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Friday, December 15, 1039 The DAILY NERRASKAN 5 ililllil 1 i -k on ag cam ft -k k Af Cftmpws Editor Rm Brow Report thli Mute Tomarfe Bndall Prtt La r.wiLl kjh iiwv d . , KSNNl Dairymen honor Palmyra man with state's best herd 'War won't Various groups elect new officers in final sessions help U. S. pus Scores of high ranking Nebras ka dairymen with "top flight" dairy herds were honored last night in the College Activities building at the annual banquet of the Nebraska Dairymen's Associa tion at Organized Agriculture. Their records were viewed as out standing particularly in view of conditions during the past few years. The highest award possible to be achieved by a Nebraska dairy man each year went to H. L, Severe of Palmyra in 1939, who had the highest producing herd of "dairy cows on test in dairy herd improvement associations in Ne . braska for the year. Runnerup honors went to F. E. Romig of Brunswick. State Board stock honored. Fine management and good dairy stock of the State Board of Control were rewarded also when the herds of that institution making up one improvement as sociation won honors for being the top producing association in Ne braska last year. Silver medals went to O. H. Lie bers & Son of Lincoln and Alfred V. Gableman of Madison for hav ing herds producing an average of 450 pounds of butterfat or more. The registered Guernseys of the Lincoln men averaged 455.8 pounds and dairymen regarded this as outstanding in view of the fact that more than 45 cows were on test. Announced at the banquet were also the results of the Better Sires program designed - to improve the quality of sires in Nebraska dairy herds. The Cornhusker association won the top award Avhile Gage county ranked sec- 4-H club demonstrates at final meeting Mily quality was the central theme at the afternoon session of the Nebraska State Dairymen's association meeting. A high spot of the program was the milk qual ity demonstration by the York conuty 4-H team which won na tional honors recently at San Francisco. Otto Pfeifer of Elkhorn pre sided over the round-table discus sion of milk quality that followed. Dr. M. F. Arnholt of the Iincoln city health department outlined what a milk ordinance can do. What the milk distributor ex pects in milk quality was dis cussed by Miss Alice von Bergen, manager of the Roberta Dairy in Linncoln. Discussing quality from a producer-distributor standpoint, Ro land Ramsey of Seward pointed out that the consumer is more in terested in good flavor than in any other point. Mrs. Mark Pierce, president of the Lincoln Council of Parent Teacher associations, viewed milk quality from a consumer's stand point. , - Arnold Witt, of Scribner, dis cussed milk quality from a pro " ducer's point of view. r Bote loiY ; UKft JCHIITirtfa DIRECTION We are proud to be ths hoBt of Gamma Phi Beta Formal Friday Night 200 Guests for Pre-Mortar Board Party Dinners Saturday Night JO; ihusker HOME OF THE TrstyPhstrVBhop ond, Tri-County third and Lan caster county fourth. Likewise, the Cornhusker asso ciation was the high ranking association in the Better Sires program in the Holstein division with the North Platte Valley sec ond. The Cornhusker, too, won the Guernsey award with Gage second and Douglas-Sarpy third. In the Jersey -division, the Lan caster county association was first and North Platte Valley second. Ise speaks to homemakers Birthrate is important change, says economist The rapid change in the num ber of children in a family is perhaps the most important economic change in the American home, John Ise, professor of eco nomics at the University of Kan sas and author of several books on pioneer life, told the home eco nomics group yesterday morning in the Student Activities building. Families on the frontier had a dozen or so children, while today two children are "standard equip ment'' he pointed out. Moral and social problem. "Some regard this as a serious moral and social question, but just as an economist I should say that I think if there is anything such states as Kansas and Nebraska do not need, it is more children. With the steady increase in the use of power in farming, with the in crease in size of the average farm, there is less and less need for farmera, and it is from the econo mist's point of view fortunate if there is not too great an over sup ply of young men and women born and reared on the farm, Professor Ise stated. Mrs. Clora Butts, homemaker living at Burwell, told of her im pressions in attending the inter national meeting of the Associated Country Women of the World held in London last June, as a state delegate and one of the five na tional delegates. "Investigate before you invest and read before you sign, Mrs. Viola Erickson, manager of the Better Business Bureau of Lin coln, advised the women. She de scribed the various frauds that take place because of failure to follow this policy. Mrs. Edwin Owens, homemaker living near Cozad, emphasized that the farmer's task in world peace was the welfare of his family and his economic stability. Miller champions horses at joint session Horses found a "champion" in Prof. Ross Miller when he ap peared on the Thursday afternoon joint session of the crop growers, farm equipment and livestockmen, Reviewing experimental horse feeding, Miller told of tests at the college comparing sorghum fod der and good Nebraska wild hay as the main part of the ration for yearling colts and foals. Results show colts receiving sorghum fod der made a greater amount of growth than those receiving wild hay and made this growth much cheaper. Production of home-grown pro teins, other than alfalfa, was the theme of a talk given by D. L. Gross before the joint session. KINGS BALLROOM Present i Rei3 Rivers Featured Band at Ro$eJand Ballroom, K. C. Sat. Nite, Dec. 16 Adm. 25c Ea. farmers1 K. State economist sees only temporary benefit from conflict American farmers stand to gain but little in the long run from the European war, Dr. W. E. Grimes, chairman of the econo mics department of Kansas State college at Manhattan, told a gen eral session of Organized Agri culture yesterday. Any benefits derived will be but temporary. The Kansas educators talk came as one of the highlights on the fourth day of the "winter meetings' at the University of Nebraska college of agriculture annual dairy banquet. 'In war, all lose "The present European situa tion may benefit American agri culture to some degree but the benefits probably will be tempo rary and ultimately the United States- will pay a part of the ter rific cost of the conflict," Dr. Grimes declared in his talk before the general session. "It will be paid in reduced markets, in de pression and in the agonies of still further adjustments in the Amer ican economy. In war, all lose. "If the war continues for more than a year, Europe may need in creased supplies of American farm products," he continued. "It seems reasonable to assume that dairy products and other relative ly concentrated foods will be among the first to be purchased. "When the European difficul ties finally are settled or when things are somewhat more peace ful over there, the problems of re construction and rehabilitation will be to face. Much of Europe will be impoverished and will not be a ready market for American products. The long-time outlook is not bright. ' Farm groups hold irrigation meeting Crop growers, and farm equip ment and livestock interests, were together for a joint session yes terday morning in the College Activities building. There they discussed successful methods of getting bromegrass stands, soil fertility and took a look at some pitfalls in pump irrigation. Ivan D. Wood presided. E. F. Frolik led a round-table discussion with Wes Fry of Beat rice, O. U. Cook and Merlyn Os born regarding successful brome grass practices in the PFL pro gram in 1939. Lionel Harris, superintendent of the Scottsbluff field experimental station, reported upon experi ments conducted there, which have shown definitely the import ance of farm manure in maintain ing the yields of irrigated crops at profitable levels. Three lead round-table. R. O. Pierce of the ag college, James Kunz of Wood River and James Allen of Valley partici pated in a round-table discussion about pitfalls for the new irri gator. Both men have irrigated for many years. Both Allen and Kunz were agreed that leveling of the land to be Irrigated is necessary. In addition, both urged the making and use of topographic maps. Prof. Wm. J. Loeffel presided over the crops-livestock-farm equipment meeting. R. R. Thai man and L. W. Hurlbut were other speakers. and his 12 Dukes of Swing: Don H. Morton of Beatrice was elected president of the Nebraska Dairymen's association last night, succeeding Harry L. Severe of Palmyra. George E. Hager of Lin coln was elected vice president. Re-elected were L. K. Crowe, sec- retary-treausrer; and P. A. Downs, assistant secretary. A. W. Anderson of West Point and Merle Koser of Lincoln were elected to the board of directors. 200 discuss dairy topics Wisconsin professor highlights programs More than 200 dairymen heard interestingly discussed feeding, breeding and management prob lems at the opening session of the two-day program of the Nebras ka State Dairymen's association yesterday in the dairy barn. Highlight of the program was an outline of foundations for a constructive breeding program, presented by Dr. E. E. Heizer, chairman of dairy husbandry at the University of Wisconsin. Highlighted the Program. Four points emphasized by Dr. Heizer were herd health; need for more testing and record keeping; intelligent use and interpretation of records; and intelligent selec tion of young sires. Dr. L. V. Skidmore of the Ne braska animal pathology depart ment, suggested a number of pre cautions in the use of sorghum and sudan pastures. He pointed out that a farmer should have two or three separate pastures of sudan, so they could be used in ro tation, allowing the sudan to grow up at least 16 to 18 inches tall and then grazing it off cempletely be fore moving the animals to an other pasture. H. H. Birkett, Lancaster county dairyman, naid his herd produced around 415 to 420 pounds of fat last year on Atlas sorgo fodder which was even better than when he used to feed alfalfa, Don Mor ton, Beatrice, reported on his suc cessful use of "grass silage." J. S. Wishart, Lincoln, found the use of sorghum grain and stover quite satisfactory both for dairy cows and for horses. O. H. Liebers, Lincoln, led a round-table discus sion on feeding sorghums. Other things recommended include fall irrigation and sound summer irrigating. V. G. Milum of the University of Illinois pointed out the physical and chemical properties of honey. He urged producers to place their products in the hands of house wives in as nearly its original con dition as possible. Make the Evening of the MORTAR BOARD BALL Complete by Dropping In at S5i flaws n.32i3,h for a Tasty Midnight Lunch ED ART (DIE Beck-Jungbluth ORCHESTRA md Per Person Student Union Ballroom Directors re-elected included: H. P. Davis, Lincoln; W. A. Peterson, Harvard; J. S. Wishart, Lincoln; Delbert Eggcr, Roca; and Otto Pfeiffer, Elkhorn. During the afternoon, Howard Wahlgren of Elk City was re elected president of the Nebraska Crop Growers' association. Amos Gramlich of Fort Crook was re named vice president and Herman Ebers of Seward and Erling Ger man of Cozad were elected to the board of directors. Frank Walter again will head the Nebraska Livestock Breeders' association; W. W. Derrick of Lin coln was re-elected secretary treasurer and Walter Tolman of Lincoln assistant secretary. The four members of the board of di rectors remain the same: S. R. Mc Kelvie, Lincoln; Guy McReynolds, Memphis; Walter Chace, Stanton; Delmar Anderson, Lexington. Ralph W. Barnes of Morrill was elected president of the Nebraska Honey Producers' association, George Watts of Kearney was named vice-president Horticulturists hear Dr. Werner Dr. H. C. Werner told a group of horticulturists yesterday that irrigation increases the production of garden products in proportion to the amount of water applied. He suggested soaking the ground in the winter and spring in storing up sub-soil moisture. The best sys tem of irrigation is to water in frequently, putting out more when it was done. Dr. J. H. Johnson told the horti culture group that a new plant disease confronts Nebraska potato growers. It is Ring Rot and is dangerous and threatening to the industry unless checked. George predicts U. S. business will improve Business conditions in general throughout the United States should be better throughout the nation in 1941 than they were in 1939, Arthur George told the clos ing session of the economics ses sion yesterday. Dr. W. E. Grimes of Kansas State college said of price fore casting in agricultural economics, "forecasts are necessarily limited by their nature. No economic fore cast can be exact in terms of prices. They may indicate direc tions of change, upward or down, and general degree, moderate, slight and the like but nothing positive as to actual price figures." No price forecast, Dr. Grimes warned his audience, is designed for professional speculators but rather to show the average farmer general trends. DANCING 9-12