Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
In CROPS
Continued from First Page,

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Is much too low. Nebraska stands alone,
so far as | can learn, in its ability to grow
alfalfa, in greater or lesser degree, on
practically every section Of land in Its
borders, on wet land and dry land. on
hillisdes and draws. Iowa dairymen are
among our best customers, and the Ne
braska product costs them $t2 to {1s a ton.
laid down there. Even at that cost, It pays
them to feed It with their corn. Alfalfa
mills are, being started in many places in
this state, because of the great demand
for this richest OF our fodder plants. To-
day, Nebraskans1 who ave 1t not, are
paying their %neighbors who grow It, IS
TO. 8 . ton. In the stack, and haul It
y0urself.
"Clover and blue grass Il also taking Up
n larger acreage. as is bronze grass in some
sections, with very satisfactory returns In
a monetary way. Our other tame grasses
and our wild hay give an annual product
worth close to s4O.OoO,0O 70 in the market.
Cabbage and other Small CrOps.
I'm parts Of Iowa they have Qualifications
known as sauerkraut days. devoted to
clarifying cabbage. 1 want to get a line
/ on such side issues to STANDARD agriculture
in Nebraska. and feel sure the 1900 acres
Of cabbage we note this year is not all OF
the sauerkraut crop by any means.
Our 10000 acres OF potatoes this year
will bring the growers 100000 or better.
In the so-called sandhilI country, this crop
is a staple, and hundreds of carloads of as
fine tubers as can be grown are shipped out
yearly from many a small town up west.
BY and by we will get starch factories that
will use up the smaller potatoes. l know a
man living near Hemingford who has in
vented a very practical seed potato cutter,
that will prepare 100 bushels a day. and 1t
Is bound to come into use.
Sugar beet acreage is doubled this year,
and when the factories reach a better un-
derstanding with the farmers, and labor be-
comes somewhat more plentiful, we will
equal any section of the country in growing
sugar beets. Development OF irrigation in
western Nebraska win aid very materially
In increasing this crop.
"Orchard statistics are very encouraging,
and strange as it may seem. fruit is rot
ting on the ground. or being fed to pigs,
right now, In Nebraska. This plenitude
OF apples and peaches lie not general this
year. Of course. but the statement Is true
OF enough area to make 1t regrettable that
Nebraska fruit growers are not organized
" anu " RAOaaNN ~ NhN wy OE1h
advantage. The Douglas County Fruit
Growers association Is a pioneer pointing
the way to what must come along the lines
OF organization for mutual help and profit.
The same is true of melons, only in a
lesser degree; and in a few years will be
true of nuts.
PrOats from Cream.
IT almost overlooked hand separRtors, the
~raaf ranaarp tIraa-gaxar Nnr oalfarS
We have got returns showing at least s1,Oq
In use, with the number steadily increasing
But in this connection. 1t should be said,
the bureau knows OF a few owners of small
dairy herds who are ehurning and selling
their own butter and claim to find this
plan the more profitable.
''silos are becoming more numerous. espe-
cially in northwestern Nebraska, where the
underground silo. with cement5d bottom and
sides. appears to meet with most favor,
And in that section some farms heretofore
devoted to grain are now entirely given
over to dairying. Intelligent dairy help,
for milking and caring for cows, is a need
OF the dairy sections.
Flour and Corn Meal.
There are several lines OF investigation
that ought TO be tackled by the bureau, t.
key our own people up TO a proper pride
in their state, that shall be based on &C
curate knowledge. For instance, our mill
ing industry Is somewhat immense in th'
aggregate, and It has some intensely inter.
esting features. We are grinding corr
products for Germany and for Mexico, JUS
to mention two purchasing nations. The
southern states are now making their corn
bread Of Nebraska oornmeal, the finest L
be had. Many OF our flour mills are ship
ping the most excellent bread material e
New York, TO other eastern states and L
Europe And here let me pause to say
Minneapolis and other milling centers arr
helpless to sustain their reputation withou
the high-grsde wheat OF Nebraska to mil
very strongly with their own milling grades
Within a decade this should be one Of tn
greatest milling states In the world. II no
the greatest. Everything is rishI and ONLY