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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1912)
WILLIAM MITCHELL. ATTORN1T 4T LIW, ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA BURTON & WESTOVER Attorneys at Law LAND ATTORNEYS Office First National Bank Bldg. 'Phone 8o. ALLIANCE, NEB. H. M. BULLOCK. Attorney at Law, ALLIANCE, NEB. F. M. BROOME I.ANI ATTORNEY Look experience ReMlVCt OA ImoA nffl'i a guarantee for prompt und efflrient serTlei Office in Opera House Block ALLIANCE, NEBRASK BRUCE W ILCOX Lawyer and Land Attorney Practitioner in civil courts since 18(B at A Register U. 9. Land Office from 1903 to ISO? Information by mall a specialty. lirriCE IN LAND OFFICE BUILDING ALLIANCE - NEBRASKA. DR. H. H. BELLWOOD, 8urgeon C. B. & Q. Ry. Office Over HolsteiTs Drug Store Day Phone 87 Night Phone 86 OKIE C'OlM'ERNOLL T!rs. Phone 20 F J, PKTF.R.Sr-t Kes. Phone O Drs. Copper noil & Peterser OSTEOPATHS Rooms 7, 8 aud q, Rumer Block Phone 43 GEO. J. HAND, PHYSICIAN AND S V Q E O Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat DR. C. H. CHURCHILL PHVSICIAN AMI SI KQEON (Successor to Dr. .1. K. Moore) OFFICE IN FLETCHER BLOO Office hours 11-12 a.m. 2-4 p.m. 7:80-9 p, m Office Phone 62 Res. Phone, R H. A. COPSEY Physician and Surgeon Office Phone 3flO Res. Phone 342 Calls answered prompt ly day and night froi. offllce. OfBces: Alliance National Banl Baliding over the Post Office. J. P. HAZARD Surveyor and Engineer, ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA parttaa out of town ahovM write, as 1 an out inni'h of the time. Chances will not el ceed i.VOO and expenses per day. Dr. Oliver McEuen Physician and Surgeon HEV'VGFORD, NEBK. SPECIALTIES: Diseases of Women anr Onldren and Genito Urinary Organs All calls answered promptly day or nif ht HARRY P. GOTJRSET Live Stock and General Auctioned Farm Sales a Specialty TERMS REASONABLE Phone 64 ALLIANCE. NEBR I ) 1 1 I). IC. TYLER DENTIST, OPERA HOUSE BLOCK, PHONE 167 Alliance, Nebraska G-eo. O-. G-a.d.s"fo37" Licensed Embalmer D, ( Day 498 Phone 1 ;; Nights 10 'Tween Seasons it's just at this ciaaon of the year that our Studio oftVrs its best futilities for making yout portrait. The rush is over or has not yet begun nonxqiiiintlj we have more time at our disposal which means increased at tention to your order Alliance Art Studio trill 4th Street Let US RINT SELECTING SEED CORN Matter of Great Importance to the Farmer Field Selection of Seed Corn It the Keynote to Successful Corn Breed ing Select the Ears In the Field (Reply to Jacob II. Marshburn. Cath erine Lake, North Carolina.) We are delighted to know that you are interested in the brcding of Rood seed corn. Next to the better and more thorough preparation of the Boll, the proper selection end production of seed corn is tlie work most needed in the south. The variety tests at the Experiment Stations show that of twelve of the leading varieties of corn tested, the difference between the hk't-st and lowest yield per acre on the same kind of soil with identical fer tilization and cultivation was 1T..2 bu. We fully believe that the average yield of corn in the south can he Increased more than twenty-five per cent by planting prolific seed instead of seed that has run out. "Like produces like It will probably be best for you to buy the best seed from some reput able breeder in your section and then learn the best scientific methods to further improve the seed. The buy ing of the best seed from some reput able bleeder in your section will save you several years of labor and expense in breeding up the seed. However, you can, by following instructions, rapidly breed tip your own corn. First, select stalks that bear the ears at a moderate height on the stalks for the reasons that it is diffi cult to gather ears too high and the stalk is apt to be top heavy and easily blown down by winds. ' Second, select stalks of medium size, gradually tapering from base to tassel. Third, with large eared varieties, no stalks that have more than two ears should be selected, and an effort should be made to select some stalks that have two ears and some that have one. Fourth, the leaves should be broad and strong, from twelve to sixteen In number, and well distributed on the etalk. Fifth, the stalks should be well anchored by numerous strong base roots from one 1o two joints above the ground to enable to withstand winds. Stalks free from suckers Should be selected as far as possible. Sixth, detassel all weak stalks and stalks growing only nubbins or no ears at all just before the silks begin to show in good number. This will prevent fertilization by Inferior stalks. Seventh, the ear should be cylindri cal or noarlj so. It should be full and strong in the middle portion and the circumference should be approxi mately three-quarters cf its length. The shuck should be heavy and well extended over the end of the ear and closely gathered about the silk. The shank fhat bears the ear should be long enough to permit the ear to droop at maturity. Eiphth. from ten to thirty times as many ears shoeld be selected as will be necesr.iry to plant next year's crops. Ninth, it is best to select and pick the seed corn in the field before the first frost. The seed ears should be placed where they will be kept dry, and where they will be protected from damage by weevils, rats, etc Tenth, during the winter remove the shucks from the ears of corn and Select the necessary numlier of the bfst e;;rs to plant in the Bring. The rows of kernels should be straight and not less than sixteen nor more than twenty-two in number. The ear should be from eight to ton and a half inches long. The ?okr of grain should fee tree to variety. White corn bould have white cobs and yellow Corn red cobs The tip should not be too tapering. It should be well covered with straight rows of regular kernels of uniform size and shape. The rows of kernels should erctend in regular order over the butt end of the cob, leaving a depression where the shank is removed. The tips of the kernels should be full and strong, leaving no space between them near the cob. The kernels should be about five sixteenths of an Inch wide by five eighths of an inch long, and about six to the inch in the row. It is a ood plan to have a special cod pitch and plant say twenty-five of the best ears in tills patch. Each ear should be planted in a row without mixing with any oilier ear. Twenjy five rows planted in tills way will be sufficient for the BVeTBgV farmer. At maturity, harvest cadi low sei arale -!y and weigh I tie yields. .Select the ears for next year's seed patch from the ror,e ihat give the highest yieHs, and the remaining portion of the rows of highest yield are used for planting tl field crop. And so the work should L.e continued from year to year. Yours very truly. I 11 C SERVICE BUREAU. j tngs at the same time. The front harrow "can be set to out-throw and I the rear harrow to Inthrow. This will thoroughly pulverize the soli and leave the field level. The main ad I vantage of the double disk harrow Is l tha if you desire to use the regul'ir disk, you can remove the rear attach ment very quickly and easily. This will depend on the nature of the soil, the angle given the disks, and the weight of the man on the harrow. As a rule, it is not advisable to purchase a disk harrow with more than eight 10-inch disks for use on a three-horse farm. Bermuda grass will probably make a good pasture on your land. The Rhode Island bent (Agrostis CanlnaL creeping bent (Agrostis Stolanlfera). and common redtop (Agrostis Vulga ris), form ono of the most dense sods known. The chief value of these grasses Is for pasture. They are especially valuable for making pas tures In sandy, moist places. The following mixtures are frequently used in your section of the country: (1) Timothy, ifi pounds; redtop. 16 pounds: red clover. 4 pounds per acre. (2) Redtop, 1 pounds: orchard grass, IS pounds; meadow fescue. 0 pounds: and red clover. 1 pounds- per acre. (.1) Tall oat grass, 'JS pounds; and red clover, S pounds per acre. The arsenb-al solution Is used by the United State Department of Agri culture and :s probably the best solu tion to use. Write Ir. A. J. Kiernan, Federal Building. Nashville, Tenn., for bulletins on the eradication of the cattle tick, the extermination of fleas, lice, etc. The mangols should be pulled before heavy frosts, the leaves cut off to w ith in an inch of the crowns and the roots stored in a ceol cellar or in pits in the ground, and covered over with straw and earth deep enough to prevent freezing. It Is not advisable to feed your stock on frozen mangels. I H C SERVICE BUREAU. of this expenmcnf station snow mat it costs $1.18 per acre to cut and shock corn, which figure does not allow for the wear and tear on the machine Three cents per bushel should cover the cost of harvesting corn with a machine ;.nd putting it In the shocks." The logical way of saving the corn crop Is to shred the fodder. Extensive experiments at the Wisconsin Experi ment station show that about 21 per cent of the feeding value of fodder Is lost If left tKptJMd to the elements. By shr ddir.g and storing, tall loss will be prevented. Th- fodder Is also In a much more convenient form for hand ling, and is relished more l y the stock. Shredded fodder does not occupy as much room for storing as the un shredded. and the stable manure Is much easier handled. In summing 1111 the results of vari ous feeding experiments villi corn In ell forms it Is found that the best way to utilize the coin crop Is to save the stales either In the form of ensil age or shredded fodder. The records of the Nebraska Experiment Station dispel any doubt as to the economy of hnrvesling corn by the use of the corn binder as compared with husking the standing corn In the field. Under the latter condition the stalks would be lost The value of the stalks as a rough feed, considering hay at the present price, is at least jsx.im per ton. An ordinary yield of corn will produce two or three tons of stover to the sere. Compare this value with the 1 - ice of fifty cents per acre, which is usually paid for stalks standing in the fi( Id. When corn Is fed as shredded fodder, the loss of stock due to corn stalk disease is entirely prevented. Every farmer that has stock to feed stiDtild plan to supply the most of bis roughace in the form of shredded corn fodder 1 thill utilizing lii the best pos sible) way his entire corn crop. . , LK- SALE EILJJt DISK HARROW; BERMUDA GRASS The Disk Harrow Is Indispensable and Should Be on Every Southern Farm (Reply to F L. Webb, Lee Hall. Va.) can not invest the same amount of money to better advantage than by perchaelng good disk barrow. The difference in the working of u cutaway and a Eolid dibk is that the rutuway penetrates the ground lime h deeper and throws it up in a much coarser condition than the solid disk. The solid disk pulverizes the toil much better. The double disk harrow is desirable for farmerb whj Uh to do two disk- FEEDING CORN FODDER Exp rlments Show that Corn Stover Is Valuable In Beef Production Corn Stover Is One of the Many By-Products of the Farm. (By J. E. Waggoner of the I H C Ser vice Bureau) Profit is a stimulus whlc causes men to engage in some one or more of the many phases of business. It may be commerce, ihc industries, banking, farming or some other activity, yet when all is said, the profit Horn that particular line of work is usually the attractive feature. Competition has become so strong that profit in many ttttdettnktest is made only by practis ing the strictest principles o: economy an.l exercising unusual care in looking alter the small tilings and what misut he termed "by-products." For In stance, one of the sources of the back er's income is the small increase in the rate of interest on money loaned over what it cost him. The same Is true of the farmer. The increase in the value of land has necessitated putting farming 011 more of a business basis :;. order to realize a profit 011 the Investment. Much has been said and written re garding sav ing and utilizing the waste products of the farm, and it Is en couraging to note that more farmers are making better use of all the prod ucts of their farms than ever before. One of the most serious wastes has been the neglect to save and utilize the entire ccn crop. The principal market c.niand has been for the Tain. This, combined w.f, an a' 1111 dance of hay, has not been conducive to the use of corn fodder as a rcuh forage. Conditions have changed the past few years; among other things, hay has advanced In price to sue h an extent that It is only good business ptactlce for a farmer to supply his rough forage in the form of corn fod der and put his tay on the market. Every grower or an acre of corn should know the feeding value of the entire crop. It is quite generally known what reti rns can be exp.ccted from the grain, but few farmers know the feeding value of the corn stover (stalks without the ears). Reports from the Nebraska Kxperlment Sta tion on experiments made comparing combinations of shelled corn, snapped corn, alfalfa and corn stover show that when stover is used as half of the roughage It reduces the co3t of pains on two-year-old steer from 40 to 48 cents per hundred. The stover was found to be actually worth $.1.53 per ton as com 1 a red with alfalfa fed alor.e at g.00 per ten. The farm value cf alfalfa and other hay crops reached a mar!- of more than twice this amount the rrst vpar, thus increasing the mil :!' corn stover from $8.00 to ilt.1 0 , '-r tru. V. ;. . these f'gures before us, It la pie '. tq see thai the corn belt farmer if 1 'ilccting one of his Important Odreee of Income by letting his corn stalks stand in the field. Considering the small yield of only one ton of stover to the acre, the returns of the America!! firmer would have been increased million! f dollars last year If this what night be called by-product had been caved. Coming back to the individual farmer, he would have realiz-d Ul proicMion of this profit. During this summer Is the time to plan on cutting the corn for fodder Ihis tall ami utilizing to the best ad vantage the entire corn crop. We find that the Nebraska bulletin No. 100 says: "By feeding corn fodder, we utilize the stalk and yet are put to no extia labor husking it. In fact, corn can be cut with a harvester and put In the shock cheaper than It can be I ;ci;ed and cribbed, inasmuch as three men with a team and harvester can cut ti.d tloc'.; n". en acres per day. Records from the farm department Forty per cent of the feeding value of the corn crop is found in the stalk. DESTROYING GRASSHOPPERS Reply to Jacob Mathiason, Walnut Grove, Minn. "Please send me by mail directions for killing grasshop pers." Refore attempting to give a remedy for the grasshopper plague, a few words In regard to Its early stapes of BfOWth will not be out of place. In order for the grasshopper to multiply to any extent, the soli In which the clm.'s are laid must be undisturbed and there must be an abundance of food available. The most favorable con dition for grasshopper development seems to be found In the alfalfa sec tions of the west. Where It Is possible, one of the best preventive measures Is to cultivate the ground. The soil need not be disturbed below the first two Inches of surface, for most of the eggB are deposited very shallow. We fully realize that in many cases this cannot he done bo as to completely destroy tlie grasshopper, but where It Is possible to plow and cultivate in the fall, the number can be greatly de creased. There are two ways of destroying tl adult or grown grasshopper. One i. 1 y the use of the hopper dozer. Yt.ri us forms are in use, but one that has pi "en very good satisfaction can be buill of sheet Iron, ten or twelve feet lone. Rnd about twenty-six inches wide. With n board across he back, against which the grasshoppers will fly and then fall Into the bottom of the hopper dozer. The bottom of the hop per dozer shc.uld be made water tight, so that a quantity of water may be poured into it, also a small quantity of kerouc:ir The hopper dozer should be mounted on low skids or small wheels and drawn io, one or more horses. The grasshoppers will be collected in the hopper dozer and killed by coming in contact with tlie kerosene. This whole structure is rather Inexpensive and has proved a very good method of destroying the grasshopper. The biir, au of entomology of the United States Peiartment of Arrl enUnro has rerocmc; ded a pls'-ncd hnlt. which is kirwn as the "crHrilp ml:t'"re," and has p:ven very pcod results In some sections. The mix ture is made as follows: One-half barrel fresh hcrse drop pings, in which Is mixed one pour.d each of salt and pari'j green. If the drop) ings are not fresh, the salt L dissolved In water and mixed with the manure ?nd poison. Then this mixture Is scattered freely about, where the grassheppers nie abuni'ant. Dr. Fletcher, entomologist for the Dominion of Canada, cites U nxtance where this poison mlztsM was m atten d around a portion of the field. v.Rh the ratal! that this portion stayed green while the grasshoppers seriously injured other parts of the MUM field. The diddle mixture has been preferred to other brands of poi scn because' its eff t ct on other forms of animal life is not so serious. "WE STAND AT ARMAGEDDON." ' " r ' Freiin .New Vora World. Two more British army officers, Captain Patrick Hamilton and l.bu tenant Stewart, lost their lives when the wing;; of an aeroplane In which ttiey wore riding collapse'd at Steven age. They fell 250 feet. Funeral services for I.r. W. J. Mc Oee. the scientist ,who bequeathed his body to Dr. Edward A. Spltzka. the noted bruin up' clnllst of .le'fferson Medical college, were bebl at the home of nifford Plnchol In Washington. A masked man boarded a Missouri Pacific pastengsr train at Osage City, Kan., held up the conductor, six men in the smoker and after obtaining only $Ju for his pains, lumped from the train when It stopped at a water tank and escaped. With the he-ad nearly severed from her body and nrms frightfully slashed, Lvdia Barge?! known as the most beautiful woman of the night life in San Pram i.-.co, was found In her bed. Thousands 01 dollars' worth of Jewels worn by the woman are missing. Digging for victims of wholesale mnrdert in West Hammond, 111., ,,...'. 1, of . w-m ..rr, .,(! fay Prances Ford to have taken their death draught 11 or,; n "black bottle" kept la .1 notorious revolt, may be decided on as a result of his Investigation, said Coronet Hoffman. An autopsy on one or the horse whleh died of the myaterloii disense that If. killing thousands of horses In Ransaa revealed a bucketful oi tiny worms In the intestines. Horse own ers are dosing their horses with tur pentine and other oils In an effort to kill the Intestinal worms. American Am bast la dor wiison wae Instructed by the state department to urge upon flu Mexican government the dire need or federal troops in not the in Mexico to protect American. Frantic appeals to the state depart ment tell of dangers threatening Americans and call for help. Nathan All?n, a retired merchant of Kenosha. Wis., paid the government 1100,000 ti) compromise his eWl liabil ity in a smusRling ense at New York, which also Involved Mrs. H. D. .leiiklns In an alleged attempt to es cape duties on thousands of dollars' WOrtl. of jewels and wearing apparel. SEVEN COMMANDMENTS OF AL FALFA GROWING. Thou shalt not sow alialfa Beed on wet or entrained land. Thou shalt not sow alfalfa seed on acid or sour land, hut shalt a 1 1 1 Calcium in the form of lime, or groui.d linn s'ene rock. Thou shalt suppiy alfalfa land with an abundance of stable manure Thou shalt thoroughly pie; are the alfalfa . ed bed. Thou shult sow only good alfalfa seed free from noxious weeds. Thou shall inoculate the toil if thou wouldst reap the best bene lita Horn the alfalfa crop. Thou shalt not sow in late fall, If thou wouldst obtain a creditable stand. A Distinction With a Difference YOU may not alwa m t wfral you pay for. It takes a good judgt f vaki s to do that, ' but if there is one sure rule in busine.-ss it is you pay for all you tret. You may not be able to sec the ciffercnce; between engines of similar appearance at diffe rent prices, but if you buy from a reputable hnn you may be sure the difference in quality is tbece. 1 H C Oil and Gasoline Engines cost more than some others because they are more carefully made, and more thorouijTily tested. Skillful designing, better material, better workmanship, nvnc careful assembling, and mere thorough testing, tell in the Ions run. Given equal care an 1 H C engine costs less per year of service than any other engine you can buy. If an I 11 C engine is given all the work it will do, pumping, sawing wood, running the grindstone, feed grinder, hay press, jilage cutter, repair shop machines, cream separator, churn, washing machine, etc., etc., iv will pay for itself in a very short time in money and labor saved. I H C engines are made in every style horizontal, vertical, air and water-cooled, stationary, portable and mounted on skids, to operate on gas, gasoline , kerosene, naphtha, dis tillate or alcohol, in giaei from I to SO 11. P. Kt-neicne-ijasoline tractors, 12, 15, 20, 25 and 45-H 1'. The IHC local dealer will give you cata logues and full information, or write International Harvester Company of America Crawford ilucoruoraii-dj 1 H C Sanric Bureau Neb. The? purpose of this Bureau It to furnish, free of cl. t:; tp all, the best inlormalMii obtainable on Detect Ijrinintf. If you have any worthy ques tions concerning toils, crop. Uti4 drainage, irri gallon, fertilisers, etc . make your incuirieiapecitic a I tc iui them to 1 H C Service Bureau. Harvester builJing, Chicago, U S A IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE