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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1909)
V ' fJWl rfpFr"-1 fm i GROCERIES V Oh! Ham - 'v We don't sell just "Ham." We sell Armour's "Star." The ham of hams "The Ham what am." EBB gfe ALLIANCE GRADUATED NURSES IN ATTENDANCE HOSPITAL STAFF Dr. Bellwood, Dr. Bowman, Dr. Hand, Dr. Copscy Open to All Reputable Physicians. Address all communications to THE MATRON, ALLIANCE HOSPITAL, Alliance, Nebraska. NELSON FLTCTCH1DR FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY REPRESENTS THE FOLLOWING INSURANCE COMPANIES. Hartford Flro Insurance Company. North American of Philadelphia. Phoenix of Hlooldjn. Nuw York. Continental of New York City. Niagara Hire Insurance Company. Connectlcutt Flro rommerelal Union Assurance Co.. London Ocrinanla Flro Ins. Co. statu of Omaha Stem -Flro Peter Kicken will do very satisfactory breaking- with his new kerosene plow outfit, near Alliance for the next few days: Orders may be left at The Herald office. New Land Chances FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION: Register at Kalispell, Mont., on the Great Northern Railway. COEUR d'ALENE RESERVATION: Register at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. (Buv tickets to Spokane.) SPOKANE RESERVATION: Register at Spokane, Washington. Registration dates June 15 to August 5th, inclusive. This is another of the re ' maining few chances for this generation to obtain good government lauds. Call on nearest ticket agent for descriptive leaflet, showing conditions, ex cursion rates, train service, etc The Burlington-Great Northern, Spokane and Seattle train takes you through the wealth producing Wenatchee fruit country, and Bhows you the wonder- ful upper northwest empire; every mile is interesting. BIG HORN BASIN: A splendid choice of the government irrigated lands is still left to homesteaders in this fast growing country. 320-ACRE MONDELL LANDS: Thousands of acres of these larger sized tracts are now available for free homesteading in eastern Wyoming and are going fast. jMm AND MEATS Jas. Graham "ON THE OSP1TAL Wallace's Transfer Line Household goods moved promptly and transfer work solicited. Phone i Frank Wallace, Prop'r. Liverpool. London and Globe Ins. Co. German American Ins. Co., New York. New llampRlilro Columbia Flro Insurance Company. Philadelphia Underwriters. I'hoeiilx Ins o.. Hartford. Conn I'lremans Fund Insurance Co. UixMiester German InR. Co. Office ( D'Stalis.rictchcr lllock. Boards of all descriptions for any part of a house or barn. Dierks Lumber &Coal Co. Phone 22 D. Waters, Mgr. Mini I JPfJt gnnpraMMMjwMfl HtVL9fiV D. CLEM DEAVER, GENERAL AGENT Land Seekers Information Bureau, Omaha, Nebr, I Ksfrrr ourSflgl 1 YjLEd1 ' uyH - CORNER" HOLSTEN'S Headquarters for School Supplies TABLETS NOTE BOOKS COMPOSITION BOOKS NOTE PAPER PENCILS PENS, INKS CHALK CRAYONS COLORED CRAYONS ERASERS and PAINTS RULERS GIVEN AWAY AT HOLSTEN'S Shoe Repairing PROfTPTLV DONE All Work Strictly First-Class n. D. Nichols BOX BUTTE AVENUE 1st door north of Herald office ai'ctioni;i:u i ELLSWORTH, NEBR. Col. New has had 25 years' experience and is one of the most successful auctioneers in the northwest. Dates made at this office. When a Plumber is Needed I send for us. We have plenty of time ' now to attend to all classes of work ' This is not our busy season and it will pay you to have your ' PLUMBING, HEATING. FITTING, I etc., attended to now before the rush; of work begins. We are thoroughly posted in our business and an order! from you will promptly put all our knowledge and skill at your service. The cost will Hot be great, Fred Bre n na n J. N. Sturgeon S. G, Young Sturgeon & Young DRAY LINE (Successors to G. W. Zobel) Office Phone 139. Residence Phone 142. Wvpiil$Q Jirl Making Money On the Farm II. Mointalninoj Fertility By C. V. GREGORY. Author of "Homo Course In Modern Agriculture" CopyrlUht. 1909, bjr American IYti AitocUllon NOT nil lands need tllo drainage but there tiro uone on which the problem of maintaining fertility Is not an Important one. Fertility of the laud In Its broad est sense means Its ability to produce large crops. One of the Important factors lnllu dicing fertility Is the amount of plant food In the soil. Ten elements, car bon, hydrogen, oxygen, calcium, mag nesium, Iron. sulphur, nitrogen, potas sium and phosphorus, are necessary to the growth or plants. From IK) to 1)5 per cent of the dry matter of plants Is made up of carbon, oxygen and hy drogen, which are obtained from air ami water." Of the others only three, nitrogen, phosphorus nnd potassium, nro used In such large quantities that the supply In the soil Is likely to becomo exhausted. These three are usually spoken of as the essential plnnt foods. Amount of Plant Food In Soils. These plant foods nro present In varying amounts In all soils. In many cases It Is necessary to Increase the supply by the use of commercial fer tilizers. The real need of most soils, however, Is not the addition of more of these materials, but the judicious use of those already there. It Is esti mated that there Is enough phosphor us in the upper seven laches of soil In the Mississippi valley to rnlso u hundred bushels of corn to the ncro every year for sixty years and enough potassium to last 000 years at the same rate. Much of this phosphorus and potassium Is combined with other materials in such a form that it Is un available for the use of the plants. Ono of the principal problems of the farmer, then, is to make this stored fer tility avallrble. One of the most effective menns of doing this Is by keeping the soil plen tifully supplied with humus. Humus Is the name given to decaying organic matter In the soil. It Is the humus that gives the dark, rich color to soils. It lemcR that "brown Btrenl; In the furrow" that farmers have long re garded 11s nn Indication of fertility. Iluuir t gives the soil a spongy texturo and greatly Increases Its water holding cnpicl'i. It also makes the aoll lighter and warmer. Soils which contain largo amounts of humus do not bake or become cloddy easily. They tire mel low ni.d respond readily to cultivation Humus contains considerable nitrogen and furnishes a home for bacteria, which aid In making plant food avail able. Certain acids are also formed In the decaying of humus that aid In making the pbosphotus and potas sium available It might almost be said Unit the chief problem of main taining fertility Is the problem of keep ing the soil supplied with humus. Maintaining the Humus 8upply. Probably the best way of maintain ing this humus supply is by the liberal use of barnyard manure. The surplus straw should be used for bedding, so as to save all the liquid portion nnd add to the bull: of the manure. Shred ded fodder Is also good for this pur pose. The manure should be huuled FIG. Ill ACCUMULATION OF UANL'IIE. to the land as fast as formed. When It Is allowed to decay In the bnruyard much of the nitrogen Is lost, nnd ruins falling upon It also wnsh out other ele ments. The manure spreader Is an implement that should bo found In every barnjnrd. The manure can be loaded direct from the stables to the spreader at almost nil seasons of the year nnd spread In nn even layer upou the tleld With a spreader the manure can be made to cover twice as much ground, so that the whole farm can be gone over oftener. While barnyard manure la undoubt edly one of tho best means of main taining fertility, It ennnot nlwnys be had. Many farmers, because of their location near markets which demand certain crops, find it more profitable to HUpply t!iok crops than to raise live atoek Others profer grain farming because It Is leys eoutlulug. Such farm era must hne wmo method of main taining fertility which doos not depend primarily upon manure. The Value of Clover. The best substitute for manure Is clover Clover supplies nn nbuudnnce of nitrogen, the most rapidly used of the throe essential elements. Three fourths of the air Is made up of ni trogen Clover nnd other leguminous crops nre able to get nitrogen from this sourco by means of bacteria which live on their roots. These bacteria chango the nitrogen of the air Into ni trates, n form In which It can be used by the plants, lfully one-third of the nitrogen collected by the clover plnnt Is left In the soil In the roots nnd stub ble. Ono crop of clover In u four year rotntlon will furnish nearly enough ni trogen for the remaining thrco crops In the rotation. This Is n much chenper form of ob taining nitrogen than by purchasing It In commercial fertilizers at 10 to 15 cents a pound. It Is much more profit able to keep the nitrogen supply fairly constant by tho continued uso of n ro tntlon with legumes than to add n lnrge amount nt one time. Nitrogen In the form of nitrates Is readily soluble, nnd every rnln washes some of It out of the soil. This Is not true of tho other essential elements to any marked extent. Too liberal a supply of nitro gen nt one time tends also to promote loo rapid leaf growth nt the expense of fruit or grain. The stubble and roots of the clover, together with the cornstalks and other rubbish, will do a great deal to keep up the humus supply In addition to Fin. iv ixnmNO manuiih bi-uuaueh. this. If no manure nt all Is available, some humus may have to bo supplied from some other source. This Is espe cially true If the soil Is naturally poor In humus. Ono of the simplest wnya to supply this Is by green mnnurlug. This menus the turning under of a green crop, such ns clover, eowpeas or some other legume. This supplies both humus nnd nitrogen. The best time to plow under such 11 crop Is In the fall, so thnt It will have time to decay be fore spring. A large mnss of tindc cuyed material plowed under In the spring checks the upwnrd movement of moisture and Is liable to make tho land sour. Another method of adding to the hu mus supply is by mowing a crop of clover about haying time mid letting It He on tho ground. The second crop can bo cut In the same way or used for fall feed or for seed. "Clover Sick" Soil. After clorer has been grown for n considerable length of time, especially If much has been plowed under for green manure, the land Is liable to be come "clover sick " This Is caused by tin excess of acid In the soil. This acid can be neutralized by the applica tion of ground limestone. Caustic or quicklime Is not ho good as limestone, since It burns up large quantities of humus and In general Is too violent In Its action. Lime has nnother advan tage on clay soils In that It causes the particles to adhere together In larger masses, thus maulng too sou more porous. The usual rate of application Is from twenty to forty bushels to the acre. With the application of lime, as well ns with the adoption of any other new method, It Is best to try It on a smnll scalo first. Then If it proves profitable Its use can be extended. The Judicious use of clover or some other legume will effectively solve tho humus nnd nitrogen problems. There remains the question of the potassium and phosphorus supply. Clover also aids with these. Tho humus formed from It helps to dissolve the unavail able materials and prepare them for the use of the plant. As stated before, there In enough potassium In the upper seven Inches of the average prairie soil to lust COO years under the most Intensive culture nnd enoutrh phos phorus for flfty years. Clo n tin ige this seven Inches Into twice as many feet. Clover roots go dowi I en or n dozen feet or further. Alfalfa roots go down twenty feet or more. These deep roots bring up minerals from the lower layers of soil und leave them where the shallower rooted grain crops can get them Making Fertility Available. Gypsum, or land plaster, has a con siderable effect In making potassium and phosphorus available. Applied at the rate of 500 or COO pounds per acre. It will often Increase crop yields con siderably. It also has n beneficial ef fect on alkali soils. Use one or two bushels to the aero. Probably the most effective way of ranking phosphorus, potassium or oth er plant foods available Is by Ullage Frequent and thorough cultivation, keeping the soil fine and mellow, fa vors tho chemical processes by which locked up plant food Is made available It must be remembered, however, that the faster these materials are lib erated the sooner will the supply be come exhausted. When rotation with legumes, tillage and the application of lime nnd gypsum no longer produce satisfactory results It Is a sign that there Is a lack of potassium or phos phorus, or both, in the soil. Phos phorus Is more liable to become scanty In amount since the supply Is smaller. Bonemeul and ground phosphate rock are the best forms In which to apply this matorlnl The former Is quicker In Its uction, but considerably more ex - pensive Potassium Is usually bought In the form of muriate or sulphate. Miss M. Ruth Taylor TEACHER OF PIANO 324 West Idaho. Phone 205 GEO. W. MILLER GRADUATE PIANO TUNER Repairing- a Specialty Phono 605 307 Sweetwater Ave. RUTH OHLSON Trained Nurse Phone - 321 WILLIAM MITCHELL, ATTORNEY AT LS.VV. ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA. EUGENE BURTON Attorney at Law Office in rooms formerly occupied by U. C. Nolcman, First Nal'l Bank blk 'Phono 180. ALLIANCE, NEB, H. M. BULLOCK. Attorney at Law, ALLIANOM, NltJO. WILCOX & BROOME LAW AND LAND ATTORNEYS. Long experience in state and federal courts and as Register and Receiver U, S. Land Office is a guarantee for prompt and efficient service. Office in Land Office Ilutldtng. ALLIANCE - NKIMASKA. DR. G. W. MITCHELL, Physician ono Surgeon Day nnd night ctlls Ofllco over lloguo Htoro. Phone 150. Drs. Copper noil & Petersen OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS (Successors to Drs. Troy & Ilolfe) Over Norton's Store Office Phone 43, Residence 20 DR. O. L. WEBER DISEASES OF Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Scientific Refraction GEO. J. HAND, II O .M KOl'ATHIC P IIYSICI .V N A " O S i: It G i: O N Formerly Interna Homeopathic Hoi pltiU University of Iowa. Phone 251. Onice ovr Alliance Shoo Store Itesldeiico Phono 251. DR. C. H. CHURCHILL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON (Successor to Dr. .1. K. Slooro) t OFFICE IN FLETCHER BLOCK Oftlco hours Ull!a,ni.,2-4 p.m. 7;30-0 p,tn. Office Phone 62 Res, Phone, 85 H. A. COPSEY, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Phono 300 Culls answered promptly duy and night from ollllcu. Oitfces: Alllitnco National Dunk Unlldlng orur the Post Olllco. nDRrCHAXTsLAmj? Avirn DR. BELLWOOD Special Attention Paid to Eye Work Drs. Bowman & Weber PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS First National Bank Bldg. Rooms 4-5-6 Office hours, 10 to 12 a. tn., 1:30 to 4, 7 to 8 p, in. Office Phono 65 Res. Phono 16 & 184 Dr. H. R. Belville All first-class up-to-date work done in most careful manner PHONE 167 Opera House Block Alliance, Nebr. T, J. THRELKELD, Undertaker and Embalmer OFFICE PHONE 498 RES. PHONE 207 ALLIANCE, NEBR. THE GADSBY STORE Tuncrol Directors and Embalmcrs FUNERAL SUPPLIES OFFICE PHONE 498 RESIDENCE PHONES 207 and 510 - LLOYD O. THOMiAS , 1 Notary Public ,n ,., c , -., ruoiic oieuugrapuer m wuice 4ft rr Box Riitte Avp