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m :-- By W. H. Timnwii McHenry county Dairy Herd Improvement association has had a long bot turbulent history. It certainly has had its ups and downs over the years, having had u many as six testers in the past years and in my recent recollection as few as one. I^ght now we are going from a flush period of five down to three, having just put on the fifth one in I960. A recent post card survey of the membership shows that almost unanimously they will accept bi-monthly testing rather than be dropped. It is interesting to see new herds in the service climb in butterfat JQpduction shortly after they start testing. Almost without exception a herd will increase ten pounds per cow per' month within a year. From Jerry Cash's notes comes these figures: The state average yearly production per cow is 210 pounds of butterfat., The average herd on D.H.I.A. in McHenry county in 1949 was 376 pounds. He took twenty herds in McHenry county had ben testing for ten years and found they averaged 398 pounds in 1949. These same herds averaged 318 pounds their first year of testing. a 1 One of the most astounding3 Vthings revealed in McHenry county agricultural history to my estimation is contained in a report of Earle B. Johnson, manager of Clanyard Farms at Huntley, in a lifter he wrote to Prof. C. S. modes of the College of Agriculture recently. He said a sample of their firqt cutting alfalfa-brome hay was sent to the laboratory of the Merchants Exchange at St. Louis for analysis. It tested 19.19 per cent protein, the highest ever tested by this laboratory or any other to anyone's knowledge. They also found that fourteen pounds of this hay contained 150,000 units of vitavia A. which is a maximum daily requirement for a 1,000 pound dairy cow. Factors contributing to this, according to Mr. Johnson, in the fact that the soil has been tested and the necessary amwints of limestone, phosphate and potash have been added to bring the soil up to maximum production; the ha/-was cut when very few blooms had appeared; the hay was cut with a mower with an attachment that mashes the stems lor quicker drying; and it was field chopped and barn dried. The Clanyard herd of thirty-four cows averaged 597.5 pounds of butterfat in 1950, which is a near record, if not one, on two time a day milking. The tow silage was limited to twenty pounds per cow per day and the 13.4 per cent protein grain ration was limited to sixteen pounds per cow per day. With this hay, heifers receive no grain and dry cows get a limit of five pounds per day. Johnson plans to try grass silage in addition in 1951 and feels that this along with this quality hay will come as near equalling rotation pasture of alfalfa- brome as can possibly be attained. Figuring a two-ton crop on this alfalfa-brome hay, the production of protein is equal to that in one ton of 40 per cent soybean oil meal. At $80 per ton for bean meal, Johnson had an $80 gross production from his land by June 10 when the hay was in the barn. He had the rest of the year production in addition. Art Stilling of Ringwood had a sample of alfalfa-brome grass silage tested by the Runyan Testing laboratory. 1106 Board of Trade building, Chicago, in March, 1950, which tested 6.95 per cent protein. It had 57.79-per cent moisture. . How about entering that 4-H sow and litter project in the Illinois 4-H ton litter activity. Get the pamphlet and the necessary enrollment cards from my office. The litter should have been weighed at birth and must be weighed at fifty-six days of age and 180 days. This is an interesting activity for swine project members. The first (and only) gold medal I ever won was oh my ton litter In IMS. My sow bad twelve pigs and one died. They weighed 231 pounds or a total of >,540 pounds at six months of age. When the pigs were a few days of age they were removed from the box stall in the barn to a colony house n a red clover field. At eight weeks the sow was taken from the pigs and from then on they got shelled corn, tankage and plenty of water. They soon made hogs of themselves. They brought $13.25 per'hundred on the Peoria market. I paid my dad $200 for feed and had enough profit to buy a five tube radio for $110--one no one would pay $10 for today. It appears the Northeast Illinois Farm Bureau- Farm Management service will be divided into two four county districts next winter and a second fieldman employed. A quota system, if worked out, would make it possible for McHenry county to add twenty-six new cooperators to the thirty-seveif we have now. Are you interested? John Strohm reported to McHenry county farmers at a meeting last we$k that the average farmer in America is actually hoarding labor. In the U.S. it takes an average of three man hours to produce 100 pounds of milk. This is 150 hours per 5,000 pounds of milk per year cow. In -Kentucky careful studies made on farms particularly designed to save labor and where efforts were made for high production, an 8,000 pound cow required 50-man hours per year ofr Hjltliiiii hodrs and a driving Mdll 40 minutes per 100 pounds pi litt. A cedtral Illinois termer producing corn, soybeans, and bogs' tHlured* it out and found the nitt from the family cow was Milhi him 76 cents per quart s» Mrir farmers in his community an having a delivery truck stop by Witk the family needs. Oh! Tim* and chant* • - * • • i i i t i s i i h i 1 1 i i 1 1 i l l lit RED CROSS NOTES um nmmm 1111 it m Motor Gory* A training course tor Motor Corps volunteers will be held in the McHenry county chapter in April, stated Mrs Philip Starck, chairman of the Motor Corps. The Red Cross Motor Corps constitutes a vital phase of a chapter program under conditions of peace and war. It is organised to furnish efficient transportation whenever or wherever it is needed in Red Cross work. To be a member, Mrs. Starck says a candidate must be: 1. A citizen of the U.S. 2. Furnish two character references. 3. Be between the ages of 25-50. 4. Furnish a doctor's certificate of normal health. 5. That hearing and day and night vision be normal. 6. Hold a valid driver's license in the state In which services are volunteered. Agree to accept chapter training, a standard First Aid training of Corps assists the making home service oatt^ in taking patients to hosfitart; n transporting children to ntiaU^s; taking articles to the vetefaM' offices and transportation ' Gray Ladies. Mrs. Starck will be at the chap* ter headquarters on Wednesdays and will be glad to talk with any persons applying. 8he also hopes that the corps previously formed in McHenry. Crystal Lake and Harvard would be re-activated, and that a corps would be started in Marengo. Water Safety Upon hearing from Mrs. Marion Phlney, executive secretary of the McHenry county chapter of the American Red Cross, that it may be necessary to discontinue the water safety program in the coun- DR. HENRY FREUND OPTOMETRIST Aft 136 S. GrMn Street McHenry (Cloeed Thursday Afternoons) o ,• rras EXAMINED -- GLASSES FITTED f&UAL TRAINING -- VISUAL REHABILITATION COMPLETE VISUAL ANALYSIS 9I0USS DAILYi • to 12 A. M. and 1 to(P.I) SATURDAY EVENINGS: 6*00 to StSO P. JL EVENINGS BY APPOINTMENT PHONE McHENRY 452 -vi. - 1*^3 HAVE you ever wondered how it would feel to go the limit on power and comfort and quality in an automobile? Or how it would feel to be lord and master of a car that can take its place with the finc|| in the "fine-car field"? Then, sir, this is a call to action. The first action is yours--the simple action of getting in touch with a Buick dealer and planting yourself behind the wheel of a ROADMASTER. ' Then let this great-powered and dazzling performer take over. There's action in every one of the 152 horsepower in its Fireball engine--more action than most proud owners of this eager beauty will ever use. There's counter-action in its gentle and sure* gripping brakes, the finest that Buick hat ever engineered. But there's also luxury--the luxury of double-depth Foamtex cushions and custom upholstery--and of ample roadweight magnificently poised on coil springs which individually cushion every wheel. There's a spacious feeling of room, above and around you--room that is unsurpassed anywhere in the fine-car field. And to make every mile effortless and relaxed, there's the very exclusive advantage of Dynaflow Drive--not as an "extra," but as a standard ROADMASTER feature. So why not drop in and satisfy yourself, as our guest, that here indeed is a fine car goes the limit--fit everything but price/ Check for yourself what others ask--and what others offer--and you'll discover ROADMASTER prices a call to action that « wise man can't ignore. SI|ii»iiwi»I. wiiinrlW, iimWi w fc «>w|i rtSnl H>|( Tvm in HENRY 1. TAYLOR. ABC N.fworl, .vary Monday xt ui 7-LHjr. < . I S O \ l > \ l \ S I I l i ( usfnm l l u i l l by H u i i ' h an ball* Rairk will selle YOU* rer ro GREAJCR VALUE R. I. OVERTON MOTOR SALES 403 Front Street Phone McHenry 6 » . \ "--A":" 'A, •" ' - -I: • 'T t ' in 11 .11iiii mini iittnniir i'i mil H. • •• • ; •-.v .. r:.v. '> _ „ ty, Mrs. Norma Tutell of Woodstock, expressed her disappointment. Mrs. Tutell said, "It is a needed and wonderful program. I have received personal health benefits from tt. Swimming has a therapeutic health value which no other exercise can give. When recovering from surgery, sometimes one's activities are often limited, but swimming can and does help one regain strength, if done under proper supervision. Red Cross swimming instructors are trained in these things." As recreational facilities are limited in many communities, this is one which affords a great deal of fun, besides health benefits. Remember--the American people come to the Red Cross every day in the year, but the Red Cross only goes to the AmeAcan people once a year. BUTCH'S ITS SPRING TUNE-OP TIME! Conserve on gas and oil also save money, by having yoar car tuned-up for spring •nd summer driving. We Do Complete 309 W. Elm Street Phone 811 24 Hour Towing Service Motor Overhauling. McHenry; I1L a Residence 91-R Fund Drive C. Russell Allen, chairman of the McHenry cunty fund drive, has announced the drive will be extended one week to enable solicitors to review their collections and contact all Who wish to contribute. The amount- collected to date to $17,071.96. 1S50 ACREAGE Illinois farmers are planning to have 20.S00.000 acres in crops this season, 1 per cent more than in 1950, according to a report issued by state and federal departments of agriculture. Corn, the state's most important crop, is expected to bo planted on 9,1 This will beian 8 per cunt j over last yefr, and S Om above the 1940-49 average. is no restriction on com this year, and the high letel of ' livestock numbers indicates ti heavy demand for corn. 8oybeana» / ranking next to corn as a molMQM crop, will be planted on 3,eOC,006 acres according to present plana f. While this prospective acreage is ^ 12 per cent less than that of 19M» Sj^l it is soiriewhat above the ten-year average. A total of 3,700,000 acros^t'w will be used for oats this season, 7 per cent under last year; 3 par f%r cent over the ten-year average. 1 LEO'S RINGWOOD. ILL. 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