THE NORTH PLATTE 8EMI-WEEKLV TRIBUNE.
NOTES fROft
MEADOWBROOK
FARM r
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Drain the hog yards.
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Rnlso some straw berries. '
He gentle with all animals.
. Plan on having a garden and dotor
mlno to take caro of It
The duck averages ten dozon eggB
lin about seven months laying.
Watch the feet of the colt. As they
.grow tho horse will be valuable or
Inot.
Feed plenty of charcoal, as It 1h mm
)of the boat things for keeping tho poul
try healthy.
In a small garden cucumbers and
imuskmelons may bo trained on a wlro
(trellis or on pea brush to savo space.
Cooking food for hogs and cattle
twos long ngo proved to be not only
hio Improvement but often an actual
Hour.
Quiet, gentle, handling of the ewes
during tho winter makes It much eas
ier work to caro for the flock during
me lamoing period.
One of the professors of the Car
negie echool at Pittsburgh recently
found an edible mushroom weighing
a little over 30 pounds.
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Irregularity in care and feeding Is
felt more by sheep than by any other
farm animal. A successful Bheep man
says that he "feedB by the clock."
"With sod-mulch systems, the grass
in the orchard must bo mowed often
and allowed to lay where It falls. Its
removal decreases the fertility of the
soil.
Celery banked with earth late In the
fall seems more palatable than where
boards are used. Do. not bank when
the follago is at all moist, aB this will
aid decay.
"When to apply a fertilizer depends
on when it is needed by the plant, the
kind of fertilizer, the soil, the crop,
nnd the season of normal rainfall of
i the district.
A poorly fed tree cannot do Its best
any more than a poorly fed man or
animal. It Is surprising what a differ
ence a wheelbarrowful of manure
around a tree will make.
A good method of watering ferns
is to set the pot in a pan or tub of
water long enough to soak the roots
nnd soil thoroughly. Do not water
again until the plantWeds It
There are several ways to shorten
the life and usefulness of farm Im
plements. The quickest way to spoil
tnem is tho one that is most common;
leaving them out In the weather.
In planting fruit trees for family
use, select tho varieties that appeal
to the palate of the homo folks, but
for the markets select those varieties
that keep boBt and are In greatest do-maird.
Don't burn tho straw.
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Spread the manure dally.
Keop tho good breeding owes.
"One apple n day will help to keep
the doctor away."
Ewes that arc successful breeders
should bo kept as long as possible
Guinea fowls are tho most persist
ont bug enters of nil tho poultry,
tribe.
A good, reliable equipment is nbso
utoly necessary for profitable poultry
raising.
The old-fashioned, well-kept, well
selected garden Is not now as common
as it should be.
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Mato up tho teams Intended for
work In the spring nt least a few days
beforo they nro needed.
A ventilated corncrib built of per
forated concrete blocks adorns tho
farm of Its Illinois designer.
The coldeBt weather does not kill
tho Insects. Therefore spraying Is tho
snfest method of killing them.
Tho Incubator Is not changeable.
After It is once started It will sot
persistently until tho end of tho hatch.
Give the poultry access to charcoal
and also a chance nt coal screenings.
They relish and make good use of
thorn.
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Never plant young' trees among. old
and diseased ones, because tho worms
and insects are almost certain to de
stroy them.
It Is estimated that every year 60,
000,000 tons of potaBh are carried into
tho oceans by the streams which
empty into thorn.
Get all fruit trees planted at the
very earliest chance, so that they may
make all growth possible the first
year arter setting out.
Much land that refuses to grow rod
clover may he put by cowpeas Into a
state of fertility that will insure a per
fect stand of clover.
Horses should never be made to eat
moldy hay, as nothing is worse In lead
ing to worrying, whistling and other
derangements of tho wind.
This Is a good time to buy that pure
bred male, or that breeding pon of flno
fowls. Breeders will sell a little
cheaper now than they will a little
later.
Hats for the Easter Bridesmaid
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IMPERIOUS MISS COLBY
By JUNE QAHAN.
In
the dairy ration nr in fin.
young nnd growing stock and breeding
stock, oats take practically tho same
Place, pound for pound, as bran or
shorts.
Vegetables should be carefully pre
pared for market. Supply what your
market can use and nut It un tah
hhu in mo most attractive
possible).
package
Green ground bones are rich in al
bumen, phosphate of lime and phos
phoric acid, which go to make eggs
and shells. It will pay any poultry
man to buy a bonemlll to grind bones
for his fowls.
Even if you have not gotten round
to have a little family orchard, you
can't afford to go longer without n bod
of strawberries, and probably , somo
raspberries, gooseberries, currants
nnd other small fruits.
According to the federal forest
service the average annual loss from
forest fires Is about 70 lives and 26,
000,000. If Uie cost of crops, build
ings, stock and young trees ware in
cluded tiie loss would be many mil
lions more.
Bee keepers should talje particular
pains to Inform the fruit growers that
spraying tho fruit trees when they are
in full bloom not only poisons many
of the bees, but It is not the time to
get the codling moth. Better still,
get In touch with tho horticultural in
spectors, and ask them to give the
proper Information about the best
time to spray. ,
In trimming young trees from the
nursery do not leave any branches
that are moro than eight inches long.
The practice of cutting back to within
two or three feet on one-year-old troes
is growing, and usually gives very sat
isfactory results.
By all meanB put out a strawberry
bed noxt spring. They are as sure to
thrive and bear abundantly If properly
set out and cared for as a crop of
potatoes. Tho Senator Dunlap le tho
most popular cort and leaves little to
be desired In flrit rlnsa ttnicliiirn
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There is a great loss of time and
money In attending auctions to buy
worn-out tools and machinery that is
out of date. The first wear Is the best
on all farm tools.
Trees must not have wet feet Tho
level of the standing water In the soil
must be at least three feet below tho
surface, and it Is bettor for tho trees
if it Is twice this dlstnnce.
A general rule for feeding dairy
cows: Feed ono pound of eraln n
day for each pound of butter fat pro
duced per week, or one pound of grain
per day for each three pounds of milk.
f HAT all-Important feature of tho
M. bridesmaid's attire her hat will
mako many a young heart to rejoice,
now that the brides of Easter time and
Juno are marshaling their forces. Tho
cortege fairest of nil. the processions
of bridesmaids, may bo gloriously
hatted.
Of all seasons, this Is the one
Jn which thero Is no end of opportur
nlty to Indulge tho Individual fancjln
millinery. Everything on earth, with
much Inspiration from tho realm of
dreams thrown in, appears to be at
tho command of tho milliner. All
tho airy fabrics and tho rich ones, all
the range of colors and nil kinds of
flowers and feathers and spangles and
embroideries, mako posslblo nn un
ending variety. Each bride may have
Bomothlng dlfferont from every other,
for her maids, and thon tho supply
of novelties will not be exhausted.
Two exquisite hats are shown here,
which are the selection of nn author
ity on bridesmaids' hats. They are both
of lace and both original In design.
In tho uppermost hat a flno net or
Renaissance lace covers a fine frame
of silk wire almost smoothly. Tho
brim lifts at the left, leaving a broad
bandeau of laco at this side. There is
a drapery of moire ribbon about tho
underbrim, where a soft white plumo
is mounted. A wreath of roses and
smaller blossomB lies on tho upper
brim, extending entirely nround tho
hat.
The second hat is a very novel shape,
an extreme Btyle. It haB a low, round
crown, swathed with folded mallue.
Sprays of white fancy feathers of an
airy Bort are placed at tho base of
the crown on each side, with a slnglo
half blown rose at the front.
Extending from the rose nnd pass
ing through the brim, thero is a length
of velvet ribbon, terminating in a full
and handsome bow.
This hat, with Its winced brim, is
designed especially for bridesmaids'
wear. One can imagine that a cortege
would bo very effective with tho white
of the lace and feathers suggesting a
flight of white wings.
It Is a Beaeon of beautiful colors.
Millinery, flowers and feathers, moro
especially tho fashlonablo fancy os
trich, play Into the hands of tho mnld
who must select wedding hats. Mil
linery laces, nets, mallne, chiffon nnd
transparent braids mako It easy to
choose the airiest of hats.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
Tailored Hats fop Early Spring
If you cultivated your orchard late
you may have somo dead trees on
your hands noxt spring from freezing.
Cultivation should be stopped In time
to allow tho sap to retreat Into the
roots.
Plan to be ready for tho trees as
soon as they come from the nursery.
jjy uruenng early and being ready
when tho trees arrive you will be
likely to got good trees nnd get them
started properly.
If tho room Is very warm, knnn n
dish of wuter standing among tho
flowers, or on the stove. If the house
is heatod with a furnace the water pan
underneath should always bo kept full.
Tho average house plant likes best a
temperature of CO to 65 degrees, and a
room without heat, opening off from a
warm room, Is an Ideal placo for them.
If the farmer of tho present day
does not succeed It will not bo be
cause ho Is not being offored every
posslblo assistance. The United
States department of agriculture is
conducting extonsivo Investigations to
solve his problems, while most of tho
states are co-operating nlong tho Bamo
lines through state agricultural experi
ment stations.
,It Is a great benefit to the farme
to have his community recognized as
the place where stock of certain typo
and quality can be secured in large
numbers. Tills is the secret of mnnv
of tho groat brooding contors of this
country.
The world's record-breaking broom
corn price of $227.60 por ton was paid
to John Robertson, near Toxhoma,
Okla. One reason for tho"hlgh prices
is that broom corn raisers formed
a combination and held their supplies
for high prices.
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OMEN may not take kindly to tho
new pobo of the hat on tho head.
which leaves more of tho hair uncov
ered thau has been the rulo for sev
eral seasons. Hut Fashion decrees
that the hat must oe posed squarely
on top of the head or else much
tilted to tho right side, and that three
quarters of the hair shall bo In evi
dence. Because or this it is likely that hats
with brims will develop strength. The
narrow brimmed "snllor," with round
crown and nlmost a straight brim, or
with a sloping crown, is sure to bo
a favorite. A model of this kind Is
Bhown in the group of early spring
hats pictured hero. Tbo crown is
draped with one of the novelty ma
terials brought out for the new sea
son, the brim 1b covered with soft
satin, and a band of velvet ribbon
adds a touch of color to tho design.
At the front and back small bou
quets of little June rosea are mounted.
This 1b a graceful hat, one of many
Blmllar shapes. They are becoming
and comfortable, aa well as smart.
With the advance of the season wo
may look for brlma growing wider,
and it is not unlikely that midsum
mer will welcome again the lovely
broad brimmed leghorn and hemp
shapes, with which such picturesque
results In millinery are possible.
An Ideal hat for early spring shows
a comfortably largo crown of satin
and a rolling brim of hemp quite high
at the left side.
JUL(A BOTTOMLEY.
Miss Saxon Colby was twenty years
old.
Sho v.m Imperious and Bclf-wlllod
nnd obstinate.
Her father hadn't vory much monoy,
and sho wasn't vory good looking, but
tho nttltudo of tho girl was that of
ono born to a thro no nnd expecting
evory .mlnuto to recolvo a chock of
several billion dollars from Mr. Rocke
feller.
Miss Saxon had had plenty of ad
mirers, but had becomo Interested In
none. About tho tlmo sho ought to
havo been Interested in a young man
uho would glvo him the cold snub and
ho would vanish nnd another tnko his
place.
Thore were pcoplo who called tho
girl a flirt and a coquotto, but sho
wasn't that It wnB that sho had not
yet met tho right young man, No ono
nad over clashed with her; no ono,
not ovon her father, had dared to say
to her:
"Who aro you to think yourself
tho sail of the earth? You havo a
passable figure; you aro as good look
ing as most of tho girls in tho depart
ment stores. You hnvo only a fair
education. Why do you Bwnggorl
Why do you snub? What right havo
you to say that ono shall do this and
do that?"
Threo different pcoplo appeared at,
Willow Springs by tho Bamo train.
Thoro was her ladyBhlp, MIbb Saxon
Colby.
Thoro was Profotwor Potors, profes
sor of mathematics at a certain "col
lege. Ho waB flfty-flve years old, nnd
was taking a vacation for tho first
tlmo In fifteen years.
Thoro was Gilbert Needhnm, a suc
cessful author, who was Just then very
much before tho public.
Tho professor and Mr. Needhnm put
up at a hotel, while Lady Saxon Colby
stopped with friends at a private
house.
Tho professor put In much of IiIb
timo wnndorlng ovor tho roads and
fields. Mr. Neodham sat on tho ve
randa nnd smoked nnd took a walk
now and then. MIbb Saxon drove out
in a pony cart or an auto, nnd fro
qucntod the hotel moro or less. At
nn early date sho and tho young man
woro Introduced. Aftoij they had sized
each other up ho Bald to himself:
"Rather nice looking, but Bho'u snob
bish and Imperious."
"He's a vory clever author, but In
private llfo ho may have a lot of traits
to be criticized," Miss Snxon Bald of
him.
It has happened thousands of times,
and It will happen thousands moro,
that a man nnd a woman who are an
tagonistic nt a first meeting, and
rather wish to avoid each other, will
be thrown together In spite of them
selves. Ono day young Needhnm was almost
knocked off his feet by an Invitation
from Lady Saxon to take her for a
walk to pick daisies. In his mind ho
complimented hor on dropping her
usual attltudo, and thereupon ho mado
hliuBelf as ngroeablo as possible. It
waB not long, however before ho came
to auspect that Bhe had a plan. They
had gathered a great bunch of daisies
and were sitting with their bnckB to a
thicket, when she remarked:
"I suppose you have received lots of
flattery over your so-called literary
achievements?"
"Certain people havo spoken kindly
of my efforts," wa tho roply.
"Thoro nro nlwuyB toadies. Ab a
literary effort I must say that I rogard
your books as dreary failures."
"They may bo from your stand
point." "Which, I am sure, Ib tho correct
one. Most anyone can hit the tasto of
tho rabble."
"I beg pardon, Miss Colby, but some
of tho highest and most competent
critics have spoken well of my work."
"But my criticisms will stand, Blr,
nnd thoy are moat unfavorable. Ab an
author you aro a failure!"
"Thanks!"
After that thore was nothing to do
but walk back to tho hotel, and thoy
hadn't progressed ten rods when Pro-
fessor Peters emerged from the
thicket with u grin on his face. Ho
hnd heard every word.
Of course, the author's feelings were
hurt, but he reullzed that mallco was
the Incentive, and ho tried to bo cheor
ful overU. It was only threo dayB
Inter when ho was usked If ho could
drive an auto. Upon IiIb replying in
tho nfllrmntlvG, Lady Saxon said:
"I wish to go over to Hill City on
nn errand, but tho chauffour Is 111. You
will drive mo over."
It wnB a dliect command, nnd for a
moment the young man wns Inclined,
to refuso. Then he thought of the
rudeness, and relented.
It wns a rough road across tho hills,
and tho auto was started at about ten
miles an hour. It Bhould not havo
been even that much. They were
about to cross a atone brldgo on which
sat a man with his head down when
her ladyBhlp called out:
"Why this dallying?"
"It Isn't safe to go faster."
"Are you also a falluro as a chmif.
feur?"
"I think I am a good Judge of a
bad road."
"If you do not nt onco Increaso tho
speed I shall got out and walk I"
Tho spoed was doubled, and as the
machluo bounded away, threatening a
disaster ovory minute, tho man on tho
brldgo looked after It and grinned. It
was tho professor.
Her ladyBhlp and servant reached
Hill City without a tragedy. On tho
return tho pneo would havo been tho
same, but sho commnndod:-
"Four mlloa nn hour will bo fasti
enough. I wish to vlow tho Bconory.'
"But thero will bo a frlond at tho)
hotel waiting for me," ho protested'
"Ho or she can wait!"
"But I must" '
"If you nttompt to drive- faster thonl
that I shall get Out and walk!"
Tho gait was mado nt four in lies J
and not onothor word wns spoken bo?
tween them. I
"I'll snub tho llfo out of him!" soldi
tho girl to herself.
"I'll linto hor aB long na 1 llvo!" Bold
tho young man to himself. ,
Mr. Noedhara nnd Professor PotorB1
woro Just bowing acqunintancos. Tholr
Ways Seomod to Ho fnr ntvarf, nml
therefore tho author wa moro than
nBtonlshed aftor dinner that ovonlng
when the profossor naked him if ho
did not wish to tako a walk. Whon
thoy were nlono tho man or mathe
matics said: '
"Miss Colby might bo changed Into
very lovnblo girl."
"You havo noticod her, then?"
"Slightly. If uho was mado ovorf
sho would mako a nice wlfo for BOino.
young man."
"I wouldn't marry hor If Bhe was thoi
lnat woman on earth," exclaimed Mru'
Neodham.
"Tut, tut, young man! You havo a;
mission hero."
Thoy talked for nu hour. Here woal
a dry-as-dust old mathematician whof
had never marrlod, novor had a ro-f
niance and didn't expect to havo, nd-t
vising a young man what to do tot
get his caao In the hands of Cupid.
Two days later Mr. Noodhnm hap-
poned to montlon la tho hearing oC
Lady Saxon that thero wns a flno mo-
torboat down at tho river, and sho att
onco commandod him to escort horl
down to seo It,
Tho professor had said ho would.
"I want you to take mo out in thoi
boat," commanded tho girl after shot
had surveyed It
, Tho proressor had sold sho would.
"I cannot run that kind of a boat,"
replied Noedhara.
"But 1 can nnd will. Como nlong."
"You must oxcuso me. Thero ia dan-
ger."
"Then you nro a coward!"
Tho proreBsor said sho would say
that
Lndy Saxon stoppod Into the craft
and after a llttlo fumbling around
found tho switch nnd Btnrtod It Thoi
boat shot awuy. There bolng nobody:
at tho holm It ran Avhore it pleaeod..
When It hit tho other bank with Kjs,
noso and bounded half-way back Its.
occupant screamed for help.
The professor said sho would, and
no attention must bo paid to hor.
When tho boat scraped ovor a Bunk
on log and shipped a barrel of water
tho "crew" uttehid flvo ehrloks in suc
cession -mid held out her hands.
The profosBor Bald thoro would bo.
at Ie'ast llvo screams.
The boat ran upstream and down-
stream, and from bank to bank, and'
finally over tho sunken log and turnodt
bottom-sldo up.
Tho professor said It would como to
that.
Now wiib the young mnn's chance,
Ho plunged In for tho body nnd awnm
ashore with It and bossed tho Job of,
first aid and bo on, and eont It flowers
evory day until it Bent for him.
Several months later, whon profos
sor saw a certain nnnouncomont In a.
society paper ho grinned and whis
pered: "Didn't I tell him bo!"
(Copyright, MM, by tho McCluro Nowa
papor Syndicate.)
COULD WREAK DIRE HAVOC
Formor Ambassador White Recom
mends Limitations on Aerial Mili
tary Operations.
Andrew D. White, 'formor ambassa
dor to Germany, and chnlrman of tho
American delegation to tho first ponco
conference, says In a lottor to Josoph
H. Choatu that a third Hnguo ponco
conference Ib highly desirable and that
tho efforts of tho national administra
tion to bring about Buch a mooting
would recelvo tho support of all Amorl-t-ans
regurdlesa or party. Doctor
White's health will not permit him to
attend a mooting designed to promotq
such a couforenco. Ho says In his
letter:
"Ono burning question left unsettled
by the second conference was tho
partial or complete substitution of con
tact or floating torpedoos for ships Im
maintaining blockades. Tho question:
is rapidly coming up as to whether
aerlul navigation shall bo limited to.
obtaining military information or ex
tended to attacks upon fortiflod or In
vested places, or whether it shall bo
given full power to spread devastation
ovor poaceful stntos.
"Portable magazines containing high
explosives cun bo so dropped from
flying ranchlues as to wlpo out somo
of the lurgest cities In tho world. If
any power should In tho futuro bogln
a war In h manner so doubtfully recii.
Inr aB that in which Japan began her
wur with RuBBla, tho nation claiming,
to be aggrieved may oasily Insist on
bolng absolved from those poor re
straints at present rolled upon and go
to any oxtromo In projecting explo
sives Into the dofenBolcMi cities of hor
enemy, and blotting out somo of 'tho
greatest achievements of civilization."
Act of Kindness.
MarJorJo, aged flvo, had boon given
some chocolates of various Blzes
Picking up a little ono, she Bald: "This
Is a baby chocolate"; and of a largo
one: "This is a mamma chocolato "
She then swallowed tho little ono, and
lifting tho larger chocolato to her
mouth to oat that also, Bho said'
"Don't cry, baby, your mamma is b-comin'."
