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REVIEW FARM LABOR 

 PROGRAM IN STATE 



The emergency farm labor program 

 for 1945 was reviewed Dec. 20 at a 

 meeting of members of the subcom- 

 mittee on farm labor of the state agri- 

 cultural planning council hel^ at the 

 University of Illinois college of agri- 

 culture. 



Consideration was also given to the 

 present critical farm labor situation and 

 the prospects^for 1946. The meeting 

 was presided over by George E. Metz- 

 ger, lAA field secretary and chairman 

 of the subcommittee. 



Taking part in the discussions were 

 Arnold Benson, state director of agri- 

 culture; Lee Gentry, chairman of the 

 Production and Marketing administra- 

 ti<vi, Decatur; John M. Fullington of 

 the Farm Security administration; W. 

 D. Murphy, assistant state supervisor of 

 the labor program, E. D. Lawrence, 

 McLean county farmer, and P. E. 

 Johnston, state super^'isor of the Illi- 

 nois emergency farm labor program. 



Meanwhile reports from several sec- 

 tions of the state indicate continued 

 difficulty in obtaining experienced farm 

 hands. 



Carl McComb, wlio is in charge of 

 the farm labor office at the McLean 

 County Farm Bureau, reported recently 

 that 19 farm homes were vacant in the 

 Bloomington area because of the lack 

 of farm hands. Sixteen of the houses 

 have electricity. 



McComb said many farmers hoped to 

 get the needed help when the war 

 ended and men were released from war 

 factories and the services, but the fact 

 remains that few of these men have 

 applied for farm jobs. 



Similar conditions have been reported 

 by farm advisers throughout the state 

 in spite of the fact that the value of 

 farm wages, free rent and other extras 

 are now at an all time high. 



HONOR CHAMPAIGN 

 HOME ADVISER 



Mrs. Esther K. Thor, Champaign 

 county home adviser, received a na- 

 tional citation for her outstanding home 

 extension work at the annual meeting 

 of the National Association of Home 

 Demonstration Agents in Chicago in 

 Deceinber. It was the second time an 

 Illinois home adviser has been so 

 honored. 



Mrs. Thor has served six years in 

 Champaign county and five years in 

 Mercer county and five years in Taze- 

 well county. She is a graduate of the 

 University of Illinois and earned her 

 master's degree at the University of 

 Wisconsin. 



JANUARY, 1946 



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SAVE 12'/: 



2 70 



ON EARLY ORDERS FOR 



BLUE SEAL 



NOCULANT 



This saving is made possible through large volume cooperative buy- 

 ing of quantities accurately determined by actual needs. Early 

 ordering enables the manufacturer to supply the needed quantity 

 without wasteful left-overs which cannot be used next year. This 

 inoculant is supplied fresh and must be used before expiration date 

 stamped on each package. 



BLUE SEAL INOCULANTS MAY BE PURCHASED FROM 

 ANY OF THE FOLLOWING AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS: 



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Adams Service CompanY 

 Adams County Shippers' Ass'n. 

 Bond County Service Company 

 Brown County Farm Bureau 

 Bureau Producers Supplies 

 Bureau Service Company 

 Carroll County Producers Supplies 

 Cass County Producers Suppliei 

 Champaign Producers Supplies 

 Christian County Farmers Supply Co. 

 Clark Service Company 

 Clay County Service Co. 

 Clinton County Producers Supply Co. 

 Coles County Cooperative Service 

 Crawford County Farm Bureau 

 Cumberland County Farm Bureau 

 DeWitt County Service Company 

 Douglas County Service Company 

 Edgar County Producers Supplies 

 Edwards County Producers Supplies 

 Effingham Service Company 

 Farmers Grain Company of Dorans 

 Fayette Producers Supplies 

 Ford County Producers Supplies 

 Franklin County Service Company 

 Fruit Belt Service Company 

 Fulton Service Company 

 Gallatin County Farm Bureau 

 Greene County Service Company 

 Grundy County Farm Bureau 

 Grundy Grain and Supply 

 Hancock Producers Supplies 

 Henderson County Producers Supplies 

 Iroquois Service Company 

 Jackson-Perry Cooperative 

 Jasper County Farm Bureau 

 Jefferson County Farm Bureau 

 JoOaviess Producers Supplies 

 Jo^son County Farm Bureau 

 Kankakee Service Company 

 Kendall County Farm Bureau 

 Knox County Supply Company 

 Lake Cook Farm Supply Company 

 La Salle County Farm Supply 

 Lee County Service Company 

 Lawrence County Farm Bureau 



Livingston County Producers Supplies 



Logan Producers Supplies 



Macon County Cooperative Supply Co. 



Macoupin Cooperative, Inc. 



Madison Service Company 



Marion County Livestock Shipping Ass'n. 



MarshalUPutnam Cooperative, Inc. 



Mason County Producers Supplies 



Massac County Farm Bureau 



McDonough Grain and Milling Co. 



McDonough Producers Supplies 



Mchenry County Farm Supply 



McLean County Supplies. Inc. 



Menard Farm Bureau Seed Company 



Mercer Producers Supplies 



Mid-State Supply Company 



Monroe County Producers Supplies 



Montgomery County Producers Supplies 



Morgan Producers Supplies 



Moultrie County Farm Bureau 



Ogle County Farm Bureau 



Piatt County Farm Bureau 



Pike County Farm Supply Company 



Pope-Hardin Producers Supply 



Randolph Farm Bureau Cooperative 



Richland County Supply t Shipping An**. 



Rock Island Service Company 



Rushville Farmers Grain & livestock 



Schuyler Producers Supply Company 



Scott County Supplies 



Shelby Service Company 



Stark Supply Company 



Stephenson Seed t Supplies 



Summerfield Farmers Cooperative Grain Co. 



Twin County Service Company 



Union County Farm Bureau 



Vermilion County Producers Supply Co. 



Wabash County Farm Bureau 



Warren Producers Supplies 



Washington County Producers Supplies 



Wayne Producers Supply Company 



Whiteside Service Company 



Will County Cooperative, Inc. 



Winnebago Service Company 



Woodford County Seed Company 



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ILLINOIS FARM SUPPLY CO. 



608 SOUTH DEARBORN ST., CHICAGO 5, ILLINOIS 



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