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THE FARM PLANK OF THE 



REPUBLICAN PARTY 



We salute the American farmers, their 

 wives and families for their magnificent 

 job of wartime production and their con- 

 tribution to the war effort, without which 

 victory could not be assured. They have 

 accomplished this in spite of labor short- 

 ages, a bungled and inexcusable machin- 

 ery program, and confused, unreliable, 

 unpractical price and produaion admini- 

 stration. 



Abundant production is the best se- 

 curity against inflation. Governmental 

 policies in war and in peace must be 



practical and efficient with freedom from 

 regimentation by an impractical Wash- 

 ington bureaucracy in order to assure in- 

 dependence of operation and bountiful 

 production, fair and equitable market 

 prices for farm products, and a sound 

 program for conservation and 'use of our 

 soil and natural resources. Educational 

 progress and the social and economic 

 stability and well-being of the farm 

 family must be a prime national purpose. 

 For the establishment of such a pro- 

 gram we propose the following: 



1. A Department of Agriculture under 

 practical and experienced administra- 

 tion iree from regimentation and con- 

 iuaing government manipulation and 

 control of farm programs. 



2. An American market price to the 

 American former and the protection ol 

 such price by means oi support prices, 

 commodity loans, or o combination 

 thereof, together with such other eco- 

 nomic means am will assure an income 

 to agriculture that is fair and equit- 

 able in comparison with labor, busi- 

 ness and industry. We oppose sub- 

 sidies as a substitute for fair markets. 



3. Disposition of surplus war commodities 

 in an orderly manner without destroy- 

 ing markets or continued production 

 and without benefit to speculative 

 profiteers. 



4. The control and disposition of future 

 surpluses by means of (a) new uses 

 developed through constant research, 

 (b) vigorous development of foreign 

 markets, (c) efficient domestic distribu- 

 tion to meet all domestic requirements, 

 and (d) arrangements which will en- 

 able farmers to make necessary ad- 



justments in production of any given 

 basic crop only if domestic surpluses 

 should become abnormal and exceed 

 manageable proportions. 



5. Intensified research to discover new 

 crops and new and profitable uses for 

 existing crops. 



6. Support of the principle of bona fide 

 farmer-owned and farmer-operated co- 

 operatives. 



7. Consolidation of all government farm 

 credit under a nonpartisan board. 



8. To make life more attractive on the 

 family-tyoe farm through development 

 of rural roads, sound extension of ru- 

 ral electrification service to the farm 

 and elimination of basic evils oi ten- 

 ancy wherever they exist. 



9. Serious study of and search for a 

 sound program of crop insurance, with 

 emphasis upon establishing a self- 

 supporting program. 



10. A comprehensive program of soil, for- 

 est, water and wild-life conservation 

 and development, and sound irrigation 

 projects, administered as far as pos- 

 sible at state and regional levels. 



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Morgan 4-H Members Do 



Real Bond Selling Job 



Boy and girl 4-H club members of 

 Morgan county deserve a salute for their 

 outstanding contribution to the war ef- 

 fort in selling $185,950 in War Bonds 

 during the Fifth War Loan Drive. 



According to W. F. Coolidge, farm ad- 

 viser, who served as chairman of the 

 Rural Bond Drive in Morgan county, the 

 girls' 4-H clubs sold |101,925 and the 

 boys' 4-H clubs $84,025, as of July 6. 



The competition was keen as the 4-H 

 club members served as solicitors for the 

 sale of bonds in the rural area. When 

 the preliminary final reports were 

 checked, Gxdidge reported that the 

 Snappy Workers Club with Miss Alice 

 Schone of Chapin as leader sold 130,425. 



Second high girls' club was Concord 

 Girls' Club with $20,425, with Mrs. Ot- 

 to Nicke as leader. Arnold Girls' Club 

 was third with $11,000. Mrs. Hilding 

 Mattson is the leader of the latter club. 

 Mrs. Homer Ferreira, leader of the 

 Waverly Girls' Club, reported $10,775 

 in the sale of War Bonds. 



High ranking boys' club was the Vic- 

 tory Club with Roy G. VanGundy, Chap- 

 in, as leader and its sales amounted to 

 $20,425. North Side Victory Club with 

 RoUin Martin as leader sold $12,600. 

 Kinman Club led by William Cully sold 

 $9425, and East Side Juniors led by W. 

 C. Carter sold $9225. 



The Berea clubs combined and sold 

 $21,850. Mrs. Harold Stewart is the 

 leader of the girls' club and Donald 

 Houston leads the boys' club. 



Farmers Battle Chincb 



Bngs; Hoppers are Next 



As the lAA Record went to press July 

 10, farmers in central counties of the 

 state east of the Illinois river from Mc- 

 Lean in the north to Fayette in the south 

 were fighting to control chinch bug in- 

 festation from causing further heavy dam- 

 age to their crgps. 



As farmers used creosote barriers to 

 stem the insect invasion, after exhausting 

 the supply of dinitro dust, Dr. George 

 C. Decker, entomologist of the State 

 Natural History Survey at Urbana, warned 

 them to be on guard against grasshop- 

 pers. 



The same drouth condition that was 

 favorable to chinch bugs in the heavily hit 

 area of the state is also conducive to the 

 development of grasshoppers. There al- 

 ready has been some damage to alfalfa, 

 and grasshoppers have made their ap- 

 pearance on the edges of soybean and 

 com fields. Dr. Decker said that they 

 have had no rep)orts of high mortality 

 among small grasshopfiers and as the 

 insects become larger it will take more 

 rain to reduce the numbers. He ad- 

 vised use of poisoned bait and suggested 

 farmers consult their farm advisers for 

 detailed information. 



The chinch bugs centered their attacks 

 and created the greatest damage in Lo- 

 gan, Menard, Sangamon, Morgan, Chris- 

 tian, Piatt, Macon, DeWitt, Moultrie, 

 Shelby, Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, 

 Fayette, Jasper, Richland, and a sur- 

 rounding fringe of counties. 



The USDA authorized free distribu- 

 tion of approximately 200,000 gallons of 

 creosote in Illinois to combat the chinch 

 bug infestation and it was secured in 

 bulk lots at Chicago, St. Louis and Gran- 

 ite City. 



About 400 tons of dinitro dust were 

 used in establishing barriers in Illinois 

 before the supply of material was ex- 

 hausted. 



Dr. Decker said that it was too early to 

 make an estimate of the damage to crops 

 by chinch bugs, but in some areas por- 

 tions of corn fields were destroyed, and 

 in some cases oats and barley fields were 

 plowed under after suffering heavy dam- 

 age. The reduction in wheat was esti' 

 mated as slight as the crop was pretty 

 well made before the infestation occurred. 



In regard to corn boters. Dr. Decker 

 said that while temperatures were high 

 enough to hasten their emergence, one 

 encouraging factor was that the wet 

 weather had delayed corn planting this 

 spring and as a result the moths had to 

 lay their eggs on small corn and other 

 vegetation. The mortality rate, of com 

 borers in such a condition he {x>inted 

 out, is high. 



JULY-AUGUST. 1944 



