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Practical Suggestions 1
From a Practical Parlner.I I
Editor of 'l ' ime : L'rihune---H you
will allow me a small space in
you paper , 1 would like to give
you a ( cw thoughts on corn rais-
.
1I1g.
There arc men who will argue
that the cheapest and best way
to raise corn is with thc lister.
Sonic think otherwise , while there
may hc sonic that do not thick at
all.
I would like to give a few figures
that may suggest a few thoughts
to thc farmer who thinks and is
willing to reason from a fair
tan < 1poi n t.
In a row 80 rods long there arc
15549 inches. Suppose the farmer -
er listing corn will set his drill
to drop 1 a grails i every 16 ] nchcs i
and under fair conditions ever ) '
grain grows hc will have 1)90
stalks to thc row lvery l practical -
cal farmcr knows that thc above
is plenty close under thc best con-
Thc farmer using 'planter 3
fl 8 in" , will put a hill of corn
every 44 iuches or 3O hills to thc
row averaging J grains to thc hill
which is a fair estimate and not
too thick under fair conditions
will produce 1080 stalks to thc .
row or JO stalks more than thc
drilled I'D\\ Let 9 rows SO rods
long equal one acl'C The planter -
er will have 810 more stalks to
the acre than the trill and ] there
will be a better chance for thc
corn not to bc too thick than with
the drillc01'l1 being the nature of
I bunch grass three stalks in a hill
will grow stronger mud ; produce
larger cars than one standing- ;
alonc If anyone donbts this
statement let him notice corn
growing for a few seasons.
' ' ' ' 810 stalks
1'hc planter haying
marc to the acre will have at
least 8 bushels more corn to the
acre than the drill. Time gain on
25 acres in any mcdil1m season
will pay for the best planter on
thc markct. I hayc dcmonstratl'd (
this to be true to my own satisfaction -
faction on my own farm
In my farming r hays learned
three essential things necessary
to raise a crop :
1st-A well prepared see ( ] bcd.
2nd--Good seed of strong
gcrmim ting powcr
: : rd -The proper tIladline sure to
put thc seed as ( lest ircd.
I"ailing' in thc above three points
1 tIly crop will prove short , rain and
sunshine will not help tIlc. \1'lmy '
is it that sonic fat mers have : ;
good 90 per cent stand ] and others
only iO and some \ less
The Government report shows
that thc \'cragc of corn for JI)04
was 7,955,559 bu yeitd average
, per acre : 32,8 bu I have no
statistics at hand showing thc
,1 , average stand for 11)04 but basing
it on 1903 it will be about )5 per
ccnt. 30 per cent of this stand
failed to show for some cause unknown - ,
known to mc. I wishto say to
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I11Y brother farmers-don't con-
demn mc harshly until you have
thought over it . and can furnish
the proof by practical experience
and obscrvation-Unclc Gideon
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Bank Election.
Humboldt , Ncb.Jan. 10.- : rhe
stockholdcrs of thc First National
bank lwld their annual mccting
yesterday and selected thc follow-
ing" directors for thc coiiiitigyear :
1I. C. Kleckncr , 'Vm Campbell ,
Frank Sncthcn , .1. S. Sncthen ,
Thomas l ' . Brown , J , K , Ligg"ctt ,
F' l . N. Butterficld. All except thc
first two namcd arc residents of
this city ; they live at Auburn.
The board of directors selected
officers as followsFrankSnethen : .
president ; J. S. Snethen , vice
prcsidcn ; J. K. Lig"gctt , cashier ;
F' . H , tterficld , assistant cash icr ,
Accident at HUlnboldt. ,
\y H Lonncke , engineer at
thc Cooper & Linn electric light
plant I at IIuni1)01(1t 1 was the victim
of a peculiar accident Saturday ,
being struck in thc face by apiece
piccc of machinery , sustaining
severe bruises about thc face and
head. Hc was rendered uncon-
scious by thc blow , but was restored -
stored by medical aid , which revealed -
\'el1ed no dangerous injuries. lIc
was forced to take a short vacation -
tion , ho\\'e\'cr.
lilllllboidt Club Entertain.
The "Alpha" club of Humb-
oldt on Friday evening hcld its
annual banquet and reception to
gentlemen friends and husbands :
of thc members , thc alTaiI' ; taking
place ) at thc Bohcm ian hall.
:1\rs. : cbccca Wilson cf this
city president of thc state federation -
ation of woman's clubs , was a
guest and gave an intercsting'
address bet wccn the courses at
thc banquet. When the supper
was over hc members escorted
their guest' to the spacious home
of 1\rs J , C. Sl'grbt , w1.'rc an
interesting program was rendered
by the club ladies. 'l'hc first part
was quite unique and intcrcsting ,
bcing' a n'Hlingb.r : \Irs. O. i\ .
Coopcr. the characters of the
story being represented In' mem-
bcrs in costume during the pro-
gress of thc rcading" In the first
half of thc pan tomine thc char-
acters were historical as follows :
"Quecn Elizabcth , " Jlrs M. E
Li tin ; IiHclen of 'T ' roy , " Mrs
Della Shirley ; HIlhigcnia , " .1rs. .
l { . L HolT ; "Cleopatra" Mrs I
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Josephine Bmnn ; L.'air l osa-
mond. " Miss Lana Cooper ; "Oucrn
glinor I ; , " l'1rs. L. Howell ; "Jcwish
Maiden , " Miss Neva Norton ;
"Thc Morning Daughter , ' Mrs.
C. II. Wilson ; "Joan of Are , "
Miss Dollyc l\lann In the scc-
end part thc reading was from
Shakespeare and thc characters
represented were from \ his books
as follows : "Ophelia , " Miss Jeanie -
nie Fcllers ; "Desdcmona , " l'1's.
M. L.Vilson ; ' 'Portia , " Mrs. C.
1'1. Linn : "Lady MacbethIrs. . ,
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Junk ! Junk !
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I will buy all the Junk you have and pay good
prices for it. Just like finding money on your part. " , '
A Dollar ' Saved is a Dollar Earned.
Hcre is where you can pick em up-dollars wc mean.
I now sort all Junk here instead of at Omaha and
can therefore pay better prices. I will buy retail or :
wholesale lots and pay city prices , and at the same time
save you thc freio"ht - . . -i
ham Office Between 1st & 2tld
on Chase Street.
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Deal with me and make money. Ring Phone No. 239 ,
and I will call on you , or drop me a carel. Prices
submitted on application
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Js FERER , ; \
PROP. FALLS CITY JUNK - HOUSE 1
Kate Dorland ; "Catherinc , " : : 'lrs,1
1 : . A. Latchfiell , 'Juliet , " l\lrs.
C K Cooper In these scenes
thc representations were made in
pantomin : , the figures being
garhed after the fashion of thc
time where thc original livcd.
some of the costumes being \'ery . ! ,
beautiful and thc likenesses faith-
ful. Time entertainment wound
np with a short musical program
as follows : Vocal solo , "Dreams "
Miss gna Cooper ; baritone solo ,
"Aslcep in the Deep , " Carry
Cooper ; ' vocal duct , "Maying , "
Mrs Howell and Miss Ena Cooper ;
vocal solo , " 1 i'ore\'cr and Forever"
Miss Josephine Bruun ; quartet
"ItaHa , Italia , Beloved , " l\lrs
HolT , l\1rs. Shirley Mr. Litchfield
and l\lr. Howe.
Richat.dson ! County rlan
Invents Corn Husker.
Alfred Shcllcnbargcra resident
of this county has rcccntly
patented a corn husking machine
of his own in\'cntion which is attracting -
tracting considerable attention
from thc farmers who have seen
it tested in thc fields luring thc
season just passeeVL operate this
machinc three men are required ,
one on the husker which is pulled
br three horses , one on the wag-
on which is to receive thc corn
from , thc husker and one on thc
wagon to and from the crib. One
wagon and the husker are driven
through thc field sidle by side and
it is estimated that with it over
eight acres a day can bc gathered.
Thc machine can bc used as an
attachment to a com binder or
can be constructed as an entirely
separate machine. Such a ma-
chine must be'cry strong to
withstand thc great strain of
corn harvesting and so is Blade of
steel and mailable irun. In harvesting -
vesting time machin straddles a
row of corn , thc power being ap-
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plied to one set of independent .
drive gears by one drive whccl.
One gear operates thc snapping
rolls and the othcr drives the
husking rolls and elevator ch ins.
As thc machine is drawn toward " ' , _ ,
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each hill of corn the conveyor
chains first engage the stalks and -
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force them into thc rolls where -
thc bent and broken stalks ara 4
straightened out before they pass t
through the snapping rulls. As ;
the stalls Pass between these
rnlls the cars are snapped off and
then carried rearward and dropp-
cd onto the shucking rolls. whcrc
thc shucks are taken from the
cars. The ear then passses
down time elevator and then is
elevated into thc wag"on The
husking rollers work on the _
prilciple of" a washing machine r
wringer and their iron teeth catch (
and tear off the husks ' "
1ft. Shellcnbargcr expects to
begin thc manufacture of the ,
machine and place it on market
in time for next fall's : hancst.
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C. F. lea\'IS is in Omaha this : k
week on basin ess.
\Irs. Ogden and child of 1' nlo .
were in this city 'l'ucsa\ ] .
'Isabelle TIosack is. visiting . ' .
with her sister 1'lrs. Pearl Sloan
at V crdon.
Em\11ct : \ Satterwhite made a
business trip to Humuold Mon-
lla ' aftcrnoon. ; '
day (
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Mr , and \Irs. John , Kimmcl , )
1'1rs Ed Kimmel and Eel Ruegg'c ,
left Tuesday afternoon on thc 11. 1
P. for a three months visit with \
friends in San Antonia and Corpus
pus Christi , 1'cxas. !
Farmers or anybody else contemplating -
tcmplating' haying a sale will do
well to see liS for thc sale bills
Besides getting thc bills at thc
lowest possible price you can get
a free notice of the sale in the -Q'
papcr. Let us do your work
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