FREQUENCY OF CULTIVATION In drv seasons farmers are of ten advised to keep tlit? cultiva tors going in tin corniiclds in order to get over them at least once a week, 1' this good ad vice? Is it m*i i >sary to cover Inc ground so often if no rain* intervenes To answer these question* it is necessary to un derstand why wc cultivate: then our reasoning powers should he called into action to determine when and how often the corn needs to he > ultivated. In the first place hv cultivate to kill weeds. In spile of all that has been said and written about .soil mulches in recent years, it must he admitted that weed kill ing is the greatest object of cul tivation for growing crops. A1 low weeds tog row in a cornfield unchecked, and in tile best of seasons the yield of corn will be nothing. Keep the weeds down fey scraping then off at ihc Sur face of the ground, and even though not.much be kept on the top of the soil, if the season is favorable a very good crop will result. Weeds are the greatest wasters of soil moisture with which we have to contend; they are veritable pumps through wkh h the si';u and Wind dry out the soil at a terrific rate. The second reason for cultiva tion, and one that would he put first by many men, is to con serve moisture. Hut do you know that a crust of dry soil, such as is formed on western plains very soon after a rain, is almost as effective against al lowing deeper seated moisture to escape as a mulchf Wc know from observation that when soil becomes very dry water does not pass into it readily. Thus after n light shower we find the line between wet and dry c-arth very definite andd marked. The rea son for this is that the dry soil is so dry that it does not. at tract moisture by capillary at traction. If after a heavy rain the sur face of the soil can be dried out rapidly, the layer of dry soil will net as a cheek to the escape of soil moisture whether it he loose or hard. So far as holding mois ture is concerned the important thing accomplished by cultivating after a rain is to hasten the dry ing out of a protective surface layer. Hut to hold moisture the hard dry layer is quite as effec tive as the soft dry layer. The effectiveness of a covering of the soil to prevent tile escape of moisture depends more upon is dryness, ami consequent lack of capillary attraction for water, than upon its looseness. Bui while a layer of hard dry earth is as effective against eva poration of water from the soil as a layer of soft dry earth, yet il is not as good for the crops, for the reason that il does not permit of adequate soil ven tilation. Within the soil, proces ses ol decay arc taking place that prepare plant food for tin* use of plants. This cannot pro ve d without the admission of air, and air cannot circulate free ly enough through a hard crust. The: cfnro, wc cultivate to veil tilatc tin* soil, as well as to has ten the drying out of a layer of surface soil to act as a mulch, t’u i lent inn to ventilate the soil is prohahly as important, or even more so. as to cheek eva] Miration. Now, after we have a dry lay er of soil over our fields to pre vent the escape of moisture, and having no surface crust to break up , does it do an y good to drag my kind of an implement through this mulch to stir it up? lu other words if we have as de. (i a mulch mi our cornfields us. run he placed there without in '.UJ'iiig the corn roots, and weeds tee uot growing, does that field need sitrring until rain comes again to destroy the mulch; l\ea sou indicates that it does not. By re-stirring the already loose earth we cannot bring moisture from below as some suppose; nei ther can we make the mulch we have any more effective. At the Nebraska Experiment Station two years ago, plats of tioru were cultivated throughout the month of August, though no rain came to injure the mulch that was on the field at the first of the month. It was found that this simple re-stirring of a mulch that already existed did not in crease the yield of corn a par ticle. lienee we may conclude that our judgment should indicat< when it is necessary to cultivate. Whin heavy rains come and re pack the surface soil, cultivation hastens the drying out of a pro tective surface layer of soil and aids in the ventilation of the soil. Under such circumstances we may suppose that cultivation would be profitable even long /TONE’S 0L0\ mim eeFFiE hold. iis fru-ndj—i! * surest proof of (fou lness. You 11 Lke us fine aroma a*ul color, its full body. Car?fully fUMtfctcd coffees, blended, milled and roasted to make ihcfinc-t cup quality. More cups | to the pound. See that the seal i» unbroken. * A?k your grocer today. M)e a pourd. j X T0N£ DWOS. Dss fcloinaft, la. f X **Tkn condition that the time of the man and the horses thus employ ed is charged against the crop. Milt when the time for cultivat ing came, the hoy found that all the horses on the place were not only Ininy, hot worked to their full eaparity. It was hard for the father to spare a team for so much as a day, although lie was in sympathy with the hoy’s ambition. The boy, however, de rided that his acre must he ml tivated when it needed cultiva tion and not when it was conven ient. When in this mood his eye fell on the two goats which in habit! d the stable. They were speedily ‘‘borken to cultivator” and with them I :■ did the entire work of “tending” his acre, which produced fifty bushels ac cording to the witnessed measure ment. -[From “Smc'-s Maga zine.”] Death In Roaring Fire may not result from the work of fire-bugs, but often severe burns are caused that make a quick lived for Bueklen’s Arnica Salve, the quickest, surest cure for burns, wounds, bruises, boils, sores. It subdues inflammation, it kills pain. It soothes and heals. Drives off skin eruptions, ulcers or piles. Only 25c at A. G. Wanner. Died From Overheat Word came to town Thursday that. Mrs. Charles Yelvick, who resided south of town, had died at ten o'clock the night before as a result of having become over heated. She had done the family washing in the morning and was hanging out the clothes about one o’clock when she collapsed, and died as a result as above stated.—Dawson Dispatch. Let the Tribune do your print ing. Satisfaction guaranteed. • SHOREdIRDS SHOWN TO DE VOUR MOSQUITOEJ Locus s, Fli a And Grasshoppers Their Diet. Plea For Protection. Ncnv York, July Pi. That mos quitoes, flics oro thcr insect pests arc preyed upon by nearly one thousand varicitcs of American birds, of which the vanishing shorebirds occupy a prominent place, is shown in a special bul letin that is to-day being prepar ed to he sent throughout the country from the headquarters of the National Association of Au dubon Societies in this city. Bal ed upon recent investigations of the government Biological Sur vey, this circular of warning will present proof that for every shorebird of the thousands that are now allowed to be killed, na ture's fight to keep down the spread uyff’.tsc and crop pla gue is weakened by 1 lit* loss of a very active agent. Unless the Killdcer, the Upland Plover, the Sandpiper undo tlmr shoreibrds are speedily granted adequate protection, hygienic and agricul tural conditions all over the con tinent will undoubtedly suffer, it, is declared. Nine species ol the shorelnms thata re found in almost every region of this country ;*re known to consume enormous quantities <1 mosquitoes, for whose extinction many millions of dollars have been spent by the people of sev eral sections. Scientific examin ation of the stomachs of twenty eight of the Northern haralarope variety of these birds is reported by the government authorities to have just disclosed the fact that 53 per cent of their diet had con sisted of such noxious mas pii toes as the salt marsh breed, which tin* authorities of this city are now attempting to suppress at great expense. These birds which do so much to check the mosquito plague and its attend ant spread of disease through the continent, are shown to be among the species whose extinction is at this time threatened on ac count of lax laws for their proper protect ion. < Iras-hoppers. locusts and eranetlies that destroy the far mers crops as well as. horseflies and mosquitoes that, plague ids livestock are the natural prey of the disappearing shorebirds, ac cording to the warnings now be ing sounded by tile workers of the Audubon associations. The waning forces of the Kill deer and I plain! Plover are also able to destroy the North American fev er tick that has an injurious ef lei 1 upon cattle, it is shown, whil.' some 25 species of shore birds eat the grasshoppers that min acres of corn, cotton and ot her crops. "I'Vw of our native birds need perfection more than these shore birds. sonic* species of which are found on the farmers’ fields, the coast and almost every locality on this continent,” said T. (iil bert Pearson, secretary of the National Association of Audubon Societies. 1074 Mroadwav. todnv. in our constant campaign to protect the insect-eating birds 11 nit. check diseases and crop pla gue all over the United States, we are at this time urging fill Americans to help save these economically valuable shorebirds 1‘rom the swift destruction that lias already driven the Kskimo Curlew to extinction/’ Nebraska Train To Boston The Nebraska Publicity League having in band the sending of a train load of Nebraska boosters to tile convention of the Asso ciated Advertising Clubs of America at Boston. August 1-4, is making whirlwind progress. In sending in the membership of the Norfolk Commercial Club, Mr. A. W. Hawkins, secretary, writes as follows: “At a moot ing of our directors the work of the Nebraska I n' licity League was heartily ciidors d and a mo tion prevailed that this club bear the expenses of a member on the soecial train to Boston.” The Laurel Commercial Club sen is in cheek for +24 to pay the membt r-hip of its members to the Nc! arska l ubli-it;. League, and names S. 4’. W ilson on the execut've hoard, who will also go to Bost on. M. N. Barnes, secretary of Beatrice Commor. ial Club, writes: /‘The contemplated trip from Lincoln to Boston by special train will have a wide-spread effect and will t nd to put Nebraska on the map. This b one of the grateost things the Nebraska Publicity League ran do." Kearney Commercial Club says: “The chances are that our club will be represented on the eoB templated trip east.” Nelson Commercial Club says: “Our club is very favorable im pressed with your | reposed plan of advertising Nebraska We want more information regarding the proposed Boston trip.” Lincoln Ad Club lias select’d twenty delegates. Omaha will send a large delegation. Nor folk will be represented with sonic live wires. Also Grand Is land. Here’s the proposed route: Direct to Chicago, leaving prob ably from Lincoln on the after noon of July 2b. Detroit next, thence to Buffalo by boat, stop ping at Cleveland euroute. From Buffalo to Niagara Falls and Rochester. Take the boat again at Charlotte for the trip* down the St. Lawrence through the Thousand Islands and the rap ids to Montreal. Take the train from Montreal past Lake Cham plain, through Vermont and New I lamshire to Boston. The convention of the Associ ated Advertising Clubs of Ameri ca will he held at Boston from August 1 to 4. The entertain ment there by the Pilgrim’s Pub licity Association will be of a most extraordinary character. Obi New England proposes to put on a few stunts that will make us all sit up and take notice. The Nebraska party will dis perse at noston so that individ ual members may return by what ever route they prefer. A rate of $45 will be in effect from Lin coln to Boston and return, go ing as above outlined and return ing via New York City or al most any other route. This rate embarces railroad fare only. The trip there and return can be made in about two weeks. Tickets are good for sixty days and provide for stopovers at points on the return. The Nebraska party will be en tertained at Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Rochester and other ci ties by the booster organizations there. A meeting of the executive committee is called for July 10 at 2 p. m., Tenshaw Hotel, Oma ha. In addition to being a big ad vertising stunt for Nebraska this trip will provide a delightful va cation tour for its members. Any one interested in boosting Ne braska is invited to take advan tage of the, opportunities provid ed by this trip. Full information may be had by addressing S. R. MeKelvie, President, Lincoln, Neb. The Stay-At-Home Breathe* there a man with soul so dead who never to himself hath said: "I'll go see the game to-day?” If such there In*, go mark him well, and call him down, make him yell, hit him with a hale of hay. The man who doesn’t take the dames and littl“ kids to see the games, is fit for stratagems and spoils. He skips the best there is in life, the solace of this world of strife, the thing that comforts man who toils, lie lives no better than a cow, he robs his children and frau of galdness which is right ly theirs: he sets a bad example too and makes his fellow men feel blue by husbanding his busi ness can's. (>. let your blooming business slide! (iet on the ears and take a ride, out where the boys are playing ball! Forget a while your measly stocks, and join the rooters, throwing rocks, and shrieking of tho umpires gall' I like those large fat, bouynnt men who seem to grow young again, when looking at some rattling game. When life is shorn of all it’s fun, what profits boodle by the ton. wliat good is there in pomp or fame? Walt Mason. Old Soldier Tortured. "For years 1 suffered unspeak able torturi from indigestion, 'constipation and liver trouble,” wrote A. K. Smith, a war veter an at Erie, Pa., "hut Dr. King’s New Life Pills fixed me all right. They’re simply great.” Try them for any stomach, liver or kidney trouble. Only 2*>c at A. O. Wan ner. A New York paper say* that the best way to make it rain is to get far away from shelter in a new straw hat without an um brella. But there's a better way than that. Persuade the boss to give you an afternoon off and plan to go to a ball game. THE CAUSE OF HIGH LIVING C:\TTLVMCN ARE NOT BENE FITED BY HIGH PRICED M3AT. The Government returns show that, although there has been a ‘marked increase in the price of : farm stuff generally, this has not ‘been true of cattle, especially the unfed cattle of the ranges, says Inis II. Weed in an article in " Success Magazine.” The con sumers cannot lay the high price of moat to the cowman. It’s the dealers and the railroad between ! us and the cowman who bring up the price. Some years, even wlie beef had been very high in the retail market, the cattleman, af ter he has subtended the carry ing cost from the sale price of his animals, has been receiving a price below par. Although this rate robbery was enormously un just., and although the capital re presented in the live stock in dustry is equal to seventy-three percent of the par value of the stocks and bonds issued by our railways, the transportation cor porations were so gigantic, and the individual cattleman so small by comparison, even though he might be a ‘‘cattle king,’’ that he couldn’t help himself. Every year he had to hold out his hand to the bee. 1 he Association, however, li nally got in its sting. After a five-years’ fight they helped get the Interstate Commerce Aet so amended in 1908 that the inter state Commerce Commission has the power to prescribe rates. This resulted in a reduction of from $5 to $7 per car on cattle rates, and has saved the cattlemen mil lions of dollars. Even then the Santa Fe Railroad, and probably other roads operating in the same territory, were able to make, as shown in the Texas Cattle Rai sers ease, a modest 59.11 per cent profit. Rates, however, are not the cowman’s only trials of transpor tation. Perhaps he speaks for ears three months ahead, and drives his 2,000 or 3,000 cattle to the freight yards at the time agreed upon only to fiud an emp ty track. At once begins the expense of buying fodder for the herd, and the sitting around watching them eat up the profits. When the cars finally arrive, it the number is short, tin- animals have to be crowded in with the almost certain risk of more loss. Then perhaps the ears crawl over the country at the rate of twelve miles an hour, and this inefficie'i ry costs the cowman still nun >. in fodder, ami in the shrinkage and deaths of the imprisoned creatures suffering from crowd 1 irig, from long standing, and ! from thirst. [ To prevent this needless waste, tin* Association is urging (lie in jt Tstate Commerce Commission to prescribe the speed limit when j necessary. t«> secure reasonable service, and the proper treatment 1 of live-stock. 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