Feeding Outlook— 



(C'jiitiiiutJ jr'im pjf;e S) 



It takes about twite as much corn to 

 finish those same calves to prime ^i^rade, 

 Francis said — 63 busliels compared to 



39. 



This year's tests with calves are the 

 fifth in a series. Other trials with good 

 and ihoite yearlings and good two-year- 

 olds on pasture or drylot showed that it 

 takes .i feeding period of about 200 

 days to finish them to choice market 



This summer's results on the feeding 

 study show that it is possible to finish a 

 good feeder calf to choice market grade 

 on 39 bushels of corn in 23'> days. 



Other tests demonstrated the value of 

 grass as a steer feed. Steers gained mi 

 average of 311 pounds in I*iS days tlii^ 

 spring on low-cost bromegrass or blue- 

 grass "pasture, both with clovers mixed 

 in. This gain was valued at about S'-H) 

 an a^re. the cost per 100 pounds of gain 

 $9.^M. 



Feeding tests by Fred C. I'raiiciv. as- 

 sistant professor, sought to disuner 

 how much corn it takes ami how long 

 a feeding period is needed to finish 

 known feeder grades of cattle to any 

 given market grade. 



This season's tests showed that choice 

 calves weighing -180 pounds when 1 ced- 

 ing started on Nov. 6, 19i7. gained 

 1.95 pounds a day during an average 

 235day feeding period to reach clioiie 

 carcass grade. They gained i'iS pounds 

 and used 39 bushels of corn. l.'SOO 

 pounds of silage, 311 pounds of soy- 

 bean or linseed meal, and 600 pounds 

 of clover hay per steer. 



When slaughtered between June 1 

 and July 27, IQ-IS, 12 carcasses "graded 

 AA and three were A quality. They 

 dressed out 63 per cent. 



lAA Entertains— 



( Coniiiiued jrom pjg^e 29 ) 



Delegates to the Club congress, se- 

 lected on the basis of their superior 

 over-all records for 1S>-I8 in project 

 work, 4-H activity and leadership in 

 other events in their community and 

 county, were: 



Edward C Bates, Henry (ounty; 

 John W. Bliss, Knox; Denny Coleman. 

 Gallatin; Margaret Cummins, Jelferson ; 

 Mary Elder, Christian; Bcttelou I'lory. 

 ■Warren: )immie Gahm. I.aSalle; Margie 

 Groves. DeKalb. 



Kenneth Heisner, Will; Elaine Held, 

 Marshall, Rose Alice Howell. Fultop; 

 Floyd C. Hutchings. Eake: Gladys 

 Kra'pf, Will; Esther Kuster, Henry: 



Merle S. Miller. DeWitt; Eewis Porter, 

 Adams; Anita Reaman. Kankakee; 

 Carolyn Reeser, De'^'itt ; Robert 

 Schrock. Tazewell; Lorna Springer, 

 White. 



Thomas C. Sussenbadi, Bond; Bar- 

 bara Tiiicbaud. Greene; Will F. Tracy, 

 Stark; John White. Jr., K.uie ; |oe 

 Arthur VV^'ilcox, Lawrence; and Mary 

 Lee WiNon, Montgomery. 



I.owil i-H leaders, D.ilc Donley. 

 x\dams county, and Mrs. W. |. Steven- 

 son, Henry county, will attend Club 

 Congress in recognition of their fine 

 local leadership and length ol service. 



Instructor H. P. Erwin takes look at map 

 of form as Fred Turner and son. Bill, 4, 

 look on. At right is Bob Dale, hotcheryman 

 and veteran's teacher. Wagon is one 

 Turner made in Gl class. 



Gl Training— 



iC DitiniuJ Ir'im >}.r^c IS) 



ber of dependents. Single men can earn 

 up to S21(), and of this amount the gov- 

 ernment will pay SO') for employed and 

 SO" M) for self-employed veterans. 



For veterans with one dependent the 

 ceiling is S27(), the government paying 

 up to S90 for an employed and S93.75 

 for a self-etnployed veteran. For two 

 or more dependents, the ceiling is $290, 

 the government paying up to 590 for 

 an employed and 597.50 for a self- 

 employed \eteran. 



The financial payments are attractive. 

 They draw veterans into the program. 

 About I'i. ()()() are enrolled in Illinois — 

 s.OOO as self-employed and 10.000 as em- 

 ployed veterans. The payments mean a 

 larger salary check for the employed vet- 

 eran and insurance .igainst failure as well 

 as payments for the self-employed vet- 

 eran. 



Whether veterans go on, as Turner 

 and Wither have done, and gain from 

 the educational training, depends as 

 much on the instructor as the student. 

 This is true of any educational program 

 and the farm training program is no ex- 

 ception. 



Farm Woodlot— 



{i.ijn!i>:ucJ f""" t'-^.K'-' '") 



they are better suited to timber growing 

 than to other crops or pasture. 



Growth under present management 

 on this acreage is 100 board feet per 

 acre or less. Growth after reforesting 

 and under good management is placed 

 at 500 board l"eet per acre. 



Speakers at the congress also were 

 emphatic in declaring that timber land 

 should never be pastured. Timber 

 land, it was asserted, should either be 

 managed for timber production without 

 the presence of livestock or it should 

 be cleared and improved for pasture, 

 perhaps leaving a few scattered trees 

 for shade. 



The forestry department of the Col- 

 lege ol Agriculture rejiorts that 5 I per 

 cent of the farm woodlands arc grazed. 



In other talks. Dean H. P. Rusk, of 

 the L'. of I. College of Agriculture, 

 was convinced that tor much of Illinois' 

 t.irm land in forests and lying idle "the 

 inimedlatc problem is one of research 

 and education on how these areas can 

 be protitablv integrated into general 

 farming operations." 



Public ownership, development, and 

 management seems to be the best solu- 

 tion of the problem on large areas of 

 non-agricultural land where forestry 

 cannot be integrated with profitable 

 farming operations." he added. 



Dean Rusk also foresaw larger 

 ownership of forests by industry, and 

 called for expansion of farm accounting 

 in southern Illinois to include forestry 

 income and expense. 



The Wise Farmer Looks 

 To The Future — Buys 

 U. S. Security Bonds 



THE wise farmer looks ahead. He 

 plans for the lean years that follow 

 prosperous times. The wise farmer 

 knows there is no better way to secure 

 his future than in buying U. S. Security 

 Bonds. 



Security Bonds provide a 10-year crop 

 of security that will never fail you as an 

 investment. For every S3 you invest. Se- 

 curity Bonds will repay you Si in only 

 10 years. 



By saving your extra dollars now you 

 will make a real contribution to con- 

 trolling inflation that has made the 

 booms and busts so painful to farmers 

 throughout the years. 



Security Bonds will safeguard your 

 future and help keep this country free 

 and strong. Invest your extra dollars 

 now. Buy U.S. Security Bonds. 



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