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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1916)
riih UMAJ1A bUMMl Ithh: ti,l.KUAK.Y L'7, 191b. WHEN THE WHEAT CROP JS FAILURE United SUtei Can Never Suffer the Experience of Rmsia in the Dy of the Famine. HAS LONG BEEN A LEASES IN GRAIN TRADE. HE'S THERE WHEN XT COMES TO GRAIN TRADING. of tha latter contributions are of no hla profession who by this subterfuge wished to test the merit of his work on Its face veJtie and to complete on eo.ua! terms with hla less known rlvsls. Ac. cordlngly an assembly of musical Olym pians was convened to hear a recital of the work, but none of them could rec ognise the style of any of their con temporaries. All agreed that a pew masterpiece had been created for the glory of French music. Nona of tha works submitted t present will be definitely Judged before peace le declared. tha production of It increases rapidly and aoon tha prlca falls to tha point where other crops or products are equally aa profitable. Ptrerslfled fanning l often confused with farming where there Is a little of everything- and not much of anything. Either extreme leasens the chances of guoces. When the price o' certain crops la very low then live stock becomes desirable. However, if the re turns of an animal are poor, oash crops, even at a low price, are essentia L A well-haJanoed business Insures sjrMnat, losaea and provide a much better utilisa tion of the labor and equipment. Oil City Derrick. mean order and tbere I not hi r nne score an opera In three acta which bears tna nail marks of a masterpiece. The production of this work will nrnt-e Diverse Farra KaterwHae. Tn most caes where stuglea of tha profit in farming have been made, par ticularly In our oldest agricultural dis tiicts, such studies Indicate that tha most successful farms are those which have from two to four major sources of In come, I. e.. they have a well-balanced and diversified business. In certain in stances it may pay better to have only one enterprise, but usually when one crop pays much better than all others thing hut costly as there are only two fenee. the sa and a mountain pinnacle, nd three characters. M. Ohetisl wss so struck by the dignity and masterly technique of the ecore that he suspected tha anonymous author of being possibly one of the I'tmlnariet of WHAT HAPPENED TO THE RtfSS XI Tf ( .... 1 ! - i . , i i f ft Thanks to a rood climate, fertile noil and splendid transportation facilities, the Itreat country of the I'nlted Ftate ha mtrr been vlalted vh a wheat famine. Thee top my fall In Kan, hut be good in Nebraska, Iowa, the Dakota and other locality. And the railroad and the machinery of Brain veiling and buying soon equalises the oversuppty and the tinderaupply. But In other land, where clvlllr-atlnn 1H behind, there have been some very serious famine became of the failure of the grain crop. One of the wa the great Russian famine of jwj. In thl year some of the bent and most fertile districts tn the empire had a failure of crops. Tbe famine ws due largely unfavorable weather, but the crude agri cultural method of the peaaanta were even more the fault for the dreadful sit uation which prevailed. There were a few oaaea In the vaat barren region, these being on large es tate where the progressive land owner had used up-to-date mnrnlnery such a Is used In thl country and the moat ad vanced methods of cultivating the soil. The fsmlne began In June and report came from the stricken dlstrlcta to 8t. I'eteraburg. but because of the lack of those very news and telegraph facilities which makes the t'nited "tates Impervl otis to famine, these report were dis credited by official and no action taken to relieve the ;.rinri.y people In the stricken dlatrlet. When the government finally awoke to the condition it took autocrtlc meas ure to deal with the famine, but the area was so great and the railroad fa cilities so Inadequate that the millions suffered Intensely. The peasant dlapoaed of their cowa and horses at any prices tn order to ob tain the means of prolonging life. In some esses horses were killed and ealen. Nathan Heiriam 'Hunger bread" wss made. This was a wrelnnd compound of chopped Weeds mixed with a little tye and chopped straw, bark, or even sand. The tine of this noxious compound pro duced, naturally, many dlsordci of the stomach, which devastated the popula tion. Hcutvy, typhus and smallpox fol lowed In the wake of famine. Hin h la the condition of man when the great staff of his physical life i re moved for even one year. The t'nlted Ftates on this orcsslon con tributed very heavily of Its abundance to the relief of the Russian. Hlght here In Nebraska there was a regular organ tsstlon for co-operating In the relief and a his; shipload of wheat and flour was dispatched to the starving milllans. ''MsHtMMMaMN, $ '"" - A JZ.E.TJtresher Soldier-Artists Active at Front (Correspondence of The Associated Frees.) PAIUH, rb. 16. Many soldier-artist continue to pursue their art at the front. Music, as well as painting and sculpture. Is being cultivated. M. Oheusl. director of the Opera Comlque, has found no de crease In tha number of scores wh'ch reach him from all quarters, even from tha trenchca. Put tnere ia this difference, that whereas the civilian revels in mar tial themes the soldier-musician sounds the pastoral note and seeks Inspiration from nature In lt country aspects. Pome U. S, Commission Company A Good Company A Good Market TR Y US E. .R. Thresher Representing Armour Grain Company Milwaukee Elevator Company GRAIN DEALERS Consignments to Omaha Solicited . It Will Convince You of the Merits of Oar Service 640 Grain Exchange Omaha, Nebraska ' WM. R. RICHTER, Manager MEMHCRt OMAHA GRAIN EXCHANGE MIMBZHS . GRAIN DEALERS NATIONAL ASS'N KEC2M .& HUMAUL; GRAIN MERCHANTS,.: E2 ar CoEisSgBirbent Specialists Telephone Douglij 7853 539-40 Ooiha Grain Exchange Mernam & Millar Com any Me Efelhaimt Elevator Capacity 700,000 Bushels NATHAN MERRI AM, President BARTON MILLARD. Vice President ...omaha;.. J Parsoes Commission' Co. 3 J S N. PARSONS, Manager Member Omaha Grain Exchange , Grain of All Kinds Handled on Consignment. Your Interests Are Our Interests. Give Us a Trial Shipment. 1 - References: First Natianal Bank and Commercial Agencies. 304 Grain Exchange Building Mer iriam Commission Company i ! CONS si . 5! ' 4 JOHN W. REDICK. Secretary' and Treasurer ...OMAHA.. 7T V 0