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f)ork production program of A. 

 Golden of Saybrook, McLean 

 indicates how many Illinois 

 farmers have i n - 

 creased and i m - 

 proved their farm- 

 ing enterprises 

 through sound 

 breeding, feeding, 

 and marketing prac- 

 tices. 



An example of 

 this is indicated by 

 115 head of finished 

 hogs that weighed 

 299 pounds at seven months of age. 

 These pigs were farrowed between 

 Aug. 6 and Sept. 6 by 18 cross bred 

 Berkshire and Chester White sows, and 

 sired by a purebred Chester White 

 Boar. This was an average of 6.4 pigs 

 per litter. 



Seventy-five head of these hogs were 

 marketed at seven months of age at an 

 average weight of 299 pounds. The 

 remaining 40 head were marketed one 



week later at an average of 304 pounds. 

 All of these hogs were marketed by the 

 Illinois Livestock Marketing Associa- 

 tion through the Producer's Stock 

 Yards in Bloomington. They were 

 sold to the eastern packing firm of 

 Arbogast and Bastian at Allentown, 

 Pa. This packing firm indicated that 

 these hogs were of excellent quality. 

 Golden has had 22 sows farrow 168 

 pigs since January which is an average 

 of 7.6 pigs per litter. One of these 

 sows farrowed and weaned 11 pigs. 



Golden has 61 sows yet to farrow be- 

 fore September, which is an increase 

 of 15 sows over his 1944 production. 

 The four year average of 7 pigs per 

 litter indicates careful selection of 

 foundation stock. Golden produces 

 between 400-500 hogs annually on this 

 250 acre McLean county farm on a 

 livestock share lease basis with his land- 

 lord Frank Hubert of Saybrook. All 

 of the livestock produced on this farm 

 is marketed through cooperative chan- 

 nels. ; ' : -' >: . ■ 



A. E. Golden 



WROUGH SOUND BREEDING! 



LIVESTOCK MARKETING 

 COMMITTEE ACTIVE 

 IN KANE COUNTY: 



There's a reason for Kane county 

 showing a gain of 111 cars shipped to 

 the Chicago Producers during the past 

 year. It's largely due to the program 

 of the county livestock marketing com- 

 mittee of the Kane County Farm Bu- 

 reau which has enlisted the cooperation 

 of the livestock producers. 



Perhaps the most important of all 

 the activities of the livestock commit- 

 tee is the sponsoring of a beef calf 4-H 



JULY- AUGUST, 1945 



A feature of Ecme countf livestock market- 

 ing committee's program is its sponsorship 

 of a beef calf 4-H project. Interest in the 

 project makes for shows like this one. 



project. This project has made the 

 4-H club show of Kane county one of 

 the most outstanding in the state from 

 the standpoint of interest shown by 

 boys and the encouragement given by 

 parents. More than 2000 have attended 

 these 4-H club shows. 



The club project works about as fol- 

 lows. In the fall of the year, an order 



is placed with the Chicago Producers 

 for delivery of calves suitable for 4-H 

 club purposes. At the time of delivery, 

 the calves are weighed individually and 

 at the time of the club show they are 

 again weighed to furnish figures for 

 the rate of gain contest. The winners 

 in this contest are awarded prizes rang- 

 ing from $8 down. 



Four-H club members are billed 

 directly from the Chicago Producers 

 for their calves. This gives the mem- 

 ber some business experience in dealing 

 with his cooperative agency. 



A larger percentage of the members 

 insure their calves through the Illinois 

 Agricultural Mutual Insurance Company, 

 thereby learning another lesson about co- 

 operative enterprises. 



Another feature of the Kane com- 

 mittee's program is the feedlot tour. 

 In a recent tour more than 2400 head 

 of feeder cattle were counted in one 

 mile square of Kane county. These 

 feedlot tours are popular and average 

 attendance runs at 300. 



Members of the Kane county live- 

 stock marketing committee are Arthur 

 Lind, Aurora, chairman; Charles Kes- 

 linger, LaFox; Ira Whildin, Big Rock; 

 George Daubernun, Kaneville, and Hu- 

 bert Davis, Elburn. 



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