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i Thursday, March 21, 1940 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN 'I'll! li!!! HI on a Committees appointed for Farmers Fair Announce positions, show colored movies at first giant rally Moving pictures of former fairs, group singing, and introduction of fair board members were the high lights of this year's first Farm er's Fair rally held last night on ag campus. Dr. F. D. Keim, head of the agronomy department, presented the colored movies. Edwin Rousek, Fair manager, presided over the rally. The Fair will be held May 4. Announcement of Fair plans and committee chairmen was made as ag students gathered in the first of a series of rallies to build up interest for the annual event. Manager Rousek will be in gen eral charge of all arrangements. Fair board members will be in general charge of each division: Rodeo and horse show Keith Gil more, fair board member in charge; Wayne Smiley, chairman. Parade Bob Wheeler, fair board member In charge; Clem Wlmber ley, chairman. Kampus Kapers, student revue, with Ellen Ann Armstrong and June Brinegar, fair menroers in charge; dancing numbers and short features Dee Schlll, prop erties chairman; stage chairman, Harrietbelle Greenwood, costumes, Gwen Jack; lighting, Wallace Fa usch. Construction and efficiency Fred Whitney, fair board member in charge; John Lonnquist and Harley Dold, co-chairmen. Other exhibits. Home economics exhibits Pcsgy Sherburn and Betty Jo Smith, fair board members in charge; Helen Klatt, textiles chair man; Charlotte Pockham, clothing chairman; Mary Schricker and Mary Lloyd, style-show co-chairmen; Ruth Ann Sheldon and Loa Davis, co-chairmen home furnish ings; Betty Flory and Miriam Gtiffin, co-chairmen housing; Dor etta Schlaphoff and Doris DeLong. co-chairmen foods; Betty Jeanne Spalding and Amolie Svoboda, cochin-men design; Lois Hammond and Patricia McMahon, co-chairmen child development; Nadine Brittell and Frances McHenry, co chairmen collections. Publicity Will P i t n e r, fair hoard member in charge; Eric Trior, chairman of ticket aales; Rex Brown, publicity chairman. Concessions Annabclle Hutche aon, fair board member in charge; Don Steele, chairman of midway; Anita Koehnke and Gertrude Blaker, co-chairmen of conces ninns. Agriculaural exhibits-! a n i s Richmond, fair board member in charge; Oscar Tegtme'er, chair man of livestock exhibit. Nebraska sealed corn at 10 million bushel mark IT.i ..I - irtnn -i j ixruiHNna h ij.iu rui n soii'J under the federal loan program has no wpavscd the 10 million bushel murk ncrordimj to this week's report from the Commod'ty Credit Corporation. An additional quarter million dollars in lonns brings the total to fivo-aml-lhree-qunrlcrs million dollars. Minnc otn now hns mire than thirty million bushels un k-r seal, while Iowa corn under l-an has passed one hundred million bushels. Kan sas has a little more than a million bushel. stored undtr loans, ami South Dakota mote than sever, million bushels. New born lambs, chicks on display Easter Sunday Ag will hold open house Easter Sunday with new born lambs and chicks on display. Prof. M. A. Alexander, who is in charge of the day's activities explained. He will be assisted by the Block and Bridle club. Alexander announced that more than 1(0 new-born lambs would be on display, Ag Assistants for This Issue Marybell Haumont Matilda Hally Rex Brown Fiscal year farm bankruptcies reach new low The number of farm bank ruptcies reported to the United States attorney general the last fiscal year was the lowest in nearly two decades, according to an analysis received Monday from the Bureau of Agricultural Econo mics. In the entire United States, a little more than 1,400 cases of farmer bankruptcies were recorded during the fiscal year ending last June 30 or 21 percent less than during the 1938 fiscal year. And back in 1933, there were four times as many farm banxruptcies. YWCA to hold benefit bridge A benefit bridge for the Far Eastern Student Fund, is being planned for Saturday, March 30, by the YWCA. The benefit will be held in Ellen Smith from 2:30 to 5 p. m. with other games for those who do not play bridge. Tickets are 25c and are being sold by members of the cabinet. Door prizes will be awarded and re freshments served. Agricultural success depends on large national income Christensen says farmers and rural lea'ders must be concerned with factory labor situation TIm followlnff nriMr wm wrKtoa W pwially tmr tltt DAILY Af pitKP by ('hri I.. 4'hrlMntrn, lma mm4 director nf the I'nlvrralty nt WinranMn Afrlcul tural Kxprrtmrnt Matlnn and Inlver Hjr ni Nrbranka emdoate nf thr cIm 1ft?. Ht mlvrd hit D. Ar. krrc In 1037. AGRICULTURE IN THE NATIONAL ECONOMY. The events of recent years have especially emphasized that the United States cannot have a pros perous agriculture without full urban employment, a high Indus trial productivity In short a large national income. I am convinced that farmers and rural leaders must become con cerned with the task of helping to find ways of keeping factory workers employed and industrial plants in operation. Restoration of employment, together with an In creased total annual wage-income will do more to improve the do mestic market and prices for farm products than any other single fac tor. Agriculture is an Inseparable part of our national economy. White we may do much to improve farming conditions by applying ef forts directly to agriculture, it is my conviction that the average American farm will not be in a sound economic condition until our national economy is set in order. Wei. "are dipends on price level. The wolnu? of nsiiculture de !cnd. not only upon the quantity ind the priei of the goods which tli'. fr.rm.T cells, but al."o upon the price Biul the quantity of Roods ihut the fiiinicr uses ,ind must try. On the whole ntiriilture has mnint'iinod production during the pr ten yer.:s in sp!tc of low pries, droughts, nni government restrictions. Industry, on the other hnnd, grently reduced production of the things the farmer nerds and hujs This is the picture. Asricul tural production was maintained: agiiculturnl prices fell. Industrial production was greatly reduced; induct rial prices were fairly well maintained. Here you have con crete illustrations of that old situa tion about which farmers complain so bitterly: the disparity In the prices of the things he sells as compared to the prices of the things he buys. The price disparity Is enured, in large measure, by the fact that farmers must exchange the same or a larger total produc tion for a much smaller volume of industry's wares. Indwttry not keeping up. The farmer's complaint In this rase is that while agriculture has Spring ... Brings cigars pins, new love to campus spring vacation and not too soon according to the AGR pledges. It seems as tho much sleep was lost due to a little matter called sneak night, which was followed by two nights of admonishment by the brothers. CIGARS are being passed out by Dean Wal do as his girl is a collector of diamonds or of one at least. ACCORDING to Swede Campbell his vacation will be spent at Broken Bow with a friend, but undoubtedly the diary of Betty Haumont, his steady will tell a different story because as youknow she lives quite near there. THE WAY to a farmer's heart is thru his stomach Anna bell Hutchenson has discovered since she won the Ec. contest for being the best cook on the campus. JUDGING TEAMSTER Os ar Tegtmeier is spending a quiet week-end in the beef barn because according to Oscar too much night life is affecting his eye. . .for cattle. maintained its production, often through greatly reduced returns for his labor and on capital, and at a sacrifice of profits; industry has not kept its factories operating to the same degree of capacity. To have maintained its volume, indus try would have had to lower prices, reduce wages, shrink capitaliza tion, scale down debts, and curtail profits. I am quite aware that this would have been a difficult and painful task. But it is essentially what has happened to agriculture. To be sure, industry did make som. adjustments, but the point I have in mind is that it did not make sufficient adjustments to maintain production. Farmers hit twice. Reduced industrial production and its accompanying unemploy ment hits farmers from two direc tions. It maintains prices of the things the farmer buys wholly out of line with his ability to pay; and it reduces the demand of the things he has to sell through lack of wage income on the part of a large portion of the consuming public. Farmers can have no logical ob jection to high wage rates if such rates are accompanied by In creared employment and a higher total annual payroll. Such a situa tion increases the demand and hence the price for his products. But he seriously objects to wage rates that are out of line with economic conditions to the end that less people are employed and total earnings of labor are reduced. High wage rates with few em ployed do not stimulate a demand for milk, meat, butter, and eggs, vet they Increase the prices of the things farmers buy. It is total an nual payrolls thnt increase the prices of things farmers sell. International trade. One cannot dismiss the farm problem without a word concern ing international trade. The wel fare of American agriculture is not only wrapped up in the same package with American industry, commerce and labor, but is tied in no uncertain way to world econo mic conditions. Our developed farm plant is geared to the foreign market. Were we to bar the entry of all competing agricultural pro ducts, this country would still have 40 to 50 million too many tilled acres. It is clear that prohibiting imports will not meet the diffi culty. We must find ways and means for expanding exports or suffer a declrning agricultural in dustry for yean to come. Farmers prepare for Feeders' Day Nebraska farmers will' convene for Feeders' Day at the ag college on Friday, April 19. College live stockmen are prepared to handle a crowd of several thousand men and women from over the state for the annual day-long event. Teachers college high school boys plan own course Sixteen boys in teachers college high are having an opportunity of planning a course themselves which deals with democracy in family life. Miss Ethel Elliff, as sistant professor of vocational ed ucation, is the supervisor with teachers being the students them selves. Miss Elliff says there is much more stress on the development of the individual rather than on the subject matter. It is believed that democracy in the home will lead to a better democracy in the state. Man's place. Before selecting the subject matter they wish to have the boys first consider the question, "what is the place of the man in the home?" Some of the chosen topics of discussion are human relations, beautification of tne home, cour tesy, food, including table man ners, consumer buying, safety in the home, and clothing and grooming. After the consideration of these subjects they are shown pictures of various home aspects and dis cuss problems of home life, look for reference material and make an outline of the course. The class is divided Into committees and each is in charge of a particular part of the course. Ag extension service starts farm and home living project Launching of a new state-wide educational program known as the "Nebraska Farm and Home Liv ing Project" was announced yes terday by Director W. H. Brokaw of the agricultural extension serv ice. The new project will emphasize Increased security and self-reliance thru production of more goods for home consumption. It will be a companion of the older Pasture-Forage-Livestock program, which thru emphasis on production of adequate feed supplies and on ade quate reserves has already won the active support of farmers snd civic groups thruout the state. Revival of skills. "The Farm and Home Living Project is not a move toward bare subsistence farming or away from production of crops and livestock j for sale," Brokaw pointed out. "It is rather a move to supplementing cash income thru production of more foodstuffs and revival of some of our half-forgotten pioneer skills." As, an initial step, general gar Voting Ballot ALL-AMERICAN COLLEGE QUEEN CONTEST DAILY NEBRASKAN: I hereby enter n vote in the AH-Amrt Ceitefe Quee contest for: Msrjori Adas Betti Cok J CuUtlMl te attend tke WorU Premiere Nebraska's representative at May 21t. 4944 a Mat k hi MM 04II.T VMM.) Hutcheson wins Food Stamp prize Home ec student takes top honors with low cost utilization recipe Annabelle Hutcheson won first place in the low cost recipe con test for home economics girls sponsored by Food Stamp officers here. Helen Krejci, won second; Carol Briggs, Ewing, third; and Jean Sundell, Wakefield, fourth. The competitors utilized the sur plus commodities enumerated in the Food Stamp plan for publio assistance recipients and WPA workers in Lancaster county. Judges of the contest were Mrs. R. L. Cochran, Dr. Rebekah Gib bons, head of foods and nutrition, Miss Margaret Fedde, head of the home economics department, and Miss Mable Doremus, state institu tion specialist. The recipes were judged on nutritive value, economy of money, and time, and attractive ness in flavor, texture, and ap pearance. The first prize was $10.00, the second $5.00, and the third $3.00 and the fourth $2.00. These prizes were contributed by the Lincoln merchants. The recipes which won prizes were included in menus for a se ries of days and included such things as peach and grapefruit honey, tamali pie, onion and lima bean casserole, and liver and rice loaf. The surplus commodities in cluded were eggs, pork, lard, prunes, flour, raisins, apples, onions, hominy grits, grapefruit, oranges and rice. Chester H. Elliott, traveling of ficer of the Food Stamp plan sug gested the contest and Edwin J. DuTeau, administrator of the plan for Lancaster county has been helping with the contest. dening meetings are being held currently in a number of Nebras ka counties, and a number of gar den irrigation demonstrations are being made. Most counties will conduct tests this year comparing the yield and quality of new drouth resistant tomato varieties with older varieties now in common use. Other features. Other features of the project coming still later In the year will include such things as canning and storage of meats and other food stuffs, and grinding farm tools, making rope or sharpening saws. Demonstrations, tours, local dis cussions meetings and perhaps recognition programs will all have a place in the project. Farmers and homemakers planning to take part In the project will be asked to sign enrollment cards, checking the subjects of most interest to them. They will incur no obliga tions whatever in definitely en rolling, but the cards will make it possible to concentrate only on those subjects of most interest to any particular community. Beth Howley Pat Reitc Gkrry Walhw of "Thoee Were The Dar" m Kio Coliea, GMleefcwrf, HI,