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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1911)
I HK nsarr of 1511 Is likely to i be king remembered in many agri- I mitanl MHRBkiH in the United •vta*. is a season of unusually 1 g!i temperatures and scanty rain ial Tie disadvantages of such «« i : >i ■ rd.-.ons bore most heav . to ■» • ver. tpen a large propor ' .. oi the people engaged in truck —>_ 'w Mi re seasonable tem I A.Jk' -s’ure*. and the life-giving rain a- -.tired in time to save the sta e -or* :n tn- =r districts but too a? -.ti1' to m< nd matters completely r • «r k c • ners Some of the truckers es a - a n. iatst of income, but it was only - Is :cg» »ere favorably situated or • rj ; ad their private systems for ini i- ng To the man «ho. tkarfcs to such faciii * r to ra -e :.ulf a crop or better the - rt at r « 4 lor such products offered -n - -mpenu.it son for the smaller yield. ■a • :is such as Lave recently • - • as ause more consternation In ■71Z7T.T."7Cr ^iAJZZ'07,'AI/ jZszzzrcA’s'iaz.rr ^<0 . • t * _. t ».ts ind-stry U an any ether branch t , ..I till.tg Tt- fruit grower who ha* h*d at* »xp«r-tte .me* to the inevitable <. y- *r» l:.d to view Tft »ith some com ■ j .54 **^t the grain grower does cot . ■■- u» ratio of profit from every •*-*• However the 'nickers, particularly - o;**w tg small farms . r patches." are w tt to rosM upon each year s productire 5m a' a maximum and are orrespondingly •-*;>> 4 a: •: dat: e nature we* cat ar range thing* to their liking me - xj lunar.on. 'oo. of the emphatic com .:.t* that are beard with reference to truck -. i:t;< n* n an unfavorable year is found a '-■* t umber of newcomers ia the fle’d—men -c v ■ -n who prior to tfcnr present venture ..ad never had experience in farming of any • id Tte tales told in recent years of the ; r- fits :xf del ghts of trucking, the ease with w:. -t the product* can be disposed of. and the •tr.p*rst:*ely »mail outlay required for a five a teja-am* intensive farm" have combined t .te into the 6* d many people who. woe to ’hem had no fund of experience to draw ;p<m Particulsrly has this been the rase hear c -r larg- ties where many small truck arm- ■ -u —et start-d by city folks, either as he side lice" of some city occupation or *:■ a view -j ct<’a:r-ng an anchorage that w 4 later permit tt. era it on to the country, vs in poultry ratting and other supposedly «♦’ rich qu:< k" vocation* there have been a r - ber of ts< re or les* br'er dlsillusionmen's of late *e*r* <a th field of trucking, but. by j-hi large 'he industry has developed tre a« do *!y !* Las come to be appreciated by maty of the wt(ciliated that in truck garden tig no more than m any other field can re wards he obtained without hard work and that her* a» t.evt-t*, some experience is tece* - -ry and that a man must expect to pay for »aci experience If he has not acquired it at the esper.ee 4 wunetxidy else before he struck ext for himself. Moreover, the up-to-date rtrker as mme to realise that he must de » » means to irruntett nature when she rowna lust as the fruit growers have dis covered expedients for dodging frosts and other menaces C*se truth that is hapjlly being brought i one to many people engaged in or contem -■*' mr Tucking is that a little capital is of amenve advantage just as it is in every other *»it of We To be sure, the trucker who *•■*** t is holding* or buys “on time" at favor able terms <an set up in business for a sur rr-isiEgly small cash capital and it is this pos sibility which has attracted to the field so Many men with very small bank accounts and women suddenly thrown on their own re lour-ew At the same time the new entrant •be starts with a -neat egg" Las a tremend MM advantage and for one thing he will not He nearly oo much at the mercy of the whims M nature as hi* fellow trucker who ha* cone rf the modern aids now considered essential to successful tracking The trucker with capital ha*, it goe* with •a* saying a full complement of the tool* and •qvpmewt which. *n trucking* a* in more ex tensive forma of farming save time and labor • r 1 1 OTTMIXODZR2? 7531/CS: sZZ&JT W m-—r-—-—:-:— S>Z&rriVJZ <£? —an especial consideration if a man Is at tempting to operate a truck patch single handed. More important yet, the trucker who is able to lay out seme money on his prop erty will have some sort of a drainage and ir rigating system which will carry off surplus water in the case of torrential showers and will, on the other hand, enable him to “water his gardens" when a rain famine comes. He will have more or less pretentious green houses that will enable him to raise early vegetables and to give his garden stuff an early start under glass. And he may even have facilities for raising some products in shade or partial shade. And so there might be continued almost indefinitely the enumera tion of the innovations that have bettered modern trucking conditions, all the way up to the facilities on those large truck farms where we find miniature or narrow gauge railways traversing the trucking area and af fording the means of transferring the vege tables. berries, etc., in one handling from the pickers to the boats or railroad cars that are to convey them to market. A notable characteristic of modern methods of trucking is the extent to which specializa tion is being practiced. We still have, of course, farms by the thousand where every thing from onions to pumpkins are raised, but we also find, to an increasing extent, progres sive men who are devoting their whole Invest ment and energy to one product and endeavor ing to secure that extra quality which special ization produces and which always means higher prices when the ultimate consumers learn of Its presence. This explains the “let tuce farms" where nothing but lettuce is cul tivated and the “celery farms" in Michigan and elsewhere that concentrate on this capri cious product and the “watermelon patches” of the south—and so cn through a long list. As a sequel to this era of specialization has come the practice of many truckers to dispose of their products direct to the consumers. Of course this means added profits, for not only does It cut out the middleman's margin but In many instances the trucker finds discriminat ing city folks willing to pay him more than the prevailing retail price in order to obtain products of exceptional quality and which they can depend upon being fresh. Some truckers have acquired a circle of house holders ia the nearest city to each of which they send a box cf the green things by ex press each day or week, ac cording to or der. An even simpler solution for the trucker is found in an a r r a ngement whereby he dis poses of his en tire output di rect to some large city hotel And it may sue prise some readers to learn tnai man* vn these fashionable hotels do not demand "cut rates" because they buy in quantity. They are so glad to be assured of dependab.e vege tables of the highest grade that they pay as much as the same stuff would bring at retail in the same city. An interesting "side line" that has developed in connection with twentieth century trucking is the canning and preserving industry. We see this tendency exemplified in two ways. First, there is a disposition on the part of the big canning firms that "put up" tomatoes, corn, etc., to raise their own vegetables and in not a few instances in late years the can ning factories have been moved “to the fields” to be near the source of supply. Secondly, and more significant, is the disposition of truckers to put up in glass or tins their sur plus products and to market them direct The farmer's wife and daughters, from time out of mind, have been stocking the home larder for winter use In this manner, but latterly they have taken to pickling and preserving for the great outside public as well. In many instances where the responsibilities have be come too much for the women folk on the truck farm outside help is called in—school girls eager to earn vacation money; summer boarders who are willing thus to pay their way; and factory folk from the neighboring towns who are out of work temporarily, ow ing to the summer "shut downs." Time was when the average farmer's wife was went to declare that it did not pay to can or preserve for the market, however much pride she might take in such work for the household and however much gratification she might feel when her jams and stewed fruits took the prizes at the county fair. All this stigma of unprofitableness has passed, how ever. When the public will pay twenty to thirty-five cents for a small glass of jelly and as high as one dollar for a quart jar of pre served fruit it is no use to talk about it being a thankless job even though it be a hot task on a summer day. The truckers have discov ered that the public will always pay good and even fancy prices for these "by-products" if they can have the assurance that they are getting pure products of superior quality put up without the use of injurious preservatives in the sanitary surroundings of a respectable jut czj xttss. m TT^mucsurr^ ZKDzrs&ar Tn ASfflU, GEZZTf H0U3Z OAjbsenfGf HOU& ^ ■ borne. Furthermore, the country folk who go in for home preserv ing on a large or small scale will find that a considerable portion of the buying public will give up more than a proportionately In creased price if the ■ products are put up in ' glass jars, or bottles, instead of in tin cans. Of the modern meth- i ods of trucking which are yet open to im- i provement mention may be made of the methods of storing for ! the late winter trade. ' For instance it seems It) W 5CUCl«U»J c. V* .-i-. * «. ted that the methods cow in vogue for keeping celery are defective for commercial purposes. . Truckers are working to^solve the problem, how ever. and ultimately will succeed. So. likewise, they are striving for economies in other direc tions. For example, means have lateiy been discovered for utilizing the grenhcuses or forc ing houses for vegetable raising all through the summer instead of allowing them to stand idle throughout the interval. Some crops are found to do better under glass even in midsummer. ; Finally it may be noted that even the potato has taken standing as a truck crop in late years and thousands of acres are annually planted in early varieties of potatoes which are harvested as soon as they attain suitable size and rushed to market. GARDEN TROUBLES This Is the season when gardens grow. Gentle reader, have you a garden? No? Oh. you live In a city flat where there wouldn’t be room to stand a garden up edgeways? Well, move out of it right now and go where you can have a garden. If you can't have one any other way, make one. Everybody makes garden in the spring. That is why there is such a demand in the spring for medicine that will correct bad blood. Nobody ever planted tad blood in his garden, but before the novice Is done with it he will discover that bad blood is about the most successful crop he can raise. If nature attended to her business instead of hanging around wait ing for the man to do most everything himself, gardening would be more attractive and popular. But nature simply will not do a lick until a per son gets the ground ready and lays it off in plats and drills and rows and beds and things and buys the seeds and plants them. After all that has been accomplished at great labor and expense nature takes hold and shoves the sprouts up out of the soil; but no more, for when the plants have got a start once they will grow themselves. But they won’t take care of themselves, and nature doesn’t, so the man is compelled to look after them. He has to lock after them all the time, too, because if he Isn't there to work just as hard from then to the finish, as he did from the beginning to then, the kind of a garden he will have will cause his wife and children to giggle at him and prompt his neighbors to give him the horse ha-ha. Be sides. there are the weeds and the bugs and the rain and the drought and the chickens and the dogs and the cats and the pigs and the boll weevil and the pip and the scale and the codling moth, and like as not somebody leaves the gate open and the cows get in and— Well, by thun der! It’s no wonder all our troubles get their start in a garden.—William J. Lampton, In Judge. DUST BY THE WAYSIDE. The man that holds the dollar until the eagle squeals is never arrested for disturbing the peace. Many a man gets safe in office, then slams the door and builds a fire under the voters when they try to slide down the chimney. After the office seeks the man it sometimes wonders why it went so far for so little. Wisdom doesn’t remain long enough in one place for people to get well acquainted with it —Atlanta Constitution. Old New England Church •»«*«<«§ Heuss at Hinpham. Mu*, | U adowttes y Most Ancient in i Is comparison with Europe the In stitutioa* and monument* of this cmanry are rouse There is nothin* really old or aarient oa this side of j tha ocean and aa outside limit of our! Metary Is four centuries which. In j osatreat with the old world with It*; Ion* pre-Christian period, is not very ion* We have, however, considering the age of the country, some old In stitutions which have a history that make* them appear ancient enough in our eyea. In the village of Hlngham, Mass., stands, with a few exceptions, the old •** church in the nation. It is called The Old Ship Meeting House"—a square frame structure, with a pyrar mid roof and a belfry at tbe peak In closed by a railing. There is a vesti bule projecting from tbe front door. There are two rows of six windows In each wall, the upper ones furnish ing light and air to the gallery, which extends all around. In early days the unconverted were assigned to the gal lery seats, the men on one side and the women on the other, while the “professors” sat below and sexes were divided by the middle aisle. Attend ance was compulsory. It cost a peck . of corn to stay away from meeting or to leave the building before service was finished. This historic little church was built In 1635 at a time when a strong stockade was neces sary to defend the worshipers from the treachery of the Indians. Another historical fact which dis tinguishes Hingham above other places In this uncertain and change able world Is that the old meeting house has had but ten pastors during the 276 years of Its existence, which, yon will notice, gives each of them a pastorate of 27% years. Six of the* served 246 years. The first pastor got his salary in corn, most of which was the proceeds of fines Imposed upon the congregation for not attend lng meeting. Curious Resemblance. “Mr. Groncher is always complain ing that nobody understands him" “Such people," replied Miss Cayenne, “are frequently like one of these old Fashioned riddles. When you get the answer, it really doesn’t seem of much importance. SPENT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS. f A Case of Terrible Kidney Trouble and How It Was Cured. Charles EL Berg. S15 X. Sixth St., Walla Walla, Wash., says: ‘A sharp pain like the stab of a knife caught me while stooping and after that it , was with me con stantly. I became so bad I had to take to my bed. My face swelled and my kid neys were in terrible shape. I lost weight, and was bothered by dizzy spells. I spent hundreds of dollars witnout reiter. uoans Kidney cuts cured me permanently and I believe they saved my life." “When Your Back is Lame, Remem ber the Name—DOAN’S.” For sale by druggists and general storekeepers everywhere. Price 50c. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. Coachman Had to Earn Bequest. A quaint paragraph appears in the will of Mrs. Julio Hall of Brighton, England. At the reading of the will the other day it was found that she had bequeathed £100 to her coach man. provided he is in her service at her death, and “if I do not die through or from the effects of a car riage accident when he is the driver.” A Humane Man. Elderly Countess—Catch this big fly, Johann, but do it carefully, and put him outdoors without injury. Footman—It's raining outdoors, countess. Shall I give him an umbrel la?—Mergendorfer Blaetter. A cold on the chest weakens yonr lnngs. Tuhemilit Germs attack the weak spots. Keep your lungs strong by curing colds quickly with Hamlins Wizard Oil and you will not get Consumption. Following simile. “Life.” said John W. Gates, valiant lover of conflict, “is a gamble." And death? Why, death is the haz ard of the die. Stop the Pain. The hurt of a burn or a cut stops when Cole's Carbolisalve is applied. It heals quickly and prevents scars. 25c and 50o bv druggists. F"r free sample write to J. IV. Cole & Co.. Black River Falls. Wis. Two things operate to rid us of a friend—pleasure in which we do not need them, and trouble in which we do need them.—Petit-Senn. Sincerity is the saving merit now and always.—Carlyle. A Senate of Lawyers. In the senate of the United States there are 61 lawyers, five bankers, eight business men, four farmers, three journalists, two 15'ne operators, two manufacturers, on*. author, one doctor and four members whose call ings are not given. Of the four farm ers, two are from the same state. South Carolina They are Tillman and Smith. 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YM aomm !!■>■■?. new tmm am. | DEFIANCE. 4 STARCH Gives a touch * of freshness to summer dresses, waists, and the like not imparted in any other starch. Ask for “Defiance” Next Time—The Best Hot or Cold Water Starch. Full weight 16-ounce package for 10 cents. If your grocer does not keep it have him get it for you. Mamdractxmd by Defiance Starch Co. OMAHA, NEBRASKA SWEEPIH6CR0P FAILURES THIS YEAR K®a£ 2'0°“ additional acres now open for entry under the Cary Act, at Valier, Montana. Works are 90 per cent, completed and are constructed under the supervision of the Carey Laud Board. 40,000 acres irrigated in 1911. filch soil, no drouth, sure crops, abundant water, delightful climate. 00 bushels wheat and 100 of oats per acre. Terms, *W.30 per acre, *5.50 cash at time of eung, balance In 14 yearly payments. We as. no one to file on these lands without making a careful, personal inspect Ion. If you are Interested write foe further Information to CLINTON, HUBTT A CO., VALIBB, MONTANA.