Wayne Brethorst, Champaign county farm- 

 er, shows how he weighs pig at «veaning 

 time. From litter weight sow's production 

 record is established for Illinois Swine Herd 

 Improvement Association. 



The sows at the experimental station 

 farm that had pigs old enough to be out- 

 side were housed in individual, sunshine- 

 type liog liouses that could open in front 

 during warm weather. Tlie sows were 

 isept dry and free from mud while out- 

 side their pens by the use of a cinder 

 bed. 



Some of the farmers suggested that 

 tailings or mine slack could be used 

 ecjualiy as well for a temporary hog lot, 

 and said they were going to try keeping 

 tiieir sows away trom the mud by using 

 cinders or a substitute when they got 

 home. 



1 log numbers will be down in Illinois 

 trom 10 to I 'i per cent if farmers handle 

 (licir spring pig crop as they indicated at 

 tiie meeting. 



1. A. Morg.m, Homer, said: "We're 

 not going to breed heavily for fall litters 

 altiiough were going ahead with our 

 spring crop. Hogs right now are just 

 not paying the feed bill." 



C. |. Sparks, F. St. Louis: "Hog num- 

 bers in my territory are down 10 to l^ 

 per cent. Farmers sold old sows and 

 culled pretty closely." 



Ray C. Harding, Belleville: "I haven't 

 cut down c]uite as much as my neigh- 

 bors. Incidentally, I think there's 

 more money in S22 hogs feeding S2.2i 

 corn tiian SU) hogs and SI corn. More 

 dollars profit." 



A pig creep ration being fed suckling 

 pigs on rye grass seemed to meet with 

 favor from hogmen. It consisted of 

 cracked corn, 4'>.'i pounds; oat groats. 2t; 

 soybean meal, 12; meat and bone scraps, 

 12; alfalfa leaf meal, 'i; iodized salt, .'>. 



For four years now farmers and ranch- 

 ers have sold more livestock than they 

 have raised. On Jan. 1 of this year the'y 

 had the fewest head of livestock since 

 1<)39. In keeping with this trend many 

 Illinois livestock men are reporting a 

 spring pig crop of 10-15 per cent less 

 than last year. 



CASH ADVANCE 

 ANNOUNCED BY 



THE Illinois Wool Marketing Associa- 

 tion has started to grade and store 

 wool from the 19i8 clip in its new 

 warehouse at Paris in Edgar county. 



As the first of the new wool crop 

 comes in a schedule of advance pay- 

 ments on a complete line of various 

 grades has been announced by Dale 

 Rouse, manager of the wool growers' 

 cooperative. 



These are atlvance payments and will 

 not be the total amount the producer re- 

 ceives for his wool. 



A big share of the Illinois wool, about 

 60 per cent, will come under the grades 

 of choice three-eighths combing and 



ON NEW CUP 

 WOOL CO-OP 



choice one-lourth combing on which the 

 cooperative is advancing -10 cents a 

 pound. 



The advance prices per pound on the 

 various grades are: Light fine, 30c; aver- 

 age tine, 250; line clothing, 2'ic: ciioice 

 one-half combing, J'^c; average one-half 

 combing, 50c; one-half clothing, 30c; 

 choit rhree-eights combing, iOc. 



Average three-eighths combing, 3'^c; 

 three-eighths clothing, 35c; choice one- 

 fourth combing 40cj average one-fourth 

 combing. 5'^c; choice low ijuarter, 40c; 

 braid. 3'^c; medium burry-scedy, 2()c; 

 medium grey or black, 2()c; karakul, lOc; 

 dead, 20c; murrain, 7c; tine lamb, Z'<c; 

 medium lambs, 20c. 



JUNE 18 IS DATE SET 



FOR ANNUAL LAMB SHOW 



THE 10th annual Chicago Lamb Show 

 will be held June 18 at the Union 

 Stock Yards in Chicago. 



Cash prizes will be given in tour classes 

 of the contest. They are a single lamb 

 class and pens of three, five and ten 

 lambs. In the pen of three class, the 

 show offers cash awards down to 2^tli 

 place; on pens of five to 15th place; m 

 pens of 10 there are eight awards; and 1 1 

 places in the single Iamb class. 



Several sheep breed associations will 

 offer spcLi.i! prizes, and the exhibitor of 

 the champion single lamb of the sh.ow 

 and the boy or girl who shows the best 

 pen of three lambs will receive the Pills- 



bury awards tor agricultural achievement. 

 A sheep shearing contest will wind up 

 the program and all exhibitors are eli- 

 gible to compete. 1 he winner receives a 



power-operated shearing machine. 



Lambs plai ing bclciw third will be 

 sold bv lommission tirms in tiie presence 

 ot their owners iust as they are on the 

 open market in f hic.igo. 



Sliow otficials announce that premium 

 lists will be a\ailabk- soon, and that en- 

 tries will clo^e Monday. June 14. There 

 IS no entry fee. A similar show for mar- 

 ket hogs has also been scheduled for 

 Wednesday, Sept. 15. 



iAA Director To Serve on 

 State Poultry Committee 



LYMAN BUNTING, member of the 

 IAA board from Edwards county, has 

 been appointed to the state poultry com- 

 mittee which will act in an advisory ca- 

 pacity for the poultry project to be car- 

 ried on in Illinois under the Hope-I'ian- 

 agan bill. 



The state will appropriate money for 

 the project which will be matched by 

 federal funds under the Hope-Flanagan 

 bill. The project will be under the di- 

 rection of E. C. Secor, superintendent, 

 division of markets, Illinois State De- 

 partment of Agriculture. 



Purpose of the project is to promote 

 the marketing of a better product, and 

 to develop a grading program and better 

 marketing facilities. Research will be 



done by the University of Illinois. Com- 

 mittees will be appointed later for fruit 

 and vegetable projects. 



Other members of the poultry com- 

 mittee are: H. H. Alp. American Farm 

 Bureau I'ederation; L. F. Slice. U. of L; 

 S.un Honneger, Forrest; Harold Templc- 

 ton. Chain Store Council, Chicago; and 

 C. C. Lovell, Galesburg. 



SEEK RECORD CROP 



T lie nation's t.irmers are again out 

 after a billion bushel wheat crop. The 

 Department ot Acri. ukure estimates 

 probable winter wheat production of 

 S6O.521.000 bushels and a possible 

 spring wheat crop of 272.000.000 bush- 

 els. 



MAY. 1948 



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