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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1978
Page
5
Nancy Cassada of Kindall Michigan reports a rare birth of nine kids at Bee Hive Farm. The Cassadas say the quadruplets were larger than usual and the family now bottle feeds the newborns three times daily.
Illinois Agricultural Movement members voted to end their Farm Bureau memberships. Roger Menees of Anna says the action stems from bureau leadership ineptitude and failure to serve members, while Farm Bureau leaders defend programs to aid income and farm life. The AAM claims 34 strike offices statewide, with a Southern Illinois HQ in a caboose donated by lobbyist Clyde Choate.
Menees advocates a farmer led movement to protect the family farm and raise farm prices through a grower producer board under USDA. He contrasts it with the Farm Bureau which he says does not represent farmers’ interests though some members remain wary of unionization. Fosse and Klynstra defend continuity while noting potential future shifts. The discussion touches Emergency Farm Act of 1978 and a 10 percent acreage diversion plan. Bureau objections center on potential price impacts and world markets.
Tomlinson Farms of Route 2 West Frankfort paid 2800 for a yearling Angus bull at the third performance tested bull sale held April 21 at SIUC Carbondale. It was the highest bid at the SIUC Bull Evaluation Center sale. Forty bulls were tested. 39 sold for a total of 33710 with eight at 1000 or more.
Farmers may sign up for feed grain and wheat programs an extra two weeks. Gene Heiple of the Jackson County ASC Committee said the signup period is extended from today to May 15 due to changes announced March 29 by Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland. The changes allow cropland diversion and grazing out or hay harvesting on a percentage of planted acreage for Wheat Program participants.
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department’s annual honey survey shows production dropping 11 percent to about 176.3 million pounds from 198.7 million in 1976 while the overall price per pound rose to 53 cents from under 50 cents. Beekeepers earned higher prices despite lower output.
The 94 page Proceedings of the 1978 Strawberry School from the University of Illinois Department of Horticulture and Cooperative Extension Service covers talks, research reports and advice on varieties weed control insect and disease management and cultural systems. It includes transplanting mulching irrigation fertility space row techniques and a plant and equipment directory for U pick growers. Single copies are $2 with checks payable to the University of Illinois mailed to Dr J W Courter Dixon Springs Agricultural Center Simpson Illinois 62985.
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