The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, July 08, 1921, Image 3
NORTH PLATTE SEJII-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. iNEBRASKAJN BRIEF 'Tunelfr News Culled From All Parts of the State, Reduced ' for the Busy. ThO state ndmlnlstrntlnn In inn Itlnulng Ita drive Islnckcrs. W. n. Osborne, stnto tax commissioner, In open letters to county Iclerks has called for typwrltten copies or me minutes of meetings of county (commissioners, explaining tlint It is Ifor tho purpose of ascertaining the worn uono ny commissioners as equal ligation boards on taxation questions (and lu order to give the state donnrt Imcnt an opportunity to nscertnlu If iocni pontics is playing any part In the (assessments levied by county- boards on certain persons. . ' vuuiuiVIUUKHVU 111 Ravenna by unvelllnc tho handsmnn ibronze tublct erected to the memory of lino soiuier Doys, Six names, with the isinr bororo them Indicating that they had answered tho flnnl summons, and the names of 140 who returned home, aro engraved on the tablet, which was donated by the women's canteen or- igunlzatlon. Members of four rural school dis tricts surrounding Gllend, Nos. 17, 45, 74 and 81 are planning a unite five idlstrlcts, Including Glload, No. 80, for ihlgh school purposes. It Is the desire (of tlie people to establish a rural high Ischool, each district to retain Its present organization, boards of edu ifntion and school house for lower (grade purposes. Governor McKelvie has authorized (the appointment of every county hlch 'way commissioner In the state as n (deputy state sheriff to hnve full power Ito enforco automobile owners to use jpropcr light lenses In compliance with tne new law, get proper licenses and ionserve the speed laws. Contract has been awarded tlie K "V. Stephens Publishing Co. of Col- himbia, Mo., to furnish Nebraska's re vised statutes for 1021 at the price of KwM.OTH) for 4,000 conies bound in buck. Irani, estimated to run 3,000 pages -Teach. From estimates, made by Lincoln grain men the overate yield of No ibraska wheat will be 35 bushels nn iacre. The rains of the lust few weeks (are held to be responsible for bring- nng tlie wlient up to a better standard 'than was expected. A labor shortage is facinir No Ibraska farmers nt the opening-of the Jiarvest season, according to a stute jnent issued by C. C. Becker, Inspector an charge of the United States em ployment station at Lincoln. Wheat prospects In Cheyenne countv re tho best Uiat farmers and residents jean recall. Tlie county has led the l""i "i wuuui iur yuurs mill ling Reason promises to outdo former srlelds. The "lawful lens" regulation passed iby the Nebraska leglslntui3 becomes effective July 23 and peace oflleers all 'over the state are preparing to wage a 'vigorous campaign nguinst the driver with dazzling lights. Humors, suld to hnrve orlclnated nt Norfolk, that black and red rust arc .seriously injuring wheat in Madison and .adjoining counties are denied by elova itor men and others in close touch with 'the situation. Petitions are being circulated in tho rellgh district nsking the county sup erintendent to call n special election for the purpose of voting on -the dis solution, of tlie consolidated scltool district. Dawson county farmers expect to Ihnryest the biggest wheat and rye icrops In the history of the countv ithls year. Cutting of the garin was (started last week. A dam built north of the South Platte river at North Platte was all that saved the City from being flooded llast week. Citizens of tho school district- nt Dubois voted $.10,000 In bonds to erect innd furnish a new school building. Five hundred dollars have been (raised by people of McCook for (Pueblo, Colo, llood sufferers. The mllo of paving being laid Ithrough tho business section of Nelson lis nbout finished. Citizens of Pawnee City voted $75, IO00 bonds for building n new electric ipower plant. The three river bridges across the (North Platte In Garden county were (badly damaged by the recent high rwnter and nil three have been con demned by the board of county com missioners. The 1020 corn crop cost an average of 49 cents a bushel to produce In one ff rliA ronrrnt "Wrfliwitrn vtntiHra on. icordlng to figures compiled by tho Btato college of agriculture. The Average cost wos figured from records kept by members of the county farm Jmrenu and nre considered conserv ative. A jury Investigating the wreck of iNorthwestern passenger, No, GOO near 'Whitney, in which Ave lives were lost, tfouud the bridge over Big Cottonwood creek through which tho train plunged was In good condition a short time be jfore the nccident. Holla and Delia Dehart, man and rwlfe now In Jail at O'Neill charged with tho murder of John MIze of ITlatte, S. D., whose body was found tin the Niobrara river north of Atkin son several weeks ago, will be tried at tn special term of district court In (August i Announcement by Stnto Treasurer Cropsey that $400,385.27 Is available for the July scmlnnnunl state school apportionment calls for a new basis of distribution under a law passed by tho 1021 legislature nrovldlnc thnl each district In which nontaxable stnte school land Is located shall re ceive out of the annronrlatlon an equivalent to tho school tax on that land f It were privately owricd. This will require a valuation of nil school land on the basis of surrounding land and n computation of what the school levy In each school district having such Innd would raise. No seriously menacing pest hos yet appeared on tho horizon of Nebraska agriculture, according to tho monthly report of the stnte entomologist, Prof, AI. II. Swenk. nt Lincoln. GrnRshon. pers have been hatching. out In rather largo numbers In n few counties, and n little damage has been done. The llcsslan lly has also caused lnlurv in two sections of the state, nnd one or two other pests have put In their appearance. However, no extensive dninago fins been reported from any pest. During tho first three months of this yenr tho stnte division of vital sta tistics had reports Khowlnz new births In 138 families In Nebroskn where the total number of ehlldrjsn In each wns ten or more. Mr. and Mrs. Georc Knepper, living near Falls City, made tne unnner showing, with n total ol eighteen children, fourteen of whom are still llvng. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Sturnk, Cedar Baplds, have had seventeen children, nnd sixteen of these arc alive. From December 1, 1010, to December 1, 1020, the stnte department of ag riculture made 0,104 Inspections of Nebraska food establishments, accord ing to a statement Issued by the de partment, bnsed on the biennial re. port. It brought twenty-five pros ecutions. F. M. Ridings, president of the Farmers' State bank nt Halscy, wns sentenced to one to 10 years In tho state prison by the Thomns county dis trict court at Thedford for Issurnnce of certificates without nny security of value. Tests by federal and state veter inarians have disclosed that only two milch cows out of eighteen recently shipped Into this stnte from Illinois, received by a denier In Cedar countv. were free from tuberculosis taint Lincoln county coinml,yr,Ioners say tlint the Platte river brldire nt North Platte,' damnged by 'the llood last week, will have to be entirely rebuilt The structure wns erected three years ago at a cost of, $48,000. In Gage county where the harvest ing of wheat lias begun It Is estimated that the yield will run all the way from 12 to 15 bushels to the ncre. It will be about n 50 per cent crop com pared with that oZ lant year. James B. Kintr. who killed It. Tj. Tnylor, a guard at the Nebraska state penitentiary. May 11. was sentenced to (lie in the electric clinlr Nnvniiihor 4, by District Judge W. E. Stewart nt Lincoln. The Sidney city council has author- Ized n special bond election to be held nt once to vote $12,000 for tho pur chase and Improvement of n cltv nark and $10,000 for necessnry surface drainage and storm sowers. Three spans of the new concrete bridge across the Plntte river nt Min- ntulre fell Into the river, because of tho swollen condition brought on by re cent floods. The loss Is estimated at $25,000. Under n rullnc of Stnto Tnr Commis sioner Osborne hospitals, business col leges, nnd certain church nronertv. all over Nebraska, now exempt from tax ation, will be added to tho tax rolls. Women of Red Cloud nre Dlnnninir to organize a civic clnb to eucournire property owners to keep their premises m oetter condition. P. C. Bnlrd sold his 30-ncro tract of Innd ndjolning Superior on the south to is. u. Aiendcll for a consideration of $500 on ncre. The Rev. Dr. Willlnm Franklin Eyster, 00, oldest college graduate in the United States died nt Crete. By a vote of 102 to 04. citizens of Davenport approved the playing of bnseball on Sunday. A Boy Scout troun of thlrtv-two members hns been organized nt Odell. Custer county farmers are renortlne tlie loss of cattle from black leg. A band of twenty-six members has been organized at Liberty. Many fanners In tho southeastern part of the state have begun to cut their whent nnd onts. Farmers aro offering nbout $3 n day for help, but do not expect to hlro much extra help this year. Pending n decision of the Thomns county district court in the enso of ouster suits filed against the county nttorney nnd two commissioners on tho ono side, nnd one commissioner and tho county clerk on the other, a truco has been declared nnd the ofllclnls aro harmoniously tending to the duties of their respective ofllces. A report submitted at the annual en campment of tho United Spanish War Veterans nt Lincoln, shows thero nre fifteen active camps, with a mem bership of 732 In the state. Kleth county commissioners nro making plans to rebuild the bridges nt Brule, Ogallaln and Pnxton it once. These bridges were nil made Impass able nnd were partly washed, out by the late floods In the South Platte river. The bridgo nt Roscoe is the only bridge In western Nebraska that stood the test against the high water In the South Platte river. YOUNG CHICKENS NEED BEST FEED Nebraska Poultryman Gives His Reasons for Start of Runts hi Poultry Flocks. LARGELY HATTER OF RATION Weight of Chick Varies According to Breed, Those Given Balanced Ra tlon Almost Double Those Fed In Ordinary Way, (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) "A pen of ten chicks fed by a farm er In the ordinary way reached an average weight of 0.4 ounces nt soven weeks old. Other chicks receiving a balanced rntion reached n weight of 30.8 ounces nt the tamo age. It is my firm belief," snys n Nebraska poultry mnn In a letter to the United States Department of Agriculture, which re cently conducted an Inquiry Into the cause of runty live stock, "tlint this is the wny mony runts in poultry start. Here was u ense of uormnl chicks to start with and they developed Into runts by the time they were seven weeks old. Club Investigating. "Our poultry club in making some Investigations," he adds, "visited a number of farms and weighed chicks of various uges nt ench place. The chicks received ordinary farm feeding nnd you will see from the figures shown In the table below that they were all under normul, according to the standard weight given by the Vlneland (N. J.) station. "We find among the flocks under the supervision of our county ngent tlint the weights come up nearer normal, so there Is no question In our mind thnt the runt problem Is largely a matter of feed so far as chickens nre concerned." Welohts of Chicks Fed in Ordinary Manner Versus Those Given Bal anced Rations. a to w If daya 1 1 ; i.& lweek ....... i,t i.6 8 weeks 6 9.9 Do 6 9,9 That the standard weights devel oped at the VInelund station are not beyond the attainment of good poul try raisers is shown by other observa tions. Ten chicks that had access to dry mash nt nil times and were care fully handled reached an average weight of 37.0 ounces at seven weeks old. This is 1.4 ounces heavier than the normal or Vinelnnd stntlon weight. The poultryman who reports these Chicks of Same Age and Breed One on Right With Properly Balanced Ration Weighed Almost Twice ao Much ae One on Left, Which Was Given Ordinary Feed. observations points out thnt weights vary, of course, according to tho variety of chicks. The figures given refer to such varieties as the Plymouth Rocks, Orpingtons, Wyundottes and Itnode Islnnd Reds. The following tnble, furnished by the same poultrymun, contains ages and weights of various lots of farm chicks nnd nlso tho weights given ns standard. The variations In tho weight of the farm-grown chicks are very noticeable: o o 5r no? i-I I Ounces Ounces 1 week 1.6 . j,c i weeks , 3.3 2.S Do ; 3.6 2.8 8 weeks 4.0 S.g 4 weeks , 6.i 6.7 C weeks 8.4 139 Do 10.0 13.9 7 weeks 17.C 10.8 Do 9.4 16,8 8 weeks zo.i 21.6 Are your chicks up to stundnrd weight? Chicks should double their weight every two weeks until they weigh one pound. Weigh 10 of your chicks nnd see If they are getting enough feed. Feed dry mash, scratch feed grit, nnd green feed. Use self feeder and save lubor. Feeding Young Chicks. Remember that young chicks do not require food for the first 48 to 00 hours after hatching. When they do sturt eating, it is a good plan to start using sour milk or buttermilk Instead pf water. ONION GROWERS HAVE ADOPTED NEW GRADES Standardization of Bermuda Industry Is Completed. Commercial Crop of Coachella Valley Cat., Is to Be Marketed on Basis Recommended by Department of Agriculture. (Prepared by the United Stama Depart mont of Agriculture.) The 1021 commercial crop of Berlnu da onions In the Coachclln valley, On!., Is to he marketed on tho bnsls of Uni ted Stntcs-Rormudn onion grades, ac cording to nn announcement of tho bu reau of markets. United States Deport ment of Agriculture. This completed Working In Big Onion Field. the standardization of practically thd entire Bermuda onion Industry In the United Stntes. United Stntes grades for Bermuda onions were recommended by the De partment of Agriculture In the spring of 1018. The same year the stnte of Texas legislated the compulsory grad ing of Bermuda onions according to the grades promulgated by the department nrld ndopted by the Texas state depart ment of agriculture. When the onion shippers In the Coa chelln valloy requested Inspection serv ice from the California state depart ment of ngrlculture in 1021, the depart ment Indicated that It would be Im practicable to render such service un less suitable grades were agreed upon as a basis for inspection. Accordingly, the shippers made a comprehensive study of onion grades and decided finally to use the grades recommended by the Department of Agriculture. Per haps the most important consideration leading to this decision was the fact that since tho adoption of tho depart ment's grades In Texas there has been n considerable decrease in the number of rejected Texas onion shipments. BETTER QUALITY OF POULTRY Platte County (Neb.) Farmer Lists Chickens, Geese and Ducks, All Purebred. A noticeable feature of the "Better Sires" campaign conducted by the vnrl ous states and the United States De partment of Agriculture Is tho excel lent quality of .poultry kept on general farms. Typical of this condition Is a statement recently received from a farm In Plntte county, Nebraska. The principal live stock kept were Short horn cattle and Poland China swine. In addition tlie owner listed the fol lowing poultry, all of which was standard bred: Seventy-flvo Barred Plymouth Rocks, 75 Bluck Langshans, 100 Brown Leghorns, 100 Rhode Island Reds, three White China geese and three Pekln ducks. It was noteworthy that, whereas the poultry was all of pure breeding, the swine herd Includ ed n number of grade femnles. The sires kept for all classes of stock were of pure breeding a requirement for enrollment In the "Better Sires Better Stock" campaign. NEW DEVICE CLEANS GRAINS Recently Invented Contrivance Re moves Smut, Dunt, Etc, at tho Time of Thrashing. A now device known ns an aspirator has been designed by specialists of the bureau of markets, United States De partment of Agriculture, for cleaning wheat nnd other small grains by re moving smut, dust, and dockage at tho time of thrashing. This device Is at tached to the grain delivery spout, and tests Indicate that It removes approxi mately one-third of wlint ordinarily is classed as dockage. The use of this device will enable farmers to keep for feed n pnrt of tho seeds and other for eign matorlal ordinarily hauled to tho elevator and lost to tho producer; It nlso improves the quality of grain by removing from It n largo pnrUof the smut dust nnd objectionable foreign matorlal. A reclenner, for attachment to the (leek of thrashing machines, al so designed, gives promise of being ef ficient. It Is said. IDEAL LOCATION FOR GARDEN Should Have Fertile 8o!l, Rather Light and Easily Worked Con venient to House. The Ideal gurden site has fertile soli, rather light and easily worked. It Is well-drained nnd has Borne wind pro tection on the north. It Is near the house for convenience la working and harvesting. DAIRY FACTS DISPOSING OF MILK SURPLUS Conditions Likely to Exist In Weil. Developed Dairy Districts During Summer. (Prepared by tha United Stntes Depart ment of Agriculture.) For the first time since tho begin ning of the World war there is devel oping In this country a surplus of milk, according to reports recently received by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture. Specialists of tho department state that this condi tion probably will be only temporary during the "tlush" of the season, nnd that It Is most apparent tn well-developed dnlry districts. It may con tinue during the summer months, but lu expected to adjust Itself by fall, when demand will overtake the sur plus of supply. The situation Is large ly due 10 the fulling off In the demand for milk In tho manufacture of con densed products, milk powders, casein, and similar products, for which there was a Inrge export outlet. The department points out tho ad vlsublllty of using us much milk as possible, In fluid form und otherwise, as u human food. Within the lust generuilon nn increased' knowledge of the value of milk lu the diet hns re sulted In an almost doubled per cap ita consumption of milk, nnd con sumers who purchase milk freely thereby encourage production. This Is believed to be the- best safeguard against a milk shortngc and high prices resulting from the withdrawal of dutrymeu from the business during periods of large production and low furm prices for milk. But when the limit of human utili zation Is readied dairy producers nec essarily must decide how to dispose of the remainder. In many cases this will be a decision between selling whole milk, selling cream, or even to use a moderate quantity of whole milk for feeding, especially to young iinlmals. lu any ovent, a more liberal use of milk on farms should rcduco the surplus, even though not solving the problem entirely. As a guide to persons deciding to utilize surplus milk as a live stock feed, the department in a key tho fol lowing recommendations, which may be supplemented with literature Is sued by the department: Milk from u dairy herd which Is not definitely known to be free from tu berculosis should be scalded before being fed. An ordinary feed cooker Is a practical means for scalding milk. This process Is approximately equlv- Typlcal Dairy Herd In Some Sections. alciit to pasteurization, which most largo cities require as a safeguard to public health. Metal palls that can be kept clean by washing und scalding are preferuble to wooden containers or others that are difficult to clean. In calf feeding it usually pays well to feed one 1 win id of whole milk for each ten pounds that the calf weighs, for u period of two weeks, and ut tlie end of that tlmu to cluiuge grudually to an equal amount of skim milk. The skim milk should bo grudually In creased us the calf grows until nbout 15 pounds per day is fed at tho end of three months. Feed the milk warm and regulate the quantity according to size and vigor of tho calf. For pigs threo weeks old or more, three parts of skim milk mixed with one part of shorts, Is useful In keeping them growing. Skim milk may ho fed Willi corn and other hog feeds in va rious practical combinations. In poultry feeding both skim milk and buttermilk are excellent feeds, und can now also be purchased as u nouperlsliable commercial feed, which Is sold In Inrge barrels as semisolid buttermilk. Skim milk and butter milk may be fed alone or mixed with other feeds, but feeders should ob serve their flocks carefully to avoid giving too much milk, or bowel trou ble may rcsnlt. This Is caused prin cipally by fowls eating spoiled clab bered milk remaining from n previous feeding. While to live stock owners unaccus tomed to the UHu of milk as a slock feed It may appear somewhat expen sive, there nre advantages which milk feeders quickly recognize. In addition to utilizing the vsurplus milk that would otherwlsu. be wasted, young slock generully make u very rapid growth. This mentis early maturity und early usefulness, compared with stock thnt have developed more slow ly. At least us a temporary measure there Is a real opportunity to Improve farm live stock, In addition to reliev ing a local milk surplus, by using skim milk rather liberally In proper com bination with other feeds. Making a Fronch Dictionary. . Tho olllclal revision of tho French language, which Is In tho hands of tha French academy, has reccutly mads grent progress, nnd tho first volu'nio, ending nt tho letter II, nnd forming half of tho eighth edition of the dic tionary, hns now been complotcd. Some 24.000 to 25,000 words have now boen revised since 1878, that Is, In forty three years. M. Doumlc, who presided over the sitting of tho academy nt which this result was announced, stntes that It la hoped to conclude tho present edi tion about 1004, or eighty-six years from the date nt which tho work began. Sensitive Bird. Bird Denier (to customer who has bought n parrot on credit) "Here's your bill. Aro you going to pay for it or not?" Customer "I've had tho parrot one wholo month and he's never said a word." Bird Dealer "Well you see, this polly Is so very scnsltlvo It never speaks until It hns seen tho receipted bill showing It bus been paid for." , Undoubtedly. 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