Nebraska Newspapers

    WORK FOR SUCCESS WITH SHEEP FLOCK
A Prize-Winning Shropshire Ram.
(By A. C. CHOATE.)
By this time the sheep have been
turned into pasture and I desire to
give a few points on the feed for
the flock during the time they are on
grass.
When you fasten the gate behind
the flock when they are turned on the
pasture do not think that your duties
are ended until November.
In tbe business of raising sheep it
is the shepherd vith the ever-watch
ful eye who is reaping success, now
as always.
A little time w ill insure a good start
and cost but little.
As soon as the ground can be
worked, take a little strip of land, pre
pare a good seedbed and sow in
rape.
In three weeks sow a second strip
and so on until the last of July. These
plots should be adjacent to the pas- '
tare and can be temporarily inclosed |
by woven w ire, giving the sheep a new ■
feeding ground every four or five
days.
As sheep want short, crisp grass it
can be secured by this method with
out overstocking the pasture and it
would be well to have it so arranged
that the sheep can be changed from
one division to another once in two
weeks.
It is surprising howr soon a lot of
lambs will begin to eat bran, oats.
1
and cracked corn, wheat screenirgs,
etc., if such feeds are placed wi'liin
their reach.
The best w ay to feed grain to lambs
is to make a creep for them. This is
a pen in the pasture with an opening
on each side through which the lambs
can creep but small enough to keep
the ewes out.
If such a pen is made of slats set
upright, the slats may be far enough
apart to allow the lambs to creep
through anywhere at pleasure.
This pen or creep should be cov
ered so as to protect the grain from
rains and should have a trough in it
in which the grain should be kept all
the time.
The lambs will grow and thrive
wonderfully and when weaning time
comes they may be taken away from
the ewes without any setback at aU
Lambs mature quickly and make a
better size if they are taught t<? eat
grain as quickly as possible.
While it is advisable to see the
sheep often while they are on pas
ture, still it is not necessary to stay
with them all the time and good re
sults may be obtained with plenty of
good water, salt and feed and a week
ly visit, if the dogs do not trouble
them.
If, however, sheep-kiiling dogs are
around, be cn your guard w ith a good
shotgun.
RAISE PEANUTS IN
NORTHERN SECTIONS
Spanish Variety Grows in a
Bunch and Can Be Planted
Closely—Matures Early.
HUGH G GRIX5TEAD.J
A few years ago it was thought that
peanuts, or "goobers" as they are
called in the South, could be raised
only in the southern states, but now it
is known that they do fairly well as
lar north as Iowa, while they grow
almost as well in Missouri as in the
more southern states.
The best variety to plant so far
north is the Spanish, which grows
in a bunch, can be planted closer, and
matures earlier and more even than
the old Virginia varieties. The soil
best suited to the growth of peanuts
s sandy or warm and well drained.
They should not be planted till the
ground is warm, about the same time
you would plant melons. Prepare the
ground well, and drop the seed two in
a hill 14 inches apart for the bunch
kind, and about 20 inches apart for
the vine kinds usually grown in the
South
They should be kept clean. It is
lot necessary to cover the vine with
dirt in order to get it to form nuts, as
was once done, for the vines will
ibrow out runners on which the nuts
form by little roots running into the
cround.__
I never saw a peanut plant quit
nearing. Like the cotton plant, they
baie fruit of all stages of growth
when the crop is harvested, and. of
rourse. the longer the season the
larger the crcp.
As Foon as there is danger of frost
;he vines should be pulled up. A
lork should be run under the hill,
loosening the ground so all the nuts
may be pulled up with the vine. The
i lues may be allowed to remain In the
field if the weather is good, or they
may be taken to the barn and the nuts
picked off at any time.
If the vines are not allowed to get
wet they make excellent hay. There
will be many culls or imperfect nuts
that are worth nothing and should
be left on the vines for the stock.
A pound of nuts from any good
seedsman will plant enough for home
use. They are healthful food and
contain much nourishment.
Dairyman Must Be Orderly.
The dairy farmer must be orderly
and he must be systematic. He must
like his work and he must be proud
of his cattle. If he is not any of these
he will seldom prove successful.
Decide on Breed Yourself.
Which is the best breed to handle?
Here's a question that very often pre
sents itself and the only answer is
found in the personal equation. It's
up to you to decide for yourself.
By-Products Help.
The by-products of the dairy cheap
en the expenses of production; the
hogs, chickens and the eggs all help
to bring down the cost of dairy work.
Beginning With the New Crop.
Are you planning to try some new
crop this season? Begin on a small
scale.
Prevent neg Weakness.
The flock that gets bone meal and
oyster shells in its feed will have few
, cases of leg weakness.
I
BEST TIME TO HAVE
THE COWS FRESHEN
More Tirrue for Caring for Animal
and Her Products in Winter
Than in Summer.
• By C. A. HUTTON. University of Ten
nessee.)
There are several advantages in
having the cows freshen in the fall of 1
the year instead of in the spring |
There is more time on the farm foi
caring for the cow and her products j
during the winter months
Cows will give a better yield of milk j
than if they freshen in the spring. It
they are properly cared for and fed
they will milk well when fresh; then
when the grass comes in the spring, it
helps to keep the milk flow, bo that the
fall fresh cow will milk better through
out the year than the one that fresh
ens in the spring. The cows will be
dry during the hot summer months,
when pastures are short and flies art
bad. More attention can be given tc
caring for the calves, and they will be
ready to turn on pasture in the spring
when grass comes.
There is more demand for milk and
butter during the winter months, and
tne price is higher than in the Bummer
If cows are bred so as to freshen iD
the fall, they will give better cash re
turns from the sale of their products.
SUPERIOR QUALITY
OF BERKSHIRE HOG
Animal in Good Condition Is At
tractive in Appearance—Noted
for Prolificacy.
In general form a modern well-bred
Berkshire, in good condition, is sym
metrical throughout, attractive in ap
pearance and recognized at once as
an animal of more than ordinary
worth.
The improved Berkshire is furtbei
characterized by the superior quality
and proportionate quantity of its flesh
which iB tender and juicy, the hams
and shoulders being nicely marblec
with fat and lean meat, while the sides
are also noted for their excellence
in these respects, making them espe
cially desirable for curing as bacon.
There is less loss in dressing a well
fitted Berkshire than in dressing any
other kind of bog. From the fattening
pen to the packing house he suffers
less loss than any other breed, and
after he has gone through the curing
process and has found the consumer
the percentage of waste is the smallest
of any breed.
Berkshire swine are also noted for
their docility and prolificacy, the scwe
usually bringing large litters and
proving themselves gentle mothers.
Pasture Needs Attention.
It's a possible thing to make the
pasture a profit-yielding field, but it
must be handled year after year in a
systematic manner and not simply
turned over without any attention
whatever.
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Deserving of Punishment.
A man who will work a horse with
a sore shoulder and make no attempt
to cure it or change the collar ought
to be compelled to wear ill-fitting
| shoes that would raise a new crop of
i blisters every week.
QTFof GSdiaary
<r People iP
jHAMMERING THE TURK
Gen. Sir Ian Standish Monteith
Hamilton*, in supreme command of
the British-French army now landed
on the Gallipoli peninsula to co-op
erate with the British-French fleet for
the conquest of the Dardanelles and
Constantinople, is a poet-soldier, with
the tough, wiry frame of the Scotch
and the Scotsman’s long, narrcw
head, strong nose and bold chin, and
with the big ears of the generous
Irishman and the Irishman's iugratiut- *
ing smile. The eyes are shrewd and
calculating, as becomes a canny Scot,
hut no less emotional and full of fun
—the endowment of a son of Erin
The son of a Scotch father, stern
industrious and far-sighted, a distia
guished military man himself, and of
an Irish mother, fascinating, vi |
vacious and artistic, Hamilton was
born sixty-two years ago in th* :
fortress at Corfu.
Hamilton came under the notice ,
of Roberts in the Boer war of 188) j
where he went with the Gordon Highlanders, and where, at tne British de
feat at Majuba hill, he discovered that there wasn't a British soldier in a
hundred who knew how to handle his musket, and not one in a thousand whc j
appreciated the necessity of learning how.
Wounded at Majuba hill and taken to the hospital, Hamilton was given
up for dead. He revived when Sir Evelyn Wood dashed up. covered with
mud from a long ride, to tell him that the dispatrhes home were going ro i
niention his bravery. It was the first of a series of honor records which now
have become so numerous that they would fill a book, while his medals and
clasps, if he wore them all at the same time, would weigh him down like a
coat of mail.
Hamilton has written books of poetry and ballads, a history of the Jap
anese campaign in Manchuria and a book ou military methods. He is married j
to a Scotch-Irish wife, one of the best-dressed women of London society, w hc !
also has literary tastes, but who has not presented her gallant husband witt ]
any children.
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SING SING’S NEW WARDEN
When Governor Glynn appointed
Thomas Mott Osborne warden of Sing
Sing prison he said he did so that
those who claim the present method
of trying to reform men who have
gone had is wrong might have a
chance to prove that their theory is
the correct one. Mr. Osborne is un
hampered by any power except the
’■aws. and the trial of his system of
treating prisoners is being watched
by the country with keen interest.
Mr. Osborne, who is heir to a
large fortune, has been intensely in
terested in prison reform, and he be
lieres there is something good in
everybody, even in the unlucky
wretch who has to wear prison gray
and sleep in a cell.
Not only does Mr Osborne believe
in the men in the cells, hut he goes
further. He does not beKeve in the
cells. If he could have h*3 way, there
would be no Sing Sing; there would
be no more of the dank cells, dark
ana gloomy, witn tneir walls dripping moisture and breeding disease; there
would be no more of the wearing down a man ttitb solitary confinement, shat
tering his health and ruining his self-respect so that he is indelibly stamped
"prison made-' when he again gets out and tries to get a job.
He believes that a lot of the fellows behind the bars are no worse than s ■
lot who are at large, he believes that a lot of them are the victims of cir
?utristanres. driven to crime maybe by the extremity to which they have been .
put; be believes that some of them are there because they never had a better !
training in their youth and did not know a crime when ihev saw one. A lot
more, he knows, had good bringing up. but fell victims to evil associates.
ILLINOIS’ FIRST WOMAN MAYOR
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Mrs. Angela Rose Canfield of i
Warren, first woman mayor in llli i
nois. who was elected over two other j
candidates by a plurality of four I
votes, has ideals for her little city.
Warren, situated w ithin half a mile
of the Wisconsin state line in Jo
Daviess county, is not a bad place
at all. she says. She will try to make
the city even more attractive than it j
is during the two years she will over *
see its municipal affairs.
The first woman mayor in Illinois. !
and. incidentally, the second in the j
Cnited States, is seventy-four years j
young.
"Young as I certainly am,” she said. I
"I am confident th-tf I have reached \
years of discretion. I know 1 can run
Warren's affairs better than they have
been in the past.
“There are things in the city of
Warren that need to be remedied I
have not lived here for "5 years with
out knowing all about them. First
and foremost among them is graft. Graft has got to go from this town.”
Mrs Canfield was born in New York state. During the Civil war days
when she was Mrs. O. J. Hildreth—she has been twice married—she was
superintendent of the Nashville ntesshouse of the United States army.
Ween the “Molly McGuires” were keeping the eastern Pennsylvania coal
region in terror and destroying lives and property, Mrs. Canfield wat an oper
ative for a detective agency. For the most part she worked inside, but on a
number of occasions was sent out into the region on missions which she
invariably carried through successfully. Now she is a milliner.
“DEAR OLD BEN”
His intimate friends refer to him
iffectionately as ‘ Dear Old Ben.” His
superiors describe him with the single
word "loyal.” His subordinates call
him “human.'' And. in brief, coupled
with his record for steady advance
ment and absolute dependability,
which has made him the prototype
in the navy of what Brig. Gen. Hugh
Scott, chief of staff, stands for in the
irmy, these characteristics give per
haps as good an idea as can be ob
tained of the kind of man Rear Ad
miral William Shepherd Benson, chief
of naval operations, really is.
But be not misled by the nick
name, or by the fact that he was
graduated in ’77, and is nearing his
sixtieth birthday, into picturing him
as a crotchety and bewhiskered old
seadog; for after you have heard his
friends call him "Old Ben” and have
heard how he has spent 22 years at
sea, circumnavigating the African
coast at one time and going to the
Arctic with the Greely relief expedition at another, meeting Admirai Benson
includes considerable of a shock.
1=11 In nT wranC!. “°ld iS a "fiDe uP8tandin’ man” of forty-five He is
compactly sinewy. His dark hair is closely cropped and
shows traces of graying His mouth is large and friendly, and his eves dark
hat ,oLv ’tHnaP Hfht °f iDStant comPrehe'nsicn. for Vou'don;
hate to saj a thing to Old Ben ' more than once
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Exact Copy of Wrapper
Children Cry For
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor OO, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrnps. It is pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Js areotio
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. F or more than thirty years it
has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation,
Flatulency, Wind Colie, all Teething Troubles and
Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels,
assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
In Use For Over 30 Years
. The Kind You Have Always Bought
THI CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY,
Most of the good listeners are men,
and they are married men.
Drink Denison's Coffee.
Always pure and delicious.
How poverty stricken most of our
friends are when we' happen to need
$5 for a few days'
DON'T MIND PIMPLES
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Will Ban
ish Them. Trial Free.
These fragrant supercreamy emol
lients do so much to cleanse, purify
and beautify the skin, scalp, hair and
hands that you cannot afford to be
without them. Besides they meet
every want it toilet preparations and
ere most economical.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. XY,
Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
Old Manx Hospitality.
The Isle of Man government, which
Is concerned at the financial loss
caused by the requisition of passen
ger steamers for military purposes,
used at one time to legislate against
visitors from the mainland. One of
the very earliest laws on the Manx
statute hook enjoined "all Scots to
avoid the land with the next vessel
that goeth into Scotland, upon pain
of forfeiture of their goods and bod
ies to prison." Another enacted that
"Irish women loytering and not work
ing be commanded forth of this isle
with as much speed as may be." The
first-mentioned law was the result of a
series of raids on the Manx coast by
a Galloway rover called MaeCulloch.
Mercenary.
“Did you ever stop to consider how
many germs accumulate on a dollar
bill?" asked the cautious man.
"In the hour of my need I never
did,” answered his friend. “If I could
become the possessor of enough dol
lar bills to stuff a pillow by merely
sleeping on them, 1 would gladly avail
myself of the opportunity.”
No Exception.
“It is an ill wind which blows no
good to anybody.”
“Why, even an ill wind blows good
to the doctors.”
Women are suspicious of some men
and other women.
CLEAR-HttADED.
Head Bookkeeper Must Be Reliab'e
The chief bookkeeper in a large
business house in one of our great
Western cities speaks of the harm
coffee and tea did for him:
“My w ife and I drank our first cup
of Postum a little over two years
ago, and v.e have used it ever since,
to the entire exclusion of lea and
coffee. It happened in this way:
“I had an attack of pneumonia,
which left me with dyspepsia, or neu
ralgia of the stomach. My cup of
cheer' had always been coffee or tea,
but 1 became convinced, after a time,
that they aggravated my stomach
trouble. I happened to mention the
matter to my grocer one day and he
suggested that 1 give Postum a trial.
"Next day it came, and we liked it
so much that we will never change
back; for i am a well man today and
have used no medicine.
“My work as chief bookkeeper in
>ur Co's branch house here is of a
very confining nature. During my cof
fee drinking days I was subject to
nervousness and the blues' in addi
tion to my sick spells. These have
left me since 1 began using Postum
and 1 can conscientiously recommend
it to those whose work confines them
to long hours of severe mental exer
tion.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read “The Road to
Wellville,” in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum Cereal—the original form—
must be well boiled. 15c and 25c pack
ages.
Instant Postum—a soluble powder—
dissolves quickly in a cup of hot wa
ter, and, with cream and sugar, makes
a delicious beverage instantly. 30c
and 50c tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious and
cost about the same per cup.
"There's a Reason" for Postum.
—sold by Grocers.
Unless you have money to burn
don't try to keep the pot boiling in a
poker game.
EXCELLENT FARMIKG
Letters from Settlers Indicating
Growing Prosperity.
The present year will add another
proof that fanning in Western Canada,
when carried on with the same energy
and system devoted to other lines of
Dusiness, will bring about results fully
as satisfactory.
Mixed farming as a tocsin has been
sounded for a number of years, anti
today it is being adopted pretty gen
erally throughout the Provinces of
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
There are those who have made no
greater success of it than they did
when they pursued grain growing
alone, but where one has failed to ac- i
complish what he had hoped to do,
dozens have scored success.
From Sedgew ick, Alberta, we heartof
' E. L. Deputy, for past twelve years
manager for Frye & Sons, packers.
Seattle, who during 1914 were the
largest buyers of hogs on Alberta
markets. He is taking up active week
on his 1,200-acre farm near Sedge
wick. Although he was one of the
highest paid salaried officials on the
Pacific Coast, his frequent visits and
personal knowledge of farming condi
tions in Western Canada convinced
him there are greater opportunities in
farming Alberta land than in commer
cial life, with greater assurance of
ultimate independence and prospects
of home-making under the most de
sirable conditions.
Thomas McKay, a farmer near Har
disty, Alberta, has this to say about
the country:
"I came to Hardisty from Osage
City, Kansas, nine years ago and took
up a homestead here. This is a good
district for the farmer who wishes to
raise grain exclusively, and as a mixed
farming country it cannot be beaten
i anywhere in the world to my knowl
edge.
I had ten cattle, which ranged out
side all last winter, and this syi#ng
they were fat enough for the market,
this without being fed but one sight
during the entire winter; they were
fine fat cattle and looked beautifvl. 1
raised some winter wheat here v, hich
weighed sixty-seven and a half ptuuds
to the bushel, government weight, and
which I shipped to Calgary. Tus mil
ler who bought it said that it was the
best wheat that has ever gone into
Calgary. Wheat in this district yields
as high as forty bushels to Cue acre,
oats average sixty bushels. Alfalfa
does well here
"All in all 1 think the farmers are
very well satisfied with the country,
and the farmer who farms hip land
intelligently is sure to make a suc
cess. The climate here ts the nest I
have ever lived in, the summers are
delightful and the winters ore mild.
There has never been a blizzard dur
ing the nine years 1 have lived here
nor any cyclonec or wind storms.”
A settler in the neighborhood of
Gleichen. Alberta, spent $2,000 in im
proving his qiarter section, has 125
acres ready for crop, keeps TO head of
stock, believes in mixed farming,
keeps two hired men, one all year, the
other in summer only. He milks 12
to 18 cows, and receives an average
monthly cream cheque of $110. Last
June he sold S 1,200 worth of hogs and
in NovemDer two more carloads, be
sides supplying his own requirements,
and is not only making money but
building up a good home amid desir
able surroundings. This is an example
of the possibilities open to the indus
trious in the Gleichen district.
It is stated in the last three months
$28,000,000 of American capital has
been invested in Canada, showing
that United States financial men are
satisfied of the solidity of Canadian in
stitutions. Western Canada has been
a heavy borrower and Western Can
ada's great resource iE agriculture. U.
S. financiers must be convinced that
agriculture in Western Canada is sure
and profitable or they would not be
ready to invest so many millions in
the country.—Advertisement.
-Vest to the doctor the man who
doesn't pay his bills prefers to beat
tb' grtv',er
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POS1TIONS Without - supply of A.i;: s Fool.
Esse the antiseptic powder to he shaker '-to :t»
Shoes or dissolved in the foot-bath. The Surd-rd
Remedy for the feet for 25 years. It fire? • :.iO
relief to tired. ach:ne feet and preverts s» en.
hot feet Ota lacy writes ‘‘I enjoyed every r 'rule
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When a woman has entertained hep
bridge club the excitement in the t el*
age home is over for a while.
Bed Cross Ball Blue, made in America,
therefore the liest, delights the houses le.
All good grocers. Adv.
T'ne rule is that the "Uncle Tom a
Cabin ' company gives the best parade
and the poorest show.
YOt'K OWN DRUiSIST WILL TE1L VO©
Pry Murine Bv© K©medy for Bed, Weak. Wat©ry
Byes and Granulated Myelitis; No Fman»©a—
iu'st By© eomlort- Write for Book of ib© F*e
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When a jealous wife finds her hus
band's keys she starts in to look lor
trouble.
Wash day is smile day if you use Red
Cross Ball Blue. American made, therefore
the best made. Adv.
It's hard for a learned man u»
learn to love a learned woman
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the wonderful healer and beaut fier.
Sena two dimes and we will man you
a beautiful opal jar of ZONA a 10-cent
silk sponge for applying and a 25-ceat
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Write at once.
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A Typewriter
in Every Home
The typewriter has
' come to be a ne
cessity in almost
every family If the
daughter is a stenographer, she
can increase her earning pcwer
by home practice The father
and sons need a typewrit ;r for
their correspondence The
mother likes to keep recipes
and other data in neat, read
able form. You will be inter
ested in our booklet, “A Lesson
in Operating the L. C Smith
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fears of spoclailxinc In vtsciseft and servos paly.
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