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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1931
Page
3
Specialists at the United States Bee Laboratory near Washington devised an artificial flower to test bee activity. Syrup is fed through the top with holes at the bottom and feeding is recorded electrically by a float and weight system, charted in a nearby office.
Blaise Diagne a Senegalese negro is appointed under secretary of colonies in the French cabinet, marking a historic appointment.
A Grit observation criticizes multitasking by many people, noting that juggling many tasks leads to poor outcomes and unfinished work. The piece argues specialization yields better results.
Mistletoe which attaches to other plants to steal their food is challenged by the creosote bush that can withdraw the food from its stem. The plant defense may defeat the unwelcome guest and protect the host.
The cuckoo lays eggs in other birds nests and its fledgling kills foster siblings to make room for itself. This natural behavior showcases brood parasitism and survival strategies in birds.
Utahans raise a granite monument in memory of John J. McClellan, organist at the Salt Lake Tabernacle. The note recalls a Bronze President's seal flag and Sahara camel provide transport and supplies, while China reports 2,000,000 child slaves. Pravda seeks subscriptions to a Russian dirigible after Graf Zeppelin Moscow visit. Farm labor declines mark a shift from 1921 figures with 836,900 listed.
A wide report surveys early inventions and remarkable facts from around the world. It notes the hand pestle and mortar as probable first rice mill, manganese coloring glass, distribution of Georgia peaches, the Great Pyramid’s age, human hearing limits, Yankee Stadium capacity, a record baseball crowd, and a Maharajah’s 36-foot launch with searchlights for tiger shooting.
Donovan Harper, ten, found an eight and a half pound mastodon tooth on Charlies Feldheiser’s Cromwell area farm while hunting skunks. Scientists arrived and uncovered many large bones from a mastodon likely trapped in a Glacial sink hole.
The Washington Star quotes Uncle Eben saying it is easier to forget a friend than an enemy. A friend will forbear when you turn your back, but an enemy will seize the opportunity to harm you.
Two centuries ago the Sumunkey Indians presented a deer to the Virginia governor and in return secured use of their reservation without taxation. The exchange established a lasting precedent for native land use and fiscal exemptions in colonial Virginia.
Ohio State University expert Stites S. M. Salisbury recommends economical grain rations for milking cows. He proposes blends of corn oats bran and cottonseed meal, adjusted for alfalfa or clover hay, plus equal parts with Timothy hay. He says feed totals per milking herd and ensure ample water, noting cold weather water cups can affect milk yield.
A respiration chamber at the University of California Davis tests input-output efficiency of cows. Two cows can be tested simultaneously in air-tight stalls with controlled feed water and air conditions. An aspirator measures breathing while waste is filtered. the system is large and costly.
Farmers note dairy cows forced to rustle cornstalk fields for winter feed struggle to produce profitable milk. Outdoor cows waste energy staying warm and cornstalks provide little digestible milk-making nutrition. Top milk cows must have constant access to digestible feeds and adequate shelter even when not producing milk.
The article notes ground soy beans provide a protein source on dairy farms. Farmers often praise them in cold weather, but in summer palatability drops. Most refusals occur after two weeks of grinding, with finer grinding increasing trouble for the herd.
The text argues that both over feeding and under feeding waste resources and raise costs. It asserts that a factory runs inefficiently at half capacity just as a cow underfed cannot produce efficiently. Economic feeding must align with production levels, though this principle is often ignored.
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