Nebraska Newspapers

    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 <rl'< on th*
Hr at# Union hoard and la signed by
$f. Mayer Stanton county, and WIIMam
t> fnlckns II B">d count' who wet*
president end secretary, respectively, of
the district convention held Mra
October
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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 l<er
acre and the use of labor, thinks Mr.
Taylor. Bocal fertility and character
of the soil influenced the amount of
labor that was required and also the
yield, says Mr. Roberts.
This year's experience has taught
these farmers to keep their own cost
accounts, which they intend to do.
Other farmers will be enrolled In the
project this coming year If they can
be interested, according to Mr. Rob
erts' plans.
Hen Sense
"Don’t count your chickens be
fore they're hatched," cause gener
ally you'll he disapiminted if you do.
Once in a while you'll hit 100 per
icent. Hut in them cases Just lift your
lid to I July Luck an’ acknowledge
*her smile.
One hundred per cent hatches are
like oil wells—you always hear
about the gushers an' the fellow*'
.that make a cleanin'—but the thous
ands and thousands that sink their
savings in the kind that gush until
in’ but expense don’t do much
i erodin’.
Six nr eight chicks from 13 eggs
is a darn good average to shoot at
for the most of ns. It's all right toi
hitch your wagon to a star, buti
bp sure the endgate is securely fast
ened. Discouragement’s killed the
poultry genu In many a man's
mind. Don’t expect miracles.
For settin* purposes pick out a,
broody hen with a quiet dWlxsls
tion. I jink out for the jumpy, fidg
Ityr kind that just can't settle down
but try to set standin'. When you've
decided on the one you want, let*
! her have her way when it come*
to pickin' a nest and let her occupy
, it for two or three days just to be
I sure she means business.
Set two nr four or more lien* at a
! time and make hatching Imxe* to
take of two or four. M Dip inside
pest measurement* be about IJ,
Inches wide, 14 inches deep anil
j 11 Inches high and board up the
bottom about four inches. A gale
made out of laths, three cross
pieces and two uprights will finish,
a mighty nice nest and then we’re
ready for the liens. (The Omaha
lire will he glad to send you a
drawing of this hatching box on1
request.)
The usual number of eggs to a
hatch Is II, 13 and 15. according t®i
' the size of the lien anrf~the time
of year.' A good mother will gen-,
erally lie ready for the eggs the
first or second night after being,
j placed on the nest, hut all hens aro
?not good mothers. Keep an eye oiii
’em and be aure.
After seven days test your eggs
and get rid of the infertile ones.
If you have tough lurk and find »<
lot of ’em—divide the fertile ones
’ in hatches of II nr 13 each nndr#/
a hen and reset the others.
Remember the fuss folk* used to
intake when automobiles began to
appear regularly? "Horseless car
riages,” most of us called them, and
'when you look back now and re-'
member the chug and the nolae, tlio
dirt, the dust and the smoke, lt‘«
' no wonder people hollered. "A play
thing for foola” most of us thought,
' and you couldn't find one man in
100 that ever thought they'd stick.
Once the incubator was looked at
about the same way. There was'
nobody thought they were prac
tical or that some day they'd he i
turning out chicks by the tens of .
thousands. The Idea of a machine,
mothering chicks was certainly
funny to most people.
But the incubator is here to stay
Just like the automobile, nud busi
ness couldn't get along any more
wltliout the automobile than hatch
eries could get along without the
incubator. The horse couldn't keep
I lip, and the hen fell behind. Some
thing had to he done and human,
ingenuity arose to the occasion. Re
i suit, automobiles and incubators.
So to tliosc of you who are fig
uring on using an incubator Just
I ’<■! me say you are taking a step
| in advance. You can't seriously go
into the game as a business wltb
i/it ail Incubator.
[ There are lots of good ones on the
market and each man has his favo
rite. Talk to yonr friends, find out1
the kind that they like, rend all the
literature you can get on the dlf-j
fi>rent 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<l orchard management will he
discussed and demonstrated at these meet
■ riga.
Fight women's rroup* were represented
at the ln«mkcf1onal meeting on home care
of the sick, held here. The women re
ceive Instruction In the work and then
relay 1f to their home communities It
Is expected that several new localities
will send womeq to the next* meeting.
The livestock Improvement committee
of thl* *"unty. meeting recently, decided
to promote th* swine satptatlon program
outlined by tho elate agricultural ex
tension service.
Dakota City - Ths first of a a*riee of
dres« construction schools, for the women
of the countv. wax held at the home of
< Bemoan* near here. Women of the
county have been Invited to attend the
ochool*. which ar* held on the last
Thursday or each month.
Film* dealing with hog raising and
tuber uloslx in cattle, were >.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.