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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1927
Page
7
Agricultural guidance from Professor Gustafson on fall lime application to sour land prior to alfalfa seeding. Recommend mixing lime with topsoil, applying half before plowing, and the rest after subsequent plowing, with timing spanning one to two seasons for best soil conditioning.
Reports from the Indiana experiment station show surveys across the state indicating broad adoption of the all-mash feeding system for poultry. The method mixes mash with cracked scratch grains to ensure a balanced ration and constant feed, improving growth, sanitation, and labor efficiency for laying hens and chicks alike.
Western lambs fed oats performed as well as those fed corn in a Purdue experiment. Oats replaced corn in over 40 percent of the roughage portion of the ration. Averages show lambs on oats received 1.92 pounds of oats, 0.17 pound cottonseed meal, 1.31 pounds corn silage, and 1.4 pounds clover hay daily, while those on corn had 1.15 pounds corn, 0.16 pound cottonseed meal, 1.31 pounds corn silage, and 1.4 pounds clover hay.
The article compares Kentucky blue grass with Canadian blue grass, noting Kentucky as the more desirable. It states blue grass seed is not very viable and costly, requiring heavy seeding for rapid sod. A field is best established by seeding to timothy and alsike clover to allow blue grass to establish.
Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station tests show peatland timothy hay with 10.69 percent protein versus upland timothy at 60 percent. A feeding trial at University Farm, St Paul, with steers on corn and hay or peatland timothy measured margins and returns, revealing linseed meal raises peatland timothy value to equal alfalfa. returns per bushel varied from $1.16 to $1.43 across groups.
New York State College of Agriculture at Ithaca warns farmers pay high prices for mineral mixtures containing unnecessary or harmful substances. Most cattle need mainly calcium and phosphorus, salt, and iodine. Ground limestone provides calcium cheaply. bone meal adds phosphorus only if beneficial. A simple blend of limestone bone meal and salt can supplement feed at two to three ounces per animal daily.
Field notes describe how hawks prey on young chicks and sometimes larger birds leaving neck wounds while carcasses show scattered feathers. Weasels are linked to throat wounds on dead birds lying on their side with stretched necks. Rats work at night, leaving mauled carcasses with trails but not eaten.
A veteran guide urges orchardists to keep trees well nourished to maximize fruit quality and yield. Soils vary in fertility, with some needing fertilizers only after several crops while others require early feeding. Keeping fertility up is easier than rebuilding degraded soil, and delaying fertilization risks stress and inferior fruit.
A New York Telegram nimbly contrasts war and industry, arguing the warrior recalls corpses while the industrialist builds fortunes and claims moral superiority, presenting a stark, provocative view of modern progress.
Engineers rig a new device to paint suspended power cables crossing a river near Tacoma Washington. Two semi cylindrical wood blocks with brushes feed paint from a 15 gallon tank as a two man crew moves the device along the full cable length via a small car and hand crank.
British scientist John B Simpson sails from England to spend three months on an ice floe. He plans a fur lined tent and oil stove shelter with a phonograph and reading material. He will gather material for a book on ice fields and carry a collapsible rubber boat for emergencies.
A sign posts Ladies are requested not to smoke pipes after two female students were escorted from a sunlit corner by an irate waiter. The incident occurs in the Latin quarter near Boulevard Saint Michel, reflecting student life and social norms.
A terse dinner-table exchange centers on meat quality with the customer insisting tenderness over shape. The butcher replies with a practical nod to culinary demand, highlighting service and expectation in a domestic scene.
A terse exchange unfolds as a pedestrian warns a motorist after a narrow escape. The motorist remains calm and taunts that he will attend the electric chair when informed of the execution date.
A brief quotation from American Farm and Fireside notes that gossips spread rumors because they are quick to talk and slow to listen, highlighting the danger of idle speculation and closed minds.
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