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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1912)
NOTES v&o7 1 FARM THE CHILDREN Cflii? BsJmsq, ranffl TThe Quaes gs -JUWUOA7lUi(W ar3-3-1 Weeds harbor flics. Overhaul the corn crib. Kerosene kills onion maggot. The untrained dog is & nuisance. Tho uso of hooded palls means cleaner milk. Tho horso should bo given food free from dust. Tho Importance of the sorghums it often overlooked. Lino fences well kept up help to mako good neighbors. Alfnlfa should ordinarily bo cut m 5HI Keep after the mites. Chickens relish cracked corn. Silage is tho cheapest feed. Tho Incubator Is always on tho Job. Thorough milking tends to develop a cow's udder. Tho silo makes tho best crib on earth for soft corn. Hotter get at that new silo right away after harvest. Water should bo supplied in tho pasture these hot days. Don't mako tho mlstako of pastur ing the clover meadow too close It la a pretty safe rule to select breeding pigs from tho largest litters. Whoro apple trees 'blight, remove tho affected limbs at onco and burn them. The practice of keeping tho cows In tin yard at night with no feed, Is mo3t wasteful. Tho work horses appreciate' an oc casional chance to roll and get a blto of grass. It Is best to mako haste slowly while plowing corn, especially the first tlmo through. A wot soil causes corn roots to jgrow nearer tho surface, while a 'dry soil sends them deeper. Silage must bo put Into tho feeding program of every beef producer who wants to fit steers for market. A nation-wide movement for tho pre vention of waste would do more than a nation-wide revival of Industry. When each cultivator shank col lects a hnndful of corn roots In onco across tho field something Is wrong. Giving cows a good dry feed beforo turning them on a rank growing for. ,nge crop does away with danger of bloat. If your hogs have to get their drink ing water out of a muddy pond, don't complain If they aro wormy and un thrifty. Tho uniform excellence of a bunch of feeders from a poor sldo address much to tho profit of raising and feeding pigs. During the first years of an orchard, (proper pruning is one of tho Impor tant Items that means much In the years to follow. Coment floors slightly roughened aro tho best for the cow stable, easy to keep dry and clean If plenty of sun light Is let in on them. Oats and peas should be cut for hay when the oats aro in the milk tage and the advance pea pods con tain reasonably good sized peas. A shadeloss pasture is but little better than a prison for the cows these hot, sultry days. If there are no shade trees, an open shed will do quite well. Hot! Yes. But when we see how tho sunlight makes vegetable life how It revivifies, purifies and sustains life we do not wonder that there were sun worshippers. Bran Is a very satisfactory feed for the dairy cow, slnco it gives bulk to a ration, is slightly laxative and provides protein and phospnorus so necessary in milk production. About this tlmo of tho year tho farmer will do well to look up a prom ising candidate from his barnyard or pasturo, or from his grain field, to run for tho first prlzo at tl'o county and state fairs. No more chickens will bo hatched Jhls year; why keep not neoded roost ers around another day? If you can not eat or sell them, lot ronto needy neighbor have them. You will mako money by- doing so. Tho time to stop churning ha much to. do with making good butter. To keep on until tho butter Is In big lumps makes it waxy and greasy Tho tlmo to stop is when the grains are about the size of wheat kernels. In market quotations tho enn "As paragus chickens" Is often used nnd not understood. It refers to chickens largo enough to broil with early as paragus. Thoy aro usually hatchod In Into July and August, pushed along till November, then killed, and put In cold storago for tho winter. They aro taken out nnd eaten In the spring. when it is coming Into blossom. Thcro Is no grasB that will stand flooding for any consldorablo tlmo. A crop of potatoes should be spray ed at least twice with Bordeaux mix ture Hogs should bo fod as near as pos sible nt tho Bame hours, morning and evening. Ono of tho cheapest root crops to grow for stock is turnips. Plant early this month. No animal that gets only feed enough to support life can make a gain or profit. Sometimes a week's chill rains or cold weather will set the pigs back a month In their growth. In selecting tho brood sow remem ber that tho size of tho litter is an important factor in her profit. Father and tho boys appreciate tho garden at meal tlmo during tho vege table season, It at no other tlmo. When building that dairy barn bo sure to mako It largo enough to Rc commodato the growth of your busi ness, It Is the amount of food over nnd above tho quantity, required to sus tain the life of the animal that counts for profit. It is Just as Important that every horso. should have his own collar all tho time as that tho man should wear his own shoos. Where young orchards aro kept per fectly clean by cultivation, there Is seldom much Injury sustained from mlco during tho winter. Young hens should not be set after their first laying of eggs. By tho timo they want to set tho second tlmo they will make good mothers. Tho greatest crop the farmers of tho world have raised has been Lib erty and Freedom. The oppressed far mer is never a good farmer. With a good corn crop almost ready to crib and plenty of other feed ev ery farmer should proparo to ralso and fatten a few hogs this year. If you have had a crop fall for you two or threo times it will pay to look deeper than mere climatic conditions. Probably there aro other causes which you can remove. "In tho shndo of the old applo tree" Is a mighty good place to spend a fow minutes at noon theBo hot days. A Ilttlo rest at noon gives speed to tho work of tho afternoon. It costs Just as much in soil fertility to ralso a weed as to raise a wheat or oat stalk. Land is not resting If it is raising weeds. Even they ought to be plowed down for fertility. Now ia the time to swat the mites, nnd bo sure that It Is a mighty swat, because tho pesky mite is a mighty mean mite of an insect that Is the bugaboo of egg production. A whole lot of farmers would bet ter sell their cows and buy their milk and butter. It would be cheaper than the price they aro now paying, al though they do not realize It. Constant caro Is ono of tho secrets of success In tho broedlng or feeding of stock of all kinds. It is only the man who likos such work that will measure up to tho greatest success. Some crops have root systems which go much deeper than the soil Is plowed or broken up. It takes strength to sond down the roots which might bo used In sending up stalk. Deep plowing pays. Beet growing Is beginning to be como a very profitable as well ns a popular crop in mnny sections. The general price 1b $6.00 per ton and the general yield In many sections runs up to 20 tons and better. A well-known seedsman states that maggots can bo prevented from de stroying onions by sprinkling along tho rows of onion plants sand hct'ntcd with kerosene. Stir half a pint f oil Into ten quarts of sand. Gluten meal and gluten feeds aro by-product left in the manufacture of starch nno glacoso from Indian corn. Corn consists largely of Btarch. Tho waHto product from tho manufacture of starch or sugar 1b relatively much richer in oil and protein than corn. Many factories aro removing part of the corn oil from tho wasto, so that some gluten meals carry but lit tla oil. irr . -1 i -" ' USEFUL LITTLE POCKET BOOK Knife, Pins, Needles, Notebook, Pencil Sharpener and Other Articles In Combination. One of tho most complcto combina tion articles ever put on tho market is tho pocket box designed by n Pennsyl vania man. This compact nnd aston ishing little devlco includes a pen knife, pencil sharpener, notebook, pin cushion, nail clip and sovernl other necessary things. The contrivance la nbot the size and shnpo of a largo match box. In u slide along ono shlo Is a knlle blado, which, by means of a projection extending through tho slot, may be thrust out when nocded and replaced when not in uso. Part of the box Is a lid, on the bottom of which Is fastened leaves of blank paper, forming a writing pad or note book. Doneath this lid Is n padded Handy Pocket Box. surface for pins, needles, etc. At ono end of tho box is an opening largo enough to admit a lead pencil and equipped with a sharpening knlfo in side, while tho nail clip 1b operated by tho lid of tho box, which works on a spring. With a change of llnon and undergarments and one of theso boxes a man might travel round tho world. SPRING SWING FOR CHILDREN Interesting and Amusing Arrangement for the Little Folks lo Shown In the Illustration. An interesting Bwlng arrangement for children. Attached to tho support ing frame are four lovers plvotally mounted relative to each other, two levers extending In ono direction and two in tho other. Tho ropes support ing tho swing-seat pass through tho upper lever ends and aro attached to the lower ones, and tho weight of tho person swinging tends to draw tho Spring 8wlng. lovers together, thus giving a springy action and considerably extending th swinging period. iFLINT LOCKS STILL IN USE; pid-Fashloned Muskets Remain Prin cipal Weapons of Many Natives In African Jungles. Old flintlock muskets aro still tho principal weapons of hordes of natives over vatt tract." of Africa. Tho exis tence of theso ancient arms Keeps ahvo a steady demand for gun Hints, a demand which Is supplied from tho little Norfolk vlllngo of Brandon, where there aro flint pits which Iiavo been worked, as remains found estab lish, for at least 30 centuries Tho business Is a hereditary ono. Largo' masses of flint aro got out of the quar ries and then finked or split (tho prooj ess being termed "knapping") in or der to get at tho core, which alono is used. The workmen place tho flint upon a pad upon their left leg and tap It with a short, htavy hammer. Four fifths of the flint thus dealt with 13 wasto, but of tho remainder gun (lints, carbine flints and pistol flints nro still manufactured, whilo tlndorbox flints aro prepared for tho shepherds of tho remoter parts of Spain and Italy. One Way of Identification. "Wo got twins over at our house," said Johnny, boastfully, "and tucy'ro alike as two pea3. "How do you tell 'em apart?" aBked the neighbor. "Oh. 1 put my linger in John's mouth, and if ho bites I know it's Jim." TV r I 1. V f fly uartHev it &, 6ec.Ause hevd him y -fAy business, child i S I must hovr V &? ocldky r 1 BLOWING ? CARD FROM PIPE Nothing Wculd Seem to Be More Slnv pie Peculiar Principle of Aero dynamics Involved. At Pi st thought, nothing would Benin flmp'Hr than blowing a card off from pipe, it tho card is laid horizontally d:i ihu bowl of It and ono blows through thtS plpo stem; but when one tries it, ho is amazed to find that he .uniiot do It, says tho Popular Median lea. In order to mako tho experi ment satisfactorily, a pin should be put through tho card Into tho bowl ol tho pipe, bo thnt It cannot slldo side wise. Under theso conditions, the :ard cannot be blown from the plpo excopt ocasionally by a very sudden puff. Tho uncanny fact that tho card can sot l5o blown from tho plpo depends upon somo of tho pccullnr priuclplos of nerodynamlcB. Ono would feel cer tain that, when ho blows, tho card tsould :ly Immediately Into tho nlr. It will bo noticed, though, that tho col jinn of air which ascends Is only aa largo as tho bowl of tho plpo, while Card Cannot Be Dislodged, tho surface of tho card which Is ox pected to bo lifted is many times greater. As soon as tho card rises u Ilttlo, tho downward pressuro holds It to such an extent that tho air Hows jut sldowlso in every direction along Its surface. When It gets to the 3low Ever So Long and Hard, the edgo of tho card, It draws somo ol tho air from tho upper sldo with It This causes a current of air from ibovo to descend upon tho card and to hold it down. PATIENCE OF A LITTLE BOY Effecting Little Story la Told b Lady Somerset of London Youth's Remarkable Courage. Lady Henry Somerset, whoso labori In behalf of the children of tho Lon don slums are constnnt and earnest, lays tho Youth's Companion, tells till e affecting story of tho way In which ber interest In theso Ilttlo oneH wat irousod; I was moved In that direction by '.ho raro patience and imagination ol Dno Ilttlo boy. His exnraplo convinced tue that pntlcnco was ono of the qualities I neoded mottt, and In Beck ing It I grow Into that work. I was In a hospital on visiting day ivhllo the doctors wero changing a plaster cast which hold tho crippled boy'B limb. Tho operation waa ex :eedlngly painful, I was told. To my jurpriflo, tho Ilttlo sufferer neither stirred nor winced, but mndo a curl jus buzzing sound with his mouth fter tho doctors loft I aald to him: "How could you possibly stand It?" "That's nothing," ho answered 'Why. I Just mado believe that n ?eo wan stlngln' mo. Bees don't hurt ery much, you know. And I kept juzzln' because I was afraid I'd for tet about its being a boo If I didn't " Odd Riddles. When may a man call his wife "hon ey?" When sho has a largo comb in tier head. ' Who was the first to swear In this ivorld? Eve. Hovr so? When Adam asked her If ho might take a kiss, she said, 1 don't care A dam If you do. How enn It bo proved thnt a horse has six legs? Ho has fore legs in front and two behind. Why Is a gun llko a Jury? necause t goes off when discharged. What is that If you use It well will ook at everybody; but If you ncratch ts back It- will look at nobody? A ooking glass. Why had Kvo no fear of tho measles? Because sho'd Adam (had-em). At what ago should a man marry? It tho parsonage. CARE OF THE POULTRY HOUSE Lice and Mites Caute More Lonei Than All Other Thlnga Com bined Spray ! Urged. (Dy J. S. JEFFIlEr.)' It Is quite posslblo to have tho best poultry kept In well-built houses, well fed, nnd still not get any profit or plensuro from them. In too many cases whero a good start has been mado tho house is neglected and al lowed to becomo filthy nnd InfoBted with mites. It may bo said that tilth and mites generally go together, for whilo a houso that is kopt fairly clean ! ., Side Elevation of Poultry House. may bo infested with mites, It Is vory seldom that n dirty house will bo found to bo frco from theso posts. Llco nnd mites causa mora losses' among poultry than all othor things combined. Poultry houses should bo bo ar ranged lnsldo that tho poultryman can keep down tho mites without an undue cxpcndlturo of tlmo and en ergy. MltcB llvo In a houso nnd must to killed thcro. Dusting tho hens will novor get rid of iherii. Tho bcjjt means of getting rid of mites in tho houses is to Bpray thor oughly with koroseno emulsion. This should bo dono twlco with nn lntervnl of from flvo to eoven days botweori tho sprayings. Tho emulsion la mado as follows: Cut up ono pound df soap and dissolva It In hot water; whilo tho wator la hot, stir in two gallons of kerosonq and contlnuo stirring for fifteen to twenty minutes. It Is important to have tho kerosono, soap and water well mixed, especially If It Is not ts bo used at onco. To this mlxturo add, soventccn gallons of water. This Two-Compartment Trap Neits, Show ing "Stop Louto" Roost Hangero Above. makes a 10 per cent, omulsion. Somo recommend IB per cent., but wo have found 10 per cent, efflciont in killing tho mites. Kerosene used on tho rooBt onco a weok In hot wenthor will help to keep down both mites and llco. If put on a short tlmo beforo tho hens go to rooBt, somo of it will get on tho feathers and will kill and drivo away llco. Caro must bo taken not to got too much on tho fowlB, or it will blister them and this will atop tho hens from laying Just aa much aa tho lice will. M - w KEEP TAB ON AGE OF FOWLS Enables Poultryman to Cull Out Heno That are Unprofitable Ono Method Favored. It is more guess work to tell the ago of a hen after sho has passed tho pullet stage. To tho good poultryman It 1b Important that tho exact ago of every fowl on his promises bo known. Hens thnt nro past tho ago for profit should bo culled out and their places taken by tho younger stock. Legbands with numbers may bo used when tho pullets arrlvo nt maturity, and, it rec ords aro kept, tho identity of each fowl 1b easily established. A less olab orato method, and ono which no poul trykeepcr can afford not to follow, is to punch a holo in ono of tho four webs of tho feot, each web represent ing a certain year. Special punches for this purposo may bo purchased from any poultry supply house, but a small sized leather belt punch can bo used to good advantage. Tho hole is punched very easily when tho nowly hatched chick is first taken from tho nest or Incubator. All of ono Beason'fl chicks may bo marked on tho Bamo web, although if special hatchings aro to bo kopt aeparately as high aa fifteen combinations can bo used. If properly dono tho holo or traces of tho near will always remain nnd tho Identity of tho fowl cannot bo lost. Size of Poultry House. Ab to tho proportionate bIzo of tho houso to tho number of fowls kopt, only ho who remombora thnt "there is more profit in a houso half full than in a Iioubo twico full," is safe from blundering nt this point. Tho nost level-headed practical poultry men insist upon ten squnro feot per fowl. Contrnst this with tho room nfforded 100 fowls in a 12x20 house, loss than 2 1-3 feet of spneo to each (which is a common sight) and Judge as to tho chances for eggs in tho lat ter casu and tako warning. r . . IlllirlMGS Tho daylight nnd tho darkness aro a song; ' Tho clouds that fleck tho summer olclci with whlto, Tho stnra that glcnm abovo us all nlnlit long, fijf- Aro symbols of tho song of lovo and light. And deeper chords thcro nro, and har monics Tho which no mortal thought has over found, Drcatiso they aro eternal ccstnclcs Too ninrvel-sweot to bo blurred into sound. ..-.,.-. .t ) r ' Beyond the pulsing endenco of tho breeze, Ileyond tho throbbing monotono of rnln. Tho lilt of bird songs and tho hum of bees, Thcro Burgcs up a vast, unfathomcA strnln Which wo may hear all faintly in tho night When nil tho world has 'left us qulto nlonc, ' Or when in nwo wo stand upon some never is that Bong completely known. Ayo, times wo sonso It when wo fool tho thrill Of looking o'or tho mcndowlnnds in spring, Or when tho snow makes of tho treo crowned hill An lvorlcd Btlllness then tho Bhndows sing As do tho nun-kluscd fields, and distant hnze, And nil thlngs-nll tho sky and sea and lnnd; It Is tlio song of nil tho nights nnd days Thnt wo mny hear, but may not under stand. Tho daylight nnd tho dnrltness nro a song. And nil tho unknown heights nnd depths of space, x- Whcro myrlnd systems whirl nnd wheel and throng, Each fleck of star-dust In Its given these, with blades of grass and or chard bloom, And gnlo-tossed snows and wlndlns flowered ways, And grcnt sea billows, and tho roso-per-finno, All blend into tho song of nlchts and aw. (lyJ Abe Martin and a Novel. Kin Hubbard of Indianapolis ho was named in honor of all his family connections who spoke nt tho recent Indinna society dinner Is tho author of a now book of Hooslcr philosophy. It is called "Abo Martin'B Folks," and, Is Issued by tho Abo Martin Publish ing Company of Indianapolis. Abo Martin is tho alngularly appealing phil osopher who said: "Hall the world doesn't know how tho other half lives, nn' tho other half doesn't glvo a " A part of tho book is devoted to a, thrilling novel by Miss Fnwn Llppin cutt. Tho story is entitled "The Lost Heiress of Red Stone Hall," and has moro thrills in it than a Carneglo li brary. Wo doubt if any of our better known lady or gentleman novelists ever gave bo pungent nnd trenchant expression to tho nemo of happiness that comes with young lovo recipro cated than Miss LIppIncutt does when Bho pens: "Marlon was not only drunk with Joy -alio was soused." Breaking It Gently. "My adoration for you," sighed tho amorous swain, "Is ns great as tho boundless sea beforo us. Yes, fully as great and deep and Btaedfast. If I could only convince you " "But, Mr. nichlclgh" murmured tho beautiful maiden, carelessly tracing a pattern In tho Band with her parasol, "says that hlB love for mo Is as greatj aa n corner resldenco in Now York nnd a villa at Newport and a country home in tho Adirondncks, and ho has convinced mo that ho has them." Cure Worse Than Complaint. "Mr. FiJJlt Buffered so much from tho heat," said Mrs. Wundcr, "that ho had an artificial lceborg built in his houso. Then tho wholo family sat around It nnd read stories of Polar expeditions and wero happy for f tlmo." "For a tlmo?" echoed tho friend. "Yea, only for a tlmo. You sco, Mr. FIJJIt happened to think of how much tho lco was going to coat him, and ho broko out In a worso perspiration than ever." ltUSC
