By CRESTON FOSTER 



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beans of the 1943 crop were shipped 

 out of the state for processiRg. 



Expectations of larger soybean yields 

 in 1945 are pinned on a new variety 

 of soybeans for Illinois, the Lincoln. 

 C. M. Woodworth, professor of plant 

 genetics, reported that the Lincoln va- 

 riety is being increased for wide dis- 

 tribution in 1945. Trials during the 

 past five years indicate important yield 

 increases. 



J. L. Trisler, Vermilion county, win- 

 ner in the state soybean 10-acre con- 

 test, had an average yield of 39.36 

 bushels per- acre at a cost of 59 cents 

 per bushel. His beans were grown on 

 good black land with no special soil 

 treatment other than fertilizer with 

 drilling. Soybeans on this land fol- 

 lowed corn after sweet clover. 



Corn King Clarke M. Howard, Taze- 

 well county, had a yield of 136.21 

 bushels per acre in the 10-acre corn 

 contest produced at a cost of 22 cents 

 per bushel. The corn was planted May 

 20. Manure was applied last winter, 

 but no commercial fertilizer had been 

 added to the land. The field was on a 

 rotation of oats, corn, clover. Corn 

 was drilled in rows 36 inches apart 

 with one foot between the hills. It 

 was cultivated twice. 



It was interesting to note in the 10- 

 acre corn contest results that many 100- 

 bushel yields were obtained from corn 

 planted June 1 to 7 and some as late as 

 June 13 and 14. J. H. Bigger, State 

 Natural History Survey, pointed out 

 that delayed planting proved its value 

 as a corn borer control measure in 

 1943. 



Prof. G. H. Dungan gave some val- 

 uable information on tests of commer- 

 cial hybrid corn conducted in 1943 in 

 six locations of the state. Complete re- 

 port of these tests can be obtained by 

 writing the College of Agriculture at 

 Urbana for Bulletin 500. 



Prof. Benjamin Koehler, chief crop 

 pathology, reported that Arasan, a su- 

 perior and entirely new seed corn dis- 

 infectant, has been placed on the mar- 



Here are the iour diompiena oi the Form 

 and Home Week grain show. Leit to right: 

 Clark M. Howard, Tazewell county. "Com 

 king", got 136.21 bushels in lO-acre com 

 yield contest- lesse Riley, Macon, won the 

 Pillsbury award for wheal with a yield of 

 34 bushels; I. L. Trisler, Vermilion, "soy- 

 bean king", got 39.36 bushels in lO-acre 

 contest an^ H. L Stiegelmeier, McLean, 

 won the Pillsbury award with Richland 

 beans which ran 40 bushels per acre. 

 (Courier Photo.) 



ket and is highly recommended by ag- 

 ricultural experiment stations. Average 

 increase in yield of 8.5 bushels per 

 acre was recorded from using Arasan in 

 the last two years. 



Koehler also stressed treatment of 

 spring oats, especially the older varie- 

 ties with new improved Ceresan. Treat 

 now, he said, or at least two weeks 

 before sowing with 14 ounce per bush- 

 el. If treatment is delayed until shortly 

 before sowing, 14 ounce per bushel 

 will be needed. 



Koehler recommended the new smut 

 and rust resistant oat varieties, Marion, 

 Tama and Vicland. "You can treat the 

 older varieties to prevent smut, but you 

 can't do anything about rust," he 

 pointed out. These new varieties prac- 

 tically eliminate the loss from rust. 



"There is no danger of producing 

 too much oats," he said. "Every pound 

 is needed and we should make every 

 acre do its best." At the present time 

 the price situation on oats is very favor- 

 able. 



Livestock producers and feeders 

 were told by Prof. L. F. Stice, agricul- 

 tural economics department, that pres- 

 ent livestock production threatens to 

 outrun feed supplies. 



Price relationships between hogs and 

 corn is less favorable than at any time 

 since 1941, but is not below the aver- 

 age, he said, and a reduction in hog 

 numbers is expected. 



Conversation with producers at Ur- 

 bana during the sessions indicated that 

 their experience with the marketing 

 jam in the last few months is likely to 

 cause some curtailment in 1944 pig pro- 

 duction. Those who have expanded 

 considerably during the last few years 

 are expected to cut down, but the large 

 producers and feeders who have been 



Paul G. Hoffman, chairman of the Com- 

 mittee for Economic Development and 

 president of the Studebaker Corporation 

 who spoke at one of the Farm and Home 

 Week general sessions, chats with Proi. 

 Robert R. Hudelson, assistant dean of the 

 College of Agriculture, left, and Prof. W. 

 L. Burlison, head of the department oi 

 agroBenry. 



maintaining about the same level will 

 not change their plans in 1944. The 

 latter believe that the liquidation may 

 go far enough to bring the markets to 

 the $14.75 ceiling in October, 1944, 

 when the floor will be $12.50. 



Figures presented by R. C. Ashby, 

 professor of livestock marketing, for 

 dry lot feeding of balanced rations 

 show that in a hog's gain from 180 to 

 200 pounds, the feed cost to produce a 

 100 pounds of pork increased 22 cents, 

 but the overhead cost was reduced 44 

 cents, leaving a net advantage of 22 

 cents hundredweight. 



In the next 40 pounds, from 200 to 



240, there was a net disadvantage of 



45 cents per 100 pounds, but in going 



from 240 to 280 pounds, the net dis- 



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MARCH, 1944 



