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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1922)
NORTII PLATTE SEMT-WEEKLY TRTBtTNE. E MANY ADVANTAGES OF SHEEP Animals Are Quite Useful In Keeping Farm Free From Weeds Good .Meat Producers. While ninny fnrmcrs flop from one line of farming to another, according us prices have been high or low the Benson previous, the successful far mer usually sticks to some well-tried program whether conditions appear to he favorable or otherwise. The great ninjority of these successful men recommend the keeping of at least a few sheep upon the farm. They emphasize that sheep are helpful In keeping the farm clenn of weeds. They also consume much mix terlal that would otherwise go to waste. These fanners point out, too, that these animals can be comfortably kept in comparatively Inexpensive buildings. The two mnln requirements In housing are protection from winds and freedom from moisture. These animals enable the farmer to better distribute his labor because Mutton May Be Sold at All Seasons. they require the most attention In the winter time when help Is most plenti ful and cheap. As meat producers sheep require about ns little food as any other animal for the production of n pound of gnln. Finally, the Income from the llock Is fairly well distributed over the year. Wool Is sold In the early sum mer when money is much needed, lnmbs ore disposed of in the fall and winter, while breeding stock and mut ton may be sold' at practically all seasons. BANKS AID, PUREBRED SIRES Virginia Farmers Given Opportunity to Improve Live Stock by Local Bankers. The banks of Charlottesville, Vo., are co-operating with farmers of the surrounding county in obtaining pure bred sires. According to reports re ceived by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, If a farmer will sell his grade or scrub sires and pur chase pure-bred animals, the banks supply the necessary funds to cover the purchase of the purebred sire over the amount received for the inferior animal. The loan Is'made on the basis of a year's time. Sentiment among hankers regarding the use of purebred live stock In practical farming operations nppears to be growing more favorable, and the attitude of the Charlottesville hunks Is evidence of this point. Pure bred sires of good quullty, as shown by information obtained by the bureau of animal Industry, lncrense the earn ing power of herds and flocks In which they are used. CYLINDER OIL HELPS SWINE Ames Specialists Declare It Is Safe for Hogs, Except Those With Delicate Skin. Old oil from nutomoblle crank cases can bo used for oiling hogs, say the animal husbandrymen at Iowa State college. Although some people aro skeptical about using this sort of oil, the Ames men declnro that It Is safe, except possibly in tho case of white hogs, which have a delicate skin that sometimes blisters through the uso of the oil. The oil should be allowed to stand for a while in order to allow tho flno particles of metal to settle out. The surface oil mny then be poured off and used In tho hog oilers. Tho sedlmenft should be discarded. Alfalfa for Horses. Alfalfa hay can be successfully fed to work horses provided some other hay such as timothy Is fed once a day. If alfalfa hay Is fed tho grain rution can be reduced very materially when these horses aro not ut work. Start Youno Pig Right. Tho life and future vuluo of the young pig Is absolutely In Its owner's hands. Stunt It ut tho start and It goes through lifo a runt. Start It ;right aiul it will bo a big, healthy bog. SPRAYING KILLS GARDEN INSECTS Application Must Be Made Very Promptly and Thoroughly to Be Entirely Successful. BORDEAUX MIXTURE IS GOOD If Weather Is Rainy or Muggy Spray Ofton to Keep Foliage Fully Pro tected Efficient Sprayers Are Expensive. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) To be successful In mo control of Insects and diseases, spraying must be flono promptly and thoroughly. Spray ing with Bordeaux mlxturo should bo llono beforo rainB rather than after, provided the spray has time to dry on tho leaves. Where tho advice Is fclven gardeners to "repeat spraying ev fcry soven or ten days," these Intervals thould depend on the weather. If It Is rainy or "muggy," with fogs or keavy dews, sprny frequently to keep Iho foliage protected at all times. If flry, n longer tlmo may bo allowed. Tho Ideal spray Is a flno mist, and Iho best work Is dono when tho plant Is thoroughly and evenly covered with Bno drops. Stop spraying beforo tho Collage is drenched. The higher tho pressure, tho better Iho sprny. Clean all sprayers each tlmo aftor aslng. For delicate foliage, spray after this gets under shade. Hot sunlight is Jangerous with many sprays, such as kerosene emulsion. . Spraying and Dusting Appliances. The materials recommended herein mny bo applied In various ways. For the small garden an atomizer sprayer is good. In the case of the Fighting Garden Insects With a Bar rel Pump. atomizer sprayer It is an advantage to have tho container for tho liquid made of glass, as Bordeaux mixture and other materials attack tin and iron. CThese -sprayers cost from 50 to 75 cents. A similar but more durable and effective sprayer made of brass costs $1.25. Really efllclent sprayers are ex pensive, but If well cared for will last many years. Neighborhood co-operation may solve this problem. If a number of garden owners club together to purchase a sprayer, It is advised that a barrel pump on n band cart be secured, or tho barrow type, which Is n thoroughly effective outfit, capable of giving 120 pounds pressure. It will apply nny liquid fungicide or Insecti cide to vegetables, shrubbery, or orchard trees. It Is often possible to secure the services of a local trucker or orchardlst who has n sprayer, but no ono should be deterred from ;tto tecting his garden when an ntomlzoi mny be purchased for SO cents or even less. Tho powders may bo shaken from a tniiRlln bag tied to a stick, or various forms of dusters, bellows or blowers may bo bought. Dry powders aro best applied when tho leaves aro wet with dow. Mechanical Methods. For garden Insects there aro several control methods that do not requtro the uso of Insecticides, but too much must not bo expected from them. Of theso hand picking Is useful for large, comparatively Inactive Insects such ns tho potato beetle cutworms nnd other caterpillars, and tho squash bug. An other method is Jarring or beating In sects from low plnnts into lnrgo pans of water on which n thin scum of koro sene, being on tho surface kills the In sects with which It comes In contnet. Collecting nots ni valuablo for some pests; for example, tho tarnished plant-bug. Brushing by different means Is usod to a considerable extent and consists In bentlng or brushing Insects from tho plants with plno boughs or similar brush. This method hns proved of grent valuo In combnting tho pea aphis. Covering with cloth Is of uso ns a preventive for the striped cucum ber bectlo when tho cucumbers aro qulto small, nnd for root-maggots. Trapping by different methods with old boards Is usoful for squash bugs and cutworms. TUBERCULOSIS FIGHT IS GAINING GROUND Interest in "Area Plan" Devel oped in Many States. Valuable Supplement to Accredited Herd Work Which Has Resulted In Eradication of Many Head of Tubercular Cattlo. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) In addition to systematic eradication of cattle tuberculosis by tho accredited-herd plan, Interest in tho "area plan," ns It Is called, has lately de veloped In many stntes, according to the report Issued by tho United State Department of Agriculture describes progress during March. The craf1ca tlon of tuberculosis under the cpPro henslve plan generally Includes 1 coun ty as a unit and all tho cattP In the county are tested. Tho repp" shows that in states where tho cndlcutlon work was concentrated in ce"am local ities In an effort to wipe M tho dis ease entirely, n great niny more an imals were tested than lr states whero tho area plan is not y followed to nny appreciable extent In ono month, Nebrn'k". working on the area nlun. tested 1.000 cattle. A number of other stnts made high rec ords as a result of th concentration of effort in a few count. During March, Michlcan tested 1.817 head: Now York, 1.1,070; Mlsfuurl, 12,709; Indi ana, 11.033: WIscnsIn, 11,788; Iowa, 11,250, and Tennessee, 8,455. Tho total number tested inH the states during the month was 22779. The area plan of testing Is a valu able supplemef to accredited-herd work which ha resulted in tho eradi cation of man thousnnu head of tu berculosis cato nnd the establishment of more thanliOOO herds accredited ns free from jhe disease. There aro iPw inore than 305,000 ac credited cattp In the country; over 1,250,000 testis nco nnd found free of tuberculosis more than 2,183,000 un der supervlon, nnd nbout 408,000 on the wnltingfHst. Wisconsin lends In number ofccrodlted cattlo with 80, 183, and Minnesota follows with 83,759. However, t?e rnto "t which tho work is going orr'n some other stntes, theso two will Jivo to keep very busy to stny at UP top. GREAT VALUE OF BUCKWHEAT Excellent as Chicken Feed and May Be Fed to Hogs and Other Stock to Advantage. Buckwheat Is un excellent chicken feed. Smnll patches may be sown to buckwheat and poultry nllowed to har vest It. It may also bo fed to hogs and other IIvo stock to good advan tage. Tho straw Is about equal to oat struw. Another important uso for buckwheat is for Improving the land. It grows readily on poor land nnd adds a great deal of humus If plowed under. Prevent White Scours. White scours occur In tho new-born calf. This dlseaso can bo prevented by trentlng tho nnvel of tho new-born calf with lodino nnd applying u dis infectant powder. Sunflowers for Poultry. Sunflowers are excellent for poul try In summer. They nfford shndo and food nnd nro ornamental In the poul try y GIVE pluLTRY MANURE CARE Fertilize' Deteriorates Quickly When Stored Under Unfavorable ( Conditions. Poulta manure when properly con served Is a very vnlunble by-product of potry rnlsing, but It deteriorates very uickly when stored under unfa vorato conditions. Much of tho nl troge) Is lost in tho form of nmmonln when poultry mnnuro becomes wet. Utile' It cun be sprend on tho lnnd lmmpi"-''y poultry mnnuro should bo story letli ll under shelter. Maryland Bui- 244. Cockerels a By-Product. Tji cockerels on most general farms aro fyrily the by-product of pullet pro duct! "nt' should bo flnlsheU out for mnrkit as rapidly as possible. Good for Laying Hens. Woni8 bugs, Insects and green feed mnkejnenR "shell out" low-priced egga gcub hogs and steers never helped any (,nn to pmy of Vrn mortgage. Attended Legion Sunday Services. More than 500 members of New York posts of the American Legion at tended special "American Legion Sun day" church services. Ministers und Legion speakers addressed tho con gregations in explanation of tho nims and purposes of the former service men's organization. Ono of tho main points emphasized In the services was tho fact that tho preamble to tho Le gion constitution begins "For Qod and country, we associuto ourselves to gether ." Go tosid of Farmer Legionnaire. When. farmer member of the Denlson' (In.) post of tho American Legion juffercd Injuries to his hnnd while dibblng n load of corn, his Le gion pot friends organized a husking bee nnv cribbed the 85 acres of corn thut rc mined in tho field. Members of Ben, mln Uaecker post of Eureka. III., rccitly shingled tho home of ono of thelt townsmen who was in hard luck, lion they finished tho day by digging o foundation of tho new Leulon elbhouse. HIDES IN TRUNK; ESCAPES FROM MOB Sheriff's Ruse Saves Accused Slayer From Lynching at Hands of Excited Crowd. Norfolk, Neb. With his prisoner concealed in a trunk in tho baggago car, Sheriff Hcenan evaded three threatening crowds and delivered Wal ter Stmmons, held in connection with the murdor of Frank Paul, thlrty-flvo years old, of this city, to tho Jail nt Gregory, S. D. Following Simmons' arrest hero crowds began to gather and his trans fer to Butte, Neb., was plnnncd ns u safety measure Word was received, however, that largo numbers of per sons, reaching almost mob proportions, bad congregated nt several railway Hides Prisoner in Trunk. stations nlong the? route nnd Sheriff Ileenan nltered his plans, taking tho prisoner through to Gregory. A crowd stormed the trnln nt Spen cer nnd again at Anokn and Fnlrfax nnd searched the coaches for the pris oner, hut the sheriff's ruse of having Simmons secreted In a trunk was suc cessful. Paul, an automobile dealer here, was murdered and his body pitched over a bridge into a creek, near Brls low, nccordlng to the verdict of tho coroner's jiry. The body wns found by one of several posses that had been scouring the territory for two dnys. Simmons Is said to liave admitted to ofllcers that he abandoned Paul's automobllo near Spencer, Neb,, whero a searching party found it,' blood stained. Ho denies all knowledge of the man ner In which Paul met his death. ADMITS HE HAS FOUR WIVES Kansan Also Says He's Served Term In Missouri Penitentiary for Bigamy. Emporia, Kan. Four wives were too much for D. E. Waller, ullas Davis Walton, under arrest hero on a charge of disturbing the peace. Waller has confessed having four wives living nnd one dead, according to local po lice. A quarrel with wife No. 2 led to Waller's arrest According to Waller's alleged con fession his first wife Ik dead. Tho second, third, fourth and fifth wives, nil living, he married in Missouri. Wives No. 3 and 4 now live In Mis souri, while the second and fifth livo here. It was while Waller was at tempting to leave Emporia with wlfo No. 5 that his legal wife interfered, firing one shot at him, according to police. His arrest followed. Tho po Hco said Waller admitted having served a term In the Missouri peni tentiary on a bigamy chnrge. ASKS 2 PILLOWS IN GRAVE New York Spinster, In Will, Specifies Extra One Be Placed Under Head. New York. The will of Miss Mnry E. Connors, sixty-four, directing her friend nnd executrix, Mrs. Kathcrlno Rees, to bury her In a single grave with an extra pillow under her hend and to seo that no carriages followed the hearse, has been filed for probato In the Surrogate's court. . In tho event of any relatives being discovered, she directed that $1 bo given each, "because during life they had no affection for me." No relatives have been heard of by Mrs. Rees and, under the will, the reslduo of Miss Connors' estate, after a few bequests to friends, will go to the Hospital for Ruptured and Cripples. 9 Would-Be Suicide's Head Too Hard for His Bullet New York. Thomas Dunn is a hard-headed railroad clerk. A bullet which he fired at his fore head glanced from his skull and only slightly lacerated the top of his head. Dunn wns arrested on a charge of violating the Sul livan anti-firearms law. Had Your Iron Today? Toast It Delicious Raisin Bread DO this tome morning and surprise the family: Serve hot raisin toast at break fast, made from full-fruited, luscious raisin bread. Let your Jnisband try it with his cof fee. Hear xvhat he says. Your grocer or bake shop can supply the proper bread. No need to bake at home. Made with big, plump, tender, seeded Sun Maid Raisins, and if you get the right kind there's a generous supply of these delicious fruit-meats in it. 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