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"Higher plant food concentrations mean 

 higher prices per ton but lower prices per 

 pound of actual plant food. Present ceiling 

 prices in Illinois are $51.70 per ton for 

 0-20-20 and $33.50 for 0-12-12, making unit 

 costs of plant food $1.29 and $1.40 respec- 

 tively, or a saving of almost eight per cent 

 in purchase price, if the more concentrateffik 

 grade is used," Miller said. . M 



Farmers in Jersey county will be able to 



purchase more limestone in 1944 than in any 

 year since the war started according to a 

 recent survey there by the local Farm Bu- 

 reau. Three of the five quarries supplying 

 the county have added more machinery to 

 their facilities to cope with the shortage 

 of available labor. 



A new quarry is being opened by the West 



Countries Construction Company in Kane 

 county between St. Charles and Elgin that 

 will add materially to the available supply 

 of agricultural limestone in that area. 



According to A. L. Lang, associate chief 

 of Illinois Soils Experiment Fields, soil ero- 

 sion is the effect of soil depletion and not 

 the cause of it. 



The Midwest Rock Products Corporation 



at Greencastle, Ind. has not been in opera- 

 tion since April due to a shortage of labor. 

 A number of eastern Illinois counties along 

 the Pennsylvania Railroad thus have one less 

 source of agricultural limestone. 



The Hannibal, Mo. plant of Marblehead 



Lime company stopped production of agri- 

 cultural limestone May 1 and will have none 

 available this year. 



Even at the Chester Penitentiary, the 



quarry superintendent was bemoaning the 

 shortage of labor! 



Six quarries, including a new operadoa 



west of Ursa, are producing agricultural 

 limestone in Adams county. However, the 

 three mining operations south of Quincy are 

 producing very little of this material due to 

 other demands. Prices range in the county 

 from $1.15 to $1.50 per ton f.o.b. quarry. 



The Radom quarry in Washington county 

 has not been in operation, but plans to 

 resume work in late summer. A new opera- 

 tion in Schuyler county produces some lime- 

 stone along with road rock, their principal 

 output. 



The Federal Quarry of Material Service 

 Corporation which has been producing flux 

 stone (for steel manufacturing) recently 

 started a small production of agricultural 

 limestone. The quarry is at the south edge 

 of Brookfield in Cook county. 



/?«W YOUTH 



By Ellsworth D. Lyon 



Attendance of 300 Young People at the 

 East Bay Rural Youth Training School, 

 Bloomington, Aug 13-19, exceeds all other 

 years by nearly 100. The closest year was 

 in 1943 with 212. Forty-four Counties were 

 represented in both 1943 and 1944. 



The full program of classes continued 

 throughout the week with good attendance 



in each. The courses mcluded: "You and 

 Your Shadow" a course in personality de- 

 velopment; "Fun for 45," a discussion of 

 recreational problems, plans and approaches; 

 "Applied Psychology;' "Farming in War- 

 time;" "Getting your Ideas Across," Pub- 

 lic Speaking; Rural Youth Programs that 

 Satisfy;" "Before I Do' — And After," a 

 premarriage course; "Building Family Life." 



The above classes were scheduled for the 

 forenoon, while the afternoon was given over 

 to such special interest groups as first aid, 

 photography, folk & square dancing, social 

 dancing, song leading, swimming, and crafts. 



The evenings schedule consisted of flag 

 ceremonies, vesper services, and programs 

 planned by Rural Youth. 



The ambulance plane purchased with war 

 bonds bought by Rural Youth members dur- 

 ing the first six months of 1944 was named 

 "Spirit of Illinois Rural Youth" at one of 

 the most important sessions of the Training 

 School. Names were suggested by delegates 

 and a vote taken. * Rural Youthers are 

 pledged to purchase war bonds for equal 

 to the cost of a pusuit plane, a second am- 

 bulance plane, and an amphibious jeep by 

 Jan. 1, 1945. The plan is to name these 

 at Farm and Home Week. 



The summer months provide opportu- 

 nities for Rural Youth picnics. Among the 

 counties that have enjoyed such relaxation 

 from heavy work are: Carroll enjoyed folk 

 dancing ; Livingston, featured swimming 

 and a weiner roast; Macon concluded a 

 paper drive with a hay ride and ice cream 

 freeze; Mason went to New Salem State 

 Park. Randolph had a large attendance at 

 a lawn party; Tazewell held a picnic of its 

 own and later joined with Woodford and 

 Fulton in a visit to Peoria County where a 

 baseball -«tournament was sponsored in con- 

 nection with a picnic; Wayne, sponsored an 

 over-night hike with sunrise service and 

 breakfast; Warren staged hayride, scavenger 

 hunt, ice cream freeze and weiner roast; 

 Clay enjoyed a lawn party with folk dancing 

 and active games; Whiteside sponsored a 

 party well attended in spite of a busy sea- 

 son for farm boys; Brown had a hayride 

 without hay; Henry County topped off a 

 picnic supper with a movie; McLean featured 

 a watermelon party with a hayrack ride. 



Ogle, Lee Whiteside, Stephenson and Car- 

 roll counties got together for a big dis- 



trict Sports Festival July 30 at Lowell Park, 

 near Dixon. More than 200 young people 

 attended. Whiteside walked away with a 

 high score. Husband calling was a great 

 attraction for all counties represented. 



Bond County's educational feature for 



June consisted of a demonstration of health 

 exercises. The recreational feature was a 

 weiner roast. 



Richland Cou^- reports a grand turn out 



for the educational programs, "What Rural 

 Youth Is and Does," presented in a panel 

 discussion on Parents' night. 



Bureau County recently took Henry Coun- 

 ty for a cleaning in a baseball game with 

 a score of 8-3. What will be the result in the 

 return game? 



LaSalle and DeWitt Counties included • 



unique educational feature in their week- 

 end Lookout Camp at Starved Rock State 

 Park — identifying and naming of trees 

 and plants in the park. By this plan they 

 had a happy combination of education with 

 recreation. 



White county held a sports festival at the 

 Carmi fairgrounds with successful partici- 

 pation. "* 



Rural Youthen line up for ice cream at 



the LaSalle-DeWitt weekend camp at 



Starred Rock State Park. 



Eugene L. Lopez, University of Illinois 

 Health Serrice. instructing class in first 



aid. Subject: Roberta Harms. Eichland. 

 Practicing first aid: Mary Weiler. Richland. 



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