Crop Outlook 



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fed to heavier weights this marketing 

 year than last because of more plentiful 

 feed grain supplies, and marketings of 

 the greater part of 1937 spring pigs are 

 expected to occur somewhat later than 

 usual. 



Hog prices in the fall and winter 

 months of 1937-38 probably will average 

 as high as in the same period of 1936- 

 37; but with delayed marketings of 

 spring pigs, a smaller than average sea- 

 sonal advance in hog prices is to be 

 expected after January 1938. 



Domestic wheat prices since the spring 

 of 1933-34 to 1936-37 were unusually 

 high relative to world market prices as 

 a result of four small domestic crops 

 caused largely by abnormally low yields 

 per acre. During the 1936-37 both world 

 and domestic prices advanced sharply as 

 a result of increased demand and the 

 smallest supplies in recent years. 



Probable carry-over of wheat in the 

 United States will be around 200 million 

 bushels as compared to an average of 

 115 million bushels carried over in the 

 five year period, 1924-28. The 1937-38 

 world wheat crop is estimated at eight 

 per cent over production in 1936-37, 

 according to the Bureau of agricultural 

 economics. 



Barring the development of a tense 

 world political situation which would 

 cause European countries to increase 

 reserves of wheat, there seems to be 

 little in either the world or domestic 

 wheat situations that would indicate wide 

 fluctuations in the wheat markets in the 

 near future. 



The 1937 apple crop is indicated to be 

 one of the largest in a decade It is 

 expected however that prices will average 

 a little higher than in 1935. Even with 

 lower prices than last year, the larger 

 volume of apple sales this year will 

 probably bring a larger gross cash in- 

 come to growers than in 1936 and the 

 largest since 1930. 



Prices of slaughter lambs are not ex- 

 pected to change much through Novem- 

 ber. Lamb prices in the coming fed- 

 lamb marketing season (December 

 through April) probably will average 

 about as high as those of last year, if 

 consumer demand and prices of wool are 

 maintained at present levels. 



Increased marketings of fed-lambs 

 form the Corn Belt will probably be 

 off-set by smaller supplies of slaughter 

 sheep and lambs from other sources, 

 says the Bureau of Agricultural Eco- 

 nomics. 



Imf)Ortant developments in the poul- 

 try and egg situation, says the Bureau, 

 are expected to be: (1) a larger hatch 

 than in 1937, resulting from a more 

 favorable feed situation. (2) smaller 



Frank L Mann 

 "His gospel — Soil iartility." 



Frank I. Mann Passes 



Frank I. Mann, who died at his home 

 in Oilman, Oct. 4, at the age of 83, was 

 once called "the greatest farmer in 

 America." 



Mr. Mann, who was one of the old- 

 est living alumni of the University of 

 Illinois, was born May 8, 1854, in 

 Marshall county. Following his gradua- 

 tion from the University in 1876 he 

 engaged in country newspaper work for 

 one year and then took over the home 

 farm, Bois D'Arc, near Gilman. From 

 what was then a practically worthless 

 swamp. Frank Mann developed the land 

 into the most fertile and productive farm 

 in the United States. 



For nearly 50 years, Mann followed 

 a systematic crop rotation and had other- 

 wise practiced what were then known 

 as advanced farming methods. Still his 

 yields remained stationary. Then he be- 

 came convinced that soil fertility was 

 the limiting factor in profitable farming. 



About this time, too, Cyril G. Hopkins 

 and other scientists of the College of 

 Agriculture, University of Illinois, had 

 discovered that poor crop yields were 

 the result of a lack of nitrogen, phos- 

 phorus and other elements in the soil. 

 Out of their experiments they developed 

 the Illinois system of permanent soil 

 fertility calling for the use of limestone 

 and phosphate and the growing of 

 legumes to supply nitrogen. 



Nowhere was the system adopted with 

 more success than on the Mann farm. 



supplies of poultry in the first half of 

 1938. (3) higher chicken prices early in 

 1938, but lower prices in the fall of 

 1938. (4) higher egg prices throughout 

 1938 than in 1937, because of smaller 

 flocks and a lower rate of egg production 

 expected. 



Corn yields were increased to as high 

 as 90 bushels per acre, oats to 100 

 bushels and winter wheat to 54 bushels. 



Frank I. Mann's greatest service to 

 agriculture was as a coordinator between 

 farmers and the state experiment station. 



On July 13, 1933, more than 300 

 friends and associates gathered at Bois 

 D'Arc farm to honor Frank Mann with 

 a testimonial of appreciation in these 

 words : 



Besides his wife Lena, he leaves a son, 

 Charles, Gilman, two daughters, Deborah 

 Mann, at home and Mrs. Mary Hepburn, 

 Chicago, and three brothers, H. T. Mann, 

 E. L. Mann and A. R. Mann, all of 

 Florida. Six grandchildren and one great- 

 grandchild also survive. i 



O. G. "Ole" Barrett, Cook county 



farm adviser for the past 11 years, has 

 resigned to devote full time to the 

 development of the Barrett Agricultural 

 Service. Barrett began his work on 

 November 1. 



Eleven years ago the Cook county 

 Farm Bureau membership of 182 was 

 one of the lowest of any county Farm 

 Bureau in the state. 



Under Barrett's leadership and with 

 the cooperation of the directors and 

 loyal members, membership in the 

 Cook county Farm Bureau grew consis- 

 tently from 150 to 250 per year until at 

 the present time it stands at a little 

 more than 1900. 



Cap Mast 



'Cap" Mast Joins lAA Staff 



Casper L. Mast, Jr., 

 formerly assistant edi- 

 tpr of Prairie Farmer 

 began work ©ctober 

 5 as director of field 

 service for the lAA. 



Cap was born and 

 raised on a farm in 

 Adams county and 

 was graduated from 

 the College of Agri- 

 culture, University of 

 Illinois. He was a 4-H Club member 

 for ten years and in 1929 was selected 

 as one of four club members to repre- 

 sent the state at the third national 4-H 

 Club camp in Washington, D. C. 



From .1930 until 1936 Mast was assis- 

 tant farm adviser in LaSalle county where 

 he served as 4-H Club leader and organi- 

 zation director. Early in 1936 he joined 

 the staff of Prairie Farmer which position 

 he held until coming with the lAA. 



Most of Cap's time will be spent cal- 

 ling on farm advisers, helping them 

 with publicity problems, writing feature 

 stories for the lAA RECORD, planning 

 window displays for Farm Bureau office 

 windows and promoting the effectiveness 

 of all lAA programs. 



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