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will be handled through local el€va- 

 tors. 



Corn owned by feed mixers can be 

 used by them in the manufacture of 

 mixed feeds in an amount not in ex- 

 cess of that used during the corre- 

 sponding period in 1942-43. This pro- 

 vision was scheduled to become effec- 

 tive May 1. 



Economic Stabilization Director Vin- 

 son, Price Administrator Bowles and 

 WFA Administrator Jones jointly 

 stated on April 24 that there would 

 be no increase in the selling price of 

 corn from the 1943 crop. 



Illinois counties affected by the order 

 are: Bureau. Cass, Champaign, Chris- 

 tian, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, 

 Fulton, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, 

 Kendall, Knox, LaSalle, Lee, Living- 

 ston, Logan, McLean, Macon, Mar- 

 shall, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Moul- 

 trie, Peoria, Piatt, Putnam, Sangamon, 

 Scott, Stark, Tazewell, Vermilion, 

 Will and Woodford. These are the 

 same counties that were affected by 

 previous 35 and 60 per cent set aside 

 orders. 



Labor Shortage Liable 



to Cut Farm Prodnction 



With the shortage of farm equipment, 

 feed ahd agricultural labor, it will be 

 extremely difficult to maintain 1944 

 agricultural production at the levels of 

 1943, in the opinion of the research de- 

 partment of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association. 



As labor grows scarcer, the produc- 

 tion of livestock, milk, poultry, eggs, 

 fruits and vegetables will be cut most. 



The shortage of labor or feed may 

 force farmers to market large numbers 

 of livestock during 1944 and 1945. 

 Such a movement would increase the 

 supplies of meat available for civilian and 

 military consumption. This would be 

 a desirable situation if the sale of live- 

 stock coincides with the greatest need 

 for meats. On the other hand, it would 

 be a very unfortunate occurrence if a 

 greater need for meats should develop at 

 a later date. 



The production of primary agricul- 

 tural products appears to have reached 

 a peak in 1942. It is true that govern- 

 ment figures show that agricultural 

 production in 1943 was slightly greater 

 than in 1942. 



However, a large part of the so-called 

 1943 "production" was in reality sales 

 of farm products produced in previous 

 years. It represented sales of livestock, 

 poultry and dairy products produced from 

 feed raised in 1942 and previous years. 



In 1943 the production of food grains 



Eleven members oi the Toxewell County 

 Rural Youth brought more than two ions 

 oi waste paper to the Farm Bureau in 



their lonuoiy driTe. Paschal Allen fur- 

 nished the truck and Rural Youthers sorted, 

 tied and loaded the paper. 



in the United States was 22 per cent 

 below the 1935-39 average. 



In 1943 the production of truck crops 

 and fruits was 9 per cent below the 

 average of the same five prewar years, 

 while the production of sugar crops was 

 20 per cent below the 1935-39 figure. 

 The only significant increase in food 

 crop production in 1943 was in po- 

 tatoes. 



The production of feed and of food 

 crops requiring relatively small amounts 

 of labor is not likely to be greatly re- 

 duced by a shortage of labor in 1944. 

 Unfavorable weather conditions, how- 

 ever, would cut the production of such 

 crops severely. 



The attitude of the military agencies 

 and of the highest civilian officials in the 

 government seems to be that although the 

 need for food and industrial products is 

 very great, the need for man power for 

 the armed forces is even greater. It is 

 likely, therefore, that both agriculture 

 and industry will be forced to release 

 some of its manpower to the military 

 forces. 



S.I.N.U. President Dies: 



Had Oatstanding Record 



An outstanding citizen and educator 

 was lost to Illinois with the death 

 March 27 of Dr. Roscoe Pulliam, pres- 

 ident of Southern Illinois Normal 

 University. 



Death was attributed to kidney and 

 heart complications said to have been 

 caused by a shrapnel wound received 

 in World War I when Dr. Pulliam 

 served as a private in France with the 

 famed Rainbow Division of the AEF. 



Dr. Pulliam had been greatly inter- 

 ested in the work of the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association's school committee 

 in studying rural school problems and 

 some months ago had appeared before 



the committee to give it the benefit of 

 his experiences in the field of educa- 

 tion. 



Born on a farm in St. Clair county. 

 Dr. Pulliam knew all the problems of 

 farm boys in Southern Illinois attempt- 

 ing to get an education. 



One of the major achievements of 

 Dr. Pulliam's career was the fostering 

 and planning of legislation which gave 

 Southern Illinois Normal University a 

 25-year building and expansion pro- 

 gram. Plans have been drawn for a 

 new university layout of buildings and 

 land purchased for the expansion. 



He carried on a determined fight in 

 the legislature to make the Normal a 

 liberal arts college. This work ad- 

 vanced the Normal from a Teachers 

 College to a University. 



Decker Joins Survey 



Dr. George C. Decker, new entomol- 

 ogist of the State Natural History Survey 

 and the Illinois agricultural experiment 

 station, began work in March. 



Dr. Decker, replaces the late Dr. W. 

 P. Flint who died last June 3. 



Dr. Decker formerly was associate pro- 

 fessor of entomology in the Iowa agri- 

 cultural experiment station, Iowa State 

 College, Ames. At one time he was with 

 the state board of entomology of Georgia 

 and was regional super\'isor for the U.S. 

 Bureau of Entomologj' and Plant Quar- 

 antine in the grasshopper control pro- 

 gram involving several Central states. 



Timber Co-op Buys Mill 



Randolph county timber cooperative 

 recently purchased a small portable 

 sawmill from an operator in Effingham 

 county. The mill has a capacity of 

 about 5000 board feet of lumber per 

 day. 



MAY, 1944 



