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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1968
Page
5
Early season drought and a plant disease are injuring corn, with roots damaged by Grape Colaspis. Symptoms include purpled leaves, drying plants, and reduced yields. Root hairs eaten away hamper nutrient uptake. Tiny white grubs near roots indicate Colaspis infestation.
Six individuals and three organizations in Southern Illinois receive Rural Service Awards from the federal Office of Economic Opportunity recognizing efforts to alleviate rural poverty. Recipients include Shirley L. Whitchurch Benton Verna Mae Bird Tamaroa John Cipolla Metropolis and the late A Morris Simpson McLeansboro. Organizations are the Western Egyptian Economic Opportunity Council Steeleville and the Community Service Center Harrisburg. Six more awards are given across central and northern Illinois.
National Safety Council figures show over 1 000 people die yearly in U S tractor accidents with about 60 percent from overturns. Two main remedies are operator education to reduce upsets and protective frames or crush resistant cabs to lessen injury severity plus a safety belt and careful maintenance and operation rules.
A field east of Brown Shoe Co in Murphysboro hosts 10 Johnson grass demonstration plots using seven chemical treatments. SIU agriculture officials Keith Leasure and Robert Frank explain methods, noting some chemicals burn vegetation without killing rhizomes and regrowth is likely, with best timing before planting or after wheat harvest.
University of Illinois extension specialist R B Schwarz says farmers should choose used tractors if annual use is under 300 hours and new machines if over 800 hours. He notes capital limits and maintenance risks affect the decision, with per hour costs shown for different purchase ages.
Three directors will be elected Tuesday night as the Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative holds its 29th annual meeting in Dongola. Voters from Union Pulaski and Alexander counties register 5 to 7 p.m. A business session annual reports entertainment and beauty queen selection are on the program. The local winner advances to the state contest August 20 22 in Springfield.
A farm management tour at Alfred Stellhorn farm in Red Bud will feature modern dairy methods at 1 30 p m Tuesday. Demonstrations include free stall housing double four herringbone milking parlor high moisture corn storage mechanized feed handling and liquid manure handling.
The Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission discussed forming a multi county advisory committee to oversee area agriculture programs. Members could include farm bureaus technical action panels Southern Illinois University and Shawnee RC&D. A zoning ordinance was also reviewed with a September plan for a Williamson County Farm Bureau event in Marion.
President Lyndon B. Johnson designates July 21 to 27 as National Farm Safety Week. He cites a high farm accident rate and $2 billion in losses while urging farmers and related groups to heighten safety awareness. The initiative marks 25 years of rural safety campaigning with the National Safety Council and USDA.
A $65 million 2200 mile an hydrous ammonia pipeline will deliver nitrogen fertilizer from Donaldsonville Louisiana to Illinois and Iowa terminals. FS Services in Central Farmers Fertilizer Co. will use Gulf Central Pipeline lines to serve Southern Illinois farmers with automated terminals near Litchfield and Stewardson. The system aims 1.1 million tons annually, rising to 3 million, feeding Terre Haute and other Midwest sites.
The U S Department of Agriculture extended emergency flood loan eligibility for one year in 56 Illinois counties including Union Jefferson Hardin Hamilton Franklin Johnson Williamson Gallatin Alexander Pope Pulaski Saline and White. Applicants now have until June 30 1969 to apply due to ongoing crop losses and limited local credit access cited by Rep Kenneth J Gray.
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