Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-07
Dairy Cow Will
Tide Farmers
Through Straits
Professor, Addressing Lincoln
Meeting, Says Humble b.
vine Again 'Pinch-Hitter"
In Farm Emergency.

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the dairy professor said, drinking
more milk means better children. a
the school physician OF Columbus
Ind, DR.. Clouse, has proved b.
actual experiments"
Americas preseSrt per cent of eX
penditures for various kinds of food
and the per cent recommended a
most desirable, were given as fol
lows in his advice for increased us'
of dairy products: Milk, butter. ic,
cream and cheese, present 20; shoult
be a.; vegetables and fruits, presen,
IS, should be u; bread and cereals
present Is. should be l3; meat ant
fish, Is. should be IL; eggs, present
6, should be 6: miscellaneous, pres.
cnt 6. should be S; sugar, present S
should be 3.
Describes Extension Work.
Professor NJ. N. Lawritson told
the dairymen about the extension
work of the department.
The breeding of dairy cattle needs
improvement more than any other
phase of dairying. and the best way
to accomplish this is the co-opera-
tive bull association" said Professor
Lawritson. "As we go about the
state and see the mongrel and scrub
animals in some of the barns of the
farmers we understand why they
have no ambition to own better
stock. The chances are that it is
largely because they have not had
the opportunity. His herd is so
small that he does not feel he can
afford a pure bred bull good enough
to improve his herd and he has
given up the idea to improve it
through breeding"
Along the same lines, ]. G. Wink
ger of the United States dairy di-
vision. discussed the Improvement Of
the dairy herds OF the country. His
subject was How to Improve the
Dairy Herd" Professor Winkger
has charge of division of work for
Uncle Sam which has for its purpose
the boosting of cooperative bull
associations. "By such cooperative
organizations the small dairyman
will have chance to build up his
herd and as we'll as the dairymen of
larger MEANS" he said.
Farm Bureau Meets.
Among the 10 organizations that
met today was the Nebaska Farm
Bureau federation, of which Elmer
Youngs of Lexington is president.
Henry c. Wallace, who is regarded
as the prospective secretary of agri-
culture under Harding, will come
from Des Moines to attend this
session tomorrow. and will speak if
his voice permits. The meeting
overflowed the available space and
ousted the women's club m acting.
Mr.. Youngs announced that all
farm organizations in the state are
aiding the Farm Bureau federation
and pleaded for continued good rela-
tons between farmers. no matter
what their organization. H. D.
Lutte, secretary, announced that there
are 1884 members in II counties OF
the state. and set the amount COL
lected from farmers at $28,2 of
which $4,000 has been paid out for
the expenses of organization. Forty
thousand dollars was said to be due
from farmers, but unpaid.
Organization Methods Told. :.
Organizers of the farm bureau told
the delegates of the methods that
have, aided its rapid growth. among
which is system of first explaining
the purposes of the campaign to local
bankers and obtaining support from
preachers. Two publicity men send
out propaganda to all weekly and
daily papers, and prepare advertis-
ing copy, while an advance man
precedcs each drive and determines
the "lay of the land" One hundred
and nine solicitors have been used,
at a cost of $4,000
Mr.. Youngs mentioned the forma-
ton of the committee of II. which
is at>work on scheme for national
co-operative-marketing as the great
est achievement of the organization.
Advantages of Pig Clubs.
Answering the question, "The
BOYS Pig. Whose Hog" Leader F.
T. Winter of the Bows and Girls
club of David City. said at the swine
breeders meeting. Thursday that
under the new system of such clubs,
the youngsters carry on their busi-
ness entirlye separate from that of
tie parents, and they own and mar
kct their animals themselves. 1t
used to be that the boy raised the
pig, but dad got fhe money.
Ownership and the responsible
tiles OF ownership are the great les
sons taught by the children's pig
clubs. and those lessons alone are
worth all the time and attention thev
require of parents" he declared.
"You start a youngster toward sue
cess and prosperity as a farmer,
when YOU get him to join pig
club. Everybody is interested in the
children's clubs. too, so the more
of them you have, the better the
communities and the state will be-
come"
Other speakers before the swine
breeders included F. M. Little,
Hampshire breed representative for
the state: c. Y. Thomoson, West
FONT: Professor L. A. Weaver, Mis-.
souri, Agricultural college: Dwirh,
Putnam. Tecumseh; w. J. Loeffel
and F., D. Wood, state farm; Frank
Rist. Humboldt.
Boys of the Fillmore county pig
club gave demonstration of fit
f.