Harvesting wet wheat with corn-drying gear tips
Clark farmers can dry wet wheat using corn-drying equipment with modified rules. Keep wheat depth to about six feet and use fan assisted drying. monitor moisture and temperature to avoid spoilage and overdrying. Banvel herbicide clearance aids weed control in corn and pastures with caution for drift and crop injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Illinois
Interseeding Alfalfa and Clover for Weed Control
Advice on interseeded alfalfa and red clover to suppress weeds. Clip and remove straw promptly, clipping height 1 to 8 inches to minimize shading and improve stand. If removal isn’t possible, at least clip stubble. Consider baling clippings for feed bedding or sale.
Safe Driving Tip From Or Hogsett On Tire Blowouts
When a tire blows, stay on the steering wheel and keep the car moving forward. Ease up on the accelerator but do not brake. let the car slow gradually. Once under control, brake gently and move onto the road shoulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Or. Hogsett
Buying Watermelons for July and August
Consumers should pick cut melons with firm juicy flesh and deep red color free of white streaks. Dark brown to black seeds indicate ripeness. For uncut melons choose smooth rind with slight dullness, rounded ends, and creamy undersides to judge freshness.
Careful Rose Cutting for Healthy Flowers
When picking a rose be careful not to injure the plant. Use a sharp knife and cut flowers with short stems. Remove foliage with long stems to protect food manufacture and leave at least two leaves between the cut and main stem. Cut roses in the late afternoon.
Home garden tips and a University of Illinois atherosclerosis study
Garden notes cover capan spray for brown rot, harvest timing for cucumbers onions and asparagus, weed control, and corn earworm suppression. Remainder details a five year pig study at University of Illinois on atherosclerosis funded by NIH, with methods, objectives, and participating farms in Clark County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levin
University of Illinois
U of F
National Heart Institute
National Institutes of Health
T G. Lohman
Department of Animal Science
Urbana-Champaign
Lohman
Mr Enginuity Advises Mini Bike Maintenance Tips
Practical safety and maintenance guidance for mini bikes from Mr Enginuity. Emphasizes pre flight checks, oil quality and interval changes, upright riding, avoiding drops, keeping engines clean, and regular air filter care. Includes offer for a free booklet from Engine D Products Company in Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Ag
Engine D Products Company
Fratton
Wisconsin
Conservation practices upkeep for farm ponds and waterways
Maintenance of conservation practices is essential to extend their life. Check farm ponds for muskrat damage and spillway erosion, erosion structures for rodent and freezing damage, and grass waterways for bare spots. Clip water ways in August and fertilize with field operations. Seventeen Clark County farmers have signed cooperative agreements with the Clark County Soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Ewbank
Auburn
Clark County Soil and Water Conservation District
Clark County
West Liberty Social Notes From Mrs Rosa Statesman
Mrs Mary E Behner and Mr and Mrs Glen Sweitzer visited Oaklawn with Mr Clark Pulver family. Several neighbors visited Rosa Statesman and attended missionary meetings. Walter Cox died after brief illness in Kimundy with community sympathy offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Behner
Glen Sweitzer
Clark Pulver
Oaklawn
Hazel Lashbrook
Westfield Baptist Church
Lee Thompson
Charles Fitzgarrald
Clara White
Rosa Statesman
Ola Fox
Dan Shumaker
Norman Siverly
Clea Curtright
Beatrice Curtright
Janie Hirschman
Lafe Marrs
Eather Fitzgarrald
Lily Stark
Roy Biggs
Paul Behner
Clark Pulxer
Illinois
Pulver
Walter Cox
Kenneth Cox
Ross Lane
Kimundy
Charles Smith
Newlin iGilbert
Times Change Observed Outside Police Station
In a street scene two women arrived in a small car and parked by the police station. One woman stepped out wearing shorts and discarded an item on the sidewalk before entering the station. The writer urges younger women to raise boys to be men.
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Charles Orcutt
U. OF. I
United States
U of I
Animal Science Department
H. W. Norton
A. Kummerow
R. P. Link
A. H. Jensen
Leerens
Poe
Fadaa
Abe
Plum ST. Marshall
Owner
Pat Murphy
Pat
Herb
West Liberty
Mrs. Rosa Statesman
Dodge
Ralph Prevo Motor Co
Marshall, M1
Paris
Honda Sales
Union Street
HONDA
Bridgestone Cycles
Joe Tweedy
Paris, Ill
Richard Hale
Title Insurance
South 6Th Street
Marshall
Marshall Loan Co
Carol Ann Cornwell
Tri-State
Hobgood Contractors, Inc
Evansville