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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1928
Page
3
The bulletin from the U S Department of Agriculture outlines essentials for poultry housing focusing on comfort economy and convenience. It covers site location drainage lighting artificial lights details on house size materials and construction, plus notes on ultra violet substitutes and how to obtain Farmers' Bulletin 1554-F.
Prepared by the U S Department of Agriculture the revised Farmers Bulletin 921 8 explains how liming soils improves organic matter decomposition neutralizes acids enhances soil structure and makes lime available to plants. It outlines carbonate oxide and hydrate values and notes cautions on oxide use with seeds or manure. Farmers in lime deficient regions can obtain bulletin 921 IF free by applying to the Department of Agriculture Washington DC.
Agricultural notes advise a balanced ration for hens, cows, and people. Seeds of cucumber melon pumpkin and squash keep eight to ten years. Spray potatoes and tomatoes with bordeaux mix and poisons like arsenate or paris green. Sweet clover aids late fall pasturing but lags behind alfalfa and red clover for hogs. Save seed potatoes, muskmelons need disease free vines and ripe removal. Sunflowers hedge hot winds and feed hens during molt. Rabbit raising grows with a federal station and bulletin from USDA California.
The U S Department of Agriculture issues Leaflet 138-L on Sheep and Goat Lice detailing dipping as the only practical method to eradicate sucking or biting lice. Spraying fumigation and dusting have limited use. second dipping 14 to 16 days after the first is needed to kill hatched eggs. Free Leaflet 13-L available from Washington DC.
Orchard thinning is disliked by growers due to difficulty estimating crop size, reluctance to remove young fruit, busy farming schedules, and high cost of hiring labor. Frosts have already thinned some orchards, yet many still carry a heavy fruit set that would benefit from thinning.
A common training method for breaking young horses involves harnessing the novice beside an older steadier horse. This practice provides preliminary training and experience so the young animal acclimates to work and develops the necessary muscles several weeks before regular field work begins.
National Geographic sketches the Spreewald in Brandenburg where Wends live on hundreds of canals and small islands. Houses sit on islets served by boats, with two mile distances measured in hours to travel by poling. Eels, cucumbers, cherry pies define meals and commerce, while folk superstition shapes daily life from luck charms to wedding omens and stork lore.
Rice arrived in America by accident in 1694 when a Madagascar bound vessel diverted to Charleston during a storm. The governor planted the rice and harvested the first crop in months, launching rice as a leading southern product. It spread to Georgia, the Carolinas, Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, and later California.
Sir Thomas Lipton, speaking to a New York audience, defended conservative opinions and declared antis are resurging as Bolshevism declines and fascism rises. He claimed to favor anticoeducation yet praised coeducation in the world’s greatest institution, marriage, as the true partner.
In a playful exchange, a girl named Phyllis asks if she receives a trackerjack after receiving the ring, while the giver jokes about the moment. The dialogue highlights lighthearted affection and social teasing in a small community setting.
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