March, 1927 



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The Illinois Agricultural Association RECORD 



Pag«S 



What The Counties 

 Are Doing 



At the 

 DEKALB CORN 40 recent corn 

 PER CENT BETTER show held in 

 THAN LAST YEAR D e K a 1 b 



County, on 

 December 6-11, William Webb of 

 Will County judged. Mr. Webb 

 stated that the type of corn ex- 

 hibited was fully 40 per cent better 

 than that exhibited last year, and 

 freedom from disease and germina- 

 tion was 50 per cent better, bring- 

 ing home the real value of a pro- 

 ject of this kind. The show was 

 held in cooperation with a clothing 

 store in DeKalb which furnished the 

 priies valued at $175.00. One hun- 

 dred thirty-eight lO-ear samples 

 were entered. 



The leadership 

 CHAMPAIGN system of educa- 

 GOES AFTER tion works accord- 

 FARM LOANS ing to Farm Ad- 

 viser Bums. The 

 Champaign County Federal Farm 

 Loan Association organized 8 years 

 ago had loaned only $262,600 in 

 that time. Since starting an educa- 

 tional campaign through community 

 leaders, the new secretary placed 

 $341,000 worth of loans between 

 October 9 and December 29. This 

 year the leaders of each unit will 

 set definite goals of attainment. 

 One unit hopes to get 75 per cent 

 of its members to use poultry self- 

 feeders and the home grown bal- 

 anced poultry mash ration. 



The farm 

 LA SALLE COUNTY and home 

 IMPROVES bureaus o f 



FARM HOMES La Salle 



county de- 

 cided that the two things needed 

 most in their farm homes were 

 running water and sewage disposal 

 systems. They co-operated with the 

 farm mechanics department of the 

 University of Illinois in a home 

 equipment project. Educational 

 meetings were held, moving pic- 

 tures and slides were shown illus- 

 trating different kinds of water 

 systems, and visits were made to 

 homes to help solve improvement 

 problems. 



"When 

 GRUNDY HOLDS 8TH we held 

 ANNUAL CORN AND our first 

 POULTRY SHOW corn and 



poultry 

 show eight years ago we had all 

 sizes, types, and varieties of seed 

 corn in our exhibits," states Farm 

 Adviser Longrmire. "At the last 

 two shows our corn was remark- 

 ably uniform. Wm. Webb and J. L. 

 McKeighan who have judged nearly 

 every year remarked about the 

 great improvement made. Our 

 poultry shows likewise have stimu- 

 lated~ interest in purebred stock 

 until today we have many purebred 

 flocks in the county which furnish 

 hatcheries with eggs at premium 

 prices." 



Seventy per 

 GALLATIN cent of the 



STRONG FOR membership in 



SWEET CLOVER Gallatin coun- 

 t y sowed 

 sweet clover in 1926. The farm 

 bureau bought 39,815 pounds of 

 seed. Between 1921 and 1926 the 

 acreage of sweet clover increased 

 from 100 to 6,000. In five years 

 32 lime spreaders were sold, or one 

 for each eight members. A total 

 of 220 carloads of limestone was 

 spread during this period. One 

 thousand bushels of sweet clover 

 seed was threshed in the county last 

 year. 



The 

 FARMERS' LUNCHEON Farmers' 

 CLUB IN Noon -Day 



WINNEBAGO Luncheon 



Club mod- 

 eled after Rotary and Kiwanis is a 

 new idea recently introduced in 

 Winnebago county. Farm bureau 

 members and their wives meet at 

 the Nelson hotel, Rockford, for 

 luncheon the second Saturday of 

 •each month. A good program with 



community singing, music and a 

 top-notch speaker are provided. 

 Shop talk is barred. Those who at- 

 tend make their reservations at the 

 farm bureau office by the preceding 

 Thursday night. Two hundred and 

 twenty attended the first luncheon, 

 and 236 the second on Feb. 12. 



The 10,000 

 10,000 ACRES OF Acre Alfalfa 

 ALFALFA GOAL Club of Lo- 



IN LOGAN gan county 



was launched 

 recently to increase the present 

 acreage of 1,000, ten-fold in this 

 county. This means 2 hi per cent 

 of all farm land in alfalfa. The 

 farm bureau, the County Bankers 

 Association, and the Blue Valley 

 Creamery Co., are cooperating. 



Acorn 

 MENARD STARTS germinator 



CORN GERM! NATOR with 128 

 IN HATCHERY bushel ca- 



pacity ev- 

 ery six days was set up in conjunc- 

 tion with a local commercial hatch- 

 ery at Petersburg recently. The 

 same narrow range of moisture and 

 temperature conditions in the hatch- 

 ery prevail in the germinator. Re- 

 sults so far exceed expectations and 

 stamp the project as one of the 

 most successful in the state. Around 

 2000 bushels will be tested by May 

 15 according to farm adviser 

 Crosby. 



T h e 19 

 19 SHIPPING ASS'NS. shipping as- 

 IN HENRY SHIP sociations 



2394 CARS of Henry 



county 

 shipped 2394 cars of livestock in 



1926 which netted producers about 

 $4,660,000. This compares with 

 2176 cars in 1925 worth $4,130,- 

 000. The associations handled 

 56.05 per cent of the total ship- 

 ments from the county in 1926, and 

 51.73 per cent in 1925. 



One hundred 

 DuPAGE 100 per cent collec- 



PER CENT; tion of 1926 



WINNEBAGO 98 dues, and 80 

 per cent collec- 

 tion of 1927 checks is the recent 

 report of the DuPagc County Farm 

 Bureau. Winnebago collected 98 

 per cent of its last year's dues, ac- 

 cording to Farm Adviser Keltner. 

 Eight farm bureaus in Illinois have 

 collected more than 80 per cent and 

 four more than 60 per cent of their 



1927 dues. 



The South- 

 PULASKI em Illinois 



ENTERTAINS OR- orchard train 

 CHARD TRAIN on the Big 



Four made 

 four stops in Pulaski county on Feb. 

 14 and 15. Exhibits were dis- 

 played in the cars, and meetings 

 held in town halls with a total at- 

 tendance of 1,005. 



Education- 

 DeWITT al programs 



EMPHASIZES CUL- on economics 

 TURAL PROGRAM and social 

 science will 

 be innovations in the work of the 

 DeWitt County Farm Bureau in 

 1927. Records of local livestock 

 shipping associations are being cen- 

 tralized. 



A summary of 

 HANCOCK RE- yields of original 

 SULTS FAVOR Krug com grown 

 KRUG CORN by 23 farm bu- 



reau members in 

 18 townships in Hancock county 

 shows the average yield on 203 H 

 acres to be 51.9 bushels per acre 

 compared with a yield of 47.25 

 bushels per acre on 543.5 acres of 

 other varieties grown in the same 

 fields or under similar conditions. 

 This shows a gain of 4.65 bushels 

 per acre for Krug corn. Coopera- 

 tors state that Krug corn is superior 

 in quality and will produce more 

 pounds of beef and pork per bushel. 

 Krug corn matures 10 days earlier 

 than Reid's Yellow Dent. 



An all-day com- 

 OYSTER SOUP bination farm bu- 

 DRAWS CROWD reau and ship- 

 IN MACOUPIN ping association 

 meeting at Mod- 

 esto with oyster soup at noon, 

 brought out a good crowd in Ma- 

 coupin county. The European com- 



Wins Sam Thompson Trophy 



F. E. Fuller, farm adviser in Marshall-Putnam county, left, is seen 

 accepting the sterling silver loving cup from Sam Thompson, president 

 of the American Farm Bureau Federation, who offered the prize more 

 than a year ago to the county farm bureau having the best publicity 

 service. 



The publicity of Marshall-Putnam was judged to be the most 

 original, interesting, varied, and effective in keeping the name of the 

 farm bureau in a favorable light before the people of the two counties. 

 The cup will remain the property of the farm bureau winning it three 

 times. 



borer, poultry, and swine feeding 

 and sanitation were the problems 

 discussed by J. H. Bigger, field en- 

 tomologist. Red Neel, and Farmer 

 Rusk. Local club leaders and soil 

 project leaders met later in the 

 month. 



Ten townships 

 MADISON expect to hold 



HAS MANY monthly meet- 



COOPERATORS ings, and five 

 are planning 

 for annual picnics, homecomings, or 

 community fairs for 1927 in Madi- 

 son county. Eleven directors agreed 

 to increase the membership in their 

 townships, and 36 men offered to 

 cooperate in the use of limestone 

 and growing of legumes. A seed 

 corn culling school was held, and 23 

 men have agreed to follow the com 

 Improvement program. 



A. J.Glov- 

 GLOVER , er, editor 



SPEAKS IN of Hoard's 



McHENRY COUNTY Dairyman 

 was the 

 principal speaker at the annual din- 

 ner of the McHenry County Herd 

 Improvement Association held Feb- 

 ruary 16. Glover was the first cow 

 tester employed in this state. 

 Medals in the Illinois 500 Pound 

 Butter Fat Cow Club were awarded 

 to A. D. Coraue, W. H. Gardner. 

 Wm. Wittmus, and F. M. Barber. 



Oil testing dem- 

 M-P EDUCATES onstrations to in- 

 MEMBERS form farmers 



ON OIL about good and 



poor lubricating 

 oil are being featured in Marshall- 

 Putnam counties. Special emphasis 

 is being placed upon the damaging 

 effect of dilution in the crank case. 

 An accredited list of truck drivers, 

 who boost for and haul more than 

 50 per cent of the stock received by 

 the Peoria Producers, is kept by the 

 farm bureau. 



More than 800 

 800 AT MER- attended the elev- 

 CER ANNUAL enth annual 

 MEETING meeting of the 



Mercer County 

 Farm Bureau held in Aledo, Jan- 

 uary 11, 1927. Members and their 

 wives were guests at dinner fur- 

 nished free of charge by the farm 

 bureau. Three hundred fifty-one 

 I registered members were present 



The Carroll 

 CORN CULLING County Farm 

 POPULAR IN Bureau held a 



CARROLL better seed corn 



meeting on Feb- 

 ruary 15, with 35 present. Clair 

 Golden of Rock Island county gave 

 a culling demonstration. Each man 

 culled the sample he had brought 

 from home. 



Over 500 

 500 AT people attend- 



MASON AN- ed the Mason 



NUAL MEETING county annual 

 farm bureau 

 meeting which was one of the larg- 

 est and most successful in the his- 

 torj- of the organization, according 

 to adviser T. R. Isaacs. 



Share-hold- 

 ^cLEAN ers of the 



SERVICE CO. McLean 



ELECTS OFFICERS County Serv- 

 ice Company 

 held their first meeting February 

 19. E. D. Lawrence was elected 

 president; Geo. L. Clarke, vice- 

 president; and Len E. Jones, secre- 

 tary-treasurer. The company will 

 handle petroleum products. 



Soil mapping 

 WABASH meetings are be- 



BUSY MAKING ing held in 

 SOIL MAPS Wabash county. 



Each member 

 tests soil from 40 acres, and draws 

 a map under the ad\'i£er's direction. 



The John- 

 JOHNSON COUNTY son County 

 MUTUAL A GO Mutual Fire 



Insurance 

 Company, chartered December 15, 

 1926, had more than $300,000 

 worth of insurance pledged to it 

 within two months. It insures only 

 farm bureau members. Risks are 

 classified according to hazards, and 

 specific and blanket reinsurance is 

 carried in the Farmers Mutual Re- 

 insurance Company. 



A member with $2500 worth of 

 insurance can save his farm bureau 

 dues every year in reduced cost. 



Lawrence town- 

 GOOD MEMBER- ship, Lawrence 

 SHIP IN county has 90 



LAWRENCE TWP. farm bureau 



members, all of 

 whom are paidup. The membership 

 was signed by local solicitors with 

 William Philbert in charge. "Any 



I. A. A. Stand A gainst 

 ComborerQuarantine 

 For Illinois k Upheld 



f LLINOIS corn growers and com 



^ shippers will not be hampered or 



inconvenienced by a quarantine 



^^^^ ban. as a "result 



^^^^^^^ of a recent deci- 



f ^^^ sion of the Fed- 



^^^^^L eral Horticultur- 



"jV f^^^H b' Board not to 



^^^^^ include Illinois in 



^X^^^^ the European 



^^^^^^ eomborer quar- 



^^^^^^^^anllne area. 



^^^^^^^^Hpresident. who 



^V ^^^^^^P was Washing- 



■..^^^^IHton the time 



Earl C. SBitk "^ *''* quarantine 



hearing, appeared 



in protest before the board, stating 



that inasmuch as only one specimen 



of the borer had been found in 



Kankakee county, Illinois should 



not be subjected to the dangers of 



further infestation by inclusion in 



the quarantine. 



Had the federal quarantine been 

 established, Illinois com growers 

 and shippers would have been pro- 

 hibited from shipping ear com out- 

 side the state except to such points 

 already in the eomborer zone. Such 

 action, likewise, would have made 

 it possible for com from the 

 heavily infested areas to be im- 

 ported into Illinois, thus increasing 

 the danger to Illinois corn fields 

 from this pest. 



$10,000,000 Appropriation Passed 



The bill appropriating $10,000,- 

 000 for the control of the borer 

 was passed and signed by President 

 Coolidge on Feb. 22. The act pro- 

 vides for control work in 76 coun- 

 ties in New York, Pennsylvania, 

 Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana, in 

 which the com crop is threatened. 

 Approximately 2,500,000 acres of 

 corn land in these states will be in- 

 cluded in the cleanup. 



The federal fund provides for 

 the payment of $2 per acre to farm- 

 ers who are obliged to do extra 

 work in cleaning up stalks, stubble, 

 trash, etc., in stamping out the 

 borer. Supplementary legislation 

 by the states must be passed in the 

 meantime to secure the advantages 

 of the federal appropriation. 



The state department of agricul- 

 ture cooperating with W. P. Flint, 

 state entomologrist, and the state 

 natural history survey framed a bill 

 which was introduced in the Illinois 

 legislature very recently. This bill 

 contemplates a $100,000 appro- 

 priation for eomborer control, 

 a portion of which will be 

 used to reimburse farmers should 

 their expenses for cleaning up in- 

 fested fields exceed the amount al- 

 lowed by the federal regulation plus 

 $1.50 per acre. 



The SUte Coraborer Committee, 

 of which Geo. A. Fox is chairman, 

 will seek to insure the passage of 

 this bill. 



time Lawrence township wants to 

 add 10 members, and make it 100, 



we can do it," says Philbert. 



More than 

 SANGAMON TELE- 1 farmers 

 GRAMS GO TO started farm 



COOLIDGE. account r e c- 



ords January 

 1, 1927 in Sangamon county. Scores 

 of telegrams urging President Cool- 

 idge to sign the McNary-Haugen bill 

 were sent from this county just 

 prior to the veto. 



The Inter;iational Live Stock Ex- 

 position announces that the Chicago 

 Association of Commerce for the 

 fourth consecutive year will award 

 agricultural college scholarships of 

 $500, $300 and $200 to the three 

 highest ranking individuals in the 

 non-collegiate live stock judging 

 contest to be held at Chicago, No- 

 vember 26. 



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