Carterville Man Raises A Million Earthworms As A Relaxing Hobby
Lester Keith moved to Carterville and builds a worm business in a concrete shed behind his home. He breeds African nightcrawlers, feeds them with chicken feed and oats, and keeps beds at about 70 degrees with hot water heating. Keith sells bait locally, maintains a delivery route, and notes worms sometimes crawl out in wet weather but solved by plastic and soap suds.
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Ron O’connor
Lester Keith
Keith
Idaho Street
Illinois
Fall Feeder Sales Planned in Southern Illinois
At least four cooperative feed er cattle sales will be held in Southern Illinois this fall. The Egyptian Livestock Association plans sales in Robbs on September 22 and October 6, the Southern Livestock Association in Murphysboro on September 27, and the Benton Livestock Association in Benton on September 29. Cattle must be beef breeds, dehorned, with no bulls or stags and no bred or cowie heifers. The University of Illinois Cooperative Extension service assists, sorting cattle into uniform lots by breed, sex, quality, and weight. Further information from sale managers or county farm advisers.
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Southern Illinois
Egyptian Livestock Association
Southern Livestock Association
Murphysboro
Benton Livestock Association
Benton
University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service
U of I
Students Visit Dixon Springs Agricultural Center Tour
Thirty foreign students from eleven countries visited the Dixon Springs Agricultural Center at Simpson. University of Illinois professors coordinated the tour as research personnel from animal science agronomy zoology natural history forestry veterinary medicine and horticulture explained their work. The summer tour is funded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Aid to International Development.
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Dixon Springs
Simpson
United States
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Aid To International Development
University of Illinois
SIU Agriculture faculty reach 1,412 in adult education
Nearly 20 faculty from Southern Illinois University’s School of Agriculture led adult education programs reaching 1,412 participants last year. The program spanned 22 meetings at 15 sites with 330 attendees in agri industry workshops and area teachers coordinating programs for farmers.
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Southern Illinois University
School of Agriculture
Ralph Benton
Agricultural Industries Department
Anna Fair Announces 86th Livestock Judges
Livestock judges for the 86th Annual Anna Fair have been named by fair association president Bill Sorrels of Anna. Dairy cattle will be judged by Howard Benson of Southern Illinois University experimental farms. Beef cattle by Melvin Parkhurst of Dixon Springs Experiment Station. Heavy horses and mules by Clyde Treece of Wolf Lake. Swine and sheep by Richard Cerney of Cobden. The fair began Sunday and runs through Saturday.
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Fair Association
Bill Sorrels
Anna
Howard Benson
Southern Illinois University Experimental Farms
Melvin Parkhurst
Vienna
Dixon Springs
Simpson
Clyde Treece Wolf
Federal highway use tax filing rule for vehicle owners
Some truck and bus owners must file a highway use tax return with the Internal Revenue Service. Dert. of Internal Revenue district office for Central and Southern Titanic Owners must file Form 2999 and pay the yearly highway use tax by the last day of the month after the vehicle is first used in the tax year.
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TZS. Dert
Internal Revenue District Office
Central and Southern Titanic
Main Bros. Box and Lumber Improves Johnson County Forests
The Karnak company builds fire breaks around a young sweet gum forest west of Vienna to stop fires from Rt. 146. It also clears 20 inch radius around black walnut stands near Cypress. if walnuts fail to reseed, seedlings will be planted.
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Main Bros. Box and Lumber Co
Karnak
Johnson County
Vienna
Rt. 146
Edward B. Trevillion
Cypress
SCS Updates Johnson County Soil Inventory
SCS technicians study 160 acre tracts in Johnson County to refresh the national soil conservation inventory. Edward B. Trevillion reports insights show grass legume pastures may need re establishment or improvement with annual clipping to control thistles and weeds and renovations.
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Soil Conservation Service
Johnson County
SCS
Edward B. Trevillion
Trovillion
Conservation Aide Promoted to Monticello Work Unit
John W. Jesse a soil conservationist with the U S Department of Agriculture has been transferred from Jackson County to Monticello Pratt County to assume duties as a work unit conservationist on Aug 29 He has worked in Jackson County since March under Paul W Ice and has been with the Soil Conservation Service since 1957 He earned a bachelor of science in agriculture at Southern Illinois University in June Mr and Mrs Jesse and their children Steven and Sheryl live on West Chautauqua Street Carbondale and will move to Monticello later this month.
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John W. Jesse
United States Department of Agriculture
Murphysboro
Monticello
Pratt County
Jesse
Jackson County
Paul W. Ice
The
Soil Conservation Service
Southern Illinois University
Steven
Sheryl
West Chautauqua Street
Carbondale
Keepper Urges Communication to Aid Developing Nations
Dean W. E. Keepper of Southern Illinois University spoke at the Federal Land Bank meeting in Fairfield on the urgency of sharing knowledge about producing distributing and utilizing food and fiber in developing nations. He cited World Bank and FAO experience and 21 African students at SIU as context for urging nontraditional aid methods amid rising world hunger and population growth.
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W. E. Keepper
Southern Illinois University School of Agriculture
Land Bank
Federal Land Bank of
Siu
U.S
Keepper
United States
Developed Nations
Developing Countries
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