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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1914)
THE NORTH PLATYE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. W KUZ i7 notes mt EADOWBROOK A:ii:.nu.3 v 7 vviiiiaiu nil j Havo a Htrawberry patch. Do not overlook the garden, Repairs cost less than accidents. Good seed will reproduce Its kind. Tho cabbago plant needH a cool, moist place. Don't keep your horses Jn poorly ventilated stables. No amount of washing will rid over churned butter of milk. Home-made feeds are more econom ical than commercial feeds. Keep all tools clean and tree from rust, and all edged tools sharp. Deep fall plowing Is the foundation "for an Ideal seedbed for spring plant ing. - The dairy cow Is -naturally of a quiet disposition and should be quietly handled. . See that the barn roome are In good shape for the ewes that are to hear early Iambs. i After caponlzlng fowls, Ihey should "be fed bone and muBclo fo6d to keep them growing. If the price of live stock keeps going up, especially hogs, there Is money iu putting com Into them. Next to having good seed, a -properly prepared -seedbed is of -most Im portance in planting a crop. ... Tho value of alfalfa to the dairyman Is duo to ls high protein content, and its beneficial-effect upon the soil. ... The part of cabbago growing that makes the expense low is the cheap ness with Which harvesting is done. You may know what you have got ten out of your milk since January 1, but 'do you know what you ,put into It? . It Is quite universally conceded that oats and field peas are superior to either oats or hurley for soiling pur pOBeB. Stagnant water will make yunE chicks 111 about ns. quickly as any other 'bad thing that may be -introduced .into their systems. Many farmers pasture their ryo for six weeks or more in the spring, and then take all stock from the field .and later cut the stand for grain. Nearly .every farmer does and should believe in the liberal mse iof .oil and grease. These .lubricators are much cheaper than new machinery. The red mltos .or lice do .not stay on the fowls during itho daytime, but hide iu cracks during the day, sally ing forth after dark to seek their prey. j dt Unless there ils considerable meat In tho table scraps that Is fed to tho poultry it Is wise to buy commercial Sjeef scraps, for hens must have meat to lay well. See if your trees re infested with oyster shell bark louse. Look over the trees on tho lawn and In tho or chard. This is an old pest and should bo 'looked after. Success in extensive -cultivation de pends a great deal on raising the proper kind of vegetables; do not try to still your customers a poor-looking or a itasteless vegetable. It Is always more profitable to grow a crop that your neighboring truck gardener Is short on. albo always plant Just enough Of each crop that will al low you to sell as long a the demand ie good. Tho strawy Btalky manure makes an ideal mulching fertilizer for both young and old apple trees. A great many are literally dying from starva tion. This courso manure will con servo moisture and fertility . To keep poultry healthy give plenty of exercise, good comfortable houses, a variety of good wholesome food and plenty of pure fresh water and fresh air. Orlt, charcoal, shell and freedom from lice can be added to tho list. Fowls do not thrive during tho win ter unless they havo some green feed, ''he natural food of domestic fowls Is that which they pick up on range, and if suddenly deprived of it, both as to green vegetable matter ami meat in the form of bugs and wo una, the evil ffeet Is quickly seen. BittiiiSi Plant some apple trees. Feed tho capons liberally. ... Turkeys must have free range. ... Much dependB on the hen's feed. . Apple growers favor the open cen ter head. ... Order fruit trees for planting now. Don't deluy. ... Corn occupies a valuable place In the rotation of crops. v . . Concroto floors In the barn help a great deal In saving niunuro. ... Seed oats should be cleaned with a fanning mill bofore being sown.' . . Plenty of pure water Is Imperative where largo egg yields are expected. ... Tho difference is in tho.eow, rather than the feed or milker or the churn ... Use a scrub slro and your herd will soon run all to nose and oris- Ktles. . Use lots of straw In the winter sea son. Bed It deeply under till your stock. ... Do not plant more apple trees un less you ate taklug good care of what you have. ... It is not just to judge another It you cannot place yourself In tho other position. ... Egg-eating is a vice acquired b fowls when a tempting broken egg Ilea before them. ... Decay is certain to follow in the wake -of the man who does just a half way job of pruning. ... Whether times are hard or prosper ous a herd of cows on the place Is al ways good Insurance. ... A lot of hogs in a hog lot well-grown with clover will convey a lot of money to their owner's pocket. . Hand separator -cream produces bet ter 'butter than that separated any other way, eay thoBo who know. ... See that the sheep have a good sup ply of cool, clean water. It is abso lutely .necessary In hot weather. Oats and peas are cut for hay when the oats are In' the dough stage and peas aro .beginning to form In the pods ... Success in pork production Is large ly affected hy the attention given to tho health uud comfort of the brood . The lacking cow will drive away the hired man and make the boys tired of farming. Send her to the butcher. . "Why 'not light noxious weeds by sowing seed free of weed seeds? Why not know also that the seeds you sow will germinate? The stable or shed In which the owes aro kept at night should be well ventilated and well lighted. Jt should be kept clean and dry. - There are too many farms that are overstocked making It impossible to get tho beet profit from any of the individuals in the various herdH. The application of elbow grease may tbe disagreeable, but it Insures clean milk, clean separators, clean butter uud generally, a clean reputa tion. In planning for that new orchard give plenty -of room. Sunshine de stroys fungous growth and should be lot in ubout tho trees and to the ground beneath. . A filthy hog trough Is a seedbed of disease and, next to hog cholera, It is the greatest enemy to the fs-wlne in dustry. Get a sanitary trough of some kind And keep it clean. ... All crope for the silo should be .grown thicker than where they are grown for grain and nearly all of them should be allowed to mature well or tho grain to harden, before they are cut. ... When you use a trough In grinding In cold weather, let the water out after you aro done. To let the lower part of the stone stay in water, freezing out and thawing, is a pretty sure way to ruin tho place which touches tho water. ... Fix tho hog pasture at the back of tho farm so tho glowing pigs and tho brood sows will be compelled to go out for their forage and back for their ration of grain at night The exercise Is beneficial, partlcu. lar!yto the pregnant brood sows. ... For the land'B sake, haul out tho manure and scatter It over the Hold where It will do tho most good Tho fanner who does not value this waste product of tho dairy cannot appreciate tho true benefits accruing from the business. ... Clocklike regularity In the feeding und wnterlng of cattle on full feed Is of tho utmost Importance. If possible tho tamo man ovon should always do the feeding, and It Is important that this bo tho most Intelligent and trust worthy man on the farm. DO NOT PAMPER HORSES DURING WINTER S3f 525 S . ' SL- i"k. '. '0-. T i v f4M$8k. asw-aa wzh i. ? fc.T''SSJK VfW' .; .. . .. . 'V'K.rjM'Hf! "W"-?S4-.i T.tVy7 7? YjflK.4?. -"" SSKK i wrinBTnrMiiMrirTnMrTii k ( xss 1 r. W3BmX&mWHMKlKXMmKttfll: 3EWKT vST-'SK a- Wv.wart flK'VBWHPWUPKaanflinu mmn vcvrmrK vt. "aitsfcAw. . r? mnjMmmBmia.s.immnaaMmrmmBr?rr.AV dn,.7" .. . a .m ? : . - 'tmrmmmwSF,7 wa ty : ,." n KUAMa:'' vwn jwii'Mff.' v y ..-. v-aiu. A Fine Farm Team. (Uy J. M. liKM) We are now iu the midst of spring weather, arid the daily care of tho farm teams Bhould be a mutter of Im portance to their owners. This car ing for them does not altogether con sist in feeding and wnterlng regularly, although these aro the main essen tials, nnd without good feed and an abundance of pure drinking water, the stock cannot remain in a thrifty con dition. The question of exercise Is a most Important one and ono that should never bo neglected. I think it a good plan to turn out all of the work horses every day that are not In actuul use, especially on days when there Is no falling weather. Onn nf tllA crrantoat mtaf tilrna flint n farmer can make Is to leave his teams standing in tho barn, day after day, and on full feed, as they are liable to suffer from attacks of Indigestion, and any of the older stock aro very liable to stock up from the want of exercise. Then again all of them will bo more subject to colds than where they are turned out to run around and play In the farm yard. Iist winter the writer had a man renting land from him. This man had handled farm teams In many of the Northern and Western states, espe cially In Montana, Idaho, Washington, also Minnesota. In all of these States ho had used teams on tho road and on tho farm. Moving to Virginia in the month of December, he bought four head of horses in tho city of Rich mond, and bringing them down on tho farm put them In a rather open barn, and kept Stable blankets on them at night, and iu fact all the time that they stood in the barn. But ho did not keep them In the barn in tho day time, uulesa it was raining or snowing, for on all fairly bright days, never mind how cold, the horses were turned out, the blankets taken off. One of these horses had just been clipped. He too was turned out with the other three that had their regular coats of winter hair on them. It was a pretty sight to boo the four PRACTICAL HINTS FOR HOG BREEDER Field of Winter Rye Upon Which i Animals Way Be Turned in Spring Js Great Aid. (By W. M. KKU.T.) A few years of actual experience in the husincsB of breeding swine has convinced mo of the falsity of many of the theories concerning breeding and growing swine. A field of winter rye upon which tho hogs may be turned early in tho spring and on which they may feed while the other forage crops aro being sown and started will help out won derfully in tho amount of grain food required to keep them in a. good, thrifty condition. When turned ou to any green feed for tko first time one hour each day until they havo become accustomed to the chango will be -better for tho hogs than to allow them to make a too rad ical change of diet. The man that has hogs and knows how to keep them, has what is better than a gold mine these days. (let tho kind of hogs you llkn to see around you best. They will do the best for you, because jou will do tho best by them. i Hogs like charcoal, especially In winter It does them lots of good; corrects the tendency to stomach and bowel troubles. The best hog is not the ono that has the longest legs. That kind will run off more flesh thun you can put on. Length of body beats long legB all hollow Don't be In too big a hurry when you feed. Stop and watch tho pigs and hogs eat. You can tell in that way whether thoy aro well and hearty or not. Havo you a good many small pota toes T Thoy are ilno for hogB whon boiled soft and mashed. The hogs rellBh them and they are rich In pork making material. Confidence Is Essential, The cow will never do her best un less she has perfect confidence In her owner ,fc 4v ?. ?TkSS i r wiisSssCs ?wC v 'J1 - .... . .WW 1 ' Vr tV1 sWi- rs&XFF " 7 x -:- K .. s rw ';nw? .."x ,. . a- .sisVtii- srvfcv.-w' iji?-t: ?: ? - vn-. big strong hoi see tunning around and playing like so many colts, and even rolling over In the snow, for wo do havo snow occasionally In "Ole Vir ginity." Now tho writer does not re member ever .seeing ono of these horses with a cold or even a cough, all during tho time they were on thle Virginia farm. Of course 1 am well aware that tht cllmato In the North nnd West is much colder than that of Virginia, but whore teams are accustomed to the winters of theso'othor states, they can bo turned out with Impunity, J snould think, and without any fear of injuring them. In connection with the Idea ol horses being turned out for exercise In the winter season, tho writor calls to mind a paragraph that ho recontly read which stated that Secretary Wil son, has been wintering a herd of horses out of doofB, for the paBt 20 years, on his Iowa farm. Theso horses havo access to a shed that they could ilnd projection from the cold blasts, but It is said that they sought protection in a wooded ravine and would not go Into the shed, even In the worst weather. This herd of horses enjoy the best of health, and they, being put In pasture when be tween one and two years old, are kept there until they are taken out to be broken und sold. Hero is a practical illustration ol the cold weathor that ' horses will stand and thrivo in, if thoy are turnod loose, so that thoy can get tho amount of cxurclso that they stand In need of. Too many stallions are pampered, and at tho same time injured by keeping them shut up In close stalls, when they should hnvo the run of the paddock every good day during the winter. Just remember thnt It 1b almost Im possible to hurt a horse of any class, or of any breed, by turning him out and letting him keep warm by mov ing around In tho paddock, Held or pasture lot. N This same simple rule will apply equally well to brood marea and colts GETTING THE COWS OUT TO PASTURES There Are Cases Where it Is Ad visable to Keep Up Grain After Pastures Are Open. What a relief it is to have the cows out to pasture and not bo compelled to feed grain! There are enses, how ever, where It is a good jJan to keep up tho feed rutlon for a Iiw weeks after tho cows go to grass. Take It where cows are thin In flesh when they aro turned away. For some time "they will use everything thoy can eat, nearly, for building up their own bodies. Precious Ilttlo left for you till tho cowa get In average flesh. While they aro doing this, better feed Bomo grain and hurry tho mattor on. Tho best way, of course, Js to keep the cows from running down that way In tho first place; but we do not always do as wo should. Would it not bo flno If wo did? A rusty milk can Js a nuisance. Soma cities will not accept milk which haB been brought in in ono or them. Good thnlg, too. No amount of scrub bing can over make a rusty spot in tin perfectly sweet and clean. New cans aro tho thing. It is tho "gentle" bull thut hooks tho lifo out of his muster. Ixiok out for yours. How to, Apply Water. In a dry timo plants must either bo drenched or left alone. A ilttlo sur faco wnterlng only causes tho roots to feed nearer the surface and thoy will then bo injured by tho drought more than If they aro not watered at all. Stirring tho surface soil will do more good than anything but generous and continued watering. For slnglo plants old tin cans with perforated bottoms may bo set half their height in tho ground near tho lootu and the water poured Into them. Bad Stable Floors. Wooden floors nro too dry nnd have an injurious effect upon the horse's hoofs; beside thero Is tho uver-pres ent danger of Hpllnterlng. TAPS AND REVEILLE By EDWARD MARSHALL. (CopyrlKhLl Clear and high and silvery, cleav ing with a smooth cry us of Insist ent woe tho uproar of tho clty'n traf fic down by tho Twenty-third street ferries, roso tho call of llorgcr's bugle, playing "Tnps" as ho sought among tho tenements nnd butcher shops and boarding houses for knives nnd shears to grind. It carried to tho cars of llloom, In his Ilttlo Bhanty at tho pier-end, where ho was "chief shipping clork nt dock" for a great hardware firm, n flood of memories, all Bad of nights upon far southern battle Holds whon Joy of war was wholly gono from tho blue light ers, and men sank In sleep of nbsolutc, dcath-liko exhaustion. Not ono bright romlnlsconce camo to. Hloom, tho aged veteran, nt sound of that intense, pathetic call. I "Why does ho play 'TapB?' " ho j cried, "urcut Lorui wny "laps?" He moved uneasily upon his stool.' "Ach." ho said, bo loudly that he drew attention from tho youths on two high stoolB who, as his assistants, oc cupied the Ilttlo dockhousc with him. , "Is death so far nwny that old men, such us him and me, must keep our-1 selves reminded of It with a horn?" He rose, acutely irritated, and went to a little window which looked out upon tho Bwlrllng waters of tho Blip, foul and greasy as tho tldo paused at tho turn. The two clerks, rebelllouB at being forced to work under nn old man, grinned, for they could seo tho son of tho company's prealdent com ing up tho dock and thoy knew tho methods of that youth. Their little hearts, not yet devel oped and expanded by tho long pul sations of deep Borrow and experience, leaped with an exultation which thoy did not know wns mean. If young Fuhrstudt but looked In while Bloom was loafing, thlngB might progress upon thut dock! Hloom was tho only real old fogy left about the place. Young Fuhrstadt, sinco his aged fa ther had been forced to stay at home bocnuBe of rheumatism, had wiped tho otherB all away. Hut, that day he did not look In as he passed. Later, at the small restaurant where, dally, they had luncheon, llloom met Durgor. "Man," ho said to him, "why is It that you always play 'Taps?' " , "And why not?" Herger nnswered. "It Ib slow and easy. Those other calls, they -aro too nimble. 'Taps' brings trade as well as would tho 'Reveille.' " "True," said Hloom, "you wcro n cook In nrmy days, no bugler. You learned late. And 'Taps' Is slow nnd easy. I understand. I often won dered." "That is how It is," said Herger. Next day, Hloom again went to tho window for a moment, and young Fuhrstadt did look In. He was amazed. "HI, you!" he cried. nioom quickly turned, although he felt no fear, lie thought himself a fixture on the dock. "Is It something I can do?" ho nuked. "Yes," was tho sarcastic nnswer, "got to work." Tho two youths bent ultrs their hooks, Binotherlng laughter Hloom felt thnt he was standing In tho middle of the ruin of nil things. Anger first, then panic, seized him. WaB he, then, who hnd believed him self secure, to Iobo his chnnce of earn ing his small livelihood? Was tho fact that ho had been tho tent-mnte of young Fuhratadt's father 40 yeura and more ago, not to be considered? For 30 years he had kept the rec ords of tho dock, with what help had boen assigned to him, with absoluto exactness. "Hut I urn old," ho muttered, "and -It Is a joung man's world!" "You are right In playing 'Taps,'" ho said to Herger when he met him next. "Quito right. For you nro old; and it is tho ono call for me to hear. I, also, am old. Herger, It Is a young man's world a young mau's world." Next morning when ho went to work ho found n note upon his (leak. It was brief and pointed. "Call nt the office and take time," It said. "We need young men " Not even tho young clerks could laugh as they looked at hlii faco when ho first raised It from thnt note. "Make all of life ou can, young men," he said, as ho put on hlu coat. "Your youth it passes (Jood-by. I havo always done m work, but I am now grown old. Oood-by." Ho forgot to call for tho small wageH duo iilm, but passed unneolng, to IiIb boarding house. From tho dlstanco camo tho wall of Ilerger'H bugle. Nowhere could ho find a new posi tion. Kvery where they said ho was too old. Dally ho irudged tho streets, his only brisk emotions being nn In tense desire to keep clear of Herger. Hut when a week had pnssed, alarmed at llloom'ii long absence from tho Ilttlo restaurant, Herger went to tho dock to make Inquiries Leurnlng what had happened, ho wns filled with mighty wrath and formed n great re folvo. Ho left his scissors-grinding outfit In tho restaurant and sought a drug store, whero he thumbed through u directory until he found the street and number of joung Fuhrstndfs fa ther. When two hours later, he was leav ing tho old man, ho called him "com rade," and furthermore tho rich man, answering, said "comrade," also, "No, no," norgcr had nnswered to a query "That would be charity. It would be bitterest of nil." Down In his boarding houne sat Hloom, whlto-faccd, having reached n. gront decision. It wns a young tiimi's world. In it was no place for votor 'nnfl, for "hati-bcens," ho quoted bit terly from tho young dorks. It was no plnco for him, bo ou tln table lay an old-tlmo pistol, newly loaded. He hnd faced death, many times, in tho old days, without a tre mor, when ho wns young, with every thing beforo him. Should ho falter now, when nothing wnB beforo him? Ho had raised tho pistol to his fore head, whon n thought came to him. Herger would ho paBBlng presently with his call of "Taps." It would bo fitting that ho wait for the Blow buglo notes; thoy would bo music most appropriate to his old cnrB as ho was steulcd to start upon tho laBt long Bleep, prepared to havo "LlghtB out" forever for his dim old, oyes. Yes, ho would wait. Merger's lips bothered him an ho wont downtown iu tho underground. Ho could feel that thoy had hwoIIoii that afternoon, ovon beyond tho thick proportions to which tho previous .. night of practising upon his bugle softly hi tho back yard of tho tene ment ha lived in, hnd brought the in. In tho morning. "Ach! Hloom will be surprised," ho told hlmsolf. And Bloom was not finding waiting' tediouB. Putting from it with roller., until tho time should come to take It up appropriately, tho thought of death his mind dwelt on far memories. He placed small keepsakes of his good old wife in tho breast pocket or his cont tho pocket nearest to his 'heart. Ho wrote a brief farewell to Herger, and another to tho gray com mander of his post In tho Grand Army Tho letter to tho commnnder'sald I'm wnltliiR now fjr Herger to go by. and play "Taps" on Ills bugla. It kind or scorns to mn that au 1 T to sleep It will bli nice to lienr that "Tupn" call blowod. "Hovt-lllo" Is for younir men. "Taps" that Ih tho call for ub for me, anil, prrtty noon, for you anil all tho rest. Qood-by. t blvouao. Then ho, waited five, ten, fifteen minutes. Ho fingered tho pistol calm ly. Its chill touch did not terrify him. It was to bo the instrument of his re lease, an old man, from a young man's world. Thero was a brilliant smile on Herg er's faco as ho went to get Ida scIb-sors-grlnding outfit and his buglo; his stop was almost jaunty as he passed out upon tho street with them, and hurrlod briskly toward Bloom's board ing house, As, noariug, ho raised the buglo to bis lips he had to kill a smile In ordor to conform to the small brass mouthpiece. "Ah!" ho wns thinking, "horo is a. J surprlso for Hloom!"4 At tho first soft quaver of tho throaty, brazen call, tho plBtol which, had been hanging loosoly in Bloom's 'hand twitched ns tho muscles of his fingers and his lean old wrist con tracted. Ho glanced about tho room to seo that everything wbb in good ordor, Ho had forgotten nothing, ho assured hlniBclf. Now, as soon as "Taps" wa finished Hut what? Those which wore coming through tho open window were not tho lone and mournful notes his ears had been expecting. It could not, after all, bo Horgor who was playing. Some coaching pnrty probably hadt wandered to tho dingy side street, or somo Ingenious auto-horn had been de vised which accurately counterfeited. Up-blown bugle calls. No, not the notoB of "Taps;" quick and sharp and shrill, thoy reached him, without a hint of Badness. Triumphantly thoy sang of hope and energy und joy, dcclnrlng birth of a now day'. No farewell waa that call. but greeting loud, melodious, inspir ing. "It's 'Itovellle!'" ho muttered. "'Re veille!'" There wns a clatter on tho stalra. Borgor enteied gaily. "Did I play It good?" ho cried. 'It maybe hiaced you up a Ilttlo, huh? It braced ma up a whole lot to pluy It Yes, It did." Bloom went to him and laid a trem bling hand upon tho lingers and then buglo which thoy held. "It Bounded ilno," ho said. "It Bounded Ilno. Yes, It braced mo up. It did me good to hear it." From tho street below arose the notes of Btlll another fashioned tubo or brass, this timo tho barking horn or a groat touring car, stopping at that door. "Why, Bloom, It's Fuhrstadt!" Herg er cried. "Ho'b going to climb out. Wo musu't lot him not tied up, the way ho Is, with rheumatlz. Ho must havo got to thinking and come down hlmBclf." Tho.v hurrlod to the Htairs. "I just camo round to say," said Fuhrstadt, glad to sink back among: tho comfortable cushions, "thut you f,o back to work tomorrow, Bloom; and If those kids thero In your ofllco don't do ub they aro told, you fire 'em. 1'vo soon my boh!" Maybe He Got It. Brown and .lones wero leaning on a pollBhed counter and talking In tlmatoly. Then said Brown to J onus: "Look here, old man. Suppose you wero to come around to my apart ments, one of thcuo days, and should, walk up to my room and, receiving no unswor to your knock, should como lu and find my lirolcsa body stretched out cold across the bed. Now, In a. case llko that, what would you do9" "I'll toll you, answered Jones, nrter thinking It over, "I'd Institute an Im riodlato Bearch for the five dollaru you havo owed mo for two years."
