SEPTEMBER 6, 1906
The Nebraska Independent
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than he can from the cows that pro
duce 200 pounds, of butter.
There is no more labor connected
with the 400 pound cows than there
is with the 200 pound cows. The
price at which butter has been cred
ited, 1. e., 20 cents per pound, is the
net price from the creamery after
the making has been paid for. In
this herd the increased cost of feed
for the 400 pound cows was more
than offset by the increased amount
.or skim milk, so we have the 200
pounds increase of butter as net pro-
nt over the 200 pound cow. Two
hundred pounds of butter at 20 is
$40. We have $400 invested in these
cows, which, at 6 per cent interest,
is $24. which we will deduct from the
$40 and we have left $16 to the credit
or the 400 pound cow.
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The Lost Hen
So far as is possible the poultry
breeder should know his number of
hens, and count them from ' time to
' time, keeping track of the sitters and
where they are sitting, of the hens
with chicks, the laying hens, and the
strays. There is no subject on which
it is more difficult to get exact infor
mation than on the farm flock of poul
try., A farmer will tell - you they
"keep about a hundred hens," they
"hatched about 500 chicks," lost a
- number of them from one cause or
another, "sold about ten dozen, ate
about as many, and will keep about
.100 hens and pullets altogether."
Count the hens and the number falls
short of what he had expected, and he
says, "the rest are about some place."
This indifference as to" what becomes
of the hens when they go on the range
is expensive. A hen that steals her
nest may die on it from starvation, if
she does she is a menace to the flock
through the maggots which soon in
fest her body, and which if eaten by
fowls is apt to cause limber neck. She
may, it is true,' leave her nest with
a fine brood of chickens, but she may
leave a nest full of pipped eggs be
cause one chick has hatched, and she
may leave it only when so debilitated
that she is unable to recover health
in time to be of any service as a pro
ducer through the winter.
One per cent is a low estimate of
the hens on the farm lost for lack of
missing -them from the flock. How
many business men would permit a
scattered about yards and houses, pos
sibly leading to an emdemie of dis
ease, and all because of the loss of a
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Cotton Stalks for Paper Manufacture
Paper manufactured from the cot
ton stalk is of the strongest texture
and softest finish. It is reported that
several plants will be erected during
the next few months in certain sec
tions of the south and will be in full
operation by January 1, 1907. - The
practical effect of this new invention
Mr. Jordan predicts will be to in
crease the present value of the south's
c,otton crop nearly $100,000,000 annu
ally. The bulk of the material go
ing into the manufacture of paper
at the present time is spruce pine,
which is annually becoming more ex
pensive owing, to depletion of the for
ests. The utilization of a waste pro
duct such as the cotton stalk, manu
factured into commercial paper, will
be a boon of inestimable value to
the whole country. It will prove the
entering wedge of checking the pres
ent increasing cost of paper, which
is becoming such a burden upon the
newspaper industry of the country.
The new industry is also expected to
be a blessing in another way, as the
removal of the cotton stalks from the
fields in the ealy fall will assist in
the destruction of the boll weevil and
will probably greatly reduce the de
vastating influences of that insect on
the cotton crop.
Mr. Harvie Jordan, president of the
Southern Cotton association, declares
that the manufacture of paper from
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the fibre of the cotton stalk is one of
the latest and most interesting inven
tions of the new century. Not only
have the investigations passed the
experimental stage, but they are rap
idly being shaped to be placed into
practical operation. Mr. Jordan says
it has been unquestionably demon
strated that all grades of paper, from
the best form of linen grade to the
lowest, can be manufactured from cot
ton stalks.
Cement for the Farm
Seventy-five per cent of the farms
of America are a disgrace to their
owners, from the standpoint of neat
ness and appearance of the buildings
and surroundings Wooden structures
in varying stages of collapse, rotting
fence posts, inefficient watering
troughs, and floods of barns and cel
lars all speak of decay and tempor
ary use. If these farmers could be
awakened to the importance of build
ing for all time instead of for a day,
says an exchange, the sum total of
prosperity in country life would be
immeasurably increased.
If farmers would but commence the
use of cement construction, durable
and satisfactory work that will not
rot and fall into decay will result.
Timber is becoming scarce, stone and
brick are dear and need skilled labor
whenever they are used. Not so with
cement. This, combined with sand
and gravel, makes strong and water
proof work as well as fireproof.
It can be used for gutters in stables,
cellar and stable floors, drain tile,
silos sidewalks, fence posts, bridges,
houses, barns, watering and feed
troughs, ice houses and cisterns.
There seems no limit to its usefulness.
The simpleness with which it is
handled commends it to those unskill
ed in carpentry and other trades. Any
farmer can use cement with a little
practice. The Ideal Farmer.
Crop Expert's Figures
H. V. Jones, the Minneapolis crop
expert, in a recent estimate, said
that this year's winter wheat yielcl
will amount to 420,000,000 bushels, the
largest on record. In commenting on
the general situation he said:-
"The western farmer is prosperous.
Good crops for five years have given
him a surplus. Country bank depos
its are made up in large part of far
mers' money. In four representative
west of Mississippi states? there is
now on deposit in state banks, not in
cluding national, $320,000,000 against
$252,000,000 two years ago and $205,
000,000 five years ago. These figures
measure the advance made by western
farmers gain, of $115,000,000 in state
bank deposits in five years in four
states. If this season rounds with
the maturing of wheat, corn and cot
ton the winter wheat crop is already
assured and the spring wheat crop is
in good promise the country is go
ing to derive great underlying busi
ness strength.
A cow's value is determined by the
solids in her milk.
The application of eltow grease may
be disagreeable, but it insures clean
milk, clean separators, clean butter.
and generally a clean reputation.
Do not allow the cows to dry up
during the latter nart'of suirmfr as
this necessitates keeping them through
the winter giving a smaller flow of
milk than they should.
Consul General Howe reoorta from
Antwerp that investigation shows
there is a ready market in Belgium
annually for 100.000 lean cattle' frr
feeding purposes, providing permis
sion can be hal from the authorities
for entering .-.he yame at "Belgian
ports.