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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1921)
DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD Hh S? t m vj , li- GET SILO READY FILLING Paint Interior at Least Once in Three Years and See That Roof Is Water-Tight. DOORS SHOULD FIT TIGHTLY Hoops of Stave Structures Should Be Tightened and Any Defective Pieces of Wood Replaced Air Will Spoil Silage. (Prepared by tlin United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) With the approach of the time for lilllns the silo, experts In the United States Department of Agriculture call attention to the deslrnhlllty of put ting silos In shape and making plans for filling which will &uve valuable time in the rush of work. Silos are n comparatively new feature of farm management, and in many cases have been built less substantially than some of (lie older forms of farm structures. Silos Need Occasional Attention. Even the best constructed silo will need some nttcntlon occasionally. Con crete silos, which are among the most expensive of construction, require the least attention as a general rule, but theywlll give better service If the In side Is given a coat ot special palni nhout once in three years. Paint for treating the Interiors of silos is easily made of raw coal tar mixed with gaso line and applied with a tar brush. The roof should be inspected to see If it is water-tight, and the doors may well be looked over. They need to lit tight. Wooden silos, either stave or board construction, require additional atten tion. The hoops of stave silos should he tightened and any defective pieces of wood replaced. In wood silos, par ticularly the cheap'er ones and thosu of home make, there Is always the llke- llhood of Inlets for air, which will spoil the silage. Careful attention should bo paid to seeing that the machinery to be used In harvesting and storing the silage is In working condition. Corn harvesters and silo-fllling machinery are frequent ly owned In partnership by several farmers, and of course arrangements need to be made In advance to see that all the owners get their corn in at the season when It Is in best shape. In using the corn harvester the bundles should be made rather small. While "tills takes more time, the extra expense Is more than oltset by the ease in han ' tiling the bundles and feeding them Into the silage cutter. The corn ordinarily is hauled to the cutter on common, Hat hay racks. The low-wheeled wagon Is much prefer able to the high one. An underslung rack can be constructed with compara tive ease and will save much labor. If the silage cutter and lifting ma chinery have not been selected, every effort should be made to get machinery which has sufliclent or excess capacity. Z'-w A Low-Down Flat Wagon Saves Labor In Handling Corn When Filling Silo. The mistake Is often made of getting nn outfit that Is too small, thus mak ing the operation of filling the silo very slow and Interfering with the continu ous employment of the entire force of men. A number of satisfactory silage cutters are on the market. The chief' features to be considered In n cutter arc that it Is strongly made and will out fine. Harvest Corn Before Fully Ripe. Ordinarily corn should lin harvested for the silo about a week or ten days before it would be cut for shocking; that Is, when about 90 per cent of the kernels are dented and nt least 75 per cent of the kernels nro hardened so that no milk can be squeezed out. At this ttmo the lower leaves on the stalk are turning yellow and the green corn fodder contains 0." or 70 per cent of moisture, which Is sufliclent for silage. Sllago mnde from corn containing mois ture enough for proper preservation Is more palatable than that made from corn so mature as to require the addi tion of water. CARING FOR ASPARAGUS BED Good Plan to Clean It Off and Apply a Coating of Manure to Pre- vent Freezing. If the uspnragus bed lias beon cleaned off it will be In better jihnpa In the spring If a good coating of ma nuro Is put on. This will keep the bed from freezing and thawing nnd till work in the fertilizer and got the olt In better sliupu for the plantB in aprlng. --; Cr &??K!z??'iyi?Lz&ic jw. t POTATO PRODUCTION IN SOUTHERN STATES Crop Commands Better Price Than in the North. Owtng to Wide Divergence of Season al Conditions, Coupled With Long Growing Season, Tubers Can Be Planted Any Time. (Prcparpil by the United Slates Depart " mout of Agriculture.) The importance of the potato crop In the South is due to Its market vplno rather than its magnitude, for owing to the season in which It is harvested It commands a better price, usually, thnn the Into crop in the North. The wide divergence of sea sonal conditions In the South, coupled with a long-growing season makes It possible to plant and harvest, potatoes In some locality In practically every month in the year. Owing to vnryinjt climatic condi tions, due to both latitude and alti tude there are three distinct potato crop seasons in the Southern states. These are the early or truck crop, the late or main crop, and the fall crop, Grading Potatoes In Southern Field. whleh last may be dlylded Into a sec ond crop and a fall crop proper. The early or truck crop Is confined largely to well-defined production centers. Be cause practically all the early crop Is marketed directly from the field when It is In more or less immature condition, the question of packages nnd of shipping facilities is Important. This subject, and others of interest nnd v&lue to southern potato growers, are discussed In Farmers' IJulletln 1205, entitled Potato Production In the South, just issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. This bulletin may be obtained freo upon application to tho Division of Publications. DURABILITY OF FENCE POSTS Not Much Difference Between Split and Round If Heartwood and Sapwood Equal. Some people bolievG spHt fence posts last longer than do round ones. Prob ably as large a number hold the oppo site view. The forest products labora tory of the United States Department of Agriculture says that one will last about as long as the other If the per centage of heartwood and sapwood Is the same In both. If the percentage of sapwood Is Increased by splitting, tho split post will be less durable, while if the percentage of heartwood Is in creased it vlll be more durable than the round one. Exceptions to this should be mnde If the posts nrp of spruce, hemlock or any of tho true lira, whose heartwood and sapwood aro about equally durable. If the posts aro to be treated with creosote or some other preservative, the round post is preferable to tho split, because of tho comparative easo with wlileh the sapwood can be treated. Experiments at the laboratory demon strate that tho heartwood faces on split posts do not, as u rule, absorb the preservative tis well as does tho sapwood. COOPERATIVE EGG MARKETING Encouraged by Extension Workers and Is Saving Money for Farmers of Nebraska. Co-operative marketing of eggs, which is being encournged by exten sion workers of the University of Mln ne$otn and county agricultural agents, is saving money for farmers of Ne braska. According to the extension news service of the Nebrnska college of agriculture, six cents a dozen, or a total of ?885, was the gain made by farmers of Hamilton county by mar keting their eggs co-operatively dur ing April and May. The county agent and thu farm bureau helped to collect tho eggs at a central point and there grading, packing and shipping them. CRICKETS CUT GRAIN TWINE Insect Is Reported In Great Numbers and Doing Much Damage by Loosening Sheaves. A warning against the crickets which chew the twine on grain sheaves nnd thus cause loss of the grain Is ! sued by Stewart Loekwood, extension entomologist ut tho Agricultural col lege of North Dakota, who says the Insect Is being reported In great num bers throughout ills suction. Use new sisal twine, Jf possible, snys Mr. Loekwood. Otherwise, soak the twine in a solution of ono part turpentine and one jwrt pine tar, two I or three day before -isiug. ' SEPARATE SKIRTS FOR FALL ADD TAILORED ORNAMENTS W1TII Its advantages In tho use of clothes thnt employ beauti ful color combinations nnd are varied bymany pnttcrns In stripes, plaids or checks, the separato skirt finds Its neatness another grent asset The precision of plaits, and their man agement, wins it ninny ndmlrers. Manufacturers are adding to this fine tailoring tills season, small touches in tailored decorations, thnt call atten tion to the perfection of workmanship thnt is the glory of the tailor's art. But the separato skirt appears to need n new name It will soon be the "contrasting" skirt. There are many suits among the new showings In which the coats are plain and the skirt in a checked or plaid' or striped pattern; the coats and skirts are in tended for each other nnd will spend their days together. There Is an ad vantage In owning nn extra skirt of the same mnterlnl as the coat be BLOUSES DELIGHT THE EYE WITH NEW ENCHANTMENTS V". ALL womankind Is straying shop - ward these days, limiting endless Journeys aud excursions among the new displays of hats and blouses. The milliner has a rival now, for blouses grow and grow In Importance and delight tho eye with new en chnntmeiits of beautiful color or ex- qulslte, Intricate garnishments, fiolng shopping Is about as Inviting as walk lug in n garden of wonderful flowers, hut not so bafo for tho pockutbook. However, It Is tlmo now to make a choice among hats and blouses for fall tbere never was n better time and the first showings nro apt to bo the best. Crepe do chine and other crepes ap pear to have seized upon tho Imag ination of women almost to the ex clusion of other materials, wlit-n they consider blouses. These lovely fab rics make all the fancy blouses and many of tho plainer ones, It Is always summer In their realm; at least there Is nothing about them that betrays a' concession to wintry weather. But inoy manage nevertheless to be gn harbingers of the new season by flaunt ing Its colors and Its embellishments. Many of tho now blouses combine two colois nnd two materials, ns can ton crepe nnd georgette ot crepe ile cause coats usually outwear skirts, but that Is an after thought, tho coat renlly belongs to the contrasting skirt. One of the new skirts for fall is shown above, mndo of striped serge and box plnltcd so that tho light stripes are revealed between the plaits of n solid color. Tho light stripe mnkes tho ncnt folds that form smnll ornaments nt each side of tho front and dlnmond-slinped buttons, in two colors, mntchlng tho colors In tho skirt, finish off the folds. A flat bolt Is made of the materlnl and fastens with a button near the front. Tailored and lingerie blouses con tinue to benr" the separate skirt com pany. Those liigh-collnred ones of crepe do chine, worn with tuilorcd bows or tics at tho neck, arc among those present this fall and Reassert ing their perennial churin of neat ness. 1 chme and georgette. This last anion ' of beautiful materials appears Ir. tho hluiise pictured, of sapphlro blue crepe I '' ''bine and black georgette. Like ii" irly all thu fancy blouses It Is cut with a peplum which In this cyi.se Is of tin- georgette and extended above the wilstllne where It Is Joined to the I body of the blouse under n, row of 1 reach knots. The peplum is clnho- ruled with slashes and Ingeniously tiimmnd out at the bottom, across the front, where head fringe calls atton Hun to It t'ccentrlcltles. Beads with brnld embroidery and a little extra stitching of silk in ike this a splendid hit of finery. It Is a slip-over model cut In the kimono style and has n narrow sash of the georgette, -. -"""'"? conriiotiT it wmitN nivwami umoa Particularly Youthful. Tho straight 'bodice, with very little decoration mid attached to a full skirt Is n fancy of the moment for frocks of dark silk. These nro "par ticularly youthful. igaBfc w:JWw?jmmW23P' BERGS DRIFT FAR Immense Masses of loe Often Found in Mid-Ocean. Certain Conditions of Sky and Light Make Them Practically Invisible to Ship's Lookouts, Early summer Is the rcnl season of tho Iceberg in the North Atlantic. It la then thnt these frozen masses are set free in great abundance in the Poinr regions nnd arc drifted Into inld-occan by favoring winds and currents. They have been found several hun dred niiled below tho southernmost latitude of the British Isles and prove a very serious menace to vessels which have to cross their truck. The terrlblo fate of the Titanic has been thnt of many another noblo vessel, though hap pily, without proving so disastrous to human life. Can nn Iceberg become Invisible un der certain conditions of sky and light? It Is claimed that it can on a clenr, starry night, when tho conditions mako the berg nearly the samo color as tho sky. But night-time, under nny nttnos phciic conditions, is usually a bnd ttmo for seeing bergs at a safe distance. Q'hls dlfllculty In making them out Is one of the rensons why their height Is so often exaggerated. Mist or fog, too, will magnify n berg Immensely, just ns n fog In tho Arctic regions has been known to make a fox look ns big as n white bear. Does experience show thnt a berg has nine parts of Us mass below water to only ono part above? It docs not. And for this reason that the sub merged portion is usunlly much brond er and heavier than tho exposed part, so that it is not necessary for nlne tenths of the berg to bo under water to keep the entire mass floating up right. It Is In tho southern hemisphere, chiefly, where fields of ice miles long nro found. One which was reported by u large number ot vessels in tho year 185 1 was 00 miles long nnd -10 miles broad, with an average height of 300 feet. In these enses mnny icebergs had como together and formed into ono soldldly frozen mass. Bergs sometimes enrry strnngo freights. One of tho lint-topped va riety, 100 feet high, was seen In mld- Atlantic benrlng three vessels on Jts icy summit. Another, near the banks of Newfoundland, had several Polar bears walking nhout on It. It Is sad to think of tho fnto of these ursine derelicts when their icy raft reached warmer waters in lower lati tudes nnd cnpslzcd or melted. One can imagine, If tho berg turned over, tho dislodged animals frantically swim ming back to their uncertain and slip pery refuge only to find, pcrhnps, that It no longer niTordcd any real foothold for them. Ships have been moored to Icebergs on occnslons when they have afforded anything but a safe berth. Dr. Knne, the American explorer, once got tho Ice-anchors of his ship fixed In n berg after several hours of very hard work, when largo pieces of ice began to full on tho deck. There wns just time to enst off again before the fnco of the berg fell In ruins, crashing down with tho noise of henvy guns fired nt close quarters. On the other hnnd, tho stenmor Islo of Mull was saved by an echo from nn iceberg ono very foggy night In Juio, 1014, on tho banks of Newfoundland. Ono of tho Franklin exploring ships, also, was saved from certain destruc tion by n berg drifting In between her and n surf-beaten rocky shore. In May, 1007, some gas-buoys broke adrift from the entrnnce of New York harbor and one of them nttnehed Itself to the end of an Iceberg and by sound ing Its horn nt regular Intervals, warned vessels of the Icy danger. Tho birth of an Iceberg has often been seen. But who has stood by nt tho death of one? A Fair Warning. "Eph," said the colored patriarch t his grandson, "ain't you been shootln' craps an' runnln' aroun' wjd n passlo o' fast niggers?" "What if I have?" asked tho flashily dressed youth. "I ain't doln' nothln' but Bovvln my wild onts, as do white folks say." "Go you' way, don, nn' sow dem wild oats, but ef you ain't mighty careful you's gwln to harvest; do crop wl n pick an' shovel, an' when quittln' tlmo comes you ain't gwlno nowhere In por tlckler." Birmingham Age-Herald. Race Was a Little Late. I She was a sweet young thing nnd i sho sat next to n young mnn who, It 1 was apparent, was her sweeteheart, In the nmphlrhentcr at the IJnrtholo- j mew county fair ground, watching i tho races. The time for tho next riiiS. j wns nt hnnd and the starter hollowed: j "Get your horses ready for tho 2:10 i trot." The sweet young thing looked nt her wrist wotch nnd said : "Why, I honey, his watch must have stopped. i It's a quarter to four now." Indliin- npolis News. Pleasing the People. 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