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K. T. is always on the 

 lookout for better 

 ways of raising hogs. 

 He was cspeciully 

 proud of the pigs 

 shown above. 





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Dircitur Siiiitli lictiv .m .ivcra^e ot 

 two loads ot i.itllc L.uli yc.ir .iiul raives 

 .inJ tinislics troiii J()() to ^iKi Ik-.k! oI 

 ('ihcstcr \X'liiti.> lie (..irrics i(>-^() -.Iklj^ 

 lor tlc.iruip. 



He is gradually sliiltiiiu to .1 stroni,' 

 pcrinanciit j\isturc program >o lliat about 

 two-tliirds ot Ins tann is now in pasture. 

 The land is iicntly roUint; and is iii- 

 > iudcd in the program ot the local soil 

 conservation distria. Smith is a nieiiilxr 

 ot the state soil conservation board. 



All ot his land has been linied and 

 most phosphated. At present he is ex- 

 perimentint; with the addition ol minor 

 minerals to his soil. His tour year rota 

 tion plan is lorn, corn, oats .md clover. 



One ot K. Is proudest achievements 

 is his work as chairman ol the lAA State 

 School Survev Committee. The report 

 ot the conimillee was adopted in 191 I by 

 the lAA delegate body .ind is now the 

 basis ot lAA rural school reoreanization 

 poliiy. 



Mr. and Mrs Smith have two chil- 

 dren, a son. Robert, sj;, .w electrical 

 eni:ineer who lives in ( hic.iuo with 

 his wile and two sons, .md a clauphter. 

 Mrs. |. M. Scranton. si. wile ol the 

 manager ot the M.ison ( ouiitv .Service 

 (ompanv. 1 he .Si rantons have a son 

 and live in Havana. 



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He's not a dairyman but Director Smith 



feels that he has a Jersey here that will 



stand up with the best of them. 



FEBRUARY, 1948 



K. '1. ^a\s Oik m liie lAA s , hi; ! 

 ■oiKLins IS icj sec tii.i: .lu'i ic ultuiai 111 

 (crests arc tairh ri prcscnlol in tiic L l: 

 islative lulls .uid that the mandate 0! 

 the delegate hiKl\ is Jcarlv statc^l at puii 

 he And lc<.;islativc .uinniituc heann^- 



This altitude is cvif present in hi-- 

 thinkini; as he sticks close to Sjsrin^licld 

 while the lct;isl.iture is in session. Hi-, 

 ilose relations with lei;islalive alllVlIlc^ 

 has put hiin on m.mv stale coinniittees, 

 including Sthools. library, war lood. 

 C'l. I. training, and state commissions lor 

 the advameinent ot the interest ot pco 

 pie connected with agriculture 



I")irector Smith has served as a school 

 director tor a number ot years and i> 

 secretary-treasurer ol his local coopera- 

 tive elevator. 



I"cw. it any. Illinois tarmers are more 

 iware of the beneficial effects to farming 

 brought about by a strong organization 

 than K. T. Smith. Says he: "The ma- 

 jority of thinking farmers know they can- 

 not do without a strong organization to 

 delend their interest.s. VC'e must have 

 such an organization it vve are to assure 

 ourselves of an opportunitv to make a 

 i.'o<)d livins; on the farm. 



CORN BORER THREAT 

 GREATEST YET FACED 



Dr. Ciei)n;c ( Decker, cntomologl^l 

 Universitv ol Illinois and State Natural 

 Historv Sur\ev. reports that the borer 

 popul.ition sjoip.l: into hibernation last 

 fall was the highest on record. With few 

 exceptions the counlies surve\ed showed 

 moderate to l.ircc iiu re.iscs m the num- 

 ber of borers (XT [-clant. 



The borer threat is L'reatcst m north 

 Western Illinois, where 1^ counties have 

 l^opuiations .iveragiiii; nearlv three borers 

 per plant. 



In view ol the rather dark outlook for 

 l')-i,s. IVcker savs it is logical and 

 sound for lariliers in the northern half 

 o! the -t ite particularly those in the 



I J tu I ^ northwestern counties - - to be 

 prcp.iicci to sprav or dust all early- 

 pl.inlcd or exceptionally t.ist-trrowinc 

 .iiid wc II .iclvanced corn. 



lAA Offers New 

 insurance Service 

 To Member Co-ops 



Tu 01 1 IR c.il.^el .cl.c! II -n.i,ue 

 broker. i;jc sc r\ 1 c to soiiic s'^O c o- 

 o-per.i! i> c V .isMi, i.iTcci with ciiuntv 

 barm Hurc.uis .uui the IIIhhms Ag- 

 L'ri. iihiiral .Xs^.i, la'ion. a new in- 

 'Mir.iii. ., s. i\i,c |i.;> l-e.ii n.uucntaJed 

 i-vi; l.W 



I : 's •• •■ ■ c. a br.iii. h of the FA.A In- 

 -iii.in.c .SeTvi.c. ;s known a^ the Illinois 

 .Al;m. iiiturai .A-.V1 ;,iiion Insurance .Vrv- 

 i> c lor I arm liuread ( ooi'cralives. 



flki^ 



A. R. Grauer 



John Cheinutt 



lor some time the lAA has felt and 

 recognized the need ol an ex|sancied in- 

 surance service program for the coop- 

 eratives. Since 19M the lAA has main- 

 tained an insur.uice brokerage service 

 whose principal function has Ixen to 

 Secure and service various tvpes ol Ixjnds 

 and insur.iiice coverages that were not 

 offered by the lAA's own three insurance 

 companies. 



.Since I'JSd the active direction of the 

 brokerage service has been under A. R 

 (irauer who has handled its operations in 

 conjunction with his duties with the 

 (■-oiintry Mutual Casualty Company, 

 (irauer has now taken over active direc- 

 tion of the new department. Me thus 

 ends 13 years service with the Country 

 .Mutual Casualtv Company. John Ches- 

 nutt ot Sycamore, formerly with the Illi- 

 nois l-ducation Association, has been 

 hired to assist Cirauer in the field. It 

 IS hoped that aciditional personnel will 

 be available to locate in strategic parts 

 of the state tor the purpose eif personally 

 contacting cadi and every Farm bureau 

 cooperative at regular intervals. 



TWO ADVISERS RESIGN 



ben I . Wallace has resigned as tarm 

 adviser ol Johnson countv and will enter 

 Ixisiness in ( hampaign. 



Eclgar Hooker. ( lay county larm ad 

 viser. resigned rcxeiitlv to work tor the 

 Soil Conservation Serxue. He has been 

 in Clav cOuntv as aciviscr since iVll 



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