Jefferson County Farm Bureau News Officials and Contacts
Official publication lists Clarence McCauley as president Ed Kiefer as vice president Cayson Foreman secretary B F Case treasurer and Francis tieckenstein along with several directors Verns Coll Harold Thurness Pauli Woelfel George Heaton O L Lee and others. It also names Ruijs H Garrison as Insurance and Organization Director Jean Estes as Office Secretary and Mary Modlin as Insurance Secretary with telephone number 4510.
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Clarence McCauley
Ed Kiefer
Cayson Foreman
B F. Case
Francis Tieckenstein
Verns Coll
Harold Thurness
Pauli Woelfel
George Heaton
Onal O Lee
Avine
Ruijs H. Garrison Insurance and
Jean Estes
Mary Modlin
Control Brush On Farms with Chemicals
Control brush in fence rows ditches and pastures using a 2 4 D and 2 4 5 T mix. Slife of Illinois College of Agriculture notes it harms no livestock or people or spray equipment but drift can injure crops. Best to spray in spring after leaves fully develop and plan two applications for thick brush.
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Fred W. Slife
Illinois College of Agriculture
Junior Livestock Show at Mt Vernon State Fair
All youths under 21 from Jefferson courty present may enter animals in the Mt Vernon State Fair Junior Livestock Show. Open to non 4 H members with education in livestock care. Premium money totals 2884.00. if no premium won, staff and entry fees are not charged. Catalogs available at Farm Bureau office.
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Jefferson Courty
Mt. Vernon State Fair
The
Fair Association
Farm Bureau
4-H Awards Reflect Effort and Long-Term Club Work
4-H offers county state and national awards to members who extend beyond minimum work. Awards include medals trophies and cash prizes with certificates and gold seals. Senior members complete annual project honor scores and an outstanding blank to track all activities and influence future honors.
Three new chemicals aid fly control this summer
Jefferson county farmers are advised by Farm Adviser Don Lee to remove fly breeding places this spring and use Circular 661 detailing three new sprays: lindane chlordane and methoxychlor. For dairy barns lindane works best. apply 1 ounce per 1000 square feet and repeat every 3 to 5 weeks avoiding feeds water cups and troughs.
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Jefferson County
Don Lee
Lee
Spray Empty Bins to Control Grain Insects
Farm Adviser Don Lee outlines steps to suppress grain pests during bin idle periods. A cleanup removes grain dust and debris, then spray infested bins with 2 percent DDT or chlordane. Maintain moisture limits and use ED-CT fumigation if infestation remains, following Illinois Circular 512 for guidance.
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Don Lee
Lee
Agricultural Experiment Station
Urbana
Illinois
Pasture New Seedings Lightly If Necessary
Urbana report from R F Fuelleman advises cautious pasture decisions for new legume grass seedings. He warns heavy nurse crop stands can damage the seeding and outlines timing for pasture and hay cutting, noting oats exit height and the need to delay or limit multiple hay cuts to protect fall seedings.
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R. F. Fuelleman
Haineis College of Agriculture
Fuelleman
Jefferson Co 4-H Club Show Set for July 11 at Mt Vernon
Jefferson County 4-H Club show linked with Mt Vernon State Fair on Tuesday July 11 with tents set up, livestock moved in July 10, and home economics exhibits in a large tent near the grand stand. Clothing entries judged July 10 basement courthouse. other judging at fair grounds Tuesday. Rules require up to one entry per project, record books by July 1950, and private clothing revue Tuesday afternoon. Agriculture entries due July 8 records. livestock on grounds July 10 evening. judging starts 9 a.m. July 11. Kiwanis showmanship plaques awarded for top showing in beef sheep swine and dairy.
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Mt. Vernon
Fair Grounds
Home Bureau
Mt. Vernon Fair Grounds
Attention 4 H Members Club of the Year honor
4 H clubs are urged to aim for the Club of the Year by achieving top scores in Agricultural and Home Economics categories. Leaders should guide members on how to win, with a plaque awarded at November Achievement Day. If a club wins three years in a row the plaque becomes club property.
Legume Grass Mixtures Boost Cattle Gains at Dixon Springs
H A Cate of the Dixon Springs Experiment Station reports two year averages for summers 1948 and 1949 showing legume grass pastures delivering high gains. A two acre plot with Ladino clover Timothy and red clover and alta fescue averaged 570 pounds per acre, with three other two acre plots recording 382 450 and 508 pounds respectively.
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H. A. Cate
Dixon Springs
Illinois College of Agriculture
Cate
Jefferson County 4-H Camp Registering by July 8
Jefferson county 4-H members may register for the Southern Illinois 4-H Camp at Lake West Franfort with a $4 deposit due by July 8. Camp runs July 17 to 22 for ages 10-13 and July 24-29 for older youths, total fee $8.50 covering insurance, meals, lodging, and activities. Optional R E A cooperative projects offer electric motors and lamps. Health certificates required. Camp travel by chartered bus.
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Jefferson County
Southern
Farm Bureau
To Have a 90 Percent or Better Completion Record
The statement emphasizes achieving a completion record of at least ninety percent. It stresses consistent performance, likely in a project or program, aiming for high reliability and accountability. No additional entities or dates are specified in the fragment.
Dixon Springs Purebred Sheep Auction at Dixon Springs
Forty-one head of Hampshire and Suffolk sheep go to public auction at the Dixon Springs Experiment Station Robbs Pope County on Thursday July 13. The sale begins at 1 00 p m with a 10 30 a m program on sheep raising led by station livestock experts. Auctioneer is W L Darmerson of Vienna.
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Hampshire
Suffolk
Dixon Springs
Robbs
Pope County
W. L. Damerson
Vienna
Farmers Exchange For Sale Notices
For Sale notices from Earl Hanes and Son in Mt Vernon Illinois list a registered Black Angus bull yearling. B C Clark of Bluford offers a mare and horse aged sixteen. Frank Hartman of Centralia advertises registered Hampshire pigs and a registered Hampshire boat. Two Guernsey male calves eight weeks old with papers available from Travis G Green in Bluford, eight miles east of Mt Vernon on Highway 15. A E Drennan of Ina advertises seven bushels of Virginia soybeans.
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Earl Hanes and Son
Mt. Vernon
Ill
B. C. Clark
Bluford
Hampshire
Frank Hartman
Centralia
Travis G. Green
Jefferson County 4-H Members to Attend Junior Leadership Camp
Four Jefferson county 4-H members will depart July 24 for the 11th annual Junior Leadership Camp at Monticello Illinois. Ray Randall Virgil Lee Ford Wilma Milliner and Leann Inskeep were selected by the county club committee for their years of outstanding club work. Alternates include D Wain Garrison Darrell Highsmith Lois MacCoil and Frances Ford. Ray and Virgil Lee have six years in 4-H and serve as junior leaders. Wilma has eight years in 4-H and recently graduated from Mt Vernon Township High School. Leann has seven years in 4-H and both girls have attended Springfield State Fairs as dress revue delegates.
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Jefferson County
4-T
Monticello
Ilinois
Ray Randall
Go-Getters Club
Virgil Lee Ford
Wolfe Prairie Rams
Wilma
Milliner
Wolfe Prairie Hustlers
Leann Inskeep
Wain Garri
Son
Camp Ground Boys Club
Darrell Highsmith
Lois Mac Coil
Papertown Yanks
Frances Ford
Ray
Virgil Lee
Wilma Milliner
Mt. Vernon Township
Springfield
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Jefferson County Farm Bureau News
Mount Vernon
Linois
Blue Seal Petroleum
Csmom Jefferson Service CO
E. Schwartz
Jefferson Co
4-H Club
TRAN
Farmer's Exchange
Virginia
A. E. Drennan
Ina
Land Bank Cooperative Credit System
From
Your National Farm Loan Association
Pioneers
Frank M. Case
Sec’y - Treas
Country Mutual Fire Company
Mutual Fire
Ruis H. Garrison
Jefferson Service Co
H. G. Schwartz
Fire & Wind
La.a
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