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THE 9EMI.WFEKLY TRIRUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. i i Li! BEST TIME TO PRUNE J Hudson Horizontal System A Vine at Different Stages, Showing the Meth od of Training A, Pruned Vino In Its Third Year B, Vine In Its Fourth Year C, Unpruned Vine In Its Fourth Year. Prom Weekly Letter. United States De partment o Agriculture.) Fall or winter pruning of grapo vlneB In tho homo garden, as well as on tho commercial plantation, may bo dono at any tlmo during mild weather whllo tho vines aro In a dormant con dition. In general, tho period from November to March gives tho most satisfactory results, but tho work should In all cases bo dono at least a week or ten days boforo tho vines aro likely to start Into growth. In the colder sections of tho coun try, whorover varieties not hardy enough to withstand severe winters aro grown, the vines must bo artificial ly protected. Under such circum stances tho vines should be pruned as soon as they hecomo dormant. Tho systom of pruning should be such no to easily admit of laying down the stalk and canes for next Reason's fruit production. Tho next stop is to Parrales System, Showing System of Training and the Arrangement of the Wires. cover theso parts with litter, leaves, or earth in such a way as to protect them from severe or repeated freez ing and thawing and to leave them so covered until just before tho season for growth tho following spring. There aro several species of grapes, each, adapted to particular sections of tho country, and each responds best to a particular method of culture, pruning and training. The vino normally produces its fruit SPOILED SILAGE IS HARMFUL TO STOCK Poisonous Feed Should Be Hauled to Some Part of Field Out of Cattle's Reach. (By C. LAHSON, South Dakota Kxperl inent Station.) The molds and bacteria which causo silage to decay produce at times poi sonous by-products. The spoiled silage Bhould bo hauled out to somo place in the field to which tho cattle don't havo access. Tho spoiled silage results from air entered near tho surface, which is natural, but not over a few inches should bo spoiled. Shortly after filling the silo this top portion of tho silago becomes very hot, but ex treme heat is not common to silago a foot or two below the surface. The amount of spoiled silago may bo minimized by going into tho silo overy day during the first week after filling and tramping It down thor oughly. The silago sottles during tho llrst week. If there is no extra wolght on top the silage will becomo looso and open, admitting air near tho surfaco. This year tho corn fodder was more greon than usual. It was immature and contained a largo por cent of water. If the farmer was not careful to tramp it down dally after filling It may bo Been why there ap pears to be more than tho usual amount of spoiled silago this year. REMOVE ALL TRASH FROM THE ORCHARD Many Insects and Fungous Dis eases Can Be Destroyed Dur ing Cold Winter Months. Farmors do not, as n rule, realizo tho valuo of cleaning up tho orchard during winter. Many insects and fun gous diseases which would make trou ble tho following "eason can bo do Btroyed In the cold months. First re movo all trash and burn it, thereby de stroying tho Insects that aro lying dor mant. Thon reraovo from tho orchard all mummied fruits. Old, rotton peaches, apples, plums and other fruits, whether on tho treo or on the ground, contain millions of spores which aro capable of spreading diseases to tho next crop of fruit. An order of work that Is recommend ed by Clcmson collego is to pruno tho orchard, clear It of all trash and thon plow thoroughly. Such a system will aid materially In tho production of a perfect crop of fruit tho following sea son. Clemson Collogo. THE GRAPE VINES on shoots of the current season's growth, which in turn grow from buds developed tho previous season. All pruning must, therefore, bo based on this characteristic of tho plant. After determining tho system of pruning best suited to tho conditions, species and variety tho vino should bo so handled, during its early life, as to develop a general framowork of tho typo desired. The pruning tho first winter after the planting of tho vines is determined by the character of tho growth mado by the plants. If tho growth has been short and weak all tho wood oxcopt tho strongest shoot should be removed and this should bo cut back to two or three buds. If a strong growth has been made and thero Is ono straight, well-ripened shoot, all other growth should bo removed and this cane cut back to the height at which it is In tended to head the vino. This will concentrate all tho force and growth of tho plant into tho cane which is to become tho trunk of tho vino. From this only such shoots should bo allowed to grow as are needed for shaping tho vine for tho following, lt3 first, fruiting season. After this framework has been established, tho fruit-bearing part of the plant should bo so pruned that it will be renewed from year to year and so adjusted to tho variety 'and the food supply as novor to allow tho plant to over bear, but at the same time to induce it to bear Its full capacity. Under such treatment tho body of the plant will gradually becomo stronger and its fruiting capacity will increase cor respondingly. Not only do different countries havo different methods of pruning and training, but methods often vary In tho several districts of tho same coun try. Those interested in the methods of pruning and training used in this country will find them Illustrated and described in Farmers' Bulletin No. 471, entitled "Grape Propagation, Pruning and Training," which can bo had free on application to tho depart ment. KEEP GARDEN SOIL FREE FROM LUMPS Seedbed Should Consist of Well Firmed and Fine Earth Large Clods Are Injurious. Uy DR. J. O. MORGAN. ITofeasor of Agronomy, College Stutlon, Texas.) Tho reason why it Is usually recom mended that soil in tho garden be deepened gradually is that the plow ing up of a largo amount of dead, Inert subsoil at ono oporation results in temporarily decreasing tho producing power of tho land. This is especially truo if tho soil in question is under lain with a plastic, impervious clay subsoil. Such a soil should be plowed in tho fall and tho practice should bo to plow from ono to ono and a half inches deoper each year than wus practiced tho preceding year until tho soil has been deepened sufficiently. Tho presence of clods In the seed bed, whether they bo on tho surfaco or underneath tho surface, Is injuri ous because of tho fact Hint they de crease tho water supply for tho crop. Large lumps massed together under neath tho surfaco havo between them largo air spaces. Such a condition not only allows tho rain water to porco lato to lower depths too rapidly, but it admits too much surfaco air, which rapidly dries out tho lumps and robs tho seed bed of its moisture. Tho seed bed should consist of well firmed and Hno earth if tho roots or crops aro to penetrate it readily. PULVERIZED SOIL IS BETTER THAN CLODS Plantfood Already in Ground Is More Accessible Land Ren dered More Fertile. Soil well pulverized boforo tho crop Ib planted is much moro productive than cloddy lund or any land left with an uneven surfaco, because tho plant food already in tho land is made moro accessible and tho llttlo root feeders which literally fill tho ground can bet ter gather nourishment from both earth and air. Land thoroughly plowed and thor oughly pulverized boforo planting Is not only rendered more fortllo from a natural standpoint, but is in far better condition to receive whatever artificial fertilizing ono may wish to apply. Mistake In Feeding. A worse mistako than high protein feeding, is not feeding enough of anything. NO REMEDY FOR BLACKHEAD Experts of Rhode Island Experiment Station Make Recommendations for Preventing Disease. (By MILLIQAN C. KILPATUK'K. Poul try Department, Ohio Statu University.) No romody or satisfactory mothod of provontion of blackhead has boon discovered, although tho disease has boon carofully studied for years. Doc tors Colo and Hadley of tho Ithodo Is land experiment station mako tho fol lowing recommendations: 1. Protect tho yards and flocks which may have tho good fortune to bo uninfected with tho blackhead or- Bronze Turkeys on Massachusetts Farm. ganlsm by a thorough examination ot all now Btock whether turkeys, fowls, geeso or other domestic birds. 2. Keep tho turkeys on grounds which uro as fresh us can be ob tained and, above all, keep them iso lated from fowls and other domestic birds. 3. Keep overy turkey in the flock under closo observation In ordor to soparato and nt once isolate any bird which gives evidenco of tho disease To facilitate such observations it Is helpful to leg-band each individual and to record Its wolght from tlmo to tlmo. 4. If it is known that blackhead is prcseut in any of tho poultry, that yard and house should be kept free from sparrowB, rats and mico, which aro carriers of tho organism which causes tho diseaso. 5. In fnttonlng turkoys for tho mar kot, Increase tho rations gradually. Overfoedlng or a sudden increase In tho ration will not causo bluckhead, but frequently causes death of birds in which blackhead is present. G. Tho bodies of all birds which have died of blackhead should be burned or buried immediately. On most farms, it Is out of the question to put into practice all of theso recommendations, especially thoso in regard to tho isolation of tho flock. Tho general practice is to allow the turkeys to mingle with the other fowls. Unless theso recommen dations can bo ratltor closoly fol lowed, howevor, it Is not advisablo to attempt to raiso turkeys after the diseaso has once made its appear ance. Tho turkeys In your flock which do not nppear to be infected mny become chronic carriers of the disease, .if it is necessary for you to rear turkeys next season on ground which has been occupied by fowls or by diseased turkoys, you aro very llko ly to experience tho same trouble MAKE FIGHT AGAINST MITES Liberal Use of Llco Powder Is Always In Order Dust Bath Is Essen tial to All Fowls. Tho free use of an offectlvo llco powder is ahvuys in ordor. A dust bath is vcjy essential in rid ding the fowls of lico. In applying powder hold tho fowl by tho feet, head down, and work tho powder well down in tho feathers. Tho freo us of koroseno on tho roosts and in tho cracks will exter minate mites. Whitewash is very effective against vermin. Feed for Pullets. If tho pullets begin to lay and then shut off aftor tho laying of a small egg or two, take notice as to whothor you aro feeding them enough. Pul lets must bo fed heavily to keep up regular laying in winter. After they begin laying they soldom put on too much fat. Make the Hens Scratch. When fowls aro kept in conllnomont, all grain should bo scattored in litter to keep them scratching for a living. They will produco moro eggs and koop healthier. T HUGH Elderly Lady Wise With the Wis dom of Years. She Had "Sized Up" Flo Bliss, and subsequent Events Showed That ShJ Was Right In the Esti mate Mado. "A pe ty for your thoughts, llttlo Clrl! Could au old aunt understand?" "You aren't an 'old aunt'," Peggy ro torted. "You shan't bo called names even by yoursolf!" Aunt Alicia smiled. Peggy did not gucs3 thftt It was because It was so llko Pogry to think of tho other person rather than ot horsolf. "Wo'll waive tho question of ago. Of courso, I know that I'm not old, but it seems to bo private information un suspected by tho world. Put If I'm not old, certainly I can't be oldetrucked by a kitten llko you!" Peggy laughed, then fjrow sobor. "It's such a foolish thing," she con fessed. "1 was Just wishing that I was bright, aad could entertain a crowd, like Flo llllss, instead of being a niouso of a thing without a particle of brilliancy anywhoro about mo Thoro, now, you know. Aren't you a8humod of mo?" "Not a bit," Aunt Alicia responded; "not ono little hit. Peggy, child. It's human wo nil wish It. And it isn't nh Impossibility; it's only a problem, which is a very different thing. Don't envy Flo, dear; sho lives in a house of ono room. .lust mnko your house as big as you can. nnd tho talk will tnko caro of itself by and by." "A houso of ono room!" Peggy re peated, bewildered. Aunt Alicia kissed tho puzzled face. "How could 1 possibly acquire a ropu tntlon for wisdom If I didn't speak In enigmas sometimes?" sho responded lightly. "How about your Hull Houso book? Did you like it?" "Oh. didn't 1 llko It!" Peggy cried, drawing a long brcuth. "It makes you want'to know a thousand things, Aunt Alicia. Oh, Isn't It an Interesting world to bo living In!" "Don't lot anyono or anything over persuado you that It Isn't, Peggy," Aunt Alicia replied, and " 'Deed 1 won't 1" Pcgg;- responded Peggy went homo soon after that, and It was ncurly five years boforo sho visited Aunt Alicia again. Most of tho old sot were still In Evantton, al though a fow, Flo Dliss among them, had married. Aunt Alicia wutched and waited. Ono day It camo. "Aunt Alicia" with Peggy's quaint, half-shy hesitation. "Peggy?" "What has changed Flo" Bliss so? Sho used to bo so bright, and now why, sho can't talk at alloxcopt per sonalities. And thoy nro simply per sonalities, not real, or fine, or interest ing things about people." "Nothing has changed Flo," Aunt Alicia replied. "But why Aunt Alicia, who do you moan? Sho novor used to bo dull!" "What did sho talk about fivo years ago?" Peggy wrinkled her forehead, trying to think back. "Why I don't know. I guess it was tho snmo kind of tiling then, only it seemed so different. Sho Aunt Alicia Benedict Gordon Is that what you meant by living in a houso of ono room? I used to wondor, and wonder, nnd you nover would tell." Youth's Companion. Not tho Same. "Tlmo is money, you know." "I supposo that's why Jiggers thinks he's doing his friends a favor when ho spends the evenings with them." A Food Fact Seventeen years ago a food was originated that combined the en tire nourishment of the field grains wheat and barley with ease of digestion, delicious taste and other qualities of worth designed to fill a widespread human need. Today that food JEL m& has no near competitor among cereal foods in form or nutritive value, nor has it had from the start. Grape-Nuts on the Breakfast Menu builds and maintains body, brain and nerves as no other food does. Ready to eat, economical, appetizing. "There's a Reason" JOIN THE THINKERS' CLUB Grocers everywhere sell Grape-Nuts. BETTER THAN A BAROMETER As Rellablo Weather Prophet, Old Ram Fully Justified Confidence Put In Him by His Owner. In tho Countrysltlo Magazine. MIbb Mnrgaret Woodward tolls how a farm er's barometer proved Its effectiveness as a weather predictor, and confound ed science. Hvery Now Knglnnd farm er, sho says, knows that cattlo and sheop aro trustworthy weathor prophets. There is a story or a party of scien tific men who were making observa tions on n ledge near which was a Hook of Bheop. Tho professors settlod a great many questions relating to natural boienco to their own satisfac tion. As thoy wished to mako anothor trip to tho ledgo tho next day, tho weather becumo a matter of Interest to them. One of tholr number studied the barometer carofully, and an nounced to tho waiting group that tomorrow's weather would bo Hno. Thcroupon tho old farmer who wnto within hearing distance remarked wjth a genuino Yankee drawl, "I dunno haow you fellers air so cock-suro about tho weather tomorrow, hut It that old ram yondor keeps his rump to tho wlnd'ard, It's Jest bound to rain." And rain It did, much to tho dlscom llturo of tho professors. Youth's Companion. At Least He Was Honest. Ho was an honest llttlo coon, but duo to a lack of sanitary precaution his honesty was without bonoflt to tho good woman who succored him. Ho was dirty, ingrntlatlng and hun gry when ho appeared at her door. Ho asked for something to cat. "I will glvo you something." she Eald, "but you must do a llttlo work to earn It." Tho llttlo dnrky said ho was will ing to work. So sho prepared a hugo sandwich nnd told him to go out nnd pick worms off tho tobacco. A bit to her surprise ho did not eat tho sand wich nt once, but slipped it insldo his ditty llttlo shirt, and started for the to bacco field. Half an hour lutor ho re turned. It was n torrid day and his faco was shiny with perspiration. Grim ly he reached insldo his shirt and drow forth his sandwich untouched by his whlto teeth, but much tho worso for dirt, persplrntion and prcssuro. "Missus," ho said, "tho wuhk Ib too hahd fob mo. Tako back yoh sand wich." Louisvlllo Times. Misleading. Rov. Georgo H. Lunn, tho now so cialist mayor of Schonoctady, was con gratulated on his election. "Tho peoplo havo confidence In tho honesty of my party's policy," ho snld. "Our opponents tried to put our prin ciples in a falso light, but tho peoplo couldn't bo fooled. Thoy know that tho opposition's nnlnindversionB on our principles wero as misleading ns tho bnchelor's description of his sister's now baby. "ABked to describe this now arrival, tho bachelor replied: "'Urn! Very Bmnll features, clean shaven, red-faced and a very hard drinker.' " His Place. "I don't know what you will do with my boy In your school. I am sorry to uay he is a chronic klckor." "Just what wo want. We'll put him on tho football team." Preparedness. "Woll, Johnny, did you mnko any good resolutions for tho Now Year?" "Yoe, mother. I resolved to tako boxing lessons ho I can learn to lick that boy next door." Love la a disease that most girls catch us often as thsy aro exposed. Tho world is full ot Illusions. to Remember Your First I Duty is to your Stomach, as this important organ controls your health, your strength and gen eral happiness. For any Stomach or Bowel weakness try H OSTETTER'S Stomach Bitters Mean. "Jack proposed three times before I accepted him." "To whom, dear?" PREPAREDNESS 1 To Fortify Tho System Against drip when Grip ta prevalent LAXAT1VB DROMO QUININK shonld be taken, as this combination ol Quinine with other ingredients, destrors (arms, acts as a Tonio and Laiailve and tbua keeps (he system In condition to withstand Colds, Grip and Influent. There is onlr ona "HHOMO QUININU." U. W, GltOVB'S sir nature on boi. ijc. Something New. "I hear 11 r own lias bought a houso. Is It a now ono?" "No. but It has a brand now mort gage on It." Important to Mothors Examlno carefully overy bottlo ot CASTORIA, asafo and sure romody for infants and children, and boo that it Sicnaturool UiaJJiJU1X In Uso for Ovor 30 Yoara. Children Cry for Fletcher's Custom Why He Was Quiet. "What did ho havo to say for him self?" "Nothing. His wife was with him." Judge. , Art Talk. "Why do you paint pictures that no body can understand?" wo askod. "I'll toll you," ropliod tho artist. "X used to paint tho othor kind, and peo plo understood them so darned well that thoy wouldn't buy thom." No Laughing Matter. "I supposo you read tho nawspapors to keep Informed of world ovonts?" "Yos, for tho most part," answered tho thoughtful man. "Hut ocaslonally I road them for tho sako of a good laugh." "How Is that?" "I find a great deal ot unconscious humor in thoso diplomatic notes." Innocent Merriment. Tho following conversation waa ovorhoard botweon two of Dr. Anna Howard Shaw'B llttlo nieces, who woro seriously discussing votoa for women. "I shn'n't tell tho girls at school that I'm a suffragist," confided tho oldor sister. "I don't mind If thoy know I'm ono," hurst out tho smaller girl. "What do you caro for?" "Docauso thoy will all laugh at me," her sister admitted, "Why, don't you know," camo tho solemn reply, 'that peoplo havo boon laughing nt Aunt Anna for hundreds and hundreds ot years." Nuts i i i