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SUPERIOR RURAL ROAD WORK
Suggestions to Communities for the
Construction and Maintenance of
Country Highways.
That full value may be received for
the money appropriated for road pur
poses and that the best results ob
tainable may be secured it is essential
that the right man shall be placed in
charge of road work. He should be
selected not only because he actually
knows more about good roads than
any other person in the community,
but also because he can get the best
results from the money furnished. It
is not sufficient, however, to let the
matter rest with the appointment of
a road overseer. He rhould receive
the whole-hearted support of the com
munity in the work. It should be seen
to that under the conditions and with
the money furnished the community
is getting what it has a right to ex
pect in the way of road improvement.
It is well to remember that if for any
reason an incompetent man is placed
in charge of the work the responsi
bility for failure rests upon the com
munity. There should be no other
consideration, therefore, in selecting a
road overseer than that of securing a
man with the ability to perform the
duties required. It should be realized
that good roads have much to do with
the prosperity of a community and
♦hat united action in the right direc
tion is the surest and quickest way to
secure them.
Where the road overseer has had
but little experience in road work, or
where some new and difficult problem
is presented to the experienced man,
the office of public roads and rural
engineering of the U. S. department
of agriculture when requested, will of
fer advice and suggestions for carry
ing on the work and how best to over
come the difficulties.
To secure a satisfying road of anj
type, it is absolutely necessary to re
member: First, drainage: second,
drainage: and third, drainage. The
earth road, properly cared for, will
answer satisfactorily for the traffic of
many rural sections that cannot af
ford the better type3 of roads: but
the earth road must be well drained.
After this fact is well understood,
two other requirements may be taken
up—the location of the road and the
reduction of grades to a general aver
age of 5 per cent.
With the exception of sandy roads,
which are easiest for traveling when
damp, all roads must have proper side
ditches to carry away the surface wa
ter. In order to lead this surface wa
ter to the ditch, the road surface must
have a crown, or rounded roof, high
est in the center ^nd sloping toward
the side ditches. A very easy and sat
isfactory way to keep earth, clay, and
gravel roads crowned, by the use of
the split-log drag, is explained in
Farmers’ Bulletin 597. copies of which
may be obtained upon application to
the department.
An Improved Road in Pennsylvania.
Alter me road has been crowned
and the crown is kept in condition by
the wise use of the road drag, it
should be seen to that ditches are kept
free from weeds, etc., and that they
are deep enough to carry off the wa
ter which runs into them. In most
cases a wide, shallow ditch is best.
Deep ditches are dangerous to traffic.
At spaces of every few hundred feet
along the roadway a culvert of some
kind should be placed to carry away
the water which has gathered in the
ditches.
A road properly built generally will
not have an average grade of more
than 5 per cent. By “per cent of
grade” is meant the number of feet
the road rises or "climbs” for every
100 feet of its length.
Every Farmer Concerned.
The improvements of good roads
and ditches is a matter which con
cerns every farmer who desires to in
crease the value ot his land or the
farm property ot the community in
which he resides as a whole.
Longevity in French Villages.
A remarkable record of longevity is
to be found in some of the rural par
ishes of France. In the vil'rge of St.
Thomas de la Fliche there have been
only fourteen parish priests in three
hundred years, the fourteenth being
still in possession. The parish of St.
Germain du Val, in Paris, has had only
three pastors in one hundred years,
while that of Givr.v en Argonne haa
had but five in 130 years.
The Wedding Ring.
The wedding ring is of foremost in
terest to the groom and a new wed
ding ring is to be had. called the “al
liance ring.” This appears to be one
solid ring, but is actually two, the
joints being invisible, and whenever
engraved, the ring is separated by in
serting a pin in the inside pinhole,
which separates the ring and the mar
king is done on the inside surface.
Never Comes Back.
The hair is one thing, according to
i scientist, “that never comes back."
—Rochester Democrat.
Dray
FACTS
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RULES FOR FILLING A SILO
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Offers Some Excellent Sugges
tions on the Work.
To farmers who are filling silos this
year for the first time, the Iowa agri
cultural experiment station offers
these suggestions:
The corn should be cut when the
kernels are dented, or when about a
fourth of the huskB and lower leaves
are turning brown. It should be as
near maturity as possible and yet con
tain enough moisture to insure fer
mentation.
Either a half-inch of three-quarter
inch cut is best because that length
insures less waste and a larger pack
of corn in the silo.
Slow filling makes it possible to
pack the corn more thoroughly and
get in a larger tonnage. With rapid
filling the cost is less, but to fill to
capacity the silage should be allowed
to settle and then refill.
corn snouid be unirormly packed in
the silo and with good distribution of
stalks and ears. If the sides are kept
about two feet higher than the cen
ter, the silage wedges against the
sides, keeps in the heat of ferments
| tlon and kills molds.
Water needs to be added when Ail
ing if the corn in the silo is not moist.
Water must always be added when the
corn is very ripe, when the corn is
severely frozen before it is properly
matured, or when filling late in the
fall with shocked corn.
Keep the sides of the silo air-tight
by filling cracks with soft clay, if the
silo is wooden, or with cement If of
masonry.
USEFUL MILK BOTTLE HOLDER
Corrugated Strips Riveted to Interme
diate Frame Hold Narrow-Necked
Veasela In Position.
There are upper and lower rec
tangular frames to a milk bottle case,
recently patented by a young San
Francisco inventor. Corner angles
unite the two frames, and intermedi
Milk Bottle Holder.
ate frame is secured to the corner
angles. A longitudinal bar is riveted
to the middle frame near the center, j
Corrugated strips are riveted to the 1
intermediate frame and the longl- ■
tudinal bar, these holding the milk \
bottles in place by acting as side ;
supports. Various deviations of the
main idea are covered with three oth
er patents.
Daily sells for less.
SERIOUS DISEASE OF CALF
White Scours Usually Appear Within
Two or Three Days After and
Are Often Fatal.
White scours, or calf cholera, come
on so soon after birth that often the
calves are dead before they are con
sidered to be seriously sick.
This disease usually appears within
two or three days after the calf is
dropped. Seldom do any cases devel
op after the calf is two or three
months old.
The symptoms are usually failure to
eat, the calf lying down much of the
time, the eyes grow dull, and a pecu
liar pasty white excretion is notice
able. The calf often dies within 24
hours. Only immediate attention will
save it.
The disease is usually contracted by
infection through the navel cord. Pre
vention is better than cure.
HORSE LABOR IS NECESSARY
Many Important Factor* Can Be Con
trolled by Manager in Making Dairy
Farming Successful.
Horse labor is a necessary item on
the dairy farm and should command
much attention from the manager. If
its efficiency drops the profits of the
farm are decreased, and the profits
from the cows must bear a loss in the
horse-labor item. It is seen then that
auccesafui dairying is not making a
success with cows alone, but profitably
combining a number of factors. Man,
labor and crop yields per acre are
other Important factors that can be
controlled to a considerable extent by
the manager.
Pastor’s Merited Rebuke.
When Samuel S. Colber was preach
ing In an old log sehoolhouse in John
son county, Missouri, in 1852, his
congregation was quite small. One
Sunday all were sitting at the desks
forward near the puncheon floor.
The sermon was monotonous and the
old log scats had no backs. Observ
ing the sleepy, downcast look of the
congregation, (he i.iinis’er woke them
up by shoutin : “ rouse, heaven Is
not under the iloor:’’
Have Ycu Nr ~ed These?
An Inventor in A:::erica ha3 earned
the thanks of a'] v have been seek
ing after a irally anitary form of
kissing. In cer nin parts of that great
country, when ycurg ladies go to par
ties and places where they kiss, they
are provided " ith a sterilized ivory
ring. mounted on a silver handle This
Is Interposed between the kis er and
the klseee. and the result lag sensation
Ib known as “p ■tei iized pleasure.” or
“germless joy."—London Answers.
Work Worth Cultivating.
The art of s '.lino is a very lmpor
tant one, and shout 1 not be neglected
by any young man who intends to go
Into business, even if he does not ex
pect to be a salesman. He will cer
tainly have to sell his own services,
and that is one of the hardest tasks
that any young man can undertake.—
Dean Johnson. New York University.
Chase's for fresh groceries.
AND THE REINDEER CAME.
What Thsy Brought Up to the Horn*
of the Little Rich Girl.
"An’—an' the teacher said." lisped
the baby of the rich, "there was rein
deer hitched to sleighs full of dolls an'
toys un' things, running over tops of
houses on the night before Christmas."
“Yes,” the proud father answered,
“the teacher was right They drove
over your house last night and Sauta
Ciaus unloaded a whole Christmas tree
full of things for you.”
They carried the little rich girl down
the wide marble stairway to * e o ik
paneled library on the fit.* door
There, between stained giass windows,
was a ceiling high Christmas tree
groaning with toy clowns. Shetlund
ponies, fairies with Jeweled clothes and
knobby parcels in delicate wrappings
concealed in the evergreen branches.
Some one turned a switch, which light
ed the tree.
a uny oox nung rar out on a green
branch, which the rich baby’s father
detached and opened. The baby bent
over it with an uncomprehending look.
It contained gold pieces. Left to her
self, she went up to the miniature
house and doll family within her reach
under the tree. There was the doll
mother hovering over bisque children,
who sat In tiny baby chairs. The
house had curtains, carpets, a kitchen,
real stairs and a nursery. The baby
stood before it in wonderment.
Then she spied prancing reindeer at
tached to a toy sleigh, the back of
which was Ailed with games, with
ducks which bobbed their heads while
they said “Quack,” and little doll go
carts, which had lace covers and sun
shades.
The morning or the afternoon of
Christmas day and many other morn
lngs and afternoons were not Jong
enough for the baby to examine and
play with all the toys and gifts which
that stalwart tree held for her.
“An’—an’ the teacher said,” added
the rich baby, “that sometimes the
reindeer and the sleigh stopped for
only a minute at a chimney, to leave
one toy, an’ sometimes—sometimes he
did not stop at all.”—New York Even
ing Post _
A Happy Traa,
"Oh. look at me!”
San? the Christmas tree—
A Jolly youn? evergreen—
"I'm dressed up here
For a show, that’s clear.
And I'm anxious to be seen.
To grow In a wood
Is very good—
Of air you’ve a trifle more—
But I declare
It cannot compare
To a block on the parlor floor!
You may stand In the cold
Till a century old.
Not a blossom to speak of comes,
But here In an hour
I'm all in flower
With mittens and dolls and drums.
I know so well—
And daren’t to tell—
So much that I’m like to burst;
There’s a mystery hung
Or a secret swung
On each branch from last to flrtt.
How I’d love to shout
All my feelings out!
But I daren't even cough;
And just the half
Of a great big laugh
Would shake all my candles off.
So I have to hide
All the fun Inside
Till Tm full as I can be.
Whatever folks say.
I'm king of the day!"
Bang the Jolly Christmas tree.
—Youth’s Companion.
Does Your Auto
Need Repairs
Bring the machine to this garage and it will
be fixed up satisfactorily, as we have one of
the best repair men in the county and guar
antee every piece of work turned out to be
entirely satisfactory in every respect.
Auto Repairing
The fastest and best cars are used in our livery
service, together with competent drivers and
at reasonable prices.
Agent for the
HUPMOBILE
W. R. HENKENS
ROCKVILLE, NEBRASKA
JACOB RITZ
Wall Paper, Paints and Varnishes
Oils and Stains
Agent for the Beatrice Creamery Co.
FURS! FURS!
J. W. THOMPSON, THE FUR BUYER
I will pay the highest market price for
all kinds of furs.
SEE ME BEFORE YOU SELL
At the Pool Hall Loup City, Nebraska
Peruviana and Bolivians boast of
their ability to make boats out of
straw. Pooh! We have oodles of
men in this country who have made!
fortunes out wind and water.
An exchange points to the sig
nificant fact that the drug market
is now at its highest price point in
used to kill men instead of curing
them.
A. F. Elsrt er
Photographer
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Highest Grade
of Work
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Picture Framimg As
It Should^ Be Done
LOUP CITY, - NEBRASKA
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