Crop Outlook 



'( iiiitiniitJ \t<,}i! p.ixt J""' 

 fej to heavier \vcii;lits this market ini: 

 year than last because of more plentitUI 

 teej ,i;rain siipphes. and niarketiiit;s of 

 the greater part of 19i" spring pius arc 

 expeacii to ouur somewhat later than 

 usual. 



Hot; (Vices in the tall anil uinier 

 months ol 19s''-s)S prohahlv will average 

 av Inch as in the sam,e period ot l'>Sd. 

 s~; hut witli ilelaveJ marketings of 

 sjvini; pit;s. a smaller than average sea- 

 sonal ad\ante in hot' prices is to he 

 expected afler January I'JsS. 



Domeslii whe.it prices since the sprin;.; 

 of I'Ms >l to i'>Ui-i" were unusually 

 hi_4:h relative to world market prices as 

 a result of four small domestic crops 

 caused larcelv by ahnornially low yields 

 per acre. Durinp the 1')^6-37 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 J(K) million 

 bushels as compared to an averace of 

 1 I "^ million bushels carried over in the 

 five year period. I'JJi-JS. The I9s"'^s 

 world wheat crop i.s estimated at eii;ht 

 per cent over production in 19s6-^~. 

 accordini: to the Bureau of ai;ricultural 

 economics. 



H.irrint; the development of a tense 

 world political situation which would 

 cause luiropean countries to increase 

 reserves of wheat, there seems to he 

 little in either the world or domestic 

 wheat situations that would indicate wide 

 fluctuations m the wheat m.irkets ui the 

 near future. 



The l')^~ apple crop is indic.ited to be 

 one of the largest in a decade It is 

 expected however that prices will average 

 .1 little hit:her than in lOs's. liven with 

 lower prices than last year, the larger 

 volume ot apple sales this year will 

 probably brinir a larcer cross cash in- 

 come to growers than in V)M-< and the 

 largest since IVsO. 



Prices ot slauchter lambs are not ex 

 peeled to chantie much throuch Novem- 

 ber Lamb prices in the comini; fed- 

 lamb marketint; season (December 

 throuuh April) probably will aver.ice 

 about as hich as those of last vcar, if 

 consumer demand and prices of wool are 

 maintained at present levels. 



Incrca.scd marketing's' of fed-lambs 

 form the Corn Belt will probably be 

 offset by smaller supplies of slaughter 

 shee|'> and lambs from other sources, 

 says the Bureau of Auricultural lico 

 mimics. 



Important developments in the poul 

 try and e^'u situation, says the Bureau, 

 arc expected to be: (1) a larcer hatch 

 than in I'J.S". resulting from a more 

 favorable feed situation. (2) smaller 



Frank I. Mann 

 "His gospel — Soil fertility." 



Frank I. Mann Passes 



Ir.iiik 1. .Mann, who died al his home 

 in (iilman. Oct. -t, at the a^e of Ss. was 

 once called the greatest tanner m 

 America." 



Mr. Mann, who was one ol the old- 

 est living' alumni ot the L'niversitv of 

 Illinois, was born May S. IS'Si. in 

 Marshall countv I'ollowin^ his cr.ulua- 

 tion trom the University in is~6 he 

 eniiaced in country newspaper work for 

 one year and then took over the home 

 farm. Bois D'Arc. near Ciilman. I'rom 

 what was then a practically worthless 

 swamp. I'rank Mann developed the land 

 into the most fertile and productive farm 

 in the United St.ites. 



I'or nearly "iO years. M.inn followed 

 a systematic crop rotation and had other- 

 wise practiced what were then known 

 as advanced farmini; methods. Still his 

 yields remained stationary. Then he be- 

 came convinced that soil fertility was 

 the limitin_u factor in profitable farmini;. 



About this time, too. ( yril Ci. Ho]->kins 

 and other scientists ot the ( ollet;e of 

 Auric ullure. University of Illinois, had 

 discovered that poor crop vields were 

 the result ot a lack ot nilroiien. phos 

 phorus and other elements in the soil. 

 Out of their exj^erimeiits they developed 

 the Illinois system of permaiienl soil 

 fertility calling' tor the use of limestone 

 and phosphate and the urowins: ot 

 leuumes to supply nitrogen. 



Nowhere was the system adopted with 

 more success th.in on the M.uin f.irm. 



supplies of poultry in the first h.'.lf ot 

 I'HS. ( s) higher chicken prices earlv in 

 I'M.s. but lower prices in the fall of 

 I'.'.SS. ( t) higher cg^ prices throut;hout 

 I')3S than in l')s~. because of smaller 

 flocks and a lower rate of e_t;_c production 

 ex IXC ted. 



Corn vields were increased to as hi^h 

 as 90 bushels per acre, oats to 100 

 bushels and winter wheat to ')-4 bushels. 



I'rank 1. Mann s greatest service to 

 agriculture was as a coordinator between 

 farmers and the state experiment station. 



On July Is. I')ss. more than sOO 

 t riends and associates cathcred at Bois 

 D Arc farm to honor I-"rank Mann with 

 a tesiimonial of appreciation m these 

 words. 



Besides his wife Lena, he leaves a son. 

 (harks, (iilman. two dauuhters. Deborah 

 Mann, .it home and .Mrs. Marv Hepburn. 

 ( hic.iL;o. and three brothers, H. T. Mann, 

 i;. I.' .Mann and A. R. Mann, all of 

 I'londa. Six grandchildren and one ^reat 

 ur.indchild also survive 



O. G. "Ole" Barrett, Cook county 



t.irm adviser for the past 1 I years, has 

 resigned to devote full time to the 

 development of the Barrett Agricultural 

 Service. Barrett bc^an his work on 

 November 1 . 



Eleven ye.irs a^ci the ( ook county 

 I'arm Bureau membership of 1S2 was 

 one of the lowest of any county I'.irm 

 Bureau in the state. 



Under Barrett's leadership and with 

 the cooperation of the directors and 

 loyal members, membership in the 

 Cook coimtv Farm Bureau crew consis- 

 tently from 1 '^0 to 2'>() per year until at 

 the present tune it stands at a little 

 more than 1900. 



"Cap" Mast loins lAA Staff 



( asper I.. Mast. |r., 

 formerlv assistant edi- 

 tor of Prairie I-'armer 

 becan wciik (*)ctober 

 ^ as director of field 

 service for the lAA 



( ap w.is born .ind 



raised on a farm in 



Adams county and 



was cradiiated from 



the Collece of Acri- 

 Cap Mast ^^,„^,^^. ^^,^^,^^^^ ^f 



Illinois. He was a i-H (lub member 

 for ten years and in loj'; was selected 

 as one of four club members to repre- 

 sent the state at the third n.itional i H 

 Club camp in W'ashincton, D. C. 



I'rom I'.'sO until l')s6 Mast was assis- 

 t.mt farm adviser in I.aSalle county vvherc 

 he served as i H ( lub leader and orpani- 

 /.ition dire tor. I.arly in 1936 he joined 

 the staff of Prairie Farmer which position 

 he held until cominc with the lAA. 



Most of (..ip s time will be spent cal- 

 line on farm advisers, hclpinc them 

 with public itv problems, writinc feature 

 stories for the FAA RI-( ORD, planning 

 window displays for I'arm Bureau office 

 windows and promoting the effectiveness 

 of all lAA programs. 





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