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APRIL SHOWERS BROUGHT ICE FLOWERS 

 Rain, cold and high winds combined to pull down 

 hundreds oi miles of telephone lines in central Il- 

 linois. April 6. The picture was taken on route 

 51 near LaSalle. 



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THIS PICTURE WAS TAK- 

 en (left above) to show how 

 serious gullying is becoming 

 in many of our fields." writes 

 I. W. Whisenand. Peoria coun- 

 ty farm adviser. This field 

 now has an excellent stand of 

 alfalfa sowed in oats a year 

 ago. Yet the alfalfa ^vasn't 

 enough to control serious 

 gullying this spring. 



MRS. KILDEER AT HOME 

 Her nest, containing four 

 brov/n mottled eggs, vras 

 built in an open field. 



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TO PUT MORE UFT IN MORTGAGE LIFTERS 

 This was the aim of experiments by the U. of I Ag College. 

 Results were disclosed to hog raisers during Swine Growers 

 Day, March 31. Inspecting a cinder pen for litters are: (left 

 to right) Harold Bruder, Champaign county; Uncle loe Ful- 

 kerson, lersey county; Sam Russell. lAA; and Leonard Kelley, 

 McLean county. 



