Almost 100 iarmers from Franklin and 

 Hamilton counties attended the tour to 



Dixon Springs Experimental Station lune 

 14. They rode in truck, bus — walked a 



good many miles — and returned home 

 ieeling it was a day well spent. 



YESTERDAY 



• • • 



$7.50 PER ACRE FARM LAND 



IF YOU want a real thrill — one that 

 will keep you talking about what 

 you've seen for quite a spell — one 

 that will make you do some thinking and 

 stir your imagination — make it a point 

 to see what's going on at the University 

 of Illinois, College of Agriculture, Dix- 

 on Springs Experiment Station 'way 

 down south in Pope county, Illinois. 



I say see what's going on advisedly be- 

 cause seeing is believing down there in 

 the Illinois Ozarks. 



Volumes of circulars — bulletins and 

 statistics are available which perhaps in 

 one way or another tell the story of much 

 that is being demonstrated at Dixon 

 Springs, but nothing is so convincing as 



By CAP MAST 



the actual experience of seeing poor, hil- 

 ly, eroded land grown over with sas- 

 safras, broomsedge, persimmons, scrub 

 oak and a goodly crop of weeds — land 

 which was purchased for about $7.50 per 

 acre — transformed into profitable grass- 

 land agriculture. 



Here's a birdseye description of the 

 Dixon Springs Experiment Station. It 

 is located on lands owned by the United 

 States. About 5000 acres are available 

 to the University of Illinois through an 

 agreement with the Forest Service of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture. 



The station is administered by a com- 

 mittee of Dean H. P. Rusk, Professor 

 W. L. Burlison and Professor W. G. 

 Kammlade. The station superintendent 

 is genial, plain spoken R. J. Webb, a 

 native of southern Illinois and a graduate 

 of the University of Illinois College of 

 Agriculture. 



Searching for and demonstrating prac- 

 tical answers to problems of soil improve- 

 ment, pasture production and manage- 

 ment, and the utilization of these pas- 

 tures by cattle and sheep is the chief stock 

 in trade of the Dixon Springs Station. 

 The experiment station of the Soil Con- 

 servation Service, located on the project, 

 is a cooperating agency but is also carry- 



DIXON SPRINGS EXPERIMENT STATION 

 DEMONSTRATES HOW IT CAN BE DONE 



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TODAY . . .PRODUCTIVE GRASSLAND FARMING 



L. E. Gard, above, assistant soil conserva- 

 tionist, explains work going on at the 

 Dixon Springs soil conservation experi- 

 mental station. One test shows that on a 



7 per cent slope where com ia grown con- 

 tinuously, the top 6 inches oi soil would be 

 gone in 42 years. But with grass and 

 legume pasture, even grazed closely, it 



would take 22.000 years to lose the 6 

 inches oi top soil. The station's flock oi 

 1000 sheep ore dipped three weeks oiter 

 shearing in this concrete sheep dip. 



L A. A. 



RECORD 



F. A. Stewa 

 agement, D 

 showing eil 



ti 



ing on inde] 

 are importaj 

 tion. 



A gain c 

 year achieve 

 pasture wh 

 against 4 p< 

 when grazir 

 treated or ur 

 which last s: 

 meat from 

 sheep. The 

 resting expe 

 an enthusias 



To see th« 

 onstrations 

 transportatio 

 boots" for t 

 5,000 acres, 

 small expei 



R. I. Webb, 

 plains pros < 

 silo in use a 

 wide at bottc 

 125 ieet long 



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