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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1956
Page
2
A 1950s guidance piece explains chattel mortgages for farm credit, detailing secured items such as crops livestock and machinery, validity terms of five years three months, renewal options, and Illinois law changes extending to twenty years. It notes required notarization, filing within 20 days, prohibition on sale without consent, and penalties.
A Dixon Springs Experiment Station update details Oakley Robinson starting the 1957 calf crop with bulls moved onto breeding pastures on May 4. It discusses bloat prevention on clover pastures, pasture management, and fed grass balances to promote healthy grass stands and safe grazing.
Experimental pastures seeded in 1947 with clovers showed rapid stand increases by 1955. Rescue cover rose from 15 percent in 1948 to 62 percent by 1953, while brome and bluegrass surged to 36 and 61 percent respectively. Orchard grass also rose to 22 percent. redtop and timothy vanished. Animal gains reached 305 pounds per acre for fescue and around 280 pounds for other species.
The speaker condemns evasive citizens who hide behind the fifth amendment and urges pride in being American. He extols homestead traits, praises cornfields and wheat belts across Missouri to Kansas, and stresses church, God, and reform for social harmony.
In fair weather more bicycles appear on streets and highways as spring progresses. Motorists should be cautious, especially when passing from the rear, honk early enough to avoid startling riders. A new Rules of the Road booklet is available free from Charles F. Carpentier, Secretary of State, Springfield, Illinois.
Melrose column notes visits across Terre Haute with families like Kenderdine Cannady and Draper. Births announced including Barbara Marie Dunlap and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Mikeworth. Also reports on steel output and rail passenger traffic in USSR Japan and India.
The article notes Ted Lewis cut 24 sides for Decca before 1947 and Mercury will release eight of the remaining tunes from that frantic session. Highlights include September Song and Lewis’s fifth version of St Louis Blues. It also observes a surge in instrumental records led by Lisbon Antigua and Poor People of Paris.
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