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w J (Jt V r t' ' V . r '.J 4. O f if W " --W1. .'' '. Wtf 1 ' .. f ." i,... r ' W w J y3 tnnra Isles srelu Ira gric Plant Oats Early Oats re spond favorably to early plant lng. In southeastern and south ern Nebraska the period of March 20 to April 1 is considered ideal. The optimum sowing period in the western and northeastern parts of the state starts about April 1. Plantings made at Lin coln after the optimum period have suffered a 5 percent reduc tion in yield for the first week of delay and an additional re duction of about 10 percent for week thereafter. The avantage of relatively early seeding is con sistant throughout the state. Seedbed Preparation : Dur ing an eight year test (1932-1940) at Lincoln, oats yielded 29 bush els per acre on double-disked cornstalk land as compared with 28.7 bushels for spring plowing followed by either harrowing or discing. Double-discing corn stalk land for barley resulted in yields of 21.4 bushels compared with 20.2 bushels for tthe plow ing treatments. A reduction of 5 percent in yield resulted from broadcasting oats on unprepared ground and covering by double disking. ' Seed Treatment Iowa tests show that oats seed properly treated will yield an average of three bushels per acre more than untreated seed. Varieties Recommended oats varieties for Cass County include Andrew, Cherokee, - Mo. 0-205, and Nemaha. Recommended varieties of bar ley are Custer, Feebar, Plains and Velvon II. Successful Year The annual report of the Otos Dairy Breeders Ass'n shows that 271 dairymen were using the ser vices of the association in 1954 55 year wrhich closed January 20, 1955. This reprseents well ov er half of the total membership which have been received since the association was formed. Some interesting statistics pre sented by Rueben Petersen, Man ager of the State Bull Stud, re-" REAL ESTATE LOANS! 5 Percent Interest Charge Reduced for Each Monthly Payment Plattsmouth Loan & Building Ass'n. Bulldozing Dams Land Clearing Sub SCOOP With New 11 Disc Discing Latest Caterpillar D-7 Tractors One Brand New 1955 D-7 and One 1954 Model D-7 W. M. Phone 6929 WITH ORDER in i."iirr"-'iiT7"i "-iMiiiiiiM liw-r -iMur -' nmT '- AVAILABLE IN LEADING BRANDS For Complete Supply of All Kinds of Spray Material See ll wpWM8SSLMlMI ,i , t ,, , mm.ui Tihot vealed that the average produc tion of cows which are the result of artificial breeding from the state association is 425 lbs. of butterfat per cow. The average cow in Nebraska produces 212 lbs. of butterf at per year. The national average for all artific ial bred cows is 409 lbs. The Annual Meeting: held in Weeping Water recently was con ducted by Don Wiles, Wabash dairyman. Don was re-elected for a 3 year term. Merle Buell of Syracuse was elected to the pos ition of director also for a 3 year term. The Association serves both Otoe and Cass County, with their headquarters in Syracuse. Home Economics Day Have you heard about Home Econom ics Day for Homemakers, March 25, 1955? A full day's program has been planned and you will not want to miss any of it. Program highlights are: "Achieving Dis tinction in Dress"; "Consumer ship at Sea"; "Home Economics Research Reaches Into Your Home". Noon lunch may be purchased on the campus and arrange ments have been made to serve lunch in rooms where you may sit at a table. You'll be glad you attended. Place: College Activities Build ing, Agricultural College Camp us. Time: Coffee - 9:00 a.m., Pro gram - 9:30 a.m. Cheese - A Main Dish Food Cheese is one of the most popu lar alternates for meat during the Lenten season. It is a pop ular main dish food at other times of the year, as well. Cheese consumption contin ues on the increase. Americans consume nearly twice as much cheese now as 20 years ago. Cheese consumption in 1954 was 7.7 pounds per person the largest on record. Of this amount 5.3 pounds was American cheese. Cheese production in 1954 was about 1.3 billion pounds; three fourths of which was American cheese. American cheese is made in various sizes and shapes. It is golden orange, pale yellow, or near white, depending on the amount of coloring used. It is mild or sharp, depending on the agmg it receives oeiore it is marketed. Missouri had only 1 cheese factory in 1928; it now has 47 and ranks second only to Wis consin in the amount of Ameri can Cheddar manufactured. Cheese is made from milk but does not contain all the protein Terracing Soiling Basements WORK ft. 3l Ton Tandem Rome Plow BABBITT Plattsmouth, Nebr. NOW 1 FOOD'S Farm People Best Foreign Ambassadors Farm people are the best am bassadors to a foreign country. This statement was bolstered this week by Ferdinand Kuhn, journalist and lecturer who re cently traveled from Japan to India along the rim of Commu nist China. "The best American ambas sador to Southeast Asia is al most always a county agent, a 4-H boy or some one with a farm background." This is the opinion of Kuhn. "The worst American for As ia," Mr. Kuhn declared "is the hustler, the live-wire, the push button big business executive." Mr. Kuhn, in Omaha to ad dress the Committee on Foreign Relations, said: ' "Asians need some one who can win their confidence some one who always has known how to work with his hands." "Mr. Kuuhn said the major question on economic aid to backward Asian nations is not "how much?" but "What kind." Pouring billions of dollars in construction, and commodities into undeveloped nations will do little good, Mr. Kuhn said. In stead, Asians need help in train ing their own teachers and po lice and farm, postal and pub lic health workers. Leaders of free Asian nations, he said, all subscribe to Unit ed States foreign policy to this extent: They, don't want Red China to start marching across her borders. Mr. Kuhn is a former corres pondent for the New York Times and the Washington Post. Rabbit Contest Is Slated at Omaha A pair of pedigreed rabbits, eligible to register, will be awarded the winner in each div ision for the best letter written on "Why I should Like to Raise Rabbits," it has been anounced by Thuruston Hoag of 782$ Lake street, Omaha, contest chairman for the Nebraska Rabbit and Cavy Breeder's Association. Two age brackets, two for boys, and two for girls, will make up the divisions 8 to 13 and 14 to 17. A club meeting will be held at 8 p.m. at the Benson Library basement in Omaha on March 21, to which everyone interested in rabbits is invited. . , of milk. In the cheese making process, milk is coagulated, the curd is heated and stirred, and the whey drained off. One of the milk proteins remains in the curd, while the other is drained away in the whey. American cheese, and most other cheese is made from curd. There are a few varieties, how ever, made from the whey. "My sost", a Scandinavian cheese, is made in a . few factories in the United States from the whey obtained in the manufacture of other cheeses. It is light brown in color, has a buttery consist ency and a mild sweet flavor. It does not undergo appreciable ripening but keeps well when packaged properly. Because cheese - like meat, eggs, poultry and fish - abounds in high quality protein, it is of ten the chief ingredient of a main dish.- It has satisfying fla vor and staying power. A half pound of American cheese will give about as much protein as a pound of meat with a moderate amount of bone and fat. Three to five ounces of meat (depending on the amount of bone and fat) is considered a good individual serving for a main dish and wTculd supply about a half ounce of protein. The 'same amount of protein could be supplied by 2 ounces of cheddar cheese (one-half cup grated), or 2 one half ounces of cottage cheese. In addition to supplying pro tein, cheese is a source of cal cium and of B-vitamin. Meats do not supply appreciable am ounts of calcium but can be counted on for iron, which is not supplied by cheese. When cooking cheese, the heat should be kept low. Cheese needs just enough heat , to melt and blend with other ingredients. High heat or cooking too long will make cheese tough and stringy Pearl L. Schultz, Home Extension Agent. BANDIT RETURNS FOR MORE Shawnee, Okla. A filling station at which Floyd Williams is an attendant was robbed of $200 on Friday night. On Tues day night Williams looked up to see a familiar man in blue jeans and a sweat shirt confronting him with a revolver. This time the man got tthe day's receipts, $60. . Vice -President Nixon is on good-will tour of Latin America. On vent A $113,500 grant will enable a- University of Nebraska research team to begin a critical examin ation of agricultural practices in this region this summer. Dr. Philip Henderson, associ ate agricultural economist and manage of the university's de velopment farms, and Dr. How ard W. Ottoson, associate pro fessor of agricultural economics, will direct the study. Chancellor Clifford M. Hardin said the study is one of the broadest and potentially one of the most important research projects the university ever has attempted. It will focus on whether com mon agricultural practices - in Nebraska, Kansas and the Dako tas are in the best interests of sound economic development of the region and in keeping with the abilities of the soil, rainfall and climate. The study will cover an area of some 49 million acres in which attempts at intensive farming overlap ranching operations. The grant from Resources For the Future, Inc., a non profit corporation with head quarters in Washington, D. C, covers a three-year period. A $27,200 first installment of Four Nebraskans Win Highest 4-H Award . . Washington Trip LINCOLN Four Nebraska youths have been named the re cipients of the highest award that can come to a 4-H Club member a trip to the Nation al 4-H Club Camp at Washing ton, D. C, next June. According to State Club Lead er Wes Antes of the Universit of Nebraska, the winners are Miss Joan E. 'Norris, 18, Weep ing Water; Miss Yvonne. Schroe der, 18, Vanango; .Dick Petrick, 18, Ansley; and H. Morris' Ochs ner, 18, Madison. The 4-H'ers were selected by a committee of county Agricul tural Extension Agents and members of the state staff on the basis of their accomplish ments and records. Their trip to the capitol. city is being spon sored by the World Herald, Om aha. Miss Norris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Norris, has been reared in a 4-H home. Her parents met at State 4-H Club Week. She took the learning t and then progressed through the intermediate and advanced pro jects in clothing, foods and home improvement. She also carried agriculture projects, in cluding poultry, sheep and beef. The limelight began to play on Joan when she and her brother Jack prepared an outstanding poultry demonstration with the help and guidance of not only her parents, extension agents, but also her grandmother who C(Q)P1K FddlDS m hlmml - '3 II Mr. Gene D. Guilford, Manager of the Farmers Union Co-op Association, is proud to announce that the-Cooper Franchise places the entire Cooper or ganization at his disposal to better serve you. The Cooper trademark; which he displays, is your assurance of quality products ycur guarantee of extra profits derived from "modern farm feeding practices ;.- backed by over 15 years of experience. Cooper's modern mills, elevators, laboratories and experimental farms are all operated with one idea in mind - to produce and market feeds to give you the biggest possible values. the grant will be available July The researchers will attempt to analyze .long-range economic effects of present agricultural practices in the region and sug gest alterations. , They also will try to deter mine what effects agricultural practices have on the living hab its of people -in the region and what affect 1 adjustments in farming practices would have. A third aim of the study is to establish at least two pilot farms in the area where actual tests can be made of some changes the research work suggests. "We hope a way can be found to continue this study beyond the three-year period," Dr. Hardin said. "Even so, we believe the ini tial work will result in publica tions and extension materials which will have a beneficial in fluence on this region," he said. Dr. Hardin said the applica tion for the grant was submitted several weeks ago after discus sions with Dr. R. G. Gustavson, former University of Nebraska chancellor who is president of Resources for the Future. . - Joan Norris had trained a national winning team. . .v. . .' She has re-decorated her room to . fit her personality and in- J. Howard Davis LAWYER Phone 264 506 Main St. Plattsmouth f I - - - ' Co-op Now Owns the terests. Her efforts in clothing were rewarded by her being named State Dress Revue win ner at the State Fair and a trip to National 4H Club Congress. She has been most inf luencial in her commuunity as a 4-H leader and was named this past year Nebraska s most outstand ing 4-H member leader. She is now a freshman in the Univer sity of Nebraska College of Ag riculture. Miss Yvonne LaRae Schroed er, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al bert Schroeder, began her club work in 1947 by taking the pro ject "Learning To Be A Home maker." She thinks the big ev ent in her 4-H career prior to winning the trip to the capitol city was being crowned Queen of the Perkins County Fair. She has been named winner of the dress revue contest at the Per kins county fair for the past three years and won two blue jribbohs in the state contest two years. She has actively support ed the county fair by serving as superintendent of the Poultry Division for two years, of the Dress revue in 1953, and of the Clothing Department last year. Her extensive projects include the making of more than 80 garments a nd articles; caring for more than 200 chickens; MR, FARMER JUST 7 DAYS TILL SPRING INVESTING IN CORN WHETHER THE MONEY YOU PUT INTO THE GROUND COMES FROM YOUR SAVINCS OR YOUR BANKER ALL MORE THAN $25,000.00 IN CLAIMS PAID IN CASS COUNTY IN 1954 FOR DETAILS SEE, CALL OR WRITE ALBIN E. CHONEC; Agent 506 MAIN STREET FAHRS UNION Association Cooper Franchise in THE PL ATTS MOUTH NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Monday,. March 14, 1955 - PAGE FIVE processing of well over 100 jars of vegetables, fruit and relishes; the serving of 200 meals i the making of 600 recipes; yard im provement and other activities. Dick Petrick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Petrick, has com pleted more than 30 projects in cluding beef breeding heifer, farm shop, keep well, farm ac county, corn, rural electrifica tion, potatoes, fix it, weeds, and tractor. For seven years Dick has had a beef breeding project and now has 12 head of cattle. In state competition, he has won a trip to Club Congress at Chicago, two trips to Club Week at Lincoln, a Carl Raymond Gray Scholarship, and a set of tools as farm shop champion. He has given 14 demonstrations to audiences totaling several hundred people on the subjects of posture, the use of rope, and grub control. Dick has been a member of the Crops Judging team which has placed in the top five placings during the last four years at the "Nebraska State Fair. He is a freshman at the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture H. Morris Ochsner, son of Mr. TIME TO THINK ABOUT YOUR CROP PROTECT IT WITH RISK FEDERAL INSURANCE TELEPHONE 6107 U fv You are cordially invited to write to the manager of Cooper's Experimental Farms at Humboldt, Nebraska, for free advice on all feeding and management practices. John Cooper, will personally answer your questions relative to poultry, swine, and cattle nutrition. Conducted tours of Cooper's mod ern feed mills, laboratories, and farms at Humboldt can be arranged for individuals or groups by notify ing John Cooper a few days in advance, , , ' . - . John Cooper, Director of Research Cooper Experimental Forms Humboldt, Nebraska and Mrs. Honor M. Ochner, through his 4-H Club project work has developed 19 purebred Hereford cows and heifers, 4 spring heifer calves and a polled Hereford bull. In addition to de veloping a top quality breeding herd he has fed many beef steers, carried dairy, swine, tractor, and crops projects. Morris has an impressive collec tion of ribbons from county and state fair and Ak-Sar-Ben Live stock shows. He has been a lead er among the young folks of his community. He organized- and led a 4-H grain club. 4-H Club members from Iowa have vis ited the Ochsner farm to observe livestock project feeding meth ods. . , Morris says of his 4-H exper iences "I have learned a lot about getting along with people, making new acquaintances, and assisting others. I owe very much to those who have helped me accomplish the things , that I have, and I hope to be able to help others." Moris is a freshman at the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture, Lincoln. 195 CROP PLATTSMOUTH -Ah- WW fats... RADIATOR REPAIRING ONE-DAY SERVICE Plattsmouth Motors Washington Ave. Ph. 287 jUIJUMUj