Top brass brace for change as new era looms in farming bureau
The article discusses senior officials' plans as Governor-elect Walker prepares to appoint a staff, noting recalls to past regimes, the politics of continuity, and the impact on farm reporting. Dick Orr of the Chicago Tribune is highlighted as a pioneering figure whose retirement could leave a vacancy.
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Richard Orr
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
Agricultural Hall of Fame
Orr
SIU consolidates plant industry units with Illinois facilities
Dakota Experiment Station at Williston North Dakota merges into Kapusta supervision. The Belleville unit and cooperative agronomy and horticulture units at Carbondale join under consolidation to support faculty research in field and forage agronomy, Illinois State Water Survey, Small Fruits, and the U S Department of Agriculture's Regional Soybean Laboratory.
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Williston
N. D
Kapusta
Belleville
Carbondale
University of Illinois
Ilinois
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mulching and Pruning Tips for Strawberries and Roses
Southern Illinois strawberry patches need a mulch cover like straw to protect roots from freezing and thawing and prevent soil saturation. Straw mulch aids ventilation, reduces late frost risk, and should be raked between rows by March. Rose gardens require pruning to 18 to 24 inches and mulching with straw or leaves to shield canes from winter drying and wind.
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Illinois
Beadle Traces Corn Origins From Chicago Lab
George Wells Beadle, Nobel laureate in medicine and physiology, spent retirement at the University of Chicago researching corn origins and genetics after serving as university president until 1968.
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George Wells Beadle
University of Chicago
Beadle
Wills Joins National Student Affairs Panel
Walter J. Wills of Southern Illinois University Carbondale was named to the American Agricultural Economics Association student affairs evaluation committee. The panel, created by a Florida convention resolution, will assess current and potential student activities and the role of undergraduate professional education in agricultural economics. James Plaxico of Oklahoma State University chairs the committee.
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Walter J. Wills
School of Agriculture
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
American Agricultural Economics Association
AAEA
Florida
James Plaxico
Oklahoma State University
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