Ava girl tops despite fear of pigs at 4-H show
Cathy Clendenin, 14, Ava, overcame her fear of pigs to win first place with a 225 pound Hampyork at the Jackson County 4-H show. She followed her pig in the ring, guided by a stick, and credited her father's remark about Pat Nixon for motivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeMaris Berry
Cathy Clendenin
Rt. 2
Ava
Jackson
County
Cathy
W. H. Clendenin
Pat Nixon
Hampshire
Yorkshire
Freshman’s Pig Show Gift Becomes Lesson in 4 H
Cathy Clendenin, a red haired high school freshman, and her siblings Harry and Karen pick a 11 pig litter for 4 H. They describe selecting pigs by back strip patterns and note the pigs’ gentleness and heat sensitivity. Cathy trained Cloverleaf for the show, washing and brushing to enhance color. Cathy plans to pursue a different project next year, such as knitting, if her pig wins red.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathy
Harry
Karen
Farmers question price freeze effects in rural interview
In a candid exchange with farm economist Pete Discourier, a critic of the wage and price freeze, he notes exemptions for his crops but warns about market prices during harvest. He cites fuel costs and taxes as major pressures while predicting fluctuating prices through harvest and possible extension of the freeze. Early reports flag trouble with blend corns and harvest losses in Illinois and southern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete
Illinois
Pill Makes Wool Fall Off Sheep in Florida Test
Professor Loggins at the University of Florida fed 40 sheep a new pill, and 11 days later he sheared them by hand. The drug cyclophosphamide temporarily halts cell growth in wool fibers, allowing easy removal at the skinline. Bristol Laboratories plans to market it after FDA safety approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Fla
Phil Loggins
University of Florida Animal Husbandry
Loggins
Illinois lamb crop in 1971 falls 13 percent
The 1971 Illinois lamb crop is estimated at 215,000 head, down 13 percent from last year's 248,000 head. The January 1 breeding inventory for one year old and older is estimated at 195,000 head per the Illinois Cooperative Crop Reporting Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Illinois Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Ewing Field Day Set for Friday
The fall field day at the Ewing Demonstration Field will begin at 1 30 p m Friday with an eleven stop wagon tour of plots at the north edge of Ewing about 10 miles northeast of Benton. Topics include Southern corn blight conventional versus no till soybeans and corn forage mixtures continuous no till corn and weed control comparisons on corn soybeans and grain sorghums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ewing
Benton
Freeze data center established in Jackson County
Jackson County ASCS Office serves as information center on President Nixon's price wage freeze. The Murphysboro office at Routes 13 and 149 provides official answers by phone or mail with IRS district office follow up for unresolved questions. ASCS offices will not handle complaints or appeals.
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Jackson County
Jackson County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Gale Schuetz
ASC
United States
Nixon
Murphysboro
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Hog farm tours set Thursday in Carbondale
Illinois farm management tour covers hog production and management. From 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Carbondale Township Office meeting room attendees view color slides of Gehlbach Park Farms Inc of Lincoln and D N Comer and Son Farm of Casey. Comer farm spans 600 acres producing 120 litters and finishing 500 feeder pigs yearly with focus on low-cost grain handling and feed processing. Sponsored by Cooperative Extension Service and Illinois Farm Business Farm Management Association.
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Illinois Farm Management
Telenet
Carbondale Township
E. Main St
Carbondale
Gehlbach Park Farms, Inc
Lincoln
D. N. Comer and Son
Casey
Comer
The
Cooperative Extension Service
Illinois Farm Business Farm Management Association
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Mike Carr
Lindsay-Schaub
Harold J
Pete’ Discourier
Pill
James
Farm and Home Store
Ridgway
Twin County Service Company
Marion, Murphysboro
Pinckneyville, Harrisburg
Jacob, Ava
Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce
Southern Illinoisan
Hufnagle Cleaners
Able Cleaners & Furriers
Buster’s
A & P Food Store
AIR Illinois, Inc
Robert Warner
Richard Kennedy
Sun-Stop Roofing & Construction CO
Jarre
Martin
MFG
Herrin
Jim Scarlett
Vienna
D’s Farm & Home Supply
W. Frankfort
Jim Martin
Anna
Bishop Furniture
P. & M. Paint Shack
Solcers
Pinckneyville
Marion
Zeigler
CENA
Cobden
Sensmeir Lumber
Alexanders Paint & Electric
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