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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1915
Page
8
The article emphasizes proper housing for dairy cows to maximize profits, noting cold exposure and rain cause greater losses than feed. It advocates selecting quality breeds like Jerseys Guernseys Ayrshires and Holsteins, with emphasis on well cared for cows over scrub stock.
Exposure losses rise where climates stay mild yet severe weather is not anticipated. Professor Eckles urges well arranged barns to improve cow comfort and labor efficiency. Sanitary barns need not be expensive, and should maintain early summer conditions year round with air, light, and freedom of movement. Poorly kept basement barns with foul air hinder milk production.
The silo is presented as the coming method to maximize nutritive material from corn fodder and kafir. It argues cattlemen and feeders should adopt this efficient system to enhance crop value for the farming interest nationwide.
Select sows from early spring litters at six months. Judge long bodies good form quiet disposition and growth tendency as frames develop. Breed at ten months and keep profitable sows for several years or as long as they remain productive.
The article notes chickens will peck at dead or sick animals, risking ptomaine poisoning and death. It urges masters to prevent disease breeding matter in flock feed by burning or burying all dead animals or birds.
Farmers with oak groves should fence off acorns to protect young stock. Veterinarian F B Hadley of the University of Wisconsin reports calves under eighteen months are most at risk, while sheep and hogs appear unaffected. Cows rarely die from acorns, but may have reduced milk flow. Acorn poisoning can occur within a fortnight after consumption, with signs of intestinal distress and loss of appetite. prevention via fencing is advised.
Agricultural representative G. Swo boda advocates feeding cows Chi nese style to boost milk and butter fat. He cites a list showing forty pound cows respond when turned onto northern grasses in mid May, improving yields at the milk pail.
A description discusses labor saving in feeding a large dairy herd. An illustration shows a sherd facing a central alley for wheeling feed. Some dairymen prefer cows facing away to reduce disease spread, arguing cows facing each other risk infection, including tuberculosis.
The excerpt discusses dairy herd management focusing on lactation stages and the importance of fresh grass and clover in cow diets. It emphasizes balancing nutrition and maintaining pasture-like conditions to keep cows content and producing milk year round.
Choose a mature boar and acclimate him to the surroundings and feeding method before use. Do not use two young boars until they are at least ten months old. Breeders claim a young boar on a mature sow can produce hogs of greater size by one year old.
A farmer warns against overfeeding to maximize egg production and notes feed costs cut into profits. He emphasizes balanced digestion and warns that poor digestion leaves flocks vulnerable to diseases on the poultry calendar.
Sheep and lambs strong while cattle trade remains uneven and slow. Light run pushes lamb prices up and overall demand firm for sheep and yearlings. cows and feeders show slower activity with prices steady to slightly lower amid wintry conditions.
An account details improvised Cuban insurgent artillery during the war against Spain. A wooden five foot cannon bore a crude burn and iron projectile fragments. Separately Chinese improvised cannons used paper tubes with litharge tallow and white lead, bound with wire and rope for strength.
A mythical scene unfolds as Destiny offers three wishes to a woman. After silent pleading and a final aloud plea, the hour tolls and the Sovereign gift of Surety is granted, proving Destiny's choice for beauty, love, and a future right. Minna Thomas An trim in Lipbincett's.
In a light tale a Scottish vendor misreads the queen’s errand and the monarch, seeking a small thimble, is greeted by a brisk local remark. The exchange amuses Queen Victusia and sparks a family joke that travels as a proverb.
In New York Edgar Cucien Larkin questions whether space contains regions with no light. Researchers analyze light from distant suns traveling trillions of miles to Earth, probing possible extinction or absorption as they study wavelengths with diffraction gratings.
A humorous reminiscence by Lacy Elliot Keeler from Atlantic describes using the facial pyramid as a storage pocket for a bean and a doctor’s blast to expel it. The narrator recounts nasal vacuity gained after a coasting accident and performing at juvenile circuses for pins.
The article notes vast lace fortunes held by New York families including the Astor and Vanderbilt holdings, with lace valued at 300000 and 500000 respectively. It claims the New York Four Hundred buy more lace than any other collectors and lists many women owning lace worth 50000 each. Lace emerges as a luxury beyond ordinary middle class reach.
A Philadelphia Ledger item notes defense counsel objects to a juror claiming bias. The lawyer says he was instrumental in getting the juror married, provoking a courtroom exchange with the judge who asks for grounds. The quip highlights concerns over personal influence on juror impartiality.
A Baltimore American squib notes a man has invented a pocket hidden from a wife, yet clarifies he was not married. The light item pokes fun at stealthy apparel ideas and courtship curiosities.
A brief inspirational note quotes Sir Walter Scott warning that excessive inactivity leads to stagnation and loss of speed and edge. The saying underscores the value of steady effort and practice to maintain skill and discipline.
Creditors of the estate of Robert H. Patton must present their claims to the Administrator before the Jefferson County Nebraska county judge at the county court room on July 16 1915 at 1 PM for examination adjustment and allowance Six months from January 16 1915 are allowed to file claims Claims not filed by July 16 1915 will be barred Publication to run in the Diller Record for four weeks prior to July 16 1915 Louis J Nutzman County Judge
In Jefferson County Nebraska County Court at Fairbury on January 7 1915 petition by Catherine Langworthy requests administration of John Langworthy estate to O J Mayborn as administrator. Hearing set for January 14 1915 at 1 PM at the County Court room Fairbury with notice by three weekly issues of Diller Record before the hearing. Louis J Nutzman County Judge true copy.
J W Fouts administrator petitions for final account and discharge in the Herbert Bensen estate. The county court in Fairbury sets February 1 1915 at 3 PM to hear the petition and orders notice by newspaper publication to all interested parties. County Judge C C Boyne oversees the proceeding.
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