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; Corn-Hog Prograrh^^^^ ? ' 



As we go to press practically all coun- 

 ties have been approved by the state 

 corn-hog review board. On August 17 A. 

 J. Surratt, chairman, stated in the I. A* 

 a; office that 83 counties had been 0. 



Benefit payment checks Have started 

 coming into Illinois in substantial 

 amounts, and work has begun by field in- 

 spectors to determine whether or not con- 

 tract signers have carried out their part 

 of the agreement. Contract signers who 

 have planted more corn than their al- 

 lotted acreage mu«t cut this extra corn 

 within 72 days after planting. Second 

 lenefit payment checks are scheduled to 

 arrive after November 15 when corn- 

 hog signers have been inspected to show 

 they have complied with the reduction 

 agreement. ■ 



Harjest Hit Counties 



Fourteen Illinois counties were recently 

 designated as emergency counties by the 

 Drouth Relief Administration. The hard 

 hit counties are Adams, Pike, Brown, 

 Calhoun, Greene, Hancock, Jersey, Schuy- 

 ler, Scott, Edgar, Monroe, Perry, St. 

 Clair and Randolph. 



Farm Bureau-Farnn Account 

 Meeting Ottawa Sept. 27 



A Farm Bureau-farm management 

 meeting will be held in Ottawa on 

 Thursday, September 27. The meeting 

 will be a roundup for co-operative farm- 

 ers in LaSalle, Grundy, Marshall-Put- 

 nam, DeKalb, Kendall, Henry, Stark and 

 Bureau counties. 



Approximately 150 farmers in this 

 territory have been keeping continuous 

 records for the past three years and 

 their books will be analyzed and dis- 

 cussed by farm-management specialists 

 of the University of Illinois. A Federal 

 Department of Agriculture man also is 

 expected to appear on the program. J. 

 B. Cunningham is field man for the 

 northern Illinois area. 



Seek Shift of Employees' 



Pension To Freight Rates 



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Railroads are proposing a freight rate 

 increase to provide approximately $170,- 

 000,000 more revenue for the new pension 

 system for railroad employees. 



The American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion and the I. A. A. will protest any 

 proposed increase in rates on farm prod- 

 ucts because of the inability of farmers 

 under present circumstances to stand a 

 larger freight load than they are now 

 carrying. , 



Many Big Farm Bureau 



Picnics Held During Aug. 



"In spite of a hot, sultry day we had 

 around 4,000 at our Farm Bureau picnic 

 at Marion," writes Dee Small, farm ad- 

 viser in Williamson county. "This was a 

 good turn-out and O. D. Brissenden, as- 

 sistant organization director, gave an ex- 

 cellent address. We heard a lot of favor- 

 able comment on his talk." ■ * 



Larry Williams addressed one of the 

 largest Farm Bureau picnics of the year 

 at Galesburg in Knox county. Business 

 men shut up shop for the afternoon to 

 join in the festivities. : :^ ; 



A similar farmer-businessman picnic 

 sponsored by the Edgar County Farm 

 Bureau was held at Paris where Presi- 

 dent Earl C. Smith was principal speaker. 



Gaiesburg Pure Milk Ass'n 



The Directors of the Galesburg Pure 

 Milk Association at their last meeting 

 voted to start work on a quality program 

 and visits will be made to all farms. A 

 price conference with the dealers was 

 held and an increase in price of fluid 

 milk is anticipated. All dairies are now 

 paying 8c above 92 score butter prices 

 for manufactured milk. 



Drought Cattle Bought ;^ 



■'More than 2,623,000 head of drouth- 

 stricken cattle had been purchased by 

 the AAA in western drouth states on 

 August 10. Average price per head 

 ranged from $13.60 to $13.70. The cat- 

 tle were bought from more than 180,000 

 farmers in 19 states, all west of the 

 Mississippi river,.. .■ 



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