The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, July 12, 1912, Image 9
V r; - '. ,-. fa" ' ' f ' A NOTES zs-w-. ME&DOWBROOK yJiMtcmffitr 1 j-j?y ras&c y Don't plant corn In weody ground. It never pays to hury a colt at first. Never feed a horao when It la very warm. Movo tho brood coops as often ns possible. You cannot begin to feed nnd train a colt too early. Lice will nnd a sitting ben If noth ing Is done to prevent It. Tho aim should bo to mako each heifer better than her dam. A thermometer for churning time earns Its way summer and winter. Don't wnlt for tho beetle to appear on tho early potatoes before you spray. Scours aro brought on by feeding cold milk and In keeping In dirty, wet pens. ' It takes pretty good grit to let some old hens go, and yet It Is a wise thing to do. The Silver Camplno Is not a new breed, but ono not generally known In this country. Tho ewo has been found as econom ical as the cow In turning hay and grain Into milk. Work done for your cows, sheep and hogs now will show Itself next fall in the returns you get. Tho row that Is so clumsy or nerv ous that she always kills half her pigs had better go to market. A largo udder Is not always a sure sign of a good milker, but more often than not It is a good Indication. If you tako the young colt with the mother when at work, put a halter on It and hitch It to tho side of the mare. When the lambs are ten days old there is no danger In docking them after that dock them just as soon as possible. Tho printer and butter spado should be soaked first In hot water nnd then In cold water for some time beforo they are used. The horse's stomach Is in no condi tion to receive food Immediately nfter severe labor, hence tho necessity of a short period of rest first.' Tho calf should be taken from tho cow very soon after birth. It learns to drink much more easily than If left several days with tho cow. Unless It runs smoothly nnd does not vibrate, a -separator will not do Its best work. A solid foundation means long life for the machine. Dairy farmers wonder 'how they ever got along without cream separa tors. Five years from now they will wonder how they ever got along with out silos. Stallions and marcs having small heart glrthstor light flanks aro objec tlonablo from the breeder's standpoint. A horse needs lots of room for heart nnd lungs. Rapo Is a cool weather plant and does best In northern latitudes. Drill In lVi to 2 pounds to tho acre as early In tho spring as the danger from hard freezing is past. The vnluo of sllago to sheep has been well enough established for us to know that In the 'future It Is going to play an Important part In the pro duction of mutton and wool. If the hogB are lousy get somo crude oil and Just as soon as warm Weather comes pour a gallon or so of tho oil on tho holes whore they wallow. Grease of any kind Is death to lice. Tar paint nor any other application of that kind will kill the peach tree borers already In tho treo. Tho sharp wire Is tho only remedy then and the closest Inspection Is necessary to find his lair. Save "poling" beans whenever pos sible by planting along tho garden fence or In corn. Sunflowors, too, make good supports for beans, but It Is preferable thnt tho rows bo planted north and south, so that tho beans may get plenty of sun. The value of stable manure or oth er fertilizer In the orchard depends upon the conditions of soil nnd cli mate. Somo soils grow excellent fruit without any fertilizer while others must bo fed. Simply a case of sci ence and good Judgment. Cherries require very Uttlo pruning. Tho cow nnd tho bow make n good farm team. Drive a colt tho first tlmo with a fnst walking horse. Tho hens will relish a feed of scald ed oats at any time. Pull radishes Just ns soon an they are big enough to bite "Study lo bo quiet" Is u fine thing In handling a team nnywhero. Chaff from the hay mow floor makes tho licst litlcr for chicks. Too suddon n chango of diet for the young calf Is bound to start trouble. Covered cream or milk cans on tho way to town bespenl$ a careful dairy man. There Is every Indication that grass fat beef will bring a good price thio summer. When the calf Is two weeks ol5 somo skim-milk may be added to tho usual feeding. A horse that is watered two or three times a day is apt to drink too much nt ono time. Fino corn meal for tho skim-milk calf Is a good substitute for the moro expensive oilmeal. Clean the mud from the horse's limbs during seeding operations, and prevent scratches and fever. Quality In vegetables Is tho result of quirk, unchecked growth, and this means plenty of wntor at all times. It Is not a difficult proposition to raise calves when tho feeder usco some precaution In their management. After turkey chicks are six weeks old they must be nllowed to range else they will bo sadly stunted In growth. It Is a mistake to try to fatten tho brood sow. She should not bo kept with tho hogs that are being prepared for market. While it requires one sort of edu cation to mnko a good riding or driv ing horse, It requires another to mako a cart borso. Hens that roost in a damp, close house are npt to give out In the leg Joints with a trouble somewhat akin to rheumatism. It Is easy to notice the effect ol grass on the milk, but, with tho cows that have silage, the change will be less perceptible. Fruit trees planted In the hog pas ture will supply shade nnd abundance of food In the fall when tho trees come Into bearing. Better dairying should bo the aim of every dairy farmer. It is only ns ho Btrlves for better things that he can approach his ideal. The man who makes a success at dairying or any other line of work starts with tho right aim and never changes or loses sight of It. Tests at experiment stations hava shown that 20 per cent of tho cream Is saved by tho use of n separator as compared with hand skimming There Is no problem thnt Is ol grenter Importance today than con servation of soil fertility. Tho dairy cow, tho hog and tho hen help solve it Good caro consists in doing every thing from milking and caring for the cows to marketing the butter or cream as If your whole life success depended upon It. Mix plaster of Paris and turpentine, mould In tho shapo of eggs, nnd put one in each nest to kill lice and mites. Do not uso with eggs that aro hatching. There aro 28 silos within a short distance of this farm. Many farmers have been closely pressed In order to find feed for their Btock but none of tho silo owners were. A city chicken man has found n good way to break a broody hen. Ho puts nn alarm clock In tlio nest and when tho clock goes off that hen goes off too and never comes back. The cost of hauling over our coun try roads is now about 23 cents per ton per mile. In European countries tho i cost is below 10 cents. Our bad roads aro an expensive proposition Shallow cultivation of corn Is most in favor with the experiment stntions, but much seems to depend upon cli matic conditions. In dry climates you can safely cultivate deeper threo to four inches. There Is nothing like pasture to make good gains on any kind of stock when fed in connection with corn. In hog feeding we do not think wo nro putting it too strongly to say that pas ture eaves 2D per cent In feed. Tho Injury to vnrious fruit crops by Insects of all kinds Is very great, as every ono knows, but Prof. Sted- i man. Bays that tho damage to truck crops by Insects every year exceeds the damage to fruit crops. And yet how few gardeners tako steps to pro- 1 tect their crops. COWS AND CLOVER MAINTAIN QUALITY OF SOIL FERTILITY Raisins Abundant Crops of Legumes for Farm Stock and Selling Butter Should Enrich Any Farm Sowing Orchard Grass and CloVor Together Makes Good Pasture. a .jrs ,jmz .: n". . ...iL. ..JBKr;s v( A Profitable Bunch What should bo a strong Inducement to every owner of a farm with cows to make and sell butter Is tho fact that this form of dnirylng makes it possible not only to maintain tho soil fertility, but to constantly add to it. While tho solids In the milk con tain tho most essential elements of fertility, tho butter fnt contains no element of fertility at all. Hence, tho selling of milk In largo quantities In evitably reduces tho productiveness of tho farm, unless a largo proportion of the feed for the cows is bouglit off the farms, Instead of being grown on It. On the other hnnd, butter contains practically nothing thnt constitutes an element of fertility In tho soil, says a writer In Farm Progress. For this reason, If ono has a poor farm, and wants to adopt a lino of farming that will soonest and most economically make It productive, tho best plan will be to keep cows, nnd sell tho cream or butter. And tho moro feed one buys, and tho less ho takes off his own place, except clover, tho sooner tho soil mny bo made rich. ' Having had considerable experience with clover, cowpeas, Canada pea3 and other legumes, I have concluded thnt for soil improvement tho red clover or nlsike, will bo found the best thing for the purpose. I would only upe nlslko In case tho land to be Improved was rather moist, as on that sort of soil it will usually make a better growth than common red or any other, except whito clover, and that does not make a sufficiently bulky growth to servo tho purpose best. In somo experlenco of my own, I have found that sowing orchard grass and clover together makes a most ex cellent pasture; nnd, If ono keeps the stock off, It Is possible to get a growth that will make a fino mixture for hay; but when clover Is cut at tho right tlmo nnd properly cured, thero is no moro nutritious forage that can bo grown. EXCELLENT FEEDS TO FATTEN LAMBS Doo of Alfalfa for Houshazo Simplifies Qucotion Con aldcrably Peao aro s Recommended. (By J. n. M'NUITY, Colorado Agricul tural Collego,) The great question which tho suc cessful lamb feeder Is now trying to solve Is thnt of tho most economical concentrate to bo used In fattening his lambs. The fact that most feeders arousing alfalfa for a roughago simplifies tho nbovo problem considerably. Alfalfa suppllos tho protein, and when fed with a fattening concentrate, as corn or barley, reduces tho amount of feed required for a pound gain to tho mini mum. Experiments prove that corn Is Just a trifle hotter, pound for pound, than barley, when both nro fed in con nection with ono of tho legumo hays, as clover or alfalfa. Thero is llttlo data on tho economy of feeding corn alone with upland or timothy hay or with corn stover. This follows from tho fact that such a ration would lack considerably In protein. Doubtless barley would somewhat excel corn, pound for pound, when fed with rough, ages lacking protein, as tho ones last named. Wholo barley may bo fed very successfully to fattening sheep Tho fact that cottd seed meal can bo purchased for a prico comparing favorably with that of corn In Colora do has suggested tho feeding of this concentrate with alfalfa hay for fat tening lambs. In this combination, however, wo havo two feeds high In protein nnd consequently an unbal anced ration. Oil meal Is fed qulto extensively with timothy hay and roots, In which combination It gives very good results. On tho other hnnd, very few records of sheep fattened on cottonseed meal and alfalfa aro avail able, for, as u rule, protein rich feeds (alfalfa and oil meal) aro tho most expenslvo nutrients of a ration and aro not usunlly combined. It Is vory probable, however, that somo cotton seed meal can be fed when alfalfa Is fed, If wo uso a mixed ration of corn and cottonseed meal. Tho best pro portion would porhaps bo ono-thlrd cottonseed meal and two-thirds corn, either shelled or cracked. This com bination 'should give good results and of Youngsters. As I havo found that oven work stock can bo kopt In good condition on well-cured hay, If allowed to cnt a full ration nt eacli meal, I havo about concluded that on tho great mnjorlty of farms a largo portion of tho grain fed to work stock may bo eliminated if plenty of good, bright clover hay Is fed to nil stock, nnd sufficient time allowed for tho horses to cnt it. This may seem to bo a sort of heresy to tho vast number of men nil through tho big corn states, who feed llttlo grain, except corn, nnd sono of them no roughago part of tho year except corn fodder. But I know whereof I speak; somo of tho best tennis that I havo ever seen nro never fed anything except clover liny, unless by chance that runs low, nnd it is ncccssnry to feed timothy hay; and, when that 1b done, a feed of corn is given along with it. It always seems to mo very remark able that so few men uso clover as tho principal feed for their stock, when thero is such inducement to do so. I havo never known of a case where any ono was not pleased with tho re sults In feeding clover liny to work horses, If ho had good, bright hay nnd gave n reasonable grain ration in tho shnpo of corn with it Whero the chief grain fed Is oats, the clover Is not suitable, because the percentage of starchy matter or Its equivalent would not bo properly proportioned to tho protelds. As I know men who havo for yars not fed an ounce of grain to horses doing farm work dally, nnd they havo kept In fino condition, nnd nt steady work on nothing but nice, clean, bright, well-cured clover hay, It seems to mo that a great many men nro wasting money In thoir method of feeding, nnd aro falling to Improvo their soil because they do not sow tho clover. Probably tho latter Is the moro Im portant point to bo consideiod. Com mon senso nnd clover nro mighty good fnctors in successful farming. nt tho same tlmo bo much less con ducive to digestive disorders than n ration of cottonseed menl and alfalfa. i Peas aro strongly recommonded for' fnttoning sheep. When fed In combi-, nation with either corn, bnrley or. oats, equal parts, bettor gains nro mado than when either of tho nbovo cerenls is fed alono. This Is especial ly true whero timothy hay or corn stover is fed as a roughage. USE OF GYPS1 OR LAND PLASTER Practice Nearly Alwnyfl Xncreaoca Yield of Clovuro and Pcua How to Apply it. Plaster nearly always increnses tho growth of the clovers and peas. Mixed with an cqunl quantity of wood nsh, it Is largely used by gardeners and truckers to stimulate tho growth of early potatoes, corn, beans and cab bage. Plaster Is a sulphato of lime, nnd both tho sulphuric acid and tho Hmo, aro active principals in plant growth. Tho time to sow plnster on clover nnd oats and pens Is when tho plants nro making their first, leaves. Sow at tho rate of two bushels to the acre. On lund that has been recently limed tho application of plaster has llttlo effect. Tho only way to find out tho vnluo of plaster is to measuro off an aero of clover or an aero of grnss and clover pasturo and sow, say, two bushels to the acre, loavlng tho nd Joining ncro unplnstored. Tho growth of tho plastered clover will provo its valuo in a few weeks after tho plnster has been sown. When plnster can bo hnd for $10 per ton it will pay to sow it nt tho rato of two bushels to tho acre on dry uplnnd meadows and clo ver Holds, on pastures, oats and pons and-on all tho bean family. It Is nlso vnluablo for sowing on plover stubble nfter tho first crop has been cut for hay. Tho dressing of plnstor at this time will greatly encourage tho second growth clover. On most every farm thero aro a variety of soils, and a fer tilizer thut will provo of value for ono kind of soil and crop will provo of llt tlo valuo used on an adjoining field, but having an entirely different char acter of soil. Test each field and keep a record of these tests, as they will prove valuable PROPAGATION OF THE ROSE NOT VERY DIFFICULT TASK Many Growers Start Flowers on Tholr Own Roots, tout tho Majority Prefer tho Budded Plants No Garden Is Complete Without Them and Should Bo Grown Abundantly. tBy II. ERICIISEN.) Nothing can bo said In prniso of tho roso that has not been cald beforo. Universally recognized as tho most benutiful llowor, it Is tho ono child of Clorn around which r wealth of Bcntl ment, history nnd poetry clusters. Tho mnldoiiB of ancient Grcoco nnd Homo ndorncd thomsolvcs with chnplots nnd garlands of roses, as docs tho maldon of today, nnd then ns now the roso wns rcgardod ns tho emblem of benuty and truo worth, lit to crown a queen. No wonder, thon, thnt It Is so highly esteemed thnt oven tho orchid, so often regarded as its rival, will never supersede It in popular estimation. Of Into tho beauty of tho roso has bon so widely nppreclnted that tho popularity It now enjoys nnd tho do mnnd for hardy garden roses nro nn nunlly Increasing. No garden Is com plcto without roses nnd ovcry fnmlly ought to. grow them In nbundnnco, for novor hnvo roses been so chonp nnd bonutlful ob now. Moreover, the culti vation of tho flower Is so Blmplo that no oxcuso can bo offored for Its neg lect. Tho first requlslto for success In roso growing Is tho selection of good healthy plants. Weak, Blckly roses aro dear at any price. Many of theso plantB lack vigor becauso thoy aro stunted by renininlng too long in tho cutting-bed or in small pots, beforo they aro set out. In order to obtain tho best results, thorcforo, It is ndvls nblo to restrict one's patronage to first-class nurserymen only, firms that For Cut Flowers Nothing Can Rival tho Beauty of the Ro6e. nro prepared to furnish strong, well rooted plants, such ns will mako a showing tho first senson nnd develop into vigorous snecipens. In selecting roses for tho garden, It Is well to know thnt theso plants nro grown In two wnys, that is to say on tholr own roots or budded low on tho MnnettI, a brlor-roso that has largely superseded tho Dog-roso and other stocks In this country. Experts aro divided on tho question hb to which should recclvo tho prefer ence, nnd tho beginner Is liable to bo In a quandary becauso growers aro apt DEVICE KEEPS Tho main feature of tho fastener hero represented Is tho bar L which is Intended to prevent tho cow from crowding forward so that tho drop pings fall on tho plntform. Tho other parts can bo modified to suit Individ ual tastes, AAA aro tho divisions between tho mangers, tho bottom being 1C inches long nnd tho top 30 InchcB. B is a strip 1 by 4 Inches, 3 feet long, ono to bo nailed on ench sldo of tho partition A, as shown In tho drawing. C Is tho Bldo of tho manger next to Iho feeding alley. D is a 10-inch board separating tho manger from tho standing floor. 13 Is a 1 by 3 Inch Btrlp In -corner nf manger. F Is a 1 by 8 Inch bonrd, 4 feet long, with a slot 3 feet long by 1 Inch wldo In lower end to allow Rb being Bllppcd over partition A, botweon strip R and board D, and should bo securely nailed to n and D. II and I nro 1 by 2 inch strips, 8 Inches long, between F nnd J. Tho up per edge of I should bo 31 or 32 Inches from the standing floor. to arguo for their own method of propagation. But of Into years many eminent rosnrlans havo pronounced themselves in favor of budded plants. A prominent firm of rose-growers nt Itochcstor, N. Y., that Is known tho world over for tho oxcollcnco of Its roses, concretely expressed this con vlction nB follows: Wo find mnny varieties of roses grown on this stock (MnnettI) adapt themselves to a greater rango of ell mnto nnd soil, bloom moro profusely, enduro better tho heat of tho summer and make far stronger plants than it grown from tholr own roots. Mnny object to budded roses on nccount of tho suckorB they sometimes throw out; but If proper nttontlon is pnld to tho planting, this will rarely bo nn nnnoynnco. Budded roses should bo planted sufficiently deep, so thnt tho Junction of tho bud with tho Btock is from two to threo Inches below tho Burfnco of tho earth. If dcsplto this precaution, a wild shoot Bhould hap pen to atnrt from tho bnso, tho growth nnd follngo of tho stock aro so distinct thnt It Is readily recognized by tho most lnoxporloncod nmntour and le easily removed. Another authority on this subject goes oven further nnd contends that mnny fino vnriotlos of the queenly flowor nro utterly worthless unless thoy nro budded. My own experlenco coincides with that referred to above Moreover, I found thnt It Is possible, S as a rule, to roplnco budded roses moro cheaply thnn thoso grown on their own roots, which Is nnother point in tholr favor, particularly In localities whero many roses nro liable to bo winter-killed. Roses may bo grown to perfection in ordinary garden soil, provided they aro planted in a sunny, sheltered locn tlon, nwny from tho roots of lnrge trcps, for theso will absorb all the life sustaining nutrition of tho soil, where as young trees nnd dwnrf shrubbery do no hnrm. If tho soil Is naturally poor, howevor, It Is ndvlBablo to lay n substnntlnl foundation for future good results, by BUbstltutlng a qunntlty of lonm, sand nnd fertilizer, In tho fol lowing proportions:: To ench wheolbarrow load of loam which, by tho way, may bo readily obtained undor tho sod of tho field or by tho roadsldo add ono-thlrd of Its bulk of well-rotted Btnblo manure nnd somo snnd, If thnt constituent should bo lacking. This conglomeration should bo thor oughly mixed by bolng spaded to a depth of a foot, nnd is then ready for tho reception of her majesty, Queen Rosa, ns she was termed by Dean Hole, tho man who had roses In his heart as well as In his gnrdon. Roso roots ponotrnta deeply when thoy havo a chnnco, but It should bo remem bered thnt thoy will not ..thrive In stagnant soil, henco good drainage is erisontlal. Tho question naturally presents It self hb to which Is tho best tlmo to plnnt roses, but tho broad extent of( our country precludes a deflnlto reply.' Generally speaking, however, mid spring should recclvo tho preforenco and It is hotter to bo a llttlo too early than too late. A STALL CLEAN J Is a 1 by 8 Inch board, 4 feet long, nailed on D and bolted through H nnd I to F. This leaves a slot ono inch wldo botweon F and J for bar L to play In from I to II. K K nro blocks socuroly fastened tc J to hang swinging partitions to. Tho upper ono should bo 2V6 Inches thick and the lower ono 2 Inches. L Is a bar 2 by 2 Inches extending across tho stall with a tenon 4 inche8 long on each end to work loosely In tho slot between tho boards F and J. When standing at rest tho cow has her head over tho bar L. When eat ing sho puts her head under the bar. If sho wishes to raise her head whllo eating sho can do so, ns tho bar will ralso to Btrlp II. For partitions between tho cows uso 1 by 4 Inch strips 6 feet long, and braces of tho same material. Theso partitions are hung by ordinary T hingos to tho blocks KIC, so they will swing both wnys. At tho guttor pro vldo chains with a snap on ono end, and of proper length to reach from ono partition to the next. Theso chains hold the partitions in place and keep the cows, la the stall 1 'i'l HI