Farmers Plan to Trim Winter Farrowings Across States
The USDA notes 10 leading hog states plan to cut December-February farrowings by 4 percent, risking larger fall and winter supplies but potential price gains next summer. Hogs six months plus rose 6 percent, three to six months up 5 percent, under three months up 3 percent. Half of winter farrowings cut is by Minnesota. Prices may hover 13 to 15 dollars per hundredweight. Leukosis threatens Illinois poultry flocks with egg transmission and bird-to-bird spread. remove affected birds on signs of paralysis or eye symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
Minnesota
Nebraska
Indiana
Missouri
Kansas
Tinois
Iowa
Ohio
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Timnois
Save Your Soil Cooperators Named in Clark County District
The Clark County Soil Conservation district approved four new cooperators at a September meeting. Properties include Mrs. Frank Koos in State College Pennsylvania with operator Stanly Wheeler in Orange township and the Geff estate run by Fred Crandall in Johnson and Orange townships. Additional farms belong to Leslie Anderson in Melrose township and Mrs. Alta Imle in Darwin township with operator Fred Schaefer. Earlier, several landowners completed drainage, grass waterways, farm ponds, and open ditches across multiple townships including Parker, Wa bash, Dolson, Auburn, Anderson, Wabash, Martinsville, Westfield, and Darwin. The piece closes with a Morris E. Fonda quote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County Soil Conservation District Board
Frank Koos
State College
Pennsylvania
Stanley Wheeler
Orange Township
Geff
Fred Crandall
Johnson and
Orange Townships
Leslie Anderson
Melrose Township
Alta Imle
Fred Schaefer
Darwin
R. A. Lindley
Booth
Auburn Township
Melrose
Johnnie Snedeker
Wabash Township
Ray Pollard
Warren Tarman
Martinsville
Glen Pinnell
Parker Township
Everett Veach
Westfield Township
Don Abel
Anderson Township
Kenneth Hall
Johnson Township
Leland Miller
Darwin Township
Ernest Eddington
Everett Harbor
Dolson Township
Morris E. Fonda
Conservation Reserve program changes extended deadline and rules
The Clark County ASC announced changes to the 1960 Conservation Reserve including extending the first-application deadline to October 9 and using 1959 methods to establish basic annual rates. The new law allows rates up to 20 percent of land value and caps them at the 1959 basic rate, with tenant changes permitting owner operation under contract. Farmers are urged to visit the ASC office for details and rate determinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County Agricultural Stablization and Conservation Office
Asic
Robert JB. Seed
ASC
Farm adviser views and farm bureau hires in Illinois
Warren Bundy reports on IFYE exchange student Chit's stay with the Crandalls and a week in the United States as part of IFYE. Rolland Gustafson starts as fieldman for Clark Moultrie Coles counties and plans to move to Charleston or Mattoon. Hessian fly warning and recommended Clark county wheat seeding dates October 4 to 6 for 1958.
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Fred Crandall
Casey
Chit
The
Crandalls
Dewitt County
IFYE
United States
Rolland D
Gus
Gustafson
East Central
Illinois Farm Bureau Farm Management Board of Directors
Clark
Moultrie
Coles
Don Henegar
Harvestore
Eureka
Illnois
Knox County
Galesburg
FBFM
McLean County
Illinois
Clark County
Charleston
Mattoon
Mack Strohm
West Union
Fbfm Association
FEBFM
Ilinois
Myth of rapid gains in cattle broken by study at the Station
A cattle study shows rapid gain does not predict grade. Twenty six yearling bulls fed together showed wide gain differences with no consistent link to grade scores. The observer concludes that both scales and grader’s book matter for a money making herd, refuting the myth that fast gain requires lowering quality.
Illinois farm census set for November 11 operation
Census takers will survey Illinois farms this fall as part of the five year U S Government farm census. More than 700 Illinois workers begin November 11 to collect data on farm size crop harvest livestock inventories expenditures values and debt. Officials promise county state and national results to aid farmers in planning and operations. Merle W Willis will direct northern Illinois census work and Linus Kiefer will handle the southern half. A separate survey of 602 farms across 28 counties found seed quality varies with only 12 percent using certified seed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
U. S
Bureau of the Census
Census Bureau
Merle W. Willis
Wheeling
Ili
Tlinois
Know Your Farm Machinery Says University Safety Expert
O L Hogsett urges farmers to learn harvest equipment by hands on use and by studying the operator manuals. Manuals emphasize safe procedures with cartoons and safety signs like the Green Cross. Read and learn before operating. take time to know the machine. A 650 IBM computer at Urbana DHIA centers now provides detailed dairy records for Illinois dairymen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. L. Hogsett
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Dhia
Urbana
Tilinois
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clark County Farm News
L. H. Simerl Department of Ag. Economics
GO Gulf
Jack Hewitt
Gulf Service
Don Pretzsch
Soil Conservation Service
Warren Bundy
Hi. A. Cate
Nois
Linus Kiefer
Belle Rive
Will
Sehboard Finance Company
Marshall
Archer Ave
Marshall Herald
Portland Cement Association
West Washington Street
Chicago
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