THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
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DEAD HORSE OF MUCH VALUE
Parisian Utilize Every Shred of Ani
mal In the Manufacture of Some
Article or Another.
When wo see a (lend horse In the
street wo either do not -think of him
at all, or we say "Poor horse," and
pass on and forget all about him a
mlnuto later. Then after awhile tho
movers como along and cart tho ani
mal away to tho dumping grounds, and
that Is tho last of him. But that Blm
plo process would not end hia career
If ho were a Parisian horse. Ab Is to
bo expected, tho wily Parisian, who la
noted for his economical habits, knowB
better than to let dead horses turn to
dust without any profit accruing to
him. This is how they are utilized:
First, tho hair of the mane and tall,
which amounts to about one-quarter of
a pound, is cut off and used in brushes,
switches, whips, and so on. The skin
1b then removed and sold to tanners.
Tho shoes are sold to the "ole-rags-ole-iron"
man. Tho feet aro cut oft, dried
and beaten in order to make tho hoofs
como away, which aro then solU to
combmakers or manufacturers of am
monia or Prussian blue. Every parti
cle of fat 1b picked out and melted and
used by makers of enamel and glass
toys, for greasing shoo leather and
harness, and in tho manufacture of
soap and gas. The workmon eat the
best pieces of the flesh and givd the
poorer pieces to dogs, cats, hogs and
poultry; or use them for manufactur
ing Prussian blue. Tho bones aro sold
to fanmakers or cutlors, or are mado
Into ivory-black. Sometimes they
Berve aB fuel for melting tho fat. The
sinews and tendons are sold to glue
makers. The small intestines are
made into coarse strings. And by the
time all that is disposed of there Isn't
much of a horse left.
PREVENTS THEFT OF MOTORS
Attachment, Capable of Being Fitted
to Any Stand, Is Shown Descrip
tion Also Given.
An attachment to prevent tho theft
of motorcycles, and capable of being
fitted to any stand, Ms here shown,
says tho Motorcycle Illustrated Maga
zine. The stand has riveted to its
upper end a bar, the opposite end of
Prevents Theft of Motorcycles.
which is a closed scroll fitting close
ly against the frame when the stand
is upon tho ground. A padlock of
suitable size and shape, fastened over
the stay and through the loop of tho
scroll, prevents the stand from being
raised In order to move tho machine.
SIGHT OF MICE AND SNAILS
Little Rodents Are Good at Distin
guishing Different Degrees of Il
lumination and Colors.
How much does a mouse see? To
look at a mouse, ono would think that
sight counted for a great deal1 In its
life, but experiments go to show that
this Is only true within certain limits.
Mice are good at distinguishing differ
ent degrees of illumination and differ
ent colon (preferring red and yellow
to blue and green), and they are quick
to detect movements, but they have
little sense of form and little binocular
vision.
Does a snail see? Field observa
tions suggest that the animal avoids
tho light. Laboratory experiments, on
tho other hand, suggest that It prefers
tho light. Prof. Emllo Yung of Geneva
has reinvestigated tho question and
finds that both these conclusions are
wrong. Ho made over 2,000 observa
tions on 170 snails and found that
they were quite indifferent to all sorts
of light stimulus, that they do not pre
fer lighted or shaded areas, and that
they do not seo obstacles In front of
them, and 4hat their eyes have no vis
ual significance.
Careful Father.
Young Harold was Into In attend
ance for Sunday school and the minis
ter inquired the cause.
"I was going Ashing, but fnther
would not let me," nnnounced tho lad.
"That's tho right kind of a father to
have," replied the reverend gentle
man. "Did he explain tho reason why
he would not let you go?"
"Yes, sir. He said thero wasn't bait
enough for two." Harper's Magazine.
Not Always.
Why was the whalo that swallowed
Jonah like a milkman who has retired
on an independence?
Because he took a great profit out
of the water.
MYSTERIOUS WRITING SNAKE
Bar Magnet and Few Braided Strands
of Tlnoel May Be Used In Making
Quite Amusing Toy.
An amusing piece of experimental
apparatus may bo made using n bar
magnet nnd some braided Strands of
tinBol, says tho Popular Electricity.
Fasten tho bar magnet to a wooden
stand as Miown, and between tho bind
ing posts connect a very slack braid
of tinsel. Connect tho binding posts
to a switch and three or four dry
colls. Dy arranging a double polo,
double throw switch not shown and
throwing it over first to ono side and
then to tho other, the tinsel will wrap
Mystcrlona Writhing Snake.
Itself In one direction around the mag
not and then uncoil and coll itsolf
about tho bar In the opposite direction,
depending upon the direction of tho
current through tho tinsel.
To prevent tho bar from short cir
cuiting tho tinsel, the bar may bo
wrapped with a Inyer of paper or linen
tape.
MANNERS A BUSINESS ASSET
English Lord Urges Boys to Cultivate
Politeness Because of tne Com
mercial Value They Give.
Lord Rosebery, speaking to some
English grammar school boys, dwelt
on the "enormous commercial value of
manners." He urged every boy pres
ent to cultivate manners "not for tho
higher consideration," but because
they "will give him a value which he
will never possess without thorn."
His lordship neglecte dto specify
tho particular commercial centers
where manners command a premium.
Dut It has not been observed that man
ners have much to do with business
success In New York, or for that mat
ter In Chicago or Uerlln, however It
may be in London. If Wall street re
garded manners as possessing a com
mercial value it would long ago have
capitalized them. But good manners
never looted a traction systom or or
ganized a trust or created the neces
sity for federal regulation. No captain
of Industry has over been Indicted for
politeness, nnd tho manners of rail
road presidents and bankers have not
been extolled for their suavity, says
the New York World.
Tho son-in-law of Lord Rothschild
apparently takes an academic viow of
manners. They have their uses In
some walks of life and are an asset to
creators of swollen fortunes who seek
to break into "society." But generally
speaking, books of deportment do not
seem of much value to youths ambi
tious of commercial success. Tho cap
tains of industry are not captains of
courtesy.
LINE RINGS FOR FISH POLES
Novel tetachable Device for Rods Has
Just Been Brought Out In Eng
land Works Easily.
A novel detachable line ring for
fishing rods has been brought out in
England. When the agate or porce
lain ring portion of the fixture breaks
it may bo replaced with a whole ring.
Detachable Line Rings.
All that Is necessary Is to Insert a
knife In the catch of the ring holder,
lift the hinged top, substitute the now
center nnd then close tho hinged top
until tho catch clicks.
Question of Sex.
A Now England school tencher re
cited "The Landing of the Pilgrims"
to her pupils, then abked each of them
to draw from their imagination a pic
ture of Plymouth Hock. One little fel
low hesitated and then raised his
hand. "Well. Willie, what Is it?" asked
tho teacher.
"Please, teacher, do you want us to
draw a hen or a rooster?"
How Children Should Act.
A mother who was going to take hor
children visiting with her had been In
stilling the old rule of "Chlldron should
bo seen and not heard."
"And now, what aio you children go
ing to act like?" she Inquired as a
last precaution.
"Like movln' pitchers," camo the
ready response. Delineator.
What It Comes To.
If andirons and coal bucket cost $7
what will a ton of coal come to 7
To ashes. ,
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NOTES f POM
MEAD0WBR00K
fAPM C
William Pitt
Get a pure-bred sire.
Don't forget tho Ice house.
Sheep demand clean water.
Dairy cows must have shelter.
Cool weathor Ib no excuse for lazy
hens.
Tranches are very satisfactory for
storing celery.
Keep a good sized lump of rock salt
In each horse trough.
Manure nnd plow tho garden for
early planting next spring.
It 1b well to chango the eh cop occa
sionally into different pastures.
Thero 1b a good demand fop good
broeding stock, especially battle nnd
hogs.
You cannot grow pigs profitably
without feed enough to keep them
gaining steadily.
Sorghum is splondld for soiling
crops or for winter forago if it Is cut
at tho right time.
Hogs seem to understand tho proper
tlmo to eat these things to keep tho
digestion in order.
A hen is not lazy by nature and will
surprise you in what she can do if
given the right chance.
Tho calves should have a good
growing ration if thoy are expected
to grow into large cows.
Tho only cure for peach yellow Is to
cut out the infocted trees. Many states
make this act compulsory.
Water for the horses should be
fresh from the pump during the win
ter months no Ice water.
It doesn't pay to feed pigs after
they are fit; neither does It pay to
Bell or kill a pig until It is fit.
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Prune grapes bb soon as foliage is
off. Lay them down and cover with
earth before tile ground freezes.
See that tho sheep have a good sup
ply of cool, clean water. It is abso
lutely necessary In hot weather.
When necessary to mix new milk
with that of a former milking it 1b
best to let the new milk cool first.
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Separato the fattening pigs aB they
reach marketable condition, bo as to
give the smaller ones a better chance.
Tho coop for hen and chicks should
be well ventilated, easy to clean and
sufficient proportions to Insure com
fort. If the brood mares are not worked
regularly, seo that they get out In
the open air and sunlight and move
around. '
Clean up tho garden. A few weeds
and other rubbish make a splendid
nesting place for many destructive in
sects. It Is Important that tho Bheep In
tended for slaughter should bo kept
off feed from twenty-four to thirty
six hours.
The feeder of any variety of stock
should never neglect to feed a variety
of feeds when It 1b nt all possible for
him to do so.
Many tlmcB horses go lousy because
poultry are allowed to roost In tho
barn. ,Thc placo for poultry is the
poultry house.
Glvo tho hens plenty of lime and
charcoal. A dishful kept where they
can holp themselves Is a vnluablo ad
dition to the houses.
DiiBt tho hen with Insect powder
before setting, and twice moro while
hatching. Tho chicks will not be full
of llco to begin with
Swill sours very quickly In hot
weather. Keep tho troughs clean,
becauso tho pigs never thrive on
rotten feed of any kind.
Abundance of highly palatable and
nutrltivo pasture in the fall Is the
moBt practical and economic moans of
preparing tho owes for mating,
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When fall and winter weather causes
your egg production to fall off, It Is a
sign that your aro not Imitating sum
mer conditions aB well as you might.
Tho colony plan for housing poul
try may bo adopted to good advan
tage on many farms. This system
does away with the danger of tainted
BOlL
I- AMbt1A i- 1.
Guineas am profitable.
Mules nro money makers.
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Use care In tho cow's ration.
Sheep must havo clean water.
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Somo fall plowing Is desirablo on
most farms.
Collars should havo a drain, also a
window or two.
Llmo may bo applied to tho soil nl
any season of tho year.
If your hogs havo cholera put ut
a sign, "Hog Cholera Hero."
Tho farmer takes less risk with hli
dairy than with his other crops.
Laying hens should hnvo tholr henvl
OBt feed Just before roosting time.
Keep the ticks away. Dipping pays,
Ticks take tho life blood from sheep.
It will pay to gather and destroy nil
wormy and decayed fruit In tho orf
chord.
Hogs aro susceptible to rheumatism
if allowed to sleep In wet or damp
beds.
Tho lack of organic matter Is tho
greatest troublo wo havo In tho vine
yard. Tho most important point about
hog troughs Is that they may readily
bo cleaned.
Those aro excellent days to start,
cuttings, to be used lator in tho win.
dow garden.
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Alfalfa is rich in protein, which
makes it an especially good feod for
growing fowls. j
Rellablo bUiMbUcb show that Bheen
aro relatively free from diseases dan
gerous to man.
Do not expect too much from your
young sows, especially if they aro
bred too young.
Deflnlto plans should be made for
next year's crop before tho ground Is
covered with snow.
Train up a colt In tho way it should
walk and It will never grow Into a
horse that will balk.
Select tho really first-class owe
lambs to reinforce tho flock. Fatten,
tho Inferior ewe lambs.
A pouUryman that is 100 careless to
keep tho hen house freo from vermin
does not deservo to succeed.
It is desirable to either plant at
once, or stratify In sand or leaves, any
nuts that aro to be plaited.
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Tho pumpkin crop will havo to be
raised out of cans In a largosection of
the west. Too dry for them.
Clean up tho garden, removo nnd
burn all weeds and traBh. Thoy har
bor Insects through the winter.
The eggs of tho codling moth are
dlfllcult to locato until ono gets ac
customed to looking for them.
Some farmers market their corn by
the basketful in tho hog lot, and then
market tho hogs by tho wagonful.
It Is a good plan to encourage the
pigs to cat aB much as possible so
as to relieve the drain upon tho sow
Soft-shelled eggs are often caused
by fowls being conlinod, becoming
overfnt, and from lnck of minernl mat
ter. t
One thing is certain; It will not paj
to half-feed stock of nny kind. If they
enn't bo rightly fed, It Ib better to soil
them.
Care should be cxorclsod In train
ing tho colt to drive. When tho
training begins keep at it until it is
broken.
As a general proposition it may bo
said I hat tho sow that has pigs bo
fore she Is a year old will disappoint
her owner.
Poultry rnlslng offers to women nn
excellent means of making money be
cause tho work is not too taxing for
tholr strength.
Salt, hardwood ashes and charcoal
aro ideal to keop in hog pnsturo and
If there Is any other ono thing needed
It is pure water.
Kill and sell enrly nil chicks 'with
twisted toes, weak logs, crooked
backs, wry tails, crooked beaks and
other deformities.
Keep an egg record and do not
fail to make entries dally. Tho suc
cessful poultrymnn must be business
like In every respect.
Currants and gooseberries will
thrlvo in almost any soil and will
stand considerable rough treatment
and yet yield fair crops of fruit.
To produco tho host quality of wool,
eheep must havo access to plenty of
good pasture. Continuous grazing
on tho same pasture Is undoslrablo
A poor dairy cow takes up as much
room us a good ono and will cost as
much H not moro to keep. Weed out
the poor cowb tho Babcock test will
do It.
OBTAINING MULES
BW a lij$ h' te ' It L . LpriHi W?? i
I ' '-tfi'K M ' ''!? fit
fr&Wvx fry.,- i. i-: Zy4t It'Jkli y "i ,$.& OJKR
A Pair of Farm Mules That Are Worth Upward of $600.
It Is foolhardy to use the host tnnros
for raising mules. Thero nro too fow
of them to keep up tho horso supply.
Thero nrc plenty of poor or unsound
marcs that will rear good muloa, snid
W. A. Cochel, hend of the department
of animal husbandry at tho Kansas
Agricultural college, to a class In
horso production, recently.
Tho best mule is produced from u
light typo of horse, Professor Cochel
Bnld. A good mule-producing mare has
a big head; Ib rugged, roomy, compar
atively heavy bono, a good big foot,
and Is upstanding. Tho Jack ehould
bo as high as possible, have a Roman
nose, coarse bone, a big foot, and long
tars.
A mule eats In nn Irregular manner,
and It Is almost Impossible to founder
him, Thoy do bettor if fed in a lot
than In a stall. On farms whoro It Is
necessary to havo hired men It Is
best to let them work mules, becauBo
of tho smaller danger of Injury or loss
duo to bad driving or feeding. Mules
EXCELLENT NOTES
OF THE SHEEPFOLD
Weed Out Every Individual Animal
That Is Not Young, Thrifty
and of Good Build.
(By H. Ii. VINCENT.)
Look round for a better head for
your flock of Bhcep than you over had
before. Ho willing to pay tho cost.
It will all come back.
Let your breeding stock be tho best
on tho farm. Weed out every Indi
vidual that Id not thrifty, well built
nnd young. i
I was talking tho other day with a
man who lias a special arrangement
with n butcher downtown to take so
many Iambs every week at a cortaln
specified price per pound. That man
has no trouble to dispose of his Bur
plus stock. Ho takes the matter by
the light handle. Oct your market,
then work for the lambs.
Novor buy a ewe with great long
hoofs. Tho longer hor hoofs tho few
er teeth she Is apt to have, and tooth
less sheep are the poorcBt property a
man can havo on his farm.
In picking out lambs for the homo
flock, select those that havo short
legs and stocky bodies, with good
straight backs. A good backbone Is
USING COMMON SENSE
Cement Drinking
Do you know of anything on tho
farm that will run Into monoy faster
than hogs when around 0 or 7 centa
per pound?
It Increases tho feeding value of
corn to soak It from 24 to -17 hours,
,but the hogs will relish an occasional
feed of dry grain.
An armful of green cornstalks will
ndd relish to the hog's ration, but it
should not bo fed regularly until the
corn In the ear Iiub hardened beyond
tho possibility of frost.
Rome fanners cut off tho tails of
FROM LIGHT HORSES
nro easily fattened In a small lot, anil
do not light, but thoy do not fatten
In a largo lot becauso they are too
restless. A carolese or ignorant man can ho
successful in breeding mules, but he
would fail with liorseB. But a carofull
man will bo moro successful with)
horses than with mules. A Kanuaai
farmer cannot afford to work good)
draft geldings, but should work draft!
mares, mules or gcldlngo that aro still!
increasing In value.
Tho nvorago value of muleB in all!
states except ono is from ono to olghti
dollars more than the avorngo vnluo)
of horses In tho same states. Tho oxi
ceptlon Ib Rhodo Island. There la nl-j
ways a good markot for mules. Thoyl
aro freer from blomishoa and unsound
nesscs and less suscoptiblo to disease.)
Thoy live longer than horses at heavy"
labor and can bo driven by Ignorant
holp with less danger of loss. Theyi
can bo Bold at any ago, and can take
bettor care of themselvcB than horaes.
a great thing, In any creaturo, oven
a man. '
You will have plenty of offora for
tho best lambs; but if you are smart,,
you will keep enough of them to raakoi
your flock good nnd growing bettor"
every year. Prices do not count!
when it comes to building up a flock.-
Tho best flock master is tho kind-"
ost man.
Long-legged sheep never (ought to,
bo used at. breeders.
Sell your wool on a rlBlng market.
It Ib when tho tldo goeB out that wot
'droj) our bundle.
Mutton nnd meat of lambs advances
In prlco about forty per cent., usu-j
ally, betweon tho farm and tho man; i
who oats it. If you can get a bit noar
cr to the last man, you can save him
somo monoy and yourself a good lot.i
Can't you do it?
Tho public market is tho best way
so far devised for cutting out tho longj
string of middlemen that aro eating'
tho people up alive. Moro and moro
cities and largo towns aro adopting
that plan. Moro should do so, and do
It soon.
Egyptian Incubators.
It Is not generally known that tho
old stoves called "mammals" that the!
Egyptians UBCd ns IncubatorB, dats'
back to romoto antiquity. Even bo-,
foro the French Revolution tho Paria
markets had incubator chlckonB,,
thanks to nn apparatus which wasl
invented in Franco In 1777.
IN THE HOG LOT
Trough for Live Stock.
tholr pigs becauso thoy claim that It
takes ten oars of corn to ralso one
tall, there, thoy amuputo In the In
terest of economy.
Tho man who breeds hogs with high
Ideals of perfection cannot Buccood:
unless ho keeps un active record of
his broeding operations. Ho nueda w
blank book for tho purpose and mua$
pay tho most eareful attention to en
tries. Tho sprayer and a good solution
llce-klller is Just ns essential in ho
raising as houses aud fences.