GROW YOUR OWN 



WITH 



BLUE SEAL 



INOCULANT 



Farmers all over Illinois are searching for commercial nitrogen 

 fertilizers that are not available. Nitrogen is the most limiting 

 factor in crop production. The air above your farm contains 

 nitrogen in abundance. If properly inoculated, your legumes 

 will take free nitrogen from the air and make it available for 

 crops. Blue Seal Inoculants virill aid you in building your -own 

 nitrogen factory on your farm. Take the guess out of inocula- 

 tionl Buy Blue Seal and be sure! 



^^ SAVE ! 



^^P SOVG niG Soil Replace soil nitrogen cheaply by the use of 

 Blue Seal Inoculants. 



Wj SOVC tnG Discount Ihe quicker you buy, the more you save! 



I Buy in February SAVE 15% 



J Buy in March SAVE 10% 



I Buy in April SAVE 5% 



I Buy in IMoy Regular PricB 



See Your Blue Seal Feed Salesman, or 

 Your Lotal farm Bureau Distributor 



ILLINOIS FARM SUPPLY CO., Chicago 



Shuman Names 1948 

 lAA Standing Committees 



PRESIDENT Charles B. Shuman an- 

 nounces the following standing com- 

 mittees appointed from the board of di- 

 rectors of the Illinois Agricultural Associ- 

 ation to serve during the year 1948. 

 There are no changes from 1947. 



Finance committee: F. E. Morris, Sang- 

 amon county, chairman; R. V. McKee, 

 Marshall-Putnam; Milton W. Warren, 

 Piatt. 



Organization-information committee: 

 Otto StefFey, Henderson, chairman; John 

 T. Evans, Vermilion; Albert Webb, 

 Franklin. 



Public relations committee: K. T. 

 Smith, Greene, chairman; Earl M. 

 Hughes, McHenry; F. E. Morris, Sanga- 

 mon. 



Business service committee: Lyman 

 Bunting, Edwards, chairman; Dan Clarke, 

 Sangamon; Chester McCord, Jasper. 



Marketing committee: Homer Curtiss, 

 Jo Daviess, chairman; J. King Eaton, 

 Madison; C. J. Elliott, LaSalle; Edwin 

 Gumm, Knox; E. T. Culnan, Logan. 



ILLINOIS FARM TAXES 

 HIGHEST IN HISTORY 



(Continued from page 1}) 

 The price declines of 1920-21 tended 

 to soften the rising trend, but increases 

 occurred until 1930. Obviously, the rise 

 in farm real estate taxes from 1935-1946 

 would have been more pronounced, ex- 

 cept for the fact that many states adopted 

 sales taxes, state income taxes, etc., dur- 

 ing this period, providing substantially 

 increased revenues for both state and 

 local governments. 



It should be emphasized again that the 

 recent abrupt rise in Illinois farm real 

 estate taxes from 1943 to 1946 has far 

 exceeded the increase in value of farm 

 property during this period. Most sig- 

 nificant, however, is the fact that in Illi- 

 nois, a constantly increasing proportion 

 of taxes on farm property results from 

 annual payments on long term bond 

 issues. It appears that Illinois farmers 

 might well approach with caution all 

 additional plans which may add to the 

 cost of local government. The history of 

 Illinois property taxes is sufficient to 

 show that when and if farm incomes are 

 drastically cut, the cost of local govern- 

 ment may not decline correspondingly. 



A sale of heifer calves for the benefit 

 of Future Farmers and 4-H youngsters 

 will be held Saturday, Feb. 28 in the 

 stock pavilion on the campus at Normal. 

 All calves offered will be Bang's and TB 

 free. i 



