J G V. •AIL 



Who's Who Among 



The Farm Advisers 



When J. G. MiCiill tomes tearing dowi: 

 the road in a cloud of dust, folks in Jack- 

 son County just n.iimiillv grin and take to 

 the side of the ro„d. -Thrifs McCidl. the 

 F.irtii Advisor, puttini; 

 ^^^ it. another cood day — 



^^^1 work." 



^^tm. .■ There may he hic- 



^Jr^ eer counties hut Jack- 



^^ y^^ son claims ' to have 



W^^ •' ' contrihuted more to 



^H / j^! the world in general 



^H I r.^ than most Illinois 



^P 1 f -8^ counties. especially 



^■'2-^^B***^^^ after a heavy rain. 

 ^^^JiHbU^B^'v Jackson county farms 

 jff^^9^^ ■*' have heen discovereil 

 > "Sr ■ Tr 1 "" 'he Louisiana 

 ""W •£' • \ • I. Delta. That> why Mc- 

 Call is US tally hurry- 

 ing. We IS committed 

 lock, stoi l< and I'arrel to "Soil Conserva- 

 tion." an I. given a little more time, claims 

 that JacU.son County farms will again re- 

 main in Jackson county where they be- 

 long. From an lirplaiie. the fields look to 

 be in swiils ai.d curves and sweeps. But. 

 as one F.irm Bureau member put it. "I 

 still got my farm in practically the same 

 place I bmight it" 



Born in Buncombe. Johnson county Illi- 

 nois. September 13. 18S6. McCall returned 

 to his birthplace immc<iiately after his 

 graduation from Oklahoma A & M in 1908 

 Here he operated a farm four years. But 

 it wasn t until 1921 that he put on the 

 first terracing demonstration in Southern 

 IllinoLs with the assistance of Prof Leh- 

 mann. L'niversity uf Illinois on the farm 

 of A M Smith in Johnson county But 

 were ahea<i of our story. In 1912 McCall 

 went to Southeastern Minnesota to teach 

 Vocational Agriculture. Then he operated 

 a big farm there for three year.". Called 

 back to Johnson county to be Farm Ad- 

 vi.ser he remained for five years Then he 

 went to Gallatin county as Farm Advi«er 

 •nd .stayed throe years Five and one- 

 half years ago McCall came to Jackson 

 county and from all appearances that will 

 be his address for some time to come. 



A quick survey of his outstanding ac- 

 tivities while Farm Adviser in a number 

 of counties is: Ui Assisted in the organiza- 

 tion of Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange 

 while adviser in Johnson county: i2i Organ- 

 ized the Produce Marketing A.ssociation 

 while in Gallatin county: i3' Set up the 

 Jack.son County Produce Marketing Associa- 

 tion at Murphysboro while in Jackson 

 county McCall was al.so active in the or- 

 ganization of the Twin County Service 

 Company and the Producers Creamery of 

 Carbondale An<i don't forget 4-H Club lead- 

 ership;. Dairy Herd improvement work, and 

 the hundred and one duties of a Farm Ad- 

 vi.ser in a county that raises everything 

 from "soup to nut= " 



And now. McCal! is "going to town" on 

 Soil Con.servation. Farmers of Jack.son coun- 

 ty are at least doing someth ng about .soil 

 erosion, It's going to mean a change of 

 farming methods but Jack«on county farm- 

 ers, while looking wistfully back at the 

 old days when the fertile hills were cov- 

 ered with heavy-headed wheat realize that 

 their future lies behind McCall's program of 

 •• rracing and water control 



Mr. and Mrs. McCall have five children 

 Helen M . and Robert A . seniors in South- 

 em Illinois Teachers College. Carbondale: 

 Mary V.a senior in ^Iurphysbo^o High Scho^>l 

 and Marcelle and Marcenna. both sophomores. 



NOTICE 



Illinois Agricultural Association 

 Election of Delegates 



Notice is hereby given th.it in con- 

 nection with the annual meetings of 

 all County Farm Bureaus to be helci 

 during the month of No\ember. 1935 

 at the hour and place to be deter- 

 mined by the Board of Directors of 

 each respective County Farm Bureau 

 the members in uood standing of such 

 County Farm Buieaii. and who are 

 also qualitied voting members of Illi- 

 nois Agricultural A-s.sociation. shall 

 elect a delegate or delegates to repre- 

 sent such members of Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association and vote on all mat- 

 ters before the next .annual meeting or 

 anv special meeting of the A-s.socia- 

 tion. indueiing the election of oflTiccrs 

 and directors as providee! for in the 

 By-Laws of the Associatiem 



During November, annual meu-tings 

 will be held in Brown. Clay. Clinton. 

 Gallatin. Lawrence, Logan. Macoupin. 

 Madison. Marion. Menard. St Clair. 

 Schuyler and Williamson counties. 

 October 10. 1935. 



iSignedi PACL E MATHIAS. 



Cor|iorate Secretary^. 



Corn Yield Estimate 



Illinois Ave. 36 Bu. 



The i<irii crop in llie rinted Stales 

 was estimated by the federal jjoverti- 

 ment as of October 1 at 2.21.':.O(i(l.0ll(i 

 bushels, which compare- with l..''iT7.- 

 OOO.iiOt) bushels last ye'ar. The IM.". 

 fijruro is aliout 14 per cent below the 

 i;i2>> r.'.;2 averuge. It ' is expected that 

 this estimate will be revised downward 

 because of considerable dam.'ige from 

 frost to late plai!tpd ce^rn early in 

 October. 



The aver.-ige yielil ui Uluiois is esti- 

 mated at average, or .''0 bushel.s an acre. 

 Other estimated yields are w-.»er wheal. 

 14 bushels per acre: sprln;.' wheat, 14 

 bushels: oats. 2« bushels: barley. 24>-'2 

 busheN; soybeans. lt')io bushels. All these, 

 except corn and soybeans, are below 

 ave^rage 



In northern Illinois ;<" to '.<5 per cent 

 of the corn matured before frost, but in 

 central and western s.-ctions where the 

 cre.p was put in late, ni'.re uainaKe is 

 re[)ortod. 



Karly fcreca'-ts of .■xtremely high s<iy- 

 bean production failed to materialize. 

 Observers report marked variation in 

 soybe-an yield running from 12 to !.'> 

 bushel.s up \" 2-"> and .■;•' hii-bels per acre. 

 There; an- a l.-iri-'e tiumi'or of utniersizeei 

 be.-i),'. K.-irly Octciber frii-t- daniajjed 

 late plaiilint-'s. 



The report e.-timates a prexluction of 

 17.!".'i.';.<i'i(i bu-hels of -oybeaiis compared 

 with 111. 2:'*. Olio l.usheN harvested last 

 roar. 



wvi Supfiuf 



MWS 



\. M. .\ult, feirmerly manager of the 

 .lo Daviess Service Compan.v assumed the 

 duties as manaper of the Marshall-Put- 

 nam Oil Company at Henry October lOih. 

 \V. Heinz, top-noti-h truck salesman of 

 !he I'e'eiria County Service Company the 

 past five years has filled the vacancy 

 left bv .Mr. A. M. Ault. 



The Warren Counly Service Company 



helcj it-; .s^e'e'i'ml .Annual .Meeting em Octei- 

 ber Idth. Manager H. ('. Oile^ll anneiunced 

 that more' than 4(ll' Farm Bureau mcm- 

 iier- wo'ild receive patroiuifre dividend 

 checks. C. H. Bicker eif Illinois Farm 

 Supply Cc'iiipatiy was the principal 

 -peakir 



Dr. W. L. Kurlisiin of the University 



■ >\ Illinois was a visitor at the Chicago 

 ' ffice last week. Dr. Burlison reports 

 that interest in soybean by-products is 

 at its highest point m history and that 

 sponsors of new inelustrial uses for 8oy- 

 leaii> have acc'implishcd more in five 

 ye'ars than the cottonse-ed oil people did 

 in 111 years. 



The Tenth .\nni\ersary Motor Oil 



Campaign has been in full swing since 

 the- Annual Meeting. The 484 Service 

 Company salesmen are out to sell l.,500,- 

 00(1 gallons of Blue Se'al and Penn Bond 

 Meitor Oils within the next 76 daya. An 

 early report indicates that the farmers 

 of Illinois are buyinir an average of 20,- 

 000 gallons of Blue Seal and Penn Bond 

 Motor Oils each day. These orders are 

 being taken feir Sjirinp delivery. 



Macem-I'ialt Service ( iimpany and 



Shedby-Kffinghani Service Comiiaiiy held 

 a unicjue sales contest recently with a 

 |.an<|uel ti' cedebrate the outceime. The 

 contest was cemilucted alemg the lines of 

 a Stratosphere .Mtitude Race. The 

 Shelby-Kffingham Service Company 

 sales force won. Mr. Vaughan. salesman 

 for Macon-Piatt won first in iniiividual 

 honors, and Mr. Warner of Shelby- 

 Kffingham second. Wives of the high 

 salesmen were honored with cash prizes. 

 Keturns friiin sales of mescellancoua 

 pre.dutts during this contest favorably 

 affected the net income of both com- 

 panies apfireiximatel.v .'{Ce. 



I Mcle .\b says that old folks who con- 



iemii the .young may do it to maintain 

 a sense of su[ierieirity. 



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