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ThG boys OVdr in Nebraska
arc liroducinK 1M ' bushels of
corn to the nore.
"Whatever lack of cflicioncy
there is in the conduct of public
affairs under the democratic ad
ministration, the farmer boys
are certainly doing their part.
In the corn-growing contest lor
boys under 18, "William A. Wiese
of West Point took the $50 prize
for 114 bushels raised on one
acre. He did all the work him
Holf and realized 115, including
the $50 prize, for his acre of corn,
lie was able to sell the corn at a
premium price. ,
Along with this result in bu
shels and money, the boy was
able to make to the state board
of agriculture a detailed state
ment of his work, showing in
telligence and system as well as
energy. Other boys, who com
peted in this corn-raising con
test, showed good results, 08, 85,
70, 77, 70 bushels to the acre,
nnd so on down to the lowest on
the ilist, who, on the hilly und
washed-off land at Gretna, was
able to produce only 88$ bushels
to the acre.
It all shows how the farmers
of Nebraska are attending to
theiribusiness and are training
up the'boys to appreciate intelli
gent and proper handling of the
soil.
When the vounir soldiers of
Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois re
turned from the war, married
their sweethearts and went into
the little sod houses on the
prairie homesteads of Nebraska,
no one dreamed of tho splendid
achievements they would work
out in the then uncertain prairie
state.
The 200x400 miles of prairie,
sloping upward from the Mis
souri river at tho rate of eight
Xeet to tho mile, was considered
high and dry and was marked on
tho early maps as a part of the
great American desert. The
people of the older states, send
ing their young folks out to the
prairie homesteads, hoped for
the best, but doubted the exper
iment. "There is no timber for
fuel or fencing or running water
for the stock," and what was a
country good for with neither
wood nor water?
Now these Nebraska farmers
have the best water system and
the best water in the world, and
while they have no timber nor
coal, they have no wasteland,
nnd every acre is either a corn,
or wheat, or alfalfa, or grass
producing acre, and the money
income from one of these pro
ducing acres will pay the farm
ers' coal bill for a year.
Of the seven corn states in tho
union, Nebraska stands with
Iowa and Illinois as one of the
three great corn states of the
world.
And the Nebraska farmers
know the value of their land.
They know how to get the best
results and their boys know that
it pays to be intelligent and to
understand the soil. There are
lightweight politicians, light
weight governors, lightweight
congressmen and senators, but
the corn raisers of Nebraska are
not lightweights.
Keep Your Eye on Us
Keen vour eye on Hastings. It is
going to be the Wichita of Nebraska.
Hastiugs Republican.
nd you might have added, brother,
that Grand Island will be the Topeka.
Grand Island Independent.
Meanwhile Alliance will continue to
be the metropolis ot the west end and
one of the best cities in the state. Keep
your eye on Alliance.
MALINDA ITEMS
The Malinda school was closed Nov.
25th and 26th for a Thanksgiving vacation-
.
The following pupils of Dist. No. 54
were neither absent nor tardy during
the month ending Nov. 26: Myrtle
Chapman, Theron Chapman, Carl Mc
Lean, Nora McLean, Eva McLean
Edith McLean, Eva Milbr.
Home Course
In Live Stock
Farming
VI. Pastures and Forage
Crops.
By C. V. GREGORY.
Author of "Home Cour.e In Modern
Agriculture." "Making Money on
the Tarm." Etc.
Copyright, ID09, by American Prei
Aitoclatlon
T
HE cheapest gains on farm ani
mals nre made with green
feed. l'luns should ho made
to linvo 11 plentiful supply on
hand at nil times. There will be the
clover meadows, of course, which will
be used principally for liny. Occasion
ally there will he n luxuriant growth
of fall feed on (hem which can he
used for pasture to advantage. This
second growth clover Is especially val
uable for milk cowh, calves and hogs.
Permanent Pasture.
Pastures should be rotated where
possible. Where u four year rotation
Is practiced one-fourth of the cultivat
ed land will bo in grass each year.
This will generally be more than Is
needed for hay, In which case port of
It can be used for pasture. In addi
tion to this, there Is usually some land
on every farm that Is too wet or too
rough to bo used for anything but per
manent pasture. In too many cases
theso permanent pastures nre weedy
and unproductive. A (lock of sheep or
goats will do much to get rid of the
weeds. If thero ore any thistles they
should be cut while In bloom and a
handful of salt put on the roots.
Where nn area of land has been very
severely overgrazed lu tho past It will
be absolutely necessary that it be vcrj
curefully pastured for tho first two or
three years. Tho native grasses nnd
forage plants must have n chance to
regain their former vigor nnd to go 'to
seed. A very large number of stock
men ndvocnlc resting the land that Is,
keeping all stock off for a period of
three or four years. That this remedy
will bring about tho desired results
has been definitely proved In numer
ous Instances.
To Increase the productivity It will
he ncccssnry to thicken the stand and
loosen the soil. The yield of pastures
can often be doubled by running a
disk over them in the spring. This is
especially true If n few pounds of
grass seed to the acre nre used at the
same time. There Is nothing better
than nlslke clover for the wet spots,
ltedtop Is also good lu such places, al
though It Is not liked Avell enough by
the stock to warrant Its use where
better grasses will grow.
Alslke clover (Trlfollum hybrldum)
Jh n perennial clover whose appearance
suggests a hybrid between red nnd
white clovers, but It Is not a hybrid.
Jt will thrive on soil too wet for red
clover, but on ordinary soil Is proba
bly not to he so highly recommended.
)t should bo sown with grasses to give
the best results.
The slaudnrd pasture grass through
out tho corn belt Is blue grass. For
early spring nnd late full pasturage
nothing can equal It. It is nutritious,
tho stock like It well, It is not easily
Injured by tramping, and It Is 11 good
ylelder. The chief objection to it Is
thnt It practically ceases growth dur
ing tho hot. dry days of midsummer.
At this time It Is necessary to supple
ment the blue grass pasture with some
forage crop or havo a fresh pasture
to turn the stock Into. Many stock
men have several different pastures.
They stock one heavily, so that It will
be eaten down close In three or four
weeks, then change the animals to a
fresh one while the grass lu tho first
gets another start. In this way great-,
er value can be got out of n certain
amount of pasture land. It is n good
plnn to allow part of the blue gruss
land to make a growth of six or eight
Inches before winter. This makes ex
cellent winter pasture for both cattle
and horses, and they will thrive and
fatten on It. Horses will paw through
several Inches of snow to get to It.
Although blue grass will thrive fairly
well lu dry and unsheltered locutions.
It will do better where shaded mod
erately. Tnsture laud partly covered
with brush and short timber Is a fa
vorite place to secure a good staud.
Orchard grass Is next to blue grass
In Importance as a pasture crop. It Is
hardly as nutritious nor Is It liked ns
well by stock, but H makes a more
rapid growth and continues to grow
throughout the summer mouths. When
sown In a mixture of other grasses,
as It usunlly Is, the stock are liable to
eat the more palatable grasses first,
leaving the orchard grass to grow up
and become haid and woody. Where
the plan of changing pastures Is prac
ticed there m little trouble from this
t-ource, as all the grass Is eaten down
quickly.
A good mixture to 'sow on old pas
ture before disking Is eight pounds of
blue grass, two pounds of orchard
grass and two or three pounds of some
kind of clover. Hed clover Is good, but
does not last long. In most regions
where blue gruss nourishes white elo.
vur will work without seedlug lu n
few years. A mixture of alslke and
redtop scattered around the wet ppots
wll' ojnpWn ! r ' 1 'f tiiv
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t. . ,...j mry h;t - 'i th pas
ture In good condition. Any thin spots
which appear can be reseeded nt the
same time. A few trees scattered hero
nnd there throughout the pasture pro
tect the stock from bent nnd files.
Summer Forage Crops.
With the best of pasture, however,
Komc additional green feed Is neces
sary, especially during the midsum
mer mouths. At that time of year,
when files nnd heat are worst, n slack
ening In the food supply means n loss
in gain on young stock and In milk
product loll from the cows. A well plan
ned supply of forage crops nt this time
will give larger returns for the laud
used than almost anything else that
can be grown. Forage crops can often
be used to good advantage nn catch
crops where other crops have failed to
grow or after something else has been
hnrvested. Forage crops by keeping
the land occupied with a rank growlLg
crop help to keep weeds In control.
They also enable more stock to be kept
on tho farm than would be the ease
otherwise.
One of the best forage crops Is rape.
It yields heavy crops of excellent feed.
It Is especially valuable for hogs aud
sheep. They make excellent gains on
rape, particularly If n little grain is
given In addition. Itape should be
sown lu tho spring at the rate of about
tour pounds to the acre broadcasted
or two and one-half pounds drilled.
The seed bed should be well prepared.
The greatest amount of feed per acre
Is obtained If the rape is cut and fed.
A more economical way of handling It,
ns far ns labor Is concerned. Is to have
small movable pons or n pasture divid
ed Into small lots and change the stock
frequently from one to the other. If
left too long In one plnce they eat tho
rape down so closely thnt it Is killed
or tho growth seriously checked.
Sweet corn Is a valuable forage fot
all classes of stock. A variety which
stools considerably should be selected,
nnd the planting should he thick. If
cut nnd fed fresh every day It Is great
ly relished. It Is especially good for
milk cows, often doubling the yield.
Sorghum and Kaffir corn arc also
used considerably ns forage crops, es
pecially in the southern stntes. About
fifty or sixty pounds of seed to the
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aero are used v hen sow 11 broadcast or
half as much when drilled. It inn e
sown with n mmIii drill by stopping up
every other hole. The saccharine va
rieties make the best feed. If all the
sorghum Is not used ns green feed It
can be cut aud shocked for winter use.
It will have, to be loft in the Held until
needed for feeding, ns It spoils when
staeked.
A Good Forage Crop.
Indian corn makes good forage If
sown thickly enough. The Inrgest
planter plates should be used, together
with the fastest drill attachment, as
thick planting makes small and tender
stalks. Corn which has well devel
oped ears Is often used as n combined
grain and forage crop for "hogging
down." The hogs nre turned Into the
field In the fall aud left until ready
for market. A few shotes turned lu
Inter will clean tip all the corn which
the fat hogs have missed. Lambs get
n great deal of feed out of the corn
field In the fall, especially If rape has
been sown nt the last cultivation, and
do little damage to the corn.
Excellent fall feed can he obtained
by sowing rape or a mixture of rape
and clover with the small grain In the
spring. If there Is moisture enough
lu the ground after the grain crop Is
removed n splendid crop of fall forogu
will be available lu three or four
weeks. Often the fall feed Is worth
more than the grain.
An excellent forage crop for pig Is
Canada field peas. They should be
sown In the spring at the rate of one
half bushel to the acre, together with
two bushels of oats. If sown nlono
the rate of seeding should bo two
bushel to the acre. The hogs may bo
turned on when the peas are lu tho
dough stage. In the southern parts
of the United States cowpens and soy
beans may be used In the same way.
Millet yields heavily and makes n
good ipinllty of hay. It Is also used
occasionally ns a green feed. Millet
Is n dangerous feed for hom',. hut
may be fed to other classes of utock
with safety.
Succulent Crops For Winter.
While not strictly forage crops, toot
crops, pumpkins nnd squashes answer
the same purpose. Sugar beets, man
gels and turnips yield heavily, but re
quire considerable attention during
tho growing season. Carrots nre es
pecially good ns n horse feed. Squashes
yield as many tons of dry matter to
tho acre as roots, are Just as good
feed and are mueu more onslly grown.
Pumpkins can lie grown In Inrge ipian-tltlt-
In the o-rnfietds with little ex-
tw Ubor.
When a Plumber is Needed
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,
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 not be great.
Fred Bre nnan
P. J. CLATTERBUCK
Farms and Ranches
IIOX tll'TTi: AM) DAWKS COUNTIES
For GOOD INVESTMENTS WRITE ME
MAHSl.ANI). NT.IMt.
Shoe Repairing
PROHPTLY DONE
All Work Strictly First-Class
fl. D. Nichols
BOX BUTTE AVENUE
AT ALLIANCE SHOE STORE
Wm. James,
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No. 5.
Alliance,
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Best Equipped,Most UptoDate Exclusive
Meat Market in Western Nebraska
Shop open from 6:30 a. m. to 7 p. m.; Saturday and pay days,
open till 9 p.m.; not open on Sunday during winter
Prompt Attention to Phone Orders
We purchase good dressed beef and pork in the carcass. Gall
at our shop before selling
Good Things to Eat
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On SATURDA Y,
we will receive by express a fine line of
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It has a very large Oven. 'Is a
splendid baker, and has the lat
est Patented G-rate, that will :
not warp or get out of order.
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Hardware Company
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Phone
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MARKET
I. W. Herman, Prop.
Miss Rose C Herman
Cashier and Bookkeeper
Jos. Skala. - Meat Cutter
Jake H. Herman Stock Buyer
Louis Skala Sausacemakers
John Herman ( and Butchers
Wm. C Herman Delivery Boy
Phone 131
Residence Phone, 375
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