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I*ub)i»ht^ monthly by the Illinois AsrlcuUural Association at 404 North Wesley Ave.. Mount Morris, 111. Entered as second class matter at post-offlce at Mount Morrla, IlL, 

 October 20, 1925. under the Art of Mar. S, 1879. Acceptance tor mailing at special rate of iKKUse provliled In Section 41S, Act ut February 28, 1925, authorized October 27, 1925. 



Volume 6 



MAY, 1928 



Number 5 



Com Borer Due In 



Illinois This Year 



Be On The Lookout 



Moths Now Emerging From Chrysalis 

 In Infested Areas 



''pHE Buropean com borer will strike 

 A Illinois in numbers within the next 

 few weeks if the previous progress of 

 the insect westward continues. Pre- 

 vailing easterly winds in late May and 

 June two years ago 

 brought the borer moths 

 a long ways toward Illi- 

 nois into southwestern 

 Michigan and northwest- 

 ern Indiana. 



The moths come out 

 of their wintering quar- 

 ters in May and June 

 just as the tiny corn 

 plants are leaving out. 

 With favorable winds 

 they will take the air 

 and come westward, 

 striking first, in all 

 probability, the corn 

 fields of Cook, Will, 

 Kankakee, Lake and 

 Iroquois counties. 



The borer has ad- 

 vanced its front line 

 trenches to within 50 

 miles of Chicago al- 

 ready. The insects have 

 been found in numbers 

 a little farther east, 

 about Plymouth, Indi- 

 ana, and in Berrien 

 county, the easternmost 

 county in Michigran. 



Bore Into Stalk 



The moths lay their 

 eggs in protected places 

 on the young corn 

 plants and within a few 

 days the little larvae, or 

 grubs, hatch out. They 

 start feeding on the ten- 

 der leaves at once. The 

 larvae grow rapidly. 

 Within a few days after 

 birth, they bore their way through the 

 stock well into the interior, where 

 they lead a comfortable, protected ex- 

 istence feeding on the stalk juices and 

 vegetable matter, and striking at the 

 heart of the young plant. 



The borer doesn't kill the plant. It 

 merely weakens it, stunts the growth, 

 and produces nubbins instead of 

 healthy ears. 



As a result of borer ravages, farm- 



A not her Record 



Organized agriculture hung up 

 another record in convincing an 

 overwhelming majority in Con- 

 gress of its earnestness in de- 

 manding adequate farm surplus 

 control legislation. Read the 

 story which begins to the right. 



WAH HOO! WHOOP-E-E-E!! . . . 



pHIEF OH-NEI-O-WAH-WEH-TWAS himself, otherwise known as RusseV 

 ^^ Hill, U. S. assistant county agent for corn borer work on the four West- 

 ern New York reservations, is shown here broadcasting on the corn borer to 

 the Indian farmers. This is said to be the first time in the history of radio 

 that a talk in the Indian language has been sent through the air. 



Did we say "broadcasting?" Broadcasting is right, as one glance at this 

 picture will show. Here is the chief all loaded for bear, with war feathers and 

 tomahawk clinched in bis bronze fist. He began his talk with a few war 

 whoops, spelling death to the borer on the Indian reserves. By the way. 

 Russell's new name, "Oh-Nei-O-Wah-Weh-Twas," is of his own coinage >nd 

 means Corn Borer. His Indian friends nicknamed him that because of the 

 work he is doing. 



ers in Kent and Essex townships, On- 

 tario, Canada, have virtually stopped 

 corn growing. Some acreage has been 

 abandoned likewise in Michigan and 

 Ohio, and states farther east. 



If the borer hits Cook county it 

 may play havoc with the county's mil- 

 lion dollar sweet com crop. The corn- 

 borer is fond of sweet corn. 



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Fres. Smith And Other I 



Farm Leaders Ask Mr. 



Coolidge To Sign Bill 



Haugen Measure Passes House With 



Nearly fwo-Third^ Majority By I 



Vote 204 To 121 1 



PRESIDENT EARL C. SMITH, 

 Sam H. Thompson, and 14 other 

 farm representatives called at the 

 White House on Saturday, May 12, 

 and asked President 

 Coolidge to sign the 

 McNary-Haugen bill 

 which passed both 

 houses of Congress by 

 overwhelming majori- 

 ties. 



The President gave 

 the party a cordial re- 

 ception.- President Sam 

 H. Thompson of the 

 American Farm Bureau 

 Federation acted as 

 spokesman for the 

 group. The following 

 statement was submitted 

 to Mr. Coolidge by the 

 delegation : 



"Mr. President: We 

 have asked for this 

 meeting in order to ex- 

 press to you our hope 

 that you will approve 

 the agricultural bill S. 

 3555, by Senator Mc- 

 Nary «nd Mr. Haugen, 

 when it reaches you. 



An Honest Effort 



"This measure repre- 

 sents an honest effort 

 to meet every objec- 

 tion and suggestion ex- 

 pressed by you that can 

 be met without depart- 

 ing completely from the 

 fundamental principles 

 for which the farm 

 groups represented 

 here, and many other 

 farm organizations 

 which unfortunately 

 represented here this 

 been contending for 



could not be 

 morning, have 

 years. 



"We realize this is not the time to 

 present a discussion of the details of 

 the measure. They are comprehen- 

 sively, and we feel, fairly presented 

 in both the Senate and House Commit- 

 tee reports. 



"It has been suggested that your 

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