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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1968
Page
6
Clark county farmers should analyze preharvest and harvest variable costs for the 1968 Feed Grain program. Preharvest costs include fertilizer seed hail insurance herbicides insecticides fuel repairs and other items. Harvest costs cover custom work drying fuel and equipment costs.
The University of Illinois Pork Industry Day showcases pork focus and competition with sessions on meat industry potential. Speakers include D E Becker from the Animal Science Department and John Harvey of Successful Farming. Morning reports cover gestation feeds and hog management as visitors view swine equipment in the Stock Pavilion.
Research suggests bred sows thrive on four pounds of feed daily at about 50 degrees but need more in colder weather and less in heat. Reports warn against feeding moldy corn to breeding stock while offering guidance on testing moldy grain in small hog trials before continuing.
A childhood recollection from Texas describes Saturday yard work with willow brooms and polished utensils, ash floors scrubbed by mother, no telephone, gunshots signaling help, horse scarcity, and Sunday treks for wild fruits. The writer notes modern comforts like television and invites Old Timer contributions to Frankfort Kentucky.
The USDA livestock report notes beef cattle on farms and ranches January 1 at 86.6 million, up 1 percent from a year earlier, with dairy cattle at 22.2 million and total cattle nearly unchanged. Increased beef heifers and calves offset fewer steers amid modest demand growth.
The Chicago Motor Club AAA mailed a safety poster to over 45 000 classrooms in Illinois and Indiana stressing pedestrians must be seen by drivers. It notes drivers often fail to notice pedestrians and urges careful behavior by pedestrians, especially children, when crossing streets.
Ida Riggs and Burton Riggs hosted Sunday dinner guests. A district Rebekah Lodge meeting is set for March 4 with officers from other lodges expected. Numerous visits and dinners occurred across towns including Hutton Illinois, Annapolis, Marshall, Terre Haute, and Newman with residents and families such as Picasie Bartlett, Pato Dehl, R. H. Gard, Grant Hollenbeck, James Blankenbeker, Clara Shotwell, Adah Gray, William Imle, Dorothy McIntyre, Neva Crumlin, and Mary Crumlin noted.
Five Points updates include wedding guests from Paris and Casey, a Vietnam casualty reported for Rhondal Claypool with funeral plans at Greenwell, and condolences for Thelma Stephens. Also noted are hospitalizations for Chester Linton, and gatherings hosted by the Wilhoit and Hutchens families along with travel of Florence Connelly to Bradenton Florida.
Elder Glen Arbuckle will preach at the Mill Creek Church Sunday morning and evening. Everett visited Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs John Sanders at Terre Haute. Mrs Sanders is very ill. Mary and William Ledermann visited Sunday afternoon with Mrs Mary Carpenter and Harry John Blizzard and Ben Strohm there Sunday dinner guests of Mrs Maude Miller. Mrs Maude Miller visited Friday.
The Clark County ASCS office in Martinsville extends the Feed Grain and Wheat Program signup to March 15. The program aims to prevent surplus and raise prices for farm commodities, encouraging farmer participation to qualify for direct payments and price support loans.
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