THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
DUCK RAISING AS BUSINESS
Fowls Arc Fine for Family Uso
Though Not Very Valuable aa
Product for Marketing.
Tho duck hnB Its placo on tho farm,
but duck raising as a business Is as
yet comparatively unprofitable be
cause of long distance to markot and
prejudice among buyers of live poul
try. Tho duck furnlsbts a delicious
roast for tho family and an abun
dance of feathers for homo uso.
"Contrary to general opinion, a
pool large enough for swimming 1b
not necessary," says N. L. Harris, su
perintendent of tho Kansas stato agri
cultural college poultry farm. "Ducks
can bo raised on dry land that is, If
they are provided with water sufll
cicntly docp to allow them to sub
merge their beaks and wash the sand
from their nostrils. Otherwise tho;
will die.
The natural food for ducks consists.
of bugs, wormB and greon succulent
vegetation found In marshy places.
Notwithstanding tho fact that ducks
are easily raised, they should not bo
batched until warm weather, at which
time such feeds aro plentiful.
There 1b danger of overfeeding, no
cording to Mr. Harris. Tho duck Is
Pekin Ducks, About Seven Weeks Old,
in Fattening Pen.
the most ravenous feeder of all classes
of domesticated fowls except the
joose.
Tho two breeds most extensively
raised for meat aro tho Pekin and the
Rouen. The Pekin is tho better bo
causo It has whlto feathers, white
meat, and yellow legs characters
tics which are desired in drossed poul
try. MUCH DEPENDS ON BREEDERS
Parents of Chicks should Be Strong,
Vigorous, Hardy and Resistant
to All Diseases.
Whether a farmer will raise better
poultry this year than ho did last will
depend primarily upon tho kind of
stock that Is used for broeding. Every
saby chick Is entitled to be well born.
Unless its parents aro strong, vigor
ous, hardy and resistant to disease, a
'poor hatch" and weak, puny chicks
will result, say tho poultrymen at Iowa
state collego.
Tho use of low vitality breeders is
tho most frequent cause of poor Incu
bating success and high death rato in
brooding. Chicks hatched from poor
breeding stock never reach the Bize of
well-bred Individuals. Tho pullets do
sot begin laying until tho following
spring and then hardly enough to pay
for their feed.
If tho flock is to bo improved, only
those birds that show size, vigor and
egg-producing qualities should bo used
is broedors. Twenty-five good fomnles
In a roomy pen with a couplo of good
males will furnish eggs for Incubation
;hat will produce chicks worth whllo,
ones that will grow into bljj fellows
worth a good prico on tho market.
The pullets from such mating maturo
rapidly and aro in condition to "lay
tho winter eggs."
SHADING THE LITTLE CHICKS
Srnde According to Size and Vigor or
Arrange Thlngc So Weak Ones
Are Comfortable.
Owing to differences in tho vigor ot
parent stock, ago of eggs when incu
bated, and other causes, thero aro al
ways differences in tho vitality of tho
slilcks, and these manifest themselves
very quickly. Tho stronger chicks
shove tho weaker away from tho food,
crowd them out of tho sunniest spots
In tho brooder, and tako tho best of
tilings generally.
Sinco the most vigorous chicks aro
the most valuable, wo do not llko to
aiscourago this disposition to thrivo,
but strong cbicks should not thrivo
at tho oxpenso of tho weak. As soon
aa thero fs a perceptible difference
In the slzo of tho chicks, either grade
the hicks according to slzo, or fix
:hni'M o t'io weak chicks can eat by
SAVE ALL FERTILIZER
Concrete Pits Advocated for
Storage of Manure.
Enormous Amount of Waste In Fertll
Ity Prevented Clear Dimensions of
Convenlenf. Pit and Directions
for Building.
Tho use of concrcto on tho farm Is
long past tho experimental stage. It
is a necessity. Tho first cost of con
creto is higher than for structures
built of wood, but concreto is much
cheaper in tho long run.
For maintaining or restoring tho
fertility of tho Holds, thero is nothing
bettor than barnyard manure By
tho ordinary mctliods of piling manure
on tho ground or storing it in wooden
pens or boxes, 30 to fiO per cent of its
fertility is lost. This loss is brought
about in two ways: First, by leaching
or washing duo to heavy ralnBj sec
ond, by formontation or heating caused
by lack of sufficient moisture. Sinco
concreto pits aro waterproof, manuro
may bo kept in them as moist as may
bo necessary and such an enormous
wasto in tho fortuity of tho mnnuro
may thus bo ontlroly provented. Ono
load ot manuro from a concroto pit
is worth 1 to 2 loads of manuro as
usually stored. Moreover, with coa
creto pits tho supply of manuro 1b in
creased by all tho liquid manuro, tho
richest part, from tho barn gutters and
fooding floors.
Shallow manuro pits do very well
where tho manuro can bo frequently
hauled to tho fleldB. Tho walls and
floor should bo flvo inches thick. Tho
clear dimensions of a convenient pit
aro: Depth, 3 feet; width, 6 feet;
length, 12 feet. Dig tho trench 3 feet
5 inches by C feet 10 inches by 12 feet
Manure Pit Forms.
ten Inches. By keeping tho Bides ver
tlcal only an insido form will lm nneil.
ed. Havo enough woven-wlro fencing
7 feet long to cover tho bottom of
mo pit. Lay tho wire with an oven
division of tho extra length, so that
It may project upward into tho sido
walls. The wire 1b laid after two inches
thicknesB of concreto has been put
in. Tho remaining threo inches should
bo tamped in after tho wlro has been
placed. Itemovo tho forms after tho
concreto nas sot four days. Tho pit
may bo used after ten days.
Whero manuro is to bo stored for a
considerable length of time. lamer nits
or basins aro required. Such pits aro
seldom mado over flvo foet deep (in
tho clear at tho deeper end) and aro
wido enough that tho manure may be
loaaeu on a spreador In tho pit and
drawn up a roughened concreto In
cline or run. Tho slono for such a
run must not bo steeper than ono foot
up to four feet out.
In laying out tho largo pit bear in
mind that tho concreto walla ami flnnrn
should bo olght inches thick and make
quo allowance for same when digging.
With a spado trim tho sides and tho
deep ond vertical.
In order to form a sunin holo from
which tho liquid manuro can bo
pumped, in ono corner at tho deep end
Manure Pit With Trough.
of tho pit dig a hole 18 Inches deep by
2 feet in diameter.
Do not forgot that dirt In thn pnn.
creto may mako a Door wall, so it tho
top of tho earthen wall tonds to cruni-
uio noiu it hack with ono-inch boards
braced against tho forms. To konn nut
flood water, tho pit may be extonded
six mcneB abovo tho ground by using
tho lower half of a ono-foot imnril tn
hold back tho dirt, by allowing tho re
mainder to project above tho ground
lovol, and by adding six Inches to tho
height of tho insido form.
BEST KIND OF WIRE FENCING
Much Depends on Purpose for Which
fence is intended General-Purpose
Fabric Favored.
Tho best kind of wlro fcnclner to
orect depends on tho nurnoso for
"which tho fonco Is used. On a farm
whero mixed tyyes of livo stock aro
kept a general-purpose woven-wlro
fabric is needed. If only cattlo and
horses aro to bo pastured, a coarBer
nnd lesB expensive woven fence can bo
used. When fencing is needed to in
closo oxtenslvo pastures whero only
cattlo or horses aro to bo kopt the
oxcesslvd cost of a wovon-wiro fonco
would not mako its uso desirable, for
losses of stock by Injury on barbed
wire would not be largo enough to
counterbalance tho difference in the
cost of maintaining tho two different
kinds of fences.
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BUFFALO BURR IS INJURIOUS
Grows Vigorously, Withstands Dry
Weather nnd Is Covered With
Spines on Stems.
Buffalo burr Is a natlvo nf western
Kansas nnd Nebraska, whoro it 1b
often found In alfalfa ilelds. Tho hay
shipped from thoso states ofton con
talna buffalo burr seed, nnd in this
way it gota a start in feed lots. Tho
plant looks llko it might bo ono of the
very worst pests, for It grows vigor
ously, withstands dry weather Bnlon
didly, and 1b covered with spines both
on tho stcmB and on tho burrs. Tho
Buffalo Burr,
blossoms look llko yellow potato bios
soms, and after they aro gono a Bplny
burr forms.
Buffalo burr looks moro dangerous
than It really is. It grows hut ono
year, and spreads only by seed. Thoso
of our readers who find buffalo burr In
their feed lots will do well to cut It off
at tho surface of tho ground beforo it
goes to seed. It hnB not become com
mon as yet in tho corn bolt, and the
chances aro that it will not.
MEAT FOOD INCREASES EGGS
On Most Farms There Is Plenty ol
Skim Milk and No Better Plan
Than Feeding to Fowls.
In tho poultry feeding experiment!
mado at tho Purduo university it was
found that tho addition of somo form
of meat food to tho ration incroasod
tho egg production about 100 eggs poi
pullet per year. This would mean
about 10,0,00 eggs in a farmer'B flock
of 100 henB. Tho income por bird In
tho pen fed no meat food waB 67 cents.
Tho pen fed skim milk gavo an in
come of $2.78, tho highest in tho ex
periment, duo to heavier winter egg
production.
Poultry raisers havo long: been m
mlllnr with tho schedule of "grains,
greens, grito and grubs," but farmer?
aB a rulo havo paid too llttlo attention
to tho "gruba" part of it. This experi
ment shows tho lmportanco of provid
ing a substitute for tho bugs and
worms tho fowls get durlnit the sum-
mer season when they aro permitted
to rnngo. On most farms thero is
plenty of skim milk and no better use
can uo mado of it than to feed it to
tho chickens. Meat scran and llali
scrap can bo purchased If skim milk
is not available.
BEES ARE FARMERS' FRIENDS
Without Little Honey-Qotherero There
would Be but Small Crop of In
ferior Fruit.
Do not spray tho fruit trwa wiiiin
in bloom, for that will kill tho bees.
Many farmers do this every year,
when tho bees aro their best friends.
It it wero not for tho benn fiinv
would get but llttlo fruit, and that of
vory inferior quality, and vnt thnv
will carolessly murder these llttlo help
ers uy the thousands.
BeeB are valuable, and no mnn hnn n
right to put out polsoa nnd kill them.
it is no advantago to spray tho trees
when in bloom, and It is oven linitnr
to wait until Sfao petals fall and spray
wnen tueri is nothing to prevent tho
poison ioing Into tho heart nf thn
calyx oeforo It closes.
INSECT HARMS MANY PLANTS
Cutworm Is One of First Pesta to Ap-
pear injures Cauliflower, Cab
bage and Other Crops.
Tho CUtWOrm is ono of thn flrnf
pests to nppoar, and kills cabbage,
cauliflower, cucumbers, squashes, mol
onB, corn, tomatoes, and penB.
In caso of plants that are transplant
ed, wrap with a collar of stiff paper bo
low ground and an inch or moro abovo
tho surface, and dig out tho worm,
which will bo found Just below thn
surfaco near tho cut plant.
Air-slaked limo may bo anrenrl
tho surrounding soil.
CARING FOR RASPBERRY TIPS
They Should Be Dug Up nnd Replanted
Keep Patch Clear of Surplus
Plants and Clumps.
Dig up all tho rooted rasniinrrv
tips and replant them whero vnn wnnr
thom, for they should not bo allowed
to grow in tho origlnnl patch to mako
a thicket.
Koop It clean of surnlua nlantn nml
tho old clumps will bear better and bo
much moro pleasant to work around.
Dewberries need tho Hamo in no
raspberries in thia rc-pect, though tho
vlneii mil to such le t In it in
of a Job to keep them ii i.laco.
DAIRY
GOOD ADVICE FOR DAIRYMEN
Profitable Milk Producer Has Wide
Sprung Ribs and Deep Abdomen
Give Bull Exercise.
A cow which will do her full duty at
production will generally havo wido
oprung ribs and n deep abdomen to
provide great capacity for tho diges
tive organs.
Tho cream screw on tho separator Is
n small thing, but a mighty important
ono. See that it is proporly adjusted
and that is does not become clogged
Tho manuro carrier Is a necessity on
the dairy farm. With this dovlco tho
manuro can bo carried well nway from
tho barn, and a potont sourco of con
tamination Is thus romovod.
Tho bull, though ho should bo con
fined, must bo glvon clean surround'
Splendid Milk-Producing Type.
Ing8 and amplo room for tho oxorclso
necessary to maintain his potency.
Givo tho calf its meals in palls as
clean and sanitary us thoso used in
handling milk for human consumption.
It pays.
Don't change tbo dairy cowb' food
too abruptly. Digestive troubles and
a consequent falling off in milk are
likely to result.
Tho common practlco of compelling
tho dairy heifers to Bhlft for them
selves is to bo soveroly condemned.
You can't develop good cows that way.
Tho best receptacles for tho cream
aro tho cans designed especially foi
that purpose.
Buttermilk is a valuable by-product
and a profitable market for it can ofton
bo found among regular butter and
egg customers.
Tho worn-out separator or tho ma-
chino of poor make often cnuses
enough loss in ono season to moro
than pay for a now mnchlno of a
roputablo make.
GET MOST MILK FROM HEIFER
Animal Shows Dislike for Unneces
sary Nol3e and Delay In Dimin
ished Quantities of Milk.
i
A heifer does not llko unnecessary
nolso, or delay, and shows hor dis
like by diminished quantities ot milk.
Mllklngjher regulnrly at as near tho
same hour night and morning as pos
siblo is important.
Tbo first streams of milk contain
many objectionablo bacteria, and ontc
tho ground la where they should go,
It 1b poor policy to wet tho handB with
milk. Instead rub a little vaseline on
tho hands. This keeps tho teats In
nice condition and makes milking
easy.
Of courso tho milker ought to be
clean, kind and sympathetic. He
should not sit off at a dlstanco, but
his left arm should bo In closo contact
with tho leg of tho hoifor bo that sho
cannot kick. If Bho make? tho attempt
ho will only get a push instead of a
blow. It is necessary to do tho milk
ing quietly and in tho shortest possible
time, and it is Important that tho hoif
or bo milked clean and dry ovory time,
otherwiso sho will bo injured as a
milker, besides tho richest and most
valuablo part of tho milk will bo lout.
PROBLEM OF PURE-BRED SIRE
One Solution Is for Several Nelghboro
to Club Together and Secure
Needed Males.
Tho farmer with only a fow animals
can hardly afford to koop pure-bred
males. Yet ho cannot afford to use
scrubs. Ono solution of tho problem
is for several neighbors to club to
gether and socuro tho puro-brcd sires
needed. Thia will really mako the
cost of tho puro-bred &!ro less to each
farmer than would bo tho coBt of
scrub aires if each owned ono.
AIM TO PRODUCE DRY BUTTER
Proper System of Manufacture Will
Produce Artlclo That Will Per
fectly Secrete Moisture.
Aim to produce butter that is visibly
dry while yet containing a percentage
of molsturo approaching tho standard.
A propor system of manufacture will
produce a butter in which tho mols
turo la in Biich a fine state of subdi
vision that it will not oozo out in
transit or when tho butter is cut up.
Ill
WESTERN CANADA
Accompanying Industries Also
Prove Highly Profitable
Tho chccBO industry throughout
western Canada today Is In a highly
flourishing condition and is bound in
a very short tlino to becomo much
moro Important. Tho wnr has created
a great demand for that artlclo, and
Its use abroad has given It a lot of
usoful advertising. Tho artlclo known
as Cnnndlan cheoBO is now sought not
only by tho soldier In tho trenchos,
but by tho ordinary civilian consumer,
who, having used It, is quick to ap
preciate its value This means that
after tho war thoro will bo a demand
created for it thnt would not other
wiso havo boon. Up to tho present
the wnr needs havo limited tho local
supply, but with tho Increased effort
that 1b now being put forth it 1b hoped
that this -will bo met. As n mattor ot
course the prices aro high, and tho
fnrmors who contribute to tho cheese
factories aro making money.
Tho chooso season is now fully open
and thoro 1b ovory proBpect of an ex
cellent year bocauso tho high price
which obtained last year will undoubt
edly bo maintained this season. West
ern Canada has nil the natural re
sources for tho making of cheoao, tho
feed and tho cool nlghtB, two things
essential, nnd in ttnio It is bound to
becomo ono of the finest cheese coun
tries of the continent.
The lower foothills of Alberta, used
only at tho presont tlmo b ranges or
for no purposo, will in tlmo produco
chcoso in groat qunntlticB, and doubt
less will soon equal tho famous up
lands of Denmark.
Tho cool nights mean tho bottor
kcoplng of milk and cream and
cheese, and that is a great thing for
tho industry, especially when com
bined with possibilities of cattlo feed
such as oxlst on tho long slopes from
tho Rockies eastward.
Tho hog market, which may bo
classed as an ndjunci of farming, is
an exceedingly good ono, nnd tho low
cost at which tho food can bo pro
duced, coupled with tho high prices
realized, make this industry very prof
itable. Ono of tho first thoughts thnt occur
to tho mind of tho avcrago prospective
Bottler is tho ltkolihood of suitable
markets. In UiIb connection tho fol
lowing tnblo will bo Illuminating. It
is supplied by tho P. Burns company,
packers and exporters, of Calgary, and
shows tho avcrago monthly prlco paid
for hogB for tho six years 1010 to 1015
incluslvo. Whon ono considers tho low
initial cost of tho land and tho small
overhead cost of maintenance and
food, these prices challengo compari
son. 1910191119121913 1914 1911
Jan 7 8 8 ' 7 0.71
Fob 7ft SA 8 8 C.9G
March. ..' 7 8 8 IVi 7.10
April .... 7 8U 8 8.0C
May 7Yj 9 8Vfi 7 S.20
Juno 7 $ 8 0.85 R.30
July 74 8 8 8 8.12
Aug ....8 8 8 8Vj 7.9.1
Sopt 8 - 9i,f, 9 8 7 8.80
Oct S ' SVi 8V6 7 C 9.02
Nov. 7 9 8'j 7 G 8.30
Doc 7 84 7 OK 8.70
A farmer of Monarch, Alberta,
claims tho distinction of being tho first
In tho provinco to sell a carload of
hogs at tho high prlco of cloven conts
a pound, livo weight. Tho salo was
mado a short tlmo ago at Calgary, and
at that tlmo was a record, although
priceB havo Blnco gono as high as
$11.12 per hundredweight. With
such prices avallablo for hogs tho
farmer hns a markot for ovorythlng
his farm producos, aB thoro -Ib prac
tically no farm product which cannot
bo converted Into good hog flesh. Tho
uncertainty of rosultB which attends
grain farming oven undor moat favor
able conditions is removed when tho
sottler goes In for raising hogs, beef
and dairy products. With WoBtorn
Canada's cheap lands, heavy crops, and
climato frco from diseases of stock,
tho stock farmer is aB euro of succoss
as anyono can bo. Advortisomcnt.
She Had Nothing to Say.
'Twns a dark and dismal ovonlnir.
and thoy woro returning homo from
tho theater.
"I wonder why It is." said hlH wlfn.
"that bo fow actresses travel undor tho
management of their husbands?"
My near." renlled hor hUHhatul.
"havo you over reflected that It Ib al
most Impossible for tho averago man
to manage hlB wlfo?"
And for flfty-BCvon consecutive Hor?.
onds Bho was Bpocchless.
'1 was a dark and dismal evening.
Somo pcoplo never havo a chanco
bocauso they aro unable to rccognlzo
ono when they see it.
St. Paul is to havo a now famllv
hotol to cost $400,000.
nil
KANSAS DRUGGISTS ENDORSE
THIS KIDNEY MEDICINE
I havo been selling Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root over since it was introduced
in this city, nnd I can truthfully say that
It ha produced nothing but perfectly
tatlsflcd cuttomers ever since I have hand
ed it over my counters. All of my patrons
eny it is a remedy of merit in kidney, liv
er and bladder trouble, and I believe it
must be a fine remedy eUo my customer
would not all claim that they were bene
fited. Very truly yours,
L. J. IlAlES, Druggist,
Dec. 18th, 1015. Galena, Kansas.
Prove Whit Swtrap-Root Will Do For Yoh
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
lllnjjhsrnton. N. Y., for n sample site bot
tle. It will convince anyone. You will
also receive a booklet 6f valuablo infor
mation, telling about tho kidneys ond blad
der. When writing, bo sure and mention
tills paper. Regular fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores. Adv.
The Lesser Evil.
Old Crump Why doosn't Ethel mar
ry that young Idiot? I'm getting blame
tired of his coming hero bo much.
Ills Wife I bollevo I'd profor to
havo him como hero If alio marries
him ho'll Btay horo. Boston Evonlng
Transcript.
Laiy Officer.
Sorgcant (at drill) Company! two
paces fonvard, march I
Old Countrywoman (looking on)
That's Just llko thom ofllcorsl Couldn't
ho tako two pacos farrard 'isself, In
stead o' moving tho wholo regiment?
London Opinion.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle ot
OA8TORIA. n naf ami turn rtmulvtm-
infants and children, and see that it
Boars the
Signature of i
In TJso for Over 80 Yah.
Children Cry for riotohcr's Caatoria
A regular woman Is always glad
whon hor huBbnnd has a holiday, so
that ho can put In about olghtoon
hours doing odd Jobs nt homo.
FITS, RPH.nFSY. VAIXINQ SICKNESS
Stopped Uulchlr. Vlttr jpari nf bnlmerruutod
Succew ofTlr. Kltna'a Hplfrpsr Mxdlclnn Irutirti
iiUnc rrbnltn. I.Anns TllLAL JIOTTLB Kim, DR.
And many a man has managed to
got out of a bad scrapo by lotting his
whlBkorB grow.
WIFE TOO ILL
TO WORK
IN BED MOST OF TIME
Her Health Restored by Lydia
E. Pinldiam's Vegetable
Compound.
Indianapolis, Indiana. "My heal til
was so poor and my constitution so run
uownt that I could
not work. I was
thin, palo and weak,!
weighed but 109
pounds and was in
bod most of the
time. I began tak
ing Lydla B. Pink
ham's Vogotable
Compound and five
months later I
weighed 183 pounds.
I do all the house
work and washing for cloven and I can
truthfully say LydlaE. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound has been a godsend
to me for I would havo been in my grave
today but for It I would tell nil wo
men Buffering as I was to try your valu
able remedy, "--Mrs. Wm. Green, 332
S. Addison Street, Indianapolis.Indiana.
Thero is hardly a neighborhood in this
country, wherein some woman has not
found health by using this good old
fashioned root and herb remedy.
If there is anything about which yoa
would like special advice, wrlto to the
Lydla E. Pinkhara Medicine Co., Lynn,
Mass.
of Constipation
an quiciuy De overcome ay
CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER FILLS.
Purely vcgetablo
act surciy ana
gently on the
nver. cure
Biliousness,
Head
ache, r!i.
ncss, and Indigestion. They do their duty.
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE.
Genuine must bear Signature
BUCK
LOSSES SURELY PREVENTED
Cuttcf Eltekltf Pills. Low.
prtctd. frtih. relUU: prrrrd tr
Wcitom ttodonea. Mctiui thty
r rir wi
DrttMt uhin ethtr ticilmi fill.
Writ for booklet tnd tnttmonUli.
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aUHLmAJt l9(Ul Dktt. BIuMm PIIU 4.09
. Ui ny lnjKtor. but CutUi'i but,
''t Cuttw'i. If unobUlntbla, order direct.
The Cirttir Utirstory, BirMlty, Cel., r Ctttut. IIS,
JbUM n a rvrrncl
.jajjjjjjjjM whi I i-iw
SJJJJJJJJJJV-1 rsj 1 I I Lb I
Puts a ... Ts A
stop to .u Distemper
CURES THE SICK '
And prevents othora Iiavlnp tho dlsoase no matter how
exposed. BO cent and SI a bottle, S5 nd SJO n Uo
Lutllrej. All sood druggists and turf irooda houses.
Sl'OIIN aiKlHCAI. CO.,
Oiemlst nnd IlnrtrrloIoRlMtH, CJonhi-n, Ind., V. S. A.
W. N. U., OMAHA, NO, 23-19l6
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