THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1013.
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Fruits of Field, Orchard and Garden Shown
the orchard and ths srra:ia.ry. The col
leces ba.va failed to keep ths ooIIsks
trained young man on the farm, and this
belrtK the cats, I contend tliat the world's
beat agricultural ooltRe Is a home on
the farm- By thla I mean tho amall farm
for personal work ia beat for the roan, the
land and the comlnK generation." f
William Jamea of Dorchester, superin
tendent of the agricultural exhibits, la
making; a special effort to surprint the
state fair visitors. He weans to Earner
In the beat of displays and make a record
for the fellows to follow who produce
the exhibits la the boom yearn. Ulo ef
fort, have been successful, he Bays, and
tie Is surprised at the courage and re
sourcefulness of the fanners of the state.
The dairying Intoresta are "on the Job"
for 1513. All the phases of the Industry
will be exemplified. Patent milkers will i
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RESPITE drouth rerjorts. the ne-
D rlcultural displays at the Ne
I braska Slato fair will be both
instructive and creditable.
Visitors, who have been
readinir "eron Mtlmatnii" ant
out by speculators, will doubtlesa be sur
prised at what Nebraska can do under
conditions nomewhat adverse. The great
North Platte reslonu will have products
to exhibit this year. The same Is true
of the western part of tho state, the
eastern section and portions of the Gouth
Platte country.
The first cutting Of alfalfa was a
memorable one. Spring wheat was cx
cellsnt, the oats crop In the eastern half
of the state was heavy. The 60,000,000
buahel wheat crop has. moved eastward,
but specimens remain.
Altogether the agricultural exhibits
will arouse speculation and envy. County
officials In all parts of Nebraska have
been Interested and the counties will en
ter Into earnest competition for the
prises. Douglas, Ballne, 3age, Fillmore
and Lancaster usually lndulgo In a
friendly brush. Scott's Bluff county may
prove a formidable competitor this year
and there has been considerable hustling
in that part of the state to make a fine
display at the fair.
The boys' acre corn contest promises
to be of especial Importance this year.
The youthful com growers have been
fighting the dry weather with tho moat
advanced method known to the experi
ment station. It will be interesting to
note the yields obtained by the contest
ants, as compared with the results se
cured by their elders, who farm on a
more extenstvo scale.
The smallest farm In the United States
will offer agricultural exhibits In nearly
,ll the tllnee of diversified farming. Ar
tooM Wart In of Du Bots, who has made
twenty acres of KebrMka land yield
htm a fcaftdsems, income, has written
eeft.ry W, JU JWlir tWt the Pawnee
county garaw between the hills 1 not
out of the running by any means. Mar
ti is the raaa who took a 60 prise at
th Chicago corn show and who carried
ff 1,K In prises at the Nebraska, and
Kansas state fairs In a single year. He
ue Intensive mettteste e his twenty
acres, keeps up with th times and he
Ut the last person In tho world who
needs to worry,
XJne year," said Mr, Martin, "I di
vided the farm as follows: Eight acres
In field corn, one aero In popcorn, one
half acre In small grain of forty vari
eties, two acres In potatoes, two acres
In grasses, two and one-half acres In
pasture (one-half timber), three acres
orchard, one-half acre onions and one
half acre In millet. Total twenty-throe
acres.
"I will explain where the three extra
acres come la. Two acres in alfalfa;
the first cutting from one acre of alfalfa
ws harvested May 2t and plowed and
planted to white rice, popcorn, pump
ttins, squuhes, beans and all sorts of
late vegetables with good success. Of
the two acres of potatoes, one-half was
plaatad ia corK after the last plowing
of potatoes: owe-half ucre of Gcrmnn
millet was sown May U after tho last
Plowing of potatoes; the millet was har
vested August X and the ground disked
up twice, ready for alfalfa early in September.
"five hundred liWin At miniiM Inva
be hauled onto the place In the last
three years betides what the farm 'has,
9re4uced Itself. Aa many as thirty loads
to the acre have been hauled from town
two miles distant. I do not know lust
how much good the large quantities of
manure did the land, but I think tho Jl.Ow)
It o. good answer, and' I will hear more of
it in the future In the years to come
the crops will telL I have 3SS bushels of
corn as a result of Intensive farming!
"The moro intensive the method of
farmlntr carried on, the more necessary
la experience, and tho getting of this ex
perience lies In the working out of the
problems of the field, and netting the
answer direct from nature In the- garden.
be shown to the students of dairying and
university lecturers will explain their use.
immediately after the lair the dairy cows,
a great deal of the apparatus and the lec
turers will m&k? a tour of the dairy coun
try under tho leadership of R. "VP. II c
Gtnnls and S. C Bassett.
One Woman Who is Kept Busy in Many Ways
VLJJNTKD women of tho pres
ent day have distinguished
themselves in many unique
lines of endeavor. However,
it remains for a daughter of
Nebraska to win fame and
Immense wealth in practical soil Judg
ing and deals in farm and ranoh lands.
Mrs. Charles Oliver Norton, supposed
to be the richest woman In the state,
has certainly achieved unprecedented
success In her chosen calling, She man
ages, buys and' sells large farms and
ranches. As an expert on the value and
productiveness and desirability of farm
lands and rural products It Is admitted
that sho Is practically unrivalled, ac
cording to Information received by tho
State Board of Agriculture.
Sixteen years ago her husband, a popu
lar banker, died. Mrs. Norton had fol
lowed every detail of her husband's busi
ness and had paid particular attention to
land values. Bho foresaw tho marvelous
expansion of the present day and laid
the toundatlon of. her immenao fortune
by shrewd and sagacious buying.
Hut u mere pittance of her time Is do-
voted to business. She spends a cer
tain portion of It In automobile tours of
inspection, visiting even the outlying
ranches. Then she. plunees Into rh n-
thropy and the amattng justs of detail
connected with a number of patriotic and
historical societies. Khe bus lust flnlb!
two years' service as state regent of the
Nebraska Society of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, and. besides her
work In this organisation, has 'taken an
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active part In the affairs ef the Ne
braska Society of Colonial Dames, of
which she Is a charter member. She waa
an organising member and first vie
president of the United States Daughters
of VOX, As a member of the Daughters
of Founders and Patriots of America, she
established her ancestry on four lines a
moat unusual record. Other societies to
which she belongs are Daughters of
Colonial Governors. Colonial Daughters
of the Seventeenth. Century, Nebraska
State Historical society, tho New England
Historic Genealogical Society of Massa
chusetts. Nebraska Memorial association
and Oregon Trail commission. Under her
direction the Oregon Trail has been
marked across Nebraska This was a
difficult task and took months of careful
planning and organisation.
Mrs. Norton Is the daughter of Hon.
Elijah Atwood Clove, an eminent jurist.
Her mother Is Maria Louisa Haynes, a
writer. Her son, Oliver. Gove .Norton, Is
19 years of age. He Is a student In the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Boston. In the confusing whirl of duties
Incident to her membership In the pa
triotic societies and In handling the mats
of business dctalt, she finds time to fol
low painstakingly the college career of
her son. Courses, subjects and the per
sonnel of the Institution are subjects with
which she is thoroughly familiar. '
Bt8 is ah atterdtnner speaker of merit
and has won much applause for her wit
and' tactful sayings.
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