Prof. Rusk Npw 



Cf^i 



Ag College Dean 



ESPONSIBILITIES of his new 

 iL/ assignment, rather than the 



^. \ honor of it, were what im- 

 pressed Prof. Henry Perly Rusk, head of 

 the department of animal husbandry, 

 when he was informed that the board of 

 trustees of the University of Illinois had 

 appointed him to be dean of the College 

 of Agriculture, director of the extension 

 service in agriculture and home econom- 

 ics and director of the agricultural ex- 

 periment station when Dean and Direc- 

 tor Joseph C. Blair retires in September. 



Expressing his endorsement of the ap- 

 pointment. Dean and Director Blair said, 

 "The board of trustees has acted very 

 wisely. It is especially fortunate that 

 they have selected one of our own group 

 who knows what agriculture on the cam- 

 pus and in the state embodies. We shall 

 all get back of him in his new work and 

 assist him in every way we can." 



Prof. Rusk was at work with the uni- 

 versity committee on scholarships and 

 fellowships in the office of Dean Robert 

 D. Carmichael, of the graduate school, 

 when reached for a statement. 



"TJie honor that comes with this ap- 

 pointment is appreciated, of course, but 

 right at this moment I am most im- 

 pressed by the responsibilities connected 

 with this new assignment. The work of 

 the (College of Agriculture and its re- 

 searth and extension branches covers 

 such broad fields of subject matter and 

 has such complex relations with so many 

 areas of public interest that the admin- 

 istrative head of these organizations can 

 hope to be little more than a coordinator. 



"I am confident that established pro- 

 grams of work will go forward without 



ing plots to show. The field was limed 

 in September of 1937 and the grass 

 mixture of timothy, blue grass and red 

 top seeded that fall. The following 

 spring (1938) the clover mixture of 

 red and sweet clover and lespedeza was 

 seeded. The field today along concrete 

 highway 127 south of Greenville shows 

 clearly the excellent results. It is in 

 great contrast to similar untreated pas- 

 ture land the other side of the highway. 

 Fred Obermark milks 16 cows and 

 farms 160 acres of land, using a five 

 year rotation of corn, oats, sweet clover, 

 wheat, red clover. His average lime- 

 stone application is 4^ tons per acre. 

 All except two of his fields have been 

 phosphated. Here again was a per- 

 manent pasture that had been limed 

 and treated with 225 lbs. of T.V.A. 

 phosphate except a strip along the 

 edge of the field. And even in De- 

 cember, a blind man could tell where 

 the phosphate ended. , 



PROF. RUSK 



"I am most impressed by the respon- 

 sibilities." 



loss of momentum because the responsi- 

 ble positions at the University are oc- 

 cupied by well-qualified people. It is 

 upon the loyalty, support and ability of 

 such a staff that effective teaching, pro- 

 gress in research and achievements in 

 extension work depend." 



A native of Illinois, Prof. Rusk was 

 born on a farm near Rantoul, July 19, 

 1884, the son of William H. and Anna 

 L. (Rennet) Rusk. He was graduated 

 from Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, 

 Ind., in 1904 and four years later, his 

 family having moved to Missouri, he was 

 graduated from the College of Agricul- 

 ture, University of Missouri, Columbia, 

 with the degree of bachelor of science. 

 Three years later he received his master 

 of science degree. 



His first position was with the Uni- 

 versity of Missouri where he served as 

 assistant in animal husbandry from 1908 

 to 1909, after which he went to Purdue 

 University, Lafayette, Ind., in a similar 

 position for one year. He joined the 

 staff of the College of Agriculture, Uni- 

 versity of Illinois in 1910 as associate in 

 beef cattle husbandry. 



Prof. Rusk has earned a national rep- 

 utation as a beef cattle judge and has 

 judged at the most important state fairs, 

 the Kansas City American Royal Live- 

 stock Exposition and the Chicago Inter- 

 national Livestock Exposition. He also 

 is a farmer and stockman in his own 

 right, having land holdings which give 

 him first-hand contact with agricultural 

 problems. 



Prof. Rusk was married to Edith E. 

 Hartley, June 28, 1911. They have two 

 daughters, Elizabeth Hartley and Martha 

 Hartley, both graduates of the University 

 of Illinois. The former is a teacher in 

 Urbana High School. 



When Fred Rasmeyer, Surk County in- 

 surance agent saw what he thought was a 

 fox in a roadside weed patch, he rushed 

 home, got his shotgun, and bowled over 

 the animal. A few minutes later he was 

 in town offering the "fox" carcass to his 

 friend Wilbur Medearies for )1. Wilbur 

 took one look, exclaimed: "That's no fox, 

 you shot my dog." 



The , twelfth annual meeting of Coles- 

 Douglas Supply Company, held in Charles- 

 ton February 15, was attended by 550 Farm 

 Bureau members and friends. B. F. Mitchel. 

 president of the company, and a director for 

 twelve consecutive years, presided at the 

 meeting. Manager John Winkleblack re- 

 ported sales of $226,720.18 to 1.695 custo- 

 mers. Of this number 1.196 were Farm 

 Bureau members, receiving dividend checks 

 averaging $18.95. Dividends paid during 

 the twelve year period of operation totaled 

 $155,988.36. G. W. Bunting, representing 

 Illinois Farm Supply Company, stressed the 

 importance of the truck salesmen giving 

 complete service on all products. 



'Some of the People — 



Ail of the Time" 



insist upon buying the 

 best butter. This is your 

 opportunity, Mr. Cream 

 Producer. Bring us more 

 Grade A cream. We can 

 then make more Prairie 

 Farms butter which we 

 can sell at a premium, 

 thus enabling us to pay 

 you a premium for grade 

 A cream. 



And the more high score 

 butter we make, the more 

 butter will be used: for 

 most of the people, all of 

 the time insist upon 

 Prairie Farms Butter. 



Illinois Producers Creameries 



AT 



Galesburg Bloomlngton Peoria 



Champaign Molina OInay 



Varbondala Carlinville Mt. Starling 



Your Producers Creamery 



Is Your Insurance of 



Better Prices. 



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