NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
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BORDEAUX STOPS
LATE TUBER ROT
Destructive Disease of Potatoes
Can Be Controlled by Thor
ough Spraying.
SELLING VALUE IS LOWERED
All Regions Are Subject to Ailment
When Moist, Cool Weather Pre
vails During Growing Sea
son Sections Affected.
IPrepared by the United States Department
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Villi UU UUlllLUUUll lJ niiijiiiH 1UUI
bordeaux mixture. Department Clrcu
lar 220, Late-Blight Tuber Hot of the
Potato, by George' K. K. Link and F.
C. Melr, recently Issued by the United
States Department of Agriculture,
describes the disease and means of
Spraying Potato Vines In Field With
Bordeaux Mixture.
combating It. The rot decreases the
selling value of potatoes and often
leads to their completo decay In field,
in transit, or in storage.
Changes Into Decayed Mass
In the early stages of the disease
the tubers nro marked with brownish
or purplish spots which later become
shrunken, darker colored, and finally
purplish blacl
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m Muwun-uu bum,
the tuber sometimes changes Into a
wrinkled, decayed mass. This rot
fungus opens the way for bacteria and
other fungi that work more rapidly,
All potato-growing regions are sub
Ject to the disease when very moist,
cool weather prevails during the grow
ing season. It occurs frequently In
severe form In the New England
stntes, adjacent Canada, and the Pu
get Sound district, and less frequent
ly, though often In severe form, In
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Iowa, In the mountain districts of the
eastern and western stntes, and in
Florldn on the early crop.
Insure Control In Field
Since the tuber rot Impairs germlna-
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ng on v d Is ase-free seed, bur the
only method to Insure control in the
field is by spraying with bordeaux
TTilvtnro ffl nnnnds nf Conner sulnhatc.
6 pounds of stone lime. f0 gallons of
water). To get good results the plants
should be sprayed thoroughly and fre
quently, so that they will nt all times
be covered with a thin film of spray
mixture.
It Is not advisable to dig a field
while the soil Is wet, but at times It
may be necessary to do so In order to
save n pan u uiu ciop, uu-un m
chances of losing much of It are great.
If tubers in transit or storage nre kept
n rnmnnoitfuxno ImiTriAn fir I
ur.v iuiu L n:iu.;n.i...L.-. ""
degrees una in fp. u,OUUDU
win develop muu or ju.i hi .
Copies or tne circular may ne nan
free by writing to the Department of
Agriculture, wnsningron, u.
WAY TO P.nMTRfll nnOKLEBUR
First Essential Is to Prevent Weed
From Maturing Seed Shading
Crops Also Helps.
The first essential In cocklebur con
trol is to prevent the weed from ma
turlng seed. If the infested field Is In
-orn, the cultivation must be careful,
lMiiim? nil the nlants nosslble with the
cultivator nnd finishing the others by
i.nn.i n-Hii thA imo
'iLiMiM-nu-ini? Khndlnir crons heln to
control the weed. Such crops ns Sudan
erns sorghum and even soy benns more tlian one-tenui or it snouiu De cut
and clover will reduce the burs. A tonseed meal, as the use of more cuts
badly Infested field or part of a field down the egg yield materially and
-on bo mowed nnd burned. Fence may affect the quality of the eggs, pro
rows and other wnste place should he duclng spots and blotches on the yolks
'watched for strav plants which will which make ,them look bad. Otlici
mature seeds unless attended to. vegetnble-proteln feeds that mny be
used to advantage nre gluten and lln-
RAT-KILLING IS PROFITABLE mcR:
Work May Be Done on Rainy Days
When Farm Hands Are Not Labor
ing In the Fields.
Itat-killing is vory profitable work
when It rains and tire hands are not In
the fields. By getting boys, men and
dogs In line It Is sometimes possible to
destroy a number of rats. The ro
dents may be dug out of holes, strnw
stacks scattered, rubbish piles re
moved and war waged against the flee
ing rats. Then after many are killed,
follow up with other measures, such
as traps, poisoning, etc.
FOREIGN MATERIALS
LOWER WHEAT VALUE
May Become Mixed With Grain
at Different Times.
Amount of Dockage Present at Tlmo
of Inspection and Gradina Is
Factor of Considerable Im
portance to Farmer.
(Prepared by the United States Department
ot Agriculture.)
The foreign material usually (oimtl
In wheat mny become mixed with the
wheat while prowing, or with the
grain nt the time of thrnshlng, or In
the elevntor or other place of storage
during the various processes of linn
dllng or marketing. The presence of
foreign material In wheat at the time
ul imuamiiK luuy uu uiu reauu ui im
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'u" UIUU ncuilivi
dltlons that aro unfavorable to the
growth of wheat plants but favorable
to the growth of weeds.
The United States Depnrtment of
Agriculture, in Its work of grading
vnenr, ms rounu mat wnere tne seen
is carciuny seiecteu, cieaneu, ann
treated before sowing, and where care
Is exercised In cultivation and crop
rotation, together with careful thrash
lng and cleaning, there ordinarily Is
very little foreign material present
when the crop Is marketed. The for-
elgn material In wheat may seriously
affect Its value In, that It often In
crenses the cost of milling and Injures
tlio bnklng quality of Hour. This fac
tor Is considered In inspecting and
grading wheat. The amount of dock.
age present has a hearing upon Its
commercial value. When present In
large amounts, It Is n factor of con
siderable Importance.
Farmers' Bulletin 1118, Dockage
Under the Foderal Wheat Grades, con
tains a detailed description of how
foreign materials affect the grade ot
wheat. Copies of the bulletin may be
had upon request from the division
of publications, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington,
D. 0.
SMALL CAR HAULED LUMBER
Where No Wagon or Truck of Neces.
oary Length Was Available Light
Auto Does Trick.
A load o? 20-fr. lumber was to be
romnvnil ' nnrl nn wnL'nn nr trunk Of
0-
th0 necess!iry length was available,
The Illustration shows how the Job
How a Light Automobile and a Hand
Truck Were Made to Do the Work
of a Long Wagon In Holding
Load of Lumber.
was done with a light automobile and
a hand truck borrowed from a grocery
The rope from the rear nxle of the car
to the hand truck pulled the load
Ulille the rope around the rear end
of the lumber held the truck off the
Ioiind-Bdwln I, Camp, Hunting,
ton Park, Calif., in Popular Mechanics
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HENS NEED ANIMAL PROTEIN
Fowl Must Have Meat of Some Kind
to Produce Eggs, No Matter How
Much Vegetable Given.
(Prepared by the United State Department
01 AknvuHurc;
Those who have not learned by ex'
perIence nre npt t0 conclude, using the
..pgs js VRS" reasoning, that protein
. ..,.,,,, u.i10nir'r It crows Inside a
... ,.nnn n nlunf But not all
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proteins are alike and tnoy no not
produce like results when taken into
th h...s l)0(.. Tn n Kericrul way,
,,,,, rrtin nml vprwtnhlH tirotelni
ftre n,ke ,n (1(lt ,)0th aro nltrocon
n t . th lien )e,,ins t0 make
them Into eggs she finds there nre Im-
nortnnt differences thnt cannot be
overcome. But s,ne must nave animai
proteins In some amount, no mnttei
how much of the other kind Is avail
able. High vegetable-protein feeds can
replace some of the meat feed to nd
vantage, hut not moro than one-fourtl
to one-hnlf of It,
Tests made by the United States
ueparuneiu ot Agriculture u umi
of the high vegetable-protein feeds
cottonseed meal Is the best for egg
production, l'eanutmeai comes next,
followed by soy-bean meal nnd velvet
bean meal. In making up a maim not
ALFALFA USED FOR PASTURE
Care Should Be Taken Not to Graze
When Tender Shoots Are First
Appearing.
Alfalfa should not bo grazed when
only the young tender shoots nre first
appearing, for the crowns nro liable
to be permanently injured nnd the al
falfa killed. It should never during
the season bo pastured down very close
and will do better If permitted to grow
enough so that nt least one cutting
hay may be taken each season
DAIRY
FACTS
SERVICEABLE BREEDING RACK
Useful Device When Dull Becomes
Heavy Is Not Difficult to Build
Must Be Braced.
A bull that Is n good individual and
that lias excellent breeding back of
him should be kept In service nt least
until his daughters come In milk. It
he transmits his breeding to his
daughters ho should bo kept in servlco
until he Is no longer useful. To fol
low this plan it is necessary to ex
change bulls with other breeders and
In most cases it will be necessary to
use u breeding rack after the bull be-i
comes too heavy. It Is too often the
case that the breeding vnlue of a good
bull Is not discovered until lie Is dead.
A very serviceable breeding rack
can be made ns follows: Take two
planks 2 by 12 by ft feet long and
place them on n level foundation for
the lloor of the breeding rack. These
planks should be placed one and one-
lHrr. itrwuM ruxa
plaid? tHraoKT
nt
Durablo Breeding Rack for Bull.
half feet apart in the front part of
the rack and two feet in the rear, in
side measurements. Kach side of the
breeding rack has three posts made of
the same material as the lloor which
nro four feet high In front and ono
and one-half feet In the wear. Th
posts are nulled to the floor and a
plank 2 by VI by 9 feet long Is nulled
on the top of the posts. Two-Inch
strips nre nailed across the top of the
breeding rack at Intervals of ten
Inches to prevent the bull from slip
ping.
The breeding rack must be well
braced with li by 4's as indicnted In
the diagram. Four pieces 1 by 0
are nailed across the front end to
prevent it from spreading. A 2 by 4
is nailed across the lloor plank Just
back of the middle posts. A stanchion
is placed In the front end of the
breeding rack which Is so constructed
that It can be moved backward or
forward. The Prairie Farmer.
TESTS DETECT REMADE MILK
Necessary That Some Method Be De
vised That Natural Product Be
Distinguished.
(Prepared tj the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
The increased use of remade milk
and cream that Is, milk and cream
made front powdered or condensed
milk and swect-crenm butter has
made necessary some method by which
they may be distinguished from tho
natural products. Such a test bus been
devised by chemists of the United
Stntes Department of Agriculture, and
It Is now possible to detect as little as
10 per cent of remade milk In a mix
ture with naturnl pasteurized milk. If
milk powder has been used In making
the mixture, the amount that can bo
detected will depend on the degree of
hent used in Its manufacture.
The test for both milk nnd cream Is
based upon the color produced when
the washed curd made from them Is
dissolved In sodium hydroxide. When
this curd solution has stood for sev
eral hours u characteristic yellow
color develops In the samples taken
from remade milk nnd cream or mix
tures cohtnJnlng them; samples of tho
natural products or only slight mix
tures do not show it.
Remade milk and cream nro whole
some foods If made properly from
good, natural milk, but should be sold
for what they are, and this test makes,,
it possible for food officials to deter
mine whether or not the consumer Is
being deceived.
TAKE RIGHT CARE OF CREAM
During Hot Weather It Should Re
celve More Attention Cool Soon
as Possible.
During hot weather cream must re
ceive better care on the average farm,
As soon nfler separating as possible,
cool the cream by setting the can in
cold water. Never mix the fresh
warm cream with the cream from pre
vious separation until cooled as low
as possible. Do not keep cream too
long at the farm. Send it to tho
creamery or take it to the cream stn
tlon at least twice u week, and thrcs
times a week when the wenther gets
hot. Poor, stale cream will not make
good butter. If the creamery cannot
make good butter the average price of
cream will be lower than If good but
tor can be made.
Bacteria Furnish Nitrogen.
Sweet clover, like most legumes, de
pends largely for Its nitrogen on the
work of bacteria that live In nodulet
on the roots of the plant. While it la
not always necossury to Inoculate the
seed with this bacteria it 1b always
advisable.
Tomato Wilt Carried.
Tomato wilt Is carried In tho
plants nnd the disease is very often
scattered by this means; therefore
care should be tuken where plants
come from.
"JAZZ" BANDS
HAVE A RIVAL
McGinnis Brothers of Glade
. water, Tex., Have "Bull
frog Quartette."
DISCOVERED AT CAMP
Boya' Teach Amphibians to Sing
Neighbors Gather Nightly to Hear
Unusual Concert Dive Into Bap
tismal Waters at Church.
Glndewatcr, Tex. Tho "bullfrog
quartette" of tho McGinnis brothers
of this city Is the very latest sen
sation In muslcnl circles. So popu
lar has the "frog quartette" becotuo
that no muslcnl cutertulument or
church service Is completo without n
couple of contributions by the erst
while denizens of the Sandy Creek
marshes.
John and Joe McGinnis, twenty nnd
eighteen-year-old singers of note, spend
n good deal of their time In the woods
camping. Several weeks ago the boys
noticed that there were four frogs In
the creek which stuck pretty close
together and that their voices were
easily distinguishable. They lay
awake at night listening to these frogs.
The boys started singing "Carry Mo
Hock to 01 Vlrglnny" one evening.
They sang n couple of times Just to
while away; the time.
They were astonished an hour later
when they heard the bullfrogs croak
ing away on the same tune, picking It
up little at u time.
The next night the boys sang tho
same song three or four times, at In
tervals of an hour, with the bullfrog
quartette practicing on It between
times. This continued for four nights,
when the bullfrogs could actually
"carry the tune" to tho melody.
The boys went home and told tho
story. Six of the most representative
men In Gladewater accompanied them
to tho creek for a "bullfrog concert."
There, arranged on a log in proper
muslcnl order, were the four massive
bullfrogs, singing "Carry Me Unck (to
01' Virg'liiny," just nbout as well as
any quartette. The voices of the
tenor frog, the bass frog, the bari
tone frog and the second tenor frog
stood out clearly.
The McGinnis brothers decided to
capture the frogs. They had no trouble.
They stayed for tho night nnd when
they Interrupted the frog concert by
singing "Old Illack Joe." the four bull
frog's hopped off the log and camu to
where the boys were. In an hour's
time they were piping along on strains
of "Old Black Joe" with the McGinnis
brothers. They were brought home,
and since then they have been in intense-
training from an artificial pond
In the back yard at the McGinnis home.
The "bullfrog quartette" now sings
four tunes, and the neighbors gather
In nightly to hear them.
When the McGinnis brothers tnko
the bullfrogs out for entertainments
each Is placed on a pedestal.
Last Sunday when the "bullfrog
qunrtette" was tho feature of tho
"Carry Me Back to 01' Vlrglnny."
singing at t Ilaptist church the
bright bellied, Intelligent - looking
crokers were arranged along the rail
ing of the baptismal. When they com
pleted rendering "nrry Me Hack to
01' Vlrglnny" and responded to an en
core with "Old Hluck Joe" they dived
Into the baptismal waters and no
amount of persuasion could get them
out.
The McGinnis brothers are training
a second set of frogs for n quartette,
A Joint concert will probably be held
at tho church within a month.
Syndicate Buys 150,000 Acres.
Los Angeles, Cal. An Kngllsh syn
dicate, headed by the duke of Argyll,
has bought the Button Willow ranch,
comprising 150,000 ncres, In the San
Jonquil) valley of California, for a con
sideration of $12,000,000, aficordliig to
advices received here. Tho ranch was
part of the Miller & Lux holdings. It
Is tho Intention of the purchasers to
subdivide and put the property on the
market.
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