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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1913)
NOTES cW MM JUDICIOUS MANAGEMENT OF FALL COLTS tOOK mn mmom IGD 't Got a Dabcock tester. Chaff makes good litter. Make the garden soil fine. Thero la always a premium on choice products. Hons arc holplng to lift a good many mortgages nowadays. When grains aro high pilago makos a still more profitable feed. Chaff ille3 from around" tho straw stack make good scratching litter. Unfertilized eggs keep best, and salt Is tho best material to pack them In. To have horses of endurance give the colts i chance to develop their muscles. Too often when stock Is fed for n certain market It Is sold at a disad vantage. With good care, good stock looks better, does betorr, and pays bettor than scrubs. ' One of the most Important things Vi to teach the colt to walk fast from the very start. v All colts should bo handled with tho blttlng-rlg beforo attempting to har ness or drive them. Use tho dish-water for fertilizing purposes, and glvo the pigs pure, clean water to drink. Keep the hogs quiet, clean and com i;. . fortablo If you expect the best gain . from tho food supplied. ' ' No sloc.lt grower can afford to havo hi animals burn grain for fuel to keep themselves warm. The cost of feeding an animal In creases with Its weight, but not In dl i ' rect proportion to Us weight. Ycung chicks seemingly never do . so well as when' they have freo range ', '. v of the grass and are fed a variety of food. Few crops respond more promptly to a thorough preparation of thq soil than winter grain, and especially wheat. , Speed combined with grace, ease and endurance are tho principal . ' qualities sought In the nction of tho ' roadster. Jn tho homo dairy there must bo a sufficient number of cows to guaran tee a certain amount of butter tho year around. Weaning tho colts too soon Is worso than any, after treatment they may get. Lot them run with the mare as long as they can. Tho albumen In milk goes toward making eggs. That is why the layers . cravo milk and It Is well to let them havo all the surplus. Ono of tho Implements that should havo constant uso on tho farm Is tho lead pencil. Tho majority of men do far too little figuring. One of the most Important Items In managing a fruit farm, and especially small fruits, Is to prepare the soli in equal hills before planting. ' In tho properly equipped home dairy tho amount and the quality of butter T from a glvon amount of milk are far ahead of tho creamery made article. , A good many sudden denths among older fowls may bo laid to apoplexy, caused by too much over stimulating " and fattening food like corn and Kafflr, ' .Economy on tho dairy farm Is of ' ' groat Importanco but It Isn't economy to handlo tho cows Jn any manner that will fall to got their full yield of buttet-fat 4 . Havo a light poultry house, 'admit ting plenty of fresh air without pro ducing direct draftB of air. The gorms of most diseases cannot live in fresh air or very strong light. Cows that havo a habit of chewing old bones, wood or manuro havo a craving for mineral matter that may sometimes bo satisfied by putting a handful of fine wood ashes in tha feod twice a week. Never breed young and Immature stock, as both alzo and form will be k, injured, as In most cases the suckling qualities of tho mothers are not fully developed and without a good flow of milk a good growth cannot bo ef Horses relish Kafflr corn. t Qivo tho bona animal food. Ventllato tho poultry houso. Cows must havo fre3h water. Tho days of bonanza applo growing is past. Corn i fodder la hardly as good for horses as kafflr corn. Applo economy Is only scientific managoment in tho .orchard. No animal on tho farm should suf fer from hunger, thirst, or cold. So far as can bo done, select tho largest nnd best sows for breeders. Dry air, good feed and plenty of ex orclso aro necessary for winter eggs. Your horse may Intend to pleaso you, but docs not understand your wishes. , Ground llmestbno and phosphate rock may bo spread upon the soil at auy time. As a rule, hens that Jay steadily dur ing cold weather arc Indlfforent hot weather layers. To secure the very best fruit It Is best to renew tho stmwberry bed every other year. ' Winter eggs do not como by change, it takes planning and work to get them, but It pays. Ono advantage with old grass as a mulching material, Is that it doesn't contain weed seeds. In growing cabbago successfully, farmers have found that tho first re quisite Is good ground. A few cents more per foot for lad ders that weigh a few pounds less will savo dollars In picking. Vegetables aro great-stuff for tho hens, especially when thoy can't "get green feed in tho fields. Turkeys aro good for tho field. They can bo driven nnywhere you wish from one field to another. Among the perennials which should have a place in overy garden there ought to be room for asparagus. Chaff about straw stacks makes good scratching litter and tho sooner It Is hauled up the better it will be. A sow that is raised on concentrat ed food, without sufficient exercise, will never make a profitable brood sow. Aftor Jack FroBt has relieved you of tho Job of swatting files It might bo a good idea to take a few swats at tho rats. Get in your spring supplies and utensils this Includes the Incubators and brooders, and what new stock you must purchase. "Color has little toido with the real value of an animal." Nevertheless, color has a decided commercial value in many cases. Turkeys always find ready sale and aro almost clear profit. There is al ways a demand for them; tho market Is never glutted. The soy bean, sometimes called "soya" or "soja" bean, is a legumo resembling in its early growth the common field or navy bean. Tho fancier who cares not for tho egg or meat production of his birds and caters to the ornamental only hns a small field of usefulness. Visit the chicken houso at night and note the quality of the air and tho breathing of the birds. If the house Is stifling It needs more air. When fruit is cheap and plentiful in tho market Its value for homo uso Is not by any means lessened. Once put In glass Jars It Is good for many years. Raspberries produce good crops In tho samo soil for years, while straw, berries produco their best crops tho first year they come Into full bearing. Howaro of the tree agents. ' They may bo dishonest and sell uncertain goods. It Is best In all cases to doal direct with strictly reliable nurserymen. Tho garden plowed In late fall or winter can usually bo prepared for planting a week or two earlier. Late plowing also is hard on insect pests wintering In tho soil. For laying fowlB, milk furnishes the animal protein that Is necessary. In this way It takes tho place of beef scraps, which Is a packing-house pro duct and somewhat expensive. Careful study of tho conditions nec essary for the growth and abundant yield of fruit-bearing trees has con clusively demonstrated thnt tho soil In tho orchard must bo cultivated. No poultry house is completo with out an ndjolnlng open-front scratch ing shed. Hero, during bad Btormy woathor or severo cold weather, the fowls may bo confined and. If kept busy, will be happy, healthy, and what is more to the point, profitable t8a,iiss3C:.tl ' ..' 'Mfcawrrs'nwv Excellent Types (nv w. M. KHI.I.Y.) Thero aro many reasons why tho practice of breeding the farm mares for fall colts should prove advantage oub; howevor, very few farmers have made It a BuccesB. To be suro u mare can roar her foal very nicely during the winter and if sho falls to got with roal in tho spring thero la no good roneon why sho should bo allowed to mlsn tho whole year, but a3 a general thing the spring colts pay liest. Spring Is tho natural season for maros to bring forth their young. This Is not the most Important reason, but we all know that grnas Is tho beat food for young foalB, that Is, of courso when properly supplemented with grain. In tho winter when fed dry rough age tho effect upon Its dlgeatlvo sys- English Champion Shire. torn Is far inferior to that or grass, and too, thero Is thu question of plenty of oxerclso and sunshine. Colts need plenty of exercise and BUhshlno to build up strong muscles and slnowB. In tho cold weather ho la kept In the stable most of the time. Kept conflnod in a stall during the winter his feet nre suro to grow crooked unless Intelligent caro Is tak en of them. In tho summer tho natural woar and tear of traveling about the pas ture keeps his feet in Ideal shape so that a very llttlo attention Is required to keep them of tho right length. As a general thing the milk that a mare gives during tho winter Is of rather an uncertain quality. Tho amount of milk a mare produces is not large, even on grass. In tho win ter when she la fed dry roughago and grain her production is very small. Of courso this can bo supplemented by the milk of a cow but the feeding of cow's milk to young foals la a matter QUESTION OF DEEP PLOWING DISCUSSED Some Very Striking Increases in Production Have Been Se cured by Method. JUy K. J. KINNKV. Kentucky Kxperl mont Station.) During tho laat few years some very striking increases In production have been secured by plowing very deep ly. On tho strength of thia a number of authorities nre advocating deep plowing for tho south. They advise from eight to as much as sixteen inches deep. It aeems somewhat dan serous to the orthodox man to give juch goneral advlco as this until we have moro experimental data to con Arm lta value. It la undoubtedly true that much deeper plowing than In now practiced in most sections of the jouth is deelrablo. No cultivated crop cun make Its oest growth In a seed bed Icsb than seven Inches doep. Whcro soils aro so thin that plowing to this depth nill bring up a largo quantity of -iw subsoil the depth nhould be attained by plowing n llttlo deeper each time Instead of taking the full depth all at Diice. In thlB way the Bubsoll will havo a chance to become weatheiod md Incorporated with the surface soil. Some ndvocatca of deep plowing propose to go to the dnblrod depth all it once. We nre, not prepared to say whether they are right or wrong. However, the safest plan Is to try it in a small scale nt first. Deep plow ing Is expensive and must show de eded benefits If It Is to he profita ble. Let several join and purchase a plow for deep tilling and glvo It a good trial under fair conditions. This will be aafo and not expensive. It is worth trying, and the experience will be of value to other fanners. It would be a good thing If farm ers trying new methods would niako i practice of reporting rcsultH, whether profitable or not. Ono dlfll ulty In deciding tho merits of any practice Is that the Buccessful ones re port, while those who fall do not. JL Y3SQvsaHreiftT3ra of Farm Animals. which requires tho most painstaking caro and oven thon tho results aro not always satisfactory. Still another advantage of rearing spring colts is tho fact that weaning period comoB when tho mare Is nat urally, going dry. Horses, like other domestic nnl. mala, aro highly nrtltlclal products. However, tho greatest success Ib at-, tallied by raising them as nearly aa posslblo in their xnatural Btate. Plenty of greon grnas, sunshine, exerclso and tho ndded milk production of tho niuru nro the principal reasons why spring fouls aro best. On the other hand, many farmers who ndvocato breeding for fall colts, claim that they can got better uervlco out of their mnrea during tho spring's work. On my own farm I have never been able to see much In this claim. Grain harvesting nre fully as hard work as plowing and cultivating. Any fair-minded man will agroo thnt haul ing a corn binder when the tempera ture la around 90 degrees Is no suit able work for brood mares that aro heavy with foal. No matter what sea son of tho year, common sense must bo oxerclsodln tho enro and handling of work mares that aro heavy with fcal If ono Is to succeed in rvSslng good colts. It does not ri'culro a gttmt deal of skill to raise a fall colt If good senso Is exercised In tho procesB. If tho foal Is shut up In a tight stall and com pelled to stand on manure and, filth It ia suro to produce unsoundness at tho very beginning. If your mares. ftal in tho fall plan to provide plenty of room for the foals to run about and pick bits of food hero and thero as thoy pleaao. Give them a llttlo cow's milk and encour age them to eat when thoy please. Allow them to run about even If tho weather Ib quite cold and snnppy. Feed tho mares plenty of milk-making foods such as carrots, mnuglcs, ground oats and wheat bran. Good enre and plenty of good food nnd ex erclso will bring the colt through to grass in fine shnpe. Then, when he Is turned out to pas ture feed him a small ration of dry rottghnge until tho grass becomes dry and hard. Grain may profitably bo fed all summer but tho liny feeding may bo safoly discontinued after tho grass becomes hardened. PREVENT DISEASES OF GARDEN CROPS Foundation of Success Next Year Will Depend Upon Pure Seed and Good Soii. (Hy IO, V. BTAKMAN, AsslNtntit In I'ath olugy, Mliiiiiisutu c'olloga of Agrlcul turo.) If the soil Is made sanitary by dis ease control, a lnrgo nnnual Ions In garden crops will be avoided when tho seed Is gathered from Inst year'B crop Is planted In tho spring. It may bo laid down as a principle thnt tho foundation of success next yenr will depend upon the care which Is given to keep the seed freo from disease and to prevent the soil from becoming untnitary. One vegetable which Is directly con cerned Is the potato. The tubers of tho potato plant mny bo troubled with a number of diseases. In .Minnesota, tho petato scab and the Internal brown rot must be contended with. Iloih dlmiFea live In the poll and Uibrrs. and It Ib necessary that the ifoll be free from the disease If next year's crop Is to Ikj a large ono. If diHeased teed or soil bo usod year ufter year, t!e leld of the sound po tatoes becomes Binaller and smaller. Other common crops which are af fected with disease In .Minnesota nro tho bean, cabbage, onion and beet Many of the diseases are bo serious as to endauger the production of pay ing ctopb. Some of the seed may bo diseased, and yet show no traco of disease. Hean nnthrnenose, bean ban terloslH and black rot or cabbugo are among the diseases. To prevent dlseaso from obtaining a hold, spraying should bo done wher ever possible. If tho soil is diseased, rotation of ciops must bo resorted to. Only by such attention can perma nent success be assured. Butter Producing States, Tho ton leading butter producing states are, in ordor named: Wiscon sin lown, Minnesota, Pennsylvania. Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, N'ow York, TexaB and -Indiana GRINDS ROOTS FOR POULTRY Machine Intended Mainly for Chop ping Cabbage Will De Found of Convenience for Fowls. iTho grinder Is Intended mainly for chopping cabbago when making Bauer kraut, but It Is also of much service In grinding vegetables and roots to ho cooked for poultry, says tho Popu lar Mechanics. Tho baso, A, Is made- or a plank, nt least ono foot wido and four foot long, with n nine and one-fourth by nine and one-half inch holo cut In tho center. The grinding pnrt, or cylin der Is mado of wood threo Inches In dlnmoter nnd nlno Inches long, with eight-penny nails, spaced throo-slx-teontliB Inches apart, driven partly Into It nnd then cut off so as to leave one-fourth Inch projecting. Tho cylinder la turned by means of n crank attached to the end of tho slinft. A hopper, II, Ib constructed four 'by nlno and one-hnlf Inches Inside measurement at tho bottom nnd aa largo au necessary at tho top. A spaco lo provided at tho bottom as Bhown to rccolvo tho concavo C, which consists of a one-Inch bonrd, thrco to four Inches wldo and nlno Inches long, with nnlla drlvon In and. cut off aa de scribed In tho cyllndor. Tho hopper la securely fnatoncd on tho top of tho baseboard and over tho cylinder. Tho concavo la slipped Into place nnd hold with wedges or by driv ing two nnlla In Just far enough to fasten It tomporurily. Tho concavo Root Grinder. I can ho adjusted for grinding tho dif ferent vegetable products, or roplaced nt any tlmo with a now ono. tno ends of tho base aro supported on boxes, or legs may bo provided If desired. When grinding cnbbago, cut tho heads Into quarters and remove tho hearts. PrcsB tho cabbago on tho cylinder and turn tho crank. Pino bltB of cabbage, Bultablo for sauer kraut will bo tho roBult. SUCCESS IN RAISING TURKEYS First Consideration Is Desirable Loca tion and Suitable Range Few Other Essentials. What do I consider tho most Impor tant cssentlnlB to bo a successful tur key raiser? First Important consider ation desirable location and gotel rnngc; next, sound, healthy fowls of standard breed to begin with, for no ono can succeed without sound, heal thy birds to start with. Third, caroful feeding. Fourth, keep freo from lice. LnBt, but not lenst, dry roomy coop so they can bo kept out of sudden showers. Thcso equipments, coupled with sound Judgment and proper caro of poults, should mnkc anyone success ful In rnlslng turkeys, says a writer In an exchange Tho way 1 manage mlno after yeara of experience, I gather tho eggs dally, keep In a plnco neither too cool nor too hot; turn eggs ever dny. When tho hen geta ready to Bet make a coop In somo dry place, placing in or 1C eggs In neat; bring hen up Into In evening, place on nest, keep fastened up two or thrco dnys, turn out so sho can got something to eat and drink. Watch to seo ir alio gocB on Bame nest. When eggs hatch leavo poulta in nest 3G hours. Movo hen nnd poulta to largo roomy coop Inclosed In pun to keep anything from running over them. Dust hen nnd little ones with Bomo good Insect powdor to kill lice, Feed them egg bread first few days. Give them plenty or fresh water. When they are a fow days old glvo them lettuco and onion tops chopped line with bread crumbs. Also glvo them a llttlo chlckon feed consisting or grain, smnll Beeds, grit and oyster sholls. Keep fastened In coop until strong enough to keep up with hon; turn out In tho morning, but see thnt they como homo nt night to roost. Sprinkle a llttlo bluck pepper occa sionally In their food, but bo Bttro not to overfeed. nB It brings trouble nnd disaster In Its train. Rules for Pgultrymen. It Is urged that all farmers and poultrymon ndhero strictly to tho following rulna In handling their poultry and egga: 1. Keep the nesta clean; provide jno nest for every four hens. 2. Gather tho eggs twlco dally. 3. Keep tho eggs In a cool, dry room or cellar. 4. Market tho ogag at leust twlco u ivnek. 5. Sell, kill or conflno all male birds as soon as tho hatching season Ib over. Cleanliness Is Profitable. Cleanliness In tho poultry perm puts many dollars Into tho pocknts of tho poultryman. fasiestTfiing On &r1fi nil jf &'sv vSyftl i met J WZ&2 --P II 1 1 III I III II ninTH!!! 1 1 IJTutTTTlllimWI'Iffil Tho cnslost thlnsr In tho world Is to Just ult back nnd growl. Wlion tho dust Is madly whlrlod, Whon the North winds fiercely howL When tho day Is warm and fair. When the rltPoltiKa an It (lows, When frnKrnnco nils the nlr, Whon dew Is on tho rose, When the road Is roiiRh und stvop, When tho way Is smooth mid wide, When tho crops wo hope"d to reap Havo prematurely died, When tho frlrmls we thought wore trui Havo ruthlessly betrayed, When the things wo ought to do Aro foolishly delayed, When others win where wo Might linvo achieved success. When rich men In their nleo Forget our mlrthlefisneBS, Whon others rlso through worth, Or by mothoilu that nro foul. Tho enslost thing on earth i Is to Just sit back and growl. Important Point. "I Intend," said tho candidate "to give this city a business administra tion. I havo, as you all know, been engaged in business hero for twenty yearB. I havo been successful, if I may bo permitted to say so, nnd I think you will ngreo with mo whon I say that a man who has been nblo to build up an Important business or his own ought to bo ablo to admlnlstor tho public's nffnlra as thoy Hhould bo administered." "Yes," roplled a man In tho audi ence. "your theory Is absolutely sound, but I'd like to ask you ono thing. Are you going to bo willing to quit giving us a business adminis tration when wo got tlrod of it?" Begins to Be Different, Though. "I believe tho law hoIdB that a man Is Innocent until it has been proved that ho Is guilty, doesn't It?" "Yes, except In tho cases of very great magnates, Thero It holds that thoy aro Innocent until thoy havo been proved guilty so often nnd by bo many courts thnt tho public loses intercot In them." Unearned Advancement. "You seem to bo greatly pleased at something." . "I am. I met Boozerlolgh a llttlo whilo ago. Ho began by calling mo captain; then ho bestowed tho title st colonel on mo and finally promoted mo to bo a general. Then I succeed ed In escaping from him beforo ho had a chance to ask mo for money." How Johnny Managod It. "You and that llttlo Wattles boy Boom to play very nicely together," Bald Johnny's mother, "I nm glad thero Is ono boy In the neighborhood that you can got along with." "Yea," replied Johnny, "I lick him every morning nnd then he's nlco to mo all day." Modified Ambition. "Whon I was twenty I hoped to bo ablo to Bend my name thundering down tho ngcB." "And what Is your hope, now that you nro forty?' "Well, If I can causa a bit of a rum bio that will continue! for a day or two I shall bo highly gratified." 8uccecs to a Finish. "I'm glad to hear that Illack Is Gucccedlng In business." "No Isn't, though. Ho fnllod." "Hut I understood you to Bay he wnn an excellent business manager." ''No, I merely Bnld ho had manneod his business to a finish." Disappointed. "Do you bollovo tho frnnchlso BhouW bo extended to womon?" she asked. "Yes," ho roplled. "Pshaw! I thought I might be nbW fa get up an nrgument with you." Few of Them Left. An old-fashioned man Is one why goes around pretending that ho al ways feels better in cold weather than at any other tlmo. Information Wanted. . Did any man over win a girl by threatening ir oho refused him to quit trying to amount to anything In tho world?
