Nebraska Newspapers

    WE PEE; OMAHA. MONDAY, MAKCII 13. 9i2.
Certified Seed
Potatoes Bring
Growers Profit
rualiW Itrport I.al Year
PrnionMratnl SjuJ ShouM
He C'uiif iilcrri! Permanent
(.rj.
.VlUmr, t, I rrtii'ud seed po
tatoes jfi.(JinfJ in wmtrrn Xrbrisk
Ut )f4r lute 'l turn sold.snd wv ith
a Itroi.t that demonstrates that the
j"ui should he permanently con
ulrr it one of the ruot vaUulde
and impurunt crops in north
rtern Xrbusl,, according to a re
port made ly poUto specialists of
the auriculturul college and the de
paitment of asrictitiurr.
The potato rrop last year broitRht
in more money to the rven western
t'ountir. in which i located the ma
jor crop, than all of the grain crop
combined, the report states, which
largely the result of the low
rirr paid for grain and the rela
tively high price paid for potatoes
(rcatce cf a short crop throughout
the- nation. Grower received $1 per
m pound more for certified eed
H)iator lat T than the prevail
ing price on o. I grade table po
tt, according to the report.
Need lor Good Seed.
' In the irrigated region of west
ern Nebraska and Colorado there i
a great nerd for good seed potatoes
Dl some of the varieties that are
grown almost exclusively under ir
rigation." averts the report. "There
i a great market for certified Early
Ohio ted potatoe in the Platte
valley and no serious attempt is
being made to supply thi market
with Nebraska Karly Ohio seed
stock at the present time.
"If we assume that only one-tenth
f the potato acreage in these re
gion is planted with certified seed
potatoe. there is each year a market
for no less than 5K car of certified
seed potatoes in the regions that
western Nebraska is peculiarly fitted
to serve.
Urge Best Seed.
Anyone contemplating the produc
tion of seed potatoes with a view to
certification should select some
standard variety, the report cautions,
and then get the very best seed po
tatoe available. , It concludes:
"Potatoes are now one of the best
paying crops in Nebraska, but there
i no assurance that the crop will
continue as profitable next year. It
i very customary for a year of over
production of potatoes with low
prices to follow a year of short pro
duction and high prices. Consequent
ly, inexperienced potato growers
probably will find it desirable to be
lather conservative in the acreage
they plant this rear."
Three Contest Hens
Make Record of 26 Eggs
Lincoln Three entries in the egg
laying contes being' conducted by
the department of poultryhusbandry
ofc the Agricultural., college last
month, made a record of 26 eggs,
or two more than enough to be
awarded a blue ribbon. Two white
. orpingtons, entered by C. M.
Mathcwson of Walthill, and a single
esunb white leghorn, the property of
John W. Welch of Omaha, topped
'the list.
Birds entered by the following in
dividuals also were blue ribbon win
ners: Mrs. A. Arnold, Inavala; J.
L. Schluntz, University Place; B. J.
Johnson, Mead: G. B. Farris, Grand
"Rapids, Mich.; B. G. Japs, University
Place; I... L. Burt. Gibbon; J. F.
Porter, Fremont; V. T. Davis, Col
lege View; Nebraska Experiment
substation, North Platte: Ohio Poul
try farm, Cincinnati; H. V. Hill,
Lexington, and D. Q. Douglas, Crete.
A bird entered by C. M. Mathew
on, C-289, ranked first among the
. 12 high hens for the month, with 93.
Others were: G. O. Gill. Lincoln,
87- T L. Schluntz, University Place,
two of 84; B. G. Japs, University
Place, two of 84; B. J Johnson,
Mead, 83; L. I- Burt, Gibbon, 83;
G B. Ferris, Grand Rapids, Mien.,
two of 82: Nebraska Experiment sta
tion, North Platte, 82, and R. O. o
gel, Seward. $2.s
Washington County Makes
' Progress in T. B. Campaign
Blair, Neb. The area eradication
tuberculosis campaign being .con
ducted in Washington county under
the direction of a crew of seven vet
erinarians, is progressing rapidly and
is expected to be continued until the
whole countv has been worked, Carl
Olson, county agricultural agent, re
ports. Township chairmen and area
captains, donating their services, are
co-opera,ting with the federal and
state veterinarians.
Dr. Tilden of Blair and Dr. Stan
Icy of DcSoto are operating in Cal
lioun township with two government
men who have just arrived. Dr.
Cadv of Arlington and Dr. Byers,
government agent, are working in
Fontcnclle township. Dr. Smith is
fmishing Blair township and two
men will start in Herman township
in the near future. Grant and Rich
land townships are almost organized,
Mr. Olson states,
Farmers' Union Notes
Shroytr Holds Meeting.
Fairbury, , series of frarmeu
union Hirelings wit held in jrtirrton
county by J. O. hhrovrr, hud of
the orgjnuing work of the Nebraska
I'armers union. The purpose was to
revive and stimulate wtereat in the
organiiation and it activities. Men
im were held at Meele City. Kndi
eott, Dillfr, riymouth, OlaJstone,
Powell, Jlrlvey. Daykin and Fair
bury. Henry Kiel of the Farmer
I'mon Livettoik comminion, St,
Jinrph, Mo., accompanied Mr,
Shroyer part of the week. Mr.
hroyer poke at the noon luncheon
of the Chamber of Commerce in this
fty on March 7. telling of the Farm
era union and it aceomplislfments.
Editor Adreucs Farmer.
Syracuse. The quarterly conven
tion of the Otoe County Fruieri
union was addressed by I- .S. Her
ron. editor of the Nebraska Union
Farmer, Omaha. Mr. llerron pre
sented the idea that in a free field
the farmer can work out their Own
salvation by voluntary co-operation,
and that their legislative activitie
should be directed toward removing
privileges that support monopoly. He
ontlir.d what ha already been ac
complished by co-operation and
showed what remain to be done. A
round table discussion followed the
address. The convention voted to
hold the annual county Farmer
union picnic at Talmage.
Meeting at Millard.
Millard. An enthusiastic conven
tion of the Douglas County Farmer
union was addressed by President C.
I. Oshorn of the state organiration
Con McCarthy, manager oi the
Farmers Union State exchange; J. li.
Foster of the exchange coal depart
ment, and A. J. Conner of the Farm
er union audit department. Mr. Os
horn reviewed the achievements of
the Farmer union, and described the
new Farmer union finance corpora
tion, to which he referred as the
"cap sheaf" of the accomplishment
of the organization in Nebraska. Mr.
McCarthy and Mr. Foster spoke with
particular reference to the business
of the state exchange, and both gave
encouraging reports of the picking
up of business. Mr. Conner outlined
a plan to have managers of co-operative
businesses come together for
conferences. The first of these con
ferences will be held in Douglas
county. The county union voted to
subscribe for $200 of stock in the
Farmers union finance corporation.
The next convention of the county
union will be held in Irvington in
June.
Liquidate Sugar Company,
if inatare Officers of the Farmer
Union Co-Operative Sugar company
are beginning to liquidate the affair
of the concern, and to return money
and notes to farmers who purchased
stock in the company. Seventy-five
per cent will be returned in the first
distribution, and the officers believe
that when the affairs of the company
are finally settled a small additional
refund can be made. The organiza
tion of this company was completed
just when the business depression
was beginning in the spring of 1920.
In spit of that, a large amount of
stock was sold, but not enough to
put the project through. At a meet
ing of the stock subscribers held last
December, it was decided to aban
don the enterprise for the present
and to refund the money and notes
that had been given for stock.
Endorse Farm Bloc.
Stanton The county convention
of the Farmers union of Stanton
county adopted a resolution strongly
endorsing the farm bloc in the United
States senate. Farmers throughout
the country here feel that for once
their interests are being protected
and advanced in congress. The mo
tion in the convention to indorse the
lloc was adopted with enthusiasm.
Shipping Is Success.
Grand Island Local No. 1020 of
the Farmers union practices co-oper-ntive
shipping of livestock. Otto
Gruenther is the shipper. In the
year 1921, the local shipped 35 cars
of livestock, consisting of 2.187 head
of cattle and hogs. All of this stock
a cemigned to the Farmer Union
Live Mock commission ' Omaha.
At the end of the ear the local re
ttived a check far J.155.07 from tle
cominii.ion house at it share of tht
surplus accumulated by the notice
ahe the expenses of operation.
'IM sunt ws divided among the
member of the local in proportion
to the live stock they l ad shipped.
Surplus Absorbs Los.
Cliak'o 1 he farmer' elevator here
it one of those fortunate in having
a good surplus accumulated from
r rout of former years. Operation
t'l 1921 thawed a sma't lot, accord
ing to the audit made by the Far.
titers union audit department, but
the company had suimient surplus
to meet the loss and still have nearly
J5,utXJ left in that account. The vot
ume of business for the year wa
rearly $U?,0i0. The current assets
of the company are over five times
a great as the quick liabilities, and
the company has no money bor
rowed. Thi company ha been op
erated a a straight stock corpora
tion, but it i arranging to reincor
porate under the co-operative law of
the tate. V. O. Schmidt i preM
dent of the company and j. II.
I'lambeck : manager
Elevator Shows Profit
Cambridge The Farmer union
elevator here is one of the compara
tively few rountry elevator in the
state that showed a profit in the
year 1921. In the last nine months
of the year, thi elevator did a busi
ness of $197,081.74, at a profit of
$1,426.86. Thi large volume of busi
ness was done at a total operating
cost of only $4.016.83.. The com
pany handles grain, livestock, vege
tables in carload lots, and merchan
dise in bulk. James Carroll is the
manager. The representative of the
Farmer union audit department,
who made the audit here, commend
ed the company for the loyalty of
the members, as manifested in stick
ing to their own business regard
less of what competitors tniglit of
fer. Store Makea Money.
Hay Springs The Farmers union
store at this place has shown a profit
every year since it wa. established,
and has always paid interest on the
capital invested, besides patronage
Cividends to the patrons. Members
re rejoicing that even tinder the
hard times conditions of 1921. their
store came through showing a profit
of $254.89 for the year. The asso
ciation ha total assets of $28,853.14,
and liabilities of $8,161.30. a finan
cial condition much better than the
average, according to the Farmers
union auditor wno maae me auan
here. A. Kadlecek is manager of the
store.
Profit at Hildreth.
Hildreth The Farmer Union Co
operative association here, which
cperates a store and a produce de
partment, handled $22,031 worth of
cream, $29,242.88 worth of eggs, and
$7,187.41 worth of poultry in the
year 1921. The gross profit from
the produce end of the business was
$5,963.28. This shows how the cow
nnd the hen are tiding the farmers
of this community over the hard
times. The association holds $1,000
of stock in the Farmers Union Co
Operative creamery of Superior,
Neb., and ships all of its cream, eggs
and poultry to that plant. In the
store end of its business the asso
ciation reached a volume of $148,
169.64 in the year, on which it made
a net profit of $642.95 considered a
very good showing by the members
in view of the losses that so many
mercantile concerns have sustained.
Business Improving.
The general improvement in busi
ness conditions is being reflected in
the volume of sales made by the
Farmers union state exchange. Sales
in the first five days of thef week
of March 11 showed an increase of
more than 100 per cent over the
similar period in February. A no
ticeable feature of the trade is the
increased demand for farm imple
ments. Last year farmers purchased
almost no implements at all, but
every day now a considerable quan
tity of farm machinery is moved out
by the state exchange.
Culls
Saunders County Woman
Collects Freakish Egg
Wahoo When Mrs. Direk Smith
gathered her eggs she found one
which weighed a half pound and
measured eight inches around the
short way and 10 inches the other
wav. It was perfect in shape. Upon
breaking the shell of the egg there
was another normal-sized egg w ith a
good shell on the inside. Also an
ordinary voke and enough white to
fill the shell of three normal sized
eggs. - -
Hens of Iowa Woman Make
Egg Production Record
Creston, la. Mrs. George Schultz
of this city has 29 hens that are mak
ing an excellent record for laying.
The hens, during the past 50 days,
have laid 757 eggs. Mrs. Schulti
savs she feeds her hens three times
a dav, but makes them work for their
feed by sprinkling it in straw from six
to eight inches deep.
A better nation through a better
agriculture,
The dairy cow, the homely sow,
A combination rood.
They keep us well, give thing, to Mil,
As all ood product! should.
A leaching "cesspool" which
'"leaches" endangers the water sup
ply. One which doesn't "leach" is a
mess. The homemade septic tank is
giving fine service for sewage dis
posal on the farm.
Allow 12 to 15 l ens to one male
with egg breeds, 10 to 12 with gen
eral purpose breeds and 6 to 8 with
heavy meat breeds. Hens make hot
ter breeders than pullets.
Scrub stock is passing, but how
about those scrub fruit trees? You
can at least give them a tonic in the
form of a good prtning.
More milk means making might?
men,
The present condition in many
agricultural sections is due to a lack
of appreciation of the dairy con-.
Farm Activities
Farm Bureaus
to Start Drives
for New Members
Kxpeit State Will Sign l
More Men Than Last Year
Some Counties Are
Vn Jer Way.
I.tnco'n. Reports from county
Farm Ruresu federations where
membership campaigns are under
way indicate that in roanv of the
counties the membership for 1922
is going to be in excess of that of
last year, while a few counties, due
to local conditions, may fall below
last year's total.
Nebraska Farm Bureau headquar
ters here predict that the member
shin as a whole will exceed bv sev
eral thousand the paid up member
ship of list year.
Report Results.
Approximately a doen counties in
scattering portions of the state are
already reporting results of their
campaigns, which have been in prog
ress for five davs, though the great
er majority of them will not get un
der way until next week.
Holt county signed tip 230 mem
bers in the first few days and ex
oect excellent results in the final
outcome; Richardson countv has 298
paid up members though the cam
paign does not actually start until
March 13: Otoe county reports that
Dunbar precinct signed up every
member of last year and many new
ones and expects similar results
throughout the county; Tolk county
has signed 143. but has just started;
Johnson county says: "Now have
nearly as many as last year." At
the first meeting in Cheyenne coun
ty 100 per cent of last year's mem
bers signed as well as a large num
ber of new members.
One-Day Campaign.
Red Willow county will conduct
a one-day campaign next week and
will see every farmer in the county;
Kimball expects to far exceed last
year's membership.
Saunders, Sheridan, Seward, Web
ster, Clary, Gage, Butler and Saline
counties have just fairly got started.
Madison connty has just started, but
promises 1,000 members for the
countv.
Morrill, Kill. Thurston. Wash
ington. Dakota, Frontier, Nance.
Dawes, Dawson, Buffalo, Furnas and
Keith counties will start in early
next week and county managers in
every one of these counties expect
to keep pace with the leading coun
ties in obtaining new members.
Purebred Male Pig Weighs
Seven Pounds at Birth
Norfolk What is declared to be a
record in the breeding of purebred
hogs developed on the farm of W. H.
Rasmussen, when a fall yearling sow
gave birth to a male pig which
weighed seven pounds and which is
11 inches high and is IS inches long
from, ears to foot of tail, and which
has a three-inch bone around the
foreleg above the hoof. The pig is
a full son af Giant Sensational, a
Duroc-Jersey boar. Many people in
terested in breeding of purebred hogs
were attracted to the farm by the
new pig. The average weight of new
pigs is two pounds, and breeders
doubt if this record has been dupli
cated in the United States.
Five-Year Crop
Rotation Plan
South Dakota Farmers
Will Change Methods
Miller. S. D. npres'.'Mit t.v fi
meruit fimrrs of this ,M of tits'
Mate indicate Out there will it les
mention t small gum tm eri
than furmerly, with a .ew ot iwni , . , , ..... . ,
more tUt'.u, plani ng more corn. I A?n uHUMl OllM MU raor
keeping rows riumg hc. pou'try.l ,.!....., I),,. ..I.,,,!..! I,v Iff.
etc . uriner, rcshmg th,i thi ?t lif me ifi lojiru . jri-
The Farmer's Wife
method of farming is Ihe mot prt
liable year by year.
It i undmtid lhat I's uk!-"
and more horses will be used in l,!"' t
mg the land this ron. Ihe ad
vancing prices of grain may chng
thi Un to some evtcnt. Me.j
farming with dairying, raii of
hogs, etc. it regarded at aie m the
opinion of moi fanner. A majority
of the farmers say they intend to
g-t along without buving any new
machinery this year.
i MARY ANN CRAY.
j Mrhmsllor Frotini good
i H.a,fcliitt..t!,w Ire.line ffltw It niiift
liwkt tnir Y n ni' y ,h lollowmg rec.pe: Dissolve le.
.Ueeillll; I tlMll jsuwar in I 4- boilmg water. Kotr
land ! tyrup bml until it forms a
! suit lull in told water. Tour the
ttrtip in a (ue tream on the white
of an rifg t'CitUn very light, beat
ing r iiriuiit'y im suwhile. Add 12
niarthn. ailow t and beat with a poon
iint mrlH"d. then t-eat auam with
on rig beater nntd very I ght. add
ing l-.'t. saiiilU.
Millers Start
Move to Improve
Wheat Standard
Newly 'Klectctl PrrMilent f
State Association Setk tu
Advertise Nclira-Va
Flour.
Gibbon, Neb.Support to the im
provement of seed and cultivation m
Nebraska, both for increased jield
rnd for selection of varieties and
strains of wheat which will produce
four of the highest grade, and ef
fective advertising pf the merits of
Nebraska flour in Nebraska and for
eign markets, are two of the major
aims of the Nebraska Millers' asso
ciation during the present year. J. N.
Ashburn, newly elected president of
the association, announced in a state
ment recently.
'Our interests are bound up with
those of the wheat producer and to
this end we shall offer our aid and
encouragement for the establishment
rind maintenance of suitable labora
tory equipment and service in the
proper department of our state uni
versitv." Mr. Ashburn declared.
"Freight rates and coat costs are
matters to which we shall turn our
attention as the opportunity arises.
"We do not aim at any s.veeping
reforms or changes, as we believe
our best gains are made by more
gradual growth and development of
the industry, and by improving the
product and serving we are enabled
to perfqgm for the public."
Members of the association have
been urged to maintain and improve,
;f possible, the quality of each mills
product, the adoption of accounting
which will keep each miller advised
of his true cost of production, and
the adoption and presentation at
every approprite time of the slogan,
"Eat more bread," stated Mr. Ash
burn. "A nation's commercial standing is
accurately judged or indicated by the
character of its exports." concluded
Mr. Ashburn, "and the nation stand
ing highest commercially and indus
trially will show the highest propor
tion of finished product to raw ma
terial in hs exports. We shall be
performing a patriotic duty as well
as .good business for ourselves and
the producer by fostering and en
couraging the exportation of flour bv
Nebraska mills, large and small,,
wherever possible."
fYroii Cuti til v
runner.
1 Jiu. li --.V i.e.r.,r IP f"U
t!ull l.ii f!rv-ip-( I'V a la'Cier m Imlije trMing nuy
a
soul rtn Nfbra.ka. mommen
ed hv a Jerleiwdi founts' fanner as
"nearly iilcal and wnhy f a'tnt
ron. luid general e ndenieitt ov
agricultural tdlu'iaU here, uton read
ing ih- pUn. While its blanket
1 1 f i if ability from the standpoint of
-od fertility i Mu'oned m some
nvtions, its aduptabihtv I" the ave
rage cornhelt farm generally is ac
cepted with slight mudiiicatlon.
Ihe working plan a described on
s given field rovers me years. The
firt vcr corn, with sov beuni, is
ow n after the last cultivation, and
ilirn hogged down, Corn exclusive
ly j pUnted the second year, oati
'.he third year, wheat, with a seeding
oi sweel clover, the fourth year, and
sert clover the fiitlt ear.
All manure on the farm i nored
in a pit and is liauUd upon the wheat
in the winter time, which is said lo
lave three advantage hauling dur
ing a slack season, Ihe fermentation
in a pit detroying germination of
weed 'cd and gning tne wiieat a
mulch, thereby neaily eliminating
dancer for winter kilhnii
Corn is planted the lirst year of
the rotation and at the lat culivat-
tir.ii. fov beans are planted between
the standing stalks. Hogs are turned
onto the held about rptcmbcr I.
lorn is planted the second year and
harvested by hand. Oats are planted
in this field the following spring
and the ground sown to wheat in the
fail. Manure is applied to the field
it the rate of 10 tons to the acre
during the w inter, and the top dress
ing is finished with straw, so that
the whole field receives an applica
tion. In the spring, when the ground is
still in lionevconib condition, sweet
clpver seed is sown into the field
i.nd pastured after the wheat is re
moved. It is pastured until the first
of July and then allowed to stand
ior seed. After removal the field is
plowed in corn, thus the rotation con
taining two legumes and receiving
one application of manure each five
years.
A mixture of timothy,, red clover
and alfalfa constitutes the horse hay
and. like alfalfa, is seeded on the
poorer fields at irregular intervals.
Silage is usually made from the corn
and beans on the field and stored in
a hollow tile silo.
State Tractor Tests
Will Start April 1
Lincoln Tractor testing for the
year 19JJ, conducted by the College
of Engineering of the Agricultural
college, will begin about April 1, with
prospects for about the same number
of machines this year as last, E. E.
Brackett, manager of tractor tests,
announces.. Fifteen new machines
were tested last, year, one of which
was a road maintainer operating on
gasoline. Six of the machines were
operated on gasoline.
The fuel economy record establish
ed in 1920 "was increased last year,
Mr. Brackett states.
State College Urges
Early Grape Pruning
IJinolu Grape vines tdmiM he
pruned early this rm'nth of he canes
that are not iroren, accoidmg to
horticulture teiialit at ihe Mi'e
Agruultural college, as this will ut
Ihe cuts Hue t. dry up brlore the
tap rises a"d thus prevent eietve
blreiling. I ror en canes a oritne
and luid to hand'e. they sute.
As lo prumi'g tune fr an orchard,
liie department as a prai ucai nor.
tnulliinst misht ak the ipieftion,
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Mine- ur Ills lire, ine 'H4rr i 'ur- 'i
"jut be tore the M rtr., tr.im tin
middle t March t the inuH-C 0'
April." Oi more impiirume than the lime
according to the spesultiU, i th
maimer in which the cut i made
Thi should be mide with a hai(
saw or hrr and jc to the re
maining htanclt." laic should M
taken so there will he no tub aiiei
Ihe cut is nude, according l tht
specialists.
Nelson Ack IVuU for
$73,000 School IJuil.liii,
NiImui. Xrb , March 1.' (Special.)
The hoard f education is askiij
for bids for the erection of the new
$75,000 school building and aKo fot
the remodeling of the old ore. Work
on Ihe new structure is to brgm about
April 15.
Callaway Harp.iin Day
Callawav, Neb.. March 1 .'.-(, Spe
cial.) Wednesday will be largair
day in Callaway. Traetiially all of
the business linns will have some
thing for sale at very low prices.
salt, Mc. iiiiik. l-.'l. amlU. Melt
Ihe hu!ttr, add cocoa, sugar, salt
and milk. Heat to boiling pointed
cook until it tonus a soft ball in
cold waier. Uemove from the lire,
cool and beat until creamy.
Sae s'eps in jour kitchen by
grouping loitethrr similar thing and
placing-them near the part of the
loom where they will be used. Fur
example, keep mixing bowls and
a prions and smli dry materials as
flour, and sugar near each other i
possible.
The a f rage and ideal height for
the kitchen sink is Mt inches from
he bottom of ihe iink lo the floor.
Much energy and drudgery can be
saved if the sink is made of the
height suited to the person using it
most.
Experiments on
Feeding Will Be
Ended Mareli 213
With the County Farm Agents
OTOE COUNTY.
Shipper Make Report.
Aurora. At the annual meeting of thft
Hamilton County Bhippera' association It
was reported that In the nine months
of business the association had shipped
1,041 rases of tgti, 117 carloads tt slock
and 14,375 pounds of butter (at for Its
members. The cross recelpta In the shape
of Income for the association, were S3.
S77.S1. with the expensea of I3.C1S.S1.
Shipping is done by the association for
Its members and S per cent is asked for
commission and per cent for a sinking
fund Kept by the association.
Sale Is Success.
Upland. Seal and Iiammera hsd their
first sale of Duroc brood sows and srilrs.
selling 62 animals. The highest price paid
was 1136. The average was 163. A large
crowd attended the sale. Many farroera
are stocking up with good aows and are
going into the bog business Intending
to get a better price for their corn than
is being offered on the market.
Dodge County Taxpayers
Are Responding Promptly
Fremont, Xeb., March 12 Despite
the cry that times are hard the am
nouncement comes from the office of
County Treasurer Joseph Roberts
that the delinquent tax list is much
smaller this year than in the past.
Taxpayers are making an extra ef
fort to pay up this year it seems and
regardless of the financial depression
more Dodge county residents have
paid their taxes up to date than in
years past.
The time limit for taxpayers has
been exhausted, however, and the
deputy sheriff's office is busy mak
ing out the distress warrants for per
sonal taxes still due. The delinquents
have had notice through the newspa
pers that these taxes are long past
due and have been urged to attend
to them before it was necessary to
issue the distress warrants.
Organize Library at Diller.
Wymore, Xeb., March 12. (Spe
cial.) A library association has just
been formed at Diller and the books
are to be kept in the city hall. The
membership fee is $1 per j-ear, but
many citizens have paid larger sums.
Third Largest Sale.
Fort Calhoun. The third largest pure-
orea uuroc Jersey sale, in prices brought.
was that of O. E. Reese at his farm Just
south of Fort Calhoun, the average for
the 0 head being 1127.50. Mr. Reese, who
operates a jewelry store in Omaha, has
beo In the pure-bred game but two rears.
yet his sales attract the best breeders
from all parte of the United State, of
ferings from his last sale going to Cali
fornia, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa. Kentucky,
Kansas ana various aections oi -Nebraska
Good Sale Prices.
Beatrice C. A. Underwood held a farm
sale at his place northeast of Adams
and stock of al! kinda brought good
prices. A span of mules aold for 30
and a span of mares for i:7. Cattle
brought all the way front $40 to 170 per
neaa. ,
Institute Dates.
Broken Bow The date of the Farmers
Institute to be held in Broken Bow. is set
for March 8. The calling of the various
political meetings over the county ne
cessitated a change in dates.
Pare Bred Hog Sale.
Upland Elmer J. Laujc had a sale or
SS pure bred Poland China bred sows and
gilts. The sale totaled ll.S8S.S0 or an av
erage OI 99Z.49.
Organise Pig Cine.
Pawnee City Pig Club Number Two,
the aecond of Its kind te be organized in
Pawnee countv was organized here. These
clubs are a part of a series of groups of
pig, poultry, Gairy and home economics
enthusiasts which will contest against
each other for prizes which will be
awarded at the Pawnee county fair aext
fall. The eligible members are persons
between the ages of 13 and II.
Sefl Farm For S3
Beatrice Mr. and Mrs. Robsrt S. Janes
of Wymore aoid m quarter section of land
near that place to Louis A. Arneston ef
Jackson county. Mo., for IIS. 069, or Mi
per acre.
Will Hold Trade Tey.
Superior. The Superior merchants will
have another trade day March fl. These
monthly bargain days are rearhing out
and expanding the Superter trade territory.
A. H. Do Ing, Agent.
Syracuse North Branch precinct Is to
have a girls' sewing club this year, spon
sored by an adult sewing club, organized
two years ago, following a community
organization meeting bv Mr. Oaines
the extension service. Sirs. Dora Webbp
will act as leader and the following girli
have alreadv aianlfid their intention to
become members: Edna Rlege. Laura and
T.eona. Saelhoff. Alma and Minnie nom
feldt, Pearl Page. Ellen Webber and Clara
ind Agnes Steinhoif.
Last week we stopped st a couple of
rural scnoois in vjioe pietmti im uu
considerable interest in clubs being organ
ei4 Miues Snodarasas and Hanks will
be supplied with enrollment blanks lor
those who care to tans up ins worn.
Judging from questions asked by some
Af th. hnvs. thev are very much, in
terested in the pig club project. Any
boy or girl in the county between the
ages of 10 and IS years may take up
nrV Individual! and carry it Out,
with the assistance of their parents, and
lessons regularly mailed from the Farm
bureau office. . , , ,
w know of no other boys' and girls
club project Just now that ia of more
intereat or more prontaoie man ine poul
try work. A start can be made by set
ting not less than 2 eggs of some
standard breed of chickens with hens or
in an incubator. vnen tney are mi
. enrnifih vmi with a record book and
regular lessons each month. Profitable
poultry raising requires considerable study
enii exoarlence. consequent!,
. . 4. milt rfeairahle.
r- Tir.oer scent last week In the
eastern pert of the county and will clean
up Wyoming precinct before moving to
other territory. ..a
Following a conference of officials and
veterinarians held at the state university
college of agriculture in Lincoln, it is
understood that hereafter tubercular test
ing of cattle in one precincv iuu.l
completed before any work is started in
a new area. Quite a number of farmers
in South Palmyra and Rock Creek pre
,.. h. signed OD for the test. orth
Palmyra was atarted but not completed.
i . - nMi.lnrt comes out with a
.T.rt na federation renewala and
new members. Mr. Anderson says that
.1 h. inn ner cent cay up. and
several new additions have been made.
William Jamea eaye mai
Wyoming precinct are iui"s
in
good
Three 'pure bred hog sales held In Otoe
county within tne P"- i
satisfactory to ootn oujeia
li;;,.. vhr.ka City had an
offering of Spotted Polands that averaged
"pound Cnfnas at Otoe, raised by Harry
Ehlers. averaged over 30 per head.
Chester Wh.tea sold at Syracuse by
w W Carper of Dunbar, made an, aer
age of" be"!? than 150, .11 of which goes
" show that farmers have not ezsctiy
lost confidence In good swine and inci
dentally, they buy the better kind.
FILLMORE COUNTY.
Geneva. Neb. Boys' and girls' Pl'ry
clubs offer exceptional opportunities
Increase profitable poultry P"u,c"on' J':
clares L. W. Thompson, extension agent
of Fillmore county, urging organization
of more clubs in his county. The firat
year's wore: oegan -
. - .1 ..miitlnt Or
tinne to oepiemuar -v. .
poultry raising and judging. Accredited
farm flock work, breeding and selecting
makes up the second yeara r "r'"
nlng November 1. for one year Awards
are msde to achievement jn"- .
Dress form oranui r
county la gaining momenium. -attending
the one at Milligan last week
and orders given for 10 more forms.
Taxation was the subject of a. discus-
slon at the annual meeting 01 ins '";
ers Co-operative imaivt -
Milltgan. John Davis, representing the
. nrtfon and one or a
committee gathering facts and ;S"
taxation in Jeorasaa, apvo
'"f'onr rope clubs have been organized
In the county. Carl Jonee of sa
rins office recently paid . visit n?
Aemonstrations on splicing and other
problems of rope work.
wnafclos will be repre
sented at the m'llinery school le be he!
here Marrh 14-17. unoer tne oirecimn 01
Miss Rs-hte5 Hsrria f the college or
agriculture, report Lew W. Thompson, j
county agricultural agent. The demon
strator will advise 12 delegates from
these communities
Mr. Thompson announces the following
county activities: Eighteen women were
present at the dress form demonstration
last week, at which .two forma were maae
snd orders taken for several more. The
three members of the Stanton township
women's club, who sponsored the demon
stration, were requested to conduct a
demonstration in Bryant township in the
near future.
Prof, H. E. Bradford of the agriculture
college spoke to seven high schools In the
county last week, urging students to con
tinue their education in some college after
high school grsduation. Professor Brad
ford used figures snd illustrations in sup
port of his remarks.
The first issue of the exchange list
put out by the county farm bureau was
mailed this week. It contained about
2,500 names.
ueorge K. Boomer, co-operative spec
ialist, addressed, the Farmers' union of
Ohlowa and the Farmers' Co-Operatlce
society at ueneva. The former is plan
Jiing an egg circle snd the latter a grain
marketing organization.
and the owner 67 cents on a share basis.
Four pig clubs were formed in the
county last week, reports L. R. Snipes,
county extension agent. This brings the
pig club total in all clubs to 46, with
two more - clubs expected to organize
at Nehawka and Alvo. Two pruning
demonstrations' also were held at Murray
and Plattsmouth. apple trees and grapes
being the subjects.
SAUNDERS COUNTY.
Wahoo,. Neb. A Holsteln sire sssocis
tion is in the process of formation it
Saunders county, reports Walter F. Rob
erts, county extension agent. Two circuits
were decided upon, consisting of three
and four blocks.
Indicationa are that membership in
county clubs this year is to be large. C.
W. Jones, assistant state club leader, be
ing in the county assisting in getting the
Cluos organized.
The Home-makers group will meet at
Malmo next Wednesday and a dress form
demonstration will be held at Swede.
burg on the same day. Two days later
the Memphis club will hold a meeting.
The second millinery school is being held
here this week. Thirteen hats were made
at last week'a meeting at a total cost
of 111.64 and an estimated saving of
S71.7S.
Wahoo Seventy-five per cent of the
farmera in & precinct desiring tuber
culosis eradication testing must sign an
agreement to have their herds tested be
fore the work will be started, announces
W. F. Roberts, county extension agent.
So many calls for testing have been made
that the veterinarian la unable to take
care of them. The state bureau of animal
Industry put the new ruling into effect.
Two precincts practically have been com
pleted, with approximately 65 reactors
takn out of the Marietta district.
Four poultry clubs have been organized.
two near Leshara, one in District 70 and
one of Swedeburg. There are good pos
sibilities for pig clubs at Ceresco. Swede-
ourg. v ahoo, cedar Bluffs and Ash and.
Mr. Roberts states.
Komemaker groups will meet at Tutan.
March IS at Weston, March 16, and in
District 13, March IS. with a dress form
meeting at Pohocco. March 17. The Hot
Lunch club at Ceresco plana to invite
parents to lunch March 14.
in the two weeks' of millinery school.
136 hats were completed, valued at
1:31. H. The cost of the hats amounted
to SSS.31. showing a saving of 1149.
A style show was held with about 73
women visiting.
CASS COUNTY.
Weeping Water. Neb. Activities of
spring agricultural secieties in Cass
county are starting off with much en
thusiasm, L. R. Snipes, county extenaion
agent, announces. Avoca boys have form--
ed a aow and litter club, with seven
members, while another club conducted
aale of 42 head of Poland-China hogs,
which averaged 147.
Six hot lunch clubs, with a membershln
of 4S, are now functioning in the county.
Two clubs are planning to hold Achieve
ment day soon. Four garment clubs
have been organized, with a total mem
bership of 27, as well as n cooking and
poultry club. All clubs are writing let
ters on their work, one of which is pub
lished each week.
weeping Water Csas county will have
some definite cost records on corn pro
duction next vear. under plans formulat
ed at two meetings held here Isat week.
Figures oft the coat of producing corn
the county last year, read at the
meetings, showed: A SO bushel yield to
cost a renter 3S cents and the owner.
4 cents, on a two-fifth haals. and 4'J
bushel yiejd to cost a renter SS cents
JOHNSON COUNTY.
Tecumaeh Members of the Duroc and
Poland Sow and Littler clubs In Johnson
county nre starting the spring clubs with
gilts. J. F. Purbaugh, county extension
pgent. snnounoes. So far as practicable,
Ihe McLean county, Illinois, plan in rais
ing wnrmlcsa pigs is to be carried out.
Individual hog houses will be erected
where possible and every sanitary pre
caution will be used.
The 16 members Isst yesr raised 112
pigs, accoi'ding to Mr. Purbaugh. Many
of these gilta have developed to weigh
of 400 pounds at 11 months of age.
DODGE COUNTY.
Fremont The pure-bred sires list In
Dodge county on the first of March
showed a total .of 100 signers, these men
using pure-bred sires In breeding their
various classes of farm animals, accord
lng to R. Houser, county extension
agent.
Twenty-four head of Holstein snd
Guernsey dairy cows were shipped in
from Wisconsin recently snd distributed
to seven farmers on a cost plus expense
basis by the extension service and the
county farm bureau, co-operating. Tne
cows were purchased by the state dairy
specialist and Hubert Ullmore of Ames.
Arrangements are being made for another
shipment under .the same plan.
Townsh n tubercular testing is on in
full sway In Dodge county. Mr. Houser
reports. Survey men have been appointed
in eight blocks of six sections each and
Indications are that the townships will
he made 90 per cent clean. Dr. Kersten,
federal veterinarian, is in charge of the
worn.
Officers were elected snd the program
sdopted st the annual meeting of the
Dodge . County Fure-Bred Livestock
Breeders' association. The program In
cludes socfal, educational and advertising
campaigns. The executive committee Is
composed or 17 members representative
of the various breeds of livestock.
Large Gathering of lirmlers
Exported in Lincoln at An
nual Spring Meet.
Lincoln. The annual spring stock
breeders" convention, to he held at
the agricultural college here March
28, at which time the various feeding
experiments of steers, lambs and
hogs will be completed, is expected
to attract one of the largest gather
ings of breeders in the history of
these semi-annual meetings. The
feeding experiments are completed
twice yearly, in the spring and fall,
and breeders come here to witness,
discuss and conclude on the results.
Four sets of experiments will be
completed this spring. Experiment
So. 1, comprised of four lots of 10
steers per lot, have been fed on a
ration of corn and alfalfa. The class
es are 3-ycar-olds, 2-year-olds, year
lings and calves. Experiment No. 2,
conducted at the experimental agron
omy farm at Haverloek, each of 10
steers in six lots, will show the re
sults of the various kinds of feeding.
They are: 1, corn and alfalfa: 2, corn,
oilmeal and alfalfa; 3, corn, silage and
alfalfa; 4, corn, oilmeal, silage and
alfalfa; 5, corn, molasses meal, sil
age and alfalia, and six, corn and al
falfa (dog steers.)
In the lamb feeding experiment it
was divided into six lots, each of 30
lambs. By number there are feeds
of corn and alfalfa; corn, silage and
alfalia: corn, molasses meal and al
falfa; corn, molasses meal, silage
and alfalfa; corn, oilmeal and alfal
fa, and corn, oilmeal, silage and al
falfa.
The hog feeding experiment, made
up of seven lots oi 10 hogs each, will
be watched with especial interest, of
ficials state. Lot No. 1 has been
self-fed on corn; Xo. 2, self-fed free
choice on corn and tankage; Xo. 3,
self-fed free choice on corn, tankage
and alfalfa; Xo. 4. self-fed free
choice on corn and alfalfa; No. S self
fed free choice on corn and shorts;
Xo. 6, self-fed free choice on corn,
shorts and tankage, and Xo. 7, self
fed corn and a quarter pound of
tankage per pig once daily.
Indications are that the foregoing
experiments will develop many new
and successful phases- of livestock
feeding, experiment officials declare.
The spring experiments have been
conducted on a larger scale than
heretofore.
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MADISON COUNTY.
Battle Creek Poland-China breeders of
Madison county will eet here March 1
to perfect a permanent county organiza
tion, reports B. A. Stewart, covfnty exten-
Ion aeent. "Get acoualnted ' oernre
undertaking anything toward furthering
the interests of the black hog, advises ths
agent.
The Madison county i.ivestocit areea-
era association win conduct a plowing
contest this summer for the purpose of
Mustrating the power aide of farming,
"lasses will he made for different types
of plows and another division will be
made on the number of horses driven.
There probably will be a class for farm
er-owned and farmer-driven tractors, as
well as a class for dealers if demand
warrants.
Six accredited farm flocks from Madi
son countv are entered in tne project
heinr carried on by the farm bureau and
the agrlcnltursl college. Several fleets
have been establishing good records.
THURSTON COUNTY.
Walthill Kradicatlon of the gopher
menace In Thurston county by an Inten
sive campaign in all parts of the county,
mmediatoly the frost leaves tne grouna.
urged by H. E. Huston, county st.
ension agent. Such s campaign would
ske but a little time and work. air.
Huston states, and would practically do
away with the pest.
Every farmer In Thurston county who.
at all observing, knows that the
gopher Is a very serious pest." says !r.
Huston, "as the animal la doing dam
age to the hay lands and other crops
that amounts to hundreds of dollars to
every farmer. The peat can be eradicat
ed by the co-operaUon of the farmer and
the land owner, to whose mutual benefit
will be the results. Keglons of Infesta
tion can be blocked, out in sections er
districts, and by going over the area two
limes, practically all the gophers ran be
killed bv pniaoning. In p)ca that have
part therought treaimen, SI per cent of
the gophers were killed."
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