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M. C. Weber, former "ace" Organiza- 

 tion Director of the Will County Farm 

 Bureau, was selected on May 1st by the 

 board of directors of the Vermilion Serv- 

 ice Company to manage their company. 

 Mr. Weber comes to Vermilion with a 

 splendid farm bureau record and now has 

 a fertile field to make a new one. 



Mr. L. H. Nesemeier, former manager 



of Carroll Service Company service sta- 

 tion at Lanark, Illinois, assumed his new 

 duties as manager of Henderson Service 

 Company on May 1st. Mr. Nesemeier 

 believes in the theory that hard work will 

 earn a man a better position. 



The Pike Connty Service Company be- 



i;an operations under its own manage- 

 ment. May 1st. Mr. Earle B. Johnson, 

 formerly a thrifty member of Whiteside 

 Service Company sales force, is now 

 manager of Pike County Service Com- 

 pany. Mr. Johnson reports that Presi- 

 dent Smith's home county looks to him 

 like a fertile field for a service company. 



County Service Companies affiliated 

 with Illinois Farm Supply Company have 

 sold 1,625,317 gallons of motor oil dur- 

 ing the period beginning September 1, 

 1935 and ending April 30, 1936. The 

 gallonage sold during this eight month 

 period exceeds the sales for the entire 

 twelve months of Illinois Farm Supply 

 Company's fiscal year ended August 31, 

 1935. Furthermore, the sales of motor 

 oil during the first eight months of the 

 present fiscal year exceed the combined 

 gallonage handled by Illinois Farm Sup- 

 ply Company during the first four years 

 of operation. 



After ten years of steady growth, Illi- 

 nois Farm Supply Company continues to 

 break all records. April was the best 

 month in the history of the company. A 

 total of 10,336,965 gallons of fuel was 

 purchased for county service companies 

 during the month. This gallonage ex- 

 ceeds the total of all fuels handled by 

 Illinois Farm Supply Company during 

 the fiscal year of the company in 1928. 

 Of the total of fuels handled during thf 

 month of April, 1936, 6,492,169 gallons 

 were Magic Aladdin Gasoline, 2,071,058 

 gallons Radiant Blue Flame Kerosene, 1,- 

 772,738 gallons tractor fuel. These three 

 fuels are becoming more popular with 

 Illinois farmers each year. 



Dr. W. L. Burlison of University of 



Illinois, was lauded at the recent Agri- 

 culture, Industry, & Science Conference 

 held at Detroit, Michigan, for his re- 

 search work featuring the use of Soy- 

 bean oil in paint. Some of the statements 

 made at this conference by the nation's 

 leading authorities in the paint industry 

 should give Illinois farmers greater con- 

 fidence in our "Soyoil" Paint. Various 

 specimens on exhibition, in connection 

 with the meeting, demonstrated conclu- 

 sively that soybean oil was not only able 

 to hold its own but can show outstand- 



OLD PIERCE TAVERN 



More than a hundred years ago 

 travelers on the stage coach would stop 

 at the Old Pierce Tavern (left above) 

 overnight and warm their hands or 

 feet in front of one of the fireplaces 

 which were in every room. The Tavern 

 is located 6 miles from New Haven in 

 Gallatin county. The popularity of the 

 Tavern in those days was due to the 

 pranks of pirates who infested Dead 

 Man's Hollow, deep in the woods and 

 hollows en route to the ferry across the 

 Ohio at Shawneetown on the mail line 

 from Cincinnati to New Orleans. 



How many ladies and gentlemen of 

 history have known the Tavern's hos- 



pitality is not known. A. Lincoln 

 stayed there. And where in Illinoix 

 hasn't he stayed it seems? The build- 

 ing is now occupied by Edmond Givenf> 

 and his family. The farm on which 

 the Tavern stands was purchased for 

 Mr. Givens' father over 30 years ago. 



There is some question as to just 

 when the Tavern was built. One report 

 puts it at 1803. Another about 15 

 years later. Others have it as a sta- 

 tion on the old Underground Railway, 

 where colored folk were hidden on their 

 way North from slavery in the South. 

 Anyway, it's old, it's interesting, and 

 one of Illinois' landmarks. . ■ 



ing performance in certain lines, namely 



1. In automobile baking and air-dry- 

 ing synthetics we get a depth of color, 

 a freedom from "orange" peel and "silk," 

 and a permanent elasticity not possible 

 with other oils. 



2. The refrigerator finished with 

 baked soybean synthetics has the true 

 porcelain look. It also exhibits humidity 

 and grease resistance and permanency 

 of color not possible with linseed, perilla, 

 or tung. 



3. The roller coating and printing col- 

 ors on a soybean basis have outstand- 

 ing brilliance and color retention and 

 performance. Their performance insures 

 soybean oil a prominent place in the 

 metal package industry. 



4. Recent advances in outdoor bul- 

 letin colors have emphasized the use of 

 soybean oil on account of its free work- 

 ing, and particularly in pictorial work it 

 seems that soy will always be used re- 

 gardless of cost. >_ •. 



•G. B. Thorne. WaahingtoQ. D. C. 



director. North Central Division. A 



A. A. 

 THE LONG-TIME SIGNIFICANCE Oy 

 <■ A SOIL CONSERVATION PRO- 



GRAM TO LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS 

 •A. G. Black. Waihinrtoo. D. C. 



chief. Bureau of Arricultura] Bco- 



nomica. 

 ILLINOIS PRODUCTION TRBNDS 

 IN RELATION TO THE SOIL CON- 

 SERVATION PROGRAM 

 •H. C. M. Caae. Crbana. Illinois 



head. Department of AcrlcuHoral 



Economics. College of Arricultnre 



University of Xllinois. 



Friday Afternoon, June IB 



(triMTMl SesHlon — Men's New OymnaMhini 



AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENTS 



Ciiairniaii: Charles A. Ewinp. Decatur. 111. 

 I :30 P. M. RELATION OF COOPERATIVES TO 

 PRODUCTION PROBLEMS 

 •Earl C. Smith. Cbicaco. UUnolt 

 president. Illinois AEricuItural Ar 

 Bociation. 

 AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT Ui 

 RELATION TO GRAIN & DAIRT 

 ■,: PRODUCTION 



OR. Jesnes. St. Paul. Minn. 

 •■• - AGRICULT^ "-^i, ADJUSTMENT IN 



Program Ready 



(Continued from page 6) , „ 



Friday Forenoon, Jane 19 

 Kerital Hall. Smith Memorial Masle Bnlldlnc 

 K:0OA. M. PHILOSOPHY OP COOPERATION 

 LECTURE SERIES 

 *J. R. Barton. Neerum. Denmark, co- 

 director. Den Social Hojskole. 

 GENERAL SESSION 

 University Auditorium 

 AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENTS 

 Chairman: N. P. Hull. Lansinp. Mich., president 



National Cooperative Milk Producers. 



9:00 A.M. THE CONTRIBUTION OP THE 1936 

 . A. A. A. PROGRAMS TO FUTURE 

 - NATIONAL FARM POLICY 



•H. R. ToUey. Washington. D. C. act- 

 ing administrator. Agricultural Ad- 

 justment Administration. 

 THE 1036 AGRICULTURAL CON- 

 . SERVATION PROGRAM IN THE 

 NORTH CENTRAL REGION 



RELATIOf 

 TION 

 THE PAR 



Ralph Allr 



conpere: 



FARM MA 



DAIRY PHODUC 



3' POINT OP VIEW- 

 Telavan. HI. 

 3:30 P.M. conpere: ON COOPERATIVE 



lEMENT 

 310 New i> :.ix -Bltnral Bnildlnic. 

 (Further conferences i :■ is section will be held 

 Friday evening and Sai ir.iay; times and placet 

 to be announced.) 



1 Subject to revision. ■ i. - 



Farm wages on April 1 reached the 



highest level for that date since 1931, 

 the Bureau of Agricultural Economics 

 reports. Farm wage rates per month, 

 with board, averaged $20.89 the country 

 over; without board, $30.87; per day, 

 with board, $1.05; without board, $1.43. 

 The supply of farm labor exceeds the 

 demand. > 



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I. A. A. RECORD 



