Gasconade County Republican from Owensville, Missouri • Page 6

6 GASCONADE COUNTY REPUBLICAN, Owensville, Thursday, March 24, I960. Feed Wheat Program Still Available HARRY GROSS ELECTED TO AMERICAN ANGUS ASS'N 1, has been elected to membership in the American Angus Association at St. Joseph, Missouri, an- Mr. Gross was one of the 30 breeders of purebred Aberdeen-Angus in Missouri elected to membership during the past month. Harry Gross, Owensville Route nounces Frank Richards, secretary.

A farmer whose 1960 wheat acreage allotment is less than 30 acres and who has excess acres planted at this time may want to consider participating in the feed wheat program next year, Edwin G. Eikermann of the county Agricultural Stabilization and Conser vation office points out. To do this, the farmer must apply at the county office within 15 days after his notice of excess acreage is mailed to him. Under the feed wheat program, Eikermann said, a farmer whose application is approved may pro duce up to 30 acres of wheat for use on the farm as seed, human food, or for livestock, including poultry. None of the wheat can be removed from the farm except to be processed for use as human food or livestock feed on the farm and none can be sold or exchanged for goods or services.

If any of the conditions of the exemption is violated, the exemption becomes null and void, and the producers and the farm will be subject to acreage allotment and marketing quota regulations Balanced Farming Farm Section Keep Ponds Fenced ma Vi I Growers Plan to Produce Record Size Turkey Crop By George McCollum Ass't. Extension Agent A record size turkey crop is were drowned. A cow was lost just last week from this cause on a farm in Gasconade County. This is one of the most important re a sons for keeping ponds fenced. likely this year.

Turkey growers are showing every indication of carrying out their intentions as of January 1 to produce 6 percent more turkeys than last year, says University of Missouri agricultural econ- TIM SAVER WORK SAVER If you have ever received government assistance for building a pond, you know that one of the requirements is to fence the pond after it is built. There are some very good reasons why a pond should, be fenced and why the fence should be maintained. I'm sure you have heard of instances where cattle or hogs went through the ice on a pond and Another important reason for keeping ponds fenced is to pro omists. This would mean a record crop of 87 million birds. The January hatch was 7 percent less than a year earlier.

But the economists say there were 24 percent more eggs in incubators on February 1 than a year age. The heavy breed hatch is being increased while the light breed hatch is sharply lower. Cold storage holdings on February 1 were 143 million pounds down 11 percent from last year and 20 percent below two years ago. Consumption or disappearance of turkeys during January was up 5 percent from a year ago. The poultry marketing specialists say the heavy white breeds will account for 30 percent of all heavies raised, if growers carry JlHOElY SAVER QUALITY FORAGE IS KEY TO PROFITABLE DAIRYING Quality forage is the heart of profitable dairying.

More and more dairymen are realizing just how true this statement is, says Fred Meinershagen, extension dairy specialist at the University of Missouri. They are PtAMT FOOD BULK finding that good roughage will be more readily eaten and it makes more milk. Excellent roughage tect them from contamination with various disease organisms. Livestock going directly to the pond to drink may contaminate the pond with organisms that cause such diseases as leptospiro-sis, salmonella, or various other diseases. The pond will then serve as a source of supply for these diseases, sometimes for as long as several years.

A third reason for fencing ponds is important if you like to have quail and rabbits to hunt or just to see and hear. A pond area, if protected from livestock grazing, provides an excellent habitat for rabbits and quail. If the pond is fenced it is necessary to supply livestock water in a tank. Forms for building a concrete stock tank are available through the Extension Office. There are bulletins available on how to make a freeze proof stock tank that will furnish an available supply of livestock water the year round.

out their intentions. That com pares to 28 percent in 1959. can cut the cost of producing 100 pounds of milk by 46 cents. FARA BUREAU INSURANCE LIFE (Home Owners) AUTO, FIRE and EXTENDED COVERAGE Farmers Comprehensive Liability Crop Hail TAFT MATTHEWS Agency Manager CUBA, Rt. 1 Phone GE 7-2680 Quality roughage is also best for Heavy whites can be marketed as fryer-roasters grown to heavy weights.

Because of this flexibility, the heavy white breeds have young stock. Yearling heifers fed No. 1 alfalfa ate 24 percent more and gained 90 per cent more body weight than heifers fed No. 2 hay. No grain was fed.

Prescription Mixed to fit YOUR Soil and Crop We'll spread for you while you do other work or you can haul MFA Bulk Plant Foods from the plant and save extra money been displacing the small, white Beltsville turkeys. Hay conditioners have been the biggest practical step toward improving hay quality in receat years, says Meinershagen. They reduce curing time about 30 percent sometimes 50 percent. Con Route Three Mrs. Elsie Spurgeon is real poorly in St.

Louis. X-rays have been taken. Donnie Spurgeon is staying with his uncle, Ivan Spurgeon, to help with the work. Arvil Souders and Jimmy Cunningham had Sunday dinner with Jesse Morgans. UTTIE i ditioners also reduce shattering and leaf loss, and the crushing of stems seems to add to the pala-bility of the hay.

Just Call MFA BULK PLANT in UNION, LUther 3-2565 or MFA EXCHANGE MFA EXCHANGE Where land is highly productive, some form of dry lot feeding offers advantage over pasturing. Green chopping requires daily labor and machinery. Meinershagen believes Owensville, Mo. PHONE GE 7-2135 Hermann, Mo. PHONE 99 The bus made the usual round Monday from Highway to 19 by High Point.

Thd children had been meeting it' at John Sorrell's mail box. We had a bright Monday morning. The temperature was 16. that in some cases, silage will be more satisfactory for dry lot dairy Tr Adl ALUMINUM STORM WINDOWS ing than green chops. This may mean more upright silos equipped with mechanical unloaders and mechanical feeding bunks.

Self-feeding trench silos have too much spoilage for summer dry lot feeding, according to the extension dairyman. Lightweight plastic for covering silage in trenches or bunkers has been an extremely valuable discovery. It's not uncommon to have 30 to 40 percent dry matter in a and DOORS ALL SIZES Free Estimates WALL-TO-WALL CARPETING THE ALDAN BRAND as advertised on the Ed. Sullivan Show OPEN UNTIL 8 FRIDAYS I FMON FURNITURE LCrcUH APPIJANCM trench or bunker silo. However, proper packing and a plastic cover can reduce this to 15 percent figure almost equal to the expected loss of dry matter in an upright silo.

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Right color, right everything." I "Oh, Freddie" (sigh) I "In fact he's got the biggest selection I ever saw. 1 I No problem at all to find what you want." "Oh, Freddie" (sigh) f-r ST. NprX MItgotthatV8initj 4 1 ri I I've been talking 1 fT about too. What an Ij 1 1 -engine that is." I Oh.Freddic (sign) 1 1 Sweetie, waitll I ItcUyuthe 0 1 1 deal they've f3 buy aU right." "Well, don't Vfe Hh 1 juststand I there, Freddie, i 1 i Coahead ivi. and legumes for silage have been disappointing, says Meinershagen.

For quality silage from grasses or legumes, some dry feed must be added at time of ensiling, or the MIDDLI MISSOURI AMGUS SALES 50 BULLS 90 COWS HEIFERS crop should be wilted. Wilting requires an additional machine process but reduces the tonnage handled 10 to 20 percent and the spoilage 10 to 13 percent. Unless new methods of harvest (22nd Annual Sale) HOWARD COUNTY ANGUS ASSN. Purebred Barn, Fayctt TUESDAY, MARCH 29 ing are found, wilting is not practical on gravelly soils because of C21a Annual SiU) CENTRAL MISSOURI ANGUS ASSN. University Pavilion, Columbia MONDAY, MARCH 28 The AuocUtion will duplicate the prize money wen during the year en animals purchased by 4-H and F.F.A.

members In this sale. possible damage to equipment. The idea of pelleting forage is getting lots of attention. A ready At rtowaral Cwaty will IwM a JUDOINO CONTEST with SIMM Haraal ia fivo print to feUanert yawns itara amaW 21 yaara mt A S23.00 cadi dltcoant wiH ivaa to any yaerar bayiaf raaula to tfci Ml. market is available to any manu la Us Staff at 12:00 Nam.

Bead lagiatatrad Art in to Butt avaryana. Om raqwaat will tt bath catalog. James J. Capen, Columbia or Dan E. Miller, Fayette BABY CHICKS facturer who can provide a pelleting machine that will operate under field conditions.

The pressure needed for pelleting requires a machine to be heavily built. It also requires lots of power. Pellets range in size from 316 to five inches. Small pellets, less than 1 inch, are usually made from ground material. Feeding an all pellet ration using these pellets would likely result in a low but-terfat content, says the specialist.

However, pellets made from long hay would not affect the butter-fat content of milk. The extension dairyman says pelleting will not guarantee hay of high quality. Moisture in the forage must be lowered to 20 to 25 percent before it can be pelleted, and therefore, rain damage is still possible. In the field of breeding better forages, attempts are being made to develop new varieties of birds-foot trefoil that will compete successfully in pasture mixtures. Also, new varieties of lespedeza resistant to wilt and tar spot diseases are being developed.

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