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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1912)
fcrr5 WOOD HYDRAULIC RAM One Been on Duty Fifteen Months Without Stop. Farmer Who Has Never Taken Course In Hydraulics Describes Pump He Made Himself Illustrations Show Make-Up, Some think that It takes a man who has had n course In hydraulics to put a hydraulic ram In operation, but I think that Is a mistaken Idea. I have 'never taken a course and havo seen but ono ram besides my own at work, yet I havo a ram which has been on duty about fifteen months, day and night, Sundays not excepted. Further than this, It was made out of wood, and on my own placo. This Is the 30 ..a .way It was made, writes C. M. Gravely In the Farm and Fireside. I took is block of hard wood 10 by 12 by 30 Inches. A 1-Inch holo was bored from A to O, then from S to O, connected to A O at an angle. I mor tised from M to A O a hole 4& Inches at the top as shown at V. A Baucer-shaped hole was cut out at S as shown in sketch. A lever (Fig. 2) was made and pivoted at D. in a plato of Iron 3-1C Inch thick a holo was cut (Fig. 4). This was bolted down at M, using common bolts. A piece of sole-leather was placed under It to answer for packing and also to deaden Iho stroke of the valve. A holo was cut In the leather the size of the hole In tho plate. Fig. 3 was suspended' In mortise V (Fig. 1). fInto a plato of Iron (Fig. C) eight -Inch holes were drilled in a 8mall circle. This was bolted down with lag screws over mortise at S. The leather valve (Fig. 5) was fast ened over holes (Fig. G) with a Bmall bolt through center hole In plate and in valve, and fitted water-tight at tho bolt. Packing was placed under tho plato and all screwed down tight. At X a cut wbb made of sufficient depth and width to allow an air-tube to be inserted In a hole bored with a bit at a slight angle upward. This air-tube It x J'k 4' FIG. 2 !- . riG.& !U x flG.3 fig.4 riG.5 was made of a small piece of pipe, plugged at ono end with lead, with a very small holo placed In the plugging. At S was cut a circular groove to re ceive tho air-chamber, which was an old stove-pot. (The pot was not ex actly what I wanted, but was the best thing I had.) A strip of packing was put in the groove nnd tho pot placed and bolted down. Tho timbers at 3 3 were placed at right angles to the body of the ram, the top one being hollowed out to fit tho inverted pot. The pot was fastened down with four long bolts that wont through the timbers above and below. A ?4-Inch hole was hored downward and out ward as shown at C Q and II It, be ing connected at L L. Tho piping was well threaded and screwed directly into the holes in the timber to suffi cient depth to lnsuro a good hold. After all those things were done the ram worked successfully. In this particular case water enters the ram through A from a dam 10 feet higher than tho position of tho ram. Tho brace D prevonts the valve from lowering too far. R comes from a spring which likewise supplies water to S. A check valve prevents tho wa ter from being forced back Into tho spring. Tho delivery pipe R, which lends to tho house COO feet away. la mado of -lnch pipe. FARMING IS GREAT SCIENCE Golden Rule Will Prevail In Spite of All Land Owner Must Feed His Land to Keep Tenant. There is a science, and art and a business of farming. Sclenco tells this man t at he should buy feeds to balance up tho cow ration, but the business end of his operation indicates ho thinks that ho had better not do so. This short-leaso system Is a bad habit, and must bo ovorcome, but you will never get the long-term lease sys tem by abusing tho landlord and his fnrm. Tho man who takes best care of the farm ho rents stnys the JongoBt nnd makes tho most money. To spend our time on half-bred cattlo and half fed acres Is acme of foolishness, and no man who does any thinking will do it. If a land owner Is not willing ,to feed his acres well no sensible man will ront his farm, and just as no land owner with any bulness ability will rent his farm to a man who will not feeu his cattlo well and Intelli gently, Thero are people? on both Hides who do these things, but they are both losers In tho long run, and are tho vlolont kickers. R rici Y a i T I iJ. I ! i I ell ..... ..-, . t ( V I i) ' fr GET WATER BY A WINDMILL Small Areas May Be Irrigated In This Way Centrifugal Pump Is Recom mended as Dest. Every farmor could afTord to pay from ?1.G0 to $G an acre for tho In crease In yield that irrigation would give. That Is tho estlmato placed on tho cost of irrigating small areas, by II. U. Walker, drainage and irrigation engineer with tho Kansas Arlcultural college. , A centrifugal pump is tho best adapted where a great amount of wa ter Is required. A three-Inch pump will require a four to eight horse power engine to pull It. Oil Is tho cheapest fuel. Tho coal a steam englno would burn would oxcqod more than threo times tho cost of oil fuel. An ordi nary englno burns a pint to two pints of oil for each horse power every day. If a patch to bo Irrigated Is less than two acres, a windmill can bo used to good advantage. It should havo a 40 to CO foot tower and tho wind wheel should bo 12 or 14 feet in diameter. Tho wind cannot always be had at tho ttmo tho wnter Is to bo pumped, so a reservoir must bo used. It Is a good plan to have a resorvolr In any sys tem whero tho well supply Is limited. Tho soli soaks up too much water as It runs down tho ditches In small streams, so tho water Is pumped Into largo ponds, nnd nt tho proper time tho field or patch Is covered at once. In this way, tho water gets to tho plants quickly, Instead of wasting by seopago and evaporation. Sources of water by Irrigation are rivers and natural water courses, wells and stored storm water. Their Importance Is In tho order named. Do fore you buy your machinery for irri gation, be suro of your well. It must be never falling, even In the severest droughts. The depth of the well should not be more than 80 feet. If it Is deeper thnn that too much power would bo required to lift tho water. PUMP WATER FOR IRRIGATION Implement Should Be Judged by To tal Efficiency and Relation of Wa ter Discharged to Fuel Used. A pump is not to bo judged by tho amount of water it discharges, but by tho total efficiency and the rela tion of the water discharged to tho apiount of fuel consumed. The run ners of centrifugal pumps can bo bent a very little, causing tho pump to discharge a very much increased volume, and yet it will not bo a pay ing proposition as compared with a smaller discharge that requires less power It Is very Important to deal with a responsible firm, ono able and willing to make good when a- pump fails to perform the work It has been esti mated to do, so many factors enter into the case that pumps will not give tho same satisfaction often in cases whero circumstances seem nlmost ex actly alike. A good firm will, if they make a mistake in furnishing a typo of pipe unsulted to the work, make good the mistake. Whilo on this subject of efficiency It may bo mentioned that windmills will not do tho satoie work where tho average velocity of the wind current Is unsulted to them, and it Is very im portant to discover what the averago velocity is beforo establishing an unsuitable typo. Somo railroads are Installing wind gauges, and from these an approxi mation can be made. If the cows lack salt, you'll have churning troubles. A grade cow of Inferior breeding Is not qualified to drop a good calf. Selection Is tho foundation upon which a good dairy herd must be built. Tho farmer seldom goes wrong when ho follows tho path of the good dairy cow. The unclean separator on the fnrm Is often the cnuso of poor butter in tho market. i It Is cheapor to warm the drinking water than to let tho cow do It with C0-cent corn. A good cow with poor management is little better than a poor cow with no management. , The comfortable cow requires less feed than ono that must struggle against discomfort. Tho beauty of tho dairy is that if It is -well managed It brings a profit every day in the year. If cream Is raised by pan-setting and the milk freezes the loss will soon bo largo enough to pay for a cream separator. If jou carry over a few feet of sll ago next spring you havo no cause to fear dry and short pastures later In tho summer. An lncreaso In feed will show in Increase of milk, but thero will be no gain in richness, for richness cannot be fed Into milk. After providing plenty of windows and a good system of ventilation, the next thing to put In the cow Btablo is a coat of whitewash, Tho amount of food that will put $1 worth of fat on a steer will make a lot more than $1 worth of butter fat If fed, to a good cow. Overworking of butter nfter It has "como" causes It to become salvy. Stop tho churn whon tho butter gathers In lumps about the size of a pea. Beauty and uniformity in tho dairy cow may not ndd much to tho milk yiold, but they certainly add valuo when It comes to selling tho stock. mBmfmBmm iVUH constantly reminding oh os not to vunte inonuy. but nru wo na careful of wasted tlmo. wnstcd talents nnd wasted opportunities? CAREFULNESS IN LITTLE THINGS. Most pcoplo are sufficiently watchful of tho largo leaks In housohold man agement, but tho llttlo leaks are those that ofton sink the groat ship. It Is necessary that n certain amount ot care and thought should bo directed toward even tho simple processes ot housekeeping, to make tho mnchlncry run smoother. If wo are visitors in a home we do not enro to henr tho wheels go round, the most perfect running machinery, especially In tho homo. Is tho nolsoless kind. Tho ta king proper care of supplies nfter pur chasing is hardly secondary In Impor tance to intelligent buying. Perishable food should never bo bought In largo quantities beyoud tho needs of tho family. Food left In paper hags that como from tho markets are more apt to bo flavored by the chemicals present In the paper. This Is especially true or foods containing moisture. Cerenls of all kinds Bhould bo kept In glass Jars, tightly covered, In a cool place. Flour Ib highly absorbent and should bo kept In a dry cool place. ' Butter and milk should never stand uncovered. Coffee should bo bought in small quantities nnd ground as needed. Eggs are porous, and for this reason should never be placed near food of strong flavor. Soap should bo unwrapped and piled in an open placo to dry. Fruit should bo spread out to pre vont decay, and all portions of decay ed fruit should bo at once removed. Oiled papers that como In cracker boxes and other foods for wrapping should bo carefully saved. They are useful for many things, wrapping sandwiches, eggs and are especially good after tho socond use, for clean ing flat Irons while Ironing. Ono of the old-fashioned wire coffee stands mnko the best kind of a trivet for use in boiling puddings In a cloth. It Is sufficiently high to hold tho pud ding well up from the bot,tora of tho kettle. When making ginger cookies, try a cup of coffee left from breakfast for 'the liquid instead of milk. Tho flavor Is excellent with ginger. AKB tho homo-comlntf sweet! Tho crlrulnnMs nt irottiir 'I hu pleasure of knowing Will not be complete, Unless, nt tho ending, Tho home-coming's sweot. SOME HOT BREAKFAST DISHES. For a cold frosty morning a hot cake Is most acceptable. Waffles are cakes that are more wholesome than the ordinary griddle cakes as they are cooked crisp and brown. Waffles. Mix and sift one and a fourth cups of flour with a fourth of a tcaspoonful of salt and half a tea spoonful of soda. Separate tho whites and yolks of two eggs, beat well and add ono cupful of thick sour milk to tho yolks; stir In tho dry Ingredients nnd add three tablespoonfuls of melted butter. Cut and fold In tho whites of the eggs and bake on a woll-greased waffle Iron. Oatmeal Muffins. Mix and sift to gether one and ono-half cupfuls of flour, four teaspoonfuls of baking pow der, one-half teaspoonful of salt, two teaspoonfuls of sugar. Cut In one fourth of a cup of butter, nddNi hnlf of a cup of milk gradually, ono beaten egg and two tablespoonfuls of melted butter, with a cup of cooked oatmeal. Bnko In muffin rings placod in a but tered pan. Breakfast 8avory. Have ready two tablespoonfuls of butter, half an onion, a cup of diced bread, five eggs, a ten spoonful of salt and a few dashes ot pepper; melt the butter In a saucepan, add tho chopped onion nnd fry brown, add the diced bread, brown this, add salt, pepper and put Into the other mixture, toss with a fork until the eggs nre set. Serve Immediately. Baked Rlced Potatoes. Riced pota toes are excellent if put again through a rlcor nnd placed in n buttered ba king dlBh with plenty of seasonings nnd bakod n delicate brown. l.K Ih not Htrmitli. lU-pututlon Is not diameter. Oiituwd Bwcotnoss Is not God's gauge. Unhcock. Not the cry, but tho rising of the wild duck ImpelB tho Hock to follow lilin In Its upward (light. Ancient Chinese Haying. DISHES A LITTLE OUT OF THE ORDINARY. Variety Is tho splco of life, and ofton a change of food, a different manner If K I on lTJ. ot servlug and garnishing it will awnkon a sluggish appetlto. Whpn serving a baked or fried fish, and wish to add a eauco to further tho food value and mnko It moro attrac tive, try: Green Sauce for Fish. Mnko a good rich white sauce, using much rich milk, or, better, cream In tho making. Molt two tablespoonfuls ot butter, add an equal amount of flour and when thoroughly cooked ndd a cup of rich milk or thin cream. Cook until smooth, ndd yolk of egg, beaten, and two tablespoonfuls of cooked spinach put through a slovc. Season well with whlto popper nnd salt and fold In a quarter of a cup ot thick whlppod cream Just beforo serving. Baked Corn With Minced Meat. Into two largo cups of corn put a cup ful of minced chicken or ham, ono half cup of thin cream; sonson with salt, pepper and onion Juice, add ono egg beaten. Mix and put Into a ba king dish, covor with crumbs and bnke. Dot with bits of buttor and sorve. Combination Salad. For this salnd thero Is a wide range, ns ono mny uso almost any vegetnblo or fruit. Too many kinds of oltlior fruits or vege tables aro not good to serve, or too many colors. A fow string beans that havo been marinated In n llttlo French dressing nnd added to potato salnd, makes a good combination. Any llttlo left-overs like corn or bits of green peppers nro also an addition to a plain potnto salad. Ono Bhould not forget to ndd a little shredded option for flavor to nlmost every vege table salnd. A few cut-up dates or figs or raisins added to nn apple salad, or In fact almost any fruit salad. The plneapplo Is delicious to tho taste, a remedy for Indigestion and an all-'round good fruit tonic. In combi nation with grapo fruit It makes a most delectable salad with French dressing. Lp. K HICUC mo no shackles which persistent reiiHon and dogged labor can't lend asunder. Nothing Is hopeless to determination. This earth belongs to us to do with ns wo flare. Herbert Kuuftnan. SOME COMPANY SALADS. When serving luncheon or dinner to a few friends, ono likes to havo a salad that Is a llttlo unusual for tho occasion. Hero aro a few to chooso from; Goldsmith Salad. Take n half cup of apples minced fine, one-fourth of a cup of minced colery, a fourth of a cup of chopped hickory nut meats, a fourth of a cup of chopped green pop per and olives mixed. Sorve in green pepper cups and garnish with mayon naise dressing. Apple, nuta and celery served In hend lettuce Is a simpler salad and ono that Is generally liked. .Mayonnaise may bo served wlh this or a plain, less expensive, boiled dressing. Salnd plants contain but llttlo nour ishment. Their chief value Hob In the mineral salts they contain, and when mixed with dressings of oil they are of as much valuo to tho system as food. Lettuco and green vegetables, If al lowed to stand In a dressing, will wilt, so It Is best to keep tho lettuce crisp and fresh, and servo It freshly pro pared. Grape Fruit or Pomelo Salad. Thoro Ib no fruit salad equal In dellciousness to thnt prepared with carefully-removed sections of grapo fruit added very gently to celery and nuts, and mixed with mayonnaise. Sometimes even tho nuts will crush tho fruit nnd tho utmost caro should be used In mixing the salad, otherwise tho Julco is crushed from the fruit nnd tho salnd Is watery and unsightly. Grape Fruit and Cherry. Cut tho ripe fruit in halves, using tho largo cherries when obtainable. Cut tho grnpo fruit and remove tho sections with caro; let nil stand a few mo nientB In French dressing to treason. Servo with mnyonnnlso on lettuco and garnish with maraschino cherries, A Novel Salad. A delicious and dainty salad good at all times Is mnde by laying a sllco of canned Hawaiian pineapple on n lettuce leaf. Hout a knife nnd spread cream or ncufchntello cheese over tho pineapple; arrango pointed strips or pimento like tho petals of a polnset tlu over tho cheese; heap mayonnnlso In the center and put n stuffed oltvo on top. Obediont Girl. Mrs. Gonph My dnughtor, you should cultivate a sweeter disposition toward tho young men. Hcmember that "vinegar never cntches files." Miss Goaph But, mamma, you al ways caution mo not to permit any lly young men to call. Watts, Franklin Lovo your neigh bor as yourself, but don't tako down your fence. COST OF GRAIN GROWING IN CENTRAL CANADA A careful canvass mada of a num. bor ot men farming in a Inrgo way indicates that oven with tho cxtremo oxponso of harvesting tho crop, which has been caused by tho bad weather and difficulty in threshing, whent has , boon produced and put on tho market for less than C5 contB a bushel, Tho nvcrngo freight rata Is not over 13 cents per bushol. This would mako tho cost of production and freight C8 cents nnd would loavo tho farmer nn actual margin on his low-grado whoat of 176 contB and for his hlgh-grndo whoat of 19 V6 cents; nnd though this Is not as largo a profit na tho farmer has every right to oxpect, It is a prollt not to bo despised, nnd which Bhould loavo a vory fair amount of money to his credit whon all the expenses of tho yenr havo been paid, unless tho valuo of low-grado wheat sinks vory much below Its present lovel. A mat tor of lmportnnco to tho prospoctlvo Bottler Is that of tho cost ot produc tion. Tho following tablo has boon prepared nfter careful investigation: Interest on 320 acres, valuo 530 por aero, 3 years at 0 per cent Interest $1,720.00 Interest on horses, machin ery, wagons, ploughs, liar- ' rows, etc., to opernto 320 acres say S2,G0O for 3 years 450.00 Getting 320 ncros ready for c:op first year, doing ono'a own work, with hired help, nbout $3.50 por aero 1,120.00 Getting 320 acres ready for crop, second nnd third year, about $1.25 por aero por year, or $2.50 per ncro 2 years ono'a own work nnd hired help 800.00 Seed por year, whoat, por aero $1.25, 3 yenra 1,200.00 Seeding, 320 ncros, 25 cents per acre, 3 years 240,00 Twlno1, 320 acres, 30 cents por acre, 3 years 288.00 Harvesting, 320 ncrcs, 30 cents por aero, 3 yenra.... 288.00 Marketing, 320 acres, estl mato 2Q bushels per aero per year for 3 years, 3 cents per bushel, or 9 cento per bushol for 3 years 576.00 Threshing 320 acres, estlmato 20 bushels per acre per year for 3 years, 6 centa por bushel por year or 18 cents for 3 years 1,152.00 Total $7,834.00 Cr. By wheat crop farm 320 acres for 3 years, averago 20 bushels por ncro por year for 3 yearn, or a total of CO bushels, 19,200 bushols at 80 cents por bushel $15,360.00 Balanco to credit of farm aft er 3 years oporatlon, $2, 563.00 por year 7,526.00 "To operate 480 acres would cost less in proportion, as tho plant re quired for 320 acros would do for tho larger farm, and tho Interest on plant for tho extra 160 acres would bo caved." Tho figures given mny bo open to criticism, but they will bo found to bo reasonably accurate, with a- fair ness given to , tho oxponso columns. There aro those who profess to do tho work at a much less cost than thoso given. Another Duty. "You aro my wife's social secre tary?" ho asks of tho boauteouB croa turo who is seated at tho Bmall dosk In tho study. "Yes, sir,"' sho smiles. "I am supposod to tako Mrs. BUrrup's placo In as many social details as pos sible." "Woll or sho doesn't seem to bo coming downstairs this morning, and It has always boon hor custom to kiss mo good-by whon I start for tho of fice." Judgo. Happy Future. Apropos of tho marriage nt Relgato of Alfred Gwynno Vandcrbllt nnd Mrs. Hollls McKlm, a Now York man said on tho Olympic: "I mot Vandor bllo nt tho Motropolc at Brighton a fow days after tho ceremony, and I said to him, by way of a Joko: "Well, Is tho courso of truo love going to run smooth?" " 'Smooth and straight,' said he. 'Thero aro banks on both sldoB, you know.' " Colo'n Cnrbollsnlve quickly relieves and cures burning. Itching and torturing skin diseases. It Instantly stops the pain of burns. Cures without scars. 25a and 60c by druggists, For free sample write to J. W. Colo & Co.. Black IUser Falls, WIb. Thinking has often made mo very unliappy, acting novcr haB. Do some thing; do good If you can, but do some thing! Mrs. Gnskoll. Constipation causes many serious dis eases. It is thoroughly cured by Doctor Picrce'H Pleasant Pellets. Ono a laxative, three for cathartic. A pretty girl doesn't havo to pro poso during leap yenr, and a homoly ono Is afraid to but there's tho stren uous widow. You enn flatter 'silly girls by calling them flirts. ' It's eaBler to look wlso than it la to deliver tho goods. Ho Ib a poor chauftour who doesn't know what ho Is driving at. rir.KS rmi: in n to i 1 dvys, 'onr linguist will raJiinU money If PA.O OINT tKNT fulls to corn unr cum of liculnif, Wind, lleudiQK or 1'rotrudlDK l'llos luOlo lliU7. toe iHHsf&IHH S31Mg.TMIBCrG Keeps Your Stove "Always Ready for Company" A bright, clean, glossy stovo Is tho Jo and pride of every housekeeper. But it la hard, to keep a stovo nice and shiny unless Black Silk Stovo Polish is used. Hero is tho reason: Black Silk Stovo Polish sticks right to the iron. It doesn't rub off or dust off. Its ehino lasts four times lcnser than the shlno of any other polish. You only need to polish one fourth as often, yet your stovo will b cleaner, brighter and better looking than it has been sinca you first bought it Uso BUCK SILK STOVE POLISH on jour parlor stove, kitchen stove or sai stove. Get a can from your hardware or stove dealer. If you do not find It tttttr than any other itova polish you have tvtr used ttftrt, your dealer U outhorlzed to refund your money, liut we feel ure you will agroe with the thoutandt of tlktr up-to-date women who aro now tulnir Ulaok Silk Stove Polish and who say It it the "ttti tint tolitk tvtr mdt. " LIQUID OR PASTE ONE QUALITY Do aura to set the etnutnt. Black Silk Stova Polish coita you no wort than tha ordinary kind. Keep your crates, resistors, (endera and atova pipes bright and free from ntstinff by using IlLACtC SlUg AIR-DRYING EN A MRU Brush treonith encli can of enamel only. Use BLACK SILK METAL POLISH for allver. ware, nickel, tlnwaro or brass. It works quickly easily, and leaves a brilliant surface. It has no equal for use on automobiles. Black Silk Stovo Polish Works STERLING. ILLINOIS Relieves Backache Instantly Sloan's Liniment is a fereut remedy ior backache It penetrates and relieves the pain instantly no rub bing necessary just lay it on lightly. Here's Proof. "I had my back hurt In the Boer War and In San Tranclsco two years aro I was lilt by a street car In the same place. I tried all kinds of done without suc cess. Two weeks ago I saw your lini ment In a drug store and got a bottle to try. 'Hie firit application cauacdlrutant relief, and now except for a little stiff Dtu, I am almost well." f LETCHKR NORMAN, WUlttler, Calif. v3 JAJJilL fcj LINIMENT is the best remedy for rheumatism, neuralgia, sore throat and sprains. Miss E. Rim of Itrooklyn, N.Y., writer "Slnan'n T.lnlmnf l ft.!.. for rheumatism. I have used six bot tles of it and It Is grand." Sold by all Dealers. Price, 25c., SOc.and $1.00. Sloan's Hook on Horses, r--.i. Hogs and J'oultry aent free. Address Dr.Earl S.Sloan Cotton, Mut. LlUiflillllH MAKES COWS PROLIFIC Don't sell your barren coir to the batcher. Kow Kure, the grest cow remedy, will mike her eroductlra and proline. Kow Kure Is a medicine for cows only a potiilre cute lor ABORTION, SCOURS, MILK FEVER, LOST APPETITE, and all other atlmtots that make cows sickly and unproAtsble. Send lodsy lor Itee book, "More Money Prom Your Cows." DAIRY ASSOCIATION CO., MPRS. LyndoavIHe, Vt., U. S, A. FOft WAULS AND CEILINQB COES 0NLIXE MINT: LOOKS LIKE WAIL PAPER; YOU CAN WASH IT A uoniutful I Ununited book of 2i colors and Photo- Srnuns iwm rro. Bona your numo aim uaaress 10 injs uivai'oNi; VAnalanco., l.roouiyn.N.v. TAKE A DOSS OF piso'S THE DEST MEDICINC for COUOHS O COLDS Ill mSv:Jy m (HsVoiawTUT' unburn