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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1915
Page
4
Subscription terms include one year or six months in advance. Advertising rates are five cents per line per insertion. Retail dealers are warned to follow state law for potato sales by weight. a bushel must weigh 60 pounds and a peck 15 pounds, with heap required to meet standards.
A sentimental reflection praises a respected man and a cheerful woman whose courage inspires others to persevere. It urges emulation of their optimism to lift friends and rekindle hope rather than dampen it like a wet blanket.
The College of Agriculture reports Nebraska farmers own and operate over 250 elevators with more co operatives forming. Insurance companies organized on cooperative principles total 75, mostly farmer owned. Additionally 12 cooperative stores and 3 cooperative creameries exist.
The U S Department of Agriculture Division released a bulletin titled Government Publications of Special Interest to Women. It lists bulletins on food care and preparation household art gardening poultry dairying home sanitation health child care and education. The bulletin is free and available by request to the stated address.
A humorous verse captures a scorching summer day and the sailor like patience needed to endure it. The speaker notes the heat as a rough mishmash of discomfort and humor while suggesting it is “mighty good for corn.”
United States Department of Agriculture describes two types of field mice meadow and pine and outlines damage to crops and trees. It details efficient trapping with ordinary mouse traps and a poison mix of strychnine, bicarbonate of soda, and saccharine applied to crushed oats or wheat, including preparation steps and storage notes.
The guide outlines applying poison in small amounts at mouse runs and burrow entrances to limit wildlife impact. It recommends placing bait under shelters like weed piles or boards and using drain tiles or bent tin cans to hold poisoned grain securely.
The U S Department of Agriculture notes a larger crimson clover seed stock than ever, with much of it poor quality and prices rising. Much seed is imported from France and Austria. testing germination is urged for brownish seed, and sowing rates should be adjusted.
C H Staples of Louisiana Station reports silo costs vary by material. Concrete silos run about 2.50 to 3.00 per ton, stave silos about 1.50 per ton. a 100 ton concrete silo costs 250 to 300 dollars while a stave silo of the same size costs around 150 dollars. Concrete silos last indefinitely when well built, while stave silos can be moved if needed.
The note advises mowing fence rows lanes and roadside areas, grubbing sprouts in orchards and pastures, cleaning barnyard manure, filling mud holes, and possibly adding a new water trough for aesthetics and steadier mood. It suggests repairing horse and cattle stalls and completing long planned concrete walks this August.
A historical copyright notice credits Colonel Bunker to the McClure Newspaper Syndicate in 1915.
On a pasture field the crowd paced distances when a bull dog suddenly pursued a herd of mules. People climbed trees for safety, resting fifteen feet up as a speaker quipped that the disturbance was not crickets or grasshoppers but tree toads, ending the incident.
E V Lucas recalls an aged Sussex worker who maintains a grueling farm routine from 4 a.m. to sunset with repeated meals. His day starts with bread and cheese and ale, followed by pork, beer, dinners of mutton or ham, and a final cheese snack before nightfall.
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