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l)i situation. Two good corn years 

 \^J in a row resulting in surpluses 

 and low corn prices produced a corn- 

 hog ratio favorable to feeding. Hog 

 growers, seeing a chance for profits, 

 increased their breeding herds. Pig 

 numbers jumped from an average of 

 59 million farrowed in 1934-37 to 6l 

 million in '37. The '38 crop increased 

 to 71 million and the '39 crop looks 

 even bigger. 



With the corn-hog ration still fav- 

 orable, prospects are that this fall's 

 pig crop may be the largest in several 

 years. The inevitable result is a close 

 corn-hog ratio. 



Consumers are expected to have 

 more money for pork this year and 

 Great Britain may take more hams and 

 shoulders and a little extra lard. But 

 in the main, cash farm income from 

 hogs will continue on its downward 

 trend during the next few months. 

 Enough Beef 



Feeders have enough grain-fed cat- 

 tle on hand to meet requirements dur- 

 ing the summer and early fall although 

 demand for meats is expected to range 

 stronger than a year ago. What will 

 happen in the cow and heifer trade 

 during the summer depends on weath- 

 er in the range states. Cow and heifer 

 slaughter is expected to remain below 

 last year unless range states are hit 

 by severe drouth. 



Lamb and sheep prices can be ex- 

 pected to hold steady to strong as com- 

 pared to prices of a year ago. Delay 

 in marketing early lambs, caused by 

 poor pasture conditions ar^d lack of 

 feed in the early lamb states, will push 

 early lambs on the market after June 

 and July when late lambs are usually 

 marketed in volume. 



Record Milk Volume 



Milk production on May 1 set a new 

 high for that date. Consumption of 

 dairy products also increased to new 

 high levels but part of the increase 

 was due to wider distribution of 

 products for relief. With supplies of 

 feed grains, not counting sealed corn, 

 running about 50 per cent more than 

 normal and pasture conditions fair to 

 good, production of milk is expected 

 to equal that of a year ago. Prices 

 for milk and butterfat are not ex- 

 pected to change much during the 



JUNE. 1939 



Illinois Delegates to 4-H 

 National Camp in Washington 



Chosen to represent the more than 32,000 t>oys' and girls' 4-H club 

 members of Illinois at the national 4-H club camp to be held in Washing- 

 ton, D. C, June 13 to 20, are (1) Mary Lois Sunderland, Delhi. Jersey 

 county; (2) Marjorie Kane, Mundelein, Lake county; (3) Richard Harris, 

 Macomb, McDonough county, and (4) Delbert W. Gabel. Yorkvllle, Kendall 

 county. 



They were selected from their fellow club members on the basis of 

 their leadership and the outstanding records which they have made in 

 better farming and homemaking projects carried on under super%'isic» of 

 their local leaders, their county farm and home advisers and the College of 

 Agriculture, University of Illinois. At the national camp they will join 

 with approximately 200 delegates from other states and U. S. territories in 

 a round of sightseeing, inspirational addresses, educational conferences 

 and leadership training. 



Accompanying tha four delegates to the Washington camp will be 

 representatives of the home economics and agricultural 4-H club staffs of 

 the college. 



Four-H Club enrollment reached a 

 new high in 1938 with 1,286,029 boys 

 and girls listed as members in 74,594 

 local clubs. Since the 4-H club move- 

 ment became nation-wide in 1914, a 



total of 7,500,000 young people have 

 received 4-H training. 



New York farmers need from 20,000 to 

 25,000 new horses each year. Of that num- 

 ber, it is said, the state does not raise more 

 than one-fourth of its replacement needs. 



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