The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

IN Farmers Are Withholding, Corn, Soybeans 34th Annual Meeting Is Held WASHINGTON AP -- Farmp** ersr are withholding corn and . ..soybeans from markets in record quantities under a govern- ' ment program designed to help ^'. improve prices, the Agriculture f* Department reported Tuesday. These and other grains from last year's crops are being ^ sealed under farm and com- •"' mereial storage in return for £'•' government loans totaling nearly one billion dollars. f ; The department said that •:£[ through Dec. 31, a record of 193.9 million bushels of corn " had been placed under price support loans compared with |f 110,5 million a year earlier, p' The agency reported also that | 158.4 million bushels of 1967 crop soybeans had been seal- ^ ed under government loans. This rfl was an increase of nearly one- |" third over the amount stored in I1 the lihe period last year. %•"' The department said 208.2 million bushels of wheat had been placed under loan, the f1fl; largest amount for the period since 1962. Other crops placed under loan •'jin much smaller quantities in- ' eluded barley, oats", rye, sorghum grain, rice and dry beans. By placing crops under government loans, a grower obtains ' money he may need to finance his operations while also maintaining title to his crops. Should 1 prices rise above the loan value, the farmer can pay off the loan and cash in on the high- ' er prices. But should prices fail to move above the loan value, ^ he may surrender the crops to ^'the government as full payment ' '(of his loan, interest and other ' charges. The department said there were 275,717 price support , loans made to farmers on 1967 crops through Dec. 31 compared with 190,270 a year earlier. You need one-seventh of a second to wink your eye on purpose. However, when an ;(insect darts toward your eye, . reflex action will snap your fceye shut in one-third of that $ime. \ REG. $137.95 REG. $279.95 COLDSPOT • (stesf o FRttRS q o o REG. $399.95 CLASSIC Electric • RANGE O Coppertone *3S495- o • o • o • o • 0 mm ' ^ ; * > SEVERAL HUNDRED PERSONS attended the 34th annual meeting of the stockholders of the Northeast Illinois Production Credit Association held recently in the Woodstock Moose _,Home. Alan Ainger and Harold* R. Johnson were elected to the board of director's. T. Re McGuire, vice president and secretary of the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of St. Louis, was guest speaker for the annual affair. (Sentinel Photo) For Tomato Producers Priced SEARS • Catalog s ales Store 5 16 E.CALHOUN jj JiuDSTuuK o Expiration of a law that allowed Mexican laborers to work part-time in the United States is having an unexpected impact on Illinois growers of processing tomatoes. Instead of facing a shortage of migrant pickers, Illinois growers -- and others in the Midwest and East -- are facing stiff competition from California producers who warded off the shortage of pickers by rapidly shifting to mechanical tomato harvesters. Automation has cut costs for California producers. "Many midwestern and eastern growers are concerned that the marketing potential for their tomatoes is being threatened by advanced automation on the West Coast", said Melvin Hayenga, manager of Quality Producers Association, a bargaining - marketing affiliate of the Dlinois Agricultural Association. Quality Producers Association consists largely of growers of tomatoes for processing. "A recent study in the industry assures midwestern and eastern tomato growers that they have some Advantages, 6Ven though they are far behind California producers in the use of cost - cutting mechanical harvesters," Hayenga said. Hayenga cited a report issued recently by the American Agricultural Marketing Association, an affiliate of the American Farm Bureau Federation. The report, based on a study of the effects of mechanical harvesting on the processing tomato industry and the possibility of processors relocating facilities from the Midwest and East to the West Coast, showed two factors that are major deterrents to moving processing facilities to California: 1. The variety of tomato raised here for hand picking is superior in quality to the special variety produced for mechanical harvesting in California. 2. Of greater significance is the transportation costs o'fmarketing California produced tomato products in midwestern and eastern markets as compared to the shipping costs of tomato products which are processed in the midwestern and eastern areas. The AAMA re11 port indicates that tomatoes grown and processed in the eastern and midwestern market area have an additional value ranging from $6 to $23 per ton above tomatoes which are produced and processed in California and then shipped to the eastern markets. As far as processors are concerned, the tomato solid content is the most important factor in a comparison of the hand picked varieties and the special tomato developed for mechanical picking. The California tomato variety -- designed for mechanical harvesting -- is lower in the percentage of solids than most handharvested varieties now grown in the Midwest or East The AAMA report noted that this advantage of the hand-picked varieties would be minimized if the California tomato is improved, if production techniques are improved, or if more varieties for mechanical harvesting are grown in the Midwest and East. The tomato variety developed for mechanical picking was released in 1961, The variety matures uniformly, bears fruit which has the shape and firmness for relatively rough handling, aija is capable of excellent yields. Only a small number of mechanical tomato harvesters were in use through 1964, the year the bracero law expired. In 1966, however, about 1,000 machines were in California fields and they accounted for more than 70 per cent of the 3 million tons of tomatoes harmeet the experts Hog- (Continued from Page 1) minute research developments and modern farming and modern farming experiences. In view of the shortage of hired farm help, an important factor in scours control is labor., Says Don Cormaney of Ackley, Iowa: "We had scours so bad, I was running around with a syringe, treating eleven or twelve hundred pigs four or five tiroes each. And they st'il ( looked rough." After his feed supplier introduced him to Pfizer's TNT, Cormaney could re port: "Now Tm getting about five pounds more pig at eight weeks, and marekting at five months . . „ probably two weeks sooner than before." "My biggest worry is weaning a bunch of pigs," he reports. "We've got pigs on the same floor for five months without a break. We used to get a little organism build-up. The pigs would loosen up a little." "Recently we changed our weaning rations," Harper continues. "We bulked it up with more oats and added TNT. The pigs have really taken off. "They're all pretty even, and they all seem thrifty." One after another, Midyvfestern hog raisers are making sure scours control is part of their regular program. Like all the other modern farming meth- , ods, this one is an important iink^in a" neces sa'r ily cui iiplcte chain of management techniques,, It's paying off in lower costs and higher profits. Tteafire, Weatock We have several good buys available on. Farm Properties. FOR SALE: 200 ACRES--Good Soil--Fair Large House, Old Dairy Barn, Several Sheds $130,000 80 ACRES -- Good House, Nearly New Barn, Crib and Tenant House with all equipment $60,000 120 ACRES--Good Soil -- Modern House. Good Barn. On main Highway $96,000 90 ACRES--Excellent Soil--Good House. Fair Barn and Sheds $63,000 vested in that state. About 87 per cent of the 1967 California crop was harvested by machines, Mechanized tomato harvesting is still experimental in the Midwest and East. Hayenga said that only five tomato picking machines were in use in Dlinois in 1966. There were 14.in Indiana, 15 in the Ohio and Michigan area, 3 in New York, and 5 in the New Jersey-Delaware- Maryland area. In most cases, reports indicated that the mechanical pickers were not satisfactory in the Midwest and East. Major problems in 1966 included lack of uniform tomato maturity (due to some extent to weather), damage to mature fruit, low yields (due to adverse spring weather and midsummer drought), and lack" of technology related to cultural practices neceissary for optimum mechanical harvesting. Hayenga said that 1967 was another year of exploration and experimentation. Efforts were directed toward solving varietal and cultural problems. Adaptation of California varieties and development of new varieties were undertaken. Weather conditions at harvest limited use of mechanical harvesters in most Grains Are Being Stored WASHINGTON AP -- Grains from last year's big crops are being stored under government price support loans at a much larger volume than for many years. Such storage has been advocated by Secretary of .Agriculture Orville L. Freeman as a means of bringing about eventual price increases. Corn from the "1967 crop put under loan to Jan. 1 totaled 193.9 million bushels, a record high since the loan program was inaugurated more than 35 years ago. Wheat from last year's crop put under loan to Jan. 1 totaled 208 million bushels the largest since 1962. you'll harvest the highest yields and make the most money if you apply plenty of fertilizer every year." Planning for a final stand of 20,000 to 22,000 stalks per acre, the Dulings .like to start planting right after the first few days of May. They find that chemical weed and insect control are vital to their production goals. Applying a preemer- ' gence chemical weed killer, they usually get by with one cultivation. fan, lOdtWfr areas. Father-- (Continued from Page 1) bushels the year before, when moisture was much lower. "Sure you're going to get the highest yields and profits when weather is favorable," Jim Duling concedes. "And yields will be lower in a dry year. But year in and year out, December Was Really Wet SPRINGFIELD, 111. AP -- If you didn't know that last month was really wet, the Illinois Crop Reporting Service confirmed it Tuesday. Precipitation over the state averaged 4 3/4 inches, ranking December 1067 with Decemfcer 1949 as the two wettest Decembers this century. The service said last month was not only wet but wild, with severe thunderstorms and tornados striking various sections of the state. Q. How do I know if the meat is really kosher? A. You'll have to rely upon the law -- and your fellowman. The law says any meats advertised and sold as kosher meats must be those which have been prepared according to Orthodox Hebrew religious requirements and dietary laws. If both kosher and non-kosher meats are sold in the same place, this fact must be announced by signs reading "kosher and non-kosher meats sold here." » Also, there must be counter signs indicating precisely which meat is kosher and non-kosher. -- Illinois State Bar .Assn. Submit questions to: Dl. State Bar Assn. Illinois Bar Centr Springfield, Dlinois 62701 (Ansers may appear in columns. Personal answers not possible.) DRIVE CAREFULLY! FEED THE BIRDS! We r 338-3494 .108 So. Jefferson St. Woodstock, III. j % 0 if la WHEN you, need it... Emergency power operate ! four dairy or farm without costy interruption during power failures. WHERE you need It.,. A portable source'of electricity for power tools, pumps and augers at remote areas of your farm. You get 15,000 watts of continuous duty A.C. 115/230 v. from this new I SURGE TRACTOR-DRIVEN ALTERNATOR Details Without Obligation At BROKOW'S SUR F a r m E q u i p m e n t -- 248 N. THRQQP ST. W©@dsf@ck -- 33 8° 4 T21 IN WOODSyCCIC IHilSIMY, JAN. GET A aui'i at low prices t e 11.2/28 4 P R. plus 17.00 Fed. Ejl T«x *nd 2 uubtoimMnt Discontinued Ranch & Commercial 2-2 Famous Triple Sib FRONT TRACTOR TIRES • 3-T nylon cord body fllh® (milling • Wld* tread for eulu •tearing • Built tor extra long wear YE SPECIALS SPECIAL TRACTION i.oo»1iMii »9 M Fed. Is. Hi mi tri'WH 8<> • Deep cleatad lugo (or cutra traction. • Built with triple-tough 3-T nylon cord--hah* dies heavy loads easier, longer. • Built with Tufsyn rubber - tougheit.rubbtr Goodyear ever ua«d in a tire. Call Goodyear For On The Farm Service! No Money Down! Up To One Year To P«jr Battery B 8ft.*7strsnd Helps give emergency starts. Ends bumper damage--no need to push. Full size clamps assure solid contact. ps-7 t RAYPower veassi Spot or Blinker Only GENE GOOD/YEAR We Specialize in TIRES--TUNE UP--ALIGNMENT--SPIN BALANCING LIMBAUGH'S GOODYEAR SERVICE CENTER South Rt. 47 338-4540 Woodstock > WAYNE