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One hundred boys and 



girls have entered the 



Corn Club sponsored by 



the Mason County Farm 



Bureau. Each member received a supply of Krug corn 



from the Farm Bureau. , - . 



KRUG CORN TO 100 



CLUB MEMBERS IN MASON 



JERSEY HOLDS 

 FEEDING SCHOOLS 



One-fourth of the members of 

 the Jersey County Farm Bureau 

 are feeding the modified Wiscon- 

 sin chick ration as a result of feed- 

 ing schools held over the county. The ration can be mixed 

 for about $1.50 per cwt. if milk is available, says Frank 

 Shuman, farm adviser. 



The largest annual meeting 

 CONG. BRAND SPEAKS since the DeKalb County Farm 

 AT DEKALB MEETING Bureau was organized in 1912, 



was the last one on May 10 

 when 712 sat down to the banquet and heard Congressman 

 Brand speak. Eight hundred attended the meeting. Busi- 

 ness men and bankers from over the county as well as 

 farmers were there. The Home Economics girls at the 

 DeKalb High School served. 



We recently employed a 

 HANCOCK EMPLOYS county insurance representa- 



INSURANCE SOLICITOR tive, L. W. Baxter, who in 

 • conjunction with eight or ten 



local agents will offer mutual automobile insurance in the 

 Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Company and mu- 

 tual hail insurance on farm crops, fruits, and vegetables 

 in the Farmers' Mutual Reinsurance Company to every 

 member says Adviser J. H. Lloyd. This decision was 

 reached at a recent meeting of the executive committee 

 when unanimous approval of the insurance program was 

 given and the county insurance committee authorized to 

 provide this important service for members. 



HENRY COUNTY FARMERS 

 COMPARE CORN IN PLOTS 



Six farmers cooperate 

 with the Henry County 

 Farm Bureau in conduct- 

 ing identical corn plots 

 comparing various strains of corn, including a number of 

 hybrids, and checking on the value of disease testing and 

 seed treatment. The men are Morgan Bros., G. E. Hult- 

 ing, Wm. H. Miller, C. D. Ford, Otto Lundberg, and Lynn 

 and Ephraim Kerr. The task of producing a hybrid es- 

 pecially adapted to Western Illinois has been undertaken 

 by Morgan Bros. 



VERMILION SEEKS 

 30,000 ACRES ALFALFA 



Our campaign for 30,000 

 acres of alfalfa provides for 

 10 acres on every farm in 

 Vermilion county, says Farm 

 Adviser Kercher. One hundred and five farmers had a 

 total of 1,026 acres according to an initial survey, but new 

 seeding this spring brought the total up to 2,500 acres. 

 One hundred and seventy-five boys and girls are entered 

 in club work. •;:.;>': 



SCOTT COUNTY HAS 

 SWEET CLOVER DAY 



The International Harvester 

 Co., and the John Deere Imple- 

 ment Co., both conducted demon- 

 strations on preparing the seed 

 bed at the Third Annual Sweet Clover Day on May 17 

 in Scott county. Prof. E. T. Robbins demonstrated mul- 



tiple hitches. Attendance and interest was good in spite 

 of bad weather, says Adviser Tate. Two hundred girls 

 are entered in the eight 4-H clubs just organized. This is 

 the first girls' club work ever undertaken here. 



LAKE COUNTY ENROLLS 

 150 IN POULTRY CLUB 



Lake county recently en- 

 rolled 150 members in poul- 

 try club work, 75 per cent of 

 which are from non-farm bu- 

 reau families. We hope to reach the non-member in this 

 way and show him what real Farm Bureau work means, 

 says Farm Adviser Harry Gilkerson. The money to buy 

 eggs was furnished by the Waukegan Chamber of Com- 

 merce. Three settings of eggs from good quality stock 

 were distributed to each boy and girl, and in the fall the 

 members are to return one pullet for each setting. These 

 pullets are to be sold at a public show where they have 

 been displayed and awarded premiums. The local Smith- 

 Hughes instructors did most of the work in getting mem- 

 bers. A local calf meal company supplied each member 

 with 10 lbs. of chick feed free. 



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 Competition among our 50 calf 

 members is keen for the gold 

 medal offered by the Chicago 

 Producers Commission Associa- 

 tion writes Farm Adviser Marchant. The medal is 

 awarded the most outstanding calf club member, the plac- 

 ing of the calf counting only 25 per cent. This has been 

 an incentive to the members to attend meetings regularly, 

 give reports and discussions, and keep complete feed and* 

 management records. All calves on feed this year were 

 purchased locally. Twenty-two are Shorthorns, sixteen 

 Herefords, and twelve Angus. The fifty members feeding 

 these calves are organized into five standard 4-H clubs. 



KNOX BOYS AFTER 

 GOLD MEDAL 



LASALLE HAS GET 

 TOGETHER MEETING 



JA.. C. Everingham, legislative 

 representative of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association pleaded 

 for elimination of sectional lines 

 and class prejudices before a large gathering of farmers 

 and business men at LaSalle on the night of May 19. ^ 

 "This-* meeting, in the opinion of our people, was a very 

 successful one," writes Farm Adviser Walter McLaughlin. 



NEW WABASH ASS'N. 

 SHIPS 18 CARS LIVESTOCK 



Eight cars of livestock 



were shipped during its 



first six weeks of operation 



by the Wabash County 



Livestock Shipping Association. Farm Adviser Spencer is 



busy conducting hog cholera vaccination demonstrations. 



MARSHALL-PUTNAM 

 FARMERS TREAT CORN 



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e are emphasizing the 

 mercury treatment for seed 

 corn this spring, states Farm 

 Adviser F. E. Fuller. Fully 

 40 per cent of our members' entire com acreage will be 

 treated. Two hundred tests with various seed treatments 

 are being carried on in cooperation with James Holbert 

 of the U. S. D. A. The M-P Oil Co. passed its 100 carload 

 mark before the first year was up. Annual cattlie Feed- 



ers Day will be held on June 



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