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State College 'i. •(> Encourage s* \ # r Fruit Growing o <Irchartl Plant Program Out lined by Extension Agents; Grape ami Strawberry Raising Stressed. l.ineoln—Extension workers of the T'niversity of Nebraska agricultural college will giro much time and ef fort in 1923 to the encouragement oi home orchard planting in Nebraska. Similar work of this nature was hin dered the past year by the small sim ply and high price of good nursery stock. The necessity of giving help and guidance in starting new or chards was emphasized by county ex tension agents in their Inst confer ence. Eleven of these agents helped establish S3 new orchards last year. The idea is common in Nebraska that botne orchards do not pay and that the ground planted in corn would produce a crop worth many times the annual fruit bill, according to the agricultural college. The horticul turists at tlie college have satisfied themselves that home orcharding does pay in actual cash returns as well as in personal pride and satisfaction in home production, provided good care is taken of the trees and shrubs. They also have found, contrary to popular opinion, that much of tlie necessary care of an orchard does not conflict With other major farm operations. With the:; two problems ^—worked out, they are encouraging ^the planting of the most disease re sisting and heaviest producing varie ties of fruit trees that are adapted to Nebraska’s climatic conditions. The growing of small fruits, par ticularly grapes and strawberries, will also be encouraged. Winter injury and pruning practices will be tlie two great 1 problems in grape culture. Straw lurry clubs will probably be the means of encouraging the production of this crops. There is a great field for work in ibis particular phuse of horticulture i sea use of the percentage of farms having home orchards lias decreased f oni 22.7 per cent to 6.9 per cent, ac- ; cording to the agricultural college. This decrease, they say, is probably due to the natural death of the old orchard which every early settler, in his enthusiasm to produce all his liv ing, planted and then did not care for. The freedom from pests which the , yew country enjoyed allowed \hese trees to live and produce well for a, fnsiderable time, blit Incoming or lard diseases have killed the sus ptibie old trees very rapidly in the st ID years. Nebraska Hens Trail in Contest Oregon Biddie Lavs 102 Eggs in Four Months—Second Lavs 8,3. Kfc* - Lincoln—A Barred Hock hen, owned by Mrs. If. C. Kleinsmith of Hoff, Ore., has completely outokHraed her 503 rivals in the X braska national i gg laying contest by producing 102 eggs in the last four months. Her nearest competitor has only S3 to her I redit. For first place in the month of February tin, same, hen tied with two S. C. White Leghorns owned by Cedar Crest poultry farms of Au I urn, X'eb., each of the three pro ducing 26 eggs in the 2S days. Sixteen hens laid 24 eggs or more each during February and are en titled to a blue ribbon and a place on he honor roll. The Barred Iloclt i hampion and a Buff Orpington owned by 1>. G. Japs of University Place were the only two hens of the .February honor roll which were not H. c. White Leghorns. A pen of H. C. White leghorns i wned by John M. Web'll of Omaha, ,s in the lead for February flock pro iuction with 169 eggs from 10 hens. Ten Buff Orpingtons belonging to Luther Burt of Gibbon, Neb., were ■ rowding the Leghorns last month but two hens forgot to lay on the h. ]lent V. Holcomb of Clay Cell . Neli., with hut nine S. c. Bhodo Island Beds left in his Tien received ,1 ia?gs which is a higher average l -r hen than the first two winners, i homas K. Goff of Wood Biver, Neb., also gathered an average of 17 eggs m. per ben from the eight hens which lie t-.'i-. lift in his pen. Several other flocks averaged about 15 eggs Tier hen during February. Uncle Sam Says Scarlet Fever Prevention. “Scarlet Fever Prevention and Fontrol," in the title of a booklet is sued by the l'lilted States Public Jbulth Service. Scarlet f< ver is regarded by the informed as one of the most dreaded diseases of childhood, not only be cause an attack may be* so malignant as to cause death in a shoi*t time, hut also because of its high degree of infectiousness and the many grave complications with which it may bo attended, and because the hope of rt■’ oV.-i v even in cases apparently fnild at the outset, has proved too of i *' ccptive. Headers of The Omaha Bee may obtn n a copy of this booklet free as long as the free edition lasts, by writing to the Fnited Staten Public Health Service. V/a llingtoii. J». asking for “Supplement No. 21. ‘ Keep Your Skin-Pores Active and Healthy With Cuticura Soap Ho«p,Olnfnn'nt,T«k!im.zr>nrwywhwr* VnramnipTwi Cattcur* L«l>*r»Url«a,L>4prX, M*Jd«n,MaM fi Break it wuh Dr. KING'S NEW DISCOVERY — Ikjamlty uHfh syruf With the County Agents DOUGLAS COUNTY. Indications arc that the acreage of legumes will be Increased consider able in Douglas county this year, says Karl G. Maxwell, county agent. There* will doubtless be an increase in the acreage of alfalfa, sweet clover and soy beans. This is a healthy condi tion considering the need for increased fertility on many farms. Fighting of pocket gophers should go hand in hand with the growing of alfalfa and should not be neglected this spring, says Mr. Maxwell. At this time of the year gophers eat poisoned bait readily and efforts in eradication will be more effective' than at any other season of the year. John Hall of Valley talked to tin* boys and girls clubs of Douglas eoun- i t.v on the value of feeding and care | of their sows and litters and gave the members other valuable suggestions for their club work. A program of activities w as. adopt ed which includes tours of farms ? where the system recommended by the United States Department of Ag 1 rlculture for round work control is being carried out.# It is expected that a demonstration team will be trained ( to compete in the demonstration ; work at the state fair and at the county fair this fall. DAKOTA UOl'NTY. Dakota City—The snow and bad roads greatly hindered farming and farm bureau activities in Dakota county t h* past week. , according to County Agent c. K. Young During th** week before n number began th - sowing of wheat, cutting stalks and , other spring work. The snow greatly reduced the atten* • lamp of all meetings and demonstrat Ions by the farm bureau. Fifteen men took advantage* of the gasoline engine school held in the county Thursday and Friday. Four gas engines were used for demon stration purposes and a ge neral school of instruction held. DOIMrK ( 01 NTV. Fremont.—Soy beans are becoming n popular crop throughout Dodge county thi« spring and a small local suppl' < f • ertif ied home-grown seed (Ak-Sat-Ben) is already sold «»ut, according to County Agent K N Houser. Hog raisers ir*> seeing ih»* value of »h«- bean ns a 'hono made" tankage substitute The early 'el low 1<15 to 115 day-* varieties are favored for «**ed production and bogging down purposes, and the later varieti* ire used for hny and silage purpose?. MADISON <01 NTV Hat tie Creek.—Soy beans "dll be grown on 21 different farms it' Madison county this spring as a preliminary trial, says R. A. Stewart, county agent. Some tests will be made on th» varieties for this season and innoculatlon tests will also be made. An attempt will be made to show by means of the field demonstration whether beans planted In torn will cut down yield. In one scries of experi ments In Iowa it was found that the beansp lanted with corn caused a report of thre** bushels decrease per aero. A te«t run In < >hlo state on very poor land showed no decrease in corn yield when planted with beans. Conditions H«pwhi r.» vary so greatly from our own that this test will he run very earefuly to deter mine this point. Seed in comparison <»n record seed with uninnoeulated will not b* l inl gd to soy t.'-.ins alone Alfalfa •% < lover tests will al*o lie carried on. Inno* u at»on enough for one bush'd of s£Td will ured through the United 6tateea D partment of Agriculture for each person ugreelng to carry on this te*t. Tho per son receiving the culture agrees to plant the inn<>culated seed and uninnoeulated seed and make a report at tho end of the year. COLFAX COUNTY. Schuyler—At a meeting of f he Farm bureau board, tho following is th'- general program of work decided on for the year: | Improved quality of livestock. Increased acreage of bgun*■<», improved crops, poul tty improvement, 11 v *’.stock sanitation. hom*» gardens, orchard improvement and clothing work. Sanitary methods of handling pigs on Colfax county farms will do much to de crease the/ loss occasioned by young pigs, according to County Agent Dement Kuska. A cons.dertthie portion of Nebras ka's pig rjrop * destroyed each year by preventable diseases and parasites, he says. By' applying more sanitary, prac tical'measures to our system of hog rais ing, th© avearge number of pigs raised per sow, whit It is now .about five, should he increased to seven. Where litters mis sed under unsanitary conditions are now made to w**lgh 1,000 pounds at 7 months of age, litters should be produced which would weigh from 1,6000 to a ton at 7 months of age. Less brood sows have to he maintained, and less equipment used in handling them. More pounds of sale able* pork would be produced from every 100 pounds of feed because of the heavy growing condition of the pigs and more profit would he realized, Mr. Kuska says. IT1XMOKH < 01 NTV. (ieneca—The principles of the McLean county* (111.) system of hog sanitation, us shown In the motion picture film “Exit Aacaris." ha ye been modified to meet Nebraska conditions and are be ing tried out on a hundred or more Ne braska farms this year, according to County Agent Lee W. Thompson of Fill* more count. A number of Fillmore coun ty farmers arc preparing to follow this system to ascertain extent, and demon strations will be held at some of tlip farms, where neghborlng farmers may visit and learn at fiist hand the system ami sec for themselves the results. According to Mr. Thompson, the farm lal or situation is growing worse In Fill more county as spring work begins to open up. Mr. Thompson says that he has had a number of requests for farm laborers, but is it impossible to secure help. DAWSON ( Ol'NTY. Lexington—-Frank (mrud-. of Logan precinct has left for Wisconsin to | ur- \ chase a car of dairy cows fur Dawson county, according to A. R He«*ht, county 1 agent M X. Laurifson, from the college cf agriculture ac<ompani*d him and will advise what to buy. Mr. I.iuritson ex pects to assist four other counties hi th*» same time. According to th* Just census there were just half hs many dairy cows in Dawson county in 1920 us there* were in 1910. Starting Monday, community me. tings will be held in the county almost every night for a solid month. Mr. H*chf. says The meetings next week arc as follows: Overton precelnct :.t School District n.. 4e. March 19 Fa;rview pre«-inci. Reed school house. March 20; Herman precinct 1 in connection with the Orange meeting March 21; I.exington precinct, March 9 .. s \l N'DKRS (III NTV Waltoo—The swine management meet ings held in Saunders county la**r week were well a tended in spite <<* almost im passable roads, and the interest shown, clearly demonstrated the f... • that a. l it of Saunders county farmers hnvo a real problem lr. raising healthy pigs Some ar* still successfully raising pigs in loia where they have been k«*pt for 2D years, but th^ir experience in the exception rather than the rule, according to W. F. Roberts, | county agon.. A one-day poultry sheool will he held at th- farm bureau office In connection with th«* quarterly meeting of the Poultry Breeders aseoeiatlon. March 22. Oliver Summers, ntatt* poultry ext* nsion agent, will ledcj th* discuKsion. The Tthac.n farmer** all-day meeting wil bo Imld at Ithaca March 21. The toph for discussion will h» poultry. A at ruh hull trial will be held at th* sales pa vilion March 1*. Tho annual meeting of the Saunders Founty Pure Brel Livestock Brood*-* association will be* held lmmcdi. <ly after tb4 thirtl. < l MINT. ( 01 M Y. West Point—Fuming county 1 is tbrer 1 accredited farm bureau flock a t ia >ear, ■ nil from the Bancroft community *a\s K. F. Fonts, county agent. Thomas' Tlghe is doing the second year work on the project this year with White Plymouth Rocks. Last year th* flock averaged nearly 100 egg- per hen. Many premiums have been won by this flock at the various poultry shows. Mrs Jeeso Mackey has en your unexpected guests, young or old, will always welcome the delicious wholesome taste of FIG NEWTONS / Fig jam surrounded by an outer layer of golden brown cake. From the first taste to the last you will relish their delightful flavor. They are made by the bakers of Une@da Biscuit The National Soda Cracker NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY “Uneeda Bakers" mik'd for this year with her White Plym outh Hocks. She has lt'.O hens In her flock, fnmi which she got over 2,0*tQ egg* during tic* month of February. Mrs It. V. Graff is doing tlic first year's work in t i * projv t lyith a flock of Marred Plymouth Hocks. The flock has been developed for egg production. In 1921, ten pullets from th© flock were entered in the national egg laying contest, when several laid ov r 2»*0 eggs during th© year, on© laying 2UH. Some of these hens are now in a special breeding pen. the eggs being used for hatching chicks whi«h will »• used jn building up the flock. OTOK C'OI'NTV. Status©—A great many farmers in Otoe county are experiencing considerab! trou ble with fowl cholera at this time, ac cording to County Agent A II. DeLong. (ASS COl'NTV. Weeping Water—A demonstration of blowing stumps with picric acid was held In Cass county near Weeping Water ‘lur ing the week. The explosive is used similar to dynamite. Tic- frost is sidll in t h« ground and this retorted the work, County Agent I,. H Snipes .-ays Forty men were present and ordered 2,500 pounds of the add. Th© rain and now gavo to Pass county an average of one and one-fourth inches of moisture. Mr. Snipes says. Thia came at one of tho best times of th© year. It will keep ’ho earth from blowing away from the roots, he anys. adding that the wheat in p.ish county ir* s'ill in good condition. I Farmers’ Union Notes ' Farmers nro buying more farm Im plements this spring than at any time •inc* 1 91.'n.’• says «*. McCarthy, manager of the Farmer** Union stale exchange “Our machinery sales In January an«l Ft bruary this year were fully 100 p r cent greater than In the name month lavt y ir. The March increase i-i even greater, amounting to at bast 150 p r cent np to this time. This inert at -<i volume consists mainly *if tillage and seeding implements. Including plow drills, seeders, harrows and disk harrows There is also a ninth stronger demand for wagons this jear." Osborn in ( a** < oiintv. Murdock.—Seventy •b legat-s .md m• • *» bora attended the quarterly convention of the Ca«s County Farmers union h* *i here c > Osborn, pi '•It*, we the principal speaker. lit Mren-ed the necesslty for organization, education and co-operation among farmer*, and pointed to the achievements of the Farmers union. Co-operation has tremendous possibilities he said. bug to r -allze tie- | u ir.iiit full; farme a must patronize th<yf en lerprises 1* >ally and exteutf their «n-o|nr alive activities to the? terminal markets. I Reports w re rcvclved from all the locals j in the ccunty, and arrangement* w. r rmdo for the county officers to visit • h local. The next county convention will n • • t In 1'ngle in June A re^olu*Ion was adopted that each farmer should bring his wife and family Henry Oehiorking, president, and Herman Bornemder, - re !.ir>, »> t-r-d upon their dutb -1 for t •• year at this meeting Profit In Produce. Filley.—The Farmers ur;. n *'• ** l.»*ro does a large business jn cream ami pro duce. Gross profit on cream last year was $1,126.*3. and gross profit on pro *■ dt;* « was $6M.ft2. Tho store owns a (truck mid delivers its own < ream to t h* j creamery, receiving 30 cents a can extra i for that service On return trips, the truck brings groceries, and in that way saves the association fr. ight and express. A not "profit of $604 3b was made in tip list th e- months of the year under the management of Karl Frushour. but tins was not sufficient to offset losses in the earlier months, so the association * tided the year with a hook loss of $214.29. Lifford Is Speaker. \iiburn—R. IT. Gifford of Lewiston, now state director of the Farmers union for this distric t, addressed the quarterly n.cc ting of th Nemaha Founty Farmers union. Ho ••xplalifCci th»- action of the state convention allowing delinquent mem Ic-rs in l>«; reinstated l»v paying th'* cur rent dues for 1923, and spoke very fa vorably of flic plan adopted by the con Motion tc» market grain in Omaha Henry KM e.f th St Joseph house of th«! Farmers Union Livestock commission was present and told of t lie success and growth *>f that enterprise'. In January. 1923, th* house handled 1.141 cars of livestock, compared with fib? cars in Jan uary, 1922. Tip* average commission charge at r-t. Joseph, he said, is $16 a car, hut tile Farmers union house ban ell* ■ liv. •!*.' ). . 1 in average cost « f only $6.80 p<r ear. and returns the difference to tic* shipper* A committee* of nun served lun' li at noon, much to the gratifi cation of the ladles present. Audit 1,0*.*. S .1 1< Jlonie —A net Tops of $39* 4*5 for {Jo latest fiscal year was shown by the Farmers union store here, but, the audi tor i onini Mited, ''What the association i lost I- in the pockets of the patrons, for goods Avert.- sold at a Aery narrow mar Kill," ‘ ' s f-. til- . r reached $.'.4,1 39.37. Operating expenses were $7,402.70, or about 13 per cent of rales. Above the store is a fine hall whb h is used for Farmers union and other community meetings F\ )T Fredrickion is president . f the association, If. A. Jones is .*•»•, ro tary ami M. K. Anderson is manager. .Miike Profit for \ ear. !;iue 11 iil—,\ net profit of $5,600 wm .shown by the Farmers Union • 'o-operative , a:—ociatioti of tills place for the year il»22, a “comeback" very pleasing to the m* nils rs This n.saocia t ion began liuainesa on July I. just before the slump On I the $16,non of paid up capital, I10.00»» w is inv< st*»d in hii elevator and coal sh*-Is. In the fust six months the as«o i lotion loaf $1,9'iu and at th« end of 1921 th-- loss had grown to $6.248.1:0. The profit made in 1922 nearly wipes out this deficit. Pawnee bounty Farm Solil at Vuction or 875 an Acre Tible Jloik,—The Dell Andrews farm located near the* Nebraska-Kan* sas line south of here was sold at auction In Pawnee Pity# This farm has -In acres of pasture and the rest i« under c ultivation. William Jones purchased the land for $7.‘» an acre. Pee Want Ads Produce Results. Boyles College Will Start New Term April 2 After two months of resting and golfing at Hebrirfg. Fla., H. B. Boyle* i returns to be on hand for the spring term opening of Boyles Busin* ss c ol lege, Monday, April 2. While down south, Mr. Boyles be came acquainted with one of the lead* ing department heads of Marshall Field & Co. of Chicago, one of the largest employers of office help in j America. He stated that never were! trained workers so in demand as light 1 now. ' So you see, I must get into my working clothes and start training more commercial workers post-haste," Mr. Boyles said. "This is my 26th year in the commercial school work and T must say that cvefltr term open ing holds more interest for me. Fm t hinking now of the thousands and thousands of successful commercial workers who got their start in our in* sitution. But we're just starting in earnest. Watch us April 2, when the doors o|s*n for the spring term. Land Sold al Sheriff'-! Sale Given to Woman by Father1 Gordon.—At sheriff's sale here, 100 ! acres of land owned by Joseph lluddy was sold at *104 an acre. The land i'i unimproved hut lavs adjoining the ■city. It was purchased by Frank Hresee, a retired rancher, who gave It to a daughter as a gift. Legislature in \\ yoniing Has Onc-Fourtli \elira hans Lincoln.—One-fourth of the Wyom ing legislature is composed of for mer Nebraska students or graduates, according to a letter from Frank K. Hong, Buffalo, Wyo., to Harold F Holt, secretary of the t niv-rslty of Nebraska Alumni association. Stratv Mulelietl Potatoes Give Increased ^ ield Lincoln --Straw-mulching of pis tato fields in southeastern Nebraska increased the yields about 25 per cent over that from cultivated ground in j the 1922 season, according to tests it four counties by extension work ers nf the agricultural college. Farm er* of this region have drifted ipto the habit of even buying their home supply of potatoes because their crops have been light in bushels and knotty in shape In dry years like the 1922 season was. The potatoes produced during the last three years under straw mulch have always been smooth. The agricultural college rec ommends that the field be n )t entirely mulched because the cultivated area commonly outyields the mulched plot in very wet s-asons. Purebred Hop Sale. Beatrice.—At the sale of O. A. VVJehe & He n, breeders of purebred Poland f'hina hoRH, 5u head went for an average of $30 per head. A aovr j topped the offering at $73. Initials, monograms and other de i signs of a similar sort are still smart j as trimming for blouses and sweater*. * CASTOR IA For Infants and Children IN USE FOR OVER 30 YEARS Always bears the Signature of1 s4/C Could You Please 3200 People Every Week? That’s our task and, judging from our growing busi ness, we think we succeed quite well. The above figures represent the families we serve now^ and we are enlarging our plant to double capacity to better serve you. HELP L'S in our efforts. Just say to driver. “List me as a regular call and return my laundry Friday or .Saturday. ’ By doing this we’can give you more at tention and serve you better. HA rney 0784 '*00 For five years Sunsweet has been an ambassador-at-large bringing the story of prunes to homes the nation over. To day, thanks to Sunsweet, prunes are no longer just primes. Prunes have arrived! Primes belong! Primes have won their rightful place in the daily diet of America. It is to stress and impress the every-day importance of prunes that this week has been set aside as National Prune Week. This is a fine time to find out that prunes no longer start and stop with stewed. From salad tosouflle, from coffee cake to steamed pudding—there’s no end to the surprise dishes you can make with this fine fruit-food. Make it a point to “look in" at your grocer’s this week. Sec the special prune displays he has prepared for you. Ask him why he prefers to sell you Sunsweet Prunes — rich, sugar-full, flavor-full sweetmeats—the finest California pro duces! And ask him to show' you the 2-lb. Sunsweet carton —the new way to buy prunes. Clean, handy, llavor-frcsh! Ilecipe Packet frae’ AiMreea California Prune N Apricot Growara A«*xiat»on 200 Market Street, San Joae, California. 11,000 growei member* i PRUN» haim I Sonsweet cartou