HERE IS FARM 

 BUREAU POSITION 



(Continued from page 11) 



13. Research. Studies should be 

 intensified to improve methods and cut 

 costs of production, marketing and dis- 

 tribution and to expand consumption 

 of agricultural products at home and 

 abroad. The full amounts authorized 

 under the 1946 Research & Marketing 

 Act should be appropriated. 



FARM PROGRAMS 



14. Administration of Farm Pro- 

 grams. Improvement is badly needed. 

 At present there is too much duplica- 

 tion, overlapping and conflict in them. 



15. Coordination of Conservation 

 Programs. Educational, informational 

 and technical assistance to farmers in 

 connection with all conservation pro- 

 grams should be coordinated through 

 the Extension Service. Research as- 

 sistance should be coordinated through 

 State Experiment Stations. The AAA 

 conservation practices are eligible for 

 payments under existing laws. 



16. Soil Fertility Program. Estab- 

 lish a National soil fertility policy 

 and program. Construct a pilot plant 

 to produce concentrated phosphatic 

 fertilizers by a new process at Mobile, 

 Ala. 



■' FARM CREDIT 



17. Farm Credit. The cooperative 

 Farm Credit system should be made 

 truly cooperative, farmer-owned and 

 farmer-controlled. All farm credit 

 agencies should be coordinated under 

 an independent, bi-partisan board. 



18. Rural Electrification. The ex- 

 tension of electric power to farmers 

 should be continued. 



19. Cooperatives. The Government 

 should continue to support fully the 

 policy of protecting and encouraging 

 farmer co-ops which meet standards of 

 the Capper- Volstead Act. 



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These Mercer County Farm Bureau folk who made the tour to the AFBf cenventton in 

 Son Francisco last year, are shewn as they got together in June for a picnic dinner re- 

 union at the home of Mr, and Mrs. H. M. Ramsey of 10 miles northwest of Aledo. 



20. Crop Insurance. This insurance 

 should be continued provided rates are 

 maintained on a sound, acturial basis. 

 Further study and experience are 

 needed before the insurance is extended 

 generally to all areas of the country. 



Keep Tuberculosis 

 Off Your Farm 



{Continued from page 9) 



a piece of metal expecting it to be lead 

 or iron and finding it to be aluminum. 

 The comb is usually pale and there is 

 very little flesh on the breast. These 

 birds will continue to eat well until they 

 die and usually deaths occur singly or in 

 small groups over a considerable period. 



Post mortem examination of the in- 

 ternal organs of an infected chicken will 

 generally show many white to yellow 

 spots or nodules known as tubercles. 

 The organs most often involved are the 

 liver, spleen, and the intestines. 



Humans aren't likely to get tuberculo- 

 sis from chickens, but chickens may die 

 from the type that affects humans. It is 

 spread to other chickens by contact with 

 sick birds. Crowding and poor sanita- 

 tion increase greatly the rate of spread. 



Remember! Keep laying hens only 

 through their first year of egg laying and 

 you make more money by increased pro- 

 duction, by decreased death loss, and 

 you keep tuberculosis from infecting 

 your chickens and hogs. . 



R. S. McBRIDE IS 

 NAMED MANAGER 

 OF FRUIT EXCHANGE 



RS. McBRIDE, 36, has been named 

 ■ manager of the Illinois Fruit 

 Growers Exchange following the resig- 

 nation of Ted L. Davis. 



McBride has been the company's sales 

 manager since June of 1946. He has 



been in fruit sales 



work all of his work- 

 ing life and is ex- 

 perienced in selling 

 fruits and vegetables 

 in truck and carlot. 

 McBride who 

 comes from Texas 

 has been working 

 for the Exchange un- 

 der a unique ar- 

 rangement where he 

 worked in Illinois 

 from May to No- 

 vember during our harvesting season, 

 returning to "Texas from November to 

 May during that state's harvest season. 

 Davis has been manager since February 

 and before this worked for Illinois Farm 

 Supply Company as manager of infor- 

 mation and education in the distribution 

 division. Dudley Klamp, assistant 

 sales manager, succeeds McBride as 

 sales manager. 



R. S. McBride 



Members of the newly-formed lAA veter- 

 inary medical relations advisory committee 

 meet with Dr. C. D. Van Houweling (cen- 

 ter) at the lAA offices in Chicago. Left to 

 right: Leo Swinford, president, Edgar 

 County Farm Bureau; Dr. L A. Dylcstra, 

 Aurora, past president, Illinois State Veter- 

 inary Medical Association; I. E. PoreH, lAA 

 secretary of general services; Van Houwel- 

 ing; Dr. C. R. Collins, Dixon, chairman, 

 executive board, Illinois State Veterinary 

 Medical Association; A, R. Kemp, farm ad- 

 viser, Knox county; and Edwin Gumm, 

 Knox, member of the lAA board of direc- 

 tors. Ray V. Watson, Mason county form 

 adviser. Is also a member of the committee. 



NOVEMBER, 1947 



