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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1912)
NOTES zS?- MADOWBROOK FARM Cowb Hko pumpkins. Separate ull Indisposed turkeys. Havo a regular any for greasing tho wagon. Tho cow Is a vital part ot tho dairy machine. Thojollvo trccB dato back to very early times. Few horses can digest perfectly clear timothy hay. Thero Is no animal more unprofit able than a poor Bhccp. Horses thnt havo a light hay diet are seldom affected with heaves. It docs not mako very much, If any, difference when a cow is led grain. Good horse blankets nro savers of valuablo horso llesh and high-priced feed. You can hardly push pigs too fast, providing you use tho right kind of food. Dirty collars aro probably as re sponsible for soro shoulders as Di luting ones. ' You cannot fatten a brood sow and fatten a hog allko and mako tho best success of both. From eight to ten hens to one torn Is good mating with turkeys, and should produco 1G0 poults. A good cow ought to produco on an average 25 pounds of four per cent, milk dally for 300 days in tho year. Close housing and bad ventilation in tho cow stable aro favorablo condi tions for starting tuberculosis In a herd. Besides dry nesting quarters, tho pigs should have a good-sized lot in which they may get plenty of exer cise. As long as tho breeding of a sow is profltablo she should bo bred. It is not advlsablo to sell off a good brood animal. Groom tho horses well after hard work. Tho skin Is thus not only cleaned, but safeguarded against para slto diseases. Brush tho mud off tho cow's udder and flank, then wlpo off with damp cloth. You can't strain mud out of milk. Keep It out. Tho cow your neighbor does not want to soil Is tho ono you want to buy. Get around this dilemma by raising that kind yourself. Threo years of spraying, pruning and' cultivation will bring an orchard that you aro ashamed of into a condi tion that you will bo proud of. Scrape off loose, peeling bark from the trunks of trees beforo spraying them, because this serves as an excel lent breeding placo for InsectB. To get tho best eggs for hatching, tho rations should be of good grains balanced by milk or meat food and must Include green food in somo form. High prices should not tempt the wise dairyman to part with his good cows and heifers. Remember they aro just as valuablo to you as to any body else. In yarding Bhoop, don't forget a constant supply of good fresh water and rock-salt aro a necessity; also, plenty of good fresh bedding, nnd al ways a dry lair. After farrowing when tho dlgcstlvo system of tho bow has reached a nor mal condition her ration should bo gradually Increased until sho Is get ting all sho can eat. Ewes will suffer less and havo fewer spoiled uddors If they aro confined to small lots or Inclosurcs, with dry feed, for a fow dayB after they havo been robbed of their lambs. Never buy a horso, If you can avoid It, with a narrow or shallow chest, or whoso forelegs nro closo together. Such an animal lacks room adequate for tho lung capacity to bo long winded. A ploco of tarred paper or wire netting should be fastened around tho atom of all spring and fall planted trees. Tlo tho tarred paper closely at tho bottom nnd at tho top. This will prevent field mlco and rabbits gnawing tho tender bark of tho trees when deop snows covor tho ground. 2 nVNTW Sot tho eggs whllo rrcsh. Keep dirt out of tho dairy. It always payB to treat tho cow with gentleness. It is an error to feed n horso onco, only In 24 hours. Both horses nnd nnilos should bo given dally exorclso. Ono of tho most common mistakes is undorfeeding tho dairy cow. Tho ago for working colts varies, with size, strength nnd maturity. Tho life of a standnrd separator de pends upon Its enro to a great extent. Ryb hay, properly curod, mnkes an excellont hay for horses, mules and cows. Going to tho Bhop over Icy roads with smooth shoos may ruin your best horse. Shorthorns bred with good Judg ment today aro tho great nll-purposo cattle. Tho host time to cut tho tails as well as castrate is whon tho lamb Is a weok old. Perhaps a banking of tho cow barn around tho foundation would help keep out tho cold. Any man who strikes a horso In tho head should never bo allowed to touch one again. The dairyman who puts a low value on his sklm-mllk admits his Inability in hla profession. A regular time for salting tho cown summer and winter will keep you from forgetting this chore. The farmer who mnkes an effort to fill tho corn crib and smokehouse each year generally succeeds. A properly trained horso will stop as soon as anything goeB wrong with the hnrness or his shoes. Wild strnwberrles havo tho most delicious flavor. They aro easily transplanted to tho garden. Thero Is no bettor placo for grow ing pigs Intended either for breeding or fattening, than the pasture. Clean up tho yard and farmstead generally. Plan to sot out a few moro ornamontala next spring. Tho development of tho young horso requires tho exercise of tho best Judgment In handling him. Tho cheapest ration for tho dairy cow is a combination of corn Bilago, alfalfa hay and cotton seed meal. Oil-meal, properly fed, is considered by our best stockmen to be one of tho most nourishing foods that can bo fed. A plump young turkey, dressing from eight to fifteen pounds, finds u mnrkot at almost any season of tho year. Good shoop roqulro good enro tc malntnln their excellence. Poor sheep aro always a burden upon tho rest of tho flock. Burnt or caustic lime is mndo by burning limestone, oyster shells and other such materials as aro high in liming elements. If you havo never tried rapo ralso a small field next spring. It is very populnr with tho hogs and does them a world of good. Ewes that aro broad and long will mako good mothers and produco vig orous offsprings. In this way lamba of a better typo will bo produced. Butter Is often of inferior quality because churning is not dono until a sufficient amount of cream accumu latcs to mako churning worth while. Do you feed pumpkins to youi cows? They havo never been known to Increase tho flow of mltk, but what a color It gives to tho cream and the butterl Keep your calves In clean sepnrato pens for ubout four weeks, and then If the wenther permits, turn them out with tho herd, and they will not suck tho cows. It Is advlsablo to placo a box of grit or coarso Band whoro tho tur keys can find It, ns not all farms havo Biilllclont quantity for tho purpose of good digestion. Tho profit In a cow comes from tho oxtra nmount of milk sho will yield over what sho ordinarily gives on common pasturo or tho coarse feeds usually glvon her. Always keep tho earliest and best bred pullets for tho homo flock. Thero la also a good demand generally for nlco pullets In tho fall by thoso want ing them to keep. Got rid of all un desirable stock nnd miss no opportun ity for Improving tho flock. Tho disposition of n horso Is bred In him. Ho inny havo behind him long generations of heredity, that had bad mannora In It, and they will crop out, but a good deal ot tho disposition ot a horso Is a matter of development by tho peoplo who handlo him. POllLIKT PROPER HOUSING OF POULTRY Chief Requisites of Bulldlnfj Are Drynoss, Perfect Ventilation and Plenty of Sunlight. (Dy N. It. OILBKIIT.) Frequently poultry keepers com plnln bitterly of tho failure of their fowlB to show profit, whon tho wholo fault Hos In defective housing. Poultry lend an entirely artificial llfo whon they live penned In a run, or oven when at liberty and provided with a slccptng'houHo thnt la to Bay thoy havo their food provided them and do not sleep In tho trees, as tholr natural Instinct would teach thorn. It Is simply tho dlfferenco between sleeping In n hottso and sleeping In trees thnt upsets them. When they do tho latter, they mny not lay wqll but they keep their health. Moro than hnlf tho diseases modern fowls suffer aro caused primarily by this defcctlvo housing. Tho chief requisites of a house nro that it should bo weather-proof, so that whatever the Inclemency of tho Bcason, the fowls keep dry. It must bo provided with nmplo ventllntlon and should havo a Bunny aspect. Tho sun Is life to all animals, and tho moro fowls got of It, tho better. Yet, sometimes, fowl houses nro placed In dnrk, secluded corners, and built to admit hardly any light. A A colony-house that supplies plenty of fresh air to tho chicks. Six feet long, two feet six Inches wide, two feet four Inches high In front, eighteen Inches high In the back. poultry-houso should always, If pos slblo, bo placed ou ground sloping slightly away from It, thon In the wet weather tho rain drains away. If tho ground Is qulto level tho rain off tho roof shows a tendency to remain Jn tho form of puddles. A trench should bo dug to carry it away, or hotter still, thero should be a spout on tho roof to carry tho wet away down to a down spout connected with a surfaco drain. It is Important that tho ground around tho house, ns well as tho houso Itself, be kept dry, as fowls never do well on wet lnnd. Special attention should bo paid to tho roof. Tho eaves should overlap Bomo threo Inches, and It is all tho better If built of stouter wood than tho walls. Thero Is no necessity to covor tho roof with felt, provided it receives a good dressing of tnr at first and a further coat each year. On no ac count mako tho roof of corrugated zinc. Such a houso will bo cold in tho winter nnd hot In tho Hummer. If tho poultry-keeper has somo shoetB of this very useful article for such It certainly Is mako a roof of thin boards and put tho zinc on top. For tho floor, tho earth' needs to bo beaten down qulto hard and n dress ing of somo Inches of snnd or light dry earth put on top. If tho soil is clayey, It Is better, to havo a wooden floor, for It must bo dry. In nny case, observe Bcrupuloua cleanliness, removing all droppings onco a week and taking caro thero Is nover any smell. Ventllntlon Is a subject better un derstood now than formerly. Wo in dulge In moro of it for ourselves nnd moro for tho fowls. Yet for thorn as for ourselves, wo must not forget thnt the thing can bo overdone and that a good deal depends upon tho location of tho houso and tho outsldo tempera ture. IMPROVEMENT OF FARM EGGS Government Bulletin Contains Result of Careful Study of Iridustry In Stato of Kansas. Every rendor should read circular 141 entitled "Tho Improvement of tho Farm Egg" Issued by the department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Among' other things this contains tho results of tho careful Btudy mndo of tho Industry In tho stato of Kanann, whero an effort has been mado to bring nbout an organization of tho egg Industry and the, co-operation of t,ho stato authorities for tho purpose of compelling tho tradorn In eggs to buy on n quality baslB only. Thero is (io question In our mind hut that tho result o tho Investigation In Kansas will bo that tho "caso count" system will bo discarded In tho very noar fu ture and thero will bo substituted In Its placo tho "loss-off" mothod of buy ing, says an exchange. When this goes Into forco H will bo squarely up to tho egg producer to handlo his product bo that whon It is marketed it will bo in first class condition. Wo pro diet that thor6 will bo a vofy radical chango in tho next few yearB In this raattor nnd as a word to tho wIbo in sufficient, it will bo enough to again suggest to our rendora that they send to tho department of agriculture, Washington, D. C for this circular. 40 j,- GERMAN SOCIALISTS GAIN. Cast Four Million Votes In Elections to Reichstag. Berlin. An Unprecedented saoclnl lstlo voto, which probably reached 4,000,000, nnd honvy socialist gains proved, aa expected, tho feature of tho 1912 elections to tho Reichstag, hold throughout tho omplro yesterday. The election was marked also by tho dis astrous rout ot tho radicals and far smaller Inroads into tho clerical nnd consorvntivo majority of tho last Reichstag than wns anticipated. Tho results this tlmo, although fnr from complete, show that tho social ists havo captured" twonty-ono sentB from the non-soclallst partlo3 and lost only two, a not gain of nineteen. Thoy also havo entered Into some political rotations, which would mako It seem thnt they aro almost certain to rogaln tho olghty-ono peats they hold at tho dissolution of the Reichstag in 100G and probably a few moro. Loss of Cattle and Sheep. Tho recent cold snap has coat tho cat tlo men and farmers many dollars duo to Ions of cnttlo nnd sheep. Most of tho losora aro saving what they can from their losses by skinning tho dead stock nnd shipping tho skins to Tho Grout Wostorn Hldo & Fur Co. at Oninha, Neb., who aro paying 12 cents for No. 1 nnd 11 cents for No. 2 CURED hides. Part-cured hides bring ono cent less nnd totally green hides one and one-half cent loss. HIiIob re ceived In a frozen' condition nro paid for at QVi conta per pound flat. This company has no branch houses and conducts nil business at Omaha. Write them' for freo price list nnd shipping tags. A neat memorandum book con taining useful Information nnd 1012 diary nnd calendar mailed FREH upon request. Hook Replies to Charges. Washington. United States Circuit Judgo William C. Hook of Kauaas, ono of tho most prominent candldateB for tho supremo court vacancy, mndo n personal reply to President Tnft to charges recently mndo against him with tho Idea of preventing his nomi nation. Through Senator Curtis of Kansas Judgo Hook laid beforo tho president a letter denying the chargo thnt his son has been an attorney for tho railroads In tho Oklahoma 2-ccnt faro caso, in which an Injunction was Issued for tho railroads. Clothing Stock Burned. Hlldreth, Nob. Tho exclusive cloth ing store of Hover & King burned. Tho entire stock wnB consumed. It was Insured for $10,000. Adjoining build ings were saved by prompt work of tho flro department. Five hundred foot of hoso was frozen tight by careless pu ting away, so only ono stroam w turned on. Vardaman Exonerated. Jackson, Miss. Former Governor nnd United States Scnator-eloct James K. Vardaman, wns exonerated of all blamo In alleged 'Irregularities concerning handling of executlvo con tingent funds, whon tho joint legisla tive Investigating committee re ported. Coal Shortage Is Feared. Dob Moines, In. Tho stato railroad commission went telegrams to traffic managers of all railroads oporatlng in Iowa to glvo coal trains tho rlght-of-way ovor all other trains. A coal sliortago is feared. Hadley Outlines Camaplgn. St. LouIb, Mo. Governor Hadloy will outline tho Issues on which re publicans will wage tholr campaign in Missouri at tho Lincoln day ban quet of tho Association of Young Re publicans of Missouri hero on the night of Fobruary 12. Falls Dead on Street. New York. Edward Dwlght Shop ard. once a millionaire, tho collapse of whoso bond selling company with n loss of millions In 1901) caused a sen sation, fell dead of heart dlseaso on (tho Bklowalk of lower Broadway Sun- uay. Wilson Ambassador to France. Washington. Huntington Wilson, nHKlstant secretary of stato, 1b to suc ceed Robert Bacon as ambassador to France, according to persistent rumors In diplomatic circles. Armistice Has Been Extended. London. According to a Shanghai dispatch, tho armlstico hns boon ex tended for two weeks, to glvo the Man chus an opportunity to abdicate Fire Chief's Body Recovered. Now York. Tho body of Battalion Chh'f William A. Walsh, who loHt hln llfo In tho flro that dostroyod tho Eultablo LUo Assurunco society's building, was found on tho fourth floor of tho ruined structure. Denver Times Sold. Denver, Colo. Mayor Robert W. Spoor announced that ho had pur dinned tho Denver Timoa, an aftornoon paper. Tho Times, ho asserted, would bo Indopendont In politics. Carneglo Concludes Testimony. Washington. Andrew Carneglo con eluded his testimony boforo tho houso Btocl trust Investigation committee. Ho admitted that In 1000 ho had con tributed $15,000 to opposo tho policy of Imperialism nnd tho annexation of tho Philippines; assailed Wall ntreot and branded stock Jobbers as pnra Bites; urged tho Roosovclt triiBt pol icy, in preference to that of President Taft for dealing with tho trusts, and nBkcd congress to consider carefully thnt problem boforo adjournment of tho present session. FUNNY FACES MADE OF PAPER Easy Way for Young Artist to Draw ' Grotesque Pictures Many Amus ing Results Are Obtained. Hero Is an cnBy way for young ar tists to draw funny nnd grotesque pictures. Crumple a ploco ot papor 'in your hand and placo It on a sheet of paper bo thnt a sharply outlined Crumpled Paper. shadow will be cast, either from tho gas light or n candle placed on tho tnblo alongside. ' Traco tho outline on tho pnpor, nnd thon try to make n human fnco out or tho poncll marks. Many amusing re sults nro tluiH obtntned, nnd othor characters may easily bo mndo cither Funny Faces Result. by moving tho candle to nnother po sition or crumpling tho paper In a different shnpo. I Thoso aro n fow which tho artist did Just to show tho young readers how. Of courso only tho outlines nro furnished, so thnt tho renders must draw in tho eyes, hair and carB from their own Imagination. PASTIME OF ONE SYLLABLE Game to Be Conducted Properly Re quires That Company Be Seated ' In Circle How Played. To conduct this gnmo properly tho company should bo seated In n circle, a lady and gentlcmnn alternately. A lady begins by asking a question of her right-hand neighbor, to which he must reply by a word of ONE SYLLA BLE, or ho incurs a forfeit for each extra Byllnhlo. First Lady Permit me, sir, to nBk it you lovo musla? First Gent. Yes. (Ho then ques tions the next person on his right.) Pray, mndam, what wood do you think the bcBt for making chairs? Second Lady Oak. Pleaso toll mo, filr, who thinks himself tho best nnd wittiest man In tho world? Second Gent. I. Tell mo, Mnry, do you like hot weather? Third Lady No. What kind of peoplo do you think prosper most In tho world? Third Gent. Fools. Have you much sand in your composition? Fourth Lady None. Aro you very romantic? Fourth Gent. No. But which is tho handsomer, you or mo? Fifth Lady I. What aort of a girl do you think 1 am? Fifth Gent. Mad. Do you Ilko red or white wlno best? Sixth Lady Red. Now, Edward, uro you fond of Bugnr-pluma? Sixth Gent. Rather. Tills Is a word of two Byllablea and aubecta tho speaker to a forfeit. A forfeit Is also Incurred whon a question or answer onco mado Is re peated. Tho gamo mny ho continued as long as tho interest keeps up. They Didn't Count. Smnll Harold was watching n regi ment of soldiers marching by, hondod by a band. "Mamma," said ho, "what's tho uso of all them soldiers that don't mako music?" What's the Use? Sundny School Teacher Scatter seeds of kindness. Johnny Sububs What's tho uso? Tho chickens will got 'em. Trn- - YOUNG BOYS SHOULD LEARN Many Little Things That Appear to Be Unimportant In Early Youth Count for Much Later On. All young boys should lenrn: To run. To swim. To carve. To bo neat , To mako a flro. To bo punctual. To do nn errand. To cut kindlings. To sing If they can. To hang up their hato. To respect their tenchcr. To hold their heads erect. To help their mother and sister. To wlpo their boots on tho mat To read aloud whon requested. To cultlvato a cheerful temper. To bow on tholr own buttons. To help tho boy smaller thnn them selves. To speak pleasantly to nn old womnn. To put ovcry garment In Its proper placo. To romovo tholr hats on entering a house. Not to tenso boyB smaller than them selves. To keop tholr finger nnllB from wenr lng mourning. To bo-ns kind nnd helpful to their Bisters ns to othor boys' slaters. To closo tho door quietly, especially when there is a sick person in tho house. To tnko prldo In having their mother nnd Bisters for their best friends. To treat their mother ub politely as If Bho wcro a strango lady who did not spend her llfo In tholr Borvlco. If they do anything, to tnko tholr mother Into their confidence, nnd, nbovo all, never to Ho nbout anything they havo dono. Whon their piny is over for tho day. to wash their faces and hands, brush their hair and spend tho evening In the houso. Not to tnko tho easiest chnlr In tho room nnd put It directly in front of tho firo nnd forget to offer it to tholr mother whon bIio comes in to sit down. To mnko up their mlnda not to lcnrn to Bmoko, chow or drink, rcmem boring thcflo thlngB are not cnslly un learned, nnd thnt thoy pro tcrrlblo drawbacks to good men, Not to grumblo or refuso when naked to do somo errand which muBt bo dono, nnd which would othcrwlso tako tho tlmo of somo ono who has moro to do than themselves. Somervlllo Journal. SAVINGS BANK QUITE NOVEL One of Recent Novelties Is Clock and Depository Combined Must De posit Coin In Timepiece. Ono of tho recent novoltios patent ed Is a combined clock nnd anvlnga bnuk designed by n Chicago man. Why n savings bnnk nnd a clock should bo combined will not at onco bo nppnront. Tho ldcn would seem ridiculous, na theso two articles haVo no nppnront relationship. Tho pur poso of tho Inventor hnB moroly boon to Incrcnse tho usefulness of tho sav ings bank and assuro that It will bo constantly employed, lib accom- Novel Savings Bank. pllshcs this by requiring tho doposlt of a coin In the bank beforo tho clock can bo wound. Unless tho coin is de posited tho clock becomes uselosa. Tho amount or tho coin deposited la controlled by tho slzo or tho slot In tho savings bank. Tho number of do posits enn also bo Increased by re quiring a dally winding or tho clock. In this wny a cortaln sum must bo ndded to tho bank each day provlous to each winding or tho clock. After tho clock has boon wound and tho koy removed, tho mechanism nBsumoB Its normal position bo that tho clock cannot bo wound again without tho deposit ot a coin. Kacy Fairy wenru, I do declare, A llttlo Lady's slipper, And whon she drinks, tho butter cu la useful aa a dipper, A mushroom Is her parasol Aa well aa a Bupper tablo At tea, I B'poeo tho Uaro-Uoll rings Ab loud aa It la able! Her candlos are tho nro-buga To light her to her pillow. And In a weed, there's milk to feed Her little I'uusy-willow I