THE NORTH PLATTE SEMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE.
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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.
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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.
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Blanket jour horse.
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l'ack hatching eggs carefully.
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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.
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Don't wait until you are ready to
sot the Incubator to see that It is In
good condition.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
