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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1963
Page
6
The Illinois farmers outlook notes corn prices remain higher than a year ago due to reduced CCC sales. From Oct 1 to Feb 8 CCC sold 296 million bushels, 43 percent less than a year earlier. Export demand and winter feeding needs support prices while cold weather and livestock production influence future trends.
Clark County farm adviser Warren L Bundy lists county averages for 1962. Corn 82 bu per acre. soybeans 29. wheat 33. oats 31. Pigs weaned per litter average 7.4. dairy sales per cow $406 average, $447 high, $345 low. Egg sales per hen vary by flock size. Machinery costs listed by farm size for grain, livestock, and dairy operations.
Ralph Martin, chairman of the Clark county ASC committee, asks grain producers not to delay choosing 1963 feed grain participation. Sign up ends March 22, with expected participation near last year. Diversion payments and 18. per bushel price support on 1963 corn, plus loans and purchase agreements, are available.
University of Illinois animal scientists invite farmers to Illinois Swine Growers Day on March 19 in Urbana. The agenda includes research on corn grinding fineness for pigs, space on slotted floors, sow environmental studies, gamma globulin for piglets, limited feeding for finishers, artificial breeding and ovulation control, hog price outlook, pork carcass cutting methods, and a swine buildings panel. The event runs 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. with exhibits in the stock pavilion and lunch in the union.
Safety tips from O L Hogsett urge keeping children away from hot water and cords in kitchens. Advice includes gate at door, turning pot handles back, cord placement, and safe matches. Also notes beef cattle on hand at 74.9 million as of January 1, 1963, with higher on feed and forecasted growth. University of Illinois provides a budget farm to decide participation in the 1963 feed grain program.
Mrs Rosa Statesman reports a busy period of visits and gatherings in West Liberty. Families and friends stopped by the Lashbrook and Cox homes, with dinners at Colonial Kitchen and a church circle meeting at Hazel Lashbrook’s. Notable names include the Behner, Fitzjarrald, Stutesman, Cox, Lashbrook and Geffs households and Mrs. Rosa Stutesman.
Mrs Edith Marrs Mrs Mary Behner and Mrs Rosa Statesman attended a book study at the Clarksville church on Wednesday. Illinois swine growers day is set for March 19 in Urbana with University of Illinois scientists inviting producers to hear reports on hog space allotments slotted floors finishing pigs feeding and price outlook. The tenth annual University of Illinois College of Agriculture Student Guest Day will be held March 16.
Prices for beef and cattle fall broadly with cattle values at their lowest since 1961. Major terminals report prices about six dollars per hundredweight below levels seen in November of last year as widespread declines in general beef prices continue.
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