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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1920)
f NORTH PLATTE REMT-WTCTCKTiY TIUTUTVP. V FAVOR PROJECTS FOR GOOD ROADS Remarkable Increase Shown in Statement Issued by Bureau of Public Roads. MANY AGREEMENTS EXECUTED Sreat Reduction Made In Time for Preliminary Work Before Actual Construction la Begun Few Projects Completed. The remarkable rnto nt which the number of federal-aid rond-bulldtng projects hns Increused since the wnr Is shown In u summary relating to nil such work from September 30, 1010, so April 80, 1020, which lmH been pre pared by the bureau of public ronds, Vntted Stntes department of agricul ture. On the Inter dnte the states had tiled with the bureau 2,885 project statements of which 2,700 had been -approved, representing 27,700 miles of highway. "Work In Progress. Up to May 1 of this year 1,074 proj ects had proceeded" to the stage nt which plans, specifications, and esti mates had been delivered to the bu reau of public roads. The plans, speci fications and estimates of 1,827 of these had been recommended for ap proval, representing 155,845 miles. ProJ ct agreements had nctually been exe cuted and construction work was In progress on 1,609 projects, totnlllng 11,087 miles. In addition, work had been begun on about 100 projects for which agreements had not nctually een digued, thus expediting the prog ress of the work nnd bringing the to tal mileage under construction up to 13,540. The summary shows that a jireat reduction hns been made In the 1lme required for preliminary work be fore actual construction Is begun. Agreements Made. On the average the states have sub mitted project statements for nearly 315 per cent of their respective allot ments and have entered Into agree ment to construct highways which call for about one-half of their federal-aid money. The projects actually com--pleted and paid for are comparatively .few, but they are materially exceeded In -lumber by those which are practl ently completed. California, Delaware, Illinois, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minne sota. Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Uhode Island, Utah, "Washington. West Virginia and Wyo jming have each submitted, approved project statements for all or nearly all nf their allotments. iPROTECTION FOR WATER PAN Slatted Cage Attached to Wall High Enough to Keep Out Fowls' Scratchlngs. I Is To protect the water pan In the poultry house or outdoors, make a cage with a hinged top, as shown, The fowls can readily reach Inside mid get a drink, and as the cage Is fastened to the wall, several Inches Water Pan Protected. from the tloor, there is little danger of having dirt scratched Into the. pan writes li. Frank Boyer In Farm Jour mil. When placed outdoors, the top of the cage protects the water from the rays of the sun. COLORADO BEETLE BAD PEST Insects May Be Killed by Spraying With Strong Solution of Bordeaux Mixture. The Cplorado potato beetle Is the worst pest which potato growers have to tight. They may be killed by spray ing with a strong arsenic such as parls green, using nt the rate of half pound to BO gallons of bordeaux mixture, IN MAKING BEET-TOP SILAGE Same. Fundamental Factors Involved as With Corn Thorough Pack Ing Is Required, The fundamental factors that are In volved In making good corn silage also -ntmlv In makltiK-beet-top sllngc. Pack the mass thoroughly to exclude tho fiw air and then snl tight. Good silage requires thorough packing. MOISTURE INJURIOUS TO HAY It Should Not Be Raked, Bunched o Put Into Stacks While It It Wet With DevV or Rain. The hay maker must over keep In mind that hay Is always more likely to be Injured by moisture that Is on it than by moisture that is in It 'M here fore It whould not be raked. bunched or put Into stneks when It Is wet with dew or ruin. ONE DIP NOT ENOUGH TO CURE SHEEP SCAB One Reason Is That All Eggs Have Not Been Killed. Important That Second Treatment Ba Made Before Mites Which May Hatch Out Have Had Chance to Deposit More Eggs. A single dipping usually falls to rid n Hock of sheep from scab, according to findings of specialists of tho United States department of agriculture re ported In Farmers' Bulletin 713. The apparent reason Is either that nil the females In the course of de positing eggs, at which time they ap pear especially tenacious of life, or all the egg nlready deposited have not been destroyed by the dipping; conse quently, after the eggs which may have escaped tho llrst dipping havo had an opportunity to complete their incubation, it is essential to dip tho sheep again. It Is also essential that the second dipping take place before any mites which may hatch out after the first Dipping Sheep in Cement Vat. dipping liave had time to become ma ture and deposit more eggs. As the eggs on the body of tho host usually require 4 days' Incubation, sometimes a week, and probably never more than 10 days, and as 10 to 12 days are nec essary for the young mites after hatch ing to grow to maturity, mate, and de posit their eggs, it would appear that the best time for the second dlpinng Is about 10 days after the first, as all the eggs will have hatched, while praC' tlcally none of the new generation of mites will have developed sulllclently to deposit eggs. Practical experience has shown that the second dipping may be delayed until the fourteenth day without unfavorably nffeCtlng tho results of the treatment, but wherever possible It is preferable to follow tho 10-day rule. Copies of Bulletin 7111 will be fur nished, tipon request, by the depart tuent at Washington, D. C. PLANTING ENDIVE IN AUGUST Is King of Winter Salads and Thero Is Plenty of Room at This Time of Year. Ordinary endive Is the king of all winter salads that are In reach of tho ordlnnry gardener. It should be plant ed from the first to the middle of August. The green curled varieties are best. There Is always plenty of room In the gnrdens nt this time of year, therefore sow the rows wldo enough apart to allow banking with earth. Thin the plnnts to stand about four Inches apart. Having It that close, together will not produce largo heads, but they will be finer In tex ture and more tender. Bv the time the llrst freeze Is ex pected this will be a hedgerow. Lift the outer leaves, pirsslng boards against the sides of the row nnd hold them In place" with stakes. Leave it until In danger from freezing weather, then draw earth against the boarda and add straw covering. GETTING RID OF QUACK GRASS Three-Year Crop Rotation, Including Grain, Clover and Corn, Is Ex cellent Plan. A three-year crop rotation small grain, clover nnd corn nnd n two- yenr-crop rotation corn nnd rye or early potatoes and ryt also afford an excellent opportunity for getting rid of quack grass. Extra expense required by extra tillage will In most cases be largely made up by increased yields. INVESTING IN FOREST CROP Less Actual, Cash Called for Than In Any Other Form of Enterprise on Many Farms. A forest crop calls for less actual outlay of cash In proportion to tho final Income than any other form of enterprise. An Investment of $10 to Sift an acre, with a small nnnunl carrying charge, In 40 to f0 years will produce a return equivalent to from 4 to 0 per cent compound Interest for the period Involved. CAPS GIVE GOOD PROTECTION Weights to Hold Down Covers on Hay Crop Can Be Made of Concrete How They Are Made. To secure sweet, mold-free liny, cov er the haycocks with a canvas or mus lin cover, flood weights to hold down the covers can be made of concrete. Mix one part cement to two parts sand ; mold them like doughnuts or cakes, embed a galvanized wire loop In each, and set them Inside In a damp place for seven days before using. m A TTTM THE ROUGHAGE AIDS FAMOUS COW Helen Ullkje Calamity Gained In Milk Production When Switched From Grain Ration. When Helen Ullkje Calamity 145857 was switched from a grain to a purely roughngo ration, It was thought that she might object to this change of diet nnd drop off In mill; production, but she didn't In fact, this cow actu idly Increased her flow of milk and surpassed any of her previous years' production records by more thuu 2,400 pounds of milk. Helen, who comes of a good old fam ily, nnd Is n granddaughter of Home stead Girl De Kol Sarcastic Lad, was sent by the dairy division of the Unit ed States department of agriculture from Beltsvllle, Md., to Huntley, Mont, In May. 1018. When she freshened on Juno 21 It was decided to run her on a scmlolllelnl yenrly test without any grain in her ration. Her ration consisted entirely of al falfa hay, silage, and pasture, and sho was milked three times a day. The al falfa hay was-of fine quality, and most of tho silnge was corn silage, although she received n little sunflower silage in December, January and February. The pasture was an Irrigated tame- grass mixture nnd was of good qual ity. At fnur venrs of aire Helen had pro duced at Beltsvllle 11,470.0 pounds' of milk, 3S2.05 pounds of butterfnt, on two dally mllklngs, nnd a grain, hay and silage ration. Again, at six years of age she produced 11,778.2 pounds of milk, '388.29 pounds of fat on two mllklngs nnd n grain, hay and silage ration. She was eight years and three months old when the test on roughngo alone begnn, nnd hcrs production for a year on that feed was 14,210.1 pounds of milk and 470.24 pounds of fat. Helen Is now being run on a sec ond test, three mllklngs u day, with the same roughage but with a grain mixture in addition. She has milked as high ns 01 pounds a day, and prom ises to Increase considerably her rec ord made on roughage nlone. The dniry division, in co-operation with the Montana experiment station, will run other cows on roughage alone, and Cows and Corn A Good Combination in Profitable Dairying. also on roughage and grain, nt the Huntley experiment farm, to nscertaln the maximum producing ability of good cows when they are fed on good roughage only, with access to pasture, and nlso when they are given grain In nddltlon to the roughage and pas ture. RIGHT CARE OF COW'S TEATS One of Most Delicate and Troublesome Parts of Animal's Anatomy Influences Milk Flow. One of the most delicate and trou blesome parts of n cow's anatomy Is the teat, and the keeping of this right hns a lot to do with the mllk-yleldlng part of the cow. The cow is kept to produce milk, nnd the tent Is, as It wore, the "neck" through which It must pnss, nnd the condition of tho tent must very much influence both the quantity and the qunllty of tho yield. SUMMER ATTENTION TO COWS Fly Aggravation Can Be Reduced by Keeping Animals In Stable During Heat of Day. Keeping cows In n cool darkened stable during the heat of tho day and turning them out to pasture nt nlghtf will tend to reduce the fly uggrnva tlon. All stable doors and window? should be screened, nnd manure which Is the breeding nluce of flips should be kept cleaned away and either scattered over the fields or ke ipt In a place where It can be screened DESIRABLE TASTE TO BUTTER Important That Utmost Care Be Taken In Production and Ripening of Cream, miner made from sweet cream has rather a flat tnslo and Isn't dcslrabl on that account In order to obtain this clean, sour flavor In the ereani It Is Important that extreme care should no iiiKPn in tne producing and ripe lug of the same. BETTER HIGHWAYS WAR "T. N. T." AIDS HIGHWAYS High Explosive Allotted Bureau of Public Roads for Use In Road Construction. Trlnltrotoluciie Is Its proper scien tific name, but the human tongue has Its limitations, and so this much- talkcd-of explosive Is generally known by Its abbreviation, "T. tf. T." It Is a pale yellow crystalline substance much used In tho Into wnr to furnish the explosive element for shells, bombs, nnd the depth bombs, which did so much to check the submarine activ ities. Tho sudden collapse of the German resistance found the United Stntes government with it largo supply of T. Surfaced Shell Road In Eastern Texas. N. T. on hand which It was not advis able to store. The bureau of mines demonstrated by experiment that this T. N. T. could be used for Industrial purposes, and allotments from the war department's stock were assigned to tho department of the Interior for uso in the reclamation service, national pnrks service, Indian service, Alaskan engineering commission, and to the de partment of agriculture for use In road construction work supervised by the bureau of public roads. The value of T. N. T. In road-build- ing operations has been fully "demon strated, and the bureau of public roads hns published a circular to describe Its characteristics, and to furnish direc tions for use of the explosive In place of dynamite for blasting, ditch digging. and rock breaking. As a general rule. T. N. T. may be used for any purpose to which dynnmlto may be put. It Is safe to handle; does not cause "dy namite headaches" as readily as the commercial explosive, nnd Is a trifle more powerful than low-percentage dy namite. JOHNSON LAUDS GOOD ROADS California Statesman Says Improved Highways Have Helped to De velop His State. Senator Illram Johnson of Califor nia, In speaking of the necessity of improved highways in the Unltet! States recently said: "We have had a great object les son of the value of good roads In the paved hlghwnys of my own state California. They have been a great factor In the development of the state, opening up regions which hitherto were Inaccessible nnd adding to the prosperity of all. The Improvement of tho tuition's highways will bo of .great economic value to the country ns a whole, relieving the congestion which now exists on other transporta tion facilities and mnklng distribution of the nation's commodities easier and chenpor. The good roads movement meets with my wnrmcst approval." BIG PROGRAM IN MINNESOTA Construction Plans Call for Expendi ture of $11,127,98G Trucks Sold to Farmers. Mlnnesotn has a rond building pro gram calling for the expenditure of $11,127,080. Ah nn Illustration of what the farmers of that state think of the motortruck a statement recent ly Issued by a bank In Minneapolis might be cited, In which It Is said that "trucks In Inrge numbers. Intended for Immedlnte use In marketing grains, are being sold to farmers." Elevator scales In many places are being remod eled to accommodate the growing fleet of farmers' trucks. BONDS FOR IMPROVED ROADS Districts, Counties and States Making Big Appropriation for Better High way Systems. Bonds running high Into millions of dollars are being Issued by districts, counties nnd states for the making of better roads. The national government Is aiding by appropriating money also, bnscd on the amounts raised by tho states. Much Interest Manifested. The widespread Interest manifested In better roadn Is shown by com parlson of previous totals with those of 1018, when $000,000,000 was spent for road construction throughout the country. Roads Are Necessity. Passable roads nro an nctilnl neces slrv mill everv nrmrresslve common! ty recognizes this fact, and Is Improv ing or will later Improve every rond over which there Is any considerable travel . , ,"-N'. NATIONAL AFFAIRS U. S. Has Grown 13,000,000 in Ten Years WASHINGTON. The population of continental United States under the 1020 census enumeration Is ap proximately 105,000,000, according to an estimate worked out by Dr. Joseph A. Hill, chief statistician of the bu reau of census division of revision and results. Under the estimate tho Increaso over 1010 Is 13,000,000 In round num bers, or tpproxlniately 14 per cent. The population In 1010 was 01,072,200. Dr. Mill uses In his estimate the figures In complete returns announced for 1,400 cities and towns, which hnvo an aggregate population of lt,029,:Ui4. On 1,314 of these 1,400 cities and Good Roads Problem DKCLAU1NG problems of hlghwny construction ure national rather than the concern of the Individual estate, the report of tho war depart ment to the highways-' committee ot congress s1111111111rl7.es conclusions reached as a result of tho army con voy of seventy-three trucks which blazed a trail from Washington to the Pacific coast last summer. These conclusions are. In part, as follows: First Thnt the necessity for a com prehensive system of national high ways. Including transcontinental or through routes east and west and north and south. Is real and urgent, ns a commercial asset, to further col onize nnd develop Hie sparsely settled sections of the country, nnd. dually as a defensive military necessity. Second That the existing roads and bridges, especially In the sparse ly settled sections of the middle and fnr western states, aro absolutely In capable of meeting the present day tralllc requirements and until mod ern types of ronds and bridges are constructed which will permit the rapid movement of heavy motor car go vehicles during any season of the year and In all conditions of weather, economical transcontinental highway tralllc will continue to be but u vain hope. Third That the road problems of Against Spirit and INDIONATTON over the growing power of the departments runs like a thread all through the proceedings of the last session. For example, here nre n few remarks by Senator King of Utah: "The executive departments nnd In strumentalities of the government seek to extend their authority ; they clamor for huge appropriations. Tho condition of the country nnd the treas ury do not influence them. During tho congress wo have witnessed de mands from executive olllcers for bil lions of dollars, when they should hove asked but for hundreds of mil lions. "Often, In order to get through np proprlatlons desired, ofllclnls of an executive branch of the government will send letters nnd telegrams to re mote parts of the land for the pur History in a Nutshell for Congressmen HISTORY In n nutshell was what one might call a paragraph In an address by Congressman Foss of Ohio Just before the adjournment, lie mid : Mr. Chairman, nlmost every admin istration from the beginning of the government has been marked by some outstanding event of legislation, some of them adversely rather thun favor nbly. The llrst. quite nnturally, wns marked by the many nets necessary to put the Constitution In operation, The administration of the elder Adams win marked by the alien and sedition laws. Jefferson's administration will always be looked upon us the one administra tion that started tho expansion of the country, so fnr as territory goes, In the purchase of Louisiana. Madison's administration was principally marked by the wur of 1812. Monroe's administration probably will be longest remembered by the doctrine thnt bears his name. Jack sou's administration will always be re garded as the one In which the out standing event was tho light ngiilnst the national bank Idea and the specie circular. Folk's administration will bo remembered by the Mexican war. Lincoln's administration, among CAPITAL towns comparative statements of their respective Increases or decreases dur ing the 1010-1020 hihI 1000-1910 peri ods are available. These comparisons show Hint the 1,314 cities and towns made an aver age gain of IVt per cent between WOO nnd' 1010. but during the 1010.1020 period the average gain for the same places was only 20 per cent. The Increnses In rural districts In variably nro smaller than In the cities. This Is shown by the fuct thnt while tho 1,314 cities and towns gained 35 per cent from 1000 to 1010, the entire country showed n gain "of only 21 per cent. The percentage gain of the entire country from 1000 to 11)10 21 i-t cent was but thrMlfths of the per centage gain by the cities nnd towns 35 er cent. If the same ratio pre vailed In the 1020 census the cities gained 20 per cent the percentage gulp for the country would be 15.0 per cent Actual decreases shown In rural counties, however, cansed Dr. Hill to place his estimate at 14 per cent Increase. National, Not State the middle nnd fnr western stntcs are national rather than local prob lems, as these states, while possess ing vast area nnd tremendous mile age of highways, have only u sparse population, which cannot possibly un dertake the needed highway Im provement work, -which, moreover, Is usually of greater Importance to the country us u whole than to the Indi vidual stntes. Fourth That the radius -of ac tion Hud the resulting utility value of the motor vehicle Is limited only by the condition of tile roads, and that the provision of adequate roads will have a far-reachlug effect on tho economic development of tho country nt lurge. Fifth That the types of motor vehicles, especially those used by the army, should bo co-ordinated with the road conditions. Form of Government pose of organizing movements to foreo congress to yield to their demands. In this wny they debauch the people, exceed their rights, nnd pervert O'lr form of government The executive departments nre organized for tho purpose of executing the Inw. admin istering the Inw, but they nre not sat Islled with that They want to make the law. They want congress to be came a rubber stamp, a pnsslve body, to register their wishes and grant their fiscal demands. "So long as executive ofllclnls do that, and send their emissaries out through the states as they ure do- Ing and have done for years organ izing the people for the purpose ot having them ask and demand appro priations, wo will havo these condi tions. "Mr. President. I hope some meas ure will be enacted Into law that will mnke It on offense for any executive olllclul, big or little, high or low. cabi net olllcer or otherwise, to carry on campaigns throughout the country to compel congress to appropriate money to plnco In their hands for expendi ture or to Increase their power and Jurisdiction. It is Indecent. It Is iigah.st the spirit and form of our government" other things that will mark it, will tie remembered by the great Civil war; Grant's by tho reconstruction effort; Hays' by the resumption of foeclo paymentH and the Introduction of tljij clvll-servlce system. Gnrtleld's ndmlnE Istrntlon was short-lived because ot the assassination soon after he took his seat. Cleveland's llrst administration will bo remembered by the creation of the Interstate commerce commission and the tariff law known us the Wilson tariff hill ; his second by tils stand for tho Integrity of the Monroe doctrine, Harrison's administration will nlwnyw be remembered by the antitrust law of 1800, known ns tho Sherman Antltriisc net, mid the McKlnley bill of the sumo year.