Farm VIGWS By Warren Bundy Clark County Farm Adviser
Cattle feeders note a postponed University of Illinois program moved to April 17 with possible cancellation for 1964. Swine growers day on March 24 features exhibits in the Stock Pavilion and topics on feeding research TGE studies and pig production. Clark county pig numbers rose from 72,600 in 1956 to 100,900 in 1962, with hog profits fluctuating due to supply, demand, and feed costs. The piece discusses shifts toward confinement systems and lasting value of older pasture methods under modern production trends.
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Clark County
Illinois Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Save Your Soil and Farm Ponds Plan Active This Year
The note outlines supervising pond construction for farms this year. Farmers haul water due to inadequate wells. The agricultural conservation program offers cost sharing for building ponds, with dug ponds and dam-type ponds across natural draws as options to consider.
Farm pond planning details and local constructions note
Specifications for farm ponds include size limits eight feet deep minimum and sixteen acres maximum, with drainage ratios from 1:6 to 1:20, protected from contamination, grass spillways preferred, six inch pipes optional, and fencing. Recent pond builds by Emil and Wayne D Clapp in Dolson township and Gene Tingley in Wabash township are reported. Mill Creek survey advances promise flood control benefits and a favorable cost-sharing plan.
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Emil
Wayne D. Clapp
Dolson Township
Gene Tingley
Wabash Township
Mill Creek
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