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THE NORTH PLATTE SEMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE. K: r Y K NOTES -?-. MEADOWBROOK Rj- FARM mamffir Prcparo the hotbed. Oct a few IiIvub of bees. Guinea fowls rollsh Insects. Straw Bhoultl bo conserved Just the tsamo as other things. Roosta that can bo moved tire best for they aro most easily cleaned. Tho gardener's ability Is pretty well Judged by the neatness of his garden. Denmark sells to Great Britain about $5,000,000 worth of butter overy year. A farm cannot bo properly conducted without ltvo stock production and soil fertilization. Churning should bo stopped when tho granules of butter are about the size of kernels of corn,. Unless you aro handy to a good mar ket, don't dabble very heavily In mar ket crops like potatoes and cabbage. o Do your odd jobs around the apiary, and In getting ready for the busy sea son, before the rush of work Is upon you. It is estimated that a good crop of sweet clover when turned under will udd as much humus as 1G tons of barn yard manure It is a natural trait of mankind to do things which are convenient. Con venience In our dally routine tends to make our work more enjoyable. Lime docs not need to be plowed un der. It goeB down naturally. It Is better to broadcast it on the surface of plowed land and thoroughly harrow It in. Very often trees that have passed through a hard winter show no Indi cations of freezing In tho bark, but an examination may show that the wood Is injured. Sunlight Is tho best germ destroyer known, cleansing the parts of tho house where It shines. It also adds warmth and makes environment more congenial. Deep-rooted crops, such as alfalfa and sweet clover, have a tremendous value in Improving soils, to say noth ing of the nitrogen they storo up for other crops. Home improvement can be made most effectively If tho young folks aro taken Into confldenco and are given an Interest and encouragement to help with the work. In the hope of introducing It into the United Statoa an expert from the department of agriculture has been sent to Manchuria to get specimens of n peach that weighs a pound. Tho Italian Inventor of a new steel windmill which has only five vanes claims it will withstand the strongest wind and that It works equally well In the heaviest and slightest breeze. The grape leaf hopper is sometimes Incorrectly called "thrlps." For its control spray the vines with tobacco extract or kerosene emulsion while tho insects are young and before they can fly. It la estimated that there are about 7,000,000 farmers' families In the United States, today, taking tho word farmer in its broadest sense and In cluding all persons living In the open country, In the addition of manure to the garden, much will be gained if it is thoroughly decomposed, as 'thyen It. Is more quickly Incorporated with the soil, and the plant food it contains is most readily available. The business hen is an old stand by, after all, when it comes either to laying eggs or hatching of tho chlckB. Except In cases when you want to hatch a large number of chicks In short order tho hen is a pretty reliable Incubator just the eamo. Then glvo her a fair show and she will come pretty near making good. Powdery scab of the potato affects ihe soil for an indeflnito timo, and may bo introduced by the use of dis eased seed potatoes, and may be trans mitted by contaminated sacks or other containers, or garbage wuRte used as fertilizer. It Is no longer necessary to sepa rate tho sheep from the goats, because in many of tho western markets choice, juicy lamb chops como from fat little Angoras and It Is said nobody cnii toll tho difference after thoy havo been served on the table. J-pyA fc f Blanket jour horse. i j Keep the grit box Sited. . . l'ack hatching eggs carefully. ., I .j pan is encouraging tue. mill grow- ilug Industry. Herbs are in duniaud at hotels and restaurants for dressing. Get tho hotbed sash and frames ready. It will soon be time to uso them. Cabbage Is comparatively easy to grow, and produces an enormous aero tonnuge. . , Don't wait until you are ready to sot the Incubator to see that It is In good condition. , Norway spruce, Scotch and Austrian pine, planted about 1G feet apart, make excellent wind breaks. Don't lot tho horse stand without a blanket, while you aro chatting with a frlond in the post olllce. Plant sunflowers along the edges of the poultry yards for shade In sum mer and feed in fall and winter. A Bcrub hen Is not worth much, but she Is as good as any for tho man who will not give his tlock good care. Tho decay of manure or any organic matter is due entirely to tho action of bacteria and other low forms of plant lire. Spraying, or the lack of It, Is the balance on which hangs success or failure In the management of a largo orchard. The bud moth which works In the swelling budB and destroys them can bo controlled by an early spray of ar senate of lead. Nothing pays on a rami better than kindness, and the lack of it is a constant, though Invisible, drain on the pocketbook. For early hatches it Is best to glvo not more than eleven eggs to a hen, or those on tho outer edge may become exposed and chilled. Keep all plant3 clean, to avoid troublo with tho red spider and other pests. Spray or sprinkle the foliage 6nco a week if possible. Never compel hogs to sleep- In straw stacks, manure piles or any place where they will come out steaming and sneezing In tho morning. f Too much water in the soil makes it impossible for tho bacteria to carry on the work they And to do. and such soils are unproductive of agricultural crops. "N Too many men do not realize the' importance of careful and correct pruning. Find an expert orchardlst' and work with him to gain the proper experience. No other farm animal requires so much kindness as the dairy cow. Han dling the heifer in a roughshod man ner an excellent way to make an unruly, nervous cow. There never was a time in the his tory of agriculture when the subject aroused as much interest as it does at the present time. It gets Into the blood and will not down. The "earth" cellar or outside cellar usually gives better conditions for the storing of vegetables than does the house cellar. Such cellars are easily built of cement, and last forever. The appearance of tho grape root worm in any vinoyard should be tho signal for the owner to bo up and In arms against the Invader, aB no other insect linn done as much damage to grapes. It is of course possible to keep drilled corn free of foreign grass In the rows but a hundred-mile drive any summer will not And more of such fields than one may count on the fin gers of one hand. Tho barnyard and the hogyard should bo well drained and If possi ble they should bo paved with some goqd material that will keep tho stock out of the mud One of the best barn yards I ever saw wns jwvad with concrete- and carefully drained to a cis tern' so that all of the liquid manure was saved. Threshed oats aro fine for fowls, If fed Intelligently. They will some times produce crop-bound, if fed too freely when flrBt fed. Almost any dry bulky rations will produce crop-bound when fed In largo quantity. However, oats are a very valuable ration for fowls, but wo would prefer to reed It alternately with a mash food made of pure wheat bran, hominy reed and shorts. A very important thing for the fruit man to know Is that the honey bee Is his friend and cuts a large figure when it comes to tho matter of fertilizing the blossoms. Beekeepers and frujt growers should therefore work to gether. Professor Stewart of the Pennsyl vania experiment station holds that from tho standpoint of tho trees tho least hurmful are tilled leguminous Intercrops, tuch ns peas and beans, on account of thnlr favorable nitro gen and molfture rations. SUGGESTIONS FOR TREATING THE COLTS Fine Work Team, Some breeders are bold enough to castrate their own animals, still more employ a man who makes a living as a gelder, but does not pretend to be a veterinary surjjeon. The danger In castration is in rupture. So long as the testicles aro in the purse, and their cords are occuping to a great extout tho orifices in tho belly the obtrusion Into tho scrotum of a small knuckle of Intestine may bo overlooked unless a very careful examination Is made; Indeed it may then cscapo the Intending operator's notice, if the colt hns been well fast ened and'plaped upon his back, re maining there for a minute or two, as during this timo the small portion or gut will often slip back Into tho abdo men. For this, among other reasons, an old hand will prefer to have the ani mal on his side while making an ex amination. Some will squeeze the larynx fo make tho animal cough by way of a test. If another person does the squeezing (as for wind patients of adulU), the castrator's fingers upon the cords of the testicles will tell him of a bulge and he will thon exercise special precautions. It is far better to let the colt get up again and sacrifice the timo than to proceed without all necessary appli ances. Ruptured colts should never bo entrusted to gelders without ana tomical knowledge, or not possessing a reputation for operating upon such cases. The nnlmal should be prepared by long fasting, placed upen his bnck. rendered limp by the inhalation of chloroform, and the testicles re)noved while the horse Is Insensible and un likely to struggle. The veterinary surgeon may choose to put In two or more studies of solu ble material across the orifice now no longer partly occupied by the cord. If his hands and all things used by him huve been rendered untiBeptic this will probably bo the best plan. There will bo Just enough adhesive in flammation set up by the suture3 to GOOD TREATMENT OF ANIMAL WOUNDS Few Injuries Are Materially Bene fited Unless Treated by Professionals. By DR. M. H. REYNOLDS, V. S. Various preparations or turpentine, alcohol, vinegar, carbolic acid, irritat ing oils, and even mineral acids are frequently used in the treatment or animal wounds and then because the patient recovers in spite or barbarous treatment, people erroneously con clude that the medicine cured. Bleeding can usually bo checked quite easily. If the blood is from a lnrgo number or small vessels, hemorrhage can be checked and final ly Btopped by the means or ico and by very hot or very cold water, or the wound may bo packed in clean cotton or oakum and tightly bandaged. In case a large blood vessel Is sev ered tho artery may bo secured by means or small forceps or even a hook made by bending a pin or piece or wire. In some cases hemorrhage can be easily controlled by a tight bandago placed above or below the wound. It the blood Hows In a steady stream the bandago should be on the sldo rnrthest from tho heart. ir it flows in jets tho bandago should bo tied between the wound and the heart. Comparatively row wounds aro ma terially benefited by sewing, band aging or washing except in prores sion hands. ir tho wound is mudo lengthwise or tho muscle there may bo considerable advantage in holding tho sidos to gether by sewing. No special rorm or noedlo or thread Is necessary ex cept that both should bo clean and tho latter should bo or u reasonable size. A darning needle and ordinary cotton thread will do very well In an emer gency. U tho wound is made across the muscle and gapes widely it Is usually unwise to sow, ror tho stitchna will cut out in a row daya and mako tho Bear much worse than ir It had been Gentle and Strong. make a plug and stop the escape or tho gut nftonvardo. Tho suturing ma terial Itself will be dissolved and ab sorbed in a row days. This suturing material Ib at once a great gift to tho surgeon and a dan ger It he trusts it too much, it may be absorbed In rorty-elght hourB be fore sufficient or sufficiently strong plastic material haB been thrown out to guard the entrance to tho nbdomen, or exit for the bowels aB we four It might prove. A further precaution may therefore be taken by putting n fow stitches or insoluble silk through tho empty purse rather close up to the belly. This Bhould be well saturated with an anti septic as we do not want a rormntion of pus, although wo may have to leave It for three days or more, if the sub sequent swelling outside tho belly does not satisfy us Hint It Is safe to remove these outside stitches. Unless any foreign substnnco has gone in while operating, there is ap parently little danger of peritonitis or other ill resultB. There aro other methods of operation the details of which moro concern tho practicing veterinary surgeon than the horse breeder, who should neither attempt the performance himself nor let an other whom he cannot fully trust. It Is to put our readers on tholr guard against tho recklcas assumption that overy colt is normal, and that no such precautions need he taken that we offer theso suggestions, thoro being. no use in idle regrets whon an hour after castration a colt Jb found with his bowolB hanging out and beyond as sistance. Ono may say that such cases have been successfully dealt with, but the delay la nearly always fatal. If the. animal enn bo secured and tho bowel held lln hv n uliaot unlllrntn.l with fi disinfectant until tho veterinary sur- geon arrives. It may bo possiblo to re turn that portion of intestine and re tain it while anticipating subsequent inflammatory troubles by proper treatment. loft alono. Occasionally a wound Is such that the edges can bo held to gether by means of bandnges. If thl can be done there may bo consider able advantage In doing so, but these wounds are rare. Bandages should be changed frequently and the wound kept clean. Maggots may be prevented In small wounds by smearing tho following mixture around tho bonier. Turpen tine, one part; tar, three parts; llBh oil, two parts. If a wound becomes Inrested with maggots, uso chlorororm by spraying or sprinkling tho parts by throwing it rrom a sponge. FEW TIMELY HINTS FOR POULTRY YARD Pleasure and Profit Found in Fowls When Rightly Fed and Sheltered. Itlghtly bred, rightly fed, warmly and cleanly housed, tho fowls a,t Snow Uird poultry ynrds are a novor fail ing source of plensuro and profit. The ground feed ir compounded at homo was composed or ono scoopful or wheat bran to ono or chopped corn and oats equally halved. Vegetables were Hiibstitutcd ror the Buminer-tlmo green food. Cabbage hung by tho roots within easy reach, mangel-wurzela split In half then Im paled on spikes co tho biddies might pick tho flesh from tho outer covering In a cleanly manner, witli added sue culency in tho form of chopped onions, and uncooked potatoes together with clover-chaff and dried leaves ub scratch material and roughage, mini mlzed tho grain bill and kept the fowls comfortable, vigorous, produc tive. Meat was olther ground green bono or beer meal. If tho former, one-half ounce to the fowl dally, if tho latter, It was hopper fed, thoy onting as much aB desired and whenever Inclined to. A tri-wnekly cleaning or drop bonrds; a weokly spraying or pcrchou; a semi-annual hoiiHo cleaning, together with tho usago or offuctlvo insecticides kept down tho vermin. mnuBu j BEATING THEM TO IT By J. P. ORTH. With an open letter In his hand. JUBt received by rural dollvery, Captain Sholto, retired, walked straight up to Judgo DlBbrow, lato off tho bench, and said: "Judgo, you aro a Bwlndlor, sir." 'V-nd you aro a rascal, elrt" wan the. prompt reply. "You aro a liar, sli 1" "And you aro a coward, sir!" "I challenge you to meet mo on tho field, Blrl" "And I cheerfully accept, sir!" Both mon were over sixty yenra old; both were of good character nnd tholr country grounds adjoined. Tho duel would havo been fought hnd they been nblo to find soconda. They realized what the law would do to all participants. Two old men who have boon neigh bors for fifteen yenra don't call nnmos all or a sudden. While thoy had boon neighbors nnd had dally association, ihoro was a suppressed Ill-reeling. Captain Sholto wna tho Inst comer. When ho had his land Burveyed It was found that tho Judgo had eight Inches of his real estate. Tho Judgo said that tho surveyor waa a dundcr-hend, nnd that he would have a new survey, but ho had never brought It about. Later on tho captain had built a barn which the Judgo claimed rested upon his land by several Inches. Tho cap tain waa to call In a surveyor, but hud procrastinated. The captain had chickens. The Judgo had a dog. Tho Judge had a colored cook. The captain had an Irish gardener. Tho captain had a dnughter, and tho Judgo had a son, and until thoy were old enough to bo sent away to school they were always qunrrollng and making up. But tho outbreak hnd como at loaf, and that from n peaceful eky. The two old men had been sit ting and smoking their pipes together when the captain remarked: "By tho way. Judge, some ono was telling mo that you owned Plum island, ovor on tho sound." "I do. Judge." "How large Jb It7" "Thirty acres." "Goqd fishing there?" "Tho very boat, and shooting, too." "Must bo a good placo to pass a month with a llttlo party?" "I've tried it and know." "What'B your price?1' "Not a cent less than $2,000." "Well, have tho deed mndo out to morrow and I'll hand you a check." Four days after Captain Sholto had becomo tho owner of Plum Islnnd that letter came. It wiih from a fisherman who knew him, and who wrote: "Tell Judgo Dlabrow that tho lato great storm washed away half of Plum islard." Tlc captain gasped for breath, llo had Just bought Plum island and pnid a gnod price for it! Did the Judgo kuof what tho storm had done when ho mndo the alo?" "He did, tho old Idiot ho did!" was exclnlmcd. "Ho had heard tho news and wanted to stick me! Half my islni'd gono! A clear thousand dollar swindle! Tho,mIsernblo Bwlndlor shall past the rest of his days behind tho bare!" And the Son of Mars rushed to tho combat. AS eighteen years of ago Miss Gladys Sholto waa a student nt Fair iiort seminary. At twenty yenrB of igeRoynl Dlsbrow was a student at Falrport college. Thcro had been something of an antagonistic feeling between them ns each was bound to support tho contention of tho parent, but thiu had never flamed up. The day alter tho row over Plum Island tho captain wrote to his daughter: "I havo at laat discovered what an unhung scoundrel Judge Dlsbrow is, und I forbid you to notice his son In any manner. Cut him cold aud dead If he dnreo to bow to you!" And tho Judge wrote to his son: "Captain Sholto has finally rovealed himself In his true colore. Avoid his daughter at all costs. Will write par ticulars later." Tho schools were a mile npart, and the students met only on tho streets of tho village. The two in question had not mot for a month when their respective letters came. "How Billy!" was the comment of each after reading the mluslvo; and thoy Btralghtway started out to hunt each other up. By luck they met at the post office. "I shall pay no attention to what father says." observed MIbs Gladys ne they talked the matter over. "And I shall not let It affect me In the least," replied tho young man. ' "They have no right to demand that wo break our friendship because they havo a quarrel." "Certainly not." Until that momeut neither had thought to apply tho term friendship to their rolntloiiB. Their attitudes had been respev-tful but Indifforent. Now all nt on?" thoro came a bond between them. They looked at each other with different eyes; they thought of each other in a different way. When they went homo on tholr suinmor vacation thoy refused to tako up tho quurrol, but they began to do things. Miss Uladys wrote a letter tho answer to which sho smilingly showed her fa ther: "Somo inontliB ago,' It read, "a good half of Plum island was washed nwny in a big storm. Two woekH ago we had another terrific gale, and lo, It not only restored tho Isiaud, but added five nuros to it! Toll your fathor I can find him a customer at $3,000." Tho judgo hnd to go up to tho city ror a couple or dnys, and his son se cured tho services of a competent sur veyor. Tho Judge hadn't flight inches or tho Sholto land. Ho hadn't within half an Inch of what hln dcod called for. Tho captain's barn did not root upon tho judge's land, hut was within hln own line by an Inch. "Fathor has got to build a runwny nnd keep tho chickens shut up," said Gladys. "And our dog has got bo old that vn expect to find him dead any morn ing," udded young Dlsbrow. "Our cook has got to amend her conduct or Bho must go." "Ditto our gardenor." To bring about a reconciliation looked as easy aa pic, but It proved anything but that. "Ho called mo a swindler!" ox claimed thu judge. "Ho called mo a rascal!" oxclaimetl tho captnln. "Ho called mo n llnr!" "Ho called mo a coward!" Both old men saw that they were In tho wrong, and both felt nBhnmod of It, but what was to bo done? Soma ono must mako tho first advance. "Never In this world!" exclaimed tho captain. "I'd bo devoured by wolves flrat! ' Things might havo hung on this way for goodness knowB how long had not fate taken a hand. Ono afternoon Mho Gladys nnd Roynl stole away to tho grove. Tho girl wanted tho wingo of n red bird to trim a hat, and ho brought along aAgun loaded wltli blrdshot. At nbout tho samo hour tho captnln awoko from his nap nnd decided to saunter over into on old pasture in search of blackberries. Ton minutes later tho Judgo awoko from IiIb nap and decided to du tho same thing. There wero blackborrlos thcro. Thoro was ulso something oIbo them that In no wlso resembled a black berry. It hnd horns nnd four logs. It had a bellow. It had a dcslro to tako human life. Tho captain and tho judgo had not ocon each othor yot whon tho bull navn thorn. Thoro wno Just ono treo to save tholr Uvea, nnd both sought 1L They wero not Alplno cllmboru. those old, old men, but tho way thoy mndo tho bark fly as they went up Uiat treo nlmoat stopped tho bull In his tracks. And ror tho next half hour the bull raged beneath and tho two tnun cusseu nbove. Each cussed to hlmsol! and each cussod heartily. And then tho young folks wore seen returning from their red bird excursion. They had been to tho grovo and a mllo bo yond. They hnd visited for a few minutes with a nice man and wlfo. and both tho ulco man and hlo wlfo had kissed Mias Gladya nnd shaken handB with Royal bb thoy came away. Thoro was hollowing and shouting. Tlidc was pawing nnd beckoning. "Why, It'a our fathers up a treo!" wnH exclaimed in chorun. "And a bull has driven thorn thoro!" Tho situation was realized at once, und Royal crept to a position whom tho blrdshot would do its duty and fired und tho hull wont oil on tho gallop.- The old men hnd barely reached tho ground whon thoy clasped handa and apologized; nnd a minute Intor ono was Baying to Royal: "You can take hor, young man, with my full coiiBont!" Aud tho other to tho girl: I "I shall bo proud of you an my 'daughter-in-law!" "But you boo," said tho young man an ho took GlndyH' hand, "wo didn't know how long tho quarrol would last. and no whllo hunting for rod blrdm wo hunted for a Justice or tho pcaeo,. and found one!" (OopyilRlit, 1914, by tho McClurc N'im paper Hymllcnto.) CREATOR NEVER OWN MASTER Yields to Inspiration, But Rarely lb Certain What Form His Com- pleted Work Will Take. The creative Impulse does not itself know' the next stop It will take, or tho next form that will arise, any moro than thu creative artist deter mliicH beforehand all tho thoughts and forms hln luventlvo genius will bring, forth. Ho has the impulso or tho inspiration to' do a certain thing, to let himself go In n certain direction1, but Just thu precise form IiIb creation will tako is as unknown to him an to you and mo. Somo stubbornncsu or obduracy In his material, or somo accident of timo or place, may mako It quito different rrom what he had hoped or vaguoly planned. Ho doon not know what thought or Incident or character hu Is looking ror till ho has found It, till It has rlRon above bin mental horizon. So far aa ho lo In spired, so far as ho Ib spontaneous. Just so far Is thu world with which ho deal plnstic aud lliiid and Inde terminate and ready to tako any form Ills medium or expression words, colors, tones affords him. Ho may surprise himself, excel himself; tin hn surrendered himself to a power beyond the control of his will or knowledge. John Burroughs, In tho Atlantic Not Guilty. Tim man had boon accused of com mitting an annoyance by flashing n mirror in the eyes of passoroby. "You uro quito mistaken," ho said to tho big policeman, "I haven't any mirror. What theso pcoplo saw wan tho rHIectlon of my shining sorgo, coat I'm a married man and thu co.it Ib four yearn old," Aud, turning hastily, ho throw tha dazzling reflection from IiIb back am olbowB into tho policeman's dazzled oyos. And by tho timo tho ofllcor ro covorud ho was well on hla witf. -Cluveluud Plain Dealer.