Corn Sealing 



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 bring it in for shipment to CCC ter- 

 minal warehouses. A limited num- 

 ber found space for resealing their crop 

 in country grain houses. All told, about 

 25 per cent of the corn will be re- 

 sealed. 



According to one farmer of military 

 age, his Vermilion county neighbors 

 feel that war will eventually raise grain 

 prices but not for a year or two. He 

 believes that U. S. will send troops 

 to Europe within the year. His parting 

 remark was a solemn "So long. I'll 

 see you in the trenches." 



In all counties war has played a hand 

 in the resealing program. First indica- 

 tions showed that less than 20 per cent 

 of loan corn would be retained under 

 seal. Then came the war and cooper- 

 ators stormed county AAA offices to 

 learn how they could take advantage 

 of the resealing program. 



Champaign county had, roughly, 4,- 

 000,000 bushels sealed of which 1,000,- 

 000 has already been shipped to the 

 CCC. Farmers will store about 1,000,- 

 000. 



"The major reason for 75 per cent 

 of our corn going to the CCC is our 

 perponderence of tenant farmers," F. 

 H. Congleton, Champaign county com- 

 mitteeman said. 



A wheat grower from Sadorus town- 

 ship reported most wheat men in his 

 vicinity sticking close to 1940 acreage 

 i llotments. 



U. S. Carper, Scott township com- 

 mitteeman in Champaign county, said, 

 "I'd ten times rather sell my corn in 

 the usual way at a small profit than 

 seal it. The AAA has given us a 

 chance to hold and I'll hold mine 

 until the government can be paid in 

 full. I don't like to see the govern- 



EVEH-NORMAL GRANARY GROWS 

 These bins were erected in a week by 

 ten men at Shirley in McLean county. 

 Four bins were filled when the picture 

 was taken. 



ment pay for doing us a favor." 



War news has had little eflFect on 

 Piatt county farm operations one farm- 

 er said. Wheat growers are planting 

 only their alloted acreage. Many farm- 

 ers are going to reseal 25 to 50 per 

 cent of their corn. They will seal 

 about the same amount of 1939 corn 

 and put the remainder in very tem- 

 porary cribs for feeding. 



"We won't need to plow up a'single 

 extra acre or even break our rotations 

 to produce all the corn, hogs and wheat 

 the Allies might need to win their 

 war," he said. 



Last year, J. W. Ayrcs, landowner 

 living in Monticello, erected a 3000- 

 bushel crib of poles, braced with two 

 by sixes, and snow fence. Material 

 cost $125 to $150. Two- handymen 

 getting 12.50 a day put it up. Mr. 

 Ayres has his share of the 1938 crop 

 sealed in it. The floor is made of 

 one by 12 boards laid on posts. 



T. Brittenham, an Ayres tenant, re- 



HEPAIHS 

 Old, sagging cribs are taking on new shapes as fanners 

 bolster them for another crop. I. D. Sparks and his sons who 

 iarm 720 acres in Logan county are shown using wire 

 stretchers to pull their crib plumb before bracing it inside 

 and out With new boards here and there and a few roof 

 repairs, this one will hold 1939 sealed com. 



ported that his neighbor built a f>er- 

 manent crib last year costing $1300 

 in which to seal last year's crop. The 

 crib has already paid for itself by help- 

 ing its owner get more for his corn 

 through the loan program than he 

 would have taken at the elevator. 



Elevators in Macon county, the soy- 

 bean processing center of the state, 

 have contracted for most of their space 

 with processors. They are not taking 

 corn for farmers but are elevating 

 it for the CCC. 



All corn was released from seal two 

 weeks ago in Logan county. Manager 

 Keys of the Farmers Grain Company 

 of Season reports he has 100,000 bush- 

 els of corn yet to handle for the CCC. 

 Six men in his oflFice all had corn to 

 shell. There are scores like them who 

 come in every day hoping Keys had 

 had word from the CCC that he can 

 ship. Only 20,000 bushels loan corn 

 have been sent from Beason to ter- 

 minals. 



Approximately 3,400,000 bushels of 

 corn were sealed in Livingston county, 

 according to Frank Klesath, county 

 committeeman. A half million will 

 be stored, and 2,900,000 will go to 

 the CCC. Two million of that will 

 be stored in steel bins. 



McLean county farmers will reseal 

 a million bushels, V. O. Douglass, 

 AAA committeeman reported. Eleva- 

 tors will take another million leaving 

 214 million to be stored in bins. 



The serious shortage of crib room 

 facing farmers who are harvesting corn 

 at least two weeks early is gradually 

 being dispelled. New cribs and bins 

 for farm storage, CCC steel bins, ter- 

 minal elevator space and local elevator 

 space are each helping in wearing 

 down the shortage. 'The new crop will 

 be handled. — Larry Potter. 



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SEVEN-CENT STORAGE 

 This 3000-bushel crib was put up last year on the J. W. 

 Ayres farm in Piatt county. Materials cost $150, labor $50. 

 The floor is of inch boards on posts. The roof, sheet metal. 

 It is 10 by 64 feet, 12 feet high and braced inside with two 

 by sixes. The com will be reseated. 



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