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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1906
Page
8
Daisy seeks a dawn train and a ride across the lake. Ted Cosgrove ferries her through heavy fog, keeping watch all night. They reach town with a new chance at marriage as the fog lifts.
A fragment of humorous lines asks why someone might prefer losing an arm over a leg and plays on puns. It includes questions about Adam planting in Eden and comparisons linking candy sticks to pace and fruit kernels, all in a playful riddle style.
The riddle asks for the letter E as the solution. It states the beginning of eternity the end of time and space the beginning of every end and the end of every place. The given answer identifies the letter E as correct.
A North Dakota experiment shows seeding clover or clover with timothy using a grain drill yields a stronger stand than broadcasting. Medium red clover with a nurse crop mostly survives first winter, with second growth aiding protection. Most stubble fields provide winter protection, and frost heave was not observed in eleven winters. Some ice sheets killed clovers alfalfa timothy redtop, while brome and quack grass survived.
The Philadelphia Record notes hogs can be fattened on fallen apples in orchards from fruit drop to harvest. Boiled apples mixed with corn oats peas or buckwheat meal aid in larding and yield high quality pork, while hogs also help control fallen fruit and pests in the orchard.
Professor W. J. Green notes apples adapt to many soils. High land yields better color while low ground aids hanging and later ripening. Management matters more than soil. spraying, cultivation, drainage, tiling preferred, and mulching helps if continued.
Ashes contain potash and phosphoric acid with surprising plant uptake. Even insoluble phosphoric acid in ashes can be absorbed by crops. The lime content in ashes also proves valuable, especially on sour soils.
If you do not keep your feeding troughs clean and the swill barrel free of sour feed, pigs will scour. Keep feed sweet, barrels clean, and do not overfeed at once. Dip once a month and disinfect pens and sleeping quarters to avoid digestive troubles.
Professor L. H. Balley from Ithaca argues that plant food prices reveal land value imbalances with west ranges $75 to $100 per acre and east ranges $10 to $50. He predicts gradual equalization, with eastern values rising or western values falling, favoring eastward adjustment.
An Louisiana experiment station test paired a scrub lamb with a high grade Southdown lamb on identical feed and care. The scrub lamb, 155 days old, gained 32 pounds whereas the Southdown, 12 days old, gained 43 pounds, suggesting a clear advantage for the Southdown breed. The report implies a moral about breeding efficiency.
Professor Hutt of Maryland says uniform fruit size in a package improves appearance and sales. A proper grade should show the same size from top to bottom, with the face acting as an index to the whole package.
W D Richter of Missouri advises a method to dehorn cattle without bleeding. He suggests grasping the artery with pliers and pulling it out until it breaks just below the surface. He states breeding stops instantly and claims over twenty five years of successful dehorning with no losses.
A Chicago Record-Herald excerpt features Sauntering Sim lecturing a Boston born woman on proper English. He argues misusing will and shall distorts meaning as she mentions finding work around the corner. The anecdote ends when the dog is released and the lecture ends.
A clipped anecdote from Lippincott's Magazine recalls a Virginia judge's childhood. When asked what he learned at school Benny mispronounces and corrects the word mouse to rat, illustrating a sly, quick-witted temperament.
A Baltimore American line reports the judge telling the defendant he will serve time for want of the stuff. The prisoner admits criminal motive and lacks funds to pay fines, prompting the judge’s grim remark.
A tourist complains of no glasses after reaching a hilltop while a guide responds with a punchline about drinking from the bottle. The Milwaukee Sentinel records the humorous exchange as a light moment on the trail.
In a fragment from a social page, Miss Knox questions Cholly Kallow about Miss Pechis. The dialogue notes lingering thoughts on Miss Pechis and comments on her “delicate” mouth as the Philadelphia dress theme underscores social chatter.
The Ohio State Journal records a playful exchange as curious Elsie asks her baldheaded father if wines will be in heaven and whether feathers will crown his head, reflecting a light domestic moment.
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