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Runner-up in the International 

 Junior Livestock Judging contest 

 held during the fat stock show was 

 Martin Lotz, Macomb, McDon- 

 ough county, who tallied 545 

 points, just one less than Eugene 

 Leftwick, of Kansas, who scored 

 456 points to win. 



In the junior division Janet Country- 

 man, 12, of Clare, DeKalb county, was 

 Shorthorn class winner with her 16- 

 months-old steer, "Stardust", Second 

 place went to James Schlichting, Apple 

 River, Jo Daviess county. 



Russell and Amos Miller, Liv- 

 ingston county, have convinced 

 themselves that soybeans yield 

 about the same whether drilled or 

 planted in rows. This fall they 

 harvested 222 measured acres of 

 beans and found that the drilled 

 beans yielded 36 bushels and those 

 planted in rows produced 35'/2 

 bushels per acre. 



Deadly anthrax, often fatal to man 

 and beast, broke out recently in a north- 

 ern Illinois dairy herd but prompt diag- 

 nosis and shots of anti-anthrax serum 

 by the local veterinarian kept the losses 

 to three animals. 



Illinois Farm Supply Company 

 this year sold goods with a whole- 

 sale value of $21,179,614.45. Pa- 

 tronage refunds totaling $1,094,- 

 336.06 and capital stock dividends 

 of $63,082.71 were declared for 

 distribution. Surplus was in- 

 creased by $373,584.01. This was 

 the company's biggest year in sales 

 volume and patronage refunds. 



Allen McWard has been employed 

 as manager of the Champaign County 

 Service Company, and succeeds Russell 

 G. Stewart, who as manager since the 

 company was formed 16 years ago, 

 brought sales up to $667,500 last year. 

 McWard has been employed as petro- 

 leum sales manager for Illinois Farm 

 Supply Company during the last year 

 and before that served for four years 

 as district field manager for the south 

 half of Illinois. : ■ ; :■■.' :' 



Eugene G. Mosbacher, 28, has 

 been promoted to farm adviser in 

 McL^n county. He succeeds O. L. 

 Welsh who resigned Jan. 1 to op- 

 erate the Prairie Lumber Company 

 in Bloomington. Mosbacher came 

 to McLean county as an assistant 

 farm adviser a year ago after being 

 discharged from the army. He was 

 born and reared on a farm in Mon- 

 roe county and received his mas- 

 ter's degree from the University of 

 Illinois College of Agriculture in 

 1942. Mosbacher is not married. 



Cleland Hickman of Scales Mound 

 has been employed by the Jo Daviess 

 County Farm Bureau as county organi- 

 zation director succeeding Wayne E. 

 Gustafson who has acted as both gen- 

 eral agent of insurance and organiza- 

 tion director. Gustafson will spend 

 full time on insurance work. 



John R. Huber, 16-year-old farm 

 youth from Williamsfield, Knox 

 county, is one of ten national win- 

 ners in the 4-H poultry contest. His 

 flock of 600 chicks and 500 layers 

 grossed $3,831. His hens shelled 

 out 2800 dozen eggs, about 186 

 per ben. 



From half to all kernels of seed sam- 

 ples collected recently by the College 

 of Agriculture at Urbana have carried 

 spores of the new oat disease — hel- 

 minthosporium. This blight can be 

 killed by treating the seeds with the 

 chemical Ceresan. This will keep down 

 loss on all varieties, including Clinton 

 and Benton, even though the soil itself 

 is contaminated. 



NOnCE 



QJJNOIS AGBICULTTJRAL 



ASSOCIATION ELECTION OF 



DELEGATES 



Notice is hereby given that in 

 connection with the annual meet- 

 ings of all County Farm Bureaus to 

 be held during the months of Jan- 

 uary and February, at the hour and 

 place to be determined by the 

 Board of Directors of each Coiuity 

 Farm Bureau, the members in good 

 standing of such County Farm Bu- 

 reau and who are also qualified 

 voting members of Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association, shall elect a dele- 

 gate or delegates to represent such 

 members of Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation and vote on all matters 

 before the next annua] meeting, or 

 any special meeting of the Asso- 

 ciation, including the election of 

 officers and directors, as provided 

 for in the By-Laws of the Associa- 

 tion. 



During January, annual meetings 

 will be held in Bureau, Calhoun, 

 Carroll, Champaign, Clark, DeWitt, 

 Edgar, Fulton, Greene, Jersey, Ken- 

 dall, Knox, La Salle, Livingston, Mc- 

 Donough, McLean, Marion, Mercer, 

 Rock-Island, Sanagmon, Tazewell, 

 Winnebago and Woodford Counties. 



During February, annual meet- 

 ings will be held in Coles, DeKalb, 

 Douglas, Effingham, Grundy, Kan- 

 kakee, Lake, McHenry, Mason, Mon- 

 roe, Wayne, Whiteside and Will 

 Counties. 



Paul E. Mathias, Secretory 

 December 16, 1946 



D. Dwight Thomas, 24, has been cm- 

 ployed as full-time organization direc- 

 tor of the Kankakee County Farm Bu- 

 Born and reared on a farm near 



reau. 



Eldorado, Thomas has been working as 

 insurance agent and organization direc- 

 tor for Saline county since he was dis- 

 charged from the army. 



Delegates to the 4-H Club Congress In Chicago In December ore shown wMi 4-H Club 

 extension workers from the University of Illinois, front row, left to right: Lois Strub- 

 Inger, Pike county; Robert Willrett, DeKalb; Morjorie Healy, Kankakee; Harry Kline, 

 Mclean; Miss Laura Mohr, leader delegate, McLean; Robert Ashley, La Salle; Jeanette 

 Pagles, McHenry; and Carlan J. Hans, Madison. Second row: R. O. Lyon, specialist In 

 boys' 4-H club work; Mary McKee, specialist In girl's 4-H club work; Russell Lowey, 

 Montgomery; Mary Powers, Menard; George Deane, McDonough; Marilyn Gcrfim, La Salle; 

 William Kock, Jr., Marshall; EUle Sutler, 4-H chib adviser; F. H. Mynard, specialist In 

 beys' 4-H club work; cuid Jean Neese, Shelby. Third row: John R. Huber, Knox; Carol 

 Williams, Massac, Eugene Bonneur, Whiteside; Athlyn Harris, Pulaski; Dean Ward, Cham- 

 paign; Mary Gebhart, Champaign; Orvllle W. DIckhaut, St. Clair; Semico Bardebneiar, 

 Madison; J. B. Barnard, McLean; Janet Bute, Winnebago; Lyie P. Schertx, Woodford; and 



Hazel Peters, Greene. 



JANUARY, 1947 



