be 



111- 

 iics 

 ing 

 Tn- 



to 

 rnc 

 .is, 

 the 

 ion 

 im- 

 his 

 cnt 



ble 



the 



:ia- 



be 



* • 



t :- 



< . •" 



< '» 



Plan Co-op Marketing 



Meetings for February 



A series of district meetings for the 

 purpose of discussing all phases of the 

 co-operative marketing program is be- 

 ing sponsored throughout the state by 

 the lUinois Agricultural Association 

 during February. Purpose of the meet- 

 ings is to discover, if possible, ways 

 and means through whicii the co-opera- 

 tive marketing program can be im- 

 proved or strengthened. 



The meetings arc scheduled as fol- 

 lows : 



Mt. Vernon, l-.mnicrson Hotel, I'eb. 



^. 

 Galesburg, I'arm Bureau Building, 



Feb. 11. 

 Champaign, Farm Bureau Building, 



Feb.' 16. 

 Jacksonville, Farm Bureau Building, 



Feb. 17. 

 De Kalb, (place to be announced 



later), Feb. 2'1. 

 All meetings will start promptly at 

 10 a.m. and they will be adjourned 

 by 3 or 3:30 p.m. 



Expected to attend the meetings are: 

 County Farm Bureau marketing com- 

 mittees, farm advisers. Farm Bureau 

 presidents, county organization direc- 

 tors, and other members of the County 

 Farm Bureau boards, if they desire to 

 attend. Attending from the lAA will 

 be the heads of the marketing depart- 

 ments, field secretary, one or more 

 members of the. lAA marketing com- 

 mittee, and other members of the lAA 

 ifcoard if they desire to attend. 



ML^^ 



Producer Annual Meetings 



^^Springfield Producers — Feb. 26 — 



St. Nicholas Hotel 

 St. Louis Producers — March 8 — 



Joflfel-son Hotel 

 Chicago Producers — March 9 — 



Hotel Sherman 





*« 



Annual meeting of the Southern Illinois 

 Horticultural Society Jan. 17 at Carbon- 



dale was well attended by growers oi 



the area. 



FARM AND HOME WEEK 



Charles H. Berg. DuPage County Farm Bu- 

 reau member, demonstrates the powder- 

 dry condition of his soil in January. 



ILLINOIS farmers will take o\er the U. 

 of 1. campus Feb. 8 to 10 a> tiicy 

 gather for the i9th annual Farm and 

 Home Week program and prepare for 

 the big job of production in 19-11. A 

 list of rooms available for Farm and 

 Home week visitors will Ix- maintained 

 at the registration desk .,i the U. of I. 

 auditorium. Meals may he secured at the 

 mini Union Building between the hours 

 of 7:15-8:30 a.m.; 11 :30 a.m. — 1 p.m. 

 and 5:30-7 p.m.; and at local restaurants. 

 For those who are unable to attend the 

 program at the university, arrangements 

 have been made to broadcast as much as 

 possible of the program. Station NX'ILL. 

 580 on the radio dial, will broadcast 

 these programs. 



The 194 4 program is streamlined to 

 make the best possible use of time and 

 yet is designed to cover every subject 

 from taxes to machinery. The various 

 sessions are arranged so that visitors may 

 select those they wish to attend by the 

 general topic listings. 



GENERAL SESSIONS 

 There will be a general session at 3 

 p.m. in the University Auditorium on 

 Tuesday, Wednesday, and Ihursday. and 

 an evening session at 7:30 p.m. on Tues- 

 day and 8:p.m. Wednesday in the Audi- 

 torium. Vesper services will be held at 

 5:15 p.m on Tuesday and Wednesday in 

 Smith Music Hall. 



Speaker for the Tuesday general ses- 

 sion will be John H. Kolb, research work- 

 er and author in rural sociology. Univer- 

 sity of Wisconsin. His topic will be 

 "Youth in the Rural Community." Fea- 

 ture of the Tue,sday evening session will 

 be an address and slides on "Some Im- 

 pressions of Brazil," by H. H. Alp, spe- 

 cialist in poultry production, U. of L, re- 

 cently returned from an assignment in 

 Brazil. At 8:30 p. m. Tuesday there will 

 be a "Farm and Home Week Open 

 House" in the lllini Union. 



General session speaker Wednesday 

 afternoon will be Paul G. Hotfman, 

 chairman of lommittee tor economic de- 

 velopment. New ^'ork, and president of 

 the Studeh.tker Corporation. His topic 

 will be Productivity The Key to the 

 Maintenance of Freedom." Evening ses- 

 sion speaker will be Roscoe 1 urner, win- 

 ner ot air races and pioneer in aviation, 

 who will discuss Aviation, ^'esterday. 

 Today, and Tomorrow." At 9 p. m. 

 there will be a social recreation program 

 in the lower gymnasium of the Wojnan's 

 Building. 



Speaker for the Thursday atternoon 

 ( Ci/niiitutJ of! pjge 2i i 



lones Reorganizes WFA; 



Sets Up Office of Price 



.Marvin Jones, War Food Adminis- 

 tration director, has announced a re- 

 organization of the WFA which estab- 

 lishes a new "Otfice of Price" within 

 the WFA and sets up the AAA, FSA 

 and Soil Conservation Service as inde- 

 pendent agencies reporting directly to 

 Jones. Previously the AAA, FSA and 

 SCS were under the Food Production 

 Administration. 



Jones named Ashley Sellers, assistant 

 administrator, as temporary head of the 

 Otfice of Price. It will supervise all 

 WFA functions relative to approval of 

 maximum prices and pr.< esi:pp ,:■; jTO 

 grams. The Otfice of Price takes over 

 some of the functions of the C ommod- 

 ity Credit C^orporation and w'ill recom- 

 mend directly to Jones what commod- 

 ities should be supported and the levels 

 and methods of support. 



J. B. Huston, head of the CCC, re 

 mains as head of the Food Production 

 .Administration. which is renamed 

 Office of Production. 



The Food Distribution Administra- 

 tion under Lee Marshall was renamed 

 the Office of Distribution. 



FEBRUARY, 1944 



