

Etstt fann moflier takes pride in her 

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It's Saler tor the chUdren too. Blue Seal 

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Blue Seal is just the thing to use around 

 the kitchen — pantry — milkhouse, or any 

 place where food is kept, because it is 

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Get a can of Blue Seal today. It has 

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ALLY SOYBEAN, crafty Ori- 

 ental, has wooed and won the 

 favor of corn belt farmers. Un- 

 til 1924 she succeeded in capturing only 

 their imaginations. It was not until she 

 offered to pay her share of the rent, in- 

 terest and taxes that they took her home, 

 introduced her to King Corn and the rest 

 of the crop folk. 



Since then her popularity has grown. 



Tenancy Problem 



(Continued from page 23) 



ancy problem? In a study of 100 farms 

 in east central Illinois, the average age of 

 the landlords was a little over 60 years. 

 It was pointed out that men of this age 

 are prone to think of the farm as it was 

 some 30 or 40 years ago when they were 

 farming it and there was no fertility 

 problem. Another point raised was that 

 many landlords have heavy mortgages on 

 the farms and cannot do what they 

 would like. 



With half of the farm owners over 60 

 years old many of whom are more con- 

 cerned about current income than soil 

 fertility, with many too far away either 

 in years or miles to know the needs of 

 the land, do we need some means of 

 maintaining soil fertility such as England 

 has.' 



Most of those attending the Ottawa 

 meeting did not believe we have reached 

 the point where such regulation is neces- 

 sary. They did think, however, that a 

 much happier relationship would exist 

 between landlord and tenant if a better 

 system of compensation could be worked 

 out for improvements made by the tenant 

 than in practice at the present time. They 

 felt that in return for assuring the tenant 

 more security of tenure and compensa- 

 tion for improvements, the landlord's 

 property will be maintained and in many 

 instances improved, and his income will 

 be increased through better farming. 



In closing. Professor Case pointed out 

 that tenant farming can be good farm- 

 ing — just as good as owner-operated. 

 "I know some tenants who would rather 

 use their capital for operating capital 

 and remain a tenant rather than buy a 

 farm," he said. 



Good tenancy is a necessary system of 

 operating farms but it should not be 

 used for exploitation of either human 

 or land resources and to the extent that 

 it does, it should be remedied. 



In 1914, Illinois farmers grew but 200 

 acres of soybeans for seed, 800 acres for 

 hay. While seed for planting was scarce, 

 there was little demand for it. 



Then, in 1919, Sally appealed to farm- 

 ers on a financial basis. The average 

 Illinois price for the year was $4.66 a 

 bushel. The acreage grown for seed 

 jumped from 4,000 in 1920 to 17,000 

 in 1921. And the price toppled to 

 $2.02. But Sally's admirers were true. 



In the ten years from 1924 to 1933, 

 soybean acreage in the U. S. more than 

 doubled, swelled from 1.8 million acres 

 to 3.8 million acres. In the next two 

 years the U. S. acreage doubled again, 

 reached seven million. 



Farmers were learning how to grow 

 the crop. This was reflected in increased 

 production. The greatest increase was 

 from 13 million bushels in 1933 to 44 

 million bushels in 1935. Yields rose 

 from 11 bushels in 1924 to 17.5 bushels 

 in 1937. 



As the mighty tide of beans rolled into 

 market channels, price suffered. From the 

 U. S. average of $2.50 in 1924 it dropped 

 to the depression low of 44 cents in 1932. 

 It seemed that Sally had broken her 

 promise to pay. 



But Sally had won friends in other 

 quarters. Food manufacturers, paint 

 mixers, soap makers and drug chemists 

 began to use soyoil in place of cotton- 

 seed and linseed oil. Farmers showed 

 their appreciation of the interest others 

 were taking in Sally by coating their 

 buildings with Soyoil paints. 



But Sally got her share of kicks, too. 

 She was accused of making soft pork. 

 Folks say she is a soil robber. But in 

 spite of it all, Sally came back. 



In 1935, prices climbed to more thaf» 

 a dollar a bushel. With the record crop 

 of 44 million bushels in the same year, 

 price lapsed to 79 cents. Then Sally came 

 to her feet once more as the price ad- 

 vanced to $1.74 in May of 1937. The 

 big 1937 crop once more tumbled prices, 

 to around 85c. 



Outlook men say that 1938 will be a. 

 good year for Sally Soybean. Fewer acres 

 will be planted for seed with the great- 

 est reduction in Illinois. She will have 

 less competition in the oil markets with, 

 a much reduced acreage of cotton, USDA 

 experts say. 



Come what may — hats off to Sally 

 — she may yet become America's Num- 

 ber 1 food crop! 



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