Illinois Farm Bureau reports alfalfa, hog, and wool updates
The Illinois Agricultural Association notes phosphate use on alfalfa at John Antrim's Hopewell township farm, with strong protein implications. Walter Howe reports Roland Doyle heifers produced high dressing percentages, and Clarence Keller promotes McLean hog-raising practices. Community tours, wool pooling, and a Marshall Putnam Farm Bureau trip plan highlight ongoing farming improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Howe
Chicago Producers Commissions Association
Shipping Association
Marshall County
Roland Doyle
Plum curculios and Codling moth timing in fruit
The text advises spraying fruit where plum curculios attack and describes the beetle as small with a long snout that bites fruit and lays eggs. It recommends an arsenate of lead to lime sulfur spray mix and notes the Codling moth second brood arriving mid July.
Red Clover Seed Crop Outlook and Auto Tour Schedule
Farmers urge cutting red clover soon to boost seed yield despite late freeze and dry weather. Arvid Adolphson reports 14 acres of clover yielding 80 loads of hay after phosphate and limestone treatment. Land owned by A. R. Wright. Auto Tour set for Tuesday with meeting points at Henry and L. F. Boyle for east-of-river attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arvid Adolphson
Varna
A. R. Wright
Henry
L. F. Boyle
Farm Bureau Conference Heads to Wyoming Meeting
Farm Bureau officers and advisers from six counties gather in Wyoming Tuesday June 23 for the second annual conference with Illinois Agricultural Association leaders. A R Wright of Varna serves on the I A A executive committee representing Marshall Putnam Tazewell Peoria Bureau and Stark counties. The event is open to the Farm Bureau public and will feature the Teeter program discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Mann
University of Ilinois
Henry
Minoak
Frank I. Mann
Farm Bureau
6Th Congressional
Sinois Agricultural Association
Wyoming
A. R. Wright
Varna
Marshall-Putnam Farms Bureau
Farm
Bradley Polytechnic Buys 640 Acres of Iowa Land
Bradley Polytechnic Institute of Peoria purchases 645 acres in two farms south of Independence Iowa for experimental purposes. The sale splits 400 acres at 175 dollars per acre and 245 acres at 200 dollars per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Indépendence
Bradley Polytechnic Institute of Peoria
Orchard Leaser Builds Value From Rockland Plots
Leslie Smith of Rockland leased seven orchards from farmers last year and managed them well. One farm held 118 trees yielding 3000 dollars in fruit, and overall his orchards produced 9000 bushels of apples clearing 10000 dollars. He recently completed a horticulture course at the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Smith
Rockland
The—-University
Motorcycle crash near Minonk injures two riders
Martin Slusser of Minonk and a companion escaped serious harm when their motorcycle frame snapped at the fork joint. At about 4 speed the machine broke, sending them about 35 feet into the air before the front portion fell away and the rest collapsed on the pavement Sunday near Minonk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Slusser
Minonk
Minoak
Glowing Future for the Farmer Says Expert at N A C M
Dr David Friday at the national credit men convention paints a rosy 1925 farm outlook. He forecasts hogs at 15 a hundredweight and wheat near 1 75 a bushel this summer with prices rising across beef cattle and lambs as pork prices lift cattle demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Chicago
Friday
McNary-Haugen
Sister of Charles Holt Passes Away in California
Mrs. Thomas Clark sister of Chas Holt of this city died May 28 in California after several days of diabetes related illness. Born September 27 1878 in Brownsburg Indiana she moved with family to Chillicothe later in life. Funeral services were held in Chillicothe with interment there. she leaves mother Mrs Laura Holt and children Cleone Belford Meyer Yvonne and Thomas Jerome Clark and brother Charles R Holt of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Clark
Chas
San Diego
Caifornia
Laura B. Holt
Cleone Belford Meyer
Yvonne
Thomas Jerome Clark
Charles R. Holt
Chillicothe
Charles Holt Ani
Ida Mae
Harry Martell
Peoria
Killing Frost In 1895 Struck Illinois Farmland
Official records place the killing frost on May 13 1895 about 30 years ago. Vegetation was advanced that year with leaves frozen and fruit lost while corn wilted to the ground though a fair crop still occurred amid low prices and farmer hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Community Notes From Hopewell and Nearby Areas
The column records numerous visits and social calls among residents of Hopewell, Schlosser family members, and neighbors including the Schlosser relatives, Linderers, and Antrim households. It notes a funeral of Mrs Phillip Martin, with services in Lacon and burial in Lacon Catholic cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Selquist
Henry Schlosser
Corna
Joseph Maubach
Cain
John J. Schlosser
Louis Hank
Peoria
Ed. Newhalfen
Marion Head
Andrew Linderer
Chicago
Anton Schlosser
Lyle
Evelyn Antrim
Lois Schlosser
John Schlosser
Joseph* Schlosser
Lillian
Vernon
Lewis Landers
Mary Elizabeth
Landers
South Dakota
Tony Schlosser
Joe Schlosser
Nellie Hoyle
McNabb
Fannie Forbes
Mitchell Miller
LeRoy Schlosser
Agatha aMrie
Mildred ‘Balensieten
Jack Antrim
Roy
Hopewell
Varna
Toluca
Lacon
Phillip Martin
Lacon Catholic
Camp Grove Social Roundup and Local Injuries
Mrs. James Nellinger and others on the sick list with nearby residents visiting kin and sending regards. Children attend church and a strong Children’s Day program is noted. Several families report travel in Peoria and Geneseo, with pupils at the Academy of Our Lady in Peoria. A motor car incident injures Peter George fatally shoulder injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Nellinger
Indiana
Robert Rickey, Jr
Elof Swanson
M. E
John
Alford Spahr
Bernadette Hennessey
Academy of Our Lady
Peoria
Lucille Weekly
Camp Grove
Peter George
Former Camp Grove Resident Reports Shipboard Dish Washer
Commander J E Gill of the naval medical corps aboard the U S S Texas designed and installed a shipboard dish washing apparatus that reduced morbidity, used little fresh water, and achieved sterilization. The Texas in 1924 logged 87 percent of sick days versus 1923 and 54 percent for its sister ship New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Gill
Camp
Grove
J. E. Gill
Naval Medical Corps
U. S.’S. Texas
Texas
New York
Former Hennepin Boy Weds Houston Girl
A wedding of interest to Hennepin citizens united Hollis H. Leech of Denver Colorado to a Houston Texas girl on Monday. Hollis is son of J W Leech of El Campo Texas, former Hennepin residents. The couple will reside in Sterling Colorado where the groom works for a mercantile firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin
Hollis H. Leech
Denver
Colorado
J. W. Leech
el Campo
Texas
Hollis
Houston
Sterling
Ray Litchfield Injured When Horse Frightened
Ray Litchfield a Toluca area farmer was injured last Tuesday when he unhitched a team of horses causing them to bolt. The horses fled and forced him against a gate post with the wagon tongue piercing his back. He suffers severe back pain but is improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Litchfield
Toluca
Mr. Litchfield
Concrete Tonica to La Salle Road Opens to Public
A new concrete road from Tonica to La Salle opened Saturday allowing through traffic. Only two fill areas in north Eden remain with gravel and good repair, but no detours are required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonica
LA Salle
Eden Town
State bill may boost school funding for Marshall and Putnam
Senate Bill No. 154 would add nearly 6400 dollars annually to Marshall and Putnam counties for schools. Marshall gains 2532 dollars above the 1925 budget method and 2250.69 over the old census method while Putnam receives 4055.65 more than the old tax derivation plan and 584.39 more than the 1925 budget plan.
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Senate
Marshall
Putnam Counties
Putnam County
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McLean
Clarence Keller
Keller
Paul Johnson
Farm—Management Department
Griffith Farm
Idaho
Granville Shipping Association
E. J. Olson
Granville
Association
Erwin Grossenbach
Ben Hoyle
Conrad Kessler
Jake Koerger
William Wolf
Furner Mills
W. G. Griffith
Ralph , Wilson’s
Swaney School
Dr. Ransom and
Raffensperger
Ransom
C. J. Lundgren
Nabb
Venona
Farm Bureau Conference
Bradley Polytechnic
Charles Holt
California
Houston, Texas
Henry E. Jacobs
Illinois
Libby
Rosedale
van Camp’ S Pork and Bez Own
Drindlee Wall
Larkin’s Economy Stores
Carrie Weatherly
David E, Bost
Yandchowski Building Telephone No
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Putin
Undercliff Resort
Lake Senachwine
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