Electronic devices monitor farm equipment
Robert Grupp of The Southern Illinoisan reports that farmers increasingly use electronic sensors digital controls and speed monitors on combines tractors and planters to catch mechanical problems early. Bob Tolbert of SI Equipment notes sensors are becoming the coming thing in farm equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Grupp
Southern Illinoisan
Bob Tolbert
SI Equipment
Murphysboro
Edor
Ken Hill
Larry Hobbs
Hobbs and Son Implements
Benton
Hobbs
Southern Illinois
John Deere
Steve May
Parks Implements and Tractors
Marion
May
Corn
Illinois
Bruno Bruzas
Franklin County
Royalton
Farm Life SI Equipment Displays Harvester Monitor in Cab
An International Harvester combine on the lot features an electronic monitor attached to the cab ceiling. The device observes operations of the strawwalker straw chopper shoe tailings and the clean grain rack, ensuring performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Harvester
Maples Show Tiny Mite Bladders and Aphid Woes
Read It a of And Reap notes maple bladder caused by a mite with bumps on leaves and advises early spring spray with diazinon, plus leaf disposal. It also covers spring aphid outbreaks on apples, berries, tomatoes and other crops with controls like malathion and Bacillus thuringiensis. Bagworms, monitor tech in combines, and farmer insights on equipment sensors follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Satchell
Southern Ilinois University-Carbondale
Satchell
Rival Counties Vie For Hog Capital Title In Illinois
Two western Illinois counties Henry and Pike compete for the Hog Capital of the World nickname. They raise hogs at high numbers with pastured systems in Pike and larger hogs in Henry. A Pig Day festival in Pittsfield on July 10 boosts the county population, while Kewanee hosts Hog Capital of The World festival over Labor Day weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Prater
Associated Press
Kewanee
Illinois
Henry and
Pike
Harry Wright Jr
Pike County
Carl Fike
Wright
Henry County
Henry
Fike
Pittsfield
Pke County
Nationally Known Speed Reading Course Coming to Carbondale
United States Reading Lab offers a four week speed reading course in Carbondale with one class weekly and an optional cassette tape program. Expected gains include 7-10x faster reading, improved comprehension, and concentration with free orientation lectures for public attendance at the Jackson County Family YMCA on June 7 8 9 and 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
United States
Jackson County Family
West Sunset Drive
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Dennis Thompson
Williamson County
Cooperative Extension Service
University of Illinois
Reneork
General Revenue Sharing
Office of Revenue Sharing
Wash
D.c
Murphysboro City
Michael Bowers
City Hall
N. Iith
M'boro
Secretary of the Treasury
Public Safety
Uponmental
Financia
Econom Development
Sparta Equipment Co
Serv. CO
Carbondale New School
Pleasant Hill
Control Data Corporation
N. University Ave
Credit Life
Highway
Redi-Mix, Inc
Carbondale, Ill
Munsin
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