The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

*»*<•** I fh«n*• o««°V. cft̂ QQM - *«•*"• **l®oSuH° on °Vn . „n4 VoU Oo<»«9,° _ „f,o on o<>« I" . ^ | Mo owi ' ° * nC*® 1 »h«f tO° r \9«0 Ao^ **•£ cot°. D ' i • ; ly-tf*--T*" 3.«- *" *.!!. 14 0*- *•9 1 53_-* 'SS"* w<5 i $«!• f ssss* Sa\* 41 MM*1* Set*J^ rj tttniiF®'^ S*» S; i ^ ̂ Sale** t°iV a®6, . s#\®^' «"**!» !T"",̂ r«-"z trij--"m ,u> a-*.0*!- •-;:, r,*.3S££-- IMTr io«*»» ,.,< «•• r.«..••-^.^ •*•• j:?««," V.---- i. l \ ^/• vJ I ' ^^^SSSirJOr S«f^ '"""Jol --s: w« V'^ V^*w _ _--4 ••*• motOl *^A ••0-* »" .rt*. sfV-i®0 "•* etf|rt r*" S 0 leV **2f£ t\#4 °° (oyt 3 I . |C : ****** ̂ \rf- ^• >V" ,^Hll" artlHI l iTiri f t *&!br V,. »% r.S **r* \ 341 f t S » C S v " - ssr̂ -vS®5* I u?'. •" .v'L"cV voo*;. Vd, AoU" aSK***4** te.«S&2ey5i^ 4"""V? "jr iCSMK--** "** **£ >11 *4 Sdl«1k' ssst- ssScS8£ Ilk-*"* \^n# Call or wite us for details, P.O. Box 431, Woodstock, 111., 60098 or phone 815-338- 3737 or 4747. Swine Meetings Planned - We are working with the McHenry-Lake Pork Producers association to provide an annual meeting speaker on Feb. 27. On Feb. 28, we will begin a two session program in cooperation with McHenry County college. Art Muehling, U of I Agriculture Engineer and noted swine housing and equipment specialist will be involved in both programs. The second session at MCC on Mar. 13 will feature Terry Wolf, D.V.M. and Wylie Anthony, pork producer, both of Marengo and Les Guenther, a pork producer of Woodstock. Wolf, Anthony, and Guenther will discuss swine health, breeding and management. Art Muehling will be discussing swine production in Europe at the Producers Annual meeting. At the Feb. 28, program at MCC he will discuss the newest ideas in swine housing and equip­ ment. Muehling is noted for his slides showing many swine housing and equip­ ment ideas. Contact us for more details. Master Gardeners - We still have a few vacancies in the "Master Gardener" project. Under this program, the extension- service trains volunteers from the com­ munity who are experienced but amateur gardeners. They are trained to give advice to their fellow citizens during the growing season. There is a great demand for assistance. The Master Gardener project spreads the help your local extension service can offer. Anyone who has some experience can be involved. Housewives, students, and the retired are ideal - and already know a good deal about growing things. The program involves 25-30 hours of training. We cover weed control, soils ant^ nutrition, trees and shrubs, lawns, and vegetables and pesticide safety. The classes are taught by U of I Hor­ ticulture and Safety specialists. The classes will be on Mar. 14, 19. 21, 26 and 28. KNT MNSEHMC tbe professional do- yoursel f C<Jr^e* Oeaninq system First Hour of Rental $1 00 per hour f Q every hour therea f te r (Example 2 hours to to l charge S i p lus to * . ) NO MINIMUM Spec ia l Renta l Ra te Good Monday thru Thursday OVERNIGHT SPECIAL ! I 00 PM 9 00 A M SIC.00 HORHSBYS f a m i l y t e n t e r * 4400 W RTE 120 m^henry i l l srr riON 2 - PAGE * - PLA1NPEALER - FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 15.1980 Landscape Program (Town and Country Tips by Dave Plocher) If you are moving to a new home, just moved in, or live in an t>lder home and would like to do something with the landscape, you may want to sign up for the landscaping series we are offering. The first class starts on Monday, Mar. 3. The second class is Monday, Mar. 10, at 7:30 p.m. These two classes are on general landscape principles. The third session on Monday, Mar 17, is a workshop where you can get help with'your personal landscape problems. The fourth and fifth sessions are on Mar. 24 and 31 and start at 7:30 p.m. These two classes are on plants you can use in the landscape. An additional class on Monday, Apr. 7, at 7:30 p.m. will cover the maintenance and care of landscape plants. All six classes will be held at the Farm Bureau auditorium in Woodstock. Once trained, the Master Gardeners contriube ap proximately 60 hours over a period of two summers. The hours are spent at the ex­ tension office, answering questions over the phone and helping people who come in. Some visits to homes are made. If you want to be a "master gardener, contact US for an application. Every Third Day Swine Feeding - The findings of research studying every- third-day feeding indicates that first-litter gilts and second litter sows must be managed differently. First litter gilts need greater feed intake and thus should be self fed for at least 24 hours each 3 days. Second litter sows meanwhile should be hand fed every third day. Hand feeding will eliminate excessive weight gains. More details on the swine research is available from our office at P.O. Box 431, Woodstock, 111 60098 or 338- 3737 or 4747. Limiting Self-Fed Gilts -- A possible way for swine producers to cut costs is to lessen the labor that. is needed to feed sows during gestation. Self feeding is one possibility. But excess weight gains from self feeding cause problems. The University of Illinois swine research center has been studying different methods of limiting feed intake. Calcium chloride has been looked at most recently. When gilts were self-fed, rations with 3.5 percent calcium chloride the average weight gain was similar to those gilts hand fed. Higher levels of calcium chloride resulted in smaller weight "gains than recom­ mended. Even though weight gain was controlled, the feed intake was greater for those self-fed gilts. Further research will be done to find the reasons for this extra intake. Agriculture Tops ~ The farm people of McHenry county and the agencies and businesses that support the agriculture industry were again successful in 1979. Successful in increasing their crop, and livestock output. Agriculture was also on the benefit side of the zoning changes that oc­ curred this past year. In the end, consumers are the ones whp really benefited as agriculture efficiency and productivity increased. This trefid must continue. By the year 2000, there will be an additional two billion more people to feed and house in the world. Will we meet the challenge? will we have the resources? Corn Board Candidate - William R. Mullins, of Shabbona, in DeKalb county is the district I candidate for the corn marketing board. McHenry county is in Earned Income Credit Boasts A New Look The Earned Income Credit (EIC) has become a per­ manent fixture with a new look, the Internal Revenue Service says. More tax­ payers will be eligible for more credit, and they can , receive it in a choice of two ways. The Earned Income Credit is a unique tax credit: it is refundable, which means it will be paid to the taxpayer if it exceeds tax liability. Generally, the law now makes the credit available tor married or widowed tax­ payers with at least one dependent child and to heads of households who maintain a home for at least one un­ married child. The base amount has been raised to 10 percent of earned income up to S5,000 district I. The election is on Mar. 6 at the extension office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for a maximum credit of $500. In prior, years the credit was 10 percent of the first $4,000, for a maxirfium credit of $400. However, like the Earned Income Credit in years before 1979, it phases out. For 1979 it phases out at $10,000, where it used to phase out at $8,000. In other words, the closer earned or adjusted gross income gets to $10,000, the smaller the credit, until it reaches zero at $10,000. Until the law was changed, qualifying persons received their EIC in the form of a tax refund after they filed their Federal income tax return. Now, taxpayers who are eligible may still receive the credit in the same way, or, if they wish, may get it in advance in small payments each pay day. However, as in the past, taxpayers must still file a tax return to show that they are eligible for the credit. To receive advance payments, qualifying per­ sons must certify to their employers that they are eligible by filing Form W-5, "Earned Income Credit Advance Payment Cer­ tificate." Persons who want ad­ ditional information on the Earned Income Credit and Advance Payments should contact their local IRS of­ fice. Also, many state and local social service and welfare agencies offer in­ formation on the EIC and Advance Payments. Employment Survey Local representatives of the Bureau of the Census will conduct a survey of em­ ployment in this area during the work week of Feb. 18-22, Stanley D. Moore, director of the bureau's regional office in Chicago, has announced. The survey is conducted for the U.S. Department of Labor in a scientifically designed sample of a|>- Kroximately 84,000 ouseholds throughout the United States. Employment and unemployment statistics based on results of this survey are used to provide a continuing measure of the economic health of the Nation. For example, in December the survey indicated that of the 104.0 million men and women in the civilian labor force, 97.9 million were employed. The jobless rate, at 5.9 percent in December, has fluctuated between 5.7 and 5.9 percent for more than a year. Information supplied by people participating in the survey is kept strictly confidential by law and results are voted only to compile statistical totals. Meeting of Mladi Two mind readers met on the street. "You're fine," said one, greeting the other, "and how am 1?"