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NORTH PLATTE
NEBRASKA
A Boiling Down of the More Im
portant Events Here and There
PoreVan
Consul Ollvares nt Managua has ro
eolved hnd transmitted to tho stnto
department n tolegram from tho
United States consular agent at
Matagalpa, a town of i),000 Inhabitants,
n little north of tho center of Nica
ragua, stating that tho Americans In
that city, numhorlng 100 mon, women
nnd children, nro approhonslvo as to
tho safety ot thomselves nnd tholr
property
Harold VnndorbUt of Now York was
condomncd by tho trlbuhnl of tho
Solno nt Pnrls to pay $4,000 damagos
to a harness mnker who was knocked
down and injured by Mr. Vnnderbilt'a
nutomobllo near Valence in February,
1007.
Dr. Charles W. Wallace, who Is In
London on Icavo of nbsonco from tho
University of Nebraska, granted last
October to permit him to pursue
Shakespearean studies, will havo tho
storlos of his rcBoarch published In
tho March number of ono of tho
American magazines.
Tho duke of Abruzzt loetured at
Turin boforo nn nudlonco numbering
10,000 nnd Including tho royal princes
nnd princesses, on his ascenslori ot
tho Himalayas, which aroused groat
enthusiasm, especially his description
of hlH climb ot 21.400 feot Tho duko
will lecturo In Homo February 22 bo
foro tho king and queen.
Tho English section ot tho Amorl
enn Nnvy lcaguo celobrated Washing
ton's birthday by a dinner In London.
R, Nowton Craho, former president of
tho American socloty, presided, linv-
ing on his right John L. Grlfilthn, tho
Amorlcnn consul general, and on his
loft William Phillips, secretary -of tho
Amorlcnn embassy.
Tho French Antnrctlc cxpodltlon
fitenmer Pourquol Pas, with Dr. Jean
M. Charcot, hond of tho, expedition, on
board, has arrived at Puntn Arenas,
Chile. Tho Frenchmen did not rench
tho South Pole. All tho mombors ot
tho crow aro woll, but during tho voy
ngo thoro woro nomo casos of scurvy
nmong thorn. -Tho Pourquol Pas will
remain hero a fortnight.
General.
Frank Y. Dunn, promment for yonrs
as a thoatrlcal nnd sporting man, died
at his homo In Dorchester, Mass,
Senator Tillman Is improving nnd
It Is now bolloved ho will fully re
cover. Tho houso by n voto of 112 to 88 de
cided to muko provision for all Indian
warohouscs now exiting.-
Prosldont Tnft was tho principal
speaker at tho Washington birthday
banquet In Now York.
Senator Crawford submitted an
nmondmont to tho rivers and harbors
bill 'proposing to npproprlnto $1,000,-
000 to secure n permanent six-foot
channel between Kansas Olty nnd
Bloux Olty.
At St. Louis William V. Lowo was
hold in $20,000 bond for tho federal
grand jury nfter a preliminary hearing
on tho chargo of robbing tho mails
nftor holding up n Missouri Pacific
train near Kuroka In January,-
Vice-President Sherman appointed a
committco to Investigates tho high cost
of living.
Fighting has boon resumed between
govornmont forces nnd Insurgents in
Nicaragua.
Tho army manouvors In tho Philip
pines continue- with groat Interest to
nil oxcept tho natives In tho moun
tains, who nro frightened.
It has bocn learned nt Maro Island
navy yard that tho cruisers West V'r
glnla and Marylnnd woro both In poor
condition when they reached Ban
Francisco from tho orlont.
aocrotnry unuingor has mndo a
temporary withdrawal of lands from
tho public domntn pending an invest!
gntlon.
Tho Mprgan-Guggonholm syndicate
explained to n senate committco its
activity In Alaska.
A bill has been Introduced in tho
houso to bring employer nnd employed
In closor touch.
Sonntor Jeff Davis mado a llory
i'vvjwi, umivmiib uuviuui vuvu huu
...v w.. w...,.,.
Tho Borneo loaders nro taking
stock of the Tnft policy bills and nro
propnrJng to anooth out tho crenses,
An oxploBlon Jn tho Trojan powder
works In California killed and mjurod
n numbor of porsonk'''
Sonntor Perkins nf California was
in his seat in tho Honat 0 for tll llr8t
umo in moro than six woeKs. ms
uuBcnco una beon duo n ' injury to
his splno, received by fallii. m tho
Ice,
At Springfield, III., the Kovl JnmoB
III Kayo, former nnnto.. nt . p 'V-
tfiMn church nt Lincoln, 111., wjo v,'nB
WNlvJeted of countnrfnin.,.. i
tpneed to six inonlhu In tho Vt
CONDENSED
trtE2r
Thoro is ft pian on root to urcaK
tho deadlock Jn tho Mississippi legis
lature. ,,
Governor ahallonbcrEor ot Nebraska
says lie' will bo a candidate for re-elec-
jUon.
The "grub stoko" homestead bill,
permitting homesteading, ono porson
living on tho clnlm and n partner
earning money to support his home
steading comrade, was Introduced by
Senator Ilurkott.
A gonoral movement toward tho
gulf coast country Is creating .heavy
demand ftir emigrant equipment' on
tho railroads,
Joseph A. Graham, a widely, known
editor and author, died at Ills somo In
Salisbury, Md. Ho. was wldoly known
In thh west.
Stern measures were adopted by tho
pollco to quell tho disorders and riot
Flvo persons woro arrested chargod
with inciting to riot. Two women
woro shot by stray bullets and many
Injured persons were taken to tho hos
pitals. Rumors aro afloat regarding dam
ago to tho winter wheat crop ot No
braska by cold weather.
Republican leaders in Now York aro
dotormlned to extend tho bribery in
vestigation.
President Taft Is dissatisfied with
tho progress shown In some of the
bills in tho senate.
Mrs. Anna Christian Sprcckles,
widow of tho lato Claim Sprccklos,
died in San Francisco.
Former Vlco President Fairbanks
was tho luncheon guest ot Ambassa
dor Hill nt Borlln.
President Tnft promised a special
committco ot tho military order of
foreign wars to go to Now York on
March 15 to havo tho inslgnn ot tho
ordor conforred upon him.
Tho lowu Brprcnto court of Iowa
uphold tho constitutionality ' ot tho
Coson romuval Inw which provides
that public officials may bo removed
for intoxication.
Congress ndjourncu promptly on
loarnlng tho death of Representative
Loverlng of Massachusetts,
Tho French stonmer General Chnnzy,
was -wrecked off tho const of Minorca
and ono hunlred nnd fifty-six Uvea
woro lost.
Tho dedication ot a now gymnasium
building was tho chief fcaturo ot tho
celebration of founders' day at tho
KansaB "fltnto normal school at Km
poria.i
Tho houso concluded consideration
of tho Indian appropriation bill, which
it passed practically in tho form
recommended liy tho committco on In--
dlnn affairs.
General Sickles Is 88 years old and
tho oldest living corps commander in
tho union nrmy. It Is now proposed
Mint ho bo placed upon tho retired
list ot the army with tho rank nt
lieutenant general. Tho general lost
a leg In battle.
Washington.
Regulations oxtondlng until May 1G,
tho time for homesteaders to establish
re'sldonco on lands in sovornl western
states, woro Issued by tho interior de
partment, in accordanco with nn act
recently passed by congress.
To mako Jamaica bny tho groatost
harbor In tho world, tho rivers and
harbors appropriation bill provides
$550,000 as an Initial sum and author
izes tho expenditure by the federal
government, as needed from tlmo to
time, ot $7,000,000 for this project
nlone, conditional upon tho city oC
Now York Bpondlng an additional
$10,000,000.
The house committco on military af
fairs reported a resolution re-electing
tho following mombara of tho bonrd
ot managers ot tho ltomo for disabled
volunteer soldlors: Hnmes W. Wads
worth of Now York; Henry E. Pnlmor, j
Nobrnska; John M. Holloy, Wisconsin
and Henry 117 Mnrkhnm ot California.
A btll making eligible for pensions
widows of tho c'vll war, married
since 1800, was reported to tho senate
from tho committco on pensions,
The sending of halt n dozen senators
and halt a dozen raprosentntlvoa to
tho north polu to look for records left
by Peary wan auggestod by Represen
tative Butler (rop., Pa.), n member
of tha naval nffalrH committee of tho
house. Ho Advanced tho idea be
cause the committee had decided to
defer action regarding tho promotion
of Peary until Jho oxploror had fur
nished congrosn with proofs that ho
did Indeed find tho pole.
Tho ponnto passed a bill "designed
to deal with Urn question of hazing at
West Point mllltury academy.
An effort by tho tipper Missouri
rlvor delegations, including Nebraska.
iowa. tho Dnkotas nnd Montnnn. to
securo coustderntton for tho Missouri
rlvor needs In tho river nnd harbors
bill 'failed In tho hoqSo.
Personal.
Farmers all ovor Nobrnskn nro tnV.
up (no corn losu ; t
. iiruBuiu jwir win see soma
Tho presont yonr will boo'
notable contests for.sonnto oento
President .Tnft called 8onntorB
Smoot nnd Aldrlch on tho carpet.
Critics scoff at tho statue ot Senator
Harlan, recently Hot up In stntuary
hall,
W. J. Bryan was given n rocoptlon
ftt Santiago and dined with President
Moult,
Wnnh melon's b rlhdnv wnn milts
I gonerally celebrated throughout the
country.
Officials of. packing companies do-
I claro competition nnd not cnmblna
tlon llxes prices of meats.
Six hundred policemen listened to
an address from President Tnft at th
IWnldbrf-ABtorla, Now York,
SEED III IS NEAR
ALL CORN FOR PLANTING SHOULD
DE TESTED,
km-Y HIAlf Ten n t anmill iw
BEST WW 10 GO ABOUT IT
By Observing Carefully Directions Fol
lowing Farmers May Reap Where
They Have Sown. -
Tho best way to test seed corn Is In
a germination box. This Is n slmplo
affair nnd can bo mado by anyone in
an hour's time.
Tako a box six Inches deep and
about two by three feet In Blze. Fill
tho box about half full of moist dirt,
sand or sawdust. Press It woll down
bo It will havo n smooth, oven sur
face. Now take a white cloth about
tho nlzo of tho box, rule It off checker
board fashion, making squares one
and a half inches ench way. Num
ber tho checks 1, 2, 3, and bo on.
Plnco this over tho sand, dirt or snw
dust.
Tako tho cars to bo tested nnd
either lay them out on tho floor and
mark n number In front of each or
nttach n numbered tag. Now tako off
about six kornols from each car (not
nil from tho same place, but at gov
cral points on all sides.) Put theso
kernels on tha squares corresponding
In number to thoso placed on tho ears
ot corn. Bo careful not to get them
mixed. Keop tho cars numbered to
correspond EXACTLY with tho num
bers on tho squares ot cloth.
Aftor tho kernels have been placed
carefully on tho cloth which covers
tho moist sand, dirt or sawdust, cover
thorn with another cloth, considerably
larger than tho box; cover this cloth
with nhout two Inches of tho snmo
moist sand nnd kcop tho box In n
warm place. It must not get cold.
Tho kornols will gormlnnto in four
to six days.
Remove tho cover carefully to avoid
misplacing tho kernels. Examine
them cnrofully. Somo will havo long
sprouts, but almost no roots; others
will not hnve grown at nil, but tho
kernels from cars which will produco
corn If planted will havo both sproutB
nnd good root systems.
Compnro tho numbers on tho
squares with thoso on tho cars. Put
back Into tho feeding corn bin tho
cars which correspond In number 4.0
tho numbers on tho squnres whero
tho kernels did not grow or whero
they Bhowed only weak roots.
Tho cars numbered corresponding
to thoso on tho cloth which showed
strong signs of Ilfo nro the ones to
prcsorvo for seed. Evory korncl from
thoso ears should produco a stalk, ov-
cry Btnlk an ear.
Supposo ono dead car Is planted.
Tho planter falls to got ono thousand
Btnlks of corn almost twelvo bushols
ot corn lost.
A number of seed corn testers aro
manufactured for sale. Thoy nro all
good any implement dealer or seed
house will know whero to got them,
Word was received at Gothenburg
of tho death of O. Bergstrom. In Ten-
nosseo. Mr. Borgstrcm was tho
founder of Gothenburg nnd took an
nctlvo Intorost In Its growth.
tamed too much moisture. It has
been my opinion thnt corn which re
mained In tho Held would bo In tho
best condition, but I may ho mistaken
in this nnd wo aro going to test oyory
oar of corn beforo wo plant It.
Hill to Be at Lincoln.
James J. Hill, oinplre bulldor, will
nddress tho Commercial club at Its
annual banquot this spring. A tele
gram to this offoct-was received by
Secretory Whltton. ,
Chancellor Cancels Dates.
A sovero attack of throat troublo
has forced Chuncollor Snmuol Avery
ot tho Stnto university to enncel a
largo number of engagements for ad
dresses over the Btato. lie was
hooked to dollvor llfteon speeches dur
ing tho next two weekH, hut will not
ho nblo to dollvor any ot theso. Dur
ing tho last three months tho chan
cellor has boon on "sovornl speaking
tours nnd tho strain of speaking
ovory day has proved too great a
strain on his endurunco. His physi
cian has advised him to cancel all
speaking engagements.
Boy "Flunkcrs" Predominate.
A list ot failures In tho various de
partments of tho stato university for
tho last Bcmostor shows thnt of tho
total numbor of "llunkora" 80 per cent
nro boys and only 20 per cent girls,
Fivo boys rniiou to pass m one or
moro studios during tho semester for
ovory co-od that could mako n pqr
cent of CO tho passing grndo In her
clnsco. In other years tho failures
among tho boya havo nlwnys outnum
bered thoso of tho co-ed3, but tho vavl-
nnco has novor been so startling as
that rovoalod by figures for tho first
scmostor of the present school year.
Claims of Foreigners.
From tho assistant secretary of
stato Govornor Shnllonbergor a lew
days ago received n copy of tho
claims tiled by tho foreign citizens
ot South Omaha fur dniunges sus
tnlncd by tho riot thoro In 1909. The
government olllclal asked tho gover
nor what ho bolloved would bo tho at
titude ot tho state In tho matter. The
claims aro as follows: Austrla-llun
gnry, $3,134; Turkoy, $454; Greece,
$0,900, personal Injuries; $u,;iC8.20
porsonnl property and $220,502X4 bus!
ness proporty, a total of $248,118.81.
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
l'ems of Interest Taken From Hera
and There Over tha State.
Tho armory of Company F at Madi
son was considerably damaged by fire.
Flvo buildings in Edison woro de
stroyed by fire. Loss $20,000 to $25,
0t0.
TlttnttAfct'd nnttr Itnmtr litlllrltnrr Wftct
ivuuuiu a hh ttn, uuiiuino uttu
zs a Ecnornl recoi,t,OQ '
111V WillitVlinr
Edwin R. Todd, a pioneer ot Cass
county, died last week from a stroko
of apoplexy.
J.' B. Smith, a dairyman of Beatrice,
sold fifteen head of fine Jersey milch
cows to n dairyman In Utah.
Threo men wero killed at Omaha
by an explosion at tho smelting works.
They wero all terribly burned by mol
ten lead,
Tho principal business block at
Hemlngfoni burned. The building
loss is $10,000; tho Btock loss $20,000.
Tho Insurance was for $14,000.
Tho Wornans' Commercial club of
Scotts Uluff delightfully entertained
their husbands and a few lucky
bachelors at the" home ot Grant Shum
way. Prices for poultry in Cuming county
nro soaring. At' tho Bato ot J. J.
Byrne, north of West Point, last week,
his chickens sold for an averago of
$1 each.
For tho first tlrao In mnny years a
woman secured a marrlago Hcenso at
tho county Judge's ofilco In Beatrice.
Tho purchaser was Mrs. Carrio Wash
burn of Tecuraseh. Sho Is to bo mar
ried to Edward Jones, who will ar
rive from Illinois.
Tho Homo Savings bank of Grand
Island, organized less than six months
ngo, has already such a number of ac
counts that tho bucccss of tho under
taking Is assured and tho stockhold
ers contemplato croctlng tholr own
building in tho near future
Arthur Anderson, tho negro youth
who killed Henry Nowcll, a white boy
of Hastings, by striking him ovor thfc
head with n billiard cue, is at largo,
with a prlco upon his head. Adams
county will pny $250 for his capture
Between tho Auburn Tolophono com-
pany nnd somo of tho farmers thoro Is
a movo to securo government weathor
forecast by telephono, tho forocast by
mall goncrally reaching tho farmors
nfter they havo had tho oxporlenco,
Goorgo Hnrrott, aged 18, n barber,
recently of Grand Island, was found
dead In his Bhop nt Alda. Harrott
was In good spirits tho ovenlng beforo
and with other boys of tho vlllago was
practicing high kicking, this prcsutn-
ably causing a hemorrhage,
Moro school room is needed in
Grand Island, dcsplto tho fact that
nbout flvo yearB ago a $00,000 high
school building was erected and Is now
occupied by somo over 200 scholars
Tho board Is considering tho purchase
of another block of renl estato flvo or
six blocks from tho present high
school building.
That oil has been struck by tho
borers of tho deop woll at Nebraska
City Is an assured fact, but Just what
tho flow will bo cannot bo told until
tho woll Is cased further down and
tho cavlngs Btopped and tho water
pumped out. Tho drill Is now down
over 1,400 feet nnd tho oil keeps com-
ing to tho top of tho water,
Horses aro In great demand around
Dorchester and aro bringing high
prices at public farm sales. A young
maro sold a fow days ago brought
$300, whllo Henry Nelson received
$290 for one. E. G. Maxflold got $290
for n 4-yoar-old mare, $380 for a team
of 8 and 9-year-old mares and $115 for
a 19-ycar-old maro.
Nows baB reached Fremont that
Lostcr L. Carter, who formerly trav
eled on tho road for tho Hammond
Printing company, has been sentenced
at RuBscll, Kas., to serve tf term ot
sovon years In tho Kansas stato peni
tentiary. Carter Is charged with pass
ing checks bearing tho name of the
Hammond Advertising company.
Dan F. Klser, a prominent Cass
county farmer, gave his experlcnco In
testing corn for Beed this year, which
was grown last year. He mado threo
different tests. Tho first was from 120
ears of corn nnd only tho corn from
twenty-four grow. Out ot tho next 120
earn only fourteen ears camo up to tho
requirement. Ho stated that somo of
tho kornols showed Ilfo ondugh to
start, but failed to havo sufficient vi
tality to continue to grow.
Tho Hastings Board of Education
has formulated plans for periodical
medical Inspection ot all pupils In tho
city schools. Aphyslclnn hns been
omployed at a salary ot $250 a yoar.
Somo forty or moro laymen ot Td-
cuniBoh, representing all church de
nominations, attended a meeting at
tho Commercial club rooms in tho In
terests of tho National Laymen's Mis
sionary Movement. Tho convention
for that section pf Nebraska will bo
held nt Lincoln March 15, 1C and 17.
J. S, Pockham, who 1b nonrly 80
yoara old, received 0C0 post cards on
hla last birthday, February 11.
"Undo Joshua," as ho is known, llvos
ten rnllQ3 southeast of Gothenburg and
tn splto of tho fact that ho Is ap
proachlug tho century mark, ho may
bo seen coming to town, driving his
own nutomobllo.
Goorgo Boulton, a woll known farm
or of Adams county, dropped dead
whllo unloading grain. Ho had been
stricken with npoploxy.
A largo numbor of tho farmers in
tho vicinity of Dorchester havo con
alderahlo corn still In tho fields. Thoy
aro paying hiiBkora from 6 to 10 cents
per bushel. At a public farm salo a
fow days ago forty acres in the Held
sold for $0 por acre.
A six weoks' religious servico has
just closed at Ruskln, during which a
jreat chanco was wrought in the
moral tono of the town.
labor in mm
NATIONAL BODY IS MAKING
SLOW PROGRESS.
NO TALK OF ADJOURNMENT
It Is Believed, However, That the
President's Measures Will Finally
Recelvo Favorable Action.
Washington Although concress has
been In session nearly, threo months
nono of tho leaders of either party
has como forward with a prediction of
when final adjournment may he ex
pected. Tho uncertainty Is duo
chiefly to the opposition that has
developed against somo of tho ad
ministration mensureB and tho fact
that debnto Is likely to continue for
many weeks In connection .with
nenrly every ono of the president's
bills.
Regardless of tho fact that tho Tils-
cusslon probably will bo extended
over n long period on most of tho
bills on which the president hns his
heart set, it is believed thoy will
ultimately be enacted Into law. This
Is true as to tho lnterstnto commerce
bill, two of tho conservation measures,
court Injunction legislation .and pos
tal savings banks. Statehood bills, It
Is feared, will bo mndo tho objects
of sovero attack, but Senator Bevor-
Idge, who will report tho senate mcas
uro, expresses the opinion that It will
not fall.
Tho sensatlonnl testimony given by
former Chief Forester Plnchot beforo
the secret Invostlgntlng committee ap
pointed to sift tho charges and
countercharges botween Mr. Plnchot
and soma of his associates and Secre
tary Balllnger nnd some of his assist
ants in tho Interior department is nt
trnctlng unusual attention. Mr. Pln
chot will continue on tho stand when
tho committco resumes Its session
Tuesday. The committee will meet
Tuesday, Friday nnd Saturday of this
week and tho Indications nro no other
witnesses will testify during that
tlmo.
Tho senate cost of living Investiga
tion committee has completed Its
working program nnd It Is likely thnt
day and night sessions soon will bo
held. Thcro la still a minority va
cancy on tho committee, no democrat
having been found willing to succeed
Senator Chamberlain. It has been
suggested that Senator Percy may
hnve this Important task thrust upon
him when ho arrives this week to
succeed Colonel James Gordon of Mis
sissippi. Practically no busincss"wlll
bo dono in the senate excopt tho con
sideration of appropriation bills until
after tho voto on Thursday on the
postal savings bank bill. Senators hav
ing chnrgo of tho administration
measuro do not caro to bring them
up until the postal savings bank bill
Is out of the way.
Tho next bill of importance to bo
considored Is tho lnterstnto comraorco
measuro. Already It has beon report-,
cd from tho committco, but tho report
of tho majority has not been prepared.
Tho fact that It will ho accompanied
with tho views of tho minority fore
casts a bitter fight. Whothor tho
democrats will Join Senators Cummins
nnd Clnpp in opposition to tho Tnft
Wlckersham bill 1b not yet clear. Tho
democrats thomsolves Bay It probably
will bo necessary for them to hold a
conference boforo nny party program
can be announced.
An explosion In tho Trojan powder
works In California killed nnd Injured
a number of porBons.
Tho sonnte leadors aro taking
stock ot tho Taft policy bills and are
preparing to smooth out tho creases.
Secretary Wilson Authorizes Placing
of Seven Hundred Thousand Head.
Washington. Tho amount of stock
which will bo authorized to grazo on
tho national forosts during tho Benson
of 1910, In accordance with the deci
sion of Secretary of Agrlculturo Wil
son, shows nn Increase In tho totnl
number, ns compr'ed with last year,
of approximately 200,000 cattlo and
horses and 500,000 sheep nnd goats.
Tho total allowanco for tho coming
grazing season Is 1,957,000 cattlo and
horses and 8,323,000 shoep nnd goats.
Bryan on the Way Home.
Buenos Ayros. William Jennings
Bryan left hero Sunday for the United
Stntes by way of England.
Tariff Issue, Says Mack.
Buffalo. Chairman Norman Mnck
of tho domocratlo national commltteo
innkes It evident In tho Mnrch num
her ot his magazine, tho National
Monthly, thnt ho believes tho tariff
nnd the high cost of living nro to bo
two of tho principal Issucb ot tho
democratic congressional campaigning
of tho presont yenr.
Still Believes In Cook,
Washington."! Bhall bollovo that
Dr. Cook, tho oxploror, Is an honest
mnn until thero Is dotlnlto proof to
tho contrary," declared Maurice F.
Egan, minister of Denmark, In an
address hero to mombors of the Uni
versity club.
Another Bomb In Chicago.
Chicago. "Bomb No. 3C" wns ox
plodod Sunday night In a West Sldo
grocery Rtoro. It was said tho bomb
followed iQttora 4lomnndlng "money.
TEST OF SEED CORN.
What Is Shown by the Omaha Com
mercial Club.
Results of First Test of 200 Ears.
Number germinating strong with
good roots 65
Number not growing nnd show
ing no signs of life 40
Number olive, but weak, small
roots and sprouts 03
Number mildewed, somo sprout
ing beforo rot started - 42
- 200
Actual numbor fit for seed.. 55
Ears worthless for seed..... 145
If all the seed corn which Nebraska
farmers Intend to plant this year 1
in ns poor condition ns 200 samples
tested by tho Omahn Commercial
club, Just 27V6 per cent of It will. grow
nnd tlio Btnto will have Just n llttlo
hotter than ono-fourth ot a crop.
It was really a sad sight when tho
Commercial club germination box
wns opened recently. Six kernels had
been taken from each of two hundred
ears last Thursday and placed In tho
box which was kept In tho stenm
heated rooms until this morning.
Forty ot tho llttlo cups wero with
out n sign of Ilfo, which means
twenty per cent of tho corn will not
grow at all.
In Blxty-threo cups tho kernels had
sprouted, but somo had no roots nnd
othora had roota bo weak thoy woro
not worth consideration.
But tho worst looking cups wero
tho forty-two which wero filled with
rotting corn somo cups nlraost full
of mildew.
Thus tho result ot tho test shows
that 145 out of 200 ears nro unlit for
seed. Somo might produco stalks,
but would never glyo tho farmers
cars.
Whllo thlB percentage Is low, It
would havo been lowor had not ono
sample of ton ears como from a pro
fessional corn grower who tests his
seed, and tho sample was either previ
ously tested or taken from stock
which had tented high. All ten of
theso cars grow and showed tholr
ability to produco strong roots. ,
Other thnn theso tho boBf samples
hf corn camo from tho Watson ranch
near Kearney.
Tho samples tested wero rrom
Petersburg, Blair, Koarnoy, Nowraan
Grove, Waterloo, Norfolk, Hadar, Clay
Center, Clnrkson, Concord, Wakefield,
Colrldge, Omaha and two samples
from grain companies whtch did not,
glvo Information as to whero tho seed
was secured.
As low as tho Nobraska corn, tests,
It gave in thin test threo times as
many strong cars as a test of Iowa
corn mado by tho Dos Moines Cap
ital, which showed only, eight cars In
100 would produco strong' roots and
sprouts, indicating its ability to pro-,
duce corm
In n samplo of twelve ears from
Petersburg but two ears wero fit for
seed. From Clay -Center,! camo a
samplo lot of ten cars, nil of which
sprouted and throw out roots, threo
ears of which wero weak.
Threo lots ot ten ears each from
Newman Grovo gave this result: 13'
strong, 12 weak and worthless, 5 no
sign of life.
Ono of tho best samples camo from
Clark8on. It wns In two lots, seven
teen ears nltogether. Only ono failed
to show life; nine wero good strong
cars and seven rather weak too
weak to plant. No mildew was pres
ent In nny of tho samples from
Clarkson. Samples from Kearnoy
and vicinity wero nlso freo from mil
dew, whllo from Concord, Wakefield
and Colrldge enrao samples which
mildewed badly and would rot In tho
ground If planted.
Douglas county samples showed 52
per cent good seed, but somo samples
of yellow corn mildewed qulto badly.
This test was mado in ono of tho
patent testors, but said by exports
to bo ono of tho best which can boi
used. Moro thnn 100 banks In Iown
have used the tester tho-last month
in demonstrating that Iowa corn
must bo tested.
Tho kernels woro takon carefully
from each ear, four from around tho
contor on various sides, ono from
near the tip and another from near
tho butt of the ear.
Placed in tho tester, water at 90
degrees was placed ontlrely over tho
corn nnd It wns soaked for llfteon
hours. All tho wntcr was dri)wn off
not a drop bolng nllowed to remain
in tho cups with tho kernols, Aftor
twenty-four hourB tho trays woro
Bprlnklod nnd all tho water drawn off.
The room wns from 65 to 88 degreos
during the threo days tho samples
were In tho germlnntor.
Salem Essy, living In northern Gar
field county who has been considered
a harmless lunatic for somo time; be
enmo violent and killed his brother,
Thomas Easy, at whoso homo ho was
staying. Some fow weeks ngo Salom
Essy wan boforo. tho Insanity board,
but tho commlsioners did not find him
serious onough, as thoy thought, to
Bond to the asylum and his brother
I and sister ngreed to care for him.
Prevent Crop Failure.
Corn growers face a crisis this yoar
on account of tho sovero curly frosts
which seriously Impaired tho seed
corn, says Prof. Holden.
If this frost bitten seed Is planted
this year, tho yield will fall far below
what it was last season nnd will be' a
serious loss to tho farmers.
If I could glvo but ono order to bo
carried out by ovory corn grower In
Nebraska and Iowa It would bo this:
Mako u thorough germination test of
all Deed corn to ho UBed for plnntlng
this seuBon.