SIXTEEN TO TWENTY ESTABLISHED 1888. J l .DECEMBER 1 PAGEs-a1.00 A YEAH. VOL. XXXII, No. 1l2. f TOPEKA, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, 26,1894. POULTRY. SWINE. CATTLE. TABLE OF CONTENTS. SALlIl· Pure-bred Dark Brahmee, Partridge S. SLOPE FORCoohlnl. Boudane, S. L,Wyandottes. Hena, put­ McCULLOUG�",SlJNNY FAR., PAGE 2-THB STOOX Il!ITBBB8T.-Hog and Btock at 76 . Ottawa, Kansas.' leta cockerels at.al.liO each; youug . Kal. C. S. CROSS",Proprietor Emporia Cholera and SwinePla.gue. A New Food oents eaob. W, H, Rauch, Wlcblta, Kas. Breeder ot Pure-bred Breeder ot PURE-BRED HEREFORD Kansas Swine Breeders. BERKSHIRE �WINE. for Cattle. OA.TTLE. Herd beaded Wild Tom 61692, a B. DILLlIl '" SONS, 1IIDGIIIRTON, KAs" breeders Stook for .ale at all time. by The American Guernsey Cattle Club, son or Bean Real 11UM and aB8lsted by eons ot A Satl.taotlon guaranteed. Write tor wbat yon want. Experiments1n Feeding Horses. B�c:!:,h�:� �.t, Ici.��:�d�:�".h��� Cberry Boy 26175J Aroblbald let 89258 and Wasblng­ ��::YS�' 22616. 200 all In berd. Stronll In PAGE 8 - AORIOULTUBAL MATTBBB.- Ex­ 16; turke7 egg81S per 11. Satlafaollon guaranteed. ton nead, ag.s. per and Horace. A. Substitute tbe blood ot Lord Wilton, Anxiety periments With Subsoiling. SEL·ECT HERD OF BERK·SHIRES obolce lot or young bulls and belfers, lit for POULTRY YARDS.-L.1II. With Have trom State talr winners. Can better stllanr., for Corn. Experiments Forage EUR1IIKA Plxle�,Em- tor lale pigs eompanr. Oorreepondenee solicited, or, Plants. -and���::�'c����:� �� !,��m�m.�;:o..;.:t Oil classes tor show, Boara tortallaervloe. A tew a peraonallnlpectlon Invited, PAGE 4-IRRIGATIoN.-Gasoline Engines -Their Construction and Operation. PAGE 5-IRRIGATION (continued). -Suc­ ��t�:�ft�St���:.n�e���.M�EB�g�gT�1u�I��k�:e���8�an�n�?�p�e�k�l�n�d�u�0�k�a'�C�h�I�0�k�"���h.�O��C���";'�OE�w���bR�re�;�:�B�A.�ed�rd�r':t�:�n�,s�b�a�wn��e�e�o�o�.:!!,�/�s�. SHANNON HILL STOCK Fm: •••• Infor­ cessful Potato-Growing Wants G. W. GLICK, ATCHISON, KA.8. Some Prae­ II mation on Potato-Raising. Breeda and hu tor lale Bate8 and Batea-topP84 I tical Questions-Answers by a Practical SHORT-HORNS. m- Farmer. Improved Stock Breeders. Ap­ Waterlo0:i!:rklevlngton, Ks.xaaa FARMER. =1=re�l'::.':.'�7"�dBa�;::r:#�:� - Osage Orange , prectates 100 Duke of Shannon Hill No. 898'79 and • Publishers' I' Hedge. Paragraphs. Winsome Duke 11th 111l,13'7 at head ot herd. PAGE 6-THB HOMB CffiOLB.-A Little Choice 70ung bulll tor lale now. Vtelton welcome. Boy's Wish (poem). Memories (poem). Addrel. W. L. OHAFFEE. Manacer. Ii Window Box. An Invalid's Gar­ I Tasty I den. About Blackheads. Pretty China SWINE. I Closet. / PAGE 7-THB YOUNG FOLXB.-A Tale of a Bad Little Boy (poem). The -: Shark's Jaws. The Cunning 'Possum. Two Brave Girls. Ways of Spiders. Jeptha, the Terrier. PAGE 8-EDITORIAL.-Improyed I Stock Breeders' Association­ 'I Annual Meeting. End of the / Year. I TheSpeakership. Reg­ / ulate the Public Printing. Dates of Farmers' Institutes. 9-EDITOBIAL. -State . PAGE t. Board of Agriculture. Decem­ A. E. STALEY, Kansas. ber Crop Report. Shall the a. Ottawa, Greenbacks be Destroyed? CHESTER WHIT1IlS AND PAGE lO-HoRTIOULTURB.-Hill­ fji.. ��a���:e�i!,S'l.I��ght Ing up Potatoes-Subsolling­ 0,,· Weeds, Forestry Report to W. S. Kansas State Horticultural ATTEBURY, / Kansas. Bul­ ROH8vUle, Society. Thayer's Berry BREEDIIIROl!' letin for January. PAGE ll-THE ApIARY.-Re­ Chester Whites moving the Queen - Alfalfa Exclusively. Itock at all times. Satisfaction guaranteed, Honey. Bee-Keeping Mistakes. Young •.•. IN THE Queen-Cage Candy PRAIRIE COTTAGE FARM DAIRY.-Protectlng the Cows. Oleo in Iowa. Associa­ HlYIlIe oj ti,e Chester Whit• . Dairy . \ Hogs. tion Notes. Dairy Notes. : / PAGE 12-Field Notes From C. J. HUGGINS, Brown County. and Wamego, PAGE l3-THE VETERINARIAN . KanRap, SWINE. SWINE • �LOUISVI11e Markets, . a .. :Horse Markets Reviewed. Have for sale brood SOW8, two boars. also nice PAGE l4-TliE POULTRY YARD. -Cheap lot of spring pIgs of both sexes. the get of my herd J!'ANCY BRED PO- / GROVE HERD OF T.A.HUBBARD boars, Ben Buster 6189 and Jerry SIDJIlsnn 6tH!. Cor­ Poultry House. Fattening Poultry. land·Chlna 8wlne. Also Brahma fowls. I MAPLE Light respondence and Inspect'n lnv lted, Prices reas'n'bte. Geese for Market. Simple Drinking Owned by Wm. Plummer'" Co., OSlllle City, Kas. Rome, Kansas, 'I'ank. Winter Quarters for Poultry. Stook of all age8 for sale at reasonable rates. <-. Breeder ot .. i POLAND-CHINAS and How to Prevent Chicken Cholera. The !iil"'�'I ') SAJ.E-Duroc-Jersey pig"; also Polnnd-Chlna. r" , LARGE ENGLISH Thoroughbred Duroc-JerseyHogs of Bird to Kansas State Kind Raise, FORBronze tnrkeys, '1'01l)ou88 geese. Pekin ducks, HERKSHIRES. Two hundred head, All agel. Regl8tered stock. <lend for U-page catulogue.prtoee _. other useful tnforma­ Poultry Show. Barred Plymouth Hock and Brown Leghorn chick- ruty boarl and torty-llve 1011'1 ready tor buye... and hlltory. containing much be ot ens. Ready to 8hlp out. ,J. M. Young, Liberty, Ka8 tion to young breeden. Will sent on receipt ltamp and addre88. J. M. STONEBRAKER, Panola, Ill. IMPROVED CHESTER SWINE-Pure·bred BERKSHIRES. t OHIOand regl.tered. Stock of all ages and botb se1[es PEARSON BREEDERS' DIRECTORY. " We ol!'er oholce eetecuons trom our grand P. A. tor lale by H, S, Day. Dwight, Morris Co .. Kas. r: herd, headed by a great Imported boar. New Kinsley, U:8I1sa8, /' blood for Kansa8 breeders. fn tM - Oard.s 01 lowr l·inu or Ie.. tutU be ""M'U4 SALE CHEAP Choice Poland-Cblna bohr' ri<I: Bruder,'· Direct01'U lor $16 per 1/ear or 18.00 lor FORpigs, Cotswold and Merino bucks, IIfteen varte- WM. B, SUnON & Kansas. eMh adtUUona! 1"",12.110 per 1/ear. .A COJl1I SON, Russell, / montM; ttes ot pure bred poultry. Prize-winners. No cat- Poland�rChfntSwine adt!erUIer t·M oJ tM paper tutU be ,mt to tM cIurina Address wltb II. H. &, alogue, stamp, Hague Son, All ages tor sale. Herd headed by Dandy Jim Jr. conUtwanu 01 tM carll. , Walton, Ka8. THE WOOD DALE BERKSHIRES and Boyalty Medium, a son of Free Trade. t7 Cbamplons of Two World's Fairs. &, GENTRY, RICHMONIl. KAS.. (for- HORSES. JOHN A. DOWELL'S HERD DIETRICHmerly Ottawa) have severat nne, growthy young New Orleans, 1885, best herd, large8t hog any breed. boars at reasonable prices. YOllng sows can be At Columbian, Chicago, won ten out of eighteen Orst 7/ FUHRMAN, NORTH WICHITA, KAS.­ very / bred to Ideal 12115 S. A tine crop of fall plg8 prizes, the other eight being bred at or by descend­ POLAND-CHINA SWINE. JOSEPHBreeder of French Coach and Percberon horses. High REGISTERED Dale.' New blood an 1891 • very cheap. Wn'.e. Mention KANSAS l!'AIUIER. r ants of Wood by Importa­ Robinson, Bl'oWIl Oo., KU·M Pure-bred of both eexes, tor sale ; also, .. young stock, . - of 21 from For tion bead England. oatalogue 130 nil ages. beaded by Onward 81131 S.. anlmnts. Prices as low as same quality of head, grade - HERD OF BERKSDIRES, Strong- Address N. II. MO. "took can be hnd elsewhere. Time given If desired. GENTRY, SEDALIA, mellow and State fair prize- b�l��,Cl��; Inspection Invited. Letters promptly answered TOPEKAframed, prollnc. :�rl\�1ir:���:I��lk�;'G��:�I"Wrlt:�S winners and their produce for sale. Also, Pekin females belong to the best strains. Come or write. MentIon thIs paper. JAMES MO. duckl of enormous size. H. B. COWLES, Topeka, QUROLLO, KEARNEY, Breeder and 8hlpper of CLOVER LAWN HERD ],'ARM-CI.YDESDALE STALLIONS, Kas, // prize-wInning POLAND-CHINAS. PllOSPECTSHOR'r·IlOHN CATTLE, , PULAND-CHINA HOGS. TROTT, Abilene, Kas.-Pedlgreed Poland-Cfit- Young sows nnd boars and Also M. B. Write for prtces of IInest animals In Kanlas. H. D• nas and Duroc-Jersezs. TurkeY8, Berkshire Swine. spring pigs for sale. Price. S, Wyandotte ohlck· I Large W. McAfee, Topeka, Ka8, Light Brahma, Plymouth Rook, S.C,Brown Leghornsand reasonable. Stock Orst-class. and R, Pekin ducks. Of the best. I , ens Egg8, Cheap. "�.- �.1' Bronze 'l'urkeys. W.N.D. BIRD, Emporla,:Kas, Headed by King Lee II. 211801, Mepblstopbeles CATTLE. B. HOWEY, Box 103, Topeka, Kas.. breeder alit 32,12. and MARTIN MEISENHEIMER, V• Ihlpper of tboroughbred Poland-China En- BOURBON COUNTY HERD, RED POLLED CATTLlIl AND COTS­ g1llh Berklhlre 8wlne and Sllver-Laoed Wyandotte Registered Poland-China Swine. ohloken8. Urnwn Kus. for . Hiawatha, ENGLISHwold Sheep.-Young stock lale, pure-bloods r. 0 0 Co., and grades. Your orders 801l01ted. AddreB8 L. K. Berkshire Swine- 20 brood sows,headed by Teclllll�eh Frec Trade W. THEM ANSON, WATHENA. KAR.-Poland- English a son of Benton's Last 8827 S. Haseltlne, Dorchester, Green Co., Mo. J. s. MAGERS, Prop., Arcadia, Kall•. 10168 S., assisted by A• China boars. Gllta bred to Graceful F. San- Some of best females bred to Butler'. Darknels, and prlze·wlnnlng American sows headed VALLEY HERD OF SHORT-HORNS.� ders; hela by J. D, Sandera 27210 and out of Graceful Imported Black U. S. Nemo 9) and Victor M. ,1r.("01. \Ve_tern Prince 82'202. All selected and (Vol. U). J!'. 68408, A. by Black U. S. Sire nnd dam both by Imp. Invited. N1Il0SHOImported Buccaneer at head. Reglltered bulls, by A., those none Corre8pondenoe and Inspection winners at Fair and descendants bred to head herds and to 8upply wanting heifers and cows at bed-rock prlcel. D. P. Orlt-prlze World's Norton, but the bpst, FaIJ IItterl now oan't be beat.