Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-04-08
Nebraska
SCHOOL CREDITS
FOR GARDEN WORK
Twenty.Three Nebraska Commune
ties to Make Gardening Part Of
Regular School Course.
PRACTICAL TRAINING GIVEN

LINCOLN. April 7. Twenty.thres
cities and villages Of Nebraska will mske
gardening a part Of the regular school
work The coming season, IN cooperation
with the extension service ~ the COLLEGE
Or Agriculture Each child viii UNDER
take not only 10 raise the vegetables
bat 20 market them. dihDose Of sfpplus
products BY canning. and keep care
MI record Of expenses and receipts -
we'll The local work viii be IN charge
NJ garden supervisor hired ~ The
school board The Extension Service
viii furnish blanks, records instrue-
lion SHEETS, and spemal Instructors dur
lng ths Neason. Credit for the com
pls,ad project will b. allowed in schoo
work
The towns which have undertaken The
project are Alliance. Ashland. Auburn
beatrice. Benson Blair. Central CITY
chadron, columbus Crete, Crawford
Fnirbury. Fremont Fullerton, Grane
Island. fIoidrese, Howell Kearney, LIN
roln, Neigh Peru, suDori9f stfoms'
bgrg and University place
aussI Community Conference.
A conference for rural life worker,
viii be held at the College Of Aerieul'
lure from June "A 70 o. 1916. II u not
the purpose ~ the conference 70 pro.
vide Instruction IN technical aKficui
ture, bat rather 70 discuss means snf
methods for bringing about better rufa
community life. The program will IN
dude lectures and discussions on The
rural church. iis function and prosram
tho consolidated school recreation n
rural communities. boys' and girls clubs
farm management; fsrAi economies value
N soil culture, and animal hnsbandry
II IL expected 70 have present Prof q
!. Oslpin, lecturer on rural sociology ol
the University OF Wisconsin, o. II. Ben
son. national issder of Boyf and oirls
clubs 81 The United states Department
81 Agriculture. Mrs Nellie y, snyder
canning demonstration ~ the same De-
partmsrt ana Herbert N, Morse. wht
haN had extensive experience with r.
lgious and social surveys
Feeding skim MIA 10 taIyes.
A dairy oalf o. ordinary ugor can b,
pD, on . skim milk diet At the aae o.
Two or three weeks, according 70 IN,
college Of Agriculture The change q
skim milk should be gradual ThiI
change Ii best made by substituting
pound 81 skim milk for pound d
whole milk 81 each feed until The cal
u receiving only skin milk,
The amount 81 skim milk fed should
he The same ~ thss Of The whole min
which II replaces This viii usually b.
ten 70 twelve pounds for a esif twt
Or three weska old a gradual lnereaei
IN The milk shauld be made ~ the cal
srows until ii The age ~ five months
"a receiving sixteen 70 twenty pound
Tally. depending upon the slzs ~ 90
elf
Outline for bird siads.
Persons Interested In the study o
birds may be assisted by an outlin
on this subject issued by the collos
N Agriculture The topics Of The les
a0na include resident birds winter resi-
dsnis, early spring migratory arrivals
late migratory arrivals, and additions
notes on ths birds 70 be searched 10
In Jnne The outline contains . blbli
oafsphy Of books ana pamphlets. man
~ which may be obtained free or q
nominal cost The outline IL prepares
especially for Use IN woman's organiza
tons. bat may be had bY anyone ln
teFeHtcd upon application 70 the Eaten
don Service. College Of Agriculture
lincoln