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NORTH PLATTE SEMT WEEKLY TIURtTNR.
PREPARING SILO
FOR FUTURE USE
Every Farmer Should See That
Structure Is in Proper Con
dition for Com Crop.
BEST COATING' FOR INTERIOR
Go Over Huge Receptacle Carefully
and Seal Cracks With Tar and
Oakum In Filling Prevent Air
Pockets by Packing.
Prepared by the Onlted States Depart-
mont of Agriculture.)
Corn-canning time thnt period when
a portion of the corn crop Is prepared
nnd sealed In the silo will soon bo
here. Every bIIo owner should seo
that the structure Is In best condition
to receive the succulent corn crop.
As the fanner gives the silo the thor
ough "once over" he must look out,
first of nil. for proper protection for
the Interior. The nnnunl nppllcutlon
of n mixture of coal tar and croosote,
both Inside and outside, adds greatly
to the life of a wood silo, as It protects
the wood against decay. The coal-tar
creosote solution Is relatively Inex
pensive and the cost of treating the
silo with this material Is so slight that
no silo owner should allow his silo
to stand without this protection. It
Is also essential that he tighten loose
tioops In order that no cracks or crev
ices nllow air seepage. If the hoops
1iave been kept tight, however, during
the period that the silo Is empty, they
should be loosened Just before filling
to prevent buckling or breaking of
"hoops Mue to swelling when the dry
staves absorb moisture from the green
ullage.
Look for Cracks In Old Silos.
In the case of wooden silos It may
5)0 advisable to cement around tho
bottom of the silo where the founda
tion Joins the superstructure. In the
case of old silos It will be profitable
for the fanner to go over them careful
ly to look for cracks, and where he finds
them to seal with tar and oakum, wood
tiller, or other effective material. If
the bottom of the s'.lo has decayed
slightly, the owner may saw oft what
ever amount Is necessary, nnd then, by
the use of blocking, gradually lower
' the.sllo to the foundation again, ce
menting around the base as previously
' described.
When the silo Is air-tight and able
to stand the most rigid inspection,,
the owner may consider the actual
work of tilling. A wise precaution Is
to place several feet of straw In the
ttottom of the silo to act as a protective
blanket between the bottom of tho
Filling the Sio With Corn More
Corn Roughage Is Needed, Espe
cially in Regions Where Legumes Do
Not Thrive.'
xllo and the feed, as ordlunrily sllago
Juices collect there unless proper fa
cilities for drainage are provided und
the straw acts us a valuable absorbent
for this excess of moisture which oth
erwise might damage the bottom sil
age. Mu6t Tramp It Down Well.
In the actual opnratlonof filling tho
silo It Is of paramount Importance that
no ulr pockets ba left; tills Is pre
vented by sufficient tramping. It de
pends largely on tho diameter of the
silo how many men shoujd be used to
tramp the ensilage, but even In silos
us small as 112 feet In diameter, If
sufficient help Is avalluble, at least
three men should be used with an In
crease in the force as the size of tho
silo Increases.
The proper sealing of the silo also
Is Important, because where the silo Is
correctly topped off there usually Is
n minimum loss of tho succulent feed.
A good plan Is to snap the ears from
the last three or four loads of corn
-which are run Into the silo. Straw
or coarse hay may also be used as n
topping. Then outs should be sown
over the top of the contents after It;
has been thoroughly moistened, If nec
essary, although as a rule the corn,
If cut nt the proper stage, is moist
enough without extra watering.
MOULTING PERIOD IS TRYING
Little .Extra Feeding and Provlsfon for
Physical Comfort of Fowls
Will Be Repaid.
Don't forget the prosperity of your
birds during the moult. It Is a trying
period, when a little eutra feeding und
prpvlslon for their physical comfort
will be rewarded by an early return to
productive laying at the old stand.
A "
DESTRUCTIVE ENEMY
OF OUR WHEAT CROP
Suggestions Made for Fight on
the Hessian Fly.
Specialists Recommend Crop Rotation
and Not Sowing on Stubble Where
Possible to Avoid Plow
All Land Early.
The yesslan fly, ono of the oldest
and at times one of tho most destruct
ive enemies of the wheat crop In the
United States, Is again on tho Increase.
Specialists of the United States de
partment of agriculture make tho fol
lowing suggestions for combating the
pest :
Practlco crop rotation. Do not sow
wheat on stubble if it is possible to
avoid doing so.
Plow under all infested stubble and
mined wheat, wheru practicable, soon
after harvest.
Destroy all volunteer wheat by har
rowing, disking, plowing, or some oth
er method.
Plow all land to be sown to wheat as
early and deeply as existing conditions
Heulan Fly.
permit, and prepare a thoroughly p.ul
vcrlzed und compacted seed bed.
Conserve moisture against a period
of drought at seeding time.
Use good seed. ,
Fertilize.
Sow wheat during the fly-free peri
od, as advised by your farm advisor
or state experiment station.
Adhere to these practices every year,
whethe r the fly Is abundant or scarce.
They will help to keep it scarce.
ORDER FERTILIZERS AT ONCE
Avoid Transportation Difficulties by
Acting Quickly Phosphate
Increases leld.
So valuable has acid phosphate been
found In growing wheat, the Ohio sta
tion calls attention to the fact that
farmers will profit by ordering their
fall fertilizers at once. Transportation
difficulties" mny become more acute
during the summer and since the man
ufacture and transportation of acid
phosphate are of a seasonal nnture the
orders should be placed early.
It may be necessary to use consid
erable fertilizer next fall to combat
the Hessian fly, which has been quite
destructive during this season. In
some cases It Is necessary to plant the
wheat lato and fertilize heavily, de
pending on the fertilizer to give the,
wheat a start equal to that of early
sowing. At the Ohio station nnd on
many of the county experiment farms
the use of 100 pounds of acid phos
phate to the acre has Increased the
wheat yield by five bushels per acre,
while Uie residual effect of the fer
tilizer Is also noted for several years,
the Increase In the hay crop follow
ing tho wheat paying tho entire cost
of the fertilizer application. In many
experiments.
USE SULPHUR AS FERTILIZER
Demonstrated In Many Cases That It
Is Valuable Agent, Especially
on Alfalfa.
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Mil eh evidence has been accumulat
ed during tho past five years to show
that sulphur In many cases constitutes
a valuable fertilizer agent and In
many cases gives remarkable results
when applied In the presence of lime.
In particular, remarkable results have
attended Its use on alfalfa. Amounts
of 100 pounds to the acre have In
many cases given remarknble increase
In crop.
POULTRY MANURE IS RICHEST
One of Best Fertilizers Made on Farm
Valuable for Its Large
Amount of Nitrogen.
Poultry manure is the richest ma
nure made on tho farm, but on tho
ordinary farm not much attention Is
given It, simply because of the small
amount usually made. Poultry pin
nure Is valuable chiefly for Its largo
amounts of nitrogen nnd phosphoric
acid, as It contains about three times
as much nitrogen and five or six times
ns much phosphoric acid as ordlnnry
farm manure.
LATE HATCHING NOT FAVORED
Evil Effects Are Strikingly Shown In
Culling Large Per Cent Must
Be Thrown Out.
The evil effects of late hatching nro
strikingly shown in practical culling
work among farm Hocks. Tho trained
observer can pick out the late-hntched
flock by the lack of size, early moult
ing tendency and poor body capacity
of the lions. In a .flock of late-hatched
birds q large per cent of tho bens must
be thrown out as cujls.
IMPROVED
ROADS
ARMY MATERIAL FOR ROADS
Millions of Dollars' Worth of Machin
ery Available tor Construc
tion of Highways.
The signing' by the president of a
bill directing the aecrctnry of war to
transfer certain surplus army equip
ment to the United States department
of agriculture, as well as allotting cer
tain material to other branches of tho
government, makes available for dis
tribution to the states millions of dol
lars' worth of machinery for use in
highway construction.
Since tiierc is now available from nil
sources federal, state, county, etc.
more than $1,000,000,000 for rood build
ing, tho states arc anxious to secure
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Carrying Forward Nation's Great Road
Building Program, Support of, Which
Is Urged by Secretary Meredith.
their allotments of these nrmy supplies
becnuso of tho groat assistance they
will be In expediting road building.
This material Is In addition to npprox
imntely 22,000 nrmy motor vehicles
which already have been allotted to
the states through the federal depart
ment of agriculture In accord with pre
vious legislation.
As yet no definite estlmnte can be
mode us to the number of mnchlnes of
different kinds which the secretary of
war will designate to be "surplus and
not required for military purposes," as
provided In the act. Among the scores
of items listed In tho law are: Road
rollers, sprinkling wngons, concrete
mixers, derricks, complete pile-driver
outfits, clam-shell buckets, caterpillar
and drag-line eKcuvators, plows,
cranes, dump wagons, hoisting engines,
stump pullers, wheelbarrows, blasting
machines, corrugated metal culverts,
surveying Instruments, drafting ma
chines, fabricated - bridge materials,
gravity nnd power conveyors, nnd
wngons.
The distribution of this material
will be made by the United States dcy
pnrtment of agriculture, the work be
ing In the Immediate chnrge of the bu
reau of public roads. It will be al
lotted In the snme ratio rfs funds,
granted to the states for federal aid
roads.
Tho bill also empowers the secre
tary of war in his discretion to trans
fer to the United States department
of agriculture for use by the forestry
service In the work of supervising the
national forests, any telephone sup
plies no longer required for mllltnry
purposes.
The federal government Is to b re
imbursed by the states n sum equal to
20 per cent of the vnlue of the mnte
rlal less all freight charges Incurred In
delivering the- property to them. Tho
title to all vehicles and other equip
ment remains vested In the stnte for
use In- Improving highways. No ve
hicles anil equipment, In serviceable
condition, can be sold or the title
transferred to any one else. A provi
sion Inserted In the bill shortly before
Its flnnl passage prpvlded that any
state highway department may ar
range' for the use of this material by
nny stnte ngency or municipal corpora
tion nt a fair rental, If It Is to bo used
In constructing nnd maintaining public
highways. The rental must not bo
less thun the cost of mnlntennnce and
repair of the vehicles nnd equipment
DRIVERS CAN PREVENT WEAR
One Thing That ! Most Destructive Is
Driving In Traoks Distribute
Traffic Evenly.
'Drivers enn prevent wenr to tho sur
faces of the roads and even Improve
their (jondltlons, If Instead of driving
In one track or on fho edge of the
rond, they will drive over the middle
nnd other less-used parts of the road
when traffic permits. The ono thing
thnt Is fatal above all things to rond
surfaces, whether dirt or paved. Is
driving In tracks, which subjects ono
small part of the road surface to all
the traffic and damage that the whole
road accommodates. Traffic should he
evenly distributed over the entire sur
face of the road, and n little thought
fulness nnd enre In this respect on tho
part of drivers will do much to add
to tho permanence nnd excellence of
our rondways.
Benefits of Good Roads.
Good roads will enable the produc
ers to hold their yield for n longer
time, thus Insuring higher prices for
them nnd lower nnd more uniform
prices for the consumer, and will
servo to distribute railway tralllc
moro evently over the entire year.
Useful as a Weapon,
A system of good roads, built on a
uniform plnn of excellence by tho
states and the nation, could be util
ized as a powerful weapon In the
consumers' struggle with high prices.
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THOSE PRETTY
COTTON FROCKS
THEItK nro some very good stories
that never grow old. We listen
to them, with variations, from yenr to
year und from generation to genera
tion. And so It Is with the story of
cotton frocks. Sometimes they nro
simple, oftentimes they nro not, espec
ially In this season of much-trimmed
dresses. Tuke orgundles for example.
Some of them nre stitched In. colors
that make u color contrast, some of
them are covered with lace frills dyed
to match, numbers are befrllled with
little flounces of the same material,
others are decorated with satin cut
Into geometrical figures and If yarn
embroidery and stitching hasn't at
tacked them ns yet, It Is sure to do
so, for nothing Is Immune. Hut, of nil
the lovely trimmings that hove been
Inspired by organdy . nothing quite
equals the blossoms thnt are made
of It.
Writing of sucii nn airy and irre
sponsible fabric Is likely to make one
n bit flighty but there nre other cotton
frocks, the ginghams and dimities and'
cliambrnys, whoso role ' Is not frivo
lous but always Interesting. Thoy nre
Veils Do Their Kindly Part
TUB light thnt lies In woman's eyes
Is airily veiled these summer
days, glancing with heightened charm
through nearly Invisible screens of
silk. Qf a spider web flnenuss, und,
considering It, unbelievable strength,
our veils support patterns of braiding,
embroidery or dots that center atten
tion on them and give them distinc
tion. Behind such Interesting bnrrlcrs
faces are moro interesting. Veils have
much to give to their wearers, but
they have to be selected with discre
tion, for they can b either kind or
unkind, both revealing nnd conceal
lng; that's why they nre made In so
mnny and so varied patterns.
Four chic veils, as shown nbove,
give one only nn inkling of tho endless
variety in the orniimcntntlon of flno
meshes that nre nt tho service of veil
devotees for this summer.
Paris sponsors hendwear In which
the veil Is more Important than tho
hat over which It falls. An example
appears In the square mesh net with
braided pattern In the border, that
drapes n narrow brimmed Imt of mn
linos without trimming, except for n
bnnd nnd how of ribbon. The veil's
the thing In this millinery, lending
graceful (lowing lines to It,
Another crentlon m thu same order
appears In the fasclr.r.ting curtnln veil.
It hns a fine hexagonal mesh with
raided design In u flower motif,
terming u deep border around It, fin
ished by a fancy edge. It veils the
face to the tip of thu uosu at the
the bread and butter dresses that wo
never tire of. Two out of many sano
nnd attractive models are pictured
here.
Oinghnms hi the smaller plaids and
In checks suited tho mood of the seas
on better than any others, perhaps
because they look so well with or
gandy In nccessorles nnd decorations.
Ono of these is shown with square
neck finished with white organdy
frills having plcot edges In n color.
The skirt Is shirred In four rows nnii
where It Joins the bodice n little or
namental stitching mnkes n girdle un
necessary. The other dress might be the effort
of an-expert designer trying to dem
onstrate Just how plain n cotton frock
can he, and still be unusual and In
teresting, This one might he made
of unbleached domestic or of chum
bray. Occasional splashes of vivid
color appear In a scattered leaf motif,
cut from heavy cotton nnd outlined
with stitches in black. A girdle (if
nnrrow black ribbon makes just tho
right flnlsh.
front nnd trails away, lengthening to
tho shoulders at tho back. '
At the right of tho plctiiro n
sprightly hat, with flaring brim, adds
to Its trim smartness by means of u
fuco veil having a large mesh of very
fine thread and a leaf motif In two
plnces. The mesh Is next to Invisible.
Veils of this kind, drawn over hat,
face and hair make a finishing touch
that Is Irreproachably neat.
Large dots nrranged In u battlement
border on nn open mesh veil, ndorn thu
hist of tho patterns pictured. , It Is
placed over the top of a lint with
upturned brim, nnd covers tho face
and neck, hanging to the same length
all round. The group reveals that
veils nre draped In various wnys nnd
lolls but little of their story, but
enough to prove It Interesting.
V
A Bead Ban Craze.
The bend bug Is on tho very crest
or the wnvo ot summer fashion.
Their design Is olegnnt nnd their work
manship line and they form tho very
latest thing In exclusive dress acces
sories. Tho prices range from .$15 to 550
and even n little higher. Such n rngo
there Is for theso bngs In Now York
that one young society girl hnd 27 dif
ferent st.vleH of hags, and ten 'of them
were bead bags.
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SAY "DIAMOND DYES"
Don't streak or ruin your mntprlrtl in v
poor dye, Inslat on "Diamond Dye,"
Easy dlrectlcm in package.
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"CORNS"
Lift Right Off Without Pain
Doesn't hurt n bit! Drop a llttla
"FrecEonoV on an aching com, instantly
that corn stops hurting, then shortly
you lift it right off with fingers. Tmly I
Your druggist sells n tiny bottlo ot
"Freoxono" for n fow cents, sufficient to
remove every hard com, soft corn, or
corn between tho toes, nnd tho calluses,
without soreness or irritation. 1
NO MERCY FOR THE FLIRT
According to Dream, Modern Qlrl Met
With Deserved Condemnation
at St Peter's Hands.
Cortlnndt Bloeker was tnlklng at
Piping Hock about the modern girl.'
"I hud n dream last night," ha
said. "I dreamed that n modem girl
died nnd appeared before St. Peter.
"She wore a gown of filmy, nlmoit
transparent tissue. She was very
beautiful, and she had a conquering
air,
"'Let me In, please,' snc snld. 'My
sweethearts were fiumberless, hut my
virtue remained unspotted. Though I
sLatcd over mllert of thin Ice, I never
ouco fell through. I am li modern
girl.'
"Hut St. Peter frowned nnd said,
pointing downwards with his fore
finger: "I condemn you to the same
flames to which you condemned
your foolish lovers.' "
After Ten Years
Eatonic Proves the Best
"I say, God bless eatonic," writes
Mrs. Delia M. Doyen. "I can truth
fully say, after suffering with stomach
trouble for ten long years, that I hnva
never had anything do me so much
good as this ono box of eatonic."
We print theso grateful words from
this dear lady, bo that sufforers every
where mny have hope and a llttla
faith Just enough to give eatonic a
trial. Why, folks, last year over half
a million pcoplo used eatonic and
found relief, k f
This Is tho secret: Eatonic sim
ply takes up the excess acids, poisons
nnd gases, nnd carries them right out
of tho body. Of cburso, when tho
cause Is removed, the sufferer gets
well. Stomach troublo causes about
seventy non-organic diseases, so, if
you nre suffering any kind of misery,
not feeling well, go right to your drug
gist today nnd ohtnln a big box of
cutonlc; cost Is a trifle. Use it and
find quick, sure relief.
Mnke this test you will see, and
then, if you ure not satisfied, your
dnigglst will hnnd your money bnck.
Ho does not want one penny unless
entonlc pleases you. Adv.
The Handy Airplane.
Just ns wo have reached the era of
national prohibition, a way has been
found for reaching Europe In a great
hurry. Under the newest development
of Inventive genius, a thirsty man can
hop to the oilier side, discuss matters
of Importance with a friend till his
words begin to run together nnd his
nut settles permanently over one eye,
nnd then he can get hack in ample
time to have the headache right In his
own home. This Is Indeed a reniurk-
ablo nge. Thrlfr Magazine.
A Ladv of Distinction
Is recognized by the delicate fascinat
ing Influence of the perfume she uses.
A bath with Cutlcurn Soap and hot
water to thoroughly cleanse tho pores,
followed by n dusting with Cutlcnra
Tnlcum powder usually means a clear,
sweet, healthy skin. Adv.
Paging Herself.
Willie a member of u college society,
I was called upon one evening to ict
as recording secretary In tho absence
of the ono elected to thnt office. After
n short prayer, with which all pro
grams were opened, I began to cnll tho
roll. When I cuino t' my own nnme,
which I called several times, I waited
so long for the "here" or "present"
response that u smllo and titter ran,
around tho hull. I then beenme con
scious of what I was doing, and pro
ceeded to finish the roll call In a
hurry. Chicago Tribune.
Experience Is something one can sel
dom sell or overt give away In the
form of advice.
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
RmoTi Owiilra n-S tuptll alrlTaUlBM
Itetiorea uaior ana
Beaut y to Gray and Faded Hair
m& una ii.coRt arutnrmv '
Ilwol Chtm. W Iri. 1'atchncTH.KT.
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