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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1954
Page
11
Agriculture expert from Southern Illinois University warns unwritten father son farming plans lead to disputes. He outlines three common starting structures and six success factors including clear terms, long term goals, equal partnership timely inclusion, housing, reinvestment, and access to advisory information.
Harvey Woods of Southern Illinois University explains that farm size depends on land, labor, and capital. With limited acres, farmers can boost profitability using livestock, poultry, dairy, and crop enterprises, applying aged trees, beef, hog production, or fruit and vegetables on small tracts to build a viable operation.
Visitors to the University of Illinois College of Agriculture can tour farms and facilities on three summer dates June 30 July 30 and August 31. Tours start 9 am CST at the Morrow Plots with rainy day venue at Room 135 Animal Sciences Laboratory.
Southern Illinois University announces a new combined curriculum in agricultural journalism built by the Departments of Agriculture and Journalism. Led by Dr. Howard R. Long and Dr. W. E. Keepper, the four year program blends 52 quarter hours of agriculture with 48 of journalism to prepare graduates for roles in agricultural magazines farm publications and government agencies.
Washington June 13 AP A federal crop control program fails to cut wheat surpluses as 1954 production is forecast at one billion bushels. Despite planned cuts and penalties, export demand shrinks while other regions increase output, prompting Secretary Benson to seek smaller plantings and tighter quotas for 1955 with a July 24 referendum.
If you want to harvest all of your corn for grain but still need some silage for beef cattle, you might like to try Atlas sorgo.
The Department of Agriculture reports farmers stored over 400 million bushels of 1953 crop corn, up 60 million from the prior year. Iowa leads with 139,091,000 bushels, followed by Illinois at 74,996,000 and Minnesota at 55,763,000.
Leland James a Metropolis construction man and USN sailor son of Mr and Mrs Teddy James of 513 W 5th St and husband of the former Estella Crenshaw of 301 Scott St is serving at the U S Naval Station in Adak Alaska.
Rain swept eight states in the corn belt with Storm Lake Iowa reporting 7.15 inches and Waterman Illinois 6.54 inches. Most areas saw at least 2 inches the week of May 27 to June 3, sowing germination and replenishing subsoil moisture as farmers expect sun and higher temperatures to boost growth.
Southern Illinois farmers should continue chemical protection at regular intervals per the University of Illinois Spray report for June 14 to 19. Brown rot infection observed in unsprayed peach orchards. codling moth adults emerging. Forbes scale crawlers prevalent. curculio adults few. most first brood larvae have left peaches. no sign of second brood orientals yet.
Senator McCarthy criticized the Benson farm subsidy cut, saying the administration risks harm by making a single large reduction. He urged open debate on farm policy, noting no one has a complete answer. He warned against dropping subsidy levels too abruptly and tied farm prosperity to wartime spending. He planned a speech in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
James Rea of Coello, 17, was runner-up to Larry Goodin of Vernon in the 1960 Illinois Star Farmer contest at the FFA convention in Springfield. Rea earned the Section 24 Star Farmer award after leading 18 area schools, recognized for FFA leadership and community service. He has served as an FFA officer four years, led last year as president, and participates in 4-H. Rea and his father own 40 sheep, three dairy heifers, swine, and laying hens, with hogs winning ribbons at DuQuoin and Benton fairs, plus a 40 bushel corn average on 30 acres.
A northern Illinois farmer died when his tractor tipped into a drainage ditch after a search for a lost shovel. University of Illinois engineer Wendell Bowers cites 1953 figures showing 13 farmer fatalities and 72 injuries from tipping accidents across Illinois. He urges ditch avoidance and safe braking and wheel spacing to reduce losses.
An Illinois agricultural engineer calls for sowing seed on bare slopes around farms to prevent soil erosion. He argues that strategic planting stabilizes soil and reduces runoff, promoting better land conservation practices.
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