THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
10 STUDY REVENUES
OLD 'AND THE NEW IN AMERICAN NAVY
HOGS TO MAKE OUR CATTLE PROFITABLE
COMMISSIONERS WILL LOOK IN
TO ROADS EARNINGS.
MEET IN OMAHA DECEMBER 12
Investigation Will Be An Expensive
One, Each State Body to Con
tribute $1,000.
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Pork Made In Cattle
(Prepared by the United Stales I), pir'
nirtit of Aur'nillure
Tho present margin of profit In fnt
toning cnttlo for inarkot is so narrow
that many authorities assert that It Is
Inadvisable to feed steers without fol
lowing them with hogs. If tho Hteers
sell for enough to pay for expenses
the nogs that follow will ordinarily re
turn n 8Uincient profit to pay tho farm
er for his labor.
Interesting figures on this subject,
havo been obtained by tho United
States department of agriculture from
21 Iowa farms. These farms were all
managed by men of undoubted experi
ence in raising cattle. A careful ac
counting system was adopted and rig
idly followed.
The experiments began with tho
feeding year beginning in the fall of
1909. Prices at this time were very
satisfactory and tho 901 cattlo raised
made an average profit of $2 05 per
head. These steers were followed by i
1,501 hogs which were given extra
grain. Tho hogs were sold In the
, spring of 1910 at an average profit
of $0 07 per hog. If this prolit is
credited to the steers, each steer
shows a profit of $12.19. In the fol
lowing feeding year, however, 1910 to
1911, tho outcome was different.
Prices were unsatisfactory and tho
3 .LIS cattlo wore fed at an average
loss for tho year of 7S cents a head.
Nevertheless the 1,010 hogs following
the steers turned this loss Into n
profit. Tho hogs netted an average
profit .of $3,330. Crediting this to tho
steers wo havo a net profit per steer
of $101.
Opinions differ on the number of
hogs that It Is well to have follow tho
steers. When corn Is cheap many
farmers feed tho steers more corn
than they can eat and run extra hogs
which consume- the waste. With high-
SUCCESS WITH THE
FARM LIVE STOCK
Animals Used for Breeding Pur
poses Should Possess In
dividual Merit.
(By E. VAN BENTHL'YSHX.)
Regularity In feeding and work
makes long-lived horses.
A scrub may yield a profit, but if
so, a good animal would give a great
er profit.
Feeding an Inferior quality of food
is not consistent with the most profit
able stock feeding.
Tho young sow proves her ability
by tho way she handles her ilrst lit
er. No young animal will return as good
results as tho ones liberally fed.
To bo too fiery is a fault in a horso
drawing heavy loads on an uneven
road.
Good stock must have good faro and
attention, and then they will mako
most liberal returns.
Tho food of support is more thnn
tho food of gain, under tho most fa-
vorablo conditions.
Tho fault in overstocking 13 not al
together In having too much stock, but
In not having enough feed.
No animal, however well bred,
should bo used for breeding purposes,
unless it has individual merit
Mako It n ralo to save everything,
the saving of which doesn't cost moro
than it is worth.
In breeding, defects aro peculiarly
persifatent, and aro moro ensily
stamped upon the next generation,
than good qualities.
Mixed grasses mako a hotter and
surer pasturo than a slnglo varloty,
though it be tho very best of all.
Scant feeding of tho young animal
produces that which 13 all hut impos
sible to ovorcomo by llboral feeding
afterward.
There is no surer dcstiuctlon to a
herd, however good, than that of
breeding to a bull that Is an Inferior
siro.
Other things being equal, tho most
profitable animal Is tho ono kept every
iay at tho maximum gain consistent
with health.
It is not tho magnltudo of ono's
business that gives him good results,
but tho manner In which it Is con
ducted. If there Is one time moro than an
other when deep plowing is bonoflelal
it is when a growth of clovor Is be
ing turned under.
There is no roynl road to success,
and If a man succeeds he must work
nut his own task and oxecuto it with
n will.
Silage Doesn't Taint Milk.
Doos silage fed to tho dairy cows
taint the inilk No, but tho odor of
i',i ll.ige, if allowed to got Info tho
ijli'i in r;,ru uils. will taint it
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Feeding Lots.
priced grain, however, this can hard
ly ho recommended A convenient
rule, according to tho department ol
agriculture, Is to llgure on ono shoat
per steer when shelled com Is fed
and two when car corn. In any cir
cumstances there should be enough
hogs provided to clean up nil the
waste corn.
Another convenient basis of calcu
lation Is to estimate that when one
third of a bushel of corn Is fed a
steer approximately throe-fourths of
i pound of pork will bo obtained.
With ear corn the gains aro greater
but on the other hand corn meal or
corn and cob meal yields very littlo
pork slnco It Is much better utilized
by tho steer. It beems indeed to be
proved that the diet which ia most
efficient for steers is the less so for
hogs and vlco versa.
It Is customary to feed tho hogs
corn in addition to that which thoy
obtain from tho diopplngs. When
this is dono tho hogs should always
bo fed separately and preferably bo
foro the steeis In order not to annoy
tho latter.
Farmers' bulletin 5SS, "Economical
Cattlo Feeding in the Corn Belt," In
which theso questions aro discussed,
emphasizes the dcsii ability of paving
feed lots when hogs are following cat
tle. It has been definitely shown, say
tho government specialists, that hogs
mako nearly ono pound moro of pork
on paved lots for each bushel of corn
fed tho steers With pork at six
cents a pound this item alono will
amount to about $1.50 a steer. In ad
dltlon the risk of Immediato loss must
bo taken Into consideration. This
sometimes compels tho farmer to ship
his cattlo before they aro ready and
tho loss, ho incurs in ono year may
well be moro than tho cost of paving
tho lot.
GET THE POULTRY
IN WINTER HOUSES
Much Depends Upon Pullets Get
ting Used to Quarters Be
fore Starting Work.
(fly MICHAEL K. BOYEK )
It is not yet too Into to whitewash
tho interior of tho hen houses; to re
pair leaky roofs; to patch up the
cracks In the walls; to clean up the
outside runs; and to glvo tho premises
a general m-oi hauling.
Aro tho fowls roosting out on tho
trees? Get them accustomed to roost
ing In tho house.
Place the pullets In their winter
quarters If not already done. Itemom
ber that much depends upon tho pul
lets feeling at homo beforo they get
down to real work.
Pick out what stock Is Intended to
keep over winter, and market tho rest.
Good culling is tho great factor In
poultry success.
Clean up tho incubatois and brood
ers and test them to seo that they
aro ready and in ptoper condition for
work.
If It Is Intended to run tho Incuba
tors during January for market stock
tho breeding pens should bo mado up
now.
Tho road dust for baths and tho
leaves for tho scratching sheds should
havo been gathered last month, but
it is not too lato to do so.
LAMB AND MUTTON
DIFFER GREATLY
Animal at Eight Weeks Old Brings
the Highest Price Ever
Attainable.
Thoro Is as much dlfforenco be
tween lamb and mutton as thoro Is bo
tween spring chickens and a threo-year-old
rooster.
Thoro is a limited porlod in tho llfo
of well-fed animals for growth. Every
factor in tho problem of producing
mutton points to early maturity. It's
tho early lamb that gets tho coin.
At eight weeks old, if In a condition
and seasonable to meet tho vory Be
loct trade, tho Iamb brings tho high
ost price ever attainable, per pound.
A vory narrow limit at this tlmo and
tho tldo of prices fades away and it
will bo necessary to keep him until
another time or season that calls for
n lamb throo to five months old, but
at a prlco considerably loss per pound.
Tho Jamba marketed nt four months
of ngo do not, as a rule, bring as much
per head as those gold nt eight weeks
of age. Tho longer they uo kept the
lowtr doss of market tiny satisfy
and so on until th-y urc full grjwu.
iMncolu- Members of llftoon state
railway communions of western
statou will gather in Xlninha U com
ber 12 to continue laying plnns for n
deep-seated and extensive Imostlgu
tlon Into railroad revenues
Tho mooting was decided upon at
the recent session of tho National
Hallway Commissioners' association
nt Washington, I). C. Clifford Thorno
of lown Is chairman of tho body and
II. G. Taylor of the Nebraska com
mission is secretary.
"Wo want to see whether or not
western curriers are Justified In mak
ing application to tho Interstate com
merro commission for advances In
freight rates In this territory," said
Mr. Taylor upon his return from tho
east. "It will tako much tlmo nnd
money, but wc Intend to sift tho mat
ter of western railroad rcvenuo to tho
bottom "
The Investigation will cost much
money. Each state commission will
likely contribute $1,000 In addition to
considerable clerical aid and tho fro
quont consultation and conference
time of its rate experts and commissioners
Little to Ask of Legislature.
The Nebraska lumber dealers' as
socintlon is likely to do something at
its annual convention In tho mlddlo
of January to throw lis influence on
the- side of an anti-discrimination in
surance law, such as agents In some
disaffected districts of tho slate will
bring forward for consideration by
tho legislature. The association has
but littlo to fear and but littlo to ask
of tho legislature, according to Sec
rotary K. E. Hall.
Railroad Appeals.
The Northwestern railway com
pany has appealed to tho supreme
court from judgments in three cases,
nil of them involving damages on ac
count of delny in the shipment of
live stock. In eacli case It is alleged
tho railroad compnny violated tho
state law which requires railroads to
carry live stock at tho rato of at
least eighteen miles an hour.
Nebraska Fruit Crop.
Tho products of all tho divisions of
horticulture In Nebraska amount to
$10,000,000 annually, according to es
timates made by tho stato horticultu
ral society. The per capita produc
tion is almost $10 for every man,
woman and child In tho state each
year.
Secretary Seymour Dead.
Henry Seymour, secretary of ttho
Stato Board of Assessment, died sud
denly at his homo In Lincoln, of
heart failure. Ho was well known
over tho stato nnd has been secretary
of the board about five years and a
half.
Spurns Deputy Audltorship.
Iloraco Davis of Ord, offered tho
deputy audltorship, has declined tho
honor, according to a report, nnd will
scok election as chief clerk of tho
lower house of tho coming legislature
Recommends Commission.
A permanent stato tax commission
to look after taxation affairs, will bo
recommended to tho legislature by
tho special commission appointed by
Governor Morehoad two years ago.
Re-Hearing In St. Joe Case
Motion of tho attorneys of tho Un
ion Pacific for n rehearing of tho St.
Josoph & Grand Island stockholder
enso has been granted by Federal
Judgo Mungor.
Paroled Men Need Work.
Secretary John W. Shahan of tho
stato hoard of pardons has sent let
tors to many business men through
out the state asking for employment
for prisoners subject to parole
Governor Pardons Boy.
Governor Morehoad bns Issued a
pardon to Hon Thomas, a 20-yoar-old
youth of Omaha, who Is serving a
Bontonce of ninety days In tho county
Jail for vagrancy.
New Bank at Buahnell.
A new bank at Ilushnell In Kimball
county has boon granted a charter In
tho stato banking board under th
nnmo of tho IJushnoll Stat- bank
with a capital of $10,000
Water Ucerc Appeal
The water usors and patrons of th
MK'ook Irrigation and Water Power
company, defendants In u rase before
tho state railway commission, lme
given notice of appeal to tin- uiipn im
court. The company nski-d ! uv to
increase Ha malntennnc charge fro i
$1 nn aero to 'l an ni and (Ik
railway commission authorized ilir
increase The water users proposi to
contest the order. It Is the first
case involving barges which iba
coiuiui-iiiinii has passed upon
Americas first battleship tho Constitution, nnd tho nay's latest acquisitions,
lying side by sldo In tho Charlostown navy yard.
KHAKI-CLAD
Kegiment of Turkish regular infantry, drilled by tho Germann and wearing their now khukl uniforms, march
ing across tho desert to meet the Russian troops on tho Caucasus border.
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Tins is tho launch of tho U S S Tennessoo at which a Turkish fort In
tho harbor of Smyrna fired a shot, which afterward was declnrcd to bo only
a "friendly" warning that tho harbor was mined and cloBod to alien csbc1u.
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TERROR OF NAVIGATORS
This big steel bnll is ono of tho
deadly mines that nro feared by all
navigators. It was washed ashoro at
Slzowoll, Suffolk, and itB explosives
wore removed by u torpedo Inblructor.
Mnny of thoBo mines havo been
beached along the coast of England.
WARNS KING OF ENGLAND
Astrologist Telia George to Beware
of Evil Days In March of
Next Year.
liOHion That King George of Eng
land must howaro of ovll days next
March Is tho prediction of Cntlmrlno
H Thompson, nstrologlBt. MIsh
Thompson liases her prediction on tho
fact that Jupiter outers Pisces, a
watery, unstable sign, next March, and
aillictB tho king's radical sun, nnd sick
Hess and tioublo should increase
rather than diminish While Jupiter
was passing thiough Aquarius this
ear, she says, tioublo for tho king was
allayed. Something extraordinary will
happen, sho predicts, such ub tho slego
of London, tho fall of Westminster nb
bey, St. Paul's cathedral or Mucking
ham palace.
A Thorough Soaking.
"Some of thuso sold!eri lighting
along tho Alsno must lend n dog'n
life"
"1 should think that lying In a
tic nib half lull of water day utter
day would bo moro llko a frog's
llfo,"
tho submarines K-5 nnd K-6,
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