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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1916
Page
8
A historical view warns that national policy should protect landowners and promote ownership over tenancy. It argues soil depletion and tenant farming threaten progress, citing widespread nonresident ownership and rising land values that hinder tenant buyers. Federal action to check peasant-like farming growth is urged.
Double cutter pruners aid orchard work on limbs under three inches. Cut around the bark for clean wounds to prevent crushing. Avoid bearing down on forking limbs to stop splitting and future fruit breakage. Lift the tool and cut beyond the crotch, removing stubs with a second cut.
A one quart patent bottle can carry two liquids of the same temperature by inserting a test tube inside the bottle. The test tube is sealed with paraffin dipped corks to separate liquids. One liquid like lemon juice can be carried with milk in the same bottle.
The sunflower provides lightweight material, with stalk pith being the lightest vegetable substance. Dried sunflower pith is ten times lighter than cork, and elder tree pith is three times lighter than cork. In central Russia the plant is widely cultivated and every part is utilized, especially the pith in life saving devices for floating supports.
Instructions for repacking the stuffing box to stop water pump leakage. Unscrew the box nut remove old packing, wind new heavy string or wick around the shaft, and screw the nut to the correct position. Grease cup must be tightened daily. If valve cups or cylinders are cracked, water may enter the crank case from improper washing.
A Kansas City Journal item quotes a boy praised as a fine little fellow who is encouraged to invest a quarter now to awaken gratitude that could lead to an important office later. The exchange frames opportunism and foresight in a deniable parental tutelage context.
A Nebraska experimenter reports that feeding alfalfa alone for over a year ruined eight cows, causing kidney infection and fatty degeneration. the diet required consuming two to three times more hay for adequate carbohydrates. The Holstein is praised as a general purpose cow with milking efficiency and potential beef value.
The author argues alfalfa alone is wasteful and unhealthy for cattle. A balanced ration uses carbohydrates from forage such as silage or corn products, with corn and barley helping to balance alfalfa. Nebraska’s alfalfa surplus encourages overfeeding, but a mixed diet remains the most economical, using grains and forage like sorghum, millet, and beets alongside alfalfa as the base protein source.
Baron Kempelen’s famous 18th century Cheese Automaton astonished Europe by seemingly playing chess without intelligence. Inside its small cabinet lay Woronsky, a Polish patriot and expert player, concealed as the apparent machine operator.
A 1748 Twickenham resident planted a weeping willow from the Euphrates. The tree flourished and became a cemetery staple for its drooping branches. A legend claims the tree bore the harp of exiled Jews by Babylon, with the weight causing the boughs to droop.
Cattle receipts Tuesday at Union Stock Yards South Omaha Neb show about 2300 head with dressed beef buyers seeking prime yearlings and beeves. Hogs sold strong with many loads at 9.30 to 9.40 per cwt and top at 9.70. Sheep and lambs saw heavy demand with lambs at 9.85 to 10.20 and Idaho yearlings reaching 10.20, while prices for ewes and yearlings varied across grades.
A Philadelphia lawyer recalls a man who hired him to prosecute. After consultations, witnesses’ stories conflicted, so the client and lawyer considered dropping the action. The next day the client, cheerful, reports all witnesses now agree and jurors think he will win, declaring that if justice exists in law they cannot lose.
London court report recalls Charles Phillippe defending a murder suspect against interruptions by Baron Gurney. The Irish barrister's sharp close before the jury challenged judges reputed as convicting, remarking he envied neither their earthly nor future fate.
Sunshine fresh air warmth and comfort are essential for a sanitary dairy barn says J B Fitch Kansas State Agricultural College. Cheap construction and easy cleaning beat costly equipment for producing clean milk a swinging stanchions gaiters ventilation and lighting can retrofit many barns at low cost.
The article highlights a French clock owned by Louis Deecutter mounted on a Louis Seize stand with four faces. It features tides, mean time, color time, the moon’s age, planetary motions, eclipses, and a perpetual calendar, built by Janvier of Paris in 1789 over eleven years. It also describes a San Diego clock with twenty dials showing world times, date and month, enclosed in plate glass and richly jeweled, powered by a two pound weight, costing $3,000.
The barn should be placed away from hogpens and chicken houses to avoid odor and contamination. Surface water should drain away from the building. Orient north to south to admit daylight from both sides. An ell extending from the main building provides a sheltered barn ram from cold north and west winds.
The notice calls for at least one four pane window per two cows and requires double pane cash provision to ensure warmth. It uses practical guidance on housing efficiency and cost sharing to improve shelter conditions.
Creditors of the estate of John G Fahseler deceased must present claims to the administrator before the Jefferson County Nebraska county judge at the county court room on August 19 1916 and December 19 1916 at nine o clock AM Claims must be filed by December 19 1916 and will be forever barred This notice is published in Play Orders Court Dated 1916 seal Lovurs J Nutrzmar County Judge F L Rain attorney for estate
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