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First, building south of
Burlington Station,
one block south of Un
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off the train come
to the Pullman Hotr
and leave your bag
pa pe. You will b
pleased with the com
forts of the Pullman
Hon I and the conven
ient. In stopping here.
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"There's the Place for
An Extension Telephone"
fou spend a great deal of your time in this
room upstairs. An extension will save running
up and down stairs to answer or make telephone
calls.' V-
. ICSI8KCE EXTEMJIOH TELEPKORE RATES
50 cents a month Without a bell
75 ctnti a month With extra bell
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MILLARD MOTEL
Especially the Stockmen '
Under New Management L. RENTFROW, Prop.
PLAN TO IMPROVE
DAIRY CAIILE BREED
Cnlted Suites Department of Agri
culture Advise Hull Associa
tions among Dairymen
co-operative bull association la
a farmers' organization, the chief
purpose of which Is theiJolnt own
ership and use of high-class, pure
bred bulla. The association also may
encourage careful selection of cows,
obtain better prices for dairy prod
ucts, introduce better methods of
buying and selling cattle, work for
improved sanitary conditions, intel
ligently fight contagious diseases of
cattle, and In many other ways as
sist the dairy business.
The United Slates Department of
Agriculture, thru its Weekly News
Letter for November 8, advises the
formation of such organizations.
When it is remembered that the pro
fit from dairying depends more upon
the milking qualities of the cows
UHed than upon any other ono thing,
the importance of improving the
breed of dairy herds is reudlly Been.
The owners of small herds of
grade cows often feel that they can
not afford to purchaso valuable pure
bred bulls. In consequence they buy
scrubs, or breed their cows to a
scrub bull or an inferior pure-bred
bull on some near-by farm. One
year a Holsteln bull may be used,
the next year a Jersey, and ocacs-
tonally a bull of no particular breed
ing. The work of the co-operative
bull associations makes it possible
for any farmer to own a share in a
pure-brod bull of high quality.
A bull association in its simplest
form may consist of three farmers
who together purchase three good
registered bulls of the same breed.
Each farmer keeps one of these built
for two years, at the end of which
time the bulls are exchanged to pre
vent inbreeding. For the 'same rea
son a second exchange is made at the
end of four years. In this way. by
paying the purchase price of only one
bull, each member of the association
has the use of good pure-bred bulls
for six years. A larger membership
In the association may either reduce
expenses or make possible the pur
chase of better bulls.
The ideal association is composed
of a much larger number of farm
ers. It Jointly owns five bulls, di
vides Its territory into Ave "breeding
blocks," an dasslgns one bull to each
block. As many as 50 or 60 cows
may belong to the farmers In each
block, and the bull is kept on some
farm centrally located. The blocks
aro numbered from 1 to 5, and ev
ery two years the bulls are moved
forward to the next block. If all
the bgulls live and are retained un
til each has made one complete cir
cuit, no new bulls have to be pur
chased during a period of ten years.
As soon as the daughters freshen,
evidence of the sire's true value be-
sins to accumulate. This Is the on
ly true test of a bull's real value;
but it is self-evident that this test
can not be applied until the bull ap
proaches the age of four years. In
ordinary farm practice bulls are us
ually disposed of before their true
value can be known. The co-operative
bull association makes It possi
ble to obtain several years' service
from bulls that transmit desired
qualities and to eliminate all others.
The original cost of the five bulls
and their annual cost of maintenance
are usually divided among the mem
bers of the association according to
the number of cows owned by each.
Records on file in the dairy division
of the department show that the
members of associations now organ
ized are getting the services of these
high-class pure-bred bulla at an av
erage cost considerably less than
they formerly paid for the services
of scruo bulls or registered bulls of
doubtful merit. . Many farmers In
Maryland, Michigan and Minnesota,
when questioned regarding the value
of co-operative bull associations, es
timated that the use of sires belong
ing to the association Increased the
value' of the offspring In the first
generation from 30 to 80 per cent.
The average of these estimates was
65 per cent.
The educational work of each as
sociation makes the members alert
to prevent the introduction and
spread of disease of any kind. The
well-managed bull association re
quires that all cattle belonging to Its
members shall be tested for tubercu
losis and takes every known precau
tion to prevent the Introduction of
contagious abortion.
It is greatly to the advantage of a
co-operative association tjiat it be
Incorporated under state laws. This
facilitates tho transaction y of busi
ness, equitably distributes responsi
bility, and gives the organization
greater prestige In the community.
Cooperative bull associations have
been common In Denmark for many
years, but the first association of the
kind In the United States were or
ganized in 1908 by the Michigan Ag
ricultural College. In this country
their growth has not been rapid, but,
as a rule, they have been highly suc
cessful. If skillfully managed, they
may be made a great factor in the
upbuilding of profitable dairying in
this country.
Dr. Dakcr preached here for the
first time Sunday since giving up the
Alliance charge to become a district
superintendent and was the first ser
mon he had preached here In thir
teen months. The first year follow
ing his departure from Alliance, Dr.
Baker was superintendent of the
Long Pine district of the Northwest
Nebraska Conference, which ia the
east district of this conference. He
Is now serving his first year as sup
erintendent of the Alliance district
ENLARGED HOMESTEADS
During October 2,188,600 Acres
Were Designated under Enlarg
ed Homestead Act
1)H. HAKFJl VISITS ALLIANCE
Kev. O. S. Baker, superintendent
of the Alliance district of the North
west Nebraska Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, was
here Monday and Tuesday of this
week, particularly to hold the regu
lar quarterly conference of tho local
church and the church at Falrvlew
but incidentally to visit with his old
parishoners and receive from them
the glad hand of fellowship. - Dr.
Baker preached at the Alliance
Methodist church Sunday morning
and at the Falrvlew church in the
country Sunday afternoon. Monday
night he presided at the quarterly
conference.' '
Secretary of the Interior Lane an
nounces that during October more
than 2,188,600 acres were designat
ed under the enlarged-homestead act
through w' lch an entryma'n may ac
quire a homestead of 320 acres of
public land.' If the settler has al-
ready filed on 160 acres under the
old homestead law, he may also, un
der this act, acquire an additional
;160 acres. The lands made availa
j ble during the month for. these larg
, er' homesteads have all been classi
fied by the Geological Survey as nou
irrigable, but some of them have al
ready been patented or entered or at
least filed on. The Interior Depart
ment, in handling applications or pe
titions for the opening up of specif
ic tracts of land under the enlargud
homestead act, gives the petitioner
. the first right to file on the land. To
determine what particular section,
township, or range In uny land dis
trict is open to entry necessitates an
examination of the records at the
local land oQice.
! In California, more than 880,000
acres, distributed In eleven counties
In the central part of the Btate, were
designated, of which a fair percent
age is free from any claim. The
areas designated in certain counties
are as follows: Fresno county, 158,
000 acres, Madera county, 126,000
acres, Tulare county, 92,000 acres,
Saij Luis Obispo county, 89,000
acreB, Monterey county, 72,000 acres
and San Benito county. 60,000 acres.
In Colorado, more. than 130,000
acres, located in twelve counties,
were designated. The greater part
of this area is, however, included in
existing entries, but it is believed
that a portion included in the follow
ing counties is available for new set
tlers: Otero county, 18,500 acres,
Las Animas county, 14,000 acres and
Pueblo county, 12,800. acres.
In Montana, more than - 168,000
acres were designated in twenty-two
counties throughout the state, only a
very email proportion, however, be
ing free from any claim.
In New Mexico, more than 766,500
acreB were designated in fifteen coun
ties of the state, much of which is
open to entry for new settlers. The
areas are In part included in the fol
lowing counties: Valencia county,
117,000 acres, Socorro county, 148,
000 acres, McKlnley county, 96.601
acres. Grant county, 12,000 acres,
San Juan county, 76,000 acres, San
ta Fe county, 33,600 acres, and San
doval county, 23,000 acres.
In South Dakota, not quite 78,001
acres were designated In eleven coun
ties of the western part of the state.
Practically all of the land designat
ed Is, however, already filed on.
In Utah, more than 37,000 acre
were designated in thirteen counties
throughout the state, of which ap
proximately 6,400 acres were desig
nated under section 6 of the act
(which does not require residence oa
the land). As only a limited area Is
allowed to be designated under this
provision, specific requests only wers
considered so that none of this area
Is now open to entry. The remainder
of the land was classified under the
general provisions of the act which
require residence on the land, and
the bulk of this area is also now en
tered. .
In Wyoming, practically 128,000
acres were designated in elevea
counties throughout the state. More
than three-fourths of the lands class
ified are now entered or patented.
General classifications were made,
however, in the following counties,
parts of which are vacant land and
subject t,o entry: Uinta county,' 26,
000 acres, Fremont county, 24.0(h)
acres, Sweetwater county, 23.000
acres, Natrona county, 9000 acres,
and Hot Springs county, 6,000 acres.
ENDORSE GOV'T LAND RANK
Farmers' Organizations of llox Butte
Lending Aid to IvstabliKhment
of Hank In Nebraska
The Box Butte county farmers'
organizations are lending their sup
port to the establishment of one of
the government's federal land banks
In Nebraska. Farmers Educational
and Co-Operative Union No. 934, of
which Alex T. Lee Is president, and
W. F. Patterson, Jr., secretary; and
the Box Butte County Farmers' As
sociation, of which L. J. Schlll is
president, and F. A. Trabert, acting
secretary, have endorsed and for
warded the following resolution to
the commercial club of Omaha:
Itesolution
WHEREAS, There are to be es
tablished twelve Federal Farm Loaa
Banks in the United States, the pur
pose of which Is to provide cheap
money for farmers, and
WHEREAS, In our opinion Nebr
aska is entitled to one of these banks
because of its agricultural resources
and the possibilities of development
along this line;
THEREFORE, Be it resolved that
we petition the Federal Farm Loan
Board to locate one of these banks in
Nebraska aad in the city of Omaha
because from point t of location and
railroad facilities Omaha best serves
the great middle west agricultural
region."
I KELP YOU ADVERTISE
It costs money to advertise your locality, hut by co-operating
with me, I can relieve you from a Rood deal of this advertising ex
pense and' at the same time get pretty good results.
WYOMING has a number of irrigated project Rtill awaiting set
tlers. Ten Million Acres of free homestead lamu in the Mondell
Area are waiting for live stock farmesr.
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SOUTH DAKOTA AND EASTERN COLORADO offer excellent !
land values that should be called to the attention of Eastern people, i
There is no part of the West that has better deeded land values
for the farmer and live stock grower than WESTERN and SOUTH
WESTERN NEBRASKA.
The inquiries that we are daily receiving cover all kinds of lands
and industrial openings. Give me the names of any of your friends
back East whom we might locate in your vicinity. We have folders
descriptive of all of these localities; our mail
ing list is large. Help me to benefit your lo
cality. H. II. Howard, Immigration Agent, C, 11. & Q. II. It.
1004 Fanuun Street, Omaha, Nebraska
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