Vegetable Oil Imports 



If all the imported oils were to be 



replaced with soybean oil, more than 

 7,640,000 acres of soybeans would be 

 required, assuming a yield of 25 bushels 

 per acre and an oil yield of eight 

 pounds to the bu. To get this oil, 

 4,584,000 tons of soybean meal would 

 be produced, says Prof. L. J. Norton, 

 U. of I. 



Principal oils imported are palm oil, 

 cocoanut oil and copra, which go into 

 soaps, and flaxseed and tung oils, which 

 go into paints. About two-thirds of the 

 oils and fats used in making oleomar- 

 garine in 1938 were of domestic origin. 



I. A. A. Safety Lane 



Probably the last season for the lAA 

 testing lane will start some time in May. 



This brake and headlight testing serv- 

 ice which has toured the state for the past 

 four years has been received increasingly 

 well. Note the results by years . . . 

 5311 cars tested in 1935; 24,550 in 

 1936; 24,485 in 1937, and 26,030 last 

 year. 



The results indicate that motorists are 

 becoming more concerned over the con- 

 dition of brakes, lights and other safety 

 factors, a healthy condition and one 

 brought about in no small measure by 

 safety activities of many organizations 

 during recent times. 



It may be more than a coincidence that 

 this trend preceded last year's substantial 

 decrease in highway deaths. 



To travel around with no taillight, 

 only one headlight or poor brakes is no 

 more foolhardy than to carry a loaded 

 and cocked pistol in one's pocket. Watch 

 for the Safety Lane date in your county 

 and take advantage of this free safety 

 check up — another Farm Bureau serv- 

 ice. 



After May 1 it will be illegal to per- 

 mit any motor vehicle you own or con- 

 trol to be driven by anyone who does 

 not have a chauffer's license or driver's 

 license as required by law. 



ON BUYING A FABM 



"T'HE seUction of a farm and Ih* 

 ■^ decision to sign a mortgage to 

 finance a part of the purchase 

 price," says Governor F. F. Hill of 

 the Farm Credit Administration, "are 

 probably the most important busi- 

 ness decisions a farmer makes in his 

 lifetime. If he makes a mistake in 

 selecting o farm, in trying to finance 

 too great a port of the purchase 

 price on credit, in undertaking to 

 repay the mortgage in too short a 

 time and on terms he cannot rea- 

 sonably expect to meet, or agrees 

 to an interest rate which is beyond 

 his ability to meet, he has started 

 a struggle that may last a lifetime 

 against almost impossible odds." 



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