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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1917)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. NINE FOUND GUILTY NEW BUILDING OF AMERICAN RED CROSS POPULAR AND COMMON BREEDS OF GEESe VERDICT AGAINST DEFENDANTS IN "WILD HORSE" CASE. TWO EXONERATED OY JURY Trial One of tho Longest and Cost liest on Record. Over Hundred Witnesses Heard. TOULOUSE IS GIANT The Toulouso Is the giant of the goose family. It Is a native of Franco. Its ordinary weight Is from 15 to 20 pounds, but it is not uncommon to find specimens weighing from' 23 to 30 pounds. This is the typical gray goose, but beneath and behind these are white arens in the plumage. It is said by those who have hud (experience wlti tills breed that young geese during the first year lay from 15 to 25 eggs, when older they mny lay from 25 to 40. The Embden is a popular breed in some places. The body of the birds Is snowy white, the legs and bills yellow. They lihvcTjood type und con formation. In size it is the same as standard for the Toulouse, though it Is said a smnller number of Embden reach this standard than of Toulouse. FEEDING WILL pOUBLE EGGS Average Hen In Missouri Lays Sixty Three Eggs Annually Scantily Fad Hen Is Poor Investment. (By II. Ih Kempster, Missouri College of Agriculture) According to the United States cen sus, Missouri's 21,000,000 liens lay 111, 000,000 dozen eggs annually. If this is true, the average lien lays about 03 eggs n year. This Is a poor record. One reason why hens are not more productive Is because usually they are half fed. It Is false economy to ex pect them to pick their living from the, leavings of other stpek. Many fnrmers admit that they feed their hens nothing during the summer. In so doing, they are saving feed but los ing money. A productive hen requires from 70 to SO pounds offccd a year. If she gets only 40 to 50 pounds, she will Blmply satisfy her body requirements. She will not lay eggs. The scantily fed lien Is a poor investment. It is only the liberally fed hen that yields the profit. Farmers should keep dry ground feed, such as a mixture of bran, shorts und cornmenl, In hoppers before tho hens nt all times. Either sour milk or butter milk should be given as a drink. Crushed limestone or oyster shell should be before the hens all the time, nnd the hens should go to roost with full crops. One correspondent wrote that after feeding according to tho directions of the poultry department of the Uni versity of Missouri his hens laid twice ns many eggs. These directions are given in circular 70, entitled "Feeding for Egg Production," which is distrib uted free. KILL CHICKENS FOR MARKET To Prevent Food Remaining In Crop and Intestines Fowls Should Be 1 Starved 24 Hours. Tho chickens must 'bo starved 21 hours before kijllng. This will prevent the food remaining in tho crop and intestines, which decomposes nnd spoils the flavor. Several hours after tho last feed al low the chickens what water they wish to drink. They should then havo a complete fast until they aro killed. For market purposes, tho birds should be killed by bleeding within tho mouth nnd piercing the brain. ENCOURAGE HENS TO CACKLE See That Fowls Are Given Proper4 Food and Water and They Will Increase Egg Production. Do the hens cackle? Eggs nre worth 40 cents n dozen, or 3 1-3 cents a cackle. You hud plenty of cackles when the lii'ns could catch bugs and worms (meat) nnd hn! green grass to eat und plenty of wntcr. I?'p Hint they get tho egg-producing fi-uls i n- 'vy will cackle. OF GOOSE FAMILY. The Embden when well bred, prop erly fed and prepared makes, u car cass that sells well on the market. But it is said that many breeders in this country have not given much at tentlon to fine qunllty. There are two varieties of Chinese geese, brown nnd white. This brceO has different characteristics from the others mentioned. , Tho birds stnnc moro erect and havo longer nnd slen derer necks than the others. Tlu Brown Chinese have at the buso ol tho bill n peculiar dark-colored knpb The Brown is considered the mos' prolific of nil the geese. The stand nrd weight for the gander Is 1( pounds, geese 12 pounds. Tho female is said to lay from 40 to 50 eggs, some times more. A large per cent of tin eggs are generally fertile. SELECT HENS WITH RECORDS Mate Them With Cockerels of Good Laying Strains and Hatch From Them Progress Slow. The hen ns wo havo her today has been developed very rapidly as an egg producer. The jungle fowl from which our laying hens have been developed probably laid about two dozen eggs a yenr nt most. Perhups many onlj raised one brood. Hens of anything like good type and breeding todnj may uveroge 140 eggs .a year. There nre, of course, 200-egg hens nnd n ten that hnvo made records much higher. But these high records are by no means common. It is said that a high average for a pullet Is 150 eggs a year, for a hen 140. But wo must remember thttt hens, like cows, havo their own indi viduality and It Is not eusy to llud a flock of high producers. Tho way to Increase the production of eggs Is to select pullets' or hens with high records, mnto them with cockerels from good laying strains and hatch from them. Even then, the progress must bo slow, for there Is apt to be n large per cent that will bo poor producers. But this is tho only safe way to raise hens that lay a largo number of eggs a year. SELECTION OF BEST LAYERS Look for Full, Well-Developed Breast and Crop This Gives Assurance of Strength. Tho selection of tho best-laying hens may be made Jn several ways. If you know that the mother hens wero good egg producers nnd the pullets have tho same formation of the body it may bo rensona'blo to expect that the pullets will also he line egg producers. Thero is, however, one almost certain sign that may be used In selecting laying hens. Look for n full, well-developed breast nnd crop, showing n largo pock et in which to carry tho food supply. This gives assurance of strength and vigor, and the ability to consumo a sufficient amount of food to sustain tho body and, produce the eggs. She must have tho ability to con sumo n large amount of food and the body nnd nbdominnl proportions to handle nnd transfer it Into the general make-up of tho body and tho egg pro duction. FATTEN POULTRY IN CRATES Special Ration of Cornmeal, Middlings, Bran and Buttermilk Adds Weight and Flavor. To fntten poultry put then) Into n crate, keep them for a day without food, then give them a special rntlon of seven parts cornmeal, three parts mid dlings and one part bran, with butter milk enough to mnke n mixture about ns thin as pancake batter. During the 10 or 14 days they aro fed this ration they gain from 15 to 25 per cent In weight and much jiioro thuu that In lluvor. Omnha, Nob. Tho famous Arizona wild horso enso, which has boon on trial in Unltod Stntes court for tho last threo weeks, ended when tho Jury roturnod a verdict flndfng nlno of tho eleven defendants guilty and two not guilty. Four of thoso found guilty wore recommended to tho mercy of tho court. Indictments aro yet outstanding against seventeen othors, some of whom will bo brought to trial whllo othcrs-ot tho sovonteen will bo dismissed. Thoso found guilty were: J, S. Smith, Omaha; C. A. Smith, Omaha; J. P. Shlrclln", Sauk Center, Minn.; R. B Burwinklo, Dos Moines, Iowa; W. Ilinkloy, Brayton, S. D. Tho following wore suggosted to tho mercy of tho court: John Bolecy, Omnha; Albert A. Hastings, Silver Creek, Neb.; C. M. Thompson, Oma ha; Charles W. West. Not guilty wero: F. V. Oulldlngor, Northwood, la.; and L. It. West, Osceola, la. Dis charged by order of tho court after tho ovidenco was all In. In 1914 the federal gnuid Jury In dicted forty-two persons for having a hand In tho Belling of phantom and imaginary wild horses which ths United States Live Stock company claimed wero running tho range in Co. conino county. Since tho first Indict ment was' returned a number of tho defendants have died and others havo been roleased from the chargo, whllo several others have been granted separate trials. After tho verdict of tho Jury wan read, Judgo Woodrough granted tho defendants thirty dayB in which to mako motions for now trials, take ap peals and mako such motions ns their attorneys think best. Tho bonds un der which tho defendants were at liberty before tho trial were all al lowed to stand and no new bonds wero asked. Tho case was ono of the costliest and longest over tried nt the federal court here. The government subpoo; nned nearly 100 witnesses from all parts of the country, whllo witnesses for tho defenso totaled half this num ber. Tho technical chargo upon which tho indictments wero roturnod is that of conspiring to uso tho mails to do- fraud, the penalty, upon conviction, being a flno up to $10,000, or Impris onment for two years, or both, at tho discretion of the court Every Man Liable for Service. Washington. Every able-bodied male citizen of tho United Statos be tween tho ageB of 18 and 45 years is hold liable for service in tho national guard In war time, without further act of congress by war department regulations for tho government of tho guard issued under the national defenso act. In a circular prepared nearly two months ago, but mndd public Just recently, tho militia bureau directs that whoro a nationnl guard reglmont Is called out for war serv ice, a reservo training battalion to fill vacancies at tho 'front shall bo organized out of the nationnl guard reserve and by voluntary enlistment. "If for any reason," tho order con tinues, "there shall not bo enough reservists or enough voluntary enlist ments to organize or to keep the re serve battalions at prescribed strength a sufficient number of tho un organized militia Bhall ho drafted by tno president to maintain such bat talions or lesser unit at tho prescrib ed Btrength." Policy Of 8llencn Arfnnt.il "Washington. A policy of absolute sllenco rncrnTfllnir ih j C" v ufw) ItUgUUU" tionB has been adopted by President Tin T , vywbuu ana aecrotary Lansing.' It was stated officially that all steps uui,wuiiu win bo regarded as confl dontlal. that vv il uu made on any development and that rumors will not bo discussed in any m m mi . ino uccision to pursue course wob mado known after state department had this tho tho official toxts of tho Oerman and Aus trian replies to President Wilson's luoiuicai notes to tho belligerents proposing a discussion of peace terms. In many quarters the official nttitudo was construed as indicating that secret exchanges were expected ,i ujoy am not precede the formal answers of thd entente na tlons to the notes of President Wil son nnd the central powors 50,000 Armenian. Now YorkFifty thousand deported Armenians aro starving in tho vlcln Ity of Alenho. Anintin .. rosult of a recont temporary suspon- Inn rf ..nil.. ' . upiiropnauons, accord ing to a cablegram from American iiuiuansauor uiiKus, received here, Boy Killed Coasting. von Moines, la. Dolbort Collins, 17 years oiu, was killed and flvo boys seriously injured, ono fatally, when two bobsleds collided hero on a steep bill. The American Bed Cross will move about January 15 from its present quarters In the mute, war nnd navy build ing, in Washington, into Its new headquarters, a magnlOcent whlto ninrble edlflco whtoh occupies nn entire squnro between the Corcoran Art gallery and D. A. It. hnll. On Its cornerstone, which was laid by President Wilson and former President Tnft, tho building Is labeled: "A Memorial to tho Ucrolc Women of the Civil Wnrl" Construction was begun early In 1015. HATTIE lint tlu, jlliu sixteen-year-old elcphuut of the New York Central park zoo, photographed as she cleared the pat lis neur her residence. This is tho second year that Iluttlc, under tho direction of her good friend, BUI Snyder, headkeeper of the zoo, has helped to keep down tho city's snow-removal expenses. Sho enslly drnga n snowplow which clears a 12-foot path and takes up uovcrnl tons of snow nt each trip. MENDING English .aviators patching up u SHE WORKS FOR FRANCE ' ..,:. -mi MI IHIII mini! Miss Maud 10. Kuliu, oldest daughter of OUo II. Kahn, ono of' tho foremost bankers of America, In tho service uni form sho wears "somowhero In France," whero sho Is engaged in war relief work. Wouldn't Encourage the Plants. "Whnt havo you nice today?" asked tho lady entering tho grocer's store. "Wo havo some very nice egg (plants," replied the man In tho whlto 'apron. "You know I belong to the nssocln 'tlon that Is boycotting .everything In ,tho way of eggs, so I cannot con scientiously hitvo unythlng to do with tho plants." ' ' ' ' -jj CLEARS SNOW FROM HER WALKS A CAPTURED GERMAN German ulrplano that had been brought LAUNCHING TORPEDO Liiuiirlilng of th- inrpt'do-bnut dtMtroyer Shuw nt Mare Island, Sun KiiiiielKco, a few tluys ago. Tho vessel was nearly completed when launched. It Is .'IIS Id long, with u speed of 95 miles nn hour. AIRPLANE down, und turning it to their own use. DESTROYER SHAW
