THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
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Don't neglect tho lions.
Chickens relish green feed.
Never hurry a team when heavily
loaded.
He most careful to give water often
to tho work teams.
It Is tho height of cruelty to work a
horso with a sore breast.
Give tho little pigs extra feed by
themselves as soon as possible.
. Know the soil and the crops to fit
tho soil. Low yleldB soon bring ruin.
Meal should be mixed dry and crum
bly, since It causes Illness when fed
wet.
Silage, like other Bucculent feeds,
has a beneficial effect upon tho diges
tive organs. ,
Watch the sows and feed them so
they will be able to produce all the
milk possible.
Silage Is the cheapest and best form
In which a succulent feed can bo pro
vided for winter use.
Farm ponds should not be built in
the winter or spring. They should be
made In tho summer or fall.
Poor policy to feed chicks after they
are big enough for market. Every day
count3 a bit off your profits.
Prepare to market this season's out
put from tho dairy in a more attrac
tive manner than ever before.
To a very considerable extent suc
cess or failure with Bwlue growing cen
ters in the first six weeks of tho pig's
life.
Fowls need grain food, vegetable
food, meat food and grit, and the
dally ration should comprise somoof
each.
When taking chicks from nest or
incubator do not put them on ground
that has been ranged by other chicks
that season.
The hen that lays soft-shelled eggs
Is not to blame. Sho needs more
shell-making material, that is all, and
you must supply It.
Tobacco stems spread on tho lawn
and flower garden is an insect destroy
er and it proves an excellent mulch
when worked into tho soil.
Sheep manure Is one of the best
farm manures. It contains a largo per
centage of nitrogen and a portion of
phosphoric acid and potash.
Because hogs aro thin and have
largo frameB It does not always follow
that they will feed well. Their previ
ous treatment Is an important factor.
Do not try to dry the calf by rubbing
it with hay or straw. Allow tho cow
to dry it wIUi her'rough, warm tongue.
She likes to do it, and It is nature's
way.
Never feed more than hogs eat
up freely. Many farmers do not prac
tise this, but keep a quantity of un
eaten food lying about the lot at all
times. .
The maintenance of fertility on
sandy soils requires a supply of the
mineral elements, phosphorus and po
tassium and of organic matter, includ
ing nitrogen.
Keep a good, deep, dry bed under
the horso while he is In the stablo, day
or night, on Sundays especially. Tho
more he lies down the longer his legs
Mid feet will last.
The efforts to maintain worthless
dogs and thoroughbred sheep In the
name township Invariably end in the
elimination of the sheep, and then
nobody wants tho dogs.
K a cow is not paying a profit, why
keep it? You wouldn't work for noth
ing for any one else, so why work for
n worthless cow? Tjst the cows and
find which are the star boarders.
Modem farming, llko modern man
ufacturing, la on a highly competitive
basis. We inuBt keep up with tho
times to make a profit, and tho man
who makes tho greatest profit is the
man ahead of the times.
It reduces the labor greatly and im
proves tho results if each setting hen
has a nest and little runway to hor
self, where she can get off and exer
cise and eat and drink whenever she
feels llko It and go back on the nest
of her own accord, without Interfer
ence from other hens.
Whitewash tho stables.
Try soma plo melons for tho stdckt
The Tamworth la n leading bacon
breed.
Corn silngo Is a more efficient food
than corn fodder.
No horso will bring his full vnlue in
a Bale If ho is in poor condition.
Keep the hogs in good condition a
stitch in time often saves nine.
It Is seldom that both horses In a
pair require just the same amount of
feed, v
Crowded houses are sure to become
damp, and hens will not lay when
crowded.
Hemovo tho harrow teeth and have
them sharpened before tho time comes
for Its use.
Mulch cucumbers with any kind of
old hay or straw. They stand dry
weather betten
If there Is a runt pig, glvo It extra
feed and care. If it does not respond,
kill and bury It.
Watering tho cows once a day with
a hurried sip won't do, They need
all they can get.
Increase tho grain ration of the owe
gradually as tho lamb becomes able
to take more milk.
If you can't set your heiiB on the
ground, put a square of sod in the nest
and moisten It occasionally.
It is said that a good remedy for
chickens that eat eggs Is to feed them
wheat bran soaked In vinegar.
Aa soon as possible teach the lamb
to eat extra grain In a side pen to
push his growth to the limit.
It Is not generally known how much
fertilizer a crop of apples, pears, or
grapes will remove from tho soil.
You cannot expect a cow to give
large quantities of milk unless she has
plenty of feed and quantities of water.
To keep potatoes from running out
by continued planting of small oneB,
plant a patch for seed outside of the
main crop.
When tho succulent silage runs out,
something must bo provided to take
Its place, or there will bo a falling
off In production.
The heifer that is about to calvo for
the first time needs special care and
attention if Bho Is to develop into the
best sort of a cow.
Never breed to an unsound horse.
Enough colts meet with accidents and
mishaps that blemish them without
breeding unsoundness.
There are too few good colte raised
on the farms. This should not be.
Don't leave this important industry to
the horso breeders alone.
When confined In stables which at
best is an unnatural condition for colts
they should not be compelled to stand
upon a hard floor of any kind.
FowIb should bo as humanely treat
ed as possible and should never be
unnecessarily frightened. Contentment
materially aids egg production.
Raise watermelons and muskmolons
In the aweet potato patch, and the
neighbor's boys will not molest them
because they will not look there.
Before you rid the dairy herd of the
"robber cow" make Bure that she is
having a fair show by being supplied
with the proper rations, caro and shel
ter. The hen that Is off the roost first
in the morning and tho rooster that
crows often and loudly are of the kind
that Bhould be used for breeding
stock.
Hotter marketing means more profit
for those who pioduce, cheaper foods
for those who must buy and more
money in the country for all lines of
legltlmato business.
If the old hen does the Incubating
on your farm, don't be In a hurry to
oust her off the nest when the eggs
are hatching. Give her a chance to
finish up her Job in good shape. '
While coarse manure hauled out and
spread In the spring may not greatly
benefit the crop of that year It Is bett
ter hauled out at any time than left
to leach and burn in the burnyard.
High tomperod, sensitive horses are
more easily spoiled by too much talk
ing than slow and quiet horses, but
the too frequent use of the tongue Is to
be omitted when handling either kind.
Don't forgot that the sotting hen
must be kept free from lice by fre
quently filling her plumage full of lice
killing powder or alio will not set well
and, therefore, will not produce a good
hatch.
Fertility may bo restored to worn
out land by saving all animal manures
and putting them onto tho land; by
making uso of all crop residues, that
is, putting back Into the soil every
thing not used for food; by turning
under green manuring and catch
crops.
VALUE OF FORAGE CROPS FOR PIGS
Don't Oelcct a Heavy, Lazy 6ow for a Breeder. She Should Be Mild In
Disposition, but Possessed of Sufficient Energy to Take Exercise. Thlo
Is a Fine Type of Sow.
Farmers and pig raisers do not
always appreciate tho valuo of green
feeds and succulent pastures for their
animals. Too often tho hog Is con
sidered a scavenger and his ability to
uso wasto is rogarded as his chief
value. However well he serves thlB
purpose, ho will pay well for good
care, feed and housing.
Forage crops are especially bene
ficial to young growing nntmnls. It
is possible to grow them much more
profitably and successfully when a
good green Hold of palatable and nu
tritious pasturage is provided. Experi
ments and practical farmers' experi
ences prove that gains In weight are
made at less cost on forage than In
tho dry lot. Brood sows can bo car
ried through tho season on pasture at
less cost than when grain fields are en
tirely dopended upon. Foraging in
duces the animal to exercise and ob
tain fresh air, and these prevent dis
eases being contracted, and when tho
animals are put in tho fattening pen
their gains are unusually rapid and
profitable. Tho green feeds eaten aro
of much value just to keep the pig's
digestive system in good condition and
tho nppetito keen.
The entire hog herd can bo run on
forage crops and will profit by this
method of management. Younger ani
mals seem to derive the most benefit,
and fattening hogs the least. Herd
sows and the herd boar are benefited
by having green feeds. It Is a good
plan to have tho brood sow running on
green pasture at farrowing time, as
this is conducive to a strong,- healthy
litter cf pigsj She should be kept on
green forage from the time sho far
rows. The young pigs will soon learn
to eat, and the exercise and tho green
food In its natural state will start them
I along in good, condition and tend to
keep them so.
Tho method of feeding when on
pasture will necessarily vary accord
ing to the kind of crop used. If the
crop grown be rape, alfalfa, clover,
cowpeas, soy beans, or other crops
high in protein content, the grain ra
tion need not bo supplemented by
feeds high in protein. If blue- grass,
rye, oats, or other non-leguminous
crops are grown, It is best to add a
small percentage of feeds high in pro-
GOOD METHOD TO
HATCH DUCK EGGS
Best to Use Chicken-Hens for the
Purpose Be Careful Not to
Overfeed the Fowls.
Duck's eggs may bo hatched In In
cubators, but It Is better to use largo
chicken-hena when possible. If ono
wishes to hatch ducklings very early
in tho season, then the incubator is
tho only thing that will do the work.
Ducks scarcely ovet get broody and
when they do, as a rule tho season is
far advanced. Besides It is poor pol
icy to place eggs under a duck.
Don't keep duck eggs over a week
after they aro laid. Tho fresher they
are the better they will hatch. After
a duck egg Is ten dayD old It Is entirely
worthless so far aa hatching Is con
cerned. They should bo very carefully
handled, as tho albumen Is much thin
ner than that of other eggs. This fact,
ccupled with the ago limit, accounts
for so many poor hatches; especially
where the eggs have been shipped.
As soon as tho eggs are laid, If not
placed nt once for hatching, they
should bo carefully wrapped in paper
and turned every day. They should
be kept whero the temperature Is
neither too Llgh nor too lowabout
fifty to slxty-flvo degrees F. Don't
keep eggs Intended for hatching In a
damp cellar.
When ducks are laying their appe
t.te Increases, but ono must bo caro
'ful not to overfeed. If their food Is
not too highly concentrated and thero
Is plenty of coarse grit nnd sand within
reach, thero is llttlo danger of over
feeding. Three or four square meals
a day will not hurt a laying duck.
When overfed they lay double-yolked
eggs.
Never glvo ducks buttermilk, or in
fact, any other kind of milk, to drink.
It may be used to moisten tholr feed,
however Buttermilk, sklmmllk and
"clabber" are all valuable In duck
feeding, but they should bo used only
for molstoning tho feed and not as a
drink.
Setting Strawberry Plantt.
When setting strawberry plants, bo
jure to firm tho soil well about the
roots.
toin to tho grain. Corn or barley usu
ally furnish tho bulk of tho grain ra
tion, and when necessary thesu can bo
supplemented by adding ono-tenth lin
seed oil meal or onoslxteonth tank
age. Tho rate of feeding will dopend
on tho guins desired. Considering a
full grain ration to bo four pounds
dally per 100 pounds live- weight, wo
may say that for ordinary work with
growing shoats a one-half grain ra
tion, or two pounds a day for each 100
pounds live weight, will give satis
factory results. If It is desired to mako
(aster gains a heavier grain ration can
bo used, and If It is desired to main
tain the animals as cheaply as pos
sible a smuller perccntago should bo
fed
It scorns doubtful If it ovor pays to
try to keep pigs on forugo crops alone.
These crops aro sometimes sufficient
to keep the pigs growing, but tho gains
aro not usually mado economically.
Usually the pigs aro kopt at a loss In
llvo weight. Whero brood sows are
kept thoy should be given enough
grain to keep them in good thrifty
condition. The fact that the forago
crops have high valuowhon gralnB aro
fed does not mean that they should be
fed alone.
The crops best adapted to grazing
with pigs aro alfalfa, rape, clovor, bluo
grass, bermuda, rye, oats, aoy beunB,
and coWpeas. The nature of tho soil,
the climate, and tho rainfall aro in
fluences thut should govern tho selec
tion of the crops to be used. Alfalfa
is the greatest forage crop on soils
suited to Its growth. Rape nnd clover
are also excellent feeds, and both nro
high In protein, tho element needed to
balance ordinary grain feeds.
Farmers are urged to plan some
system of forago crops for their hogs.
Now Is' tho time to plan some fields to
bo sown to crops adapted to grazing.
If permanent pastures aro advisable,
fence off a portion for tho pigs and
plant sorao crop to keep tho pigs
growing when tho permanent pastures
dry up, and the returns from the
year's work with hogs will bo propor
tionately Increased. Give tho pig an
honest chance to make you money by
giving him green feeds In their natural
state, and his growth, health, and pork
making ability will bo Increased.
DOCKING OF LAMBS
QUITE NECESSARY
Practise Is Not Cruel and Is Ab
solutely Essential for Cleanli
ness and Appearance.
(By F, H. PAKE.)
Lambs should bo docked when
about a wook old. This is not a'cruel
operation and is absolutely necessary
for cleunlluess and appearance.
Docking looks to be simple enough,
but it requires great caro. If the tall
is cut too short with a knlfo the lamb
Is likely to bleed to death. Some
shepherds scar with a hot Iron the
end of the tall aftor being cut with
a knlfo or chisel on a block of wood,
and this generally stops bleeding.
Thero is now, however, an Instru
ment on tho market which does the
work quickly and effectually and with
no bad results. It Is a pair of blunt
edged pincers which are heated to
white heat and then used to "bite" off
the tall. When these hot pincers aro
used the tall may bo cut closely with
out bleeding.
After the operation tho end of tho
tall should be covered with cpan pine
tar some shepherds uso coal tar to
prevent flies from troubling the lambs.
Tho anlmalB should bo watched close
ly, particularly if tho docking is done
late in tho season, until the wound
has healed, to boo that no files have
attacked them.
Tho lambs should be castrated when
docked. This, although a simple
operation, should not bo attornpted by
a novice, but should be done by an
experienced man.
Important Food Element.
It Is very difficult to figure out n
ration that Is adapted to tho needs of
the pigs unless wo hnvo pasture nnd
forago to furnish plenty of succulent
nnd bulky foods. From weaning tlmo
until the plgB are six months old pro
tein Ib tho important food eloment in
their rations. Corn Is nlno-tenths car
bohydratcs, oats contain moro protein
than corn, but not enough to ineot
tho requirements of tho pigs. Ryo
Is richer in protoln than oats, but
as a plg-fccd barloy excels all the
above, and Is a sure crop In many sec
tions where corn seldom matures.
0IIIIIII
SHE WENT A-PLAYING
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By MARY ROBERTS RINEHART.
Everybody said it was a wondorful
chance for mo, but mother wasn't so
suro. Sho didn't mind tho stock com
pany, whero father could take mo
homo nt night, and Anno could sit
around nt rehearsals; but this was dif
ferent. And then I .think she was
afraid of Mr. Cunningham. Ho whB
supposed to have as much tompor bb
he had professional roputatlon, and,
of course, that was colossal.
I coaxed mother ovor at last. Tom
my had tho mumps, and sho was so
worn out with him that sho gave In.
Tho whole family hart a hand In get
ting my costumes ready, and I bor
rowod Anne'fl foathor boa, llttlo thluk
Ing what ubo It would bo put to!
The rohoarsals wero pretty bad. I
Ono morning Mr. Cunningham made
mo ko through a six-lino speech tho
ono whoro I find tho rovolvor nnd tako
out tho bullets and then snap 11 at
him 17 tlmeB. I wns pretty tired,
and when ho said, "Now again," 1
turned on him llko n wildcat
"If you mako mo do It again," I
snapped, "I I won't tako out tho bul
lets!" Ho laughed can you boliovo it? Ho
laughed, and I fumed, and It was bed
lam all around. 1 went homo and
wopt It out on Tommy's pillow which
made him think he was going to die.
nnd his poor, comical face went all
mottled. But Mr. Cunningham kopt
me. That's whoro tho trngody comos
In.
Ho was very particular with me on
the road. Once or twice ho said that
uqme day I would learn to act, and 1
wnlked on air for days. Ho had his
private car, and was vory comfort
ablo; but tho ono-ntght stands nearly
killed mo. Wo followed right nlong
after a monstrosity called "Tho Merry
Maids of Manchester, and the boll-
boys thought it funny that wo had no
poodles, nnd that we didn't gather to
sing In the parlor and call ono another
.by our first names.
Baldwin, the Juvenile, was very nice
to me, nnd we took long walks In
tho mornings, picking up post-cards to
send homo, and sometimes running
over our scene in tho second act,
where my guardian Mr. Cunningham
stops In and says: "Do you lovo
him, Hilda? Ho he is a splendid
follow." And, of course, every ono
In tho audience knows tho guardian
is in lovo with mo and 1b going to
Africa If I tako Baldwin. Tho guar
dian Is married, you see, and MIbb
D'Arcy played tho wife.
The funny thing was that Baldwin
was really crazy about Miss D'Arcy,
and talked about her all tho tlmo.
"I wish you wouldn't," I said ono
day. "I know she's beautiful, and
I can act llko n dream, and all that;
but you ncedn t rub It in.
"How about you raving ovr Cun
ningham all tho tlmo?" ho retorted
sUlklly; which was so absurd that I
went back to tho hotel without speak
ing to him again.
And thon the most awful thing hap
pened! You know the scene at Uio
beginning of the last act when wo
are all at breakfast and the wlfo
sweeps In In a rage? Well, it starts
with grapefruit, and I bavo a lino
when I taste It and say to Mr. Cun
ningham: "It's as' bitter as as you have been
to mo, this last wook."
Well, I put that stuff in my mouth,
and nt onco tho most dreadful pain
began just in front of my ears and
seemed to go all ovor me. My tongue
drew up nnd my Jaws locked perfect
ly tight! I tried to swallow and
couldn't, and thero I Bat, whilo Mr.
Cunningham looked at mo and waited
for his cuo.
At last ho wont on without my
speaking, which caused n titter nnd
made him wild. However, tho rest of
the act went well. In tho farewell
scene, where he gocB to Africa to
the war, I tiled to warn him to kiss
mo on top of my head, because by
that time I knew that I had the
mumps and I wns in a fovcr of fright;
but Mr. Cunningham's big scene nl
ways carries him off It Ib feet, and Hint
night, to my horror, ho kissed mo
twice.
Hopper, tho stage manager, nenrly
went crazy when I told him.
"Now I'll get It!" ho groaned. "No.
not tho mumps, but the dovll! You'll
have to go on thnt'B all. Wear a
nightcap anything but don't put
Cunningham up ugalnst a new Ingenue
when he's up In the air with a now
play!"
"Then you'll have to cut out tho
grapefruit." I said with a shudder.
"It will havo to be bananas, and I
can wear big mull ties to my garden
hat in the last act and a feather boa
In tho second."
So we fixed it. I was not very Hi,
and, after all, Mr. Cunningham took
tho news llko a lamb, oven sending
mo aomo Jelly h'.u chef had mado.
But a week later Baldwin stopped
suddenly and mado an awful face ovor
his lemonade in the tennis scene. I
know then what hnd happonod; and
when ho camo to rehearsal tho next
morning with his neck-lino entirely
obliterated, and with a silk handker
chief Instend of a collar, wo all know.
He wbb quite shiny In spots I was
never llko that, thank goodness! Hop
per had to take his place, and Mr.
Cunningham looked llko n thunder
cloud. Then ho sent for me I went In
fear and trembling. Ho wuh In front
' of his droBslng-mlrror, graying ht
hair on top. It ia naturally a llttlo
gray over his curs. When I caino In
lie got Up very courteously and drew
out a chair.
"Will you wait Just a moment'"
ho said, and finished what he was
doing.
Tho dressing-room was a litter, of
course, and right at tho bottom ot
tho mirror was a plcturo In a silver
framo It was a girl in a black gown,
and It was oxqulslto tho plcturo, not
tho gown. I thought that very likely
it was tho girl ho was in lovo with,
for, of course, ho wodld bo in lovo
with Bomo one.
I ( know what was coming boforo ho
said It I claBpcd my hands tight to
gother to keep mo from crying, and.
my foot felt numb and cold. I was
horribly, awfully afraid of him, and
yot I had tho most dreadful inclina
tion to pat down his hair whero ho
had rumpled It up In tho back.
"Now, Mies Eleanor," ho snld, turn
ing round and facing me, "I'll tell you
why I want to talk to you. You are
looking 111 and tired; what would tho
llttlo mother say to mo?
That wiib the worst thing ho could
have snld. I choked up In a mlnuto
nnd put my head down on the back of
my chair.
"I k-know I can't act!" I sobbed.
"But it's moan to put it off on moth
er!" "You can act," ho said vory gently.
"That's tho trouble, In fairness to
you, I'll have to toll you that. But
It's a hard life, and I want you to
give It up. You'ro too young, nnd
you've boon too much sholtored, to "
"I'm twonty-ono, Mr. Cunningham,"
I broko in defiantly. "Even grown
pcoplo got tho mump3. I'm not a
child; I'm as old as tho girl in that
plcturo."
I rushed out then, and in the first
act, whoro I havo the scono with my
guardian's wlfo, I burst Into real tears,
at tho end nnd got a curtain-call. I
was vory unhappy; thero woro a, num
ber of things but It doesn't mattor.
Ono thing was certain I hated Mr.
Cunningham!
I was quite HI for a day or two at
homo. Then, nothing torrlblo occur
ring, I tried to put the whole thing
out of my mind nnd to forgot that
my theatrical career had died of the
mumps. But the day boforo tho Now
York opening I heard Ella admit aomo
one. I had just tlmo to Blip a picture
I had been looking at under some ot
Tommy's stockings I hnd boon mend
ing when ho camo In. It was Mr.
Cunningham!
I shook hands with him and triad
to hldo the basket with his plcturo
and the stockings. Mr. Cunningham
did not sit down. Ho stood by tho
fire and looked down at mo Boveroly.
"You're a bad child!" ho said at
Inst; "a runaway. What mado you
do it, Eleanor?"
"I, had to," I ploadod. "It wbb too
dreadful every ono getting sick and
blaming it on me. Won't you tako off
your overcoat and and havo some
tear
I was quito breathless with excite
ment and reaction, and I was still tor
rlbly afraid of him. My hands shook
so that I could hardly pour tho tea.
He dropped Into a chair and lookod
around.
"Jovo, what a thing It Is to bo in a
real homo again!" ho said, looking
very human indeed with his feet out
before him. "I always pictured you
doing something llko this tea and
mending Instead of roaming around
tho country with a theatrical com
pany."
I gavo him his tea, squeezing a bit
of lemon In, and thon suddenly ho
clapped his hand to his left car, and
I knew it had como. Ho waited until
ho could sponk, and then all ho said
was "Good Lord!"
Ho lookod at mo helplessly. Thero
were only two things I could do
laugh or cry. I had cried so much
that now I laughod laughod whilo I
know that thero would bo no New
York opening; laughed while tho
great Mr. Cunningham glared at me;
laughed until ho looked Injured and'
then got over it and laughed himself.
"WolU" ho said, when wo both
dried our eyes and got our broath.
"I novor oxpected to laugh ovor a.
tragedy llko this. You make mo do
anything you want, Eleanor."
"Oh, I hope you won't bo vory ill,"
I said quickly.
"But I shall be; I'm suro to. 1 al
ways havo things hard," he replied,
getting up nnd coming ovor to mo.
"I took you vory hard Indeed, Eleanor.
I don't caro anything ubout 'The PI1-,
lars of Society.' I only know I want
my little ward again. Eleanor, th
day you left I was wild. I can't act
I can't llvo without you, dear. Why,
soe you've put your mark on mo!"
When ho said that, what could I dor
Anyhow, I forgot completely that this
was the greatcft tragedian of his time.
All I knew was that ho was lonely
and that I--well, that I didn't hato
him. Ho crushed me to him 111 ad
mit that; but Anne told it ns a grout
Joke, when tho engagement was an
nounced, that as sho came into tho
hall she heard me say;
"Of course you may. I'm not afraid.
I've had thorn!"
(Copyrlclit, by tho Krunk A. MunBey Co
Inadequate,
First Charity Visitor How did you
llnd poor Mrs. Holcomb?
Second. Charity Visitor Nearly fro
zen! First Charity Visitor Nearly fro
zen? I thought St. Andrew's Help
ing Hand society Bent her a lot of
clothes?
Second Charity Visitor It did; and
sho had them all on seven poakaboo
waists and four silt skirts, Llfo.