Some Master Farmers Living in Nebraska |
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Lincoln. Neb.—(NEA) — “Know
your markets," is the advice the ten
master farmers of Nebraska would
give others who seek success in agri
culture.
These representative farmers, se
lected out of a field of 300, add these
instructions:
“Study conditions and know what
to plant. Consult state agricultural
professors on how to improve your
farm income. Diversify your farm
interests. Keep the farm modern.
And don’t do all the work yourself."
The master farmers are A. C.
Bushcow, of Blue Hil1; J. J. Classen.
Beatrice; Henry T. Frcls, Hershey;
James S. Gill. Tekamah; John Ja
cobsen, Marquette; Fred Knobel,
Odessa; Elmer F. Neil. Cozad: W.
Marshall Ross, Gibbon; E. H.
Spangler, Maynard, and Frank
Walker, Waverly.
A summary of their records show?
that their average age is 49 and that
there is an average of three children
in each family. The crop yield on
their farms are: Corn, 40 bushels;
wheat, 24 bushels, oats, 51 bushels;
Alfalfa, 3.2 tons. Livestock averages
are: beef cattle, 25; dairy cattle, 30;
hogs, 292; laying hens. 119.
All ten farmers picked are suc
cessful financially. Their average
net worth when they first entered
farming was $1,612. It Is now $105,
030.
*A11 of the 10 men selected have
given services to Uieir city or state
in one way or another. Practically
all their money has been made en
tirely from farming.
Wnil 11 COW 1* loCKS?
Two cows chanced 10 meet one
day beside an old ran fence, and uie
conversation that they neld snowed
that they had good cerise. One cow ;
was very, very siick, the other rough '
and lean, and the dif ference between
me two, could easily be seen. "You’re |
looking fine, Miss Pro.it,” remarked
Miss Always Dry, "you always have
looked that way, and I wane to ask !
you why? You always give a lot ot i
milk, but still youre always gay, ;
while I am dry most of the time, ;
and I don’t ieel that way.” "Thank
you,” said Miss Proiit, "I am very
well indeed, a good, well balanced
ration is one th.ng that you need.
A field of-good sweet clover-and
grain two times a day. in the winter
you’ll need silage and green alfalfa
hay.” "What is a balanced ration,”
asked Miss Always Dry? "I’m sure
I’ve never tasted one,” she mur
mured with a sigh. “Some days my
master milks at 9 and other days
at 4, I give about 10 pounds of milk,
sometimes a little more.” "If you
were fed on balanced feeds, you
wouldn’t be so lean, and a balanced
ration can’t be made without some
high protein. My master pails me
morn and night right on the hour of
5. I'f I did not give a lot of milk, I
would not be alive.” “My master
does not treat me right, I’m very
sure of that, he feeds me on chopped
corn and oats, that’s why I’m never
fat! But tell me, dear Miss Profit,
why are you fed so good? How does
your master know enough to feed
you as he should?” ‘ My master used
toifeed me straw', he never thought
of hay, until a group of thoughtful
men formed a C. T. A. When the
tester came around, he told just
what to feed, and since thftt day,
God bless him, I have never been
in need!
DISCREDIT THESE MYTHS
That for energy expended dairy
men make more money than any
other class of farmers. That wild
onion flavor will not taint milk
drawn four hours after the cows
have been removed from onion pas
ture. That cows stay in heat two
days. That dairymen finish milking
and sit on the porch to watch the
sunset. That salt, sulphur and cas
tor oil w'ill remove warts in 10 days.
That the proper way to finish clean
ing a separator is to run hot water
through it. That over two pounds of
cotton seed meal per day is injuri
ous. That calves should stay with
their dams at least three days. That
ah cows that kick have been abused,
'rrua dairymen are much more in
efficient than distributors. That wo
men are better dairymen than men.
That a gutter back of the cows
should be J 2 to 14 inches wide. That
dairymen are darn fools because
they do not follow all advice they
see in dairy papers.
NEW USE FOR GAS ENGINE
One farmer who evidently believes
In the conservation of muscle the
ory, has devised a wood-splitting
machine which adds another oper
GETTING PROPER BALANCE
This whole problem of choosing
and fitting the live stock and crops
to each other and to the farm is
mainly one of getting the proper
halance. Of course, men have per
sonaJ preferences and differences
ia ability in handling various-enter
prises. Thier gross efficiency depends
considerably on whether they em
phasize enterprise in which they
most enjoy to labor and show the
greatest capabilities. However, the
men who choose that organization
that Is not the most prolitfcble for
their type ox just because
they like it better, can noi expect
as hieh earnings as other men who
ation to the long list of duties per
formed by his gas engine. Tnis ma
chine consists of two old flywheel
taken from a live horsepower en
gine which had seen bet.or day*
The wheels are connected by s
heavy shaft. To one is fastened th
splitting blade, whils the other i
used as a belt-pulley. The ax blad
cr similar instrument is attached ti
the ily-whecl by means of two bolt*
It extends out just far enough ti
split the end of a sizable block o
wood, held within its reach an(
steadied on a resting block. A om
and a half horsepower engine hai
plenty of power to split ordinar;
corchvcod, and frem 200 to 230 r. p
m. is considered the best speed a
which to run the blade wheel. Botl
the engine and the splitting mech
anism are mounted on a heav;
wooden tram*, so that they can b
moved Into the wood pile with i
crowbar as the pile is diminished
The inventor of this device esti
mates that two men can split a
much wood in an hour as they coult
in three days with axes.
PRODUCING STRONG PIGS
The proper feeding and manage
ment of pregnant sows have a verj
important bearing on the vigor o
pigs when born also as on the past
with which the act of farrowing i:
accomplished. Feeding rations tha'
are not well balanced have a ten
dency to cause weak pigs. Quality o
protein and supply of minerals art
very important factors in a well bal
ancrd ration for such sows. The laclt
of exercise has been demonstrated
expciimentally, as well as on farms
to mean greater difficulty and
weaker pigs at farrowing time. Nt
feed offers greater safety in th«
rations of pregnant sows than does
the leafy and finer portions oi alfal
fa hay. This splendid hay supple
mented with ear corn or ground bar
ly insures strong, vigorous pigs
The addition of a small quantity o)
skimmilk daily together with a sim
ple mineral mixture supplying salt
calcium, and phosphorus would im
prove the lotion.
GIVE PIGS ATTENTION
Feeding pregnant sows alfalfa haj
and car corn or ground barley will
not make amends for one who per
mits his pigs to be farrowed in un
clean places. A heathy, vigorous pig
is a splendid asset to begin with bul
if the infection of disease and the
eggs of parasites are too great w«
will have a great hazard to gel
over before we truck the pigs tc
market at a satisfactory weight foi
age and for feed consumed. Sani
tary management of swine with re
spect to preventing disease and
parasites has been so well demon
strated that there is little excuse
for any one throwing a portion oJ
his feed and labor away on account
of these pocketbook robbers. It i!
time to decide what w'e are going tc
do about preventing these difficul
ties. There is only one answer and
that is to decide to do away with
necrotic infections and with the
ravages of parasites.
operate just as efficiently, but
choose the most profitable type o)
[ organization for their locality and
I existing conditions. The establish
ment of the proper balance of en
I terprises calls for two consider
] atlons: first, it should enable the
■ iarmer to secure the highest effi
ciency possible in the production o!
crops, live stock, and live stock
products, considered both from the
standpoint of volume of business
and margin between receipts and
I expenses: and secondly, closely re
lated to the first, that balance
i chould provide for the most econ
! omical utilization of the man labor
I available on ths farm.
[Kin of Noted Minister
an English Beauty
It takes no beauty expert to appre
ciate the pulchritudinous charms
of Miss Daphne Gladstone, which
are exceeded only by her popular
ity among the younger members
of London high society.
In Honor of Man Who
Was Guiding Light
A model of the Taft memorial
beacon, which the city of Cincin
nati proposes to erect in Alms
Park, some 1,600 feet above and
overlooking the Municipal Lunkcn
Airport. The beacon will be 100
feet high, with an elevator to the
observation tower. The memorial
will be of white granite and will
cost about $40,000.
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Inventions May Make
Subs. More Deadly
Professor Oscar Flamm, of Char
lottenburg, Germany, a quiet,
peaceful citizen, in his spare time
has perfected new inventions
which are to make the submarine
the most deadly of the sea-firhters.
His inventions make possible the
so-called super-submarine possess
ing superior armament, more pow
erful guna and greater speed.
Several Western nations and one
Oriental empire are reported te be
particularly anxious to obtain the
patent rights.
(lautaaiivaai S*«a**>)
Extremes of Uncle Sam’s Air Corps
This little P-12-P army fighter and its "big •
brother” (a t»i-motored 18-passenger transport)
form an interesting example of the two extreme*
of Uncle Sam's air fore*. The small fighting
plane can virtually hide itself beneath the trans
port despite the fact that it can fight with the
enemy at an altitude of six miles above sea level.
It is capable of flying at 178 miles per hour and
is one of the !)0 similar craft which are being de
livered to the army. The upper wing span of the
smaller plane is 30 feet, as compared with 80
feet in the case of the transport, while the length*
are 20 and 55 feet, respectively.
(International Nowarael))
Beneath the Folds ot Old Glory 'EXISZJSi,
Two sailox-s and two natives in
the Philippines lifting a cooling
glass of beer in a toast to the
American flag which a Manila
saloonkeeper hung over his
swinging doors to attract atten
tion. Liquor can be bought and
consumed legally in those pos
sessions.
(laternetlouwl Newsreel)
Roland W. Boyden, international
lawyer, of Boston, was appointed
by President Hoover as a justice
of the permanent Court of Arbi
tration at The Hague, succeeding
Charles E. Hughes', recently re
signed to become Chief Justice
the United States Supreme Court.
(International NtvnMl)
N. J. Rci'.IJor Kills Wife_
n J »1 us Rage Jewelry for the Beach Season |
In East Orange, N. J., there is
home that once sheltered a happy
family, branded as a home of death
because jealousy entered it. Frank
D. Crawford (above), wealthy
broker, strangl d his pretty wife,
Louise, while he cursed another
man he su peeled in his jealous
rage. He thsn called the police
to whom he confessed his crime.
4 iul«i ualioit&l New tree!i
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Introducing m
novelty '
ornaments 9
for the
beach season, I
waterproof 1
jewelry.
The ornaments!
displayed !
are fashioned I
in hard
carved wood, !
>nd painted in!
brilliant E*
colors.
(Intimation* 1
Newai cel • SjK
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Combat Street Explosions
Altitude Record Holder
Now a Transport Pilot
Testing the manhole |u deteeter developed fcy tieerge W. Jonee,
explosive chemist fer the United St*!ee Bureau ef Mines at Pitts
burgh, Pa., for use in city streets. It is believed that by placing
watchmen en the streets in erdcr te temple the air in mnnhels
entrances, it will be possible to considerably redact the sumbes
el eerieu* explesiens frent steeping yes.
Elinor Smith, who holds the
raao'a altitude Ilyin* record, ha
attained a transport pilot ilrtnot
She is one of the few womea hoe
in* the hi*hest rat in* nay
may obtain. She took her tanOn
for tranaport pilot Keenoo nt La
Roy Airport, Rochester.
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