Banner Graphic, Volume 14, Number 191, Greencastle, Putnam County, 18 April 1984 — Page 8

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The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, April 18,1984

Hoosier tilling five days behind average

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) Tilling of land for spring crops is running about five days behind average, although soil drying in scattered areas around Indiana allowed some fieldwork last week. The Midwest Agriculture Center of the National Weather Service said Monday tilling in Indiana is 55 percent complete. That’s up 5 percentage points from a week ago, but still behind the 65 percent tilled last year.

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USED TRACTORS Waiver of finance charges to June 1,1984. Farmali H Farmall M IH 1066 D with red cab IH 1466 D with cab IH 1486 IH 1586 D with duals IH 2444 D with loader Case 1370 Steiger ST 320 Versatile 825 Series II USED COMBINES Waiver of finance charges to January 1,1985 IH 715 G 1H715D IH 815 D, low profile 1H915D, high profile IH 1440 1981 200 hours IH 14401980, 500 hrs. IH 146019791000 hours IH 1460,1980,700 hours IH 1460,1980, grain loss monitor, 700 hours IH 1480,1980, 750 hours JD 4400 G JD44OOD We have a variety of cornheads and platforms. PLANTERS AND DRILLS JD 1240 w/harrow IH 400 4RW

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Progress varies from 25 percent complete in the southeast to 70 percent complete in central counties. Little corn has been planted, but the start of planting is still more than a week away. None had been planted by this time last year. Seeding of oats is 20 percent complete, Winter wheat is in generally fair condition with ratings of 10 percent poor, 67 percent fair, 21 percent good and 3 percent excellent.

Adkins & Everett Equip, inc. of Mooresville are pleased to announce the association of LARRY PICKENS as our Hiniker Econo-Til equipment salesman. See Larry for your Hiniker Econo-Til and John Deere equipment. Phone: Adkins & Everett Equip. Inc., 831-1450 Larry Pickens, 795-4936

MISC. Wetmore auger wagon IH 47 baler IH 37 baler IH 46 baler Hutchinson 60 ft. auger JD model 220 Saddle Tanks 400 gal. Ditch Witch M 4 w/trailer 5- box scraper 6- Gill lawn finisher Cont.-Belton 5’ rotary cutter Kilbros 375 bu. gravity bed 1969 Dodge flatbed 1979 Scout II 4x4 1975 IH 1600 w/grain bed IH 50 Blade 10 ft. Two Parker Bed Gravity Wagons w/10-t. case running gears, 250 bu. One Parker Bed Gravity Wagon w/J.D. running gear, 150 bu. USED TILLAGE DMII3 shank chisel Kewanee 21 ’ rotary hoe IH 720 6-18 plow (2) JD 7-btm. hyd. reset plow Case 10-ft. disc. IH 560 6-16 on land plow Kewanee 16-ft. manual fold disc IH 510, 5-16 plow IH 3 pt., 2-bottom plow Kasco 12 shank chisel AC 1300 28 1 /2-ft. field cultivator IH 415 21 ft. 10-inch packer-mulcher IH 10 ft. Disc Kewanee 10 ft. disc. IH 475 19 1 /2 ’ hyd. fold disc Noble 6RN Danish tine cult.

Visits slated July 14 Two Wabash County farms on Field Day tour

Special to the Banner-Graphic INDIAN APOLIS--A cattlefeeding operation and a growing/stocker feedlot will be featured on the 1984 Indiana Beef Cattle Association Field Day in Wabash County Saturday, July 14. Chamberlain Farms and Cameron Farms, both located near Urbana, will be hosts for Field Day activities. Cameron Farms buys about 800 Virginia feeder calves each year. With a combination of pasture, silage and some grain, the farm grows them from 400 pounds up to the 650- to 700pound range before the cattle are sold to local cattle feeders. In recent years, most of the cattle have been purchased by Chamberlain Farms. A FAMILY operation, Cameron Farms is run by Jim Cameron with his wife, Frances, and sons, Jeff and Ron. The family also operates Cameron Farm Supply, a livestock equipment sales and service firm serving much of northern Indiana. Because health is an im-

MORTON SALE BARN Annual Spring Feeder Calf Sale! THURSDAY NIGHT, APRIL 26th, 7 p.m. 300 head consigned consisting of cows and calves, bred cows and feeders. We will be receiving cattle all day until 6 p.m. On-the-farm appraisal and buying. Trucks always available, owners: John Lawson, 812/442-0635 Mike Jacob, 812-877-9936 Dick Brunes, auctioneer Located 17 mi. East of Rockville on Highway 36 or 2 mi. West of Ind. 231 on U.S. 36.

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portant aspect of any cattle operation, especially when feeder calves are involved, the Camerons have invited their veterinarian, Dr. Kerry Keffaber, to participate in the Field Day program. Dr. Keffabler will explain the effective cattle health program carried out on Cameron Farms. Chamberlain Farms is another family operation involving Orville Chamberlain, his son, Scott, and son-in-law, Dallas Baer. The cattle feedlots on two farms are all under roof and about 2,100 cattle are fed each year. The Chamberlains also market approximately 8,000 hogs annually. SILAGE AND high-moisture corn are the mainstays of the cattle feeding ration at Chamberlain Farms. Permanent pasture is being established on some rolling ground that will provide a place to pasture the cattle in the summer and winter. Concrete lots at the headquarters farm are scraped regularly and the manure is spread on fields as weather con-

Market reports INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Hogs 1,100. Barrows and gilts slow, 25-50 cents lower. US 1-2 210-255 lbs 47.7548.25. US 1-3 220-270 lbs 46.5047.75. US 2-3 260-270 lbs 45.5046.00. Sows: Moderately active, steady to 1.00 lower US 1-3 350450 lbs 42.5044.00, 500-625 lbs 48.00-52.00. Cattle: 500. Weaker undertone noted on slaughter steers and heifers in a light pre-holiday test. Cows steady to firm. Bulls firm in a limited test. Slaughter steers: Few choice 2-3 1025-1400 lbs 65 (KH67.00, mixed good and choice 2-3 925-1175 lbs 64.00-66.25, good 2-3 800-925 lbs 57.25-63.00. Holsteins: Mixed good and choice 2-3 1225-1235 lbs 58.2560.00, good 2-31000-1150 lbs 50.00-54.00. Slaughter heifers: Choice 24 925-1225 lbs 64.25-65.75, mixed good and choice 24 750-1100 lbs 59.00-64.75, few good 2-3 775875 lbs 57.00-58.50. Slaughter cows: Breaking utility and commercial 34 43.0046.50, high dressing 46.5048.75, boning utility 2-3 41.5046.25, cutter 1-235.0043.50. Slaughter bulls: Yield grade 1-2 1225-1925 lbs 49.50-54.75, couple high dressing 57.00-57.50, bullocks good 1-2 1075-1200 lbs 52.00-58.75.

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ditions permit. There also is an extensive lagoon system for drainage and waste storage. A newly acquired farm has a feedlot with slatted floors. The IBCA Field Day program will begin at the Cameron Farms, located three miles east and three-souths of a mile north of Urbana, at 9 a.m. on July 14. Later in the morning, Field Day participants will drive about five miles to Chamberlain Farms. Following a tour and discussion at the Chamberlain feedlot, participants will be treated to a lunch prepared by the Miami-Wabash Beef Cattle Association. COMMERCIAL exhibits again will be an important part of the Field Day program. Several exhibitors will have displays at Chamberlain Farms, where those attending will have an opportunity to view individual exhibits and talk to company representatives during and after lunch. The program is free of charge md open to anyone.

and K gives you healthier plants with less firing and diseases like Stalk rot. And at harvest, you get faster drydown and maximum yields. See us now for a fertilizer program using Stabilized Nitrogen and for your best chance for greater corn production.

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Greencastle High School Vocational Agriculture students Andy Dickey (center) and Tim Hunt (second from left) accept congratulations and a S3OO scholarship they earned as the winning farm management team in competition during last month's Ag Day celebration in Putnam County. Dickey and Hunt prevailed among 15 teams involving 45 county high school students who competed in the computerized contest developed by Purdue University's agricultural economics department. Contestants were given hypothetical criteria-including "seed” money and a set

Land lost to urban sprawl

less than previous estimates

WASHINGTON (AP) Although it may take months of study before conclusions are drawn, it appears from a new Agriculture Department study that urban sprawl has not gobbled up nearly as much U.S. farmland as previously believed. The 1982 National Resources Inventory report was prepared by the department’s Soil Conservation Service and released this week. Among other disclosures, the report said cropland soil losses due to water erosion averaged about 4.4 tons an acre in 1982, down from 4.6 tons in 1977, when the previous inventory was made.

amount of acreage-and charged with developing the information to show a profit. Representing the scholarship sponsors were Dan Doan (left) First Citizens Bank and Trust; Gary Owens (second from right), Production Credit Association, and Harvey Pinney, Central National Bank. Other sponsors not pictured included Jerry Baumgardener, Tri-County Bank; Norman Knights, Greencastle Savings Bank; Walter Frye, First National Bank of Cloverdale and Bob Wolfe, Federal Land Bank. (Ban-ner-Graphic photo)

In all, the report said, more than 3.08 billion tons of soil eroded from the nation’s cropland in 1982 tons as a result of wind and 1.83 billion tons from water runoff. Officials said the loss of 1.83 billion tons alone would be enough soil to cover about one million acres to a depth of one foot or fill 23 million railroad cars. According to the new survey, there were 46.6 million acres of “urban and built-up land” in the United States in 1982, a 28 percent drop from 64.7 million acres reported by the 1977 in-

Listing deadline May 11

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - May 11 is the deadline for Agricultural producers who want to be listed in Indiana’s Agricultural Export Directory to get information to the Indiana Department of Commerce. The directory is distributed overseas to U.S. embassies,

Indiana's Premier Club PIG SALE April 20, 1984-7:30 p.m. Putnam County 4-H Fairgrounds Greencastle, Ind. Selling: 125 Head Duroc - York - Hamp-Cross Barrows - Gilts - Boar Pigs There are more pigs bred like previous winners in this sate than any other sale in Indiana! These pigs are young and fresh to allow club members to meet the new State Fair Rules without holding these barrows. Mates to these previous winners SELL. 1983 Indiana State Fair: Grand Champion Open - Barrow overall breeds Grand Champion Gold Medal Performance Market Hog second place barrows! 1983 Putnam County Fair: Grand Champion Barrow overall breeds Champion Duroc Barrow Champion Yorkshire Barrow several class winners including the Scramble Class Champion. 1983 Montgomery County Grand Champion 3of the last 4 years. 1983 Tippicanoe County Grand Champion Barrow 1983 Pulaski County Grand Champion Barrow 1983 Clay County Grand Champion Gilt Many other class winners and breed champions. Pigs meet all state health requirements. For more information contact: SINCLAIR DUROCS Rt. 3 Cloverdale, Ind. 46120 Ph.(317)795-3425

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ventory. The urban and built-up land represents about 3 percent of the 1.5 billion acres of nonfederal land in the United States. Cropland in 1982 comprised 421.4 million acres, up from 413.3 million in 1977. Gary Nordstrom, director of the agency’s Resources Inventory Division, said Thursday the smaller acreage in 1982 “does not reflect a true decline” in the amount of agricultural land taken up by cities and other built-up areas such as parks and airports.

foreign buying groups and foreign trade shows. Lt. Gov. John M. Mutz, state agriculture commissioner, said international trade is important to Hoosier farmers, noting that more than one-third of Indiana’s agricultural commodities are exported to overseas markets.