Cattle show strong prices amid high demand and farm outlook
Cattle hold first place in the farm parade as March prices run at parity without support. Beef output in February and March matches 1958. 1958 had enough beef to feed 80 pounds per person, 5 pounds above the 1949-58 ten year average. Prices stay high against other meats with rising income and strong cattle and corn price relations.
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United States
Chicago
L. H. Simerl
Dept. of Age Economics
Four new co operators added by Clark County Soil District
The Clark County Soil Conservation district board approved four new cooperators at its April meeting bringing this year’s total to thirteen. The farms are owned and operated by Kenneth Wolfe in Orange township, B. B. Sturdevant with Don Maulding in Johnson township, Joe Blagg in Dolson township, and Burdette Tingley in Anderson township. The district advances a Lincoln Trail State Park conservation area project with practices including a dry dam toe wall a grass waterway and terraces. The project partners include the Conservation Education division led by Dr. B. K. Barton and will feature grasses legumes pasture mixes and wildlife plantings open to groups and individuals with a budget support drive.
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Clark County Soil Conservation District Board
Kenneth Wolfe
Orange Township
B. B. Sturdevant
Don Maulding
Johnson Township
Joe Blagg
Dolson Township
Burdette Tingley
Anderson Township
Soil Conservation District
Lincoln Trail State Park
Marshall
Division of
B. K. Barton
Illinois
Vo-Ag
Soil Conservation District Board
Sam H. Jones
Wet bottom drainage work at Dixon Springs Station planned
At Dixon Springs Experiment Station Lee Gard notes that leveling and ditching improve poorly drained bottomlands to boost yields. Drainage costs average 41 dollars per acre with potential five year gross gains from 190 to over 300 dollars per acre. Strawberries popcorn and sweet corn will be planted for tests and an April 28 feeder pig sale is scheduled.
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Lee Gard
Lee
John Wilson Courter
Bob Webb
Wilson
Urbana
Carbondale
The
State Natural History Survey
Era of cattle feed additives marks new agricultural era
University of Illinois researchers report widespread use of hormones and chemicals to speed gains in cattle. Tests show stilbestrol and igynovex boost daily gains about 15 percent and feed efficiency around 12 percent. aureomycin and tetramycin raise gains on roughage about 10 percent. urea supplies up to one third of nitrogen in fattening rations.
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University of Ilinois
W. W. Albert
Albert
Illinois
Displaced Wheat Farm Owners Reminded of Deadline
Frank Hardway, chairman of the county ASC, warns displaced wheat farm owners that May 1 is the deadline to file notices for pooling and transferring allotments. Only owners, not tenants, may request pooling to effect a 1960 wheat allotment on a new farm. filings must be at the local ASC county office by May 1, 1958.
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Frank Hardway
ASC
Hardway
Farm operating loans available from local Farmers Home Admin
Vernon D. Evans announced farm operating loans remain available for current and aspiring farmers. Loans run one to seven years at five percent interest, with committee review by three local farmers. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays in Paris, with monthly availability in Marshall. Local soybean disease control note and Illinois tax concerns follow.
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Vernon D. Evans
Farmers Home Administration
FE. Court St
Paris
Mr. Evans
Clark County
James Gordon Irwin
Marshall
Max H. Stephen
Casey
Weat Union
Evans
Feeding and breeding guide from production records
Contact him today and start using production records as a guide for feeding weed control and breeding programs.
Differences Between Flying Ants and Termites
The article outlines distinguishing features between flying ants and termites. It notes color variations in worker ants, larval and egg presence in ant colonies, swarming periods from February to November for ants and January to July for termites, and the blunt versus thin waist contrasts with wing size differences. It also mentions a 1958 University of Illinois dwarf corn hybrid test with varied performance.
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H. B. Petty
University of Dlinois
Olinoils Natural History Survey
Petty
Final Sheep Raiser Date Set for Clark County Incentives
Final date April 30, 1959 for Clark County sheep raisers to file for incentive payments on shorn wool and washorn limbs from 1958. ASC Committee chairman Frank Hardway urges holders to verify spare tickets dated April 1 1958 to March 31 1959 and obtain purchase orders at the local ASC office for approved 1959 conservation program materials.
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Clark County
Frank Hardway
ASC
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Dixon Springs Experiment Station
University of Illinois Plant Pathologists
University of Illinois
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