THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY. AUGUST 8, 1921.
Harvest Workers
Subject to Quiz
By College Men
Migratory Workers Are Ques-
tioned by University of Wis
consin Representatives,
Studying Conditions.
The migratory worker-or hobo,
to be exact is being quizzed from
Texas to Canada, inclusive. The de
partment of economics in the Uni
versity of Wisconsin is trailing him
through the wheat fields.
What's your name? Where did
you come from? Where did you go
to school and for how long? What's
your trade? What other training did
you have? How did you become
migratory?
These are a few of the questions
for the timid wanderer. No matter
how modest he may be, or how sim
ple his annals may appear to his own
mind, the questioners, within reason
able bounds, want to know all about
him. What they are studying is the
labor market and the conditions that
govern it, and the shyest private in
the great army that follows binder
and thresher from Mexico north is
able to contribute his mite of fact.
The investigation is expected tp
throw some light on the I. W. W.
"Big" Bill Haywood's political club,
which has made great strides among
the detached workers.
Though jointly undertaken by the
university and the-employment serv
ices of the United States and Canada,
it will constitute a part of the re
search conducted by the university
each year. On the basis of the in
vestigation, the two government de
partments hope to be able to better
the labor situation, both for workers
and farms, as it relates to the wheat
harvest. . .
In order to cover a wide territory
?nd obtain much information, the in
vestigators will trail the harvesting
?.imy in autos They will interview
workers and also ne farmers who
employ them and study pla-cment
ir.cllicds to ascertain whether any
dsHcts are floodei with labor while
oiht'rs experience a shortage.
Once collected, the , information
will be turned over to three ecoto
mists, Professor Lescohier, W. J.
Altmeycr, statistician of the indus
trial commission, and Professor John
R. Commons, for a general exami
nation relating to employment.
Insurance against unemployment,
the history of cycles of much and
little work, radical theories surt as
those advanced by socialists, anar
chists and green backers, and em
ployment methods in Europe and
America, will each come in lor a
survey. The research is expected to
v'd something constructive tv
i:a ke? and remedies.
Certified Seed Grain
Popular in Nebraska
Certified seed of small grains is as
popular with Nebraska farmers as is
)ureb fed live stock. Nearly 1,000
fanners in 45 counties of Nebraska
are growing certified seed of wheat,
oats, rye, and barley. Kanred wheat
leads the list in number of growers.
Dodge county is a good example of
how this variety has spread. In
1919 five men secured seed from
Kansas for a trial. In 1920 neigh
bors bought all the surplus from
these men and several carloads were
shipped in to supply the demand.
This year, after three years' trial of
Kanred wheat, more than 400 farm
ers are growing it. Its resistance to
rust, extra yield, winter hardiness,
and carliness have made it popular.
Two Nebraska wheats -which arc
improved strains of Turkey Red, arc
also popular, being grown widely
over the state. They are outyiclding
ordinary Turkey Red, from three to
four bushels an acre on the average,
which is about the same as Kanred.
Improvement Shown in '
Eastern Wool Market
A general tone of improvement is
shown in the wool market at eastern
points. The demand for fine staple
wools is much in excess of the sup
ply, with prices showing a tendency
to advance. Montana wools arc
selling at from 1621c flat ' basis;
staple territory at from 7075c and
three-eights blood at from 5052c
scoured basis.
The bureau of the census reports
that on the first of July 80 per cent
of the woolen and 92 per cent of
the worsted spindles were in operation'
It is estimated that about 4,000.000
pounds of wool will be pooled in
Michigan . this season, more than
2.000.000 pounds having been- re
ceived at the 130 local concentration
points up to July 1. The wool is
being graded locally, thereby afford
ing growers the opportunity of
learning more concerning the prepa
ration and grading of wool for the
market. -
Retail Sales of Grass
Seed Show Big Increase
The retail sales of clover ana grass
seeds, with few exceptions, were
greater during the 1921 selling sea
son than they were in 1920. Sales of
millets, sorgos, rape and a few other
late-sown forage crop seeds, how
; ever, were below last year and nor
mal in practically every geographi
cal division, according to data ob
tained by the bureau of markets and
crop estimates.
The increase m sales or ciover ana
grass seeds is thought to be of far
reaching significance in that it indi
cates a return of agriculture to a
more economic basis. - Food, feed and
liber crops were produced during the
past few years at the expense of
plowing up many old meadows; but
this year, with the price of seeds
down in line with that of other farm
products and more farmers than
,iitl tiivfnff nrndueed- their own
seed, new meadow and pastures
have pcen aown.
. Surface of Dakota Lake
Covered With Potato Bugs
- According to a message to tne
Watertown Public Opinion, the sur
face of Lake Kampeska, near Water
tnutn - ; rnvprpfl with hard-shelled
. .nn hiiss Thf insects are said to
have overruu several gardens in the
yicnwj.
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More Truth Than Poetry
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE
7
THE PEAK OF PERSISTENCE
When recently various Kings were deposed
For being too lose or high handed,
They wisely regarded the incident closed,
And lay very low where they landed.
They knew, if their subjects should see them about,
Renewing old follies and scandals, . '
They'd probably hasten to carry them out
In boxes with nice silver handles.
The Kaiser, for instance, although he was pained
At being hurled out of his palace,
His once uncontrollable temper restrained
And showed neither rancor nor malice.
He would rather reside in a little Dutch cot
Than return to the land that expelled him,
And be dumped in the family burial plot
As soon as his subjects beheld him.
But to this fellow Charles, yho was Hungary's King,
Although he has victuals and clothing,
The quiet and peace of his banishment bring
A feeling of odious loathing.
At scheme and device for regaining his throne
He is constantly growing adepter.
And if only his keepers would let him alone
He soon would be swinging his scepter, ,
We do not believe that a tyrant should rule,
Though visions of grandeur may haunt him,
We feel that a king is a dod-gasted fool
To go where the people don't want him.
He'll find, if he keeps up his perilous game,
That life is surprisingly bitter.
, But we're bound to admit to ourselves just the same,
That the chap's not exactly a quitter.
WHAT VOLSTEAD DID
For he first time in their careers Doctors are now willing to lake their
own medicine. ' a
IT WAS TRIED, ONCE . '
Now Trotsky plans to attack all Europe. Where could he have been
when Wilhelm was seeking to carry out the same plans.
SUBSTITUTE FOR THE MARSEILLAISE
France's new song runs:
"Silesia,
I want to seize yuh!"
Copyright. 1831. by Th. Bell Bjndieite, Inc.
Progress of the Crops.
Weekly Crop Bulletin of the Agricultural
Bureau of Omaha Chamber of
Commerce.
The outstanding? feature of crop condi
tion! of the past week haa been the com
plete relief from drouth In the Missis
sippi and Ohio valleys. The rains noted
m our last bulletin were followed by
further heavy precipitation -in Iowa.
Illinois. Indiana and Ohio and In many
districts of Kansas, Missouri and Ken- j
tucky though the country south and east
of St. Louis has not yet had enough rain
to bring rener. Tne damage to the corn
crop throughout the district now relieved
from drouth may not be known for some
weeks. Very considerable damage la ad
mitted by state crop reporters. But the
corn plant has such a marvelous resource
for recovering from seasonal injury that
it Is hard to believe that it will not ma
terially improve In all thoBe districts
ivnicn nave tnus bad abundance of rain
around the beginning of August. In the
western stretches of the corn belt condi
tions continue mainly very good, though
some districts are a little shy on moisture
ana tne cool, cloudy weather has slowed
up development very noticeably. This Is
no cause for anxiety, however, as every
where the corn is perhaps two weeks
ahead of normal seasonal development.
There is therefore no likelihood that frost
Injury may be anticipated at the close of
the eeason.
In nearly all sections of the country
threshing of small grain has been delayed
greatly by weather conditions. Some dam
age has been done to grain in shock by
sprouting. This damage Is easily over
estimated; yet it Is an important factor
In crops which are none too good even
when no avoidable damage has been suf
fered. The yield of the oat crop this
season is unusually light over the greater
part of the oats producing country. Ana
while there Is known to be a large carry
over from last year, one finds It difficult
to reconcile oat yields of 10 to 30 bushels
per acre in large producing states like
Illinois and Iowa, with a going price of
20 cents per bushel for oats on the
farms. The old market regulators called
supply and demand will have some trouble
to justify themselves in the minds or
some farmers who are compelled to sell
oats to pay twine bills.
The south had a good week. The
weather, which was generally dry and
sunny, permitted outdoor work In all dis
tricts and only a few areas suffering from
excessive rains of previous weeks report
unfavorably. Southern Texas farmers are
picking corn. Cotton is not making ma
terial improvement generally considered
as the reports of shedding and boll weevil
from important districts offset-improvements
elsewhere. The southern farmers
this year seem destined to find corn, pea
nuts and other subordinate crops bettet
resources than cotton and tobacco, their
so-called "money crop."
Much of the spring wheat country has
had rain enough to improve all late crope.
Large districts, however, both In Minne
sota and North Dakota, have had only
light showers, and the potato crop, which
is Important in both states, promises very
poorly. Threshing returns do not change
former opinions of small grain yields in
the-spring wheat belt and we shall ex
pect the August estimate of the United
States Department of Agriculture to be
given out early this week, to be revised
distinctly downward to the extent of
26 000,000 or 10.000,000 bushels. Montana
ts 'the only state showing improved spring
wheat conditions. ......
The Paclflo coast and mountain statea
have had no rain for some weeks except
in the southern areas, where unusual mid
summer rainfall haa been the order for
much of the season. Southern Utah ana
Colorado and the adjacent region m
Arlsona and New Mexico bid fair to be
classed as part of the rain belt! But all
the rest of the mountain states need rain
badly for all dry farming interests. Grain
crops are made In all areas, however, and
sre mostly good crops, though lsrge areas
of California and Washington give poor
dry farming returns. - The irrigated dis
tricts of the west and the Missouri valley
will evidently be called upon to supply
the middle west with potatoes as that
important food crop is an extremely, poor
prospect in several states.
Utah Man Suggests
Ways to Assist Sheep
Men of Western States
"Eighty per cent of the range
sheepmen of the west would be
thrown into bankruptcy today were
they compelled to meet their out
standing obligations," F. R. Mar
shall, secretary of the National Wool
Growers association, declared in a
statement at Salt Lake recently.
Mr. Marshall suggested three pos
sible emergency and permanent
measures for the improvement of
live stock credit conditions as fol
lows: Provisions for immediate loans on
the real estate of the stockmen, at
present lightly mortgaged or en
tirely free for the most part; the
making eligible for rediscount with
the federal reserve banks of 30
months' paper secured by breeding
stock, and relief from the 10 per cent
borrowing limit in the case of small
banks through the operation of
branch banks, now prohibited by law.
Farm News Notes
Don't put the spraying machinery
away dirty. Be sure it is thoroughly
cleaned.
Blanch early celery with boards or
paper. Soil is apt to cause the stems
to decay,
Flowers often revive better if the
stems are cut under water. This doe3
not permit them to' fill' with air ahead
of the water.
Get rid of pocket gophers as soon
as possible. Poisoned potato, apple
or parsnip dropped in. their runways
as a rule will thin them fast.
Keep dead leaves and filowers re
moved from plants if you would
lengthen the blooming periods,
After raspberries and other ane
fruits are through fruiting the old
canes should be removed and the
plants thoroughly cultivated.
Three main shoots are enough to
leave on dahlia plants. Too many
shoots make small flowers.
Watch for the second brood of
currant worms. - Arsenate of lead
put on as soon as they appear wilHrate of 4 per cent a month,
get them,
Gruss an Teplitz rose in Portland,
Ore., has produced more than 200
flowers in one season.
Lawn clippings make good mulch
to put about everbearing straw
berries.
Keep the leaves tied up over cauli
flower heads if you would have white
heads.
Perennial flower seed may be sown
now. Transplant the seedlings as
soon as large enough to sheltered
places in the garden, or better yet,
to a cold frame, Many will bloom
next year, ;
y
Forty Nebraska
Farmers Join IL S.
Grain Growers
Contracts Signed in Campaign
At Bruning Big Mass
Meeting Held at
Gilead.
Forty farmers, living in the trade
territory of the co-operative elevator
at Bruning, joined hands with the
United States Grain Growers, Inc.,
the first of this week by signing the
growers' contract, according to A.
J. Dewald, in charge of the cam
paign in this vicinity, in a report to
the office of the state organizer.
Thursday evening a mass meeting
of farmers was held at Gilead and
the latter part of the week solicitors
circulated in this section of Thayer
county.
This makes a grand total in Ne
braska of close to 100 growers con
tracts. Nels Johnson of Winside, the
only elevator solicitor to put stress
on the individual membership con
tract, has 32 to his credit.
In the neighborhood of 100 grain
growers attended the meeting at
Gilead Thursday evening to hear the
advantages of the plan. George
Boomer of the rural economics de
partment of the College of Agricul
ture, spoke on co-operative market
ing. Mr. Dewald announced that the
campaign would start at Ruskin
Monday with a meeting that evening
and at Nora the latter part of the
week.
Eighty elevators, approximately
one-third of the co-operative con
cerns in the state, had signed the
elevator contract Thursday evening,
was the substance of a statement is
sued by the state organizer. Com
plete arrangements have been made
and contracts received from the of
ficers of co-operative elevators lo
cated at Allen, Dixon, Winnebago,
Thurston, Walthill, Fremont, Wood
cliffe, Lcshara, Gladstone, Cedar
Bluffs, Vutan, Malmo, Ithaca, Wes
ton, Springfield, Swedeburg, Ash
land, Ceresco, Weeping Water,
Union, Cook, .Waverly, Benedict,
Walton, Waco, Denton, Bennett,
Hampton, Friend, Dorchester, Crete,
Exeter, Shestak, Sterling, Harvard,
Crab Orchard, Filley, Western, Blue
Springs, Kinney, Barnston, Bruning,
Carleton, Belvidere, Shea, Gilead,
Hebron, Hubbell, Byron, Ruskin,
Nora, Hardy, Bostwick, Abdal, Mt.
Clare, Guide Rock, Inavale, Juniata,
Grand Island, Wood River, Funk,
Atlanta, Moorehead, Ansley, Corn
stock, Menia, Hershey, Roscoe,
Ogallala, Lawrence, Wahoo, Fair
mont, Julian and Brule.
Boys' and Girls' Club
Work Popular at Fairs
Boys' and girls' club work and
demonstrations have been given a
separate class in the premium list
of the Nebraska state fair this 3rear,
and indications point to the best
show of this kind ever held at a fair
in this city. A total of $2,277.50 and
several special prizes will be dis
tributed among the young farmers
and homemakers. Probably 25
counties will enter teams in the
judging and demonstration contests,
and it is thought that the exhibits
of live stock, vegetables and fruits,
canned goods, sewing, baking, etc.,
will be larger than at any previous
fair.
The best judging and demonstra
tion teams will receive free trips to
the Interstate fair at Sioux City,
where they will represent Nebraska
in competition with teams from
other states. The best dairy judging
team will go to the national dairy
show at St. Paul. Manufacturing
and other companies are offering
special prizes. The girl scoring the
highest in the canning exhibits will
receive a pressure cooker, while the
manufacturers of glass jars will pay
well for the best jars of fruit pre
served in their jars.
Chickens, Eggs and
Beans Legal Tender
During Pioneer Days
Chickens, beans and eggs are
shown to have been legal tender in
the pioneer days by a note which has
just been sent to the Nebraska state
historical society by an attorney for
the receiver of the Castetter bank. '
The note is dated 1838 and
through the time it took to pay it
off, emphasizes the difficulty of ob
taining money in the early days.
The note was given to Mr. Cas
tetter by Jeremiah Young for a loan
of $5 and called for interest at the
The issue date was July 23 anf
on October 2, 1958, Young paid to
Castetter two chickens, valued at 50
cents. On December 29, two more
chickens were credited with 50 cents.
On February 3, 1859, one peck of
white beans were credited with 75
cents and on April 16, four dozen
eggs were credited with 50 cents.
The last payment noted is six small
chickens valued at $1.25 for the lot
and a notation at the bottom shows
that $4.04, including interest, would
be due April 23, 18o0, indicating that
an extension on a part Vjf the loan
was necessary,
State Tax Commissioner Announces
Valuation Per Acre of Nebraska Farms
Lincoln, Aug. 6. (Special.) W. H. Osborne, state tax commissioner, today announced the following
relative to the valuation per acre put on each county in the state, the grand total in each county and the
amount of state, taxes each county must pay. The report follows:
Cass
Nemaha , .
Otoe
Richardson
Equalized
Value per
Acre by St. Bd.
...f 111.32
... 86.?S
... 105.S8
92.11
Sarpjr 102.71
Douglas 144.05
Burt 120.30
Cuming
Dodge
Washington
Wayne
Dakota
Thurston . .
Cedar
Dixon
Madison ...
Pierce
Stanton ....
Butler
123.60
.119.86
125.86
105.82
96.86
92.77
97.00
82.10
86.72
76.78
98.16
97.18
Colfax 111.82
Platte 99.20
Polk 96.99
Saunders 104.26
Lancaster 100.40
Valine 93.41
Seward 94.17
Gage 79.91
Johnson ...... 81.67
Pawnee 69.21
Jefferson 69.67
Nuckolls ...... 68.62
Thayer 62.00
Fillmore 85.26
Hamilton 86.68
York 92.71
Adams 72.12
Clay 77.69
Hall 61.55
Merrick 61.70
Boone -70.60
Nance 64.63
Antelope 60.09
Boyd 43.22
Knox 53.26
Holt 16.24
Garfield 13.23
Loup .... 7.78
Wheeler 13.20
Grand total
as equalized
by St. Bd.
f 58.884,552
35,656,185
61,804.714
47,980.920
26.470.827
352.235.659
47.401,944
58,682.095
67,770.805
42.174,694 -40,401.153
23.923,194
26,445,621
62.800.245
34.628.942
55,174.825
3S.994.156
34,311,094
52.256.398
42,075,676
63,057.611
37,069.24
-71,607,467
172,677.720
52,741,295
4975 4 7,6 5 3
73.261.006
28,431,537
29,469,219
43.441.693
35.942,745
36,610,858
46,328.904
44.331,865
52,577.415
50,966,081
48,795, 8S6
46,567,754
31,864,508
44,205,210
25,992,694
39,650,203
19.637.149
50,400,469
34,603,014
6.786,311
3,679,450
5,931,135
Amt. of State
tax each
county will pay.
$ 194.819.02
117,665.41
203.955.55
158,337.04
87.353.7.1
1.162,377.68
166,420.41
193,155.91
223,643.66
139,176.15
1?3.S23.80
78.946.53
87.270.64
207,240.81
114.275.51
182,076.92
128,680.71
113.226.60
172.446.11
138,849.73
208,090.11
122,328.50
236.304.64
569,836.47
174,046.27
163,607.25
241,761.32
93,824.07
97.215.42
143,857.58
118.611.06
120.814.82
132.885.38
1 46,293.51
173,505.47
168,188.06
144,526.42
163,678.58
105,162.87
145.877.19
85.775.88
130,845.67
64,802.60
166,321.55
113,859.94
22,394.82
11,812.18
19.572.75
Brown . . . .
Key a Paha
Rock
Equalled
Value per
Acre by St. Bd.
... 8.92
... 10.38
9.06
Greeley 42.29
-Howard 45.71
Sherman 36.58
Valley 39.51
Buffalo ....... 46.11
Dawson 41.14
Kearney 60.93
Phelps
Franklin
Harlan
49.42
88.84
32.00
Webster 44 85
Furnas
Gosper
Frontier . . .
Red Willow
Chase
Dundy
Hayes
Hitchcock .
Custer
Keith
Lincoln . . . .
Perkins ....
Arthur
Logan
McPherson .
Blaine
Cherry
Grant
Hooker . . . .
Thomas ....
Garden . . . .
Sheridan . . .
Cheyenne . .
Deuel
Kimball . . .
Morrill
Banner
Sioux
Box Butte
29
28.63
17.04
21.29
12.20
10.47
12.87
18.22
20.49
13.48
10.09
16.25
4.35
8.45
6.22
4.66
5.29
3.73
3.99
4.72
9.81
7.34
22.30
26.16
17.88
9.90
7.?0
6.91
8.78
Dawes 10.45
Scotts Bluff
87.69
Grand total
as equalixed
by St. Bd.
11.619.855
6.824,272
8,537,309
21.645,145
26,977.425
20.160,681
23,0?'2,013
63,014.846
41,518.869
26,518,626
28.536,511
22.402,745
21.284.820
27.542.2)1
26.076,805
12.626.449
16,703,255
; 28,028,827
10,487.207
12,862.145
7.492,295
15.599.204
61.073.476
18.801,851
35.669,349
13,658,626
2,679,772
6.120,883
3.505.695
3.857,162
33,453,812
6.971,089
4,585,266
4.471,957
14,521,331
22,418,922
81,015.793
13.594.684
19,267,117
18,685,877
4,218,227
13,096,368
16,274.853
20,089,947
32.419,064
Amt. of State
tax each
county will pay.
$ 89,015 53
22.520.10
23,178.12
71.428.98
89,025.50
66.530.24
76,006.65
174,947.34
146,912.27
87,611.46
94,170.48
73,929.06
.70.238.25
90,889.85
86.051.81
41,337.28
55,120.74
75.996.12
84.607.78
42.446.08
24,724.67
61,477.87
168.642.47
62.044.45
117,708.84
45.073.46
8.848.25
16.897.26
11,568.79
12,728.60
110,397.68
19.704.59
14,966.38
14.767.45
47,920.38
78.982.44
102,352.11
44.862.29
63,681.48
61,338.89
13,918.54
43,218.01
50.407.02
66,296.82
106,982.91
Total
$8,805,477,292 $10,908,074.78
More and Better
Live Stock Cry of
Nebraska Farmer
Nebraska-Grown
Spuds Command
Fancy Prices
New System of Grading Pota
toes Gets Higher Rates When
Tubers Reach Windy
City Market.
Nebraska-grown potatoes, are
commanding as much as $1 per bu
shel more than Kansas and Missouri
potatoes this year on the Chicago
market, according to an announce
ment by the bureau of markets and
crop estimates. The potatoes arc
of practically the same kind . and
raised under similar conditions, but
the difference in quality is mainly
attributed to a new manner of grad
ing now used in the commercial po
tato districts of Nebraska.
The bureau pointed out the mar
ket of last Tuesday as an example
of the great difference in potatoes
of the same rating from the three
states.
On that day Kansas potatoes sold
from $1.35 to $1.40 per 100 pounds
and Missouri grown varieties, sorted,
brought $1.75 and $1.85 a hundred.
Nebraska potatoes sold not lower
than $2.25 and up to $2.60.
The exceptionally good natural
conditions under which Nebraska
potatoes are grown is given by the
bureau as one reason for the higher
prices, but grading is considered as
the first cause. The bureau of mar
kets and crop estimates maintains a
branch at Kearney during the har
vesting season to supervise the grad
ing of potatoes and make reports.
The Chicago market is said to have
been quick to recognize the su
periority of Nebraska spuds shipped
under these conditions.
Most of the fields show potatoes
of good size and quality, but there
are Jess to the hill than usual this
year. Conditions are pronounced as
very good now, but the early crop
was curtailed by dry weather. Con
servative estimates place the com
mercial potato crop this year at
about 600 cars, with other reports
running a little higher.
Cotton Seed Oil Exports.
The exports of cottonseed oil from
the United States during the month
of June amounted to 14,162.086
pounds, valued at $1,105,467. This
brings the total exports of cotton
seed oil from the United States dur
ing the first six months of 1921 up
to 200,285,876 pounds.
Negro Farmers Increase.
The number of negro farmers in
the United States on January 1 was
926.257, according to the census bu
reau. In 1920 the number was 893,370.
Many Find Hogs Most Profit
able Way to Dispose
Of the Grain
Crops.
"More and better stock" i the
present cry of farmers and the ino.t
pressing need of the day in Nebras
ka, according to A. E. Anderson,
federal statistician of the bureau of
crop estimates. He says that farm
ers are now finding It necessary to
feed their grain to hogs to turn it
into profit for themselves.
On April 1 of this year Nebraska
had 667,000 brood sows, in compari
son with 655,000 last year, an in
crease of about 2 per cent, he states,
but this vear's figure is far below
those for 1918 and 1919 for the cor
responding date.
In 1918 there were S11.000 brood
sows in Nebraska and this number
dropped to 730,000 in 1919, almost
1C per cent in a single year, the rec
ords show. This is partly attribut
able to high grain prices, which pre
vailed during the war when the farm
er could receive a good profit from
his grain without turning it into
pork.
As grain goes higher this decrease
in live stock is shown proportionate
ly, the records show, while a drop
in grain prices cause more live stock
to be fed, particularly hogs.
With corn at the present general
price of 50 cents in. Nebraska and
hogs bringing a top of $10 on the
Omaha market, Mr. Anderson states
that there is good profit for feeders
of hogs and that this condition will
continue as long as live stock is
high.
He says that with a successful
year when a farmer does not lose
any of his stock and the market is
steady, the feeder can break even
with 50-cent corn and $6 hogs, so
that if the market does not drop any
lower in the next few months, hog
raising will probably be raised to a
much higher mark than at present
in Nebraska. ' '..
Decrease Reported in
Egyptian Cotton Acreage
The official estimate of the area
sown to cotton in Egypt for 1921
is 1.335.05a acres, according to in
formation submitted by the Ameri
can agricultural trade commissioner
at London. 1 his, is consmeraDiy
less than in 1920, -when the area was
1.897.327 acres, and is also less than
the average of the previous 30 years,
which was 1,752,708 acres.
Planting of the current crop "was,
however, restricted by law, and a
proper comparison is with 1915 and
1918, when a similar limitation was
enforced and the areas were 1.231,072
and 1,365,564 acres, respectively.
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