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Neighbors husk corn on the Jensen farm, 

 Bourbon community, Douglas county, fol- 

 lowing the death of John Jensen in Novem- 



Commnnity Folks Biing 



Asi^istance to Neighbor 



A demonstration of community 

 nc-i^hborliness was made rctently in 

 the Bourbon community of Douglas 

 county when nei^'hbors husked the 

 corn crop on the Jensen farm. 



John Jensen died during tlie last ot 

 No\ember and after folks in his com- 

 munity were nearly throu/,'h with their 

 corn, they went into his field of 1 10 

 acres and husked it all in one day's 

 time usin^ nine corn pickers and 3^ 

 men. 



Of the IK) acres production, the 

 corn from 90 acres was delivered in the 

 car to t he Bourbon elevator within one 

 mile of the held and the rest was stored 

 in the corn crib on the Jensen farm. 



ber. The 140 acres was husked in one 

 day by 37 men using nine corn pickers. 



1 weniv-two ladies ot the community 

 served dinner to the workers at the 

 Baptist Church in Bourbon. The men 

 who turnished wagons, pickers, anil 

 tractors were f.laus lav. Arthur Albin. 

 Milton Hallber^. Wilbur Waters. 

 George O Lau^hlin. F.mery Gin^erich. 

 Capt. Roy Jones, lames Waters, F.rnesi 

 Perkins, Alvia Guy. Dale Still. Marion 

 Watson, Lloyd Warnes, Ed Speelman. 

 John Koster, Harry McConnell. Harry 

 Hanson, Fverett Decker, Ed KroU, 

 John Atwell, Howard Cunditf, Elmer 

 Herrini;son. Harvey Kauffman, George 

 Kautfman, (). C Heit. Glenn Smith, 

 Charles Dobson, Henry Schultz, Jr., 

 Jake Waters, Welcome Ciarrett, Gene 

 Selle, Thomas Herrin^'ton, Roy GcKtz. 

 Cieor^e Jones, two sons and one broth 

 er of .\fr. Jensen. Waviu. Walter and 

 Pete. 



SIMPLIFIED CORN PRICE CONTROLS 



WITH the raising of the ceiling price 

 on corn from SI. 07 for No. 2 corn. 

 CJiicaj;o basis, to SI. 16, Dec. 6, a sim- 

 plification on corn price controls was 

 made which should give farmers a bet- 

 ter idea of what the ceiling price is for 

 their respective areas. 



The action was taken by the OPA. 

 with the concurrence of the WI'A and 

 embodied in a directive from the director 

 of economic stabilization. 



The Chicago No. 2 ceiling price is a 

 formula price and the maximum price 

 at which corn may be sold at a country 

 point is computed on this basis with de- 

 ductions for freight, handling charges, 

 grade discounts and moisture content. 

 White corn is worth a premium of just 

 1 "i cents per bushel over yellow. 



The deductions for moisture content 



in e.xcess of l^'j i"*"" *■''"' •^^'^ •''' '"'" 

 lows : 1 _> c eiit per bushel for each 1 _, per 

 cent of moisture content over O't and 

 under 171,^; 3,^ cent for each ^2 P'-'' 

 cent over I7V2 and under JO per cent: 

 1 cent for each 1 2 P'-"' '-'-■"' o^*-'' -" P'-'' 

 cent. 



It will be noted that lorn containing 

 moisture-' in the bracket l^'i to 171, 

 per cent will have the same discount 

 under the new order as the old. From 

 I7I2 up there is a gradual increase in 

 the discount under the new order so that 

 at 28 per cent of moisture the entire in 

 crea,se in the base price if offset by the 

 higher discount provided. 



If a producer sells to a trucker, to an 

 other farmer, to an elevator, or any other 

 buyer fob. his crib, the ceiling price is 

 i cents less than the on-tr.ick ceilini; 



price at the nearest elevator, or 1 1 2 tents 

 less than the price delivered at the 

 elevator. 



If a farmer sells and delivers ^orn 

 to another farmer, to an ele\ator, or any 

 other buyer, the ceiling price is J'l teiitN 

 under the ontr.ick ceiling price at the 

 station nearest the point of ilelivery. 



If .1 lountry elevator oper.ites as a 

 wlKjlcvaler. he m.iy sell in less than (.ar- 

 lo.id lots to a trucker or .mv otlu r buyer 

 other than a feeder for a i cent markup 

 o\er what the corn cost, or I'l cents 

 cner the on track price, provideci the 

 corn is unloailed into the elevator .uui 

 loaded out. 



At the same time .in the new lorn 

 price regulation was issued, the ( )P.^ 

 froze the price of oats, barley and sor 

 ghum !;raiiis peiuling issuance within C-><i 

 days of a j-'ermancnt regulation on ;lic>e 

 feeds 



Oats and barley are ffo/en on the basrs 

 of the higiiest prices of the five da\ 

 period from Nov. 2>) to Dec V IV iS. 

 incliisi\e 



This provides a mlini: ot s(»i , cents 

 (hici.uo for No ^ white oats, with a 

 leiling of S2 tents C hicago for futures, 

 and .1 ceiling of SI. 26 Chicago for No 

 ,s barley ancl a ceiling of S1.2Ci Chicago 

 for futures. 



The increase in the corn ceiling price 

 will not be retroactive. Last August and 

 September, OPA promised farmers the 

 Ixnetil of increasecl prices that niiizht Iv 

 made up to .Nov. M). if they sold corn 

 before that date. The increase in the 

 ceiling, however, did not come until 

 after the Nov. 30 or 6 days after the 

 guarantee expired. 



Farm-Home Week Is Set 

 For Feb. 8-9-10 At Urbana 



To aid Illinois larm taniihes in nieci 

 ing the problems of \X'orld War II and 

 the post-war period, tlv}.- 4 srd annual 

 I'arni and Home Week h.is been si hcd 

 uled for I'cb. H. 9 aiic! 10. according t • 

 R. R Hudelson. associate dean. L' ol I 

 College Ot Agriculture. 



The same type of condensed, j-'r.utical 

 l-'rogram will be presented in IV is. lop 

 ic s for diviission \cill be based on tlie 

 production of food and feed. ^economics, 

 farm managemenP. rural life and home 

 economics. In addition there will be at 

 least one speaker c5f intitinal or interna- 

 tional r-e-jiutation at each of the daily 

 general sessions. • 



I'arm and Home Week has Ikcii limed 

 to occur between semesters when the 

 majority of civilian students will be on 

 \acation, in order to take care ot the 

 Icxal food and housing situation for out 

 of-town guests. However, classes (or 

 students in uniform will still Ix- in ses- 

 sion. 



JANUARY, 1944 



