Children view birchbark canoe at SIU Carbondale museum
Children of migrant farm workers in Southern Illinois explore a birchbark canoe at Southern Illinois University Carbondale's University Museum. Mary Russell Muchmore of the Museum and Galleries Association demonstrates items carried by early settlers and fur traders as they paddled Illinois rivers.
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Southern Illinois
Southern
Illinois University- Carbondale
Mary Russell Muchmore
Museum and Art Galleries Association
Mark Semyck
Maria Roman
Wendy Gonzalez
Maria Ava Queriapa
Illinois
Scheibes
Iowa
Minnesota
Zeke
Mildred
Scheibe
Ann
Moorhead State University
Stress makes farming a dangerous lifestyle in Ames Iowa
Ames Iowa AP expert Randy Weigel says farming is shifting from physical to mental stress due to rapid technology and finance oriented marketing. He notes farmers face global weather, policy, and price factors, plus high interest rates, making modern farming a high risk enterprise for all ages.
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Randy Weigel
Weigel
Iowa State University
Argentina
Russia
Yesteryear
1981 wheat reserve program approved by Congress
Agriculture Secretary John R. Black says farmers can place 1981 wheat in the three year reserve to qualify for 26.5 cents a bushel first year storage payments. Reagan signed the bill. no corn decision yet. Trigger price is 4.65, current national price about 3.57. Referendum on 1982 program postponed to Oct 15.
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Washington
John R. Black
White House
Reagan
Black
Block
Congress
Soviet Union
Gress
Agriculture Department
Farm toy paper founder grows 1600 subscribers in LaMoure
Claire Scheibe started The Toy Farmer in 1978 with 17 supporters and a joke about being the town fool. Now with about 1,600 subscribers, the monthly farm toy paper earned a reputation and hosts a national show drawing thousands, while Scheibe monetizes the niche with toys, blueprints, and a growing inventory.
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LaMoure
N.D
Claire Scheibe
Scheibe
Farflung
Georgia
Dyersville
Iowa
Ertl Co
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Ames, Iowa
Cathy
Claire Sez
F. B. McAfoos
Wayne
Wayne Animal Mealtr Aos
Vergennes
P.O. Box
Fairfield, IL
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