The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917, December 07, 1916, Image 3

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nur aus falftper Scbam unb aus Gi
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an biefer Stelle ift eS angebracbt,
nadbmals auf bie 'UZelbungen einjuge
ben. bie non ruffifcbcn Separatfrie
benstminfcben beridjten. GS beigt,
bafe ruffifd)c nnb beutfdje diploma
ten in Stodbolm jufammengetroffen
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friebe fommen.
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bafe cs urn bie britifdje Sadje idjled)t
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bem brutal gcmifjbanbelieit Griedjen
Xcnb ftompimente mad)t.
die „KoIntfdje 3citung" bnngt
ein SnterPieto mit cinem franjofifdjen
©taatsmanne, ber jmar einen Son
berfrieben jmifdbcn Stuslcmb unb ben
SDiiitelmdcbten fiir unmoglid) erfldrt,
ober binjufiigt, bafe eS gefebeben ton
ne, bafe niiijt alle 2J2itglieber ber
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febliefeen.
3u bm ©affen.
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motion, untergeicpnet non ©enerali
(fjourerncur Don Sefeler unb @ene
rol ituf, ruft polnifcpe greiroiHige 31I
ben Saffen, um gegen 'JtuBlanb gu
fampfen.
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Serfpretpungen ber Qfriinbung eine3
unabpdngigen ftbnigreidpS '^olen,
beffen Serroaltung roegen ber @efapr
ber Shriegsgeiten Dorlaufig noth in
ben £dnben ber (Proberer bleiben
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fagt bie Sroflamation, „ift nod) nitfjt
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follt unter (Puren eigenen ^apnen
fampfen unb bie ©runblage fcpaffen
ifiir eine politifdie Mrmee, inbem SPr
bie rubmreidjen Ueberlieferungen
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ireue unb Japferfeit erneut."
Sertreter ber 2iga be3 polnifdpen
Staate? fanbten burd) SSermittlung
be? (General • QouDerneurs an fiaifer
SHilpclm eine 2anfbepefcpe fiir bie
Srofiamation be? $bnigreidps ipo
len.
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bie £epefdje, „baB bie Serfprecpun
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unferer Sefreier 3U opfern, um bas
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aigen unb macptigen Staat gu ent
rotcfeltt."
Scdjs Staatcn trotfcn gelrgt.
Chicago. 2t'Is befonberes Merf*
mal ber politifchen Situation beS
2anbe» nach ber ©at)l ift bas gaf
tum heroorauheben, bat niehr als bie
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geirdhlten Peamten in Slftion tre
ten. vsti Perritoriellcr Jpinfid&t ha
ben 75 present bet Per. Staaten
ben Pcrfauj con Spirituofen oerbo*
ten.
Xienstag, ber 7. 9iooember, fab
cinen groten Sieg ber Prohibitions
ften. *3ed)5* Staaten — Michigan,
9i ebrasfa, South Xafota, Montana,
Utah unb 31°r^a — ftimmten fur
prohibition. Cebtere stoei ftimmten
sroar nicht bireft iiber Prohibition
ab, aber ber Stampf fanb jtoifehen
Stanbibaten ber Irodenen unb ?Iai
fen ftatt unb bicProdenett fiegten mil
groter Maforitat.
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lich:
Maine, Stomas, ®corgia,Miffiffip
pi, 'JJortl; Carolina, 9tortb Xafota,
Cflahoma, Penneffee, ©eft Ptrginia,
Colorabo, Pirgittia, ?lrisona, ©afh*
ittgton, Cregon, Alabama, 9trfanfas,
^otoa, obafic. South Carolina, 'Mi
chigan, 9Jebrasfa, South Xafota,
Utah, gloriba, Montana. 3U biefen
Fommt nod) bas Perritorium Don
2llasfa, roeldhes bafiir ftimmtc, bie
Saloons ab3ufd)affen.
Gitte roid)tige gartnrrfanferenj.
3ur Grbobung ber garmprobufte
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graven Soften fiir ben '4>robuftenoer
fauf bei. Siefem Uebel ju fteuern
mirb biefer Xage in Gbicago
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ment eine§ Sejirfe? bleibt unb bie
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miEiger an bie grant gegangen ift,
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te felbft in biefetn grofjen ihiege cin
3ig hafteben.
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fem alter ftebt unb bereit* bie Sriege
non 1866 unb 1870—71 mitgemadbt
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: FDR THE BUSY MAN
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NEWS EPITOME THAT CAN 800N
BE COMPASSED.
WINY EVENTS IRE MENTIONED
Mom* and Foreign Intelligence Con
densed Into Two and Four
Lino Paragraph!,
WAR NEWS.
The provisional government of
Greece, formed by supporters of for
mer Premier Venizelos, has formally
declared war on Bulgaria, says an
Athens dispatch,
* • •
British casualties in the month of
November, as reported from all fronts,
were 74,650. Of the total, 2,351 of the
casualties were among officers and
72,299 men.
• • •
The Germans will go through the
winter without change in their pres
ent rations of important foodstuffs ex- i
cept a reduction in the potato ration. ■
according to reports from Berlin.
• * *
The British cruiser New Castle is
reported to have been sunk at the
entrance to the Firth of Forth, Scot
land, November 15, by coming in con
tact with a mine, according to the
Berlin Overseas News agency.
* * »
According to German calculations
the total losses to the British navy
up to November 28, so far as can be
ascertained, have reached 121 ships
of 567.950 tons, not counting auxiliary
cruisers or auxiliary ships.
. . .
J. L. Garvin, editor of the London
: Observer, declares in that paper that
it is impossible for the Anglo-French
, to break through the western front un
! less the allies totally change their
policy regarding southeastern Europe,
' with a view to eliminating Turkey and
Bulgaria.
* * •
i Paris reports that the Rumanian
seat of government has been moved
from Bucharest to Jassy as the result
of the rapidity of the advance of the
Teutonic armies in Rumania. Jassy
, lies about two hundred miles north
east of Bucharest, near the Russian
frontier.
• • •
The Berlin correspondent of the
Berlingske Liden says the German
government is considering a proposal
of conservatives in the reichstag that
the universities and other of the high
er schools in the empire be virtually
closed so that the teachers and schol
ars may be embraced in the plan for
mobilization of civilians.
GENERAL.
Wage increases to employees all
over the United States which will
amount to approximately $50,000,000
annually, have been announced since
November 1.
• • *
The deficit of the democratic cam
paign has been announced at $300,000.
This amount will be apportioned
among the state. The republicans an
nounce a deficit of $21,144. Their to
tal receipts were $2,420,421, contrib
uted by 34,205.
» * *
One hundred and thirty young sol
diers have been killed in a collision
of a freight train with the train on
which they were being conveyed to
Aomori, a seaport on the north coast
of Japan.
* * •
Sales of the Cudahy Packing com
pany in the fiscal year ending October
28 were $133,960,966, compared with
$116,161,155 the previous year, while
net profits were $3,011,415 against
$723,642 in the previous twelve months.
• * *
The Nebraska football team went
down to defeat before the husky Notre
Dame team Thanksgiving Day at Lin
coln by the one-sided score of 20 to 0.
The South Bend. Ind., squad out
weighed the Comliuskers more than
seventeen pounds to the man. Ten
thousand people witnessed the contest.
• * •
Five men were killed and seven oth
ers injured when a passenger train
on the Lackawanna railroad ploughed
through a crowd of about four hun
dred employes of the Canadian car
and Foundry company who were
walking along the tracks at Passaic,
N. J.
• * •
The second big dye manufacturing
plant in the United States and the
only one west of Buffalo, N. Y., open
ed at Quincy, Til. Orders for more
than $600,000 worth of dyes have been
booked by the owners.
* • •
For the first time in nine years the
Yale football team scored a victory
over Harvard. The game was played
before what is considered the great
est football crowd in history. It is
estimated that 80.000 persons saw
Harvard go down to defeat by a score
of 6 to 3.
• * •
Fifty thousand people witnessed the
annual football game between the
Army and Navy elevens at the Polo
grounds. New York City. The Army
team of West Point defeated the An
napolis squad by a score of 15 to 7.
* * *
It is said that the United States
government authorities have instruct
ed the American ambassadors in Eng
land, France and Germany to investi
gate carefully the effects of the day
light saving system which was in op
eration in those countries during last
summer.
* • w
Further imports of gold from Can
ada were announced. J. P. Morgan &
Co. deposited $7,500,000 at the assay
office in New York. This makes a to
tal of $496,000,000 in gold imports
since the beginning of the year.
President Wilson's plurality in Cali
fornia is 3,773 votes, according to
semi-official figures announced by Sec
retary of State Frank C. Jordan.
• * •
Charles E. Hughes announced at
Lakewood. N. Y., that on Jam ~ry 1
he will resume the practice of law as
a member of the New York city firm
of Rounds, Schurman and Dwight.
* » *
The Pennsylvania railroad’s state
ment of the month of October shows a
decrease of $293,960 in the operating
income, as compared to the same
month last year.
* * *
"Wire tappers" have enriched
themselves by $7,500 within the last
two weeks through operations in Kan
sas City, Mo., according to a state
ment of one of their victims to the po
lice.
• • •
Twenty-seven deaths were the toll
of the hunting season in Wisconsin
and the upper peninsula of Michigan
for the season just closed, according to
figures compiled by the Milwaukee
Sentinel.
* • *
Eight children appointed by the New
York Protective association, presented
to President Wilson a peace resolution j
calling upon him to use his good of
fices to promote the idea o fpeace
among the belligerent nations.
* . .
Complete official statistics of the
crops in France in 1916 show that the
wheat crop is only 3^ per cent that
of 1915, though the surface sowed was
5 per cent less. In bushels the com
parative results were: In 1915, 226,- j
000.000; in 1916, 214.000,000. The oats !
crop of 1916 is nearly 14 per cent
heavier than last year.
• • *
An official call upon the people of
Chicago to boycott the egg market !
was issued by Dr. John Dill Robert- i
son, health commissioner, who j
asserted that eggs are being held in
cold storage while the sick and desti
tute need and cannot get them, and
that it has been proven that one firm
alone has 72,000,000 eggs in ware
houses. He asked everybody to stop
buying eggs until January 21, when,
by law. they will have to be put on
the market.
MEXICAN TROUBLE.
Francisco Villa’s forces have cap
tured Chihuahua City and now hold
that city, as well as Parral, accord
ing to reports reaching the border
from authentic sources.
* * *
Richard Wisbrun, an American mem
ber of a party arriving at El Paso from
Chihuahua, said that 1,000 Carranza
troops sent out by General Trevino to
meet Villa troops, had gone over to
the bandits without firing a shot.
• • *
Because Carranza officials feared
they might be disloyal, scores of for
mer Villa soldiers who have been
serving as customs guards in Juarez
since the Villa garrison joined the
Carranza army, were ordered to the
Juarez customs house and disarmed
by the artillery.
• * •
General Funston does not intend
taking any action looking to withdraw
al of American troops from Mexico un
less the return movement is ordered
by the War department. He denied a
report that the matter of withdraw
ing General Pershing’s command at
such time as it was deemed best had
been placed in his hands.
• • •
A protocol providing for the condi
tional withdrawal of the American
troops now in Chihuahua. Mexico, and
for the military control of the border,
but with the stipulation that United
States troops shall be sent into Mex
ico in pursuit of bandits, at any time
the American government deems It
necessary, was signed at Atlantic
City, N. Y., by members of the Mex
ican-American commission.
WASHINGTON.
The transcript in the case of the
Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf railroad,
chosen to test the constitutionality of
the Adamson law, is now in the
hands of the supreme court.
• * »
Secretary Daniels has awarded con
tracts for more than $65,000,000 worth
of new fighting ships for the navy, in
cluding four battleships at $11,000,000
each; two fleet submarines at approxi
mately $1,190,000 each, and twenty- S
seven coast submarines at about
$994,000 each.
American bankers were warned by
the federal reserve board to avoid
locking up their funds by purchasing
treasury bills of foreign governments
involving long term obligations. While i
specifically disclaiming “any inten
tion of reflecting upon the financial
stability of any nation," the board ad- |
vises all investors to proceed with i
caution.
• • •
The federal trade commission has
fixed December 12 as the date for
another public hearing on the news
print paper situation and invited man
ufacturers, jobbers, newspaper pub
lishers and any others interested to
appear.
* * »
The Seattle Construction and Dry
dock company was awarded contract
by the navy department for the con
struction of a 35-knot scout cruiser for
$4,975 ,000. Delivery will be made
within thirty months.
* * •
As a result of the election to con
gress of M. Clyde Kelly and Guy
Campbell, democrats from the thir- i
tieth and thirty-second Pennsylvania
districts, democrats of the house
claimed a majority of three in the !
lower branch.
• • •
It is understood In official circles
that the removal of militia troops from
the border will be accomplished im
mediately after t General Pershing’s
troops come out of Mexico, if present
war department plaas mature.
IS NOT HOOF PLAGUE
DISEASE AFFECTING NEBRASKA
STOCK HARMLESS MALADY.
AILMENT TERMED STOMATITIS
Washington Officials Declare Afflic
tion Is Not of Great Importance.
States Lift Qaurantine.
Washington.—Careful and system
atic observation of the Nebraska cat
tle found last week in the Kansas
City stock yards suffering with sore
mouths has failed to reveal certain
typical symptoms of foot and mouth
disease according to the Bureau of
Animal Industry, United States De
partment of Agriculture. The special
ists therefore are of the opinion that
the disease is vesicular stomatitis, a
mouth ailment which ordinarily af
fects horses and sometimes affects
cattle. The most striking symptom
of this disease is,the occurrence of
blisters and sores on the tongue and
other portions of the mouth.
This disease, while undoubtedly
contagious, is not of great economic
importance, as animals ordinarily re
cover from it in eight to ten days.
Vesicular stomatitis is known in
Europe and South America and has
been found occasionally in the United
States. The present outbreak, how
ever, is the most extensive yet noted
in this country. The specialists of
the department, therefore, are advis
ing state officials in whose territory
the disease is found to impose local
Quarantines to prevent its spread.
They advise all owner and handlers
of horses and cattle, particularly
liverymen, managers of stock yards
and breeders, to separate sick from
well animals, to clean up and disin
fect their premises, and to wash out
the mouths of sick animals with a
weak solution of permanganate of
potash or picric acid.
The belief of the specialists that the
malady is not foot and mouth disease
is based upon the fact that persistent
observation of sick animals and ex
periments in inoculating animals with
the infection at Washington failed to
reveal certain typical symptoms
which would be expected in any case
of foot and mouth disease. The slob
bering and blisters and sore are siin.
ilar in appearance to the mouth con
ditions produced by foot and mouth
disease., hut in none of the sack ani
mals examined has there been found
any soreness of the feet, which is a
common symptom of foot and mouth
disease.
Quarantine on Nebraska stock,
which was established in several
states as the result of the foot and
mouth disease scare, has been lifted
in practically every case.
Must Fight it Out.
London.—“The war must be fought
to a military conclusion on the west
and east fronts, with the blockade
playing only a secondary part,” said
Lord Robert Cecil, minister of war
trade, in discussing with The Asso
ciated Press the latest developments
in the world conflict.
“The condition of Rumania,” Lord
Robert continued, “causes us grave
regret. But there is no reason to
suppose the operations there will af
fect the result of the war which must
be fought out on the main fronts.
The conditions under which we will
accept peace overtures remain the
same as outlined several months ago."
Germany Admits Sinking Marina.
Washington.—Following the receipt
of a communication from the German
government admitting that a German
submarine torpedoed the British horse
ship Marina, with the loss of six
Americans. Secretary Lansing con
ferred with President Wilson and it
was decided that no action would be
taken by the American governmen*
until it could be definitely established
whether the Marina was a private
vessel or a belligerent transport. In
the note Germany stated that the
commander of the submarine which
sank the Marina had reported that he
took the vessel for a transport and
asked the United States for informa
tion on this point.
Whole Family Dies in Fire.
Cape May, N. J.—Lewis Wilson, his
wife, mother-in-law and four children
were burned to death in a fire that
destroyed the Wilson home in West
Capue May.
Helena Considers Boycott.
Helena, Mont—The Assembly Trades
and Labor Assembly of this city has
appointed a committee to consider a
boycott league against foodstuffs found
to be excessively priced.
Meets Death in Auto Race.
Phoenix, Ariz.—Mechanician Dren
nan of Amarilla, Tex., driving with R.
B. Armstrong in a 100-mile automobile
race on the state fair grounds track,
was almost instantly killed when the
big racer plunged through the fence
while trying to pass another car.
Aviator Killed in First Flight.
Berne, IndT—While making his first
iflght in an airplane which he spent
more than a year in building, Paul
Rhorer, aged 19, was killed here re
cently.
Engine Runs Pilotless.
Phillipsburg, N. J.—While its engi
neer, Johnson Shaffer lay dead beside
the tracks near Black Tom island, a
milk train on the Lehigh Valley rail
road ran thirty miles beyond that
point before the fireman discovered the
accident.
Kills Self to Avoid Border Duty.
Joplin, Mo.—After declaring that he
preferred death to further service on
the border, Earl F. Raymond, mesa
segeant of Company G, Second Mis
souri infantry, committed suicide.
DAIRY FARM IS NECESSARILY FERTILE
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VILLAGE MARSHALL, CHAMPION FUTURITY WINNER.
Farms used for dairy purposes
should gain rather than lose in fertil
ity, asserts R. I. Throckmorton, as
sistant professor of soils in the Kan
sas State Agricultural college.
“In dairying less plant food is sold
from the farm than in any other type
of farming.” says Mr. Throckmorton.
“In grain farming, the land is
cropped year after year, and the prod
ucts are sold off the land. In dairy
farming, the crops are harvested and
fed to animals.
“When grain or other crops are sold
from the farm soil fertility or plant
Purebred Jerseys.
food is removed. No soil can grow
crops year after year without sooner
or later reaching the point where the
depletion is felt.
Food Stays on Farm.
“When animals or milk products are
sold only a small portion of the plant
food of the crop is removed from the
farm. The greater part of it is left
in the form of barnyard manure, which
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| WHY RAISE LIVE STOCK? |
£ Because the raiser of live stock £
£ has a wider range of time in £
t> which to market his products £
£ than in the case of most other £
*• products of the farm. £
£ Because the raising of stock £
t« makes possible diversified farm- 4.
£ ing that favors independence. A £
*> diversified farm with no live 4.
£ stock is a difficult thing to han- £
£ die successfully. <4
£ Because in all nations where £
£ live stock is largely raised agri- 4
4 culture is on a firm basis. £
£ Because it is a patriotic duty £
£ to provide for the people the £
£ various kinds of meat food they £
* need and the foods from the 4.
£ products of animals, such as £
t* cheese and butter, and the ma- 4.
£ terials out of which ;o manufac- £
£ ture all kinds of the best of gar- 4>
£ ments. £
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LUMPY JAW IS NOT
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE
Trouble Is Caused by Fungus
Growing on Some of Grasses,
Rye, Barley and Com.
Actinomycosia, or lumpy jaw, is a
disease not uncommon with cattle. It
Is caused by a fungus that grows on
some of the common plants, such as
the grasses, rye, barley and corn.
When the mouth of the animal is in
jured from eating dry, stiff forage, as
Is frequently the case, the fungus
finds an entrance into the tissues and
begins growth. This causes the tis
sues to break down and form pus. If
the bone is affected the normal bone
will be broken down and new growth
of bone takes place around the dis
eased areas, causing an enlargement
or lump, hence the name lumpy jaw.
The disease may affect any tissues, so
there may not always be an enlarge
ment of the jawbones.
A gradual development of a tumor,
usually on the lower jaw, the side of
the face or in the throat are charac
teristic symptoms. This swelling is
not unlike that caused by an injury
except that it does not go down in a
few days. If the tongue is affected it
becomes enlarged and the animal has
difficulty in eating. The teeth may
drop out and the jaw become so sore
that the animal cannot ruminate.
After a time the tumor will become
soft and break, either on the inside or
outside. This may heal, but will break
out again later.
Lumpy jaw^ls not contagions, but
affected animals should be separated
from the rest of the herd so that the
discharges from the tumors may not
contaminate the feed. The use of the
surgeon's knife can be used to remove
the affected parts or the animal can
be treated by the iodide of potash
method. This consists of giving one
and one-half drams of iodide of pot
ash twice a day to animals weighing
1,000 pounds. This is kept up for ten
days or two weeks and the animal al
lowed to rest for a like period and:
then the treatment repeated if neces
sary. The medicine may be given as a
drench or in the drinking water.
Treatment should be begun as soon
as possible after the character of the
disease has been determined. Animals
in advanced cases should be killed, as
their recovery is doubtful. Fat cattle
can be sold subject to post-mortem ex
amination. Milk from dairy cows
with this disease should not be used'
until after they have been cured.
BEST TIME TOCUT
SUDAN GRASS CROP
Best Hay Yield Secured When
Cut Just After Full Bloom
—Holds Up Well.
(By J. F. NICHOLSON. Agronomist. Ex
periment Station. University of Ari
zona.)
Sudan grass yields the best hay when
cut just after full bloom. There are
times when it is advisable to cut the
hay before it has reached full bloom,
on account of removing the first cut-,
ting, so as to get a more abundant sec
ond crop. If the season is short it may
be impossible to get two full crops, and
in this case it would be better to cut
the first one prematurely. Sudan grass
will probably stand longer without de
teriorating in its hay-producing quali
ties than any other of the forage crops.
POSSIBLE CAUSE OF
PARALYSIS OF PIGS
Germ of Wheat Contains Poison
ous Substance Which Causes
Serious Trouble.
At the Wisconsin station, in experi
ments with hogs, cattle and rats, they,
found that the germ of wheat con
tained a poisonous substance which
caused serious trouble when fed in
large amounts. When fed to young
animals, the result was a stunted
growth; when fed to pregnant cows,
the result was abortion or a very weak
or dead calf, and when fed to pigs, the
result was partial paralysis. The Wis
consin Investigators believe that the
poisonous substance contained in a
germ of wheat has a special tendency
| to affect the nerve tissues.
Undesirable Combination.
High-priced feed and low-prices for
milk or its products is a very undesir
able combination but it is sometimes
economy to suomit to a present loss,
rather than allow a milk flow to go by
default.
Work In Co-Operation.
Working in co-operation, dairymen
can obtain tUe benefits of business
methods at a very small cost through
the organization of a cow-testing asso
ciation.
Valuable Property.
Any kind of a good silo is a valua
I ble piece of property on the farm
I where livestock is to be fed.
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Cow at Calving Time.
A cow should be fed lightly for ten
days before calving, and for a week
afterward.
Selecting Seed Com.
Five years from now every com
grower will select seed com from the,
field.
may be returned to the soil. This is
clear when one considers the fact that
a ton of milk contains $2.09 worth of
plant food, while a ton of alfalfa con
tains $9.50 worth of plant food.
. "With this system of farming a large
variety of crops can be profitably*
grown and utilized. Such crops as al
falfa and clover for hay, corn sorghum
for silage, and rye as a soiling crop
may be grown. With these crops it is
possible to practice a rotation in which
a legume is grown, thus increasing the
supply of nitrogen in the soil. This
is important, as the failure to include
a leguminous crop in the rotation is
one of the common causes of soil de
pletion. The nitrogen content of the
soil is also increased when alfalfa is
fed and the manure is applied to tha
land.”
Concentrates Are Fertilizers.
The soil on many farms contains a
sufficient quantity of plantfood, points
out Mr. Throckmorton, but is so devoid
of humus that the food is unavailable i
to the plant. A soil thus lacking in
vegetable matter will not retain water,
but packs, and bakes. Practically all
the manure produced on a dairy farm
may be returned to the soil. This will
add humus, thus making the soil more
productive. It may be profitably ap
plied to alfalfa as a surface dressing,
or in the field where silage or soiling
crops are grown.
Buying Concentrated feeding stuffs,,
such as bran and oilmeal, is a com
mon practice on many dairy farms.
These feeds are rich in fertilizing in
gredients and if the resulting manure .
is applied to the land the fertility may
be increased to a considerable extent.