Farm Research 



(Continued from pa^ 17) 



foods under the chairmanship of M. J. 

 Briggs, Indiana Farm Bureau Coopera- 

 tion Association. 



Dr. Scarseth is a graduate of the 

 University of Wisconsin, took graduate 

 work at Yale University, and received 

 his doctor's degree from Ohio State 

 University in 1935. He went to Purdue 

 University in 1938 as a soil scientist 

 and chemist from the Alabama Poly- 

 technic Institute, where he had been 

 serving in a similar capacity for 10 

 years. On July 1 of last year he was 

 made head of the agronomy depart- 

 ment at Purdue. 



He served several years as consultant 

 for the Standard Fruit and Steamship 

 Company, going to Central American 

 countries on various research investi- 

 gations and has been a collaborator 

 with the U. S. Office of Foreign Agri- 

 cultural Relations and U. S. Soil Con- 

 servation Service. 



He is the author of many scientific 

 papers on soil science and while at 

 Purdue directed research work on the 

 plow-sole fertilization of crops which 

 has attracted national attention. 



Grassland Farming 



(Continued from page 7) 



Aug. 15 Richland 



Aug. 30 White 



Sept. 9 Jasper 



Sept. 13 Edwards 



Sept. 21 Wayne 



Sept. 22 Pope-Hardin 



Sept. 27 Randolph 



Oct. 7 Marion 

 When rationing days are over and gas 

 and tires become available, here's one 

 spot you will surely want to take the 

 family. Recreational areas have been de- 

 veloped including a picnic grounds and 

 bath house facilities on Lake Glendale. 

 A publication describing the work of 

 Dixon Springs is now in press at the 

 University of Illinois and will soon be 

 available for distribution. 



Hu^ YOUTH 



By Ellsworth D. Lyon 



Illinois Rural Youth have exceeded 

 the goal for the first six months in the 

 1944 War Bond campaign — the pur- 

 chase of more than $110,000 in bonds 

 as of June 30, which equals the cost of . 

 an ambulance plane. The exact figure 

 on bond purchases, according to the June 

 30 report, was $111,903.45. 



Marjorie Gasaway was voted queen of 

 the Macon County Rural Youth at their 

 dinner and dance in mid-June featuring 

 Decatur as soybean capital of the world. 

 Left to right: Howard Conner, president: 



Rural Youth bond goal for 1944 is 

 $300,000 and there is every indication 

 that members are going to make this 

 goal. 



Illinois Rural Youth was represented by 



15 members at the Rural Youth section of 

 the Midwest Farm Bureau Conference at 

 Milwaukee: Franklin Allen and Mary Luft, 

 Tazewell; Vir/jinia Brown, Fulton; Mar- 

 garet Sharp, Woodford; Marian McCor- 

 mick, Catherine Rinker, and Bob Corcoran, 

 LaSalle; Harold Toepke, McLean; Eunice 

 Gale, Winnebago; Melvin Peterson and 

 Henry Henricksen, Kane; Mary Agnes 

 Faivre and Mary Alice Hart. DeKalb; 

 Lawerence Woessner and Charles Burk- 

 holder, Carroll. 



Three delegates from Illinois were mem- 

 bers of the panel discussing the question 

 "What Are We Going to Do in the Com- 

 munity for the Young Men and Women 

 Who Come Back to Agriculture?" They 

 were Eunice Gale, Winnebago county, 

 Franklin Allen, Tazewell, and Assistant 

 Farm Adviser Harold Neal of Peoria county. 



Rural Youth members showed that they 

 had done much thinking on the questions 

 discussed in the conference. 



Five counties, Ogle, Lee, Stephenson, Car- 

 roll, and Whiteside, will hold a district 

 sports festival Sunday, July 30, at Lowell 

 Park, Dixon. Two committee meetings 

 have been held, and plans are almost com- 

 plete. There will be a picnic dinner, and 

 the sports program will largely follow the 

 plan used in Whiteside county. 



From Whiteside county the Twin City 

 Ripples report enthusiastically of their 

 activities through Secretary Mary Jane 

 Reitzel. This group feels encourifged about 

 attendance during these busy days. One 

 item of interest is the "20 Club" a recrea- 

 tional group which has been organized in 

 Sterling by Rural Youth employed girls and 

 the YWCA. 



Wayne County sets forth some definite 



and highly important questions on "Mar- 

 riage in Wartime" in the June issue of the 

 "Wayne Newsette". 



lohn Heoneberry, queen's escort* Mar- 

 guerite Monaghan. Mary WalL Agnes 

 Morton and Monica Mickey, attendants, 

 and Max Euster, toastmaster. 



. (Decatur Herild-Review Photo) 



ranks of Rural Youth have been depleted 

 by members going into the armed services 

 the Club continues to keep the organization 

 going to contribute to the fullest extent to 

 the war effort, and also, to keep the organi- 

 zation in good running condition so the 

 boys in the armed services may have some- 

 thing to help them get relocated and 

 oriented when they come back " Warren's 

 picnic was held in Monmouth Park on the 

 evening of June 7. 



The secretary's report of the year's 



activities at the annual banquet of the 

 Mason County Rural Youth June 12 at 

 Mason City showed a successful year. 

 Henry Imig is president and Vera Thomp- 

 son, secretary. 



With 75 in attendance at the May meet- 

 ing, the Rural Youth group of Woodford 

 county enjoyed a real Hard Times Barn 

 Dance. An educational feature for the 

 evening was a physical fitness test. The 

 June event was a hayride followed by a 

 weiner roast. Eighty were in attendance 

 including four service men. 



Brown County Rural Youth are learoini; 



about the life of people in China and some 

 of the European countries — France, Ger- 

 many, Italy, Russia, England — from mem- 

 bers who have made a study of these coun- 

 tries and present interesting educational ma- 

 terial at the Rural Youth meeting. 



Rural Youth of Warren county states a 

 definite reason for its existence in a recent 

 issue of "Country Capers". "While the 



Bnral Tenth Training 



Camp To Open Ang. 13 



Rural Youth State Camp has been re- 

 named Rural Youth Training School and 

 will be held Aug. 13 to 19 at East Bay, 

 Lake Bloomington. Pre-registrations are 

 due Aug. 1. The name of "Rural Youth 

 Training Schrol" explains the educa- 

 tional aim of the group better than the 

 word "camp". 



Those attending the sessions will have 

 an opportunity to name the ambulance 

 plane in recognition of the $111,000 in 

 War Bonds purchased by Rural Youth 

 members during the first six months of 

 1944. 



JULY-AUGUST, 1944 



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