THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
Daily Bible
I Reading I
Br REV. HOWARD W.POPE
& EtM elul ad BibU Tuchtr, Extmnon Otptrt p
mtnt. Moodr UiUi Initituto of diiuco y
T)3XT-alve
Timothy 4:13.
iittentlon to reading.-!
How ono Bhall road the Hlblo de
pends largely on what ho Is reading
It for. Tlio Diblo
ib an all-around
book, and serves
many purposes,
but It la well to
havo In mind
Bomo doflnlto pur
pose In all ono'a
reading.
Thoro Ib the de
votional uso of
the niblc. All
stringed Instru
ments quickly get
out of tuno. The
action of the at
mosphere, and
the constant vi
bration In play
ing, relaxes tho strings so that they
need to bo retuned very often. No
matter how good tho violin Is, It
needs to bo tuned every day, and
often many tlmcu n day.
Man Is like a violin. Ho soon gets
out of tuno with God. Tho wear nnd
tear of life, and tho demoralizing at
mosphere which sin creates, so af
fects his disposition that he needs to
bo brought into harmony with Cod
svory morning. It Is not surprising,
When wo consider the subtlety of
sin, and tho weakness of tho llosh,
rathor it' Is
Strange that a Imrp "f a thousand Btrlngs,
Should ltoci) In tuno bo lorn,'.
Nothing will bring tho believer Into
touch with God so soon as a llttlo
tasto of tho Dlvlno Word. For devo
tional purposes tho Psalms aro per
haps tho best, becauso thoy cover so
wldo a range of experience. Hero wo
ilnd aspiration and confession, Joy
and sorrow, adoration and pralso.
Hero wo behold tho calm conlldonco
which grows out of a sublimo faith.
"Tho Lord is my shepherd; I shnll
not want." Again wo meet tho bit
ter anguish which comes from lngrat-
ltudo, or. unrequited love, or tho ec
Btaay of sin forgiven as in Psalm 32,
or tho passlonnto plea for mercy In
Psalm CI, or tho shout of triumph In
Psalm G8. It la doubtful If thoro la
any experience In life for which wo
cannot find a duplicate in the psal
ter, and, noting how tho man after
God's own heart bohaved in similar
emergencies, wo aro unconsciously led
Into tho samo feeling.
In tho morning read Psalm 10, and
at even Psalm 8. If you nro go
ing on a journey, psalm 121 Is ap
propriate If it bo Sunday, 122. If
In perplexity, read Psalm 37. It
you aro gratoful, chooso, 105, or
10G, or 107. If your heart needs
searching, Psalm 139 will accomplish
it "O, Lord, thou haBt searched mo
and known mo," aud aftor a sublime de
scription of God's omnlBclenco, clos
lng with tho prayor which only an
honest heart can uttor: "Search mo,
O God, and know my heart; try mo
aud know my thoughts: and soo It
thoro bo any wicked way In me, and
load mo In tho way ovorlasttng." If It
is comfort you need, you will llnd It in
abundance in either of tho following
Psalms, 34, 91 or 103.
Tho goBpols aro also oxcollont fot
devotional roadlug bocauso thoro wn
como in contact with tho words and
works of Josus. Wo see how ho lived
In tho homo and by tho waysldo, In the
carpontor'a shop, and by tho open
grave Wo soo him In public Hfo and
In prlvato ministry alwayo tho samo,
novor hurried, nor worrlod, always
thinking of others and novor ot him
solf. Wo soo him playing with tho
children, watching tho hens In the
door yard, nnd tho birds on tho troos,
tho growing grains and fading flowers.
In everything ho saw God'B lovo and
caro, nnd from all things natural he
drew somo spiritual lesson for hlo own
and others' comfort.
It it bo UBkcd how much ono should
road nt a tlmo for dovotlonal purposes,
lot mo answer with nn llluelratlon. 1
onco saw a plcturo ot tho dlsulplcB on
tho way to Emniaus. Tho master has
Juut loft them and tho two nro looking
at each other In glad astonlshmont
Ono of them Ib holding both hands
over his heart as ho says with rapture,
"DM not our heart burn within us,
whllo ho talked with us by tho way,
and whllo ho opened to us tho scrip'
turos7" Ho can almost fool hlB hoart
burn still as ho recalls tho momory
ot that blessed walk, i
If you aBk how long ono shall read
his Blblo for dovotlonal purposes, I
answer, read until your heart burns,
until your soul thrills with tho con
Bclousness of God's npproval. You may
road a chapter or a book or a Blnglo
verso, no matter how much or how
llttlo, but read If you can, until you aro
consciously In touch with God, nnd
then, with tho father's morning Idas
upon your HpB, you nro ready to moot
tho outsldo world.
Somo pooplo foel that thoy cannot
spare tho tlmo for tho morning watch,
but I question whether any child ot
God can afford to do without It. Our
souls need to bo fed dally as well as
our bodies, and tho Diblo la tho soul's
proper foo', "Man shnll not Hvo by
bread nlono, but by every word that
proceodoth out ot the mouth ot God."
CLEANING UP THE ORCHARD IN THE FALL
Apple Tree Wrapped With Paper to
my I. J. MATIIBWS, Michigan Agrl-
cultural College.)
Ono job about tho farm that should
not bo put off until aprlng Is cleaning
up tho orchard. If this is put off un
til later, ono of tho greatest bcncilts
which may accrue from It will bo lost.
I rofor to that host of orchard pests
and dIseaseB that Uvo over winter In
piles of rubbish and decaying apples.
Thoso limbs that havo been pruned off
and thrown to ono side and which nro
now in dry condition, aro just the
shelter under which these orchard
posts can remain dormant through tho
cold blasts ot winter and como forth
In tho spring, hale and hearty, ready
to attack tho first shoots and buds of
tho apples that appear.
If thcro Is nothing to burn but old
branches and trco pruningB, then burn
ing la a good and satisfactory way of
getting rid of thla brush. Hut whoro
weeds havo boon cut In tho orchard
and piled up outaldo tho area covorcd
by tho treo limbs, it would certainly 1
bo n waste of valuablo plant food to '
burn this material. Thcro is just ono t
ot two things to do In tho disposition
of thla material. To burn It means
that nil tho plant foods, except tho '
minerals aro lost. In tho faco of our
shortage- in tho potash supply, this, of
course, should bo saved, but why not ,
TILLAGE INFLUENCES
FERTILITY OF SOILS
More Food Is Matje Available for
Growing Tree's Cover Crop
Protects the Roots.
Tho effect of tillago and cover crops
on tho orchard aro similar In Bomo ro
epocts, but tlllngo addB nothing to tho
nmount of plnnt food In tho soil,
thought It Influences tho fertility of
tho land so that moro food Is made
nvallablo fo'r tho growing trees. A
wcll-mnnnged Bystem of cover crops
will accomplish all that tillago can
nnd nt tho snmo tlmo ndd to tho store
of tho plant food that will bo nvallablo
for tho troos.
Fruit trees aro often Injured by root
frcozlng during tho winters. In tho
northom latitudes this Is ono of tho
most Importnnt reasons for keeping
tho soil covorcd in tho winter. Tho
Influenco of a cover crop In protecting
tho roots from frost Is very Important
On soil that Is rolling or on hillsides
It will bo found almost imposBlblo to
maintain nny dogroo of fortuity In tho
orchard without tho uso of cover crops.
It will not only prevent tho soil from
washing away, but will also hold tho
fertilizers from washing and provont
tho leaves from blowing nway.
Tho saving of plant food is nlso an
Important function of a covor crop.
When tho cold wonthor arroatB tho
growth of troos thoro la considerable
nvallablo plant food that may bo wnBt
cd on account of tho trees not being
nblo to consumo it at that tlmo. Thla
mny bo saved by tho covor crop and
hold until such a tlmo ns It la desired
to havo It give It up or when tho cover
crop decays In tho following aprlng.
Tho ideal ByBtoro. of mnnuglns or
chard lands In tho northern and mid-
dlo Btatoa la perhaps moBt nearly up-
proacnou wnon tho soil Is stirred In
tho early spring, as enrly as practlca
bio nnd bb doop as It can bo nnd not
Injuro.tho roots; cultivate In this man
lier until tho trees nro budded, then
seeded with a covor crop which will
grow until nutumn and bo turned un
dor tho following spring, and tho saino
method practiced again.
In Bomo sections ot tho applo coun
try a covor crop la usod tho year that
tho trooB aro duo to produco a largo
crop, so as to form a bed for tho ap
ples to full upon nnd kcop them clean
and trco from mud
Protect Against Rabbits and Mice.
save tho nitrogen and phosphates
also?
If the ground is pjowed, by all means
take this decaying mass and put it in
the bottoms of the furrows. In all
probability, these pesta will nevoi
hatch out there, and even If thoy did
thoy could not get up through tho soil
In tho spring. Somo men who do not
havo a great many trees collect this
rubbish aud put it about tho base ot
tho trees. Tho heap Is covered with
dirt. This excludes tho air and In the
deepening process so much heat la gen
erated that all theso dormant forms of
Insect life aro killed. I have seen this
boating, howover, result In a scalded
trunk for tho applo t'reo.
By all means tho old Umbs should
bo burned up nnd If tho land Ib plowed
tho other refuse should bo plowed un
der, but as to whether It would pay to
compost this old rubbish whero the
land is not plowed Is a question that
will bo largely determined by the
nmount of rubbish, tho numbor of trees
nnd tho cost of labor In doing It.
Whoro thcro Is only a small amount
of this refuso, It may po eaalor and
less expensive to 1koep the pests down
by spraying, but whero thoro Is a
wholo lot of It, it should certainly bo
drawn away or othorwlso disposed of
before tho snow comes on.
COMMERCIAL VALUE
OF STABLE MANURE
Humus Supplied the Soils Is
Worth More Than Accom
panying Food Elements.
What 13 tho real commercial value
of common stable manure? Thrco con
stituents of this wnsto aro much
sought for and command good prices
In tho worlds market today. Our
follow farmers back Hast aro paying
about 20 cents n pound for nitrogen,
four cents for phosphoric acid, and
Hvo cents for potash In commer
cial fertilizers, that havo not near
ly tho vnluo tho onnio food elements
havo when found In stablo manure.
Tho humus Bupplled tho soils by ma
nuro is worth oven moro than
tho accompanying food olomonts, bo
causo humuB la tho maator key that
unlocka tho potential fertility In our
soils. Somo day wo will bo found en.
lng to tho Btoro to buy this snmo fer
tility wo nro now wasting. It will
como hlghor, nnd no master koy will
bo found In tho sack. Farmers in
Now York aro paying today nt tho
rato of not less than ?2.50 for tho
sacked condensed plant food contnlnud
In ono ton of tho manuro that now
outrages our sonso of beauty and pro-
Bonta us with swurma of lllea. Just
add tho freight and don't bo behind
tho times and forgot tho un-todntn
prollts.
DESTROY INSECTS BY
THE FALL CLEAN-UP
Plowing Is Generally Recognized
as Good Method for the Pre
vention of Injury.
In tho war against farm and orchard
pesta n fall clean-up Ib a good meaus
of nttack.
Fall plowing la generally recognized
na a good mothod for tho prevention
of Insoct injury; but rubbish left in
piles nlong fences, or In tho orchard,
or garden, mnko tho best kind of win
tor qunrtors for Insoct pests In vari
ous stages.
Tra3h of this kind Bhould bo cleared
nway and burned. Burning will do
Btroy any insocta among tho rubbish.
'FARM'
POULTRY
WASHING MACHINE FOR EGGS
Increased Profits Made by Putting
Product of Hens In Neat and At
tractive Packages.
It has been found by thoao who han
dlo foodstuffs that it pays to put tho
goods up In attractive shape or pack
ages. It is no uncommon thing to soo
vegetables tied up In ribbons, and
fruit, which formerly traveled In bar
rels, la now packed In small boxes
resembling confectionery in tho way
they aro handled. Tho snmo applies
Washing Eggs.
to tho fruit of tho hennery. An egg
farmer who gets a reputation for tho
quality nnd appearance of his eggs
will always get u premium abovo tho
prlco for his product, and this in
creased prico makca it worth while
for him to exercise tho necessary care.
Such persona not only examine each
ogg before it ia shipped, but they aro
also washed by hand, In order that
they present an Immaculato appear
ance when placed on view. Tho ma
chlno shown In tho accompanying cut
has been recently patented for tho
purpose of washing eggs. It docs the
work as well as If done by hand and
much moro rapidly.
FOWL WITH LARGE APPETITE
May Be Picked Out on Roost at Night
by Size of Crop Judge Capacity
by Shape of Body.
Tho hen with a largo appetite can
bo picked out on tho roost at night by
tho alzo of tho crop. Tho capacity ot
a bird may bo judged by tho shape of
tho body. Tho jointed ribs allow tho
rear part of tho body to oxpand down
ward, taking on a wedgo shape, as tho
digestive system and reproductive or
gans demand moro room. Thla spread
may bo judged by tho distance be
tween tho rear end of the breast bono
and tho pelvic bonea. A bird spread
from heavy production should not bo
confused with one spread from being
overfat.
Tho high producer Invariably shows
what wo might term as quality, that is,
soft, pliablo skin over breast bono and
abdominal cavity.
Tho skin of tho honproducer or tho
bird out of condition will havo a hard
leathery or drawn feeling.
Whllo tho shnpo of tho overfat hen
may Indicate capacity, tho body cavity
is filled with fat rather than organs of
digestion and production, and tho skin
io lacking In that quality which ap
pears In tho high producer.
MAKE NEST BOXES MOVABLE
Easy Opportunity Afforded to Give
House Thorough Cleaning and
Fight Injurious Vermin.
Everything in tho honhouso should
bo movable nests, roosts, dust
boxes, etc. This gives an easychanco
to light vermin, and nlso to glvo tho
houso a thorough cleaning. Tho old
practlco of nailing nests, roosts and
all fixtures to tho building was a
bad mistake, and there la no wonder
that Hco reigned Biipromo.
T. W. Varo, Ilammonton. N. J has
Common-Sense Nest Boxes.
a novel nest method. Ordinary boxca
aro UBcd; theso aro so placed that
tho lower box provides n platform
for tho upper nest, upon which tho
hens can easily alight. Theso nests
aro rendlly taken outdoors and thor
oughly cleaned. Tho Illustration gives
tho Idea very clearly. Farm Journal.
HARD WORK HANDLING DUCKS
Easier to Care for Fowls In Large
Flocko Than Small Grower
Turns Hlo Money Quickly.
Ducks can bo handled in largo num
bers better than most othor fowls and
tho grower turna hla money quickly,
for by tho ond of summer ho la
cleaned out, having only a fow Bcoros
or many hundreds of brecdors to
carry through tho winter, tho number
dopendlug on tho Blzo of .lis bualnoss
Yot tho work is exceedingly exacting
and most arduous whllo .ha busy sea
son lasts.
Pelvic Bones of Best Layers.
Tho best layers usually havo slen
der, pliable pelvic bones, whllo the
poor layers have hard, rigid bones
even though thoy aro Bpreud during
production.
florfi
ICUUM
SCIENCE IN HANDLING FRUIT
Grower May Secure High Prices for
Product by Exercising Care In
Sorting and Packing.
A great saving may bo offocted by
tho scientific handling of fruit of all
kinds. In this case "science" means
right knowledge and caro. Tho fruit
grower cannot always sell direct to
the consumer, but he can, by aortlng
and carefully packing his product,
fcget a much better prico when selling
to the rotuil dealer than ho can It no
follows tho old-fashioned methods of
dumping everything Into boxes, bas
kets and narrels regardless of size and
condition. Tho shrowd dealer will
mako tho most of tho bad condition
of tho stuff offered him, beating down
the grower to tho lowest possible price
and then add to his profits by tho
work of a few boys In tho basement
who ure Instructed In tho art of clean
ing and repacking. Tho grower, him
self, could got this added profit If he
Dumping Apples Into Barrels Without
Sorting Gives Middleman Greater
Profits, Because He Grades and
Sorts.
would only take a llttlo more trouble
In preparing his fruit for market.
Some nssociations of fruit and veg
etable growers have adopted this plan,
and made certain brands famous.
Tho fruit sold under theso various
brands is carefully selected and
packed under the supervision of tho
manager employed by tho growers,
and packages aro guaranteed to bo up
to standard In every way.
As most of tho apples grown in this
country aro sent to market in barrels,
it may bo well to set down here somo
rules adopted by tho beat associa
tions of fruit growers for tho barrel
ing of tho frujt.
In tho mm placo tho apples aro
taken from tho treea and placad In
baskets or bags slung around the
shoulders of tho pickers, and somo
very caroful growers insist that tho
pickers wear gloves, In order that
their fingernails may not cut tho fruit.
It Is a well-known fact now that a
tiny nbraslon made by tho fingernail
will often admit harmful bacteria
which will, In a short time, destroy
tho apple.
Tho apples are then brought to the
packing tables, which aro covered with
canvas or burlap under which 13 a
padding of moss or straw In order to
prevent bruising. Tho greatest care Is
taken to provont tho apples from fall
ing from tho tablo, or against one
anothor in a way to causo the slight
est bruise. Tho fruit Ib rapidly sorted
into their proper grado and tho pack
age whatever tho form of packing
may be labolcd with tho growers'
name, A barrel properly packed can
bo shipped long distances without In
jury to tho fruit.
All good npple growora now under
stand that apples keep bettor If thoy
aro allowed to ripen upon tho trees
and It Is soldom that green fruit la
picked. Of courso always thoro Is
just tho right day when tho apples
should bo taken from tho tree, and
this can bo learned only by close ob
servation and experience.
MAKE SUCCESS IN ORCHARDS
Growers Should Noto That Thorough
Tillage Is Most Profitable Method
of Soil Management.
(Uy DR. E. II. JENKINS, Director. Con
necticut Experiment Station.)
Certain sod orchards under special
conditions, such as heavy manuro
mulching, togethor with somo pastur
ing to keop tho grass down, glvo good
results porhaps as good as clean cul
tlvatlon. But tho skillful fruit grow
or can oxpect moro than tho law of
avorageB will glvo. And oven the gen
oral grower should noto that thorough
tillago is tho most profitable method
of soil management.
BUSINESS IN CANADA
IS GOOD
Successful Crops and Big Yields
Help tho Railway.
Tho rcmarkablo flolda that aro re
ported of tho wheat crop of Western
Canada for 1915 benr out tho esti
mate of an average yield over tho
threo western provinces of upward of
25 bushels per acre. Thcro Is no
portion of that great west of 21,000
squaro miles In which tho crop was
not good nnd the yields abundant. An
American farmer who was induced to
placo under cultivation land that ho
had been holding for flvo years for
Bpcculativo purposes and higher
prices, says that-ho mado tho prlco oC
tho land out of this year's crop ot
oata. No doubt, others, too, who took
the advice of tho Department of tfto
Interior to cultivato tho unoccupied
lnnd, havo done as well.
But tho atory of tho great crop that
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
produced this yenr Ib best told in tho
language of tho railways In the added
cars that It has been necessary to
placo In commission, tho extra trains
required to bo run, tho increased ton
nage of tho grain steamers.
, It Is found that railway earnings
contlnuo to Improve.
The C. P. It. earnings for tho second
week of October showed nn increase
of $762,000 over last year, the total
being only $310,000 below tho gross
earnings of tho corresponding week
of 1913, when tho Western wheat crop
mado a new record for that date. Tho
lncreaso In C. P. R. earnings for tho
corresponding week of that year was
only $351,000, or less than half of tho
Increase reported this year. Tho
grain movement in tho West within
tho past two weeks has taxed tho re
sources of tho Canadian roads as
never before, despite their Increased
facilities. Tho C. P. R. is handling 2,000
cars per day, a now record. Tho
G. T. R. and tho C. N. R. nro also mak
ing now shipment records. Tho other
day tho W. Grant Morden, of tho Can
ada Steamships Company, tho largest
freighter of tho Canadian fleet on tho
Upper Lakes, brought down a cargo of
470,315 bushels, a now record for
Canadian shipping. Records aro "go
ing by the board" in all directions this
fall, duo to Canada's record crop. Tho
largest Canadian wheat movement
through the port of Now York ever
known is reported for tho period up
to October 15th, when since shipments
of tho new crop began in August,
4,2G5,791 bushels havo been reloaded
for England, Franco and Italy. This
Is over half as much as was shipped
of Amorlcan wheat from the samo port
In tho samo period. And, be it remem
bered, Montreal, not New York, is tho
main export gateway for Canadian
wheat. New York gets the overflow
in competition with Montreal. Ad
vertisement.
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am glad to see your baby has shut up,
madam.
Mother Ye3, sir. You are tho only
thing that's pleased him sinco he saw
tho animals at tho zoo. Puck.
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Brand, 35c tho lb., in sealed cans.
Only ono merchant in each town
sells Seminole. If your grocer isn't
tho one, write tho Denison Coffee Co.,
Chicago, for n souvenir and tho.namo
of your Seminole dealer. '
Buy tho 3 lb. Canister Can for $1.00.
Adv.
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It is seldom that tho husband and
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The Idea
of
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