THE NORTH PLATTE REMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
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JACK'S NOVEL POCKET PIECE
Had Carried Snail Around In Pocket
Until Children Were Snugly Set
tled for Bed-Time Talk.
When the rhlldren wore snugly set
tled fur the bed-time talk Jack fished
up a snail shell from the depths of
his pocket, where he had been carry
ing It all day fcr this occasion. "Tell
us nil about that," ho said. "I often
find them In the garden, but thcro Is
lovor anything In them. I know that
the shells couldn't get there all alono,
but why do wo never see tho snails?"
"Because the snail Is usually tucked
safely away IiibUIo tho shell," mam
ma answered, "and knows too much
to como out when curious lfttle boys
aro around. If you will go Into tiro
garden somo warm sunny day just
after a shower, you will perhaps be
able to find a snail dragging himself
and his houso along one of tho walks.
When tho weather Is dry or cold they
closo the door of their house with a
kind of membrane that they manufac
ture themselves, just ns tho spider
makes Its web or tho silkworm Its
cocoon. During tho winter they find
shelter somewhere In a crevice, or
mako n hole in the ground, which
they cover with dead leaves. Uoro
they remain uafe and warm until tho
first spring rains call thm out in
search of food.
"Tho snail has almost as many
teeth as tho fly has eyes, often having
one or two hundred rows of them. It
knows how to use them too. and often
does great mischief to gardens with
them. Somo gardeners catch and de
stroy them by spreading cabbage
leavos on tho ground to attract them.
"The body of the Bnall Is very soft,
and It has four horns, two long ones
and two short ones. You will notice
two tiny black spots at the end of
the long horns. These are the eyes;
and If you look very closely when tho
snail first put3 out his horns, you will
see jtheso oyes move up until they
rea,ch the tip's.
"In some countries snails aro con
sidered good to eat. The ancient
Romans kept them in an inclosuro
niado for that purpose, and fed them
on meal and boiled wino until they
were fattened and ready for tho tablo
The most wonderful thing about thela
snail is lis power to heal its own In
juries. It Is one of tho most remark
able phy&lcjans on earth, but its only
patient In itself. Not only is lt able
to heal wounds on any part of its
body, but oven tho head may be cut
off, and a?jother ono will grow."
Sunday School Visitor.
PEN PUZZLE IS INTERESTING
Trick Is to Placo Animals In Stalls
Corresponding With Numbers as
Shown In Illustration.
In how few moves can you place
each of tho animals in Its proper pen
without ovtjr' having two In the same
pen? The number on tho animals
Pen Puzzle.
should correspond to tho numbers of
tho pens. '
The animals aro rearranged into
their proper pens by moving them in
the following order: 4, 3, 2, 4, 3, 0, 1,
2, 4, 3, G, 4, 2, 1, 4 and 5.
ORIGIN OF FLYING MACHINES
When Balloons Were First Invented
No Man Could Be Found Who Was
Willing to Make Ascension.
When tho first flying machine or
balloon was invented no man could be
found to venture to go upN in it, bo
they plucud a sheop, a cock and a duck
In tho basket ond let them try It.
This wau in Paris on Juno 5, 1783.
The balloon was niado by two young
men, sons of a paper nuUcer, and was
filled with hot air. It went up to a
height of nearly half a mllo and then
gradually sank back to earth, and tho
animals wuro found contentedly re
posing in the basket as if nothing had
happened.
This experiment was thought so suc
cessful that on November 21 tho same
year a young naturalist, named Do Ro
ller and an army officer, the Marquis
d4rlandes, went up in a balloon and
Htayod aloft about half an hour. This
mado young De Rozler so bold that
two years afterward ho tried to cross
the English channel and was drowned.
Was Baby Needed?
Elmer, though only a llttlo boy, was
tho eldest child of on already numer
ous family. Ho was Invited to go In
and flee a little baby elstor. Asked by
his mother what he thought of the
baby, ho said: "W'y, mamma, it's real
nice. Rut do you think we needed lt?"
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NEAT TRICKS WITH MATCHES
Sueeesn of Deception More Often Than
Not Rests Entirely on Its Readi
ness and Simplicity. ,
Tho success of a good trick more
oftcu than not rests entirely on Ha
readiness and simplicity of perform
ance For tho following all that Is
necessary is a box of ordinary wooden
watches.
Arrango fifteen matches In tho four
figures given below. Then ank a
friend (preferably a bachelor) to take
away threo and leave tin explicit ex
planation of what "matches" aro
Matches and Matches.
made of. Those to be removed aro
lettered a, b and c.
Placo twenty-four matches into a
cube of nine small squares. Remove
eight of tho matches and leave only
two squares. Experience will show
that tho solution of this trick is far
more difficult than the uninformed
would at first imagine. All that Is
necessary is to leave tho four sides of
the cube and the small middle square.
Replace the matches Into the orig
inal cubes of nine squares, throwing
Cube Puzzle.
seven other matches on the table.
Now challenge anyone present to take
each of tho seven mntches separately,
and, commencing with any square
(tho middle ono excepted), count
four successive squares, including
thnt of the Etart, dropping tho
match Into an empty fourth. A
square already containing a match
must be counted in tho course of
Square Puzzle.
move but lt can,10t- be used as
a starting point. Each match must
allko commence, and find its des
tination in an empty square. ThO
middle square must not bo count
ed at all, neither for tho start nor
finish, nor in the course of a move.
It will bo found that there is little dif
ficulty in securing bquares for five,
or oven six, mutches; but the placlns
of tho entire seven is by no means a
simple mattor.
The solution is as follows: The
square from which tho first movw is
made must receive the next match.
If the start commenced at 1, for in
stance, and the match consequently
found its destination in 4, lt must bo
arranged that tho next falls In 1. The
counting of tho second would thcro
foro have to begin at six. Similarly
the third match is mado to drop into C
by starting at 3, and so on until all
seven have been placed.
BUSY LITTLE TREE PLANTERS
By Burying Nuts of Chestnut, Hickory
and 'Walnut Squirrels Perform
Most Important Duty.
Contrary to common belief, the gray
squirrels of tho United States do not
lay up their winter store of nuts In
mass, but bury each one separate and
apart from tho rest, and for this rea
son they aro nature's most important
chestnut, hickory and walnut tree
planters, Harper's Weekly remarks.
Tho nuts aro hidden in the ground,
often at a considerable distance from
ono another, and either by instinct or
a romarkablo memory tho squirrels
will ponotrato through several feet ol
snow when in want of food and sel
dom, if ever, fall to find tho hidden
treasures.
They do not need or ubc tho one
tenth part of tho provender they have
hidden away in tho ground, and what
they do not consuine germinates tho
next spring and in this way we get
our uniform nut treo forests, which
would otherwlso grow. In cluster under
the parent treo where tho nuts have
fallen,
In their burying operations squlrreh
often covor a lurgo area of ground,
seeking tho most favorable spot foe
hiding their food; this nccounts for
trees springing up in tho most diverse
places.
Production and Consumption.
Myrtle, who Is studying physical
geopraphy, likes to flaunt her superior
knowledge.
"Jlrnmle." she said to her little
brother, "I bet you don't know what
germination produces."
"I don't know what it produces," re
plied Jimmy, "but I know tho German
nation consumes lots of sauerkraut
and wionerwurflt." Youngstown Tele
gram. No Time.
"Son, do you read blood and thun
der uovrla?''
"No, sir. 'It's all I kin do to keep
np wit' tho horrible crimes In the cur
rent news."
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HorHos rcqulro salt.
Segregate all Blok fowls.
Don't sow alfalfa on weedy soil.
Cover tho strawberry plants.
Keep tho sheep In out of every
otorm,
Potcct cows fropi sudden changes tu
weather.
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Keep charcoal alwayB whore tho
hogs can get It.
Ventilate tho root cellar every morn
ing during tho early fall.
A little tankngo and oil meal makes
excellent feed for young pigs.
Experts claim that western sheep
can be raised at a profit of $1.81 tho
head.
The cow's milk-making machinery Is
run most economically near its full ca
pacity.
Well-drained yards and pens will
help to keep the hogs more thrifty
and profitable.
A good coating of barnyard manure
well dtsked In Is an excellent treatment
for an old pasture
Every farmer should uso home
grown lambs on his own tablo, for
variety and health.
It's an up-to-date dairyman that gets
1G cents a quart, for milk that Is al
most free from bacteria.
Don't give your horses patent medl
cino that you know nothing about,
especially colic remedies.
Clean up your strawberry bed. It lt
showed any Bign of black rot, plow
under and plant elsewhere.
Tho well-banked root-cellar pays
largo dividends on the extra protec
tion afforded its contents.
Keop a good cat or two around the
poultry plant, as it will Bavo you lots
of trouble with mlco and rata.
Tho aging owes should bo given
extra feed and fattened, unless they
aro ext 'a breeders and mothers.
If ydur flock Is properly managed
and cared for there will be llttlo or
no use for medicines and tonics.
, Studj your birds closely and learn
their habits. Tho better you know
them tho better success you will have.
Modern cold storage is doing much
good this fall, In helping the fruit
growers, market their perishable prod
ucts. '
Deep kernels give a high shelling
percentage, but tend toward late ma
turity. Medium deptli kernels are
best.
A saving of about ten per cent,
may be mado by grinding tho grain
for farm work horses whon at hard
labor.
Plenty of exercise Increases the egg
yield. Provide four oi llvo inches of
good clean litter In which to scatter
tho grain.
It does not require any great abil
ity at figures to show that there is a
great waste in selling hogs when they
aro half fed. "
Of tho aciious parasitic diseases af
fecting Bheep, stomach worms prob
ably causo the heaviest losses to
sheep raisers,
Fill coarse sack3 with very dry
chaff and bury them In those bins of
damp grain. They will absorb a great
deal of tho moisture.
Many people feed loo much now
yirn to tho hogs. New corn shoul.l bo
fpd sparingly at first, than gradually
Increase tho amount.
Watch that tho ducks have suitable
nttoptlon "and regular feed. A few
well cared for pay hotter than too
many that aro slighted.
In cool weather ten to thirteen
chicks aro sutMclout for ono hen. while
In warmer weather fifteen to twenty
can ho cared for Successfully.
Cm nod vegetables aro not to ho
much higher on account of the dry
weather because tho vegetublo bolt
did i,.t suffer like tho corn bolt.
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Ono ncro of alfalfa will furnlHh moro
forage for hogs than, two acros of
clover, as It grows faster and keeps
on growing an fast as tho hogs eat It
down.
Cows must have salt
Use a covered milk pnjl.
Huvo a purpose In breeding.
Dcop fall plowing is essential.
Tho sllngo feeding soason for hens
to on.
NcntnesB of packngo Is Important In
selling buttor.
Store only sound fruit and cvogo
tablcs in tho collar.
The nutrltlvo value and digestibility
of mutton rank quite high.
A cow's contentment la below par
when her ration is unpalatablo.
To show results at tho milk pall, tho
dairy 'cow must bo a hearty oator.
Thoro la somothlng the matter with
a squealing pig, Find out what lt Is.
Much' farm machinery weara out
more through exposure than through
UBC.
Ruttor that has been proporly mado
will not stick to tho knife bladowheu
It is cut.
Undertaking too must at tho start
Is a frequent cause ot failure In fruit
growing.
Remembor that straw or cornstalks
about fruit trees haibor mlco and lead
to girdling.
Doln't fail to stoio a liberal amount
of boII for uso In starting early vege
tablo plants.
Tho best plun of fruit pnining is
that which docs not permit a useless
branch to grow.
For market purposes the Pckln duck
is best. For eggs tho IndlRn Runner
takes tho lead.
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Milk scales and the testor will lo
a certnln standard by which tho cowb
may be moasm-ed.
Poultry should bo kept oft feed
twenty-four Hours beforo killing and
dressed for market .
Handle the young boar carefully.
Teach hlm to obey tho word, and to
walk aheaS of you.
,
Flrst-clasB fruit lu first-class shapo
will probably develop an Inquiry for
moro of tho same kind.
Tho farmer who 1b most lnstorestcd
flu his -work is tho one who usually
accomplishes the most.
Work or exercise the stallion 'daily,
and your next season's colt crop will
be much more satisfactory.
One big advantago of tho hog rais
ing industry Is that the hogs give
quick and profitable returns.
Corn Bcldom ripens uniformly. Early
selection of aoed corn Insures early
maturity -In succeeding crops.
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Milk cows quickly and thoroughly.
The Btrlpplngs a:e at least ttirco times
as rich as tho first flow of milk.
It Is not alono the quantity of milk
a cow may glvo that makes her profit.
able, but It In tho quality as well.
Tho supply of onions is greater than
tho demand, duo to tho largo numbor
raised along the gulf coast of Texas.
.
Start tho brooder a day or two be
fore putting In tho chicks, to see that
tho heating apparatus is working prop
orly. I
Ot 11,20S,724 'shepp inspected for
food purposes In 1912, only 15,402 wore
condemned, about one-tenth ot ono per
cent.
When pigs should be weaned should
be determined ns much as how they
are eating and growing as upon their
age.
.Don't crowd tho chicks. Give them
room to exercise and grow in. Seo
that they aro kept comfortable and
well fed.
The fact that (hero is variation in
both plautB and animals gives breed
ers nmplo opportunities for Improv
ing the typo,
A few bad eggs lu a case la suffi
cient to glvo tho whole lot a bad
name. Bo careful that-every egg la
jEtrlctly fresh.
Storo seed corn whero It will dry
out quickly. Do not leavo It, even
over night, In sackn, as It Is likely to
heat and bo Injured.
All klndB ol llvo stock do bettor
when they can get groen feed tho yoar
round, and the only way to to secure
this 1b by tho uso of tho silo.
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Don't sacrifice an old sow that 1b n
regular breeder, oven If tho prlco ot
pork in high. Sho Is the kind that
makes thu pig husineHR certain.
Tho old bowb aro going to bo moved
out of tho country. That means that
moro tlmn the Usual number of brood
sows noxt spring will bo young oner.
It is poor economy to feed spoiled
food to tho poultry. Thoy may con
tract dlscaso or become poisoned.
Rum all decomposed food stuff at
onco.
SOME PRACTICAL HINTS ON THE HORSE
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Imported Percheron Stallion.
(Ity J M. l)F.r.U)
A bran mash, onco a week, 1b a
rcuovator for tho driving horso. Two
quarts of shollcd oats and the Bamo
quantity of wheat bran, scalded about
mid-day and then covered with a
blanket or cloth, to keep in tho steam,
add u pinch of salt and feed at night,
tllvo no other grain with this maun,
but of cnirso tho regulation ration of
hay. This onco a week mash, given
preferably Saturday night, will do
your driving or riding horso all tho
good In tho world.
Tho work stock will also appreciate
tho mash, too.
Sell off tho old stock. Corn and
hay aro both high this year, and it's
a long tlmo boforo spring. It is" hard
to put fat on those old follows In
cold weather, bo you had better sell
them for what thoy will bring, and
thereby Bavo focd and Incidentally ex
pense. s
TL6 plan of blanketing work
horses 1b a very good ono in many
respects, but you must remember
that when onco you put tho blanket
on, you must bo very careful as to
how you tako tho blanket off.
Oivo the horaos moro care and
EUROPEAN FARMER I
EXCELS AMERICAN
Give Back to Soil Everything That
Could Be Fed in Way of
Manurial Value.
Manure- has a peculiar effect upon
tho ground. In Bomo wayB lt loosens
tho food necessary to plants by quick
ening tho chemical action of tho soil,
and Inert soil particles change into
active food constituents for the grow
ing plants, lt is not alono tho direct
food value that is at issue, but tho
whole effect upon tho physical, chemi
cal and bacterial lifo of tho Boll that
must be considered. Iu England and
other European countries whero tho
soil has been tilled for hundreds of
years, tho production today exceeds
that of former years. In fact tho
wheat production In England during
tlf3 middle ages was not aB good as
It Is In tho northwest today. At pres
ent England produces moro than twen
ty biiBhels of wheat to tho acre,
Franco twenty-two, Austria about
eighteen, and tho productivity ot the
fields of tho Bolgian and Dutch farm
er aro almoHt beyond bollof.' This haB
como about by giving back to tho soil
everything thnt could bo fed It in tho
way of manurial value. In this re
spect American fanners havo much
yet to learn. Journal of Agriculture
and Star Farmer. ,
HOG PARALYSIS IS
COMMON DISEASE
Trouble Is With Nervous System
and Ndt With Kidneys as
Generally Supposed.
Illy I., f. I.KWJB, Oklahoma Expeihnent
tftutlon.)
Paralysis la a very common dlscaso
among young bowb after farrowing
and in young rapidly growing ahoats.
Tho trouble Is most commonly known
as kidney worms, and is frequently
roforrcd to as Bomo kind of kidney
dlBijaao. Tho troublo 1b with tho nerv
nus system and not with tho kidneys.
Before farrowing tho bow ohould bo
fed on ground oats, bran, milk, etc.,
with very llttlo com. Knuckling over
lu tho hind legs Is generally tho first
I symptom. Should partial paralysis
begin to appear tho following treat
ment Bhould ho given: Flvo to flftoen
grains of powdered nux vomica in
feed twlco a day, tho doso depending
upon tho size of the animal; also glvo
ton to fifteen grains of Biilphato of
lime In foed twlco a day. This treat
ment should bo continued for weeks
If necessary, as nervous troubles ot
this character aro not to bq remedied
by any treatment In ti fow daya.
Be6t When Picked Green,
l'earfl and tipples keop better If
picked a llttlo green. Some pearH
rot from tho coro outward if nllowcd
to ripen on the treo.
warmer quarters, Uiub saving folglH
priced feed and horso flesh.
Try n mcasuro of kindness for n)
balanced ration.
Tho work-horsoB muBt havo oxer)
riso and fresh nir when not in usei
Turn thorn out during tho warm pnrtj
of tho day, and 'lot -them enjoy thonrl
selves.
Aro you simply (ceding tho borsc
to keop them nlivo this winter, or nrn
you feeding and caring for them with)
an eyo to their good flesh and usoful-j
ncsB when next spring's work onom
up?
llonoatly, now, how 'many men diuj
you ocr seo salt their horses In win-
ter? ,
Don't allow tho offer of a good, BtiflJ
price for tho best colts to tempt you:
Insetting go of them. You'll ncodj
somo fresh young teams ono of thesoj
days, and it takes an almost fabulous!
Bum of money to buy n Bpan ot young)
horsoB suitable for farm purposoo ,
If you can't got n competent blach
smith to shoo the horses, they nio
bettor off without any. Tho causo otj
most hoof troubles may bo traced
back to ill-fitted shoes.
PROTEIN IS NEEDED
FOR WINTER FEED)
Oats and Peas are Becoming1
More Popular Each Year
Easy to Cut and Handle.
(lly W. M. KEMA'.)
Every year I nm coming to appro-
ciaio mo vaiuo or oats and peas as a
summer forago for tho dairy cattle and
as n source of protein for winter feed-;
lug. Theso crops aro becoming moro
popular every year. Thoy nro verv
palatable and nourishing, easy to cut:
and handle, and como at a time when
tho pastures aro short and dry.
A succession of sowings will nfforilj
green feed for n number of wcoho.
These crops Bhould bo sown ns, oailyj
as posslblo and tho Ideal way is to
bow tho peas broadcast and plow them'
in about four Inches deep with n outn
horso plow. After four or flvo days pull
in tho oats about two Inches doop'
Thoy will como up about tho samcj
tlmo and the peas will fill hotter nnit
stay green longer for being planted
deep.
On account of tho rush of work
during tho spring and uncortaiiV
weather conditions wo usually mix.thol
two kinds of seeds and compromise
by drilling as deep as possible, putting;
In botli kinds of seeds at ono opera-)
tion.
Tho ground should bo rolled and!
planked so that t)io crops can bacutl
wlHl ri mnu'lnp mnnlilnn ni anvilin It
prefer to uso about two buaheio ofl
peas to ono of oats, although I fre-j
qucntly vary tho amounts according!
to tho prlco of tho pea seed.
For cutting green it is best to mako
a number of sowings about a week or
ton days apart Two or throe acrco
of good land should furnish enough
forago for twenty-five or thirty cowP
for u number of weeks during thel
summer.
For winter feed thoy will produce,
moro tons of good foed than clover
hay and will greatly reduce tho blllw
for grain feed. Thoy should bo sown!
tho same as for forago and cut whon
tho oats are heading and tho peas nrcj
well In bloom, then tho stock -will cnti
them moro readily with no waste ,
do not,, wait until tno onts nrcH
formed or there will bo difficulty
experienced In (ceding tho fodder.
This, mixture is worthy n place oiy
every dairy farm.
Success of Any Job.
In furmlng, moro than In almost lufi
other profession, tho greatest succeed
of a job depends on its being propery
done and Just at tho right tlmo.
Recognized Principle.
11 Is a well-recognized principle thai
ull grain cropB thrive best In a flnoj
thoroughly worked seed ocd undcrJaJr
by a solid subutream.
Manner of Waterlnn Horcee.
Don't allow your horses to drink &
largo amount of water on coming inttj
tho stable very warm. Allow them tcj
cool off a bit first. '
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