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; .A, /-• m 29, By W. H. Tammous 'j A story from the University of I Illinois says sheep are the most profitable livestock on the farm today. They are also the most neglected. How come? They certainly don't ask much in return for the litofit they bring in. They will, however take all they can get if somebody forgets and leaves the fefed bin door open. V^Wpel-ifi selling for $1.30 a pound. , the reason-for this is that the government set a Veiling on the price of wool during the war, which drove all the sheep ranchers out of business. Now instead of producing ^JM^per cent of our domestic need «r wool, we will produce 20 per nt for 1951. The best way to get full production on anything is to provide a profit incentive. My dad always said anybody can get interested in doing a certain thing if there is money enough in it. Perhaps some farmers who claim to have a definite dislike for sheep could learn to like them now. .Quite a bit is being said about 4quid nitrogen nowdays. It's the same stuff--it will make the plants green and grow bigger, but it won't do anything that nitrogen in ordinary fertilizer won't do if the same pdunds of actual nitrogen is put on. Ammonium nitrate is 33 per cent and this stuff is 82 per cent so pound fqr pound you wouldn't have to put on only one-third as much. Incidentally, any nitrogen fertilizer 11 mak? the weeds grow bigger, Speaking of weeds, It's no disgrace to have weeds. It is a sign of a poor farmer, however, if he , keeps them after they get a couple of inches tall. Weeds can't be killed unless they are allowed to cone up because a weed seen unsprouted in the ground is a potential Weed until it is allowed to •e up. That is why land should be plowed as early in the spring as possible and worked down to some extent and then allowed to lay for a couple of week# before planting corn. In this manner the weeds can sprout and be killed before the corn is planted. If the farmer waits until he Is ready to plant corn befora be plows the weeds and corn, all come up together. Of course, we knotr the ideal is hard to get. Usually corn land can't be plowed until almost planting time. Bees in the bonnet dorit go to good but bees in the orchard are absolutely necessary if fruit is to be borne. Ever^ once in a while somebody complains about no apples, but a lot of blossoms. What kind of fertilizer should be put on? I say, better try some bees first. Who keeps bees any more? At home granddad had a few hives, probably twenty or so, and we always had fruit I might have become interested in them if he had allowed me near but he was afraid I would get stung, so I got afraid, too. So with the passing of granddad. the bees went too and we abandoned the orchard because of no fruit. In the west, where alfalfa seed is raised for export to us 'in the midwest, bee men farm out bees to pollinate their alfalfa bloom. I have before me a bulletin put out by a beehive box company and written by Roy A. Grant, editor of the "American. Bee Journal." A picture is in it of a semi-trailer truck loaded with beehives. The man goes down the road and leaves off a few hives with each farmer, who pays a fee for the service. Opportunity presents itself-here to some enterprising man. The field is certainly open. Prof. E. Truog and O. J. Attoe of the soils departmedt of the University of Wisconsin say that Wisconsin could raise all the feed needed in the state and save themselves $50,000,000 in the process. If the professors have something here we better listen. Here is how they figure. Farmers now spend $100,000,000 for feed or about $10 per plow acre in the state. This could be cut to $25,000,- 000 if the present $25,000,000 spent for lime and fertilisers was increased to $50,000,000. This is all based on their work on Spencer silt loam in north central Wisconsin, which is strongly acid, and low in phosphate and potash. They put on five tons of lime and 1.Q00 pounds of 0-10-30 fertilizer, andNnoy get three to four tons of alfalfa brome hay per acre. Rock phosphate and 0-0-50 instead of 0-10-30 would save a few more million. REPRESENTATIVE URGED VISIT TO STATE CAPITOL (by Rep. Robert McCldIT) Get the moet out of low fertilizer supplies, and make sure of good Btands of legumes on your farm by first taking inexpensive soil tests. Bring the children to Springfield f In this legislative year, bring the children to 8prfngfleld. The House of Representatives and the Senate of the sixty-seventh Illinois General Assembly are in session each Tuesday and Wednesday of every week until June 30. But come soon, to enjoy a preview of Spring--Springtime in Springfield. Come, while your representatives and senators, are not too busy to see and help entertain you. 1 It is only a five or six hour drive and it would be hard to plan a spring vacation for the children that combines as much education and enjoyment at such a low cost Make the state capitol your first stop. This high-domed structure houses the senate and house. Be sure to make your presence known to your senator or representatives. They will be pleased to see you and will explain the legislative processes as they are enacted before your eyes. They will present you to the Senate and House officers and may introduce you to the entire Assemblage. You will hear debates upon pending legislation and you will see before your eyes the passage of "bills". This is an experience which you and the children will long remember. While *you are in the capitol building be sure to meet the Governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state and state treasurer. whose offices are ateo Kwiliil there. „ And your representative or Mn* ator may arrange for yon to the executive mansion, where the governor makes his home. It' would be well to spend most of your time on Tuesday in tills way. On Wednesday, plan visits to the Lincoln Tomb, Lincoln's Home and the Village of New Salem. The Lincoln Tomb is the historic resting place of Illinois' neataat citizen. The dignity and mKjesty at this great monument will leave with you lasting impressions of that earlier Illinois legislator who later attained the highest office in the nation and a place in the world's history unsurpassed by any other American. At the Abraham Lincoln home, located close to the heart of the city, you will behold the place where Lincoln lived as a Springs field lawyer and candidate for the U.S. Senate, before he was elected to the presidency. The building is almost exactly as it was ln< Lincoln's day, and much of the original furniture is still as it was when Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln used it J / But most important of all is the visit to New Salem. This village, located about twenty miles out of Springfield has been restored to the same condition it was when Lincoln was a young man in his twenties. This was the home of Lincoln the postmaster, the law student and the young state representative. This village of log buildings, log homes and log stores unfolds vividly for child and parent alike the fascinating and inspiring story of young Abe Lincoln. to addition to visits by family grdups awny teachers arrange trips for their classes. As a part of their program of education in •tnte government, members of the League of Women Voters are planning * trek to Springfield in early April. If time permits on the way to or from Springfield, stop off for a few hours at Starved Rock, near Ottawa. Here you will find a natural phenomenon as wonderous as the Grand Canyon or the Garden of the Gods. Remember to plan your Springfield visit for a Tuseday or Wednesday while the legislatnre is in session. Hotel ^accommodations are not hard to^Jfecure and there are many motels, cabins and tourist homes at modest prices. i FM RADIO JUS TELEVISION ' .SALES S SBtVICE Admiral & Raytheon televisions - jfe- - - * • '{S8Sf\ . Ids RIVERSIDE DRIVE let ii convert year 1(M or 12H Admiral TV Into a 14-ia. plctar* tnb«c Work done bj qualified technicians. Guaranteed work, fairly priced. Free pick np and delivery service. We specialise In tower Installations and roof antennas. Work done by experts only. IhoM 979 from 9 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. or roddraci. 577-M-l, alter 6:30 p. afb - The wrttor'a Springfield home l« at the Hotel Leland. Your state senator, Ray Paddock, and Representative Harvey Pearson stay at the Hotel Abraham Lincoln, and Representative Thomas Bolger rooms at the Hotel St Nicholas. Come to 8prlngfield next Tilesday or some Tuesday before June 30. And be sure tp bring the children. Springfield, the sixty-seventh General Assembly and your state representative will welcome you. Early chicks started now will return fon the most money for eggs on the early market next fall. TOX» CC&fODIA* George L. Caahman, Springfield, has been appointed custodian of the Lincoln Tomb in Springfield to fill a post Which has been vacant since the resignation of B. °0. Fay. Cashman Is a member of the Illinois State Historical Sbciety, and has for years been interested in the life and times of Lincoln. The Lincoln Tamb, the Division of Parka and ials, attracta souse M annually Want ads, like everybody's busiaees. Ptaftex Baby Fredacts Wattles Drag XeHenry I1L Want ads, like freedom, are everybody's business. DR. HENRY FREUND - , OPTOMETRIST jit 136 S. Gmn Street McHonry (Cloood Thursday Afternoons) _ EYES EXAMINED -- GLASSES FITTED VISUAL TRAINING -- VISUAL REHABILITATION COMPLETE VISUAL ANALYSIS HOURS DAILY: » to 18 A. X. and 1 to I P. SATURDAY EVENINGS: «*• to 8:S* ^ Jfc EVENINGS BY APPOINTMENT 1 PHONE McHENRY 452 ftom where I sit-.Joe Marsh \Slim And His V "Ali Species" l.s Slim Baker, who's always doing something crazy, had a lot of people smiling last week because his eatry won a ribbon in the Weawa's CMb Anaaal Pet Shew. Seems as though Sfim aaw a strange-colored alley cat with no tail over at Central City and brought it home. He washed, combed, and brushed it and put a collar on it with a card reading "Ali Species." Then he enters it in the show. > , Hanged if tM ladies didn't think it was some rare kind of cat and gave it a special award! 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