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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1916)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. i 5 Ft A tTrvTAn - iiAJNUlUKMi FOR By wwv.tvmwavw H-opyriciit, by A. A REFLECTING LANTERN. Tho reflecting lantorn Is more mas Icnl in its operation than a magic-lantern because instead of projecting through transparent slides It reflects opauuo pictures placed within It. You can construct a satisfactory lan torn yourself. You must get a box about 10 by 10 by 20 Inches In size. 2 oil-lamps, or two 1G or 32 candle power electric lamps with tho parts necessary for connecting them to tho lighting circuit, two 1-lb. baking-powder cans and two tomato cans, two pieces of tin about C by 10 inches in size, und a double-convex lens about 3 Inches in diameter. The lens from a lantern or bicycle lamp will do. Figures 3 and 4 show tho inside ar rangement of tho lantern box. Place tho lamps in the corners of tho box, next to tho front, and tack in back of them the pleco of tin for reflectors (A, Figs. 3 and 4). Bend the reflec tors as shown in Fig. 3. If oil-lamps aro used, their tops will project through tho ventilator holes VA -CBOSS-SECnOfl yf-rr" y pictures. H PLAN as shown In Fig. 4. Theso openings must bo inclosed so as to conceal the light, and yet allow heat and smoke to escape. Tho most satisfactory ar rangement is that shown In Figs. 1 and 4. A baking-powder can with its bottom removed (D) is slipped over tho lamp chimney and fitted into tho chimney hole, then a tomato can (C) Ib inverted over tho top of the can and fastened in the slotted ends of three wooden peg stilts (I), Fig. 2). and the pegs are fitted Into holes mado In the top of tho box (Figs. 1 and 4). The lens Is mounted in a baking powder can Jacket (Fig. 5). Remove tho bottom of tho can, and if the lens is smaller in diamotor than tho can, make a band of cardboard strips to lit around the edge of tho lens as shown in Fig. C, and gluo these strips to tho inside of the can. The lens Jacket should fit loosely enough In tho lantern box opening so It will slide back and forth for focusing. Figure 7 shows the back of tho lan tern box. Beforo putting this on, putty up all cracks between the boards In tho top and front of tho box to maltd tho lantorn light-tight; then paint tho inside of tho box and the cover boards with lamp-black thinned with turpen tine, so thoro will bo no reflections other than those produced by tho lamp roflectors and tho picture. In nailing tho boards In place, leave on opening about 7 inches squaro directly oppo slto tho lens. Cut a pleco of board to fit this opening (B, Fig. 7) ,for tho picture holder, and hinge it In placo. A framo for postcards to slide In should bo built up as shown In Fig. 8, First nail strips F to board E, then tack strips Q to thtni so their edges project ovor strip F. rj r H7i : ! vL.-y I 1 1 w r . V BUYS AND GIRLS Necly Hall.) PARLOR BASKET BALL AND TEN NIS. For tho basket ball gamo (Fig. 1) you will need tho cover of a cardboard box for tho playing Held. To each end of tho rim sew a piece of cardboard to form a backstop five or six Inches high. Each backstop will support a little basket like that In Fig. 2. First mako a loop two Inches in diameter out of a strip of cardboard, sowing to gether tho lapped ends, or fastening them with a brass fastener (Fig 3); then mako a small cloth sack and glue or sow Its upper edgo to tho In sldo of the cardboard ring. Mark out tho playing Held with pen cil and ruler. Draw a line entirely around the field one-half inch inside ol tho rim of tho cover for an outside boundary line (A, Fig. 1), nud do scribo a circle two inches in dinmetei In tho exact center of tho field (B), and a three-quarter clrclo of the snmo diameter directly in lino with it and Parlor Basket-ball- three Inches away from each end boundary lino (C). Connect tho ends of the boundary lino and tho three- quarter circles with parallel line? drawn as shown If you own a gamo of Tlddledy- winks tho little bono "winks" nnd "snappers" are what you need with which to play this game of basket ball Thero should bo ten winks, flvo of each of two colors. Parlor basket ball is for two per sons, but four may play with' two on a sldo. Starting tho balls one nt a time in" Reenter of tho field (B), and in ALJr6ach player in our narlor bas keViill gamo has for her object the HIpiMng of her flvo balls into her bas ket, tho basket having been chosen be fore tho start. One flip constitutes a turn whether it causes a ball to move or not. If a ball crosses the bound ary line (out of bounds), tho opposite player may flip it in tho opposite direc tion to that which it is being played, In addition to using her regular turn for advancing ono of her own balls. If she fails to flip tho ball from out of bounds, tho other player receives two flips in her next turn. If a ball is flipped on to or touches a ball of tho opposing player, tho play constitutes a foul, and tho opposing player may take any one of her balls, placo it in tho three-quarter circlo (C) boneath her baskot, and have a free flip for tho basket, in addition to using her regular turn. The playor getting her Ave balls into her basket first wins. Parlor tennis is played with two "winks" from a gamo of Tlddledy winks or two cardboard disks. Fig. 5 shows how tho tonnlB court Is constructed In tho cover of a card board box. Rule off the lines of tho court with ruler and pencil as in dicated In Fig. G. Then for a net suspend a narrow Btrip of cloth on a pleco of thread tied to a pin stuck Into tho center of each side edge of tho cover. Parlor -Temmis MATING RHODE ISLAND REDS To Get Proper Shade That Ib Re quired by Standard One Must Breed From Darkest Redo. In mating Rhodo Island Reds you must, to got the proper shado that is roquirod by tho standard, breed from your darkest red fowls. Breeding In any other way gives you a largo num ber of birds decidedly too light in color and badly off in shape. Tho Rhodo Island Rod, though an American bird, is a very old family. It Is descended from an oldtlmo red Rhode Island Red Pullet Bred by Fred Kuntz, Forest Glen, III. fowl, sometimes simply called tho Red breed and sometimes the Ever lasting Layer. Even long ago it car ried tho peculiar long body it carries today. For nearly sixty years now this breed has beon crossed and out crossed to give It strength, retain its laying quality and color, the last something not permanent to tho stand ard set for It without taking great caro to keep it so. EXPENSE OF POULTRY FOODS Prices Are Not on Decrease as Some Poultry Kcepero Expected Protein Is a Necessity. Tho high prlco of good poultry foods is not on tho decrease as somo poultry keepers thought it would be. It continues so high that even on tho farm tho owner has begun to count its cost in tho outlay to his chickens. To do this on tho farm is a loss if tho food is withhold, for poultry prod ucts on tho farm outrank in price tho high rato of food. Tho protein feedB aro highest in price unless it bo somo of tho meals, such as cottonseed, so plentiful in tho South, but this is so dangerous if fed in quantities that often fowls aro sac rificed to this cheapness, or at least it is the oxporienco of many given that to mako cottonseed meal oven so much as one-tenth tho bulk of tho poultry feed is dangorous. However, tho New Jorsey experi ment Btatlon is making a test of this nnd wo will soon get real facts in tho matter. Clover and alfalfa aro cheap protein foods, but oven with theso wo can overdo their feeding. DESIRABLE TO PUSH PULLETS Variety Is as Important ao Liberal Quantity In Feeding to Increase the Egg Yield. From now on, tho prico of eggs will rulo high until tho spring months, and it is desirable to push tho pullets along. Liboral feeding, beginning with cither a good dry or moist mash in tho morning, plenty green stuff, and moat scraps with somo cut bono, nnd in evening good dry grain, should hurry tho egg production. Variety is aB important as liberal quantity in feed. LATE HATCHES FOR BROILERS Good Returns May Be Secured From Birds If Given Warm Quarters, Good Feed and Range. Lato-hatched chlckonB if kept in warm quarters, and fed proporly, with sufficient rango and somo green food, may bo turned off for broilers aftor tho holiday season is over and bring a sum that is worth while. A lato turkoy is unlike a chicken, in asmuch as a small chicken Is tho acme of quality, while a small turkoy Is not apt to bo, but tho turkey can bo kept until It ia largo and plump and bring its prlco. Crowding Causes Trouble. If tho hen houses aro going to bo crowded, roduco tho flock to tho point whoro it will havo plenty of room, for crowded quarters aro likely to cause troublo, Including dtseaso, and stock in crowded quarters nover proves as profitable. BEST COMBINATION ON FARM Poultry, crult and Bees Are Directly Benefited In Various Ways by Being Kept Together. Of tho many different linos of agri cultural Interests, poultry raising, fruit growing nud bco keeping can be com bined to the best advnntngo. Poultry, fruit and bees aro directly benefited by being kept together. Three essen tial crops, moat, fruit and honey, can be grown on tho name ground at one ttmo, each contributing to tho success 3f tho other in various ways. Fruit trees afford tho shado and protection necessary for fowls and bees. Tlioy ylold food In bloPBoms, Insects and fallen fruits nnd in return aro benefited by losing, all that is so eagerly dovoured by tho industrious bonoflcinrlcs of their beauty. Fowls not only decreaso tho insect pests in tho orchard, but they deposit rich nourishment unsurpassod In quality for soil. Tho majority of farmhouses and suburban residences have or chards or plots of ground that with very llttlo preparation can bo mado Into ideal poultry runs. Whoro begin ners aro planning a plot to set out in fruit, futuro growth should bo consid ered, standard npplo trcos should be planted 35 or 40 foot apart each way, as tho trees do not get largo enough to bear under ten years, nor attain full growth under twenty years. Many do- slrablo crops can bo secured in tho mcantimo by setting out two peach or plum trcos or rows of pear and cherry trees between tho npplo trees .This loaves amplo room for bush fruit or berries to bo raised and cultivated. It Is bc3t to put early baby chicks in tho young fresh-planted trees and bushes to prevent damage to tender roots from scratching. Baby chicks thrive best among bushes and vines. HOW TO PRUNE FRUIT TREES Trimming During Dormant Seasons Tends to Wood Production Sum mer Pruning Is Exhausting. Heavy top pruning increases tho woody growth of trees. It may invig orate weak trees, it tends to lessen fruit production or oven check It alto gether. It induces tho production of water sprouts, which nro practically parasites as far ns tho welfare of tho troo is concerned. Prune weak trees relativoly heavier than strong growing ones. Pruno every year, removing small amounts of wood, rather than removing tho samo aggre gate at longer intervals. Rtmovo wa ter sprouts as faBt as thoy itppear. Root pruning lessens wood produc tion and is sometimes practical in caso of a treo which refuses to bear fruit. Tho scientific principle involved is that vegetablo growth la checked and, as is tho tendency in nil growing, things, fruit is produced ns u mature Young Peach Trees Not Headed Back nnd Will Break With First Good Crop of Fruit. stage of growth Is reached. Root prun ing long continued Ib likely to perma nently weaken tho treo. Pruning during dormant seasons tends to wood production and, during tho growing season, to fruit produc tion. This does not mean, howovcr, that summer pruning is advlsablo, for it is exhausting and if continued ro ducea tho vigor of tho tice. It ahould bo resorted to only under special con ditions. Winter pruning, ,if proporly practiced, ia not objectionable from tho standpoint of fruit production. Trees proporly pruned from planting time to fruit bearing need compara tively llttlo pruning thoreby. This prnctlco nlBo gives hotter formed troos nnd bettor results than if tho votine trees aro neglected, necessitating later tho removal of largo branches. Primary Oblcct In Prunlnn. In pruning fruit trees, roraombor tho primary ohject is to remove auperflu, ous wood and to shapo tho tree. R.6 membor also thnt nrnnlnir n iron li... Ing Its dormant porlod, that iswhilo tllO !(nVPH urn rff Imlnnni.' I ' -" " " w, ,uui,i,n tVUUU growth, whllo pruning duflng tho summer, or pruning whlloflio loaves nro on tho treo, rotardB thjo growth of woou nnu muuecs rrultfujlnoss. Prun ing tho roots has tho sajmo offoct. rl Cut Out Old (canes. Cut out all old mmJll of the rasp berry and plncluHiuiio of tho lew growth. It Did And It Didn't. With a groan nnd n snort tho ox press stoppod at tho waysldo stntion. bocauso tho signal stood nt dangor. On tho platform stood a number of passcngors waiting for tho next train n slow. 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