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Illinois farm advisers wished thaf they 

 had worn their winter suits when they 



toured the University south (arms during 

 their annual conference in lune. 



Farm Income Big Factor In 

 Prosperous Posl-War World 



FI.NANf lAL reserves of farmers, 

 loupleii with needs tor _i;oods, should 

 help sustain hi^h production in the post- 

 war period. Prof. H. ( . M. Case, head 

 of the department of agricultural eco- 

 nomies. U. of 1. C^ollece of Agriculture, 

 told Illmois county farm advisers at 

 their summer conference m Urbana. 



It is significant, he said, that in the 

 period from 19>7 to 19-10 agriculture 

 with approximately 10 per cent of our 

 national income, expended about l-^ per 

 cent of the new outlay for producers' 

 goods. This IS )ust one indication of 

 the dependence upon agriculture to bring 

 prosperous conditions in the postwar 

 perioii. During the period 19.^7 to 19'»0. 

 it has been estimated that farmers spent 

 about a billion dollars a year for pro- 

 ducers' goods, that is. buildings, ma- 

 chinery and other production goods. " 



Case pointed out that it appears that 

 the agricultural markc-t for farm products 

 for five years after the war should make 

 it possible for farmers to expand their 

 purchases of production goods. 



Illinois farm advisers get figures on soil 

 and water losses on com farmed up and 

 down the slope in the U. of I. plots. This 

 study has been conducted cooperatively 

 by the research division of the Soil Con- 

 servation Service and the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station. 



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liie question ( ase raised was whether 

 the farmer could hold his savings for the 

 purchase of such production goods after 

 the war. Most of it, he said, could be 

 absorbx'd by paying higher prices for 

 land and by assuming larger mortgage 

 indebtedness, or land values could be 

 held at reasonable levels and much of 

 these savings could be used for needed 

 farm improvements. 



Case emphasized that only "by pre- 

 venting serious inflation can we swing 

 into balanced production in the postwar 

 period." 



Case also pointed out that our post- 

 war prosperity likewise depends upon 

 employment and purchasing power for 

 all individuals who are going to buy 

 goods. Allowing for a practical mini- 

 mum of two million unemployed, per- 

 haps nine million or more additional 

 jobs will have to be provided in 1946 

 over 19-iO if we are to have full employ- 

 ment. 



In the matter of postwar employment, 

 agriculture stands in a different position 

 from many other lines of industry, he 

 said. Much of industry was converted 

 for the production of war munitions and 

 stopped normal production. 



Agriculture, on the other hand, did 

 not greatly change its type of production 

 but intensified production along the 

 same lines. The productions of crops • 

 and livestock were changed, but in gen- 

 eral we have produced the same kinds of 

 products. 



This leads directly to the question of 

 postwar employment. Many people ex- 

 pect new jobs for returned service men 

 in agriculture. There will not be many 

 new jobs in .igricultiire. 1 here will be 

 replacements. Many farmers, because of 

 the sliort.ige of labor, have continued 

 farming longer than they intended. 

 Some will rem.iin in the farm, but they 

 will want someone to take their place 

 when it comes to hea\'y farm work. 

 Many boys are becoming old enough to 

 take a man's place on the farm unless 



more of them continue in school longer 

 than in the past. 



Some makeshift farm hands have been 

 found in the present labor emergency 

 who under normal conditions would not 

 be on farms. After they are replaced 

 by competent farm workers there will 

 not be many new jobs available. Mod- 

 ern improvements have continued to 

 make possible- an increased output per 

 worker in agriculture, resulting in a '>() 

 per cent increase in output per worker 

 over the past ")() years. Case said. 



Other conclusions drawn by Case in- 

 cluded: (1) After having been under a 

 stringently controlled economy, the sud- 

 den removal of all restraints in the post- 

 war period would likely be disastrous; 

 (2) much can be attained toward sound 

 economic life through reducing losses re- 

 sulting from ill health and increasing 

 efficiency through proper nutrition, and 

 (.^) local postwar programs of any one 

 community added to those of other com- 

 munities adds up to a national program, 

 and farmers as individuals and members 

 of communities have a responsibility in 

 helping to develop sound local postwar 

 programs. 



Reflecting prospects for somewhat 



larger supplies of fertilizer in the year 

 beginnirig July 1, 1944, particularly 

 phosphates and potash, the WFA has 

 eliminated crop classifications and made 

 several other changes in its fertilizer 

 order. 



In the year beginning July 1, all gen- 

 eral crops may be fertilized with as many 

 pounds of fertilizer per acre as recom- 

 mended by the state experiment stations. 

 There will be no A and B crop classes 

 as there ha\e been this year. 



lune 30. 1944 

 NOTICE 

 Illinois Agricultural Association 

 Election of Delegates 



.\'c!ice is hereby given t.hat in 

 con.-.ection with the annual meeting 

 o) the Ford County Farm Bureau to 

 be held during the month of Augu.st 

 at the hour and place to be deter- 

 mined by the Board ol Directo.'-.s oi 

 said County Farm Bureau, the mem- 

 bers in good standing of said Coun- 

 ty Farm Bureau and who ate also 

 qualified voting members c! I!ii.".ois 

 Agricultural Association shall elect 

 a delegate or delegates to represent 

 such members of Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association and vote on all 

 matters before the next annual 

 meeting, or any special meeting of 

 the Association, including the elec- 

 tion oi officers and directors, as pro- 

 vided for in the By-Laws oi the As- 

 sociation 



PAUL E MATHIAS, 

 Corporate Secretary 



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