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Dairymen honor Palmyra
man with state's best herd
'War won't
Various groups elect new
officers in final sessions
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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