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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1909)
pF Miss M. Ruth Taylor TEACHER OF PIANO 324 West Idaho. Phone 205 Edith M. Swan TiaAOlIElt OP PIANO, HARMONY and Musical History Studio 424 Laramie Avcnuo Phono aao' WILLIAM MITCHELL, ATTORNEY AT LtW, ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA. EUGENE BURTON Attorney at Law Office in rooms formerly occupied by R. C. Noleman, First Nal'l Bank blk Phone 8o. ALLIANCE. NEB. H. M. BULLOCK. Attorney at Law, AXLI.A.NCJrc, NEB, WILCOX & BROOME LAW ANI LAND ATTOKNEYS. 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 Building. ALLIANCE NKI1UASKA. Drs. Coppernoll & Petersen OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS (Successors to Drs. Frey & Ualfe) Over Norton's Store Office Phone 43, Residence 20 DR. O. L. WEBER DISEASES OK Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Scientific Refraction GEO. J. HAND, II O M E O P A T II I C PHYSICIAN AND SUKOEON Formerly Interne Homeopathic Hos pital University of Iowa. Phone SSI. Office over Alliance Shoe Utort Residence Pbona 231. DR. C. H. CHURCHILL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON (Successor to Dr. J. K. Moore) OFFICE IN FLETCHER BLOCK Office hours U-12a, m. 2-4 p.tn. 7;S0-9 p, m. Office Phone 62 Res. Phone, 85 H. A. COPSEY, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Phone 300 Culls answered promptly day and night fron oQtlce. OHlces: Alllnnce National Rank HaUdlng over the PostOIllce. DR. CHAS. E. SLAGLE WITH DR. BELLWOOD Special Attention Paid to Eye Work Drs. Bowman & Weber PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS First National Bank Bldg. Rooms 4-56 Office hours, 10 to 12 a. in., 1:30 to 4, 7 to 8 p. m. Office Phone 65 Res. Phone 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 Funeral Directors and Embolmers FUNERAL SUPPLIES OFFICE PHONE 498 RESIDENCE PHONES 207 and 510 ZEJzsztxa, ZEianLe Shoe Repairing PROHPTLV DONE All Work Strictly First-Class Hi. D. Nichols BOX BUTTE AVENUE AT ALLIANCE SHOE STORE irenoans drugstore Patronized by careful and discriminating buyers The one place in town where you rnrt h 11 v t-fillu H B go o d chocolates When a Plumber is Needed send for us. We have plenty of time now lo attend to nil 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 Bren nan FRANK REISTLE ENGRAVER and ELECTROTYPER modi 1114 1420-24 unretnet DUIVOt COLO raimmra FAIR PRICE Cement Walks I make a specialty of ce ment walks and work. Have been constructing- same in Al liance more than one year, and invite the most rigid in spection of my work. Use only the best of materials and make prices as low as can be done with honest work. Have had many years experience in cement construction in vari ous cities. Remember poor cement work is dear at the cheapest price and when you have had to replace it is mon ey thrown away. John Pederson Win. James, Exclusive Dealer in COAL & ... WOOD 'Phone Alliance, No. 5. Nebraska. WE ARE FREE FROM LICE. CM K)R SALE BY F. J. Brennan mwm W&.W K".ira Home Course In Live Stock Farming IX. Care and Feed of (he Dairy Cow. By C. V. GREGORY, Author of "Home Course In Modern Agriculture," "Makintf Money on the Farm," Etc. Copyright. 1009, by American l'ro, Annotation. THE dairy burn mny be cither part of tbe general farui burn or n separate building. In the former case the part of the bam whore the cows are kept should I c partitioned off from the rest to keep n dirt and odors. There should be pit ' ty ot light. An occasional coat of ui.i ..wash will make the barn lighter .11 il it-mer. Where there are two par ui.i lows of cows they should face outward. In this way the manure will be kept at the center of the barn In stead ot being splashed along tbe VIO. XVI -UAKIHQ CKMHST MANOUIIS sides. The cows can be run In and out handler and be milked more conven iently. The manure can be easily cleaned out with a wheelbarrow or an overhead litter carrier. J'he lloors should preferably be made of cement, with fairly deep, wide gutters ot the same material. Plenty or bedding should be used to soak up the liquid inn u 11 re. Ventilation. Provision for some sort of ventila tion should be made. The plan ot hav ing tbe windows placed high anil so arranged that they suing In 111 the top prov Ides good ventilation, especially If there are windows on both sides. Tri angular pieces of board at the sides of tbe windows prevent drafts and cause the air to be forced upward inward the celling, where it Is distributed all over tin-room. The'Klug system ot ventila tion works well where the barn Is tight. Flues for Impure air open at the floors utid extend up to cupulas In the roof. The pure air Hues open near the ground outside and ut the lop or the room Inside. This secures a con stant circulation of air without drafts. In a frame barn these Hues can be made by boxing In the space between 1 wo studding. Iron swing stanchluus cost very little more than the old fashioned wooden ones and are a great deal more con venient and durable. The mangers may be made or cement. In which case they may be used lor watering the cows In extremely cold weather. If the farm Is provided with some sort of water system 11 pipe can lie laid to one end ot tbe manger, so that water will be loustautly on lap either for tlushliiK out the mangel- or watering the cows. With a short piece ot bose the Moors and gutters can be Hooded occasionally and thus kept clean and free I ruin bad odors. Both the floor ami '-Millers should have siilticlent slope to 1 airy the water off. Where the cows are watered from a tank, as they will lie most of the time, some means of heating the water should be provided. If the cow has to heat 1 1 herself It is with coin as fuel. Instead of with cob. as where a tank heater Is used. If ihe tank Is banked and covered, a little lire every morning will keep the water at a comfortable temperature. The dairy cows should receive salt regularly. It Is necessary to the proc ess of dlgi'Stlou and causes an In creased milk flow. A self feed covered Nail box somewhere in die yard will provide a constant supply of salt with out waste Care should be taken not to let 1 Ik box get empty, and If It should happen so the cows should bo gradually accustomed to salt again be fore they are given all they will eat. ricgu'nrity In Milking and Feeding. Regularity In milking and feeding Is essential Irregular milking always reduces the yield. Me sure lo milk thoroughly, manipulating the udder to he sure that all the milk Is withdrawn. Nothing will caiie a cow lo dry up more ijuickly iliau leaving a little milk In the udder each time, Tin udder should be wiped with a damp chub before uillkiug l, remove dust and dirt. Kacl- particle of dust carries thousands of bacteria. Ch'anllness Is ihe tlrt essential In producing lilu-h class dairy products. The feeding should be done Immediately after 1 .i"g. especially If silage, turnips or iiu-i strung smelling leeds are used, if fed at this time there Is little dan get of tainting the milk. The heifers should be milked for ns long 11 time us possible during their first milking period. If they arc al lowed to go dry after five months or so they will never prove profitable dairy animals. It Is the cow that keeps up a good in. Ik tlow ten or eleven months of the year that adds to the dulryiutiu's profits. Kindness Is an essential point tn handling dairy cows. Any unneces sary roughness causes the cow to hold up her milk and reduces the profits. Feeding. For three days before and three days after calving there Is no better ratlou for the dairy cow than n uiash or two pounds of bran and one pound of oil weal, fed twice a day. Do not bo in too big a hurry to get the cows on full fowl after calving. The rnUon should be Increased gradually and slowly from live to six pounds dally to all the cows can profitably use. An Increase of half a pound every alter nate day Is sutllelent. This Increase should be kept up ns long ns the milk flow continues to get larger. When the point Is reached where Increases In feed do not produce corresponding In creases In milk How the fowl should be gradually decreased again. The first few pounds decrease will not af fect the milk How. When the point Is reached where a further decrease In feed causes a lessened milk How the most profitable ration for that partic ular cow has been determined. It tnkes a little extra work to do this weighing, but nfter tuo best sized ra tion for each cow has been determined the approximately correct amount can be measured out each time with little trouble. It pays to feed the cow all she can use profitably. It costs Just so much to keep her anyway, and all the feed that she can use to ad vantage over that amount ndds to the profits. During the summer the feeding prob lem Is a simple one. With plenty of good pasture, supplemented in dry times by some forage crop and somo sort of protection from Hies, the milk How will be kept up to a profitable standard. In the absence of forage crops silage can be pro lit ably substi tuted. It is In winter that the highest prices for dairy products ure secured, and If the cows freshen In the fall the main part of the year's product will come at this season. The problem of winter feeding Is one of the most Important with which the dairyman has to deal. If you have plenty of good clover or alfalfa hay and silage the problem is tnoro than half solved. From thirty to forty-five pounds of silage and ten to twenty pounds of clover hay u day will make up the bulk of the roughage needed A rack In the yard filled with com fodder or oat straw will ndd vari ety to the ration. Where silage can not be obtained n plentiful supply ot pumpkins, squashes, turnips or man gels should be at hand to supply the succulent part of the rntlou. Without some such feed the cows will not do their best. Mixing the Rations. Although dairy cows can handle large amounts of rough feed, they need considerable grain in addition during the winter. Corn, because ot Its cheapness and high feeding vnlue. will generally form the basis of the grain rations. lSci-tuisc of Its high percentage of carbohydrates and fat some feed rich In protein should be fed wllh Ihe com Oats ure good, but they have only enough protein to wu linn !; ' MM -u immnfmv v'7,T":i-mt i ttF jaaBWlMMk taw A '& WjmWmm A m FIU XVII A HOr.STKIN CALF make a balanced ration hi themselves, and in addition they are generally too expensive n be fed In large amounts. Rrnu is one of the best of supple mentary feeds when li can be obtain jtf at fair prices. A little olllueal. not over two pounds a day. has .. laxative tendency and lends to keep the cows healthy. Cottonseed meal Is used con Iderably In the south, it not only . hum's the corn, but also gives hard- 10 the butter, so that It will not icl mi easily. (Jlutcu feed is usually a cheap source of protein, but Is con stipating If fed In large (iiiautltles. The following are u few sample ra tions that will serve as u guide In mixing feeds: Pounds. Clover or alfalfa hay it JSluten feed 3 illaee ZU 3run ,, 0 Clover or nlfulfa hoy Straw or fodder Mangels or squashes , .'ora , tiran Jllmeal ,. 15 16 24 0 3 1 i 40 III Alfalfa or clover hay .'ottnnseed inunl .'orriineul ,. Jluten feed Jltace , ,, Mfalfa nay ,.., orn ..'..... , Jlulen feed ,.., ,,.. 2 .otionstsM) mufti J mage ..-...,....,., ..,,v4.,,t. ..... 40 .'lover nay ; ,,.. 1MW.,.MM w Jhreddod fpddw ,....f,tf.... 10 orn Mt..t.iiMtiitifji,'M ?n ..-......,;.,.; i .HI 111 tilp I 4)t-Rria)p Z )&X9 ....,.,,, ',. MfM ,., Z I I happy New Year Newberry's Acheson Bros. Acorn Hard Coal Base Burners King Bee Hot Blast Stoves Majestic Ranges OPERA HOUSE BLOCK Good Things to Eat Phone I - ' 0 : LJCSCfl s I 10 aS On the corner west of P. O. ?eS EVERYTHING FRESH AND CLEAN On SATURDAY, we will receive by express a fine line of PEESH PI3XJIT It'sSummertime all theTime III Cold, biting1 winds, snow, sleet and zero weather are unknown. You can purchase winter tourist tickets, with long limit, at low cost, and escape all the discomforts of a northern winter. Better write or talk to me about trains and fares.' iffniM ALLIANCE HOSPITAL Graduate Nurses in Attendance HOSPITAL STAFF Dr. Bellwood, Dr. Bowman, Dr. Hand, Dr. Copsey Open to All Reputable Physicians. Address all communications to THE MATRON, ALLIANCE HOSPITAL, Alliance, Nebraska. Hardware Co, AT - . Phone i Boards of ail descriptions .for any part of a house or barn. Hii,rksjilii,rfiCi)!ilCo.i IMmiup 22 D. Waters, Mgr. itin t 1 ( )iHinimii uuinmuiiuiwi F. L. SKALINDER, AGENT Alliance L. W. WAKELEY. G. P. A. .Omaha P. S. There will also be some spscial round trip rates to Denver, January 8, 9 and 10, for the Western Stock Show.