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fkuriday. May 5. H60 THE IfcHQIRY PUWT^MXR This Business - Farming CORN IN DEMAND DESPITE SMALL SPRING PIG CROP The emphasis of roughages concentrates in cattle feeding has been argued, tested and re-tested, with a variety of conclusions reached -- not .^to mention the variety of test results. The roughage people argue for its economy and comparable gain value with a high •- grain-concentrate ration, f When you consider the wide ^ v«-iety of feeding practices, it . i*ittle wonder that you have : f such a wide variety of results. Most feeders use mineral ' supplements, either force-fed, - free choice, loose or in bldcks. Soybean oil meal, linseed oil . meal, eqttonseed oil meal, corn qluten meal and urea, singly • or , in combination, frequently serve as the main sources of •.protein. ' Energy sources often are provided by corn, barley, milo, molasses, dried potato pulp, . and proqgssed fat. Some rations even include cantaloupe, ^broccoli, stale bread, watermelon. potatoes, etc. * Getting to the subject at ihand -- roughages -- the variety includes silage of corn, "milo, oat, alfalfa or bromeg£ ss; alfalfa, bromegrass, barfly or oat hay (long, chopped, ground, flaked or pelleted) millet barley, bean or oat, cottontsefed hulls or ground almond hi^lls. From this variety of rough- <ages, one definite conclusion 'has been reached -- at least by the commercial feedlot operator. ; JtYom tests of several low ;aml high roughage alfalfa samples, it has been shown that (protein levels vary from 5 to SOi percent, and thus, finishing rations should include more •Concentrates. "|Tie nutritive value of a poor iquality roughage is reflected fry poor daily gains which cannot be corrected by the addition of protein, vitamin A or mSieral. Since the alfalfa-testing program showed that we cannot knnoo'w or control the quality of roughage fed, it would seem logical to attempt to control thlf variable to some degree by lowering the percent of roughage. The established commercial feejd lot operator faced with increasing competition has been feeding more and more Concentrates and continuously lowering the percent of roughage fed. ; The small feeders of beef cattle as opposed to the commercial feed lot operators frequently believe that roughage is the cheapest part of the ration. £hould they keep accurate itecords of their production costs and consult a beef nutritionist, these "roughage" feeders, who are feeding a hundred head of cattle during the winter months, might discover they are losing money. Your local Illinois Feed association dealer can furnish yai with additional informatiOT on this subject. Recent prices for corn were near loan levels at many Illinois points, but were generally lower than support levels west of the 'Mississippi river. If prices rise -to near the loan levfls west of the river, they should go well above the support level in Illinois. Farmers have put more corn under support this year than they did in 1958-59. They had pledged 378 million bushels for price support loans by March 1 of this Year, 25 percent more thnn a year before. Export sales are strong. Exports and inspections for export totaled 100 million bushels from Oct. 1 through March 20. This amount was 3 percent more than; a year before. These exports are being made with very little subsidy. In other words, corn is selling largely on the basis of its value in international markets. (By contrast, wheat prices are propped at 50 to 65 cents a bushel above international prices.) CGG selling of corn has been small. Sales from Oct. 1 through March 27 amounted to only 52 million bushels comoared with 110 millipn a year before. These sales figures include all dispositions, including payment-in-kind export subsidies. About two-fifths of the CCC sales have been for export, and three-fifths for domestic use. Last year the proportion sold for export was slightly less than two-fifths. Iowa has been reported having difficulties with wet corn, but managed to get 113 million bushels under loan by March 1. By the same date Illinois farmers had placed only 69 million bushels under price support. Nebraska turned 77 million bushels into cash via the price support route. Three other states -- Indiana. Minnesota and Missouri -- each had nearly 25 million bushels under loan. The cut in winter and spring sow farrowings will tend to limit the disappearance of corn. On the other hand, farmers are fattening a record number of cattle. And because thecold, late spring has delayed the development of pastures and ranges, more grain is required. The big supplies of roughage stored on many ranches last fall have been largely depleted. In the eastern half of the country, many formers Uavg.-short supplies of hay and silage. Farmers were feeding 9 percent more cattle on Jan. 1 than they were a year before, and they seem likely to keep about that many more on feed through the spring and summer. While the 1960 spring crop is about 12 percent smaller than last year, the hog-corn price ratio is around 15 to 1. This ratio is favorable for the heavy feeding of hogs, as is the large supply of wet corn. The use of corn for poultry feed may not increase as much in 1960 as it has in recent years, but it will hold at a very high level. The spring reopening of the St. Lawrence Seaway may provide some strength for corn prices in northern Illinois. In Suddenly it's SpringUand time for P br Spray Mist, * 3.50 To9et«M0MJ)O Ousting Pewdat. 1 Also available: New Mist,2.00;Talc/Toilet Water,\.7Sr, * Skin Perfume/Toilet Water, 2.25; Perfume Purser, * 1.50; Creamy Skin Perfume, 1.50; Tate, 1.00; Toilet Water with atomizer, 2.75. , him fins M* MILLSTREAM DRUGS 315 W. ELM STREET Next To Jewel Tea fkfcHenry, III. Page Fifteen the southern part of the state, prices will receive support from the demand for poultry, hog and' cattle feed in the south and southeast. L. H. Simerl Department of Agricultural ° Econoihics Rural Youth * Program Desired McHenry county has indicated a desire for a rural youth program again. There was such a program under the direction of Mrs. Clara Sweeney. The Rural Youth organization is open to any single youth between the ages of 18 and 30, whether living on the farm or in the city. Advisers Barbara Hill, Betty Jo Suhr, Ralph Burr nett and Earl Baylor will organize such a program with the help of Mrs. Ruth Fenwick, Huntley, and Lyle Paulson, Woodstock. Mrs. Fenwick and Mr. Paulson represent the home economic and agricultural extension councils in Mc- Heni-y county.. All interested youth in McHenry county are asked to contact the home adviser or farm adviser office. JOHNSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOL REGISTERS PUPILS MAY 18-20 V^.W. Auxiliary News Florence Svobods Registration of kindergarten and first grade children at Johnsburg public school not attending kindergarten at present will be held May 18, 19 and 20 from 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. at the school office. The office will also be open for registration from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, May 20. Children registering for kindergarten must be 5 years of age on or before Dec. 1, 1960. Children registering for first grade must be 6 years of age on or before Dec. 1. A birth certificate verifying the child's age must be presented at registration. A recent physical examination is required before he or she will be permitted to enter school in the fall. Only first grade children not at present attending Kindergarten are required to register. All fees will be paid in the fail. 1MB A BUSY VIM BSWSB 1*600 UM In inM* to orfMon, twr 9 otMon AiMrieaM ImmL to far. 1940 Am w tofmrnw*- Many WpM of Imuranc* nidi «• muUm* ant mvnnij pfpephiR Mmnpn mv •wwifM#M n LoAw MiayW'CalM. THE KENT CORP. Phone EV 5-S800 115 X. Riverside Dr. The regular meeting of the V.F.W. auxiliary to Post 4600 was called to order by president, Daisy Smith, Monday April 25. at 8 p.m. at the clubhouse. The joint installation was very impressive and well attended. . Lillian Ingham, department chaplain, was installing officer for the auxiliary and Carl Reese was the installing officer for the post. The auxiliary visiting color team was from Chicago arid made up of past presidents. The niusician was Hilda McCaffrey from Chicago. Lillian Ingham the installing officer had installed Daisy Smith as president in Chicago seven years ago. The master of ceremonies for the post was Scotty Mitchell, now of Wilmington. 111., formerly of Chicago, who is Chief of Staff and member of the National Council. Wally Williams from Chicago was the officer of the day. Refreshments were served and dancing enjoyed. Post 4600 and auxiliary are looking forward to a very busy and successful year under the guidence of Howard Thomas, Commander, and Daisy Smith, president. W i 1 m a Aylward, hospital shairman, reported on the party at Downey AprH^ 20. Wilma also gave her annual report and told how the t^ys enjoy each visit so much. Delegates and alternates were elected for the fifth district meeting in Dundee May 15.' The delegates are Dora Krocher, Mary Lou Miller, Marie Heinz, Wilma Aylward and Gertrude Baybian and the alternates are Gussie Diedrich, Doris Moffet, Marion Schoenholtz and June Schmunk. The Illinois State Convention will be in Peoria June 13, 14 and 15. The Poppy chairman, Irene Stoller, is asking for voluntters for Poppy Day, so please contact Irene for time and place. The quarterly audit was made at the hoqie of Gussie Diedrirh and those in attendance were Daisy Smith, president, Marion Schoenholtz, Gert Bartian and Florence Svoboda, trustees, artd Gussie' Diedrich, secretary. June Schmunk was named social chairman and will select the committees to serve for each meeting. The next meeting will be Monday, May 9. BOY SCOUTS The month of May will be a very busy one for the troop and we just wonder how/many of you boys are prepared for it. First of all, this next weekend will be the annual Blackhawk trail hike for first classers. The hike being on Saturday morning, starting from Camp Lowdfen. Oregon, 111., to the Blackhawk statue at Lowden Memorial park, and the return hike will be on Saturday afternoon, a total of about twenty miles. Second, a court of honor will be held Thursday, May 12, at the Legion home. This committee planned the affair as one of the outstanding events of the year, with very interesting entertainment. Please, parents. mark this date on your calendar and make it your business to attend. After all, it is only for the benefit of your boys and the committee needs your cooperation. Please don't disappoint us. Lastly, we are planning annual pancake day on Saturday, May 28, at the Legion home from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The receipts of this day will be used for camping expenses for the boys. Tickets may be purchased by the boys of Troop 162. Details will be published in a later issue of this paper. The Committee Only 1 narrow gauge railway carries passengers in the U.S. -- from Durango to Silverton, Colorado. At one time, U.S. had some 750 narrow gauge lines. Jnjoy Good Food? Be Our Guest Call And-Ask Xbout Our Monthly Dinner Club ^ Membership We are offering • limited number of membership* to people who enjoy (lining at its best Call Crystal Lake 2987 I' , For Full Particulars The Czecho Lodge U.S. Rte. 14 East Crystal Lake, 111. Let us Help You With Housecleaning! FEATHER PILLOWS FLUFFED & PUFFED " I STERILIZED DEODORIZED AND PUT INTO NEW TICKING #* J * ALL FOB ONLY WE'LL DO A BEAUTIFUL JOB OF CLEANING YOUR Of APERIES and SLIP-COVERS Too! GEM >-««• CliAN 317 W. Elm St., McHenry in the JEWEL SHOPPING PLAZA PHONE EV 5-2231 EXPANSION OF SCOUT CAMPING FACILITIES NOTED Expansion of Boy Scout camping facilities of the Blackhawk Area Council, more than doubling the number of boys who can participate, will result from a capital fund campaign for $433,000, which is now being organized. The Council's area includes ' the counties of Lee, Ogle, Whiteside, Boone, McHenry and Winnebago. Announcement of the fundraising effort was made by. Laurie W. Larson, Jr., of Belvidere, chairman of the Council's Kishwaukee district, comprising Boone and McHenry counties. Communities having Scout units are Union, Cary, Huntley, Woodstock, Crystal Lake, McHenry, Richmond, Belvidere, Marengo, Hebron; Capron, Harvard, Fox River Grove and Algonquin, Boys of these communities enrolled in the scouting program total 2,- 753. There are thirty-four troops, sixteen explorer units and thirty-four Cubs Packs. Adult volunteer leaders total 963. The proposed expansion includes the development of a new 500-acre reservation north of the Wisconsin-Michigan line, near Watersmeet, Michigan, and the enlargement and renovation of present facilities at Camp Lowden, near Oregon, 111. The campaign is the result of recommendations made to the Council's executive board by a long range camping committee, under the chairmanship of Stanton K. Smith. Two years of study were given to the problem of overcrowded camping facilities due to the constant year-by-year increase in thp number jaf boys served. Last year 15,748 boys were enrolled in the Couricil's Scouting activities. This number will reach 21,722 by 1965 according to population-growth projections made by the camping committee. Post-Easter Care For Lilies Post-Easter care' of lilies is important if you plan to transplant them to the garden in the spring. C. E. Ackerman, University of Illinois floriculture specialist, says to give the plants plenty of water but hot to keep the soil wet. Discard the excess water that drains into the container under the flower pot. Rain water is especially good for lilies because it contains only a small amount of dissolved solids. Hard water is satisfactory and tends to make a mellow soil. If hard water contains excessive chlorine, you can boil it and cool it to room temperature before using. "Softened" water is least desirable because the process usually removes some iron, calcium and magnesium and adds sodium. This water is good for many household uses, but not for use on house plants. Keep lilies at about 65-68 degrees F. Give them plenty of light, but keep them out of direct sunshine. After the frost-free date, you can transplant lilies outdoors in a place where they will receive at least five hours of sunshine daily. Cape Horn, South America, was so name<J for the home town (Horn) of Schouten, its discoverer. HERE AND THERE IN BUSINESS After more than twenty; years of service with the Inter-, national Harvester company,-"' Paul R. Bell of Berwyn will retire. He has been. an experimental research machinist. He and his wife, Eugenia, will settle permanently at-' Lake Defiance, where they own" a home. They have two sons, both residing in California. RECORD BREAKING SALES Public Service company's northern division, which has its headquarters at Northbrook, in 1959 marked another year of record-breaking sales, Haroid W. Otto, division vicepresident. said in a report of the division's 1959 activities. Northern division's 1959 sales reached a peak of 2.339,542,785 kilowatt-hours, an increase of 15.3 per cent over 1958. These sales were larger than those .of many sizeable electric com-- paines. THINK DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME IS A MESS?? The Gregorian calendar was adopted by Italy, France, and Spain in 1582, by Germany in 1700, by England in 1742, Sweden in 1753, Russia in 1920. There was a difference of some 11 to 14 days between it and the old Julian Calendar. 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