SPtCIAL HONOR WAS GIVEN TO ILLINOIS FAKMtRS WHO FOR TEN YEARS OR 

 more have been keeping farm accounts. Part oi the honored group, seated left to 

 right are: John P. Hanna. Geneseo; E. D. Lawrence. Bloomington; M. L. Mosher. pro- 

 fessor of farm monagement extension; J. V. Stevenson, Streator; and C. I. McCord, New- 

 ton. Standing, left to right are: M. File, Pocahontas; Kenneth Berry, Harrisburg; C. P. 

 Mills, St. loseph, and C, M. Smith, Eureka. 



Farm and Home Week 



By CAP MAST 



((I A OU D have to be quintup- 

 VJ / lets to get around to all 

 ^^^ the sessions you'd likt to 

 attend. " commented a Farm and Home 

 Week visitor at the College of Agri- 

 culture, University of Illinois And 

 how well he spoke the truth can be 

 verified by some 4000 Illinois farm 

 folks who turned over the chores to 

 mother, father, brother, sister, or the 

 hired hand, while they took part in 

 the Farm and Home Week programs. 

 January 10-14. 



Fully 300 separate sessions were in- 

 cluded in the five day period of instruc- 

 tion and entertainment. "An attempt 

 has been made to provide something 

 of interest for every one attending.' 

 said R. R. Hudei.son, assistant dean of 

 the Agricultural College who was chair- 

 man of the committee on arrangements 

 Courses were so planned as to center 

 on a particular subject on designated 

 days, for the convenience of farmers 

 whose interests were on one phase of 



farming. Monday was corn day; Mon- 

 day and Tuesday, Illinois cooperative 

 conference; Tuesday, horse day; 

 Wednesday, beef cattle, hybrid corn, 

 and farm accounts day; Thursday and 

 Friday, rural electrification conference; 

 Thursday, farm managers' day; and 

 Friday, swine day. 



If there was any doubt in the minds 

 of Prof. H. C. M. Case, Head of the 

 Agricultural Economics Department or 

 any of his staff as to the interest that 

 would be shown in the two-day coop- 

 erative conference, all fears were dis- 

 pelled by the time the first session con- 

 vened, for at that and practically all 

 subseejuent meetings, conference rooms 

 were taxed to capacity with standing 

 room only in many instances. The 

 lAA was well represented in these 

 conferences with Frank Gougler, Har- 

 rison Fahrnkopf. S. F. Russell, and 

 Wilfred Shaw appearing on the pro- 

 grams. 



Hybrid corn conferences continued 



to command a great de.il of attention. 

 Results of the 1937 performance tests 

 announced by George H. Dungan, chief 

 of crop production, showed that the 

 five best hybrids oiityiclded the five 

 best open-pollinated varieties by 12.'> 

 bushels an acre. Thirty open-pollinated 

 and 302 hybrids were tested on 21 

 fields in different sections of the state. 

 It was estimated that probably 50 per- 

 cent of Illinois corn acreage will be 

 planted with hybrid seed this year. 



( ontestants in the ten-acre yield con- 

 test had a real race for top honors 

 with Jake Bcrkes. DeKalb C.ounty. be- 

 ing awarded the championship over 

 a record field of 39 entries. Gold 

 medals were awarded by the Illinois 

 Crop Improvement Association, spon- 

 sors of the contest, to 30 of the par- 

 ticipants for producing more than lOO 

 bushels of corn per acre. 



Eight growers were awarded silver 

 medals for producing between 90 and 

 100 bushels and only one received .1 

 bronze medal for producing between 

 80 and 90 bushels. Never before in 

 the history of the event have more 

 than four gold medals been awarded 

 in one year. 



Karl Wessbecker. a 17-year-old 4-H 

 member of Logan County was made 

 the "Corn King" of Illinois when his 

 ten-ear sample was awarded the grand 

 championship in the annual seed grain 

 and utility corn show. His sample 

 also scored highest in the junior classes 

 of the show which ^i.\i him the addi- 

 tional title of "Corn Prince." 



Illinois farmers who have cooperated 

 with the University of Illinois in keep- 

 ing farm accounts for a period of ten 

 years or longer, were given special 

 recognition during Farm and Home 

 Week. Several of these men who have 

 done an outstanding piece of work 

 appeared on the Wednesday program. 

 Included in this group were lAA di- 

 rectors C. M. Smith, 17th District, 

 whose subject was "How I Used Farm 

 Records to Build My Farm Business " 

 and Chester McCord. 23rd District, 



DR. H. C. M. CASE 

 He directed organization of the coopera- 

 tive program. 



DONALD KIRKPATRICK DELIVERED ED 

 O'Neal's Farm and Home Week Address 

 when O'Neal was detained in Washing- 

 Ion. 



H. P. RUSK, HEAD OF THE ANIMAL 

 Husbandry Department, paid tribute to 

 Illinois premier stockmen. 



