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m m im 9'm ' ' dm 1 iTC!Eni-? Corn Acreage To Discuss How To Apply Nitrogen Individual Soil How can I apply 230 pounds of nitrogen (as anhydrous amonia) to my soil? What per cent lost must I expect? LINCOLN The amount and method of applying nitrogen as anhydrous ammonia will depend upon the individual soil, reports Clinton Hoover, Extension agro nomist at the University of Ne braska college of agriculture. Medium texture and heavy soil will hold all the nitrogen ap plied as anhydrous ammonia 6 Inches deep. However, sandy and alkaline soils do not have the capacity to hold high applica tions of anhydrous ammonia. Therefore, applications on sandy or alkaline soils should be plac ed at least 6-lnches deep and preferably 8-lnches deep to re duce any possiDra losses. If nirogen is to be applied before corn planting, the appli cation should be made in 20 inch Instead of 40-inch bands. This practice will result in more of the soil mass coming in con tact with the amonia, thereby increasing the capacity of the soil to hold nitrogen. Plowing an alkaline soil after an application of anhydrous am monia Is not recommended, Hoo ver states. Alkaline soils or those with a high ph may lose ammonia to the air if plowed soon after the application. LAUGHING LASSIES Laughing Lassies met at the home of Laura Jane Parson A- prll 17. We demonstrated and made sandwiches and a fresh vegetable plate. The next meeting was April 23rd. We each brought an oat meal cookie to be judged. Our next lesson is making hamburgers and we will have a picnic supper May 8th at Louis ville Park. Barbara Jo Schneider News Reporter A grant of $25,000,000, said to be the largest ever made to help train American college teachers, has been announced by the Ford Foundation.- Lew-Cost Amortized Prompt Service Pr-payment Options Ask for our If booVM plaining tht Iquitabt Soclity'i modttn financing nrvlc STEVE DAVIS Phone 6111 Plattsmouth State Bank Building 1st 2nd 3rd 4lh 5th, 6th 244 "Name CORN RAISERS! (rm- vim r ( $10,000.00 J IN PRIZES Hybrid Corn , , GET YOUR CONTEST RULES FROM Howard Ahrcns, Elmwood Bornemeier Hdw., Murdock Ernest Leaver, Alvo Robert Lecslcy, Crecnwood Richard Livingston, Louisville Leonard Lutx, Murray Harold Meisinger, Weeping Water Merle Rogers, Union Robert Schneider. Louisville Neal Snell, Plattsmouth Delbert Todd. Union Ralph Wblte, Weeping Water Willis Lorenson, Weeping Water A Pago i t i - .- 4 : U . " ' ' P.- :S;.V !-':.. & r;,' tfyH $kri' - -; -t 1 civ. ..'v:- Vfy. Ml jfe'r j Thousands ail! Cass County Sheep Feeding Big Business On Thousands of head of sheep can be seen on feed at the Warren Berry farm about six miles west of Plattsmouth on the Oreapolis Road. About two weeks ago it was estimated ov er 6,000 head were in five sep arate pens more sheep than has been seen in this county in years. Mr. Berry, an Omaha com mission man, purchased the for mer Lutz farm a couple of years ago and started immediately a program of soil conservation, that included seeding, terracing, filling of gullies and a planned diversification that should give him a well balanced and fer tile quarter within the next five or six years. While a number of cattle are 21-Day Expense-Paid Vacation in Europe Mpls.-Moline 445 Tractor Mpls.-Moline 2-Row Hutkor Mpli.-Moline 4-Row Corn Planter 1500 Bu. Behlen Corn Cribs PLUS 6-Piece Ekco Steak Knife Sets ENTER the Research Pig" CONTEST Dedicated to Cast County Farm, Be Measured iy of Sheep on Feed at -.Warren Berry Farm on feea. as well as a small hog program. Mr. Warren decid ed what this place needed was more and more fertilizer to build up sadly neglected soil. As a com mission man, he saw sheep com ing to the Omaha market at wrong seasons and selling for too low prices. He decided then and there, this was an oppor tunity to get needed fertilizer and perhaps realize a profit at the same time. Pens were constructed of wo ven wire, fastened to posts that were former railroad ties. Hun dreds were hauled to the farm and set in place. The Job when completed has made one of the most substantial fences in the area. Three large, open front sheds were built, water pipes were laid and a water pres sure system installed. Tanks were placed at strategc points equipped with floats that guar antees an adequate and positive water supply. Sheep have not only been pur chased on the Omaha market, but several car loads have been shipped in from Texas and other range areas where prolonged drought and lack of pasture for ced cutting herds. These were shipped here and immediately placed on feed. The sheep are fed a mixture of ground alfalfa and molasses with about 55 per cent chopped corn added. The animals thrive on it. Bcrappings from the pens and sheds are placed in huge piles until enough has accumulated to start the land fertilizing pro cess. Tractor drawn spreaders are used to scatter the rich of nitrogen of fall over acres that have been soil conservation treat ed and according to reports it is paying off. Here is a fine example of taking a run-down farm with soil badly damaged by erosion and putting it back into a high productive stage. It may take a few years to complete the program, but while building the soil. Warren Berry stands to show a profit on his feeding op erations. Pay Your Accounts Owed To PLATTSMOUTH MOTORS At 337 Main St. Phone 225 4-H, Conservation and and Related Activities Published Every H X f f Berry Farm Two Free Trips To Europe Offered Two Corn Belt farmers and their wives will vacation in Eu rope just for choosing the best name for a pig. . The 21-day, expense paid tour is "tops" in a competition of fering over $10,000 in awards to corn raisers who select the best name for a "research pig" chosen by Cargill, Incorporated. Each award there are 250 in all will be made in duplicate with one going to the farmer who suggests the winning name and the other to the farmer salesman or dealer who serves him with Cargill Hybrid Seed Corn. The name-choosing competl tition is open to corn raisers in a 10-state area and runs from February 1 to May 25. Awards will be announced on or about July 1. Complete information is ob tainable from your local Cargill Hybrid's Representatives. Correction Please! We gave credit to Mr. and Mrs. Walt Long as being the parents of popular singing 'sprout Carol Long, 8 year old popular singing star. Beg your pardon! while we are sure Mr. and , Mrs. Walt Long would gladly claim this mighty rock 'n roll entertainer, she rightfully belongs to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Long. The little "Teresa Brewer" won the local Lions contest, here recently and then went on to the district contest at Mil lard, and entertains frequently at Plattsmouth Socials. Millers and Army Cutworms Do you remember the invasion of "Millers" we had in Cass County last spring? They were everywhere by the millions. Well, the offspring of these pesky fel lows are now hungry worms eat ing themselves , to death. They are the Western Army Cut worms, which are abundant in Fall seeded alfalfa and Brome fields. In most cases, they will not kill the stands of alfalfa but may reduce the yield of hay ma terially, at least the first cutting little concern until its time for them to turn Into "Millers". Yes-sir, we could have an ln a svlo nfo"Millels" again later this spring. Clamice Schmadekc County Agricultural Extension Agent Tenths LINCOLN Porn farmprs arn remlnded that methods of de- lotment of 41 acres signed an termlning corn acreage measure- Acreage Reserve agreement des ments underscore the need for ignatlng 10 acres for the corn careful compliance with corn al- acreage reserve, he would have lotments and provisions or the a maximum of 41 acres of corn Soil Bank's acreage reserve pro- 'permitted for harvest." gram. "If measurement of the fields Wilford Nelson, chairman of revealed 10 acres actually held the Nebraska Agricultural Sta- in the acreage reserve and 31.5 billzation and Conservation com- acres planted to corn, the 'acre mittee, explains it this way: age permitted for harvest' would "Corn acreages for a farm be .5 of an acre in excess, and are calculated in tenths of an that much corn would have to acre, and the measurement of be disposed of by approved meth designated acreages under the ods in order to get compliance corn acreage reserve program with the Acreage Reserve pro will be on the same basis. gram's provisions." Underscore Compliance With Corn Allotment Provisions Farmers were reminded today that the methods of determining corn acreage measurements underscore the need for careful compliance with corn allotments and provisions of the Soil Bank's Acreage Reserve program. Ivan G. Althouse, Chairman of the County Agricultural Sta bilization and Conservation Com- Gophers On Increase In This Section LINCOLN Pocket Gophers appear to be on the increase in most of Nebraska and control measures should be started now, Robert Roselle, Extension ento mologist at the University of Nebraska reports. Poison wheat baits are pre ferred to vegetable baits in Ne braska, although both are good controls. Special gopher traps are used in small areas and on gophers that do not take the baits," Roselle said. New gopher mounds in alfalfa fields, pastures, and irrigation ditches will tell where gophers are active. Gophers will take baits better now than in sum mer and may be killed before young gophers are born, he ex plained. . Gophers feed on alfalfa roots, generally cutting the tap roots a few inches below the soil causing poor growth and de creasing yields. They often are serious pests in irrigation ditch es, he said. Baits and traps should be plac ed in the main runway. The run way opening should be closed carefully alter baits are ap plied, but left open if traps are used. This will encourage the gophers to close the hole and shut out the light, and more will be caught in the traps. Poison wheat baits may be purchased commercially prepar ed, Roselle stated. Vegetable baits may be prepared at home by dusting one-eighth ounce of alkaloid powdered strychnine ov er two quarts of sweet potatoes or carrots cut into small pieces. Roselle recommends using special gopher traps such as Maccabee, Cinch, atad Death Clutch, which are more efficient than ordinary steel traps. They should be wired to a long stake with a white cloth flag attached. This prevents gophers from drag ging them into their burrows and makes location of the traps easy, he added. Farmers can obtain complete gopher control instructions from Extension Circular No. 1544 en titled: "Pocket Gopher Control." Copies may be obtained through local county extension agents. Call Your News And Social Items to 241 0b HS AGRONOMY DAY Tips on handling crop residues to protect topsoil, conserve moisture and boost yields will be demonstrated at the annual University of Nebraska Spring Affronomy Field Day at Lincoln May 7. There will be a dem onstration on how to adjust a corn planter to seed sorghums as well as ways to cultivate crop residues, wheel-track plant ing and row treatment for corn rootwornis. The program starts at 9:45 a. ni. in Keim Hall, on the ColU-gc of Agricul ture campus, May 7, followed by a tour of the Agronomy Farm at 12:45 p. m. near 70th and Adams streets in Lincoln. Monday by the Plattsmouth Journal. ff Acre "If ft farmer with a corn al- mittee, explains it this way: "Corn acreages for a farm are calculated in tenths of an acre, and the measurement of designated acreages under the corn Acreage Reserve program will be on the same basis. "For instance, if a farmer with a corn allotment of 41 acres signed an Acreage Re serve agreement designating 10 acres for corn Acreage Reserve, he would have a maximum of 31 acres of corn 'permitted for harvest'. "If measurement of the fields revealed 10 acres ac tually held in the Acreage Reserve and 31.5 acres planted to corn, the 'acreage permitted for harvest' would be .5 acre in excess, and that much corn would have to be disposed of by approved methods in order to get into compliance with the Acreage Reserve program's pro visions. The Important point, the Chairman emphasized, is that corn acreages will be determin ed in tenths of an acre under both the allotment and the Soil Bank Acreage Reserve pro grams. Cass County Man Goes To Beatrice Earl Cook, who for the past several yeans has served as unit conservationist with the Cass County Soil Conservation district, is to leave his present work to take over the position of unit conservationist of the Gage County district at Beatrice. He has been with the CSC for the past eighteen years and is one of the outstanding men in this line in the state. Cook was untiring in his work with the Cass County program and laying out the watershed program that included all parts of Cass County. His services had much to do with the success ful fight to secure federal coop eration in the flood control in the Plattsmouth area. He will succeed Warren Fair child, at Beatrice, who resigned to enter other fields of work. The departure of Mr. Cook will being a great regret from the friends of conservation in this county. His successor In Cass County has not been announced. Successor to Mr. Cook in the conservation office in Cass coun ty wil be Allan Rlnne, of Lin coln, it was announced Wed nesday. Mr. Rlnne is no stranger in the conservation battle in Nebraska, as he was assisting here in 1950 and 1953. and has an outstanding record of ser vice. He has been in the Lin coln office during the campaign for the creation of the Salt Creek watershed in that locality. Mr. Rinne is married and has a family of two children who will be added to the many fine families In Cass County in the next few weeks. . r Vji .J ' v-.if. I. :-4 THE PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Monday, May 6, 1957 Plants Get About One-Fourth Needs From Rainfall LINCOLN What happens to our rainfall? Sometimes it is assumed that all moisture which falls is avail able for plant growth but this is not necessarily so, according to facts supplied by Harold Gil man, Extension conservationist at the University of Nebraska college of agriculture. Oilman says this is what usual ly happens to rainfall: Evapo ration, 60 per cent; run-off, 10 per cent; weed growth. 2 to 3 per cent and crop plants, 27 per cent. When crop plants have access to only about 27 per cent of the moisture that falls, it makes wat er conservation look mighty im portant. Certified Seed Grower May Enter Show At Nebraska State Fair LINCOLN All growers of cer tified seed are asked to save samples for the Certified Seed Show which will be held in con nection with the 1957 Nebraska State Fair next fall. Sorghum, sudangrass, soybean grass and alfalfa seed produced in 1956 may be exhibited but samples of wheat, oats and bar ley must have been grown in 1957. Five-quart samples of sor ghums, sudangrass, Soybeans, wheat, oats and barley are re quired while alfalfa and grass may be entered In five pound samples. Harold Smock, president for the forthcoming term of Junior Chamber of Commerce attend ed a State meeting Friday, Sat urday and Sunday at Scottsbluff.. Journal Want Ads Pay Plattsmouth Motors CAR LOT 8th & Washington Phone 225 Plattsmouth Home & Furnishings Due to the death of Bertha N icicles, it is necessary to sell this fine Residence and Furnishings at Public Auction to Settle the Estate, on: Thursday, May 9th, 1957 AT 4:00 P. M. At the location at 709 Ave. A, which is 12 block west of Hinky Dinky store on the south side of Ave A. LECAL DESCRIPTION: W 26 ft. of Lot 2 and all of Lot 3 in Block 26, City of Plattsmouth. Cround Area 66 x 140 ft. This house is 1 story, completely modem, consisting of 2 bedrooms, bath, living room, dining room kitchen combination, and sun porch. Personal Property-Home Furnishings will be sold immediately after sale of the home. - 9 ft. C. E. Refrigerator, 2 years old; RCA 21 inch Console TV, about 3 years old; Frigidaire Electric Stove; Maytag Automatic Washer; Chromo Break fast set; Book Case and Writing Desk; Davenport; several rocking chairs; 2 ft. by 7 ft. mirror; good single bed; furniture from 2 bedrooms; lawn furni ture; electric fans; 1 good set of silverware: cook ing utensils and dishes; numerous other articles. Terms Of Sale All personal property Cash, no property to be removed until settled for. REAL ESTATE TERMS: 15 payable day of sale. Balance payable upon delivery of deed and abstract showing merchantable title. Will be sold clear of liens, with 1956 and all prior taxes paid. Immediate possession. Inspection Of Premises Those wishing to inspect this property please contact the Executor, Perry Nickels, the Attorney, Paul E. Fauquct or Rex Young. Perry Nickels, Executor of the Estate of Bertha Nickles, Deceased Paul E. Fauquet, Arty., Clerk Young Cr Lacy & McQuin, Aucts. fAUfc. .N ' Family Gathering At Home Of Mrs. H. L. Gamer Saturday The home of Mrs. H. L. Gamer in this city was the scene of a very pleasant gathering at the weekend bringing together mem bers of the Robertson family for the first time in several months. Dr. and Mrs. R. P. Westover of Portland, Ore., came in Sat urday to enjoy a visit with the relatives and friends. Dr. West over, who is in charge of the U. S. Veterans facilities at Port land is enroute to Washington, D. C, to attend a conference of the Veterans administration. Miss Jessie Robertson of Lin coln a member of the state li brary group, was also here to visit her sisters. Miss Robertson is planning on resigning her po sition with the library commis sion this fall. The Soviet Union recently ex ploded another nuclear bomb, the Atomic Energy Commission announced. This was the fourth blast in the current series of Soviet tests since ADrll 3. 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