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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1960
Page
6
The article outlines farm family investment priorities from living costs to saving and aims at land ownership through down payments or installment land contracts. It evaluates risk and inflation hedges across options from common and preferred stocks to government bonds and life insurance reserves, noting yields vary with market demand and inflation expectations.
At a Clark county meeting University of Illinois crops specialist W O Scott outlined new soybean varieties Lindarin Shelby and Ford. Lindarin matures earlier and yields similarly to Harosoy but fewer lodging and pods higher off the ground. Shelby matures earlier than Clark, likely shifting acreage from Adams, while Ford matures between Shelby and Lindarin. Clark offers highest yields. Three oat varieties Clintland Minhafer Newton top 1960 list. Monon soft red winter wheat shorter and Hessian fly resistant, due 1960. Johnson notes soil fertility steps with Minestone lime and potash, then phosphate and nitrogen for corn and wheat. Wheat needs 40 lb phosphate or 80–100 lb available phosphate. Emphasizes lime application before farming. Hessian fly outbreak in local wheat. many stands dead. advise top-dress nitrogen and field checks for larvae by dissecting plants.
University of Illinois veterinarians emphasize that treatment alone cannot control mastitis. it must be paired with good management. Treatments are most effective during the dry period and not on cows with strong milk flow. damaged quarters should be treated promptly to limit loss. Other notes discuss sow fatness effects on litter size and feeder space for lambs, reflecting broader farm management topics.
The 12th annual 4-H and FFA Dairy Calf Sale will be held in Urbana on Saturday February 27. Consignments exceed 100 purebred calves across 25 Holstein 20 Guernsey 15 Jersey 15 Brown Swiss and 10 Ayrshire. Sold to bona fide Minols 4-H or FFA members.
Donald Abel announces the eleventh annual meeting and banquet of the Clark County Soil Conservation District on January 25 1960 at 6 30 p m at the Martinsville American Legion Building. Dorsey Kirk of Oblong Illinois State Master of the Grange will speak. Tickets cost 1 50. Directors John A Macey Eugene Tingley Wayne D Clapp to stand for reelection. other terms expiring next year for Donald Abel and David Schiver. The district reports record conservation gains in 1959 including grass waterways, open ditches, pond stocking, hedge rows, and many other measures completed through cooperative agencies.
Researchers at the University of Illinois employ high speed electronic computers to process dairy production data, achieving a processing rate of 2,000 cows per hour.
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