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V i fix tie M intensive By Frederick M Hunter Principal School of Agriculture University of Nebraska iIiit carried on in France and siu li results were ni de possibJo Lv rrch ryitom of ag ncultural civrafen The oth r rhns0 of the problem which Nebrs1 nf - e for herseJ is the imurovoniTt o rural cordi tions so that the ciiieral city war 1 trend ot the population from the oldc rural com munities may be checked It Is true that the census of 1M showed a small per cert increase c r in the rural pmuaflon of Eat this Increase was due most iy to the growth of we -ten rointn where new and is 5et bein devel oped and where rural condftons ar an yet not in the lat permanent The mcr established rural commit nities showed the same decrease in population that was so manifest in Iowa and anions all the older rural r opulatiens The continuation and tire spread of this tendency is sure to Lring disastrous results to our state and nation i Nebraskans then are chiefly ccn teraed with the questions of how to make fanning to the highest degrc productive r nd how to make rura conuitions soc ilv rttractve so ttat American rurrI life mav continue to ue as ii the past one of the great factors in our civilization The solution of these nroblcmi depends in a great degree upon the systematic organization and effectiveness of agri cultural education The first step in this solution is the organized process of accumulating scientific agricultural knowledge or one might call it the -working out cf the science of agricul tare Great progress has already been made in this work Experiment tions have been in operation for a considerable number of years in all ibe states and territories Investiga -lions in universities and colleges have gone far toward placing the various subjects which constitute agriculture basis Federal npon a genuinely scientific eral laws and the United States de partment of agriculture have lent aid in this first step of a great movement The amount of scientific knowledge accumulated is far in ad vance of what the general actual prac tice will be for years to come But this knowledge is not in the possession of the masses of the people nd the great work of the future is to Tbrin it to them To do this means that we must make our educational i pt y f system rallv deomcratic for it is not 1 democratic judged by its present day results To do this means that we must ha e a system whch gives to the future tiller of the soil both a broad r ulture and technical knowledge of his profession for such it really must be come To accomplish this purpose ol bringing to our farm populations of the future both a broad education and a knowledge of the most up to date and scientific farming we have no adequate educational system We need an lementary school system for our rural districts which educates for the farm instead of awav from it which groups its instruction rbout ag nculture and ruial life as th central idea instead of about preparation for the classics and a professional career We need in these rural schools teach pis who are sympathetic with rural life nd conditions and who know how to be leaders in these communities We need too a high school system which net only prepares for college and university education but which rives a thorough yt sane and wo k abe tralninc n Vn ttinrs which Ne brasla tos and girls nnt do in life a sjstem which is capable of training young teacher to be loaders in our rural schools and communtirs To really reach the masses of our von people and accomplish in them the twofold purpose I have namnd ab ve culture and technical training the purpose the realization of which will solve the problem of our rural life we must have the aid of both the3e great agencies the ruial schools and tho high schools TLo University of Nshiaska is r c k nc to lead i ncroniplish n tris pr pose Ir addition to ti efficient ex perlirct station it mantans te CoI ege of Agrieiltiie orgciU7d rs one of the great divisions of the uni vcrsity Ths orsanizat en is o icl IcgJate rarIc and admits students from ccicdltd hi arh schools It seeks to train scientist and leaders in agricul tural thought In this college scrrs tlree or four hrndred youn men and woTon are enrolled Those wji jirad urte from the University of Nelrs la at the end of four years with the decree of E Sc In nddltion to this the Scool o Ag riculture erganized as one o the depai tnvntr of the college This school is of high school rank It ac repts pupils directly from the eighth grade and in a four yea rjcourse glcs a fairly good hisrh school training ani a thorough technical tiainlng in agri culture The four year course can be tompleted in two years by those who have had a tl ree or four vear high serool educrtl before rsgst in For joung women tho four year course rensists largely of home occiOi s It can be comrletd in twr yrfirs also by those having a good high school education The session of the four year course is six months in length beainning abont Nov 1 and ending about the last of April each year In this institution some four hundred young men and women are registered As in past years about 9fJ jr cent of these will go back to the farm na become leaders in the work ing out of Nebraskas industrial situa tion An additional winter course of six weeks is liven each vear for voung farmers wo cannot come in for the longer ssicn Some two hundred usuaMy regster for this course It will he noted that thre are in all somewhat lesr than one thousand students who receive each year any thing like an adequate training for a distinctly agricultural career and this in a state whop only resource is ag riculture It is the great purpose of our university and of those who have at heart the future of our glorious commonwealth to bring the work of these institutions already established to an increasing number of our young people whose fortunes will be eter nally bound to the life of the farm and through the other agencies which are only beginning this great work to make it possible for every boy and irl to guarantee the future not only in financial success but in broad think ing and right living New Buildings for University Farm The university is advertising for the erection of a largo fireproof building nt the University farm which is to house the departments of agricultural botany horticulture and entomology Tnese departments have been greatly crowded in recent years especially horticulture and entomology and this new building will furnish very greatlv t M -- CLASSES IN DAIRYING SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA great industrial que KEBRASJxAS strictly agriculture Other states in the great Missi sinpi and Missouri valleys hint Nebraskas great industrial quts tiens aic strictly agiicuitural Otlei states in the great Mississippi and Missouri valleys have agricultural problems too but for none of them does every industrial question lead so directly to the farm and the man who lives on it as in our own state Ne braska is a state of practically one re source the farm All our neighbor ing states Kansas Missouri Iowa South Dakota etc have large agricul tural wealth it is true but in earh ol them other great interests for exam pie mining and manufacturing pre sent their problems for popular atten tion The first phase of the industrial Question in Nebraska is How shall xc make our farming intensive Ag Ticultnral production in the United States is not now keeping pace with the rapidly increasing population For generations past the continually in creasing demand for agricutural prod acts caused by the growth or pcpila tion has been mt by the occupation znu tilling of the seemingly almost In exhaustible supply of new farm land But now the supply of tillable ard n regions where climatic conditions make crops possible without the cost of irrigaton has been almost ex haunted Yet the increase in our pop alation has been greater than evrr Sofore The great question is how to make our farms meet the increasing demand Not long asro a Nebraskan very much interested in scientific faimT was tiavelir in France H i Kuest on one occasion at a rural hom The family of fie members he h l IcnoTn slightv fo seme time in a business relationship The henr wi one o luxury and almnt afilKiice Tkoy wrre investing monov c ntn il Iv In merican securities cliieflv srlcn and had at that ti re seven thousand tollnrs invested n this T2v Yet the onl income ol tills imiiy ronKlsUd of a farm of seven rcrs impoverished Fiefh boii T is n ne according to the Nebri a v - ntircy t pical of te needed facilities for the promotion ot their work It also contains a number of large class rooms which are to be used for general school purposes The building will stand on the site of the old horticultural building The appro priation for this building is 85000 and it is hoped by the regents that the bids for the erection will come within tho appropriation so that work can proceed at once and the building be ready for use this year FEED FOR DAIRY COWS One of the important conditions that cause the cow to give more milk dur ing the early spring and summer is that she obtains succulent feed To maintain a good flow of milk during the winter some form of succulent feed should be given By the term succulent feed is meant one having that property possessed by green grass Such feed has a value outside of the actual nutrients it con tains on account of its favorable ef fect on the digestion of the animal There are two methods in use for sup plying this food during the winter sea ioi One is the use of root crops and the other is the use of silage In seme parts of the world the use of root crops is almost universal and is the solution of the problem In this stats the use of silage is far more practical however than the use of root crops and for that reason it is recommended exclusively for this purpose There is no way in which the corn crop can be better used to advantage than by putting it into the silo More feeding vatt 1 can be obtained frqm an acre of corn 1 rt in this wav thsn n any other cordtion Silcge is pnhita ale and crtt rcish it a2 part of th roughness In feeding silace it must not be c pected that it will be sufficient as the only roughage Hav should be fed in addition The hpy that goes well wth silage te mak a balanced ration is clover alfaHn or cowpea hav Fm i 30 to 45 po tils per day is counted a reasonable roed of corn silage It ccn be fed to almost rnv stock SHORT COURSE BEGINS The winter course of the School of Agriculture opened as usual on Jan 2 and furnishes the best of opportu nities for farmers boys and young farmers who can spare the time for a month or six weeks to study practical agricultural problems under expert teachers The instruction includes a study of field crops the judging of corn and other grains a study of soil management horticulture etc In te live stock department attention is giv en to t0 1 porting of live stock the jurtgng of horses cattle and swine and practical methods Of maintaining a live stock farm Instruction is giv en in dairying and in animal diseases The operation and management of farm machinery is also studied with a view of fitting the student to make a better selection of the machinery pur chased to take better care of that now on hand and to operate farm machin ery with the greatest economy and success Lectures are given in farm manage ment dealing with the organization of the busness of the farm the methods of copductinz farm operatons and a study of profit and loss under differ i nt methods of farm management The winter course has always diawn a large number of young farmers who wish to practice the most up to date methods and those who have been in attendance have greatly appreciated the advantages which were offered by this course The meetings of organized agricul ture at the University farm will open this year on Jan 15 with the Associa tion of Agricultural Students On Tuesday the Corn Improvers associa tion the State Board of Agriculture the Improved Live Stock Ereeders as sociation and the Horticultural soci ety will hold sessions On Wednes day the 17th all of the above named societies together with the Nebraska Farmers congress and the Dairymens association will be in session Most of these societies continue through Thursday and a number of them hold meetings on Friday It is reported that the governors reception will be held on Tuesday evening Jan 1G At the genaral meeting on Wednesday evening Mr Will B Otwell of Illinois will speak Mr Otwell is reported to be one of the finest platform orators In the west on agricultural subjects iWMwyiey All creditors of the estate of ty Clerk- and marked proposal for Jsear M Matthews deceased are boks Wanks stationery and legal one or more of -- 4 1 Tll Oi J uuixiuu niui wit uuuuiv tl uuyu j f lied Willow County Nebraska ill on July 19th 1912 sit to cnminc all claims against said state with i view to their ad- istmeait Jimd allowance The me limited for presentation of aims against said estate is illy 18th 1912 Seal J C MOORE Countv Judge ITCIIIE WOLFF Attorneys Notice To the creditors of the estate p n Ti ii 1 I ux wtune Ji r ariibiwuiLii ed i You are hereby notified that the time fo r filing claims against said estate expires June 29 1912 I and that the county judge of Reel Willow county Nebraska will sit on the first day of July 1912 at the hour of nine oclock a in to examine all claims against said estate Avith a view to their ad justment and allowance Dated December 23rd 1911 Seal J C MOORE Countv Judge C E ELDRED Attorney ADVERTISEMENT FOR 3IDS I Notice is hereby given nthat the county commissioners of Red Wil I low county Nebraska will receive sealed bids for the furnishing of the following supplies to said county dur ing tne year lyiuto wit Clasc No 1 Books One Personal Tax list 1913 One Real Estate Tax list town lots 1013 One real estate tax list farm lands 1913 One loose leaf mortgage record One G qr medium treasurers each book 7000 tax receipts original and dup licates per thousand 2 dozen chattel mortgage files gun med stubs numbered each 23 sets primary election poll book Tally sheets for all parties and register of voters all combined one book per books 23 sets general election poll booka per book 02 poll book envelopes per dozen 4G ballot sacks per dozen 221 primary election Instruction to Voters per 100 225 general tlection Instrucuc i to Voters per 100 5000 assessors schedules pttixli ed aiJ toldcd per lOOu J 27 assessment schedule bin complete I 2 asoecsors perccnal assPbsn books Frtci t Lacks for records- c quire 24 primar election laws 24 general election laws Loose leaf record blanks printec form per 100 1011 statutes per book All recorclc to Le full Lound cxtr ends brds and frrits and to b iac f 1 ici V ccn 30 lb ru n V i Ijjgir pa5er Clasr L tgal BIarc Zlzc SM2S printed Uc sides j c first 1C0 and each additional 10j Size 8Vix28 printed one side pe first 100 and each additional 100 Size SM1 4 p ined tvo sides pc first 100 and each additional 100 Size Sfxl4 prirtcd one side pel first 100 ard cacl aIJtoal 100 Size SlAx7 priitcd two sides pe first 100 and each additional 100 -Size 8V2XI printed one side pe first 100 and each additional 100 Size SV2X0V2 printed two sides pe first 100 and each additional 100 Size SV2X0V2 printed one cide per first 100 and each additional 100 Postal cardc printed per 100 in cluding cards Class 3 Stationery I Senate pads S1lxl4 per package of 10 Senate pads 4x7 per package o 10 Writing fluid Carters Sanfords Staffords Anclds Eanlc i quart Lead pencils E Faber So 2 pe gross Lead pencils Memphisto Xo 77 copying per dozen Election pencils per gross Velvet pencils rubber tips 557 per gross Venus copying pencils No 1G5 pe lozen Typewriter carbon paper bes rade 8x14 per dozen Typewritter ribbon best grade Typewriter paper best grade lieav medium light per ream Mucilage best grade per quart Pen holders cork tip bank each Pens Easterbrook Glucinum SU er Series per gross Rubber bands No 18 No 1G No JO per gross Blotting paper best grade r2i pound Class 4 Stationery II Memo heads 6x9 7 pounds flat paper per 1000 Letter heads size Sxll lO pounc bond paper per 1000 Letter heads size 8xll 12 pound Jlat paper per 1000 Envelopes printed No G No i rag paper per 1000 Envelopes printed No 10 No rag paper per 1000 Bar dockets 41yx7 Pr page Notices of election per 100 Sample and official ballots for pri mary and general election for 1912 including precinct changes and ro tating per 100 CLadm blanks per 100 Class 5 Legal Notices Commission er Proceedings and Delinquent Tax List Publishing legal notices per square Publishing commissioner proceed ings per square Publishing delinquent tax lists Separate bids must be furnished on each one of the 5 sections or any one of taem All supplies must be furnished as ordered Bids are to include all freight ex press postage or drayage charges and must be for articles delivered free of charge at court house hese items All successful bidders must file good and sufficient bond for the faith tul performance of their contract Bids will be opened according to law at the regular meeting of the county board January Oth 1912 Sealed bids will be received at the county clerks office up to noon Jan uary Oth 1012 The county commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bide ami to enter into separate contract for each one of the five sections ad vertised Dated at McCcok Nebraska Do cember 7th 1911 CHAS SKALLA County Clerk A llesoluticn declaring the inten tion of the Hay or and Council of the City of McCook Nebras ka to refund Fifty Thousand Dollars of the out standing wat er bonds of said city bearing date June loth 1908 and di recting public notice to be giv en cf such intention all in ac cordance with sections 11279 11282 of Cobbeys Annotated statutes of Nebraska for -1911 and repeal all resolutions and parts of resolutions in conflict herewith Whereas the City of McCook Red Willow County Nebraska bj and through its duly authorized efficers did on the fifteenth day of June 1908 pursuant to auth ority granted by chapter 14 of the Compiled Statutes of the State of Nebraska for the year 1907 by am ordinance of the City of McCcok passed by said Coun cTi and approved bv the Mayor of said city May 25th 190S and numbered 142 of the ordinances of said city and by a vote of twe Lnrdsi of the legal votes of said City of McCock Nebraska cast for and against the proposition at tin election duly held for that purpose in said city April 7th 190S issue eighty five thousand dollars in bonds known and des ignated as Water Bonds in denominations of five thousand dvikrs each numbered erne to sev enteen inclusive numbers four teen to seventeen inclusive of ivhioh a total of twenty thous and dollars have been sold to the Staite of Nebraska at a proee equivalent to five per cent inter vt p r annum o the expiration of optional period to wit June 15th 1913r aind ithree of the re gaining thirteen of which a to tal cf fiftn thousand dollars as- I- pied Avith available fcrdo Cl sik city in accordance Lh a rer elation passed and ap proved December 21st 1911 and ill of which seventeen bonds have been duly registered by the Aiiainor 01 the State of Nebras ka as by law provided and being du Juno 15th 192S payable af tjr five years from date and dnnvhig interest at the rate of six per cent per annum payable semi annually as evidenced by Tarty interest bearing coupons at tached to each bond and Whereas in addition to said twenty thousand dollars and after said payment of fifteen thousand dollars there remains unpaid of said Water Bonds so issued fifty thousand dollars and said city is authorized by law to- take up and pay off said bonds when ever the same can be accomplish ed by lawful means by the issue and sale or the issue and ex change therefor of the bonds of said citj such refunding bonds not to exceed the amount lawfully owing and unpaid upon the bond or bonds so sought to be taken uj and paid and bearing interest at arate and amount per annum not rf lftO f ni 1M - P 4 1 n a1 man uiuri uj liiu uoiiua so sought to be taken up andi paid and said outstanding un paid water bonds in the aggre gate amount of fifty thousand dollars may to the advantage of said city be taken up and paid with funds obtained by the issue and sale of said refunding bonda of said city or by the exchange therefor of said refunding bonds of said city hereinafter describ ed and set forth and Whereas the Oity Council of said city has found and declared and it hereby finds and declares that the best interests of the city demand that said Water Bonds in the aggregate amount of fifty thousand dollars should he re funded by being taken up and paid with funds obtained from the sale of said refunding bonds or be taken up and paid by the exchange therefor of said refund ing bonds and WJi ereas there are no funds collected in any fund levied for the purpose of paying said Wat er Bonds in the aggregate sum of fifty thousand dollars or in any other fund o said city with which said Water Bonds dm the aggregate sum of fifty thousand dollars can be paid nor arte ther any sufficient levies made or in process of collection out of which Bids must be addressed to said ten Water Bonds may be paid and cancelled - - - Therefore it is Eesolved by the Mayor and Council of the Oity of MeCook Red Willow CountyNe braska That said city by and through its Mayor Council and Clerk is sue one hundred coupon bonds of five hundred dollars each num bered from one to one hundred which bonds shall be known as the Refunding MeCook Citv Water Bonds in the sum of fif ty thousand dollars dated Janu ary loth 1912 bearing interest at the rate of five per cent inter est per annum payable semi-annually on the 15th day of July and the loth day of January in each year and evidenced by cou pons atitached to said bonds One twentieth of said bonds number ed erne to five inclusive in the ag gregate sum o 2500 shall be ab solutely due and payable on the lotih day of January 1913 and one twentieth cf said bonds to wit five cf said bonds in the or der of their regular consecutive numbers and in the aggregate Mncunt of 2500 shall fhe absolute ly due and payable on the loth day of January of each and ev ery year thereafter until and in cluding the date when the five bonds numbered ninety six to ony hundred inclusive shall become ahsulutly due and payable to wit the fifteenth day of January 1932 said bonds and interest and the coupons thereto attached to be payable at the banking house of Kountze Brothers in the city of New York II S A and with proceeds realized from sale of said refunding bonds take up and pay off or make an exchange for the said outstanding unpaid Water Bonds in the aggregate sum of fifty thousand dollars- and in no event shall said re funding bonds be sold for less than par and that the proper tai Levying authorities of the City cif McCcok and Red Willow cour ty Nebraska be and hereby are authorized and directed to levy and collect annually a general tax in such amounts as will be sufficient for the payment of the principal and interest of said refunding bonds until fully paid in the same manner as other municipal taxes ar levied and collected on all the taxable prop erty now within or that may in the future be within the corpor ate limits of the City of MeCook Red Willow County Nebraska such fund to be known as the Refunding Water Bond Fund and to be used for no other pur pose than the payment of the principal and interest of said Refunding MeCook Oity Wat er Bonds Said bonds so issu ed shall be signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Olerk of said city and the seal of said city shall be affixed thereto Wherefore it is ordered that any tax payer of said city may file objections to the validity of said bonds or the proposed ac tion relating to the said refund ing on or before Saturday even ing January 13th 1912 at six oelock p m standard central time in the office of the Oity Clerk of said city in the regu lar place of meeting of said City Council to wit in the Water Commissioners office in the base ment of the library building on the west half of block ten in the original town now city of Mc Oook Nebraska If no objec tions are filed at that time the Oity Council of said city will at eight oclock p m standard cen tral time on Saturday Jamuary 13th 1912 aj said regular meet ing place of said Council order the refunding bonds heretofore described to be issued in accord ance with and by virtue of the powers granted by sections 8865 11279 11280 11281 and 11282 of Cobbeys Annotated Statutes of Nebraska for 1911 and it is fur ther ordered that said City Olerk is hereby directed to give public notice of this action and of the date on which and the place where any tax pajer of said city may file objections to such pro posed action by publishing a cop3 of rtihis resolution for two weeks in the McOoolc Tribune and the MeCook Republican two legal newspapers printed and of general circulation in said city and by posting up a copy of said resolution on the door of said building in which such corporate authorities hold their stated meet ings Any and ail resolutions and parts of resolutions in con flict herewith are hereby repeal ed Passed by the Oity Council of the Oity of MeCook Nebraska this 22nd day of December 1911 and approved by the Mayor on the same date JAMES McADAMS Mayor Attest L C Stoll City Clerk City Seal First publication Dee 25 1911 j - -