du^al YOUTH 



By Ellsworth D. Lyon 



A series of district Rural Youth Short 

 Courses and Talk Fests has been sched- 

 uled for six centers over the state from 

 Oct. 16 to Nov. 16, according to Ells- 

 worth D. Lyon, director of young 

 people's activities for the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association. 



The schedule is as follows: 



Oct. 16-17 DeKalb 



■ Oct. 18-19 Galesburg 



Oct. 23-24 Bloomington 



Oct. 25-26 Jacksonville 



Nov. 13-14 Carbondale 



Nov. 15-16 Olney 



The district Rural Youth Talk Fests 

 will be held at 7 p.m. on the first day in 

 each center. 



The Short Course sessions will include 

 studies in plant foods. Service Brand 

 Feeds, the relationship of the Extension 

 program of the U. of I. College of Agri- 

 culture and the Farm and Home Bureau, 

 public speaking, soil conservation prac- 

 tices, the story of Farm Bureau, Rural 

 Youth organization, and program build- 

 ing. Instructors will come from the U. 

 of I. College of Agriculture, the lAA 

 and affiliated companies. 



The Farm Bureau office in each of the 

 cities in which the Short Course and Talk 

 Fests are scheduled will be the head- 

 quarters for the activities. Further in- 

 formation may be obtained through the 

 county farm adviser or the director of 

 young people's activities for the lAA. 



The educational features of Rural Youth 

 meetinj?s for AugUst and September over the 

 state have consisted mainly of reports of 

 the Rural Youth :Irainin>? School at Camp 

 East Bay, Aug. 1^19. This policy serves 

 a double purpose. The reports help the 

 young people -wljg have the privilege of 

 attending the training school to retain the 

 many valuable lesst>ns received in home mak- 

 ing, farming, rftreation, program building, 

 public speaking and in other studies. Also 

 the young people who were not favored 

 with the privilege of going to East Bay 

 have brought to them some of the same les- 

 sons which the others received first hand and 

 are helped to understand how much the 

 Rural Youth Training School means to Il- 

 linois Rural Youth. 



'The Whiteside of Rural Youth" of the 



Whiteside County Rural Youth group and 

 "Country Capers ', published as the 'Cider 

 Press Service ' of Warren County Rural 

 Youth in the September issues c*rry much 

 news of Rural Youth work in their respec- 

 tive counties and over the state, including 

 Talk Fests and the District Short Courses. 

 Looks like good participation from both 

 counties in these activities. 



The Saline County "Informer" and the 



Husband calling proved popular at the Cairoll, Stephenson and Whiteside coun- 

 Lowell Park sports iestival of Ogle, Lee. ties. 



Brown county 'The Little Brindle Breeze " 

 are being sent to the servicemen and women 

 who have gone from Rural Youth. They also 

 give news from the servicemen and women 

 in which they express great satisfaction in 

 receiving news through the Rural Youth 

 publications. 



LaSalle County Rural Youth has formed 



a class in songs and games leadership. Kir- 

 by Todd is the leader of this group. 



Peoria county has just ctunpleted the 



building of a six-month program. At one 

 meeting they will tell guests — parents — 

 about Rural Youth. At the next meeting 

 Rural Youth will hear the story of Farm 

 Bureau from the parents. Other features al- 

 so blossom with interest for this group. 



LaSalle county sends in a complete outline 



of meetings through January. Looks like a 

 well balanced program of fun and educa- 

 tion, with a large number of people working 

 to make each meeting a success. 



E. I. Pilchard's Son Dies 

 In Bomber Raid on Japan 



Capt. Robert Pilchard, 24, son of Mr. 

 and Mrs. E. I. Pilchard, Urbana, re- 

 ported missing after the B-29 raid on 

 Yawita, Japan, June 15, died when the 

 super- fortress crashed in China follow- 

 ing the raid, according to word received 

 from the war department in September. 



Mr. Pilchard is professor in agricul- 

 tural extension, in charge of boys' 4-H 

 club work, U. of I. College of Agricul- 

 ture. 



Captain Pilchard joined the Royal 

 Canadian air force in March, 1941, and 

 transferred to the American Air force. 

 May 28, 1942 when he was commissioned 

 second lieutenant. 



A flight instructor both in Canada and 

 in the United States, Captain Pilchard 

 volunteered for B-29 training and went 

 to Salina, Kan., where he received his 

 instruction as a super-fortress pilot. 



The war department did not confirm 

 Captain Pilchard's death until a search 

 party found the remains of the bomber, 



one of the four missing after the first 

 super- fortress raid on Japan. 



USDA Economist Lists Points 

 To Define Family Size Farm 



What is a "family farm?" 'What 

 does the phrase me^n.' 



Can a "family farm" be identified by 

 the number of acres in it? By cash 

 value? By its record of production? 

 None of these, it seems to Marshall 

 Harris of the Bureau of Agricultural 

 Economics, makes a good measure. 



In a recent study of the prospects for 

 the family farm in postwar developments 

 and the part USDA can play in making 

 the prospect encouraging. Dr. Harris, an 

 agricultural economist, offered these four 

 simple tests for what a property should 

 be if it is to be considered a "family 

 farm." 



(1) Large enough to produce effi- 

 ciently ; 



(2) Small enough so that the family 

 does the work without hiring much out- 

 side help; 



(3) Able to furnish a decent level of 

 living for the family; and 



(4) a farm with land conserved and 

 buildings kept up to date. 



Farmer-Owned Cooperatives 

 Increase Their Membership 



Farmer-owned cooperatives increased 

 their membership by 250,000 and added 

 940 million dollars in business volume 

 during their 1942-43 marketing season, 

 according to final estimates just released 

 by the Cooperative Research and Service 

 Division of the Farm Credit Administra- 

 tion. 



Greatest concentration of cooperative 

 enterprise is in the 12 north central 

 states. California, however, led in co- 

 operative marketing with Minnesota and 

 Illinois following. 



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