Soybean Oil Meal Is 



Superior Feed Concenfrate 



With increased production of soybeans 

 this year, more and more dairymen and 

 beef cattle feeders are turning to the 

 use of soybean oil meal as a rich protein 

 concentrate to balance the ration. 



Either ground soybeans or soybean 

 meal used as a protein supplement on 

 dairy farms compares favorably with 

 linseed meal and cottonseed meal for 

 milk production, says the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



"A mixture of 400 pounds of ground 

 shelled corn, 200 pounds of ground oats 

 or wheat bran, and 100 pounds of ground 

 soybeans or soybean meal is a very satis- 

 factory winter feed when given with leg- 

 ume hay and silage. When mixed grass 

 hay cut at a mature stage of growth is 

 fed instead of legume hay the propor- 

 tion of ground soybeans or soybean meal 

 should be doubled. While the cows are 

 on good pasture, the com and oats in the 

 ration may be increased about 25 per 

 cent, although the 4-2-1 mixture is very 

 satisfactory even on pasture." 



Steers fattened at Purdue University 

 Experiment Station on a ration includ- 

 ing soybean meal made more economical 

 use of their feed than others receiving 

 cottonseed meal, whole soybeans or soy- 

 beans and a general mixture. 



With the establishment of additional 

 soybean processing plants throughout the 

 middle west, it is becoming more and 

 more convenient for Illinois farmers to 

 get ground soybean oil meal or the cake 

 left after the oil is extracted from the 

 bean. The fact that other concentrates, 

 such as.linseed meal and cottonseed meal, 

 must be' shipped into the state, whereas 

 soybeans may be obtained with a mini- 

 mum of overhead in the form of freight 

 costs is another item favoring the use of 

 the home-grown product. 



Soybeans are now considered a major 

 farm crop in Illinois. And Illinois farm- 

 ers interested in developing new outlets 

 for their crop can aid this development 

 by making soybean oil meal the principal 

 concentrate in producing milk and in 

 feeding and fattening livestock. 



The Christian Science Monitor will 



publish a series of stories between Octo- 

 ber 3Q,,grul December 4 entitled "Helping 

 the Farmer to Help Us." The Monitor 

 is one newspaper of wide circulation that 

 invariably is accurate in its farm infor- 

 mation. It has a sensible and sympathetic 

 attitude toward agriculture. 



Tapicoa and S+arch 



Imports Much Heavier 



A move to put an excise tax of 2% 

 cents a pound on the first domestic 

 processing or use of tapioca, sago and 

 cassava is expected to be renewed in the 

 next session of congress. Rep. Chester 

 Thompson of Illinois introduced a bill, 

 H. R. 6961, for this purpose in the last 

 session which was lost in the last minute 

 legislative jam. The American Farm 

 Bureau Federation is aggressively sup- 

 porting the bill. 



Imports of these products from which 

 starches and food products are manufac- 

 tured have been increasing at an alarm- 

 ing rate. Tapioca, sago and cassava are 

 starches made from plants grown in the 

 Asiatic tropics. They are now on the 

 free list. 



In 1910 imports were 49,144,386 

 pounds. By 1920 this volume had more 

 than doubled. In 1932 imports of tapioca 

 and sago products totaled 139,402,093 

 pounds. And last year, 1934, imports 

 had mounted to the staggering total of 

 188,568,931 pounds. Every time a car- 

 load of tapioca or sago products travels 

 to an industrial plant the sale of from 

 one to eight carloads of com, wheat, po- 

 tatoes or rice is lost by the American 

 farmer. 



Making the same amount of starch as 

 came in duty-free last year, would use 

 all the corn raised on thousands of typi- 

 cal corn-belt farms. 



Federal Land Banks sold 4,133 farms 



from January 1 up to August 1, 1936, 

 compared to 2,093 in the corresponding 

 •leriod of 1934. 



Rep. Homer J. Tice, Friend 



of Agriculture, Dies 



Illinois agriculture lost a tried and 

 true friend when Homer J. Tice of Me- 

 nard county, leader in the Illinois Legis- 

 lature for more than 25 years, passed 

 away recently at a hospital in Springfield. 

 Mr. Tice was one of the oldest mem- 

 bers in point of service in the General 

 Assembly. For many 

 years he served as 

 chairman of the Ag- 

 ricultural Commit- 

 tee in the House and 

 during Gov. Emmer- 

 son's term was ma- 

 jority floor leader. 

 Rep. Tice introduced 

 and actively s u p- 

 ported a large num- 

 ber of helpful meas- 

 ures during his years 

 of service, a number 

 of which were prepared and sponsored 

 by the Illinois Agricultural Association. 

 He continued to reside on his farm 

 near Greenview until the end although 

 active operation of the farm was turned 



HOMZB TICE 



Who's Who Among 



the Farm Advisers 



L. W. CHALCSATT 



Menard county, rich in historical 

 lore because at Old Salem Alx-aham 

 Lincoln once worked in a grocery 

 store, studied by candle light, and 

 courted Ann Rutledge, is known to- 

 day for its aggressive growing County 

 Farm Bureau. 



Lloyd W. Chalcraft, farm adviaer in 

 Menard since 1928, has had much to 

 do with the 

 fine record of 

 achievement of 

 this strong orga- 

 nization. Four- 

 H Qub work 

 has been a ma- 

 jor project in 

 the Farm Bu- 

 r e a u program 

 under C h a I - 

 craft's leader- 

 ship during the 

 past seven 

 years. Two 

 Menard county 

 girls in 1930 won 

 the national 4-H demonstration con- 

 test and a trip to Europe. Menard also 

 has a large dairy Heifer Club in which 

 the various breeds of dairy cattle are 

 represented. 



The 568 Farm Bureau members in 

 Menard represent approximately 60 

 per cent of all farmers in the county. 

 Com, wheat, oats, soybeans and live- 

 stock production are the mainstays of 

 Menard county agriculture. And the 

 Farm Bureau has played a leading 

 part in developing soil fertility, crop 

 improvement, better livestock feeding 

 and sanitation, increased acreage of 

 legumes and crop adjustment in ad- 

 dition to co-operative marketing and 

 business services. 



The Menard County Farm Bureau 

 Fair held largely for the benefit of 

 4-H Club members is another out- 

 standing project. More than $4,000 in 

 premiums were paid to exhibitors in 

 1935. 



Mr. Chalcraft was bom on a farm 

 near Albion in Edwards county in 

 1894. After completing the Agricul- 

 tural Course at the University of Illi- 

 nois in 1917, he worked two years as 

 field man for the Farm Management 

 Department at Urbana, taught voca- 

 tional agriculture at Robinson for one 

 year and in 1920 moved to Valmeyer 

 where he made a good record as 

 superintendent of the community high 

 school for eight years. In 1928 he ac- 

 cepted the position as Farm Adviser 

 in Menard county. 



Mr. and Mrs. Chalcraft have two 

 children, Gerald age five and Joyce 

 two. 



over to his sons years ago. Mr. Tice 

 was a member of the Menard County 

 Farm Bureau and Illinois Agricultural 

 Association. 



NOVEMBER, 1935 



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