trench to half its width so that two 

 inches are buried in the soil and the 

 earth packed tightly around it. Two 

 men can erect a barrier a quarter of a 

 mile long in from three to four hours. 

 For strips 150 feet long, nine strips will 

 be required for a quarter of a mile of 

 barrier. Once the paper is in place, if 

 it has been properly treated it will re- 

 pel the bugs for two or three day.«. It 

 will then be freshened by adding more 

 creosote. This can be done with a bucket 

 with a nail hole in the side as is used 

 for renewing the creosote on earth bar- 

 rier or as has been worked out by the 

 Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 with a bucket having a tube soldered to 

 the side with a little flange on the end 

 of the tube which can be hooked over the 

 paper and will serve as a guide in putting 

 out the creosote. 

 ■^ The paper barrier has several advan- 



tages over the creosote on earth type as 

 it is less easily bridged by sticks, straws 

 or leaves and will require less creosote 

 to maintain. Post holes are neces^^ary 

 with this barrier. This method of using 

 paper strip barriers was operated in the 

 field in Iowa last year and was con- 

 sidered an improvement over the old 

 method. 



If the bill making the Federal appro- 

 priation for barrier material now before 

 Congress is passed, it is not likely that 

 the Government will furnish the treated 

 papter but only the creosote for making 

 the barriers, as was done last year. 



Wherever possible through the south- 

 ern one-third of the state at least part 

 of the corn acreage should be planted 

 to such resistant varieties as Champion 

 White Pearl, Golden Beauty or Black 

 Hawk. These varieties are adapted to 

 the section of the state south of Quincy. 

 Springfield, Decatur and Champaign but 

 are not likely to yield well north of this 

 line. 



In planting small grain it would be 

 well to plant a thickeir stand than usual 

 and put the small grain only on strong 

 ground where it will make a rank 

 growth. It is also best to plant corn a 

 little thicker than usual this year where 

 the non-resistant varieties are used. 



It is hoped that we do not have an- 

 other chinch bug year, but knowing what 

 we do about the present situation, it is 

 certainly wise to be prepared to put up 

 the strongest fight possible against these 

 insects and to prevent them from exact- 

 ing another fifty million dollar tax from 

 Illinois farmers during the season of 

 1!>35. 



WEATHES MAP SHOWINa FRECIFITATION STTRINO THE FAST SIX MONTHS AITD CKOP PSOB- 

 pecta baaed on Moiatnre Conditioni Throui^hout the United States. The Portioa Marked "Still ▼•ry 

 Dt7" Formerly Produced Lar^e Qnantitiea of Wheat. 



Western States Still 



Short of Moisture 



The weather map of the United States 

 for the three months, December, Janu- 

 ary and February, looks much like the 

 map for the winter of 1933-1934, reports 

 the U. S. Weather Bureau. The moisture 

 situation for the United States as a 

 whole is more favorable now than it was 

 at the same time last year, although 

 some parts of the west are still very 

 dry. 



Both the past winter and that of a 

 year ago were abnormally warm in 8S 

 per cent or more of the country. 



Since the drouth of last summer 

 abundant rains and snows have fallen 

 in the Mississippi Valley states, the to- 

 tal being well above normal generally 

 to more than one and-half times norma! 

 in the upper valley. It is still very dry. 

 however, in the western half of Kansas. 

 Nebraska, and the Dakotas. West of the 

 Continental Divide precipitation during 

 the past few months has been below 

 normal. The outlook for wheat in the 

 western wheat states is not so good as 

 a result of accumulated shortages of 

 soil moisture. 



More than 750,600 farmers had ap- 

 plied for 1935 corn-hog contracts up to 

 March 15. Of these 80,000 were from Illi- 

 nois. April 1 is the deadline for 193.'i 

 applications. 



The smallest January volume of farm 



products in more than 20 years was 

 shipped out of the United States this 

 year. The index for January was 57 

 compared with 62 in December and 93 

 in January a year ago. 



An increase of 50 per cent in the vol- 

 ume of butterfat manufactured by mem- 

 bers of Illinois Producers Creameries, it 

 is estimated, would result in increased 

 earnings of one cent per pound of but- 

 ter. 



President Smith On 



Educational Commission 



President Earl C. Smith was recently 

 appointed a member of the State Educa- 

 tional Commission by Governor Horner. 

 He accepted the appointment at the di- 

 rection of the I. A. A. board of directors 

 with the understanding that John C. 

 Watson, director of taxation, would at- 

 tend the sessions of the Commission 

 whenever he was unable to be pre.sent. ■ 



Other members of the Commission* 

 are: James B. McCahey, president. Chi- 

 cago Board of Education; Mrs. B.| F. 

 I^angworthy, Winnetka, president Ka- 

 tional Parent Teachers Ass'n.: General 

 Robt. E. Wood, Chicago, president Sears 

 Roebuck & Co.; Douglas Sutherland, 

 Chicago, secretary, Civic Federation and 

 Bureau of Public Efficiency; Modie E. 

 Spiegel, Winnetka; O. V. Walters, prin- 

 cipal East Aurora High School; John A. 

 Wieland, supt. of public instruction, 

 Springfield; Frank A. Jensen, supt. of 

 schools, Rockford; John C. Martin, 

 Salem, chairman State Tax Commission, 

 Senators: Louis O. Williams, Clinton; 

 Prof. T. V. Smith, Chicago; Francis J , 

 Loughran, Chicago; James J. Barbour, 

 Evanston; Harry C. Stuttle, Litchfield; 

 Representatives: F. W. Lewis, Robinson; 

 Jos. L. Rategan, Chicago; W. O. Ed- 

 wards, Danville; Hugh W. Cross, Jer- 

 sey\'ille; H. D. Sparks Shelbyville. Sena- 

 tor Stuttle was elected chairman of th« 

 commission and Rep. Rategan was elected 

 .secretary. The commission held its first .' 

 meetings March 12-13. 



President Earl C. Smith addraesed a 

 special meeting of the board of direc- 

 tors of the National Co-operative Milk 

 Producers Federation In Chicago March 

 13. 



APRIL. 1935 



