ocatiii'.' 

 iricc in 

 •saril\ 

 called 

 he i>rii 

 ices to 



Terminals Comj)any. thanked everyone 

 who liad a hand in the success of tlie 

 cainpaijin wliitii raised S2.75(I.()(M) from 

 the sale ol stock to finance tlie company. 



A word of caution was spoken on 

 the further expansion of the physical 

 plants of the lAA aliilialed com|)anifs 

 l>\ President Shiimaii. "l would strong- 

 ly advise that further ex|)uiision lie 

 lurlied at this time.' he said. "We need 

 to assimilate the expansion that has al- 

 ready lieen made." 



lAA Director Otto SlelTey asked for 

 a show of sentiment among I arm Murciii 

 leaders as to whilher the Sports lestival 

 should lie conliiuied. Slellcv ■^aid the 

 Sports Fcsti\al had gro\\ n to gieal pro- 

 |iorlioiis and that it uas fullilliti'j: tin' 

 purpose lor which it uas started to 



pet farmers to pla\ together, to gel 

 more young people interested in Farm 

 Hureau and to promote leadership qual- 

 ities. 



W hen StefTev asked the audieiu e if 

 thev wanted to liaxe the Sports l"e>li\al 

 co?ilitnied. virluallv all raised the:r 

 hands. W hen asked il they watiled i! 

 discoiitimied. two or three hands went 

 up. 



I'resident Sliuman commented on ihc 

 impitrtance of the County iarm Murcau 

 annual mi-eting and sugge.-ted that it lie 

 made attractive enough to draw as many 

 Karm liureau people as jiossihle and 

 that tliey he encouraged to express lliciu- 

 selves and take part in o|)cn discussions. 



niscussing a ri\alry of liusiucs- in- 

 terest that has arisen lieluccn three I \ \- 

 affiliateil coopcrati\es Illinois drain 

 ("orporalion. and Illinois Grain Icrmi- 

 nals (!ompany. and Illinois Farm Sup- 

 ply ("ompain. President .^human called 

 for greater cooperation ami greater 

 effort in the ititerc-ls of all the larmer- 

 of Illinois. 



"(ioordination of all farm ISunau 

 cooperatives."" he said, "is essential, and 

 can lie accomplished through the cflorls 

 of the state management Imard. the 

 Illinois Agricultural Service Company. ' 



Front Cover 



THE scene of the l->irth of the atomic age 

 is tlie 2yth in our scries of historic and 

 picturesque pictures of Illinois. 1 lie first 

 successful atomii pile w.is st.irted under 

 the west stands of St.igg Field (picture) at 

 tiie University of C hic.igo. A pLicjue with 

 the following inscription has been set in the 

 wall just .liiead of the car in picture: "On 

 December 2. 1912 Man Aihieved Here 

 the First Self-Sustaining ( hain Reaitic^n and 

 thereby Initiated the Controlled Release ot 

 Nuclear Energy." 



Announce Price Support 

 Rates on Corn and Hogs; 

 Corn Averages $1.40 Bu. 



PKItd! support ratis fiii corn and 

 hogs lia\r liecn announci'd li\ the 

 Inited Stales Department ol Agricnl- 

 liire. (!orii priie support rales lor the 

 I'M") crop are at an average ol ?l.l<l 

 |ier luisiicl nalioually. Tentative iuior- 

 malion as the 1\\ IxflCOHI) g<ies to 

 pre-s indicate- lluil the rates lor Illinois 

 uili range \<\ county from SI. '>7 to SI. 1 1 

 per Imsliel. Tin- ^liows a three <-ents 

 |ier liiishel defrca-e Irom I'M." countv 

 rates straiiiht a> ro^- the- jioaid lor each 

 countv . 



1 ill' I'M'I loan and punha-e agrci'- 

 nu'iit late- ari- |ia>e(l on ''<• per « I'til o( 

 llie parilv price ol coin a- ot ()(t. I. 

 I'M'). I'aritv for that dale \v a- ?\.r)r: 

 |ier jinshel as a national average, ac- 

 cording to the Illinois Production and 

 Marketing Xdmini-^tralion comniitlee. 



I iider tlie I'M'' croji program, loans 

 and purchase agreements will he avail- 

 aide to farmers from lime ol harvcsl 

 tliroiiiih Ma\ •'•I. \'>'-><K and v»ill nuiliMi- 

 on jnh il. )'>n(t. 





The nionlhlv hog price -iippoit levels 

 for the period'o<l! I'M') through March 

 l').i(l are as follow-: O.-toher. SK'.VO 

 per hundred pound-: Novemher. SI.t; 

 DeccinI.er. .?ll.2<l: January. Sll.'Xt: 

 Feliruary. ••'^ 1 .")..•>( I. and March. .?l(i.20. 



Previously the support prices were 

 on a weekly hasis. 



The Department of AgricultiiTc -ays 

 that -iiice purchases of jivi- iiog> for 

 price -upporl do not now appe.ir fi'asi- 

 lile. piiicliases of jiork and pork |ir<Kl- 

 iicts will he the method ii-ed if support 

 for hog prices hccome ne<'«'--arv. 



I -\( I IK ID that one of vcur pictures 

 in the article "The Itoad Prohlem" 

 in the Octoher i— ue of the \\ \ iveeord 

 -lioued a -cliool hiis with the door oti 

 the driver- >ide. I ride the -chool hus 

 every day and I have never -«'eii a liiis 

 with the d<ior on the <hiver- -ide. 



I lind gooil information in your puh- 

 iieation and ri'ad .ihout everv slorv in 

 your ina^a/ine. 



Deiiiii> >( liaefei 

 litircau I oiiiitv 



} (/(/ r< ii l.(rn til)\<nii. Itirtnt^. !/«)• 

 hr HI' iiiuld SUV It mis tin Lriiilisfi '»ii». 

 Ai'tU'illy ihr plititii'^nipli H(/s pririti>4 in 

 mrr^r .... I.ilitiir. 



Two Chicago newipapermen f wearing 

 hats} interview the Whiteside County farm 

 Bureau tug o' war team a few minutet 

 after they had jerked a Chicago railroad 

 worker team clear across the stage ot the 

 "Wheels a Rollin' " pageant during closing 

 week of the Railroad Fair in Chicago. 

 When the Whiteside huskies^ weighing I ,- 

 875 pounds, started dragging the railroad 

 men across the stage, one railroader yellad 

 ' "Hey, leave us in Chicagol" 



NOVEMBER, 1949 





