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((T HAVE accepted no offer at a 



I 150,000 salary or at any other 

 salary. In fact, no such offer has 

 ever been made," Chester C. Davis, ad- 

 ministrator of the Agricultural Adjust- 

 ment Act, said in a response to an 

 article in a Washington newspaper 

 which stated he had accepted a place 

 with Sears-Roebuck Co. at a salary of 

 $50,000 a year. 



The article said that friction with 

 Secretary Wallace was a factor in Mr. 

 Davis' acceptance of the Chicago post, 

 and it also referred to relations between 

 General W. I. Westervelt, former AAA 

 official, and Davis. In answer, Davis 

 said: "My personal relations with Gen- 

 eral Westervelt were of the friendliest 

 while he was in the AAA and have been 

 ever since. There is no truth in any 

 story of any friction between Secretary 

 Wallace and myself," he addad. 



Secretary Wallace backed Davis up 

 by saying, "I was shocked by the inter- 

 pretations published by the leading 

 Republican morning paper in New York. 

 The newspaper definitely implied that 

 Mr. Davis was given his assignment as 

 representative of President Roosevelt 

 to survey agricultural trade possibilities 

 abroad because of friction and lack of 

 mutual confidence between us. All such 

 implications are utterly without founda- 

 tion and do Mr. Davis a grave personal 

 injustice. 



"It seems to me that a public man 

 who has devoted himself to public serv- 

 ice without any stint or limit, even with- 

 out regard to his own health, merits, in- 

 stead of partisan sniping, a recognition 

 above all partisan consideration," Wal- 

 lace went on. "I believe that complete 

 refutation is given to such accusation^ 

 by the appreciation millions of farmers 

 must feel for the greatness of Chester 

 Davis' services to agriculture." 



Robert Campbell of Peoria County be- 

 lieves in doing things early. He calmly 

 walked into the Peoria County Farm 

 Bureau May 18 and laid his 1937 dues 

 on the desk. "It's a pood idea to pay 

 when you have the money." he said. By 

 December 1 last year, 12 members had 

 paid their 1936 dues, Peoria reports, and 

 183 had paid before the first of the 



Then there's the seventy-four year old 



Nebraskan who applied for an old age 

 pension. He said his only income last 

 year was two dollars which he won as a 

 prize for long whiskers at a picnic. 



Chester C. Davit Takes A Drink (of water) 

 at the lAA Annual Meeting, Decatur, last 

 winter 



tion by the end of June according to 

 Geo. E. Metzger, director of organiza- 

 tion. From June 1 to June 20, 756 mem- 

 bers were signed, an average of 252 a 

 week. Since the first of the year 4,401 

 have joined. 



Weather forecasts two or more weeks 



in advance are in prospect. The Smith- 

 sonian Institution will begin a study as 

 soon as an appropriation of $200,000 for 

 seven new solar radiation stations is 

 made available by congress. These sta- 

 tions will probably be placed on top of 

 seven of the highest and driest moun- 

 tains in the world. 



A shortage of horses and mules in the 



United States, with resultant record top 

 prices, has caused an unprecedented 

 breeding race, says Wayne Dinsmore of 

 the Horse and Mule Association. He 

 estimates there are in excess of 16,000,- 

 000 horses and mules in the country now, 

 or about 800,000 fewer than this time 



last year. 



With the price of potatoes at least 

 twice normal, a real scarcity exists all 

 over the country. Drouth in the south 

 and southeast is chiefly responsible. 



Rehabilitation loans were extended to 



32,250 additional hard-pressed farmers 

 during May. Initial subsistence grants 

 were made to 18,055 farm families, mak- 

 ing a total of 50,305 new families aided 

 during May. Loans were made to pur- 

 chase supplies and farm equipment so 

 that they might make a living from the 

 soil and keep off relief rolls, says a gov- 

 ernment report. 



More than 1000 new Farm Bureau 



members will have joined the organiza- 



Higher prices for wheat, corn, hogs, 



better grades of steers, butter, eggs, 

 cheese and wool may be expected accord- 



ing to the Bureau of Agrricultural Eco- 

 nomics. Seasonal price declines are in 

 prospect for the lower grades of steers, 

 lambs, potatoes and poultry. 



Tours of all markets serving farmers 



are being planned by a number of count- 

 ies this summer as a part of the livestock 

 marketing program, says Ray E. Miller, 

 director of livestock marketing. 



H. D. Triplett. Ford County Farm Ad- 

 viser, accompanied 90 4 H club members 

 to the Chicago market Thursday, June 

 25, where the group spent an interesting 

 day visiting the stock yards. Chicago 

 Producers salesmen explained the differ- 

 ent market grades of cattle, hogs and 

 sheep. The group was taken through 

 one of the large packing plants in the 

 afternoon, and stopped at Brookfield zoo 

 on the way home. 



War on the chicken thief, one of the 



farmer's chief enemies, has been de- 

 clared in LaSalle County says a report 

 from the Farm Bureau. 



Hog Cholera serum consumption is up. 



To the end of May, reports show that 

 7,798.550 of Farm Bureau serum and 

 688,055 of virus were used in Illinois the 

 first five months of the year as compared 

 with 5,798 950 serum and 604,715 virus 

 for the corresponding period of 1935. 



Florence Fifer Bohrer, former state 

 senator and now prominent in a state 

 wide program for better citizenship, will 

 have charge of a series of five lessons 

 on problems of current interest, at the 

 Homemakers Conference to be held July 

 21 to 24 at the Woman's Building, Stete 

 Fair Grounds, Springfield. Mrs. Elsie 

 Mies and members of the Home Eco- 

 nomics Extension staff will have charge 

 of round table discussion on Home Bu- 

 reau organization. 



The conference under the sponsorship 

 of the Home Economics Extension and 

 the Illinois Home Bureau Federation, 

 will begin with luncheon Tuesday noon, 

 July 21, and close on Friday. The last 

 day will be an open house with tours 

 to historic points in Springfield and an 

 outstanding speaker. This day's program 

 will take the place of the state picnics. 



Registration for the conference will 

 be limited to approximately 100. Costs 

 will be held to a minimum and will cover 

 only meals and a few incidentals, as _j 

 there is no cost for the use of the build- > 

 ing. ' 



BEG PARDON 



Mr. Frank Bowers writes in from 

 Dakota, Stephenson county, to inform 

 us his name is NOT "Powers" as we had 

 it spelled under two pictures of his pon- 

 ies in a recent issue of the RECORD. 

 To Mr. Bowers our humble apolognes. 



>RD 



JULY, 1936 



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