For Sale New Farm Machinery Practical Illinois Ad
Advertisement from Fisher Sales Co Joy Illinois selling new and used farm machinery. Tractors from IHC JD and others, corn pickers, cultivators, plows, combines, mowers, balers, drills, wagons, hay equipment, grain equipment, and farm trailers. Includes Ford school bus body and vehicle parts. Located Mercer County seven miles west of Aledo on Route 17.
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M&m
Bell City
Innes
Ford
Oliver
Case
New Idea
Moline
Sears Hammermill
Harvey Corn
M-H
Fisher Sales CO
Joy
Illinois
Phone 66
Mercer County
Aledo
Argentine vaccine eyed as U S eyes Mexico foot and mouth spread
Argentina reports success with an intradermal vaccine immunizing cattle and sheep against foot and mouth disease with 93 percent protection for six months while hogs show no benefit. U S authorities monitor the spread toward Mexico. Standard highway markers across the 48 states are being deployed to reduce road accidents caused by sign confusion.
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Argentine Republic
U. S
Mexico
Chemists Develop Claylike Topsoil Treatment
Chemists report a method to treat topsoil with chemicals to make it claylike. The treated soil retains minerals essential for producing bountiful crops.
First Tank Car Loaded in Titusville in 1865
On November 1 1865 about six years after the world’s first oil well opened in Titusville PA the first tank car was loaded there It was a flat car with two wooden tanks shaped like inverted tubs and placed on it.
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Titusville
Happy Landings in a Quiet Lakeside Illusion
Stanley Elway stops to offer a ride and a boat to a distressed young man and his wife. He abandons his own plans, gives away two fishing poles and flies to ease a heartbreak, and watches them drift away toward a hopeful future on the lake.
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Stanley Elway
Maggie
Stanley
Mae
WNN
New Device Controls Termites By Targeting Hidden Pipes
A new device demonstrated by W. B. Hill at the National Association of Home Builders convention uses slotted pipes installed during construction to reach inaccessible termite tunnels. Perforated pipes deliver a potent chemical into hidden areas such as dirt-filled porches sun parlors stoops steps and fireplaces to combat the wood destroying pest.
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National Association of Home Builders
Chicago
W. B. Hill
Memphis
Termite colony displays inside model home to show destruction
A model home exhibit by Hill demonstrates termite damage with live insects in glass. An army of workers soldiers and a potential queen swarm in spring as mud tunnels form, proving the insects' destructive power through insect activity and openings in pipes.
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Hill
New Look in Crops Draws Caution From Agronomist Joe Robinson
Iowa State agronomist Joe Robinson warns farmers against chasing new crop names. He emphasizes that performance records, not novelty, drive value and yields. Hybrid corn variety certification hinges on tested yield results from private and station lines.
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Joe Robinson
Iowa State College Agronomist
Robinson
Multiple Iowa livestock sales and auctions listed
Community Sale every Friday at Whittaker sale barn. Livestock sales weekly at Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction. Kalona Sales Barn hosts Wednesday sales in Kalona. Ollie Livestock Exchange runs Tuesday auctions. Ai Dollar Sales Company in Sigourney holds Monday sales. An antique public sale near Wellman starts at 1:00 p m on April 29. Dewey L. Hoefert listed as contact.
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Whittaker
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Kalona
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Ollie
Ai Dollar Sales Company
Sigourney
North Edge
Wellman
Dewey L. Hoefert
Last Volcano Eruption in United States Recorded
The lone American eruption since European contact was California's Mt Lassen. The article notes Lassen as the only U S volcano to erupt after white exploration reached the hemisphere.
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United States
California
Mt. Lassen
New Jersey State Symbols Mentioned
The text lists New Jersey state motto liberty with prosperity state flower violet and state bird eastern goldfinch. It confirms official symbols without additional details or dates.
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Garden
New Jersey
Mosquito Control Uses DDT and New Insecticides
Mosquito control uses DDT 2 4 D and other new insecticides to aid extermination efforts. While effective, the cost of these insecticides can be prohibitive for large breeding areas, necessitating ditching and other permanent methods. The photo from the New Jersey agricultural experiment station shows an aerial fog generator used by a mosquito extermination commission.
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New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Income From Poultry Increases in Nebraska
Nebraska cash farm income from poultry and eggs totals 9 to 12 percent. J. H. Claybaugh reports yearly egg sales between 50 and 57 million dollars for five years. Poultry sales average over 2 million with a peak near 27 million.
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Nebraska
J. H. Claybaugh
Extension Ou
Farmers Capture Record Share Of Nation's Income
The text notes farmers are earning the highest share of national income on record with net agricultural income after expenses projected at about 18 billion dollars for 1947.
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Evening Journal
Happy Landings
Matt Christopher
Tanley
By Ken Reynolds
Journal
Sea Lion
Poser
Ed Hite
W. Wash. St
Louis J. Kehoe
Attorney At
Jeffrey Bldg
Theodore B. Bailey
Morrison Building
W. Livingston
Robert Day Attorneys
W. Main
George F. Morrison
G. Gifford Morrison
J. C. Penney Co
Paul V. Shearer
Court House
Wendell L. Shaffer
Hotel Washington
Optometrists
Emmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
P. L. Etter
F. G. Livesay
D. C
Spinal Distortion
Iowa Avenue
R. G. Wessler
E. Second
Welding Service
Wheatley
Wash
N. Ave. B
Washington Dairy
South Ave
D. W.L
Col
Little
Bickford Electric
John Blick
Vhone
Baby
Reister Hatchery
Harry
Reister Bros
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Washington Concrete Co
St. and
Rock Island
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