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McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
SUMMER rs DYING.

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The golden rod and asters gay, bloom bright
the brook beside,
And stately trees their branches wave I'm all
their hammered pride;
And In the noontide glare the sun hath all the
Sumfne RS heat
Yet there's something tells that Summer bastes
on with flying feet.
The gorgeous, glowing Summer with its fairy
wealth of bloom;
Its rainbow shades Of colors, and it's delicate
perfume;
There's hectic flush on tree-tops that faunt
their branches high; at
AT night mournful voice is heard-"the love-
ly first must die!' sega.t .at
Summer is dying''-this is borne upon the
night winds breath,
And the chirping of the crickets, sounds like a
dirge of death;
But with the fading Summer, ever comes a
thought OF gloom,
We are daily drawing nearer to the dark and
dreary tomb!
We gaze abroad on nature and behold the
lovely die;
Yet everything revives again-why should not
you and j? r5aa t}
The plants and flowers shall bloom again.
clothed on with springs new birth
And shall not we immortal plants burst from
the bonds of earth? t..I
-[Lilla n. Cushman in Chicago Sun.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
MS own weight in insects in a single

his own weight in insects in single
night.
Potatoes ought to be dug as soon as
they are ripe, or as soon thereafter as
possible.
1t is alleged that Massachusetts buys
more wheat than is exported from this
to foreign countries.
If all the farmers would join in sub
DUNG the worst weeds, they would soon
be no more-the weeds we mean, not
the farmers.
Peat moss is gathered in North Ger
many and sent to Germany for bedding
for animals, for which it is said to be
excellent.
As sample of the increase in the
growth of small fruits, it is recorded
that the town of Warren. Mo-, raised
ten acres of strawberries last summer.
A silo in Colorado is as yet rare. yet
in the neighboring territory of New
Mexico they are quite common, and are
considered quite invaluable by the
ranchmen.
GeOrgia-made butter costs y. cents
a pound, and sells at % cents. Pastur-
age is good and cheap for ten months
in the year, says a Georgia dairyman.
Joseph Harris says there is no more
trouble in raising an early lamb than q
late one, and he would rather have
lambs come in January and February
than in April and May.
In Great Britain no man is allowed
to plant tobacco, the laws forbidding
the growing under any circumstances.
The government grows none, but it
holds a monopoly in the traffic in to-
baccO.
Large as is our surplus of most cere-
ais, we do not raise all the barley we
use. The imported article mostly comes
from Canada, and goes to the New
York breweries.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16

localities parties are doing this success
fully One, whom we know, in Chau-
tauqua county, buys each year thirty of
the best of these calves that he can
find, at cost of Sl5 per head, and,
feeding them one year, sells them to
the local butchers at $50 per head,
making for one years keep $35 per
head-a better profit, he thinks, on his
food than he can make by dairying, the
labor being so much reduced. His farm
is only seventy acres, and most of it in
good meadow. BY this plan he only
hires a little labor in haying time, thus
reducing his expenses to a low figure.
He thinks he will soon be able to keep
fifty of these young things by buying
some grain feed, and this he is quite
willing to do, because it enriches the
manure which goes to improve the
farm. He has now tested this plan for
several years, and is able to make a
pretty uniform result. He is now
building a new barn, and proposes
water-tight receptacles for the manure,
so as to completely save all the liquid
and solid droppings. This plan will
produce rapid improvement of
the soil, and he finds, prac-
tically, will pay large profit.
When examples like this shall multi
ply and show the farmers of the eastern
states that under system of full feed
ing, beef can be grown in competition
with the west, it will soon produce an
entire change in the old, half-starving
system of raising young stock that
weigh, at one year 800 to 400 pounds,
at two years, 600 to 700 pounds, and are
never worth the food they have eaten.
Eastern dairymen are learning rapid
ly, as witness the fact that there are ten
good calves produced now where one
was ten years ago. Every year brings
numerous converts to the economy of
liberal feeding, both for milk and beef.
The Chicago Fat-Stock show has awak-
ened much attention to this sub
ject of better feeding, and its
prizes for the most economical
growth, at one, two and three years,
under the head of ''Cost of Production, :"
teach q great lesson on this point
Farmers will not heed any but practi-
cal lessons. They cannot yield Il long
| established habit without many practi-
cal proofs of a better way, but it looks
now as if they had taken Il new de-
| parture upon calf breeding.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
Eastern Calres an W,estern Farms.

We note sales of several hundred east
ern calves at western stock yards, at
$1,000 to S1S per head. These calves
net the eastern dairymen S13 to S15 per
head, and it is becoming a new branch
of the dairy income there. These are
mostly raised upon skim milk. Most of
these eastern dairymen never raised as
good calves for tt emselves, as they la
bored under the opinion that such extra
feeding would not pay; but when they
could realize the cash for them at these
rates, at from five to six months old, it
quite revolutionized their ideas of value
and set them to studying the feed
ing problem. In fact, they found that
a good calf cost but little more than a
poor one-about $3.50 to So worth of
oil meal and middlings made the differ
ence in cost between calf worth So
and one worth S15 This showed them
that if they could raise a six months
calf at profit, they might possibly,
grow it till eighteen, or twenty-four
months old, and sell it as early-ma-
tured beef, at a profit. .-
This problem must be worked out for
them be others, under their own eyes,
before it can impress them. In few
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
THE FILLING OF THE Apple.

AS stood in meditation
Meath The orchard tree at night,
Where the moon and stars of autumn
Bathed the earth in pallid light,
Lo the cricket hushed his music
At the dull, unwonted sound
Of the ripened mellow apple
Falling softly to the ground.
All the days of rain or sunshine
Here had made their work complete.
Since the blossom dropped in springtime
Till the fruit fell at my feet
LoOsened by the hand of Nature
With touch that made no sound,
From the Fathers hand of bounty
Falling softly to the ground.
Men have watched or men have slumbered
Counted days, or laughed or wept, n
But the upward flow of juices
Gods great calendar have kept,
And the great machine of Nature
onward moves without sound,
Till we, startled, mark its fruitage
Falling softly to the ground.
Then my heart was dark and heavy
AS / saw an iron hand ..E
Moving in sweep resistless
Through the air and sea and land,
Ripening its plants gigantic,
Holding ali things helpless, bound,
Till the full grown curse or blessing,
Falls as fruitage to the ground.
But the silver autumn splendor
Shone about my waiting feet,
.Gllstened on the golden fruitage
Sending up an odOr sweet,
And l read a sweeter lesson
In the harvest spread around,
OF God of patience ever
Showing blessings DER the ground.
Ia. L. Worden in the Utica Observer.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
OUR SISTER STATES.

Two farmers in Walton county, Ga,
have land on opposite sides of the high
way. The two signs that they have put
up on their respective properties offer a
lesson for the student of human nature.
One reads: ''All persons are warned
not to hunt or fish or otherwise trespass
on these premises. Any person violat-
ing this notice will be prosecuted to
the extent of the law" Just across the
road, on the opposite side, is another
board, with this writing upon it,
''Come on, boys, lets 90 a huntin'.'
Boston is aghast at the discovery that
Trinity Triangle, in front of her Muse
UNI of Fine Arts is not public property.
A tall apartment house is being built
thereon.
The New York Graphic is authority
for the statement that Mr.. Fred Geb-
hardt is studying for the stage, and
will make his first appearance as Mrs.
Langtrys support.
A Judge in Brooklyn court has de-
cided that a passenger i'll Il horse car
must hand his fare to the conductor;
that it is not sufficient to throw it on
the seat and point it out to the con-
ductOr.
The latest discoveries render insulla-
ton so perfect that to-day there is less
loss of electrical force between the
United States and England than there
formerly was between New York and
Brooklyn.
The leao1le of peace and liberty of
Geneva has received pillow forged
from sabres carried by American officers
in the Mexican war and the late civil
war in America.
The Tongue of Free" ''Restitu-
ton, THE One-Plan Herald ''Our
Brother in Red are the bizarre names
of some of the religious papers pub
lished in this country.
There was almost riot in 1886 when
Castle Garden was first proposed as the
landing place for immigrants, and since
then 4, 1888, $50 immigrants have landed
there.
The colonel, who lives in the south,
was finding fault with Bill, one OF his
hands, for neglect of work, and saying
ne would have no more preaching about
the place: they had too many pro-
tracted meetings to attend. ''Bill ain t
no preacher said Sam; hes only
'zortern Well, what's the difference
between a preacher and an eXhorter?"
..Why, you know, a preacher he takes
tex. and den he done got to stick TO
it. But Zorter, he kin branch
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
BEFORE THE BIBIE.S CANE.

1t used to be so very trim,
So quiet and serene,
With nothing ever out of place,
Our little home | mean;
The chairs stood ranged against the wall
From week to week the same,
No swinging doors, no Uttered floors,
Before the babies came.
1t seemed so still one might have heard
The patter of Il mouse,
As we with soft and slippered feet
Moved silent round the house;
We never stepped upon doll,
A humming top or kite
We never heard a llsping word
From morning until night.
All! there was something wanting there
To make our life complete:
1t was the touch of baby hands,
The sound OF little feet;
The cry of Mother here and there
"a consecrated namel,
|. From girl or boy, ne'er gave us JOY
Before the children came.
But one by one they ventured i'll
To bless our humble cot;
Wee darlngS, very sweet and fair,
And happy in our lot;
The roses climb upon the sill
To see our children play,
The sunbeamS glance and brighter dance
Than in Il childless day
Now, looking in the little nook
That holds their precious toys,
We bless kind heaven with fervent heart
For all our girls and boys;
For they have brought far more to us
OF earthly wealth and fame
Than e'er we had to make us glad
Before the children came.
-[Omaha Waterman.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16

The New u.s. Cattle Rancho Co.. Limited.
Stock brand-circle on left shoulder; also
dewlap and crop and under half crop on
left ear. and a crop and under bit in the
right. Ranch on the Republican. Post
office, Max, Dundy county, Nebraska.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
Results IN Sheep breeding.

Sheep Farmer.
Probably of all the animals which
dOmestication has succeeded in molding
to its fancy none have been so easily
influenced by climate, soil, Individual
idiOsyncracies and force of circum-
stances as the sheep. Let the ultimate
desired end be ever so well understood
and agreed upon, these conditions would
prevent the use of the same means to
effect a like purpose. All improvement
in breeding is in measure brought
about by experiment. fact, it is only
by continued experiment that retro
grade is prevented. There is not man
but what could afford to pay three or
four prices for the rams whose progeny
was foretold, and there would be no
necessity of producing any stock of an
undesirable character. 1t is to avoid
this dangerous uncertainty that breed
ers of every class are striving to elevate
their stock and make that drawback
less liable. But it should be remem-
bered that it is only through the exist
ence of tendencies to recede that an
advance is possible. 1t is but reason
that the animal should be drawn as by
magnet toward its most natural con-
dition, its primitive and, for its own
comfort and health, mort perfect order.
1t is supposed that all things were
created perfect, and in breeding, if sud-
den and rapid changes are being eff
fected, it is evident this magnetism
will the more easily attack weak
points. The more fixed the line OF
breeding pursued the stronger become
the characteristics. The ideal sheep is
the extreme of imperfection from ma
lures standpoint. and, as compared
with a rubber band, is the limit of elias
ITCHY stretched little further. The
ideal sheep is advancing from the point
of gravitation in a multitude of ways,
and it may never be possible to thor
oughly systematic the breeding princi-
Piles, although great results could be ac-
com2lished by a more scientific treat
ment of such matters. In the face of
all these circumstances it is not strange
that SO many fixed types are found in a
single family of sheep. True, in every
line, progress is stamped in indelible
letters, whether it be for length, beau
ty, strength or fineness of fibre, weight,
density, quality, quantity or condition
OF fleece, size, form, coverings or folds
of body, mutton, wool or a cOmbina-
ton of both; it is progressive in its line.
The greatest excellence in any particU-
lar point is attainable only by disre-
gard for all others, as in the produc-
ton of fibre. In this instance the
means employed have impaired the
hardihood, size and form of the animal
and diminished the quantity of fleece.
The French sheep is three times the size
of his Spanish progenitors. The Amer
lean merino has quadrupled the weight
of fleece and quantity of folds. These
are significant facts showing as they do
possibilities of the future.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
The Fence Of the Future.
Prairie Farmer.

Prairie Farmer.
What shall the permanent fence of
the future be? In the eastern and
southern portions of the county, where
timber was plentiful, the old Virginia
rail fence is yet to be seen; but these,
with the old log cabins, will soon dis
appear. No fences, or very few, are
made with this material now. The
Usage orange has already taken its
place. The county can show numerous
well-kept hedge fences-and when well
kept they present a beautiful appear
ance. But there are serious objections
to them. They are expensive to keep
in repair, and if not kept neatly
trimmed they are nuisance to their
owners and all travellers. Another
serious objection to them is, they make
such safe harbors for rabbits. Barbed
wire is being extensively introduced and
may become the fence of the future.
But many do not like it because it is
dangerous to stock. Cannot some in
ventive genius give us fence cheaper
and better still than any of these, or
devise means by which we may DO with
ont fences altogether.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
do Unto Others" Etc.

From the Washington Republican.
An old colored man and an equally
old colored woman walked down TO
the river near the long bridge, and to
the establishment of the fishermen who
saw the performance walked in and be-
gan ducking each other. When both
were thoroughly wet they offered a
short prayer and walked ashore. To a
gentleman who inquired the meaning
of this strange proceeding the old man
said: Eye see, we's Christians: lest
ways we believe IN the Bible, bat not
in the church, because dere's more sin
inside de church dan out. But We
reads de Bible and we conclude to bap-
tie ourselves as subscribed by John
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
AGRICULTURAL
Plum Trees IN the Poultry Yard.

Colorado Farmer
| see that the discussion regarding
plum trees in the poultry yard is vigor-
ously kept up by fruit growers in the
east. A is positive that if poultry are
allowed the run Of the plum orchard a
big crop of plums will follow. He
knows it, because he has tried it. B
boldly denies this, because, as any fool
must know, the curculio is not caught
by the fowls until after it has done its
damage and the ruined plum has
dropped to the ground. Then comes
G. who says he does not care whether
OF not the theory of B. is correct, but he
is certain that very little benefit is de-
rived from the poultry who run in the
plum orchard. Like A, he has tried it
and knows. The trouble with B. is
that he depends upon theory alone.
With G the trouble is not having
patience to secure success. When a
stung plum drops to the ground the
worm (if not gobbled up by the ''early
bird, y" the pigs, the sheep or small boys)
enters the ground, thence to emerge
the following spring as full-fedged
moth, to sting more plums. Now, if
one-half these worms are destroyed one
years, 1t stands to reason that there
will be less stung plums the following
year, and SO on from year to year. A,
having pursued this plan for years, has
gained on the curculio and pronounces
it a success, while he has probably tried
it but one season, and with very few
fowls, and gives up in disgust.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
FIRM NOTES.

1t is claimed that woodcock will eat
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16

to loan us papers9''
''Caleb, you're fool!''
The farmers hands dropped to his
lap as if they had received an electric
shock and he gazed at his wife in mute
astonishment.
Eyes, Caleb, you're fool. 1 am a
fool and anybody that borrows is fool.
Do you hear:?'
81 hear. But what has come across
you so suddenly
II don think it has come so suddenly.
If we had not been fools, we'd seen it
before this. r..-. f-....
Say, Susan, | wish you'd explain
your nonsense and stop acting so much
like fool. I'm hungry
The most sensitive point of Caleb
feelings was touched, and he arose from
his chair and walked the room impa-
tiently.
III give you to understand, said his
wife, 'sthat you shan't have mouthful
until have had my say
''Well, hurry up" said Caleb
.'All right. Infthe first place. neither
you nor l were at the meeting last
night, were we?''
mo"
''Wel1, now, to come down to bust
ness know very well they talked about
us and our habit of borrowing
Don't believe it,
81 do. know it. I've been think
ing about it all this afternoon. How
could it happen that they'd bring us SO
many things the same day! And think
of 1.-two coffee grinders and two
newspapers
''Susan, begin to believe YOU
you'd better. It's just as plain as
beads on string .. ~
''What can we do?'
do? Why, take everything back
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