Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-11-20
go Farmers Make
Tour OF Farms


County attended the beef tour
held Wednesday, November 18,
according to a report from the
Extension Office. Twenty-three
men attended the dinner meeting
Wednesday evening, where time
ly beef topics were discussed that
were of interest to all present.
The stops made Wednesday on
the tour were at Joe Hooks
farm where he explained the
method of weighing his Angus
calves and keeping rate of gain
records on each of his purebred
heifers, steers and bulls. The next
stop was at Irna Harbage and
Sons farm, where the group OBJ
served 2 lots of cattle on feed,
new pole barn and heard a dis
cussion on their rotation and fer
tiliZer plots which included four
year rotation of corn, wheat or
oats and 2 years of hay, with
280 lbs. of fertilizer on corn, plus
side dressing of nitrogen on part
of the crop; 300 lbs. en- wheat
in the fsjl and 200 lbs. of top
dressing in the spring when the
legume seed was seeded, plus
a top dressing of, the second year
hay with 300 lbs. of 0-20-20 after
the first cutting.
Bill Renner, beef cattle buyer
for Columbus Livestock Producers
Association, discussed the mar
keting outlook for beef cattle,
stating there had been an increase
in feeder cattle prices the last
week showing that beef cattlemen
had more confidence in the mar
ket ahead. He stated there will
be more difference between the
grades of cattle in the coming
year and that he predicted the
cattle prices to hold, steady, if not
improve some. The third stop was
at the Agricultural Lands, Inc.
farm on the Wilson Road, where
Paul Hackett discussed the meth
cd of feeding the Sc heifers that
were obtained from Texas in the
summer. Also the two carload
of feeder lambs that went on feed
and the 260 western eve flock. The
fo,y,,tI, r4oyN xxyac Of Will a,I Donl
Overturf's where the group had
an opportunity to see the home
made feed trailer where a corn
shelter, feed grinder and mixer
were mounted on the trailer and
run off a power take off. Paul
Overturf stated that for the large
livestock program they have this
grinder saved the time of one
hired man. The group observed
the go head of feeder steers or
feed that were obtained from
Texas in the drouth area. Also
the group of native cattle thai
the Overturfs had picked up from
community sales. The fifth stoI
, was at Ben Straley Jr.'s place
where there was good quality
group of home raised calves or
feed. They were also able to sec
his wagons that were equipped
!, with false end gates To unload
/ grain and chopped feed. The las
E stop was made at the Madison
County Experiment farm, where
the group was able to see the
four different lots of cattle tha
had been on feed little Over
: a month. The four lots were
similar to last years, with thu
exception of one group of cattle
on grass silage which is being
given 11a lb. of soybean oil meal Il
replace the similar amount o
corn. This group of catSe viii
still be on feed for the sprini
tour and it will be interesting t
see the difference in the fou
lots as results of the differen
methods used. The next count,
s wide beef meeting is schedule;
for the second Wednesday eve
t ming in January, according t
d Austin Harbage. chairman of tn
r. Beef Cattle Committee. The tou
t committee included: Gwynne Bur
chairman, Ben Straley, Jr., Ma
e rion Meats, and John Moore.
g ANNOUNCE BIRTH
r Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett McGlaug
e him announce the birth of dau
l. ghter, Kathy Jane, November Il
I. weighing seven and one-hal
S pounds. The maternal grandpar
e ents are Mr.. and Mrs. Henr
o Nimitz and the paternal grandpar
a pntc MI, and Hrc Aha MnTylaYnI