Illinois Farmers Outlook Letter on Price-Lifting and Depressing Forces
The Illinois Farmers Outlook lists factors weighing on corn prices. It notes higher supplies of corn and other feeds, lower loan rates, and large hay stocks, with demand factors and possible weak livestock prices creating bearish pressure. Potential positives include low local prices, drought-impacted feed demand, CCC sales trends, and possible 1958 weather or policy-driven price gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Illinois
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Atlantic
CCC
Dept. of Agri
L. H. Simerl
Lambing Night Aboard Dixon Springs Lamb Pool
At the Dixon Springs Experiment Station near Robbs Illinois more than 300 lamb producers attended a lambing party. Attendees learned docking castrating drenching and lamb growth alongside a prime to good carcass display illustrating price and yield differences. George McKibben promoted Sericea lespedea for soil improvement and cover on government rented land with tall fescue as a complementary crop.
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University of Ilinois
Dixon Springs
Robbs
Illinois
H. A. Cate
Dixon Springs Experiment Station
Mminols Livestock Marketing Association
Dixons Springs
George McKibben
Miinois
George
Winter dysentery in cattle signals winter outbreak
Winter dysentery commonly hits cattle from November through March and spreads quickly in barns. Dr. G T Woods warns of economic losses from reduced milk and beef despite low death rates. Get a vet early, limit barn visitors, and monitor for sudden scouring and milk drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T Woods
University of Ilinois
Woods
Midwest
United States
Calf Club Sale Expected Brisk Demand at Illinois
A large attendance is expected at the tenth annual Purebred Dairy Calf Club Sale on Saturday in Urbana Illinois. About 100 Holstein Brown Swiss Jersey Guernsey and Ayrshire heifers born after July 1 1957 will be offered by J G Cash Illinois extension dairy man. Catalogs available from J G Cash Dairy Science department University of Illinois Urbana. The sale is organized and sponsored by the Illinois Purebred Dairy Cattle Association to aid 4 H and FFA members.
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Farmers of America
University of Illinois
J. G. Cash
Illinois Extension Dairyman
Dairy Science Department
Urbana
Illinois Purebred Dairy Cattle Association
Farm Adviser Reports on Sows and New Demonstrations
Farm adviser Warren Bundy notes Bob Fraker’s Yorkshire sow farrowed twenty one piglets last week and saved twenty. The report covers an automatic swine feeding setup to be shown at the University of Illinois Farm and Home Festival March 27 28 or 29. Farmers in Clark county may receive Randox and spray nozzle calibrators worth about four dollars, with reports and confirmations due by February 15. L B Culver says harvesting own trees is 30 to 50 percent cheaper than buying lumber with hardwood preferred for strength and slower drying in cold weather.
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Bob Fraker
Yorkshire
Bob
University of Illinois Farm and Home
Clark County
Randox
Illinois
L. B. Culver
Extension Forester
Hatchability not reduced by short near freezing exposure
A University of Illinois extension veterinarian says eggs exposed to near freezing for a few hours before gathering do not lose hatchability though fertility may drop. He notes keeping livestock away from grain or forage left on the ground long improves animal health. A farm typically needs about 216 acres to keep one man employed at a reasonable income.
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University of Olinois Extension
Club and FFA Sale Of Quality Project Shelters
Club and F F A members have an opportunity to buy top quality project shelters. The sale has grown in popularity with members and will start promptly at 11 00 a m at the Stock Pavilion on the College of Agriculture campus in Urbana.
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College of Agriculture
Urbana
Local social notes and home visits in Choctaw area
Community diary items list Friday and Sunday calls among families in Choctaw Marshall and Livingston including Mr and Mrs John Nicol and Mrs Maude Miller. Notes mention quilting helpers, church attendance, visits, and hostess gatherings plus brief local advice on fences termite wing sizes and calming effects of tranquilizers on calves.
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John Blizzard
David Spittler
Allright
Raymond Raisner
Nellie’ Amacher
Marshall
Maude Miller
Delphia» Nicol
Alright
Mildred _Williams
Mildred Williams
Roger
Mildred Turner
Imogené Norton
Home ‘Bureau
Betty Sanders
Livingston
Martha, Booker
Jessie Claypool
John
Nicol
Golda- Blizgard
Mary Ledermann
Minnie Cline
Also Mentioned on This Page
Illinois Farmers’ Outlook
Herald Advertising
University OF Illnois College OF Agriculture
Farm and Home Festival
Warren Bundy
Mrs. Maud
Frances Drake
Alva Wella
Esther Leasure
Bonnie Moore
Reynolds
Hopital
Danville
Ruth Wells
Katie ‘Arnold
Dessie Drake
Eve Dale Hiliene
Amer
Newlin
Loans and Insurance
Marshall Loan CO
Ritter & Bebner Loanson
South 6Th St
Marshall, Sii
Bishop & Gard Marshall
Martinsville
Mre
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