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BEWARE OF SEPTEMBER 



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 1090 accidents. But watch 'em. These 

 miscellaneous things are killers just the 

 same. They include that penny behind 

 the fuse, the old rusty barbed wire 

 fence, the lightning that couldn't strike 

 twice in the same place, and the saving 

 of a few cents by home cleaning with 

 naphtha or gasoline. 



Among accidents to farm children 

 during our recent 30-day check, falls 

 of all sorts added seven more to the 

 total. One of these was a two-year-old 

 child who fell on a broken fruit jar 

 and was killed when the glass entered 

 the heart. Three small children were 

 drowned during the month. 



Other causes, including farm animals, 

 lightning and electricity, round out the 

 total number of farm accidents averag- 

 ing about a child-a-day seriously injured 

 or killed on Illinois farms. 



September IS a dangerous month! 

 Let's be more careful this September! 



NEW BILL MERGES 

 FARM CREDIT AGENCIES 



During the last session of Congress 

 a bill was passed and signed by Presi- 

 dent Truman authorizing the Farm- 

 ers' Home Corporation, designed to 

 streamline the administration of the 

 government's agricultural credit and 

 related activities. 



The purpose, as explained by the 

 bill's sponsor. Rep. Cooley (Dem.- 

 N.C.), is "to give only one agency the 

 power to make direct loans to farmers, 

 and to limit those loans to farmers who 

 cannot get credit anywhere else." 



The bill will abolish the Farm Se- 

 curity administration, some activities 

 of the Farm Credit administration, and 

 all activities of the National Housing 

 agency which pertain to property and 

 other assets formerly managed by the 

 FSA. The bill likewise requires the 

 liquidation of all subsistence loans 

 made by the FCA. It contained a 

 number of American Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration recommendations. 



PRE-COOLED PEACHES 



Pre-cooled peaches hold up two to 

 three days longer than those refriger- 

 ated under old methods causing less 

 shipping loss. By this method peaches 

 lose their field heat in a matter of a 

 few hours. 



Farm records show that in cash-grain 



areas year-to-year earnings tend to be high- 

 er where less than 15 per cent of the tillable 

 land is maintained in clovers and alfalfa 

 than where more land is kept in those crops. 



"Let's puW together" 



during the coming fall and winter 

 months by storing plant foods on 

 the farm. It appears that the supply 

 by next spring's crop season time 

 will not be sufficient to fill the need 

 of Illinois farmers. It promises to 

 be more plentiful, however, during 

 the "off-season" fall and winter 

 months. 



Your Blue Seal Distributor will secure a major portion of the supply 

 for your county during these months, but it is obvious that he can 

 order no more than can be stored. 



Give a hand — ^ by storing next season's needs on your farm 

 — your supply will be assured, the handling expense will be less, and 

 your savings will be increased. 



B\ue Sea\ ?\ant foods are of high quality 

 and can be stored safely during winter* 



FARM STORAGE HINTS 



1 . Keep fertilizer dry from the car to your barn. 



2. Store it in a weather tight building. (Tight roof and sides and 

 a good floor.) 



3. Pile away from walls since they collect moisture in cold weather. 



4. Pile on a wooden floor, or better yet, on a platform several 

 inches off the floor. 



5. Limit piles to 5 or 6 high, if possible, certainly not over 10 high. 

 Greater weight increases tendency to harden. 



6. Pile the bags loosely, leaving a space between piles for free air 

 circulation. 



ILLINOIS FARM SUPPLY COMPANY 



608 S. DEARBORN 



CHICAGO 5, ILL. 



>RD 



SEPTEMBER, 1946 



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