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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1912)
E3M feV NOTES raw ATOOWBROOK mm c v 'V William Pitt S'frtf.Afcffo Gapes can be cured. Cloan out the sheep fold. Market tho useless roosters. Plant some IreeH In tho pasture. Try koeplng a few aheop on the farm. N. Sit on tho milk stool don't pound the cow with It. Hot, closo weather brings lots of llco to the dirty pen. Improved breeds of hoga nro Im proving tho hogs prollt. Aro there any dead heads In your dairy? If so weed them out. First-class fruit will command a first-class trade at flrat-class prices. Shorts are a more economical feed for sows and growing pigs than for SOWS. A boy and dog make a poor combi nation to bring the cows home from pasture. In spraying, drenching Is not de sired; stop spraying Just before drip ping begins. He who attends to the repair of ma chinery before using It saves both tlmeand money. When a dairyman learns to use the Babcock test ho Is started on the way to his economic salvation. Frequent cultivation tho remainder of tho summer will fit tho strawberry bed for its r.oxt year's work. The best dairyman is clean, not because he has to be. but because it it second nature for him to bo When tho calf gets old enough to turn out to grass bo sure and continue feeding a ration of grain or milk. As the marketing season advances tho patrons of co-operative elevator companies congratulato themselves. The dairy cow has a capacity for a great amount of feed and unless this feed Is provided she cannot do her best. Milk may bo tested for buttorfat at different temperatures. It Is well to have It between CO and 80 degrees Fahrenheit. It Is hard to see where those pigs that aro growing up in a dry pen aro going to make very much prollt for their owner. If a hog dies on the farm, no matter from what cause, tako no chances, but remove tho body a long distance from the feeding lots and burn It. Never use crates or boxes more than once. Neat, clean boxes sell first even though tho fruit may not be up to the standard in evory way. If you are careless or neglectful of spraying and get poor results this sea eon don't say that spraying doosn't pay. It does pay and pays big Inter est. It Is always safest to take no chances with a bull, no matter how good his reputation beforehand. It Is so often the "gentle" animals that cause accidents. A great many fanners do not real Izo that grass supplies a feed entirely different from corn and that It Is a bad practice to change entirely and suddenly from one to the other. Too many forget to speak kindly to tholr horse, henco never have a kind horse. Got tho affection of your horse, and you havo taken a most important step toward getting his best services. The grower who will sort his apples Into two or more grades, packed well, will get moro money for his fruit than the one who throws all kinds together In a barrel and places a layer of the best ones on top Tho best time to kill weeds of any kind is when thoy nro small. Nover let weods go to seed Stop tho foun tain of the troublo by planting only clenn soed. A good fanning mill will solve tho problem of clean soed. Tomatoes should bo canned In their own Juices. The U S. department of agrlculturo considers that tho addition of water or of extra Juices Is nn adul teration, nnd If It makes commercial canneries observe this rule how much moro ought It be observed In privato canning where ono wants tho best for family usa I fcLC s- YfyT if .'WilMl.T'WHy Abi aJKTlgW Ijjttiiiiiil i ft Milk tho cows cloan. Evory farm needs a silo. Glvo all farm animals puro water. Stunted calves don't mako good cows. If you can ralso a good steer why raise a poor ono? Tho pig eating sow Is usually tho result of bad foedlug. Learn to handlo harncs fast, on ami off, It saves so much time. Tho world keeps finding now uses for corn and corn products. A roadside filled with tnll woods is a groat harboring place for flics. Handling and petting tho heifer cnlf will mean a gentle cow after awhllo. Get the old hens started for markot as soon as they havo laid their litter out. Tho most eloquent friends tho silo hns aro those men who havo fed sllago One good thing nbout tho Incuba tor, it never leaves the nost hoforo the job la done. A little salt dally for the cows Is better than the weekly salting on Sun day morning. The breeding boar should not only be n good Individual, but be backed by good ancestors. Sunshine Is nature's best disinfects ant and the pens and houses cannot' have too much of It. Clover Is an exceptionally good cattle roughage, but at present prices Its uso Is quite prohibitive. Roosters of all breeds should bo separated from hens when they molt. It takes them longer than hens. Pigs allowed to mako their beds on manure piles soon become scuffy and affected with a dry hacking cough. It the heifer doesn't show up well with her first cnlf and give promise of being a profitable cow better get rid of her. There Is no question but what the thin blanket keeps tho (lies off, but however thin It may be it makes the horse warm. If one of your hogs gets a grudge against another, put them In sep arato pens. They will do better and grow faster. Removing stump3 certainly pays They not only occupy space which is valuable but they also cnuso all sorts of troublo and inconvenience. In bunching, alfalfa should be handled by hand, as bunching with a rako loses many of the leaves. Rain is very Injurious to tho cut hay. Provide shade and shelter for calves Keep salt and fresh water before them all the time. Dehorn before fly time. Halter break every calf whllo young. There are two crops which cannot as a rule bo grown In tho same par ish, sheep nnd dogs. Sheep are most profitable but dogs are the favorite with too many farmers. When one growth of alfalfa Is re moved, another one comes on Im mediately. But If tho first growth re mains while tho second ono starts, then tho second suffers. When the pigs aro taken out of tho pasturo this fall they should not be turned suddenly Into the cornfields or fed all tho new corn they can eat. Mako tho change gradually. When strawberries are through fruiting, remove tho mulch and glvo cultivation. If the plants have made a rank growth, mow off tho tops of the plnnts with tho mower. It Is the very poorest sort of policy to store potatoes Intended for seed In a basement In which thero la a fur nace as It usually results In a lower ing of the vitality of tho seed. To In any way skrlmp tho food of a growing animal, chicken, pig, lamb, calf or colt. Is to Invito sure loss. A thrifty, growing young animal. If kept thrifty and growing, Is always a money maker. Never lntroduco a now bird Into tho regular yard until It has beon duly quarantined. Keep It alone for a week and note Its condition, nppetitc, etc. Disease Is often Introduced Into n Hock by carelessness In this mattor. Tho capacity of the silo must bo Judged according to tho numbor of animals which wo havo In our herd The diameter is tho principal thing to watch, because of tho fact that In feeding silage wo must food a certain lnyer of that sllago off each day or It will begin to spoil. Tho fellow who thinks that tho crossing of a beef animal on a dairy animal or vlco versa will unlto tho good qualities of both In tho offspring does not think of tho chances of unit ing tho poor qualities, Just thU thing often happens, bo wo would ndvlBo at all times against taking chances. Stick to dairy typea, CHARACTERISTICS OF iJ f ?f:a!l A Profitable Bunch. Ono of the first things l look for in a steer bought for a feeder Is a looso, pllablo, mellow skin, with a thick cover of thrifty looking hair. If tho other points of tho steer nro satis factory, these indtcato nn animal that can turn corn into good beef at a relatively small cost. In buying feeders In stock pens or at auction sales, look for Uio short neck, short legs, deep body and straight back, says a writer In tho Farm Progress. Of course, 1 do not expect smoothness In a feeder steer, but nolther do I want high thigh bones and a general appearance of coarseness. Try to linaglno how tho steer will look when fat and ready for tho mar ket. If his neck is thin, will It become thicker? If tho back Is thin. Is there still thickness enough to carry tho load of fat that you hope to put there? It dons not mattor much whether tho feeder steer Is an animal In which Angus or Galloway, Hereford or Shorthorn blood predominates Tbey aro all breeds In which tho same pur pose has been kept In mind. They aro all well lleshcd. early maturing stock, with a capacity of turn ing largo amounts of feed into good red beef at a low cost. When I buy a feeder steer I look for an animal with a short, broad head, largo muzzle, heavy, strong Jaw; smooth, strong shouldors. and a wide, deep chest, I want no disturbers In a herd that I am feeding, so I keep away from tho wild and quarrelsome sort aB near as I can Of course, when buying In car load or half car load Hereford TRAINING TREE FOR ANY SHAPE DESIRED Care Should Be Exercised to Keep Top Open to Admit Rays of Sun. It Is much better to train a treo tho shupo it is wanted than allow It to grow wild, thon chop and saw It Into tho desired shape, says tho Mirror and Farmer. If sprouts starting from the body of tho treo or along the main branches aro pinched when they nro three or four Inches long they will ordinarily form fruit spurs. Aim to get moro fruit buds near tho body of tho tree and along tho larger limbs Instead of tho branches. As color 1b an important factor, caro should bo exercised to keep tho top open so that tho rays of tho sun can roach to every part at some por tion of tho day. To accomplish this It may bo well to do some pruning when tho treo Is In full leaf; cutting 10 or oven 15 per cent of tho top away when tho treo 1b In full leaf will causo no serious Injury. If the trees aro carefully looked over nbout three times during tho growing season, and tho ends of those spots that are growing too long aro pinched off, the tree mny bo kept to tho desired shape. But where a shoot has been overlooked It Is bet ter to cut it out when found than wait until winter. Negllgenco during tho growing season ls about tho only logical reason for scero winter prun ing. Severo pruning whllo the tree Is In a dormant state, stimulates moro rapid and abundant wood growth, about four-fifths of which will grow whero it la not wanted, necessitating yet more cutting tho following sea son. Pinching the sumrder pruning stimulates the production of fruit buds, and tends toward hotter ma turlty of both buds and fruit. Plnn to grow an abundance of fruit spurs well distributed over tho whole treo. Eggs and Meat. Eggs do not differ greatly In com position from meat. Tho averago egg, aa purchased, consists of about eloven per cent, wasto material or shell. Tho edible portion consists of about 74 por cent, water. 13 per cent, protein or musclo-bulldlng material, 10 5 per cent, fat, and 1 per cent, mlnoral matter i IDEAL FEEDER STEER lots you havo to tako tho disposition for granted. The chest should bo wldo, especially at tho bottom, and tho body big enough to give storago room to tho corn and tho roughage that you aro going to put In this machlno that It Is to turn It Into beef. Tho moro nearly tho feeder steer approaches tho gen oral tpo of tho fat bref steer, the more ho Is worth to the man who buys and tho man who sells him. For n good ninny years 1 have been buying feeder steers shipped Into a stock) ard. shipping them nbout eight) miles nnd finishing them on corn and roushago. Most of thorn are western cattle. They are a Httlo slow In starting to take on weight, but fat ten very rapidly a Httlo later in their feeding. It Is better to buy them by carload lots, In order to save money on tho ynrdago, tho commission nnd tho freight. A carload of such steers will run from eighteen to twenty-two head Tho change In tho steer during tho finishing period Is remarkable. Whero tho heavy muscles nro notice able fat laycra will appear, giving smoothness to form. Tho rump, tho back, the neck and tho shoulder points will broaden andxround out Tho feeder steer is valuable to tho man with ready money for his pur chase, and tho feed necessary for his llnlshing up Into n fat steer. If you are nblo to turn him Into nn animal that will yield a minimum of waste and a maximum of carcass, you havo an animal that will mnke the feeding of corn that costs as high as SO cents a bushol prolltnble. Steers. PROPER FEEDING OF MOULTING CHICKENS Hens Require Extra Amount of Cart and Attention During Period. (By PROF. U 8WINEV.) During moulting tho hens requlro an extra amount of caro and In fact all tho attention which can bo given them. In too many instances moult ing is considered Just a natural se quence of poultry keeping. Tho fowls at this ttmo are Just as bad as a child cutting his tooth. It is not tho moro fact of loBlng feathers or pushing a tooth through as much as tho consti tutional disturbance that is sot up. Ono symptom of moulting Is lethargy. Tho birds, Instead of bolng enrly riBorB, inopo about on their porches and will not venture out In search of food that is so essential to them at this trying period. Dainty food should bo pro pared. Warm meal with a dash of f.plco In It In tho morning and contin ual chango. In regard to grain: Corn, wheat, barley, onts and mashed potatoes with meal anything to tempt tho appotlto -two or three rusty nails or a bit of sulphur In tho drinking wator aro great helps. In conllncd runs meat must bo added, and, In fact, scraps of meat may well bo glvon on nny run. Two things are essential: (1) Thnt fairly early each morning tho hen house should bo cleared of belntcd rlsors; (2) tho floor should bo swept at tho same time, as a lot of vormln como off with tho shed foathors. TIicbo sweoplngs should ho taken right away nnd not put on tho nearest manure heap. Aftor moulting Is over glvo morning mash of shorts and brnn In a crumbly condition and feed plenty of oats. Benefits of Fall Plowing. Fall plowing has many advantages. Perhaps tho greatest one among them nil Is tho fnct that It does a groat ueal of helping to avoid tho usual rush of spring work. In theso days of labor scarcity, this moana n great deal Fall plowing Is nlflo very of Anient In conserving tho moisture sup ply owing to tho creation of a mulch at tho surfaco during the winter and spring months. Tho practice of fall plowing is not ndaptod to a section whero tho soil blows badly, but thero are really few such sections In the middle west. to m Miiaitt SENATOR STEPHENSON, among ub. We had some pretty rough and hard inon In tho campB. nnd maybe wo did suffer for wnnt of a preacher. In tho logging season wo had hundreds of mon, and my princliwl Job was to keep our crows In good Dhapo. Tho saw and ttio axo mako trou blo in tho woods, not only for troes. but for men, and I havo been called on to bind and sow hundreds of wounds." Mr. Stophenson says thnt a long llfo and n slmplo llfo go hand In hand. "Aa a young man, I traveled across tho snow twenty odd miles a day, ho said. "I swung a five-pound axo from dawn till dark. I slept In a blanket In tho Bnow, nto crackers and r ;k and drank snow wator, and wob art henlthy as a boar." CASTRO MAY DESCEND UPON VENEZUELA Information received In thlB country by adherents of Clprlnno Castro, de posed president of Vonezueln. not only Indicate that ho Is In tho Cnnnry Is lands, but thnt ho Is completing ar rangements for nnothor descent upon Venezuela. Thnt this project may prove successful this tlmo, becauso of tho open hostility to President Gomoz, now dangerously approaching rovolu tlo'h, Is considered to bo almost cer tain by Venezuelans who havo mado Now York city their headquarters for several months. It was not generally known that Castro had left Germnny, whoro, five woeks ngo, ho submitted to an opera itlon Ho bpent several days In Berlin 'whllo recuperating nnd then disap peared, . nplto tho efforts of agonts of Pros lldont Gomez to locate tho Irrcpros Islblo agitator, his whereabouts were not discovered until a fow days ago, .when his supporters In Now York, nil of whom havo beon exiled by President Gomoz, received lottors from tho erst whllo president revenlipg his purpose to roturu to South Ainorlca Incogulto at tho oarllest opportunity. According to Antonio Joso Snnchoz, for mnny years tho prlvnto secretary ,of Castro, and who Uvos in Ne;v York, Gen. A. Plmentol, who was minister of flnanco under President Gomez, is en routo to that city to Join tho Vene zuelan Junta now operating thero, not bo much In tho Interest of Cnstro, but to ovorthrow President Gomoz, who, it is now declared, has dovelopod Into a far moro dangerous dictator than Castro wns accused of bolng. POPE PIUS X NINE YEARS A RULER I nlno yenra would termlnato hla pontificate, a termination possible only with his death. Tho popo was deluged with telegrams congratulating him on having survived tho supposedly fatal period. In honor of his nnnlversnry ho also received a largo number of cardinals, Vatican ofllclnls and personal friends. Y0SHIHIT0, NEW Tho new emperor of Jaimn, tho Mikado Yoflhlhlto, facoa a gigantic task as ho steps Into the plnco made vncunt by hla remarkable father, the Emperor Mutsuhlto, who died recently nftcr a prolonged Illness. Yoshlhlto la tho third son of the d ceased ruler and was proclaimed crown prince In 138S. Ho Is n man of strong character and enviable attain ments In war and statecraft. Ho la an officer In tho army and In tho navy and has seen aovero service in both bronchos Ho was married In 1900 and has threo children. With all tho advantages of a modorn education and In full accord with tho advanced ldoas of tho late emperor, l'o should prove a vorthy successor to his father, who, though nn oriental, was ono of -die truly great mon ' n0 nB- ',0 'B 'no one hundred nnd twenty-second ruler of Jnpan In his lino, which, according to Jnpancso legend, Is desconded from the godB ftUUD. The beuer in me aivme right of excuoo for tho tyranny of tho rulers There tho perou of tho mikado la he WHO DEFIES AGE Senator Iaaao Stophenson of Wla cousin, tho oldest member of elthot branch of congress, la stnndlng tho scorching hot woathor of tho national capital better than any of hla col lcaguea. In Wisconsin Mr. Stephen son la known aa "Undo Iko," but among his sonato associates bo la familiarly hailed as "Dr. Iko." Although Mr. Stophenson makes no pretentions to a knowledge of mcdl clno aa laid down In the books, and frequently admlta thnt ho la not abreast of tho modern medical sci ence, ho haa had a practical expert enco which ho thinks flta him to glvo advlco to tho ailing. Aa far back as the early Oftlea, Mr. Stephenson waa healing tho Blck. Ho waa thon In chargo of varloua lumber campa In tho Lake Superior region, of northern Wloconsln. "For fifteen yeara," said Mr. Stophenson, "wo woro without a doc tor, lawyer, or preacher. Wo did not need a doctor, for I looked aftor the sick, and aa for a lawyer wo got along pretty woll, becauoo wo fought out with our flats tho troubles that aroso Shattering tho widely accepted be lief, In which ho hlmsolf shared, that; ho would not live to eclobrnto nine! anniversaries of hla elovatlon to tho Vatican throno, Popo Plua X comploM od tho other day tho ninth year of hla pontificate 1 Tho odd superstition that ho would die boforo waa based on tho! manner In which hla hollneaB entire, life haa beon dlvldod Into nlne-year; periods. Aa plain Gluscppo Sarto he, waa ordained a prioBt In 18C8 andl served na a curato for nine years. Then followed hla promotion to tho post of pariah priest, at Salzano.j whoro ho remained for nine years1 more. Next came ntno years as chan oollor of his dloceao, nine as Bishop of Tantua and nlno as cardinal and patriarch of Vonlco. So firmly was ho convinced that this division of his llfo would continue to tho end that ho frequently exprosB od to friends tho certainty ho felt that JAPANESE EMPEROR kings, which so long wns UBcd as ai of Europe, la still prevalent In Japaa Id aacrtd. 4