Democrats See Farm Problem As 1956 Edge for Party
Gallup poll of 1,300 Democratic county chairmen finds farm prices the leading GOP vulnerability and highlights views on Nixon Stevenson Warren Harriman and Eisenhower. The Tahiti fact notes an area of 402 square miles and length of 33 miles.
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Princeton
N. J
Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
GOP
TVA
Dixon-Yates
Earl Warren
Richard Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
Averell Harriman
Nixon
Eisenhower
Warren
Stevenson
Island of
Tahiti
Christmas Tree Crop Valued At One Hundred Thousand
Illinois farmers harvest Christmas trees as a new crop valued at about $100 000 net State Forester Paul Lamendola of Murphysboro says the crop includes thousands of pines greens and holiday products while thinning preserves future timber and erosion control.
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Illinois
Paul Lamendola
Murphysboro
State Dept. of Conservation
Farm Bureau Board Reelects Incumbents in Murphysboro
Jackson County Farm Bureau held a reorganizational meeting Friday in Murphysboro. Incumbent officers W. H. Sauer Clifton Wolfe Ivan B. Lively and Harold Kuehn were re elected as presidents treasurer secretary and vice president respectively. A new 16 member board was elected at the annual meeting December 1.
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Jackson County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Murphysboro
Pres
W. H. Sauer
Treas
Clifton Wolfe
Ivan
B. Lively
Harold Kuehn
Illinois cattle disease control praised by official
Stillman J. Stanard director of the Illinois Dept. of Agriculture cites major gains in controlling tuberculosis and brucellosis in livestock. Since 1917 more than 27 million cattle tested with 0.14 percent reactors in 1954. Brucellosis program shows progress with 622,000 tested and reactors dropping from nine percent in 1934 to just over two percent in 1955.
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Stillman J. Stanard
Illinois Dept. of Agriculture
Tion
United States of Agriculture
Illinois
Haye
Stanard
Gorham Farmer Wins Two Blue Ribbons at Tri-State Nut Show
Paul Twenhafel of Gorham area captured first prizes in the Green River and Busseron pecan divisions at a Tri-State Nut Show held in New Haven, White County. He tends about 60 nut trees on his farm west of Gorham, with entries from Illinois Kentucky and Indiana.
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Paul Twenhafel
Gorham Area
New Haven
White County
Twenhafel
Jackson
Eldon Starkweather
Green River
Gorham
Illinois
Kentucky
Indiana
Market Opens After Corn Harvest With Farm Work Slack
Area farmers begin harvest season after corn picking while farm work slows and retail cutting continues to Christmas. Frank Easterly of Murphysboro Rt. 2, has grown a 2500-tree grove on his farm near Murphysboro and Carbondale over the past decade.
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Lamendola
Ering
Frank Easterly
Rt. 2
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Anna Youths Win Awards In Corn Growing Contest
Three Anna-Jonesboro High School students won top honors in a Future Farmers of America corn growing contest sponsored by Pioneer Hi Yield. District top ten and average yields listed include Carrol Mowery 165.9 Jim Wiggs 126.2 and George Weaver 122.9 from Anna Benton entries Richard Browning 112.2 Bob Buntin 107.9 and Ronnie Heins 122.4 from Benton and nearby towns.
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Anna - Jonesboro High School
Future Farmer of America
The
Pioneer Hi-Yield Corn Co
Carrol Mowery
Anna
Jim Wiggs
George Weaver
Lawrence Jones
Benton
Larry Bender
Pinckneyville
Richard Browning
Bob Buntin
Ronnie Heins
Gor
Agriculture class tests yield in corn moisture study
Vocational agriculture teachers supervised tests in Section 24 to weigh yields. Corn samples were taken for moisture tests, and yields were calculated on the basis of No. 2 corn with 15 percent moisture content.
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Gallup Poll
Demos
Rt. 13
Jackson County
Frank
Dad
South Park Avenue
Herrin Lumber CO
Bendix TV
Bendix Giant
Herrin Home Furnishings
North 14Th Street
Genesco Aluminum
Carterville
Adams Road
Doepke
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