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CASS County THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE SIX Monday, April 4, 1955 Cass Feeders Association Tour Visits Eight Lots on Saturday "You'll see manv different methods of feeding cattle to I cay, said Dr. i'aul Uuyer, ex tension animal husbandman and interviewer for an all-day tour of Cass coLinty feed lots Sitwrdav under the sponsorship of the Cass county Feeders Association. The demonstration began at the Young and Choate farm west of Murray at 9 a. m., Sat urday and continued at seven other farm feed lots in Cass county where the total on feed was placed at over 1,300 cattle. Various measuring devices for feed and methods of placing the feed before the cattle were some of the things which came up in hours of cattle feeder farm talk which combined with the proper and profitable mix tures recommended, which ranged about the feed yards Saturday. The tour began with an assem bly at 9 a. m. at the Young and Choat farm with the first feed wagon demonstration get ting underway at 9:30 a. m. The ensemblage moved on to the Boedeker & Jacobson farm at 10:30 a. m., where 115 heavy cattle were on feed; stopped off at the Leon Gansmer lots at 11:15 a. m., to view the feed ing methods on 70 head of cattle then pulled in at lunchtime at LENNOX- FURNACES Installed by Martinson Sheet Metal 139 So. 6th Phone 7189 m Ask us for the Courtesy Advance SHOPPING LIST ORDER NOW , . . pick up your merchandise any day during sale. SCHREINER DRUG THE REXALL STORE 521 Main Dial 4114 PLAN In the purchase of a home. No. 1 , find the one that best suits you. This much you can do yourself BUT What you won't know and you won't be able to tell IS How bad have the termites and powder post beetle damaged IT A film on termite control produced by Iowa State College and an inspection will put your mind at ease. A GOOD Deal may be learned by a free inspection and seeing show ing of the film at your home John Hobscheidt, Sales Representative Dial 5146 BILL'S PEST CONTROL Call 7142 PLATTSMOUTH 601 N. 9Hi St. the Murray resbvterian church at noon for lunch. Other lots viewed included those of Don Rasso, where a group of fat Hereford cattle are on feed and moved to the How ard Philpot farm at 2:15 p. m., to view the feeding methods there for 360 cattle. Clell Gans mers 45 fat heifers and 90 calves were viewed next and another feed wagon demonstra tion at the John Jochim lots ended the tour Saturday after noon. Food Budget Gets a Break I During April j LINCOLN The family food ! budget should get a lucky break in April, says Ethel Diedrich- j sen, extension food and nutri- I tion specialist at the University ! of Nebraska. The protein foods, which ordi narily take the biggest chunk of the family food bill, are expected to be most plentiful, with pork bopping the list, followed by beef, eggs, dairy products, and fish. Canned corn and canned snap beans are the vegetables expect ed to be plentiful, fresh and processed oranges and grape- , fruit, raisins and dried prunes liinong the fruits; with rice, lard and vegetable fats rounding out the list. The Monthly list of Plentiful Foods is prepared by the U. S. Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the state ex- tension services. The Department of Agricul- ture explains that the plentiful supplies of pork and lard come from a fall "pig crop" about 16 per cent larger than a year ago. Generous numbers cf grain fed beef cattle are expected to come to market during April from Midwest feedlots. Spring is al w ays accompanied by increases in production of milk and eggs. Large supplies of frozen haddock and halibut were built up by fishermen last fall, and the pack of canned tuna last fall was the largest on record. The British Army is to be ; equipped with guided missiles. Journal Want Ads Pay FUSSELMAN FUNERAL HOME AMBULANCE MONUMENTS Louisville Phone 3981 CAS OR OIL FURNACES G-E design helps make sure you get the most heat from the, fuel you burn. FOR INFORMATION HUDSON ELECTRIC & HEATING CO. Phone 5000 Collect WELL Cattle Feeders Watch and Learn How Parr Young delivers feed to his cattle caught the attention of between 40 and 50 cattle feeders on a tour sponsored by the Cass County Cattle Feeders Association Saturday. Here at the Young and Choat farm north of Nehawka, west of Murray, the feeders got this feed wagon Don't Overdry Your Clothes LINCOLN One of the big gest problems new users of clothes dryers have overdryin ing, says Clara N. Leopold, home management specialist at the University of Nebraska. Careful timing to avoid over crying will save fuel and fabric. If the clothes are left in the dryer after all moisture is re moved, the cost o f operation goes up and the fabric gets wrinkled. Clothes taken from the dryer, just at the drying point fold easier too. Crop Reseal; 1954 Program Is Announced LINCOLN The U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture has an nounced a reseal program in certain States for farm-stored loans on 1954crop corn, barley, flaxseed, grain sorghum, oats, rye and wheat under price support. Under this program, these farm- stored grains under price support loans may berescaled for another program year. Farmers will also be able to convert pur chase agreements on these com modifies, now held in farm stor age, into price support loans for the extended period. Operations of the 1954-crop reseal program will be similar to those on 1953 and 1952 crops. Loans on 1952 and 1953 crops now under reseal will not be extended for another year since it is desirable to move older stocks of grain. Farmers who reseal their 1954 crop for the extended loan period will hold the grain on the farm instead of delivering it to the Community Credit Corp oration at the end of the origi nal loan period. Announcement of the program is being made now in order- to give farmers time to plan and construct any additional farm storage facilities needed to make it possible for them to reseal 1954-crop price support stocks end still have space to handle their 1955 crops in an orderly fashion. To be eligible Tor the price support loans, the commodities must be housed in satisfactory storage. A storage payment in line with the current Uniform Grain Stor age Agreement rates will be paid farmers who reseal their 1954 crop loan stocks. Farmers who desire to reseal their grain, or convert purchase agreements into "reseai" loans, should make application to their county Agricultural Stabiliza tion and Conservation ASO committee during the month before the 1954-crop maturity date. Ag Scholarships Available Again At Nebraska U. Two $300 Federal Land Bank scholarships will be provided again this year for high school seniors who enroll in the College of Agriculture at the University of Nebraska this fall. The program is sponsored by the Federal Land Bank of Oma ha on behalf of the National Farm Loan Associations in Ne braska, according to H. C. Elliott, Weeping Water, secretary-treasurer of the Cass-Otoe associa tion. Elliott said the scholarship program is planned to be con tinued in coming years. He en couraged high school students other than seniors to be working toward the possibility of a Land Bank scholarship in their senior year. It is the intent of the scholar ship program to encourage boys of outstanding ability to con tinue their education in agricul ture. Elliott said. Application blanks may be ob tained from your vocational ag riculture teacher, high school superintendent, or at the Na-tion-1 Farm Loan Association of fice. Applications should be sub mitted to the Office of the Dean, College of Agriculture. Iincoln. Nebraska, before March 25. This' N In Agriculture BASEMENT ANTS Several persons are mistaking basement ants now emerging into basements with termites, says Robert E. Roselle, extension entomologist at the University of Nebraska College of Agricul- : ture. These ants are easily distin guished from termites by the wings and body, he says. Ants have a wasp-waist or con ' struction between the thorax and abdomen. Termites do not 1 have this construction. The; wings of ants are transparent and first pair of wings are long 1 er than the second pair. The, termite's wings are cloudy and : of equal size. Ants generally have an acid odor when crushed. Basement ants do no appar ent harm in or to the house, Ro ; selie says. They may be con : trolled by thoroughly spraying I 2 per cent chlordane spray to the cracks through which the ants j emerge and then seal the cracks" with caulking compound or ce ment CASS FEEDERS ELECT Lyle Choat of Nehawka was elected secretary-treasurer of the Cass County Livestock Feed ers Ass'n., for a 3-year term. Elected to 1-year terms as di rectors are Leon Gansemer, Mur ray, District I; John Jochim, Ne hawka, District II; and Maynard Rippe, Elmwood, District III. Following the election held March 28, Jim Rosse, Regional manager of the Omaha Division of Livestock Conservation In corporated, showed slides and discussed losses to livestockmen caused from bruises and anim- j al parasites. ' ' D. H. L A. MEETING APRIL 14 Waller Oehlerking president of the Cass-Otoe Dairy Herd Im-: ! provement Association, an nounced this week that their annual meeting will be held Thursday evening at 8:00 p.m. April 14 at the County Extension office in Weeping Water. C. W. Nibler, Extension Dairy Husbandman, will meet with the dairymen and discuss current dairy production problems. ! Clarence Schmadeke. ! County Extension Agent NEWS NOTES Assistant Home Agent Mrs. Wayne Foster, Creighton, Nebr., is to receive her training as a home agent from Miss Pearl Schultz, Cass County Home Agent. Mrs. Foster is making her home with her parents, Mr and Mrs. Earl Stiffler, Louisville. : She graduated from the voca tional department of Home Economics in January 1954 and has been living in Creighton since graduation. Mr. Foster is employed with the soil conservation service in Knox County as a farm planner. I He was in training in Cass Coun- 1 ty and a member of the S. C.S. : j for over a year until January i ! 1954. I UPHOLSTRY CLINIC Chairs will receive the "new I look" for Easter with their new forms and fabrics. A four-day upholstry clinic will be held at ATTENTION Customers of AMERICAN BREEDERS SERVICE Services will be interrupted until Friday, April 8. This is necessary because of the death of JIM CRAVES mother. We appreciate your business and ask your co-operation at this time. R. D. PELKEY, Fieldman American Breeders Service demonstration. Two-hundred-ninety-seven cat tle are on feed at this farm where the tour started. The tour continued to sever, other farms in Cass county beginning at 9 a. m ., ending at about 4 p.'m. Journal Photo. That Mrs. Harold Hauschild, Avoca. Five or six chairs will be renov ated and have the appearance of a new chair. COURTEOUS DRIVING Courteous driving is based on common sense, consideration for other drivers and strong desire to make the roads safe for every one. "In everyday living we fol low a code of fair play and good manners that has become ac cepted as a part of good social living." "We practice common courtesies and exhibit a sens2 of 'give' and 'take'. However, there is a different attidude to ward highway behavior. Many drivers forget that discourtesies cause a large proportion of our accidents." For safe driving make this your code of the road. I will: Share the road by driving in the proper lane; allow ample clear ance when passing; yield the right of way to other drivers and pedestrians; give proper signals for turns and stops; dim headlights when meeting or fol lowing vehicles; respect traffic laws, signs, signals and road markings; and adjust my driv ing to road, traffic and weather conditions Pearl L. Schultz. Home Extension Agent. Easy Way to Figure Leghorn Pullet Cost LINCOLN Here's an easy way to figure the cost of raising a flock of leghorn type pullets to 20 weeks of age, says J. H. Claybaugh, extension poultry man at the University of Ne braska College of Agriculture, Lincoln. He says 95 to 98 per cent of the cash expenses is represented by the cost of the chicks plus the cost of 20 pounds of feed for each chick, his will be ap proximately correct if an effi cient type of brooder is used and if the litter cost is moderate. On 1954 survey shows that 86 per cent of the chicks started were housed as layers. At 40 cents each for chicks, their cost made up 31 per cent of the total cash expenses. If 60 cents had been paid for the chicks, this would have represented 39 per cent of the total cost. The feed cost at 5 cents per pound made up 66 per cent of the cash expenses. Claybaugh believes that many Nebraska poultrymen should be able to hold the average feed cost below 4 cents a pound this year. Suddurh Property Is Sold to Brooks The Tony Sudduth property in Plattsmouth has been sold to Wiley G. Brooks, the First Real ty company has announced. Cass County's Greatest Newspaper The Plattsmouth Journal Discriminatory Grain Tax Law Solution Is Before Lawmakers The first step in ridding Ne- braska of a grain and seed tax- ! The system we now have hakes ing method which has been de- it inadvisabie to own grain on scribed as discriminatory toward Mafch 1Q pointed out by farmers and a threat to the Howard Elm 0f the Nebraska states gram and seed industries Grain and Feed Deaiers Associ- 15 nuw ueiuie me staie legiMu. ture. This is LB 154 which has been approved unanimously by the i.eBuiaiure s juuiciary tee and is now awaiting action on the floor It is a proposed 1 constitutional amendment to be presented to the voters in 1956 i tn nmnii thPm tn riPrinV whpth- 10 pei mu tnem to decide netn I er the present system of taxing grain ana seed according to value should be replaced by some other ! method such as a "per bushel" I tax. i If LB 154 is passed by the leg- ! islature and the people approve j the amendment to the constitu- i tion, the 1957 Legislature will j set up a new taxing procedure ! for grain and seed. Backers of the bill, which include all major farm organ zations, farmers, local and terminal elevators, seed deal ers and tax officials, agree that this should be similar to the per bushel assessment now in effect in Kansas, Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota. At the recent public hearing on the bill, Ernest Woodard, long-time fieldman for the State ; Tax Commissioner's office said,! "Taxation of grain under the I Grain Council pointed out that i plications will be accepted for present system is one of the big- when the law for taxation of ; an positions until further notice, gest problems we have in the ! grain by the bushel went into , Further information and ap personal property field. I have j effect in Kansas it resulted in i plication forms may bs obtained personal knowledge of the Kan- j the collection of more taxes at the Plattsmouth Post Office. sas system of taxation of grain by the bushel and I think it is superior to our present system, which is resisted By both tax of ficials and taxpapers as being unworkable." Norris Anderson, Legislature Representative of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation, point ed out that his organization had backed this change in the meth- ; od of taxation of grain by the I bushel in resolutions of the ! state organization. Anderson, who is also former State Tax Commissioner, testified that the Levy of a tax per bushel on all I grain produced by the farmer, I an and tax on each bushel j handled by each handler of it, j such as is done in Kansas and j other surrounding states could i nrnri a c rrt nh ri- mnra rcven. j ue as is done under the present system, where a small amount 1 tooK part in January, of grain is "caught" on assess- j Mr. Robert Faris showed sev ment date, at a very high rate. eral films which will help us 'After all," Anderson stated "the rate will be in the hands of the legislature." Elton Berck, director of the Farmers Union of Nebraska testifying for that organiza tion said that he was in con tact with their many mem bers andf also many farmers' elevators, and they favor this method of taxation over a sys tem which many times places a rate of as much as five or six cents per bushel on the grain that is on hand on March 10 The new method would be in place of the old method, and not in addition to it Dr. H. Clyde Filley, Master of the Nebraska Grange said that m his many years of experience I both in the college and from I nis farming operations he knew j that the proper place to store i grain was either on or near the 1 farm. We have had drought in ! the past, and we will have it ! i again," he said. It is wise to keep i a supply of grain where it can be used. "Also," he said, "farm ; ers make money most of the ; time by turning their grain in ! to income by feeding it to live- stock. They should not be pena- lized by a tax system which tends to discourage this." BULLDOZING All Kinds See Gerald Meisinger Louisville Dial 4571 APRIL IS THE MONTH And the Last Month You Can Apply for ALL RISK FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE I Deadline for Applications April 30th New High Coverage $30.00 Per Acre An increase of one-third over 1954 coverage LOWER COVERACE OF $23.00 ALSO AVAILABLE Don't trust to luck or the weather You may be surprised and disappointed INSURANCE COSTS MONEY BUT Money Is What You Get in Return When You Need it Most!!! FOR DETAILS SEE, CALL OR WRITE ALBIN E. CHOVANEC, Agent 506 MAIN ST. ation, as the tax on it is as much as 6 cents per bushel. Ed Peterson, Sr., farmer who came in an tne way irom ivim b u t t tif said ..Those wh0 VQ ,rclianv' nt to p11 it Defore March 10 ( and the buy-: or t H t hnvina until ' P ti date Thif usSv 1 aIter tax -ate- ms usuany causes the market to decline. Xtr rY1,rlrpf nHinP rpflprt? lnw- J" ftaaStaS Ne- t0 the StaU? braska- . ; Taxation of grain and seed by the bushel, determined at the end' of the year, based on the : amount raised or handled tends ! towards more orderly marketing ; and handling said Jay Person; ,f Wauneta, farmer and presi- qpni 01 tne xNeorasita uuia live council. .acn dumici 01 umi street, Pasadena 1. California, will pay its share of the tax Dietitian, $3,410 to $5,940 a without regard to when handled year for duty in various Federal or where it is located on assess- hospitals throughout the coun ment date. j t,ry and in Panama and Alaska. Farmers can market their ; Applications should be filed with grain more nearly on the basis j the U. S. Civil Service Commis of market conditions without j sion, Washington 25, D. C. the additional complicating fac-; No written test is required for tor of resistance to ownership at; these positions: applicants will particular date on the calendar, John Eidam of the Nebraska tnan under tne previous ad vai orem system. Film Shown, Pork Producers Meeting Plattsmouth Pork Producers met at the home of Leonard ! Hild February 26, 1955. All mem bers answered roll call. President Weldon Stoehr con ducted the regular business meeting. Games and refresh ments followed the adjourn- j ment of the meeting. The Pork Producers met with Dennis Meisinger on March 26, 1955. All members and five vis itors were present. Old business included a report on how well we did in the picture ' judging contest, in which we improve our pork projects Mrs. Herman Meisinger served refreshments after games were played. The next meeting will be at the home of Dennis Petereit on April 16, 1955. Charles Stoehr, News Reporter Wednesday Is Double Green Stamp Day at Feldhousen mm DRUG TELEPHONE 6107 Civil Service Agriculture Jobs Are Announced Civil Service examinations have been announced for the following positions: Agricultural Extension specialized fields of program Leadership, Education- wt.M,ttpr c-aiwnH v.h - 'tinna waHTq 0 ioh; v - from $70 to $10,800 a vear and - are for dutv with the Denart- Agriculture in Washing- 1 VA ABlLU"f? :ng, throughout the United States is U1XU"UUL uje umieu oiaies. i; nqHlred;KApllCai10nSH sh0fU? - b1 fXied wlth the Board of Civil service Examiners 6th F'oor J CjX.. inef, n ,r.uor Administration Building De- partment of Agriculture, Wash mgton 25, D. C. Engineer, Physicist. Electronic scientist, and Mathematician, $50?0 t0 $io.80() a vear. for duty s Naval Laboratories in California. Applications should De filed with the Board 0f Civil Service Examiners for Scientists - and Engineers, 1030 East Green be rated on the basis of their ; education and experience. Ap- Dependable Working Closet Combinations Several attrac tive models Mechanical ac tion of closet is nositive with each flushing. Freestanding less supply pipe and seat. Prices start at $33.25 Automatic Water Heaters 20 Cal 59.50 30 Cal 69.50 SWATEK HARDWARE PLATTSMOUTH n 1 mm