Farmers faced with a spotted year in Illinois crops
Illinois farm groups warn a "spotted" production year creates wide income variation across counties. Corn yields varied with some frost and weather damage, while oats rose 20 percent over last year. Despite higher prices for grains and hogs, overall farm purchasing power improves but remains uneven due to regional production quality and area weather impacts.
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H. C. M. Case
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Illinois
Case
Farm Boy Soliday Sets Strawberry Patch Record
Glenn Soliday of Neoga Cumberland county grew 350 quarts from 197 plants in a patch two by three and a half rods. He sold for 28.95 dollars and netted 16.15 after costs, estimating 369 dollars per acre in profit. Reports show 92 strawberry club successes statewide under farm advisers and the University of Illinois.
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The
Agricultural College
Josephine Meyer
Walmeyer
Monroe County
Nelson Roberts
Arcola
Douglas County
C. B E. Gates
Gates
Franklin County
Montgomery
Schuyler
Bond
Boone, Carroll, Clay
Coles
Gallatin
St. Clair
Vermilion, Wabash
Wayne
Menard
Monroe
Pratt, Pike, Richland
Shelby
Glenn Soliday
Neoga
Cumberland County
College of Agriculture
University of Thinois
Glenn
College
Strawberry Club
Cheaper Farm Power Is Aim of County Tractor Schools
County farm bureaus tractor dealers and manufacturers join forces with the college to run winter tractor and gas engine schools across Illinois. The program aims to teach owners how to overhaul and adjust engines to prevent costly repairs, with lectures on engine operation, parts, ignition, fuels, lubrication and troubleshooting and hands on work on a participant s machine.
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College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
F. P. Hanson
College Farm Mechanics Department
Hanson
Large Chrysanthemum Collection Grows at University College
The floriculture division of the College of Agriculture at the University of Athels has built one of the nation’s largest chrysanthemum collections with 280 varieties. Sixty are standard varieties while the rest are seedlings developed by the college.
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College of Agriculture
University of Athels
New Year and Old Year Share Memories
A brief tale where the New Year and Old Year converse at the moment of transition. The Old Year lingers to share memories of past New Year’s Day traditions and childhood joys, while the New Year embraces its own memories as it begins anew.
Good Resolutions and the Will to Reform
The piece argues that not making resolutions harms personal progress, citing E W Newman who rejects them. It praises starting anew at year’s start, citing Faber’s intention to improve, and warns that avoiding resolutions indicates weakness and moral stagnation.
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Newman
Faber
Western Newspaper Union
New Ears New Years
Martha Thomas argues for selective listening to news and gossip to reduce noise. She suggests establishing new bars for New Years to hear only essential information.
The Passing Years Tender reflections on aging and grace
The good deeds become song birds in the heart and friendships grow more precious with time. Growing old brings growth in grace and the peace of realizing life’s span narrows as years pass.
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Association of Friends
Another New Year by Katherine Edelman
A reflective New Year meditation praises human resilience and hope. It emphasizes fresh courage, renewed goals, and the enduring drive to strive, work, and improve throughout the coming year.
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Katherine Edelman
Star of Hope
Western Newspaper Union
Weekly Menu Suggestions and Recipes
A period menu lists daily meals from Sunday to Saturday with breakfast, dinner, and supper ideas. It includes recipes for Denver Potatoes and Curried Apples, plus a closing poem by Robert Bridges.
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Denver
Ginger Pudding and Other Steamed Cakes Tidbits
A vintage recipe snippet outlines Ginger Pudding with a vanilla sauce, Cottage Pudding with a quick pudding sauce, and Steamed Cranberry Pudding. Also noted are Sour Cream Fruit Cake steps and bake times, all emphasizing steamed or baked desserts with detailed ingredient lists and methods.
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Mary Graham Bonner
Ewman
Martha Thomas
Robert Bridges
Japan
Bellans
Bellans Hot Water
Pattee Ee al
Ae Teese
James H. Allen
Forbes St
Rochester
N. Y
Allenrhu
Wolff-Wilson Drug CO
7Th & Wash. Ave
St. Louis
Haarlem
Humphrey
Humphreys
Eam Pd
D. O.D. Parcel Post
Humphreys' Homeo. Medicine Co
Ann Street
New York
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