Counties may place orders and re- 

 ceive delivery on 5, 10, or 15 tons of 

 dust, depending upon their potential 

 needs. Additional quantities will be 

 released to the counties only on evi- 

 dence of immediate need. In no case 

 will individual counties be permitted to 

 obtain more than their pro rata share 

 of the total supply until it is evident 

 that other counties will not need or 

 use their quota. 



It is recommended that dinitro dust 

 be rationed at a rate not to exceed 100 



Eounds of dust for each 80 rods of 

 arrier. 



The federal government supplies 

 dinitro dust at central warehouse points 

 and it is to be given free to farmers ex- 

 cept that a small charge may be made to 

 cover expense incurred in handling and 

 distribution. 



Warehouse points have been estab- 

 lished in LaSalle, Champaign, Salem 

 and Springfield as well as at the mixing 

 plant in Quincy. The Adams County 

 Shipping Association in Quincy oper- 

 ates the mixing and bagging plant. 



Creosote will be available at plants 

 in Chicago, St. Louis and possibly Terre 

 Haute, Ind. Farmers will be required 

 to provide their own containers and 

 to cover the cost of transportation and 

 handling. , v 



Dinitro dust was developed at the 

 U. of I. experiment station and was 

 tried out for several years prior to 

 1942 at the university farms. It differs 

 from creosote in that dinitro dust kills 

 chinch bugs while creosote repels 

 chinch migration from small grains to 

 corn. 



Hugh lames. Champaign county iarmar. 

 dcmonatrota* o homemade weed cutter 

 which won him the top award among 

 516 deyices exhibited at 24 labor-aaring 

 ■hows held during January and February 

 oyer Illinois. 



IFS EMPLOYEE 



DIES ON OKINAWA 



Illinois Farm Supply Company has re- 

 ceived word of the death of Francis Wil- 

 liam Campbell who 

 was killed on Okin- 

 awa, April 9. Camp- 

 bell, a sergeant maj- 

 or in a coast artil- 

 lery battery, was 

 formerly employed 

 by IFS as an ac- 

 countant at Kingston 

 Mines. 



S g t . Campbell 

 had passed his ex- 

 ams for ASTP train- 

 ing but the program 

 was suddenly curtailed and he was 

 shipped out. His first stop was Hawaii. 

 He later distinguished himself in action 

 on Leyte, and after a short rest period 

 was sent to Okinawa where he met his 

 death. 



F. W. CampbeU 



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WEEDI 

 CUTTER 



WINS STATE PRIZE 



HUGH JAMES, Rantoul, Champaign 

 County Farm Bureau member, was 

 named state winner for his weed cutter 

 exhibit from among 516 labor-saving 

 devices shown at 24 labor-saving shows 

 in as many Illinois counties during 

 January and February. He will receive 

 a llOO war bond. 



Other winners designated were: C. 

 R. Rogers, Maroa, Macon county, ex- 

 hibiting a power tractor scoop, awarded 

 a $50 war bond. Erwin Gehlbach, 

 Lincoln, Logan county, a self-feeder 

 filler; William Staff, Pittsfield, Pike 

 county, a power garden tractor and 

 lawn mower, and J. B. Stouffer, Ster- 

 ling, Whiteside county, a hay bale 

 loader, each received a |25 war bond. 



Winners for displaying electrical ex- 

 hibits were: Arthur Prasse, Freeport, 

 Stephenson county, an elevator, $50 

 war bond; Norman Riegel, Peotone, 

 Will county, a water heater, $25 war 

 bond, and Clarence Bull and Delmar 

 Decker, Danforth, Iroquois county, a 

 hack saw, |25 war bond. Prizes were 

 made available by the public service 

 companies. 



Thirty-two $25 war bonds had pre- 

 viously been given to county winners at 

 the time of the county exhibits. 



The committee selecting the prize- 

 winning exhibits in the state contest 

 were: E. W. Lehmann, head, agricul- 

 tural engineering department; T. J. 

 Shambaugh, Cerro Gordo, Piatt county 

 farmer who assisted in planning and 

 conducting the various county shows 

 and exhibits, and W. D. Murphy, 

 assistant state supervisor, emergency 



farm labor program of the extension 

 service. 



A total of 19,927 persons attended 

 the 24 county shows held as a means 

 of showing how farmers and home- 

 makers had contrived to "beat the labor 

 situation." As a result of the shows, 

 a total of 9,000 bulletins and circulars 

 were requested from the College of 

 Agriculture as more information on 

 labor-saving machines and appliances 

 was sought. 



Nation-wide publicity resulted from 

 the series of shows with many requests 

 addressed to the agricultural engineer- 

 ing department for blueprints and plans 

 of many of the outstanding exhibits. 

 Plans are available on a portable motor, 

 electric lamp chick brooder, phosphate 

 and limestone spreader, baled hay ele- 

 vator, emergency or temporary silos, 

 piower post-hole digger, poultry equip- 

 ment, labor-saving hog equipment, self- 

 feeders for hogs, and the weed cutter. 



Sorry— Our Error! 



In the May issue of the lAA Record, 

 an error was made in the spelling of the 

 name of Robert R. Copper, recently hired 

 as plant breeder for the Producers' Crop 

 Improvement Association, Piper City, 

 Ford county. His name was incorrectly 

 spelled as "Cooper." 



Copper is a graduate of the U. of I. 

 College of Agriculture and formerly 

 served as assistant professor of agronomy 

 extension, Pennsylvania State College, 

 School of Agriculture. 



lUNE. 1945 



