Page Fourteen 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



KEEPING WELL 



By Dr. John E. Boland 

 Scarlet fever is an ncute infectious 

 disease more common diirinj; the first 

 ten years of life tlian during any other 

 period, the seasonal incidence being 

 greatest in the school period of Septem- 

 ber to June. 



The typical case is characterized by 

 the sudden onset with nausea and vom- 

 iting, high fever, 

 sore throat and the 

 appearance within 

 twenty-four hours 

 of a generalized rash 

 on the body. The 

 "strawberry" appear- 

 ance of the tongue 

 is very characteris- 

 tic. 



Tlie temperature 



I>r. J. i:. Iliiliind 1 .1 



and other symptoms 



usually begin to subside gradually 

 within five to seven days and a few days 

 after the disappearance of the rash the 

 period of "peeling" begins. It is dur- 

 ing this period, which lasts for several 

 weeks, that the much feared complica- 

 tions of scarlet fever arise. 



The most severe are throat abscesses, 

 infection of glands of neck, middle car 

 infection with resulting dc'afncss, mas- 

 toiditis, kidney trouble and rheumatism. 

 Rigid quarantine of patient and attend- 

 ant must be kept throughout the entire 

 period of peeling and must not be lifted 

 until peeling is entirely complete and 

 then only if there is no discharge from 

 the nose or cars. 



Unlike diphtheria, the serum used at 

 the present time for the prevention of 

 scarlet fever is not entirely satisfactory. 

 A great deal of work is being done 

 along those lines at present and I feel 

 sure it will only be a question of time 

 when we will have a scrum that will be 

 as effective in preventing scarlet fever 

 as the toxin antitoxin is in preventing 

 diphtheria. 



Probably one of the greatest discov- 

 eries of recent years in the medical field 

 was the discovery of a specific anti- 

 toxin for treating scarlet fever. This 

 serum when given early invariably 

 causes a reduction in temperature in 

 twenty-four hours and also a very dis- 

 tinct lessening in the severity of the 

 sore throat and other toxic symptoms. 

 The period of peeling is much shorter 

 so that uncomplicated cases may be re- 

 leased from quarantine nnicii sooner 

 than was formerly the case. When 

 given early the incidence of complica- 

 tions is probably reduced. 



Scarlet fever is still a dreaded disease, 

 due to the serious complications that 

 very often accompany it. It is well 

 when children are suddenly taken ill 

 with nausea and vomiting, high fever 

 and sore throat, to think of scarlet 

 fever and immediately call your physi- 

 cian. The specific scarlet fever anti- 

 toxin, if given early, might be the 

 means of saving your child's life. 



Endorse I. A. A. Tax Stand 



A motion commending the I. A. A. 

 directors on their action to withhold 

 the support of the organization from 

 the proposed revenue amendment was 

 passed at the 21st district Farm Bureau 

 meeting held Sept. 23 at Taylorville. 

 The Harm Bureaus in thj district 

 sent out cards a few days before the 

 November election calling attention to 

 the I. A. A.'s position on the amend- 

 ment as set forth in the September 

 1. A. A. RECORD. 



Representatives from Sangamon, 

 Christian, Macoupin and Montgomery 

 counties attended the meeting. Taxa- 

 tion was one of the principal topics of 

 discussion. Sam Sorrells, district I. A. 

 A. director, outlined the reasons for the 

 board's action. President Dwight Hart 

 presided. 



Gets ^365 Verdict 



A verdict of $36 5 was given on Oc- 

 tober 4 by a jury in the Lee County 

 Court, Dixon, Illinois, in the Guthrie 

 case. This was one of a list of con- 

 demnation suits initiated by the Illinois 

 Northern Utilities Company in the dis- 

 pute over compensation for damages re- 

 sulting from their high power line be- 

 tween Freeport and Dixon. 



Mr. Guthrie had been offered sub- 

 stantially less than the $365 damages 

 awarded by the jury. 



L. J. Quascy and Donald Kirkpatrick, 

 representing the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association, assisted Harry C. Warner, 

 local attorney retained by the interested 

 land owners of Lee county. 



Theodore Tuftie of LaSalle county 

 successfully defended his local corn- 

 husking laurels in the annual county 

 contest on October 31. His record 

 was 33.004 bushels. 



Vernon Ryg placed second with 

 30.54 bushels, and Harold Fosse third 

 with 29.95 bushels. 



Correction 



I.. A. Williams, manager of Country Life 

 Insurance Company, states that on page 18 of 

 tlic October RFCORD, paragraph 4, under 

 "Country Life Records," is more or less ambigu- 

 ous; that the item meant to convey the infor- 

 mation that few lite insur,;nce companies are 

 showing a gain in \')\Q over their 1929 pro- 

 duction. 



Soybean Growers to 



Meet Decatur Nov. 21 



ILLINOIS' leading soybean growers, 

 members of the Soybean Marketing 

 Association, will meet at the Orlando 

 Hotel, Decatur, Friday morning, Nov. 

 21, to consider important matters af- 

 fecting the future activities of the or- 

 ganization. Representative delegations 

 of grower members from each of the 

 counties in the so\bjan belt across cen- 

 tral Illinois are expected at the confer- 

 ence. 



The growers' meeting, called for 

 10:30 a. m., will be preceded by a brief 

 conference of the directors at 9 o'clock. 

 The decision to c.dl the Decatur meet- 

 ing was made by the executive com- 

 mittee of the Marketing Association in 

 Chicago on Nov. 5. 



The new co-operative, operating in its 

 first \ear, handled more th.m a million 

 bushels of beans shipped by elevators 

 at country receiving points to the 

 down-state terminal markets. A large 

 portion of the crop alreadv has been 

 sold. 



Market Suffers 



The market for the chief products of 

 the soybean, n.-imely oil and m;al, is 

 suffering from the business depression 

 along with other commodities. New 

 uses for sovbean oil have not )et been 

 fully developed, and the meal left after 

 pressing the oil from the bean, is com- 

 pelled to face keen competition as a 

 feed concentrate for live stock. Low 

 prices for bran, cottonseed meal, lin- 

 seed meal, and similar concentrates have 

 driven down the price of the soybean 

 product and soybeans compared with 

 last year's prices. 



In spite of these adverse factors, the 

 Marketing Association advanced its 

 members S 1 per bushel for No. 2 or 

 standard grade beans on delivery. 



Farm Prices Fall 



The general agricultural situation 

 this fall continues to be influenced by 

 the business depression and by the 

 world-wide commodity price level. 



The market for apples has gone hay- 

 wire and even potato prices, in spite of 

 a lower supply, have fallen below the 

 average of last year. Meat prices, like- 

 wise, are suffering because of the slug- 

 gish demand from industrial centers. 



From August, 1929, to August, 

 1930, the average prices at the farm 

 fell 2 5 per cent, while the wholesale 

 prices of all commodities of the United 

 States fell 14 per cent. Retail prices of 

 things which farmers have to buy de- 

 clined only 4 per cent during this pe- 

 riod. Prices of raw materials have de- 

 clined more than the prices of manu- 

 factured products. 



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