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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1916)
& RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF xcacwu '1W Hi w t i '1 a -i ii f (f . .n " rJwftj WK7 Americ Tfc ITuSriiL. an jdii-u& Yellow-Bcllied Sapsuckcr (Sphyraplcua varlus) Length, about eight nnd ono-hnlt Inches. Only woodpecker hiivlng top of head from Iiuho of bill red, com bined with a black patch on breast. HniiKo: llrccds In northern half oi the United States and Houthcrn half of Canada; winters in most of tho etatcu and south to Costa Rica. Habits and economic status- Tho yellow-bellied sapsuckcr Is rather si lont and bubpIcIouh and generally man ages to havo a tree between himself and tho obsorver. Hence- tho bird Is much better known by Its work than .Its appearance. Tho regular girdles of holes mado by this bird aro com ,mon on a great variety of trees; In all 'about 250 kinds aro known to bo at tacked. Occasionally young trees aro killed outright, but moro loss Is caused by stains and other blwnlHhcs In the wood which result from sapsucker punctures. Thoso blemishes, which aro known as bird pecks, aro especially numerous in hickory', oak, cypress, and yellow poplar. Defects due to sap euckor work causo an annual loss to the lumbor industry estimated at $1, 250.000. Tho food of tho yellow-bellied sapsuckcr is about half animal and half vogetablo. Its fondness for ants counts slightly in its favor. It cats also wasps, beetles (including, however, very few wood-boring spe cies), bugs, and spiders. Tho two principal components of tho vegetable food aro wild fruits of no importance and cambium (the layer Just beneath tho bark of trees). In securing the cambium tho bird docs the damage above described. The yellow-bellied sapsuckcr, unlike other woodpeckers, thus docs comparatively little good and much harm. Rose-Breasted Grosbeak (Zamelodla ludovlclana) Length, eight inches. Range: Breeds from Kansas, Ohio, Georgia (mountains), and New Jcr eoy, north to southern Canada; win ters from Mexico to South America. Habits and economic status: This beautiful grosbeak Is noted for its clear, melodious notes, which aro poured forth in generous measure The joscbreast sings even at midday dur ing suminor, when tho Intonso heat has silenced almost ovory other song ster. Its beautiful plumago and swcot song aro not Its solo claim on our favor, for few birds aro more Ibcneflclal to agriculture The roso Ibreast eatB somo green peas and doeB soma damago to fruit. Dut this mis chief Is much moro than balanced by itho destruction of Insect pests. Tho bird is so fond of tho Colorado potato beetle that It has earned tho namo of "potato-bug bird," and no less than a itenth of tho total food of tho roso breasts examined consists of potato iboetlos vldonco that tho bird is ono of tho most Important onomles of tho pest. It vigorously attacks cucumber beetles and many of tho scale insectB. It proved an active enomy of tho Rocky mountain locust during that insect's ruinouB Invasions, and among tho other pesta It consumes aro the spring and toll cankorworms, orchard &s&A, Zsf faff jr BBHB1Ea!sbP BsmBfVBr r aSfS. BBiy&f-tf yCjJM J BkabBBBbj &i VGjBBBBHB KB ' & isBBBBBB'-BBw BBBBBBBBt BBHBBBPr. Sbbbbbbbw '-BP'iBSr b asB , N,7 VTaf-fat x ' -M ' J r" vkF W f Interesting infor mation about them supplied by the Bureau of Biological Survey of the a4 nited States cpartment of ffriculture and forest tent caterpillars, tussock, gipsy, and brown-tall moths, plum cur cullo, army worm, and chinch bug. In fact, not ono of our birds has a bcttoi record. Purple Martin (Progne subls) Length, about eight Inches. Range llrcods throughout tho United States and southern Canada, south to central Mexico; winters In South Atnorlca. Habits and economic status: This Is the largest as It Is one of the most beautiful of tho swallow tribe. It formerly built Its nests In cavities of trees, as It still does In wild dis tricts, but learning that man was a friend It soon adopted domestic habits. Its presenco about tho farm can often he secured by erecting houses suit able for nesting sites and protecting them ffom usurpation by the Kngllsh sparrow, and every effort should be mado to Increase tho number of colo nies of this very useful bird. The boxes should ho at a reasonable height, say 15 feet from tho ground, and made Inaccessible to cats A colo ny of thoso birds on a farm makes great Inroads upon tho Insect popu lation, as tho birds not only them selves feed upon insects but rear tholr young upon tho samo diet. Klfty years ago In New England It waB not uncom mon to sco colonloB of 50 pairs of marttnB, but most of them have now vanished for no apparent reason ex cept that the martin houses havo de cayed and havo not been renowed. Moro than three-fourths of this bird's food consists of wasps, bugs, and boetles, their Importance being In tho order given. Tho beetles Include sev eral species of harmful weevils, as tho clover-leaf weevils and tho nut weevllB. Besides theso aro many crano flics, moths, May flics, and dragon flics. Cooper's Hawk (Acclpter cooperi) Length, about fifteen inches. Me dium sized, with long tall and short wings, and without tho whlto patch on rump which is characteristic of the marsh hawk. Range: Breeds throughout most of tho United States and southern Can ada; winters from the United States to Costa Rica. Habits and economic status: Tho Cooper'B hawk, or "blue darter," as it is familiarly known throughout tho South, Is pre-eminently a poultry and bird-eating species, and its destructive ncss in this direction is surpassed only by that of its larger congener, tho goshawk, which occasionally In autumn and wlntcrentcrs tho United States from tho North in great num bers, The almost universal prejudico against birds of prey Is largely duo to the activities of these two birds, as sisted by a third, tho sharij-shinncd hawk, which In habits and appearanco might well pass for a small Cooper's hawk. These birds usually approach under cover and drop upon unsuspect ing victims, making great Inroads upon poultry yards and gamo coverta favorably situated for this stylo of hunting. Out of 123 stomachs exam ined, 38 contained tho remains of mammals. Twenty-olght species of wild birds wero identified in tho above mentioned material. This destructive hawk, togethor with Its two near rela tives, should bo destroyed by every posslblo means. Patience Needod for Success. Tho advertlsor who loses his pa tionco will lose out Tho massoB who road advertisements move slowly. Mall Order Journal. V X5. II P Swtastf1 aT . -t i m T f riHtaPMMMM Haiv- k-l 5HBe?bbb H if i nay . m UNPK0FITAE UNPROFITABLE ACRES Fir and Cedar Stump Land Good trrrpurul b (t-n t'nltnl Stntre Popart rm nt of AKilrtiltuif i "Low-yielding acres, like boarder cows, are oft t fatnl to successful farming," nccordlng to J. C. McDowell of the office of farm management. United States department of agrlcul turo, In the new year book. "Our farm survey records show that areas of poorly drained, compact and sour Bolls, or noils low In humus, greatly reduce net profits. Sometimes these records show that as much ns 30 per cont of the entire farm acreago does toot produce enough to pay its way. "One fnrm in Wisconsin, on which records were recently taken, has 40 acres of poorly drained land that In Its present condition is practically worthless. Twenty-five dollars per acre spent in drainage will mako this 0acro tract tho equal of any in that district, and good land Is selling there at $150 per acre. A small portion of similar land on this farm has already been tllc-dralned and Is now produc ing a fair profit on each acre bo Ira proved. "Tho successful business man al ways tries to weed out all unprofitable enterprises and to expand thoso that pay a profit. Unprofitable acres can not always be disposed of ns readily as boarder cows, but usually they can do Improved until they becomo profit scaring. If the Income from such land :annot bo Increased it Is quite possl olo that the labor spent upon it can bo reduced until the Income at least pays a Ilttlo moro than tho cost of :abor. Itemize Before Purchasing. "In buying a farm, unprofitable lcros that cannot easily bo mado prof itable should ordinarily be considered bb having little or no agricultural value. They may even be a burden .o their owner, In which case they havo a negative value. A farmer was bout to buy a quarter-section farm 'r?'Z-clJHMHrvAKlBTE3H ZZ3 6tony Land Very Hard to Clear and Not Worth Much When Cleared. ji tho corn belt at $100 per acre. This appeared to him to bo a very reason able prlco for a farm in that region, until a careful analysis of tho proposi tion called his attention to the largo amount of waste land on tho farm. Actual measurements and careful es timates furnished tho following data: SO acres rich, Bandy loam, not htony, not rmu-.Ii. gently sloping, well drained, uctuiil vnluo $11" per nore, J1MXS0 JlO.frt 15 nerea poor land, (.andy, utoriy, roiiKli, lilllv. probably of Ilttlo or no uKrlculturnl vulue, uuual value ( 55 acres poor pasture) land, wot land that can liu drain' d, but Unit enn not bo drained at n profit; urtual value $10 per acre: $10X25 35 DulldlnKU .'5) Total $12 MO 12.S0OlC0$SO. "These flgurefl gavo tho farm, Includ ing buildings, a vnluo of $80per ncrc, though a part of It was worth consid erably moro than tho avcrago price per acre asked for tho farm. An Item ized study of the farm, acre by aero, and a dctal'cd study of fences, build ings and other Improvements, should alwayB bo mado beforo purchasing. Such Investigation often calls atten tion to enough unprofitable acres to jtop tho sale. Utilization of Unprofitable Acres. "To what extent nnd at what rate wo should attempt to decrease tho numbor of unprofitable ncrcs depends largely on tho Increased demand for agricultural products. Tho law of di minishing returns prevents tho re clamation of wasto land until tho ris ing prices or cheaper methods of pro duction mako such action practicable Frequently it pays better to spend tlmo and money In tho further Im provement of acros that aro now prof Itablo rathor than In tho reclamation of less desirable land, 3tf-HV ( fcTU(PTfc - i V .v'lBBBBBBBBBH IBU U ti M tf MJk9BBfttfS7aBBBHBBaw SBBBBhLbBBBBBBBBV FATAL TO SUCCESS Soil, Cut Jery Expensive to Clear. ' Much money and valuable time Is lost each year In nlniust every local lt In the attempt to put uiipiofltahlo hi res mi a paying basis Lack of sat isfactory agricultural credit forces many a deserving family to waste tlmu in trying to get a Htart on acres that moneyed men pass by Misleading ad vert iHctnents and Inflated magazine articles have lured ninny a family to give up n comfortable living In the city to drag out a miserable exlstuncu in toll and worry on worthless land. Lack of knowledge of the business side of farming Is largely responsible for loss in tho management of uupiof Itahle acres. Tho prohlom of how to prevent a wasto of money, time and energy In tho nttempt to develop worthless land is worthy of careful study. At best ntirh wasto can only partially bo provented. Tho pity of It is that no much of this loss falls on thoso ho can least afford to loso. "Every farmer who owns unprofit able land should mnko a detailed ex amination of his farm, ncro by acre, to detect all unprofitable areas. Next, ho should determine tho approximate cost of making each ncro pay Its way. Such study will disclose what and how much is nooded In tho way of manuro, commercial fertilizer, drain ago or other preparation, to produco satisfactory crop ylolds. This analy tical study of each portion of tho farm will sometimes call attention to many ncrcs that cannot bo cultivated prof itably. It is bettor to leavo such land in permanent pasture, or oven to let It lie idlo, than to work It nt a loss. Tho farm not only furnishes a homo, but it Is a placo of business. As such, each cntorpriso nnd aero should re celvo Individual attention, and, bo far na practicable, the entire farm should be placed on a paying basis." ERADICATION OF CORN SMUT Only Method la to Cut Off Smutty Stalks and Burn Them No Treatment of Seed. (Dy O. M. AU.YN, Illinois Experiment Btatlon.) Thcro is no treatment of seed corn for smut. Tho spores which causo amut in corn llvo over from ono year until tho next in manuro, soil, rcfuso, etc. In tho Bummor, under favorablo conditions those- spores which may havo wlntorcd In tho soil or may havo been hauled to tho field In tho manuro, find lodgment on tho tondor parts of tho corn plant, usually by tho action of tho wind, aud start to grow. Tho sourco of tho sporo Is not tho seed corn, therefore treatment will do no good. Tho only method of erad ication is to cut off tho smutty stalks and burn them. This, of couroo, is Im practical. FASTENING WIRES TO POST Difficult Problem Snld to Have Been Successfully Worked Out Idea Looks Sensible. A new way to fasten tho wires to conereto posts Is being tried out suc cessfully. It Is claimed. If It works well a real triumph will havo boon UH i i;y- Wires Fastened to Post. won, for tho question of how to fasten wlro to concrete posts has been a d I Ill cult one. Tho now dovlco cortslstB of n slot, mado at an nnglo In tho post, whilo a vortical silt Is mado to connect with tho outBldo cut. Tho wiro Is placed In tho alot whllo looso, and when tightened cannot got out of tho groove Tho Idea looks senslblo. t ,fj;':. "'. Jfi& unn hu n -i WESTERN CANADA Accompanying Industries Also Prove Highly Profitable. Tho cheese Industry i hi oughtn't ivi'stern Canada today. In In a highly nuurlnhlng condition and Is bound In ciy short time to betoino much more Important. The war hat created I great demand fur that article, and ItH use abiond has given it a lot ol I U3eful adveitlslng. The attlcle known as Canadian cheese Is now sought not only by the soldier In tho ticiitlus but by the ordlnurv civilian roiisuin''r who, having used It, In quick to ap predate Its value Thlft mc.iiis thai alter the war there will be a demand created for It that would not other wise have been. Up to the present tho war needs have limited the local supply, hut with the Increased effort that In now being put foith It Is hoped that this will be met Ah n matter til course tho prices ate high and the fnrmeis who contribute to the cheese factories are malting money The cheese reason Is now fully open nnd there Is every prospect f an ex cellent year because the high ,,rl.('P which obtained last J ear will tmdoubt cdly bo maintained this Benson. West em Canada has all the natural re sources for the making of cheese, the feed and the cool nights, two things essential, nnd In time It Is hound to heroine one of tho llnest eheeso coun tries of the continent. The lower foothills of Alhoiln. used only nt tho present time as ranges or for no purpose, will in tlmo produce cheoso In gieat quantities, nnd doubt less will soon equal tho famous up lands of Denmark. Tho cool nights mean tho better keeping of milk nnd cream and eheeso, nnd thnt Is a great thing for tho Industry, especially when com bined with possibilities of cnttlo feed such bb exist on tho long slopes from tho Rockies enstward. The hog market, which may ho classed as an adjunct of farming. Is an exceedingly good one. nnd tho low cost at which tho feed enn bo pro duced, coupled with the high prices realized, mako this industry "cry prof itable Ono of tho first thoughts thnt occur to tho mind of tho avcrago prospective settlor la tho likelihood of suitable markets. In thlB connection tho fol lowing tablo will be Illuminating. It Is supplied by the P. Hums company, packers nnd exporters of Calgary, and chows tho avcrago monthly prlro paid for hogs for tho six years 1010 to 191f Inclusive When ono considers the low Initial cost of tho land nnd tho small overhead cost of malntcnnnco and feed, theso prices chnllengo compari son. 1010 10111912 1913 1914 1916 January. . Fob March. . . April .... May June July August ..8 Sopt 8 Oct 8 Nov 7 Doc 7 7 8 8 7 7 8U, 84 8 7 8 8V4 7,4 VA 8Vi 8 71& IG.71 6.96 7.16 8.06 8.26 8.30 8.12 7.93 8.86 9.02 8.36 8.70 V4 IVi 9 8V4 7 8V4 8 VA. 8 8 8 8 8M, 9 9 8 VA 8V4 7 9 8 7 7 0.85 8 8 7 G 6 8,4 8V4 7W 6 A fnrmor of Monarch, Alberta, claims tho distinction of being thoflrat in tho provlnco to sell a carload of hogs at tho high prlco of cloven conta n pound, llvo weight. Tho salo waa mado a short tlmo ago at Calgary, and at that tlmo was a record, although prices havo slnco gono as high as $11.124 per hundredweight. With such prlcca avallablo for hogs the farmor has a market for everything 1.1b farm produces, as there Ib prac tically no farm product which cannot bo converted Into good hog flesh. The uncertainty of results which attends grain farming oven under most favor ablo conditions Is removed when tho settler goes In for raising hogs, beef nnd dairy products. With Western Canada's cheap lands, heavy crops, and climate freo from diseases of stock tho stock farmer Is as suro of success bb anyone enn bo. Advertisement. Whllo n man Is trying to make his fortuno n woman goos and gets hers told. Peoplo naturally assumo that a handsome woman marries n homely mnn because ho has a lot of money. St. Paul Is to havo a, new family hotel to cost $100,000 Puts a ... Stop to all BLACK LOSSES SURELY PREVENTED tT Cutter DlltklH Pllli. I-o-rrlceil. ffwli. iciuu: prt'fmM lu Vteitum itookinsn. In u tli iroteet wher njher vieclnii U I. Wrlm for bouklA rI tMilroonlili. I0.D0M pkgi. llUekltJ PI I II.M 50-dm pkl. Ultekltf Pllll 4 03 LEG iji any injurwr. uui tuww .. M.. (--J.- .. ..... hnii.l. I. illl. tn A..P lfi tun of ipecllUln lit elmi and lorumi Mly. Inilit n Cuttor'i. It imobtilntble, onler dlrtel. Tk CutUr UbirtUry, Birkiley, Gal., tr CMugo, III. Tl HrcKT3K: A Tola operation. roiltlTureaieilr C7DlvI7 ISo (MIH-IUtiulta iiuo Write (or our J fVEiCj Llallooaor'i'rutljand KacUi li.-liay. CaUMRMdTC.,DH-C-t0,ZI5,DrboraSl.,CU(ii W. N. U LINCOLN, NO. 23-1916. WIFE TOO ILL TO WORK IN BED MOST OF TIME Her Health Rcatorcd by Lydi'a E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Indianapolis, Indiana. " My health was so poor and my constitution so nin down thnt l couiti not work. I was thin, pnlo and weak,' Wtii'fhc'l but 100 pounds and was in bed most of the time I brRnn tak inR I.ytlla E. Pintc hatn'a Ve-jo table Compound and fiva months later I wcii'lieill'JO pounds.' I do all the house work and washing for eleven nnd I can truthfully say Lytllti K. l'inkhnm's Vcr eUiblo Compound hns been n ROthcnil to mo for I would have been in my Rrnva today but for it. I would tell all wo men sulTeritiR ns I wns to try your valuable- remedy."-Mrs. Wm. GkIXN, 332 S. Addison Street, lndlnnaiKjIis.Iniiinna. 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