ASC county chairmen re elected in Jackson and Williamson
Gale Schuetz of Grand Tower was re elected chairman of the Jackson County ASC at the annual delegate meeting in Murphysboro. Kenneth Dietz of De Soto was re elected vice chairman and John Sauer of Murphysboro named member with alternates Gene Heiple Gorham and John Armstrong Carbondale. Williamson County picks Paul Anderson as ASC chairman with Amos Swan and Eugene Roper as alternates. Other members include Walter Houston and Ogle Burklow. A bee visits about 2000 flowers to make a spoonful of honey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gale Schuetz
Grand Tower
Jackson County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
ASC
Murphysboro
Kenneth L. Dietz
de Soto
John Sauer
Gene Heiple
Gorham
John Armstrong
Carbondale
Paul Anderson
Corinth
Williamson County
Amos Swan
Crab Orchard
Eugene Roper
Creal Springs
Walter Houston
Southern Township
Ogle Burklow
Carterville- Grassy
Bradley Township
George A. Ruescher
Campbell Hill
Norman C. Lange
Ava
Earl Carruthers
Raymond P. Bigler
Harold Crane
Jane M. Armstrong
Degognia
George F. Anghouse
Rockwood
Earl E. Koehn
Archie Hamilton
Edgar Kuehn
Maurice Canada
Herman W. Dietz
Elk Township
Harmon L. Burroughs
George Funk
Tom M. Casleton
Elkville
Fountain Bluff
William C. Shields
Clarence Beckman
Jacob and
Martin Twenhafel
Grand Tower Township
Gale
Illinois strawberry acreage to drop in 1972 crop
Illinois fresh market strawberry acreage for 1972 is projected at 1,400 acres, down 100 from 1971 and 1970. Total 1971 strawberry production reached 3,600,000 pounds, unchanged from 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Illinois Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Rick Mittag Defies Odds as Minnesota Star Farmer of 1971
At 18 Rick Mittag homesteads 160 acres near Eagle Bend central Minnesota with 40 cattle. He borrowed $17,000 to rescue a dying farm, built equity, and earned the Minnesota Future Farmers of America Star Farmer honor for 1971.
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John Lundquist
Associated Press
Eagle Bend
Minn
Rick Mittag
Minnesota
Future Farmers of America
Earl Mittag
Richard Mittag
Rick
Alexandria
Milne
Mittag
Greta
Farmers elect ASC township committeemen in Jackson and Williamson
Jackson and Williamson counties voters chose Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committeemen across 16 townships. In Jackson County eighty names were chosen with chairs, vice chairs, regular members and alternates listed by vote totals, including George A. Ruescher as Bradley Township chair and Norman C. Lange as vice chair. Williamson County selections follow a similar pattern with named township leaders and alternates across Blairsville, Carterville Grassy, Corinth, Southern, Stonefort, West Marion, Crab Orchard, East Marion, Creal Springs, Herrin, Lake Creek and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Williamson Counties
ASCS
Jackson County
ASC
Ty Townships
Blairsville
Barney Robinson
Joe Capogreco
Robert Woodward
Delbert Tyner
John Erby III
Carterville-Grassy
Loyd Chitty
Fred Watson
Cleo Escue
Earl Venable
John Glover
Corinth Township
Loren Anderson
Roy Wece
Charles Edwards
Robert Etherton
Larry Edwards
West Marion Township
Raymond Brooking
Jack Sherertz
Ed Brooking
Laverne Fosse
Lowell Jeter
Crab Orchard
Amos Swan
Curtis Black
Milo Parks
Richard Hays
Leo Fry
East Marion
Carl Dahmer
Ervin Ejigenracuh
Bob Fietsam
A. S. Kruckeberg
Herbert Kobler
Creal Springs
Eugene Roper
W. H. Phemister
Herbert Borum
Eugene Cobb
Leon Billingsley
Herrin Township
John R. Grant
James L. Lindsay
James McReynolds
John Hamilton
Duane
Angus Breeders Association elects officers and directors
Two Southern Illinois men win posts in the Angus Breeders Association. James McLaughlin of Murphysboro will serve on the board of directors for Jackson County, while Marion L. Schupbach of Sparta becomes treasurer. Other officers named are Stanley Schwarm of Logansport and Clarence Zimmerman of Greenville as president and vice president. Farmers harvested about 9,500 acres of asparagus for fresh and processing markets, with 1972 prospects at about 9,100 acres, down 400 from 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Angus Breeders Association
James McLaughlin
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Marion L. Schupbach
Sparta
Stanley Schwarm
Loogootee
Clarence Zimmerman
Greenville
Illinois
Illinois Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
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Nixon
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Marion E. Williams
Walter Cavness
Kinkaid
Otto Breck
Wilburn H. Clendenin
James Downen
Levan
Raymond Shannon
Vernon L. Sandusky
Robert Levan
Makanda
William C. Heern
W. Norman Springer
Harold Brewer
George Caraway
Clarence A. Moore
Howard
Daniel J. Fager
Vergennes Township
Arthur R. Porter
Charles B. Parrish
Edward M. Epplin
Vergennes
Williamson Coun
John Montgomery
John Sims
Carl Pritchett
Marvin Kimmel
Clyde Donahue
Stonefort
Floyd Powell
Carlos McCormick
Ernest Anderson
Theodore Beltz
Dennis Tanner
Angus Group
Ewest
Chay Price Town
White Electric CO
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McCulloch
Herrin
First Community Bank
Frankfort
Til
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Ilinois
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Harrisburg
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