TIIE NORTH TLATfiJ SASH-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
CORNHUSKER ITEMS
Now3 of All Kind3 Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
(OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
The stato bureau of public health re
ports there were 3,090 less births In
Nebraska In 1019 than in 1018 anil
'4,013 less deaths. The reports on the
births show 20,730 In 1018 nnd 20,040
n 1010. The reports on the deaths
(show 15,003 In 1018 and 11,030 In 1010.
The report shows 14,138 marriage
licences Issued In 1J17, 10,748 in 1018
Hind 14,074 In 1Q10, while the hlvorces
were 2,00 t In 1017, 2,237 in 1018 nnd
3,350 In 1010.
Baseball enthusiasts at Omaha have
extended General Pershing an Invita
tion to pitch the first ball at the open
ing game of the Western league season
In Omaha, Slay 5. Reports are that
Omaha will have one of the fastest
teams In the league this season. The
opposing club on the opening day will
le the team representing Tulsa, Okla.
Thomas II. Matters, Omaha attorney
convicted and sentenced to five years
In Leavenworth for violating the na
tional banking laws In connection with
the failure of the First National bank
of Sutton has lost his fight for n re
hearing In the United States circuit
court of appeals at St. Louis.
Assessors of Antelope county were
Instructed at n meeting In Nellgh to
assess bee stands at .$10, a dozen chick
ens at the same amount, and no auto
mobile for less than .$10. Land values
were Increased 50 to 150 per cent over
the assessment four years ago.
.Attorney General Davis has notified
all mayors and chiefs of police In Ne
braska to pnforco the state law pro
hibiting bright headlights on automo
biles. Ho declares that 75 per cent
of the cars now In the state are not
properly equipped.
Washington reports state that
Omal.a has tho first place In the con
sideration of nrmy experts as the base
or tne American military air service.
Other cities being considered are St.
Louis, Kansas City, Rock Island, To
pekw and Wichita.
Dean C. It. lllchnrds of the Univer
sity of Illinois, and formerly dean of
the engineering college of Nebraska
university, was 'the orator at the dedi
cation of the new engineering building
on the state farm at Lincoln.
Western Nebrnska Is assured of
plenty help In the beet fields this sea
son as the result of an order issued
by Secretary of Labor Wilson suspend
ing the immigration laws so as to ad
mit laborers frpm Mexico and Canada.
Governor McKclvIe has been asked
to speak In Laurel on "Americaniza
tion Day," May 1, by Laurel Post No.
54, American 'Legion. "Americaniza
tion Day" Is a new holiday sponsored
by the American Legion.
Presidents of 18 Christian Endeavor
societies met in Wayne to plan the
program for the Wayne district con
vention which will bo held in tho
Welsh Presbyterian church near Car
roll, .Tune 7, 8 and 0. '
Ninety-one women nt Orchard cast
their vote nt the recent village elec
tion, the principal Issue being tho
question of permitting shows to op
erate on Sundays. The proposition lost
by twelve votes.
The Fremont Y. M. O, A. has start
ed a drive to raise ?32,00p to pay Its
debt accumulated during tho war, with
the warning that the association will
he removed unless the amount Is paid.
Tho Lincoln post of- the American
Legion unanimously endorsed the plan
for additional compensation and n
bonus for former service men.
LoKoy McGhee, 14 years old, was
awarded $12,500 by the Fremont Stock
Yards and Land Co., for a broken back.
The suit originally was for $20,000.
Recent snowfall In Dodge county Is
reported( to have aided tho growing
crop of winter wheat, insuring a bump
er yield for 1020.
Announcement has been made that
the next convention of tho State Fire
men's association will be held nt York
In January, 1021.
Real estate transfers In Stnnton
county for Mnrch were $5,G03,240.50,
tho average price being $200 per acre.
Warm, dry weather Is needed by the
crops, according to reports from vnr
lous parts of Nebraska.
A campaign for a $7,000 budget has
been started by tho Beatrice Chamber
of Commerce.
Tho Emerson board of education has
indorsed n salary schedule, making
$1,000 tho minimum for grade teach
ers and $1,020 for High school
teachers,
Fnrmefs of the Purple Cane com
munity, Dodge county, have begun an
organized effort to eliminate the fac
tors In fnrm work that cut down
profits. They have completed a sur
vey showing that the principal sources
of their Incomo are wheat, corn, hogs,
cattle, poultry nnd oats and have ap
pointed a leader In each field to en
courage belter producing methods.
Fire of unknown sourco completely
destroyed the West Ward school
building in Iloldrcgc.
Tho Fremont bnnd has been reor
ganized and a series of summer con
certs will be held In tho park, It Is
.promised.
Half tho marriages In Douglas coun
ty end In (he dlvorco courts, while the
average for the state Is one decree of
separation for every four marriage
licenses, according to the nnnual re
.port of Chief I, II. Dillon, of the Ne
brnskn state bureau of health, for
1010.
Secretary George Johnson of tho de
partment of public work contends that
ns many of the bids for stnto highways
are entirely too high and that in the
Interests of snvlng Inroads on tho road
fund that the stale can afford to build
the roads, using Inmates of the peni
tentiary for the work. Willi that end
In view he has refused to awnrd con
tracts for road building In many In
stances, while In others where he be
lieves the bids too high he has refused
all bids and will call for now ones.
Nebraska Baptists have launched n
campaign for $1,500,000. Of this $350,
000 will be used to erect five church
buildings. In addition, a city mission In
Omaha, a large community house In
South Omaha rebuilding the college In
Grand Island and establishing n stu
dent church in the University of Ne
braska are proposed.
Three hundred railroad employes nt
North Platte voted unanimously to re
main at work ami not to nlllllnto with
the outlaw organizations which have
partially paralyzed tralllc In many
eastern points by strikes for the past
three weeks. Labor agitators have
been at Work there for tho past week.
Attorneys for Allen Vincent Grani
mer, sentenced to death for tho mur
der of his mother-in-law, filed In tho
supreme-court at Lincoln an appeal
from the Hownrd county district court
which denied Grnmmer u jury trial on
tho matter of his sanity.
Arthur P. Larlson of Chodron was
one of eight sailors who lost their
lives by drowning hi Munznnlllo Hay,
Cubu, April 11, after uu accident to
their launch, according to n Washing
ton dispatch. The men were members
of the Atlantic licet
Consideration of paving for the bus
iness section of O'Neill has been post
poned until the now city administra
tion takes olllce. The old council re
jected all bids for districts created by
petition of property owners.
Immediate sale of all automobiles
hold In Nebraska following liquor
raids is ordered by Attorney General
Clnrence A. Davis, in a letter to all
county attorneys. The proceeds arc to
be turned over to the state.
Announcement has been made that
moro than $100000 for near east re
lief has been raised In Nebraska.
Drives are In progress In a dozen Ne
brnska counties, nnd eighteen others
are contemplated, Including Lancaster.
A reward of $200 has been offered
by Governor McKelvle for the arrest
of Jack Edgar Jackson, alleged slayer
of Florence Fagon of Grand Island,
whose murdered body was found In an
abandoned shack at Antloch.
The Nellgh general hospital has been
designated by the medical department
of tho army as a military hospital for
tho territory north of the riaftc river
and east of the west boundary of tho
state.
Holt county land pnssed a $300-an-ncre
mark a lew days ago, when Jnnies
I. Vcrgasen, a Niobrara river ranch
man, purchased 40. acres adjoining the
village of Inman for $13,500.
General Pershing woidd serve ns
president If called upon to do so by
the people, he said, in an address be
fore the Nebraska State Association
at Washington, tho other day.
Rev. C.t W. Henry of Lincoln has
assumed the duties of chaplain of tho
Nebraska department of tho G. A. R.
Ho succeeds tho late Rev. James Leon
ard. Twenty former service men of tho
North Platte Brotherhood of Raljway
Trainmen have been decorated with
bronze metlnls from tho grand lodge In
Cleveland.
The annual Nebraska pharmaceu
tical convention will bo held In Omaha
June 15, 10 and 17. Druggists from
all parts of the sttatc will attend tho
conference.
Thousands of employes In South
Omaha packing plants were laid off
for an Indefinite period, duo to tho out
law strike of railway switchmen In the
east.
Projects for a community building
or for a community building and park
are being agitated at Elmwood among
the farmers and town people.
The Fremont Commercial club has
pledged $25,000 to tho drive of tho
Western Theologicnl seminary for
a new $100,000 building.
School bus been closed In District
No. 51, near Hebron, on nccount of
smallpox. Three new cases have been
reported in Chester.
Two women and three men were
chosen to serve on the vlllngo board
of Chambers, Holt county, nt the re
cent election.
Automobile and truck licenses Is
sued In York county since the first of
the year number 3,150, and total $37,
801.75. Antelope county land transfers for
February and March totaled $7,510,
054, according to the report of tho
county clerk at Nellgh.
Suit for Douglas county to enjoin
the city of Fremont from emptying Its
sewage Into the Elkhorn river will bo
tried May 24.
Property owned by a church society
other than that upon which the church
is located, but which It Is tho Inten
tion to use some time In the future as
a location for n church building, Is
not exempt from tnxation, a district
Judgo at Lincoln ruled.
Work on tho basement and founda
tion of tho new $40,000 Congregational
church In Ogallala has been finished.
Work of pouring concreto on tho
first paved portion of tho Lincoln
highway In Nebraska began last week,
when contractors were busy on tho
Fremont-Ames road.
Convict labor may l e used In com
pleting the section of state highway In
Holt county, running through Clear
water. Ewlng, Page, O'Neill, Atkinson
and Stuart boforo July 1, Grading Is
expected to begin within the next two
weeks.
SAYS GOVERNMENT DEFRAUDED
Republican Committee's Report On
Army Camp Expenditures Causes
Stir In Official Circles.
Washington, D. C. A consldernblo
stir was created In congress when tho
two opposing reports of the long con
gresslonnl investigation of (he con
struction of 32 army camps nnd canton
ments were submitted to tho houso by
a war expenditures committee. Tho
majority report presentee! by republi
can committeemen, criticised govern
ment agctrPles and olllclnls in charge
of the war building program, while tho
minority report of the democrats de
fended the administration.
Tho. government lost $78,510,521 on
tho 10 national army cantonments It
was estimated by the majority report,
which assorted this was duo to
"waste, Inefficiency and graft" result
ing from cost plus contracts, which
were said to be "wide open." No ostl
mnte of loss on tho national guard
camps was made by tjie majority.
Along with tile report a resolution
wos presented directing that evidence
obtained during the nine months' in
vestigation be turned over to tho at
torney general with the request that
he Institute criminal nnd civil proceed
ings. Dissenting from the majority find
lugs, tho minority declared that the
construction work was equivalent to
building 32 cities, each with 37,000 to
40,000 population, and ndded:
"This trcnlendous task was practi
cally completed in three months and
stands out ns one of the great achieve
ments of tho war."
OVERALL MOVEMENT SPREADS.
Cities In Alt Parts of 1 Nation Follow
Alabama Town lh Forming Clubs.
Birmingham, Ala. The wearing of
overalls to reduce the cost of living Is
becoming n nation-wide movement
since tho organization of the Birming
ham Overall club, three weeks ago.
The club has more than 4,000 members
who hnve pledged themselves to wear
blue overalls and soft shirts until such
time ns the price of clothing Is re
duced. Among the names appearing
on the .agreement are bankers,, realty
dealers, capitalists, clerks and contrac
tors. Since the formation of the Birming
ham, club, similar organizations have
been perfected nt Rosebud, Ore. ; Em
poria, ICas. ; Texarkuuu, Ark.; Okla
homa City, Okla.; Columbus, S. C;
Roanoke, Va. ; and a number of other
cities. .Promoters of the movement
hero expect It to spread to all corners
of the nation ami to result in a per
manent decrease In- the price of cloth-"ft--
Near Lynching in Nebraska.
Alliance, Neb. Quick action on the
part of Sheriff Dyson of Bridgeport
and throe men whom lie deputized to
help him, saved Roy Braunle, con
fessed slnyer of John Watts, Morrill
county farmer, from death nt the
hands of a mob.
Braunle, who was imployed by
Watts as a farm hand, shot ,the latter
to death April 7 with a rifle, following
n quarrel alleged to have started over
Braunle's handling of a team with
which he was harrowing. In pre
liminary trial Braunle pleaded guilty
to second degree murder.
United States Stands to Lose.
Washington, D. C, Foiluro by Ger
many to make full payment for the
maintenance of Americnn forces In
Germany as required by tho armistice
wns said by Chairman Kahn of the
house military committee to have re
sulted In the troops, being maintained
at a dally expense to the United
States of $1,220,000. Representative
Kahn added that ho doubted If this
country would ever be nble to recover
the great amount of Indebtedness from
the German government.
No Paper Mill .Strikes.
New York. Representatives of elev- !
en of the largest news print manufac
turing companies In the United States
and Cnnnda, at a conference with
union officials here, agreed to grant
their employes a geucivl wage advance
of 20 per cent In renewing working
agreements for the next year. Tho ac
tion of the manufacturers, which It Is
estimated will affect approximately 30,
000 workers. Is said to eliminate any
possibility of a strike.
I. W. W. Nat Connected With Striker
Chicago, III. Major Genornl Leon
ard Wood, commander of the central
department of the United States army,
who returned to Chicago from " his
eastern speaking tour because of the
Insurgent strike of railroad workers,
said lie did not find "any evidence of
connection between tho rnllwny men's
strike and Industrial workers of the
world activities," General Wood de
clared he found traffic conditions Im
proving throughout tho department.
Banker Loses Appeal.
Lincoln, Neb, Thomas 11. Matters,
convicted of a violation of the nation
al banking laws growing out of the.
falluro of n bank at Sutton, Neb., has
lost out again In an appeal to the
United Stoles circuit court.
District Attorney T. S. Allen has re
ceived word that tho appeal for n re
hearing has been denied by tho circuit
court of appeals at St. Louis.
Matters is expected to carry his ap
peal to the United States supremo
court.
DADDYJEVMNG
FAMMtl
CONNER.
THE SPIDER'S MISTAKE.
"This Is fine," said the spider, "this
la really fine. Hero are somo folks
who've started n whole series of homes
for mo and for my family. And how
gay all the different colored string
looks. It Is wonderful, simply wonder
ful. I really will add my tine touches
and It will bo nil right."
Somo children were going to give a
party and they hnd made n spider
web for every child that wos coming.
At tho end of ench web there would
bo a bon-bon or a little gift of somo
sort. These had not been arranged
as yet. but all the different spider webs
had been made for tho party nnd they
wero all strung In and about a great
big play room.
Every one's name who was coming
to tho pnrty was attached to a string,
so that everyone was to have the fun
of unwinding n web. If nnyono broke
the string while unwinding It. or if
anything tike that happened tbcro
wns to be a forfeit paid by that per
sou. Tho forfeits were to be decided
by a number of Judges chosen among
the children who had unwound their
string without having to pay forfeits
und without making any mistakes.
Everything wns ready for the spider
web party In tho big playroom, nnd
such n party, by 'the way, Is lots and
lots of fun to hnve, and If the webs
arc made out of nil kinds of colors of
string such as lavender nnd red and
green nnd blue. It makes It very pret
ty. Tbeso children had used up all
sorts of old pieces of string from a
string box and they mndo lovely webs
for their tfnrty.
"Well," said the spider, "this Is very
gay. 1 think I will' have to ask all
my friends to come here. Of courso
They Laughed.
1 will make my own bedroom and nil
of thnt, but this Is gorgeous for tho
outside qf my home.
"I think I will send out Invitations
to nil my friends and will put on tho
invltutlons. '"Mr. Spider At Home.
The Many Colored Web, Playroom,
Top Floor, Houso. Plcnse bring re
freshments. This Is made necessary
by the Increased cost of everything.
R. S. V. IV That 'It. S. V. P.' will
maker 'em take notice."
After nwlille ho wondered how ho
would bo able to tell tho other spiders
what bout) to come to, but ho thought
of a way of hanging his Invitation out
of tho' window by a little thread ho
mndo nnd also outsldo of the door of
the playroom In case any spiders
uround the celling or walls might bo
passing by.
No ono could have read his Invltn
tlon but n spider. That much wns
certain. Well, lie wns awfully proud
when he heard a lot of excitement ono
day. a day after ho bad sent out his
Invltutlons.
Ho saw some children coming
around nnd they fastened on tho ends
of tho strings (which had been left
banging at tho wlndup of the webs)
somo lino presents.
"Ha, ha," chuckled the spider, as
well ns a spider can chuckle, "this Is
fine, perfectly line. My friends will
think I've fallen Into a barrel of
money."
"What's that?" asked a lly upon the
celling. "I've often heard people say
that." ,
"Oh." said the spider, haughtily and
proudly, "It means a great deal of
money, so much money In fact that It
tnkes a whole barrel to hold It. Ev
eryone will think I'm worth a barrel
of money, you see, to find me living In
such luxury."
"But I don't see any barrel filled
with money," snld tho fly.
"Of course you don't; rich folks don't
enrry their money about them. No ono
has ever seen a barrel filled with mon
ey thnt I know of, but it means that In
the background or In tho bank or some
where like that there Is n great deal
of money belonging to the person who
Is worth n barrel of money, or who
has a Imrrel of money, whichever way
you want to speak of It."
"Not much sense to It," said the fly,
"I wns hoping thnt I'd really seo n
barrel full of money. Well, I must bo
off. I don't like talking to spiders.
They're not to bej trusted."
"tforry, you feel that wny about It
Oh, hnrk, hnrkl"
Ti;e children wero coming to tho
party and what nn excitement there
was. When they spied the spider they
laughed. "He mistook our webs for
his own," they laughed.
Mr. Spider moved away. He was
afraid for himself with so many people
about htm nnd ho said to himself that
ho wns belter off not worth a barrel
of money after all.
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PRODUCTION OF
MEAT IS LOWER
Decline in Domestic Consumption
of Beef Attributed to High
Retail Prices.
MILLION MORE HOGS KILLED
Increase of Twenty Per Cent Shown
In Mutton and Lamb Meat De
crease Noted In Amount of
Lard Consumed.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The United States consumed several
pounds less per person of beef In 1010
than In 1018. At tho same tlmo Its ex
ports of beef declined C0.8 per cent
from tho previous year. Tho United
States department of ngrlculturo at
tributes tho decllno In domestic con
sumption to high retail prices and the
falling off of exports to tho fact thnt
the European countries which took so
much American beef during tho war
nro returning to tho cheaper sources
of supply in South America nnd Aus
tralia. Tho decrenso in beef was so
Tamworth -Bacon Type of Hog.
large ns to bring down tho total moat
production 4 por cent lower than in
1018, In spite of tho fact that produc
tion Increased grently in pork and con
siderably in mutton and Iamb nnd
veal.
Exports of pork and lard In 1010
were unparalleled. Tho exports wero
equivalent to 18,000,000 hogs weighing
200 pounds ench. A million more hogs
were slaughtered than In 1018. Do
mcstlc consumption of lard declined to
the extent of two pounds per person.
Tho slaughter of calves In 10J0 was
greater thnn ever before 1,250,000
head more thnn In 1018. The drought
In tho West i3 nscrlbcd ns ono of tho
main causes of so many calves being
marketed. Veal Is not exported and
domestic consumption Incrensed nbout
jno pound poi person.
Twenty per cent moro mutton nnd
lamb meat wero produced In 1010
thnn In 1018, but the consumption of
mutton nnd lamb Is so small thnt tho
Increnso meant only ono pound per
person. This sourco of ment supply,
which decreased steadily for mnny
years, has been on tho upward trend
since 1017.
These facts nro given by thoVburonu
Df nnlmnl Industry, United States de
partment of agriculture, in its nnnual
innlysls of the meat situation.
Tho oustnndlng features of tho meat
situation during 1010 wero n heavy de
cllno In beef slnughtor with corre
sponding loss In beef exports, nnd a
great Increase In the exports of pork
products, although the swine slaughter
was only slightly larger than tho previ
ous year,
The slump In beef wns to some ex
tent offset by substantial Increases In
the slaughter of veal and of mutton
nnd lnmb, nnd the lncronso In pork
Just mentioned. But on tho whole tho
decrease In beef was so largo as to
bring down the totnl meat production
4 per cent lower than In 1018.
By weight, In terms of dressed ment
(without lard), tho total slaughter In
1018 yielded a llttlo over 18,000,000.
000 pounds and In 1010 n llttlo under
17,333,000,000 pounds. Tho difference
was nbout 715,000,000 pounds.
Pork and Lard Exports Unparalleled.
Exports of pork and lurd In 1010
were unpnralleled In tho history of our
foreign trade, Total shipments
amounted to 1,897,103,000 pounds of
pork (mostly bacon and hams) and
784,010,000 pounds of lard. The mag
nitude of this single branch of our ex
port trade Is not easy to realize. Stated
In terms of live animals averaging 200
A Good Mutton Type.
pounds In weight, this quantity of
products would represent n herd of
approximately 18,000,000 hogs, and
therefore one such hog would bo "de
ported" every 1 seconds throughout
the entire yenr.
The two factors previously men
tioned restricted beef supply and
heavy shipments of pork products-
had somo effect on the homo' mnt con
sumption, which In total fell from 150
pounds per capita In 1018 to 142
pounds In 1010, a decllno of 5.4 pet
cent. Last year's flguro nevertheless
wns 12 pounds higher' than that of
1017, when the people partly abstained
from entlng meat.
There was a sharp decrease la lard
consumption during 1010, amounting
to two pounds a person, but there was
nlso a relatively large Increnso in tho
consumption of mutton and lamb. As
n whole, however, tho fundamental
reason for the decreased meat con
sumption In 1010 may likely be fonnd
In tho high retnll prices which pre
vailed throughout tho greater part of
tho year.
Cattle Slaughter Fell 14 Per -Cent.
About 2,000,000 fewer beeves were
slaughtered Inst year than In 1018, It
Is estimated thnt the cattle yielded
0,571,712,000 pounds In 1018, which la
n decrenso of 14 per cent. Tho lowest
yield in the last six years wns (5,038,
503,000 pounds In 1014, nfter which
there was a gradual rlso each year,
culminating in tho big record of 1018;
Last year's total goes back to sllghtl)
below that of 1017. Approximately
three-fourths of tho cattlo slaughter is
now conducted under government In
spection. Homo consumption of beef de
creased 11.7 per cent In 1010. 1
Veal Production Increased.
In shnrp contrast with cattle tha
slaughter of calves In 1010 wns great
er than over bofore. The drought In
tho West Is ascribed as ono of tho
main causes of tho increased market
ings. In round figures 9,000,000 cnlves
nro estimated to hnvo been marketed
last year, which Is 1,250,000 moro than
1018 and represents an Increnso of 17
per cent.
As no exports or Imports of veal are
recorded; tho consumption follows the
production, and increased from 7 to 8
pounds a head of the population.
Increase In Mutton and Lamb.
Sheep and Iamb slaughter reached
tho low point In 1017. About 1,250,000
bond moro wero marketed In 1018, and
last year there was a further Increnso
of moro than 3,000,000 head. Tho In
creased yield In meat in 1010 amount
ed to 103,4SG,000 pounds nnd wns n
gain of 20 per cent, but the consump
tion of mutton nnd lnmb Is so small
compared with pork and beef that tho
Increnso meant only one pound a per
son of tho population. Tho trend, how
ever, is upward.
Pork 8tlll Plentiful.
A million moro hogs wero slaugh
tered Inst yenr thnn In 1018 nnd 13,
500,000 more 'than in 1017, nnd nt
though 2,000,000 moro hogs wero mar
keted In tha record yenr of 1010, their
nvcrngo weight was 13 pounds less
n head, so that 1010 stands easily first
In pork production. This year's
slaughter yielded tho enormous total
of 0,209,185,000 pounds of pork nnd 2,
110,222 pounds bf lard.
Tho record-breaking exports absorb
ed 20.C per cent of tho pork nnd 37
por cent of the lard. Tho largo for
eign demand helped .to reduce tho
home consumption 3 per cent on pork
Splendid Beef Specimens.
nnd 14 por cent on bird, as compared
with 1018. Lnst yenr's per capita con
sumption wns, In fact, smaller than in
any recent year except 1017.
Horses Slaughtered for Meat
As a sign of tho times It is of Inter
est to note tho federal Inspection of
horso slaughter, which began In Sep
tember, 1010. Up to the end of tho
year 433 horses wero so slaughtered,
and nbout one-half of tho resulting
ment was certified for export
Thero had been no previous federal
supervision of horso slaughter slnco
1003. At that time Inspection was
limited to a sluglo establishment
which hnd been In operation for sev
eral years. The Inspection was neces
sary, as In tho present case, to permit
of consignments being mado Interstate
and for export
The consumption of horse meat Is
not uncommon In certain parts of con
tinental Europe, and Was In voguo
long before the Into war. The fact
that horses are slaughtered In uon
federally Inspected establishments In
the United States Is perhaps not so
well known. Inspectors of the bureau
of nnlmul Industry reported In 1018
thnt horses wero being so slaughtered
at six widely separated places situ
ated In tho East nnd Middle West nnd
on the Pacific coast. The output of
these piaces aggregated about 2,000
or moro carcasses annually. As ,to
tho consumption of this horseflesh, It
Is known, of course, that zoological
gardens, menageries, etc., account for
n largo part of It for tho feeding of
flesh-eating animals. , ., . ,
Live Stock;
C3 notes
Purebreds payUietter than scrubs.
Alfalfa Is ono of the best pasturt
crop for pigs.
Tho Pig club boys will make a great
showing at the fall fulrs.
v
Pedigrees are of little value unless
the Individual Is of tho popular typo
und conformation. "
One of the most Important features
of swine breeding Is tho selection and
managing of tho herd boar.
The modern typo of Shorthorn
should! he sufficiently well developed
at the ago of 20 months to bo bred
at that time.