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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1916)
JULY. II If FAOB II the beauty of everything about me brought a peculiar quietude and my thoughts filled, with wonder and ad miration. Nesting birds flitted among the boughs and everywhere there was constant manifestation of the assur ance of life happy in the course of preparation necessary to insure to each lta progeny. In none of these could I perceive a single action Indi cative of that strife to which unfor tunately humanity 10 much devotes itself; but everywhere a good natured rivalry whose only purp ose seemed a conscientious fulfillment of life. The branch from which hung a thous and leaves was not shattered by dls sention, nor was the trunk of the tree from out which grew a hundred heavy boughs torn by struggle for supremacy. The topmost leaf was no more perfect than the nethermost, nor the branch that reached highest into the sunshine one whit less nour ished than the nearest one to the roots, whose leaves were barely lift ed above the ground. Then, too, the roots" of this great tree extended far down Into the darkness of the earth to find susten ance for the luxuriant part swaying in the sunlight, and the thousands of leaves drank their fill of the sun's warm rays thereby to provide suffici ent force to drive those roots ever downward. Looking upon this beautiful pic ture, I could not repress the ques tion, how can we determine the pos sibilities of nature, and who will dis close the secrets of life concealed in every fragment of this monarch of vegetation; what Is the logic sur rounding the blending of the ex tremes where death is snatched from the lethargy of decay and revealed in a life of activity and exuberance, and vigorous life withered In a moment and lost in the extravagance of de cay. So it is in the relation of dentistry to the welfare of man. We may not perhaps be able to explain satisfac torily the reason why the food must be crushed between the teeth, thor oughly masticated, and thereafter sent to the stomach to be digested and given over to the blood for the nutrition of the body, but we do know this Is a fact which no human being can successfully escape. Just why the reptile can swallow the live toad and absorb it for the regeneration of lis body, while the human being must go through an entirely dissimilar process will probably never be clear to you and me, but that does not vary the truth of the situation any more than your and my belief that there is no hell does away with that hell if in fact there is such a place. Let us profit by the lesson flaunt ed before our eyes by the tree, and all commune, live and grow at God's storehouse of wisdom whether it leads us to dentistry and oral hygiene or to the garden spots of nature, the farm. Our obligation is Just the same, and society demands as much morally, physically and Intellectually of the one as the other. Let each say for himself, If he can, what is the full comprehension of life, and de clare that on the morrow the mouth of the sage will give utterance to its complete understanding. It would be as well to assert that one could by studious wtchfulness - discover why the acorn deposited in the ground al ready touched by the warmth of i summer sun, bursts into life, and down through the decades of time, marked by the storm cloud and the ravaging blasts of winter, stands forth as a towering oak tree. But even this splendid exhibition of na ture does not conquer lite, nor give to us the knowledge whereby we can nhvalcallv overcome death and break down the everlasting sinews of des- tlnv. for it. too. casts its foliage upon the funeral pyre of Autumn leaving Its arms shivering and bare to the set ere of the snow-laden winds of the North. The blood of life no longer wfllfl its veins, and it stands strlck en, a silent portrayal of the burial around. But while our thoughts are still tinged with sadness there comes to us the comforting reflection that, altho i cannot avoid the grim reaper Peatb, or break hit bands, once they have been fastened upon us, we have It within our reach to do very much, by the scrupulous observance of the laws of hygiene, to prolong the aver age life and, thru the development of latent power and the accomplishment of dormant possibilities, add greatly to the sum of human happiness as well as our own personal enjoyment. By the preservation of health and the conservation of our energies, we shall find in life satisfaction and pleasure worth incomparably more than the cost necessary in effort and money to secure. United States Department of Agricul ture Predicts Slow Increase in Beef Production Meat Production That hereafter there should be a slow Increase in the output of beef and mutton in the range states of the West, but that this Increase is likely to be accompanied by an Increase in the cost of production, are the chief conclusions of a report on "Live Stock Production, in the Eleven Far Western Range States" which the De partment of Agriculture has Just pub lished. This report is one of the five sections of the exhaustive report on the meat situation in the United States, in the preparation of which the Department specialists have been engaged for some time. It discusses the reasons for the long decline in meat production In the West and ex plains why there Is reason to believe that this is now a thing of the past. In addition It includes detailed stud ies of the present cost of producing steers and lambs. Between 1910 and 1914, the year in which the Investigations on which the report Is based were made, the numbers of live stock in the eleven states of Arizona. California, Colora do, ILdaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, declined about 13 per Cent. For this decline the report holds the settlement of public lands and the consequent reduction of the range primarily responsible. A nura ber of other causes have contributed to the downward movement, but it is pointed out these have been more than offset by high prices and there fore more profitable range animals. The prediction that this decrease hereafter will give way to an increase Is based upon the belief that the amount of live stock on farms and homesteads will be greater In the fu ture. that the stock ranges in the national forests will continue to im prove, that the carrying capacity or the stock ranges on the public do main may be Increased by legal reg ulation, and finally that hign prices of range animals and better methods will result in a more efficient utmza tion of the available forage, or, in other words, a greater production per unit of forage. In 1914 It was estimated that no more than 30 per cent of the new settlers had more live stock than was necessary to supply them with worfc and milch animals. The situation In this respect, however, was changing even then, ai 1 the movement for the production of more live stock may De exnected to continue because both market and agricultural conditions make this indispensable to really sue cessful farming. The change will be gradual, it l said, and only a lew head of stock will be added to a farm but ultimately and in the aggregate the Increase will be greater than that which is likely to be acompllshed in any other way. The problem for the states and national government, it is said, is to aid in the change by work lng out a system which will make such agriculture profitable. In addition to this Increase In the numbers of farm stock, there is little doubt that the carrying capacity of the existing ranges can be greatly en larged. This has been demonstrated In the national forests where im proved methods and regulation have Increased the capacity of many ranges from 15 to 30 per cent. This pro cess should continue for at least ten years more and should result in building UD the carrvln rnmiMlr nf the national forests as a whnin hv perhaps 15 per cent. If similar control could be exercis ed over the public domain outside of me rorests, it is estimated that the capacity of these ranges could be In creased about 30 per cent. About half of this would result from the Improvement In the range itself af ter Overstocking and prematura er nr- ing were prevented and natural re seedlng facilitated. The remainder would follow water develonment. th construction of fences and the Intro duction of methods of handling stock wnicn are out or the question as long as the improvement of conditions on the range merelv nrnvlrton an incon. tive for new men to crowd in and un do by overstocking whatever good has Deen accomplished. The carrying ca pacity of these ranges has greatly di minished in the past and under the present system there is no reason for supposing that it will Increase In the tuiure. Other factors, though of less im portance, that should tend to Increase the future production of live stock arc greater economy In the use of forage both on the range and on the farm the use of more and higher grade bulls and better management of the breeding animals through the year. The last two. It is said, offer the possibility of Increasing the calf crop five or ten per cent and the av erage weight of a two-year-old steer perhaps thirty pounds. Where winter feeding Is practiced it is believed that a yearling steer will cost approximately $30 and a long" two-year-old $45. In the range sections of the Southwest, on the other hand, the costs may be es timated at from $15 to $19 for a yearling and from $20 to $25 for a two-year-old. With sheep there Is a similar variation. In California the cost of producing a lamb Is placed at $1.55, In the Southwest at $1.71 and In the Northwest at $1.82. In con sidering these figures it rauat be re membered that they all may be ma terially altered by Increasing or dim inishing the percentages of births in the herds and flocks. Better meth ods, it is pointed out, will almost cer talnly increase the calf and lamb crops and in this way reduce the cost of production per head. In estimating these costs the In vest I gators charged against the stock the market value, In the vicinity, of all the feed consumed. In this way the necessity of considering the mon cy invested in land and equipment wbb eliminated but, on the other hand, allowing the stock owner a profit on the feed Increases somewhat the estimated cost of producing ani mals. As the owner might not get his profit on the feed If he did not raise stock to utilize it, the actual profits in stock raising are probably somewhat greater than the difference between the market price of the ani mals and the report's estimates of the cost of production. To Cleanse Fur of a Cat. Take a large cupful of granulated corn meal, add pinch of fine grape seed. Place cat on apron or other cloth, then rub meal gently and thor oughly through the fur, gathering the meal up and repeating three or four times This will heal and leave skin perfectly clean and the fur soft and luxuriant. Will also remove fleas. Deadly Gila Monster. The glla monster In a clumsy, heavy lizard, though a full-grown specimen Is a wonderfully striking object to be hold. It Is Justly famous as one o Mexico's most interesting reptiles, for It abounds til over that country fror the border to the Isthmis of Tehuan tepee. It Is popularly called glla mon ster because It was once quite com mon along the Glla river In Arizona. Daily Thought. idealism means peace Lord RobV Cecil. Nine Miles 8outhwett of Jerusalem. The story Is told of a teacher who .vns accustomed to ask the same ques ion of the same scholar each Sunday. Tom always had the question, "Where s the lesson located?" He was always prepared on the question, and thai being answered felt no further Inter vst In the lesson. Tom was away one Sunday. On the Sunday following the eacher asked, "Where were you last Sunday, Tom?" and he answered me chanically: "Nine miles southwest of Jerusalem." Christian Herald. THE PRIVATE SECRETARY OF GEN. FUNSTON Capt Leon Chapins, learned Snell Shorthand in 3 months at night. A new, quick and easy system, Blmple as A B C. readable as common longhand. You can learn It In a week or two studying one hour a day and get speed for position In to 12 weeks of regular dally study. YOU ARE GUARANTEED A POSITION WHEN COMPETENT Try Snell Shorthand one week in person or one month by mall, then If you are not perfectly satisfied that it IS twice as easy, twice as legible, twice as accurate as any other system, we will refund your tuition, every cent of it. You can learn by mall. Send for sample lesson. 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