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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1918)
t. I f THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBHA8KA. rags BUILDING UP A DAIRY HERD Essentials Are Careful Selection, In telltgent Breeding and Skillful Management. Careful selection, Intelligent breed ing and skillful management nrc fund amental In the profitable upbuilding of the dairy herd. By the uso of economy nnd good judgment tho Improvement of a herd need not be expensive. Careful selection Is the first step In the building up of a dairy herd. Selec tion naturally begins with the elimina tion of nil low producers. Everjr owner of dairy cows should establish a def fhltc standard and all cows that do High-Producing Holsteins. not measure up to the requirements should be rejected. One hundred and fifty pounds of butterfat u year Is a fair minimum for most localities. Whether n cow Is to be rejected or re tained should depend ordinarily on pro duction ns shown by the Babcbck test nnd the scales. Only the best lielfer calves from tho most productive cows should be raised. FEED CALF SEPARATOR MILK When Given Alone it Is Liable to Cause Indigestion Feeding Is Vastly Important. Separator milk is not a bnlnnced ra- tlbn for calves. On this feed alone, and the wny It is usually given to them, (hey are, liable to got Indigestion, as shown by a bloated condition, caprici his appetite and diarrhea. Most of tho trouble can bo avoided by adding n handful of oil meal, to cornmcal or cottonseed nicnl, to supply, In a wny, tho fat that has been removed in tho skimming. The milk should be given to them warm and never when it Is frothy. Never allow a calf to drink all of tho milk that It wants nt one meal. It is a bad practice to allow several calves to drink out of one trough, somo of them will get too much. Care in feed ing oalves is of vastly more importance than "cures" for calf scours. CONTAMINATED AIR IN MILK Easy to Understand How Foul Odors Are Introduced In Unclean and Unventllated Stable. If tho milking Is done In a stablo that is unclean and unventllated, filthy nnd filled with foul odors, ft Is readily understood how the streams of milk passing from the udder to tho pall will forco tho contaminated air Into the pall and Impart to the milk Its foul odors. Tho use of tho sep orator under similar conditions must produce slmilor results. Odors and flavors are also produced In the milk after it has been drnwn, by tho Introduction Into It of undo- Birable germs In the dust from tho stablo nnd the cow and from lack of cleanliness of vessels used In hund ling it. FEEDING SILAGE TO CALVES 1 Begin Early With Small Amount In Connection With Other Roughage, Increasing Gradually. Calves should bocomo acquainted with sllago early in life, beginning with a very small quantity In connec tion with other roughage and lncreas ing gradually. In this way the young animals develop normally, making rapid gains while the cost is kept ut the minimum. SOLVE DAIRY FEED SHORTAGE .Dairyman Can Mako What They Have Go Further by Adopting Plan or Food Conservationists. Dairymen can solvo tho feed short age by tho samo method other people nre using to BOlve tho food shortage. They can mnko what they have go further. If food economies can result in feeding more people with tho same amount of food, the samo feed can feed .more cows. HANDLING SEED C0RN"D0N'TS" F0R PUBLIC ads Care Necessary in Selecting Re quires Shelling by HancLj Picking Out Moot Productive Ear3 While In Field and Storing In Dry Place Is Only Half of Very Important Tack. (Prepared by tho United States Depart ment or Agriculture.) Shelling is one of the Important steps In selecting seed corn. The enro necessary In selecting nnd handling corn to be used for seed requires shell ing to be done by hand. Selecting the need from the most productive stocks as they stand in the field and storing them In a dry place free from Insects nnd rodents Is only half the Job In pro viding the next year's seed corn sup ply. Seed cars should first be nubbed and the kernels from tip und butt should be discarded from the seed supply. The small kernels from the tips are less productive than the othqr kernels on the cur; the blunt, thick, rounded kernels from the butts nre Just as pro ductive as any of tho rest, but because of their shape and size they do not plnnl uniformly when used in a corn planter with other kernels. Shelling by hand takes more time and labor, but Is profitable. Tho me chanical corn shelter is likely to In jure tho germ tips of the individual grains and to thus destroy or Impair their power to germinate. No matter how large the required supply, It will still pay to shell It palnstuklngly by matninl labor, because tho greater tho acronge to be planted, the greater the ultimate profit. Each ear should be shelled separate ly Into a shallow pan or box, and every blemished, misshapen or worm-enten kernel should be rejected. As tho seed from each car is found satisfactory and sound, and free from poor kernels, it Is poured into the general supply, and another car Is shelled In the same way. It Is much easier to pick out de fective grains from a single layer In n small receptacle than from a large mingled quantity in a bushel measure or a bag. EMERGENCY WIRE STRETCHER Farmer Tells How He Made Repairs In Broken Fence by using Hick ory Stick for Handle. After turning the cows Into a field I huppened to find n broken place in the fence nnd I did not have the time to go for a stretcher at the other end of the farm. Finding a hickory stick in the woodpile I sawed oft a piece about three feet long for the handle. I could not take time to prepare a fire for heating nn Iron, so I flattened the end of a quarter-Inch bolt and drove It In one end of tho stick, then beat tho head to make It rough like teeth. Several inches from the end I fast ened a short length of chain and a Wire Stretcher In Use. hook taken from a singletree. Tho hook was bent so that the barbs on the wire could not slip through. When barbed wire becomes slack it can be tightened by catching It be tween tho claws of a hammer and making a series of kinks. These kinks should not bo too short to weaken tho wire. J. L. Flnkston in Popular Sci ence Monthly. REVIVAL OF FRUIT ORCHARD Proper Surgical Attention Will Prove Effective Cut Out Dead Wood and Fill in Holes. Old orchards enn be revived by prop er surgical attention. Cut out tho dead wood ; All in the holes and decay ed spots with cement; cover exposed wounds with antiseptic treo plant; re move surplus growth from the Into rior of the treo to let in the sunlight spade up the tough sod near the trees spray for what alls them and always for codling moth. Give tho old trees a chanco and they will bear for many years. PASTURAGE AND LIVE STOCK Grasses and Clovers on Properly Man aged Farm Will Double Crops Now Being Secured. Grass and live stock should go hand in hand. There Is no farm, which, if properly managed nnd kept at least one-half of tho time In grasses and clovers, nnd gradually brought under u proper system of rotation, would not produce more, in fact, double tho crops which It now does, nnd yet constantly bo growing better and better. Hog Knows What He Wants. Experiments and experience seem to indicate that a hog knows what ho wants, how much ho wants, and when ho wants it. Use for Undesirable Eggs. Smull or dirty eggs should not bo placed on tho market. Uso them at bony Alabama State Highway Department Issues Booklet Containing Excel lent Suggestions. Most of the states now have "god rontls days' each year. Alabama, which hns a law establishing two such day?, has gone a step farther by re quiring that the state highway depart. incut must publish annually n good roads day program or booklet, contain ing the governor's proclamation nnd other pertinent matter. In this pub lication for the current year Is a list )f "Don'ts," nnd while the sugges tions wore written for good road? days, most of them hnvo nn every-dny value that makes them worth reading. The list follows: Don't wait for your neighbor to start something, start it yourself. Don't wait for the county commls- slolnera to have that hole In the road, about tho size of a water bucket, in front of your gate, filed. Fill it yourself. Don't kick about the bad roads when you arc turning water from natural channels Into the public highway. Would you permit the county at will to turn water on your farm? Don't try to carry water nnd trnftlc in the same place. One or the other must seek a new location Ala bamn Is dry. Don't crown a gravel or sand-clnj road high and have little, narrow, deep ditches on the sides. Don't forget that the good road Is o road with a tight roof and a dry cellnr. USEFUL TOOL FOR ORCHARDS Saw Blade Fastened to Long Handle Will Be Found Satisfactory In Cutting Limbs. This tool is very handy when a big limb is to be cut and it is out oi reach by the ladder. Your blacksmltl can muke one, but If tho hardware store sells anything ns good, bettei Handy Orchard Saw. buy it because you will then bo mor likely to get a well tempered tool. II can he fastened to a long handle bj slipping Iron rings over It und driving them on tight. Tho saw blade can be of any fineness to suit tho work Id hand. GIVING BEEF CATTLE SILAGE Value of Material In Fattening Em phaslzed by Experiment Conduct ed at Indiana Station. The value of the ello in fattening cattle was strongly emphasized by tlu Indiana station. In this expcrimenl substantial gnlns were made on tin following ration: 2.G pounds cottonseed meal. 4.4 pounds clover hny. 14.4 shelled corn. 27.7 pounds corn silage. When ellnge was fed tho cost ol gain was one-half cent n pound less than with dry feed nnd the increase in profits amounted to from $3 to $J per steer. Tho cottonseed meal gave much better results than oil meal and tended to produce firmer llesh wltr silage. Where there is not an nbundnnce oi grazing when cattle arc fed tho sllc will be almost Indispensable to econ o'my In feeding. The amount snved in feeding silage will soon pay for tin silo. It helps utilize the coarse feeds, and it takes tho place of green pas ture when this Is not uvallable. ROOTS EXCELLENT FOR HOGS Found Most Profitable to Cook and Feed While Warm, Mixed With Ground Feed. In our own experience where nns largo number of roots were fed t swine wo found it most profitable tr cook tho roots nnd food them whllt warm, well-mixed with the ground feed, says a writer In an oxohnngo Fed In this way the hogs will ea( thorn readily. They enjoy warm food and tho ground grain mixed with the roots hns always given us good re sults. Where there nro only n few roots to be fed we should feed then raw, letting tho hogs gnaw them down nt their leisure. With this kind oi feed you must be careful not to give too mnny of tho roots at once, as oth erwlso they freeze and then of course they nro not satisfactory. COMFORT PAYS GOOD PROFIT Important That Breeder Feeding Hog Should Get Most Out of Feed Corn Is Hlgh-Prlced. Make vour hocrs comfortable. TTncrs nro high-priced now, nnd so Is corn. It Is very Important, therefore, thai tho man who is feeding hogs should get tho most out of his corn: nnd In order to do this ho must mnko them comfortable. Too Much Animal Feed. While animal feed of somo kind is necessary for a good winter egg yield too much will provo dlpnstrous. If the droppings nro dark and wntery and snow traces of mucus, It is an Indl leu tlon that too much animal feed Is be- RJMC OPERATION OF A ROAD DRAG Mistake for Operator to Think That All He Has to Do Is to Drive Team Get Best Angle. Whenever the rond drag has been tried and pronounced n failure it is safo to say that it was not used often enough or else It was used nt tho wrong time or in the wrong wny. Some operntors seem to think that all they have to do is to drive the team nnd tho drag will automatically do tho work, but this is n snd mistake. In the first place the manner of hitching the team to the drag greatly Operating a Road Drag. affects its operation. If a short hitch Is used the tendency Is to raise tho front edge of the drag, while a longer hitch makes it cut deeper and move more mntcrlal. Tho correct length of hitch to use depends upon the height of the team, arrangement of harness, etc., nnd must bo determined by trial. The amount of skew or angle which tho drng makes with the center lino of the rond also affects the results. Tho greater the skew (1. e., the small er the angle between the drng and tho center Hnp of tho rond) tho moro eartli will be moved toward tho cen ter. Usually this skew angle should be about 45 degrees, but here again the judgment and experience of tho operator must be brought into play. Tho driver can control tho opera tion to n large extent by shifting his position upon the drng. When he ap proaches a high spot In the rond ho can step toward the front, thus mak ing the blndo cut deeper, while at n depression ho can step toward tho rear, In this wny raising the cutting edge nnd dumping the enrth which Is being pushed ahead of tho drag. - By stepping toward the end of the drng nearest tho center of tho rond ho can increase the skew and so move moro enrth toward the center line, whllo stepping to tho other end of tho drng has tho opposite effect. In road drag ging It is especially true that "prac tice makes perfect" provided that com mon senso is used along with the practice. HOW TO PREVENT ROAD DUST Breaking Up of Ridges Formed When Roadbed la Wet From Standing Water Causes Trouble. Dust In tho rond is largely caused by tho breaking up of the ridges formed when the rond bed Is wet from standing water. If the roadbed Is kept well crowned nnd smooth water will run off. The surface- will soften up some in case of n long rnln, but it will not be nearly so bad as when there are ruts which hold the water. Tho wheels of each passing vehicle make the rut a little deeper. The best way to keep the roadbed smooth Is to run over It wtlh the road drag. This should bo done soon after It rains. Tho soil Is then soft so It can bo easily scraped off and dropped Into any depressions. Tho harrow also lays the soil down In layers. It sort of plasters it down, which makes n harder surface thnn when the soli Is dumped onto the roadbed. The rond drng Is the most effective dust proven tor except oiling tho roads. ATTENTION TO SIDE DITCHES Provision Should So Made to Remove All Surface W.fter Rapidly Guard Against Erosion. Special attention should be paid to providing side ditches which will re move nil surface water rapidly. Side ditches on long, steep grades should bo protected against serious erosion by riprap, transverse timbers or other benms. Culverts nnd bridges should bo of nmple size nnd be built as per mnncnt structures. Drain tile should bo laid to carry off underground wn ter. Side ditches which are kept clean nnd have sufficient slope to lend the water nwny are usually preferable to tile drainage, but tho latter Is neces sary in somo places. Agitation In Winter. Good roads agitation always shows n moro rapid pulse during winter, nnd converts n great number of people who object to truvellng over highways that look like an Alpine mountain range. But mnn has n short and brlt lie memory. When summer comes and ho roads llo down flat again public enthusiasm also lies down and buttons tho flaps on its coin pocket. Drag Whenever Possible. Drag whenever possible at all sea sons of tho year. DESTROY ALL WORMY FRSJIT Mummied Specimens on Trees or on Ground Should Be Burned to Guard Against Pests. Fcnch trees that hR.ro borne fruit this year are likely to havo deformed, mummied fntlts cither on tho branches1 or on the ground under tho trees. It Is highly desirable that theso fruits bo destroyed, so that the Rpores of fun-, gous disease or Insects in these fruits be destroyed. Such diseases as brown rot may bo carried over winter on specimens of fruit left In tho orchard. For this rea son, such specimens should not bo left, but should bo gathered up nnd de stroyed to get rid of any disease germs or Insect pests that such specimens may harbor. Where pigs have access to the or chard generally they will cat faulty specimens of fruits that may bo left. But even when pigs run In tho orchnrd it is ndvlsnblo to go over nnd examine tho trees, taking out nil specimens that still cling to the branches. This. work may be dono when other work 1b not pressing nnd when ono can spnrat tho time. This would hardly bo prac tical whero ono hns n largo orchard, hut for the small peach orchard for homo uso It will bo work well cm- ployed. TO CONTROL SCAB ON PEARS Trees Should Be Thoroughly Sprayed With Bordeaux Mixture Also 8pray for Insects. Some penr trees are affected by n very common fungous dlseaso called scab. Some varieties of pears nro very susceptible to this dlseaso, and if not given good treatment in tho wny of spraying, they will invariably bo covered by scab, nnd will crack ns the result of this disease. To control tho dlscnse, tho trees should be thoroughly sprayed with Bordeaux mixture, which Is mudo of four pounds of cupper sulphate and six pounds of lime to fiO gallons of water. The copper sulphate should bo dissolved in the wntcr, and tho llmo! slaked to a smooth paste. Then tho copper sulphate and lime should both be diluted to about 25 gnllotis each, nnd then mixed together. Tho first implication of this spray should be mndo Just beforo tho bios-1 Louise Pear. soins open. When about half the bios-' som petals havo dropped, nnd again two weeks thereafter, other applica tions should be made. If tho season is n very wet one, a fourth spraying should bo made two weeks after tho' third one. In order to control insects which attack the pear, arsenato of lead nt tho rato of two founds to 50 gallons should be added to each spraying after tho blossoms have dropped. DANGER OF WINTER KILLING Mulching Small Fruits Delays Bloom. Ing cf Berries Also Conserves Moisture in Soil. Mulching not only lessens tho dan cer from winter killing but It also les sens the danger of damage by Into frosts by delaying the blooming of the berries of sun, I fru ts. If the mulcli Ik left on. the buds do not open qulto so early nnd ihere Is consequently les danger of their being caught by n late freeze. The mulch may he either partially or wholly removed In the spring nnu nnv nhints which have been laid down can bo raised. It Is usually u good plnn to leave some of tho mulch on tho ground to act ns n summer mulch In kponlnc down weeds, conserving moisture, and protecting the berries from contact with sand anil gru. ARSENATE OF LIME RESULTS Equally as Effective In Spraying for Codling Moth ds Arsenato of Lead, Says Grower. A Michigan orchnrdlst used about a ton of homemade arsenato of llmo this vonr in enmnnrlson with arsenato of. lead nnd received equally good re- suits in spraying io control tho con fine moth, nccordlntr to reports to tho burcnu of entomology of tho United- States department of agriculture. llo effected n saving by the uso of tho nrsennto of llmo nnd plans to uso it again next yenr. Ileports as u wholo Indicate better results thnn usual this Benson in tho control of tho codling taoth by orchardtsts In Michigan. Save 9c By Buying Ever .Reliable CASCADE? 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Sold in nil civilized countries, BO and 00 cent bottles. Adv. Heard at the Sales. I. don't absolutely need it, but just think what n bargain! That woman's got that dress Tve had my cyo on all week. I don't know whether to havo this skirt shortened or lengthened you can't tell whnt tho styles will bo next wlntor. Isn't this great? All it needs la the skirt shortened, nnd tho sIcovcb length ened, nnd a llttlo taken up on ono hip and tho buttons set over nnd some weight put to tho back and and If I take this ono I'll hnvo to bny, n now hat, nnd if I take that ono 1 can't wenr my gray shoes with it Hutchinson (Kan.) Gazette. CUTICURA HEALS SORE HAND9 That Itch, Burn, Crack, Chap and Bleed Trial Free. In a wonderfully short time in most cases theso fragrant, supor-creamy, emollients succeed. Soak hands on re tiring in tho hot suds of Cutlcura Soap, dry and rub Cutlcura Ointment into tho hands for somo tlmo. Itemovo sur plus Ointment with soft tlssuo pnjicr. 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