possible for us to attend this course. 

 Earl Sorrells 

 Montgomery County 



The lllineis Farm Supply tug Wabdsh lies with its stern under water after Ice tore a hole 



In it on the Illinois river between Beardstown and Browning Jan, 26. It was run up on 



shore as It began to sinlc. Loss was covered by marine insurance. The tug was raised 



and floated to St. Louis for overhauling and cleaning. 



LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 



COMPLIMENT 



I THOROUGHLY enjoyed the homemak- 

 ing pages in the last issue of the lAA 

 Record. The article, "State Leads in Oleo 

 Production," was an interesting item espe- 

 cially with the margarine question now be- 

 ing discussed by Congress as to tax, color- 

 ing, etc. 



Mrs. Dean H. Smith 

 DuPage County 



RURAL YOUTH APPRECIATION 



MELOW are some expressions of ap- 

 preciation for the recent Rural Youth 

 short course held in Chicago under the 

 sponsorship of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association. 



I wish to express my sincere appreciation 

 for having the opportunity of attending your 

 short course for Rural Youth in Chicago. 

 It was a meeting which gave food for the 

 mind as well as the body. 



We, the youth of today, will have the 

 job of running the world of tomorrow. It 

 is through educational programs such as you 

 have presented to us that we will under- 

 stand our responsibilities. The better we 

 are informed the greater service we will be 

 able to render. The short course has gone 

 far to achieve this goal and now may we 

 Rural Youthers, with your helping hand, 

 attain ever greater accomplishments. 



Wayne Elliott 

 La Salle County 



HaRL SORRELLS and I reported our ex- 

 '^ perience at the short course to the regu- 

 lar meeting of the Montgomery County Ru- 

 ral Youth group on Jan. 13, 1948. The 

 events in Chicago were a source of infor- 

 mation and pleasure to all of us. 



, T. G. Stevenin 



Youth Assistant 

 Montgomery County 



I WANT to take this opportunity to thank 

 * the Young People's Activities department 

 of the lAA for a swell time while I was 

 your guest. 



The program and entertainment you had 

 planned was "tops" as far as I was con- 



cerned. The only drawback was it didn't 



last long enough, but it sure was two days 



well spent, and a very educational meeting. 



Charles Newkirk 



Wabash Coujity 



1 ENJOYED the Rural Youth short course 

 very much and wish to thank you from 

 the bottom of my heart for the educational 

 and social time I had. 



Lyle Ross 

 Sangamon County 



JUST a note to tell you how much I en- 

 joyed myself in Chicago. I certainly 

 could never have spent any two days more 

 worthwhile than those two days I spent at 

 the lAA short course. I didn't realize the 

 size of the Illinois Agricultural Association. 

 I wish to express my gratitude to you for 

 your accommodations and also for making it 



CONVENTION NUMBER 



I WISH to compliment you on the January 

 issue of the lAA Record. Your report on 

 the lAA convention in St. Louis received 

 many favorable comments from farmers 

 here. We especially appreciate the publicity 

 in regard to our Southern Illinois 4-H Club 

 camp and feel that the Record can be quite 

 helpful in the camp promotion program. 



W. C. Anderson 

 I • Farm Adviser 



Jackson County 



SEEDLINGS AVAILABLE 



THE Illinois Soil Survey data confirm our 

 opinion that farm woodland tree crops are 

 the highest economic land use for three 

 million nontimbered farm acres, or one- 

 tenth of the state's total land area. In past 

 seasons Illinois farmers have planted up to 

 three million state-grown trees annually. 



In these times of scarce, expensive fence 

 posts, poles, and farm building materials, a 

 keener interest generally is being taken by 

 farmers in growing their own needs. It's 

 good water and soil conservation, too. 



We would like your readers to know that 

 Illinois farmers can get tree seedlings next 

 spring for practical farm woodlands of their 

 own, or for other reforestation, wildlife and 

 soil conservation purposes, if they order 

 now. Use of stock for windbreaks, orna- 

 mentals or landscaping is not permissible. 



Standard order blanks can be obtained 

 from farm adviser offices. Soil Conservation 

 Service offices, district foresters, or from 

 the State Forester in Springfield. 



The following species are still obtainable 

 at a nominal cost from the State ForesterS 

 office, in orders of 500 or more trees: ash, 

 black walnut nuts, sycamore, black locust, 

 osage orange, soft maple, cypress, loblolly 

 pine, shortleaJF pine, pitch pine, and Virginia 

 pine. 



; . J. Donovan Larsen 



Suff Forester 

 Division of Forestry 

 = ' Springfield, 111. 





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