A banquet and program in honor of 



outstanding -i-H Club mfmbers in Il- 

 linois has been arranged by the lAA 

 and associated companies for Tliursday 

 evening, December 2, in the Great 

 Northern Hotel, Chicago. 



Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. 



Wallace, Senator Arthur Capper of 

 Kansas, (World Peace), Senator Pope 

 of Idaho, Senator Berry of Tennessee 

 (What Organized Labor Wants). Prof. 

 Schultz of Iowa State College (Foreign 

 Trade) Senator Alben W. Barkley. 

 Kentucky, and Marriner Eccles, chair- 

 man of the Federal Reserve Board, are 

 among the speakers scheduled at the 

 A.F.B.F. Convention, Chicago Dec. 13- 

 15. . 



Illinois farmers who have harvested 

 an estimated crop of 22,135,000 bushels 

 of soybeans are not likely to see the 

 marked rise in soybean prices that fol- 

 lowed the harvest of the 1936 crop, ac- 

 cording to L. J. Norton and E. J. 

 Working, members of the department 

 of agricultural economics, University of 

 Illinois. 



Farm women from 33 states will as- 

 semble in Chicago on December 10 and 

 11 for the third annual convention of 

 the Associated Women of the Ameri- 

 can Farm Bureau Federation. Farm Bu- 

 reau auxiliary with more than 400.000 

 members. 



A famous judge of a juvenile court. 

 Mrs. Camille Kelley of Memphis, Ten 

 nessee; Senator H. Styles Bridges of 

 New Hampshire, and Charles P. Taft 

 of Cincinnati are some of the national 

 figures who will appear on the pro- 

 gram. All Farm Bureau members' 

 wives and their friends are invited to 

 attend the convention. 



ALEXANDER RITCHIE 

 "He manages the Royal Farms of King 

 George VI at Windsor. England .... 

 will judge fat steers at the International 

 Nov. 27 to Dec. 4." 



conclusions on the large acreages of 

 detasseling fields this year and the high 

 yields of seed expected. 



The increasing acreage of hybrid 

 corn is almost certain to affect agricul- 

 tural practices with some shifts already 

 under way, he said. Hybrid corn stands 

 up much better than ordinary corn and 

 for that reason is better adapted to 

 machine harvesting. This fact has in- 

 creased the demand for mechanical 

 corn pickers this fall. Furthermore the 

 sowing of winter wheat between the 

 rows of standing corn is more feasible 

 with hybrid than with open-pollinated 

 corn. 



Uncle Ab says you should cuhivate 



your memory; and sometimes it is 

 just as important to cultivate your 

 forgettery. 



Most vegetables, besides cabbages. 



beans and pumpkins, were considered 

 luxuries by the early settlers. 



Illinois men appointed recently by 



Secretary Wallace to serve on the state 

 farm security advisory committee are: 

 William E. Riegel, Tolono, Chairman; John 

 C. Spitler, Urbana; Walter McLaughlin, 

 Decatur; James E. Hill. SprinpfieUl ; Lee M. 

 Gentrj', Oregon ; Lindley M. Smith, Ozark ; 

 Hammil R. Graham, West Point; Harley O. 

 Tcdford. Lawrenccville; James V Stevenson. 

 Streator. 



W. J. Carmichael, State Director of 

 Rural Rehabilitation, Champaign, will 

 serve as executive secretary of the ad- 

 visory committee. This committee will 

 aid in administration of the Bankhead- 

 Jones farm tenant act by advising the 

 Secretary of Agriculture in the selection 

 of counties in which loans to tenants 

 should be made and in the selection of 

 county committees. > 



Every other acre of corn in Illinois 



next year will probably be planted with 

 hybrid seed, it is estimated by C. M. 

 Woodworth, chief in plant genetics. 

 University of Illinois, who bases his 



1,000 pounds of rock phosphate per 



acre increased the yield of alfalfa h.ty 

 1.888 pounds per acre reported Hugh 

 Triplett, adviser at the annual Ford 

 County Farm Bureau meeting. 



Three tests of hybrid corn revealed 



that the five best hybrid strains aver- 

 aged nearly 20 bushels an acre more 

 yield on Ford county farms than the 

 average open pollinated corn. 



More than 5,000 farmers, governors, 



state officials, farm organization rep- 

 resentatives attended a corn belt rally 

 at Indianapolis, Nov. 8 to plump for 

 a farm surplus control bill. Chairman 

 was Governor Cliff Townsend of Indi- 

 ana, former State Farm Bureau di- 

 rector of organization. Principal 

 speaker was Secretary of Agriculture 

 Henry A. Wallace whose' 55 minute 

 address was broadcast on the NBC 

 Farm and Home hour program. 



ILUNOIS WON FIRST WITH THESE 10 HEAD OF 4-H CLUB CALVES AT THE INTERNATIONAL LAST YEAR 



DECEMBER, 1937 



