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A reliable driver takes tke children to and 



from school. Pupils are taught to line up, 



be considerate of others. 



fore the noon meal. 



The hot lunch is so popular that only 

 two of the 41 children in the school go 

 home at noon to eat. Children in the 

 upper room have organized an activity 

 club under the supervision of Mrs. War- 



One of the attractive points in the 

 school consolidation program in Piatt 

 county is the fact that the tax rate for 

 schools hasn't risen appreciably. Supt. 

 Mcintosh explained that the tax rate 

 after consolidation had risen slightly in 

 some districts and had dropped slightly in 

 others while tending to equalize the rate 

 over the consolidated area. 



Little has been done in the way of in- 

 troducing the manual arts into the Piatt 

 consolidated schools but Supt. Mcintosh 

 said it would be done if desirable, espe- 

 cially in the larger consolidated schools 

 like Mansfield in the northern part of the 

 county where such a program would be 

 practical. 



When asked: "How would you like 

 to go back to the old school.'" one of the 

 boys at White Heath looked up quizzi- 

 cally, grinned and answered with an un- 

 equivocal "No sir, I wouldn't." 



HOLD SCHOOL FOR GRAIN 

 ELEVATOR MANAGERS 



The first school of instruction for 

 managers of grain elevators was held 

 in the Chicago offices of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association Dec. 10-11-12 

 under the genera! direction of George 

 H. Iftner, lAA director of grain mar- 

 keting. 



Assisting with the course of instruc- 

 tion, which was designed to give be- 

 ginners some knowledge of the funda- 

 mentals of grain marketing were Dr. 

 L. J. Norton of the University of Illi- 

 nois college of agriculture, A. N. 

 Scheeler, manager, Graymont Coopera- 

 tive Company; Eugene Hoerner, man- 

 ager, Ludlow Cooperative Elevator 

 Company; W. B. Combs, extension 

 service, Chicago. 



W. P. Sandford, lAA director of 

 sales service; Frank Haines, manager, 

 and E. J. Kazmarek, assistant manager, 

 Illinois Grain Corporation; C. E. 

 Strand, manager lAA Auditing Asso- 

 ciation; H. O. Nelson, lAA accountant; 

 Donald Kirkpatrick, lAA legal adviser ; 

 W. B. Peterson, Illinois Farm Supply 

 company, and C. C. Chapelle, lAA 

 comptroller. 



Others attending the school were> 

 Charles McNair, Savoy Grain and Coal 

 company; Robert Sherrard, Henry 

 County Service company; Verne Hoar, 

 Colchester; Edwin E. Jones, Cam- 

 bridge;' Robert Welty, Erie Coopera- 

 tive company; Harlow Boyd, Moultrie 

 County Grain company. 



Charles Votsmier, Montgomery Serv- 

 ice company; Clarion Kallern, Newark 

 Farmers Grain company; Ross Thomas, 

 Sullivan; William Skaer, Summerfield 

 Farmers Co-op Grain Company; For- 

 rest Hunt, Paxton Farmers Grain com- 

 pany; Charles McDonald, Moultrie 

 County Grain company, and Fred Heck, 

 Montgomery Service company. 



{Picture on page 9) 



Virginia. U; Melba. 10; and Dolores, 10, 

 (front to back) had no classmates in form- 

 er schools. Like it better now. 



U. OF I. HOLDS FARM 

 LABOR SAVING SHOWS 



Since the first of the year a series of 

 shows offering ideas for better farm- 

 ing and better living have been pre- 

 sented to Illinois farm people in color- 

 ful exhibits by the University of Illi- 

 nois college of agriculture. 



The exhibits include a look into the 

 future of farm prices and incomes, new 

 uses of DDT, efficient ways of per- 

 forming chores, ideas for landscaping 

 the farm home, uses of pasture in main- 

 taining farm income in postwar recon- 

 version, efficient methods of perform- 

 ing homemaking tasks and many other 

 interesting features. 



This picture of o tornado roaring through 

 Rock Island county was made last lune 

 just before it crossed the Rock river into 

 Henry and later Bureau county. Coming 

 out of Iowa, the twister caused extensive 

 damage to buildings and crops in the 

 three counties. Picture was received from 

 Arnold Struss of Port Byron. III. 



In addition to the University's ex- 

 hibits and demonstrations, there will be 

 a competitive exhibit, developed by 

 local farmers and homemakers, of ideas, 

 methods and devices for making work 

 easier. 



Thirty-nine shows throughout the 

 state were scheduled. Following is the 

 remainder of the schedule: Feb. 18, 

 Vermilion; 19, Iroquois; 20, Kankakee; 

 21, Will; 22, Lake; 25, DuPage; 26, 

 Boone; 27, Lee; 28, Bureau; March I, 

 Rock Island; 4, Henry; 5, Stark; 6, 

 Marshall-Putnam: 7, McLean, and 

 March 8, Peoria, Tazewell and Wood- 

 ford. 



Dr. Dwight Powell (right). University of 

 Illinois horticulturist, demonstrates at Mo- 

 line his plan of using water under 500 or 

 600 pounds pressure with regular spraying 

 equipment to remove rough bark to kill 

 codling moth larvae in winter in apple 

 tree. Conventional method of scraping 

 and burning bark requires hours for eoch 

 tree. Orchard owner John King looks on. 



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