ew^ and VIEWS 



Uncle Ab says that a man you can al- 

 ways find is generally worth finding. 



H. K. Danforth, f-:m adviser in 

 Henry county reports that in a one-day 

 drive on December 10, 90 new mem- 

 bers were signed. This number sends 

 Henry County over the top in the 

 quota of 210 assigned the county for 

 1936. 



Marcelline Gougler, 24 year old 

 daughter of the^IAA's director of pro- 

 duce marketing7F. A. Gougler, recently 

 was awarded a $250 first prize for de- 

 signing plans for beautifying a fountain 

 in Bronson Park, Kalamazoo, Mich- 

 igan. Miss Gougler won from a field 

 of 22 contestants including five pro- 

 fessional architects and two well- 

 known sculptors. She is an instructor 

 at the University of Illinois and has 

 studied, art at the Univ. of Illinois, 

 American Academy of Art, Chicago, 

 the Art Center school, Los Angeles, and 

 with Alfonso lannelli, famed Chicago 

 architect. 



Lawrence A. Poner, son of Mr. and 



Mrs. S. A. Potter of La Salle county, 

 was recently appointed assistant pub- 

 licity director of the lAA. After re- 

 ceiving his degree from the College of 

 Agriculture, University of Illinois, 

 Larry worked on a large DuPage county 

 farm. From December, 1934, until De- 

 cember, 1936, he was Farm Editor for 

 Rural Progress Magazine, Chicago. 



Iowa State College will be the host 



to the American Institute of Coopera- 

 tion in June, 1937. 



Bureau county's Farm Bureau mem- 

 bership reached the 1000 mark last 

 month. More than 900 at the annual 

 meeting celebrated the event at lunch- 

 eon. 



Cooperative egg marketing is now in 



the hands of the farmers of Illinois, 

 says Frank A. Gougler, manager, Illi- 

 nois Producers Creameries. Read his 

 story on page 33. 



A Warren county farmer recently 

 received top price for each of 11 car- 

 loads of hogs. The hogs were fed a 

 ration of corn, linseed meal and tank- 

 age. 



Country Life Insurance company has 

 moved to the 11th floor of the Trans- 

 portation BIdg., Chicago. The lAA 

 marketing and transportation depart- 

 ments moved to the south end of the 

 12th floor. Auto insurance. Farmers 

 Mutual, Auditing remain on the 13th 

 floor. 



Shortly after the first of the lyear, 

 Illinois Producers Creameries will han- 

 dle high grade Wisconsin cheese. 



Uncle Ab says that life is a series of 



accidents; our success is measured by 

 how well we get out of 'em. 



A strong market for hogs during the 



winter and on into next year is fore- 

 seen by the Bureau of Agricultural 

 Economics. More than the usual num- 

 bers of available hogs were slaughtered 

 by December 31. 



Farmers have borrowed more than 



$500,000,000 through the cooperative 

 production credit system organized by 

 the Farm Credit Administration less 

 than three years ago. 



The average value of farm real estate 

 in Illinois is 7 per cent higher than last 

 year and 20 per cent higher than in 

 1933, according to C. L. Stewart, pro- 

 fessor of agricultural economics. Uni- 

 versity of Illinois. 



Although the average size of laying 



flocks is about 3 to 4 per cent larger 

 than a year ago, hens are laying fewer 

 eggs and total production at the begin- 

 ning of December was about the same 

 as a year ago. 



Farm and Home Week at the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois, January 11-15 will 

 feature problems involved in improv- 

 ing rural living. Rural churches and 

 schools, the Farm Bureau, Home Bu- 

 reau, Grange, radio and farm publica- 

 tion will be discussed as factors which 

 help to better rural life in Illinois. 



American farmers, in 1936, deducted 



about $4,230,000,000 from their annual 

 gross income for goods used in produc- 

 tion, wages, interest, taxes, and rent, 

 as well as an allowance for deprecia- 

 tion of buildings and equipment. They 

 have about $5,300,000,000 left for 

 their work and interest on their in- 

 vestments. 



Checks totaling $9,699-87 were re- 

 ceived by the Knox county Agricultural 

 Conservation Committee for distribu- 

 tion to Knox county farmers. 



In view of the fact that butter sales 



are declining and oleo sales are higher 

 than ever, Wilfred Shaw, manager of 

 Illinois Milk Producers Association, ad- 

 monishes dairymen to discourage the 

 use of butter substitutes on every pos- 

 sible occasion. 



Germany is buying big mules, from 



1500 to 1600 pounds, to use on farms, 

 and smaller 1000 pound mules for use 

 in her armies, the Horse and Mule As- 

 sociation of America recently an- 

 nounced. 



Developments during November in- 

 dicate that there will be fewer cattle 

 on feed this winter and spring as com- 

 pared with a year earlier. Advancing 

 prices of corn, which increased the cost 

 of feeding, is the reason given by the 

 U. S. D. A. 



Western feeders are expected to 



stock their feed lots heavily this win- 

 ter in order to take advantage of grain 

 and hay prices which are relatively 

 cheaper than those in the Corn Belt, 

 the Illinois Crop Reporting Service 

 reveals. 



A Christmas party for employees of 



the lAA. during the noon hour, Decem- 

 ber 23, included a gift exchange, and a 

 luncheon prepared by the women. It was 

 a housewarming in the new offices of 

 the marketing and transportation de- 

 partments of the association. 



During the past four years, the gross 



income of American farmers has risen 

 by an average of more than one billion 

 dollars a year. 



Cash income available for farm fam- 

 ily living in Illinois will be larger than 

 for any year since 1932, says L. J. Nor- 

 ton of the University of Illinois. 



$200 reward is offered for apprehen- 

 sion and arrest of the thief or thieves 

 who stole 34 two-hundred pound 

 Chester White shoats from the pasture 

 of Ed Graham, near Tampico, White- 

 side county. The Farm Bureau offers 

 $50, Mr. Graham $100, the board of 

 supervisors $50. 



JANUARY, 1937 



