Both methods of procurement are cost- 

 ly. The first, because good gravel costs 

 $1.25 a ton at the side track. The 

 second, because creek-bed gravel makes 

 only a fair road at best and must be 

 replaced often. 



Across the Illinois river in Pike 

 county are great bluffs of prime mate- 

 rial — limestone. Two drawbacks to 



the rock can be hauled by truck from 

 the top of the bluff down to the crush- 

 er with a minimum of effort. Figures 

 show that the crushed stone costs Dis- 

 trict Four but 50 cents for a three-yard 

 load at the quarry and that it costs 

 from $1.75 to $2.00 a load on the road. 

 With the federal government furnish- 

 ing labor, culverts, concrete, dynamite 



and hand tools and the local govern- 

 ment furnishing the tractors, graders, 

 trucks, crusher, mixer, bridge lumber 

 and reinforcing steel, the cost per mile 

 of road to the district averages $500. 

 In addition to providing the district 

 with permanent, top-notch roads, the 

 project is giving 50 families a $44 a 

 month income through worthwhile 

 work. 



A GOOD FOUNDATION 

 Drainage, the first requirement for an all-weather road, is provided by deep, back- 

 sloped ditches. The first surface is of coarse rock, 800 to 1000 tons per mile for a single 

 track in the middle. Later applications will be of fine stone suitable for blading into any 

 ruts or bumps that develop. 



using rock are that it must be quarried 

 and crushed and that it must be hauled 

 15 to 25 miles. 



"Once limestone has been properly 

 applied it makes an all-weather road 

 that is easy to maintain and will last 

 indefinitely. The best gravel road is 

 only fair in comparison with a rock 

 road. It's as good as concrete and a 

 lot cheaper, " Burrows says. 



When Bruce says "properly applied" 

 he means that the right-of-way has 

 been graded high and level; that the 

 ditches have been made deep with 

 enough fall to take the water away; 

 that culverts and bridges are all in 

 and thoroughly settled; that hills have 

 been cut down and fills widened and 

 settled. 



He means that between 800 and 1000 

 tons of coarsely crushed rock have been 

 applied to a single track width on each 

 mile; that the rock is pure limestone 

 without flint or chert; that the newly 

 placed stone is kept in place with a 

 road maintainer until it has settled. 



Bruce knew that he could, with 

 WPA men, quarry, crush and haul 

 stone from Pike county cheaper than 

 he could buy gravel. In the first place, 

 the stone comes to the surface of the 

 bluff and can be quarried without 

 stripping away any soil. Then, too, 



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Pure Milk \»»'n 



Applies For Hearing 



A public hearing as provided for by 

 the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 

 1938, to determine the advisability and 

 need of a milk marketing agreement 

 on the Chicago market has been re- 

 quested of Secretary of Agriculture 

 Henry A. Wallace by the Pure Milk 

 Association. 



The Association recently pointed out 

 that under the Capper- Volstead act co- 

 operative associations of producers are 

 exempt from the Sherman Anti-Trust 

 Act, that this matter was being brought 

 to the attention of the Department of 

 Justice which indicated officials of the 

 Association along with the health com- 

 missioner of Chicago, milk dealers, 

 milk wagon drivers union leaders and 

 others. 



lAA Convention 



(Continued from page 7) 



and policy matters of vital concern to the 

 Farm Bureau movement. 



To provide for the entertainment of 

 delegates and convention visitors other 

 than the official group at the banquet 

 Monday night, a Talent Night program is 

 being arranged by younger members of 

 the staff. The new lAA talkie motion 

 picture film is expected to be completed 

 shortly and may be shown at this session. 

 Amateur musical, dance and dramatic 

 talent selected from Rural Youth groups 

 and Farm Bureau communities organiza- 

 tions will provide choice entertainment 

 for all. 



In his annual address, Tuesday morn- 

 ing, Earl C. Smith, president of the As- 

 sociation is expected to sound the key- 

 note of the convention, discuss state and 

 national problems of current interest and 

 importance to Illinois farmers, and re- 

 port on legislative matters and the pro- 

 gress of the associated companies. 



The annual reports of the secretaries 

 and treasurer on organization, marketing, 

 taxation, legal, information, financial 

 and other activities of the Association 

 will be given as in past years on the 

 morning of the first day of the lAA meet- 

 ing. 



The terms of directors from the odd- 

 numbered districts expire with the com- 

 ing convention and nominations for di- 

 rectors for two-year terms will be made 

 from these districts at caucuses on Tues- 

 day afternoon. The time and place of 

 each caucus will be announced in the of- 

 ficial program. 



Directors whose terms expire include 

 E. Harris, Grayslake, 1-1 1th districts; 

 Leo M. Knox, Morrison, 13th; M. Ray 

 Ihrig, Golden, 15th; Chas. M. Smith, 

 Eureka, 1 7th ; Eugene Curtis, Champaign, 

 19th; Dwight Hart, Sharpsburg, 21st; 

 Chester McCord, Newton, 23rd; August 

 G. Eggerding, Red Bud, 25th. Nomina- 

 tion and election of a president and vice- 

 president, and election of directors will 

 take place at the business session to be 

 held Tuesday night, Jan. 31 after the 

 speaking program. 



There will be music and entertainment 

 at the main sessions throughout the con- 

 vention. 



Union County Farm Bureau has been 



holding a monthly forum to discuss 

 tax and legislative matters. At a re- 

 cent overflow meeting addressed by 

 John C. Watson of the lAA, Senator 

 R. Wallace Karraker said: "In my 47 

 years as a resident of this county this 

 is the first meeting I ever heard of be- 

 ing held by a group of taxpayers to 

 discuss intelligently problems of gov- 

 ernment." r [ 



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