The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa • 109

2-F DES MOINES SUNDAY REGISTER Dc. 14, 1949 2,000 Rural Water Systems in US. Outlines Danger Signals' In Livestock Marketing LIVESTOCK Continued from Page One the agency can determine if packers are paying promptly for livestock. If a packer is slow in paying the producer for his livestock or poultry, the takes action to require prompt payment. The agency also handles reparation complaints, made by livestock or poultry sellers who feel they were not paid in full for their products, and damaged financially by a violation of the Packers and Stockyards Act.

Such complaints are investigated at no cost to the producer and formal hearings may be held. Last year the agency investigated 628 complaints that were settled informally and resulted in the payment of about $1.2 million to the livestock or poultry sellers. There were 20 other complaint cases settled in formal reparation cases where another $80,000 was awarded to the sellers. The new campaign by the WATER- Continued from Page One ing 500 gallons of water every other day from Hospers and will have to continue doing so through the winter months. He has a 30-cow dairy herd and raises between 200 and 250 pigs a year.

When he bought his 240-acre farm in 1958, a 70-foot deep well was providing an adequate supply of water but it went dry two years later. He then paid $650 to have a 100-foot well dug but this no longer provides sufficient water for his needs. Today be figures he would have to go down at least 500 feet and the rates for drilling would probably be more than double what they were nine years ago. Heemstra now pays 75 cents for a 500-galIon load if he hauls it himself. Huisman, the president of the organization, also is anticipating the day when he will have an ample supply of good water.

He, like many farmers in this area, has been unable to expand his livestock operations because of the water problem. He presently markets 100 head of cattle and 300 hogs a year. "I would like to double the number of cattle and maybe increase the number of hogs ROBERT D. RECKERT tgT'V--f r-niiMi .1,, inn mil. ii.i, payment for livestock or poultry is delayed.

(The office serving Iowa and Nebraska is located at 435 Livestock Exchange Omaha, 68107. The telephone number is area 402-731-4085.) TN SELLING livestock direct to buyers, the agency recommends drawing up a simple sales contract, and avoiding misunderstandings by specifying kind, number, description, price, payment terms and weighing conditions. Campbell outlined seven "danger signals" sellers should look for in marketing livestock: 1 An attempt to delay payment. 2 Request to use post dated check. 3 Request for extension of credit.

4 Use of draft with deferred payment date. 5 Insufficient funds check returned. 6 An overanxious attitude where buyer offers more than livestock is generally worth at other comparable markets. 7 A sudden increase in a buyer's volume, where the buyer may be making abnormally large purchases by previous standards. About bonding requirements used for auction operators, commission firms, and livestock dealers (meat packers are not bonded under existing law), Campbell said: "Don't put too much faith in bonding.

Generally most firms have enough bond to cover two days of business activity. If we required bonds high enough for 100 per cent protection, it would drive many firms out of business. REGISTER PHOTO BY MAURICE HORNER AI Heemstra is shown adding water to a 100-foot well that wag dug nine years ago when the 70-foot well in went dry. agency is designed to inform more livestock and poultry sellers about the assistance and protection they can have in the marketing of their products. But while this message is delivered in the materials published, and also in a slide-talk presentation, there is another point stressing how livestock and poultry sellers can help themselves.

First, the sellers should check with bankers, farm organizations, dealers, state officials, the workers, and others about the potential buyers. Then, they should expect and demand prompt payment not later than the close of the following business day. The seller should maintain title to the livestock or poultry until satisfactory pay-ment arrangements have been made (the bank should obtain information if the payment is made by draft). The should be notified at once if an insufficient funds check is received, or if il akt In a letter sent recently to farmers in this area, the organization's board of directors made these statements: "We feel that having fresh, pure water under pressure at our farmsteads will relieve us of many problems. "We will not have to be concerned with wells that are Inadequate or contaminated, we won't have to worry about pressure systems and pump repair, and we feel that a good water system will I if' Great-Grandmother Hog Buyer Also Drives Semi up to 400," Huisman said.

Huisman has two wells but one has a high bacteria count and the other is high in nitrates. A LTHOUGH the present membership fee in the organization is $160 (the original $10 plus $150), the board of directors plans an additional hook-up fee of $150 for those who do not sign up by a certain date. The board has not yet determined what that McKinzie) Is a lady hog buyer. She also raises and sells purebred Angus cattle. She comes from a family of 13 and has had to work hard all her life.

She has been widowed several years, has two children, nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Sincerely, Mrs. J. P. Mrs.

McKinzie was too shy herself to reveal very much about her stockyard adventures, but another fan reports that the hard working great-grandmother is one of the best truck drivers around Macksburg. Conine Sinn, Wayland, Dear Mr. (Phantom reporter): If hog buyers should ever wear lapel buttons saying, "Hog buyers are beautiful," the slogan would certainly fit Corrine Sinn. Sincerely, Mrs. H.

U. Mrs. Sinn's husband, Rex, LP-Gas Saves Pig Energy for Growing Today'i in hog operators are turning more and more to economical dependable LP-Gas unit heaters to raise winter pigs for peak ipring prices. Safe, vented heating systems control air movement, void drafts and prevent crowding. LP-Gas users report unproved gains as growing hogs can devote feed energy to growth instead of body heat maintenance.

LP-Gas piped directly to this area by division of MAPCO The Mid-America Pipeline System the underground highway weather cant block. Reports Yields on New Soybean HOG BUYERS- Continued from Page One Trenton, Missouri. Sincerely, Mrs. W. H.

Mrs. Warnock says she helped her husband, Carroll, in the hog buying business as long as 16 years ago by driving one of their "possum belly semis." The Warnocks have one daughter who is an interior designer, another who is a beautician and a son who is in college. Bertha McKinzie, Macks-burg. Dear Sirs: My 70-year-o 1 grandmother (Mrs. Exchange lini-p Jiif.iinni.iii pin ii wi imiiuu tuynw.ii nun uiffipMWwr'yllt I irf A'-xi A vk" ,1 tr 11 date will be.

Additional members will be added later only if there is sufficient capacity in the line to serve them. Norman Klysma, who sells water at the OK One-Stop Station in Hospers, said he believes the system should have been installed two years ago. Klysma sells between $1,000 and $1,500 worth of water in a year like 1969, but in a dry year sales total between $5,000 and $6,000. says Corrine has helped him at his Wayland Hog Buying Station for the past 12 years by sorting and buying hogs, doing the bookkeeping and driving a semi on occasional night trips when he's away on business. They also own and operate Sinn Truck Lines.

Sandy Ruckhaber, Luana. Dear Mr. (same phantom reporter): I have just finished paying for the last draft of hogs today. But in addition to buying hogs, I also run a saddle shop and show quarter horses. At the present time, I am training an Arabian stallion and four quarter horses.

We would be happy to have you visit us; the coffee pot is always on. Sandy and her husband, Jim, run Kuenster Livestock at Wayland. They have a 12- it is inferior to Hark but in other midwestern states it is consistently superior to Hark. It is probably of limited value in Iowa. Provar was released to certified growers for planting in 1969.

The yield of Provar is inferior to Amsoy and Corsoy and it must be considered a special variety for commercial production. Protana, a high-protein variety release this summer by Purdue was released too late for inclusion in the variety testing but was evaluated in some other tests. It is about three days later than Provar, has somewhat small TO' Name. i Send year-old daughter who helps her mother train horses. Mildred Hack, Dear Sir: There Is another woman hog buyer in Iowa Mildred Hack.

She's been buying hogs for years. Sincerely, Mrs. D. P. Jean Constable, Princeton, Mo.

Dear Sir: Jane Ash-baugh is not the only lady hog buyer in the country. I buy at our yards in Princeton and Unionville, Mo. I have also bought sheep and veal calves. I am the mother of three sons and claim to be a housewife with hog buying just a side job to help my husband, Doyle. After this Mr.

(phantom reporter), I'm going to ask my husband for a raise in my allowance. I never realized how important I am! Jane Ashbaugh, Manchester. Just one week ago, Jane er seed, slightly less protein and about the same amount of oil as Provar. Provar has consistently outyicldcd Protana in Iowa except in 1969. Protana is a specialty variety for limited commercial production.

Fehr said was grown by certified growers in Illinois and other states in 1969. It was decided not to release Beeson in Iowa prior to distribution of foundation seed by Purdue in 1967, based on its Iowa performance in 1966 and 1967. IN 1966, Beeson and Amsoy 1 were In the same Iowa test 'V 4 undoubtedly make our property more valuable." Robert Reckert, vice-president of the consulting engineering firm, said there are over 2,000 rural water systems in the United States now but this will be the first in Iowa. He believes that this system is just the beginning. "I believe that we're going to see a number of these scattered over Iowa within the next five years," Reckert said.

became the bride of Dick Bishop, a Manchester hog farmer. And unless someone speaks now or jorever holds his peace, she will be recorded as the country's most famous lady hog buyer. Now who can dispute that? It's estimated that well over 200,000 people read about Jane in the Nov. 16, Farm and Home Register. The number Included one smart alecky Register secretary who asked: "How come Jane Ashbaugh doesn't buy any boy hogs?" "What's that?" the phantom reporter asked, cowering under his desk.

"You said she was a lady hog buyer." She's a good secretary pretty, looks great In a miniskirt and all that but we may have to let her go. Varieties and Beeson outyielded Amsoy slightly. In other tests, Corsoy was outyielding Amsoy markedly as it had in other years. In 1967 in the same test, Corsoy outyielded Amsoy and Beeson both in Iowa and regional tests. Based on the superiority of Corsoy in two years of testing it was decided not to participate in the release of Beeson.

Then, said Fehr, the picture began to change. In 1968, Beeson outyielded both Corsoy and Amsoy In Iowa and it did the tame thing in the central Iowa test In 1969. "These are the oys of being a soybean breeder," Fehr said. "When we saw the 1968 results we requested seed from Purdue and began developing a supply of foundation seed for distribution this winter. "Unfortunately, a hail storm in September did a severe amount of damage to the field and I don't know what will be available." Three noteworthy characteristics of Beeson are that it has consistently better lodging resistance than Corsoy or Amsoy; it has a poor emergence score, similar to Amsoy; and, its seed size is somewhat larger than other current varieties.

Fehr said Calland is being sold this year. In central Iowa tests Calland has not been any different in yield than Wayne, he said, but in southern Iowa it consistently outyields Wayne with an average advantage of 2.4 bushels. "Calland should become a prominent variety in southern Iowa," he predicted. Cutler- seed was produced by certified growers this year, Fehr said, and has consistently outyielded Clark 63. However, the seed was produced primarily outside of Iowa since Cutler is considered inferior to Calland as a late variety.

Copies of the complete test are available from the extension service and county extension directors. SOYBEANS- Continued from Page One the immediate future was given in the tests. In summary: Wirth, one of the new varieties, will become available to qualified certified seed growers in Iowa for planting in 1970. It consistently out-yields Chippewa 64 by more than a bushel per acre and the two are similai in other characteristics. Rampage will be available In 1970 on the same basis.

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