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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1954
Page
4
Multiple classified items include floor Sanders and edger rentals, tuning and repair, livestock buying, water tanks, Maytag dealer services, and real estate listings. Names and locations cited: Vernon, Patoka, Shobonier, Brownstown, Morey, Elliott, Willett & Towler, Roy Malan, Bob Hopkins, Davis Jennings. Also Nation's Business cabinet summary article noted.
The Marion County Rural Youth met January 14 1954 in the Farm Bureau Auditorium with Bill Williams presenting an educational talk on who should file income tax. Officers elected were Ferra Clifton president Dic McLaughlin vice president Lois Britt secretary Max Mercer treasurer and Willa Dean Soger reporter. After business square dances led by Floyd Smith and Raymond Rendleman completed the meeting and members were invited to call the Farm Bureau office for information about joining. The next meeting is set for February 11 1954.
Illinois announces a special beaver trapping period from noon February 1 to noon February 15. Ten beavers per person may be taken under fur bearing licenses, with pelt tags costing 50 cents each and issued by the Department of Conservation in Springfield. 1953 licenses remain valid. 1954 licenses become available by February 1 at local clerks.
Edwin A. Rosenstone, director of the Department of Public Works and Buildings, announced progress in reflectorizing center strips on 7 000 miles of Illinois highways. Similar work on the remaining 5 000 miles of rural primary gateways and thousands of signs will be completed during 1954.
A collection of trivia notes explains captive balloons moored to the ground, reveals Domenico Theotopoulos as the real name of Elbene the painter, and notes the port of Quebec lies 300 miles from the sea while penguins are the sole vertebrates in Antarctica.
Fowl cholera symptoms in flocks include loss of appetite diarrhea neck pulled in eyes closed feathers ruffled and wings and tails drooping. A dairy expert from the University of Illinois says two pounds of corn can replace about three pounds of hay in dairy cow feed to save money if hay must be bought and notes rising demand for meat hogs may expand lending to farmers.
A November increase of 2400 in Illinois residents receiving general assistance was offset in part by declines of 950 in aid to dependent children cases and about 500 in Old Age pensioners, according to a report by the Illinois Public Aid Commission.
Illinois farmers had 550 000 head of cattle and calves on grain feed for market on January 1 according to a report by state and federal departments of agriculture. This was eight percent less than a year ago. Half were steers thirty percent calves ten percent heifers the remainder other cattle.
Farm and Home Week at the University of Illinois Urbana centers on crops soils and livestock with sessions February 14. Economists doubt any farm price supports action this Congress. Rural sociologists note Illinois population near 9 million as neighboring states exceed growth since 1950. A veterinarian advocates a uniform federal rabies program as the sole complete solution.
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