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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1921)
9 f 11 Agricultural News of Special Interest to Nebraska and Iowa Farmers THE EEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, APRIL 11. 1921. Wheat Growers Pledge Grain to New Association Contracts Covering 23,000,000 Bushels to Be Sold Through Co-operative Organiza tion Signed Up. Pledges oi -'3,000,000 bushels oi grain, with assurances cf many more to follow, were the result of the first business meeting of the United States Grain Growers, Inc., held in Chicago Saturday afternoon, foilcv ing prganization of the new as ciation on the day previous. The 1'iierting was conducted by the organ ration committee, which will later constitute the hoard of directors of the organization through which a lare portion of the farmers' grain will flow to market in the future. The pledges for the first consign ment of wheat to be handled through the new channel was made by George E. Jewett of Spokane, head of the Xorthwcbtern Wheat Growers' as sociation. Organization of the new plan for marketing grain was perfected at a meeting of farmers' representatives from practically every state in the union, at a conference held in Chi cago Thursday and Friday of last week. Directors Appointed. The new corporation will he con trolled by a hoard of directors of 21 members and these directors were appointed by the state delegates at thcir session Friday. The grain Strewing stales were divided into 12 districts and the number of di rectors from each district was de termined upon the amount of grain t-old each year, one director for each $60,000 worth of grain being ap pointed. C.'H. Gustafson of Lincoln, chair man of the committee of 17, was elected temporary chairman of the new organization. A general man ager will be named soon and the work of organizing and getting the farmers signed up will follow imme diately. The new marketing machin ery will be owned and controlled by the farmer membership and no man i eligible for membership unless he actually grows grain or receives grain as rent on his land. Kach member must pay a fee of $10 and sign a contract authorizing the sale of his grain through the new channel. The farmers' con tracts will be with the local co-opera tive elevator, or where there is no J . - -,. . ricvaior, me organization win set up an association on co-operative prin ciples. Then the local elevators will sign contracts with the national cor poration, which is incorporated under the laws of Delaware, and which will have headquarters in Chicago. Form Warehouse Corporation. To provide money for the grow ers a terminal warehouse co-operation will be formed and facilities for receiving, conditioning, grading and handling the grain will be provided. The project will be handled under the United States ' warehouse act. Warehouse receipts will be issued which will become collateral for fi nancing the handling of the grain and paying the grower. The grain will be sold through the terminal sales agencies established at the principal markets. The farmers will seek legislation to provide seats on the boards of trade. A. finance corporation is to hi formed. Stock will be sold to the fanners at $100 a share. The owners Of the capital stock will receive a reasonable rate of interest, but all profits will go back to the grower, in the form of patronage dividends. This is expected to be one of the big gest financial institutions in the coun try, but will co-operate with banks. A market news bureau will be es tabliihed to gather crop and market information from all over the world. The whole idea is to keep the grain of the nation in the hands of the farmers so they can market it in or derly fashion. Many Favor Pooling. Many farmers believe in pooling because they say this system makes it possible for them to better regu- ate the flow ot gram to the con- umer, distributing it over a period ot 12 months instead ot clumping it On to the market within a , short period. But the farmer has two options. He can still sell his grain, to the local elevator, as he docs today, or pool it with his neighbor. In that case his grain passes into the hands of a local pooling committee, which directs when the grain shall be sold hv thr- natinnal xalpe rtncv Under the plan adopted, the grov. -el" njayell direct or through local, state, "or district pools. He has the privilege of pooling any kind of grain or any part of the grain he grows, whether it is corn, oats, wheat or some other crop. This plan pre serves every unit of marketing ma chinery in existence except the speculative phase of the present syv tern. The board of directors passed a resolution asking that the farmers be allowed the right of collective bar gaining on the same equality with the purchaser. The board opposes speculation in futures and also vigor ously opposes the substitution of the sales tax for the excess profit tax. It also urges the interstate com merce commission to bring relief in the present high freight rates. request will be made that the profits made by the United States Gra"in corporation during the war be set aside as a permanent revolving fund to furnish grain growers financial credit for moving their crops. Wheat Acreage in Iowa Practically Up to Normal Wheat acreage in Iowa is almost bp to normal this year despite the threatened "strike" of farmers of last fall. In the fall of 1919, Iowa agricul turalists sowed 438.C00 acres to win ter wheat, while last fall 420.000 acres were planted to the same grain, accordmg to Frank A. Pinney of the United States bureau of crop statistics. The decrease of but 38. 000 acres does not indicate a "wheat strike" movement, according to Mr. Pinae Costly Caraculs Raised In United States for Fur winter CARACUL RAM Thousands of caracul sheep on the deserts of cen tral Asia have been killed in the last few years. The caracul is the only sheep in the world that produces valuable fur. Note how straight the hair or wool is in mature sheep. By FRANK RIDGWAY. Caracul Jamb fur is now in such great demand for the making of coats, collars and the trimming of homespun capes that the raising of Asiatic sheep may offer some relief to the discouraged owners of do mestic flocks in this country. The caraculs are native to central Asia and are the only sheep which produce valuable fur. A few years ago thousands of caracul ewes and lambs grazed along the banks of the tributaries leading to the Caspian sea. but after the invasion of the bot slievist armies comparatively few flocks' were left. American fur dealers had depend ed on the Asiatic natives to furnish millions of dollars' worth of caracul fur every year. Today it is claimed by those who are familiar with con ditions in Asia that it will be from three to five years before many of the caracul Iamb 6kins will be brought to the United States. Transportation Bad at Present. Exchange and transportation are in a deplorable condition in central Asia. Various kinds of moneys are used and the rate of exchange is such that the Americans do not care to take the risk of buying. Besides traveling is not safe. The country is infested with robbers, making it dangerous even f or the' Asiatics themselves to travel across the des erts, their caravans loaded with val uable caracul lamb skins. The caracul or karakul lamb (these names being used interchange ably) played 'such an important part in the fur industry of America that it was thought worth while to bring some of them to this country. Dr. C. C. Young of California made the first importation about 12 years ago, and a second about seven or eight years ago. Up to 1915 only three lots, a total of 54 caracul sheeps, hat! been brought to this country, all of them being imported by Dr. Young. Coats made of caracul lamb fur More Truth By JAMES J. NEGLECTED PUBLICITY. Solomon, having unstinted authority Abundance of wealth and a scat on a throne. And wives that outnumbered the average sorority, Managed to make himself fairly well-known, Dinners were given him, flowers were flung at him, The multitude followed wherever he went; Ballads reciting his glory were sung at him Till with his fame he was fairly content. Still, he neglected one great opportunity; Think how he might have enlivened the lives And wakened the interest of all the community If he'd sued for divorce all those nine-hundred wives. Old Brigham Young, when he reached his maturity, - Though he was nof a publicity hound, Didn't exactly abide in obscurity Somehow his name and his fame got around. Prudish New Englanders talked about burning him Because he was wedded to wives by the score; All of the newspapers printed concerning him Interviews, pictures and features galore. Yet he'd have gathered far more notoriety If only he'd taken the up-to-date course Of gathering fame to the point of satiety By suing his forty-two wives for divorce. The Terrible Turk uses .methods nefarious To get himself into the popular eye. He razes whole cities and waxes hilarious While watching the helpless inhabitants die. His motives are base, and his features are sinister, He scoffs at the devil and jeers at the fates. And pauses for nothing except to administer The finishing kick to the people he hates. He cares not a rap if the world is censorious, As long as he's famed fof his murderous stunts, And yet he'd be three or four times more notorious If he'd sue for divorce all his spouses at once! THEY MADE HIM WHAT HE IS TODAY. We don't want to be critical, but it seems to us that in knocking column conductors, who devoted most of their time for three weeks to writing about "Main Street", Mr. Sinclair Lewis is just a trifle ungrateful. DANGEROUS. . The decision permitting liquor to be shipped from Canada to the United States without stop-over, seems to us very likely to increase the number of train wrecks. . QUITE REASONABLE. ' , We spent for luxuries in 1920 more than we have spent for edu cation since the beginning of our history, and it is pretty generally agreed that it was worth it. - - - CQepyrlabt, ISM. ay Q MI Byodwaea. ! j sell for $350 to $2,000. The dressed pelts of these lambs are known among furriers as caracul, Persian lamb, broadtail, Astrachan, krimmer, and baby lamb. The tightness of curl, color of the fur or fleece, and the luster determine the different grades. All of them, furriers say, have been passed through a dyeing process before they are put on the market. Crossing Caracul with American Sheep. The caracul sheep are native of Bokhara, in Russian Turkestan, an are mixed hybrids. While they have been raised for many years by the natives of that part of central Asia, scientific breeding has not been prac ticed, and consequently they are in bred and crossbred. There is no fixed type in their native country. Through several years of selective breeding of the caracul in this coun try there are now two types being developed, Danadar and Doozbai. The first one is a small type and the latter a large type. Some tests have been made in the crossing of the caracut with sheep in this country, with the object of producing fur. In the government's experimental work it was found that the caracul cross upon the American Merino was unsatisfactory from a fur standpoint. Private flock own ers got about the same results. Other breeds have been included in making the crosses. None of the close Wool sheep gave satisfactory results, especially in the first cross. Encouraging results have come from the crossing of the caracul with some of the coarse wool breeds, such as the Lincoln and Cotswold. L. L. Heller, a sheep specialist, says that the first cross on practically all Of the breeds was nearly valueless. The second cross, using caracul long wool, half blood ewes with a caracul rani, produced some skins of fair value, he said. Some of them were worth $10 or $12 at prewar prices. Than Poetry MONTAGUE. Unemployment . Driving Many Men to Country Wages for Farm Labor Rapid ly Getting Back to Prewar Level More Men Than Jobs. Widespread unemployment in ci ties has created a drift back to the farm and relieved the farm labor shortage brought about 'during the war, reports of federal and state em ployment bureaus reveal. Farmers, who for several years have been forced to grant almost any concessions to labor to bring tlicir crops through, are in a position this year to dictate terms of em ployment, according to employment agency officials. Then, too, the farm er faces the problem this year of holding down the cost of produc tion because of the low prices of farm products and generally is try ing to get along with as little help as possible. Farm wages in Kansas this year average $40 a month, board and lodging, or about $20 less than a year ago, the free employment bureau in that state reports. W. H. Lewis, Missouri labor commissioner, de clares "there probably will not be any shortage of farm labor this year and wages probably will be much lower than in any year since 1915." In North Dakota a survey dis closed that farm labor for spring and summer work was plentiful at from $30 to $40 a month as com pared with wages of from $30 to $60 a month paid last year. Kansas farmers are demanding ex perienced men after worrying along for several years with any sort of labor that presented itself, according to officials of the Kansas free em ployment bureau. Experienced ap plicants are being located as fast as they apply, however, while there are about 16 applicants for every job open in other lines of industry, the records show. The general scale recognized in Kansas, the principal wheat growing state, according to bureau officials, runs: For experienced hands, from $25 to $50 a month (according to ex perience): for single men, from $40 to $65: for married men who are willing to live on farms with their families. Last year the seal; ran $40 to $65 for single men and $50 to $80 for married men. The immediate prospect is that harvest wages will be atottnd $5 a day as compared with $7 last year. Ro mance m Urigm Of Superstitions By H. IRVING KING. Lucky-Bones. Did you ever carry a "lucky-bone" in your pocket? Many people have and many people do. On the eastern coast of the United States and Can ada the lucky-bone is the small, ser rated bone found in the head of the cod; in the middle western states it is the small bone found in the head of the gar. The lucky-boue not only brings good fortune, but in some sections is supposed to have also a therapeutic value as a preven tative of cramps a most valuable pocket-piece. In southern Europe a little fish of silver, or some other material, is worn as a charm against the evil eye and other malevolent in fluences as a lucky amulet. But a bone from a fish's head is just as efficacious and much less ostenta tious. The head being the center of the fish's mystic life, the little bone in it is well calculated to represent the fish, being its least perishable part and calculated to retain, therefore, most perfectly the qualities inherent in that body of which it once formed a portion. That same magic of association by which primitive man considered the hair, nails, and teeth of a man to retain after severance from him a portion of the character istics of their former possessor works with regard to the little bone from the head of the fish. Now the fish, from most ancient times, was the symbol of the reproductive power of water. Water on the fields made the corn grow gave life to vegeta tion. A creature that lived in water, like the fish, was an obvious symbol of the reproductive power of the ele ment in which it lived which had, apparently given it birth. Isis. as the goddess of reproduction, the "Mother of the World" was intimately asso ciated in Egyptian statues and paint ing with the fish and frequently wears one upon her head instead of the usual disc and her horns. The lucky-bone has a very ancient and respectable descent. (Copyright, 1921, by The McClure News paper Syndicate.) Where It Started The Red Cross. Jean Henri Dunant of Geneva wit nessed the battle of Solferino, June 24. 1859, and was so moved by the sufferings of the wounded, that in a book published three years later, he advocated the special training of nurses to officiate on the field of battle. His suggestions were adopt ed, the Red Cross taken as a symbol, and the first international confer ence was-held at Geneva in Octo ber, 1863. y (Copyright, 1M1. by Tha Wheolar Syndi cate, Ine.) Parents' Problems How can a child of 4 be taught that it is wrong to take what does not belong to him? Some children learn more slowly than others the meaning of property rights. Tell him that his toys are his, and that no one else ought to touch them without his consent. At the same time, tell him that broth er's or sister's toys are theirs, and that it is wrong to take them with out permission. Be careful to ask the children's permission yourself, betore disposing of even their out worn toys. Purebred Shorthorn Show Held at Franklin A purebred sale and show of Short horn cattle was held at Franklin, Neb., last week by the Nebraska Kansas Shorthorn Breeders' associa tion. The show, in which ribbons were offered in nine Individual classes besides a class for the best two head by one consigner, a grand championship for both cow and bull and a grand trophy cup given by the Franklin Community club to the win ner of the contest for any sex or age, was held in the forenoon. The grand championships went to Haskins & Ogdcn of Republican City on a white yearling bull and to Up perhill Mary, a yearling heifer, bred and owned by Blank & Laver of Franklin. Ex-Governor A. C. Shel lcnberger of Alma, awarded the rib bons. Cattle Feeders To Meet at Stae College April 15 Live Stock Men Will Have Op portunity to Inspect Re sults of Work at Ex periment Station. The ninth annual spring meeting of Nebraska live stock feeders will be held at the college of agricul ture, April 15. At that time im portant feeding tests will have been completed at the experiment sta tion and the feeding season, will be so nearly ended that the men may be able to formulate their opinions of the past and future of the feed ing game. The meeting will be held co-operatively by the college of ag riculture and the Nebraska Live Stock Feeders' association. Z. T. Leftwich of St. Paul is president and M. B. Possom of Lincoln is secretary of the feeders' association. Two cattle feeding experiments will be completed by April 15 and the stock will be on exhibition and re ports made of the tests. In one of' the experiments, 50 head of steers are divided into five lots and the value of certain supplemental feeds tested. Lot 1 is being fed the stan dard Nebraska ration of corn and alfalfa. Lot 2 is' supposed to show the value of adding silage to, corn and alfalfa, while lot 3 receives al falfa and molasses meal in addition to corn, alfalfa and silage. Lot 4 is receiving corn, alfalfa, silage and oil meal. Lot 5 is fed no corn, but in stead a ration of silage, four pounds of oil meal each daily, and alfalfa These cattle were purchased for $8.75 a hundred and will have been on feed 127 days at the tim eof the meeting. The second experiment consists of three lots of 10 head each of high grade Herefords; one lot of 2-year-olds, one lot of yearlings and one lot of calves. All lots are being fed corn, oil meal, alfalfa and silage, the obejet being to ascertain the effect of age on the rate and economy of grain. The cattle in his experiment will have been fed 160 days April 15. Reports will also be made at the meeting of experiments with 100 head of hogs and 180 head of sheep. More than 300 men attended the spring meeting last year and more are expected this year. April 15 is also the date of the annual com mencement of the university school of agriculture and the parents of many students will be here to at tend the exercises. Many Fanners of Nebraska Interested in Dairying The comparative stability of the price, of butterfat, in the face of big drops in many other farm products, is causing farmers in several Ne braska counties to be interested in dairying. . The farmers of Adams county, through their farm bureau, recently shipped in a car load of Holstein cattle from Wisconsin. A car load of Holsteins also recently arrived in Lancaster county, and the farmers of Scotts Bluff county pur chased two car loads last winter. The farm bureaus from Dawson and Madison counties are investigat-. ing the possibilities of the dairy busi ness. A delegation which recently visited Wisconsin found farmers there making money out of dairy cows, in spite of comparatively high feed prices. Alfalfa, on account of high freight rates, was costing Wis consin farmers $30 a ton. Several of the northern dairy farmers were curious to know why money could not be made in Nebraska, where al falfa is bringing only $10 to $15 a ton, and where there is an abundance of corn and other feeds. Ernest Misner Appears Before State Teachers Reading of the "Fortune Hunter" by Ernest Raymond Misner, head of the Misner Schol of the Spoken Worlc in Omaha, was one of the features at the northeast district meeting of the State Teachers as sociation, held in Wayne, Friday and Saturday of last week. Mr. Mis ner appeared before an audience of 1,000 on Friday afternoon, imper sonating 11 different characters in the heavy reading. Herbron Pavilion Company Will Hold Live Stock Show The Hebron Pavilion company at Hebron, Neb., will put on a live stock show and corn carnical this fall, according to plans now being perfected. At a recent meeting, M. G. Corliss and Fred M. Mitchell were re-elected president and vice president of the company, respective ly; M. C. McMahon and Fred C Beis ner were re-elected to the board of directors, and W. M. Sharp was elected to fill a vacancy on the board. Wisconsin Dairy Cattle Purchased by Hastings Man County Agent Davis of Hastings, Neb., recently made a trip into the dairy regions of Wisconsin, where he purchased 20 head ot Guernsey cows for the Newkirk dairy farm rear Hastings. The stock purchas ed is two to six years old, and were bought after Mr. Davis had inspected 11 herds, totaling 850 head of cattle. Included in the purchase was a pure-bred, 15-moutbskld bulL Trade in Kosher Meats is of Great Importance in U. S. Meat From Practically All Cattle Slaughtered in New York City Goes to Jewish Trade. Few people not directly engaged in the business of handling fresh meats in some of the larger cities have any adequate idea of the relative im portance of the kosher meat indus try in the industrial centers of the United States, according to an ar ticle in The Market Reporter, a wecklv publication issued by the United States department of agri cuture. It might be explained briefly that "kosher" is a Hebrew work mean ing clean or, more precisely, cere monially clean, according to the iewish law. The opposite of losher is "tref." meaning unclean. During 1920 there were slaughtered in greater New York, in round numbers, 438,000 cattle, 517, 000 calves and 1,290,400 sheep and lambs. Of these approximately 98 per cent of the cattle, IK) per cent cf the calves, and 15 per cent of the sheep and lambs were slaughtered and dressed in accordance with the Hebrew regulations and were there by transformed into kosher meats. If in connection with the above there is taken into account the fact that between 50 and 55 per cent of the meat consumed in New York City is slaughtered locally, the importance of kosher meats becomes apparent. New York Largest Consuming City. While considerable numbers of live stock are koshered in almost every city of any considerable size the trade naturally reaches its great est volume in the great centers of population like New York, Jersey City, Boston, Philadelphia and Chi cago. New York City with its Jew ish population of approximately 1, 500,000 is the largest kosher meat market in the United States and pos siblv in the world. The fact that the kosher trade uses only the fore quarters accounts to a considerable extent for the large number of animals required to supply that class of trade. The hind quarters are always sold to the Gentile trade. In New York City and Philadelphia the ribs are sold to Gentiles in addition to the hind quarters. This leaves only the chucks and plates for the kosher trade, which represents about 43per cent of the carcass weight. This is probably done for purely business reasons, as the rib is wholly accept able from a religious standpoint and in most cities is used by the kosher trade along with the rest of the fore quarter. The kosher trade is confined al most exclusively to heavy, fat ani mals, and for that reason kosher slaughter produces a tonnage of meat per given number of animals, much higher than the average re sulting from slaughter for Gentil consumption. Animal Thoroughly Bled. The kosher system of slaughter differs somewhat from the general custom among Gentiles, and one of the prime requisites is that the ani mal bleed thoroughly. According to Jewish relief, no blood should re main in the meat when consumed. For that reason the animal's throat is cut without first being stunned by a blow on the head, as is done in other than kosher killing. While kosher slaughter is primar ily of a religious nature, being per formed by the rabbi or his deputy, it is also a system of inspection and antedates the modern government inspection by several thousand years. The schecter, or man who does, the slaughtering, inspects the carcass and accepts or rejecrs it, depending upon whether or not it meets the requirements of the Hebrew law. If the carcass is accepted he affixes his official stamp. Those holding strictly to the ortliodox faith insist on having kosher meat exclusively. The same system applies to poul try as to other kinds of meat. Dur ing certain religious holidays those of the orthodox faith eat no meat except fowl and in most large cities this not only has a tremendously depressing effect on the beef, veal, and mutton trade but is responsible for an increased trade in poultry. Over 8,500 South Dakota Kids Enroll for Club Work More than 8,500 South Dakota farm boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 18 years, are now enroll ed in agricultural club work for the present season, according to the ex tension division of the state agricul tural college. The work to be con ducted on the farms of the state this summer will range from grow ing pigs to dressmaking and will in clude practically every subject in which a youngster can he interested. The number enrolled in each of the projects at the present time is as follows: Corn growing, 300; po tato growing, 221; gardening, 1,491; baby pork raising, 1,552; cow and calf clubs, 159; baby beef raising, 45; sheep raising, 63; sow litter clubs, 1,513; poultry raising, 421; canning clubs, 619; bread making, 281; dressmaking, 1,452, and hot school lunches, 459. Dodge Couty Purebred Live Stock Men Orgarme Live stock breeders of Dodge county organized an association at Hooper, Neb., one day last week, and a committee was appointed to draw up rules and by-laws for the as sociation. The aim of the associa tion is to promote a better under standing and community spirit among the live stock men of the county, as well as to gain better co-operation in advertising and selling, and to promote boys and girls' calf and pig club work. H. M. McCath of Ames was elect ed president of the new organization and William Havekost of Hooper was named secretary. Seeding in Minnesota Seeding of the 1921 wheat cr.p in Minnesota i-i well under way and prospects for a good crop this year are better than usual, according to reports from that state Dog Hill Paragrah ' 1 By Qeorgs Bingham 1 The Rye Straw Storekeeper it shoving back the sardines and cove 1 i ", s3St 1 oysters to make room on the shelf for his new spring line of millinery, The Tickville Steam Laundry has had Kaz Barlow's collar now for go ing on three weeks and grave fears are entertained for its safety. Sim Flinders -savs he now and then observes where somebody leaves for parts unknown, and adds that Parts Unknown would be an ideal location for a moonshine still. (Copyright, Hit. Gorg Matthew Adame.) WHY Is There a "Beit Man" ata Wed ding? ' When we dig back into the origin of many of the customs which sur round marriage, even when it is re garded irj the light of a religious ceremony, it is surprising to find the number of signs which point directly to the days when a wedding was merely a matter of agreement be tween a man and a' woman, and force, rather than courtjjiip, was the principal ' argument used. The first form of marriage out side of a tribe was the "marriage by capture." The bridegroom simply went out, accompanied by a friend or two, seized upon some woman who appealed to him, and carried her off to his home. In modern mar riage the very name of "best man" bears witness to this custom which antedates Christianity by many hun dreds of years, for the "best man" is simply the successor to the strong armed warrior who assisted . the groom to carry off his bride, just as the wedding ring symbolized the thrangs with which the bride was bound, and the old shoes thrown after the couple, take the place of the missies hurled by the pursuers of the past. The honeymoon itself is nothing more than the space of time when the captor had to hide his prize from her kinsmen until their consent had been gained. (Copyrieht, 1921, Wheeler Syndicate, Ine.) Jewel, Flower, Color Symbols for Today By MILDRED MARSHALL. Coral is today's talismanic stone, but it should be worn so that it is conspicuous, because of its brilliant color. In Italy only pieces of this stone which have just been gathered from the sea are believed to bring good luck; in other countries, this superstition changes, and one is warned that it is bad luck to break a piece of ooral which is worn as a talisman. Coral is said to protect those who travel, and to endow its wearer with wisdom. Today's natal gem Is the carnel ian, which is particularly lucky for singers, according to the ancients, who believed that it made the voice clear and resonant. This supersti tion has also been changed, and the carnelian now is said to give to its wearer the power never to speak un wisely. Black is today's color, and .is said to assure married women that they will always know constant love. Today's flower is the white rose, symbolic of purity of thought. . (Copyright, 3 921. Yh6eler Syndicate, Ine.) Service... m the Careful Handling of AH Orders for Grain and Provisions for Future DeliTery in All the Important Markets Wt Operate Office at . 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Three hundred lambs fed experi mentally at the Mitchell substation lost the state nearly $2 a head. They were purchased at Denver last No vember for $11 a hundred, and cost approximately $12 a hundred laid down in Omaha. I. Vaughn of Clay, Robinson & Co., approiscd them is worth $9.62 a hundred March 16. The purpose of the experiment was to test the utilization of by-prod-t'ds and roughage of the North Platte valley under irrigation Al falfa, dried beet pulp, beet tops and corn silage were fed, supplemented with corn and cottonseed meal ship ped in. Dried beet pulp returned a value equivalent to 85 per cent that of corn, and beet tops returned a value equivalent to $1.43 per ton o beets produced. In Other words, if beets yield 12 tons to the acre, the tops were worth $17.40 per acre as sheep feed. The lambs fed corn, beet tops and alfalfa lost the least money, 93 cents a head, while those fed dried beet pulp and alfalfa lost the most, $2.89 a head. 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