Hybrid Corn Race 



(Continued from page 8) 



That the crop improvement associa- 

 tion and its certification work is an out- 

 standing influence for the production 

 of pure seed is undeniable. It is pro- 

 viding the smaller seed growers, partic- 

 ularly, with an inspection service, valu- 

 able information, and stamp of approv- 

 al which farmers sooner or later will 

 appreciate. The very existence of such 

 an Association tRat is wide-awake, ac- 

 tive, and alert to protect farmers 

 against poor seed is bound to be a 

 great influence for good. 



A few of the larger producers of 

 commercial hybrid corn do not certify 

 on the ground that certification is a 

 needless expense since they must pro- 

 vide their own inspection service any- 

 way. 



Undoubtedly the larger producers 

 with plant breeding experts on their 

 staffs have less need for the educa- 

 tional and inspection services of the 

 crop imporvement association than the 

 smaller producers. There is something 

 to the argument, also, that certifica- 

 tion cannot displace the honesty and in- 

 tegrity of the producer. A dishonest 

 person often finds ways and means of 

 getting around the law, but sooner or 

 later he will be found out. He is 

 likely to be found out much more 

 quickly through certification and in- 

 spection than without it. 



In the end, the results obtained by 

 the buyer from seed purchased will 

 determine whether or not he will come 

 back for more. There is good seed 

 available that is not certified. But when 

 it is certified you have not only the 

 integrity of the producer back of it 

 but also the okeh of a cooperative in- 

 spection service. So long as certified 

 seed costs little, I'f any more than that 

 uncertified, all other things being equal, 

 wise farmers will purchase seed carry- 

 ing the "CERTIFIED" label. The fact 

 that the Seed Inspection Service of the 

 State Department of Agriculture rec- 

 ognizes and works hand in hand with 

 the Crop Improvement Association is 

 indicative of the high regard in which 

 its work for pure seed is generally 

 held. 



Illinois com acreage was reduced ap- 

 proximately one million acres below 

 that of 1937, a preliminary survey 

 shows. This is close to a 12 per cent 

 reduction. 



President Talmage DeFrees of the 



Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange re- 

 ported that the '38 Illinois peach 

 crop would approximate 2500 bushels. 

 Prices are fairly good considering eco- 

 nomic conditions. No. 1 pack brought 

 from $1.60 to $1.70 in carload lots 

 FO.B. Centralia. 



'^What I've Learned 



About Handling Children'' 



A Home Bureau Member Speaks Her Mind, 

 On An interesting Subject 



By NELL FLATT GOODMAN. 

 Home Bureau Editor 



QV .RS. GEORGE FELL, of Ed- 

 --^^// §*'■ county, doesn't intend 

 < L -y Vl to spoil her grandchildren. 

 She only has one. And it's a wee new 

 baby girl lately come to live with her 

 son and his wife. She has been rather 

 busy helping adjust the new arrival, but 

 spoil it? Never, says she. 



"Grandparents can make it too hard 

 for the child's parents," she insists. "We 

 will try to do what they want us to do. 

 None of this rocking to sleep if the par- 

 ents don't approve." 



The main thing about growing young- 

 sters, Mrs. Fell believes, is to cultivate 

 the thing in which they are the most in- 

 terested. Children make better adults 

 by letting them follow their own line. 



That's what Mr. and Mrs. Fell tried 

 to do with their own boys. The oldest 

 son, the father of the new baby, liked 

 the farm. As a boy he liked to garden. 

 He is now farming the home place. Mrs. 

 Fell believes folks are more successful 

 doing the things they like to do. 



The living room of the Fell home, 

 at times, might be mistaken for an air- 

 plane factory. Airplanes of various types 

 and in various stages of construction may 

 be found. The second boy, a senior in 

 high school likes to build. So, says Mrs. 

 Fell, why should he be made to farm? 

 Parents will do well to foster their chil- 

 drens main interests. 



Formerly a member of the Coles 

 County Home Bureau for six years, since 

 a new organization has been established 



in Edgar county, Mrs. Fell has affiliated 

 with her home group. She says, as many 

 another Home Bureau member of long 

 standing, that it is difficult to name all 

 the benefits received. 



"I try to follow suggestions for feed- 

 ing the family. Our meal planning 

 really takes place a year ahead of time. 

 We plan our years supply of meat, we 

 grow our potatoes, we can fruits and 

 vegetables. We know for the most part 

 what we are going to have to cook with 

 some months in advance. But we can 

 learn many new angles and ideas to add 

 and improve what we have. 



"For example, in canning tomato 

 juice," Mrs. Fell explained, many of the 

 fresh vitamins are retained by forcing the 

 raw tomatoes through the coUander or 

 sieve to extract the juice, then putting 

 it in cans and processing it. It has a 

 fresh flavor and such a bright color. 



"We have found in this county that 

 the ones who have belonged the longest 

 have the strongest unit," Mrs. Fell said 

 in talking about Home Bureau. 



For keeping up interest and accom- 

 plishing most, she said that they have 

 three pot-luck dinners a year. In De- 

 cember they make things — she men- 

 tioned a cellophane Christmas tree — 

 and in January and February they plan. 



The Fell family have always been in- 

 terested in making things. While show- 

 ing a closet with shelves to the ceiling 

 piled high with quilts, she admitted she 



(Continued on page 2}) 



MR. & MRS. GEO. 

 FELL 



Coverlet with de- 

 sign oi Capitol at 

 Washington in 1846. 



SEPTEMBER, 1938 



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