Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, March 16, 1899, Image 3
An Improved Brooder. The Orange Judd Farmer gives com- preheusive illustrations of an improved brooder. Fig. 1 shows the brooder complete with cover raised. The hover is shown within the top. The upper dotted line shows the position of the matched "board floor and the lower dotted line shows the position of the sheet iron beneath which the lamp stove Is placed. Fig. 2 shows the drum of sheet iron , or galvanized iron , which is attached to the edge of a circular opening in the floor , as shown in Fig. 3. This cut shows the floor , the sheet Iron and the two inch space between them with the lamp underneath the sheet Iron. The air above the sheet iron is warmer and rises through the drum , escaping FIG. 1. BUOODEK COMPLETE. through the small openings under the top , out into the brooder. A cloth cur tain is hung around the edge of the "broad top of the drum , forming a hover , inro which the chicks go for warmth. This curtain is "slashed" up every few inches. Openings in the sides of the brooder admit air to the lamp to the space between the sheet iron and the floor above , and also ventilate the brooder chamber. These openings from the brooder chamber can be con trolled by corks in very cold weather. The brooder can be made any size up FIG. 2. FIG. 3. inoK imuir. LAMP , FLOOH AND DKVJI. to :3x4 : feet , which is large enough for seventy-five chicks. It can be heated with an incubator lamp or any good ! lamp with Xo. 2 burner and large oil \ chamber. Cnrrantj for Profit. There is no kind of small fruit that is so sure a crop if kept from the worm as the currant. It also generally sells at a good price , with the advantage to the grower that the currants will remain on the bushes two or three weeks , not only without injury , but each day growing better after they are colored. This may not altogether prevent a glut 1n the market , but it at least gives the currant grower more time in which to market his fruit. The only drawback to currant growing is the currant worm , but this is so easily killed by timely applications of hellebore pow der that it is really an advantage lo the grower who uses it in lime , as it de stroys the currants of so many others who would otherwise be his competi tors. There is nothing usually to be made in what everybody can produce very easily. American Cultivator. Sirctchinsr Karbeil Wire. Uarbed wire is uncomfortable stuff iit the best. One of the easiest ways , perhaps , to handle it when placing it upon posts is with the device shown in .the accompanying illustration , which is from the American Agriculturist. nAKBED WIKK DEVICE. This frame can be quickly made and from it the wire can be unreeled as rapidly as a man can walk , pulliug the framework after him. When his com- panipn is ready to staple the wire to a stnkfc , the pin is put through the side of the frame , locking the reel , when the wire can be pulled up as taut as des-ired. Preparation for Clover. Vsually there is not much difliciilty in securing a stand of clover , but ow ing to a diversity of soils there are oc casionally small areas upon which the younc ? clover plants fail to grow. To nanl against this failure haul ma-mire -direct from the horse stable and scat ter it thinly .over those places. Straw should be used liberally for bedding , -ind during the winter enough manure will be made to cover several acres. The soluble parts of the manure are washed into the surface soil , where they are easily available for the young clover plant. The straw serves as a mulch , affording considerable protec- tion should an early drouth follow. Clover haulm can be used the same way , thereby getting the benefit of any seed remaining in it. Whatever the method employed , we cannot be too thorough in the preparation for the clover crop. Orange Judd Farmer. .How to Secure I.arjic Potatoes. It will pay to thin potatoes to one stalk in a place and so give all the strength and moisture of the land to those that remain. It might be well to cut all eyes of the potatoes when planted , except such as are desired to grow , and so save the trouble of thin ning out the field to some extent. There is no profit in growing a large crop of potatoes unJcss they are of merchant able size. The largest potatoes are al ways found where the largest and strongest stalks grow , and the small ones where they are small and weak. It is a mistake to plant small seed , or to cut the large ones to one or two eyes to save seed and to reduce the number of plants , as the common practice is. It is much better to plant whole pota toes of good size , or , if large , to cut them at most only in halves. Of course , it will cost more to seed a field , but with good seed properly nilniied , much better results can be obtained. If one desires to raise the largest quantity possible from a few seed , great results can be obtained by taking off the shoots and transplanting , but the potatoes will not grow large. It may not be known to some people that each eye in a potato is capable of pro ducing a large number of shoots ; as fast as taken oil others will grow. Usu ally not more than two or three to each eye will start when planted , but that number is far too many to lie left to grow. Orange Judd Farmer. Trees by the Roatlbidc. Many farmers when setting out trees by the roadside make the mistake of planting only one variety , which hap pens to be the one that they pailicu- larly admire. But variety of scenery adds much to its attractiveness , and a row of trees of different kinds shows in the varying foliage far more beauty than a single variety could do. Besides where there is a long row of trees , some will be on low and wet soil , and others on that which is high and dry. Besides , each kind of tree should h.iv the particular soil that it is best adapt ed to. An exception to this rule of in terspersing varieties is found where rows of sugar maples are planted along roadsides , to be tapped for sap when old enough. It is then economy to have the trees in unbroken rows , so that the sap may be gathered more easily. A row or grove of maples near the house will usually be tapped every spring , while the more distant sugar bush may be neglected , when the woods are full of deep snow and it is hard work io gt > i into them. Corn. But for the great corn crop uwt > in the South last season the price would be mountain high , and the cotton Stats would be badly stranded. The rst-ap:1 from the peril incident to being caught between the rocks of 4'-cent { col ( on and $1 corn , should afford a warnin.y never to be forgotten. It is among the probabilities of tin- near future that the Gulf States wili be called upon to reverse the old order of things and ship to the We t. for llu- unfertilized lands of that .section are not responding with their old time har vest of that cereal. For the next few years , and pIujps always , there will be a splendid mar ket for corn and hay in Cuba and Porto Rico , that we ought to capture and con trol ; and when the work begins on the Nicaragua Canal the Gulf States shu'd supply the corn and fora go consuir d in course of construction , as well as th.1 cattle , mules and lumber ; and later on we should make enormous .shipment- : of these products throuicli tin' iriO.it canal. Aberdeen Ex. Variation of Cii'tivxlc.l Pln' > - . Most of the forest trees havevt rlii - tle variation from their original s > tock when grown from peed. With live * that have been long in cultivation , ili- ' variation is so much greater that lu : > only way to secure ilic identical , . : riety desired is by budding and gv.t : ; ing. It is probable that cultivation an-1 better care given to trees and plant. * has much to do with making new and * belter varieties It is after seasons that are uuusuallv favorable to fruit of all kinds that the best varieties have been originated. It is always worth while to plant the sei-d of extra choice fruit and see what variety will como from it. Exchange. IlomcIade Cheese for Tanner j. A great deal of the complaint of over production of dairy products would be obviated if more farmers made a prac tice each year of using enough milk for cheese to have a supply always on the family table. There is no better , cheap er or more healthful nutrition than can be found iu cheese. It contains all the strength-giving nutrition for which meat is often eaten , and even when bought at retail , the cheese gives this much more cheaply than meat could do. Almost everybody likes cheese , and if more farmers made and used it , they would avoid the necessity of eating an excess of meat , as many now do , iu hot weather. Feedin-.r Cotton-Fcesl Men ! . Cotton-seed meal is extremely dif ficult of digestion , and should never hi gh-en to young animals or those which from advanced age have a weak diges tion. The hull which is shown by dark c spots in the meal is almost entirely in- g digestible. Calves and pigs have-been i failed by eating small amounts of"dark i cotton-seed meal. Ruminant animals t can digest it better , but it is so concen trated a food that it ought always to be . fed with some bulky but less nutri tious ration. A small amount of cottonseed ton-seed meal in a pailful of bran mash can be eaten safely by a cow. TOPICS EOR FABMERS. A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR OUR RURAL FRIENDS. Cuba and the American Jfarnier-The Farm as a Permanent Home How to Cnt Up Hojra-Traveling Poai- ofliccs for the Country. Since the farmers of this country have learned more about Porto liico and Cuba there has been much ques tion as to what extent the soil products of these countries will injure home pro duction if admitted free of duty to our markets. As Porto Kico is now a Uni ted States possession there will be no duty on products shipped from there , and the distance will serve to keep down prices to a point where they will be of little injury to the home output. With Cuba it is different , but it is not probable that the products of the isl and will materially interfere with our own except in few instances. In vege tables we have little to fear from Cuba. The main competition will be against our Southern States , and chiefly in such tropical productions as pineapples , bananas , mangoes , oranges , tobacco and sugar. With the growths of the North Cuba cannot compete , but the people of the island will in time grow their own vegetables for winter or rainy season use and also raise their ' own'meat , thus cutting off a valuable market. At the present time we have more to fear from the free entry into this country of sugar from Cuba than anything else. If Cuba is kept an inde pendent nation a duty will probably be kept on sugar , but if the island shall eventually become part of the United States our sugar-producing States must suffer unless especial provision is made for them. Farmers' Friend. 'His Farm a Home. The farm is a home not a place to be lived at to-day and moved from tomorrow row , but a home to be improved and beautified a home where orchards are to be plante'd , where vines are to be grown , where substantial things are to be constructed , where children are to be born and fathers are to die. Into the fields come and reap new generations ; out of the fields and into the graveyard pass old generations. There is no spot on earth where God more continuously shows himself than on a farm. Uere becomes understood the endearing name "Father. " The God is Father to the father , Providence un rolls the heart-curled corn leaves , fills the grape skins with new wine , gives drink to thirsty cattle , beautifies the garden with many-lined flowers , per fumes the air with fragrance made among the meadows. Here , too , man is made philosophic as he beholds on every hand the "evidences of design. " Faith he does not need ; certainty takes the place of it. Farm and Factory. Cutting Up HOJCS For cutting up , the carcass of a hog should be laid on the back , upon a strong table , says Western Plowman. The head should then be cut close by the ears , and the hind feet so far below the hocks as not to disfigure the hams , and leave room sufficient for hanging them up ; after whiefi the carcass is di vided into equal halves , up the middle of the backbone , with a carving knife , and , if necessary , a hand-mallet. Then cut the ham from the side by the second end joint of the backbone , which will appear on dividing ( he carcass , and diess the ham by paring a little off the flank or skinny part , so as to shape it with a half round point , clearing off any top fat which may appear. Next out off the sharp edge along the back bone with a knife and mallet , and slice off the fust rib next the shoulder , where there is a bloody vein , which must be taken out. since , if it is left iu , that part is apt to spoil. The corners should be squared elf when the ham is cut. The ordinary practice is to cut out the spine or backbone. Some take out the chine and upper parts of the ribs in the first place : indeed , almost every locality has its peculiar mode of proceeding. Traveling Po-.tofiiccs. The Postoflice Department has or dered an innovation in the postal ser vice by the experimental establishment of a postoffice on wheels , to operate in the vicinity of Westminster , Md. The service , which is to begin shortly , calls for the use of a postal wagon to travel over a designated route in rural dis tricts. Mail boxes can be placed at some point on the route for every farm er living within a mile or t\vo from the proposed route and mail will I > L col lected therefrom. One important fea ture of the contemplated innovation , which , if successful , will be extended generally , is that it will have money order and registry matter facilities. Grafting for a Head. A writer in one oE our contempo raries tells how he succeeded in re building a tree bygrafting : limbs on the body of a tree. He had some trees which were not symmetrical , and some i from which limbs had been broken , un til they were one-sided. These were so badly crippled that it was not probable the tree would correct the fault , as it would if but slightly misshapen , so he secured some scions , and opening the bark of the body of the tree to be ope rated on , introduced the scions exactly as he would if budding a tree , the only difference being that the scions had several buds on instead of being a mere bud. These , were then waxed and bound as a bud would be , and all of them began to grow at once , and at the end of the season bai'J made a very sat isfactory growth , with a promise of making the trees so grafted symmet rical in a very sliort time. It is thinking of these little things that makes successful fruit growers , and publishing the results is what makes a man's work valuable to the world as well as himself. Farmer's I Voice. Yon Should Keep Hens. 1. Because you ought by their means to convert a great deal of the waste of the farm into money , in the shape of eggs and chickens for market. 2. Because with intelligent manage ment they ought to be all-3Tear-revenue producers , excepting , perhaps , about two months , during moulting season. a. Because poultry will yield you a quicker return for the capital invested than any of the other departments of agriculture. 4. Because the manure from the poul try house will make a valuable com post for use in either garden or orchard. The birds themselves will destroy many injurious insects. u. Because while cereals and fruits can only be successfully grown in cer tain sections , poultry can be raised in all parts of the country. G. Because poultry raising is an em ployment iu which the farmer's wife and daughter can engage and leave him free to attend to other depart ments. 5. Because to start poultry raising on the farm requires little or no capital. With proper management , poultry can be made a valuable adjunct to the farm. Farmer's Review. Combined Harvester and Thresher. The Laufenburg traction engine and combined harvester is thus described by the Scientific American : The har vester , which is used iu the great wheat fields of California and the Pa cific coast States , cuts a swath 28 feet wide , and threshes , cleans and sacks the grain as it moves along. It would seem that a machine cutting a strip of grain 28 feet wide would be handling straw fast enough to satisfy almost any one , but the Laufeuburg machine has been built to cut a nice little swath of 52 feet and sack the grain complete ly clean and ready for market. While the combined harvester is not a new feature in the handling of crops on the coast , only recently , and not until the traction engine became a success in the field , did they ever attempt to cut Avider than IS feet , 1C feet being the standard machine , requiring from thir ty to forty head of horses to handle it Wealth of the United States. The United States constitutes the richest nation on the globe. Mulhall furnishes these figures : United States , SSlJuO.OOO.OOO ; Great Britain , $59,030- 000,000 ; France. $47,950,000,000 ; Ger many , $40,200,000,000 ; Russia , $32,125- 000,000 ; Austria , $22,500,000,000 ; Italy , $15,800,000,000 ; Spain , $11,300,000,000. These computations are based upon values as shown by real estate records , buildings , merchandise and railways , as well as the circulating medium in each nation. As will be seen , our wealth is more than seven times greater than that of Spain , double that of Germany , two and one-half times greater than that of Russia , nearly double the wealth of Russia , Italy , Austria and Spain , and $22,720,000,000 larger than that of Great Britain. Keep Out of the City. Why do men prefer the privations and battling and poverty of a city , when on a farm there is so much of plenty and peace and Avealth ? The il literate laborer selects the town be cause of that sense which prompts the knowing to raise his eye above the six pence which conceals the dollar be yond. "It is easier , ' ' says a carter , "to load a cart than to grub a clearing. " And so it is , only that brush land once made clear stays cleared , while carts that are laden empty as fast as they are laden. The work with the cart waxes harder with the age of the carter. The cultivation of the land grows easier with the children of the farmer. To Exterminate Vermin. A writer in the Scientific American says he has cleared his premises of vermin by making whitewash yellow with copperas and covering the stones and rafters in the cellar with it. In every crevice in which a rat might go he put the copperas , and scattered it in the corners of the floor. The result was a complete disappearance of rats and mice. Since that time not a rat era a mouse has been seen near the house. Every spring the cellar is coated with the yellow whitewash as a purifier and a rat exterminator , and no typhoid , dysentery or fever attacks the family. Cultivation of Timber. Very little of the timber now in this country is valuable for lumber , and that which will not make lumber has no other value , present or prospective. If it is to be retained , why not have the laud freed from taxation ? Perhaps a premium should be paid for the culti vation of timber. It seems that we must do that or do worse. The sooner we arrive at some determination the better it will be for the country. As an investment our timber lauds do not now pay. G lobe-Democrat. Potatoes in Africa. In spile of the statement frequently made that white potatoes would not grow in Africa , the trial was recently made again , and the potatoes grew and brought forth abudautly. From this time on travelers and missionaries need not be deprived of their favorite vege table , provided they stick to the higher altitudes. While the African-raised po tatoes are a little more watery than the best American or European tubers , they are not so much so as to impair their quality to an important degree. Spanish Wines. Wine forms 48 per cent , of Spain's general exports. There are still some old-fashioned people who do not believe that a social affair is a success unless the colse can be heard a block away. Evidence of Indigestion. Coldness of feet and limbs Is almost invariably an evidence of Indigestion. The coldness Is due not to the weak ness of the heart or feebleness of cir culation , as is generally supposed , butte to the contraction of the small arteries , preventing blood from entering the parts. There is generally an irritation of the abdominal sympathetic nerve centers wihch control the circulation of the lower extremities. This difficulty is not to be removed by exercise or by any special application to the limbs , but by removal of the causes ofirrita tion. This may be a prolapsed stomacher or chronic indigestion. Hot and cold footbaths are valuable. These act not simply on the feet and limbs , but by re flex action affect beneficially the ab dominal sympathetic centers , which ure in a diseased condition. Human Power Exhausted. In an Aberdeen bookshop an old lady was Inquiring for a copy of the Bible , and the shopkeeper brought forward one at half a crown. But the old lady wanted something cheaper. A copy at 18 pence was produced , containing illustrations. But the illustrations , the old lady averred , entailed superfluous expenditure. "Then here , " said the shop-keeper , "is a copy for a shilling , which contains a' that's necessary for salvation. " He descended from the ladder and laid it before his customer. "But hae ye no something a wee bit cheaper ? " asked the old lady. ' 'Wum- man , wumman ! " said the shopman , "ca' upon the Almichty to come down and sell ye his ain publications , for I can dae nae ninir ! " The Highest Cross in the "World. Crosses arc placed in all sorts of po sitions , but the monster structure that has recently been erected on the peak of the highest of the Hartz mountains can certainly claim to be the highest cross in the world. As a matter of fact the cross is a tower , and has been built more for the purpose of sight seeing than anything else. The tower stands on the .Tosephshoehe Mountain , and commands a magnificent view. The mountain itself is 1,731 feet above the level of the sea , and the cross tower is 120 feet high. The colossal struc ture rests on a quadrangle , shaped into an immense hall , to hold 500 people. A stairway of 200 steps leads to the top , and a hydraulic elevator will soon make travel unward easier. FJamo in His Breath. There is a colored man by the name of Bill Watson , who is employed in the new Illinois Central yard as car re pairer , who has a wonderful breath. He can take a piece of paper or any light material and by blowing his breath upon it the material will ignite. A Whig man had an opportunity of seeing this feat accomplished with a small piece of writing paper. It was lighted when he had blown his breath on it twice. He is compelled to sleep on .in oilcloth and cover with the same to prevent setting fire to the bedcloth- ing. He has been in thrmploy of the Illinois Central company for quite a while , and is an efficient employe. Jackson Whig. The Longest Head > i * Hair. The woman who posxses the long- c-'st ' head of hair in the world is said to be Mercedes Lopez , a Mexican. Her height is 5 feet , and when she stands erect her hair trails on the ground four feet eight inches. The hair is so thick that she can completely hide herself in it. She has it cut very frequently , as it grows so quickly , enabling her to sell large tresses to hair dealers every mouth. She is the wife of a poor sheep herder. In Austria 5,578 patents were grautea in 1S97 , of which only 1,795 were issued to Austrians. 202 to Hungarians and 4 to residents of Bosnia and Herzegovi na ; that is , 2.0G1 to subjects of the Aus- tro-Hungarian monarchy. The remain der , 3,517 , were taken out by foreign ers. Of these , Germans were most nu merous , viz. , 1,804 ; Americans were second , with 4G2 ; British subjects third , with 408 , and French fourth , with 3G5. " Oat of Sight Oat of Mind/ ' In other months we forget the harsh winds of Spring. 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