Jnniox Feeding Contest 



Featares Fat Stock Show 



THE Chicago Fat Stock Show uncov- 

 ered many interesting features, not 

 the least of which was the outstanding 

 junior feeding contest, with its record 

 entry of 768 steers that were exhibited 

 by farm youths. 



In the fat carlot competition, Karl 

 Hoffman of Ida Grove, Iowa, for many 

 years a Producer patron, secured the top 

 honor for the third consecutive year. This 

 outstanding load, bred by the T. O. 

 Ranch, Raton, N. Mex., averaged 932 

 pounds and brought the record price of 

 $59 per cwt. 



The junior feeding contest was fea- 

 tured not only by the large number of 

 entries, but a group of remarkably well 

 fed steers and quite satisfactory prices. 

 In fact, the average price of the steers in 

 this event was S27.05 per cwt. This does 

 not include the champion steer. 



As usual, a large percentage of the 

 calves were consigned to the Chicago 

 Producers — more than 40 per cent, in- 

 cluding 5 1 prize winners. They included 

 the champion Angus calf shown by Sarah 

 Ann Hoffman; champion Shorthorn of 

 the junior feeding contest exhibited by 

 Gerald Fairchild, Buena Vista county, 

 Iowa; the reserve champion Shorthorn 

 of this contest shown by Wayne K. Con- 

 over, Ida county, Iowa and many others 

 that won noteworthy honors. Among 

 those with prize winning entries from 

 Illinois that had steers consigned to the 

 Chicago Producers were: Marvin Kui- 

 pers, Iroquois county, who took a first 

 prize with his Angus steer; Sandy 

 Schulte, Mason county, who secured a 

 second prize with his Shorthorn; Wm. 

 Hanks, Jr., Champaign county, who won 

 a second prize with his Angus; Delbert 

 Rahe, Scott county, who took fourth 

 prize with his Angus steer; Ruoff H. 

 Dhuse, Kendall county, took fourth prize 

 with his Shorthorn; Wm. E. Johnson, 

 Iroquois county, 5th, 6th and 8th prizes 

 with three Herefords; Lawrence Frank, 

 Sangamon county, 5th prize with a Short- 

 horn; Ira Aves, Jr., De Kalb county, 5th 

 with an Angus steer; Glenn Lodge, 

 Henry county, 6th with a Shorthorn; 

 Marion Snyder, De Kalb county, 7th 

 with a Hereford; Kenneth Fahsbender, 

 Livingston county, 9th with an Angus; 

 Ronald Hack, Will county, 9th with a 

 Shorthorn; John A. CoUis, Henry county, 

 10th and I4th prizes with two Angus 

 steers; Jerry Schlickting, Jo Daviess 

 county, 10th with a Shorthorn and Jim 

 Shoger, Kendall county, 15th with a 

 Hereford. 



By John R. Spencer 



The following statement from Dr. E. E. 

 DeTurk, professor of soil fertility, U. of 1. 

 Colle>5e of Agriculture, answers satisfac- 

 torily the question resardin/j injury of cal- 

 cium chloride on farm soils. (This mate- 

 rial is being added to agricultural lime- 

 stone in rail cars during the winter months 

 with a slight additional cost by several pro- 

 ducing quarries to prevent freezing of mate- 

 rial in transit). There is no objection 

 whatever to putting calcium chloride on 

 the soil. The calcium is absorbed in the 

 clay complex and is essentially the same 

 situation as calcium from limestone. The 

 chloride is soluble and eventually leaches 

 out of the soil. Calcium chloride is a 

 standard form of calcium which we use in 

 water culture and sand culture work in the 

 greenhouse. Also, I have added a ton of 

 calcium chloride per acre to one of our 

 lysimeters two years ago and there has 

 been no evidence of harmful effects on the 

 crops which were grown." 



"First Things First in Soil Fertility" was 



the title of the talk given by A. L. Lang, 

 association chief, Illinois Soil Experimental 

 Fields, at the lAA annual meeting in Chi- 

 cago. A few mimeographed copies of this 

 talk are available and those who wish them 

 may write this department. 



Every farm along a seven-mile road in 



Lee county between Franklin Grove and the 

 quarry has been supplied limestone by an 

 operator at Lee Center. 



By Wilfred Show 



The 15th annual meeting of Satiitary Milk 

 Producers of St. Louis will be held in the 

 Lincoln Theatre in Belleville, Monday, Jan. 

 29, starting at 10 a.m. The program will 

 include reports of officers, election of six- 

 teen directors, short talks by well known 

 speakers, entertainment, and a free dinner to 

 all present, according to A. D. Lynch, sec- 

 retary-manager. 



The National Cooperative Milk Productrs' 



Federation at its annual meeting in Chicago 

 in December, voted to withdraw as a mem- 

 ber of the National Council of Farmer Co- 

 operatives. "No break in the ranks of agri- 

 cultural co-ops is involved by this action," 

 declared Charles Holman, Federation secre- 

 tary. "The move was taken solely to as- 



sure the Federation full autonomy in repre- 

 senting in national affairs the interests of 

 the farm families of its 68 member asso- 

 ciations." 



The 23 milk marketing cooperatives wfao 



are members of the lUmois Milk Producers' 

 Association marketed 2,022,025,101 pounds 

 of milk for the year ending Sept. }0, 1944, 

 with a value of $63,413,074.65. This vol- 

 ume of milk marketed was 302 per cent 

 greater than for the year previous. 



Four employees of the Peoria Producers 



Dairy, who are on leave and in the Armed 

 Forces, have been recently wounded, accord- 

 ing to E. J. Rush, manager of the dairy. 

 Sgt. Don Holtzman and Riley Boyer of the 

 Army were injured in recent battles in the 

 European theater. Seaman David Ballinger 

 and Marine Alvin Wagner were injured in 

 battles in the South Pacific theater. •■ 



Annual meeting of the McLean County 

 Milk Producers will be held in the McLean 

 County Farm Bureau Building on Saturday, 

 Jan. 27, starting at 10:30 a.m., reports For- 

 rest Fairchild, manager. The afternoon ses- 

 sion will be held in conjunction with the 

 annual meeting of the Farmers' Creamery 

 Company. 



The following are the blended prices re- 

 ceived by producers supplying the respec- 

 tive Illinois markets. All are November 

 prices for 3.5% milk f.o.b. dealers' platforms 

 (except Chicago) and are for milk meeting 

 the respective milk ordinances: 



Bloomington $2.45 



Canton 2.75 



Champaign 2.75 



Chicago 3.X7 



Danville 2.45 



Decatur _ - 2.75 



DeKalb 2.74 



Freeport 2.77 



Galesburg 2.65 



Harrisburg _ 2.55 



Jacksonville 2JK 



Kewanee 2.55 



USalle 2.70 



Moline _ _ 3.09 



Peoria 2J9 



Poniiac ..._ _. 2.406 



Ouincy 2.36 



Rockford :. ._ 3.13 



Springfield 2J5 



St. Louis : 3.63 



Streator 2.40 



The following are the gross blended prices 

 paid to producers for milk in the following 

 named cities throughout the United States, 

 and are quoted on a 3.5% butterfat basis 

 delivered f.o.b. dealers' platforms (with ex- 

 ceptions noted) as reported by the respec- 

 tive milk cooperatives. These prices are 

 for November unless otherwise noted : 

 Boston (191-200 mile rone) (C>ct.)$3.76 



Chicago (70 mile zone) 3.17 



Cleveland _ (Oct.) 3.48 



Dayton „ 3.04 



Denver 2.90 



Detroit (Oct.) 3.60 



Evansville (Oct.) 2.92 



Indianapolis _ _ „. 3.54 



Kansas City 3.51 



Milwaukee (Oct.) 3.00 



New York Qty (201-210 mile 



zone) _ (Oct.) 3.98 



Omaha _ _ 3.03 



Seattle 3.10 



St. Louis 3-63 



St. Paul and Minneapolis 3.01 



Washington, D. C (Oct.) 4.00 



JANUARY. 1945 



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