Grasshopper warning for Southern Illinois farmers expands
Farmers in Southern Illinois face a growing grasshopper infestation this summer. Extension adviser Dick Howell and others warn of high young grasshopper populations in grassy, untilled areas. They urge early detection and careful treatment with Sevin or similar insecticides as dry weather and storms influence levels.
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Southern Illinois
Howell
Swope
Wope
Mike Plumer
Williamson County
Bob Frank
Jackson County
Charles Willman
Randolph County
Bob Weatherall
Johnson County
Bill Wagner
Union County
Harness maker preserves past craft in Danvers shop
Paul Murphy, a 70 year old retired farmer from Danvers, devotes his days to handcrafted horse harnesses. He rises at 4 30 each morning to sew by hand, using beeswax treated thread and a leather groove guide to keep stitches hidden and durable. Murphy notes farming with horses is making a comeback and notes purebred registrations have doubled in the last decade.
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Mark Lambert
LaSalle
Daily News-Tribune
Danvers
Paul Murphy
Murphy
Peru
England
Consumer Alert pushes back against regulation gurus
Consumer Alert leader Barbara Keating argues high living costs come from excessive government and regulation, not business. She cites nitrites, air bags and FTC ad rules as targets and claims the group relies mainly on dues with support from foundations. Keating, a former Conservative party candidate, says the public has been misled by rhetoric and vows to increase free choice in the marketplace.
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Mike Carr
Lindsay-Schaub
New York City
Consumer Protection Bureau
Carol Tucker Foreman
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Ralph Nader
Consumer Alert
Barbara Keating
Mrs
FTC
U.S. Senate
New York
James Buckley
Keating
Vietnam
Farm city exchange offers new insights for all
Illinois Farm Bureau runs the fifth annual farm city exchange pairing Chicago St Louis and rural Illinois families. City guests stay on farms starting July 13 then hosts visit Chicago or St Louis later. Programs aim to build understanding through daily farm work and family involvement. The Stumpes of Dow recall early mornings milking cows and visitors learning to drink milk straight from tanks.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Illinois
Illinois Farms
Eilen Culver
Illinois Farm Bureau
Mrs. Culver
Louis
Dianne Stumpe
Dow
Jersey County
Forage Expo Planned at Dixon Springs Center
About 1,000 to 2,000 people are expected Friday for the Illinois Forage and Grassland Expo ’79 at Dixon Springs Agriculture Center. Eight tours cover 31 stops with five to six minute talks by specialists. Fourteen buses will shuttle visitors around the 5,000 acre site and box lunches will be sold.
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Dixon Springs Agriculture Center
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