This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1968
Page
5
Timber buyers in Illinois receive a new state law that licenses and regulates buyers of timber from landowners. The notice outlines required bond purchases, regulations, and a timber information questionnaire to be returned to the Department of Conservation.
University of Illinois extension specialists present a swine seminar February 1 in Benton Community Building. Speakers include Art Muehling on buildings and equipment, Dick Carlisle on feeding, Neil Becker on sanitation and disease control, Bo Schwarz on hog production economics, and SIU professor William Herr on farm machinery management. Seminar starts 9:30 a.m. with an evening session at Imption High School vocational agriculture department.
Donald E. McCandless Jr. of Champaign is elevated to state conservation engineer for the U.S. Soil Conservation Service in Illinois, effective Feb. 25. He succeeds Joe Hass of Savoy and joins the ASAE and Soil Conservation Society of America. he will oversee design and standards for all SCS engineering work in Illinois. A pork producers meeting at Du Quoin High School discusses a 5 cent per head marketing check off with speakers Fred Weidhuner, Lindell Loveless, and Wayne Herberer.
Robert E Lockhart named staff assistant for recreation watersheds and wildlife to Gwen Jamison at Shawnee National Forest in Harrisburg. He replaces Bob Phillips promoted to branch chief for visitor information in Milwaukee. Lockhart comes from Ottawa National Forest Michigan where he was deputy forest supervisor and has worked in Virginia Pennsylvania and Idaho. He holds a Bachelors in forestry from West Virginia University and a Masters from Yale. He and wife Ruby have two children Bert and Beth Ann.
Libby McNeill Libby and local farmers in Jackson and Union counties plan another pumpkin growing season after a successful 1967 effort. About 14 Jackson County and 3 Union County growers joined the project, conveying 350 of nearly 380 acres harvested. Yields averaged 20 tons per acre with total production around 5,680 tons and roughly $30,220 in value. Plant officials anticipate expanding to 500 acres if demand persists.
The minimum wage for hired farm workers rises from $1 to $1.15 an hour on February 1, applying to large farms only. Smaller farms are exempt, as are workers in certain categories such as immediate family, local hand harvesters under 13 weeks, migrant workers under 17 with parental pay parity, and those mainly in livestock range production. The higher rate lasts until February 1, 1969, when it increases to $1.30.
Donald Elkins assistant professor of plant industries at Southern Illinois University will discuss crop varieties and cropping experiment results at a farmers meeting in Christopher High School on February 5. The session starts at 7 30 p m in the agriculture classrooms as part of a weekly adult education series led by Leavell Swink. Elkins, a forage crops specialist, joined the SIU faculty about a year ago replacing Herbert L Portz who is on a two year assignment in Nepal with SIU. He is a native of Woodville Alabama and earned his Ph D from Auburn University last summer.
Jackson and Union counties growers report strong pumpkin yields with Dillow citing 126 dollars per acre and 240 tons per acre. Libby McNeil Libby canners from Morton plan to double pumpkin acreage and may build a Southern Illinois cannery pending grower contracts and a favorable harvest window.
Herman Stokes and Halford Dillon join Anna residents Dr J D Meller as elected directors of the Union County Soil and Water Conservation District. Other directors include Lawrence Cerney of Cobden and Howard Davie of Jonesboro Rt 2. The annual report cites nearly 1000 farm ponds built mostly stocked with fish and substantial pasture and woodland development.
The number of licensed pilots in the United States now exceeds 548 750 alongside 104 700 licensed private planes. Five years earlier counts were 352 860 pilots and 80 632 planes indicating substantial growth in aviation activity.
Two timber sales illustrate potential value of native woods in Illinois. In Gallatin County along the Wabash River 911 pecan trees for 430000 board feet sold for 76000 dollars. in Northern Illinois 2196 trees yielding 567000 board feet sold for 115705 dollars. State Conservation Director William T. Lodge notes sales were not typical but show well managed native timberlands can be valuable. several trees were left for seed and wildlife, and veneer methods are expanding pecan use.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.