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MOHDAY, NOV. 18. 1935. PLATTSMOUTH SEIH - WEEKLY JOTJEITAL PAGE THREE Dairy Outlook in the State is : Very Promising By E. C. Scheidenhelm, Extension Dairyman. University of Nebras ka College of Agriculture. Nebraska dairymen are facing a brighter outlook than at any time during the past three years. Steady Increases in dairy products prices and a marked increase in prices paid for well bred, healthy cattle has brought about this condition. A spirit of real optimism prevails vhereYer a group of real dairymen gather. The Cornhusker state ranks fourth ts a state in the manufacture of but ter. During the past two months the butter market has showed a marked price Improvement with prices in most Nebraska points three to four cents higher than two months ago. Again we are seeing a normal season al Incline In fat prices. This increase also means increased returns to men In milk Bheds as all surplus milk prices are paid on a butter basis. All available statistics point to a fairly stable price for dairy products this winter. Butter In storage has been moving out rapidly due to a good consumer demand. Coupled with this is a general decrease in production over most large produc ing areas. Decreased cow numbers lined with reidual effect of scanty rations are making the bis dent in production figures. Because of the scarcity of well grown and good producing cattle, any sale offering a lot of thtese type of cows haB been well received. Most grades recently fresh and two to three years old from good producing stocK are selling for $100 or more. Purebred cattle with production records are In big demand. Any breeder keeping up production records and registration of his cattle Is now drawing good dividends on his In vestment. However, there never has been a surplus of well bred, good producing cattle because so few people have the patience to spend the time in breed ing a real herd. It usually takes a man fifteen to twenty years to breed up an outstanding herd. As sales this late fall and early winter indicated, improvement and maintenance of profitable dairy herd3 can only be accomplished through constant membership . in dairy herd improvement associations. Sales show that cows with good re cords this year have brought all the way from $20 to $30 more than sim ilar cows with no production records. Most Nebraskans will be startled to know that two-thirds of the cows milked in the state are net paying their owners more than 10 cents per hour for their labor. This winte'r unusual care will have to be taken in feeding practices. Although feed prices are much lower than one year ago, worth while profits can only be made where feeding is properly done. Feed costs make up CO per cent of the total cost of producing milk or tutterfat. Selection c sires is as important as ever and the residual effect of haphazard breeding methods during the past three or four years will be felt for another ten years. Control of diseases Is also essential. Today we are having herd after herd en tirely eliminated through a disease eradication program. Would it not have been better to have eliminated a few animals several years ago than to have lost nearly all of them now? All these things can be watched closely in dairy herd improvement as sociations. Each month the super visor determines production, feed costs and returns. Suggestions are given as to feeding practices, accur ate records are kept to identify the animals and studies made as to the outstanding female lines in herds. The Influenceof each sire is measured by production of his female off spring. With the dairy cattle Industry facing brighter outlook, today is the time to start a systematic method of operating the dairy herd or the re turns from it may be decidedly discouraging. Changes Ambition t, , n T Adelaide Moffett 'After giving up an earlier ambi tion to become a night club singer, Adelaide Moffett, 21, daughter of James A. Moffett, Standard Oil official and former federal housing administrator, enrolled for a pre nedical course at Russell Sage college, Troy, N. Y. LANGER JURY DISAGREES Bismarck, N. D. The twelve man Jury considering federal conspiracy charges against former Governor Wil liam Langer and three others report ed it was unable to agree on a verdict. Judge A. Lee Wyman ordered the jury discharged a little more than forty-five hours after they had been given the case. The jury was then discharged. U. S. District Attorney P. W. Lanier declared that he would move a third trial of the conspiracy case in December, following trial of per jury charges against Langer and the three defendants. MANLEY NEWS Fred Laurenzen Is Tiavlng a siege of mumps at this writing. Bobbie McDonald has been assist ing with the picking of corn at the farm of John Mockenhaupt. ' Chester Elseman of Murdock was looking after some business matters and visiting with friends here last Friday. John Murphy and little son, Pat rick, were visiting with friends in Manley a number of days during the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Walter O'Brien were looking after some business matters and calling on friends in Lincoln last Thursday. Mr. Bryant formerly of Auburn has been appointed agent for the Missouri Pacific at Manley, entering upon hi3 new duties lest week. Glen Miller has been tendered a position with the government in their quarries at Weeping .Water and en tered upon his duties there last Sat urday. Miss Sue Mockenhaupt was visit ing in Louisville last Tuesday, being a guestof her sister, Mrs. R. C. Maier, and also attending tue Armistice day festivities! there. Rev. Father Patrick Harte, pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic church, was in Omaha last Monday, where he was looking after some business matters for a short time. August Krecklow and Robert Wiles w ere in Omaha "last Friday with a pickup load of stock which were be ing disposed of by farmers in this vicinity through the South Omaha stock yards. Pauline Fericks and mother, Julia Brown, Ruth Olson and Grandma Fericks, all of Hartington. visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Krecklow over the week end. Mis3 Brown stayed over to visit until Thursday. Mrs. Henry Osborne, who has been in poor health for some time past, underwent . an operation some ten days ago, and has since been show ing good improvement. The opera tion was performed at Mercy hospital at Council Bluffs. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Rauth and May Boss Tigers - y I t $ '-. '') trra was spent at the Harold Krecklow home Thursday night. Those pres ent included Julia Brown, who has been visiting here from Hartington, Mildred Pankonin, Evelyn Peters, Vir tus Haws, Willard Rohrdanz and Mr. and Mr3. Harold Krecklow. Married Twenty-Five Years November 24th. will mark the 25th wedding aniversary of Mr and Mrs. Hugh O'Brien and their friends are planning a reception and party in hcr.or of the occasion. Further de tails will be given later. Charles Navin Charles Navin, secretary-treasurer of the Detroit Tigers and nephew of Frank Navin, Tiger president, who died suddenly of a heart attack, was mentioned as the likely candidate to succeed his uncle. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dowler were at Weeping Water last Monday, where they were guests at a banquet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Allen, held under auspices of the American Legion Auxiliary. Oscar Dowler and wife were in Weeping Water last Monday, where they attended an Armistice day ban quet given by the American Legion Auxiliary. At the same time, Mr. and Mrs. R. Bergmann were at Louis ville, where the Legion and Auxiliary joined in an Armistice celebration, having a fine fried chicken supper and a program. Mrs. (Bergmann is a past president of the Louisville Auxiliary. Enjoyable Card Party A very pleasant evening at cards Improving Very Nicely Herbert Lau. son of Charles Lau, Jr., who fell from the mow of the barn cn the farm ,some weeks ago, fracturing his arm and bruising him self up quite badly, is now making good progress towards recovery. He was able to come to town the latter part of last week. the stove to warm it. As they were converging, he got the cushion a lit tle too close to the stove and it caught fire and had to be extinguished Lofore the shave could be had. It looks like he was trying to make it hot for his friend. What a Catch ! t X Corn Inspection Fees Harry Haws, manager of the Man ley Farmers Elevator and George A. Stites, president of Nebraska Grain Dealers' association, who is engaged in the conduct of an elevator at Union, have been named as inspectors for Cass county and will look after the work of inspecting and sealing cf corn cn which loans are made. In speaking of the inspection work, Mr. Haws said that instead of the former method, where the inspection fee was on a basis of so much per bushel, the charges this year will be made on a crib basis, $ I for the first crib and $2 each for subsequent cribs inspected and sealed at the same time. Kindness Always Pays While that is a generally recogniz ed fact, it is likewise true that it is sometimes costly. We have in mind a certain barber (no names given), who is always doing little things for the comfort of hi3 patrons. On a recent chilly morning one cf his friends of the cloth entered the Bhop for some tonsorial work and the bar ber seeking to make it as pleasant as possible for his friend, held the seat cushion from the barber chair near 3 : t w.-:... .; t f : t -...... "5: W","- X ; ... ' i-7, Frances Yarborougli v When Miss Frances Yarborough, ' sunshine product of Miami, Fla.,' ' went fiihing, she didn't prove . such cn adept at the art, but most , ur.gkrs would be Eati;fiedwitha) similar catch. Littl jjirl who was orphaned In tht Republican river flood In Nebraska and was cared for by Red Cross, which aid ed many.hundreds in three states affected. . . .V T'-XJ'y,. I :mK X ; - f Jr m c bt w rr st x . Reef Cross Relief Given in 128 Catastrophes-Unusual and Vbried Freaks of Nature and ' Other Calamities visit distress on Nation-People aided through burMeinbershipjnRedC! First word of terrific loss of life in Florida disaster came through Red Cross short wave radio, put up on the stricken Keys by amateur operators. Here are shown the weary men after ,4k hours continuous heroic work. Red Cross aided 1,000 families. High winds destroyed many homes in North Caro lina. Above, where home stood. At right, home rebuilt by Red Cross. Fifty tornadoes in U. S. called for Red Cross help during year. y-x 'v i l-?r 'fiJifrMa Fourteen children were killed when bus was hit by train at a Maryland crossinfl. Red Crosa first Aiders rescued tht liyinjr. Two such accidents with heavy toll of lives occurred during the year.. Jf - "N - v 'v ' i t ' w , U ; -1 . :. - ' I ' I H lull lni iiiinnii i W-i, Div.--.-. .V .V. o ' - - - - " r . - "Sva - s fcejaasiaMllifcMMimilllMMl JsMssasMseisMsslssM i liili sailssMssiiaasa ! II Mi ftl I lrisVsVslBMBte rAx ' 'j - U 1 Red Cross is al ways quick to give I n o c u I a t i o n s against typhoid and other'prevent ablejdiseases fol lowing disaster, in cooperation with state health' au thorities. This was seen eifollowing floods1! nJ;Ne w York. 'Yrk C . B. tTk M . I . : t -. . . . .. . n i A . , i i. a..u. Vx'-i wmc wi iflmiiic in touincrn new T orK ncipca ay nra vrgsi louowmg umiuvus niyri wior ; i Durino the vear 29 ffnftrf occurred In the nation. -5 '-jTV 4 4 .1 - V Epidemics of bronchial troubfes followed devastating clouds of dust in midwest. Red Cross established hospitals for victims. Here are little patients and Red Cross nurses. Five other epidemics. came under Red Cress care during the year. . " This little girl arrived during the New York floods. Red Cross provided hospital care for mother and baby. Pi.'.'.'.'."" iijiii ii i ipi wmt!mmtwmtm i n i Families marooned In Mississippi valley floods were taken from roofa by Red Cross res cuers. During the year tht Red Cross gaye disaster relief to 110.000 persons In 306 counties In 37. states- '