USDA urges farmers to conserve fuel this planting season
The USDA asks farmers to report any fuel shortages to local ASCS offices and use fuel conserving methods. Since February the department has monitored farm fuel supply through ASCS county offices with immediate reporting to Washington. Officials stress equitable distribution and not buying excess fuel to ensure all farmers have enough.
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All around us Good PR not noticed by readers
Writer Mike Carr argues public relations work is overlooked until it fails and compares road etiquette between farmers and impatient motorists. He cites 1972 global food price data and rising living costs to illustrate how bad publicity follows neglect of prudent behavior.
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Linsday-Schaub
News Service
Carr
St. Louis
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Austria
Japan
United States
Germany
Canada
United Kingdom
Sweden
Finland
Spain
Madrid
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Dixon Springs Horticultural Open House at Illinois Center
The University of Illinois Dixon Springs Agricultural Center hosts an informal Horticultural Open House on Thursday from 1 to 7 p.m. Bill Courter leads 18 specialists addressing insects diseases weeds fruits organic gardening and turf. Also Beef Cattle Day set for July 11 begins at 10 a.m. with 10 tour stops and 24 IL specialists on herd health feeding breeding pastures and haying systems.
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Dixon Springs Agricultural Center
Simpson
Bill Courter
Dixon Springs Center
College of Agriculture
College of Veterinary Medicine
Cooperative Extension Service
Know Nothing Party Origin and Motto
The Know Nothing party flourished from 1850 to 1860 with secret rituals and a vow of ignorance when questioned, according to Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Floodwaters recede as Mississippi bottom farmers begin replanting
Farmers along the Mississippi River bottom land in Jackson, Randolph and Union counties start tilling and replanting as fields drain, though much land still holds water. Advisers warn some areas may not yield a crop this year while others switch to sorghum or soybeans amid late planting and potential higher prices.
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Jackson
Randolph
Union Counties
Harold Hunzicker
Union County Extension Farm
Hunzicker
Charles Wellman
Randolph County
Wellman
Robert Frank
Jackson County
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Mississippi
Harry Myers
Wolf Lake
Washington's Second Inaugural Address Sets Short Record
George Washington delivered his second inaugural address on March 4, 1793 in Philadelphia. The concise speech reportedly used only 135 words, the shortest inaugural address on record.
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