Automation creates new problems for Mt Vernon dairies
A dairymen tour of two Mt Vernon area farms reveals automation introduces mechanical issues and maintenance needs. At Kent Farm and McCauley Farm, high moisture corn challenges and auger jams persist while electric feeders aid milking. Concrete floors, free stall housing, and individual calf pens are praised for cleanliness and disease control.
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Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
George McCauley
Kent Brothers
Kent Farm
Bob
John Kent
Bob Kent
Kents
Kent
McCauley
Glen Garver
Ava
Howard Davie
Jonesboro
Eugene Pyatt
Pinckneyville
Howard Pinkerton
Murphysboro
McCauley Farms
G.W. Meyerholz
University of Illinois Extension
Close look urged value of wet corn for dairy cattle
Dairymen are advised to recheck feeding wet corn due to moisture dilution. University of Illinois dairy specialist Leo Fryman told about 30 dairymen that more wet corn must be fed to match dry matter. He noted mineral balance, especially calcium and phosphorus, and emphasized protein supplements or non protein nitrogen like urea for high producing cows.
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Leo Fryman
University of Illinois
Jefferson County
Fryman
Illinois
Corn harvest half done as rains slow county fields
Williamson County farmers report about 55 percent of the corn harvest completed. Farm Adviser Victor Smith notes more rain delays work and a freeze is needed to access fields, while soybean harvest is finished with no immediate production figures available. He adds about 45 percent of corn was harvested in the past week amid continuing wet conditions.
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Williamson County
Victor Smith
Smith
Dixon Springs reports mixed crop yields and Angus leadership
At the University of Illinois Farm Experiment Station Dixon Springs farmers achieved 40 bushel wheat and 105 bushel corn on the same acre using wheat stubble mulch to conserve moisture. H Dick Nobis of Davenport Iowa was elected president of the American Angus Association, the third father son pair to lead the group in its 84 year history.
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University of Illinois Farm Experiment Station
Dixon Springs
H. Dick Nobis
Davenport
Iowa
American Angus Association
Otto G. Nobis
Angus Group
Angus Herd
Strobel
Walker
Keith Lasere
Plant Industries Department
Southern Illinois University
Lasere
Strobel Leads Williamson County Corn Club Yield in 1967
Amos Strobel of Marion tops yield with 185 318 bushels per acre and ranks second in efficiency at the Williamson County Corn Club contest. Ward McKown leads efficiency at 66 92 per acre while Val Walker of Herrin is second in yield with 171 202 per acre. Sixteen contestants competed and trophies were presented by Farm Adviser Victor Smith at a Carterville dinner.
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Amos Strobel
Rt. 4
Marion
Williamson County Corn Club
Strobel
Ward McKown
Rt. J
Val Walker
Herrin
Walker
Victor Smith
Carterville
McKown
Fred Watson
Rt. 3
Larry Fitch
Rt. 2
West Frankfort
Robert Woodward
Rt. 1
Smith
Complaint to ICC to Save Jobs and Keep Trains to St Louis
Urges the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington DC to accept a formal complaint by January 1968. Highlights threat to local employment and business by suspending or altering service on trains 101 102 152 105 15 and 16 to St Louis. Calls for action to preserve rail operations and protect the town's economic stability.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D.C
St. Louis
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Carbondale Tire Service
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Esane
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