ESTABLISHED IN 1863. l j SIXTEEN TO TWENTY VOL. XXXIII. NO.7. f TOPEKA, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1895. 1 PAGES--81.00 :A.YEAR.

TABLE OF CONTENTS. SWIN,E. SWINE. CATTLE. IMPROVED CHESTER SWINE-Pure·bred OHIOnnd registered. 'I'wenty·llve 80WS. mostly BlJed. B?UBBON OOUN;ry HERD� SUNNY SLOPE PAGE 98-TnB STOCK INTBRBST.-TheCat­ bred for spring farrow. Orders lollclted. 0 0 FARM, H. S. Morris Co Ka•. Berkshire SWine. c. S. Kas. tie Is Frozen Fatal to DAY. Dwlgbt. .• English CROSS, Proprietor, Emporia, Industry. Cabbage J. S. MAGERS, Prop., Arcadia, Kas. Breeder of PURE-BRED HEREFORD CATTLE. Hogs? & GENTRY. RIOHMOND. KA8.. (for­ Imported and prlze·wlnnlnK American aowsbeaded Herd beaded by Wild Tom 61692. a PAGE 09-AGRICULTUBAL MATTERs.-Feed­ DIETRICHmerly Ottawa),bave Beveral One. growthy young by Imp. Western Prince 83202. All selected and Ion of Bean Real 11066 and aSBIBted by sons of ing Value of Alfalfa. Sacaline and Pie­ beara at very reaaonable prices. Young sow. can be bred to bead berds and to supply tboae wantIng none Cberry Bor 211'76. Arcblbald 1.t 89268 and Waablng­ bred to Ideal A One of but tbe ten 22615. 200 all In berd. In melon. Plans for Barn Wanted. Cham­ Hlgb 12116 S. crop fall pig. best, Fall litters now can't be beat. WrIte nead, agee. Btronll very cbeap. Writ". Mention KAN8A8 FARMBR. or come vlllt me and _ee tbe berd. tbe blood of Lord Wilton. Anxiety and Horace. A pion Yellow Dent. Farmers' Institutes. cbolce lot of young belfera. lit for any company. PAG E 100-IRRIGATION.-Upland Irrigation HERD OF BERKBHIRES. - Strong- Buill all sold. Oorrespondenee soltclted, or. better T• A• �BARD� u » .tlll. a peraonallnlpectlon Invited. a _ by Pump. From Well-Driller .... Wren's TOPI!lKA Poland-China Sale. wln�r:.�e:.i:�g�; ��d���1I20C� s�t:� lri�. ��:r� Rome, Kallll&ll, duckll of enormous size, H. B. COWLB8. Topeka, Breeder of PAGE 101-TnBFAMILyDoCToR.-AnHour Kas. . POLAND-CHINAS and With Remenyi. LARGE ENGLISH SWUM HILL STUCK FARM. HOME SALE CHEAP - Cbolce Poland-Cblna boar PAGE 102-TnE CIRCLE.-Two Made FOR BERKSHIRES. Two buudred bead. All lIP•. G. W. GLICK., ATCHISON, KAS. 2B boara and 4B .owl for One (poem). Of an Orchard (poem). tleB ready burera. Breeda and bas for aale Bates and Bates-topped P�f·p��t.S:,::�dp':,�t��rl��I�:�!��::::.enN�a��t SHORT-HORNS. Waterloo !'IJ.­ Home, Sweet Home. School at Home. wltb stamp. H. H. HllllUe & Bon. .. K!rklevlngtcn. bert. Jane and other in a Pan. for t.:.�r- CraInr. Prlnceaa, Gwynne. LaQy Broiling Frying Treatment ;}�ft'oen. fublonaiife Tbe . famlllol. grand Bates bulla Water­ Colic. Thoroughbred Duroc-JerseyHogs Picturesque Economy. U. S. AND WILKEB HERD OF l'OLAND­ Bteok. 8end loo Duke of Shannon Hill No. 89879 and . Registered forU-PBlJe catalogue.prlcel PAGE: lOB-THE YOUNG FOLKs.-A Fancy BLACKCblnas. Nemo U. B. beMs tbe berd. out of Liz· and blltory. eontalnlng much other uaefullntorma­ Winsome Duke 11th 116,137 at bead of berd. Choloa bulla for &ale now. VI_ltera of the Night (poem). A Little er's Nemo 24471. tbe t276 son _Ired by A A 2d 18861. tlon te roung breedera. Will be lent on receIpt of rOllDll welccme. Boy's Addnlal W. L. CHAFFEE, Love as Policemen.. Nat­ and as.lsted by Regulator Wllke.U691. Have .ow. .tamp and addre••. J. M. BTONlliBR.AKBR. Panola. I;ll. Manager. (poem). Dogs Iii berd bred to Woodburn tbe ural Talk. He Afraid tJ Medium. 11.000 bear. History Was Ideal U B tbe son and .• of Ideal Black U. B.• tbat North To. Enter. Demon KEMP. SWINE. Habits of the Frog. The sold ,for .1.IMlO laat Beptember at Iowa State fair. JOHNpeka, Ku.. )Jreeder of African Gecko. A Suggestion. Hurry Booking orders for pigs. sired by tbese boars, Write Improved Chester White aud wbat you want. Letter. promptly answered. C. C. Swine. Bome One young BERT WISE, breeder of Polan(l-Cltlna Hogs, Speed. Holstein Keyt, Verdon. Blehardson Co .• Neb. boara Ot for servtce for sale, Cattle and Barred Plymouth PAGE l04-EDlTORIAL.-Foreign Agricul­ Rock of Correspoudence InvIted. Chickens choicest strains_ ture. Buying Gold Depresses Prices. Butler'. Darkness No. 6846 S and Ideal U. B. Nemo Summer Hot Winds. CATTLE AND SWINE. at bead of .wlne berd. Only cbolce etoek sblpped D. VV'. EVANS' HER.D on order. bred and a few I" AGE 105 - EDITORIAL. - - In­ Sowa extra good young Subsoillng boar. for &ale. Three are out of Orient sows. Answered. Read Poland-Cblnu Pearl, REGISTERED POLAND-OHIliAS. my quiries Horsemen, J••H TA.YLOR • PI!lDIGRJ!lI!lD Sbort-borns. Kao. FAIRVIEW, BROWN CO., KAS. This. Publications of United States De­ wr�..lii'¥ .• , Kas. 250 bend beaded Swl Tecumseh 11929 S ��::E, S:ii�:�,,:,';�,n:a'l��,!,::e�� of by .• br partment Agriculture for January. Vs 11413 and 9809 Tecumseb B.� Billy Wilke. B•• Chicago Market Review. by George Wilke. 6960 1:1. A publlo clearance sale Evergreen Herd Poland-Chinas. PAGE 106-HoRTICULTuRE.-Onion Cul­ ·te J. F. & P. c. Wlnterscheldt, ture. �e�b���aJ;e�'i.�r;!':U:r:8Uin��e�I��'r:V��3. Horton, Brown Oo., K.as. PAGl!.: l07-IN THE DAlRY.-The Cream 150 In berd. Boar. In servtea: Admiral Chip 79m B.• George Wilkes Separator. Notes .... of A. E. _ Dairy Weights STALEY, ;Jr. 118\13 s., Corbett 11869 B. and Wlnterscbeldt·. vic­ Various Kansas. Articles. Ottawa, tor (Vol. 9). 45 oow. bred for coming pig orop. 10 PAGE lOB-Gossip About Stock. Chicago CHESTER WHI'l:_I!lB AND yonng bean and 40 gllta ready to go. Write or come. Stock Yards Report. Publishers' Para­ POULTRY. POLAND-OHINAS. Light graphs. Brabma cockerel., fl.60. 'rOVV'ER. HJ:LL HER.D

PAGE lO9-THB VETERINARIAN.- Market B. DILLE & BONS. EDGBRTO:ti. IUs.• breedera JOHN A. DOWELL'S HERD PEDIGREED POLAND-CHINAS. Reports. A �. B. R. ADDlSON, Prop., Ft. Scott, Kaa. PAGE nO-THB POULTRY YARD. _ B�r:!:ab����. �;;::Ys�· �b1!�:�d�;�••h':� Ship- per 16; turkey egg. 18 per 11. SatllfactlOn guaranteed. REGISTERED POLAND-CHINA SWINE, 26 blgblr-bred brood sows of best strains. bended ping Poultry. Robinson, Brown oo., Kas, POULTRY YARDS.-L.E. PlxleY,Em­ 130 bead. all ages. beaded by Onward SIlS1 B.• Yo:��S::S'\{=��"1:,���'l��°fef�dS'I:�e Kas breeder of Rock vIdual••old tbl••eason. 25 on EUREKAporia, .• Plymoutb •• B. Wr­ slred_b1 George Wilkes. He Is a••tsted br Tecum­ youngsters coming andottes, Bulr Cocbln•• B. and White Legborn•• B. seh Wllkes, .Ired by Genernl Wilkes 21927. Tbe now for enoree. Write or come and visit my berd. Langsban., M.B.Turkeys and Pekin duck.. Cblcks females belong to tbe best strain.. Come or wrIte. BREEDERS'DIRECTORY. at all time.. Egg. In season. P.A.PEARSON w. S. Oartls oJ /owr Unea Of' lus toUt be fmerU

--- - ,.1 . BERKSHIRE tlWINE. - HORSES. r I rl fr BROWN OOUNTY STANDARD POLAND CHINA HERD. Stock for .ale at all time. HERD, (JHAS. A. CANNON, Satisfaction guaranteed. Write for wbat you want. P,·ol.rletor, PEDIQREED POLAND-CHINAS. HARRISONVILLE. OASS COUN1·Y. MISSOURI, �TOlr���:'r�¥�:!��t�'o���� re������ �:e;. ELI ZIMl\lER1UAN, Hiawatha, Kas. Breeder and sblpper of registered Poland·Chlna l'ul'e-bred. young stock, of both sexeR, tor BBle; also, 46 brood .ows In berd. beMed by Black U. B. Nemo _wine of tbA be.t .traln.. Herd beaded by Chow I�rudc SELECT HERD OF BERKSHIRES Chow 9903 B a animals. Prices as low a8 BBme 9). Model Wilke. U). Sun.et Chip (Vol. 9) .• aa.IBted by Blnck U. S. son uf Imi­ qual1tyof (Vol. (Vol. • 'luCk tation 27186 0 a son .. cun be bad elsewbere. TIme given II desIred. Have for _ale pIp from Btate fair wlnnera. Can and Billy Bundy (Vol. 9). );'emllie lines: All Rlgbt. .• also of ·ecumseh Jr. 10207 Oil claase. for .bow. Boars for fall .ervlce. A few l<'ree O. 220 beM In berd. boars Ilnd 1"."ecLion Invited. Lettera promptly an.wered Bhort StoP. King I.X.L.•Wllkes. Trade. Wana­ Young gilts yet j\!ent.ioll this paper. cbolce .0wB bred. Addre.1 maker. Aged .ow•• bred gilts and fall pig. for sale. on farm. Write or come nnd visit me. G. W. BERRY, Berryton, Shawnee Co., Kas. PllOSPEOT E'AUM-CLYDESDALE STALLIONS, J. R. KILLOUGH & SONS, SHOIlT·HOHN CATTLE. JAMES POLAND-OHINA HOGS. QUROLLO, KEARNEY, MO. Richmond, Kan.as, for prices of Onest anImals In Kansaa. H. Breeder and .blpper of Breedel'll of \\,Write. McAfee, 'rOpeka, Kas. prize-winning POLAND-GHINA SWINE o I Large Berkshire Swine, Tbe very best stralnB. Notblng but Orst-class stook CATTLE. B.C.Brown Legbornsand will be sblpped te any. Come and Boe UB or write. Bronze TurkeYI. GROVE HERD OF BHORT-HORNS.­ Headed br KIng Lee 11. 2Il801. Mepblstepbeles 82412. MARTIN MEISENHEIMER, VALI.EY�'or sale, cbolce young buUs and belfera at rea­ Call on or addresa Tbol. P. Bab_t, Registered Poland-China Swine. Brown '/j'o�::,b�.eln�.ces. BERKSHIRES.=- Hiawatha, Co •• l{as. 20 We olrer cboloe .electlon. from our grand PLEASANT VIEW STOCK FARM. brood Iowa. beaded by Tecumseh :I!'ree Trade VALLEY HERD OF BHORT-HORNB.- 10783 S a .on NlilOSIlO berd. beaded by a great Imported boar. New .• a.Blsted by of Benton'B I.ust 8827 S. . . Imported J. Brown 00.• Kas Buccaneer at head. RBlJlstered bulla. blood for Kan8aa breeders. A. WORLEY. Sabctlta, Some of beBt females bred to Butler'. Darkne und ••• eow. at bed·rook prIces. D. P. Norton. Black U. S. Nemo nnd Victor M. Jr. 10'O'forouunciJ REGISTERED POLAND-CHINA SWINE (Vol. D) (Yol. 9) Urove, Kas. WM. B, SUTTON & SON, Rl)ssell, Kansas, Ccrre.pondence and Inspection Invited. Short-horn Cattle and Light Brahmas. 100 20261 A ENGI.ISIl RlIt> POLLED CATTLB AND COTS­ PolandB. beaded by Anxiety .• Combina­ wold Sheep.-¥oung stock for aale. pure-blood. tion U. S. (Vol. 9). America'. Equal 13279 S. and a E. E. U:ld grlldes. Your ordera aollclted. Addreaa L. K. son of Bolivar 24767. Egg. In .eaoon. 11.60 per set.­ AXLINE, ' OAK an(.. and GROVE, MO., eiUne, DorcbeBter. Green Co•• Mo. ting of 16. Inspection corre.pondence Invited. (Jackson Co'.) . , SWINE. r \ <'/"", Breeder an.! sblpper Poland· Chinas. .teck. 10213 S. GROVE HERD OF FANCY BRED PO­ pu",,·bred registered Dugnn nnd WeBt­ MAPLEland·Chlna ern WIlkes (Vol. 9) bead tbe herd. Write or come. .wlne. AI_o Llgbt Brahma fowll. owned . by Wm. Plummer & Co.• Oaage Cltr, Kao. StoCk of all ages for .ale at reaaonable rate•. FU� SALE-Duroc·.Teraey plgB; also Poland-Gblna. BLACK U. 8. AND WILKES . tUl'keY8, Toulouse geease, Pekin 300 or IInl rC(1�onzo duokB, bead, regl.tered elglble. BOllrs In service Plymouth Hock and Brown oblck­ l'lodest- ell.. Legborn Voke.126f>i1 S .• WIlk�8 Tecumseh 11700 Heady to ship out. J. M. LIberty, Kaa. White Face 0. nnd Young. b 120111... Osgood Dandy w Uke. 12709 S. Il. 6071titug bonr.; 110 gilts. V HOWEY. Box 103. Topeka, Kas. breeder and J. R. VANIl-HELL & SON, tborougbbred and En­ gil'h C?f POland-Ohlna Avllla, Jsttper Co., ..Mo. shlllPpererksblle swine and BUver-x-ci chi k Wrandotie ��n�s.� __ R. . S. COOK 'l'IlOTT. Abilene. Poland-ChI­ , D • nas Kaa.-Pedlgreed Cedar PoInt, Kas. nnd AIBO Wlohlta, Kas., Li J)uroc-Jeraey.. M. B. Turkey., (OHA811 00.) a. Pl1moutb ltcck. B. Wyandotte ablo,,­ Breeder of >. Importer. breeder and en�I:�n�rI�hmpekln duckll. .blp- � _ Egg.. Of the best. Cbeap. , per of l'!'( - , '. Poland I 'I'HEMANBON. W.ATHlIiNA.. KAB.-Poland­ >' .,' ',,, Chinas A''':' boars. Gilts bied to Graceful F. Ban­ LARGE ENGLISH BERKSHIRE SWINE Won aeven prize. a& der�.Chlna by J. H. b' Bandera 27219 and out of Graceful of best families and breedIng. Cbolce plga for we i'&IlI'-more !.ban anr single breeder ...est of tilit�e• �s A. urs y A., by Black U. S.: Sire and clam betb at low prlcea. A1ao SIngle-combed Brown Legborn. ����d·. of at World'a Fair and deaoendanw and 0 Mammoth Bronze turkeys. Eglla In seaaon. �i:keU,:,��neri Farm 6 Dillel Bouth of Cedar PolDt. MentIon· � 1'. ! - (�'·�·conUMud on PGII.II.) t•.• "�

work. But miners and soon is it with hides? As a .compromise and_hea\7, shop ,the large runs of. cattle, board and 0.1. ,�,i ,!ould we men..ul'liflo)ly themselves, V!II'It "', a few agr.eed;to A I do not share in that opin- m��ure, years ago . for the dJ .. oease,"but need the beef, sake \!I;n� ��toAP...�R �n'tAeAGI·t,�4-� on and now not t�ough they lands have remove all duty b,idea, on food. Thus • •. I live cheaper # ... �}link, th�se.grazlng of eeonomy .' ,ion hide'of all our immElD.88 production of not yet reached their zenith. Many one owing to such a per cent. ou; THOBOUGHBBlI::D STOCK SALES. to be crosses the mountains out 0 work for the new are opened up, Alleghany people beiog lar,e pasl herd grounds being America. cl

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. the' tural Station In the use.. o' .•alfalfa and 4grioul Experiment jl) .,: . growth cojiln Oha1npfon Y�w.P:!mt. we' havoe of-Color8do. ·'F.rom· aU- of these sent -af·.m even stand a "boom" In'lt,'u We have on our desk twa iample lJlori�uuUr sell and of out we have not heard . seed to . AU...... of yet anything ....aJIllattm,. plenty; p'lenty ears of this super.for early corn, from ground to produoe more.' This station except that in a few cases the .hot the originator, Mr. J. C. Sllftern, Voor� VALUE OF ALFALFA. FEEDmG. still has aome bulletins all. the feeding winds of last July killed those th.at hies, Ill. Mr. Suftern has made the EDITOR KANSAS FARMER:-I have and value of alfalfa, which were set preceding that time, as was of field seeda a pasture . originating speoialty with a deal of interest be had on the case here. We still have anum­ m· followed great may application. for many years, and haa introduced a in the all. the oulture bel' of on and to Irn the alfalfa discussions agricul- You may go pushing plants hand, expeot number of varieties that have stood distribute them with the lar the country since Brother of alfalfa10r your section to 0)11' again very the test .of time and,are now turalpressof pr.o�t. recognized. viII Coburn issued his now tamous "Alfalfa- It is well, however, that no one plow up first rains that may fall, and will give staples of the trade. them continued trial. In a ten months' of Growing.'; I see that you are attempt;. good clover to plant alfalfa. For.those The Champion Yellow Dent Is a an ing to extend its use as much as who must or will have the alfalfa Utah growth they have proved a failure fitting companion to the Champion lry possible. Some will, no doubt, make a will be glad to furnish the seed .011. thus far. Later we will receive, re- White Pearl Mr. ase (also originated by success of while others, I fear, will hand and more for next year. ports from various parties who set the the best the most rall it, grow Suffern), known, gen­ meet with Now and A. A. MILLS. hi difterent of the State. al disappointment. plants parts erally grown white corn. Judging In of Mr. J. C: In· again there is a man who elalms that. Agricultural College, Logan, Utah, August, 1893, Holmes, from the samples we have and from of wrote: "Will llie it is a safe pasture for cattle and sheep. January 30, 1895. Salisbury, you kindly Mr. Suftern's ability and integrity, we ted It Is very dangerous-more so at some Inform me where loan procure seeds what he has to ' heartily Indorse say sed periods than at others. Saoaline and Pie-Melon. of the Polygoowm sachalinense (saoaline) about Champion Yellow Dent: readers that I it a test hore as soon But the point I thought your EDITOR KANSAS FARMER:"':"In the "Much encouraged by the great suo­ may?give of it be !l.Dy would be interested in most is a 0011.- as possible. H the half told cess the famous White Pearl the FARMER of January 23, C. J. Norton Champion tinuation of the true, the farmers and stockmen will corn the felt feeding experiments asks for experience -In the cultivation has aohie\"ed throughout land, in "Alfalfa-Growing" (pages easily solve question of .ralsing I the ten been not reported of the new torage plant, "sacallne." t�,e have, during past years, 19 to are now all. at feed for oattle. We , !till 28). carrying Also for the feeding value of the citron breeding up towards a high id�al, a this station the following feeding On receipt of this inquiry I wrote to dent its or pie-melon. The follqwing com- main crop superior yellow corn, medium and late cut- the station in Mis­ IUD· trials: Early, munications will give him theinforma- grass experiment suitable for general and extensive cul­ has of both first second of branch: of the tings and crops tion desired. sissippi (a Washington ture in the corn States. First, by a >rts and also the third with Department of Alrriculture, devoted crosses alfalfa, crop, After our Yankee friend, C. J. Nor- combination of of several lead­ 1108' one are at that time to a of Southern but cutting, however. These of the failure that study lltandard con­ our ton has learned ing sorts; subsequently, by fed to steers and are fed grasses), asking for a few seeds of this being against sa.c�Une made in our sunny south-land, tinuous systematio selection, grasping red and timothy. Besides this, plant. The plant had not grown of 'ade clover he may be deterred from planting it been, and perpetuating the superior merits we are mixed and there and seed were not obtaJnable. A ling feeding hlloY grain for cattle shade or wind-break. its' parents, and permanently fixing its alfalfa and and also similar to the United States the against grain, Argonia Kas. D. W. HOLLAND. request type and characteristics. I have never straw and feed-' of failed to the against alfalfa, grain; Department Agriculture seen a variety that combines so many sed, ing two work horses on alfalfa and THE PIE PLANT. yield seed, or information of its value desirable qualities. In fact, it is what sher and two others on mixed and to the stockmen. I then wrote to grain hay There was an article in Texas Farm they oall all. 'all rounder.' Good in na· France for tubers from to grain; feeding four pigs on alfalfa and and Ranch of December 29, from ths which prop­ It stands in es­ te a every point. alone, my and instead of tubers all. ounce grain-the alfalfa being chopped !!ond pen of R. R. Claridge, in which he agate, as the best of dents. 'ery timation, yellow mixed with the four the "1I.eld citron or of seed were sent. These have been Iffer grain-against mentions pie- It does extremely well throughout the fed on five as feed for under the best of hot-house and tJ 0 pigs grain alone; feeding melon," being great hogs. grown cotton States, where it fully forms its milch cows on alfalfa and air conditions. . for grain against Now, I just want to say he did not say open ear in July, before the usual August the 1I.veothers fed mixed hay and grain. half enough in praise of them as hog I enclose you a sample of these plants, drought begins, making good yields and We intend to find out the value cow feed. I will a 1£ttle the small made in one when the native corn makes almost , feeding and give you showing growth a in , have and Is nota of alfalfa. Aside from this, the chem- of my experience: I had six shoats to year. Leaves. fallen away nothing. It wonderful, magical ts. ical department is carrying on digestion fatten for my meat in the fall. I fed N, trials with two steers. The steers them green sorghum and slop' all which are being fed on the different spring, until July, when the water­ cuttings and the different crops of al- melons and citrons began to get ripe, falfa and those on clover and timothy .and the cross-fertilized watermelons have been fed just thirty-two days and citrons came in, for they will mix without grain. They have gained as if planted near each other; then I gave follows: them all they would eat every day from

were killed in December. .. July until.they .g .: They did not get all. ear of corn until ����� Ii � the last three weeks to harden the fat, �� ���� ..;... s: � and they were fat and nice. And that '9 � is not I fed my cows all. them all c;!l' all; summer, and in November, just before . freezing weather, I hauled up and �o�.s og)� banked like potatoes about thirty of 't--t,� � <>l"'''''�l8'''''�'''""""' 1il &; wagon-loads big, fine citrons for my i:!�.�� ... """"...... cows. NIhow C op up three or four 'E]�.§.. � c;!l !:l" .� apiece for my cows every day, and you ought to see them eat them. They' will leave everything else for those citrons. And now, January )5, they leave a naked switch varying in height yielder, but a uniformly large yielder, are as sound and firm as when banked. mor from one Inch to ten Inches. 80 to 100 bushels per acre over large I take them out like potatoes, just as [ Now, Mr. Editor, this �acaline may fields, being common occurrences. It d th need them. Mine were planted in the when yet prove a valuable forage plant. If oan be depended upon, planted by attle corn and cotton, but I will not let any it' has we June 15, to make good corn ,by Septem­ an merit, expect, by repeated , grow in my cotton this year. I will and careful experiment to find it out. ber 15. When planted early, matures I yel them all. acre to themselves this give The to an edin But in the meantime thousands of dol­ in 100 days. grain, owl.ng year. They are so prolific you can al­ has in 0 lars will be spent by our stockmen unusus.lly large, solid, OIly germ, most walk on them. Now tell all the 'S. buying small quantities of this over­ peculiarly high germina1ing powers; lot hog men if they want cheap hog feed, less than 100 ,e advertised seed at very high prices. I seldom germinates per the citron or W. W. try pie-melon.- a most valuable feature. ,�bo very much wish that a 'further trial cent. Truly on Kirkpatrick, in Texas Farm and Ranch. would prove that all advantagell It makes a rapid, strong, healthy spring dro SACALINE. claimed for sacallne are not·over-rated. growth. A short, thick, strong, pointed eh h A number of inquiries have reached -J. B. Connell., Texas Experiment Sta­ stalk, witn a profuse growth of air roots, me lately asking the real value of saee­ tion, in Texas Farm and Ranch. which h.old it firm against storms. It Une as a forage plant, and having has very long tap-roots, which reach noticed several advertisements booming Plans for Bam Wanted. deep down after moisture 'during dry of it in the Texas papers, it may be of of EDITOR KANSAS FARMER:-Having weather. A very profuse growth some interest to your readers to hear received. valuable suggestions pollen and silk, producing very long, our experience with this plant. Here many the KANSAS I would heavy, \fell-filled ears, which grow upon one of letters for in­ through FARMER, is several asking small close to and like to see in its columns some very short, shanks, formation and below is the sent: plans reply low the and contains slx­ for a barn for and one that upon stalk, DEAR :-Enolosed find some hay stock, SIR please rows so as to avoid the teen very straight, compact of leaves advertising saealtne, taken from a will be practicable, catalogue of Samuel Wilson, Mechanics· handling the roughness as much as rich, golden-colored, starchy, oily grain ville, Pa, It seems to me that he promises of a high grade" which: To this table it is only necessary to possible. I believe it will be appre­ uniformly too muoh. Do you know anything of saca­ and EJLL. add that the of the first ciated readers. makes a No. 1 feeding milling early cutting line? If so, what are its merits and de. by your many s, Ka corn." ccop was slightly damaged by rain. merits? Would you advise my giving it a Buftalo, Kas. S. CANTY. trial on Castro at an ele- The late cutting of the second crop was my ranch, county, • vation of 1l,900 feet? Your opinion and any W. of writes: Farmers' Institutes. aImost rumedb'y ram, and this accounts W. Nickell, Caldwell, information you may give will be duly ap- "I have a lot of wheat straw on will be held at the for its poor feeding value. As will be Yours W. A. my Institutes places preolated. respectfully, B.,' farm and to feed it to. What as below and the seen, red clover did better than did the Austin, Tex, nothing and dates stated Ag· Is the best to do with it so as to will be best of the alfalfa, while timothy did I have your inquiry of December )0, thing ricultural college represented enrich the HILS farmer institutes the members of not do so well. These latter results and in reply thereto I can say that we ground? any at these by

winter wheat with , , are in accord with previous results ob- have tried the sacaline plant here dur­ tried mulching the faoulty uatned: If what was the result?" tained at this station and published ing the past year (seed planted in the straw? so, Clay Centerl511,?y county, February I see 15 and and President heretofore. that Dr. winter of a.nd have concluded that 16, vr\:)r. Ua.ht�' ' Bessy says 1893), ' farmer in and. espe­ I Every Kansas, Fairchild.' I that he knows of but one variety of 0.1- it is a very much over-rated forage oially the .breeders and stock-raisers, Reno 21 falfa. There are several varieties plant. We paid several dollars for' an Hav�n, county, February should have the greatest live stock reported. The department at Wash- ounce of seed ordered from Vilmorin & and 22, Dr. Mayo and Mr. B�rps. belr il journal in the world, the Breeder's Ga­ i ington sent to this station a new va- Andrlen, of France. Planted them OheJl��v!lle, Montgomerlt., county, tlleh zette, of Chicago, 'price $2 a year•. We of the. riety to be tested, called Turkestan very carefully in a hot-house. The F�bruary 21 Professors Pop· make a offer of it and the KAN, anp./�', alfalfa. But as Dr. there and some special enoe and Bessy says, plants grew very irregularly, for GeorgesoD.l \', �s wrl SAS FARMER, both papers one year, is little danger of going wrong, as but of them now havlng-been transplanted, erestl! $2. Subscribe now through thla one offered' are inches We sent a only oil'culars sent to farmers. elrgl"'1 variety (Med,icago sativa)'is eight high. office. Interesting for sale. number of all these plants to difterent Bend DAm,8 to Bureau of Imm1eratlon, Spo' We, in Utah, hope to see a steady parts of the State. One lot· of them to "Get a olub for KANSAS FAlUIBR. Iran., Wub,. up I 100 [41

irrigate when the soil and the oharac­ :Irrigation. ter of the crop demands it, be it a; lapse of ten days or two months, IRR'IGATI·ON S'UP·PLIES •. mRIGA:TION CONVENTION. If the ground be properly irrigated Tile Inter-Sb.te irrigation Aeloclatlon will bold during the winter, some' eropa of a italblrii anriuel meeting at KanlaB City, on Tnel­ vinous nature will require little or no day, Wednesday and TlilU'Bda;. Mlirob 26. 2'1' and 28. summer It II expected thaUhl1i will be the largelt irrigation irrigation during an ordinary 'Steam meeting ever held. and the water oan then be used for Windmills, Pumps, other erops, Also, I would adviae-the CASOLINE UPLAND IRRIGATION BY PUl{P. making of reservoirs of smaller area ENCINES, p, C. read before Garaen City Farmen' but with thus as By Morgaii, higher banks, holding ETC., ETC. Institute, january 28, 1896. much water and not exposing so much In the failure of the consequence <;If surface to evaporation or so great an ditch to me water two supply years ago area to percolation and giving a and observant of the success attained greater pressure to the discharge. I by Mr. Diesetn and others in irrigating use a valve made of board faced with land in the bottom from,wells led me to leather and placed at inner end of the WE WILL ERECT PLANTS thinking what might be accomplished reservoir box to hold the water. The COMPLETE, in that direction on the upland. The valve is raised a lever and connected by GUARANTEEING season was very dry. We' planted our with it a strong wire; the greater the by GET OUR RESULTS. twice and lost our seed and garden pressure, the tighter it is closed. CATALOGUES. plants both times and still neither rain I am often asked about the strain on or ditch water came. After figuring the eight-foot wheel. It seems to run some time on the of a windmill F K MORSE & power as light as any mill and after two years AIRBAN S, CO., and the of a column of weight wa�r service is as good as new. The expend­ feet I came to the oonolu- KANSAS MO. fifty high, iture for the two years is 85 cents. 1310 T)NION AVE., CITY, sion that it was not but only possible Some farmers on 'the upland look - practical to irrigate a few acres on the the with longing eyes at large quantities verbial. I love it. Why ask: the AI­ rigation) is coming. Here and now I upland by means of a pump and wind- so obtained in the bot- of water easily mighty to change the arrangement­ commission you to go forth witb the mill, with a well as the source of sup- without to consider that tom, stopping garner the sunshine and shadow us highest engineering skill of your alma ply, notwithstanding the opinion of their soil absorbs more water sandy with rain? Had we not better do as mater, and in the strength of Him who some great (?) lights to the contrary. and more requires Irequent watering the Master commanded: "Gather up emerged Kansas from the sea, and, as - On the first of June I I a day negotiated than the uplands. fin,d that two- the fragments that nothing be lost." in tbe FARMER'S frontispiece, a 200x400 for an eight-foot Aermotor windmill, inch and a four-inch is it in the eastern pipe cylinder Pump up or "Jumbo" up the fragments mile banner, hung some two-inch and a 4x14 brass piping, sufficient to carry water enough for ten 'of a thousand rains; crib, or canal, out sunlight just below the backbone of then commenced a cylinder, digging acres. I have serious doubts if it could and down the hills recent rains or the continent for the habitation of well four feet in diameter. be done in the bottoms. melted snow. man, smite these beautiful undulating On the 8th of June I a we are in a completed Many people believe that Why, a well-driller from Colorado prairies with your compass staff, and small 25 x 30 and reservoir, feet, began specially favorable location for wind- told me that there, where irrigation is point out to their inhabitants the to The was so irrigate. ground dry milL irrigation, and these methods established, "they are mad when it shortest route to their hidden rain; that I had to irrigate before I could would not prove successful in adjoinhig rains." show them where, and how to lead, then I plow; was accustomed to having counties and States, but I would say to "Yes," say my suffering brethren of distribute and corral it; teaoh them a larger supply of water and did not them that wherever the wind blows western Kansas, "it's all nice for the that their 2,000 to 3,000 feet elevation properly arrange my land for so small and wells furnish abundance of water, man on the bank to address a drowning above tide water is the ideal elevation a I found stream; also, that the meth- be it at a great depth or small, wind- man." Well, now, see here, there are for health and homes. Yea, teach ods employed in the bottom were not mill irrigation by means of pumps is lots of us in love with Kansas, and them to become Mohammedans, in so adapted to the different soil and con- not only practical, but profitable, and while we are watching' you, we are far as going to their "mountain" (of ditions of the uplands, but after all of Finney county, Kansas, will head the gathering straws to throw you, in bun- stored rain), or Mormons, in so far as my mlstakee and the lateness of the procession and show how it is done. dlea, if possible, before your head goes they make the desert blossom with the season included, I succeeded in irrigat- entirely under. lilies of peace and plenty. and about two acres of From a Well-Driller. ing growing All last fall, and still they come, the Wilt thou measure thyself up to the the water vegetables, lifting fifty-one EDITOR KANSAS FARMER:-Recently prairie schooners headed eastward high calling to which thou art now feet. it has occurred to me that I might from Nebraska and western Kansas. called? If so, thrice blessed be tqou. Last season we to the' began irrigate knock at the KANSAS FARMER'S door I don't blame them, even if they are Or dost thou prefer to go down into 1st of and continu- January irrigated and get a little space for "chips from gOlng "to their wife's people," as that the little squabble field of Kansas till the 8th of October. The ously our drills" and "dirt from our augers" beats starvation. One of myoid neigh­ politics and be lost in the scramble? result was we irrigated successfully and "picks" from well-makera in Kan'- bors up in Jackson county told of his Ii so, may thy monument be but a pile and in that raised over nine dry year sae, I find there departments repre- finding a western Kansas man with his of cobble-stones heeled at thy grave acres of besides garden vegetables, senting a large number of Kansas wife and chUd camped near a brook on from the fiint hills of Pottawatomie. a "a little losing potato crop by being -interests, from the apiary almost up to his farm, the child and mother crying There, now,' through another hard too and onion irri- previous," crop by Sells Brothers' elepbant yards, and all with cold, the latter exclaiming: "It's rock; a little more rope, pard, and we too mucb after the gating plantin� of them depend upon and must have no use to go any farther; may as well will go down to the next; and, mean­ seed instead of the moisture applying water. I never saw the editor but once, die here." How that recital pained time, recite Walt Mason's (for Kan­ first. ** * in my life and then talked to him only my heart, and how often has it brought sans) matchless prose hymn: I will not tell you the amount 'pro- about ten 'minutes. But don't farmers tears to my eyes. Buoyant, hopeful "But always keep rememberin', when for we didn't married duced, keep veryacourate want to know what ails their sick wells and determined, the young cares your path enshroud, that God has and if I should I fear account, you and how to make a good one as well as couples, and older ones, too, with faml­ 10J;s of sunshine to �pill behind the would be inclined to disbelieve it. But to know what ails their wives or illes, start for western Kansas by the cloud." H. C. WELTY. I will say this, that the crop was good, horses and how to get them well(s)? thousands to battle for a home and soil Soldier, Kas. nor at time the summer any during I am drilling up in Jackson and Jef- all their very own. How I have com- ������ did it suffer for want of moisture. ferson counties all the time and only mended their aspirations and their Wren's Poland-Ohina Sale. I land off after it is in and when so are lay my plowed get home to Topeka' once or twice a pluck; now, many EDITOB KANSAS FARMBR :-Owing to the narrow from a. to two rods I am strips, rod month. downcast and headed eastward, storm and no trains running or highways wide and from four to twenty rods long It seems of late to be the universal led to exclaim: "Peace hath her vic­ passable, the Wren hog sale, at Marion, from was to and tben flood tbe ends. After prayer of 'Kansas "more rain I more tories no less renowned than war." Kas., entirely postponed Tuesday, planting I cultivate with wheel hoes water for the thirsty land a.nd ani- Where is our Ericsson or our "Little February 19, at 1 p. m. sharp. I carefully examined the to be sold and can and endeavor to keep the ground as malsl" �ight here, I'll just have to Phil" that will yet lead tbis people on hogs say that they are by far the best lot ever offered level as possible. tell that since the war I have to victory and to homes? I am out now you by Mr. Wren. About fifteen richly-bred There is as much in a proper conser- turned The in earnest, and with a sharp stick to Quaker. primitive Quak- sows are bred to Wren's Medium by Happy vation of moisture after it is stored In" rustle a Moses for western Kansas. ers, you may know, lay more stress on up Medium, and a lot of fine gilts and boars by the soil as there is in the amount ob- the "watch" than on the other injuno- I have been a taxpayer on my Jackson Seosation by One Price and by Corwin tained from the well: After irrigating tion in the "watch and pray," rightly county farm to Kansas University for White Face by Corwin U. S., are to be sold, the ground settles and pores form in determining that it is better to listen more than twenty years, and call upon and lots of other fashionable blood. S. A. Auctioneer. the soil througb which the moisture for instruction from, than to inform you, Oh, educational pride of Kansas. SA.WYER, as Manhattan, Kas., February 9. escapes,' may be often seen ascend- the Almighty wbat is best to be done. Have you fashioned within your walls ing; also weed growth, if allowed, Now, I believe in true prayer, and have the man we seek, a twin to your chinch Reduced Rates. takes up much moisture. To obviate no fault to find with churches praying bug killing genius, one skilled in the these difficulties, as soon as the ground for rain, but the trouble seems to be arts of peace, an� yet one who can Reduced rate t.ickets offered by agents of is dry enough to permit, we start the to get two in the church that have the strike droughty land with Mosaic the Nickel Plate road, to Cleveland, 0.: Brick Manufacturers' Associa- National ' wheel cultivators or rakes, and this faitb-plentyof askers-nor do I ob- power? ,Have I found you? Well, now, tion. Tickets sold February 9 to 14.: forms a mulch of loose earth'(much bet- to the United States for see here, do you remember that a great ject praying National Electric Light Association. tel' than a mulch of straw) to rain with i. the at a critical hour, prevent powder, e., bombarding general once, stood, Tickets sold February 16 to 20. the of the moisture and watch in escape destroy heavens; or the Rock Island railroad with hand, exclaiming: National Educational Association (De­ the weeds which are not yet to the sur- company praying with chemicals, so "Would to God tha.t night would come, partment of Superintendent). Tickets sold face. This should be repeated frequently long as their prayers are answered. or that Blucher would comel" February 16 to 20. whether you irrigate or not, weeds or But are they answered? Western Kansas is there now. In­ Above are reduced rates sold on the cer­ no weeds tificate (some people would never Mohammed may have been partially stinctively man, in his might, "turns plan. cultivate their crop were it not for the a Methodist, for he had method in his his face eastward and watches for the for if the weeds), ground, though both madness; and, also partially a Quaker, dawn"-though in this case, I am not GASOLINE ENGINE clean and be.allowed for it is sure but will come WITTE apparently loose" universally reported that when daylight partdally 11,,!lOMp·' to stand too Like tF� lparq�.w�ll reopen "Mohammed prayed for the mountain from the west-from western world up- Nothing Succeeds lon�' I, and loss ensue\ to come to him, and it did not, Moham- to-date irrigation, from Utah, Cali- SUCCESS. I plow my ground as deep a:.s I can med went to the mountain." Kansas fornia and Colorado. The KANSAS when I for prepare planting (SUb90i1illg is blessed with tbe rain storms of a FARMER, of November 7, signaled WITTE IRON WORKS, would surt me still the better),bu] �f�J.' ,thousand ages garnered in her bosom. western Kansas that their Blucher (ir- Kansas Vlty, Mo. I OIlNT I HORBE 1 HOUB. is J crop growing cultivate Its'shallow For eight years I have been praying ======�======� as possible, not "wI Elxceed' two inches, for that kind of rain and doing it with to the prevent, 'de�truction of the root a heavy iron shaft tipped with the best have fibres, whtoh permeated tl_le of steel. ,Last year they seemed' to ��a��!I�:�d soil in all P���!al�:!:e,no His Into 'LBr!��, directions. I have no set want me to "pray without OLINE ENGINES require Engineer. salary goes your pocket. oeaalng." - for certain days irrigatinr crops, but "Sunny KansaS" has beoome pro- :'�!��ciWeber Gas & Gasoline Engine Co. ,459 SontbwestBonlevard, Kansas City, Mo. \ \ 1895. [IS]

" , � p minal phalanx. It WM a strange !light, ADIBftOIrG .lIoEBLVI' p_...... P1lt1bwp dfl i.Y �.... provocative of reflection. Here was a ABOBOa, \!IIn� Ram.· �o' to-e , Ib CIDc:h...atL .man who had almost .�_������_������ literally worl,ted A!LA!I'rIO, his flngers oft at his daily labor. As I N."Votlt. Conducted bJ HIINBY W. ROBY. M.D., oollllultlni ·BBDIBB·BA'IJIIAIf, and operatlDi IUI'I!80n, Topek.., KY., to w)lom all examined the string callouses on his Plttsburlrh. tbla Ihould oorreepondenoe relatlnl to department DAJlLJIY, anawen and he "Last I made Taking be addreleed. Correapondenta wllhlDi flngers, Ilaid: May up New York. will pleue 8nol0l8 one dollar it for that want to the best my mind to go right on and work until BBoonn, granted you get �,::,�!I���.mall N..... Yom. I tired myself out, so I played and results In you will have to use OOLJ.IBB�;t. Louis. painting, played, some days nearly all day long, An Hour With Remen�, Pure White Lead to obtain them. There 0/- but I never got tired yet. Ever since OOBlfELLbuWalo. JIlDIENYI. I have from six to ,four- DAVI8.ClJLUIBIJUl, May practiced Plttsburlrh. are mixtures branded "_White I stood by the gate of the better world many Lead," teen hours a day, besides my banner was wide evening' Where Love's brllht unfurled, BOU!B�lncID...tl. and I am not tired "Pure White Lead," etc., which contain And the good Saint Peter, with smile or frown, performances, yet." I'AHBBIrOOIt.

or that one - PltlSbWlh. Sent this one up eent doWn, I said: "Do you like traveling?" if White but are that wondrous JIWBft, little, any, Lead, As hiR gentle touoh made gate II New Yotlt. principally "Oh yes, he said, "when I have good Swinlf wide to love, or swing shut to hate. KBII'r'OOn, not Louisville. which is of little value, if worth­ In my dream I 88'11'. while the good went In, accommodations, like this hotel, where barytes, JOmrr.LBWIB" BBOB.OO Rempnyi come, with his violin. me a bed and food. they,give good goOd Phlladelphla, less. To be sure, a knew him while here t accept only genuine A�d they who below, e 1l0BLB1'. You see I don teat lik the crazy peo- , And had SAPn the sweep of his jeweled bow, Cleveland. brand fe't th" t�emors of ple I see all over the country that kill 1lI880'DB1. (see list). And joyful pain" St.Louis, heart and with For twelve That throbbed and quivered through themselves eating. BJlI) 8BAIo. If you w�t any shade of color, tint Ihe White Lead with National brain ea n no meat SL Louis. Co.'s for this years I have te , except Lead tinting colors, prepared expressly purpose. A fea­ Stood Rtill. Rnll Iistened, and held their breath, IIALEII, once in a while if I find Salem, M.... ture oJ these colors is the ease with which they are used and the exact. LlkA tho." thRt love, when they first meet Death. avery, very, of llII1'IlA1f• ness with which the desired shade h obtalned. For particulars send for Whilolight. st�eamed ont of his gleaming eyes nice piece fresh fish nicely boJled. ChIC8j[O. free. Llk.. tbat which falls from the snnllt skies, Then I eat a little of it." "What IO'll"fllBBK. pamphlet, just St. Low. and Cb He b=nt bis bow tlllit kissed the stringe, ...... do you eat?" I ventured to ask. "Oh, VLBTD, NATIONAL LEAD CO., And a low, sweet cadence of tender thlnp, NewYock. I eat fruit and oat meal and " Began to quiver and thrill and run porridge, VlIlOB, I Broadway, New York. Throngh souls of men, and through stars and sweet potatoes without any butter, and my own bread. You see I never eat And :il!i tbe spaces that lay between the hotel it is never it is lighting up his expressive face, he took poetic on The durl, dead earth and that glorlons BCNle. bread; done; surgical operation my poor And good Saint Peter. wbose radiant face too raw, and then white bread-why up his Stradivarius violin and caressed, violin playing. Ed,. Remenyi." And Was f1nshed and glowing With heavenly lP'IIoe, that would not feed anybody; it would it a little, giving the strings a plink with my souvenir photograph of Re For�ot his keys and his mieaion quite, starve them. Here is my bread," with his finger, and in a moment the menyi and violin, I took my de And stood there gazing In rapt delight; only hi!!! and a bureau drawer he took whole hotel was w.ith ,the with this new The sentries pansed on their time-worn beats, opening resounding parture, couplet running While tbrough the gatss and the ,olden streets, out a large rye loaf with a crust halt strains of a Hungarian melody. Stop­ in my head: went with his violin When biB bow oar1'8i!OB the silent Remenyi an inoh thick on.it "I carry my own ping suddenly, he said to me: "It is 8trings And the whole world followed and crowded In. The lOW that's In them oomes out and sings bread with me. I get two or three very strange that in everything else The chords that throb through the rolling HENRY W. RoBY. we made Im­ spheres, loaves in a city like Topeka, where I have great advances and measure time of tbe in even 100 But And the passing yean, know I can get it baked right. Then pr.ovement& years. Investigate advantages at Wichita Com­ And in the ocean's ebb and flow, sing I take that along and eat it. Then I here, this violin is 250 or 260 years old mercial College before deciding to attend He flings to us from hiB m8�ic bow; out of the so I and is the best instrument in elsewhere. It will pay you. Y. M. C. A. the murmur in woods eat eggs right shell, to-day While BOngs that and rills, building. And eoho over the plains and hills, know they are clean, and I eat plenty the world. It is only a little wood and The zephyr's cadence, the orash and din I a few but would not of fruit, oranges and apples. eat two strings, 187,000 buy B. SHILLINGLAW. Real BltateandRental Of wild tornado, his violin to six oranges every day, and as many it. It is perfect. Shiploads of them THos.AlenoJ.ll7 But SbJ:tb St., Topeka, Kaa. Batab­ Gives baok to us In a deeper spell lIahOO In 1II8i. Calla and oorreaponden08 InTlted. Than Pan poured out of his magic sbell. apples. Oranges make music and kill are made, but none of them excel this

Lheard It and when all the old' I . once, yearS rheumatism,' and apples keep me well, Stradivarius. See here, what VETERINARY SURGEON. Are blotted out, and the rolling spheres so I never need a doctor except when I must do to learn it." Then he ... the of placed Are dead and swept from fields blue, U. D. MCCURDY, Veterinary Surgeon. Grad· want a like That was his left hand on the neck and touched That old, old musio shall still be new. poem yours. DR.uate Ontario Veterinary college, Toronto, Can. very nice and I shall send it home the strings, saying: "See, I have a ada. Can be oonsulted on all diseases ot domestlo I am very fond of music, and when it anlmala at ollloe or by mall. Olllce: 11& West Flttb to wife in New York. Sometimes good of the to' get the Ku. my spread fingers Street. Topeka, , was announced a few days ago that I eat cheese. That is very good. But first ootave, then, for the second, my Remenyi, the great Hungarian violin- I never flll up with food flngers must -be bunched up close LIVE STOCK AU()TIONEERS., ist, would visit our city, I called to myself poison like all the people I see at the hotels together this way and' just miss mind a very pleasant visit I had from M. HOSMl!IB, LiTe Stook Anctloneer, Marn11Ie, The English people eat five times a each other on the strings, and for the J• Mo. FIne Btook a apeolalt,.. 1 reBpeotfuUJ 10 ' the master fiddler of the world about lIolt Joar bnalne88 and gaarantee oatlBfaotlon. Tel'lllll third and no and eat dead cows and dead hogs, highest octave, they have reuonable. Secnre (,!atea early. H fteen years ago. At' that time he day never have music in them. room at all. have to dance like the and auy They . came to my rooms after his concert at they l!'. M. WOODS, And the French eat too much. witches of It is like put­ LITe Stock Neb. the a people Ballochroy. Auctioneer, Lincoln, opera house, and spent couple of Refer to tbe beat breeders In tbe ea� all kinds 'of food. It would ting foul' dancing girls to dance all at Welt, for whom hours chatting and playing. He is a They ... PrIoel reaaonable and oorreapondenOB make me sick to eat such rich dishes. once on a 10-cent piece. They must all !o��oy=�e prince of companions when he is in a I should be and die; Over in dance OIi it and out of each other's JAB. W. SPARKS, musical for then hiS soul comes sluggish keep mood, Live Stook Auctioneer, Mar8hall, Mo. I went to II. hotel and told way. Oh, my, but it is hard work; but out to welcome his friends as a man Germany Salea made everywhere. Referenoe to the beat them I would eat my own bread, and it is the very hie-hest art to conceal breeders In tbe WeBt, for whom I have made 881... would come out to meet a benefactor CatalogueB oomplled and printed. Terma reuon. the clerk said: 'You have to pay for your art so that it looks as simple and able. at his gate. On that occasion he had a it the so better eat the as sunshine. When I am 300 large and appreciative audience and jUl\t same, you easy ELI ZIMMERMAN, Hiawatha, Kan8aB, hotel bread.' J said to the clerk, years old, I shall then know what 'a Live Stock and General Auctioneer. was in splendid humor. So he talked Pedigreed and reglBtered live Btook a Bpeolalty. 'shall I twice-once to fool I was at 50. Then I shall be able and and talked and until punish myself Write for dateB. SaleB oonduoted anywhere In tbe played played DeBt of referenoea and BatlBfactlon for bread and once to eat it? to put oft all my all my vanity gaar· the 'bus called to take him to the early pay your pride, ���:��. Shall I be like the Slovak with his and just play the finest music the world morning train. Remembering what 'a Cf A. SAWYER. FlNB STOCK AUCTIONBBB­ ever heard." Then he fiung oft a �. Co Kas. Have dif­ private entertainment he soap?'" Manhattan. Riley .. tblrteen delightful ferent seta of ltud book! and herd book. of oattle "What mean that?" I said. Spanish medley, full of variations, full had on that 'occasion given the Monday dO'You by and hoire. Compile oatalogael. Retained by tbs "In Hungary," he said, "they sell of major and minor tones, of trills and CltJ Stook Yards, Denver. Colo., to make all tbelr club and myself, it occurred to me to large oomblnatlon oale! of horse. and oattle. Have schweitzerkase in round quavers and tender touches. IOld write a few verses in his and as large cakes, Stopping for nearly eTery Importer and noted breeder of honor, cattle In Amerloa. Auction oalel ot fine horaea a and sell in the same A suddenly, he said: "You see what the a personal tribute to his genius. The they soap way. apeolalty. LaI1!B, aoqnalntan08 In California, New violin can do. It can the in the Slovak went to market and saw what give you Mexloo. Texaa and Wyoming Territory, where I poem appeared morning paper haTe made numeronl publlo I&lel. he was a nice cheese and hund,redth part of a tone, while the the morning he was to play here, and on thought can tones it. When he home with it piano only give you and half Commerclalaom. Vlnea and a the way up from Kansas City some one bought got APl' L E Grape into it and fell to it. He tones." Prl08l1ltatree. read it to him on the he cut eating �nera.lnurserYltook. St. train. After TREES e18ey Nur8ery ()o., Joseph,Mo., dinner I called at his hotel and sent made a bad face and everybody laughed I ventured to ask: "What kind of va- up FOR AN EAR OF CORN at him for buying soap for cheese, and cations do you take? Of course you do my card. The boy quickly returned, We will pay $100 tor 10 ears or coro-flO au ca.r-and it furnl.h ".,d free from which to ",I,e h. .'or full come he said to them: 'I bought and paid not trave1 and p1ay the whole year par- "He to his lloul... address W ..TII.... HOLI iI saying: says, right up • PLOW"". ••• .... for it and I'll eat So I said round." 'I never take $10.00 room." When _I got in sight of the it, anyhow.' any vacations," to the 'I don't want Slovak he said. "I work. Isometimes 'oom, he was standing in the doorway, clerk, any always . house. It is. but Acre $1 ,493. a:;.'Xrl:;�:�.:�:': with his face radiant as a cheese in your enough go to the seashore in hot weather, Apples, lighthouse. " that I pay for it wlthout eating it.' I work just as hard, I practice just as FREE sample copy tellln� a{;'g�lB::�aA�'::tic�%.� Grasping my hand he said: "Ah, Doc- Frnlt and Farm paper. publlBhed by_ Stark BroB. I should 40 a me a Then he said: "I see Americans many hours a day. If ptop oents year. Clroulatlon 460,000 copleB. The tor, you do great surgical opera- you U work three I would be dead. Do Cream of the Cream." GlveB the busy Fruit­ tion. You cut oft my head and sew it do one good thing. You eat fruit for days Grower or Farmer. who hasn't the time or the money and I to buy and read II. great maSB 0 r papers. what II but on so nice it makes me but to eat it all you take vacations?" he asked, again that very breakfast" you ought from all, what M want. to know. had to that I had been oft happy. You say such nice things the 'time. Here are my oranges and eay only from one month in about my poor playing." Giving me my rye bread," he said, as he pointed duty thirty-five

and then I went to New York , the onl.v chair in the room, he sat down to the bureau. "I buy six apples years, Greenv·III'e and Gardner and Boston with a who had 8TRAWHERRY PLANTS. on the bed and took up his violin and every day. I eat some good por­ patient not Other new said: "I can better now since and for breakfast and then heart disease ,and could go alone. play you ridge eggs EI Dorado • andstand- he how it Blackberry do me the great honor to put me in a after awhile I get a good appetite and "There, you see," said, "J'ust ard varletle8 ot Fruits. A general line ot Nursery is No man ever becomes a stook. Alldre88 , poem." Then laying the instrument eat a piece of bread. Hunger is the yourself. close to sauce a man doctor or a lawyer or a North his cheek and ear he touched best in the world. When great great �,F. CECIl, Nurseryman, Topeka, las. the with such can eat a of bread with a great musician without he keeps up • strings gentle delicacy piece good DIG ONU that a faint relish he is all But when hi.s work all the and every day sweet echo seemed to be good right. time, TOES And 10tlOI th.m tries to do a little better. I never floating in the halls and rooms of the he has to put butter and sugar and POTABy planting our Famous NORTHBBJiI so well as I do now and I never hotel. His eyes and face began to be jam and honey on it to give it a relish, Played , GROWN SBBD. Earliest in the world to You afford to plant old luminous and animated and the co.- is He is a sick man. He is a get tired of it. I don't have work, can:t played out he, gone. Catalogue free. Local it best of all." dences grew stronger and louder and glutton. He has no life and no music but I like to. I enjoy :��:t :!�t.,��son. still more loud, until finally it seemed in him. ,You see what habit will do "Have you a family?" I asked. "Oh, I I.. I.. MAV & co., Seed8IDen, - that he "I wife and a son POTATO DEPT. ,- St. the partitions and walls were all for people. If all the doctors in the yes," said, have,a Paul, Minn. nvolved in an intense vibration. would advocate and 9,aughter, both 21 years old; they country good, healthy BLOOMINGTON (PIIOENIX) lII'lJR8ERY. As are twins. son is elec­ the strains died away, I asked' eating and put it in the newspaplilrs My learning 'Do you ever get tired of playing?" and print it on posters about the tricity in New York and my daughter 'I never do," he said. Then he held streets, like they do show bills, still it. music. My family live in New York." his to me take one or two Then he said: "I must righG thurrW �nd said: would generations to give you my TRrEs'�R'p(ANTSfine stock ot �ut WeolJer alal'l!eand every description There is my my trade·mark." break up the habit of dead photograph," and he took his pen and of Fruit and 'Ornnmentul Tree., Sh..ub., marr, eating Bo.e., Vine., Smull Plnat., Just under the inner corner of cattle and and wrote this on the Frult"1 Hed�erlcod the nail things-dead hogs quaint inscription 11:&2. cata-, was a. groov� worn down to and of the "To ro�::�aW!lf��tla�:I��:� the bone chickens geese. back picture: my good PHOENIX NURSERY o. 80s lila, with COMPANY.!:. only a t.hin oalloUB over t.he t.er: Then with It rlow of .lttlefact.lon friend, H, W. Roby, who operated" 1Il,'n W BIi1ii'r tIIU1, tit (10., IIloo.....IIMa,DIo 102 [61 KANSAS FEBRUARY 13,:

mother is the central figure around which all of all In revolves. She is the constant compan­ Highest Leavening Power.:--Latest U. S. Gov't Report. ion of her children, and it is pleasant or to her To Corre.pondent•• disagreeable according will. If she her and cultivat,es an The matter for the Ho.. ClBOL. Is Mleotecl governs temper amia­ Wedneaday of tbe 'II'eek before the paper Is printed. ble disposition, tbe family will imbibe IlannlCrlpt received after that almost Invariably like for I bave for 1081 over to the next 'II'eek, nnle.. It Is very sbort qualities, good autbority and very lIood. Correspondenta will lIovem them. saying, "A soft answer turneth away Mlves F aooordlnllly. wrath." Aoove all, and first of all, she should be a Ohristian. She sbould have &king T TWO MADE the ONE. sustaining grace which the Ohristian V alone receives, to her in When Ned a.nd Annie first met strengtben To 88 ne'er the trials and which con­ speak they'd done before, tempations E Thought Ned: "With no shade of regret tinually beset her patbway. She should I'd live a hundrded "ears more Powder practice economy. The, old is I If she'd' be my wife and my pet I" saying as true as it ever was -" A to·day I Now, though hislove-thoughta were mute, stitcb in time saves nine." She should Sweet Annie at once read his mind; teach bel' a is diligently daughters everything Oh, !rirl'siove awfully oute I J And�ed wos not either blind. pertaining to housekeeplng, as tbat still quite TREATMENT FOR COLIC. l'Th8.l'S Ii. 'of So right on the sJ.lot they tied a lplot; continues to be tbe occupation which is al­ qUell'r 'way keephig out And as oonrtehip demands, TIle the observed one lotted to the great of women. 'She Bemt'tdlea of Oor Grandmothen An light," citizen to an­ Sweet Annie and Ned joined hands. majority should so of Little other. So one was made of those two, manage her affairs that sbe can Use. And of "Must be some both them know it is trne: have at least a few minutes each day for Humorous allusions to "colicky new method of deco­ reading, and keep berself informed on the babies" are never ration," remarked another. There's joy and bliss in livln, together fully appreciated un­ current events of the tbat she "Don't For two who are IovinE each other, day, may be til the condition is observed in each in­ you know what that is?" said No matter how dark and stormy the an for her a weather, intelligent companion husband dividual's own and young woman to her husband. "That's Come sorrow, some trouble and offspring, then bother, and a reliable book of reference for the a When husband and wife somehow the humorous side is window laundry." Are questioning chHdren. gone, certainly one, for of all "And what may that be?" The battles of life Much of the bappiness of the farm home rest-disturbing ailments, Are won! colic takes the lead. "It's the way ladies who board wash easily depends upon tbe father. He sbould cheer­ Y00, fine every time, Overfeeding is a and thw handkerchiefs. You see it Let the wedding bells chime! fully furnisb them all the necessaries of prolific cause, often drfi!i' and irons them at the same time." -New Yorlt Sun. Ilfe, including an abundance of good litera­ very by reducing the food sup­ "I answered the ture, to take tbe place of the amusements ply the ailment disappears of itself. see," young man, OF AN ORCHARD. "that adhere like whicb the cbildren of the town enjoy; he But some qualities of the milk will they postage stamps. should assist them in their so that it How do do it?" Good is an orchard, the Saint salth, studies and produce colic, is as well to they To meditate on life and death, amusements and should maintain an unself­ have a cure ready. It nearly "Oh, you first catch your window, With a 0001 well, R hive of always bees, ish devotion to tbe general interests of the comes at but then you wash the and the A hermit's grot beneath the trees, night, cannot be timed panes place Good is an little kingdom of which he is the acknowl­ handkerchief orchard: very good, invariably, for if the mother or nurse against them, wringing Thongh one shonld wear no monkish bead and ruler. Let hood; edged him impress count on a of wet. They stick like a and Bight good, when swakes her couple hours of rest plaster, spring flute, upon the mind of his son a love for the when And in time of the it is as they come off are as smooth lioii good ' through yellowing fruit, tbe day, just likely to Very good in the graps to lie farm; important position the farmer satin. In that arrive then. "Total can way every woman can And see the network the fills in the his depravity" be 'plnst sky, world, independence when be her own A to colic as well as laundress." . living lace of blne aud green, compared witb tbose of other applied other things. And boughs that let the between, occupations. "I said hor gold Tell him The symptoms are sudden, see," husband, The bees are types of sonls that dwell 'that ten of the Presidents of the piercing thought­ cries and contraction of fully, "why so families board." With honey in a quiet oell; United Sta.tes were called from farms, and the legs. Some many The ripe fruit An figures gOldenly this list does not include the famous rail­ attacks are very severe, while others The sonl's in God's A OOUGH NOT BE perfection eye. are mild. SHOULD NEGLEOTED. Prayer and in a splitter and other farmers' sons who at­ Catnip tea and praiae oountry home, paregoric, "Brown's Bronoh(al Trochfl8" are a Honey and a man oome tained to that the remedies simple fruit; might position. Tell bim that it is of our grandmothers, are Fed on snoh meats to walk remedy and give immedia.te and sure relief. abroad, a well-known fact that the of the little for is I And In bis orchard talk with God. great majority use, they only soothe of in in without ma -PaU MaU Budget. prominent postttone, religion, poli­ expelling the wind which in business tics, great enterprises, have causes the disturbance. and gr. been Drops filled by farme:r;s' sons. They are not cordials are ha HOME, SWEET HOME. useless for the same rea­ exposed to the temptations which con­ hil son. Peppermint was about the only Illy Idea of a Farmer's Home In Flnney stantly beset the village or city are uo boy, thing then used which removed the County. not allured from study by worthless or vi­ and that was th cious cause, mahe to To make a first-class. home in this coun­ amusements, and by the time stupefy they laudanum. tic by adding , try, one should bave ir­ are old enough to start out for themselves good taste, money, The co have lost the taste for such remedy now in vogue with uni­ rigation. With these three requisites, a they things. no formiy good results is soda mint. The home may be made as pleasant here as There is one who has a better oppor­ tablets Kansas m. elsewhere. tunity to continue his education and im­ are Bold for indi­ Tannery. extensively ESTABLISHED IN 1889. his but a form th Tbe house should be commodious and prove mind and with all the gestion, liquid is best for a keep pace Does general tanning busln.... Including robes, of babies. Get a ruge, eto. bt comfortable, the lawn green and smoothly questions the day tban tbe farmer. ten per cent. solution, Tannllllr Galloway hides for robes a specialty. Flr.t-ol.... work, reasonable All shaven, and embellished with of With his brain rested, his frame and for a child a month old price.. II'. plenty physical up.to take kinde ot leather In stock-beet quality. Have you trees and and oal< bark? fiowers. But, as some of our digestive organs strengthened and in­ one-half teaspoonful of mint to three any Good prl08s paid for It. Write me. ge farmers came the here to seek rather than to vigorated by exerctse and fresh air of of warm water, slightly sweetened. M. O. BYRD, Lawrence, Eas. th spend tbeir it would be the day, he is in prime condition to sit fortunes, perhaps Increase the dose with age. more practical to speak of homes tbat down by the evening lampligbt and feast may The effect of this simple remedy in be made attractive without a great his mind on the banquet wbich the litera­ outlay most cases is almost The CENTROPOLIS HOTEL. of money. ture of the nineteentb bas magical. century supplied wind is thrown off Fifth and Grand Ave., Kansa8 City, Mo. On tbese him. in an vast level plains we want an incredibly A strictly flrst-cl.... house at moderate rates. Oen­ short time and the after effeet is tral location. abundance of trees; groves of forest, trees In this short article I have endeavored to to Half block trom new million dollar soothe the so conrt house aod half million dollar city ball. On around the border for a prove tbat with with nerves, that comes protection from the irrigation, industry, sleep direct Fifth street cable line from Union depot Bnd in its train. stock north winds of winter and tbe south winds economy, neatness, good taste, religion, the swiftly There is nothing yards. 225 choice rooms, all ne"ly decorated. Llgbted by electrlolty. r.I of summer. In trees for this refinements of education and deleterious in its for the Rates, per day. Rooms selecting pur­ family love composition, with bath, and parlors, '2,W per day. pose care should. be taken to obtain and the farm the sole are varie­ unity, Finney county home ingredients carbonate E. K. CRILEY lIZ CO., Proprietors. ties tbat are adapted to the climate, or may be made a thing of beauty and a Joy soda, ammonia and pip." menthol precious time may be lost and orcbards forever. , MRS. ANNA B. RIOH. Enough water must be given to kill injured by tbe delay of resetting. the taste of the School at Home. soda, which is very dis­ IF YOU WANT ANYTHING Let us have of not the plenty fruit; only "It makes so mucb extra agreeable. standard work when apple, pear, cberry and Hot to IN THE LINE OF plum, school begins!" How often we hear this applications the stomach are which time has demonstrated are a success exclamation from overworked motbers of first importance in this but we complaint. here, may have grapes and small I May tell how one busy mother Flannel bands heated at the fire or fruits of all kinds. They are seldom win­ managed PRINTING, tbis winter1 In the fali, when the weatber wrung out of hot hot salt ter-killed, and with care be to water, may made was the pleasant, two little tots, aged 5 and wrapped in flannel or a yiElld large returns for the labor bestowed hot-water BINDING, went to school and were 7, intereste:1. As bottle next the skin all a upon and there is 'no reason we help them, why soon as cold speedy weather-hegan, they staid at cure. But no should not have delicious fresb or canned medicine is home and mother was teacher. When the lasting. STATIONERY, fruits our table With attention to the diet the upon througbout tbe year. cbildren took their' number books to study, the and duration farm should bave a of attacks become BLANKS, Every large vege­ mother would take her work and sit close may table garden, wbich is not conducive shorter, but it will be only by. After the lessons were over there very likely 'I to health but But do not three months before School District or enjoyment. plant would be some writing to do. After tbat the� subside.­ Township, City Supplies, or sow alfalfa or make an Kennett in potatoes orchard tbe children were to mother Wood, St. Louis .Republic. KANSAS LAW willing help by BOOKS. ETC •• in your front yard. Set apart a few rods t sweeping the fioor or getting wood or coal. of yOllr possessions for ornament and make As WRITE TO f tbe mother was a delicate woman it PICTURESQUE ECONOMY. it as ornamental as the circumstances will was a pleasant change for her. There was I allow. A Style of Laundrv Work Said to Preva' no rush to get the children off to no t Sow the yard in white clover and blue school; In Boal'dlol:' Hooses. tired, cross little folks at night; no t and if can expos­ CRANE grass, reservoir A & you empty your in the CO. ure to the weather, for tbe house was their peculiar appearance front upon it once a. week it will satis­ give good during bad weather. windows of an aristocratic 812 Kansas faction and play-ground boarding AYe., Topeka, Kas. grow luxuriantly throughout The house on one of the favorite pastime for tbese two, as leading avenues the summer. Of course, you can water Send for Oatalogue if interested. well as two younger ones, is cutting pic­ caused a discussion among with the hose every day as they do in the passers-by. tures from paper and pasting in a home­ In each pane was a of white city, but cannot afrOi'd the and I square you time, made book. muslin with belleve that embroidered edges, which flooding once a week will give If this Wheo wrltlnll our Il4vertlll8rs pleue mention the does not find tbe was to almost as good results. waste-basket, !'opparently glued �he paI!e. KANSAS Il'ABMlDR. perhaps it a new idea to some One of the most may give important requirements other overworked motber. for a beautiful home is neatness. Let all AUNT rows of MARl;, your trees be perfectly straight, Pleasanton, Kas., February 2, 1895. your reservoir walls broad and built by a line. Do not keep old farm implements, BroUlo&, In'a FrylD&' Pan. broken crockery, tin cans, or bits of boards When one has no means of broiling 'lying all around the house. Attention to over coals or under heat the next best these matters will not cost and is anything, thing broiling in a pan. For ex­ will add greatly to the of sur­ beauty your ample, have a steak cut about an inch roundings. after thick; making the frying pan very Whetber the house be or let large small, hot in some fine the sprinkle salt and good wife see tbat it- is kept in order. lay INOORPORAT1!JD 0070B1!JR the steak in the pan. Cook for two 29,11194. LOOATION, 1103-1105 NORTH FOURTH AV1!JNU1!J. "OI'der was heaven's first law," and must minutes, then lift the steak and be obeyed in the home, if you would have up HOME OF REDEEMING the with LOVE, comfort and happlness. The perfect home sprinkle pan salt; turn the •. steak �OEITTA,XANSAS should contain and cook for two cook ObJtct.-To provide a bome for tallen and fatber, mother, brothers and minutes; pmfunt "omen, to rescne thenWrom lives of to re­ claIm, educate tbem In' sbame; sisters bound the of meat ten a.n�lnstrDct Industrial pursuits, and to reetore them: wben unto togetlier by a tie of love so piece minutes in all, bomes and parent.. BENIllVOLENT poeslble, their FRIIllNDS, tble Institution Is non-eectertan and non-salaried-each that the words a it two :worker freely dolnll bel' part to "releue the strong poet's may find turning every minutes; then put perlsblng, 11ft up the fallon and tell tbem of Jesus the mlllbty to save." IJod Is the work and Is in eacb the meat on a hot bleellnl( good being done. No'll', we "Bnt you to lodgement heart-"Be It ever so dish and season with little" and us "help justa enable to do etlWgreater �good. The erring "'Ult be there'll no often daugbte1'8 reclalmed-tbey are more humble, plaoe like home." The 1II.lt. aD4 .lnDd agailin than .IDDlnll. The Savior laid, "Neither do I oondemD peppw. 110 theej_ go In peace and liD mon." "'elm" BIIV. LYDLA. .... ------_ nWBllIBBlC, WIOHlTA, US. 109'

iI'o-wI warns an lIystanderi ThM an THE,)_AfRICAN GECKO. such nonsense had better stop at once. lofls. Be'. • Queer Little Animal Wbom the (Jhe When he carries out his role well he is 'fioung Iporant Native. Wear. petted ahd caressed, for kindness plays The gecko is an odd little creature. OF THE NICHT. Q important a part as the whip A FANCY quite His name is seldom heard and his form in the school. , for he lives in warmer sweet are spelle, 0 Night! is seldom seen, Full thy As soon as· it is certain that Master Woven of m),steey; countries than this. His home is in with eUver has learned his lesson let Thou touchest light Doggie they the southern countries of of Africa and The tip ),onder tree, him loose on a model. This ex­ seems from the darkened height living Which free from dan­ Europe. A c88tle fair to BOO. periment is neTer quite This little gecko has so many strange . usual­ ger, so the man who feeds him is In the ehadlld little and there is something so Beneath: for the first as ways Stirrea hy the cool nightgieDIa r, ly chosen experiment, uncanny in his appearance that tho Is the brave knight and hie men the dog will not be so likely to tear Who etorm the castle fair. of the countries where he lives in all cases the model people Bee them but then, him, although I may not; are rather afraid of him, believing his I leel that they are·there. on a leather collar around his neck puts bite to be poisonous, although this is to guard against accident. Then these And now up the mountain sIde denied by naturalists. nIght winds go; are renewed on strangers, The gentle experiments a little creature with a broad armor ride So the knIghts in who naturally demand pretty good pay He.is (I can catch the armor's glow), head like a and constitute a along body: the castle in Its pride for their services, and who ll,!,t sna�e, While WIth a narrow tail, with on force below. odd-shaped Frowns the sort of a board of regents. ·If the dog bits of skin arranged like scallops along this examination, he takes his I can hear the niflht wind's sigh; passes the sides of it. He has short legs and It shake. the limbs about; and is for work. The degree ready cat-like which eriable him 'Tis the warder's warning cr),; queer claws, New Seed to make use Chrysanthemumof from Again the victors shont-- Ge�n government hopes climb the old walls and rocks Thele charmIng new type. Ohl'y.anthemum to easily .e.d. ADd from t.be turret high of these in the service of the Jo.pan bloom tbe Drst :f.ear from Tbeyembrac. dogs in­ varletle. and color•• the blows out. npon which he lives, catching the alf.tyles, A misty fiag customs to catch smugglers on the fron Includlna .Xt\uI.lte -Hm-per'8 Wukill. sects of varfous sorts which make his °&il�\��u��u,:'a tli��in����t�e:w ig:e:eedmlRi� ------::�, tier. dinner. �TNi LOVE. I am reminded :fl���l�n:o\':"o�II�n:�e���d��.o�·r�:i:���'lk!��f A LITTLE BOY'S of these dogs, have & most magnUicent sbow of rare Apropos He is a nocturnal animal, walking seed ODe may of a story of a policeman in this coun­ ��uWli.l�CM!1:J��roVi;I:'i 11�lU:«'�:;l�" With shouts of laughter, abroad at night and sleeping in the in a who was always 1 nW.JAPDEBE OlIRYBANTBE.uK Beed. That followed after, try country town, moves with sudden plr.t. daytime. He BEGOHIA 1In••t of all. made Its stern on his beat his devoted 1 pJr.t. VEJl.NON, mls!_4 This forfeit behest; accompanied by new. " rushes and without noise what­ I GIABT WlIITE BPmn '.LOWER, Kneel to the dis­ any plr.t. "prettiest, One the policeman 1 .JAPDEBE WIHEBERRY Ir.ing of beme.. bulldog. day name was him plr.t. Bow to the WIttiest, ever. His odd given and u••ful. case of assault I NEW SPOON GOURD, ourloua And kIss the one rou love the best." covered two men in a plr.t. from the noise he makes, which I bulba NA.U GLADIOLVB, 1 eaoh of White, PIDIr, him com­ queer and When they saw Yellow and " ohooae her boldly," robbery. is like the noise would Bearlet. Oome, course something you UJlB:OTK 0V.;�;�ated,S, dift'erent oolorB. but coldly took to their heels. Of 8 bulb. They cry, ing they make to start a horse with. The male I bulb VARIEGATED TtlBEllOSE, Orange 110_ from all the maidens at so he He turns there, he could not two ways once, a perfeot &em. go is of a so near the I bulb ZBPJIYlI. PLOWER, fairy-llIr.e 'fo bow-aud lingers . gecko gray color, C"TALOGVE wltb 9 magnifICent called Nick's attention to one man, and our Glll!:"T To kiss her fingers, shade of the old walls and rocks among WhUe kneeling at his mother'n ohair. while he made off after the other. He �1'!/�'t8��� :n� f��·::e�n�b��:�I�I��El. 'l/h��: can' ed Noveltl•• and 10 choice BulbI (wortb - W(de Awske. which he makes his home that he' & pack.tl of •• his man, and, coming back, 11.3&) will aU ftow.r thll ...... on. and w•••nd them for ======.secured seen.-N. Y. World. our .tock. , barely be 80 CEN'I'& to Introduce found the second man prostrate with on� .u�.rlorbe .ent unI... AS POLICEMEN. niai:f:-!��V,:��I�� DOGS Nick standing guard.-St. Louis Re­ A 8ueire.tlou. ���:at:��:i.";�� Order at onoe, as this Offer mar not appear again. An Idea Whloh .. Beine Deyeloped In some covers public. "I wisht you'd buy glass Bend UI tb. namea of 5 or 10 of your n.lgbbors who we will add a On. Nov.lty. FREE. Germany at Pre.....t. and put 'em over my bed," said Kenni­ love Oow.n and NATURAL HISTORY TALK. of Flower and Vegetable How's that for a new idea? But that boy to his father. "It was awful cold OUR CATALOGUE Rare new Fruits Sa the fln::te��e�����ell:g�u::,d are in Ger­ John can make is an idea they developing A Little Animal with Very Queer last night, and says you Illustrated with elegant cut. and colored platel, We Queer standard and On.lt Novel­ do covers. oll.r the obolc.st lortl and believe it is to Llttl.. •• a hotbed with "-Hal'per's many, going Eye glass tiel. We are b.adquart.rs for all tbat I. N.w Rare The is iIot to things. object Is a little animal called Younl!' People. great There queer ------f����.a::�� 1��I�ueJ�::':h�a:�l?cif.:::.,t:� :ae",,":i man and tear have the dog jump on a the chameleon who has so many odd uneducated can HURRY AND SPEED. JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, Floral Park, N.Y. him to pieces; any dog things about him that it would take a trained to knock do that. But he is to tell them all. First long story there, Whtle Speed IB filling the bottle, Hurry is spill­ PIERRE S. BROWN'S the criminal down and him mo­ and keep are his eyes, They are very large Ing the Ink; the assistant can tionless until dog's round and stick out like big beads While Speed Is solvIDg the problem. Hurry'. . i handcuffs. to think. . School of Business Shorthand come up with the from the side of his head. And he has beginning IB the bull's-eye, Hurry 111 make apeolaltlea of rapid calculatIng and alm­ use are al­ While Speed hiLtln1{ We The breed they bulldogs to turn them in all sorts of eoncise method. of and postIng ... the ability strInging his bow, pie and recording both on account of are uaed In actual buatneas. CommercIal course. most exclusively, dUrerent so as to see all about Is mllorohing his army, Speed Is they ways, While Hurry alll: taO; Shorthand and Typewrltlnr. alll: tremendous and because a month8, their jaws, him. He can turn one up and the worsting hlB toe. montha. "0; lIIngUah course. three montha 110. at Mo. as as an Is at beginnIng, Speed Is quick Bayard Bid., 1212-14 Main St.. Kanaaa City, loves a quick • bulldog fight naturally other down, or one forward and the Hurry does. are intelli­ the end: Irishman They very other and so see the smallest in­ wins back, Hurry wins many a slave. but Speed mllony and when have once seized It cannot es­ gent, they sect In any direction. a friend. the hold on to it as they do when the -AmoB R. Weils, In St. NlchollIos. idea, they cape those wonderful eyes chameleon is looking about for a din­ ner. . The skin of the chameleon 18 loose and he can swell It out into queer Babies shapes, and he has' some peculiar prop­ Actual BU81ne8. Practice With lllB8tem College. U. S. Mall the crownIng feature . this skin he can and children throulrh erty of whereby rapidly growing g- The Commerclallead8. other. follow, one color to more benefit from Scott's . change it from another, derive generally becoming the color of the Emulsion,than all the rest of the walk­ tree or ground upon which he is food they eat. Its nourishing Then his feet are of such peculiar almost immedi­ ing. I powers are felt hold on to the shape that he can easily Babies and children thrive branches of the trees upon which he is ately. on Scott's Emulsion when no walking. And in this business of other form of food is assimilated. climbing and walkinlJ trees he is much assisted by his tail, which. is long and FOR SA·LE! prehensile like a monkey's, enabling from Scott's him to hold on while climbing branch to branch. The chameleon has also a queer FARMS WAY DOWN. It is as as his tongue. nearly 10Dg Kan Emulsion I have exoellent farm8 In Rooke county, .... Whenever he 8811 on body, thin and sticky. for ole, way down below their value. WlII contract for one-tenth down and one·tenth yearly. a or JIe darts perceives good fiy bug or wm Kive deed If one,fourth or more Is paId out this funny tongue and cap­ stimulates the appetite, enricJ:les down. Write for partIculars and state how much A. MAN- long, balance of TRAINING DOGS FOB THE USlll 0.11' from and you can pay down and how you want the tures his dinner without turning the blood,overcomes wasting I also have 88versl unlmpl'lveoi fal'll18 NIKIN IN GEBMANY. pa:ymenta. the spot where he stands. to all who take it. In cent;re1 NebrB8ka and one large body of over 7.000 gives strength acre.. I have a finely Improved ranch of 1,«0 acre. . little animal lives in wm to everything else. A bulldog never This strange For Coughs,· Colds, SoreThroat, Bron· In Rooke county, KIIII. Any or all of above be was aold low. or mll,ht exohange part or all of It whether it be a kind­ Africa. For many years little Emaciation, Con­ very forgets anything; chltls, We�k Lungs, lor good Improved property In Chicago or vIcInity. educa.­ known about but on account of Diseases and all Forms Addre88 ness, or an insult, or a college him, sumption, Blood habits Fru. tion, and is in this respect quite unlike his odd traits and queer very of Wasting. Sendfor pamp"l�t. B. J. KENDALL, curious stories were told about him in •• ILL. the celebrated Thomas B. Macaulay, Scott&Bowne. N.Y. All Druggist aOc.and'l, 610 lIt[a.80nlO Temple, OmOAGO. little fellow Who boasted he had forgotten more the olden times. And the an absurd things than most people knew. him�lf was regarded with / understood The training of the dogs requires a awe. just because nobody c�rtain knack, with great kindrless, pa­ hlm.-N. Y. World. tienoe and firmness. For, although Be�W-..-A-tra-I-d-t-o-·-En-ter. BACKACHE. of the when a they are sparing whip, The following story has been told of dog deserves a whipping he gets "it, The Liver and • Boston lawyer and his client. Because your Kidneys after made to understand why being latttlr one day received a long bill for he is are out of order. For years and punished. services, in which everything is the legal The first in his training even to step was most minutely set down, housewives all over the of a mannikin behind the door years placing sheets of foolscap. When he came and the understand that have used with best results making dog around to settle he refused to enter country this is a criminal he is to seize. This ·the office, but stood in the doorway, lesson is not hard for him to learn, for and, holding one end of the bill, un­ a would much rather jump on J.' H. McLean's bulldog .rolled the voluminous document in the �.--Dr. a man than not. Then the trainer direction of his legal adviser, with the .�-....:;��- catches the mannikin by the shoulders it. Balm. request that he would receipt Liver�Kidney lowers it to the ground, a�d slowly "Come in," said the lawyer, in his wIth the still to the rags dog hanging most cordial tones. "No, thank YOl,l," who be­ and will agree the thousands say the neck. When the dog me Try you a�'ound his client, "you'd charge . . trainer replied !�, ,-;ith to tear the the II the glI�s figure rent if I did. It IS the 'PEERLESS REMEDY' for curing ailments of strIkes him with the whip to intimate "labltll 01 the Demon Froe. Female Rheumatism that that is not what he is expected to Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, troubles, do. not to "demon" swallows fireflies Finally he learns that he is The frog at 1.00 a. and Disease. For sale everywhere $ .per- let go but to hang on without tear­ nntU it becomes as phosphorescent Bright's .. ing the viotim. If anyone mOTU the Ita food, and lhine. as br{ahtly MO. • bottle. THI DII... I H. MOLoEAN MEDICINE CO., ST. LOUIS, "8'''1, bI_�� twat.Y of the 1D.uou. 104 [8) X�NeAS·. FARMER� FEBBUARY 13,

FOREIGN AGRIOULTURE. for the government of the country have or at times when it would be impossi­ been their brains to devise ble for the heated air to have come Slowly and little observed ohanges in puzzling some schen:ie for their relief.. it is from districts of KANSAS FARMER. agricultural' conditions in the older ;But drought._ no easy task to help 96,000 men and The explanation offered by Mr. Cline ESTABLISHED IN 1863. countries have taken place in a direc­ their wives and children. No one is that the intense heat of these winds tion which the farmers of each country seems able even to suggest how such a 'is due to the peculiar monon of por­ Published every Wednesday. by the have believed to be only local. So thing can be done; for the farmers' tions of the air in its general clrcula­ stealthily have the changes come and so own that their debts should tion. It is known that the KANSAS FARMER COMPANY. slight has been the resistance,that their proposal, general be transferred to the State, can hardly course of the atmosphere is from west OFFICIII : continuance is apparently irresistible. be �ken seriously. Meanwhile things to east. The moist atmosphere over No. 116 West Sixth Avenue. The once prosperous and independent are going from bad to worse, Many of the Pacific ocean passing eastward Is farmers of some European countries the peasant farmers are now completely forced to ascend the high mountain SUBSCRIP'rION PRICE: ONE DOLLAR! YEAR. are now in condition to appeal for sym­ at the end of their resources. They slopes, and in so doing loses not only but are not in to demand r extra free ....eelul fora club pathy position .,.-An copy IIfty·two have sold everything they can sell, and its moisture, but a large part of its of six, at '1.00 each. anything. KANSAS FARMER are their farms on starvation heat. The dry air in Addres. CO., A saddening picture is. presented working desoending again Topeka, Kansa•• wages for mortgagees." on the eastern slope acquires heat more from once thrifty Norway. In Bell's than the moist air in a rapidly rising. ADVERTISING RATES. Messenger, of London, England, "is BUYING GOLD DEPRESSES PRIOES. If the descant is always gradual this 15 quotation from a correspondent of the Display advertl.lng. �ents per line, agate. (four­ heat is slowly given out and the wind teen line. to tho Inoh). Morning Post, in which he says: The policy of buying gold to hoard Speolal reading notloe.,25 cent. por line. is not exoessively warm. If,' on the Buslnes. cards or mtscetlaneoue advertllments "Norwegian statesmen- have a dUB­ in the Treasury of the United States is .... reoelved from reliable advertl.ero at the rate a small of this 111 be cult to solve. The whole na­ if at the contrary, portion light, line for one problem justified, all, by assumption of 15.00 per year. dry air is by chance carried out beyond Annual oard. In the Breeders' Directory, eon­ tion h _calling upon them to devise that the people of the United States, elating of four lines or le8s, for 116.00 per year, In­ the mountains and then for cause farmers of are any oludlng a oopy of KANSAS FARM1IiB free. means of saving the small whose interests worth considera- III1eotr08 must have metal base. descends rapidly through the- atmos­ their country from ruin. Not that any tion, are the gold dealers alone. True, Objeotlonable advertisement. or ordel'll from nn­ phere, it, according to theory, would reliable advertisers, ....hen suoh Is known to be the sudden disaster has befallen these peo­ Wall' street dealers in the papers oase 111 not be at heated. This' is ..... aocepted any price. misfortune become intensely ap­ Insure of an advertl.e­ ple; on the contrary, their called "stocks" have nearly To prompt publloatlon uniformly what takes and sond cash ....lth the parently place, owing ment, order;' however, monthly has come upon them very gradually. encouraged the purchase of gold and or quarterly payments may be arranged by partie. to the peculiar topography of the plain who are well known to the publtshers, or when ae­ Year by year for many a long year past have apparently believed their inter- referenoe8 are east of the mountain oeptable given. the to make both ends meet ests region Rocky .,.-All advertl81ng Intended for the current week struggle would be thereby strengthened. area, under peculiar conditions of 8hould reach thl8 oMoe not later than Mooday. has become for them more fierce, more They seem to have overlooked the fact IIIvery advertiser will reoelve a oopr of tho paper weather, such descent of dry air ap­ free during the publloatlon of the advertl8ement. hopeless. The present generation of that, ultimately, the value of these Addre.s all ordel'll- pears to take place in narrow bands farmers have never known what it is to stocks, and of oorporation securities KANSAS FARI\IER CO., Topeka, Kas. through the cooler atmosphere. These have prosperous days, though they generally, must depend upon the earn- reaching the surface spread out, take have never felt the sting of poverty ing power of the properties repre- up the course of the general elrcula­ One dollar and eighty-five cents will. quite so keenly as now. Their condi­ sented, and that this earning power for the KANSAS FARMER and the tion, and mingling with the surround­ pay tion is most pitiable; they are walking depends upon the prosperity of the. ing air, gradually lose their excessive twice-a-week. New York World. Every­ in a bee-line to starvation, and they people who should produce and who read. heat. body should know it. They are overwhelmed with shouid consume. --_--- The meteorologic condition" under debts; not only is their land heavily The latest act of the administration The farmers' institute announced to which this effect is liable to occur are mortgaged, but every cow they have, in negotiating the exchange 01 a new take place at Oak Grange hall (Shaw­ discussed in the article. It is shown every sheep. It was stated by M. issue of 1B65,OOO,000 of government bonds nee county), February 6 and 7, has been that hot winds usually occur when Aarestad, in the Storthing last year, for gold, and whioh was announced by: postponed to March 6 and 7. there is an &era of low pressure of the that 'those. who now in reality own the a special message to Congress, brought atmosphere remaining stationary over soil of Norway are the Bank of Nor­ out the following head-lines to the New There will be an irrigation meeting the eastern of the moun- the Land the of 8: slope Rocky this way, Mortgage Bank, York market report February at Stockton, Rooks county, State, tains, -this area then gradually movln&, savh:lgs banks, and traders in towns.' SPECULATIVE VALUE. on the 15th inst. The principal ad­ off toward the east. At the same time The debts of the agriculturists amount dresses will be delivered by Judge J. MESSAGE GAVE ENOOURAGE­ there is a over to between .£36,000,000 and .£29,000,000; CLEVELAND'S relatively high pressure S. Emery, of Lawrence, and Prof. War­ MENT TO THE BEARS. the Paclfio in the of while the ·value of all the land in the vicinity Oregon. mouth, of the State University. Similar winds under like conditions as country, with the buildings that stand GRAIN AND LIVE STOOK. to relative position of high and low C. G. P., of Salina, desires to know thereon and the timber in the forests, is Wheat Fluctuated and Closed Lower-Corn pressure have been experienced over whether fiax in Elk is estimated officially at .£40,000,000, and raising county Fairly Flrm-Cattle Supply Equal to the the central of the United stock of cattle And portion He also asks for general total at .£7,200,000. Prices. profitable. Demand-Quoted States, and occasionally to the. east­ information on the of flax­ whereas the land is decreasing in value, subject Comment seems scarcely needed. but 'to the the debts are ani ward, these, owing general in Kansas. Will some increasing steadily in the growing practi­ The "bears" find, circumstance, are far less destructive and are as much now humidity, cal flax-grower send to the KANSAS rapidly. They double to further their opportunity depress noticeable than those of the great an account of his as they were seven years ago. Already FARMER experience? prices. When, on account of war or one-sixth of the total of plains. yield agricul­ some unusual the demand, government In conclusion, it is stated that, con­ Many of our subscribers desire a ture passes straight into the hands of borrows money patriotic people never trary to popular expectation, these newspaper. In renewing your the money-lenders, and there are hun­ daily grumble. Even if in time of peace the "cannot be to of farmers who winds expected disappear subscription it is well to note the fact dreds peasant pay of the necessary expenditures govern­ or even become less neither we can furnish a sub­ as interest tor the frequent; that you year's away money they there is an ac­ ment exceed its income are to become more have borrowed re­ they likely so, and, scription to KANSAS FARMER and daily every farthing �hey for But ceptable excuse borrowing. while nothing can be done to prevent • for $4. KANSAS ceive for the of their land . Kansas City Star Or, produce when the of the Secretary Treasury their occurrence, steps should be taken FARMER and daily Leavenworth Times They live entirely on what they obtain has just assured the Congress that the to ameliorate their if for The amount for both to from other sources. effects, practi­ $3. papers revenues of the will an year provide cable. It appears that anything which be sent to this office. "In spite of all their toiling and and in excess over expenses, his would furnish an extended surface moiling,their plowing and sowing, these a monthly report shows present cash from which these hot and dry winds The Treasury report of exports and are tace to face with starvation; people balance of and when could absorb and thus for our $144,903,304.19, moisture, by imports December shows that .£50 a year is as much as the whole the effect of norrowing is to still evaporation reduce their temperature, -were much less than for the can and of that two-thirds exports family earn, further the as depress depression, as well as increase their moisture, same month in 1893, while the record at; least must go to the mortgagee. shown by the instant response of the would lessen their extent of is the exact i. contributed to geographic imports reverse, e., Many causes have it must dawn markets, presently upon and their injurious effects on vegeta­ those for December, 18114, were much reduce Norwegian farmers to their all honest people that the attempt to tion. A of than for the same month in - condition. generous growth hardy greater present poverty stricken avoid in "coin" to payment according timber appears to be the mateIial 1893. The are: For one to the only figures thing, owing competi­ the which has never been law, suggestion in this connection. If every Dee. 1894. Dee. 1893. tion of foreign rivals, neither their changed, and to restrict all operations farmer would his farm and Exports $83.661,800 191,596,926 the hedge plant cattle nor their crops fetch prices on with Imports 62,llU,llM 49,9U,867 to those which can be carried tracts of such hardy and long-lived now they did a few years ago. For of which is gold, is a usurpation power trees as have been found to succeed in North writes: "I another, scientific farming of late has I. F. N., Topeka, bringing present disaster and is similar climates, the resulting a fact which injury have a farm lately and made rapid strides, places with for the future. purchased fraught danger to crops from these winds might be ap­ farmersl,\t a disadvantage would like some information. Where poor great decreased. Over much of rich ones. Peasant preciably can I seed of the Kansas stock compared with the get SUMMER HOT WINDS. the territory affected by these winds Are for farmers have no money wherewith to melon? they good hogs?" Any at a the summer there iEl present scattering growth of the Kansas seed houses advertised try experiments, or to spend on labor­ A valuable report upon of timber, and this should be carefully furnish the seed. Nor can they afford hot winds of the great plains has lately in this paper can you saving machinery. and extended." of which their land been Mr. I. M. and protected The feeding value of these is very lit­ to buy the manure prepared by Cline, in stands so in need. the Philosophical tle. They are chiefly water, but may Norway sorely published by Society, even if there were no such of In the preparation of A writer in the Agricultuml Epito­ have some value to give variety to an Thus, things Washington. it would be hard for them this Mr. Cline has to­ published at in otherwise dry feed ration. as mortgages, paper brought mist, Indianapolis, of the work of the Kansas to compete in the open market. Then gether all of the observations to be had speaking Board of A bureau has been organized in Chi­ the law of inheritance tells heavily concerning the phenomena of these State Agriculture, expresses When a and discusses the some very exalted opinions of it under cago for the purpose of relieving the against small .land-owners. winds, explanations the various writers. The its and on congested population of that city by man dies his property is divided given by present administration, goes cause to "Coburn has done more in finding homes and employment in the equally among his children; but his popularly assigned of these hot say: winds is that are due to excessive the country for such as are willing to go. eldest son has, if he chooses to exercise they comp1l1ng real, practical experi­ of ence of farmers in 'Wheat­ The immense increase of urban as it, the right of pre-emption, as far as heating of portions the earth's every-day and than compared with rural population has the land is concerned. Among the surface and adjacent layers of air at Feeding' 'Alfalfa-Growing' as all the disserta­ arrested the attention of philanthro­ peasant proprietor class the eldest son time of drought. This explanation, learned, jaw-breaking does not accord tions that have ever come to us from pists. who, without an analytical ex­ almost invariably claims the farm, and shown by Mr. Cline, with all of the the cause not the stations." amination as to the cause and without buys out the interest of his brothers facts, recognizing the fact that under exist­ and sisters. To do this he must, of being sufficient for the production of of If our who will renew their ing and coming conditions this increase course, borrow money, with the result most of the destructive hot currents readers, oc­ FARMER of the cities must not only continue but that he starts life burdened with a air. He states that hot winds have subscrtption to KANSAS soon, one from curred when the earth was and will turn to our issue of 23 and augment, have gone to work to remedy heavy weight of debt, which, wet, January seasons of excessive rain­ examine our offer of Ladies' it by trying to colonize the country as experience proves, he is rarely if have followed premium cur­ and cook book ill con­ with the surplus of city population. ever able to free himself. fall. He also states that the hot Home Oompanion are now rents occur in narrow bands or belts of nection with KANSAS FARMER, This may afford relief to some of the "All parties in Norway they must be done width such that sometimes a find to their cases so treated, but must prove utterly agreed that something only may something advantage. the farmers. For some of a field is Often Read the whole and fol- ineffective as a cure of the evils of the for peasant portion destroyed. offer_ carefully . condition, months past those who are responsible the hot winds have ooourred at night, low direotions. I � .' , 18U5. ECANB�e' FA��ER. [9] '106'

Subaoiling--Inquiries Answered. No.7.-"How is it possible that it the strain?" It bas no strain. It atJoD of the Subject in Ita Relation' to the Publio Health. 20. Bul· - does not throw out dirt?": Tbis comes on a of steel that under. Pp. (Farinera' EDITOR KANSAS FARMER: The any pieoe letin No.7.) of that have question seems to be the all·absorbing lays the beam and is fas�ned to the largest share inquiries The Sugar Beet Cultureotthe one, and from the numerous inquiries, standard six inohes below the beam. Industry. followed nearly every letter that I Sugar Beet and Manufacture of Beet a exhaustive now .demands very plain and No. 12.-"Does it have any suck?" have written to the FARMER, are, - (Bulletin answer, and I shall labor hard to make Yes, lots of it. in, and the many questions asked me .����: riY�:!'o';l':J�!:u!��:- my It is No. 13.-"How do it out at about "subsoiling" proves the wonder­ reply understood. absolutely you get Peach Yellows and Peaoh Rosette. Pp, for the to turn out the end?" it .over and it will run 7. ful interest the readers of the FARMER impossible plow any Lay 20, figs. (Farmers' Bulletin No. 17, Di· dirt at all. Let us that we out. mion of Vegetable . take, in that subjeot; also that the imagine Pathology.) have a in the about Milk Fermentations and Their Relations with its 40,000 to 50,000 read­ pit dug ground No. 14.-"How do you get it out to FARMER, to Dairying. Pp. 24. (Farmers' Bulletin s)loulder high, and that the surface the Held·?" Set it on its bar, with the - ers, is thoroughly well read by prao­ Office of was of a little under- handles under or No.9, Experiment Stations.) men who cannot afford to do oomposed soil, your arms, drag, tical ' - Nostrums for Inoreasing the Yield of 1aid with water-tight and airotight same as without it. any plow, Butter. Pp. 16. (Farmers' Bulletin No., coal that 'had not been disturbed for No. 15.-"Is it I had thoughtthatI had made myself necessary to plow 12, Division of Chemistry.) we take a and sothoroughlyplainoQ this subjeot that ages past. Now, wedge after using it?" No, exoept to turn insert it in the hard about under trash. I would not reoeive any inquires, coal, twenty- Ohioago lfarket Review. four inohes from the and I trust I have answered the so but the letters received show me that surface, above Our Chicago correspondent writes under sledge at it. Do we expeot the that understand 2 as I am not gifted with the power of mak­ away plainly anyone may date February follows: wedge to out a hole like a it. CLARENOE J. NORTON. of stock this week as follows: ing myself as well understood as I wad-outter, "Receipts or turn a like a understand.1t myself. up groove, oarpenter's Morantown, Kas. 41,000 cattle, 1,878 calves, 148.598 hogs, Of course not. We 60,674 sheep. No. l.-"What model of Perine plow grooving-plane? know that continued on the "The run of cattle has been light and gen· I have one of the hammering Horsemen, Bead This. is yours?" very first, eral prices not materially di1rerent from wedge will oause a seam to open up in EDITOR KANSAS FARMER:-The Iowa if not the first, of a new model that is last week. Bad weather has ourtailed the the ooa1 para11e1 to the 1ength of the State Coaoh and Draft Horse Associ&- not found in Mr. Perine's oatalogue. It receipts and it is therefore natural to ex- Thisseam will is lighter, yet as strong, neater, hand­ wedge. grow larger a7,).d tion, at its last meeting in this city, pect larger supplies. Choice handy light until the coal opens up a crack a are some somer and in every way better than larger appointed oommittee, and made me steers higher than a week ago. just above the wedge and running up to its to formulate a On the other hand cattle sold slow any of the older models, is fully war­ chairman, standard heavy the surface. We all understand the week. The beat demand ranted for three horses, and is made why by whioh to judge the coach, oarriage throughout this is and it to do so. has been for good handy light-weight steers light enough for two, and the factory expeot .Now, sup- and draft horses upon a system of our that, when will the iow. pose wedge was made so we oould measurements and a scale of slaughtered, yield prioe is $11. points. est of fat and waste. screw on an additional handle and con- possible percentage No. 2.-"Is it hard to hold in the If of the readers of your excellent any During the corresponding week last year tinue to foroe the wedidan th t ground?" I suppose the writer means, ge n, a, paper have a model coach, carriage or values made but slight change, prime in order to we have attached does it run into the ground easily. Yes, help us, draft horse and will send me a calld heavy cattle selling a shade higher. The to the an standard that it has an enorDl'OUS suck to it and you wedge upright with their address, to box 507, Des light run is merely the result of severe extends out of the far weather and the advance will be lost on all aeed never fear but what it will go in ground enough Moines, Iowa, I will be pleased to to allow us to hitch on a team to grades that have shown '110 slight ohange or all right. Just you have team enough help return them a formula oalling for us. We oontinue to and the tendency towards strength as soon as the on it to pull it. I did not hit any hard­ sledge measurements, and a seale of points lor travels farther and farther into weather moderates. Bulls and veal catv. and the plow runs wIthout any wedge them to fill out, and send to me to help pan . are well. Dressed beef concerns the and the seam oontinues to selling to coal,• In formu1ati the dides re standar.d holding at all. There is nothing ng are to . picking up thrifty 1,000 1,]00 pound open up in front of the wedge and the me horse a a rs cause it to tilt or draw sidewise, so It'.s ti that JUdging t f i steers at better prices than they could be craok to the surface continues ahead long as it-follows the middle horse. up and elsewhere be done upon scientific sold for feeders; this is due to the de­ of the how is it No.3.-"Could I use it in an old wedge. Now, possible methods and rules, rather than upon mand for cheap meat.. The stocker trade for the to throw out dirt? has not been without to the sod?" wedge any the whim of some who looks particulsrly active, though pasture injury ignoramus . The point of the wedge will have prices have been strong. We quote: When friend Perine sees this question wise and says nothing. enormous but the standard Choice beeves, 15.50 to 15.65; good full fed smile. is to friction, N. J. HARRIS. he will surely It -posslble to to meets with no resistanoe. and oannot 1,200 1,400-pound steers, U.85 ei.95; an but it Des Iowa, 5. run it shallow in old pasture, Moines, February fair steers, 1,200 to 1,450 pounds,I8.65 to throw out any dirt. Now put would not raise the as I possibly 950 to up ground '" ei.50; feeding steers, 1,150 'pounds, a man on the surfaoe to drive the team have desoribed in my former artiole, on Publioa.tions of Umted States Department 18.85 to 18.00; extra choice cOws and and he walks on the oraok. Will account of the roots the open heiters,I2.50tol8.50; good to choice cows, grass holding of for , he not rattle down some surface soil Agrioulture January. sod of if the 18 to 18.60; choice export heifers, 1S.50 to for the of this de- • down, and, course, ground [All applloatlons pnbllcatlons .A instead of bringIng any up? As the should be a4dre8l18d to the of _.15 • does not swell up it will -not crack in partment Seoretary seam and orack will reoeive more or Agrlonlture, Waahlngton, D.O.] "There was a run of for the the big hogs front of the standard, and latter Bulletin No.4. Accessions to the less of this are ever to Library olosing day of the week and with prospects will its the and soil, they going rip way through sod, Library July-Ootober,1894. Pp.9. continued liberal the first of next get baok where t4ey' were? If we receipts perhaps might injure it some, but it The Russian Thistle. Pp, 8, figs. 8. (Cir- week, buyers naturally acted indifferent drive another 'wedge two feet away, would not be torn up or destroyed, and oular No.3, Division of Botany.) and .demanded sharp concessions from and another between these two, will might possibly result in an improve­ Insect Life, Vol. 7, No.8. Pp. rn, 217-280, Friday'S prices. Market opened very weak we not break up and destroy the solid- 19·28. ment, especially if grass seed was sown figs. and most of the bustnes was done at prices of the whole surface above the of of Statistician-De- 10 15 cents lower in and harrowed in. If'I had a worn-out ity Synopsis Report to and late the day hogs wedges? Wouldn't the coal that was cember,1894. No. 122. Pp.4. could not be disposed of at prices 15 to 25 pasture I should try it in preferenoe to previously air-tight and water-tight Sweet Cassava: Its Culture, Properties cents lower than Friday. Closing prices: breaking up the sod. Uses. 1. now be and oon- and Pp, 16, pis. 2, fig. (Bulletin Prime heavy and butcher weights, ei.80 to a thoroughly pulverized No. 4.-"Why do they not put on No. 44, Dlvision of Chemistry.) IS.OO to and com­ tain a large amount of water as soon as U.50; light, U,25; rough elevis?" It is with sinoere Foods: Nutritive Value and Cost. Pp. to mixed and stronger it rained? If the surface sloped to- mon, 18.95 U.10; packers, pleasure that I quote from a private 32, dlags. 2. (Farmers' Bulletin No. 28, ei.15 to U,25. wards the pit, would not the pit be of is the letter from Mr. Perine, as follows: Office Experiment Stattons.)-Thls "If we have liberal receipts Monday we found to a fed be spring oonstantly by first of a series of popular bulletins on the look for a still further decline in "The clevis was the strongest one I prices. water that formerly had run off into nutritive value and economy of human food, "The demand for sheep and lambs is good could find at the time they were used. the oreeks? As soon as we subsoil our and its scope has therefore been confined and salesmen have no trouble in disposing I was satisfied they were not right lands our springs will fail to go dry, to a careful definition of technical terms, of them at good prices. Since Wednesday when I them, but since that time I got oreeks will always be full, timber will tables and explanations showing the nutri- prices have advanlJed fully 25 cents on a and have found in Chioago larger tive value of common food materials, with sheep and lambs, and since a week ago stllort up and all nature will beohanged. stronger olevis and will be pleased suggestions regarding wastes to be aV!lided. lambs have improved DO cents and, good The surplus water that ran off and to send one without ReportoftheStatistician-Deoember,l894. sheep nearly as much. Exporters are do­ you charge." caused our floods will now sink into the The olevis arrived by ex­ No.122. Pp.703.778. Contents: Crops of the ing a good business and all the good heavy promptly soll and our and sub·irrigate crops Crop review; are in demand for that press, all oharges prepaid, and is in year; Principalcropsof1894j sheep purpose. solve the drought question, as the con- Farm prices and market quotations; Agri- Top lambs sold $5 to 15.85; others 18.75 to every way far superior to the other stant of the stored up cultural exports and imports; Official sta- ei.25; culls and common, 18 to 18.25; one. It is bolted on with half-Inch in­ evaporation water will increase our rainfall and tistlcs of foreign ecrops ; Transportation common sheep and lambs culled, 18 to 18.50; stead of three·eighths-inoh bolts, en­ rates. entirely change our olimate. This top sheep, ei to $4.40; fair to good, 18.50 to ables one to hitch the team two inohes Treatment for Mold of the will be the natural result of subsoiling, Sooty Orange. 18.75. lower, and the cross-clevla pin sorews Pp.4. (Circular No. 15, Division of Vege- "Saturday grain markets showed no im- or as it ought to be called, "sub-irri. in instead of with 1I-n eye and fid. I table Pathology.) portant change from yesterday in sentiment gating." Let us take a look at the from the don't see how it is to further Contributions United States or conditions. Grain markets started with possible other extreme. It is a fact that nearly Herbarium, Vol. 1, No.9. Pp, v, an and with a break. improve the plow, as the clevis was .National upturn provisions the whole of Illinois is one solid mass 293-434, VIII, frontispiece, pis. XXIV-XXXV, Grain was helped by cables and the latter the only thing wrong with it, and the of tfle-draln. It is also a faot that figs. 9. (Dlvision of Botany.)-A technical affected by the 20,000 hogs on sale at the new olevis is very strong, yet as neat suffer a. severer drought every report on a collection of plants madE! in the yards. as favor­ they the plow demands to compare States of Sonora and Colima, "The trade in wheat is to take year. -As they drain out all the stored Mexico,' by quick any ably. I oongratulate Mr. Perine upon Dr. Edward Palmer, in the years 1800 and profits in sight. The slump in the market water and get no evaporation, their seouring such a nioe olevis. 1891. It is not for general distribution. at the close yesterday, as on Thursday, was laok of rainfall is more surely felt, and No.5.-"Why does your plow cost North American Fauna No.8. iMono- helped by cables which maintained firm· in a short time it will be a praotioal of the Pocket only $11, while his catalogue names graphic Revision Gophers. ness and some advance independent of our desert where onoe was the riohest spot of the market. The difference in the movement Nos. 1 and 2 at $12 to $14?" This is a Family Geomyidre (exclusive species on 'earth. Thinking men know that of Thomomys). Pp. 258, frontispiece, pls; for the week was rather startling. there new and cheaper plow and is not in his this is true; also that the enormous 19, maps 4, figs. 71. (Division of Ornithol- being 760,000 bushels where primary mar­ catalogue, but he writes me he will volume of water that is run off in the ogy and Mammalogy.)-A technical publi- kets had 2,400,000 last year. There will be publish some new outs soon, and I not for distribution. about decrease in the visible spring is the oause of the floods in the cation; general 1,000,000 hope it will with this letter. Weather 1894. stocks. both were at appear lower Mississippi. It has always been Monthly Review-October, Exports, coasts, light No. 6.-" Could I in corn on Pp. 893-439, charts 6. 2,200,000 bushels. There was no cash de- put noted that the best· l'i ht orop grew g the wheat stubble with and oan I list it Charts of Weather Bureau. (Size mand here resulting in important business. it, to over the tile and was oredited the 19x24 -Weather Bulletin in?" We do not list in Allen oounty, inches.) -Crop Export clearances for the day about 100,000 drain, but it is now known that it is the of reporting temperature and both wheat and fiour. There is and I do not know how it would work, (series 1894), bushels, subsoiling that,it was necessary to do rainfall with special reference to their ef- little to encourage' holders or investment but my ground is in the very best pos­ in order to lay the tile. With subsoil-· fect on crops. (No. 32, for the month looking toward improvement. sible oondition to corn with a plant ing eastern Kausas will be the garden ending December 81, 1894.) Semi·daily "The corn trade appears to have lost its oheok-rower or drill, but as we have Weather showing weather conditions which from spot of the world. With open tiling it' Map, strength. May corn, got up no sand in our we have no the United States and to in two in the soil, plow would be a veritable desert. throughout giving 42%,c 46�c days early week, that forecasts of Snow has back around It is would soour in this subsoiled II probable changes. worked to 44%,c. No. 8.- Does it out a groove in the patch ·of mine. I have some olean charts, showing depth of snow on ground clearly a case of takiDg profits by those very will this ground, and how much water at 8 p. m, on December 81, who fail to see in markets while corn ground on whioh I shall go onoe Monday, 1894, good grain groove .hold to the rod?" See· No.7. January 7, 14, 21 and 28, 1895. wheat is under a mountain of stocks and no between the rows with the plow and No. 9.-'·Is it hard to soour?" See REPRINTS. adequate cash demand from any quarter. three horses and then turn up the butts wheat opened No.7, Barnyard Manure. Pp. 82, figs. 7. (Farm. "Closing quotations: May with two horses, oross-harrow and 55%,c, closed 5SU�; May corn opened 450, 10.-"Isn't it 'su'b- ers'Bu 11etin N0.,21 Office 0f Experiment plant to corn. I �o. practically closed 44,%'c; May oats opened 29X1'c, shall also put in my Stations.) a 'closed 29X1'c; May pork opened 110.1Y1�, oats that Clean wheat stubble irrigati4lrn,' and 'subsoiling' mig. way. Insect Life, Vol. 1, No. 1. Pp. 82, figs. 4. closed 11O.02)\\,; May lard opened I6.M, oould be Yes. subsoiled onoe and planted to no�er?" .spraying Fruits for Insect Pests ..tid closed 16.62)\\' j May ribs opened 15.20, closed good advantage, I believe. No, n,-"Row can the: beam stand Fungous Dlseas'es, with a Special ConsidEtl'- 15.22)\\'." FEBRUARY 13, 106 [10] . XANBAB FARMER.

Hnd tor lateat prloe·U.t ot seedsmen. The best and surest Invited to my them moving until the tops and husks by all Imall trulta. Half million atra"berry planta, matured bulba of size 800,000 Pro8reu, Kansaa and Qaeen ot Wen - to are , produce good clomcufturt. thoroughly dry. U R r8llpherry planta. B. F. Smith, Box 6, La,,· are the Danvers and Extra I generally let .the "other fellow" Yellow renoe, K8II. Mention thll papar. Red. take care of my onions in the winter, Early ONION OULTURE. a but if they have to be carried through, -In 1888 I sowed my first onions for STRAW HS!,:'E:lfY�l!�:-�f::!ii 1,000.000 plant. fruit plants at EXPERIENCE IN SHAWNEE COUNTY. Place on market which gave all the ap­ I would advise the following: crop, for spring trade BERRY lowest prices. and as of a fine of well-matured of 1896. 100 varletlel. Largelt EDITOR KANSAS FARMER:-Mr. John the fioor in a good dry building, pearance crop I. growers In the West. Oat. free. PLAN""rS cover with but to there were Kansas. H. Snyder, of Perry, Okla., says he in­ the weather grows oold onions, my surprise Address F. W. DIXON. Netawaka, in a a few that ever in the tends to plant five acres to onions. As straw or hay, or place on a floor only ripened of an onion. wer.e of the I want to 01ler advice, I would make it pit and coyer as you would potatoes or shape They Mounto 0 Nurseries. and Hope as I under­ Onions are not Red Wethersfield variety, stoad up one acre in five years, if, apples. injured by 2'7th year. Have for aale a complete 8IIsort­ stout and thick necks and fruit of the leadlna­ stand Mr. he has had no ex­ if are not disturbed while produced ment of treel, espeolally Snyder, freezing they commercial sorta. Allo making a apeolalty 0-' will not stand stood for two years on the same land, perience in onion culture. I have been frozen, though they Ultra hard'll peachu, Crosby, Bokara, deg. and then did not make onions. In the below uro and a crop. For clroul&l'll andeto.l28pr 081 ad· onions for seven and as much after they thaw raisin� years, rough handling . drell the of 1889 I 8/, BRO. failures have been numerous, no out. winter procured Burpee's proprletorsA• C. GREISA my KaR. and book on "How to Grow Onions," sold by Lawrence, doubt some experience gained may be As 300 bushels is a medium orop KANSAS FARMER for 45 cents, and - profitable to Mr. Snyder or any reader 30 to 75 cents per bushel the ruling 100 Apple Trees, .3.ISO ana thereafter I .All tlie leading lorta. who the there is a fair if you raise studied its contents, Box of the-FARMER contemplates prioes, profit Elder, 100 choice Concord Vines, did not have trouble in of onions. I do not wish to a crop. I don't think an acre of onlone any producing . .,..00 raiSing Ash and Russian Mulberry, can be raised for a The book contains over sev­ 1,000 discourage anyone in an honest e1l0rt in a favorable season crop. .1.11S in even on olean and I and treats on the subject below COlt. Com· to make money, but it is mor.e often less than $50, land, enty pagea Black Locnst Shade treel both and culture. plete prloe lilt free. Addrell that beginners in onion-raising, after believe more often it will cost twice detall, irrigation dry I the book and would $1.25 JANSEN lots of hard work, tedious and back­ that amount. prize very highly NURSERY, for it now if I could not I Jetrerson Co. Jansen, Neb. find their losses do not in­ For varieties, Red Wethersfield not take $1 get per 1,000 breaking, of that a another. I also buy my seeds clude labor alone but some money. leads.. It is good keeper, coarse, as satis­ one that and stands lots of hard firm, they always guarantee Last year was the first my very prolific, Yellow Globe Danvers is about faction and freshness of seed. Procure patch ever suited my idea of what it usage. better flavor and the a book before you go any farther, and should be-that is, absolutely clear of as good a keeper, I do follow and you will suc- and it not have been, color makes it a better seller, but suggestions we!JIds, might A. GRESHAM. not think it is as sure a oropper or as ceed. F. only the season was favorable for weed­ Wethersfield. The Ital­ Buoklin, Kas. lrilling and I had allowed no weeds to hardy as the and. varieties are, as a gen­ EXPERIENCE IN FINNEY COUNTY. seed on the ground the year previous. ian Spanish not but are FARMER:-To raise Yet, owing to the dry weather, the eral thing, good keepers, EDITOR KANSAS to mild in fiavor and for an early and near a of first select a yield was only about 300 bushels the good crop onions, good desirable. loam­ acre. I would be satisfied it I never market rich piece of ground-a sandy the 600 to The new onion culture is the to ten inches harrow grew less, notwithstanding simply plow eight deep, from seed in a until is as level as 1,000 bushels that some people raise. raising of onion plants and drag the ground and Not that it is not possible to Faise that hot-bed or cold-frame transplant­ you can possibly get it. field. I believe it to be a I ex­ amount, but it is the exception and not ing to the I have one acre this year which direction to a onions. the rule. Experience gained by the step in the right produce nect to plant to Prizetaker in a than the acre first-class artiole, and shall try it acre is rods rod is much cheaper by My twenty long by eight �� ���':.::4;;""'" season. A de­ in onion- culture. small way the coming rods wide. I shall mark it out in ten of the new onion culture can beds the short That will make in Potatoes and Field Beans I The land for an onion field should be soription way. Money for T. A on and bean culture. Inblloll· that it will not wash. be found in "Onions Profit," by the beds two rods wide by eight long. pamphlet potato nearly level, so Ing. melon growing, seed potatoes, com, beano and Greiner. The book is sent I that we have to have the beds of tooll to valuable land that will good corn postpaid by find choice garden leeds, klndl use, Any produce Information how the II made, lent free on the KANSAS FARMER for 45 cents. small to water from a lake and to have money will though the richer the better. application; please lend ltamp for postage. Thll do, to let me add a few pamphlet may be worth hundredlof dollarl you I have never tried I think In conolusion, Though it, A. Kansas Home Nur- If advice Is followed. Address (mentioning FARMER) more H. GRIESA. Prop'r the "don'ts": Don't bite 011 than you treesforcommerctal Iowa. prairie sod would be just thIng, 8erle", Lo.wr�noe, KS8., grows S. A. THOMAS, Bingham, Page Co., chew fine. Don't trust and family orchards-the Kan'a8 Raspberrll, Blaok· no weed seed. I know that can chew and having berries, standard and new Strawberries-also shade weather. Don't 011 that weed­ newly-cleared timber land produces a the put and evergreen trees adapted to the West. seed until to-morrow. Don't expect . splendid crop. Never put onion ing job a fortune out of and New in Musk-melons in foul land, and, to avoid that ever­ to make onions, Something don't a lIa· manure with don't blame me if you raise crop The White PerMian, the lal'(lest and best lasting weed seed, only . F. G. TOMPKINS. vored on earth. Nothing better to be deBlred. droppings from the chickens or com­ of onions. Kas. :���I!� Jl��,eW'I':,1.Yr�I���� �e����I;A��:'n: mercial fertilize�. I plow my land in North Topeka, the fall and it is well pulverized and EXPERIENCE IN FORD COUNTY. J,arge stook of commerolal APPLE with vines and a generasortsl The earlier KANSAS FARMER :-1 offer grape dry early in the spring. EDITOR nur.ery otook. Prloe 1I.t free. onion seed is in the the better. the to John H. KELSEY NURSERY CO:! ground following suggestion TREES • St. Joseph, :ftJ.o. In preparing the seed-bed, harrow Snyder, of Perry, Okla., on onion cul­ ESTABLISHED IN 18'73. until it is as fine as possible and hand­ ture. To give a detailed suggestion rake the entire field to clear it of clods would require quite a volume. I have interfere with several to a or any trash that would grown onions for years WILLIS NURSERIES. oholce trees the drill or wheel hoe. Where the small extent in comparison to what Mr. Contain a �eneral assortment of fruit and other nursery stock, which we olrer for sale In of a Much on field is too large, or clear trash, Snyder proposes. depends lots to sult; Our prloes are low-stock and packing Write for free and always clod-crusher could be used to advan­ the kind of mode of cul­ the very best. catalogue soil, climate, mention name of this paper. A special lot of choice tage if the soil was thoroughly dry so ture and time of seeding, but one of well-grown two-year-old apple trees for sale. Kansas, it would not pack. At any rate, it the most important points is the kind Address A. WILLIS, Ottawa, must be a fine seed-bed, and to keep up of seed used, as well as the variety with the times we must use the drill selected, The last named is the most BONNER SPRINGS NURSERIES and wheel hoe. to oonsider. Most any important point We shall olrer In the spring, at snrprlslngly but some e I sow seed with a Planet Jr. drill, fertile soil will grow onions, low prices, a large stock of 18951app trees-mostly my Jonathan-tile Allo A must be Gano. Ben Davis and apples. in rows one foot apart. At this dis­ not profitably. large crop small fruits of all kinds. Greenhouse bedding plants and bul bs for srping planting; asparagus, ever· tance a wheel hoe will cover all the the grower's aim. An average crop and a general collection of nursery stock, all of for greens middles without any extra labor. Any seldom leaves any margin profit being of the leading and most popular kinds. Address H. H. KERN, Manager, narrower would not leave room to the grower. Kas. be a Bonner Springs, work, and wider rows make unneces­ My selection of soil would of but loam. sary work. Sow four to six pounds rather heavy, slightly sandy the seed to an acre. Better have the six Prepare ground by deep plowing, Lea's Summit Star Nurseries. better. Harrow and than not enough, though four pounds the deeper the ESTABLISHED IN 1869, will be suf­ until and evenly sown, if good seed, ·drag perfectly pulverized Choice frnlt and ornamental trees, Inolndlng roses and shrubbery. A ficient. Don't use but good mellow. For seeding I use a Planej slDall frnlts, eVerll1'88nS, anything speCialty of supplying trees for commercial or­ drill. Seed about three while can seed, no matter what it costs. There Jr. garden chards. Also shade trees. Plant you get the best trees at the lowest prices.. Send for cata­ and time on an of fresh seed to the acre. is too much labor spe:.tt pounds good, logue. 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I rows fourteen inches - onion bed to waste it on poor seed. drill in apart, M. BUTTERFIELD, Lee's Summit, Mo. for a usually cultivate once before the onions which is the proper distance weeks Jr. cultivator. To the come up, as it takes two to three Planet produce for the plants to show and the weeds best results it is necessary to cultivate astride onoe ten or at least after may get a start first. By going every days, the drill-marks with the wheel hoe you each rain, to avoid a crust on top of soil. will not disturb the seed. Commence The most critical time for the young, when the hand-weed­ weeding as soon as you can see the tender plants is rest for it is young onions and never let them in2' period comes, absolutely until the tops lay down. I use a Hazel­ necessary to get down on all fours with tine hand weeder, although an old a hand-weeder and take a row at a full weed case-knife heated and turned up about time. If the land is of seed EVERGREENS. Largestltock In Amer- makes a count on a The young �Z��$' .,Jl;(,i two inches from the point you may picnic. 14JB,lncludlng 6 the for Blue good weeding tool. Al ways work the plants may give up struggle -Colorado Spruce a new and Spruce soil from the as they don't life before you reach them. And Douglas away onion, 01 Colorado. some hot will conclude like crowding, especially after they beginner day AllO Ornamental. kill weeds is with a Shadeand FOT

maps and full partlcula.rs ' ask a It's construoted on 0. new prlnolple-Is somet'ltllll! can't alford to be withOUt. Our "Good MForemphis Route or bOOklet, agent, Y'u and Dow to Hake 1&," free. A..ent. J. E. LoOKWOOD, G. P. A., w:::�d. •• n. ta thlB Faper. Kansas City, Mo. Otptal Cr..merr 00., 29 Concord It., Lanllnll, Mlcl!. 1 .., M ..". \!Ielr 108 [12] FEBRUARY. 13,

Goaaip About Stook. breeder and very prolifto.· This animai'is Ohioago Stook Yards Report. ably assisted by World Beater (Vol. 1'i') out . Read Leonard Heisel's stook sale adyer­ The stock for You of Lone Lawrenoe 56884, the dam of Law- Chicago yards report Dye'ln�1in:� tisement in this paper. shows of cat­ renoe Perfection 27899,who sired the World's ·January receipts 234,971 30 mi'nutes��?i :'rh.e 1894 year book' of the Amerioan Fair priz&winners. World Beater has good tIe, 9,883 calves, 878,115 hogs, 284,111 i!tben. JIIIl the tbl.,. for hard tlmu. Hake the oarpet., d....a. capell and olothilur .. brillbt and attractl..e u Berk'shire is reoeived. It is a ears and Is in '\-ssociation head, baok, extra good sheep, 10.688 horses, and total number .. Anyone can do It. N'o mluee U :vou ba..e Tonk'.. of valuable information in tbemandsee. Seud4l!o. for 8 for one. any book presented girth, has broad, heavy hams, comtngdown of cars of stock The railroad I'lrn".orl00. 26,882. §Dewor. BIa:_pqforapnUl.Wrlteqli{oi. entlon tbiapall8l'. convenient form. The volume is sold at $1, well over he stands well on his hooks; feet,· which brought in the greatest number F·IfENCH gYE CO., Va r, Mloh. postpaid, and may be bad from the Secre­ and is an- extra good breeder, producing of oars of stock was the Chicago, Bur­ tary, Charles F. Mills, Springfield, Ill. strong, well-marked litters-the Bmallest lington & Quinoy. This road led on , ltt.ter of his get last year was eight pigs, James Mains, of Oskaloosa, writes: "My kind of stock calves. The THE STRAY LIST. and the eleven one litter of every exoept herd. is now in fine shape. I. have some largest pigs nine all raised and of the litter of eleven Chicago & Northwestern was second in extrll sows bred to Monroe's Model, U. S., farrowed ten from and number of cars; the FOR WEEK ENDING JAN, 30, 1896. Mo., 'Wilkes Jr. and Excel, that I will sell; wereraised,all gilts Chioago, Minneap­ their first litters. Other males used in the olis & St. Paul was the Rock V. olerk. also a fine lot of fall pigs that must go to third; Geary oounty-P. Trovinger, Champion herd are Cook's a half Island was fourth : the cow AND HEIFER-Taken D. n, In make room for my spring pigs, which will Royalty, and Illinois np by Grigg. brother to Smoky Hill tp., Ootober 19, 189«, one red deborned Free Trade sired by Old Royalty; was fifth. commence ooming this week." Central cow, abont 2 years old. valued at 114; one red de­ Lawrenoe, sired Lawrenoe Per- Young by Of the 234 971 oattle shipped in only borned helfer, 1 year old, ..alned at 810. H. H. Hague & Son, of Walton, Harvey feotlon, and O. K.'s a Tipton, very oholoe, 71 662 out. This does Greenwood oounty-J. F. Hoffman, clerk. write that have some ' we�e' shipped they and animal , county, g�d well-developed goodly-marked ST1IIER-Taken up by G. W. Holman, In Janes· of course, mean that the remain­ Light and Dark Brahmas, Buff and Part­ and one muoh sought after.' Of the sows, not, ..Ille tp., P. O. Hamilton. January 7, 181l5, one blaok ridge Coohins, Single-oombed Brown Leg­ 51128 takes the lead. She ing 163,309 cattle were consumed in yearling steer, some white, very small orop air rlgbt Beauty's Prospeot ear; ..aluad at 812. horns and Barred Plymouth Rocks of Is a remarkable sow in Chicago, although that oity requires every way, having Morris. county-June Baxter, Jr., clerk. either sex for $1 eaoh; must go, as feed is produoed more winners than any other sow enormous of beef. quantities Chioago HORSE-Taken up by Sam Anderson, In Valley high, and must have room. Send your in the West; in faot, she has produced packing-houses ship to the surround­ order at onoe. Stock from .the best breed­ none other but :fgitre� ���:tl'i��::tarn��:':iel�d�eV"!ru��da:I��f winning pigs. Among ing country much dressed beef which ers in Kansas. Have two good Poland­ them is Gem 73792, a World's Fair winner Labette oounty-J. F. Thompson, clerk. is not shown in the stock yards opera­ China boar pigs, II months old, for sale -getting first in class and first in herd. TWO MARES-Taken up by w. P. Fagan, In Rlob· tions. Of the 9 883 calves in land tp., September 11, 1894, one roan mare. 6 years are well-bred or will is one of the Utter that won , shipped cheap, They pigs, She, five rib- old, fourteen band. billh, ..alued at 825; ODe bald. were out. Of the trade for gilts of 'equal breeding and age. bons at the Columbian Exposition-two only 1,743 shipped faced bay mare, 6 ye8rs old, fifteen and one·balf about one in four were bands blgb, valued at 125. Hogs all healthy. Write your wants. first, two second and one fourth-a record hogs only out and of the about Montgomery county-John W. Glass, clerk. POULTRY THAT PAys.-We have re­ surpassed by no other lot or litter shipped sheep only just, HORSE AND TWO MARlilS-Taken up by P. M. In this or any other Her one in ten. as horses ceived a handsome catalogue of fowls, is­ oountry. Nearly many Lee. In Cberokee tp., December 17. 181l4, one IIgbt in the litter brown 6 sued by Bowers & Barr, Dakota, Ill. It companions were, Longfellow were shipped out as were received, borse, year8 old, tbree wblte feet, .tar In 29785, Beauty C. 71962 and Beauty A. 71960, •• forehead; one brown mare,8 Or 9 yean old: one tells not only how to buy chickens hilt how showing that the consumption" of bay mare, a :vears old. all from Beauty's Perfection. Gem 73792, to keep and feed them in order to get the horses in the great oity was not con­ whioh is retained by Mr. Cook, should also FOR WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 6, 1896. best results. Messrs. Bowers & Barr stand aiderable have had and would se- _ in the front rank of Western poultrymen. sweepstakes have _. Cherokee oounty=-P. M. Humphrey, clerk oured it had the popular verdlot been fol­ For years they have been known as breed­ Publishers' MULE-Taken up by Bernard Kenneday. near lowed. 29785 was at the head Pamgraphs. Soammon. In MineraI tp., December 25. 1894. one ers of At .the Longfellow prize-winning poultry. sorrel male mule. black mane and tall. four feet .Ix of the herd. He now heads the herd of D. Hill, the evergreen specialist, of Dun­ Northern Illinois Poultry show, held at Inobes blgb, a ye..., old. bad on baIter; ..alned at 115. Mr. C. S. a.t and is dee, Ill., has issued an attraotlve new Lanark, Ill., they exhibited sixty birds Cross, Emporia, KiloS., Rice county-Robert Findlay, clerk. doing good servloe, his get bringing cataiogue whloh, when read, makes an scoring ninety to ninety·six and a half long TWO STBBRS-Taken nn by John H. Bowman, C. Is retained Mr. svergreen enthusiast of the reader. It con­ In points. Considering the quality of their prioes. Beauty by Cook, Pioneer tp., Jannary 2. 1895, two steers, welgbt while Beauty A. went to Mr. D. F. Risk, of tains valuable Information and Is finely il­ about 800 pound. each. One red. oron off right ear; stock their prloes are very reasonable. We one red, nnder·blt In left ear, wblte race, Indistinct Mo. the Mr. has lustrated. Everybody should have it. Free. . advise our readers to write te them. Weston, By way, Cook brand; ..alued at 12'. two very choioe gilts, out of Gem 78792, The Illustrated catalogue of the Aspin­ The cold and weather FOR WEEK ENDING FEB, 1896. unusually stormy whioh are among the finest he has ever wall M�.nufacturlng Co., of Jackson, Mioh., 13, that last on the prevailed week, especially owned. She has proved a prolifio breeder shows just how the largest potato-growers Comanohe oounty-D. E. Dunne, clerk. Mr. W. H. of . 7th, prevented Wren, Marion, and a fine suckler, equal to her dam, if not perform some of the ()peratlons with the CALF-Taken UII by Wm. H. Siokier. of Protec­ his fourth semi-annual reduo­ tion, January 5. 1895, one red steer, swallow·fork In Kas., holding better. Lone· Lawrence 56834 has been in aid of maohinery, and so have a great ad­ '. tion sale of Poland-Ohinas. For about two left ear. welgbt 850 pounds. the herd for five years past and has never vantage over those who adhere to the old, CALF-By same, one speckled female calf. welgbt all business and on days praotioally ceased, failed of 'a litter each and slow methods of hand labor. A request year, generally one red BOO Thursday, the 7th, railway trains were BOOIlElWr3:t-BY same, belfer, welgbt brings a Utter of from eleven to thirteen, will secure the catalogue. ponnd•. the sale had to be de­ stopped, oonsequently raising eight to eleven of 1;llem. She is by The 1895 catalogue of the Willis Nurser­ COW-By same, one Ipeckled cow, branded J Ion left hlp and side. welgbt 5IiO pounds. olared off and postponed to Tuesday,-Feb­ out of Rarity Boy 18919, Lawrenoe Girl 2d ies, Ottawa, Kas., has been received at COW-B1 same, one red cow. weight 500 pounds; 1895. Our Uve stook field man ruary 19, 46562, traoing to Hoosier Tom 1625, who was t�is offioe. Jt Is- replete with valuable In­ abo..e fI..e anlmale vallled at "0. reports the seventy-two head that have considered a great sire in his day. This formation to all who are contemplating the Pottawatomie county-Frank Davis, clerk. been catalogued in excellent sale's con­ ring sow Is extra deep build, olose to ground, planting of an orchard. The two full-page STEBR-Taken up by Frank McKinsey, In Lln� dition and of a high Poland standard, both with coin tp., Jannary 20,1805, one red steer, 1 Year old, short, heavy legs, fine, straight back, colored plates contained therein are indeed bUBb of tall wblte. as to and breeding Individuality. Keep ill and and extra our oan secure loins girth good, long, deep artistic, and readers a copy T. clerk. mind the date and make an effort to attend Shawneecounty-Chas. McCabe, hams, well laid. She has never failed in by addressing Mr. A. Willis, Ottawa, Kas., the sale. STBEB-Tallen np by N. O. P. McComb. In Mlp­ the show slon one ring-took sweepstakes at the provided the name of this paper is men­ tP.. white steer, 8 yeara old, brILnded O. A. Scott, Anthol. No. 19; valued ILt n3. DR. ORR'S BOoK.-Readers of the KANSAS State fair, in Topeka, two years ago, tioned. Kan., HEIFER-Teken np by Jobn A. Miller, In Dover FARMER will be to know that.ar­ pleased against strong competition. Among her Mr. A. B. Perine, the subsoil plow manll­ tp., one pale red heifer. 1 year old, white spoto!, blp have been made and wblte on belly and forebead; ..alued at 810. rangements whereby t1).ey produoe may be named several oholce prize­ facturer, of Topeka, has just issued a neat can this conoise obtain and well nigh inval­ winners, suoh as World Beater (Vol. 17) pamphlet on "Deep SubsoUing." It is in­ uable "Farmer's Ready Referenoe or Hand­ and Lawrenoe Perfeotion, the sire of the terestlDg and oontains valuable dlsoussJons book of Diseases of Horses and Cattle" in World's Fair He was sired Niok FRENCH· BUHR MILLS pigs. by of the subject of subsoillng. We suspeot 1!8 sizes o.nd styles. EverymlU wa1'l'&llliedo oombination with this at a 0' he paper slight Time 9679, by King Butler 5577, the that Mr. Perine has prepared this booklet For All kinds 01 Grinding. saving in cost. of David and a a A boy ULD operate andlieep property Flnoh, great with view of making it relieve him of•. m order. "Book on Mills" The separate prices of these are: breeder. Baker's Model 3d 71882. out of of telah bor 0f letter the part answering by and "ample meal FREE. D�. Orr's Book 81.50 Baker's is a ModEll2d, by De-Ef-Boy 17203, fioods of letters which have poured in upon .lllllnd, ..1I1 ....hlnrry. Floar- KANSAS FARMER, one year 1.()() smooth and .... "· fine, large, evenly-oolored ani­ him. Write and get a oopy. of ..I�'�!��"�·�:::f�';:��: TotaJ. I2.50 mal individual merit. Black " good Beauty the late books received at this of- ' Among NORDYKE & MARMON CO" . "'�_ 72294 17203 out of Lone Law­ - Two dollars sent either to the Kansas by De-Ef-Boy fice, on financial questions, Is that entitled 285 gay Street, r'ncllanapo renoe Is a well·devel­ Farmer Co., Topeka, or to Dr. S. C. Orr, 56884, large, smooth, "A Better Financial System," Gecrge ---�- by . sow p,nd has a In Manhattan, will secure both, making a sav­ oped proved good breeder, C. Ward. It comes from the press of the her Utters bringing long prloes. Blaok U. M!Wu��eSf�WR :�J:'bt,J!:J ing of 50 oents. Arena Publishing Co., Boston, Mass. Af- and save all beror.. you pay for S. sired Teoumseh Lad a Middlemen'. profits. A the same. 78810, by 28069, . COOK'S OHAMPION HERD. ter a oareful perusal of its 200 pages, one I I 1111 I grand son of Old Tecumseh, Is a large sow, A representative of the KANSAS FARMER finds a collection of faots and details per- of heavy, close build, a great produoer and the Herd" taining to our financial system that every reoently inspeoted "Champion . well marked. Mr. Cook has an extra oholoe Amerioan citizen to be of Poland·China owned Mr. R. S. ought familiar with. P I A N O' swine, by You take no risk. We will ."Dtl our beautiful cal&­ lot of gllts-twenty-five-which would do The author has exercised skill and tact In Kas. This'is the herd from Ad

84 .• :825 (70 "81.: :ii12 [� fiG ... 201 8.• TWo-cJUiT COL1T.1IIN-CONTIN1Jlm. �I'_� /88:.,2111 8.83 17 ••• 181 a.00 101. •• IU 8.110 . \EII.n� 11'�thftt·nn�on.� � � I .78,••215 8.60 M...288 aoo 114 •••202 8.85. ,.·811 ••• 268 11140 10 ••• 142 8.4G 118 .•. 180 8.• ;y.,���������������"'-""l' '27... 174 8.85 20 1110 8.85 I. .. BIO 8.10 oordlaUr tnTlte our readen to oonault UI oWe 20 .•. 118 8.25 11 185 8.25 110 ....08 8.25 wheuever the1 desire ally information tn reprd to and thus ualat u. tn maklnlr Sheep- Reoelpts Binoe Saturday, 7,11661 ilbk or lame aulinalB. " thl. department one of the tntere.tIng feature. 01 shipped Saturday.8.078. The marke� opene4 tlie KANSAS FABMJlR. Give lIIIe. oolor and ��!lf aotlve ali steady prloes. The supply was 8,000 .:i'mptom. accuratel,. of how long ..lilinlll .tatlnjr and a few sales were reoorded TIa and what treatment, 11 any. h.. been 1'8- early. FARMB FOR BiLE-In BOuthea.tern tand.mr. a .... to. All replle. through thl. column are free. tollowing are reprefellt tlVII lIaIes: " CHOICIIIKan ·No qro)! falhire fqr twen�y·flve Jem. �orted Kalilr and Jerulllllem natufii.1 .. p..rtle. write u. requeBtlng a, b1 8 I '15 $4.00 I 84 1&80 cane, Vnd!lrlalA b1 g ani! 011. stne, .Ieali an4 BometlmeB reply . be a benefit. WANTlID-MlIlet,oorn. Bend aamplea. Xanue Clt1 Grain and coal, Rloli IIme.tone .nlted to of then It oeue. to Buob • land; great mall and publIc lit m.... ••••• U4 8.'i5 Ill!. 58 B.76 droP. dol- 187 8eedCo•. graln,.grule•• ·frultii and reque.te mu.t be aooompanied by·a fee of one slnoe 140. veget",bleB. Stobkm.,n�iI Horses-Reoelpts Saturday. Thfli p..radlle. Bend for •• lar In order to receIve a prompt reply. all letten Cheap. printed .tatemen fo;tbl.departmentobouldbeaddreaaeddlrecttoour reoelpts were a little heavier than the las' PUMP8.-JI'or prloel. of bTlption Thol; D. Hubbard; Kimball; Ku. DB. B. C. KaI. few ot last IBRIGATION.L pumpa uaed b1 the· editor of B:A.NsAS Ir.ARM.B Veterinary Editor. ORB, Manhattan, days week. Soine "004p'.. rivate . write to Preaoott & Co•• Topeka, KaI. sales were made this mornlhg. The I'utlook Is WA!lTBD-Llberal prices paid; !le!lci , for J; M. ail wUl STORIBtl-Itamp partlonlars. Haddook. Geneva; somew�at .bt:ljrhter� shippers be able to � lI(A][]I A GOQD FARMBBl8 WAG­ Neb; have a �PBING POLL-EVIL.-I Clydesdale send out their purchases. " on. two Iur bacika anti le,"40WD. en!1-gate. tor mare that has a poll-evil. I notioed 1611. Warranted. Kluley" Lannan. 424-426 JacirlOn ,",'IIIVBN B. C.W; LBGHORN COOKBRl!ILS. KNAPP Chle.co Live Stoek. street, Topeka. I:) .traln, that I wlll.ell for 11 each If ",ken .ogn; her neck stiff last August, and in Ooto­ are CHIOAGO. Feb. 11.-Hogs-Reoelpts 68,000: The1 fln,"0118l. Cockerell sbored D2 and·98�. was a sore on of LOANB-I have to negotiate and at Parson. show ber there running top omoial arrangementa pulleta 115l:( IU� by'1!imery. Saturday. 28.005; shipments Saturday, FARMloanl with fund. of a Il1e compan1 at a low rate NiloBho head. There is no llldge. l!Ilwood Ruab. Shaw. Co., �. her enlargement, 9.888; left over. aboUt 7.000; quality rather good. of tntere.t on long time.' Correlpondence eollolted at 110 Weat BInh Ave B:aa. MUo but it runs a little all the time. Please market slow and weak, prloes 2iS@800 lower. .• Topeka, Norton. nm.. hone bill•• catalogue. an4

Alrent. . as a as Sales 'ranged [email protected] tor' light: [email protected] W.ANTBD-Baleothet A at the Mail job prescribe simple remedy possl- prlntlntrrooml�1IOOPrlnt�orth �ty ble, H. C. W. for rough packing; 183.8O@4,10 tor mixed; 13.9& of 1894 alfalfa. German Ibll. Ave.!NorthTopeka. cane and broomcorn HIId, Ad· ®4.20 tor heavy pBoklIIB and shipping lots; W.ANTBD-Car-IOadlet, Bvergreen BULLS FOR BALB-Blred a son Kas. . by Larned, dre•• Geo. A. Box Neb. pigs. !2.80@3,85. Arnold. 146. Kearney. SHORT-HORNof linp. Thlltletop. Addre.1 M. Waltmlre. Fonn� Answer. - Poll-evil, like fistulouB omolal taln. K... 8tatlon Carbondale. ' Cattle-Reoelpts.15.000; Saturday. 1.- live for Kan­ diffioult to Blfent evelJ' oount11n withers, is sometdmea oure, 805; shipments Saturday. 7c11: market dull. W.ANTBD-A_. TellCu. Nebruk.. and Indian Territory to saleamen to handle our Kan­ 5 to 100 lower. canv.... for Archko Liberal oomml••lon•• notwithstanding the fact that nearly prioes LIbrary. W.ANTl!ID-ACtlve•.. home-grown nnnery .took. Salary or com­ Call or addreal W. C. Fllk. 800 West BllI:th 8t•• To­ has a or two Sheep-Receipts. 17,000: omolal Saturday. 5._ ml••ton, GoOd men can make good money. L. H. every neighborhood mal!- peka. K... 80,; sntpments market Cor.e. Lawrence. X... 1 who knows of a sure cure. first S'aturday, �71:, dull, Thl,' lower. prices UTliITB W. H. WILLIAMS. TORONTO. KAB•• in the treatment Is to 5®10c; UTHEN YOU GO TO TOPEKA STOP AT THE step necessary " tor Comet Bprayer. a triple aJroohamber force " St. Nlchola8 Hotel, first door north of POIt,. the membrane and all other Grain and Provl.lonllo pump. Throwl oontlnuou••tream. Agenta wanted. destroy Chleaco omce. Be·opened and newly furnlahed throughout. tissue the Good meal•• 15 oenta; nIcely furnl.hed room•• 26 unhealthy surrounding pipes ColumbIa blo,ole. GOod Feb. 11. TBADl!I-:B:lgh·grade and 60 centa. A.. T. Plgg. proprietor. or cavities. There are a number of Opened CtoBlng To.. new. Wh..t have 10U to trade? Addre.. Hlgh'stl� Look BoxU3. Peabody. Kat. different caustios, anyone of whioh POTATOEB-Bent out to be Wh't-Feb .... 60� 60� 60� Iprouted'on the desired but . SWEET.haral. No el O�� 5 07� Brahm.. U are In tbe We.t, for only 11 per ... 515 1\ 80 5 Ii LIght BALE-One hundred bUlhel. LIncoln 18ed cavities onoe or twioe a for a May _. 12� day week, thIrteen. Stook forAle.. Henry E. Peers, Marlon, FORoata. Produced bu.helB to one bu.hel July .... I'> S,; Ii 42� I'> ll> 542 thirty-five then injeot onoe a day with a weaker 27� Kan.... Beed with but one Ihower I..t ye..r. Price." per f. o. b. J. J. solution of the about a bu.hel. AolIl·1nohicled. Aohenbach. same, heaping Kanlall City Grain. SALE-At .a0. a fine Jene1 bull. 8 years old, W..h1ngton. Ku. ' teaspoonful of vitriol to a pint of wa­ KANSAS CITY, Feb. H.-Tho rallroadA brought FOBSire. Money Pog18166U; dam. Claimant'. Burbia 62666. A nice yearling .on b1 above bull only eso. in no wheat here A car of HUNDBED AND FIFTY BUSHELS RBD ter. If the pus from the sore. grows to-dGY. ohotce reel E. )[aB. HenrJ Peera. Marlon. . KaMr coni for 88le. Addre•• Frank which arrived sold at Kansas ONB Bternberg. white, or yellow, and thiok, it will in­ Saturday 52�0. Ellsworth. No sa.les ot wheat out of store KIlL, dicate t'l;iat the sore is but if City. were re­ FmEBT HONBY-Is gathered frcm alfalfa healing; Holders about THBand cleome blo••om.. You oan bU1 It of the ported. asked Saturday's prloes. -.n INITIALS ABE A. W.. at time the disoharge beoomes dark oheap and In any quantlt1. by frellrht. JIL any Receipts of wheat· to-day, none; a ,Voar ago, bee-keeper! My list name I. Themanaon; so­ and know I, 18 genuIne. Addre.. Oliver Iroeter, Laa I reBlde at K... and watery, go baok to the strong 129 cars. Wathena. Anlm... Colo. I am a breeder of Poland·China ewlne. lution for a few If the on again daYIiI. Car lots by sample traole. Kansas City. at Bend for one. LIGHT opening in the skin is too small it may the close were quoted nominally as tollows: BRAHMACOOIDIIRBLB-Felohatraln. For further partloulan lee card In . 50 that I wUi Bell for 'I each 11 taken BOon. J. E. 'be with a No.2 ha.rd. 52@52�0: No.3 hu.r(l. 510; No.4 hard, Breeder'. Dlreotory elsewhere In thIs paper. enlarged by outting sharp George. Burlingame, OBlIge Co•• KaI. 600; rejected, 410; No.2 red. 52�;2�c; No. H red, knife the way the hair lies. If an open­ EXOHANGE-A Bectlftn of land in 51c: No.4 red. quarter 50e; rejected. 47@480. white mlllo maize Beed FOBStanton county. clear for thor­ can be made at the bottom for . Kansas. tItle, ing F. Bsrtelde. Co K... White corn was %0 lower and mixed corn WANTED-Yellowb1 ".and..• Lawrenoe. oughbred or JerBeY oattle. the of the it will faoilitate high-grade Addreal. esoape pus Bold at for a ltetlng partloul..rly what you hav.e to oll'er. E. G. very slowly Saturday's prices . ALFALFA SBBD. DIRECT FROM THE Jone K... ' , the healing; but this is not always a while. but could not be sold later aD •• Byracuse, except FORgrower. addrel.E. G. Jone•• SyracuBe. KaI. safe for a to under­ some deoline. cperation novioe, for lample oopy of .the take. Rcoeipts of oorn to-day. 21 oars; a year ago, want a rell..ble man tn evelJ' BBB-KEEPERB-WflteKam.sas Bee Jou�i, Miller" Dunham. nublllh· 82 cars. DBTBCTlVEB-Welocality to act'.. prIvate deteattve under In· era and dealen In bee-keepera' supplle•• Topelq!.. .truatlons. .IIIxperlenoe not neceBII&r1. Send for K... Sales by sample on traok. Kansas No. City: partlonlars. _Amerloan Detective Agency. lndlan­ 2 mixed corn. 6 cars 40�o, 1 car 40�c; No.8 apolla. lnd. BRONZE TUBIDIIYS-Large and IIna. mixed. No.4 nomi­ nomlnally,89�®4Go; mixed. MAMMOTH. Toma. '2; hen•• 11.60. J. B. Killough. Bloh· Horse Ownersl OUT-Bntlre ltook of Inou­ rTry nally, 890; No.2 white, 1 car 410, 2 ca"s 40�"'.1I Hamburg•• mond, KII. CLOBINGbaton. brooden; bone'n1Il1. -olover-ontter. eto.• oars No.3 400. 40�c: white, nominally, on P. GOMBAULT"S ..ocount of death of wIfe. J. Luou. Topeka. ANTED-Buyers for Large Enlililsh Berl'f�"tI::d·?o:·le=�n�� ��!:ul�� �1lII ina' hay. $3.50 .1.4.60. ,:.�": � ======.,�.======I!'IJB CO., Cleveland O. LAWRlDI!!lCl!l-WILLLUlB 8ALE-Flve hundred buobele �e ; " •. St. Lonls Grain. . �iled . Wm. . FOR Hamaoher. J,..ane. Jru. BLACK AN 0 WH ITE . ST. LOUIS, Feb. H.-Receipts. wheat. 1.800 MARKET REPORTS. bu.; last year. 13.148 bu.: oorn. SO. lOa bll.; last BAJ.,E-neglst!!.J'!!d Y!l8!'Jll!g B;ol.teln�!l bulls, 1'rlceB WlIllam year.l8.798 bu.; oats. 23.100 bu.: last year, 81.900 FOBJeney 1'1Iuo.nable. Brown.Lawrence.)[a.. LAN GS HANS '. Kansas City Live Stock. bll.; rye, 700 bu.; barley. 750 bu.: flour. 2.928 The Oreat Winter KANSABCITY,Feb. ll.-Cattle-Receiptsslnoe bbls.; shipments. wheat. 16.216 bu.; oorn.72,OOO BALI!I-Pure-bref !I(·lnoh galvanized $3.9;;. and the bulk of sales [email protected] firm; SUB-IBRIGATION muat go. against arlnes.�[email protected]. Cranberries. Cape Cod, Iheet-Iron pIpe. Co.t. U.26. Addrell Alex Rlohter. plaster $1.20 tOI' and for on top [email protected] bulk $10.OO®1l.00 per bbL; ·Jersey. $IO.([email protected]'>J. Hollyrood, K88. . Saturday. 'l'he following are representative Vegetabills-Potatoes. receipts moderate and CANCER 8llies: EARLY OHIO BEBD POTATOBB-Bev-' demand good; ordinary kinds. oommon, Cured wlth,the "Balmy Vol­ 40Cbntlo centa bushel In sacks or barrel.. Early 08 340 CHOIOBenty per umbl..n 0111." Thousanda !!a.9� $aUO 64 ... 817 $3.85 swee, .. per b·a.; potatoes. red. scaroe. Amber cane Bfi oente In ��'''�A 3.8, 71 20@260; Borghum leed. per bu.hel. of testimonial. from people . 8.85 124 .. I ,.289 3.80 · '72· ·238 2)� yelloW.2Q@800;.Ut8handColorada,choloe,66@ laok•. Millet seed. U5 centl per bu.hel, In .acka. cured. Addre.s 3.80 33 .. 3.80 77 263 8.80 P.roduce 804 70'''267 2!" .600 per 1I�. Cabba.ge, moderate 8upply. mar- Carloadl lel8. Addrel. Topeka Co., fiO.;.206 3.80 68 272 3.80 KaneiuJ KaI. 61"-'258 Ave •.• Topeka. .. Castle &, 82'" :.80 7«1 233 B.75 611 228 11.75:' .-Itet,flrm; 81.85 per 100; Miohlgan a:nd :bes' "Dr. Co., p���a. 288 0 Sta s:�Q 70 224 79 •• n"",,05,00 S. E. Cor. 8th & Wyandotte .• B.� 248 8.'71S' ""';iidea,.' elIo..1""W" p'er \On. Cauliflower. small, CLOVEB BBBD-For l!aIe by W. A. Johnaon. l!8.:::282 lI.7Ii 711 284 . MO. 17li 2211 aD 4II@IiOo;-!al'Se, 760 per doa. REDPaullne. Bhawnee Co.• KaI. KANSAS CITY, 12 . t.::aT.. (·"c"· ' __.-'�1j)i (:-J 110 [14]

II''' man IS 110 large that he looks on the chicken business as too small for him. he should be man enough to see that his wife and family bave suit­ able facilities for keeping and.caring for the poultry, since he shares with them in the profits. ------

BETTER by far is a perch in a tree than one in a house with ventilation down over the heads of tbe occupants, Seed EE..:..catalogoe HOME .. GRO� INCUBATORSIBROODERS New NEBRASKA IRON-CLAD-made '80 NORTHERN SEED� Nebroaka In without IrrI· Broodersonlylli. Best&Obeapest buobelo per acre In 1894, GURranteed fresh and reliable. A orou between the well·known Golden tor chicks. 40 1st Premiums Ration. Large pkte, 2 to 6 cIS. Dtreclft'Om raising and Yellow Dent. 8ample ear, 10 4OOOTestlmonlu.ls, Send forOat'I'g. Beauty Barly Grower. Novelty pre8('nts wltb centa pootpald. Thompson and King of Early every order. Catslogue. Free­ .a. S. SINGER. Box Z Cardlnaton. O. 60 buobels per without irrigation Earlies, acre, or wltb 2 packets Seeds, Ii cent.: Nebraaka. 8end tor our new oatalogue. In Bend to-d.. . . 116 packets, ,1.00. y. Neb. A. R. AMES, MadlsoD, Wt..; ECG INCUBATOR DELANO SEED CO., lee Park, • 200 Brooder to Ke.tch - $7 .... Send tor Olroular JI&.ILLET AND CANE I ILIEER'S f!I $10! RELIABLE SEEDS WellllftBut.tMOIts... forthamone)'lnAmerioa.SIYE XT 13m:;��;�!��'���·1 .e. �!�T�te���l�J� We.lvalal'll8 ae pkte. tor Supplles, Blue Grus --THE lMPBOVED-- 01. and lb. DT. OIIeiip. Barullom'lIhl, " I OnIon 8eta. SBBn S Seed, Oo!omlC.taJopetnaCle4l'ree; Kansas Economy H0t wator Inenbtla or 421 WALNUT ST" KANSAS CITY, MO. :=:s�t:tMONEY ALNEEIt BR08!.'L_ OCKFOIU) • ......

Doubtfhl Seeds alone. The best are easy to get, and cost no more. Ask your dealer for

Free to Farmers. FERRY'S Send us your naDia and address on a postal card tell us where you saw this SEEDS ad., and we Will send you Always the beRt. Known a beautiful lllustrated MINE everywhere. Ferry's Seed catalogue together with a Annoal f'or 1895 tells you of the Free CORN • what, how, and when to plant. 8amRle 00:1" Sent Free. Get It. Address D. M. FERRY &: IA. CO., , IOWASEEO]O., DES'MOINES, Detroit, Mich.

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best and cheapest. Make the bottom of boards the same length as the laths, and of fu1.l width of the end and mid­ dle pieces. Nail the lower laths close -as well as fertlle ground the bottom boards on both against are required in successful farming or to the fowls from get­ sides, prevent flower raising. For 50 years our seeds their feet or out. Leave in­ ting legs have proved pure and vital. No fear inches between the terstices of about:l of our ruining our half-century's rep­ inches laths on the sides, but only 1" utation this year. Send'for our free cat­ fowls from varieties. on top. Tbis prevents the alogue of new and standard their heads through and being sticking PLANT SEED COMPANY, St. Louis, MOo or killed, as one coop is placed injured 812 North 4th Street. on another. Screw the two middle be laths on top that they may easily removed. Nail a piece of thin, light hoop iron all around the ends and mid­ dle. For small spring chickens and pigeons make coops of the same di­ NEWCATAU)GUE �'895 mensions but only 8 inches Digh, as Printed In colon. Tbe floest and best Book enr publlBhed..lIIua· are used I:'oultry only strong healthy pigeons trateo and describeS all tbe leading Glvea of for trap shooting. Do not put squeal­ varieties ot Poultey:. prices or with ers or young ones on, any tc:,':!:.7a�':tdRe�'l:II��Mf:e:;��lt7t clipped wings, as they will be tbrown ��r:l�!a�'��'emo��?l'!::r�� the or Address. • out when sold. For geese coops atampa. - MILLER CO. should be 14, and for turkeys 16 incbes TheJ.W. ) ••• No. 1152 '''EEI'O''T. ILL. high. For shipping bu. freight or long distances, make 5U feet long 3 feet wide and 1 foot" high for chickens. SHOf���ETR�S POULTRY ALMANAC h the finest work of the ktud 6VIlr Fort . poaltlvot.y 1111b·1 for 14 inches advertise have fowls and ducks; geese 1891 ,';:, Ilehcd, Others the 1\1101lt (but they DO' · lOt h). high and for turkeys 16. The coop is I�r.""undi�t:d�6�W.!!!f ����I�i�I1:�:: across �uer, will get It divided by a. partition the tOU b� IIllnllln,. middle. Use posts 2 inches square for bL�I�t crJ:o�p� p�lIra�o& adelphia, Pa., 'wrlte:- slats on the corners and middle. The toll I•• thine otbtauty aDd wltbout Il peer. with each side next to the bottom should be !!�!:bi: �:;!':��I)=�:�"�� ::����. It contalnt 88 page., belt:�:'�::Il'I'paper, tn others at each 8 feet 5 inches long, the olthe farm In tho North. ctOJon, pboto engraviDgi lar�lt fd:u1trr; end 3 feet long. The 5 inches extension ';!�I��t�::;Tu:.,vl��'d �::1�� !!.1��tr:,,�od:I�:I��I:! hold a u.�·�adt!:- beyond the end of tbe coop is to :U�: ;�'ed��v:olrr:ii���� ��:,::!��!:t.; . slats and �:Jir.�tp!!'���' convenient Poul­ feed The long belt with mUttraUonl to bulld nheapaud trough. plan. Addea Heueee, Sent to addre•• Cor.6 MIld", poItR.tId. bottom boards are feet all t_!1 anx 5U long, C. C. SHOEMAKER, Box 86 f:'reeport, III. U. S, A, - three-eigbths of an inch thick. The · want to Dot sparinsly bllt bountifully. That I. from to 3 inches ,free When ),on plant potatoes, 'FOn crop, slats are 2� wide, 1 from but when JOU plaDt eternall,.rhrht. Yon cannot cet blC potato Jlelds poor seed, knots and A •••••••••••• of Dew blood. new new visor IUld ere.. from straight grained. Salzer'S Pedlcree Potatoes, potatoes brimful life, enormously every time. V-shaped notch is cut in the projecting mendous ,.Ieldinc qualities, JOU can eount 00 croppiD. to one ofour earl,. Borts, whieh he testecl, of the lower slats to hold the feed The Editor ofthe Rural New Vorker elves ends names scores offarmers who THE "TIP TOP" acre. and our catalocue report Put tbe a yield 'Of '14� bushels per outside of the coop. : One farmer sold a load frOID one of Salzer'S earl)' trough : from 400 to per acre. yields l,!lOO a.bout 2 . at bU8hel. That pa,.. slats on the sides and ends 80rts from the da.,. of plantlnc, 81.80 per '" 1I0tato forty days : NEW NAME. ., inches apart but closer on top to pre­ 8300 FOR A for a suitable Dame for our Dew from which o't'er vent the fowls from their That Is what we pa,. Oats, getting PLANTER: caD acre. : CORN elaim �OO bushelll be crown per �OO farmen who te.ted it In 1894, heads through. Make a feed trough • • GRASSES AND CLOVERS FOR MEADOWS. of two of board 4 or 5 inches the latest pieces has all improve- Laraest crower8 In the world of Grns.. and Clover wide and the end of the coop with end • etc.-all dirt cheap I • ments, including Check Seed_. Oata. \Vheat, Darley, Corn, blocks in and nail well in the notches of VEGETADLE�. Drill .and Fertilizer. • the bottom end pieces and to the side • Rower, Thl8 Is aDother of our speclultlell, especlal1)' 8pleD. did varieties of cabbRae, tomatoes, 'corn, radish slat. The best feed to use is cracked It does excellent work, is very penB, • • and oDloall. We are the lar8estlP'owel's ofonion lIee(l, as it holds the corn thoroughly soaked, neat and strong; all steel and benee our low prices. IfJoU want earl.,. vecetables, moisture and will not 'sour. The illus­ • • 10 to !l0 tlau ahead of Jour nel8hbors, plaut Salzer'S iron. Purchasers like Seedsl 3� pkcrs. Earl,. Ve8etable Novelties, postllald; tration shows the of coop always heavy style 81. Special 'Wholesale prices &0 I1Iarket GardeDers. Farm • full .• in perspective.-8. B. Conover, in it. Send for description Send �e. for same. and Home. • • Now, theD, tor 18911, we will mall npon receipt DC' KEYSTONE MFG. CO.. ISo. postatre, onr Mammoth Seed & Plant Catalollue. " cataloc& Day Radish Seed. farm Oe.·' pk.14 . a . '1'm: manager of large poultry • II " " • Sterling, III. 100." 8300 I"r1ze Name Oa"" who has had no epidemic in his docks 130." " " " Prize DallveraODloD Seed Branch Houses welllocatec'l .• for dve years. states tha.t his index­ • We have Mention this paper. ibl'l rule is to kill without delay every • • that abo". a decided lack of vi­ bird •••• �lV· It will .,., 71111 to bQ a 8r.w WHAT YOU with .. DI88TON" oli I&. .' will FORCEPS. ad do more JONES' Pia � hold th..., 101ll8r. work withOll' tI1IDa t.hIID oth.r· DON'T KNOW eaw.. th.rebJ eaT1Dlr 111 labor end 001$ ot m... Th.J are mad. ot ABOUT th. ben qualltJ O1'1IOIbl••II*IJ .

endue . fi. . Send tor mall, po.tpald, .1.150. AJrentewlUlted, lI'ULLY W.ABB&l!f!1'BD. California BJ M. Wiohlta,Ku. olrCular and term.. J'onel, III' told In a illustrated book D� ' all beautifully . Jl'or Sal. � DUl.n. entitled" To CaUfornlil. and Baok." Ask Bend f(lr Pamtlii'l�'or Saw Book, mailed tree. Pa. HENRY DISSTON "SONS, Philadelphia,'. .G. T. Niohoillon, G.. P. A., Santa.FeBoute,

•. is free. ______.,.,--�, Topeka, Kas., for a coPf It Reference' - The Farmer's Ready . Penonally conducted weekly .partieB of Dllealel of Horle. and Or Band.Book • • leaveChlcagOevery Saturday evening, and (lattle. ' , for Pa- that ahould be tn. the Kansas City every Sundaf noon, S C ORB V. 8., Is a book y . Fe Route. atook owner. It 18 plain, practical 010.0 Coast, via Santa Speolal ands of ever,. , and in attendance. Pull- nd reliable. Price by malh.l.150. IRRIGATED LAND' agents porters Kal. CHEA'P Manhattan, Addrellll S. (l. ORB, V. "., man tourist sleepers are used, furnished --INTIIB-- with all couventenoes for comfortable Second-class tiokets honored. . traveling. You have been planning that Cali- SAN LUIS VA'LLEY, fornia trip for several years. Why �!�t:��fr�: GR�AT not and take advantage of �LL 't It not, write -ON- go now, ? is r tor price. It will ....ton­ • oheap rates1 Santa Fe Route poe- lah r9u, The" Kaw" the Une with Pullman 0 Itlvely only '. and E�s"'tT� eT Terms' tourist and palace sleepers, Chicago ����?:d co�� a��d �� and Loll kinds of amaH grain. Kansas City to San Franoisco. ::::����o�:''h''::t,tor �ngeles, dClCZlltMthoutcMnge. :. AGENTS WANTED, CERTAINTY OF CHOPS. . Addres. Kas. CURRIE WINDMILL CO•• Manhattan, Large Yield. of Wheat, Oat8, Barley,' FLORIDA. THE OLD RELIABLE Peaa, Etc. Potatoe., Alfalfa, . . Through Cars PEERLESS ENORMOUS YIELDS OF VEGETABLES ' Slee:ping FEED _ 'Kansas City to Good Home lIrtarket8, Owing to the Near­ Jacksonville. ne•• to the lIIfining Camp••

. aRllDERS '. Grinds more �aln to any Commencing Sunday, November 18, 0 neness than othermlll. Grlndsear· ARTESUB WATER EASILY OBTAINED, degree any 1894, the MEMPHIS ROUTE, K�as eorn, oataLetc'l tine enough for any p!!l'PQse. War· no, to cnoke. Wowarrantthe Peerle•• to be Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad, ranted For further and ot lend e4dre.s City, deaorlptlon prlae. car tHE BElt AND CHEAPEIT MILL all EARTH. JOHN RI(lHEY, MoPher80n Kas. SIMON will inaugurate a through sleeping Ku•• or S. M. Em­ via I:F' Wrlte us at once for and agency. MOTZ. Hays (llty. SCOTT, Kansas City to Jacksonville, prlces tor Colonulo Land IUId IImtgn.. line, There Is In this mill. Made only 1>y tile poria, Ka8., Aleny Atlanta and money tlon Company. Memphis, Birmingham, JOLIET STROWBRIDOE ILL. The.. landa are located on the D. &; B, G. rallroe4. Macon, arriving at Jacksonville at 9:45 CD.,JOLlET, . Jobbers and Manufactlmlrs of Farm Machinery, a. making close connections there Harness, The Carriages. Wagons, Wlndmllls._Bicycles, ARTESIAN. WELL AT ALAmOSA. CHEAP: LUMBER: AND: FUEL! form'la 1 points in South Florida. etc. Prices lowest. Quality Dest. cars in this line will be strictly first­ class in all their appointments and will LARGESJ LINE run every day in the week, leaving Made in the World. Kansas City at 10:30 a. m. ALL STEEL OR WOOD STEEL For rates and full ad· . informationl LINED. The Kansas StockYards dress J. E. LO(J][WOOD, G. P. Perpetual & Large Bille, A..:!. Xansaa 1Il0, . Steam, Borse & Band City . City, Power. Guaranteed are the most complete and commodious in the West,. the Beat, Write tor and South­ Catalogue. and second larg6llt in the world I The entire rallroad system of the West rail conneotion with these with r... 80rs 8ro. C:O� C11learo, OJ. west centering at Kansas City has direot yards, ample THE GREAT facilities for receiving and reshipping stock,

Cattl.end BOrMIend •. Sh..p. c_ oal...e•. BOI mnl.. , ------ROCK ISLAND RY. Official ...... 1.772.15415 2,1547,077 1589;15155 44,23'7 107.494, Slaughtered In CI'J...... 969,646 2,060,781 887,670 Beo.Ir:�..!894, TIIB I'A.VOBITBl BOtITJII TO TBlI Sold to teed.I'II...... 3M,181 11,100 69,816 Sold to ...... 468,616 fIi,780 Total IhlfJ"lI'll10 In KanIJ8ll (lltJ'. 1891 .... , l,6'7r.�:& 2,530,896 1503,116 28,903

CHARCES: YA.RDAGB, Cattle, 25 cents per head; Hogs, 8 cents per head j Sheep. r East,West, North,South. cents per head. HA.Y, 'I per 100 lbs. j BRAN, 'I per 100 lbs.; CORN, ,I per bushel. Throuah Oolonulo, I!!l.xtll and Mill I!!treeh� NO YARDAGE CHARGED UNLESS THE STOCK IS SOLD OR WEIGHEO, ��::r��o�I!.�' C. ·F. MORSE. E. E. RICHARDSON, H, P. (lBILD, EUGENE RU8T. General Manaller. Seoretary and Tre....urer, As.lltlUlt Gen. Manager. Gen. Superintendent, Half Rates to Texas Pointsl G'lYOn AWay LOW BATES TO ALL POINTS. BlapeclallJ California. Tezatl and Southeut­ If 'It docs not : ern �olnttl. It rou are going to 'h. Midwinter save Its cost Fair at San Francl8co, If JOU are gol1ll1 to T.:a.I, are E....t on businellll or .....ure-11l on one lot of . CHICAGO. It YOU 1I0ing pl STOCK do be aure to UNION to hogs.' c_·f THE YARDS, tact., It you I1ltend any t.r&v.UIlI, (Conllolldated In 18615.) 'I'h.largest live ltook muk.' In tb. world. Th. cent.r ot th. bUllne.1 OGIl.lIU one ot $h. lIIIente of th. srstem trom which th. food produOY and Ulanutaot.nre. of .Ter1 d.partment ot th. liTe stook I1ldultrr Martin &IJ in Is distributed. Acoommod"tlull' capae}t.y: 150,000 cattle, 100,000 hogs, 30,000 sheep. 15,000 horllN. The entire railway 8rstem of Middle snd Western Amerloa center here, renderln!! the Union Stook Rock Island Morrlssey�1 :: Yarda the mo.' acaeilible point In the country. The capacity of the yards, 'h. faollItles tor unloading, Great System feeding and relhlpplng are unlimited. Paoklng hou.es located bere, tol.tner with a larg. bank oapltlll JOHN SEBASTIAN, and aome one hundred dltrerent commission IIrml, who have had years of ezp.rlence In the bUlln••s Mfg, Co" Tlck.t and P.... CmCA.GO. aleo an army of Bl....tem buyel'll, Inlures this to b. the be.t market In the whole counuy. This Is .Gen.ral aeng.r Alent, or owner Is fnrnllhed with a or tor the OHAHA, NEB. 8trlotly a callh market. Each .blpper separate rard pen s"fe feeding and walerlng of hI. atook, wltb but one charg. ot Jardale during 'be entire time T. J. ANDERSON, _____=:;:::..______keeping, ot th. are tbla mark.t for his stock remains OD the market. Burel'll from all partl oounu1 con'lnual1,ln AlelltentGen'1 Ticket and P..... , AI.nt, TOPBllU.. IIrmlI for In- of stook Itook and should uk commlliion . the purohale cattle, hogs ahe.p, Shipper dlrllllt .. . formation concerning ChlOlllO market.. . H. O. GARVEY, The Greatest Horse Market In Amerloa, the Dezter Park Horae Ezchange. City Tioket and Passenger Acent, N. THAYER, JOHN B. SHERmAN!. J. C. DENISON, President. Viae President and Gen. Manager. 8eoreta�and Treunrer. 601 Xansas Ave., TOPEXA, XA8. WALTER DOUGHTY, JAS. H. ASHBY, D. G. GRAY, As.'t 8eoretary and AJla't Trealurer. General Superlntenden$. Au" 8uperintendent.

- lJINNEJ\ IS NOW RE.P\DI.

PERINE'S " SOLID THROUGH TB.ADrS , NEW . '�8UBSOIL PLOW �, , ll'BOlllt , ..�-' --� r1�L_,. KANSAS CITY; ST. JOSEPH For THE BEST COOKER Made, -TO- Grinders, Machinery, Wagons, Buggies, Harness, Fencing and farm- ST. wms, CmCA60,' ers' supplies of every description write us. If we can't save you money we need not trade. 0MARA, PEORIA.. �ACLE.AN& \,VINEGAR ST.PATILAND�APOLIS! Corner Eleventh andoSanta Fe Sts., Kansas City, Mo. Dining (lara VflItlb1lled Drawing Boom 81eeplna (lar (lhalr (larl (Seate ',MI''''·· BeollLlng Free). ••••••••• •. " ;:i.••..,.,..�."!"�.-. HOW TO FARM ONLY ONE CHANGE' OF c&lIS TO WITHOUT RAIN. YOU THE ATLANTIC COAST GOOD CROPS IN SPITE 'l'BE BEST LINlII l!'O:a OF DRY FISTULA, NEW YORK, BOSTON, PILES, Mo. WEATHER. And all DI8easell ot the Reetum cured by Drll. THORNTON & MINOR. Kanllall City, Baltimore, Washington, without knife, ligature or caustics-no fee IIccepted 'till patient Is cured. Other Speolaltles: FOR INFORMATION REGARDING USE Diseases of the Skin and Women. AsIc for our clroulars. They contain testimony from leading Philadelphia, Cincinnati, AND RESULTS ADDRESS business men lind high oMclals-tell how to avoid quacks, sharpers and doctors wbo ask tor fees Street. or a note in advance. OFFICES: 80-31-32 Bunker Bnllcllnc. 100 Wetlt Ninth Niagara Falls, Pittsburgh, THE RO,CK ISLAND PLOW CO., AND EAS'l'ERN POIN'l'B. For tnlllDtormatlon, e4dre.. . our H. c. • • .c.l.n... • • Please mention "Kansas' Farmer" when trim to advertisers ! ...... , QeJl'I �lIPr A.pnt, KauIuOBBlC tylllo [16] FEBRUARY 13, '1895.

Cloye�L Blue Oraaa, Tlm� &r. On- . TRUMBULL SEED CO• othy, millet, Cane . Ion eete. Bale Tleerlfln" ,14,_41 at. Loul. A.Ye.. e18��' cfat�:,r:�� F::'��' SEE.10 S KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

. . E;:;��I���o'���6 BREEDERS' DIRECTORY. TOPEKA SEED HOUSE All k.lnd. of Garden, ;FIeld and F10wllf i;Jeeds, FlowerIng Bulb., Planto, Fru�t ��:8�::s::a:"V;::'�:: (OonUnuedJrom PGIIe 1.) C,0110 N SEE 0 MEAL! TOOL8. Addreoo S. H. Kansas. Be.t and oheape.t feed for fattenIng otook and AIS�:�:�:rr gat:o�.:� DOWNS, Topeka, MAINS' HERD OF POLAND-CHINAS. =:!&!�I��:it p:?!����pt';��r:!nt�!���: ALFALFA SEED A S PEe I·ALTY lAS. OBkalooBa, XaB. lIIlAlNS. W. S, NICHOLSON, DEALER IN GRAIN & FEED, Cane and Millet 8eeds, Kafflr Corn and Jerusalem com'. (Jd'.r8m Oountv.) Boom:l We.tern 8torage BuildIng lIIleventh and • 8eed Wheat and Oats. All crops of 1894. Write for "How oows SEED lot of bred to Monrde's S A.grand Modlll. Excel. Ban&. Fe etreets, Kansas City, Mo. to 80w Altalfa," and prIces on seeds. :MbWIIlI,eli Jr. and Btorm Cloud 2d. Aloo all other McBETH 11& KINNISON, :::: Garden City, Kansas. olaooeo anll ages of stock for sale. I guarantee aafe arrIval and stock aa represented or money refunded. Breeillng stoek recorded In OhIo P. C. R. Kansas Redeemed! f:·,?��o�::� KANSAS CITY GRAIN AND SEED CO. up���� wonderfully Olrer large .tocks Seed Com, C.ne 8eed, K.tllr Com. Millet. 8prlng Barley, Flax Beed. 8eed LIn. anll are looking better In all nnes. In Farm O.ts, prloes seed Meal anei Cake. Our Iowa Yellow lIIureka, Iowa White lIIureka, IllinoIs Golden low. there be no Prtoes Imp. Be.uty ELM BEACH STOCK FARM Property will exception. that Bt. Early Dent, Ninety-day Com, Imp. Ch. WhIte Pearl, Charles WhIte, .elected, tIpped, oacked, ld 01 .• 8 now ranle are exceeding low-they are bound to bu. hurlap .acko, even ....elght, 13 per sack. Bpeclal prIces o&r lots. Bpeclal prlceo clubs. Flnelt aeed oom IRWIN" and luoky 10· he who gets a farm In thIs DUNCAN. adv.nce, full of 011 and Hnd 160 each for ears, deducted from flrat Kanlas between thlo and I olrered; lolld. vItality; sample pootage prepaId. - seotlon of have Wiohlta. �anllas, aprmg. order. Addrell Kanoas City Grain and 8eed Co. li.ansas City. !tlo., Buyer. and 8eller. of hundred. 'If way down .Flrst come. Brat Bedgwlck Co. bargal�s. Grain and !!leeds. BBj6rencea: Thl. paper' MIdland National Banlr:. Kanoaa CIty. .erved. You oan better yourself now and have ,.. Breed and have for '. inoney left for other use. WrIte mo nolU or oome \ I '':'11'''' sale Bates and Batell­ I, ; �. \ .nd aee. Car fare refunded to all Ad­ \ • -_." purchaooro. \ I ,�, I • Bhort-Jiorns 4,1,' I, m'I. topped dress WALTER LATIMER, Garnett,Kanaa•• -Waterloo. Klrklev­ Ington and other fuhlonable famllleo. Aloo hreed KANSAS SEED and have for oale the best thoroughbrlld Poland­ - -for Acres I . EVER.YTHJ:NG J:N THE Chinas that oan be obtained.Write or come I\nd .ee. Farm Sale---160 SEED LJ:NE. J!'IBST-(lLAB8 FARM AT A BARGAIN. Our Bpeclaltles: Beed Com. Tree Beed., OnIon lIeeds and Alfalfa. Bacallne. Lathyrus Bllv_ HOLSTEJ:N - FR.J:ESJ:ANS Ali good buildIngs. Houoe with alx rooms..... Ith Bet� for dry and arid eonn- Careme 2d's Jacob PrInce of Twlak 40' heads herd. :l:8�a��W'hCl��roG�:r�'W:l�::';��'ifno�"A':C'�a�A����lants backed wIth butter record of over 31i Ibo. In 7 daya. �e���la{i.�:,,���n:e�:t:��:�:':de�;sr��::;: Young bulla for oale. Red pIgs In pain, heavy bone. trees and other fruIt. Out bulldlngo all In flrst-alaas F. BARTELDES & Kas. good color. dams often farrowIng 14 pIgs. Maleo oondltlon. Two good. never-failing ....ell.. One ne .... CO., Lawrence, windmill. Good fenceo of stone and wIre on DUR.OO R.EDS hedge. JER.SEY .11 .Ides of the farm. and al.o erose fencea. Good ready for servIce. Poland-

UlGHLAND KENNlIILB. TOPEKA. KAs.-Great .D. Fox and . Dane. and TerrIers. The Brat prIze Your sweepatakeo wInner. Great Dane KIng WlIIlam. In Farmers, Spay Sows .tud. Dogs hoarded and treated for all dlaeaaes; For fall fattening. AI.o four Nannle�, .lIIwe. and aloo. remedleo by mall. Correspondence aollolted. Glp' Dogs. with Howsle,.·. 8paylng Mixture. Buny ns84. quIck. aboolutely cer&aln and sate. Price. as per bottle; a2 half bottle. One bottle .pay. one hundred head. Write for testimonials and partlonlara. THE HOW8LEY 8PAYING oo., Kan... Vlty, Mo., or New Orleans, La. t�\Ha\��1 } WELL MACH I NERYWorks. All kln.l. of tool.. Fortune tor the driller by uolng our AdamaDtine prooeu' can take acore. Perfected Econom­ loal Artealan PumJ?,lng Rlorll to work bv Rtom'!., AIr, eto. Let ns help you_ TOE AMElfI(JAN WELl. 'wORKS. A.ro.... til., (llll.qo; Ill.• , Dlma., Te>:.

WELL�MAGHINERY CLEARANCE SALE . i Dluatrated IlBtalolfUe showing WELL ------0 F ------AUGER� BOCK DRu..y!,)IYDBAULIO AND J.IIlTTING MACl1�ERY. etc. BU'!' Fa... Have been tested and all _n-a"MI, One Hundred Head of Pedigreed Poland-Chinas, SIOUX CITY ENGINE AIRON WORKS. on R.oseda.le Stock. Fa.rm, to Pech Mfll. 00.1 It (B_" ••OUX CITY, IOWA. Brown 1211 UrdoD a:..... 1i._ O1t7, Mo. Robinson, County, Kas'1 Thursday, February 28, 1895, When I wm olrer at publlc auctllon 100 head, consl.tlng of allagea, a major portIon of ....hloh are .0..... bred to the great Onward Wllkeo 8981 B.• he by George Wilke•• the 1750 alre; and the hIghly-bred boar. Black U. B. Wilke•• he by Guy Wilke. 2d and out of BlllCk U. B. Blaine; alao the fine young boar by Gen· THE�L"1�lJBUGGYBEST eral Wilkeo and out of Agnes. About 80 sow••nd glltH that have been bred to theae boaro, about forty cort, Hnrnelltl,Phroton, Sprlng,Vngon, of which are 1 year old and over••nd the balance of oprlng and aummer ISR4 farrow. Among the aows or Sllddl0 lo"�1It are Mlsoourl Burro)" lntho wOI')ll at Btar 6th 18610 B., Queen of Rooedale IS011 8.• Lady Glp IS(jJ2'B .• EquallS609 B .• BI.ck Dala, EXTRA WOVEN wbole!t8le Rtl"whcroto prlefl'!Jo 8hlllPCll 26082 B.• Kate Miller 260M Boo 8ally 260S4 8.• Dowell's Choice 2I;(JS5 B.• and olher good onea. Onward Wilke. with anyone llrlvllogotocJ:Rlilinowlth. SII81 B. wlll be In the sale. For further partloulars write for catalollue. Bale wlll be under cover. The out Rsklngollo cent In "dVRllr.O• .Ali WIRE FENCING usual .ale's-day lunch at 11 o'clook a. m. WILL NOT SAG. n����!�I!�c���r���!�e��dSctll��tft���I�ru�� Be.' Farm FeDoe lIa4e...... WrUelo..Jay nddr••• (In full) CASH BUYERS' UNION. JOHN A. 1158 West Van Buren B DO"'VV"'ELL, Street. 64, Chicag:o, Ills. COL. ]1'. M. WOODS, Auctioneer. R.obinson, EroVV'n 00., Kas. d.I.C. D���G Still .King WILKES AND FREE TRADE THE BIT OF BITS. • Pola.nci-Chl.nas for sa.le """liI'-=::t5�... Will controll the most sal.,:I�;,).::.st!'��:�nETer. AT PUBLIC AUCTION! Bample mailed XC for $1 00 St:III���IB����·ctB. e:tra. Nevada, Mo., Wednesday, February 27, 1895. Blxty head of pore-bred boara and gUt•• of sprIng••ummer and fall farrow. Belna short of paature RACINE MALLEABLE IRON CO" R�9��E. room I am obliged to redncl) my breedIng .tock, ao two of my beot herd boaro. Gen. Wllke.IOIiIS 8. and George Free Trade 21053 A .. and ten grand brood sows, go In thIs 8Ble. All oowa old enough tD breed have been or will be br.ed for oprlng Ilttero. - Thompson's GRASS Everything offered goes, positively, without reserve. Bale will take place at farm. two mile. weat of depot. Free tranoportatlon from depot to farm. "A CONDITION NOT A THEORY" SOWS CLOVER, .. Term.: Sum. of .20 or over. eight months' oredlt on bankable note at S per cent. Interest. or 2 per confronts the searcher for elasticity who TIMOTHY, ALFALFA, cent. olr for cash. Leeo than 120. caah. runs up against The Page fence. :As he RED TOP. FLAX. SEEDER Dinner at 12 at gathers himself together again, he ponders and all kinds of o'clock. Sale begins half past 12. not over "the mistakes of Moses." but his own. CRA888EED& Re thought because It had proved a myth In Send for catalogue. L. N. Mo. other cases it might In this. The success of KENNEDY, Nevada, The Page has Induced the makers of soft . wire fences to cl!tlm boundless elasticity In Weight 40 Ibs. J;a:t every little "hump" or twist. or perhaps It Is Send for circuli.... carefully stowed away at the end of tlie line. GRAND PUBLIC SALE o STOCK "Live fences" In the sense that a snake lives at three and one-half miles northwest of as long as Its tan "wiggles." my farm, PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE Mich. CO., Adrian, Carbondale, Friday, February 15, at 10 a. m. I will HeU at publlc auction. 40 heall of Imported horses and hlgh­ METAL grade mares and colts. The horAes are WHEEL i German Coaches

Clydesdales, Belgians · These anlmalo are all Or8t-class and were prlze-wlnner8 at the Kana.. Btate faIr. Horse breeders who desire to purchaae good stock will ourely get bargaIns at thlo sale. All stock is recorded and will. size pedigree. An,. ,on want;1¥l be furnished. These are no old. worn-ollt horses. but all are flrat-olaaa to 56 in. high. Tires 1 and In prime conditIon. to 8 10. wlde-hubo to Carbondale 10 Bfteen miles south of Topekn. on the main line of the Ot any.axle. 8aves Santa Fe. TraIns from the eaet arrIve at S a. m. and 11:12 a. m. and about lIIakes .. olean sweep of Two Aeres nt A Co.l many timu. hI' O.lttlDf.' midnight; traIns from the west arrIve at 1:17 p. m., S p. ro. and at 2:50 a. m. & 88&8On to have BeL �::in: o�%da:to ah:�Ji:. ��� �p;;�t: �tfe�itc�e��rl� None of the otalllon8 will be 80ld until after 2 o'clock. to enable purchas­ of low wheels to Ot ers who come from a dIstance on train to be prescnt. Terms of Sale: Twelve months wIthout wIth oe· 10nrwagon for hauling rl��r;:-��ll�o���h���C:��C����l���:t����:���l� Interest. approved ta18,a180 full information concerning our Iron Giant curlty. If not paId when due. Intere.t at m per cent. from date of oale. 'P'ain, fodder, maDUJ"8, ..... and Grab and Stump Ma.hlne. Two liD Ilowkey. BIdders from a dIstance are requested to furnIsh bank references. hOllO, &0. No reBetting of other It.Pllllances tor clea.rlng timber laud. Address tQoeo. free. Address Catl'g !lILlIE IIANUFACTURING CO., 820 81b SI •• lIIonmoulh,lII: EMPIRE MFG. CO., �. W.-SPARKS, AU:ctioneer. LEONARD H EISEL, Prop. .. Ill. dr�::ur.!�e �h�:·':t&tg�i!.�:n-D.Dl��:t!'i!.O�!.'!;:�:' Q.ulncy. •• eN of Pure Shetland Ponl.... ':&;Oon't forget the date Friday, February 15, 1895 • .8

account of storm on February 7, my FOURTH SEMI-ANNl1AL SALE OF POSTPONED_-onwas POSTPONED to FEBRUARY 19, 1895. Pedigr�ed Poland-Chinas The storm practically stopped all businesR at Marion for about tw.o days. No one could venture out, hence the postponement.' T;tte SEVENTY-TWO HEAD will go at your own price on FEBRUARY 19,1895. Sale. will commence at 1 p. m. 19" A transportation rebate round trip to buyers of �200 worth 'and one-way rebate for $100 buy�rs. . • • • . Vi H' WREN . .,.Marion OOL. S. A. SAWYER, AuctIoneer. . .,.Proprietor , Rae