Area Growers Report Peach Crop Good Despite Heat and Dryness
Illinois fruit growers report a solid peach harvest despite dry weather. L. E. Osman notes shipments about double last year with prices up to 3.50 a bushel. Reds are small this year, while Rio Oso and Redskins promise strong late-season yields. Labor supply remains adequate for now.
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Gray
L. E. Osman
Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange
Cobden
Osman
Rio-Oso
Belleville
Eckert
Carbondale
Grafton
Redskins
Ray Grammer
Murphysboro
Makanda
Dan Maguire
Maguire
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Grammer
Mosquito Control Steps Outlined in Williamson County
Williamson County farm advisor Vic Smith lists steps to reduce mosquito problems. Eliminate standing water in troughs tires toys and other water-holding items. Spray shrubbery tall grass and storm sewer walls with malathion and prepare a proper mix. Maintain screens on doors and windows. Hang plastic resin strips with dichlorvos to treat indoor spaces.
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Williamson County Farm
Vic Smith
Pinckneyville Thresherman Show Opens With Steam Power
The American Thresherman Association hosts four days from August 18 to 21 at the Perry County Fairgrounds Pinckneyville featuring about 25 antique machines in operation. Daily wheat threshing demos, nightly tractor pulling including a women’s class, horseshoe pitching, pony pulling contests, an antique car rally on August 21, and a buy sell swap shop under the grandstand highlight the event.
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American Thresherman Association
Perry County Fairgrounds
Pinckneyville
U Of Tests Sod Planting Aims To Reduce Erosion
University of Illinois agronomists at the Dixon Springs center test sod planting to cut soil erosion and enable high income cropping on hills. Last year sod planted corn yielded 146 bushels per plot with paraquat and atrazine spray, while atrazine alone produced 143 and conventional beds 133. No cultivation or plowing occurred in sod plots.
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Dixon Springs
University of Illinois Agricultural Center
4-H Exhibit Set In Anna
The Union County 4-H Club will exhibit agricultural projects from 9 a.m. to 12 noon Tuesday at the Anna Fair Grounds. Beef and gardening products forestry flowers and miscellaneous projects will be shown. The public is invited free.
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Union County
Anna Fair Grounds
Jackson Williamson Moore And Anderson Re-elected ASC Chairs
Jackson County re-elects Robert A. Moore to an eighth term as ASC chair. Williamson County selects Paul E. Anderson as chair at Marion convention. George Volle and Ogle Burklow named as core members with alternates Harry Jent and Wayne Vaughn. Gale Schuetz re-elected Jackson vice chair.
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George Volle
Rt. 5
Marion
ASC
Ogle Burklow
Rt. 3
Carbondale
Harry Jent
Rt. 1
Johnston City
Wayne Vaughn
Carterville
Volle
George Anghouse
Charles W. Leinicke
Randall Gene Heins
Earl E. Koehn
de Soto
Kenneth L. Dietz
Charles W. Young
Edgar Kuehn
Robert Whipkey
Maurice Canada
Elk — Harmon L. Burroughs
Tom Casleton
Wiley House
Edmund Cochran
William N. Fenton
Fountain Bluff
Clarence Beckman
William Shields
Norman Heins
Martin Twenhafel
Wilburn Heins
Grand Tower
Gale D. Oyler
Charles H. Schuetz
Charles Lambdin
Louis C. Wills
Russell L. Elliott
Otto Breck
Fred T. Farrar
Buster Easton
George M. Christensen
James T. Gordon
Levan
John Levan
Wayne Graff
Kenneth W. Reiman
Dale Graff
Glenn W. Bryant
Makanda
William C. Heern
Wilburn Lipe
W. Norman Springer
William C. Bunion
Daniel D. Maguire
Murphysboro
George Caraway
John W. Sauer
John H. Neal
Clarence A. Moore
Glenn Waller Ora
Carl Thompson
Gale Garver
Charles Keith Stout
Victor S. Allard
Theodore Meininger
Community Committee Members Named in Williamson and Jackson Counties
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service announces elected commun ity committeemen for Williamson and Jackson counties to oversee local admin of national programs. Officials include chairmen vice chairmen and members for each township with a long list of names across Blairsville Carterville Corinth Crab Orchard East Marion Herrin Lake Creek Southern Stonefort West Marion and numerous Jackson County townships.
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Williamson
Jackson
Williamson County
Blairsville
Robert Woodward
Wade Rowatt
Barney Robinson
Ferrell Waldron
Robert Morris
Carterville - Grassy
Loyd Chitty
Russell North
Tim Hampton
Herman Hayton
Clodus Batson
Corinth
Dean Sellars
Robert Etherton
Loren Anderson
Charles Edwards
Ivey Wece
Crab Orchard
Milo Parks
Curtis Black
W. R. Corder
Rayburn Killman
Matthew Graves
Creal Springs
Dennis Atwood
Arlie Doron
W. H. Phemister
Dewey Henson
Amos Strobel
Marion
Ervin Eigenrauch
A. F. Kruckeberg
William Dettmer
John Newton
Dale Baker
Herrin
Roy Jennings
John Grant
Fred Dick
Elzie Mason
Burl Hawn
Lake Creek Lake Creek
Warner Smith
Charles Biehl
Harry Jent
Vernell Oeth
Ward McKown
Southern
John Montagmery
Walter Houston
John Sims
Claude James
Marvin Kimmel
Stonefort
Floyd Powell
Alden McDaniel
Loren Nolen
Dale Beasley
Gail Bailey
West Marion
Jack
Illinois study finds nitrogen at lay-by aids corn growth
A University of Illinois Dixon Springs Center study from last year shows that in Southern Illinois nitrogen losses under certain weather conditions make lay-by nitrogen more effective for corn than fall or winter plowing. The finding emphasizes last year’s conditions.
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University of Illinois
Dixon Springs Agricultural Center
Illinois
Hay Crushing Slashes Hay Drying Time Says University of Illinois
University of Illinois researchers show hay crushers halve field curing time for alfalfa by conditioning cut hay. Mixed with 75 percent moisture at 9 am, conditioned samples reached 16 percent by the next day afternoon, while unconditioned stayed near 30 percent. Crushed hay baled a day earlier, with extra leaf retention reducing losses, offering faster drying and higher yield.
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University of Illinois
U of I
Johnson County Plans Conservation Farm Planning
Johnson County landowners will be contacted this year for help in conservation farming planning. About 80 property owners will be involved using aerial photographs and soil maps. Farmers may contact the Soil Conservation Service office in Vienna to begin planning before fall.
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Johnson County
Edward Trovillion
Soil Conservation Service Office
Vienna
Acorn Preparation Among Early Americans and Pioneers
The article notes that American Indians gathered acorns and processed them by crushing and soaking to remove bitterness. It also states that pioneers in the United States ate acorns when food was scarce.
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United States
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