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more counties voted school surveys than 

 was expected when appropriation of 

 funds was made for carrying out the 

 law. 



It was also recommended that be- 

 cause certain counties have failed to 

 approve the selection and operation of 

 a county school survey committee, and 

 it would seem that many in such coun- 

 ties are in favor of such a survey being 

 made, that legislation be enacted at the 

 earliest time in order to give these coun- 

 ties an opportunity to conduct another 

 vote under the provisions of the present 

 county school survey law. 



Buildings and Development 



The conference urged the establish- 

 ment of larger administrative com- 

 munity units for development purposes 

 in student teaching in connection with 

 the state university and state teachers 

 colleges and that off-campus student 

 teaching be encouraged. 



Since many new school buildings will 

 be needed in the post-war period, it was 

 recommended that a specialist in school 

 buildings be added to the staff of the 

 state superintendent of public instruc- 

 tion to render advisory services on such 

 school construction. 



Because further enabling legislation 

 will be needed to facilitate the reor- 

 ganization of school districts, as rec- 

 ommended by county school survey 

 committees and since such further legis- 

 lation might change the recommenda- 

 tions of the survey committee in many 

 counties, it was recommended : 



That the county school survey com- 

 mittees be urged to make full use of 

 the time provided by the school survey 

 law for study of the problems of school 

 district reorganization, and to avoid 

 hasty and ill-considered action which 

 might prevent them from taking ad- 

 vantage of possible further enabling 

 legislation. 



U. OF I. STUDIES USE OF 

 PENICILLIN ON ANIMALS 



Further studies on the effects of pen- 

 icillin in the treatment of animal dis- 

 eases are being conducted by veteri- 

 narians of the department of animal 

 pathology and hygiene at the Univer- 

 sity of Illinois college of agriculture. 

 The new drug is now available to prac- 

 ticing veterinarians. 



After a thorough study of the effects 

 of penicillin in the treatment of mas- 

 titis in cattle, University veterinarians 

 reported: "Penicillin is probably the 

 most efficient treatment employed to 

 date in the treatment of mastitis. The 

 non-toxic and non-irritating properties 

 of penicillin, not to mention its econ- 

 omy, will find favor with practicing 

 veterinarians and dairy cattle owners." 



Farni Supply Reorganizes 

 Its Administration Setup 



REORGANIZATION of the administra- 

 tion of Illinois Farm Supply Com- 

 pany, under consideration for several 

 months, went into effect Jan. 1 according 

 to an announcement by Manager C. H. 

 Becker. 



Under the new set-up, administration 

 will be carried out through six principal 

 divisions — petro- 

 leum, feed, plant 

 food, general pur- 

 chasing, distribution, 

 and research. 



The four operating 

 divisions, namely pe- 

 troleum, feed, plant 

 food, and general 

 purchasing will su- 

 pervise procurement 

 and the movement of 

 goods. 



The distribution 

 division will furnish educational and pro- 

 motional material, promote public rela- 

 tions, conduct advertising campaigns and 

 train and develop personnel. 



The research department will carry on 

 investigations and collaborate in research 

 activities with other agencies and organi- 

 zations for the benefit of the farm supply 

 business. 



G. W. Bunting 



newly created re- 

 G. W. Bunting, 



Director of the 

 search division is 

 former director of 

 purchasing. Bunt- 

 ing also organized 

 the plant food divi- 

 sion last year and 

 has been associated 

 with Illinois Farm 

 Supply since its in- 

 fancy. He was 

 reared on a farm in 

 Edwards county 

 and is a graduate 

 of the University of 

 Illinois. 



Heading the new 

 plant food division is former Piatt County 

 Farm Adviser E. O. Johnston, who is 

 scheduled to assume his new duties 

 March 1. Johnston will handle procure- 

 ment and development of plant foods 

 and inoculants. 



Johnston was born in Pike county 

 where he operated a farm after his 

 graduation from the University of Illi- 

 nois in 1925. Since 1935, he has served 

 as farm adviser in Piatt county gaining 

 a splendid reputation for his work in 

 the field of plant foods. 



E. O. lohnaton 



WiUiam Cole 



Head of the new general purchasing 

 division is William Cole, who has been 

 associated with Illi- 

 nois Farm Supply 

 since 1935. He was 

 reared on a farm in 

 Henry county and 

 attended business 

 college in Quincy. 



After working in 

 Henry, Stark, Fay- 

 ette and Warren 

 counties, he went 

 to the Chicago of- 

 fice in 1941. For the 

 past year he has 

 been serving as manager of the Jack- 

 sonville district. 



Heads of the remaining divisions 

 are: Morris Crandall, petroleum; J. J. 

 Lanter, feed, and W. B. Peterson, dis- 

 tribution. Crandall was formerly su- 

 perintendent of transportation. The 

 transportation and petroleum depart- 

 ments were combined to form the pe- 

 troleum division. 



Another change in the petroleum di- 

 vision is the appointment of Jack Dor- 

 ward as head of the lubricating oil pur- 

 chasing and development department 

 at Kingston Mines. Dorward has been 

 manager of the Iroquois Service Com- 

 pany at Watseka for the past 41/^ years. 

 He has a master's degree in chemistry 

 from Iowa State College. 



BOOKLET FOR VETERANS 



Returning war veterans and war 

 workers, who are planning to begin 

 farming now that the war is over and 

 who are faced with the problem of 

 acquiring the necessary capital, may be 

 interested in Bulletin No. 512 issued 

 by the University of Illinois college of 

 agriculture. 



Prepared by B. D. Parrish, formerly 

 of the department of agricultural eco- 

 nomics, and L. J. Norton, acting head 

 of the department, the pamphlet deals 

 with the capital requirements of farms 

 in McHenry county, a dairy county in 

 the Chicago milkshed, during the pe- 

 riod 1940-42. 



George Peters, Vermilion county, has 

 been named assistant manager of the 

 Champaign County Livestock Market- 

 ing Association yards at Urbana. He 

 took- over his new work Jan. 1 . 



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