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"CAREFUL FARMING DID IT' 

 Modern Farm Buildings, Soyoil Painted, go With Fertila Soil. 



"MOSTLY LONG YEARLINGS" 

 Part of George's IIS Head on Feed. He Lilies Calves Better 



They're Not all Dairymen 

 in Kane County 



V A ANE county and its Elgin dairy 

 ^vL' district have been famous the 

 ^^^y_ country over for more than 50 

 years. Cattle buyers from all parts of 

 the United States and foreign countries 

 have come there to purchase high-pro- 

 ducing dairy cows and breeding stock. 



Not so well known is the fact that 

 this county has some of the best beef 

 cattle feeders in the country. The rich, 

 brown, silt loam soils of western and 

 southern Kane county grow large crops 

 of corn, clover and alfalfa, ideal for the 

 production of quality beef. 



A leader among Kane county's cattle 

 feeders is George Dauberman, an out- 

 standing Farm Bureau member who owns 



GEORGE DAUBERMAN 

 "Don't Push the Clock Back." 



310 acres of this fertile soil one mile 

 north of Kaneville. The list of offices 

 and titles Dauberman has acquired 

 should make him a candidate for "Who's 

 Who." He has been sought out fre- 

 quently to serve his township, county, 

 state and nation. 



Among these various offices he holds 

 is the chairmanship of the Kaneville 

 township soil conservation committee. 

 He was a member of the county commit- 

 tee on the corn-hog program. Some 

 time ago he served as a school trustee 

 for the township, and is now a high 

 school director and secretary of the school 

 board. Director of the Kane County 

 Farm Bureau, member of the managing 

 committee of the Kane County Service 

 Company, and livestock chairman of 

 Kane county, are other offices he now 

 holds. 



But all these are side issues. Mr. 

 Dauberman's chief interest is feeding cat- 

 tle. When interviewed for this story he 

 was feeding 115 head. Of these, 80 

 were Herefords, the rest Angus — mostly 

 long yearlings. He usually buys calves 

 arid feeds them all the way, but high 

 feed prices influenced him in buying 

 them a bit older. 



In 1936 Dauberman planted 150 

 acres of corn, 45 acres of oats, 25 acres 

 of barley. The remainder of his land is 

 in meadow and pasture. Although no 

 soybeans were planted in 1936, Dauber- 

 man has tried them in the past and in- 

 cluded a few acres in his rotation this 

 year. He highly recommends the use of 

 soybean oil meal with com in starting 

 cattle off in the feed lot. 



George Dauberman's land is probably 

 in as high a state of cultivation as any in 

 the state. Every foot of the farm is till- 

 able. Careful farming did it. Only 

 twice in the 30 years has his corn yield 

 fallen below 60 bushels to the acre. 



"Hybrid com — now you're talking 

 about a real crop!" he said enthusiasti- 

 cally when the subject was raised. "I've 

 never tried it myself, but I've seen what 

 it can do and I'm planning to plant a lot 

 of it. 



"Hybrid corn's the coming crop in 

 my opinion. You'll see the whole com 

 belt turn to it before long." 



Dauberman is a firm believer in crop 

 rotation for preservation of the soil. He 

 now plants two years of corn and fol- 

 lows with barley or oats seeded with 

 alfalfa or clover. 



George Dcniberman Doesn't Know 

 Much About Milk Cows But He's An 

 • Accomplished Cattle Feeder. 



OCTOBER. 1937 



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