mation available to Illinois homemak- 

 ers is restricted under existing condi- 

 tions because of research limitations. 

 The Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion will join with the Illinois Home 

 Bureau Federation in sponsoring in 

 the next General Assembly a legisla- 

 tive appropriation for a new home 

 economics building. 



XVIII. AGRICULTURAL ENGINEER- 

 ING AND LABORATORY BUILDINGS 



The agricultural engineering depart- 

 ment of the College of Agriculture is 

 handicapped by poor housing and in- 

 adequate facilities. Even though agri- 

 cultural engineers are in great de- 

 mand, few Illinois students specialize 

 in this field. Illinois farms are high- 

 ly medianized and our farmers look to 

 the college for guidance in the selec- 

 tion, care and maintenance of their 

 machinery. 



To keep pace with developments in 

 the field of agriculture, our universit}' 

 also needs laboratory space for all 

 phases of agricultural research. Present 

 facilities are not adequate for modern 

 scientific research. 



We will support legislation for the 

 construction of both agricultural en- 

 gineering and agricultural laboratory 

 buildings at the University of Illi- 

 nois. 



Right: M. G. lamberf, Hancock county, 

 pre%ents an idea of an open hearing for 

 farmers before the lAA resolutions commit- 

 tee (luring the lAA annual meeting in Chi- 

 cago. Below: Voting delegates follow 

 closely the reading of the resolutions by 

 lAA Vice President floyd I. Morris. lAA 

 resolutions must meet with the approval of 

 file voting delegates. Below, right: Charles 

 Haller, Peoria county, appears before the 

 committee during open hearings. 



XIX. STRIP MINING 



The productivity of large acreages 

 of farm lands has been destroyed by 

 strip mining operations. Many addi- 

 tional thousands of acres are leased for 

 future strip mining operations. These 

 lands will be lost as a source of tax- 

 able wealth for the support of govern- 

 mental institutions. The areas left 

 after strip mining form a barrier 

 between communities. The sjx)il banks 

 become breeding places for rodents 

 and predatory wild animals. The run 

 off water from the spoil banks and the 

 overflow during flood periods from the 

 pools of stagnant water pollutes the 

 streams which flow through adjoining 

 property. Long established drainage 

 systems are destroyed. The value of 

 adjacent lands is substantially reduced. 

 We urge the Association to support 

 any practical plan which mav be pre- 

 sented for protection against the waste 

 and destruction of our resources by 

 strip mining operations. 



XX. DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME 



Farmers almost unanimously oppose 

 the use of so-called daylight saving 

 time during the summer months. 

 Many farm operations, particularly at 

 harvest time, are dependent upon the 

 sun and cannot be moved forward 

 with tiie hands of the clock. The use 

 of two standards of time results in 

 confusion, disrupts communit)- life 

 and activities and severch' handicaps 

 farmers in the performance of many 

 farm operations. 



We urge tlie Associ.ition and the 

 American Farm Bureau Federation to 

 support efforts to secure the use of 

 standard time and outlaw tiic use of 

 daylight sa\ing time. If the use of 

 daylight saving time is not otherwise 

 outlawed, we favor and request the 

 Association to sponsor legislation pro- 

 viding for a statewide referendum on 

 the question of barring the use of day- 

 licht saving time in Illinois. 



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