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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1918
Page
2
Subscriptions offered for one year or six months in advance. The paper is mailed as second class matter from Diller Nebraska. Advertising rates available on request. Business locals run until ordered out at six cents per line per insertion.
A public message urges continued sensible give and take to steady the economy after the war. It notes factories will resume orders, farming labor is short, returning soldiers will join industry and farms, and the U S must be the world workshop. It also calls for funding a Nebraska war memorial and ongoing purchase of War Savings Stamps to support government needs.
Nebraska now has about 2,000,000 acres under irrigation with a small portion pumped. Large tracts remain irrigable and in coming years Nebraska will attract major attention for its expanding irrigation potential.
The poultry and eggs section urges farmers to sell only reasonably matured chickens and to allow partly grown birds to gain weight. It especially urges reserving vigorous hens and pullets for laying.
Major Samuel Avery the chancellor of the State University, recently back from Washington, will speak at the Nebraska Farmers Congress in Omaha December 17 to 19. The program includes one reconstruction topic per speaker as Governor elect McKelvie urges a detailed report on desired farm legislation. All interested farmers are urged to attend and share views.
The piece urges readers to buy War Savings Stamps for 1918 and questions if they have fulfilled weekly or monthly pledges. It argues postponement is an inadequate excuse and compares neglect to delaying a critical wartime offensive, warning of consequences if Pershing had paused at Chateau Thierry.
Figures from the Omaha Chamber of Commerce statistician show Nebraska tops the nation in hay output for 1915 1916 and 1917 combined. Nebraska produced 19 940 000 tons including difalfa with 6 796 000 tons, followed by New York 19 257 000 tons and Iowa 18 982 900 tons.
The piece urges thrift in clothing use as patriotic service. It advises brushing and hanging garments between wears to extend life and reduce wear from ironing. It suggests a closet rod with small hangers for children to foster thrift and avoid waste.
Extension Service of the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture advises removing rubbish from around young fruit trees to reduce mouse danger. Mice nest in straw and weeds and feed on bark. use a tree protector secured against the ground to shield the trunk.
The article advises protectors for trees against mice and rabbits using paper, tar paper, wire mesh, or cornstalks. It notes cornstalks as the cheapest method and suggests clearing protections when snow recedes to avoid insect breeding, with spring removal to prevent woolly aphids.
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