Crop Prospects Above 



Average Despite Rain 



Prot;pwts for Illinois spriiifr jrrains 

 and hay crops, pastures, and all trfr 

 fruits arc above avorajrc Field work was 

 nearly at a standstill durincr May duo 

 to heavy rainfall in the southern two- 

 thirds of the state. Corn pl.-jntintr tren 

 erally was late, the same holdiiifr tru.' 

 (if soy bean seedinsr. However, chinch 

 huK activity has been held in check by 

 the wet weather. Heavy tonnajje of hay 

 is expected. Pastures are excellent. 



Followinp is the crop estimate for llli 

 nois as prepared by the Illinois and V. S. 

 Hepartnients of Agriculture: 



Avoratro 1923-12 193.-> 



Winter 



wheat 30,;{7;t,000 bu. .'{O.Olrt.OOO bu. 

 Rye 757.000 " 1,^0.5.000 " 



Peaches .. i,7r)i.ooo '" :;.Gno,ooo " 



Pears 44G.000 " r,2:i,000 " 



Britain Cuts Pork 



Import Quotas Again 



Import? of cured pork into Great Urit- 

 ain from non-empire countries during 

 July, Autrust and September have been 

 fixed at 100,020,000 pounds or a reduc- 

 tion of 20.7 per cent from import.s dur- 

 injr the correspondiiic pi-i'iod from 1'.1^4.' 



"Great Britain has boen making reciprocal 

 trade agreements, particularly with Its do- 

 minions, for several years to boost its export 

 trade. By government decree various foreign 

 countries have been assigned percentages ot 

 ♦ he import quotas. This is the program George 

 N. Peolt would have the U. S. follow Instead of 

 placing all countries on the same level ("most 

 favored nation" plan) regardless of whether or 

 not they buy from us. Secretary of State Hull 

 leans toward the "most favored nation" treaty 

 which we are largely following at present. — 

 Editor. 



f'arm Advisers Rusk of Coles county. 



Ward Cannon of Douglas, and \'ic Davi- 

 son, manaRer of the Coles County Live- 

 stock Marketing: Association, are co-op- 

 erating in a rcRular half hour broadcast 

 every Saturday noon over radio station 

 WDZ, Tuscola." 



The proKram includes music, an in- 

 spirational thought for the week, agri- 

 cultural news, timely talk on farm facts, 

 and the trend of the livestock market. 



While the odice of the Special Adviser 



to the President on ForeiKn Trade has 

 been abolished, Georjre X. Peek will con- 

 tinue as president of the Export and Im- 

 port Bank, arid in that capacity will 

 continue the investigational work he has 

 been doinfj on foreipn trade. 



PLENTY OF STRAW PROMISED THIS YEAR 



Plenty of straw and a good crop of small grain on well drained soil is in prospect at threshing 

 time OS a result of the cool wet spring throughout Illinois. Much wheat on botfom lands i$ re- 

 ported drowned out. On rich ground some wheat is badly lodged. Nevertheless, with chinch 

 bugs held in check by heavy rains the outlook is for a much better yield of oats, barley and wheat 

 over most of the state than lest year. 



Mortgage Moratorium 



Passed By Senate 



A bill introduced by .Senator Wdliam:- 

 of DcWitt county aulhorizinjr a mora- 

 torium on mortpa-re foreclosures until 

 .July 1, l'.t.'{7 passed the state senate l>y 

 a vote of '.a to .5 on .June 20. I'nder the 

 bill circuit courts would be allowed to 

 postpone foreclosure sales of farms and 

 homes in worthy cases, althoURh down 

 ward adjustments of niortKajres would 

 not be permitted. 



To avail themselves of the provisions 

 of the measure, if enacted, mortpajrees 

 would be compelled to show that a delay 

 would increase their ability to meet pay- 

 ments. 



-As we KO to press the senate als > 

 passed a bill appropriatinpf .§0,000,000 to 

 administer the oldajre pension act pre- 

 viously passed by both Houses. 



This .\ct provides for a pension not 

 to exceed one dollar per day for inilicrent 

 per.sons of 65 years or over who have 

 not more than $5,000 of property. No 

 new taxes have been ))roposed to pay 

 the pension which, if sifrneil by the pov- 

 ernor, will become effective in I'XW. The 

 money would be paid out of the jrenera! 

 fund of the state and presumably would 

 come from the three per cent sales tax. 



I' arm real estate values advanced ap- 

 proximately 2J.2 per cent from March 1. 

 lM;i to March 1, 1935. 



Donald Kirkpatrick, counsel for the 



I. A. A., and J. V. Cox of the U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture are scheduled 

 to address the annual meetinc of Kpyp- 

 tian Seed Growers Exchange at Flora 

 June 27. 



linols Grain Holds 



Meetings* During June 



Illinois Grain Corporation held a series 

 of district meetiufrs for managers and 

 directors of elevators durinfr June as fol- 

 lows: Jacksonville. June 5; Edwardsville. 

 June '■> (afternoon ); Taylorville, June 

 (evening); Elliott (Foid County). June 

 17: Lincoln, June r.': 

 Delavan. June 2s. 



.At the .Jackson- 

 ville meeting 15 

 farmer elevators of 

 which 10 were mem- 

 bers and five non- 

 menibers, were rep- 

 resented. .At P'd- 

 wardsville 1 1 ele- 

 vators, all mcndiers. 

 were represente<l. 

 -At Taylorville rep- 

 resentatives of 1.3 

 farmer elevators of 

 members of Illinois 

 were present. 



.At all of these meetings m;itters per- 

 taining to the affairs of Illinois Grain 

 Corporation and Farmers National and 

 the lo<-al elevator, were discussed. Presi- 

 dent G. C. Johnstone and Manager Har- 

 rison Fahrnkopf led the discussions of 

 grain marketing problems. 



C. P. Cunimings. manager of the 

 Farmers National at Peoria, N. P. Nel- 

 son, manager of the Farmers National 

 at St. Louis, and John Power, represent- 

 ing the Chicago office, attended all of the 

 meetings. 



HARRISON 

 FAHRNKOPF 



which eight were 

 fJrain Corporation. 



Jl'LY, 1935 



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