The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, October 08, 1918, Image 3
THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. KMC mm HOADS IN SHAPE FOR WINTER Need for Improved Highways This Year Will Be Greater Than Ever , Beforo In History. Highway preparedness for next win ter la almost n negligible quantity In nony states whoso roads of nillltiiry md economic Importance will demand their utilization during the "snow sound" period. A survey of the plans or enow removal of every state in the Union having sufficient snowfall to impede- highway traffic during the winter months has Just been completed by a nrgo rubber concern. The reports from Heavy Traffic Follows Improvement. the various state highway commissions disclose n surprising lack of organiza tion und legislation to cope with tho situation that promises to be worse this winter than tho freight congestion and embargo period of last winter. Never before In history have Amer ican. highways played such an Impor tant part In transportation. Fleet after fleet of powerful motortrucks are ply ing between towns nnd cities. They release thousands and thousands of freight cars for war duty elsewhere. To take tho trucks off the highways next winter would be- nothing short of u calamity. America's second winter in the world war with more munition factories, Mioro alrplano plants and over 1,000.000 men in France who must have food and supplies from the rural districts nifil the Inland commercial centers will heap duties on the commerce never beforo heard of duties of hauling that our railroads can't hope to meet. Highways and trucks must come to the rescue. But under existing laws state highway commissions have no funds to keep the mntn traveled high ways opened and cleared of snow. The Inck of farsightedness and pro visions for snow clearance Is alarming, according to tho company, which urges early action to prevent disaster. GOOD ROADS ARE NECESSARY War Needs Make Hiflhway Improve ments Imperative for Transporta tion of Supplies. Good roads have long I-'en a need. Today they aro a necesshy. Instead of putting by road Improvements until the war Is over, wnr needs make Im mediate road development the more imperative. The country can produce plenty of food and supplies if we can but transport them where they are needed. Tho motor car and the motor truck can do tho work If the ronds are put In shape and kept in shape. It is not too much to say thnt bad roads in America threaten the lives of our men on the fighting front. They must have munitions, food and equipment, nnd these must be taken to them over roads here as well as abroad. Do your part by boosting road Improvement In your community. The time to start Is now. Milestones. BENEFIT OF IMPROVED ROADS Make It Possible to Consolidate or Centralize Schools Cost Reduced to Minimum. (From tho UnltofJ States Department ol Agriculture.) Thnt Improved ronds would benefit our country-school system there would seem to bo no doubt. Good roads inako It possible to consolidate or cen tralize tho schools and to establish graded schools In tho rural districts. Such schools centrally located will ac commodate all of the children within a radius of four or five miles. In many communities having the advan tage of Improved roads commodious buildings hnve been provided, more competent teachers employed nnd mod ern facilities for teaching supplied ut a minimum cost. Not Good for Earth Roads. Tho nso of ckds, sods, weeds 01 vegetable matter In building earth roads should be avoided because thej retain moisture. Give Split Log Drag a Chance. Those of you who have tried II know that tho split-log drag will work wonders If It Is given a good chance. Gravel Roads First Step. Gravel roads nro tho first step to ward better roads. Tho next step It tho broken stone or mncndaai road. mm CONTAINER OF PROPER KIND Jhoso With Handles Are Much Less Likely to Be Damaged In Transit In the Malls. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Ono Important requirement for par cel post shipping nnd mnrketlng Is a proper nnd satisfactory contnlncr. Sometimes tho consumer can secure containers more readily and economi cally than the producer. Those with nandles are much less likely to be dam aged In transit In the malls than those which aro not thus supplied nnd which aro likely to bo tossed or thrown or handled by tho string or twine used In tying them. A bamboo basket serves thopurpose very well and may bo nscd n long time. Ordinary splint baskeUi made of strips of veneer may also be used, and If they can be secured at a Container for Shipping Cheese by Par eel Post. prico sufficiently cheap a new one foi each shipment Is more economical than having them returned, unless they nr sent buck In lots of ten or more un der ono cover. This, of course, neccs sltntes using them without ti wooden handle, in which caso a heavy twine should bo used for n handle. This twine can be untied nnd the baskets used, or placed in one nnother, for re turn shipment. If n basket with a wooden handle Is used, care should ha taken to see It Is securely nailed, not only at the rim of the basket but farther down toward the bottom, so as , to prevent undue leverage which may break loose tho nailing. Corrugated pasteboard cartons fro quently mny be found useful and desir able for this service. They nro made In a great variety of sizes, dimensions, nnd patterns, nnd when empty nre fchipped knocked down flat. Few persons know how to prepnro and pack fruit and produce for market. Proper packing for pnrcel post market ing Is of primary lmportnnce nnd needs to be emphasized so that both the con tents nnd the container may carry properly, arrive In good condition, and present n satisfactory appearance. The pack should be regular, of as near ly uniform produce ns possible, nnd of full measure nccordlng to the quan tity ordered. A llttlo practice will en able nlmost nnyone to pack a basket or container of any kind In a satisfac tory manner. FLAXSEED VS. WHOLE MILK Outline of Results Secured by Experts at North Dakota Station in Feeding Calves. Any successful method thnt will cut down the perloJ of feeding whole milk to calves Is usually welcomed by dairy men. Exports at the North Dakota experiment station have used flaxseed and skim milk witu good results In the following manner: Whole milk was fed for the first thro'5 weeks. Then during the age from three weeks to six nionUis skim milk was fed with enough fln.iscod to take tho place of the fat In wjiole milk Each Calf was given two gal-, Ions of skim milk a day. Calves fed in this manner did not do quite so well the first three months as u similar group of calves fed whole milk, but at the end of tlK six months there was prartlcnlly no difference In condition except that the calves fed whole milk averaged about four pounds less In weight. Hut consider ing thnt ?19 worth of whole milk per calf had been saved in the six months' period, the use of ilnxseed wus con sidered the better practice. KEEP CREAM CANS COVERED Direct Rays of Sun Counteract What ever Care Has Previously Been Made to Keep Cool. Uy K. M'CANN. Colorado Atrrlcultural College, Tort Colllnu, Colo.) A great part of the value of keeping cream cool on tho farm nnd at the station or creamery Is lost In the cream being exposed to the direct rays of the sun while being hnulcd from tho farm to the point of sale. Far too few people stop to r?.illze the Im portance of covering their cream cans when bringing them in to town. Ex pensive Jacketed cans are not n neces sity to keep tho cream cool; In sum mer wenthcr Just an ordinary piece of clean wet burlap or blanket thrown over the enns wH keep the tempera ture of the creatn as much as 120 de grees below who It would rise to If left uncovered wWle being transported over the average Aaullng distance. FEED STATIONS ATTRACT BIRDS Feathered Songsters Help Pro tect City Parks From Insects That Destroy Foliage. ARE PLEASING TO CHILDREN Add to Pleasure and Interest of Thou sands of Lovers of Nature Minne apolis Superintendent Gives Experience. (Prepared hy tho United States Depart ment ot Agriculture.) Besides the enjoyment of having birds present In parks, there Is tho economic value of having them as cue-' mlcs of plant pests. They help to po lice the parks by reducing the Insects that feed on foliage and are peculiarly important, becnuse the beauty and util ity of parks largely depends on pre serving the vegetation. Birds' Place In Parks. Such changes as may be made to at tract birds to pnrks may also enhance the beauty or Interest of the park Itself, as In fountains und martin houses nnd other artistic nest boxes. Feeding stations mny have sightly de signs and be worked In as part of oth er park structures, and their presence adds not nlone to the benefit of the birds, but to the interest of thousands of lovers of nature. They arc partic ularly pleasing to children nnd Instill Birds Collected In Tree Tops. tho lessons of bird protection ns op posed to the practices of bird destruc tion sometimes Indulged In. Experience In Minneapolis. The value of such stations Is nttest ed by Theodore Wlrth, superintendent of parks In the city of Minneapolis, lie says: , "For the past five or six years wo have maintained a number of feeding stations In various parts of our park system, with very satisfactory results. I give a list of the birds which stay with us over winter. The permanent winter birds found In tho vicinity of our pnrks aro tho chickadee, blue jay, white-breasted nuthatch, downy und hairy woodpeckers and screech owl; winter visitors, tho redpoll, tree spar row and Junco; Irregular winter vis itors, the evening grosbeak, Bohemian waxwing and snow bunting. It Is safe to say that a large number of these species nre staying In the park on nc count of tho food supplied them. The feeding of the wild birds in tho parks Is a great success und will bo contin ued." Summer food should ulso bo supplied In the form of berry-bearing hhnilt nnd the full planting of these should be arranged for. Thoso Interested should send to Washington for Depart ment of Agriculture Bulletin 710, "At tracting Birds to Public and Scmlpub He Reservations." SEED NEEDED FOR PLANTING Quite Frequently Home-Grown Supply Is Better Than Any That Can Be Purchased. (Prepared hy the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Some of tho garden seed now grow ing ahundnnt In your garden will be needed next year when planting tlnn' conies. Better save a supply while you can. It Is not hard to save seed and quite frequently the home-grown supply Is better than any that can ! bought from the seedsman. Home grown seeds are suited to local envir onment und tho vigor nnd productive ness of the plants from which they tire selected can bo taken Into considera tion which Is nn Important point in selecting home-grown seed. Wnlt un til the seed maturos, then dry It thor oughly Immediately after it has been harvested, put It In packages well lu belcd and store In a dry placo where H cannot bo destroyed by Insects, rats or mice. . 'V::;tV.'0::0 'V '.. , ' ; ' ' ' ' ' ' ' "V" ' It m j INCREASE YIELD OF WHEAT NEXT SEASON Early and Proper Preparation of Seed Bed Is Urged. Thorough Tillage Is Important to Conserve Necessary Moisture Soli Should Be Harrowed Im mediately After Plowing. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture) Big wheat yields, the objefft of every member of the American lnnd army who Is planning to take part In the 1010 Liberty whent harvest, begin with the preparation of the seed bed. It must be firm, moist and well com pacted beneath with a mellow, finely divided upper three Inches of soil, und enrllness In Its preparation Is Impor tant. If the Importance of thorough till age were more generally recognized and proper methods of seed-bod prep aration were employed more common- Seeding Wheat on Corn Ground With Two-Horse Disk Drill. ly throughout tho so-called humid areas, there would be less frequent losses from drought nnd better wheat crops would result. In this nrca the mistake Is often made of thinking that there will always be moisture enough present for maximum crop growth, nnd the result Is short crops where more attention to moisture preservation would hnve assured good yields. If wligat Is grown In rotation with oats or after wheat, tho stubble should he plowed to a depth of at least seven Inches immediately after harvesting the crop of grain. Tho ground should be harrowed within a few hours aftei plowing, and cultivation with harrow disk, drag, or roller should be given ns necessary inercaner until planting time, to kill weeds, to settle and make firm the subsoil, nnd to maintain a soil mulch above. Late plow'lng does nol allow time for these necessary opera tions. If a cultivated crop precedes wheat frequent cultivation given to this crop will preserve moisture and maintain n soil mulch. If level cultivation has been practiced, a good seed bed car usually be prepared by disking and burrowing after removing the crop. II weeds are present, however, It may be advisable to plow shallow, the dish preceding nnd following tho plow. Early plowing nnd thorough tillage of the plowed soil aid In catching tlx wnter falls and In storing this and the wnter already In the soil for use bj the wheat plants. The firm seed bed under this mulch enables the young wheat plants to make use of tho sub soil waters which rise by capillarity when there Is n perfect union between the plowed soil and the subsoil. Suf ficient wnter Is thus assured for the germlnntlon of the seed when sown and for the early fall growth of the seedlings, a very Important consldera tlon. Plant food Is also likely to be more ubundant In the soli when such methods are employed. CORN BINDER IS TIME SAVER Machine Delivers Crop In Bundlei Which Make It Considerably Eas ier to Handle. I (Prepared by tlio United Htalon Depart merit of AkiU ultnri'.) I With n corn binder and Ihreo horses In corn that is standing well, three ' men, ono to drlvo nnd two to shock can harvest about twice as much as when cutting by hand. From seven tc 1 nlno ncres can be cut in a tcp-hour dnj with a binder. Tho same three men could scarcely cover morn than fou acres In the same length of time when 1 cutting by hand. Willi t e hinder they can cut and shock a -10-acre field o corn In a week or less, effecting n big ; saving In time, though perhaps none 1 In expense. The binder delivers the I corn In bundles, which makes It con sldcrnbly easier to handle both In load : lag on wagons and at tho ensilage cut tea-, if your acreiigo In corn Is not largo enough to Justify nn Investment In a modern corn hurvester, Join with one or two of your neighbors nnd pur- I chnso one co-operntlvely. If this can not be done, rent u binder It will tnke I the place of one hired man in cutting and shocking, or two In cutting corn i for ensilage. BEST PLACE TO STORE SEED Dry, Well-Vcntllated Room Is Prefer able Cellars Too Moist and At tics Too Hot. (Prepared by tlio United States Depart mont of Agriculture ) Store seed In a dry, well-ventllnted i room. Cellars are too moist, ettics usually are too hot, but a second story room furnishes the Ideal location Seed enn be protected against mleo by storing In tin boxes or mou.io-proo wooden boxes, or by suspending In cloth bugs, EH! FLEAS INJURIOUS TO FOWLS Stlcktlght Variety Found In Many Southern States Is of Importance Few Other Types. From tho United States Department of Aarlculturo.) Southern poultry rnlsers havo nn additional poultry pest to combat aside from lice nnd mites. It Is tho stlcktlght Hen, or Southern chicken (len, which jj ninny parts of tho South nnd Southwestern statesis of great lm portnnce. It hns been reported ns In Jurlous to poultry ns far north as Kan sas. This form of Ilea attacks a num ber of different busts Including poultry, dogs, cats, nnd some wild unlmnls. Un like other species the adult ileus re main, during the greater part of their lives, attached to the host animal, It has been stated. In the nse of poul try Infestation fleas are most common on the heads of the hosts, where they ire to be seen In groups or pntches. rids habit of attacking In clusters seems to be well marked, and an In fested fowl often mny be recognized it a considerable distance by the dark Hen covered areas about the eyes, comb and wattles. When tho liens nre ex--esslvely abundant they may be found In similar patches on tlio neck and va rious parts of tho body. The Injury s most marked in young chickens, which when fairly heavily Infested Dftcn die quickly. Older fowls nro more resistant, but hnve been known :o succumb to very heavy infestations; Head of Rooster Infested With Stick tight Flea. nnd certainly the liens materially re duce) the egg production, retard tho growth of fowls, nnd diminish their size. The eggs nre deposited by the ndult flea while It Is nttuched to the host. They full to the ground under the roost In chicken houses or under sheds frequented by the poultry and thcro continue to develop. When dogs nnd cats arc Infested, the Immature stages develop largely In the material used by them for beds. They require com paratively dry material In which to breed, but n largo amount of nlr moist ure Is fnvornble to them. Adults of this species continue to emerge from Infested trush for four or five months ufter all hosts have been removed; henco It Is cusy to understnnd why chicken houses may still havo many liens In them after being unused for considerable periods. A few other species of fleas nre oc casionally found In poultry houses. Some of these mny be normnlly bird Infesting species, wlille others nre nt home In the' houses of domestic poul try. Infestations by these .fleas have been reported from several places In tho Northern states, particularly In tho Northwest. The presence of the fleas Is usually first detected by persons en tering chicken houses und being at tacked by them. These fleas do not remain nttnehed to the host continu ously ns does tlio stlcktlght flea. As a preliminary step It Is well to see thattho poultry nro kept uway from other animals as far as possible. Especial euro should bo exercised to keep dogs and cats from lying about tho chicken yards or places frequent ed by the poultry. AH animals, and the poultry as well, should be exclud ed from beneath houses and bnrns, ns such places aro favorable for flea de velopment and difficult to treat if they become Infest cel. These precautions should bo followed by a thorough clennlng out ot the chicken house and outbuildings frequented by the poultry. All of the material should bo hnulcd a good distance from tho buildings nnd scattered. The places where tho fleas are thought to bo breeding should 'hen bo sprinkled with cnide oil. It Is ruther difficult to destroy tho itlcktlght Hen on fowls without Injur ing the host. It Is desirable, however, In the caso of heavy Infestations to de stroy ns mnny of the (lens as possible, Tills can be accomplished by carefully applying carbohited vasellno to the clusters of liens on the fowls, or greas ing them with kerosene nnd bird -ono part keroseno to two parte Jard. In all case's care should bo taken that the applications of gremse are con lined to the Bent of InfcRtntlon. It Is Important that dogs and cats bo freed from stlcktlght Hens. This may bo accomsUshod by wushlng them In u saponified conl-tar creosote prcparu Hon, or by greasing tho most heavily Infested parts with kerosene and lard Hats sometimes harbor thoso fleas In considerable) numbers, therefore their destruction will uld In the control work as well iiB doing uwny with nnother troublesome chicken pest. The thorough cleansing of poultry houses and runs and tho application of crude petroleum will bo found to uld In the control of other Important ene mies of fowls, such as mites and chick en ticks or "bluo bugs," IN MIS ERY FOR YEARS Mr, Courtney Tells How Shm Was Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham'g Vegetable Compound. Oskaloosa. Iowa. " For vetira I wu Imply In misery from a weakness and awiui pains ana nothing seemed U do mo any (rood. A friend advised m to take Lydia E. PInkhnm'a Vosre tablo Compound. I did so and got re lief right away. I can certainly re commend this valu able mcdidno t other womon who Buffer, for it baa done ouch eood work for mo and I know it will help others if thoy will rWo it a fair trial. Mrs. Lizzie Courtney, 103 8th Ave., West, Oskaloosa, Iowa. why will women arag along irom aay to dav. vcar in and vear out. sufferlnr such misery as did Mrs. Courtney, when such letters as this aro continually being published.' Every woman who suffers irom aispiBccmcnu. iticjjumnuue, in flammation, ulceration, backache, ner vousness, or who is passing through th unange or uie snoum give wis iamoua root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pink ham's VcgcUblo Compound, a trial For special advice writo Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. Tho result of Its long experience is at your service. DATCMTG Wtipn K. Colmii r I Ell E a l'a wnt Lw jer, WMhlDito: nn AdYlm&nil book! re lUlei reuomblo. Ulghoairatetenoet. ilMUarrloaa Theorist "I alwayH bellovu lu saving some thing for a rainy day." "How much have you saved?" "Oh, I haven't saved anything, but 1 believe In It." A New Way to Shave Tender skins twlco a day without Irrt- tntlon by using Cutlcurn Soap tha "Cutlcurn Way." No slimy mug, germs, wasto of tlmo or money. For free sam ples address, "Cutlcura, Dept. X, Bos ton." At drugglBts and by mall. Bonn 25, Ointment 25 nnd CO. Adv. Noah Must Have Had Patience. A long and pntlenr but vain effort on the part of a khakl-clad driver to Induce a mule drawing whnt appeared to bo a load of laundry through the gntoway of a hospital afforded con sldernble amusement to tho boys In blue who were wntchlng tho proceed ings. The mulo would do anything but pass through the gutewny. "Wnnt any 'elp, chum?" shouted ono of tho boys In blue to tho driver, ns ho rested a moment. "No," replied the driver, "but I'd like to know how Nonh got two of theso blighters Into tho nrkl" Guilty. A certain admiral whoso addiction to strong limgungo Is well known In the nnvy wrts ono dny Inspecting ono of tho ships under his command. Wl en ho came to tho brig (ship's Jail) bin piercing eye trnvelcd from ono to an other of tho prisoners, who wcro evi dently 111 ut enso under his scrutiny. "What tlio arc you In for?" ho demanded of one. "For using profnnlty, sir," waB the meek reply. Llfo. Up to Aunt to Be Good. My nephew, Bobby, was celebrating his fourth birthday and ono of his mints was telling him how good every body wus to him hecauso ho got so mnny things. Bobby answered: "You hasn't been so good, 'cause you hnsnl glvo mo nuthlng yet." Chicago Trib une. K. 13. Duddlng of New York wnnti 100,000 American convicts put to wort in munition plants. always goes with health.and health making is the big reason for A delicious food, rich in the vital, phosphates. No Waste. You eat and enjoy it to the last atom. Health .making, nourishing, economical. Tryit. There's a Reason, Confidence I