CALFHOOD VACCINATION — 

 DOES IT WORK? 



(Continued from page 15) 



Frank S. Par sell: "I've been vacci- 

 nating everything in my herd of 75 pure- 

 bred Herefords since 1942. No, I never 

 have had any trouble with Bang's disease 

 before or after vaccination. But I have 

 enough confidence in my Farm Bureau 

 that when they recommended vaccination 

 A > of my herd that was good enough for 



me." 



Herschel Fritz: "I had trouble with 

 abortions from Bang's back in '37 and 

 '38. In 1938 I had a private test and 

 had my Angus vaccinated. Since vacci- 

 nation I have had no trouble. If the 

 state and federal governments should 

 stop the program now I would have it 

 continued on my own." 



Lawrence Finkes: "I started vacci- 

 nating in 1940 after becoming discour- 

 aged with the test and slaughter method 

 of control. After losing 1 1 cows by test 

 and slaughter I decided to vaccinate on 

 my own hook. My herd of Holsteins 

 has doubled in size to 81 head since pre- 

 vaccination days. I'm sure it could never 

 be that big without vaccination." 



THERE'S GOLD AT 

 THE GRASS ROOTS 



(Continued from page 10) 



200 bushels per acre are possible with 

 special procedures. 



More Butterfat Per Cow 



The 1946 report of 1124 Dairy Herd 

 Improvement Associations of the Na- 

 tion shows that cows producing about 

 5,000 pounds of milk and 200 of but- 

 terfat per year returned only $78 above 

 the feed cost. The return was |208 

 above feed cost when the cow yielded 

 twice the amount of milk and butterfat 

 per year. 



Of the 627,878 cows tested, approxi- 

 mately 100,000 cows produced more 

 than 425 pounds of butterfat per year. 

 So you see it can be done. For con- 

 trast, the average production for all 

 cows in Indiana last year was 4,200 

 pounds of milk and 188 pounds of but- 

 terfat, with a net return over the cost 

 of feed only $52 per cow. ■•. - 



The five million farmers who pro- 

 duce our milk supply must have fewer 

 and better cows, with more milk per 

 cow per feed unit and less work and 

 more profit. The market could be 

 wider too, because most people would 

 like to buy more milk if they could 

 a£Ford it. . 



More Plant Food 



About 21 per cent of the cash the 

 American farmer spends for production 

 is for feed purchased, and he spends 

 only about 4 per cent for the purchase 

 of plant food and lime. Plant foods 

 are cheaper than feeds. 



Doctor O. C. Rost, University of 

 Minnesota, has new data to show how 

 seven dollars spent for phosphate alone 

 — not a good, complete fertilizer prac- 

 tice — returned about $50 in oats, 

 alfalfa, and corn over a five year period. 

 This data is the average of five years 

 results from increased yields of 174 

 T. V. A. test demonstration farms scat- 

 tered over the state of Minnesota. 



Why not get 1,000 bushels of corn 

 from only 10 acres and have 10 acres 

 for 40 tons of good alfalfa hay, instead 

 of having 1,000 bushels of corn from 

 20 acres and no alfalfa? 



Every average dollar spent for sound 

 research in our American industries has 

 returned untold hundreds of dollars. 

 Some of our most successful great 

 american business industries spend as 

 much as four to even six per cent of 

 their gross income for research. The 

 gross farm income in 1945 for eight 

 North Central States was about 6.9 bil- 

 lion dollars. In the same year these 

 eight North Central States appropriated 

 about 3.2 million dollars for research 

 for their Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tions which was only about 0.045 per 

 cent of the gross farm income. 



By contrast eight Southeastern States 

 had a gross cash farm income in 1945 

 of about 2.6 billion dollars, which is 

 about 4.3 billion dollars less than that 

 of the eight North Central States. 

 These eight States appropriated about 

 2.4 million dollars state funds for their 

 Agricultural Experiment Stations, which 

 was about 0.088 per cent of their gross 

 farm income. 



It is interesting to note that these 

 Southern States with a much lower in- 

 come spent twice as much of their in- 

 come in support of new farm facts as 

 did these Northern States. In both 

 cases home support is much too low. 



Federal support is good and indica- 

 tions are that it may be much better. 

 Perhaps if we fear Federal Government 

 programs that are administered far 

 from home with checks that come from 

 Washington, we need to do more for 

 ourselves. Let's not overlook that 

 farming is on a national scale, but 

 grass-rooted in its problems. Programs 

 that are national in scope need Federal 

 coordination and assistance but grass- 

 rooted administration because there is 

 where the folks and the problems are 

 — and that is where the gold is. 



STAFF DIRECTORY OF 

 ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL 



ASSOCIATION & 

 ASSOCIATED COMPANIES 



GENERAL SECRETABIES 



Sec'y. Organization & Iniomicxtion..G. E. M*ts9*r 



Secretary of Marketing i. L. Colria 



Socrotary oi Gonorol SorricM I. E. Porott 



DEPABTMEMT DIBECTOBS 



Dairy Markating X. E. Houghtby 



Grain Markoting Goergo H. litnor 



Logal „ J>oiiald Kirlroatrick 



Uto Slock Morkaling _ S. F. Ilu«a«ll 



Gonaral Oifico C. E. lohnaton 



Organisation. O. D. Briasondon 



Personnol W. E. Schoor 



Publicity _. „ -..Crosten Foator 



Rataarch L. H. Simarl 



Road ImproTamonl Chorlaa Mayfiald 



Rural School Balotiona John E. Cox 



Saiaty and PubUc Raallk W. W. WUUock 



Spacial Serricaa Boy P. Johnaen 



Property Taxation „ Bart Vandarriiat 



Transportation-Claimi G. W. Baxter 



Vet. Medical Relations C. D. Van Houweliag 



Young People'! Actiritiea Ellsworth D. Lyon 



ASSOCIATED OBGANIZAnONS 



Country Liia Ins. Co A. E. Bichardson. Mgr. 



Country Mutual Fire Co I. H. Eelker. Mgr. 



Country Mut C's'lty Co _.. F. V. Wilcox. Mgr. 



ni. Agr. Auditing Assn C. E. Strand, Mgr. 



ni. Agr. Service Co. Donald Kirkpatrick. Sec. 



ni. Co-op Locker Serriea Co—C. F. Musaer. Mgr. 

 ni. F. Bur. Serum Aaan.-..S. F. Rusaell, Sec. -Mgr. 



111. Farm Supply Co C. H. Becker. Mgr. 



ni. Fruit Groivers' Exchange . Ted Davis, Mgr. 



ni. Grain Corporotion. Howord McWard, Mgr. 



IB. Gr. Teminals Co...G. H. litner. Acting Mgr. 



ni. Livestock Mktg. Assn..H. W. Troutmonn, Mgr. 



ni. Milk Producers' Assn. £4win Gumm. Pros. 



ni. Wool Mktg. Assn. Dole Reuse. Mgr. 



Prairie Fms. Creameries^Dwe Henry. Sales Mgr. 



PLAN BIGGEST SPORTS 

 FESTIVAL ON RECORD 



(Continued from page 4) 



through the Champaign County Farm 

 Bureau. 



The eighth annual Sports Festival is 

 the second since the four-year lapse dur- 

 ing the war. It is again being spon- 

 sored by the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation, County Farm and Home Bureaus, 

 University of Illinois, Agricultural Ex- 

 tension Service, Prairie Farmer — WLS, 

 WILL, WDZ and other cooperating 

 radio stations. 



Chairman of the administrative com- 

 mittee of the Festival is Otto Steflfey, 

 lAA director from Stronghurst. Co- 

 chairmen of the swing festival are Oliver 

 Gaebe of the university and Gladys 

 Skelley of Prairie Farmer. Square dance 

 jamboree co-chairmen are Ralph Mc- 

 Kenzie, Kane county, and Helen Pelle- 

 tier, Douglas county home adviser. 



Co-chairmen of the general program 

 of entertainment at the Auditorium are 

 Mrs. Florence Kimmelshue of the uni- 

 versity and George E. Metzger of the 

 lAA. 



To compete in the Sports Festival con- 

 testants must be affiliated with Rural 

 Youth or 4-H Clubs or belong to a Farm 

 Bureau or Home Bureau family. Entry 

 blanks are now available at your county 

 Farm Bureau. 



HJLY- AUGUST. 1947 



