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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1915)
HUMAN FORUM SHAKEN BY THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE \ w of the Forum in Rome, whose famous ruins were sadly disturbed by the earthquake tht" devastated all cenhal italy. SAN DIEGO’S BEAUTIFUL EXPOSITION The Panama-California exposition, which opened at San Diego on New Year’s day, is receiving high praise for the beauty and artistic effect of its buildings. The illustration shows the Home Economy and Foreign and Domestic -Arts buildings. ST. PETER’S SQUARE IN ROME Si. Peter’s square in Rome v.as hard hit by the earthquake. The obelisk teen in the foreground in the photograph, was shaken and badly damaged; the famous folonns.de, seen at the right, was lowered four feet, and the adjacent house, once occupied by the sisters of Pope Pius X, was seriously cracked. HOW THE FRENCH TRENCHES LOOK WALES AS A MESSENGER The prince of Wales has earned a name for himself in the war and now has been promoted to be a dispatch bearer He is here shown equipped for the duties of that posttoin. AVIATOR’S DEADLY WEAPON This little steel arrow, the flei-.hette, as it is called, when dropped f*om a height of 3,000 feet, will penetrate a man from helmet to feet LIKE HER FAMOUS ANCESTOR Granddaughter of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Is a Devoted Lover of Children. Few of us are there indeed who do not know and love the poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, especially that known as “The Children's Hour,” in which the poet gave the world a glimpse of his own happy fireside cir cle. The poem referred to his chil dren. but some of us do not know that the grandchild of Longfellow, while not able to express herself in verse, is no less a lover of children and as the wife of the principal of a large New York school is putting her inter est and understanding of children to a practical test in conducting a kitch en of a settlement school. Mrs. Hutchinson, as she Is now, is well qualified for her work, not only having studied social problems abroad, but also having passed through the training school of the Boston Chil dren's hospital and a post-graduate course at Johns Hopkins. Sinew then she has been at the disposal of char itable institutions in New York and as she says, she attends to the chil dren's bodily needs Come Right to Us. “Catch" does not imply motion in every case. You may have to step lively to catch a train or a rabbit, but there is a long list of things, from hell to rheumatism, that you can con nect with while standing perfectly still. FEW SUGGESTIONS ON HORSES AND MULES The Right Kind for a Farmer to Raise. Take half a day to examine anc! ' trim up your colt's feet. Many young norses are injured by letting their ceet grow wild. Rasp the rough edges, and in case yf sand or quarter cracks rasp at the top of the crack deep enough to stop it, and then trim down the edges. i Sometimes it is best to have the Blacksmith put a light shoe on. Don’t neglect a sand or quarter crack that may lead to serious injury later on. While if may pay any farmer to buy heavy work horses it will pay him still Better to breed them on his own farm. Use big draft mares for farm work and sell the geldings to swell the oank account or make substantial pay ment on the mortgage. The larger the geldings grow the more money they will bring. The more feed they get. as a general prop osition, the larger they grow. The tillage, the crops and the in come from the farm are all more or less dependent upon the economical management ol the work teams. Attention to feeding, with respect to the feed itself and to the method, will reduce the cost of horsepower re quired to do the farm work. An attractive opportunity awaits farmers who undertake the production yf high-class commercial mules, and it is certain that many farmers will grasp the opportunity within the next few years. Whether brood mares or geldings, it is the well-fed horse that exhibits the greatest endurance and efficiency in the harness. All kinds of breeding stock require good shelter—that is. dry, clean, com fortable and so constructed that there will always be an abundance of pure air without exposing the animals to cold drafts. Brood sows and breeding ewes re quire plenty of room and will thrive best if separated in bunches, so as to prevent crowding and fighting at the trough and feed racks. Pregnant animals should not be kept with other animals, where they will be compelled to fight their own way for a place to eat and drink, as they are more subject to injury, and violent exercise is quite apt to cause scious trouble. Rxercise is an important essential in the winter management of all kinds of breeding animals, and the yards should be large enough so that the animals may go out and in as they please during every pleasant day. Many swine breeders make a prac tice of feeding their brood sows at quite a distance from their sleeping quarters, in order to induce them to exercise freely, and I have found this an excellent plan, for many sows be come sluggish during pregnancy and will not exercise unless compelled to. Exercise is not only beneficial to the muscular and maternal development of breeding sows, but it prevents con stipation, which is one of the most serious problems we have to contend with, if our sows are in good flesh condition. Breeding bulls, boars, rams and ■ stallions should have plenty of fresh ! air, light and exercise during the win ter. Our animals cannot develop good bone, muscle, constitution, etc., if they are compelled to spend the winter in the dark, filthy, poorly ventilated pens and stables and not allowed to exer cise during the favorable weather. The grain ration of breeding ani mals had best be made up largely of his home-grown grain foods, such as corn, oats, barley and peas, supple merited by such purchased foods as wheat bran, middlings and linseed oil meal. Care should be exercised to avoid feeding too much heat-producing foods, but we should strive to main tain the breeding animals in a good, vigorous flesh-forming condition, by feeding them a ration made up of clean, wholesome blood, bone a~d muscle forming foods. Clover, alfalfa and mixed hay cut early and cured properly, are the be-M kinds of roughage for breeding aH mals of all kinds during the winter. We must not forget the brood save when feeding clover and alfalfa ha ', as these fodders will afford bulk, which is so essential in maintaining them in a healthy, vigorous, flesl forming condition. The mechanical condition of tl e feeds may be greatly improved by Tur ning through a cutting box and steam ing and mixing with wheat bran, mid dlings and other mill feeds before It is fed to the brood sows. All breeding animals should have an abundance of succulent foods during the winter, and these may be pro vided by laying in a supply of corn ensilage and roots. For breeding sows, roots, vegetables and waste fruits are the best form of succulence, and it will pay every farmer to raise a crop of roots to feed his breeding swine during the winter. Some farmers and writers advocate feeding hogs corn ensilage, but 1 am not in favor of this practice and have seen no good results from feeding ensilage to hogs. For breeding ewes, roots and vege tables are the best kind of succulent foods, although corn ensilage may be used, with fairiy good results. In feeding corn ensilage to breeding ewes better results will come from feeding it once a day and allowing for each ewe two to four pounds at a feed. Ensilage is not a good food for brood mares and great care should be exercised in feeding it if any is fed to them. HORNS NOT NEEDED BY DAIRY ANIMALS Best and Least Cruel Method of Removal Is by Use of Caustic Potash. (By A. B. NYSTROM. Washington Ex periment Station.) Except in the case of cattle that ate to be used for exhibition purposes all dairy animals should be dehorned. In the wild state tattle needed horns for protection, but in the present state of domestication horns serve no useful purpose and are a source of consider able annoyance. On the adult animal the horns may be removed by the use of the saw or clipper. In either case the cut should be close enough to the head to leave a ring of hair on the part that is re moved. otherwise there is likely to be a stubby growth of horn appear in the course of a year or two The best and least cruel method of removing horns is by means of an ap plication of caustic potash to the horn buttons while the calf is from one 1o four days old. The hair is carefully clipped from the button and the j moistened end of a stick of caustic i potash is then rubbed on the spot un til the skin bleeds slightly. Care should be taken to prevent the liquid caustic from running off the button, but if only a small amount is rubbed on there will be no danger from this source. If the caustic has been prop erly applied there will be a dent in the skull where the button appeared and no horns will develop. Value of the Birds. Experiments made with insect-eat ing birds have proved that one bird will consume more than its own bulk of insects daily. This fact alone should impress fanners with the great economic value of every insect-eating bird in relation to the well-being of our crops. Water for Baby Ducks. The baby ducks are just as well oft, in fact better, without water to swim in until they have grown tbeir crop of feathers. KEEP THE oTABLES CLEAN IN WINTER Do Not Allow Manure to Accu mulate, but Spread It on Land at Once. These pleasant days of winter whet there is little to do is a good time tc look at the stable and yard to see i) manure has not begun to accumulate and if any is found there is no bettei time than the present to scatter it out over the land. If any land is left tc be plowed in the spring this land will be especially benefited by having the manure spreai as soon as possible Later on, as the manure begins tc pile up more and all the other land has been covered, it would be a good thing to remember the lucern patch by giving it a good coat of this very fine plant food. In hauling the ma nure, by all mean* do not leave it in little piles over tl e field but spread it out at once. Alfalfa Versus Timothy. In one ton of alfalfa hay there are 1,044 pounds of digestible nutrients, of which 220 pounds are digestible pro tein. In one ton of timothy hay there are 926 pounds of digestible nutrients, of which 56 pounds are digestible pro tein, says Hoard’s Dai ryman. Th« nutrients in the timothy hay are fur nished a little cheaper than in the alfalfa, but the protein in the alfalfa is far cheaper than in tlie timothy. As a dairy feed we would consider al falfa hay cheaper at $26 per ton tha.vi timothy at $20. Straw Holds Moisture. Straw spread thinly helps to hold the snow and thereby increases the chances for a good crop the following year. Milk Production. Economic milk production can only come from cows of large capacity that are well fed. Whitewash as Cleanser. Nothing makes a cleaner looking poultry house than the use of plenty of whitewash. gfCanadianWheatJ^g to Feed flie World' rfftiRfm IbA The from war’s fearful devastation of European crops has caused an unusual demand for grain the American Continent. The people of the world must be fed and there is an unusual demand for Canadian wheat. Canada’s invitation to every industrious American is therefore especially attrac tive. She wants farmers to make money and happy, prosperous homes for themselves while helping her to raise immense wheat crops. mm You can get a Homestead of 160 acres FREE and other lands can be bought at remarkably low prices. Think of the money you can make with wheat at ite present high prices, where for some time it is lia ble to continue. During many years Canadian wheat fields have averaged 20 bushels to the acre—many yields as high as 45 bushels to the acre. Wonderful crops also of Oats, Barley acd Flax. Mixed farming is fully as profitable an industry as grain raising. The excel lent grasses,lull of nutrition,are the only food required either for beef or dairy purposes. Good schools, markets convenient, climate excellent. Military service is not compulsory in Canada, but there is an extra demand for farm J labor to replace the many young men who hare volunteered tor the war. The Gov- A! eminent this year is urging tanners to put extra acreage iato grain. Write for literature and particulars as to reduced railway rates to ' '~***“**\ Superintendent Immigration, Ottawa. Canada, or ( W. V. Bennett, 220 17(h St, Boom 4. Bee Bldg..Omaha,Neb. Canadian Government Agent PINK EYE DISTEMPER CATARRHAL FEVER AND ALL NOSE AND THROAT DISEASES Cures the sick and acts as a preventive for others. Liquid given on th* tongue. Safe for fcrood mares and all other*. Best kidney remec y; 50c and Cl a bottle; $5 and ClO a dozen. Sold by all druggists and horse good* houses, or sent, express paid, by the manufacturers. SPOHN MEDICAL CO.. Chemists. GOSHEN, INDIANA Rather Old-Fashioned. “I like to see a house with all mod era improvements.” “So do L" “But a woman of that sort doesn't j look human." Prof. Aug. F. W. Schmitz, Thomas, 1 Okla., writes: “I was troubled with Backache for about twenty-five years. When told I had Bright's Disease in Prof. Schmitz. its last stages, I tried Dodd's Kid ney Pills. After using two boxes I was somewhat re lieved and I stop ped the treatment. In the spring of the next year I had another at tack. I went for Doed’s Kidney Pills and they relieved i me again. I used three boxes. That is now three years ago and my Back- j ache has not returned in its severity. 1 and by using another two boxes a lit tle later on. the pain left altogether and I have had no trouble since. Yon may use my statement. I recommend j Dodd's KidDey Pills when and wher ever I can." Dodd's Kidney Pills. 50c. per box at your dealer or Dodd's Medi cine Co., Buffalo, N. Y.—Adv. Served His Country Well. Alfred Sully, soldier, was a distin guished son of a distinguished sire, born at Philadelphia, January 2, 1821 His father was Thomas Sully, the fa mous portrait painter, a pupil of Benja min West, paiater of many of the great men of his day and ranking sec ond only to Gilbert Stuart. The son, however, had ambition for the life military, was graduated from West Point in 1841 and was immediately ap pointed a second lieutenant in the Second infantry. He campaigned against the Seminoles in Florida, was in the Mexican war, and for conspicu ous services at the siege of Vera Cruz was promoted to first lieutenant and captain. At the outbreak of the Civil war he was appointed colonel of the First Minnesota volunteers, was a lit tle later given command of a brigade, distinguished himself at Fair Oaks and Malvern Hill, was promoted to briga dier general of volunteers and led his command with conspicuous gallantrv at South Chancellorsville. After the war he was engaged in Indian cam paigns in which there was savage fighting. He was hrevetted brigadier general in the regular army and major general of volunteers. Sure Enough. "I strongly object to antiseptic kisses." ‘‘Why so?” “How can they possibly express the germ of affection?" Placing incandescent lamps near their nests is said to increase the egg laying proclivities of hens. BAD DREAMS Caused by Coffee. “I have been a coffee drinker, more or less, ever since I can remember, un til a few months ago I became more and more nervous and irritable, and finally I could not sleep at night for 1 was horribly disturbed by dreams of all sorts and a species of distressing nightmare. “Finally, after hearing the experi ence of numbers of friends who had quit coffee and were drinking Postum, and learning of the great benefits they had derived, I concluded coffee must be the cause of my trouble, so I got some Postum and had it made strictly according to directions. “I was astonished at the flavor and taste. It entirely took the place of coffee, and to my very great satisfac tion, I began to sleep peacefully and sweetly. My nerves improved, and I wish I could wean every man, woman and child from the unwholesome drug drink—coffee. “People do not really appreciate or realize what a powerful drug it is and what terrible effect it has on the hu man system. If they did. hardly a pound of coffee would be sold. I would never think of going back to coffee again. I would almost as Boon think of putting my hand in a fire after I had once been burned. Yours for health.” Postum comes in two forms: Regular Postum — must be well boiled. 15c and 25c packages. Instant Postum—i6 a soluble pow der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly in a cup of hot water and. with cream and sugar, makes a delicious beverage instantly. 30c and 50c tins. The cost per cup of both kinds is about the same. “There’s a Reason” for Postum. —sold by Grocers A Mistake. “How could you ask that aviator to drink with you in the manner you did?" “What do you mean?" “You asked him to take a drop " Not His First Love. "Am I the first girl you ever loved ?“ sighed the maid. "You certainly are not!” proclaimed the youth. This was not what she had been brought up to expect, so she became really interested. “I am not?” she repeated. “You are not. You are merely the best of the bunch. 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Get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton s Danderine from any store and prove that your hair is as pretty and soft as any—that it has been neglected or injured by careless treatment—that s all. Adv. Not the Thing. “Say, can you lAid me something'”* “Sure, if you want to borrow trou ble.” Happy is the home where Red Cr --j Ball Blue is used. Sure to p ease. Ail i grocers. Adv. Russia is constructing 5.0U0 miles of new railway lines. Rheumatism For Young and Old The acute agonizing pain of rheumatism is soothed at once by Sloan’s Liniment. Do not rub—it penetrates to the sore spot, bringing a comfor*, not dreamed of until tried. Get a bottle today. RHEUMATISM Here What Other* Say: •*I highly recommend your Liniment as the best remedy for rheumatism I ever used. Before using it I spent large sums of money trying to get relief of the misery and pains in limbs and body, so I tried your Liniment both internal and external and I found quick relief, and now am well and strong again."—Geo. 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