Dairy Calf and Tractor Safety Sales Set in Illinois
Two dairy calf sales are planned in Illinois with events at Urbana and Freeport on April 1. The Nineteenth Annual Junior Calf Sale in Urbana opens at 11 a.m. for 4H and FFA members, featuring six dairy breeds. A Carroll County 4-H Tractor School runs February 20 to March 6 at three sites, covering safety, engine, PTO, hydraulics, steering, brakes, records, costs, and ownership. attendance urged for 4-H members and parents. Alan Skoog serves as county 4-H leader for Timber Lake aviery projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Illinois
Northwest Illinois
Freeport
Stock Pavilion
University of Illinois
Acker
Hartman
Agriculture & Home Services
Acker and Hartman Implements Companies
Larry William
Country Companies Insurance
John Turner
Thomson
Fulton
Spring Valley Reformed Church
A.C
Massey
Kewanee
Massey-Harris
Massey- Ferguson
V.A.C
J.D
New Holland
Knoedlerauger
Wetmore Pto
Knipco
Clinton
Privates Win Expert Rifle Marks At Ft Campbell
Army Private Burton Prins Wayne Leonard Dale Eslinger and Raymond Giedd, all 19 or 20, completed basic combat training at Ft Campbell Kentucky and fired expert with the M 14 rifle in their rifle qualification tests.
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Ft. Campbell, Ky
AHTNC
Burton D. Prins
Albert Prins
Jane
Route 1
Thomson, Ill
Wayne M. Leonard
Mark L. Leonard
Shannon
Ill
Ft. Campbell
Dale B. Eslinger
Calvin R. Eslinger
Ft. Campbell Ky
Raymond W Giedd
Leonard W. Giedd
Hickory Shannon
Ili
County 4 H horticulture club planned for training youth
The plan creates a county 4 H horticulture club to train members in land scape horticulture including home grounds cleanup tree and shrub identification propagation care of plants lawn design and landscape planning and planting. All 4 H members enrolled will be notified and outreach targets towns with non enrolled youth via the Cooperative Extension Office Mount Carroll contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooperative Extension Office
Mount Carroll
Meyers & Litwiller Host John Deere Day at Milledgeville High
Meyers and Litwiller announce the annual John Deere Day on February 20 at Milledgeville High School. Farmers and families are invited with free lunch and refreshments. The event features the color film Opportunity ’67 about farming’s future and a new color movie European Agriculture filmed across several European countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyers & Litwiller
Milledgeville
New Milk Production Records Reported for Area Holsteins
Holstein Association of America reports Brattleboro area cows showing high milk and butterfat yields. Vicinity cows listed include Henkeview Creation Chubby 1671775 owned by Lewis H. Cram and Wilmer Smith, Chadwick, with 14 390 lbs milk and 601 lbs butterfat in 297 days. Saluhill Shiawana Cindy 468 1526 with 17 010 lbs milk and 629 lbs butterfat in 311 days. Meierdale Bonnie Master Penny 5824 702 with 15 44 lbs milk and 629 lbs butterfat in 336 days. University of Illinois supervised sampling with Holstein programs. Owners: Kenneth C. Erbsen Lanark.
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Brattleboro
Vermont
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Henkeview
Lewis H. Cram & Wilmersmith
Chadwick
Saluhill Shiawana
Meierdale
Bonnie Master Penny
Kenneth C. Erbsen
U.S
National Holstein Association
University of Illinois
Holstein Organization
New Nitrogen Plant Delivers First Anhydrous Ammonia to FS
The Donaldsonville Louisiana facility, a $16 million plant producing 1 000 tons daily, ships most nitrogen through barge routes on the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. FS Services owns 50 percent, with First Mississippi Corporation. output goes mainly to Central Farmers Fertilizer Company of Chicago and its 23 cooperatives including FS Services.
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Louisiana
FS Service
Kingston Mines
FS Services
C. H. Becker
Donaldsonville
First Mississippi Corporation
Jackson
Agee
Albany
Mississippi
Quad-Cities
Illinois River
Pekin
Pine Bend
Minnesota
Seneca
Joliet
Mt. Vernon
Indiana
Nitrogen, Inc
Terre Haute
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
State Farm Bureaus
Bloomington
State Line Pomona Grange February meeting report
Carroll County Pomona Grange met Monday evening February 13 with State Line Grange at Apple River. Master Frank Manning presided. Arthur Manning spoke on Law on the Farm and fence line problems. Donations were approved for CARE and tornado area cleanup. Centennial programs were conducted and Lanark Sportsmen announce a February 25 rabbit supper.
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Carroll County
Pomona Grange
State Line Grange
Apple River
Frank Manning
Arthur Manning
William Hans
Pomona
Zion Grange
Merle Law
Clarence Frederick
Glen Wurster
Ralph Hacker
Earl Lincox
Peter Libberton
Donna McCarty
Marlow Speck
Jo Daviess County
Grange
Homemakers Unit Meetings Schedule in Carroll County
Local leaders of Carroll County Homemakers Extension Association plan sessions this week on Using Electricity Safely. Topics include Sew ing Permanent Press Materials and How To Care For Durable Press Garments plus Yeast temperature effects.
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Carroll County Homemakers Extension Association
York Progressives Unit
Marion Wheeler
Paul Wilt
Mary Fedderson
Hicary Grove Homemakers
James Eaton
Harold Christensen
Marion Olson
Eaton
Otter Creek
David Pilgrim
Carl Patterson
Lawrence Henneman
DAR Anniversary Luncheon Set for February 18
The Daughters of the American Revolution will hold its annual anniversary luncheon Saturday February 18 at 12 30 p m at Meekers in Savanna. Speaker will be Gordon Hanson County Superintendent of Schools. Savanna hostesses are Florence Chambers Lewis Fosdick Donald Wolfe and William Shipley. Vocational agriculture students must have farming programs or gain agricultural work experience under teacher supervision.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
Meeker
Savanna Firm Wins Spring Lake Dike Contract
Savanna Construction Company secured a contract to build an earthen dike and pumping station at Spring Lake north of Thomson in the Upper Mississippi Wildlife Refuge. The bid of 171525 dollars was the lowest of five bids, and the award was announced by the Fisheries and Wildlife Bureau in Washington. The project will control water levels for the popular fishing area.
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Savanna Firm
Spring Lake
Savanna Construction Company
Friday
Thomson
Upper Mississippi Wild Life Refuge
Fisheries and Wild Life Bureau
Department of the Interior
Washington, D. C
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Earl Giluland
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Alan Skoog
Au"iery
Sterling
Woodlawn Road
Woodlawn School
NIBCO
Curtis
DHIA
J. R.W
Ottawa
Johnson
Waton Ford
Central National Bank of Sterling
John Jacobs
Earl Janssen
Bellows & Rogers - Don Ebersole & Son
Clare Schuneman
John Wood
Jacob P. Dykstra
James Pell
Glenn Miller
Erie
First Trust and Savings Bank
Earl Miller
Morrison
Carl Maring
Neal Maring
Renkes
Prairie Center
Morrison High School
Allis-Chalmers
IHC
John Deere
Heider
Knoedler
PTO
Burr
David Bradley
H.p
Miller
Oood
John R. Renkes
Clayton Dykema
Don Dykema
State Line
Lanark Sportsmen
Lanark Sportsmen's Club
American Legion Hall
Lanark
Homemakers Unit
DAR
Burdette Parkinson
Pearl City
Methodist Womens Society
Hershey
Green
J. D
Lindsay
J.H.C
J. D. Rake
N. H
M. H
Hume
Gehl
Barne
Killbro
Dodge
Dale DeVries
Tony Maas
Freeport Cashier
Dave Carpenter
Kent Clerks
R. C. Miller
Dean Chambers
Freeport Auction Service, Inc. R
Max W. Garman
Shannon, Ill
McCue Blacktop Road
J.D. No
Schultz
Bob
Mallard Ducks
FORD
First National Bank of Sterling
Elmer Odquist
Blanche M. Odquist
Executrix
Bellows and Rogers 1St National Bank of Sterling Clates
Norm Schuneman
Cantlin and Blodgett
Round Grove
Malvern
Corriedale
Barrow
M. H. No
Oliver
Ferguson
Dale and
Sarah Corrett
Bellows & Rogers
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