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 .'..iru!. 'Ai'ui.! ;- 

 ■ ■' v\ :. . T !ur' ' fir. 



.ii'rs.iii hiijii ■.;•> lit ;. ri;; :. n :;;■ ; ! .:i,,:.il! 

 •i:i,^ T', urd j-.u n JU .„; .: , . ■,. I,,;'. ■ lin 

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 wla.t! .1!-.! ilniM wtiit ik;; ■•; iln n>iinir\. 

 -t j't' >.ui' (j! tlu iSrui! rr.iik ■■ i ; t-i iin! 

 1" ! rlu skur.nuit xiiIk. i "- jir ,t.i:t o: rii, 

 ■'ivc. )1 ]■: \ vttit I'l -(fi hc.iii^- .i:...: pt.lv. 



• : jxr .Li;' "i fliL viiictJ livli 1^ ; 1.-1 

 .LI.: Ill .mr! .111.! .uri; jruii'krv .'^ j i • 

 ,1.111 o: tin iii'.i--<_. il [xr.inri.; tin I.;!-- 

 .:!.i: i>j|v. .in.i 1 1' [ t.r , iiir ip! 'Iii <:.i:\!'J; 



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 .;..i.i hi r: .::ui mir'^r::,; i:i:i tin I •iiK.) 



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 ::.! 1 )t. ;-.irl;n<. ::: .'! .A^n. .Jiiiii ji.r .;> 

 I'l.rit ri iii;i.iL'i. n.i!i'>i.v .i:..; In jti\.i!'_ 

 :r.i.i! rv .;. tii;;j tui • i.n-; jii inivi : v, .Ut ii.i 

 i'«i;.L' 'hi s.iiiii i\;;!t': rlii^ n.,' 



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The (iill\ lhirt<4 ih.il s.ucn tht 



sitii-itiori triim Ixinmiiii; wnr-i 



tiir nniMiimr^ iv mir Kuitiiiijiin; 



rtciiril irops. 



I III vsln.-i: ,n:!V,.- hr t v.. .,j-k li.iv 

 -; i'.m-.i iTin; ""^.cfi !m:. t-. vJh iv n, tin. 

 i . ■;: iv. Iiirr tire v-.it ti. ; - '! .(nUi iMii 

 t-nviuN i.v;it!i.iti .; tur l''i~ ( pn.- jt.' 

 -•,;. • 1 •■. .■■i.>i'i;,,t ■'. f ri.i: . • . ' I'l'i- tHUi 



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hi 1 I , ■<'.;:..•:<.!; > r.l.M.lIiL- .;i ., inu' 

 ■ 1' :■..■. !.!_•!( n.iirwM,!-. .ift. titniiii:; I'lit 



'..>■!. 111. '.. ■Iil.l.'-L iiltU- .itki Kl. irt,!!!! 



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I'dLU'm-- .iri. u\ I r-flowmg tht 

 ni.irkti }'l.u(.. .nut l.ivl \i.ir'> hig 

 11111(111 .iiui cilrii^ (nut crops 

 ilriippnl priic> t.ir bilou pri)tit- 

 .ihK rltlUI!^ lo i;ro\\i.r>.. 

 li.rkcvs ,i::.i luiuitr iw.r.Ln-- hit the- 



m!'..^::.!!! liM -.NilitLr l'.r;.[' | i. i 1 lxlo%\ 



^inin.'iiitnt "II p.^T i;;,: j'.,ii!\ t;u.ir.iiKi.i. 

 ■itfiv iliL '-iir.i. thir,:: liappttitJ id j-ii- 

 ti'.ic- .'..'i.i iiir .1 ■-<.!, ill. Ill LL't."-. ".u llit- 

 _• 1 . L rimi. ii; ir.iAi.' i in .iin! bi'in;iit 



Win' nol .>~ l'rtM>i,:it Trum..!) .ip- 

 ji.ii liir ii>\M.r jri.i- '.^liili hu .iirruul- 

 ii^r.ii .iiitViiiiisir.iliir-. bin pri'.lii' f !0 kixp 



111. .uivwcr l;ihs k.u k ti. tiu »,ir \(..ir 

 ui I'M.' 'I'tif i.'i'\irii;iHnt .iskiJ t.iriil- 

 cTs til proiiiii.i ini'ri. maIu.iIis inMiuif-. 

 Ih'l:'-, i-i-'.Liv. niiik. ilikkui-.. wli-.-.u. lorii. 

 MiL'ir incts .in.i .1 lut i.: other thmt;-- 

 Ihc org.mi/td farmers said. 

 "O.K.. but hi)\\ .thoul somi prici 

 insuraiKi.' Wire .ifraid a hig 

 plowiip will break the market as 

 soon as thi war is o\er and leave 

 us holdinj; tlu b.ii: with all our 

 surpluses." 



I ht f.inii'-rv tiM.K tlnir . iic trorn w.ir 

 iintuviriiv wliiJi h...; h(.i.ii .lu.irdei! .ost 

 j-lis loi'tr.i.tv 



.So ( uiiLTLvv (i;..,;(i-. till S[e.i,t;.iil 

 .lii.iii.itv.i nt wliuh. li: clfLit ^u.ir.uiteeii 

 tlu pro'iii. trv o(i p^f ,^;,t ot p.irilv, or 

 •.".h.it iIkv '.LMsiiitr I- .. ".iir rrui, ?or the 

 M.,:-. I ; i" ..lui ;'■ .- 



Flooded fields were 

 not an uncommon 

 sight in Illinois this 

 spring. Here Richard 

 Erickson of Orlond 

 Pork surveys a 40- 

 acre loke on one of 

 his fields. Incessant 

 rains have done ines- 

 timable damage to 

 grain crops. 



S( ' I'AR, the governmi'iit h.is loui.il 

 It iiecessarv to buy potatoes. eiy;s, tur- 

 kevs. some cliukcns. dry milk and uo< ■ 

 to keep Its picdtie to fanners 



The whole program has cost 

 between 51 (•().( KH),000 and S2(»(i, 

 (>{Kl.(KH> instead of the 52.()()(),(>0().- 

 ()()() a ve.ir some goxermiieiit econ 

 omists estimated it might cost. 

 \\ h.it reallv is coiiii; on n lh.it I lu .-. 

 .■s.iin I-. Itiiiiinc iruiiKV .ibroaii mi 1 iii:Liii.:. 

 I'r.iiiic, ( iiin.i. l-ip.tii and othtrv i.ir, imv 

 iHir \>.hi.,it. li^t;'-. drv milk. luel. kii-' 

 'orn. rue .ind ve,t;etahle oiK. 



1 hesc loreicn purchases keep -pnii- 

 up. c.isint; the problem ot t;ov.i.riiiiii.: • 

 pr-, I Mipporlv .it home 



111 * * 



l< xm I'RH i:.s .i\er.i,t:oi I .:-' pt r nr" 

 oi p.irilv in .M.ir, h alter .i vie.id\ ri^t 

 (rom " I ii; i-i I i 



Is the government still p,i\ing 



f.irmers subsidies not to produce.' 



rills i-pKstioii .irivi.v ii\er soil lon-tr- 

 \.Uioi! p.iMUcms whuh to'. lied s."^ ^ 

 "■..'vdlHi in l'>|S..|<, 



I hesc pavrneiits wlfi. no! ir..idc it' 

 li.i\iin; t.irm l.inds uile. 'Ihty vmtl p.iu; 

 to c.-i.. ' liir.icc l.irmers to LOiisi.r%e ihe sm' 

 In biuinu iii'ic .md pliosph.itcs stnp 

 1 ro]-pir,:.-. iiMitour pl.inliiiL: and luiti!..! 

 tion to prcvtnt t rosiun tree planimc. 



siminr Jii\(.r s(c.d .md winter ai\(.' 

 i-rops. cti. 



srcRlTAR'S' ut Ai;rKulliire Ander- 

 son argues ih.it the publu has .in inltr- 

 '.st 111 suil m.unliiiaiue .md tuturi loin; 

 produition. 



If f.irir.ers let their land wash dow 

 the ri\cr th(.\ uill lose, ol course, but sc 

 uill eoiisuimrs V. lien tlu limd suj^p:'- 

 >irops .md pru cs t;c) up. 



(.ongress is planning sharpK to 



reduce these payments for 19 <~ 



and wipe them out entirely for 



next \ear. 



.\ li.i I'i Mriners .i^u^ce that the jM\ - 

 iiidil.s .irc tiiijustiticd .It .1 time when larf: 

 inioiin Is hicli. 



Itdtr.!'. .idn.iiiistrators I'e.ir not oniv 

 the loss u', tluHis.mds of jobs, but they 

 h,i\c a uinuiiu lontcrn lest the whole soi: 

 .. nrjsc-r\ .itioi: proi^rarTi and the gains cr 

 ■Ik Lis- d', • ..dc be wasted. 



I. A. A. RECORD 



