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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1913
Page
1
Expert guidance on silo filling using blower systems and distributers for uniform ensilage distribution. Costs of distributers range 12 to 25 dollars and may repay in a single season. emphasizes packing efficiency, extra help, outside edge packing, and readiness by August to weather droughts and frost.
Smoke from the depot roof triggered a rapid volunteer fire response with townspeople pooling efforts. No. 19 aided as holes burned through the roof and water flooded E. H. Biggs' living room. Sparks from a locomotive are blamed amid south winds and crude firefighting methods.
The Review notes a month after a Sunday base ball law and a $25 Sunday fishing and hunting penalty, angleworms appear in Potter district where digging for bait failed for decades. Reports also describe fearless marmosets on Sundays and prairie dogs threatening travelers and pedestrians, prompting doubt about the law and legislative repeal prospects.
The Denver Post reports tomorrow at 2 p m the Potter Cubs face Sidney school nine on the local diamond in the season opener. The Sidney team is said to be fast and practiced, while the Cubs arrive with new blue and white uniforms and base ball shoes after upgrading their equipment and photos.
Grizzlies schedule their first game of the season for Sunday May 11 in Peetz Colorado. Potter's other ball nine travels from here by automobile, facing a town with little spring work and a likely grisly time for the visitors.
Australian physiologist Dr Gustave Blumenthal challenges ideas on maternal influence and crime. He argues good mothers may push boys toward jail and warns pampering children can harm them. He even endorses rewarding a boy for a black eye and disparages suffragists as spinster prodigals.
State Agriculture Bulletin notes a reenacted stallion registration law naming the governor, state treasurer, and commissioner of public lands and buildings as the registration board. It legalizes 1913 inspections, permits certificates from Lincoln affidavits, and requires a $3 fee. A new lien law aims to satisfy stallion owners, but nonconforming owners may hinder service fee collection.
A California legislature report states aliens not eligible for U S citizenship may not acquire land or lease for agriculture. It cites sections allowing only US citizens or treaty-bound aliens to own or transfer land, noting treaties with Japan limit to residential, shop, and factory uses. Secretary Bryan sought diplomatic handling but Californians proceeded.
A survey of the last session shows strong farm oriented laws in Nebraska including a non salaried livestock sanitary commission a non salaried good roads commission a new stallion registration law and amendments to irrigation laws Also a blue sky law and a proposed constitutional amendment for a tax and revenue plan with a tax commission plus a new insurance code and county telephone law Significant appropriations are listed for North Platte Scottsbluff Valentine Curtis and other sites covering dairy equipment state livestock sanitary board horticulture and various agricultural associations H Biggs reports assessment work advancing in Potter precinct.
A Missouri Ruralist letter by A. Lancaster criticizes teaching agriculture in public schools. He argues it is folly for town farmers to accept agricultural instruction taught by supposedly educated experts and female instructors rather than practical, hands on farming experience. He calls for agricultural education to be funded by those who value it and taught by knowledgeable farmers.
A complete summary of laws enacted at the last session and measures vetoed by the governor is printed in small type inside this issue. The Review urges readers to keep this number for reference, noting the six and a half columns of space devoted to the summary.
Citizens adopt press drills to plant small grain as the best practical method for local conditions. The drill tradition grows in Harrisburg, reflecting widespread acceptance of mechanical seeding.
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