WILLIAM MITCHELL.
ATTORN1T
4T LIW,
ALLIANCE,
NEBRASKA
BURTON & WESTOVER
Attorneys at Law
LAND ATTORNEYS
Office First National Bank Bldg.
'Phone 8o. ALLIANCE, NEB.
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Attorney at Law,
ALLIANCE, NEB.
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I.ANI ATTORNEY
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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?
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Office Over HolsteiTs Drug Store
Day Phone 87
Night Phone 86
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T!rs. Phone 20
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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
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Baliding over the Post Office.
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Surveyor and Engineer,
ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA
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Dr. Oliver McEuen
Physician and Surgeon
HEV'VGFORD, NEBK.
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Onldren and Genito Urinary Organs
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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.
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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."
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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
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