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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1956
Page
6
Ezra Benson announces national marketing quota for 1957 wheat crop and a 55 million acre national acreage allotment. Referendum votes by commercial wheat growers on July 20 will determine quotas with penalties or price support changes based on compliance. Candidates may vote at local polling places. prior allotment details and ASC office contacts provided.
The 1955 Wisconsin Corn Pacemaker program reports David Stendal of Oconomowoc 170.8 bushels per acre, with Alex Hamilton of Evansville at 152, and state averages at 93. Results show 454 participants across 41 counties, with top yields led by Jack Caine of Oregon at 183.7 bushels and others over 160. The program uses soil samples, fertilizer prescriptions, certified seeds, and high plant populations to boost output.
Walter Bradford, chairman of the Wilson County ASCS, urges wool producers to keep sale documents as proof for wool program payments. Documents must include producer details, sale date, wool weight or lamb live weight, buyer information, and payment or deductions. Incentive price for 1956 is 62 cents a pound, with a 1955 start date for reporting purchases.
Economists led by Gordon Nance of Missouri College of Agriculture compare current farm price ratios with those of the 1930s. Hog corn ratios, milk feed ratios, and livestock prices are analyzed, showing recent lows not as severe as 1933 34 but well below modern averages.
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee reports Wisconsin tests show annual top-dressing alfalfa with 300 pounds of fertilizer yields over four tons of hay per acre for six years, vs under three tons on unfertilized plots. The Spooner station tests indicate fertilized fields paid for plant food by the second year and continue to add two to three tons without extra investment.
At the University of Missouri experimental farm, range raised pullets performed about as well as confinement birds during last fall and winter. The range birds may have lived and laid slightly better, but Prof. Q B Kinder wants a full year of data before conclusions.
Des Moines Iowa. The American Foundation for Animal Health warns farmers pushing the 1956 spring pig crop for fall markets that parasites could cut swine income. Up to 70 percent of swine may be infested with roundworms and threeworms. Other internal parasites include kidney heart and lung worms. Control measures include eliminating mud holes and contaminated lots and seeking veterinary guidance. Five long reigning kings are cited by the National Geographic Society.
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee reports three year Illinois tests showing oats silage yields higher gross returns than grain, with $125 per acre from silage fed to calves versus $45 if harvested as grain. Neumann notes oats silage suits most cattle classes but is lower in energy than corn or sorghum silage. Recommendations include liming, approved varieties, balanced fertilizer, proper tillage, and disease control to maximize silage profitability.
The Agriculture Department estimates eight to fifteen million acres normally planted to surplus crops will be placed under the soil bank program this year. Payments range from four to three hundred sixty six dollars per acre, aimed at removing land from production and curbing surpluses of cotton wheat corn peanuts rice and tobacco.
The text notes farmers not planting full spring wheat cotton corn rice peanuts and tobacco or farming on land damaged by adverse conditions or where crops are plowed under clipped or mowed to prevent maturation for possible harvest.
A Missouri University report from Spring Livestock Day notes hexestral addition to a stocker cattle silage ration produced little or no gain efficiency. Researchers say growth hormones boost performance mainly in older, heavier cattle on fattening rations, while younger, lighter cattle in maintenance rations benefit less. Hexestrol, like stilbestrol, shows greatest returns when paired with strong fattening rations.
The May prices received index rose seven points from April to 242 based on the 1910-14 base, with gains in hogs potatoes fruits lambs and cattle. The parity index jumped to about 286, two above April and four above May 1955. The parity ratio reached 85, up two from April and one below May last year.
In Minnesota tests on Harold E. Jones and Norman county farm fields, 15 600 stalks per acre plus 650 pounds of fertilizer per acre yielded 93 bushels per acre, vs 11 700 stalks with no fertilizer yielding 56. The tests suggest future profits from higher stalk populations and fertilizer use.
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