4 H Tractor Maintenance Schools and Farm Shows
The piece notes 38 4 H boys attended four tractor safety and maintenance sessions taught by Bob Guinnip and Dean Huffington with local dealers Flowers Sales Casey Implement Chapman Brothers and Sin clair supplying tractors. It also previews the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville Kentucky February 12 to 15 plus farm management programs, pest control advice, and upcoming Illinois agricultural events and meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Guinnip
Dean Huffington
Flowers Sales
Casey Implement
Chapman Brothers
Casey
Sinclair
Martinsville
Louisville
Kentucky
Farmers gear up for farm planning and timber demo
Readers are invited to a Christmas tree shearing and pond management demonstration at the Wilbur Hanselman farm. The event will cover tree planting, pond work, and fish stocking, with seedling orders, a planting machine option, and links to 1969 ASC, SCS and wheat and feed grain program signups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Poorman
Clark County
ASG Committee
Martinsville
Highway Cafe
Wilbur Hanselman
Robert Blair
SCS
ASCS
ASC
Insect Invasions Alarm Illinois Farmers in 1968
Extension entomologist Ben Kuhlman described a daylong invasion of pests from March to September 1968. He named corn rootworms, European corn borers, corn leaf aphids, and alfalfa weevils as the top concerns, noting 60 percent of corn acreage treated and over $1 million saved in control costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basel
Ben—Kuhlman
University of Ilinois and Natural History Survey
Custom
Kuhlman
Milnois
FFA Week Emphasizes FFA as Opportunity Not Instant Success
The article frames Future Farmers of America as a pathway for youth to learn to do to earn and to serve. It stresses leadership citizenship and cooperation through local state and national involvement and notes FFA Week Feb 15 22 with the theme FFA an opportunity for youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FFA
America
Future Farmers of America
Farm Bureau backs nonpartisan election of con con delegates
The Illinois Agricultural Association and state-wide Farm Bureau endorse nonpartisan delegate elections for the Illinois constitutional convention. Wm J Kuhfuss says runoff elections may be required and urges action in weeks ahead. He helped lead support for a modernized constitution and notes voters approved a constitutional convention last November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois Agricultural Association
Farm Bureau
TAA
Wm. J Kuhfuss
Illinois General Assembly
76Th General Assembly
Kuhfuss
Illinois Committee For Constitutional Convention
Wills breaks state trout record on Apple River in 1968
Kenneth Wills of Scales Mound set a new state brown trout record by landing a 7 pound 6 ounce fish on September 24 at the Apple River near Apple River Canyon State Park in Jo Daviess County. He used a Mepps spinner and will receive a State Record Wish Certificate. Eugene Matsko of Morris holds the rock bass record at 1 pound 9 ounces from four years earlier.
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Illinois Department of Conservation
Northern Illinois
Kenneth Wills
Scales Mound
Apple River
Apple River Canyon
Daviess County
Ellis
Eugene Matsko
Morris
Matsko
Illinois State Fishing Contest records and awards described
Anglers compete for bronze and silver pins with state record certificates across new coho and hybrid sunfish categories. Notable entries include Richard Daley with a Coho 11.15 lbs near Northwestern University and Dan Fisher with a 2 lb 1 oz hybrid sunfish. The competition spans through 1969 with pins, certificates, and rule details from Illinois conservation offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Springfield
FFA
University of Illinois
Urbana
Purdue University
North Carolina State University
Shell Chemical Co
Evanston
Richard Daley
Lake Michigan
Northwestern University
Dan Fisher
Decatur
Macon County
Tllinois Natural History Survey
Department of Conservation
Lincoln Trail State Park
Marshall
Donald Spence
Charleston
Spence
Lincoln Trail Park
Helen Harvey
Paris
Crab Orchard Lake
Illnois
Harry Hewlett
Royalton
Loyal A. Mehrhoff II
Carterville
Mehrhoff
Tegtmeier
Lake Zurich
Harry Rayner
Rockford
Winnebago
Conservation Officers
Sporting
Chicago
Ilinois Department of Conservation
Motorcycle license reform sparks tax debate
The proposal to scrap the motorcycle special drivers license is criticized as increasing taxes, drawing comparison to the gun tax in fiscal arguments and public reaction.
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Charles Orcutt
University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service
Farm Business Farm Management
FBFM
Animal
New Bulletins
Brownstown
Tlinois
Clark
Ascs Office
Iowa
Texas
Kansas
USDA
Ilinois
Ler
Kankakee
Nielson
Lou
Cash & Carry
DIX Lumber CO
Ohio
Terre Haute
Land OF
Lincoln
Crawford County State Bank
Robinson,Il
F.D.I.C
Voice of
J. K. Blair & Sons
Grant St
Ind
Ormor
Stormopf
Stephen
Martinsville, Ill
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