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THE annual Rural Youth district 

 meetings have just closed with a 

 total attendance of 650 in tiie 12 

 districts. Seventy-five counties sent 

 representatives. 

 Unusual from the standpoint of educa- 

 tional material, but nevertheless, of vital 

 interest and value, was the subject "Bat- 

 tling Brucellosis" (Bang's disease). This 

 study was set up under the guidance of 

 Dr. C. D. V.m Houweling of the lAA 

 department of Veterinary Medical Re- 

 lations. 



Recreation leadership was another of 

 the two main emphases of the series. E. 

 H. Regnier of the department of rural 

 sociology extension of the College of 

 Agriculture of the Universitj' of Illinois, 

 and his assistants Mrs. Betty Perkins and 

 Harriett Ellicott, taught three national 

 folk dances of America, Denmark and 

 Spain. 



Brucellosis is of interest at this time 

 because of its increase among swine and 

 cattle and a resulting increase among 

 humans in the form of undulant fever. 

 Veterinarians point to the economic 

 loss from the prevalence of brucellosis 

 in swine and dairy herds where abortions 

 occur and milk production is reduced 

 because of its prevalence. They say about 

 20 per cent of the dairy herds are affected 

 and that about 5 per cent of dair)- cows 

 are re.ictors to tests. The estimated 

 annual financial loss to farmers in Illinois; 

 alone is $5,000,000. On the other hand, 

 experiments in Indiana prove that when 

 reactors are removed from the dain' herd 



RURAL YOUTH 



Study Brucelloas Control 



By ELLSWORTH D. LYON, Director 



lAA 0«pt. Young PaoplM ActivltiM 



Frank Mealiff, youth assistant Logan county, 

 led the discussion on "Battling Brucellosis" 

 at Lincoln College, Lincoln, following the 

 talic by Dr. L. J. Miller local veterinarian. 

 To his left are Dicic Stone, president Mason 

 Rural Youth and Harold Conrody, Logon 

 president. 



Illinois Farm Supfdy Company 

 Closes Deal For Pana Refinery 



THE, Pana Refining Company at 

 Pana, Illinois, has been bought by 

 the Illinois Earm Supply Company. 

 The Illinois Farm Supply Company 

 is an affiliate of the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association. 



C. H. Becker, general manager, said 

 that all of the outstanding capital stock 

 of the Pana Refining Company has 

 been purchased by the Illinois Farm 

 Supply Company. Operation of the 

 refinery under its present name will 

 continue for an indefinite period. 



The present operating personnel of 

 the company will be retained with E. 

 G. Youngberg as general manager of 

 the refinery. Three of the executive 

 officers, Sam D. Jarvis, C. Hayden 

 E)avis, and Ray Hose, have agreed to 

 remain for a period in an advisory 

 capacity. 



The purchase of the Pana Refining 



MARCH, 1948 



Company, according to Becker, repre- 

 sents a step forward by the Illinois 

 Earm Supply Company to improve its 

 supply position. "This is part of an 

 all-out effort to provide Farm Bureau 

 members of Illinois with the essential 

 fuels needed for farming," Becker said. 

 The acquisition of this property will 

 serve to alleviate the supply problem 

 to a certain extent but will not be the 

 complete solution, according to Becker. 

 The Illinois Farm Supply Company 

 is the state purchasing and supplying 

 organization for 104 member com- 

 panies located in every county of the 

 state. These Farm Bureau-type co- 

 operatives own all the capital stock of 

 the Illinois Farm Supply Company. 

 This company's primary function is to 

 serve its members with their needs for 

 petroleum, feed, plant food and other 

 related farm supplies. 



and replaced by healthy cows there is an 

 increase of ^0 per cent in milk produc- 

 tion. 



1 he veterinarians presented three plans 

 of control which are recommended for 

 dairy cattle by the Division of Livestock 

 Industr\- of the Illinois Department of 

 Agriculture, as follows: 



"Plan A IS recommendcil for clean 

 herds and herds with onlv moderate in- 

 fection. Under this plan all animals more 

 than four montlis old must be tested 

 pcriodicallv. All reactors must be re- 

 moved from the herd within 1 5 days after 

 the test. Additions to the herd must come 

 from accredited herds or be tested. Vac- 

 cination of calves four to eight months 

 old is optional. Adult vaccination is 

 prohibited. 



"Plan B is recommended for herds 

 showing heavy infection. All animals 

 must be tested initially. Vaccination of 

 calves four to eight months old is re- 

 ijuired. Adult vaccination is permissible 

 at herd owner's expense. Under this plan 

 reactors may be kept in the herd or sold 

 into infected herds on permit by the 

 State Department of Agriculture. Re.acfors 

 sold for slaughter must be reported to the 

 Department of Agriculture. No indemnity 

 is paid for them. 



Plan C is recommeni!c-d for herds 

 whose owners wish to h.ive calihood \.ic- 

 cin.ition without a herd test. No tests are 

 required. No indemnities are paitl. All 

 calves must be vaccinated betwc-en four 

 and eight months of age. .Adult vaccina- 

 tion is [x.'rmissible at herd owner's ex- 

 jxnse." 



Among the dcKtors of veterinar)- nie^ii- 

 cine who presented the problem of bni- 

 cellosis for discussion were local practi- 

 tioners, state and federal veterinarians. 

 Thev were: Dr. Vi'. G. Raudabaugh. 

 Gibson City; Dr. I.. ]. Miller. Lincoln; 

 Dr. R. E. Reppcrt. Cimbridge; Dr. 

 Rov B. Price, .Monmouth: Dr. George 

 Shindel, Charleston; D,' A. I. Coale. 

 Carmi; Dr. C. R. Dean. Nashville: 

 Dr. E. E. Moon. Pittsfield: Dr. E H. 

 Stratmeyer. Hillsboro; Dr. H. P. Wcssels, 

 St. Charles; and Dr. Van Houweling. 

 Their talks along with their direction of 

 group and open forum discussions and the 

 showing of the movie entitled "Battling 

 Brucellosis" made a thorough presentation 

 of the knowledge of and control of this 

 number one animal-man disease. 



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