August Agricultural Notes and Farm Program Insights
A report from the Farm Bureau Farm Management Service highlights hog and beef programs, costs, and profits. It notes five-year grain cost averages, pig production figures, and mechanization as a profit lever, with farm management details from Harold McCleary and Edwin Strauss. Grasshopper spraying guidance is also provided for county areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau Farm Management Service
Hampshire
Landrace
Poland
China
Illinois
Harold McCleary
Edwin Strauss
Carroll County 4-H Roundup Plans Set for August
Carroll county 4 H leaders report on Roundup plans for August 21 22 23 with herdship trophy entry deadlines beef breeding class reinstated and tractor driving contests at Carroll County Fair and Roundup. Delegates from Carroll county Chadwick DeNeve named for 1962 term. The article also notes pasture spray guidelines and a wash rack construction for facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Eagle
Carol DeNeve
Chadwick
Carroll County
Extension Council
Auction of livestock and farm equipment in Rockford Illinois
Tuesday August 8 1961 at 1 PM a sale lists 25 brood sows many litters 25 more sows open 198 pigs plus 126 young pigs 200 pullets and 200 Leghorn hens 9 acres oats 23 corn 8 alfalfa 630 bales alfalfa hay and a full tractor and machinery lineup including a 1959 ACD-17 and a 1953 Cadillac coupe DeVille with terms cash Raymond A Flynn as receiver Harold Nettles attorney auctioneers Ke wanee line appears in listing with multiple implements and feeders
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Guernsey
Hampshire
California
Oliver
Kewanee
Wood Bros
PTO
New Idea
Raymond A. Flynn
Rockford
Ill
Harold R. Nettles
Freeport
AL Strawler
Chet Przytulski
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Thomson Review
Thomson, Illinois
The
Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
J. R
D. G. Stagg
Thomson
Dayton G. Stagg
Joe Grim
Riley Temple
Louis Miller
Lanark
Lyle Ashby
Darlene Hartman
Wacker
Dennis Rippey
John Freeman
Car- 11
Carl Metz
Walnut
Doris Metz
Joe Root
Betty Shoup
Polo
Wayne Phillips
Mt. Carroll
Merle Cate
Koning
Milledgeville
Kay Warfel
Milledgee
Edward Aude
Don Carpenter
Wesley Golding
Irvington
N. J
Dorothy Glenn
Wm. Maberry
Phyllis Hower
Otto Switzer
Paul King
Carroll
Mel Kissell
Sylvania
Jon Steven Miller
Russell Weber
Joyce Lavina Hebeler
Savan
Judy Metz
Sage
A. Calkins
Mabel C. Burkholder
Lee Hartmen, Sr
Richard Groharing
Kansas City
Grace Hartman
Marian Wheeler
Wilbur Stiles
Mt. Morris
Ees Bennett
Milledger
Wilbur C. Reinders
Barbara Schubert
Robert Schoen
Linda Root
George Miles Pedersen
Lan
Ark
Katherine May Metzger
le Claire
Bill Porter
Ruth Halfman
Ricky Dykstra
Henry Wiersema
Lanar
LeAnne M. Ellinor
Fay Hawkins
Robert Queckboerner
Mary Lego
James Cheeseman
Roy Rife
Bill Stage
Fulton
John Dimmvick
Urbana
Howard Schmidt
Epa Hook
L. C. Schreiner
Tom Root
Savanna
Fay Coleman
W. R. Clough
Karen Marie Stiles
Randy Ritenour
Karen Kyle Linker
Arlington, Va
Leonard Stage
R. B. Polhill
Forrest Thompson
Lena Briggs
Carroll Leslie Durward
Linda Jo Kness
Walla Walla
Washoe
Edward Eden
Gerald Deets
Andy Blumer
Jimmie Blackett
Clearwater
Fla
Glen Bonjour
Robert Vogel
Oskaloosa
Arnold Campman
Danny B. Kness
Frank S. Hutchinson
August ¢ Merle Rahn
Emil Brach
Raymond Carroll
L. H. Wetzell
John Fogel
Illedgeville
Leona Cassens
Howard Sack
Alfred L. Kaufman
Carroll McGinty
L. F. Buxton
Sterling
Kenneth Metz
Debra Lynn Kruse
Oregon
Percy Friederich
Shirley Irene Schryver
Earl Gilliland
Carroll Co
Ass’t Youth Adviser
Oamo 2
William Lyon Phelps
Koym
Chicago
Adams
Glengarry Farms
S. J. Campbell
Jim Lawson
Mt. Carroll, Ill
Sherwood Dixon
United States District Court
James Lashbrook
Glen
Lutyen’s Locker Service
Marvin Lutyens
Coleta
Blacktop
Wisconsin
Insurance Agency
Tom Rasmussen
Germany
Klepper Boats Showroom
S. Michigan
Wayne Eller
Milledgeville, Illinois
New Holland
Savanna Farm
Carroll County Fair
Chadwick, Lanark and Shannon
Mt. Carroll, Illinois
First State Bank
Shannon
Federal
Volkman Bros. Business Machines
Cales
S. 2Nd St. Clinton
Rock Island
Clinton, CH
Earl E. Volkman
Milledgeville, Ill
Springfield
Stephenson County Fair Freeport, Ill
Lanark, IN
Merle Kingery
Speedbowl Park
West Lincoln Way
Sterling Jets
Alt
Gehl — Oliver
Sales — Service
Hartman Implement Sales
State Farm Mutual
Robert E. Davidson
Virginia Ave
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Bloomington
State Farm
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