Arlington Heights Herald from Arlington Heights, Illinois • Page 41

6 Ways to Increase Dairy Farmer Income Outlined University of Illinois agricultural economist Roland W. Bartlett this week lists 6 ways to increase dairy incomes. This list was prepared at the request of the Illinois Farmers Union for use at its recent farm policy planning conference. These are the things Bartlett suggests; 1. ENCOURAGE use of the special school milk program.

All milk in this program goes into Class I and helps to reduce milk surpluses. Illinois students drank an average of 28 quarts of milk annually during the last school year. This is double the amount of 4 years ago. before the program started. But it is still only slightly over half the goal of 45 quarts per student.

2. Encourage use of milk vending machines and dispensers in offices, schools and restaurants. Having colk milk available is one way of increasing its use. 3. Encourage quantity discounts for purchases in half-jjallon or gallon containers.

Studies that discounts help to increase milk sales. -4. WHEN ORDERING a meal at a restaurant, ask for milk. Many more people than ever before, are using milk as a beverage, and most places are serving high-quality milk, Bartlett reports. 5.

Encourage improved breeding, feeding and herd manage- practices in producing milk. A farmer with low cost per 100 pounds of milk produced has a higher net income than one with higher costs. 6. Encourage use of new dairy products, such as fresh concentrated milk, low-fat frozen dairy products and dry non-fat solids. In one California market, fresh concentrated milk is being sold at 5 cents a quart below the price of whole milk.

Bartletf says estimates show that stores selling the concentrate sell one of concentrate for every 3 quarts of whole milk. Bartlett stresses that these 6 ways to increase dairy incomes are practical and sound. They can all be carried out now without passage of any new farm legislation. (Fm Do This to Stop Peach Tree Borers THURSDAY, OCT. 17, 1957 LUCKY DOG FOOD Improves My Appetite Health Energy Disposition LUCKY DOG FOOD improves any health because contains all high quality nutrients, proteins, hits, vitamins and minerals needed for growth and maintenance, helps build bones, muscles, teeth and coat.

And because LUCKY has taste appeal, your dog will have better pep and energy to burn. Toefed, Proven, Economical FERTILIZERS POULTRY Si DAIRY FEEDS, full line CORN SHELLING HAULING GUENTHER BROS. HAY STRAW GRAIN Palatine 1 block West of State Rd. CL 3-5515 Res. CL 3-4648 Open closed Sun.

Will You Be Able To Pick Again? Before long, thousands of Illinois farmers are going to hitch their tractors to cornpickers and start down the rows to harvest an estimated 472 million bushel corn crop. Unfortunately some human fingers, hands, arms and even legs may get mixed into this bumper crop of corn. Just how many, no one knows. Some folks will finish picking early and without mishap. Others will be less fortunate, and a few may never see their corn in the crib.

What happens to you will depend on how carefully you operate your picker. Here are a few thoughts that might save some of those arms, legs and lives. 1. SAFE MACHINE OPERA- tion Safe operation of any machine depends entirely on the operator. The operator must always be alert and agile if he is to avoid some of the emergencies that cause serious accidents.

Through training and experience, the best operator acquires habits that cause him to respond automatically to dangerous conditions. When learning to operate a new farm machine, get someone show you how to operate it safely before you try it alone. Always be conscious of danger to other people around your machine. FEED mixed to 0 RMU 1 A Nutrena Dairy, Hog and Poultry Feeds WINTER WHEAT SEED LAWN SEEDS and FERTILIZERS ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ROLLER MILLS State Rd. and Wing St.

Arlington Heights CLearbrook 3-0011 Open Saturday to Noon Never let them ride on your tractor and increase the chances of accidents. Your clothes should fit snugly, with no loose ends. Loose coat tails, large or torn trouser cuffs, torn coat or shirt sleeves and double thumb mitiens often cause accident around moving machinery. To help reduce farm machinery accidents, learn how to handle them safely and what precautions to take with individual machines, and then practice until you automatically make the right respose. 2.

SELLING YOUR HANDS you ever tried putting a selling price on your hands? Chances are you'd think anyone who asked you to put a price on your hands was joking. But to a farmer who has a hand to a corn picker accident, no joke. The sad, hard facts are these: You not only lose a finger, hand or arm when you get caught in the snapping or husking rolls, but it costs you money to lose it. Farmers who have leaned from experience know that such an accident costs several hundred dollars in doctor and hospital bills more if they want an artificial hand or hook to for the missing hand. And while they're laid up they have to hire extra help to do their farm work.

The price is so high that hard to see why so many farmers pay it each year. Probably the biggest reason is that they have taken chances before and have not had to pay. Eventually, though, the law of averages catches up with them. Just remember, an accident is no respecter of age or experience. S.

WEAR THE RIGHT heard the saying, make the Not only can they make the man. but they can also be the cause of- his death. Records that the wrong kind of clothes are often responsible for accidents around corn-harvesting machinery. A man running a corn picker should wear clothes that catch on moving gears, belts shafts and other parts. Even a fairly smooth shaft can a torn pants leg, beginning with 1 little thread and then gobling up the rest of the the victim in them.

Watch what kind of gloves you wear too. No gloves at all are safest; but if the weather makes them necessary, wear cloth ones without floppy gauntlets. Keep away from double-thumb gloves especially. Leather gloves are not safe as cloth gloves because they 1. PDB (for paradichloroben- xene) is spread in crystal form around the base of a peach tree, staying two inches away from the trunk, as one of the most effective means of controlling costly peach tree borers.

One ounce of crystals is sufficient for treating a mature tree. 2. Loose earth is heaped over PDB crystals to form cone- shaped mound about six inches above ground line on trunk. Fumes penetrate borer holes at or below the ground line; kill the borers. A record crop of peach tree borers is expected to be at work this fall and winter at or below the ground line on your orchard trees, boring holes that can weaken and kill them.

Peach tree borers have been known to wipe out entire orchards, are rated one of the most damaging orchard pests. Experts like Dr. Don King, entomologist at Texas A are recommending to orchardists that they return to the use of PDB (for paradichlorobenzene) as one of the oldest but still most effective means of controlling the borers. Fall is the proper time for such treatment, when the soil is dry and the soil temperature is above Follow these steps: 1. Clear weeds from base of tree and loosen soil lightly.

2. Make grooved ring in soil around base of tree at least two inches from the trunk. S. Drop PDB crystals evenly in the groove (see figure above) at a rate of one ounce for mature trees, ounce for trees 4-5 years old and ounce for trees 2-3 years old. 4 Pile soil in cone-shaped mound over crystals to a height of six inches on tree trunk and firm it (see figure at right).

Be careful not to push crystals into contact with tree trunk. 5. In early spring, remove earth mound, level soil. Your farm chemicals store is the best source of PDB crystals. However, you may also find them in drug and department stores where they are sold for clothes moth control.

When buying a clothes moth compound for use against peach tree borers, however, be sure to get paradichlorobenzene crystals, not napthalene which is sometimes used against clothes moths. 1957 Corn Crop Smaller Than 1956, But Grains Up Illinois High In Realty Taxes In the 7 years from 1949 to 1955, Illinois farm real estate taxes increased 50 per cent an acre and real estate values increased 40 per cent. But at the same time, net income from farming decreased more than 15 per cent. C. L.

Stewart, University of Illinois land economist, bases these statements on a recent study of Illinois farm real estate taxes covering the period from 1905 to 1955. STEWART ALSO reports that during the past 50 years the tax burden on Illinois farm owners 1 second. by L. H. SIMERL Corn harvest is in full swing.

The crop is not so big as that of last year, but grains and old corn are larger. Prices for this scorn crop seem likely to average about 10 cents a bushel lower than prices of last crop. The monthly average Illinois farm price of the 19o6 crop ranged from $1.16 in February to $1.23 in December. The December high coincided with the general run-up in commodity prices at the time the Suez Canal was blocked. CARRY-OVER of old corn is around 1,400 million bushels compared with 1,165 million a year ago.

The new crop is expected to exceed 3,200 million. This total exceeds the 10-year average of 5,144 million bushels, though it is less than last crop of around 3,450 million. The oat and barley crops eteh are around 16 per cent larger than last yAar. Production of sorghum grain will be near 500 million bushels, over twice as much as last crop and 3 times the 10-year average. THE SUPPLY of feed grains in millions of tons for this marketing year is as follows (figures for last year are in parentheses Carry-over ................48 (43) Corn Oats .............................21 Barley .......................10 91 Sorghum 6) Total ....:................183 073) The carry-over consists largely of corn owned by the government (CCC).

The CCC sold over 300 million bushels of corn during the year ended September 30" and is expected to sell as has increased more than the i average for other states. In this I study, he compared tax levies on the basis of acreage, value of farm land and buildings, and gross farm income, farm production expenses and net farm income. In all cases Illinois tax levies were close to the highest in the country in 1955. The farm real estate tax levy in 1955 averaged $2.97 an acre, fifth highest in the country. On the basis of value of land and buildings, Illinois owners paid $1.23 per $100 value, 12th highest rate among all states.

When taxes were compared with net incomes, Illinois ranked ninth with a tax for $23.16 per $100 net income. Compared with production expenses, Illinois ranked (Fm and Cwiny the 0am Fufure Farmers of America 99A Mary Jane Named President Of Clever Clover Mary Jane Shulse was elected president of Clever Clover 4-H club at the group's first meeting of the new' club year, October 9. Other officers elected were Darlene Yahnke, vice president; Juanita Blecke, secretary; Betsy Schulte, treasurer. New reporter for the group is Dawn Bozee; project chairman, Karen Pickert; refreshment chairman, Sandra Bozee; tion chairman; Karen Adkisson and scrap book chairman, Beverly Krambeer. New members admitted into the club are Sandra Brockmann, Virginia Soorus and Phyllis Deu.

Local achievement was discussed and will be held October 18 at 6 p.m. in St. Peter school, the club will hold a Halloween party November 2. (4-H Schaumburg 4-H To Sell Candy The sale of candy to raise money was decided upon by Girls of Schaumburg 4-H at their second meeting of the season held Saturday. The girls also planned a tour through Singer Machine Co.

and first aid and safety are to be their activities. Next meeting of the group will be held November 9 at the home when the girls will work on Christmas decorations. Wheeling Home Bureau to Have Lesson October 24 Next regular meeting of the Wheeling unit of Cook County Home Bureau will be held Thursday, Oct. 24, at the Farm Bureau building on N. Dunton Arlington Heights.

Lesson of the day will be Portions for and will be given by members Mrs. V. L. Bedingfield and Mrs. Victor Reed.

Hostesses will be Mrs. Harry Brumlik, Mrs. Frank Fabian and Mrs. Irwin Hecht. In the last several weeks, wont pull off as easily if they Wheeling unit has held 2 craft become caught.

If you've been putting off mending some of those 1 clothes, do it now before corn picking season begins. It may prevent an injury or perhaps save your life. 4. Can Be If you the and lose, money down the drain. But when you the and lose, you may lose both money and a hand or arm.

When you try to clean or adjust a picker while running, betting your hand, your arm or maybe even your life to save a couple of minutes. doing the same thing when you put the power take-off shield on the picker. The few minutes it takes to atta shields can save many dollars and months of time if it prevents an accident. The smart better and the wise farmer, put up something so valuable as a hand when the most he can gain is a minute or two. 5.

Always Remember to keep safety shield in place. (Fm days. One was held at the home of the chairman, Mrs. O. William Gappert, when members spent the day making bazaar articles for the hospital auxiliary.

The other day was spent at the Farm Bureau building where a Christmas craft lesson was given by members Mrs. Virgil Horath and Mrs. Elmer Wegren. (4-H 5 New Members Join Whirlyblrds At the last of the Whirly birds 4-H club, 5 members were in attendance, Ronald Kammes, Michael Nagel, John Cihak, Thomas Mackentire and Leonard Baumgartener. A bake sale and Halloween party were planned and 2 demonstrations were given.

Michael Steiner demonstrated fire prevention and Susan Hughes and Marg i Magel sang. (4-H Atomic Tick Toek An atomic clock has been developed at Columbia 25 New Members Join 4-H Group Twenty-five new girls joined Up and Doing 4-H club at the organizational meeting held October 8 at the Alvin Moehling home. Projects were outlined for the new members and plans made for election of officers at the next meeting, October 23 at the home of Frances Kreuger on Golf rd. (4-1 Country Cousins Elect Officers When Country Cousins 4-H club held its second meeting of the fall season October 8, Pat Schanmier was elected president of the group. Alice Simmonds was elected vice president; Linda Trimmel, secretary; Marcia Cech, treasurer; Cinda Pippenger reported.

Christine Gerts is the new refreshment chairman and Susan Schanmier, recreation chairman. The club has a membership of 27 girls including new members, Susan Brosseit, Janet Crowe, Christine Dowell. Christine Gerts, Edna and Anna Geisler, Lynn Kramer, Margie Lurtz. Cheryl Morre, Katherine Penno, Linda Poulos, Pat Reif and Nancy Rollefson and Susan Schanmier. 4-H Schedules Fall Activities North Cook County 4-H federation met October .10 at the Farm Bureau, at which time road signs were discussed.

The joint meeting of North and South Cook County federations will be held October 23 at Tinley Park Farm Bureau office. Also discussed was recognition night, which will be held Novem- her 5 at Arlington high school, at 7:15 p.m., and the livestock! show, which the federation will attend December 4. The next federation meeting will be held December 12 at the Farm Bureau. (4-H DOG FOOD PURINA DOG FOOD Ken Kation, Ken Biscuit, Friskies, Gainas, Kival, Nebraska Pure Horse Meat, Prince All Beet, Arcadia Dog Meal Special Price an large Quantities POULTRY EQUIPMENT STOCK TANKS HOG FEEDERS FENCING OF ALL KINDS Barb Wire, Baling Baling FARM FERTILIZERS VC, Armour i Swift FARM SEEDS ARCADY FEEDS JOHN HENRICKS INCORPORATED Hay. Straw Grain of all kinds Sfata Rd.

A 12 Arlington Haights CL 3-018S Open 7 to 5, Saturday to Noon much or more during this marketing year. The supply of feed grains in sight exceeds prospective use and exports by around 5 million tons. Thus the carry-over next fall may be near 48 million tons, up about 10 per cent over the 1957 level. WHILE CONGRESS cannot set the price of corn by legislation, prices are influenced by price- support programs, at least in the short run. Farmers put large quantities of eligible corn under price support when the market price drops more than about 10 cents a bushel under the support level.

The general price support level is $1.10 a bushel comared with $1.25 last year. The support rate for compliance corn averages $1.40 compared with $1.50 last year. While a smaller proportion of farmers may be eligible for the higher loan rate this year, more corn may be placed under loan. The reason is that production is much greater this year in theV'estern part of the corn belt, where farmers usually put large amounts under loan. Last year many farmers in the best corn areas of Iowa and Nebraska had very poor corn crops and some had complete failures.

Swine Flu Is Threat in Fall Be on guard for swine influenza this fall, says Dr. H. J. Hardenbrook of the University of Illinois college of veterinary medicine. Swine flu has been especially dangerous in the fall since the influenza epidemic swept across the United States some 39 years ago.

raisers to provide their hogs with clean, well-bedded quarters, free from drafts. A RATHER peculiar, loud, cough is the first indication of swine influenza. As the disease progresses, the affected pigs may show signs of thumpy breathing and reduced appetite. In general, the symptoms are very much the same as in a case of human flu. Advice and assistance from the local veterinarian will be helpful in keeping swine influenza from leading to death losses.

(Fm SWINE INFLUENZA is caused by a virus combined with a micro-organism. One ca i may be the earthworm, which acts as a reservoir of infection for the disease. That is one reason for keeping hogs away from old where earth- worms are usually present. coming Auctions These old strawstacks are also generally damp; if hogs have a habit of sleeping there, the combination of quick-changing temperatures and damp bedding set the stage for outbreaks of swine influenza. Dr.

Hardenbrook advises swine Sunday. Nov. 3 at Rheing 1 State and Algonquin rd. Complete listing in next paper. (FP THURSDAY, OCT.

17, 1957 batlinys fiuilderJ 10 10.10 Soil Builder Fertilizer for your lawn ASK US RILEY FEED SERVICE Vz mile north of Devon on Rt. 83 BENSENVILLE PORTER 6-1220 ANOTHER THORP SALE DAN POWERS AUCTIONEER The undersigned will sell at Public Auction on the farm known as the Bratzler farm, located 5 mi. W. of Barrington or 4 mi. E.

of Algonquin on West County Line Road then mi. North (watch for sale arrows) on Saturday, Oct 19, at 1 23 Holstein Dairy Cows 12 springers, 5 fresh, majority vaccinated. 1 Bull J8 vac. 1 Bull 12 vac. The majority of these cows are 1st and 2nd calf heifers, in exceptionally good flesh with plenty of type and quality.

Machinery and Equipment 3 section spring tooth. Corn sheller. 5 ft. horse mower. 3 new style Surge units.

2 wash tanks. Hot water heater. 15 milk cans. Pump, motor and pipeline. Feed 2,000 bales Alfalfa and Brome hay.

400 hales of straw. OLIVER a OLSON TERMS $25.00 and under cash, over that amount down and balance in monthly payments plfis interest. Buy what you want, sign your own note, no co-signers needed. Settlement must be made on day of sale. Not Responsible for Accidents.

Thorp Sales Woodstock, 111., Phone 110. ANOTHER THORP SALE DAN POWERS AUCTIONEER The undersigned will sell at Public Auction on the farm located $Vi s- E. of Elgin on Gifford 1 Vi oi route 20 (watch for sale arrows) on Oct. 22 at 11:30 32 Head Hi-Grade Dairy Cows 13 fresh in the past 6 weeks. 8 close springers.

All of these cattle have been home raised and calfhood vaccinated. Machinery 2 J. D. model A tractors. J.

D. 4 row cult. J. D. No.

490 corn planter. J. D. 9 ft. wheel disc.

J. D. plow. J. D.

snow plow. D. Power mower, hyd. lift. J.

D. 2 row corn picker. J. 28 ft. elevator.

J. D. hay loader. Hobart 400 amp. welder with Chrysler motor.

V. C. Case trac. cul. Ferguson tractor.

Ferguson plow. Colby manure spreader. Piper post hole digger. Moline 4-bar hay rake. 2 Rubber tired wagons racks.

Rubber tired wagon self unloading steel flare box. Unloading jack with electric motor. D. B. hammer mill.

75 ft. endless drive belt. Buzz saw. dump rake, pile of iron: hay bunk, 2 bbls. motor oil.

Other misc. items. Milking Equipment 3 New style Surge milking machine units. Klee, hot water heater and tanks. 2 stainless steel pails and strainer.

Surge pump and pipeline. Feed 100 Tons baled Alfalfa hay. Anderson Sylvester Terms $25.00 and under cash, over that amount down and balance in monthly payments plus interest. Buy what you want, sign your own note, no co-signers needed. Settlement must be made on day of sale.

Lunch wagon. Not Responsible for Accidents. PHONE CLEARBROOK 3-7037 Gust Hoeske, AUCTIONEER ARLINGTON HEIGHTS FARM SALES A SPECIALTY FURNITURE REAL ESTATE COMM. AUCTION.