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hacks f u to 4 w GJCI1C PI ALL STANDARD SCJEEDS & GHQSTIEY PEARLS G IT d 0 ? S ASSY SPRINGFIELD, NEBRASKA ioemum Tillage Cope with Cost - LINCOLN Minimum tillage was described here today as a means of "increasing efficiency and coping with the cost-price squeeze which is a very real and serious problem on the farm to day." Dr. Elvin Frolik associate di rector of the Agricultural Ex periment Station at the Uni versity of Nebraska, made the statement in welcome corn pro ducers to a "Minimum Tillage Day." Dr. Howard Wittmuss, associ ate professor of agricultural engineering at the College of Agriculture, said minimum till age is a system of corn produc tion which uses the minimum amount of tillage. "In fact, we have successfully reduced tillage operations to these live steps: cutting corn fat. 1 9 FLORABUNDA HYBRID TEA EUTIN CLIMBERS All Popular Varieties BUY & PLANT ROSE BUSHES NOW! 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"Our studies show virtually no difference in yield between corn planted by mini mum tillage as compared to conventional methods." "Since there are fewer field operations, there is less com paction of the soil. As a result, soil tilth is improved. Residue left on top of the soil reduces damage done by wind and wa ter." "The till-planter is a machine that combines several steps in planting corn," said Delbert Lane Extension agricultural engineer at the College. "The till-planter makes the seedbed, plants the seed, applies starter fertilizer, insecticide and her bicide, and moves trash over be tween." the ' Tows. Old stalks should be cut in advance." "After corn is planted, noth ing is done until it is 20 inches high. The first and only cultva- tion should be done at that time If you plan to irrigate the field, ridging should be done at a later date." "Use of the sweep and sur face planter constitutes an al ternate method of planting by minimum tillage," Lane con tinued. "In this case, the sweep machine is operated on the old row and should be equipped with trash guards to move trash out between the rows. This operation is followed by surface planting in the old row. The first cultivation should be done when the corn is 20 inches tall. Paul Fischbach, Extension agricultural .engineer, said the rotary moldboard lister also can be used in a minimum tillage operation. The lister is operated on the old corn row. A mounted lister works best because it can be controlled on the ridges. "The lister points lift the old corn stubs and till the soil. The rolling moldboard moves the trash out between the rows Seed is planted on the clean ground." "There are two disadvantages to using the rotary moldboard Fischbach said. "Stands may not be as good as those obtained by surface planting and it is difficult to apply starter ferti lizer. Advantages of this meth od include availability of equip ment and lower power require ments as compared to the till planter." Dr. William Colville, assist ant professor of agronomy at the College, said the "plow plant method may be used ex cept in fields such as alfalfa where a crop has been growing. In such cases, moisture may be a limiting factor. Wheel-track planting is recommended any time." In discussing weed control, John Furrer, Extension agrono mist at the College, said pre emergence weed controls work best on smooth friable seedbeds. Poor weed control usually re sults when applications are made to rough, cloddy seedbeds. Rainfall is essential for good pre-emergence results. "Such chemicals as atrazine and randox control both grassy and broadleaf weeds. Randox is most effective on grassy weeds, while 2,4-D works best on broadleaf weeds," Furrer said. ' "Generally speaking, the fer tiliser requirements for corn planted by minimum tillage m- 'Helps Farmer Price Squeeze thods are the same as under con ventional methods of tillage," said Clinton Hoover, Extension agronomist at the College. "Ef ficient production of corn is de pendent on a good supply of plant food coupled with the right stand, efficient irrigation, and insect and disease control." Clifford Ashburn, Extension farm managment specialist at the Scotts Bluff Experiment Station, reported good results with minimum tillage methods on sandy soils. He said three types of equipment may be us ed: Lister revised for narrow furrow opening and operated at a shallow depth; Death of George 0. Mullen at Offutt Hospital George O. Mullen, 70, died very suddenly of a cornary heart attack at Offutt hospital. He has made his home since 1944 at Off utt Base with his son, Warrent Officer George E. Mullen. He was a veteran of World War I and a former resident of West Virginia. For a great many years he was engaged as a blacksmith. Survivors are: son, Warrant offflcer George E. Mullen, Of futt Air Base; daughter, Mrs. Edna Heckeit, Vienna, W. Va.; sons, Minnor Mullen and Char les Mullen, Walker W. Va.; five grandchildren. Visiting hours were held here Saturday evening at the Cald-well-Linder chapel. The casket was sent by train Sunday morn ing from Omaha to Walker, West Virginia, where funeral serv ices will be held Tuesday after noon at 2 p.m. Burial will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 p. m. Burial will be at Odd Fellows cemetery at Walker. Funeral Services For Bataan Veteran Held At Offutt Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 1:30 at Of futt Air Base chapel for Staff Sergeant Robert L. Lawton, who died at Scribner Air base, Tues day, April 12. He was attached to the 32 Communication squadron at Of futt Air base. Born at Shelbyville, Ky., June 4, 1920 he had spent over fifteen years in the service. He was in service at the time of the out break of World War II and was stationed at Manila at Battan base, when it was captured and was one of the participants to survive the. "death march." Chaplain Hardin had charge of the funeral service. Burial was at Offutt Air Base cem etery. The Caldwell-Linder fun eral home of this city was in charge of arrangements. Funeral Services For Lucy Skelton Held Sunday Saturday afternoon at 1:30 funeral services were held at the Caldwell-Linder chapel for Mrs. Lucy Skelton of La Platte. A very large number of the friends and neighbors gathered to pay their last respects. Rev. A. L. Embree, pastor of the First Methodist church, of ficiated. Mrs. Hugh Stander, Jr., was soloist and Mrs. Geo rge Jacobs at the organ. Burial was at the LaPlatte cemetery with Homer Adkins, Charles Haecke, Fred Hyda, Archie Miller, Harry Rahn and Frank Olhava as casket bear ers. A Classified Ad In The Journal cost as null as 50 cents. Planter equipment with fur row openers for planting at a shallow depth; Till-planter a machine for preparing the seedbed, plant ing and fertilizing in one oper ation. Ted Nelson, Extension farm economist at the College, said minimum tillage can help farm ers meet the cost price squeeze by: Reducing tillage costs; Permitting expansion of acreage through lower labor re quirments; Permitting expansion of other crops of livestock; Increasing yields through more timely planting. -Baburek (Continued From Page One) Catholic church in this city and active in the Holy Name society of the church. Requiem high mass will be at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at St. John's church with Rt. Rev Monsignor Joseph Przudzik eel ebrating the mass. Burial will be at the Holy Sepulcher cemetery1. Casket bearers will be Joseph Bierl, C. C. Cotner, William Kraeg' er, Emij Lorenz, Carl Ulrich W. A. S'fatek. " Visiting hours will be 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 this afternoon and evening at the chapel of the Caldwell-Linder funeral home Rosary tonight at 8 o'clock at the chapel. Death of Mrs. Alta West at Omaha Home Mrs. Alta West, 59, died Sat urday at the family home, 4024 So. 25th street, Omaha. She was the wife of Jack West and a former resident of Cass county. The family resided in the Mur ray community for a number of years. She is survived by the hus band, three sisters and one bro ther. Funeral services will be Tues day at 2:30 at the Crosby-Kun-old mortuary 24th and J streets Omaha. Commital at Hillcrest cemetery. Alan Wiles, student at Huron college at Huron, S. D., was here as a visitor at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ches ter Wiles. He is to undergo an operation for a leg injury suf fered during the football sea son and will not be In spring practice but hopes to be ready for the fall games. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gardner spent. the Easter Holiday with Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Cozad and son of Topeka, Kans. Also there were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jes chke and family, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Tomlinson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bostwich and family all of St. Joseph, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Wykert of Troy, Kans. and Mr. Frank Din ning of Wathena, Kansas. They are Mrs. Gardner's relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Grad oville were at Friend Sunday to visit at the home of Harry Petrasek and enjoy a family re union. Others present were Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Petrasek and family of Grand Island, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Payne and family of Omaha. Easter guests at the Sophia Wolever home were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wolever and children of Columbus, Joe Libershal and Alex Mendina. Mrs. Wolever was pleasantly surprised by a call from her brother, Bill Mendina and family of Gander, New foundland. Call Your News And Social Items to 241 THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE SIX Monday, April 18, 1900 United Church Women Fellowship Tea May 6th The Planning committee of the Council of United Church Women met in the Blue Flame Room of the Gas Company to make plans for the May Fellow ship Tea. Mrs. Newton Sullivan, presid ent, called the meeting to order to the 12 members present. Mrs Howard Davis, chairman, presid ed over the meeting. Mrs. Virgil Perry extended an invitation to meet at the Pres byterian Church for the tea to be held the 6th of May at 2 p.m. The theme is Citizenship and there will be a guest speaker. ULCW Meets at Thomason Home The ULCW met at the home of Mrs. E. B. Thomason April 6. The president, Mrs. Albert Hansen opened the meeting with a prayer. Thirteen members ans wered roll call by naming a mir acle of the Apostles. Mrs. Roy Engelkemeier pres ented the lesson, Christian Mis sion to the International Stud ents. . Some of the members will at tend the Spring Conference meeting in Nebraska City, April 20. Mrs. David Toman will be hostess for the next meeting. Guest Day At WSCS Meeting WSCS of the Methodist Chur ch met April 7th for guest day Guests attended from Bellevue, Springfield, Louisville and Un ion Societies. Four District Officers headed by District Vice President Mrs. Sanford of Union presented the program "World Federation of Methodist Women , and as part of the program Mrs. Karl Ogg of this city sang a solo. Mrs. R. B. Hayes presented a special life membership pin to Mrs. H. B. Perry in recogni tion of her work in the Society. Naomi Circle was hostess at the tea. Mrs. Vernon Waterman and Mrs. H. B. Perry poured. Library Notes This is National Garden Week, April 17-23. The library has much interesting and informa tive material to help you make and maintain a garden in the months ahead. Among the books offered are: 1001 Garden Questions Ans wered by A. C. Hottes; Pioneer American Gardening, by E. Slos son; The Gardener's Reference Guide, by "The Gardener"; The Gardener's First Year, by A. Bates. Guide to Garden Flowers, by N. Taylor; The Wild Flower Guide Midland U.S. by T. Wherry; Wild Flowers for Your Garden, by H. S. Hull; My Gar den Helper, What To Do Each Month and How To Do It," edit ed by A. C. Hottes. If you do not care to garden, there is a selection of recent publications that you may enjoy including: "The Seventh Winter," by Hal Borland, describes the beginning of the cattle industry in 1871, a true nature story; "No Room in the Ark," by Alan Moorehead, a vivid and informative account of African wild life; "In the Days of McKinley," by Margaret Leech, reconstruction period, splendid history, reference; "King's Fool," by Margaret Barnes, intrigue in Henry VIII's court as seen by the king's jes ter; "Station Wagon in Spain," by Francis P. Keyes; "Grant moves south," by Bruce Catton. The library has 30,000 books for you to make a selection, and to suit every taste. You are welcome. NEBRASKA CITY, NEBRASKA This 'n That in Home Ec Women's Program Meat and politics wlil be fea tured April 22 on the women's program at the University of Nebraska's Feeders Day. Charles Adams, assistant pro fessor of animal husbandry at the College of Agriculture, will start the day's activities with a discussion of how "Beef Grades Influence Quality and Cookery." Two demonstrations will focus attention on meat. Mrs. Clara Leopold, home management specialist, will show the bene fits of good freezer manage ment. Ethel Diedrichsen, food and nutrition specialist at the University, will demonstrate meat cookery in the electric skillet. A member of the Lincoln Board of Education, Mrs. Ros coe Hill, will speak on "Women Also Run" calling attention to this election year and the role of women in all levels of politics. The women's program will be held in the Meat Laboratory at the college Campus beginning with a coffee hour at 9:30 a.m. according to Agnes Arthaud, State Home Extension Leader. Curtain Damage When curtain and drapery fab rics are returned from the dry cleaner in shreds, who is blam ed? Likely, the cleaning estab lishment. The homemaker should be a ware of the many causes of such complaints before threat ening her favorite cleaning man. A breakdown of damage com plaints studies at Ohio State University revealed several fac tors that may be responsible to the weakening of curtains and drapery fabrics. These include light, heat, moisture, abrasive wear and re peated flexing, mold, mildew, and air-borne soil. So the homemaker needs to understand causes of deterior ation, splits, and holes in drap eries before placing the blame on the cleaning establishment. Martha West, County Exten sion Home Agent. Diana Wiles Helps Plan Style Show LINCOLN Diana Wiles of Plattsmouth is a member of the style show committee for Hos pitality Days at the University of Nebraska College of Agricul ture April 26 and 27. Hospitality Days are an an nual event at the college and are presented by the home ec onomics department. High school girls who are interested in home economics visit the de partment and view the displays and style show. BOWLING Duck Pin League W ' L Bowman's Ins 62' 21M Timm's Bar 56'; 27'2 Cass Bar 54 Vz 29' '2 VFW 52 32 Ray & John's 50 34 Conoco 48 'i 35 Culligan 48 36 Austin Plumbing .. 47 'is 36Vi Larry's Texaco 43 41 Corner Bar 42 42 Eagles 40 44 Curly Ques 35 49 Hull's Peonies 33 51 Edith's Beauty 26 58 Hi team series, Bowman's Ins. 1,976; hi game, R. Reimers 195; hi series, D. Wood 473. Call Your News And Social Items to 241 2 Omahans' Cars In Accident Sunday A two-car accident occurred two Miles north of Plattsmouth at 3:40 p.m. Sunday. A car driven by Jesse T. Par ramore of Omaha struck a car backing out of a private drive way. The second car was driven by Asmus Maass, also of Oma ha. There were no injuries but damage was heavy to both ve hicles. The Parramore car skid ded 135 feet, according to Dep uty Sheriff Joe Kruntorad who investigated. New Car Wrecked South of Here A two-car accident occurred six miles south of Plattsmouth at 9:35 p.m. Thursday. Mildred M. Case of Omaha, driving south, had to apply her brakes in order to avoid a truck ahead which was stopping to al low a car ahead of it to make a left turn. Behind the Case car, was a 1960 model car driven by Alvin H. Huber, a car dealer from Freeman, S. D. Huber was un able to stop and struck the Case car in the rear. There were no injuries accord ing to Sheriff Tom Solomon, but the Huber car with only 1,600 miles on it was almost a total wreck. Girl, 17, Charged With Leaving Scene Of Accident Here A 17-year-old Plattsmouth girl was fined $25 in County Court today with leaving the scene of a propert ydamage car acci dent. She pleaded "guilty." She told authorities she had borrowed the car Saturday night and while rounding a corner lost control of the car and struck three parked vehicles. She said she notified the owner of the car of the accident but did not notify the owners of the damaged ve hicles. The accident was investigated by City Policeman Jerry Simp son and Deputy Sheriff Joe Kruntorad. Police Court Docket at the city court this morning disclosed that the fol lowing cases had been heard and disposed of by Judge J. H. Graves: Donald Short, parking in flood zone, $5; Marvin Ting wold. Intoxication, $19; Carl Hofacker, operating motor ve hicle in careless manner, $19; Ronald Tilson, excessive noise with exhaust system, $9; Jack Liddick, intoxication, $19; Ron ald Goering, failure to stop at sign, $10 bond forfeited; Lee Kussman, intoxication, $19; George G. McGraw, excessive noise with exhaust system, $9. Meeting To Discuss Tavern Operation A meeting has been called for 9 a.m. May 2 at the State house by the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission to "discuss the method of operation of Timm's tavern in Murray," Walter C. Haase, secretary of the Liquor Commission, has advised the Cass County Sheriff's office. The sheriff has been asked to be present. OWN YOUR OWN BUSINESS Exclusive Franchise - Secured Future Earn up to S12.000 net profit yearly in proven service business. Manual labor required. No soiling, no inventory to carry. Complete training program and company assistance. We are selecting men to start their own business. Minimum down payment 83,500.0(1. We will finance balance at bank rates if you qualify. If sincerely interested and have neces sary capital, write, stating your background, age, marital status, etc. MR. YERNOX, 215 NORTH MAIN STREET, J ANKSV1I.LE. WISCONSIN' AH replies strictly confidential. If you qualify, a person al interview at our home office will be arranged. VFW Post Has Regular Meeting The Veterans of Foreign Wars held their regular meeting Tues day night with Rudy Stoll, com mander, presiding at the busi ness session. A good attendance of the membership answered roll call. The group voted to contribute $5 to the Red Cross and $10 for trees for the park. Plans were also made to insulate the club. The welcome signs given the VFW Club by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Baburek were elected as a com munity service project, on the north, South and Eastern ap proaches of the city. Plans are being made for the commanders banquet that will be held Sunday, April 24. This is an annual program and awards are presented, for citizenship, community service, scholarship, and installation of the post and auxiliary officers. The district meeting will be held at Syracuse on Sunday, May 1. Election of officers will be held at this meeting. PULLS a noo-uoo Columbus, Ohio When Da vid Childers received notice from his local draft board re cently that he is no longer eli gible for the draft, he was more amused than interested. Childers is an Air Force Ma jor commander of a B-47 bomber at Lockbourne Air Force base, and a seventeen-year veteran of military service. 'HVHHID CRISWOLDS CRO-COATED FIELD SEEDS Sweet Clover Red Clover Alfalfa O Brome ORDER NOW! FRESH BULK AND PACKAGE GARDEN SEED WESTERN COLORADO ONION SETS THE FINEST GROWN SUPPLY LIMITED CRASS SEED BLUE GRASS RYE GRASS 1 WHITE DUTCH CLOVER J LAWN MIXTURE TOOLS!!! Every Thing You Need For Lawn & Garden FERTILIZERS BUMPERO- VICORO SOIL TONE Pax Fertilizer & Crab Crass Killer SWATEK HDW. 1a Uriir