SIU test farms tour highlights Southern Illinois efforts
The first tour of SIU test farms near Carbondale drew sympathetic farming leaders and educators from the region. Despite small attendance, university officials plan another tour in two years, as farmers see practical demonstrations of university research shaping local agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Palen
S.A. Claassius
Dept. of Agricultural Extensions
Republic of South Afr
Claassius
Harold Gardens
Champaig
Ilinois
University of Illinois
Univer|e
Southern Illinois
Siu
University Farms
Southern Illini
Linit
Ared
Wheat Price Probe Asked by National Commission
The National Commission on Food Marketing is asked to study price differentials between salt and hard winter wheat varieties in Southern Illinois. The Illinois Agricultural Association and state Farm Bureau requested the investigation. The letter cites soft red winter wheat as high quality and notes soft wheat prices recently sold 10 to 14 cents per bushel below hard wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Commission On Food Marketing
Ilinois Agricultural Association
Farm Bureau
Congress
Wilyan J. Kuhtuss
Illinois
Franklin County Weed Fight Gets Started
Franklin County launches a weed control program aimed at Johnson Grass and Giant Foxtail with early cooperation from landowners. Speed commissioner Noble Smith says state, county housing authority, and highway crews have sprayed. others including railroads and coal firms expected to follow. Targeted spraying runs mid May to late August as grass emerges, with Robert DeXeal and Calvin Cowsert assisting the effort.
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Franklin County
Noble Smith
Buckner
Smith
Highway Commission
County Board of Supervisors
Simith
Robert DeXeal
Hartis‘burg
Stale Weed
Calvin Cowsert
Corn Blight Threatens Four County Illinois Area
A corn blight with virus-like symptoms spreads northward from the Mississippi bottoms affecting Alexander Pulaski Union Johnson counties and Wabash in Illinois. Farm adviser Starkweather reports about five percent of one field infected near Gorham while Union County notes several fields damaged but under 300 acres affected. Experts warn potential 50 percent loss next year and up to full crop loss by year three. Resistant hybrids and crop rotation urged. disease may spread to central Illinois in coming years.
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Ilinois
Jackson County
Biden Starkweather
Gorham
Sterkweather
Mississippi
Alexander
Pulaski
Union
Johnson
Wabash County
Williamson County
Wayne Hoelscher
Union County Farm
Charles Glover
Glover
University of Alinais
Firs Ta
Central
Illinois
Missouri
Louisiana
Georgia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Alabama
Johnson Grass Control Found
Southern Illinois University researchers Lloyd Sherwood and Nolan McKitrick tested Dalapon on Johnson grass grown from seed. They report 10 to 15 pounds per acre gives excellent control within three to four weeks, with 15 pounds effective against regrowth if sprayed within four weeks after regrowth. Application used 24 gallons of water per acre. Johnson grass threatens crops in the Mississippi and Ohio River bottoms.
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Southern Ilinois University
Lloyd Sherwood
Plant Industries Department
Nolan &. McKitrick
Il Laois
Mississippi
Ohio River
Wheat program figures mailed to farmers for 1985 allotments
Letters sent today notify farmers of wheat allotments, normal yields, and payment rates under the voluntary 1985 wheat program run by the County ASCS. Appeals on allotments may be filed within 13 days at county ASCS offices.
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County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
ASCS
Jackson
Hanson St
Murphysboro
Williamson County
Court St
Marion
More Tourists To Lebanon Beirut
Lebanon expects tourism revenue to reach 30 million dollars in 1964, up 10 million from last year, as National Tourism Department officials cite increased publicity as the main driver. No visitor numbers are available yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Beirut
National Tourism Department
Europe
Americas
Demolition Bid Sought For Carbondale Residence
The Southern Illinois Hospital Corporation will accept sealed bids to raze or remove a one story frame residence at 409 West Jackson Street Carbondale Illinois. Bids due September 15 1964. Contact Mr Jack Gunn Maintenance Engineer Doctors Hospital Carbondale for inspection and contract details.
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Southern Ilinois Hospital Corporation
West
Jackson Street
Carbondale
Illinois
Jack Gunn
Doctors Hospital
Channel Cat Stock Near Delivery by October
A letter from Sulick and Sons Hatchery promises delivery of channel catfish by the second week of October for pond stocking in Jackson County. Shipments start in September after delays from hot July weather killed about 60,000 fish. Pond owners will be notified of delivery details and orders remain open with SCS. Conservationist Paul Tee warns against stocking ponds under four feet deep and suggests waiting to spring if so.
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Jackson County Soil Conservation Service
Sulick and Sons Hatchery
Shelbyville
SCS
Paul Tee
Three Calf Sales Slated In Southern Illinois
Three feeder calf sales are planned in Southern Illinois. The Dixon Springs experimental station hosts the first sale on September 25 and the final sale on October 1, with the Dixon Springs event split into two days for the first time. Producers expect to handle over 5,000 calves across the sales, in a cooperative arrangement between producers and the University of Illinois extension service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Dixon Springs
University of Ilinois Extensions
Different Color Inside A Pawing Horse Paint Job Claim
Wichita resident HJ Kinsley filed an insurance claim after a horse he encountered in western Kansas allegedly gnawed paint off part of his car. The claim seeks coverage for the damaged paint job amid a lighthearted travel incident report from AP.
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Wichita
Kan
HJ Kinsley
Kansas
Kinsley
Ballymoss and Panasipper Derby Shine in International Circuit
Ballymoss and Panasipper Derby competed in the Chamber and Thirteen of Diamond events, both winning honors at the Irish Washington D.C. International vat Laurel.
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Ballymoss
Chamber
Thirteen of Diamonds
Washington D.C
State checks on Japanese beetle across Illinois
The Illinois Department of Agriculture tracks the Japanese beetle with traps in public areas and along rail lines. Surveys focus on Southern Illinois and cities including Mattoon Peoria and Chicago. Entomologist Ronald Meyer says beetles feed on ripe fruit roses and other garden and legume crops and larvae threaten grasses. The department aims to curb spread by targeting rising populations and applying insecticides before establishment. The largest known population is about 40 miles north of Champaign Urbana, with no reports of growth in Southern Illinois. Tom Sheckells of Baltimore will captain Army's 1965 lacrosse team.
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Illinois Dept. of Agriculture
Ilinoig
Mattoon
Peoria
Chicago
Slate
Ronald Meyer
Meyer
Dept. of Agriculture
Champaign-Urbana
Ilinois
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