strenuous eflFort to limit the use of the 

 increased weight to these designated 

 highways. 



Bangs' Diseas* 



The General Assembly passed bills 

 designed to encourage calfhood vacci- 

 nation against Bangs' disease and to 

 hasten the elimination of this disease. 

 Eflfective July 1, 1947, all breeding and 

 dairy stock sold in the State, except for 

 slaughter, will in effect be required 

 either to originate from a clean herd 

 or to be tested for Bangs' disease with- 

 in thirty days prior to the date of sale. 

 The legislation also sets up an advisory 

 commission to cooperate with the De- 

 partment of Agriculture in the making 

 of rules and regulations concerning ani- 

 mal disease control. 



State Aid for Schools 



Legislation was enacted which sub- 

 stantially increases the State's contri- 

 bution to schools. The State's contri- 

 bution to transportation of school pu- 

 pils was also increased. The General 

 Assembly also enacted legislation pro- 

 viding for official county school surveys 

 in those counties electing to make such 

 surveys, as is described elsewhere in 

 this issue. 



Feed and Fertilizers 



Legislation was enacted increasing 

 the requirements for both commercial 

 feeds and commercial fertilizers sold 

 in the State. This will serve to further 

 protect purchasers of these products. 



SCHOOL SURVEY LAW 



fJN OR before Dec. 1, 1945, every 

 ** school board member in Illinois 

 will have a vote on whether his county 

 will adopt the provisions of the School 

 Survey Bill, which passed the Illinois 

 General Assembly and was signed into 

 law late in June. 



The bill was written by the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association and the State 

 Association of School Boards, and had 

 the support of the Illinois Education 

 Association in the legislature. 



If the school board members of a 

 county agree to make a survey, then the 

 act calls for the setting up of a county 

 school committee of nine members elected 

 by the board members themselves, five 

 members of which committee will repre- 

 ■sent the board of director districts, and 

 four, board of education districts. Any 

 committee, if it so desires, may set up an 

 advisory group consisting of one per- 

 son from each township in the county to 



advise with and assist the committee. 

 Also committees in neighboring coun- 

 ties are urged to have occasional joint 

 meetings to compare ideas and work 

 out the problems of districts overlap- 

 ping county lines. 



In the words of the act itself, the 

 county committee shall have power and 

 it shall be its duty: 



"(a) To study the school districts of 

 the county and their orgjnization for 

 the purpose of recommending desirable 

 re-organization which in the judgment 

 of the committee will afford better ed- 

 ucational opportunities for the pupils 

 and inhabitants of the county, more 

 efficient and economical administration 

 of public schools and a more equitable 

 distribution of public school revenues; 



"(b) To confer with school author- 

 ities and residents of the school districts 

 of the county, hold public hearings, 

 and furnish to school board members 

 and to the public information concern- 

 ing re-organization of school districts 

 in the county; and 



"(c) To make reports of its study 

 and recommendations, including a map 

 or maps showing existing boundaries 

 of school districts and the boundaries 

 of proposed or recommended school 

 districts, concerning the re-organization 

 and financing of the school districts of 

 the county." 



Within the space of 18 months the 

 county committee will make a tentative 

 report which will include recommenda- 

 tions for the setting up of some new 

 school districts and the elimination of 

 a larger number of smaller and less 

 efficient ones. Hearings on this tenta- 

 tive report will be held in each pro- 

 posed new district and the people 

 affected will have an opportunity to 

 consider and recommend changes in 

 the proposed plans. Also copies of the 

 tentative report will be sent to the 

 state commission for its suggestions. 

 The suggestions of both the local 

 people and the state commission are 

 then considered by the county com- 

 mittee in an effort to harmonize broad 

 and long range planning with the spe- 

 cial wishes of local people. 



The county committee then prepares 

 and publishes its final report and rec- 

 ommendations. Within 9 months after 

 the final report is made an election is 

 called by the county superintendent in 

 each proposed new district. If the 

 vote is favorable, the people involved 

 have a new school district and will 

 proceed, under the law, to elect a 

 school board representative of the 

 larger area. If the vote is in the nega- 

 tive the people will at least, by this 

 time, be convinced of what they do 

 want and can proceed, under the law, 

 to make adjustments more suitable to 

 them. 



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. . ; AS FARMERS 

 FORWARD GO 



ORGANIZATION NOnS 

 By O. D. Brissenden 



THE Long-Range County Goals to be 

 attained by Sept. 30 and set up by 

 the County Organization Committees are 

 now being reported completed by coun- 

 ties in every section of the state. 



Thirty-three County Farm Bureaus 

 have made the goals. Many more arc 

 in easy striking distance. As of June 1, 

 there were 21 counties within fifty mem- 

 bers of their goals. 



Others that lack a larger number are 

 making their plans accordingly and will 

 be over, well in advance of the deadline. 



IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THESE 

 GOALS BE REALIZED. LET US ALL 

 BE CONSCIOUS OF THAT FACT 

 AND WORK TOWARD THAT END. 



"Every industry has two distinct op«i«- 



tions: (a) Manufacturing and (b) Selling. 

 Farmers have two distinct operations but 

 they have done little except manufacturing. 

 Selling is most important. Until we can 

 sell we cannot compete. The average Illi- 

 nois farmer has over $10,000 invested in 

 production machinery on his farm to say 

 nothing of depreciation. The interest of 

 this investment is certainly some sizeable 

 amount. When you ask farmers to invest 

 $15 in a membership in an organization to 

 help look after the selling side some say 

 they cannot afford it. What's wrong with 

 his reason? How much has the farmer put 

 into the selling of his products? Many of 

 our farmers produce and sell $10,000 worth 

 of products each year. Selling at the other 

 man's price, the other man's grade, the 

 other man's weight. Through our coopera- 

 tives we are changing some of these pro- 

 grams. By a complete organization many 

 more could be changed to the point where 

 the farmer would have more to say about 

 the price of his products which in turn 

 would give him more net income." 



— A. B. Gulp in McLean County 

 Organization News, July, 1945 



Lyman Bunting declared at a recent dis- 

 trict organization meeting, "As long as I've 

 lived, the plans outlined today were the 

 best I've heard .... We must organize 

 things to get the job done. In the old days, 

 membership went along on faith and hope, 

 but today it is a service program .... We 

 must see that the things farmers need are 

 available for them .... We are beginning 

 the greatest period of Farm Bureau history 

 if we will just work together." 



"After new blood has been injected into 



organization work, along with good leader- 

 ship, well planned campaigns, general and 

 personal publicity, etc., etc., there still re- 

 mains the problem of making an effective 

 personal contact with every prospective mem- 

 ber. Chevalier says : "The salesman is the 

 foot soldier of business, and it's the foot 

 soldier who takes and holds a country.' " 



• ' ir— From Summary at Organization 

 School. 



7ULY- AUGUST, 1945 



