Home Economics Building — A bill 

 appropriating funds for a home 

 economics building at the University of 

 Illinois failed to pass. The appropria- 

 tion was not recommended by Uni- 

 versity authorities and was not in the 

 state administration budget. 



Daylight Saving Time — The bill out- 

 lawing daylight saving time was not 

 called for passage in the House where 

 it was introduced. The bill was ad- 

 vanced to third reading (passage stage) 

 on May 17 but was not finally acted 

 upon. 



4-H Prem,ium Fund — Both houses 

 passed the bill increasing the state con- 

 tribution from $2.20 to $3.00 per mem- 

 ber for boys' club work and from $1.20 

 to $1.50 per member for girls' club 

 work and removing the maximum limi- 

 tation per county. 



Supervisor of Assessments — The bill 

 providing for the creation of the office 

 of county supervisor of assessments in 

 each county other than Cook and St. 

 Clair passed. Township assessors will 

 be elected as usual. The county super- 

 visor of assessments is to be appointed 

 by tke county board. His salary is to 

 be paid by the state. The county super- 

 visor of assessments will equalize 

 assessments between townships and will 

 act as clerk of the board of review. 

 The lAA did not oppose this bill. 



Bang's Disease — The bill amending 

 the Bang's disease law licensing labora- 

 tories making tests for brucellosis and 

 changing the requirements with refer- 

 ence to importing cattle passed. Under 

 the amendment, female cattle for feed- 

 ing purposes may be imported and held 

 on the farm for feeding and grazing 

 purposes only under quarantine. If 

 they are sold except for slaughter they 

 are required to be tested in the same 

 way as native cattle. The bill making 

 a similar change in the community sales 

 barn law, failed to pass. The lAA sup- 

 ported these bills. 



Oleomargarine — The bill permitting 

 the sale of colored oleomargarine in the 

 state was defeated. The lAA opposed 

 this bill on the grounds that there was 

 not sufficient provision made for iden- 

 tification of oleomargarine. 



Milk Pasteurization — The bill requir- 

 ing the pasteurization of all milk and 

 the bill requiring the pasteurization of 

 all milk other than certified raw milk 

 and Grade A raw milk both were de- 

 feated. The lAA proposed certain 

 amendments to these bills which were 

 adopted. After the amendments were 

 adopted the lAA did not oppose them 

 further. 



Fur Farming — The bills declaring 

 fur farming to be an agricultural pur- 

 suit and making it possible to organize 

 fur marketing cooperative passed. The 

 lAA sponsored these bills. 



Front Cover 



TWENTY-SIXTH in our series 

 of historic and picturesque 

 covers is a view of the lodge 

 at White Pines State Park in 

 Ogle county. This is one of the 

 most beautiful parks in Illinois 

 (See picture on your Farm Bureau 

 calendar). The park is noted for 

 its southernmost stand of white 

 pine in the Midwest, some of 

 which measure 2 1/2 feet in di- 

 ameter and stand 100 feet high. 



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Airplane Insurance — The bill passed 

 requiring airplane pilots causing dam- 

 age to show proof of financial responsi- 

 bilities before they may continue to fly. 

 In effect, it should result in most pilots 

 carrying insurance. 



Open Season on Foxes — The bill pro- 

 viding a year-around open season on 

 foxes in the southern zone passed. 

 Farmers in the southern zone reported 

 that foxes are numerous and a nuisance. 

 Approval of this bill will give us a 

 year-around open season on foxes 

 throughout the state. The lAA sup- 

 ported this bill. 



Fire Protection Districts— Bi\h were 

 passed to validate the organization of 

 fire protection districts. The validity 



of these districts had been questioned 

 in court. The lAA supported this 

 legislation. 



Hospital Authorities — The bill au- 

 thorizing the creation of hospital au- 

 thority districts to provide and maintain 

 hospitals, passed. The lAA proposed 

 certain amendments which were adopted. 



Constitutional Convention — The leg- 

 islature failed to adopt a resolution 

 submitting the question of calling a 

 Constitutional Convention to the voters 

 in 1950. The lAA did not take an ac- 

 tive position of this question. The 

 legislature did adopt a resolution sub- 

 mitting a Gateway amendment of the 

 constitution to the voters. This will be 

 voted on in November 1950. The lAA 

 favors the Gateway amendment. 



Illinois Farm Adviser 

 Sent on Government 

 Mission to Greece 



AMERICANS returning from south- 

 eastern Europe and the Middle 

 East often have said there is nothing 

 wrong with agricul- 

 ture there that a 

 few good Ameri- 

 can farm advisers 

 couldn't cure. Per- 

 haps it is not quite 

 that simple, but one 

 of our own Illinois 

 farm advisers is 

 now in the process 

 of finding out. 



He is Charles E. 

 Yale of Lee County 

 in northern Illinois. 

 Chuck, as he is familiarly known to 

 farmers far and wide, is now in Greece 

 where he was sent by the federal gov- 

 ernment as an agricultural extension 

 specialist to the Greek government. 

 Last December, N. E. Christodoulou, 



Charles t. Yale 



director and minister of agriculture in 

 Greece, visited the Lee County Farm 

 Bureau offices at Amboy. He visited 

 several farms and was much impressed 

 by Yale's knowledge of fanning and 

 his explanation of the extension pro- 

 gram. 



When the U. S. informed Greece that 

 it planned to send an agricultural 

 extension specialist to help organize an 

 extension program in Greece, Christo- 

 doulou asked Washington to send Farm 

 Adviser Yale. He was given a six 

 months leave of absence from his job 

 and left for Greece the middle of July. 



Yale said he hoped to acquaint Greek 

 farmers with American methods in an 

 effort to increase production. 



He was accompanied by Mrs. Yale 

 who plans to live in Athens. Yale 

 taught vocational agriculture at Men- 

 dota in 1921 and went to Lee county 

 as farm adviser in 1925. The Yala 

 have two sons, Charles Jr., a physicist 

 in Cleveland, and Don. an ensign in 

 the U. S. navy air force stationed at 

 VlTiidby Island. Wash. 



AUGUST. 1949 



