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Brand Inspector's Report
Adenine Information from Aminal ltcMrt of Chief lira ml
lii!peetor, Showing targe Amount of Oood Work Done
A Much Needed Work
Tho report of the chief brand in
; ector of the Nebraska Stork (irow-
"T Association, for tho year 191 6
116, which wil te published in full
In the leue of the Nebraska Storfeman
next following the Stockman's Con
vention, Jane 20 and 21, will con
tain information both lir;restlng and
iiht-rul to ranchmen.
It will show that "here is stilt the
hii me Bend of Ins.pwtioiv that there
lias been In pre'ous years, and as
this inspection ia provided for only
thru iiifnilti'T'l&lp in the Neb'raaka
Stock reivrs Association, ranch
men h are not. now members
Mhould swid in their names to the
secretary with c' eck to pay member
ship I-es and dues for the coming
As the brand inopoction for the
r.s'cbniBka Stock (irowcrs Associa
tion is made in connection with the
:;une work for the Wyoming and
'South Dakota associations, the re
M:irch 31, which is the fiscal year of
March 31, which is the fiscal year of
the Wyoming Stock Growers Associa
tion. A supplementary report is
made at the time of the annual con
vention of the Nebraska Stock Grow
ers Association in June, bringing the
report up to that time.
The report for the year ending
March 31, 1916, Bhows, among other
things, that the number of Nebraska
cattle inspected was larger than for
either of the last three preceding
years; that in only three of the sev
enteen years of inspection has the
mi nber been larger than last year;
and that the number last, year was
about double the average per year
for the seventeen years.
The number of strays recovered
'urlng the year was somewhat less
than the average number for the
seventeen years, but their value was
more than twenty per cent more.
The money returned to members of
the association from strays amount
ed to about twelve or fifteen times as
much as the amount paid by them
on membership for the year.
We wish that Nebraska ranchmen
who are not members of the Nebras
ka Stock Growers Association would
study the brand inspector's reports.
If they will do this, it will not take
them long to discover that it is to
their interest to Join the association.
Besides the direct benefit re
ceived by money returned to mem
bers, th proceeds of strays recov
sred thru brand inspection, there are
other benefits that ought not to be
overlooked. Without doubt the
amount of cattle stealing in the ranch
country is greatly decreased thru the
work provided for by the Nebraska
Stock Growers Asoclatlon, and
would be still more reduced If all
ranchmen were members of the assoo
tion. There have been other benefits
that have come to members thru the
organization. Theae advantages
could be greatly Increased If all
ranchmen, or even a larger number
of them were members of the association.
ed bere. For some year past,
enough bogs bare been raised to sup
ply the home demand for fresh pork
and leave sufficient surplus for quite
a number to be shipped to market.
The number will continue to In
crease, no doubt, as the country de
velops. The Daily Drovers Journal
Stockman notes a. recent shipment of
hogs to the South Omaha market by
George Ehrman of Oerlng, a promin
ent farmer and feeder of Scotts
Bluff county.
Getting to lie Some Hog Country
Northwestern Nebraska is a cattle
country, but. that does no mean that
no other kinds of live stock are rais-
S-L'8T A FEW DAYS
Just a few days from the time this
paper Is publishod until time for he
.annual convention of the Nebraska
Stock Growers' Association, 'in Alii
ance, June 20 and 21, tojba In some
respects the best yet. uj the time
eome readers get the "paper it will be
tlino to begin getting ready to come
tM felpe Olives.
Wat ripe -olives and take four tasle
poonfula of olive oil every day. says
dne who knows. Why rijie olives?
becauMu they are picked and packed
Just at that staRe ot their develop
ment when they are richly nutritious
and edible. Each olive outaiiis a
large percentage ol olive oil. Do try
them If you have not as yet. Purplish
ilac.k In color the more one utn m
them the better one likes thciu.
The Difficult Time.
Human nature remaining about the
Bmo in wartime as In peace, It Is
still a great deal more difficult for any
man to foresee an early end of hostili
ties when he has just eaten a dinner
tli at didn't agree with him. Milwau
kee Journal.
Optlm.mc Thought.
Joy Is a sunbeam between two black
clouds.
Coming to Convention
South OnialiA Delegates Will Arrhe y
In Alliance, Tuesday Morning,
and Remain Two Days
An annual convention of the Ne
braska Stock Growers Association
would seetn to be Incomplete without
the prestnee of the "South Omaha
bunch." They will be here, as us
ual, and will receive a cordial wel
come, as they always do.
The following letter is received
Just as we go to press with this edi
tion of the paper:
South Omaha, Nebr., June 15. 1916
The Herald, ......
Alliance, Nebraska. ,
Gentlemen:
The delegation of live stock men
will leave Omaha, Monday afternoon
for their annual trip to attend the
stockmen's meeting at Alliance, June
20 and. 21. There will be at least
twenty-five making the trip In a
special car, spending two days at Al
liance ,and then going on west Into
the Scottsbluff valley, arriving , at
Scottsbluff early Thursday morning,
leaving Scottsbluff Thursday after
noon on the regular train going west,
so as to be in attendance at the Lara
mie county meeting to be held In
Wheatland, Wyo., Friday, the 23rd.
Yours truly,
UNION STOCK YARDS CO.
OF OMAHA (LTD.)
W. H. Schellberg, Traffic Mgr.
SOUTH OMAHA LIVE STOCK
EXCHANGE.
A. F. Stryker, Sec.-Trafflc Mgr.
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Onr great business undoubtedly la
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tance, but to do what lies clearly at
hand. Carlyle.
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