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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1975
Page
5
Arthur Johns, a 53 year old coal miner, built a January planting greenhouse in his Marion front yard. The aluminum frame structure cost about $1,800 and measures roughly 8 feet 7 inches high, 12 feet 9 inches wide, and 13 feet 5 inches long. He grows lettuce cabbage and tomatoes year round with a roof section crank venting.
Southern farmer John Johns explains a nonheated greenhouse with heat tapes and soil thermostats maintaining about 60 degrees. He notes extreme sun and July-like heat in winter, while transplants move from peat moss boxes to outdoor plots in spring. fertilizer is used but growth is kept steady.
The piece discusses the grain to beef conversion debate, citing estimates from three to one up to twenty one to one, with the National Live Stock and Meat Board promoting a 3 to 1 average. It analyzes pounds of grain, protein yield, and the efficiency of ruminants in turning waste into usable protein, noting variations and the role of pigs. It also mentions the diet differences and land-use impacts of cattle versus pigs.
An Italian bakery in New York created a record size bun for a gigantic hamburger at the Salute to The Booth Theater and the New York Shakespeare Festival. The bun weighed 250 pounds with innards at 300 pounds, lifted by five men. It exceeded the previous Guinness record of 230 pounds by 320 pounds.
Two swine production specialists will present a program on boat selection and management at 7 30 p m Thursday at the Jackson County Extension Center in Murphysboro. Dr Harold Hodson of Southern Illinois University Carbondale and Homer Jenkins Jr prize winner in swine shows will lead the session.
An open house at 10 a.m. Friday marks the dedication of the SIU Carbondale bull test station. Opened Oct. 30, the Illinois Beef Performance Testing Program will house 70 bulls for 140 days to gauge rate of gain and feed efficiency. Local beef producers and breeders from across Illinois are expected to attend. The station sits on SIU C experimental farms on west Chautauqua Road.
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