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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1932
Page
2
Nebraska and federal agricultural statists estimate the state will harvest about 271,126,000 bushels of corn this year, up from 170,714,000 last season. The five year average is 224,658,000, with yields averaging 25 bushels per acre as drought recovery varies across regions.
Lincoln angered exhibitors protested a plan to pay premiums partly in cash and partly as notes at six percent interest. The fair board said deficits rose as paid admissions dropped forty percent vs last year and total shortfall may exceed fifty thousand dollars.
Nebraska’s 1932 highway program shows uneven progress with rising labor in spring and summer. January employment exceeded 600 on projects, February fell below 20 percent, March remained low, April added 851 workers, and May reached 057. By August total reported projects stood at 30 with 18 projects unfinished and unreported. Road bureau estimates suggest up to 1,600 to 2,000 men could be employed if full activity resumes.
Nebraska warden reports 37 confiscated guns from huntsmen who kept to laws. sealed bids on the firearms are to be received September 20. Reconstruction Finance Corp loans totaling about 6.6 million dollars have been made to Nebraska and Wyoming insurers and banks. Corn heating plans and corn on the cob purchases aim to cut costs for the county, with coal priced at about 12 dollars per ton for the courthouse.
Dan Swanson custodian reports 10 960 visitors made 104 guided tours of the building as 15 660 people viewed the 400 foot tower from the new state capitol during state fair week.
Nebraska planted on over 3000 acres of idle land with more than a third by the United States forest service. The balance came from individuals state and cities. Michigan New York and Pennsylvania led in the work across the nation.
Rough conditions at the Fremont state hatchery pools left many trout with damaged snouts and heads after banging against the glass sides. Several fish were injured while leaping and colliding, despite sideboards intended to prevent escapes.
In Alliance C A Baum tends a transplanted apple tree that revived after drying leaves and a prior near death. Fresh buds and blossoms cover the tree as it stands peacefully in the yard, following a move to make space for a garage last spring.
Cass G Barnes an 84 year old Nebraska physician and newspaper man died at Madison after a strenuous campaign week. He was the Democratic nominee for the state house and edited the Boone County Argus in the 1880s and 1890s before serving as Albion postmaster. In 1923 he bought the Madison Star Mail which was sold about a year and a half ago. He authored Sod House.
Norfolk Packing company reports the Plattsmouth factory completed its 60 day corn packing season with a daily record of 180000 cans. The plant will run year round canning hominy pork and beans pumpkin and other products and will add tomatoes sauerkraut next year.
Omaha's four packing plants announced a payroll rise of 450 workers as live stock receipts at local markets increased. Armour & Co led with 226 hires, Swift & Co followed with 205, while Cudahy and Dold's added only a few new staff but hours for all permanent employees rose substantially.
Dr George Condra head of the University of Nebraska conservation division says up to one million dollars will be spent in the next year to test Nebraska oil producing possibilities. The plan involves test drillings as a real gauge of the state's oil potential amid favorable business conditions. More than 100 geologists and oil producers will participate in the August to early September field effort.
Consistent culling based on dairy record club tests has raised Oswego County master farmer W. G. Hubbard’s herd average from 7,000 to 11,000 pounds per cow in six years. He selects replacements from top cows, sells poorer milking cattle, and has not bought replacements. The dairy record club includes about 700 New York dairymen who mail milk samples and records to a central lab for testing, with fees by number of samples.
A dairyman explains that quality drives prices and good consumption. He describes sanitary milk handling from a clean barn and cows to wiping udders, using a sanitary pail and disk strainer, and nursing proper cooling practices in a milk house and cooling tank. The notes come from H. T. Sondergaard in Hoard's Dairyman.
The article advises sourcing replacements from well bred home grown heifers as the most economical herd strategy. It notes calf drinking is teachable with patience, warns against feeding from dirty equipment, and cautions that overfeeding in the first weeks harms growth.
Holstein producer Speckled Legis a seven year old purebred Holstein cow owned by the Essex County hospital at Cedar Grove New Jersey has completed a yearly record of 30297.6 pounds of milk and 10442 pounds of butterfat indicating high production for the facility and region.
Six Iowa cows are among the record producers reported recently by the Holstein-Friesian Association of America. In mixing creams from two skim milkings, fresh cream should be cooled before combining with cold cream.
Paris beauty experts urge clients to bathe in strawberry juice for skin care. The costly treatment is echoed by others who rub ripe strawberries on the face, claiming one berry daily suffices for this method.
A Los Angeles mother touts California Fig Syrup as helping her son Leroy Young with chronic constipation and biliousness from a young age. She notes its taste and recommends the vegetable remedy trusted by physicians and used by four million bottles annually.
The fragment hints at a political or social phrase linking wealth to influence and voting. It references wealth, money power, and collective action in a national context. No clear events, people, or organizations are identified.
A seagull in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan with a broken leg was given the first artificial leg in the gull family. Dr D B Allen, a local veterinarian, performed the operation after the bird was brought to him. Alphonse Scozzafave, a shoe maker, made a leather socket and Dr Allen fitted a chicken bone as the artificial leg.
Mrs Mae West of St Louis Missouri says she dropped from 170 to 150 pounds in four weeks after using Kruschen Salts and reports boosted energy with no hunger. The ad promotes daily half teaspoon doses in hot water before breakfast as a safe weight loss method with a 4 week bottle cost and money back guarantee.
Classified fragment advertises self-made neckwear for sale by Martha at 709 Custer Ave Evanston NY Lincoln No 39 1932. It lists prices 25c and 35c with costs per dozen and per dot, inviting readers to write for details.
A London humorist portrays a young actress as a striking beauty amid lighthearted chatter. The piece mocks rival girls while praising the subject as a standout presence in cinema influence.
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