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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1914)
^eed Them PrattS— hens * e£g-rnaking joy for laying r h^>nEv1 I form. Feed them °WI"8 moncy-makin£ I Pratts Poultry I V •*»' Regulator r andW^? If y* "g uCrsi nto ,bc egga-day daw. fererce UP lkc*afy ones. Makes no dif the more P br^d,s~the b^tcr the birds the more Pratts v,l 1 do for them. Develops an3 safel .°tCt,arlyltylrf- Brl r‘gs birds ^ickiy back ala=n r° ugh the moult and P^s them Pack again on the eec-lavine ioh Poultrv°R«M,ttler an/- tel* him >'ou want Pratts to big generous 25-lb. pails at S2.50 Pratt^H™* 'n 23c packaeea up record U^nh ^“T^d'S^S PRATT FOOD COMPANY PHILADELPHIA CBICAGO .o.ONTO Wide Sympathies. Oat in the world of talk one hears many conflicting opinions. A great saint once said, “Who hears the eter nal voice is delivered of many an opiuion" You do not need to hear all the talk, all the various opinions of many men, to know true wisdom • Your own hushed spirit will teach you wisdom if you will listen. But in these lonely hours teach yourself to be ready to love all the vast variety of life that the world may offer you at any turning. Encourage big thoughts and wide sympathies. Remember to sympathize even in the silence with the people you read of and hear of. who are quite different from yourself. Try to understand motives and mean ings in alien lives, and if you do this well enough your loneliness will be turned into the very best education there is. And when life calls you some day into its midst as life surely will some day, your lamp will be shin ing and bright and will shed a lovely radiance all about you. For you will be able to hand on to others the wis dom that comes with dove’s feet. Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for Infanta and children, and see that it Bears the Signature cf In Use For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria Not Good Looking. Diner (critically)—This isn't a very good looking piece of meat. Waiter—Well, you ordered a plain ■teak. forn OWN DRUWIST WILL TELL YOU ry Marine Bye Heatedy for Bed, Weak, Watery Kt** and Granulated Eyelids; No Smarting— Jnal Ere Comfort. Write for Book of the Eye by mail Free. Marine Eye Kennedy Co., Chicago. — A woman has as much excitement getting her fortune told as a man has in making his. Woman can put on enough clothing In winter to keep her warm, and take off enough in summer to keep her cool. ■ Red Cross Ball Blue makes the laundress happy, makes clothes whiter than snow. All good grocers. Adv. It s a safe bet that a girl’s freckles are not artificial. King George Is an earnest student of meteorology. Madam, if you want your clothes snow white and sweet use RUB-NO-MORE CARBO NAPTHA SOAP-“Carbo” kills germs—“Naptha” cleans instantly. No rubbing — no wash day grief—no ruined clothes. WTA IfADr Carbo Disinfects RUB-NO-MORE Carbo Naptha Soap iWU - iw CARBO NAPTHA SOAP is just as l effective for wood, \ metal, glass, etc. Cleans and disin fects your wash— It does not need hot water. Naptha Cleans RUB-NO-MORE Washing Powder Five Cents—AU Grocers The RubNo-More Co., Ft.Wayne, Ind. MTHHS.S55ESgg Nebraska Directory BLISS * WELLMAN Live Stock Commission Merchant* *S*-ass Eirhiuig. HaUdlnr, Sooth A. stock consigned to no isaoki by m* aIMi KODAK botJVn** «£25 FINISHING SSWgMfc W. N. U„ OMAHA. NO. 38-1814. NO CAMEL’S HAIR BRUSHES Many Kinds of Hair Ar« Used for the Purpose, That From Squirrel Tails Best. It may sound rather strange, but It is nevertheless true that no brushes are ever made of camel’s hair, yet they are asked for daily and sold as such. There are very many kinds of hair used in the making of ‘‘camel's-hair ’ brushes, such as bear, fox, rabbit, squirrel, etc., and, indeed, one author ity states that over 150 sorts of brushes are known as “camel'e-hair" brushes, but there is only one defini tion accepted by the British Board of 1 rade—"camel’s-hair” brushes made from squirrel tails, these being the best and most expensive. Real camel's hair is absolutely use less for making brushes, and resembles soft tow of a yellow-brownish color; the mane of a camel is the only part which could be used, and possibly a dozen brushes could be made from one mane. As a matter of fact there are only two specimens of brushes made from the actual hair of a camel in existence. The reason for the term ‘‘camel's-hair’' is the fact that a man named "Camel' was the first one to make these finer kinds of brushes, and they became generally known as "real camel’s-hair brushes."—Stray Stories. SKIN TROUBLE ON HANDS Cassville, Mo.—“My hands and feet were affected with a trouble similar to ringworm for a number of years. It first appeared as tiny clear blisters and in. places the blisters were so close together that they almost formed one large blister. The skin was rough and cracked open. At times it was so bad that it disabled me; my hand* became bo sore that I could scarcely use them. “I used every remedy that I could find but nothing seemed to do any good. Finally I sent for a sample of Cuticura Soap and Ointment and I then got a cake of Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticura Ointment which completely rid me of the trouble.” (Signed) Ray Bryant, Mar. 14, 1914. Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold throughout the world. Sample or each free,with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post card "Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston.”—Adv. Desperate Situation. This is an extract from a letter Just received from a little southern town: “The post office has been moved, and the boxes have been changed to open with combination locks. This morning, when I was in town, I saw the Jeweler trying to file his way into his box—and on Sunday they found Cousin May’s old negro, Uncle Zeb, down on his knees on the floor before the combination, hat off, and hands clasped in prayer. “He was muttering, “O Gawd, he'p me ter think! O Gawd, he’p me ter think.’ ” A Relief. "Aren’t you worried about the cost of living?” “Not a bit,” replied the patient wom an. "My husband has quit talking about the kind of food his mother used to cook. All he talks about now is the prices his father used to pay.” Lo and the Bison. “Once the Indian and the bison roamed the plains.’ "Yes," replied the man with the nickel that looks as if it was home made. "But conditions have become congested. Now they’re both being crowded into the slot machines.” Unyielding Grouch. “Bliggins is a modest man.” “I don’t think so.” "But he doesn't seem to think par ticularly well of himself. ’ “That isn’t modesty. That’s good judgment." _ When a man works 15 hours a day trying to earn money enough to buy his wife all the fool things she wants, that is love. _ There would be more popular songs if some people wouldn’t try to sing them. STRONG DEMAND FOR HORSES AND MULESj Excellent Farm Team Returning From Field. The big demand in Europe for army horses has developed in certain parts of this country a hunter type of horse that has good size and conformation and great endurance, with' more sub stance than a thoroughbred. Such horses readily bring from $150 to $200 The German government has re cently bought a number of fine horses for the army and has established, a stock farm in Kentucky, where an ef fort will be made to breed an all-round cavalry horse that will meet the Ger man standard. The farmer who fools around with trotting horses makes a mistake. Breeding trotters is a distinct branch of the business and a man must spend years in learning it. Stick to drafters and heavy carriage hotses on the farm. They are always salable and bring good prices. Unthreshed oats cut just before the grains are hard make the finest feed imaginable for horses. Numerous attempts have been made to use heavy mules for trucking pur poses in large cities, but without suc cess. Their feet are not built to stand the rough usage they get from the cobblestones. Trofilng-horse breeding is like fancy farmi’i.'g, a gentleman’s game. The A! organ horse is slowly coming into his own again. As a breed he has more brains and bottom than any oth er horse. Bad digestion, a rough coat and a poorly nourished body are always the result of improperly balanced food. Thr all-corn horse is sure to get out of condition sooner or later. Ground barley, wheat and oats, a quart at a time, is to a horse what pudding is to a boy. Ths advent of auto trucks in big cities has not hurt the demand for heavy draft horses in the slightest de 6i Thf're Is a great want among south ern farmers for small, active chunks weighing from 900 to 1,100 pounds, but the southerner has style in his horse. Tv enty years ago it was not unusual for Kallion owners to get from $500 to $1-000 as a fee. but today there are not more than two horses in the Uni ted States that command $500. A western ex-cattle man has gone into ’.he business of teaching cowboys how to break wild horses by kindness and common sense. He deserves a gold medal. If you want to raise big mules you must breed to a large boned rangy mar*. T>e average jack Is almost as dan gerous as a tiger and must be con stantly watched. He has no senti mert or sympathy in his makeup and is v murderer when aroused. S'>me horsemen say mud should be allcTked to dry on a horses’s legs be fore being removed. Don’t believe it. Mud should be washet^ off as uoon as the horse comes into the stable and his legs rubbed thoroughly. A little over-heating will do a great der.-' of da mag* to the foal through the ma=Vs milk. Vater vour horse as often as pos sib’S. Water in moderate quantities wil1 not hurt him, to long as he keeps moting Blanket your horse carefully when he stands, especially if he is at all hot. Repeated slight chilis stiffen and age a horse before his time. Bring your horse in cool aud breath ing easily. If he comes in hc.t, he will sw^at In tbfe stable, and tb s sudden stcDpage of hard work is ba l for his feet. la hot weather or in drawing heavy loads, watch your horse's breathing. If he breathes hard, or short and qun-k, it is time to stop. J* really good yearling colt is worth around $200 these days, and wo cannot understand why farmers do ipt raise move of them. Be sure that the mare and colts in pasture have shelter from the hot sun. Do not let your horse d.-ive him self; hut handle the reius gently. Never jerk the reins; to do that is the sure mark of a bad driver. Try to deliver your load with as little backing as possible. Backing a heRvy load is apt to s-rain the hind le*>8. Take the horse out of the shafts as much as possible; and If you drive a pair or four, unfasten the outside traces while the horses are standing; they will rest better that way. It is impossible to state just how much feed the horse needs. It will probably be eighteen to twenty-four pounds of the grain mixture per day. He may have as much as he will clean up promptly three times a day unless that keeps him loaded with too much fat or appears otherwise to af fect him injuriously. The condition of the horse is the best guidu in feed ing. A mixture of 80 pounds oats to 20 pounds wheat bran is very evitable for stallions, and is a common basis for feeding them during the breeding sea son. Some stallion owner* Add a lit tle ground wheat, about o>,‘-tenth of the whole grain feed by weight, be lieving that it has special adaptation for sustaining breeding powers. Some feed even more wheat. However, it is a safer practice to make oats the main or sole reliance, with just enough bran to lighten the ration and add variety and laxative qualities. The feeding of the foal •.'►'ould be gin from the very first das, starting with the dam. She should run on a good blue grass pasture and be given a ration consisting of corn oats and bran. A little clover hay once a day will help. By the time t?ie foal Is three or four weeks old it will begin to eat. A very good way to feed ‘the foal when running to past-ire is to bu.id a creep in the corner cf the field near the barn or near the watering place. Make it about two rods long and two rods wide, using poles, the first one being placed about three and one-half or four feet frcm the ground. The round pole will prevent the foal from bruising it3 withers wuen enter ing or coming from the Inclisure. In side, and far enough away so the mare cannot reach it, place a feed box and a hay box. They should be securely fastened at least three Teet from t^e ground, so the foal cannot bruise its knees when stamping fl'es. t proteinTsTvery IMPORTANT FACTOR I - I Essential to Live Stock, Espe cially to MHk Producing or Growing Young Animals. Protein is a very important element of food to every farmer who keeps any kind of live stock and especially those that produce milk or grow young ani mals. It is an element of food that cannot be substituted since it Is necessary in order to produce the .-uuscle and nerves of the animal. Protein may be used to a certain ex tent as a substitute for the carbohy drates or heat and fat-forming ele ments of food, but the carbohydrates cannot be used as substitutes for pro tein. It is protein in the concentrates such as cotton seed meal and linseed meal tankage, that makes them such valu able feed stulls. So much has been written on the necessity of protein and the value of the concentrates as furnishers of this most valuable element of food, that they have raised in pri:e so much that farmers will have to rely to a greater extent upon growing their own pro tein.^ This may be done by growing more clover, alfalfa and cow peas. Alfalfa bay and cow pea hay are about equal in value as furnishers of protein if well handled and when well taken care of are worth about the same, tou for ton, as wheat bran. A little calculation and comparison of prices and yields of alfalfa and cow peas per acre will readily shov the economy of growing protein on the farm rather than buying it in the con centrates. ' This is not all; the soil is improved by the growing of crops so far as the nitrogen content is concerned. There Is much more nitrogen left lj the soil after a crop of clover, cow peas a? alfalfa is harvested than there was be fore the crop was grown. The crop harvested is as profitable for work performed as most any o? the cereals. With most farmers it will soon be a matter of necessity to grow more protein on the farm in order tci make a success of the business. Retain Color and Leaves. Clover and alfalfa, cured in the cock, retain their color and their leaves. The first adds to the selling value, and the latter to the feeding worth of the crop. Seed Corn Profitable. The acre can be made highly profit able if devoted to the growing of seed corn of the most productive variety for the neighborhood. Detect Robber Cow. The only way to detect the robber cow Is by the Babcock test and to spot the drone hen is by the trap nest. Touch Up Thin Places. Touch up the thin places in the meadow by applying a thin top dress ing of well-rotted manure. Great Foe of Weeds. Cultivation is a great foe of the weeds. Save Choice Seed. Save seed from some of the choicest plants in the garden. In thir. way one can develop a r rain especially adapt ed to his co "itions. Dock the Lambs Early. Dock the lambs early, a sharp chisel should be used, and tar put on the wound at once. Undesirable Man. The man who is downed by one crop failure has no place on the farm. MAKING A SPLIT-LOG DRAG Every Farmer Should Possess One of The€e Implements for Use on Roads After a Rainfall. The halves of the drag should be framed together by wooden braces so that the split surfaces of the log shall be in front. The face of the drag should lie at an angle of 45 degree® with the lines of the road, thus draw ing the earth toward the center. The rear log should follow in the track of the first. Drags should be used after rains, or continued wet weather to Bmooth the earth's surface and pre vent ruts from forming to hold water. Split-Lo<j Drag. The drag not only smooths the road, but crowns It and puddles the mud so that It Is hard when dry. Theee drags have been used with great success on clay or water-holding soils. Many stretches of black gumbo roads in the West are maintained by the use of this implement alone. Every farmer should own one, and after a rain he should spend a few hours on the road adjacent to his farm. If there are many depressions to fill, the drag ehould be used when the road is wet. After it has been used long enough to make the road fairly smooth, the drag gives the best results if used when the earth beglDS to dry. GRAVEL TO SURFACE ROADS With Good Material and a Little Atten tion Highways Should Last for Several Year*. (By E. B. HOUSE. Colorado Experiment Station. 1 There has been much agitation dur lng the paBt year concerning the sur facing of our principal roads and as in many parts of the state we find de posits of gravel it Beems that this Is the material which may be economical ly used. A few words concerning the construction of these roads may not be out of place. First of all the construction should be such that the grave) is confined and held in position on the road. This is accomplished by so grading the earth foundation that shoulders are formed at the sides. The earth forming the shoulders should be well compact and solid, otherwise they will fall in the function required of them. Loose earth thrown up from the ditch at the sides of the road will not answer the pur pose unless moistened and rolled with a seven or ten-ton roller. The whole surface of the earth foun dation should be graded to the required form and compact with the roller and the gravel then spread in a layer about four inches thick, in the center and two and one-half inches at the side. Enough sand or loam is then added to make the gravel "bind'’ well, this is mixed with the gravel with a harrow and the layer is then sprinkled and rolled until solid. Another layer of gravel is then spread over the first and treated In the same way. The result is a graveled surface 15 feet wide and six inches thick at the center and three and one-half inches thick at the sides, and If the gravel Is of a good quality this road with a little attention should last for years. Why a Country Road Unit. A stretch of road of the utmost Im portance to a locality may be of little concern to a particular township in volved (the people using another road), and hence there is no oppor tunity to have the entire stretch of the road Improved as it should be. And we conclude that no system of roads that will answer present needs can be built under township units, be cause they are too small to carry on the work. Moreover, the cost would fall wholly on the township, whereas the center toward which the road goes is as much benefited, but may be in a different township. County control of the main roads would be better; the law could let each county vote for or against county control.—A. N. A Land o'' Beauty. Mary land appropriates $4,000,000 for road improvements, a part of which must be spent for planting trees along the highways. Maiyland is naturally a land of beauty; with good roads her rural districts will be doubly attrac tive. Italian Regulations. Italy is drafting and will enforce a series of regulations covering the width of wheel rims to be allowed on highways. Demand Fertile Soils. Both currants and gooseberries thrive in limestone soils, provided the climate is not too warm. Both of these small fruits are cool-weather crops and demand fertile soils. There is an increasing demand among can neries for . these fruits. Estimating Wheat Crop. They’re all guessing on the wheat yield ip Kansas. The government says 148.000. 000 bushels; the secretary, 180.000. 000 bushels. Some estimates run to 200,000,000 bushels. For years we have been stating in the newspapers of the country that a great many women have escaped serious op erations by taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound, and it is true. W e are permitted to publish in this announcement extracts from the letters of five women. All have been recently received unsolicited. Could any evidence he more convincing? IHodgdon, Me.—“ I had pains in both sides and such a soreness • I could scarcely straighten up at times. My back ached and I was so nervous I could not sleep, and I thought I never would be any better until I submitted to an operation, but I commenced taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and soon felt like a new woman.’—Mrs. Hayward Sowers, llodgdon, Me. iarlotte, N. C.—“ I was in bad health for two years, with ins in both sides and was very nervous. I had a growth the doctor said was a tumor, and I never would get well unless I had an operation. A friend advised me to take Lydia E. Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound, and I gladly say that I am now enjoying fine health.”—Mrs. Rosa Sims, 16 Winona St., Charlotte, N. C. 3 Hanover, Pa.—“ The doctor advised a severe operation, but my • husband got me Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and I experienced great relief in a short time. Now I feel like a new person and can do a hard day’s work and not mind it.”—Mrs. Ada Wilt, 196 Stock St., Hanover, Pa. 4 Decatur, III.—“ I was sick in bed and three of the best physi • cians said I would have to be taken to the hospital for an oper ation as I had something growing in my left side. I refused to sul> mit to the operation and took Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound—and it worked a miracle in my ease, and I tell other women what it has done for me.”—Mrs. Laura A. Griswold, 2300 Blk. East William Street, Decatur, I1L 5 Cleveland, Ohio.—“I was very irregular and for several years t • my side pained me so that I expected to have to undergo an op ca a.saiu tucj ivnc; w ui uuuim^ lUiiU would help me. I took Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vege table Compound and I became regular and free i from pain. I am thankful for such a good medi cine and will always give it the highest praise.”— Mns. C. H. Gbiffith, 7305 Madison Av., Cleveland, O. •Writ© to LYDIA E.PINKHAM MEDICINE CO. I CONFIDENTIAL^ LYNN. MASS., for arivire. Tour letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence. I , '. . Cow Followed Compass. A poor tiller of the soil had owned for a number of years a valuable cow Of a sudden he began to find that the beast always stood In her stall with her tail toward the south where the manger was. her head toward the north. He tried various means of making the cow stand the other way, her head to the south and her tail to the north, but no matter how many times he set her properly in her stall she always turned around. Finally there was nothing to do but rebuild the Btall to suit the cow Somewhat later war came and the poor tiller of the soil had to join his regiment and go and fight for the fatherland. His wife and children, reduced to dire pov erty, were forced to sell the cow to the butcher, who slaughtered her and sold her meat at famine prices to his fellow townsmen. At the same time, however; the mystery of the animals unaccountable behavior was cleared up. In the body of the cow was found a small compass which the poor man, her owner, had lost some months be fore from his watch chain. Evidently it had fallen among the hay and been eaten. The Things They Say. The Gushing Young Thing—Oh, professor! you must come to our af fair tomorrow. A11 my friends are coming—though they say they haven’t a rag to wear! He—I shall be delighted!—London Opinion. Ever notice that the man who runs for an office generally rides in an auto mobile after he gets it? Why is it that temperance women so often wear corkscrew curls? LEARNING THINGS We Are All in the Apprentice Class When a simple change of diet brings back health aad happiness the story is briefly told. A lady of Springfield, 111., says: “After being afflicted for yeare with nervousness and heart trouble, I re ceived a shock four years ago that left me in such a condition that my life was despaired of. "I got no relief from doctors nor from the numberless heart and nerve remedies I tried, because I didn’t know that cofTee was daily putting me back more than the doctors could nut me ahead. “Finally at the suggestion of a friend I left off coffee and t^egan the use of Postum, and against my expectations I ! gradually improved in health until for j the past 6 or 8 months I have been entirely free from nervousness and those terrible sinking, weakening spells of heart trouble. “My troubles all came from the use ' of coffee which I had drunk from childhood and yet they disappeared when I quit coffee and took up the use of Postum.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Many people marvel at the effects of leaving off coffee and drinking Postum, ■ but there is nothing marvelous about it—only common sense. Coffee is a destroyer—Postum is a rebuilder. That’s the reason. Look in pkgs. for the famous uttle book, "The Road to Wellvine." Postum comes in two forms: Regular Postum—must be well boil ed. 15c and 25c packages. Instant Postum—is a soluble pow 1 der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly In a cup of hot water and, with cream and sugar, makes a delicious beverage Instantly. 80c and 60c tins. The cost per cup of both kinds Is about the same. * “There’s a Reason' for Postum. _ —sold by Grocers. An Economist. "So you have given your wife your word that you will favor votes for women.’’ "Yes,” replied the man who dislikes argument. “What are your reasons for doing so?” “It’s cheaper. If I say I’m not is favor of votes for women it’s liable to hurt my wife’s feelings so that it will take as much as a diamond necklace to ehable me to square myself.” If you wish lieautiful, clear, whits clothes, use Red Cross Ball Blue. At all good grocers. Adv. Don't worry over spilled milk. Re member that it might "have been cream. Work Weakens the Kidneys Many occupations weaken the kidneys, canning aching hacks, urinary disorder* and a dull, drowsy, discouraged feeling. Work exposing one to chill*, dampness or sudden changes; work hi cramped position*; work amid the fume* of turpentine; constant riding ou jolting vehicles, is especially hard on the kidneys. Taken In time kidney trouble Isn’t hard to stop; neglected it Is dangerou*. As a kidney tonic, there Is no other medicine so well recommended, so widely u*ed and so universally successful as Doan’* Kid ney Pills. A Nebraska Case. E. French. Aurora, Neb., says: **My kid ney trouble was brought on by hard work and over-lift ing. At times my back was terribly tame and I felt like giving up. 1 was restless at night end felt all run down. Doan’s Kidney Pills went to the root of the trouble ; nd > quickly relieved the pain. My kidneys were strength* »ed and I felt better in every way. ' ’he benefit has tasteti." 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