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PAGE 1- PLAINPEALER-WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1. IWt Soil-Water Conservation Prepares For Election The McHenry County Soil and Water Conservation district will hold a special election to name two directors?, for , two- year terms SaturdaySMn. 29. The terms of Kenneth V; Fiske, Woodstock, and Robert A. Fleck, McHenry, expire March 1. The Soil and Water Con­ servation district is a local unit of government charged with the leadership and respon­ sibility of conserving natural resources in McHenry county. ve board members, known as directors, are elected by any land owner or occupier of voting age living wiUrt* the boundaries of the District. Associate directors are ap­ pointed by the board. Although serving as public officials, the directors and ass^iate directors receive no salary. Gayton Bruce, chairman of the McHenry County Soil and Water Conservation district board of directors, announces that Dec. 1. is the deadline for the filling petitions for election to the district board of direc­ tors. The district abandoned the nominating committee method of electing directors in 1973 in favor of polling locations throughout the county. This was done in order to broaden public interest in the work and responsibility of the distirct. Chairman Bruce states that nominating petitions are still available from the district office at 1143. N. Seminary avenue, Woodstock, or by calling 338-0049, Basically the McHenry County Soil and Water Con­ servation district territory included land outside municipalities, but there are exceptions in addition to provisions in the district law which provided for admission of Harvard and Marengo into the district in 1973, Woodstock and Lakewood in 1974 and Hebron in 1975. ,tN*N k , _ A TMMMWM ORIENTAL FRUIT MOTH DAMAGE ON PEACHES DID YOU KNOW? BY 'k •v 'MB THERE ARC (VPC 1200 BILLION BtLUON STARS, SCIENTISTS SAY. LARGEST STARS OOULD FILL THE AREA BETWEEN THE Sl)N & EARTH / M IE HUMAN HEART BEATS APPROXIMATELY 100/000 TIMES A DAY. IT POMPS AN EQUIVALENT OF 4,300 GALLONS AS IT RECIRCULATES % AN 8-PI NT SUPPLY OF BLOOD THROUGH THE LUNGS AND iAROUND 100,000 Ml. OF BLOOD VESSELS. THE AVERAGE HEART IS THE SIZE OF A GRAPEFRUIT, THO' NOT THE SAME SHAPE. IT'S A HOLLOW MUSCLE, WEIGHS LESS THAN A POUND. ANIMAL HEARTS ARE , NOT AS WELL DEVELOPED. WILLIAM KUFUS KING If you have fruit trees, peaches especially, be on the lookout for the oriental fruit moth. This pest is a problem wherever peaches are grown and also damages apples, pears, apricots, plums, cher­ ries and other crops, t Damage--The first signs of damage from the moth appear as blackening and dying back of new growth in the early spring. It is not always easy to spot the damage the moth does to the fruit itself as there usu­ ally aren't any signs of exter­ nal injury. This is because the insect enters the fruit through the stem, rather than through the side. Once fpalt is har­ vested and cut^epen, however, damage will appear as numer­ ous feeding burrows. Identification -- There are from three to seven broods of oriental fruit moth larvae born each season. The full grown larvae are inch long and pinkish white with brown head6. They spend the winter in cocoons on bark or in weeds or fruit on the ground. The moths are also 4 inch long and gray with chocolate-brown markings. Not long after peaches or other fruits bloom, there will be eggs on the leaves that are long, flat and white in color. The first brood of the larvae spin cocoons on the bark and the later broods at­ tack both new shoots and the fruit itself. Control--A good way to flght the oriental fruit moth is to cultivate the soil around trees to a depth of four inches about three weeks before blooming in orchards that are infested. This will kill many of the pu­ pae that overwintered in the ground. Keeping your orchard free of cull fruits will also aid in controlling this pest. When insecticide controls are called for, use a material such as Sevin carbaryl. This insecti­ cide is commonly used by fruit growers for control of many destructive pests including the oriental fruit moth. Consult your county agent or horticul­ turists at your state agricul­ tural university for advice on the spray schedule you should follow, And remember, all pes­ ticides can be harmful to health and the environment if misused. Read the label care­ fully and use only as directed. For and about Teenagers BY PATRICK EDWARD VICE PRESIDENT UNDER PRES. FRANKLIN PIERCE, TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE IN HAVANA, CUBA. HE WAS THERE CONVAL­ ESCING FROM AH ILLNESS. HE PASSED AWAY 6 WEEKS LATER. THIS WEEK'S LETTER: I've liked a boy who lives a few houses from mine for ten months. His sisters tell me he likes me, too We talk on the | phone sometimes but he has not asked me to date him. I want to know how I can get him to date 'me My mom and dad like him. He has very nice manners and comes to my house a lot. Please tell me some clues. OUR REPLY: If he's coming to your house a lot, it seems to us like you're already getting your wish. In other words, what do you want? If you have to go some­ where else to call it a date, why not ask him to go to a movie. take a walk or something else you'd like to do Take respon­ sibility for the situation. It's pretty clear that you both like each other. Communicate your true feelings to him. But be careful to give him the space to proceed with his feelings and be comfortable while doing it. The biggest clue we can give you, based on what you've told us. is to keep doing what you're doing -- it's working. Perhaps things aren't developing as quickly as you'd like, but patience is a virtue. (Bacauee ot the volume of mail, requaate lor pareonal replies cannot be accomo­ dated. Editorial panel ielects tor weekly uae. letter which beat repreaenta question* and/or commenta from raadera. FOR AND ABOUT TEENAGERS, BOX 63», FRANKFORT. KY. 40601.) BEU. RINGER SPECIALS 25# SPECIAL VALUES REDUCTION ON ML GLOVES FOR • BOYS • 6MLS • WOMEN . 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Pleated Tops 36" R#§. 11* NOW«7?r. 3 Green, 3 Lime, 5 Peacock. 45" fa). 13* NOW *8fpR# 5 Green, 2 Lime, 2 Peacock. 63" Ri§. 15*N0W*9®pr, 8 Green, 2 Lime, 2 Peacock. St" R«). IS" NOW •12". 2 Green, 2 Lime, 4 Peacock. 1 pr.NATURAL 72"x45" i 1 pr.NATURAL 96"x36" •13" .15« REG. 7.00 EACH. LUXURIOUS FLOCKED SHOWER CURTAINS- WINDOW CURTAINS •5"ea. 10.00 COMB. I LOT Raj. YARD GOODS Knits and Woven NOW *100 I YD. 3 ONLY Ra§. 23* ELECTRIC BLANKETS F«OR TWIN OR FULL SIZE. 2 Green, 1 Pink •16» *2°°m ON ALL SNOWMOBILE SUIR JACKETS LADIES BLOUSES LADIES JEANS • LADIES SLACKS • MENS SHIRTS • SKIRTS . SWEATERS •SELLING $8.00 OR MORE 9 FRANKLIN fc 1250 N. GREEN STREET, McHENRY Workwise 1. Is the minimum wage about to go up? Yes, on Jan. 1, 1977, the minimum wage for employees 18 hears old and older will in­ crease from the present $2.20 an hour to $2.30 - the level of the federal minimum wage. The minimum wage for em­ ployees under 18 will increase from $1.75 to $1.95. There are some exceptions to this law, and questions may be directed to the Labor Law Enforcement Division, Illinois Department of Labor, 18th Floor, 910 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago 60605. 2. I was disqualified for unemployment insurance on the grounds that I wasn't looking for work. What should I have done? The law provides that you must be able to work - physically and by every other rule j- and that you must be actively .looking for work. You must be able to furnish the Unemployment Insurance office with a list of firms where you have applied for work if they ask for it. Any attempt to fail to tell the truth in this matter leaves you open for prosecution for fraud. Questions may be subr to Workwise, Room 1830, South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60605. Dirntted (30, MO a wed or fri watch dat es ex­ tension service (By George J. Young, Ex­ tension Adviser, Agriculture, McHenry County, University of Illinois) Long Dry Period Costly Most dairy cows need a dry period each year to rest and prepare for the next lactation. A six-week rest is long enough for a well-fed cow. But anything longer may reduce income. Illinois herds enrolled in dairy herd improvement testing last year, with average dry period length of seven weeks or less, made the highest returns over feed costs. These herds also had the highest average milk and fat production. They produced over 13,500 pounds of milk and had a return over feed cost of about $200 per cow higher than a group of herds with cows having dry periods of about 12 weeks. The group with the longer dry periods produced an average of 10,276 pounds of milk per cow. Dairymen who enroll their herds in dairy herd im­ provement or owner sampler testing can see at a glance the average length of dry periods for cows in their herds during the previous twelve months. An 88 percent milking means an average dry period of about six weeks. Dairymen who do not par­ ticipate in one of these testing programs will need a system of recording dry and freshening dates for all cows to determine dry period lengths. Accurate breeding date records will help all herd managers determine when to dry off cows to give them the desired dry periods. Congratulations Congratulations to Victor Aavang, Bob Gerloff, Tom Hansen, Ken Marunde, Nor­ man Sass and Rick Walters on receiving recognition from the Woodstock Kiwanis Club for superior farming and com­ munity service. Norman Sass was recipient of the club's first annual agriculture award. Prepare Young Fruit Trees For Winter Preparing young fruit trees for winter will protect them from cold weather and wet soil injury and from rabbit or mouse damage. Mow the grass in the home orchard and remove all grass and weeds within one foot of the trunks of small trees. This destroys the natural cover for mice and enables predators to keep the mouse population under control. Fill in watering trenches or depressions near the tree trunks so water will drain away from the trees. These watering trenches may be remade in late spring. Wrap the trunks with several layers of old newspapers. The wrapping should extend from the ground up to and including the crotches of the lowest branches. The newspaper wrap will protect the trunks from rabbits as well as cold injury. Telephone Sales Last year local farmers were plagued with telephone chemical salesmen and this year it looks like we will have them again. These salesmen usually are calling from New York or Los Angeles on Watts lines. They may promise the sky over the phone, but when the chemical arrives it often contains 2, 4-D and oil. It could end up where you pay five to ten times the price you could have purchased the same thing for locally. The chemical is properly labeled so it becomes a question of your ability to prove they misrepresented their product over the phone. A good practice would be to ask the salesman to write you a letter describing the product and to enclose a copy of its label. My experience tells me they will usually hang up when you request this. The point is to make sure you do business with reputable people and you know what you are buying. On Getting Things Done Efficiency experts study the various incentives that speed up production in business and industry: bonuses, rivalry, Chinese Food For Busy Cooks Chinese cuisine is truly a classic one. But many, even experienced cooks, shy away from Chinese dishes because of the chopping, stir-frying and unfamiliar vegetables as well as equipment such as a wok. Egg Foo Yung, an omelet type Cantonese dish, isn't all that difficult -- especially if served a hew way, as a pie. Traditionally, Egg Foo Yung is individually fried patties served with a brown sauce. Without sacrificing the flavor or distinctive texture, this Egg Foo Yung is designed to fit the needs of today's busy homemaker. It's simply mixed, then baked in a frozen pie crust shell. One of the secrets of Chinese cooking is to barely cook the vegetables leaving them with a crisp bite. So watch the sauteing of the celery, onions and green peppers; then mix with the rest of the ingredients and pour into the unbaked crust When baking frozen pie crusts, always bake on a cookie sheet which assures a brown crisp bottom. To serve, cut the pie, spoon over the brown sauce and serve with fluffy rice and green snow peas. Chinese food has never been so easy! Egg Foo Yung Casserole 1 PET-RITZ Regular Pie Crust Shell % cup sliced celery V* cup sliced green onion % cup chopped green pepper 1 cup canned bean sprouts can (4-tt oz.) medium shrimp, chopped or 1 cup cooked meat (pork, ham) cup chopped water chestnuts eggs, slightly beatened tablespoon vegetable oil Saute celery, onion and green pepper in oil until vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes. Add remaining ingredients. Pour into pie shell. Bake in 350° oven on a cookie sheet until filling is set, about 30 minutes, cut into wedges and top with brown sauce. Brown Sauce 1 cup chicken stock 2 teaspoons soy sauce 4 teaspoons com starch In sauce pan, combine ingredients. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook and stir until smooth and thickened. praise, background music, etc. But psychologists have long been aware of another strong stimulus that has received much less notice. It's simply to get the whole buisness -- whatever you're doing-over with. 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