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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1923)
Seed Potatoes Brins; Bi<r Profit I? P for Nebraskans Newest Agricultural Industry in State Is on Sound Basis; South Finds Seed .Best Obtainable. Nebraska's newest agricultural in dustry, that of growing certified seed potatotes, will make a snug little fortune estimated at $50,000 to $75, Ufto extra net profit for those grow ers in northwest Nebraska, who spe tialized in the business, according to the extension department of Nebras ka Agricultural collge. The department says that western Nebraska Triumph seed potatoes are today bringing the highest price to producers of any potatoes from the United States. Louisiana, which two years ago, had not ordered a Single ear of Nebraska certified seed potatoes, so far this year has taken 53 carloads of seed potatoes, including 35 carloads to one big commission house, which will sell them In Texas and Louisiana. While growers of table stock po tatoes throughout the United States have had to content themselves with the lowest prices in several years, ac i ording to the department, these Ne braska growers of seed potatoes are receiving a bonus of 75 cents a bush cj over the price paid for table stock y^tatoes. or in many cases double the ice for table stock. Eighty-five thou sand bushels of certified seed potatoes were grown in northwest Nebraska this year, and more than 50,000 bushels are already out of the producers’ hands. While growers of ordinary pota toes liavfe had to take what they could get, the lowest price for any certi fied seed potatoes was $1.50 per hun dredweight early In the fall. Prices for January and February have been quoted at, $2.25 and $2.20. "This story of Nebraska seed po tatoes 10 perhaps the most romantic in recent agricultural annals," the de partment says. *'A few years ago many growers in northwest Nebraska not only thought that they could not grow seed potatoes, but actually bought seed potatoes from other slates. The horticultural department of the Agricultural college took some of Nebraska's potatoes down Bouth, and in co-operation with growers there and with the United States Depart ment of Agriculture proved that some of the best seed potatoes in the United States could be grown in northwest Nebraska. "Prof. H. O. Werner of the college has been in charge of the eertifica lion work which places a definite stamp ’of quality on potatoes that come up to standard. Incidentally ihis one piece of work returns to the state every year four times the i ost of maintaining the department of hcrtibulture. It will l«e only a mat ter of„a few years until this new industiy will bring in a clear profit of a quarter of a million dollars a t*»<fTar over wfftt the growers would have made by following the old plan of growing only table atock po tatoes." Agriculture Students Are Awarded Medals Lincoln—Medals were awarded at a convocation to members of four judging teams of the college of agri culture. Prof. TV. IT. Savin presented them to the animal husbandry team- - James G. Adams, Marquette: J. Ar nold Fouts, Dlller: Lynn TV. Grandy. Elton Lux, University Place; Howard llaverland. Stromsburg, and Floyd K. Warren, Reynolds. Prof..II. P. Davis of the dairy hus bandry department gave medals to ihe dairy products team—Leonard T. Mammang. Arlington: Ray TV. Koeh ler. Lincoln, and Thomas Oliver, Lin coln. Members of the dairy-cattle judging team were presented medals by Kay Morgan, coach. They are Frank Flynn. Ulysses: Adolph Hilpert, Lin coln; Glen Hunt, Lincoln. Stanley J. Marsdend, coach of the poultry judging team, presented med als to Jesse Kavanda, Lee King, Cen tral City, and flay McFarland, Omaha. Adams Bank Buys Farm Beatrice—The Robert Stabler farm of HO acres, south of Adams, wag sold at sheriff's sale, the First Na tional bank of Adams Ridding In the property for 111!),000, or a trifle over $100 per acre. Alfalfa Nets $41 an Acre Cozad—An 80 acre alfalfa farm in Dawson county netted Its owner 141 acre this year, after paying for lie labor of putting up the crop. Daw - son county Is the banner alfalfa < ounty in the state. I— ~ 1 . For Coldm, Influenza and as a Preventive Take J^r Jjr lmxmiiv* f Bromo ] iQuininej ! mUmia^f The First and Original Cold and Grip Tablet The box bean thle algnature tO.JfcSfw*' 30c. The Fanner’s \yife - ■ —- "■* By MARY ANN GRAY. Dry cleaning of garments is impor tant at this time of the season w hen gloves, dresses, blouses and skirts which cannot be washed show soil and dust. Gasoline is the best dry cleaning agent and high test gasoline, which leaves no dirt when poured from an earthen dish, should always be used for the work. If single spots are to be removed place a thick, soft pad underneath and rub the garment from the outside to the center, using a. cloth of similar material and eoler for the cleaning. When dipping the whole garment, use enough gasoline to cover the en tire material and have additional gaso line for thorough rinsing. Dry soap shavings add to ttfe ease with whlcli the clothes are cleaned. Warm gaso line .sloes better work than cold; to warm It place the gasoline in a bowl which can be placed In a kettle of warm water, but of course 4o not get the cleaner near a flame. Brush soil ed places while material is in the first cleaning; rinse, then squeeze out gaso line and hang garment outdoors to dry. The gasoline odor is removed by pressing the cloth over which a damp cloth is placed. St. Valentine day is the next oc casion for festive holiduy refresh ments, and children especially appre ciate fancy sandwiches and cakes Appropriate sandwiches are made of white bread with red Jelly filling and cut heart shaped, while pastry' tarts of the same design with red preserve I filling are also pretty. A red and | white salad of cherries and cottage cheese balls is delicious, and straw : berry Jello in heart molds, served with I whipped or ice cream, is a dainty dessert. Simple molding clay for the chii I dren’s play Is made from 1 cup flour, II cup salt, 1 teaspoon powdered alum, mixed with enough water to make it mold easily. By wrapping it In a damp cloth after the children are tired the clay can be used again and again. Try serving rabbit roasted with calt pork or bacon some cold day. It is delicious. I,amp wicks used in vinegar and thoroughly dried will not smoke. Prizes to Corn Clubs Increase Production I For the past several years, accord-; Ing to the state department of agri culture, the Omaha Union stockyards hRB encouraged the corn club work in Nebraska. This year, through activ ities in this project, 17 boys won trips to the 1923 boys’ and girls’ week at the agricultural college. According to statistics compiled by the department, the average yield for ( eorin in Nebraska for 1922 was about i 25 bushels. The average reported by j the 96 clubs doing corn work was | 49.9 bushels. It would seem from, comparing these results, iho depart ment says, that the premium offered • by the stockyards company are bring- ] ing results for Nebraska. Following , are the 17 whf> won free trips: Cass count. Cecil Johnson. Eagle: Elmer Fmland, Eagle; Rhea Timblin, i Alva. Colfax county, Quentin Enoch son. Schuyler. Douglas county, Ed-1 ward Noyce, Valley; Theodore Grau, Bennington. ' Gage county, Lowell Frantz, Holmesvllle. Nance county, Orla Burgess, Fullerton; Vernon Ret gel, Fullerton. Nuckolls county, An- j drew Plummer, Buskin. Polk county, i Paul Tockey, Osceola. Saunders county, Glenn Nelson, Warn. Sew-1 .ard county, Wilbur Chapman. Sew- j ard; Elmer Steider, Beaver Crossing. I Thayer county, Raymond Koqkrow, j Alexandria; Paul Sulz, Alexandria, j Washington county, Everett Pilcher, I Blair. _ Power Farming Demonstrated Beatrice—About 300 farmers at-' tended the power farming school held here. The speakers were: W. B. Alexander, Powell Beal. Jones, Par rot and Zeliadt, experts on power farming, oil lubrication, etc. Some of their talks were illustrated with pic- j tures. Nearly all branches of farm-1 ing were touched upon at the school. 10.000 Sheep Shipped Bloomfield—Frank Fisher, farmer and stock raiser, shipper out two car loads of sheep, the shipment bringing the number of sheep fed and shipped by Mr. Fisher and his sons up to 10, 000 for the season. The venture has proven a paying proposition, accord ing to Mr. Fisher. With the County Agents Douglas County. i One of the principal projects in I connnection with the long time pro gram in agriculture being developed by the Douglas county farm bureau in co-operation with the State college is the increasing of the acreage of legumes, County Agent Earl G. Max well says. Interest in growing a larg er acreage of alfalfa, sweet clover anti soy beans is on the Increase. That a laraer acreag* of legumes in Douglas county is needed (or the inci easing of soil fetrtilitiy. the control of erosion and for funishing abundance of legume pasture and hay for livestock, Is gen erally agreed. A series of soil meet , ings are to be held throughout Doug las ffounty February’ 20-22, for the purpose of discussing solb problems, such as soil fertility, soil erosion and ether local soil problems. At these meetings. D. I,. Cross of the exten sion service will discuss the soil sur vey of Douglaa county and will ex plain what kind of soil there is In the neighborhood, how it is found, its makeup, and other interesting points regarding it. Reports of experiment^ j on fertilizers, manure, seed bed prepa I ration and rotationa that apply to this ; type of soil. Various noil samples, ! soil rocks and minerals, microscopes l for examining soil etc., will be on I hand. ( ih County. ' XVeeptnf Water—(By A P i —Firm a 1 count school* have been held in Can | counts* and 22 record hooks were placed with the farmers to bs kept thin year, fryns Interesting figures on the cost of I raising a pig until weaning time were j made. A dress construction meet.ng vul! be | held February 16. nr the home of Mr* Skyle Miller. The folloc ing officer* have been elected for the »omlng jear- Presi dent, Mrs Skyle Miller; ' Ice president. [Mrs. Melvin Miller; secretary Mr*. U C’apwell; project leader. Mrs Harry Ar nold. anmo of club, "Falrvlsw. ’ An interesting community meeting was held at Avoea, and plans for future com ' munlty meetings in the precinct were dis cussed The women voted to take up the dress-form project and later sewing ma chine attachments and short cut in sew. j ing. About 43 men and women attended. Frontier County. Stock rill*—Many farmer* in Frontier county are raking advantage of the dry weather to top and thresh field seeds, cane, kaffir and millet. The seed ts listed where there Is a. surplus, and the Farm bureau is helping to find buyers. Whtls tha rural world 1s uncertain s* to the best method of educating the chil dren of the farm homes, aaya County Agent W. H. Campbell, the farmers of four ona-»eacher rural school district* in | the county are now enjoying the fruits l of their effort* to educate their chil dren They now ha'a 26 of their high school children houses In a new building of their own creation. Two teachers are handling the 9th, 10th and 11th grades. Nance County. Fullerton—Tt. E. Holland, district ex- 1 tension director, baa met with the Nance county farm bureau board and outlined i a program for the year. After making 1 a careful atudy of the agricultural at* tlatlca t th> county for a number of • ear*, the board could see s great need i of more legume crora and Improvement i In livestock, according to Founty Agent [ f ft, Rna*. Th*re has been * baby beef club organised in Nance county and l a good showing ia expected at tha Nance i j county fair next fall. At a meeting of the county fa»r board, j the dat**a for the fair this year were iwfct for September 11. 12, 13 and 14. The women of the county mef a* the j office of the county agent for the pur pose «f discussing women * program work I for 1021. Representatives frotn e.ght 1 townships were present. toward loudly. » Seward—A culling demonst i at loo fas! be’a in Seward c ounty and ronsldr rable I intereat wa* In evidence, according to j Founty Agent I., A Wilson, who says »ha» the Idea seems to be more prevalent ! that poultry can be developed Into one ! of the main sources of Income on our farms In addition to the culling, many questions along the line of feeding and housing were brought up. Tiakcrta founts. Dakota F|ty—Members of the n*w1y organlxad Dakota County ^Poultry end Pet Stock association ha'* perfected their or ganisation at a meeting at the Farm bureau office. A constitution was adopt ed and future plans for extending the membership discussed The time for the rext poultry show was sat for the flr*t week In December. This Is the season of the year when many In the county are debating the question of starting standard bred flocks of poultry, according to County Agent C. R Town*, who say* this should not be s hard question to decide bars use standard bred poultry hrm been br/»d for egg production The more popular breeds of the egg 1>p** are the I.'shorn*. Ancons* and Minorca* be **)* and ther* ia no question but that there breeds produce more egg* n:i an average than the heavier breads but da not meet » ih ss much favor when sold for meat. The popular breed* for the dual f*urpo^e fowl *4* tbs Rhoda Island Red. f*ly- , % mouth Hocks, Wyandotte* and Orphing ton*. Dodge (oun»y. Fremont—Gas rngitje short course* will be held In Dodge county by the farm bu reau from February 27 to March 2. Their purpose is to give instruction on the loca tion and remedy of gas engine trouble : Th* instructor is from th* unlver *lty end is bringing a trunk full of tools, magnetos, and equipment. There is renewed interest in club work In Dodge county for 19iJ, according »o County Agent K. H. Houser. Tlans are al ready under way to form two pig and one • alf club in t" o ne« communities. T o clubs of last year, "Elkhorn-Plat te Hol stein." and "Garden City Pig. ' «»P*t to continue activities the coming year Theo is also some interest i:i boys and gir’^' projerta In strawberry growing The plants are to be furnished by the depart ment of horticulture of the state univer sity. Th* Fnlon Pacific system 1* adding further incentive to club work by offering scholarships to winners In corn, wheat, baby beef, pig and poultry club projects, f h*«hln(tvn fount*. Blair—A number of plans for 1® 2 were made at the regular meeting of the Wash ington county farm bureau executive board. It was decided to co-operat* wr»tb the U. f* B. A I. and the agricultural col lege in the campaign for hog sanitation. Arrangements were made to ha'* Dr Hays and Profwsor Fusion In Washington 1 county with t h« "round worm" film. "Exit Ascari* - Washington county hn already done considerable work along thin ( lln*. having < onducted several demonstru- ; tlon* as v.*11 as showing th* above film, to hundreds of people in various parts of the county. A Doitgl**-Washington county fow tes* ng association is practically assured a • cording to <:,unty Agent t.'arl A Olsen, t This r.iatt*r has been discussed by inter ested dairymen for several jeers During January. 20 farm bureau me*» -nge were held, with sn attendam e of 551 people. Otoe County. Syracuse — Last week * farm bureau pro gram In Otoe rouni teas principal!;- along lines ••f agricultural engineering .*nd th*» t-ounty agent was assist'd b> J I* Wood; • >t the Mate college of agriculture. Mr. t Wood has had 10 years exp riencs on; drainage and soal *roeior» projects an) ¥lve« hm entire time to this *< r A.i *\»ying netting * ith a farmer* union lv cat n*ar Talm**^ was well attended, and in addition gave an illua’rated lecture on engineering projects pertaining to soil ero aon. Mr. Wood gave a few preliminary instructions on rope work such as tying of handy knot* and *pllre*. Aside from the \ arioua evening meeting*. Mr Wood ft'-* svpc-rt advice on th# following pro jects- Farmstead plana. eoil terracing, picric acid blasting, tile drainage, dlt'-h control, drainage projects and tile drain age. Fillmore fount.*’. Geneva—Three communities in Fillmore county. Franklin township. Stanton town ship and the Bethel church community, have seen the opportunities which or ganization for specific lines of extension work allow* them, according to t'ounty Agent Les W. Thompson. Committees vondating of small groups of men and women met In each of these communities to discus* thejr problems and consider what help might be secured from t ho county and state extension service The county extension agents and Mr Gould of th* stats extension servlcs met with the#* communities to develop a plan whereby the maximum co-operation between the communities and the estenslaaa*" agent# could b • secured. Programs 'eer# de veloped In each community setting forth definite soals to be accomplished alorw *pe. if|c line* of work during the year. Project leaders were chosen who will bo responsible for the work of their project. Moms of the outstanding g'*ais in Frank lin and Stanton township* are the estab lishment of h'«g sanitation d«*nton«ir*lion farm*, formation of h dairy iow testing association, and In the h'alth project, horn imrslng demonstrations and th* holding of baby conferences The Bethel program while containing some economic projects was developed largelv* along so ils! snd educations! lines. This program Include# 'h* holding of some form of i community meeting once a month Hpe rial attention vs* also given In tills pro- i gram to the flub work among the hoys and girls. Dawson < >unty. Lexington -Th* members of the Law son county alfalfa and baby beef 'lube have perfected an organisation and expo, t to raise some choice baby beeves this * e*r. Georg* Anderson Is president sjid Melvin Hlmmon# vice president, with flay Wallace and Albert Hlmmon* ns leader* I The club now hex l& members, The Gothenburg Livestock Shipping ** inflation ban been perfected with a total of 131 members This Is tho last town In the county to have advantages of *n association, according to A ft. Ifccht, county agent. people in Lexington peeclnef, under th* |end*rship of George Anthony. had s butchering snd me«* panning demonstra tion Hlxty-seven men and 3tf women were In attendance Kvsryone was wall plsss.nl, vvlth the work done by Mr. Heppley and Miss tone from the college of agriculture. Two gas engine schools were held !n Law son < outlty w-ith an at tendance of 6ft people Th* men took crippled engine* to be worked on. The first day was given over to tinting engines, while the second day w it a devotsd to magnetos of vat Ions kinds. The men present ware well pleased with the w'ork given by Mr. Illenton. the engineering spe« 1*1,at w ho had chat# % vf the school*. At a special farm bureau meeting, If w i i ngresd to put fin ti in»mbershlp cam paign u little different than has bsou , conducted In the past, says V It llerht. , county ngifit. Last week th* work win i carried on In part of Minggoid snd Coy- ! i i* prooinei# Hlntf-ntne members w«n 1 e*i ured Work tht* week will ba In Ltx tngtou, Platt and ninefold. Douglas County Has Enrollment of 188 at University J ! Only Five Counties in Ne braska Fail to Be Repre sented □ Students at State School. Only five counties in Nebraska fail ed to send students to the university last year, according to figures com piled by the agricultural college. These five were Banner, Arthur, McPher son, Blaine and Loup. Lancaster county had the largest number of students enrolled, 2,064, but this was dut to the fact that large numbers of students consider Lincoln their residence while in college. It is known that in some cases students enrolling from Lincoln secured their prelimi nary education in the five counties apparently not sending students to the college. Douglas couty had 488 students. Gage county, 125; Saline, 106; Cass, 106; flbward, 85; Suundcrs, 96; Jeffer son, 75; Platte, 55; York, 60; Clay, G7; Hall, 51, and Buffalo, 60. Even the more distant counties of the state con tributed numbers of students. Scotts bluff sent 41, Dawes county, 24; Lin coln county, 46, and Furnas county, 57. 46 Attend Karin School. Among counties claiming a good registration in the agricultural col lege or one of the schools of agricul ture for the same year, were Lan caster, 308: Douglas, 46; Frontier, 98; Lincoln, 37; Gage, 22; Dawson, 24: Madison, 18; Cass, 20; Scottsbluff, 14; Seward, 19; Saline, 18; Clay, 20; Burt, Platte, York and Custer, 16 each; Dodge, Buffalo and* Adams, 17 each. Forty-five of the counties were or ganized for county extension agents, and some received extension service from the college, although not organ ized. Only three counties, Hooker, McPherson and Brown, did not receive practical assistance from the college. A total of 9,732 agricultural meetings and demonstrations were held under the auspices of the college In the 45 organized counties. In these counties the aggregate attendance at the meet ings was 327,252. No! Alone for .Students. Contrary to the fact that most peo ple would think that the only activity of the agricultural college w as Instruc tion of students, the figures show that the college Is responsible for three lines of work, investigational work, resident instruction, and extension. In the investigational work tha college maintains the experiment station at Lincoln, the substations at North Platte, Valentine and Mitchell, and the fruit farm at Union. For Instruc tional work there is the college Itself at Lincoln for college students, the school of agriculture at Lincoln for high school students, and also the school of agriculture at Curtis. The extension service is responsible for the system of county and state exten sion agents. \ alley County Clubs Are Big Winners at Fairs North Loup—Accoring to the report of Agricultural Agent Car! C. Dale. Valley county made the best record of any . ounty in the state in club work. The more than 70 5«ung folks w-ho enrolled in various clubs won at state and county fairs a silver cup, 34 ribbons, fi\e medals and about $450 in cash. Among the prizes won were best Shorthorn steer and best Hereford steer: first, second, third, seventh and eighth on baby beef; second and third on Poland China gilts and second and third on Duroc-Jersey gilt* Valley county lioys won second in cattlo Judg ing and the same in hog judging in competition with 18 teams from other parts of the state. The county supervisors have author ized the appropriation of $3.000 t-o car ry on the farm bureau work in this county in 1923. Farmers’ Improve! b via ineee condlllot • a** re flected in the Increased **!»•» of the Farm er.r* Fnion *!afe exhangr The volum* from January | to February 7 v m 40 per cent greater than lf» th* aimllar parM of |t2.\ according to C McCarthy, mana ger. Thera iraa an ln<“rea*e In all depart m*nf» Hal** of t oal and salt * ere moro than ICO per rent greater than la*t year. Collartlona art better now than at any time amre*tho agricultural depreaston be gan in 1920. An Increase of 20 per rent fn the num ber of jrtajiibera who paM thoir Farmer*1 union dues in January, and an increase of M per cent In the number of new mem ber* initiated in Nobraaka locals* com pared with January laat ■ **i»r, 1* reported by Htafe Hecrefary I,. M Kuril. Many de imquent mem «ra in all parf» of fha Ma** are pajlng up, he aaya. and torala which have be*n praflraliy dormant, in *ome rft*ea for a >ear or more, ate coming in life again. Thl* 'j being arrompllahed largely by the Inlf aflve and a tsvlfy of the ioeal member themaehe*. without the aid of organlrera. slWf Makes Profit. KIf!n—The annuel meeting of the Farmers’ I'nton « n-operatlve Txchtngc of this pla# r. which operates » general afore, was well attended. A profit for the year 1922 of Ih.feOO was shown by tho an. rual statement c*. Mrt'arth-. manager of tho state exchange tn Omaha. addressed tho meeting. Ho stressed th* importance «-f mobilising cooperative efforts Voder different associations the Tanners’ union lias here a general store, a lumber >ard and hardware store, an elevator. 14 li\e • tock shipping buHnrss and a bank Foster at IUiim TVausa — A -ery successful meeting of the stockholders of th* Farmers' I’nlon • o Operative association w *# addressed by .T. H Foster #1 f the Termers' t'nlon state ICxrhange. Th* annual statement read at fh*« inerting showed h ti#-t profit of I* • ", 4* tl on n turnover of f4i*.7l' With s' paid op capital of ffS.tOn, th* pres* nt worth of the business I s • * 3.4 7 k This asHoctatlon runs an elevator. a lumber 'ard.«nn«i a feed and supply slot. In 1 h* j year 1927. tha association shipped out ?h.l car* of gram and Ihraatoek. wnd ah'Pped in I |0,| 1 era of lumber, coal and other mer chandise The board of directors 1'insists <>f William Moiisun. president II* nt Bruhn. r ice president, N f* t'xrlion, ac* rotary A. If Van • *. treasurer. and r O Anderson. Eim> ilAloybek is manager. Plan Tat I ommlttee. Clarks- A farmers ci>nimlttea on !«'»• lion "111 be selected it th* quarterly con ventton **f th#* Merrick t otinty Farmers’ union to be held |n r’mtral t'lt* on March 12, according' to announcement by Kmll It*-. Uor of thlk pla * . county . irtaiy. and also a.member of tho hoard of dire« tnra of tbs Stale Farmer*' union The purpose of this committee, a* < ordlng to tha an noun# ement l« (o aid the county super visors to arrive at » fair and equal as seaament of farm property. compared with other class** of propetty tn th* count> Farm ere si logo that a#»m#* *>f tb* property owners ha>e been favored n tb* past. . . . 9 Malts llig Profit pfsnleton Hales #.f tbc Farmers* T'nlon Po operative n sen. i a Hot) h*- . f# »r th# < ir aggr-gate.l 92f*7.40i» IJ t h**» net profit for t h* J ear v .is «-\er fft.OUO. whl- h added to 111* hoi plus **f Hie >*ar before gives UP divided profits of 94.411 99 With m paid up cnpltal of only $N,inn th# association has ■# |pca*nt w*'ith of 9 I *I.M 3 94 In mu nectlon with Its »l#\stnr, the concern ships livestock and handles Implement s. pmduca and farm suppliers M u Met okay la tnantger. I Farmers Interested in Soil Problems’ Tlie problem of soil fertility is one , in which there Is much interest this year, according to agents at the agri cultural college, who say that the time is past when fields can be cropped year after year without at tention to keeping up the soil fertility. ’It is not at all uncommon to find dif ferences in yield of from 10 to -10 bushels per acre between corn fields similarly located but varying in fer tility, say the agricultural agents. The yitld plays a very Important part In determining the profit from a crop. In Nebraska, nitrogen is the plant food element that is most likely to be deficient and the lack of which cuts down the yield. Heeding down tha land to alfalfa, red clover, or sweet clover will restore this element. Sweet clover is rapidly gaining in favor as a crop for pasture and to build up the soil. . t Business Activities | l*lan Home Building. f'olumbu*—Definite progress toward de velopment of a campaign of home build ing In Columbus, to be financed by local capital and carried forward by local labor was made at a iji**ting of the central committee comprising the Chamber of Commerce, American Legion. Lions and Hotary club building committees. It wag t he consensus c.f opinion that the erec tion of homes that could be sold at price* from $3,500 to $6,000 should be encour aged. Sell Myat Market. Central City—M. P. Siege] acid the Cen tral meat market to Fred C. Grumprecht of Shelton. Build Steel Bridge. Kavenna—The Burlington Railroad com pany Is . building a new 65-foot «'«**1 bridge across Beaver creek at the vest -end of the Ravenna yards They are planning to build another ono across the South l-oup. Shoe Stock Sold. West Point—Kenneth G*lesier ha* pur chased the fhoo ato^k of B Mann*feld and taken rhargf of the nueineas. The latter will retire from business. Odell Hotel Traded. Bcatric#—A. W. Koch has traded th* Odell hotel property at Odell to Chari*# Brown for an 60-arre farm near Wash ington. Kan The hotel waa one of the first buildings erected in th* little town. City Make* Profit. Fall* City—Falla City'* municipal water and electric light plant made a prof.t of more than $16,000 during the year of 1*2:, according »o the c ity < uun- ii finance com mit tea. These figure* were mad* known i'h th* Hiincuncenient that $*.r'00 in electric light bond* of the 1*06 ls*u* have been called in. Ten thousand dollars ,n water bonds w*re taken up about three months ago and $l0.n‘r) more ar* *xpec'*d to be taken up in Ju;v. profits from the municipal plant enabling the coum :l to accomplish this, acord.ng to the finance committee. Railroad Improvements. Geneva—At their e'ation at F'airnlbnt. the Burlington railroad has Ju»t complete^ a steel coal chute at a « <•** Of t $25,000 and $30,000, ar.d with a rapa< fty of 100 ton* of coa! Flngtnea may take on co^l at either the north or south side c f the atructure. which is &3 f*et high. The framework will be wired for *'.* trie lights Another improvement in *»ou;pm*-nt at Fairmont is the installation of a new water ciane which will deliver a 12-n*.h stream of water T'vo tank* have a • apacty of 160.000 gallon* and trams on their stops take daily an average of 200. 009 gallon* of water Partnership Iti*«o|T*d. Columbus—.V business association of 16 : ears’ duration in tho ownership of the Gsrharr-Flynn company was terminated when F’rank Garharie bought the stock of the company held by Mr and Mrs. John Flynn of Omaha. May Factary. c 'oluir.bus—Possibility that the fa«*nry of the * olumbus Canning and Packing company may b* reopcaed by a lea** en veloped at a eonftr^ic^lielwsen tha di rectors of th* company and fv. It Farmer of 8tory t’:t>, la h*ad of several tanning plants ,n Iowa After a thorough discus • on of t h#s situa'ion loyally *«:id the can ning industry i i general. Mr. Firmer agreed to submit within a few days a proposition, under w h! h b* would agr*o, to 1**** and opera** th* plan; on a per centage basis. rian New **rhoot. North J.oup —Owing to tli* . cr.f*e»ej condition of th* regular *• h<^»! bu! dfi < for th* past several t*rin*. the primary grades have b-*n cared for n th* towu ball pending the nation of a new. op to .1st- etructure v hl*h would accommo date the growing need* of the dist: »*. Chiefly un account of th • tffis v * high price* of building material*. v . the mat. ter its* been delayed until rerent I?. w h*n, at a *|»* ia 1 electin' a $7-.o«>0 bond was voted for the purpe** c.f financing tha n*vr building and plan* *nd ape* .flcationa aro row being completed. ( »»/a«l 'lay (.el Fsc lory. Coxad —Much eacitsment is b# ng mani fested in this county by the pr *p*rt* of a sugar factory for 1*2$. Options ha-e been taken on much, farm land in th* vi cinity of Cosad. as It I* predicted that the factory will l»e located near thia city. Will Build < luhhouse. * Alliance P!*i>* arc now under way by th- stn.khold rs of t’i* A'llarr# Country club for the <onstrurtion «/ a new club Mock Cherry Pie Half CRANBERRIES half raisins Most delicious Get your iron AnVKBTIflEMENT. Say “Bayer” and Insist! 1 n|es» you fee the until* “Payer" on package or on tablets you nre not retting the genuine Payer product prescribed by physician! over twenty, two years and proved safe by mil lions for t'olila tjradach* Toothache l.umluigo Knrache Pheumatlam Neuralgia Pain, Pain Accept "Payer TtJ'lets of Aspirin" only. Knelt unbroken package- con tains tiroprr direction*. Ifandy bote* of twelve tablets cost few cents Druggist* also sell bottle* of 34 and 100. Aspirin Is the trade maVk of Paver Manufacture of Motioacctlca cldester of Hnllcylleacid. Poultry Raising Pays in Two Years! J __ » Alexandria Farmer Makes| $2,384 Profit; 432 Hens Lay 85.000 Eggs in Year. Alexaijjjria—Two years ago John Glaum, a farmer of Alexandria, start ed in the poultry business on a 10 acre tract with the intention of giv ing the proposition a trial. The first year he began in a small way and at the end of the season broke about even. I.ast year his hens hatched 3,000 chickens. He maintained a flock of 432 hens which averaged 197.7 eggs each, and gave a net return of $5.52 each. During the year these hens produced a total' of 85,388 eggs, sales from which amounted to $2,249. Adding to this $598 worth of stock sales, his total sales amounted to $2,487. After deducting the feed bill of $4G3. there remained a net profit of $2,384. He had 400 more pullets at the end of the year than he had at the begin ning. In two years the profits from his chickens have built a Nebraska type poultry house, capable of housing 800 hens. Stockmen of North Loup Declare War Against Crows North I.oup—Some of the stock men of this territory are beginning to threaten war against crows, not so so much on account of any visible damage occasioned by the blrds^as from fear of possible contagion likely to be occasioned from their feeding on carrion and their frequent visits to stockyards and feeding pens. It Is al so said that a remarkable increase in the number of flocks has lately been apparent. Midland College The Women s Faculty cTiil* gave a chick en-waffle supper in the domestic ao!en<e rooms of the college. Many of th* stu dents and a number of the town people attended this supper The proceeds are to go toward furnishings for ths ne / girls dormitory. Four students gave orations Sn Midland's oratorical contest and MIm Hannah Klotsche was awarded first place and the honor of representing Midland at the state oratorical contest to b* held In Omaha. Monday evening. February 1?, will be th- date of the annual play given by ’he ■Wynn literary society of the college The l play whl*h has been ehosett for this jear. 'hummer Is a Cornin'.In.” takes Its name from an old Eagltsj/ song which is the old**’ English r oymd known. It in an English comedy, n very interesting and delightful pi*; , and will be presented at the Empress theater A new course on the theory and th* vi** of the radio is be.ng offered th * semester Ho«*rd Rabe wi.l have charge of the ■ nur»* and a number of the s’udents who are Interested in radio have reg:*’ered. house to rerla-e th** I O.W structure whi'-'h was destroyed by fir* atef a month ago. The board of director* have approt^d plans for the erection of a building almi ,r, except for * few added unpro- *■ meets, to the building that wli destroyed. Rusinees M omea Organiie. rertral C|t> —About ♦ ® business ar.d pr«/f* sMonal women v ere present at a anqurt, following which an organisa tion ’o be known as the Ventral City Business Woman's nub was perfected Rev. Chester Mood outlined plan* and slrr.* of * milar rlvks lu otbtf localities and M u htegman spoke on club organ nation. The following officers ware elected. Presi dent. Jennie Jolc.-; vice presider*. Td. lian Conybeare; secretary, Elsis Jones, treas urer. Addle Soil. Hebron week* Water. Hebron —The city of H*broo will sink a tea* Wei! jn Willard par* In order to pro vide a new source of supply f*»c domestic u<c Wkm the v*ll l* completed thw pump in station will be located there, though roansrtlou will be ma.ntatoed with the present city wells to Insure an ade quate water supply In c**s of emergency. Mr( ook fafa leased. McCook. — BUM* Ram beaux of • h» Ram beaux < afe of Bartley bat !***-d *.h« Monte CristO hotel and cafe of this city. I 8-Storv Apartment! Owned by Tenants Will Be Erected Realty Company ill Build on “Community Plan”—Oc cupants to Be Sole Own ers in 13 1-2 Years. • - The Meyer's Realty company, a new corporation, announced Saturday that plans have been completed for the erection of a new eight-story "commu- 1 r.ity ownership” apartment house, to be built on the west side of Thirty bixth street between Dewey avenue and Harney street. Carl B.' Kraus, who. with Henry F. Meyers, controls the Meyers Realty company, said the new building will cost $750,000 and that the contract for Erecting It has been let to the Flelgh er Construction company of Minneap olis. The plan of this project, according to Kraus, is that the tenants will pay a rental which will give them the Ownership of their respective apart ments in 13 1-2 years after the build ing is completed. The apartments will range in size from six to 12 rooms and the rentals during the 13 1-2 year period will range from $250 to $600 per month. 'Each apartment will contain two bath rooms and one maid's room, and the larger apartments will contain three bathrooms and two maids' rooms, no j cording to the plans. The plans, drawn by James T. Allen, call for 32 apartments in the building. According to Kraus, construction will start as soon as 19 or 20 tenants sign the lease-purchase contract. Kraus says the required number of tenants hare signified their willing ness to sign these contracts, which are now in the hands of printers, and which will be delivered early this week. The ownership that the tenants will have for their apartments at the end of the 131-2-year period will be in the,form of shares of stock in the Quivera Apartment company. The company will be the owner of the en tire building when this ownership is lelensed by the Meyers Realty com rany. Meyers and Kraus say that when the Quivera Apartment com pany, or the tenants, become the own er of the building, that the tenants will then bo required to pay per month only enough to operate the building. Kraus says this will cut the rate at least 50 per cent. The leasing contract requires the i tenants to pay the first year s rent in advance and the remaining 12 1 2 years on monthly payments. The Meyers Realty company has ar ranged with the Equitable Trust com pany to receive a deed of trust to the property, this deed to be turned over to the Quivera Apartment company when the tenants become the owners of their respective apartments. The new budding will be known as the Quivera. $18,000 Fire at Brock. Lincoln. Feb. 11.—F.re of unknown origin, starling in the pogtoffice building at Rrock. Neb., spread to ! three other business bouses, practi ! rally destroying them with their con tents. The estimated loss is IIS,000, with only light insurance. Because marss have fallen to such a ioW rating of value In Germany, the pfenning ( the hundredth part of a mark! is to be discarded. Culls "L'se your brain in February,'’ Haiti Farmer William Spry ” Twill have a great deal to do with Saving iuur back in July.’’ ( Now in the time of year for llm farmer to uge his extra hours ir, cleaining and repairing ail machinery for the coming season. The dairy herd on the average farm should not contain more than 13 cows unless labor is very plentiful. Thte total income of the United States for the year 1919. $66,232,601 * 000, divided among the 41,609.192 pci sons who were gainfully employed during that year, gives an average income for each of $1,392. according to the National Bureau of Economic Re search. To estimate the number of bushels of grain in a bin. multiply the number of feet of the inside length by the number of feet of the width of the bin, then multiply the product by the number of feet of the average depth of the grain. This gives the cubic feel, while, multiplied by four fifths, gives the approximate number of bush els. Kearney Teachers’ College The senior Hat*- :a preparing to pub:*) a Blue arid Gold " Mias Gladys War* ham lias been selected editor and M " Laura RundeL bus n^« manage Tho book v.-.'l contain 1€0 pages and will ! •* ready April 1. It Is to bo dedicated *■» Prof If. t>. dtp ton. bead of the depart ment of physical vi»nce. According to recent afln >uncementa ;t la to rocleln more picture* than any publication e.*r tent out by the ro.,ege Preparation arc l/e ng made *o orgar ise a <an--**e of ^11 public school po-l tlont that are to be open for application in the spr.ng By th.e means. Kca.-r.e will hat e a r har.- e to submir application* fnr^a ! pla^ejj eithin her territory Prof George Aller i f the Kearney co ege. former director of music ?\ Doan rollege. :x soon to start on tour of 'h state with the Kearney College G>' ^*luu cons.-.ting of 20 trained voice*. Cr.i * pronounce tha year's orrar. zstion to superior to any vo<*al musical organization Kearney h*a submitted to the public. Two hundred and eighty corresponder'c students h*\e been enrolled by tbe ex** aion department #’nce September 1. w hi> In »he 2« f’udy ' *nte-s a Lk» number students have been enrolled f*>r rr’ 1>g" rredi* This year* exten»i'*n enrolltr.er• will »xce*d Crt0 In almost e'-cry «-**o the registrants for extension work ha * * gr f:ed their Indention rt attending Kf#rn») either the *:x week* or the 1-' weeks* summer '~**lon Large lumber companies are now using aerial photographic maps to estimate standing timber. __ __ PENN MUTUAL LIFE l] $5,000.00 Policy Coate $49.70 J Age 40: dividend* reduce (fcie ecot after fir«t year; organued 1M7 ; tstti* over 2 00 m.I lion*. Write for ipee:meD policy at your ace. GOULD 4 STLRGE5 720 Pet*** Truat Bide —Omaha Women the Greatest Buyers fin the World HERE are 22,000.000 homes in the United States. The women who buy for these homes spend on the average $500 each, or a total of $11,000,000,000, each year. That is more than $36,000,000 even- working day. Every year it amounts to half as much as America's Liberty Bond issue. Each woman is a part of this army of buyers, and each, if she will, may be guided to wise and economical purchases if she will but make up her mind each day to read as many as she can of the advertisements which manufacturers are printing for her benefit. The advertising in even,- newspaper and every maga zine is a buying guide for tins greatest buying force in the world. This advertising makes it safe and easy for every member of this buying army to make her purchases. It establishes in her mind a buying habit and gives her a preference of one brand of goods to another or an advertised article to one that is unknown. It identifies fof her a certain product as being stand ard, so that she may easily dodge the wiles of sellers who try to sell something that is not so good. It fixes merit as an everlasting adjunct to certain articles. • It makes her know that the manufacturer who is proud of his product and jealous of his reputation and character cannot do otherwise than make his product, at least as good as he says it is. More than likely it is better. Advertising points' out where this greatest buyer in all the world's history may find quality goods by snow- s itig her pictures of them over and over again which enables her to recognize them easily and quickly (l f’ublithrd by Tha Omaha Bar in caeparalion with \ Tha American Araociaiion of AJrartiaing Agaacioa) /