From the Illinois Fruit Growers Ex- 

 change at Carbondale, Manager L. L. 

 Colvis predicts an Illinois peach crop 

 of 50 to 70 per cent of last year's 

 production. 



Freezing weather, hail, light bud set 

 and an unusually heavy drop of blos- 

 soms in some areas have combined to 

 cut the peach crop potential to 60 to 

 70 per cent of last year's crop below 

 Carbondale, and 50 to 60 per cent 

 north of Carbondale. 



Colvis said the crop appears to be of 

 good quality but is subject to further 

 damage from wind, hail and pests. 

 The Illinois apple crop promises to be 

 considerably larger than last year. The 

 crop of Transparents being picked this 

 month is reported to be unusually good. 



John H. Brock, Will county 

 farm adviser for the past two years, 

 has resigned to become business 

 manager of the Northern Illinois 

 Dairy Cattle Breeders' Association 

 with headquarters at Dundee in 

 Kane county. He will take over 

 his new duties soon after July 1. 

 Brock also has served as farm 

 adviser in Bond and McHenry 

 counties. 



"Don't be confused by the large num- 

 ber of names used for weed-killing chem- 

 icals," advises L. V. Sherwood, University 

 of Illinois agronomist. "All of these 

 weed-killers have the same chemical, 

 2,4-D." 



The names are different because dif- 

 ferent companies sell the same chemical. 

 The new weed-killer does not kill all 

 weeds and very few grasses. However, 

 it is effective, Sherwood says, against rag- 

 weed, poison ivy, lawn clovers, young 

 crabgrass, curled dock and others. 



Weeds such as Canada thistle, field 

 bindweed, leafy spurge and bull nettle 

 require more than one treatment of 2,4-D. 

 Cost of the application is $10 to $20 

 per acre. It is non-combustible and non- 

 poisonous to animals. 



Edwin H. Henderson of Lake coun- 

 ty has been named assistant farm ad- 

 viser at Fulton county. He succeeds 

 Kenneth Flake, now Henry county 

 farm adviser. Henderson is a 1943 

 graduate of the University of Illinois 

 College of Agriculture. He was re- 

 cently discharged from the army after 

 three years service. His wife is the 

 former Lamoine Holland of Cuba, 111. 



George C. Engel, Knox county 

 assistant farm adviser in 1942, has 

 returned to his job after 3'/2 years 

 in the army. He spent much of 

 his time in the Philippines and 

 Japan. 





Earl M. Lutz, vocational agricul- 

 ture teacher at Bluffs high school 

 in Scott county since 1942, has been 

 employed as farm adviser of Galla- 

 tin county. Lutz was born on a 

 farm near Sandoval in Marion 

 county, graduated from the Univer- 

 sity of Illinois College of Agricul- 

 ture in 1936 and received his mas- 

 ter's degree there in 1942. He 

 formerly taught vocational agricul- 

 ture at Equality high school in 

 Gallatin county. 



Don Duke, who has served for 17 

 consecutive years with producer agen- 

 cies, has been named manager of Peoria 

 Producers. He had been chief hog 

 salesman with the Peoria organization 

 since 1943. Duke started with Chicago 

 Producers in 1929 and later served as 

 manager of Fort Wayne, Ind., Pro- 

 ducers. He was born, reared and edu- 

 cated in Iowa, is married and has three 

 children. 



Illinois Star Farmer, highest state honor 

 conferred by Future Farmers of America, 

 was given to Len Shaw (above), a senior 

 at Maroa high school In Macon county at 

 FFA state meeting In Springfield. Len cul- 

 tivates 45 acres of land and raises hogs 

 and purebred cattle. 



Seventy-six county and local agricul- 

 tural fairs in Illinois, offering $1,443,616 

 in premiums, are schedule to be held 

 this year, according to Arnold P. Benson, 

 state director of agriculture. This is an 

 increase of 14 over 1945. 



New fairs being organized include 

 shows to be held at Greenville, Martins- 

 ville, Carthage, Elizabeth, Macomb, De- 

 catur and Metropolis. 



Fairs not held in 1945, which will be 

 resumed, include those at Belvidcre, 

 Augusta, Stronghurst, Jerseyville, Elgin, 

 Highland, Arthur, Sparta, Roseville and 

 Ashley. 



The Livingston County Fair, the Stark 

 County Agricultural Exhibit and Horse 

 Show, and the Stephenson County Com- 

 munity Fair, which were held last year, 

 will not operate in 1946. 



Net farm income for last year 

 on 110 accounting farms in 12 

 counties surrounding Franklin 

 county averaged lower than for 

 any year since 1933, according to 

 a report by the University of Il- 

 linois Department of Agricultural 

 Economics. The report indicated 

 that the low return for 1945 was 

 due to a poor crop year and higher 

 operating costs. 



Christian and Henderson counties 

 can look forward to being the first Il- 

 linois counties to get new soil maps 

 now that the war's end has made it 

 possible to resume the field work of 

 the Illinois Soil Survey, reports Dr. R. 

 S. Smith, head of the soil survey. 



During 1942-1943 all members of 

 the soil survey staff went into military 

 or defense service. Four of them are 

 back on the job now, although one has 

 been asked to go to Japan to help make 

 a soil map of the island. 



Mapping of Christian county was 

 about three-fourths completed before 

 the survey lost its staff. This county 

 will be completed this summer. Work 

 is beginning in Henderson county, 

 where a great many requests for a soil 

 map have been received. 



American Farm Bureau Feder- 

 ation is sponsoring a series of 

 radio programs on the National 

 Broadcasting Company network. 

 Programs are heard at 12:15 p.m. 

 Central Standard Time on Sundays 

 only. Remaining broadcasts will 

 be heard July 14, July 28, August 

 11, August 25, and Sept. 8. 



Illinois farmers used 4,215,000 tons of 

 limestone in 1944 as part of their soil im- 

 provement program. This is about one-fifth 

 of all limestone used in the United States 

 and about two-fifths of that used in the five 

 corn-belt states. 



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