Farm Veins by Charles Orcutt Extension Adviser
Fertilizer guidance for fruit plants addresses timing and rates for strawberries brambles and trees. Recommends complete NPK fertilizer with application details per plant or per 100 square feet and cautions on soil fertility and root-zone placement. Also notes conservation teachers of the year and officials on the Eastern Illinois Land Use Council with budget signals and sign‑up urgency for conservation practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Servation
Wayne Clapp
Stan Grotenhuis
Eastern Illinois Land Use Council
Champaign
Clark
Coles
Cumberland
Douglas
Edgar
Vermilion
Wayne
Stan
Charleston
Dale Poorman
Clark County
ALCS
Peach Leaf Curl Control Guide
Dormant spray recommended to prevent peach leaf curl as buds break. Overwinters on bud scales and infects new leaves. apply before growth begins using ferban or captan at two tablespoons per gallon of water.
Dormant Sprays for Fruit Trees Guide
Dormant sprays for apples and other fruit trees, excluding peaches, target scale insects. Apply before spring growth starts on a day with no freezing temperatures. Use one third cup of dormant spray oil per gallon of water.
Christmas tree Shearing Demonstration May 7
The Clark and Edgar County Soil and Water Conservation Districts announce a Christmas tree shearing and shaping demonstration on May 7 at two sites. The Wilbur Hanselman farm, 14 miles west of Oilfield, at 10:00 am, and the Lyle Hutchings farm, four miles north of Oliver, at 1:30 pm. Robert Blair farm forester will demonstrate shearing and shaping and discuss forestry and reforestation. Contact Mr Blair in Charleston or via our office by letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Hanselman
Oilfield
Lyle Hutchings
Oliver
Robert Blair
Mr Blair
Charleston
Clark and
Edgard County
Public Hearings Open On Illinois Conservation Program
Illinois citizens could speak at one of three hearings on conservation last Tuesday at the Illinois building Springfield. Two more meetings are set for May 3 at Starved Rock State Park Utica and May 10 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, led by Director Rutherford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tllinois
State Fairgrounds
Springfield
Starved Rock Indge
Starved Rock State Park
Utica
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
Rutherford
Tlinois
Illinois
Department of
Piblu
William Rutherford
Department of Conservation
Ohio Chapel notes with deaths and community visits
The Ohio Chapel community records two weekly deaths Mrs Maggie Catfelter and Chet Chilton plus a long list of visitors and social calls. Entries mention grandchildren, Sunday school, church events, nursing home stops, and visits among Marshall Homer Homer Indiana people with scattered relatives in Annapolis Homer and Willow Hill.
West Union Choctaw Hosts April Home Extension Meeting
The West Union Home Extension met on Thursday April 10 at 1 30 p m at the home of Mrs Gene Dolson. After business, guests enjoyed refreshments for several area residents and relatives including Mrs Thelma Lawrence Mrs Olive Strohm Mrs Pato Deht Mrs Hazel Wright Mrs Esther Wright Mrs Charlotte Leasure Mrs Elsie Crow and Mabel Gard. Nearby visitors included Mr and Mrs James Drummond of Peoria and Mr and Mrs Will Marvin. Additional attendees at the Sunday dinner were Mr and Mrs Robert Ledermann of Marshall rural route and Mr and Mrs Wiford Leasure with family. Wiford Leasure and Stanley Leas ure spent time at a lake in southern Indiana fishing. Funeral services for Mrs Magete Clatfelter were held Monday at 2 p m at the Prust-Hosch Funeral Chapel with burial in Walnut cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Catfelter
Chet Chilton
Marshall
Stanley Wells
Pleaste Bartlett
Robert Holler
Robert White
Nina Blankenbeker
Duane
Annapolis
Lars Lamb
Choctaw
Grant Hollenbeck
Adah Gray
Maggie Clatfelter
John Lur
Timmy Spittler
John VanFleet
Mabel Gard
Doris Dolson
Fern Wernz
John Musgrave
Robinson
Richard Norton
Willow Hill
Frelon Knowles
Carroll Gard
Adah McDaniel
Jessie Wilson
Sullivan
Indiana
Sue Wells
Pleasie Bartlett
Ohio Church
Quimba Norton
Rex
Richard
James Blankenbeker
Lucille VanFleet
Brieda Cannady
Homer
Illinois
Fern Wern
Mary Crumlin
Ethel Cline
Julie Shaffner
Esther Wright
Dorothy Wernz
Barbara Ann
Ounimba Norton
Grace Gaber
Betty Graham
Charlene Graham
Robert Lovell
Peoria
Norton
Harold Warnz
Mattie Monre
Mary Cromlin
West Union Home Extension
Gene Dolson
Thelma Lawrence
Olive Strohm
Pato Deht
Hazel Wright
Charlotte Leasure
Elsie Crow
James Drummond
Drummond
Will Marvin
Fenton Ledermann
Robert Ledermann
Marshall Rural
Wiford Leasure
Hatte Ledermann
Ruth Wreght
Stanley Leasure
Loke
Walter Clatfelter
Cheaco
Mr Clatfelter
Home Fallout Shelters Offer Practical Protection
The article discusses home basement shelters as a practical alternative where public shelters are scarce. It explains shielding materials like concrete bricks earth and water, and outlines Plan A to Plan E shelter concepts with guidance on construction, placement, and plans obtainable from Civil Defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Civil Defense
Army Publications Center
Eastern Blvd
Baltimore
In Time of Emergency OCD Public Guidance Outline
Information from the US Defense OCD explains civilian actions to take during a nuclear attack. Local authorities provide more detailed survival steps, drawn from the OCD publication EE-14 and available through civil defense offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Defense
Office of Civil Defense
OCD
Easter weekend visits span many families across Indiana and Illinois
Morton of Kokomo and Miss Janice Norton of Fremont visit with relatives in Robinson and Bridgeport. The Chapman, Gill, Sackrider, Ellis, Oschmann, and Kile families hosted dinners and meetings in Robison Paris and Oak Lawn. Grace Chapman joins the Oschmanns for the trip home. The note remarks on a girl’s smile revealing genuineness versus a stage smile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louuse Black
Donna
Gerald Martha
Steve Chapman
Bridgeport
Karen Ellis
Curtis
Phil Oschmann
Oak Lawn
Illinois
Grace Chapman
Oschmans
Ivan Cline
Zela Saiter
Marshall
Lillian Kile
Paris
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Orcutt
Boa
Ohio Chapel
Carl Carpenter
Martins‘ville
Grace Higginbotham
Everett
Gladys Garver
Maude Miller
Martha Booker
Truman Ross
Leon Garner
Walter Garner
Winnona Garner
Carolyn Garner
Johnny Sanders
Joy Paulsen
Martinsville
Willam Garner
Tristott
Woodford Williams
Roger
Jackie Williams
Joe Williams
Missouri
William Garner
West Union
U.S. Office of Civil Defense
U.S. Census Bureau
Cash & Carry
DIX Lumber CO
Ohio ST. Terre Haute
Max Landes
Bilt
Stinson
R. A
West Terre Haute
Ind
Russell Buckner
Dean Poorman
Clarence Ledermann
Marshall Co-Op
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