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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1957
Page
6
The article explains corn silage prep on Station land with 150 acres slated for cutting in two to three weeks, yielding about 1 500 tons of silage. It details moisture targets around 65 percent, dented kernels for quality feed, trench silos with truck and tractor packing, cover decisions, drainage, and the longer silage window for sorghums plus crib-wall reinforcement guidance from a University of Illinois engineer.
An agricultural engineer outlines how depth to water determines pump choice. Shallow wells under 20 feet suit piston or jet pumps, deeper wells require deep-well jet or piston, or submersible pumps. A 500 gph unit fits many Illinois farms if the well can sustain that rate.
Nearly 85 top boars from 226 test entries will be auctioned at the Princeton Fairgrounds starting 7 30 p m DST. Boars must meet strict growth feed efficiency and backfat standards, with production registry lineage and all breed certification criteria. Catalogs available from the Illinois Swine Herd Improvement Association in Lincoln Illinois.
The argument holds that no clean megaton bomb can exist and any large bomb causes mass civilian destruction. Even with supposedly cleaner weapons, a blast over a major city would kill or injure vast numbers. Emphasis is placed on tactical nuclear warheads for limited, humanitarian wartime aims rather than huge strategic devices.
Congressman Carl T. Durham from North Carolina, chair of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, criticized the Atomic Energy Commission and the Defense Department for lacking small weapons programs and a plutonium stockpile. He urged building a new plutonium reactor at Hanford, Washington, and called for funds to finance construction. He warned that real increases in productive capacity are needed and noted five applications for nuclear power or related contracts alongside Rural Cooperatives negotiations.
Northern Illinois Experiment Station at DeKalb County invites farmers to a field day on Wednesday September 11 from 1 15 p m to 3 30 p m The event showcases sorghum corn and soybean varieties with direct performance comparisons under field conditions and discusses dwarf corn soil fertility and weed control Led by M B Russell and with agronomy staff A L Lang R W Jugenheimer E R Leng J L Carter J W Pendleton E C Spurrier C H Farnham C N Hittle and Sam Aldrich The meeting held 4 1 2 miles north of Shabbona.
A U S Department study of 10 sawmill operations in southern Illinois shows that planning before cutting felled trees boosts both quality and volume. Extension forester L B Culver notes 34 percent of sampled trees could yield high quality logs, versus 23 percent actually produced locally, with potential board-foot volume gains of about 4 percent through better log-cutting procedures.
The sixth Annual Farm Boys Forestry Camp occurred the week of August 12 at the Southern 4-H Club Camp in West Frankfort. Forty youths aged 14 to 20 from across Illinois attended, with organized forestry instruction plus swimming, boating and softball.
Culver notes minimal effort raises both quality and volume. Logs from over 200 black oak trees were measured and graded as cut. Comparing results with potential volume and grade from the same trees suggests a value increase from $4,116 to $4,616, a $506 gain.
The 1957 lamb crop totals 19,800,000 head, 3 percent below 1956, with western states down 5 percent and Texas 11 percent lower. Native states rise 1 percent to 7,697,000. Wool output reaches 226 million pounds, down 3 percent from last year. wool prices gain 12 to 14 cents, affecting the wool program and farmer payments.
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