Town Folks Doings in STRINGTOWN and Vandalia
Local notes report John Cleary selling hen fruit last Monday and James Klinge’s team wrecking a wagon with minor bruises. Residents attend sermons by Capt. Gipsy Pat Smith and Gipsy Smith. skating parties, visits, and family gatherings frequent weekends and Sundays. Teachers chosen for Sunday School classes include Nellie Lane, Merle Willett, Byron Albert, Ethel Klinge, and James Klinge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cleary
James
Roll Klinge
Ben Zimmerman
Jerry
Arewine Willett
Merle
Fiora Albert
George Willett
Gipsy Pat Smith
Vandalia
James Klinge
Klinge
George Walton
Standard Oilman
Anna Wyant
George Dennis Metzger
Leo Landreth
Sholconier
Bud Cox
Joseph “Immerman
Spence Cole
Vernon and
Shobonier
John Frisby
Anna Lester
Alice Albert
Jas, Griffin
Patoka
Herman Morey
Ralph Morey
Ella Meseke
Mary
Crackers Neck Notes and Local Farming Roundup
Several teams hauled corn and hay for Job Murray who is selling out and moving to Decatur soon. S B Lawrence delivered hay to Patoka market while L Sharp butchered a beef and three hogs with more hogs to come. Mrs Mary Belcher suffered lumbago, Mary Shepard had neuralgia in face and teeth. Jess Wooden and family visited Lenard Goodwin and family, while Theodore Stone and John Stone visited John Shepard area. Chester Bryant hauled hogs to St Louis Monday. Perry Belcher and family visited Saturday. Rawleigh man was in the vicinity Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Job Murray
Decatur
S. B. Lawrence
Patoka
L. Sharp
Mary Belcher
Mary Shepard
Jess Wooden
Lenard Goodwin
Theodore Stone
Blue Mounds
John Stone
Vernon
John Shepard
Chester ‘Bryant
St. Louis
Ar Bent
Silam
Silas
Perry Belcher
Rawleigh
Classified Ads Sparse Noticeboard Highlights
Local notices list items for sale and rent including timothy seed Jersey cow and canary birds. Farmers Elevator Co seeks wire stretchers while C Lloyd advertises a steam engine mill and Jeffs Oil and Paint Co promotes sales jobs. A. L. Brown and wife visit Patoka from Sandoval Rural Route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ord
Lowell. Wilson
Lawrence Bates
Farmers Elevator Co
Alice Cruse
D. R. Livesay
Jersey
Frank Lake
Vernon
H. V. Fallon
Patoka
Claud Adams
Federal Extension University
Champaign
Illinois
Y C. Lloyd
JED Oil
and Paint CO
Cleveland
Ohio
Suggestive problems for family and social relations courses
Questions explore family responsibilities and ways a member can help parents. Readers consider reducing mother’s workload, caring for clothes, meal preparation, fostering good food habits in siblings, sharing holiday time, and budgeting clothing costs. The set prompts reflection on personal contributions, sibling relationships, and proper family roles.
Modifying Dairy Cow Rations For Lactation And Dormancy
A Rural New Yorker writer urges dairy managers to tailor rations for cows in lactation and during the dry period. Guidance covers protein levels, grain allowances, and seasonal feeds including gluten meal and beet pulp, with specific mixes and adjustments to maximize milk production and body condition.
Alfalfa and Silage as Dairy Feed Without Grain
An experiment station reports ten years of feeding dairy cows alfalfa hay with corn silage and no grain. Average production exceeds 260 pounds of butterfat per cow per year, with potential for higher yields in average cows if grain is avoided. It notes alfalfa and silage provide a balanced ration, suggests many farms lack alfalfa or a silo, and urges seeding alfalfa now with yields of two to three tons per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Dairy Facts Silage and Dairy Cow Feeding Principles
The text emphasizes summer feeding with silage as year round feed to keep good cows and improve milk quality. It notes breeders debate bull breeding power when silage is fed and warns large silage amounts may distend the paunch. It urges liberal feeding for health and sustained milk output and stresses clean milk free of odors to preserve natural flavor.
Notes of Interest from the Surrounding Vicinity
Local brief listing purchases and travel notes. Rev Cox family attended a Baptist State Board meeting in Carbondale. Austin Good and family moved from Patoka to Freeport for meat cutting work. William Cain buys a new Essex Coach via Dan Wickersham and Langenfelds. Mrs O L Ladrick visited East St. Louis. Onlie Cannady family visited with Walter Parks. P B Simcox heads to Miami Fla. George O Wilson and O V Anderson visited Farmers Meeting and ordered Turkey Creek Valley Farm stationery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasems
Jersey
Cox
Carbondale
Baptist State Board
Austin Good
Patoka
Freeport
Austin
William Cain
Essex
Dan Wickersham
Langenfelds
Centralia
Cruses
O. L. Ladrick
East S35
Louis
W. L. Parks
Orlie Cannady
Miss Arah
Julian
Burnl Simons
East St. Louis
Walter Parks
P. B. Simcox
Miami
Fla
George O. Wilson
O. V. Anderson
Sandoval
R. R
Turkey Creek Valley Farm
Austin Simcox and Family Visit Friends in Town
Austin Simcox and his family from Pana were visitors Monday, spending time with relatives and friends in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Simcox
Pana
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Stringtown
Ceed
Aick
Buick
Ick
America
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Stanes
Buick Motor Company
Flint, Michigan
General Motors Corporation
PON Berter Automobiles
Lanenfeld
Motor. Co
Llinois
U. S
M& Son
A. L. Brown
Vatrqy & Darctsee
New Yorker
Koller
Weel
Christmas Club
First State Bank
Patoka, Ill
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