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4 v i r Making Money On the Farm III.- Com Culture By C. V. GREGORY. Author of "Home Course In Modern Auriculture" Copyright. 1909. by American Prtti Auocittion PHErAUATIOX to raise a large crop of corn should begin lu the fall of the previous year. Flow ing for the crop should by nil means lie done the fall before If possl l.lo. Weed seeds will sprout and lie kilk'd by frost. Insects that are hibcr natliiK lu the uround will meet the tame fate. Frost Is one of the farm- j cr's best friends In many ways. The i effect of fivexlu;: on the expusod plow- i::g is to (rumble It more thoroughly than eculd te done by half a dozen disking. If the land Is clover sod. as it should bo If the highest yield Is' to be oxiKTh'd. the freezing will break u;i the sod better tLaii can be done In any other way. In some cases, however, where there is considerable late fall growth that Is available for fall and winter pasture, it is better to let the plowing go until spring, even if it does make a little more work getting it in shape. Gathering Seed Corn. Even more Important than fall plow ing Is the selection of seed corn early in the fall and storing it carefully for the winter. The plan of going through the Held early and picking the seed in a sack Is sometimes advocated, but on most farms this Is too much of an un dertaking. A better way Is to go out and husk a load as snon as It Is fairly well ripened and before any very hard frosts come. If this Is picked from the best part of tin' Held there ought to be at lc!it three or four bushels of good need ears In it. These can lie sorted out and the remainder spread over the bottom of the ciib or fed to the hogs. Half a dozen such loads will usually furnish all the seed needed. It Is a good plan to save about twice as much seed as will be required, so that selec tion can be more rigid in the spring. If there arc no very severe freezes before husking begins In earnest smut more seed corn can be saved by Hit ting a box on the side of the wagon. In which the best ears may be thrown. A better ua!!!y of seed may be obtained .In this way because of a wider range of selection. It is not safe to depend on It entirely, however, because a hard freeze when the corn Is full of moisture may kill the germs and make it worth less for seed. The first thing to do with newly gathered seed is to hang It lip where it can dry out quickly. An open shed Is the best place for this, as the air can circulate readily, while the roof keeps off the frost. A good way to hang the com Is to tie a number of ears on a long binding twine. After the com Is well dried out and before extremely cold weather comes It should be put In the storage f room. The attic Is n good place, pro vided there Is some provision for ven tilation. If the com is dry some freez ing will not hurt it. but cold and moisture together are very Injurious. Selecting and Testing. Along in February the corn should be sorted, picking out only those ears of fair size, well filled at the butts and tips ami symmetrically shaed through out. Further Instructions for selecting corn will be given In article C. After the corn Is sorted a few pars should be taken from a number of ears in dif ferent parts of the seed room and test ed. A fold of moist flannel between two dinner plates makes a good tester. Fut the corn between the layers of cloth and set it In some out of the way place In the living room. In three or four dnys it will be ready to exam- FIU. V-SEED KAllfl A HE I'LKNTIFl'I. tne. If nil the kernels show strong sprouts try n second test. If this gives the same result the vitality of the seed may be taken for granted. If some of the kernels fall to germinate and oth ers have weak sprouts the Individual rar test should be used. For this select a box of any con venient size and put Into It three or four Inches of moist sand or sawdust. On this place a strip of muslin which has been marked Into Inch sipiares. Lay down as many ears In a row on the floor as there are squares In the box. Take four to six kernels from ncll ear, selecting them from different pnrts, and place them In a square cor responding to the number of the car from which they came. Cover the kernels with three or four layers of moist cloth and with some more of the sawdust tr sand find set nwny ns j n i before. When the kernels fen.ilnr.t? yui have a complete s--;rd of the vl- : tality of each ear. Those in which ' i one or mors. of the kernels failed to germinate should be di -arded. Th"o tlliit show weak germination should ln , put In a piie by themselves, if there Ms eiiuiigh seed without them they ( 1 should not be used at all. If there j j is not enough of the strong seed the (other will have t be used, liy put- ting It ou the warmest, driest soil it j wlil make a fairly good growth. j Grading the Seed. j After the corn has been tested It should be run through a seed corn grader. This will remove the Irregular butt and tip kernels and divide the rest Into several grades, according to size. If the com Is well graded In this way nn edge drop planter will slve the best results. For kernels of different sizes, however, the full hill drop is preferable. The calibration of the planter Is an Important point if an even stand Is to be secured, liy block ing up the planter so that the wheels are clear of the ground and running through a pailful or so of each grade of corn plates can be selected that will drop the desired number of kernels ninety-live limes out of a hundred. These plites should be put with their puriicular grade of eom in readiness for planting time. Preparing the Soil. . With graded seed of high germinat ing power and a planter properly cali brated a good stand is almost certain The next step Is to prepare the soil to receive the seed. In sections where there Is any danger of drought it pays to run over the fall plowing witli a harrow early In the spring. This crum bles the surface and checks evapora tion. It also onoouni'-'os the weeds to start, only to be killed by the disk later. As soon ns possible after the small grain Is In the disk should be set to work on the corn ground. If there Is time it pays to double disk, as the soil N left In smoother and liner condition. After disking the ground should be harrowed occasionally until planning time. . In many cases corn follows com, and the plowing must be done in the spring Spring plowing should not be 1 no. vi cony hikkiso tive. very deep, as it makes a loose layer ol dirt Into which the moisture cannot readily rise from the subsoil. As a consequence the furrow slice dries out. and the growth of the young corn plant is checked. A disking before plowing will cut up the stalks and provide a line layer which will fall Into the bottom of the furrow and help to restore capillarity. In swils that are liable to bake, each day's plowing should be harrowed before leaving the Held nt night. A little work at this time will prevent the formation of clods and save ten times as much trou ble trying to pulverize them later Three or four additional harrowing will usually put the spring plowing Into first class shape for planting. It is better to check than to drill when growing corn for grain, as it can be kept cleaner, with a resulting larger yield. For fodder or silage drilled corn gives more tons of dry matter per acre and Is more easily handled by the corn binder. In some of the states west of the Missouri river, where the soil Is light and rain fall scanty, listing elves the best re sults. The number of kernels to use per hill depends upon the richness of the soil, on the average corn belt soils three kernels per hill will give the best results. Very rich soils can support four, while on poor soils two art enough. It pays both In looks and In ease of cultivating to drive straight while planting and to take pains to have the rows check straight cross wise. Cultivation. As many harrowlngs ns possible should be given the corn between planting time and the time It come? up. If heavy rains have packed the soil or If It Is badly Infested with weeds It will pay to follow the planter marks with the cultivator before bar rowing. As soon ns the rows can be followed the cultivator should be started. II any deep cultivation Is to be given It should be the first two times over, be fore the soil Is filled with corn roots After the com Is six or eight Inches high some form of surface cultivator that will not disturb the soil to n depth of more than two or three Inch rs should be used. In the western part of the corn lelt. where the fields art large, the two row cultivator Is becotn lug popular. If the corn Is very straight both ways these cultivators work well after the first time over and enable one man to handle nt least half as much more land. The problem of cultivating a corn field several hundred acres In extent, i nich us Is found in many of the great corn growing regions of the prairie states, has been greatly simplified since the two row cultivator came Into use. With the perfect working corn planters now In the market the rows of corn may be made so straight that the two row cultivator can be used without dllllouliy. This has brought about a facility of cultivation which has added largely to the yield in many parts of the country. I'.efore the com ing of tlu double row cultivator there was danger that much of the land of the western portion of the belt would become too weedy for com culture. BUILDINGS TELL THEIR STORY. UnwittinHy Tey Reveal S?:res he Keaitc cf There Who Cc:v Structrd Them. Cf Tha observer of lnHdiccs may rer.:l with case m.n.v a so; r t cf te build cr's heart, whether it be pi Mo, ambi tion, hypocrisy r solid worth. The nr-artmcnt building that Is 'built to Boll" Is casiir,to iea.1 than some strictures which are the expression of composite thou.-bt. There is a good exterior apn aranco. halls heavy with style," with tiled floras, marble walls, end r.iasiivc ((ba'.idclierii. Put Inside the apartmen's, on every hand, there are evidences of a conscious Intention to skimp and neglect even ordinary standards of good carpenter work. How unwittingly docs the builder rear this projection of his Inmost characKr! Would it restrain him to know that others regarded his work as an open confession of the very things he would prefer to hide? It might not change his character, but It could cause him to make such a build ing as he would like to be thought cf as corresponding to In character. If this method of interpreting builders wore to be popularized it r-luht raise tho standards cf the Industry. Onr contribution to this end would be a proverb, to pass current wherever buildings are contemplated: "A build ing Is a confession In stone." Col lier's. Bulls Without Horns. In his "Irish Life and Character Michael Macdonagh has h choice col lection of bulls, lie called on n hair dresser in Kingstown. As ho was leaving the mini tried to induce him to buy n bottle of hair wash. "What sort of stuff Is it?" he asked. "Oh, It's grand stuff," the man replied. "Ii's a sort of inultiim In parvo the less you take of it the belter." A few days later the writer was walking with a friend over the Wick low mountains, whore they met a character. " "Well. .Mick," said my friend. "I've heard some queer stories about your doi.igs lately." "Oeh. don't believe thim, surr," replied Mick. "Sure, half the lies tould about mo by the nay hots Isn't true." Tta- following notice Mr. Macdon agh saw posted In a pleasure boat on the Sisfr : "The chairs In the cabinet are for ladles, tlentleinen ere requested not to make use of them till the ladles are seated." And this he clipped from a Kings town newspaper: "James O'Mahony, wine and spirit merchant, Kingstown, has still on his hands a small quantity of the whisky which was drunk by the duke of York while In Dublin." A Woman's Bargain. An Oil City man who was detained nt the house for n part of fhe day, handed his wife, who was going down town, a quarter of a dollar and re quested her to get him three cigars for It. When she returned she handed him the package, remarking exultantly: "Tlidt shows that women can beat men all hollow when it conies to ma King purchases. I found a place where I could pet eight for a quarter Instead of three. Isn't that going some?" And the poor man, as he took bis medicine, merely remarked: "It certainly Is, dear." Oil City Blizzard. Messina Was Warned. Signs of the approach of this catas trophe had not been obscure. Warn ing had not been given of the impend ing danger by abnormal atmospheric conditions, It Is true. There had been no electrical tension In the air. But a general dlsteuipernture, says the cor respondent of the Faris Temps, "re acted on susceptible organizations." All through the day and night before tho nervous were peculiarly wrought up. There was a half hour interval on the eve of the original shock when tho birds, the dogs and the cattle evinced Intense agitation. Horses neighed loudly at their stalls. The howling of the dogs was noticed aboard the ships at anchor. Current Literature. But Not So Often. lllnk Why is history like a writer of comic operas? Cink-Why? Blnk Hibtory repeats itself. The lll-Natured Man. The Ill-natured man, though but of equal parts with the good-natured man, gives himself a larger field tc expatiate in. He exposes those fall lngs In human nature which the oth er would cast a wail over; laughs at vices which the other either excuse or conceals; falls Indifferently upor friends or enemies; exposes the per son who has obliged him; and, In short, sticks at nothing that may es tahllsh his character of a wit. Back So Earth. "Every cloud has a silver llnlne.' salt! the reaily-made philosopher. "Yes," answered MIsb Cayenne "The cloiiils are all right. But ho r lion norketboiiks?" CHICHESTER S PILLS -?. nr. lil.lllinii HU.VWl. A hl.rhM-trr'lim..nJfYln.n.l fill. In li.d l'l ..il.l in-i, ,,,AV i. .r,, i,ii i;;, ki, ,,. VT Tk nn oihrr. IIiit nf rnur V iiniHt.t. A-w in.) uiK.-rrm IIIVUiiMI IIKAMl I'll. I. r V5 k... v Ik-t,MH.t.A!i SOLD BY DRUGGISTS tVERVWHtRE as. a V At 1 BRlEP LCAL HAPPENINGS See us for uiU hil.s. ' Fine j..h work dove at tl.is .'Mv. 1 owncy's fl ic ea:;iiies a' (!ermg"s. , Take a Kodak on your vacation. - Ge- ring; I'n. j Fre-i -i;i'i n work a sp-.via'.ty a ; tie ring's . l'o. Oering i Co. can till." your prescrip tion in the right way. You may win a homo with a box of I.owr.ey's. Girng sells Lowney's tine candy. E. F. Hartman arrived in the city from (iler.wood Wednesday for an over nipht stay with friends. Mr. Hartman has a good position in a baktry in that city. His Butlrters Ability. In the Adirondack lives a mail too lazy to work, but evidently of great business ability. Cue winter, when he was sitting around striking, his family ante ro near starving fiat some of his ;ie!;-,h!. T who could 111 afford to help Pit:), took up a rollec t'on and Knight fcr the suflcrlm; family :i barrel of I'm r, a bi,ir;l ct pork and a loid of wood. They wcr. not c I 'i. to orvuf.:i to cut the wood, ..in the b-.ii.it.oss man ktiew how to nia-m-.-.e. !! hired some of hl nelglib vs v.'io had not cou'vibut t. b'.s donation t cnt tho w.n. and pal I tiieni wit's halt' ot tae pork and half tho l!n:v. -I.l;.:,;n( ott's. Ho.v the "Toast" Originated. The o-inklng to cue's health Is a very old custom, dating v.i'v down lin ages, tocnth wore which and o: In the sixteenth and cements tho favorllo sevct' drl'iVf or', t.inr.rv. ciani. s icrrv to Kill .vere ii bled honey, miliar, aingor !-; spires. On the top of this 1 a i P'ro i f toast' il bread was Ho;. led. It was i U oaod to i.'-ees ary Havor. Hence the mixta;.' always rr'vc y Idea of IS llflol PICPC! -. allien ;n;''.!-i : u! inking a "b ast." The word in i-'l. nee to any sentiment I for a speech at a social or liaiu-iiit. In fact, the I' "loa:-;-." I.1, a vc.-y .acoful mL wm-.liv of cnlrivt'i loii. E-jilt to the Mcmory ct a Dcg. Of the l'l'vnoriah; lo .logs tho rvrt imposing of mod' i-ii date is "TollV Tower." a ;-lnicture en tho soa-ilior" near West Kirby, Cheshire. " Is In honor of the e.rout St. Ilornard dog. Toll, "ancestor of most of the rounh canted champii ns of I'tigland. nnd himself winner or every prize In tho klni.'do:n. Ho wan majestic In appearance, noble In character, and of undaunted courage," Iiuilt by the late Mr. .1. dimming Macdona, the tower is a sort of summer house, In the base of which Is a vault contain ing Toll's remains, guarded by nn effigy of that remarkable animal. Wide World Magazine. One'i Own Judgment Biased. Our opinion of ourselves, like our shadow, makes us either too big ot too little. Hronte. Intricate Mechanism of Watch. There are more than 2,000 distinct operations In the work of assembling a wutch. Owned by the British Public. The value of pictures In the Hrltlsh National Gallery is about $11,250,000. Millloni of Miles of Salt. The world's oceans contain 7.000,006 ruble miles of salt. Hidden Dangers, Nature Gives Timely Warnings That No Plattsmuuth Citizen Can Afford to Ignore. DANGER SIGNAL NO. 1 comes from the kidney secretions. They will warn you when the kidneys are sick. Well kidneys excrete a clear, amber lluid. Sick kidneys send out a thin, pale and foamy, or a thick, red, ill smelling urine, full of sediment and ir regular of passage. DANGER SIGNAL NO 2. conies from the back. Hack pains, dull and heavy, or sharp and acute, tell you of sick kidneys and warn you of the ap proaeh of dropsy, diabetes ami ''.right's disease. Doan's Kidney Tills cure sick kidneys and cure them permanently. Here's l'lattsmouth proof; John Mackey, farmer, Third Street, Cor. Dyke Street, l'lattsmouth, Nebr., says: "Two and one-half years ago my back became very lame and I had frequent headaches. The kidney secre tions contained a sediment and a fre quent desire to void them caused me much annoynnce. I had been unable to find a remedy that would being nie any permanent relief and I was at a I loss to know what to do. Seeing Doan's ! Kidnev Pills hichtv recommended in I the local mmer. I nrncured a boy from I ' " ' Goring & Co.'s drugstore. This remedy 1 I brought me immediate relief and at the ' present time, my back does not bother me in the least. I am very grateful to Doan's Kidney Pills for what they have done for me." For sale by all dealers. Price ol) 14 r.1 l'j "U i Cents. FoStlT-Mlll , v VI l Now York, solo ng States. Milhurn Co., P.ulfalo, agents for the United Remember I take no other. the namc-Dnan's-and 15-4 V Real Estate Insurance Surely Bonds J. E. BARWICK, Oovey Block. TOWN PROPERTY. -Ko.-idoiues with from one lot to -1 acres at pri.-es ra.-.gieg from .Vi to i?.!,ihm. Y'iu will t. ever have a:i opportunity to own your own home as i-hoiiplv as vou can get it now. FARMS, NEBRASKA.- It'.') acres in Lincoln county .? 1.1)2(1 r.O " in Cuss county improved 4,(MK) "10 " in Loup county MISSOURI.-SO acres in Shannon county l.ouo COLORADO. 22 acres; a 1 1 in fruit but ;i acres; house on it cost S.i.'on; built in l!i07. Trice $.V.(j(to. Will be worth $i'.('i,l)0o next year. Will pay 10 per cent this year. Will exchange for income property. South and North Ihikota Farms and Ranches. t ? ? ? ? ? ? ? V f V V V V V ? ? ? ? V Y Johnson's Shaving Cream Call at Store for Free Sample The perfection for comfortable and clean shaving. Makes a creamy non drying lather superior to soap. Sooth ing, antiseptic. F. G. ERICKE & CO. A A AA a 4A AA AA V V V V V V To The Public BUILD NOW The prices of lumber and buildinjr material of all kinds is lower at the present time than it will be in the future. Large buyers such as the railroads and similar corporations, have be gun to buy in large quantities, the result is the lumber market has passed the low place and prices are bound to advance. If you are ex pecting to build it will pay you to BUY NOW. Get prices from i m; richly, PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. In George Washington's Time There was no talk of adulteration and grocery stores sold only staples table delicacies were few and far between. Well, this store for one is old fashioned as to its ideas of purity, new style in that it has on hand the best of everyihing for the table brought from the marts of the world. We would like to name you among our patrons. H. M. SOENNICHSEN. The Home Paper wiichoa have tha greatest la- terCTt the home news. Its every issue will prove a welcome visitor to every member of the family. It should head your list of newspaper and periodical subscriptions. Old Papers For Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y T Y Y Y Y Y f Y Y ? , A A , V V V V 4" f Sale at This Qffico n