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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1931
Page
6
A motionless July evening frames a New York druggist who clings to old shopkeeping values. He fears for his son’s future, worrying a young strawberry haired woman could shape the boy’s life, until a single meeting brings reassurance and hope.
The Kirdi Massa of West Africa build homes from stiff clay over slender wooden frames. The mud is shaped with a crude trowel and sun dries, creating hut panels resembling large anthills with small door openings and a round chimney hole for light and air. Exterior designs are elaborate and serve to identify the hut’s owner.
A historical note states that one cubic foot of hydrogen at standard conditions can lift a certain weight. The fragment implies lifting power by gas buoyancy without providing exact figures or context.
The United States Department of Agriculture and North Carolina State College develop a show window duplex cotton bag for farm products. One side open mesh shows contents while the other side prints the brand, saving weigh time and reducing customer handling.
At Allentown Pennsylvania a state hospital farm produced 603 bushels of potatoes on one acre and an exceptional yield on 28 acres. Russet seed from northern Michigan, soy beans, and seven tons per acre of barnyard fertilizer were used. Per acre 950 pounds of fertilizer plus phosphate and potash were applied in the row.
Clemson extension poultry specialist Lyman G. Neel outlines seven essentials for growing healthy chicks. Hatch chicks at proper season using clean range separate from mature flock. Use clean portable brooder house with dependable equipment and clean well balanced feed. Separate cockerels and pullets at broiler age and brood each hatch separately.
Dr. J. F. Bullard of Purdue University stresses the need for strict sanitary measures to prevent coccidiosis. He says the disease is common in poultry and causes heavy losses in chicks aged two to fifteen weeks.
The USDA notes asparagus has become a key perennial vegetable and early crop. Acreage rose from 30 500 in 1918 to 94 930 by 1928, concentrated in California New Jersey South Carolina Georgia Illinois and Maryland. Most beds yield 15 20 years with renewal after eight to ten years.
The article notes vegetables beyond greens add value in a hen’s diet. Carrots supply vitamins and may yield richer yolks and higher hatchability in spring. Other succulent vitamin sources include alfalfa greens and head lettuce.
Sows that farrow in March or April should be placed in individual pens at least six by eight feet a day or two before farrowing. Pens need guard rails to protect piglets when the sow lies down. Bedding should be light with short straw to prevent piglets tangling. Provide artificial heat to remove chill and moisture in the building.
Soap suds are useful as a spray against aphids and plant lice on small fruit trees. Outdoors soap is mixed with nicotine sulphate to improve contact insecticide action on leaf hoppers and aphids. Other uses include ground application, though fertilizer likely benefits trees more.
The author argues poor soils should be converted to timber to restore yields and notes cutting small trees now is wasteful as they will double in value in a few years, urging woodland expansion to revive the economy.
Montreal Family Herald notes two men of low caste on a train in India faced abuse after drinking from the same cup as higher caste travelers. They were forced to buy the cups and pay four rupees to avoid punishment, while a low caste lawyer managed to obtain tea but faced districtwide boycott of his caste. Gandhi is praised for stressing the untouchability curse.
A Cedar Falls reader describes a recurring severe cough each winter tied to weakened bronchials. The brief note asks for remedies or medical advice and lists an address in Buffalo, New York, seeking guidance.
Burns Library in Dunscore Parish, founded in 1790 by poet Robert Burns during his Ellisland farming period, has been closed. Funds from Carnegie trustees supported rural libraries, but this one lost members and was dissolved. Books are being distributed to district recreation rooms. Burns served as first librarian and membership was by subscription.
An East Boothbay man crashed into his garage then vowed not to repeat the mishap. He attached a rope to a tree near the garage and hook the other end to his car rear axle to ensure he stops at the right place on future exits.
A claim argues that withholding baby talk accelerates language development and results in earlier proficiency in English. It cites observations of early speech ability and contrasts with conventional nurturing speech practices.
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