Soil Conservation Service Celebrates 25th Birthday
Don Pretzsch notes the U S Soil Conservation Service marks 25 years since Public Law No 46 was signed by F D Roosevelt in 1935 creating a national agency to aid farmers in soil and water conservation. Clark County district was organized in 1949 with board members listed and technicians assigned to work locally under Dr Donald A Williams in Washington D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation Service
B. B. Clark
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Champaign
Millinois
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
SCS
Department of Agriculture
Clark
Illinois
General Assembly
Clark County
Soil Conservation District
Donald Abel
John Macey
Wayne D. Clapp
Gene Tingley
David Schiver
Lead paint hazards to cattle cited by University of Illinois vet
Dr Bruce Brodie warns cattle poisonings from licking wet or peeling paint. Lead poisoning can kill calves or sicken yearlings. keep new paint and old paint away from barns and fences. Use non lead paint and seek urgent veterinary care with Epsom salts and EDTA as advised.
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Bruce Brodie
University of
Brodie
What Can Congress Do With Wheat
Illinois farmers examine wheat programs and markets with figures on production usage exports and carryover. The piece outlines how prices affect food seed feed and export demand and notes Congress faces competing goals. It cites L H Simers and discusses minimum tillage at Dixon Springs showing reduced soil loss and comparable yields.
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Congress
Canada
United States
U. S
India
P. IL
Russia
Argentina
France
Italy
Turkey
L. H. Simers Dept. of
Ag. Economics
University of Ilinois
Dixon Springs
Ilinois
Lee Gard
Farm Adviser's Views on Clark County 4-H Livestock Contest
Warren Bundy reports Clark county 4-H members will hold livestock judging contests on Saturday May with sheep at George Sloan farm Martinsville beef at Huber Bennett farm and swine at Bao Bennett farm. Afternoon dairy judging at Max Stephen and Winfield Miller farms. Top six contestants advance to the state contest July 7 at the University of Illinois. Enrollment for 1960 stands at 221 with 41 first year members. Rural Life Sunday May 22 highlights rural values and National 4-H Club Sunday. Clark county 4-H camping planned June 13 17 for 10–13 year olds and June 20 24 for 14 and older at the Allerton estate near Monticello Illinois. Camping fee 14 includes meals and housing.
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Clark County
George ‘Sloan
Martinsville
Huber Bennett
Bao Bennett
Max Stephen
Winfield Miller
American Legion
University of Ilinois
Robert Allerton
Moniticello
Ilinois
Village Notes and Visits in Ohio Chapel Area
Sunday services held with Rev Robert Shephard delivering a sermon from St John chapter two. A string of visits occurred among local families including Mrs Pearl Medsker and Mrs Norma Cleghorn from Terre Haute. Walter Gard recovering from surgery at St Anthony Hospital reported improving well.
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Robert Shephard
St. John
Pearl Medsker
Norma Cleghorn
Terre Haute
Jamee Graham
Harold Arney
Charles H. Moore
George Marvin
William E. Marvin
Mike
Billy
Elizabeth Heleine
Tommy Heleine
Paul Heleine
Wentzville
Missouri
R. H. Gard
Walter Downing
Paris
Nina Blankenbeker
Grant Hollenbeck
Walter Gard
St. Anthony Hospital
David
Anna Shotwell
Sam Whitaker
Ann Jones
Charles Moore
Mike Marvin
Clarence Misner
Researchers Seek Stalk Rot Resistance in Corn Hybrids
University of Illinois researchers A L Hooker and Jenels Craig study why some corn strains resist stalk rot. They link resistance to stalk chemical content and cell metabolism, noting lower carbohydrate content and sparser pith in infected plants. They aim to identify traits for breeding tougher varieties.
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University of Illinois Department of Plant Pathology
A. L. Hooker
Jenels Craig
University of Ilinois
U. of I
Elder Robert Phillips to preach at Mill Creek church
Elder Robert Phillips of Willow Hill will preach at Mill Creek church next Sunday morning and evening. Mrs. Mary Ann Blankenship remains in a critical condition at Union Hospital Terre Haute. The item also notes local visits, graveside services for Sharon Sue Blankenship, and various social calls among residents in the Marshall area. Leptospirosis is now the third major cattle disease in the United States with economic losses from abortions and breeding issues. Prospects for Illinois peaches are better than earlier predictions.
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Robert Phillips
Willow Hill
Mill Creek ‘Church
Mary Ann Blankenship
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
John and
Golda Blizzard
Maude Miller
Martha Booker
Marshall
Herschel Cline
Mary
William Ledermann
Imogene Norton
Mildred Williams
Sharon Sue Blankenship
Marshall Cemetery
Hulda Shotts
Tommy
Sandra
Kile
Glenn Turner
Marshall R. R
Nira
Joan Turner
Glen Turner
Johnny Spangler
Casey
Joe Williams
Harry Clem
John Nicol
Allright
John Blizzard
Willis
Flat Rock
Walter Garner
Alice Bender
United States
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Clark County Farm News
Don Pretzsch
Nikhe Ven Bareshef
Bernard
Agaatniors Etrell
Berlin
Illinois Farmers’ Outlook
Warren Bundy
Ohio Chapel
Jack Hewitt
Gulf Service
U. S. 40 & Ill
Clyde H. Knowles
Wilson
Ross
Richey and
Vernon
the Herald
Herald Advertising
Marshall Loan CO
Ritter & Behner
South 6Th St
Marshall, Ill
Central TV
S. 7Th St
Gerald Robinson
Marshall Melvin McConchie
Marshall Hugar McConchie
Marshall Robert Poorman
West Union
Woodford Williams
W. Union
Harold Johns
Dennison Riley Baker
Clarksville
Paris, Ill
At-R. E
Bishop's, South 9Th St
Marshall, Il
Bishop & Gard
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