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Newspaper
Henry News Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1966
Page
11
Georgia researchers outline a storage method for table ripe peaches in jars with alkaline peel loosening, washing, preservative water, syrup with ascorbic acid, and rapid chilling. The process yields colorfast, rubproof fruit that can be kept 30 to 32 degrees for up to 12 weeks.
Conservation workers Evans Butler Elmer Kline Russell Holmbeck assisted by Harvey Jackson survey a pond plan for the Condit ranch in Senachwine township to be built this summer. The new pond will add a recreational facility on the ranch operated by Ken Condit Washburn.
In Mexico a poncho is a blanket like cloak with a hole for the head. Teens fashion washable fabric ponchos, including a brief coverall style and terry cloth versions to wear over swimsuits. Girls with a yard and a half of fabric and some ruffles can sew and finish the piece.
George Shimp, contractor, began construction this past week on an earth fill erosion control structure and waterway on the Dorothy Frazer farm in LaPrairie township. The project completes a conservation plan that includes a cropping system, a mile of terraces, contour farming, tree planting, and a farm pond, with terraces and pond built in 1965.
The Bogner Group started surveys this week for its Whitefield Township conservation project. Planned work includes grass waterways tile drains tile system structures terraces and contour farming at the William Spicer and Paul Bogner farms and tile drains at the Wayne Hunt and Grace Sponenberg farms with construction set to start in July.
Erwen Rowell and Conrad Bogner farms in Whitefield and LaPrairie townships will build 3100 feet of grass waterways this summer. Sur veys were conducted last week and terraces are planned to accompany the waterways as outlets.
Illinois rural families with modest incomes gain access to low cost housing through the Farmers Home Administration insured loan program. Loans at 5 percent interest may extend up to 33 years, with local offices offering free basic housing plans and Gerald W. Gook, county supervisor in Ottawa, Illinois, providing information.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Kincarnon visited the La-Con Club for dinner Sunday evening, sharing a quiet meal and returning home afterwards.
Four Holstein cows from Granville and Joe Lyons & Sons yield top figures under official testing. Blukel Ryland Boots 5344089 produced 16 700 pounds of milk and 594 pounds of butterfat in 319 days, Lilac Hill Skyliner Robin 530 5935 16 870 pounds and 661 pounds, Green Pastures Larla 4944574 16 490 pounds and 61 313 days, Char Ruth Rose Roven 511848 17 000 pounds and 633 pounds in 340 days, ee Topsy Rockette 4761713 17 480 pounds and 661 pounds in 340 days. Estimated U S cow output is 7 880 pounds milk and 285 butterfat. University of Trindla oversaw study with Holstein herd program support.
Central Illinois Light Co. joins 20 investor owned utilities in a two year extension of a fuel and fuel cycle development program at General Atomic Division, General Dynamics in San Diego. The effort aims to develop new technology and extend efficiency to reduce costs of nuclear fuel for the HTGR system.
All saddle club members are invited to a lecture on parliamentary law by Dr E B Rice agriculture instructor Princeville high school. The talk will be at the monthly Equestrian Club meeting in the town hall Princeville at 8 p m Monday June 13.
Granville High students assist in uncovering local relics at Hennepin, restoring historical vestiges. An unrelated note mentions Paradise, California planning to use natural gas and a major utility interviewing potential gas customers.
Archaeologists from the Illinois State Museum and University of Illinois, aided by Hopkins high school's science club volunteers, start digging on the northeast corner of the Jones and Laughlin site at Hennepin. They uncover bone fragments likely from a mastodon or mammoth near the Illinois River woods.
CILCO leads a summer promotion for no frost refrigerator freezers, stressing space efficiency, elimination of frost, and reduced freezer runs. Display rooms at 300 Liberty Street Peoria and 12 area showrooms, with June and July programs aiding dealers in public education.
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