NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
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CORNHUSKER ITEMS
News of All Kinds Gathered Prom
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
Hauling hogs by airplane from Ne
braska to tlie Chicago markets was
one of tho visions ot Professor E. a
JPaustlan of Mitchell, S. D., at Ne
braska Wesleyan. He regretted that
records had been kept for high-bred
calves but that statistics were only
now In the making for the human life
in rural districts. "Every problem
which confronts the leader In a rural
community is an opportunity," he said.
"Hero is a chance for some original
work. The farmer Is no longer a huy
eecd or clod hopper."
York's tourists camp is said to he
tho best equipped place lu Nebraska
tor the overland traveler, according
to visitors. Tho camp Is located In
tho city park. Some of the equipment
la tho park Includes gas for cooking,
shower baths, hot and cold water,
largo pavllllon for shelter In case of
storm, under which cars can be packed
and bedding spread. The last conven
ience is a washing rack for tourists to
use In cleaning their cars.
The Fremont Milling company has
Bold 1,000,000 pounds of flour to be
shipped directly to Glasgow, Sqotland.
The sacks of flour carry the company's
private brands. This is a very unusual
ileal as Inlund mills are usually forced
to handle such trade through export
ers, who used their own naipes to
withhold tho source of tho products to
the foreign consumers.
With an explosion that shook tho
town and shattered window lights
for a block, the acytelene welding
plant of the Sims garage ut Aurora
blew up and Gus Stohl and Otho An
derson who were in the room were
knocked down. Tho partitions of the
gnrage were demolished. The damage
totaled about .$1,000.
Nebraska City, Auburn and Te
cumseh bands, totalling seventy-live
members, play In each of the cities
every third Sundny. A day at the
Johnson county fair has been rcslg
nated "Nemaha day" and music will
be furnished by the Auburn band. At
Auburn there will be a "Jolmson day."
The Danish Lutheran church of
Blair hns extended a call to the Rev.
J. M. Winther of Kutpomoto, Japan, to
become Its pastor. The Ilev. Mr. Win
ther was educated in Dana college, at
lllalr, and was ordained and sent as a
missionary to Kumomoto twenty-three
years ago.
Max Warnke, a farmer living near
Sterling, has purchased fifteen acres of
land and hns a crew of men busy
erecting a fence about the premises,
building a swimming pool, danco pa
vllllon and refreshment booth. A base
ball diamond will be laid out and an
amphitheatre provided.
Mayor Green has arranged for free
hose baths to be provided by the Are
department for all Fremont children
who want to participate. About 100
youngsters turned out for the first
sho.wers given and hundreds of persons
crowded round to seo the fun.
The Island park of Ord has been de
veloped Into a playground. A new
bath house has been built and pumps,
fireplaces and tn.bles have been In
stalled. Contributions have been made
by some of tlie town's business men.
Recognition by the New York Art
gallery has been accorded Mrs. John
W. Johnson of Harvard, formerly of
Hastings. Three of Mrs. Johnson's
paintings 'were landscapes and one
u girl's head.
Omaha Elks have, closed the deal by
which they come Into possession of the
vacant property at Eighteenth and
Dodge streets. On this property they
will soon commence the erection of n
$1,000,000 home.
Miss Allle Burke, of Genevn, has re
ceived an appointment to tho depart
ment of vocational training of the
United SUites government, and has
left for Washington, D. C.
At a recent hiectlng cf the Congre
gational church at Gcnova plans were
made to start a fund for tho erection
of n new church building.
The wheat crop In Kleth and Perkins
counties is exceptionally flno this year,
and will average close to twenty-five
bushels to tlie ncrc.
Blair's municipal Ice plant turned
out its first batch of ice. Tho plant
has a six-ton capacity and has a day
and night shift
The old ice pond at Emerson Is be
ing cement lined and will be used as
a swimming pool. It will be 00x300
feet.
A light yield of wheat is reported
In the Pawnee City community, but a
bumper corn crop Is practically as
sured. Tho first complaint of a shortage of
cars to move tho new grain crop has
been received by tlie state railway com
mission. An elevntor man of Prince
ton, Lancaster county, complained by
telephone to tho state railway commis
sion that unless he received some cars
before night he would be In a serious
condition, no had bought 10,000
bushels of wheat at $1.05 a bushel and
could get no cars to ship,
Tho Ulysses flour mills have received
an order for 70,000 pounds of flour to
bo shipped to Scotland some time In
July. The mills nre running day and
might to fill the order and to keep up
ithe local supply.
To have 2,200 volts of electricity
pass through his body and yet live to
tell the tale, Is the peculiar experience
of Ruby Smith. Going to the building
in which the switch and other equip
ment of the Belvldcre electric light
plant is located, he took hold of the
)ock on the door and was knocked
down. He will recover.
A schedule of wages for rural teach
cts hns been prepared by a committee
appointed by tho Frontier county farm
bureau. The wage scale suggested Is
Intended to encourage teachers who
wish to continue In the proproportlon
to experience and qualification.
Teachers, those with nt pnnt four
ycarB high school, Including two years
in normal training, and with two years
experience In teaching are to recelvo
the maximum of salary, 100 per cent;
those with ono year's experience In
teaching, 00 per cent; and those with
no experience, but 75 per cent of tho
usual salary.
Stato Auditor George Marsh was
turned down by the district court of
Lnncaster county In his fight against
the code department when the court
allowed the claim of J. L. Jacobs
of Chicago, the. "efllclency" expert
hired by tho government to put tho
code Into operation, after the claim
had been denied by Mnrsh. The
amount of the clnlm wns $2,473. It
was for special services performed by
Jacobs In Installing the code depart
ments In operation in Nebraska.
Governor McKelvle wrote n letter
to tho principal banks and. other
finnnciol Institutions of the country,
hi which he set out for them the con
ditions of Nebraskn from an economic
standpoint. The state, the governor
declares .Is getting back to normalcy
fast. Tho fanners have Just ubout
liquidated their post-war losses, ho
says, and are getting on their feet
ngnln.
Wells-Abbott-Nelman company, of
Schuyler, tho largest fiour-mnnufactur-lng
concern between Minneapolis and
the Pacific coast closed for reorgani
zation. The plant will bo reopened
In three weeks under the management
of a committee of preferred stock
holders. Lack of ready cash was given
by stockholders as tlie reason for tho
action.
It has become necessary for the man
agement of tho Crete swimming pool
to make n large canvas awning or
cover for the pool. There is such a
crowd of swimmers during the day
thut It has become necessary to pro
vide shade over the entire pond.
Guy Faslcy, n young farmer, nar
rowly escaped being killed whllo
working around a threshing rig on
the fnrm of D. Brunsen, near Friend.
His clothing wns caught by the fly
wheel of a largo tractor engine and
was torn off his body.
The United States land ofllce at Al
liance has received notice that ten
tracts of land, aggregating about 1,100
acres located in Cherry county, 50
miles southeast of that city, will bo
opened for homestead entry on August
22.
The site of a tourist camp has been
selected by the Community club of
Geneva and it will be put in order at
once. The grounds of the Third ward
school bulldlnt; have been turned over
for this use by tlie board of education.
County Superintendent M. E. Bnrbeo
of Hebron hns appointed Frank Babkn
and Lowell Schelferdecker, both of
Belvldere, to represent Thayer county
at tho boys school encampment nt tho
Nebraska Stato Fair, September 4-0.'
The first consolidation of schools ef
fected in Cheyenne county under tho
new law was successfully carried out
at Lorenzo. Three districts havo
united and a largo school will bo
erected at Lorenzo.
A heavy windstorm which struck
Bloomfleld, blew out tho plate glass
front at the Prescott & Son furniture
store. Many trees were blown down
and damage Is reported to growing
crops.
K. C. Christensen's- seven year old
boy had both legs badly cut in tho
mowing innchlne at their homo near
Blair. It is thought the lad's limbs
can be saved.
James II. newett has been domi
nated for receiver of public moneys nt
Alliance, Nebr., and Jules Haumont for
register of the land olllce at Broken
Bow, Nebr.
The state convention of rural letter
carriers will bo held In York August 8
and 9. Governor McKelvIo will ad
dress tho association on the second
day.
Tho steeple of tho Methodist church
at Cambridge wns destroyed by firo
when struck by lightning during the
worst electrical storm in years.
Tho potato crop In tlie vicinity of
Hemlngford Is about twice last year's
acreage with about two-thirds of a
stand.
Friend Is now making arrangements
for a three days Baseball Tournament
to be held there August 24, 25 and 20.
Chinch bugs are reported as exist
ing in damaging numbers In the south
ern part of Thayer county.
Columbus Is to have a new band
stand, and tho estimated cost of tho
structure Is $5,000. Beneath the band
stand will be the public comfort sta
tion with restrooms and lavatory for
women and children and another for
men.
During tho Ak-Snr-Ben festivities to
be held In Omaha September 13-24
there will bo a reunion of the 34th
Division of the Amerlcnn Expedition
ary Forces. It Is anticipated that this
will bring together 8,000 to 10,000 of
the boys who saw overseas service
during the World's War.
Tho Interstate aero meet, the first
ever held in Nebraska, has just closed
at Nelson, and was n great success.
No accidents happened during tho
three days' program.
Figures made public by the weather
bureau show thut tho average muxl
mum temperature In Omaha for tho
first thirteen days of July this year 18
4 degrees higher than the average for
July days during tho past forty years.
The average July temperature for tho
last forty years was given as 80,
whereas tho average so far this year
has been 00.
PALATABILITY OF
VARIOUS PLANTS
Some Interesting Information
Revealed in Series of Feed
ing Tests at Bellsville.
SILO FERMENTATION STUDIED
Wild and Tame Sunflowers Devoured
Readily When Removed From Silo
Cabbages Were Untouched
by Cattle When Siloed.
(Prepared by tho United States Depart
ment or AKncuiiuro.j
A scries of experimental feeding
tests conducted by tho United States
Department of Agriculture at Its
B'cltsvllle (Md.) live-stock farm, re
vealed some Interesting Information
as to tho effect of siloing upon tlie
palatablltty of various plants found
on a fnrm or range.
During the last summer and fall
about 150 different plants and com
binations of plants were packed in
barrels In a silo. Tho purpose wns
to study tho en"ect of the silo fer
mentation upon the fiber, and other
features of the plants. It wns thought
possible that silage would overcome
objectionable qualities of certain
plants, in addition to breaking down
the fiber of some which wero too
woody for stock feed.
Test PalatabJIIty.
The various lots of silages were
taken to Beltsvllle to test their
pnlatablllty as cattle feed. The tests
were not protracted enough to give
final conclusions, but a number of In
teresting results were obtained. Both
wild and tamo sunflowers were eaten
readily when they came out of the
silo, although the peculiar flavor and
woody stalk of the former make It
distasteful In Its natural state. Rus
sian thistle was eaten In tho course
of about 12 hours, and the same was
true of ragweed, which cattle seldom
touch In the field. Cnnnda thistles,
and castor bean plants without seed
were eaten quite readily. Jack bean
vines and pods were eaten rather
reluctantly. The cows ate siloed Aus
tralian salt bush, but not tho native
plant. Siloed onion tops wero fed to
four cows; two nto them and two
refused them. Buckwheat nlso pro
vided a choice morsel. Cabbages,
which In their natural Btate are
eaten avidly by cattle, were absolute
ly untouched when siloed, the prod
uct being hi many respects slmllnr
to sauer kraut but without tho salt.
Giant rye grass went untouched. -Cattle
Fed Regular Rations.
The cattle were not compelled to
eat nny of tlie siloed products to
satisfy hunger, as hay was fed them
A Silo Filling Crew at Labor Gather
ing Corn Sled Type of Cutter Is
In Use and Corn la Carried Directly
to Wagon.
between siloed rations and they had
tlie regular portions of grain. The
tests wero not entirely conclusive,
especially as the quantities were so
smull that the animals did not have
an opportunity to got accustomed to
unfamiliar flavors.
The department may mnke more
extensive tests another season on
some of the materials, as there was
no opportunity with bnrrel lots to
gain nny knowledge ns to tho beef
and milk producing value of the
feeds.
BEETLES ARE MOST HARMFUL
Covering of Cheesecloth Will Afford
Necessary Protection for
Vines and Plants.
The striped cucumber beetle and the
12-spotted cucumber beetle attack cu
cumber, squash, and melon vines
through the East. The best protec
tion Is to cover young plants with
cheesecloth-covered frames, which mny
be mndo on barrel-hoop arches. When
.he Insects actually get access to the
leaves, a solution of arsenate of lead
und bordeaux mixture Is effective.
SELECT SEED CORN IN FALL
Autumn Is Favored by Many of Best
Seed Men of Country Supply
of Seed Assured,
Many of tho best seed men of the
country have come 10 the conclusion
thnt fall selection of seed corn Is
best from every standpoint. One
thing is certain, if It is sclcctod In
the fall, the fanner is certain of hav
ing feed c6rn
KEROSENE WILL HOLD
INSECTS IN CONTROL
Mites and Lice Seriously Affect
Health of Fowls.
Specialists of Department of Agricul
ture Recommend Thorough Appli
cations of Some Preparation
to Interior of House.
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(Prepared by the United Statoa Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Mites, as well as lice, arc troublo-
somo and hnrmful to poultry. They
do not live upon the birds like lice,
but during tho day hldo in tho cracks
and crevices of tho roosts and walls
of the houso and at night they come
out and get upon the fowls. Mttca
Buck the blood, and If allowed to
become plentiful, as they certainly
will If not destroyed, will affect seri
ously tho health of fowls, and conse
quently their ability to lay eggs.
Specialists In tho United States De
partment of Agriculture recommend
thorough applications of carbollncum,
kerosene, or some of tho coal-tar
preparations sold for this purpose, or
crude petroleum, to tlie Interior of
tho poultry house.
Commercial coal-tar products nro
mora expensive, but retain Uiolr kill-
"Delousing" His Brood Coop With
Kerosene.
Ing power longer, and tho cost of
treaUuent may be lessened by reduc
ing with an equal part of kerosene.
Crude petroleum will spray better if
thinned with ono pnrt of kerosene
to four parts of crudo oil. Both tho
crude petroleum and tho coal
tar products often contain for
eign particles, so should bo
strained before attempting to spray.
One must be sure that tho spray
reaches all the cracks and crevices,
giving special attention to the roosts,
dropping boards, and nests, and tho
treatment should bo repeated two or
threo times at lntervnls of n week or
ten days.
PLANT LEGUMES IN ORCHARD
Good Practice That Crops Be Kept
I Growing Between Trees In Sum
1 mer and Early Fall.
; Good orcharding practice requires,
In many instances, that crops bo kept
growing between the trees during lato
summer or early fall. For one thing
tho soil will need humus and protec
tion from the burning rays of the sun.
. It Is a good practlco to plant cow-
peas, soy beans, or other crops that
; thrive lu Into summer and early au
tumn to protect the soil and to add
fertility to It for the next season.
Most of the legumes uro well adapt
ed for summer crops In orchards. Cow
pens are In mnny Instances better
than other summer legumes for this
purpose.
Usually, planting peas or soy beans
In rows between tho trees and giving
them a cultivation or two Is better
than broad-enst sowing. However,
some prefer to sow broadcast.
KEEP-GARDEN FREE OF TRASH
Cornstalks, Tomato Vines, Potato
Tops, Etc., Should Be Gathered
Up and Burned.
Neatness, cleanliness, and order in
tho gurden help in the fight against
insects nnd diseases, specialists In tho
United States Department of Agri
culture emphasize. As a general rule,
tlie residue of tho garden such as corn
stalks, tomuto vines, potato tops, eta,
should bo burned. Do this promptly,
so that Insects and disease spores may
not be harbored by the rubbish. Just
as soon us any crop Is gathered, re
move the trusji, spudo up the ground,
and plunt something else. Keep the
garden free from weeds at all times,
and this cun best be done by frequent
cultivation which destroys the weed
seeds as noon as they sprout,
WINDBREAKS ARE BIG ASSET
8oll 'Is Prevented From Drying Out
Quickly and Protection Given
Grain and Trees.
Windbreaks are in many ways a
funn asset. They tend to prevent tho
soil from drying out quickly and they
protect grain und orchards from In
Jury by the wind. A belt of trees near
the farm buildings protects them from
extreme cold and from summer's heat.
Trees make tho farm a pleasnnter
place In which to live. The windbreak
may bo also a source of wood supply
for fuel or for sale.
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PROFITABLE DAIRY IN SOUTH
Home Demand Supplied for Products
and Soil Fertility Built Up and
Maintained.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment ot AETleutture.)
More than 0,500,000 pounds of but
ter wns mndo by 1)3 creameries In the
Southern states In the year ending De
cember 31, 1010. Thirty of tho 54
chcesa factories scattered throughout
the mountain region turned out 481,
000 pounds of Cheddar cheese. Slloe,
modern dairy burns, and purebred
dairy cows nro becoming common.
"Fifteen years ago dairying as an in
dustry had been scurcely stared In
tho southern states," said a specialist
In tho dairy division, United States
Department of Agriculture. "Tho
South probably has made more prog
ress in the last 13 years than nny
other section of the country. Tho in
crease in the number of dairy cows
from 1007 to 1020 was more than CO
per cent The iuerease for tlie eu-
tire United States durlrug the same
period was 18.8 per cent."
White the increase in number of
cows has been large, It Is pointed out
by men working co-operatively wltli
the federal government and tho stato
agricultural college thut tho Improve
ment In quality has been of even great
er Importance. Purebrcds have been
shipped In every year In large num
bers, and great Interest has been
shown In tho uso of purebred sires.
There are now 48 bull asoclatlons In
these states. Tho latest census fig
ures available show there are 5,184
Lead of purebred dairy cattle In South
Carolina and 0,580 In Virginia.
"Dairy development began In tho
southern states shortly after 1000,"
said one of tho specialists, "but tho
improvement wns slow at first. It
was dllllctilt to convlnco growers In
my territory thnt there wns anything
for them in dairying. But an object
lesson was found that finally con
vinced them. On one side of a road
was a field of cotton thnt yielded two
bales per acre; on tho other sldo a
field gave half a bale. Tho farm that
grew two bales to the acre had kept
cows for five years, and tho manure
had produced tho change. Farmers
wero taken from miles around to see
theso two fields.
"This little demonstration illustrates
tho purpose for which dairy cows wero
Purebred Holstelns on a Louisiana
Farm Cows Have Been Dipped Reg.
ularly for Ticks Without Loss In
Milk.
recommended In sections of the South
not to make dairying n major Indus
try, but rather to establish a system
that would supply tho home demnnd
for dairy products, and at the same
time build up and maintain sol! fer
tility, both by supplying manure and
by enforcing u proper rotation of
crops. This would make possible tlie
production of cotton nnd other staple,
crops at greater profit. This was the
aim of the southern dairy extension
work, tho fir,st large sculo extension
project attempted, which was started
under the direction of tlie dairy di
vision of the Department of Agricul
ture In 1000, and carried forward co
operatively by tlie department and
the stnto agricultural colleges.
Ono of tlie first things corrected
was th" poor feeding methods. Cot
tonseed meal nnd hulls formed tho
bnsls of tho ration; farmers had no
knowledge of balanced rations; silos
.were few In number, and it ran not
known generally that they could bo
built by furm lnbor. A few silos were
erected in 1000 ns demonstrations, and
tho Idea began to grow slowly In pop
ularity. The vulue of silage compared with
cottonseed hullB was very striking,
even In the duys when hulls were only
$4 or $5 a ton. A dnlry farm ncur
Blloxl, Miss., where 40 tons of silage
were fed instead of cottonseed hulls,
reported a saving of $250 for the win
ter. "From n locnl standpoint," writes
one of the federal agents of the dairy
division, "the establishing of dairying
In tho boll-weovil districts of Mississip
pi has been one of tho greatest
achievements. Anyone acquainted with
the despondency of farmers In 1012
in southern Mississippi, nnd who was
enabled later to seo the change wrought
by tho dairy cows, will agree that en
thuslnsm for dairying Is well founded
In a region thut was floundering for
Rome means of a livelihood, now.
changed to n country In which tho
fanners ure supplying whole milk for
New Orleans and other points. Tide
iiicaiif t" d methods are being used."
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BOY LIVES WITH
SHOTJN HEARTi
Life in Balance for Several Days;
He Leaves Hospital Two
Weeks Later.
SHOT WHILE AT PLAY
Doctors Say It Is the Most Remarkable
Case In History of Hospital
Seven Buckshot Pellets Lodged
In Heart Muscles.
Patcrson, N. J. Alive with sores
pellets of buckshot In tho muscles of
his heart, and apparently Buffering
Blight, If any, 111 effects, Is tho remark
able case of twelve-year-old Law
rence Settcrflcld, of Bloomlngdnle, N.
J., according to doctors of tho Pater
son General hospital.
Tho boy wns accidentally shot oa
May 1. Ho left the hospital two weeks
Inter, having prevailed on his parents
and the staff doctors to let him do so,
declaring ho was nil right, und did
not wnnt to stay Indoors any longer.
Ills pleading won the consent of tha
attending surgeons, but not before a
further X-ray examination wns made.
Tho result ohowed the pellets nil re
maining In the muscles of the heart.
They could bo scon moving around
when tho boy was taking long breaths,
according to the stntcmeut mndo by
Dr. Samuel Thompson, of the hospital
staff.
Remarkable Case.
"When this little fellow was first
brought In," Dr. Thompson said, "ho
hovered between llfo nnd death for
several days. When he left hero ho
S'ns apparently none tho worse for
Is accident I And his caws ono of
tho most remarkable ever entered In
this hospital, or that has occurred In
Fussalc county during my memory.
It Is almost beyond belief."
On Sunday, May 1, the boy, with,
his two cousins, Thompson Yutmau,
six years old, nnd William Ynturn,
fourteen years old, wero playing
around tho grounds of the Yntmaa
homo In Bloomlngdnle. Thompson
wont Into tho Yatmnn burn and
brought out an old shotgun belonging
to his father. It was the old story,
"we did not know it was loaded."
Tlie children began tlie usual boy
ish gamo of "bandits." The old shot
gun In the hnnds of Thompson, young
csJof tho threo, wns discharged. Pnrt
of the load of shot struck William
Yatmnn in the loft leg and n'scntterlns;
of tho shot penetrated Lawrence Set
tcrfleld's left side, lodging In tho heart
muscle.
Life Hung In Balance.
Hearing tho report, the father of
Thompson nnd William ran out of his
house nnd found his eldest son nnd
his nephew lying on tho ground partly
Was Accidentally Shot. ' I
unconscious. Commnndcerlng an au
tomobile ho rushed them, to the Gen
eral hospital at Paterson. ,
Scttcrflcld's case was diagnosed at
onco ns "extremely critical." For two
days his llfo hung in balance. At
tho little fellow accompanied by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Setter
Held, walked out of tho hospital, tha
Hurgeons who attended him shared
his happiness. j
Though William, his cousin, was less
seriously wounded, ho did not leave
the hospital, being still confined to bed.
Tho heart Is surrounded by n mus
cular structure that propels tho blood
by alternate contractions and dilations.
Sues Doctor Who Cut Up Son's Body,
Denver. Declaring that tlie phyBl
clnn had no right to perform tho au
topsy, Mrs. Florence B. Loomls, moth
er of William 0. Baker, has brought
suit for $15,000 against Dr. Matt It
Boot, who used tho knife to determine
tho cnuso of tho boy's death ho he
could report to tho city authorities.
Boy Has Committed Nine Burglaries.
New York, Fourteen years old, with
nlno burglaries already to his credit,
woh tho record of which Howard Ward
boasted when arrested. Howard and
n chum, Oscar Anderson, wero arrest
ed after pedestrians said they hud
seen tho boys at work on a safe In
shoe store. '
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