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tion chinch bugs, and the outlook 

 for 1946 is much improved, he reported. 



Grasshoppers are not expected to de- 

 velop into a serious outbreak in 1916, 

 with the possible exception of an area 

 including Madison, Bond, Tayette and 

 parts of adjoining counties. 



The overwintering population of 

 codling moth going into 19-i6 is de- 

 cidedly lower than it was a year ago. 

 Decker said, but this reduction does 

 not warrant a letup in control oper.i- 

 tions. Oriental fruit moth and plum 

 curCLilio were both on the increase in 

 numbers in 19l5, and peach growers 

 were cautioned to be on the alert and 

 prepare to spray and dust during the 

 early spring and preharvest period. 



Decker predicted little damage from 

 the grape colaspis and sweet clover 

 weevil. He further reported that use 

 of DDT on agricultural crops is still 

 in the experimental state and urged 

 prospective users of the insecticide to 

 follow closely the manufacturer's di- 

 rection. 



The new president of the lAA. 

 Charles B. Shuman, and the new state 

 director of agriculture, Arnold P. Ben- 

 son, were introduced to Farm and 

 Home Week visitors at the opening 

 general session by Dean H. P. Rusk of 

 the College of Agriculture. 



Introducing President Shuman, Dean 

 Rusk .said: "I believe the lAA has 

 found a man of uncommon ability to 

 direct the activities of the most power- 

 ful and important farm organization 

 in the country." Dean Rusk also men- 



Taking part in the discussion, "How Can 

 Rural Schools be Reorganized?" at the 

 Farm and Home Week rural schools ses- 

 sion were, leit to right: John Cox, lAA 

 director of rural school relations; Charles 

 Mcintosh, Piatt county superintendent of 

 schools; Mrs. Carl Schmiedescamp. 

 Quincy, and Luther Black, assistant state 

 superintendent of schools. At right, a 

 group of Rural Youth look over the farrh 

 machinery exhibit at the ag engineering 

 building. L. to R.. William Grommet. St. 

 Clair county; Alfred Mangold. Mason; 

 Gale Williams, White; John Rollins, Knox; 

 Karl Seibert, St, Clair; Russ Florreich. St, 

 Clair. 



tioned that the University is proud to 

 claim President Shuman as one of its 

 own, as he was an honor graduate of 

 the College of Agriculture in 1928 and 

 later received the degree of master of 

 science in agronomy in 1929. 



President Shuman declared that he 

 was happy to be on the platform with 

 Dean Rusk and Director Benson, 

 asserting that the College of Agricul- 

 ture, the state Department of Agricul- 

 ture, and the lAA, constituted a three- 

 horse team working in the interests of 

 the farmers of the state. 



At left, farmers find out how they are go- 

 ing to spend their money this year, ac- 

 cording to Farm and Home Week poster. 

 At right, a model farm is laid out in 

 miniature. Back of picture is west. House 

 is in foreground where drive swings to 

 right. Livestock shelter, comcrib and barn 

 are in background. Shed at right is for 

 machinery. Note dense wooded growth 

 on north and west sides for windbreak. 



"We need educational research, and 

 we need laws," President Shuman said 

 in referring to the College of Agricul- 

 ture, and the Department of Agruul- 

 ture, and we need a strong organiza- 

 tion to see that these programs and laws 

 are effectively put into operation." 



President Shuman pledged the etforls 

 ot the lAA toward a continuance of the 

 line relationship tliat has existed be 

 tween the College of Agriculture and 

 the State Department of Agriculture. 



Direaor Benson declared that the 

 two agencies, the C"ollcgc of Agriiul- 

 ture an.! the !AA represent the farmers 

 and the rural interest of the state and 

 that he was happv to cooperate with 

 them in every worthwhile and forward- 

 looking program in which farmers are 

 interested. He expressed pleasure at 

 meeting President Shuman and lauded 

 him tor his grasp of rural and commu- 

 nity problems of Illinois. 



Perhaps the most interesting address 

 given at the general session was that of 

 Philip .Morrison who worked on the 

 atom bomb project. 



A University of Illinois physicist 

 from 1911 to 19)3, Morrison compared 

 the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and 

 .Nagasaki with the first airplane built 

 by the Wright brothers. The Wright 

 brothers' plane is far outdated by the 

 present B-29s, he said, and the first 

 atomic bomb likewise marks the begm- 

 ning of a new technology as the first 

 airplane was the beginning of a luw 

 era. 



{PU'.Ks; Utrrt :i, pjgi 2(S) 



MARCH. 1946 



