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/NY program to help older 

 ^^L rural youth must provide 

 ^ ^^ i for those who will eventual- 

 ly cngage'in occupations other than farm- 

 ing, according to L. R. Simons, director 

 of extension at Cornell University. 



Figures show that only one-fourth of 

 the farm boys and girls will engage in 

 full-time farming for themselves if the 



E resent standard of living on farms is to 

 e maintained or improved, he said. An- 

 other one-fourth will be on farms where 

 resources are so meager that part-time, 

 non-agricultural work will be needed to 

 maintain a satisfactory living. The other 

 one-half will need to depend entirely on 

 non-agricultural work. 



Needs of rural youth between the ages 

 of 18 and 25 are largely organization, 

 education, occupation, and recreation, Di- 

 rector Simons pointed out. Assistance of 

 research workers is needed to build a 

 sound extension program with these 

 young people. 



"We believe studies should be under- 

 taken by the Land-Grant Colleges and 

 the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture to determine the method whereby 

 the next generation is to earn its living 

 from farming. Is it to be a landlord- 

 tenant relationship or a laborer-tenant- 

 owner relationship?" 



He also pointed out the need for addi- 

 tional personnel and extension funds to 

 deal satisfactorily with the older rural 

 youth group. Director Simons is na- 

 tional chairman of the older rural youth 

 committee of the extension division of 

 the Land-Grant College Association of 

 America. 



The Producers' Creamery of Champaign 



had eighteen patrons during the past year 

 that produced and delivered over a ton of 

 butterfat. Production of butterfat is low 

 in this district due to the fact that fewer 

 farmers are producing dairy products this 

 year. Some men say they would buy cows 

 if they knew where they could buy them, 

 but cows are scarce and are going up in 

 price. Production is especially low during 

 the corn-husking period and many cows are 

 not receiving the kind of care they should 

 have. With better feed and care after field 

 work is over we expect a rise in production. 



Local sales of Prairie Farms butter con- 

 tinue to rise in this district. The quality of 

 cream and of butter has been increasing. 

 During the month of September no C-grade 

 cream was received at the plant. 



The annual meeting of the Producers' 

 Creamery of Champaign was held at the 

 plant November 23. Professor Erf of the 

 Dairy Department, Ohio State University 

 spoke on "Feeding for Production." Profes- 

 sor Erf has done much research on feeding 

 in relation to protein and minerals for 

 dairy cows. 



FROM 13 COUNTIES, 45 YOUNG FOLKS 

 They came to study and inapect lAA and Associated companies. AFBF and National 

 marketing co-operatives. The tours lasted two days. Farm Adviser Geo. H. Iftner 

 (fourth from right seated) oi Tazewell county is with this group of young men. 



Rural Touth Front Thirteen 



Counties Visit lAA Offices 



y^N November, 45 representatives 



01 of Illinois Rural Youth from 13 

 y / counties inspected Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association offices, learned about 

 its organization, saw inside workings of 

 lAA Associated Companies, American 

 Farm Bureau Federation and National 

 marketing organizations. 



The series of three two-day tours were 

 held November 1 and 2, 8 and 9, and 

 15 and 16. 



Staff members, department heads, 

 company managers and officials of the 

 lAA and subsidiaries explained the func- 

 tions of each department, told of the 

 Farm Bureau activities in Illinois carried 

 on through the lAA and AFBF. The 

 young folks, eager to learn more about 

 their organization, were attentive, jotted 

 many notes, asked studied questions, pre- 

 pared to describe organization set-up and 

 activities of state and national Farm 

 Bureaus for rural youth meetings back 

 home. 



Rural Youth representatives on the tours 

 were; 



November 1 and 2 ; MaJiion County. Ed- 

 ward W. Plegge, Hilbert Plegge, Lester 

 Bohnenstiehl, Paul Widicus; Whiteside Coun- 

 ty, John Boland; DuPage County, Wayne 

 Crone, Nathan Barkdoll; McHenry County, 

 Edson Bridges, Donald Schuett, John H. 

 Brock, DeKalb County, Arthur Weaver, Don- 

 ald Mosher. 



Nov. 8 and 9; Ford County, Hugh D. 

 Triplett, Glen F. Mies, Raymond Veatch, 



Eugene Rice; Henry County, W. Ralph Tay- 

 lor, Farm Adviser Ass't., Harold J. Wilde- 

 muth, Jr., Oliver Ratlilf; Mercer County, 

 Earl D. Peterson, Farm Adviser, Robert Ketzle, 

 Hal V. Godard, Andrew Lemon, John Rath- 

 bun; Tazewell County, G. H. Iftner, Farm 

 Adviser, Victor Sommer, Robert E. Hopkins, 

 Jr., Walter M. Shay, Paul Chaffer, Clarence 

 Smith. 



Nov. 15 and 16; Champaign County, Al H. 

 Moore, Elmer F. Gehrt, Robert W. Smith, 

 Harold P. Templeton; DuPage County, Alice 

 E. Rieser, Geraldine Rieser; Kane County, 

 Don Norris, Lee F. O'Brien, Glenn Middle- 

 ton; Marshall-Putnam County, L. J. Hager, 

 Farm Adviser, Charles W. Read ; XTill County, 

 Howard Harshbarger, Lewis Ebert, Robert 

 Budde, Chas. Swanberg. 



$1000 in cash and goods was realized 

 by the Cook County Farm Bureau at its 

 auction sale held in the new Farm 

 Bureau building, Arlington Heights. 



H. H. Doughty, Ford County Service 

 Company manager, reports a 10 per cent 

 dividend amounting to $13,800. 



Egyptian Service Company reports its 

 most successful year for the period ended 

 August 31. Dividends totaling J4.350.00 

 were distributed at the annual meeting, held 

 at Salem, Thursday, October 28. 



Farm Bureau member patrons are en- 

 thusiastically preparing for a much larger 

 business another year, according to Fred E. 

 Herndon, president of Illinois Farm Supply 

 Company, who spoke at the meeting. O. J. 

 Grossmann has been the manager the past 

 year. 



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