THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY. AUGUST ."0. 1917.
Nebraska State University Steadily Expanding
. uJLJSy University of. Nebraska Campus .
" University oj Nebraska
Its Service to. the State"
By P A. Barrows.
Advantages which the agricultural
interests of Nebraska have received
from the state university through the
college of agriculture and the school
of agriculture cannot be estimated.
These three schools, qr rather the last
two, working under the direction of
the first, has enabled the boys and
girls of the farm to receive an educa
tion along farm and dairy lines which
has been one of the big factors in
making Nebraska what it is today and
placing it among the very first itiMhe
agricultural states of the middle west.
The college of agriculture educates
young men and women along lines of
agriculture and dairv work which en
ables t! cm at the close of tlieir
courses to go back, to the farm better
htted for the work of the farm. There
are about 500 of these students in the
college at the present time. Of those
v" f graduate, both men and women,
ajut o per cet eitner return to tne
farm or into some profession where
their education received at the farm
will fit with their work. Many go
out as instructors in other colleges or
as farm demonstrators teaching the
people engaged in dairying and farm
ing how to get the best results for
their labors.
Tlie school of agriculture is
intended to give the boys and girlsvof
the sfate who have passed tire Eighth
grade in their studies a chance to be
come experts in- the agricultural lines.
About 700 are connected with this
school, who, as they graduate, will go
befek to the farm with new and bet
ter ideas of compelling the soil to
give up its best to the tiller.
Many of the graduates of the school
of agriculture go out as teachers in
rural schools, the instruction received
at'the school fitting them especially
for this line of teaching, and they
are in demand from all over the state,
so that as the years go by scientific
methods in farming will be instilled
into the men and women of the farm
and the best results will be reached.
What the Schools Are Doing.
Under the direction of Dean Bur
nett every effort is being made to
give the students of the two schools
the best technical education that it is
possible to give Under his direction
the College of-Agriculture has influ
enced the type? of fanners in the
state by its investigation of farm
problems and carrying results of in
vestigations having economic bearing
back to the farmers.
"We spent," said Dean Burnett to
a newspaper representative who call
ed upon him, "fifteen years selecting
the best type of Ked Turkey wheat,
and are now introducing three or
four selections for farm purposes.
There are probably fifty men in the
state now growing this select strain,
and we are still working to get
strains which will give large yields, a
.Miff straw, ripen early and good qual
ity of grain with high gluten propor
tion. 'e have wheat harvested right
now (June 22), which is about teil
days earlier than the common varie
ties. "In our investigations we have dis
covered that the early varieties of
oats are much superior to the late.
The Kherson leads in this respect.
TJie Burtj, Texas Ked and one other
variety ripen very nearly at the same
time as the Kherson. We have dis
covered that If we can get a grain,
and especially oats, that will ripen
ten days or two weeks ahead of the
common variety that it is likely to
escape the dry weather which is usu
ally harmful to the common varie
ties which come on later.
"We have done a great deal of work
on .seed selection of corn. In tests
carried off we have co-operated with
the' farmer in the eastern portion of
the state, where about ten varieties
have been grown by each man, and
lifttee selected the two best producers,'
which outyield the others by about
eighteen bushels per acre. This in
dicates that every corn grower should
raise the corn best adapted to his soil,
and also to the climate, and he will
not get the best results unless the
seed is raised and selected in his own
locality.
"In some years seed corn selected
early in the field has proven quite
superior to that selected later from
the Qrib, .and we advocate the selec
tion in the field as showing the best
results."
Plant Diseases.
According to Dean Burnett, in some
counties plant diseases have been se
vere, and the college has helped the
farmer to treat the grain, and it has
Been to much benefit, especially in the
casis of oats. Where the formaWehydi
treatment has been used the yield increased-
to about twelve bushels per
ere, increasing the value f each acre
about $S. ,
Some work has been done to help
rrchardists to get rid of disease.
Spraying demonstrations have been
Carried on in "five or six counties for
cveral years, and the department has
many interesting facts shown in its
printed bulletins covering the spray
ing proposition and its help to the
fruit grower. The work done in treat
ing trees attacked by the Illinbis can
ker has been so successful that thotf
sands of trees have been and will be
saved which otherwise might have
died from the disease. In one in
stance Dean Burnett showed where
a tree attacked by that disease had
been killed nearly half way around
the main trunk of the tree. Treat
ment was given it and today it is
as healthy as any other tree in the
orchard.
Stock Experiments.
The work of the experiment station
in developing the best rations for fattening-
cattle and hogs is recognized
all over the state. At the North
Platte experiment farm more th'au
2,000 hogs have been fed to determine
the cheapest method of pork produc
tion. Alfalfa pasture, with a medium
ration of corn in summer and alfalfa
hay with a full ration of corn in win
ter, has produced cheaper gains than
any other rations used, -With' the use
of alfalfa about 25 per cent of corn is
saved. This would mean $20,000,000
H year if only half of the corn croo
was fed to hogs. '
When alfalfa cannot be secured, or
when the price is extremely high, it
has paid to feed protein concentrates,
like tankage or oil meal, along with
the corn.
In feeding cattle, experiments made
have shown that alfalfa hay and corn
have proved the most profitable ra
tions. In some instances the addition
of corn silage has cheapened the cost
of gain. In other instances, while it
has not cheapened the cost, the use of
the silo has greatly increased the
number of cattl : which could be kept
on the farm.
When the experiment station began
studying rations for fattening cattle,
probably three-fourths of all the cat
tle in the state were fattened on corn
and prairie hay. This ration has been
found- to be too expensive and has
been almost abandoned, or if forced
to use prairie hay, cotton or linseed
oil meal has been added to the corn
ration. ,
The experiment station ha& helped
to develop the dairy interests of the
state by showing how to feed and
handle the dairy cow so as to increase.
tne quality ana proauciion oi miiK.
The average yield of butter per cow
in the experiment station herd is over
400 pounds per cow per annum, while
the average of the cows of Nebraska
is about 140 pounds. This difference
is due to the, selection of good indi
vidual cows, the use of high-grade
sires and good feeding and manage
ment. The college of agriculture has
assisted in the organization of tow
testing associations, of which there
are nova half dozen in the state
In the Douglas county association
the best herd made an average of 318
pounds and the poorest 174 pounds.
The ten most profitable cows made a
test of $103.28 per cow, while the
poorest ten only averaged $5.78 per
cow. This in itself is a story with a
moral which does not have to be
stated.
Conservation and Soil Survey.
The proposition of conservation and
soil survey covers considerable terri
tory. However, under the supervision
of Dr. George E. Condra the terri
tory has been great minimized by the
use of the motion picture machine
and the soil survey investigations.
In the soil survey seventeen coun
ties have been completed and parties
are now in the field working on four
additional areas. In the make-up of
the survey parties the state furnishes
a man for each one furnished by the
government. The work is very stren
uous and long hours are the rule, with
sometimes a walk of more than
twenty miles and fifteen or twenty
borings.
The first thing in the work is to de
termine the various types of soil in
each county and map them out on a
large scale map. Everything is shown.
When completed data is gathered
from farmers in the locality regarding
agricultural practice. A description
of this practice is included io the
text and in this way the survey is
instrumental in increasing the effi
ciency of the land.
Reports of field work are prepared
in the office at the university and for
warded to the United States bureau of
soils, Washingtf - I, for publication. As
soon as published these reports and
maps contained therein are eagerly
sought by citizens of the respective
counties. They are of use among the
farmers, in the schools and by realty
dealers. No attempt is made to over
estimate the soil resources and the in
dustries based thereon. The object of
the survey is to determine a fact ba
sis for development and to derive such
information thereby as will be of
greatest use in conservation (fnd de
velopment. It is on this account that
the department is given the name,
conservation and soil survey.
Lincoln's Building Activity
Is Not Checked by the War
The growth of the city industrially,
commercially anJ financially is fur
ther emphasized by the record of new
buildings year by yean There has not
been a year in the last twelve that
new building cot.strt.ct'on has fallen
under the million-dollar mark. Several
years it has passed the two million
mark. In 1910 new buildings in Lin
coln totaled $2,00t,,900; in 1911, $1,
921,000; in 1912 $1,753,500; in 1913,
$2,175,500; ir.19R $1,506,300; in 1915,
$3,076,319 in 1916, $3,111,752. Postal
receipts are an excellent index of th
growth of business in a city. In the
last ten years postai receipts in the
Lincoln postofhee have mare than
doubled. In 1912 thev were $381,628;
in 1913. $400,064. in 1914, $451,692; in
1915, $464,529, and in 1916, $505,795.
In this summaryt the city of Lin
coln nlythe high places have been
touched m the inost general way.
BRACELET
WATCHES
are especially popular now. We show
a large number of attractive styles. La
dies' Bracelet Watch, fifteen jewels, in
20-year guaranteed gold filled case,
with gold filled bracelet. A very ex
ceptional value for $12.50. , ,.
Harris-Sartor Jewelry Co.
Lincoln's Leading Jeweler
1323 0 Street
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Why Go To Battle Creek
or Anywhere Else
when you can get the service nearer home. If
you are tired and weary and feel that you must
break away from the daily grind for a time, we
wish "to remind ou that
e Nebraska
anitarium
HI
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College Viqw, Neb.,
Is a Rest Retreat
combining many advantages of a vacational resort with
just such service as you need. Rest restores a weakened
vitality and lengthens life. It fits one's body for service.
Sleep and quiet are important agencies inthe upbuilding
process, but we must go further; the tired body needs
revitalizing by special massage, electric treatments, and
invigorating baths scientifically given. Pure, wholesome
foods, manufactured especially for this institution by
! Tie Nebraska Sanitarium
Food Company
.
A company organized for the purpose of preparing food
products for the use of the patients of the Nebraska San-
itarium. Thousands of people scattered over the country
testify to the benefits derived from a stay at the Nebraska
Sanitarium where thefsystem of curative methods in the
way of special diet and the--employing of "Physiological
Therapeutics" are used.
Here, too, you are out from the city where the air is full
of bracing ozone, where you have home-like surroundings
that add to one's peace of mind and comfort Here you will
find no atmosphere of depression, but, on the contrary, a
pervading spirit of buoyant happiness resulting from re
turning health and vigor. "
Remember no one suffering from infectious or contagions
diseases are received. Write ua fnr nnv Rnprinl Information
P you may desire. We want to be of service to you.
I THE NEBRASKA SANITARIUM I
COLLEGE VIEW; NEB. R. L, CARSON, Mgr.
of
University
Nebraska
will in the coming year and during the war; continue
to do its work as effectively as possible in order that
the normal life of the country will not be' unduly
interrupted. It stands prepared to train .physicians
engineers, teachers, business men, farmers, druggists,
lawyers, social workers, etc., for future work. These
young trained men and omen will represent our
country's efficient reserves to replace the work of
those who are being called to military service. . .
All departments of the several colleges and school
will give instruction as heretofore. The University,
opens
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First Semester, Wednesday, September 12.
Second Semester, Thursday, January 31.
Summer Session, first week in June.
' Students may enter at any one of the above dates.
On any point of information, address
THE
REGI
STRAR
Station A.
Lincoln, Neb,
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