NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
BIDDING HOUSES OF VERMIN
Outline of Method Recommended by
Poultry Specialists of Depart
ment of Agriculture.
The following method of ridding
lien houses of mites and lice, when
the weather conditions are such as to
Iiermlt of the birds being kept outside
the house for tlvo or six hours, Is rec
ommended by poultry specialists In
the United States department of agri
culture. Close nil the doors and windows
nnd see thnt thoro are no cracks or
iny' other openings to admit air. Set
nn Iron vessel on gravel or sand near
the center of tho house. Place In the
vessel a handful of shavings or straw
saturated with kerosene nnd on these
sprinkle sulphur at the rate of about
one pound to every 1)0 or 100 squaro
feet of floor space. Instead of using
the shavings and kerosene, the sulphur
may be saturated with wood alcohol.
When everything else Is In readi
ness, light the mnterlal and hastily
leave the house. In case any anxiety
is felt about lire, n glance through a
window will show whether everything
s all right. There Is very little dnn
yr of fire when proper precautions
have been taken to have plenty of soil
beneath the vessel. After three or
four hours, throw all the doors and
he windows wine open to drive out
4he sulphur fumes thoroughly. Then
Jet the fowls In one by one. As each en
ters, cntch It and dust It well with In
ject powder, which will destroy tho
Jlco on the birds. Tobacco dust Is
4ilso good to use Instead of Insect
powder.
The birds nnd house have now been
freed from vermin for the present, but
he eggs of the Insects hnve not been
destroyed, nnd In a week another
swarm will be hatched out. Thcre-
Fumigating Hen House to Get Rid of
Mites and Lice.
fore It will be necessary to repeat the
operation once or twlco before the
pests nre exterminated. After this
cnre should bo used to see thnt no
tstrange fowl Is ndmltted to the house
or ynrd without bnvlng been thor
oughly rid of lice, for one lousy hen
will coutnmJnnte all the rest.
.'INCUBATION OF TURKEY EGGS
Period Is Four Weeks and Average
Number of Poults Raised Is About
50 Per Cent.
Tho lncubatloi. period of turkey eggs
is four weeks, the average number of
poults raised under ordinary conditions
being about GO per cent of those hatch
ed out, or about seven poults for every
turkey hen. The greatest loss occurs
when the poults are quite young, tho
ililgh mortality resulting lnrgely from
exposure to dampness nnd cold, lm
proper feeding, close confinement, lice
and predatory animals, and ot Inherent
weakness, tho result of cnrelessness
tn selection of purent stock.
SURPLUS FOWLS PROFITABLE
Males and Females That Have Out
grown Their Usefulness Pro
vide Additional Income.
Most farmers And the profit In the
commercial pnrt of the poultry busi
ness In market eggs, but the surplus
'inales nnd tho females that have out
erown their usefulness ffrovldo nn nd
dltlonnl Income which Is worth while.
GEESE MAKE GOOD FORAGERS
Fowls Pick Up Large Portion of Their
Ration If Allowed Free Range
on Farm.
All geese are good foragers and even
when young will pick up a largo part
of their rutlon If allowed fre,e rauge on
the farm. They eat grass and freph
-vegetnble growths of all kinds, as well
:as bugs and worms.
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DA.IR.Y
FACTS
VALUE OF BULL ASSOCIATION
Farmers Enabled to Co-Operate In
Purchase and Use of Sire at
Lowest Expense.
(By II. W. CLuUlK. Colorado Agricultu
ral College, Fort Collins, Colo.)
The bull association Is strictly a co
operative enterprise. Five, eight, or
ten farmers In a neighborhood unite In
the purchase and use of a bull. Tho
number of fanners In a community
proposition like this depends upon
the number of cows each keeps and
proximity to each other. A local or
ganization like this Is called a "block."
There may be other "blocks" In tho
fame township or county, all operat
ing under the same constitution and
by-laws. After n bull has been used
two years or so In one "block" ho Is
exchanged for nnother bull In one of
the blocks.
Through this kind of nn organiza
tion, the purchase price of the hull per
farmer Is low. Tho cost of the keep
of tho bull Is distributed among n
larger number of people, only good
bulls arc used ami In-breedlng Is
avoided.
Farmers should look Into this prop
osition. It means much to them.
DO AWAY WITH SCRUB STOCK
Registered Bull Calf Can Be Obtained
at Reasonable Figure Milk Flow
Increased.
(By O. H. HANSEN of the dairy hus
bandry division, Minnesota College of
Agriculture.)
Why should anyone be satisfied with
scrub cattle? It Is true there are not
enough purobreds for all, but the heif
ers from a scrub herd will be won
derfully Improved over their dams If
they are sired by n good purebred hull
from n productive dam. A registered
bull calf can he had nt a reasonable
price from a dam which has mnde a
creditable record, and the offspring of
such a bull proves the wisdom of the
Investment. It Is n known fact that
In many cases the milk produced by
the heifer of such a hull Is more than
double that of the dam. Neither
these animals nor their offspring will
ever be purebred, but the continued
use of a flrst-class registered dairy
bull of the same breed will In a few
years result In a herd that may equal
In production many purebred herds.
INCREASING VALUE OF COWS
Gain of 58 Per Cent In Five Years Is
Shown by Reports of Bureau of
Crop Estimates.
The farm cow that gives milk for
human food stands first, with a total
value of $2,022,000,000. as compared
with other classes of farm animals for
January 1, 1020, by tho bureau of
crop estimates of the United States
Average Price of Milk Cows Per Head
Has Increased From $58.25 In 1915
to $91.95 In 1919.
department of agriculture. Not even
the total value of all other cattle Is
equal to the value of the dairy cow.
The average prlco per head of milk
cows In this country has Increased
from ?58.25, since January 1, 1015, to
$01.05, the rverage for 1010, or a gain
of 58 per cent In five years, accord
ing to the bureau.
PUREBRED SIRE IS VALUABLE
First Cross on Average Herd Increased
Income $32 Per Cow In Province
of Ontario.
The first cross of a purebred bull
on the average dairy herd Increased
the Income $32 per cow. These figures
were secured In the provlnco of
Ontnrlo In comparison of 140 herds
using grade bulls and 31 using pure-
breds. Mr. Ilex B. Wlllard of the
farm management department of the
North Dakota Agricultural college, In
annlylng these figures to North
Dakota, shows that If one farmer with
20 cows using grade bulls received an
Income of $1,080, his neighbor with 20
cows but who began using purebred
bulls five years ago should receive $2,'
320, or $040 more.
WASH MILK BOTTLE WELL
If Allowed to Stand It Should Be
Filled With Water to Prevent
Casein From Hardening.
The milk bottle If not wnshed as
soon ns emptied should be filled with
cold or lukewarm wnter till It Is
washed. The albumen, nnd casein
harden and stick fast when thoy dry
as well as when hented. So that If
hot water Is poured In tho bottle or
can that has had milk In It tho al
bumen and casein will hnnlon and
stick. After washing with lukewarm
wnter use hot water, which removes
the fat, and rinse In boiling water or
steam to kill the bacteria. Kxtonslon
Division, North Dakota Agricultural
Co1Iip.
ERADICATION OF
WILD CUCUMBER
Dlonf to Qnniniic Mnnnrn fn PirHo
Idlll O Wbl IVUO IIIUIIUVW VU I V ll W
Growing In Various Sec
tions of Country.
ELIMINATE MOSAIC DISEASE
White Pickle Disease Is Generally
More General In Towns Than
In Open Country Beetles
Carry Disease.
(Prepared by tho United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Wild cucumbers nro a serious men
ace to pickle growing. That tho eradi
cation of this plant would reduce, If
not entirely eliminate, the mosaic dis
ease of cUcumber which In some sec-
Mosaic Disease of Cucumber.
tlons has practically driven the pick
ling business out of existence, Is shown
by studies made In Wisconsin by Unit
ed States department of ngrlculture
scientists. Their Investigations prove
that the white pickle' dlsense, or mo
saic disease of cucumbers, also attacks
tho wild or white pickle cucumber, a
vine which occurs along streams and Is
used for ornamental purposes In many
parts of the middle West. Michigan,
Indlunn, Illinois and Wisconsin, where
this wild vine thrives, uro the center
of the pickle-growing Industry In thin
country. The wild plant Is n serious
menace to tho cultivated cucumber in
these states, because It Is the prln
clpnl, If not the only, menns by which
this dlsense Is carried over from sea
son to season.
All persons In town nnd country
In cucumber regions nro urged by the
United States department of agricul
ture to stop plnntlng tho wild cucum
ber and to pull up nnd destroy all wild
cucumber plants found In their vicin
ity. Disease Near Towns.
Coincident with the great abundance
of wild cucumbers near towns It has
been observed that the white pickle
disease of the cultivated cucumber Is
generally more abundant nnd severe
near towns than In the open country.
This Is of Importance not only to
near-by farmers who grow pickles as
n business, but to town gardeners ns
well who wish to grow a few cucum
bers, muskmelons or other vine crops
for home use. The disease mny attack
any of these vines so severely ns to
kill the plant or prevent tho production
of any but warty and worthless fruits.
Thu striped cucumber beetle, which
Is usually present on cucumbers, Is
one of the most effective agents In
spreading tho disease from plant to
plant and from field to field. Depart
ment of agriculture scientists have
shown that the disease Is carried from
ono cucumber crop to tho next as fol
lows: Seed produced on u mosaic
Leaf of Four-Seeded Wild Cucumber
Showing Mosaic Disease.
wild cucumber plant falls to the ground
In the nutumn.
Beetles Carry Disease.
When the garden and field cucum
bers uppear the beetles fly to feed on
them, carrying the disease with them.
It Is quite certain, therefore, that the
disease generally starts each season
from thu wild cucumber, and It ap
pears probable that the elimination of
this plant as an ornamental would go
far toward reducing the amount of
mosaic disease on cultivated cucum
bers. Among the climbing annuals
which have been recommended to take
tho place of wild cucumbers ns an or
namentnl are tho morning glory, the
scarlet runner bean, nnd the cypress
vine. All nro quick growers and pro
vide shade and an nhundnnco of
showy fiowers. Of the many perennlnl
vines available for use as omamentuls,
the Virginia creeper, the wild grape,
white tlowered clematis, nnd the false
bittersweet are mentioned as especially
adapted for tho middle Wo.st. Those
Interested in looking Into tho matter
further should secure Farmers' IJulle
tln 105 from the United Stutes depart
ment of agriculture.
CLOSELY-WOVEN WIRE
FENCE IS INSURANCE
Keeps Neighbor's Chickens on
His Own Side.
Dogs Destroy Garden by Running
Over It and Making Deds Under
neath Larger Foliage Cats
Also Are Troublesome.
(Prepared by tho United States Depart
ment ot Agriculture.)
More neighborhood trouble bus
originated from neighbor's chickens de
stroying garden crops thnn front any
other one source, It has been asserted.
A good, closely-woven wire fence Is
the best Insurance that can bo taken
out against such troubles.
A garden was being destroyed by n
neighbor's chickens, and the owner
bored small holes In grains of corn
and tied n thread about a foot In
length to ench kernel of corn. On tho
other end of the thread ho tied small
tags on which was printed, "I bnvo
been scratching In my neighbor's gar
den." When the fowls went home with ono
or more of these tags hanging from
their beaks, there was no further trou
ble. A good fence not only keeps out
neighbor's chickens but dog and cats
ns well. While the chickens scratch
up the ground, the dogs destroy It by
running over It and making beds un
derneath the foliage of thu larger
crops. Cats nre particularly trouble
twine when the garden Is first planted,
nnd It takes u pretty good fence to
keep them out.
Reports to tho United Stntes depart
ment of agriculture show that very
little trouble has been exnerlcnred by
A Good Fence Is Garden Insurance
and Also Can Be Used to Support
Vines.
city gnrdcner3 from human deproda
tlons. Most of the trouble has come
from chickens nnd stray animals, nnd
the right kind of fence will prevent
most of tho losses.
MACHINES RENDER MUCH AID
Farmer Enabled to Produce 57 Bushels
of Potatoes With One Averago
Hour's Labor.
By means of n potato cutter, n po
tato planter, and a, potato digger,
along with other machines and a more
Intelligent ngrlculture, a fanner has
been able to produco 57 bushels of
potatoes with one average hour's la
bor. A half century ago tho product
was only one-third ns much, snys the
United States department of ngrlcul
ture. SETTING HENS IN ONE ROOM
Good Results Obtained Where Each
Fowl Is Provided With Feed,
Water and Dust Bath.
Usually several hens enn he set with
good results In one large room or loft,
providing each with feed, water, and
dust bath, so that they may leave the
nests .and return at will. Tho nests
should be plnced several feet apart to
avoid Interference with ono another.
Straw or hay, not chaff, makes the
best nesting material. United Statei
Department of Agriculture.
SILAGE FROM -SUDAN GRASS
Feeding Value Ranges Below Corn,
Much Depending on Matur
ity When Put In Silo.
Sudan grass Is preserved readily In
the silo with no special attention
necessary to tho amount of dry mat
ter. Its feeding value will rnngo from
two-thirds to three-fourths that of
good corn silage, depending upon tho
maturity of tho crop when put Into
the silo.
FACTORY-BUTTER VARIATIONS
Have Been Due In Late Years to Uco
of Milk In Manufacture of
Other Products.
Tho variations In fnctory-butter
production In Into years hnve been duo
largely to the use of milk In the mnnu
facture of other products to meet war
needs. The output of factory .butter
has Increased approximately 200.000,
000 pounds each ten years since 18S0,
United States Department of Agrl
culture.
Millions of Tiny Germs
Cause Your Catarrh
Real Relief Comes Only by
Cleansing the Blood of the
Germs.
You must realize thnt your blood
Is loaded down with catarrh
germs, nnd theso germ3 must bo
removed from your blood beforo
you can expect roal, rntionol relief
from tho dlsense. And of course,
you know thnt you cannot reach
these germs in your blood with
Kind Offer.
Ht For love of you I bum.
She All right. I'll call father nnd
he'll put you out.
ASK FOR "DIAMOND DYES"
Don't Buy a Poor Dye That Fades,
Streaks or Ruins Material.
Ench package of "Diamond Dyes"
contains directions so simple that any
woman can dlamond-dyo a new, rich,
fadeless color Into worn, shabby gar
ments, draperies, coverings, whether
wool. silk, linen, cotton or mixed goods.
Buy "Diamond Dyes" no other kind
then perfect results nro guaranteed
even If you hnve never dyed beforo.
Druggist has color cord. Adv.
Nowadays.
Willis "A satisfied customer Is a
store's best advertisement." Glllls
"Old stuff I A good-looking girl clerk
Is." Judge.
8HAKE INTO YOUR SHOES
Allen's Koot-Em, (he nn.Ueptlo powder to
be shaken Into the hnnt nivl eprlnkUd In
th foot-bath The PIMtubiiru Camp Man
ual ndvlaei man In tralnln to use Foot
Bate In their ahoea each morning. It pre
vents bllKtera and sore spots uml relieves
painful, swollen, smarting feet and takes
the at Inn out of coma and bunions. Always
use Allan's Foot-Eaaa to break In new
shoes. Adv.
METHOD IN THAT MADNESS
Why Dad Could Not Bring Himself to
Make Serious Objections to Ger
ald's Smoking.
"Henry 1"
Mrs. Brown's voice was stern. Mr.
Brown recognized tho signs of a com
ing storm, so he prepared to listen.
"I snw Gerald our boy smoking a
pipe today actually, a dirty, smelly
plpel" the poor woman ended with n
sob.
"Well, what can wo do?" exclaimed
her husbnld. "The boy's seventeen
and has two dollars a week pocket
money. I don't sec "
"You mean to sny that you will al
low him to smoke? Why, It's, sheer
madness!"
Henry nodded. Then, nft'er wit
nessing the unlquo spectnelo of his
wife speechless for once, he strolled
off Into tho garden, whero ho came
across Gerald In n cornor, with tho
pipe going full blast.
"Hello, my boy!" he cried. "This Is
something new, Isn't It? Kr by tho
way, I've left my pouch In tho house.
Cun you give me n fill?"
Then he, ns he walked away puf
fing hnpplly, murmured :
"It mny bo madness, hut there's
method In It. 1 can see Gerald's pouch
being qulto n money waver to poor old
dad." Ilchoboth Sunday Herald.
Her Particular Tree.
Christine was visiting Aunt Louise
while the latter worked In her garden.
"Hnve you any plcklu trees?" nsked
Christine.
"What?" was aunt's puzzled reply.
Whnt are they?"
"Why, a plckln tree," rejoined
Christine In u tone full of surprise
that i anyone should not know the
species, "why, my grandpa lias some In
his garden. They have pretty fiowers
for me to pick. I can't pick nny oth
er without being naughty."
The Language.
"This tnnu Is running for ofilco "
"Yes?" "What does ho stnnd for?"
Try Postum
Instead of Coffee
at the family table for a week
or two and see if everyone
doesn't relish the change.
Postum Cereal
a drink of delicious flavor
should be boiled fully
fifteen minutes to bring
out its full-bodied richness.
Better health and comfort
usually follow a change
from coffee to Postum.
There9 s
Madeby POSTUM CEREAL CO., Inc.. BattleCreelcMich.
sprays nnd douches.
S. S. S. will clonnso yoar blood
of the cnuse of Catarrh, nnd glvo
real relief. It has been in con
stant uso for moro thnn fifty
years, nnd la sold by nil druggists.
Buy a bottlo of S. S. S. today nnd
loso no further timo in getting on
tho right treatment.
Vnluablo ndvico regarding your
caso will bo furnished free. Ad
dress. Medicnl Adviser, 103 Swift
Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
Alibi.
The Daisy Needn't pull me apart
to find out; If he loved you ho would
send something moro costly.
Important to all Women
Readers of this Papet
Thousands upon thousands of women
hnve kidney or bladder trouble and nevet
suspect it.
Women's complaints often, prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in a healthy con
dition, they mny cause the other organs
to become diseased.
You may suffer pnin in the back, head
ache and loss of ambition. '
Poor health makes you nervous, irrita
ble and may bo despondent; it makes any
one so.
Hut hundreds of women claim that Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Hoot, by restoring
health to the kidneys, proved to be jtut
the remedy needed to overcome such
conditions.
Many send for a sample bottle to sea
what Swamp-Root, tho great kidney,
liver nnd bladder medicine, will do foi
them. By enclosing ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Binnhamton, N. Y yon
may receive sample size bottle by Parcel
Post. You can purchase medium and
largo size bottles at (ill drug stores. Adr.
Catty Comment.
"Whnt ri lovely color Annn hns."
"Yes; she nlways declares It Is whuo
to buy the best of everything."
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottlo ot
CASTOItlA, that famouB old remedy
for Infants and children, nnd seo that It
Bears tho
Slsmntnro nf
In tJso for Over SO Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
GOT CHARACTERS MIXED UP
According to English Actor, History Is
Not a Strong Point With
Theatergoers.
The Into II. B. Irving onco told In
Philadelphia n story about his fa
ther's performance of Sardou's "Robes
pierre." He said :
"Two dear old ladles sat In theli
stnlls at the Lyceum, wnltlng for
'Robespierre' to begin. '
'"By the way, who was Robes
pierre?' said tho first old lady.
'"Why, don't you know?' snld tho
second old lady. 'He's tho man who
was murdered In his bath by Mnrlo
Corel II.'
'"Oh, no, my denrl' said tie first
old Inily. 'That, can't ho right, for
Mnrle Corelll Is still alive. I remem
ber who It was now. It was Char
lotte Bronte.' "
Then, at thu end of his story Mr.
Irving added:
"I once told this anecdote to o
duchess. When I finished the duchess
gave u kind of puzzled laugh nnd
suld :
"'Poor ShakeBpearoP"
What They Called Each Other.
"Both oh deso hero gents," snld tho
witness, Mainly Thomas, rather Im
pressed with tho Importance of being
In court, "was stnndln' at the corner
conversln with each other pretty hot
an' pointed like."
"Relate tho conversation," snld the
prosecutor.
"Ah don't remember It. sab," snld
Mandy, thoughtfully, '"cept dat dej
was callln' each other what dey Is."
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