How well are you informed on farm awaits? Test yourself on the ques- 

 tions below. Each question is followed by three answers. Select the one 

 which you think is correct. Compare your selection with the correct an- 

 swers. Allow yourself 10 points for each correct answer. Add your score. 



90 to 100 = Excellent 50 to 60 = Fair 



70 to 80 = Good Below 50 = Poor 



1. Which of the following is a breed of hogs? 

 Berkshire Shropshire Wiltshire 



2. What was the value of products sold from Illinois farms in 1945? 

 $27,298,000 $365,000 $1,166,000,000 



3. Illinois Farm Bureau members have organized a new statewide co- 

 operative to market which of the following? 



live stock fruit grain 



4. The number of members in Illinois Farm Bureaus at the end of April 

 was 



12,855 85,128 127,551 



5. What is the principal use for corn? 

 human food cow feed hog feed 



6. What was the average age of Illinois farm operators in 1940 ? 

 29 years 39 years 49 years 



7. Which of the following might be a capon? 

 Duroc Jersey Holstein Bufif Orpington 



8. Which of the following companies owned by Illinois farmers provides 

 automobile insurance? 



Country Life Insurance Co. Country Mutual Fire Co. 



Country Mutual Casualty Co. 



9. When did hybrid corn come into common use in Illinois? 

 1919 1929 1939 



10. What was the average market weight of hogs during the war? 

 205 lbs. 255 lbs. 305 lbs. 



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COUNTRY FIRE CITES 

 RULES ON GAS STORAGE 



''Any farmer who buys fire insurance 

 **• on a building or the contents of a 

 building and has gasoline stored within 

 15 feet is paying premiums for nothing," 

 advises Lyman Peaks, chief underwriter 

 for Country Mutual Fire Company. 



"No fire insurance company wants to 

 take money for nothing," Peaks said, 

 "but the state fire marshal strictly for- 

 bids storage of gasoline close to build- 

 ings, and all companies which operate 

 statewide in Illinois must use a standard 

 policy which denies liability for fire dam- 

 age on any building which has gasoline 

 stored within 15 feet." 



Concurring with Peaks' advice. Man- 

 ager J. H. Kelker of Country Fire said 

 destruction of farm property and loss of 

 lives caused by gasoline fires on farm- 

 steads is something for farmers to stop 

 and consider. Too much care, he said, 

 cannot be used in placing your gasoline 

 tank where it will be least dangerous. 



A ride through a farming district in 

 almost any part of Illinois, Peaks said, 

 will reveal such dangerous gasoline tank 

 installations as tanks resting on timbers 

 extending from a haymow door, tanks 

 on wooden supports too close to a build- 

 ing, many tanks in machine sheds, and 

 in extreme cases recent observation 

 showed a few actually sitting on wooden 

 supports connected to expensive dairy 

 barns. » 



"Underground tanks," Peaks said, "are 

 preferable but neither tanks nor pumps 

 are as yet available in sufficient quantities. 



"Whatever type of gasoline storage 

 tank is used on your farm," he continued, 

 "please be sure that it is located at least 

 15 feet — greater distances are more de- 

 sirable — from any building so you will 

 have protection from any gasoline fire 

 on your premises and so your fire policy 

 will not be voided by violation of policy 

 provisions." , 



NAME BASEBALL DIRECTORS 



Five counties have named directors to 

 represent their teams on the board of 

 the Illinois Farm Bureau Baseball League, 

 Roy P. Johnson, lAA director of special 

 services, reported June 10. 



Teams are being organized and plans 

 are moving ahead to put the Farm Bureau 

 Baseball league into action this summer. 



County Farm Bureaus naming base- 

 ball directors are: Kendall, Ed William- 

 son ; Cass, Oscar Reichert ; DeKalb, Floyd 

 Phillips; Macon, O. E. Jacob, and Will, 

 Bob Seeley. 



L A. A. RECORD 



