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Central Business Institute, Central Building, Washington, D. C. FOUND. Making Money . On the Farm VEIL Potato Culture By C. V. GREGORY, Author of "Heme Course In Modern . Agriculture" Copyright, 1909. by American Prets Allocution w FOUND -On train to Omaha, lady's purse containing money. Owner may have same by calling at News-Herald office and proving property. j;...;;;..;;j.j;..;..;..;;;... A. L. TIDD LAWYER References , T Bank of Eagle, Eagle. 3. Nehswka Bank, Nehawka. j- Bank of Murdock, Murdock. T First Nat'l bunk, Greenwood. 3. State bank of Murray, Murray. 4 First Nat'l bank, I'lattsmouth. BAILEY & (Mil THE DENTISTS tlteit Hifict nijfl-Griiit DrntMry. ItliCI itlerrlcrt. bfM-'qulpM Drnul Of fice li till Middle Wctt. CClt DltCOUNTI TO CITY VHITOK. id floor Futon Hik . Itth rarnim, OMAHA, NEB. r C. A. MARSH1LL, D. D. S. ..Graduate Dentist.. Prices Reasonable All Work Guaranteed , Twenty-six Years' Experience uiiice in nczgeraia biock U, . WOULD FUSE WITH THE ORIENT. Writer Declares That Out of Action Would Come a Estter Race. In many respects (be orientals are our ornithosis, and If our Ideals, pr'u cipios, and ins;luii;-na are more henefioiem. we are under obligutiott to present thorn. There should he ns collision between tlio Munsol and the Anglo-Saxon races, hut instead there should be a fusion. Out of this fusion there thould cmirr;;? a better race. We ea:i learn lunch from the. various people cf tho orient which would, b1 benelicial to ourselves, and while w receive from ther.i we are able l" contribute the one C"cat principle of J ho Anglo-Saxon r:t:-e, nam-'ly, liberty, livery race thai l.aj come Into power and prominence has aiocd lor som? great, ovcrrv.astcriny; ldra. That lot which we stand ami which Is tho ;;reat touchstone of o;rr sreat national Hfo is liberty. It is for our nation, as the Kreat western wing of tho Anslo Saxou race, to join in tho extension of this principle, r.nd alsa to bear the lues tago of peace. Mason S. Slone, Com mlssioner of Education, cf VerniJAit, in Leslie i Wojkly. Rubber Displacing Tea. In a once famous tea district of In d!a the cultivation of rubber has drlr en the production of the former to sec end place, nearly 17,000 acres belnj devoted to rubber plantations. Not Good. "Was It a good comeiy!" "Very poor; the only time my husband smiled was when be went out after each act." Houston Pest, Make the Best of Things. Happiness Includes the art of over t'Olnrr IMtx.o fin1 fntif-nn1lno rnpml a As tho Lord loveth a cheerful elver, the world lovclu a cboerful looker. "How much fuel do you compute we shall need a our motor trip!" "Well suppose we say twj gallons of gaso lene and tares gallons of Scotch." Outlnr IIETIir.U grown for market or fi:r home u-e only, it Is Important that the potatc crop be made to yb'id ns much as possible. VVlth the right hind of care yields of ZA) to .".00 bushels to the acre i an be obtained, making this (no of tiie most pmtliablo crops that can be grown. Even with the most careless treatment the tuber frequent ly yields most geurroiisly. The potato Is very particular in its soil requirements. A licji sandy liiam h the best sr.il. Not all farms have mi. h a Foil. Put almost any soil can bo prepared as to make a fairly gooO potato patch. Two things are ess-en tial. mellowness, and plenty of tnols lure. Clay Is too heavy, ni d sand dries cut loo rapidly. Soils which contain too much clay or too much ni'id ca:i be greatly Improved for the pr thictlon f piitatc.es by the nt'diiitn of humu The ideal way to prepare a p'eld tor potr.toes Is to seed It to clover fcr at least a year, manure it heavily, plow It u)i and plant It to corn. In tlu fall the com can be cut for silage r fud tier, so that It can be plowed before winter. The plowing should be fairly deep. Two dlsklngs and a harrowing cr two the following spring make an Ideal seid bed for potatoes. I'otatots nre not raised from seed, but from the swollen' underground stems that v.e call tubers or potatoes. Any piece of a tulier that contains an "eye" will grow n lid product' more of Its klr.d. A potato vine grown from a piece of a tuber Is really not a new plant, but part of the old one. If out- r hit conditions are the sni::c tho plant will be the same and prod u-e the ramf bind of a crop. There Is much less tendency to vary In plants propagated In this way than In those rnlsed from Feed. Large Versus Small Potatoes. Because of the fact that the potatc Is not a seed it has been claimed thai small potatoes would produce Just as good crops ns large ones. Growers often sort out ami plaut the tubers that are too small for market. Tin outcome of fair or live yours of sucl selection almost always means n de creased yield. If the potatoes planted were small only because they did nut have n chance to develop they would produce nearly ns good results as lar ger ones from the same bill. If. how ever, they were small becnuse they fame from a 1:111 of tubers all of which were naturally small they would pro duce mostly staall potatoes like them selves. Tor this reason It Is not safe to plant the sniall tubers. Another Im portant poiat . that there Is not enough food material In a sniall po tato to give the sprout the kind of a start that It needs to produtse a good yield. It Is the stocky, vigorous hills that are full of large potatoes when digging lime comes. The start the plant gets while It is tirst making Its way to the surface of the ground largely determines the vigor with which It will continue to grow through out the season. The experience of most potato grow ers U that It It best to plant medium M;:od tubers, about the size of a hen's egg or larger, cutting each one into four pieces. In experiments that were I'M. XV WELL SII.WED 3EliI) I'OTATO. conducted along this line quarters gave a jleld of seven bushels to the acre more than two eye pieces nr.d llf toon bushels mure than one eye pieces. The seed potatoes should be kept la a dark place until planting time to keep theni from sprouting as miiidi ns possible. Xew sprouts will grow If the old ones are broken off, but they will not be as strong. If the seed Is nt all scabby It should be treated be fore planting. This Is done by soak ing the tubers for two hours In a solu tion of one pound of formalin to forty Kullons of water. Afterward the po tatoes should be spread out to dry and then cut. The cutting should not bo done until Just before planting, as otherwise they will shrivel and he some of their vitality. Tho plan of getting the seed isitutoos cut several weeks or even days before planting W not to be commended. Even if tlte seed thus prepared Is kept In a dark cellar the starchy part of tho. tuber Is cer tain to lose much of Its freshness, and tho vitality of the seed may Iks Im paired. Planting. Early 'poatses Fhotiht tiFjtlantcrl as soon a.s the ground can 1k worked. The later varieties, which comprise the bulk of the crop, should be planted about corn planting time or a little Inter. Ia the eoru Ix'lt it Is most con venient .o mark off tho rows with the corn planter. Where laud W high and H Is desired to work It to Its fullest c4acHy the rows may be ns ckwe as throe feet. Where ten cr more acres tire grown a potato planter will soon pay for itself. Where the acreage Is smaller than this two or three neigh bors tan often combine to purchase stu b a machine. Whore hand planting Is practiced the rows should be opened with (' stirring plow to a depth of four to sis Inches. The practice, of dropping the ! tubers In a cultivator track and cover J ing them lightly is responsible for : many of the low yields, l'otatoes ! send up a strong sprout that Is able to pcuctratt six inches of soil easily, ami the roots need 'to be well down in the moist earth. After the tubers are dropiiod the stirring plow may again be broug'it Into use to cover them, or a disk cultivator may be used. The main tiling is to get them covered deeply. After covering two or three harm wings should be given to level tin groin d and kill any sprouting weeds. The cut tubers .should bo dropped from twelve to sixteen inches apart. tnie in a place. Tli amount of seed ti use per acre will depend on (lie price. If seed potatoes me not too ex pensive it pays to be liberal with them. Where medium si.ed potatoes are cut into quarters anil tin pped every fif teen ln-,-hes in rows three anil one-half feet apart twelve 1o lifted! bushels per at re will be needed. On western farms, where laud Is cheap ;i d l .bor scarce, potatoes are often ignited I.) !ovi both ways. This can be readily thine by running a planter wire across the Held and drop pii'g a piece i f potato at each button c:i the wire. Tho wire js moved at ?m-!i cm! as in pbiiitlng'corn. When .Iciited i':i this way half a tuber In dtad cf a quarter should be dropped la a place. Such a plan will not give BIRTH OF THE GERMAN NAVY. mmmmmm FIO. XVI I'OTATOIS LKKT IK ViLV. as good a yield as drilling, provided the drilled potatoes are kept free from weeds. The checked potatoes can be cultivated both ways and kept clean with but little hand labor and will yield more than a weedy pnteb planted twice as thick. Tlio feasibility of the plan depends entirely upon the rela tive cost of land and labor. A good harrowing after the plants are two or three Inches high will de stroy many weeds nnd loosen the dirt In the row. Deep planted potatoes nre not injured by such a harrowing. A row days after this the cultivator should be started and the Held culti vated once a week r oftener until the blossoms appear. It pays to hoe or pull any weeds that come up In the rows. No one thing will reduce the yield of potatoes more than weeds. The ground should bo left nearly level at the last cultivation. Deep planting makes hilling unnecessary. Spreying For Insects and Diseases. The potato beetle Is the one serious Insect enemy of the potato crop. The most prevalent disease other than scab Is Might. This affects the leaves, caus ing them to turn black and curl up. Both Might and beetles can be readily controlled by spraying witli bordeaux purls green mixture. This Is made ns follows: lYur pounds copper sulphate, four pounds fresh lime, four ounces pnrls green nnd fifty gallons of water. Dissolve tho copper sulphate In twenty-live gallons of tho water and the lime l:i the rest. Then pour (lie two solutions together. Make the purls green Into a paste with a little water and stir it Into the mixture. It pays to have a good hard Fprayer to apply this solution or a power machine it' many acres r.re grown. A hand snraver can be bought for or $0. If equipped with two nozzles ro as to take two rows nt onre it will not take more than ni hour to go over an acre. The ou- tl;e (xpeti'o, including the labor, wlil be repaid several times over by tho In crease In yield. Throe cr four r.nrnv- i:;-,'s will be sc.flt -lent, starting about the time the hints are six Inches high iv.. (1 continuing nt intervals of a week or ten days until they nre In bloom. Digging the Crop. Where a large acreage of potatoes Is grown or where several neighbors each raise a few acres every year, a digger is a paying investment. It leaves the tubers on top of the ground In good shape to be picked up anil gets prac tically all of them. Where only a few are grown they can be forked out, but t!ds is a slow Job. Tho most common practice Is to plow them out. By pick ing them up after the plow, then bar rowing twice ami picking up after each harrowing, few will be left. If the field Is so located that the hogs can Ik turned In on It. they get nil that were missed. As soon as dug, w hich should be Is-fore severe freezltifr weather, the potatoes should be piled tip and cov ered with straw and dirt. Here they may he left until tlio ground begins to freer.e. when they may lie put in the cellar or hauled market. If the pl'e is ou a well draliMHl place it may be coveted with a foot to eighteen Inches of straw uutl ns much dirt nnd safely left till spring: There are many potato growers, especially those of foreign ex traction, who never keep their crop la any other way. While the dry Indoor method lias numerous advantages, such ns readiness for use In nil weather and convenience of handling, there Is much to commend the outdoor storage plan. Tltero are even those who contend that the flavor of the tuber to only to be maintained by tortug at ttt fbe pit A Few Facts Showing the Wonderful Progress Made in Building Up a Marine Power. Some idea of the wonderful progress of the (Jennan navy is gained when one realizes that Viee-Admlial Keln hold von Werner, whose death is an nounced at the nge of M, saw prac tically the birth of that navy ns we now know It. When the flerman fleet was sold by auction In 1852 Werner secured a commission in the new Prus sian navy, nnd during the war with Denmark he commanded one of tho three steam frigates, then the prin cipal ships of the 1'russlan navy. At the date of the formation of the feder al navy Werner was director of dock yards at Danzig. In ISM, however, the deceased vice-admiral returned to active service, and at the time of his retirement in 1S7S he held the com mand of the Baltic station, lie de voted the last 30 years of his life to the patriotic task of popularizing the Idea of that sea power which ho had seen grow from insignineant propor tlcns to a strength which has done so much to stimulate the shipbuilding of other nations. Ho was n prollllc writ er, and ids authorship extended over a Ions, period. Even at the time of tho Battle of Jasmund he uttructod at tention by a work on the Prussian navy, its present and its future. Be Amiable and Retain Youth. As n charming woman once said: "To remain 'always young one must bo always amiable." A melancholy face, a sirtlen, an evil look, la like com ing in contact with winter; whereas a serene face, n gracious air, a kind and good expression, is like a spring day. and a smile on the lips like its sun shine. Sulky people, you may have remarked, always appear to be ten years older than they are. Tho face grows wrinkled from contracting the brows: the mouth projects disagree ably when sulking. Behold beside the portrait of the sullen woman the pic ture of the sweet and gracious woman; all her features are In repose, her lips form an adorable Cupid's bow, kind ness sortens her glunce and goodness Illuminates her brow. Perhaps she is tho elder, but she will always appeal young and charming. To The Public BUILD NOW r The prices of lumber and building material of all kinds is lower at the present time than it will be in the future. Large buyers such as the railroads and similar corporations, have be gun to buy in large quantities, the result is the lumber market has passed the low place and prices are bound to advance. If you are ex pecting to build it will pay you to BUY NOW. Get prices from ICHLY PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. The Insanity Plea. "Sir," said the young womnn, with hat seemed to be Indignation. The young man looked embarrassed '.'Yes, I did kiss you," he admitted, 'but I was Impulsively Insane." "That means that a man would be a lunatic to kiss me?" "Well, any man of discretion would be Just crazy to kiss you.". This seemed to ease the strain, and no Jury being present to muddle af fairs a satisfactory verdict was reached. Philadelphia Ledger. f ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? J ? ? t t ? t ? t ? .AA. . .. .. m ESTABLISHED 1871 The First National Bank of Plattsmouth, Nebraska. SAFE, SOUND AND CONSERVATIVE Careful Attention Prompt Service Reasonable Terms George E. Dovey, Tresident. Frank E. Sciilater, Vice Pres. Horatio N. DoveV, Cashier. Carl G. Fricke, Ass't. Cashier. A. ? r r r v t t f v v t t f ? ? f t ? ? ? ? V ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? t z ? z JA.JKJ A.. v-. .. .. vvvvvvvv ft I T7 NEXT SATURDAY We still have on hand a quantity of embroid ery left over from a recent invoice. There are no full bolts of these goods, they consisting of remnants running in length from one to twenty yards. We have thrown them all together in one lot and you may have your choice at 9c per yard. The values run up as hidi as fifteen cents and if you are in need of anything in this line you will be well pleased with our price of 9c. When you are down town it will pay you to come into our store and look around. We carry a handsome racket stock, and you will probably find that we carry in stock iust the little thing that you have been unable to obtain of your regular dealer. For instance a pair of good pliers at 10c, shelf brackets at from 4c per pair up, brass headed tacks, hand saws, meat cleavers, etc., etc. 3DOXES2SEZ3 i w. mi 9 IH-13 r r T r r y T T T T ? T T f r T t