23d, for raceA mies any man ever had, Mr. Funston September Tbese cattle arrived a business. But we do not be- from Oaddo, I. T. losing formation of a State division ! what be called intrinsic ad- and th!3 ot few that farmers in Kansas are has might at Oouncil Grove May 1st, and a lieve many of Amerillan He is a sure enough farmer, the League Whe�llllen; driven to the to do without water be- vantage. ,:days later were soqthern compelled good the drills and sham not a farmer for he is a (4.) competitive are it cannot be had in their viCinity. politics only; of·Ohase county, where they cause of the Kansas NatIOnal part man and he is not so battle Guards, order of the It 'be that in some places it is strong pbysically, nOw held in quarantine by may 24th. A oil tbis list can smart as to refuse to learn September copy head obtain'well water in sufficient outrageously Sanitary Oommission. About 350 difficult to Ohas. S. hence he studies hard. reads be secured by addresSing Davis, to dis­ for much stock. But where anything, , of,cattle have been exposed the quantities Secretary, Junction Oity, Kansas. town and the run of affairs at Washing- ease. nearly all of which are the wells cannot be had of sufficient keeps eattle at Oouncil Grove add and so stronger all the time There is one officer to five men In belonging capacity, if a farmer has energy enough ton, grows every Matfield Green. Over twenty head have the United States navy. to raise stock he can make water mentally. ' ea::>ily already died. 10 JULY 21,

posslble in winter. On the east and are unavoidable. but with proper plan­ ctiorticufture. soutbeast 'trees must be used very ning, care, attention and culture. may HEADACHE Low and flower- be and sparlngly, shrubbery mitigated mostly overcome. PO�ITIVELY CURED. EMBELLISIlMENT or FARM HOMES, in� plants, with here and there a good Another enemy is the State. In most ThousILnds of C&l!e& (,f slck and 11"1 VOUB head shade tree, ia best. States men are law for im­ A paper prepared by John Davis, Esq., of Every dwelling fined by acne are cured ev"ry Y"lLr by we use 01. T� Junction City, for -tne srxteentn semi- should receive the 'sunahine freely in proving and their homes. uer's Treatm"nt. JIll'll. (jeu. AugUti�U8 WllaUD, embellishing ul K we annual of the Kansas State Hor- .t'lLrsuU., , who WIiI! ap!lUlUkl1 by mtl�tiug the and if the Is in­ A farm of 160 a tlcultural which met morning, localIty acres. occupied by (loveruor lLul1l:1 te or KaullIloIIllLoy cumml>lIiolJer Society, at Wichita, .. tv ine World's J:l'lLlr at .New UrleaUti. Tur Kas., June 00-30, 1886. clIned to be damp, moldy and the tenant a straw a lILY.: chilly, cabin, stable, pig Bty, ner's Treatment uumplelely cures me, &l111 I The first, and bottom purpose in sunshine should be admitted pretty and a cow eorral m front, Ia taxed some­ �nlUr. IL n.... no eqllAl lor curll1l1aUS)mpwma laB� ILrl.alug from a dl.aor",er"d tiWm..ch or lrum nerv Much-ill health is what above the rate of raw all' homes should be to promote the freelyallday. caused, prairie; yet. ous a"buiLy. b or lemlLllI oompllLlnUi Ylel'll II liu It." health, comfort and cheerrutnesa of the even In Bunny Kansas, by too much the price of the rude, slmplecrops.may, nuthlng family. The most perfect, pleasing and shade close about the dwelling. Men in a measure, justify increased taxation. lovely embellishmenta in and about Bet trees thickly, and when they are Now let the same farm of 160 acres To the Women I YuUU!: or OIU, iI you al'llbul1en.." !rum 5enolral farm homes and all are the small it is all right. When the trees get contain a $2,000 d welling and other homes, rOBY a"buuy of tne til stem, he...d,",he, bOLck""b", pifJJl cheeks, cheerful disposttrons, 'and the large few men have the courage to. thin buildings and improvements. neat and In oue or buUl Sides, geue".l 1IUlll1tud", belu11111- duw 11 111 tue lI....n.es 01 them 'I'hese facts and to another with PllolUS ILDaumell, l1""'t, p&l­ sweet, musical voices of the Inmatea, sufficiently. tidy, amounting $2.000; pl.....uon or LIle hllan) smutloerillg ill Ule btt:llllt, are intensitied in f..luLlllg IItInHllotiOI1S, nervous That IB, good family health iB the first .reaturea moist, orchards, groves, wind-breaks and tasty d"bulty, IlOUglllUg, n"ur"'llI'llL, W ...seunnese, l� 01' power, me ... or1 miasmatlc and become of and the tax is trebled auu and best requisite among home em- regions, very embellishments, "p!lethe or weallnellll of a vrlv...", n...tlll'll We Wdl ..r...utee W cure wlUl Irom one belliBhments. great Importance, In the miasmatic or 'l'his is a man for gu you to quadrupled. fining three p..,,:r.�ge8 of tne lnlatment. All a uterine regions of some of the older States improving and beautifying ms home. WD\C it I"'S DO equal. Among the neceasary means to these observant men can point out, with con­ Kansas is not worse than other States essential and closely-blended results, it Biderable certainty, the bomes, in in this if as bad. if one Nervousness I be that the of a city respect, Yet, may satd, first, Ioeatlon Whelh",· .,..w;ed rrum ov"rwurlt ul brain and country, that contain invallds. man lives in a cabin with straw sheds lJ.ie or farm home should be dry. It should be ImpruU�I.JCtl, 1.ti svooauy cured by Turner'. consider masses for he has the same tax deduc­ Treatment. 1n nuuureds 01 ClIIIMOII one bux .bu of and They uniformly heavy animals, suseepttble prompt perfect "tl"""",d .. "umplet.e cure. it IS ... spemlLl of shade to the east and south of a tion on the asaeesor's books as his tipeclllo drainage. Hence, if possible, elevated ..uo sure cure lor young and nndu.e agea mlln dwelling as deleterious to health. Dio neighbor with good comfortable house ..ud women who ..re "utl\jd..g Ilum nervona groundB Bhould be chosen for the family debility l.r exn... us...,d Vll.....lly, C&l1IIillg olmneu Lewis has emphasized the ilJlportance and and laid uf BIlI', ILversluD tu waIU ot a little barn, groundB nicely out, sool"t), ambItion, dwelling. Better steep than too etc. For of sunBhine to health with great earnest­ improved and embellished; though the Hat. Wbere the ground iB a dead level neSB. He records numerOUB caseB where highly-improved place iB assessed much a few open furrowB may btl made with chronic invalids were utterly incurable than the Btraw J)yspepsiaI and and earth mounded higher happy-go-lucky plow Bcraper, Strengthening u.e .."rY"s ...ud vital until the great oakB and elms that Bhed farm. KansaB, like other StateB, relltOdng up about thehouBe, inorder toperBuade power Ullll alllcovery h.... never been "qol&leI1. brooded over the dwellings and door fines her people by increased taxation for LaOl"" ..ud geutlemen will l1ud TURi'lJl:.R'S the water to retire. Where there iB a T.RJl:ATMENT w ""It.. ...ua with their pl_nt , sure ptlr· yards thick, impenetrable the of their homes I m"l1"l.Jt 111 1(.11 ... &cIl .. CulUalDI basement or the earth from the improvement c.lun. p ,,"""'e cellar, uver uue momh'H u""'lJIlen'. '.l'ne shadeB were removed. Every part of It is Baid that a certain British Lord. Treatment, excavatlOn may be utilized for the Bame wllJl BUme I...te dlbcuv"rlllll ana ..dIlIUOll_, .blUI the roof of the dwelling, and every foot Sir Woo. Scully, who owns a hundrec!_ b"ell lliIIlU [ur uver ,blrty yeals b1 )Jr. 'I'urner In purpOBe. .., Lows, In priV ... Le "ud 1!UltplLal pr...cUC4I. of'turf in the door yard, should receive thousand acres of IllinoiB Boil and as The location choBen and the drainage Price Tart.er'a TreublwIoI,;per puckag., '1; three the direct raYB of the Bun a portion of much or more in KanBas. deliberately p..cr..""" .�, seu� pr"plLld un l'e""lp. of price. Becured and perfected, then the house lhou...uds of Cdes of L lB,,&IItIII m"nUuned ..nuve every day, if practicable; and as much avoids neat and taBty for .bILV" D""u cur"d with on� must be improvementB VOLCIt"'lle,lLnu lt1l0WluC conBtructed weather-tight. ... we do Its wonll"rlul cur...Uve "tl"Cts, lJle as pOBsible in the forenoon. hiB tenants in order to eBcape taxation. There Bhould be plenty of doorB and Treatment b...vwg b"lln Illl"d In prl ...'" pr...,.. AB to varietieB of treeB, the red cedar nlS lands in Illinois al'e notable for Uoo lur uver thlny )' .....rs In en. Luuu, '11'11 will windowB to let In air and Bun shine when "IV" Lbe 10liOWIUII' wru",u gu"r...n ...... : WIUl'*.(llf ,., and Austrian poor and low taxation. urd"r lur '"r"e .. .. but pine. being exceedmgly improvem�ntB LJUXd, ccuml' lJleI1 by t:.I, we needed; doorB. window8, walls, roof our hardy in KanBas. Bhould be used plenti­ It is also said that tenantB in Ireland Will 8Ilnd wrIL",," lIu...r.... too W rllIUllU the and fioor Bhould be absolutely wind. mvDe), 11 the Treatment uUtS nut "jf"CI .. cure. fully on the cold Bides of a dwelling. avoid improvementB of property and .::It!ua mUll"y b,)' VIlII"",1 .nu'" or .., our uolt. water and weather-proof, for perfect Audr"llII K L. .111..k" $ (.;0" Saw ana JIlauLet and very on the east and tidineBB of leBt their rents may OL. when The roof Bparingly premises dlrt:�""t Lou1ti, Mo. protection required. ' Bouth. Other trees and Bhrubs can be be raised. mUBt not leak, the walls mUBt keep out mIxed in to suit individual taBteB for Human nature iB much the Bame in wet cold; equally important or a�d an� •. winter and Bummer effect. all States and on both BiqeB of the At­ MILLIKEN'S G&EENiDUSE, �1l!2��. �� Among u£ "uu ...... more Important, IB a floor I WIth "Ul";."uUv.de "'; .uU& J.l U ..... ltJ.UWaJ'U.lK ctl,",Utli. g?od deciduoUB trees. Boft maple, elm. ash, lantic. Men Bhould not be tined and ob&l ... " tt.ulJ UUI»weuL&u bn,Vti V IlltJ8. I:IWlIlll .M'tu.Ut. -.t.o. fioor the feet cold ... Stuui lUI' rl'lce 1.18&0. �n o�en fa�lll� ar� black walnut, box elder. mulberry, taxed for farm improvements and home JWJi�'J. .lll.ll.oLIK.KN, Em""rla K8I. In and the famdy nOBtnlB ---_-----_.- wInter,. �re' coffee nut, wild cherry, honey locust embelliBhments. Taxes Bhould be o:lfended In hot weather I Both m- ;So L. STRANAHAN, and cottonwood are used to good ad­ levied on land val'ues only I Then it fiuenceB are bad for health� comfort and vanta�e. The taller treeB Bhould be would not be BO common for men to hold BR.OO:LVLOORN cheerfulneBB. OoxxunldS10n. Houo&. placed in the'back�mund on the north raw landB for Bpeculation; or for slip­ Next to good drainage and protection 194._bJ.nzl., .treet, VH.lVAUU, � and west, the 10w-gro�erB Bcattered Bhod farmers to occupy large tractB of from the weather, comes pure water thinly on the east and Bouth. country with poor improvementB and and air. If rain iB uBed it mUBt w�ter Fur Bhrubs and flowers. each perBon's low taxeB. while the hi�hly improved be filtered and the CIstern mUBt be deep local observationB are the best guide, and neatly kE'pt and embelliBhed homes enough to preBerve water cool and t�e but the treeB, in numberleBs hardy are taxed to discouragement and pure. If well water, It must come from varietieB are yery uBeful aB beautifierB bankruptcy because of their neatneBB a clean well. stirred anJi used daily. and Hart Pioneer Nurseries of farm homeB. and comfort -l Let taxeB be levie:l on protected from outBide impuritieB; Of FORT SCO'I'T, KANSAS. Then come the fruit trees vines and land values no only. Let it longer be A fulllloe of Nursery Stock, Ornamental TreeII, especially from the stealthy, unob- Roses and busbes combining beauty �nd utility. considered a cnme, deBerving fines. Shrubbtry. 8" We have no pumtltu­ served and poiBonouB drainage from tlOn chm"e In Ollr orders, and deliver everythlng Orcharrl treeB may be BO placed aB to pains and penaltieB for men to cultivate &II specified. 220 Acres In Nursery Stook. filthy yards, and privieB. �OOIB a:lford Bhade, Bhelter and ornament. the soil, or to improve and.embellish �Jerence: Bank ot Fort Scott. Oatalo(fU8 F'ru on applicatloD. To Becure good air shun the miasma The beautiful of flowers the cherry and theiL' homes. Surely the austerities of Established 1857 .. of and near Bwamps Btagnant water. If apple ·in spring, and the ripe fruit in nature. and the depredationB of birds, Buch build Bouth of them localitieB, Bummer and autumn, are embellish­ beasts and insects are drawbacks rather than BO it a Grove north. that will be ments that add vastly to the beauty, enough. Society in the concrete Bhould Catalpa Nursery. CATALPA SPECIOBA and RUSSIAN M.ULIIERRY cold wind rather than a warm or hot comfort and value of a farm home. The not attack the individual. Savagery • one, that blows from the toward fruit ���� .;;;�:� ��tB.�.:obe���e'iora'::' ���it ,f;::::'ti:..r:e Bwamp garden and vineyard. flanking the and barbarism Bhould not be favored Vln... Please .tate .Iu.t what .ou want, and amount of the dwelling. front lawn and flower eacb variety, and we wlll quole you op.clal prieM. garden, but not with lighter taxeB. while cultivation, Addre•• After good a house, drainage, good diBplacing them, are sources of health, comfort and' beauty are loaded with D, 0, BURSON & 00" Ku, water and air have been Topeka pure pure profit and pleasure. Their beauty, when painB and penalties. The firBt. move we must then look out for 250 Acres, thought of, properly placed and tended. all will ad­ now needed is to place the lawB of the Established IBSS, the wind and the sunshine. In an mit. State on the side of home comfortB and it open, bleak. prairie, Bunny climate, Connected with the desirable. requi­ home embellishments I It iB within the LAMAR is that the of the NUR8ERIES, important force winds siteB for a comfortable and beautiful of the State to power Legislature relieve Headquarters for Flne Nursery Stock and the heat of the Bun be broken; farm home, two pointB must not be for­ far,m improvements from taxation, and of any Description at Hard not Bhut out but To Tlme Prices. entirely, tempered. gotten; flrBt, a fertile soil capable of to make up the deficiency by increased do thiB use trees. In the UBe of trees Dealers and at low­ growmg treeB and plants, or one that rateB on naked landB. Such a policy Nurserymen supplied we combine utility Rnd The be made BO est wholesale rates. Parties to beauty. may by reasonable culture would decrease the acreage of many wishing buy and mOBt winds large or small quantities will save BtrongeBt objectionable and management. Second, a deBirable half-improved farmB, but It would vastly money in KanBas come by getting our prices. from the north and view over the Burrounding landscape. improve the style of farming, and the northweBt in and from the frequency, quantity and of home We have a surplus of Apples, Berries, winter, Both of theBe requisiteB are easily found quality improvements and home embelliBh­ Forest Trees, Osage Hedge, Russian Mul­ south and southwest in Bummer, hence on most KansaB farmB. The firBt mak.eB mentB. In my opinion such a policy iB berries, Apple Seedlings, etc. the dwelling house, if practicable. .the of treeB and the next for ) growth plants practica­ neceSSIty the encourage­ Address C. H. FINK & SON, For ment of . should front the east. winter pro- ble. The laBt agrees well with good home embellishments. LAM.AR, MISSOURI . there 'should be trees on tection the drainage and pure air. This last north, northweBt and west, that hold requisiteiBverydesirableandshouldbe their leaves 'in winter. They should be choBen even at Bome Bacrifice of fertility NURSERY STOCK---.FALL 1886 Bet thickly to break the force of the of soil. TH'i�;;D F�����g:�:E but not too cloBe to the to RELIABLE ' windB, houBe, Farm embellishments have their SYRACUSE • FALL OF 1886 , , NURSERIES

. cause aenaItt·B lOn In Bummer. d'ffi1 Wlt.h the eholeoot. Stock or t.hotr. STANDARD agna cuIt',Ies and drawbacks In many !'lpoclaHles, APPLE!'l, STO. Ilnd DWARF PEARS. PLUM" Rlltl CHERRIES••v,,. utfor,,1 to the ...... IIc. all Young, ThrlflY and Well On the south and Rooted...... ot BouthweBt trees waYB. WemeetwithhotBunsandcold A,'ORvery.Ul'Or,"r Hr,.w.ul GENERAL NURSERV I;TUUI(. hotD FRUIT Rnd UUNAl'IIENTAL,lneludluR' Iltbe ORNA1UENTAL TREES, ISHRUBS and ROSES. be Bet that Bhed their All Nur•• should leaves in there are rymen an" Dealer. are eordl.1f,0pular" Invl'erl 10 'hi•• .t· 'Ir or winters; Btorms and droughts, In.pel·', uperlor curre.pond with n•. berore autumn, so aB to invite all the Bunshine- inBectB, blights and mildews. ,TheBe r�:: ���![n�!::'�: :��t��o:��gp�:e��j SMITHS. POWELL & LAKB. S v rae u se, N I Y I KANSAS FARMER. 11

The Right Ring, gain success. Imperfect culture, on the other will enable him a DRI JOIN BULL'S Kansas Fanmer: hand, scarcely to gain live­ lihood from the richest and soil will 'I read Mr. John A. Branson's article soli, tbe deteriorate rapidly In quality from such treat­ in last week's FARMER,entitled" Wake Profits in 'Poultry-Keeping, ment besides. Up, Ye Sleepers," .and I heartily en­ ---_...... --- Kansas Fanmer: Smith's Ionic SmD dorse everything he says. I take several Alslke clover Is beautiful, with Its scarlet E CURE OF January 1, 1886, my wife and I started FOR TH and times I see blossoms, but not' equal to the red as a with seventeen hens, and entered in our poultry journals, many the FARMER which I forage plant. It Is between the red and the their value at articles in' have FEVER and'ACUE day-book $12.75-capital white in Its and in read in some This of yield the size 'of the blos­ invested in the business. We poultry paper. poultry .soms, 'Tis said that bees ever course is all with as honey sip Or CHILLS and FEVER, for our breed the right you, your selected prize-win­ the honey In its cups.' The seed ripens from paper should contain a department of AND ALL MALARIAL DISEASES. ning Plymouth Rocks. We have counted the first blossoms. this but the fault lies with the mediolbc every egg and know every cent we have kind, The proprietor of thil oelebrated of the in not olaime for it a over all rem­ out for for this small fiock poultry-breeders State, FAST TIME juetly luperiority paid feed ediee ever offered to the for the BAFE, more to this very publio since last We them in a eontrtbuting liberally PERllAlfElfT oure January. keep From Kansas to New York Via the CER'l.\AIlf, BPEEDY and important department in your paper. Oity and park of ample size to give them range ofAgue Fever,or ChilleandFever,wheth. I am but a novice in the and Wabash Route, er of Ihort or Be,fefen to the we business, long ltanding. and exercise. The feed ha'Ve given and Bouthem to bear have to that will be of The following telegram explains: entire Weltern oountry been of our local deal­ nothing impart of allertion them has bought ST. LOUII; May 20, 1886. him teltimony to the truth the any benefit to anyone. This is the in no oaee whatever will it rau to oure if and we H. N. We.'em Wabalh ROllI. , \hat ers at retail prices, have not Garland, P,...... "er Agent' first season that I have undertaken to Ka".", Oill/, Mo,: thedireotionlarGetriotlyfollowedandoarrie4 looked much on the side of economy in raise but the ordi­ Under new arrangement taking effect' out. In a great many ouelaeingledolehu for them. We intend anything common, and whole familiel providing they Sunday, May 30, the Wabash New York been luftiolentfora oure, nary, every-day �ard fowls, but have beenoured a bottle, with a per- ' shall have all and whatever they want Limited train will leave at 7 by eingle . Kan96s City efforts have not been success­ feot reltoration of the general health. It iI, The food we have my very to eat. fqrnished a. m., St. Louts 6:30 p. m., Toledo at 7:50 moreoer­ ful. Early in the spring, I procured the however,prudent,andfneveryoall them has consisted of corn, wheat, oats a. m., Buffalo at 5:10 p. m., arriving at Grand tain to oure, ifite UBe il oontinuedin Imaller of three different varieties, a or after the dillale hal and millet seed. We have also bought eggs namely: Central Depot, New York City, 7':30 a. m., dOlee for week two Brown and and for one load of sand. Plymouth Rock, Leghorn second morning from Kansas City. This beenoheok.ed,morellpeoiallyindiftloultand paid delivering oa8el. Ulually thie medioine Langshan. With the Plymouth Rocks shortens the time between Kansas and We keep food in abundance in their City 10nf-ltandlDgwil not require any aid to keep the bowell in I had fair and now have a flock New York four hours. The finest Bhould the re- yard all the while. They never find the success, through good order. patient, however, of as birds as I ever but car service In the world Is on this train. quireaoathar�iomedioine,afterhavingtaken when to nine fine saw; box empty they wal;!t anything three of the Tonio,a8ingle dOli not so with the other two F. CHANDLER, G. P. & T. A. eat. have water two times varieties; KENTorfo,nrdoaesB FAlfiLY PILLII . They pure Wabash Ticket �l Main Of. YEGETABLE . they hatched poorly, and those that did Offices, street, be suftiolent. Use no other. and - every day', morning evening. 1040 UnIon avenue and U·mon Depot,t hatch were afterwards destroyed by R. JOHN BULL"S When the hatching season came on, .. " ,11 some kind of a varmint. I procured eleven of them went to :work. We saw SMITH'S TONIC SYRUP, other eggs of the same varieties, and TOPEKA that their nests were of the right kind BULL'S SARSAPARIL\.A, now have a few chicks, with a fair pros­ and were put where the hens would not �ULL'S WORM DESTROYER, pect of rarsfng them. I lose a chicken Medical and be disturbed. The result is our hens so '!he Popular Remedies of the Day. occasionally with cholera, but by keep­ far have hatched nearly 90 per cent. of ing a good supply of madder in the Surgi.cal Principal Ofllee, 831 JIIaln St., LOUISVILLB..... the eggs set. Had it not been for a drinking pan this trouble is very greatly INSTITUTE cold snap or two and au accident or obviated. Besides the number of fine Tbl. InoUlution WB8 Establlshed Fourteen two, they would show up about 100 per Years Ago, and Ie 10CO'l>OfBted un-rer tbe State chicks the" varmints" destroyed, about taws uf KQu888. During that. tilIie 11; bas done a 11our­ cent. During these six months we I.blog bustne.. and made mauy remarkable cur... fifty others were also destroyed before Tbe instllnte \s provided with Ihe very best (acllIties killed eight chickens; eleven young, (or Ir.&lloll every klod ot_ physical' de(ormlty, SUCIl as I could make way with the pest. A big Hlp·Jolot Diaeaee, Club Foot, Wry '�.ck auo Mploal chickens have died from imperfect .. Curvature having a skilled workman who makes dose of Rough on Rats" did the work. In In­ The first of every appliance required artbropodlc surgery. ha�h and accident. Jmy, cipieot Oancer cured,and all ktndaof tumonremoved. In case our county holds a fair this -', our account and found a D.....aea or tbe Blood and NerVO.ua.Syslem succe'Rfully we figured up treated, Throat and if fall, I intend placing some of my select Nose, Lii'iii' Diseases, curable, of $17 05 in our tavor. In mak- yield readily to specifiC treal·ment B8 bere employed, bai"nce All (orms of Female Weakne.. reUeveot. Tape, Worm •. stock in the show-ring. At that time I ing our calculations we have figured the removed 10 from one to (our hours. AU Chronic and may tell the readers of the FARMER Surgical Dls.....s scleollllc811y and succe..(ully treated. and otnckens at market price. eggs how I succeeded at the fair, and also PATIENTS TREATED AT HOME. Had we put them in at fancy prices, to Cree. Senll what further success I had at raising fo�f:��f:;::��erT��t�i'�i or��:�l:,a;!�n which we are entitled (for we have the poultry. A. W. McDOWELL. DRS. MULVANE, MUNK '" MULVANE.' standard strain), we would show aston­ No,86 East Slxtb street, TOPEKA, KA8. Columbus, Kas., July 12. ishing figures. Here is the account as we not advantage of figured it, taking' Is the Kansas Association Dead? high prices: Poultry RUPTURE Kamsas Fwrmer: Or.-To seventeen hens $12.75 RELIEVED AND CURED I am to see that Branson' or detention from bUBln... To l,st...... 6.50 glad Esq. Wltbout any'operation , by tp July (or t fe�d has started the ball rolling in the right my treatment, or money rerunded. Send stamp .

.. , ...... ; , $19.25 .. i. ". Tdta� direction, and I will give it another f�:�U!�� a���{ ���e".:'B::Pb���n:�Y8wt!:�.r:..r ����� , bere Cor treatment. Dr.':"'By fifty dozen E'ggs : .. $ 750 kick. I cannot account for the silence DR. D. L. 8NEDIKER, eleven 144 chicks 28.80 Kas. By settings, Emporia, A oopy of thta Work ofArt will ---- of SWJWb ' of the , poultry-breeders Kansas, be mailed to an:y adclreu OD reoe1P,t of Total. $36.30 when there could be no better medium TIDINGS FOR MOTH"�RS, wbo teD oenta. would escape tho pain> and danger. of cblld· birth. �--.------for bulldi the interest in for - over cost $17.05 ng up poultry Seot free. Also, "Dlseases of 1D.6n," ,'!!n!lngs, than the KANSAS FARMER. n en ooly, Adore." this State Dr. !!ITAIN.BACK WILSON,Atianta,Ga. UUd Climate. Cbeap bomes. Tbe fifty dozen eggs we used on our GLAD In another FA:RMS <'iortheru Colonv. -Send tor There is probably not State circular. A. Va. own table. The $17.05 represents the VIRGIIII! O. BLUtH, ()entraua. in the Union without a poultry paper, interest on our investment. We ask Lonergan's Specific or at least a department in some of the what other business will show a better Onre8 NervOtUJ Debilit'1l. Afale Bod Ftmule JVuiAmu" and at the Newspaper Adver· or Mo..1'1I. leading poultry publications. 'Why tbis THIS_ PAPERISOnlllelnPhlladelPhla_ tlslnll' Agency Interes.. on.a small investment. D��'re:8rli�lc����:;�:��"M� b�.ki!1�8i8��I�1 Mo. II. W. AYER .. eON.ournuthorlzed Rient.. lack of energy? Every other business , Besiil'es our fiock is this, �rowing is being pushed forward and the people whne'we'are A few months sleeping. of this State are noted the world ever our spring chickens will begm (�ore �Ld for their energy and push. Every other way more t)lan pay . from one to ten CONSTIPATION, t t'll,d: in, ' State has poultty shows, W thi� . , lat·, . J,.' t'&eir we REESI:KY���S��HE'I while LLS o\t.htway, sleep. TH of Kid. , A Remed_,v_for.U Diseases the LIYer, We have met with most satisfactory The Kansas breeder, if he wishes to ne;or., S...maeb and Bowel.. A pORllIve, cure for SI.,II Head_be, returns in our experiment in the poul­ exbibit his birds must send them to" 0rab 0rchard Water D;or.�8:.la, Gpnuine Crah Orcbard SRlts in sealed at l(f��·':rc�:'o�.� :::,;��: 'i:'.\�0�1�q��OI��I:: of with six or Ilacka!\es N. trYr. business. We bel�eve the key "poor old Missouri," her CRAB ORCHARD WATER CO., Prop rB•. SIMON "ONES, Mana.cr. Lctu'nlll... Ky.' suCcess'firi. this bnsmess is proper man­ seven shows,-to Iowa, Neb�aska, ,or agement. If you manage right you can away out to Colorado. But we ca.n keep tlack of expenses and figure out a boast (?) that we have (or have had) a prOfit,·'; ery time. " State Poultry Association. Where is it ? �ou wiU hear (rom me furtheron. What has it, done? What is it doing? JOHN A. BRANSON. The probabIlity is that it is too dead to '�lif�n, Kas., July 10. answer. I move you, sir, t�at the po�ltry editor be instructed to stir up this to 1 ,Raise Turkeys, and Ufe ' Association, and try :get enough ,M a.9 armer: I "�(;ri � � , into It to either do something or for­ .' . lid'to John A. Branson's letter tH?� new llDie so that life' and are mally-disorganize, ". 'in FARMER of July 7th, those my energy becominl( our young State may sentimeJ;lts,_.too. ,Let us have letters organize, and I can assure you there fro� K�U1Sas farmers and their wives I will be something done. There will be :on R.f6sas farm topics. 'We are just a poultry show somewhere in the State beginners, and there are a great many next winter if there isbutoneexbibitor. tl!\p�'"l--, '\'Wuld like to know, Qne of T. S. HAWLEY. WhICh how .to raise Will is,. turkeys. Topeka, Ras. some one' who knows tell? They seem 'Jecy �uoh harder to raise than chicks. Good tlll�ge Is the strongest weapon with MRS. C. p. which the farmer CIl!l fight hard times and XANBAB lI"ARMER. .ttrLY 21, 11

stockers and feeders 2 80&240; cows, bulls and and this mornlllg had the eft'ect of caUBing a Wool Market. since our Il\3t report, and our sales are quick Philadelphia mixed, 1 75aS 71;; bulk 240a8 00; through Texas weaker market with lower values on 'change, and at the following: . We quote from the wool circular of W. C. cattle best ftrm, with cows at 2 15a some activity. �o. 2 cuh sold at 81�a32�c active, grades - and 27 HOU9to.n, & Co., of date July 15th: Fancy" }i-blood 2 60, steers 8 OOa8 90. against 88c Saturday. Jr., Choice medlum 26 .. 28 Market Since our last Issue, July 3d, the wool Fair medium 25 HOGS-Receipts OOO,shlpments 4,000. OATS-No.2 cash, no blda nor oft'erlngs; Jull', 28 for choice stock. and mixed, 4 45& market has ruled. very strong, and prices Low medium strong Rough 27c bid, 27�c asked. fine 22 500, packing aud shipping 490aIi 17, light 4. 46a further In the West the Light - show a advance. 20 RYE-No.2 cash, no bids noroft'erlnp. flne 5 00, 2 75a4 85. been active and but In Heavy skips market has excited, 17 14 cars. Market steady. FanCl', Carpet SHEEP-Receipts 1,400. shlpmenllll5OO. Market HAY·-·Recelpts the' East the amount of buslnesa has been Common 17 small baled. 6 60&7 00; large baled, 61iOa6 00. strong. Natives 2 26a4 00, bulk 8 OOa8 50, Western stock Bux and 16 . curtailed by the comparatively small pulled Ibs 1 28 8 OOa8 60, Texans 1 75aS 00. OIL-CAKE-'fIl00 .• saoked, 26; 'fI ton, 00, for sale. manufac­ offered Moreover, many A. special cablegram to the Drovers' Journal free on boa rd cars. Car lots, 22 00 per ton. turers are reluctant to an advance on pay Kaitsas Fairs for 1886. from London quotes excesstve supplies of cattle BUTTER-Moderate receipts and demand Rood which claim Is not warranted by 28 10 American 11a12o wool, they Kan•• Fair AIIoclatlon, Topelr.a, Septem� and lower prtees. beeves, per for strlotly I'reIIh. We quote: Creamel'J, flr.n0J, It the demand for or prices of their goods. Oclober 1. lb. estimated dead weight. 15c; good,10&12o; ftne dalry In BiDglepackagelots, natural manufacturers to be Welltern National Fair Alloolatlon, (BlBmarck), KansIU City. 40. Is very for 120: 'storepacked do.. 6&70; common, September 6·11. The bears on wool, but at the same time any LAwrenee, CATTLE-Receipts since Saturday 1.449, EGGS-Receipts 8utllclent for the demand aud Andenon Falr A_"latlon, Garnett, AulUA ConntT market ts-day wu steady and m.derately active dozen for candled. Balea advance on the manufactured article nearly 24-17. market dull at 70 per Vi 840 to Fort Oclo­ at about Saturday's prices. Sales ranged cannot be made without always starts with the raw material. Be­ Bonrbon County Fair A.aoclatlon, Scott, candlhlg. 81 8 95 for steers. Ikim IIats a of ber &·S. good CHEBSE-Full oream 9�. part 7&80, sides, the value of wool Is question sup­ 81 Brown Exposltlon AIIoclatlon. Hlawatba, HOG:l-Recelpts since Saturday 4266. The America Kan 6&7c. and and is not altogether ConntT Young lOc, .... ply demand, was and acuve at an ad· September 14·17. . market to-day strong BROOMCoRN-Wequote: Hurl.1Oo; self·work­ V on the state of the market. dependent goods Ch_ Connt,y AlrrIcultnral Society, Cotlonwootl over Extreme vance of 5alOo Saturday's prices. Ing.6a7c; common red tipped,5c; crookect. 8� There have been occasions when the supply September 19 10 Oclober 1. 75. • Falla, range of sales 4 2Oa4 86, bulk at 4 65a4 FLAXSEED-We quote at 950 per bna, npon the of wool half been and Cherokee CountT Agricultural and Stock AIIoclatlon, 612. Market temporarily large, SHEEP-Receipts since SatUrday buis of pure, of Columbus, S.ptember 7-10. 2 141 prices have been depressed by the weight steady. Sales: 186 natives avo SO Ibs, at 111, CASTOR BEANS-Quoted at 11i1i&1 60 per bua. Coffey County Fair A.aoclatlon, Bnrllnglon. Sep· and the pressure to sell, although . Westerns avo 77 Ibs. at 2 26. stocg tember 18:17. PRQVISIONS-Followlng quotation. are for decline In there has been no corresponding Oowley County Fair and Drlvlnl Park Auoclatlon. round lots. Job lots usually �o hl&ber. SUgar. on the same 8. PRODUCE MARKET8. the manufactured article; Wlntreld. AUlnat 80 10 September cured meats (canvB888d or plain): bams, 120; If wool Is scarce and held, Orawlord Connty A8rlcnltural SocletT, Glr.,rd. Sep· dried beef, lOe. salt prlnerple, firmly New York. oreakfut bacon. �c; DlJ 28 to Oclober 1. raw tember rib 6 clear It Is possible to have an advance In the No.2 meats: clear sides, 26; long 11«181, 6111; Kan... Central Alrlcnltural Society. Junction CltT. WHEAT-Ungraded red, SOa88�c; red, 6 ahort clear I1d8&. II 60. SlIIoked material without an accompanying Improve­ • shoulders, 00; SepteILber 11-18. 8i�1') elevator. meatil: clear rib Iides 6 R!l: long clear I1des, 6 60; ment In goods If man.facturers continue to n-tur County Expoaltion SocletJ, Oberlin, Octo­ CORN-Ungraded, 44a49c; No. 2, 47�c. •. 6 71i; short clear I1dea, 7 26. Barrel run their mills. berll·14. 8t. Louts. shoulders, and Industrial ABBO­ meats: meu pork, 10 00; meu"1leet, ,extra, 8110, o! DlcldJJaon County Agricultural WHEAT-Dull and lin88ttled. No.2 red, The clip of the country has been steadily cash, elation, Abllewe, AUlUlt Silo September S, Cbolce t1erce lard. 6 .26. 1884 77%c; Julj, 77�, decreasing since 1883. In the shortage l!:lk Howard, Sep· Connty AgrlcnlturalAlIOClatlon, CORN-Very weak and lower. Reports ot rain was not felt on account of the in tember 9·11. depr_-n In Nebraska, Iowa and Kan8&8 broke oft' prices business In consequence of the Western Kan... A,rlcnltnral Fair A.aoclatlon, Haya general In the No. 2 mixed, cash, Oelober 6·8. early dal' 2Y.a2�c, panic and tight money market in the sum­ CIty, Franklin Oounty A,rlculturalSocletT, Ottawa, Sep­ 8ti�c bid. In 1885 the was greater, but mllr: shortage tember r7 to Oclober 1. OATS-oVery dull. No.2 mixed cash,27�a��c. -WVOOL was not account of the again felt on heavy Han'ey Oounty A,rlcultural Boole., Newton, Sep' RYE-Euler at 58c. Importations of toreien yarn, goods and tember 2810 Oclober 1. BARLEY-No market. Mechanical AIIo­ A. J. wool. This year the clip Is shorter than Jefferson County Agricultural and Vhloar;o. OHILD, elation, Oakaloosa, September 28·80. was a from .0 last. In Texas the shortage Is placed at 15 WHEAT-The first surprise drop 209 market Street. St; Loui8. .. Falr Ed­ JohnlOn Oounty Oo.op�ratl,e AlBOClatlon, of all frem re­ per In 'the more eastern States-Ohio, Saturday's closing l�c. coming Paya partlelllar and "..._, attentlon 10 wool cent.; gerton, September 20 ·23. ported rains In Kansas, where It is generally con ohlpmenl.. Full InformaUoii abont the prepara­ Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Wis­ PI_asanlon Falr AeIoclatlon. PI_nton. September tion of Wool lor Market, ShlpptD" and 8&, bllial� .. ceded the effects ot drouth have been disastrous lor ana turnllhed consin, MIBsourl, Iowa, Kansas and Ne­ 14·17. cbarJlea handllnl MllInl, UPOD LaOygne Dlatrlct Fair AIIoclatlon, LaOygne, �ep· and far·reachlng. July, 77Y.a79Y.c; August, 78� application. braska, many estimate the shortage at 20 to s- Cor.....pondenee IOlIclted. tember 7-10. 79�c. 25 cent. Indeed, there Is an opmton Per· Emporia Fair and Driving AIIoclaUon, Emporia, CORN-July, 88aS9c; August, S8a4Oc, that there Is a oft In the of the 20·26. falling clip July 6 7 and September OATS-July, 29%a�c, on low of wool Marion Society. Peabody. Sep- worlO account of the prices County Agricultural RYE-No.2, 58c, tember 14·17, and the consequent slaughter of sheep. As _ BARLEY-65e. Myatle Driving Club, horae lair, Marlon, September SEED WHEAT as we were to FLAX SEED-No.1, on 115a115�. long subject large Importa­ 1. AndB....to Gro... 2910 Oelober �rack, lt.or'1'hirt7Y_. and the defi­ Kansas CIty. tions of yarn, goods wool, MePhenon County Falr Aaaoclatlon, McPhenon, iD the Wh_t Field. WHEAT-The market on wu ciency In our clip was not appreciated as It September 14·17. to·day 'change � ��� ��I.fJI:": there been no sales 0 �l;!�:ni��rY��f;�oP:�:Ii, tit.! was made up from abroad, but now our Marshall Connty Falr Aaaoclatlon, Marysville, Sep­ entirely nominal, having ular mode. (\t cultivation, whh aamplea of r.. of the and kinds now tember 21-24, any of the different grades, either for cash or fu· moot hardy productive grown shortage is likely to be felt, as the importing In tbls All Benton of in and Mechanical .AB8O­ county. receipt . Miami County Agricultural d 11 ture every, or SAlt1U Il:L W • point has been raised by the advance abro�d, atampB money. 11-24. Addre88 MECHAIlICIVILLE 0•• elation, Paola, September CORN···'Reports of rain In Kansas yesterday } 112c• .h�itac•,I. im­ where prices are not only strong but Morrla County Expoaltlon Company, Council Grove, proving, and every advance abroad makes September 7·10., 14·17. . M. C. Vice Pr8ll't, room for further Improvement in this coun­ Nemaha Fair Aaaoclatlon, Seneca, September W. H. BARNES, Pres't, REVILLE. Norlon County Agricultural AIIoclatlon, Norton, J. H. Secretary. C. C. WOODS, Treasurer. try. Moreover, the advance on the other MITCHELL, September 28 to October I. GEN. J. C. CALDWELL, Manager. side has been caused and sustained home by Phillips Connty Agrlcnltural and Mechanical Aaao­ so it manufacturerB, that Is quite probable clatlon, Phillipsburg, September 21·24. that any considerable demand from this Kaw Valley Fa,lr Aaaoclatlon, St. Marya, September country would create Increased competition 29 10 October 1. Tho Kansas Livo Stock Insllfanco Rice Fair Aaaool"atlon, Lyons, October 6·8. Company, and result In stIll higher prices. Oounty --OF-- Tbe Blue and Kan.aa Valley Agrlcnltural Soolety, "Another :Geature in the situation is strong Manhattan, AUlUlt Silo September S. -----TOPEKA, XANSAS,----- the fact that Western mills have been free Saline Connty Agricultural, Hortlcultural and Me· buyers, and Instead of selling their wools cbanlcal A88oclatlon, Salina, September 7·10. Death Arkansa. Agricultural SOCiety, Wichita, Sep· Insures Live Stock early and buying tliem back later on at an Valley Against tember 20-24. BY D:ISEIASE OR. ACC:IDENT. as did last year, they wlll advance" they Smith County AgrlcnlturBl SOCiety, Smith Center, profit by their experience and hold their 16·17. September Incorporated under and complied with aU the laws of the State of Kansas, furnished for their own use. Eastern .Sumner County Agrlcnltnral and Mechanical AII8O­ to purchases oper­ bonds aM requlrAd. Rnd received certificate of authority from Insurance CommlBqloner ators heretofore have not properly consid­ elation, Welllnglon, September 7·11. do business. � Your Insuranc!) solicited. Agents wanted. Mention KANSAS FARMER, ABBOClatlon, Waah­ ered theconBumptlvecapacity of the Western Waahlnglon County Expoaltlon . Inglon, September 21-24. mIlls. H. Ples't. C. E. FAULKNER, Vice Pres't. Waablnglon County Live Stock, Agrlcnllural and J. PRESCOTT, .. ED. C. M. D. TEAGUE, Treasurer. Our manufacturers generally are not Mechanical AalOClatlon, Greenleal, Septem ber 28 30. GAY, Secretary, heavily stocked; our clip is Bhort and the Kao888 CIty (Mo.) Fat Stock' Show, Kan... CIty, deficiency llkely to be felt on account of the Oclober 26·80. raiBlng of the Importing poiIlt; the wool of Tho National lutnal· Fifo Insnranco the country In strong hands, and late pur­ Co., THE MAR.KETS. --OF-- chases made on the basis of a further : advance, and likely to be firmly held for KANSAS, B'I/ Tel£graph, Jully 19, 1886. SALINA, some time for higher prices than now rule. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Altogether the Bltuation IB a very Btrong MAKES A SPECIALTY OF INSURING FARM BUILDINGS, AND STOCK one, dnd everything points to a further Im­ New York. Against loss by Fire, Lightning,

THE STRAY LIST. BULL'S SARSAPARILLA .. HOW TO POB·.L A STBAY. THE LIVER DYSPEPSIA How to Get Bees into SeotionB, THE FBIC8, FINE AND PBiuLTIIC8 FOB NOT PoeT­ Secretes the bile and acts like a filter to Variable in bees appetite: faint, gnawing feeling ING. Much trouble arises forcing cleanse of impurities the blood. By ir- at pit of the stomach, hearibum, windin·the BY AN ACT of ,the Lealilature. approved Febl1l8l7 in the 8ection8 when working for comb regularity in its action or suspensions stomach, bad breath, bad taste in the mouth, 1'1, 1886, _tlon I, wh,n tlie appraised valne of a Itray or stra,.1 e][eeedl tell dollars, the Clerk r. and ortennmes the will of its functions, the bile the low· There is County honey, colony poisons. blood, spirits, (leneral prostration. rPqulrod, within teu daYI aRer recehln. a certUled sallow dt'ICriptlon and appral...ment, to forward b:r mall, send out a swarm rather than go up causing jaundice, complexion, weak no form of dIsease more prevalent than Dys- notice centalnln. a complete deecrJptlon of said Itra,.a, eyes, bilious diarrhaJa, a and it can in all cases be traced to tbe on into them. I mY8elf bave had a great languid, weary pepsia, d..,. wblch they were talten up. theIr appral.... feeling, and many other distressing symp- an enfeebled or poisoned condition, of the nIue, and the oame and relldence 01 the toker-np, to of from thi8 and of IItty amount trouble cause, toms generally termed liver troubles. These blood. BULL'S SARSAPARILLA by cleansing ���t:.":.!:!:r.:�·.:::t:!.J���:en:g:.. until about one and a half year ago, did are relieved at once by the use' of BULL'S and the blood, tones the And such natlce Iball be jlublbhed In tbe l.'.f. .... purifying up diges- In three succe.t..... III1I.. of the It II made the SARSAPARILLA the blood resolvent. paper. not know how to overcome it. Mr. J. B. great tive organs, and relief is obtained at�ce. d ut,. oUbe proprleton o( the KAliin F.f.BKU to IleDd the u DR.. JOHN BULL.-I have been for a paper • ./ru qf tlIIfI. to every Oounty Clerk In the - number of DR. JOHN BULL I h ve no hesitation In sayln .w.ason, a' somewnat noted Maiue bee to be on IIle In hll olll.ce for tbe yearsseverely amlcted with a mercilrlal beadache that i beheve SA:SAPARILLA to be tbe be8� State. kept 10lpectlon YOli;- n( all In A of from and a dull. heavy pain In my liver. Tbree botnea medicine manufactured for tbe cure of Berofula penonalnU-re.ted Itra"l. penalty me the fir8t information of to II keeper, gave me more relief 16.00 1llO.00 alll.][ed to alU' failure of a JUltice of value on thi8 8ubjllct' I ever obtained, �fia��tttesgt::'e���,;tl�J:J�ve r�p:J{!gil���,'fi'�r.,�t�:�dc���I�y.u�::nM�:C�� proprletor3 of ·th. T. H. OWENS. Louisville, Ky. In numbers of the above cases. �::;:�io� �v��U'tg���'�{1 :::. I have found his and by following DR.. JOHN BULL.-I have examined the pre- JAMES MOORE, LouIsVille, Ky. BroMn anlmall can be taken up at ao,. tim. In the that no further trouble exists. - advice ��1t��t��� o:h��o�ffJ�a�I��L;� DR. JOHN BULL. I procured one bottle cif year. ��:&���i��i.�� Among Unbroken animals can be taken up betweeD we a refuses to bean excellent one, and well caloulated to pro- BULL'SSARSArARlLLAformyeldestson. When find colony that tbe remedies and various that he on� duce an alterative Impression on tbe system. I ::�n moo the secttona, we should go to .rrescrlPtionS ���e�r %:�xel!��ea�aw��r !:c;::�,,:f �Pu.� go Up �:d��.i: I� �b':'t��t����I��fn311�i����lr:��L��: t� t"�:g ��r,:�:!,\l.:'n"e'll'ta� h�:::�\;��I�I��em,t!: talter·up. some 'other colony where bees are work- Y. PYLES, Y. D., cured me of cltlzenl aDd hOlllleholden; can Res. Phys.LOUISVIlIMI\t Lou. Kfr" DIJr;�9�� Uc'(;:Mill, Horse Cave, Ky. tar:n¥."��.e][cePt . If an anlmalUable to be ta1I:en up, Ihall come upon ing them, and remove five or 8ix sections • a.r_n_e_H_os"""p. the prellll_ of ao,. penon and he falll lor ten d8J1l, together witb the bees, and place them after belnl! notilled In wrItin. of the raet, an,. other KIDNEYS SCROFULA citizen and hou...bolder may take np the same. on top of �he hive 9Qntaintng the An,. penon takln. up an estray, mUlt Immediately Are the great secretory organs of BLTOHEO'D Is a peculiar morbid condition of i8 18 refracoory bees, as boney being the Into and through the caused by :::=:':l:,::�et�� =�I��r:J�i�nc!�cr d�� body. THE LIFE �he s.r�tem,. directly the bees willbe the waste fluids con- In gathered freely, peace- Kidneys flow _"'!-_,_-!"_..·�/mpurltles the blood or by ICrf�c'l,0!t:�h ::r:�i proven u at t!Je e][plratlon of ten those 10 the secttone will continue tainingpoisonous matter taken from the sys- the lack of sufficent nourishment furnished daYl1the talter-upihalll'o be�rean,. Justlceoftbe able, Peace or the townlblp, and IIle an aIIIdavlt ltatln. tem. If the do not act this the their labor, and those in the hive below Kidneys properly to the system through blood, usual:' that lOch stray was taken up on hll preml_, that he mairer'-s retained and poi�ons the blood, affecting the glands, often resulting In will jlt once come and as8itta nem, the g� nla':M�r:.x°ft':e�tDtodtl����� :::r:,'a:�:t�� causingheadache,weakness,paininthesmall swellings, enlarged joints, abscesses, sore result if the i8 being, operattbn per- ofbClck andloins, flushes of heat, chills, with eyes, on the face or neck. ��:t�:riPo��::e.=,:t:'J'1� = h::I�:�III�: �� blotchy eruptions allO give a bond to thp State of dODble the value of formed before the swarming fever Is disorderod stomach and ·bowels•. BULL'S Erysipelas is akin to itand is often mistaken luchetray. . The of the Peace Ihall within too far that the idea of SARSAPARILLA acts as a diuretic on the for Scrofula as it comes from the same cause, JUJtlce twent,. da,.. advanced, from tbe time luoh st,ay was taken up (ten daYI after and and on the blood. DULL'S SARSAPARILLA will Kidneys bowels, directly impure by, poetlnll), make out and ....turn to the Ooont,. Clerk. a 8warming be given up, and the certillild of ,'he Mood as well, causing the great or-_ the blood and up the .ystem copy deecrlptlon and value orouch .Ira,.. purifying toning !rluch etray shall be valned at more tban ten dollan, bee8 will devote their energies to filling to resume their and .qans Jf the body natural forces the impurities from the blood It Iball be advertilled In the LUI8A8 FA... R. In three the 8ection8 with comb honey. Mr. functions, and health is at once restored. cleanses the the Incceeet...., nomben. sy.tem through regular The o't'ller o( any .tray, m..,.. within twelve monthll Ma80n made thi8 di8covery some seven 1111.. JOHN BULL.-I have used BULL's SAR8APA- channels. !'rom tbe time of prove thesame by evidence and and taklnF, ' RILL.&. for rheumatism kidney tronble, DR.. JOHN BULL.-It Is my opinion that your or eilllbt years ago, did not think at the de- r..!��o�rle:�:!�:�:.::'p o�:ft::': ':::��'a��vI�� time was and so �lit�n �n:���e� ��rh��':'��ta::.tfr�ueral 'It anything unusual, Y'lurs ��ro�ra�0!'n��t��:u'��:y�L�:e,I�n�e1�81Yu:'�; !::fl':.�!ffv'e:�n::: f���:!�r�o�fI��'Ord��e truly, great plAasure In recommending It for the cure of or:� JustIce, and upon tbe payment ofall cbargee and coota. did not give it to the public. He has THOS. H. BENTLEY, RossvUle, Dl. Bcrofulaaod �.I ��Sl�t"i'��br.'t���'1�::.t����r-;: If the own..r of a etray (alII to prove ownenhlp found the method and it has within twelve monthl aRer tbe time of takln., a com· unfailing, BULL'S SARSAPARILLA. PRINCIPAL OFFICE: plete title Iball veat In tbe 8Ucce88ful with me in in- WORM DESTROYER. taker-urr., I proved every BULL'S 831 We'st Main Street, Louisville, Ky. TONIC tU�:I:"h:f ��: ::,;. �t"a'ila=ea: .l"::"':::�D�b= BULL'S SMITH'S SYRUP. , stance that I have had occasion to try 11.00 A BOTTLE. hou...bolden to aplM'ar and appral... llUoll Itray, sum· THE POPULAR REMEDIES OF THE DAY. For Sale all 'nonl to be ...r....d by the taker-up; IIIIld aopral...n, or it. The theory tliat I have formed in by Druggists. two of I.hem, ahallln all respeete deecrlbi and truly value said stray, and make a Iworn retorn of the same to it is·this. have a wax- regard Bee8 ···:B:.EEP T::E3:E ::BLOOD PUB..E� to the Jootlce. - Iball allo determln. the COlt of . They and fever or as well as a iiiiIIIIi keeplnll. making impul8e, tbe oonellte the taker-up may have had, and report the swarming impul8e. The 8trange bee8 sar:,ea�f =::g��t�!"��� veata In the taker·u , h• given to the colony in the 8ections have •ball pay Into the Oounty Treaoury, deductlnll all'COIla' CmCAGO. KANSAS CITY. ST. LOUIS. of takln!! np, poetln!! and tatlnrr care of the Itray, the wax-making impulse, and at once one·haIrortbe remaInder ntthe Talne of such stray. communicate it to the bee8 in the hives ta::��:,!:::,:�':.:h:ptt'!1 :��I·=reoM t;t�L� H. & bave vested In him, Iball be pUt,. of a misdemeanor below; we all know that bees, a8 a rule, James Campbell Co., aod Iball forfeit doubl_ th"e value ohuch sIrs,. and be to a 1I0e of dollan. do not 8end out a swarm while they IObJect twenty have room for stoting in the hive, and LIVE STOCK COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Strays for week ellding July 7, '88. when the wax-making impuise i8 given Booms 23 and 24, ltansas Stock 'Varb. Ezchange BuUcllng. City- Cowley oounty-S 1. Smook, olerk. and this for' the TO-- them, overpowers '--SU()CE�SORS MARE-Taken up by 8. B Su-wart, of Qed_r tp. Jnne pre8ent the with the 12,1886, one blook mare. 14 hand. hl,h. lett bind. toot 8warming impulse wnlte and ..hlte .tar In forehfad: valued at 886. most happy re8ults to the bee-keeper ANDY J. SNIDER & CO., � CAMPBELL, LANCASTER & CO., PONY-By .ame, on" .orrel mare pony 14 hands hillb, white bIn" (eet, Spanl.b brand. 00 left ohoilder who de8ires honey rather than swarms. Ot OHIOAGO, KANSAS OITY, ST. LOUIS. and hlp, blaze In forenead: valued at lIb . ..- Whether thi8 theory is correct or not, Unequaled facilities for handling conRlgnments of Stock In either of the above cities. Republio oounty-H. O. Studley, olerk. Invited. Market furnished free. PONY-Taken Jam.. O. of Union the facts remain 88 stated, and Mr. Correspondencfl re_ports , up by Ward, tp., Refers to Publishers KANSAS FARMER. olle olay-bRnk mare poOY, branded on lett hlp. two Ma80n has discovered a principle of wblte rect, fi"" maoe and tall. star In forehead, mlp on nOlIe, age unknown: valued at 118. great value to th08e who are working for comb honey. I bad made up my StraYB for week ending July 14, '88. mmd to work for extracted boney Thomas oountY--1ames N. Fike, Clerk. aloogether in the future, but the above Farm and Stock MARE-Taken op b,. G. F Ant'lm'h0f Sberman I,p., plan so that I shall con­ ��:n���p=.i t��� 1:::"ho'l:;�·br�::�w;llh6 �': operates nicely, INTEREST TO Cyclopedia,• OONTAINING EVERY TOPIO OF FARMERS, RANOHMEN, STOOKMEN, loft 00 . .boulder and P C with bar abov'" lett hlp; val· tinue my endeavors to get a supply of BREEDERS, FRUIT· GROWERS, GARDENERS AND APIARISTS. ued atl3O. comb Franklin F. olerk. honey in sections.-Kansa8 Bee­ Is a c'mdeneation into practioal and useful form of all that is of Interest and value to all clalses oounty-T. AnkenY, Keeper. of agriculturists, rauchmen aod breeder., in all sfctlonB. It i. the ripe product of twelve of the most HORSE-Talten up by James MtCurdy, of Wll­ lIam.bur.. .• O. one IOr",1 ----�------emluent writers and pracUcal workers in the land. It treats over 1,000 impOi tant topics. comprised tp (P. Wllllam.burg), horae, 4 yea... old. white .trlpe In face, right hind foot wblte: In one octavo volume of It contains 40 departments, each A of the elegaut Imperial 1,284 pages. Btparate valuo� At 886. correspondent Oountry Gentle- in i'selfand alone worth the of the entire bonk. It Is embel1lshed with 400 elegant complete price MARE-By .am•. one brlgbt bay mar•• 4 yeare old, man and at its •• IE within the reach of everyone. says that a cow which at home will and practical engravings, ,.emn,,.kab1Illow price (8 50) IUPPolled to baVe been made b,. a yoke; Na man who tlll8 an a�re of IIrouncl or owns a head of stock can alford to do without this admirable ����dO�t test up to fourteen of butter a week '7�� pounds address on of remittAnce, work. Seut to any postpaid, receipt price. AddreslL..,with D. Greenlee, olerk. standard, If taken to a strange place, among Douglas oounty--M. Dep. HAMMOND, F.ARLE &I HAMMOND, General Western Agenta, Kans&8 City, Ko strange cattle, lind milked by a CroBB man, wUl tp��:.Yo-:-t�:�).nfu:: d.o�s8a�on�W�gf' :����::: not make half that quautlty. pooy, 14" han". hl!!h. abont 16 yeRn old. wpl..htabout 860 pound., DO marks or braodl: valoed at t2S. The cherry Is about the only fruit tree Choice, Highly-Bred & Cherokee oounty--L. R. MoNutt, olerk. M. EHRET,J'r. CO. MARE AND COLT-Taten up by Frank SpInning. which can be recommended for shade In 80LE MANUFf.OTURER8 ��r!�� pastures along roadsides, as the hardy varle­ �o�l��.!�;:.,(���:�.r. �t�L��::a8,jpl�r\b':,':.� HEREFORD 8 yoan old, branded y v on lert shoulder, had leatber of cherries are not affected by the tramp­ baltor on wben taken uP.-co't sorrel, 1 yeaI' old, blp tilesng of stock or passing of vehicles, which BULLS and knocked dOWD. ba� bell on when takon np; mare VIII­ HEIFERS, ued at ,65, celt at ,10. prove Injurious to most other fruit tWOUldrees. For sale reasonable. Come or write for Prlr Edwards oounty-1. S. Striokler, olerk. of vate Oatal,ogue. COW-Taken up b,. WllllaDl O'Toole, Brown tP.. June 80, 1886, one me�lum size red cow, branded G 00 both hlp.; valued at ,18. HEIFERS IN CALF TO BEAU REAL for week Hood's Sarsaparilla AND BEAU MONDE. Strays ending July 21, '88. This .uccellful medicine Is a carefully-prepared Clark oountY--1. S. Myen, olerk. extract of the best remedies of tile vegetable HORBE-Talten up by H. A. Sibley, of Liberty tp., June sorrsl sad­ kingdom known to medical science as Alteratives, SHOOKEY & GIBB, (P. O. LPxlogton), SO, 1886. one borae, Blood dle marlts: valued at '20. Purl tiers, Diuretics, and ToniCS, such ... Lawrence, Kansas. Sarsapl\rUia, Yellow Dock, Stllllngla, Dandelion, (p<:<>J:TAl'���)��U�� ���:e s�'::O':,'a�f �a"�ro��i' Jnnlper Berries, Mandrake, Wild Cherry Bark branded open A E on lert hlp, ien feet white; valued at 126. and other selected root., bark. and herbs. A c. W. WARNER & co.., PJFLAril.!STEEPRDDFs. 1. olerk. like can Kingman oounty--1. Stevens, medicine, anythlng "I.e, be fairly judged _. - - - eUARANTEED PONY-Taken by Jobn O. Bett. (P. O. Trenton). only by Its results. We with satisfaction to up point Wholesale Commission May 2U. 1886. one mare pony, braoded V. E. on lett the Slorlous record Hood's Sarsa.pllrllla IIILs en· Merchants, t.\\lD1.'1't'Ie''1.�'t \\\UB. shoulder: valued at taO. Fruit, Rancb Produce, ter.ed for Itself upon the hearts of thou.and. of +·.A.13�Ol-o\l7�i.Y'<- :-1�':,��H!;t��d �':I"n.�r��ltry, ...r. Coffey oounty--R. B. Cheney, olerk. people who have or been 397 street, Denver, Colorado. o( peroo!lally Indirectly Holladay MARE-'faken up by Joeeph Lebo, Call(ornla tp.. reUeved of terrible lufterlng whloh an other "ATEI\,FIRE3!WIND�PRDDFa June 10, 1886. one S-y.ar·old bay mare, block lege, PUT ONBYANYBODY. mane nnd tall. no brand. vl.lble: valued at teo. remedle. failed to reach. Sold by all druggists. 600 Merino Sheep for Sale. SI; IIx for SII. Made only by C. I. HOOD & CO., �SE NO OTHER ROOI'I Reno oounty--W. R. Marahall, olerk. 2 PONIES-Taken G. F. of Reno Apothecarle., Lowell, Ma••. Mo.ll" ;Ewes, acclimated and tree from dl_. I up by Terry. tp., mlllt lell as my ranlle Is all r.need. W. E. CAMPE, Agt., two Iroo'lIray ponies, about 8 yean old, both have J. C. at Spanlab brands on len hlp and ooe has brand 100 D08e8 One PoUar DWELLE. Att'y Law, Spanllh . Florsnce, Kan888. Ith and OUve Street., ST. L01JUl, 1110. on �ettJaw i Tl'lu� a� 126 each. 14 KANSAS FAR.MER. JULY 21,

ChesterWblte.Berklhlreand until it becomes of a consistency. /, proper J. L. HASTINGS, ��I���?����i���t� Have two pieces of canvas cut, , strong -- anu (lite 'lBeierinarian. Wellington, Kansas, BounoB Beaglel, 8l1ee, and PoulLry. bred and rOl say twelve inches long by eight wide, - .,1).n- .-,,",,,n.. [The paragraphs in this department are and cut so as to accommodate them­ v- ;��ttb.:er?J:.!:rs�.�.: FARM­ Send otamp tor Ulreul"r "nd Price Llot. gatuered from our exchanges.e-En. selves to the curvature of the joint. On ER.I these apply a thick coating of the SELECT HERD OF TUMOR ON LIl\IB.-Will you please plaster and immediately apply them LARGE BERKSHIRES tell me what to do for my young mare. against the inside and outside of the G. W. BERRY, TOPEKA, KAS. Last fall she got cut on a barb wire; it joint, leaving a space in front between Drltl.b 'Ohampion 1I.18481.lsat Lbe head otthe herd, and the OOWB rep._nt tbe belt taJlJill.. and prlse­ dilloln· healed up, but has left a large bunch the plasters of about two inches. In winning olraino In America. Tbe.e hogl are tor 0118, early· development, and docile run­ gnlBhed which is quite hard; the bunch is on the this space apply a strip of plaster dlBpooltiono. Breeden reglotered. I oll'er none bnt lint clal. otock tor Bale. inside of her front leg close to the body. ning down in front. Do the same to the Dealer and Breeder In Imported and High-Grade I have been using oil of spike sometimes other limb. If it is necessary to still in the center. It looks like it would further strengthen the joints another FBENCH DBAF'l' & CLYDESDALE HOBSES. ENGLISH 13ERKSHIRES. break.and but it never fold of canvas can be applied against Terma reaaonable, Batlefactlon guaranteed, Oor­ run, discharges respondence sollolted. much. [It you suspect the presence of the inner ones.] pus in the enlargement have it lanced. The money value of the fowls of France J. N. T:E-:rOMPSON If not apply a blister. Biniodide of is: fowls, ALLEN 6 ounces. yearly Eggs, $44,500,000; $36,000,- l\IORAN, CO., KANSAS, mercury 6 drachms, lard Rub 000. Breeder, Dealer In and Shipper of in a small quantity every two days for - five or six minutes "at a time after cut­ For Outs, Galls, Old Sores, Scratch· IMPROVED POLAND CHINA SWINE, use Heal­ ting off the hair, applying fresh lard on es, Thrush, etc., Stewart's Choice Plg8 for Sale. Powder, 15 and 50 cents a box. the intervening day. When the part ing Pedigreed Btook-O. P.·U. Record. Ooneapondence THE�Wll:T.LTN(J'I'ON�HERD or well·bred and 1m· ported:BERKSHIRES I. headed Joe Invited. [Mention thla paper.] by Hopeflll' gets sore discontinue use of medicine 4889. Toe nero conet.... of t"enty matured brood 110" Clean sawdust, with a little sulphur sprin­ of the beat Camllles. Thla herd hu no auperlor (or II.. for a week, then continue again till and quality, and the vpry best !traln. of Berkllhlre kled m is as as material for the - it, good any blood. Stoo", all Tecorded In A. B. B. Oorrespondence there is a reduction in the Poland Chinas. enlargement.] nests of setting hens. Registered and Inspeetton Invitfod. Add...... 812.30 (or atrictly Orat-clB88 Plga. My breeding M. B. •• ------�------KEAGY, Wellington, Ka 'INJURED HOCK.-I had a fine mare stock are very large, One animals and represeat some An hortlcnlturlst thus de­ that her hurt last winter experienced ofthe got leg early MOST POPULAR FAMILIES. scribes his mode of planting fruit trees: He right above the hock on inside, and it makes holes eighteen Inches deep and three I can sell as good stoo1< and .. well pedigreed as any swelled up very tight and would crack one. laollclt your correopondence. feet in diameter, fills in four inches of Bred and for sate by open underneath right at joint. Green Globe, �0�til=,i'l6�.�ku. strong, short horse manure, then two or JOHN B. matter would ooze out. She never went three inches of street dirt, sets the trees and THOMPSON, .. BARGAIN S MAPLE one lame much and at present time is not fills with earth. RARE At GROVE;' mile northweat of ------�----- RARE BARGAINS lame I have never worked her a any. offered trom tbe Gold­ PLATISBURG, MO. Farm en Belt Herd or pure since she was hurt. She was with Loans. 'c day POLAND • UHIN AS. The Imported hoar. SHELTON 14518, standa at head of herd. at months and her colt was foaled a month Loans on farms in eastern Kansas, at WeIght eighteen of.1Lft. foal, �1 n�e: nearly BOO.pounds, and secured at a coat of 1300. moderate rate of and no commis­ !�g�""�ol:,lg:i Her went down interest, "�') " til each. $20 per trio. He Is one of the II(randest show boars In America before time. about ,. _ .... "'111 � " leg ,., , \ sion. Where title is and sat­ ".\' I Boars ready tor eer­ to-daj', having 1Ie1Jer been beaten in his cl_ln thll in two or three weeks' perfect security vice and SOWB 8a(e in one-half time, show ring. He won in 181!5. live lint prizes in isfactory no person bas ever had to wait .plg. '15 to $20 each. Ouh to accompany order. None but it is about tWJCe its natural size England and six first in Canada and the Ualted a day for money. Special low rates on i'��6r��:�.a��";d� States. My herd Is not the larll(est, hut it 18"Dn6 now. of this kind should not s��Ji��./�lt��v�r';'�"o�,:;��o:-:I�� of the best In the Have for [Swellings large' loans. Purchase money mortgages .r TheBe prices Are. reduced Cor a short time. country. sale, at' all first claes htock of all Order at once. F. W. TRUESDEL , Kanll8s times, If you cannot be allowed to runso without T. E. BOWMAN & onll Lyons, ages. long apply­ bought. Co., visit me, write for what you want, snd receive as Bank of return mail, price anti my Illustrated the such Kas. hy catalogue ' ing proper remedies, longer Topeka Building, Topeka, EASTERN KANSAS OF �ERD free. Say where you saw thlll advertisement. a is in existence more swelling the POLAND-CHINA HOGS. difficult it is "to remove it. We suppose .PLEASANT VALLEY DERD JOHNSON. BROS. -or-- the mare is at at If so grass present. Garnett, Kansas, Pure-bred Berkshire Swine. have her removed every night to the stable and give one of the following powders mixed in a bran mash or scalded oats: Nitrate of potash 3 ounces, gentian root 2t ounces, licorice root It ounces. Mix and divide into twelve powders. Keep the mare confined in the stable during the night and apply a PerTY D. 5851 and Whit. EAr 8117 at head of bordo Amonll the sows are Milia 661lfl (0 R.). sired by 8tre. V£YO�.�'������;;;;� warm "er's Oor Gem sired large poultice of linseed meal 6119: Fancy 12HR. by Gem's U. S. 1 have thirty breeding aowa, all matnred ani_II Breeders of and Dealers In and 2601 thrpp ROWS Imported Hlgh·Grade ; hred bv B. F. D(lr�ey '" SODS, fllreil hy and D( the very best strain. ot blood. I am noln, around the But that the colt �t swelling. Lout- Kin" 1993; ,I" sows sired bv "ook'. U R 3149. three splendid imported boars hea�ed by the .pl�ndld Choice pig. Cor .. Ie at prices to .ult the times, Inspec­ ·wlnner 2919 11m is with the mare we would ad­ pri... winner of live running French Draft Horses. rton InvlJ,ed, Recorded In O. P.·O. Rec·ord. St•• k all Plantayenetmeda at the ahow! In canada healthy. J. A.·DAVIDSON vise the of a blister to the Oholce Stallion. (or "alA on ea.y terms. Write ua r,rlzeo andfohl leadlnli J application . and mention KAN8AS FARMER. Richmond, Fraokllu 00" kas. e?t�::1;.ex ,:'o'r a'i�:, �:1��:�t�red :�t::I�or �c:! part, and the probability is that it will reaoonable. Batla(actlon llUaranteed Send (or cat&- logue and prle. list, tree. B. MoCULLUGH. be necessary to one before the Ot.taWA. f(An.... apply E. BENNETT & SON swelling disappears.] THOROUGHBRED POLAND-CHINA'S TOPEKA, : KANSAS, STIFLE JOINT DIFFICUVl'Y.-We CUREB ALL OPEN 80RE8, STEWAR CUTB FROM BARBEoJ have a colt about seven months old that 7'S WIRE FENCE, . 1/,. is lame in We stifle joints; the caps are SCRATCHES, t:4(1. KICK8, broken or slipped off the joints. He �� A CUTS, cannot walk much. Has been so for Sold (:?� cA8. three months. He grows and looks well Euerywher6. �� 15 cA50 cts. a for being so bad. When be'flrst, got so r-l' box. Trv It. " we put on some blIsters, but it did no AB produc.d and bred by A. O. MOORE'" SONB, QI..'on, STfWART HEALINO POWDER CO., ST. LOUIS. Ill, The best hog In the world. We have mBlle a never saw good. I anything like it. specialty of t,hlR breed Cor 38 years. We are tbe Iarg.. 1 Horle Educator, Some of my neighbors say it will never " ���� o":e:�ro"::f��ltfs����'f:�fd'o�� :�;pi;.0��� r � '�,�'"'GGS,I'V sandI performs RII -urgteal demand. We ars raialng 1.000 pigs (or this se"""n'a ""Dr be for Now would on HORSES and CATTLE. good, anything. trade. We bave 160 sow. aod 10 mal.. we are breedtna Operations HorseJl and like to know what do with it � It Crom. Our breeden aTe all recorded In America.. P.-a. O1.stratt-ng Ridglinn Spal/ing Hefler, to, RUXYf'd. Plga all ellglble to recoTd. Photo card o( 48 a specilllty Success Guaranteed. looks like a hopeless case to me. We breeden free. SwI". JtYUrnal 25 cl.•• in �·cent stampo. He performs tbe operation on RldJl(lingll by & Oome and see our Btock: If not 81 repre..nted we will now me, hod, using no �1"l!Ilp8. and takeR tbe tes· not know how it so. It do got has pay your ellpenaea. Bpeclal ratea by expre••. tlcle out through its natural channel without. tbe either slipped on the floor orso[JJe of the use of a knife except to open the £crotum. The ��oli�i!'Da��D����oUslrR�IfIl�:'h�;:��� �� horse can be worked every day. The succe88 other colts have jumped on it and ceivetl. trom Europe. Write Cor Illu.trated Oatalogue. OTTAWA HERD OF which haR attended Prof. Rigg, in the pPTform­ anre this ·has "ronounced him one broken it down. Sometimes I think I of operation of the most skillful and 8ucces,/ul operators in 111. Poland-China and Duroc Jersev Ked HO�B, Address PROF. \\ ill have to kill it, but it is a very good country. R. RIHHS, V. 8, Wichita, Ku. one and do not like to do it. What .. kind of needles do you use to sew up o:a'!�e'i>��t��;;;;�ro:�e���I�jt}oI·lou�:�to:' �i: x.... ; Dr. O. WeIBI.....V. S. Salina. K.s.; Dr Young, S .... ; lJr V. •• flesh wounds and how iuuch would they V. .. Abll."etK Votaw. Sv Dou�l.aoMK ; cost, and what kind of thread is best to ����; D��.(wog.f::r�: Jctb����ka,;.,san:tunJ'�::. oC othere, (rom every par< ot the State. [Mention tbll use? In fact, will you be so kind as to popeT.] let me know how to sew up and dress, and heal up a barb wire flesh wound, as THE CITY HOTEL, I have a good many horses and colts, I. L. WHIPPLE, Prop'r, Ottawa, Ka8. \ and oblige. [The stifle joints evidently CHICAGO. , I bave (or sale a fine lot of young ph>:! .Ired by Jay· s. E. Cor. "tate and 16th street•• need bracing up or support of some hawker 2539, Ottawa King 2886 (the champion hOll1l ot Franklln county). and Buckeye Boy 2d.2219. Ben But· THE STOCKMEN'S HOME. kind. Use a pitch plaster on each side ler 2977. Leek'B GIlt-EdJl(e 2887. which are very fine breederB of (ashlonable atralus. Myaowa are all Orst· on Rate to Stockmen, $1.50 Per of the joint both lImbs. Burgundy cl.... and ot popular strain.. I alao have an extra ODe Special Day. lot ot Duroe Jeraey Red pi". tOT Bale trom BlreB and Neare.t Hotel outside the Yard.. Cable C81'8 PRlllt 20 resin 2t all ot pitch ounces, ounces, yellow dama that have never been beaten In the ahow ring In Hou.. Cor parts tbe Oity. JOHN CARSON. four cc unUes In XanRaB. I have bog. o( all ages in W. F. ORCUTT, Proprietor. wax 2t ounces, olive OJI It ------. ounces, or trio, ot no for .ale. Herd baa taken over Wjnchester. Kansas, palra kin. water 1 ounce. Melt the pitch, resin twenty prizes this lut year. My herd haa never had Importer and br(!f>der of OLYDESDALE and PER· a"y diaelllle. Stook all.llglble or recorded In Central WEAK, UNDEVELOPED PARTS and wax together, then add the oil and OHERON·NORMAN HORBES. Oholce stock for aale, Record. Please call and Bee stock, or write and give Including a"me fine Grades. Aloo Jack8 for Bale. deBcrlption o( what you want. Inqulrlea promptly ��r��r��lD��II';J��I�::1a����.r.�:��:nce�:k�I�18:,�I:.:!\� fre.. ERIE !II. Y. water. Constantly stir the mixture Oorrespondenee solicited. Satletactlon guaranteed; answered. Farm, thr.... mllel80DtheaatofOttawa. Kaa. MEDICAL CO., BUFFALO, . 15 1888. KANSAS FARMER.

The Line selected by the U. S. UOy·t $50 REWARD AN AUT�MATI� AND N�N-rn��ZIN� �T��X WAT�nIN� Tn�U�H. to carry the Fast Mall.

BOIES' ADDRESS STOCK WATERING GOODWIN & BISHOP DELI'BOS, KANSAS. TROUGH.

.tock berewltb Illustrated. a construc­ Farmor. and .tock·rol,or. wl11 ftn�.ln tbo eoutrtvance for waterlnll wute ot and always perform to pave Ume and troulJle, promote cleanliness, prevent water, yet that we are butldlne. Send for tion oal-ulated and in rrout oftbo trough 18 alrr\n,,�d to have an up and rlown movement, clrcularand IIstwhlcb will t'le service rr qulred, TLe platforw price crank arms wltb tbp cover .,hat wben the or other ant connecteo abort rods, and a crnnk rod and hog be mailed free. All are war­ 1880 by 1.0 normal will be and .. bea tbe animal stops oft'tM platform will retnrn Ito ranted to do work or no sate, mal step. upon It tbe cover rat.od, good cloee over tbo tbe cro•• han aero•• tbe top preventing the postttou. ann the cover will automatlcallv trough, NEWARK MACHINE CO,) Columbu8,O. ::�ef8 c;:�e�t��g:llb�:::tt�r ::�!:�\�:��o 5.000 MILES IN THE SYSTEM, ��!/�Oh�cEUr�����-;�;;:���e��frt��uf�,,�n: o�e:!::�r���I:, tb; Trains Pullmat me In botb bnt tbe of the water In the With Eleqant Through cuntalnlng tnat the w.ter "Ill alw.y. stand at the •• belllbt cOlapartmeDts, b·lgbl actnated a wblen admits water whP.n It (all. below a certain Palace Sleeping, Dlnl ng and Chair Cars, between d .. 1 "Ivl.lon I. controlled by a atop cock by d.at, be overflow or w88te waU-r. The the 8A it rlSA8 )\bove t,bat level. 80 that there can DO the following Jlramln,ent cities without change: level and cute off supply tbem anrl Its covers, are made with double wall., tbe space between FEED :g:RSTOCK ,Ide., end. and bottoms or the trough, PEORIA, COOK a 8ubstantial CHICACO, 815 a non-couductor of cold or beat, mak1ml pro­ the t)pina: carefully pack�rl with Rflbesto8 mUboard, With TRIUMPH a wbich of the farmers in some of our KANSAS t=ctlon RIlain8t ttle fref'zlng althe water tn cold weath..r, dHllculty many ST. LOUIS, CITY, STEAM CENERATOR a most sertous one. The cover has a small aperture WeeteTI] Statet', wbpre watt>r 18 Bearce, have roun» to be to of 10 tbat can DENVER, OMAHA, It will save your msv v·Dt.!lat.,1 ao� th'lnterlor partitions are made tbey . )oS � ...Itb wbtch tbe lolerlor ot the trouen b. stock will 1888. ' reed. and your be readily removed Cur cleanIDg.-ScUfll'!/Ic .Amerlcnn. January 91h, ST. JOSEPH, QUINCY, thrive better and fatten BURLINCTON, HANNIBAL, i Iustrat­ TESTIMONIALS: quicker. Send for DES MOINES, ed circular. Address AGEIOULTUBAL June SI, 1886. KEOKUK, , Ku., OFFICE OF KANOAI STATE COLLEGE, MANHATTAN,' � ROCK WHITACRE 8< CO., whom it cone..... : ISLAND, LINCOLN, RICE, 7b may .. of wblch tbat we hllve (or lome time bad one of tbe Boles' Steck Waterlnll TronRh.," 4?\V. Monroe st. .Outcuac. Tbl. I. to ""rtlfy been COUNCIL BLUFFS, are rne allenl tbat tbe worklnll" or tbe Trollgb have M....r., Goodwin'" or Delphos, K.s" a, ,and Btshop, 1.0 ont of from tbe ftrot, Tbe T'OURb. and connecttons Are .Imple aud not IIkelyaoon got ATCHISON, TOPEKA, -nUrely oatl.factory con­ •• In oucb a way a. te keep tbe tron�b8 r"palr. RDd tbe.upoly apparatn. I trlctlYRntomatlc. working freely LEAVENWORTH, Tbla Trougb seems te be a ueetul addition te our list of stantly snpplled. ���r:���\��ce··E. M. SHELTON. SIOUX CITY, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS. Sir.: The n (orM�:�r:;.o���I!A':'il:f��{iol�: �8��. I ME88RS. DISHOP '" GoonwIN-D."r Trough yon put Traina I bave te.ted rts use, tbe laving of Jabor ; spc· Over 400 Elegantl( Eqnlpped Passenger wish to .ay .0m.tbIDg or!t, Ilood q',alitle.. tboroul[hly tbe use o tbl.Tronllb, from sanlt.r\· ovlr this pe,fect syslem, passing I can more ft••b with Ie.. reed tban wltb open trougb.; tblrll, Flnt,' rUllnlng daily ond, PUtOD .. known that accees to rresh water at aU times con the Cities lind ccnslderattoua, CBDDO', be ovprelu,lm8ted, 98it 18 well pure Into and through important domestic animal. than all otner cau••s combined. of oucee more te the Ileneraillcod uealth o( Towns In the great States J. T. Live Stock Sanitary Commlaaloner. Respectfully, WHITE, ILLINOIS, IOWA, for �Good commission paid for setting Troughs. Territory forsale. Write particulars. MISSOURI, KANSAS, NEBRASKA, COLORADO, MINNESOTA. Connecting In Union Depot. for all Dolnt. In the SET THE BEST, AND TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE, States an� Terrltarles, EAST,WEST, NORTH ,SOUTH. 110 matter where you are going, purchase your ticket STITES a. CO'S STANDARD via the :IRON MEASURES Their l"t.8t Improvement" are Balled "BURLINGTON ROUTE" Half Busbels. and combiDed Stable Dallv Tr.!ns via this Line between KANSAS CITY,: Bucket and Half Bushel. Your Gro­ LEAVENWORIH, ATCHISON, ST. JOSEPH nnd DEli sale cervman ought to have tbem. For MOINES, COUNCIL BLUFFS, OMAHA, SIOUX CITY, hardware bouse8. Send by the leading ST. PAUL and MINNEAPOLIS. for C'1\rcnlars and Price List•• Addre.s, KANSAS CITY, ATCHISO� ST. JOSEPH and STITES & CO•• Mannfactarer", HANNIBAL and CHICAGO, Without Change. •1390 Ea"tern AYenne, Clnclanatl, Ohio. OUINOY. J. F. BARNARD, a'N'L MG." K. c., IT. j•• Co D. AN. H. A ST. J., 8T. JOUPH. A. C. DAWESt Qt.'L PAl., A.'T, I(. 0., IT. J•• Co a. AN. H. A '1'• .III 8T. JOSEPH. TILEf!!BRICKMACHINERV� STONE-SEPARATING Platn Drlllll, Perfect Force Feecl. No CLAY· CRUSHERS ����:e.r!e�e��':;I1� p;;:�� L��IY:';r"ovve:d Hoe Shifter, an Accurate Suryeyor. Also. S1. LOlliS, F1. Scott & Wichita The Famous Glass Feed Fertilizer DRillS, Bockeye Walkln. and Rldln. CaltlYatorll, RAILROAD. Seederll, Sower" Doable Shoycl Plow", Cider l"IIIII Hoell, Da. ....Ho.y --THE- Trackll. SI!OND FORRRkelliHorseC RCULARS. P. P. MAST & CO., Springfield, O. BRANCH HOUSES: New Reliable Short Line. only BUC­ Phlladelphta, Pa., 8t. Lo"'II. Mo.. Ou,alaa,Neb." Peorla,JIl." st. Pallll.inn. ceBBful Ro­ miles the shortest route to Chicago, liall.a. Cltll, 1110., 8"... .Jf'rGJlcls(Jo. CA••• Forty, eight tary pnwer In Hannibal, St. Loul8. and all eastelO polnt8. All trains run daily, No 8top·over. This is the pop­ WClrld. the ular route via � t. Scott to

BI!ND for CATALOQUI! of WIND -+SEDGWICK,'I- Cincinnati, Louisville, Indianapolis, Na..hville, Cleveland. M�mpbl8, Buffalo, Add,... MILLS. Iron PumPB, eto. Atlanta. New York. New Orlean8, R08ton, STEEL WIRE FENCE Jacksonvllle, Philadelphia. Chattanooga, Sharrard, Searles & Co., Portland, San Francisco, and all points In Texa8, Missouri, California, Da­ GENERAL AGENTS, kota, Ohio, Indiana. and New Engla.nd otates. Advanco Stock Through Tho Hydrant No. 621 Commercial St" ATCHISON, XAS. For Watering all kinda of J;,ive Stock. It CHAIR CARS will not free:r.e. It is self-acting, doing its PULLMAN SLEEPING and THE OLD RELIABLE HALLADAY own work. It is durable and rt'lia­ siJnple, Attached to Pappenger Trains. ble. Send for pamphlet giving full descrip· Leave \NTFIONY, 7:10 am.; WICHIT .... 9:43 STANDARD WIND MILL LOUtS il. m,; lOLA, 3;15 p. m .. arriving at 'ST. tion. C. A. BOOTH, TOPEKA, KAS. direct Is tbe best general purpose wire fence In nse. It Union Depot, 6;50 a. m. dally, making Louis for all Is a stron. net-work without barbll. Don't cOllnectlon in Union depot at St. Ini:Jre stock. It will turn dogs, PI�S, sheep and polnIs East. i�de�,�'t1� Maps and further information will be fur­ fe"���rror �a�r::�� ��r��:;Ss�8sro�� �!�:;,s on to the undp,"IRned. for Lawns. nilllled application, road". Very neat, pretty styles Park., J W, MILLER, Scbool-Iota and Cemelerle8, Covered wltb rust- Vice Pre8't and Gen'l Mansl!'er. r:�r�d�ai��IYfI�r�eli}�_��:.anm� b���e:�'�� Fort I:lcolt, KanFa.s. boardll or barbed wire In every respect. Tbe Sedtrwlck Gat"8 made or wrougbt-Iron pipe and steel wire, defy all competition In ligbtness. neat­ --THBJ-- ness. strength and durahility. We make tbe best, cheapest and easiest working all-Iron antomatic or lIelf-openlnlJ trate, and the neatest cl.eap Iron fenoell now made. Tbe best Wire Stretcherll, Cattla. Pliers and POllt A,isers. & Alton Railroad! Hardware Ghica�o Dealers, ��J'J��::,��n¥ro"�I�;�I���::,k Is the Best Route from SEOCWICK BROS., Richmond, Ind· KANSAS CITY to tbe EAST,

A, New Farm Implement. BECAUSE 'm. Tbere Is DO chaDge of caro of any claas from Kansas City to Cblcago. BROWN'S There Is no chaDge of can of any class from Kan_ E-t ( Made of can of class from St. Lonls Sawing EasYaa Whitman's I'atent l�:cnGd(;D.;: 1¥t.!':eBlt,j ����8nge any to CblcaRO. The DcstCit.lcr and \'.�;n FENCE-BUILDER! lItOllABOH :r.IOBDIRO U:WIBO lIttACBINB Bur. cODnoe-tloDo In Union Depots at Kan.as City Mill madc. 'ViII 111'.l

For Fourteen Years (Now Entering Our Fifteenth Season) We Have Sold the

______H()LIJ RELIABLE ,,---- . AULTMAN & TAYLOR THRESHING· MACHINERY'

To the good Farmers and Threshermen of IANSAS and MISSOURI; direct and through our able representatives, and" obtain elsewhere. we know of no customer but will admit we gave him more for his money in flll1.s lil18 than he could and the same is the Some of the Machines we sold around 'here when we first came to this country are still running. case in other sections. U"M. A. and W. W. Wisecarver, of Keighley, Butler county, Kansas, bought a T�reBher of us last aeason to" replace an AULTMAN & TAYLOR SEP· ARATOR they had run for thirteen years, and would still do good work, but they thought it about time to give the old Machine a rest. We don't think any ?ther Theshing Ma· chinery can show such a record as the" OLD RELIABLE" STARVED ROOSTER THRESHER.

We'are now receiving our stock for harvest of 1886, SEPARATORS with the latest improvements. TRACTION ENGINES, SELF·GUm)! ENGINEd, STRAW-BU:RNER ENGINE�, far ah�ad of !lny ot�er make; LlGHT-RUNN[NG WOODBURY HORSE-POWERS-all nizee and prices. in the Bqy nothing Threshmg Machmery hne until you see Aultman & .Taylor Al1;ents, or write us direct. Respectfully, TRUMBULL' REYNOLDS & ALLEN· GENERAL\ AGENTS. .' 'KANSAS OITY� MO.

'TWO-OENT OOLUMN. Short-horn Bulls forSale, Over $1,000,000 and the Hardest W.ork on the Farm Saved SINOE THE INTRODUOTION ell' We have for sale at reduced prtees twenty extra tine' ThorO'l.l{JhJJred Red Yearu,ng srwn·horn Bulls, all sired by our pure THE DArN BALE-A Ten·Hono-Power Aultman'" Tay· Bates Bull. Baron Bates 13th, 54616. FORlor 10 TJ.'BCtton Tbreehlnl! Eogloe good repair. Address G. W. GLICK & SON, Add... S. H. Dowo Seed Xas, AutomLtic & •• Topeka HOlloe, Topeka. Gatherersi . Atchison, Kas. Hay-Stacker ManufActured by the SkLE-Nlne hnndred tine· wooled Sheep. For FORpartlculan addreaa B. J. Yager. Auhurn. Sbawnee �.,Kaa. Jersey Cattle. To" R. & A. MANUFAaTURING CO'I MISSOU'IfooIl. - KANSAS CITY, FOR BALE One hnndred Grade Hereford Bod Fifty Her. Register and Grade Cows and Heif. YvucaoootatrordtobewlthoutthhMacbln.ry. ItwllllBv"" • an a :. He..!}�eBs.,'f��I': \'OOw(i����)i�r�0;db��J'Jl8�fJ�� ers for sale. Farmers d R nehmen more "TI,.e and more hard labor than ao], mao. I' Garth '" Co 1410Unlon money. UmA. -': •• aveoue. ever One til'"'' and the horses wlll stack 0.8 much aA ten men anrt AlI hone(t)o ���I.. Also several Bulls at low cbinery Invented, WBn, boys hay ��gl�� prices. tbe oln way aod no It beUer, One StRcker and t"o <.at.herer. will put twenty to I,hlrty aCrA" per day In' the Address that "m work 10

O. F. . will huy an Improved F"rm'of 160 acre. SEARL, �:��h��'!';,� !��V.�9a:�:r 'rb�w:�y. 'WI\� I�':�t:.��\rv'l'h���t�t!t."ecr�·�i ���.�n!:,.����ker "ind;: of IInt·cl.u laod In Solomun " 000 IIIcPheroon county, City. Kansas. Price of Stacker, 875; Steel Wheel Gatherer, Bend for Cree D,acrlptlve Olrcular as, .�5. '. 1.5 'l'e11ll.....y. AddreM DeMotte. 273 Kaoans av­ enue. Topeka. Olosing Out Sale I dark bay Hone. 6 yean old. 16 haud. mark. STRAYED-Oneblah. collar hlRh uo on both shoul­ Of the NORWOOD HERD OF JERSEYS EDEN PARK FARM HERD .. 10nR ooder den-freab·madp. mane-(lllpped collar. at bottom tmcee. Fifteen head of pad. Aloo. ooe bright bay Horae POOl', 9 or 10 young ye.n and Heifers of the old ••nlp 00 nose. I.alher "trap arouod neck, he I. a qows best millclng famf­ cribber. The 1I0der will h. re"arded for 10foruiBtIoo hes. Also two-year-old Alphes Reitor-tbe ONE HUNDRED AND·FIFTY about IBid aolmal.. JM. Hayd.n. "Kas. best buill CUmmlngo, ever owned. For prlces and par- address E. A. AM A ticulars, SMiTH OANDIDATE FOR OLERK OF THE DIS· Norwood Stock I trlct Court. aubJect to tbe decloloe of the Republl Farm, Lawrence, Kas. caa couventloo. July 21.1886. Wlllla'!' M. Aberoatby. HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS� HOMEOPATHIC VETERINARY HlTMPHREY'BRemedlea foraale by D. Druggist. Topeka. Bulls K8Il. HUlm�s. Excelled by None Equa.led by Fe"VV'. '" 00 Real FOR SALE. .• Estate aod Loan 7 7 BARTHOLOMEWBrokera 189 Kanees avenue, Top.ka. KM. Write tbem ror lo?ormallon about tbe of We offer the Flat Creek 'fopeka, capital tbe splendldly-hrsd 'WITT No, of F, G. Hor­ 8tate.orland8.farm80rcltyproperty. Mary Bull YOUNG MARY Babcock. DUKE fill' sale. JACOR2662 H, H. B, No. nellsvtlte, N. Y., has Also six otbers-one 210 one N. H B .• a direct been to the _ Ftbert, transferred HOLSTEIN·FRIESIAN BULLS For sale at AIlAlald!3, tbe one one Nan Die descendaut of the fa· farms in KansBs where SIX Timber Lloe Her.1 Farm. at very 10" price•. Rosamond, Ask for aoytblng you waut. W. J. Estes'" Soos tw,w!lII.Galateays,1 lams. OUNG MARY DUKE has been mous Rooker. the found they will continue to Andover. KM. used in our herd .for two years; calved Feb. er of the Aalde famtly. he bred and ou sale. he IS a and we eanrtidty think Nearly ,,11 of the orlg­ OYED red, and breeds; got \ MEN Os ke 6t the best Holstetn hull innlimportation Is con­ UNEMP[ tor tbe ruarYbl883;by Duke of. Acklem, dam Barrington Ageot. Gr�� No�tl��n c���"l ��s�s 1I0W Iivln'l' in Hnl­ ta lned In Ibis lot. and headql1o.rten for floe Portrait.. I Bates 11th by 20th Duke of Airdrle IOd!.r·Iuk� Wl\ler: 13,872, land or America. stands they have never been Orayon. Samplea free. Addres' N. L dam Red Belle 2<1 .• grand by Bell etc. ",t the head of the or from rlon 0 N. Y. Sharon, herd. plckeil eunen tooe. pa�am. .Come and see him and his calves. Prices We also h R ve rente-en­ to Any extent.. We Ww.. Pri.cea low MILLER tattves from the Nether­ have the best and will HAVE FOR BALE-Tbe Collo"lng Hogs bred from BROS., land and all the noted undersoln COD· I selections from M. B. Ke.gy'. Berksblre'berd. viz: JUNOTION CITY, KAS not be One 20 families of s. Boar. month. old; tbree '"'ow. of same Ittter : Holsteio siderlng qwillt! ot live Gilts. 9 months old. Obolce Pigs; prices low: This herd, the property stock. Orden aollcUed. Addr..s J. H. Doogberty. KM. welling. too, , POULTRY AND STDC� FARM FOR SALE I We also have a choice herd of I otrer 10 sell lOy 80 acre Poultry aud Stock Farm known as the SaUne BLUE RIBBON Valley Poultry Farm, containing COUNTY OF 60 acres in cultivation and II " . GREATEA.STEUN J(rowll1g crops 300 youug KANSAS. Jell'erson 200 Peach county AIJple Trees, over Trees 11 I • don·t owe a dollar. Price 'Llst of Treep, 10,000 Forest' ABERDEEN ANGUS . AND Farmll in small groves and nursery 100 GALLOWAYS. etc•• free. Address & shape bearing . Metzger Inoley , Oskaloooa'' Vine aod otber KM. Cuttbla out. •• sw"ll frUl1. Cultivated groundGrayeu . excellent coodltlon. Dwelling HouBe 84x38 six one'Btory solicited. New. now out. Address roomB, c�llRr uuder entire hou8e water 1n kltehen' Correspondence catalogue -clstel'nand drive-well. Barn 32:X32, fitt.ed up for horse stable, corn-crib, Ceed-cotlklng', btns, loft, etc. Twelve­ D. D. Coot with OLARK, Manager, windmill, pump and t..,d.grloder. A ow all no ""pplled wltb water "hed Cor KANSAS TERRA COTTA, ]£LLSWORTH KANSAS. Yon Want a HOllO? Yos. p,aslurb, oJlod milch cows. [Mention FARIIIER.J Co., 'I "0 Hatching 80,1 Rearing HoueeB Cor Poultry each Tbeo write to WM. J. ESTILL &: 14xoO CO•• l\led­ Ceet. glo.os Cronts. conveohintly fltted up. ·Nlne. lolne Kas. leeo LOdge. They have for sale over ooe Poultry HouBe" 8xl6 feet 38 for huodrod tracts eacb; coopo youug ofObolce Laod In Barber conoty Kao. cblek.: water and feAd for nil BUltable for trougb. coop. aod bouBea. 1&8, (arma or . rancbes, Pa.'fmenta or Farm Implements, fact to cRsb. Wagone-In evervtbin� neces­ term. anlt pur.cbBBer. Those d.. to ruo lrlng to locale 10 sary a farm. and all In good working order. All FIRST ANNUAL PUBLIC SALE the beat pm oC Kan888 should write at 00 once. Partlc. Poultry haod at time oCBale. aod a well.e.tobIlBhed ulan free. City - addition of property 80 acres to poultry trade. Thlrty·llve head oC Grad. one -OF-- 101e 6Oxl50 Cattle. Lodge-In reet, at low co.oh prices. Durham Bull-2 yearaOld, five fine BrooC] Maree. Price .Medlcloe for tbe entire place. everythhlR locluded except my houoebold goods, '7.800. Or all tbe FARMS AND above, except catl.le RANCHES--INVESTl'IIENTS ami bor.....6,2110 ..... Thl. farm 10 9 mile. from Bolina and .. town IMMIGRATION I of 6.000 InhabltaotB and 3 mil•• from neareBt railroad Btatlon. The We have for IBleor exchaoge farm Is b�autlfuUy .ltna!e,1 on Agrlculturalaod Graz, a Bouth CHOICE SHORT-HORNS .lnpe, the Ing Lands 10 1111880url. Kaosas. Oolorado viewing valley of the S.Une rlver.o TexM aod the and New in tracts from ODe to far.M eye rtl8ches, In the productive wheat belt --ON-- .. MeXico, one m'lllion Bcres Wild of Kansas. To anyone a Laoda. $1 to 110 per acre on ooe to eleveo dflslrlnQ: peaceful 11fe on a time. year.; farm, t.ogether with au not too Improved '10 to 160 acre occupation burdensome Farma. per o"log to In 8 termB cl1mate secoud to nODe for In a location; reasonable. We Rre for Union btalth, country Pacillc 8.gfDt6 far advancec. In with Thursday, August 5, 1886, Rall"ay Laod•• Bod locate coleoles' aod Impl'OVemeDt�, choicc society. buy schools and tbl8 18 a sell city. couoty. auel churcbes, chance rarely founlt A At ALTAKAM towosblP. bridge Bchool bOlldB' limited number 01 FARM, make loaDa OD' firat .. claaa improved lands cattle aod borBeB cao be kept ':t a (personal ex: Amall expense as choice amlnatloo) at 7 to 8 per cent 2 to 6 pRstur(l can be bart near by, .• yeRral time. Cor. Tbu. a Bod small /arm produceo large. Curtber Infor. respondeoce capital 8OlIclted. . Aoy PLEASANT Refereoces aod matlon HILL, aJso . MO., Information cheerfully reMon for . «lveo free. Special ra'''. to excur