PLANE DUSTS MASON 

 COUNTY WHEAT FIELDS 



An airplane was brought into use 

 for dusting wheat fields of Mason 

 county infested with army worms dur- 

 ing late June and the results were 

 highly satisfactory, according to Farm 

 Adviser Ray V. Watson. 



Calcium arsenate proved to be the 

 most effective dusting agent, Watson 

 said, with a 100 per cent kill reported 

 in the first field treated. Some 2200 

 acres of wheat were dusted by plane. 



The dusting material used in the 

 first trial was a mixture of poison, 

 bran and oil. However, the mixture 

 failed to work well through the dusting 

 equipment attached to the plane. 



Several farmers in the south edge of 

 Tazewell county also secured the air- 

 plane dusting service. Farm Adviser 

 Clarence Bayles of that county also pre- 

 pared some poison bait which was 

 scattered by men riding on a corn de- 

 tasseling machine. 



RURAL YOUTH 

 SHORT COURSES 



There will be twelve district short 

 courses sponsored by the department 

 of young people's activities of the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association late this 



summer. The dates are Aug. 21 to 

 Sept. 7. Beginning at 10 a. m. and 

 running for one day and evening each, 

 there will be workshop courses in pub- 

 lic speaking, recreation, parlimentary 

 procedure, and officer training. There 

 will also be a quiz on county Farm 

 Bureau facts. 



The leaders of the young people who 

 will be teaching these courses are Wil- 

 liam P. Sanford, lAA director of sales 

 service, Ellsworth D. Lyon, lAA direc- 

 tor of young people's activities and 

 Miss Clareta Walker, extension spe- 

 cialist in Rural Youth of the University 

 of Illinois. 



The following is the schedule of 

 dates with the locations where the 

 meetings will be held. All meetings, 

 with the exception of Villa Ridge, will 

 be held in the Farm Bureau offices. 

 Aug. 21 Newton 



McLeansboro 



Villa Ridge (Grange Hall) 



S|^arta 



Carlinville 



Rushville 



Canton 



Bloomington 



Yorkville 



Henry 



Oregon 



Moline 



24 

 27 



Aug. 22 

 Aug. 23 

 Aug 

 Aug 

 Aug. 28 

 Aug. 29 

 Aug. 30 

 Aug. 31 

 Sept. 5 

 Sept. 6 

 S^pt. 7 



YOUNG FOLKS' GROUPS 

 FORMED IN COUNTIES 



Preliminary meetings have been held 

 in two counties to plan programs for 

 young married farm people. 



In Rock Island county, two meetings- 

 have been held, and four monthly meet- 

 ing programs have been planned in ad- 

 vance by a group in the county. The 

 next meeting will be held July 13. 

 Elmer N. Searls, assistant professor in 

 agricultural economics extension, will 

 speak on "Financial Planning for the 

 Farm Family," at this meeting. About 

 25 young couples have indicated an in- 

 terest in forming an organization in 

 the county. 



In Montgomery county, a group of 

 young married couples held a dinner 

 June 22 in the Hillsboro Hotel. The 

 next meeting of the group will be held 

 Aug. 8 at Hillsboro Park with an eve- 

 ning picnic to be followed by a dis- 

 cussion session. Prior to the meeting, 

 a special effort will be made to inform 

 all young married couples of the pro- 

 gram. 



I 





Forests conserve soil moisture because 



they cast shade, because the forest floor is 

 covered with a mulch of leaves, and because 

 forest soils contain a large amount of humus. 



DECLARE YOUR FREEDOM 



fnm hmr of Hog CMeral 



The shot heard about and appreciated 

 round the world In '45 Is the "shot" you 

 give your pigs, to insure their safe de- 

 livery to Uncle Sam and our hungry 

 friends across the sea. 



So don't delay — vaccinate your pigs 

 with Farm Bureau Serum — as a patri- 

 otic duty as well as a profitable one for 

 yourself. 



<^ee YOUR FARM BUREAU 



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