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Fruit Growing
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<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. ‘
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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
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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
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