Must Attend Encampment.
Suggestions made by university ca
det authorities to the effect that uni
versity soldiers who are members of
the national guard should not be re
quired to attend the annual state en
campment , do not meet with the ap
proval of Adjutant General Phelps.
The question has arisen since last
fall when the state camp was held
after the university year had started.
Jn speaking of the matter to the uni
versity deans , General Phelps said :
"The state maintains the national
guard at an annual cost of $60 per
man and the state encampment offers
the best possible military training
that they can get as members of the
state training department. The only
rule that can be adopted for excusing
the men will be the statutory one of
sickness. "
A
Telephone Injunction Dismissed.
The supreme court has issued an
order dismissing the injunction suit
of the state against the American
Telephone and Telegraph company ,
and others , a suit to prevent the Bcil
Telephone company from buying the
independent telephone exchanges at
Plattsmouth , Nebraska City and Pa-
pilion. The case was dismissed by
consent of all parties concerned , in
cluding the attorney general , who was
nominallj' the prosecutor of the case.
It was represented to the court that
the recent agreement between the in
dependents and the Bell company had
settled the matters involved in fhe in
junction case. The two telephone
companies have agreed to pay the
costs.
Plane for Machinery Hall.
In the office of Secretary W. R. Mellor -
lor of the state board of agriculture
is a water color drawing of a proposed
$150,000 machinery hall to be erected
on the state fair grounds. The build
ing is TGOxiOO feet. Plans have bean
under way for some time and Mr.
Mellor is confident that at least a portion
tion of the structure can be built
within a short time. He would like to
have one wing built , 112x760 feet. If
tliis is done he believes the people
will like it so well that the legislature
will appropriate enough money for the
entire structure as planned. The fair
board may have enough money to
build one wing within a year or two.
Wants to Take "Straw Vote. "
Charles W. Bryan believes that a
"straTvote" of the democratic voters
of the state should be taken by the
editors of the democratic weeklies in
order that the Nebraska end of the
party can fell , with a reasonable de
gree of certainty , just what man
stands most prominently before them
as a presidential possibility. Looking
to the accomplishment of that , Mr.
Bryan mailed out letters to the demo
cratic editors of the state suggesting
the matter and urging them to start
the contest so as to have it concluded
before February 7.
Attorney General Will Appeal.
1 Attorney General Martin intends to
appeal from the decision of Judge
Troup in Burt county , holding that
the Farmers and Merchants bank of
Oakland need not report its average
deposits for the years 1909 and 1910
as the basis of a guaranty fund as
sessment for the time prior to its
hcangins from a state to a national
bank. The tax would have accrued
and been collected during those years ,
except for the injunction , which tem
porarily suspended the bank guaranty
law's operation.
State Employe Badly Scalded.
Lon Wait , a son of Secretary of
State Wait , was injured at the insti
tute for feeble minded at Beatrice ,
where lie is employed as engineer , by
b'iing scalded by steam as he was en
gaged in making some repairs at the
engine room. He was connecting up
two steam pipes when the coupling
blew out and the scalding steam was
blown over his face and hands.
The state board of agriculture rec
ommends the establishment of farm
mechanics , agriculture and domestic
science courses in the rural schools
of the state.
Governor Aldrich was the speaker
at the meeting of the State Volun
teer Firemen's association at Kear
ney.
ney.State
State Fire Commissioner Randall
estimates the total fire loss in Ne
braska last year as something over
one and three-quarters million dollars ,
as compared with more than $2,100-
000 the year previous. His figures in
dicate that while the loss was smaller ,
the number of fires in the state was
about 10 per cent more in 1911 than
in 1910.
Gets Standard Seeds.
State Chemist Redfern has received
from Washington a case of standard
seeds furnished by the United States
government , embracing varieties of
grains , grasses and weeds. There
are 100 samples put-up in small phials
and packed in what .resembles a sur
geon's case. They are to be used
for comparison in testing for purity
of seeds under the new state law.
Capt. Cyrus X. Baird. pioneer of
Lincoln , early postmaster and promt-
citizen , is dead.
TREES IN DRY AREAS
Success May Be Attained If Work
Is Done Intelligently.
Ground Must Be Properly Prepared ,
Trees Carefully Planted and Given
Cultivation for Several Years
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Plant a Windbreak.
One would Imagine in traversing
much of the semi-arid country that
but little can be done In growing wind
breaks , groves or forest trees and
also fruits because of the almost en
tire absence of these in the dry coun
try. To conclude thus , however , is a
great mistake. The truth is , that these
are not much in evidence because no
attempts have been made to grow
them , or if such attempts have been
made , they have not been made along
Intelligent lines. When one may travel
day after day In a tillable country , and
see no sign of a shrub or tree , save
low down by the edge of a stream , the
conclusion is not unnatural that these
cannot be grown.
The truth Is that where crops can
be grown , trees can be grown , if
grown on proper lines. It would seem
possible to grow trees more surely on
a low precipitation than crops , for
when the trees are once well rooted ,
the trees can go down and find mois
ture at greater depths than are usu-
ly traversed by the roots of plants.
This means , then , that where the
rainfall is ten inches , it is possible to
grow trees. It is possible to grow
good crops of grain with an annual
precipitation of ten inches. This Is
TO SUCCEED IN DRY FARMING
Farmer Cannot Prosper With Grain
Alone Live Stock Must Be Mad *
the Basis of Production.
Dean E. A. Burnett of the Univer
sity of Nebraska says dry fanning can
not prosper in the great plains area
as a grain farming system. The risk
on grain is too great in a dry season.
Live stock must be the basis of pro
duction. It is true that grazing lands
do not produce as much revenue or
profit per acre as good crops of grain ,
but neither do they entail such heavy
losses in bad years. A large amount
of water can be stored when it falls
in anything but light showers. At
North Platte water has been stored
as deep as fifteen feet in good years
and from four to six feet In drier
years. The season of 1910 was , how
ever , very unfavorable to storing wa
ter and only thirteen bushels of wheat
were harvested from land which had
previously grown from thirty to forty-
six bushels. No grain at all was
harvested from land that was cropped
in 1910. It is likely that the best re
sults will be obtained by keeping
three-fourths of the land in grass and
devoting the balance to forage crops.
The farming unit must probably be
large but that does not mean that it
should contain much plow land.
The homesteader as a rule Is not
prepared to take advantage of the
best scientific knowledge In the man
agement of his land. Deep plowing
and summer fallowing land take horse
power , frequently far in excess of
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that available to the homesteader.
The silo and the modern dairy cow
are frequently beyond his reach , and
for this reason again we should dis
count the largest possibilities of these
areas when' we seek to determine
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being done in certain areas in the Big
Bend country in Washington. True ,
these crops cannot be obtained every
year , but they are obtained once in
two years. It may not be possible to
depend on getting a crop of fruit ev
ery year on a rainfall so low , but it
may be done in areas not too far
south on a rainfall of twelve to fifteen
inches. A grower In Colorado has ob
tained excellent returns from growing
apples , plums and cherries , without
irrigation , on a rainfall of about
fourteen inches. In Tunis , northern
Africa , olives are grown on a precipi
tation of about fourteen inches in a
year.
To try to grow trees , however , as
they are grown in humid areas , would
be folly. If a hole is dug in the ground
and the tree is put in there and left
it will almost certainly die either the
year of planting or the year follow
ing. The ground must be properly
prepared , the tree must be carefully
planted , and it must be given careful
cultivation for several years after it
is planted. Fruits must be given
equal care , even tha small varieties. \
It should certainly be the aim of
the homesteader to plant a windbreak
at the earliest date possible. He should
break up some ground on which to
plant the trees as soon as this can be
done. The ground should be summer-
fallowed for at least one year before
the trees are planted. Moisture is
thus allowed to penetrate the soil
and the grass is given some time in
which to decay.
CARE OF THE YOUNG TREES
First Year After Planted It Is Like
Young Child and Must Have
Constant Attention.
The first year after the tree is
planted it must have constant care. It
is like a child. Its first years of
training determine its character or
form. After the main branches have
become fixed all the pruning the trees
require is to give symmetry and reg
ular outline to the head by pinching
off the ends of the shoots that have a
tendency to outgrow the main
branches , and to remove such as are
likely to be injured by rubbing to
gether , or that are so thick as to in
terfere with good growth and ease in
gathering fruit.
While young the trees should be al
lowed to grow with rather a close
head to protect the slender branches
from the hot sun. When they begin
to bear , the weight of the fruit will
bend down the branches and open the
head , so that the sunlight and air
needed for the perfection of the foli
age and fruit will enter , and a large
crop of perfect fruit can be borne on
a tK-e without a large amount of
foliage.
Where Are the Tools ?
After the heavy showers fall you'll
wonder why you didn't gather up the
tools you need every day or two dur
ing the whole winter.
their suitability for the newcomer of
limited means. The drier areas of
the country which are suitable for
farming will always have their limi
tations. They will have their bad
seasons and their seasons of abund
ant production , but the failures in un
favorable seasons may be greatly re
duced by the application of scientific
methods and the best systems of man
agement.
Dust Mulch.
We run the weeder , alternating with
the two-horse riding cultivator , until
the size of the crop forbids , cultivat
ing deeply at first , very lightly later ,
says a writer in an exchange. Thus a
dust mulch is maintained , enabling
the plant to secure the best results
from the moisture conserved , and
keeping down weed growth. This
method leaves the fields level and in
the best of condition for future use.
With the potato crop , in addition to
the above implements , we use a disk
hiller , thus leaving ridges in the potato
tate fields. We think this necessary
that the potatoes may be well covered
and easily dug.
Corn silage is almost as good as
roots as a succulent feed.
If corn only is fed , the ewes be
come too fat and produce small and
weakly lambs.
Alfalfa and clover are superior to
all other feeds as a roughage for
pregnant ewes.
Hogs should not be confined in a
close pen where they will have to live
in filthy quarters.
The breeding practice should be so
planned that the calves will be born
early in the spring.
/As a food for young cattle there
seems to be nothing quite equal to
silage to insure a steady growth and
strong , vigorous health.
It is as a feed for the breeding j
herd that silage has proved of the
greatest economic value.
The hog is naturally a clean animal , j
and should not be made to live in
contact with a manure pile.
The fall litter of course suffers the
most from neglect because the condi
tions at this time of the year are the
least favorable for its growth.
Have the barn and feeding pens so
located that the drainage from them
will be a help to growing crops in
stead of a nuisance to the home.
The man who grows swine to fill
his fattening pens is troubled with
under-sized sows and runty litters and
the breeder finds his pigs in small de
mand.
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O THE attentive eye each mo
ment of the year has Its own
beauty , and in the Hame field it beholds
every hour a picture which was never
seen before , and which shall never be
seen again.
Ralph Waldo Emerson ,
PAPER BAG COOKERY.
One must to keep up with the times ,
have some experience in cooking in
paper bags. It is quick , satisfactory
and economical and the ideal way of
cooking meats , as the flavor Is all in
the meat , not passed off in the oven
or air. It prevents waste , as the meat
weighs as much when it is taken from
the oven as it did when put in.
One of the beauties of this system
Is that the food cannot be looked at ,
and the only care is to keep the oven
at a good temperature for the dish
baking. Care should be taken In
opening the oven if a gas flame is
used , for a sudden draught from a win
dow or door may ignite the bag.
When such accident occurs , turn off
the gas , remove the bag and place It
Inside of another. If left a few min
utes to make up the loss of time , ev
erything will be right.
There are any number of points in
favor of paper bag cookery ; no dishes
to wash after roasting a fowl or cookIng -
Ing a stew , a perfectly clean , sanitary
bag , free from microbes , to use , no
odor from the cooking and no oven
to watch.
Paper bags made for the purpose
are on the market ; the ordinary bag
is not satisfactory as it Is not strong
enough and It leaves an undesirable
flavor in the substance cooked in it.
These bags may be purchased of
any merchant , or he will be glad to
keep them as they are becoming more
and more popular as they are known.
Directions for using come In each
package. Care should be taken in
placing meat with sharp skewers or
bones that will pierce the bag.
The bag should not be moved when
put into the oven , as the heat makes
It very tender. When ready to take
out , place a pan under it and draw out
gently on to it or the platter on which
It Is to be served. Open the bag and
remove the contents. One mistake
which Is made by many Is that of put
ting the filled bag Into a pan. It
should be placed directly on the iron
rack , so that the heat has free access
to every part of it. If the bag bursts ,
slide it into another , keeping a pan .
on the bottom of the oven to catch all
the gravy that escapes.
'OULDST ' thou know thyself ,
observe the actions of others.
Wouldst thou know other men , look thou
within thine own heart. The proper study
of mankind is man. Schiller.
THE VALUE OF DATES AS FOOD.
If children could be given dates ,
raisins and figs for sweets more often
than candy , they would be much bet
ter in disposition and health.
Hutchenson says that a half pound
of dates and a. pint of milk makes a
meal sufficiently nourishing for a per
son engaged in sedentary labor.
As a confection there is nothing
more delicious than dates stuffed with
nuts of any kind. A few dates added
to the apple salad Improves it very
much. \ .
A date put into a small ball of
doughnut dough and fried is a pleas
ant change from the everyday dough
nuts.
Dates added to the breakfast cereal
is not new , but it is a decided im
provement on the plain cereal.
The Arab can walk long distances
and display the most wonderful en
durance with a handful of dates and
a piece of black bread for food.
For cake filling dates are excep
tionally good. Take a half pound of
dates , remove the stones and cut fine
with a knife ; add a third of a cup of
boiling water and sugar to sweeten
to taste , a tablespoonful of lemon
juice. Cook in a double boiler until
a smooth paste. Spread on layer
cake and frost with orange icing
A few dates put into cored apples
and baked makes a common dish a
creation. Lemon jelly molded , with
dates and served on lettuce as a
salad is a new and delightful combi
nation for a salad.
Dates are added to cakes for the
fruit , to bread of all kinds , and a
pie made of dates is hard to equal.
A plain baking powder biscuit dough
rolled rather thin and spread with
butter , and a generous layer of
chopped dates mixed with outs , then
rolled and baked will be either a hot
cake to serve for tea or w ith -sauce. .
Will malte a toothsome dessert.
A steamed suet or bread pudding
with dates instead of raisins , or part
of each will be a pleasant change.
Experi nent in Medical Science.
French physicians are experimentii-g
with injections of solution of radium
into the human body in an endeavor
to cure deep-seated diseases , especial
ly these affecting glands that secret *
Internally.
BURN BUILDING TO KILL GERM
Only Way to Get Rid of Them , and
Occasion Was Made a Good
Object Lesson.
A ramshackle building in Winston-
Salem was recently burned at the re
quest of the local Anti-Tuberculosis
league , because it was said to be allvo
with tuberculosis germs and could not
bo properly fumigated.
For days before the building was
burned huge placards announcing the
hour of destruction and giving rea
sons for the burning were hung about
In prominent places. Among other
things the placards said : "Within the
past 15 months two men who sold
fruit , etc. , hero have died of tuber
culosis , but unconsciously left millions
to tuberculosis germs by careless
spitting. The building Is so open that
It cannot be effectively fumigated.
The only practical means of disin
fecting Is by fire. "
At the appointed hour , while mil
lions of tuberculosis germs were be
ing burned , 5,000 pamphlets telling
how to prevent consumption were dis
tributed to the crowd looking on.
"Evil Eye1 * Based on Fact.
Most people have heard of the "Evil
Eye , " and now we are Informed by
Charles L. Smith , a noted New York
refractionist , that the superstition
arose because everyone , without knowIng -
Ing it , has one eye that Is different In
power and activity from the other. He
designates it the "dominant eye , " and
according to whether it Is the left
or the right children will grow up-left-
handed or right-handed. It Is sheer
cruelty , and may entail life-long mis
ery , to force a child to become am
bidextrous. Such a course may result
in wrecking the nervous system , and
can only be cured by a reversal of the
process so that the "dominant eye"
may regain natural and undisputed
sway. Men who are ambidextrous had
better keep a strict guard over their
actions lest they should be credited
with the "evil eye. " "
Clean Money.
United States Treasurer McClung
has recommended in his annual report
that congress provide additional facili
ties for exchanging old and defaced
United States paper currency for new.
Asserting that there is a widespread
interest which advocates a cleaner
and more sanitary currency , he says
that the sentiment is a laudable one
and should be attainable because the
expense Is but a trifle compared with
the beneficial results. It has been
demonstrated that bacteria attach
themselves readily to paper money ,
and there is no doubt that disease is
thus disseminated. Mr. McClung's
crusade for a clean currency ought to
find prompt and sympathetic response.
See Riches in Swamps.
The Russian department of agricul
ture has founded at the Riga Poly
technic a school for specialists in
swamp cultivation. The North Pe
chora expedition worked many years
with great success in the desert
ed region of the northern syamps , and
proved that the swamps of the Arch
angel province are full of wealth , and
that millions of peasants , devoured
by poverty and hunger in their native
places , can find food and shelter in
the swampy regions after their culti
vation. With small expense the
swamps can be turned into land cov
ered with rich grass.
Cutlery.
"That politician used to have a
knife up his sleeve for you. "
"Yes , " replied Senator Sorghum.
"But I have observed him at luncheon
and his knife is not going to do me
any harm. He's too busy eating with
it. "
Important to WJothers
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infants and children , and see that it
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No Offense.
"I suppose you are afraid my vigor
ous style would offend your read
ers , " said the discontented author.
"No , I'm not , " replied the editor
"The trouble is that nobody would
read enough of it to get offended. "
Not Original.
Author This story is the child of
my brain.
Editor Then it is an adopted child.
No , Alonzo , it isn't difficult for a
woman to keep a secret going.
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The ordinary man cares only fox *
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and invigorate stomach , liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated , tiny granules , easy to taka
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Every smallest stroke of virtue of
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