Two New Fieldmen For 



III. LIves+ocIc Marketing 



rhi- Illinois I.ivostink Mjiikci iiiu \- 

 .--.ii'iatHin rerenfly (Mn|)loyf.l tw.i i'i.'l.l 

 fA.'ti to jissist ill oi-y:;iniy.iii«- IMmoi- I:vc 

 -took trrowfis :inil iiicrcase the vuliiitu' 

 • t' livestock iiiai kctfil i'o-o|nTativ«'lv. 



I.iHiis l>. Mali who has hctMi with ihf 

 . attlf and shiH-p soctioti .if the Atri"i 

 rrtltural Ad.jiislnieiit Administration lie 

 ■;an work Mari-h 1;?. ami S. T. Simpson 

 who has bpcn working; in I ho western 

 -tates in the AAA on ilr.mth rcliof will 

 ii.'irin work April U. 



Mr. Mall was l.orn mi a Christian 

 •Duntj. Illinois, farm in IX7S. is a trradu- 

 uv of the I'liiversily of Illinois from 

 i-hii-h he ohtaini'd a master's doirree. 11< 

 vas assistant ohief in animal luishandry 

 (I I'rhaiia from I'.MI.I t.. It'll when lie 

 went with the T S. 1 'e|iai t inent ot' 

 \)rrieiiltiire ns a -peciali~l in ehaii.''' "I' 

 ivesfoek inarketiiiy and meats, in I'.eji; 

 he served as eveeutive secrelaiv ■>( tin- 

 National Rotter Reef .\ ss,„-iatinp While 

 in eolleire work and also with the f. S. 

 It. .v., he wrote .1 larire niimhei- of !,ul 

 'i.':ins. articles aiul i-irciilar> on \aiiou- 

 :iliase~ of livestock production and i.iai 

 k^tinjr He ha- had :i rich .xperioin-.- 

 11 this fielil and ha- addrf--ei| many 

 uitional oriranizat ions on Iiv-sIim-k -iih- 

 -eets. 



Mr. Siinpsnn has heeii connei'ted with 

 he Feileral Livestock Feed Au'i'iicy with 

 headi|uarters ai Kansas City, and diir- 

 •iir the pa.-t few months has Keen umk- 

 mr in 12 drouth stricken suit,.-. .Vt one 

 'imo he mariajred the I'roilucer (omniis- 

 sioii .Association at St. .loe. Missouri. 

 :ind fornierly wa> fii-ld man for the St. 

 Louis Producer-. Mr. Siii'pson has !i; d 

 deal experience i. fit him for his worl. 

 •" Illinois. 



Final Com-Hoq Checks 



Are Being Dis+ribu+ed 



Ilisliursemeni of the third and fitia! 

 installment of l'.t:!J corn hojr benefit pay- 

 ments he«aii the week of March I.'i witli 

 the distribution of lI.'i.'.T checks, flauih' 

 W ickard. chief of the corn-hoir section, re- 

 ported that the speed with which check- 

 can he sent to a county will depend upon 

 the receiiit of certification of total ad 

 ministrative expenses from the count\ 

 control association. "Renefit [laymen 

 I twoks cannot he issued until these ex- 

 pense certificaticjns are received, and 

 ••« idite<l." he said. 



Renefit payments to signers »f rrtip 



ad.justmetit Vontracts had reached a total 

 "f $«t)0.728.7lL' up to March 7. Of this, 

 total disbursements to corii-hoyf sitrner- 

 were S21G,7x:!.;ii:; and t.. wheat siirner- 

 $';i.'582.738. 



Farmers National Grain 



Elevator Finance Plan 



I rider its new "('otantry Klevator Ki 

 nance IMan" Farmers .National tirain 

 Corporation becomes a cash market for 

 more than .""'Hi of it- member <de\al'i" 

 associations. Purchases of >^rain by the 

 country elevator automatically become 

 sail's to the .National, and the lu-iliriiit; 

 facilities of the terminal -markets are 

 brouirht to the do.ir of the coiiiury eleva 

 tor in their purcha.-e- of .iii ;,iid Il'O 

 bushel hits. Without this ai laniremeiit 

 the niaiiatrer would lie forced to jro un 

 hedjted or speeiilale by selliiijr more fu 

 tares than he has cash jjrrain on hand 

 The jdan make.s jiossible the iiarrowini; 

 of the maririn between the door price 

 of jrrain and the spot tejiiiiiiHl price, 

 aeeordinir to the nation.il irraiti co-op 

 erative. 



Illiniiis has furnished more voles in 



coiij^re^s on every imporiant farm bill 

 since l','2C than aiiv other -tati-. 



Vaccinating While Young 



rile lliiiioi- l-aiin Rureau .Sei um .A - 

 -.M-iatioe iiatidlej diirini; February rt7K. 

 27ri e..-. of -.•rum and ■■!;t,27,<l c.c. of viru-. 

 wl: eh ;- .onsiderably more than the vil 



line iiamlled the -ame mtmth last yeai 

 l;e|ior- indicate that more and moie 

 tarniei- .ire ■. accin.itint; their pi«s whib 

 they ;ii.' '.ouiiir to -a\i- -erum .-md va. 

 cmatiiin expense. The sulistaiit iai r\ — 

 in the liii;; maiket. it is believed, wi!. 



tifluer...' many iin're farmers to m 

 ni\iin/.e rS-.eir :iiH;s this > t ar than wa- 

 the .a-e .t w-;ii ;t);i> whi'ii iioi; iirie,.- 

 «ete leeiiledU' lower. 



the I. V \ transport at i«ii di\isiuii 



recently -e> nied a reduction in th»- 

 freiKht mte on butter from Oltiey to 

 ChicaKO amoiititiiig- to .ini -eighth lent 

 per pouiul or $21 [>er car .\ similKr le 

 ductioii expected in ihe rate from ("ar 

 iioiidale To Chitatro will amount to Jj^ 

 per car. 



wMe THEY'RE YOUNG 

 SRVE monEY » flVQID RISK 



. . . USE FRESH, 

 POTENT FARM 

 BUREAU SERUM 



R»GHT 

 OUT 



of the 



u 



YOUR COUNTY FARM BUREAU 



APRIL. 1935 



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