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lAA Gives Position 

 on Rural Roads 



{Continued from page 9) 



construction not required by the reason- 

 ably anticipated traffic thereon. As a 

 result but a very limited mileage can be 

 constructed with the funds available. 



Maximum standards of design for 

 farm-to-market roads should be adjusted 

 to allow for traffic needs in order that 

 the maximum mileage of low-cost, all- 

 weather roads may be constructed. The 

 standards fixed under the $15,000,000 

 state assistance program seem to be prac- 

 tical and might form the basis for legis- 

 lation. 



5. Research — Materials, 

 Construction 



The citizens of Illinois have paid in 

 property and gasoline taxes vast sums of 

 money for road improvement each year. 

 Plans are now being made for further 

 large expenditures of local, state and 

 federal funds for road purposes. 



All construction costs have increased 

 greatly and the cost of construction of 

 low-type secondary roads has become al- 

 most prohibitive. Outstanding research 

 work has been done in this state upon 

 the construction and design of state roads 

 which carry heavy traffic, but very little 

 research on construction, surfacing ma- 

 terials, design and maintenance of local 

 roads has been done. 



The Association requests your com- 

 mission to urge the University of Illinois 

 and the Division of State Highways to 

 institute an adequate program of re- 

 search on the problems of materials, de- 

 sign, construction, and maintenance of 

 secondary farm-to-market roads. 



The Illinois Agricultural Association 

 will continue to support all reasonable 

 efforts to provide an adequate system of 

 primary, secondary, and farm-to-market 

 roads. We believe Illinois should have 

 a long-range program of highway devel- 

 opment consistent with and measured by 



our needs and the taxpayer's ability and 

 willingness to pay. 



We appreciate the seriousness and 

 complexity of the problems facing your 

 commission. In recent years it has be- 

 come more and more apparent that piece- 

 meal remedies and rivalries between high- 

 way agencies and organizations will solve 

 none of the basic problems. These con- 

 ditions actually are impeding sound de- 

 velopment of our road system. We look 

 to your commission for the preparation 

 of a factual statement of Illinois high- 

 way needs and sound recommendations 

 for measures to meet these needs. 



Animal Diseases 

 Spread By Flies 



{Continued from page 25) 



There is a vaccine available to pro- 

 tect horses against sleeping sickness 

 that is an excellent immunizing agent. 

 But each year, there are less and less 

 horses vaccinated because the memo- 

 ries of the disease when it was so wide- 

 spread are not so vivid anymore. 



The other way to protect horses 

 against encephalomyelitis is to get rid 

 of biting insects. Army experiences 

 demonstrated clearly that mosquitos 

 and flies can be practically eliminated 

 by proper spraying. The protection 

 against the disease afforded the horses 

 is enchanced by the comfort enjoyed 

 by the animals and the convenience 

 experienced by the driver or rider 

 when horses are not continually pest- 

 ered by flies and insects. 



There is another angle to this sleep- 

 ing sickness prevention which should- 

 n't be overlooked. Although all p'eces 

 of the puzzle have not been fitted to- 

 gether as yet, there is no doubt that 

 humans can get encephalitis or "sleep- 

 ing sickness" from the viruses caus- 



ing horse sleeping sickness. So it's 

 bad business to have horses around 

 that have sleeping sickness for the 

 sake of your own health. Again, 

 flies, ticks, and mosquitoes are the cul- 

 prits involved in the spread of this 

 disease from horses to man. 



There are many other animal dis- 

 eases that may be spread by flies. These 

 hairy legged little insects have been 

 suspected of spreading hog cholera, 

 anthrax, brucellosis and many other 

 common maladies of farm animals. 

 It is almost impossible to determine 

 how often flies are a factor in the 

 spread of animal diseases. Anyone 

 familiar at all with flies and their ha- 

 bits can readily imagine how they 

 could transmit diseases. 



The elimination of this method of 

 disease spread is just one more of the 

 many benefits to be derived from erad- 

 icating flies! Science has thrust a pow- 

 erful weapon into your hands — 

 DDT. Its use will protect your health 

 and the health of your stock. Use it 

 NOW! 



Yardstick For 

 Farm Success 



{Continued from page 12) 



under the G. I. bill. 



"Rather than spend two years on a 

 farm too small, and in the end lose the 

 farm and the benefits of the G. I. train- 

 ing, these veterans might better learn a 

 trade that will support themselves and 

 their family." 



There is nothing new about other 

 practices in the recipe. High crop yields, 

 efficient livestock, and others mentioned, 

 have been recognized by farmers for 30 

 years or more as necessary for profitable 

 farming. 



JUNE IS DAIRY MONTH 



Above is a group of 



Madison County Farm Bureau memberswho went to Fosterburg In April to help farmers who lost 

 or parts of their farms during a tornado which swept the area. ,.,_ 



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I. A. A. RECORD 



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