Results of tests on the amounts of electrical energy needed to keep water ice-free in automatic stock waterers furnish some tips on how to keep operating costs down whether your waterer uses electricity or some other fuel.

The purpose of this section is to keep you informed on what your agricultural experiment station is doing, as well as to give you the results of research. This month's reprt features research in "farm buildings and equipment."

Midwest farmers in general have three choices in marketing their hogs; They can sell them live weight, priced with relatively little grading. They can sell them by live weight with more careful grading. Hogs can be priced according to carcass weight and grade.

General economic activity has been sailing along at an even keel in recent months. But signs of some slight easing in business and employment are developing. Thus, 1954 as a year probably will average slightly lower than 1953- but no sharp drop seems imminent.