Dixon Springs Agronomy Day Set for Thursday
An Agronomy Day demonstration is planned Thursday at the Dixon Springs Agricultural Center on Rt. 145 east of Vienna. Tours begin at 10 a.m. covering zero-till corn in fescue sod, nitrogen strategies, herbicides for corn and soybeans, soybean varieties, Johnson grass control, and soil runoff data, with the center located 13 miles east of Vienna.
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Dixon Springs
Rt. 145
Vienna
Johnson Grass
SIU staff join UN Brazil agriculture program
Two SIU Carbondale staff members join the United Nations funded Santa Maria Brazil agricultural development program. Oval Myers and David Stiles depart in July to replace retiring faculty and teach plant genetics and animal husbandry. Mrs Portz also leaves Carbondale for Brazil to join her husband as international director, with Doerr returning from Brazil.
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SIU
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
SIU School of Agriculture
University of Santa Maria
Brazil
South America
Oval Myers
David Stiles
Santa Maria
Myers
Joe Jones
Stiles
Carl Hausler
SIU Animal Industries Department
Herbert Portz
William Doerr
Doerr
Livestock judging explained for city slickers
Lindsay Schaub News Service explains livestock judging at the Illinois State Fair for non farmers. The piece compares judging to racing, outlines breeding stock versus meat stock, and describes how judges assess meat potential and pregnancy prospects through hands on examination.
Gerber peaches tied to Eckert's Baby Gold crop
Eckert's has grown Baby Gold peaches since about 1960 and now sells them to Gerber and to the South Pass processing plant at Cobden. Area orchards will be harvesting.
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Gerber
Gerber’s
Eckert’s
South Pass
Cobden
Farm labor workers increase in 1971 after decline
The Agriculture Department reports a slight rise in the hired farm work force in 1971 interrupting a 1967–trend. About 2.6 million workers aged 44 and older earned cash wages averaging 11.60 a day for 76 days, with median age 22 and a male white majority. Most lived off the farm year round.
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Dillon Graham
Associated Press
Washington
Agriculture Department
Siy
Trad Leader Retires From Brit Jazz Scene
Ken Colyer, 45, a pivotal Britain trad jazz figure, retires citing failing health after decades leading New Orleans style bands. He rose to prominence in 1950 with the Crane River Jazz Band before guiding the trad movement across pubs and clubs in the UK.
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Ken Colyer
Britain
Colyer
Crane River
Merchant Marine
New Orleans
Fixodent Denture Adhesive Cream Promises Secure Fit
Advertising copy touts Fixodent as a daily home denture adhesive that forms an elastic membrane to hold uppers and lowers, enabling better biting, chewing, speaking, and comfort. It claims long wear, less denture loosening, and urges regular dental checkups and availability at drug counters under U.S. patent 3,003,988.
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