Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-17

convention by delegates chosen in said /
counties AZ county conventions held by /
party in said counties. and said counties |
shall be entitled to delegates at said state |
20; Antelope. n 9I Banner. Z Blaine /: one
~; Box Butte, A. Boyd. IL; Brown. g. |
e eSsSlo 5nI Burt ,l gTSleI * SS5s
Clay "a; ColfeN, 4; Cunning. 3; Custer, 49. |
Dakota, 2; Dawes. 4: Dawson 1s Deuel., 2; !
Fillmore. "a: franklin. IS; Frontier, l5 !
Eurnss, 20; Gage. 3; Garfield, 5; Gosper, .;
Grant, /; Greeley, 8; Hall. Y; Hamilton,
! Holt. -; Hooker. /; Howard IL Jefferson,
s; johnson, z; Kearney. Is; Keith. I; keya
q; Lincoln. 10; Logan, p; Loup. 8; McPher-
| son. j. Madison. e. Merrick 10; Nance 10;
Nemaha, u; Nucholls, II; otoe, q; Pawnee,
/ !; Polk, q; Red Willow. II; Richardson, 8;
Rock; 2; Saline, 10; sarpy. 9; Saunders. 2;
/ Sherman. 49, Sioux. 2: Stanton. 8; Thayer.
10; Thomas /; Thurston, 1; Valley, 10; WASH
ington,, 5; Wayne, 4; Webster. 10; Wheeler,
Said county conventions should be held
as early as possible. and each and every
plete delegation to said state convention.
Peters Accepts Invitation.
DR.. A. T. Peters OF the State Agrioui-
| tural college has accepted an invitation to
participate in a two weeks investigation
OF the Chicago stock yards. The investiga-
ton will be made by some scientists OF
Chicago. who are acting for the CONNER
cial association OF that city.
Deputy State Treasurer Babcock and his
family have gone to North Loup for a
two weeks visit with relatives.
Auditor seare today registered Grand
Island electric light bonds to the amount
OF tS5 Co.,
Farming on Great Plains.
The program OF the Cooperative Expert
ment Association OF the Great Plains Area
will bring to the city OF Lincoln on Thurs
day and Friday, June p and p. body
OF distinguished agriculturists who are
studying the question Of crop production in
the great plains area west of the Tooth
meridian. Among the noted men on the
program are DR.. b. T. Galloway, chief Of
the bureau Of industry. United States De-
partment Of Agriculture. Washington. d.
c., with less than ten dozen Of
the men associated with him in this work.
Mr.. f. c. Chilcott, in charge OF dry
land agriculture for the Department of
Agriculture. is the secretary OF this asso-
citation and "a leader in the movement to
bring together from all the states in the
great plains area the men who are d.
rectly in charge Of this work and trying
to solve the problems connected with crop
There have recently been established.
either by the United States Department OF
Agriculture or by the separate states a
series OF experiment stations. one two
in each state. reaching from North Dakota
to Texas. Mr.. Chilcott, in charge Of the
government work, is endeavoring to unity
and systematic the experimental work
covering this area that the experiments
OF one station shall be comparable with
those Of every other station, and after a
series Of years II IS confidently expected
that a large amount of information will be
secured which will solve some Of the funda-
mental questions connected with production
in this country and will no doubt work out
methods and introduce yerietjes. that. will
very greatly increase the certainty OF crop
production in this now sparsely settled
country.
Disease Experiments.
The state Of Nebraska three years ago
established an experiment station at North
Platte. Neb., and has since that time been
devoting its attention to the problems con-
nected with the development of western
Nebraska. II is in cooperation with the
government in the study Of these problems
on the station farm at North Platte
This meeting is not one which is intended
to be popular in its nature. The discus
slons on the program are related wholly
to the question OF working out problems
connected with dry land agriculture. II is
probable, however. that few men already
having investments or seeking investments
in western Nebraska will be interested in
|, the papers which will be read at this meet
|, ing.
Among the addresses to be given are:
Address Of welcome. by Dean c. Z. Bes-
8 sey; response, by ]. II. Worst of North
e Dakota; presidents address, r. T. Gal
p loway Of Washington. d. c.; Crop Rota
: ton and Soil Fertility" ]. II. shepperd OF
n North Dakota; Comparative Value OF
r Corn and Summer Fallow in Rotation with
e Wheat" John S. Cole of South Dakota
n ''Drouth Resistance OF Sorghum Crops" A
n II. Leidigh OF Texas; "Drouth Resistant
i Crops" A. NJ. Teneyck of Kansas: "Rea.
n sons for Hardness OF Wheat in Great Plain,
II Area" T. L. Lyon of Nebraska; Seed
;, Selection Essential in Crop Production
u Under Semi-arid Conditions" w. H. Olir
OF Colorado; Proposed Physical InvestIga
tons in Connection with Cooperative Cul
l. tivation Experiments" L. j. Briggs, Wash
ngton. ID. c.; Crop Production in Western
i Kansas o. II. Ellory of Kansas; som,
a Essential Methods and Varieties for tn,
/, Hard Winter Wheat District" L. A. Fitz