THE SEMI.WEEKLY TRIDUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
LIFT OFF CORNS!
Drop Freezone on a toucny
corn, then lift that corn
off with fingers
Doesn't hurt n bltl Drop a little
Freczono on un aching corn, Instantly
that corn stops hurting, then you lift
Jt right out. Yea, magic I No humbug I
A tiny bottlo of Freezono costs but n
few cents ut any drug store, but Is suf
llclcnt to remove every hard corn, soft
corn, or corn between the toes, and the
calluses, without soreness or Irritation.
Freezone Is the sensational dlscov
ry of u Cincinnati genius. It is won
derful. Adv.
Eternnl vigilance Isn't nlwayB the
1 rice o fllherty sometimes It's $10
und costs.
TOO WEAK
TO FIGHT
The "Come-back" man was really never
lovm-and-out. His weakened condition
because of overwork, lack o exercise, im
proper eating and living demands Btimula
tion to satisfy the cry for a hcalth-givin'R
appetite and the refreshing sleep essential
to strength. GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil
Capsules, the National Remedy of Holland,
will do the work. They are wonderful.
Three of these capsules each day will put
a man on his feet before he Knows it:
whether his trouble comes from uric acid
poipDning, the kidneys, gravel or stone in
the bladder, stomach derangement or other
Ailments that befall the over-zealous Amer
ican. The best known, most reliable rem
edy for these troubles is GOLD MEDAL
Haarlem Oil Capsules. This remedy has
stood the test for more than 200 years
eince its discovery in the ancient labora
tories in Holland. It acts directly and
gives relief at once. Don't wait until you
arc entirely down-and-out, but take them
today. Your druggist will gladly refund
your money if they do not help you. Ac
cept no substitutes. Look for the name
GOLD MEDAL on every bps, three sizes.
They are the pure, original, imported
Haarleia Oil Capsules. Adv.
It's a queer world but It's the
iueer people who are In It that make
U Ml-
Told by Mrs. Lynch From
Own Experience.
Providence, R. I. "I was nil run
down in health, was nervous, had head;
acnes, my bacls
ached all tho time.
I was tired and had
no ambition for any
thing. I had taken
a number of medi
cines which did mo
no good. One day
l read about Lydia
E. Tinkham's Vege
table Comnound and
what ithau done for
women, no I tried
it. My nervousness
and backache and
headaches disappeared. I gained in
weight and feel fine, so I can honestly
recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound to any woman who ia
suffering as I was. " Mrs. Adeline B.
Lynch, 100 Plain St, Providenco, It. I.
Backache and nervousness are symp
toms or nature's warnings, which in
dicate a functional disturbance or an
unhealthy condition which often devel
ops into a more sorious ailment.
Women in this condition should not
continue to drag along without help, but
profit by Mrs. Lynch's experience, and
try this famous root and herb remedy,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
poundand for special advico write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co., Lynn, Mass.
Small PHI
Small Dose
Small Price
CARTER'S;
FOR 0
CONSTIPATION
have stood the test of time.
Purely vegetable. Wonderfully
quick to banish biliousness,
headache, indigestion and to
dear up a bad complexion.
Ccculne bears ilsniture
PALE FACES
Generally Indicate lack
of Iron In tbo Blood
Carter's Iron Pills
Will help thU condition
HOW TO AVOID '
NERVOUSNESS
I "MS
INTERIOR OF CHICKEN HOUSE
Kind of Floor Most Suitable Depends
Greatly on Soil on Which Struc
ture Is Located.
(From the United States Department o
Agriculture.)
The kind of floor which Is best suit
ed for n particular poultry house de
pends upon the soil on which it is lo
cated, and the use of the house. On
light, sandy, well-drained soils a dirt
floor is satisfactory, especially foi
small or colony hen houses. Such
floors shonld bo from two to six
Inches higher than tho outside ground
surface, and It is advisable to renew
them ench year by removing the con
taminated surface down to clean 'soil,
and to refill with fresh snnd or fine
gravel and enrth. A board floor Is
generally used where the level of tho
floor In the house Is from one- to three
feet above the ground surface and
In portable houses on land which Is
not well drained. Board floors hnr
bor rats and rot quickly nnd should
bo raised some distance oft the ground
so that cats or dogs can get under
them, which nlso allows a free circu
lation of air to prevent tho wood from
rotting. Cement floors nre adapted
to long permanent buildings, brooder
houses, incubator cellnrs, nnd to nil.
permanent houses where an artificial
floor Is required nnd can be built on
the ground level. These floors nrc.
casy to clean, very sanitary, rot proof
nnd comparatively Inexpensive, If onr
has n cheap supply of gravel or sharp
snnd.
Wooden floors are usually made of
matched flooring nnd arc generally
doubled In cold climates to make them
tight and warm, In which enso tho
lower Inycr of boards is usually laid di
agonally to strengthen tho floor. Floors
of one thickness give good satisfac
tion In most sections of this country
nnd In growing houses. Thrce-qunr-tcr-lnch
mesh wire mny be used under
wooden or dirt floors to keep out rats.
In mnklng concrete or cement floors
nnd wnlls select Portland cement of
known rcputnllon, which should bo
kept In a dry plnee; use clear, coarse,
shnrp sand or gravel which docs not
contain over live pbr cent of clny or
slit nnd crushed stone or gravel one
fourth to two inches In diameter. Tho
gravel should bo screened through a
one-fourth-inch mesh wire screen nnd
the coarse particles used as stone,
while the material which passes
through tho screen is Bifted through n
Well-Arranged Hen House.
'10-mesh wire screen In order to sepa
rate the snnd, nnd any material which
goes through a -lO-mesh wire is thrown
away. A mixing board with a smooth
surface and n box for measuring the
sand and gravel are necessary. Spread
the sand on the bonrd nnd ndd the ce
ment; mix thesv thoroughly together;
ndd three-fourths of the required
amount of water and then the gravel
or stone; mix thoroughly and add wa
ter to the dry spots, making the mix
ture Just wet enough to be jellylike.
Thorough mixing Is very essential, as
the mortar should completely coat nil
particles of tho mixture. Only enough
water shbuld bo added so that when
the concroto Is tamped on laying the
water will nicely Hush the surface.
POULTRY FOOD FROM WASTE
Fowls Convert Materials Into Feed
That Cannot Be Utilized by Any
Other Kind of Stock.
(Prepared by tho United States Depart
ment of Affriculturn.)
Keep this thought In mind In con
slderlng tho growing of more poultrj
ns a war necessity: Poultry Is a nuns
of converting Into good food mnterlnb
that cannot be utlll'.e.l by man, thai
cannot he eaten by any other .klndf
of stock, and that without tin poultrj
would be absolute waste. Very tinnrlj
It becomes a national as well as an
Individual duty to keep enough poul
try to take up all such waste mate
rials. Ah long as fowls take tho hulk
of their feed from such sources nnd
require to be fed on grnln or other
garnered feeds only us u finishing
process, additional food Is being created.
GRADE EW
FOR
START
HEE
Yearlings or Two-Year-Olds Arc
Preferable as Foundation
for Beginner.
PUREBRED RAM IS FAVORED
Selection of Type and Dreed Should
Be Made by Considering Class of
Pasture and Feeds Available
Merino Is Liked.
(Prepared by tho Unltod States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
The Inexperienced sheep raiser
should begin with grndc ewes of the
best clnss available and n purebred
rnm. The raising of purebred stock
and the selling of breeding rams can
best be undertaken by persons experi
enced In sheep raising! The selection
of the typo and breed of sheep should
bo made by considering the class of
pasture and feeds available nnd the
general system of fanning to be fol
lowed, along with the peculiarities of
the breeds, and tho conditions nnd
kind of feeding nnd management for
which ench has been especially devol
oped.
Keen Same Breed.
It Is highly ndvantngeous for all, or
a majority of the farms In n neighbor
hood, to keep the same breed of sheep,
or jit least to contlnuo tho use of
rnms of the snme breed. Alter n tie
cIsIon has been mnde as to n suitable
breed tho nlm should ho to obtain ewes
Hint are Individually good, nnd that
have as many crosses as possible of
the breed selected. With such n foun
dation and tho continuous use of good
purebred rams of the same breed, the
flock will make continuous improve
ment. In looking for ewes of desired
types and breeding it will often be
found impossible to get them near at
homo at a ronsonnblc price. Ewes
from tho Western ranges can be ob
tained directly from a stockyard mar
ket. For the most part tho range
ewes nre of Merino breeding.
Ewes for Foundation.
First-class ewe Iambs and less often
older stock bred on tho range nnd
sired by rnms of the down or long-
mem
Select Individuals of Foundation Flock
With Greatest of Care.
wool breeds, are sometimes obtalnnblo.
These, or even the Merino owes, fur
nish n foundation for the flock that
can bo quickly graded up by using
rams of tho breed preferred. The
lambs from Merino ewes and mutton
rams grow well nnd soil well If well
cared for, but the yield Is loss than
when ewes with some mutton blood
nre used. The sjieop from the range
nro less often Infested with Internal
parasites than nro farm sheep, anil in
the lnige shipments there Is opportu
nity for closer selection.
Yearling or two-year-old ewes are
preferable to older stock. Ewes with
"broken months" that Is those that
have lost some of their teeth as a
result of ago can ho purchased
cheaper than younger omjs, hut arc not
good property for inexperienced sheep
raisers.
In buying ewes, particularly those
from tho range, It Is desirable, when
possible, to examine the udders to see
that they nre free from lumps that
would prevent tho ewes from being
milkers. It Is necessary to guard also
against buying ewes that are useless
as breeders, because of the ends of
tho teats having been clipped off at
shearing.
HOPS MAKE INCREASED CROP
Gain of 17 Per Cent Over 1917 Is Ex
pectation Made by Bureau of
Crop Estimates.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Hops will make n larger crop this
year than In 1017 by 17 per cent. If the
recent forecast by the bureau of crop
estimates of the United States depart
ment of agriculture 1k confirmed by the
hnrvost. Tho expectation is 'MAO 1,000
pounds, with which may be compared
the crop of 27.788,000 pounds in 1017,
of n0.r0r.,000 pounds In 1010, and of 52,
OSO.flOO pounds In 101 fi.
Currant and Gooseberry Bushes.
A good time to trim the currant
and gooseberry bushes Is just after
the fruit Is picked. Hum all the trim
mings at once and destroy many In
Beets. Sire to Head Dairy Herd.
Too much attention cannot bo given
to tho selection of n sire to head tho
dairy .herd. The future success if the
herd depends largely upon P- head.
'
arm .
REMOVAL OF STUMPS
!S DIFFICULT WORK
Destroying by Burning Is Most
Economical Method.
Care Should Bo Exercised In Order to
Destroy Roots Dynamite Is Often
and Successfully Used Puller
Is Favored.
(Prepared by the Unltod States Dopurt
mcnt of Agriculture.)
Timber Inud that Is not producing
n prollt and which Is to bo cleared Is
usually utilized as pasturo for several
years before stumps are removed. Dur
ing this time the underbrush Is clear
ed up and many small stumps will on
tlrelj decay. If tho weeds nnd sprouts
In a pasture are kept under control,
native grasses will gradually estab
lish themselves even if no seeding has
ever been done.
Destroying stumps by means of burn
ing is an economical method nnd Is
widely practiced, hut care should bo
Hoisting Large Stump With Tripod.
exercised If this method la used In or
der to destroy the roots, so that they
will not Interfero with cultivation.
A common method of preparing n
stump for burning Is to dig two holes
on opposite sides of tho stump to a
dopth( of about HO inches. Generally
connection is mndo at tho bottom of
these holes by digging away the wall
of earth between them. Any ndherlng
earth Is scraped from the tnp root and
a llro started In one of the holes. If
the tire Is kept up It will burn most
of the objectionable underground parts
of the stump. Another method suc
cessfully used In the long-leaf plno
niea of the South Is to dig n hole on
one side of tho stump, and with u lfo
meh or 2-lneh auger bore n hole- dl
agonnlly through the stump from the
oi poslte side to the bottom of tho hole,
A' llro Is then started In tho exenvn'
Hon nnd the auger hole serves as n
Hue. A method largely used In tho
northwest Is to bore a hole horizontal
ly into the base of tho stump to a
point n little beyond tho center. Ah
other hole Is stnrted as high up on tho
side of tho stump as possible and bored
downward nt an angle until It meets
the first boring. A llro Is stnrted at
the Interception by the use of oil,
p'tch, coals or by dropping a hot Iron
attached to a wire Into tho hole. Af
ter the fire Is started brush Is piled
about the stump.
Dynamite Is frequently and buccss
fuliy used In removing stumps. Smnll
ebnrges nro found useful In splitting
stumps which can then be burned moro
readily. Larger charges are used to
break the stump In pieces, so that they
may bo pulled easily, or sometimes to
remove them from the ground entirely,
Tho best time to blast stumps Is when
the ground is saturated with water,
and the electrical method of llrlng
blasts is recommended.
Where a large number of stumps nre
to be removed the use of a stump
puller Is advisable. There are two
general types; those that pull the
stump from the side, such as a capstan
type, nnd those that lift tho stump ver
tically out of tho ground by the use of
u tripod.
ItMH"M''l"II"lM"l"ll-l"lf.M..l-.
? HELP WIN THE WAR!
X
(Prepared by tho United Stntcs De-
T partment of Agriculture.)
4. (Jet behind the country's ng-
j rlculturnl war program.
4 The U. S. department of ngrl-
ij culture.
2 Tho Stuto Agricultural col-
5 lege.
J The county farm bureaus.
BURN ALL DISEASED GRAPES
Clean Up Around Vines and Removo
Weeds and Trash Plan for
Good Crop Next Year.
Clean up around tho grapevines.
Cut out weeds, nnd rake up and de
stroy any trash that may have ar
cumulnted under them. Pull off and
bury or burn any rotten or diseased
grnpos that may still be hanging on
tho vinos. All of these things aro
necessary If nnn would keep the vines
In healthy and thrifty condition, and
produce fruit next year of flrst-clnsH
quality.
Product of Grade Cows.
Tho great bulk of dairy products
are and will be furnished by grade
cows.
Trenches Are Valuable.
There nro different kinds of
trenches which are vuluable. Ono Is
the pit silo.
PROFITABLE ON MOST FARMS
Dairying and Stock Raising Where
Good Crop Rotation Is Practiced
Arc Recommended.
(Prepared by tho United Htatoa Depart'
mcnt of Acrlculturo.)
General farming unci live stock rais
ing, with a limited amount of dairying
ami n good crop rotatton Is, on the av
erage, the type most easily mnde prollt
able on most farms in the northern
edge of tho corn belt. This Is brought
out In n study mndo by n farm man
agement specialist of the United States
department of agriculture, of 800 own
er farms and lf3 tenant farms In Len
awee county, Michigan, which Is typical
of southern Michigan, northwestern
Ohio and northeastern Indiana.
It Was found that specialized dairy
farms paid better normally than dairy
nnd grain farms, but on tho average
did not pay ns well ns tho combination
of dairying and hog raising. Dnlrytng
with hogs nnd grnln usually yielded
better labor Income than uny other
combination. The outstanding advan
tages of this type as compared with
others nro greater diversity of Income,
n large percentage of receipts from
sale of live stock nnd live stock prod-
Cattle and Corn A Good Combination
In Profitable Farming,
ucts, nnd n comparatively smnll per
centnge of tbo Income from tho snla
of crops, because for the most part thq
crops nro sold to better advantage by
feeding them to live stock. Tho typoH
of fnrmlng nnd tho general condltlona
which prevail In this section make thu
elzo of n farm a very Importnnt factor
hearing on the Income, according tn
the bulletin. There Is nlso a direct re
latlon between the amount of capital
Invested and the labor Income of the
operator. Generally speaklug, tho
larger tho farm and tho greater tho In
vestment, the greater tho perccntngu
or rate of Income.
The cropping system and thu proper
distribution ot crop area, It wuh
learned, were Importnnt fuctors In
profltable farm management. On Uio
more profltable farms studfed In this
territory, from ,'!0 to DO per cent of tho
total crop urea was In corn, an nverago
of 10 per cent In onts, an average of
JIO per cent in wheat, from 1 to 10 per
cent in barley, und from 20 to 30 per
cent In hay.
As a result of the study It was found
that the following rotation Is well
adapted to conditions In this area
First year, corn; second year, corn;
third year, oats und barley; fourth
year, wheat, nnd the llfth year, hay
Alfalfa is a valuable addition to tho
average cropping system and the bul
letln suggests un Increase In the ncre-
nge of this crop throughout the region.
INCREASE NUMBER OF COWS
Dairy Herds of All European Countries
Depleted to Appalling Degree
We Must Help.
(By CARL VltOOMAN. Aaslstnnt Sec
retary of Agriculture.)
The dairy herds of the old world
ore depleted to an appalling degree
There is not u country in Kuropo
where tho people havo enough dairy
products, and this process of depletion
Is going on every day, und every week,
and every month, and will contlnuo to
go on us long us this horrible war
lasts.
When the war Is finished, wo will
flud tho world with u demand for dairy
products twofold, fourfold, tenfold
grcuter than tho supply.
Europe will come to us with out
stretched hands, every country In Eu
rope, and say to us: "We must have
milk; glvo us caniutl milk; give us dry
milk; glvo us butler; glvo us cheese;
glvo us dairy cattle; glvo us animals
to build up our herds again."
And unless America has stimulated
the production of dairy products, hns
Increased her supply of dairy animals
fur beyond anything In the past, sho
will bo utterly unable to supply this
demand.
We will supply ns much of this as wo
can, because they are going to ho will
ing to puy practically any roasonublo
price for our live otock; nnd wo will
supply so much of It that our own re
sources will bo exhausted.
Then this country will bo without
sulllclent dairy products.
Helpless as a Baby
Bent Liko an Old Man and
Suffered Terribly Quickly
Cured by Donn's.
Jno. llleiimkc, Jr., 2r.r3 Courtland
St., Chicago, 111., says: "I was
down with my back suffering from
lumbago. I walked like an old man,
all bent over. My back pained
terribly and when I
moved my arms my
back hurt. I finally
had to go to bed and
just felt sick nil over
and was helpless as a
baby. My kidneys act
ed too frequently, tho
sccreUons wero scanty
Mr. BkuauV nnQ highly colored. I
had tcrrlhlo pains in tho back of my
head nnd I felt drowsy nil tho time,
I finally used Donn's Kidney Pills
nnd soon felt ono hundred per cent
better. When I finished tho ono
box I was entirely cured. Tho
pains loft my back and head and
my kidneys acted normally. I nm
glad to. recommend Donn'o to other
kidney sufferers."
Cat Doan' at Any Store, 60a m Bqx
DOAN'S"
FOSTER-MILBURN CO, BUFFALO, N. Y.
The Doubter.
He I flatter myself that I have ft
well-stored mind.
She Do you ever take It ut of
storage? Pearson's Weekly.
"Cold In the Head"
la an ncuto attack of Nasal Catarrh. Per
sons who nro mihjcct to frequent "colds
In tlio neaii" wm una mai inn uso or
HALL'S OATAjmil MEDICINE will
build up tho Systom, cloanso tho Blood
nnd rondor them 1cm liable to colds.
Itepeatcd attacks of Acuto Catarrh mny
lend to Chronlo Cntnrrh.
HALL'S CATAimH MEDICINE ta tok
en Internnlly nnd acts through tho Blooa
on the Mucour Surfaces of the Syntom.
All DruKKlsts 75c. Testimonials rreo.
tine.of) for nnv enso of cntnrrh that
HALL'S CATAUUH MEDICINE will not
euro. .
F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toieao, unio.
Some Memory.
"You seem to recollect mnttcrs thnt
occurred '0 years ago," said oounsol
for the defendant sneerlngly to an ad
verse witness on cross-cxamlnntlon.
"Can you remember as distinctly uny
other trilling circumstances that oc
curred at tho enme time?"
"Oh, yes," was the response. "I re
member thnt you dressed very shab
bily at that tiinp and your shirt was
visible through the , Beat of your
breeches, nnd my father loaned your
futher .$;i0 to buy you u suit of clothes
so that you could appear decently
clad for ndmlsslon to thu hnr. And I
also remember that neither you nor
your father ever returned the money.
But then $30 was not n trifling cir
cumstance. It was a circum
stance." Now York Times.
French or Yank?
When you have 20-odd men, nil
wearing Hod Cross pajamas, nnd all
lying In the same kind of cots, how
nre you lining to tell n Frenchman
from an American?
"Tho Frenchmen hnve mustaches
and we haven't," explnlned ono Ynnk,
but It Isn't nlways ns simple as that.
Kven tho nurses sometimes get
them mixed, and nddress a wounded
American boy In French In perfectly
good faith. And every time thnt hap
pens, tho doughboy gives himself
nwny by trying to talk French buck.
Paris Stars and Stripes.
Caustic Comment.
Uolle Will Is Just cruzy about me.
Nell Yes, I heard ho had Insanity
In his family.
The man who wants tho enrth la
tho very ono tho earth can't get along
w th.
Wheirthe
morning cup is
unsatisfactory
suppose you moke;
a change from
thc old-time
beverage to the
snappy cereal
drink
POSTUH
You'll be
surprised at its
cheering, satis
fying qualities
and delightful
flavor. It's all
health no
caffeine.
Try a Tin .