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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1972
Page
5
Livestock prices stayed high last week and gained up to a dollar per hundred this week as receipts stayed low locally and nationwide. Sheep cattle and hogs commanded strong prices with sheep at $36.60 in Central Missouri, feeder cattle at $48, and slaughter bulls at $35.50. Hog prices topped at $28.25 Monday and $27.70 Tuesday after a minor dip.
Harold Sterrett farm management specialist advises timely bin prep to cut grain losses from insects and rodents. Clean ceilings walls and floors remove old grain, vacuum as possible, and clean ducts. Repair bins to be rodent and bird proof, set out fresh anticoagulant bait, then spray interior surfaces and exterior ground bands with malathion or methoxychlor per guidelines. Apply sprays until surfaces are wet but not runoff and repeat 2 3 weeks before new grain. Protect grain with malathion during loading and consider pyrethrins if Indian meal moths are likely.
Wool production fell to 172 million pounds in 1971, the smallest since 1873, with output down 3 percent from 1970. Sheep and lambs shorn totaled 18.9 million head, mohair fell 17 percent, and wool prices averaged 19.4 cents per pound, the lowest since 1938, prompting decline across the sector.
Agricultural note by Frank D. Miller warns wettable powders in herbicides settle when not agitated, wasting water and wearing sprayer parts. He urges proper calibration, cites Guide Sheet No. 1270 on Sprayer Calibration, and MU Guide No. 4904 for weedkillers. Reports Hessian fly in Lincoln County wheat and armyworms in rank wheat, with harvest near for wheat fields.
The Audrain County ASCS Office announces warehouse corn loans may be extended at producers option to May 31, 1973. The 1971 extension covers 1970 and 71 Wheat, 1971 Grain Sorghum, and 1971 Corn. soybeans, barley, and oats remain ineligible. Reseal allowed for 1969 1970 and 1971 corn and grain sorghum. other farm stored commodities cannot be resealed.
Bil Domermuth reports Penn State tests show lactating sows can be limited to one pound per pig per day with no loss of litter quality. Limited feeding saved about 1.50 per pig at 3 cents per pound, or 12 dollars per eight pig litter. Disease prevention hinges on isolation vaccination and sanitation.
A livestock care brief from the Mexico Ledger emphasizes daily animal observation and early disease detection to reduce losses. It warns to follow label regulations for withdrawing drugs and to maintain a thorough parasite control program.
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