Public
plant feed elements
they have a greater value than
the same elements in commercial
The commercial value of manure
varies according to the nature of
the Btock aad the kind of feed
consumed by them For instance
cattle manure is worth 202 per
ton horse manure 221 hog ma
nure 329 siiccip im
and chicken manure 707 These
values do net include the humus
The United States Department
of Agriculture in Farmer BulV
tin No 21 estimates that if the
manur from 1iAe stock is preserv
ed tVt its A alue each year per
animail is as follows
Horse Manure 2700
Cattle Manure 1900
Ilcg M mure 1200
Sheen Mrnure 200
Liquid manure is Avorth approx
imately 700 per ton
Roberts f thnatcs that nf
manure i i ei i ihe yard sub
jected to 1h etrm of the ele
ments that n vb mrth it lose
more than oiip iv ef its value
by leaching Tr Vsher Avords if
Sale
Having sold my place and going to move away I will sell at pub
lic auction to the highest bidder without reserve on my place 5
miles southeast of McCook beginning at 10 oclock sharp on
Wednesday Feb 21
ii Head of Horses 10 Head of Cattle Farm Machin
ery in good repair Etc
A FREE FEED AT NOON
PCpjyiQ Sums of S10 and under cash On sums over 810 a credit of 8
I C fVIYIO months will be given on notes having approved security at 10 per
cent interest No articles to be removed until satisfactorily settled for 5 per
cent off for cash
A D Johnston Owner
Col C M Matson Auct V Franklin Clerk
SEE BIG SALE BILLS 12sw
BETTER CROPS 20 ows 30 sheep and 10 pugs is
1 worth 2 5000 If that manure
By W E Taylor Sell Culture ds spread upon the land as it ac
Dept Deere Go j oumulates there is little or no
Do yciii kmw what the value waste Manure deteriorates with
of manure firam live stock in the age It should be applied in sueli
United luls amounts to en eh a manner that there is an even
year Do ycu know that it distribution
amounts to more than two and The manure spreader should
one quarter billions of dollars I stand at the stable dcor and
and that more is wasted in value vhen it is loaded the contents
than the taxt of all the farms in should be distributed evenly upor
tlie United States jthe fields summer or winter
Manure is just as essential to If manure is not spread when
the life and growth of plants fit accumulates then it should be
bread met and potatoes are to J stored in a tight bottomed pit
year or corn cats and hay 1
to live stock
Manure contains the essence of
fertility of the soil Take it away
frcm ycur land and ycu rob it
of its fcicd You disorganize its
jplrysieal body and the crop pays
the penalty
Manure contains nitrogen phos
phorus and potash These are
t3ie essential elements that enter
and from time to tijme a little
land plaster spread OAer it to pre
vent the escape of ammonia car
rying aAvay asct does nitrogen
Why use a manure spreader
Let me ask you a question Wihj
does a cook distribute seasoning
intc the food and then thorough
ly work it evenly throughout the
nuiss until every particle of food
l seasoned If a cook should
into plant food compounds and I carelessly throw a -handful of
rock salt into a kettle or par
ridirc Aould the seasoning be
form for the reason that theyjpivperly distributed and would
cairry with them organic matter the porridge be palatable For
undergoing the process of forma j the sarnie reason a farmer should
tion into humus a substance ne eveil distribute the manure ov
cessarv to make available thejer his laid a top dressing being
preferable and then by using a
disc Avork it into the seed bed
until the dstrubuticn is thorough
By this means the plant food aud
the organic matter come into
contact Avith all the parlueles of
nil and it must be remembered
that the food gathering roots se
c are thenr nourishment frcm a
eemting AlhJoh forms around each
particle of soil containing mois
ture and plant food
If the- manure is cachs ly
spread by hand it is left in lump
One place has too much another
not enough and often it does
more harm than good
If manure is carelessly op read
and plowed Hinder iin bunches the
bunches form air spaces at -the
bottom of the furrow preventing
a compact contact thereby pre
venting capillary attraction In
sudh cases much of the essence
of tine manure leaches into the
deeper subsoils and is lost and
because of the insulation prevent
ing capillary attraction the seed
50 tens of nrmure is Avorth 300 j Cd dries out and the crop per-
per itcn or 15000 jmd onithiird
is lost because of rns and If the manure is evenly spread
es in ether ways the farmer and thoroughly disced into the
es 5000 Avorth of fenTiVty amd seisid bed the plant not only pro
his land in impnoverished to that cures food contained in the mar
extent mire but because of the even
The same authority estimates dcistmbiuion of the organic mat-
that the A alue of manure ter the soil is Avann mellow and
ed during seven winter months readily receives anel retains mois
on a farm carrying four horses ture
De Laval Separator
Gets ALL the Cream
t
Do you know you can make more
clear money with jour cows and a
DeLaval Separator than in any other
nvej tnient of like amount
BUY NOW while butter prices are
high We will sell you on terms to
suit you and help you to get a high
grade separator and one you know is
the best because it lasts many years
longer than a cheap machine and
saves ou more than ihe difference
in cost Start with a DeLaval now
flcCook Hardware Co
It has been repeatedly dem
onstrated tliat if manure is used
ias a top dressing on a plowed
field that the crop is increased
25 to 30 per cent
Repeated triads extending over
a series iof years lias demonstrat
ed the fact that a manure spread
er used on 40 acres of land will
more than pay the cost oif the
machine by increasing the crop
to say nothing of the great sav
ing in labor
The experiments of Mr Chesne
Hatch of Newton county Indiana
are strictly in keeping with hun
dreds of other like trials Mr
carnieel on for a number of years
experiments which have demon
strated thai where manure is used
as a top dressing evenly spread
wnth a macihine givcs an increape
cif from 10 to 15 per cent over
land Avihreh has been plowed af
ter the manure was applied with
a spreader and double the ihi
crense if snread Avith a hand fork
before plowing
Wants for rent for sale etc
5c a line in The Tribune
CHURCH NOTES ANQ TOPICS
Episcopal Wednesday at 730
choir rehearsal Thursday Ladies
Guild meets with Mrs W b1
Jones on 2nd street east Next
Sunday Holy Communion ait 8
a m Sunday school at 10 Lit
any and sermon at 11 Srvi
armcn at 4 p m There Avill
be special services on Ash Wed
nesday
Estimate of Expenses
At the regular meeting of the
county board of Ued Willow
county Nebraska held on
day of January 1912 the
mauter of the estimate of the ne
cessary expenses for he year 1912
Avas considered and the estimate
made as folloAVS
County general fund 30000 00
Countv bridge fund 15000 00
County road fund 10000 00
Countv Soldiers Relief
fund 1000 00
McCook City bond 1500 00
McCook Gittv Avater
bond 10000 00
School district bonds 12000 00
Dated at McCook this 9th day
of January 1912
CIIAS K DUTCHES
County Gleirk
First publication Feb 1 8ts
NOTICE
E W Sovern wbose full name
is to plantiffs unknoAvn Avill
take notice that on the Gth day
of January 1912 W B Whittak
er a justice of the peace f Wil
Ioav Grove Precinct Red WjlloAV
county Nebraska issued an or
der of attachment in the sum of
750 in an action pending be
fore him wherein E D Perkins
Company are plaintiffs and
said E W Sovern is defendant
and property of the defendant
consisting of money due from
OMeago Burlington Quincy
Railroad Company garnishee ha
been attached under said order
Said cause has been continued
for hearing on the 23rd day of
February 1912 at the hour of
2 oclock p m
E D PERKINS COMPANY
First publication Jan 25 8ts
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Notice
W R A Howard Avhcse full
name is to the plaintiff un
known Avill take notice that on
the first day of January 1912 TV
B Whittaker justice of the peace
of WilloAv GroAe precinct Red
WilloAv county Nebraska issued
an order of attachment in the
sum of 1440 in an action AAhen
in E B Odell is plaintiff and
said W R A IIoAAard is defend
ant and property of the defend
ant consisting of 35 collars 5
pieces of undenAear 5 shirts
10 neckties 1 lrat 1 cap 2 suits
clothes 1 coat 2 pair shoes 1
suit casehas been attaches under
said order Said cause has been
continued for hearing on the 15th
day of February 1912 at the
hour of 2 oclock p m
E B ODELL Plaintiff
First publication Jan 25 6te
Real Estate Filings
The following real estate filings
fiave been made in the count
clerks office since our last re
yaxrt
Ed S Byfield to Ethel Long
wd lot 11 and 12 bloek
28 Indianola 3000 00
Abr L Stahl to Asa F Bal
lah wd sw qr 12-2-26 4500 00
NOTICE
E W So vera whose full nam 1
As to plaintiff unknown will take
notice that on the IStli day of
Janua ry 1912 W B Whittaker
a justice of the peace of Willow
Ilaitcb experimented by spread Grove precinct Red Wallow coun
ing manure on 20 aoreis and at
the same time compared the re
sults with crops raiiacid on simil
ar land without manure
The manure spreader secures
a gain over the hand spreader in
the corn crop of 480 per acre
or 19200 on forty acres In oate
the spreader has a credit of
401 per acre over the hand
spreader or 16040 on forty
acres In clover the gain was
200 per acre The gain made in
all the crops where the spreader
was used over land where no ma
nure was applied was so marked
that a farmer cannot be without
one In fact spreading manure
watli a hand fork is as1 crude and
unprofitable as the old cradle
vould ibe at tins age as a harvest-
injr maciiane The writer has
ty Nebraska issued an order of
attachment in the sum of 4S60
in an action pending before him
AViherein Ed Iluber is plaintiff
and said E W Sovern is defend
ent consisting of money due Ifiron
the Chicago Burlington and Quin
ey Railroad company has been
attached under said order Said
cause has been continued for
hearing on the 2nd day of Maireh
1912 at the hour of 2 oclock pm
ED HTJBER Plaintiff
Advertisement lor Bids
Notice is hereby given that
sealed proposals AA aIl be received
at the office of the County Clerk
of Red WilloAv county Nebraska
at McCookNebraskafor the con
struction and erection of the super-structure
the sub structure
and approaches and for the fur
nishing of materials in connection
Avith the same for all steel and
AAiooden bridges to be built in
said Red WilloAv county Neb
raska AAithin one year from the
5th day of March 1912 A D said
bids to be for the super structure
of all said bridges per lineal foot
for the super structure of all ap
proaches per lineal foot for all
pilings used in the sub struot
ure of ail such bridges and ap
proaches and for all caps sAAay
braces and other Avocd material
used in the sub structure of such
bridges and approaches per foot
board moasure according to
the plans and specifications in
the County Clerks office of said
county
Each bid must be accompanied
by 50000 in cash or certified
cheek for said amount payable
to Chas IC Dutch er county
clerk to be forfeited to the
county in case bidder refuses to
enter into contract AA ith the
county AA ith proper bond if
same is aAA arded to him must
be filed on or before noon cent
ral time on the 5th dav of
March 1912 Said bids will be
opened at 2 oclock p m cent
ral standard time March 5th
1912
The Boar d of County Commis
sioners reserve the right to re
ject any or all bids
Attest
CHAS K DUTCnER
County Clerk
First publication Feb l 8ts
Here is a message of hope and
good cheer from Mrs C J Martin
Bocne Mill Va who is the mother
of eighteen children Mrs Martin
was cured of stomach trouble and con
stipation by Chamberlains Tablets af
ter five years of suffering and now
recommends these tablets to the pub
lic Sold by all dealers
Tliis is the season of the year
Avhen mothers feel very much con
cerned over the frequent colds con
tracted by their children and have
abundant reason for it as eA ery cold
weakens the lungs lowers the vital
ity and paves the Avay for the more
serious diseases that so often fol
low after Chamberlains Cough Rem
edy is famous for its cures and is
pleasant and safe to take For sale
by all dealers
DISINTERESTED
TESTIMONY
has sold more
Meybest Flour
for tiie Superior Milling Co
than any other selling force
A satisfied user never hesitates
to recommend it she Avillj pass
the merits of Meybest to her
neighbors and friends and fur
nish any one unbiased opinion
Get in touch with disinterested
information on Meybest Flour
Superior Milling
Company
CARL MARSH Local Dealer
Important
FOR
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Offer
Good Until March 15 1912
We will send The Lincoln Daily Star regu
lar paice 3ooj to any address for one year
and the Lincoln Weekly Star The Farmers
Family paper regular price 50c per year
to any address for three years If preferred
AAe Avill send tke weekly to two different addresses for one
year each If desired the daily and Aveekly will be sent to
different addresses
Think of it 4 50 Avorth of papers for 300 The Lincoln
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three years all for yJJJ
For the Daily and Sunday Star with the
above offer on the Weekly the price is
The Lincoln Daily Star is Nebraskas Best Newspaper
Independent Fearless Truthful No Political entanglements
or alliances
The Lincoln Weekly Star is an interesting and valuable
farm paper
Remember this offer is good only until March
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First La Grippe Then Bronchitis
That was the case with Mrs W S
Bailey McCreary Ky My Avife Avas
taken doAvn with a severe attack of
la grippe which ran into bronchitis
She coughed as though she had con
sumption and could not sleep at
night The first bottle of Foleys
Honey and Tar Compound gave her
so much relief that she continued us
ing it until she was permanently
cured A McMillen
An Epidemic of Coughing
Is sweeping over the town Ohl and
young alike are affected and the
strain is particularly hard on little
children and on elderly people
Foleys Honey and 3Tar Compound is
a quick and reliable cure fcr all colds
Sold by A McMillen
Try Tribune Avant ads
There is no batter medicine made
for colds than Chamberlains Cough
Remedy It acts on nautres plan
relieves the lungs opens the secre
tions aids expectoration and re
stores the system to a healthy con
dition For sale by all dealers
For a sprain you Avill find Cham
berlains Liniment excellent It
allays the pain remoAes the sow
mess and soon restores the parts to
a healthy condition 25 and 50 cent
Bottles for sale by all dealers
Do jou know that more danger
lurks in a common cold than on any
other of the minor ailments The
safo way is to take Chamberlains
Cough Remedy a thoroughly reliable
preparation and rid yourself of the
cold as quickly as possible This
remedy is for sale by all dealers
Why Not
Have that Cellar
Cemented Now
We can give you a Ioav figure on such Avork noAV be
fore the heaAy Avorking season opens
Call on or phone the manager He will
be glad to come and figure Avith you
McCook Cement Stone Co
Phone Red 196 H N Rosebush Manager
PROFESSIONAL AND
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
MRS F H TRIMBLE
Dress Maker and
Ladies Tailor
Phone black 90 503 E 3rd
Your combings
made Into switches and puffs
MRS L M THOMAS
Phone Ash 2354
JENNINGS HUGHES CO
Plumbing Heating
and Gas Fitting
Phone 33
Estimates furnished free BassmeEi
Postoffice building
DR HERBERT J PRATT
Registered Graduate
Dentist
Office 212 Main av over M
onnells drug store Phones Of
rice 160 residence black 131
R H GATEWOOD
Dentist
Phone 163
Office Room 4 Masonic temple
McCook Neb
JOHN E KELLEY
Attorney at Law and
Bonded Abstracter
of Lincoln Land Co 0
fiee in Postoffice buildimg Mc
Cook Nebraska
A G BUMP
Real Estate
and Insurance
Office 305 2nd st East Phone
black 252
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for all kinds
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DR R J GUNN
Lawyer
Dentist Bonded Abtracter and
Examiner of Titles
Phone 112 x
Stenographer and notary in office
Office Rooms 3 and 5 Waitf McCook Nebraska
building McCook
McCOOK MACHINERY
JAMES HART M R C V S AND IRON WORKS
Machine Work
Veterinarian BJacksmlthlng
Horse Shoeing
Phone 34
We Qre agents for Ceiebrated
Office Commercial barn McCook Ford Auto
Nebraska 210 1st st W -- Phone red 450
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