1 ,000 pounds of phosphate have been ap- 

 plied to the home 170 acres. Additional 

 phosphate is in the process of being 

 applied. Although the land is fairly flat, 

 the McKees hew strictly to the conserva- 

 tion line in contouring some of their 

 corn. 



Farm Bureau, McKee believes, is and 

 will be just what the farmer makes it. 

 "Our Farm Bureau and farm co-ops," 

 he said, "have a solid foundation in the 

 grass roots and will continue to flourish 

 just so long as we do not become com- 

 placent, and do not forget that continued 

 acceptance will only result from obtain- 

 ing a maximum of service. Neither the 

 Farm Bureau nor any of our cooperatives 

 can long survive should they cease to do 

 for farm folks those things they have a 

 right to expect from them." 



Shaded area on map is 16th Congressional 



district represented on lAA board of 



directors by Russell V. McKee. 



TRIP IDEl\TlFICATIOi\S 



(See pages 4, 5 and 6) 



1. — Members of the second section of the 

 lAA train take off on their trip with first 

 stop at New Orleans. 



2. — Passengers shake hands with engineer 

 Mt end of first leg of trip at New Orleans. 

 3.— Mr. and Mrs. Albert Webb, Ewing, 

 franklin county, pause for refreshments in 

 club car. Mr. Webb is a new lAA director. 

 4. — A friendly game of cards entertains Mr. 

 mid Mrs. Edward Nohren and Mr. amd Mrt. 

 Henry Kiliam, Champaign county. 



5. — Uoyd Walther, Rock Island county, 

 reads, lejt, and Mrs. Elmer Widholm, Clay 

 county, writes a letter home in the lounge 

 car. 



6. — A group dines at famous Arnaud's, New 

 Orleans. Left to right, around the table, 

 Ralph Whitehead, Macon; Mr. and Mrs. 

 Emmett King, Lake county; Mr, and Mrs. 

 Elsbury, Lake; Mrs. and Mr. Joe Adams, 

 Lake; Robert Thurber, DeWitt. 

 7. — Mayor E. R. Smith of Saunemian, Liv- 

 ingston county, and his wife take pictures 

 of the above-ground graves in New Orleans 

 cemetery. 



8. — Mr. and Mrs. Louie Husser, Bureau 

 county, celebrated their 35th wedding an- 

 niversary on the trip. 



9. — Mrs. Emma Stone, Bond county, takes 

 a picture of a blooming flower in one of 

 New Orleans' many parks. 

 10. — Farm Bureau travelers are greeted by 

 a Mexican singing group at the San Antonio 

 railroad station. 



II. — A visit to the historic Alamo is a must 

 stop on the trip. 



12. — Group waves goodbye to San Antonio. 

 Left to right, Mrs. Tom Lloyd, Macoupin 

 county; Mrs. Clarence Whitler, and Mr. 

 Whitler, Macoupin; Mrs. Claude Wheeler, 

 Tom Uoyd, Macoupin, and Claude Wheel- 

 er, Macoupin. 



13. — Ed Gumm, Knox county, new lAA 

 board director, meets his son, Jack, at El 

 Paso, and is pictured at dinner in Juarez, 

 Mexico. At the left is Mr. and Mrs. Ray 

 Ihrig. Adams county. Mr. Ihrig is a for- 

 mer lAA board member. Jack Gumm is in 

 the Army stationed at El Paso. 

 14. — Taking pictures at Salt Flat en route 

 to Carlsbad Caverns are left to right, Mrs. 

 Hughes, wife of new lAA board member, 

 and Mr. Keniston. 



15. — An Illinois group pauses at Cavern 

 Supply Company store, Carlsbad Caverns. 

 Left to right: Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Doubet, 

 Knox county; Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Runyon, 

 Knox; Mr. and Mrs. Whitler, Macoupin; 

 Mrs. H. M. Scott, Macon, and Mr. and Mrs. 

 K, T. Smith, Greene county. Mr. Smith is 

 an lAA board member. 



16. — This is what the folks saw as they came 

 out of the Carlsbad Caverns. Busses are 

 lined up to take them back to El Paso, a 

 172-mile trip. 



17. — Membert of the second section of the 

 lAA special train pose for picture at Phoe- 

 nix. 



18. — R. A. Kietz, Marshall county, examines 



lettuce on a truck at the Salinas Valley 



Vegetable Exchange, near Phoenix. 



19. — Dan Bergman, Jr., Cook county, looks 



over a palm tree at Glendale, Ariz. 



20. — Illinois folks examine Hollywood stars' 



footprints in front of Graumann's Chinese 



Theater. Mrs. Paul Mathias, wife of lAA 



secretary, is at left, and Mrs. Earl Hughes, 



wife of lAA board member, is at right. 



21. — A group looks over the Hollywood 



Bowl where Sunrise Easter services are held 



each year. 



22. — Fog and haze obscure camera view of 

 valley where Farm Bureau travelers paused 

 after crossing Golden Gate bridge in 'Frisco. 

 They were enroute to Muir woods to see 

 the giant redwoods. 



2^. — John J. New, Marshall county, looks 

 over a giant redwood and wishes he had 

 some lumber from it at home. 

 24. — A welcome banner is out for conven- 

 tion goers at Frisco as main sessions are 

 held in the Civic Auditorium. 

 25. — Mrs. J.H. Everett, Mason county, looks 

 at Illinois exhibit at AFBF convention. 

 26. — P. H. Joyce, Illinois Farm Bureau mem- 

 ber, gets his steak at the barbecue and rodeo 

 held in the Cow Palace at San Francisco. 



27. — Two trick riders cavort m the arema 

 at Cow Palace. 



28. — Roy Johnson, lAA director of special 

 services in back row, and Charles McEvilly, 

 Illinois Central agent, extreme right, pUm- 

 ners of the special trip, chat with several 

 of the party at Salida, Colorado. Left to 

 right are Farm Adviser H. N. Myers, Detdiitt 

 county; Chester McCord, Jasper county, lAA 

 board member; C. J. Freeman, conductor om 

 first section of special train; Mr. McEvilly, 

 and in the back row, Mr. Johnson. 

 29. — Members of the first section of the spe- 

 cial train have their picture taken at Salida, 

 Colorado. 



30. — One of the highlights of the trip was 

 the Royal Gorge where the train stopped 

 and folks got out and took a long look. 



MAYFIELD NAMED TO 

 HEAD lAA's NEW ROAD 

 IMPROVEMENT DEPARTMENT 



CHARLES S. MAYFIELD, 30, assist- 

 ant in the department of research 

 since last spring has been named di- 

 rector of the new 

 lAA department of 

 road improvement. 

 As lAA director 

 of road improve- 

 ment he will assist 

 county Farm Bu- 

 reaus with their 

 road problems. 



M a y f i e 1 d was 

 born in Hardin 

 county and is a for- 

 mer superintendent 

 of schools at Ullin 

 He was discharged 

 from the navy a year ago after 22 

 months of sea duty. He served as an 

 ensign, most of the time aboard trans- 

 ports in the Pacific. 



He was graduated from Harrisburg 

 high school, received his bachelor's de- 

 gree from Illinois State Teachers Col- 

 lege at Carbondale in 1939 and his 

 master's degree from Oberlin college, 

 Oberlin, Ohio, in 1941. 



Mayfield studied school administra- 

 tion and did part time work for the 

 lAA state school committee. He be- 

 came superintendent of schools at Ullin 

 in 1941 and was there until he went 

 into naval service. 



The new director of road improve- 

 ment is married to the former Ger- 

 aldine Morgan of Jefferson county and 

 is the father of two children, Juliet 

 Ellen, 5, and Charles David, one year. 



C. S. Mayfield 



in Pulaski county. 



WATCH FOR RINGWORM 



Ringworm, a fungus skin disease, is 

 expected to seriously infect stabled 

 calves this winter. Characterized by 

 rounded scabby lesions 'around ears and 

 eyes, the spread is most rapid when 

 calves are placed in single pens or stalls. 



JANUARY. 1947 



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