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Rosemaling To Be Seen By Art League Members Town-Country Tips by Oovtd f locher. Extension Sank* 338-3737 • 338-4747 ftthe Northland Area Art fcague presents a demon­ stration on the art of emaling by Ginny Miller, iday, Feb. 23, at 8 p.m. at the IcHenry city hall, Green reet. Miller will show the ripment required and the sic technique of Rosemaling various items . This ancient art was done by the country people of Scandinavia, to decorate their cabinetwork and other furnishings. On display will be several items Ginny Miller has handpainted in warm, cheerful colors and designs using this early painting technique. Ginny Miller, who lives in Cary, 111., has given many Rosemaling demonstrations and gives lessons in this Scandinavian folk art. Everyone is invited to attend this lecture. Refreshments will follow. A small donation is requested of non-members. Parenthood Classes Scheduled For March Prospective mothers and fathers are invited to two ^"Preparation for Parenthood" ^sessions at Memorial hospital ^for McHenry county, Mrs. Fran «|Scholopp, R.N., obstetrical department supervisor, an­ nounced today. fcThe two upcoming, sessions are scheduled for Monday, March and March 12 at 8 p.m. in the hospital dining room. "Early announcement re made now so that parents-to-be can mark these dates down and reserve them for these in­ formative sessions," Mrs. Scholpp, explained. "In previous session many fathers- to-be have attended, in addition to prospective mothers. We are very pleased with the interest in this program." The program is presented by Memorial hospital for McHenry county in cooperation with members of the medical staff and the hospital staff. Each session will include movies and talks, and no charge of any kind is involved. ' The films include "Prenatal Care" and "Labor and Delivery". A member of the medical staff will lead the discussion on prenatal care and on labor and delivery at both the March 5 and 12 sessions. A tour of the hospital's maternity department will also be in­ cluded. r HOSPITAL MC HENRY „ Admissions:Micki Becker and Theresa Schultz of IVfcHenry. WOODSTOCK MEMORIAL Admissions: Mary Alice Emerson. Mrs. Elaine Brabec, Mrs. Sophie Wachna, Mrs. Nancy Nolan, Baby Jason Summers, Harold Fisher and Miss Lynn Kopler, all of McHenry; Mrs. Sharall Hampton, Mrs. Ruth Fox, ^harles Keith, Baby Nicholas nson. Sam Varvaro. Mrs. Donna Hawkins and Robert Basile, all of Wonder Lake. H A R V A R D A d m i s s i o n s : . M i l d r e d Thomas and Gladys Blair of McHenry. BIRTHS Gary and Patricia Snell, 4512 Ramble road, McHenry, had their first child, a daughter named Vanessa Marie, Feb. 13 in McHenry hospital. The 7 lb. 10 oz. baby girl is the granddaughter of Herman and Marie Brown of McHenry and the late Harry Snell. Births in Woodstock Memorial hospital in&lude, Feb. 14, a girl to Mr. ano Mrs. Robert O'Neil. Wonder Lake. On Feb. 15, to Mr. and Mrs. Steve Davis, Wonder lake, a girl; to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hedlund, McHenry, a boy. Feb. 16, to Mr. and Mrs. James Funk, Wonder Lake, a girl; to Mr. and Mrs. Steven Houghton, Wonder Lake, a bo; Farm Site Increase Economics of scale - spreading costs over a larger number of acres - is one method to handle increasing costs. The average farm size in McHenry county has increased to a present acreage of approximately 250 acres. The American farmer now feeds about 60 others. Data based on 1976 Illinois Farm Business records showed that a farmer must farm over 3 acres to make the payment on one acre of purchased land. These figures are based on 2.25 corn and $3,000-acre land costs. Higher livestock prices this pa§t fall helped boost the prices farmers receive to their record high level of August 1973. But meanwhile the prices paid by farmers for their production supplies increased 49 percent from that date. Becoming more efficient - more bushels per acre and more gain per pound of feed fed - and spread costs are the defensive measures farmers are taking. Ready Those Garden Tools - Picture yourself in this situation! It is the first perfect day of spring. With a little luck, you can get just a small area of the garden worked up for some early radishes and a little lettuce. But, where is the spade? Who broke the handle on the 'rake? This can be frustrating! Be prepared, check on your tools, materials and seeds now. When the snow melts down a little and you can get to your garden shed, assemble and cheA out your gardening tools. Also check out that power tiller and lawn mower. Repair shops are not real busy now. Garden Seeds - Make out your seed list and list of materials and supplies you will need to buy. Some seeds left from last year can be used yet this year. If seeds were in a cool, dry, and safe storage area and you sow a greater amount of seeds you should be okay. Onion, parsley and parsnip seeds must be fresh each year. At a gardening program last week presented for the Bull Valley Garden club, I was asked about saving seed from last year's plants. Hybrid vegetables are a special cross. When you save seeds from these hybrids to plant the following year the seeds will usually produce plants that are of poorer quality_ than_ftlte HORHSBYS ^ family centers -- Kitchen Remodeling Seminar Is your kitchen slowing you down? Out duted? Hornsby's has the answer!! Factory representatives will be at Hor- nsby's to assist you in kitchen design and answer all of your questions! Friday, Feb. 23, 3:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24,9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. STORE HOURS: DAILY 9-9, SUN. 10-6 McHENRY STORE ONLY 4400 W. RTE. 120 Ask about the many patterns to choose from! Del-Mar original. Unless seeds are not available from any other source I recommend you buy them. Information on recom­ mended varieties is available by calling my office at 338-3737 or 4747. Certain varieties of vegetables are recommended because of their disease resistances Swine Fwd Additives - Feed additives have a place in the swine ration. It is unfortunate that while beneficial additives exist, so do "sell & run" salesmen with unbeneficial ones. Magnesium and vitamin K have not proven tb be beneficial in correcting tailbiting. problems, despite claims to the contrary. Oral iron products for sows have not controlled anemia in piglets. Thyroprotein for lactating sows may be beneficial over the short term, but harmful in the long run. Unidentified growth factors (UGF), such as the probiotics, generally produce no improvement in pig per­ formance. Past responses to UGF fed to pigs in the Midwest may have been due to the fact that the unidentified factors furnished the pigs with selenium, a trace mineral only recently un­ derstood to be essential and one that is deficient in the soil of many Midwestern states (in­ cluding Illinois). Remember that there are regulations concerjii«g^an- " tibiotic use" Read^and folld closely all label instructions^ Revised Swine Rations - Ex­ tensive research has taken place at the University of Illinois by Extension and Research staff. They have reached two conclusions. First, calcium and phosphorus levels should be higher than minimum NRC requirements and second, that the Illinois vitamin mixture should be revised. Researchers found that the availability of calcium and phosphorus varies in the feed sources used. Also they feel it is wise to formulate the /feed ration on the basis of the fast gaining animals and the high milk producers. The Illinois vitamin mixture, intended for use with corn- soybean. meal rations; have been revised upward. Con­ sideration was given to the availability of vitamins in feed stuffs as well as to animal and management differences. Livestock Waste Management - Commercial exhibits, an evaluation of swine odor control products and a review of recently adopted state animal waste regulations will highlight the University of Illinois Livestock Waste Management Conference, scheduled March 6 in Cham­ paign. The conference will feature speakers from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Iowa. The con­ ference is designed to update livestock producers, farm managers, bankers-anyone concerned with planning livestock facilities-on today's waste-handling systems. Other^ topics on the con­ ference v program include; controlling feedlot runoff with vegetable filters; principles and problem? of flushing systems; how to deal with liquid livestock wastes; and recent developments in animal waste management systems, including earthen storage structures, picket dams, liquid- solid separation and pneumatic conveying. The confernece will be held at the Ramada Inn Convention center, Champaign. A fee will cover the cost of coffee, lunch, proceedings and speaker ex­ penses. Contact me to register at 338-3737 by March 1. C DHI Program - According to recent U.S. Department of Agriculture information, mastitis costs dairymen $133 per lactation for each cow. Producers can detect clinical mastitis easily by abnormal milk or by an abnormal udder condition. But it's the hidden subclinical mastitis that causes the great expense. The Dairy Herd Im­ provement (DHI) Association of Illinois has begun a testing program to help detect sub­ clinical mastitis. Called the somatic cell count, the test is the only way to spot "invisible" mastitis-which research shows can infect about 47 percent of the average herd without the producer knowing it. Somatic cells are white blood PAGE 3- PLAINDEALER- WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, It7f cells in the milk~an indication of infection. Once a problem cow is identified, a producer can treat her before the mastitis gets worse. The Somatic Cell Count program allows dairymen to work with their veterinarians to develop a mastitis control program. DHI supervisors can enroll producers in the program at a cost of about $1.50 per cow per year. Producers not enrolled in the DHIA program also can have testing done at a slightly higher cost. Lambing Time Suggestions • Sheep producers, be surW to keep a close watch on ew#s at lambing time to spot difficult births. If a ewe has trouble, check if the lamb is being delivered in a normal position-its head between and slightly above its front feet. According to Gary Ricketts, U of I Sheep Specialist any of these con­ ditions can cause difficult lambing; -the lamb is extra large, especially its head and shoulders; -the ewe has a small pelvic area; v\ -the ewe fails to dilate; -the lamb comes backwards (a breech birth); -one or both of the lamb's front legs are bent back; -the lamb's head is bent back; -the lamb comes hocks first; -if the ewe is carrying two lambs, their legs may become tangled; if the lambs are side by side,»the ewe may try to deliver both at the same time. After Lambing - After the ewe lambs, move her to a lambing pen. Check the ewe's udder to see if she is producing colostrum and make sure her teats are open. Be sure the ewe claims her lambs and allows them to nurse before you leave. If the lambs are weak, help them nurse or use a stomach tube to feed them colostrum. If it's extremely cold, provide a heat lamp for each lambing pen. However, use the lamp only long enough to get the lamb dry. Prolonged use of a heat lamp in the lambing pen may increase a lamb's susceptibility to pneumonia. Ear-tag lambs and record the information on your barn records. Ewes with healthy single lambs can be moved from lambing pens after one day - ewes with healthy twins after two days. V e g e t a b l e P r o c e e d i n g s Available - The "Proceedings- 1979 Illinois Vegetable Growers Schools" has been published by the University of Illinois Department of Horticulture. The book contains talks given at the 1979 Illinois Vegetable Schools, research reports and recommendations. The 124- page manual is designed as a reference for growers to use throughout the 1979 season. Single copies of the proceedings are available. Contact the Department of Horticulture, University of Illinois, 124 Mumford Hall, Urbana, 61801. We're To Serve YOU!!!! Here . * 4 -4 Convenient 24 Hour Depository -•'7 • : NOW OPEN Lobby and TWO DRIVE-UP WINDOWS Ready to help you with your Banking Transaction at Whispering Point Office are left to right, Joanne Eppers, Judy Beres, Joyce Diedrich & Assistant Vice President, Bob Power. Good looks are just the beginning. McHenry State ® . - Whispering Point Office CRYSTAL LAKE ROAD & LILLIAN STREET DRIVE UP AND LOBBY HOURS Mondoy . . . 8:30-4:30 Tuesday . . . 8:30-4:30 CLOSED WEDNESDAY Thursday ... 8:30-4:30 Friday . . . 8:30-7:30 Saturday . . . 8:30-3:00 McHenry State Bank ^Crystal Lake Road/Lillian Street and 3510 W. Elm Street McHenry, Illinois 385*1040 liVlM-