The cattle were bought last October, 

 weighint; 900 to 1.000 pounds. That 

 took a lot of money from the National 

 Livestoik Oedit (Corporation. Through 

 the early wmter. the tattle were ted 

 stalks and corn fodder. Put in the yard 

 I'eb. 1. "^O head were fed silage, ear 

 corn and cotton seed meal : the others got 

 alfalfa, corn and cotton seed. Early in 

 August. Kellogg was feeding a i"" per 

 cent mixed protein feed with corn as a 

 finishing ration. 1 he tirsi lots, sold late 

 in August, topped the Cdiicago market at 

 SIS. 20 and S1S.2'> per cwt. 



Obviously it takes great c|uantrties ol 

 corn. and. incidentally, a lot of nerve 

 and credit to buy feed at prices com- 

 manded this year. "You usually make 

 more money feeding when corn is high.' 

 Bert smilingly said. "That's when the 

 other fellow stays out " After the drought 

 of Iv.Vi. Kellogg purchased from l.^.OOO 

 to 1 i.OOO bushels of corn. For his pres- 

 ent stock he purchased "i.OOO to 6.000 

 bushels. His feeders are bought through 

 the Chicago Producers. His new lot of 

 12^ came from the range in July. 



Experienced cattle feeders are uneasy 

 over the prospect of cheaper feed and 

 relatively high-priced cattle and hogs 

 this fall. Judging from past experience 

 it means a rush into the cattle market by 

 outsiders who look with envy on recent 

 cattle feeding profits. 



"The 'in and outer' will jump in when 

 feed is cheap. " said Bert, and they raise 

 heck with the cattle business." While 

 Kellogg buys a lot of feed as does nearly 

 every big cattle feeder, he also raises as 

 much as he can of his own. 



Of the tillable .ures this year, approxi- 

 mately 20") are in corn. 110 in oats. J6 in 

 wheat, 22 acres of alfalfa. 71^ soybeans. 

 The rest is in hog pasture, lots. etc. The 

 rotation is corn ~ corn oats or wheat 

 alfalfa or clover. He grows both red 

 and sweet clover for hay and pasture. 

 The drought last year killed the new 

 seeding and forced more acreage in grain. 



Kellocc is a firm believer in limestone 



and rock phosphate. He ordered 100 

 tons of phosphate for delivery this fall. 

 It will be applied at the rate of approxi- 

 mately one ton per acre on 100 acres, 

 [■very acre of his home has been phos- 

 phated some of it two or three times. 

 Bert never limed much because the soil 

 was not very acid. Yet he could not 

 grow clover as well as he liked until he 

 put on rock phosphate. The phosphate, 

 he says, made at least a foot difference 

 in the height of the red t lover as shown 

 by checked strips. 



This kind of soil treatinent has brought 

 results - average yields of better than 

 60 bushels of torn and oats. Corn has 

 yielded up to '70 bu. and better, and oats 

 up to ''0 bushels. 



The analysis of iJi farms last year 

 showed Kellogg far above average - 

 in several cases near the top - in such 

 classifications as (1) return on the in- 

 vestment (top was 22 per cent). (2) 

 gross receipts per acre. (^) corn and 

 O.US yield. (-)) cattle efficiency. (">) 

 prices received and (6) low expense per 

 SI 00 income. Two tractors and six 

 horses furnish the power. 



During the past three years practically 

 all of the corn on the farm h.is been 

 hybrid from DeKalb county. Farm op- 

 erations are carried on largely by Mr 

 Kellogg, one employee, and his son, 

 Keith, age 17, a t-H Club boy. Both 

 Keith, and Marjorie, 1 v have Belgian 

 colts in the county -l-H (dub. They also 

 have their own baby beef herd. 20 Here- 

 fords and 8 Angus. 



Bert Kellogg, a graduate of the F. 

 Aurora High School, believes in organ- 

 ization for farmers. He is an active 

 Farm Bureau member. He. like many 

 others, believes that the present soil con- 

 servation program is good but has its 

 limitations. "Id like to see some kind 

 of an effective program another year, 

 he said. "I'd rather keep production 

 within reasonable limits and get a fair 

 price. " 



KELLOGG AND BELGIAN COLT 



PRACTICAL EQUIPMENT, NOTHING FANCY 



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Uncle Ab says it takes more than a 



model in the kitchen to have a model 

 kitchen 



The National Dairy Show will be 



held at ( olumbus, Ohio, Oct. 9-16. 

 Illinois will be represented in the col- 

 lege student and -)-H dairy cattle judg- 

 ing contests. 



Illinois farmers received a total of 



SI 6. 1 3'', 19 4.99 (includes county ex- 

 pense) in soil conservation payments 

 under the 1936 program prior to July 

 I, 19.3~. Only $.307, 267. ~1 of applica- 

 tions remained unpaid. State office 

 expense amounted to $319,180. "ig and 

 state and county expense of administra- 

 tion totaled $333,068.88. 



Following are recommendations of 

 the Chicago Produters for tattle feed- 

 ing this coming year: (1) Feed plainer 

 grades on roughage, silage, etc., then 

 grain, to be marketed in late winter or 

 early spring; (2) Feed good to choice 

 calves or yearlings for late summer and 

 fall : (3) Feed fleshy feeders for a short 

 turn. 



The 1939 VC'orld's Poultry Congress 



will be held in Cleveland the last week 

 in July and the first week in August. 

 Illinois will have an exhibit for which 

 $10,000 has been approprnted with J. 

 H. Lloyd state direttor of agriculture 

 in charge. 



Approximately 10 per cent of the list 

 of prospects placed on the I. A. A. REC- 

 ORD mailing list several months ago 

 are now paid up Farm Bureau mem- 

 bers. 



200 HEAD A YEAH THE SANITARY WAY 



