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SEPT. 28-29-30, at ALLIANCE, NEB
THE GREATEST SHOW EVER
SEEN IN THESE PARTS WILL
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,, Cracker Jack Races will be Seen on the New gfi i rgno StancircJ Race Track
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" ' A A P- this Great Event
AUTOMOBILE RACES EVERY D4Y Some of the Finest Machines in Nebraska will Start 11
Hundreds of Dollars in Premiums will be Given for Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Poultry
OFFICIAL PROGRAM FOR THE FAIR MEETING:
(Committee reserves the right to make any change deemed necessary.)
First Day-Tuesday, Sept 28
Event No. 1. One-half mile trot or pace, best two
out of three. Purse $150. Divided $ 75, 50, 25. 'Entrance
fee, 10 per cent. Must be 5 entries. Five to start and three
to go. .
Event No. 2. Potato Race. Purse $50. Divided $25,
15, 10. Eight to enter, five to go. Entrance fee, 5 per
cent.
Event No. 3. One-half mile Cow Pony Race for horses,
not over 14 hands 2 inches high. Cow ponies only, not race
horses. Purse $75., Divided $30, 20, 15, 10. Eight to
enter, five to start. Entrance fee, 10 per cent.
Event No. 4. Bucking Contest. Purse $200. Divided
$100,50,25. $5 to every contestant not placed. One-third
of contestants to ride each day.
Event No. 5. One-half mile dash, free for all. Purse
$100. Divided $50, 30, 20. Five to enter, three to start.
Entrance fee, 10 per cent.
Event No. 6. Roping Contest. Purse $100. Divided
550, 30, 20. One-third of contestants to rope each dav.
Event No. 7. Two-mile Relay Race. Riders to
change horses and saddles every half mile. Riders to have
but one attendant. Purse $60. Divided $30, 20,. 10. Five
to enter and three to go. Entrance fee, 10 per cent.
Event No. 8. Automobile Race. Best two heats in
three. Purse $50. Divided $25, 15, 10. Five to enter,
three to go. Entrace fee, 10 per cent.
Address all communications to
Agricultural Experimentation
in Box Butte County
c
H PROF. E. W. HUNT, Director "m
Wheat-Head Army Worms
A few days ago a prosperous farmer of
the. county while harvesting his oats had
occasion to stop the binder for a moment,
and was surprised to find the canvass of
the table covered with a multitude of
worms. There were so mauj of them
that they tumbled over one another 01. the
canvass. As he was expecting to plant
the ground to potatoes noxt year ho was
anxious to know whether they would in
jure that crop, as some one had suggested
that they were the identical worms that
sometimes worked such havoc with pouto
vines. The worms provsd to be sp c -mens
of the Wheat-head army worm
(Leucania Albilinia,) a close relative of
the true army worm, but having a special
preference for the beads of small grain,
and of certain grasses. When it becomes
very abundant in any field of small grain
it may do considerable damage, but this
does not often happen. Sometimes when
its favoritefocd becomes short, it takes on
the habits of the true army worm and mi
grates to other fields to continue its rav
ages. It) works principally on wheat, rye,
barley, rarely attacks corn, and is not
known to injure potatoes. It passes the
winter as a pupa. The moths emerge
from the"ground in May and lay eggs
which hatch in from three to five days, ac
cording to the weather. These caterpil
lars become mature in about a month
later, From ten days to two weeks is
spent in the pupal stale underground, and
the second brood of moths appears in late
July and early August. These lay eggs
EARL D. MALLBRY,
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and start a second generation of caterpil
lars which pass tho winter in the ground
in a pupal slate. This second brood is
what the farmer mentioned above found
in his oats. The pupa of this may gen
erally be destroyed by late fall plowing,
turning them out to the weather after they
have gone into winter quarters. These
worms should not be confounded with
either the potato stalk weevil or the potato
stalk borer, as they are entirely different
with far different tastes. If it should ever
become dangerously abundant it may be
trapped and poisoned the same as the
regular army worm, The first brood may
injure small grain, especially wheat, early
in the season.
"Little Potato" Disease
The other day I advised a potato grower
to dig up and burn all the plants he found
to be infected in his field. He did not
seem to think it was a serious matter and
said that be had had the disease on his
place for a number of years and no harm
had come from it. This leads me to fear
that others may feel in the same way, and
is the reason why a few words of further
information about the disease may be ad
visable. The reason why no disastrous
results have followed its appearance in
this vicinity is the fact that very rarely
are potatoes planted here on ground that
has ever been put to potatoes before. We
have so much new land here that following
potatoes with potatoes is not necessary or
practiced here. But the time will
come when this will not be the case,
if we continue in the potato business for
$1,280 in Prizes for the Races
$200 for Broncho Bustini
$100 for the Roping Contest
Second Day-Wednesday, Sept. 29
Event No. 1. One-half mile dash, free for all. Purse
$100. Divided $50, 30, 20. Five to enter and three to start.
Entrance fee, 10 per cent.
Event No. 2. Hat Race. Purse $50. Divided $25,
15, 10. Ten per cent entrance fee.
Event No. 3. Exhibition of hitching and driving a
wild horse one-half mile. A wild horse to be hitched with
one broken horse and driven once around the track. Driver
to have but one attendant, and wild jhorse to have nothing
but a hackamore on when the word to hitch is given. Horses
to be drawn by lot. Purse 50.00. Divided 25.00, 15.00,
10.00. Entrance fee, 10 per cent. Five to enter, three to go.
Event No. 4. Bucking Contest. Second clay.
Event No. 5. Half mile Cow Pony Race for ponies
not over 14 hands 2 inches high. Cow ponies, not race
horses. Purse 65.00. Divided 30.00, 20.00, 15.00. Ten
per cent entrance fee. Eight to enter and five to go.
Event No. 6. Roping Contest. Second day.
Event No. 7. One-half mile Saddle Horse Race.
Cow horses only. Purse 50.00. Divided 25.00, 15.00, 10.00.
Eight to enter, five to go. Entrance fee, tenper cent.
Event No. 8. Automobile Race. Second heat.
mTTHE FUN BEGINS AT 1:30 P. M.
so long a time. The danger lies in the
infection of the soil. This disease is as
contagious and infectious as small-pox.
No one knows how long this infection will
live in the soil, but it is known to be very
persistent. In other sections of the coun
try, where land is not so abundant, and
where they are forced to follow potatoes
with potatoes, wherever this disease has
appeared if has wiped the potato industry
completely out. It is to prevent the in
fection of the soil with a disease that may
never leave it that I advise all potato
growers to dig up and burn all diseased
plants.
Representative U. S. Dept. of
Agriculture Visits Alliance
Prof. J. A. Warren, representing the
Bureau of Plant Industry of the United
States Department of Agriculture, arrived
in Alliance last Saturday and remained in
in the county a few days, the guest of
Prof. E. W. Hunt. Prof. Warren was
for many years prominently connected
with the educational work of Nebraska,
and being familiar with the development
of this state is better qualified for his
present work of farm management investi
gations than he would be were he a stran
ger in this country.
It is with pleasure that we acknowledge
a call from Prof. Warren, the pleasure of
which is increased by being able to give
our readers the benefit of the following
interview;
"To the traveler in Box Butte county
there is scarcely anything more evident
than the fact that the county is capable of
supporting a much larger agricultural
population than it now has. The owner
ship of a large amount of land by nonresi
dents, who hold it for speculative pur
poses only, is one of the greatest hindran
ces to agricultural development. This
Sec, Box Butte,
unoccupied land has encouraged farmers
to do much careless work and fail to de
velop the resources of their own farms.
"Good cows are always a reliable source
of income and more care should be taken
to produce good winter feed for them. To
this end more alfalfa is needed. On many
farms there are considerable acres that
would produce good crops of this valuable
hay, but which are left to produce a few
cents worth of wild grass to the acre.
While there are some especially favorable
localities, every farmer can raise this crop
to some extent. The most favorable
lands are those where water can be reach
ed at from three to fifteen feet from the
surface. Farmers having such tracts
should lose no time in getting them seeded
to alfalfa. It should be remembered,
however, that it is not at all necessary
that alfalfa should' be able to reach ground
water. Many have failed with alfalfa
simply because they sowed poor seed.
Only the best seed should be used. Home
grown dry land seed is the best that can
be found. There is excellent prospect for
the production of profitable crops of alfal
fa seed by sowing in rows three feet apart
and cultivating thoroughly.
"The most important cash crop and the
main stay of the farmer is the potatoes.
The region has won a wide reputation for
the excellent quality of its potatoes. The
extermination of this crop is now seriously
threatened by disease. It is of the utmost
importance that every possible effort be
made to check the ravages of disease and
reduce to a minimum the number of di
seased tubers. The loss of a crop or part
of a crop is not all that is at stake. The
farmers of this county cannot afford to
lose the reputation which they have won
by years of effort. If the diseases now
prevalent are not soon checked the market
for the crop will be seriously curtailed.
It would seem clear that until these di
seases are better understood every precau
tion should be taken to use only unin
BASE
CHARIOT RACES
HIPPODROMES
and MINOR SPORTS
Third Day-Thursday, Sept. 30
Event No. 1. One-half mile handicap trot or pace, best
two out of three. Purse $150. Divided $75, 50 25. Five to
enter, three to go. Entrance fee, 10 per cent.
Event No. 2. Girls' Cow Pony Race. One-half mile.
Open to all. Purse $50. Divided 25, 15, 10. Ten per
cent entrance fee.
Event No. 3. One-half mile Gents' or Ladies' Driving
Race. Best two out of three. Horses that have ever raced
are barred. Purse $40. Divided $25, 10, 5. Five to enter,
three to go. Entrance fee, 10 per cent.
Event No. 4. Bucking Contest. Third Division.
Event No. 5. Five-eighths mile dash. Free for all.
Purse $100. Divided $50, 30, 20. Five to enter, three to
go. Entrance fee, 10 per cent.
Event No. 6. Roping Contest. Third Division.
Event No. 7. One-half mile Consolation Race for
saddle horses only. For horses that have not won any prize
in the meet. Purse $30. Divided $15, 10, 5. No entrance fee.
Event No. 8. Automobile Race Third heat. Hurdle,
Hippodrome and Chariot Races. Purses for all. All
riders and drivers to wear colors, and in all cow horse races
the riders to wear a complete outfit.
County Fair,
fected seed and plant it on ground that
has not grown potatoes.
"While many well cultivated fields arc
seen, most farmers do not seem to realize
the amount of damage done by weeds.
Weeds are more vigorous feeders than
cultivated plants, if they were not they
could not be weeds. The cultivated crops
need all the moisture and plant food they
can get. Weeds draw from the soil large
amounts of water which the crops need.
It is probable that more water can be
saved by keeping down all weeds than in
any other way."
Neighboring Notes
From Bayard Truuscrlpt:
Will McFeron, ditch rider for the
Alliance canal, reports by far the best
prospect for crops under the ditch that
he has ever seen, though he has served
in that capacity for a number of years.
From Itdshvllle Recorder;
Tom Tully came up from Alliance
Monday night to visit the folks awhile.
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Wasmund, Sr.,
left yesterday morning for Alliance,
where they will spend a few days visit
ing old friends.
Mrs. O. L. Wilson came up from
Alliance Wednesday evening with her
sister, 'Mrs. Phiffs, of Charleston, 111.,
who is out on a visit, returning from
Colorado.
From Chadron Joarnul;
The chautauqua at Crawford was
patronized by several Chadronitcs and
we understand all who attended were
highly pleased. This, the first attempt
at a chautauqua for northwest Ne
braska, was marked with a degree of
success sufficient to warrant plans for
BALL
Alliance, Neb.
next year. Tuesday morning tempor.
ary organization was perfected for ne .t
year. Of it Rev. H. Goodin of this
city was made president. The plan
now is to interest Alliance, Crawford
and'Chadron in the proposition. For
the work done this year much credit is
due Rev. D. Webster Davis.
From Scotts HlulT Rupubllcun:
Miss Irene Kinnon, of Alliance, who
has been visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Jas. Connolly for the past
two weeks, returned home Wednesday.
Miss Bonn? accompanied her.
FLETCHER'S DIETARY 1
f GOLDEN RULE.
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l) Here Is Horace Fletcher's dlet-
j nry golden rule for all seasons
of the year:
Do not eat when you are
mad or sad, only when you
are glad.
) The researches of tho sclen
tl tlsts huve proved that our nerves
Si play a most importnnt part in
? our digestion. Many emotions
f actually stop short the flow of
j gastric Juices us effectually ns
j nn angry landlord might shut
3 off tho gas or water from the
S flat of tho tenant who had an
sa gored him. These emotions in-
hlblt, or forbid, the action of
S$ certain glands from which should
flow tho needed digestive fluids.
5 If you are worried or angry
' over a business deal or home
3 trouble over anything, In fact
f. you had better not eat at all
i juit then, for worry and anger
f are potent factors in stopping fo
S the flow of the gastric juices. S3
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