TTT13 Nfiflf If PLATTE SEMI -WEEKLY TltfStWR
CORNHUSKER ITEMS
News of All Kinds Gathered From
I Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
A petition signed by 150 Howard
county citizens 1ms been filed with tho
Nebraska supreme court at Lincoln
asking that steps bo taken to cause
either the disbarment, cltntlon for con
tempt or public censure of John M.
Priest and Sterling aiutz of Lincoln,
t' A. Ilonsoner of Thedford and "other
attorneys" who have taken part since
October, 1010, In the long ponding
fight for tho life of Glummer and
Cole, the two men whose execution for
the murder of airs. Lulu Voght has
now again been hung up for several
-weeks In the courts.
The Integrity of tho rotull merchants
throughout the state, who on divers
occasions have been accused of being
profiteers, Is to receive Its supreme
test. airs. 0. G. Ityan, in charge of
tho Nebraska economy campaign and
federal fair prlco commissioner, has
prepared a card on which consumers
may mall to her offlco the speclllc
complaint wherein It is claimed nn
exhorbltunt prlco has been charged for
merchandise.
State Superintendent of Public In
struction Mnt7.cn hns sent notices to
the officials and others Interested In
appeals made from tho decision of
county redisricting committees. Under
the new law tho county superintendent
and two men named by the county
board act ns .t committee to redlstrlct
the counties so ns to provide for
larger school districts and better facili
ties. I5ecauso he claimed exemption from
military service draft on the grounds
that ho was un alien and subject of
Germany, Johannes Paulson, of Leigh
was forever denied the privilege of be
coming a citizen of the United States
by District Judge Button nt Columbus.
Tho judge not only denied his peti
tion, but also cancelled his first pa
pers. Oklahoma oil men arc leasing a
great deal of land In southern Holt
county. The same Interests have un
der lease a large acreage of land near
Erlna, Garfield county, just south of
the south line Of Holt county. Tho
syndicate alreudy has a rig on tho
ground and expects to begin boring
soon.
At n meeting or county officials and
contractors at tho office of the secre
tary of public works at the state
house at Lincoln, contracts were let
for over $500,000 worth of road .bulld
" lug In Douglas, Saunders, Hall, Col
fax, aierrlck, PIHuioro and Thayer
counties.
Governor aicKelvIe has reprieved to
March 10 Alson II. Cole, under sen
tence to be electrocuted nt the state
prison at Lincoln, together with Allen
V. Grnmnier, for tho murder of Mrs.
Vogt. Gramnier, by a federal court
ruling, Is automatically granted a stay
until his case can be heard.
Completion of the work of circulat
ing petitions to place the name of Unit
ed Stntos Senator Hiram W. Johnson
of California on tho Nebraska republi
can presidential preference primary
ballot to be voted on April 20, was
anuouueed nt Lincoln.
The constitutionality of the act
passed at the last special legislative
session to enable Douglas county to Is
sue bonds to restore the damage to
its court house occasioned by the riot
of September 28, has been put up to
the state supreme court.
Ilebroa expects to have a new in
dustry In the near future. The factory
for tho new sanitary candy case, in
vented by W. B. Morton, of Beatrice,
Js soon to bo located there.
Influenzn caused the death of five
children of air. and airs. J. W. Al
bright at Antioch and air. Albright Is
reported seriously 111 with the dis
ease. Wheeler county will co-operate with
Holt county In completing the north
and south highway through the two
counties nt least as far south as Bart
lett this year.
Governor McKelvIo has Issued an
official proclamation naming April 20
as primary day In Nebraska for the
selection of" tho various candidate for
tills fall's election.
The oil project, twenty miles north
of Chadron, is being watched with
much interest. The drill Is now down
1,200 feet.
During the past ten days ovor twon-
tv-tlve implications from Germnns,
Austrlans and Hungarians In Nebras
ka, asking approval of permits to visit
relatives In Europe, hnv been filed with
W. M. Brashear, Immigration service
representative at Omaha.
Engineer A. II. Hagen of the Girls'
Industrial school at Geneva has been
discharged as tho result of an investi
gation by the state board of control.
Tho board refused to disclose the
cause, Hagen Is snld to hnvo been dis
charged following charges by the girls
in the Institution.
Tho bureau of professional service
nt tho University of Nebraska nt Lin
coln had calls for 287 tenchors from
173 towns In January. Fourteen states
besides Nebraska asked for teachers.
Until the courts decldo otherwlso
women may sign petitions for candi
dates for offlco before tho primaries,
according to an opinion of Secretary
of State Ansborry.
The Tecumseh Board of Education
Iiuh set a pace for other cities In tho
matter of teachers' salaries by giving
uu Increase of GO per cnt for the
coming year.
The squabble over tho light dlstrlbti.
Hon system between the West Point,
Hooper and Scrlbner crowd, which
started In 1018 when the property of
the West Point company was sold to
the Hooper Electric Light & Power
Co., was revived last week when n
prominent west mint ninn was
charged with cutting wires near
Hooper. A live wire was Included In
those cut. The guilty parties nre said
to have went to Scrlbncr, where they
wero given protection. Hooper officials
recovered the wire by serving n war
rant of attnehtnent on the mayor nnd
marshal nt Scrlbncr.
Former Congressman G. M. Pollard,
of Nehawka, has filed for the repub
lican nomination for the governorship.
With" the tiling of air. Pollard. Judge
republican nomination.
t the annual convention of tho
State Threshers' association nt Lin
coln plans wero laid to obtain a sub
stantial Increase in membership In tho
organization during 1020. There nre
G.000 men engaged In tho business In
tho state and moro county organiza
tion work will bo done this yenr with
n view to Increasing Interc t In both
county nnd state.
Condensed milk, butter, Hour nnd
bread have reduced In price In nearly
all parts of Nebraska, according to
airs. Charles G. Ityun, director of tho
state economy campaign. She says
the united moral efforts of the women
of Nebraska to reduce the cost of liv
ing already Is bringing down the price
of many articles of necessity.
The state board of control has nntl
tied the Odd Fellows lodge of Nebrns
ka that It will abandon the custodian
farm for women at York, near the I,
O. O. F. home, If the organization will
finance a new farm for fallen women
In some other part of tho state. Tho
lodge objects to the location of the In
stltutlou near Its home.
James H. Hanley, federal prohibi
tion commissioner for Nebrnskn, stn
tloned nt Omaha, declared that No
brnska druggists who obtain permits
to sell liquor for medicinal purposes
need have Ilttlo fear of threatened
prosecution by state Anti-League of
llclals.
Councilman Dnnley of Chadron has
asked aiayor ailller of Lincoln for a
copy of the antl-chlmmy ordinance In
vogue at the capital city, because, It
Is said, many young folks nt tho
Dawes county metropolis are afflicted
with the dance malady.
Tins state undertook' Its first ex
tensive construction of highways itself
without the aid or assistance of prl
vate contractors when It entered Into
contract with the county bonrd of Holt
county to construct forty-one miles of
highway for tho county.
The controversy nt Columbus as to
whether the now court house Is to ha
placed on the north side or south sldo
of the city wns Intensified last week,
when Platte Center started a move
ment to move tho county seat to that
town.
Governor aicKelvIe has notified Ne
braska representatives in congress
tlint lie Is in favor of the request of
American Legion for $50 per month
bonus for soldiers and nurses, based
on period of war service.
Attorney General Davis lias an
nounced he will light to the Inst ditch
to enforce Nebraska's dry law If Fed
oral rrohlbltlon Director llanley per
mits the sale of liquor in tills slate for
medicinal purposes.
April 3 Is the date set for the an
until state high school stock judging
contest at the college of agriculture at
Lincoln. It Is expected that at least
twenty-five high schools will be repre
sented
Bobbers entered the itethcl Baptist
church nt Omaha the other night and
carried off a 400-pound safe. They
were rewarded, however, with only
$3.40, the contens of value In tho
safe.
airs. Charles Dietrich, state pros!
dent of the Nebraska Women's Suf
frage association, announced that the
organization will hold Its ainrch con-
volition In Omahn.
The Hev. Titus Lowe, pastor of tho
First aiethodist church of Omaha, nn-
A. u Sutton of Omaha Is expected to " , " '"' "l '" " Coon.
rnfni. m rim i, r..i. t.. n referred to be printed on petition.
at- l's wltlmr aJnl fr, , . ' S No. : Permitting legislature to Mt nre we gojng out Into the world
ears ago fav ,r n Tu Il-.. Sutton "ve-slxths sor s," ' "ccoon.
n, vo,M,nr a "fW ,""0IIU vote In civil cases. "Before long," said their mother.
?J " Zl 1 .A1?m. No. IfiS: Permits voting by citizens "You see it Is now the late -later nnd
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nounced he will be a candidate for (,rs for ngrlculturul nnd sanitary pur
delegate at large to the republican nn- poses.
tlonal convention at Chicago,
From Lincoln comes the report that
Nebraska farmers plan to organize a
$500,000 co-operative company for tho
purpose of publishing a state dally
newspaper.
Preparations are all complete for
Omahn Automobile snow, wnieii win
bo held .March 1 to 0.
Over S00 Nebraska ministers, 'rcpre
sontlng practically every evangelical
church organization in Nebniska. at
tended n three days' conference In
Lincoln last week In connection with
the Interchnrch World Movement.
Reports reaching the State Agricul
tural College at Lincoln show that tho
use of gasoline engines In small cream
cries and on fnrms Is resulting In a
material Increase in the amount of but
ter tnlnted with gasoline. Both cream
nnd butter very readily absorb gas
odors, with the result that tho quality
of the butter is materially lowered.
The hoard of regents of tho universi
ty of Nebraska baa taken steps to got
back Into tho ailssourl Valley confer
ence. A number of workmen wore thrown
out of employment at Shelton hs the
result of n Are which completely de
stroyed the plant of tho Shelton For
tlll7.er company.
A campaign to raise $500,000 anion
Norfolk citizens to orect nn eight-story
hotel building on the city's most
prominent business corner opened a
few days ngo with $200,000 of the
amount subscribed.
CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION NOTES
Lincoln.- -Up to the end of last week
the convention, which hns been In con
tinuous session since December 2, with
tho exception of the holiday adjourn
ment, only four proposals had actually
gone through the grist on second read
ing, which Is prnctlcally Html nctlon.
They nre:
No. 100: Ile-wrltlng the Initiative
and referendum; reducing the neces
sary signatures of petitioners to i
iter cent of the total electorate to
Initiate n constitutional amendment,
nnd 5 per cent for tho referendum;
of this state while In the military or
naval service.
No. 228 : Equal sufTrage.
Twenty-four additional proposals
have been adopted In committee of the
whole, and are now In the bunds of
tho phraseology committee, nnd will
come up for second rending during the
present week.
The most Important act of the con
vention tho past week was the adop
tion of Proposal 820, one of the "Inn
gunge" proposals; The final vote came
only after several amendments wore
rejected by so close a vote that friends
of the bill became agitated for fear It
would be defeated. The amendments,
while not vital to the bill, gave oppor
tunity for oratory. The proposal ns
ndopted rends as follows: "The Eng
lish Is hereby declared to bo the ofll
clnl language of this state, and nil olll
clal proceedings, records and publicum
Hons shall he In such language, nnd
the common school branches shall bo
taught In said lnnguage in public, pri
vate, denominational and parochial
schools.
The convention opened this week's
work by passing two proposnls.
One plnces rights of aliens In property
under tho jurisdiction of the legisla
ture and Ienvos tho rights of people
of other states In property of this
state the same as If they lived In the
state. The other authorizes the state
board of public funds to place nil
school hinds for sale up at auction In
stead of under the npprr.Isement plan.
A strong fight wns put up by Bryant
nnd others to keep tho school lnnds
from being sold.
riie constitutional convention In
."onimltteo of the whole, adopted the leg
islative committees recommendation to
raise the membership of the sennte
from 33 to 50. The house will remain
as before, with 100 members. The
proposition to divide counties with
more thnn one representative into rep-,-
rcsentatlve districts wns defeated,
while the present system of lloat dis
tricts will remain. A recommendation
to raise the pay of the membeis from
$(00 to $S0O for the session was
adopted.
It Is believed that the convention
will be In session for at least two
weeks longer and perhaps for three or
four weeks. , The most Important pro
posnls remaining to be considered in
clude the question of the recall of pub
lic officials, the creation of uu Indus
trial court, the establishment of a sys
tem of state health Insurance and of
compulsory workmen's compensation
laws.
The committee on the executive de
partment has recommended a pro-
poS(li n,nklng only the governor, sec
rotary of state, auditor, treasurer, at
torney general and state superintend
ent the elective officers of the state,
abolishing the office of lieutenant gov
ernor and giving the duties to the
president of the sennte, and making
the land commissioner appointive.
By a vote of fifl to 31 the convention
approved Proposal No. 00 by Boss of
aierlck county In amended form. It
provides thnt private property cannot
i)(. taken for nrlvate use except for
,.iVnt ways of necessity, for drains,
ii,m1Ps, ditches or across lands of oth-
By a vote of ninety-six to two the
convention adopted the suffrage amend
ment, which will remove the sex qual
ification for voters, as soon as ratified
bv the people next full. L. J. To Pool
of oniiiha and E. J. Spoil: of Saline
county cast the dissenting volos.
Proposal No. 323. Pugsley's pet
amendment, requiring tho legislature to
provide legislation for a state school
tax, struck a snag last week and went
Into the Indefinitely postponed hopper.
Proposal No. 233 by Osborne of aior
rlll. one of the minister delegates,
which provides for the reading of the
Bible In public schools, was rejected
by the convention by a vote of 48 to 31.
The convention has approved a pro
posal to turn In fees received by the
department of fish and game Into that
department Instead of Into the school
funds.
In spite of a great deal of opposi
tion by lawyer delegates the conven
tion went on record In favor of requlr
lug n decision by five supreme court
Judges before nny law may be de
clared unconstitutional.
A proposal for a provision giving the
legislature power to create an Indus
trial court to pass upon controversies
between employers and employes "In
which the-public welfare Is affected,"
was presented to the convention, by
the committee on Industrial condl
tlons.
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BADRl EVENING
AIRY TALC
Mary Grahan
Doi!cr ioL
MOTHER RACCOON.
"I nlwnys believe It is n good thing,"
snld Mother Itnecoon, "to tell the chil
dren n good deal of their history be
fore they go out Into tho world them
selves."
"We'd love to hear the history of tho
Ilaccoon family," said llohert Hue
when the spring comes Daddy Itaccoon
nud I must think of the little ones
who come then. You will bo big und
nlile to loo! after yourselves."
That Is right," snld Daddy Itac
coon, "wo must look nfter the little
ones wheu the spring comes for they
will be so helpless.
"Just ns you were almost a year
ago," lie added.
"Come then, we will hear the his-,
tory talk," said .Mother Itaccoon.
All the raccoons there were four of
themsat In their hollow tree nnd lis
tened ns aiother Itaccoon told them
whnt they must do when they stnrtcd
out In the world by themselves, nnd
want Una been the history of the Ilnc
coon family.
"You sec, every yenr," sho said,
"when the springtime conies four or
six little bnby raccoons conic with It
nnd we must look nfter them for they
nre young nnd feeble. Your daddy
and I hwk after our family for a whole
year from the time they come until
Mother Raccoon Told Them.
the next spring when n new lot come.
You see wo do things very much on
time. Every spring our new family
;comcs to us nnd every spring wo nre
all ready and wnltlng.
"When the heavy snow comes nfter
n grout and blinding snowstorm we're
apt to seck shelter In n nice hollow
tree llko this. We don't nctually
hibernate or go to bed for the whole
winter but we do sleep and snooze and
stay protected from the wintry blasts
through the most severe part of it.
"We belong to the Grizzled Gray
Ilnccoon family. Our faces arc qulto
black, our talis are ringed tails and
quite handsomely shaped. And wo
wnlk very much llko the bears do.
"Now as to entlng eat anything you
like that Is, almost anything such ns
frogs (when they're awake), crawfish,
eggs, snakes, chicken, bread all kinds
of things, depending on what you can
get.
"Eggs are very healthful. Children
and grownups eat fresh eggs as do
raccoons both old and young.
"At night when danger Is near call
as you hear me call, 'Whoooo ooo
ooo,'
"They say," aiother llaccoon con
tinued, "thnt no raccoon mlstnkes nny
other voice for the voice of ono of his
family. An owl can be fooled. Some
silly person can make a sound like u
screech owl and the screech owl will
answer back, thinking It Is one of Its
own kind, hut not so the raccoon
family. So never break the record.
Never answer nny but a raccoon, never
make n mistake.
"Throughout the history of the rac
coon family not one of us has ever
been fooled and 1 hope we never will.
For It shows that we're pretty smart
when erent tires who try to Imitate us
can't succeed In fooling us.
"The next most Important thing for
you to know Is always to wash your
food. If you are not sure it Is clean
rinse It several times. Live near
brooks or streams so that you will be
able to do this.
"There Is nothing like eating clean
food. Then you will not become
and sickly.
"Ah. remember these things when
you're off by yourselves, for you will
not hnvo your mother's watchful eye
over you. nor your daddy's watchful
eye. We'll be busy telling the now
little brothers nnd sisters I"
"We'll remember," snld tho raccoons
who were so soon tQ go out Into the
wo rlil.
"And In the winter time rest nnd
sleep a great deal. It makes you
stronger, fresher, but do not spend nil
your time sleeping for thut would
iniike you too stupid.
"Best and bo smart. Never let any
one fool you Into thinking he Is n rac
coon when he is only a man or n bo,
imitating you. For no one can yet sa
the family has ever been fooled. Thnt
great, great honor must nlwnys be
kept unspoilt.
"It Is napping time now, but next
time wo hnvo n talk I'll warn you
about the enemy you're to steer clear
of. Pleasant naps now."
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The Surest Way for the Farmer to Make More Money It to Raise More
and Better Live Stock. ,
(Prepared by the United Btatos Depart
ment of Agriculture)
That tho uso of purebred sires Is us
ually a forerunner to ownership of
well-bred llvo stock In tho various
classes and breeds Is shown by data
on brooding Just made public by tho
bureau of onlmnl Industry, United
States department of ngrlculturc. Tho
facts and figures compiled nre bnscd on
record of the "Better Sires Better
Stock" cnmpnlgn, which nt tho closo of
1010 had been In progress Just three
months. A greater quantity of data
will be needed before conclusive de
ductions may be made, but the follow
ing facts tiro considered of unusual In
terest to llvo stock owners:
Ownership of Purebred Females Fol
lows Better Sires.
The uso of purebred sires nppenrs to
lend nutomatlcally to the ownership
of u consldernblo qunntlty of purebicd
female stock.
The uso of purebred sires nppnrent
ly results ulso In tho culling out of
scrub fomnles, Judging from the smnll
proportion of scrub females to grade,
crossbred, and purebred femnle ani
mals owned by purcbred-slro users.
Of nil femnlo stock owned by per
sons enrolled In the better-sires cam
paign nt the end of tho yenr, 71 per
cent wero purebred, 20 per cent wero
grndos nnd crossbrcds, and 3 per cent
wero scrubs.
Tho scrub fomnles nro believed to be
the renmnnts of former Inferior stock
before purebred sires were used, slnco
purebred sires lend automatically to
cither purebred, crossbred, or grade
offspring, depending on tho blood lines
of the fomnles used.
Low Percentage of Scrub Females.
Tho pcrcenfnge of purebred feinnlos
found In herds nnd flocks owned by
purebred-sire users wns noticeably
similar for the various classes of mil
mills. In cnttle the per cent of pure
bred fomnles wns 03.5, In swine 01,
In sheep 03.
The per cent of scrub fomnles in
the same classes was: Cattle, .1.0,
swine, 2.0, sheep, 0,4.
Poultry figures showed the smallest
per cent or scrun iomaies m huluh
bended by sires of pure breeding, tljo
figure being 1.8. a
Poultry showed tho highest per cent
(78.1) of femnles of puro breeding,
nnd tho smallest per cent (1.8) of
scrub femnles.
Slmllnr figures of horses, nsses, nn 1
gouts are not presented, ns tho enroll
ment of these animals Is not consider
ed sufficiently largo at this time. Those
classes, however, wero included in tho
totnls.
Comments nccompnnying blanks of
enrollment Indicated thnt mnny live
stock owners hnd used purebred sires
for n consldernblo period, which inn
terlnlly reduced tho porccntngo of
scrubs. This Is likely to be truo of n
good many who enroll enrly In tho
campaign, but Is ovldenco pointing
strongly to tho Influence of purebred
sires on Improvement In qunllty of
herds and flocks.
Shows Results of State Work for
Better Bulls.
The drive which many stntes hnvo
been waging against scrub bulls wns
reflected In the enrollment figures,
aioro purebred bulls were enrolled
than nny other clns3 of llvo stock, ex
cept poultry.
At the end of December there were
enrolled In tho "Batter Sires Better
Stock" cnmpnlgn 0,200 nnlmals, and
In addition 8,010 poultry.
Facts Obtained With Special Care
Knowledge about the breeding of
llvo stock In the "Better Sires Better
Stock" campaign Is obtained with spi
clal care. First, the owner of the
stock lists his nnlmnls kopt for breed
Ing oil the enrollment DliinK in ue
cordance with tho official dellnltlons
for the vnrlous classes of nnlmuls wltl
respect to their parentage. As the
better-sires slogan Indicates, all males
must be purebred nnd of good qunllty
Femnle stock may bo of nny breed
Ing und spaces aro provided for tho
listing of purebred, grnde, crossbred
nnd scrub fomnles. Then tho classtll
cation Is npproved by tho county ngent
In the county where tho live-stock
owner lives. In tho relntlvcly few
cases where thero Is no county ngent
tho written Indorsement of tho blnnk
by two experienced nnd disinterested
live-stock owners is required.
Every person agreeing In writing, on
tho blnnk furnished, to uso only pure
bred sires In his breeding operations
receives un emblem of recognition Is
sued co-operatively by the United
States department of agriculture and
tho state In which he lives. So-culled
iiflnt. (WED FEMALES
imriu
"red tnpo" hns been reduced to n mini
mum nnd tho emblems hnvo been Is
sued In most cases tho day tho blanks
wero received.
Female Stock Need Not Be Purebred
Though pointing out tho foregoing
observations nnd especially the ten
dency for purcbred-slro owners to no
qulro purebred femnles tho depnrt
ment of ngrlculturc docs not urge pure
bred femnlo stock on the nvcrngo fnrm.
Whether purebred femnles should b
kept Is n matter of Individual Judg
ment, depending on circumstance!
which the llvo-stock owner Is best nblo
to know. The successful breeding of
purebred live stock ns n business culls
for closo uttentlon nnd consldernblo
experience, both In production nnd
nmrkotlng. By contrnst, the purpose of
tho better-sires movement Is to rnlse
the nverngo qunllty of nil llvo stock
In tho United Stntes.
Tho department thcreforo goes no
further thnn to urgo tho uso of good
purebred sires. It believes that after
having tnkon thnt step live-stock own
ers will continue to Improvo tholr do
mestic animals, raising cither grades,
crossbrcds, or purobrcds or somo .of
ench whichever seems best suited to
tho kind of farming followed and to
uvnllublc markets.
SEED TESTING WITH
SIMPLE EQUIPMENT
Sufficient Accuracy Can Be Made
by Beginner.
Younger Members of Home Circle
Should Find Such Work Easy and
Interesting Apparatus Not '
at All Expensive.
Seed tests sufllclcntly nccurnto to
nnswer nil pructlcnl purposes can be
nuido by n beginner with very little
practice, say specialists of tho United
States department of agriculture. Tho
younger members of the homo circle
should find such work not only com
paratively easy but very Interesting.
Testing of locally grown seed Is aid
ed by the possession of n correctly
named sot of tho seeds of crops and
of weeds provnlllng In tho vicinity.
Only such npparatus Is needed In
making practical seed tests as enables
ono to uso weighed quantity of seed
from tho sample, to separate the puro
seed from the foreign seeds nnd other
Impurities, to distinguish the char
acter of tho foreign seeds, und to tunko
tho germination test.
Only by using n weighed qunntlty
of seed can ono dotermlne the rela
tive qunntltes of puro and of Impure
seeds In tho sample. This requires n
bnlanco sufllclcntly sensltlvo to be
moved by n small weight, such as that
of a few clover seed. But n bulanco
of this kind, designed to rest on tho
edge of n knlfo libido, can be mndo
from two lead pencils, two cardboard
disks, two pieces of wire, some rubber
bnnds, n dnrnlng needle, n common
brass pin, and two bits of board. The
only equipment nepiled consists of n
few BB shots, flattened, to bo used nB
weights. With this bnlnnce, If the
pure seed from u snmplo balances !)
shots nnd tho Impurities hulnnqc -one
shot, the sample Is shown to bo 00
per cent pure, Somo shots tuny be cut
Into halves, quarters, eights, nnd six
teenths for frnctlonnl weights.
Such otlW npparatus as is desirable
can be made or bought at small cost.
A pair of forceps for picking up tho
shots and for separating seeds can bo
made of two thin strips of hickory, or
n piece of spring wlro bent into U
shape and having tho points flattened,
A magnifying glass Is needed, but tho
common reading glass to bo found In
many homes or that can bo bought at
a cost of $1 or 2 serves tho purposo
well. Seed enn bo best examined over
white paper and, to prevent loss of
seed, a paper tray Is desirable.
Live Stock;
csczr Notes
Overfeeding
among horses,
may cause azoturla
Moldy or frozen sllngo is dangerous
when fed to sheep or horses,
Carrots are excellent as a feed for
horses. Use them not ns n substitute
for oats, but us u part of the ration.
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