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' • * SUPPLEMENT TO XvUNO/j. VOL 91 -- No. 39 SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKE S REGION SINCE 1875 Friday, Jafiwory^l9, 1968 i SECOND SECTldN Set J Farmers Seek Help For Labor Shortage One of a livestock growler's biggest headaches these days is finding the right amount of hired help, when he needs it at a price he can afford. Labor - saving techniques for the farmer will come in for close scrutiny at the Livestock Clinic scheduled for Woodstock on Thursday, Jan. 25, at the Miller Theatre. This six-hour session will give the expected crowd of hundreds of local farmers tips on such labor-saving items as liquid supplements that can be pumped instead of carried, a one-man hay pick-up and storage system that can take the place of a crew, and a pushbutton silage feeding system. These improvements pay for themselves, and spare the farmer from having to compete with higher-paying factories for hired help. Starting at 9:15 a.m. the Clinic will feature a panel of national experts speaking on all phases of livestock production. It is one of only 40 such clinics scheduled for the 11-state Midwestern area. Activities get underway at 8:30 a.m. with free coffee and rolls for early arrivals, and one of those same early arrivals will win the early - bird Remington shotgun door - prize From 9:15 to noon, the experts will use an array of modern audio-visual equipment to present both the latest in research on animal science and up-to-the-minute experiences of the nation's top livestock partners. A free hot meal at noon will provide a break be- $>re the afternoon talks. At 3 p.m., a half-hour questioff-andanswer session will precede the final award of a 19 inch table model color television set. Fairly new on the farm educational scene is this concept of bringing together a group of experts in various phases of agriculture to present an overall picture to large groups of •farmers. Farm Shows, Inc., the Madison Wis., firm who is co-. ordinating the Woodstock Livestock Clinic, has been successfully conducting Corn-Soybean Clinics in the Midwest for five years. This will be the first year for a full schedule of sessions on beef, swine and dairy animals. Ken Neville is chairman of local committee following up on the Woodstock Clinic. Invitations are already going out to the top livestock farmers in the area to attend the Jan. 25 sessions through the efforts of local dealers of the sponsoring companies. Companies sponsoring the Livestock Clinic are: American Breeders Service, De Laval Separator Company, New Holland Machine Company, Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc., Shell Chemical Company, and A. O. Smith Harvestore Products, Inc. Ag Department May Continue Regular Prices WASHINGTON AP -- The Ag& riculture Department soon may start action to continue present producer prices for bottling milk sold in markets regulated under federal marketing orders. Last April, the department acted to eliminate a seasonal decline of about 20 cents a hundred pounds or about one half a cent a qyart in those prices. This action was designed to stabilize dairy incomes and to assure an adequate supply of milk. The department is expected to hold a public hearing soon to consider what to do this spring. The National Milk Producers Federation has suggested that such a hearing be held Feb. 19 at Memphis. 0 The department already has scheduled a hearing there the same date on the problem of the competition of filled or imitation milk with fresh milk in the marketing areas. Filled or imitation milk is a combination of skim milk and vegetable fats. ' . * ! • ^ w,, ' Lt? '-i\ 1 . -J -V *<>•<:« S* «. •* < - ! *< i .. .. ~ I Typical Pastoral Scene Found in This Farming Section of the Midwest Freeman Sends Letter On Meat Inspection 'vcafoek "PiayieitH, $4k. 25 BOB HOOD - MASTER OF CEREMONIES Exec. Dir., Chicago Stockyards Foundation Movie: Bay at the Moon Early-Bird Door Prize Clinic Introduction Hay and Silage With Ease Swine Worm Control Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman today announced he has sent to governors of the 50 States a letter discussing Federal-State provisions of the Wholesome Meat Act. The Act, signed by President Johnson on Dec. 15, ultimately will assure consumers that all meat sold in the U.S. is inspected either by the Federal government or an adequate state meat inspection program. The letter from Secretary Freeman sent January 8, points out the five major portions of the new legislation that deal with Federal - State relations. These are: •Federal cooperation with appropriate state agencies in developing and administering a state meat inspection program \ that will equal Federal require- V^.Grand Prize Drawing ments. The Federal assistance would be financial, laboratory, and technical, with the U.S. financing up to 50 percent of the total cost of the cooperative program. •Cooperation with state agencies in administering state programs that cover related meat industries such as renderers, animal food manufacturers, transporters, cold' storage warehouses, and brokers. ^ •Extension of the Federal program is intrastate meat plants in states which fail to develop adequate state systems. •Extension of Federal inspection immediately to intrastate plants producing products which would endanger the public health, after consultation with the governor of the state. •Annual reports to Congress on the enforcem3nt of state meat inspection programs. Secretary Freeman also informed the governors that directors of the seven meat inspection districts are contacting appropriate state officials to discuss operation of the "program. Remington Firearms, Inc. Remington Shotgun Farm Shows, Inc. Darrell Eichner New Holland Co. Dr. J. J. Menn Shell Chemical Co. Brilliant Blue .... Roy Bristol. A. O. Smith Harvestore, Inc. Fighting Livestock Diseases With Antibiotics Dr. Dywane Santalcf^ Planning Your Pipeline Milker K. J. Lindsey DeLaval Separator Co. Question and Answer Session Panel of Experts Curtis-Mathis Color TV Panel of Exports Will Explain Farm Program MMMMMMIMMIMMMMI NICE PICTURES! •---Scenic - photes--in--this Is bus- • are through the courtesy of Don ,Peasley= and Associates, Woodstock. Top livestock growers in the McHenry County area are awaiting what promises to be the biggest farm educational meeting of the year in this part of the state. It's the Livestock Clinic taking place Thursday, Jan. 25, at the Miller Theatre in Woodstock, starting at 9:15 a.m. A panel of several national experts in various phases of hog, beef and dairy production will present a six-hour program tailored to the local livestock situation. They represent some of the top equipment, supply and service companies in the agricultural industry. Six hours of high-paced presentation, including the use of new audio-visual techniques, will give the audience the lat- The mayfly lias a lil'e span that is unusually sliort. says The World Ainianac. rl he slender insectfacts in livestock produc- "adu' lt life may 'b e onl'y a tion. Experiences of the best few hours, or at most a few days. The larval stages, however, may last from one to three years. stockmen in the nation this past year, plus up-to-the minute research reports will make up the content of the experts' discussions. A question-and answer session at the end of the program will enable local farmers to get tips or specific problems that may not have been covered. The potential for profit in a complete program of artificial insemination will come in for discussion by a representative of American Breeders Service. Dairymen can upgrade their herd's average production by as much as 2,000 pounds of milk a year byusingtopbreedingpractices, the ABS speaker will explain. He will tell how the new Genetic' Venture program to develop a superbreed of dairy bulls fits into every dairy farm's future. Beef breeders can also take advantage of herd improvement. po s sibilities through artiflcial insemination. The ABS speaker will describe the complete beef program for profitbuilding. This program includes: research in equipment as well as genetics, training for AI representatives, bull procurement based on genetic testing, animal health, processing in dairy herds, and distribution of supplies. Animal health and sanitation will be key points in a clinictalk by a De Laval Separator Company panelist. Milk production loss through mastitis and other causes can chop many many dollars of profit off the milk check. The ^ company spokesman will explain proper care for the animal and for milking equipment to put those ^dollars into the farmer's pocket,, New handling methods to offset a shortage of hired farm help will be the big news in the presentation by New Holland's representatives. One new piece of pounds-Qf _anhydro_u& ammonia Although the Dulings^ 160- bushel average last year got enough rain, they harvested 125 Is Planned For Area Farmers Father, Son Unlock Com Yield Potential Doing a good job in every phase of corn production is the only way to make the most affective use of any one improvement, say a highly successful Midwestern farming team. Russell Duling and his, Jim, of Spencer, Ind., find that heavy fertilizing is the only way to harvest , a top corn crop. And they should know. Last year they grew 192 bushels on a 5-acre plot and averaged close to 160 bushels on their entire 245 acres of corn. What the Dulings are achieving, most Corn Belt farmers can match. How to take crop yields on up to levels that top farmers are getting is the topic of a Corn-Soybean Clinic scheduled for Woodstock Thursday, Jan. 25. The meeting will get under way at 9:15 a.m, in the Miller Theater. Profit-building ideas for com and soybean growers will be plentiful. A panel of experts from top agricultural companies will combine reports of the latest crop research with experiences of the Midwest's most successful farmers. Russell and Jim Duling follow many of the recommendations that Clinic speakers will advise. For instance, the two Indiana farmers go all out in picking a hybrid seed that will give them what they want. "We look for a corn hybrid that has large kernels, is a good yielder, picks fairly easily, yet holds onto ears well enough so we don't get much droppage," they report. While the' Dulings used one - single-cross hybrid for most of their corn acreage, they tested four others as well as help them select seed for the coming season. They plowed down 200pounds of potash and 300=spounds of ammonium nitrate in the fall. Then to get the corn off to a fast start, the Dulings appkied from 250 to 300 pounds of Smith- Douglass Corn Kicker. They placed it two inches to the side and two inches below the seed with the planter. Besides that, they knifed in another 175 If the "dress rehearsal" just completed in Chicago is any indication of what the LIVESTOCK CLINIC will be like when it arrives here in Woodstock on Couple Builds Top Herd On Normal Feeding Good equipment, good animals -- and most of all, good management -- are paying off for"dairyman Bill Kux and his wife Lee. Milking 36 cows last year on a normal feeding operation, they hit a herd average of 16,036 pounds of milk and 605 pounds of butterfat. Without pushing their cows with high - grain rations, the Port Penn, Del. couple has increased the production figure every year recently. In 1963, they were 10th in the state's DHIA program. By 1966, they had moved to the top spot in milk and second in butterfat averages. Local farmers will have a chance to hear many of their profitable practices explained at a Livestock Clinic in Woodstock Thursday, Jan. 25. Beginning at 9:15 a.m. in the Miller Theater, a panel of experts from top agricultural companies will present a six-hour program reporting the latest in animal research and farming experience^. Success starts for the Kux family with good breeding. They credit a lot of their success to the use of superior bulls available through artificial insemination. This genetic upgrading of the herd is what keeps their production average improving year after year, they believe. Mowing their 17 acres of Chesapeake clover used to be an irritation stop-and-go operation, Bill and Lee Kux recall. But in 1966 they bought a New Holland Model 460 Haybiner mower-conditioner that whistles right through the field." The conditioning -- plus good weather -- sometimes allows them to bale the crop the day after they cut it. "This leaves us with greener, leafier hay than we'd ever fed," Bill explains. "And milk and butterfat are noticeably higher as a result." Feeding their cows all the hay and silage they'll clean up during the winter, the Kuxes supplement pasture feeding with stored feed as it's needed during the summer. They feed a 16 percent protein grain mix. Milking twice a day stanchions allows Bill and Lee to give the cows more individual care, and the animals respond with higher production. Their top cow has produced 20,000 pounds of milk and nearly 700 pounds of butterfat on an ordinary feeding program. This promises the Kuxes -- and every average dairy farmer who applies good breeding and management --a continued increase in production averages. Jan. 25, all area livestock farmers in the area "Hvill not wunt to miss it. With an "A to Z" program, covering virtually all phases of dairy, beef and hog production, the commercial companies represented are out to make sure that nothing is left out. There will be movies and lectures on such things as breeding, feeding, animal • health, management, marketing, feed handling and storage. The dry run of this largest of all clinics of its kind was comprehensive and the show promises to pull farmers in by the thousands as forty meetings get under way throughout the midwest. The De Laval Separator Company gave notice that great and sweeping changes were about to take Over in the dairy industry. Dairy farmers have been able to maintain total milk production while reducing the total number of cows substantially. The spokesman will tell attending farmers that we are but a few months away from a completely automatic milking sfetup . . . all but attaching the milkers. The next speaker will tellyou hog producers that, when you see worms, it's too late . . „ the damage has already been done. His illustrated talk almost falls in the category of " shock treatment". You'll most certainly want to see this dramatic presentation and learn all about the new product that solves the problem. Jake Minn was the speaker for the Shell Chemical Company product. He will be at many of the CLINICS on the road. One thing that becomes obvious once you look at the program is the fact that the CLINICS are being sponsored by big name companies. Jess White was at the initial meeting to tell the animal health story for Pfizer and Company. His somewhat technical presentation stresses the var= ious types of livestock health problems and how Vitamin A, along with timely worming and proper use of antibiotics vcan pay off. A. O. Smith Harvestore was represented in the person of Joe Kelley who has the HarA vestore story down pat and is impatiently waiting a chance to tell it to the world of agricul- (Continued on Page 12) Farmers Curbing Scours equipment not only picks up and stacks bales automatically, but retrieves them and moves them {Continued on Page 11) [Continued on Page 13) Hog farmers who have gone into high-investment, "concentrated production can't afford to make mistakes in management. Nor can they afford problems like scours to go uncontrolled. Rabin Pullin of Jasper County, Ind., is a good example. He sells 2,900 hogs from 325 litters in a year's time. "An enteritis (Scours)condition would affect between half and two-thirds of our pigs, in varying degrees," Pullin recollects. "It wasn't enough to put us out of business. But it was aggravating. It would affect gains . „ . and profits. In extreme cases, we'd lose twr» weeks to market." To finally solve the problen, this successful hog farmer turned to a combination of neomycin and Terramycin. "Since then," summarizes Pul- - lin, "we haven't had enough problems in several'jconsecutive groups of pigs to even consider. We've had fewer tail-, enders and fewer runts. Andthe benefits extend throughout the growing period." Hog farmers in the McHenry County area will have a chance soon to hear about scours control and many other aspects of livestock production. On Thursday, Jan. 25, a Livestock Clinifc at the Miller Theater in Woodstock will offer a host of profit- boosting ideas on modem animal raising. A panel of exfrom top agricultupai------ companies will present a sixhour program starring at 9:15, a.m. on the most up-to-the- (Continued on Page 13) A. \ • i :;k