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and prices. I will be gad to give you any information you desire,
very low when compared with others.
Out here in western Nebraska we have a big
table of fine land that is still very low-priced. This
country is just developing and there is great, oppor
tunity to get in " on the ground floor."
Herewith I show a scene oi harvesting and plowing
with steam engine and moleboard plows, the fclow
following the harvester. Large tracts are easily
farmed by machinery.
1 have a large list of both improved farms and
raw land. If you are in the market yourself or have
a buyer for
land write
me for descriptions
My prices are
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Hemingford, Box Butte County, Nebraska
LARGE POTATO BINS AT HEIYilNGFORD
Fine Fresh and
Cured Meats
At this market you will always
find the freshest, highest-grade
Omaha meats
Boiling Meat
Steaks
Lard M
Chops
Pork
in all size
s
Everything here that is to be found
in a first-class market
H. L. BUSHNELL, Hemingtord
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Agricultural Experimentation
in Box Butte
County
PROF. E. W. HUNT,
DIRECTOR
Conservation of Nebraska's Resources
clubs at Norfolk last month. .
ject was, "The Conservation
GO SOMEWHERE
SEATTLE EXPOSITION. Very low excursion rates
(or Pacific Coast tours all summer; the most interesting journey in tlit world.
TO THE EAST. An extensive scheme of excursion
rates to the Lakes, Canada and eastern reborts will be anno'unced prior to June i
MORE NEW LANDS. Judith Basin, Montana, on
the Great Northern road, just north of Billings. Splendid chances of proiit for
eaily bujers. Famous laud just reached by the railroad. SUN RIVER, Mon
tana, a government irrigated tract near Great Falls. One of the best in the
country. BIG HORN BASIN, a new government irrigated tract of 15,000
acres near Garland, to be soon opened for filing; make an early location, Voiy
cheap round trip rates to these localities. Personally conducted excursions on
the first and third Tuesdays by D. Clem Doaver, General Agent, Landseekers'
Information Bureau, Omaha, Nobr. Either write him yourself or have your
eastern friends write him.
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F. L. SKALINDER, Agt,
Alliance, Neb.
L. W. WAKELEY, Q. P. A.,Omaha
Prof. J. W. Hunt was one of the
speakers at the banquet which closed
the state convention of commercial
His sub-
of Ne-
braska's Resources." The Norfolk
Daily News gave the following swiop
sis of the address which received so
much favorable comment from those
who heard it:
You have heai d tonight of Nebraska's
progress. Gentlemen, I want you to
see that that progress is permanent.
Agriculture, your governor has truly
told you, is the basis of all Nebraska
wealth. All our other industries rest
on it. If we are to have permanent
prosperity In Nebraska we must retain
the resources in the soil and transmit
these resources nnlmpared.
The Americans are tho poorest farm
ers, the most protligate soil robbers on
the face of the earth except for the
Russian. We must look ut Japan und
China with shame for our American
farms. Is not New England thickly
dotted with abandoned farms due to
our systemic robbery of the soil. Vir
ginia landscapes go begging for noth
ing because criminal waste has left
nothing but the scenery.
The menacing shndow of soil ex
haustion soon to come has reached us
in Its westward movement. Its pro
gress must be arrested at any cost.
And arrested It can be.
Our murvelous.soil is boing "continu
ously cropped out. We must have
kuowledgo of tho condition of the soil
and of the laws of plant growth. Wo
must have the intelligence to uurry out
this knowledge If we would ie our
statu.
Plant food is not the soil but what
the soil contains. Tho und Is only a
Question of time If tho Mill U not re
plenished. The plant food or Its equi
valent yearly taken from the soil must
be restored.
Tho soil is the farmors' eapitul The
uvorage Nebraska farmer soils his crop
for less than the cost of the fertilizer it
contains if he bought it on the open
market and he calls it making money.
He Is converting his capital Into cash
for less than Its market value.
market take from the locality only the
smallest part of what is plunt food.
Hut when plant and grain are ruthless
ly 1 amoved and destroyed the loss Is
appalling.
In ot'e reb:,ska county I found that
ninety per cent of the straw piles were
burned. All this came from the soil
and fair treatment demands that it be
returned to the soil. A man has a
right to rob himself but no man has a
right to rob the future. I hope the
time will soon come when it will be a
penitentiary offense to burn a struw
pile In Nebraska.
Water absorbs the fertility of tho
soil for It is thus that plant life gets its
food. When water runs over culti
vated land, It carries away with It fer
tility from the soil. Ily our crude and
IneQlclent methods of cultivation hun
dreds of thousands of dollars are wash
ed out of the state and into the Mis
souri river in this way every year.
Cultivate water holding crops. Plant
trees and grass on slopes.
What we have to face Is coming
rapidly and certainly. It is tho great
est economic problem before the peo
ple. Hut I believe from tho course of
the last ten years that the American
people have found themselves and have
beguu to do their own thinking and
that they will work out this gieat
problem right.
I am here to appeal tonight for jour
hearty co-oporatlou. The prosperity
of the country is the prosperity of the
town The art that is in farming must
be made known. It must be recognled
that the best farmer is he who makes
the largest deposit not in tho bank but
in the farm. 1 usk for your lutlueuce
for tho state. The need I say Is urgent
and 1 love the state too well to slander
hur. Mutuul piotlt can only come
from mutual service.
Free Experimental Stock
Importance of Good Seed Potatoes ' twclv gallons of com water, if tho
seen, uowevcr, is aircauy raarrea oy
scab it wilt bo necessary to soak It in
the solution from two to six 'hours
according to the depth of the seal)
ulcer. This solution is very poisonous
und should bo bundled in such a way
ns to avoid all danger from poisoning.
It Is poisonous only when taken into
the stomach.
Another treatment recommended is
tho following, fcjuok the potatoes in
burlup sacks and before cutting soak
them for one and one-half hours in a
solution composed of one quart of
formalin ( to pur ceut. solution) to thir
ty gallous of water.
Where potatoes are to be treated on
a laige scale It is better to place them
in a tight room somewhut raised from
the iloor so us to allow gas free access
and expose them for from thirty-six to
fbrty-olght hours to formaldehyde gas,
This gas is made by placing twenty
four ounces of potassium permangan
ate in a lurgc dish and pouring upon it
four pints of formalin us noted ubove.
This liberates formaldehyde gus. Close
the room tightly so that no gaa may
escape. This amount will produce gas
enough for a room ten feet by ten feet
by ten feet. For a larger room a pro
portionately larger amount should be
used. The objection to the formalin
dipping solution is that the potatoes,
owiug to the odor, are offensive to
handle after dipping.
If, however, the potato seed has al
ready sprouted It is better to use the
formalin solution thuu the corrosive
sublimate solution because this latter
sometimes bums and kills the new
sprout. The gas treatment is eutlrely
harmless to the sprout.
Hy following these directions any
farmer may succeed in eliminating
uiuety-uine per cent of the 6cab in his
crop. It Is to bo hoped for tho reputa
tion of ltox ltutte county potatoes,
that every farmer will give his pota-
(Prof. K. W. Hunt.)
I am very anxious to Improve the
quality of the potato crop in Hox liutto
county. There are two ways of doing
this: Hy Improved tillage und by the
proper selection of seed. One thing
that has lowered tho quality of the po
tato crop here has been the selection of
Improper seed. It is u law of nature
that like produces like und we general
ly observe this law in all matters ex
cept in the selection of our potato seed.
No one would think for n moment of
breeding his culls and scrubs if lie
wished to obtuin first class cattle. We
no longer selected our seed corn at the
crib with u scoop sliovel. On the con
trary wo selected tho best and most
marketable corn we have for seed. I
wish the farmers of Hox llutte county
would apply this same law in the se
lection of potato seed.
My udvlce Is to select for seed only
the best, smoothest, most marketable
potatoes to bo had. When culls are
planted there will of course be a cer
tain proportion of marketable potatoes
owing to the stimulating quality of our
soil while under the sumo conditions
the planting of the best seed will pro
duce the greatest number of tho best
potatoes.
I am frequently asked whether it Is
better to plant home grown seed or
Imported seed. Other things being
equal tho home grown seed Is tho best
seed to be had, beed brought from
another locality bus to become acclim
ated before It can produce Its best and
this generally takes from two to three
years. It is not reasonable to suppose
that seed produced where there is au
abundant rainfall will produce its best
whero the rainfall is somewhat defi
cient until it becomes accustomed to
the changed conditions.
Another thing that Injures tho quali
ty of the potato urop hero Is tho pre
All farmers or others desiring to
plant goosebenies, currants, dewber
ries, June berries, grapes, Buffalo ber
ries, raspberries and blackberries can
get them free at Sandoz Experimental
valence of potato diseases. Among tous an adequate treatment against
tins iiisiiguring uisease. 1 cannot urge
this too btrongly.
station on Sec. 1.29.45, Sheridan
That which the mi-Mi vtni,i .n.iEt. im county on the river; all hardy and
returnea to It. The animals which wo bearing stock. Jules A. Sandoz,
1 raise on our farms when shipped t0 Director.
these the scab is prominent and may
bo largely prevented by u proper treat
ment of tho seed. I advito every farm
er who plant potatoes to be careful to
give lib. seed a thorough treatment for
the prevention of scab. It Is better to
sokct seed on which there is no scab
but C7eu such seed may bedufected und
may carry upon Its surface tho spores
of the bcab fungus, which, unless de
stroyed, will produce scab iu the crop.
These 6pores ou clean seed may be
killed by an Instantaneous dip thor
oughly wetting the potatoes In a 'solu
tion of two ounces of corrosive sublim
ate to thirteen gallons of water. The
best way to prepare this solution Is to
dissolve tho corrosive sublimate in a
gallon of hot water, stir it until
thoroughly dissolved and then add
COL, l M. WET
Auctioneer
Hemingtord, Neb.
Makes a specialty of stock sales. Mat
ters pertaining to general auctions
carefully attended to. Dates for
sales may be made at The Allianco
Herald office. Satisfaction guaranteed
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