Choose and cut tree farms draw Southern Illinois families
Southern Illinois families opt for choose and cut Christmas trees at area farms. Owners say many trees are tagged or cut, with some 4 to 5 footers left. Prices run 1 to 1.50 per foot. farms offer saws and caution calling ahead. Fox entities: Maurice Mayer Makanda Woodrow Gump Marion Neibel Steeleville Murphysboro West Frankfort Johnston City Millstadt Cobden Raven.
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Ella Reilly
Illinois
Maurice Mayer
Steeleville
Mayer
Woodrow Gump
Makanda
Robert L. Neibel
Marion
American Forestry Association
Williamson County
Gary Dahmer
Johnston City
Robert Neibel
Randolph County
Perry County
Daniel Middleton
Farm Bureau delegates meet in Chicago to set 1980 policy
About 500 Illinois Farm Bureau voting delegates gather in Chicago to shape policy for 1980. They back a free market stance and aim for 3 percent net farm income growth and 5 percent export gains after inflation. They also consider redistricting, with a vote on preserving the current cumulative voting system.
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Associated Press
Illinois Farm Bureau
Chicago
Farm Bureau
Aster
Farm Expo Set This Week in St Louis
Modern Farm Expo to be held Wednesday and Thursday at the Cervantes Convention Center in downtown St Louis is billed as the largest indoor farm show in the Midwest. More than four acres of farm machinery and agricultural products will be on display free to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Special fashion and floral workshops will be offered for women attendees.
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Cervantes Convention Center
St. Louis
Midwest
Grain Drying and Energy Management Workshop Series
Illinois Institute of Natural Resources and University of Illinois sponsor three Southern Illinois grain drying workshops. Jan 8 Edwardsville Farm Bureau Auditorium, Jan 15 Mounds Pulaski Alexander Extension Office, Jan 16 Rend Lake College Vocational Building Inn. Topics cover efficient grain drying, solar drying for the 1980s, energy resource outlook, farmstead design, and drying problem prevention. Registration from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.. workshops are free.
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Illinois Institute of Natural Resources
University of Illinois
Southern Illinois
Edwardsville Farm Bureau
Mounds
Pulaski-Alexander
Inn
Rend Lake College Vocational
Bill Peterson
U of I
Peterson
Illinois Institute of
Richison Leads Franklin Farm Bureau in Benton
Richison of Mulkeytown was elected to a third term as president of the Franklin County Farm Bureau at the annual meeting in Benton. Larry Miller of Thompsonville was re elected vice president. Directors named from six townships include Howard Marshall Ewing Larry Overturf Robert Croslin Dale Bennett Philip Greenwood and John Bauman. Farm Wife of the Year Olympia Perona and her husband Pete run a 450 acre grain farm near Mulkeytown and a seed corn and fertilizer business. she also assists with home extension 4 H and the bureau women’s committee.
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Ames Richison
Mulkeytown
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Benton
County
Howard Marshall
Ewing
Larry Overturf
Robert Croslin
Frankfort
Dale Bennett
Six Mile
Philip Greenwood
Tyrone
John Bauman
Goode
Olympia Perona
Pete
County Home Extension
The
4-H
Farm Bureau
Women’s Committee
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Millstadt
Franklin County
Raymond Baker
West Frankfort
Jackson County
Richard Bergsmiller
Murphysboro
Robert Randolph
Oliver Caldwell
Cobden
Gene Murdoch
Case
Womanpower
University of Illinois Gee
Debby Thomas and Juliet
Champaign
Osold
Archer Daniels Midland CO
Cargill Rd
Granite City
Natural Resources
Steiger
Sparta Equipment CO
Sparta
S. St. Louis
Richison
Franklin Farm Bureau
Larry Miller
Route 3
Thompsonville
Walnut Murphysboro
Murphysboro Auto Supply
P.O. Box
Chaffee, Mo
Agrifax
Lee Denbo
Harrisburg
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