Elk Grove 4-H Hears Advisor At March Meeting
Elk Grove 4-H members heard Farm adviser James Fizzell discuss duties of a 4H member and the upcoming Arlington race track fair. Barb Westberg and Tom Sullivan from Arlington Heights reported on new lambs. Dennis and Sandra Zick hosted the April 14 meeting in Des Plaines with refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elk Grove
Dennis
Sandra Zick
Washington St
Des Plaines
Louise Ruge
Ken Sell
Emil Sell
James Fizzell
Cook County
Arlington Race Track
Barb Westberg
Tom Sullivan
Arlington Heights
Barb
Tom
Zick
Future Homes 4H Club Plans Easter Party and Committees
On March 2 at Sharon Vistain’s home the Future Homes 4H club set an Easter party for March 26 at Rupley School Elk Grove from 9:30. They selected committees and discussed Share the Fun. Candy Dale spoke on table covers and Linda Kappa on sewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Future Homes 4H
Sharon Vistain
Rupley School
Elk Grove
Candy Dale
Linda Kappa
4 H Night Safety Winners Honored by General Motors
The 4 H safety program honors national and state winners for farm home and highway safety work with all expenses paid to the 4 H Club Congress by General Motors in its 15th year of sponsorship. Ralph Zimmer 17 of Lakewood Colorado leads as a national winner with plans to be a traffic safety engineer. Other national winners include Mary Ann Harrington 17 of Eustis Florida Marie Hasfurther 18 of Genesee Idaho Virginia Part ridge 17 of Allerton Iowa Karen Perret 17 of Reserve Louisiana Anita H 18 of Schuylerville New York Andrea Sutter 19 of Tipton Oklahoma and Norman Warminski 16 of White Deer Texas. Their plea cut night traffic deaths aim to live.
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General Motors
Ralph Zimmer
Lakewood
Colo
Mary Ann Harrington
Eustis
Fla
Marie Hasfurther
Genesee
Ida
Virginia Partridge
Allerton
Karen Perret
Reserve
Anita H
Schuylerville
N. Y
Andrea Sutter
Tipton
Okla
Norman Warminski
White Deer
Tex
Illinois farm census shows Cook county declines and Barrington increase
The 1957 Illinois farm census shows Cook County with 40 percent fewer farms and 27 percent less acreage since 1949, while Barrington township rose by 20 acres to 21,885 and farm numbers edged up to 264 from 270. Orland township gained farms though acreage fell. overall Illinois farms dropped 10 percent and acreage 3 percent, contrasting Cook County’s steeper decline.
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Barrington Township
Cook County
Farm Census of Illinois Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Orland Township
Bloom Township
Rich
Schaumburg
Stickney
Thornton
Wheeling
Chicago
Downstate
Illinois
Dairy Farmers Protest Reduction in Price Support
Pure Milk Association representing 14,000 dairy producers in Wisconsin Illinois Indiana and Michigan appeals to Senators and Congressmen to block proposed reductions in Federal order dairy price supports. General manager A L McWilliams warns that lower prices on the Chicago market risk dairy bankruptcies and urges lawmakers to intervene.
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Pure Milk Association
Chicagoland
Secretary of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Benson
A. L. McWilliams
PMA
Washington
Ilinois
McWilliams
Calf Catcher Records 100th 1959 Calf at Illinois Station
Oakley Robinson at the Dixon Springs Experiment Station near Robbs Illinois weighs and marks newborn calves each morning. The 91 pound calf born March 9 is the 100th in the 1959 crop. Robinson tattoos dehorns and castrates, noting hip brand to register birth. He expects about 300 calves this year as roundups continue.
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University of Illinois
Dixon Springs Experiment Station
Robbs
Southern
Illinois
H. A. Cate
Oakley Robinson
Oakley
Captain
Tures
Windowless Egg Factory of Colored Steel Impresses Farmers
Poultry researchers unveil the Stran-Master, a two tone all steel poultry building designed for quality egg production. The windowless facility uses controlled lighting insulation and thermostats, automatic feeding and water systems, inline egg collection and a central aisle with automated droppings removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Straw-Steel Corporation
Illinois Farmers Aid Conservation Effort Grows
More than 52,000 Illinois farmers are cooperating with 98 soil conservation districts for planned farm conservation. The Soil Conservation Service provides technical help while districts mobilize plans with soil surveys and conservation practices across the 1958 year.
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Illinois
B. B. Clark
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Soil Conservation Service
Soil Conservation
Clark
Word Study: Coerce and Other Everyday Terms
This column teaches vocabulary with daily words and pronunciations. Coerce means restrain or compel by force, while unwanted describes rare or unfamiliar customs. Condone means to pardon. Pro tempore and Pravda are explained with correct stresses and forms. Inveigle Mano a manana and maitre d hotel are shown with proper pronunciation guides.
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Pravda
Manana
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Chris Lindner
Sandy
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Cook County Home Bureau
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Red Cross
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R.N
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O. L. Hogsett
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