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jll ' " P"" " '" ' nin, ii man M Ag Days Are THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL r t a 1 . f 1 ITT ill. i . xvionaay, uciuoer vj, xvoo r-nwr CASS illjljj Farm Bureau Unit Meets at Lewiston Lewiston Unit of Farm Bureau held a monthly meeting Sept. 15 at the Lewiston Community Center. Minutes of last meeting were read and approved. A discussion was held on ap pointing a Legislative chairman and a chairman of Associated women. Mrs. Glenn Thompson " was appointed coffee chaiman. Henry Hobscheidt was ap entertainment with Robert Lambert and Robert Nickles as assistants. Louis Sack, chairman, discuss- i ed tne merits ot Farm Bureau Insurance. All members of the Lewiston Unit Farm Bureau are urged to attend the next meeting to be held the third Thursday in Oct., 8: CO p.m., at the Lewiston Com munity Center, Harvey Cotting ham, secretary-treasurer report ed. Egypt has informed Britain of plans to obtain arms from the Soviet Union in exchange for Egyptian cotton. 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They have comfortable, driver-saving cabs, with steering, vision, riding and handling features that let drivers work longer without fatigue. Come in and see them today ! fT tl 1 1 1 801 Chicago Ave. ursfcy WW Different Approach Outlined For Government A radically different accroach to the solution of America's farm surplus problem is offered by J. K. Galbraith of Harvard University. Dr. Galbraith believes the an swer to farm surpluses is to drop crop subsides altogether in fav or of a more direct payment plan encouraging livestock pro duction. Writing in the October issue of Successful Farming magazine, Galbraith says the administra tion's flexible farm price sup port program is a failure be cause it continues to favor non perishable commodities against perishable ones and because rig id controls and subsidies are still essential. A free market alone, Galbraith says, is not the answer. Neither are the two "pet" answers of the Repubicans and Democrats, re spectively flexible supports and rigid 90 per cent of parity sup ports. The economist feels we must stop looking for the per fect answer and realize our cur rent programs have been of some use. Your Dairy Cows and Calves with: Protein Needs Concentrated Vitamins V2 W. I M1IJJZZZK (X Essential Tonics, Minerals, Conditioners Builds better calves! Costs only 6c per cow per day!. As your representative of the Stand ard Chemical Mfg. Co., I can show you how to balance your home grown grains and save $$$ on your feed. Please contact me. Omaha HA 8648 n Farm Support In his plan, Galbraith calls for: (1) Allowing farm prices to be set by the open market, and 2) providing direct payments to farmers or processors to make up differences between market prices and agreed-on parity levels. This is the idea behind the present wool support pro gram: ' ' By use of this program, the article says, a shift to livestock production would occur where small price decreases bring large consumption increases and where also larger amounts of land per person would be re quired, easing cereal surpluses. Galbraith also wants direct payments to livestock producers as smaller substitutes for pres ent large cereal subsidies. With this would go payments to farm ers who shift crop acreage to pasture. In concluding the article, the writer states his plan could solve cereal surplus problems "within five years and substan tial progress might even be ap parent much sooner." . . 21st Poultry Meet Set Oct 29atNU LINCOLN The 21st annual Nebraska Poultry Improvement Association Convention will be held here Oct. 19 through 21. The educational program is planned for all branches of the poultry industry. The program on Wednesday, Oct. 19, is designed for turkey and broiler growers. Thursday's program will be devoted to the problems of egg producers, pro cessors, egg buyers, and hatch -erymen. On Friday, events will be aimed at hatcherymen and flock selecting agents. Many out-of-state speakers have been scheduled for this year's program, including men from Illinois, Iowa, New Hamp shire, Washington, D. C, Cali fornia, : Michigan, and Missouri. Visitors are welcome to at tend any of the meetings, which will be held in ' the Hotel Lin coln. Adm. Raeder, Nazi sea chief, freed from Spandau by Big 4. Here's what you'll f irid in this newest povt of the world's most complete truck line: A full line-up from 4,200 to 33,000 lbs. GVW, 10 gasoline and LPG engines, every feature for long-life savings. Many models available with tubeless tires, standard optional over drive or automatic transmission, power steer ing, power brakes. Drive in real comfort. Steering' wheat is comfort-angled. Hood is low for close-up view ahead. "Quiet-ride" acoustic roof lining, draft-free door seals. Solid and two-tone ex teriors. New deluxe cab has color-keyed interior, foam rubber seat, fiber glass insula tion, deluxe appointments. Dial 267 MP Interest in using Nebras- ka's groundwater for irrigation an estimated 2,452 irrigation reached an all-time peak in 1954 when a record . number of wells were installed, reports State Geologist E. C. Reed. Reed, author of an article ap pearing in the October issue of Nebraska on the , March, said the hot, dry weather of the last four years was the most "im portant reason" for the keen interest. ' Nebraska on the March is a monthly publication of the state's industrial development agency the Division of Ne braska Resources. Reed is also director - of the Conservation and Survey Division at the Uni versity of Nebraska. He stated, in his annual re port in the Resources Division magazine, that the increment of irrigation wells in 1954 raised the state total to more than 11,500. There were 9,100 wells reported at the end of 1953. (Editor's note: Cass County has three irrigation wells) A chart prepared by Reed shows a total of an estimated 11,863 wells at the end of 1954, an increase of 2,452 over 1953. In 1954, 700 thousand acres of land could be irrigated by wells, as compared to 635 thousand acres in 1953. And Reed reported there are strong indications that v Short Course Scheduled A two-session short course in agriculture and home economics tias been scneduiea oy ine uoi- ege of Agriculture at the Uni versity of Nebraska according to F. E. Eldridge, associate director of resident instruction.- Each session will be four weeks one. witn two courses Deing taught in agriculture and in home economics . each session. One course will be taught in the morning and the other in the afternoon five days a weeK, Monday through Friday. The first-session starts Oct. 31 and continues through No vember 23. The second session will be held February 6 through March 2. Eldridge says any mature per- son wno wisnes xo tase me course is eligible. Registration for the first ses sion will be limited to 27 men in agriculture and 20 women in borne economics. Applications can be sent in by mail, and will be 'accepted m the order or tneir arrival. Spread Fertilizer Anytime Ground Isn't Frozen "It ain't necessarily so" also applies to the old idea tnat spreading fertilizer is strictly a spring-time jod. You can spread fertilizer al most any time the ground isn't frozen says M. D. weidon, exten sion soil specialist at the Univer sity of Nebraska. And fall is a particularly good time to aaa fertilizer. - The ground is usually firmer in the fall making going easier for trucks and machinery. Then, there is usually a better choice of grades and kinds of fertilizer in the fall, prices are oiten a little lower, and delivery is us ually more prompt. Here are four profitable ways to add fertilizer m the fall: 1. Broadcast and plow under the extra plant food needed for ton yields of corn and small grains next .year. Kesearcn shows that phosphate and pot ash in fertilizers is just as effi cient applied in the fall as in the spring on most corn belt soils. Even nitrogen will be held in most medium to heavy soils if the plant food is put on after soils have cooled to 55 degrees. Serious losses of nitrogen may occur in sandy soils during the winter, however. - 2. Top-dress legume-grass meadows with phosphate and lime if sou tests show these ele ments are needed. This gives best results when done soon aft er the last cutting of hay. 3. Fertilize old permanent pas tures just before freeze up with a top-dressing of nitrogen. Add phosphate, too, if soil tests show it's needed. 4. Use fertilizers in your reno vating program to build up run down pastures. : Clarence Schmadeke, County Extension Agent ' News Notes '" Election Results Elections for Home Extension group chairmen wrere held by the presidents in each center dur ing the last two weeks. The results are: Mrs. Orris Lanning, Eagle;- Mrs. Clarence Beccard, Union; Mrs, A. J. Lead abrand, Greenwood; Mrs. Roy Engelkemier. Murray; Mrs. Fred mi iM i i . . ... , . ok "there has been no let up : in installation of new wells in 1955. We will probably show an increase in instal lations during the year over the record number in stalled in 1954." The state geologist pointed out that 1954 for the third consecutive year had above normal temperatures (3 de grees) and below normal pre cipitation (16 per cent). "Thus, we find a condition where less water is available and more is needed." Referring to the effect of the weather on groundwater levels, Reed said lower "precipitation and high evaporation have re sulted in lower ground-water levels, especially in the valley areas." This, he continued, has reduced the amount of water some wells can yield. Reed strongly cautioned irri gators against pumping water "at rates high enough to pro duce large drawdowns." He as serted that excessively high rate pumping can cause serious damage to wells. If this happens, "the ability of the well to produce water is progressively and rapidly re duced and the effective life of a large-cost irrigation well may be shortened many fold." This 'n That In Agriculture Clarence Schmadeke, County Agent Pearl Schultz, Home Agent Stock, Murdock; Mrs. Oliver Meisinger, Louisville; and Mrs. Fred Campbell, Murray. Entertaining- Aii-day leader training lesson was given to home extension club leaders in seven centers. Eighty leaders received, instruc tions on basic rules of good de sign as applied to table settings. They v are balance, proportion, contrast and unity. Correct table settings and proper use. of sil ver, glass and china were dem onstrated. Kinds of table serv ice and when to use the Rus sian, English, Compromise, Buf fet and American were discus sed. The second part of the lesson was on the qualities of being a gracious hostess. Table man ners wrere reviewed and empha sized, today's trend of good man ners and informalities were re viewed as the result of a true and false quiz. Pearl L. Schultz, Home Extension Agent The Busy Homemakers were organized on Thursday, Sept. 29, at the home of Marilyn Vindus ka. Election of officers and de ciding on the project for the coming year were the features of the meeting. The project they decided on was "Lets Cook." Officers are President, San dra Toman; Vice-President San dra Abel; Secretary-Treasurer, Mary Ann Lochman; News Re porter, Nancy Tilsen; Game leader, Sharon Kiser; Song lead er, Marilyn Vinduska. The leader is Mrs. Henry Vin duska, and the assistant leader is Mrs. Joe Lochman. Lunch was served by Mrs. Vin duska and Marilyn. Nancy Tilsen, news reporter. The Mynard Jolly Feeders club held their organization meeting at the home of Fred, Karen and Ronald Tilson, Oct. 5. There were three new mem bers wrho joined making a total of 15. We had an election of officers. Tom Kraeger is president; Don ald Harvey, vice-president; Fred Tilson, secretary; Leonord Hild, news reporter; Karen Tilson, treasurer; Herbert Kraeger, song leader. Recreation committee, Diana Wiles, Gene Vallery and -Ronald Tilson. Next meeting will be held at Gene Vallery's Nov. 2. After the meeting refresh ments, were served by Mrs. Til son. Newrs reporter, Leonard Hild. Subscribe to The Journal Now! REAL ESTATE LOANS! 5 Percent Interest Charge Reduced for Each Monthly Payment Plattsmouth Loan & Building Ass'n. Set Oct. 29 At University LINCOLN The second an nual Ag Days will be held at the University of Nebraska col lege of agriculture Oct. 29, an nounced Dr. Franklin E. El dridge, associate director of resident instruction. Everyone is welcome at the college of agriculture open house. All alumni and parents of students are especially invit ed to attend. The Ag Days program will in clude departmental open' hous es, exhibits in the college ac tivities building, conducted tours around the campus, and a barbecue at noon. Ag Days is being held in con junction with the Parent's Day football game with Kansas Uni versity. A block of seats is be ing reserved at the football game for parents and others at tending Ag Days. Orders for tickets should be made direct ly to A. J. Lewandowski, busi ness manager of athletics at the Unversity. . Reservation for the noon bar becue should be made with Dr. John Matsushima in the de partment of animal husbandry at the college of agriculture. Mechanical Corn Picking To Save Money Mechanical developments in corn harvesting promise to per mit farmers to combine grain processing operations in the field with resultant benefits in subsequent handling. Four savings permitted with small-grain combines are listed in an article in the October issue of Successful Farming magazine. They are: 1. The snapping attachment which added to a combine, makes it suitable for processing corn and is much less expensive than a separate picker; 2. Com bining costs about the same as picking with the added benefit of having the corn shelled; 3. Using the combine for an addi tional crop spreads its costs over more acres, reducing deprecia- t i o n and interest charges against small grains: and 4 Field combining with a snapping system can and often does cut field losses almost in half. The newly-improved snapping mechanism, which is the heart of the system, according to the article, is a set of rolls above the regular combine feeder. Corn plants are cut off by the sickle. Star-shaped or fluted rolls don't actually snap the corn but pull it down until the butt of the ear strikes the snapping surface where the shank breaks. Field shelling offers one dif ficulty, the article points out. Look to the Quonset 32 for what you need in the farm-building line. It may be a building for the safe storage of feed of all kinds. Quonset 32 is the answer. Or for machinery and implement housing. Quonset 32 is a natural here, too. Or for stock shelter. All over the country, Quonset 32's are paying off in this very service. ALL-STEEL CONSTRUCTION, with N-A-X high-tensile alloy steel used for framing, gives the Quonset its strength and (durability. Lincoln, Nebraska QUONSET BUILDINGS Shelled corn cannot be stored on midwest farms without first being dryed. Corn delivered to the elevator with more than 20 per cent moisture suffers a dis count penalty. This drawback is offset in many cases however, says the article, because the overall efficiency increase is enough to pay for the cist of drying equipment. Corn is best suited for field combining when moisture con tent is 27-3Q per cent. Higher than that, shelling efficiency is low and kernel damage high. Local F. F. A. Boys Go to Kansas City For National Meet Plattsmouth chapter, of the Future Farmers of America has 14 members attending the Na tional F. F. A. convention in Kansas City, Jim Kraeger, news reporter for the chapter told the Journal. i The convention is being held i Monday through Wednesday, Oct. 10-12. The group is staying at the Chase Hotel. They wni attend, among other Nutrena Fifty-Grand contains 7 fat and only 4 fiber fed as directed. ' Amount of fat and fiber are good indicators of the energy value of a feed. Nutrena Fifty Grand with 7 fat and 4 fibre has 1400 Calories per pound metabolizable energy. If you are feeding a low-energy ration with 4 or less fat and 6 or more fibre, test Fifty Grand under Nutr'ena's guaran tee . . . either 50 more eggs per 100 lbs. total ration or cash in stead. Come in today for full .details., .. - r YOUR PRESENT FEED WITH Q .1 Farmers Onion Co-op Ass7nr ELMWOOD, NEBR. ' kPf4 II ! I! 1 W nii! . t0 i 1 nil !ig Wil I "a16 I ; t?4 iM Kir- SHWm - tin i'" vI strn.stl.ndooont , NAILABLE STEEL FRAMING gives it adaptability . . . interior wall material,' insulation, partitions, etc., are easily nailed in place. QUICK ERECTION, by locally available labor, is a factor in the building's moderate in-place cost. And never forget: the Quonset 32 is rot proof, warp-proof, non-combustible and wind-resistant. We are ready with more facts and figures. 32 feet wide; length to Su!tf in 12-foot sections. P. O. Box 468 Havelock Station ARE PRODUCTS OF GREAT LAKES STEEL CORPORATION " 1 ' things, the National F. F. AT Public Speaking contest; hear an address by the mayor of Kansas City and one by the master of the National Grange plus an address by Harold Stas-1 sen, an assistant to President Ei senhower. They will also tour the city with one evening of en- tertainment by the Firestone Company. The group left on the Burling ton Zephyr from Council Bluffs. Listed in the group are Jim Grosshans, Fred Tilson, Roy, Smith, Herb Kraeger, Fred Mei singer, Roger Wehrbein, Gary Rieke, Ed Biehl, Lapren Todd, Carl Everett, Ronnie Riemers, Bob Ehler, Dennis Todd and Jim Kraeger. Roger Wehrbein is a member r of the National F. F. A. which is ' assembling in Kansas City with members from various part of, the United States. - . I. . i - - i. ' " - J. Howard Davis LAWYER Phone Z64 1 Kl 506 Main St. Plattsmouth ; Phone 6-5357 I I