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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1922)
NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TItlfiUNE. NICOTINE KILLS STRIPED BEETLE When Applied in a Mixture It Has Been Found Effective in , Protecting Plants. POISON ACTS AS REPELLENT Insect Makes Its Appearance Suddenly and In Lnrpe Numbers and Serious Injury May Result If Appli cation Is Neglected. (Prepared by tne United States Department lit Agriculture.) Nicotine sulphate, when nppllcd In a mixture with a dust, has been found by the bureau of entomology of the United States Department of Agricul ture to protect young cucumbers, mel ons and related crops successfully from tho ravages of the striped cu cumber beetle. Department Circular 224, "Nicotine Dust for Control of the Striped Cucumber Beetle," by W. H. White, scientific assistant in truck- crop Insect Investigations, recently ls used, gives the results of vurlous ex periments at Arlington farm and di rections for preparing and applying the dust. Amount to Apply. A dust mixture containing 4 per cent nicotine (proved as effective as those containing greater amounts, and Cucumbers of Uniform Slzo Result If Vines Are Given Proper Attention, Is therefore recommended. One-fourth to one-half an ounce to the hill is ef fective for one application. The dust nets as a repellent and also kills the beetles when they come Into contact with It. When applied properly It drives the Insects from the cracks In the soil Type of Effective Duster. A duster that will throw a good vol ume of dust quickly and forcibly to prevent the beetle from escaping by lllght should bo used. A cheese-cloth sack or knapsack-bellows type of dus ter Is effective on small areas. The dust must be applied as soon as the plants appear above the ground, so that they are well covered. The In sect makes Its appearance suddenly and in large numbers und serious dam age may result If this application is neglected. Department Circular 224 may be ob tained free upon application to the United States Department of Agricul ture, Washington, D. C. MARRIED MEN BEST WORKERS Chances for Securing Employment on Farm Are Less Than 50 Per Cent for Slnole Men. If you want a job on a farm your chances of getting It nre slightly better than T0 per cent if you aro married, and slightly less than 50 per cent If single. But If you're married and have children your chances nre around 45 per cent. The United Stntes Department of Agriculture has found that, of 1,201 farm Jobs advertised In eastern farm papers from 1020 to 1922, single men were wanted In 387 Instances, and married men In 410 Instances. In 308 cases the social requirements were not stated. Of the ndvcrtlscmentsv for married men children specifically were not wanted In 54 Instances. Children were wnntod or wero permissible In 14 In stances. Many farmers who hire laborers have no dwellings to let and conse quently cannot employ married men, It Is said. If the fanner hns a dwelling for n laborer's family he prefers that It sliofiTuHfo occupied. SILO FOR STORING COW FEED One Should Be Constructed Where Farmer Has as Many as Six or Seven Dairy Animals. Build a silo for storing feed If you hnve as many ns six or seven cows. A home-made stave silo 10 by 24 feet will cost less than was paid last winter for flvo tons 9'. hay. Four acres of com will 1111 It and do tho work of ten acres of hay. GENTLE TREATMENT IS BEST It Pays to Keep Milking Periods as Regular as Possible and Milk In Same Order. It pays to treat the cows gently and firmly, to keep tho milking periods as nearly regular as possible, to milk in the same order, and for each milker to milk the sarao cows each time. This Is necessary to the highest develop ment of a herd no matter If the In fluence In Individual cases seems Insignificant WAR GASES PROPOSED TO ERADICATE PESTS Some of Them Promise to Bo Quite Efficient Particularly Useful When Heavlor Than Air and Used on Burrowing. Rodents and Insects In Stored Products. (Prepared by the United States Department ui Asnuuiiure. i Deadly gases that wero developed for wnr purposes arc now being tried out by the United Stutes Department of Agriculture as u means for destroy Ing noxious birds, animals, and Insects, Some of them promlso to be useful when applied under proper conditions, particularly thoso that aro heavlor than ulr und can bo used on burrowing rodents, and possibly subterranean In. sects and pests In stored products. The most recent proposal Is to ubq gas to kill destructive birds that con gregate In marshes. In tho coming fall the biological survey, in co-open atlon with the chemical warfare serv Ice, Is planning to make a trial of tht method on blackbirds In tho Imperial valley of California. In that region these birds are said to do at least $50,. 000 worth of damage to the mllo crop each year. Because of their feeding habits It Is impossible to destroy thes. birds with poisoned baits, but, as they roost on the reeds In the marshes. 1( Is thought that they can bo killed by a gas cloud at night when the wind U favorable. Tho blackbirds aro mlgra tory and return to the same placet year after year. It Is thought that a big killing in a curtain locality will probably free It of tho pests for many years. Arrangements also are being inada by tho biological survey with tho chem leal warfare service for Investigating the possibility of using poison gases on such burrowing rodents as rats, pralrla dogs, ground squirrels, und wood chucks. Entomologists of tho department have already worked In co-operation with the War department In testing various gases on Insect pests of growi lng plants and those that Infest stored grain, but It has not yet been found advisable to recommend anything to take the place of hydrocyanlc-acld gal or carbon bisulphide. Tho serious disadvantages of man) of these new gases Is that they ar dangerous or very Irritating to men horses, and mules, and require the usi of masks and greut care In handling. CORN SHELLER EASILY MADE Both Lever and Cut-Away Portions ol Block Are Studded With' Pro truding Spikes. A homemade corn shelter Is just tin thing where only n little corn Is to be shelled. A block of wood with a sloping notch cut from one end ll mounted on three legs. A lever Is aft Homemade Corn Shelter. tached to the block. Both lever ant cut-away portions of the block ar studded with spikes driven so that tin heads protrude about half an Inch Tho box thnt catches the corn Is fas tened to the legs of the ahellef. KEEP HOE GOING IN GARDEN Success of Vegetable Crops Depend Greatly on Cultivation Plan to Keep Weeds Out. Much of the success of vegetabU culture depends on keeping the ho going. Never miss a chance when tin ground Is In a semlmolst condition That Is just the very best time for the work. Keep stirring ns deeply a possible between the rows of all young growing vegetables to open up tht soil and lay It ready for the action ol sun and air. By this process weedi never get a foothold, far less reach the seeding stage. If this plan Is per sisted In one can almost see th vegetables growing. It Is not hard work, and It Is well worth the time II tukes. SUMMER WEATHER AND FLIES Many Calves Can Be Saved If Given Careful Attention and Kept In Shaded Pens. Hot weather and flies ruin a great many calves. It Is advisable to pro tect tho young animals very carefullj during the fly season. Spring calvei aro never allowed by some breeder! to posture tho first summer, but ara kept In shaded pens away from tht heat arid files. Fall calves, likewise, are not nllowed pasture during the hot days, but are turned out at night Into Bmall paddocks or exercise pens. Un less the calf Is getting plenty of grain, washy grass may do It mors harm than good. , DAIRY HINTS CONTESTS IMPROVE QUALITY Demonstrations In South Carolina Have Done Much to Promote Dairy Industry. (Prepared br the United States Department of Agriculture.) County and stato butter coutests, a feature of South Carolina extension work for women last year, accom plished much in the way of Improving tho dulry Industry there. South Caro lina Is not a dairy state. It uses an nually about $14,000,000 worth of dairy products shipped In from other stntes. Some of this Importation Is due to the fact that while there Is a large amount of farm butter produced within the state, no steady demand for It has been developed. For tho pur pose of creutlng an Interest In this farm-mnde butter, and to teach tho women to muko a better product, con tests which were open to home-demonstration club members were started during 1021 in 11 counties. Butter demonstrations wero given In all tho women's clubs, and till In terested persons wero Invited to a dem onstration by the state specialist at the county scat. Three hundred and sixty women and girls enrolled for tho contests, and of these 120 sent butter for every Judging. Without exception there was a great Improvement In tho packages brought to market and tiie quality of tho butter sold, us tho women learned to what extent the but ter Is affected by tho temperature used for ripening and churning, tho care and cleanliness In handling, and the feeds for the cow. "Contest butter" sold very readily at the various club markets, and thoso who did not enter the contest were obliged to make Improvement in tho quality of what they offered for snlo or lose the market for their butter. Ex tension workers report to tho United States Department of Agriculture that the butter produced In all parts of the stato has been perceptibly Improved as a result of theso contests. TRAP KEEPS COW CONTENTED Kansas Farmer Designs Odd Con traption to Keep Files From Milk Producers. Along with keeping his hired help contented the farmer must also keep his cows "contented," If they are to give their maximum production of milk. A Kansas farmer, who believes that bovine contentment depends largely upon keeping the animals A Special Flytrap, the Invention of a Kansas Farmer, Brushes Flies From Cows and Imprisons Them in a Trap at the Top of the Contrivance. free of files, has Invented nn odd fly trap for that particular purpose. Tho cow enters and walks through tho cage, and the files nre brushed off by brushes that protrude from each side. The flics, or most of them, In their attempt to escape, aro caught in a specially designed trap on tho top of the lnclosure. Popular Mechanics Magazine. DESTROYING LARVAE OF FLY Caution Must Be Used In Applying Chemicals to Manure Piles to Conserve Value. . There nre many ways of combat ing the fly nuisance. On farms, the manure piles are probably the chief sources of fly Infection. Tho use of chemicals In destroying tho Inrvne of the fly In manure piles Is one of the Important ways of keeping this insect under subjection. However, one must be cuutlous Inasmuch ao a too liberal use of some of the chemlculs will de stroy the fertilizing value of the ma nure. FACTORS IN DAIRY FARMING Of Great Importance That Barns and Utensils Be Clean to Add to Creamery Check. Good clean barns, clean milking practices, and clean dairy utensils aro thrco essential factors In dairy farm ing, whether for the man who Is muk lng It his sole business, or the farmer who uses flvo to ten cows to ndd tho creamery check to his Income for tho month, along with other farming work. Silo Increases Profits. Business farmers and experiment stations have found thut a silo not only Increases tho yearly profits of the farm, but eliminates many uncer tainties of live stock raising. Feed Calves Separately, Tie the calves up so they can be fed separately. Cows Standing Highest The cows thnt stand highest In test ing association records nre fed grain regularly to supplement pastures. SICILIAN SLOWLY TURNS TO STONE Is Tramping Across Sand Wastes in Texas to, Die Among Pet rified Trees. SCION OF OLD ROME Race With Death Is Nearlng End, Though His Muscles Art Harden ing Fortune Depleted by World War. Brownsncld, Texas. Mile by mllo through the sand wastes of western Texas, his body slowly turning to ntono so thnt even a smile on his face Is hardly distinguishable, Gulscppl Or lando, scion of one of the oldest Sicil ian noble families, Is slowly trudging his way to tho petrlllcd forests of Arlzonn where he hopes to die. Unless somo passing tourist lends a lclndly hand ho may never reach his destination. Tho strange malady with which he was afflicted several years ago In Sicily Is slowly making walk ing Impossible. Ills noso Is already us hard as marble. Physicians In Europe and America, to whom he has appealed, shake their heads In despair, He has what is commonly known as myositis ossificans, a disease In which large areas of muscles gradually be come hardened by limestone deposits Artcrlnl sclerosis Is a similar disease, but the limestone forms only In tho blood vessels. It Is only n matter of time In myositis, however, until tho vital organs of the body nre affected and death steps In Hko a dream at night. A Beloved Teacher. Orlando, an old man at sixty-two, spent his life In a little Sicilian village. Though afforded n good education by the money one ancestor after another had handed down to his purents, he never had to work for a living. He wns not idle. On tho contrary, he was tho village's most Interesting, most fascinating teacher. On the curb stones of one of tho by streets groups of children flocked about him at all hours of tho day, even Into the night, Ue taught them the history of their country, the glories of .the old ltomnn empire, In which his ancestors played so great a part. What he learned from books merely supplemented thnt which his parents had told him nnd his grandparents had told his parents Tho World war vastly depleted tho family fortunes, until he, an only child, without a dcflnlte vocation In Jlfe, too old to learn any, was re duced almost to poverty. To add to Ills distress he fell a victim to this strange disease. He had read about the petrified forests in the United States, and he determined, Inasmuch as his own body was soon to be petri fied, that he would die where nature's plants and animals had died such a death. SallB for America. So lie set out for America with tho pittance the poor villagers had given him. When ho arrived his money was 1s Slowly Trudging His Way to the Petrified Forests. gone, nnd ho determined to walk across the country to accomplish tho one great aim of his. life. Orlando Is nearlng his goal, but so Is tho dreadful disease. He walks with great dlfllculty. The food that farm ers and townspeople en route give him is received only with a courtly bow and "thank you," spoken In good Eng lish he cannot move tho skin and muscles of his faco enough to smile. But ho does smile Inwardly. Ho smiles with each step he takes, knowing that ho Is nearer his land of death where nil that has died and nil that Is dying turns to stono, Chick With Extra Eye and Bill. Trenton, Mo. A chicken with three eyes and two hills was found In a flock of chicks that were hatched by a hen belonging to Lucretla Shaw of this city. In caring for the small chicks of her flock Mrs. Shaw acci dentally ran across tho freak chicken. It was well formed otherwlso nnd seemed to bo as pert and healthy as the others. What Is It Worth On the road changing a tire 13 not an especially pleasant task. The dust or mud, the grease and grime, the tedious delay all are things we like to avoid. But the time to think about these things is when you buy the tire not after the blow-out occurs. Forsomc tire3blow out much more easily than others. Outward appearance counts for little. It is the material in the tire and the construction of it that determines its strength. Goodyear recognizes these facts and all Goodyear Tires arc made of long staple cotton. Take tha-30 x 3 Cross Rib Clincher Tire here illus trated, for example. It is made of Egyptian and Arizona cotton, the fibres of which average 1 inches long. Many 30 x 34 clincher tires are mado of short staple cotton from y inch to yb inches long. This means les3 strength and greater danger of blow-outs more tire troubles. Yet this high gracfc guaranteed Goodyear Tire costs only $10.95. You can buy some tires for cvenless than this but none with the fine materials and construction of this one. Can you afford to take a chance on more frequent tire troubles for the sake of the slightly lower price of cheaper tires? 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