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7 C News of Special Interest to Nebraska and Iowa Farmers THK BEK: OMAHA. SUNDAY. JANUARY 15. 1922. State and Federal Agencies Join in Tubercular Work Kradicaiioit lrivc to lie Push ed on Co-ppcrative Basis ' in Ne!f8sRa During Prcteent Year. Lincoln, Jan. 14. The work of tuberculosis Eradication in livestock in Nebraska this yrar wilt be con ducted upon Jan agreement signed by the cooper ting authorities, chiefly between tin county farm bureau or county boarll and the departments of agriculture t f Hie Kate and ledrral government, according to notice ent out byt Leo Stuhr, secretary of agriculture, Jto county farm official in the tat. ' ;- . . "Jn ordtr that the highest degree of rfficieny may be attained in this work, it jflias been touiid necessary that, bej1 nning January 1. every county ' contemplating tuberculosis eradication " and - educational work carrieiJ(f on for this purpose, ahall be condijed only upon an agreement ignVtby the cooperating aothori I id that the work shall at all t'tmrj be' under the control of the Jf department of agriculture," -4fan the letter. "The new estimates must bo made within the next two weeks in order that the amount appropriated for the various projects may be held at'i minimum, and it is also essential that any county conte nplating con tinuing work of eradication for this year, should advise us immediately," declares the letter. "Conduct of the work on a co-operative plan will be more cconomicial and . place the work upon an annual basis. A num ber of new counties desiring to take tip the work' may be taken care o by the transfer of veterinarians from Other territories, depending upon the promptness of returns." To Intensify Work. , The object of the new arrange ment is to intensify tuberculosis eradication work by tuberculin test ing all cattle of a definite,, restricted area, but the letter says that it will be difficult to carry on more work than will be provided for by" the amount of funds in the estimate for the work during the coming year. A registered veterinarian will be furnished by the federal and state departments of agriculture free of chacge in any county conducting tuberculosis eradication work under the co-operative arrangement, the specialist to remain in that field until nil the cattle, both grade and pure bred, have been tested.' The county agrees to . provide transportation for . the veterinarian, either at the rate of 10 cents a mile up to 1,000 miles a month or a suit able automobile, paying maintenance and operating expenses. The county also will provide an office and equipment- i- ' ' " . . It will be expected that insofar as practicable, tuberculin testing oi vfattle will be restricted to one township.-or precinct until all the cattle therein have been tested. As one township or precinct is completed, 'another will be ready, until the coun ty is completed. " Subsequent Testa Provided. "Subsequent tests will be made of herds at the discretion of those m chargers provided in the agreement with owners," the contract reads. In case it is deemed necessary to hasten completion of the object of. the azreemerit. additional veterinary as sistance may be provided by the state bureau, the salary for which will be paid by the co-operating county. . This service . will only be provided when requested by the county This service will only be provided when , requested by the county. and deemed advisable by the other princials to the agreement. After the agreement is signed by co-operating principals . owners of cat tle will be asked to sign agreements for the tuberculin testing of their herds, according to the plans. The township or precinct that first pro cures a signed agreement from a ma jority of its cattle owners will be selected as the one in which area testing will be begun. . . The agreement is in force fortbe calendar year or until abrogated by mutual consent, or written notice by either party giving 30 days notice. It also may be terminated by either nartys giving written notice to the others 30 days in advance, provided that the agreement shall continue only until such time that those in charge are of the opinion that further testing is unnecessary. '- Soil-Saving Dams Approved by Experts Lincoln Jan.-14. Where the wi ter shed is not too large in fields that are full of point rows, acrosi which young valleys have, grown too deep to he stopped with ord;-. nary methods, such as better cul tivation, brush dams and,' piles of straw, the i soil ; saving dam .-has proven to be' the solution,-say spe cialists of the agricultural -college. Ditches which ' cannot ' be crossed with machinery have a way of run ning zig zagwbife they grow deep er from year to year, they say. "A dam resembling a road grade is built across the ravine, a concreta or tile tubing passing under the dam just as a culvert, with the tube turned up vertically - on the- up stream side of the dam," explain the specialists. "Let us suppose a heavy washing rain falls on the hillsides end flood waiters come down the ravine loaded with the rich soil of the farm. The. water encounters Hie dam and is empounded above it until it reaches a sufficient depth to ruu away through the tube. The sedi ment is dropped above the dam be cause the current is checked and each flood bunging down its load gradually fills the ravine." It usually is well to build the dam higher than the banks of the ravine so that an excessive flood can es cape around the dam without wash ing it out, they add. - If the dogs upset your garbage can fasten a hook in a post in the back yard and hang it out of their reach. Nebraska Cavalry Horses Firsts to Try Out New Compressed Feed .Washington, Jan. 14. Iforiri at Pott, Robiniorf, Neb, were anion the firit army horses to try out the compressed horse forage which U now being tested at army poU throughout the country. The forage, which is composed of oats and molasses, made into bricki inches wide, 12 inches long and .M-inch thick, it mpected to reduce the cause responsible for- most of tHc animal mortality Marvatkwt. Compressed horse rations which can easily be transported have beeu a prchig need for centuries. Na poleon's campaign, against Kussia tailed because of starvation of the animals. Only last spring in Mean, ntainia the British government was obliged to kilt 30,000 war horses in the last stages of starvation. 4 Reports on file at Washington show that ' the . Nebraska horses thrived on the flew ration and sev eral marching expeditions were made Value of Crops in Hawkcye State Lower Last Year Total Returns Dropped to Level of 1905, Report to . Agricultural Depart . . ment Shows. Des Moines, la., Jan. 14. Total value of Iowa's crops in ' 1921 slumped practically to the level of 1905, according to the final crop summary for the ytar, submitted to the state agricultural department lu 1921 the total value of all crops was $305,459,429, while in 1905 the total value was $302,286,212, the report shows. The preceding year, 1920, the total value of crops was $560. 460,638, and the high point was reached in 1919 when the total value of all crops reached $950,056,002. The mildest of 31 winters preceded the crop season" of 1921, according to the annual report of Charles D. Reed, meteorologist for the govern ment weather bureau. Winter grains and grasses, clover and fruits suffer ed very little winter killing. Spring opened very early. - A little spring wheat seeding was done in the south ern counties in February, and con siderable seeding, of oats, spring wheat and clover was done in March. Sudden and severe freezes ' on March 28 and April 9-10 and 16-17 froze out oats in the most damaging fashion in 30 years. At least 50 per cent of the acreage had to be reseed ed and some of it was seeded the third time. 'Many thin stands' of oats were allowed to grow because of the clover seed'sown with it. Plowing for corn was favored by the warm, dry spring. Abnormal heat in June, with ample soil mois ture, caused corn to make phenome nal growth. " - Winter wheat harvest was nearly completed by July 4. Though rain interfered somewhat with the har vest m the west, central and south west counties', harvest weather was generally favorable, except for the heat. "Drouth became serious in the north, central counties and south east to the boundaries of the state in July.- In several counties the July rainfall was less than 20 per cent of normal, while the heat was intense. Nebraska Threshermen Cancel 1922 Convention Valley, Neb. Jan. 14. The annual convention of the Nebraska Brother hood of Threshermen, which was.to be held at Lincoln, February 14-16, has been cancelled and the brother hood will not meet until 1923, E. M. Samson, secretary treasurer of the as sociation, announced. "Owing to the fact that bur legis lature does not meet this year and the unsatisfactory prices of farm prod ucts, together with the present string ent conditions, the brotherhood feels it advisable to postpone the 1922 convention until next year," says Mr. ; Samson. ' - ' -,- . The 1923 meeting will be held on the second Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of February. .'' i With the MADISON COUNTY. . ... JCv A. Stewart, Agaat. ''PaUl Creek, Neb., Jan. HKSpectalj Tha WarnersyiUa woman's group of the Farm bureau will -meet 'at tha hom of Mr. Frd Terry, January 20. - Millinery work will be the ordr of the 4ay.'- The last millinery school waa" held in Wtrnef TillA. where elaht ladles took the course. Theee woman will act aa Instructors tor tola mfeting. ..... i . . Arrana-ementa hava been Wiad for1 a film circuit covering all County Farm ou reaus wfth motion picture machines. Thia arrangement was worked out in the county uf enta' conference in Ltncoln this past week. Tha extension aervlca will handle this service. Madison caunty will receive' films two weeks a month,' That'wiH five lii meetlnts a. month with ttlma it de- aired, These are pictures related ta -tension--work. The first sertaa of fihni are here beginning tha night of January II. "Out of the Shadows,1'- a tubercular story, secured through the United Statss nenxrtment of Agriculture, has been se cured for one week. The following places hava been booked in the order given. De ginning Monday: Shell- Creek, Mons John son school; Emerick, Bell schoolhouse; it)rhinii. Rlnkelv - .schoolhouse: ' Green Garden, Rottler acb.oolb.ousa; Groye, Uuf- fly school. '' " . The following la a "summarization of the coat record kept on a 10-i0 tractor which has heen used for three years on a HQ- acre farm. The 1S31 figures only will ba given. The tractor, waa used IT'A days during the entire year. For every 1 hours work, one day's credit waa given There were times when but aa hour a work waa dona a day. ' Thia waa credited and reduced to days. Three hundred and ten galiona of keroaene waa nsed. which cost MS.tl. Cylinder oil came to 4; re pairs. 7S.1S. Interest and depreciation, which were computed on a basis of I per cnt interest on 7Sa Investment for one year and a depreciation ot 15 per cent on the machine waa taken. This flaurrwas baaed on -machine standing up ' far sir and two-thirda years. The total In terest and depreciation. 1157.50; total, t;:.40 for running thia machine la a year. In 1920 the machtna wa used is deys. In 111), SI daya Tha cost in these two years waa Sm.ll and 1311.10. nstpectlveiy. - Thia man had alz Itoraee Vefore he bought Kia tractor. Be now has four work horses on the place, which he used to supplement the tractor for the paat year. Tha difference between the number of "flays the tractor was used in 1)21 aa compared with tha other jean when ttht horses were fJ solely on the forage, winch proved satisfactory. On. WiUijm J. .Snow, vhiti ci artillery, stated lht hit department wis taking the ration a batis for further eaptriment. in an attempt to develop a completely satisfactory held forage ratwn for hours as wartime proposition, not a an emergency ration, Until the United States started ill experiments Germany waa the only nation using a concentrated bulk term of ford for its army hones. For SO years United States army ofl'teers have been endeavoring , f j solve the problem of easily trans ported horse feed. The British sup ply officers in Egypt who were con ctmrd witlv forwarding supplies to the troops engaged in the l'akatins campaign, 'evulvcd a type of com pressed food by uing cotton balin; presses to reduce the bulk, and while this was an improvement, it was never quite satisfactory, New Regulations for Trapping Arc Issued by State All Hides Must Bo Disposed of Within 10 Days After Close of , Season. "' Lincoln, Jan. 14. The new rules and regulations governing the trap ping of fur-bearing animals and, the transportation . and , the buying of gYecn hides are contained " iu a bul letin being mailed out by the bureau of game and fish, department of agri culture. The new regulations are ef fective as of November 1, 1921. Licensed trappers, who must be over 16 years of age may operate for racoons, minks, muskrats, opos sums, foxes and others between No vember 1 and February 15, the regu lations specify, during which time only a person may have in his pos session the green hide of any fur bearing animal. This does not, how ever, prevent a licensed person from disposing of hides they have had on hand 10 days after the close of the open season. These hides may be transported' during this period by any route and for 10 days thereafter, accompanied by a statement showing name, number of license and kind of hide. Buyers of green hides must pur chase a license and keep a record of all purchases or shipments, the rules state. They also must keep an ac curate record of all hides delivered directly to a licensed buyer and the status of the individual selling such hides. Receipt of a Shipment upon which there is no statement must be held until the shipnient can be checked by a game warden, according to the law. ..::: - ' Fine,-revocation of license,' con traband and seizure . are processes that may be applied for violations Breeders of fur animals must be li censed, setting out what animals are to be raised and the number and kinds of furs disposed of during the previous year, the law says. The de partment of agriculture must be noti fied of the number and kind of ani mals or hides disposed of by a breed er and make an annual report by De cember 1. ' No person shall hunt, trap, take, catch or kill any beaver in the state, but the department will issue special short-time licenses to those persons who complain of beaver damage, pro viding an inspector declares the dam age of sufficient amount. Gage County Farm Bureau Reports Successful Year Beatrice, Neb., Jan. 14. .(Special.) The annual meeting of the Gage county farm bureau was held here. W.. H. Brokaw. N. W. . Gaines and J. A. ( Crawford of Lincoln spoke. David Voesiger. was elected presi dent, H. H. Darner, vice president; C. E. Thornburg, secretary, and V. R. Johnson, treasurer. The report of County Agent Rist showed that the year 1921 was the most successful since the bureau's organization. . County Farm was due to the fact that it was ' cheaper io use ooraa laoor. : ' , 'Mr. Hoppert, the extension specialist tn orcharding, will ba in the county again., this spring to conduct pruning demonstrations. , Mo definite date has been received aa yet. But-probably soma time during the latter part of February. Last ycae the spraying work was not followed up after tha killing frost, it is hoDed that a little mora complete check can be made this year on the. benefits of spraying and pruning, aa .compared with unsprayed an ! unpruned trees, Some: good reports were received on grapes this last fall, where yields were compared with pruned and unpruned vines. , The unpruned stuff did noi compare in eitner quality or quantity With the pruned vines. Harry Tannehlll of Norfolk raid that his ptiihed grape vines yielded nearly double thai of the uhpruned stuff aside from : being- much aupenoc ta. quality. ' ; SAUNDERS COUNTY. Walter F. Roberta and Edith Cone-Agents. Wahoo. Neb., Jan. 14. (Special.) En tries, are beginning to come in for tha Sairodera county poultry ahow, which will be held at Wahoo. January '16-31. Com petition is open and from all indirationa the sltow this year will be a winner. Saunders county has some prominent poultry breeders. ID breeders carried away prtsea at the Omaha Poultry show last month, federal good piacings were mndo at the riebraska poultry ahow u.t T.lnco.'j tin first jwit ot January by Saundars county breeders. Fred R. Plppe. a prominent White Eock breeder from Columbus, will Judge the show, and b on hand Wednesday and Thursday to answer" questions, relative to the placings. Lev! Mays of Ashland, president of tha Saunders County Poultry association, will act aa- superintendent ot tha show. . The Saunders County . Agricultural society will hold their annual busineee meeting at Wahoo, January 21. Officers will be elected and plana .will ba talked over for tha county fair. TH officers anal directors, during the paat year were: President, Walter F, Crlnklaw, Wahoo: vice president. Mrs. Henry Gerks, Wahoo: aecretary, Walter F, Roberts. Wahoo: treasurer, ' Albert Ouatafaon, Swedenburg; directors, Mrs. T. gcrresen, Wahoor R, C. Johnson. Mead: and John Albert, Jr., Wahoo. All of tha officers and directors rrf the past year were farmers and farmers' wives except ing the secretary, who Is county agricul tural agent. . The Ithaca (roup 111 meet January 27, Average 'American Fanners Income $465 List Year IS'eM Few Vran to Determine Statu of Agriculture in U. S South Dakota Speaker Declares, Huron. S. . J-in. 14. "Within a comparatively few years we are going io determine whether the agricultural product of this country are to be supplied by the' Independent farmer or hv a peasant class," declared W. Sltill. president of the Sorttb koto l wiu Bureau federation, ad dressing that body in convention here. Th average income of the farm em of America for the year 19JJ was $465." Mr. Hill said. "This mount, he continued, "was Itii pay for his time and the management of the farm. More than this, the pur chasing power of his income, when used to buy -the necessities of life, was reduced to $218. From this you mum realize the drift of the farmer toward the peasant chsi." president -Hill reviewed the bust ncss conditions of the country since the c!oe of the world war, and dwelt especially upon agriculture. He out lined the purpose of the farm bureau federation and the necessity for its already large membership to be further increased. "We arc living in an age of organ iration." he said. The farm bureau is an effort to organize the farmer and to get him to pay more attention to his business. It is not a political party, it is a business organization, lr dees not appeal to the highe' things in life, but is concerned with the economic side of farming." Farming Must Pay. The business of the farm must be made profitable if the boys an4 girls c-f the farm are to remain tillers of the soil, Mr. Hill declared. "The farmc'r is a producer," Presi dent Hill continued, "and as a pro ducer he needs a market At present there is' too great a spread between what the farmer gets for his products and the cost of these products to the consumer. In the past the farmer has given too much attention to pro duction and too little attention to the marketing of his products. Cooper ative marketing is a big question and it is the most important ' thing to which the farm bureau can give at tention. "The marketing problem naturally divides itself into commodities. We in South Dakota are particularly in terested in grain, livestock, wool and vegetables. Our farm bureau is co operating with the organizations be ing formed to market these products. It is aiding the United States Grain Growers, Inc., which is the organiza tion endorsed by the American Farm Bureau federation for the marketing of grain. It is also helping in the co operative livestock marketing plan which is being established at ..- the present time and which gives promise of being a material help to our; live stock ijiarketing." ' Mr. Hill appealed to the farm women of the state to "take a more active interest in the workings ot their state farm bureau. "Under present regulations," he said, "the wife of a member automatically be comes a member." . Praises Farm Bloc. He praised the efforts of the agri cultural bloc at Washington, which he characterized as the result of ef forts put forth by the Washington office of the Farm' Bureau federation. "Through this bloc much legisla tion has been done," Mr. Hill said. "For the first time since the founda tion of our country the organized, farmer has been heard from at Washington. Other interests have been heard ' from continuously, but agriculture has been, exploited to the advantage o other lines of industry, yhrough the operation of the agricul tural bloc, the bill regulating the packers has become a law after l4 years of opposition from the packers." . ; Rohins Hop, Strawberries in Bloom at Pana, 111 Pana, 111., Jan. 14. Dr. J. M. Mil ler, dean of the Pana Medical so ciety, saw a robin redbreast hopping' the pavement in tront of his resi dence. Later J. ti. YViandt displayed strawberry, plant from his garden cn which were blossoms and fruit. Agents Instead ot tha 20th, try 'show, - .... because of tha poul- Tha Weston group of Homemakera wilt meet Thursday. The regular January subject as given In the year book. will be diseaassd. . :- :,;.' .A meeting Is to h held at District 79 school house Tuesday. The women 'may have a short meeting during the evening either before or after the general meet ing and choosa tha groujr representative for the board. School district 20 is beginning this week to serve a hot dish at noon. We have been receiving some very fine reports where tha hot lunch has been aerved. Two ttiore sewing clubs have beeA added to -our winter list of clubs, one from Ceresco and one from Prague. Thia mak:s four sewing and one hot lunch club from Ceresco. ' . Miss Rachel Harris, clothing pectallst. waa here this week for several days giv ing demonstrations on-sewing machlno at tachments and short cuts (n sewing. Meet ings Were held at lutan and jlatmo. CASS COUNTY. Ida St. Wllklna and I.. It. Snipe. Agents. Weeping Water, Neb.. Jan. 14. (Spe cial.) The annual conference of the coun ty agricultural agents was held in Lin coln during tha Christmas holidays. Both agents from Cass county atteirded and Mies Wilkins was on the commit tea to work. out the projects for filing records and follow up work for tha office. ' Also clothing. Mr. Snipes waa on the 'com mittee for horticulture and farm engi neering. Thirty farmers raising some or all pure bred cattle had 65S cattle . tested , for tuberculosis. During the first test 3T head reacted and five were suspects. In the second test which carae six months later 613 hea were tested, two reactors and three suspects . were found. These flgurea do not include tha dairy cattle tested tn the county. - i . Tha following will give you the cost of raising Vht and oats In Douglas and Otn countl. The wheat avarag'd St bushels and oata 19 bushels per acre. Horse labor figured at 12 rents per hour and man tabor at 25 cents ner hour. Wheat rout Tn cents per bushel and oata 41 ceittn per bushel tor each bushel raised in id:l UvestockStealmg'Is Lost Art in Nebraska Norfolk, Neb . . M. During the LiM year there not iu ani mal stolen (rout its members, the (wo "suapk'iout cae reported te suiting iu the return of the mUsing animal when an inveMiRation a announced, it was brought out here at the aimiijl meeting of delegate! from the various camps of the Ne brsk Livestock Owners' I'rotc live aiaocialion. The organiration was formed years ago in order to combat horse thieves. The aoci:tinn yet holds a mem bership of about SiMi, the report of the secretary , showed, while the treasury ot the organization is in good condition deipiie the fact that only one aomrnt has been made in the Jat .11) years." . -"Out hore disappeared from the "farm of t menlher duritig the year, hut when it was announced that the chief captain of the association had instituted an investigation, the hone suddenly reappeared on the farm of Its owner, says a report Burbank Produces New Hulless Oat Variety, Which Threshes Out Like heat, Weighs . 60 Pounds to Bubhcl. Santa Rosa, Calif., Jan. 14. A new white, hulless oat, that threshes put like wheat and weighs approximately bO pounds to the bushel instead of 45 pounds, is one ot the chief new horticultural productions of Luther Burbank, plant wizard, announced. Other new creations perfected by Burbank include a mammoth crimson-dowering artichoke, the globes of whuh are as beautiful as roses, but JO tunes as large. A new orange sunberry having; the exact flavor of the eastern blueberry and huckleberry. A new Brazilian tomato-like fruit. A Peruvian winter grass which pro duces an enormous amount ot feed despite the heaviest frosts throughout the winter, affording a valuable for asre for poultry, horses, sheep, cat tle and goats. A new sweit corn surpassing prev ious creations in sweetness, produc tiveness and early maturity. ; A new yellow flowering hibiscus. A new prickly poppy and a wonder ful new eramanthus named "Molten Fire" because., of its gorgeous color ing effects. Big Part of Goat Meat V - Retailed as Mutton Goat meat is seldom found on the market as such, yet the average number of goats slaughtered eacn year from 1916 to 1920, inclusive, was 141,487. ;It is probable., that most of this meat reaches the con sumer as mutton, which it resembles closely, as there are few cities that lequire it to be' marketed under its own name; according to the United States Department of Agriculture. Scottsbluff Chamber : Seeks Tariff on Sugar Scottsbluff, Neb., Jan. 14. (Special Telegram.) Declaring that the im portation of Cuban sugar is imperil ing the very business and farm life of the whole North Platte valley, bringing many near' ruin, the Scotts bluff Chamber of Commerce adopted resolutions asking congress for a tar iff of 2 cents a pound on sugar im ports. Copies of the resolutions were sent Senators Hitchcock and Norris and Representative -Moses Kinkaid. The resolutions recite the growth of the sugar industry during the war until it now dominates the busi ness of this region of the state and they say that ruin is being brought to a large percentage of the farmers and business men by the Cuban sugar,. Blizzard Brings Wealth " to Badger State Farmers Green Bay, Wis., Jan. 14. -A new and profitable industry has been discovered by 2rown county . far mers,,, enabling them to add to the lamily income during the slack sea son. Winter tourists are the latest cash crop and since the blizzard of Thursday it is reported the har vest is in full swing. Along high way No. 15, between Green Bav and the Outagamie county line, at least a score of farmers have turned their homes into boarding houses to take care ot motorists , whose machines are stalled in drifts. Snow plows are clearing the roads and prospects are the autos will - be released in a few days. . Farm Bureau Pure Bred Sale at Kearney Success Kearney,. Neb., Jan. 14. -(Special.) Four breeders of pure bred cattle and three breeders of swine are rep resented. at the. first co-operative pure bred livestock sale here, under direc tion of the, farm bureau, :, A. total, of over 40 head we're disposed of and all brought fair; prices; The farmer sales organization, only recently per fected, will hold a sale on the first. Saturday of each month. Only pure bred livestock is handled and costs of conducting the. Sale are ' prorated. Over 200 were in attendance at the opening sale. - v ' ?'. " v ,'- Table Rock Farmers Union Elects Officers for Year Table' .Rock, Neb., Jan.-14. (Spe cial.) At a meeting of the recently elected board of directors of -'the Farmers' Educational and Co-Operative association held in this city, the following officers were elected: Pres ident, W. L. Sandusky; secretary, A. F. Petrasek; treasurer, Murrey Her nck. Wakefield Farmers Elevator Favors Grain Growers' Bodj Wakefield, -Neb.,- Jann4. (Spe cial.) At the annual meeting of the Farmers'. Union Co-Operative Eleva tor company here, in which there are nearly 300 shareholders, , t'ao members went on record as being in favor of joining hands with the United States Grain Growers, Inc. Many Nebraskaiis Enter at Denv er All Clae' tf Urcedcri Wtrl! Represented in LiU of 'Na tional Western Show. Nebraska is io have a tttot prom inent place in thr National WrMcrn Stock show, January 14 to 21, iu Denver. Breeders Irom this great livestock Hate have always lAen an iulerfnt in the Denver show. This year, JiPwever, they have outdone all previous records in number and duality of entries in all clattrt. lu the fat hogs carlot claates they re showing .'J of the M load en tered. In Shorthorn and Hereford breeding claates they are making a great showing from their, bet breed ing lards. The Nrbranka entries in all divi sions of the show are as follows: Khnrthnrti" Thoms Anitrawa, run briilsa; II. It. liallry & Mna, ur.tr C. H. Mr. 1 1 Hon. Arh": a-ltn tiro,, Kl City; lli.klfK it .l.-n. H''l'ubll.n Cny; A I, Uinp. Inland; t.amu A Hulune. tn. I.nd: A. K. hallntaf(tr, Alma; Unl trrmty uf Nbras, l.ineuln, anil Albert Uuinoa Sou. Karunvili. li.rrror.la Mrs WilUam Hrdrl-k. fh.ilrun; I'lvda Hufflnini,, Vaturl: Janus Korlw. , rr.wfupl; Kimtu,rliii Mrix.. C'hamplnn: Thai! K Mmlenhll. Kslrnury; Mnul Hroa., fmbt.l: K. KotlaOl. Canibrfl! llllbarl Xwlnbai-k, rtawrnrd; t'nlvai-nlty of NbraHa. LIB culm II van l'orll si tn. HrnttBMuff. Abrdn-Anaus J. W. Mi.'lun Indianola; University ut is'sbraska, L,in tula. Orada and Cmasbrtd tow and Slart'n nr Huaytd llslfara J. Wlnklnr ft son, l.'i if aton, and University o( Nsbtaaka. -In culn. Ilulstolna Union collssa. Colls! View, Kri.. l,ilnd China Swine K.lecle Baldwin, II,U.,- II. R Tuvlor. Varnam: K. K. Wslklnaton. Hartley, and Uulvrratty ft h'rliraska, Lincoln. Iuroc-Jary Hwlna Abu Htork frm Columbus; University ot Nebraska, Lin coln. llnifuhtra Kwln f. H. Rrart at Son, Arumihiis: O. J. Brownflald. L'nsad; aid I'avls. Hartley; University of Nebraska, T.inrnln. . Oraddand Crosabred Fat Harrows K4 Jvl. Bartly: u. U. Joseph, Cambrlila; Kllpatrlck Hroa Co.. Beatrice; J. H. Wil liamson. RrMirk-e. and University ot .No- braska. Lincoln. The university Is alaa howliia Hampshire and tlhropshlra sheet and ft lainim and wetnrrs. In tha hnrae and iiiuIh division. K. P, Cromer A Hon of Oerlna are ahowlna; P-rcherone and arrade ilrutt horses, while l. T. Bernard of Broken How la brlufiug a full string of Jarks and Jenneta. M. (1. Barr of Htanlon. Norman Oobs or of Madison and K. E. N. T. Youths f I.exlnfton are ahowlna In carlot rmlatared h.ircr classes, while the Yuunns and H. 1'. 1'etrrson of Lelah. and Mrs. William Braddnck of ChaUron ara In carlot regis tered bull classes. Carloads of fat hors eomlne; to tho show from Nebraska are aa follows; O. J. Brotenfleld, Coiad. two; H. H. Bailey & Sons, Ord, one; J. K. Krlikson, IloldrPK, on,, ttpnrr .1. Onrman. Coxad. four: Klrk- patrirk Bros., Beatrice. three; John Melvich. Lewsllen, three: Mouael Broa , Cambridge, one; H. B. Taylor, Farnam, two: J. H. Williamson, Beatrice, two; E. K & N. T. Toungs, Lexington, three. , Safety First Pay Dakota ' Employers $27,000 Refund Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 14. "Safety first" pays in North Dakota. Checks from the workmen's compensation bureau to employers are telling the story. ' ; .-',-' . They are rebates, permitted under the law, when the total cost of ac cidents incurred by any one party does not exceed the allowance of. ac- trdent'cost as shown in compensation allowance. , as printed in the manual. isinceibepttmber 17, $4,7dl,liS.has beriii refunded, to employers because of a minimum of accidents in their establishments. Another $13,91171 has been dis tributed, under a credit merit system, to employers who have "nftnifested exceptional diligence in caring for their employes, by installing safety devices and in other ways safeguard ing the health and safety of their working people. r Ohio Officers Wage War on Mishranded Vinegar Columbus, O.. Jan. 14. Official of the federal and state Departments of Agriculture are co-operating in a campaign throughout Ohio marked by confiscation of alleged misbrand- ed and adulterated vinegar. Within a period of about tour weeks approximately 500 barrels were seized, including 61 barrels .taken from, one .Columbus wholesale groc ery concern and .38 from another. It is claimed that much ' of this stuff, made by a New York firm, not only is misbranded "cider vinegar," but contains chemicals prohibited by both tederal and Ohio statutes. Dakota Farmers Feeding Cheaper Grains to Hogs Fargo,- N. D., Jan. 14. Cheaper grains are being fed to . hogs by farmers of. North Dakota and Min nesota.' ' Here's the reason as explained by Arthur Marsden, -Traill county, North Dakota, farmer: "By mar keting my cheaper grains through rhy hogs I can get four times what I get by marketing them through the elevators." ..Marsden says North Dakota farm ers are buying hogs freely "because they realiie more by feeding the cheaper grains to the swine, eventu? ally converted into meat." Shorthorn Association , Will Give Boys Prizes McCook, Neb., Ja. 14. (Spe cial. )-rThe Republican Valley Short horn association-, has voted three prizes' to be given next fall at the Red Willow, county fair to the best Shorthorn animal ' exhibited by a Member of a boys' calf club, in . the county. First prize, $50; second, $25-; third. $15. The association has also decided to have a -spring sale Aprii I at McCook. . Gage County Farm Union .' Elects Officers for Year ( Beatrice, Neb., Jan. 14. (Special.) Cub creek local, Jage County Farmers' union, elected the following officers: President, Fred Neimeyer; vice president, Joseph Scheve; secretary-treasurer, Fred Langworthy. William Buss was re-elected man ager and -.-reported that his depart ment did a $4,000 business last year. There are about 50 farmers in the organization. Ingenious "Arrest Proof' V . Coat Used to Dodge Police New York; Tan. 14. An ingenious "surest proof" coat, made in two sec tions, hooked together, came off the back of V. E. Hunter when two de tectives grabbed him. I hey eot him later in his shirt sleeves. Farm Bureau Shows , Big Growth LaslYear Huron, S. P., Jan. H Tin rapid growth of the South Dakota Tarn Bureau federation during 19.' I was revcaleil her with the reading b fore the fourth annual state farm bureau convention of the ytarly re port front the office of the secretary treasurer, George A. Starring, for merly director of news service and advertising, v. ho succeeded M, K. Ilenedict as secretary-ireaiurer on November 10, presented the report. .One year ago, according to thia rrpori, only 27 South Dakota coun ties had started or completed mem bership campaigns. There are now 4 mrniber counties iu the state fed eration. ith a total unofficial mem bership" of 20,000, Of this number about 7S per-cent are paid up. Organizations have been com pleted, in the .following counties. Hand, Clark, Edmundaon. Faulk. Brown, Kcadle; Spink, Brookings, Lake, Kingsbury. Moody, Fall Riv cr, Lyman, Haakon, Butte, Grant, Day. Roberts. Codington, Deuel, Uamliii. Minnehaha. Bon Homme, Corson, Dewey, Douglas, Hughe, ackson, Jones, Lincoln. Marshall, IcCook, I'cnuington, Stanley, Sul ly, YValwo.fth. Turner, Union, Clay, Yankton and Lawrence. Scruh Sires Are Losing . Iu vestment to Owners Lincoln, Jan.. 14. -"Any sire is high priced that will ndt pass on t? his offsprings the characters whicti go to make them desirable from the market standpoint," say specialists at the agricultural college. "It is only natural that a good, pure-bred sire will transmit desirable characters because he is the result of a consistent system of breeding to produce desirable characters," they say. "A scrub sire is the re sult of slipshod' breeding methods with no definite goal in mind. It tf impossible for him to transmit the characters which demand a premium on the market. The pure-bred sii e will transmit his qualities and i cheap at any fair price. But the scrub sire is a losing investment at the lowest price because of nis in ability to transmit desirable .char acteristics." Rural Improvement Club . at Hay Springs Meets Hay Springs, Neb., Jan. 14, (Spe eial.J The' annual -, meeting,-',anct luncheon'' of the-'Hay : Springs "and Rural Improvement club was ' held at the Commercial hotel. I. A. Goff presided as toastmaster and a very interesting' and instructive .program was given. The' out-of-town speaker was Thomas Eastergard of Norfolk, who gave a talk on- the general busi ness conditions and especially men tioned Hay Springs and Chadron as being the real live towns of western Nebraska. .'After the speaking the old offices were re-elected for the ensuing year. j r v Amateur Photographers $50.00 for One THE BEE is offering: $140 in prizes to Ne braska and Iowa amateurs for best pictures . submitted in the 1922 Amateur Photographers' Contest, s " ' First prize will be $50, second prize $25 and - third prize $15. In addition, there will be awarded five prizes of $5 each and 25 prizes of 'i:: $1 each. '. .: ' .. Here are the conditions of the competition; r Photographs must have, been taken in Nebraska or Iowa by Nebraska or Iowa amateurs. . It is not necessary. that amateurs do their own developing.. , There is no restriction on size of photographs , ' or the number each contestant may. enter. ' Photographs for the contest may have been taken before or after the opening of the compe tition, January 1, Photographs may be brought or mailed to The . Bee. They must reach this office not later than midnight January 31. Prize winning photographs will be published in The Bee Sunday Rotogravure Section. Films are not desired. Enter prints only. Each picture should have name and address of con testant written on back. All photographs entered become the property of The Bee, but will be returned if accompanied bypostage. v ., . ..'.- , " ' Remember the Contest Closes January SI y-'Yiy-.-.'::' Mail Photographs to Amateur Photographers' Contest Editor, The Omaha Bee High-Grade Dairy Herd Pays Well at Indian School Superintendent of Covrrn nirtit Institution iu South DdloU Boost Pure " Brrd Uvrntotk. Tierre. S. P., Jan. 14. "Cows u C0i," aert Ma). C J. Cramlall. auiwrintrndcnt of the government Indian school here, 'lint good cow are inonry niikcrs." Major Crandall prides himself on the allowing of his achool herd whirh ha product I more than JJ,000 in the tt 11 yean. "1 always maintained that nothing on the average South Dakota farm could make as much money a a good dairy cow," the supeiinicndnit said. "When I came here 10 year ago I found my predcceor had iiarted in the dairy bumc by pur chasing a registered llolstein bull which he had turned in will" bunch of ordinary scrub cattle.- In the spring of 1912 we had about half riocn heifer calves irom this herd. We took particular care of them and all of the hciiers which came in succeeding year. "For a few year we kept .the original bunch of scrub cow but as soon as the new slock came into milk we began cleaning hoii-e by butchering. They furnished beef (or the school for some time. Later e bought a few good high grade Hoi stein cows and every two years a new registered herd bull." Office records show the herd In made the following returns since 1911: Milk sold $2.5" J Cream sold 1,041 Butter sold US Bull calves sold 7o' Heifers sold 1,325 Cows sold . 2,105 Stock fees 292 Hides sold . , 219 Total- .03.171 . Faid out for bulls and heifers 1,372 Besides this the original herd was consumed as beef at the school since 1914, and butter, cream and mill to the value of $25,000 has been used at the institution. m.'- At the present time the herd con sists of 40 cows, headed by a grand son of the world's champion milk producer. College Belle Wayne.-All labor attached to producing tho feed and caring for the dairy herd is done by students as a part of their regu lar -course ro agriculture. j - j ;-" Girl Mistakes Poison for . Medicine; May Not Recover Fond d'u Lac, Wis., Jan. 14. Miss.Mollie Larson, 23, stenograph er AY a North Fond du Lac railroad office, may not recover from the effects of drinking poison which she mistook. for meTJicine. The girl was found unconscious and was removed to a hospital. She is said to have swallowed about four ounces of the poison. . The girl's parents live in Stevens Point. . . " ' Picture