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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1966
Page
5
Phil Florio of Murphysboro found a 102 pound Polyporus Frondesus in a wooded area north of town. The 18 by 17 inch, nine inch tall fungus is edible about 75 percent and can grow from August to first frost on stumps and roots. Florio plans to cut and dry the mushroom, noting the species is sold in markets in Rome.
Scientists at Purdue University report a high lysine corn strain with protein value near skim milk and rapid weight gain in pigs. The corn has been distributed to 30 foreign countries and bred into hybrids. Agricultural researchers and the Department of Agriculture explore upgrading lysine and tryptophan in other grains.
Official Holstein-Friesian Association production test lists Sandhurst Challenger Cameo a five-year-old with 18 390 pounds of milk 657 pounds butterfat and 1 542 pounds SNF in 305 days and Rock Brook Skokie Phily a two-year-old with 16 320 pounds milk 577 pounds butterfat and 1 371 pounds SNF in 305 days.
An 18 year old Marion rider Calvin Carter suffered minor injuries in a two motorcycle crash on Route 13 about three miles east of Carbondale. He was treated and released at Doctors Hospital Carbondale. Fellow rider Jerry Allen escaped uninjured.
Area peach harvest shifts into high gear with Elberta and Redskin varieties ripening as rains boost size. Ray Grammer credits rain for larger fruit and expects early red Elberta picking today and regular Elbertas by Wednesday. Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange reports slow shipping but aims to move about 25 000 bushels in two weeks, 50 to 60 percent more than last year. Labor is plentiful due to drought pushing workers to seek jobs.
The Soviet government announced a nationwide socialist competition with bonuses and honors for farms and workers judged winners by the Ministry of Agriculture. Bonuses funded from profits and savings of farm auxiliary enterprises, following earlier guaranteed wages and a pension system for collective farmers. The note ends with a historical reference to Olympiads.
Williamson County farmers are urged to use breath damaged corn for silage with moisture under 70 percent. Harvest may be delayed due to high water content. Green chop or pasture risks nitrates and potential poisoning, especially after rain. Dilute nitrate-rich forage with high quality roughages and grains. ensiling and venting reduce nitrate levels.
A congressional subcommittee and an NSA board began probes into space program management after failures of satellites including the Nimbus weather satellites and the orbiting astronomical observatories OAO and OGO. The first OAO failed after two days in orbit due to a battery overheat, while all three OGO satellites suffered horizon alignment problems.
Threshermen power and progress show returns in Pinckneyville with old steam engines in running order. Demonstrations run Thursday to Sunday including two daily wheat threshing shows and competitions for best handling. Exhibits feature a 20 hp Aultman Taylor Gerald Blakely Springfield a 22 hp Advance Rumley George Bahre Coulterville a 19 hp Port Huron Harold Young Cape Girardeau and Kecks and Belleville Jumbos plus a 13 hp Peerless. Also tractor pulling antique car rally and horseshoe pitching contests.
Agriculturists from the University of Illinois advocate mid August to mid September as the best window to reseed pastures in Southern Illinois. Soil tests and tailored fertilization precede seeding with a disc. Recommendations include per acre: 3 tons limestone 1000 lb rock phosphate 200 lb potash 100 lb 8-32-0 starter fertilizer. at Dixon Springs center, pastures are reworked every six years with an orchard grass alfalfa red clover ladino mix plus cereal cover crops and 5 lb lespedeza per acre broadcast.
An Illinois Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts meeting in Springfield heard Rep. Carl L. Klein urge tax reductions to spur industries to develop water anti-pollution systems. Lester Binnie discussed new terrace techniques and ACP cost-sharing for permanent conservation. Jackson County officials Rodewald Etherton Shannon Ice Jesse attended. Seventy-five percent of San Francisco Bay is no more than 18 feet deep per Britannica.
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