Lambing season at Dixon Springs Station and Farm Week notes
The Dixon Springs Experiment Station reports peak lambing at the sheep barns with 1000 to 1200 new lambs and daily ear tagging to ease sorting. Farm and Home Week on the Urbana campus draws staff participation on forage seeding and subsoil work while a lambing party teaches docking and castrating. The article also analyzes parity prices showing hogs, corn, and cotton as laggards, with wheat and cotton/soybean income contrasts and government price supports impacting farmer incomes.
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Norris Phelps
Norris
Curt Taylor
J. M. Lewis
Pope
Hardin
Norris Phelp
Urbana
George E. McKibben
Illinois
Congress
More Milk For More People
Dairy expert W. W. Yapp of the University of Illinois College of Agriculture projects 1955 milk production at a record 2414 billion pounds and foresees continued rise. He links high output to more cows, quality stock, and balanced rations, warning against overproduction and drought while advising producers to favor high producers over expanding herd size.
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W. W. Yapp
University of Ilinois College of Agriculture
Yapp
University
Denmark use of quality programs limits hog overproduction
Case described Denmark’s certified hog quality program at Farm and Home Week. He noted the United States buys Danish bacon, while the 1929 tariff reduced American trade, pushing Europe to grow its own wheat and cut U S exports from 200 million to three million bushels by 1933 as protectionism spread. Brazil’s coffee market suffered as Latin rivals rose.
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Case
Europe
South America
Home Week
Denmark
United States
Brazil
Club and FFA Offer Heifer Sale at College Stock Pavilion
Club and F F A members present an opportunity to buy excellent project heifers. The event has gained steadily in popularity with members. The sale will start promptly at 11 00 a m at the Stock Pavilion on the College of Agriculture Campus.
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College of Agriculture
Glacial Moraine Highlighted by Wallowa Lake Setting
Wallowa Lake stands as a premier example of glacial moraine surrounded by 10,000 foot peaks in the Wallowa Mountains of northeastern Oregon. Dairy Herd Improvement Association data show farmers that judgment alone cannot reliably identify top cows in herds.
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Wallowa Lake
Wallowa Mountains
Oregon
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Brisk Demand Expected at Calf Clubs Sale
The eighth annual 4-H and Future Farmers of America Purebred Dairy Calf Sale at the University of Illinois draws interest for top-quality heifers born after July 1 1955. About 100 Holstein Brown Swiss Jersey Guernsey and Ayrshire calves will be offered with early catalog demand signaling large attendance. Catalogs available from C Leslie James Mansfield secretary of the Illinois Purebred Cattle Association.
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Farmers of America
University of Illinois
J. G. Cash
Illinois Extension Dairyman
C. Leslie James Mansfield
Illinois Purebred Cattle Association
Illinois Purebred Dairy Cattle Association
Model farm program after Europe's economist says
Agricultural economist H. C. M. Case at University of Illinois Farm and Home Week advocates borrowing European methods for efficient farming. He argues Europe avoids surpluses while maintaining exports and good national nutrition, criticizing artificial prices and production quotas for inflating land costs.
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Europe
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
H. C. M. Case
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Weston Paper & Mfg. Co
Terre Haute
Kindiana
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Frank Lowe
Lamar Baill
Beléwya
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Hi Father
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Mecca Cafe
Archer
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Beaire
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Greyhound
Ind
U. S. 40
State Line
Dunla
Marshall,Ill
C.S. T
Minneapolis
Massey Harris
Avery
Don E. Ramsey
Col. E. Knust
B. Henshilwood
Marshall Loan CO
Quinn’s Sheet Metal Company
F. H. Roth Marshall
Farm Bureau
Poultry Breeding and Research Farm
Sullivan County
Archer Ave
Marshall, IL
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Optometrist
Marshall, TS
Daily Papers
Tiapendos
Yelsphens
Ara A Et Aratt
Kar Sas
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