SIU Hosts State Poultry Judging for FFA Teams
SIU Carbondale hosts a statewide invitational poultry judging contest for high school FFA teams on March 31. Four-team entries judged in live production and market chickens dressed poultry interior and exterior egg quality. Top team gains traveling trophy. blue ribbons to top units. purple ribbons for superior ranks. registration in the Agriculture Building Muckelroy Auditorium.
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Southern Illinois University News Service
Future Farmers of America
Southern Ilinois University
Carbondale
SIU Animal Industries Department
Bill Goodman
SIU
FFA
Illinois
Goodman
SIU Agriculture
Muckelroy Auditorium
High selling Charolais at Illinois sale tops bids
High seller CC Sir Vaillant exhibited by Cedar Creek Charolais Farm owned by Larry Grimes of Makanda was the top Charolais at the Illinois Charolais Breeders Association sale on March 17 in Elizabeth. The February 1972 polled bull sold to Eldon Sargent of Cabeny for 1650 dollars.
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Sir Vaillant
Cedar Creek
Elizabeth
Eldon Sargent
Cabeny
Vaillant
Broadacres Amour
Grimes
J. P. Grimes
Stewartsville, Mo
Leaps into action Walker enters Chavez war against growers
State of Illinois responds rapidly as Walker joins Chavez in a conflict with growers. Mike Carr Lindsay-Schaub News Service reports a swift governmental move with extended service and decisive steps amid the dispute.
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Walker
Chavez
Mike Carr
Lindsay-Schaub
State of Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Cesar Chavez
California Lettuce Growers
Teamsters Union
Hereford cattle sale sets record average in Missouri Illinois
Forty head sold March 3 in Farmington Missouri for an overall average of 622 dollars with bulls at 622 and females 528. Champion bull bred by Harvey Tiberen d of O Fallon fetched 1600 dollars while champion female bred by E B Gee Jr Farms Blytheville Arkansas sold for 720 dollars.
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Hereford Association
Farmington
John Cicardo
Rockwood
Association
Harvey Tiberend
O’fallon
E.B. Gee Jr
Blytheville
Ark
Homer Henke
Moro
Farm Bureau Chief Warns of Tractor Stalls Over Diesel Shortage
Bill Kuhfuss president of the American Farm Bureau Federation warns that tractors may stall in fields this spring if diesel fuel shortages persist. The alert links rising soybean prices and costs to potential agricultural disruption and farm operation delays nationwide.
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Bill Kuhfuss
American Farm Bureau Federation
Groundhog control cartridges offered for sale in county
Jackson County Extension reports a shipment of 1000 groundhog control cartridges available to permit holders. Each cartridge costs 20 cents and works by burning oxygen to suffocate burrows. The state tightens budgets amid mentions of overtime appropriations and broader political disputes.
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Jackson County
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