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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1930)
iVeer/ lessi Pain! Nowadays, people take Bayer Aspir in for many little aches and pains, and as often a3 they encounter any pain. Why not? It is a proven anti dote for pain. It works! And Bayer Aspirin tablets aro utterly harmless. You have the medical profession’s word for that; they do not depress the heart. So, don’t let a cold “run it3 course.” Don’t wait for a head ache to “wear off.” Or regard neuralgia, neuritis, or even rheum atism as something you must en dure. Only a physician can cope with the cause of such pain, but you can always turn to Eayer Aspir in for relief. Bayer Aspirin is always avail able, and it always helps. Famil iarize yourself with its many uses, and avoid a lot of needless suffering. RATER ASPIRIN Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Mcnoaceticacideeter of Salicylicacid Thousands Employed in Uncle Sam’s Business The official Register of the United States for 1929 shows 587,065 workers are now employed b.v the government through civil service. The register takes into consideration only em ployees in the executive branch of the : government and does not include hun- j dreds of thousands of others in the legislative, judicial cr military serv ices. In the federal executive serv ice, 63,904 are employed in the Dis trict of Columbia and 593,761 in the field. Of the total number, 82,501 are women. The Post Office department has the greatest number of employees with 314,795 under civil service, while the Treasury department ranks second with 53,094 and the Navy and War de partments rank third and fourth, re spectively, with 50,575 and 47,267. In ten departments in Washington, more women are employed than men, but In the field service men predominate. Locusts Turn on Planes Locusts recently turned on those who have been attempting to drive them out of India and Egypt. They have been attacking the airplanes, and have filled the radiators and engines so that the pilots had to descend to avoid overheating. One aviator who ivent up to scatter a swarm of the Insects was forced down, and found that one of them had been drawn inlo the air-intake pipe. That’s Too Bad Teacher—But, Jackie, why are you playing here? Surely you should be at school. Jackie—There! I knew there was something I had forgotten!—Passing Show. The Dance , “You teach the latest dances?" “I do.’’ “I wish to learn the new steps.” “Stops? You mean kicks."—Louis ville Courier-Journal. Poor Salesmanship Waiter—These are the best eggs we’ve had for years. Diner—Well, kindly bring me some you haven't had so long. Not for That “Would you marry a man to reform him, girlie?" “No, I don't care to run a reformatory.” A great many people don’t rise in the world because they don’t like to attract attention. The average woman spends more time than money when she goes shop ping. One who is hopeless, at least doesn't «eo!d so much. Don’t let your eyes order your meal It will be too big. Haircuts also reveal character. Tired of Prospecting Chorus Girl—It Is hurd to find a fel low with a heart of gold nowadays. Gold Digger—Bet yer silk hosiery: l am getting tired of prospecting.— New Bedford Standard. The Reason Tom—1 notice you’re wearing youj socks wrong side out. Bob—Yes, my feet got warm and J turned the hose on them. A bachelor has to hunt for agree able cronies and becomes ratber ex pert at it. Memory is almost as deceitful a* hope. Los Angeles Boy Needed Help "| Leroy Young, 1116 Georgia St., Los An geles, is a “regular fellow,” active Id sports, and at the top in his classes af school. To look at him now, you’d think Jhe never had a day’* sickness but ins motner says: wnon Leroy was just a little fellow, we found his stomach and bowels were weak. He kept suffering from con stipation. Nothing he ate agreed with | him. He was fretful, feverish and puny. “When we started giving him Cali fornia Fig Syrup his condition im proved quickly. His constipation and biliousness stopped and he has had no more trouble of that kind. I have since used California Fig Syrup with him for colds f.nd upset spells. He likes it because ft tastes so good and I like it because it helps him so won derfully!” California Fig Syrup has been the trusted standby of mothers for over 50 years. Leading physicians recom mend it. It is purely vegetable and works witli Nature to regulate, tone and strengthen the stomach and bowels of children so they get full nourishment from their food and waste is eliminated in a normal way. Four million bottles used a year shows how mothers depend on It. Al ways look for the word “California" on the carton to be sure of getting the genuine. pm Nature "a warning - help nature clear your complexion and paint red rose3 In your pale, sallow cheeks. Truly wonderful results follow thorough colon cleansing. Take N.1 NATURE'S REMEDY — to regulato and strengthen your eliminative or gana. Watch the transformation. Try NR instead of caere laxatives. MU*!, safe, purely vegetable—*t (ironists, co!y2Sc FEEL LIKE A WKLION. TAKE SIOUX CITY P 7 Ci. CO, NO. 3-1930 New life for | old leather | Clean, smooth color restored. Scuffs concealed instantly. The lustre of leather revived. ?o wonderful shines— 50 cents. Colors for black, brown, tan and white shoe* —a neutral polish for others. BARTON’S Dya NSH.I N 6 SHOE POLISH | OF INTEREST TO FARMERS HARVESTING CORN Four different methods of har vesting corn are commonly prac ticed in the corn belt— picking the corn from the standing stalks, hog ging down the ears, cutting the corn and shredding the stalks and placing the whole crop in the silo All four methods are practical, but no one can, as a rule, be practiced l for the ent.ire crop on a given farm. There is, of course, considerable difference in the cost per acre of harvesting the crop by these meth ods, but the higher cost methods also result in a greater income per acre, due to the fact that the feed i» more completely used. For three years, records of harvesting costs have been gathered by one experi ment station on cost routes, that in cluded the harvesting of 4,409 acres of corn. Of this acreage, 3,245 acres were picked for grain, 440 acres were cut for silage, 331 acres were cut for fodder, and 393 acres were hogged off. For picking the corn from the standing stalks, an average of 7.8 man hours of labor and 14.6 horse hours were required, and the cose of this amounted to $6 pr acre, or 10.5 cents per bushel. Hogging off the crop saved a great deal of expense as shown by the records from thir teen different farms. The labor was practically confined to the building and moving of temporry fences, the cost of which was one hour of man labor and half an hour of horse la bor per acre. Based upon the same charges as made above for these items, the cost of hogging off the crop amounted to an average of 36 cents per acre. Since, under favora ble conditions, a hog will produce as much pork from a given amount of corn picked by itself in the field as when the corn is fed in the dry it is evident that hogging off as much corn as is practicable is a very economical practice. When the corn was cut and shocked in the field and the ears subsequently removed by a shredder and the stalks shred ed. 18.2 hours of man labor and 18.3 hours of horse labor were required per acre. These figures represent an average for three years. The man and horse labor amounted to $7 82 per acre, machine and engine cost to $1.96, and miscellaneous items to $3.81, or a total of $13.59 per acre. This was over twice the cost of picking the corn by hand from the standing stalks. The shredded fod der cost the producer the difference between $6 and $13.81, or $7.81, equl valent to about $5 a ton. Ensiling the corn cost 15.2 hours of man la bor and 23.8 hours of horse labor per acre. Adding other expenses brought the total cost up to $14 01 per acre. The average yield of har vesting amounted to $1.70 per ton Figuring corn worth 85 cents a bushel and the cost of picking it 10 cents and assuming that the corn ensiled produced fifty bushels per acre, the silage had a value in the S6.27 a ton. These figures should be useful as a guide in deter mining how best to utilize the crop uncer given farm conditions. ---- THE FALL CLEAN-UP Scientists recommend a general clean-up of crop residues after the crops have been harvested, by clean big up or burning the rubbish or plowing it under. Iirects and dis eases are reduced and the infesta tion on the following crops will not be so great. Department bulletin No. 283, of the United States depart ment of agriculture, says leaf spot, or blight, of tomatoes is responsible for an annual loss of approximately 250,000 tons of tomatoes, valued at $3,750,000. This fungus will winter over on such common weeds as horse nettle, jimson weed and other allied weeds, as well as on eggplant and potatoes. The recommendation is to plow under all of the tomato vines and other weeds as eoon as the crop is harvested. The fungus cannot live over the winter in the ground. To do a good job it may be necessary to pick the vines before plowing, as the vines will have to be thoroughly covered to kill all the fungus on them. In areas where the Mexican bean beetle is prevalent, it is important that all bean plants in the field be destroyed as soon as the crop has been picked, or when they have been so severely injured by the beetles and larvae that it is no long er profitable to keep them. This can best be done by plowing the plants under, as all stages of the beetles will be destroyed when covered with a few inches of soil. Here again a thorough job of plowing is import ant. The European com borer has been found to feed on more than 200 different kinds of plants. The larvae may attack any or all parts of the plants; the stems, however, are most frequently attacked. The importance of clean-up work in the prevention of spread cannot be overemphasized. Spraying, burning and the use of chemicals are rec ommended as important control measures as set forth in technical bulletin No. 53, United States de partment of agriculture. The plow ing under the infected debris is strongly recommended. CARE OF CALF Over-feeding calves predisposes them to trouble from scours. Fer mented or partly soured milk, feed ing from dirty pails or any other unsanitary condition often Is a con tributing factor. Milk which is too rich in butterfat may also cause trouble, but with our subscriber the trouble seems to start after the calves are changed from whole to skim-milk. When many people change from whole milk to skim milk they feed the calves too liber ally on skim-milk which also is a cause for trouble. We would suggest that the amount of milk be limited to approximately one pound daily to each 10 nounds weight of the calf, and th»> shift from whole milk to skimmilk made gradually. Befove the shirt is made the calves should be taught to eat some ground corn and oats by giving a little of this In the bottom of the pail after they are through drinking. Calves that become sick often need a laxative to help throw off the poison caused bv the bacteria. From cne to three ounces of castor oil is very good for CHEAP IIEIFER EXPENSIVE ~~ Last year, a traveling stock-buyer sold me a promising Jersey heifer for $7 less than the market price, 1 says a farmer who later realized he was “stung.’' I thought at the time ; thst I was getting a bargain, but the animal did not develop as it should, and later I called in a veter- 1 inarian, who found her sterile. The | stock-dealer could not be located, j but through one of his customers, we learned that my heifer had been brought from a district 20 miles distant, and that she was twinned with a bull. We also learned that this dealer had a habit of shoving off onto unsuspecting farmers every this purpose, the amount being varied according to the size of the calf. Treatment with formalin often gives beneficial results. A stock so lution of one part of commercial formalin to 31 parts Of water is made, a teaspoon of this being add ed to each pound of milk fed. When the trouble Is under control, the calf should be brought slowly back on full feed. Where the calf is very weak and will not drink it can be kept nourished by the occasional administration of an egg. The shell of the egg is cracked and the egg, shell and all, put well back In tne calf's mouth, which Is held closed on the egg so that he will break it up and swallow It. Calves that are sick should be kept isolated from calves that are well. Tile calf stable should be thoroughly cleaned and scraped and then scrubbed with a strong solution of lye water. If pos sible, the calves should be kept In a dry. sunny place. Calf stanchions will help control the feeding opera tions and prevent considerable ‘rou ble in handling the calves. - - • —— — EDUCATING THE MULE A great many young mules hava a tendency to pull on the bit or forge ahead. This habit can be easily controlled and is really a “good" fault with a mule. If, however, the driver tries to correct this fault by over-working or abuse, the mule be comes either lazy or vicious. A sim ple method to control this mule would be by the use of a “buck Eitrap” or “buck rope” similar to one of those used with the multiple hitc\. system of driving. I mean by this, adjusting the buck strap on the mule and tying or bucking him back to the trace or singletree of his mate. Thus, by adjusting this buck strap, the mule can be kept even with his mate. This arrange ment does not interfere in the least with the regular lines used on tha team and they will drive very even ly and easily. The buck strap oi buck ropes can be purchased from any harness dealer at a very nom inal price or can be made up from straps or rope usually found in any farm shop. The buck strap consists of two straps, one four feet eight inches and the other three feet eight inches in length, connected by eight inches of light chain such ai a crossbar of an automobile tire chain, these forming the reins; and a long strap five and a half to sis feet in length that snaps to the light chain or tire chain crossbar and runs back, snapping to the single tree cf the quiet mule. Tliis ar rangement can be used wherevei you have a load or brakes on the object you are pulling. A horse or mule soon finds that he can not get ahead with this arrangement and will soon^forget the habit. A FORTUNE IN PLANTS When the song of disaster In agriculture is heard so olten it cer tainly is a pleasure to run across a man who has not only made a suc cess of farming, but a fortune aa well. The story of this success seems to bo laid in failures, for certainly few Individuals have had so many things to try the timber of a man as had this plant grower. A real story of human interest can be told, hut Jtoaca forbids; suffice it to say that inter many years of hard work, with disaster following on top ol disaster, a few hundred dollars waa laid away. With this was purchased a small piece of land in 1924.' Sines then the property hai? grown to 130 acres with only 100 in cultivation. Of this land 15 acres is underdrained and 26 is furnished with overhead irrigation. By some recent purchases and through renting there are now approximately 250 acres under the plow. The major part of this tract is devoted to the production of plants. Cabbage plants, tomato plants, pepper plants, potato plants, eggplants, onion plants; all kinds of plants grown" and produced by ths thousands and millions. Quite often an acre will return as much as $1, 000. A most interesting thing about this farm is that sufficient feed is produced on it fer the livestock and chickens, and every acre gees i into peas or some soil-building crop once a season. It is also understood that at least three crops a year ara to be grown on all the land. From 1924, when the farm was purchased, to 1928 the gra s income has been around $50,000 a year with a net of I better than $20,000. In four years ■ this plant grower has passed from the shadow of poverty into the full light of affluence. He has risen from obscurity to be one of the mas ter farmers of his state. FARM MACHINERY INCREASE. Agricultural leaders in several competing countries long ago real ized that the former superiority ol American farmers lay largely in their use of labor-saving equipment They have for years been urging their farmers to equip themseivei with the best machinery available and their recommendations have been followed at a constantly in creasing rate. The latest report ol the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, in commenting upon tha tremendous increase in exports oi farm machines, makes some highly significant statements which every American farmer would do well to consider, namely: “Exports of agri cultural implements and machinery for the first six months of 1929 amounted to $72,068,581*, an increase of $18,000,000, or 33 per cent, over the amount, for the corresponding period of 1928. Such a gain for the first six months of anv year has never previously been reported and It appears to herald the coming of a record year in the farm trade of ag ricultural machinery and Imple ments. The most noteworthy in crease occurred in shipments of tractors, which made a net gain in all types and sizes of $6,1C4,7C9. Such satisfactory increases in all lines of agricultural machinery, but especial ly in tractors and harvesting ma chines. indicates that the movement toward power farming is progressing throughout the world.” freemartin heifer thrt came into his hands. This experience taught m * a lesson. Since men, when buy ing heifers cr calves for stock pur poses from an unknown source, I m ike it a rule first to communicate with the original owner. RURAL FALL SCENE Here is a pleasant picture of coun try life at late fall, painted by a correspondent of a rural newspaper: “The tobacco has ail been gathered In, and the fanners are busy cut ting corn and seeding. Their wives are making pumpkin pies. The big boys are after the girls. The little boys are after the muskrats.” t^Babie. FRET ! There are times when a baby is too fretful or feverish to be sung to ileep. There are some pains a mother cannot pat away, but there’s no time ^ien any baby can’t have the quick comfort of Castoria! A few drops, and your little one is soon at ease—back to sleep almost before you can slip away. Remember this harmless, pure vegetable preparation when chil dren are ailing. Don’t stop its use when Baby has been brought safely through the age of colic, diarrhea, and other infantile ills. Give good old Castoria until your children are in their teens 1 Whenever coated tongues tell of constipation; whenever there’s any sign of sluggishness that needs no stronger medicines to relieve. Castoria is pleasant-tast ing; children love to take it. Buy the genuine—with Chas. H. Fletcher’s signature on wrapper. Safe Representative Pearl P. Oldfield, de ploring the Increase in automobile ac cidents. said ut a dinner in Washing ton : “I can sympathize with the woman who was rung up on the telephone in the small hours. Shivering with fright, she put the receiver to her ear. “‘Is that Mrs. Margaret E. Wins low?’ said a very grave voice which she didn't know. '“Yes, yes,’ she panted. “ ‘Mrs. Winslow,’ said the grave voice, ‘I regret to have to Inform you’ —and it seemed to poor Mrs. Winslow that her heart stood still—‘to Inform you that your son, John Evans Wins low, has been arrested for joy riding.’ “*Oh, thank goodness,’ shouted Mrs. Winslow, ‘the boy’s safe in Jail.’" New Road Test for Driver* One of the most difficult and yet safest highways in the world has just been opened between Haugastol and Eldfjord, Norway. It is a masterpiece of engineering and is said to provide a thorough test of driving skill for autoists. High in the mountains, reached by long grades and through tunnels, a one-way road is controlled, eastbound autoists being compelled to start from certain points on Hie hour ar:d half hour, and westbound ma chines must wait in designated places for their turn. The Kindlier Past George W. Davison, the banker, who hns presented Einstein's manuscript exposition of bis newest theory to Wesleynn university, said in a recent Wesleyan address: “I love the kindly spirit of the past. The spirit of the present Is so differ ent. The hitching post of the past— an Invitation to stop and hitch your nag—has everywhere given way to the sidewalk notice, ‘Don’t Park Here.’ ’’ Pole-Rope Stretcher Made Persons disabled while mountain climbing may he carried to lower lev els in a stretcher made from a pole nnd a piece of rope, according to dem onstrators at the recent travel show in Dresden, Germany, The rope is so wrapped nnd knotted as to provide a swing for the body suspended from the pole, the Injured person being trussed into a comfortable position to be borne on the shoulders of bis fellows. Her One Chance Cook—Yes, ma’am. I'm leavin’ in ex actly three minutes. Mistress (wearily)—Then put the eggs on to boil and we'll have them right for once.—Stray Stories. Finally Saw Pheasant Hunters lu the vicinity of Geneva, N. Y., had an experience with a pheas ant not long ago. After a day's tramping In vain search of the bird* the hunters sat in a club, hemoanln* their hard luck. Just as one of th* party had finished speaking there wa* a crash ami the yarn swappers turned to see a gorgeous cock pheasant Mut ter Into the room as the lost fragment* of a broken window fell to the lloor The frightened bird ran across tin room nnd on? the open door. And nc one did anything about it. ^ [1i_ . . , ...-=a Mrs. Walkinshaw Says Dr. Pierce’s Medicines Are Reliable Lincoln, Neb r.— “For the past six k years I have taken I Dr. Pierce's Favor | ite Prescription off * and on whenever I felt the need of a tonic to give me strength and better v health and I am happy to say it has v never failed to give perfect satisfaction. All our family have taken Ur. rierce s remedies. I never hesitate to say 13r. Pierce’s medicines are perfectly reliable for I know they are. I would especially recommend the ‘Favorite Prescription’ for weak women.”—Mrs. F. H. Wal kinshaw, 2201 P St. AH dealers. _ < Send 10c to Dr. Pierce's Clinic in Buffalo, N. Y., for a trial pkg. Superficial Flesh Wounds Try Hanford’s Balsam of Myrrh ■ All dealers are authorlred la refund,our money tor the lirst bottle il not suited. Roofing and Repairs NATIONAL ROOFING CO., Inc. Omaha-Sioux City-Sionx Falls-Council Blutfa Write for Esdnilu What Ails Mexico If we hail to live ou chile and tor tillas and things like that, Instead of cakes and sausage aud coffee and things like that, maybe we’d have more revolutions, too.—Fort Wayne News Sentinel. Probably a Bit Cross, Too Quinn—Fiu afraid some early Influ ence has made Bob erratic. Sherman—Yes, I think so, too. He was born under a crazy quilt. How to do nothing pleasantly ia the great enigma of the man who "‘re tires.” Home Has More Danger Than Savages of Brazil ^ JOHN J. WHITEHEAD, explorer J and lecturer, has just returned from eight months in the jungles of South America, where he was search ing for traces of the lost Colonel Fawcett and his son. Dangerous as he found the jungle, he encountered a worse danger at home. But let him tell it. “One of the great problems of a trip of this kind is keeping in healthy condition. When we started, some of the members of the party had laxa tives with them, but made wise by experience I carr ied Nujol. All too quickly my stock ran out. Soon I was in bad shape—what with a diet of rice and beans, lacking vitamins and green vegetables, “When we finally got back to civiliza tion, entertained f’rst in Brazil and later in the United States, 1 became positively ill. Severe stomach pains and poor elimination made me realize that Nujol would again prove the reliable, trusty keeper of health. Sure enough, with the first bottle the troubio disappeared. Don’t think Nujol is a medicine. It is as tasteless and colorless as clear water. It brings you, however, what your body needs like any other ma chine—lubrication. Tust as a good bath washes our bodies clean, Nujol I John J. Whitehead, explorer and lecturer, with a Jungle Warrior sweep3 away, easily and normally, Ihoso internal bodily poisons (we all have theml that make us_ feel dull and headachy and sick. Nujol can not hurt even a little baby; it forma no habit; it contains not one single drug. Doctors and nurses use it them selves and tell ; *, to use it, if yea want to be well. Take Nujol every night for two weeks and prove to yourself how happy and bright and full of pep you can be, if your body is internally clean. Get a bottle today at any drug store. It costs but a few cents, and makes you feel like a million dollars. Start traveling the health-road to success and happiness—this very day 1 4