Strawberry Pickings Extend As Local Growers Report Good Season
Area growers say strawberry pickings look strong for another week due to cool weather extending the season. Me XN Guire Orchard in Makild ing reports a longer period with Sunrise and Pocahontas among popular varieties. Terry Boyd of Anna notes solid crops with 4400 quarts sold through a pick-your-own program after early shipments to commercial markets. Frost earlier reduced some yield but overall harvest ranges from 40 to 74 percent completion, driven by Sunrise and Surecrop favorites.
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Wanda Barras
Illnoisan Area
Dan McGuire
Mexn Guire
Makilding
McGuires
Terry Boyd
Anna
Boyds
Boyd
McGuire
Weighing Trees at Dixon Springs Pine Study
Foresters at Dixon Springs weigh a 50-foot pine and its parts to assess nutrient contribution to soil. The project, part of a soil mulliont study, shows pines aiding abandoned fields and accelerating ecological recovery by decades, leading to better hardwood growth later.
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Dixon Springs
Illinois
Ilinois
Nature
Wool sale barn opens at Dixon Springs for Wool Pool
Wool will be received at Dixon Springs Agricultural Center sale barn in Robbs from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. to noon Wednesday with a 22 cent per pound handling charge. This 12th annual wool pool has collected about 50 000 pounds in past years and will be graded and sold to the highest bidder.
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Dixon Springs Agricultural Center
Robbs
Carl Aaron
Dixon Springs
Armyworms threaten Jackson County fields check two weeks
Ag expert Robert Frank warns farmers to inspect grain dense areas for armyworms as cool wet weather aids their development. Treatment requires at least six worms per foot of row, with toxaphene used at one and a half pounds per acre and cautions about dairy cattle feed, fish streams, drift, and straw usage. Beekeepers to be notified if Carbaryl is used and researchers note forest tent caterpillars caused leaf loss, not armyworms. Homeowners should monitor shade trees and contact the Extension Service in Murphysboro for details.
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Jackson County
Robert Frank
Extension Service
Frank
Jackson County Extension Service
Murphysboro
State board 2 area men named for Agriculture Advisors
Southern Illinois residents Wendell Keeper of Carbondale and Edgar Hall of Mt. Vernon have been nominated for membership on the Board of Agricultural Advisors by Gov. Richard Ogilvie. Keeper is incumbent and dean of SIU School of Agriculture. Hall is president of the National Farmers Organization.
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Fivo
Wendell Keeper
Carbondale
School of Agriculture
Southern Ilinois University
Edgar Hall
Mt. Vernon
National Farmers Organization
Tall structures rise at Pinckneyville mill silos
Four 130 foot grain handling silos rise at B C Christopher and Company mill in Pinckneyville replacing fire damaged elevators. Each 15 foot diameter silo surrounds a central core with a 40 foot headhouse housing an electric elevator. Construction began May 12 and should be finished by July 1 with full operation about 10 days later.
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Pam Arnold
Tunsisan
B. C. Christopher and Company
Pinckneyville
Robert Huff
Brannick Construction Company
Redmon
Huff
Fort Hall Reservation acreage shrinks since 1863
Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho was the largest in 1863 at 1.8 million acres but now spans about 500 thousand acres. The change marks a substantial reduction in tribal land area over time.
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Idaho
Fort Hall Reservation
Forestry association planned in Southern Illinois
The Shawnee Resource Conservation and Development Project Forestry Committee moves to establish a Forest Products Association in Southern Illinois. At a recent meeting, members outlined actions for the coming fiscal year, including promoting timber resources, fire control, and revised land taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee Resource
Ilinois
Illinois
Shawnee
Forestry Committee
Orchard Day in Cobden Hosts Fruit Exchange Tour
The Illinois Fruit Council and Illinois State Horticultural Society stage the Summer Orchard Day on June 13 at the Illinois Fruit Exchange near Cobden. Demonstrations run morning after 8:30 a.m. registration. program starts at 12:30 p.m. Tours follow with refreshments and lunch provided by the Illinois Fruit Exchange and Cobden National Bank. The article notes Buhi Idaho hosts the world’s largest trout hatchery producing over one million pounds of Rainbow trout yearly.
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Ilinois Fruit Council
Ilinois State Horticultural Society
Illinois Fruit Exchange
Rt. 31
Cobden
Ilinois Fruit Exchange
Cobden National Bank
Buhi
Idaho
Rocky Mountain
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India
Cei
Fred
B. G. Christopher and Company
State Board
Forestry Association Planned
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