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THE NORTH PLATTE 9EMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE. NOTES - MEU)QWBR00K FARM JMiimffir Filth breeds disease. Start slowly with poultry. The horso must liavo fresh air. The gooso lays a score or two of eggs In n year. Earlincss is ono of the main Items In raising broilers. There is a largo opportunity for improvement in horses. Bowaro of the oily-voiced treo agent. Buy of firms of known Integrity. It Is tho wiso poultryman who studies tho comfort of his fowls. A weed cut beforo seeding means hundreds less for the ground to bo feeding. A little ground charcoal mixed with tho chicks' feed will help keep away dlgestivo troubles. Common salts will prove a reliable laxative where a physic is needed in the treatment of swine. Onions, beets, spinach, radishes and lettuce may be sown as soon as tho ground can be worked easily. Eggs cannot be produced without nitrogenous food in some Bhape. Bones are absolutely essential. Hardiness In poultry Is not Indicat ed by color or plume. Hardiness de pends upon the caro of tho fowl. " Any man who has ever had corns or bunions can sympathize with ahorse that has tender feet from any cause. Tho successful business man stud ies tho requirements of the mnrket and tho farmer should also follow this method. Go over all garden tools and seo that they are repaired or replaced with new ones beforo next season's work begins. Plant a quart or two of onion sets ns soon as tho ground can bo worked. White or yellow sets of the smallest elze are best. A boar of heavy bono is more to bo desired than ono of slight build. Fineness as a quality is more desir able in the sow. . Every farmer should try to have a good garden every year, as It goes a great way in supplying the table with pure, healthful food. Tho average farm hen produces about six dozen eggs yearly, which Is just about enough to pay her expenses und leave a little profit. The period of gestation with the sow is 112 days, or 1G weeks, and seldom varies to a great extent. Keep your service record accordingly. A small plot, even If It Is not more than a rod squaro, on which new seeds can be tried out Is interesting and quite often of real value. Tho hog raiser Is getting started right when ho buys a few well bred bows or a pure bred boar. Let every "farmer aim to produco hotter hogs. Our hogs fall to maintain their sizo, first, because they do not get enough feed, and second, because they do not get tho right kinds of feeds. Too much care cannot bo taken in buying nursery stock. It's heartbreak ing to caro for trees for four or flvo years only to discover that they are worthless. Most hen houses are not sufficiently well ventilated, particularly at night. Pure air supplied without causing a draft is necessary to tho health and productiveness of tho fowls. With turkeys It Is well to avoid inbreeding, but it is better to keep tho same malo two years and mate to his own offspring than to select a trio of chicks' year after year with out introducing fresh blood. Dlack feathers in white varieties are a disqualification, but such feath ers unless too frequont nro very often found in tho whitish birds and are us ually removed by expert exhibitors beforo tho fowls aro shown. Charcoal Is ono of the most essen tial articles in the food in successful poultry farming. Placo ears of corn on cob In oven until charred, and then shell off corn and feed to chickens. An Immedlato change will bo noticed in the condition of fowls and egg production. Breed first for eggs. Keep tho hei contented. Cool a heated horso gradually. Keep tho dairy cowb comfortable. Washing eggs opens tho pores and hastens decay. Aro you keeping your cows warm and comfortable? It novor payB to work a weak horeo beside n strong ono. During Inclement weather fowls aro better Indoors than out Like tho housowlfe, tho poultry man's work is never dono. There is n greater need for variety of food when fowls nro confined. Change tho feed of the horso suf llclently ofton to have them rollsh It How nbout tho Ico supply? Aro you going to provido for Ico this sea son? A pint of koroseno In a gallon ol whitewash makes an excellent In sectlcldc. ' Begin to plan for a better garden next year. It should include fruit, flowers and vegetables. Poultry and eggs form moro than 1G per cent, of all tho meat products produced In this country. Keep pregnant ewes on the move. That Ib, make them tako exercise but don't do It with a cur. Nasal and throat troubles aro often cnused by dusty sleeping quarters. Bed heavily with clean straw. A good poultryman Is industrious, not easily discouraged, filled with pluck and grit, and full of ambition. Soventeen lions that weigh about six pounds each ought to have not less than flvo pounds of grain every day i ' It Is poor economy to cut down the hens' feed because the egg yield Is small. Bo careful rfot to feed musty and fermented food if you want your horses to go thorough the winter with prollt. Always get a written guarantee with your trees and be suro that the people behind it are able to make the guar antee good. ' '7 Little plgs will seldom hnve the dis ease of "thumps" If you allow the youngsters plenty of exercise and a largo range. It is tho steady gaited horse that covers tho greatest number of miles in a day and does it with tho least Injury to himself. To" grow wool takes good feed and regular feeding. A weak placo la made In tho wool every time a sheep is stinted a few days. Cow testing demonstrates that a great many good cowl? can bo kept at a smaller cost of feed. This is not stinginess, but economy. The boar will worry tho sows and pigs if allowed to run with them at all times keep him by himself aftoi tho breeding Is completed. - Poultry having access to a sand) stream of puro water usually keoj thrifty and frco from disease. But look out for polluted streams. All breeds aro good if used for the purpose for which they wero created and bred along practical lines, to sat isfy the demands of tho markets. Prom now on you want to bo mak In& peace with your owb. Get so fa miliar with them that when lamb ing time comes they will not feat you. In 100 parts of tho yolk of an egg 52 per cent, is water, 45 per cent. It oil and fat and one per cent, each ol albumenolds, coloring and mineral matter. Brood 'sows that ralso only twins and chicken eating hogs are farm rob bers to be despised. It Is only a shon haul to market, and that Is whore they both should go. Proper caro of tho poultry I verj important a tho weather grows colder. Every possible thing should be dono for tho comfort of tho fowls If winter eggs aro to be obtained. Year In and year out the lienB noed some grain, some green feed, some good liquid food, milk If they can get' it, and plenty of grit. Glvo them that and you will get eggs provided they aro properly housed. Never allow any food of any kind to He around In the hen house, excopl that which la in tho hoppers or the green food. Any grain In tho litter oi damp mash In tho troughs soon bo comes foul and unhcnlthful. By all means build tho roost plat forms a few inches balow tho roosts at tho back of the poultry houso and build them high enough -from tho lloor so that the fowla can work undor thorn. If they are cleaned every few days it will do much to keep tho hen house in good condition. - EXCELLENT HINTS FOR CARE OF SHEEP Oxford Down Ewei. Lambs should liavo their tails cut off and bo castrated In from seven to ton days after birth. Lambs just undor ten months old produco better meat at that ago than any other. Tho best tlmo to market lambs la between January and May. Never keep moro than twenty-five or thirty sheep In ono lot together If possible. Tho best tlmo to have lambB to como Is about two -weeks before pas ture. No every man can have puro bred sheep but it is not difficult to obtain a puro bred ram. It is not a good plan to keep sheep housed up too closely. They should alwuys havo plenty of exercise In tho open air. 'As long as a sheep's coat is kopt dry it can stand a good deal of cold weather but rain and sleet aro fatal. A rough boisterous hired man will do more harm to a flock of sheep than ho io worth. This Is particularly truo about lambing time. Ground corn and cob meal makes an excellent food for lambs, but they should be started on a small allow ance at first. if Bhcep are turned on to nlfalfa paBturo and allowed to eat all they want some of them will die from bloat ESSENTIAL POINTS IN CARE OF MILK System of Safeguards Should Be Observed in Dairy House and While in Transit. Milk Is kept wholcsomo after leav ing tho cowb by a system of safe guards observed during milking in the dalryhouso and while tho milk is In transit from tho fnrm to tho consum er. The precautions observed during tho milking aro sterilized whlto duck suits for the milkers, careful washing of hands after each cow is milked, milking through a sieve Into tho pall, and straining the milk when It is poured from the pall into tho can. Tho foremilk, as tho first milk that Is drawn is called, Is also discarded, thus preventing any bacteria which may havo found tholr wny Into this part of the milk from getting into tho milk that Is kept. All tho milk is exposed to tho barn air but a very few minutes and is taken into tho dairy just aa soon as tho cans aro filled. Tho range of yield per pound of milk is very wide, it taking from eight to ton pounds of tho richest milk up to 30 and over of tho poorest to make a pound of buttor. Tho avorago of common stock In tho country 1b about 25 pounds. Anything between that and 20 poundB of milk for a pound of butter Is good. Below this is very good, and extra down to eight and ten pounds is extraordinary. At ten pounds to tho . Imperial gallon, eight quarts would bo 20 pounds of milk. IMPROVERSENT OF ALL LIVE STOCK Good Ram on Bunch of Grade Ewes Is in Many Cases More Than Half of Flock. (By TIOWAUn HACKICOOM. MIsHourl bunion ) Tho use of a good Biro la ono of the recognized principles of improving the live stock. This prlnclplo la generally considered to be fundamental by all brecdors of llvo stock, both breeders of puro bred otock and breeders of animals for tho open market. I low over, some breeders through neglect, or a lack of knowledge and Interest in tho improved types, uso Hires which rotunj tho general quality of their J'ocka and herds, rather than ad vance It. Judging from the quality of untlo lambs on tho varloiiB Missouri mar kets, lamb producers of this atato uro realizing moro fully each year tho economy of Investing In good sires. A good strong yearling rum bhould bo able to servo 50 owes. A good ram whon used on a block of grado owes Is In many cases moro than half tho flock, because ho will usually havo greater ability to stamp his charac ter on tho offspring than liavo tho owes. So with a small ilock of grado owes, worth from ?4 to $10 per head, onA can afford to purcluiBO a good muUqn ram. As tho value of tho owe flc-c Incronses one canafford a higher ciaEB ram- Most fcoderB find hotter results from grinding corn for young lambs although many feed whole grain very successfully. The big flocks aro going to tho far West all tho tlmo and aro crowding tho cattlo off of tho ranges. Ono part sulphur and t,wo parts salt Ib an excellent combination for sheep. It Bhould be placed whero they can always get at it Unless you actually lovo tho work, do not attempt to ralso a Hock of sheop. The shepherd must be in full sympathy with his flock or elso ho cannot bo successful. If you keep your sheep shut up In a closo pen without proper ventila tion they will cntch cold when thoy go out Into tho cqld air. Sheep will drink nothing but abso lutely clean water, and will suffer for tho lack of It A llttlo oil meal fed twice a wcok with tho bran will prevent indigestion in sheep. Sheep should bo changed from ono feed to another gradually. Thoy aro delicate and cannot stand sudden changes of feed niy moro than Bud don changes of weather. Novor feed moro than ono-fourth of a pound per day per head at tho start and whon on full feed threo or four weeks later tho limit Bhould be two pounds. SRIALL VS. LARGE CHICKEN FLOCKS Amateur Should Start With Few Birds and Gradually Work Up to Full Capacity. It seems to be tho ambition of tho nverago amateur to immediately got on top of tho heap. Ho sees no rea boii why ho cannot at onco establish a good income from poultry farming, and tho way he figures out results Is really romarkablo. Do not his figures show that as he mado so much .profit on 50 hens, ho can make ten times greater on 500? Ho forgets that In tho caro of 50 fowls he has plenty of, tinio to supply all their wants, and vthat thoy re ceived a grenter variety of food than would bo posslblo to glvo n Hock ten times larger. Tho tablo scraps alono In tho feeding of 50 fowls is an item which cannot bo overlooked and which In all probability contributed more to tho results than anything elso. ,In a Binnll ilock nn ailing fowl la moro readily noticed than" it is in a largo flock, for tho reason that tho keeper has more tlmo to carefully In spect. In a flock of 500 tho attend ant must hurry up IiIb work of feeding and watering and cleaning up, and ho at times only mechanically glauccB at tho birds. Largo flocks necosaltnto the employ ment of extra labor and tho "hired man" quostlon Is a serious ono on tho poultry farm. It is difficult to necuro a man who will tako tho samn Interest In the flocks that you will, He Is working more for wages than ho is for tho success of tho plant. The moral Is this: Ilegln small, grow gradually and stop growing when your capacity Ib reached. If hired holp must bo employed assign Bomo particular work to help, but lot Kthe real personal management ho in your own hands. It Is tho only way to make a largo poultry farm pay. BREAK BROOD SOW OF VICIOUS HABIT Smell of Kerosene Disgusts Ani mal and Prevents Her From Eating Her Young. As a general thing It Ih somewhat difficult to break a sow from the habit of eating her young after she has onco formed this vicious and unnatural de sire. It starts from tho sow being out of condition; alio Is feverish and her apprtito demands something that kIio Is not getting. Tho stuto of fevorlHhucss is fre quently brought about by constipation and effoit should bo mndo to prevent constipation by tho feeding of linsiod oil, and caro provlouH to and uftor far rowing, ns It removes tho cauao for fevor. Dip a woolen rag Into koroseno and rub it lightly over tho hair of tho pigs. Bo careful, howevor, not to got It on tho skin as It will blister. The smell of tho kuroheno disgusts tho tow at onco nnd thus prevents hor from tak ing the llfo of hor young. j Beautify the Farmstead. Set out Homo shndo trees this spring and beautify tho farmstead. WHAT KITTY MEANT olUii c. i By F. H. SWEET. As thoy walked sho told hor com panion of new plans. That very day sho had Bccured employment in tho blankot factory, and would com niouco work tho next morning. Six ninths beforo she had como homo a broken wreck her husband recontly killed In a drunken brawl, hor own llfo spoiled, as sho thought, by tho man against whom Bho had beon warned. But now, with renowed health and resolution, sho was nbout to commence llfo again, to build up from tho wrock. Hnlstoad listened quietly until Bho had finished, then broko out: "You know there ain't no nocd for It, Kitty. You know l'vo beon wait In' for you to got Btrong bo I could Bay tho'fiamo thing I did before bo foro you mot him. it didn't aeem right to persuade you when you first came, you was bo weak an' tired. But now you'ro Btrong ugaln an' know your own mind. An', Kitty" his volco trembling In aplto of IiIb ef forts at self-control "l'vo been wait In' a good ninny years, l'vo never folt to marry anybody cIbo." Hor hand rose Impetuously, to stop him. "But you must think to marry somobody else, HnlBtoad," Bho said, earnestly. "You'ro too good a man to ho wasted that way. An' you mUBt atop thlnkln of me, for it can't ever be, after after what's gono by. I ain't much, but I couldn't ho so mean nB to harm a man llko that. Now, HalBtcad, pleaao" touching his arm as sho saw tho grim amusement on his fuco--"don't mnko mo go on feel in' l'vo ruined your life. There's Nelly Bocup. Sho likes you. an" HalBted laughed aloud. "No uso talkln' that way, Kitty," ha interrupted. "I want you, an' if I can't havo you now, I'm willln to wait awhllo. When it gotB too hard I shall grab you up an' run so fast an' far you won't bo nblo to get breath to say no." "I'm sorry, Halstoad." Thoro wero tears in Kitty 'b eyes, but her volco was firm. "I shan't over marry any man to hnmper him. It won't bo no uso for you to wait nnd o.b1c mo again, over." Thero waa much alcknesB In tho town that fall a malignant spotted fover, highly contagious nnd ono by ono tho poorer portloiiB of tho town woro put under quarantine. Then ono evening HalBtcad helped what ho thought to bo a drunken man to his homo, nnd tho next day tho man camo down with tho fover, nnd within a week waa dead. Within an hour af ter Halstead heard this ho was on his way to tho woods for what ho said was to bo a few days' hunting. In reality, It was to watch hlmsolf. Ono morning beforo people had be gun to appear on tho streets, ho stag gered to tho Bldowalk- outsldo tho fenco of his slstor'B homo, where Kitty boarded. "Mary, oh, Mary," ho called. Then when IiIb Bister nppeared at tho door. "Don't como any nearer. You know that empty cabin up by tho big rock, whero wo walk Bomotlmcs?" "Yes." "Well, I want you to send some food and water thero, Boon's you can. l'vo got tho fevor. Walt," raising his volco a llttlo bitterly ns Bho withdrew .hurriedly Into tho houso. "Thoro ain't a mlto of danger UiIb far, not for you nor tho children. I won't go near tho cabin till you got tho things in, so It'll bo safe. I'll stay off In tho woodB a couple of hours. But pleaso hurry, for I'm boglnnln' to loao sense- of things." "HalBtcad!" it was a quiet hut per emptory volco from an upper window. Hnlstoad raised Ills oyes and tried to fix his mind on whnt ho saw there. "Kitty, Kitty." ho said, dreamily, "that you? Belter go In an' shut tho window. Maybo the wind's blowln' that way." "Halstoad," tho volco said hlowly and diBtlnctly, "can you go straight to tho cabin by yourself?" "Course," Indlgnnntly, "straight's an arrow. But I'll wait two hours." "No," peremptorily, "you must go at onco, straight. 1 will boo about tho food and everything else. I'll havo a doctor thero almost as soon nB you uro. Ani I'll havo a nurso. I'd make you como In here, but thcro's your Bis ter nnd her children, an' thero'B chil dren In both tho next houses. So maybo It' wouldn't ho best. No go, straight, straight to tho cabin." Halstead raised his hand to his forehead undecidedly. But tho volco had been clear and incisive, and just now It was easier for him to oboy than to think. So ho nodded vaguely and staggered up tho sidewalk. Kitty watchnd him anxiously until sho re alized Unit, in splto of IiIb wavering steps, ho was heuding toward tho cabin. Then sho hurried downstairs. Mary mot hor at tho foot. "What do you moan, Kitty?" sho began, wildly; "yovi'ro not going up thoro to him, an' then como back to mo an' tho chlldron? Moat every body's died of tho fover bo far." "That's all right, Mary," answered Kitty Boothlngly. "I'm not comln' back. You wouldn't havo Halstead bo without a nurso, would you?" "But ovorybody dios most, an' you'll suro tako It," remonstrated Mary hysterically. llulstoad did not die, but It was moro than threo months boforo ho wuh nblo to leave his bed and tottor across the cabin floor to a eoat In tho doorway. Thero ho Bat for a long tlmo, gnBplng for bronth and gazing moodily at tho distant mountain tops. Kitty came to him there nftcr alio had arranged his bod nnd tidied tho room. "Doesn't it look good, Halstead?' Bho said. Ho did not answer at onco, but presently turned to hor with a droary hmlle. "1 I don't know ns It does, Kitty," ho replied. "You hoard tho doctor toll mo it would llkoly bo six months boforo I would begin to do any work, nn' that my oyes nn' hoarln wouldn't over bo qulto so good ngaln. That's just tho same as if I wbb gottln' to bo an old man." Ho waB silent for Bomo minutes, then added: "An' that nln't all, Kitty. It'll tako every cent l'vo got to pay tho doctor. You boo, boforo you camo, I never saved any thing. I didn't feel any noed. What I got I spout to hqlp Mary nn' tho children, l'vo only been puttln' by tho few months you wna horcy beforo I wna Blck. What is It?" for alio was now stnndlng by his aide, her hand upon IiIb Bhouldor, smiling down into his face. "Will you marry mo, HnlBtoad?" Ho gazed at her stupidly for a mo ment then his lips began to quivor. "Don't Kitty," was all ho said. "But I mean it, HnUtcad," earn-' estly. "I eald I would novor marry a man to hamper him, but I'm strong an' well now, an' you'ro woak, nn tho doctor says I can get all tho work I want nursing I can bo makin' money while you'ro getting Btrong, an'," low ering her volco a llttlo, "I bollovo l'vo alwaya loved you, HnlBtoad, al ways. That that other was only n crnzy spoil. Why, HalBtcad!" hor volco suddenly catching and then breaking into n sob. For the tears wero streaming down Hal8tead'B face now. But ho hold out his arms. ENGLISH NEEDS A STRAINER Georfje Fitch Wonders Which Dialect of the Country Is Nearest Corract. Tho announcement that a society has been organized In England for tho purposo of dlsintorrlnR tho English language from tho English pronuncia tion will bo hailed with deep delight by Americans. This Bociety means much to us. For generations Americans hnvo boon ac cused of shocking crimes against tha English language. According to Eng llahmon, who get moro Indignant over this crlino than almost any other ox copt that of beating England in ath letics, wo hnvo rackod. maimed, twist ed, butchered and unjolntod tholr peerless tonguo beyond lecognltion. Wo havo admitted this with Borrofw, hut when It camo to roforni wo havo beon hclplosB. Which ono of tho 79 dlalccta and contortions of English spokon in England havo wo defaced? Has it been Cornish, Yorkshiro, Cock ney or Bocloty English? Has it boon Oxford English, Liverpool English, or stngo EngllBh? Has It been tho Eng lish which makos "d's" out of all tho "n's" or tho English which trans plants "h's?" Has ltbeen tho Eng lish which uses 'brokkor" for break fast, or that peculiar brand which sub stitutes "nychor" for naturo, "audjlns" for audience, nnd which snya "tup-ponce-hayponny"nB confidently ns if it woro spelled that way? All of this uncertainty hna baffled conBcloutlous Americans. In fnct, it has puzzled us to tho point of paraly sis. But now that Robert Bridges, tho now poet laurento, who seomB dis posed to do something moro humnno than nnnlvorsnry verse, has bended an expedition for tho selection of n real EngllBh tonguo, wo mny tako hope. Thoro could bo no real objection to talking puro EngllBh In this country if tho English would only agree among themselves upon tho tost Goorgo Fitch in Colller'a Weekly. It Was Possible. A Vermont man recontly visited his brother, tiie ownor of n ranch In ono of tho arid regions o'f tho west. Aa tho guest was shown over tho placo, tho owner told him of tho difficultlcH and obstacles that had beon overcorua in making tho desert bloom, and ho nlflo touched upon IiIb plans for tho future "You amnzo mo, Bill," Bald tho vis itor. "Is it possible to mnko n liv ing on such land as this nnd in such a climate?" "It suro is. I havo had a good deal moro than a moro living." "I nm glad to hear that, for you must havo laid by something for a rainy day." Tho owner smiled. "l'vo dono Lot tor than that," ho explained. "With tho holp of an occasional rainy day, I have contrived to lay by something for tho dry days." LIppIncott'B. Gave Liberally to Education. Henry W. Sage, an eminent philan thropist, was born 100 years ago In Mlddlotown, Conn. At tho ago of twenty ho went to Ithaca, N. Y., and engaged In tho mercantile buslnoBa with nn uncle. In 1854 ho heenmo in terested in the lumber regions of Canada and tho weat. Ho bought ex tensive tractB of land, orocted tho largest sawmill In Michigan, and ac cumulated a largo fortuno aa a luin- her merchant Some years later ho returned to Ithaca, whero ho took an actlvo Interest in tho affnirB of Cor nell university. Ho established tho Sago College for Woman, nnd bin other honef actions to tho unbferalty amounted to more than ?l,000,0fi), Ho also endowed a lectureship a, Ynlo colloge and founded a public sjtirnry In .ost llay City, Mich. Mrfingo wnH a tniBtoo of Cornell unKvMty irom io y uuiu pia uuaiu in. isi
