Bm Plaint Seed Com
Tlhialt Won it Grow
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Lien from the state experiment station who have examined samples
of the best seed corn exhibited at the local corn shows, short
courses and farmers' institutes all over the state say that
only from 10 to 40 per cent of the
samples submitted will grow.
Corn for Seed Purposes is in a Worse Con
dition than has ever been known
A Grave Situation --Exists-
How to Test Seed Corn
i Enough ears to plant twenty acres
can be tested in a single day with
home made tester. Take a box six
i inches deep and about two by three
feet in size. , Fill the box about half
full of moist dirt, sand or sawdust.
Press it well down so it will have a
ftmbobh, even surface. Now take a
white cloth about the size of the box,
rue it off checkered fashion, making
squares one and one-half inches each
way. Number the checks 1, 2, 3 and
soon. Place this over the sand, dirt
or' sawdust.
Take the ears to be tested and either
lay them out on the floor and mark a
number in front of each or attach
a numbered tag. Now take off about
six kernels from. each ear. (not all from
Jthb same place, but at several points
on all sides.) Put these kernels on
the squares -coresponding in number
to those placed on the ears of corn.
Be careful not to get them mixed.
Keep the ears numbered to correspond
EXACTLY with the numbers on the
squares of cloth.
After the' kernels have been placed
carefully on the cloth which covers
the moist .sand, dirt or sawdust, cover
them with another cloth, considerably
larger than the box; cover this cloth
With about two inches of the same
moist sand and keep the box in a
warm place. - It must not get cold.
The kernels will germinate in four
to six days.
Remove the cover carefully to avoid
misplacing the kernels. Examine them
carefully. Some will have long sprouts
but almost no roots; others will not
have grown at all, but the kernels
from ears which will produce corn if
planted, will have both sprouts and
good root systems.
Compare the numbers on the squares
with those on the ears. Put back
into the feeding corn bin the ears
which correspond in number to the
numbers -on the squares where the kernels-
did not grow or "where they
showed only weak roots.
The ears numbered corresponding to
those on the cloth which showed strong
.signs of life are the ones to preserve
for seed. Every kernel from these
ears should produce a stalk, every
stalk an ear.
A number of more convenient seed
corn testers are manufactured' for sale.
They are all good any implement
dealer or seed house will know where
to get them.
If we are to have a corn crop
this year, every ear of corn
should be tested to see if
it will grow, before it is
planted.
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Suppose one dead ear is
planted. The planter fails to
get one thousand stalks of
cornalmost 12 bushels cf
, : ... . . a. ;
corn lost
Leading corn authorities
sav that no man can tell if
corn will grow or not, without
making a germination test
Particularly this yerr, corn that
looks good on the outside is dead in
the germ, and positively will not
grow. .1
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The business men of Omaha appre
ciate that business prosperity, de
pends upon the success of the coifa '
crop, and are therefore making this
effort to arouse the state to the ne
cessities of the case. . If in any com
munity there is more than enough
seed corn to plant your own f arm,
please let us know, that we may se
cure the additional supply for other
parts of the state.
Address
Publicity Bureau, Commercial Club, Omaha
SUGAR A HEART' STIMULANT
Experiment of An English Physician
8how Cures of Cases of Muscle
Dilation.
Sugar has had its champions as well
as Its opponents. Its advocates have
declared that, aside from its nourish
ing; value, it carries with it a quick
stimulation that is without perceptible
reaction.
On the other side, says the Bakers
Weekly, "we have had radical utter
ances connecting sugar with some of
the most incurable of organic diseases.
But an English physician recently con
tended that cane sugar is almost a
specific in the treatment of certain
diseases of the heart. Emphasis is
laid .upon, cane sugar."
Dr. F. S. Locke of King's college,'
London, has kept the heart of -a mam
mal beating for eighty to ninety hours
after death of the animal simply by
keeping the heart muscles sprinkled
with powdered cane sugar. These
later experiments with cane sugar, es
pecially with, reference to dilation of
the heart muscles, show that In nu
merous cases cures have been effected
that are of three or four years standing.
ONE TRICK OF THE TRADE
Old Meat Dealer's Method of Getting
a Reputation for Giving Very
Good Weight.
The very latest trick of the trade
was taught to the young butcher by
the marketman who gave him his first
employment. The old dealer pointed
to trays of beef, lamb and pork trim
mings beneath the counter.
"When customers ask to have all
the waste that has been cut from their
own meat wrapped up with their or
der be sure to put in a few of these
trimmings besides," he said. "Most al
ways they want the scraps sent home
so they can weigh the whole business
and find out whether they are getting
full weight or not. Enough extra
pieces to tip the scales half an ounce
beyond the supposed weight won't
hurt anybody and will give us a good
name.". - .
Shortly after that the new clerk
heard one frugal housewife say to an
other: "Oh, why don't you trade at
Blanks? He gives such good measure;
often almost an ounce, more than you
pay for." .
The clerk smiled.
Authors and Their Books.
At the dinner given by the Harper
people to Arnold Bennett Just before
he sailed for England, a dinner which
waa attended by many of the literary
lights that live in or near New York,
a discussion came up as to whether
in this day of the rapid output of lit
erature a man could live by his books.
Mr. Bennett said he was sure, that
many authors could, and he Instanced
the case of a young author he knew
in London who was so bard up that
he could not get enough cash to pay
for his dinner.
An Idea struck him.' He visited his
publisher's and there asked for sU
copies of his latest novel, which was
priced ait five shillings, ordering that
the books be charged to his account.
This was done. With the volumei
under his arm he visited a second
hand book dealer in the neighbor
hood, and, as the books were perfect
ly new, he managed to sell the six
of them for ten shillings, with which
mm he had a rattling good dinner
and an evening at the theater.
"Oh, yes." said Mr. Bennett, "even
the humblest author can live by his
books if - he has published any
books." ,
Muffled Knocks.
"I don't wonder you keep your
shapely arms , bare, Mildred,- even if
they do look somewhat hairy." .
"I'm rather glad you dropped in,
Bonis; .when a fellow feels blue and
lonesome he's ready to welcome al
most anybody."
"Tes, of course, I can recommend
you for that position, McCorkle. Fortu
nately, perhaps, I don't know you
very well."
"Tour new Job will take you out of
the country for three or four years,
will it, Bingley? Well, I'm glad you
rot it"
"I'm enjoying your call so mucfi,
Mr. Spurlong, that I hate to remind
you that the next car will pass here
in about five minutes,, and then there
won't be another one for half an
hour." ,. .
8treet Car Repartee.
, Mrs. Genthrie, a ladylike lady, was
seated in the trolley car by the side
of a perfect stranger (an almost per
fectly perfect stranger), who was get
ting even by sitting by her side. And
so Mrs. Genthrie, that ladylike imita
tion, she says to that stranger, says
she: ,
"What time is it by your watch,
please?"
And the stranger, says he: "I don't
know." 1
"But you Just looked at it," pursued
our heroine.
"I did that," returned the stranger.
"But I didn't look at it to see what
time It was. Bless you, no. I looked
to see if the watch was still there."
, Tou can never tell who you're sit
ting next to. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Their Comparative Bulk.
The latest Russian dancer to ar
rive for an American tour is Mile.
Plaskoweitzkajakahie. 1 She will carry
her wardrobe In a handbag and her
name on three flatcars fastened to
gether. '
ALL AUTHORS ARE TALKATIVE
If You Know One, Be Tactful and Let
Him Converse About His
. Work.
I know nothing about really great
authors, but I think I speak for a
large number of the followers of the
trade when I say that they like to
talk about their work, one great rea
son being that writing is a lonely pro
fession. If you write, as a rule you
must do it. by yourself; or if you do
attempt it in company, you or the
company will be sorry. .Therefore,
when the writ'ug is done, and a sym
pathetic listener offers, the writer is
glad to wipe out some of the lonely
hours with a little conversation.
. So, if you know an author,. don't be
too breathless' about-'hls calling; treat
him like a human being.. Let him talk
a little, and do not be shocked if he
manages to keep the tears back when
he tells you about ' his - last short
story. Only, be tactful.
Do not say, as an eager acquaint
ance once said to me: "Oh, I do think
it is so interesting- to write. It must
be Just fascinating when your manu
scripts come back!" I discovered af
terward that she meant proofs in
stead of manuscripts, but the mistake
of Just that single word made me,
who am usually so garrulous about
my trade, feel for the time being that
I really did not care ever to speak
of it again. So I repeat, let the poor
author talk, but be tactful. Atlantic
Monthly.
R. L S. IN THE ADIRONDACKS
Stevenson, While Fighting Off Dis
ease There, Seemed Indifferent
to the Laws of Health.
Robert Louis Stevenson, for so wise
a man, seems to have been singularly
unaware of, or indifferent to, the laws
of health, but that, too, may have
been part of his wisdom. He spent
the winter of 1887 in the Adirondacks
struggling against the disease which
was not to subdue ' him for . seven
years. He lived in a little cottage that
was much overheated and from which
all ventilation was carefully excluded.
The smoke of his incessant cigarettes
obscured the atmosphere and perhaps
helped to drive away the visitors who
came to gaze upon him as one gazes
at a lion: in a den. - . Fashionable call
ers were, specially unwelcome 'and
Stevenson once remarked, according
to an account In the Medical Record,
that "it isn't the . great . unwashed
which I dread, but the great washed."
But whoever else was unwelcome
there was always a greeting for Rich
ard Mansfield. It is an impressive, al
most a tremendous picture, that of the
clouded room fitfully lit by the flames
of the log fire and Stevenson huddled
close to the warmth while Mansfield
at the other end of the rodom gave his
weird , impersonatlpn-.. of , JJr, JekyJ
and Mr. Hyde.- ft must have been like
God looking upon his handiwork and
finding it good.
King's Watch In Pawn.
A time-honored London tavern, the
Castle, at the corner of Cowcross
street, facing Farrindon street, en
joys the unique distinction of being
also a fully-licensed pledge shop.
Over a door in the bar, which gives
access to the landlord's private room,
and thrown into bold relief by the
official document behind it, the his
toric three-sphered symbol is - dis
cernible. Anyone may here negotiate
a loan upon his personal, belonging!
without being under the necessity of
first calling for refreshment. i
. This strange combination of busi
ness dates trom the reign of George
IV., who, after attending a cock flgh.
at Hockley-in-the-Hole, applied to the
landlord of the castle for a temporary
accommodation on the. security of his
watch and chain. '
" By royal warrant' a few days later
he invested that obliging boniface
with the right of advancing money on
pledges, and from that time down to
the present a pawnbroker's license
has been annually granted to the
Castle. This hostelry is mentioned
once or twice by Dickens. Stray
Stories.
In Classic Boston,
Signs seen in Boston,' according to
the Transcript: Placard at a moving
picture show: "Toung children must
have parents." In a barber shop win
dow: "During alterations patrons will
be shaved in the back." Sign in a
Tremont street store: "Empty boxes
suitable for Christmas, gifts." In a
tailor's shop: "We ?e others, why
not let us dye for yo-j?" In a cloth
ing store: "These pants will look bet
ter on your legs than on our hands."
A silversmith has a place next door to
a restaurant: The former having put
up a placard: "Jewelry of all kinds
plated." The restaurant keeper fol
lowed with this: "Oysters and little
neck clams plated."
Dress for an Earthquake.
An old lady was staying at a hotel
at Nice at the time of the earthquake.
"My dear," she was wont to say, "I
was slmlpy tumbled out of bed and
the celling cracked. I threw on a fur
cloak and unconsciously pulled on one
long black suede glove, and when 1
got down to the hall and found all
the other guests my dear, I was the
best dressed woman there!"
. r Not as Bad as He Feared.
"I will be your Nemesis!" she
hissed. ,
"'All right," he sneered. "I was
ifraid you might take advantage of
the fact that this Is leap year and In
Ust on being something else."
RECTOR'S
White
Cough Syrup
Is a quick and positive remedy
for all coughs. It stops cough
ing spells; at night, relieves
soreness, soothes the irritated
membrane and stops the
tickling.
25c per bottle
RECTOR'S
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E. FLEMING
1211 O Street
Jewelry and wares oi
Precious Metals.
Best selected stock in Lincoln.
Here you can get anything you
want or need in the line of
jewelry, and at the inside
price. Especially prepared for
commencement and wedding
gifts.
Watch repairing and
Engraving.
See Fleming First
Wageworkers
We
have
Attention "
Plenty of it. Utmost Secrecy.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Estate No. 3019 of Heinrich Mohr,
deceased, in the County Court of Lan
caster County, Nebraska.
The State of Nebraska, ss.: Credi
tors of said estate take notice that the
time limited for presentation and Sl
ing of claims against said estate Is
September 16, 1912, and for payment
of debts is April . 15, 1913 ; that I will
sit at the County Court- room in said
Cnuntv. on June 17.. 1912. sit a P M..
and on September 16, 1912, at 2 P. M.,
to receive, examine, hear, allow, or ad
just all claims and objections duly filed
Uated February 9, 1912.
(Seal) GEO. H. RISSER,
County Judge.
By ROBIN R. REID, Clerk. 16-4t
