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NORTIT PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TKII3UNT3. I If. an t WOMEN OF MIDDLE AGE May Pass the Critical Period Safely and Comfortably -by Taking Lydia E. Finkham'i Vegetable Compound. Summit, N. J. I have taken Lydia E. Pinkham's VcgeUiblo Compound dur ing uiange of Ulo and I think it ia a good remedy in such a condition. 1 could not digest my food nnd had much pain and burning in my stomach after meals. I could not sleep, had backache, and worst of alt were the hot flashes. I saw in tho papers about Vegetable Compound so I tried it. Now I feel all aright and can work better. You have any permission to publish this letter." Victoria Koppl, 21 Oak Kidgo Ave., Summit, N. J. If you have warning symptoms such .as a sense of suffocation, hot flashes. (headaches, backache, dread of im pending evil, timidity, sounds in tho cars, palpitation of the heart, sparks toefore tho eyes, irregularities, con stipation, variable appetite, weakness, inquietude, and dizziness, get a bottlo of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com ipound and begin taking the medicine at once. Wo know it will help you as it did Mrs. Koppl. Comfort Your Skin With Cuticura Soap and Fragrant Talcum Soip ZSc, Ointment 25 and 50c, Talcum 25c. Kill All Flies! THEY BPUEAD DISEASE ld anywhere, DAISY FLY KILLER attract; and tlUl all (lies. Nest, clean, ornamental, convenient and t cheap. Luiitinri" r can't snill or IId over: lion. Matie or racial. "will not soil orfnlure f anything. Guaranteed. U A I I FLY KILLER at your dealer or K by BXl'RKSS, prepaid. 1128. HAROLD S0MF.K3. 160 Da Kalb Ave.. Brooklyn. N. Y. EXPLAINING THAT 30 CENTS Champ Clark Wanted to Know About It, and the Clerk Gave Him the Information. Champ Clark likes shirts that have a small red stripe. Not long ago he went Into the shop of a Washington haberdasher to buy a dress shirt. Se lecting one. he gave the clerk n $10 fitll. and while waiting for his change wandered around looking at the shirts tilsplnycd. But let the former speaker tell us about It, says The Nation's 41118111088. "I found n flue shirt with small red ftrlpes and I like to wear that kind. During the war you could not gut a -?hlrt with red stripes which would mot fade. I snld to the clerk: "What Is the price of that shirt?' " 'Three ddllnrs.' "'Give me that nnd take It out of 'Mm? ten.' "When he came back with the change he did not have enough and I tailed his attention to It. " 'You are gouging inc. What Is that sxtrn thirty cents for?' "'That.' replied the clerk. 'Is the -3iiles tax thnt you d fools enacted ap there in congress.' " Lax Laws. Governor Smith, advocating stricter divorce laws, said In Albany the other idny : ' . "They told me at Atlantic City on Easter Sunday a story about a beau "tlful. young woman at one of the lend ing hotels. It seems that she was 'heard to sigh bitterly and exclaim: " 'What annoys me Isn't George's de sertion but tho fact that my next bus 'bnnd will ho the thirteenth.'" Hi As A Table Drink rostum L,er meets every requirement ! The flavor, much like superior coffee, always pleases; and when health and economy are con sidered, this wholesome beverage fits every need Boil Postum Cereal fully 15 minutes, after boiling begins -or if you prefer a quickly prepared drink, buy the newer form Instant Postum, which is 'made instantly in the cup. "There's a Reason" for Postum Made by Postum Cereal Company, Inc. Battle Creek, Michigan JUST MADE HIM HOMESICK Cookery Book Brought Fond Recollec tions to Colored Doughboy Serving In France. lie was very black, says tho Satur day 12vonlng Post, nnd In his klmkl ho looked like coffee and chocolate lco cream. After eating n hearty meal In the American Red Cross canteen ho sat down with n hook nenr the coun tor. The kind-hearted worker looked over once or twice In his direction nnd was surprised to see big tears rolling down Ills cheeks. "Why, this will never do," she snld kindly. "Is there anything I can do to help you? I'll bo glnd to, If I can." He dug tils knuckles Into his eyes nnd replied : "I sholy am ashamed to mako a baby outen myself, nin'nm. This ycr book done make nie so mighty home sick." She picked up the book ho had been reading. It was tho canteen cook-book, nnd It was opened at the section on "How to Fry Chicken." SAVE SHOES AND STOCKINGS They will last twice as long It you HIihU Into Your Shoe ALLEN'S KOOT-KASB. th Antlacptlc, Healing powder tor the feet. It takei away the atlng ot Corns, Bunions. Callouses, sore, achlnit, swollen, tender teet, Allen's Foot's Base stops the friction which causes the wear on shoes and atocktnea. saves expense and makes walking a delight. Shake It Into your shoes. Sprinkle It Id the foot-bath. Sold everywhere. Adv. Jap Youths Study Languanes. Yokohama now has n school of Inn cii.'ices for Japanese young men, start ed with the Idea of promoting the de velopment of foreign trade. The school was officially opened In Honmoku re cently. Modern languages will be made n Ktioclnl studv. nlthoiiuh allied sub jects are Included In the curriculum, The popularity of the project Is as sured by the large class which num bored ISO pupils. North China Her aid. Children's handkerchiefs often look hopeless when they come to tho laun dry. Wash with good soap, rinse In water blued with Ked Cross Hall Uiue. The Mlnelaying System. Admiral William S. Sims writes In the World's Work: "If you hnd, 'leen following one of the mine layers, while It operates, you would probably hnvo been surprised at the apparent sim plicity of the task. The vessel was going at Its full speed; at Intervals of a few seconds, huge blnck objects, irbnut live feet high, would be observed gliding toward tho stern; at this point they would then give a mighty lurch, fall head tlrst Into the water, sending up a great splash, and sink beneath waves. Hy the time the disturbance wns over the ship would have ad vanced a considerable distance; then. In a few seconds, another black ob ject would roll toward the stern, make a similar plunge and disappear." We Say So Too. ne was a bashful young man nnd bo wished much to propose to his best girl, livery time he called on her he tried to give expression to his desire, but bo simply could not do so. Then he decided to find some other fitting way. and Just as ho was racking his brain most ho happened to see In n window a postal card on which there was tho picture of a bride and a bride groom. He bought the card, nddressed It to his best girl, and signed his nnme. Then under the touching fceno ho wroty: "Kvmtunlly Why not now?" Then he mailed It. And she answered It satisfactorily, ton, .2 Judnlng by Appearances. "I beg your pardon." said the dyspep tic, man who had been caught gazing Intently at a stranger. "You remind mo of Homebody I know." "I fear that somebody owes you money, sir."- "Why do you think so?" "Your scrutiny was extremely sour, sir; extremely sour." 79 Sell DAIRY FACTS ASSOCIATIONS ARE BIG HELP Evidence of Popularity of Plan With Small Dairymen Is Shown In Mississippi County. From Attala county, Mississippi, new evidence of the popularity of tho suit association among farmers with small dairy herds has come to the at tention of the dairy division, United States department of ngrlculture, through the announcement that a co operative bull association hns been or ganized In that cammunlty. Dairying is almost a new venture ivlth many of tho farmers In Attala ;ounty. Perhaps if Is this very new ness nnd the consequent lack of preju dice In favor of old methods of doing things that has made It so compara tively easy to Introduce this modern method of Improving cattle. Many of die dairymen In the community have mown themselves to be progressive, out one man especially stands out as i leader In this respect. We will call him Green. He Is a good old South erner who Is said to have farmed for some sixty years. When the agricultural extension jgents from the federal and state de partments came Into the community to irgnnlze a hull association Green wns tho man they called on tlrst. They new from experience that he would se very likely to see the advantage of inch an association to tho community, and would be a strong factor In swing ing Into line other farmers In the neighborhood. As was expected, Green it once saw the advantages that tho ! proposition offered, and the very next Jny be started In on the preliminary ivork of organizing a bull association 'block." A few days later tho extension men heard over tho telephone that a block ivas practically assured. Later, how aver, Green telephoned that some of die iirospoetlve members were dropping sut, as they remembered a disastrous experience of some years before, when they had paid a high price for a worth less stallion. This objection was met, however, with tho assurance thnt the federal and state agents were Indors lag this project and would see that no one was swindled. Later on Green Informed the coun ty agent thnt a block of -10 cows had oeen formed and could be signed up If the agent hud specialist would come out to the schoolhouse and clear up certain doubtful points. This wns done, nnd six farmers signed up 411 cows, so that $4150 was then available tor buying a bull. Things were moving along in such a promising manner that the farmers w1'" had refused to Join decided thut Good Pasture Is One of the Best as Well as One of the Most Economics Cow Feeds. It would be a good thing to get Into tho association after all, and requested membership In this block. "No, sir," said Green, who had been elected director of the block. "You bad your chance and wouldn't come In. Or ganize a block of your own. We don't want you In ours " With the arrival of tbo excellent Jersey bull Oxford Mon Plulslr 1G!7I!8, which had bevn secured for tho uso of block members, the farmers who had at tlrst refused to Join the association were doubly anxious o Ret In, but were again told that they would have to organize a block of their own. Thus it appears that tho doubting ones, who are found In every community, had ti pay the penalty of hesitating. Whil they may still get Into tho associa tion and enjoy Its henellts by organis ing a new blnck. they have lost a great deal of time. ESTIMATES OF FEEDSTUFFS Quart Measure Will Be Found Quite Handy Where Scales Are Not Convenient. Frequently no scales are at hand when the feeder Is trying to feed a balanced ration. The following esti mates of the common feeding stuffs will bo handy: A quart menauro of cottonseed meal weighs 1.5 nounds; wheat bran (coarse), .fi pound; wheat middlings, (coarse), .8 pound; wheat middlings (fine ), 1.1 pounds; mixed wheat feed, .0 pound; conimeal, 1.8 pounds; outs, 1.2 pounds; rye bran, .0 pound; lin seed' iimmJ, 1.1 pound; gluten, 1.2 DEVELOPMENT OF TRUCK BUSINESS Motor Industry in Rural Terri tory Has an Important Ef fect on Marketing Costs. WAR BROUGHT ABOUT CRISIS Conditions Precipitated Action by Creating Demand for Transports, tlon Facilities of All Kinds Difference In Plans. Three general causes have contrib uted to tho exploitation of the motor truck Industry In rural territory an Industry which has an Important effect on farm-marketing costs. These cam ca are: (1) tho growth of our larg er cities and tho consequent develop ment of near-by producing areas to provide for part of tho food needs of these cities; (2) the failure of the railroads to keep pace with the ex pansion of their short-haul business; (11) the development of the motor truck .manufacturing Interests and tho con sequent extension of their sales cam paigns. Crisis In Transportation. The crisis In the transportation Held, brought about by national war inner- A Type ot Motor Truck That Requires Skill for Most Efficient Operation. gency. auordod stimulus to tne devel opment of rural motor transportation more powerful than any other general lnlluence. Doubtless the motor truck. In any event, would have established Itself as a factor In the rural Held, but ordinarily this would have been a slow process, Involving the many prelimi nary step.-. War conditions precipi tated action by creating a very unusiml demand for transportation facilities of 'all kinds. It has been necessnry only to develop tho opportunity. Such development necessitates or presup poses a certain familiarity with the problem as a whole. That such fa miliarity did not exist among thow Interested In developing rural motor routes was shown by preliminary In vestigations, Inltlnted by tho bureau of markets, United States department of agriculture. An attempt was made more than a year ago to conduct a gen eral preliminary survey of rural motor routes established or In process of es tablishment. The purpose was to se cure basic Information regarding the desirability of establishing such routes, tiie methods undertaken by the beginners in tills Held, nnd the mcnAure of success which had been attained during the early period of op eration. Truck Is Newcomer. The Information collected shows con siderable differences In the plans adopted by the average Inexperienced operator. The word "Inexperienced" Is used advisedly In view of the fact that the motor truck Is a comparative ne.vcomer In the field of transportation and there has not yet been time for many of the Important preliminary problems to be worked out nnd n gen eral understanding of possibilities se cured. Tho results of tbo department's Investigations in this Held have been complied In a bulletin, "Motor Trans portation for Knral Districts." which will be ent or request. Address Unit- oil States department of agriculture, Washington. D. C. PUREBREDS NEEDED AT HOME Wisconsin Bank Offers to Advance Money to Customers Who Wish to. Purchase Holstelns. The Itetter-Slres campaign conduct ed by various states In co-operation with the bureau of animal Industry. United States department of agricul ture, Is developing the fact that bank credit Is as available to the progres sive live stock farmer as to the pro- gresslvo business man of tbo city. A letter received by the bureau of animal Industry reports the following announcement published by a Wiscon sin bnnk to Its farmer patrons: "Why Jiot Keep some of those pure- bred Holstelns at home? Many line an imals will be sold at the llryt annual sale of the Hrown County llolsteln Hreeders' association to be held In the Hrown county fair grounds West Do I'ore. Wis., The bank Is ready to stand back of any of Its customers who wish to purchase some of the stock to he offered for sale and who do not feel able at present to carry the Investment. Call at the hank, and the accomodation can be easily ar runted." .u MARKET INFLUENCED LARGELY BY SUPPLY Lowest Prices Prevail After tho Heaviest Shipments. With Decreasing Stocks Prices Ad vance, Sometimes Recovering Much of Early Decline Careful Study Will Assist The man engaged In either selling or buying perishable produce will do well to familiarize himself with the UMial course of tlio market In such lines during a, season. The natural market course, according to marketing experts of the United States department of ag riculture, Is somewhat as follows: It starts high with active movement even for Inferior stock because the de mand has the sharp edge of novelty nnd appetite. The price gradually de clines nnd poor stock becomes harder to sell as the supply Increases. Low est prices arrive soou after tin heav iest shipments begin, ami a glut may occur, especially If many sections are shipping at once ami there Is jnucli poor stock. Then, with n decreasing supply, prices advance, sometimes re covering much of the early decline, but usually not reaching tho opening prices because demand Is far lev- keen at tho end of a long season. If tho last of the shipments arc Inferior, as hnppons frequently with many perishable crops, the season may close at or near bot tom prices. The common or natural market de velopments do not nlwuys take placo us might be expected. Quito frequent ly superior quality of the main crbp or absence of general competition will bring higher prices In mid season. Un- expected shortage may cause tho re- servo stock In storage to sell at high prices at the close of tho season, espo dally the less perishable crops like potatoes, onions, apples, cabbage, ejo. (.'areful study of crop, shortage, sup ply, and shipment should onnnle a fairly good Judgment to lie made ot the outcome. However, quickly per ishable short season crops like straw berries or melons are very Irregular, and so It Is dllllcult to form a reliable market Judgment of them. BEAUTIFY FARM HOME YARDS Shrubbery, Flower Beds and Good Lawn Involve Comparatively Small Amount of Labor. The dwelling Is the lieadqunrters of the farm business. Chores are done before breakfast and often after sup per, the stock need close attention, certnln farm seeds are kept In the house, the hired than may sleep there, and the women folks take care of the poultry; thus It Is almost essentlnl that the house be reasonably close to the other buildings. L'he value of tho owc constitutes an Important part of the real estate value of the farm, says the United States department of ngrlculture. On the higher-priced corn-belt farms and the low-priced cotton-belt farms the value of the dwelling represents from Modest Farm Homo Showing Simple and Effective Beautificatlon by In expensive Planting. f to 15 per cent of tho real estate value of the farm, while In the eastern part of tho United .States thin per centage Is more commonly -0 per cent or over. The beautifying of tho yard by shrubbery, llovver beds, and a good lawn Involves the occasional use of manure, tho Introduction of fertile soil, the uso of u team and of small farm tools, all of which are avallubla on tho uvvrage farm. MOVIE ATTRACTION IS NEW Series of Pictures and Stcreoptlcon Slides to Be Used to Boost "Better Sires." The department of agriculture Is preparing a series of motion pictures and. stcreoptlcon slides for uso In the "Heller Sires" campaign. The Inter est aroused among tne nrceuers or the United States Is tuklng the form of requests upon tho department of agriculture for Information which, It is hoped, the Him feature will be able to satisfy. It Is probable that the motion pictures will be reudy for Issue next fall. RAPE IS ESPECIALLY USEFUL If Not Pastured Down Too Close Crop Will Grow Until Fall Withstands Hot Weather. Ilapo seeded early will grow until fall If not pastured down to less than four or live leaves to the plant. The crop Is especially useful during the hot. dry months. It will grow until heavy frosts come and may be pas tured from curly Juue to tho middle , of November, or ubout alx months. POULTRY IRC SUCCESS IN RAISING SQUABS Opportunity Is Well Worth Consider ing for Those Who Have Lofts Produce Meat Quickly. The back yard poultry keeper can hardly hope for success with turkeys, geese, ducks or guineas, but for those who have lofts over a" garage, stable. or coal shed, the opportunity for squab growing Is well worth considering. For food purposes pigeons are usu- ally classed with poultry. Culturally they are In a class by themselves, pro ducing ment only, producing It very quickly, and able to produce well un der conditions that do not admit of growing nny other crenture used for food. While the Ideal arrangement for pigeons Is to have their house on the ground, nnd a small covered ynrd. called n "fly," connecting with It, pigeon keeping may he carried on quite extensively In upper rboms or lofts, with or without open-air tlys. Many flocks of pigeons are kept In large cities In qunrlers provided for them In the lofts or on the roofs of buildings used for mercantile and man ufacturing purposes. A space six feet square and high enough for the attendant to stand erect will accommodate eight to ten pairs of pigeons for squab breeding, the poultry specialists In tho United Stales department of agriculture say. The birds mate and begin breeding when six to seven months old. The male shares with the hen the duty of Incubation. The young hatch In nbotit 17 days. At four weeks old. average squabs will weigh about three quarters of a pound each. Some of the larger ones will weigh over a 'sound at . that age. A good pair of breeders will product? six or seven or more pairs of squabs a Runt Cross and White Runt (Female.) year. As many as u pairs ot squana have been produced by one pair In a ( year. When pronuctioji is iiign tno femnle lays and begins Incubation while she has young still In the nest, leaving the care of them to her mate. liaising squabs has been Increasing In cities In recent ,vearj. On farms the tendency has been the other way. On a farm a Hock of free pigeons, If mil kept down by killing off the 'in crease, soon becomes a nuisance, de stroying grain nnd lining a great deal of damage, especially on new-seeded ground. PLAN TO CARRY LIVE FOWLS Bird Wrapped In Cornucopia of News papers and Given Plenty of Air Is Quite Content. Carrying live fowls In a cornucopln of newspapers. In the manner of car rying n bouquet. Is a good iden. Tho bird Is laid down on tlio paper and the legs straightened out on a ll:io with the tall: the wings are held In position at the sides. The newspaper Is then rolled around the bird, making a eornucopla, and the lower end Is twisted, which leaves the upper end open. When carrying the bird In this maimer, the twisted end of the cornu copln Is held In the hand, allowing the roll to rest on the arm. The bird lias plenty of nlr and seemingly Is content In Its peculiar position. PURE BREEDS ARE PAMPERED Supposition That Common Fowlo Are Most Hardy Is Erroneous Only Strongest Survive. The supposition that common fowls are hardier than pure meeds is not borne out by the facts. Those who batch chicks of the common kinds lose a .large number of tficm, only tho strongest surviving, and every year they are more and more Inbred. The pure breeds suffer from being pam pered by their owners In many In stances, In which cases they, do not compare favorably with common fowls. SMALL START FOR BEGINNER Safest Plan for Those About to Em. bark In Poultry Business Many ' Hard Problems. The safest way for those who are about to make their tlrst attempt nt poultry raising Is to start In a small way with n few fowls and learn the business thoroughly before making large Investments. Mistakes will be made and many difficult problems will be presented for solution before sue cifsi In any large measure will be at-'Jtlned. pound.
