Stilbestrol fed in rations to cattle at Iowa State College stimulated liveweight gains as much as 37 percent and decreased feeding costs as much as 20 percent. Carcass quality at slaughter time was not materially altered by stilbestrol could be found in the beef tissues, according to Wise Burroughs, Joseph Kastelic and C. C. Culbertson of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station.

Plant breeders and other research agronomists at Iowa State College are cotinually working to improve forage legumes for Iowa. Where appropriate, much of the work is done in cooperation with the USDA and with other states.

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Hog slaughter has run well ahead of a year earlier for most of this year because of the increased hog production. Slaughter for the rest of the fall should now show the same percentage boost over the previous year; there was a smaller increase in late-spring pigs. The low spot in hog prices probably will come in late November or sometime in December.