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I I I Wan! Column WANTED. WANTED-Good carpenters, no others need apply. Wages 40 and 45 cents per hour. Steady work. J. H. Harte 1G09 Webster St., Omaha, Neb. 16-6 CALIFORNIA FOST CARDS Send 23c for one dozen beautiful post cards from the coast, mailed postpaid. Address Lulu E. Thomas, General Delivery, Los Angeles, Calif. 18-4 Making Money On the Farm v.- By C. V. GREGORY. Author of "Home Course In Modern Agriculture" ' Copyright, 1909, by American Prut Aiiociition WANTED-Young men and women to fill positions paying ?90O to $2000 per annum. Big demand for stenograph ers in the Government service, as well as in private business life. Our new method of teaching shorthand by mail insures as thorough and practical a training at your own home as is obtainable by personal attend ance at any business college in the country. We guarantee success. Complete course for small cash pay ment; balnnce to be paid when you secure a position. Trial lesson free. Central Business Institute, Central Building, Washington, D. C. A. L. TIDD LAWYER References: Bank of Eagle, Eagle. Nehawka Bank, Nehawka. Bank of Murdock. Murdock. First Nat'l bank, Greenwood. State bank of Murray. Murray. First Nat'l bank, Plattsmouth. T NE of the most Important grain crops grown In this country Is wheat It Is second in value and acreage only to corn. Not withstanding the great Importance of the wheat crop but little attention has been paid to Improved methods of cul ture. Wheat Is largely looked upon as an extensive crop. Most farms In the wheat belt are large. This Is especial ly true of the spring wheat belt in northwestern United States and south ern Canada. It is no uncommon sight there to see a section or more In one field. Wheat follows wheat year after year. Little live stock. Is fccpt. and no manure is applied to Clio land. Under thU treatment the seemingly exhnust- t ilaTr- ' ' 1 &WJ :?...'' r- n tun i n n c""! C. A. NMSNUL, D. D. S, ..Graduate Dentist.. Price9 Reasonable All Work Guaranteed Twenty-six Years' Experience Office in Fitzgerald Block FIO. IX HiKVESTEH AT WOIiK. supply of fertility Is beeom!n: An Instantaneous Cure. During the cattle plague of 1!C6 in England a farmer who had.lost a num ber of his cows grew so depressed that he fully persuaded himself he had al fo contracted the disease. The medi cal man whom he consulted tried In vain to laugh him out of his fears, but subsequently, being fond of a Joke, pretended to agree with the pa tient's views, and solemnly told him If he would attend to his instructions he would be cured. He then gave the farmer a prescription, which he directed should be taken to a neigh boring druggist, but when the latter opened the envelope and read the con tents he was as much startled as the farmer. For the prescription was as follows: "This man has the cattle jdague. Take him Into the backyard and shoot him, according to act of parliament." Needless to say, the cure was instantaneous. Investing In Nature. A man must Invest himself near at hp.rd, and in common things, and be content with a steady and moderate return, if he would know the blessed ness of a cheerful heart and the sweet ness of a walk over the round earth. This Is a lesson the American haB yet to learn capability of amusement on a low key. He expects rapid and ex traordinary returns. He would make the very elemental laws pay usury. He has nothing to Invest In a walk; It is too Blow, too cheap. We crave the astonishing, the exciting, the far away, and do not know the highways of the gods when we see them always a sign of the decay of faith and sim plicity of man. John Burroughs. Worldly Wisdom. As there is a worldly happiness which God perceives to be no more than disguised misery; as there are worldly honors which In his estima tion are reproach, so there is a world' ly wisdom which in his sight Is fool ishr.es8. Of this worldly wisdom the characters are given in the Scriptures, and placed in contrast with those of the wisdom which is from above. The one is the wisdom of the crafty, the other that of the upright; the one terminates In selfishness, the other in charity; the one is full of strife and bitter cnvylngs, the other of mercy and of good fruits. ttlalr. Bean Milk. "Pigeon milk is a myth." said milkman, "but there actually Is a bean milk. It Is drunk, put In tea and cof fee and even frozen for ice cream The Japs are its Inventors. This milk (a tnnile of the Sola bean. Tfce bean is first soaked, then boiled In water, After the liquid turns white sugar and phosphate of potash are added, nnd the liolllnc la kept up till a substance of the thickness nf nrolusses Is oh- j lalnod. ' Nobody could tell this bean i milk from condensed milk, and when ! water la :ulilU It can't We told from the fresh. The Japaueso poor use uothlng else." , L j less worn out. The humus especially bus been used rapidly, with uo source of renewal. Usually It does not take more tlinn n uecnuo or continuous wheat growing to reduce the yield one half. Conditions In the winter wheat belt are not so bad. but there is much room for Improvement there also. Not only Is continuous wheat growing bard ou the soil, but It does not distribute the work evenly throughout the year. In the spring there is a rush to get the seed In. Iu the fall there Is a still greater rush to get the crop harvested and thrashed. The' rest of the year there Is little to do. What the wheat farmer needs is diversification more live stock, more crops and rotation. The wheat belt aud the coru belt should be mixed up more. Many fann ers In the corn belt raise wheat as one of the leading small grain crops. Many others would find It profitable to do so Classes of Wheat. Wheat Is divided Into two general classes winter and spring. Winter wheat Is sown In the fall, makes a con siderable growth and comes up and heads out the next season. Spring wheat Is sowu In the spring In much the same manner as oats. In Minne sota, the Dakotas and other states of the same latitude or farther north spring wheat is the only kind that can be grown successfully slnre the se vere winters nre fatal to the fall sown varieties. In the northwest, however, the warm winds from the Pacific so moderate the climate that winter wheat can be grown successfully. Far ther eouth. in the winter wheat belt. the bulk of the wheat Is sown In the fall There are many objections to winter wheat. It does not make as high n quality of tlour owing to the smaller gluten content. It Is the gluten that gives the gummy consistence to bread dough that causes it to rise when mixed with yeast. Winter wheat occa- Fionnlly winter kills, resulting In a loss of the seed and the work of seed ing. The most serious objection In the corn belt Is that It does not work in well after corn, which Is the accus tomed place for small grain In the ro tatlon. These objections are nverbal nnced. however, by Its greater yield Ing nblllty. The start which It gets in the fall enables It to come up much more vigorously in the spring and give about twice as many bushels per ncre os can be obtained ' from the spring varieties. Wheat Is further subdivided Into hard nnd soft varieties. The soft wheat makes n Dour that Is unsulted to breadmaklng because of its lack of gluten. It is used extensively In mak Ing crackers. The amount of soft wheat grown for market is comparn tlvely small. A new variety or wneat knowu as macaroni has been introduced into the western states within the last few years. It Is very high in gluten and Is much used In the manufacture of macaroni. It does not make a very high quality of bread owing to Its yel lowlsh color. The chief advantage of mncnronl wheat Is that It can be grown In regions where the rainfall is too scanty, for the standard varieties. Will Wheat Run Out? There Is n widespread Impression that wheat will ruu out If .grown in the siime locality for a. number of years. iExperlments nt n number of stations show that this la not so. The real cause for wheat running out is continuous culture on the Name land, with little attention paid to seed selec tlon. Another fact that experiments have brought out Is that the standard varieties are superior to most of the new ones. livery year s?i Vnien make claims of wonderful yields obtained from new varieties, net only of wheat but of other crops as well. In most rases these claims are em rely un founded. Before Introducing a no j ,-aricty it will pay to wrl-e to your ex pcriment station for Information re ' zardlng it Eveu if they recommend j it the safest plan Is to try only a few seres at first until you see whether or rot it is adapted to your particular lo cality. Where winter wheat can b? grown It will pay to raise it In spite of Its dis advantages. It can be worked Into the rotation by sowing It after oats In a rotation of corn, oats, wheat, clover. The clover seed may be scattered on the ground among the wheat plants early in the spring. Another method of using winter wheat in the rotation Is to cut the coru early for silage or fodder and sow the wheat on the corn stubble ground. The trouble with this method Is that It is usually so late before the corn cau be got off the ground that the wheat does not get enough of a start to enable It to with stand nu extra severe winter. There Is on advantage In having wheat fol low corn or some other cultivated crop In that the weeds will bother mucli less. The work of Feeding Is also less since the ground does not need to be plowed. Preparing the Ground. Wheat, like oats, needs a linn seed bed. Corn ground which has been run over twice wit n n ukk is an uieai seen bed. It is fine and mellow on top and firm beneath. There Is nothift: to pre vent the capillary moisture from ris ing rapidly to the loose top layer, where it Is held just where the'roots need 'It. When wheat follows some other small grain the ground Is so hard that, except in the case of very loose soils, the disk will have little effect on it. Such ground must be plowed. Plowing for wheat does not need to bo very deep. Many farmers practice burning the stubble before plowing, since In this way many Insects and weeds are destroyed, and the capil lary connection Is restored quicker. Some humus Is lost In this way, but the advantages gained In many enses make It more profitable to obtain the needed humus In some other way. The soli should be well disked aud harrowed alter plowing to make a fine, compact seed bed. With wheat, as with oats, considerably better yields are obtained by the use of a drill. In loose r dry soils the press drill Is a big advantage. The wheels that fol low pad; the soil over the seed. This brings Hie soil into closer contact with the wheat grains, and they will ab sorb moisture faster and begin to grow sooner. This quickness of starting Is of much Importance In fall sown wheat near the northern limit of the winter wheat belt, since there every thing depends on the wheat making a good grow th before the ground freezes. Karliness of seeding Is Important for the same reason. If you cannot got your winter wheat In early and by earlv Is meant the first half of Sep tember It Is better to wait until spring and sow a spring variety. The ground for spring wheat should be prepared In much the same manner os for oats. The rate of seeding where drill is used should be five or t?ls IocI;s to the acre, with either spring or wjnter varieties. When sown broad cast about n peck more will be need ed. If there Is much smut present the seed should be treated os outlined for oat smut In article No. 4. The seed should be fanned and graded and test ed for germination. , Rotation In Wheat Farming. In the great spring wheat regions the Introduction of a crop of clover every two or tnree years win material ly Increase the yield. The growing of clover will mean some live stock to eat It. and the manure thus obtained will still further Increase the wheat yields. The Introduction of some of the other grain and forage crops will equalize the demands upon the soil aud add to the profits obtained from fr.i L':s cf ''K:rcsene." "Ken icae" re-ras t have been first c.vd l:i l':i!t.'d States patent No. 12il2 Yanh 27. is"), granted to Abrah.vu ( sner cf Williamsburg, N. Y.. and iis.r.ol to the North Ameri can Kirosone il.is Light Company. In the preamble to his specification Clea ner sta:'s that he has 'invented and :seoverod a new and useful manu facture or composition of matter, be ing a new lhpild hydrocarbon which I denominate .kerosene.'" "Coal oil" was the term In general use before "kerosene" was invented. AAA AAA V V rjrw. Easy Enough to Reform. Stop grumbling. Get up two hours earlier In th morning and do some thing out of your regular profession. Mind your own business and with all your niteht let other people's alone. Live within your means. Give away or sell your dog. Oo to bed early. Talk less of your own peculiar gifts and virtues and more of those of your friends and neighbors. He cheerful. Fulfill your promises. Pay your debts. He yourself all you would see In others. He a good man and stop grumbling. Sheffield (la.) Press. Judged by Their Trousers. A study of the trouser legs, as seen In tho I'.botographs of our most noted men, bring the smile of contempt from even the most disinterested; and one wondeis if anything could be uglier than the concertina folds of the clum sy elephantine outlines that are there to be seen. Breeches, knickers and kilts are all far more artistic and healthy. London Tailor and Cutter. A. ? Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y V V Y Y Y Y Y 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. FRICKE & CO. Examination Fever. Examination fever In a terribly acute form has been developed by a learned doctor of Cambridge univer sity. It Is nearly fifty years since he matriculated, and he has degrees In three faculties, but he still accumu lates first classes In the special (or pass) II.- A. degree examinations In various subjects; last month he added the ninth specimen to his collection. London University Correspondent. "Blue Hen's Chickens." Copt. Caldwell, who commanded a Delaware regiment In the revi.lutlon, was notorious for his love of cock fishtiim. He (hilled his men admir ably, and they were known In the army as "Caldwell's game cocks." Tho gallant cantaln held a peculiar theory that lio cock was really game unless It came from a blue hen, and this led to the substitution of "Blue Hen's Chickens" as a nickname for his regi ment. After the revolutionary war the nickname was applied indiscriminate ly to all Delawareans. A r ? ? t f ? ? ? ? ? f t ? t t T ? ESTABLISHED 1871 The First National Bank of Plattsmouth, Nebraska. SAFE, SOUND AND CONSERVATIVE Careful Attention Prompt Service Reasonable Terms George E. Dovey, President. Frank E. Schlater, Vice Pres. Horatio N. Dovey, Cashier.- Carl G. Fricke, Ass't. Cashier. Fid. X WHEAT WCLI, STACKED. the farm. Experiments at the Minne sota station showed an increase of 50 per cent, or seven bushels to the acre, In wheat following cultivated crops over wheat grown continuously. Dairying fits In very well w ith wheat fanning, especially In localities so far north that corn cannot be successfully grown as a grnlu crop. In such districts the flint varieties can be raised for silage and fodder. The wheat follow ing this corn will be freer from rust, scab nnd weeds nnd will yield much more. Tho cows will yield a good profit for all the, feed they consume, and the work will be more evenly dis tributed throughout the year. When wheat Is grown to be sold to the flour mills the price will depend directly upon the. quality. To get the best quality wheat should not be cut until It Is fully ripe. It should not be allowed to stand too long nfter it Is rlx or It will shell out badly. Wheat should be well shocked and capped. If tiot well capped the bran will be come stained and cracked. Injuring the appearance and lowering the price. Stacking Is more advisable than shock thrashing since It means better qual ity and more fall plowing. So much depends on the quality oi the grain and the quality Is so depend cut on cultivation nnd harvesting that It behooves him who Is after satisfac tory results to make a close-study of the situation. It does not pay to culti vate wheat Intelligently and harvest I It in a manner that makes nil previous! ?nre and labor of little avail. t Y Y Y z J. f Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y- Y Y Y Y Y t Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y t I MM CHEAPER THAN DIRT Somebody will get a great big bargain in the piano which we have on exhibition at our store. It is an excellent ' instrument. Note the description below: NETZOW CABINET GRAND PIANO. Perfect scale, drawn on most ecientirfic principles; latest patent repeating action, extra heavy felt hammers; exposed pin block; extra heavy three quarter iron plate; very best German imported tuning pins and piano wire; patent mufHor attach ment with nickel plated muffler rail, best quality spruce in sounding board; ivory keys. CASE Verj artistic and cfouble-veneered inside nnd out, with maple veneer on interior; oval Jpanel, with r.deomest of ctrviugs. Warranted 10 years. Height, 4 ft 9 in; width 5 ft 2 M-8 in; depth 2 ft 3 in Bcrold's Book and Stationery Store Dealers in all kinds of Musical Merchandise, Violin, Guitar, Banjo and Mandolin strings and parts. All ktf.e sheet music, vocal and instrumental, on sale. A. f y y y Y r t T T T T T r t r t Y T f r t y V T ?' T T T T T Y v f Y Y Y Y' y- T t 1 Y Y Y Y f Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y t Y Y Y Y t Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y