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Five members of the Putnam County Soil and Water Conservation District attended the recent annual conference at Purdue University. Local representatives were (from left) Jack Berry, vice chairman of the board of supervisors; Saraellen Peters, district coordinator; Gene Clodfelter and Max Nichols, board of supervisors members, and Mike Clodfelter, chairman of the board of supervisors. Some 600 soil and water supervisors, employees and conservation agency personnel attended the 49th annual conference Dec. 2-4 at West Lafayette.

Market reports INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Estimated prices Tuesday at Indianapolis area elevators: Corn No. 2 yellow: $2.332.45; new $2.28-2.41. Soybeans No. 1 yellow: $5.42-5.54; new $5.45-5.63. Wheat No. 2 soft red: $3.73-3.79; new $3.09-3.27. ♦ * ♦ INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Indiana direct hog market at 70 yards and markets Tuesday. Barrows and gilts: 50 cents to 1.00 lower, plants 25 cents to 50 cents lower. Demand moderate. US 1-2 220-260 lbs country 34.50-36.00, few down to 34.00, few up to 36.25, plants 35.00-36.00, few 36.25 early; 210-220 lbs 32.50-34.00. US 1-3 220-260 lbs 33.5035.25. Sows: Steady to 1.00 lower, instances 2.00 lower. US 1-3 300-500 lbs 22.00-26.00, few down to 21.50; 500-650 lbs 24.00-26.00, few to 28.00. ♦ * ♦ NATIONAL STOCKYARDS, 111. (AP) Hogs: 2,200 trade moderate; as compared with Monday, barrows and gilts over 230 lb .50-1.00 lower, many .75-1.00 lower; under 230 lb 2.00 lower. 1-3 230-260 lb 36.00-36.50; 260-270 lb 35.50-36.00; 270300 lb 32.50-35.00; 1-3 200230 lb 30.00-32.00. Sows: Under 500 lb 1.251.50 lower; over 500 lb .501.00 lower, incomplete clearance; 1-3 300-500 lb 27.25-27.50; over 500 lb 27.00-29.50. Boars: Over 250 lb 27.00; under 250 lb 28.00. Cattle and calves: 175 trading active on slaughter steers and heifers, slow on cows; as compared with Monday, slaughter steers, heifers and bulls steady; cows weak to 1.00 lower; supply mainly slaughter steers and cows. Slaughter steers: Choice 2-4 1,025-1,325 lb 66.50-68.00; choice 2-3 1,150-1,300 lb 68.00-68.50; select and choice 2-3 925-1,225 lb 64.00-66.50; select 2-3 900-1,200 lb 61.5064.00. Slaughter heifers: Choice 24 925-1,225 lb 65.50-67.00; 2-3 few 950-1,200 lb 67.00-68.00; select and choice 2-3 850-1,100 lb 63.50-65.50; select 2-3 8251,125 lb 60.00-63.50. Cows: Breaking utility and commercial 2-4 42.00-45.00; cutter and boning utility 1-2 45.00-46.00; high-yielding cutter and boning utility 1-2 46.0048.00; canner and low cutter 12 42.00-45.00. Bulls: YG 1-2 few 1,1251,600 lb 53.00-58.00.

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State regained 120 wetlands in ’9l; 194 may be restored in ’92

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Officials hope to restore 194 wetlands in Indiana this year, adding to the 1,570 acres of drained Hoosier wetlands returned to their natural state since 1988. In 1991, 120 parcels totaling 600 acres were restored, said David Hudak, supervisor of the Bloomington office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. THE FEDERAL government pays to restore the wetlands for property owners who pledge not to drain them for at least 10 years. The wetlands, including marshes, swamps, bogs and other areas flooded at least part of the year, control flooding, filter impurities from water and provide wildlife habitats. Farming, development and other human endeavors have cost Indiana 86 percent of its original wetlands.

National disaster assistance program applications urged

National disaster assistance for farm producers has been enacted for the 1990 and 1991 crops according to Roger Bailey, local Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service director. Bailey said that the assistance will benefit crop producers who had at least a 35 percent loss if they had Federal Crop Insurance on the crop or a 40 percent loss if there was no Federal Crop Insurance in effect. Full details of the program are not expected to be available until

Comment period extended on lamb changes by USDA

WASHINGTON (AP) The Agriculture Department will extend the comment period on proposed changes in the U.S. standards for lamb and mutton until Jan. 21. The comment period was to have ended Dec. 20 but will be extended at the request of a major trade organization, said Daniel D. Haley, administrator of USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service. Among the proposed changes are

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“We hope ultimately to turn that back to less than the 86 percent,” said Forest Clark, a biologist for the wildlife service. “It’s difficult to say whether we are, because there’s no question that we are still losing wetlands both legally and illegally.” The nation lost 2.5 percent of the inland wetlands in the lower 48 states in the decade between the mid-1970s and mid-1980s, the wildlife service reported to Congress last year. An estimated 103.3 million acres remained by the mid1980s. RESTORATIONS in Indiana have ranged from one acre to more than 120 acres, Clark said. The costs paid by the federal government average $1,500 and range from SSOO to about $35,000, Fish and wildlife staff or hired contractors can rebuild the wetlands

approximately Feb. 1, 1992. However, the Putnam County ASCS Office will begin taking applications for disaster assistance immediately for those who think they may qualify. “Putnam County was very lucky in 1991 in that only a very small portion of the counties suffered major crop losses due to the drought,” Bailey said. “The situation just a few miles north of here in northern Montgomery County is much different.”

those that would: Achieve fat reduction in grading standards by requiring carcasses to be graded simultaneously for quality and yield. Require that grades be applied to carcasses only after removal of most of their kidney and pelvic fat. Removing that before weighing carcasses for determining their dressed yield would remove a major incentive for overfattening lambs.

Turkey feeding method could help bird, farmer

ByTIMYINGST Extension Agent-Ag Sometimes a turkey’s legs don’t grow right. The turkey has trouble getting to the feeder or to water. It gets weak. And sometimes, because of the natural pecking order turkeys follow, a downed bird is a dead bird. No turkey farmer wants to see leg abnormalities, said Patricia Hester, a Purdue University poultry specialist. Deformed birds that do survive to market often are condemned or downgraded because of emaciation or the injuries inflicted by their brethren. SCIENTISTS BELIEVE less protein lets the birds build up their skeletons first and strengthen leg bones. Hester, who specialized in feed and growth research, already has shown that reducing protein in young turkeys’ diets results in fewer leg distortions. Feed with lower amounts of the soymeal protein also costs less, she said. After early development, Hester returns the protein allowance to normal levels. This causes the turkey to increase body weight in a quick spurt. Hester calls it compen-

area in a few days by removing drainage tile, building levees to hold water on the property and other activities. Within two or three months, wildlife begins to return. “One advantage for landowners doing this is they get pretty much instant gratification,” Clark said. “It’s as important as replanting trees, but here they don’t have to wait a generation to see what they’ve accomplished.” John R. Nesbitt, a Rensselaer attorney, agreed. “IT’S EXACTLY THE way they said it would be. Beautiful,” Nesbitt said about 35 acres of rocky pasture on his farm returned to prairie potholes. Bruce Cameron, associate manager of Rainbow Christian Camp, said campers eventually will fish in the new lake established on the property 2 miles north of Converse.

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satory growth. But while the turkey’s weight catches up with its peers’ weight by market time, its breast weight is not comparable. It’s close, within three quarters of a pound, but not close enough, Hester said. “THE BREAST IS the most valuable part of a turkey”, Hester said. “The difference may not seem like much until you multiply it by 50,000 turkeys.” She did an economic analysis to see if the savings realized by fewer condemned birds and reduced feed costs would offset the loss in breast yield. It didn’t.

Wetlands video available

WASHINGTON (AP) A videotape showing farmers the advantages of wetlands on a farm is available from the Agriculture Department’s Soil Conservation Service. Narrated by actor Leslie Nielsen, the video features interviews from farmers from In-

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Hester returned to the lab to finetune the feeding regime. Now she’s testing three different levels of reduced protein in the early diet and going back to normal levels sooner, to give the turkeys more time for compensatory growth before market Meanwhile she’s tracking leg abnormalities. The experiment will be over in March. Hester is optimistic she still will see fewer deformities than in the control group and hopes for near-equal breast weight following the extended period of compensatory growth. “THE POTENTIAL benefits are that more turkeys will make it to market and feed costs to the farmer will be lower,” said Hester. “It also improves the welfare of the turkey at no expense to the grower.” The project is supported by a cross-section of private and public interests. Funding was provided by Purdue University Crossroads 1990, industry’s Turkey Marketing Development Council and the Indiana Value-Added Center. The turkey poults for the experiments were donated by Cuddy Farms.

diana, Louisiana, Minnesota, California and New York. Copies are available for loan from local offices of the SCS. They may be purchased for $lO, or borrowed for $5, from the National Association of Conservation Districts, P.O. Box 855, League City, Tex. 77574-0855.

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