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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1909)
THE REPUBLICAN , OUSTER ( HH'IS'TY , NEBRASKA. The King of Laundry SOAPS. Yellow soaps contain rosin. SUNNY MONDAY contains no rosin. i'Suuny Monday bubbles will wash away your troubles. " Use Gold Dust it is bolter and cheaper than yellow soap. Buy Sunny Monday and Gold Dust -of- J. N. PEALE V I II Denatured coliol , Why use wood alcohol when you can buy grain al cohol denaturized , just as cheap ? Denatured alcohol has a pleasant odor and is harmless to use. "Wood alcohol has been known to cause blindness. Denatured alcohol can be used for cooking , heating , etc. S , R. LEE i The Busy Druggist Schedule of Broken Bow Mails. roucims FOH Tint KAST cLosit A3 Pou.ows : Train No < 0 . < I a m Train No 42 . 13D ; a nt Train No 44 . 7:30 : n ni rouciiKsroR TUB WKST CLOSK AS i'ou.o\\'S : ' Train No 43 . . . H:00 : a m Train No 41 . 7.10 p m Oflioc open Sumlay f rom 00 : ! ! to I030 ; a. ni. ( luys,0Ma. : : in , to 7:110i : , tu. B. & M. Train Schedule I WEST HOUND UAST I1OMUI ) No.3V . 6:30 .1 m No. 40 . 0:10 : a in No,4l . 11:37 : pm No. 4'- . 9M ; a m No. 43 . H22am ; No. 44 . 11:27 : p m NosS1) and 40 run between Lincoln anil Itrokcn Jew qnly. anil not oil Sunday * Frelidit trains Nos 47 ami IS carry lint are run as extras The Misses Lottie Bowman and Ellen Cane of Anseltno were vis iting in Broken Bow the first of the week. BUSINESS POINTERS. C. A. Norcutt , lather. Dr. Bass , Dentist. OvcrMcComas' Drs. Farnsworth & Beck Dentists. Drink "Blue Ribbon" coffee. Roasted fresh eve y day. 24-tf. Two rooms for rent in the My ers block. E. F. MYKKS. Drink "Blue Ribbon" coffee. Roasted fresh every day. 24tf. FOR SAT.U. Four room .house with 1-6 block of ground. Close in. II. Simonson 22-tf The winter term at Custer Col lege will begin January 4t. 27tf. WANTKD. A man and wife to work on a ranck for the winter. Inquire at this office. 28 tf WANTRD Place for young man to work for board and go to school. Telephone No. 78. Drink "Blue Ribbon" coffee. Roasted fresh" every day. 24tf. The winter term at Custer Col lege will begin January 4th. 27tf "Through to grass" : Parties having stock to put out winter or summer can find good accouioda- tion for same by writing. 32-2f C. II. CASS , Loyal , Neb. . Drink "Blue Ribbon" coffee. Roasted fresh every day. 24-tf. WANTKD Educated Christian man , of ability. Position per manent with good chance for announcement. AdressV. . B. In care of Republican. 2t Two oflicc rooms to rent in the Meyers builbiug. K. F. Meyers. 1 have now arranged to take care of a general collection busi ness , having secured a competent clerk and stenographer , and all collections will receive prompt and energetic attention. 20-tf K. T. GAUD HIS GRIM TOLL yv. 75000 159000 30000 40000 O 000 V 0 000 15 000 J5 ? 90' ) II. How Plants Eat and Grow By C. V. GREGORY , Agricultural "DivtUtcn , latva &tatc College Copyrltflit. lAOQ. by Jlmcricm Prem Association firowtnp plnnt Is Ittllo flic-lory. Tlio jrceu rnlorJui ; inn I lor of tuo Ictvcui , or chlo- roiiliill , to llie cnsJnp. Thw la the power Unit nuikcft tlio go , and Iho air , wnlcr awl soirw tin * MibsiunecH In HJO aoll are tlio raw nmturialH. 1'mlor tliu KtluiulntliiK Inlluoiico of vmilklil tlio c-liloropliyll tnkos tlio i'nr- lion dioxide Kits of Iho air and Hn > wa ter. iiltn > f'i'ii and inlnoralH which tlu roots .si-lid up In tin1 form of crude tmii mid ti-arw tin-in ID pieces. Then It puts ' - In liundn-dH of Hit-in logillii'iagnlu dlffiiri'iit ways. It niatc thoni Into tlio Hlureh of the potato or the Hiigar of ' " " llieVnpnFiieet'"ft puts Iht-ni In another way and makes tlio hard , horny gluten of a kernel of popcorn or the tough Jlher of a cornstalk. Hy no. in run auowrn or cons HOOTS. iK them up in still different ways it makes tliu hard wood of the Oak or the dcllrjito petals of a rose. Alan , with all his skill and machinery , has never been able to make any products half BO wonderful as are being made c-very day in every field on your farm. 1C plants are to grow rapidly and produce large yields , they must be well fed. About half the dry welsht of a mature plant Is made up of carbon. Practically nil of this comes from the carbon dioxide of the air. Every aero of wheat will use a ton of this gas or all that Is in a layer of air three miles deep over the acre. The constant mix ing of the air by the wind Is always bringing fresh supplies within reach of the plant. The farmer does not need to concern himself with the supply of carbon dl oxide , for every time he builds a tire or even breathes he Is adding to tin store of this material In the air. The smooth upper surface of u le.i Is both air and water tight. On y p underside , however , nre maiiy smal openings , which are really ( lie mouths of the plant. Jt Is through these tlnj holes that carbon dioxide is taken Inti the leaf to be used by the chlorophyll , j In making starch and other products i out of carbon dioxide and water some oxygen Is given oil' . This passes nut through tliu openings In the leaves. Thus you see that plants breathe hi much the same way as animals ilo , only thi-y give off oxygen , the product which is used by animals , and take up carbon dioxide , the gas which is breathed out by animals In this way plants-make animal life possible. Ani mals give off carbon dioxide and manure as waste products. 1'lants tear these waste products to pieces and by rebuilding them make them once more Into food for the animals. Next to carbon hydrogen and oxy gen are the foods that the plant UM-S In largest < nnmUlles. Since water Is composed of these elevients , the sup ply will be plentiful as long as there Is plenty of water In the soil. There Is one element , nitrogen , which forms a considerable part of the plant , that Is harder to get. AVhlle thrce-fonrlhs' of the air is nitrogen , the plant does not seem to be able to use It In this form. The only kind of plants that can use the nitrogen in tin- air a I all are the legumes , uueli sis clover and alfalfa. Certain bacteria that live on the roots of those legumes have the power of changing the m- mospherlc nitrogen Into forms in which the plant can UM It. We sh ill study more about this process later. XHrngen Is one of the most impov tnnt plant foods , and it Is one that is very often larking. If the plant can not gel a sulnVlcni mipply of nitrogen it will be stunted , will slop growing early , and the yield will be very imiHi reduced. Since till the crops , with tlio exception "f the legumes , must get Ihelr nitrogen from the soil , the farm er mu l see to it that there la a plen tiful supply there if he wishes to ob tain a large yield. If you will drop a little rich blade soil on n hoi shovel some of It will go up in snwUo. Thp part that burns ii humus mid Is made up of vegetable iun | animal maitor which is partly do cayed. This humus contains larso amounts of nitrogen , and from iliN source the gnater share of this ele men ! used by the plant must come. It your soil Is black , spongy and well supplied \\llli humus there Is lilt'- ' danger that the plant will go hungry for nitrogen , one of the best ways to keep a field In this condition Is to ap ply liberal nunntlllos of barnyard ma nure. Anotber way Is to plow under green crops , especially clover. Some times It Is nccosKary to buy nitrogen for the plant In tlio form of commer cial fertlllxpr" , but this is a very ox- peunlve way of obtaining It. KVPII when Hie plant is given all the nitrogen It can use It Konictlmcs v. ! o < lo Veil. Tilts IB hncauBc It cannot let us much of the mlnernl ulcmcntti is It needs. Too much nitrogen In proportion to the amount of mineral elements causes [ he plant to/'go all to vines. " Tucro will be an oxcefwlve growth of Jeuves , [ ml. the yield of e/atn will bo munU. Take an car of com or a bunch of hny ind burn it. The ashes that are left ire the mineral parts of the plant , i'hcpo cannot bo obtained from nlr or Water , but must como from the soil. Some of the most Important of these ire iron , which Is the substance that liclps to build up chlorophyll , and Bill- [ iliur , which is found in ( lie nitroge nous parts of the plant. There are a number of others also , all of which are present In the soil in such large amounts ( hat there will probably al ways bo all that the crops can use. Two of these'minerals , however , po I tassium and phosphorus , are not so plentiful. When the plant cannot get enough potassium the grain will not be tilled out well. If there Is too little phosphorus , especially in the case of fruit trees , the development of fruit is checked. Adding barnyard mauure to the soil helps to keep up the supply of these two materials. On farms whore little stock Is kept or wlicro grain has been raised continually for years and little attention paid to the hell it Is sometimes necessary to apply phosphorus and potassium in the form of commercial fertilizers. In the eastern part of this country there are many farms that have be come so badly run down that crops will not grow at all unless they are fed with commercial fertilizers. These are very expensive , and it often takes nearly all a farmer makes to pay his fertilizer bills. These farms would npver have become HO worn out If they had been properly cared for. Leaving plowed ground , especially on hillsides , exposed for several months during the fall and winter allows much plant food to wasli away. Growing the same crop year after year wears out the land rapidly. Different crops require different kinds of fond. By changing crops from year to year no one food material is used to excess and the others wasted. By keeping as much stock on the farm as possible , saving the manure carefully and spreading It on the Holds before it rots or leaches away and by using leguminous plants to gather nitrogen the soil can be kept well supplied with plant food. It Is much more prolltable to feed the crops in this way than to buy 'plant food on the market at excessive prices. Usually , however , the plant is ! hungry for the mineral elements imt because they are not in the soil , but because they are in a form in which it cannot get at them. The roots of the plant spread all through the soil In search of food. If you will look at a liltlo root through magnifying glass you will see that it is covered with I'oot hairs. It Is through these root hairs that Hie plant takes up food from the soil. There are no openings directly into them , bitt the walls are so thin that the water can soak through to the inside. Solid sub stances , of course , cannot gel in , so that the plant food must be dissolved In water before it can get Into the roots and so up to the chlorophyll , which is waiting to build it into seeds or leaves. Ifhe soil has beeu worked until It is line and loose each little- part Ida via. iv M.vaNirinD BncrioN or Kims OF l.LAl' 8HUTVINO IIKEATIIIKU rOHI-S A , A , A. Will become surrounded by water , which will readily dissolve the plant food from it. If. on the other hand , the soil Is in the form of chunks and clods very little of the plant food can be dissolved. The plant food that l.s on the Inside of a clod might as well bo out in tlie road or over on one of the neighbors' farms. Some of the potassium and phos phorus will not dissolve even when ! brought in contact with water. It takes a long ewiitact with the air to eausu chemical actions which will change H Into a soluble form. Con tinual stirring of the soil hastens this change. Thorough stirring also loosens ens up thu ground so that air can get 'down ' to the roots. Without aid they will slop growing and the entire work of the p'ant will stop. The yellow ap peal-am e of u patch of corn in a low ' place where Iho ground Is water soak ed IK due to lack of air about the rootn. Skoppard & Burk HEADQUAfeTEKS I'OR JUST GROCERIES ' t WB HAVIt A NICK NKW LINK OP Dates , Imported Figs , Honey , Celery , Cranberries , Sweet Potatoes , Dill Pickles , Candied Cherries , ii Candied Citron Peal , Candied Lemon Peal , Orange Peal , Nut Meats. After Dinner Mints , a all kinds of Nuts. New qrop is now in. We also have fine fresh Oysters right from Baltimore big1 ones the kind YOU CAN FRY. dfc ? I I ' 1 FOR OUR 8 % d " tv 5 Baldwin Nut and Lump fj J fir § Cannon and Nigger Head Coal g WE ALSO NOW HAVE NICE PEA COAL S RAS ANDERSON ! > i DEALER IN 0 Feed in large ana small quantities at both wholesale S and retail. N Special attention given to filling orders for coal y in any quantity. 8 Broken Bow , - - Nebraska Send your Abstract Orders to J. G. LEOHAED , 5 r ' ' Bonded Abstracter Office in Security State Bank BMd'ng ABSTR ACTING- BROKEN BOW ABSTRACT CO. BONDED Farm Loans Quickly Closed I. A. RENEAU 1908 WHITEHALL POLAND-CHINAS 1908 As good as money can buy or skill produce. IX SURVICK IWIVN B3V 42275 , 1st and Sweepstakes at Ccbraskn State Fair 1907. WHITEHALL KING 48003 , Of well uigh faultless conformation and breeding. 7 SOWS AVERAGED 12 PIGS , SPRING'08. 7 Sows Sired By : King Look 24459 , Grand Look 38305 , Chief Tec. 3rd. 20740 , ' Young Tec. 42406. , standard Chief 2nd etc. Stock for Sale at Private Treaty Xo Public Sale This Fall. M. E. Vandenberg , - - - Sargent , Nebraska. February and March Special Rates Very Cheap to Washington Oregon and California : Daily during March and April , only $25.00 for one way colonists tickets to the coast , good in through tourist sleepers. Through Service : Daily through standard and .tourist sleepers to California via Denver , Scenic Colorado and Salt Lake City ; through train via direct northwest line to Spokane , Seattle and new "North Bank" Columbia River scenic line to Portland. Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition- : Seattle , summer 1909. Very at tractive rates next summer embracing the whole coast tour , the graddest railroad journey in the world. PLAN NOW. \ Ask The Agent for rates , variable routes and attrac tlKi tions of the coast tour. H. L. ORMSBY , Ticket Agent , Broken Bow , NcbrJ Lj. W. WAKKI.KY , G. P. A. , Omaha.