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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1948
Page
6
Robert C. Turner of Henry County conducted a night feeding experiment with 107 Duroc hogs over 63 days. Pigs weighed 69.38 pounds at start and 161.4 pounds at finish, gaining 92 pounds per animal while consuming 27,069 pounds of feed costing $1,089.91 and 148 kWh of electricity costing $7.40.
A new barn humidity control system will automate fans and devices to limit moisture, reduce decay, mildewing equipment, and losses from spoiled feed, aiming to improve milk quality and livestock health despite modest living quarters.
A 22 inch copy of an old fashioned rocker designed to delight a little girl. Original pieces are used as logs, but full size patterns make tracing, sawing, and assembly simple. Materials come from any lumber yard, with no special tools or skills needed. Send 25 cents for Pattern No. 64 to East-Bird Pattern Company, Pleasantville New York.
Noah spent forty days and forty nights in the rain before leaving the ark.
The list presents five trivia clues including a biblical rain period, a national motto, a judgment on failure, an ancient Caspian port setting, and a river name meaning Laughing Water. It also references Lincoln and Holland in a likely comparative or historical context.
Contour seeded wheat fields produce larger crops than those seeded up and down the slope. Reports note increases of two to three bushels an acre and reduced erosion. Plowing, disking and seeding on the contour adds little extra time.
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