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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1950
Page
5
John R. Kamper of the Illinois PMA Committee announces that acreage allotments will not be established for the 1950 soybean crop. Officials cite lack of legislative provisions in the Agricultural Act of 1949 and a small carryover of old crop soybeans as reasons to avoid production controls in 1950 and possibly beyond.
Bloomington visitors Mr and Mrs Clifford C Wilson spent Sunday with George W Christie. Warren Lake and Caudle families visited nearby Vandalia households including Forrest Caudle and E S Caudle. Mollie Linton at Cecil Jones Vandalia home sent greetings. Dale Revis family welcomed a new daughter with John Revis as grandparents. R A Brummet called on Lawrence Roberson family in Vandalia.
A Char Casey report shows two lane concrete pavement costs per mile were $32,000 lower last year than earlier. Asphalt resurfacing costs were similar in 1949 and 1950 with minor differences. The release coincides with Governor Stevenson’s term and the state rev department’s approval of 39 county supervisor candidates across eight downstate counties selected by county boards.
The state revenue department studies qualifications of about 500 additional township assessors across counties including Shelby. The all-commodity index for Illinois farm prices stood at 227 in mid January, down from a month earlier, while the crop price index stayed steady. Fire insurance net premiums in 1948 rose to 175 million, more than double 1943, and Illinois certifies 69 beauty schools with 39,595 active practitioners licensed.
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