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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1948
Page
3
The second Continental Congress on September 9 1776 resolved that all continental commissions and instruments should spell the name as United States replacing United Colonies, marking the first official use of the new country title.
A first large scale trial using butyl ester of 2,4-D for weed control in corn showed yields rising by up to 18 bushels per acre. On about 18 000 acres in Henderson Kentucky the treatment cost under 10 000 dollars with fields sprayed by low gallonage methods.
A repurposed pull-push cart uses discarded wheels and an axle from a child’s coaster wagon. The frame employs %-inch pipe welded to the axle, creating a light strong helper for hauling small tools or equipment.
Washington State college says moist mash is unnecessary for high egg production. It adds extra labor and risks mold and bacteria growth, especially in hot weather.
A self-feeder for market pigs in New Jersey can also serve brood sows with litters. It offers multiple feed compartments allowing pigs to select their own proportions and amounts. The main benefit is labor savings when the feeder is sized to hold several days of supply.
An experiment at an Oklahoma station found undiluted lime sulfur best among 16 repellents for protecting young fruit trees from cottontail rabbits. Rabbits were confined with water sprouts or apples. 94 percent of untreated sprouts were damaged in five days versus 41 percent damaged when painted with lime sulfur. Only 1 percent showed damage on day one.
At the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary the ophthalmic photography service, led by Mary R. Brown, uses fundus cameras and color slides to guide diagnoses and preserve sight. Color films and teaching programs extend lessons to surgeons across the Americas, India, and the Philippines.
The Erie and Kalamazoo railroad, inactive for nearly a century, continues semi annual dividend payments totaling 9000 dollars after taxes and expenses. Incorporated in 1833 with 1 million capital but only 300 thousand stock issued, its line once ran 35 miles from Port Lawrence now Toledo to Adrian.
Oklahoma boasts a self supporting capitol funded by oil wells drilled on its grounds by order of former governor E. W. Marland. In 13 years the state profited more than 5.6 million dollars despite local protests from Lincoln Terrace residents over fire hazards and zoning concerns.
A Sunday sermon uses the Acts 8 story of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch to urge Christians to witness where they are. It portrays Albert Schweitzer as a living example of living for Jesus, urging believers to witness to their neighbors, support foreign missions, and write to distant lands through prayer and gifts.
A tongue in cheek prompt urging readers to contact their Congressmen about the policy of selling white margarine that must be colored at home. It frames the issue as a civic inquiry and calls for political action.
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