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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-15

crops and plants OF the arid regions are
unusually rich In protein which IL the most
important nutrltive element to be found In
grain used for feed. In the high attitudes
alfalfa has IS per cent Of protein, while
The average for the United States is but II
per cent.
THE principle reason for these large
yields IN that the virgin soil has not been
worn out. There Is no need for letting the
soil deteriorate for It can be maintained
and the average yield will always be
higher In the higher attitudes thar In any
part OF the country. We are producing q
variety OF wheat at our plant breeding
farm which will double the yield Of the
state through having the proper hereditary
Yielding power"
North Dakota IL a new state ms far as
the growing OF corn is concerned, and yet
that state Is demonstrating at the Corn
show that tho corn belt ia moving farther
to the north each year and that quick
growing corn Is a good proposition even as
far north as North Dakota.
Giibrcath for North Dakota
w. E. Gilbreath. state immigration COM
missioner for North Dakota. Is in charge
of tho exhibit at the Corn show, and he has
prepared one OF the largest state exhibits
of the entire exposition. Commissioners
from other states are taking lessops from
the display Mr.. Gilbreath has brought to
Omaha and will try to profit by his ex-
ample, one OF the reasons for his splendid
exhibit Is that the Legislature of North Da-
kota sets aside $4,000 each year to be used
to promote immigration to the state and
Mr.. Giibreath says he knows OF no better
way than to exhibit at tho National Corn
exposition at omaha.
Tho exhibit is complete and is put up
with the precision OF an all-year exposition
rather than for a two weeks exhibition.
The booth shows there are clghty-elght
coal mines in operation within the state
and that last year 2S9, 435 tons Of coal were
mined. The value OF animals fattened and
killed for home use were 81, $3.50, 49,. and the
amount received for live stock shipped out
Of the state was SAN, 65S. The value Of
the dairy and creamery industry OF North
Dakota amounted to $4,O0O,OO last year.
The wages paid to farm laborers last year
was $S,GOS, O5S.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-15
KING LEOPOLD MAY YET LIVE
Operation is Successful and No Tumor
is Found.
KING HEARS NEWS WITH JOY
Asks Physicians ms TO Condition as
Soon M He ReEainH Conscious
n~ess-Reaiing ERsicr since
tbs Operation.

BRUSSELS, Dec. liking Leopold was
operated upon successfully today. The sur
geons found no trace of a tumor, the pres
ence OF which in the intestines had been
feared. His majesty's troubles was due to
d simple obstruction.
The king Is resting quietly.
At 8 o'clock this afternoon the physicians
issued this bulletin:
1.-THE kings condition is very good as the
result OF the operation.
When, following the operation, his
majesty regalned consciousness he was
told of what had been accomplished and
expressed great satisfaction. He said he
felt marked relief.
The physicians are more hopeful of the
ultimate recovery OF the royal patient.
They met In consultation again this after
noon. The resort to surgery was had only
as a last chance, and the medical men had
not been optimistic. Their unexpected suc-
cess has given the member OF the house.
hold and the populace new hope.
Leopold was under the effects of chloro-
form for forty minutes. When these had
passed he asked the surgeons for the de-
tails of the operation. They replied that
an incision had been made and an accumu-
alton removed from the intestines. Happily
they had discovered neither a tumor nor
an abscess. Al the word an expression OF
Joy lighted the features Of the aged mon
arch, who feebly but with eagerness ques-
tioned:
Then there is hope for my life?"
Yes, your majesty" responded DR.,
Thirer, there is hope, but the greatest
care must be exercised"
The gravest danger now is the possibility
of fever developing.
Special editions of the newspapers an
nounce the result OF the operation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-15

the legislative body. The announcement OF
the adjournment was greeted with Misses
and when Corda left the building he was
given an ovation.
From the meeting place the congressman
who dared publicly to voice the first pro-
test against the government was followed
to his hotel by a mob which alternately
cheered Corda and cried long live liberty"
down with oppression"
News of what had transpired in congress
spread rapidly, and the crowd grew to the
strength Of an army. The rioters gathered
In front OF the Mexican legation and called
upon the Mexican minister to Nicaragua
for a speech. The diplomat asked 10 be
excused.
The crowd had become emboldened be-
cause OF the noninterference OF the police
and violent denunciations OF the present
regime were voiced. In the confusion of
shouts, one could make out viva Mexico"
"long live the United States the hand
writing is on the wall"
CordA was released but recently from the
p~enitentiary.
Following demonstrations at Corda's
hotel the crowd moved to the home OF
Henry Caldera, the United states vice con-
sui. Here they cried; Live Estrada"
stul the police did not interfere, and the
tramping and shouting went on until the
manifestants Rad tired themselves out
There Is a rumor here that General
Estrada was captured during a battle al
Rama, but no confirmation OF the story is
possible here. where the authorities say
they have received no dispatches since last
Friday.
Insurgents Take Three Towns.
ILUEFIELDs, Nicaragua, Dec. lA-An
official telegram received at the insurgent
headquarters here announces that General
Morales. at the head OF q band OF insur-
gents has captured Tortuga, orisi and
suroa. three small towns on the Costa
Rican frontier.
Morales proclaimed Estrada president OF
Nicaragua and continued his march 70 at
tack the Important town OF Rivaa.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-15
olal channel. and we should endsavOr to

cial channel, and we should endeavor to
develop 1t.
I'VE have made progress, 1t Is true, In
our supreme endeavor, but there remains
much to be doLe. We must urge the de-
velopment Of the Big Muddy so as to make
IL a great inland waterway Off the trans
portation OF freight"
List of Committeeman.
Governor Burke, at the close OF the SEES
sion, appointed the following committees
to serve during the coming year:
Constitution and Bylaws-E. Q. Garrett,
Nebraska; s, S. Searle, Nebraska; w. W.
Llley, North Dakota; Il. M. Clendenlng
Missouri; A. B. Beale. Iowa; A. w. Ewart,
South Dakota; w. Il. Childs, Kansas; Johh
Nominating~W C. Gnbreth, North Da-
Ikota; c. D. Lobeck, Nebraska; Thomas H..
Smith, Iowa; Alexander Phillip. Kansas
A. Wheeler, South Dakota; F: E. Strana-
han, Montana; w. I. Bland, Missouri.
Resolutions-E, c, Ellis, Missouri; Judge
Loomls, Nebraska; c. E. De Land, south
Dakota A. $, Garretson,, Iowa; ". A. NC
tana; John 9. Frazer, Kansas.
Credentlals-W. b. Watt Il. l. Ham
mond, Nebraska; ]. II. McHarg, Iowa. X.
A. Middaugh, North Dakota j. A. hun-
yon, Missouri; J. o. Benton, Kansas; Jesse
Sullivan, Missouri; D.. Heinshlmer, Iowa.
A~udilng-E. j. McVann, Nebraska; L.
H Smith, Iowa; William May, Nebraska;
John p. Erickson, South Dakota; Ralph
Anderson, North Dakota.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-15

mense az to be beyond comprehension.
'-rhe land to the west of Nebraska would
make twenty-five OF the ordinary eastern
states. These have millions Of acres ready
for lrrlgat on which will produce every
known product. This land was absolutely
valuelcss without water. but with water
great cities will be built on the arid plains,
Message by Prof. Buffum.
zone OF tho main reasons why the west
produces such gigantic crops is that they
arc grown on virgin soil which has not
been worn out by, years OF tlllngo," said
Prof. &c. Buffum OF Worland. Wyo., who
maintains the only commercial plant-breed-
Ing plant In the country except that oper-
ated by Luther Burbank In California.
Prof. Buffum spoke on tho relation OF
western soil and climate to crops,
sit IN We'll demonstrated that the forage
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-15
PROTECTORATE
FOR NICARAGUA

CONTINUED from First Page,)
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-15

NoveIues-FRENzER-lsth md DOdse.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-15
DENIED WILSON WILL QUIT
President Taft Knows of No Impend-
ing Change In Official
Family.

NEW HAVEN, Dec, L-Emphatic denial
was given to the report that William O.
Thompson, president OF the Ohio State
University will be appointed January /, TO
the post OF secretary OF agriculture In
succession to James Wilson. 1t is under
stood here, that so far rs President Taft
knows, Secretary Wilson has no intention
OF resignlng.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-15

EooNE, Ia, Dec, decentralization
morning &c. II. Bennett died at the age OF
" wears. He was born In Cambridge,
Mrss., April %, 1912, and while vet a lad
moved with the family to bridgeport
Conn. When manhood was reached the
family moved 10 La Porte. Ind. where Mr.
Bel nett was married to Miss France,
winohclL Hhere their five children wer,
born and raised.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-15
DEATH RECORD.


BOONE, Ia, Dec. A-(special Telegram.
p, $. Bibbs, a w~ell-known resident o.
Boone and for many years connected with
the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
company. died last night In Omaha at hi,
daughters home, Tho funeral will be held
here probably Thursday.
Mrs. Alva Brrzee
Mrs, Alva BraEee, q years OF age, wifi,
OF r. II, Brace. 1914 North Fortieth street
died Monday evening at the Methodist hos
pital OF peritonitis. She Is survived b,
her husband and two children, The bod,
was taken this afternoon to Clarkson To-
intcrmcnt.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-15
Hiram :. wallace.

Hiram S. Wallace, IS years Of age, died
Tuesday at his home, 1881 North Twenty
fourth street OF stomach trouble. A wife
and family survive him. The funeral ar
rangements have not been made.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-15
SAALLENBECER FOR WATER
Continued from First Page.)

CONTINUED from First Page,)
time l had recently trying to appoint a
United States senator you would not try
to put any additional responsibility on the
chair"
Governor Burke Names Committees.
But the delegates finally decided the re-
sponslbility ought to rest on the chair and
Governor Burke was allowed the privilege
OF appointing committees on resolutions.
revision of the constitution and bylaws,
credentials, auditing and nominations.
Secretary-Treasurer w. A. Campbell
rendered an accoutn of hisend of the bust
ness, after explaining that the report must
be largely guess work because of the
mixup that occurred at the Yankton con-
v%ention, where the dues were spent for
local purposes and the further trouble
arose over the books and papers when he
was appointed. He reported, however, that
only eighty-four additional membership
fees OF 81 each were necessary to meet all
expenses incurred to date. Mr.. Campbell
explained that the smallness OF the ex-
penditure incurred by him was because
the Omaha Commercial club had permitted
It's employees TO aid materially in the pre-
liminary work Of the convention.
Juukt blhnus CHAIRMAN OF the Kansas
City delegation, declares that Kansas City
has got the next congress and gone with IL.
1--WE have the pledge OF every city repre-
scented south OF Omaha and l don't know
whether We will get Omaha's support or
not"
Ellis Looking south.
Following Governor shallenberger's was
an address delivered by Edgar c. Ellis
OF Kansas City, Mr.. Ellis is former con
gresham from Kansas City and was thS
first president Of the congress, He said;
when Cook and ePary stood at tn,
North pole, so we are told. every direc.
ton to them was south, To ms there Il
only one direction and that Is southerly
Our great river flows to the sunny south,
land and we must develop Il so that &
viii carry the freight OF the states on ~
banks southwark. II is a great CONNER,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-29
LEADS IN TREE CULTURE

Massachusetts has set an example q,
good sense In the preservation of her
forests which may well be followed
by her sister states in the west
Massachusetts has been on the road
a good while, as her timber thieves
and lumber hogs have been as n,,mor-
Gus and persistent as those Of the weSt
but they have been kept from robbInp
the state OF her forests by good laws
administered by honest men.
or the 100000 acres in NTassacbu-
setts there arc about 100000 In heavy
timber wood lots. parks and waste land
Can any other state make as good q
showing? Hardly. And this preot
area. much of which is beautiful for
ests. is being steadily improved bv 81
systematic course OF preservation and
rcforestation. The people are taurbt
by the state how to save the trees tboy
have and how to grow new ones In
place OF those cut down for yearly
needs or destroyed by fire or other ac
cidents.
Ton thousand dollars a year is snont
in giving object lessons in refores,a-
ton. The state forester, F. w Fano
is an enthusiast about forests Ho
loves trees as he does animals and tho
death of fine tree erleves him moro
deeply than the death of a fine horse
or cow, because new horse or a neyv
COW can be produced at full value In
four years. bur new tree cannot he
grown TO full value under twenty years.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-29
HINTS FROM THE HIRED MAN

An Illinois man taught me how 10
raise and cure sorghum He puts In
two bushels of seed to the acre with
wheat drill. This gives a uniform
growth; the plant Is small. and the
yield is about as heavy as from
thinner seeding
L never worked on n farm until was
Is years old. / had always worked in
beef-packing plant in a large city,
and l suppose that is where l formed
habit of hustling. which has stuck
to me ever since. When l commenced
farming l used to listen for the sound
OF the whistle at dinner time. but |
soon learned that I'm the busy seasons
man cannot put In too many houra
Some of the boys In my neighborhood
told me II was a mistake TO do auY
more than ! really had to to hold my
job, but 1 take notice that I am now
getting S25 per month and my board
and washing all the year round, while
the other fellows get about SIS and arr
laid off during the winter,
Farm help is becoming scarcer every
year, but l think the farmer himself Is '
largely to blame. Too many farmers
regard the hired man as beast Of
burden. and give him about the same
treatment that they do their mules
How can A farmer expect to keep .
good man IL he only pays him $50 per
month. makes him sleep in hot loft
in the house or in the haymow. expect
him to work fifteen hours DAY seven
days In the week during the summer
and fires him In the fall2 | notice thar
the farmer who keeps his hired man
all the year round and treats him Win
the consideration that Is due him gen
orally makes money and seldom klcEs
about the scarcity of labor.
The farmer who leads and does no'
drive Is the man who gets the mos
work and the best service out OF tn
hired man.
The hired man who does not Eeel
himself neat and clean has no right
expect to sit at the family table.
Soap Is cheap and the we'll is usuap
handy.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-29
HOW TO HANDLE MANURE

When fresh manure is allowed to
| remain in n heap decomposition com
| mences in a few days. The carbon
combines with oxygen in the air, pro-
ducing carbonlc dloxlde. which is given
of the manure pile. Considerable heat
is produced during this process, which
dries out the water. and as the water
passes out OF the manure the dry state
causes the nitrogen to pass out While
the entire heap of manure is wet
the loss of nitrogen s small. but the
waste Of the valuable portion is by
teaching.
Experience demonstrates that a ton
OF stable manure exposed for six
months Will lose almost one half its
weight and 81 pounds of nitrogen
When exposed for one year the loss of
nitrogen Is a little over one third II
the exposure be continued for two
years and over two-thirds or more of
the fertiliZing properties would be
wasted. leaving not more than so cents
OF value TO the ton
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-29
c0LTIvA1INe THE CROP

Do not wait for the corn to get mucn
above the ground before beginning cul-
tivation. A harrow put on just before
the plant appears above the surface
or Immediately afterward kills millions
Of weeds and prepares the soil ior the
tender plant when 1t comes through
Then the weedcrs and cultivators
should be kept going from this Tune
until the corn is too big to be cuiti-
waited with safety. II the season is dry
more cultivation is necessary, because
il has been demonstrated that the
average rainfall is not sufficient TO
grow a full crop of corn without Keep
Ing the moisture under the surface ana
the Importance of thorough cultivation
in dry seasons is therefore apparent.
A fine dust mulch will keep the
moisture from evaporatlng and render
the plant food available for the corn
roots.
The FIRST cultivation may be deep
but after civilizations should be snai-
low. The old fashioned plow ripping
along between rows four or nVe
inches deep, tearing and cutting on
the roots, has destroyed millions OIL
bushels OF corn In times gone by,
Most farmers know better now, but
there may be'yct some unenlightened
man, and to him this warning applies
When the corn plant is three or four
feet high the nbrous roots extend from
one row to another and form mat
from three TO five inches under the sur
face. When six to eight feet high
these roots have formed complete
connection between the rows, and IL
can easily be understood that cul-
tivator set five or six inches deep will
tear this mat apart and thus greatly
injurc the growing plant
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-29

with silage, because of its succuIent
and palatable nature.
A ton of alfalfa or cow pea hay may
be produced at a cost of from SO 90 tc
$500. whereas wheat bran costs from
$50 to s25. From two to three tons OF
COW pea hay and from three to five
tons of alfalfa can be obtained from ar
acre of land, hence there Is a great ad-
vantage In the utilization of these
roughnesses in the place of wheat
bran
Alfalfa and COW pea hay cannot be
substituted to the best advantage for
cottonseed meal. as this foodstuff is
80 very rich In protein that a larger
bulk must be consumed than the ca
paclty of the average COW Will permit
The substitution of a roughness rich
in protein for an expensive concentrate
will enable the dairyman to make milk
and butter at less cost and will thus
solve one OF his most serious prob
| lens.
In substituting alfalfa hay for wheat
bran it Will be best to allow one and
one half pounds of alfalfa to each
pound Of wheat BRAN and the results
are likely to prove more satisfactory
II the alfalfa Is fed in finely chopped
condition,
These tests indicate that with alfalfa
hay at $40 ton and wheat bran at
$2o the saving effected by Substituting
alfalfa for wheat bran would be 50 90
Tor every 100 pounds OF butter and 1a. 8
cents for every 100 pounds of milk. The
farmer could thus afford to sell his
milk for 1913 cents a hundred less than
he now receives and his butter for
about % cents, as compared with 25
cents pound
These experiments show why alfalfa
mas been frequently used as a basis of
manufactured foodstuffs. and indicate
that the farmer who can grow 1t makes
mistake in purchasing artificial stuffs
of which il forms the basis
When alfalfa was fed under tho most
favorable conditions a gallon of milk
was obtained for ST cents and a poupd
of butter for 10H cents. When COW
pea hay was fed the lowest cost of a
gallon OF milk was so cents and NJ a.,
pound OF butter "a cents. In localities
where peas have grown well IL can he
utilized to replace wheat bran and in
sections where alfalfa can be grown
this crop can be substituted for cow
pea hay with satisfaction.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-29
CARE IN FEEDING MlLCH cows

Mich cows require different feed
than beef cattle. You should not feed
much fat-forming foods, as your cows
would lay on fat instead of producing
milk Feed more silage or roots in the
winter.
Daily feed for a 100o-pound COW.
Forty pounds of silage. seven pounds
of clover hay and eight pounds of
grain.
The cows that arc soon to freshen
should be fed on succulcnt feed such
as silagc or roots, bran. linseed meal
with a little oats. Keep the bowels
open and do not feed very heavy on
grain just before or after calying.
After calving give bran mashes and
warm tho drinking water for few
days. Allow the calf TO suck for about
two days and then feed the mothers
milk from pail for about two weeks.
about three quarts twice a day; after
TINT reduce 1t with skim milk or warm
water. so that at the end of the fourth
week the calf Will be getting all skim
milk or half whole milk and half warm
wafer. with some reliable stock tonic
to aid digestion.
Keep supply Of good clover or all
falfa hay within reach and also some
ground oats with a little linseed meal
mixed with 1t.
After the calf eats the ground feed
gradually get him used TO eating whole
oats, as this is the best feed for him
up to 6 months old.
The heifers should not be bred until
10 or Is months old.-H. H. Shepard
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-29
FOR BETTER DIRT ROADS

With a sandy soil and subsoil of
clay or clay and gravel plow deep so
AS TO raise and mix the clay with the
surface soil and sand,
The combination forms sand-clay
road at tri1lng expense.
If the road be entirely of sand n
mistake will be made If 1t is plowed,
unless clay can be added
Such plowing would merely deepen
the sand. and at the same time break
m the small amount OF hard surface
material which may have formed.
If the subsoll is clay and the surface
scant in sand or gravel, plowing should
not be resorted to, as 1t would result
in A clay surface rather than one of
sand OF gravel.
A road foreman must know not only
what 10 plow and what not TO plow.
but how and when TO plow-
II the road is OF the kind which
according 10 the above instructions
should be plowed over its whole width
the best method Is to run the first
furrow in the middle of the road and
work out to the sides, thus forming
crown.
Results from such plowing are the
greatest in the spring or early summer
In bitches a plow can be used TO
good advantage, but should be fol-
lowed by u scraper OF grader.
To make wide, deep bitches nothing
better than the ordinary drag scraper
has yet been devised.
For hauls under 100 feet or In max
ing "flls" 1t is especially serviceable.