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ounty J 1 11 -.in. !-' " " ' .J-.........r.., .,.-iiy.J.,,.. T"i'ivfr-iiWM iii .-i,..i,n;' ir orra J 000 Jv Wheat Resources Act Gained Legal Status on Last Sunday The movement to better the position of the Nebraska wheat farmer through research and promotion, started last year by the Nebraska Wheat Grower's Association, attained legal sta tus Sunday, Sept. 18, when the recently enacted Wheat Re sources Act goes into effect. Self-financing of the program is provided by the new law through the withholding of a one-fourth of a cent per bushel tax on all wheat sold through commercial channels. The law compels all commercial buyers to withhold the tax. The fund created by the col lection of the tax will be dis persed by the director of the Promotion and development of markets and industries for the utilization of Nebraska wheat. Intensified efforts to hold and enhance the market for quality Nebraska wheat which is bringing the grow er substantial premium prices. Other states are aware of quality wheat, as never before, and will try to capture this market. Improvement in the USDA grain grading standards which, because of Nebraska quality, could mean material price bene fits to Nebraska growers. This ir u i r uiicui ui n qliestion now is before the De Nebraska Department of Agri-,nH and direction of a seven-man wheat commission to be ap pointed by the governor. The law requires that appointees be men who have been actually en gaged in growing wheat in this state for a period of at least five years and derive a substan tial portion of their income from growing wheat. Serving as ex-officio mem bers of the commission will be the director of the De partment of Agriculture, the dean of the University of Nebraska College of Agricul ture and the president of the Nebraska Grain Im provement Association. Members of the commission shall receive no salary but only shall receive a per diem and actual expenses while on offi cial business. The law calls for appointment of the commission within 10 days after the effective date of the act. There shall be two members from each of three districts in the state the East ern, Central and Western and one member at large. Means of improving the Ne braska wheat situation, as en visioned by sponsors of the law, include: A state policy looking to the stabilization of the wheat' in dustry and the economy of areas producing wheat. is highly important, Complete cooperation with the Nebraska College of Agriculture in research, looking to plant improvement, disease control and insect eradication. Coordination with and be tween the several major farm organizations in the interest of united action on wheat problems. LINCOLN Nebraska's worst drought in 20 years has supplied harsh proof of the value of re clamation and irrigation to the state's economic welfare, ac cording to C. Petrus Peterson of Lincoln, president of the Na tional Reclamation Association. Peterson points out that vir tually all of the corn to be pick ed in Nebraska this fall will come from irrigated fields. If it were not for the sizeable ex pansion of irrigation in recent years, the state's feed supply would be in much more critical condition than it is, he adds. Success of Nebraska's rath er limited irrigation this year clearly points up the urgency for stepping up the reclama tion program in the western United States, Peterson says. This must be done if reclama tion is to assist in meeting the needs of food and fiber for our rapidly growing popula tion, he declares. Ways of increasing the recla mation tempo will be strongly emphasized at the annual meet ing of the National Reclama tion Association in Lincoln, October 24-26, . says Peterson, who has headed the group . f or the past four years. Between REAL ESTATE LOANS! 5 Percent Interest Charge Reduced for Each Monthly Payment Portsmouth Loan Gr Building Ass'n. This 'N That In Agriculture Fly Free Date September 27 Just in case it rains and you will plant wheat this fall, for your iniormation tne nessiar: fly "safe date" was recently de termined to be September 27 for Cass County. '. ' . Cass 4-Hers to Ak-Sar-Ben Thirty-one individual baby beeves, seven sheep, eleven swine, two dairy calves have been entered in the Ak-Sar-Ben Live Stock Show, by Cass coun ty 4.H boys and girls. In addi tion four pens of five fat beeves will also ba entered by two Cass county boys. The pens of five entries are shown at the stock yards. All the others at Ak-Sar-Ben field. Bruce V. Jacobs V Named to Four-Wan Dairy Judging Team A four man. team will repf resent the University of Nebras ka Monday at' the third In tercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judp ing contest at the Kansas State Fair Hutchison,; Xan- . The team members are: ;. Milton Jf'ricKe, Jr., Papilliori; Bruce V. Jacobs. Plattsmouth; Fernando D. Lardizabel, Te gucigalpa. Honduras; and Ro bert E. Person, Wahoo. The contest is a regional af fair in which South Dakota, Io wa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska will participate prior to the national contest to be held Oct. 3 at the Dairy Cat tle Congress in Waterloo, Iowa. . The team's coach is Robert G. Fossland, instructor in dairy husbandry. 600 and 1,000 reclamation back ers are expected from the 17 western states for the conven tion. Peterson notes that in recent years available farm acreage in the country has decreased. At the same time, population is increasing at nearly three mil lion a year, he adds. Agricultur al experts have estimated that we will reach a balance be tween production and consump tion of agricultural products by 1962 and perhaps as early as 1959," he states. Peterson stresses that recla mation is a long-time program. Lands under projects being au thorized now will not be brought under irrigation in less than 10 years, he says. Many projects, being considered on basin-wide basis, will take as long as 25 years, he adds. When the nation's reclama tion supporters gather in Lin- August Was Dry, Hot Disastrous To Many Crops7 Here's a weather summary from the U. S. Weather Bureau at Lincoln: August, like the preceding month, was hot and dry. Skies were unusually clear, humidity was low, and wTind movement was. normal or higher. Mean temperatures ranged from about 9 degrees above normal at a few coin, Peterson says, they will belover 1 degree above in the ex- addressed by the country's top leaders on the subject. Speak ers will include Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay; Sen ator Arthur V. Watkins of Utah; Senator Frank Barrett of Wyo ming; Representative Clair Engle of California, chairman of the House Interior and In sular Affairs Committee; Re presentative Wayne Aspinall of Colorado, chirman of the sub committee on irrigation and re clamation; Representative ' A. L. Miller of Nebraska, ranking minority member of the In terior Committee; Wilbur A. Dexheimer, Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation; Gen. S.. D. Sturgis, Jr., Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers; Don ald A. Williams, administrator of the Soil Conservation Service; and Dr. W. V. Lambert, dean of the University of Nebraska Col lege of Agriculture. treme west. Highest tempera tures - were around 150 degrees at Westpoint. Lowest tempera tures occurred on the 30th or 31st over the entire state. They ranged from 38 degrees at 2 north-centrall stations to the middle 50s over the southeast ern corner of the state. Total precipitation for the month was approximately nor mal only over the extreme west ern portion of the state. Else where most stations received only half an inch to an inch and a hlaf of rain. Damaging storms were of minor importance during the month. A tornado damaged farm buildings to the extent of about $1,500 southeast of Scotia dur ing the afternoon of the 9th. Scattered hailstorms on various dates beat down a few corn fields, but the injury from drought and hot winds was so THE PLATTSMOUTH; NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Monday, September 19, 1955 . PAGE FIVE great that the net hail damage was rather light. This was the second hot dry month, with less than half the normal precipitation over the state as a whole. All vegetation not irrigated deteriorated stead ily. By the end of the month, most unirrigated upland corn was severely and - irreparably damaged. Most of it was too poor to make ears, and some of it will not even make good silage or fodder. Grain sorghums were so severely damaged that much failed to head. Pastures were brown and bare except in the Sandhills and extreme west. The last crop of alfalfa was too short to cut except where irrigated. The remainder of the wild hay was cured, with favorable weath er. Shortage of feed was com pelling close culling of herds by the close of the month. Basic Principles Are Told in Book LINCOLN Every farmer must determine the most profit abe cropping system for his farm. However, there are some basic principles that can help him make the best decisions. Nebraska farmers can find this information in the new North; Central Regional Publication No. 57, "Economics of Cropping System in the Cornbelt." The bulletin was published by the University of' Nebraska. Copies can be obtained from local county agents. The bulletin discusses produc tion relationships between crops. Other subjects discussed include the importance of crop market prices to the livestock farmer, and the economic aspects of the use of fertilizer, mechanical practices, new rotation techni ques, plant population, and weed and insect control. Howard W. Ottoson, Univer sity of Nebraska agricultural economist, is a member of the subcommittee of the North Central Farm Management Re search committee which pre pared the bulletin. President Ruiz Cortines re cently said that Mexico had achieved the highest economic activity in her history during the past twelve months. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 cents ' RADIATOR REPAIRING ONE-DAY SERVICE Plattsmouth Motors Washington Ave. Ph. 287 DRAIN FIRF. BURNS 3 HEMINGFORD, Neb. Lee Davies poured gasoline down the kitchen sink drain in an ef fort to clean it out. It came back up through the drain in the basement flood and spread over the cement floor until a flame from a hot-water heater ignited it. As the flames shot across the floor, Mrs. Davies and her daughter, Sharon, washing clothes in the basement, fled to the stairs, as Davies rushed in to the basement. All three were badly burned Sharon over her body, Mrs. Davies on both legs hands, arms and face. Little damage was done to the house, however. HAR-NIVALi - SPECIALS - Chest Type Freezers 12' 16' 20' 7' Upright Freezers 15' and 19' How to Keep Out Basement Insects LINCOLN Do bothersome insects move into your basement each fall? Here's a way to keep the pests out. 1 Most insects get into base ments through cracks in the foundation or around basement windows. To keep insects out this fall, calk all these openings now advises Robert Roselle, ex tension entomologist at the Un iversity of Nebraska. Any good commercial calking compound will do the job. Make sure all cracks and openings are filled as completely as possible. Then use a residual spray of chlordane on the outside foun dation walls to kill insects before they find openings you've miss ed. A good spray can be madefy j adding 4 to " 6 . teaspoons of 45 per cent chlordane .emulsifiable' concentrate to one gallon '.. of water. , ' : Spray the foundation until a milky run-off can be seen at ground level. Then continue spraying for about 4 feet out in to the lawn. This treatment will usually control insects for several weeks. You may have to spray again after this time or after a heavy rain. If you want to use a commer cial spray rather than mix your own, buy one that contains at least 2 per cent chlordane. Spray this around the windows and the top of the foundation inside the basement. Don't use commercial chlor dane sprays on your lawn. Most of them are mixed in oil and may kill your grass. i -'" n i " f I ' - ' ' r : f -x -fY: 7 Vx - l if i : H1 - I Norge and IHC Refrigerators jjj k Norge Washers and Driers Norge Ranges SEE THEM ON DISPLAY AT II See Us FIRST and LAST for a Ccod Deal Chicago Ave. Dial 267 Foods Plentiful During September LINCOLN Both pork and beef rate high on the September list of plentiful foods, accord ing to market reporters of the U. S. Department of Agricul ture. Prices for pork are certain to be low during the coming month, and both grain-fed and grass-fed classes of beef are ex pected to be plentiful and rea sonably priced. Broiler and fryer chickens will be -plentiful supply too. In fact, broiler production during September will be highest on record for this time of year. urapes and fresh Italian prunes are the two fresh fruits expected to be most available. Fresh and processed lemons and limes and canned grapefruit sections are on the list too. Canned tuna is the only fish ery product expected to be particularly plentiful. You can look for manv sum mer vegetables to be abundant! especially during the first half ! of the month. j Potatoes, rice, milk and other dairy products, lard, . veketable j fats and oils complete the list ; of September plentiful. rs jT roy-rvi LiVii Lisa LlX tzLJ dl!? O (OHO D; 1 UPPLY We are opening a new service for farmers and poultry raisers in this community. 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Also special feeds for rabbits, goats, pigeons, horses, game birds. If you would like to have suggestions on livestock or poultry management and feeding, we're always glad to help. see Drop in any time and what we have to offer. You're always welcome, and we'll be glad to show you around. Illllipi PURINA FEEDERS AND FOUNTS, made for dura bility and farm tested to keep down feed wastage. Several kinds and to choose. sizes Murray (Murray Hardware Co.) L. B. TODD, Owner St03 V Murray 241 1 o o o o o ' o o " oaonnDoonnon"nni1oo E3 I 1 t -A J