Murphysboro Father Daughter Duo Sweep Illinois State Fair Awards
Murphysboro man Marion Nash and his daughter Teresa won major honors in the Illinois State Fair agriculture judging division. They earned four trophies and 130 dollars in premium money from 41 chickens shown, including the Governor's Trophy for the best female and the best opposite sex Asian entry. They also captured best of show in Old English Game Bantam Cockerel Plymouth Rock American Class Cochin China and best opposite sex Cochin.
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Murphysboro
Marion Nash
Teresa
Ernor
Jackson County ASC Committees Seek Mail Ballot Nominees
Jackson County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee posts invite eligible residents to vote by mail from Sept. 6 to Sept. 17. Nominating petitions due Aug. 23 require six or more eligible farmers. Each community will elect three committee members and two alternates with delegates advancing to the county convention.
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Community Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Jackson County
ASC
Robert A. Moore
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County
Moore
Illinois 1969 Soil and Water Show at Smith Farm Franklin County
The 1969 Illinois Land Improvement Contractors Association Soil and Water Conservation show will be held for three days in August at the Robert C. Smith farm near Royalton at Routes 184 and 149. Local chairman George Alsobrooks says engineers from the Conservation Service will provide plans and division, with equipment manufacturers invited to demonstrate and exhibit their gear.
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Illinois Land Improvement Contractors Association
Franklin County
Robert C. Smith
Royalton
George Alsebrooks
Benton
Smith
Oil Conservation Service
Concentratto
Alsobrooks
ILICA
Doerr to speak on farm outlook at Franklin meeting
Donald Doerr University of Illinois extension adviser will discuss low profit margins management decisions and current farm product supplies and demand trends at a 6 30 p m meeting for Franklin County farmers at Two Tony s Restaurant West Frankfort He will comment on price trends and foreign and domestic demand. The article also mentions Egyptian mummy specimens showing blood vessel and heart disease.
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Donald Doerr
University of Illinois
Franklin County
Doerr
West Frankfort
Seed legume-grass hay pasture this fall in Jackson County
Jackson County extension adviser Robert Frank urges seeding legume grass mixtures by Sept 15. Plant at one-fourth to one-half inch in a firm seed bed and apply lime phosphorus and potassium. No nitrogen needed with legumes, aiding weed control and winter reserves.
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Robert Frank
Jackson County Agriculture Extension
Frank
Illinios State Fair grand champion steer wins top class
White faced Hereford steer named Hurdies wins Grand Champion Steer in the Illinois State Fair open class show. Gov Samuel H Shapiro congratulates Nolan Fleshner LaPatrie on the victory. With Gov Gay Camery 18, Watska Illinois County Fair Queen AP Wirephoto
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Hurdies
Illi
Nois State Fair
Samuel H. Shapiro
Nolan Fleshner LaPatrie
Gay Camery
Watska
Illinois
Sponge species vary most in eastern Mediterranean depths
The article notes over 5 000 sponge species exist in all seas and highlights the eastern Mediterranean as the region hosting the most variable sponges, especially around a tidal depth near 200 feet.
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Mediterranean
Peaches and Pears amid Fireblight and New Methods
Miscellany notes Southern Illinois peach harvests and asks why pears lag due to fireblight, a bacterial disease worsened by humidity. James Mowry of SIU says few resistant pear varieties exist. A Hereford herd at Effingham uses liquid nitrogen as a cold iron branding method. A syndicated columnist replies on Southern Illinois as a stable rural paradise near Carbondale and regional cities. Publication notes: John Allen’s new book about Southern Illinois due Sept. 1. prior work in third printing.
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Illinois
James Mowry
Illinois Horticultural Experiment Station
Southern Illinois University
Larry Marxman
Effingham
Dept
New England
John Allen
Southern Illinois
Central Publications, Siu
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