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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1964
Page
6
Illinois reports excellent 1964 honey production and peach yields with 156000 bee colonies on hand July 1 up 5 percent from 1963. Elberta peaches, half of the Illinois crop, will ripen August 10 in the south and about a week later in the center.
Secretary Freeman announced that fiscal year REA financed rural electric systems cut rates, saving rural consumers over 2.5 million annually. One in ten systems reduced, nine of 1,000 raised rates. gaps to urban prices remain despite non profit coops and ongoing federal equalizers.
Illinois corn stocks on July 1 stand at 386 million bushels, unchanged from a year before yet below the 1958-62 average. Soybean stocks reach a July 1 record at 41 million, up 20 percent from last year and 28 percent above the long-term average. Oats and wheat show mixed gains and declines, with feed grains totaling 94 million tons up 8 percent. Durum wheat and rye show declines, while off-farm and farm stock patterns shift across July readings.
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