How Are They 

 Spending Your Money? 



(Continued from page 7) 



The lAA was the leader in the fight 

 to end the state property tax and will 

 stand unalterably opposed to its return. 

 As to the income tax, we have none be- 

 cause it is impossible to levy an income 

 tax in Illinois until the state constitu- 

 tion has been changed. This has been 

 tried several times but has failed to 

 carry because it is difficult to change 

 and because of the apathy of the voter. 



Many are of the opinion that a state 

 income tax would be far more equit- 

 able on the taxpayers than the present 

 sales tax which puts a heavier relative 

 burden on the people least able to pay. 

 Others are of the belief that the fed- 

 eral income tax is more than enough to 

 pay without adding a state income tax. 



In all fairness, it should be men- 

 tioned that Illinois taxpayers paid an 

 average of $45.04 per head for state 

 government in 1947 which was below 

 the national average of $48.66 and be- 

 low the per person state taxes paid in 

 30 states. The five high states in 1947 

 were Washington, $84.05 ; California, 

 $73.19; New Mexico, $66.77; Arizona, 

 $65.16; and Nevada, $61.19. 



This, of course, should be no excuse 

 for waste or inefficiency in Illinois gov- 

 ernment. Taxpayers and organizations 

 looking out for the taxpayer's best in- 

 terest must keep a sleepless eye on the 

 public purse and hope that public of- 

 ficials will follow the advice of Gov- 

 ernor Green who said in presenting 

 Illinois' peak 1948-49 budget: "By in- 

 telligent cooperation we can, if we will, 

 keep Illinois sound under a financial 

 structure which will provide better 

 state service to all the people while 

 imposing the lowest burdens possible 

 on our taxpayers. In these days of in- 

 flation and uncertainty, that surely must 

 be our goal." 



boards include in the salary of the bus 

 driver enough extra to pay for public 

 liability insurance to protect him against 

 possible proof of negligence. Of the 

 other types of insurance coverage, per- 

 haps fire insurance offers the best protec- 

 tion for the money. 



The number of new 12-grade unit dis- 

 tricts already established is well over 125 

 and the nurnber is increasing. Grade and 

 high school pupils will be carried in the 

 same buses. There is no good reason 

 why this will not work satisfactorily. It 

 not only does work in other states but in 

 some districts in Illinois and with con- 

 siderable economy over dual system dupli- 

 cation of equipment and service. 



Good School Buses 

 Run On Time 



(Continued from page 14) 



are not liable, school board members 

 should be careful not to exceed their 

 authority as board members, because then 

 they act as individuals who may be held 

 responsible. At least one insurance com- 

 pany has a clause in its policy renouncing 

 its right to take advantage of the ab- 

 sence of school board liability to refuse 

 to pay a public liability claim. 



The school bus driver, however, may 

 be held responsible for an accident if it 

 can be proved he was guilty of "willful 

 and wanton negligence." Some school 



Tazewair* Orsanlzotlon Director Hoyt, 

 right, (igns Jonathan Allen as 3000th mem- 

 ber in their Farm Bureau. 



Bureau Grain 

 Means Business 



(Continued from page 4) 



resells to local feeders. In all they will 

 handle better than a quarter of a mil- 

 lion bushels of grain this year. Bureau 

 is the second county in beef and hog 

 production in Illinois. The company 

 also operates a coal yard at Princeton 

 and Sheffield. It was purchased along 

 with the elevator, and has been a profit- 

 able business. 



The grain company also has a good 

 plant food program. It stockpiles rock 

 phosphate in bulk and gives immediate 

 delivery, spreading it on the farm cheap- 

 er than a farmer can buy it by the sack 

 and spread it himself. 



During the past spring the company 

 was spreading 33 per cent rock phosphate 

 for $22.65 a ton. They have 20 cars 

 stockpiled at Princeton and Buda and 

 are taking orders for phosphate to be 

 spread as soon as the crops are off the 

 field. 



A full time soils tester has been hired 

 by the Bureau County Farm Bureau. He 

 ha.s a back order for 14,000 acres to be 

 tested. The tester goes to the farm, col- 

 lects samples, and is making a complete 

 color map of the farm's plant food needs. 



The success and many services offered 

 by the Bureau County Grain Company 

 proves the statement printed in its first 

 annual report: "Use your own company 

 and you will benefit. Use another man's 

 company and he will benefit." 



Corn, Oats, Beans, 

 Wheat - Bumper Crops 



ILLINOIS farmers are turning in a 

 record harvest of field crops this 

 year. A record corn crop of 525,- 

 000,000 bushels is the August estimate 

 for Illinois. This is 20,000,000 more 

 than the 1946 record Illinois harvest. 



The state-federal crop reporting serv- 

 ice also says the oats harvest will be 

 the largest since 1937, with production 

 figured at 167,684,000 bushels, com- 

 pared to 117,005,000 last year. 



Illinois has also had an all-time high 

 per-acre yield for winter wheat. Win- 

 ter wheat production is estimated at 

 40,425,000 bushels, 42 per cent larger 

 than last year's crop and 37 per cent 

 above the 10-year average. 



The soybean harvest may be the sec- 

 ond largest in history with 75,600,000 

 bushels the expected fall yield. This 

 is but three per cent under the top year 

 of 1946 when 78,000,000 bushels were 

 harvested. ..; • ...f. 



Plan for 'Grade A' 

 If You're Building 



DAIRY farmers who are planning 

 to rebuild or remodel their dairy 

 barns will want to check the build- 

 ing requirements for Grade "A" milk 

 before starting work. 



A list of these requirements is avail- 

 able in your farm adviser's office. The 

 compliance requirements for a number 

 of cities in Illinois and neighboring 

 states are included. The list was pre- 

 pared by the department of agricultural 

 engineering at the University of Illinois 

 College of Agriculture. -y . \ • 



Tips For Fall Pigs i. ^ 



Farrowing fall pigs on pasture will 

 eliminate much of the danger from 

 anemia and roundworms. Sows that 

 have been on good pasture all summer 

 should be in the best possible condi- 

 tion for fall farrowing. Good feeding 

 after farrowing will allow the sow to 

 keep up her milk flow. 





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