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THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY. OCTOBER 16. 1921.
NEWS OF NEBRASKA AND IOWA
Loss of 5,763,000
Bushels in State
Crop Reported
Big Decrea.e From Sf ptemler
Corn Yield Eit imate d Drop
38,118,000 From Lait
Year Forecait.
Lincoln. Neb., Oct. IS.-A toii of
5,76J,0()U bushel in the Nebraska
corn crop from the September esti-
i male, largely due to iiorm oam
nH Hn rrmrd tar value in COTlUi
tion (or thi month, is shown in the
monthly crop report fur Nebraska,
imucu by tne naie ana icucrai uu
rcau o( crop estimates, co-operating.
A corn crop of 217.410.000 bushels,
which is W1S.OU) bukhels below
last year and 16,474,000 above the
last five-year average, is disclosed in
the report.
"Storm damage to corn in three
or four eastern counties and a drop
of one-half bushel in the par value
of corn for October lowered the
corn estimate 5.763.000 bushels be
low last month," the report states.
"Although the present estimate of
217,410.000 bushels is .t8.118.CO0 bush,
els below last year's crop, it is 16,
474.000 bushels above the last five
year average."
Northeastern counties will lead in
both yield and quality although the
north central and northwestern coun
ties have very satisfactory crtfp,
the report declares. West central and
southwestern counties show a severe
injury from drouth( although some
localities have fair wields. Central Ne
braska counties, with the exception
of Buffalo and the west part of Hall
counties, have fairly good yields,
according to the report.
Damaged by Drouth,
The damage of late corn in eastern
counties from drouth during the lat
ter part of August is confined large
ly to the counties south of the Platte
river, (he report adds.
"The preliminary estimate of yield
of spring wheat is 12.0 bushels, as
compared with 9.5 bushels last year,
for a production totl of 2,784,000
bushels, as compared with 2, 451,000
bushels last year," continues the re
port. "This places the preliminary es
timate of production of all wheat at
55,514,000, as compared to the final
estimate last year of 60,480,100 bush
els." A preliminary estimatae on the
. yield of oats shows 28.0 bushels,
which is 6.6 bushels below Jat year
and 1.2 below the 10-year average.
-.The estimaate of'- porduction is
- 67,872,000 bushels, as compared with
83,040.000 bushels last year, while the
quality is rated at 87 per cent com
pared with 95 per cent and 88 per
the 10-year average Light weight
, of graiif due to heat and drouth at
; the critical period as well as repeated
' rains after harvest is responsible for
the Ityw quality, says the report .:.
i . - Potatoes Damaged.
.... "The potato crop is rated at 70
per cent, compared with 71 per cent
a month ago, with an indicated pro
duction of 7.106,000 busheb com
pared with 8,415,000 bushels last
year, the report declares: "Harvest
of the farm crop has started and the
harvest of the late commercial crop
is well advanced. The latter crop
in western counties, although not up
to last year in yields, is expected to
exceed, last year's commercial crop
- in quantity, due to the large increase
in acreage." ' -
Barley will yield 26 busheli, com
pared with 29 bushels, last year, ac
cording to the estimates. The pro-
it . duction totals ,6,656,000 bushels,
" " against 7,424,000 bushels last year.
- The crop, the report says, is third in
' size on the record.
! .- Other minor crops are rated in
,f the report as follows:
: "Sweet potatoes, 90 per cent; flax,
85 per cent; apples, 8 per cent; clover
; seed, 85 per cent; alfalfa seed, 2.5
: bushels per acre; pasture, 80 per
: " cent; grain sorghum, 85 per cent;
i field beans, 85 per cent; tomatoes, 90
; per cent;' cabbage yield, 3 tons per
" acre; onion yield, 115 bushels per,
: acre; grapes, 78 per cent; pears, 5
' . per cent and 'sugar beets, 91 per
1 " cent." .:.-;
tT'State Champs Compete
At Interstate Tair
Brookings, S. , D Oct.' 15.-State
y. champion teams in garment demon
stration; live stock judging and crops
: demonstration represented South Da
;v kota at the- recent interstate fair at
Sioux Gty. In competition with
teams from 10 other states, the live
- stock judging group from South Da
. kota took third place in the demon
strations of the week. Members of
the teams were as follows: Garment
demonstration, Pearl Brush, Emily
- Swenson and Julia Iverson, Minne
haha county; live, stock judging,
Lloyd Nordland, Clifford Warner
and Wayne Hoyt, Kingsbury coun
ty; -crops demonstration, Leonard
-Noble, Edward Kunz and Charles
Williams, Walworth county.
Weddings
Grlfby-M acbamer.
Aurora, Neb. Under th Stan' and
Stripe, held over thera by Mr. N. H.
Faith. Mr. Ann Gtlgsby. Mr. Laura,
Crloa and Mrs. William Thomas, John
Urigaby, 76. and Mrs. Mary Machamer, 71,
i i. , K. ta m
wanj luarricu uo u.isvr '
veteran ot lha civil war and an oldtlma
resident ot Hamilton county. Mr.
Macharaer wa on of the charter mem
ber ot the Women's Relief corps ot this
county. Ihrongh. many year the brld
and groom have been acaoclated In the
activities ot the O. A. R. and the W. R. C
Their four closest friends held the flac
above them while Mrs. George Surkey.
the chaplain of the corps, performed the
ceremony.
CsjpM N Marker.
Atlantic . Oupld h not been
slacker in Cass county so far this year.
The record la thm office of Clerk Al
Emigh disclose a total of lit maniacs
licenses have been Issued sines January
L The largest number Issued In any on
month was It. Thi number wa reached
la tour different months, January, March,
April and September.
Gray-Dram.
Callaway, Neb- Calvin Ory and Miss
Stella Drum, both ot this city, were mar
ried at the Evangelical eharch.
Bayard, Neb. Carl Harms ot Bayard
and Miss Basel Louis Johnson of near
rottsRtaff were mamea ai
Mrs. Harms Is th daughter ot Mr. and
Mra. R. C. Johnson, living on a farm
nrr Scottsbluff. and Mr. Harms Is th
eoa ef George Hum of Bayard. They
U1 mak their home at ScettsMuU.
Brothers Sit
Nebraska
Lincoln, Oct. 15. (Special.)
Fifty years ago Elliott Clements and
his brother, Edwin, worked on the
farm of their father in Allegon
county, Michigan.
One day as they were chopping
wood in front of the house, a man
drove past with a team of beautiful
horses and a buggy which in those
days spelled prosperity.
"Who's that, Ed?" the elder broth
er inquired.
"That's Judge Redmond," was the
reply.
"Be great to be a judge," mused
the other.
"Let's be," said the other.
The two brothers, then in their
teens, shook hands and vowed to sit
on a bench and dispense justice and
arouse awe with a fine team and fine
buggy some day.
Today, they have attained their
lifetime ambitions, only they drive
motor cars. Elliott J. Clements of
Lincoln, is -presiding judge of the
Lancaster county district court, ap
pointed to that position in 1919 by
Governor McKclvie. He is 65 years
of age.
With the County Agents
MADISON COUNTY.
R. A. Stewart, Agent.
Battle Creek, Neb., Oct. 15. (Special.)
A tew cass of roup are reported oc
casionally now, mostly In the lata batched
chickens. Roup Is a contagious catarrh
closely resembling some of the forms of
Influensa. It attacks the membrane lin
ing the eye, the saca below the eye. the
nostril, the larynx and trachea. It Is
strictly contagious. Ths saliva and the
discharge which, escaped from the nos
trils carry the contagion and soon con
taminate the drinking water and feed.
The first symptoms noticed ars very sim
ilar to those of an ordinary cold, but
there Is more fever and dullness. The
Inflammation which begin In the nasal
passage soon extends to the eye and to the
spaces below. Tne eyeuaa are swollen,
held closed much of the time, and may
be glued together by the accumulated
secretion. The birds sneeze and shake
their heads in their efforts to free the
air passage. There are two common
remedies used: the first is the axe. the
second, whlrh Is more or less successful
In th early stages. Is the use of anti
septics on the affected membranes. The
bird's head may be plunged Into a basin
of antiseptic mixture and held there for
s few seconds. The following mixtures
are recommended: Borlo acid, one ounce:
water, one ' quart, or permanganate of
potash, 1 dram: water, one pint The
above Is the summarisation taken from
the Farmers Bulletin 17, which covers
"Poultry Diseases."
Six breeders of pure-bred poultry have
decided to take up the Accredited Farm
Flock plan as advocated by the Farm
bureau. . An egg record will be kept, and
all birds used In breeding shall conform
with the breed characteristics, the flock
must be culled before November 1 and
Its management shall be such as to pro
mot the most favorable environment,
that Is sanitation, etc. The flock year
wll begin November 1 and end October
31 next year. Next spring when it comes
time to buy batching eggs any person
following this plan wilt be able to show
that ths production has been sines No
vember 1. The question Is not how many
eggs one hen produces, but what Is the
average production per hen for the entire
flock. There has been too many cases of
people buying hatching egg and breeding
stork that were inferior to what they
possessed. The Accredited Farm Flock
plan is intended to develop creditable
blocks at home within reach of the home
people so that they can see the original
stuff before buying. The following will
keep the records beginning November. 1;
Fred Melslnger. White Wyndottes, Mad
ison; Mrs. Charles Rich, Meadow Orove,
White Leghorns; Clem Baker, TIlden. Buff
Orpingtons: Roy Hunt, Tildeh, White
Rocks; Mrs. Fred Anderson, Newman
Grove. White Leghorns; I. J. Scott, Til
den, White Leehorns.
Several of the Whit Leghorn people
are planning on shipping part of their
eggs to the New York market. In the
immediate future. One shipment was
made of extra White Leghorn eggs which
sold for 71 cents a doxen a little over
a week ago.- The express was a little
under 11 cents a dozen. An ordinary
new shipping case was used. Everything
went through well. These eggs were
graded for extra firsts. Case counts
would have been much lower. The same
quality of browns, extra first, were quoted
the same day at S cents. Many people
wonder why the white-shelled egg Is
worth more than the brown. About the
only general answer that can be given
Is that New fork is a white egg market.
There are markets that pay a premium
for browns. -
SAUNDERS COUNTY.
Walter . T. Roberta, Agent.
Wahoo. Neb.. Oct. lS.--(SpecIal.) A
record yield of 16.6 bushels per acre was
made in the Community Corn test put
out by Dewey Johnson, five miles north
and one mile west ot Mead. Last spring
through ths help of th extension service
and the county farm bureau two com
munity corn tests were planted In the
county. One was planted by Herman
Hanke's near Ithaca. . The yields per
acre of thlsitest were a follows:
I. Neb. Whit Prize. Lancaster Co.,
S3.S bu.
X. Relda Tellow Dent. Smooth, 17.4 bu.
S. Golden Roe, S5.C bu.
. Tellow, Herman Hanks,' (4.S bu.
S. Iowa Silver Mine, Mr. McElfresh,
S3.S bu.
. Pride ot th Nlshna, Anton Wick
lond. tl.S bux
7. Hogues Tellow Dent, Sl.S bu.
t. Boon Co. White, Shendoah, Iowa,
I I bu.
S. Learning. R. C Johnson, 81.4 bu.
IS. Tellow. Theo. Johnson. (1.1 bu.
II. Blair White. Aye Bros., tl.1 bu.
IS. Reids Tellow Dent. Rough, lO.t bu.
IS. Neb. No. 3, Ay Bros. S0.4 bu.
14. Early South Dakota. 31 bu.
Th yields of th test north of Mead
by Dewey Johnson were as follows:
1. Neh, Whit Prize. Lancaster Cow
see bu.
S. Homes Tellow . Dent, Disease Tree,
S3.S
3. Pride of th Nlahua. Antoa Wick
land. :.S bu.
4. Iowa Silver Mln. Carlos Shire.
Sl.S bo.
5. While, Joha and Lloyd Brown, .T
bu.
C White. Dewey Johnson, Average t
plots. .( bu.
7. Tellow Smooth selection from crib.
Dewey Johnson. SS.S bu.
S. Tellow Crib Cora. Gus Magauson.
SS.l kO.
as Judges on
District Bench
if f'V-r;
Mm
Edwin P. Clements presides over
the courts in the Eleventh Judicial
district. He lives at Ord and is 63
years of age. He was appointed to
the bench in 19J0 by Governor Mo
Kelvie.
They are the only brothers ever
to hold this position at the same
time in Nebraska.
For years the two men struggled
to achieve their first step toward the
goal. The elder Clements learned
the carpenter trade and saved $500,
which in the early days proved suf
ficient to put liim through the law
school at Ann Arbor, Mich. In the
summers he returned to the carpen
ter trade.
With his degree in his pocket he
struck out for a location in 1884 and
selected Ord, Neb., then 'an inland
town. Two years later he sent for
his brother, Edwin, who studied law
in his office and finally was admitted
to the bar. Later another brother,
Arthur A. Clements, settled at Ord
and practiced law there. He is now
at Paonia, Colo.
About ten years ago the elder Cle
ments moved to Linclon to practice
law. He never held a public office
until appointed to the bench by Gov
ernor McKelvie.
S. Tellow, Theo, Johnson, SS bu.
10. Hogucs Yellow Dent, (Diseased),
10.6 bu.
11. White from Crib, Eluf Magnuson,
71.3 bu.
13. Yellow Rough Selection from crib,
Dewey Johnson. Taken from same crib
as smooth selection No. 7, 76.7 bu.
13. Learning, R. C. Johnson, 76.1 bu.
14. Raids Yellow Dent, Columbia, Mo.,
T6.1 bu.
16. Yellow Crib Corn, Geo. Ellison, 75
bu.
15. Early South Dakota, 67.6 bu.
This Is the first crop on this piece of
ground following 13 years in alfalfa. This
In a large measure accounts for the hlgn
yields. It Is interesting to note that Ne
braska White Prize yielded highest In
both tests. Also that the two corns not
adapted to this locality, early South Da
kota, and Relda Tellow Dent from Mis
souri, fell considerably below the average
In yield.
The diseased Hogues Tellow Dent af
fected with root rot dropped about 10
bushels below disease free, planted side
by side. The smooth Reids Tellow Dent
outylelded the rough about seven bushels,
and when the two types were picked from
the Same crib the difference was nearly
10 bushels. in favor of the smooth type.
Large community meetings were held at
each place when the corn waa harvested
and. a great deal of Interest was shown.
THAYER COUNTY.
L. C. Christie, Agent.
' Hebron, Neb., Oct 15. (Special.)
Poultry demonstration meetings have re
cently been held In Hubbell, Bclvldere,
Brunlng, Alexandria, Davenport and Carle
ton precincts.- with good attendance and
a splendid interest. In addition to cull
ing demonstration work, a discussion of
winter feeding, poultry housing, disease
control, and accredited flock work wa
taken up. Severak farmers are remodel
ing their poultry houses in preparation for
winter and with a view of endeavoring
to increase their egg production by better
care. One farmer remarked that his wife
was making more money out of her flock
of poultry than he was out of the farm,
and he was therefore Intending to en
large the poultry house and Improve the
interior arrangement
At Alexandria a good attendance was
out at the poultry meeting at John
Glaum'a plac. Mr. Glaum has a new up-to-date
poultry house, modeled on the
Missouri plan. It will accommodate
about 300 birds. This house is equipped
wtth dropping boards, modern system of
ventilation, abundant light, and has a
cement floor, dry mash feeders, good nests,
and yards. .
Alexandria Live Stock Shipping associa
tion had a meeting ot the board of di
rectors when plans were made to handle
eggs at large centers Is much better than
eggs will be candled and graded and sold
In this way. The market for graded
eggs at large centers Is much metter than
that for the ordinary productive market.
Dan Walker will conduct this business for
the association. The work along this
line . in Hamilton and 8eward counties
this season has been productive of very
satisfactory results. A number one graded
egg has recently been bringing 60 to 70
cents a dozen on the New York market,
and will, no doubt go higher this winter.
OTOE COUNTY.
-
A. H. Be Lone. Agent.
Syracuse, Neb., Oct 15. (Special.)
Jesse Lyon of Unadilla has Just received
returns on his 10-ear - entry which won
first at the state fair and then taken to
81oux City, la., where In competition with
exhibits from Missouri. Kansas, Illinois
and Iowa, cleaned the slatel Jesse Is to
be congratulated on having made these
winnings in view of the fact that this was
his first trial and competition was keen.
From an agricultural standpoint. It has
often been said that we have the goods
here In Otoe county, both live stock and
cereals, and It fell to the lot ot a Junior
club member to step out snd produce (he
premier 10 ears of corn that caused our
most estimable neighboring states to taice
a back seat We tried to get this 10
ear exhibit for the Farm Bureau office,
but were Informed that It lies comfort
ably ensconced In South Omaha, .
Th certified flock project was em
phasised and to date co-operators secured
are as follows: Miss E. O. Behind ler, Mrs.
James Cook, Mrs. Irl Johnson, Mrs. Carl
Zelner, Mrs. Walker Neeley, Mrs. John
Cole, Mrs. Herman Wleckhorst, Mrs. Dick
Schomerus, Mrs. Martin Wleckhorst Mrs.
Max Fenske, Mrs. Monto Lowrey. Mrs. H.
C. Toung. Mrs. E. C Budge and Mrs. J.
B. Russell.
Custer County.
Broken Bow, Neb., Oct IS. (Special.)
Th Berwyn Pig club will hold a sale
at the community sales yard In Broken
Bow Wednesday. The boy have given
their pig extra car and have them In
exceptional condition. Breeders from all
parts of Custer and adjoining counties
are planning on atteeUng.
B?d Ran of Lurk.
Bridgeport, Oct. 15. Millard
Price, taxi driver on the St Clairs
ville run, Is looking for four-leaf
clovers. While attending a celebra
tion in Wheeling he was burned by
accidental explosion of fireworks.
Soon after resuming his work his
new autontobile was stolen.
Farm Federation
Reopens Drive
For New Members
fc fxxx7sjgzxlggxst
Campaigns to Be Conducted
In Every County in State.
Secretary Lute
Annpunces.
Lincoln. Oct 15. Solicitation for
memberships in the Nebraska l arm
Bureau federation, which was sus
Derided durimr the summer months,
has been resumed, under the direc
tion of J. N. Norton, chairman ol tne
membership committee.
Two plans of organization will be
followed during the coming winter.
In the 45 counties where campaigns
were conducted last year, one or two
solicitors will be placed in tne held
and remain in the county until all
nonmembers have been called upon,
particularly farmers who were not
solicited during the campaign last
winter. In counties where no organ
ization work was done last year, reg
ular campaigns will be conducted.
Bv a resolution passed by the offi
cial board at its last meeting, all
memberships signed up during the
balance of this year will noid good
during 1922.
"The Farm Bureau movement was
new to the farmers last year, said
Secretary Lute, "and in asking them
to join we could only point to the
economic needs of the farmer and tell
him of the things we hoped to ac
complish. But this year," he added,
"it will be different We can point
with pride to many things the rarm
Bureau has accomplished that has
made his membership investment a
very small item compared with the
benefits.
"The Farm Bureau is the first
farmers' organization to maintain a
permanent legislative bureau in
Washington. The war finance cor-
ooratioit. recently resurrected, is tne
result of a united farm influence at
Washington, as was the packer con'
tml hill and the act resrtilating the
grain exchanges. Railroad, tariff and
revenue measures were also largely
shaped by the agricultural bloc.
Everbearing Berries
Promising Crop for
Northwest Nebraska
Scottsbluff. Neb.. Oct 15. That
everbearing strawberries are one of
the promising small fruit crops for
nearly all counties in the northwest
ern quarter of the state, is the opin
ion of A. E. Anderson, tederal crop
statistician, expressed on a recent
crop inspection tour of .this section
of the state. Mr. Anderson de
clared the crop was a growing prop
osition because the soil and climate
in this part of the state appeared to
be well adapted to this fruit.
Mr. Anderson said that A. D.
Taylor of this county probably has
the largest patch of this variety in
northwestern Nebraska. The crop
from this field, half an acre, has
brought about $1,000 from the sales
of berries, Mr. Anderson said.
"While many of the home gardens
in northwestern Nebraska have
grown everbearing strawberries for
a number ot years, very tew have
attempted to grow the crop com
mercially, due to high labor expense
of producing and marketing, Mr.
Anderson declared. "If this expense
could be reduced, the crop might be
a profitable one for the truck farm
er, as the berries are not lacking in
size and flavor." ,
First Big Hog Sale
Made by Sioux City
Sioux City. Oct. 15. Th first
large sale of hogs from the munici
pal hog yards here has been made.
Councilman James Malone, who has
charge of the department, closed a
deal with a Sioux City serum com
pany, disposing of 133 hogs at the
top market price of 8 1-4 cents a
pound. Mr. Malone estimated that
the sale will net the city a good
profit '
Purchase f another large con
signment or hogs to be placed in
the municipal yards is now under
the consideration of the department.
It is the object of the city to buy
hogs, fatten them on city garbage,
and sell them at a profit when they
are ready for market
Gub Raises Quality of
Poultry in Day County
Brookings, S. D., Oct 15. Ah
active interest in better poultry on
the part of adults as well as the
young people of . Pierpont and the
surrounding country is cited by
state club leaders as a striking ex
ample of the work of a typical poul
try club. Members of this club now
have more than 2,000 standard-bred
birds, .according , to George Valen
tine, assistant state club leader. Some
of these birds are hatches from win
ning individuals . at the Madison
Square Garden poultry show at New
York City, and rank among the best
the country has to offer.
"As a result of their work to date,"
says Mr. Valentine, "these club mem
bers will not only develop into bet
ter men and women but the quality
of poultry in Day county has prob
ably been raised several hundred per
cent" .
Delegates to Women's Club
Meeting to Get Cut Rates
Hastings, Neb- Oct 15. Reduced
rates of a fare and a h?.U to an
delegates and visitors to the annu
al convention of the Nebraska Fed
eration of Woman's clubs at Seward,
October 25 to 28, providing that 350
certificates are presented for valida
tion, was announced here today by
Mrs. John Slaker. president of the
state federation. The passenger asso
ciation has authorized these rates
from all points in Nebraska and from
Julesburg, Colo., with the one stipu
lation, Mrs. Maker said.
A validated ticket at the point of
purchase, vised by the federation's
secretary, will entitle a return ticket
at half price, Mrs. Slaker mid.
Dixie Farmers
. In Market for
Pure-Bred Stock
.(evolutionary Chance in
n a
Southern Agriculture Ex
peeled From Introduction
Of High Grade Cattle.
Revolutionary changes in the
agriculture of the south are promised
by the country banks of the cotton
belt, which have sent to breeders of
pure-bred cattle in the north official
notice that a great new market for
their stock is soon to develop in
Dixieland.
Dairymen in New York, New
England and the middle west es
pecially are requested by those at
the head of this new movement for
better farming methods among the
cotton growers, to save their pure
bred male animals for shipment to
the south instead of selling them for
beef, as is now the general practice,
In the cotton belt the country
banks are now notifying their farm
cr customers that hereafter no cred'
it will be extended to those who tie'
pend solely on cotton raising. That
decision by the bankers will remain
unchanged whether the price of cot
ton goes up or down.
Suggestion to Farmer.
r With each notice sent out by a
bank goes a pointed suggestion to
the farmer to get in touch with the
department of agriculture in his
state or with the experts of the state
agricultural college for information
about improved methods of farming.
And from these experts the cot
ton raisers are receiving advice to
join the movement headed by the
country banks lor the bringing in
of cattle.
Etlgene Arnett of Oklahoma City.
Okl., who was in Omaha and Lin
coln recently as the emissary of the
southern bankers to urge the north
ern farmers to hold their pure bred
stock for the new southern market,
said that not 30 per cent of the cot
ton farmers in the whole of the
south have a single cow or hog or
chicken.
They stake their fate on cotton
alone, and, in the view of the bank
ers and the agricultural experts, that
accounts for the troubles in the cot
ton belt
Other States to Follow.
Oklahoma will be the only state
to which cattle will be shipped in the
coming year, but preliminary work
has been done by the banking or
ganization in Arkansas. Louisiana
and Mississippi It will be extended
rapidly in other states.
Each southern country bank is to
be the agency center for its own cus
tomers. The plan does not beein
and end as a cattle purchasing
sencme; u contemplates tne educa
tion of the farmers in . the methods
of dairying and cattle feeding.
Before the hrst shipment of stock
goes south, the farmer group, whose
purchase it is, will be required by
the bank to hire an expert in animal
husbandry to teach improved farm
ing methods and to supervise the
worK.
No. cattle will be purchased until
each group of purchasing farmers
nas planted and harvested sufficient
crops of the right kind to provide the
necessary feed.
But the details for the nurchasinc
of pure-bred male animals in great
numbers have all been carefully
worked out The country banks in
the south will finance the project,
and the cattle breeders of the north
will, on their part, work throueh
their own banks in making the sales.
Appraisal Committee Head.
H. W. Mumford of Chicago has
consented to head the appraisal com
mittee. He was chosen at the sug
gestion of the deans of the agricul
tural colleges of the country. Mr.
Mumford is in charge of the live
stock marketing of the Illinois Agri
cultural association and also is a
member of the national committee
of 15 on live stock marketing of the
American farm Bureau federation.
There are 985 banks in Oklahoma,
and Mr. Arnet said todav that 89 oer
cent of them have entered into an
agreement which looks to a com
plete change m the farming methods
of the cotton section.
Intercoastal Shipping
. Making Rapid Increase
Seattle ' Wash .' fVt H Tn.,.
coastal freiVhr hn:in in ivhii-h
the pioneering was done by the government-owned
fleet operated by the
North Atlantic & Western Steam
ship company, has developed during
the last two years to such an extent
that there are approximately 80 ships
today in regular service between At
lantic and Pacific ports via the Pan
ama canai.
According to shinninc mnrrt ihr
volume of cargo offerings as yet
average only sufficient to provide full
loaas lor 13 or M snips a month.
Nevertheless instead of wirhrlraurincr
cargo boats, various lines either are
puiung more on or are preparing to
do so in anticipation of business
which they already see in prospect
Legality, Not Sentiment,
Causes Bird Expert to Quit
St Louis, Mo., Oct 15 It's a
matter of legality and not sentiment
that caused Frank L. Rand to re
sign as secretary of the Missouri
bureau of conservation and wild
life protection. When seven mock
ing birds, hatched in nests at Forest
park, were caged in the municipal
park. Rand quit It's against the
law to cage mocking birds, he de
clared. In Rand's office six canaries are
caged. It's not a violation of the
law to cage canaries, he asserts.
Boy Murderer, 13, Enters
State Pen for 13 Years
Little Rock, Ark, Oct 15. Ar
kansas' youngest murderer' has en
tered the "city of silent men." The
superstition of "13" is upheld.
Roosevelt George, 13, negro, con
victcd of slaying his grandfather.
Hope George, .will reside for 13
years behind the grim walls of the
state prison here. j
Plain Speaking on
Life on the Farm
By a NEBRASKA WOMAN.
The biggest day in all 'the farm
week is Saturday. Then the stores
have their best assortment on view,
and there are crowds at the counters.
Doiens of automobiles are lined up
at the curb and dozens of buggies
and farm wagons are stationed near
the hitching racks. Thi men,
women and children come to town
for their trading and to viit to
gether in the stores, at the bank or
on street corners. If prices are
good, you will see many bundles
carried out and stowed away in car,
buggy or wagon.
I was in such a general store one
Saturday afternoon when a country
couple stood near me. She was
plainly, almost meanly dressed ami
when she spoke, I saw how much
she needed the services of a good
dentist to fill several noticeable
gaps. Her shoes were at the part
ing of the ways, sole from upper,
and her dress was of the vintage of
the Spanish American war. The
children were clean but pitiably
shabby. The man wore a new
jumper and new overalls, had well
polished good-looking shoes, and
bright, glistening artificial teeth. The
two were having a discussion about
stockings for the children.
In City Life as Well
"But, Jake," she said quietly,
"you've got two good work shirts,
and the girls need stockings so bad
ly. And all I could save or find
was six doien eggs, and you know
what we need for the house."
"I don't give a darn what you
need for the house, I want a new
shirt" And he flung away, leaving
her standing by the store dcor, a
disconsolatae figure. It was only
one of the tragedies of selfishness
so well concealed in country life,
and, perhaps, in city life as well.
I edged around until I stood next
to Jake as he gave his order to the
clerk. This wat it: One pound
of starch, three boxes of matches,
cne pound of prunes, 10 pounds of
corn meal, one pound ot coitee t.ineir
cheaoest irrade). two sacks of Bull
Durham, and one work shirt, size
17.
As teees in trade that day were
bringing thirty-five, cents a dozen
and the price of the shirt was one
dollar, Jake had to pay some cash
on his order. , I presume that he
went to his slumbers that night
blaming Wall street for the high
cost of living as experienced by the
farmer who had to sell low and buy
high, but never gave a trought to
the fact that the cost might have
been higher had his wife not exer
cised economy in the use of eggs in
her table preparations.
Who Supports Whom?
Bv common consent and Jong-
standing custom, the poultry on the
average farm are the property of the
women and are her , care and a
charge upon her time. The sale of
eggs, of culls from the flock, of
broilers and of surplus roosters
all are counted in as part of the
farm income. I know one woman
who has ma.de enough each month
for several years to enable her to
hire a girl to'assist with the house
work. There are three in the family,
husband, wife and unmarried sc-n.
Outside of the wages of thtf girl,
however, all the income of the flock
is, as stated above, farm income.
You will notice that I do not give
it as the farmer's wife's income. If
goes for the purchase of table sup
plies and other necessities for the
house, and so does the money which
is paid for butter churned by this
same woman.
A demonstration in profit and loss
is in order, as most of the poultry
work and all of the churning are
done by this woman who never sees
one cent of return' from her indus
try. She is merely making butter
and keeping poultry to sell butter
and eggs to keep a hired girl tc
give her more time to churn and
raise more poultry and sell more
eggs to feed herself and some
others. Her husband is owner of
many acres in a rich, productive
portion cf this state. Does he sup
port her? Or is she supporting her
self and him as well in part?
lhere are some women who sell
hatching eggs, some who run incu
bators, on shares for others, some
who garden on shares for those un
able to do it themselves, and some
who make delicious pies, cakes and
Deaths and
Samuel H. Lamborn.
GrlswOld. la. Samuel H. I.nmhnrn .?
pioneer and wealthy farmer and leader In
democratic politics of th county, died at
me numo 01 nn aaugnter, Mrs. wuiiain
C. Bryant. Mr. Lamborn had been a
resident of Cass county for 47 vaati. Ha
came to Iowa from Pennsylvania. Until
1H97 Mr. Lamborn followed the occupation
of a farmer. Since his retirement he has
been living In Ortswold. During his rest.
df-nce in Cans county h held numerous
offices. .
Samne J. Petty.
Elliott. Ia. Samuel J. Petty, it. for
years a prominent seed merchant here, died
at his home. The death of Mr. Petty
Is the third to occfar In his familv wlt'nln
the last year. Last January his father
died at the age ot S3 and a few month
later a brother died. Samuel J Petty
was born In Pilot Grove township. Mont
gomery county, and had lived all his Ufa
in this community. He was a corn ex
pert and officiated a Judge at many
corn shows. He also was an extenaiv
exhibitor for year. -
Mrs. Verona Crosier.
Beatrice. Neb. Mr. Verona Crn.lr.
pioneer resUent of Wymore. died at her
home In that ctty after a brief nines.
She is survived by her husband and lx
children.
Howard F. Kohler.
Schuyler. Neb. Th funeral of TfnwaM
Frederick, on of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Koh
ler wa held from th Methodist church,
Kev. George M. Gate breaching th ser
mon. W. H. Miller.
Beatrice. Neb. Funeral unt... M
W. H. Miller. Gag county farmer and
stock raiser, were- held In Centenary
Methodist church, conducted fey Rev. J.
Franklin Has. Ths body wa taken to
rirth for burial.
Joseph Barkbarst.
Beatrice. b Vv nrA wss fmvIv tier
of the death of Joseph Barkbarst. former
resident of Beatrice, which occurred at
the soldiers' home In California. Mr.
Rarkhurst wa connected with th city
water department her for year before
going -to California. He was about 7
year of age and leave thre children.
Mr. David Little.
McCook. Neb. Mr. David Lilt la. 84.
died st her farm bom ner 81. Ann,
Frontier county. Rte was on of the pio
neer of that section. Funeral service
were held la th M. K. church. McCook.
Thnrna Little.
Pswne City, Meb. Word ha ae re
bread for sneclal occasion! or to or
dcr. In most of these instances
what the women earn, though not
a considerable amount of cash or
baby chicks or garden truck, u the
result ol honest, conscientious el
fort, and they have a well-warrant'
ed feeling of pride at having done
a good job and at being paid for
it. But the opportunities are limited
for these women and time is also
limited, since the good housekeeper
in the country is the rule and not
the exception But if she did noth
ing more than her housework and
the chores which so many men think
are a farm woman work, the conn
try woman has earned a substantial
sumi no matter whether she gets it
or not And she docs not always
get what a housekeeper in the city,
hired for the purpose and paid ac
cordingly, regards as one of her per
quisites, an aitcrnoon out
Partners in Industry.
As-1 reflect unon country women
I have known. I recall the expres
sions on tne laces or tnese women
in various stages of life. Sitting in
church, one has an excellent oppor
tunity to catch them in a rather re-
laxed mood, and to study phsiog
nomy. On the faces of the younger
married women there is a sober, rath
er arrogant, agRressive cast of coun
tenance as if to say that the world
is their oyster, their man is making
money and they are well settled in
life. To many of them life does
wear a rosy hue and if energy and
domestic skill count for anything,
they and theirs are bound to land
in the prosperity class. I hope they
do.
But the faces of the olu'er wom
en tell a different tale. Regardless
of whether the faces are lean or
short, there is a slight compression
of the lips, a drooping of the lids,
which tell of patinece as an acquired
virtue. It is hardly a patience re
lated to resignation, it is in some
cases more closely allied, to the
watchword of our recent national
administration, "Watchful Waiting."
inese women have passed the pe
riod oi juDiiant expectation, ot an
ticipation, of satisfaction with the
theory that whatever is, is right, in
farm life. They know it is some
times wrong, and that wrong is often
perpetrated at their expense. But
there is a modicum of hope in every
heart, so tbey exercise the patience
which not all of us are born with,
but which farm women seem to
acquire like greatness thrust upon
them, and they wait for the change
which they hope will come, for that
day when they will be recognized as
working partners in the greatest in
dustry on the face of the earth, and
will be expected to share in the busi
ness without having to rob them
selve of youth and life and love be
fore that day 'omes. The faces of
the old women in the congregation,
however, are a revelation. There
they sit, sometimes with bowed
heads, often with bent shoulders, al
ways with wrinkled faces and toil-
worn hands, still enduring life be
cause of the hope of a hereafter
where, like old Margaret, they will
not have to tackle a new job. Their
day of hard, strenuous labor is over,
and while they can putter around a
garden or a flower bed, or do odd
bits of mending, or help with the
dishes, they look qn at the younger
generation driving stacker teams
to help when hired help in haying
time is out of the question, to see
the younger women doing the drud
gery they have done in other days
and to receive as scant reward, and
they wonder, in their aged minds,
if the burdens of this world are so
distributed in the next world as te
make an Atlas out of the women.
while the men, like Phaeton, do the
driving.
: These women realize thai they are
not barnacles, or parasites. They are
strongly embedded in the producer
class, and are not pensioners upon
the bounty of anyone. They earn
their way whether they receive re
ward for their labor or not, and
in the back of the mind of many
a quiet-faced country woman is a
sense of the inequality of things in
general, not with a socialistic inter
pretation, but as viewed from a
closeup knowledge of what they do
as well as what they have done,
what they have received and what
they may never hope to get. Is this
a submerged rebellion? And if so,
is it warranted? ,
(Continued Next Sunday.)
Funerals
ceived her that th body of Thomas
Little, Pawnee City youth who wa killed
overseas, has arrived in Boboken, N. J.,
and will be sent on her from there. A
military funeral I planned. The Paw
nee City post of the American Legion wa
named the Thomas Little post in honor
of this fallen hero. He grew to manhood
here, taught In the high school and waa
studying for ministry just previous to be
ing called to service.
W. H. Knagg.
Kearney, Neb. W. H. Knagg, sr., died
at his bom her. Th funeral was hed
In th United vacgUcal church. W. H.
Knagg, with hi parent, earn ta Fort
Kearney 60 year ago, In an ox cart.
Nearly 50" year later he was elected
mayor of Kearney and the progressive
nes and building Instinct of the pioneer
wa continued under his administration,
he being responsible fr laying of the
first paving In thi city. - Mr. Knaggs,
whose father wa acting postmaster at
Fort Kearney and whose another officiated
as matron of th fort hospital, moved to
thi city In 1881. engaging in the grocery
business. H was actively occupied with
management of the store up to a rfcar
ago. He served thre term a cotacll
man from hi ward and on term a
mayor.
Mrs. Katrlna Brrttling.
Fremont. Neb. Mrs. Kstrina Breltllng,
IS. a resident of Fremont for S3 years,
died after seven week- Illnes. 8h ws
born at Wlngfern, Germany, and cam
to th United States at th g ot 16 with
her parent She was married In 1881
In Illinois and cam to Nebraska li year
ago, where her husband opened a bakery
In Fremont. She Is survived by fiv chil
dren. Mr. Clarene Woodward.
Central City, Neb. Mrs. Clarence Wood
ward of Comstock died at th John Per
singer home, where sh had ben receiv
ing treatment for some time. 8h is sur
vived by her husband and three children.
v Mrs. Margaret Dewey.
Table Rock, Neb. Mr. Margar-t Ree
Dewey, who was born In Wale March 1.
142. died at her homo near Tate, where
she had lived for SI year. In 1ST0 she
came to Nebraska. 8h Is survived by
ner nusoana, on son and four daughters.
Mra. Aagnct Boh.
Arapahoe. Neb. The fonersl of Mr.
August Boh, fa. wa held here. h had
been confined to homo by lllaw for
seveal weeks, ,
Howard Will Call
Farm Meeting In
Chicago Nov. 10
Ratification of National Mar
kfting Scheme Planned at
Conference to Be Held
Next Month.
Lincoln, Oct IS. Upon reco.n
menil.it ion of the Farmera Llvt
Stock Marketing committee of IS,
President James R. Howard of the
American Farm Bureau federation
will send out invitations to the vari
ous farm organizations to attend a
conference in Chicago, November 10,
for ratification of the national mar.
kcting plan to be submitted by the
committee. ,
In a messaee to the Nebraska
Farm Bureau federation President
Howard advises that the committee
held a two days' conference Sep
temher 27-29, and will hold another
session October 18, at which time its
plan for co-operative live stock rnar.
kcting will be ready to suomu to
the ratification conference.
At the last meeting of the confer
ence definite decision waa reached
that the national live stock board
shall consist of nine directors, which
will oversee the terminal commission
associations and the stocker and
feeder companies, and will also be
charged with the duty of bringing
about an orderly flow of live stock
to market
Definite principles have also been
adopted for Che organization and
management of local co-operative
live stock shipping associations and
recommendations are made tor their
operation.-
The committee recommends that
each local live stock shipping asso
ciation be incorporated, the limited
liability of members being sufficient
reason. Local conditions will large
ly determine the organization of
these associations, whether local,
regional or county-wide, but it is
urged that the territory covered be
large enough to warrant the em
ployment of a competent manager,
It is recommended that these as
sociations can most advantageously
function through some strong state
wide farm organization not confined
to or undertaking to represent a
single product, but an association
serving all farmers. Specialized col
lective needs of shipping associations
should be safeguarded by the term
inal producers' commission associa
tion, according to the committee.
The committee does not believe it
practical at this time to lay down a
hard and fast rule as to eligibility
to membership in the local shipping
associations, but believes where con
ditions make it practical that the
basis of membership should be the
basis of membership of the general
farm organizations of the state.
Fail Proper Time to
Declare War on Mites
Brookings, S. D., Oct. IS. Poul
try raisers who will combat mites at
this time of year will have much lest
trouble with these insects in th
spring than if this year's crop is al
lowed to winter over, for, like most
hibernating animals, they come out
of their hiding places with good ap
petities when spring comes, sayi
Clara Stutter, extension poultry spe
cialist at the state college.
"Most poultry raisers have consid
erable trouble in keeping the flock
free from mites," she says, "mostly
because they have not studied their
habits' and do not know thaf the life
of these insects is short, lasting only
from' six to ten days, except when
they are dormant during the winter
months. .
"Mites suck the blood of the fowl
during the night, then hide in cracks
and under loose boards, boxes and
roosts during the day. They may be
destroyed by removing all loose arti
cles, cleaning- thoroughly and then
spraying or painting the walls, floor
and roosts with any good disinfect
ant such as kerosene, stock dip, creo
sote, whitewash or any heavy spray '
that will destroy the eggs as well as
the mites."
Few Pure-Bred Dairy i
Cows in South Dakota
Brookings, S. D., Oct IS. Of tha
555,975 dairy cattle in South Dakota,
only 5,248, or less than one in 100,
are purebred, according to the 1920
census. Of the beef cattle on farms
in the state, nearly 3'i per cent are
purebreds. Of all the cattle in the
United States, exactly 3 per cent
are purebreds.
"Purebreds represent a hipjlier pro
ducing and more profitable class of
cattle than do grades or scrubs," says
Horace M. Jones, extension dairy
specialist at the state college, in com
menting on these figures. When
South Dakota reports from S to 10
per cent of her dairy cattle as pure
breJi, fcer dairy industry will be on
a higher plane. The man who starts
now to acquire a herd of nurebred
dairy cattle is the man who will be
independent 20 years from now."
Great Strides Been Made
In Growing Dakota Corn
Brookings, S. D., Oct IS. A
spfcndid corn exhibit is the outstand
ing feature of practically every one
of the unusually large number of ex
cellent community fairs, corn days,
harvest festivals and meetings of
like nature which are being held in
South Dakota this fall, according to
reports of state college extension
workers. A common remark of for
mer Iowa farmers to be heard all
over the southwestern section of
South Dakota is that we never
raised better corn than this in Iowa."
New Simplon Tunnel Due
To Be Completed by Jan. 1
Geneva, Oct. 15. The new Simp
Ion tunnel, parallel with the old one,
has been pierced and the second line
is expected to be completed by.the
first of the year. The new tunnel "wilt
improve greatly the express service
between eastern and western Eurooa,
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