Beef cattle herds hit record in 1958 across U S farms
Cattle numbers on farms and ranches January 1 totaled 96,981,000 head up 4 percent from a year earlier and near the 1955 peak. Beef type cattle rose with cow numbers at 25,584,000 head and Texas Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma posting sizable gains amid a western concentration of growth. Illinois economists outline six livestock paths to add 1,000 dollars net income and note labor and feed needs for each option.
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Mississippi River
Great Plains
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
L. H. Simers
Department of
Tllinois
University of Illinois Agricultural Economists
Life saving program for newborn livestock endorsed by vet
Dr J R Pickard, University of Illinois extension veterinarian, outlines a seven point life saving program for newborns. It covers nutrition and supplements, clean housing, presence at births, ensuring colostrum intake, watch for scours, pig vaccination timing, and prompt action on illness to save young animals.
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J. R. Pickard
University of
Clark-Edgan cattle listing and milk fat details
The fragment records a cattle listing by Clark-Edgan with numbers on cow totals and milk fat. It notes 170 head and fat content figures, implying a dairy stock assessment and pricing or valuation by the association in a dry month.
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John van Fleet
Lester Honnold
Royce Wilt
Chester & H. Boland
Russell Boyer
Patricia
Mary
Lambing Season Boosts lamb yields at Ilaels Farm
University of Ilaels department notes lambing in full swing with several hundred newborns. Twins account for over 50 percent of births, boosting overall lambing above 150 percent. Gene Lauderdale fences newborns to monitor mothers and lambs and feeds creep rations to twin lambs to push early market readiness.
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Gene Lauderdale
Gene
Taila
First Aid Kits for Farms in Early Spring
Extension safety expert urges every farm to stock a basic first aid kit in the home, on equipment, and in other buildings. Make your own box from a tight metal or tin container and include adhesive tape, sterile cloth, bandages, antiseptics, vaseline, scissors, and ammonia. Warn children about blasting caps and report found caps to authorities for safe disposal.
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University of Illinois
Agricultural Engineering Tractor Laboratory
Illinois
College of Agriculture
Co. L. Hogsett
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Eure
Olinois Rural Safety Council
Beneguin
Jan
Dangers of Blasting Caps Warned by University Extension
O. L. Hogsett warns blasting caps pose serious risk as boys and girls find or lose them. Explosions injure hundreds, with many losing fingers or eyes for life. Caps are small copper or aluminum cylinders holding a sensitive explosive.
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O. L. Hogsett
University of Illinois
Choctaw Social Notes and Visits under Mrs Maude Miller
Mrs Maude Miller hosts dinner guests including Elder Hays of Arcola and Grace Blizgard and John, Golda Blizgard. Mildred Williams and Joe visit with Paul Norton near Caney. Louise Jackson and others call on Eunice Jackson and Mary Brewster. Mildred Turner has been very ill last week.
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Elder Hays
Arcola
Maude Miller
John
Grace
Golda Blizgard
Mildred Williams
Joe
Terre Haute
Warren
Norton
Paul Norton
Caney
Co ‘Norton
Union Postal
Melrose Social Notes from June Kenderdine
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Blankenbeker and families visit friends and relatives including the Kenderdines and Smitleys over several days. Agatha Reed spends time with her ill mother Mrs Clayton Buckner in Union Hospital Terre Haute. Robert Drummond and Kathy visit Bertha Snavely. Sandy soils too poor for crops can grow pisies profitably. The Herald price is 2.00 per year.
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Kenneth’ Blankenbeker
Joe Smitley
Charles Kenderdine and
Warren Kenderdine
George Lee
Ralph Blankenbeker
James Blankenbeker
Celia Dodd
Laukcester Redman
Newton Ward
Annapolis
Agatha Reed
Clayton Buckner
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Robert Drummond
Kathy
Bertha Snavely
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Clark County
THE
Herald
al Veterinarian
Aare
Norice
Clark-Edgan
Associa
Walter B. Watson
Jesse Tuttle
University of Ilaels
H. A. Cate
Curt Taylor
Pope Hardin County
Curt
Ted
PUBL
West Union, Ill
Melrose
Marshall
Martinsville
Chas. A. Moore
Hampshire
M International
International
John Deere
Allis-Chalmers
June Kenderdine
Loans and Insurance
Marshall Loan CO
Ritter & Behner
South 6Th St
Marshall, Til
Phons
William Abel
County Court
County of Clark,llinois
Abel Farm
Said
George E. Abel
Knowles & Poynter
Harold
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