First
State
Bank
Alliance, Nebraska
The only bank in the city under the
Nebraska State Guarantee Fund,
now over one million dollars.
W appreciate the patronage given thin bank, which ban
enabled ua to show a steady increase in our business each state
ment. It ia our aim to give the best possible service to our cus
tomers and friends, and if you are not already a customer of
ours, we cordially invite you to call in and see us when you are
in the city.
fe pay 5 per cent interest
on Certificates of Deposit
We make real estate loans, and have a very low interest
rate for first class loans.
All Deposits in this bank have the
added protection of The Nebraska
State Guarantee Fund.
and urgent work on part of, crop demonstrations that required a great dal
of the county agent time' made It necessary to postpone survey work until
later In the season. '"'
Farm record taking -was resumed in the month of November, at wb.ch
time twenty-nine far'm reCtords were taken by the county agent. The co.in
ty agent spent the' week ef November 21-27 in the Farm Management ol Ice
at Lincoln, where the Box Butte County Farm records were transferred to
nice sheets; labor incomes figured, temporary summaries made, feed sum
maries made', all tabulations and determinations of factors affecting pre tits
in farmlrig'tn tMs area were determined. - Meeting for .the return .of Ft rm
Survey records Were held in Box' Butte county during the week of Decern tier
J5th. .Six meetings "Werr held with an attendance of sixty-eight' interee Led
persons. ; This waa'.very good considering the weather and other 'factors. R.
R. Spafford assisted the county agent at these .meetings, and during the
week twenty-seven out of the total of fifty-six records were returned to the
men that gave the records,
The record of a farm business of Box Butte county for crop year 1014
ij included in this report, also the factor sheet for this area. This line of
work is considered by the board of directors as one of the most Important
lines of work curried oh during the past year, and will undoubtedly be con
tinued under the same project plan as used this year.
KKt'OIUi OK FARM III SI NESS FOR YEAR ENDlNti JAN.
Heal Estate
Hogs
Feeds
Machinery .......
Tash
Total Capital
Total Farm Tenant
No. Value No. Value
960 117600 320 $ 8000
l.r 1750 IT. 1750
33 1245 33 1245
11 103 11 103
100 50 100 50
704 704
620 602
500 500
$22572 $12972
1, 1015
I .ami lord
No. Value
640 $9600
$9t00
RECKIPTS:
Wheat (60 A) 626 626
Oats 478 478
Fota toes 1190 1190
Horses 7o 70
Cattle, 375 575
Milk and Butter .......... . 210 210
Hogs 391 391
Poultry ioo loo
Miscellaneous 21 21
Cash rent '..
Increase in Feed Inventory ... 13" 137
100
Total. Ueeeipts-.
Cash Kent ... ... . ,
Feeds . N,, ... ...... ... 47
Veterinary, breeding fees ..... 53
Threshing Silo Filling ........ 65
Machinery repairs . ... .... ! ." 10
Building repairs v. .' . 20
Fence Repairs ,........... l
Miscellaneous 86
Insurance 15
Taxes , , . . .... .... so
Family Labor 840
(NOT CASH)
Machinery depreciation ...... 62
Building depreciation 69
Total Cxpensea
Total farm income-.
Income from capital
. r $3798
.. EXPENSES v( CASH).
$3798
$100
100
47
53
65
10
20
1
86
is
40
840
62
69
40
Labor income
11348
2450
1129
1321
$1408
2390
649
1741
$40
60
Percent on
Investment
6
The receipt from stock, are .found by subtracting the sum of th nnr.
chases and what is on hand a Jhf beginning of the year from the sum of the
Mies and that .on hand at the. close of the year.
ffFamUy .labor does .not Include that of the operator.
'J"'5 ''VAlTMtti AFKNCTIMJ PROFITS IN FARMING
Factor
Labor Income .' . . .T . V. '. .'. . ...... .
SIZE OF BUSINESS: ' '
Farm Area ,
Crop Area , . 10
Aver, of Aver, all Aver, of
l3MMr Record 15 good
paying (5ft M)lng
farm farnift) farm
. $-595 30 763
1143 967 1009
160 185 250
It IS 9
1T 14 119
tl IS 47
ltff 179 297
tST SIX (57
4T1 SOS 1S67
164 1S4 305
7T 85 99
24 24 23
26 SI 35
62 55 60
27 35 43
33 44 40
97 100 108
10 9 11
8 10 12
12 14 14
0.53 0.48 0.47
98 113 132
18 21 27
24 28 32
1 horse, 2 colts, 7 sheep,
Productive Animal Units 28 34 61
Total Capital 22628 21055 24942
Total Receipts 1394 1840 S050
Total Expenses 768 757 1040
DIVERSITY OF BUSINESS:
Sources of Income-
Corn Sales
Wheat 8ales ,
Oat Sale
Potato Salsa
Horses
Cattle
Hogs
Poultry
QUALITY OF BUSINESS:
Livestock
Feed cost per Animal Unit
Stack receipts per animal unit
Receipts per sow
Receipts per cattle unit
Receipts per pro. horse unit
Crop Production
Crop Index
Corn yield per acre
Wheat yield per acre
Oats yield per acre
Hay yield per acre ,
Efficiency of Labor
Crop acres per man
Productive animal units per man
Crop acres per horse
One Animal Unit Is 1 caw. or 2 young ca
14 lambs, 5 hogs, 10 pigs, or 100 head of poultry, figured on the basis that
each animal unit requires approximately the same amount of feed and pro
duces the same amount of manure.
The receipts from stock are found by subtracting the sum of the pur
chases and what is on hand at the beginning of the year from the sum of
the sales and that on hand at the close of the year.
Crop Index compares yields on the basis of 100 per cent for the av
erage of all records.
HOYM' ANI UIRIX' CM II WORK IN IlOX BUTTE COUNTY .
The boys' and girls' club work was adopted in project form at the first
meeting of the board of directors held the last Friday in March. The co
operative agreement Is clearly outlined in the project. Bad roads made
organization throughout the county almost impossible.
L. T. Skinner presented the Boys' and Girls' Club work to the three
city schools of Alliance: to the city school of Hemingford; and to the one
school district at Berea. As a result of these meetlnen thlrtv.nino hrw. mnA
girls were enrolled In the club work. The Club activities promoted in this
county in isi& weie tne rotato, Fig, Gardening, Canning and Sewing Clubs.
These lines of club work will be continued in 1916.
Following is the list:
Potato Club: Dewey Donovan, Arthur Dillon, Leon Edwards, George
Fenning, Philip Grove. Dean Harris. Ralnh Joder. Edward Minor pi.h..
Watteyne. Vlncan Westlake, John Addy. Frank Buechsenstein, Chester
ueca, Henry maer, uobert Kalis, Anson Thomas, James Sanders, Hugh
('Conner, Leo Snyder.
Gardening C!ub: Irnia Lotspeich.
Pig Club: Td Armstrong, Allison Johnson.
Cooking Club: Eva Barrit, Emma Jensen, Olga Johnson, Nelle Vaughat:
and Elliot Warn.
Sewing Club: Eva Barritt, Beatrice Fenner. Alta Hucke, Lizzie MaWn.
Frances Olds, Beulah Rohrbaugh, Lois Wildy, Vivian Westlake, Bernice
Fenner, Lela Nabb. i.
One fact brought out in the short experience of Boys' and Girls' Club
wojk in the county Is the necessity for local Interest of both parents; teach
ers In public schools; and the selection-Nnf a local leader who will give his
or her moral support to the organization -of dlRtrirt ntnh an a tn o,,,,-,,..
all club members to send in their reporfs promptly so that their work at no
uiue is ajiowea,v arag me would.': new irf the county to the schools,
and new to the people of the. count . ae ks a rointonnpn'n w ruih.n a''
w ' - tmui.uv wi
ficult to secure the local leader rand to' Ret the support of the teachers and
parents uunng tne nrst year "work.- s . .7 ' .' " :
As a consequence very few of the club members keni nn Miir u-m-ir i.
sending in reports as the first report was due. The reports of all who will
proDamy complete tne ciud work are In at the Lincoln office at present.
An annual meeting for members of the boys' and girls' club; all other
boys and girls Interested; teachers, parents, etc.. is planned for the month
of January. From the interest shown lately by teachers to whom the work
was presented at the teachers' Institute by the county agent, good results
are expected In club work during 1916.
PROJECT AGREEMENT
Farm Demonstration WorK in Box Butte county by the Box Butte Coun
ty Farm Management Association Cooperating with the Agricultural Ex
tension Service, University of Nebraska, and the United States Department
of Agriculture.
NAME OF PROJECT: Boys' and Gills' Club Work.
LOCATION: Box Butte county, Nebraska.
COUNTY AGENT: F. M. Seidell.
HEADQUARTERS: Alliance, Nebraska.
DATE EFFECTIVE: January 1, 1915.
ADVISERS: Huldah Peterson, L. T. Skinner and J. G. McMillan.
OBJECT: To interest and educate boys and girls (1) in agriculture
and in home duties, (2) in organization and cooperative effort.
ORGANIZATION: (1) The county superintendent shall be coanty
leader in promoting Boys' and Girls' Club work.
(2) The county agent shall cooperate with the county superintendent
tnd shall thru local leaders direct the field work.
(3) County organization shall have at least thirty members and five
local leaders.
(4) Federal and state clr.b regulations shall be followed.
METHOD OF PROCEDURE: The County Agent under this projec.
shall cooperate with the county superintendent (a) in organizing Boys' and
Girls' Clubs and (b) In giving technical assistance and direction to loa
Waders of clubs In the following manner:
(1) By presenting club work (a) at teachers' institutes and special
:.eetlngs, (b) at school in regular session, (c) at special Junior meetings.
(2) By securing local leaders who shall assume the responsibility o
keeping in touch with club members In their various activities and organ!
club members Into local clubs.
(3) By giving direction and assistance to club leaders in the organiz
ation work and in the active carrying on of the club activities.
(4) By meeting the clubs called together by club leaders for the pur
pose of encouraging and giving personal instructions to club members in
the proper procedure of their club work. These meetings wherever con
venient should be held In the field 6f some member, at a schoolhouse or
home.
(5) By arranging for at least (a) one contest and meeting in each com
munity, (b) one annual county contest and meeting.
(6) By giving assistance to individual boys and girls not in regular
clubs but scattered over the county. It should be the plan of the county
agent not to make special trips to plats of ih'ividuals except as occasion
might demand, but rather to meet members in groups. When calling at a.
farm where a club member resides an effort should be made to give person
al inspection of the project under way and to offer encouragement.
REPORTS: The County Agent and the County Superintendent shall
make progress reports from time to time on the work outlined in this pro
ject. At the close of the year a full report shall be made of the accomplish
ments of this work in the county, and copies transmitted to each of the co
operating parties.
AUTHORITY: (1) The approval and signature of this project by tht
County Superintendent shall be considered evidence of assuming responsi
bility for M.e work in the rounty and a desire to have the assistance and co
operation of the county agent under terms, of this agreement.
(2) The approval of the project by the board of directors in a regu
lar mating and its signature by the president of the local organization shall
b considered tn exprescion of cooperation to give the county agent all pos
sible support In following out the work outlined in this project agreement.
IRRIGATED HOMESTEADS IN
THE NORTH PLATTE VALLEY
-
Government Proclamation:
Department of the Interior. Washington, Jan. 18, 1916. t
PUBLIC NOTICK
1. In pursuance of the provisions of section 4 of the nbclamaUon At
of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat., 388), an dacts amendatory thereof and supple
mental thereto, and particularly the Reclamation Extension Act of August
13, 1914 (38 Stat., 686), notice Is hereby given that water will be furnished
under the North Platte project, Nebraska-Wyoming, In the lrrigatioa aea
son of 1916 and thereafter for the Irrigable lands of mid project shown a
the farm unit plats of:
Sixth Principal Meridian.
T. 23 N., R. 53 W.
T. 22 N., R. 53 W.
T. 22 N.. R. 52 W.
T. 21 N., R. 62 W.
T. 22 N., R. 51.W.
T. 21 N., R. 51 W.
approved by the Secretary of the Interior on November 23, 1915, and on Me
in the local land offices at Alliance. Nebr., and In the office of the project
manager at Mitchell, Nebr.
2. This public notice applies only to the unentered lands and I&a4a
heretofore entered but relinquished or abandoned, shown on the above
plats.
3. Homestead entries of the farm units shown on said plats embracing
public lands of the United States may be made on and after March 24, 191,
at 9 o'clock a. m., at the local land office, If found regular and accompanied'
by the certificate of the project manager, showing that water-right applica
tion has been filed and the proper water-right charges deposited.
4. Warning is hereby expressly given that no person will be permitted
to gain or exercise any right whatever under any settlement or occupation
begun prior to 9 o'clock a. m. March 24, 1916. on any lands shown on said
plats; provided, however, that this shall not interfere with any valid exist
ing rights obtained by settlement or entry while the land was subject there
to. All persons desiring to acquire any public lands shown on said puts
shall execute homestead application Subject to the proviMGns of the recla
mation act In the manner required by law, which, with the required feea and
commissions, accompanied by certificate of the project manager aa to the
filing of water right applications and payment of water right charge aa
hereinafter provided, shall be presented to the local land office at Alllaaee
Nebr., in person, by mail or otherwise within a period of five days prior to
March 24, 1916, that is, beginning not earlier than March 19, 1916. Ail
entries filed as herein provided and reaching the local land office not later
than 9 o clock a. m. on March 24, 1916. shall be held and treated as slnal
taneously filed. Applications presented after that hour will be received aad
noted in the order of filing. Any application not based on a prior settle
ment right will be subject to valid settlement claims asserted In the maaaer
required by law.
5. The register and receiver will carefully compare all applications si
multaneously filed as aforesaid and will dispose of them as follows-
(a) Where there is no conflict, the application shall be allowed Irre
spective of whether settlement is alleged.
(b) In case of conflicting applications and only one of the applioaata
alleges prior settlement, his application shall be allowed and the others re-jf-clea.
(c) If two or n oie conflicting applications are reived each contain
ing allegations of prior settlement, a hearing hall be ordered to determine
tne priority of right and it shall be restricted to those alleging such right.
6. Where there are applications conflictin gin whole or in part in which
no one of the several, applicants claims prior settlement, the register and
receiver will write on cards the names of the several applicants and each of
tl.ene cards shall be placed in an envelope upon which there is no distinctive
or identifying mark, and at 2 o'clock p. m. on the date of opening the entry
if practicable, if not, at same hour one week later), after all the envelopes
containing the names of the several applicants shall, have been thoroughly
mixed in the presence of such persons as may desire to be present, they shall
he drawn and numbered in order. The cards as numbered and drawn wil
be securely fastened to the applications of the respective persons and the ap
pl cations shall be allowed in such order. Where any applicant falls to ob
tain land applied for by him. he will be permitted to fleet whether he will
imiend his application to embrace other lands not affected by pending appli
cations and otherwise subject thereto when such amended application la
presented, or withdraw his original application without prejudice and, in the
.vent of such withdrawal, the fees and commissions will be returned by the
leceiver and any water right charges deposited will be returned by the nro
jec, manager of the Reclamation Service. Applications conflicting in whole
with those previously allowed will be rejected in the usual manner.
?; Thv. projett manager will receive water-right applications accom
panied by the proper water-right payments, which for the first payment !
be accep Pd in the form of draft on New York or Denver, or money order
payable to the Chier Clerk. U. S. Reclamation Service. Mitchell Nebraska
and Issue certificates to applicants for public lands at any time af er the date
of this notice. Each application must be for a specific farm unit More
ban one person may make application lor the same farm unit Filinit of
water-right application and Issuance of certificate gives no preference riaht
u, make entry. Acceptance of application will be endorsed thereon by the
projrc : manager when notified by the local land office that entry has been
illowed. All other applications, with payments made, will be returned to
rojectnina?erBUrri'nder b' f 0rtlflcate of n,,n ,8,upd -by the
,8- Teuli,n,i, "f a,,,a rr ntry representing the acreage which, in the
. pinion of the Seen t;.iy of the Interior, may be reasonably required for the
mpport of a family upon such lands Is fixed at the amounts shown upon he
j.lats for the several rami i units. All water-right applications must be made
o the project manaver. r. S. Reclamation Service. Mitchell, Nebraska
? Th,eWaieJRrKlght "ges per acre of irrigable land are of two kinds:
(a) a charge of $55 per Irrigable acre for the building of the irrigation sys
em. termed the construction charge; and (b) an annual charge for opera
tion and maintenance, payable March first of each year for the preceding
irrigation season. The operation and maintenance charge for the irrigation
b,ason of 191 shall be due March 1. 1917. and shall be of 7he amount S
forms of payment announced for the aid project.
10. For homestead entries made hereunder an initial payment of hve
per centum or $2.75 per irrigable acre, on account of the construction
charge shall be made at the time of entry or filing of water-right applica
tion, which application must be en the form provided under the Reclamation
Extension Act. The remainder of the construction charge. $52.25 per irri
gable acre, must be paid in fifteen annual installments, the first five of which
shall each be 5 per centum (or $2.75 per irrigable acre each), and ih? re
mainder each 7 per centum (or $3.85 per irrigable acre each). The first
of said annual installments shall become due and payable on Decemebr 1 of
the fifth calendar year arter the Initial installment, and subsequent install-
nents shall become due on December 1 of each calendar year thereafter.
11. Any wat. r-rlght npplicunt or entiman may. if he so elects, pay the
hole or any part of the construction charges owing by him within any
honor period than thi.t provided by the public notices and orders HDnlica
!e fo his land.
12. All watt r-iiht charges must be paid at the office of the U. S Rec
lamation Service, at Denver. Colorado, except as provided in paragraph 7
Drafts on New York or Denver, money orders, checks, etc., should be made
payable to the Disbursing Officer, U. S. Reclamation Service, Denver. Colo
rado. 13. The method of determining the annual operation and maintenance
charges, the penalties for failure to pay the construction charge and the op
eration and maintenance charges when due. and discount allowed for pre
payment of operation and maintenance charges for all ladns shall be as nre
fcribed by the Act of Auttust 13, 1914.
ANDRIEUS A. JONES,
First Assistant Secretary of the Interior
ror full rf tnilart., tiling blanks etc., Me or write
Nebraska Land Comp'y
J. C. McCorke Manager
Room 11, Land Office Building,
Alliance, Nebraska
Get your filing papers made here so that thy will be correct
We have thousands of acres of land in Box Butte county at pric rang
ins; from $10 to $75 prr acre which we will eit nn ....,. ....
- - ..-.u i me pur-
chafer and which we will ahow by uuto tre. of charge to ininrested prt
Automobile garc.ie p. nd auto livery located downsulrs In the same
building. Let us show you this homestead land and locate you.
