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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1947
Page
2
Government trials show medicated mash containing nicotine phenothiazine and bentonite expelled about 99 percent of cecal and round worms under experimental conditions. Field use for three days every three weeks kept parasitism low in treated chickens. Private groups report similar compositions and market products follow this formula.
A Lake States forest station introduces a dry salting process for freshly peeled green lumber. A copper sulfate and sodium dichromate powder is applied to surface, dissolves in humidity, and penetrates deeply. The treated posts resist leaching, show a blue surface color, and appear noncorrosive to staples and wire.
Missouri experiment station reports hogs with free access to salt in mineral mixtures consume only a fraction of an ounce per head daily yet show faster gains than hogs without salt. Best results come from free choice salt in mineral blends.
Four young FFA members were named Star Farmers at the national convention in Kansas City. Ray Gene Cinnamon of Garber Oklahoma earned Star Farmer of America for 1947, with $5,000 plus from wheat and cattle. Other regional winners were Marvin Krull, Wayne Stull, and Hoopes Yarnell, each highlighted by notable farming success and rising net worth. The article notes FFA’s goals and structure, and how teachers support student farming efforts.
A note tucked in trousers ordered by a Kentucky farm wife seeking a pen pal for her six year old son Wycell sparked a friendship with Iowa boy Dicky Stevens. The two boys have corresponded for eight years and met when the Stevens family visited Kentucky, with plans for a Jones family visit to Iowa next summer.
A boy won five dollars by flying a kite to ferry a string across the 800 foot chasm at Niagara Falls. The string then pulled a steel cable enabling a two at a time wire basket crossing. The first suspension bridge spanned 820 feet below the American Falls and marked a major engineering achievement.
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