A SLOGAN THAT CAN'T BE DISPUTED 

 "Other breeds boast of this or that quality but Jersey milk ia still the richest and 

 we advertise it." 



(Ctntitiued 

 diagnosing the trouble. Dr. Graham 

 of the University was called. He came 

 in an hour. Further examination 

 showed the cattle were suffering from 

 acute wild cherry leaf poisoning. 



Another time Dot, a fine cow, was 

 dying. He gave up hope of saving 

 her and went to bed. Sleep was out 

 of the question. The thought of los- 

 • ing a fine cow preyed upon him. At 

 last he decided to fight death as he had 

 fought before but this time he was 

 fightyig for the life of a cow. After 

 calling a vet from a distant town, Seass 

 went to the barn and rebedded the stall 

 where Dot lay. He turned her, talked 

 to her, and made her as comfortable 

 as he could. The doctor came; his treat- 

 ment was successful and Dot pulled 

 through. Later, she made a record of 

 584 pounds of fat. 



The most striking feature of the 

 records of the Seass herd is the larger 

 production of the daughters as com- 

 pared to their dams. How many more 

 years this can go on is not known. 

 The one big reason for this difference 

 is the quality of bulls Seass buys to 

 head his herd. At first bulls raised in 

 Moultrie county were good enough to 

 improve production of the herd. But 

 now Mr. Seass finds it necessary to 

 get bulls from some of the finest herds 

 in the country. 



The present sire. Superb Night Owl, 

 was bred by the famous Sibley farms 

 at Spencer, Massachusetts. His dam 

 produced 12,582 pounds of milk and 

 695 pounds of fat in 305 days as a 

 three-year-old. 



Milk from the 14 cow herd is pro- 

 duced under sanitary conditions pre- 

 scribed by the Chicago milk ordinance. 

 It is sold to a milk plant in Shelbyville 

 that makes ice cream mix and other 

 products for a chain of Chicago dru» 

 stores. 



After 40 years of cattle feeding and 

 15 years as a dairyman, L. D. Seass 

 offers two suggestions for Illinois live- 

 stock men: 



from page 17) 



(1) Get the best quality of animals 

 you can. You can't get them too good 

 either in the feedlot or in the dairy 

 barn. 



(2) Cooperate with the University 

 of Illinois, college of agriculture, 

 through your county Farm Bureau. 

 The Farm Bureau has been behind all 

 of the good moves for farmers in 

 Moultrie county such as the cow test- 

 ing association and the cooperative bull 

 associations. 



SINCE 1888 — 

 L. D. Seass was five years old when his 

 father bought the 180 acres he farms. 

 The family moved into this fine brick 

 home in 1888. 



A strong, vigorous, prolific queen is the 

 key to the success of a strong colony of bees. 



Pigs getting no tankage or skim milk and 



young cattle or lambs getting no pasture 

 or legume hay may be helped by having 

 ground limestone mixed with their salt, 

 says E. T. Robbins, livestock extension 

 specialist, College of Agriculture, University 

 of Illinois. 



Farm Drainage — Its Maintenance and 



Construction," is the title of a new circular 

 No, 493 which has just been issued by the 

 College of Agriculture, University of Illi- 

 nois. Copies of the publication may be ob- 

 tained free from farm advisers or by writ- 

 ing the College of Agriculture at Urbana. 



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VIEWS 



23(X) Randolph County Farm Bureau 

 members, their families and friends en- 

 joyed an all-day boat trip on the Mis- 

 sissippi River, June 9- The trip was 

 substituted for the annual picnic. Danc- 

 ing, picture show, magician, picnic din- 

 ners and visiting provided entertain- 

 ment as THE PRESIDENT steamed 

 up the river to St, Genevieve and back 

 to Chester, Adults paid 25c and chil- 

 dren went free, "Let's do it again,' 

 said many at the end of the day. 



The 1940 wheat acreage allotment 

 for Illinois is 1,938,259 compared with 

 1,789,192 acres alloted for 1939. 



For $1 you may register the name 

 of your farm with the county clerk 

 and thus prevent anyone else in the 

 county from using it says H, \i\ Han- 

 nah, associate in farm management at 

 the University of Illinois, For 25c morie 

 you can cancel the name. You may 

 ear-mark or brand your livestock also 

 with your special mark which can be 

 recorded at the county building. 



Give the chicketis, young and old, 



plenty of pure water this summer pref- 

 erably from a barrel or large recep- 

 tacle with a float attachment. Keep 

 feed in a cool shady place where the 

 growing poults can get at it handily. 



Uncle Ab says don't be ashamed to write 

 a tardy letter; the time will come when 

 you will be more ashamed not to write it. 



JULY. 1939 



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