NORTH PLATTE SBM1-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
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Captures Many Prizes at Lead
ing American Fairs.
Remarkable Showing Made at Intern,
tlonal Live Stock Show at -Chi.
cago Carried Off Sweepstakes
For All Wheat.
Something that lends emphasis to,
and affords definite proof of, the gen
erosity of the soil and cllmute of
western Cnnnda, Is shown by the
numerous exhibits made by both the
government und Individual farmers
nnd stock misers of that country, at
many of the lending state and county
fairs In the United States this season.
Particularly Is this the case with re
gard to exhibits made at the Inter
national Live Stock Show recently
licld at Chicago.
First and foremost to the average
farmer will appeal the fact that
Canada carried off tle Sweepstakes
for all wheat, and that out of a total
of twenty-five prizes, Cnnadu took
twenty. In oats the Grand Champion
ship was won by n farmer living In
the Province of Alberta. Canada also
was awarded the championship for
Durum wheat, while for Flint Corn out
of a total of ten prizes, Canada took
first, second, third, sixth and seventh.
Not only in grains did Canada prove
her right to rank as a first class agri
cultural country, but she carried off
ninny prizes for cnttlo, horses, sheip
and hogs, a partial list of which fol
lows :
Cattle, Canada was nwarded the
championship for Grade Shorthorns,
also In the College Special class, Can
ada gained first, fourth and sixth
prizes.
Ilorses, Grand Championship for
Clydesdale stallion, also Grnnd Chnra
ptonshlp for American bred mnre. as
well ns first for three-year-old Clydes
dale stallion, first for one-year-old
Clydesdale stallion, and second for
the aged class.
In the Belgian class, Canada ob
tained first and reserve for Champion
ship Belgians, ns well as second for
Aged stallion.
Sheep, Canndn obtnlned Champion
ship for block, mnle and female, in
addition to first prize in all group
prizes.
Hogs, In the Yorkshire class Canada
was very prominent, taking the Cham
pionship for pen , of Yorkshires, nnd
championship for best single barrow,
as well as over twenty first, second
nnd third prizes in other classes of
Yorkshires. 1
With regard to the live stock shown
It must be borne in mind that these
have not been fed on corn, on which
the nverage western farmer places his
reliance, but on the wonderful oats
nnd barley grown In western Canada,
supplemented by the native grasses,
of 'which n most nrtistlc display was
made by our neighbors to the north.
Canada has conclusively proved that
not only can phe tnke prizes for the
grain she raises, hut can also take
prizes with the animals to which
these grains have been fed, and this
in open competition wltli the world.
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PISO'S
W. N. U.. OMAHA, NO. 51-1920.
INCREASE SHOWN
IN FIBER CROPS
Due Largely to Cutting Off of
Supply From Russia and
Other Foreign Countries.
HEMP AND FLAX PREDOMINATE
Considerable Impetus Given to Hemp
Growing by Introduction of Ma.
chine Methods Wisconsin
Leads All Other States.
Fiber crops In the United Slaters
sliow n,n Increase this year, due large
ly to the growing reallzntlon of the
American manufacturers of the cut
ting off of supply trom llussla and
other foreign countries, and the de
velopment of tlber-growlng methods
In tills country.
Hemp and flax are the principal
liber crops in the United States. Of
the former, M.000 acres were grown
this year, with an average yield of
700 pounds of fiber to the acre, di
vided about evenly botween long liber
worth on an average of I!0 cents a
pound, and tow, which now averages
1U cents a pound. This would bring
an nverage value of the crop to 5105
per acre, or $1.-470,000.
Flax acreage has Increased from
f,000 acres In 1019 to 0,000 acres in
1020. The yield Is estimated at from
H00 to 400 pounds of fiber per acre,
worth 75 cents a pound. The tlax
crop Is thus worth about $1,000,000.
Impetus to Hemp.
Hemp growing has received consid
erable Impetus since the United
States Department of Agriculture un
dertook the work of breeding new
strains nnd ecoyraglng modern ma
chine methods of handling, about ten
years ago. This shows an Interest
ing geographical shift In hemp-growing
territory. Kentucky, which for
merly led, now stands lowest unions
the recognized hemp-producing stntes.
while the lead has gone to northern
states, Wisconsin supplying about half
the total acreage. Next come Minne
sota, Mlchfgnn, Ohio, lndlann and Cal
ifornia. Kentucky's decline In relative posi
tion is due largely to the predom
inance of tobacco as a commercial
crop, and partly to the fact that states
coming newly Into the hemp-raising
industry have Immediately adopted
modem methods for large-scale pro
duction, while growers In a locality
that has always produced one crop
Breaking Hemp In Wisconsin Feed
ing In the Tops.
naturally cling to some extent to the
lid hand methods of their forefathers.
Used for Tying Twine.
The output Is largely used for ty
ing twine, but a new mnrket has been
found for n considerable quantity for
mixing with tlax In the manufacture
of shoe thread. Formerly It was not
thought that nny material except flax
could be used In shoe thread, but
lnce the Russian supply was almost
entirely cut off, manufacturers have
found that they can combine the two
fibers without materlnl deterioration.
Much experimenting has been done
with a view to utilizing the hurds, or
woody center, which make up more
thnn hnlf of the hemp stalk. One
Ohio factory used several thousand
tons for paper manufacturing, but this
use will need development In the way
of shipping facilities and definite mar
ket. At present the hurds are mostly
burned for fuel to operate the driers
and furnish power for the breaking
niul scutching machinery.
Flax growing appears to be on the
Increase. 'due to the cutting off of the
European product. The principal flax
regions are Wisconsin, enstem Michi
gan, the Willamette valley of Oregon,
and northern Minnesota.
PAINT WILL AID MACHINERY
Will Check Deterioration and Does
Not Injure Steel Parts
Grease Moldboard.
It is well to touch tin tho wood parts
of all the machinery with n little
pnlnt, and It will not hurt to pnlnt the
steel parts. If there Is nny piece of
steel von do not wish to rust, as the
moldbonril of your favorite plow, rub
It with tallow or axle grease m which
there is no salt.
DISEASE-FREE SEED
CORN YIELDS BETTER
Series of Tests Carried Out by
Plant Specials..
Increase of '.0 to 30 Per Cent Obtilned
Over Kernels Infected by Harm
ful Organisms How In
fection Is Indicated.
Seed corn that gave 100 per cent ger
mination hut showed Infection by
harmful organisms was mntched
against corn that showed no Infec
tion In a series of tests carried out
by plant specialists of the United
Stntes Department of Agriculture In
co-operation with the Indiana experi
ment station. ' The disease-free" seed
gave an Increased yield of ten to thirty
per cent above Its competitor.
Further results of the test seemed to
prove that when corn was planted too
thickly In hill or drill row It was
more susceptible to disease than when
better spine was given It. In n sim
ilar test at llloomlngton, 111., the dis
ease-free seed gave nh Increase of 23
per cent over the other corn, which
was selected for high germination
Drying Seed Corn for Next Year's Crop
only. At Hoopeston, III., the differ
ence, measured In tons, ranged from
0.01 to. 1.6 tons Jn favor of the .seed,
selected both for high germination
and freedom from disease.
The selection was based on the ab
sence of discoloration In the kernels
nnd cobs as Indicating soundness. Dis
ease Is indicated by brown discolora
tion at the butts of the ears nnd at
the kernel tips nnd by decay lu tho
cob.
SHEEP DESTROY MANY WEEDS
Animals Convert Noxious Plants Into
Wool and Mutton and Add
Fertility to Soil.
"Did yoa ever stop to consider whnt
a band of sheep is worth as a weed
exterminator?" asks a California de
partment of agriculture expert. "In
the first place the band Is worth as
much in the destruction of weeds us
a man with a team and cultivator or
weeder through the season.
"Secondly, there Is a big difference
In cultivating weeds out or mowing
tliem and shceplng them off. Culti
vating or mowing Is an expensive
method for which you get nothing but
a little added humus to the soil,
wheretis sheep turn your weeds into
marketable products at good prices, to
say nothing of added fertilizer In the
form of sheep manure deposited on
the Adds.
"It has been remnrked that a small
band of sheep ndds $1,000 to the av
erage appearance of the ranch In llvo
years time, from the standpoint of
weedless fields. However, In the long
run It Is mure than that. It Is an
actufil source of steady Income."
LOSS BY PLANT DISEASES
Here are some of the losses to
American farmers In the United
States In one year by plant dis
eases which might have been
prevented If known control meas
ures had been Immediately ap
plied: Wheat, 122.000.000 bush
els; oats, 50.000,000 bushels;
?orn, 80.000,000 bushels; pota
toes, 50.000,000 bushels; sweet
potatoes, 40,000,000 bushels (two
fifths of tho total crop) ; toma
toes, 185,000 tons; cotton. 850,
KM) bales; peaches. 5,000,000
bushels; apples. 1(5,000,000
bushels. The t1 res were com
plied for the 1010 by the
plant- disease survey of the bu
reau of plant Industry, United
States Department of Agricul
ture. ALFALFA TAKEN FOR CLOVER
Seeds of Two Plants Are 8o Similar
That Experts of Long Training
'Are Often Wrong.
Alfalfa Is often mistaken both In
plant and seed for sweet clover. Tho
seeds of these two plants are so sim
ilar thnt even experts of long train
ing may eaHily mistake them. Tho
plants, however, are renlly distin
guishable especially during the bloom
lng aud seeding stages.
DAIRY
POINTS
GREATER USE OF PUREBREDS
By Fractional Ownership of Bulls
Indiana Dairymen Get Benefit of
Such Sires.
In Harrison county, Ind., where the
"Hotter SIrs Hotter Stock" move
ment Is gaining hendwny, dnlrymcn are
making wide use of good, purebred
bulls In nu economical manner, lty
fractional ownership of the bulls they
receive the benefit of such sires with
out Incurring the entire purchase cost.
In one dny recently the United Stntes
Department of Agriculture received
statements from three dnlrymcn In
Harrison county, nil of whom follow
the practice mentioned. The udvati
tnge of n choice of several sires Is the
wider opportunity io mnko deslrablo
inatlngs, thus hastening progress In
grading up n herd.
In many other localities dairymen
are combining their forces, sometimes
wllh the object of testing bulls before
sending them to the block, sometimes
to save expense, nnd sometimes to glvo
local predominance to one breed or
another. An Informal combination of
this sort Is often highly useful.
This Is not the same thing as u bull
association. Tho co-operative bull as
sociation Is an Institution designed to
accomplish these and many other ob
jects, on a large scnle, by n form of
"gnnlzntlon which hns been extensive
Antoinette's Itchen Rose King, $16,000
Guernsey Bull Owned by Rowan
County, N. C, Bull Association.
ly tried nnd perfected by experience.
It Is recommended by the department
that farmers should give consideration
to the benefits they can secure for
themselves by u closer and moro ef
fective union of Interests in a properly
organized bull association.
CUT DOWN BIG MILK LOSSES
Marked Effect Upon Prices That tho
Ultlmato Consumer Must Pay
for the Product
To develop better methods for
hnndllng und shipping milk from tho
fnrms to tho city mnrket Is the ob
ject of nn investlgntlon of practices
In various milk plants, which Is be
ing made by the dniry division of the
United Stntes Department of Agricul
ture. Milk losses during shipment
hnve n marked effect upon the price
thnt tho consumer must pay for the
product, nnd upon the price that the
farmer receives for the product. The
losses are of two kinds; thoso re
sulting from milk souring In transit,
nnd those from theft, spoilage nnd
leakage. Holh are believed to be
avoidable If the farmer, country deni
er and city dealer will work to
gether. Dealers are being asked to glvo In
formation on various subjects, such us
tho methods used for transporting milk
from the farm to the denier, the pro
tection provided for milk while In
transit between dealer and tin city
market, and the relative efficiency of
different, types of refrigerator cars. '
IMPORTANCE OF DAIRY BARN
Many Failures Have Been Recorded
Because of Poor Structures
Building Cost High.
The dairy barn Is more than over
one of tho principal factors in dairy
farm operation. In many Instances
dairies have fulled or succeeded be
causo of the burn. This year prob
nbly there in more thought given to
barn construction than ever before.
This Is because dairymen, farmers and
breeders have come to realize the Im
portance of the barn and becnuse tho
cost of building has mounted so high.
HAY IS ESSENTIAL TO CALF
Roughage Keeps Stomach of Animal
Distended and Allows Food to
Be Digested.
Milk Is very satisfactory to furnish
food during tho early stages of the
calf's life, hut It Is tho roughage that
keeps the stomach distended and al
lows tho food to he digested. When
n cnlf Ih deprived of hay, It will not do
Its best In growth. Hay Is an essential
to the young animal and should nl
wnys be nvnllnble.
HIGH-PRICED LAND POSSIBLE
Dairying Keeps Up Fertility of Soil
and Makes Larger Yields of
Various Crops.
Dairying mnkes high priced Innd
possible. Striking ns this stntement
rnny seem It Is proved by tho fact that
dairying keeps up the fertility of the
soil and mnkes high yields possible.
High yields show that tho land In able
to earn u satisfactory Income on n
high valuation.
WARNING
Unless you see the name "Bayer" on tablets, you arfl '
not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for
21 years, and proved safe by millions. Say "Bayer"J .
SAFETY FIRST 1 Accept only an "unbroken package" of
genuine "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin," which contains proper direc
tions for Headache, Earache, Toothache, Neuralgia, Colds, Rheu
matism, Neuritis, Lumbago, and pain generally. Strictly American I
Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets cost but a few cents Larger pnekagt.
Aaplrla ! Ih trade mark of Bayer Manutaetura of IJonoacatlcacldeitar of 8a.llcrllo&M
Growing Our Own Fruit.
Tho Imports of fruit Into the coun
try hnve shown u steady decrease In
the last few years, and It Is said to
be due to tho fact that our orchard
products arc Increasing In quantity
nnd vor'jly.
The Cuticura Toilet Trio.
Having clearei' your skin keep It clear
y making Cotlcurn your eery-dny
toilet preparations. Tho soap to denime
and purify, the Ointment to soothe nnd
hcnl, the Tnlcuni to powder and per
fume. No toilet table Is complete
without them. l!5c everywhere. Adv.
It's Nature.
"One Industry In Australia Is rais
ing knngaroos."
"I should think that would keep
those engaged In It on the Jump." i
iw WESTERN GUN ABA.
-"is as profitable as grain growing. Successes as wonderful .
ns those from growing wheat, oats, barley, and lUx have been msdf fa
raisins Horses, Cattle, 8hoop and Hogs. Bright, sunny climate, nutrit
lout grasses. Rood water, enormous fodder crops these apell success 10 the
fanner and stock raiser And remember, you can buy on asy Isrms
Farm Land at
' land equal ta that which throuuh many
or wnaai to in sera crazing iana
Brain larma nt nrooortionateiv low rjricea.
every rural convenience; nood schools, churches, roads, tele
phonos, etc., close to live towns and ttood markets.
If you want to set back to the farm, or
acaie wan is poesiBic unaer your present conaittons, invom
rats what Wattarn Canada haa to of far you.
For llhutrated literature with mtpa and pirtleolar regarding; redaex
rallwa retea, location of load, etc., apply to PcporUneat of Immigra
tion, Ottawa, Canada, or
W. V BENNETT, Room 4, Bee Building, OMAHA, NEB.
Canadian Government Agent.
HAD ANOTHER SHOCK COMING
Modern Young Woman Able to Prom
ise Auntie a Further Surprise
for the Coming Evening.
"Young girls nowadays," said Miss
Mary O. Kllbreth, the well-known nntl
suffragette, "are flippant and totally
Indifferent to the opinions of their
elders. Woman suffrage Is to blame.
"On a bathing bench last summer u
beautiful young girl appeared In u
bathing suit that was extremely dar
ing. "Her aunt nppronched her as sho
was swaggering In this costume beside
the water's edgo und remonstrated
with her.
" 'Sylvia,' said the aunt, 'I consider
that costume absolutely shocking.'
'"Oh, you do, do you?' tho girl re
plied Indifferently. 'Well, wait till you
seo me In my new evening gown.' "
Poor Shooting.
This Btory of n dear old lady who
was wutchlng a match at Wimbledon
Is from Mrs. Liuubet Chamber's book
on tennis:
One player bad been showing re
markably fine form. lie had "got
over" all his first services for several
games when bang! Ills Judgment
erred, and the bull landed In the net.
"There I" said the old lady. "That's
the very first time thnt man has hit
the net with the ball, mid he has had
hundreds of tries I"
Finicky Digestions
disturbed by ordinary
food, find comfort in
Grape Nuts
Twenty hours of baking make
this blend of wheat aria malted
barley opickly and easily conr
verti.ble into health and strength
Try a package from the grocer. Test tells
There's
Under Fir.
"Whnt sort of jpenker Is he?"
"I don't know. He Rooms to bo nil
right for plain tnlklng, hut I don't
know bow'd 'he'd be If they started to
heckle him."
How's This?
ITALICS CATAimil MEDICINE! wfll
do what wo claim for It cure Catarrh or
Denfnrua cAtifted by Catarrh. We do not
claim to cure any other disease. "
HALL'S CATAimil MEDICINE la a
liquid, taken Internally, and acts through
the blood upon the mucous surfaces ot
tho systom, thus reducing the fnflnmma
tlon nnd restoring normal conditions.
All DniRRlnts. Circulars free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio. J
On the Job.
"Doc, I'm sick of coming to yo'u with
tills bill." ,
"Sick 7 I'll gladly prescribe."
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to
9t
15 to $30 An Aero
years, has yielded from SO to 4B bushels
convenient to sooa
i hete lands nave .
to farm on o larger
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BALL PLAYED BY PRISONERS
Eastern Penitentiaries Have Teams
That Put Up Good Exhibitions
of the National Game. -
Many prisons and penitentiaries hnvo
baseball teams composed of Inmates,
and the national sport hns dono much
to revive the lion 1 1 It nnd spirits of
prisoners. Thcso bnseball tennis nro
'inlformed and play n regular schedulo
of games, hut of necessity these guinea
nro always played on the prison homo
grounds.
One of tho best known prison teams
Is that of Slug Slug. It Is known as
the Altitun! Welfare League team, nnd
last season it won moro than 05 per
cent of games pluyqd with visiting
nines. The prison baseball Held has u
splendidly graded surface, nnd thcro
nro bleachers for spectators. The tenia
plnys Saturday and Sunday after
noons. Visiting teams como from New
Jersey nnd Connecticut. Tho prison
tenm liiis won from some of tho best
senil-professlonnl nines of thcso states.
Tho Eastern pcnltentlnry in Philadel
phia has long maintained n baseball
team, and has developed many good
pluyers.
At the Muslcale. 1
Enthuslnst Don't you think th
chlnrn oscuro was fine?
Non-Musical Quest To tell th
truth, I liked tho chicken sulnd bob.
ter,
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