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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1925
Page
3
Julia Bottomley notes bold trends in early coat arrivals with fur trimmed cloth coats rivaling all fur options. Rich colors such as wine, red, green and copper brown lead, with plaid accents, tailored frocks and silver or gold trim elevating street and daytime wear.
Will county Holstein leads the Illinois 500-Pound Butterfat Cow club with 513.1 pounds in seven months and 14,180 pounds milk, as 983 cows from 14 counties reach 300 pounds or more toward membership. Seventeen candidates lead with farmers from Hebron to Stockton.
The University of Illinois College of Agriculture conducts a farm electricity study on ten Champaign county farms eight miles southwest of Urbana. With cooperation from state power interests and equipment manufacturers, researchers measure power for curling irons to milking machines and assess costs, rural line maintenance, and small unit plants. A participant notes the focus includes farm homes as well as fields and barns.
Soy beans have surged in popularity, with widespread adoption across the Corn Belt driven by hardiness wide soil adaptability and strong yields. Experts note new high yielding varieties expand commercial prospects and that soybeans serve as a valuable protein forage and partial substitute for costly nitrogen feeds in cattle hogs and sheep diets.
W B Nevens of the University of Illinois reports cows rested six to eight weeks and well fed before calving yield more milk in the next lactation. To calves in fall or early winter, maintain good body condition. if pasture is poor, supplement with clover hay and a concentrate mix of 200 pounds ground corn and 100 pounds ground oats or bran.
A dense list of crossword style clues with numbers and hints covers topics from bodies of water to verbs and objects. The note states the solution will appear in the next issue, implying this is a teaser for readers.
Instructions explain that correct letters fill white spaces to form words across and down. Numbers mark starting letters for horizontal and vertical words. Black squares separate entries. All words are dictionary terms, except proper names. Abbreviations initials and obsolete forms are noted in definitions.
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