SIXTEEN TO TWENTY ESTABLISHED 1888. J l .DECEMBER 1 PAGEs-a1.00 A YEAH. VOL. XXXII, No. 1l2. f TOPEKA, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, 26,1894.

POULTRY. SWINE. CATTLE. TABLE OF CONTENTS. SALlIl· Pure-bred Dark Brahmee, Partridge S. SLOPE FORCoohlnl. Boudane, S. L,Wyandottes. Hena, put­ McCULLOUG�",SlJNNY FAR., PAGE 2-THB STOOX Il!ITBBB8T.-Hog and Btock at 76 . Ottawa, Kansas.' leta cockerels at.al.liO each; youug . Kal. C. S. CROSS",Proprietor Emporia Cholera and SwinePla.gue. A New Food oents eaob. W, H, Rauch, Wlcblta, Kas. Breeder ot Pure-bred Breeder ot PURE-BRED HEREFORD Kansas Swine Breeders. BERKSHIRE �WINE. for Cattle. OA.TTLE. Herd beaded Wild Tom 61692, a B. DILLlIl '" SONS, 1IIDGIIIRTON, KAs" breeders Stook for .ale at all time. by The American Guernsey Cattle Club, son or Bean Real 11UM and aB8lsted by eons ot A Satl.taotlon guaranteed. Write tor wbat yon want. Experiments1n Feeding Horses. B�c:!:,h�:� �.t, Ici.��:�d�:�".h��� Cberry Boy 26175J Aroblbald let 89258 and Wasblng­ ��::YS�' 22616. 200 all In berd. Stronll In PAGE 8 - AORIOULTUBAL MATTBBB.- Ex­ 16; turke7 egg81S per 11. Satlafaollon guaranteed. ton nead, ag.s. per and Horace. A. Substitute tbe blood ot Lord Wilton, Anxiety periments With Subsoiling. SEL·ECT HERD OF BERK·SHIRES obolce lot or young bulls and belfers, lit for POULTRY YARDS.-L.1II. With Have trom State talr winners. Can better stllanr., for Corn. Experiments Forage EUR1IIKA Plxle�,Em- tor lale pigs eompanr. Oorreepondenee solicited, or, Plants. -and���::�'c����:� �� !,��m�m.�;:o..;.:t Oil classes tor show, Boara tortallaervloe. A tew a peraonallnlpectlon Invited, PAGE 4-IRRIGATIoN.-Gasoline Engines -Their Construction and Operation. PAGE 5-IRRIGATION (continued). -Suc­ ��t�:�ft�St���:.n�e���.M�EB�g�gT�1u�I��k�:e���8�an�n�?�p�e�k�l�n�d�u�0�k�a'�C�h�I�0�k�"���h.�O��C���";'�OE�w���bR�re�;�:�B�A.�ed�rd�r':t�:�n�,s�b�a�wn��e�e�o�o�.:!!,�/�s�. SHANNON HILL STOCK Fm: •••• Infor­ cessful Potato-Growing Wants G. W. GLICK, ATCHISON, KA.8. Some Prae­ II mation on Potato-Raising. Breeda and hu tor lale Bate8 and Batea-topP84 I tical Questions-Answers by a Practical SHORT-HORNS. m- Farmer. Improved Stock Breeders. Ap­ Waterlo0:i!:rklevlngton, Ks.xaaa FARMER. =1=re�l'::.':.'�7"�dBa�;::r:#�:� - Osage Orange , prectates 100 Duke of Shannon Hill No. 898'79 and • Publishers' I' Hedge. Paragraphs. Winsome Duke 11th 111l,13'7 at head ot herd. PAGE 6-THB HOMB CffiOLB.-A Little Choice 70ung bulll tor lale now. Vtelton welcome. Boy's Wish (poem). Memories (poem). Addrel. W. L. OHAFFEE. Manacer. Ii Window Box. An Invalid's Gar­ I Tasty I den. About Blackheads. Pretty China SWINE. I Closet. / PAGE 7-THB YOUNG FOLXB.-A Tale of a Bad Little Boy (poem). The -: Shark's Jaws. The Cunning 'Possum. Two Brave Girls. Ways of Spiders. Jeptha, the Terrier. PAGE 8-EDITORIAL.-Improyed I Stock Breeders' Association­ 'I Annual Meeting. End of the / Year. I TheSpeakership. Reg­ / ulate the Public Printing. Dates of Farmers' Institutes. 9-EDITOBIAL. -State . PAGE t. Board of Agriculture. Decem­ A. E. STALEY, Kansas. ber Crop Report. Shall the a. Ottawa, Greenbacks be Destroyed? CHESTER WHIT1IlS AND PAGE lO-HoRTIOULTURB.-Hill­ fji.. ��a���:e�i!,S'l.I��ght Ing up Potatoes-Subsolling­ 0,,· Weeds, Forestry Report to W. S. Kansas State Horticultural ATTEBURY, / Kansas. Bul­ ROH8vUle, Society. Thayer's Berry BREEDIIIROl!' letin for January. PAGE ll-THE ApIARY.-Re­ Chester Whites moving the Queen - Alfalfa Exclusively. Itock at all times. Satisfaction guaranteed, Honey. Bee-Keeping Mistakes. Young

•.•. IN THE Queen-Cage Candy PRAIRIE COTTAGE FARM DAIRY.-Protectlng the Cows. Oleo in Iowa. Associa­ HlYIlIe oj ti,e Chester Whit• . Dairy . \ Hogs. tion Notes. Dairy Notes. . : / PAGE 12-Field Notes From C. J. HUGGINS, Brown County. and Wamego, PAGE l3-THE VETERINARIAN . KanRap, SWINE. SWINE • �LOUISVI11e Markets, . a .. :Horse Markets Reviewed. Have for sale brood SOW8, two boars. also nice PAGE l4-TliE POULTRY YARD. -Cheap lot of spring pIgs of both sexes. the get of my herd J!'ANCY BRED PO- / GROVE HERD OF T.A.HUBBARD boars, Ben Buster 6189 and Jerry SIDJIlsnn 6tH!. Cor­ Poultry House. Fattening Poultry. land·Chlna 8wlne. Also Brahma fowls. I MAPLE Light respondence and Inspect'n lnv lted, Prices reas'n'bte. Geese for Market. Simple Drinking Owned by Wm. Plummer'" Co., OSlllle City, Kas. Rome, Kansas, 'I'ank. Winter Quarters for Poultry. Stook of all age8 for sale at reasonable rates. <-. Breeder ot .. i POLAND-CHINAS and How to Prevent Chicken Cholera. The !iil"'�'I ') SAJ.E-Duroc-Jersey pig"; also Polnnd-Chlna. r" , LARGE ENGLISH Thoroughbred Duroc-JerseyHogs of Bird to Kansas State Kind Raise, FORBronze tnrkeys, '1'01l)ou88 geese. Pekin ducks, HERKSHIRES. Two hundred head, All agel. Regl8tered stock.

ill and there ill in tbe l1ghtof a thorough knowledge of of the malady slower, better Leather. their nature and ch4racters! otherw'ille, consequently a much opportu· the There is 'Hungry the chances' are that etlorts for their nity to observe symptoms. to harm rather first seen the signs of fever, shivering, The natural rood of leather is oil. THOROUGHBRED STOCE SALES. suppression �ill lead to more or less than to bene.licial results. unwillingness mote, and stiff leather is soft-in a , Hard Datu claMmd onll/ lor••aIt. wh(ch are oo-u.ed or of There Is a known as anthrax loss of appetite, elevatton tempera­ are to be oovertiled in thil paper. dis!)as.�, minute with 106 to 1070 attack of warm- ture which may reach F.; POlandoOhlna which may Q.ll species Fl!lnRUARY 7-W. H.Wren, Marlon, the animals and dull, I5wlne blooded animals, sometimes atfects appear stupid Ho'" a�� , FlII..RUARY 13-.H, & P C. Wlntencheldt, hide in the limited areas of this eoun- and have a tendency to and M, C, Poland'Chlna the hogs in ton, VanoeU. Muscotah. covered Vacuum 8wlne. combination. This disease does not litter or bedding and remain atid J. try. spread FEBRUARY Evans, Falrvle";' it. The bowels be normal or Sabetha,I4-Dan;%.Po and·Chlna swine, oomblti.... from farm to farm with the rapidity by may at the of the t.o�orley, nor to like the distance \hat constipated beginning Leather Oil. FlIInaUARY 28-Jno. � Dowell, Robinson, Poland· anything but later there is generally a China swine. is common with hog cholera. When attack, �5C. worth iJ R ralr trlal_nd your money back ex- want it-a swab with each call. it exists, cattle and sheep, and often liquid and fetid diarrhea, abundant, if)'oll to the end. For' pamphlet. free, "'How TO TAKE CARE HOG OHOLERA AND SWINE PLAGUE. are also and the hausting, and persisting horses, atf�cted; hogs OP LEATH6R." send to' The are at first congested and . VACUUM OIL CO,. Rocheater. N. Y. The United" States Department of usually contract i�, from eating the eyes but soon the thick­ has issued a most 'carcasses of animals that have died watery, sepretion Agriculture just in is oonfined to certain becomes yellowish, accumulates valuable bulletin, No. 24, on "Hog with it. Anthrax ens, The American 09.ttle Olub. the and the lids together. Guernsey Cholera and Swine D., E. regions of the country, and is seen in angles gums Plague," by than usual EDITOR KANSAS FARMER:-A large Bureau those after It is Tb.e breathing is more rapid Salmon, D. V. M., Chief of the rellions year year. Amer­ and be and labored in number of the members of the of Animal The not a common diseaae with hogs. may oppressed Industry. following Cattle Club were diseases the later stages. There is a cough, ican Guernsey present copious excerpts, which will continue These are about the 'only is not or represented at the annual meeting ,three of the KANSAS liable to be mistaken for hOll cholera which, however, very frequent, through numbers New December 12. has and heard when the animals of the club in York, are on account of their and swine plague,and as one of them generally FARMER, given the Treasurer showed a are driven from ,their' bed. It may be The report of value to all swine-raisers: never been seen in this country, al\d 'as great be balance of The debt of $2,000, more ofte:J. a cough, or it may par- $2,231.81. INTRODUCTORY. the other is infrequent and single dry often incurred the World's Fair con­ other of it is oxysmal. The skin is congested during losses from cholera affects species animals, The annual hog inner sur­ is still but arrangements that disease con- and red over the abdomen, test, carried, United States plain any contagious in the are unquestion- surface of the were made for on same. Lib­ fined to swine which breaks out in this face of the limbs, under payment for all made for the ably very heavy, although and on the ears. The color eral appropriatIons were country is in all probability either hog neok, diseases of swine are called cholera by red to dark cholera or swine varies from a pinkish ooming year. not familiar with them, solen- plague. made people red or purple. An eruption is some- The most important change tific has conflrmed the GENERAL CHARACTERS. investigation which leaves crusts or was the approval of a plan for the pub­ cholera and swine are times seen, of our farmers that we have a Hog plague in opinion scabs of various sizes over the skin. lication of the Herd Register quar­ destruotive to both very fatal and destructive. They widespread and plague loss of the animal and with a supplement to in of the Uriited There is rapid flesh, terly issues, which the term cholera be affect hogs all parts Breeder's hog may weak, stands with arched back be known as the Gue'l"TI.sey researohes States, and cause heavy losses, whioh grows appropriately applied. The drawn and walks JournaZ. The subscription price will estimated to reach from and the abdomen up, of the Bureau of Animal Industry, con- have been IUO,- with a totter�ng, uncertain gait. There be $2 a year. dueted the most and 000,000 to $25,000,000 annually. in thorough inclination or to This will Guernsey breeders the resemblance in the fea- is less and less ability give manner and with the aid of Owing to systematio and exhaust­ means of entrIes much more im- move, and the weakness securing of modern tures of the two diseases and the all the appliances science, ion until death results. promptly, and also oollected in compact another possibility of distinguishing between Increase shown that there is , have swine in form the latest Guernsey news and them scientiflo The symptoms of plague called swine plague, whioh ap- except by investigation, disease, oases are different tests. we cannot what of this many notnotil�eably to be almost as common and fatal say proportion pears of cholera, Volume 5 of the Register was pre­ loss should be ascr-ibed to one disease from those hog Frequently, as cholera. the and is now hog however. the lungs are extensively in­ sented at meeting ready resemble each and what to the other. Both diseases These two diseases in that for distribution. be and both flamed in swine plague, and other in their are known to oommon, very closely symptoms, is more At 1 m. several Guernsey breeders Infection, condl.tion the breathing op­ p. ,­ and it an examination of the spread by the requires and labored. and the cough not members of the club came into the animal's Hog cholera is particularly fa.tal to pressed internal organs after and listened to an and often attacks them more frequent and painful. meeting able,a

aero of ,corn, and both were tended the both' same. The corn yielded d:ouble Scott's· of fod�er and grain the Kt.mr corn did. The rainfall for the growing s�on and most of EXPElUMENTB WITH BUBSOILING. was about fo,!!rteen inohes, came before the 4th of July. Emulsion Bome time Secretary Coburn ad­ �t ago II corn will stand more Kaffir dry letter of to Youngers 0.00 dressed a . 0.00 inquiry 1 2 -1 Fine gravel than corn. If cream of Cod-liver with 0.00 weather in one respect the Oil, .. 0.00 the sand. . whioh -.11 Coarse . & of Geneva, Neb., to 2 1 that will Co., - 0.00 comes 3 .5 .25' Medinm sand . 0.00 a spell in July Hypophosphites, is for was and in o.ln dry received, sand .. 048 following reply , .36 -.1 l4'ine the Kaffir corn _ It.62 ruin corn, will, .. 12.711 nearly it do the good II .1 -.05 Ve-q fine sand Coughs,' order that may greatest 5a.87 still and be - 69.17 stand 6 .06 .01 BUt . like sorghum, injured 4. 76 Seoretary - Colds, the . 11.12 to greatest number, 7 .01 .005 Fine aUt if rains come soon af­ 10.87 15.45 but little;, good has furnished it to the .005- .0001 Clay .. 80re Throat; Coburn kindly 8) ---- make a terward it will head out �d \ KANSAS FARMER for publication: 88.M 88.05 Total mineral matter..... But if the season is one of BronchitiS, 3 9'� 8.91 good crop. return from an extended Loss at 110Q C Weak "Upon my 7.68 6.82 last and first of Lungs, Loss OD Ignition...... no rainfall the of July find un­ (10(9l ---- trip through Colorado, I your will and from Consumption. 99.114 98.78 August, it surely faU,' answered communication. I hasten to not stand of this year's experience wlll' Loss Flesh, of use to TlU(pIiBATUBE AND BAINFAL1.. it may yet be as reply, trusting near as Diuoh dry weather sorghum, Emaciation. and will to answer your ques­ worse. you, try and chinch bugs work it muoh Weak Babies, as Prevailing di- tions as fully possible. In in a season of aver­ firm rectwn wftld. thislooality, Crowing Children, "Several years ago the nursery thin Kaffir I age rainfall, and on upland, Poor Mothers' Milk, & of which I am' a of Youngers Oo., corn will make more seed than corn, we Total �.::� �S�imSS� 8crofula, whenever ••• observecl that • almost member, one serious fault-it is , taUon...... ,..4..4cQC'i� 0e-.i but it has . Aneemla; grain, corn or potatoes follow­ without planted pru'Pf-1 impossible to get a good conditions call­ had slfnd in fact, for all a of we invariably if it ing crop trees, seeding heavy enough so that Ra(n...... for a and effective better results than where ordi­ thinned ing quick. much all comes it has to be 1 nearly up Fre», and cultivation had been farmer nourishment. Smdfor Pampklltt. nary plowing out and the average by hand, 600. SflOW...... Ioottll Bowne, N. Y. andlj. followed. This led us to experiment do this. AUDruggll". cannot afford to - 1 - as well as and on field nursery crops, The condJtions I have named before, the same that plowing .... we find deep Oloudll· .. · etc., make t1;le experi­ is the variety. It ma­ the soil elevation, wants early feed, and thorough prepara.tion of 1 sta.tion so far as ments at the here, tured the· third orop of seed before will as well as for for field crops pay no value new Part clear..... tIeld go, of practicable frost. When I cut (he first heads The main crManhattan, is probably better qualified judge who advertises in the columns of the us that subsoiling is no longer satisfy what crops, if any, can be grown Plants. FARMER. He had been in an adjoining on paying With an For instance, rye differ­ Experiments Forage experiment. Saline than one in a talked to a farmer who had in county, FARMER:-The ar­ county and land subsoiled yielded thirty and a half EDITOR KANSAS of the where elevation, acres. The farmor informed ent part State, FARMER on red in ten bushels acre; on land not subsoiled, ticle I wrote for the per soil and rainfall make it ne�ssary .to that he his Kaffir corn, One field arrested the attention him ground two and a half bushels. of method of Kaffir corn has follow an different considered one bushel of Kaffir entirely - have re­ and he was to oats. Part readers and twenty acres planted of your they bushels of corn as farming. with corn equal to two of this land had raised two crops of that I give my experience Mr. C.'s printed in the quested use. used In article, of and for family They since the oats being the some of the other varieties forage feed, corn subsoiling, FARMER of November with com last the 21, former several bushels year, prepared third crop, and theyield was thirty-nine As I said in my article, ments Prof. he evidently plants. oat and it was as Another by Georgeson, same as we do meal, . and a quarter bushels per acre. varieties I tested were white and out "what the end the of the field had raised but one has not found yet millo palatable. portion red Kaffir corn, white and yellow so far as what to raise essential of corn since subsoiling, the oats shall be," crop brown There are t.wo very points crop the maize, white African sorghum, the. second crop, and the yield to pay. With an average rainfall, in a crop of Kaffir corn:' first, being Jerusalem corn and teosinte. raising third bushels to durra, was forty-foul' and a per region from Solomon Hays City, not to too thick; second, thorough The white millo maize produced plant while oats in an adjoining field, the Union Pacific railroad, is one will not to sow broad­ acre, along averaging culture. It pay not yielded seventeen rush­ and stock­ juicy and leafy stalk, subsoiled, of the best wheat-growing tall, cast. -I never experimented with any Potatoes in to twelve feet high. The els acre. planted May can be found. from eight per localities tbat in that but a few days ago I rode bushels acre of raising erect. The is large way, yielded ninety-six per wheat the heads grow aeed But with the price of past miles to see a field that was sown, average-sized potatoes. wanted for forage, six good, little in and white. If just of the of 1893-on sub­ three years there is but money and not. more than one-fourth "Last year-season white millo maize would do, but Jt for seven years were soiled land a of seventy-five bush­ it, and stock-growing stalks hail heads on; they very yield takes-&. season to mature the seed, was on been much better. long fodder was short and els of corn per acre obtained; has not middle of small, and the and a frost before the Sep­ land not subsoiled the yield was thirty­ It is sure we cannot afford to in Kaffir corn will do pretty catch the seed not ripe. poor quality. acre. and tember would six bushels per wheat as a stock feed alone, better than corn on poor land, but the grow maize about six land on which the experiments non-saccharine Yellow millo grows "The the will the rioher the better for a large yield. Do question is, stools from the gr.ound were conducted is high prairie land, feet tall and a reliable and paying until the gets warm, We en­ sorghums prove as twelve not plant ground our well 114 feet deep. I have counted as high being as a stock feed and up. as it also the rain­ substitute for corn seed. so the seed will sprout quickly, close analysis of the soil, heads and stalks from a single come until the ground gets for the season of 1894, taken by a general crop? the will not up fall 1878 Not all of the heads ripened seed, located at The most of farming since the rows three feet the government station my goose-necked. wa'rm. Layoff and and the heads grow will Geneva. "YOUNGERS & CO., has been done in Russell county, I drill the seed so there be Take the country far enough south, apart\ YOUNGERS JR" most of the or twelve inches. PETER have experimented one stalk etght "By with. the heads would the every SAMPLES OF SOIL A.ND' Sm:SOIL where all ripen, ANALYSES OF much-boomed non-aeocharlneaorgbums land free of weedn and well seed and the .. FROM YOUNGEBS & GEN1IIVA. NIIB. , would be in both Keep 00., sent out yield large harvest a Sub80il. as were first by seedsmen, oultivated and you will crop Sot!. they The seed is large and yellow. claimed to be "the forage. or October. Insoluble matter 78.84 77 07 and other crops . this Kaffir corn in September 0.114, should have continued to plaut of Potash 0.50 f"Kansas. I commenced in I J. R. CoTTON. O.M thing or Stark,Kas. 8

I ' ". stroke of the this Farms: mixtur.e in �I:I _ piston, in-, -$'1,000 GASOLINE' ENG'.u.1SQ T�Tn.II.W..Do 00""....1 the is into rr·lgated' cylinder compressed space Out of a thousand farms in SOUTHWEST of 160 STRUOTION .AND OPERATION. between the cylinder head and the KANSAS, acres each we are a limited number with an inde- In the consideration of the irrigation piston. The combustible mixture is selling equipped then the most add irrigation plant sufficient for at least ten problem, many Interested parties have ignited, by reliable, pendent permanent �r� safest and device a on each farm. The at which these 160 acre farms are IS turned their attention to simplest possible, price , selling determining . short iron tub o1osed at the ou r en acres an the most reliable and economical ma- e, te d merely about what the ten d n-ngaI t·Ion pIant are worth . and connected to the in to terior Of the Befiore a farm Investdeate t . rms chinery with which lift water from buying '1'1- his SpecIal te enclosed in a the Immense sub-surface stores found cylinder, chimney and made for Oolonies. Call on us or write for particulars. to exist and to be annually replenished heated by a Bunsen burner, and t�e air under vast areas of the plains. Some being' expanded by the heat evolved, THE SYNDICATE LANDS & IRRIGATING CORPORATION, an kind of some impulse is given to the pumping machinery and piston. Boom 4UJ New England Life Building, 9th and .:wyandotte StB., KANSAS CITY, MO. When the has reached sec­ kind of power to drive it is the almost piston the ond outstroke the universal conclusion. Among the va- exhaust, valve is and remains the as preventing the engine from starting rious sources of power, the thought of opened open during

backwards. , HAVE YOU ANY those who con- second instroke of the piston, and the contemplate irr�gating water the of combustion are "The tank varies with size siderable areas is centering more and products expelled the' of engines and holds sufficient water to more about the gasoline engine, both through exhaust pipe, which is to keep the engine at the proper temper­ because of its reliablly, its silllplicity, conducted the outer air. ature. The heat of the causes "The valves are all of the direct act­ cylinder PATENTS the little attention needed while run- the water to circulate, the heated ning and ilis claim to economy of fuel. ing poppet valve type, requiring no that you wish developed, any ma­ water to the of the tank and or as lift going top This last is som,ewhat emphaelzed by cleaning oiling, they squarely chine made, or' cas�inga of any the cold water entering the cylinder the recent discoveries of vast from their seats and without friction. kind P WE OAN DO IT. quanti- from the bottom of the tank. The same ties of in the southeastern These' valves are seated in petroleum separate , water is used continuously, there being p!!rrt of Kansas, since, in the refining cesnnga, so that renewal is possible but a slight loss from evaporation." TOPEKA FOU N DRY of this, large quantities of gasoline will when s�at is worn. They are so loca.ted , "The are, of � Cor. Andrew Jack80n and be produced so near to the lands to be as to l'ender them easy- 'of access for pistons extraordinary Second St8., which wearing sur­ irrigated that not, unlikely the price of grinding, if, on examination, they are length, glveslarge face and adds to the life of the gasoline will be g.reatly reduced. found to need it. These valve cham- engine. TOPEKA, KAS. are are The rings made up in sections witb In view of the great interest taken bers,' and valves as well, kept from a silver .overheated means of German spring behind each in this comparatively new kind of en- becoming' by the temperature do not affect the section, forcing the rings out to the gine, we have asked the manufacturers circulating water entirely around their .eagtue's running, as no so-called vapor­ is an walls of the cylinder atall times, taking of the Weber gasoline engine to de­ seats. This important item and izers, carburrettors, or ga's machines up the wear, however slight. By this scribe its construction and 'mode of increases the life of those parts Indefl- are used. Constant regulation of the means the rings can be used indefl- and operation. They have respon'ded 'as nitaly., air gasoline is dispensed with, or until they are worn out en- follows: "T�e valve gear and governor (which nitely, nor is there any gasoline remaining in includes all tirely. Now, with ordinary snap ring, "The first and most important part working parts of the en­ the tank unfit for use. as soon as worn so far as the ring of the individual' con- gine, excepting, crank-shaft, piston, "These engines are built in the fol- pumping plant which is are encased in an iron springs outward, slight, they sists of the power. The etc.) housing, lowing sizes: problem are uselesa and must be a dust and run replaced by 2 actual horse-power, weight, 000 of' one perfectly grit-proof, and h U economical pumping is of 4 1,625 new set. .. great interest to all interested in constantly in oil, thereby insuring com­ 5�" 2,320 "In these the is lubrication at all times and re­ engines gasoline To to plete .. irrigation. help the reader ,1� �:�� , used in its natural witb no inter- 15 more ducing the wear to a minimum. state, 8,660 ,J quickry and clearly' select the 22 mediate gas-maklng machimery or ap- 4,no dUlerent forms of "Crank-shafts and nearly all work­ ao [.,H"O pumping syst�ms, The conversion of we are made of steel and finished pliances. give below the cost of operating ing parts gaso�ine :8 ¥:::Ooll ,.,'..._� to a fixed gas is one of the prime 100 the to gauge., These cranks are not 15,WO following systems per horse-power in ' factors the but are slotted out of solid determining efficiency "Owing to the fact that no constant POI' hour: I·njeotors, inspirators, eto., forged, and reliability of gas or gasoline 100 of or billets of steel and finished cold. There attend'antisrequired, these engines can pounds coal; pulsometer to mete out the enllines; proper pro- be left to run while the vacuum 67 of or- is not a weld in the shafts nor are they attendant looks pumps, pounds coal; of and air and mix it bent or formed portion gasoline other business. One of these dinary steam pumps, 25 pounds of coal; into shape. after' properly, then take of any excess located at driven steam "All are car? engines, Syracuse, operates power pumps by engines, bearings exceptionally i. not allow It to be gasoline, e., blown twelve hours and consumes ten 10 to 25 pounds of coal; power pumps large and strong and of the very per day out of the exhaust pipe or wasted, is a driven by gasoline engine, one-tenth best material. The cross-head and gallons of gasoline in the twelve hours. ' problem only solved in this engine. This raises of &,allon of are of bronze. engine 1,200,000 gallons gasoline. wrIst-bearings phosphor "The is in a gasoline kept galvan- water eleven feet or "·The exoeedingly low cost of operat- The wrist-bearings are interlined with high, enough ized iron tank, which is usually placed water to a section lng gasoline commends this nickel babbitt. irrigate successfully engines outside the and connection of land. One man attends to the above , building power at once to the most careful con- "The fiy-wheels of 'these engines are made from tank direct to the engine plant, runs the engine, .care of sideration. The on the especially tomeet the service tak�s ,engraving designed b one-fourth or inch iron the water and does all of lrrlgating. y . three-eighth t�e first page illustrates an engine of this required of them. They are made with . "Another feature relative to these pipe. Thus you note that class, built by the Weber Gas and. Gas- heavy rims and of light but vel'y strong 'Yill l?- the.se engines is that when the pumping sea- engines the gasollne is closely imprrs- oline 459 Southwest Boule- and arms. son is over to the fact that these Engine Oo., properly-proportioned 'l'he ond between solid iron walls from tbe owing vard, Kansas City, Mo. wheels are exceedingly heavy, and by engines ar� all self-contained, they can time it is put in the tank until its be moved from to at the "The cost of operating these engines this is attained the necessary conserva­ place place product is exhausted into space through will of the operator and used for grind­ in localities where 740 gasoline can be tion of power which causes these en­ the escape pipe from the cylinder ing feed, threshing. etc." obtained in at 10 cents gines to run with of quantities per regularity speed. where the gasoline has been consumed. ,gallon, is 1 cent for each exerted horse- "The governor is exceedingly simple "Should the engine accidentally be­ p_ower per hour. This is a figure with and sensitive to the slightest variation come stopped, no matter 'from what WATER PIPE. which steam cannot and in of in the and acts accord­ Our Hard Burned Vltrilled and compete, speed engine, and the left Glared Clay Pipe cause, valves open, not a Is With our Joints this those localities where coal is It the as everlasnng. Improved pipe expensive ingly.' gives engine only will atand same 88 particle- of gasoline would escape, pressure Iron and costs about the saving in favor of the much and at the one-fourth as much, Write for particulars. gasoline gasoline, right time, to the and owing peculiar ingenious W. S. DICKEY CLAY MFG. engine is still more pronounced, be- as is needed to do the work, conae­ CO., construction of the inlet. As Makers kinds of •. sides with the gasoline of all Burned Clay Gcod doing away necessity of quently the amount of fuel used de­ 800 stated unier the head of "governor," Oftlce N. y, Life Bldg., Kan8a8 City, Mo. having an engineer to constantly care pends: on the amount of work done. the consumption of gasoline is under for the steam engine and boiler. When only part work is done, only as perfect control of the governor, which GASOLINE ENGINE "Another advantage in these engines many charges of gasoline are admitted WITTE allows gasoline to enter the cylinder over steam plants is that the gasoline and ignited as are needed to up Nothing Succeeds Like keep only as called for by the load on the engine is instantly started, and uses the speed of the engine. When this in engine. SUCCESS. gasoline exact proportion to the speed is slightly exceeded, the gov­ "With this engine there is no work it actually accomplishes, and as ernor does not or and give gasoline air, to WITTE IRON WORKS, soon as all dangerous apparatus purporting stopped expense ceases, the engine works in a vacuum; but Kan8a8 Mo. carbonize the air, or vaporize the gaso­ City, I CENT I BOn.,E 1 BOUR. whereas with the steam plant it is nee- when the is worked to its engine up line, and which, under certain condi­ I', essary to raise steam an hour or so be- full capacity the governor gives a CHEAP I tions is known to fill with dangerous fore the power is actually needed, and charge at each stroke. A steady mo­ mixtures and explode frequently. IRRICATION BY when the steam engine is shut down tion under part or full load is obtained Gasoline only becomes a dangerous AUTOMATIC there still remains a fire in the boiler by the momentum of the two heavy fly­ commodity when mixed with the and a of steam which must go wheels. quantity of air. This mix­ RAMS to waste. "An proper proportion important feature in the con- A COST OF THAN ture can only occur in these engines LESS "Owing to the simplicity and the struction of gasoline engines consists inside of the heavy iron cylinder of the small: number of parts in the gasoline in keeping every part of the engine engine. Absolute safety of these en­ 'engine, the repairs on this power will from becoming overheated. In, these 25 gines is secured by excluding all air not amount to one-tenth of those on a engines water is circulated entirely from contact wIth gasoline until it is steam plant. With the steam plant around the cylinder; around CENTS entirely admitted to the engine in fluid form, grates burn. out, smoke-stacks rust the valve chambers and entirely across where it suddenly commingles with a PER ACRE away, new fiues are required, and in the cylinder head. This circulation of large volume of air and is ignited. those localities where alkali water is water is not to the PER YEAR keep engine cool, is also secured the life of boiler Safe�y by providing used, the is very short but is to keep the engine from beeom­ CUARANTEED. agaiIist any possible leaks in the pipe indeed. ing overheated, so that it may be prop- between the tank and The tank This known ecouomlcal method or Irrt­ for the benefit of those who lubricated. engine. Is the only "Now, erly is outside the gatlon ou .. small scuie, anti a generally placed M ' are not familiar with tbe principles "These engines are fitted with the build� RIFE RA ings, and any reasonable distance away will elevate water In n.ny qu.."Ut,y t-o nny hplght at and construction, the following in- incandescent tube ignitor. ,This tube a.ny dlst.auce, Matle In ".\) �jze!o\. tor all purposes, and from and when filled no fire or will deliver more water thun ,t"y other' I'I"m under IS them, formation given: is kept hot by means of a Bunsen same conditions Ill. \'Il1,u,logue and. e-t tma.tes tret!. light, of course, should be near. "The gasoline engine consists of ,burner. Thfl incandescent tube is the Rife's Hydraulic Engine Mfg..Co., "Another feature is that obanges in ROANOKE, VA. base cylinder piston, connecting-rod, 'simplest, most reliable and most per­ crank-shaft and fiy-wheels. The moq,u8 fect way of effecting the ignition of gas ALL RIGHT; you lleed CHBAP operandi and the development of power or gasoline engines. In this engine DO YOU USE � POWER r POWBR, ONB C8INT per horae is as follows: In starting up, on the the point of ignition is altered while power per HOUR I. OHE�! WEBER Gasoline Englne8 run anytblnr, "Bconomy In power," our motto. first outstroke of the a mixture. the is in For and piston, enghie operation, thereby catalogue teotl!",onlall a.c_Idreo8 4lS9 Southwest of air with the a in Boulevard, impregnated proper effecting great saving fuel as well Weber Gas and Gasoline Engine CO., KANSAS (lITY, MO, 1894.

now we know Sp'OOESSFUL POTATO-GROWING. :t>etter and we have not Harper county resemble th�� in Bar- . learned what we know PubUabm' Paragraph& The apparent difference between the' about the mat- ,ton county much mare nearly: than tel' from Farmers wbo are interelted in market natural conditions on the 'of K�n- agricultural reporte treat- those of the eastern of the plains ,?r part State. can a free of Iaea on gardening get sample copy sae and at iJ.1rigation from a 'scientifio is Mr.• Greeley, Col., just at the Following Tohnson!s reply: magazine devoted to tbat business send­ ci:vil All by of the is standpoint by - edge plains, not sufficien,t to engineers. EDITOR KANSAS FARMER: The in!' postal �rd request to tbe Market GM'­ these sources account for tne fact farm- of information have com- of den, Box that.Greeley quantity llaxseed usually sown per 624, Minneapolis, MJnn. are bined to instruct us in the but ers growing rich raising potatoes, pleasant acre is' one-half bushel. The renter, Mr. 'Hoar, of Medicine Lodge, Kas., bas which sell for use on fictitious theory that as the just installed a Rife in they Kansas country when furnishing the seed, should re- ram-advert1sed the got older d the desert became sub- K.UiSAS FABMBB-wlth which he farmers' tables. True, potatoes are an. ceive two-thirdl3 of the crop; when the will 1rr1- dued to gate a :fine farm on the Medicine irrigated at But cultlvation, less water would land-owner furnishes the river bot- Greeley, irrigatiop seed;' one- tom. Tbe,entire has not made a be required; whereas the facteare that plant, counting labor and uniform success' of half. ]j'lax is very exhaustive to, the as the allinoidentals, ,cost only 1160, and water in western Kansas country gets older and even more potato-growing improved ground' so than mUlet or to I 'methods -of enough lrrlgate 100 acres.' where it has proven as beneficial as i� cultivation superse!\e the buckw�,eat. , Every farmer in Kansas, and espeoia1ly Colorado to mOflt Considerable primitive efforts; as the soil is The the crops. flrs� present value' of ground wheat breeders and stock-raisers, should have has been ,as enriched by liberal of the inquiry made to the cause of �oatings manure, is 500erits per Qo1shel, the,oolit of rind- greatest,live stock journal in the world, the ill success with' or by the of masses of the Bruder', irrigated potatoes turning�under ing being 3 cents per bushel. Aocord- Gazette, of Chicago, price. a

in Kansas. a alfalfa, rioh nitrogen and other. . year. We make a of Finally potato-grower plant ing to: ,my judgment .:,one bushel of special !)trer It !fond has foods, more and more water is tbe IUNSAB FABMBB, botb contributed to the Greeley Tribwne required ground wheat (at present value) is papers for one to the 12. Subscribe now an account of the early trials and ills produce best results. We irri- equal to'50 cents worth of corn. I 'be- tbrough of the our from four to r=�:!e.onlY potato-growers of that place and gate potatoes eight lieve there is more nutriment in Ilround A CBLBBIU.!l'BD MOUN'l'AlN has shown the reason of times now and we know from CLIMBWB.-W. their present experi- wheat than in bran or that M. shipstbf'l', Conway, who recently reached a greater. success. He says: ence, and not from theory, that if we if it is, 113 ooarsely ground-there'being helgbt tb"n bad ever befoJ.18 ooen attained "There was 'a time when the run the water down our opinion �ould potato less was.te. by any mountain climber, bas described bls the rows once every week from the time it generally prevailed 'among Greeley The best varieties of plums are as advent_ures "Among the liIlghest Hlma­ farmers ftrst became advisable an that very little water was necessaryor to follows:' Wild Goose, Weaver,.Green layas" in artiole which tb,e Youth', Com­ needed in successful apply the until the of panwn announoes potato culture; no water, growth Gage and Coe's Golden Drop. .Oher- among many other such idea to extent both tuber vine was the attractions for tbe coming y,ear. prevails any now. a�d oompleted, ?'ies: Eirorly Riohmond and common II' The (II' resuIts would be a11 the bette on1 You SEiB IT IN THB suN IT's original belief, 1'; y Morello,� A� 10 I am So.-We impression, blight-proof pears. note In the arose from that the soil is well psges of tbe TCmll8. two sources. Old settlers provided drained unable to answer. A. JOHNSON; Chicago slnllUlar accession of and who had on the and enriched with manure energy Intelll- grown potatoes alluvlal tlloroughly Ellinwood, Kas. since It or genee passed Into the ,bands of its margins of the rivers before alfalfa and that cultivation is thor- -�------uplanl'J present owners. Some one bas InfuRed a irril!'ation was to extent ough." new and practiced any Improved Stock Breeders. vigorous life into tbe paper. It in Colorado, had been in the habitof Wanta Information on EDITORKANSASFARMER:-Youred- hascomebyonemasterlyboundtotheverj selecting choice places for this Potato-Raising. front rank, and there Is that in It crop, itorial suggestion to the stock-breeders quality where the under Boil was EDITOR KANSAS FARMER:-One of tbat nllver flliis of reeoznltdou. Brains always damp of h was in teState the right line. The and obaracter wUl not be and little artifioial irrigation was re- your subscribers, also our local denied and vlct.ory paper, value and of the annual IR certatn to him wbo us tells me importance has the quired; they told potatoes needed tha.t Mr. Norton is writing up power.-New meetings of the Kansas Improved Stock York Sun, NOl1ember 28. very little water. Next, in a the hitltory of the Early Kansas potato majority Breeders' Association oannot be over- The :firllt of a series of of our extraordinary his­ upland soils, in the raw, unma- through your paper, and that he pro- estimated. Such meetings are the torioal Napoleon finds appears In McCZure', tured state. it was found tbat either poses to outline his own of work plan of thousands of useful for January, bping a ,rapbi

very common or mean-looking plantS. but it is they would be out of place; should be with­ not necessary that one cannot afford out a window box if he To (lorrelpondentl. much or does not care to invest so money CIBCL. II Illleoted The matter :for the HOlD would cost-the before the paper I. printed. in one 8S this price WednelKlaJ" of the week reoelved after that aImoat InTarlablJ" With a saw, a ham­ IlanUlOript Ihort is about 85-00 next unle.. It II verT lOll over to the week, a will lIo'l'em them· a a few nails and lumber, and good. Correlpondente mer, chisel, TerT made: aelvea aooordluglJ". serviceable box can easily be Get one-inch planed pine boards, free A LITTLE BOY'S WISH, from knots, and put them together so as as to make a box' of the same size I wish that I W88 Banta CiaUII, or size in length Who looka so jolly and p:v, the one described; any back and With his pack of preeante on his and width to suit your window, MILLION CAKES YEARLY. atrew the way, Bore six fORTY To along paint it any desired color. OIN'TI. holes in the bottom at THE PROOTER • QAMBLE 00., Oh, how tha ohildren would Iove me, half-inch augur is And watch with eyes so brillbt equal distances and the box ready of reindeer have For the coming my for the plants. If it is desired to 'rlieciiOOolate pot,-wliwh is ofevery Chrlstms8 night. BLACKHEADS: On the hob in procure, ABOUT for it a little more fancy style. design and shape, can be purchased them; walnut and Are an lDdlllatlOll low .of And I'd not dieappolnf half-inch black trimmings Almust Invariably They from five dollars to the price I would oall at �"fry door, at bottom and ends, so of General Debility. and tack th_em top, 'one dollar and flfty cents, yet so pretty thlnaa­ And leave many like a A is chinamak­ as to make it look panel. Blackheads, or comedo, as it called, is a model of the I not eoorn the poor. everyone woul� decoration is oilcloth of a tile for splendid is a disorder of the sweat-glands by er's skill.' As a good background would tell to them the story to size and fas­ 'IIvith or three I or other pattern, cut which become distended yel" this decorative affairtwo good Savior's homble birth; they Of our black walnut trim­ In the cen­ show off ado' tened on with the lowish or whitish matter. or dessert will How he loverl aU ohildren, fish plates a on earth. A few geraniums. heliotropes, which are only of How he blessed them while mings. ter of the elevations, mirably well if, placed securely by and tropeeo­ seen the black­ back of the sweet allyssum, begonias pinhead size, are to be fair-sizcd tack against the I W88 Banta OlaUII? Oh, don't I wl.h over the will a the disease its closets the lums to droop edge give ish points which give shelf. In these dainty A home to each should be given, eflect. Such will grow cheese should be ohildren plants name . cracker and plate And l'd pray toat when we die, pretty jar can be at very lit­ numerous, and To hl\ve I hrietmaa up In Heaven. .easily, and procured The spots are usuaqy on hand. BABIN. always Kaa. EMMA J. A dozen should be on the in an artistic din­ Proteotion, tle cost. plants make their appearance mostly At a supper given florist can supply run a the china closet enough, and any face and neck. They peculiarly ing-room not long ago MEMORIES. If have no soil, it would be and their presence in blue. The nankeen them, you sluggish course, by was a symphony from the man com­ better to get that also the a thick, muddy china the scheme, every piece JURt a smile at twilight, skil;l acquires being . To the to the Ju.t a smite, no more- who furnishes the plants. give from the front presented love, plexion. glass Yet it mnde my heart beat In m:v breaat, it would almost an with collection a rich appearance Blackheads are invariably a series of Chinese pictures, As it IIever had b. ILt before. eye well to have one for the center, of as they effects and forms Just 1\ word ot welcome, be palm .indication general debility, their pagoda peculiar more-« is from a skin. Just a word, no the box. The illustration of a working with these into gladne88, of are a sign badly so distinct people. Yet It brightened my lire Messrs. 'by is accompan­ low on As in the dox, such j cost $4.00. fancy wind to l

deaa, hence the--phrase n""play-fng "pos­ of all Power.-Latest U. S. Gov't (lfte lolls. sum." The call for a 'possum hunt is a. Highest in.Leavening Report. 1founo great eveni in the loCality where it 00- curs. The' negroes volunteer their TALE OF A BAD 'LITTLE BOY. services, and the dega are wild with the prospect of "treeing a 'possum." Moonlight nights are considered the best for the sport, and the hour at which the hunting party starts out is between eleven and twelve, when the opossum has left the trees and started out to forage for food. The dogs are soon on the scent, and if the anl.tDa.l is in the tree will remain barking at the foot, but in case it is in the open will There was once a pretty urchln­ go scurrying after it, bringing it in for ABSOIlnELY PURE, Hulr a'ad eyes blaok as Jet- the hunters to shoot. Mongrels and But he squandered all his pennlell of Scotch terriers are trained to thiswork, WAYS OF SPIDER�. neigliDors Uirew' ru�ps cOiiI' Bnd On the nasty cigarette, and a terrier will kill an animal other things at him. The nextmorning gamy ... Giant Inaect That Wea••a a Wonderrul the noticed an advertisement for twice as bill as himself. uolden Web. boys • a lost and it tallied with The' 'Possums can be found, in the winter· the dog, Jep. Amon", great web-spinning led the but the mar­ boy dog home. tiny, season, in all the large northern is the Halaba, of Madagascar" spiders canine was not the ball of cotton that kets as game, and it is quite the which spins shining golden-yellow had the a he been previous morning. He fashion to entertain guests with, threads strong enough to bear the baked dressed with limped on three legs and presented a' 'possum, highly weight of one of those cork helmets The w,ith very dejected appearance. It was sev­ seasoned ingredients. favor such as travelers wear in warm coun­ them tbe eral before he c0111d be coaxed to Yea. he smoked by dozen. which the southern darky looks upon tries. have woman's in days And he smoked them by the score They suffrage this favorite dish may be illustrated by the Halaba where the female Till his face was sadly altered, family, the of the two darkies who were But he only smoked the more, story considerably outweighs the male and riding along the highway on a' pair of is correspondingly "bossy.'� She mules. grows to the quite remarkable length "Dey's gwine ter hab roast 'poss'm, of flve and one-half inches, while he, der old woman an' de chillun is, yum, poor fellow, never gets beyond the yum." quite insignificant dlmensrons of an answered the other "Gosh-er-mttey," inch and a half. In consequence when one, solemnly showing the whites of she, in all the glory of her shining his And his father stormed and threatened, eyes. gold cuirass, with a silvery down on And his mother pleadEjl). yet it, spreads her flve red, black-tipped shook his head and tumbled He Just in the midst of her shining golden For another cigarette, legs web, he has to keep at a respectful dis­ tance and seek the seclusion of his club, for he has no rights in that web which his more mighty spouse is bound to respect. She is a ver,) industrious spinner, and I have no doubt that the airs of superiority she takes over her And his grew dim and misty, eyes husband are largely due to the fact And his features. once so aweet, that she realizes she is the breadwin­ Changed so people failed to know him When they met him on the street. ner for the family. She has been known to spin in a little less than a week 3,291 do any of his tricks; and he is very yards. For over a hundred and fifty clever in this way.' If his mistress years men have tried to utilize the spells O-U-T, he will run to the door spider's silk for weaving fabrics with and look around to see who is going. but discouraging success. Le Bon, He plays dead dog, but comes back to about the beginning of the last life very quickly at the word of com­ century, succeeded in making gloves of mand. He loves a game of hunt the Till at last he grew the color it, and Louis XIV. had a pair of hose handkerchief, tucking his nose into Of a walnut overripe, made 'of the thread. The web of the pockets in his eagerness to find it. He And his mother oouldn't tell him Halaba and one or two American can beg like a blind man's dog and From a corncob pipe, have led Dr. of Cornell walk forward and backward on his -SO Q. Lapius, in Chicago Inter OcealL spiders Wilder, "Yah-roast an' tatera an' 'poss'm, university, to hope that he might still hind paws. Jep is very fond of ice an'-" THE SHARK'S JAWS. gravy, make spiders' webs commercially val­ cream, Indeed, he is an intelligent lit­ "Hole dar." cried the other up, uable. The thread is quite as long as tle fellow and has never tried to run Some of the Creatures Havft Voracious Sill "dere's some tings I a darky excitedly, that of the silkworm, one species in away e.xperience of night. Rows of Teeth. stan'. You anuber since,�his . ain't ter gwine say Jamaica spinning a thread sometimes The of a shark is a roast an' I falls of! jaw perfect study. word about 'poss'm three miles long, but the chief diffi­ "BROWN'S BRONOHIAL TROCHES" are a In some the adult members dis mule." species yeah culty lies in 'obtaining a long thread s'mple and convenient remedy for Bronchial have six rows of teeth in each are in the jaw, 'Possum songs frequent unbroken.-Isabel D. McKee, in St. A1fections and Coughs. Carry them in each tooth the of the south. is an boxes. being pointed, points song literature Qne Louis Republic. your pocket. Sold only in being directed backwards, so as to old familiar ditty: ------.. I have been a constant sufferer, and at form a veritable barb. These teeth, 'Possum up a gum tree, JEPHTHA 'THE TERRIER. times in of with which in their normal state lie flat Coon'y in der holler." great agony pain my eyes Once He Ran Away trom Home. But Was for seven years, from defective· vision and against the jaw, are erectile at will, There is also a hunting song: . • of the nerves. I have had .. Glad to Get Back neuralgia optic and when the animal darts on his Hole de light yarl De dog done treed, prey of and have had I knowed almos' c'ot him. There is a little in who years medical treatment, start on in same manner dey's dog Brooklyn they end the several of but all to no De wliy dey barked. What's dat you seed' had a pairs glasses fitted, that a eat's claws are from peculiar experience recently-an protruded Out on which IImt avail untU March 17, 1892. Mr. Ohas. Ben­ experience that he will not care to their sheath. When a shark seizes his Yes. sah, dat's him, nett, optician, 718 Kansas avenue. Topeka, have again. This small bow-wow is prey he is forced to bolt it, whether We sartin suah is got him." 11.t.ted me with glasses which I have worn called Jephtha, always shortened to willing or not, for the arrangement of It turned out in this case to be a constantly with perfect ease, and my eyes He is a silver Skye terrier, and the, teeth will allow him to disgorge farmer's cat, a species of 'possum which Jeppy. have grown so much stronger that I can qot is brushed' out when his hair nicely he now use To those who his food, which can only pass inwards is not infrequently captured after an them constantly. looks like an animated ball Qf cotton. are defective vision I can to the stomach. His position in the hour of inglorious sport. suffering from A romp on the street is his chief de­ cheerfully recommend Mr. Bennett as an water is also .more or less awkward, The opossum is a very harmless little light, and he will become friendly to optician who thoroughly understsnds his and compels him to be quick at his animal and has many things to recom­ anyone who will open the door wide business. Very respectfully. meal. He approaches the object he in­ mend it, for, although not considered a enough for him to escape from the L. C. HOLADAY, tends to swallow. and just before its flesh is very palata­ great delicacy, house. 400� Kansas Avenue. reaching it suddenly turns on his side ble, and its fur, which the Indians One day Jeppy's mistress went shop­ and back and then grabs at his prev used in many ways, enters Homes for the Homeless. formerly and when she returned her from that This is of ping dog­ position. necessary more largely into the industries two Indian reservations like Old Mother was The opening of because his mouth too far his Its gy, Hubbard's, is under commerce than is generally known. in northeastern Utsh to settlers opens up gone. The favorite hiding places be­ head. When a shark is killed and dis­ peculiar method of rearing its young over three and one-half million acres of fine loved by Jeppy were looked into-un­ sected. the contents of the stomach are in bilateral pockets, contrived CUD­ agricultural and stock-raising land for home­ der the lounge -in the parlor, beneath often of a most miscellaneous charac­ ningly bv nature in its own fur, com­ seekers. the tubs in the kitchen, and the sunny ter. One which was opened in the mends it to the scientific inquirer as an The Uintsh and Uncompahgre reserva­ window ledge-but he was not to be direct presence of the writer contained, among interesting subject of investigation, It tions are reached by the only route, found. While his mistress was out a the Union Paoific via Echo and other articles, a horse's mane and sev­ has a wonderfully tenacious hold on system, a number of eral messenger had brought Park City. E. L. LollU.x, G. P. & T. A., empty bottles. The latter articles life, for although it may be pounded parcels from one of the big dry' goods U. P. system. Omaba. Neb. had probably been thrown overboard with sticks and stones until every bone stores, and so, when the door was ajar, from some vessel in the harbor, and is dislocated, it will cra-wl away if left Pond's Business this naughty cur slipped out to his College, were presumably seized and swallowed unmolested, and soon resume its wonted favorite When the mes­ Topeka, offers to give farmers' boys thrse by the rapacious creature before he habits. playground. left the house he noticed the months' tuition this winter for only 115, had found out what were.­ to a senger just they There seems be disposition among if wish to come frisky little fellow and patted him on and then next year, they Harper's Young People. naturalists to slight this clean and and finish the can do so his shaggy head. That seemed to as­ again course, they wholesome rodent with the prehensile for only 115 more, Now, boys, here is your sure the dog that all was right and he THE CUNNING 'POSSUM. for little is said about it in chance. habit, very followed the all day. the literature of animals.-Detroit boy An interesting Creature Which HaA Anm. had a time, but he For a thorough business and shorthand Free Press, Joppy jolly good Very Peoullar Habit•• took him course attend the Wichita Commercial Col­ tired. , The boy got very lege. Y. M. C. A. building. The opossum is an animal found only Two Bravo Girl•• home and tied him to a clothes post in in America, and mostly in the southern Here is the record of two brave girls: the back yard. It was c!s.rk and Jep is PIERRE S. BROWN'S states, where it held in high esteem A fourteen-year-old girl at Beecher was not used to that sort of treatment. the colored who in B. C killed with a by people, delight Bay, .• Winchester He had always slept on the table in the hunting it and eating the flesh, which the other day a big panther which her warmth and glow of the evening lamp School of Businass'5 Shorthand is like .. We make ot calculating and Ilm­ young pig They are cunning dog had treed; and another girl. seven­ at home, so he whined in of him­ lpeolaltles rapid pity ple,and conctse method. of recording and al fierce resistance to teen of out animals, making years old, Benton, Ore., killed self. Then the boy's father came the1 are DIed In actual bualne••, CommercCOltlngaloourae. until are B .Iz month., 180; Shorthand and T:rpewrltlq, slz c�pture they overcome, when cougar which was making off with a. alld kioked the runaway, but shaggy months, NO; JllDI!Uah ooUl'l8,!, thres 810,

. UU-U Kalil EaIll&I o Mo. lUl. MIL Ut....J!.W lmg � to. b, fOuna piS'. .,' _ oW ;yelped the loudv., TDn_Ya BaJud. Bid., at-, montha,t:r. - DECEMBER 26, 8

other of the world. REGULATE THE PUBLIO PRmTING. END OF THE YEAR. as those of any part KanBas is to learn the value of KANSAS FARMER brief beginning- Some readers the "Established.in 1863" Is the been of reeources which have long Bend their requests for the official pub­ FARMER. which tells that for thirty-two KANS'AS legE'Df and which are here lightly regarded lications of the State Board of Agri­ IN 18e3. the �ANSAS FARMER has been in ESTABLISHED years abundant. The reoeding to this Instead of coun­ pre-eminently culture Office, directly the field as the helper, friend, will waves of 'population quickly turn, to the Seoretary. It BO happened, one selor and representatdve of the men with dili­ Publlihed Wednesday by Ihe with wise management, that we re­ Every to de­ and, day last week, had eight and women who have done most util­ gent study of the best methods of from subscrlbers in Mtssour! for resources of Kansas questa FARMER COMPANY. the material care as to KANSAS velop izing our opportunities, with of the bulletins, on the "Russian to make it for her to be­ copies OJTIOB: and possible the of the farmer now Wheat to Farm bound files prospertty ThiBtle," "Feeding come a State. The than at­ No. 11& We.t Sllttb ,Street. great within our borders, rather and on "Alfalfa-Growing." on the shelves Animals," of the KANSAs FARMER with more tempts to induce some one The editor communicated to Secretary of the office are volumes without which, him to come in and buy out, Coburn these telephone. PRICE: ONE DOLLAR A YEAH. the archlvea of money requests by BOBSCBIPTION or their in another ebb duplioateB there need never be tide, HiB was that much as he should a olub no com­ reply An enra oop), free Dtty·two weelul for the State HiB1ioricai Society, him W' because there need be no want for accommodate our Missouri at ,1.00 each. like to of lilt, plete hiBtory of KanBas could be writ­ KANSAS FARMER CO., who will work intelligently. friendB it would be Imposstble to do so, Add.... volumes tell a varied ten. 'I'hese story. aim­ Topeka, Ran.... To the promotion of this prosperity, and aa a clincher added that 1,000 tell of yearB of superabundance, They the of the farmers who: are from KanBaB farmerB now which has startled prospertty Ilar.requests RATBS. of productiveneBB Kansas and of to because ADVERTISING farming the Iands of on file cannot be responded the world and broken down the mar- onr- the KANSAS We Dia Ia ad rtl I 16 oenta per line, ..a,te (f those who will join them, of the exbauatlon of the editions. the cereals. The,t Mn �n:' to�el��:). kets for leading best efforts and be­ that he 26 oenta line. FARMER pledges itB to the Secretary 8peclal reading notloel, per as conalstent BuggeBted ml_lIanou. advertlsementa as lightly posalble, Bnalne.. card. or pasB for its reeders for 1895 a pros­ must either leas valuable reports over the effects of apeaks print with truthfulness, for :ll��=��::f��nr:�::!�advertlsenattherate perous and a,happy year. or get larger approprlatlcna print­ diaaster:..., but these " too Annnal oard. In the Breeder.' Dlrectol'7, oon.' drought and ,. 'or tor t16.00 Jear. In· them. .•latlng ot tour line. le.I, per not without at ing FAJUUlsfree. are recorded, though elndlng a cop), olthe KANSAlI SPEAKERSmp. It has been mentioned in these col­ the Bame time mentioning tbe bright THE ��=�n'!�r:��:�:!:!:n-::ororden from nn. umns that there are no funds available the another or for another House of reliable IUIverilaero. when ouob I. known to be outlook for orop The office of Speaker of the to for the biennial report of _e, 11'111 not be accepted at "nJ prtoe, the pdoy printing an advertl.... year. af incoming Legis­ To _ure prompt publicatIon of Repreaentatlvea State Board of and however in the Agriculture, ment, .end theClL8h with the order. monthlJ Great social and, political changes lature is one of greater inHuence on the partle� on the books if or quarterly paJmenta ma,. be arranged by their none to pay the poatage or when _ the State have also photographs enacted than that of who are 11'911 known to the publisher. laws to be any were The fact iB that are . columna of printed. oePtable reference. IIlven accurately shown in the other with the possible 'excep­ they All advertlolnglntended for the ourrent week official, has been .... these revolutions there the printin'g appropriation .hould reach tbl. oMce not later than Monda),. these files. Of tion of 'the Lieutenant Governor, and is out and it is found that none bave been more than one In these his. In law­ parcelled tr!i��,�v:ltr:'���rrC\:M���tU'e�':e�.::::�r not sur-passed by practical the the laBt ts left for printing and dlstr-lbuttng' Addre.s all orden thirty-two year... During year making' by mo-lern mefbods the work Ral. which does more than all others KANSAS FARMER CO., Topeka, the KANSAS FARMER has witnessed an done committees. report Is very largely by where­ of to enable KanBanB to provide the object Iesson which is Bignificant These committees of the 'House are ap­ with to any of the expenses of the Christmas have been changes now in progresa in the thought the Speakar, who, by hla pay May your pointed by State one. farmerB of the State. It will be and mem­ government. merry and your New Year a. happy of the aeleettona of the chairmen in tbe 'I'hese ctrcumstances have led to an remembered that early year ap- bers of the many committees, can pre­ done with a Senate on"Agricultural influences of as to what has been farmer who desires to peared report determine the moulding inquiry Every improve cur­ ThiB was commended for the approprratlon for the and in hts vocation from Depresslon," legislation. printing financially like an exbaustdve Ita accuracy and compreben­ the rent year. Nothing thiB time on Is invited to sub- Ialrneaa, The KANSAS FARMER, as spokes­ cordially to itB was slveneas prominent representatives of the one inquiry as dlsposttion mad!', scribe for the old reliable KANSAS by maD and representative Interests, was discovered to show of all and of diverse are but enough FARMER, a medium which will help parttea interest in KansaB in which directly written Senator W. A. Peffer, that some wholesome regulation, eiiher do it. It was by concerned more people and in which iB its for the or otherwise, is necessary and showings produced, invested more capltel than in all oth­ Ieglslatlve Kansas State Asaocla- a seneatlon. The KANSAS as to the UBe of this appnopriation. ,The Poultry time, ers in the State, has a few worde to Bay the Labor Bureau tion will hold its sixth annual exhibi- FARMER had some Inquh-les for coplea selectlon of Thus it appearB that on the subject of the a 'con­ 424 Kansas 7 obtained a for distribution has recently had printed report tion at avenue, January and supply Speaker. It Is to be hoped that the S�nd for lillts to who should ask for it. Late 824 pagea, mOBt qt· are' to 12, 1895. premium to those on whom this honor Bhall taining wqwh legiBlator BtatisticB. These em­ D. A. 707 East Tenth 'in the Beason there appeared from the to above filled with farm Wi�e, Secretary, fall may be man enough riBe KaB. of KanBaB State brace a of each cQunty in the street, Topeka, office of the Secretary the of politicians and map petty Bquabbles tabular Board of Agriculture a report on State and voluminous work, may remember that their presiBtently­ the matter of which one would , to Farm In for 1!!95 get fully in­ "Feeding Wheat AnimalB," interests, their subject laying' planB presBed p�rsonal re­ more another on to find in an agricultural formed as to the crops and methods of and �till recently Bcramble for factional and partiBan expect Of theBe the KAN­ The KANSAS FARMER haB no procedure which yield good profits to "AlfaUa-Growing.�' advantageB, are inBlgnificant in com­ port. alBo iBBue with the Labor Bureau and rec­ the farmer. Remaininj!' in the old ruts SAS FARMER procured lIupplieB with lIhe intereBts of the people pariBon efficient them on the Bame shelf the importance of because it takes an effort to get out and placed of the State of Kansas. It iB not ognizeB great the the on "Agricultural De­ work and full reports covering does not denote a live and wide-awake with report to be expected that any member, The of the on belonging to Buch bureau.' But farmer. preBBion." piles reportB elected aB all' have been, at the end of ground' --_---11 and "Alfalfa·Grow­ no is necesBary to show the "Wheat-Feeding" fierce fight, will fail to'rec­ argument � political of a The KANSAS FARMER would appre­ almoBt in a day, and absurdity and the extravagance ing" diBappeared ognize it as an obligation Bolemnly each of its continues after the ex­ Buch bureau of work ciate a holiday present from, the demand to the intereBts of the duplication by imposed promote cUBtom subscribers in the of a new sub­ hauBtion of all available supplies, while whilJh under the law and the shape party which elected him. But the 1895. This would on the shelf a in thiB State belongB to the State Board Bcriber for the year there is yet goodly pile BtateRman who Bhall be elected to the double the circulation of Agriculture. POBBibly nobody iB to exactly present of "Agricultural DepreBsion." Speakership Bhould be able to Bee that and it need is that farmers are blame because Bome thouBandB of dol­ of the "old reliable," The inference the perpetuity of hiB party in the ma­ be enable the pub­ their attention more to the lars of the State's money haB been Bcarcely sUlrgested, turning jority depends mo\:e upon the way in make the best which make for individual In printing many expenBive lishers to this, agri­ matters which it takes care of the great inter­ expended, still better. than to thoBe of the com­ tables in a small edition cultural paper, prosperity eBts of the State than on the Bkill with agricultural vvill be unfortunate if of the Labor CommiBsioner'B report, monweal. It which it satiBfieB the clamor of place­ ever think of the best and most unprejudiced think­ where no farmer would About a year ago several prosperous hunterB and BchemerB. Bcience for even if there were for the erB on ueBtionB of economic looking them, farmerB in providing reading q The KANSAS FARMER h� not the but as in other avo­ to amount to anything cloBed sent a list of what abandon its study, uopieB enough year just they honor of an with all of acquaintance distribution. But it is a matter KANSAS FARMER and cationB it iB necesBary to proBperity in the wanted to the the who have been named farmer his and gentlemen which should be carefully Baved reason of our low club­ that the give BtrongeBt certainly money b.v aB candidates for the Speakership, and his individual affairB. looked after the LegiBlature to see rateB. One man Bent in as best thought to by bing $�7, has no to make againBt any of if farmer Bhall be chargeB that thiB expensive work Bhall not in the writer remembers, and Baved Indeed, every able, mentioned in them. But it haB heard it Bhall That the beBt methods, to at­ the future be duplicated; that llearly $10 on hiB year's reading. by adop ing thiB connection W. B. Sutton, of the Judge be from the depart­ farmer'B had never a chance to tain individual proBperity, problem published proper family Russell county,' whoBe ability aB a par­ made of the commonweal will have been ment, and that enough copieB be get 10neBome in 1894. whoBe of liamentarian, graBp public farmers who farm can solved BO far aB agriculture is concerned. so that the get intereBts, whose intereBts in common Stockman and it is a notable fact that in pub­ them. The Montana Fa1"mer, Again, with the of Kan­ ' greatest induBtry review of the lic affairB the influence of the man who in a half-column editorial wiloBe to comprehend more several times sas, ability DATES OF FARMERB' INSTITUTES. on Wheat to iB proBperous is greater recent reportB "Feeding than personal or partisan advantages, AnimalB" and than that of the unfortunate or despair­ InBtitutes have been assigned to be Farm "Alfalfa-Growing" more than schemeB that will be pre­ ThuB for the common good oZ inBiBtB that "the KanBas State Board of ing. Bee attended of the sented by the BchemerB, and to by profeBsorB Agricul­ iB the most agriculture it iB better that every man Agriculture progressive what the legiBlatorB can and wisely tural college, as followB: first and most to the thingB and agricultural in the attend and 31 up-to-date body may do now for the present pros­ Stockton, RookB county, January ConceBBionB to the which make for individual proBperity, United StateB." benefit of the people, make and February 1, Dr. Mayo and Prof. and and become in­ pective same effect are made from other and that he read Btudy him a candIdate whom to have BUp­ Will. BO to add to his individual older StateF as well aB from Montana, formed aB ported will be to promote the beBt Hiawatha, Brown county, January confirm the to thoBe things for and would Beem to posBi­ power produce intereBts of the State. Mr. Sutton is a 25 and Prof. Graham and Prof. the re­ 24, 26, work Buch an inBti­ which the markets pay best bilitieB for good by farmer and Btock-grower. He iB PreBi­ GeorgeBon. lineB when munera·jon, and he will find that the tution in its legitimate kept dent of the KanBas Improved Stock Gardner, JohnBon county, Jan'uary 17 Bmaller effort devoted to political and aloof from politics. Breeders' ABBoclation, and hiB election and 18, Prof. WalterB and Prof. Fail­ economic questions will produ;)e greater to the SpeakerBhip would be hailed yer. resultB. IMPROVED STOOK BREEDERS' ASSO- as a recognition of the 1act that the Garden City. FInney county, January It has doubtlesB been observed that day has come when KanBaB legislators 29, 30 and 31, Prof. MaBon. OIATION-ANNUAL MEETING. the KANSAS FARMER haB led in thiB turn their attention to the promotion Stock Breeders' ABso­ line of It is believed that the Improved thought. the rather , ?;,he of the prosperity of people During December and .January many ciation will hold itB annual meeting at interestB of its readers will be best sub­ than to the promotion of the Bchemes of our readers in their sub­ more atten­ renewing on and served by a still pronounced Topeka Tuesday WedneBday, of the politicians of Kansas. deBire alBo to Bend for other to matters of BcriptionB The breederB are tion practical agriculture 'January 8 and 9. periodicalB and get them at a combina­ and even lesB attention than in numberB and the by devotlDg expected great dis­ The anC! best to break tion rate. If Buch will Bend us a pOBtal ever before to questions of general cheapest way that any breeder and to make life and for price on a given list of Secl'etary requests cussion, Certainly the FARMER will up monotony card, at'king who cannot attend at least write a let- is to of we will be pleaBed to anBwer, avoid politicB, leaving thiB to home enjoyable provide plenty papers, partisan to to Bhow that he is still in the Take the connty paper; and can furniBh subscription any ,,�er ring the able newspaperB of the Beveral good reading. State take the periodical publiBhed in America, even ��d, to contribute to the intereBt of the parties. take 'a political paper; II. if it iB not in our clubbing list and the advancement of im­ for pros­ KANSAS FARMER; take good monthly regular meeting The prospects agricultural . as advertised in our aB t magazine-take these, if no more. supplement. proved stock breedinr In Kansas. perity i,n KanBas are certainly brigh 1894.

Oftlceof Road United StBtes DEOElriBER CROP REPORT. vel' certificates and .t.ile tt:easuey notes OF AGRIOULTURE. Stone, Inquiry, STATE BOARD of. Agrlculture, Washington, of issued to silver, -1$e re­ Department to the Statistical Divis­ 1892, buy . The'returns D.n deemed in silver bullion at its market Annual ion of the Department of Agriculture of the Twenty-Fourth All railroad lines have g.ranted an value." With the changes suggested, Program for the mont1;l of December relate prin­ rate of one fare and one-third for would the and Meeting. open farm of the he. "regard currenoy from all in cipally to the average price will be round-trip tjckets points system as nearly perfect as it On Wednesday, January 9, various agrioultural produots on the banking Kansas, including Kansas Clty and St. could and be convened a meeting the, importanoe the month. farm be. made, suftlQiently and tickets will be sold first da.yof By prices to over estimate. Joseph, Mo., elastio." of which it iF! difficult tbe of on the and for return is meant prioe produot of the year �anuary e;9 10, good what does this mean? It Itl is the great meeting farm or in the nearest local town or Now, the' inoluding JQ.nuary 12, 1895. means that this banker wants of the representatives of greatest market. In of wealthy noticed that about half of railway oomparisons Kansas. These men are It will be to have the $346,681,016 of tender industry in these with legal entire and even­ prices commerelal quota­ not to consider ques­ the program, an day notes retired from ciroulation and de­ called together, tions allowanoe must be ,made for cost is devoted to irrigation. This is To tliis he rec­ tions of politios, not to discuss schemes ing, of stroyed. accomplish 0' ·transporta·tion, profits. not an overdose of water and handling, of ihe for profiting from others' industry, but perhaps ommends that the Seoretary that in the dealers, etc. the interests of all the peo­ it is not improbable agri­ Treasury should issue that amount of to promote The farm price of oorn averages 45.6 increase of the cultural of the future this S cent. which the bankera of Kansas' by the meetings whioh is 9.1 cents per bonds,' ple the most cents per bushel, of the soil, subjeot will oontinue to hold can and when deposited with the productive oapaoity by than the corresponding price buy, The re­ higher of the the' Seore­ more oertain the return for prominent place. following cents Secretary Treasury, making of last year, which was 36.5 sources of and oharacteristio of bands them dollar for labor to primary marks, quaint 6.3 cents tary back, dollar, applied per bushel. This price is per more of the but none the less appro­ what for their in bank production, by developing their'author, the they paid bonds, Tom bushel higher than average prioe alone the State can priate, are quoted from Hon. notes. These bank notes would be wealth by which for decade 1880 to and is his Kansas Breeze: the 1889, just thrive. MoNeal, in just as for money to loan to the 4 cents than the average for good Kansas had a time h'1gber is an "Weste"'n tough as that paid for their , The eminently prae­ people they program the four years, 1890 to 1893. last There is no use to but how are the to fare tical one and it js difficult to see how a year. deny 49.8 bonds, people The of wheat is . been so in some average price number could have been omit­ that fact. It has dry if suoh a policy is pursued? single cents the lowest prlee in men have to­ per bushel, ted. looalities quit ohewing The $346,681,016 of greenbacks, now the past twenty-five years. This price will be taken bacco because it was too dry to spit. in have been in circulation ever Tbe foliowing topics up less than the for use, sick' and dis­ is 32.9 cents average as near as in have pulled out, since 186S-thirty-one years. These and considered, may be, Many 1880 to and is 22.1 will never the ten years, 1889, the order in whioh are given, and gusted, and swearing they notes have saved the interest at an they cents less than the average for' the back but a band will of cent. on that amount that time may be had for dis­ go again; nervy average 4t per ample four years, 1890 to 1893. limited to twen­ and they will make money. of bonds ev�ry since were cussion papers will be stick, make the year they. be covered with The returns general price as otherwise Western Kansas will issued. The interest would be $15,600,- ty-five minutes, except bushel of 50.5 cents, which is the next ten In the per rye , directed the meeting. Papers will ponds in yell.ril. 645 a YE-ar.' In thirty-one yearb at by 1.3 cents lower than the price at the there wlll be a . have 'saved be to pertinent discussion, and next three years large simple interest they the subjeot same date last _ amount of rainfall. will have year. The interest on are expected to prepare for People people' $483,620,017: delegates The average farm price of oats as dlscueaions, Others of sense enough to save it. Water is what $346,681,016 at 3 per cent: is $10,400,430 these present, December this is lacks and water it returned for 1, year, would be whom there will be a large number, western Kansas a year, whioh in thirty years 4.1 cents than for the corre­ must have. The more oranks on irri­ higher This amount would go will, as heretofore, also have the privi­ 32.9 $312,012,914. that sponding date la!!t year, being of in the discussions, gation there are out in country into the pookets ot the national bank­ lege .participating cents 28.8 cents better for the Let them per bushel, against to them for the and are invited to do so: the country.' ers, and pay privilege December 1, 1893.' build reservoirs and dam the draws in­ of allowing their notes to be used as , JANUARY WEDNESAY, 9,1895. The farm of is stead of tbe Raise orchards average price barley in of AP'I'ERNOON SE8SION-OPENING AT 40·CLOOK. country. money place greenbacks. 44.3 cents per bushel, against 40.6 cents and vineyards, and vines, and by and Are the national bank notes any bet­ meeting. • or a of 3.7 cents. Business tide will turn for the year 1893, gain the SESBION-7:80 O'CLOCK. by the of immigration ter money than legal tender notes? EVENING The for 1892 was 47.2. our As soon as it is demonstrated price Are' as Are not the Address of weloome, Governor L. D. way. is they good? legal Tbe average prioe of buokwheat Lewelling. tbat people can live in western Kansas, tender notes the best form of paper 56.2 cents per 59 cents Response, the President, Thos. M. Pot­ it will become oneof the most desirable bushel, against this has ever had? Has deoline of 2.8 money country ter. half for the year 1893, or a places for residenoein the.western anyone buffered any losses from the fail­ "Relations and Duties of Farmers to cents, United States. With a climate or from other causes Their State Board of Agrioulture," ex-Gov­ of the ures of banks, any - The returns show the average price ernor G. W. Gliok, Atohison. so healthful that men who live in it in of the use of these tho.t consequence "Taxation and Samuel T. of to be $8.35 per ton, while e' Assessment," can choose their own time to die, if we hay notes? Is not the United States gov- Howe. Topeka. of last on the farmll was $9.18. I- can make a success, year ernment as and more so only crop-raising . just capable, "The Necessity for Meat Inspecttou" (il­ 1892 was $8.49. e The average prioe for C. J. Sihler, United States we couldn't keep people out of that of maintaining these notes at par with lustrated), of on the . The potatoes . selling price , Veterinary Inspector, Kansas City country witb a regiment of militia. gold coin as are the national banks? farms on December I, is reported Hot an d THURSDAY, JANUARY 10. Artifioiallakes ought to be formed all all of the bankers who have or 4.5 �early !- average of 55.5 oents per bushel, MORNING BESSION-9 :80 O'CLOCK. over western Kansas. so that the eli­ appeared before the oommittee have cents less than at the same date last 0 "Artificial Forest Growth in Kansas." J. mate would be modified, and also for substantially endorsed the suggestions )- B. Thohurn, Peabody. irrigation and. pleasure. This would year. of Mr. Williams. Mr. Williams'stated "Five Best Grapes for Kansans." Prof. S. The condition of winter wheat on It an to shoot duoks in his that "the of the C. Mason, Kansas State Agricultural col­ give opportunity 91.5 speech capital e December 1 averaged 89, against that lege. boat-ride, fish or out bait. There is n� Chemioal bank was only $300,000, in 1893 and 87.4 in the year It "The Kansas Steer and his Brllliant Fu­ doubt that water will be the eventual the year it had a surplus of $6,000,000; it holds ture." T. W. Topeka. the winter wheat for more ie Mayor Harrison, but the 1892. In principal in its vaults undivided profits J. redemption of western Kansas, "The Creamery Industry," E. Nissley, are as follows: were a States the percentages than $1.000,000; its deposits $30,- Abilene. people out there now haven't the money 92; Indiana, 86; 000,000; its dividends 150 per cent. per -k "The Horse Situation and How Best to to do the business as it should be done. Ohio, 93; Michigan, annum, and its stook was selling at m Deal with its Future," O. P. Updegraff' Illinois, 91; Missouri, 92; Kansas, 73; Il Congress would lop off a few millions of $]00." 92. The re­ $4,300 per share -d Topeka. in Nebraska, 76; California, "Further Results of Chinch Bug Experi­ whioh are wasted every year trying This statement shows what the prof­ turns of oorrespondents of the depart­ �o ments." Chancellor F. H. Snow, State to make rtverenevlgable which haven't its hitherto have been in running this ment make the aereege of winter ,1- University. water in them to make a good national bank. Now, this money is enough cent. of the Al!"fERNOON BESSION-2 O'CI,OCK. wheat sown last fall 103 per and sn and the money in being made out of the people, yet healthy dew, spend in "Corn Stalks" President final- estimate of the area harvested the banks are not satisfied. They 1e (illustrated), building reservoirs to store wa.er, that E. Alvord, Oklahoma AgrICultural whioh was 23,518.796 acres.. A want 3 cent. annum on govern­ >n Henry would be more useful to the 1894, per per . body college. tban the preliminary es­ ment bonds sold to .redeem legal tender :t, Sorehums for and Grain" figure larger "The Forage country. whioh thus a year of timate given out in June. last, notes, making' $10,400.000 F. C. Burtis, State Agricultural college "Tbe word comes in from Iowa, Ne­ The banks was found thereafter in interest. re farm. upon further investigation. braska and parts of Kansas that dry control of all the money "Raising, Harvesting and Marketing Po­ This want paper but to be too low. preliminaryesti­ inflate 19 tatoes In Senator Edwin weather is burning up the crops, and have it elastic, so they can Kansas," Taylor, makes the area sown e1' mate, therefore, Edwardsville. for some reason the prospect of a short and contract prioes at their pleasure, the harvest of acres. "Swine and Swine-Breeding," S. M. more for 1895, 24,224,000 with bonds held the de­ Jy crop in Kansas causes comment by Treasury Ind. notes. Tbe ee Shepard. Indianapolis, ever to secure these Farmers " than in any other State. Did you partment "Fish Production by Kansas ' be in Shall the Greenbaoks Destroyed? interest on $800,000,000 of 3 per oent. J. H. Churchill, Dodge City. notice that Kansas causes more stir in EDITOR KANSAS FARMER:-Among bonds, the amount of paper money 11.11 EVENING SESSION-7:80 O·CLOCK. financial circles than other State : any would be annually, rt- those who appeared before needed, $24,000,000 "The Farmer in Politics and the Fra­ in the Union? 'Did you notice that recently in 100 and and at oompound interest. years de ternal J. E. the House Committee on Banking Orders," Hoagland. Whiting. when the report of a short wheat orop it amounts to over, $15,000.000,000. Man " President "The Farmer and the Professional ' was Mr. Williams, ret to Chicago the price went up a Currency will Congrees permit a chain of Senator S. O. Thacher. Lawrence. got of New Now, when heard of the Chemical National bank, be fastened around the "Our. Girls and Manual Training," Miss cent a bushel, and they that kind to The bank he represented is, of in ' Gertrude Coburn, Stout Manual Training that Kansas corn was short the 'bulls' York oity. necks of the people th�s country �. school, Menomonie. Wis. the wealthiest bank in the this age? . got up and bellowed, and horned tbe probably, enlightened "Domestic Science." Mrs. Nellie Kedzie, States. He made the following To show how interest robs the people, be 'bears' nearly out of tbe pit? Talk all United Kansas State Agricultural college. notice the banded to me by statements in regard to the currenoy following, . ul- you please about cranky Kansas and FRIDAY, JANUARY 11.. a Wall street broker: Kansas and she is bill drawn up by Seoretary Carlisle, O'OLOCK. dry windy Kansas, have a Roman silver value lUORNING BESSION-9:BO the hands of Mr. "I coin, center of the world and the which "{as in Under Ir­ still the about 16 cents our money, issued in the 31 "Fruit and Vezetable-Growing Ohalrman of that of the universe. When the Springer, committee, of the A. D. 96. 'of. rigation," C. H. Longstreth, Lakin. linch-pin reign Emperor Nerva, for consideration: on a bank note "Irrigating a Five-Hundred-Acre Or­ crops fail in Kansas the poor all over The interest on this, or firm­ Geo. M .. Eureka. situation is one issued at the same chard." Munger, the world more for their bread. "The requiring of the same amount, Most of Our Natural pay �ry "Makingt,he Supply ness and common sense. The fl.rst if at the rste of 6 per cent. " Kansaa bacon with the time, only of Senator James Shearer' mingled royal -ot, MOisture, our and and compounded but once - in oonglom­ annum, Frankfort. saner kraut in tbe stomach of the problem clumsy per a instead of once in thirty, sixty "Irr1ll'ationPossibUlties Upon the Higher erated financial system is the dispo­ year, ilJmperor of Germany this morning, and with banks, 717 Lands of Western A. B. Mont- of our tender or ninety days, customary Kansas," an extra of sition to be made legal Kansas beef has put layer would amount to the following sum in Goodland. , ail- gomery, notes." fat on the person of the Queen of Eng­ dollars in A. D. 1896: $10.078.939,955,- AFTERNOON S)lSBION-l:80 O'OLOCK. that "the land and of India. We could He strongly urged green­ E! ection of officers. Empress 875,392,853,056,926,705,259,890,531,463,- ary backs should be say $50,000,000 " and of Soil Moist­ without a whole lot of people funded, 331.84. "Evaporation Storaae get along until all R. at a in 3 per cent. bonds, this appalling fact, ur�" (Illustrated), H. Hilton. Topeka. who think they see visions and dream time, Notwithstanding The Extent to Which Irrfzatton Is Pos­ them were redeemed and cancelled. there are people who ad­ dreams, but Kansasisa great State, just of untbinking sible in Kansas" (Iltustrated), Prof. E. should be allowed to vocate banks of issue; a any the same." National banks chartering Haworth, State University. of a issued as are rub- the bonds as security for cirou­ 16-cent bill bank, t)ley "Some Irrigation as Done in Clark deposit in and in value without interest, or seourity drawing her County" (illustrated), C. D. Perry, Engle­ Every farmer Kansas, espe­ lation, and receive notes equal interest, would in 1,800 years cost the ina- wood. oially the breeders and stook-raisers, to the value of the bonds deposited. par world the above sum, and the bank stal EVENING SEBBION-7:80 O'Ol,OOK. should have the greatest live stook that "a 3 cent. bond would He said per make it. a greenbaok Prof. H. would Whereas, ,t of "Some Irrigation Problems," G. in the the Breeder's Ga­ one a lower rate . world, than bea.ring journal be better bill, or coin of 16 cents, would, in the Fallyer, State Agricultural college. of $2 a We no ver, zette, Chicago, prlee year. of because there would be cost and the nation in Kausas Rainfall, and Pos­ KAN­ Interest, same time, nothing, . '·.Pe�iodlcity make a speclal offer of it and the in the any stblltttes of Storage of the Excess in Rain- danger of its falling below par would save the foregoing sum. SAS FARMER, both papers one year, for rven 1all." Chancellor F. H. Snow, State market." DR. E. P. MILLER. only $2. Subscribe now through this list University. Mr. Williams advised that "the sil- New York City. "Roads and Road-Makin!!,." Gen. Roy offlee, 10 KANSAS, FARMER. DECEMBER 26,

than hurt. Why, it is a common prao­ last two years in the shape of fire-wood, clodieuftute. tioo to plant corn between potato rows I would not recommendits plantation as >A Centleman shade .tor and the a tree of.value, On account of its to furnish them, rapid Who formerly resided In Oonnectlcut, but serve a heaviest in had a growth it may be planted to who now resides In UP POTATOES-SUBSOIL· grower Allen,county Honolulu, wl'ltes: "For BILLING a wind-break. A big crop of corn in his potatoes. I temporary purpose as '20 years past. my wIfe lNG-WEEDS, would be pleased to furnish proof of single row of cottonwood trees, planted and 1 have used Ayer'. where the Balr and we EDITOR KANSAS FARMER:-In your this to anyone desiring it, as I am one rod apart, it attains Vigor, attribute of or and aver­ to It the dark issue of November 28 appears a letter aware that this is a strong statement. height thirty forty feet, hair which she and I from S. A. a former I wish Geo. A. Rush, of lola, a reader aging about a foot in diameter on the Thomas; criticising now have, while hun­ of mine. I am much to of the KANSAS FARMER, would say stump, will sap all the moisture from letter obliged dreds of our acquaint­ whether this is in to Bob the soil for two rods on either side, so him for calling my attention to what true regard ances, ten or a dozen the mills. Mr. that no can be matured within seems strange to him. I have been Shapell's crop, by 10\11. crops years younger than we. some incidents about that distance from the trees. to wrlte my former letters in Rush could �Ive are etther gray-beaded. obliged . tested beside the I had 100 cords of twelve-inch wood or bald When great haste, and have not the talent to this potato Early white, -, which sold asked now our hair has 'make myself understood as I would Ohio and others, that would surprise cut on my place last winter, retained Its color and hill in a for $1.25 to $1.50 per cord on the like. He inquires, "Why up many. • fullness, we reply, By In last (No­ One of my correspondents writes me ground. The trees had full possession dry clh,nate?" my ,article the USB of Ayer'. Hair former to to write' about the eating of the ground for fifteen years, ann av­ vember 28) I say: "Perhaps my please Vigor-nothing else.'" the rows I had overlooked which a cord each. The ground plan of going once between quality. this, eraged nearly "In 1868, my amanccd that I am not fit to write was to corn and The with one shovel to lay them by, is un­ shows clearly planted potatoes. wa.'I nearly bald, and wise." This shows that there is a up a potato. The general' verdict is latter were an entire failure and the tbe hair have' no The mer­ former made a To all doubt in my mind about "hilling up." that they equal. partial crop. kept fall­ as there will be five out Now, here is the reason I have always chants of lola will testify to this, appearances years Ing more for before the every done so: It is because we live in a hot they always give 10 cents grubbing among stumps day. I to fall and as them than any other, and are now offer­ land can be cultivated with satisfac­ climate, subject rains, Induced do not so well out of the 40 cents more to keep for spring tion. potatoes keep ing herto use I made a to the as in the we (Allen trade. The prospects are that they Last August trip ground ground, Ayer's Ball' Vigor, and very 800n, It not have been in the habit will be $2 or more in the spring. western part of this State, and among county farmers) only checked any further loss of hair, but to remain in the Now I come to I had en­ other I visited Garfield 'to in­ of allowing them something places produced an entirely new growth, which bas forest ground, undisturbed, until very late, tirely overlooked in my letter about spect the experimental planted remaIned luxuriant and glossy to this day. that the the & Santa Fe I can recommend this to all In say November 1 to 30, and it was nee­ the Early Kansas, and that is by Atchison,. Topeka preparation in 1874 and 1875. I need of a natr-restorer., It Is all 'essary that we have them hlUed up to sunlight does not have the bad effect railroad company, genuine ten varieties that have sur­ that It Is claimed to be."-Antonio Alarrun, prevent the whole crop rotting when on them that it does on other kinds will name have succeeded Bastrop, Tex. the rains come in the fall, followed by All good autho;ities agree that a vived and appear to if in the order named: lo­ very hot weather. potato is ruined, for table use it is best, Honey box black The use of this shovel-plow provided exposed to daylight for a single week. cust, ailantus, elm, elder, AVER'S black wal­ a means of draining off all surplus fall The Ohios will slirivel up and change looust, maple, cottonwood, rains, and was the whole cause of pre­ color under the light, while those that nut, catalpa blgnanoida (there were HAIR VICOR ash. The last venting the crop rotting. are not exposed will remain sound and no speclcsa planted), Please to remember that Allen keep their fresh color. The Kansas Is three named were almost entirely The ash was ruined the county is as level, almost, as a board­ not affected thus, and specimens' I worthless. by When the borers and"the walnut were an can trot a load by my place and clear sent to a Topeka epicure had been on nearly In The is on rich Ar­ Kicks Come acrose the without a brake of a barrel in broad daylight, where dead. plantation county stop, top Is not the title of a new song, nor' sun shone on them an hour each kan�as about a mile from the - or breeching-and when shower after the bottom, does it refer to the backward action shower comes in September or Octo­ day, for over three weeks, and I quote river. of that much-maligned animal, the ber, followed by extremely hot weather, his l'_eply: "Samples of potatoes came mule. Bulletin for It is a used by the inhabi­ to hand. I had seen much writ­ Thayer's Berry January. phrase it is very difficult to prevent potatoes duly to the tants of Oklahoma designate •. With the new resolutions 'from rotting. I believe I now have a ten about them, but wanted to test their year, approaching opening of the fruitful better remedv, and that is to have the eating qualities .and had these three should be made and plans formed for a acres of the Kickapoo India"" res,�- vation. ". < ground thoroughly subsoiled. Tile­ cooked In three different ways and am berry garden in the spring. If you wish to find out all about the would be the satisfied are all P. enterprising ·farmer. every draining probably best, they right.-O. Up- Every Kickapoo lands. as well as those be­ owner should make but we are all too poor here to do it. degraff." CLARENCE J. NORTON. of a village home, onging to the Wichita and Comanche this resolution. tribes-where cotton, wheat and to sum We save the Morantown, Kas. Now, up: pots­ fruits will 'handsomely-ask G. ambitious boy or girl should pay .toes by leaving them in the ground, Every T. Nicholson, G. P. A., Santa Fe be and but for the off of all to Kansas State Horti­ encouraged.in fruit-growing for a . provide draining' Forestry Report Route, Topeka, Kas., have a little with the the surplus water. oultural garden, profits free Sooiety, thereof their own. copy we do not hill all Be it remembered, up By J. B Sohllohter, of Sterling. of Business men or until the are in full bloom and the men, professional tops In giving my report I would say that Oklahoma teaehera, almost broken with care, folder. tubers have begun to set large, and it all kinds of trees have suffered severely add of does not make difference how may regain failing health, years any dry the two years. show during past Many to life and in their Invited to send tor my late.t prloe list of or how the weeds after pleasure put money it is, grow this, signs of decay, and not a few have died, small fruita. Half million strawberry planta. purses, small fruits. as the Kansas will get there ex­ by growing Early root and branch. . This condition �:� The demand for good fruit has never U R �:.����o��t.��.sF� �::'�t����'i OJ, every time, and here is where it differs ists in where renoe, Kas Mention this papAr. ' particularly plantations been from all others we have tried. yet supplied. trees have attained such age and size A. H. GRIESA, Prop'r Kan.8. Home Nur­ shrewd farmers realize this oommerclal will ask don't Many aerieR, Lawrence, KOB., grows trees for Now, many right here, that cultivation has been discontinued. and family orohards-the Kansa.. Raspberry. Black­ and are making more .money from a your potatoes make a second growth Younger plantations, where thorough berries, standard and new Strawberries-also shade few acres of berries than all the rest of and evergreen trees adapted to the West. during those fall rains and hot, dog- cultivation has been the 'given trees, the But in farm. qay weather? Yes, they do. are thrifty and healthful. New in Musk-melons The greatest pleasure in fruit-grow­ Something this way only-the Early Kansas puts In some of the older orchards The White Persian. tbe 'Iarllest and best 110.' apple' comes ing or farming from an under­ vored on earth. Notblng better to be de.lred. it all into the small tubers, just where of the trees show signs of decay. many standing of the slmple natural laws it ought to go, and never in any This to be more noticeable in :��t,:I�� ��?ewI'!,1,����IK'���S tM}����I�'A���:;: appears that underlie and enter into all prod­ instance did they ever grow out of the Ben Davis and Three of Winesap. ucts of the soil. or start a shape prong. my largest Ben Davis trees died this Nurseries. The greatest success comes from the lee's Summit Star Brother Thomas has received from row summer. In one orchard one of IN - correct application of these principles. ESTABLISHED 1869. me three typical specimens of this Ben Davis trees died. In another Ohotoe fruit and ornamental trees, Inoludln� Soils are good or poor according to small fruits, everjlreens. roses and shrubbery. A potato that stood the worst fall we ever where the trees were orchard, planted the contain. specialty of suppl,lng tree. tor oommerolal or­ fertility they OBn have had in twenty-three years, and r close and had to be thinned out, it was oh"rrls. Also .hllde trees, Plant while you get are valuable as that fer­ the best trees at the lowest prices. Bend for cat.... or other of the I They only ask him, any many discovered that many trees were rotten is made available for plant food. 1\10. have sent seed to, if they have received at the heart. tility ���u�u4��itiJf'�fW.nl.?lli��·�·j,�:i.mlt, The application of this knowledge a single specimen that had put out a Of the forest trees, the catalpa ESTABLIRHED IN 1873. constitutes common-sense farming and knob, or second growth, and all of them speclosa seems to stand the severity of in the until about brings success. remained ground our summer drought and heat the best; NURSERIES. A fruit is a kind of WILLIS 1. other plant machine, November No variety has next the Russian and Contain a aeneral asscrtment of cuotce fruit tree. mulberry or little capable of doing much work, nnd otber stoek, wblch we olrer for sale In ever been found to stand the are nurserj' peculiarity ailantus. Many of the box elders and depending on food, moisture, care, 101. to suit. Our prices are low-stock packing of cur county, and perhaps there are dying in the upper part of the tops. the vpry best, Write for free catalogue and always and environments. mention name of tbl. paper. A .peolal lot of oholce ours, training many other counties similar to 'I'he cottonwood on bottom land and on tree. for sale. The work consists in the well-grown two-year-old apple converting Addre.. A. WILLIS. Ottawa, KanRaa. . Now, about those weeds. We cannot light sand holds out well, but on heavy refuse animal and vegetable matter raise a big crop of potatoes here with- and high upland it is dying out. clay into forms of health, the most whole­ out putting on manure, and everyone The honey locust endures well, but the some and delicious known to man; into knows that all the weed seeds gathered black locust is being injured by the forms of beauty, filled with nectar, on the farm finally get into the manure. borers. It is only four years since the tinted with sunshine, ministering to all Tame grass is yet in its infancy here, borer made its first appearance, and our senses and drawing us ever up­ and we have hardly yet commenced to now already there is not a single tree ward, ever nearer the soul of nature turn under clover sad, so we manure that has escaped its ravages. I have and the great divine. the potato ground. Invariably we all many trees that will make from 'four The fil'St essential in growing berries plow the ground very deep and the to six good fence posts; some will make is to subscribe for one, two, or more, weed seeds in the manure do not come from eight to ten posts. The black best farm or horticultural papers. up until about August, or after the walnut has done well, but within the They are faithful messengers direct­ potatoes are laid by, and then, when past two or three years not a few have ing us to success. the fall rains come, how tbey grow! died and others are showing signs of In no other way can the principles of When we lay by our potatoes there is decay. rural pursuits, the knowledge of how BINGAMAN not a weed to be seen, and our fields With my past experiences and ob­ best to grow fruits, flowers, grains, are as clean as Brother Thomas', and servations, if I were to make another grasses and domestic animals, be so we are not strangers to the Planet Jr. plantation of forest trees I should easily obtained. �PRUNER cultivator, with its gauge-Wheel in plant the following varieties: Catalpa They give us best advice, most ap­ The best Pruner ever made. Will cut front and rake in the rear to gauge the Russian any limb not exceeding J � inches in speciosa, ailantus, mulberry, the of pruved methods, experience diameter. One man can do more work depth, either. While the weeds are elm, honey locust and walnut, and I successful men and the important with it than five mcn can with any other. an I never met a farmer them in in State in the eye-sore, yet would give preference the events of this busy world. Agents wanted every here that did not have to mow and order named. Union. Address- Verily, a good newspaper is worth rake them off before digging, or that Although the cottonwood has been a more to the average farmer than the ORCHARD PRUNER CO., 0lI010, KonS08. did not think them of more source of some revenue to me for the bast horse on the farm. KANSAS FABHIIB] adyantalre , LMen&lon - internal meeliini� you cannot view tailers held government stamps (called without cnttbig out 'the combs, then licenses) for the sale of oleomargarine DE UYAL GREAM SEPARATORS allow cities and towns of Iowa. expect to become scienti1lc. To in twenty-two .lddreu. tor oataIOI'Ile and partIoulan, SII:PARATOR filth to accumulate on the On under the new Or THII: 011: LAVAL Co.:.! dirt q,nd November I, 1894, 7' Cortlandt New BLaIR, ILL. _ Street, Iork! boards of the hives, as a hot­ but of these licenses had Removing the Queen--Alfalfa Honey, bottom law, twenty bed for the propagatio'l of moths. To been issued, and are confined to ten EDITOR KANSAS FARMER:-In your an extractor you know and the new law had,only been an education. The cost of a dairy Doolittle is buy before. cities, of Deoember Mr. sec­ ssue 12, what to extract ,from-one ponnd force four months." Mr. Boardman school to the taxpayers woul!! be but is as in orrect in stating that a queen boast of to the tions or brood nest. To your further: "We are glad that Iowa a mere pittance in comparison at 3 and even at says ikely to be prolific 2, knowledge-talk about drones laying to her critical sister value to be derived from such an insti­ old, can now report as queens only 1 year the bee. years old, eggs and the queen beinR' king States in the that consume the tution. live and East, have known a queen to keep to bees and not have some that '1'0 try keep of her fine butter, if will not untdl she was over 5 with greater part Sell your cows you procure 'hive populous books on bee culture at hand, her and 'throttled she has duty ' done , a good thermometer, a trustworthy are well and " " years of age. which you acquainted, the fraud.' and if are not to when the bee­ ex­ tester, you willing I will suggest that think a bee master. To yourself to the utmost a queen wondenful results with school your intelligence a eeper desires to supersede pect to reap ,Aaacioiation Notes. Dairy within power. There is no profit 8 understood that it must be done bees without labor, knowledge, pa­ your t be Brie" the with­ The famous "Fromage de in unscientific work in this progressive rl when there are drones about, tience and costs. "No excellence Mr. A. G. Y the labor." To become and cheese, made by Eyth, 't!as day. r-iary, in order that young queen out cranky case bees as in demand at the banquet; not fail to beoome fertile. In think no one else keeps you great The farmer who does one thing thor­ " ay than one is dc. This is a progressive age. To was this to be more than he queen of more colonles The exhibit of cheese lal'ger oughly well is very apt do not the grumbl« because you have to feed your that in all of his to be superseded, remov� year than formerly, giving proof usually thorough oper­ more one in bees some aeasous, business is that the the farmer, queen from than, oolony the cheese receiving ations.· On contrary, has been one of his the start. After the queen attention which it merits. who thoroughly slights part to Oandy, well removed from a oolony from eight Queen-Oage will stand business does not do thoroughly Monrad says that a woman cells will have been The loss shipping queens long of it. ten days, queen lp a until she any part be up and turn separator drops sealed. Then the queen distances is generally believed to formed and while a man soon ,Millet is a luxuriant grower, and, of the down exhausted, removed from other oolony due to the hardening ca.ndy may be any loses his grip and gives it up in disgust. like olover, contains a large per cent. is and with which the cage is furnished. The where a young queen desired, of albuminoids, which makes it espe­ taken from the problem how to keep i,t in...proper con­ Wm. Sutton, of Table Rock, Neb., one of the queen cells valuable fol' mllk. It on the use of cially produces cells dition is a vexing one; but the sugges­ read an interesting paper hive oontaining the queen eight six tons and is made W. A. in "Glean­ The discussion of three to per acre,' easily old be inserted. This tion by Pryal the hand separator. to ten days may its cured. two acres next season on in Bee Culture" may help In Mr. Sutton's revealed a strong Try be done by outting ings paper of seed to can very readily the rotten turf, one bushel and solution. sentiment in favor of the use of good a of comb surrounding out pieoe some hard the acre, Mr. Pryal found that very hand in small dairies, as well about one separator' containing the queen cells, atmos­ when exposed to the a heifer is allowed to and it candy, as large ones. The time that inoh or more square, inserting absorb phere for some days, began to after her first calf is dropped for this near on butter went go dry in an opening out purpose from the air. It became First prize separator the moisture affects her habit in this respect all her the the Whitewater the center of hive, among and in time of the same con-, to Crelltmery Co., scoring soft, life. It is not necessary for a good cow in the hive from which 97 First on gathered maturing brood, as the honey from which it points. prize sistency Cream­ cared for to go dry longer has been removed. This in its cream butter wentto Ellinwood properly t tpe queen just was made. This rapid chanlte weeks. The in than from three to four enable the oolony to be posses­ attributed to the 93 points. First prize -' will condition was large ery Co., scoring be dried to ten awarded to Mrs. yery best cows can hardly oft, sion of a fer�ile queen eight days u.mount of salt that the air in that on da.iry butter was inbred to milk produotion to raise a, Ellinwood 94+ the tendenoy sooner than if left queen seetdon is charged with. This leads D. Hall of scoring .ao or two old. would dairY' butter having' been developed strongly. from an egg or a larva a day Mr. Pryal to the belief that "it points· s�oond prize on' for the hard of a revenue which is , I offer these suggestions be safe to make the candy quite went � J. E. George, Buritngame, The dairy brings nor .. the near future the that were to be sent on a sea cash and almost oontinuous. It don reason that in for cages scoring 90l points. always of will prove to be The would soften about maintain the fertility of the the pursuit bee-keeping voyage. candy An was read by helps If salt interesting paper seldom branch of industry in much as fast as it was necessary. its product, if good, has a profitable Mr. E, C. Llewellyn, entitled, "Details farm; lbi­ alfalfa to the before the exhibits more vital­ of Kansas. quantities of were added candy to seek a buyer; it t.he" Large in Creamery Work." He said, in part, where it can was the would be­ almost Lful will be raised in all parts cage shipped candy and ity in times of depression t�an of it pays to be gentlemanly obliging localities where it is come too sort'; should the candy be other that the farmer �er- be irrigated. In a few minutes any product .,' sent to customers; to spend and a soft ere the cage is farmer studies extensively grown, composition the works sells; but the average the already being too in them through one the would also become showing lines before where'bees have free access to it, oft, candy of bu';' improvement in all other be­ on the soft and the operation's their soft as soon as it was well explaining business of che has been known to yield to cheer­ he takes an interest in the colony For that are to be ter-making; to answer questions and 150 of fine oomb :water. cages butter. owner over pounds, assist the women or children making 'G shipped altogether by land, especially fully and in one season, and have an ample of the 'F� honey hot the who come to the factory in-unloading The main features proposed Parties about through a country, candy left for winter. cans. Kansas will be modeled supply could be salted as much as necessary. the milk and putting baok the oleo law for and Garden City have tested and will Syracuse Of the of salt required somewhat after the Iowa law" of alfalfa course, quantit.y the honey-yielding qualities Notes, follows: To manu­ for a single cage is comparatively Dairy be as prohibit and I deem it but proper th::roughly, has a wonderful effect in facturers from their product small;. but it .If oleo is all right and honest, why coloring who are located. Lear large that all the sQ:(t." it sold in imitation 'Or semblance of the yellow keeping cand.l' should anyone object to having fields of this should be made ac­ them plant true name? color of butter, and to enjoin ot of order that and used under its with this fact, in word "butterine." Ints, quainted from using the ;Veot avail themselves of the op­ A man that will not provide good they may Keepers of hotels and restaur�nts will lAw- quantities of for his cows is not liable to portunity of saving large bedding be obliged to notify their guests that that otherwise would filth off the udder in milking. excellent honey brush 011 their if such is 'ur­ they use oleo tables, ,rolnl lost. Oonducted s: 111. JONll8, of oakland Dalr:r butter be b:r Do know how much your the case. jao«­ oommunloatloDB Topeka, Eae. you Of who know nothing I!'arm. Addre•• all little ealcula­ hade course, persons costs pel' pound? A and who you The dairy school at Madison, Wis., of the habits of the honey bee, out better and more tion may point ' students on about after their had registered ninety-five are careless looking the Oows, economioal methods. ms Proteoting November 1 for the winter term, be­ not make a aucoeas of this bees, will American Oultivator that t 1Ia­ The says of the best creamery but­ 1895. As the that man or woman The price ginning January 1, ,Ired, business. But for man there is no excuse for any failing a the of is not more than OIU­ ter has advanced little; price of the school who will this pursuit proper at­ oapacity &IIIIR. give his oows from the severe to proteot the lowest of farm butter .hes the indications are that a large located in the grade s- 100, when irrigated is no on tention, weather, because there spot of will have to be of I predict a remained nearly stationary. number applicants aHalfa portions Kansas, a milch cow can subsist earth where turned Similar reports oome es. G, BOHRER. cream is too warm away. rich find. furnishes material for pro­ If the kept but which us from all over the United States at a temperature, to Chase, Kas. and winds. A cow and churned high Idlng tecting from snow Canada of the crowded condition butter will be in color and and t, A hard-coal fire and a tbe light does not require a of the schools for the next term. ,lor­ Mistakes, devoid of that fine flavor which flxes dairy Bee-Keeping bed for comfort. She enjoys" a will nget feather At St. Anthony Park, Minn., they oata- ,In the American nee Journal a but she its value. brown-stone front, to be sure; to hold two sessions in botb think that the man be obliged 1'110. writer says: To on a hill­ effort at reform that a sod stable, a dug-out It is the first cheese. a success at enjoys butter and who never made anything as mind that will side or a stall in a straw stack, quite costs; make up your you tried, will make a success with bees. the Cows in milk will consume nearly 50 if it is olean and dry. No do it and then start right in before colonies where 50 well, kept 'than the same To try to keep 100 ,that time to oent. more water man who owns one cow is so poor worst part of you ,has argue per :s. would starve. To to the milk. The New neglect give oows when not build a shelter of some kind of the notion. giving trees and fall-in he cannot you out bees proper care in spring York Experiment Station, at Geneva, Ie In and six feet of rope or a stanohion what all the time-and for gener­ get Iarmers.do not know good breeds ekIng fact hope Many found as all average of several lwaya the for a tie. The trouble with a great eat it from ous returns. To neglect to put butter is unless they away of boIce till that each oow drank 1,039 pounds in farmers is they are waiting all think their into winter many course . bees away quarters home; of they and consumed 547 pounds more 18B. barn before water then to find build that two-story but good condition, expect they home-made butter is good they month. lactation the cows. How in food per During them in the dawn of early they begin to stable standard of strong have no judging. the month was 1,660 pounds their stores foolish! Stable the cows and they will average per spring. To rob them of this win­ consumed in­ increased is very brash and dry drank and 774.8 pounds too late for them to thus build the barn out of the Hay replenish, a water consumed kind ter and does not stimulate as good food. The pounds of causing them to starve, then blame profits which they yield from fiow of milk as in other years, on ac­ for each of milk produced were them for and curse your treatment. pound perishing weather count of the extreme dry as follows: Ayrshires, 4.26; Guernseys, � luck. To try to use all patent hives while was gathered. Holsteins, 4.43; Jerseys, 5.21; and appliances because some oily­ Oleo in Iowa. hay being 5.07; • Holderness, 3.95; Dev­ him and fiX­ of oleo and Short-horns, 5; tongned agent tells to, The' from the address of Restrict the sale give following, an of 4.68 to succeed. ventilate his hives chance to learn 4.82, making average pect To Commissioner Boardman, at the the boys and girls a ons, Dairy need of an abundance of with cracks in the roof and knot-holes and pounds. The Iowa State convention, refers to the art of butter cheese-making, Dairy evident. in the bottom. To keep plenty of find customers for her water if> the new law and makes a comparison and Kansas can weak colonies on hand, and expect to over the between it and the old law in relation fine dairy goods all country. the of the comb grub escape ravages State: "Since card to to sales of oleo in that Don't to write a postal a moth-proof hive. "Non­ forget MOSELEY'S by using those who have this law was enacted, if, are in favor of an ap­ OCCIDENT sense!" To fail to on the surplus this office you put become ac­ also had an opportunity to for a school, and CREAMERY. cases at the time, then blame propriation dairy right have SOLD ON JlERIT. with its workings letter to representative, God, nature and the bees for no quainted write a your !end for 8peo1a1lDt.rod_ • it superior to any law favor such a bill at the Offer. "Watch, work and wait," pronounced asking him to tcrJ surplus. interest of rllllHT PAII.Y I•• heretofore enacted in the of the II cut must be your motto in hoping for next sesslon Legislature. as well as es in in this, success. '1'0 let the grass and weeds pure dairy products on dignity .'!!J.!r£CJ1!.RD should . work This State put cu.",., • I.... so rank around the hives that other States. In November, 1893, ,ther. grow furnish a school for to the enough to dairy I the can't then under the old acoording the bees find them, expect law, and not be obliged to State her own people a in the business. seventh annual of the to become prince report in order to get such re- Bend them outside 10808. ').'q use Ql(! fOlll qOi-b2;! ¥'feIJI, ��o� Dairy "ommissio�er, eighty-one , 11 KANSAS FARME�. DEOEMBIlH 26,

FIELD NOTES lot of top ofterings and a successful sale. been FRoM: BROWN OOUNTY. rightly named. Oloseup comes Sun­ outskirts of the of Hiawatha 'and . Qity very MARTIN lI4lIIIBIIINHIIIIMlIIR'B HlIIRD. set that was farrowed Eeb­ The writer enjoyed a few days' visit Chip.(VoI9), accessible for visitors. He has been re­ ruary 4, bred H. G. of among somll of the leading swine-breeders One of the though foremost 1894, by Sims, enforcing this fall, and among others added younger, sire Dick Sunset 9990 he of Brown county, last and among Poland breeders in Brown is Martin Nebraska, S., by to the herd is a very promising week, county, Sunset 6978 S.. and young chap, others was Mr. J. A. whose farm Meisenheimer, whose excellent farm lies King he by Climax' Victor M. Jr. He is by the noted Victor M. Worley, dam Black 19510 she lies near Sabetha, and is known as Pleas­ three miles southeast of Hiawatha, the Beauty S., by General 9240 S. and out of a daughter of Trenton Woif i845 S. and out of Vinton 17847 ant View Stock farm. The Poland-China county seat. The herd of rmstered Poland­ Spotty Rock 2d 7986 S. The brooders are coming S. He's another both in breed­ herd now consists of over 100 bead, Chinas was founded in 1890 and has been good one, on nicely and Mr. Maxey will have more to twen�y­ ing and character. Another two of which are brooders over 1 year. In recruited from time to time until it is rated one, Billy say later on when the spring pig crop will (Vol. sired Gold the youngster class are twenty-five gilts and as one of the best little herds in the county Bundy 9), by Coin 9310 S., have arrived. he by Sbort Stop 6938 dam 26015 eighteen boars coming on, and a very prom­ of Brown. His first annual sale. whicb. S.; May BERT WISE'S S., she Black Diamond 9348 of POLAND HIIIRD. ising lot they are. Four serviceable harem was held last October, reduced the herd by S. One his dams was the noted Last week, in company with Col. Ell Zim­ lads are now doing duty in the herd, led and it now consists of about sixty head, all great-grand prize­ winner, Queen Lawrence ad 21655 S. merman, we paid Mr. Wise's herd a visit by Anxiety 20251 A., that was farrowed ages. The Individuals belonging to the Billy is one of (in common with his and found them in a healthful and May 22; 1892. He was bred by Farmer 1893 farrowings are mainly Tecumseh-Free co-workers) promis­ the mellow kind that all ing condition. Mr. Wise concluded to get a Bros., of Iowa. He was sired by Tecum­ Trade blood. The aged harem queen broad-backed, swine-breeders are for. nick higher, and the result was that he seh Butler 17949 A., he Butler's Dark­ division, now looking In fact, no by_ numbering eighteen head, other kind is succeeded in the ness 13055 A. and he by King Butler 8895 have been bred to Tecumseh Free Trade ever brougbt to or permitted purchasing noted aged to remain in Mr. Zimmerman's herd. boar, Butler's Darkness 2d 9788 S., for an, A.; dam Daisy Wilkes 59432 A., she by Al 10783 S., by Tecumseh Chip 2d 7609 S. j dam During our round in some of the even 1200, and he now Is doing service as Wilkes ]4347 A. He has a good face, head Lady Free Trade 17189 S., she by Free visiting Brown we chanced to look the master of ceremonies at the head of the and ear, long, broad back, wide, deep ham, Trade 4420 S. As an individual, in con­ county herds, over, at herd. More, about Wise's herd individuals too,. and is very uniform and smooth in his gen­ formation he is considered by many one of severaldlfferentplaces. at Col. Zimmerman's last later on. eral conformation. His breeding combines the 'best in the State, and as a breeder no Rurchased Sep­ tember 'and in I. W. good blood-Tecumseh, Corwin and Wilkes. superiors. He is assisted by L's Tecumseh, sale, every instance all were BABBIT'S BERKSHIRES, coming right their form Next him in the array is the one-year-old, a son of Benton's Last 8827 S., he by 5 along, holding up Mr. Babblt is the pioneer Berkshire and. growing up smooth, and on the 28th o'f last July, Combination U. S., Times Tecumseh 6344 S. j dam Little Judd growthy v-ary breeder of Brown county and now Is strong promising. Such was their universal an Iowa-bred fellow, sired by Lord Faunt­ 15266 S.. by RUey 6672 S. and out of Lady good in th� general make-up of his herd. Whlle condition that it at once confirmed us in the leroy, he by U. S. Success, by Black U. S. j May 15267 S. He is a March pig and a not so large in numbers. It is of a higher conclusion that Zimmerman not under­ dam Biack Wilkes, by Guy Wilkes 2d. youngster of much promise. Among the only standard than it has baen for several years. stood from a breeder's His dam is a full sister of G. P. Wilkes females recruited this faU is Evans' Choice hogologv standpoint, The visitor finds a lot of ten brood sows, but was a successful and reliable feeder.as 10877 S., that Is generally considered one of (Vol. 9). Edward's Lassie 9). Kansas seven of which w,ill rustle the up-eared (Vol. well. The individuals to the best in the West, and now at the head Girl 25224 S., Beauty Aberdeen 26776 S., belonging the fall breeders of the West to beat, Among his farrowings are all 011 in forw. of Alex. Johns & Son's Iowa herd. In Lady Swaim (Vol. II), Lady Gold Coin coming good Iste recruits were three bead from the very The grand of brooders and tracing up his ancestry one finds in both Vol. 9). Lady Colthar (Vol. 9), a fine gilt array aged gilts, excellent herd of Mr. J. S. Mal!'ers. of with the several recruits were lines a strong array of noted ancestry, and bred by Colthar & Leonard, of Nebraska, added, found Arcadia, Kas., the home of the Bourbon to be in !rood, healthful and their something more than the ordinary may be has been bred to Victor M. Jr., a son of the condition, County herd. Mr. Babblt recoentzed the master as expected from the Sunset females and two noted Victor M. Lady Short Stop, another painstaking hopeful ever of a necessity of an out-cross from his Rockefel­ well-earned and merited success the daughters of Benton's Last, also some lassie, has been nicked with Butler's Dark­ coming low and'Model Duke II. sows. and he pur­ year. Same Price and Black U. S. harem ladies ness, now owned by Bert Wise, of Roserve. chased Lord MaJest,ic, an Enl!'llsh-bred w. H. BABOOOK'S POLAND HBRD. that have been bred to him. An able co­ Brown county, for which he paid $200. The fellow that was sired bv Lord Windsor and adjutor is America's Equal 12279 S., that youngster, Lady Sparks (Vol. 9), sired by Another Brown county breeder that is out of the noted Imported prize-winner, came to the farm last year, and it will be Pontiac 10564 S. and out ot Admiral Queen coming along the hlll,'hway of Poland-China Majestic., that won second place at the remembered by those that attended Mr. 29023 S., has been bred to Victor M. Jr. success is Mr. W. H. Babcock, whose farm World's Fair. From Mr. Magel'S he bought Is Worley's last reduction sale that his Another one, Lady Corwin 2d, bred here on one mile from the Brown county fair the sow Queen of the West 10rh. and she get were usually' among the first choice the farm and sired by Tecumseh Free In'Ounds, near Hiawatha. He made his now has a fine lUter of nine that WAl'e sired selections. His dam was Lady Star 3d Trade and out of Lady Corwin 17550 S., has Orat annual reduction sale the 19th of last by the imported Wal'wick Hope.8174t. The 10352 S., by Keno 5241 S. and out of Lady been nicked to Black U. S. Nemo, a son of September. and a successfuloneit was. His other two were gilts and equally as weU Star' 8316. Tbe visitor finils a young the famous Lizer's Nemo, for which Mr. fOlllrteen head of broo+ers are comtng on in bred. fellow, yet unnamed, farrowed March 3L, Wise paid f275. good form, and as he is ustne several first­ There is a nice string of young boars 1894, bred by Aikins & Son, of Nebraska, Space forbids the extended notes that the class boars on both the aged sows and gilts. l'eady to !rO t,hat WAre sired by Model Duke and sired Dr. BoUver 24767 he herd a is II., he Moilel by A., by merits, and a word' about the young­ promising spring pig crop assured. by Duke. the boar that left Shaul's Tecumseh 16L05 A. More will be of Mr. and he by sters ready to go. Among others that can given his herd later on. Gentry's farm for $750. Tecumseh Chief 8123 dam Bonnie A.; Bell be spared is the young Vs Te­ THill ROSEDALE POLAND HIIIRD. W. P. BRUSH. 26309 fellow, S., she ny 1666 S. and out of cumseh, and with him two sons of Royalty Mr. John A. Dowell is one of the veteran Miss Corwin 21874S. Tecumseh Free Trade. All Heisarangy, smooth, three are good breeders of STATE OF mellow and pedigreed Poland·Chlna swine. OHIO, er.,.y OF TOLEDO. l fellow,' if he comes out as individuals. �8 . having been in live stock hus­ Luovs COUNTY. 5 strongly in conformation as he is he Mrs. MeIsenheimer engaged bred, has fifty or more from bis The FRANK J. CmrNEY makPB oath he ia will be heard from later on. bandry youth up. Rosedale that the Anxiety, pure-bred Light Brahma hens and herd now pullets consists of 130 head. all and senior partne� of the firm of F. J. CHENEY & Co.. Combination and the last mentioned are that she ages, Intends to pen and will be pre­ has the run of his bu-Ine=s in new-comers and taken excellent farm. situated doing the City of Toledo, County and collectively are the pared to fill orders later on for at eggs $1 four mUes northwest of a State aforesaid and thRt BRiit firm will the strongest set of harem masters ever assem­ of Robinson, psy per setting fifteen. The foundation birds little sum of bled on sprightly village on the St. Joe & ONE HUNDRED DOLLA.R� for eaoh the farm. were bred of by Watson, Reserve, and Grand Island railroad, in Brown It and every'OIIIIA of Catsrrh that cannot he oured In the female division a lot of of Robinson. county. grand gilts Thompson, is but six miles east of the by the use of HALL'S O."TABBH CURE. have been added, coming from noted Ne­ Hiawatha, THill EVERGREEN STOOK FARM. county seat, and Mr. Dowell FRA.NK J. braska, Iowa and Missouri of which frf'quently OHENEY. herds, others meets visitors there when have pre­ more will be said at some future time. In Among whose· advertisement ap­ they Sworn to before me and subscribed in my notified him mail of in­ order to the better pears in the KANSAS FARMER this week for viously by their, preaenee, this 6th day of December, A, D, 1886. keep within the capacity tended visit. the first time, Is the firm of J. F. and ---- of the farm Mr. Worley has decided to offer P. C, 5 l whose The herd is headed by the very excellent­ SEAl,. A. W. a draft 01 bred aged sows and gilts at pub­ Winterscheidt, farms are situated In ( 5 GLEASON. -v-- . Brown about five miles aged harem king. Onward 898L S., he by • Notarl/ Public. lic sale, In company with Dan W. Evans, of county, northwest of a Rock Island George Wilkes 5950 S. and be by King Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken and Bcta Fairview, Kas. This sale has been an­ Horton.. railroad town. internally Their herds now Tecumseh 8921 S.; dam Minnie Corwin thA blood and mucous surfaces the nounced to take place at Fair�iew, Brown consist of about 150 head. dir!lctiyon of 20498 S.. she all ages. There are by Cornie 2910, and out of Let system. Send for testimonIals. free. county, on Thursday, February 14, twenty-five aged Live 18951 and 20499 S. Space forbids that descrip­ F. J. when about 100 head will be ana brooders, forty-five, including the gilts, CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. catalogued are bred tion that his breeding and conformation go to the highest bidder. being for the coming spring pig arSold by Druggists, 760. save the "he's a crop. The harem kings now being used deserves, saying grand THill DAN W. EVANS HER!>. eood one." He are Admiral Chip 79111 S., bred is assisted by the Ioungster One of ,the strongest herds in Brown by C. G. of whose Tecumseh Wilkes, that was sired by Gen­ Sparks, Missouri, eral county is known as the Dan Evans "herd clearance sale this fall averaged·$45.91. Wilkes 21927 A., he by Tecumseh Chip of near Jr. 21889 dam hogs," Fairview. It now consists Admiral Chip was bought at the Sparks A.; Agne.'! 50200 by Cor­ of 250 win 8691 A.• he head, all ages. A very strong array sale, a year ago, by the Winterscheidt King by Black U. S. 31474 of recruits O. The reader on has been added during the past Bros. and M. C. Vansell, of in will, following up the few Muscotah, extended months, and among them. keeping com­ western Atohlson He cost them at pedigree of both these harem county. find pany with MasterWilkes21625S., that was the sale 1275, and is proving himself kings, that they possess tne bred worthy best of by Bebout, of Indiana. sired by the of the price paid for him. He is assisted blood and are worthy a noted more George Wilkes 1487 S., dam Lady by George Wilkes Jr. 11893 S. and Corbett lengthy description that we will not be Corwin 45840 O. He is as as 11859 able to give at this time for want of richly bred S., also Admiral King (Vol. 9), a son and anybody's hog, such was the promise of Admiral Chip, and by another one of his space. of his The female division get among the spring pig crop of 1894 sons, Winterscheidt's Victor 9). The of the herd contains that he is (Vol. some retained for further usefulness in reader will at once observe that something toppy individuals-in fact, about all the with of them are ones. herd, Swi Tecumseh 11!129 S. and more than may be expected next good Among them are ordinary 18609 •••••••••••• Billy Wilkes 9309. The former was sired spring to corne into the Winterscheidt Equal S., by King Quality 6967 S., a by L's Tecumseh 11413.: dam Lady Light­ herds. zrandson of Success and Samboline 2d j • • foot 9th 9220 18612 S. He was bred by In the younger division are Lady Gip S., by Stem Miller 4072 S., the forty spring he old Stemwinder Swlbarts, of Nebraska, and was gilts, sired by several different sires, and by 1214; Queen of Rose­ • FOR 1895 • out in his dale 18611 old yearling show-rmg dress at about twenty of summer and fall farrow­ S., by Crown Prince 3104 S., the late Brown county fair, where he ings. a noted sire in his day; Missouri Star 6th • • won first in 18610 a class and sw.eepst.akes in the The reader, especially if he be engaged in S., daughter of Crown Prince 3104 strongest swine exhibit S. Black 26082 S. is made in Kansas swine husbandry, will no doubt make ar­ Daisy thought by the' some to be the best, during yea.r. His coadjutor, Billy rangements to attend their third annual individual female in the Disc Harrows is a son of the noted clearance herd. She is a of the noted :The Wilkes, George Wilkes sale, which will be made at Hor­ daughter : 5950 and out of Windsor 5630 he S., Creole 14661 S., by Cor­ ton, on Wednesday, February 13, 1895. King S., by McCredie win Prince 898 2512 S. Her dam was S. The reader will call to when Mr. M. C. Vansell, of Muscotah, will King Missouri Star if he attended the 6th. The visitor will find a lot mind, Zimmerman clear­ join the Winterscheidts, making the com­ grand good and Corn ance sale last the of of both sired On­ : October, long string of bined offerings aggregate about eighty youngsters, sexes, by Planters: head1 ward and other boars. Several blocky, broad-backed. mellow youngsters consisting of aged brood sows bred ana good high­ that went under gilts and of • made • the hammer at good prices, youuesters of both sexes. The draft from ly-bred strong individual character by the sons and have been daughters of Billy Wilkes. Mr. Vansell's herd, with those of the two lately added, among which are Such h the conformation and two gilts from the East that before • THE character of others, ought to bring out a crowd of buy­ cost, KEYSTONEMFO.CO.,. these three ha.rem that thev ers that shipping, an even $100 each. kings together desire to recruit and strengthen ILL. form a trio that is hard to beat In order to reduce the herd within the • STERLING, • 'and ought their herds or lay the foundation for new to produce an array of youngsters second to ones. safe keeping capacity of the farm, Mr. • none in the West. Nor is this Dowell has concluded to make a reduction • all that may THE BROWN OOUNTY HER!>. will be be said after one takes a sale of to 100 head and will hold the unequaled. truthfully careful The oldest breeder of eighty registered Poland­ same on • Send. survey of the bevy of harem queens found Thursday, February 28. 1895. for in China swine in Brown county is Col. Eli More description, mentioning the female division of the herd. Using will appear later on concerntng the Zimmerman, whose farm, known as the this • the same care and selection in breeding and class of offerings that will go paper. breeding Poplar Grove Stock farm, that lies three and feeding as does the "older man" east Into the sale. miles west of Hiawatha. where the visitor I: • of the rlver, there is no reason a BEN good why finds a herd of over 100 head of Poland­ MAXEY'S POI,AND HERD. Kansas breeder should go or send east, for Chinas, all ages, headed by four breeding Our readers, especially those that at­ 1 •••••••••••• something at a big price because it has a boars. The one accredited the first tended the last Brown county fair, will call reputation that the farther it gets place away is the young fellow Black U. S. Nemo to mind.the excellent that Mr. In .. to our from home the bigger it is. (Vol. very showing rltln!! advertleen pIe,," .a:r :rou ..." sired A. A. • .,,.1,. � .. 9), by 2d 11425 S.. he by A. A. 6845 Maxey made. His place is within the ." ".I.pm."t. ht t.h_ 'R' .. N'R'" JI'.A Mr. Evans considered jnst 1l,",'R. duly during the S. and he by Black U. S. 42011 S.; dam fall whether or not to hold a public clear­ Lizer's Nemo 24471 S., she by Black U. S. ance sale. that sales were reasoning pretty 42011 S. and he Success 2i7 S. He was thick in Brown by county during September, bred by the noted Nebraska Mrs. October and November. breeder, there being nearly Edwards, who Bold his dam at her last nub­ half a score of them; still, all were success­ lic sale to Mr. Wise, of Reserve, for ful, and the of 1275, reputation Brown county and Mr. purchased the grew and lent more Zimme�man young­ encouragement for the ster at Mr. WIse's last September sale. professional breeder of swine. He as pure-bred is, the saying goes, coming on in re-enforced the herd in Having both the grand style and to be male and female promises worthy divisions, and the summer the reputatlon achieved his and fall by mother. farrowings being successful. he His prtncipal coadjutor ill Model Wilkes .. concluded to make his semi-annual reduc­ (Vol. 9), sired by Wilkes 9!l09. now tion sale on Billy Thursday, February 14, 1895, owned Mr. dam by Evans; Model 25983 S.. when he will offer a selected lot of brooders she by Black Diamond 9348 S. and out 01 bred, bred gilts and a nice of string young­ Bertha 21>982 S. Black DIamond was a sters. The will be catalogues ready in due noted hog bred by the Dorseys. Model time and will be sent out free to all thoae Wilkes Is of such promise now that the them. Mr. desiring ,Worley, of Sabetha, visitor, when he takes into consideration c: will join so the reader him, may expect a hlB breeding, at once,concludes that he hu VOU CAN 18�, X,ANS,AB 18�

MARKET REPO·RTS. ,THE STRAY LIST. �Jte 1Jeterinarian. Hore. Ownersl Kanlal (Jity 'Ll"i'e Stock; ,. - r'TrY KANSAS OI'H', Deo. 24.-Cattle-Recelpti We our to UI QOMBAULT"S FOR WEEK oordlally Invite readen oonsult silloe Saturday. 1.514; calves. 88; shipped Sat. ENDING DEO, HJ, 1894,' whenever they desire any information in regard to 62. The market W. clerk .Iok or lame anlmalll. and thUI _lit UI in mal<1ng 'urday, 8.37.3; calves, fOf s�eer8 Ohautauqua county-G. ,Arnold, thlp dep&rtment one of the Intereltlng featurel of was acttve and 10�150 hlgtier; cows steady; COW-Tall:en up by C. Oneel&ger. lu 8alt Oreek the KANSAS FAlUBR. Give &ge. oolor and 18l< of ·Caustic oalves strong; bulls weak; stockers and feeders one roan 00.... no markl or brandal of how �&i:'4 animal. ltatmg IJ'MPtoml eoourately. long aotlve.· The following are- representative �t���&l<· =:'�. � ����:�:U:��18:,ru:,a::.!:'f:. sales; Oherokee county-Po M. Humphrey, clerk. Sometlmel p&rtlel write UI requeattq a reply by Balsam DBIIISSIID BElilF AND lIIXPOBT STlIIIIIBB. PONY-Talreo up by J. M. Tarner, In Garden tp.; P. O. mall. anel then It 08&181 to be a publlo benellt. lIuch .21 1.834 �,65 1.303 �2iI Varol<. November 16.1894. one bay mare pony, . ,..,. lpeet, ... '"IUn hrl' tourteen reqoeltl malt be aooompanied by a fee of one dol- 47 1.289 4.15 2 1.210 4.15 handl high. wblte face. tbree white teet, lITer_II. 'l'akH white on tar. In order to reoelve & prompt reply. all letter. TIl... Be... 22 4.00 89 8.90 IPOt belly. roachell mane; valued at e20. 1.275 1.201 , for addrelled !.bit of.1�:trl1nlmen"lli or thlldepartment Ihoulel be dlreotto our p� 10 8. 7'; Elk 1.360 � D. clerk. Veterinary l!ldttor, DB. 8. C. ORB, Manhattan, KM. 8r mllh meresaotlon. 120 county-S. Lewis, o�u-lWJ FIIID WBSTlIIRN STlIIlIIRS. a:.r�!.e:.r!Br-�Vi'.1".TIm 8TUR AND HEIF1I1R-Tall:en up by W. J. 88l<' .. PIRING. rnfJlON(llUto _orDlfillU," In Paluterhood � 44 Idaho 1.233 �.05 Idaho 1.229 $9.'70 ton. tp.• P. O. BOlby. November 26. .. SPLINT ON COLT.-A oolt, 18 months JPYerlbott1elOt4�� tllIfaotI� 3 Idaho 1.220 8.00 14148 Ariz 1".166 4.40 yearllngl. one steer and one helter; DT�etL OOWS AND BEIFlIIBS. �S:u;:�t 11: 'A�I!9_�t_�!- 0111 old, has what to be a on rrs� ald,wlllfull appears splint ro: l:Iii.re:�"ii"�-/eeorIiJtlv.t,"'Eot an.. 2.·...... YO; $9.110 23 1.083 IS.OO Wabaunsee county-J. R. HenderSon, clerk. the inside of tne about right foreleg J'BlI LAWBBMOB-WILlilAJ.tS,CO.. (llllTelan4 0. 2 1.\80 2.90 1 I.:lOO 2.5Q 10 MARB-TaJlen up by Orcar Johnlon. Kaw tp.• half way down below the knee. The L:::: �:�� L:::: �::g ��r�arrs. one gray mare. 2 YJlanold. Ipllt In oolt does not walk lame but seema to ::::I.gGG ::::1.� �ir�i. 9 7� 2.3; 1 810 2,33 favor Will - Lyon county-C. W. Wilbite, clerk. that leg when running. Farmer's Aooount Book. 9 1.052 2.25 8 845 2.20 1 2.00 7 COW-Tall:en up by G. W. Davl In Center you H. G. C.: 1.000 1.087 1.90 •• 'p.• please presoribe? November one oow.8 accounts is I 1.0110 1.8; 3... 930 1.40 1.1894. small'blaok . yean old. Kaa. The keeping of farm both earl valued at Topeka, 1 ...... 8UO 1 . 7'D oropped; '12. 8TBBR-'l'aken one elements of farm op by Ju.,Aroher In Jaolt.lOn tp.• Answer:-Clip oft the hair and rub on of the important WIIISTIIIKN OOWS. . November19 1891 one palered yearilna lteer white 140001 881 17 Col " 939 . is too a little iodine ointment onoe a for which often $2.25 '1.90 'onhipl. and' lower part • . day prosperity neglected. bell; ottall; valuedaUU 18Col 1.90 6 1.90:, three ·or four until the skin This results from the of 111!8 I.II� J. Hawkins olerk•. largely feeling 20 8<6 Linn.county-J..' ' days, or Col , 1.70 18 70� 1.76 . gets sore, then let it alone for a month, unoertainty as to the correot method of 1 Col...... 690 1.00 I..... OJ() 1.25 MULID-;-Taked up by G. W. Bider. In Sheridan 1 .• November one dark TEXAS AND INDIAN STIIIIIIBS. tp 26. 1894. bay horae mule, when the Iodine ointment can be re­ making the entries. This is entirely roacbed. had on leather headstall; valued.t 4...... 8;5 $2.6. 33;' ...... 703 �20 overcome the use of a book fl�ne if . ... peated necessary. by prepared 7...... 692 2.20 I Greenwood F Hoffmati clerk for the larmer and AND INDIAN oows, county-J Cows COUGHING.__:Can you tell me expressly embracing TIII!AS 8TBIIIR-Taken $2.00 610 '1.85 up by N:P. �ernard.ln 'Ple�t what are a both and 1�7 ails my Jersey oowsi' They system simple satisfactory. 62....3F 7D3 1.6� 669 1.83 Grovetp.November21l.1891.00e rellltear.8yean 11423 on old.lndlatlnot horaelhoe right hlp'• valued .ta20. well taken care of, and eat very well, Anybody who can write can keep all STOOXIIIBS AND FlIIlIIDIIIB.�. Sumner but had a 5 988 8.45 county-Chas. Sadler, clerk. have short and hurried necessary accounts intelligibly by the 9'2; 8.20 25 9·iO 7'4 MARE-Taken op John W. Folta and a the two 3.15 180 8.00 by DavlB.ln tp.• breathing cough for last use of this The KANSi\S FARMER P. O. book, 6" 788 2.90 49 y 'I,,� 2.70 Corbin. November 9. 1894. one dark brown weeks. N. C. V. 10 ...... " v mare. Je&n old. BOO ltar In fore- ...... pounds. the of 6 67< 2.7� 23· 0"11u..270 weight has, during past, supplied many head' valoed at 115. - 124 Webber, Kas. Hogs-Reoelpts stnce SaturdaY'M.I78;�. its subscribera with copies of this book �hlppe4 COLT-By lI&IIle. oue Iron1J1'&J'mare oolt. wellh' Answer.-The are Saturday. 339. The market was steady, olosl.Il(l 000 poundI. white forehead, three white val- symptoms given them teet; and has given the advantage of 50 lower. 'l'he top was �.85 and the bulk of ued at 115. not sufficient to base a diagnosis upon. discount rates, whereby they obtained sales were [email protected], agalDst $4.40 for top and Logan county-H. G. Klddoo, clerk. Your cows have a severe may only cold, $4.0,;@4.SO for bulk Saturday. The following TWO a $2 book for $1. The FARlIlER Com­ . MULB8-T�keo up by C. M. Howel. In Il0l0- or more are sales; they may have something representative Alluter tp.• P. O. McAllalter, Jull' 9. 1891, two black has now out the en­ mare 3 ·pu.ny just bought 35... 366 ,Ui 67 310 �.35 54 288 mulel. yean old; valued &t 160. serious. Until such time as you ClUJ 14.30 tire stock of these exellent books at 68 ..• 26,' 4.2;1 6 236 4.211 85 283 4.23 Johnson county-Jno. J. Lyons, clerk. have them examined, give two heaping ... 68 231 :4.20 panic prices and is now able to supply it :� � �.�v. � � �.�� MAB1II-Taken up by A. J. Crookl.ln Mlaslon tp., tablespoonfuls of the following twice a N(lvember 24.1891. one bay mare.llfteen and one- ' .., . o to or d"'23"u 4'1- 1...48"'231 4'1' 7440 258223- 4.41155• any subscriber, postage express .••• half handl hlgh.whlte hlnel feet. white lpot In faoe; day: Nitrate of licorice root, 31. .. 2_0 4.10 59 230 4.10 18 218 4.00 potash, to address in the United valoed aU25 Jamaica in prepaid, any 53 196 4.1,0 78 241 4.00 00 210 4.00 . ginger andrgentian, mixed, 93 4.00 81 Ad'n erson T. olerk. States, for 60 cents, or as a pre­ 106 226 8.97� 59 22.; 3.90 county-J. Studebaker, ·!r only 111 178 8.8:> 151 173 8.85 equal parts. 22 156 8.75 8TIIIJIIR-Taken up by 2;. A. Taylor,ln.lnjllan mium for three subscribers and $3. The 20 nu 3.70 6 128 8.65 10 185 8.6; Creek tp.• one white yearling otear. meellum olse. LEAKING TEAT IN Cow.-I have a 11 159 8.55 book contains 222 pages, 8x12 inches in 52 129 8.40 cow that, two years'ago, cut one of her ��:j�� U� FOR WEEK ENDING DEO, 19, 1894, size, substantially bound in cloth-cov­ - sinoe teats on the Wire, and, in healing, l�ft Sheep Receipts Saturday, 1.1871 Cherokee county-Po M. Humphrey, clerk. ered boards. no The market was fairly aotive a pipe from which the milk leaks. She TWO MULB8-T&I

with her? F. S. W. Page. 501 fdrs.. Col. 78 2.45 Woodson H. clerk. Direotions and ...... 4 198 county-H. MoCormick, Kas. Ezplanatlons..... Willal'd, 6 MARB-Taken by D. D. In Toronto Introductory Kansas City Produoe. op lltory. tp., ...... 6 P. O. Deoember one Answc1·.-With a very small knife­ DIagram of Farm. . Toronto. 12. 1894. two'y8BNIld Inventory of Live Stock...... 7 KANBA� C1TY, 'Deo. 24,-Eggs-lIlarket un- lilly. blade, or other sharp instrument, scar­ settled; 15c. But.- inventory of Farm ImplementB,...... 15 strlotly fresh. nominally Greenwood county-J. F. Hoffman, clerk. the toen lunar Inventory of Pro.l.uce on Hand ;. lIS ter-Reoelpts. fair; the market is weak. extra ify opening, apply HBIIi'lIIR-Taken up byL. N. Shook,ln JanelVll.el Cash Received from all SOurces 32 fanoy separator. 20:0210; fanoy. IB@190; fair. caustic till it is raw to its full tp.• Deoember I, 1894, one black he,fer. 2 yean ...... old, depth, Cash PaId Out.. . 33 16@170; dairy. fanoy. 14@150; fair. 130; fanoy white IPOt &bOve Jeft and white on lett Field Account 63 eye Jaw; after which rub on a little vasallne oc­ roll. 12@140: fair roll. valoed &t 112. Live Stock Account 79 10�@1l0; paoklng, and the will soon weak, 8@Oc; old. 5@60. Poultry-Reoelpts THRE1II HOR8E8-Taken up by Thomu' Bland, casionally, OP3!1ing Produce Account...... 91 In 800th 8alem tp.• November one the market is 28. 1894. IUII- heal.' It cannot be closed when the Hired Help per Month. 1(13 lighter; active. lJrmer; hens, Hired 119 40; mixed springs, [email protected]; roosters. 150; cow is milk. Help_per Day ���y!Jr:?���:ln=. ��it!�::''hdf:!t.'!\u�,:!ea��� giving Household El

GEESE FOR MARKEt•. • • A itl'anl3h of Ponltl'J' a....In. Whloh .. Not Yet O...rdone. the the If Dot as popular as turkey, • POULTRY HOUSE. - CHEAP luicy mea.t of the goose commends it class of and the Jut the Thin&' for a Small Flool< of La,.­ to a large buyers, choice In&, Heos. market is seldom stocked with tha.t less im­ A building for wintering a flock of iay­ ones. It is safe to say is made with the flocks of lng hens, as shown in the accompany­ provement TENNYSON other kinds of poul­ ing illustrations from sketches by J. W. geese than with is common. Caughey, will accommodate fifty hens, try, and Inbreeding very Embden The building (Fig. 1) is six feet high Geese of the 'Toulouse or 25 or more by thirty feet long and twenty feet breeds will weigh pounds and and can be on any wide, the space for laying roosting alive, easily kept as being separated by a wire netting par- field that affords a good range, Children.) Im­ Among geese subsist mostly on grass. but I provement should cost very little, and as geese live a. great many yea.rs, out the same old pa.il·s will bring gos­ after It will be an lings year year. Theodore the well-known critic advantage for farmers to use pure-bred Watts, and thus increase the size, one of ganders. of the London Athetueum, was which will not only add more weight, in but increase the price per pound the few men admitted to the friendship market. FIG. I.-POULTRY HOUSE. In The finest flock of geese we bave of the poet laureete. heater i8 was on the tition, "liere the feed and ever seen in Minnesota located. A farmer's wife will find farm of Philip Dressell, in Le Sueur cost­ Toulouse that a small building of this ktnd, county. They were of the will would ing not over twenty-five dollars, breed. Mrs. Dressell said they to of feathers meet her home needs and be handy yield an average of a pound TheYo_ollifS weather when could be her kitchen door in cold a year, were easily raised, The an or­ the barn is a long distance away. kept in a yard·or pasture with dinary fence, and when full grown

- would dress from 15 to 20 pounds

- @lllpilllWn each. Mother Dressell said she did - � for the 1895 - not raise them to sell, but pur­ For ...... pose 'of supplying- each new grand­ ...... N child with a feather bed. Here is a .... describe characteristics of the poet branch of industry that is not over­ he will R - of where one of ...... done-a field enterprise many unknown. The article is

--- generally find lucrative employment. might of a dema.nd for live geese papers 0 There is gOOd a group of highly entertaining f of 0 08 and no immediate feathers, . . danl(er - . . Anecdotes of Famous Men s:lutting the market.

- PLAN OF POULTRY next FIG. 2. GROUND DRINKING TANK. to In The Companion year. SIMPLE appear , noUSE; One or �ore Sbould Be Made by Every shows the ar­ NewSubscriberswh08end ground plan (Fig. 2) Poultry Farmer. The . once will receive which is very simple. tank 81.')15 at rangement, The illustration of a drinking- Free to the dust box the roost The Companion To 1895 nest boxes N, A, Nebraska. FREE for a is from Mr. M. K. Barnum, January I, 18DIi, and .and the The Thank8- the doors D, the heater B, cleaned. Thl8 offer Includes R, It is and easily fnll year from that date. 8peclal simple, cheap Double Numbers. feedbox F, are shown in the diagram, &,Ivlng, Chrl8tmas and New Year's It is a tin box about two inches deep This house is practical and cheap. detacha­ and 0. foot square, leaving a covered with tar or felt The roof is the cover Mass. ble cover, with the corners of THE YOUTH'S COMPANION, Boston, and snow.' to shut out the r�.in chicks to drink. paper, cut away to permit the The portions cut out may be sma.ll, so FATTENING POULTRY. from in as to prevent chicles getting shallow of the but with such a -4- Rome Timely HInts from th.. (JolulIln. water, cannot drown at all events. an EngU.b Paper. tank .they and have The cover also keeps dirt out pre- �__ . Many persons who keep fowls I if no idea whatever how to proceed they want to fatten their birds, says Mark Lane Express. A dim idea per­ their minds that will flour­ Potato Aspinwall Potato Outter, vades they We manufacture the celebrated Aspinwall Planter, con­ machine warranted. These machines ish and lay on flesh if they are Aspinwall Paris Green Sprinkler, etc. Every Send f'or Free IllUl!ltrated Cataloglle. fined altogether in a small yard or greatly reduce the cost of ratstng' potatoes. in Mich. shed, in which they can huddle up ASPINWALL MANUFACTURING CO., 40 Sabin St., Jackson, the damp and filth, and eat to their DRINKING ·rANK. Mr. fill of the food which is periodically vents evaporation of the water. But this is en­ states that there is no The Kind of U;ru to Raise. scattered among them. Barnum patent pEi�E OATALOGUE 1 of it as a to our of a fowl a '., tirely opposed to the experience on it, and he sends gift Select in the make-up &�l?lS�:�'�°tl;,o:W!u���:r�!�8�!!: on of I, tank a amount _ and feeders. Old readers. A and that carries a of the larae8t henner, In the practical exper-ienced larger deeper bird large inll photo ,,' mar­ for fowls. for the table. birds should not be fattened for the same design may be used meat if you want a bird :::!'reC::;�et:::!8���T:�:foor�tITtrR��:::: to. a aleo valuablo lntormotlon on the kitohen ket if it can be avoided, as The may also be adapted To secure meat a peculiar configura­ possibly plan -'. 8Dd flower garden sent for ontz 10 cents. desired. '\ they rarely pay fot the time, trouble tigllt_�?oden box if tion is essential. A large, projecting lolulllaulober, lr.,P.O. 110144 Freeport, 111. some of the and outlay of money; secondly, the is unnecessary, for VIEW crop Cor Poultry. sex should be Winter. Quarters s 1001, flat in the breast. young birds of either meatiest bird must be warm, but ex­ from each other at a very The quarters It is necessary to have the quarters POULTRY ALMANAC separated is In more dry. Dampness If round out, so early age. It is a great mistake, too, especially tremely broad. they ����IlI�e8n�J1:r�;Jerr��;���trfu�o!lli :��o� in alw vnumble hints on pout­ than cold, and roup se is meat dlMCUSC8 fowls to a extended more damaging the becnu there lnforrnatton nod on all to subject very much better, trv roldlng.IJOu.ttrYiFull prlcea crack Ftueat are be caused a slight breastbone. A leodlng varieties. descriptive Poultry of as after may easily by carried the deep 15ctl. to period fattening, they upon Uuok ever Issued. Sent post.J>llld (or any in the and a leaky brenat well lined C.C. MHOE!U.K.EK, Freeport, 111. U.H.A. in close quarters for a long period or crevice wall, keeled bone to the address. kept the feed and lose roof will cause disease whether should round out and feel many birds go off their with muscle i[0EMAKER'S not neces­ three weeks birds wet or not. It is much as a duck does fiesh rapidly. About get on the bird very CATALOGUE .a95 the fowls to become wet and Secure a bird NEW � a fair to estimate for sary for when he is dressed. is period put­ PrInted In colors. The finest and beot 'l of I on 'their to feel the effects dampness. because the thigh Book ever 11101- ting the final touches with a large thigh, foultr.!" or wall causes the air in the pubU8he:\ conditdon, but the experience of a A damp floor joint and the bone down through �::t��I::�t '\.��,��� a�IIV��epr�:au;,� and Plans for Poultry inform him when the house to be chilly disagreea­ a amount of meat. Poultry and Eggs, practical'feeder will carries large for DIseases. It and shiver leg House. and Remeales best at this and the birds draw up a shoulder can not afford each bird is "ripe." It is ble, Look out for good strong you raise Poultry, you The need to be without It. Sent for lOe.ln sll...er to confine each bird itself in in the corners. temperature because the muscles that make the time by or stamps. Address, III made be about degrees above muscles that make a narrow coop boarded, specially not high, fifty ihoulder are the TheJ.W. MILLER CO. de­ zero is warm Everi forty market.-Farm and 1I0ll No. 152 'REEPOIIT. 'LI. for the purpose, and usually forming enough. their way in the desired or is not too cold. What is one of a long row of six or seven, grees Homo. cold of such in .Is not to have the house enough even more, receptacles, Sliow. combs.-Prairie Farmer. Kansas State Poultry which he cannot turn round, but can to freeze the interested' in eat and meditate in All who are poultry only sit still, Cblcken Cholera. How to Prevent. KansasState should be fed in troughs should attend the Poultry 'SMOKE YOUR MEAT WITH, quiet. They that an­ This is the great scourge can inform them­ and and the ves­ show, where they regularly liberally, flocks and ren­ LlQUI D EXTRACT OF SMOKE nually devastates the what kind of sels should be removed as soon as each selves in regard to poul­ �Eq�EF�§ BRD.MIIJOrf.A\; almost an impos­ C1RCU LA R,E,KRAUSER8c The fatten­ ders poultry-raising to what to feed them, how to bird has stopped feeding. un try raise, in some parts of the co try. should be in a shed sibility run brooders,bone mills,etc. ing pens kept by is fostered and incubators, It is contagious, but exhibi­ themselves, from other birds, There will be several kinds on away filth. The symptoms with a encouraged by send if and should be provided blind, and in­ tion. Farmers, your wives, you are droppings, great can be dark­ greenish are so that the apartment cannot come yourselves, for they tense thirst, a nervous, anxious ex­ FITS CURED ened after each meal, the birds being who are the backbone of the U. S. Journal 01 Medicine.) and prostration. the ones (Prom pression, general makes a of thus left to digest their food and lay yards. Incubators, bone mills, Prof.W.H.Peeke,who specialty EpUepsy, Burn all the bodies, thoroughly clean poultry cases than flesh itl Sweet skim milk is has without doubt treated and cured more on peace. As a are offered for special premiums. and disinfect the premises. etc., his success is astonishing. We to water for their con­ up any living Physician; preferable twice a is to be held second door cured of cholera, feed, The show heard of cases of20 years'standlng lIyhim. and soft food is far more preventive have sumption, for 444 Kansas avenue. on this dieease which he week, cornmeal dough, the water below postoffice, at He publishesa 1'81nable work in its results than grain. absolute free to . satisfactory of his cure, the dough being prepared by Send to D. A. Wise, 707 East Tenth sends with a large bottle cram their birds arti- mixing and Some people of carbolic acid for list. sn1fererwho may send their P.O. Expre8sad­ adding Q teaspoonful street, Topeka, Ras., premium any with thick which is forced advise wishing a cure to address, fically gruel, of water. Keep the dresB. We anyone to each quart 'Cedar sc, New York. into the a tube, though the W. H. PEED, F. D•• crops by clean and change it See Chicago Sewing Machine Co.'s ad­ Prof. ordi­ drinking-water m,ntlon FABIIIIB practice is too complica.ted for an week's issue. .-In 'II'r"lD8 a4....nlMrI pl,ue frequently.-Prairie Farmer. vertisement in next Dary est�blishment._. 18N. 16

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Relltted B. anill �. '19hn Campbell, THE IMPROVED lll{&DlIIIen . refurnlshe4.l' .» .B. G. KesBler. f· FLORIDA. VICTOR Armourdale Hotel, Jatt��!�!9J1 Kanlas' City, KanaaB. Through Sleeping Cal's ride on �1:'����le�lr:eclta��y,re. el:.!r�':,�:'t�� 8Z::�n���1t W.i:.ta�ute. to and cheapestflrat-cl_ Hatcher _Kansas City n the market. OIroulMa tIl!e. o RTEL & (l0., QIlIDOJ'. DIe , Jacksonville. Farmer s Reference HAVE YOU HEARD' The Ready 'Or U"nd-Book of Diseases of Uorsel Ho" can November 18. oheap"you and Cattle. Commencing Sunday, buytbe KAW FJ<;J:o.:II . the MEMPHIS ROUTE. Kanllas ftllLI,? If not, write By S. C. ORn, V. S., I. B book that should be In the 1894, for It will aston- price. hands of every stook owner. It Is plain, praotloal City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad, and reliable. Prloe, by moll, 81.50. will inaugurate a through sleeping car ��DJ�':io";h:n� K���: Kal. shelled corn and all Addres. S. C. ORR, V. S., Manhattan. line, Kansas City to Jacksonville, via kinds of small grain. Atlanta and Espeolally adapted for Memphis, Birmingham, hard nnd wheat. at Jacksonville at 9:45 �ft The cruel knife and burning Macon, arriving WANTED. AGENT, must go. a. close connectlona there Addres. plaster m., making ' for all in South Florida. The OUnRIE WINDl\UT.L 0' •• IIIHnhattan, KRS. points CANCER cars in this line will be strictly' first­ BANNER. ��'i.�:).th6�r.::�'¥I�r..�:J;· class in all their appointments and will of testimonials from people run every day in the week, leaving cured. Address Root Kansas City at 10:30 a. in. .. and full ad- � Dr, Castle & Co" Ir��s. For rates information, � S.E.Cor.Br,h&WyondotteBtB., dress J. E. LOOKWOOD, G. P. A., Cutter KA.NSAS CITY, MO. • X8.D888 Oity, Mo. ���:t�':,T�fl.e �;�:06���:'��lh A .elf-feedlng de­ vice. Send for olr­ ADDRESS�WANTED. TEXAS CHAIR CA,R LINE. cui.... &nd price. You no doubt have several friends In O. E. THOMPSON other States who might be induced to come ASONS,e West if properly approached. There may THE be one or two dozen of them. Nothing bet­ ter than nicely Illustrated folders, with ap­ propriate maps, and text preparea by some­ THE OLD RELIABLE body whose only Interest In the matter is to MISSOURI. illSASi& TEIAS tell the truth. If you will send to Geo. T. Nicholson, G. RAILWA.Y. PEERLESS P. A. Santa Fe Route, Topeka, Kas., a list The greatest variety of stJletI and .1_. Before buying lIet, our catalol!11e. Ask your dealer for of persons who would be interested in liter­ Using the Celenrated ,6.dam'a Woven Wire Fencing and Qatea. ature Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, oae ourerlliblt at FEED regarding Did you the WORLD'S FAlB. or he take New Mexico California, will Wagner Buffet Sleeping Oars and WRITEW. J. III. pleasure in malling to each one an assort­ ADAM,Jollet, BRINDERS ment of folders, pamphlets, etc. They are Free Reclining Ohair Oars

, - Grinds more Irraln to any free. degree 0 eness thananyothermlU. Grlndsear· On all TralnB. PERINE'S enough foranyp�se. War· SANTA FE ROUTE. TH1!I B1!IST BOUT1II FOR ALL POINTS IN corn,oa�sletc'iifinerantednotto e oke, WowarrantthePeerl... tobe New Subsoil Plow THE BElT AND DHEAPEIT MILL ON EARTH. KANSAS, INDIAN TERlhToRY, TEXAS � Write us at once for prIces and agency. Can break There Is money In this mlll, Made only tiy tile MEXIOO a.nd the PAOmO OOAST. an d loosen up the soli 24 Inches AND FOB JOLIET STROWBRIOGE ILL. Burliogton deep, which stores up CO.,JGLlET all the'ralnfall In the Jobbers and Manufactur,ers of Farm Macht;ery, St. Louis, Chicago, Hannibal, Kansas City and soli just where It Is Wagons, Harness, - most needed. etc.(Jarrla¥.es,1 rices lowest.WlndmlllsbBlcYCles,Quality est. Route. Sedalia.

For InformAtion Apply to Any Agent of the Ccm- tr��teC���I�I���� "':-:;;j.- ��.. SOLID THROUGH TR.AINS pAny r JAMES BARKER, Gen'l P...s. & Ticket St. Loula, Mo. FROm: Agent, Perine's Plow Works, Topeka, Kas. advertiser mention FAR�lEn. KANSAS CITY i ST. JOSEPH THE GREAT When writing reemansJl;.,lGE --TO-- ---THE­ ST. tr.S,.D LOllS, CmCAGO, ROCK ISLAND RY. GREl=tT f't!!> OMAHA, PEORIA. .MrSsOUR�. ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS THIll FAVOBITl!I BOUTl!I TO THIll PACIfIC I LWAY eUTTER� WITH "RA SouthwBst Strongest, Most Durable, EasIest Dlnlng Cars SYSTEM. In East,West, North,South. every way Room Var Veatlbnled Drawlng Sleeplnlr Connecting the Commercial Oenters and rich THE BEST FEED CUTTER MADE RecIlnlng Ohair Oare (Seats Free). farms of Through oare to Chicago, St. Louis, Colorado, . All for Hand or Power. Carriers Telt... &nd CAllfornlA. MISSOORI, sizes, any length. Fields and For Low Prices and Best Discounts, send for ONLY ONE CHANGE OF OABS The Broad Oom and Wheat Illustrated Oatalogue, Also Manufacturers of the Thriving Towns of TO Half Rates to Texas Points I CELEBRATED FREEMAN WIND MILL KANSAS, The Fertile River Valleys and Trade Oenters of LOW RATES TO ALL POINTS. CENTENNIAL FANNING MILL THE TLANTIC COAST NEBRASKA, Seen· and a fuUlIne of Horse Powers and Horse Power l!Iapeolally Callfornla, Te_1 And Southealt­ The Grand, Plcturesqne and Enchanting DJetricts of Jacks. Seed Sowers, Feed Grinders, Bollers, ern Polnt.. If you are going to the Mldwlnter ery. and the Ifamons Mining . THE BEST LINE FOR EngInes, Etc. . Fair at San Francl8co, If you are gOing to Tex.... COLORADO, If are E&8t on bustnese or JOU gclng ple&8ure-ln The Agricultural, Fruit, Hlneral and Tlmhef o NEW fact, If you Intend to do Any trAveling, be aure to S. FREEMAN & SONS MFG. CO. YORK, BOSTON, . Lands, and Famous Hot Springs Of o)nlult cne of the 1IIf8nta of the - NO. 117 BRIDGE ST., RACINE, WIS, Baltimore, Washington, ARKANSAS. The Beantifnl Rolling Prairies and Woodland. Philadelphia, Cincinnati, of the RTISTICALLY Great Rock Island INDIAN TERRITORY. Niagara Falls, Pittsburgh,. System 'l'he Sogar Plantations of RRANGED AND EASTERN POINTS. JOHN SEBASTIAN, LOUISIANA, Tloket &nd P.... and Grain Fields. the Oattle Range. For full Information, Address General enger Agent, CHICAGO. .rhe Ootton CiRICULTURAL and Winter Resorts of H. O. ORB, T. J. ANDERSON, TEXAS, A.8II't Gen'l Pallleugel'Agent, Kansall VltT; Mo ��DVERTISINc;. Aul.t&nt Gen'� Tloket and P..... Agent. TOPl!IKA. Historical and Bcenlc OLD AND NEW MEXICO, LWAYS �;'''''n''''''''''"''''''''''''''", H. O. (JARVEY, lnd forms with Its Oooneotlons the Popular Winter Route to and Pa.aenger Agent, T-=FAACTS. E TH E "WflJ\NEWSJP,k��:� Oity Tio�et ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA. For full and lJIu.trated of - 601 XAB. desorlptlve TELLS ALL ABOUT THE Xanaa.s Ave., TOPEKA, pamj,hlet. �':". TTENTION :, WEST.� :: wm .. Md free .. '" .... 70'1" flolt...... �ltoo:I��e'l':�:: :��te��o:'°Ucfr�a';lI�o':;�': TO KNOW MORE ABOUT Aaent•• or IT-Ratea, Eatlmatu, eto, ��IOD"&ftWI ChL'IIIII& ...,.__� write FR.ANK B. WHITE CO., ::: ...... �..... __ ca'-om. ,. : H. C. TOWNSEND, I Mea, SPECIAL Ag��T��JlG�L I ='i:::':'�::�::=, �U�"'"&Il"'''II..n"� a.II'll'UIOItr • 'rlGkt\ AItII'. I3T LOUIS, 16

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' . , . �JoYerr. .,100 Crass, Tim- JrWANTED; . Cane II. On- tRUMBULL SEED 00I othy, millet, . •. . ' J. G Ion sets. Bale ,1488 .t. Loul. A.ve.; M I L·L E T ..• Peppard Tles�lan- ' �. -et, Jr. II. Carden Tools. " 1400·ZUD�DAveDue. _.. .. ;E'� • ,E DS ", 18915 CataloKue Free. 'KAISAS.. OITY, IISS'OURI -S� E,.� '0" � S S CANE KANSAS . CITY. �04 ... =..

.. .'. _ s BREEDERS' DIRECTORY, SWINE. TWO-(lENT VOLUMN--VONTINUED. • (OonUmudfrompagel.) ENGLISH BERKSHIRE!'I-Young .owa PEDIQB�EE� °pcnAN D?c�'NAS. LARG1!Jof cholcoat breeding and Individuality, bred to our grand boaf! aleo, cbolce bnaro. SWINE. ELI ZIl'IU[ERl'IIAN, Hiawatha, Kas.' Imported 10ung Special prlco. to immediate buyera. Wm. B. Snt­ 46 brood sows In herd, headed by Black U. S. Nemo ton .. Son, Kue.ell, Kaa. (Vol. 91. 1IIlodei Wilkes (Vol. 9), Sunaet Chip (Vol. 9) J. R. KILLOUGH" SONS, and Bllly Bundy (Vol. 9). Female line.: 'All Right, ShortStop, King I.X.L.,WlIkes. Free Trade, Wana' SALE�Fltty acrea. teu acres, within etghty Richmond, Kanaas, rods of Santa Fe U.ed for farm and fuaker. Aged .ows, bred gilts and tall pig. for sale, FOB depot. Breeden of lfardenlng. Lot of bolbed8, good houae aud bam, . Iota of water, fruit of all kinde All well Improved . POLAND-GHIN! 'SWINE ELM BEAOH STOOK FARM bm.. borse catalogue•.and Price, 1<1,500. Apply to Geo. Lelaner, Carbondale, billa, • WANTED-8a1eother prlntlnJr. ... specialty at the Mil« Job Ka�. IRWIN" DUNCAN, prlnt:ngroom.,1JOO!iorth •.•North �Av Topeka. .... for three Holoteln - young Wichita, Kansas, WANTlIlD-BUyebulla, of famous .tock. For partlculara ad.. Sedgwick Co. Doroc--Ierse, Ind PQland-Chlnas t'. - for aale Great l"UItiera and dreaa E. L. Yoder, Morrlll, Bro'wn Oo., Kaa. Breed and have for READ.-Famou.cheap. h*dera, · Herd Poland - Wildwood" Chinas. growers.·· D. Trott, My two breeding boars, George :"") '�"", sale Bates and Bates­ Ablletie,�;:;"-;Is OUT-Entlrll atock of Hamburga, Incu­ - 'T , ,1 \ -rtF Sale Now' l<'ree �'rade 210aaA.. �'ree Trade ,,' /1' topped Short-horn8 CLOSING by ! ·----'-'!\'il'r.' FOR CoCh'tn. Llgbt bators, hrooden, clover-cuttlir, etc., also Gen. Wilkes 1U61S. of -Waterloo, Klrklev­ SALU;.."fJII' of death of wife. . P. UJO S.; grandeon George Brahm.. Bull' bone.mlllj- Topeka, �t COCKJIIREL8, Leghorn.' White Mfll!lroa arid L,!caa, . old and Ington and other f&8hlonable famllles. Alao breed "·t good Barred Rock. Will sell fo� or II �ccount and have tor sale the best thoroughbred Poland­ Plymouth '.1.26, �A\�13uO:r!'. S·c.!o��e�:�a:g �o���� each where more than one Is E. E. see. jakeiL:- ·¥re. "'_ (lhlliall that can be ubtalned.Write or come and FOR SIXTY DAYS-Great bllr Light L. N. KENN'EDY, Nevada, Mo. Bernard'" Son, Dpnlap, Morrl, Co., KaL� , CHEAPBrahm&8 and he.utltnl Black Langahan.. Wm. Plummer,Osage CIty. KRB. and com. D. VV'. EVANS' HER.D DOGS. 118'" . .:t:erusal_ WANTED-Millet,Hend samplea.· '1'rudlbuU Beed CO.,_.x_ EXCHANGE FOR RORGHUM f'; .B.EGiS'l'BBED POLAND-OHINAS. - .-., ALFALFA, CIty, 1IIlo. i; -II or red Kamr mGHLAND TOPEKA, KA8.-Great FOR coro seed, se'l'eral pure-bred Po­ . KENNELS, .' :fAIRVIEW, BROWN CO., KAS. l&IId·Cblna II Danes and Fox Terriers. '1'lIe IIrst prize and boars, ready for aervlce. J. H. Ta,lor, SALJII-Seventy-four. .teen, ' . 250 heRd headed Swl '.recumseh 11009 S , �)lrel!-Jetu:iold' Kas. by by sweepstakes Whiner, Great Dane King Wlllirun, In P.earl, LIs Tecumseh 1141'8 and Wilkes 98. II FORnow being fed com on good,lli8tli� H. H. 1IIlc-- " S., BI.ly S., - stud. Doga boarded and treated for all dlsc&8es; Yates Kas. ..' ... by George WHkes 6950 S. A public clearance sale Cormick, Center, trade a 150 acholarshlp In Pond'.· also, remedies by mall. Correepondence solicited . to WANTED-ToBn.tneal col1ege for a_good mUch cow. W. B. a In • buy tlrst-Class luoubator good Rob" 816 �:e�ha'!,"3(!:1R'e�'i."o"��b��r:'8!11n��e�il��1�vlt{eeJ� ' 1!e., Eighth !It., Topeka. WANTJIID-TOcondition. -MU8t be -cbeap'. A:ddreH Lock . VETERINARY .. SURGEON Box KIll. 143, Peabod1, BUI:.LS tor sale. Short-horn. and Here .. > W. E. YOUNGford.. Prlcea reasonable. Addre88 peter Slm, G�ESHAM, U. B. MOCURDY, Veterinary Surgeon. Gl'ltd­ CAN FUIUl.8H CORN, OATS, MILL FEED, Burrton, Kallllall, Wakam.... Sbawnee county, Kas. DR.uate Ontario Veterinary college, Toronto, Cun­ WEbran, tlour, i1'9und wheat or feed wheat In car Breeder of ada. Can be consulted on all diseases of domestic lots. Write or .. it'll. '" · Hodgea Seymour, Wichita, tor Large EnliUah Berkshlrell. animal. at office or mall. Office: 114 Fifth' by W"ost . K&8. Mention Kan8&8 Farmer. - ' WANTED-BUyeraOne hundred pure-bred pigs, farrowed In March Street, Kaa. ..c POLAND ·CHINAS. Topek!" • and April, are oll'ered tor aale at from .: 0 to 116 . '-. PUMPS.-For of Won .Ilt prlsea, including tlrst blue rlb�\)n west of prloel irrigation each. Farm two mUes weat of city. Rlveralde IRRIGATION FARIf.B • . at World'a Fair. Stock al1 agea for sale. ",tooIE Farm, North Topeka, K&8 1IIliululpl!I LIVE STOVK AUVTIONEERS. wrf�g�-:'�l:d'o�'!_l.�:e�!, ��8AS

KANSAS SEED POTATOES - PLEASANT VIEW STOOK FARM. TO-DAY FOR FR1llE 'SAMPL1!J COPY'OI' Thlee M. HOSMER. Live Stock Auctioneer, 1IIlaryvllle, EARLYpounds, by mall, postpaid, 50 coota; tlttftn J. A. Br(}1I1n Ka•. a WORLEY, Sa.bP.tha, c«, • Mo.. Fine stock a so SENDS1Mtll', .l1'ruit Farmer, practical We.tern hortl­ J specialty. I. respectfully PQund., f. o. b.. II. The m08t prollOc, h .... dleat and coltural journal; 60 cents a year. IJm4tll',.J'ruft llclt your.buslness and guarantee satisfaction. Term. . best table ever In Allen C. REGISTERED POLAND·CHINA SWINE 'Ku. potato grown county. - reaaonable. Secure (!ates early. J'armu; TopekA, .. Short-horn Vatt�e and Light B.ahmas. Norton, Morantown, Kas 100 Polands, headed by Anxiety 20251 A .. ComblnR- • . F. M. WOODS, of 189i alfalfa, German mll- grus hog.. Lang8hana, the tlon U. S. (Vol. 9), Amerlca's Equ,,1 12279 S. lind IL Live Stook Auctioneer, Lincoln, Neb. WANTED-car-Ioadlet, cane and Evergreen broomcorn aaed. Ad- YORKSBIRE8-Thewinter layera. Legborna, tbe everlnstlng lay- '''' ,'soli of Bolivar 24767. Eggs In sea>on, '1.[J() per set­ , Refer to the best breedera In the for whom dres. Geo. A. Arnold, Box ItS, Kearney, Neb. ers. Prize stock. James Kaa. tlug of 16. In8pectlon anil corre8pondence Invited. Weat, Burton, Janieatown, I do bullneas. Prioesl"8&lonable and correspondflnoe . solicited. MAKlIIA GOOD FAR1IIlER'S SPRING WA.G­ . SAL'" Sixty Mammoth Bronze turkeys. • .";I'OVV'ER. H:IX....I." HER.D WEon, two lazy hacks and let-down end"lJate, for. FORfrom hens 97. In · tonlhcorlng 1J7,,; ,.veraglng JA8. W. 8pARK8, 166. Warranted, Kinley'" Lannan, i24-426 JacksOn November, 181M. at Warrenlburg and Bedallashowa, PED1GREED POLAND-CHINAS. Live 8tock Auctioneer, Marshall, Mo. Itreet, Topeka. Sales made everywhere. Reference to the be8t ,. B. R. ADAMSON, Ft. Scott"Ka,. " Prop., - !e-:'o"n�o'¥:�:�t.�.�o:e�':,':.�,a�t.J�eJ����.·-:.gf:�� made . YAKIMA. VALL1!JY.- . breeders In the West, for whom 1 have saleo Irrigated Knob .. 25 highly-bred brood SOW8 of be8t strains, heRded Noster, Mo and Termo re&80n- SUNNYSIDElanda. Produce apples, pears, prune., peaches,

llahed In 1884. Calls and Invited. , 0. 220 beRd In herd. Young boars and gilts yet correspondence We hope you 11'111 and to help you do It we

' - ',' I r 'J. I' � Poland Chinas Farm e a Yo u SOIS ,; 1/"'\ I�" I 'r I rs, Sp y For fall A.lso Ewes and Won seven prlles at fattening. your Nannies, with 'Mixture. World'. Fair-more thall"any alngle breeder ..est of Glp Dogs, .How8ley's Spaying Ohio. Easily used; quick, absolutely certain and safe. half bottle. One bottle Yards 1<1 f2 The Stock per Kansas Price, bottle; .pays one hundred head. Write for testlmonlala and CI·t·y particulars. • Are the In the W8IIt and the second in the world. AND THE .HOWSLEY SPAYING (lO., moat oomplete and commodious Jargeet BLACK U. S. WILKES Kansa8 (,Ity, Mo., or New Orleans, La. Higher lIricee are realized here than further east. This Is due to the fBot that etock mlU'keted here 300 hend, regl8tered or elglble. Bonrs In service. is in better condition and has Ieee been a shortet and also to l\[odest lJuke 121153 S., Wllkl's Tecumseh 11760 ehrinkage, having shipped distance; A., White Face 12081 O. and Osgood J>andy Farm for Acres there being located at these :rards eight packing hou_. with an IIIrsrega� dally. capacit, of 9,000 Wilkes 127U9 S. 6U boars; 80 gilt•. Sale---160 I yonng BDd There are in attendance oompetitlve tor ,J. n. (JAMl'HELL 11& SON, FlltST;VLASS FARM AT A BARGAIN. cattle, �,OOO hop 4,000 aheep. regular sharp. bllJera A.vllla, ,Jasper Co., Mo. AU· good buildings. House with silt room., with the packing housee of Ohlcago, Omaha, 8t. Louis, Indianapolis. Oinclnnati. New York and Boston. large cellar. T"o �arns, one ot toem entirely new All of the eighteen railroads running into Kansas Cit, have direct connection with the :vards. ·HOI."STEIN - FR.IESIANS and coat II 200. Good bearlnll orchnrd of 160 apple trees and otlier fruit. Out all In tlr8t..claas Careme 2d'8 Jacob l'rlnce of '['wisk 404 heads herd, buildings Oattle and Hones and condition. Two welh. Une new Oan. backed with butter record of over 3f, lb •. III 7 day•. good,l\e ,er-faillng calve•• Hogs. Sheep. mule•. Young bulls for sRle. Red p,,�s In plllrs, heavy bone, windmill. Good fences of hedge, stone and wire on sides and aho croas fences. good color, dams often furrowing H pigs. Male8 all of the farm, Good OfllcIaI 1893 1,948,813 569.511 35,091 99,155 shelter for stock on creek bottom. 1,14.�l!l28 Slaughtered In as Clty...... _.702 l,m.768 872,886 DUR.OC JER.SEY R.EDS I will aell tbls farm at Ie•• than C08t. Write me Becer"t;:': ready for 8ervlce. Poland-China mnles. ready for Sold to feeders...... 249,017 10,126 71,:184 Sold to use. Pigs of all agos In pairs not related. Young shippen...... 860,237 610,469 16,200 fg� �:�������lc�la�:8.�rc��t��:!l�' ���e,.,�gl:e: Total In KaIlllaS gilts, either .breed, bred If desired. Pigs shipped at hait mile of school house. ,!old Vlt;r 1,566,04.6 1,94.8,351 4.38,869 :12,52:1 my risk.. Pedigrees furnl8hed. M. H. ALBERTY, Cherokee, Crawford Co., Kas. Mention FARMER, LEONARD HEISEL, O. F. lII[OBSE, E. E. BIOllAlIJ)80JJ, B. P. OBILD, E. BUST, AND POI."AND-OHINAS. BOlt 11, OarboIidale, Xal. General llIaIIIIcer. BeoNWorJ ..4 TNuurer. Alliltant Gen.llIaIIIIclr. 8aperlDteDClea"