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If- 1 ; KYI This ' !n Ag ha! ricuilure Clarence Schmadeke, County Agent Pearl Schultz, Home Agent SUDAN GRASS KEEPS J PRODUCTION UP Sudan grass pasture can help keep dairy herd's milk produc tion up during summer droughts when blue grass end bromegrass production go down. Agronomists at the University of Nebraska say that seeding made up to July first can be ex-' pected to give good returns. The seed should be broadcast or drilled in at the rate of 15 to 20 pounds per acre. They ' point out that sudan grass is drouth-resistant and thrives in the hottest weather. Its succulent forage is relished bv livestock. "To make thick, cow-filling growth, sudan needs plenty of plant nutrients. The agrono mists recommend adding a fert ilizer carrying nitrogen, and also phosphate if needed. Two or three different seeding dates may be desirable, so the first batch of pasture may be grazed down before the second is ready. On average soils, sudan grass will carry two full-grown cows per acre for two or three months. It's a good idea, says the ag ronomists, to keep the stock off sudan pasture until it is about 13 inches high and has taken on a dark green color. That is a precaution against prussic acid poisoning. Experimental work at the Ne braska Agricultural Experiment Station shows that Piper and Wheeler varieties are consider ably lower in prussic acid con tent than Texas Sweet. Sudan grass can be grazed rel atively hard, and it lends Itself I well to rotation grazing. The Pure Food and Drug Ad ministration is demanding that cleaner grains be used for the Li Wffli mm m r"i rv ej w w mm You always get full measure when you buy from your Skelgas Dealer. That goes not only for the pas itself it goes for service too. Enjoy the feeling of confidence and security that is yours -when you use Skelgas and Skelgas home appliances. Your Skelgas Dealer guarantees full measure on every purchase . . J r ' : ..... I. ;'tiaa-fr " - .'TV. s'"- Z'A process of foods for human con sumption. Yes, you guessed it, its going to be the producer who pays the bill of weevil infested and dirty grain is marketed. Its going to tre a program where quality will be recognized. You are going to hear more and more about this program. Hope this warning will help to head off a disappointment when you market your grain. A few meas ures to help insure higher "qual ity grain are: cleaning and spraying bins, rat control, grain fumigation. Grain that goes in a bin. dry is less apt fo become infested with weevil. Clarence Schmadeke, County Extension Agent. FREEZER PACKAGING The way food is wrapped or packaged for freezing makes a great difference in how success ful it is as a frozen product and how w7ell it holds its qual ity. For those who are preparing cooked foods for freezing, we offer the following suggestions. Cool the food rapidly and as soon as cool put it into contain ers of moisture-vapor proof cr moisture-vapor resistant mater ial. Pack food tightly into con tainer to reduce the amount of air in the package. In quart containers the food may be separated into two or three layers by a double thick ness of water-resistant material such as cellophane between the layers. This makes it possible to separate the frozen block of food easily to shorten the heat ing time. Choose a container of a size that holds only enough for one meal for your family. Quart con tainers hold 4 to 6 servings; pints hold 2 to 3 servings. Use only cemtairers with wide mouth opening so the food does not have to be thawed com pletely to remove it from the container. Many cooked foods are semi liquid and these are best pack aged in rigid containers made of moisture-vapor proof mater ials such as aluminum, glass pottery, plastic, plain or enam eled tin, or moisture-vapor resis tant material such as heavily waxed cardboard. Some pre pared foods, like meat pies, may be frozen in the containers in which they are baked ready for reheating at the time of using. KEROSENE CUTS SOAP SCUM QUICKLY The scum that forms on lav atories and bathtubs when soap is used with hard wrater may be removed easily and quickly by wiping the surface with a cloth moistened with a few drops of kerosene. Meals for the Middle Years Protein At Every Meal The protein in "every cell of the body must be replaced in older, just as in younger, per sons. A liberal amount of high quality prctein from milk, cheese, eggs, fish, and meat should be provided in the diets of all age groups. It would be ideal if at least one cf these foods were served at every meal, with liver and fish each served once a week. In addition to milk, there should be included everyday two or more servings of protein food. There was an old-fashioned notion that people needed less nrotein as they grew older. Mod ern science has proved that pro tein and the B vitamins actually delay aging. Since meats are ex cellent sources of both protein and B vitamins, they should be included in some form in the World's Finest Fuel & Appliances WAT HARDWARE KARR & SOCHOR Auditors & Accountants Mudits Income Tax Service Bookkeepinsr Systems Installed th 6287 Donat Building diets cf old and young. Today's infants are receiving strained, then scraped, then chopped meats. No doubt, oldsters should follow the same schedule, per haps in reverse order. The fol lowing protein pointer" score has proved helpful to many homemakers in making sure their daily protein quota was met: (Points in average) serv ing): Most fruits, 1 point; Most vegatables, 2 points; Potato, 1 large, 3 points; Beans, one-half cup cooked, 8 points, Peas, one half cup cooked, 4 points; Bread 1 slice, 2 points; Cooked cereal, three-fourths cup, 4 points; Ready-to-eat corn cereal, 1 cup, 2 points; Ready-to-eat wheat cereal, 1 cup, 4 points; Peanut butter, 1 tablespoon, 5 points; Peanuts, io kernels, 2 points; Milk (whole), 1 cup, 8 points; Milk (skimmed), 1 cup, 8 points; Cheese (American), 1 1;8 inch cube or 8;i0 ounce, 7 points; Cheese (cottage), 5 tablespoons, 19 points; Ice cream, one-half cup, 2 points; Egg, 6 points; Meat (lean) 4 ounces, 22 points; Poultry (lean), 4 ounces, 22 points; Fish (lean) 4 ounces, 15 points; Frankfurter, (1), 8 points. Protein needs vary with size and with rapidity of growth. Active persons need jao more protein food than inactive ones of the same size. Men (regard less of activity) need 70 points of protein daily. Women (re gardless of activity) need 60 points of protein daily. NEWS NOTES 4-II Judging Day June 21 Thirty-Six 4-H Home Eco nomics clubs have been organ ized in Cass County this year with a total of 531 Home Ec projects. Twenty-seven 4-H Agricultur al clubs were organized with a total of 365 projects. Our first su!?-district meet ing for the summer will be a 4-H judging training day at Lin coln on Tuesday June 21 start ing at 10:00 a.m. Judging wTill be held in the following divisions: animal husbandry, dairy, foods, clothing and homemakmg. The Lincoln Jaycees will pro vide ice cream and cold drink at noon. Plan to bring your own lunch. 4-H.'ers and leaders are urged to attend. Corative Digestion A good digestive system is one the owner never is aware he has. It deserves great consideration and kindness. The following rules are well worth following through the years: 1. Keep mealtime cheerful. Be relaxed and tak3 your time to eat. 2. Eat four or five times a day but small, regular meals no nibbling. Be sure to eat a' good breakfast. A glass of milk might be one meal. A dish of applesauce and some whole wheat bread spread with cot tage cheese might . be another. (Seven-course dinners are an cient history.) 3. Avoid sweets and starches as between-meal pick-ups. 4. Drink plenty of liquids, es pecially between meals. - 5. Reduce amounts of fried foods, pastry, cream, butter and all rich and highly seasoned foods. 6. Do not gulp and gobble. (Perhaps the dentist really can make better teeth than your natural ones.) 7. Never eat heavily when tired or out-of-sorts. (Fruit juice is a good "picker-upper.") 8. Try not to acquire the no tion that this or that food does not agree with you. 9. Do not eat too many foods at one meal or too much of one favorite food. 10. Never "dose" yourself not even with baking soda. Ad vice given on Indigestion over the radio or the back fence is likely to be better for some' one else. It's more, enjoyable to live out the yeaj-s than to "rock" them out. Pearl L. Schultz, Home Ex tension Agent. FEDERAL OUTLAYS According to a study by Dr. M. Slade Kendrick, professor of Economics and Public Finance at Cornell University, in the last 150 years the Federal Govern ment has grown mora tban ten times as fast as the economy. In recent years the Federal Gov ernment has cost the country more than, ten per cent of its gross national product as com pared to 1799 when Federal ex penditures cost a little more than 1 per cent of the total of production and services. All figures are adjusted to the changed-value of the dollar. C A oumty I' I I I III I Ml I "'V mmtmrn 1 1P Specialization in Hogs Makes Profit for Minnesota Farmer How -can the small farmer stay in business in view of the unfavorable balance between prices of the things he sells and costs of the things he buys. Clayton Johnson, a St. James, Minnesota farmer, found one answer to . this situation. He specializes in hogs. The June is sue of Successful Farming mag azine tells how he does it. Johnson is buying 80 acres of "run down" land that was so unproductive that a friend commented he would not pay $20 an acre for it. He is buying the land because the buildings on it could be adapted for a program that would produce 400 or 500 hogs a year without hired help, yet with time off for va cations and family weekend. He adopted a three-point pro gram for his hog specialization, including management, mar keting and research. The management program was one of converting his farm buildings three cattle sheds and a large tile-block henhouse to production use. The hen house became a farrowing house. Twice.a-year farrowing is used, for Johnson believes he can get the most for his hogs during ' January, February; March, July and August. Re search has taught Johnson thai it pays to specialize. Before changing over, he kept a few hogs, a few cows, beef cattle and some poultry. Here are some features of the Johnson hog program: 1. He thinks in terms of vol ume production, not just raising pigs. One hog is a unit, and the more units of pork he sells, the more money he makes. 2. He follows a scientific feed ing program. Starting with an 18-per cent protein ration for pigs under 50 pounds, he de creases protein as the animals gain weight. 3. To save work, Johnson uses a feed mixing wagon. Large slid ing doors make the barn easy to clean. Only the farrowing house must be hand cleaned. He supplements sows' milk with pellets or with synthetic milk when the baby pigs are a week old and keeps them on milk replacer until they are seven weeks old for fast, even growth. Pigs are weaned at three or four weeks of age. 0 Mynard Jolly Feeders met at the home of Shirley and Leon ord Hild to Ear tag calves and they had dinner at the Hild home. Mr. Schmadeke, Extension club agent assissted Leaders Leon ord Harvey and Glen Kraeger. A business meeting was held at 2 o'clock Fred Tilson is to give a demonstration next meet ing on June 3 at Jim Gansemer. by Wally Green, Nebraska Game Commission " The Fairview Farmeretees met May 23, 1955, with Sharon Fred enberg. The president called the meet to order, followed by roll call. Ten members and one visitor re sponded with their favorite tele vision program. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. As new business it was decid ed our club would purcnase a board to be used for the Cass Co. 4-H Sign Project. Our leader gave us pointers on selecting our patterns and mat erials. Demonstrations were giv en by Joyce Miller on preparing a grapefruit and Derales Mil ler, on sifting flour and why it should be sifted. Sharon Freden- burg explained utensils and their uses in cooking. We are glad to welcome Mari lyn Thorns, Donna Miller, Mar garet and Phyllis Brunkow, and Betty and Kathy Neilsen as new members to our club. After the adjournment, a lunch was served by the hos tess. The next meeting will be June 24, at the home of Carolyn and Jolene Spohr. On May 15, the Fairview Farmerettes observed 4-H Sun day by attendin in a body the St. Paul Evangelical Brethern Church of Elmwood. News reporter, Jolene Faye Spohr. Until you have checked the corn root worm. Due to our high volume purchase of agricultural chemicals wc can apply the State Agricultural College recommen dation as cheaply as you could purchase the chemical. We will apply early in the morning by aircraft . . . you can easily work it into the ground with disc or culti vator in 24 - 48 hours . . . which is ample time to pre vent loss of effectiveness of the chemical. SEE OR CALL isiiirsi NEHAWKA, NEBR. Phone 2411 or 2619 RUNAWAY FISH OSLO, Norway The occu pants of a small Norwegian fishing boat had the wonderful luck of having 100 tons of her ring fill , their purse-seine to capacity. However, the self-congratulations of the fishermen was short-lived. Suddenly, the fish took a sharp dive, taking the boat under with them. A little later, both the purse-seine and the boat " reappeared, and the fishermen were able to retrieve their catch and take it safely to the canning factory on shore. The Early Bird Poultry club and Nehawka Yard Boautifica tion club met with Bonnie Lacy Friday evening. Marilyn Pollard presided and Shirley Ross led the flag salute and 4-H pledge. Marilyn Pollard gave a demon stration on "How to Clean Eggs." Refreshments were served. Eight members and three guests, Mrs. Arnold French, Mrs. Kent Balfour and Mrs. Lacy were present. The next meeting .will be with Roger Balfour. Roger Balfour, news reporter A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 cents s Get rid of Moles and the costly damage they bring. A special sci entific bait in the new Chemikill Mole Killer attracts Moles like magic to the poisoning agent. Safe and easy to use. Non-hazardous to pets. Get a big 4 oz. can today at your dealer. gijc Chemikill Warfarin for Rats lb. P8c SWATEK HDWE. Alvo 4-H Orioles met May 24 at the home of Patsy Roelofsz with seven members and one leader present. We had a discussion on Weeds which the members brought. Robert Roelfsz lead in a dem onstration on Rope Halters and helped the members make them. Our next meeting will be held June 7 at the home of Jim Vin cent. Patsy Roelof z, . news reporter. Every fisherman in the State of Nebraska is casting a wistful eye at the wTeather reports wait ing for good fishing weather. Already some have been casting more than an eye, as early spring-like weather gave them a chance to get some good fish ing in. Swanson reservoir, in Hitch cock county near Trenton, was opened to fishing for the first time this year. Fishermen there have been having excellent suc cess. This reservoir promises to become a favorite fishing spot for bass, crappies, walleyes nor thern pike, catfish : and, bull heads. - The Republican river reser voirs, of which Swanson is one of four, are the newest series of major reservoirs in the state of Nebraska. Swanson reservoir along with Enders, Harlan and Medicine Creek, renamed Harry D. Strunk reservoir, offer hun dreds of acres of excellent fish ing waters to Nebraskans in the south central part of the state. Many Kansas residents also come across the state line to fish in the Republican watershed res ervoirs. All of these reservoirs have been constructed since World War II and are primarily flood control and irrigation reservoirs. Most types of warm water fishing can be found in these reservoirs. Bass, wall eye and Northern pike, crappies, bluegills, catfish and bullheads are the more common game fish taken. Some of the best catfishing in the state is found along the Republican river and in the reservoirs. One drawback to a fishing trip to the Republican river reser voirs is the lack of accomoda tions. If you do not have camp ing equipment, you had best ar range for reservations in the near-by towTis. However, boats and bait are available from con cessioners at some of the res ervoirs. Following is a list locating the four major Republican reservoirs and giving the distance to their respective county seat towns. Enders reservoir, 8 miles from Imperial in Chase county. Swanson reservoir, 4 miles from Trenton in Hitchcock county. Harlan reservoir, adjacent to Alma in Harlan county. Harry D. Strunk (Medicine Creek) reservoir, 3 miles from Stockville in Frontier county. Anyone wishing to make over night reservations may get a list of the accomidations from the local chambers of commerce. 36 Bus Loads Unhappy Farmers Hustle Washington During an 8-week period last winter 36 busloads of unhappy farm voters from 18 states de scended on Washngton, D. C. They had two purposes to pro test farm prices and to tell De partment of Agriculture offic ials how they want farm pro grams administered. Their trip was sponsored by the National Farmers Union. A farm writer who accomp anied a grouo of North Dakota farmers to Washington reports what happened to that group in the June issue of Successful Farming magazir. When the North Dakotans arrived, after a two-day, two night almost nonstop bus trip, they found four other busloads of farmers in town. One load each had come from Illinois. Inidana, Pennyslvania, and Texas. National Farmers Union President James G. Patton stat ed their purpose in these words: "You are embarked on a trip to exercise one of your most precious democratic rights the right to petition your national government for 'the redress of your grievances." They petitioned verbally. ! The five busloads made an early stop lor a meeting with U.S.D.A. officials in the department auditorium. They made their wants known to Undersecretary of Agriculture True D. Morse and R. E. A.- Administrator Archer Nelsen. The bus-trippers carefully planned meetings with their own congressional delegations. First, they made appointments to avoid waste of time and em barrassment. There could be no afternoon visits since House and Senate were both in session, and morning visits had to be sand wiched in between committee meetings and other business. Each group decided what points to bring up to respective Sen ators and Representatives on the evening before the visits. To prevent speechmaking, each group worked out a supply of pertinent questions. The North Dakota group had onty two senators and two rep resentatives to visit, so it split up and made "courtesy calls"' cn Congressmen from states not represented by Farmers Union bus-trippers. Results of the Farmers Union bus-tripper program may never be recorded in terms of votes, changed or influenced, but one Union staff member pronoun ced it better than "anything any other farm organization is THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI -WEEKLY JOURNAL Monday, June 6, 1955 PAGE F1V. Producers Council which will use it in a promotional and adver tising campaign aimed at con sumers. The Council plans to set up Chicago offices. It is a 100 per cent' farmer-operated concern. Its board of directors includes only sheep producers. It has re ceived the support of seven organized farm groups, includ ing both the National Grange and National Farmers Union. Legislative SIDELIGHTS.. by BERNIE CAMP Information Director Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation Meal Cost Versus Time Saved The Bureau of Human Nutri tion and Home Economics of the United States Department of Ag riculture has released figures to indicate comparative costs of preparing various types of meals with the amount of time con sumed in preparation. The study was based cn the cost of meals for one day for a family of four; and included home prepared, partially pre-pared-and ready-to-serve meals. Those homemakers who have more time than income under standably prefer to buy their food supply in rough torm, but more and more the trend is to ward packaging of food items in small units and wTith much of the labor of preparation taken out. This latter type of food retailing appeals to the home maker who has a busy schedule of activities outside her home or one who is an active career woman. , ' Partially-prepared and ready-to-serve foods do not have the wastage of rough purchases. The home economics scien- foods cost one-third more than V home prepared foods, but took Meals made up of partially pre pared foods were a sixth highe: in cost and saved about half the time used in complete home . preparation of meals. The additional cost in ready-to-serve and partially-prepared fnnrts 1 in tViA lnhnr rprpLi.TrV to preparation, packaging and the cost of special techniques of 'J handling. This additional cost in the minds of many home- makers is less important than ' time involved in preparation of... rough foods. The researchers 1 J 1 A. 1 X. X! t ...J X . the extra preparation of rough ;' foods in the home was worth about 45 cents an hour to the average homemaker. Perhaps it . is not surprising the ladies pre fer to let someone else, do the job. ' The Bureau of Human Nutri- that cn a dollars and cents basis, it costs $4.90 a day (average) to feed a family of four home pre pared foods, but required 5.5 hours of labor on the part of the homemaker. Partially pre pared foods for the same f our- : mpmhpr fnmilv costs 5.80 and . takes 3.1 hours of time. Keady-to-serve meals for four cost $8.70 for four and require 1.6 hours in " preparation. Included in the ' costs are: fuel; cost of the food; preparation; cleaning up anc! servinsr time: and watching time. TVio Mcnnnnpll "X"V-1 a con- ' verti-plane, twice has made the successful transition in tests from helicopter to conventional forward flight. 5 doing." Plattsmouth Pork Producers met at the home of Jay Speck May 21. The meeting was opened by the president, the club members giving the flag salute and the 4-H pledge. We dis cussed the uses of the canvas slappers that Mr. Schmadeke gave us to sell. All the boys took part in the demonstration of vaccination of Jay's pigs. After the close of the meeting, Mrs. Speck served a de licious lunch. The next meeting will be a family picnic on June: 18, at Charles Stoehr's home. WORLD TRADE SETUP The Administration plans to ask Congress to approve United States entry into a newr, perma nent international organization aimed at lowering world trade barriers. A blueprint for the new body, to be called the Organiza tion for Trade Co-operation, has been drawn up by 44 nations at Geneva. These nations handle 80 per cent of world trade. New Self-Help Farmers Plan In Referendum Farmers this summer will be watching the results of a refer endum to be submitted to qual ified sheep raiser?. The meas ure will determine whether Section 708 the self-help section of the 1954 National Wool Act will be put into oper ation. This section would set up un der the government a self-help promotion fund to boost lamb and wool consumption. The June issue of Successful Farming magazine calls this measure, if passed, "a fresh page in agricultural history." It means that the farmer is catch ing up with himself. Farmers are producing some of the most remarkable products on the market. But they have spent more effort in learning how to grow them than in learning how to move these products to the consumers where they are need ed. . Many believe the act, with its new program for sheepmen, off ers a blueprint for other farm groups. - The National Wool Act went into effect in April, 1955. Under it, wool will be sold on the open market for the best price that can be had. If this is below the incentive price that has been set for the year, the difference will be made up in a lump pay ment after the end of the mar keting year. For the 1955 wool clip, this incentive price has been set at 62 cent a pound. The payments, if they are "needed to bring farm returns up to this level, will be made after March 31, 19p6. The referendum concerns only the self-help part of this act. If sheep raisers vote this plan into operation, the Secretary of Ag riculture will be authorized to hold back a cent a pound from payments to wool producers This cent a pound will go to the newly formed American Sheep i. Y".H J mt null"' 4uiiMP in ! .i jwm.'p m nuin u nm n . "- '.it fJ ,rn, ' - j ROpEO.-.TIME IS felted Retire in the Ozarks! Mild Winters Good Fishing - Beautiful Scenery See or Write Me About My Listings of O BUSINESSES a FARMS RANCHES e MOTELS o CABINS 9 BUILDING LOTS , Ail Located in the Heart of the Ozarks See or Write . HARRY PINE Representing Shepherd of the Hills Estate Forsyth, Missouri Get Your ACME Cowboy Boots at Mi 532 Main A BOOT FOR EVERY FOOT Dial 7232 UfflfiH F yWiU u aster, Better asier Typing A WEEK Afttr Small Dm Fiymiat THE 0 K L Y P ORTAB L E WITH U RACLE TAB! The Plattsmouth Journal 10 Main Street .Plattsmouth, Nebr