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By Frederick M Hunter Principal School of Agriculture University of Nebraska
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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
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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
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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
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