ler 



Soybean Oil K/Ieal Is 



Superior Feed Concentrate 



With iiKToast'd production of soybeans 

 tliis year, iiiorc and more dairymen and 

 lircf cattle feeders are turning to the 

 use of soybean oil nii-al as a rich protein 

 enrueiitrate to Italance the ration. 



Kilher trround soybeans or soybean 

 meal used as a protein supplement on 

 dairy farms enmparps favorably with 

 liiiseed meal ^iid eottonseed meal for 

 milk production, says the I'. S. Depart- 

 rnent of A^rriculture. 



"A mixture of -100 pounds of jrround 

 shelled colli. 20(1 pounds of ground oats 

 or wheat bran, and I(MI pounds <if (rround 

 soybeans or soybean meal is a very satis- 

 I'l.ctory wintir feed when i;iven with leg- 

 ume hay and silajre. When mixed jrrass 

 hay cut at a mature stafre of K^owth is 

 ted instead of lejrume hay the propor- 

 tion of y-round soybeans or soybean meal 

 should be doubled. While the cows are 

 . n irood pasture, the corn and oats in the 

 ration nuiy be increaseil about 2.5 per 

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

 satisfactory even on pasture." 



Steers fattened at Purdue University 

 Kxperiment Station on a ration includ- 

 ing soybean meal made more economical 

 use of their feed than others receivin(» 

 lottonseed meal, whole soybeans or soy- 

 bcjins and a peneral mixture. 



With the establishment of additional 

 soybean processinj; plants throujrhout the 

 iniildle west, it is becomintr more an<i 

 more convenient for Illinois farmers to 

 ijel i;roiinii Soybean oil meal or the cake 

 left after the oil is extracted from the 

 I'lan. The fact that other concentrates, 

 such .IS linseed meal and cottonseed meal, 

 inu^l be shipped into the state, whereas 

 soybeans may be obtained with a mini- 

 mum of overhead in the form of freipht 

 <osts is another item favorin<r the use of 

 the home-jrrown product. 



."soybeans are now considered a major 

 1'arm crop in Illinois. .And Illinois farm- 

 eis interested in developiinr new outlets 

 for their crop can aid this development 

 liy makinp soybean oil meal the principal 

 concentr.-ite in producintr milk and in 

 feedins; aiid fattening livestock. 



Tapicoa and Starch 



Imports Much Heavier 



The Christian Science Monitor will 



publish a si^ries of stories between Octo- 

 ber .'!() and December 4 entitled "Helpinp: 

 the I-'ainur to Help I's." The Monitor 

 is one newspaper of wide circulation that 

 invariably is accurate in its farm infor- 

 mation. It has a sensible and sym|>athetic 

 attitude ti-ward agriculture. 



A move to put an excise tax of 2'^' 

 ciiits a pound on the first dome.«tic 

 processing or use of tapioca. sa>;o and 

 cassava is expected to be renewed in the 

 next .session of congress. Kep. Chester 

 Thompson of Illinois introduced a bill, 

 II. R. f.HGl, for this purpose in the last 

 session which was. lost in the last minute 

 leirislative .iam. The .American Farm 

 Hureau FediTation is atrjrressively sup- 

 porting the bill. 



Inifiorts of these products from which 

 starclns and food products are manufac- 

 tured have been increasitiK at an alarm- 

 injj rate. Tapioca, sajro and cas.sava are 

 starches made from plants irrown in the 

 .Asiatic tropics. They are now on the 

 free list. 



In r.tlO imports were 4H. 14 4. .■'.><(; 

 pouiiils. By r.»20 this vidume had more 

 than doubled. In l'.';f2 imports of tapioca 

 and sapo products totaled 139,4<>2.0'.t.'J 

 pounds. .And last year, VX',i, imports 

 had mounted to the stairtrering total of 

 lK8..")»W.;t.'{l 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 corn, 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 raiseci on thousands of typi- 

 cal corn-belt farms. 



Federal Land Banks s<dd 4.1:i.°S farms 



from January 1 up to August 1, iXlii. 

 compared to 2.0;i.'i in the corresponding 

 •leriod of Ht34. 



Rep. Honner J. Tice, Friend 



of Agriculture, Dies 



Illinois agriculture lost a trieil and 

 true friend when Homer .1. Tice of Me- 

 iK.id county. Uader in the Illinois Legis- 

 lature for more than 2."> years, i)assed 

 ■•iway recently at a hospital in Springfield. 

 .Mr. Tice was one of the oldest mem- 

 bers in point of service in the General 

 .Assend)ly. For main- 

 years he served as 

 chairman of the .Ag- 

 ricultural Cominit- 

 tee in the House and 

 during (iov. Kmmei- 

 son's term was nui- 

 jority floor leader. 

 Rep. Tice introduced 

 a n d 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 Cireenview until the end although 

 active operation of the farm was turned 



HOHER TICE 



L W CHALCRAFT 



Who's Who Among 



the Farm Advisers 



Mrn.ird eounty. rich in hi.stoncal 

 lore lHcau.se at Old Salem Abraham 

 Lincoln once worked in ;i croeery 

 store, studied by camlle light, and 

 courted Ann RutUdc<'. is kiiowii to- 

 day for its .'iggressive growiiij* County 

 Kami Bureau. 



Lloyd W. Cbalcraft. farm advLser in 

 Men.irrI since iy2X, has bad much to 

 " d o w i t h t h e 



fine record of 

 achievement of 

 this strong orga- 

 nization Four- 

 H Club work 

 iias Ix'en a n>a- 

 jor project in 

 tile Farm Bu- 

 r e a u program 

 under C h a 1 - 

 craft's leader- 

 ship during the 

 past seven 

 y ears. Two 

 Menard county 

 eirls in ISSO won 

 the n.ition.d 4-H demonstration con- 

 test and a trip to Europe. Menard al.so 

 has -a large ilairy Heifer Club in which 

 The varioiLs breeds of dairy cattl*' are 

 represented. 



The ,t6K Farm Bureau memlx?rs in 

 Menard represent approximately 60 

 per cent of all farmers in the county 

 Corn, wheat. i>at.s. soybeans and live- 

 stock production are tlie mainstays of 

 Menard county agriculture. And the 

 Farm Bureau has played a leading 

 part in devebiping soil fertility, crop 

 improviinent. better livestwk feeding 

 ami sanitation, increased acreage of 

 legumes and crop adjustment in ad- 

 dition to co-operative marketing and 

 business services. 



The Menard Count.v 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 exhiljitors in 

 1935. 



Mr. Chakraft was born 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 workid two years as 

 field man for the Farm Managenunt 

 Department at Urliaiia. taught voca- 

 tional acriculturo at Robinson for one 

 year and in 1920 moved to Valmeyer 

 , where he made a giMxl record as 

 'superintendent of the community high 

 school for eii»ht years In 1928 he ac- 

 cepted the position a? Fann .Adviser 

 in Menard county. 



Mr. and Mrs Chalcraft have two 

 children. Gerald ase five and Joyce 

 two. 



. ver to his sons years ago. Mi Tice 

 was a member of the Menard County 

 Fartn Bureau and Illinois .Agricultural 

 .Association. 



NOVEMBER, 1935 



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