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Number 8 



August, 1949 



The Relcom) 



OFFICIAL PUBLICATION 

 THI ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION 



To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was organized, namely, 

 to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, social and educa- 

 tional interests of the farmers of Illinois and the nation, and to develop 

 agriculture. 



OFFICERS 



CHARLES B. SHUMAN. Sullivan, President 



FLOYD E. MORRIS 

 Vice-President 



PAUL E. MATHIAS 

 Secretary 



ARTHUR F. SCHUCK 

 Treasurer 



GEORGE E. METZGER 

 Field Secretary 



CLARENCE C. CHAPELLE 

 Comptroller 



DONALD KIRKPATRICK 

 General Counsel 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



Lyman Bunting, EUery ; Thomas H. Llovd, Girard ; Lester S. Davison, 

 Minonk ; Homer Cuitiss, Stockton; J. King Eaton, Edwardsville; C. J. 

 Elliott, Streator ; John T. Evans, Hoopeston ; Edwin Gumm, Galesbure ; 

 Earl M. Hughes. Woodstock ; Chester McCord, Newton ; Russell V. 

 McKee. Varna; K. T. Smith, Greenfield; Otto Steffey, Stronghurst ; 

 Frank L, Simpson, Farmer Gty ; and Albert Webb, Ewing. 



DIVISION HEADS 



George E. Metzger, Organization & Information ; L. L. Col vis. Market- 

 ing ; I. £. Parett, General Services ; Paul E. Mathias. Building. Records, 

 and Personnel ; Arthur F. Schuck. Treasurer's office ; C. C. Chapelle, 

 Comptroller's office ; and Donald Kirkpatrick, General Counsel. 



DEPARTMENT HEADS 



Frank M. Atchley, Research ; O. D. Brissenden, Organization ; G. W. 

 Baxter, Transportation -Claims ; John K. Cox, Rural School Relations ; 

 C. J. Foster, Publicity; R. E. Gish, Soil Conservation Activities; Rot P. 

 Johnson. Special Services & Office of the Building; C. E, Johnston. Gen- 

 eral Office ; Donald Kirkpatrick, Legal ; Ellsworth D, Lyon, Young Peo- 

 ple's Activities; Judson P. Mason, Dairy Marketing; Cullen B. Sweet, 

 Rural Road Improvement ; S. F. Russell, Livestock Marketing ; W. E. 

 Scheer, Personnel ; John A. Lake, Safety and Public Health ; and Bert 

 Vandervliet, Property Taxation. 



ASSOCIATE COMPANY MANAGERS 



Darrell L. Achenbach, Country Mutual Fire Company; C. H. Becker, Il- 

 linois Farm Supply Company; L. R. Downs, Producers' Seed Compaoy; 

 Forrest C. ' Fairchild. Prairie Farms Creameries; Sam L. Hasseli, Il- 

 linois Grain Terminals Company; Judson P. Mason, 111. Milk Producers' 

 Assn. ; R. S. McBride, Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange ; Howard McWard, 

 111. Grain Corporation ; C. F. Musser, 111. Farm Bureau Serum Assn. ; 

 J. L. Pidcock, 111. Co-op Locker Service ; A. E. Richardson, Country 

 Life Insurance Company ; Dale Rouse, Illinois Wool Marketing Asso. ; 

 C. E. Strand, Illinois Agricultural Auditing Assn. ; H. W. Trautmann, 

 Illinois Livestock Marketing Assn. ; and F. V. Wilcox, Country Mutual 

 Casualty Company. 



EDITORIAL STAFF 



Creston J. Foster 

 Editor 



James C. Thomson 

 Ass't. Editor 



Editorial Office 



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THE STATE FARM BUREAU PUBLICATION 



Cliorles B. Shuman 



An Adequate Diet 



By Charles B. Shuman 



President, Illinois Agricultural Association 



I S DISTRESSING surpluses of food products pile up 

 jm on out American farms and in government ware- 

 ^ houses, it is natural that farmers should once again 

 inquire into the cause of our troubles. Nutritionists 

 tell us that there are countless millions of the world's 

 population who suffer slow starva- 

 tion from birth to death. Even in 

 our own countr)' there are hundreds 

 of thousands of undernourished. 

 Yet, if total world food production 

 were equally divided among all the 

 people, all of us would be under- 

 nourished! What is the answer? 

 SECRETARY of Agriculture 

 Brannan has offered one pos- 

 sible solution which is based 

 upon the theory that cheap food 

 will assure an adequate diet. His plan accepts the 

 idea that federal revenue derived from taxes should 

 be used to subsidize the food bills of all citizens. Un- 

 doubtedly, cheap food would encourage some parents 

 to provide an adequate diet for their children. How- 

 ever, many of us remember quite vividly the experi- 

 ences during the depression with WPA and direct re- 

 lief. Money saved by cheap food was quite often used 

 to purchase liquor, luxury goods, and non-essentials. 

 Actually the American people have purchased a better- 

 balanced diet during the recent inflated price period 

 than during the days of cheap food. Secretary Brannan 

 and the social planners should face the fact that a con- 

 siderable number of our people will buy non-essentials 

 rather than an adequate diet for themselves and their 

 children. 



OUR good friend Ed Babcock of Ithaca, N. Y., has a 

 more practical suggestion. Mr. Babcock points out 

 the fact that if everyone consumed an adequate diet 

 including at least the minimum requirements of animal 

 product foods, it would not be possible to produce a 

 surplus in this country. An annual per capita increase 

 of five pounds in the consumption of animal product 

 foods would eliminate all surplus grain problems. 

 However, Mr. Babcock recognizes that even the power 

 of the federal government is not sufficient to force 

 people to eat better food. He suggests that we follow 

 the slow but more certain plan of an expanded educa- 

 tional program in human nutrition. 

 I PROGRAM of this kind can be instituted immedi- 

 \ ately in every Illinois community with the active 

 *■ assistance of all fathers and mothers. It involves 

 placing increased emphasis upon nutrition education in 

 elementary, high school and college courses of study. 

 It would be materially implemented by adequate facili- 

 ties for the new Department of Nutrition and for the 

 Home Economics Department at the College of Agri- 

 culture. Many Illinois farmers can help this program 

 for a better understanding of an adequate diet by en- 

 couraging their wives and daughters to participate ac- 

 tively in the program of the local Home Bureau. 



AUGUST. 1949 



