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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1917)
THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. CLEAN UP TO CHECK DISEASE Diseases of Calves Have Been Les sened at Ohio Station by Dlsln fectlng Dairy Stables. Disinfecting dairy stnbles checks contngious uud Infectious cnttlo ills ( eases. A thorough clean-up followed by disinfection about twice a year with a coal-tar disinfectant Is recommend ed by the Ohio experiment station. Calf diseases have been lessened In the- dairy herd at the experiment sta- f X--- .:vVi. " V . Spraying a Dairy Stable. tlon by disinfecting the stables each spring and fall. Digestive troubles, particularly white tcours, have not 'been troublesome and fewer deaths In calves have occurred nfter this prac tice was adopted. Less garget In cows has been evident. The same treat ment will help to hold In check tuber culosls nnd contagious abortion In herds where these diseases are preva lent. Thorough disinfecting Is urged to kill all disease germs In every possible. lurking place. Mangers, stalls and doors need special nttentlon. Coal-tar dips are used at the experiment sta tlon. After disinfection the stables are whitewashed. GENERAL CARE OF UTENSILS Four Important Rules That Should Be followed In Washing and Dry ing Milk Vessels. General recommendation for the care of utensils are: 1. Rinse In lukewarm water as soon .after use as possible. 2. Wash In hot water containing washing powder which will remove grease. ;i. IUnse In clean hot water and place in live steain 15 seconds, drain and place right side up until steain evaporates. 4. Invert In a clean protected place when dry. LOCATE CAUSE OF LAMENESS Many Make Mistake of Not Making Careful Examination, Simply Ap plying Some Liniment. Cows go lame. Instead of making a careful examination to And out the cause, we use n lot of liniment and think we have done all thnt Is re quired. After much suffering on the part of the innocent animal we find perhaps that the trouble was duo to a nnll or something else In the foot. It pays to watch for and guard against such nccidents to live stock UTENSILS NEEDED FOR TEST Outfit Can Be Procured From Any Cpeamery Supply House for Com paratively Small Sum. The utensils needed for the Bab cock test are a Babcock tester, a few test bottles, a pipette, an acid mens ure, some sulphuric acid and n pair of dividers. All this can be procured from any creamery supply house for from 55 to $10, according to whethor a four or an eight bottle tester la wanted. MILKING MACHINE IN FAVOR Attention Called to Device on Account of Labor Shortage Farmer Saves Time and Labor. The Inbor shortage calls marked at tentlon to the milking machine. It will pay to Install one on farm where 20 or more cows aro milked dally. You can get as much milk as by hand milk ing and can savo tlma and labor. CARE OF PERISHAai.ES Proper Methods of Handling, Shipping and Storing. United States Department of Agricul ture Making Effort to Decrease Great Waste of Fruits and Vegetables. (From tho United States Department of Agricuuuro.) In nn effort to decreaso the great waste of perishable fruits and vege tables due to careless and Improper hnndllng, which subtracts hundreds of thousnnds of pounds of food from the country's supply each year, tho bureau of markets and the bureau of plant In dustry of the United States department of ngrlculture will, as rapidly as prac ticable, extend the present domonstrn- tlonal and investigational work with producers, shippers, carriers and ware housemen regarding proper methods of handling perishables. This work will be tnken up with funds Just mnde available In the food production bill recently enacted by congress. Specialists declare that the success ful transportation or storage of perish ables Is primarily dependent upon care ful and proper hnndllng methods when being prepared for shipment. If care lessly or Improperly hnndled when har vested and packed, all care exercised thereafter to Insure sound condition niny be largely Ineffective nnd result In serious loss to tho producer as well as loss of foodstuffs to the consumer. Spe cialists In the harvesting nnd handling of fruits nnd vegetables, through dem onstratlonnl work and other practica ble menns In the lmportnnt producing sections, will rench as many produc ers and shippers as possible. These nnd other specialists also will advise producers In the construction and nlterntlon of storage houses for products that can be successfully stored, especially without artificial re frigeration, nnd in regard to the most efllclcnt use nnd management of such storage houses. Specialists declare that losses of fruits and vegetables are high in mnny well-constructed storage houses merely because the equipment Is Improperly used. The department will seek to reduce losses of 'perlshnbles still further by demonstrating to carriers nnd urging upon them the use of Improved refrig erator cars which give uniformly greater refrigeration elllclency with mnrked economies as regards Ice coiv sumption nnd In heavier loading. SeV' eral thousand refrigerator cars have been built or rebuilt In practical con fonnlty with the results of recent In vestlgntlons and are In use on many railways. It Is the hope of the do pnrtmcnt specialists that tho use of uniformly better equipment may be' come much more general during the years when war needs make the con servatlon of food especially Import ant. MAKE DURABLE HIVE STANDS Tile Drain Pipes or Concreto Blocks Are Excellent Dryness Assured and Decay Avoided. Tile drain pipes or concrete blocks can bo used to make good hive stands. Such stands are durable and keep the hives dry, thus preventing decay. As hives vary in width from 14 to 10 ' i Durable Hive Stand. Inches, tho stnnds must be about 18 Inches wide. Concrete blocks 2 by 0 by 18 Inches can be mnde cheaply or drain tile of the same length bought Farm and Home. GIVE ATTENTION TO CALVES Sour Milk, Irregular Feeding and Vary. Ing Temperatures Will Not Make Good Animals. If you have spring calves you need give them attention In ocder to keep them growing. Sour milk, Irregular feeding, nnd varying temperatures of the milk will not make good calves. After the calves have been changed to skim milk the temperature of the milk can gradually be reduced until cold milk Is fed nil the time. It had best be cold all the time than warm one feed, cold another nnd hot an other. If a farm separator Is via, of course tho milk should be fed as soon as skimmed. BILLION DOLLARS LOST One-hnlf of the manure pro duced In the United States Is not saved for fertilizer, accord ing to a statement of Carl Vroo ninn, assistant secretary of agri culture. When this loss Is fig ured on the same prlco, basis ns commercial fertilizing materials It amounts to approximately one billion dollars annually. SUITABLE AS A CLOD CRUSHER REASON FOR LESS CHICKENS High Price of Grain Has Caused Many Farmers to Part With Fowls Eggs Also Higher. Because of the present prices of grain, there Is a tendency this year on the part of poultrymen to keep fewer hens nnd to rnlso fewer chickens. Tho price of grain Is higher now thnn for years. Mnny farmers killed off their flocks last year and many are keeping a smnller percentage than ever before. They have not stopped to consider tho poultry sltuntlon seriously. Willie feed has gone up 110 to 70 por cent during tho past year, eggs ulso have Increased la price. Not Only Does Machine Perform Duty for Which It Was Intended, But Also Cuts Scrubs. This Is a machine, a simple one at thnt, that will perform double duty for the farmer. Not only does It crush tho clods, a purpose for which It original ly was Invented, but the Inventor has attached n scrub-cutting device, so tluit the two operations are simultane ous. Also the rear half of the cutter Clod Crusher. can bo folded up and latched on top of the crusher so that only tho latter Is working where there Is no scrub to be cut. The cutting operation Is per formed by a number of scraper knives nttached to the sides and rear of the framework, so that no naughty scrub escapes. Farming Business. TO PRODUCE INFERTILE EGGS Formerly Farmer Was Not Paid for Trouble, but Now Merchants Have Learned Value. It pnys to produqp Infertile eggs, Many .merchants are now paying nn extra price for these eggs, according to Ross M. Sherwood of the depart ment of poultry husbnndry In tho Kan sas State Agricultural college. Two classes of merchants buy eggs from the farmers.. One pnys a slight Increase In price for Infertile eggs and the other pnys the same price for both fertile and Infertile eggs. Tho swnt-the-roostcr movement mnde It possible for the farmer to market in fertile eggs. Formerly the farmer was not paid for his trouble In producing Infertile eggs ns the merchnnts did not know the value of tho Infertile eggs for mar ket purposes, pointed out Mr. Slier wood. Recently, however, It has been brought to tho attention of the mer chant; that he can afford to pny a premium for Infertile eggs because they will keep much bettor. lie will be able to ship his eggs to a good mar ket with tho assurance that they will grade as first nnd seconds, Instend of rots when they reach their destlna tlon. SUPPLY FEED ANIMALS LIKE To Obtain Best Results It Is Best to Cater to Beast's Appetite Watch Them Closely. Animals are much like human be ings In thnt they have their own In dividual preference for certnln foods, While this preference Is formed by habit, to get the best results with tho feeds, It Is best generally to cater to the anlmnl's nppotlte. Some horses will not do well without oats in the ration. Others do not espe dally care for oats, but require corn, some require more hay than others, some must have ground feeds. To get the best results such animals should be humored. Our problem In feeding Is to watch the nnlmnls and see that they get the feeds they require and no more. Feed left In tho trough or scattered on the ground out o,f reach of animals does not produce. Even In feeding cattle a skillful feed or will soon learn tho different nnl null's peculiarities and meet their re quirements In such a way as to get economical gains. If ho does not watch closely he Is likely to waste feed while some of tho anlmuls are not getting enough. ACTIVITY IS LIFE OF FOWLS Best Results Obtained by Feeding Sparingly In Morning and Heavily In the Evening. A very common practice with many flocks is to feed the fjnmc qunntlty of Rcrntch feed bot, morning nnd evening. Better results hnve been obtained by feeding quite spnrlngly In the morn ing nnd heavily at night. A hen likes to scratch and work for her food. Don't mnke It too easy for her. Its member activity is the life of the hen. USE FOR UNTILLABLE LANDS Rough Spots Often Can Be Made Profitable as Pastures Use Other Parts of Farm, Too. Thoro nre often to bo found on farms of any extent rough, untllinblo InndB that cannot bo used to advan tage In crop production nnd thnt could bo used profitably for grazing pur poses, but the loa thnt this class of land only Mu&l ht used for pastures Is not correct. rASIQRIi wrr- - a Kct Contents 15 Fluid Draahro ki r.niinr.-.T PER GUI T. 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GENUINE CASTOR I A ALWAYS Bcara the Signature of HC'VUT Dtfc 1 II I ll IB I 1 Exact Copy of Wrapper. lu Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought 7HK OSNTAUn COMPANY, N IW YORK OITV, DOBBIN HAS A DAY DREAM Faithful Old Horse Will Have Regular Thrill When He Casts Off His Shoes. When tho nutomohllo and tho tin Lizzie shall at Inst have relegated the "hoss" to the llniho of things ohsolete, will tho nohlo animal degenerate nnd hnrk hack to his ancestral type, or will he simply disappear like the dodo? asks "Zlm" In Cartoons magazine. It has taken n lot of time nnd pn tlence to develop Dobbin from tho primitive models such as the hydraco thorium, the pnchynnlophus and the eohlppus, to mnke him "whon," hnck and "gltap" and take his meals out of n nosebag. In the process of civiliza tion he has grndually lost his toes anil has had to accommodate his feet to the horseslmc. Docs ho still dream perhaps of the delights of having toes of sinking them down Into the green sqush of tho teijtlnry era and feeling the cool goo trickle up between them I If so, how glad ho will bo some dny to look down nnd see his long-forgotten toes beginning to sprout once ngaln I His will bo tho thrill of the smnll boy on the first warm day of spring when he can cast off his shoes and go bare foot. When tho "hoss" discovers for tho first time thnt he can again wiggle his toes, ho will doubtless radiate a smile of solid comfort. A B)q Man. "Her husband Is u big mnn In tho show business." "Thnt so? A producer?" "No. Rouncer In a downtown hur- lesquo theater." A Culinary Necessity, lie It Is awful this raise In bread, She La, me, John, bread's got to raise, hasn't It?. . Even though a mnn stops growing while young, he may grow old. A girl's Idea of nn Industrious young mnn Is one who Is too husv to propose, A Flfty-Flfty P. M. Postmaster Ilanlcs ran the general store as well as the post otllce and one summer morning a lnnky youth slouched In, removed his lmttercd straw hat and said: "Mr. Hanks, I un'erstrind there's two letters hero fur me one wot come a month ngo nnd one wot come hut week. I'm nfeared my folks must bo sick, or else they wouldn't he wrltln' so plum often. Lot me hnve them let ters, will ye, Mr. Hanks?" Tho postmaster glared at the youth. "No, l'eleg Anderson, I won't let yo hnve them letters till yo settle fur that lot o' groceries wot's been owln' so longl" Tho young mnn took out -some money. "I kin settle hnjf tho nccount, Mr. nanks," he said. "Then," said the postmaster, In a milder voice, "I kin give ye one o' yer letters," nnd ho did so. "Squur' up In full, Peleg Anderson, nn' yo'll git yer other letter, but not before." New Weather Words. Tho esteemed weather bureau hns sprung a new one. It Is tho word "smog," nnd It means smoke or fog. The burcnu explains thnt very fre quently thoro nre times when tho mix turo Is jippnrent in the ntmosphere, and It considers tho new word a great little idea. Very well, "smog" lot It be. But why end there? Let's cnll a mixture of snow and mud "smug," n mixture of snow and soot "snoot," nnd n mlxturo of snow nnd hnll "snail." Thus wo might hnvo a weather forecast: "iTnnll todny, turning to snoot to night, tomorrow snoggy with smud." Builder's Guide. What It Does. "What docs golf do for a man?" "Well, for one thing, It makes him decide to take his vacation lu tho win ter when ho can go south." It Is better for n mnn's conscience that ho ho sorry for what ho didn't get thnn for what ho did. SEE NAPOLEON IN KERENSKY Many Regard Great Russian Leader, Now Thirty-six, as Uko French Hero. A writer In tho Natlonnl Geographic magazine obnerves thnt those who, Uko Plutarch, seek for parallels in tho uvea and characters of men whoso genius directs tho fato of nations, will find mnny Interesting polntB of similarity between tho mnn of destiny of the French revolution nnd tho man of tho hour in Ilussln's day of liberation from tho oppression of nutocrncy. Napo leon wns In his thlrty-llrst yenr when he beenmo first consul of tho French republic; Kcrcnsky. premier of tho Itusslnn cnbluct and now exercising the powers of dlctntor In order to re store order In tho empire, Is Just thlrty-slx. Throughout his career Napoleon Buf fered from nn lncurnblo Internal mal ndy, supposedly cancer of tho atom nch; Kerensky Is also tortured by a disease (supposedly tuberculosis of tha liver), which prevents his working at fever hent mora thnn n few weeks nt n tlmo ; then he Is forced by weakness to recupcrnto for three or four days In a sanltnrlum In the Crimen. Napoleon's Judgment of men'wns ln stunt nnd nlmost Infallible; Kerensky Is reputed to possess tho same faculty to a remarkable degree. Kerensky Is an lmpnssloned oratot of forceful, Incisive stylo. Ills exhor tntlons to the soldiers of the new Bueh sin have much In common with tho ln spiring appeals of Napoleon to hlq soldiers before tho Bnttlo of tho Pyrn mlds and elsowherc. Suro She Did Love Him. .Tune Did she love him much? Tell Why, she mnrricd him, in splt of her pnrcnts' urging I Life. , When Adnm and Kve visited tho tree of knowledge they hnrdly had tlmo to study the higher branches. Grass seeds germlnnto In from foui teen to eighteen days. Eat More Corn! When you eat corn instead of wheat you are saying for the boys in France. Corn is an admirable cool weather food. Whether or not you like corn bread, corn muffins, "Johnny Cake", or corn pone, you are sure to like asties The newest wrinkle in corn foods crisp, bubbled flakes of white corn a substantial food dish with an alluring smack and costs but a trifle Make Post Toasties Your War Cereal rost lo V J