Williamson Land Lacks Phosphate Issue in Illinois County
H H Fulkerson reports soil tests show 68 percent of Williamson County soils lack adequate phosphate 43 lack lime and 40 lack potash. Phosphate deficiency affects about 111 000 acres and would require over 25 000 tons of 0 200 superphosphate for four years or about 71 500 tons of rock phosphate for 8 to 10 years. Farmers urged to use county soils laboratories or the University of Illinois Davenport Hall lab for tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
H. H. Fulkerson
Fulkerson
County Soils Laboratory
Central Laboratory
Davenport Hall
University of Illinois
Urbana
Yule Tree Crop For State Urged
University of Illinois forester Ralph Lorenz urges growing Christmas trees in Illinois to meet demand. Illinois used over two million trees this year, mostly imported from other states and Canada. Balsam fir and black spruce dominate sales. red white jack and Scotch pines plus Douglas fir and Norway spruce also grow well in state soils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Illinois
Ralph Lorenz
Canada
Illinois
Rfas
Hog sales report from Producers Live Stock Market
E C Secor, Sparta, earned 17.15 for 34 hogs sold by the Producers Live Stock Marketing Association at National Stock Yards. Nearby residents also sold livestock through the Coopera tion Victor Pautler and William Pautler, Ft Gage, with five steers at 900 lbs fetching 31. Otto Krull, Sparta, sold 16 head of 223 lb swine at 17. Clyde Mudd, Evansville, 23 head at 16.75. Louis Rothmacher, Ft Gage, 832 lb steers at 22.50. Arnold Papenberg, Red Bud, eight hogs at 16.60. William Nehrt, Sparta, eight heifers at 24. Edgar Reid, Sparta, 22 hogs at 17. Wendell Melliere, Red Bud, 20 hogs at 16.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Secor
Sparta
Producers Live Stock Marketing Association
National Stock Yards
Victor
William Pautler
Ft. Gage
Otto Krull
Clyde Mudd
Evansville
Louis J. Rothmacher
Arnold Papenberg
Red Bud
William Nehrt
Edgar Reid
Wendell Melliere
Trico Holding Adult Ag Class in Dairying
A six week evening course in dairying at Trico Consolidated High School Campbell Hill is offered by Southern Illinois University Adult Education. Albert C Schutte and Dr Alex Reed supervise with 39 Tri co area farmers attending the sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trico Consolidated High School
Campbell Hill
Southern Illinois University Adult Education Department
Albert C. Schutte
Trico
Alex Reeed
Farm prices drop to below parity levels in late 1950
USDA figures show farmers received prices nearly 4 percent lower from mid September to mid November, averaging 1 percent below parity at end of November. This marks the lowest level since November 1950, with prices a year earlier at 6 percent above parity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S Department of Agriculture
USDA
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Soil Conservation Service reorganized in Illinois
The U S Department of Agriculture plans a Jan 1 realignment cutting 23 districts to 11 areas in Illinois. Area conservationists will supervise multiprovince regions, increasing county coverage and likely reducing administrative costs while expanding direct farmer services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Tippett
Southern Illinoisan
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Illinois
Bruce B. Clark
Urbana
Soil Conservation Service
Clark
U. S. Agriculture Department
Area 11
Fager
Anna
Misouri
Iowa
Massac
Pulaski-Alexander
Union
Johnson and Jackson
Pope-Hardin, Williamson, Perry
Randolph
Funeral services for Sarah Lewis in Crab Orchard
Mrs. Sarah Lewis 95 of Colp dies Thursday at Schoenig Nursing Home Herrin. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday Center Baptist Church Crab Orchard officiated by Rev. Olin Clarida. Burial Edwards Cemetery near Crab Orchard. She leaves daughter Minnie Walker two sons Frank and Norman nine grandchildren 17 great grandchildren three great great grandchildren and many relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Lewis
Colp
Center Baptist Church
Crab Orchard
Olin Clarida
Edwards Cemetery
Samuel J. Lewis
Malle
Marion
Corporal Lawrence Hatchett Granted 30 Day Leave
Mayor Frank Caliper of Colp reports that Corporal Lawrence W Hatchett recently returned from Korea has been temporarily assigned to Camp Crowder Missouri for leave and pending reassignment. Col Donald T Baker, the base commanding officer, confirms Hatchett has a 30 day leave which he is spending in Colp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Caliper
Colp
Cpl
Lawrence W. Hatchertt
Korea
Camp Crowder
Donald T. Baker
Hatchett
Machines increase tree planting output per hour
Raleigh NC AP reports forest forester John E Ford of North Carolina State College Extension says new seedling planting machines on open ground can plant 7000 to 10000 seedlings per two man crew in an hour. Hand planting remains necessary in many areas and small plots under 10 acres. Tammany Hall etymology noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N.C
John E. Ford
Norh Oelina State College Extension Service
Ford
Survivors Pulled From Stricken liner Champollion Near Beirut
An oil covered survivor is carried ashore by two Lebanese firemen after the French liner Champollion split in half amidships on a reef off Beirut Lebanon. At least 27 dead and over 100 injured. The ship carried 108 passengers many Christmas pilgrims bound for the Holy Land. Photo radioed from Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Holy Land
Paris
Blood Buying Publicity Gag in Miami
Miami Daily News quoted William A. Weintraub stating he bought plasma for publicity from Marine Junk Co in Mobile Alabama. The Defense Department opened an investigation as Weintraub later claimed the shipment was a publicity gag and that actual holdings were 21 pints plasma and 21 pints distilled water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Miami Daily News
William A. Weintraub
Marine Junk Company
Mobile
Ala
Weintraub
Army General
Memphis
Tenn
Defense Department
Washington
Red Cross
The
Daily News
Carterville Soldier Serves in Germany
Sgt. 1-C William Gauge, son of Mr. Effie Gibbs of 101 Locust St., Carterville, has arrived in Germany and serves with the 28th Infantry division. He is in Bavaria undergoing intensive field training under simulated combat conditions as part of the unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gauge
Effie Gibbs
Locust St
Carterville
Germany
28Th Infantry Division
Bavaria
Gift of life for Seattle youth ends years of risk
A Seattle surgeon and the Sisters of Charity donated a life saving heart operation to Frank Gunderson of Thompson Falls Montana. The 20 year old had patent ductus arteriosus and faced four to five years more to live without surgery. The operation cost was donated and a brother Alfred Gunderson, 19, will undergo the same procedure soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Sisters of Charity of Providence
Frank Gunderson
Thompson Falls
Mont
Gunderson
Providence Sisters
Providence Hospital
Frank
Alfred Gunderson
Cotton Patch Meter Stuns Paragould Arkansas Town
In Paragould an odd parking meter sits in the middle of a cotton patch on J A Squire McDaniel's 280 square foot plot. McDaniel, 84, says he planted cotton seed from Texas in his zinnia bed and four varieties grew. The meter’s origin remains unexplained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
United States
J. A. Squire
McDaniel
Texas
NATO Army Guarding Western Europe
Gauge entered the Army in November 1950 and served in a NATO force tasked with guarding western Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Europe
Dairy cows and milk yields drive profits in Illinois
Illinois dairy specialist L R Fryman says 5 000 pounds per cow is a profitability threshold based on DHIA data from 900 000 cows. U S Department of Agriculture figures show 5 000 pounds yielded net margins near zero to 200 per cow depending on feed costs, while 15 000 pounds produced about 139 dollars net per cow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
L. R. Fryman
Illinois College of Agriculce
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Sesser Youth Spends Leave With Parents
Charles Bates of the U S Navy has returned to Charleston South Carolina after spending a leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Sesser Bates in Sesser Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sesser
Charles Bates
U. S. Navy
Charleston
S. C
Mrs
Sesser Bates
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Slampto H. Long
Macomb
Robert W. Oertel
Decatur
E. Mick
Martin T. Ekovich
Hillsboro
E. N. Steely
Effingham
H. E. Gearhart
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George E. Fager
Wecatur
Dekalb
Effingham S
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Lawrence Hatchett
Tammany Hall
New York
Tammany
Tammanend
Perricone Boys
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San Francisco
W. F. Hase
Anthony
Bernard
Carl
Donald
Firestone
Murphysboro
Elmer Lewis Garage
Ray
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S.c.lindsay & Sons Transfer
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Midwestern Aero Service
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