December, 1931 



THE 1. A. A. RECORD 



P»ge Seventeen 



IMail^eting 



.Whiteside county increased coopera- 

 Qvc shipments of livestock from 160 

 cars in 1929 to 254 cars in 1930. The 

 increase will be even larger in 1931 re- 

 ports the Whiteside County Farm Bu- 

 reau. During the first six months 194 

 cars were shipped in comparison with 

 133 cars in the first six months of 1930. 



Recently buyers on the market have 

 complained that calves are being loaded 

 in double deck trucks without suffi- 

 cient head room, the upper deck be- 

 ing too low. As a result calves come 

 in bruised on their backs. This shows 

 ap badly in the dressed meat. 



Truckmen are asked to lend their co- 

 operation toward avoiding this damage 

 and loss in transit. 



NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEET- 

 ING OF ILLINOIS FARM 

 BUREAU SERUM 



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TAKE time to figure the proper 

 weight, class, and especially grade 

 of cattle to feed for the various seasons 

 of the year, advises H. M. Conway, 

 director of research for the National 

 Livestock Marketing Association. Par- 

 ticularly select cattle that will be best 

 for projective market conditions and 

 the supply of feeds available, he said. 



Too frequently top choice feeders are 

 •elected for the late winter and spring 

 market, whereas a lower grade animal 

 will more likely make a profitable mar- 

 gin. For the summer market the re- 

 verse is true. 



The choice feeders normally require a 

 rather Iwig feeding period and a heavy 

 grain ration, while with common steers 

 roughage should be the principal feed 

 with little grain. 



NOTICE is hereby given that the 

 annual meeting of the mem- 

 bers of Illinois Farm Bureau Serum 

 Association will be held on Wednes- 

 day, the 27th day of January, 1932, 

 at the hour of 10:00 o'clock a. m., 

 at the Faust Hotel, Rockford, 111., 

 to elect directors, receive, and, if 

 approved, confirm the report of the 

 Board of Directors of the Association 

 for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 

 1931; and to consider and, if ap- 

 proved, ratify and confirm all the 

 acts and proceedings of the Board of 

 Directors done and taken since the 

 last annual meeting of the members 

 of the Association; and for the trans- 

 action of such further and other busi- 

 ness as may properly come before the 

 meeting. ' 



Dated at Chicago, 111., Dec. 2, 

 1931. 



RAY E. MILLER, 



Secretary. 



Farm and Home Week 



Slated for Jan. 11-15 



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Shrink on Hogs 



On 1,252 hogs marketed by truck 

 (average haul 26.7 miles) the average 

 dhrink from a farm feedlot to market 

 was 1.23 per cent; on 2,084 hogs 

 shipped by rail (average haul 128.8 

 miles) the average shrink from farm 

 feedlot to market was 1.19 per cent. 

 In other words, no significant differ- 

 ence. 



Hogs given less than a full feed at 

 the farm appeared to shrink less both 

 by rail and by truck — part of the 

 shrink occurring before the farm 

 weights were taken. Shrinkage by 

 truck apparently tended to increase 

 with the distance trucked, being 1.24 

 per cent on 89 hogs trucked 36 miles 

 or more, and 1.37 per cent on 69 hogs 

 trucked 55 miles or more. This infor- 

 mation was obtained following a survey 

 by R. C. Ashby of the University of 

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Wolf Attacks Caribou; 



Dies on Enemy's Horns 



In Alaska, where wolves have terror- 

 ized the timid reindeer and slaughtered 

 them in great numbers, one bold wolf 

 came to an inglorious end this summer 

 when it tackled a bull caribou. 



A report to the Biological Survey of 

 the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture says: "Victorious in combat 

 with the wolf but unable to free him- 

 self from the dead body of his foe, a 

 big bull caribou was seen a few days 

 ago on Birch Creek in the Circle coun- 

 try walking slowly along, bowed down 

 under the wolf's weight. The wolf 

 apparently had been impaled upon the 

 caribou's horns and mortally wounded, 

 but the caribou was unable to free him- 

 self from his burden. One of those 

 who saw the caribou said the weight he 

 carried was too great to permit him to 

 run. Every time he passed a tree he 

 would try to rub the wolf from his 

 horns. He was accompanied by another 

 bull, which would run ahead a few 

 paces and then wait for his slower com- 

 panion." 



$2,000 Difference in 



Net Income Per Farm 



Efficiency in livestock production is 

 one of the most important factors ac- 

 counting for the difference of $2,000 

 between the net income •i the 41 most 



Plans are already underway for the 

 thirty-fourth annual Farm and Home 

 Week to be held at the University of 

 Illinois, January 11 to 15, according 

 to an announcement received by the 



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Eugene Davenport, dean emeritus of 

 the College of Agriculture, University 

 of Illinois; President F. D. Farrell of 

 Kansas State Agricultural College, and 

 Dr. George F. Warren, head of tbr 

 department of agricultural economics, 

 Cornell University, are to be headlijM 

 speakers. :..■'■■:.•■■■' 



Last year 3,146 farm folks from 97 

 counties registered during the week. Aa 

 equally large attendance is expected this 

 year. Recreation, inspiration, contests 

 and entertainment, as well as instruc- 

 tion, will again be featured. 



High School Boys Form 

 Co-Op. Feed Grinding Co. 



Students of vocational agriculture in 

 the Jacksonville high school under J. 

 H. Loomis have organized a co-operatirs 

 feed grinding company. Its purpose n 

 to grind feed for local farmers, help 

 them balance live stock rations, to foo- 

 ter and develop the co-operative spirit 

 among its members, and to help finance 

 the outside activities of the high schod 

 agricultural department. 



The feed grinder is a portable outfit, 

 a Hammer mill moimted on a two-toa 

 truck and driven by an InternationaJ 

 truck engine. It is taken from farm 

 to farm where the feed is ground. The 

 Farm Mechanics high school class did 

 all the work in putting the truck and 

 engine in good mechanical condition. 



"The price of grinding is 15 centi 

 per cwt. to patrons not members of 

 the company, or 5 cents less than the 

 price others are charging for similar 

 service," says Loomis. "The average 

 earnings per hour is about $4, with the 

 cost of operating aroimd $1 per hour." 



profitable farms and the 41 least profit- 

 able farms in the farm account project 

 last year in the area comprising Mar- 

 shall-Putnam, LaSalle and Grundy coun- 

 ties, reports the LaSalle County Farm 

 Bureau. 



"The operators of the more profitable 

 farms secured $150 of livestock income 

 from $100 worth of feed, while the 

 least profitable had a corresponding in- 

 come of $97. 



"Since these farms had about the same 

 market outlet, the difference in net re- 

 turns means that the most profitable 

 produced meat, eggs, milk, etc., at 

 lower cost." 



