The state poultry committee which will act in on advisory capacity 

 for the poultry project to be carried on in Illinois under the Hope- 

 Flanagan bill holds its first meeting in Chicago. Left to right: T. 

 S. McCurley, State Department of Agriculture; J. R. Harris^ U. of I. 



College of Agriculture; H. H. Alp, AFBF; E. C. Secor, superintendent, 

 division of markets. Department of Agriculture; H. P. Templeton, 

 Illinois Chain Store Council; Lyman Bunting, lAA; Sam Honegger, 

 Forrest; L. F. Slice, U. of I. 



LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 



GOOD FOR CLINTON 



PLIiASi; .ictcpt m\ ciinjjratulatiims on tin. 

 tine write-up in the Mav RrcoRD you i;a\e 

 tile soil erosion control worlv Isein^J done in 

 Clinton county. 



Sam Sorrclls 

 Monljjomcry Count;. 



KEEP RADIO STATUS QUO 



Il'NDFRSTAND you f.ivor raisini; 50.000 

 w.itt radio stations to "5.000 watts as you 

 tliink tliey would reach more farmers. These 

 bii; stations don I broadcast local farm news. 



Our small stations are the ones that furnish 

 us st'ieral and local farm news. 



Leave the 50,000 watt stations as thev are 

 Albert K. Debaiin 

 Clinton County 



THANKS TO lAA 



I THINK we on. tlie toinmittee all owe 

 the lAA and Mr. I. yon (director, youn^ 

 peoples activities) a bii; thanks for making 

 our trip to Canada possible. 



It certainly was a new and interesting; 

 experience for all of us and one 1 am sure 

 we won t forget for a lonj; time 



The Junior Farmers of Ontario have a 

 4;i)<>d solid organization and we surely re- 

 ceived some g<iod ideas from them to bnnj; 

 home. 



Our committee had the opportunity to 

 meet and make new friends across the 

 border. Sometimes 1 believe making; friends 

 is more important than anything else in life. 



To me this exchange of young people 

 from one state to another and trom one 

 nation to another is only a small part in 

 creating good feelings among states and n.i- 

 tions. Is It a small omtribution toward 

 peace among nations •• Its only a drop in 

 the bucket, but I feel if such an exchange 

 program could be carried on on a larger 

 scale, not only by our farm groups but 

 other organizations it would tend to make 

 a more secure world for all of u.s. That s 

 reaching for a star 1 guess, but Id rather 

 have a star to reach for than a war to 

 stare me in the face 



I d like to thank the lAA for the oppor- 

 tunity ot going to Canada and for the other 

 henetits we have received from them. I 

 only hope I can li\e up to what tlie lAA 

 ixpects of the (.onimittee members. 



Fdna l)t» 

 Ogle (."ounty 



THE PLEASURE'S MUTUAL 



I I ST a line to say how iiuKh we enioyed 

 ^ the visit of the Illinois Rural 'N'outh 

 Cjroup to our conference and annual meeting 

 .It Cjuelph. Ontario, Canada. You certainly 

 made a fine contribution to our conference. 



and I might say, left a wonderful impres- 

 sion of the rural young people of Illinois 

 I hope all arrived home safely, and were 

 not too tired after the strenuous week. I 

 will try to keep you informed as to the 

 activities of our organization during the next 

 year. 



Ross Beatiie, President 



Ontario Junior Farmers' Association 



CATCHING FISH 



//ft'' I'.irt ',< .1 htUr irnli: Fr.ml C,iil,,i:Lr. 

 uhn yilliij II! .W.irch frnm Iht lAA m.iritt- 

 nig Jip.trniUllt. ll't ./rt fth-.fcJ !o b^.tr 



THH Sundav following my departure from 

 * the office Ida and I took a three weeks va- 

 cation in Oklahoma and even got down into 

 Texas. 



I must tell you of my fishing experience. It 

 was the best I have ever had. After fishing 







Record :irzz: 



I 'R cover tills month is a picture of tlie 

 "Old Ay" building at the University of 

 Illinois where the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association was born 32 years ago. This 

 is the 1 .3th of our series of picturesc]ue 

 and historical Illinois scenes. Known affec- 

 tionately to tliousands of students as the Old 

 Ag building since it was constructed in 1900. 

 the name was changed last year to Davenport 

 Hall to commemorate the late Dean Eugene 

 Davenport. 



It was here on Jan. 26, 1916 that repre- 

 sentatives of 20 counties met to federate the 

 22 existing county Farm Bureaus. 



A leader in the nation's cavalcade of agri- 

 cultural colleges, the Illinois College of Agri- 

 culture has had 7,1 56 graduates. This month's 

 class numbers 166. Students from nearly every 

 nation in the world have come to the Urbana- 

 Champaign campus to study the latest in Amer- 

 ican agriculture. The college has contributed 

 tremendously to the welfare of Illinois agri- 

 culture through research. 



Across the face of Davenport Hall runs the 

 quotation: "The Wealth of Illinois is in Her 

 Soil and Her Strength Lies in Its Intelligent 

 Development." 



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