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T37 Ml Id n V A Page Dedicated to Cass County Farm, 4-H, Conservation and and Related Activities Published Every Monday by the Portsmouth Journal. i THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE SIX Monday, December 17, 1956 p F t m u n r7 i: J ia y ri i-iiiiiM 4. Editors Note: Thk, is the third in a- series of articles deal ing with a farm tour to Nas sau as seen through the eyes cf Myrtle Wood. Myrtle Wood Our. train arrived at West Palrrf ' Beach about 6:10 a. m. and after breakfast we boarded buses"for a look into vacation land '. - Across Lake Worth is thought to be 'the most wonderful sea side resort in the world. Mag nificent houses and private yachts are maintained here by the ultra rich and tourists flock in to bask in the sunshine of natural and artificial grandeur. The next project was west ward - to Belle Glade south of Lake Okeechobee. This is a fresh water area and the black, black soil is six to eight feet deep and produces winter crops of snap beans, celery, cabbage, potatoes, broccoli, egg plant, kale, chihili, collards, dande lions, endive lettuce, peas, ro maine and turnip greens. There are 20,000 acres in sweet corn. More than 20,000 car loads of vegetables are shipped from this one spot annually. Much of the farm machinery has been made for this particular area. There is a radish harvesting machine, one that harvests and crates sweet corn, and one that cuts celery and passes it to graders which pass it on to fill trucks in the rear. Several Factors To Be Considered In Feeding Molasses LINCOLN The amount of molasses that should be fed to fattening cattle will be deter mined by the cost of molasses in relation to the cost of corn and the laxative effect of mo lasses. ' ' Molasses ordinarily is worth .7 the value of corn per pound, states Paul Guyer," Extension animal husbandman at the Uni versity of Nebraska. When a dry dusty feed or a low grade rough age is fed, molasses may make addition to supplying needed nu trients. Cattle will scour if fed too much molasses, Guyer cautions. They may eat up to five or more pounds per head daily for a short time without scouring. If fed grain and molasses free choice, cattle normally will con sume about two pounds per head daily after an initial period of greater consumption. ; YOU GET EXTRA ATTENTION HERE el f . ' ' i.v 35 1,4 m m y- -1 JVhen you stop your car on our driveway,' our attendants service your car promptly and efficiently.. '.you get all the little courtesies you like. W, check ycur tires and call your attention to any that are dangerously worn. We check the battery... the oil level... clean all the car glass... put water in the radiator ...check your fan belt and water hoses..! sweep out the inside of the car. Of course, "It's Performance That Counts'.' And you get top performance with Phillips 66 Flite-Fuel and Phillips 66 Trop-Artic Motor Oil. Drive in today, I HUEI "66 r Service Chicago Ave. At 2nd Ave Sugar cane is a never ending crop. It is pitched into a sugar mill, processed by machinery and emerges as sacks or pack ages ready for market. After luncheon at Cleiviston we drove westward to Bay City to catch the train south through the Everglades to Miami.' The Queen of Nassau was at Pier No. 3 in the harbor on which had been reserved cab ins for our party. This 4s a scheduled carrier so there were other passengers aboard. As wTe watched the magnificent sky line of Miami recede, two youths talked over the fact we wTere leaving Arthur Godfrey's brilliantly lighted broadcasting hotel behind but there" was no later word they attempted to swim back. The boat is a moving hotel and we were to take our meals aboard during our two days stay in Nassau. That first meal, how ever, was a total loss for our party. It was the common op inion the boat spent the most of the night going up and down in stead or forward. The waves quieted down later and every one was able and eager to watch the docking in Nassau harbor about 7:30 a. m. End Part 3 Winter Cold, Snow Hike Road Hazards LINCOLN Winter weather brings rain, sleet, snow and ice that can spell danger to Ne braska drivers. These conditions can be summed up in reduced visib:'ity, inadequate traction and temperature changes, ac cording to W. D. Lutes, exten sion safety specialist at the Uni versity of Nebraska. Reduced vi ('.bility results from more hours of darkness, bad winter weather and obstruc tions to vision from icy wind shields and windows, snow banks, and stalled cars. In 1955. the driver's vision was obscurred in nearly 1 out of 10 fatal 'ac cidents and nearly half of the obstructions to vision were on the vehicle itself. Inadequate traction is due primarily to snow, sleet, or ice and to a lesser degree to rain. The weather was snowy or fog gy or rainy in one out of six fatal accidents in 1955 Lutes points out. Temperature changes play an all-important part in the time it takes to stop a car and pos sible traction on ice and snow. As temperature rises, ice and snow become much more slip pery. - Here are six rules for safe winter driving: (1). Accept your responsibility; (2). Get the feel of the road; (3). Keep the windshield clear; (4). Use tire chains to cut stopping dis tance in half; (). Pump your brakes as it reduces skids; (6). Follow other cars at a safe distance. Wayne County Makes First Report Milk Record Plan LINCOLN The first county reoort on the new "weign-A Day-A-Month" milk record keep ing plan has been made by the . i a ri Wayne (Jouniy extension ser vice. The report shows 10 herds and 125 cows enrolled in the new plan. Under this pam nera owners weigh the milk from each cow on the 15th day of every month. These weights are used to com pute monthly milk production. sa;:i:;B:ii';s'!i;ia:iiiiai!!;:n;!!!!aii:!!S3!;!s 3 The Greatest I i 1 i s H H I i H i A a Comfort Shoes In America Xmas gift providing full year of happiness We cooperate with your doctor. Personalized fitting. Shoe Specialists Men-Women-Children 231-240 City Nat'l Bk. Bldg. AT 6856 Omaha, Nebr. !!Eng H 1 ff if g 8 H i a 1 H 1 i ! Mix-It Extension Club Holds Annual Christmas Meeting The Mix-it Extension Club met at the home of Mrs. Har old Rice for its annual Christ mas meeting. Each member brought a cov ered dish for the noonday luncheon. The business meeting was conducted by President Linder. The exchange of Christ mas gifts and revealing of se cret sisters concluded the day. Each member brought food such as fruit cookie and cake to make up a basket to take to a rest home in Weeping Water ! s A & A-.t fkSs lilt-' v- r2-w Vw H-; 1 1-Jy a Time To Add Vitamin To Ration LINCOLN Stockmen should add vitamin A or carotene to the ration in early December for normal calf development in cows grazing on the range only m dry years such as 1956. If cows are being fed hay they may not need such a sup plement until January or Feb ruary, states Paul Guyer, ex tension animal husbandman a the University of Nebraska. In drought years such as 1956 range pastures or bleached hay does not supply sufficient caro tene for normal calf develop ment. jjunng normal years cows get enough carotene when graz ing green pastures in the sum mer to store a 100 day supply of vitamin A,. Guyer points out inree lo live pounds oi good quality alfalfa hay in such years usually will supply enough caro tene through the winter to pre vent vitamin A deficiency. Reward his wishful thinking with a gift of 'tools for Christmas! We've got "what it Stakes" to make a handyman or craftsman happy. Come, see! " Black er Decker - Skill : Power Tools home 451 B & D Portable Jig Saw $54.50 Stanley Plumb True Temper Crescent SK- Klein Estwing n it Dcnjamin Benjamin - Crossman - Daisy Air Rifles i HOUSEWARES & ELECTRIC APPLIANCES IS Ag Experts See Livestock Quota Increase LINCOLN Livestock produc tion must be increased 45 per cent by 1975 as compared with 1951-53 in the United States if present population trends con- inue. As economists in the U. S. Department of Agriculture see it if present trends continue here will be 210 million people in the U. S. in 1975 compared with 165 million in mid-1955. Based on this and other assum ptions, production of cattle and calves may have to be increas ed by 50 per cent, hogs about 40 per cent; and sheep and lambs about 25 per cent. Other increases include: overall crop production, 25 per cent; truck crops and tobacco, 40 per cent; milk fruits, nuts, about 33 per cent; and poultry about 50 per cent. The economists explain their figures are based on expected trends assuming no major wars or economic depressions. They point out that changes in tech nology and economic forces not now in the economic horizon could alter the economic - out look. They caution because of this, "current appraisals of fu ture farm production needs may easily become outdated." North Platte To Host Rural Youth Confab LINCOLN The 20th anniver sary of the Nebraska Rural Youth organization will be ob served at the annual Mid-winter Institute, Feb. 15-17, in North Platte: Theme of the conference is More," typifying the number of years the organization has been active and its future in the state, explains John D. Orr, Univer sity of Nebraska assistant state eader of 4-H clubs and Young Men and Women (YMW). All rural young people be tween the ages of 17 and 30 are eligible to attend the in stitute which will feature learn- shops in community, leadership safety. ' Recreation, other social act ivities, and exhibits of Rural Youth yearbooks and county ac tivities will complete the program. Roll in Terry berry Named President Of Triple B 4-H Rollin Terryberry was named president of the Triple B 4-H Club at a recent organizational meeting. The session was held xt the home of the new presi dent. - Other officers elected includ ed: Gene Wehrbein, vice presi dent; Frank Puis, secretary and Ralph Puis, news reporter. Club members decided to make an educational tour to Lin coin, Dec. 27. And set the next meeting at the Forrest Engel- kemier home on Jan. 3. No Vitamin A Needed If Good Quality Hay Used LINCOLN N ovitamin A needed in cattle fattening ra tions to supplement sorghum fed in the place of corn if two to three pounds of good quality alfalfa hay is fed. However, sorghum grain us ually has less carotene or vi tamin A value than corn, accord ing to Paul Guyer, Extension animal husbandman at the Uni versity of Nebraska college of agriculture. . Additional vitamin A may be needed in dry lot swine rations in which sorghum is used in place of corn, Guyer points out. Commercial swine supplements may have enough vitamin A added to meet swine needs. Home-mixed supplements should include top quality ground al falfa hay of the current year's crop at the rate of about 15 per cent of the protein supple ment. This amount usually will furnish enough carotene to pre vent vitamin A deficiency. Meat-Type Hogs Grow As Rapidly As Do Lard -Type LINCOLN Hogs that are tru ly meat type will grow as rapid ly and make as efficient use of their feed as lard hogs, states Paul Guyer, Extension animal husbandman at the University of Nebraska college of agricul ture. , In the past we have had a tendencv to consider as meat hogs some slow-growing lard hoers that do not utilize their feed efficiently, Guyer pointed out. The meat hog must have the ability to gain rapidly and efficiently as well as produce an acceptable carcass. GIFT SUGGESTION POPULATION i Total population of the United States last July, was 168, 091,000made up of 149,823,000 whites and 18,268,000 nonwhites. The median age of the dodu- lation has declined slightly from 30.2 years to 29.9 years in mid-1956, due to the recent high birth rate' level. This is the first decline in the median age since 1800, the Census Bur eau reported. GIFT SUGGESTION Plain or Initialed HANDKERCHIEFS BELTS, TOO! SMITH'S MEN'S WEAR We Give S & H Green Stamps assuheatre Fla.tsmonth 1 Last Times Mon. & Tues. Dec. 17-18 THE WO&ID? I tflLL TAKE IT! mm 1 A ...--,F mm mwmmm ywmm wmmium VMM EZX-2IEJ Mighty in Scope - - Two years in the making - - Cost over $6,000,000 -' A mighty motion picture! Also Cartoon Comedy & News Wed. Cr Thurs., Dec. 19-20 Paul Douglas and John Derek in 4THE LEATHER SAINT" The story of the fighting Priest who leads a double life! A pic ture you'll treasure forever - -like "Going My Way" Also Comedy and Novelty 7 Because we have purchased Rhodes Hy-KIas Grocery Store in WeeDinc Water we will sell the following described property at Public Auction on the farm located three miles north, four miles east, one mile north and W-mile west of Weeping Water; or eight miles west, one mile north, and W-mile west of Murray, on rock road, on- Am RIDAY, .DEC 21, 9:3 0 A 137 - - - HEAD OF L IVESTOCK - - -137 Twenty-five Mature Wisconsin Cows. All cows were Bangs tested in October, 1956, and 23 are now milking. 2 First Calf Heifers, just fresh 3 First Calf Heifers, fresh in September 1 Second Calf Heifer, just fresh 1 Second Calf Heifer, fresh in November 5 Second Calf Heifers, fresh in Sept. and Oct. 2 Third Calf Cows, fresh in September 1 Third Calf Cow, to freshen first of May 5 Fourth Calf Cows, fresh in Sept. and Oct. 1 Fifth Calf Cow, fresh in November 2 Fifth Calf Cows, fresh in September 1 Fifth Calf Cow, to freshen in February 1 Purebred Cow, 11 years old, freshen by sale day 6 Heifers, IVz to 2 yrs. old open or just bred 2 Heifers 1 year old This is a "Grade A" State Certified Herd I purebred Angus Bull, 3 years old : 22 7 Angus-Holstein steers, weight 400-700 10 II AngusHolstein Heifers, weight about 500 8 - Angus-Holstein Calves, 1 to 4 months old - Butcher Hogs, wreight about 175 lbs. Duroc Sows 45 Fall Pigs, 8 weeks old FARM MACHINERY 1950 W-D Allis Chalmers Tractor, wide front end and Snap Coupler Hitch 1949 W-D Allis Chalmers Tractor, just over-, hauled with Snap Coupler Hitch and New Tires 1950 Allis Chalmers All Crop 5-ft. Combine 1949 Allis Chalmers Roto Baler 1950 Allis Chalmers Field Choppper, Hay and. Corn Heads 1950 Allis Chalmers Corn Picker, mounted 1950 Allis Chalmers Power Take-Off Rake with dual wheels 1950 Allis Chalmers Cultivator 1953 Allis Chalmers 3-bottom Mounted Plow 1953 Allis Chalmers Lister, Mounted Single Front Wheel for W-D Tractor 1954 Duncan Manure Loader, 7ft. Blade Van Brunt 14x7 Model EE Grain Drill, with seeder attachment IHC Lister, No: 182 Furrow Opener Attachment for IHC Lister 1951 IHC Model L-150, 2-speed truck, 7-50 x 20 tires, L. W. B. fold down box, 15,000 Actual Miles! This is an ideal truck, in very good shape Kewanee 40 ft. Elevator, Model 300, and Hoist and Speed Jack Massey Harris 7-ft. Mower 15-ft. John Deere Disc Harvey Gin Hammermill, on wheels, with power take-off drive IHC Model 200 Tractor Manure Spreader Easy Way Post Hole Digger,. 8 in., NEW IHC Spring Tooth Harrow, 12 ft, NEW 3-Section Harrow, Two Wagons on rubber, steel flare boves, 100 bu. 6 x 10 Box on Rubber tire Wagon, NEW bVz x 10 Box on Rubber tire Wagon Hayrack F-35 IHC Lister Cultvator Comfort Power Sprayer A Men1 And Boys JACKETS SMITH'S MEN'S WEAR We Give S & II Green Stamps DAIRY EQUIPMENT 1954 Two-unit DeLaval Magnetic Pipeline Milker, with heavy duty pump 1951 DeLaval 6-can front open cooler 20-gallon gas Hot Water Heater 20,000 JB.T.U. Space Heater Six Steel Stanchions Wash Vat, Can Rack, Milk Cans Jamesway Feed Cart HAY, GRAIN and FEED 800 Bales 1st cutting Alfalfa Hay 500 Bales 2nd cutting Alfalfa Hay 600 Bales 1955 Alfalfa Hay 175 Tons of Corn and Sorgo Silage in Pit 75 Bushels of Barley It Gifts Galore at Schreiner's Plenty of Miscellaneous Articles & Tools 8.25 x 20 10-ply Truck Tire, NEW Electric Brooder Two Oil Brooders 100-gallon Fuel Barrel, on stand 150 No. 66 Hybrid Laying Pullets, at top Hastings Supplement Feeder, small production BUILDINGS Garage, 10 ft. x 18 ft. Brooder House, 10 ft. x 12 ft. One 2-pen Hog House, on skids, 8 f t- x 14 ft. One 3-pen Hog House, 7 ft. x 18 ft. on skids One 3-pen Hog House, 8 f t. x 16 ft., on skids Hay or Calf Shed, 12 ft. x 16 ft., on skids Range Shelter for Poultry This is definitely one of the better sales of the season Terms of Sale: CASH AKME. yPTIN!, Owner REX YOUNG & ELLIS LACY, Auctioneers : NEBRASKA STATE BANK, Weeping Water, Clerk i Lunch will be served by the Christian Women's Fellowship Ladies of Weeping Water