Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-22
DOUGLAS COUNTY.

Miss Hilma Blomquist of Valley
has been giving the farm bureau as
sistance in holding sewing demon
strations. She gave sewing ma
chine attachment demonstration for
the women in Elkhorn and for the
women in Union precinct at the
home Of Mrs. Elmer Richards. Both
of these meetings were we'll attended
and considerable interest is being
shown in these communities as well
as several other communities in the
sewing work now being carried on
in Douglas county. 1t is expected
that a dress construction school will
be held little later in the summer
and following that millinery school.
The farm bureau board voted to en-
ploy home demonstration agent
and it is expected that an agent
will be secured to start work early
in June.
Several inquiries nave come to this Of
flee with reference TO the bounty on
sophers. Douglas county pays bounty
Of l0c on each gopher. To get this, both
the front feet and scalp should be saved
and presented to the county clerk At the
courthouse, Omaha.
campaign has been started in Doug
las county looking to the eradication OF
foul brood bees. This disease is seri-
GUS menace to the bee industry since II
allowed to exist It results in great losses
among Lees annually. c. o. Sawyer and
Robert Balster OF the department. OF az
riculture have spent week in the coun.
ty making survey oIthe prevalencs q q
carry on an educational campaign to en-
courage better methods of handling bees
and to acquaint beekeepers with methods
Of foul brood control.
animal industry is now doing area testing
work in Jefferson precinct 1t 10 expect.
ed that this precinct will be covered and
| all cattle tested by the middle OF June
the farmers in having their cows tested
One block OF four sections is tested LOT
| per cent. Every man in these four sec
| tons will have his cows tested. An ef-
| fort has been made to secure additional
| assistance through the state and fedora
| departments to put on campaign
| throughout the county, but so far 1t hai
| been impossible to get the state depart
| ment to agree to furnish more than ont
| man In the county.
have been arranged for in Douglas coun-
! ty this summer. One Of the tests will b
| located on the Charles Grau farm neal
Bennington where na,ns. similar t.,t .s.s vii, :,
At the J. c. Robinson seed farm at Wa
| terloo. In these tests yielding power o.
| corn, together with root rot and corr
free from disease, will be compared. sam
by J. R, Holbert Of the department Of az
| riculture and the Nebraska Agriculture
/ college. Ears showing disease and tnos'
free from all disease will be planted !,
| ear to row tests and the yielding powel
| as we'll as field observation viii be noted.
| In connection with the corn diseas'
work variety tests will be carried on
| In these tests large number OF sampie'
received from different sources VIII ~
planted. including q sample from IN
iowa state college. three strains Of Reid
yellow dent from Illinois. one Of which Il
| from the Sommers Brothers. whose corr
| won first honor in the Utility Corn snow
at Champaign. ILL.,. last January. A sam
Die has been secured from Clyde Blaci
| OF Iowa. who won the highest honors 10
| the past two years in the Iowa corn yieit
| contest. and one from Fred McCullough
Hartwick a. who won r. .eS6nd .G6it;on N .nou en'
| 16 varieties from 16 different states nav
been secured from the United States De
partment OF agriculture at Washington
There will also be tests made OF corn IRON
| various parts OF Douglas county.
1 Less extensive tests are being carried
| on on the farms OF Jhn Hall. Valley, ant
i c. A. Reed near Bennington
A meeting will be held at harvest tim
| and these results studied. 1t 10 planned
! to have corn show at some centra
point in the county later in the fall. II
| which results OF all Of these tests vii
be compared and various phases Of corr
production discussed.
Considerable interest has been manifest
ed in the growing of soy beans this year
Several tests are being made Ia the count,
for the study ct different varieties and 4
| determine what varieties OF soy bean
are best suited to this locality for grow
ing with corn for sshogging down" and TO
siIage and for seed production.
w. ]. Boettger, Florence station, ha
planted five different varieties with corn
including Manchu, Ak-sar-B Ben. Ito San
Black Eyebrow and Ohio, mo. e025. A stud
Of these varieties will be made to de
termine what variety seems best suite,
for this lccslity.
John Glissmann, Station B, Omaha,
growing Black Eyebrows for .hoggini
down. and Virginias with corn for silage
A series Of meetings are to be held Ma,
%, "a and IS. at which time Mis-
Louise Murphy will discuss chill
welfare work and explain the use of
scorecard designed by DR.. Caroline He'd
GER These meetings are preliminary t
the two meetings in October when Dr