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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. f BRITISH LINER SUNK HEALTH OF CHICKENS IN COLD WEATHER IMPROVED METHODS OF STOCK FEEDING EDING impmniniwniiil NEXRLY 300 LOSE LIFE WHEN TORPEDO HITS PERSIA. OMAHA NEXT TO CHICAGO AS HOG AND SHEEP MARKET. U. S. CONSUL REPORTED LOST MIL EXPERT GIVES FIGURES New Complications Between America and Austria Is Feared In Wash ington Official Circles. 1,203,307 Cattle, an Increase of Over 75,000 Over 1014, Received During Past Twelve Month's. J SECOND STOCK CITY " " ... , M n i , jiMnmii . iiuaini jx- ... ... .l. en i Open-Front Chicken House Grit, charcoal and green food In addition to the regular grains, will bo found necessary to keep the flock In rthe best condition. The best poultry breeders know that the fowl on freo rango will probably obtain plenty o grit but they keep It before the birds !at all times as it is not expensive and they wish to bo Buro that ovory hen receives the proper amount to keep her strong and well. Clean out tho poultry house at least ionco each week. Wd have found, says !n writer In an exchange, that scatter ing a few shovelfuls of garden soil un ider tho roosts is a first-class method 'of saving tho manure, Tho dropping 'boards are then easy to clean and the soil, according to experiment station reports, will fix tho nitrogen In tho manure and make It more valuablo for spreading back on the garden. A frequent cleaning of tho house re--suits In a healthier flock as birds can not prosper and roost in an atmos phere saturated with devitalizing gases. Tho hay chaff from the barn floor should bo dumped into tho poultry house. The hens will like It and If you dump a few bushels on tho poul try house floor In tho evening you Tvill find them scratching and singing tho next morning and working up tho kind of appetite which means a good feeder and a good producer. Plan to improve your poultry plant whenever posslblo and "you will uoto SOME GOOD POULTRY ADVICE Exercise Afforded Hens In Scratching Through Chaff Will Stimulate Egg Production. Tho chaff that accumulates In tho "barn loft makes excollent scratch ma terial for tho hens. Tho hens will And much to eat In this rubbish, and tho -exorcise they get in scratching through It will stimulate ogg-productlon. A hen that has recovered from a serious disease, such as roup, should "bo marked In order to bo certain that she does not get in tho breeding pens. A hen that has had roup will likely bo fdoflclent in vitality. A good and cheap method of supply ing grit is to dump a load or two of gravel in tho poultry yard. Tho cgg-catlng habit may result through caroless feeding of egg-shells. IBefore feeding tho shells should bo pulverized. A good method Is to 'brown tho half shells In an oven, when they pulverize easily. A good method of feeding cabbage -Is to suspend the heads to the roof -with string, thus compelling tho hens to Jump for every bite they get. Turnips, pumpkins, small pofatocy? and parings are greatly relished by the hens when cooked, mixed with the mash and fed steaming hot. Tho perchos should bo on a lovel. "When built ono above another stop fashion tho hens will flght for tho higher perchos. Cedar wood makes .good perches. Llco and mites do not like tho odor of codar. In feeding milk to poultry It should 1)0 fed either always sweet or always sour. Changing from ono to tho other -will result in dlgostlvo troubles. If tho dropping boards aro not clean ed go through tho houses each morn ing and sprlnklo dry loam or sifted coal ashes ovor tho dropping voided during tho night. This will not only keep down odors, but will prevent tho valuablo portion of tho manure am monia from escaping through ovapo rution. Cut clover and cut alfalfa aro ex cellent substitutes for green food. Thoso foods aro rich In protoln and tho mineral matter necessary for tho formation of bono and egg shell. Ono hundred pounds of clover contains suf ficient llmo to form tho Bholls for sev enteen dozen eggs. Sitters and Non-Sitters. What did people do who kept tho non-sitting breeds beforo Incubators wore Invented? Well, tho majority Ttept two breeds, sitters and non-sit-tors, and kept them separated, or kopt tho old hens of tho non-sitting breeds. Thoso will brood at times. Foolish Changes of Breeds. Stick to ono brood. It Is only folly to bo changing breeds continually In grading only an Incongruous mlxturo can result from such practice When you start to grade up to ono broqd wtlck to It and uso tho best stock you can find of 'that breed. for an Exposed Lot. a general improvement In tho health and appearance of your fowls. Tho Improvements may consist of larger ranges, cleanor houses, stronger and more vigorous males, plenty of dust ing places, and sufllclont shado. All of thoso improvements will make you a real poultry farmer and tho health of your flock will In direct propor tion increase your receipts from both eggs and stock. To koop fowls healthy never feed them Bo-called egg foods which aro only patent condiments sultablo to in flame tho organs and reduce tho real value of tho bird. Some of them may seem to stimulate tho hens for a while but tho stimulation is unnatural and of very temporary value. Popper is not good for poultry and also may Inflame tho organs. Tho poultry breed ers who aro successful stick to tho balanced rations of good substantial ifoodstuffs and do not experiment with "patent medicines." The open-front poultry house seems Hko tho most practical method of housing poultry that has been devised. It insures a plentiful supply of fresh air for tho birds and prevents drafts. I have never seen an open front houso that seemed damp If It was properly cleaned and tho housos with glass windows nearly always seem damp and close. Tho open-front houso costs less money and Is the only suro way of keeping tho flock In good condition. DIE IN MYSTERIOUS MANNER Many Reasons Assigned for Mortality Among Poultry Flocks Other Than That of Disease. So often chickens dlo In a mysteri ous manner, both tho young and old flocks some members of each at least. Tho owner Is puzzled and looks about for a name of this strango dis ease, often seeking advice abroad. Perhaps he gets an answer that might fit tho symptoms, perhaps ho does not, and wonders why his fowls died after all of his caution and caro. Chickens dlo of many things and for many reasons other than disease. Young chickens especially will eat many things the old ones may not touch. For instance, young chickens will eat toadstools, and theso grow thick and fast In manuro piles and other places where chickens dig. Toad stools will kill, finally. Tho chicks act sick, loso flesh rapidly, mopo about, get dizzy when trying to walk, then dlo. Unless you have definite symptoms of certain diseases, always look about first for tho reason of sickness in fowls from something they have eaten. RIGHT CARE DURING WINTER Important to Have Poultry Houses Well Ventilated, So as to Fur nish Fresh, Pure Air. Most poultry dlseasse are conta gious, and after they onco get firmly es tablished aro hard to break and suc cessfully eradicate. Most of theso diseases occur during tho winter and early spring, when tho fowls aro con fined and cannot get out and run whore they please, on account of rainy and cold weather. It Is important that their houses be well ventilated, so as to furnish fresh, pure air at all times; for If they aro compelled to breathe Impure air which arises from tho filth of tho henhouse, which Is bound to accumulate, thoy will bo apt to contract some disagree able dlsoaso which may prove costly, beforo cured. DESTROY ALL INSECT PESTS Renew All Nests and Dust Pullets and Hens With Powder to Effectu ally Eradicate Vermin. (By A. C. SMITH. Poultryman. Univer sity Farm. St. Paul. Minn.) Itollll tho nests with straw or excel slor, and dust the pullets and hem thoroughly with Insect powder. Ito peat this application In a weok or ten days, for tho nests especially. This should effectually destroy al body llco and theso posts should no) bother tho birds for some time, espe dally if In addition to tho dust batli a handful of sulphur or Insect powdei Is put Into each nest. Fatten Poultry for Market. It never pays to sond to markel thin, poor poultry. Always fatten II up with plenty of good corn. London. Tho British liner Persia was sunk December 31st nml most ol tho passengers and crow woro lost, which is thought will number about 300. The vessel was approaching Al exandrla vhen It was hit by a torpedo. Robert McNeely, American consul at Aden, was a passenger on tho Persia, and Is believed to havo been drowned. Tho Peninsular and Oriental Steam ship company stated ofllclally that tho Persia had left London, December IS, and Marseilles, December 26, car rylng the British malls bound for Bombay and that it was sunk off tho island of Croto. Sixty-one flrst-class and elghty-threo second cabin passengers, Including eight children, boardod tho steam ship Persia at London, according to Information obtained at tho Peninsu lar and Oriental lino. At Marseilles thirty-five of tho llrst class and thirty two of the second cabin boarded tho boat. Tho company estimated that after deducting the number of passengers leaving tho ship at its various ports of call about 1C0 passengers woro aboard when tho vessel was sunk. A dispatch from Cairo says that two boatloads of people were drawn down with the steamer when sho sank, as there was no tlmo to cut tho ropes. Four boats were lowered, but It was thirty hours beforo a trawlor picked them up after they left tho scene of the accident. Several shlp3 passed by without assisting tho refu gees, being afraid, presumably of do coys. Many passengers were thrown into the water when tho vessel heeled over. The scono of tho catastrophe tho seas between tho Island of Crete and Alexandria, recently has been tho graveyard of a number of line ships, and only a few weeks ago tho Ameri can tank steamer Petrollto narrowly escaped the guns of a submnrlno there. Tho Persia was the first passenger ship lost by tho Peninsular and Orien tal line during the war. Tho vosboI was of 8,000 tons displacement,, and carried a crow of nearly 300. Reports No Warning Given. Washington, D. C. Anxiety over the sinking of tho British steamship Persia increased in official circles here when a consular dispatch brought the information that tho ship had been torpedoed without warning and that at least one American citi zen, Robert N. McNeely, now consul at Aden, Arabia, was missing. Although the nationality of tho sub marine which sank the Persia has not been established, it is generally as sumed in Washington to havo been an Austrian, since tho Gorman am bassador Count von Bernstorff, de clared recently that no Gorman or Turkish submarines wero operating in tho Mediterranean. Ford Blames War on People. Now York. Henry Ford, who led tho peace expedition which loft hero December 4 on tho steamship, Oscar II, for Copenhagen, In tho hopo of bringing about a conference of neutral natlonB that would end tho war, ar rived here on tho steamer Bergens fjord. Ho confirmed cable reports that his return had boon hastened by Ill ness, but said it made a difference of only a few days, as ho intended when ho left to como back this month. Mr. Ford declared his views regard ing tho causo of tho war havo undor gono a marked change. When ho left, ho said, he was of tho opinion that bankers, manufacturers of munitions and armament wero responsible, but ho returnB with tho bellof that it Is tho people themselves, thoso now be ing slaughtered, who aro responsible. Report Many Vessols Sunk. Vienna Austro-IIungarlan and Ger man submarines sank In tho Medltor- ranoan eight troop ships, twenty-flvo transports and thirty-four merchant men, with a total tonnage of about 225,325, In tho last two weoks of Octo ber and the month of November, ac cording to claims mado in nuthorita- tlvo quarters here. Tho loss of llfo is said to havo been very heavy In the caso of troop ships and tho est! mate is mado that It amounts to at least 5,000 men. Congress to Consider Comriptlon. London A special trades congress to which all societies affiliated with tho labor movement aro invited to sond representatives, will bo con vened in London early In January to consider tho government's bill for tho compulsory enlistment. Case of Leprosy In Chicago. Chicago. A caso of leprosy was dlBCovored In tho county Jail hero re cently, the victim being R. V. Mitchell, accused of larceny. Ho said ho bo lloved ho got dlseaso in Philippines. Lincoln. Greater Omaha Is tho second greatest stock market In tho United Stuto which moans also In tho world according to a detailed study, tho results of which wero pre- pared by Rato Expert U. G. Powell of tho Nebraska railway commission. Of tho seven leading markets of tho country Chlcogo leads them all In cattle, hog and sheep receipts. Omaha Is third In cattle receipts, and second In hog and sheep receipts. Kansas City trails along third with tho second prlzo In cattlo receipts nnd third prlzo in both tho hog and sheep columns. During 1915 cattlo receipts on tho Omaha market woro 1,203,307, against 93G.G94 in 1911. Hog rocolpts for tho year woro 2,545,210: sheep 3,214,585. Tho Incrcaso in cattlo for Omaha was 27G.613 head; of hogs, 277,820, and of sheep, G7.1G1. Kansas City made a small increase in cattlo and hogs, but a decrease in sheep. Chica go was tho samo way, but St. Louis had a decreaso In all three lines. Sioux City had a decreaso In sheop, Denver a decreaso In cattlo and St. Joseph a decreaso In hogs. To Talk of Defense. Tho ninth annual debate of tho Nebraska High School Debating leaguo, which begin in Fobruary and end with tho stato competition at the University of Nebraska on High School Fete day In May will bo on tho live question of increased armament Tho proposition Is: "Resolved, That congress should substantially adopt tho recommendntlons of the secretary of war and tho navy for increased ar mament." This question will bo threshed out in some ninety schools In all parts of the state under tho aus pices of the largest debating leaguo In tho country. League was organized with thirty members in 1908. In each district the members aro paired for the first-series debates, tho winners then go Into the second-series; and the two winners there then moot to decide tho district championship which school shall havo tho honor of sending a representative to tho state debate. The board will accept tho resigna tion and gave out that tho discrepan cies at tho institution will all bo mado good by companies having tho contracts. One Hat Factory Reported. Tho federal census of 1910 lists Ne braska as tho twenty-ninth stato In tho union as to population, with an es timated population for 1914 of 1,245, 873, yet ono hat factory makes all the "Nebraska-mado" hats worn by No braskans. Tho total capital Invested in this Nebraska hat factory is $20,000. Sixtoen people aro employed, flvo of whom are females. Total valuo of stock used, $30,000. Valuo of produc tion, $55,000. Total paid to wage earn ers for the year 1915 is a little over $11,400. To Observe Child Labor Day. January 24 will be observed as Child Labor day throughout tho country and while Stato Superintendent Thomas docs not bolievo a wholo day should bo dovoted to tho obscrvanco of tho Bamo, becaimo Nebraska haB so many special days, ho thinks a short tlmo should bo spent In each school and recommends a program offered by tho national child day commltteo as prop, or to uso. Outlawed Claim Received. A wolf bounty claim of tho vlntago of 1891 was received by tho stato auditor a few days ago. Tho claim was sent In by J. E. Enders of Brown county and was for nlno scalps. Tho stato ceased paying bounties several years ago and thoreforo tho claim is outlawed. Inspection of Cattle. According to a report prepared by Mr. Slcoth of tho stato veterinarian's ofllco, 4,578 cattlo havo boon Inspected during tho tlmo from April 1 to De cember 15, and 7 4-10 per cent havo shown signs of tuberculosis, Uio oxact number being 329, Jackson for Treasurer. Friends of Goorgo Jackson, speaker of tho last houso of representatives ot tho Nebraska legislature, aro out for tho Nuckolls county statesman for the democratic nomination for stato treas urer. Asks Name Be Withdrawn. Senator Georgo W. Norrls has asked Socrotary of Stato Pool to seo that his name docs not go on tho ballot next April as a republican candlduto for president. Agricultural Course Starts Soon. Tho regular six weeks' winter course of tho University School ol Agriculture at Lincoln will begin Jan uary 4. Tho courso includes a study of gasolino engines, farm machinery animal diseases, marketing accounts, field crops, sollB, poultry, fruits, vego tables, dairying and stock Judging. Excellent Beef (By D. B. OnEEN, Ohio.) Tho man who had tho forethought to provido plenty of good carrots and mangles, is exceedingly woll fixed for bringing tho farm animals through tho winter in good condition. A good many dairymen aro feeding skim milk to their cows. Tho animals seem to relish it; and, as it is not a fattening food, It docs thorn no harm. Whether or not It pays to grind corn for fattonlng pigs depends upon tho prlco of tho corn nnd tho facilities and cost of grinding, which vary with tho seasons and tho conditions on tho farms. If skim milk Is added to tho ration fed to young chickens it will lucroaso tho consumption of other foods given. Feed which has been allowed to got wet will ferment or Bour readily and causo intestinal disorders. Don't teed It to your stock. During tho yoars whon corn brought a vory low prlco, cattlo feeding could bo conducted on vory I0030 principles and still pay fair profits, but condi tions havo sinco changed nnd methods must bo varied to meet tho now con ditions In beef production. Wo aro forced to adopt moro economical meth ods of production. Our wholo system of cattlo feeding has been largely built up upon cheap grain foods and wo havo been making but littlo uso of forago nnd liny in tho production of our hoof. Focdors must lntroduco hotter methods 'of produc ing their beef and not go out of busi ness for tho reason that grain foods aro high. Pork production returns to tho soil tho grain food elements that aro con sumed by tho hogs, but cattlo and Bhoep feeding mako posslblo tho ubo of clover, alfalfa and corn fodder and return them to tho soil In a mannor tha will encourage tho growth of Junior Champion Angus Bull. moro clovor, alfalfa nnd grain In tho crop rotation and Uiub presorvo tho fortuity of tho boII. Tho men who aro most Interested aro tho onos who raise their own focd ors and mako a practice of taking tho vory best of caro of tholr animals. No man can go out and buy tho class of young focdors that aro demanded In tho production of baby boof. Tho advocato of baby boof has as his chlof argument that young and growing animals mako cheaper gains than oldor ones, or that tho cost of a pound of grain increases with tho ago of tho animal. This law is woll established, and is primarily duo to tho fact that growth and loan moat requires less food for Its production than docs fat, for loan meat Is a wa tory tlssuo compared with fat and 1b a loss concontratod product. Fat is tho most concontratod animal product wo havo. For generations English farmers havo mado oxtonslvo ubo of dwarf Es box rapo ns a chick food. This plant may bo described as a rutabuga run to head. Tho seed Ih bowh Hko ruta baga turnip nnd cultivated, without thinning. Experiments at tho Kansas and In (11 aim stations show that tho contin ued feeding of moldy corn to horses causes nervous and intestinal troubles ot a serious nature A ration consisting of two-thirds corn and cobmeal and ono-thlrd bean- meal may bo fed to dairy cows with good results. A feed of roots, especially carrots Is greatly rollshcd by tho colt, If whon they aro ,cut up, a littlo oil meal la ecriU'rcd over them. Good protoln hay from clover or Specimens. cowpcaB, combined with somo nlco corn Btovor (stover Is simply tho stalk without tho car, nnd may bo used wholo or shroddod) will mako a satis factory roughage for feeding young heifers. A limited amount of Bilago may bo fed with satisfaction to sheep say about ten poundB per head each day. But it should bo fod in connection with somo dry roughago, ouch ns clovor or alfalfa hay, or oven mixed hay and straw. In vory cold weather, tho snoop should havo plonty of clover hay or corn fodder or ouch other roughness ns is avallablo on tho farm. Tho owes should bo kopt in a good, thrifty con dition in ordor that tho offspring may bo healthy and vigorous. DISEASES OF HOGS CAN BE PREVENTED Scrum and Sanitation Make Best Preparation for Warfare Against Hog Cholera. Kcop hogs thriving; strong, healthy hogs resist cholera. Quarantino every hog, dead from cholera; tho law requires It. Llco. worms, and insanitary condi tions weaken hogs and Invito cholera. Disinfect hog yardB occasionally with unslaked llmo; It's good cholera insurance Serum nnd sanitation mako tho best preparation for tho warfaro against hog cholora. Kcop cholora hogs and carcasses nway from tho stream and insist that your nolghbor do tho same. Tho straw Bhod for hogs la almost suro to bo cither damp or dusty. Ei ther condition invites dlsoaso. Keep gunny sacks saturated with crudo oil whoro hogs can rub agalnBt them. ItalBO moro hogs and fewer llco. Kill llco with crudo or fuel oil sprinkled on tho hogs at foodlng tlmo, applied to rubbing posts or usod ao a two-Inch lnycr on top of tho water in a dipping tank. Coughs and pnoumonla from dusty bods may incidentally bo provontpd If louso-lnfoBtod beds nro oiled. Breath ing dust may cnuso death from pneu monia and certainly renders hogs less roslBtant to cholora. Tho Missouri agricultural oxporl- mont station has carefully tested each of theso remedies and bo havo thous ands of good farmors. Thoy havo stood tho test but aro not substitutes for Borum treatmont, for thoy resist but do not entirely prevent cholora. Thoso thrift-producing measures would pay If cholera did not exist. Sprlnklo freshly Blakcd llmo nbout ono-slxtoonth of an Inch deep ovor tho lots, sprinkling quarters onco ov ory month or two. At this rato, a barrol will kill tho germs on about 1,280 squaro feet of lot space. Com bat worms by foodlng a mlxturo of 4 parts of charcoal, 3 parts of copperas, 3 parts of common salt, 3 parts or Glaubor salts, 3 parts sal Boda, 1 part sulphur. Mix in hundred-pound lots and keep in a dry placo whoro tho hogs can help thomsolvcs. It is a good "conditioner" and has boon thor oughly tested at tho Missouri agricul tural oxporlmcnt station and on many farms. Avoid Digestive Disorders. Tho careful herdsman avoids diges tive dlsordors In tho calf by feeding tho skim milk warm and UBlng only clean buckotB. Overfeeding also helps to dcrango tho dlgestlvo tract and should bo avoided. From tho tlmo that tho calf Is born until it is woll grown it chould bo provided with a clean stall. This provcntB navol 111 and insures a healthful growth. Farm Brood Mares. A fow good brood maros on tho or. dlimry farm if brod to a good Btalllon should produce several good colts ovory year boBldoa doing tho ordinary farm work. To Bocuro tho host results tho brood maro that iVsca tho farm work must bo given tho host care and1, attention. Cow Per Acre. "A cow per aero," sounds pretty, big; but it may work all right it you, havo tho right kind of ncros and th right sort of cows.