Dairy men could gain millions through better cows
University of Illinois dairy study tests 221 cows across 18 southern herds to show annual butter fat production varies widely. Results indicate potential state gains of about 16 million dollars yearly by breeding up through pure bred sires and Babcock testing, with grading up raising yields by roughly 84 pounds per cow.
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Department of Dairy Husbandry
University of Illinois
Southern Illinois
St. Louis
Babcock
University
Herbert A. Hopper
Secretary of Agriculture
Illinois
Ilinois
BEST
Verde Ak
Mr Best
Dairy cattle testing shows strong gains from purebred sires
Difference in butter fat percent and averages from top and bottom herds are given. Illinois totals show 993,429 cows tested with substantial gains from improved bloodlines and care. The piece argues testing and purebred sires are inseparable for dairy progress.
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Ilinois
Daily Journal Delivery Service Advertised
The Daily Journal announces citywide delivery available for 10 cents per week.
Illinois reports larger wheat crop and droughted corn
Illinois crop correspondents report winter wheat yield at 27,868,552 bushels statewide with 20 bushels per acre average, spring wheat improving totals to 28,266,122 bushels. Oats area down 224,447 acres yielding 90,971,381 bushels, corn heavily damaged by drought, 7,609,794 acres planted statewide with fire risks and pest damage noted. Pastures down, Irish potatoes slipping, fruit outlook favorable with apples 83 percent, peaches 77, pears 72, plums 75, grapes good.
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Springfield
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Ilinois
Tninois
Illnois
Central
Southern
Northern
Jo Daviess
Kendall, Lee
Livingston
Peoria
Warren
Woodford
Mason
Tazewell
Boone
Kendall
Knox
Stark
Christian
Dewitt
Ford
Morgan
Sangamon
Schuyler
Franklin
la Salle
Putnam
Adams
McLean
Montgomery
Moultrie
Bond
Clay
Shelby
Iinois
Rocky Mountain Tes to night ends with Emmert note
A fragmented verse mentions rain and sun and a person named Joseph Emmert, with a reference to Rocky Mountain Tes and night. The readable text reads like a partial lyric or note about weather and timing. No clearer event or context is available from the fragments.
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Rocky Mountain
Joseph Emmert
Be Prepared to Thresh Your Owl Raat Soon
An old advertisement notes threshing readiness with a ram and a small quantity. It mentions gasolene engines and a supplier, Dorman and CG, at the corner of Exchange and Van Buren Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorman & CG
Cor. Exchange
van BurenSts
Kimball
This Date in History Highlights Major 1388 to 1905 Events
A compact chronology lists notable dates: 1388 Douglas slain at Chevy Chase. 1669 Henrietta Marie born. 1769 Ferdinand VI dies, Charles III succeeds. 1821 Missouri statehood. 1846 Smithsonian founded. 1861 Wilson’s Creek battle. 1878 Paris monetary conference opens. 1884 Atlantic earthquake. 1893 Geary act enforced, first Chinaman deported. 1905 Roosevelt addresses miners at Wilkes-Barre.
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Douglas
Battle of
Chevy Chase
England
Hénrietta Marie
Charles II
Greenwich Observatory
Ferdinand VI
Spain
Charles III
Sir Charles James Napier
Tuileries
Paris
Missouri
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Battle of Wilson's Creek
Marshal Bazaine
Isle of St. Marguerite
Atlantic Coast
Jas. W. Marshall
California
Forest
Tiltnois
Maxwell
Charles A. Preller
St. Louis
United States
China
San Francisco
Memphis
Tenn
Waldeck-Rousseau
Roosevelt
Wilkesbarre
Birth of Justice McKenna Highlighted Birthday Note
A Philadelphia born jurist, Justice Joseph McKenna, later U S attorney general and Supreme Court justice, is marked by a birthday mention. The piece covers his career path from California education to national service, with references to his family and Washington residence.
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Joseph McKenna
United States Supreme Court
California
Quaker City
St. Joseph's College
Benicia
Cal
Justice McKenna
United States
McKinley
Supreme Court
Justice Field
Justice McKenzig
Washington
New Hampshire
Excursion Tickets to Ghautau via Northwestern Line
Excursion tickets to Ghautau assembly at Rockford via the Northwestern line will be sold at reduced rates on August 18 and 29, with return validity until September 2 inclusive. Apply to agents Chicago and Northwestern Railway.
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Ghautauqua Assembly
Rockford
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
New Automobile For Freeport Division Head
A. E. Clift superintendent of the Freeport division of the Illinois Central railroad received a new automobile from Rockford this morning.
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A. E. Clift
Freeport
Illinois Central Railroad
Rockford
Excursion Tickets To Beloit Interstate Fair Reduced
Excursion tickets to the Interstate Fair Beloit Wisconsin via the North Western Line sold at reduced rates August 14 to 17 returnable until August 17. Also half rates to Peoria Illinois via the North Western Line with round trip fares for August 19 20 and 21 returnable until August 28. Account of Democratic State Convention. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Ry.
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Peoria
North-Western
Chicago & North-Western R
Excursion Tickets to National Encampment Sold in Chicago
Excursion tickets to the National Encampment of the Sons of Veterans in Peoria were sold August 19 and 2 with favorable return limits. Tickets applied through Chicago and Northwestern Railway agents.
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Sons of Veterans
Peoria
Chicago & Northwestern
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Allah
British Empire
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E. W. Goodloe
Dutton St
Waco
Tex
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Beloit, Wis
Chicago
North Western R Y.sci
Riverside Park
Alice Ott
Geneseo
Riverside Park Camp Meeting Association
Ron Clads
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Metzgar Co’s
State Bank
Freeport, Ill
Rockford & Interurban
R’y
Wm. Neese
Minneapolis
Minne
Illinois Central Ry
H. W. Rowley
Agt
W. W. Kimball CO
Galena St. Freeport
Fruit Headquarters
Oxfords
F. A. Schulz
Fresport Gas Light and Coke
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