Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-12
BRIEF nrrs ron THE FARMERS.

The December report OF the Lyons cream
cry shows the receipt OF 22G 629 pounds of
| milk which produced $500 pounds OF butter
J TAT; gross receipts S1,SiS.30 Butter netted
| l7ls cents. This pays better than corn or
| wheat
Huffman G Rollins Of Antelope county ox-
pect to put IN 800 acres OF alfalfa next
! spring making 500 acres altogether. Nearly
every farmer there who has experimental
with this forage plant expects to increase bis
acreage the coming season.
Twenty-fuur acres of bcets raised by Il. T.
Olmstedt & Co. of Wayne gave a profit OF
SiOS.SI after paying S236.23 freight on the
beets to the Norfolk factory. If the bounty
OF 81 a ton is received the profits VIII be
! over $500. The labor in raising The beets
amounted to S502,G5.
As sample OF what can he done under
irrigation in Nebraska comes Carsten Tluel-
sen at Loup City He has gathered from
| sixty acres OF irrigated land and didn't get
the water on 1t until August 10, 5000 bushes
of corn. Some of the tract produced 100
bushels to the acre He thinks he viii get
an average OF 100 bushels next year.
A. II. Bigelow of Bartlett planted three
eighths Of an acre of ground to peanuts last
spring. He harvested this fall from this
piece Of ground forty-one bushels Of No. l
nuts. The sandy soil in this locality is just
right for this crop. These nuts are worth
Sl.50 per bushel. At that rate the crop
would bring Sl73,50 per acre. Mr.. Bigclow
says the crop is no more trouble to raise
than potatoes. why not stop raising so
much corn and try a few acres Of peanuts?
According to the Neigh Leader, there is a
big profit in keeping COWS each year to tho
farmers of that section, and especially is
this true where intelligent feeding and care
of the animals is given attention. In speak
ing of this subject. George Coupland Of Cedar
valley states that he has kept an exact
account of the income from his cows the past
year, and Is surprised at the remarkable
showing. During the year he has had an
average of six and one-half cows giving
milk from which he has received returns of
S25O or an average of over $3.50 from each |
COW. The animals have been well cared for |
and the winter months have proved the |
most profitable of the year owing largely to |
the fact that they have been fed on alfalfa, |
which experience has demonstrated is |
superior to any other feed
During the year 1895 the Albion creamery |
received 1924 ,591 pounds of milk, paying to |
the patrons, after all expenses were paid the |
sum of $lOOi553, or an average of nearly |
81 cents per 100 pounds of milk for the year. |
During 1896 there was received 2.797 ,64i |
pounds of milk, paying to patrons after all |
expenses were paid $l4,70I41 or an average |
OF nearly 80 cents per 100 pounds of milk |
FOR the year-a gain of 40 per cent of milk
over the year 1895, but a loss of II per cent |
iii price received per 100 pounds of milk
the cause of the loss being the lower price
of butter, as all know butter followed the
depression of everything else and dropped
to the lowest price ever known for this class
of butter-14 cents in New York
The Fremont Leader says that education
seems to be desired by all men in all trades
and all professions. The day OF men who |
stumbled along in any profession or trade
without an education is Mt an end. Things
are all being performed on an educational
scale as never before Farmers understand
this as well as any class of men, and realiz-
ing 1t the farmers institutes are being
established in almost every county in the
state. over sixty will be held this year, and
before another year rolls around every
county will hold an institute. Dodge county
and the neighboring counties have been
among the leaders of institute work and they
present fine program every year. and no
farmer should miss session
OF the institute. No trade or profession re-
lulres more careful study than the farmer
every day something new evolves on the
iarm and If the farmer does not keep up
with the progressive march he is sure to be-
come back number. The next institute will
be held February 10 to u, inclusive