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vbursday, June 30, I960 THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER Farmers are probably the original "do-it-you r s e 1 f-ers." ^)e nature of fanning -- at least in its original concept -- demanded that the operator be self-sufficient because there was no one close at hand to help him dver the hump on any one of many production problems that might cost him a year's crop. Cut things have changed in agriculture. It has become highly scientific and mechanic. Though still inclined, the farmer is just not technically equipped to be completely selfsufficient. And he nerd not be. The present high level of efficiency could not have been attained b> the farmer himself. Engineers and scientists have made him so. It follows that he must depend upon them to solve day- W-day production problems, cren though production equipment has been bought. The present economic plight of the farmer- - also called the price cost squeeze -- has brought a mild farmer resurgence 1o "do-it-yourself" or self-suffirioncv. Though most of !hos< eiYo'ts arc ill-fated, it does show an , honest and admirable initiative on the part the farmer to reduce his P oduction costs, which have pretty much passed beyond his control. Take grain production. The producer can do two things with his grain sell it or feed it. To get the best possible price, grain must be dry. In the old days, drying was left pretty much to nature, or harvested and sold wet with accom- "i^nying price discounts. So modern agricultural engineering gave him the grain dryer -- with some overselling. The farmer was sold on the idea that he could routinely dry his own grain. It turned out to be one of the ill-fated "do-it-yourself-onthe farm" projects. Farmers soon found that grain drying 1 required special techniques and was highly dangerous, and best left to the experts. And he can feed his grain. As , feed represents about 75 per cent of his total livestock production. it was logical for the farmer to try to cot costs here by mixing his own feed on the farm. The logic of this practice has I not been determined, and prob- ' ably never will because it dei pends on circumstances* But for the average feeder it, too. i could turn out to be another ill-fated "do-it-yourself-on-thefarm" project. ^ Basically, the livestock efficiency we enjoy today is a measure of scientific testing and balancing of rations. For 1 a farmer to attempt to cut costs by ignoring the exactness of this science through amateurish formulations of his 'own grain is to undermine his complete feeding program. ..Besides science, there are at. 'oast two trends that defeat most illusions of economies in on-the-farm feed mixing: <1) the irend to bulk feeds which gives the feeder a price break, proper balance of rations and delivefv to the farmer's bins, and (2) the grain bank which si ores, cleans, dries, mixes and delivers the farmer's grain at a coct that he could not normally beat. Maybe there is one other misconception that has given rise to on-the-farm mixing. A lot of feed manufacturers have , sot up feed lots and have gone into the feeder business. Mayhe the farmer thought he could reverse the process and set up a food manufacturing business along with his livestock. 1 T h e r e ' s o n l y o n e t h i n g ' wrong. The technology and science involved here is in the 'formulation and balance of feed rations, not in the fairly 1 mechanical process of feeding livestock. ! Your local IFA dealer will 1 discuss with you any feed problems you may have. Call on him. With history being made all i the time, it seems every day | is now the first anniversary of something terrible. SUMMER MAY CHECK DECLINE OF CATTLE PRICES The recent weakness in cattle prices has brought several inquiries -about market conditions and price prospects. So far this year prices of choice ^cattle have followed about the same patterns as in • the past two years. That is, prices rose during the winter ahd declined in the spring. As was expected, however, prices have generally been SI to. $2 : lower in 1958 and 1959. j The lower prices reflect the ' cyclical increase in marketings since the first of the year. Farmers cut their sales of calves for slaughter in 1958 and 1959. The extra calves kept back in 1958 have appeared as slaughter cattle on the markets this year. Farmers and ranchers had 18 5 million halves not being ; kept for milk on Jan. 1, 195S;. 19 7 million on Jan 1, 1959;* .•nil 21 1.million at the beginirn" of this year. We began this year with 11.0 million steers. 8 "percent more than !he year before. We had 7.4 million heifers not being . kept for milk. 9. percent more than one year before. Farmers began this year with 9 percent more cattle on feed than they had at the beginning of 19)59. By April 1, they still had 8 percent more l cattle on feed than a year ago. | At that time farmers indicated intentions to market a greater ihan usual percentage of their cattle before July 1. Although marketings were rather light in April, they increased sharp- ; ly in May, making total beef 1 output during the first five .months of this year about 8 percent larger than last year. In-shipments 'of replacement cattle have been rather light since Jan. 1, but this was a natural reaction to the heavy movement last fall. Cattle put on weight, however, whether they are in the corn belt or Mn the west. On Jufiie 1 the number of cattle on feed in the big feedlots in California and Arizona was estimated at 848.000 head, Vl6 1 percent more than a month before. Consumer demand for beef is strong, and it appears likely to hold up well during the summer vacation season. By next fall, however, there may be more concern about business prospects, and consumer demand. The supply of pork will be comparatively small this summer, since farmers saved about one-fifth fewer pigs in the December- February quarter than they did the year before. Pork supplies will continue on the short side during the fall. Last year, the monthly average price of choice steers declined from $30.33 per hundred •pounds in April to $25.57 in December. This $4.76 decline cyjrio "in two steps -- from April to July and from September to December. In 1958 prices of choice steers declined from $29.90 in :'March to $26.11 in August. The ^decline was- $3.79 a hundred pounds. Prices regained about $1.00 before the year-end. . Our"* best- monthly price so far this year has been $28.08, so a $4 decline would let the price down to about $24. This would be only $1.60 lower than the low month last year, and $2.10 less than the low month in 1958. The price decline this year may come in two steps, as it did in 1959. The shortage of pork and the vacation boom should provide some support this summer. Autumn will bring more p o r k, > probably more cattle, and possibly some slowing ,of business activity, with a l^ieling-off of consum- ; er demand. L. H. Simerl Department of Agricultural Economics Page Fifteen i The sea route from Manilla i to Panama is 9,347 miles long, I the world's longest unbroken regular steamship route. The 1901 Packard auto was the first car to be steered with a wheel, instead of a tiller. 129 N. Riverside Drive McHenry. 111. 4th_iu~iiiiy Sale FOR SALE -- TUSSY'S PERMA-DEW LIPSTICK For The Smoothest Lips In Town NUVEL SANITARY NAPKINS Reg. $1.00 ea, 2i«$l0# plus tax $1.89 Value SWIMMING POOLS Coated Wire Fence 5-ft. Dia. 8-ft. Dia. Regulars $198 per ctn. 16-in. Deep $16.95 Kings or $210 12-in. Deep Filters *8.49 plus tax PICNIC JUGS Thermos for Hot or Cold Drinks HAWAIIAN BEACH SANDALS Men's, Women's and Children's Reg. 98c IT'S HERE! Tresemme CREME HAIR COLOR Summer Colognes TUSSY -- SHULTON DOROTHY GRAY As Advertised On TV pins tax Special plus tax All Green GRASS SEED Vi PRICE SALE Tussy Bright Touch Shampoo , Usually $2.00 CMtfSCID Guaranteed 5 Lbs. Reg,, $1.39 Now * plus tax INSECT BOMB 5% D.D.T. CHARCOAL LITER Full Quart 33° Reg. 49c EARLY TIMES Reg. $4.89 GIN -- Walkers Reg. $3.80 Walkers Private Cellar 100 Proof -- Bonded Reg. $4.69 VODKA -- Semkov Reg. $3.49 ZERO 8" ELECTRIC FAN Quiet Running A |PA. GIN -- American ul $q95 Reg. $3.29 IMPERIAL Reg. $4.15 Approved TAX FACTS The Taxpayers' Federation of Illinois today called attention to a recent Illinois^Supreme court opinion. People v. Pennsylvania Railroad company. which affected the 1957 trix levy of a community unit school district. The sole issue in the case was whether, in 19.1*7, the tax levy of a com- , munity unit school district was governed by section 17-2 of the School Code, which permitted a maximum rate of 1.25 per ! cent for educational purposes, ; or by section 8-13 of the Code which authorized a maximum rate of 1.00 per cent. The district in this case had its tax extended at a rate of. 1.25 per cent, and the appellant con- , tended that the rate was excessive by .25 per cent. The district in question was | organized as a community unit i school distriet in 1948 pursuant i to the provisions of sections 8- i.9 to 8-14, inclusive, of- the • School Code. Except for minor | changes of no significance to the present question, section 8- i 13, as it existed from 1948 to i and including the time this dis- ; trict levied its 1957 educational j tax. gave the board of education of a community unit I school district the authority to 1 levy a rate not to exceed 1.00 | per cent for educational pur- 1 poses. This rate could there- | fore be increased by referenda ! within the limits provided by j Article 17 of the School Code. An amendment made to section 17-2 of the School Code, by the General Assemb'.v in 1957 would, if applicable to this district, have allowed a higher rate limit than 1.00 per | cent. In fact, the amended sec- | tion 17-2 would have permitted I a limit of 1.25 per cent. In deciding the question at issue, the Court said that this community unit schooMistrict in 1957 was bound,by the maximum rate under section 8-13 of the School Code (1.00 per cent for educational fund purposes* rather than the higher maximum rate under section 17-2 (1.25 per cent). The court was of the opinion that section 8-13 governed the educational levy of community unit districts in 1957, as prior amendments to section 17-2 have been uni- I'oimly construed as not applying to such districts. Further, the court reasoned that there was nothing in the 1957 amend- Dobbin" was an important ! book and stationary group, ch a t t e l , 1 8 5 1 - 1 8 6 0 , t o t a l n e t ' $ 1 , 0 9 6 , 2 6 2 ; w h o l e s a l e r s a n d Slate revenue equalled t'hte sum joblfc-rs, $20,470,085; manufacturers and producers, $24,341,- 047; and miscellaneous grottp, •S6.425.130 Assuming a population of 10.205.000 persons for .Mich fisc al \ears, the per capita sales tax and use tax colleeof $16,940,000, and the chief source of such revenue was the property tax. This tax levied by the ^tatf during that decade amounted to $15,834,000. The Illinois Central Railroad tax ment.to indicate a legislative yielded $598,000, and all other lions equalled $29.85. intent that it have a greater taxes brought in $508,000 for An interesting fact is that application to such districts such period. the food group idairy products, than did thp changes made in .For the fiscal year ending d. ;:eat.»ssen stores, grocery preceding years. To rule other- June 30, 1959. total receipts stoics.- meat markets, bakeries wise would repeal section 8-13, from the retailers' occupation and caterers, farm products, by implication. - J tax and use tax in Illinois candy and confectioners, etc.) It should be noted^VtisH'"lTT^,u'iounted .to $304.658.638.. Such 1959 the General Assembly t^tal tax receipts for this year again amended the School can be broken down as to Code to place all school dis- sources into the following tricts, including community pinups': general merchandise group, $35,906.1-14; furniture. household and radio group. $13,923,855; lumber buildinghardware group, $16,425,530; .••iUtoniot ive group. $33,273,457; filling s.ta 1 i o-n s. $1X,819,26X; fuel and ice-; dealers. $3,133.- 936; drug- stores-- $7i29l.469: jewelry stores. $1,816,710; farm raised a total of $70,150,706, which ;•* 23 per cent of the total sales and use tax receipts for sia h venr. units, under section 17-2 rate limits. These 1959 amendments were not invovled in the above decisidn. A comparison of net Illinois revenues by sources for the. present decade with that of one hundred yeai,;s ago illustrates how the field of taxation has arid garden supply•.group. $ 1 - grown, the Taxpayers1 Federation of Illinois stated. For the period 1951-1958, total net state revenues, of Illinois amounted to $4,732,578.- 000, with this sum divided by sources as follows: property taxes, $4,118,000; Illinois Central Railroad tax, $37,059,000; inheritance tax, $119,808,000; corporation and insurance taxes, $208,539,000; motor vehicle taxes, $573,223,000; motor fuel tax, $866,972,000; liquor gallonage tax, $197,228,000; retailers' occupation tax. $1,826.- 500.000; use tax, $42,360,000: public utility tax, $227,926,000; cigarette tax, $252,591,000; and all other, $376,218,000, During the days when "old 011,889; florii $1 .4-76,6.52; APPROVE BILLS Hills approved by Gov. William (1 -Stratton which were passed b\ the. special sessions of the Tlsr - General Assembly include ;a .TV million dollar supp ' . o m c h t a l a p p r o p r i a t i o n o f S33i|.-ooo to' reclaim farm bqt- Tonil.ind.-- and repair flood da ma ye. and reforms in the .UiMice of the Peace laws. 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ERICKSON 800 Ogden Ave. Downers <irove • WOodland 8-0093 In McHcnrv -- KV *>-'>710 or EV 5-6081 m Now's the time to ask about telephone directory listings for each member of your family The new edition of the McHenry County Telephone Directory is going to press within a few days. Why not list each member of your family in it? Grandparents, other relatives living with you, teen-agers ... all rate personal listings. Multiple listings make it easy for callers to find the telephone number of all the folks in your household. And the cost is small. It's a good idea to do it this week, because the new McHenry County Telephone Directory will soon be printed. To arrange for this telephone "plus", just call your Service Representative at the telephone office, EVergreen 5-9981. ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE :