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The advocate., 1896-05-27
The Feeding Value Of Alfalfa.

AT the Utah Agricultural Station an
experiment has been in progress that
has for its object the determining of
the relative feeding value of alfalfa
cut at different stages of it's growth
that is proving very instructive. Three
sets of steers were used in making the
experiment, being fed from December
IL to February 81. One set was fed
alfalfa cut before coming into bloom,
another set being fed alfalfa cut while
in early bloom, and the third lot fed
on the same cut after it was entirely
out of bloom. The results were de-
cidedly in favor of the early cut alfalfa.
The steers fed on this made an aver
age gain of three .fOurths pound per
day, those fed on the medium cut
made an average gain of one-hslf
pound per day, and the lot fed on the
late-cut hay made an average gain of
but one-fourth pound per day. There
ought to be lesson here for Nebraska
farmers. No doubt there is q tendency
among farmers to let the Job of cut
ting the alfalfa crop accommodate
itself to the other affairs of the farm.
When this is done the hsying Is sure
to have to wait beyond its time very
often, and, as the above experiment
would 60 to show, there may be very
serious loss from this cause; and then
the loss may be from a double source,
as there should be anew crop of alfalfa
coming on while as q matter of fact
this is effectually estOpped by reason
of the old stand holding its place and
growing so hard and fibrous as to be
discarded in large measure and left
in the msnger. Cows in particular are
fond of the esrly-cut alfalfa. horses
will eat 1t a little coarser. But we
take this opportunity to impress upon
those who have had little experience
with alfalfa that it ought to have the
attention of the farmer at the right
time.-Nebr0SkG Farmer.
The advocate., 1896-05-27

State takes an animal which after
being slaughtered is found free from
disease, should be paid for in full by
either the State OF national govern
ment." This seems an unfortunate
thing, but 1t is one that is difficult to
help, and the only thing to do is to in
Sist on having the most competent and
impartial inspectors, who will mini
mize the eVil.-DroUerS' Journal.
The advocate., 1896-05-27

Inspection ut the Chicago Stock Yards.
Live stock inspection causes good
deal of friction, and of course there
are many mistakes made by inspect
ors which work great hardship upon
owners, but those mistakes are by no
means all on one side, and, consider
ing the hurry and hustle of a great
live stock market, they are not very
numerous, and the present system,Of
hog inspection at least, while far from
satisfactory, Is far and away ahead of
the old days, when packers did all the
docking" There is but one feature
of the cattle inspection that works to
the disadvantage of shippers, and that
is where animals are held for post
mOrtem examination and found to be
all right. They never can be sold as
we'll as they could il left with the orig
insl drove and sold without any ques-
ton. A salesman says: "We have
had steers condemned by the inspect.
OTIS, upheld by the State Veterinarian,
and when they were slaughtered they
were found to be perfectly sound and
we were at liberty to sell at the best
possible price obtainable. but in every
such case 1t was a loss to the shipper
of from $l5 to $50 on each animal,
and without any redress. We think
we need q rigid inspection in order
that we can get to any markets of the
world with full knowledge that our
meats or animals are free from disease,
but at the same time We should have
laws that, where the government or
The advocate., 1896-05-27
Common Sense in Cattle Breeding.

Speaking of Col. Harris recent sale
Of the LinwoOd herd, the Breeders
Gazette says:
"If Col. Harris had never done any
thing else for American cattle breed
ing interests than champion the cause
of rational breeding he would be enti-
tied to the gratitude of the entire body
of Western cattle-grOwers. He not
only led the fight against the pedigree
craze that was rampant fifteen years
ago but he had the courage to oppose
with equal vigor the silly idea that
Cruickshsnk Short.horns can be bred
in.and-in for generations with any
other result than that which has over
taken all other strongly-bred strains
known to Short.horn records. The
Gazette has for years inVeighed against
pure this and pure that as embody-
ing an idea that is repugnsnt to all
reason ana common sense, ana we re-
joice therefore at the signal Vlndics
tion Of the soundness of this view fur
nished by the Harris dispersion sale.
When sixty.three head Of cattle can be
sold for nearly $13,0OO-at time when
the average value of all commodities
is lower than at any other period dur
ing the past thirty years-there ample
ground for encouragement for all who
are honestly trying to breed good cattle
along the broad lines 80 successfully
followed up by the great breeder who
has temporarily laid aside the work.
The Linwood sale was an object les
son in the art Of cattle breeding that
cannot fail to have a sslutsry effect
upon all who heard the proprietor's g
brief and er tempore Vsledictory sd-
dress at the ringside and saw the many
beautiful Snimsls passed under the
hammer"
The advocate., 1896-05-27
HIgh-Grade Stock in Texas.

In the line of fine stock ranches,
both large and small, the Panhandle
does not take second position to any
section of the West. The great NIT,
or Capitol syndicate, has several diyi-
sions devoted to full blood stock exelu-
siyely, and "divisiOn" of that COM
pany means whole ranches to an
ordinary stockman, as some of them
contain two or three counties. Differ
ent divisions are devoted to different
breeds of cattle and these supply the
other divisions with breeding stock.
A number Of small ranches are raising
nothing save pure-bred registered
cattle Of some kind, and some of the
highest.priced bulls in the State are
located within 100 miles of Amarillo.
One firm gave an order the other day
The advocate., 1896-05-27
Crimson or Scarlet Glover.

The Ohio Experiment Station has
made several experiments with Grim.
son or scarlet clover during the past
four seasons, all of which have thus
far resulted In failure. The chief diff
Guilty has apparently been that the dry
weather, which is so common in Ohio
during August, the time when this
clover is ordinarily soWn, has killed
the young plants after termination.
OF late years this summer drought has
regularly extended into the fall.
Whether this clover will endure our
winters Is also doubtful point.
The advocate., 1896-05-27

to bull man to bring them a bull
costing not less than $500. 1t is such
animals as this that will produce such
herds as the $685. or the ia when g
yesr-old steers sell at $22.5O.-Teras
StOCkmGn.
The advocate., 1896-05-27
COST OF RAISING CORN.
A Farmers Idea Of the Profits From This
Crop In Kansas.

Field and FjreSide (ChicsgO) and crit
icizes Secretary COburn's figures on
the cost of raising corn. MF. Coburn's g
article was given in these columns
some time ago. The correspondent
says:
"The article recently published in
the Farm. Field and FireSide by Sec.
retsry Coburn on the cost of raising
corn in Kansas gives figures that are
not warranted by the facts and should
not be accepted by those who might be
led to try farming in localities in this
State. The Secretary whips US farmers
over the head for complaining of hard
times and high interest by figuring 2A
per cent. interest on our Investment,
which, he says, lis a net rate higher
than the capitalist, general banker or
money lender dreams of realizing 1t
isnO dream, but the naked truth, ,thstthe
bankers and money-lenders are de-
manding and getting from our farmers
from 1215 to "a per cent. for money.
OF course they eVsde the law and call
1t discount, and none of our legislative
roOsters dare give US a remedy.
"If the farmers are doing as well as
Mr.. Coburn states, why borrow money
and pay so much more than he says
they are making If not to maintain
honor by meeting our obligations
brought about by failures, low prices,
high freights and cursed legislation.
Ellis report may be true as to the
ones Of whom he gets his reports, but
why not classify the State and show
thousands and thousands of acres of
corn that never produce an ear, Is
never harvested and reported in the
general yield, and the interest on the
Investment, labor and all lost to the
farmer, and 1t must be remembered
that large per cent. of the farmers
refuse to give the acreage of growing
crops to their Assessor, so 1t can be
seen that such reports can be no guide.
"He figures the average yield of corn
per acre since 1861 for the State to be
tWenty.seven bushels and the total
cost per acre for raising an acre Of
corn from $5.7l to $6.40. / say 1t will
not exceed an average of ten bushels,
but let us call 1t twenty'seVen bushels,
which Is twenty bushels more than
this county has had In three years, and
last year had to buy seed shipped In.
"Twenty.seVen bushels at Is cents
per bushel is $4.05, and If 1t costs from
&5.7l to S6.40 the farmers of the State
60 In the hole from $l,G6 to 1886 on
every acre, which must be made up by
paying large interest.
"What Is true of corn is also true of
other crops. 1t may sound we'll to
people In the East to talk about the
large profits In feeding, but right now
$3.50 per 100 pounds for hogs Is
staring us In the face, or hold them
when not another pound can be added
and danger of losing them by heat,
and borrow money at above rates with
the uncertainty of a raise to offset it.
"Again the Secretary makes our
stalk fields valuable. Go to any farmer
in this country and ask him how much
better he would be off had he not had
q stalk field, after deducting the loss
of cattle and horses.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-04

The campaign of education has made
people in the world in regard
to money and its relations. In
no other country do the masses
OF the people know so much as
the masses in the United States about
the character and functions of money,
what gives it value, its influence upon
prices, the meaning of standards, the
distinction between mOnometallic
and bimctallc systems of cur
rency and the question of
ratios-this last the most difficult to
make clear at the outset of the cam
paign, to n majority of the people, but
now very generally understood. Even
the children of the public schools have
manifested an intense interest in the
paramount issue and not n few of them
are now better qualified to discuss the
| currency than their fathers were three
months ago OF course there has been
much said on one side Of the COntro-
vcrsy that was misleading and thus
/ wrong impressions We're created which
will continue for time or until re.
| moved by actual experience, but in the
main the instruction has been sound
and its value could not Tery we'll be
| OvcreStimHtcd.
one fact distinctly brought out is
| that labor finds its best reward in gold
| standard countries. In all such coun
! tries wages are higher than in silver
standard countries and their purchasing
! power is relatively greater. Neces
sarily the social condition of the work
! ingman is much better in gold than
in silver standard countries II
has been clearly shown that the silver
! standard implies low wages, scarce
| capital, high rates of interest and Other
disadvantages which make against tn,
progress ana prosperity of the masse,
| of the people Workingmen save mos
In gold countries and are in every way
better off than in silver standard coun
tries. Another piece of useful knowl
edge acquired is that only in countries
having the gold standard Is there any
thing like bimetallism, silver circulating
largely in such countries, whereas til,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-04
THE SrGAR INDUSTRY.

A London correspondent says that the
Guiana sugar planters are holding con
fcrcnccs ana presenting memorials to
the home government on behalf of the
sugar industry, which has apparently
received its death blow from the boun-
ties paid by Germany. Austria and
France to the beet producers. lie states
that nothing is cheaper than sugar in
England. but the staple industry and
trade of the West Indies has been
ruined by European competition, against
which England has not protected her
colonies. The correspondent suggests
that the prosperity of England's sugar
Islands might easily he restored by II
tariff in their favor and against the
beet countries. but to do this would
involve nonconformiry with the sacred
canon of free trade.
1t thus appears that the question of
the future of the sugar industry is one
of widespread interest. 1t is useless to
surmise as TO what England may do to
prevent the destruction of that indus
try in her islands, but it is pertinent to
inquire what this country should do to
project its sugar interests from dcStruc-
tive European competition. The policy
in Germany, Austria ana France in re-
lation TO their beet sugar interests has
greatly stimulated production and the
producers of those countries. particu-
larly of Germany. are enabled to export
beet sugar at prices that defy compe-
tition. 1t is seen that the effect has been
to nearly destroy the sugar industry of
Guiana. The question that naturally
suggests itself is. how long can the
sugar industry of the United States,
without more protection than it now
has. survive the European competition,
which grows stronger from year TO
year: 1t is a matter of no small i'm
portance and Nebraska has Il very con-
siderable interest in it,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-04
uHY WHEAT ADVANCED.

Representative Ncwlands OF Nevada
offers In the Cincinnati Enquirer an cN-
PLANTATION Of why wheat advanced.
He states that our American wheat has
suffered from the competition in the
Liverpool markets of the wheat pro-
duCtion of silver countries, notably
India The wheat crop having failed
in India, so that that country is COM
PEELED To import, "thc result Is that on
the Liverpool market our American
wheat Indian competition being re-
moved, has risen in price" Mr.. New
lands suggests that when the normal
wheat crop Of India is restored the old
competition will be renewed
Now, rs matter of fact this compc.
tition has never been great and is not
likely to be SO in the future mdia'S
wheat exports began to dwindlc several
years ago and have reached Il point
where, even without the drawback of a
crop failure, they ceased to be of any
Importance. In 1891 India supplied
Great Britain with l3,OOO.OOO hundred
weights OF wheat, in 1Sg2 with 12.5OO.-
OOU In 1893 with 100000 and in 1871
with 100000. In lSoJ the quantity rose
to S,SOo,UOu hundred weights but for the
first nine months of this year it was
but 1,93GOOO hundred weights, and
of course none is now being
exported. Since the total imports
into Great Britain of wheat ana wheat
flour are from 9O,OOO,OOO to 1OOOOO.OOO
hundred weights Il year. it will be seen
that If India could produce the cereal To
the extent ana with the profit which it
| mas been asserted she can. it is not
the want of a market which has pre-
vented her doing it. 1t was not the In
dian competition that reduced the price
| of American wheat in the British mar
kct, but the competition of Argentina
and Russia ana this year neither of
/ those countries have a large surplus for
/ export But the competition of India
! has been continually made TO serve the
purpose of deludinS the American
/ farmer.
Mr.. Ncwlands also offers an cxplana.
| tion of the decline in silver. but this is
| Of no consequence. The obvious and
simple explanation is 10 be found in the
! law of supply and demand, as in the
case of the advance in the price of
/ wheat
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-04
personal AND OTHERWISE.

\ Topeka girl who spells her name Kath-
ryn has a regular fellow who gets even with
her by spelling his name Jym.
Lightning struck a foot ball team as it
was about TO play a match at Liverpool
recently, killing one man and badly injurlng
two others.
Governor Wolcott of Massachusetts has
commissioned Cyrus Cobb of Boston to make
a marble bust OF Rev. S. F. Smith, the
author of America" to be placed in the
state house.
An Indiana man who was supposed TO
be dead sat up in his coffin last Saturday,
and induced the mourners to defer the
funeral at least until he had cast his ballot
II that isn't patriotism, what is?
Prof McKonrlck Of Glasgow university
showed at the last meeting OF the British
association d new apparatus, prepared by
himself ana Lord Kelvin, by which the deaf
might be enabled to enjoy the rhythm OF
r.Usic. Ea...
The surplus Of the immense peach crop
In Maine Is being given to the poor In
some portions OF the state as well as IN
New Jersey charity societies are paying
the expense Of picking, canning, and crying
immense quantities OF the fruit among the
poor of the cities this winter.
Sir Frank lockwood, who accompanied
Lord Russell to this country, Is back IN Lon
don again and has revealed to the Londohers
| that "thc American people are actuated by
1
the servant who took one talent and returno i
it was moi an American citizen; Americans
make the most OF their talents
1t Is said to be a fact that hundreds OF
Washington women wear upon their mats
| the plumage of birds which have lost their
lives flying against the Washington mcnu-
ment in the dimness OF twilight or day
break. Hardly a morning comes that there
/ are less than a score OF dead birds about
| the base of the shaft. Strange to say, few
| English sparrows lose their lives by flying
| against the monument.
Munkacsy left Paris for his native land
| last spring, with glowing plans for re-
newed career as the greatest man in Hun
! gary Buda-P Pesth was eager to do its share
in realizing this vision, but at the start
| there was a hitch. Munkacsys health gave
way as soon as he entered Hungary, lie
was forced to go to Baden Baden for the
summer without receiving mueh behent
and now the Hungarian papers report that
he Is worse, and unlikely ever TO paint
| again.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-04

ISLAND NV next stcp waa to stand on Luna
Island. above the central fall, aud on the
.u,ai .ilc OF the American fall proper |
wont ON the extreme eastern side " the
island In order TO- Ect the full force VI The
larger fllI, and sat among the rapids. NCNl
/ won't TO tho Three Sisters Island
with more or less variation of pitch AZ
these aud many other points. ! heard every
nhoro the notes oi tho chord Of @, only foui
uUiaNrs lower
70 arrived u, my conclusion both thu9yctl-
riIly and prl. Ideally Lot me FIRST call at
,cu'lou 20 the third and fourth notes. u
and g.
plLr ground nD'o. G.. was 20 I..g. 50
grand rp mighty that uoyJr could rullizG-
it Dr fnIr 10 Iuf1 my 90 uEht or hearing but
lhrso iEo tones ouly four uctaycs lower,
HuUu rgrVNh0rr with o power which made
Itself foli ~ Holl aa heard
"uui It R.U lr replied. th0ac two notes
wore too lDa TO be- detected by the sense
~ hearing. How ala | determine their
pitch7
II nra' caught tho harmonic notes above
counting the number ~ vibrations Of these
lower two notes, easily determined their
distance below.
And hero comes n curious feature which
proves that Niagara gives a tone and not
roar. The seventh note. the interval OF Tho
tenth was q power and clcarncss entirely
out uf proportion to the harmonlcs as usually
heard in the organ
"Wcrc tho tone Of Niagara mere noise
this seventh note would be either weak OF
confused Or absent altogether.
"What Is Niagara.s rythm? Its beat Is
just once per second
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-04
JnkTns' RETURNS.

Boston Trnnsoripu S,ikkor-I dreamed
last night thIt YOU gave me SlO'
Stryker Good that makes MS square.
owed you tcunrr, YOU know.
Chicago Post: q thought you were
Ef2inE to omar marry , ,ng Eirl that made such
"Oh dear no. When I marry 1 Nant
something permanent
Puck: First Rcporter-Ycu always said
that Jones would never learn, anything
about the newspaper business. ! told you
Second Rcporter-Wha, makes you think
First Ropor,cr-Hc's looking for a. job in
some other line.
Brooklyn Life: what's in
name, ANYHOW?
Dunuc-No, much in yours. old man.
Dunne-Why everything you've got is in
your wife's name, isn't 1t?
Chicago Tribune: "You look so pleased;
where have YOU BEEN"
'1vc been visiting dentists Offices, and
had lovely timc-Eot lot Of new ideas
for our college yell"
Truth: Eurglar-Hold up your hands and
don't speak. Now trot out the most vaiu-
able thing yer got i'm the house.
Head of the Houschuld-O, Lord. he
wants the servant girl and she HASN'T
been here week yet!
Phnadclpula North American. The Ap-
Ilolthlt ny btN you 20 10 WORK.
The Trlmp-Tm trying TO work, sir.
The ArpronChcd-At what
Tho Trnmp-At present, sir, I'm trying td'
work you.
New York Press: She bowed her BLUSH
ing face upon his shoulder. When shc
raised II tho ,rltale flush mad vanished.
That is to say. 1t was no longer ON her
face. Eut it took professional scourcr
and $50 TO get it of his coat
Harpcr's Ba2ar: Mr.. pocticus Cyho for
the last half-hour has been reading his
latest epic poem)-Wcll, my dear, how do
you think II gocs2
Mrs. Poc,icus Cwho has been gazing into
the glass i'm an abstraCted manner-Wcll,
I'm afraid it's a little loose on the shoulder,
4 MODERN SAMARITAN.
The street was dark. the night was cold:
l met man polite and bold.
Tho kindly man will always share
The load his brother has to bear"
A - IL 81 2ySIyFsyD
Twas thus he said. and then he strovc
His Kindness to fully prove;
lie took my watch and exc my rings,
My pockctnook and other things
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-04

Now the Interstate Commerce COM
mission announces that II is preparing
to institute mandamus proceedings to
compel certain railroads to comply with
the law that requires them to file an
nual reports covering their business and
finances with the commission. A man.
damus will merely force the recalcitrant
officials TO come TO time, but it will
not punish them for defying the law.
Having violated other provisions of the
Interstate law with impunty, no Won
der they think they can ignore little
thing like the filing of report, The
only way to enforce the law on the
roads Is to enforce every part of it.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-04
THE ROYAL ROAD.


It's man. bad habits that hurt him more
than oyerwork. The little habits OF coffee
and tobacco hurt worse than some OF the
biz ones, because they are continued more
steadily than the greater habits. Many
man Il simply poisoned to death by the
alkaloIds Of coffee and tobacco and never
win believe what Is hurting him Let him
quit tobacco and use Postum Cereal, the
food drink, IN place Of coffee and very soon
he finds that nature, the great restorer, Is
at work. No medicine Is needed, simply
Quit doing those things which poison and
waste the energy, and let nature build into
body and brain from good food. Postum Is
made entirely Of grains by the Postum
Cereal Co, linn, Of Battle Creek, Mich,
and Is nourishng and fattening, Use plain
common food and the food-drink dt looks
like coffee, but is noO Health viii come
and be of much more solid character than
when patched up with drugs
Or. II. p. Merriman, 2239, Michigan ave
nuc. Chicago. says: ~ have tried the
Postum and am pleased with IT,"
Gust as good" as Postum Cereal are
words used to defraud the public.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-04

silver standard uniformly cXpcls gold.
\ number of fallaccs and false as
sumptions have been exploded, lie
would challenge u doubt as to his san.
ity who should now assert that there
has ever been any necessary connection
or relation between the price of silver
and other commodities, particularly
wheat and cotton. That false and mis-.
leading theory, which has drludcd so
many has been forever disposed of.
Another demolished fallacy Is that the
quantity of money regulates prices. re-
gardlcss OF its quality, or of the opera
tion OF the law of supply aud demand
upon products. Prices are seen to ad-
vance, increasing by many millions the
value of commodities, without cor
responding increase in the currency:
indeed coincidcnt with an cXtraordi-
nary contraction of the currency.
such are some of the teachings of the
campaign of education that have been
deeply impressed upon the public mind
and which make a strong foundation
for further popular enlightenment on
the money question, while at the same
time serving rs an impregnablc bul-
Wark against any attempt hereafter to
Geludc the people on this question.