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THE GEMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. Helping the Meat (Special Information Service, United States Dopaxtmtfit of Agriculture.) WANTED: 200,000 BOYS TO RAISE PIGS. II! Forty-Five Thousand Members of Pig ClubB ''Junior Soldiers of the Conv mlssary" Produced 10,000,000 Pounds of Dressed Pork Last Year. PIG CLUBS BEST FOR TOWN YOUTH Boys and Girls Have a Part in This Food-Producing, Money Making Enterprise. GOOD USE OF TABLE WASTES Four Plans of Work Available Out lined Pork Produced Will Aid Poor Families In Combating High Cost of Living. Two hundred thousand boys and Slrla wanted to grow pork la pig club3 this year : You can figure the contribution such n pig-raising army might make to the meat eupply by what 45,000 members produced last year approximately 10, 000,000 pounds of dressed pork. That contribution means that the pig clubs have an important part in the "more meat" program and specialists of the United 'States department of agricul ture, aided by state club leaders, are endeavoring to reach the 200,000 goul in membership this year. The boys and girls are responding to the appeal of the state and federal workers assigned to club work, and indications now are liat the goal will be attained. Bankers are helping large numbers of worthy boys and girls to buy pigs and are finding It a most suc cessful enterprise. The note of a pig club member always can be rated as "gilt-edged" security, It is said. Formation of Clubs. The pig clubs arc conducted co-operatively by the state extension forces and the United States department of agriculture. Boys and girls who wish to join u club should consult their county agent or write to the Director of Extension at their State Agricul tural College. The boys aud girls are organized Into clubs and suitable local leaders secured. The members "are aided In securing pigs; given instruc tion in the proper cure, feed and man agement of swine, aud at the close of the season the members compete for prizes for the best work. These prises usually are of an- educational nature, such as a trip to the state fulr or fanners' short course. The children of the farms are 'not the only ones who are aiding In the in creased production campaign. Clubs havo been organized In many towns and city suburbs, where the boards of health give permission. The pigs kept In tho towns ure fed very largely ou table wastes, etc., so the grain con sumed and the cost of production will both be small. There are four plans of work avail able for pig club members. The first Is the feeding phase, which consists of fattening one or more pigs, to u mar ketable size. The second is the breed ing phase where a well-bred weanling pig is raised until It is of suitable age to start producing. Then theru Is the sow and litter plmso where the club member cures for a sow and her Utter of pigs. This phase is not suitable for boys and girls who havo not had ex perience in bundling swine. For mem bers with good training and experience there is tho herd phase where they take charge of all tho hogs on the furm. Tho work in the towns and suburbs Is practically limited to tho feeding phase. The pork produced by these boys ami girls, besides helping to meet the urgent need for pork and pork products, will ulso aid many of the poor families in combating the high cost Of living. Besides the direct increase In the meat supply from the club members' pigs, the patriotic spirit which tho members unlveraaUy show Is inspiring thousands of firmer to increaso tlielr production wheie other uppei-Js havo and Milk Supply I C : .V-:'' failed. When the war is won nnd an accounting Is made, as is bound to come, no less can be said of such chil dren of this country than "they did their share." BOY, GIRL, JOIN A CLUB-RAISE A PIG Will you raise a pig for sol diers you, boys and girls on the farms; and you, boys and girls in the suburbs who have space available? Tho United States department of agriculture is seeking to enroll 200,000 boys and girls in pig clubs this year "Junior soldiers of the com missary." If 45,000 members of pig clubs produced 10,000,000 pounds of dressed pork last year, how much pork will 200, 000 members turn In to the na tional larder in 10187 Every boy or. girl who can do so should raise one or more pigs for Uncle Sam and thus furnish the meat supply for a soldier. Ask your county agricultural agent about this opportunity or write to the director of extension at your state agricultural college. Boy's Serious War Work. Hero Is a letter to the United States department of agriculture from a se rious Oklahoma boy of ten who Is do ing his level best to help America's food upply. He Is doing it as a mem ber of the Boys' Pig and Corn clubs. Because his example should be an in spiration to other workers, young and old, and because of the stimulating spirit of his philosophy the letter is printed hero in full. "Well, I shall tell you about my pig. It Is looking pretty dressy since I have been feeding it digester tankage. It looks like It were fixing for a trip. It carries its tall curled, and walks as proud as if it were expecting to see town. Now I shall not disappoint him. I shall carry him to Stlgler to our contest tho 18th. I tell him I don't know whether ho will get to ride on the trains or not, but for him to eat all I give him and I will do my best to get a rldo on the train for him. He carries his fut nicely and walks up to his meals like a little boy and eats all he can. I feed him corn, oats and tamo weeds, and tho wastage from my father's table since my digester tank age gavo out. lie seems to think it is good. The funniest thing Is to see him ent and look at me and grunt as if to say 'Early, you are so good to me everything furnished. All I have to do is to walk up and eat.' He does not realize that soon someone else shall eat him. Of course it must be funny to me und I am loath to think of that grand trip I am fixing up for the poor pig. He is doing his best. "Now If he wins me no prize I shall never be sorry about feeding him, fdr he shall help be n comfort for my mother und little brother at home; be sides I enjoy his being here. While I am a member of the I'lg club I tell him hu must not let; mo get bent, for this Is my first effort to do anything in tho club work. But it is true if I do get beat I shall only keep trying. My two older brothers won valuable prizes last year in tho corn and cotton clubs. I shall keep trying. I feel suro I can win something some day. I have one acre In corn this year, one acre In kufir corn and am preparing my exhibits, also my seed kaflr corn and corn for another year and shnll send in my report und essay when the tlmo comes. "Tho chinch bugs got In my kofir corn, nnd the drought came on my corn, but mother says I must be pa tient. She says those that havo no misfortune die of young uge. I have nlwuys found my mother true und I shall bo patient until I get through. I nm ton years old and can always And work to do. VEARL "Garland Okla." RECORD FOR BUFFALO First County In Nebraska, and Prob ably Nation, to Go "Over the v Top" In Third Loan Drive. Twenty-four hours nftcr Buffalo county's quota was fixed for tho third Liberty loan and two days before tho drive started tho commlttco in charge of the work nnnbuueed thnt tho sum had been oversubscribed. This, it is believed, stands ns ti rec ord, not only in Nebraska, but over tho ontlro country. Tho county's quota was $550,300. Bankers of tho county havo agreed to take 0,000,000 worth of bonds and seo to their dis posal. Ono small bnnk pledged to take more than double of its capital stock. A shipment of 171 cholco hogs, do nated by tho patriotic farmers In the vicinity of Decatur, for tho benefit of the Bed Cross, brought $0,125 at auction on the South Omaha market. This form of donation Is becoming very popular among tho fanners of Nebraska, this consignment being tho sixteenth handled on tho South Omaha market, n total nggregato ,pf tho money thus received being more than $45,000, all of which reverts di rectly to tho various local Bed Cross chapters to bo used In tlielr work. C. E. Collctt, superintendent of the Gothenburg schools, has been elected leader of the boys' nnd girls' club work of Dawson county. Ho will sec to tho organization of clubs among the boys nnd girls of the county for tho encouragement of agricultural pursuits nnd cooking, canning and sowing. Osceola boasts of sending 07 high school students to war, or moro than any other city in tho statu of equal size. So far tho claim has been un disputed. Osceola has a population of 1,500. School children as well as tho older folks made a run on the banks nnd postofllce nt Ashton and purchased the entlro supply of Thrift stninps. Tho district oversubscribed Us quota by $5,000. School children of Buffalo county nro raising funds to equip a Bed Cross ambulance. Ono school with but ten pupils subscribed $180. Funds sufficient to assure the success of tho movement havo already been raised. The two delinquent school districts of Frontier county have reported on tho war stump sale of March 22, showing a totnl of $181,705 sub scribed, or $10,205 above tho county's quota. The Btato railway commission has set Apt 11 24, as the date for hearing on tho order recently Issued by Diroo tor W. Q. McAdoo, for making less than carload shipments, The hearing will take place nt Lincoln. Thrift stamp sales in Nebraska during March amounted to $10,703,845, nearly one-fifth totnl sales in tho United States, according to figures complied by the stato commltteo of the war savings stamp campaign. Secretary of Stato Pool estimates that 18d,000 automobiles will be in use in Nebraska this year. During tho first three months of 1918, 141,050 nuto license number plates were Is sued. Arthur county hns subscribed 350 per cent in its war' campaigns, accord ing to n report to State Superintend ent Clemmons by Superintendent Ar thur Harding of the county. Applying tho facilities of the Uni versity of Nebraska to specialized war training of drafted men is being ser iously considered by tho Wur depart ment at Washington. Citizens of Pawnee county have agreed to use no more whent flour until the new crop provided assur ance Is given nil flour In tho county will be sent to France. York has a lady on the school bourd, Mrs. Penrl Elton, having been elected to the position by voters of the city. Nebraska raised $15,420 for smile age books, according to smllcnge book committee announcement. Nebraska's quota was S10.000. Postofllces In Nebraska report that their sales of war savings stamps during March amounted to $4,002,447. The German national bank at Co lumbus has changed Its name to tho Central national bunk. A Bed Cross auction sale at York netted the sum of $7,000. A McKInley gold dollar brought $525. President Wilson has not. given his indorsement to the Nonpartisan league, tho president's 'secretary, Jo seph Tumulty, stated in a telegram to II. M. Joyce, president of the Ne braska council of defense, In reply to an Inquiry from the council, As a result of an Investigation car ried on by the stato food administra tion beet growers of western Nebras ka will receive $10 a ton for beets, with $1 additional for tho siloed varie ty. Last year growers received $7 a ton for beets. Charges that children attending certain Gorman schools In Nebraska aro whipped becauso they speak Eng lish were made in Washington by Secretary of Interior Lane, addressing a commltteo of the house of repre sentatives. This Information was given to Mr. Lntie by tho Nebraska council of defense. Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Tor us, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico were formed Into n division for the enforcement of federal food adminis tration regulations nt a meeting in Kansas City, Third Liberty Loan Quotas. The Nebraska Liberty loan commit too nnnounccs tho following county quotus for tho third Llborty loan campaign In Nebraska. Ths state quota Is $31,042,800: ' County. Quota. County Jefferson Johnson Kearney ... Keith . Key Paha Kimball ... Quota, 347,100' 137.000 111.301 11I.4CI 38,301 97,801 HO 801 Adams Antslop Arthur .... llsnnsr .... IJIMns .... Boons ilf.OOO 171,100 6.700 MOO 30,100 314,100 uox nuttt. Knox . . Lancaster "ora ...... 345,800 ,1,635,001 fjrown .... 134,100 Lincoln .... Logan UUffSlo .... . . . .... w.,avu uf 358,800 B.J0O 37,804 15,401 7,801 557,605 310,301 153,305 178,301 170,900 181,100 514,700 198,900 34,300 317,300 333,800 585,500 331,000 180,000 415,100 70,700 608,100 183.300 779,300 448,400 480.700 193.400 184,800 68,500 166,100 317.300 26.800 161,900 315,400 345,600 806.200 19,400 238,500 509.400 Loup Mol'horson Madlaou ... Merrick ... Morrill Kanco ..... Nemaha Nuckolls Otoo .... Pawnee Perkins riielpa .... Pierce ... Platte Polk lied Willow lllcliardson nock Saline ..... Sarpy Saunders . . Srottebluft.. Reward .... Hlierldan . . Bherman . Sioux Stanton ... Thayer .... Thomas ... Thurston . Valley Washington Wayne . . Wheeler . . . Webster ... York - .... Can Csdsr 4Xi son (01,700 415,000 133,000 333.300 344,800 413.700 490.300 337,300 566,300 133,700 34S.300 444,100 iiirrj- .... Chtjrtnn , Clay ...... Colfux Cumin ... Cutter .... Dakota .... Da.wes nTion uiuti 'on 439300 113,(00 t;uuK Douglas ... Dundy Flllmoro ,. Franklin .. frontier ... Funis .... "rs oardon 761.80ft 6,310,800 113,400 419,750 233,400 163.400 333,500 534,800 75.000 47.700 41,300 90,000 300,700 519,300 353,700 178,300 33,300 150,700 471,700 38,800 313,400 Ooaper .','. urant nan Hamilton . Harlan .... Hayes Hitchcock . Holt , Hooker .... Howard ... Ueforo an assemblage of state gov ernors, chairmen of Stato Defcnso Councils, Industrial leaders nnd busi ness men, gathered nt the invitation of the Department of the Interior ut Washington to discuss the American ization of millions of foreign born, Richard L. Metcalfe of tho Nebraska Council of Defcnso declared that In some Nebraska schools up to 30 days ago tho American natlonul hymn was unknown and Hint the German anthem had been sung for years. In a few counties of Nebraska, ho said, the Gqrmtin-born population prcponder. ntcs so greatly that tho English speaking schools arc practically un attended,. It Is reported that Rudolph Schopke, Emerson bnnkcr, reputed to bo worth a half million dollnrs, was tarred und feathered and driven through tho streets of the town be cause of alleged pro-German sympa thies. It is alleged that he told Red Cross workers ho owed tho United States nothing and that they could go to hell as far as ho was concerned. Schopke located at Emerson 35 years ago and had Just half a dollar In his pocket, It is said. He Is said to be an alien enemy. "Shut down on the spies. No pen alty of thirty years' Imprisonment and $10,000 flue but deaUi. They should be lined up against the wall and shot then questions asked afterward)." Tills is one of tho messages brought to Nebraakans by ltev. Titus Lowe, pastor of tho First Methodist church, nt Omnha, who just recently returned after six months with the boys on tho battlellne in France. Reports reachlug the agricultural college at Lincoln Indicates thnt tho seed corn situation is gradually right ing Itself and It is believed all far mers In tho state will be able to se curo a supply of tho grain. County Agent Stownrt of Kimball county Is urging tho formation of boys' nnd girls' clubs again this year. Tho success of Kimball county in run ning away with big prizes has made this club work very popular In the county. The Monitor flour mills at Scrlbnei havo been closed by- the government for thirty days us n result of failure to obey rules of tho food adminis tration. Tins Plattevillo school district of Baitnders county subscribed $10,000 In Liberty bonds at a meeting held to launch the campaign in that district. The district's quota is $7,000. The state gehoral fund sagged from $13l),304.81 tho first day of March to $02,081.44 on the last day of tho month, according to tho monthly re port of Stato Treusurer Hull. Total cash receipts of $7,548.04 In the offlco of Secretary of State Pool for March exceeded the lecelpts for tho same period last year by $2,528.44 Ex-Governor John M. Morehcad has announced himself n candidate for tho democratic nomination for United States senator. Two bed quilts mnde by high school girls sold for $000 at a Red Cross auction sale at Decatur, which netted $10,000. According to Ward M. Burgess, state chairman of tho War Saving campaign In Nebraska, Chase county Is first In percentage of sales of wut stninps, with 104.70 per cent. Nnnco county is a close second with 101.07 per cent. New regulations issued by tho stato food. administration limit sales of Hour to 24 pounds to town cus tomers, 48 to rural customers and re quire tho use of 25 per cent substi tutes by bakers In bread anil rolls by April 14. Rack pay estimated nt a quarter of u million dollars will bo distributed among 0,000 employees of the packing plants of South Ouialiu, under tho de cision of Judge Alschuler of Chicago, In tho wage arbitration. In addition, wage Increuscs are granted ranging from 37 to 59 per cent. The Fremont school board has vot ed an lncrense In salary of 15 per cent for grade teachers. Tho sala ries of Fremont teachers range from $115 for tho high school nnd grade schools principals to $70 for first year Instructions in the grades. The Housewife andtheWar (Special Information Service, United RICE GROW MORE, EAT Made-ln-Amerlea We Might Advantageously Consume Ureater Quantities of This Nutritious Food and Grow the Increase In Our Own Rice Fields. RICE FAVORED AS NUTRITIOUS FOOD If Consumption Could Be In creased In United States More Wheat Could Be Saved. GREAT VALUE NOT REALIZED Most Important Article of Diet In China and Japan Irwreaaed Pro duction Would Release Grln for Our Allies. Here In the United States It is dim cult to realize that there Is no other edible product, excepting meat, upon which moro peoplo in the world are de pendent for food, than rice. Wo might advantageously consume much greater quanUtlcs of this nutritious food nnd grow tho increase in our own rice fields, according to tho 1018 crop-pro duction program recently announced by tho United States department of agriculture. An Increased production and consumption not only would ex pand a profltnblo Industry, the federal specialists declare, but the eating of more rice in the place of wheat would release a greater quantity of the bread grain for shipment to the allies. Per Capita Consumption. Tho average per capita consumption of rlco for food in this country is scarcely six pounds a year, mid most of tills is consumed In the Southern states,. The high esteem In which rlco Is held in other countries is Indicated by their per capita consumption. Nor way and Sweden consume over 0 pounds per capltu; Russia over 11 pounds; England, 27 pounds; Franco, 34 pounds ; Italy, over 101 pounds, and Germany more than 03 pounds. Rut oven these European countries do not begin to ent as much rice as Jupan nnd China. There rice Is the most im portant article of diet. Each man, womnn and child In Japan, on the av erage, consumes 147 pounds of rice each year, and those In China, 158 pounds. The placing of such depend ence upon rice ns a staple food cer tainly proves beyond a doubt that it Is highly nutritious ; analysis of rlco sup ports this proof. Pound for pound rlco is about as nutritious ns wheat. Every 100 pounds ot cleaned rice contains 87.7 pounds of nutriment, of which 8 pounds arc protein, 0.11 pounds fat, 70 pounds carbohydrates, and 0,4 pound ash. Tho analysis of wheat flour shows that It contains 87.1 pounds of nutrl mcnt in each 100 pounds, of .which 10.8 pounds nro protein, 1.1 pounds fat, 74.8 pounds carbohydrates, and 0.4 pound ash. Thus the total nutriment in rlco Is a trifle greater than in wheat. Wheat has the advantage In protein and rlco In carbohydrates. Foodstuff for Orient. Although rice Is the great foodstuff of the Orient, It is not used thero in malting a raised bread. In this conn try dietitians have made excellent hrcud by substituting as high as 25 per cent of rlco for whent flour, and have obtained a white yeast bread qf excellent flavor. Unpolished rice is offered and nc ccpted as a product superior to the polished rice, but in reality Its food value Is only better by so small a de gree that It Is practlcully negligible. Tn the preparation of the polished and tho unpolished rlco, the cuticle, uleti- Statra Department of Agriculture.) MORE: SAVE WHEAT. rono layer, and germ, which contains much protein and other important food constituents, nro removed, reducing greatly tho nutrltlvo value of tho grain. Tho real difference between theso two mill products Is largely in tho coating of tho polished rjee with glucoso and tnlc, nnd tho absence of coating material on Uio unpolished. Tho superiority of the brown rice over either of these lies in tho fact that tho entire seed as nature pro duced it is used, except tho inclosing husks or hulls,, which havo been re moved. BROWN RICE BETTER THAN THE POLI8HED A8K FOR IT Rlco as sold by our grocers is n pretty grain with a smooth and shiny surface, nttrnctlvo to tho eyo, but lacks the palatable ness that makes foods popular. This rlco has been so highly milled that It has been robbed of much of Us food valuo and of most of Its oily flavoring mat ter, leaving a product known to tho trado ns polished rice, which to many persons is taste less. If tho American housewife could bo induced to demand brown rice instead of taking the polished product, thero would be a marked Increased consump tion of this cereal in a very short time, duo in part If not entirely to the pleasing flavor of the kernel. Some Good Rice Recipes. As a staple article of diet, rlco may bo boiled In salted water and'uscd like potato or sweet potato as a vege tuhlo at a meal at which fish, meat, eggs, beans or other foods rich in pro tein nro served. Wholly or partially cooked rlco can be used with cheese, minced meat or poultry, fish, eggs, beans, gravy, etc., for a variety of made dishes, tho combinations consti tuting dishes In which most of the needed food elements arc present. It also may bo used as a major or minor ingredient in stews and soups. Instead of serving rice plain as n vegetable, it may be stowed with to matoes, cooked in a double boiler with tomato Juice, soup stock or milk, or It may bo seasoned with curry pow der, onions or other seasoning mate rials. By using skim milk in this way n partially economical dish is pro duced, Ah a cereal for breakfast, rice may bo boiled in milk nnd sweetened, or eaten with butter and Fait, If It is desired, dried fruits such as dates or raisins may bo cooked with tho rice. Cold boiled' rice, mixed with pancake or muflln butters of whent, buckwheat or cornmeal, for Instance, makes a pleasing addition to such food prod ucts, reduces tho quantity of wheat needed, and furnishes n method for using the left-over cereal. Mashed Potatoes Different Most housekeepers know how dell clous mashed potatoes can be mndo by beating them until light with hot milk, margarine or butter and salt and pep per, four tnblespoonfuls of hot milk und ono tenspoonful of the fat for every medium-sized potato. To mnke tho mushed potatoes a llttlo "different" they can bo turned Into ( a potato souffle by adding tho beaten whlto of eggs (two eggs to six medium-sized po tatoes), piling lightly In n baking dish and baking In the oven till brown. Grated cheese added to this souffle Is good,