16—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 9,1965
Angus Assn.
Reports New
Breed Gains
Cattlemen who raise rogis
toiott A n mi.s beef cattle
scoied two new reconh in
the past 12 months, accord
in',' to .i icccnt announcement
by Glen Bratcher, secielary
of the American Arntus As
sociation During the group's
fiscal .\ea: which ended Sep
tember 30 a new high maik
of 384 752 puicbied calves
were iccoidcd. a gain of 3 r r
o\cr 1964 This wris the only
increase leported by any of
the thiec major beef cattle
icgis’iy organizations in the
nation, he said
Sales of registeied Angus
also set new lecoids. as le
vealed by the 291.319 tians
fers of owneiship processed
by the Association in the past
year The new record repae
sents a gain of 6 59c over
last year and rs 14,624 head
more than the combined
transfei total repoited for
the next two leading beef
breed groups
"Registiations showed a
smaller gain this yeai tihan
last leflecting some of the
unceitainty in the commercial
cattle maiket in 1864’’ Biat
cher said "Still we aie the
only one of the thiee laigest
beef cattle legistiy oiganiza
tions to show an mciease in
calf lecoi dings this year
wlnc’i we ci edit to a stieng
thermg of demand foi quality
beef This trend is usually le
flected in demand foi bleed
ing stock as indicated by the
gieatei numtbei of Angus sold
in the past 12 months ”
Cattlemen stai ting new'
heids and joining the Aimei
ican Angus Association dol
ing the past yeai as life mem
beis numbeied 5,878 indicat
ing new legisteied Angus
heids weie stalled at a rate
of more than 450 per month
New junior memberships in
the Association totaled 2,550
in the 1965 fiscal year Farm
and ranch youngsters in 43
states joined the national oi
ganization
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Child-Parent Farm
Partnership Advised
Taking a youngster into
partnership on cron or live
stock enterprises is a good
thing—if done in (ho right
way. soys Paul Beibermeycr.
University of Missouri exten
sion agncultuial economist.
A pai Inei ship. Bebermeyer
points out. can encourage an
interest in farming, and teach
him good business methods.
He adds that a partnership
can enable a farm youth to
save toward a college educa
tion or to set himself up in
farming or some other busi
ness. It can also help to re
duce the parents’ net income
to the extent of the youth’s
income
The enterprise relation be
tween parents and child
should be on a business basis,
Bebeimeyer 'advises The busi
ness arrangement should pro
vide for payment to the par-
Should Farmers
Use Limestone?
Most farmers, especially in
the humid area, are sold on
the use of fertilizer to In
crease crop yields. This just
cnfis for feed and other main
expenses on animals.
On crop cntei prises, the
ybulh should share the ex
pense of fertilizer, seed, and
other items. He should also
pay a reasonable chaige for
use of machinery.
If the youthful partner does
not have funds to meet these
expenses, Bebermeyer sug
gests his parents lend him the
money or have him fb'ouow it
from the hank.
The child’s net returns
should be his to spend ac
cording to his own judgment.
Hopefully, says Bebermeyer,
parents would counsel their
child on wise spending or in
vesting, but permit him to
follow his own judgment on
a finel decision.
lank true with agricultural work for the fanner to
limestone. Agronomists in the it.
humid areas agree that 11m- S. My lond doeon’t need
ing is the first step in inv dime. (No lime applied prevd
proving ncld soils. And yet, ously and no soil test mad*.)
.farmers wild buy fertilizer in 6. It’s a cheap product and
preference to liming material, so can't be worth much.
.Why’ Here are some of the 7. The fertilizer Salesman
.reasons developed from talk- quicker returns Would be
ing with farmers, soil techma- obtained from investing ia
dans and others reported by fertilizer,
the National Limestone In
stitute-
, 1. The results with lime are
slow, whereas fertilizer, es
pecially nitrogen, gives im
mediate and spectacular re
sults
2 Users of superphosphate
claim thpy get enough lime
from this product, which con
tains more calcium than it
does phosphoi ous.
3-The College lecommends
putting 'on the lime six
months before seeding, but
delively Can't be made when
the fai trier wants it.
4. The lime spreader trucks
don’t cover all hilly hand uni
formly, and it’s too much
8 The returns are so slow
that tankers hesitate to make
loans which cannot be repaid
the same year.
Lime corrects soil acidity,
supplies Calcium nd magnesi
um to plants, improves soil
structure, increases activity of
isoil organisms, prevents soil
eiosion by promoting lush,
growth of cover wops, boosts
the efficiency of manure and
.fertilizers and increases both
the yield and quality of most
.clops.
Lime has failed only be
cause it is usually applied too
tote and in too small quan
tities for efficient use, the In
stitute says.