Paul Laffey, assistant farm ad- 

 viser in Marshall-Putnam counties 

 since his discharge from the air 

 forces in the fall of 1945, has suc- 

 ceeded L. J. Hager as farm ad- 

 viser. Mr. Hager died suddenly 

 March 12. Lafiey graduated from 

 the state College of Agriculture 

 in 19^1 and farmed for a year at 

 his home in Hancock county be 

 fore entering the service in 1942. 

 He was a first lieutenant and 

 heavy bomber pilot in the 15th 

 air force. Laffey was married in 

 April to Blanche Feldott, former 

 assistant home adviser in Will 

 county. 



The America United national radio 

 forum, which includes 10 programs on 

 farm problems by Farm Bureau and the 

 Grange, has been resumed on NBC sta- 

 tions and can be heard at noon daylight 

 saving time or 11 a.m. central standard 

 time on Sundays. The program, now in 

 its third year, provides a forum for dis- 

 cussion of current issues by representa- 

 tives of agriculture, labor, and industry. 



Warren E. Myers, vocational 

 agriculture teacher at Mazon high 

 school in Grundy county, has been 

 named Stark county farm adviser. 

 He succeeds Wayne Gilbert. Myers 

 comes from Eiond county and 

 graduated from the College of Ag- 

 riculture in 1938. He is married 

 and has three children. 



What's the best way to plant corn — 

 hill-dropping or checking? Tests at 

 the University of Illinois reported by 

 Jack Rundquist of the agronomy de- 

 partment show no advantage for hill- 

 dropping over checking. Checked 

 corn gave the highest yield in 1945 and 

 1946. Drilling with or without fur- 

 row openers on level land didn't in- 

 crease yield over either checking or 

 hill-dropping. 



in the 



Continuing strong demand for 

 meat is expected to keep prices 

 from declining to support levels 

 this year, according to the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. Following 

 are the suppmrt prices announced 

 for hogs to September: June 21- 

 28, $15.60 per cwt; June 28- July 

 5, $15.75; July 5-12, $16; July 12- 

 19, $16.25; July 19-26, $16.50; 

 July 26- Aug. 16, $16.75; Aug 6- 

 Sept. 6. $17. 



On medium quality soil best corn 

 yields can be obtained by planting at 

 the rate of three stalks per hill, ac- 

 cording to four years of experiments 

 at the University of Illinois agricul- 

 tural experiment station. 



lAA President 

 Charles B. Shuman 

 addresses 40 Fu- 

 ture Fanners April 

 25 at the Blaclc- 

 stone Hotel In Chi- 

 cago. Prairie Farm- 

 er awarded this 

 three-day ail-ex- 

 pense paid Chica- 

 go trip to 10 Fu- 

 ture Farmers of 

 America in Illinois, 

 Indiana, Michigan 

 and Wisconsin. 

 Right of Pros. Shu- 

 man are Arthur 

 Page and Julian 

 Bentley (right) of 

 Prairie Farmer. 



Producers in the Carlinville area 

 began shipments to the new Prai- 

 rie Farms Creamery plant in May. 

 Originally the smallest of PFC's 

 10 state- wide cooperative cream- 

 eries, the Carlinville unit under 

 Manager Fletcher Gourley is now 

 the largest. It handled 1.5 mil- 

 lion pounds of butter-fat last 

 year. The new plant allows for 

 maximum flexibility for expan- 

 sion. Its equipment is the most 

 modern available. 



James O. Cain, manager of the Jack- 

 sonville office of Illinois Grain Cor- 

 poration, an lAA affiliated grain bro- 

 kerage co-op, said oats acreage in his 

 territory is very small while beans and 

 corn acreage should be high. His 

 office handled four million bushels of 

 grain last year. i 



The Knox County Oil Company 

 recently bought a grain elevator 

 at Knoxville where they will han- 

 dle feed, seed, and fertilizer. They 

 plan to build a warehouse and set 

 up a county-wide distribution 

 agency. 



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Illinois winners of the 1947 Prairie Farmer 

 Future Farmer award trip to Chicago ort 

 shown after they arrived in the big city. 

 First row, left to right, Kenneth Koertner, 

 Pearl City, and Gilbert Blanlcenship, Yoric- 

 ville. Second row, left to right, Len Shaw, 

 Maroa; Lyie Schertx, Benson; Dick Higbee, 

 Berwicic; Clyde Miller, Erie; and Kenneth 

 Cheatham, Greenville. Third row, left to 

 right, Edmund Mitsdarfer, Philo; Ira Aves, 

 Jr., Kiricland; and Virden Trotter, Adair. 

 With the boys are bacic row, (left), J. B. 

 Adams, Illinois executive secretary of the 

 F.F.A. and (right) Wendell Unfer of Prairie 

 Farmer. 



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