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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1916
Page
8
Poultry houses should be cleaned and brooders disinfected as farms prepare for mating breeding pens. Overhaul all buildings and thoroughly clean spray and whitewash. Vermin filth and disease risk from foul floors feed troughs and watering devices threaten flocks. Roosting compartments perches and nests need attention.
The Buff Cochin breed originated in China and features many colors though buff remains most popular. In 1868 the American standard defined an ideal rich golden buff with curved body, short legs, full fluff and hock, broad back and full breast with extensive feathering on shanks toes thighs and feet. The pictured bird is a Buff Cochin cock.
Practical notes emphasize disinfecting and ventilating brood houses and incubators to prevent vermin and disease. Advice covers fumigation, whitewash, carbolic acid use, and thorough cleaning, testing, and airing of incubators before hatching.
The article warns that moisture in a tightly closed henhouse leads to damp litter and mold, posing a health risk to flocks. It advises changing litter as soon as it breaks up and before dampness develops, noting fowls tolerate cold but cannot endure damp conditions which can cause illness or death.
The piece argues improved dairy herds lift community well being and youth engagement. It stresses halter breaking calves before their first birthday and using testing to identify profitable cows. It notes cows remain the primary global milk source with goats playing a lesser role.
The article discusses practical rules for feeding bone meal to pregnant animals. It argues that feeding should be guided by common sense and observation rather than fixed rules, suggesting starting bone meal in the third month of gestation, feeding once daily for a week then stopping for a week, and avoiding bone meal in the last three to four weeks before delivery. It notes these conclusions are provisional and not universally certain.
The Life magazine joke defines a pessimist as a man who chooses both evils when given two options. The quip is attributed to a humorous exchange from The Pessimist.
Geese make good breeders up to twenty five years though ganders should be replaced sooner Gobblers should be changed every year Milk supports both egg and meat production Chicks favor milk Begin culling the flock during breeding season Keep fowls indoors in bad weather especially with snow on the ground.
Receipts of cattle were moderate at 5 000 head with good quality and steady to stronger prices. Hogs 12 500 head with a broad demand and prices near steady. lambs and sheep receipts 6 700 with prices near the recent decline and local demand slack. Prime beeves ranged from 9.29 to 9.40 per hundred, hogs top 9.50, lambs 11.25 to 11.50 for good to choice.
Farm Journal notes succulence in beets and mangels provides a palatable tonic in poultry rations. Mangels offer 70 to 75 percent water and are fed daily to prevent waste, with methods including halved beets nailed to walls or ground beets in troughs for easier feeding.
The article advises autumn sowing often fails and recommends February winter planting on a well manured, frozen soil bed. Sow on frozen ground in February, weight with boards, remove weights in March, then nitrate of soda as seedlings reach one inch. Thin to three inches, harvest by June, and rotate with beets and late celery for subsequent crops.
Advice emphasizes choosing good seed over the lowest price. In nine cases out of ten the highest priced seed proves most economical. Seed cost is small compared to labor and care once plants begin, and a full crop depends on seed quality.
A Hoard's Dairyman quote frames alfalfa as an unstoppable force conquering farmer ignorance prejudice and fear. Some farmers resist but the text implies alfalfa will prevail by transforming their land and outlook. The piece uses satirical tone to critique stubborn attitudes toward new crops.
The report describes Fitcairn Island at 25 3 S 130 6 W, south of Vancouver Island near the tropic. It notes settlement in 1790 by nine Bounty mutineers and eighteen Tahitian natives, and by 1908 a population of sixty six under John Adams, the surviving mutineer, who governs a two mile long island under the British flag.
The article describes a simple farm gate latch using a sliding board mounted above the middle board and an opening in the end for sliding through. It notes bore holes for a locking peg and a sliding peg, with the peg attached by a string, and mentions a nosing made as shown on the post.
A Calcott quotation notes that greater eating does not guarantee fatness and implies reading more does not always equal greater knowledge. The saying contrasts appetite with intellect and invites reflection on personal habits.
Probate notice invites creditors to present claims against Wilson Starkey's estate before the Jefferson county Nebraska county judge at the county court room on June 12 1916 and October 11 1911 at nine o'clock A M with six months to file from April 11 1916. Claims not filed by October 11 1916 will be barred. Publication to run four weeks in the Diller Record. By order of the Court dated April 11 1916.
Sheriff of Jefferson county Nebraska announces a foreclosure sale on May 6 1914 at 1 pm in Fairbury courthouse to satisfy a decree of 915 75 plus 10 percent interest and 47 1 costs against James A Bodell Oliver Farrow and Lottie Farrow for property described as part of the NE quarter of the SE quarter Section 26 Town 7 Range 4 in the First Addition to Diller.
In Jefferson County Nebraska a county court in Fairbury set April 27, 1916 at 9:00 AM for hearing the petition of QO J Mayborn administrator seeking final account settlement and discharge. Notice to interested parties via publication in the county weekly for three weeks prior to hearing. Louis J Nutzman judges seal. Sackett and Brewster attorneys for the estate.
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