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County J US.1 Litrfro THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE SIX Monday, November 28, 1955 Certified Seed Weed Free Source LINCOLN If you want to keep your farm free of weeds, remember that Nebraska certi fied seed is your best source of seed free of noxious weeds re minds Clare Porter, secretary manager of the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association. . A four-year survey of the drill boxes of farmers planting oats and wheat points this up. Some samples taken from the drill boxes of Nebraska farmers planting oats and wheat points this up. Some samples taken from the drill boxes of Nebraska farmers planting common seed were found to contain noxious weed seeds in most cases field bindweed. But in no case were weed seeds discovered when farmers were planting certified seed. More than 1400 drill boxes were sampled during this survey. You can find where to buy certified seed in the new fall edition of the Nebraska Certi fied Seed Directory. This direc tory lists certified seed growers of cats, spring barley, hybrid corn, alfalfa, sorghums, soy beans, sudan grass, and switch grass. Certified seed is also available through most reliable seed dealers. All seed listed in the directory has passed field inspection re quirements, a lab analysis, and has been checked for germina tion. Copies of the directory are available from local county ag ricultural agents, or the Nebras ka Crop Improvement Associa tion, College of Agricutlure, Lin coln. Captain Nathaniel Palmer, an American whaling captain, log ged the first sight of land in Antarctica in 1820. Twice-a-Day Service Plattsmouth to Omaha Also Bellevue Offurt Field and LaPlatte Plattsmouth Transfer Plattsmouth 5255 Omaha HA 6733 3-O-T-B- C-E BECAUSE OF A CHANCE IN PLANS Weber Radiator Service Will Be Closed Until Dec. 1 E3 a n Instead of Nov. 29 jbzekxkei mmmmmmmmsmmaBa Holiday Get Cash Now! Three Easy Ways to Get Cash! 1 Phone 3213 COLLECT! 2 Mail Coupon Below! 3 -Visit Our Office Today! EASY REPAYMENT, TOO Terms to suit your convenience! No payment 'til !956! BORROW FOR ANY PURPOSE $20 TO $1000 ON YOUR SIGNATURE OR OTHER PLANS! Name . St. Address or R. F. D City MAIL OR American Opposite Soennichsen's 530 Main Street v-" r r !- , ,, , , ' , . --n' TAILORING TEENS ORGANIZE The "Tailoring Teens" 4-H club organized at the home of June Wagner on November 9, 1955. The meeting was opened by Mary Schmidt. Roll call was taken and the following officers and leaders were elected: President Carol Potschies Vice-President Mary Schmidt Secretary June Wagner Treasurer Barbara Ulrich News Reporter Shirley Hild Song Leader Janet Friedrich Leader Mrs. Norma Wagner Assistant Leader Mrs. Albert Ulrich Junior Leaders Carol Pot schies and Shirley Hild The leaders of the past year were each presented with a gift. The girls decided to take "School Clothes' and "Dress-Up" for their projects. The meeting was adjourned with the singing of a song and then delicious refreshments were served by Mrs. Wagner and June. The next meeting will be held at the home of Janet Friedrich on November 25, 1955, at 1:30 p. m. Shirley Hild, News Reporter The Mynard Merry Maids met at the home of Karen Tilson. The meeting was called to order by Carolyn Vinduska. The girls brought patches they had made. The new material was handed out by the leader, Mrs. Wiles. We decided to have a Christmas party next month. After the meeting we sang and played games. Mrs. Tilson serv ed a lunch. News reporter. Janire Me. Kinney. EMPLOYMENT With a record total of 65.161, 000 persons employed in Octo ber, employment in the United States reached its highest peak. The total is about 400,000 more than for September: 3,000,000 more than for October, 1954, and 2,403.000 more than the previous October record reached in 1953. The work force in agriculture remained at a relatively high level, while nonfarm employ ment rose to ' a new October peak. Unemployment, which normally drops in October, stay ed around 2,100,000. RADIATOR REPAIRING Plattsmouth Motors ONE-DAY SERVICE Washington Ave. Ph. 287 n B H H f U n as Previously Stated amino s Ahead! i Age. . Amount Wanted $. BRING TO Plattsmouth I mm U Mi ft I 141 IK I 0 U SI T A LINCOLN A yield of 153 bushels of corn per acre from an irrigated field was high in this year's "Reach for Top Corn Yields" program, reports Wilber at the University of Nebraska. The high yield was produced by Glen Nelson of Comstock, Cus ter County. On dry land, Clarence Tegt meier of Burchard, Pawnee County, recorded the high yield of 114 bushels per acre. "Reach for Top Corn Yields" is not a contest, Ringler says, but a program designed to pro mote better corn growing prac tices in Nebraska. Any state corn grower may enter and try out the latest corn growing rec ommendations. Information about the pro gram is available from local county agent offices, including instructions for taking soil samples on which recommenda tions will be made. This year 500 Cornhusker farmers from 69 counties signed up to participate in the pro gram. This compares well with last year the first year of c.v. This n Thai ! M iSI In Agriculture r i4S5f"'" ' Clarence Schmadeke, VkJfW-fY County Agent : V ; : - " 1 Pearl Schultz, V Ulil . . . - J Home Agent Top Corn Yields in '56? Soil moisture conditions going into winter are not encouraging for possibilities for big crop yields in 1956. However, a good wet spring and timely season rains in 1956 could still create favorable conditions. The question is: assuming that conditions are favorable, are you interested in top corn yields in 1956? Specific fertilizer, tillage, planting and pesticide recom mendations will be available for any corn grower who desires to enter the program. The first step in this program is to get a soil test for the field you wish to enter (must be at least 5 acres.) The soil test will include a nitrogen test. Soil samples for the nitrogen test must be in by Jan. 15. If you are interested, bring in your soil sample and be sure to let us know that the soil sample is for the "Top Corn Yield Pro gram." An extra 50 cents per sample is charged for the spe cial nitrogen test. Clarence Schmadeke, County Extension Agent Adult Class Turns Out Dozen Farmers A full dozen turned out for the . first adult agriculture class being conducted by Don Han sen, vocational agriculture in structor at Plattsmouth high school, last Wednesday night. The group organized and de cided to meet regularly for 10 meetings, on Wednesdays. The group selected as topics for discussion fertilizers, shop work in carpentry and welding, feeds and feeding, livestock di seases and parasites and sor ghum production. One evening will be spent on fire prevention and another on game conserva tion. Next meeting will be Wednes day night, Nov. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the high chool agriculture room. Topic for discussion will be feed and feeding. The class can accomodate several yet, Mr. Hansen said, and more farmers are welcome to attend. Attending last Wednesday night were Leonard Born, Rich ard O. Cole, Willis Cole, Dick Fischer, Tom Grosshans, Albert Kraeger, Robert Cundall, Royal Smith, Newton Sullivan, Larry Vallery, Henry Vinduska, and Ralph Wehrbein. RECORD BUILDING IN '56 Americans are expected to spend a record $44,000,000,000 on new construction next year de spite some slowdown in farm and individual house building, according to the Commerce De partments Business and De fense Services Administration. Most types of building would hit new highs and while fewer homes are expected to be built, the total value will remain close to this year's $16,000,000,000 lev el. Cass County's Greatest Newspaper The Plattsmouth Journal E7"T2 il PS the program when 250 farmers took advantage of the plan to obtain latest corn growing rec ommendation. Ringler is hoping for a total of 1000 farmers in the 1956 pro gram. Irrigated Land Glen Nelson, Comstock, 153 bushels per acre; Max Loibl, Co zad, 151, bushels; Darrel Keim, Davenport, 149; Rankie Aden, Gothenburg, 148; Bob Boeka, Wood River, 146; Alfred Win holtz, Axtell, 144; Adolph Bar tu, Comstock, 142; Philip Dowse, Comstock, 141; Mark Bergt, Davenport, 139; and Charles O'Neil, Norman, 138. Dry Land Clarence Tegtmeier, Bur chard, 114 bushels per acre; Marvin Dunn, Holmesville,- 108 bushels;- Carl Baker, Nemaha, 102; C. N. Sutton, Blair, 100; Curtis Dixon, Fort Calhoun, 96; Donald Grove, Elk Creek, 92; G. F. Lowe, Herman, 90; Henry Brandt, Jr.; Beatrice, 84; Edwin Koester, Otoe, 83; and Fred Harlivy, Ithaca, 82. News Notes Pumpernickel rye bread (mod ern sponge method): 2 Pkgs. special active dry yeast; 2 cups sifted rye flour; 1 to 3 tbsp. cara way seeds; 13 cup molasses; V2 cups warm water (110-115 de grees); 1 tbsp. salt; 2 tbsp. soft shortening; 34 to 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour. Pour the warm water into a large bowl and add the yeast. Let stand a few minutes, then stir to dissolve. Add all the rye flour and beat until smooth. Cover and let stand in a warm place. 4 to 24 hours. During this time the batter will get bubbly and "spongy" as it rises and falls. When ready to finish mixing, stir in all the other ingredients with half the remaining flour. Then mix in more flour, a little at a time, with the hand until the dough is quite stiff and the sides and bottom of the bowl are cleaned Turn the dough onto a lightly floured cloth covered board and knead a few minutes or until smooth. Round up and place smooth-side-down in a greased bowl, turning once to grease all sides: Cover with waxed paper, then a dry cloth and let rise about 1 hour, or until dent remains when finger is pressed deep into side of dough. Punch down enough. Divide into 2 parts. Round up each part into a smooth ball and place on opposite corners of a cornmeal-sprinkled baking sheet. Cover and let rise in a warm place until dent remains when finger is pressed gently on side of dough ... 30 to 45 min utes. Brush tops of loaves with cold water. Bake 35 to 45 minutes in preheated quick moderate oven (375 degrees). Remove from baking sheet and cool on racks. Note: On cool days, let bowl of dough and shaped loaves rise on a rack over a bowl half full of hot water. Pearl L. Schultz, Home Extension Agent claim any portion of Antarctica. Animal Production Wins Trip for 4-H'er An outstanding record In the 4-H Meat Animal program has won an all-exprnse trip to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago, for Clark Schaffert, 18, of Dalton, Nebr. He is one of eight sectional winners in the Nation to receive the award from Thomas E. Wilson. Clark, a 4-H Club member for eleven years, has owned 40 head of livestock in his 4-H projects. Clark started his project in 1946 with one heifer. His present herd consists of 11 cows, four heifers and five bulls. He made ,39 exhibits, gave nine demonstra tions, participated in 13 judging and seven showmanship events and carried a total of 26 projects, including rope, crops, yard beau tification, health, safety, tractor and soil conservation. He served his club as assistant leader, treasurer, secretary, vice president and president. He gave 24 talks to 4-H and other groups and made three radio and two TV appearances. He is a leader of the Reding ton Valley and Morrill County This program is conducted under the direction of the Coopera tive Extension Service. Soil Bank Plan Gains Support; Faults Noted LINCOLN The soil-bank or land-leasing program is gaining support as a farm program to replace present price support and production control activities report Everett Peterson and El don Erickson, agriculture econ omists at the University of Ne braska. So far the supporters of the soil-bank plan haven't presented detailed information on how the plan would work. But the basic feature is that the federal gov ernment would lease 20 to 25 million acres of tillable land from individual farm operators. A "rental" payment of 10 to 25 dollars per acre per year would be male for land taken out of production. The total cost would be 500 million to one billion dollars a year. This land would be seeded j down to grass or left idle. Farmers would be prohibited from harvesting: any crop from land so leased even by grazing. The proposal has considerable appeal to conservation-minded Americans. Land retired from production would be built up by the resulting grass cover, and would serve as a "bank" or re serve of soil fetility. This re serve land could be drawn upon for war or drought emergencies or to feed a growing population. If enough land was "leased" and restrictions on its use rig idly enforced, total farm pro duction could be reduced and surplus accumulation halted or reduced. Several problems would go along with such a farm program, however. Farmers would lease their poorest land to the govern ment, and then use the latest and best farm management practices to increase production on their remaining land. And, the cut in acreage would prob ably be applied "across the board" just like in allotments "-rather than according to best land use. - Then, the cost could run con siderably higher than present estimates if political pressures boosted the lease rates. An add ed cost, and potentially large one, would come with the polic ing job involved in making cer tain that leased land was not used to produce crops or live stock for sale or home use. One-third Farmers Received No Social Security Numbers LINCOLN About one-third of the farmers in Nebraska still haven't applied for their social security numbers according to a recent estimate. Remember that the Social Se curity law affects all farmers this year, say Eldon Erickson and Everett Peterson, farm economists at the University of Nebraska. Under this law, pay ments are to be made to the In ternal Revenue Service by Jan. 31, 1956. And every farmer and farm worker will need an account number card before these pay ments can be made. You can get application forms for social security numbers from area Social Security offices, or at your local Post Office. In spite of the millions of dol lars spent by the U. S. in ex ploring the Antarctic continent, no move has ever been made to . -s A Clark Schaffert Junior Leaders 4-H Clubs led by Dale Wright. Clark's record will now be con sidered for national honors, con sisting of six $300 scholarships. A 19-jewel watch was presented to the 4-H'er for being state win ner in the program. . j Trip Award to 4-H Marlene Dannert, 17, of Winne tooa, is one of eight 4-H mem bers in the Nation to be awarded a sectional trip to the National '4-H Club Congress in Chicago, for outstanding" achievement in the Frozen Foods program. The all-expense trip is provided by the International Harvester Co. During her seven years in the project, Marlene preserved 287 quarts of fruits and vegetables, 1,523 pounds of meat and 363 qts. of poultry by freezing. She learned much about freezing foods, including proper packag ing, correct temperatures for freezing and storing, types of foods best adapted for freezing, and how to properly prepare food for freezing. Marlene froze a wide variety of foods including 287 quarts of fruits and vegetables, 125 lbs. of pork, 1,013 lbs. of beef, 173 chickens, 18 capons, 10 ducks, 13 cakes, 91 dozen cookies, 86 loaves of bread, 32 gallons of ice cream, 60 lbs. of venison, and other foods. In selecting vegetables for freezing Marlene first chooses the varieties best adapted to freez ing and picks the produce at the peak of maturity, as young ten der vegetables freeze the best. In freezing fruits she adds a small amount of ascorbic acid to prevent discoloration. This program is conducted under the direction of the Coopera tive Extension Service. Legislative """ Businesses Fail Too . . . Politicians and professional mourners who emphasize the tragedy in the loss of farm fam ilies to the city belabor the fact as an indictment of the private enterprise system which made the United States what it is. They call for "something bet ter," meaning federal govern ment guarantee of profitable farm operation regardless of the efficiency of the operator. The implication of those who would solve an economic situa tion by making it a political problem is that families forced off farms by competition and efficiency become charity cases. Actually, in many instances, the family forced out is more satis fied and lives better in a busi ness or industrial job. Frequent ly the shift is made voluntarily because the family saw greater advantage off the farm. These same politicians and professional mourners ignore the fact that competition and effi ciency "weed out" the inefficient operator in business just as they do in farming. They do not be moan the fact that 11,086 enter prises, employing thousands of people, failed in 1954, the most prosperous year in U. S. history prior to 1955. Why do these business failures go unmourned? Simply, because it serves no political purpose to weep crocodile tears for these "victims of the private enter prise system." Too many peo ple would understand the mis use of these "tragedies," in the face of general business pros perity. . There has never been a year in U. S. history when businesses did not fail. In 1947 and again in 1951, years which are gener ally considered prosperous, there were " respectively, 3,474 and 8, 058 business failures. The high est number of failures in recent years was in 1940 when 13,619 enterprises failed to meet their credit commitments; and this was a year when the nation was beginning to feel the surge . of demand for up-coming World War II. Failure is defined by Dun and J. Howard Davis LAWYER Phone 264 506 Main St. Plattsmouth u KAarker Each Working Day iM the !yarKeT , rvt e " Your Hogs ana tneir .voting. YOT " 6 too fat " method oi arkeU- can g t too F.ven meat-iyv . in the n reauj noe Frozen Foods Winner. ; . - . -y . - i'HfftutWirriK Virv"r -Wnv vn n ltmttamMttMJ'-'tilmi'i Marlene Dannert Marlene won a total of 113 purple, blue, red and white rib bons and carried projects in swine, beef, cooking, garden, sewing, homemaking, and yard beautification. She is a member of the Best in the West 4-H Club led by La Verne Goedeker and Herman Damertt of Knox county. From the eight sectional win ners, six will be selected for na tional awards of $300 college scholarships. A $50 U. S. Savings Bond was awarded Marlene for being State Frozen Foods winner. Bradstreet as occurring when a business or industrial enterprise is involved in court action or voluntarily takes action result ing in loss to creditors. G. O. P. '56 AIR TIME j The Republican National Com mittee has announced plans to sign contracts soon with the major radio and television net works for -$2,000,000 in campaign broadcast time. By making the arrangements so far in advance, the Committee hopes to save the costs of "pre-empting" time a few days before a broadcast. Journal Want Ads Pay Up to 3 pounds and more gain per head per day, at a feed cost of as little as 18 cents per pound of gain. Yes, that's an example of the unsurpassed results being obtained by many feeding our outstanding Beef Cattle Feed. If you want to put more of your beef cattle returns in the bank come in today and let us tell you about our Beef Cattle Program that puts beef cattle gains on plenty fast, plenty good. Rcid's Du-Mor Ultra-Lifcd 26 PER CENT BEEF-GRO SUPPLEMENT Also Reid's Active Live Culture Foirinnieirs NEHAWKA, Order Your Feed needs now 111 7 v. buyer the u"""- Y mHii'i" - i: I Nehawka Mr. and . Mrs. Cecil Murdoch and Beverly and Mr. Elmer Philpot were dinner guests Sun day at the Guy Murdoch home honoring , Darlene Murdoch's 16th birthday. In the evening Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Murdoch, Darlene Murdoch and Cecil Garrett attended the Ice Revue in Omaha. IN PLATTSMOUTH, NEBR. Farmers Feed & Seed IN MURRAY, NEBR. Murray Farm Store IN LOUISVILLE, NEBR. ( Hon's Variety Store Kahland Motor Co. IN MURDOCK, NEBR. Peters Service Station IN SPRINGFIELD, NEBR. Latham Elevator Neitzel Oil Co. IN UNION, NEBR. Clarence Feed Store Meredith Produce Meredith Service rrvvvwrwv NEBRASKA h , Tinvwood ai i i tb and JacV tyJ Co at Frem y i; ... V- . f r 7 11