THE 8EMIWEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
WESTERN CANADA
Co-Operalive Creameries Show
Tremendous Increase In
Butter Production.
The Dairy Commissioner, at flrst an
nual convention of Saskatchewan
Dairymen's association, reviewed pro
gress of 1915 which shows a great in
crease in tho buttei production of thjs
co-operative creameries amounting tc
1,500,000 ibs. Ho also said tho Im
provement in quality is shown by tho
preferenco accorded Saskatchewan
butter in outstdo markets. Shipments
out of the provlnco for the year to
taled 62 carloads.
According to bulletin Just Issued by
tho Manitoba department of agricul
ture, tho dairy industry had n very
successful year In 1015. There was an
increaso of over 1,000,000 lbs. of cream
ery butter produced, ap gainst the
previous yenr, about 200,000 lbs. in
creaso In dairy butter and over 25,000
lbs. increase In tho cheese output The
increaso of tho total value of milk and
milk products was over 5427,000. Tho
production of! dairy butter for Mani
toba during tho year was 4,150,444 lbs.
and It brought: an average price of 23c
per lb.; of creamery butter 5,830,007
Ibs. were produced which commanded
20c per lb. on. tho averago ; cheese pro
duction was 720;725 lbs. which sold nt
an averago price of 15c tho totnl
value of theset three products is given
as $2,760,698; In addition to which tho
milk produced Is valued at $025,050
and tho crenm at $158,827, tho average
price of tho milk being reckoucd at
2.1c per lb. and of sweet cream at 32c
per lb. butter-fat, In connection with
the dairy Industry it Is interesting to
noto that almost tho most Important
fodder crop now Is corn, of which tho
1015 production amounted to 100,132
tons. Tho Jriggest cultivated fodder
crop Is timothy which for last season
produced 103,357 tons and the next
most ptfpuMr crop was brorue grass
with 45,815" tons ; of alfalfa and clover
thero were produced some 38,000 tons,
Tho number of cattle In the province
Is given na 031,005, which is an In
crease of 130,000 over the previous
year.
The fact that the Hed Deer, Alberta,
cheese factory is handling four times
as much milk this season as last win
tor shows the growing improvement In
tho dairy Industry. On Feb. 14, it was
announced the factory had Just
shipped two tons of choese for Calgary
market.
Cardston, Alberta, creamery In 1015
paid its patrons' a rate of 27c per
lb. for butter fat and had n profit re
raninlng over all expenses of 5,584.
The creamery during season distrib
uted among farmers 01,117 nnd manu
factured 250,000 lbs. butter and 13,000
lbs. cheese. Average price realized for
butter was 28 cents.
Tho development of the dairy Indus
try of Northern Alberta is well indi
cated by the growth of a prominent
dairy business here, which in 1015 pro
duced 2,525,000 lbs. butter, an Increase
of 400,000 ibs. over tho previous year.
This product1 lm found a market In all
parts of Canada nnd this yenr will en
ter the export trade. Advertisement.
An Enllster.
"I thought you told mo you wcro wj
your way to enlist."
"I am," replied Plodding Pete. "I'm
tryln' to .enlist sympathy for me largo
an' unsatisfied appetite."
DON'T LOSE HOPE
IN KIDNEY TROUBLE
I was troubled with what the doctor
aid vraa Kidney and Bladder trouble and
after trying several doctors, tavo up all
hopes of evdr being well again, until a
friend of mine told me about Dr. Kilmer!
Swamp-Root. Before I had finiihed the
first bottle I got relief; and after taking
six bottles was completely restored to
health. I say to ono and all that Swamp
Root is a 'wonderful medicine.
Very truly yours,
MRS. MARTIEE VANDERBEOK,
409 Johnfon 6t. Moberly, Mo.
Personally opoeared before me this
4th day of February, 1914, Mrs. Martlle
Vanderoeck, who subscribed the above
statement and made eath that the same
is true in substanco and in fact.
O. BULICK O'BRIEN,
Notary Public.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton. N. Y., for a sample size bot
tie. It will convince anvone. You will
also receive a -booklet of valuable infor
mation', telling about the kidneys and blad
der. When writing, be sure and mention
this paper, Reoular fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for Bale at all drug
stores. Adv.
The Suburbanite.
"What's the matter with your fin
ger, Babbe, that you've got it ban
daged ill tho wny up?'
They're not bandages. They're
strings to- remind me of my wife's com
missions to bring homo tonight."
RED, ROUGH, SORE HANDS
May Be Soothed and Healed by Use
of Cutlcura. Trial Free.
Nothing so soothing and healing for
rnd. roach and irritated hands as Cutl
euro Soap and Cuticura Ointment,
rinnlr hands on retiring In bot Cutlcura
soapsuds. Dry, nnd gently anoint hands
with Cutlcura Olntmont. A ono-mgnt
treatment works wondors.
Proo Hnmnlo each by mall with Book,
Address postcard, Cutlcura, Dopt. L,
lioaton. Sola overywnoro. aut.
No Objection.
Wife "Do you object to my having
two hundred dollars a month spending
money?" HuBunnd "Certainly not, if
Big Copper Mine Exhibit in the National Museum
WASHINGTON. Visitors nt tho United Stntcs Natlonnl museum nro ex
pressing much Interest In tho new copper mine exhibit recently Installed
by tho division of mineral technology.
merely n model, but nn nctual piece of tho real mine, removed bodily, oro faces,
timbering, chutes and nil, from Its original setting to a room In tho division of
mineral technology In tho older National museum building. Accordingly, as
tho visitor passes through tho entrance Into tho museum mlno he finds himself,
to nil intents nud purposes, In exactly the surroundings in which ho would be
placed were ho to enter tho Copper Queen mine cage nt lllsbee, nnd descend tho
shnft hundreds of feet Into the depths of tho earth to tho working level nnd
enter one of tho stopes. The only difference Is that ho need not enter the
dusty cage nor descend to the bottom of tho shaft.
New Mail Devices Saving
T HE government Is saving thousands
I duction of new nud improved devices
handling mall. Among tho varied industrial enterprises of the department 19
nn establishment dc'otcd entirely to
tho manufacture of mall locks and tho
bug attachments used in mall trans
portation. Until recently tho lock used by tho
post office weighed flvo nnd one-half
ounces; tho new ono weighs two nnd
four-filths ounces. The old locks cost 21
cents to make and tho new ones nro
being manufactured for 8 cents. Tho
post ofllco has put 430,000 of tho new
product into the service. The saving
on tho original cost of production to
dnto amounts to 53,750. Of tho old style, 30,000 wcro annually returned for
repairs at a cost of 0 cents each. Of the new style, out of the great
number sent Into tho service, but 000 have been returned, and as theso new
stylo locks can bo repaired at a cost
on this item will amount to over 2,100,
The department has encouraged its
to tho government, nnd many Instances
the department hns greatly profited by
shon a recent achievement in this direction is nn improved cord fnstener. the
work of three of its employees, for use
largo quantities of parcel-post matter,
protection.
Aged Marksman Who Rids
GRAY-HEADED man was standing in front of the treasury building the
other day, with a rifle at his shoulder. Every few minutes he would tnkt
careful aim, pull tho trigger, and down
"Did you seo me miss anything?" '
i "No."
"Well, ain't you bigger tlinn a pigeon?"
Amid tho laughter of tho crowd tho strunger turned and wnlkcd away,
with u queer look on his face.
Evidently ho did not know that Undo Eak Gadsby, for such wns tho rifle
man, was tho most expert shot in Washington with thnt weapon, nnd had n
permit from tho District of Columbia police to carry and Bhoot his rlflo any
whero in tho District-
In fact, J. Eak Gadsby 1st the aid
ridding tho air of superfluous pigeons, nnd tho ground of surplus cats. The
shooting Is done under authority of a police permit. Ho hns been h keen shot
for 00 yenrs, ever since ho was a page In tho cnpltol during Lincoln's admin
istration, and was familiarly known as "Lincoln's Boy," for ho was tho presi
dent's favorite messenger.
Undo "Eak" it was who cleared tho insldo dome of tho ' congressional
library of pigeons, taking- 21 shots, and bringing down 10 birds, all without
making the least scratch on tho gold-lettf work Inside the dome.
Undo "Eak" has shot a rlflo for
days a powerful stroke on tho Potomac.
Mr. Gadsby ulso shoots cats, on
are becoming a nuisance, but with
pleasure, never accepting a roe for It.
Fauna of the District
MAN may study with a good deal of Interest the collection In tin
National museum classified na "Tim Anlmnla nt ti.n rtiat-iit nt rv.in,..i,i..
,
Not only tho number nnd variety f
lirntinlll V lift lnfniAufju1 In 41m nrn s
I' w Ul. 1A 111 U VI.
some of tho exhibits nnd In the great
number of men and women who have
made contributions to the collection.
Thero is a flno specimen of otter,
tho fur of which hns so long been
highly prized, and tho card attached
to this specimen says that it was de
rived from the old collection of tho
National Institute museum. Tho fol
lowing additional information is given :
"Otters aro now (1014) verv rare
about Washington, but some nro still
resident on tho Iitamac abovo Little
Ono CASu contains RulHlimnriprn.
t- -
111011 CnOUgh abOUt Washington. Iillt:
lizards. Ono is a yellow-spotted salamander. It is a Jet black fellow about
eigui wciics long, uuciuy sprinweu witn viviu yellow spots which aro generally
about tho slzo of n Judy's Httlo finger nail. This specimen was captured In
Rock Creek park and presented to the museum by Dr. E. A. Mearns. The
dcscrlptlvo card says of tho species that it Is seldom seen nnd not very com
mon; thnt it freojents low, damp woods and lives mnlnly under logs und
leaves. It Is quite harmless and, like other species of tho salamander, moves
about nnd feeds ut night.
Tho various specimens of terruplu and tortoise which occur Within tho
District of Columbia are presented for the enlightenment of Visitors. One
exhibit is of a yellow-spotted terrnpin which wuh found on Northwest branch
In Prince Georges county nnd presented to the museum lust year by John nnd
Edwin Bean. Tho ofllcial description of It says thnt it may bo found along
woodlund streams and In smnlf marshes, and that though not now common,
'It wus onco nbunt'-nnl within tho District of Columbia.
Closo by Is a small collection of snakes which nro cither natives of tho
District of Columbia or were born very eloso to the boundaries of tho federal
district.
This exhibit consists of what is known
ns n stopo from the Copper Queen
mine nt Illsbcc, Ariz., ono of tho cele
brated copper mines of tho world.
Stoplng Is tho term applied to tin
actual mining process by which oro
occurring In veins Is removed from u
mine after It has been rendered ac
cessible by tho necessary preliminary
excavation, namely the sinking of
shafts nnd running drifts; accordingly
u stopo is one of the many units em
ployed In tills form of mining.
The stopo on exhibition is not
Money for Uncle Sam
of dollars nnnually through tho Intro-
used by tho post ofllco department In
of 3 cents each, the annuul saving
employees to give their best service
havo recently come to notice wherein
this wise public policy. In the locli
on bags ; also one designed for locking
which has heretofore been without tliiu
Washington of Pigeons
would flutter a dead pigeon. After
eight or nine of tho birds had been
winged n man who hnd been watching
him closely enme up to him.
"I'm going to arrest you 1" ho told
the murksman.
"What are you going to arrest me
for?"
"For cruelty to animals 1" replied
the other.
"Have you been here for tho last
half hour, and seen mo shoot?" nsked
the rifleman. Tho stranger admitted
he had.
of the police department in matter oft
50 of hla 70 years, and wns In his early
request of the District police, when thuy
reluctunce. He does tho shooting for
of Columbia Is Varied
w t UllJtl J 4. vuiutulllUl
the exhibits will Impress him, but he will
1
Falls."
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whoii riwui urn iiMimtl
ERADICATE FARM PEST
Quack Grass Reproduces From
Seed and From Roots.
Two Methods Recommended to De
stroy Weed -Growing Cultural Crop
and Summer Fallowing Much
Labor Is Required.
Quack grass can bo exterminated.
F. L. Kcnnnrd of Minnesota says that
tho principal requisite is n Arm re
solve to rid tho farm of tho pest.
Tho weed reproduces both from seed
nnd from underground root stocks. It
may be brought to a farm In the form
of seed, but tho spread Is usually by
scattering root stocks about with tho
harrow or other farm Implement.
Mr. Kcnnnrd recommends two meth
ods of attack : Growing u cultural crop
and summer-fallowing.
Where tho land Is badly Infested the
former will requlro n great deal of
hard labor. If the pest is to bo ex
terminated no green portion must bo
nliowed to show Itself nnd that means
eternal vigilance on the pnrt of tho
farmer. It Is not enough to keep tho
soil clean between tho rows. None of
tho grass must bo permitted to grow
in the hills. Two yenrs of this treat
ment Is recommended.
When land is partly occupied, tho
summer-fallow method is probably
most economical. One crop is lost,
but the additional yield the succeed-
Quack Grass, Showing Entire Plant
System Both Above and Below
Ground.
Ing yenr will usually offset this when
tho low cost of cultivating fallow land
ns compared with corn land is con
sidered. Tho field -should be plowed
In the fnll and again In tho spring to
a depth of six or eight Inches. A good
mulch three inches deep should bo
prepared with disk and harrow nnd
this mulch kept cultivated with sufil
clent frequency to prevent nny growth
above tho surface of the ground. By
preventing this pnrt from developing
the roots nro simply starved to death.
GROWING MUTTON AND WOOL
Sheep Are Splendid Animals to Keep
on Any Farm Their Valuo Is
Being Overlooked.
Western farmers aro overlooking n
good source of revenuo by not keep
ing a smnll flock of sheep. Tho grow'
ing of wool and raising of sheep in
this country aro on tho decline. Wo
produce a largo surplus of cotton nnd
cereals hut aro forced to go Into for
eign markets for SO per cent of our
wool.
Sheep are good animals to havo on
a farm, and their valuo should not bu
overlooked. A flock of 20 to 30 could
bo easily kept on practically every
farm with very Httlo additional ex
pense, since they subsist largely on
weeds, shattered grain, etc., tliut would
otherwise he waBted.
With wool selling nt 30 cents 'n
pound, a flock of 20 sheep would bring
In annually .$C0 to $80 from that
source, besides raising 25 to 80 Iambs
and providing tho table with fresh
mutton. .
WATCH THE TREES CLOSELY
Study Those That Are 8hy Bearers,
Susceptible to Disease and In
jury by Insects.
Notice the fruit trees cnrcfully. Seo
which tree beurs heavily, ripens on
time und matures a high grade of fruit
Notice the trees that nro shy bearers
tlie tender trees susceptible to disease
nnd Insect Injury.
It is highly desirable that tho fruit
grower become thoroughly familiar
with the tendencies of the various
trees so he will know how to treat
them. Trees are much like animals
A person can nlwuys got better re
suits with unlimilH If he understands
their peeullnritle;
WINDOWS IN POULTRY HOUSE
Good Plan to Take Them Out During
Summer Chickens Must Have
AmpleSupply of Air.
It will be a good plan to toko nil
the windows out of tho south side of
the poultry house and keep them out
during the summer. On warm nights
leave all the doors open also so that
tho hens on tho roosts can get all the
(ill- that It Is possible to give them
Chickens need to bo healthy nnd com
fort able to do well. They cannot bo
healthy without plenty of air.
GRAIN FOR PIGS ON ALFALFA
Will Return More Profit If Fed Corn,
According to Data of Nebraska
Experiment Station.
Pigs on alfalfa pastnro will return
more profit por pig If fed a grain ra
tion equal to three per cent of their
weight, according to data of tho North
Platto (Neb.) experimental substation.
Tho pig Is n pork-producing machine,
nnd llko other machinery Is most
profitable when run nt full capacity.
A pig's stomnch is so smnll that it
will not digest enough alfalfa nlono 1
to ninko n profitable growth. Pigs
cannot produco tho host gain when
on pasture nlone or when on pasture
supplemented by only u small amount
of grain.
Tests mndo nt tho North Platto
substation show clearly that two and
one-half to three pounds of corn dally
per 100 pouuds of live weight of tho
pigs produce not only tho greatest
gain but tho greatest profit. Tho
higher tho price of corn, tho smaller
the profit In favor of the heavier ra
tion. However, on n market quot
ing corn ut 70 cents and hogs nt 71&
cents, the ii per ceut ration Is still
the most profitable.
FEEDING CALVES DRY GRAIN
Corn, Darley, Oats or a Mixture May
Be Used to Supply Missing Fat
Feed In Trough.
Iu feeding skim milk calves the
grain needed to supply tho missing fat,
may bo corn, barley, oats or a mix
ture. Occasionally u feeder has skim
milk or alfalfa or clover hay on hand.
and to those he adds linseed meal,
cottonseed meal or gluten feed. These
nro all in protein, and when any one
of them Is combined with skim milk
nnd alfalfa both high In protein nn
unbalanced ration results and scours
or other O.lgcstlvo troubles follow.
The digestive tract of a calf Is
small and frequent feeding of small
amount during the first month Is best.
During the flrst mouth it is better to
grind the gruins fed. At the end of
this period either outs or com may be
fed unground. Hard grains llko knfir
nnd inllo give best results when
ground. All grain should bo fed dry hi
a trough. Mixing feeds with milk Is
not recommended, as calves chow their
feed better when fed dry.
SIX-WHEEL TRUCK INVENTED
Invention of Columbus, O., Men Takes
Much of Weight From Rear
End of Vehicle.
Heavy loads now. handled by trucks
often throw too much of tho load on
tho rear truck. For tho heaviest kind
of truck work, n six-wheel truck hue
been patented by two Columbus (O.)
men, who have assigned their patent
rights to u corporation of that city.
Auxiliary bolsters extend transversely
Six-Wheel Truck.
of tho truck, nud u main bolster Is sup
ported nt Its end on this auxiliary bol
ster. Funning Business. ,
MUST SPRAY AT RIGHT TIME
"Time ana Tide Walt for No Man"
Little Later Won't Do, as Many
Farmers Have Found.
There is an old saying that "time
and tide wait for no man," and in nn
other line of work Is this moro true
than In spraying. The time to spray
will come nnd go, regardless of the
man who Is not prepared and when
It Is gone, It Is gono forever, so fur
as this season Is concerned. A little
Inter will not do, ns many have found
to their cost.
INCREASE NUMBER OF EGGS
Get Into Confidential Relation With
Hens and Treat Them Carefully
and Regularly.
The quicker we get Into a confiden
tial relation with our hens, treat them
curefully nnd regularly, use slow move
ments, and always remember thnt
"hens can cut off the egj; production
nt will," tho better will bo our net
showing In money at the end of tho
year.
TO GET MAMMOTH ROASTERS
Largo Fowls May De Obtained by
Crossing Plymouth Rock Cockerel
on Light Brahmas.
Mammoth roasters may be obtained
by crossing n largo, vigorous white
Plymouth Itock cockerel on big, well
developed yearling light Ilrahnui hens.
Feed them well, euponlzo the cockerels
and you ought to get somo 12 to 11
pound birds at nlno or ten months vld
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THE HUH QUALITY 8EWM0 MAOHIHE
NOT SOLD UNDIR ANY OTHER NAME
Write for fraa bookkt "Points to be eonsld(rd befool
purchasing- a Sewlw Machine." Uarn the facts.
THE NEW HOME SEWINQ MACH1NEC0..0RANQE.MA83.
For Sale or Trade
4,000 acre Saskatchewan Farm, with com
pleta equipment. Produced In 1813 over
100,000 bushels. Value $100,000. Farther
listings of Canada land desired.
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W. O. W. Balldlea OMAHA. NElVttAfcKA
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Rooma from 11.00 up llngle, 75 cents tip double.
CAT& PRICKS REASONABLE
Kill All Flies! .IZY
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Si. Ntit. d, ornanMntal. eoannlrat, ud efcww.
. JUtUtUCMM.Mfl
rtip mil win iwt mii w
II II II I
rDalayFly Killer
fM tor dUrs, w a
HAROLD SQMSR9, 160 DKlb Av. Brooklyn, N.Y.
WANYFfl Blnram calling or. Mill Bupplr.n
TVill 1 LU lurojmr. nnd General Hioref,
to tarry Lnce Loather, llama Strap, and lUUrrt,
and Ulaexamlth Apront, on cnrarultilon. Htelnifta
territory aulgned. CtlifonU Tuit. c.,Si. Lnlt. a.
IlatrareaaoDable. Ulgtioitretorenoea. Heattarrlo.
HAD. A FEAR OF LIGHTNING
Lifelong. Dread Made Woman Uncon
scious and She Died From
Fright
During n thunderstorm nt Newton,
N. J., n woman who "through nil her
llfo of fifty years had felt a nervous
dread of lightning" becnino uncon
scious from fright and died,
Cannot tho multitudes of otherwise
rational people who nro obsessed by
tho same dread take counsel of tho
fnto of this iinfortunuto and allay
their fears? nsks the Now York World.
They suffer an ncccss of terror In
every thunderstorm, and In effect un
dergo tho agony of death many times.
Yet there' nro few other forma of
death so painless or so remote. In
1012 in tho whole country only 2-18 per
sons wero killed' by lightning, of whom
but 42 wore females. Women, who
mainly feel this fear, should bo en
couraged by their greater Immunity.
Hut, in fact, twico as many peoplo
aro burned to death In conflagrations
In n year as aro killed by thunderbolts,
and tho number of thoso who dlo from
organic heart dlscaso compared with
thoso who dlo from lightning Is as 354
to 1.
No doubt tho superstition that Jius
attached from tho earliest times to ,
deaths by lightning has had some
thing to do with tho survival of tho
fenr. Peoplo who vlow their Inescap
able exit front tills world with phllos
ophy should be ready to accept a light
ning slroko ns an end ns easy as nny
'othar. It Is too instantaneous to admit
of physical sensation, whilo tho fear
ridden aro assurod that If tho flash 1
seen the sufferer Is safe.
Costly.
"I hope you'll make a good Jotv ot
this portrait," remarked tho multimil
lionaire. "Itcmcmbor, lfs touting ma
in tho neighborhood of ten thousand
dollars."
"I beg purdon," said tho artist -'My,
price Is only a thousand dollars."
"Yes, yes, I know that. But think of
all tho valuablo time I have to spend
posing for you7
Just Trying to Boss.
"Somotlmefl," said Undo Eben, "a
mnn gits do notion dnt he's opUftln'
do humnn rnco when he's only tryln'
to boss It around.1'
Abbreviated skirts producer swivel
necks.
Aft tho acorn grows to
be the mighty oak, so chil
dren when rightly nour
ished, grow to be sturdy
men and women.
Good flavor and the es
sential nourishing elements
for mental and physical de
velopment of children are
found in the famous food
Grape-Nuts
Made of whole wheat and
malted barley, this pure food
supplies all the nutriment of
the grains in a most easily di
gested form.
It does the heart good to see
little folks enjoy Grape-Nuts
and cream.
"There's a Reason"
Sold by Grocers.
yuu find it anywhere." Judge.