Holstein Leads in Milk Record Agricultural College Cow Pro duces 7.146 Pounds of But terfat in Two Days. Lincoln, Feb. 24.—Varsity Piebe Korndyke, an agricultural college Holstein, topped the senior 3-year old class and also the entire list of cows on the January honor roll of high producers of Nebraska, with the two-day record of 7.146 pounds of but ter fat on her semi-official test, ac cording to the monthly report re leased here. She also made a seven day record of 612 pounds of milk and 25.22 pounds of butter fat, which Is equal to 31.27 pounds of SO per cent butter. This was the flret month of her lactation period. * First place in the aged class went to Gerben Segis Rose, a Holstein owned by the University of Nebraska at the North Platte substation, who produced 6.4S0 pounds of fat in the two days. Varsity Derby LaVinnle, another cow owned by the agricul tural college, was a close second with C.470 pounds. A good record for a senior 2-year-old was made during the month by Polly Segis Sylvia Waldorf a Woodland Dairy Holstein, who made 5.159 pounds of fat. Ula Lincoln of the college herd aged cow, was the only Jersey to place on the honor roll in January. She produced 5.207 pounds of fat and stood seventh In the aged class. Bona Lee bargenoch Lincoln was the only Ayrshire cow to place on the roll. She made 4.643 pounds and placed eighth in the aged class. Every Other cow on the roll was a Holstein. Thirty-six cows gained the distinc tion of being on the honor roll dur ing January. Thirteen of these be longed to. Woodland Dairy, Lincoln, nine to the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, nine to the University of Ne braska North Platte substation, three to Union college. College View, and two to the Nebraska School of Agri culture at Curtis, Neb. College Issues Garden Record Early Maturity \ ariety of Seeds and Shrubs Advocat ed by Expert. Brookings. S. I)., Feb. 24.—Early matufity and short growing season varieties of garden seeds and orna mental shrubs will give^the best re sults in vegetable gardens, while hardiness is of prime importance In ornamentals for the yard or grove, according to a suggestion for gardens and orchards by Pttrley L. Keens of state college. “Asparagus and rhubarb may be profitably fertilized at this time of year,” Mr. Keene eald. "The applica tion should be applied liberally and cultivated Into the aoll early In the spring. “It la not too late to top dress lawns. If the grass has become thin, serai may be sown broadcast as the snows are melting In the early spring. A mixture of Kentucky blue grass and white clover Is usually most highly recommended. “Geraniums, ferns and other foli age plants often need repotting at this season of the year. The top, edge and bottom of the ball of earth and roofs may be removed and the remainder, with some new soil, plac ed back in the same receptacle. The bouse plants should receive an occa sional fertilizing. “Twigs of wild plum. Iliac, pussy willow and other shrubs may -be gathered at this 'time of year and placed in vases or bottles of water and set in south windows. A great deal of pleasure may be had from watching the young leaves and blos soms develop.” Hop Prices Averape $47 at Gage County Sale Beatrice. Neb.. Feb. 24.— Sixty Po land China hogs were the offering at the G. A. Wlebe sale north of the oity and were knocked off at an av erage of a trifle over $47 each. One extra good sow topped the sale at $90. ACr. AVlebe has the reputation of breeding the best in Poland Chinas. Farmers’ Union Notes Humphrey—State President Oaborn ad dressed :• special meeting for fdimulstion of membership and interest in the Farm ers* uniofT, fi»:id at St. ,Vinry school, five miles southeast of Humphrey, on the eve ning of February 19 He laid spec ial em phasis upon th» necessity of farmers or ganising and co-operating to help them, •elves The house was filled to capacity St. Marys local called the meeting, but surrounding locals participated. Omaha E. I, Shoemaker will become secretary-treasurer of the Nebraska Farmers Union about March 1, to succeed JU M. Kcfuh. who has filled that position site-v ly)*. Mr. Koch goes to biuux City, la to become office manager of the Farmers Union livestock commission there. Mr. .Shoemaker was reared on a firm near Inion. Neb. Having secured a commercial education, he spent several years teaching and In railroad service Then he made a real back fo-the farm movement and took i harge of the home place Several years ago he was drafted to the auditing work for Farmers Union Co-operative associations and moved with his family to Omaha where h* now lives Coleridge—The deficit of the Farmer* Union stors here, accumulated as a r# suit of the slump in 1920, was whittled down to $99 69 at the close of 1923. the annual statement shows jfciles of general merchandise and produce in the year totaled 144.367 77, on which the net profit was $741.65. The auditor who prepared that statement commented on ine law mark-up on merchandise, which gives th* patrons the benefit of low prices. The 9a*y financial condition of the associa tion Is shown by the fact that with $)| 440.01 of current assets, current lia bilities nmount to only $1,671.86. A gnaw—W. F. Dale of University Place apoko to a Farmers union meeting In the school house four miles west of hers In the evening of February 20. About 76 persons were present. HI* new members were added to th* local, and plans were laid to make a membership campaign In ihe neighborhood. FIll°y—The Farmers' Co-Operative com pany or-Fllley. operating *n elevator with Implements and side lines, owed only $1 66 4 7 st the close of business at^tha end of the f Is* a I yeah, and had $2,041.44 of < ash m the bank, according to the audit mad* by a representstlv* of the I armers Union Audit department, Omaha. HtM* in the year amounted to IISMM.SJ. on which there was a net profit of $1,902.87. Business wes done on narrow margins, or the net profit would have been greater. The company has a paid-up capital of $16,915, and at the close of tha year the net -worth was $18,177.21. Fierce—A delegate convention of 16 counties comprising the seventh district of tlie Nebraska Farmers' union has been • ailed to meet in this city on March «" The purpose of the convention, s« ec' forth In l lie. call. 1* to consider pl«»a »<> Increase the membership of ths Farmers union in Ibis district. Each county I* asked to send five delegates, and to have its county president present ih« call /I Issued «t the equsat of Albert Flcklsr. /ttiiiiton. director t-»i ‘hi* dl fnlckns II B">d count' who wet* president end secretary, respectively, of the district convention held Mra October ✓ - - . t Farmers’ Cost Accounts Show Oats Cost 35 Cents Bushel Wahoo, Neb., Feb. i4.—Tt cost 10 fanners of this county 85.3 cents per bushel to produce oats and eight other farmers 41 cents to produce corn in 1923, according to an average of the cost account records kept by these farmers in this project of the agricul tural extension service last^'ear under the direction of County Extension Agent Walter Roberts and State Ex tension Agent E. Ij. Taylor. Man labor was figured at 30 cents an hour, horse labor at 15 cents, machinery charged at 4 cents per horse hour which it was us4d and other charges for seed, twine, etc., were actually recorded. Ennd rent was figured at two-fifths of the crop in each case. The 10 farmer* who kept records on cost of oats production grew 286 acres, which averaged 34.5 bushels to the acre. An average of 6.3 hours of man labor and 14.9 hours of horse labor were required per acre. The total cost per acre on the tenant basis averaged *7.32 or 20.9 cents per bushel. Figuring rent at two-fifths of the crop, or 13.8 bushels, the actual cost of the oats per bushel amounted to 35.3 cents. The eight cost account records on corn production Show that these eight farmers grew 483 acres of corn, which averaged 39.5 bushels per acre. Twelve and seven-tenths hours of man labor and 36.3 hours of horse labor was re quired per acre. The total cost per acre on the tenant basis was *9.72. Figuring rent of the land at two fifths of the crop, or 15.8 bushels, leaving 23.7 bushels for the tenant share, makes the corn actually cost 41 cents per bushel. Two Important problems of efjl ciency are illustrated in these reports, the efficiency of good yields and the efficiency in the use of labor, says Mr. Taylor in commenting upon the sum maries which he has made of the farmers’ reports. Almost without ex ception the cost per bushel varied inversely as the yield and the cost rer acre varied directly w'ith the amount of labor used. It is interest ing7to note, also, says Mr. Taylor, that the yield was usually greater in the cases wtiere more labor was used. The farmers kept their records well and every figure is accurate, not esti mated. The final records were com pleted under the direction of Mr. Taylor in a meeting nttended by the farmers, who were called together here by Mr. Roberts, their county ex tension agent. Yields vary in the corn from 24.8 bushels to 49.7 bushels per acre. In the oats they ran from 24.6 to 44 bushels to the acre. Acre costs, no rent included, vary from $7.74 to $16 per acre on the corn and from $4.52 to $9.93 on the oats. Bushel costs, figuring rent at two-fifths of the crop, varied from 28 to 47 cents on the oats and from 32 to 63 cents on the corn. This lack of uniformity In the cost of production is due to the kind of soil on the farms, the yield lrent makes and buy one to meet your requirements, lie sure It's | plenty large. It's a whole lot hel I t-*r to set 511 eggs ill a 100 egg ma I rlilne Ilian try to hatch 100 eggs In I a 50 egg size. And after you buy! ill. know all about it before you put it to work, tiet somebody that's had evperieure with that particular ma chine to wise you up to its tricks. Then selecA your location, lie sure it's level, free from too much vl-l Oration, away from >sial gas or de cayed vegetable matter. Don't place I it In a draft, hut let it he In n welt I v "til Hated place, and run It empty fiw a f»w days Just to he sure that you know how to maka the adjust ments and beep an even tempera luce at 103 degrees. When yon ire cure of yourself, put the eggs l^in Don’t experiment afterwards. 1 Jt-ffs that a hen will hatch can be hatched in tlie incubator hut the incubator can’t hatch what the hen can’t, so be just as careful of the eggs you put in the incubator as the eggs you select for a lien. Treat your incubator like it was human. Tlie man tliat built the machine knows more about it than yon do. Follow his instructions closely. H# probably knows best. Beginning the second day turn tits eggs twice daily, about '2 hours apart. Test your eggs twice during Hip hatch, first from six to 1A days and again from the 14th to tlie 18th day. Remove the infertile eggs and the dead germs and mark the ones you are in doubt about. After Hie second test you will know whether they are good or not. •lust as soon as the chicks begin to break through, stop turning th« eggs and after all have hatched,' throw the venHIators wide open,, pull out the egg trays and shells and leave the door open just a little. Don’t remove the chirks for from 24 to 26 hours, and when you da move them to the brooder see that it is running in good shspe before they are placed inside. Poultry Culling on Increase in Dakota Brookings, S. D., Feb. 24.—One thousand seventy three poulfry culling demonstrations were conducted In South Dakota during the last year and more than 100,000 birds were ex amined for egg production ability, the poor layers heing eliminated from the flocks. This work was car ried on by poultry specialists in the state college extension service, as sisted by county agents, home agents and local leaders In tlie various coun ties. Poultry culling is now becom ing a common practice In some of the counties, it is said, because of the results obtained In these demonstra tions. The average production of the South Dakota hen Just three years ago, census figures showed, was only 50 eggs a year. This was just about one third the number of eggs to be ex pected of a good layer, the poultry specialists contended. Accordingly, poultry culling was stressed through out the state. Woman Success With Fruit Trees Apples, Cherries and Grapes Make Good on Gage County Farm. Beatrice, Neb., "Feb, 24. — Fruit valued conservatively at $150 was grown on the half-acre orchard of L. J. Koenig, six miles northeast of here, last year, reports County Ex tension Agent Boyd Hist. This in come disproves the statement made by many farmers that the farm orchard does not pay rent for the ground it uses, says E. H. Hoppert, state extension agent in horticulture, in commenting on the report. Eight een apple trees, six cherry trees, two orabapple trees and 24 -grape vines are bearing in this orchard. About 100 bushels of apples were sold, given away, and used by the Koenig family from the 20 trees last near. Those sold brought $1 per bush el. The cherry trees yielded three bushels more than the family could use, the excess being sold at $2.50 a bushel. The grape vines also gave a good account of themselves, produc ing six bushels of grapes. All of this fruit was grown on one half acre of ground. Mrs. Koenig Is the orchardlut on this farm. She says the results are due to proper care, nothing else. The 0oll is kept like a garden all summer. No weeds are allowed to start. The trees are pruned every year, the interfering branches being taken out. Where the top is too thick the branches are taken out to let the light in. The orchard is sprayed three times a year with a barrel out fit. Lead arsenate is used for worms and lime sulphur for diseases. This keeps the leaves healthy and • the fruit stays on the trees. Besides, the apples keep so much better when sprayed, she says. The vine yard is mulched with straw to keep down the weeds and save moisture. All the vines are pruned heavily each year. Suggestions from the agricul tural Extension service are used in the care of the entire orchard. This farmer's wife takes a special Interest in the orchard because she has a large family to provide for Snd they like fruit. She says, "If we had to buy all the fruit it would cost us from $75 to $100 every year. Besides if I want to hake pies or make some sauce It is so much han dier to go out Into the orchard and pick some cherries or apples or grapes than to drive to town. Then too, our own fruit seems to taste the best." Clean Hogs Pay Bancroft Man Bancroft. Neb., Feb. 24.—Three to five months'time was saved by Frank Samson, a farmer northeast of here, in raising his pig crop in 1923 in comparison to 1922, according to his final report of the hog lot sanitation project of the agricultural extension service which he carried on his farm the last year under th« -direction of his county extension agent. Oliver Olinger. In 1920, tie farrowed «20 sows and raised 90 pigs which he sold when they were from 10 to 16 months old. They weighed from 250 to 290 pounds tR*n. In 1923 he farrowed 22 sows and saved 135 pigs which he estimated weighed over 150 pounds at six months of sge. If thay gained a pound a day while on full feed of corn during their seven months, they weighed Just, exactly the same at seven months of age as the 90 head did the previous year when they were from three td five months old, 24,300 pounds. Feeding methods were prac tically ttie same both years. The grain that 90 head of hogs at* for three to five months was consumed by the worms ^the pigs had and the bull nose and sore guts and mangy hides from which they also suffered. These pig troubles brought In no re turn whatever for their cost, so Mr. Samson has decided to continue the sanitation project. * A smart evening coat noted on New Tear's Five was of metal ploth on severely tailored ' lines with high collar and deep cuffs of chinchilla, With the_County Agents Fall* City—Ben C Dale, graduate of tha Iowa State Agricultral college and for some tfme county agent of Harrison county. Town, has been appointed county agent for Richardson county. Nebraska, I »nd is expected to take up hie poet here SOM Wahoo—Five pruning end orchard care demon*!rations are to be held on differ ent farms of the county, starting Monday, i he county agent announced. Varieties for email home orchard*, setting and pruning truss iM vinos, pruning old I reea an.hown at five points In the county, through the courte sy of the agricultural service and the fed eral Department of Agriculture, eo opera t ing Of the S3 samples of Dskota county corn sent to th* Agricultral college for Hnyllxatlon, 73 per cent will germinate strong, 1M.2 per cent will terminals weak, and It * per cent were dead. sc < ordlng to the eumrnary of the results of the germination tests Fremont Two meetings In the Interest of better hog mlalng were held in this county Sanitation In the hog lota was one of the main point* discussed al the meetings l nndllla Fred Lucas farnter living tifnr here, completed the corn tost sheet supplied by the agrlcultutal extension servlet* last. year, keeping account of the amount required to produce 620 bushels of corn fin 14 mice of clover giound This amount he found to he 1144 10, or fife cents per acre Syracuse Frank Hi hunemever. farmer near here, hue agreed with the county agent to try out the hog lot eanliatlon project outlined by th* state agricultural extension servloc The sgetit declared that several other fartnera in the county were contemplating tnklng up the project Home economics end community study topics were taken Up s' the women's meeting at the borne of Mr* Irl Johnson, neat her* The women attending the meeting ate regularly enrolled In the Iwo projects Seward A total of 60 farmers at tended the gasoline mnt/>r Instruction group meeting* that ware held here An ••xpwrt In gasoline engine work Instructed the farmers In tits care and operation of their tra- tors ami motor cara The uounty agent announced that Dinner* of the county who are desirous of obtaining Modatol. th«* new explosive being sold hv Ihe etsie extension service, must have their orders In for Ihe ma terial by March I The explosive ia par. of that left over from the world war. Individual, movable hog houses are lie coining pnpulai In Reward count v. the county agent reported The s g f bult m a I extension service furnishes the plan* for the hog houses and lumber >*rd* •* ported sn imrei'*** In al»» or th* ntk ui>*d In >' • ten »ruction h# email hug houses. Chelae* —The play, **A Family Affair.** was given by local thasplune before an audience of 260 persons, from all parts of the county The farmera had gath •red to further plana for community meetings, other forma of entertatnment were provided Geneva -question#, written out by farm era attending a community meeting here, wera taken up at the end of the meetkng and dtacusalon followed. The questions were along agricultural lines Geneva A group of women In Fillmore county, who are not near any town. ohur» h or school, have met at the heme* of their aevewil membera and organised a hat selection cluh. The work la carried on under the Instruction of an expert from the state home economist exten sion service. Geneva — Meat cutting and canning demonstrations will he staged In thla county for three days, staffing next Tuesday Part, of the day In each dem onstration will he given over to discus sion of the relation of food to health Blair- If. I., Keefe, president of tha Ne hraaka Farm Bureau federation, was to address a inerting of all Ilia farmera ip the rounty here thla afternoon A ainck tria* of tha "anil robber” waa held at the 8under!and School house, four miles west of here Attorney* grilled witnesses and pleaded their eases before a Jury ns In actual trial* F. It lloppert of th* horticultural de pattmenf of the agricultural extension service demonstrated the profit In prun ing tree# m the Nebraska farm orchard*, at a meeting held for that purpose on (he farm of Ifenry Lorenien Weat Point—Two schools for Instruct 'ng farmera In the care, repair and op eration of their tractor, siitomohilo and stationary gasoline engine* ar». to »*e held at different points In the count), the county agent announced. Kenneth «*. Kouta, the rounty agent, has Informed the farmera of tha county the requirements necesaar) for bringing the area Inspection and Indemnify stion of tubeieular cattle plan Into th* county sod will probubly circulate petitions. a*k lug for Til per cent of the etock owners of tha county to sign so that tha state federal work msy b« taken up The county agent urged upon farmers the fact t Iiht rotation of hog i.\* |« Hs important as rotation of imps on land Weeping Water Nfollon pictures ad dreaaea and discussion tegsidlt v the de velopmant of the dairy Industry wrre parta of the recent program held by farmera at Hnton. Weeping Water- Petitions asking in apectloit and Indemnification *>f cattle by tuberculoids experts, are now being circulated In several prei ’tacts of th" county Omaha In favor of the hog |ot aanl tat Inn projecl, the epuniy agent quoted i ho Instants n whirl, one l>>ugla* oiuintv swine breeder, raised 14 out of litter of If* pigs, after entering the sanitation work, where a much amalter percentage of the litter* had been raised prevlouelv. Lexington More than 600 persona st tended the community meetings held In thla county during the fliat three vveeka In Felifiiary, the county agent announced There are more meeting* to bo held in various nails of the county before the end of the month. The county fmni lm real! s’ag*1 the meetings for the fur [ therance of community spirit and to si low farmera to become hatter acquainted with their neighbor* l.exlngton Bateson county rnmi on the average produce J. pounds of butler fat. Imi than do the mee In other pacta of the stale. t|)e rountv agent declared He urged farmer* to find out if their reiP h •••*«■* were above brlovv ilia a *i aft cl pioducllou Flock Sets Record of 184 Eggs Per Hen Agricultural College, Lincoln, Feb. 24.—Mrs. Fred Woods of Pawnee City did not expect the hens to do it all in making a record egg production of 184.3 eggs per hen last year which placed her White Wyandottes second in the state In the accredited farm flock project of the agricultural ex tension service. She spent 365 days of the year working with them, and three or four times a day, according to her own story of her year's ex perience. Mrs. Woods' financial state ment shows that she made a net profit of $784.38 from her 141 birds, which amounts to $2.15 per day for her work, and the $5.56 net profit per hen. The cost of feed per hen was but $1.16. The flock had the range of the farm and the feed which they picked up was estimated. Only the usual farm feeds were used. The gross in come from the sale of poultry was $257.50, the remainder of the income coming from the sale of eggs. Mrs. Woods has deve oped her own market for hatching eggs and for breeding stock. She exhibits quit* regular y at the leading shows of the state and^ at the Kansas City American royal livestock show this year. 2 Cents Per Egg Is Farm Profit Accredited Flocks Make High er Record Than Chickens Handled in Old Way. J.incoln, Feb. 24.—With every egg that the mighty Nebraska hen laid in the farmer’s basket, she put two pennies of clear profit In h!s pocket book. Such Is the average record n^de by the 39,000 biddies that fin ished the accredited farm flock proj ect in 1923 under the direction of the agricultural extension service of Ne braska. These hens averaged 112.7 eggs per hen. The average net profit per hen was $2.14. Totals in this record show that the grans Income on these 39,000 hens was over $100,000 for the year, that the feed costs amounted to about $20,000 and the net profits over $83, 000, If the 21,000,000 hens that scratch around on Nebraska farms had done as well as those In this project, the Income from eggs alone, figuring them at 25 cents a dozen, would have been almost $45,000,000. Hence, the mighty hen. Of this amount $38,000,000 ^rould have been net profit. Two hundred ninety farmers co op erated with the agricultural exten sion service in completing the ac credited farm flock In 1923. Prac tically half of this number had been In the project the previous year. Four of the five high-producing flocks were second-year co-operators and the general average of the two year flocks was higher than the first year flocks, showing the value of the recommendations of the project. The Important points of the project are that the co-operator start on No vember 1 of each year with at least 50 hens of one standard breed: that he keep acurcate records of the feed ! used and the crrs and poultry path- j ered and used or marketed, and that : he follow as far as he sees fit the I recommendations of the project. The records nre sent by the farmer eo- ( operator to his county extension j agent's office. One copy Is sent > from there to the state ofice where I the final records ore made. Monthly ; reports are mailed to each co opera- ! tpr. Auburn Commercial Club Favors Bonus Auburn. Neb Feb. 14.—At the last I meeting of the Auburn Chamber of | Commerce two American t.egion men from Omaha spoke on the bonus bill. The following resolution wee adopted unanimously by one of the largest banquet meetings held In the last year: ••Whereas, Adjusted compensation Is an obligation owing from the Flitt ed States government to the former, soldiers of the world war long past due and unpaid, and "Whereas, It la our Judgment that adjusted compensation can he paid and federal taxes at the same time be reduced, and "Whereas. Methods used by the, forces opposing the enactment of the adjusted compensation bill be enact ed as a law. are In our opinion un justified. unfair and tin American. Therefore, be It "rtesolved. That the Chamt>er of Commerce of Auburn. Neb . hereby heartily endorses and urges the mein hers of congress and senators from the state of Nebraska to exert every effort to bring about the Immediate passage of the American t.egion four fold adjusted compensation bill, And be It further ■'Unsolved. That said Chamber of Commerce condemns tactics of selfish interests In seeking by forced propa ganda and unfair methods of coercion lo bring about the defeat of til" ad» justed compensation bill " .Auburn—The approach of the city election Is beginning to stir things 111 tills city. High taxes are the great bone of contention, and some of the loss progressive i ltlretts are favoring a very strong curtailment In ell Im proving. New York. Bonds My Associated Frees. New York, F'eb. 24.—The burden placed upon the Investment market in the ab sorption of the $160,000,000 Japanese loan WHS reflected In lower prices for bonds that week. Although the success of the issue v huh was oversubscribed by $100,000,000, gave a firm undertone to the market, reactionary tendencies developed on the withdrawal of support, absence of any general public participation and substitution by the hou#e of representa tives of the Garner tax bill for the Mel lon plan. Standard Investment securities were weakened by prospects that the final surtax rate would be higher than the 2b per cent proposed by Secretary Mellon, although this turn In the legislative sit uation stimulated buying of the Gnlted States government issue* Institutions which had been selling Liberty bonds for a transfer of funds into higher yielding railroad and corporation liens, resumed buying of the government obligation* until the outcome of the tax ineasuie eould be foreseen more definitely. Influenced by the more cneerrui tone In the stock market and favorable news from abroad, bond .prices generally wers firmer* later In the week. Foreign fov ernment and municipal issues, in particu lar, were benefited by the passage of Premier Poincare* tax and economy measures In the French chamber of depu ties. and by announcement that the Dawes commission had drafted a tentative plan for settlement of the reparations problem, ensuring regular Interest payments to tne allied nations from Germany. Throughout the week the course or pi i es wh« governed to » consider able ex tent by the action of the stock market. Convertible copper and sugar moved alternately higher or lower In line with strength or weakness of stocks, and showed little net change for the - The greatest price change of 1hs week was in the bonds of the Atlantic Fruit company, all of which advanced about 7 points on announcement of a reorgan ization plan which is expected to Improve their position. Pierce Oil 8s also moved up briskly iu response to reports that the company was preparing to do addi tional financing. , , „ Fractional changes were the rule else where in the general list. Low priced railroad mortgages continued In good de mand. their speculative features leading to bursts of activity in tl**m wh**n in vestment issues were neglected because of the temporary overcrowding of the m£ftcet with new financing. New bond offerings during the week totalled only $35,089,300. a substantial de cline, as •compared with the previous week's record of more than $172,000,000. Leading in importance was the $10,000. 000 Burlington railroad Issue of refund ing mortgage 5s sold at. 98 to yield 6.10 per cent, and the $5,760,000 People'a Gas, iHght and t'ok*- three-year ♦» per cent notes su’d at n»r J. P. Morgan A Co., announced late In the week that $0,000,000 Hocking Valley railway two-year. 5 per cent notes had been sold without a public offering. They were priced at 99’i to yield 5.40 per cent. A public offering i* expected later of the remaining $10,000,000 of Burlington bonds which have been authorized. Termination of »he syndicate which re cently offered $40,000,000 Argentine 6 per * ent bond* revealed that only one half of the issue had actually been sold. Members of the banking group were rail ed upon to take up 50 per cent of their participation Failure of the bonds to aell more readily was attributed to the reduction of subscriptions due to prepara tions for the huge Japanese loan. r-;---\ Financial News ! By Associated Press. New York, Feb. 24.—With the markets displaying a steadier tone after the dis turbances caused by the in vestiga tlons at Washington and the appearance of bear lah operation*, the attention of business men reverted during the past week to th# business situation itaelf. Industrial news < '-ntlnued to be encouraging The new railroad < arlosding figures were not quite a« large as those of the previous week, possibly because of weather conditions They did. however, exceed the beet record for the corresponding week in any previ ous year. Steel production meanwh'le continues at th* best rate attained this year. The leading interest e reported to be work ing at 94 per cent uf capacity end the industry as a whole at not less than SS pec cen* Removal of the threat of a coal strike ha* not affected huvlng un favorably Railroad buying for the me n tensnee of v ay and structures was the feature of the market, but automobile makers were considered good potential bti vers. The cotton market furnished the out standing example of weakness Buying brought rallies whin the price fell to the neighborhood of 30 < ent*. but this level i* ’ cen's t»e!ow th.- high of recent months With the foreign buying dimin ishing in the usual seasonal fashion and with the dry goods market* displaying; irregularity many stale bull accounts have been liouidated. Grain rjrice» have shown a. relatively steadier tone, the effe t* of the—we\ tons week's profit taking having p*s*?d. Vom modlty prices a* a whole held fa'Gy firm, although responding to the after effects of the recent upset tn speculative sentiment. Th*» list* of Dun and Brad «*rert show more de.-pne* *han aib ani • * for the week, bm this condition Is due in large measure t«* what occurred in the co»t..n and grain market* Steel quota tions held firm and therr were instance* In which automobile maker* "Increased their price* No marked change took place in the money market. The quotat on on time money firmed ur» to 4 *4 and 5 per cent basis, but the charge for call money on the \mv torh gtock exchange fell b*k to 4 per cent Th» demand for and supply of commercial paper was small. Foreign exchange rate* rallied. 'ng reach ng about 14 31 and French fran- * 4 31 rents Grade ("rouging to Be Eliminated on P. G. D. Oencx a. Neb.. Feb. 24.—A change will be made In the P. I,. P. highway cast from Fairmont lo the Saline county line. The object la to do away with grade crossings where sex eral fatal accidents have occurred. The new road will he built on the south side of the Burlington railroad track, 5.'i feet from the center of the track on the railroad company’s right of way for a distance of two and a half miles before following sec tion lines. The road will go east on the south side of Exeter tnstead of north a mile through the business section. +he levy will he made this spring and the highway hnllt ^during the year. Federal aid was withheld pend ing the change. Warn Farmers Protest New Drainage Ditch Tork, Feb. 24.-Property owners residing near AVnco. in the district being surveyed Tor drainage, are \ Ig nrously protesting ami. a large dele gation ap|»CHred licfore the county hoard which has just lent in session. They claim their lands will be un favorably affected by installation of the drainage ditch. The matter has been laid oxer until the next hoard meeting and the county engineer In structed to proceed with the survey. York Elevator Sold. York. Neb . Feb. 24. The elevator nf the York mill which was destroyed by fire a few months ago haa been purchased by llurlhurt Brothers of ( File*, who will assume possession April 1. The York Milling company will retire from the milling and ele vator business. Updike Consignment Service ITS MEANING TO SHIPPERS TOP PRICES. QUICK RETURNS % With Chock for Bolanca Duo on Each Car The careful handling «< loaa and delay ilhat A GUARANTEE OF SATISFACTION Telephone AT laafla S3 IS Updike Grain Corporation i "A Rtliabla Hauaa” OMAHA Kama* Cilr Ctilcaga Mtlwaukaa » Omaha Produce Omaha. Fab. It. | General Condition*. Thera i* an upward tendency In moat: product market# today due to th* auow j * tor in and that the movement of both in] and out shipment* will be Interfered I with and delayed considerably during the next few lay*. At thla tme of year niost of the produt m market* are pretty much weather market* anyhow, for the season I* duo to change at any time now If tho weather warm* up there will be a quirk and material lnoreaae in re ceipt* and price* will be reduced abruptly., Hut a* long as the cold weather continue*, with anow on the ground, price* will hold firm and possibly be increased some what. Prices of egg* today have a tendency upward, although no change la being made in quoted ^rb-ea in this de partment. T.ive poultry also haa a tend ency upward today, but price* »re un « hanged. hike wise with hay and feed, on which the markets have been rather heavy lately. The feeding aeason. of heaviest consumption, i* about over, ac cording to the calendar, and lower price* are due pretty aoon; but a* long a* the aim continues to cover the *round and prevent foraging on the part of meetotk I herb will be an in. teased demand for hay and feed Ho also with fruit* and vegetable, cold weather tend, to an ad vance In prices for various reasons, among which Is the danger of freezing In slor. age. outside of cold storage. >nd in ship ping; and frost in the prodneing dlatrUit, of Hie soulh and southwest: and the gen eral perishability of fruits and J'**'*^*?; v, hich 1" mad* more evident when ■nip mente are delayed by congested condi tions on the railroads, due to cold weathar and storm. Ho. without sn exception produce price* are firm and tending up ward today. BUTTER. , Creamery-Local Jobbing price jo retail ers: Extras. D3c; extras in 60-lb. tubs, lit ; standards. 02c; firsts. 60c. . , Dairy—Buyers are paying ^ for beat table butter in rolls or tubs; 26*2*c for common packing slock. For best sweet unsalted butter. 36c. buttbrfat. For No. 1 »*rearn Omaha buJrar, ar* paying 42c per lb. at country atatlona. 48c delivered Omaha. FRESH MILK $2 26 .per cwt. for fresh milk testing 3 6 delivered on dairy flatform Omaha. EGGS. . Drtlvered Omaha In new cases; t r**h eggs, oq case count basis, straight. * <• per rase Some buyers are 5*yi“€ for nearby, nevv-lald. clean and uniform ly large eggs, grading U. S. special! or ^Jobbing prices to retailers: U. S. spe cials 36c; U. S. extras. Sic; No. 1 small, 30c: chec*.. *%ULTRT Buyers are paying the following prices. Alive—Heavy hens, 6 lbs. and over. Zuc; 4 to 5 lbs , 18c; light hens. 46c; springs, smooth legs. 18c; stags. 14c; Leghorn springs, 14c; roosters. 12c: ducks, fat and full feathered. 12© 14c; geese, fat, full feathered. 12©14c; No. 1 turkeys, » lbs and over, 16c; old Toms and No. *■. not .ulla, 14c; pigeona, $1.00 per dozen; ca pon*. 7 lbs. and over. 26c per lb . under 7 lbs. 20c per lb.; no culls, sick or crippled poultry wanted.* . . . Dressed—Buyers are paying for dressed i *hicken». dccka and geese. 2 ©3c above alive price *. and for dressed turkeys, b© 6c above live prices. Some dealers are I accepting shipments of dressed poultry i and selling same on 10 per cent commis sion basis Jobbing prices of dressed poultry to re tailers: .Springe, soft, 3r‘©35r; broiler*. 43©45c: hens. 26c: rooaters. 17©l*c; ducks. 25f; gees#*. 18©20c; turkeys. 28c; No. 2 turkeys, considerably less. BEEF CUTS. Wholesale prices of beef cuts effective today are as follows: No. 1 riba. 26c: No. 2. 25c; No. 3. l«c; No. 1 rounds. 18c; No. 2. 17c; No. 3, 11c; No 1 loins. 36c; No 2, 31c; So. 3, 17c: o 1 chucks. 13c; No. 2. 12c; No. 3. 6e; No. 1 plates. »>ic; No. 2. «c; No. 3. 6c. FRESH FISH. Omaha. Jobbers are selling at about tha following prices f o. b. Omaha: Fancy whit* fish. 20c; lake trout, mkt.; hali but. She. northern bullheads. Jumbo. 2lc; ■ atfith regular run.'26022c: fillet of had dock. 2 " e; black cod sable fiab. ateak. 29c; smelfH 2803Se: flounders. 20c: crap pies 29025c; black base. 32c; Spanish mackerel m to 2 lbe. 25c. Frozen fiah. 30 4c less than prices above. Fresh oysters, per gallon 12 6504 09. Shell ojatera and clan1- per 100. 12 09. CHEESE Local Jobbers are selling American chee***. fancy grade, as follows: Single daisies. 25*** ; double daisies. 26c; Toung Americas 26c: longhorns 26 4c; square prints. 26 4c; brick :6 4c: lirnburger. l ib. style. 3 4 25# per doz ; Swiss, domestic. 4 8r; block 36c; imported. 6^c; Imported Roquefort. 65c; New York white. 34c. FRUITS. Jobbing prices Strawberries—Florida, quart* 690 69c. Grapefruit—Per box. extra fancy, 3.59 0 4 50 fancy. $3.2604 oo Cranberries—Jersey. fO-lb. boxes, extra fan- I' 00; fancv $4.25 Oranges—California, naval, faery ac cording to size S3 2*505.50; choice. 25c less: Florida pineapple oranges, per box. 34 5 9; tangerine*. 34 90. Bananas—Per pound. 19c. „ Apples -In box**#: Washington De licious. extra fancy, $2.5903.75. fancy, 4 9903 25; small. 32 75; Washington ea fai 37 fancy 32 "0; Colorado Jonathans, extra fancy, 32 26; fancy. *2 0O; Rome Beauty, extra fancv 37 59, fancy. $2.25; white winter Pea mu: n. ex*ra fancy. 32 600 7 76; York Imperial. 31 75 Lemon a—UaUforn la, fancy, per box, $6.69; choice, per box. 15 90. Apples—In baskets. 42 to 44 lbs Idaho Jonathans, extra fancy. 31 JO; Wines*ps, 31.16 A\ocad*s—(Alligator pears), per dox.. $6 99. Apples—In barrels of 145 lbs ; Iowa, W ’e**p«. fancv. $5.71 Missouri Black, t ^ ig fanc>. >6 00; Jonathan*. fancy,1 $4 60; Ren Davie. fancy; 94 60; Jonathan*. commercial pat k, 93 76; Genoa. fanes', $4 76 ; Virginia Beauty. 99 00; Oenetona, $5.50. vegetables. Jobbing prices: Brussels dprouta—Per lb.. **c Tomatoes—Crate. ala baskets 67.90J per basket. 11.26; Florida. crate. 65 00. . Shallot#—Southern, 61 00 per doz Eggplant—Per do*., 62 00; 20c per lb New Hoots—Texas beeta and rarm «, per dozen bunchea. 90c; carrots, buah i, 62.00. pepper#—Green Mango, par lb, 26c Hoots--Turnip*, jparanlpa, beeta *n1 carrot*, in narks. JQ4o per lb.; rutabagas, | in aachs. 2*Ar; l*** than sacks, Jo. Cucumbers—Per do*.. 66.00. Parsley—Southern, per dozen bunches, $1 0ft®. 1.25. Onions—Yellow. 1n aacka. per lb., 9M»c; red. sack*. 4**e; white, sack*. 6c per lb ; Spanish, per crate. 92.K0Q2.79. Potatoes—Nebraska C‘hloa. per hundred pounds, 61.50. Minnesota On lot, 61 76; Idaho Bakers, 2c per lb.; Colorado Whites, 92.00 per cwt. Sweet potatoes —— Southern, hamper, 63 25; Nancy Hall, 50-lb hamper, 62 60 Cabbage—Wisconsin. «a' k lota, per ib , 4s. in crate*. 4< ; red. 6«; celery cafc bage, 10c par lb.; new Texas cabbage, 4 Wo peb Ih. Beans—Wa* or green, per hamper, 64 Mi ti 6 00. Celery—California, per dox., according to size. 1136^2.00; Florida, rough. 8a-doz. crate. 63.25. Lettuc*.— Head, per crat* 13 50; per doz, $1.26, bothou*e> leaf, 45c per doz FLOUR. Price* at which Omni.a mill* and Job bers are selling In round lot* (lesa than (arlota). f. o. b. Omaha, follow; First patent, in 9<-lb. bags. |6 30Q *.40 per bb!.: fancy clear. In 48-lb bags, 96.1O'/y 5.25* per hbl.; white or yellow comma1, per cwt., 61.88. FEED Omaha mills and Jobber* in ♦ heir products in carload lota at the fol lowing price*, f o. b Omaha: Wheat feed*. Immediate delivery: Bran, $.’4 50; brown short*. $27.00; |r»r ahorta, $2*.23; reddoe $31.50; alfalfa meal choice, spot, $31 00; No. 1 spo*. f 25 00; March. April and May delivery. $20.00; No. 2 spot, $21 00; ltn**«d me* , 34 per cent. $47.60: cotton seed me* 43 per cent. $46 50. hominy feed, whit* or yellow. $20.00; buttermilk, condensed, r - bbl. lot*. $3 43c per lb flake butt^nillk. 500 to 1.500 lb* , Pc per lb.; eggshell. dr;»d and ground. in0-lb. bag*. $2o.00 per ton; digester feeding tankage, €0 per cent, f' 0 00 per ton * FIELD FEED. Omaha and Council Bluff* Jobbing house* are paying the following price* for field »eed. thresher run P*r l"1) pound*. delivered: Aifelfa, 115 0001 red clover. HS.f0ei4.5O; aweet clove-. 17.506*00; timothy, fa.0086.0b; Fuorn era**, 13 5064 60; cane **e.J. Il.»"4»l Price* *ubject to change without notice Price* »t which Omaha dealer* »re «*: i" Ing, carloU. f o. b. omah*. . VJnland Prairie—No. 17 113.00614 0, No 2 111 00012.00; No. 3 17.00009-00. Midland Prairie—No 1. .•'*^©13.00; No. 2. 110 0*611 00; No. 2. *«.O»0«J». Lowland Prairie—No. 1. I9 60 0 IV 60 . No 2, 113.50814 50; No 3. 111.00013.00 Straw—Oat. 38.0089.00; wheat, I*.000 1 on. „ Alfalfa—Choice, 122.00023 00; No. 1, $20 21.00 : standard. $1 6 '»0 0 If N*>* 2 $13.50014 50; No. 3. 111-00013.00. HIDES. Wt'OL, TALLO»V . Prices quoted below ar* on ♦be ha* ■ of buyers' weight and selections, deliv ered In Omaha. Woo! — P*:t*. $1 50 0 2.*aeh. for full wooled skins; clips, no value; wool, 2 v 4 Hid**—Current receipt hid**. No. 1, «i.r No 2. 5 He: branded hides. No. l. iijc; glue hide,, 34c: calf. 12c and 10*: kip. »4« and 7 4c; de;con’-. «*« *,»«£* glue *kfn*. 34c per lb : horee hide*. P and 42 75 each; ponle. and glue*. 3.;5 ea* li; colt*. 25c each; hog akin*. ..c each; glues. 4c per lb. , Tallow and Grease- No. 1 rallow, INC, B tallow. Sc; No. 2 tallow. 44c: A gr*a**. 54-r B grease 6c; yellow greaee. 44c. brown grease. 4c; pork rrackllnr*. per ton. 355 Ofl; beef crackling*, per ton. 13 5 90; beeawax, per ton. 1:0.00 Governor Charges Illegal Price Fixing on Cream Lincoln, Feb. 24.—To support bis contention that discrimination in cream buying does still exist, th* gov ernor has made public a letter from E. L. McCue of Roseland, who says he must pay 5 cents a pound lee? than Beatrice purchasers, although Beatrice is but 1* miles away and the transportation cost Is only 2 cents a pound. "I would like to hare any cream pro ducer notify mo of unfair discrimina tion. together with the names of tho«e guilty of the practice and suggestions for its elimination," the governor said. "Some groups of farmers are re ceiving reasonable returns that mean a profit, but others are losing be cause of discriminatory prices." ■* Olson Fail? to Get Bail. Ord. Neb . Feb. >4 —Frank I. Olson of Grand Island, owner of the local ga« plant, waived preliminary hear ing and wan bound over to the dis trict court. He itf charged with caus ing his sale barn in this city to be burned. He was implicated in a con fession of Edward Anderson. Bail was fixed at $7.50<*. which he has so far failed to furnish. Owners of Baby Chicks Read This Letter Red Feather Poultry Farm Clarkson, Neb. *. -.g-i Clarkson. Neb., Feb. 18, 1924. M.C. Peters Mill Co.. s Omaha. Neb. C. H. Peters. Dear Sir: Just a word about your Red Feather Chick Starter with Buttermilk. More chicks die annually from the use of improper feeds than any other causes. That is why we in sist on Red Feather feeds. Hatching the chicks is only half the battle. The important and dan gerous two weeks following is the time for ceaseless vigilance. Time and care and common sense in feeding can accomplish wonders. There is no reason whatever in lasing chicks if Red Feather Chick Starter is used. It will produce results that cannot be had with other feeds. No trouble in feeding and every chick insured. We have tested it out thoroughly. Yours respectfully. NATHAN A. MOORE. Mgr. Poultry raisers in ail parts of the country are unanimous regarding the splendid merits of RED FEATHER CHICK STARTER with Buttermilk. Thorough trials have proved its great worth. Get a Toe package from your feed store, grocery, drug store or direct from our Mill. It will insure your baby chicks against bowel impaction, diar rhea. and other baby chick ills. It makes it possible for you to raise SUV, of your hatch. M. C. Peters Mill Co. South Omaha, Neb.