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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1910)
4 J - I. Itctontlvo soils should bo drained. Send to markot all old hens right now. A poor milker, man or maid, Is an abomination In a dairy. Tho shorter tho fattening period tho greater tho profit from tho pon. If there nro any baro places on tho lawn now they should bo resecded or resodded. Tho disk Is n'better Implement than tho plow for breaking up sod In tho orchard. Thero Is a distinct dlfferenco bo tweon weeds and corn. Thero should also bo an extinct dlfferenco. An orchard will llvo longer, bear better and bo more profitable for be ing well cultivated and onrlchod. Porhaps tho first Important factor to consider In dairying Is tho Htablo wherein tho cattlo aro to bo housed. Strawberries should bo cultivated, tho weeds eradicated and tho mots turo conserved for lato summer drouth. When tho Incubator Is to bo started for lato hatches sot things In order and run It two days before Intrusting tho eggs to It. Tho sclontlflc, 'thoughtful farmer works with his head. Ho knows every cow, hor yield, hor condition and her profit producing capacity. Allow tho calf to run with tho mother for a day or so Immediately after birth. Tho now milk Is nocos sary to promoto a propor digestion. Aside from tho commercial valuo of tho products from tho poultry ynrd the valuo of fresh oggs and flno poul try for tho tablo should not bo under estimated. No sano nnd nctlvo poultry koopor will tolorato Ilea In tho nest Placo wator, feed and dust bath whoro tho lien can easily got at them when sho dally leaves tho nost Unless you socuro tho gulnon eggs nnd hnvd tho young ones hatched un der tho hens, along with tho chicks, thoy aro almost certain to bocoma wild and unmanageable. Bownro of "rod rust" In blnckborry or blackcap bushes. When scon, promptly dig up and burn Infected plant, being enroful not to scatter tho fungous dust over hoalthy bushes. Thoso who hnvo largo appio or chards aro fortunato If thoy have evaporators for drying windfall ap plo8. This Is a good way to utlllzo unsalablo fruit and thus add to tho profits of tho orchard. Keep your eyes opon for bottor lions. You will otton seo somo advertised for sale, nut steor clear of old worn out stock. Mono over 0110 or nt tho outsldo two years old should be bought or kept on tho farm. For grape-rot and mlldow, bogln early and spray tho vinos with Bor doaux mlxturo at Intorvnls of about two weoks. Newly-Bet grapo vinos should bo allowed to grow only ono main shoot which should bo tlcd.up. wnen wo unuorstnnu tnat it re quires twenty tons of molsturo to pro duco n bushel of com wo will study to make its evaporation as slow as possible, as crops suffor moro from lack of molsturo than from any other Blnglo thing. It is quite a temptation sometimes to liavo a denier offer you a big price for tho bost sheep and lambs. If you need thorn in your own herd, however you cannot-afford to tako nny prlco offered. Keep tho best nnd mako that best bettor another year. Cottonseed meal fed to excess will Injuro tho r.nvor of butter Just ub Unseed meal in excess will Injuro tho grain and ilnvor. Whllo both of jtheso can bo fed to nn advantage to dairy cows tho best results aro pos Bible only whon thoy nro used In con Mcctlon with other materials. Do not noglcct to examine tho cur rant and gooseberry-bushes and look for tho whlto cggB of tho currant worms, and tho larva of the currant Huwlly. It you find any, dust tho leaves, top and undor sides, with flno y powdered holleboro, when tho lullago Is wot, or put a heaping table gpoonful in a gallon of water, and upply. Thero Is money In occs. Stnrt an asparagus bed. on a sandy soli. It thrives Sell oft all tho roosters except prlmo ones for breeding. tho Tho breed of whlto hogs Is rapidly disappearing from this country. Tho good roads movement Increases tho ploasuro of moving over tho ronds. Somo men nover discover where a fenco Is weak until thoy nttcmpt to climb ovor It. Even a city man can como to tho front with a small flock of poultry In his bnck yard. No cow which nvcragos less than ono nnd one-half gallons of milk per dny can bo kopt nt a profit Take tho chill off tho wnter for tho mnro, nnd food her carefully and koop her qulot for n number of days. Tho man who said "that tho best poultrymon on most fnrms nro tho women," know what ho was talking nbout. It Is moro difficult to socuro tho scedH of forest trees than any other kinds of seeds, slnco thero is so lit tle market for thorn. . Beets mny bo canned or pickled and saved for winter use. When vegeta bles nro scarco thoy will bo greatly enjoyed if saved In this way. In Japan thora nro 192 people for every 40 acres of land and 25G cows, 2BG donkeys, nnd 512 nwlno for every squaro mllo of land In tho kingdom. It la not fair calculation to tako tho avorago of tno herd as tno oasis ot computing annual profit from tho dairy. Let each Individual stand on her merits. Tho sitting hen should bo given n now, clean box for n nest, filled with tho cleanest of material. Placo her on tho now nest and glvo her tho eggs In tho ovenlng. No animals aro bred that nro capa ble of supplying tho lnrgost amount of rich milk and storing nway tho largest amount of flesh nnd fatness in their bodies at ono and tho samo tlmo. (Most pooplo find that tho yearling hens lay moro eggs than tho older hens, but somo chlckon ralsors claim that tho old hens eggs aro bottor for hatching, bocauBo thoy aro mora strongly fertilized. Qood food novor crontcs tho char- actor nor tomporament of a cow, nor mnkes of hor a good dairy animal, any moro thnn It novor makes a good cow out of a small milker; It Is use less to mako tho effort. Wator or molsturo Is always on tho move. When It rains it soaks the ground, nnd as soon as It stops raining It starts its upward movomont by cnpll mry attraction, it travoiB from ono soil particle to tho next and so on until the soil becomes what wo call dry. It must be apparent to, ovory un prejudiced thinking man that It tho dairy farmer wishes to obtain tho grontest profit In his dairy ho must grndo up his herd by ono of tho pure bred bulls of ono of tho four great dairy breds, Ayrshlro, Quornsoy, Hoi atom or Jorsoy. , All stock will bo healthier and will thrive better if salt is kopt whoro thoy can holp themselves dally rather than at Intorvnls. Medicated salts aro now put up nnd sola tnat aro better In overy way for tho stock than tho common salt usually used besides be ing u hotter conditioner. Tho soil hns wondortul nbsorptlvo power to hold on to its molsturo, for It wo place uomo soil in the ovon nnd drivo off tho molsturo by heat and then oxnmlno thoso soil particles un dor a powerful mlcroscopo wo will find ench soil particle coated with n thin film of what Is termed hydroscopic wa-1 tor. Shade and water aro important mat ters in connection with grazing cattlo, and tho moro nearly natural tho condi tions enn bo mndo, tho bottor. In n pusturo which contains no trees, It sometimes pays to put up a board root to protect cattlo from tho hot sun 'In July and August, but summer feeding on a largo scale Is not genernlly ad visable nt nil whoro there Is no nn-. tural shade In tho ileld. Unless tho cockerels aro to bo ro tallied for brooding purposes, It Is ad vlsablo to kill them off ns soon as thoy ore nuillclcntly lai-go, thim clear lug tho ground nnd giving moro Bpnco to tho pullets to grow. Whon cock urels nro allowed to run togothor, growth ' Is considerably retarded, bo Bides which tho flesh loses a good deal of Its oxcellonco, both In Ilnvor and flnenoss. Professor Washburn of tho Minne sota division of Entomology nt Univer sity Farm finds toads to bo friends of tho fnnnor. They feed entirely upon nn Incrcdlblo nunibor of insects. Tho federal department of agriculture, In vostlgatlng tho toad, discovers tho startling fact that iu 24 hours tho in sect food consumed by ono toad equals In quantity todr times tho capacity of its stomach, which is practically rilled and emptied four times ovory 24 hours. LITTLE ONES. K little Col lie, Muck nml sleek. DoeH In tho barnyard run: tie kicks up Ids heels nnd flirts Ida tall, And linn such loads of fun. A llttlo PIbrIo In the pen Roots round with funny snout: Ho knows Just where to nnd Kood things. And soon ho roots them out. A. llttlo Chlckle In tho ynrd Does scratch with tiny feot: TIs hnppy whon It rinds a crumb, For It docs lovo to oat. A llttlo Dnby In tho house Huns everywhere nnd plnys: It laughs nnd crows nnd merry Is Throughout tho summer dayB. GLOVE HELPS IN SWIMMING. Device With Concave, or Dished Sur face, Enables Swimmer to Get Better Grip on Water. In order to increase tho offcctlvo area of n swimmer's hnnU, an Inventor tins provldod a glovo consisting of nn elastic web formed with cots or stalls In which tho fingers and thumb may bo Insorted. Tho glove is also at tached to tho wrist by moans of a Swimming Glove. strap. Tho cots aro made of open work material, so that thoy will have a tendency to grip nnd bind tho An gers to prevent (ho glovo from slip ping off, says Scientific American. Tho outer edge of tho wob Is curved downward, forming a conenve or dish ed Biirfaco, which will ennblo the swlmuior to socuro n bottor grip on tho wntor. A Queer Ache. Ono day Mary camo to her mother and said: "Mothor, my ear aches!" "Does It nche very bad, Mary?' nBked her mother. "No," "Won, run out anu piay, men you will forget nbout It." Mary wont out, hut protty soon sho camo back and said: "Mothor, my car docs acho. It is not the holo, but the rulllo nround it." Dollneator. The Robin Joined In the Hymn. A clorlcal correspondent of tho Scotsman supplies an Instanco of tho boldness of tho robin. Ho writes: "On a rccont Sunday morning I con ducted servlco In nn asylum. On my wny to tho Institution I wondorod whether my fluffy, fearless chorlBtor of last winter would attend. I had missed him hitherto, nnd feared some inlschanco had befnllon. To my do light, thero ho was on tho uppor bnr of tho window snsh Just a llttlo down trom tho top; nnd us wo begnn to sing, down ho dnrteil to tho lloor In front of tho reading desk and poured forth his sliver treble with throbbing Jay. On the giving out of th text hu returned to his perch, and re mained silent till tho parting I'nra phrase brought him back once mare to reudor with full koart'hls gladsome song." Valuable Find In Argentina. iluuloB, opals, crystallized quartz, onyx, talc, gypsum and earth suitable for making porcolnin hnvo been found in the sparsely peoplou territory of Los Andes. Argentina Writing in Prof. Fllndors Petrlo says that thero is nothing abnormal, nothing to bo questioned, In tho genornl outlines of tho Illblo story of tho exodus. Ho contends thnt' tho sproad of writing In thoso days has beon enormously undorostlrnated. "It is my firm conviction," he says, "that tho Europo of a century ngo was far moro tllltornto than tho onstorn world la the Bible tlmos. We havo, TEN LITTLE KITTY CAT3. Ten tittle kitty cats nil dressed up fins. One tore her pinafore, then there wer nine. N'lne little kitty cats eating from on plnte, Ono got crowded out, then there were eight , Eight llttlo kitty cats sat up till eleven, Ono fell fast nslvep, nnd then thero were seven. Seven llttlo kitty cats playlne funny tricks, Ono rolled out of sight, then thero were six. Six llttlo kitty cats, learning to dive. Ono went down too deep, then there were nvo. Five llttlo kitty cnts placing on tho shore, A biff wnvo caught one. then there were four. Four llttlo kitty cnts climbed up a tree One fell down again, then thoro were three. Thrco llttlo kitty cnts mot n kangaroo, Ono went homo with him. then there wero two. Two llttlo kitty cats sitting In tho sun. Ono ran In tho houso, then thero was ono. Ono llttlo kitty cat wont to buy a bun, Ho nover camo back, nnd so thero was none. TOY BILLY GOAT BUTTS HARD Novel Device, Invented by Georgia Man, Intended to Cause Much Amusement for Children. An nmuslng toy for children has been Invented by a Georgia man. It is n rearing, tenrlng billy goat that butts a mannlkln flat in its charge. Tho toy comprises a baso with a fig uro olastlcally mounted at ono end. Toy Billy Goat. Tho figure normally stands erect, but when struck a blow on tho chest will flop over backwnrd and spring back when tho pressuro Is rolensed. Facing this figure n goat Is mounted on a platform, through which tho animal's forefeet pass to a slide, which Is also olastlcally oporated. Dy means of n projecting button tho slido Is drawn out. Whon it 1b released tho olastlo makes It fly back and tho goat pitches forward, raising his hind logs In tho air and butting tho mannlkln full In tho chest or fnco. Tho mannlkln there upon falls flat on his back, to tho groat amusement ofrany children who may be watching, but upon tho gont re suming his normal position, tho othor flguro boldly springs up and faces Billy again. ANIMALS WEEP FROM GRIEF Horses Cry From Thirst, Mule From 'Injured Foot and Other Beasts From Pain or Annoyance. Travelers through tho Syrian desort hnvo seen horses weep from thirst. A mulo lino been seen to cry from tho pain of an Injured foot, and camols, It is said, shed tears in streams. A cow sold by its mistress, wuo una tended It from calfhood, wapt pitiful ly, says Harper a Weekly. A young soko apo used to cry with vexation it Llvlngstono didn't nurse It In his arms whon It asked him to. Wounded apoa havo died crying, nnd apes havo wept over tho young ones slnln by hunters. chlmpnnzoo trlnod to carry water Jugs broke ono and cried, which proved sorrow, though it wouldn't mend tho Jug. Rats, discovering their young drowned, havo boon moved to tenrs of grief. A giraffe wnicn a huntsman's rlflo had Injured, began to cry when approachod. Sea lions often wep ovor tho loss of their young, Gordon Gumming observed tears trick' ling down the fnco of u dying olo phnnt. And ovon an orangoutang when doprivod of its mango was so vexed that it took to wooplng. Thore Is llttlo doubt, therefore, that animals do cry from grief or weop from pala or annoyance. A Sack Race. Another good game Is a sack race. For this gamo, each child Is put into a sack, fastened around tho neck. Tho ono who is to stnrt tho rnco stancs the sacked persons In n row, nt a given dlstnnce from tho winning post. Tho object of tho gamo Is to got ta tho winning post first by running, hop ping or rolling. If Bncks aro not ob tnlnablo, tho players' arms mny bo tied to their Bides and tholr legs tied together. All tho plnyors start at a signal. The one who gets thero first wins tho gamo. A Remarkable Library. A gentleman a good many yenrs ngo built a fine houso and wanted to hnvo n good library, and so this Is tho ro uiurknble order ho sent to a book buyer: "I want six feot of theology, samo quantity of metaphysics and near yard of old civil law In tho folio." Success demonstrates that it's long head that has nn turning. Bible Times for Instnnco, n papyrus containing a. cook's accounts scrawled In a voryi clumsy baud, with the reckoning all( wrong, but It shows thnt ovon a com mon sorvant of thoso days know hov' to wrlto. Wo have another containing a pdtltlon from a poasant. Theso. things nro extremely important, show-, lng tho probability of documentary' records of a historical nature existing at tho tlmo." JowloU Chronicle LEOPARD MOTH Pronounced as Ono of Worst Accidentally Introduced Into Tills Country From Europe. I n I Female Leopard Moth. .By W. E. nniTTON. Ph. D., Entomolo gist, Connecticut Agricultural Ex periment Station.) A brief note was printed In the last report of this station regarding tho oc currence of tho leopard moth In Con necticut. Slnco UiIb noto wns pub- llshed considerable evidence has been brought to our attention of serious damage to shado trees, especially elms, by this insect. Pruning of tho treeB nnd especially the removal of dead branches roveals tho tunnels of tho leopard moth larva, which Is a borer In tho branches nnd trunks of many species of broad-leaved trees. Several specimens of tho adult moths havo beon captured In New Haven, but It was not known until recently that the Insect is doing "much Injury to tho trees in Connecticut. Tho leopard moth is a European pest, and like many other very Injuri ous Insects that wo now havo to fight, was accidentally introduced into this country, being first noticed In Juno, 1881, nt Hobokcn, N. J. Three years later Dr. E. B. Southwlck found it in- Juring trees In Central park, Now York city, and in 1894 pronounced it ono of tho worst Insect pests attack ing Bhado trees. Tho leopard moth was soon found in other cities near New York, and in 1007 Mr. A. H. Kirk- land, then superintendent In charge of tho work off suppressing tho gypsy and browntull moths in Massachus etts, called 'attention to Its prcsenco MIXING CEMENT AND SAND 7 I iHr i-a- 1 i i l: . Uj f i t t J : T. . - , ,, . : A good concrete mlxor can easily be made. Take a piece of timber six by six or flvo by flvo Inches squuro, cut flown the corners, making it eight-cor-aercd as near equal ns possible. Have tho blacksmith make about 80 wings out of flat iron about ono-elghth of nn Inch thick nnd two Inches wide. ' Cut tho pieces four inches long, cutting about miter slant at each end. Drill two holes nbout ono and one-half Inches from ono end, bent strips In tho mlddlo to a right angle with the samo slant as ends nro cut. Nail theso wings onto tho elght-cornerod timber, going round nnd round, making nn auger llko a conveyor auger in a mill or threshing machine. This auger should bo about seven feot long. In tho middle of each end of tho auger or cylinder bore a holo for a short shaft; a piece of gas pipe will do. Head end ot tho shaft must bo fastened secure ly. Or bore'n holo through end of cylinder and through shaft and fasten with a bolt. On outer end of this shaft fasten sccuroly a pulley ten or moro TURNING WASTE INTO VALUE No System of Furmlnir Han Ever Been Successful Wlitcli Docs Not Include Keeping of Llvo Stock. (By J. E. PAYNE, Colorado Agricultural College.) . The history of tho settlement of Western Kansas and Western Ne braska shows that tho people who kopt milch cows wero oblo to hold their claims and mnko themsolvcs homes, whllo many ot their neighbors who refused to bo In partnership with tho cow fnllod. This has beon found truo of tho early sottlers of Colorado and other Btates. Somo people aro able to get nlong without cows, but the chancos aro against the person who makos tho attempt. It seems to bo ono of tho foundation principles of ngrlculturo thnt no sys tem can long bo followed nt n profit which does not mnko provision for re turning to tho land in somo form the olomonts of fortuity taken from it by the crops, So no system of fnrmlng has over beon successful for any groat length ot tlmo In any climate which does not Include the keeping ot live stock as ono ot Its important features. The successful man, bo he manager of I a farm or ij factory, is tho man who MOST INJURIOUS OF INSECTS Pests Attacking Shade Trees In Boston. During 1909 tho writer was Informed of Its occurrence In Providence, It. I., nnd aUo that many of tho flno elms of Cambridge, Mass., wero threatened with destruction by this insect. The leopard moth 1b re ported by Professor Smith as occur ring as far south ns Long Branch, N. J. As it first nppearcd in Hobokcn, N. J., it will be seen thnt liko many other European Insocts Introduced Into this country It haB spread northward much moro rapidly than In any other direc tion. Tho position of tho caterpillars tun neling in tho branches, especially whon they nro In tho tops of lnrgo trees, render them exceedingly diffi cult to reach. If tho trees aro pruned or othorwlse gono ovor systematically ovor year or two the burrowB will cer tainly bo detected and can bo treated by Injecting a few drops of carbon disulphldo from an oil can Into each and closing tho fcpenlng with clay, put ty, grafting wax or newly mndo hard soap. Tho poisonous fumes penetrate throughout the galleries and will kill tho borors therein. Wilting branches lndlcato the pres ence of the borers and should be re moved nnd destroyed. All twigs nnd limbs that break oft during storms should be gnthered and burned, thus destroying many of the borors in their tunnels. All femnlo moths should bo destroyed wherever found. Inches in diameter, depending on speed nnd slzo of pulley on en gine. This pulley should have not lesa than four Inches In face and shoulfl not run moro thnn 100 revolutions per mlnuto. Mako a trough for this cylinder to work in, using a plank for bottom just wldo enough so wings work free. Uso 12-Inch boards on Bides. Leavo top opon. Put in head at each ond, boring holo In center of foot end nnd making slot at head end so cylin der can be removed by lifting at pul ley nnd puling endways. Leavo open ing nt foot end of box for mortar to drop through into a mortar box or ori a platform. Mako a small hopper on head end of box nnd close by placing a box largo enough to hold a sack of cement. About half way to tho othor ond placo n barrel with faucet to sup ply water. Uso measures of propor tionate size. A boy puts in a meas ure of cement to a man's measuro ot sand, pouring in slowly together. Regulate wator by faucet, and tho ma chlno will do tho rest. plans to turn waste products Into valuo. Kafllr, mllo, sorghum, millet, stock beets, stock melons, tho straw front grain, corn stalks and all othor rough feed which Is produced on tho farm is of a nature that markot for it is ex tremely limited. And somo variety oC thlB rough feed Is produced in largo quantities In overy community overy year. So much is produced that it tho growers tried to sell It all directly for cash, It would not bring enough to pay for hauling it to market. Aa much Is produced forty miles from a railroad as In tho community Joining; the shipping stntlon. Tho cow will furnish a homo market for all the bulky feed which tho fnrm, or can raise, nnd will take it, deliv ered at his yard paying about aa much per ton as tho caro of hvr owner and his manngoment will permit. Tho crenm produced can bo sold for cash, and tho farm products will be mar ketod in concentrated form. Whnt would havo roqulrod a four-horse team to take to market can be hnuled to markot, whon reduced to cream, in a ono-horso buggy. Bush Beans, buBh boans In bills find nn Try whothcr you like tho plan bottor than! drills; that is, drop four or flvo benna at spaces of nbout olght Inches. Tho advantage claimed is that bottor op portunity Is nfforded for tlllago, ns tho hoe can bo worked with ease about tho hills. V