H. D. Van Matre, Iroquois 

 Connty Farm Adviser, Dies 



H. D. Van Matre, 51, farm adviser in 

 Iroquois county since 1937, died in his 

 home at Watseka, April 26. Funeral 

 services were held April 29 in the Wat- 

 seka Methodist Church and burial serv- 

 ices were held April 30 in Middletown, 

 Ind. 



Prior to serving as farm adviser in 

 Iroquois county, Mr. Van Matre was 

 farm adviser in Edgar county. He had 

 also served as farm adviser in Rush coun- 

 ty, Indiana. 



Mr. Van Matre was a graduate of 

 Purdue University and received his mas- 

 ter's degree from the Iowa State College 

 at Ames. For a time he was employed 

 on the staff of the Iowa State College in 

 the animal husbandry department. Mr. 

 Van Matre was a native of Middletown. 

 Ind. 



Mr. Van Matre leaves his wife and two 

 children, one brother and two sisters. 



Service Company Managers 

 Help Move Illinois Apples 



Contrary to appearances, Farm Bureau 

 service stations are not going in the ap- 

 ple business. Some folks in a number of 

 counties might have got this idea dur- 

 ing April when they saw bushel baskets 

 of Illinois apples being displayed and 

 sold. 



Here's why those apples were at serv- 

 ice stations, bulk plants, and other Farm 

 Bureau cooperative outlets. 



Early in April, L. L. Colvis, manager 

 of the Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange, 

 the lAA statewide fruit and vegetable 

 marketing cooperative, asked C. H. Beck- 

 er, manager of IFS, for some help in mov- 

 ing some several thousand bushels of 

 .'torage apples. Because of market con- 

 ditions, producers were faced with a loss 

 on these apples. Colvis asked if mem- 

 ber Service Companies could be called 

 upon to market the apples on a consign- 

 ment basis at a price below the current 

 ceiling price, but which would net the 

 grower a fair return for his product. 



There was a good response from Serv- 

 ice Company managers, and some 5000 

 bushels of apples were moved. Most of 

 the purchases were made by Farm Bu- 

 reau members. 



Here's a good example of what co- 

 ojjeratives can do when they work to- 

 gether. 



Two hundred thirty million pounds of 



waste fat — that's the quota for American 

 homemakers for this year. If the goal is 

 to be reached, even the dark or smelly fats 

 that have lost their usefulness so far as 

 cooking is concerned must be salva/?ed, ac- 

 cording to the War Food Administration. 



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