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nsburg News By kin. Betty Hettermann BIG "IF" ANSWERS QUESTION OF PROFIT ON FARM LIVESTOCK bttt Wednesday evening a group of funsters, both and bid, turned out for Forester dance which took at the community club Music was furnished by the r Hotshois jn a most untosual manner. Polkas and square Mr. and Mrs. Elberth Schrublert and son were he e to spend last weekend., Sunday aftornoon <tic last of the baseball season waB ushered out.-- T.ie game was a benefit game played for Howie Freund 0 Hie answer is, "Yes, if to the question of whether or not livestoMc farming is. profitable. V Farm Economist W D. Budderteier of the University of Illinois figures that livestock "break even" over the Ions run. During a short timo, livestock may be; quite profitable or Just McHenry County Through The Year* by Marie goteettgen {lances Btill rato anicnj the most j and two other league players the opposite, but the ups and popular dance requests. Needless to si.y\y<ev^;-yoite attending had a wonderful time. Near the close of the evening's festivities, a delicious lunch was fceived by the committee ir. charge who were hurt during the course ( downs even out. of the baseball season. The AN • Break-even, Buddeaieier gonquin ball" team and the All- Stais played in the benefit game. Algonquin WOhi Whi^ ^ «i* on tHe jnibj^ct of ttanv.es, tlon't forget, the hard lime dance on October 28, at the Community club. Ail members &nd their friends are invited to attend. Everyone must come in hard times .'al.tire.V;C•;7'O.' 1• Bill Ricks report* hfe - is in -the "pink of condition" once again and right on. th.? job once more. Bill is over the recuperation period from the fall he took in his home several weeks ago. • Judge Sengstcok dropped in for the weekend to g: ab off a few fish.. I b^pe ^he gets a mess of them. ** . See • you again hext A 8c P Celebrating \ 94th Anniversary Ralph W. Burger, president of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea company, has urged the nation's food industry to strive for greater efficiency in its operations in order to further narrow It seems that our nice weather I the spread between farm and relast weekend gave a lot of peo-! tail prices. pie new ambition. Some persons who had closed their summer liomes for the winter came out to do a few ndds and ends around the house. Chester C owky was one of the most ambitious. He tackled the job of washing all tfie windows in his house. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Qenaz drove out to do some work on their l»cw lot which they purchased not too long ago. M: s. Marie Wentzel purchase 1 the Uenaz heme. Art Kimkel is going to instill &n inland boat hcuse at his home. The nice weather got him in the ariood for working also. Miss Violet Crawlev and Bill Jffclnnes were here to spend the Weekend in their h?mes. Bil! Wanted to try out his new Cruiser before winter makes an Appearance. In a statement launching a month-long celebration of the nation's oldest food chain's ninety-fourth anniversary, Mr. Burger cautioned the industry against wasteful practices that might tend to increase the cost of food to consumers or reduce returns to producers. plains, is the point at which the operator is* paid for all his costs, including labor, so U s really not so .bad. At ttfe same time, he says the highest and the lowest earning farms are usually livestock firms. Livestock "pyramid" farm earnings. If you do a pfood job With crops you make a profit. If you turn around and feed those crops to livestock, you m a k e a n o t h e r p r o f i t . Y o u ^•double-up" on profits by using more resources prCtfitaUy^ If you're an inefficient operator, you double-up, too, but you double-up on losses. You oon't quite make costs on the crop, he explains, when you count everything. When you feed that crop to livestock' and don't quite pay all costs you l.>se again. The answer then is* "livestock farpiing is profitable IF you do an efficient job." Managerial ability is the most important factor in success with livestock. If you're good, get in and stay in, Buddemeier says. If you're average, livestock won't hurt but may help put a little Sixty candidates ror positions more cagh in the till Buti if you're not a good livestock ope- Mr. and Mrs. OH Kasperski left Friday afternoon to visit | their daughter who resides in Michigan with her maternal -grandmother. Miss Sandra Ann Thomas celebrated her fourth birthday ~ on Oct. 3. Miss Thomas entertained a large group of friends and their parents at a party in her home. Those present were Billy Thomas, Donald Allan, Tony Cyjthmal, Jeannie Hettermann, Mary Lou and Kathy Smith, Tommy and Timmy Low, Mr. and Mrs. Sigard Larseh, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Allan, Mrs. Mary Hettermann and Mrs. Al CyjthamaL gan taking a course of special training at ^h^ fairgrounds, Springfield, Oct. 5. The school will run four weeks. These men, all war veterans, v/ere selected out of 1,617 appl canto who originally sought positions on the iorce. At present there are 33 vacancies to be filled. No other men will be certified as eligible until all those successfully completing this training have been given opportunities to join the force, according to Chairman Henry A. Gardner of the State Police merit board. rator, than be careful. You can "lose your shirt", if you • den't improve your efficiency. Surface drainage may be the answer if you have a tight subsoil and have wet spots in your field, says a University 6f Illinois soil conservationist. Chapter 3 fairly Financial Troubles The firat convention of the new state of IUinolfe met In Ka»- kaskia for the purpose of drafting a constitution. The constitution was not offered to the people for approval as it was know!) that *^>ey would reject it. Illinois was about the first state in the ITnidh to abolish imprisonment for ilebt. Shadrach Bond became our first governor after* the first election in September of 1818. At this time Illinois was divided into fifteen counties with a total population of about 40,000. Most of these people had migrated from the southern states. Illinois became known as the "Prairie State" and its name Illinois was derived from the Indian word Illini, which meant "superior men." This superiority was established by the prowesa of the primitive tribes in Illinoi^ who withstood the attacfca of many fierce tribes. The Bank Financial troubles beset the state, even before it was, admitted to the Union. Near the end of its territo:ial existence the state granted charters to several banks. The result of this was that paper money became plentiful, credit was unlimited, with everyone hoping to profit from the immigrants pouring into the state. After achieving statehood the Illinois Legislature tried to remedy this deplorable condition by incorporating the Bank of Illinois. The bank issued bills of 1, 2, 3, 5, 10 and 20 dollar denomination. One hundred dollars could be borrowed, on personal property and more on real estate. Taxes and public salaries could be paid in >uch bills and if refused the creditor could be made-to wait three years to collect his debt. This system merely aggravated the evils 't hoped to correct and eventually came the <!ay of reckoning. Soon the paper money was worth one-third of its face Value and the state actually spent three time3 the required amount to pay the expense of government. There was no legal rate of interest in the stat* until 1830. Befo;e that the ' rate was often as high as 150 per cent end 50 was .considered conservative. Fin? ally, the interest rate was reduced to 12, then to 10 and then to 8 per cent, which more nearly approaches our present rated. First Newspaper The first newspaper- published in Illinois was the Illinois Herald founded at Kaskaskia by Mathew Duncan. There is s^'.ne doubt as to the exact date c* its establishment. . Some plaoc tho date as 1809 others say 1314 is Correct, . ; McHeni^ County/i From the history of Illinois, yve gain a knowledge of the early history of McHenry county. | McHenry county was formed in 1836 from a portion of Cuok county which then included what is now McHenry and Lake counties. The area of McHcnry county' is about 600 square miles. The Climate is characterized by rudden weather changes and severe winter cold. The air, however, is healthful and bracing. The scenery is attractive with its many lakes, streams, groves, prairies and, of course the beautiful Fox River. Pure water. is easUy available in McHenry county from wells, streams and natural springs. McHenry cotinty is unexcelled in the state f6r rts recreational features sn<1 its bracing air appeals to tn« health seekers. The elevation approaches the highest in tV- state and accounts for the ifuug in the air. Qood timber is still available in many woodlands. Much of McHenry county, however, is prairie land. It is believed that the soil of the prairies was formed by the decomposition of vegetable matter under water with the attendant conditions being unfavorable to timber growth. River channels change constantly and it is ihought prairies are even how being formed. The water is often stagnant after a flood and swamps and sloughs ar* formed. Mosses and aquatic plants grow in the swamp and small aquatic animals abound. There is constant decomposition which finally forms a stratum of clay likfc that which underlies the prairies, Thp marshy bottoms gradually build up to the surface and support vegetable life, but diie to the fotihation of ulxnlc add. tree growth is retarded. Trees need air which they cannot obtain under water and the marshy flats offer no footing for the trees. The uneven terrain of the prairie is due to the erosive action of the subsiding waters. Some scientists beLeve that treeless tracts are due to the nature of the soil itself, while others think the amount of rainfall accounts for the phenomena of the prairie. State Collects $427,002 [x In Delinquent Truck Fibs NEW APPOINTMENTS Governor William G. Strattan has appointed Dr. Vernon L. Shontc. pastor of the Central Baptist church, Springfield, as a member of the Illinois parole and pardon board. Dr. Shcaitz succeeds Frank I. Mills of Robinson, who resigned from the board beodtfsfe of ill health. The1 governor also appointed Evan Howell. Chauncey McCormlck and OrviUe Taylor as members of the state toll ro&ds commission. An additional $427,00242 in delinquent truck license fees for 1952 was collected during September, bringing total collections to $2,299,887.97, Secretary of State Charles F. Carpentier said. There fs still a deficiency of an estimated $10,500,0'M> remaining to be collected, Secretary Carpentier said. 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