Illinois Farmers Brace for Drought as Corn Yields Reach New High
The 1963 growing season ends with half the nation drought struck from Texas to New England. Illinois and Indiana post high corn yields while Virginia and several eastern states suffer very poor pasture conditions. Nationwide yield averages near record, with 4.0 billion bushels produced and carryover around 1.2 billion. Prices edge up 10 to 15 cents from last year amid CCC price support concerns.
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Great Plains
Iowa
Minnesota
Texas
Illinois
Atlantic Ocean
Indiana
Ohio
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Virginia
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Carolinas
West Virginia
Ilinois
Jeresy County
Washington
Wyoming
CCC
L. H. Simers
Farm Nursery Stock Offers for Next Spring
Price lists and order blanks are available for state nursery trees priced from 10 to 15 dollars per thousand seedlings. Illinois divisions ban using forest stocks for ornamental sale and require planting on rural land for timber, erosion control, shelterbelts and wildlife cover. Orders may be placed with Mason Nursery in Topeka or Union Nursery in Jonesboro, minimum 500 trees, shipped next spring.
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Illinois Division of Forestry
Illinois
Mason Nursery
Topeka
Union Nursery
Jonesboro
Farm Adviser
Soil Conservation Service
Agricultural Stablization and Conservation Service
Choctaw Church Notices from Mrs Maude Miller
Elder Gaylord Green of Casey will preach at Mill Creek church Sunday morning and evening. Mr and Mrs Ottis Williams of Darien were Monday guests of Mrs Mary Carpenter and Harry. Mrs James Maxwell and Bobby visited Mrs Mary Carpenter.
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Gaylord Green
Casey
Mill Creek Church
Ottis Wiliams
Darien
Mary Carpenter
Harry
James Maxwell
Bobby
Community Visits and Illness Mentioned in Martinsville Notes
In a sequence of social visits, Harry Tuesday forenoon attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Ben Miller and Mrs. Mattie Miller of Martinsville. George is reported very ill. several families from Marshall Paris and Martinsville are noted visiting Maude Miller and Mary Ledermann, with dinners and Sunday gatherings referenced.
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Miller
Marshall Police Department
Mr. Miller
Harry
Ben Miller
Mattie Miller
Martinsville
Maude Miller
Martha Booker
Marshall
Doyle E. Hills
Gladys Garver
Grace Higginbotham
John Blizzard
Ben Strohm
Paris
Leon Bender
Fred Holwick
Walter Garwood
Hershel Cline
George McCollum
George
Wilhoit
Mary
William Ledermann
Woodford Williams
Joe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farmers’ Outlook Letter
Warren Bundy
Clark County
University of Illinois
O. L. Hogsett
Ay Tom Dorr
R. E. Laird Marshall
Edee
Federal Land Bank Association
Federal Land Bank Association OF
Charleston
Eugene A. Davis
Mgr
Ieee
Bear Hybrid Corn CO
Decatur, Illinois
Ida Tyr Ivat IS
Knoedler
Sinclair Implement CO
Martinsville, Illinois
DIX Lumber CO
Cash & Carry
Linear
DIX Lumber
Terre Haute
Ind
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