Across the Fence Carroll County notes and county farm events
Earl Gilliland discusses Corn Countdown School through Carroll County Extension Service. A second soil focused session is planned January 28 at Farm Bureau Hall. The program will cover soil management and farming machinery developments at the Soil and Crops Day February 8 with a hay and silage show. Agricultural 4-H enrollment reaches 328 with clubs listed and leaders named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Gilliland
Carroll County
University of Illinois College of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service
Secon
Farm Bureau
Carroll County Soil and Water Conservation District
Caballeros
County Horse Club
Tom Jones
Busy Beavers
Chadwick
Jerry Foltz
Chestnut Park Mustangs
Sevanna
Wilbur Corbett
Sterling
Guernsey
IHH
JDA
Knoedler
David Bradley
Caswell
GMC
Willys Jeep
Central National Bank of Sterling
Louis O. Ukena
Glen L. Hoover
Bellows, Rogers and Haak
Clate Eonenenien
Local Pony Club Show Returns Students From Study
Eeho Valley Mt Carroll 8 Mrs Loyal Siedenburg Fair Haven Top Notchere nce Haven 17 Vernon Alexander Happy Hoofs County pony club 9 Mrs Gene Litwiller Lanark Larkers Lanark 61 Wilmer Smith Milledgeville Hotehiots Mil edeoy itla 7 Robert Voedel Prairie Edge Mt Carroll 71 Harold Yockem Shannon Shamrocks Shannon 17 Mr and Mrs Alfred Ritter Tip Top Trouvers Savanna Mt Carroll 37 Terry Getz York Cedar Thomson 46 Burnie Voss Zion Hill Toppers Savanna 16 Alfred and Dave Ketelsen Last but not least Byron Hutchins will be back from a semester study at the University of Illinois Welcome back Byron
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eeho Valley
Mt. Carroll
Loyal Siedenburg
Fair Haven
Thick Ice Covers Rock Island Mississippi River Report
Rock Island-Mississippi River flows in the Rock Island District remained steady January 24 with minor day to day changes from ice jams wearing away. Ice thickness reached 8 inches at Lock 13 Fulton and 11 inches at Lock 12 Bellevue Iowa with colder temperatures likely adding another inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Mississippi
Fulton
Bellevue
U. S
Carroll County Development Corporation elects directors
The Carroll County Development Corporation met in Mt. Carroll on January 18 with Julius Trivelli of the Illinois Department of Business and Economic Development as speaker. Two new directors Harry Diehl of Thomson and Omar Wilhelms of Shannon were elected for three year terms, while Gordon B. Smith of Mt. Carroll and R. C. Bush of Thomson won second terms. Martin Lantau of Savanna, the chairman, said about 40 attended. total membership stands at about 84.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Development Corporation
Mt. Carrol
Julius Trivelli
Ilinois Department of Business and Economic Development
Harry Diehl
Thomson
Omar Wilhelms
Shannon
Gordon B. Smith
Mr. Carroll
R. C. Bush
Martin Lantau
Savanna
Cordova
Ill
Albany
Norman Implement Co
Erie
Newton Church Mission Circle
Farrow
John Deere
New Holland
Montgomery Ward
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U. S. Farm Report
WQAD
The
National
Farmers Organization
Tell
Harold Eisenbise
Lanark
Mere Paul Adams
Robert E. Balk
Cavle Durward
Jack Ferris
Lincoln
Neb
Jean Dyson
Dale Evan Drake
Fayette Maloney
Milledgeville
Glen Turney
Bradford C. Mitchell
Ridgeville
Ind
Ray Allison
Kathryn Kniss
Leo Lotz
Don Shellhouse
James Buchanan
Polo
Robert Doyle
Dora Daehler
Sandra Lee Luckritz
Clinton
Town
Judy Mertz
L. A. Frank
Vernon Stoner
Ralph Freeman
Glenn Millhouse
Milledgevile
Melvin Traum
Kenneth Stover
Charlotte Doak
Nas Miramar
Calif
Clara Michael
E. K. Graham
Gerald Senneff
Up Bowers
Hammond
Kathy Bowman
Geo. Koning
Wayne Pettinger
Polvidere
Ernest Hass Thomsnn
JoAnne Marie Halfman
Jill Sloan Thomson
William O'Leary
Suzanne Partridge
Rt. 1
Roy Stark
Davenport, A
Kenneth Pearson
Tampico
Richard Schleuing
Clarence Cambman
Elizabeth Stitzel
John Appel
Morrison
Clyde Foltz
Carroll Kent Olson
Rockford
Clarence Lego
Leon Daehler
Isaac Hawbecker
Bernard Crofton
Chad Cunningham
Milledgee
Nye
Russell Lamoreux
Michael Morris
Hugh Pettinger
Glen Unger Sr
Dwayne Hook
Rosemary Imel
Bernadine Morris
Jerry A. Brinkman
Donald Bogott
Robert Schneider
Maxine I. Hebeler
Richard Geary
Robert Bowers Sr
Roxy Bowers
Eugene Murray
Wayne Kaufman
Julie Bull
Hal Hoy
Norman Eabeeh Chadwick
Blaine Hardacre
Louise Merchant
Stockton
A. S. Kreider
Milledge
George Yost
Carroll Robert Truman
Werner Schultz Lanark
Delores Rogers
John F. Kreuder
Carmie Jean Johnson
Batav
George Schultz
Davenport
Eugene Potter
Donna Butts
Lee Ervin
Beverly Becker
Barry Frederick
Coleta
Shirley Mayer
Patricia Joan Kradle
Elizabeth, Illinois
Olga Sargent
Georgetown
Chevrolet
C. T. Wilhelms
First State Bank
Harvey L. Downing IV
Oliver Michael Chadwick
Green Arrows
Allis Chalmers
Kewanee
Ottawa
Don Eisseller
Aude and Teeters
David Emnyre
Freeport Auction Service
Goodenough Farm
Geo
Art Goodenough
Eugene Bonneur
Illinois
Burke Gypsie
Haverly
A. C. “Whitie
Burlington, Ill
Pat” Williams
Batavia, Il
Chuck” Aude
Ilinois
Dairy Credit Co
DeKalb
John Breuning
Teeter & Son
O. P. Miles
Byron Hutchins
University of Illinois
Byron
PTO
Gehl
Bellows & Haak
Ankney
Clare Schuneman
Development Corporation
Harlen Handel
William Provant
Mike Barbera
Kalamazoo, Mich
Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Herman Gudema
Erie State Bank
Bennie Vander Vinne
Glenn Miller
Jim DeCap
Clayton Dykema
Ted Sikkema
Jim Nowers
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