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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1922)
INVENTORY AIDS FARM BUSINESS Assists Farmer to Determine Whether His Operations Are Profitabip or Not. MAKE LIST WHEN CONVENIENT Go Over Farm Carefully and Note tacn item as Found So Nothing May Be Missed Classify and Appraise at Same Time. PrpreI bjr the United State Department Asricuiiure. Farminc Is n busings nmi nt.- er business men tlio farmer should Know Which vav ho In inlni Ann,,. clnlly. To drift along year after yenr not knowing whether he Is going to- wura huccchs or failure Is not the prac tice of successful business mnn nfwl It should not bo the practice of farm- ers. To guage nrocress bv nn Inoronso in cash In band or to measure loss by additional debts Incurred without tak ing, into account decreases or Increases In the value of nil nronerrv nn-nmi often leads to false conclusions. The storekeeper Is well aware of this nmi his annual "stock taking" Is nothing more or less than tlio making nt nn Inventory or list of property, without wmcn ne lacks accurate Information concerning his profits and losses. Tn. ventories are not difficult to make, and the United Stntes Department of Agri culture nns found that thev urn of great value to any fanner who is striv ing to better his condition. They over come obstacles and plnce his business airnirs on a secure basis. Make Inventory When Convenient, There is no best time of the year to make an inventory for everybody and under nil circumstances. Euch one must decide for himself the date most convenient In decldlnir. hnwpvpr tim most important consideration is to se lect a time of the year before the sea. son's work in the -Id begins. It will Bave estimating large quantities of farm produce on hand if the inventory is tnuen as late In the spring ns pos. sioie nerore held work begins. Although nny day will do, it is gen erally found best to select the first day or some month, and a fairly good guide in any section will be the date upon which tenants customarily change farms. The best Inventory date may vary from January 1 in the cotton belt, to April 1 In New England and other northern states, and for special farms special dates are often reauired. If no list of the farm property has ever neen made, It Is well to start preparations by going over the farm, held by field, and building by build, ing, taking eacli Item as it is found, In this way nothing Is missed. The listing con be done In nnv memornn. dura book or on loose sheets of paper. All property owned comes under the head of resources or assets. These may be subdivided into physical or tangible property, and financial, or intangible. The vnlue of the physical property The County Agent Explains the Sim plicity of Making a Farm Inventory. must be estimated and appraised. The financial property has a face vnlm which under nny conditions ordinarily met with on the farm needs no on. pralsal. The physical property may be grouped under tne following heads: Land, buildings, other permanent Im provements, work stock, cattle, swine, sheep, poultry, machinery and tools. fnrm produce, farm supplies, growing crops. The llnnnclnl Items include cash on hand, cash In bank, accounts receivable, and notes receivable. Bv receivable Is meant debts owing to the farm. Don't Overlook Debts Owed. In no case should a list of liabilities bills nnd accounts ownd by tho fnrm be omitted from the Inventory. Liabilities are nn offnet to the re sources. When all the 'terns with their valuations have been entered the work Is finished bv summing tin the vnlun- lions. This Is best ('one by nddlng wicli page separately pud carrying tho otuls to the last page hiiere they may be conveniently added to attain n crund total. The liabilities are summed np In the snme nnnner. When the sum of (lie liabilities Is subtracted from that of tin resources tho re- malnder Is tho "t or present worth. MAKE DEFINITE PLAN OF GARDEN ON PAPER First Get Exact Dimensions of Available Land. Ascertain - Which Spots Will Be Best to Certain Crops Requiring Sun. shine -Run Rows North and South. ' (Prepared by the United Btatea Department oi Agriculture.) A definite ulnn for the curden should be drawn on paper before any planting is done, suggest garden specialists of the United Stntes Department of Ac riculture. First determine the exact dimensions of the available lnnd : then ascertain which parts of the garden will be best adapted to certain crons. especially those that require a largo amount of sunshine. Outline the gar den plan on nnncr and sketch in tho crops that are to be plunted upon inch part. In planning tlio cut-den it should bo borne in mind that certain crops, such as lettuce, radishes, and early beets, can frequently be grown In the same rows with other crops and bo removed before the main crop uttnlns sufllcicnt j size to require the entire space. It should also be remembered that car rots, beets, salsify, early turnips, par snips' and nil crops of thut type may Do grown In rows of 12 to 18 inches apart and will occupy n comparatively Setting Out Plants Started In Hotbed small amount of space If crouned to gether. Tho taller growing crops, such as pole beans, tomatoes trained to stakes, and sweet corn, should be planted at one side of the garden where they will not shade the smaller crops. It Is generally conceded thnt the rows should run north and south : how. ever, It is more important to arrange the rows for convenience of cultivation than for exposure to the sunshine. Due consideration should be riven to both companion and succession nron. ping. By companion cropnlnir. the nlnn of planting two or more crops together anu removing those that mature first is followed. Bv successive cronnlnc one crop follows another, keeping the land fully occupied nil the time. Thus. early cabbage may be followed by cel ery or late tomatoes: early corn or early Irish potatoes may be followed Dy turnips, late beans, late beets, or late cabbage. Tho arrangement of crops, however, depends somewhat up on the locality and length of the sea son. Detailed directions for locutlne and planning gardens are contained in free bulletins of tho United States Depart ment of Agriculture, which will be sent npon application to the depart ment. COST OF MILK PRODUCTION Dairymen Should Be Interested In Knowing How Much Feed and Labor Are Required. Dairymen throuirhout tho countrv should be interested to know how many pounds of irruln. hay and sllnee. and how many hours of labor it tnkes to produce 100pounds of milk in the different sections of the United Stntes. The bureau of animnl Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, be gan a series of studies In 1010 on Croups of dnlry farms to obtain accu rate information of this kind. Tho results are shown for southeast ern Louisiana In department bulletin 055. Tho figures for northwestern In. diana are contained In department bul- letin 858; North Carolina and wesferr. Washington In department bulletin 010; and for Vermont in department bulletin 023, which may be purchased from the superintendent of documents, Washington, D. C, at five cents the copy. The various tables are based upon figures obtained durlnir n two. year study, and weighted averages of the records were used whenever they would express the results mora neen. lately. The surveys Include also an Inventory of dairy buildings, livn stock, nnd equipment used. AVERAGE PASTURE FOR PIGS From Fifteen to Twenty Is Recom mended by Iowa Station More Will Spoil the Grass. Fifteen to twenty nlcs. welchlnc? about 100 pounds each, will bo all the average pasture can stand. More than this number is liable to spoil the pas ture and tho dancer from snrnntllnt' disease Is Increased, says the animal husbandry department at Iowu State college. NORTH PLATTE SEMI DAIRY FACTS BETTER COWS HELP PROFITS Hlgh.ProducIng Dairy Animals Make Best Market for Different Home-Qrown Feeds. Hundreds of millions of dollnrs' worth of feed is consumed nnnunllv bv our dairy cows. The net Income Is large or small, uccordlnc to tho wav thnt feed Is used. When production Is Increased through feeding and breed ing, the income rapidly expands, yet a few real scrubs on any dairy farm will dclluto the not Income. Furmers of tho United States fur nish feed and care for '2.1.000.000 dnlrv cows. Boeuuso of low-producing cows a lurgu part of that feed is wasted. Weighing out expensive feeds to a low- producing cow is like shoveling costly '"' Mil- flri' l under n leaky Like a Factory, the Dairy Cow Trans, forms Raw Materials Into the Fin- Ished Product Milk. boiler ; und the f urmer who keeps such cows seldom has to pay uny income tax. Like u fitctory, the duiry cow trans forms raw materials silage, hay, nnd concentrates Into the finished iirod. uct, milk. In this way she furnishes a murlcet for the feeds. Whether that market will be good or bad depends in part upon the way the cow Is fed, and In part upon the cow herself. There is no better way to market the feeds grown on the farm than to feed them to n herd of hlch-nroduelnc dalrv cows. Tlio cow takes corn silage, grain, und hay and converts them Into a pro duct for which there Is always a ready sale. It Is much easier to send the milk or cream to the creamery than to haul the hay to town. In the long run it is generally much more profitable, be- cnuse it keeps the soil fertility nt home. In selling feeds to dairy cows the farmer has n wide choice of markets bad, good, and very cood. Few men discriminate closelv enouch between these markets. If a wheat buyer offers l or 2 cents u bushel more than other buyers he gets the wheat: if u wool buyer offers half a cent a pound more he gets the wool. But if one cow re turns $3 from a dollar's worth of feed and another only $2, it is scarcely no ticed. There Is a difference of n dol lar in the Income every time euch of these two cows eats n dollar's worth of feed. AccordhiK to estimates of tlio United Stutes Department of Agriculture, the average dairy cow In the United States produces annually about 4,000 pounds or milk and 100 pounds of butter fat. According to 40.000 yenrly Individual- cow records recently tabulated by the department, the. average, cow testing association cow produces 5,080 pounds of milk nnd 240 pounds of butter fnt a year. The world's records nre 37.- 381.4 pounds of milk and 1,205.09 pounds of butter fnt In a yenr. There Is plenty of room for Improvement, It would seem, in the average production. The keeping of Individual cow rec ords Is easy. To test a half dozen samples of milk for butter fnt re quires about half an hour. Weighing tuts milk, estimating the weight of roughage, and weighing the concen trates requires but little time. The testing of u composite sample of each cow's milk from two consecutive mllk- lngs once a month furnishes the figures from which the yenrly production rec ords enn bo computed. Any man com petent to care for a dairy herd can easily learn to muke the butter fat test und to keep feed and production records. WINTER FEEDS FOR HEIFERS Young Animals Should Not Be Com pelled to "Rough It" During Cold Weather Period. Young heifers should not be expect ed to "rough It" durlmr the winter. but should huve feed and shelter. The feeds Hhould of course Include bulkj feeds, such us slluge, stover, hay, fod der, etc., imd concentrates. The young iinlmulK should have enough such con cent ru tes us cottonseed meal, wheal bran, shorts, rice Hour, alfttlfa. pen liny, peanut buy to develop body. Practice of Testing Cows. The practice of testing cows to de termine their milk and butter fat pro duction und feed consumption by means of cow-testing associations has become widespread. There are now 452 nssoclutions of this kind In the United States. Cracking Velvet Beans. Velvet beans, as a dairy feed, aro Improved by cracking, soaking und grinding. Cracking nlone does not pity for the work of doing It, but grinding did. In n f "ling test In Texas. ' - WEEKLY TRIHUN10 MAN MAROONED ON ISLE IN LAKE ERIE Aged Man Stays Behind, Sending Son on Rescuing Lifeboat to Bring Help. Klngsvllle. Ont. A stnnneh tinrhonL prepared to battle seas nnd gales, sailed from here to rescue ltobert Sawyer, seventy-four years old. old time lake fisherman marooned on Middle Sister islnnd. Lake Eric. Saw. yer's son, Charles, his companion In a thrce-dny light against death from exposure In zero wenther and starva tlon, which began when their motor boat sank In heavy seas, was rescued Three Days Father and Son Wero Marooned. and nfter reachlnc shore sot out im mediately to rescue his need and hardy parent. The father chose to net nil t IiIr son. forty-four years old, to go for aid, stnying behind with a few dry matches and a few fish taken ashore before their 44-foot cabin cruiser broke from its anchor nnd went down. The son. tnken to Kfngsvllle by a freighter wnicn sent n small boat to the s and. wus confident when the rescue tug set out that he would find his father nllvo. After the Sawjers had nut Into a sheltered beach on the Island to avoid a heavy gale their cruiser broke from its anphornge and was driven out on tne mice. Charles nut out In tlio tender to retrieve the cruiser, but the lamer boat sank before ho could reach It. He had a six-hour struggle to again reach the island. For three days father nnd son wero marooned, without sight of passing craft. They cooked fish on spits over the fire they kept blazing day and night. A smoke signal was seen by the freighter Meyers, which sent a lifeboat ashore. The boat, however, could carry but one passenger, nnd the father remained behind to wait until the son could bring aid. FATHER FORCED TOT TO STEAL Four-Year-Old Child Arrested for Rob. blng Grocery Store Tells Re markable Tale. Philadelphia. A four-year-old bov. the youngest prisoner ever lodged In tne Camden police station. waB arrest. ed on n chargp of robbing n grocery store. He told the police a remarkable tale of how his father had sent him out regularly before dnylight to rob stores. it was rour o'clock in tho morning when the boy wns. discovered at a Dauphin street grocery store. Policeman Clements Bnw him raise the lid of n box and take cakes. When nrrested the child bawled. Ho was clad only In u dress and shawl. rasnunlc Lohbardo walked Into the police headquarters and Inquired If the police had found his mlsslnc boy. The father was arrested. Bridegroom Overslept; Married in Pajamas Clud in pujamus, socks, and slippers, und u long raincoat, n bridegroom recently hurried Into u London register ofllce to be married. He wis .stuying In a neighboring hotel und had previously told the registrar that an curly morning ceremony wan desired, as his lluncee und himself wished to catch a train Immediately nfter the ceremony. His fiancee smiled us he en tered and explained that ho had overslept and If he hud waited to dress they would miss their train. Tlio ceremony proceeded and the bridegroom completed his toilet nfter ho boarded the train. Man Dies In Church; News Kills Wife. Bnltlmore. Md. Geonro Ilustor dropped dead in church here. The news of his death killed his wife. They had been Inseparable for 40 years. Two by Two. It wns Sunday morning nnd tho enr was crowded with persons on their way to church. At one stop, nn elderly man with n beard got on. A three-year-old piped up shrilly, and pointed tn him excit edly. Tho father's fnce Hushed, but he succeeded In quieting his young daughter. Two blocks further on an other man, weurln;a beard, got on. This time all the passengers around caught the words of tho tot, and this Is what she said: "Oh, look, father, there's another man with n tall on his face." v.... ,..,.. .v.- iiiiiiiui-trtiui nig j isn't necessarily a lightning calculator. t WARNING ! Say "Bayer" when you buy Aspirin. Unless you see the name "Bayer" on tabiets, you are not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians over 22 years and proved safe by millions for Colds Headache Rheumatism Toothache Neuralgia Neuritis Earache Lumbago Pain, Pain Accept only "Bayer" package which contains proper directions. Handy "Bayer" boxes ol 12 tablets Also bottles of 24 and 100 Druggists. Aspttia U tlio trsdu marl; of naycr Manufacture ot UonoacvttcoclilNter of SaUcjIlcidd Fur 'Beavers. The government forest rangers re. port n great number of beavers this1 year, and the Indications nre that thorp will be planty of skins for furs unless the laws which now protect tho ani mals are greatly relaxed. Two years ago in the Cochctopa forest in Colo rado there were 200 beavers, estimat ing four or five to n house, which Is a conservative estimate. This year there ure 12.000 animals. Heavers have complete protectlonl In 25 stntes and huve become so numerous that they are a nuisance. Sure If They Last Tfiat Long. "When you've been married CO years, you call It your golden wedding, don't you?" "Yes, my son." "And 75 years Is culled u diamond wedding, Isn't It?" "Correct, my son." "Then, when you've been married u hundred years, you'd call It your radium wedding, wouldn't you?" "Mother, put this boy to bed I" Science and Invention, Manner of Administering. A cowboy living near Big Stranger was complaining ,to the new school mar'm nbnut his stiff legs. "I think," she said, "n course In Del- suite would benefit you." "How do you take that?" he asked. "Do you take It with a spoon or does It come In capsules?" "It's the kind of thing," she replied. "that you shako wlille taking." Union Pacific Bulletin. Those Who Must Pay The Fiddler There's a settlement in profit or loss, for nearly every indulgence. Sometimes the pay day Is long deferred, and in that case tho settlement may bear compound interest. Often a payment in ill health ia required for the dance had with tea or coffee during earlier years. Sometimes the collection comes in sleep lessness, sometimes in headaches, sometimes in high blood pressure, or in nervous indigestion sometimes in all these penalties. Nerves won't always stand the whipping of tea and coffee's drug, caffeine. If you've been dancing to tea or coffee's fid dling, why keep on till payment time comes? If you're beginning to pay, now, why not cancel the contract? There's an easy and pleasant way to avoid tea and coffee's penalties. as thousands have found who have changed to Postum. It is a delight with any meal rich, comforting and satisfying and it never harms. Even the little children can have a breakfast cup of Postum, with no fear for what may happen to sensitive nerves. Instead of paying penalties for your meal time drin'r, let it pay benefits to you, by giving natural health a full chance and begin the new arrangement today. Any grocer will sell you, or any good restaurant will serve you Postum. Postum comes In two forma: Instant Postum (in tins) made instantly in tho cup by tho addition of boiling water. Postum Cereal (In packages of larger bulk, for thoso who prefer to mako tho drink whllo tho meal is bointf pioparod) mado by boiling for 20 minutes. Postum for Health "There's a Reason" AS SURF, AS DAWN BRINGS A NEW DAY CASCARAilOlilN.NE fit Ail MVVwvri TM rx1A r.- bw i JS Make You FitTomorrov. tl&A ,1011 ntni ww. iJ., DKTnOIT. 8UCCHr.I A Home course in Shorthand for $3.50. Send moniy order. We are reponnlbl. BYnNrc, runusniNu co.. tyi.kii. thx Were ll not for the bliss of Ignor ance, some people would always bo unhappy. There Is a rattling old time when the family skeleton escapes from Its closet. SPIRIN DRUG DREAMS CALLED MYTH Research Has Shown That Habitual Users of Opiates Can Do No Lasting Good Work. Tho gulf between tho songs or pop ples thut breathe of sleep, tho golden and green dragons, and the ecstatic dreums that murk tho "literature" of drug addiction Imd the dismal side of tho vico which tho police behold, Is brought out In an artlclo by Dr. Carlton Simon, who emphasizes In the Scientific American the fact thnt opium, hasheesh, cocaine, heroin, morphine nnd tho rest uro far from lyrical. "From tho standpoint of the po lice," ho writes, "all the romance of the songs and short stories Is swept away on the fumes of u drug which brings depression, poverty, despair, und death." It has long been sus pected thut the drug dream, ns n literary motif, 'wns much ovorrated. Iiy the time tho nddlct Is uble to write of his vlsons If he has them after a debauch, he Is 111 und purposeless and reudy for another dose. For nny body by n DeQulncey u MillT is In spiration, enough for a drug poem or tnle. Go further, und the dreams van ish In u loathsome reality. Anyone can complacently weiu a suit four yours old when he's got eleven. A pessimist Is one who Is always wx pcctlng bad luck nnd is .surprised when It comes. Dance 99
