LIVESTOCK PRICES
AT SOUTH OMAHA
Fit Ci'Hb Slow to 10c Lower;
Yeirllris Steady
HOGS SHOW oHARP DECLINE
Sheep and Lamb Supplies of Only
Moderate Proportion General Do
martd Decidedly Strong, and Uids Aa
Wall Aa Salea 205Oc Lower Than
Laat Wook Eastern Markota All
Reported in Bad Condition.
Onion Slock Yard. South Omitha,
May 2, ll17.- 1'nitle receipt were
of rather moderate pertpnrfloffs for the
epenlntc day of the week, about f,W"
liea'l sun! uullly tWW only fair. Do
main! wax not at all brisk, owing to
bad reports from eastern centerM ami
bid were mostly all of u dime lower
than laat week. Yearlings were want
ed at about ateady prices, but the
general market closed aharply lower
all around. Both pulp fed and corn
fed beeves aold up to 913.00.
Quotations on - at tie ara aa followa:
Qeod to cbol.-e heavy beeves. 912 00
18.28; fair to good boerea. 9U.S0O
12.26; common to fair bssves, 91025
011.60; good to choice yearling.
11.75 1 2. !W; fair to good yearling,
910.60911.50; common to fair year
Unfa, 910.00010.50; good to rbolca
heifers. 910.250 11.25 ; good to tholes
cow, 90.75010.75 ; fair to good cowa,
98.76O0.75; cancers and cuttera, 97.00
08.50; veal calves. 8U-000 13.50; beef
bulla, 98.00010.50; prime reading
ateers, 810.00! 1.00; good to chotca
feeders, 90.260 10.00 ; fair to good
feedera, 98.6000.25 ; good to choice
tockera, 90.5OO10.50; fair to good
atockers, 98.7500.50; common to fair
gradea, 97.0008.50; stock helfera,
98.25010.50; stock cows. 87.00 10.00;
atock calves, 88.50 1 1 .00.
Hog Slow Sale and Lower.
A very moderate run of hog allow
ed up, about 5,200 bead, but neither
local packer nor ahlppers were very
anxious for them and blda were lower
from the atart, around 10015c lower
than Saturday. Tops aold up to
915.80, the same as on Saturday, but
the hulk of the trading was nround
815.2515.65, as compared with 915.45
0 15.70 Saturday. The cloae was atlll
lower, with aome bogs unsold.
Savor Decline In Sheep.
The run of sheep and lamb was by
no means large, only ubout 5,000 head,
but bad reports from easteru markets
had a very depressing effect on the
trade and bids were around half a
dollar lower than the close of last
weak. Up to a late hour very little
stock bad changed bands.
Quotations on sheep and latnba:
l.ambs, wooled. 81fcOO2&M; lambs,
hhorn, SI 6-250 17.20; spring la nibs,
818.IXI0 10.75; yearlings, shorn. 913.50
015.50; wethers, shorn. 91&0Qf4J8i
ewes, shorn, 811.75OU.00; ewe, culls,
shora, 9.50 1 1.25.
Displaces Steam Roller.
To replace the familiar steam roller
a gasoline machine baa been devel
oped which. In addition to economis
ing on fuel, gives Its driver an unob.
atructed view of his work.
PROPER MKTHODS WILL
i.mphovk potato CROP
(Continued from page 1 this section)
cause they have a good seed bed on
land free from truah and normally
have more moisture conserved.
For the average live stock farmer
of this section, and considering adap
tability to natural conditions, u crop
system that will be fair to all croon
and to potatoes, on the basis of 100
acre of farm land exclusive of hay
crops, i:
Corn 20 acres .
Potatoes 20 acreB
sin, ill grain 20 acres
Corn 20 acres
Small grain 20 acres
Repeating this order, potatoes fol
low corn and are planted on the
same land only one year in five.
Grading for Market
After all, besides supplying home
use, the aim of the potato grower Is
finally to sell the potatoes. To ae
cure the largest returns with pota
toes, just us with live atock. there
must be a market demand and the
article to sell must conform to the
market demand. The demand la for
a potato of reasonable size, good in
quality, and relatively free from dis
ease. Grading for market has been
badly neglected in this section.
Grower are not always to blame for
this condition, for many unscrupu
lous buyers have practiced buying
ungraded potatoes. Every ungraded
car of potatoes shipped out casts a
reflection on the potatoes of this
section.
According to the Department of
Markets, the potato grower must aak
himself, can he afford to pay himself
for grading his potatoes at home, or
is it cheaper for him to haul off the
culls with the good potatoes, pay
freight on these culls to the big dis
tributing points; then hire someone
there to grade and throw away the
scabby, cut and odd-shaped potatoes
and pay the dealers rightly a large
insurance for handling this grade of
potatoes? Km all this is paid in
directly by the grower, by the lower
price received for the potatoes.
Storage
As a general rule. the potato
. ions, i who is within a fair distance
of the market make very little by
storing his potatoes, llad roads, dan
ger In long haula, small difference in
price, shrinkage, freezing, and stor
age disease losses, are all things to
be taken into consideration.
However, It Is Important that some
potatoes be stored so that the mar
kt may not be flooded at digging
time. It is absolutely necessary that
the potatoes for home seed be stored
properly In order to give strong
seed The potatoes stored for the
southern seed trade must be stored
properly (not allowed to heat), so ss
to maintain their vitality.
Potatoes should be kept in disin
fected cellars. The Ideal storage
temperature Is from 33 degree to
45 degrees. It Is Impossible to
maintain low temperature where
large quantities of potatoes are stor
ed without proper ventilation. Po
tatoes In storage should not be over
four feet from a ventilator. That Is.
ventilators should be eight feet
apart. Natural construction of stor
age cellar may facilitate in ventila
tion. IOW temperature maintains
vitality, prevents early sprouting,
lowers shrinkage, and lessens losses
from disease. Allow as small an
amount of dirt as possible to be
stored with the potatoes.
ASSOCIATION PUNS
SPUD IMFROVING
The Nebraska Improvement Associ
ation Will Make I 'Hurt for Wid
er Potato Market
Final plans of organization were
drawn up in Alliance recently for an
organization to be known as "The
Nebraska Potato Improvement As
sociation." The meeting was attend
ed by representative growers from
Dox Butte and adjoining counties, as
well as by county agricultural agents
and representatives from the Depart
ments of Agronomy. Agricultural
Botany, and Horticulture, of the Ag
ricultural College of the state Univer
sity.
This organization has for its large
general purpose more and better po
tatoes, at a minimum cost fofproduc-
iii n. and it will attempt general co
operation covering production, trans
portation and distribution.
The association belleve it desira
ble to stimulate general interest in
varieties of potatoes, particularly
with a view to strains showing the
Maximum adaptability of soil and
climuto conditions and possessing
mniunity to certain diseases.
An effort will be made to secure
it larger and wider market for Ne
braska seed potatoes, and to keep
varieties of Nebraska potatoes true
o name.
The association hopes to effect
some advantageous methods for the
disposal of surplus and samll or be
low-standard potatoes, considering
hat a strict system of grading will
maintain very much higher prices.
Crop rotation and soil conditions,
as applying to potatoes, will be given
careful consideration.
In fact, this new and very Import
ant association proposes to cover ev
ery branch and phase of the potato
business, including everything that
an be of importance und benefit to
any potato frower. whether he rais
es only an acre or so or hundreds of
icres. It is to be expected that the
ime may come soon when potato
growers of this state will have the
great advantage of being able to ship
much of their crop through this new
association itself.
The association naturally will seek
and receive the closest possible co
operation with and assistance from
both the Cnlted States Department
of Agriculture and the Nebraska Ex- j
periment Station.
The list of officers and board of,
directors of the new association are ,
as follows:
President, A. D Davis, Gordon.
Vice-President. J Pedrett. Klm
bsll. Secretary-treasurer. F Howard,
Lincoln.
Board of directors, C. C. Psrrlsh,
Mi na i a re C. 8. Hawk, Chadron; A.
S. Enyesrt. Hemingford; Alois Shaf
fer. Cherry county; E. M. Wilcox.
Lincoln: W. W. Burr. Lincoln.
first time this ?ervlce had ben given,
(the farmers, . snd wss the mesns of
making for them thousands of dol
, lurs. without one cent of extrs cost :
'to them. The idea of this selling
service for Box Butte county farmers
lis said to have originated with Coun-
If Agent Seidell, who took the matter I
. . . a i . v. . I I
up witn proper aumorme. nun me
result that western Nebarska waa
given this servxlce.
POTATO EXPERTS
IN BOX BUTTE
F. M. Seidell, County Agent, and A.
K. Prugh. Federal Represent-
Uve, Worked Together
In the person of Mr. F. M. Seidell,
the potato growers in Box Butte
county have u competent and skill
ed authority on every phase of the
potato business. Mr. Seidell Is ena
bled to be of service to the farmer
of this county through the co-operation
of the University of Nebraska
College of Agriculture, the Unied
States Department of Agriculture and
the Box Butte County Farmers' Association.
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F. M. SEIDELL
Mr. Seidell was born on a Nebras
ka farm, and was educated in Ne
braska county schools and the high
school at Chadron. Following his
graduation at Chadron. be went to
Ames, Iowa, where he graduated
from the Iowa State Agricultural Col
lege. Before coming to Box Butte
county as county agent, he was in
partnership with his father on a
ranch near Chadron. "Mr. Seidell un
derstands his work, and anyone who
meets him realises at a glance that
he is a Bound, practical business man
of capability and good judgmont.
Whatever the immediate demand
may be in any department of co-operative
extension work or agricul
ture and home economics, he is able
and ready to give valuable service,
either personally or by securing
workers from the state board or fed
eral government. It has meant much
to potato growers in this section to
be able to avail themselves of Mr.
Seidell's expert knowledge and bus
iness judgment.
Associated more or less with Mr.
Seidell in his work lust year was Mr.
A. E. Prugh. federal representative
from the Office of Markets and Rural
Organization of the United States De
partment of Agriculture, which main
tained an office with the county agent
in the court house during the potato
selling season. Last year was the
Nebraska State Volunteer Fire
men's Association
President Harry J. Ilauser, Fremont.
First Vice President John W. Guthrie, Alliance.
Second Vice President Wm. P. McCune, Norfolk.
Secretary E. A. Miller, Kearney.
Treasurer F. B. Tobin, Sidney.
Chaplin Rev. W. C. Rundln, Crawford.
Board of Control Jacob Goehring, Seward, chairman; C. H. Mas
ters, Auburn: C. R. Frazier, Gothenburg; H. H. Bartllng, Ne
braska City; Clyde Beckwith, Crawford.
A Department Devoted to the Interests of the Volunteer Firemen of
the State of Nebraska
Edited by Lloyd C. Thomas, Slate Publicity Chairman.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS DEPARTMENT ARE ALWAYS
WELCOMED
Address envelope to: State Publicity Chairman Firemen's Assn.
The Alliance Herald, Alliance, Nebraska
STATES i 'OXV KNTION WAS CALLED OFF
The York Democrat of May 9 seems to be of the opinion that the annual
state convention for 1918 has been called off and that it will not be held in
that city. We have not yet been advised of this fact and do not wish to
convey the impression that such Is the case until the officers of the associa
tion have so advised us. We hope to be able to give definite information in
our next issue for the benefit of the boys over the state.
The York paper contained the following article in a recent issue:
The state convention of volunteer firemen will not meet in York next
January, as contemplated. There are several reasons for this. The first
one is the fact that the new hotel will hardly be available by that time, and
York s hotel facilities are uot of the best. Another one 1b the fact that this
is not deemed a good time to be figuring on spending money for big social
gatherings. Right now there is something bigger at stake than conven
tions. Many big organizations are calling off their annual conventions io view
of the war situation, having decided to devote all their energies and money
to the national defense. It Is estimated that the firemen's convention
would have cost York not less than 82,000, and it has been decided that
this, together with inadequate hotel facilities, render it inadvisable to go
further with the project.
and valuable work. When the Kan
sas City office wss started, he was
plsred In charge, and remained there
until he came to Alliance on this new
and special work. On leaving Alli
ance, at the end of the selling season,
Mr. Prugh went to Washington, D. C.
where he is now market assistant of
the Office of Markets and Rural Or
ganization The work which was
performed by Mc. Prugh for potato
growers in this section last year, will
be repeated this year, although it has
not yet been announced who will have
charge of it.
MR. A. K. PIU GH
During the potato selling season
in this county last year, it was a very
common thing in almost any part of
the county where potatoes were
grown, to find Mr. Prugh and county
Agent Seidell, in the latter's Ford
runabout, which was used so often to
get a quick distribution on the mar
ket news service reports made in Al
liance by Mr. Prugh, that the car
came to be known to the potato grow
ers and commission men by the dig
nified name of the "Spud Special."
Mr. Prugh's personal history will
be Interesting to those who met him
here last year. Mr. Prugh was raised
on a farm in Ohio, received his edu
cation in the country school and Wit
tenberg, Springfield, Ohio. His pro
duce experience was received in the
service of a firm In Springfield. Af
ter spending three years in the post
ton. Mr. Prugh was transferred to the
Office of Markets and Rural Organi
zation, where he has done efficient
WHERE 1916 CROP
POTATOES WENT
7W t ars Shipped in State; Iowa Got
479 Cars; Illinois ami Missouri
Are Heavy Buyers
The .Office of Markets and Rural
Organizations, which maintained an
office at Alliance during the potato
selling season, kept an accurate rec
ord of all Nebraska potato shipments
during the selling period. This rec
ord, which was telegraphed by the
railroad offices to Washington each
day and then telegraphed back to
the Alliance office, shows that 839
Car loads of potatoes were shipped
to points inside the state, that 479
car loads were shipped to Iowa, 112
io Illinois, 246 to Missouri, 19 to
South Dakota, to Kansas, 11 to
Oklahoma. 4 to Colorado. 6 to Wy
oming, 6 to Wisconsin, 2 to Arkan
sas. 2 to Indiana, 2 to Minnesota and
1 to Texas. Besides this there were
miscellaneous shipments to the num
ber of Ci. Since this report was
made there have been Other car-load
shipments, but this report will give
a very pood idea of where ebraska
potatoes are used. The following
report shows the points to which po
tatoes were shipped together with
the number of cars:
Nebraska Shipments to Nebraska
Adams l
Albion I
Anoka 2
Archer 2
Arlington l
Atkinson 2
Aurora 60
Beatrice 10
Bartley l
Beaver City
Belden
Beeraer
Benkelman
Blair
Bloomfield
Book waiter
Bradshaw
Bralnard
Breslau
Brlstow
Cedar Bluffs
Central City
Ceresco
Clay Center
Clearwater
Coleridge
Columbus
i Cornlea
Craig
Creighton
Crete
Crofton
Curtis
David City
Dawson
Edison
Elgin
El wood
Kmmet
Eustis
Ewing
Exeter
Falls City
Fairbury
Farnam s
Farwell
Foster
Fremont 4
Friend
Gibbon
viothenburg
.wiaiimi
Grand Junction
Grand Island 1
J Greeley
Greeley tenter
Gresham
Harrnigton
Hampton ,
i Hartlngtou
Hastings
i Harvard
Hebron
Hendlcy
Holdrege
Herman
Hubbard
Humboldt . .
Huntley
Hyunnis
Indianola t
Kearney
Laurel
j Leigh
Liberty
'Lincoln 7
1018 CONVENTION NOT GOING TO YORK
Fremont, Nebr.. May 29 The 1918 annual convention of the Nebras
ka State Volunteer Firemen's Association will not be held at York. Harry
J. Hauser. president of the association, has received the following letter
from the York department: "Owing to the fact that our hotel will not be
completed in time for the 1918 convention York will be unable to entertain
the convention at that time. (Signed) Lee Carey, President; Roy E. Davis.
Chief; W. J. Gardner. Secretary."
The board of control ami officers of the state association are making'
an effort to have another Nebraska town act as host for the convention.
Scotlsbluff planned on asking the 1919 convention. They may decide to
take it oue year ahead With two new hotels being erected there they
should have ample facilities for caring for the delegate.
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