Farm Facts and Experimental Yields Mark 1949 Corn Varieties
The 1949 alfalfa seed crop in the United States is forecast at 1,851,000 pounds, up 41 percent from the 10-year average. At Illinois College of Agriculture, Morrow plots show unusual corn yields with manure and lime treatments surpassing the corn-oats-clover rotation for the first time in 74 years, plus notes on stalk rot, grape colaspis, borers, and five hybrid varieties led by Illinois 972 and 246.
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U. S
Illinois College of Agriculture
F. C. Bauer
L.B. Miller
Miller
Benjamin Koehler
Illinois
C. H. Farnham
A. L. Lang
Rid Poultry of Lice and Mites for More Eggs
Dr. J O Alberts of the University of Illinois Veterinary College advises fall treatment to prevent winter pest outbreaks. Body lice respond to sodium fluoride or 5 percent DDT powder. DDT may require repeat applications. Red mites, visible or not, are combated by nicotine sulfate on roosts and nests and by spraying litter roosts and nests with a 10 percent cresol solution.
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J. O. Alberts
University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine
Dutch official studies Illinois corn for silage gains
H. J. Van Kretchmar, agricultural attaché for the Netherlands in Washington, D. C., visited the Illinois College of Agriculture and several farms to learn silage methods. Dutch farmers report corn silage yields about 50 percent more nutrition per acre than rye, but face issues with early maturity varieties in hot summers.
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Illinois
H. J. van Kretchmar
Netherlands
Washington, D. C
Illinois College of Agriculture
Holland
Holland’s Intensive Farming Boosts Yields and Food Output
Van Kretchmar notes Wisconsin 240 hybrid corn matures slower in Holland, where 140 days are needed. Dutch farms, one quarter Illinois size, feed the population through intensified farming and fertilization begun circa 1910, doubling yields. Wheat averages 50 bushels per acre, with some near 100.
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van Kretchmar
Wisconsin
Holland
Illinois
Control Orchard Mice with Poison Bait
Illinois fruit growers should assess fall field mouse risk per a Fish and Wildlife Survey showing unusually high mouse populations in orchards. Use zinc phosphate bait on sliced apples or strychnine on oats or wheat, place bait only in mouse runways, and cover with grass to protect birds and pets.
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Illinois
W. W. Kelley
Illinois College of Agriculture
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Survey
Kelley
Lutheran Church announces services and programs
Pastor Borchett leads Sunday services at 10 30 a m with Sunday School. A 730 p m program screens Blind Beggar of Jerusalem and Daniel in the Lion's Den. Notes include farmers with telephone service, 4 H Club enrollment in Illinois, and milk cows rest before freshening.
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Jerusalem
Daniel
Lion’s den
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