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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1928
Page
5
The New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station reports February hatch of Leghorns extends incubation, yields early spring broilers in April, and provides pullets ready to lay by August. About one quarter of flocks should be February hatched, with the rest in mid-April to balance year income.
The article warns poultry keepers against abrupt feed changes, noting spring is the safest time for a major diet shift. It advises selecting a proven good feed and sticking with it, as radical changes can trigger molts and reduced egg production.
During dry spell, store dry fine soil in a dry area to avoid moisture or freezing. Dust baths greatly benefit hens, offering comfort and lice control through winter despite treatments like sodium fluoride or house powders not matching natural dusting. Use thoroughly dry dirt in boxes, barrels, or bags to keep flocks content.
The piece warns that overcrowding pullets harms profits by slowing growth and weight gain, increasing mortality and lowering egg production. It argues selling part of the pallets is wiser than crowding during winter, regardless of stock quality.
A reader describes using tube cake pans as makeshift feeders for gravel oyster shells charcoal and angel food mix. Drive a sharpened stake through the center into the ground and fill the pan to feed fowls with minimal waste.
The guide advises farmers to prune densely shaded wood to boost light and air reaching fruiting branches. It recommends opening tree tops to prevent upper crowding and to attend pruning demonstrations. Regular fertilization with stable manure is essential, and fall applications prevent delays.
A strawberry mulch shields shallow roots from freeze thaw cycles and preserves soil moisture while reducing weed growth. Common materials include straw hay and cornstalks. pine needles and manures are also used. Apply when ground is frozen in cold regions to avoid weather damage and prioritize areas over plants when mulch is scarce.
The woolly aphis harms young apple trees both underground and on exposed branches. Above ground controls include spraying lime sulfur solution with high pressure to reach the woolly masses. Underground methods involve digging to expose roots then tobacco dust or carbon disulfide injections, noting fumes and fire risk.
The article advises keeping windbreaks away from buildings with a space of about 300 feet ideal for a garden and small fruit plantation. If space is limited, a temporary windbreak of soft maple or golden willow can be used while evergreen screens establish, providing a long enough living barrier.
The article discusses two kinds of plant cells namely wood and fruit cells. It advises choosing pruning goals to favor desired growth by removing undesired cell types and cautions to paint larger cut branches to seal wounds.
Illinois medical, dental, and pharmacy groups urge state action to provide modern laboratories and clinical teaching facilities. They note antiquated, fire‑unsafe two building campus near Cook County Hospital limits medical education and student capacity, calling for a new complex to accommodate at least 200 medical and 100 dental students.
A renewed focus on disease prevention grows as researchers cite influenza pandemics and other historic tolls. Health conservation is seen as vital public concern with sanitation and care for the vulnerable expanding to state and municipal institutions.
Ed Cooper and Corea Thomason of Shobonier visited Patoka Thursday. Bananas priced at 25 cents a dozen at Wasems and 160 pound flour sacks at 90 cents per dozen. Patoka Bakery advertises plants including onion plants three bunches for 25 cents and frost proof cabbage and tomato plants at 50 cents per hundred. Seed sweet potatoes also listed.
A brief summary of state agriculture divisions shows the Plant Industry lab analyzing 1,686 seed samples in March 1928, up 1,020 from March 1927. Cedar rust eradication continues in southern counties with five sites cleared of contamination. Material is prepared for a bulletin on the insect pest and plant disease act and related information.
Misses Lucile Walker Alice Murfin and Marie Cox attended a wild west show in Central a Tuesday sending her a box of candy at C N Cruses Restaurant. George Ballance and wife Mrs Ida Smith and Miss Ruth Pugh were Lincoln visitors last Sunday. George Wasem a Springfield visitor Wednesday accompanied by Bettie Simcox Thelma Doolen and Mrs Florence Simecox. Frank McConnell and wife of East St Louis were Sunday visitors at the Crosby home here. Harry Metzger and family of Shobonier and Mrs Ellen Emerson of Stringtown were Patoka visitors Sunday evening with the Editors family.
Robert Arnold and family visited Vandalia on Tuesday with Mrs Blanche Doolen also a visitor. Mrs Lily Huter died near here and was buried in Luster Chapel cemetery. Mayme Garrett entered St Mary’s hospital at Centralia for treatment. Several local residents made trips to Alma and Carbondale for business and school. Flu patients are convalescent. farm losses from a raid on Blanche Doolen’s chicken house exceeded ten dollars. skunks invade Hen houses and steal eggs. Uncle Sam Jones is in poor health.
The item lists visits by Eli Logan and family from Patoka to Mrs. Blanche Doolen, Edgar Jones and family from Salem staying with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Jones, and Mrs. Mary Walker’s daughters visiting Sund with the family. It also notes Robert Arnold trading his coupe for a sedan to accommodate the whole family.
Bear Creek residents share visits with relatives in Decatur Patoka Vernon Bloomington and Centralia while Wess Lake moves his family to Niantic for a future home. The Lake sisters own a parrot from Bloomington and Eldre Oral Brown's family attend a Central City meeting.
Sunday services focus on eternal punishment with Golden Text from Galatians about restoration in meekness. Isa 1:18 urges cleansing from sins as white as snow while Christian Science readings stress that only personal sins bring real suffering to oneself.
Fielding Hawkins named Administrator of Ruben Hawkins estate Marion County Illinois. He will appear at the Marion County Court Salem for the July Term on the First Monday in July to settle claims. Creditors must attend and debtors should pay promptly. May 3 1928 Fielding Hawkins Administrator.
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