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THE SRMI.WPKKLY TRIBUNE NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
TILIZAT
HOMEMADE PORTABLE
GRANARY IS USEFUL
m OF
OY BEAU 0H8P
Climatic Adaptations Are About
Same as Corn- Is More
Drought Resistant.
FERTILE SAfiDY LOAMS BEST
Furnishes Well Balanced Ration In
Combination With Many Systems
of Rotation Straw Makes
Most Valuable Feed.
(Prepared by tho United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The extensive utilization of the soy
bean for forage tind tho Increased use
of the beans for oil and for huniau
food have resulted In nn enormous m
crease In tho acreage of the crop.
Tho climatic adaptations of the soy
bean are about tho same ns those of
corn. It is more drought resistant
and less sensitive to an excess of mois
ture than cowpeas and corn. The soy
bean succeeds best on fertile sandy
lonms and clay loams.
When sown on land not previously
planted to this crop, it Is advisable to
inoculute it
Ttie best time for planting soy beans
Is about that for planting corn.
The variety to plant Is of prime Im
portance and should bo one adapted to
local conditions. About 20 varieties
aro now handled by growers and seeds
men. Combined in Rotation.
Soy beans may be combined In many
systems of crop rotations? their cash
value being sulllclcnt to encourage the
growing of the beans as one of the
main crops.
In combination with other crops,
such as corn, cowpeas, and Sudan
grass, tho soy bean furnishes n well
balanced ration, n lnrge yield, and a
great variety of forage.
Tho large yield of seed, the ease of
harvesting It, and tho Increasing de
mand for tho beans for planting pur
poses, for food, and for the produc
tion of oil and meal recommend the
soy bean for seed production.
The feeding value of soy bean seed
compares favorably with that of other
concentrated feeds. The growing of
seed for feeding will produce, at a
moderate cost, at least part of the
high protein concentrates necessary
for stock feeding and milk pro
duction. Straw Is Valuable.
The straw obtained from thrashing
soy beans for seed Is n valuable feed
for all kinds of stock.
The variety and palatablllty of the
forms In which the soy bean can he
Bcrved make It a very desirable article
of human food, and its use as such is
gradually Increasing.
The soy bean makes an excellent
hay for high feeding value which Is
greatly relished by all farm animals.
From 1 to 3 tons of hay to the acre,
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Soy Beans Are Well Adapted to Culti
vation In Rows.
ind occasionally 4 tons, are obtained.
As a pasture crop the soy bean can
)e used to advantage for all kinds of
itook. The most profitable method Is
to pasture with hogs, supplementing
tho corn ration. Mixed with corn, the
soy benn Is excellent for ensilage.
No Insect or fungous pest has as
mined any great economic Importance
In the culture of the crop. The soy
bean, however, Is subject to root-knot,
i disease caused by an eelworm, or
aeniatnde, which occurs In many of
the lighter soils of the South. To
plant soy beans on such Infested soil
Is a dangerous practice.
USE OF GROUND LIMESTONE
.ncreased Yields of Corn, Oats and Hay
as Noted by Test at Ohio Experi
ment Station.
Corn has been Increased In yield 0
bushels per acre, oats 0 bushels, wheat
24-5 bushels and hay 3,010 pounds by
an application of two tons of ground
llmestono once In five years on the
farm of the Ohio experiment station tit
Wooster. A five-year rotation of corn,
aats, wheat, clover and timothy Is fol
lowed on this land. Tho llmestono Is
spread on tho land after the plowing
for corn in tho spring.
PROMOTING GROWTH OF HOGS
Comparative Feeding Trial Conducted
by Missouri Station With Soy.
Bean Meal.
Tho Missouri station In n compara
tive feeding trial of soy-bean meal with
Unseed meal and tankage showed that
these feeds were equally effective In
promoting tho growth of young hogs.
Handy for Storage Products
Other Than Grain Crops.
Wooden Structure, 10 by 14 Feet, Has
Capacity of C60 Bushcl of Grain
Easily Moved From .Ono
Place to Another.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Prohibitive prices due to a scarcity
of gtrtvnnlzed material have vastly re
stricted the farm use of the standard
commercial types of portable gran
aries. But the division of rural engi
neering of the bureau of public roads,
United States department of agricul
ture, has come to the farmers' relief
with work plans, specifications and
bills of material of a practicable port
able granary which the Individual
fanner can build himself or can have
Practicable Portable Granary.
built by a" local carpenter. These plans
will bo sent free on request to any
farmer In the United States.
This portable wooden granary Is 10
by 14 foot In lloor dimensions and 01
Inches to the eaves, with a capacity for
GOO bushels of grain. It is built on
skids or runners which permit of mov
ing It from place to place by tractor
or horse power. It is of such a height
that it can bo set near the separator
during the thrashing operation, so that
tho grain can be deposited directly Into
storage. This eliminates tho services
of one or two wagons and their crews
which otherwise WQuld bo necessary
In transferring the grain from the
machine to the storage bins. In addi
tion, tho portable grnnary Is available
for the storage of other farm produce'
or supplies when It Is not needed as a
grain container.
SAVE SUPPLY OF FLAXSEED
Wise Policy for Farmer to Resist High
Prices and Keep Enough Seed
for Next "Year.
(Prepared by tho United States Depart-
"Jem wi luuiiui G,j
Present high nrlces for flaxseed will
tempt many fanners to sell all they
nave. This will bo esneclallv trim In
the sections where last year's drought
was severo and crop production small.
Now Is tho time, however, to resist tho
temptation of fancy prices and to savo
enough good seed for next vear. Al
ways use the fanning mill, for flaxseed
sometimes cnrrles serious llax diseases.
and mustard seed left In It will causo
a beautiful yellow field, even though nil
that's yellow Is not gold. The bright,
clean, heavy seed left after thorough
tanning will be most free from dlsonso
Storo your seed In n dry nlace. for It
has mucilage in its overcoat and sticks
like gluo if It gets wet.
Remember your neighbor when fan
nlng llax; for he may need some of
your seed. It will help him ns well ns
your community If ho gets good seed
from you, instend of usIhk the noor
seed which he may have to buy If ho
waits until seeding time next spring.
If you have good seed for sale, toll
your county agent and your state ex
tension director. Owners of good seed
of wllt-reslstnnt strains should try to
sell it only for seed purposes, rather
then to let It go to the elevator to bo
sold for oil making, as farmers hnv
not been able durlm: the last two voar
to buy enough seed of wllt-reslstnnt
strains.
OUTLET OF BIG IMPORTANCE
Minnesota Expert Urges That It
Protected With Concrete Abut
ment and Screened.
Be
(By H. B. Itoo, Assistant Professor In Atr
rlcultural Engineering, University Kami,
at. i-aui.j
The outlet Is of the first Importance
In tile drainage. There must be a
clear fall away from It. Submerged
outlets, so-called, are not outlets. They
still leave that land mainlined where
the tile lies below the level of the wa
ter at the outlet.
An outlet right, purchased, through
another man's land Is usually worth
what It costs. Protect your outlet with
a concrete abutment. Screen It
against tho entrance of birds nnd an!
mals.
BOYS GROW MUCH WHEAT
Fifteen Thousand Respond to Call to
Produce Much Needed Oread
Making Crop.
(Prepared by tho United States Depart
mcnt ot Agriculture.)
Reports coming to the states rela
tions service of tho United States de
partment of agriculture warrant tho
estimate considered qulto conserva
tive of at least a 15,000 enrollment In
hoys' wheat growing clubs In tho 15
southern states. These clubs In tho
1 South took up wheat growing only n
year ago, at which time there was an
enrollment of only 2,830 members who
were growing this crop,
DIFFERENCES SEGN IN HENS
Individuals of Same Breed Are Not Al
ways Equal In Respect to Meat or
Egg Production.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
mcnt of Agriculture.)
Among general-purpose fowls nil nrc
not equal in respect to either meat ot
egg production. The difference Is not
due to size, or to the shape of birds In
like condition, but lies In those things
which keep one fowl In good laying
condition when another goes out of
condition, that enable one to lay con
tinuously through a long period und
still keep in good condition, while an
other loses liesh, becomes poor nnd
thin, and Incapable of further egg pro
duction until she hns had a rest aft
er a comparatively short period of lay
ing.
Tho existence of all these, however,
Is not enough to Invuro good laying.
There must, of course, be reasonably
good management, even If the keeper
has not special skill. But If with theso
qualities which make forcontinual lay.
Rhode Island Red Hen.
lng, there exists n tendency to put on
fat whenever laying Is Interrupted,
only unremitting skillful management
to keep a hen in good laying condition
will mako her n first-class egg pro
ducer.
The egg type or laying type of hen,
in any breed, is the hen that with the
qualities that make for good egg pro
duction, has no quality which Is an
obstacle to continual laying. The meat
type Is not the converse of the egg
type, even though the hen that Is not a
good layer Is lit only for meat.
Tho meat type, In all kinds of poul
try, Is the type that grows rapidly anil
at maturity carries abundant flesh, es
pecially where the preferred parts of
the meat are produced. The most de
sirable meat type Is rather line In
bone, with the frame well knit but noi
too compact. Under any kind of good
management a hen of this type that Is
in normal condition will be a good lay
er. She may not lay any better than
a hen not quite us well fleshed, but she
ought to lay Just as well, and when
the time comes to make meat of her
she makes more and better meat, nnd
as a breeder she naturally tends to re
produce offspring that, will make more
and better meat.
Such hens are In reality of the dual
purpose typo, no matter what their
size or breed. They are equally valu
able for eggs and meat. That Is the
kind of stock that will contribute most
to the big Increase In poultry that. Is
wanted. It Is the dual-purpose type ot
every breed a typo that exists In
every breed, and can easily be made
the prevalent typo without detriment
to nny breed, and to the benefit of
every breed that has suffered from
neglect.
POULTRY RAISING ON FARMS
Little Capital Is Required and Noth
ing Equals It as Profitable
Side Line.
Poultry raising requires very little
capital, but there are very few side
lines, If Indeed there are any. that aro
equal to It for profitable production,
Much Is said of the time It requires
for raising young fowls. Hut do not
forgot that when they aro managed
properly tho fowls pay liberally for
tho time required to raise them.
Farming Is greatly handicapped for
lack of cash and when any side
lino can be found that requires little
money but considerable labor It Is at
tractive. Such Is poultry raising on
tho farm.
FOWLS FOR BREEDING STOCK
Voung Hens With Blunt Toenails Are
Not Loafers Same Applies
to Male Birds.
lie sure to looli at tho toenails of
tho year-old and two-year-old hens be
ing selected to hold over for next sea
son's breeding stock. The hen that
has worn Iter nails blunt und short has
not been a loafer, and If tho other
well-known signs ure In her fnvor she
Is worth a place In tho breeding pen.
The blunt, short tot-nulls ure a ood
Indication on the cock birds as well
GOOD ROADS FOR MILITARY
Smooth Highways Imperative In Prop
er Movement of Army Equip
ment Along Coasts.
It Is generally recognized by gov
ernment olllclals, especially those of
the army, that ono of the most Im
portant phases of real military pre
paredness that can possibly be under
taken In this country is that which Is
going on under the impetus of thn
good roads movement. Thu federal
aid road act which was signed by
President Wilson last summer will
probably play an Important part In
this same Interest. An appropriation
qf $75,000,000 bus been provided for
In this act for use In constructing
rural post-roads, while tho various
states are to co-operate In providing
a like fund.
It Is planned thus for an expendi
ture of $150,000,000 on such roads
within the next five years. Although
the. roads ure Intended primarily for
tho purpose of developing the re
sources of the national forests, and
In tho Interest of niirlcnlturo and oth
er peaceful enterprises, some study is
now being made of their practical uso
In the Interest of military prepared
ness. A good road, well built, well sur
faced and well drained may bo, it is
pointed out, of Immense value from a
military point of view. In tho location
of roads, particularly along the shore,
special attention to military require
ments In the laying out and planning
of a highway may prove of Inestimable
value at some tlmo In the future when
that highway becomes a military road.
From an economic standpoint It is
estimated that It costs 23 cents to haul
a ton a mile on the average country
road tinder present conditions, whllo
under proper conditions the cost would
be hut 13 cents. While these figures
measure u direct cost, there Is an
even greater Indirect cost to consider
with bad roads when tho fanner must
plan his operations according to the
weather.
It Is a matter of special Interest
that at the present time roads on the
Pacific coast and those In some of
tho Important Atlantic states which
Traffic on Courthouse Road, Spotsyl
vania County, Virginia.
would hi' of puitlculnr use for effec
tive military purposes In defending
our coasts are already in very good
condition. There is one trunk road
which runs all the way from southern
California up through Oregon, with
many smaller roads branching from
It, that is said to be In the best of
condition.
Vet It Is a matter of regret that the
unsurfneed roa('s of the United States
If lidd out In a straight Hue would, ft
Is estimated, girdle the earth at thn
equator more limn eighty times, while
the surface"! roads would reach but
one-fourth that distance. However,
there has been greatly Increased ex
pendlmroii for road building and main
tenance in the last decade and then'
Is nor a more hopeful outlook with
the nvc-.lear construction program
provided under the federal aid act.
Roads an Indispensable Asset.
The time has come when we must
consider the roads an asset, indis
pensable to the well-lining of the farm
er and his family. This being true, Is
It not every man's duty to do all ho
can to keep the roads In good condi
tion? The Individual as well as tho
county Is responsible.
Advantages of Good Roads.
Fnrm life cannot give as many so
cial opportunities as the life of townB,
for people are not so numerous, hut
good roads, by providing easy means
of communication, will first help tho
people already living on tho land, and
second attract more peoplo to tho
land thus favored.
Neglect Is Poor Economy.
To build roads and then permit
them to deteriorate Is very poor econ
omy and thus a reflection upon tho
OcopU
Marines, Oldest Branch
WASHINGTON The Fourth American brigade was cited tho other day.
This brigade comprises tho Fifth und Sixth regiments of marines and
the Sixth machine-gun battalloi. These
themselves at llourcschos village and
Hols do Uelleau, now officially thu
Wood of the American Marines the
marines themselves call It llollwood.
All the world knows about those
12 days at Chateau Thierry how
blocked the German advance that
rolling on toward Paris six or seven
miles a day; how they threw back the
crack guard divisions of tho Hun ; how
they drove them backward Into the re
treat thnt ended only with surrender.
"Soldiers and sailors, too;"
"leathernecks," always ready; picked
shooters and expert riflemen; the first to land nnd tho first to fight tho
marines! "What we have, we hold," their motto. Their stereotyped report:
"The marines have landed nnd hold the sltuntion well in hand." Their battle
cry: "E-o-o-e-o y-a-a-h-h-h yip l"
The marines constitute tho oldest branch of the military service of the
United States. They aro even older than thu nation Itself, having been estab
lished by the Continental congress In November, 1775. Pretty much all the
world has seen them slnco ; In their 143 years they havo tnudo history from
Tripoli to China, from tho Philippines to Mexico.
In '1013 an attempt was made to abolish the marines as no longer a
serviceable branch of tho navy. But tho peoplo would not hnvo it. Con
gress took measures to strengthen tho corps Instead of disbanding It. When
wo entered the war the marines were recruited up to 30,000 and scut to tho
front ns land troops.
You know tho rest.
What Is a Bolshevik? And What Is Bolshevism?
fflirilAT Is a bolshevik?" "What Is bolshevlsm?" Theso are questions
W which many Americans are asking these days. Probably the word
bolshevik was first used In Russia In 1005 after the splitting of the socialist
party. It was applied to tho majority
Ism as taught by Marx Is the pannceu for all soclul and economic Ills. There
fore establish at once a soclullst republic. Abolish nationalism for interna
tionalism. Inasmuch ns Marxian socialism prescribes seizure and nationalization
of private capital, public utilities and all means of production, everything In
sight Is to be taken over by tho socialist state. Theoretically, compensation
may be made to escape disorder and violence. Hut Just now compensation Is
sentimental and unnecessary, owing to conditions.
Bolshevists hold- that the upper and middle classes must submit uncon
ditionally or perish ; they are excluded from participation In tho government,
which must be entirely In the hands of tho proletariat. If they resist, terror
ism Is as Justifiable against them ns against a tyrannlcnl czar. Opposition Is
treason to the socialist state.
Bolshevism abhors genuinely democratic and free government. Its dicta
torship supersedes the dictatorship of the autocrat or tho military despot.
Its leaders advocate and practice to tho extent of their power tho merciless
suppression of all civil and political lights.
Europe Discovers the American Superphysique
EritOl'B has discovered from our nnnles In Franco that tho American
physique Is superior to any of her own. Amerlcnn mouths show American
dentistry and good teetli mean much to a soldier. Americans, except tho
llrltlsh, are the only soldiers accus
tomed to bathe and medical science
ippreclates the bath. American sol
diers are bigger, huskier and show
more "pep."
Pentlstry and bathing aro well In
their way. 'Hut the real reason for the
American physical superiority is the
lilentlfulness of food In tho United
States. Europe In our time. never lias
had enough to eat. In America we
wasle enough to feed the Flench and
Italians. In the reign of Henry VIII,
Fronde declared, every English family had beef every day. Certainly never
since then has every English family had beef onco a week. And Knglund
has long been better fed than Europe ever was.
.lust now we Americans are eating less and complaining of high prices.
We do not know when we ure well' off. This country has had more food and
better distribution of supplies than Kurope ever saw, nothwlthstandlng our
railroad congestion and faulty methods of transportation.
Moreover, hero are better care for the body, more conveniences, more
comforts and more mechanical appliances to make life easier. Wo aro
farther along the road to material felicity than ever was any country In any
period of civilization. The United States is tho nearest approach to Elysium.
As the result, the average American Is a better animal, a better intelli
gence and probably a better moral person than the average.
From an entirely scientific viewpoint, the average American hns doubtless
a better endowment, a better chance, a better living and a longer life than tho
average European.
Europe also discovered In tho American n first-class fighting man.
When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again, Hurrah!
I7IIKN Johnny Comes Marching Home Again, Hurrah 1" there will be
. W great doings. Already the advance guard Is arriving nnd it is easy
to get an Idea of what will happen when the soldier and sailor boys return
In force. The welcome will bo wnrnt.
chunco for tho homo folks to help not only tholr own, but tho boys who have
no homo folks.
Those who find no Job waiting for them must bo grfcii work. Tho dis
abled must bo rehabilitated, trained and mado self-supporting. Thou there's
the boy who took n wur brldo und has no homo
In the old days, when a pioneer's son tnurrled, his father gave him a
piece of land und a liorso or a pair of oxen. The brldo's father gavo her a cow
und chickens. The mothers contributed pots, pans und kettles. Tho neigh
bors got together mid hud n houso-ralslng. First they knew tho youtfg couple
had u neat little cabin with all tho necessary flxln's.
Of courso this sort of thing can't be done In tho twentieth century In
Just that way. But It seems as if tho same kind of spirit might prevail now
as then. Love and co-operation aro not lost virtues. And with lovo acd co
operation almost anything may bo done.
of Our Military Service,
are the 'marines who immortalized
men, physically perfect; shnrp-
faction, "bolsha" meaning "majority."
The socialists split over the "funda
mental law" decree. Tho minority, tho
menshcvlkl, was composed of tho con
servatives who did not favor violence
as a method of obtaining reform. Tho
bolshevlkl were tho radicals who favor
bombing, sabotngo and terrorism as
tho means to their end. Whatover bol
shevlsm originally meant, today it
means something about llko this:
Bolshevism proclaims that social-
Nothing will bo too good for them.
Hut there is more to the home-coming
of these boys thun a warm wel
come. There are many serious prob
lems to be mot and solved. To take
care of these men, to seo that thoy aro
returned to useful positions In civil
life, Is primarily the duty of the fed
eral government. Uncle Sam Is a
capable person when he gets started.
Nevertheless, he has a big Job on his
hands and thero will bo. plenty of
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