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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1966
Page
5
Williamson County Farm Adviser Victor Smith says dairymen can substitute grain for part of roughage if prices are favorable. A 1 lb grain mix equals about 2 lb alfalfa. the mix uses ear corn or shelled corn with soybean meal and dicalcium phosphate. Grain should not replace all roughage. roughly 1 lb hay per cow per day per 100 lb body weight is advised.
Elberta and Redskin peach harvests are finished in Southern Illinois. Rio Oso Gem and other late varieties begin this week. Elberta accounts for 44.9 percent of the crop with Rio Oso Gem at seven percent. Illinois peach crop estimated at 660000 bushels, 390000 above last year.
Hogs at Southern Illinois University's swine research center will be housed in a new 48 foot diameter air conditioned Bacon Bin this fall. The circular steel bin was donated as a research grant by Black Siralls Bryson Inc. Eight 28 000 Btu air conditioners surround the bin as gifts from the Warner division of the Radio Corporation of America. Research at SIU has shown improvements in living conditions and potential benefits to pork production.
SIU swine specialist J E Burnside reports a 15 sq ft per pig floor space could drop to 6 and even four in winter. The refrigerated finish bin houses 510 pigs on two decks with 17 pens per deck and a 68 to 78 degree climate year round. Automatic feeding watering and waste systems reduce labor while a gravity feed and a 150 ft tile lagoon handle effluent.
A Sept 21 meeting for Union County farmers will cover livestock prospects. D L Doerr of the University of Illinois will discuss market trends livestock supplies meat prices hogs and cattle and feed outlook. The 8 p.m. session in the Farm Bureau building Jonesboro includes remarks by Charles N Glover about cattle feeding profits and price trends.
Carbondale business WellER Inc at 1200 W Main promotes Hot Point Factory Speed Service for domestic and commercial use. Listing provides phone contact 457-2116 and emphasizes appliance repair and service capabilities.
Farmers in 22 southern Illinois counties may obtain FHA emergency drought loans to cover feed seed fertilizer and home needs. Loans support farm equipment replacement and livestock, but not debt refinancing or loss compensation. Interest rate is three percent. Authorized by FHA supervisor James D Tucker of Murphysboro.
Marion and Royalton police list four traffic cases with fines of 15 dollars. William Stapleton and Virginia Johnson charged with speeding. Vernon Martin cited for defective brakes. Albert Walker cited for wrong lane use.
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