

M;*.'i| 



> of soil 

 ird land- 

 ool cliil- 

 re sliown 

 lospliate 

 iais had 

 ly a feu 

 V to tell 



I'lif machine completed the -ettiii-; oj)- 

 (•ration hy opening a furrow liefore 

 the |)laiit and closing the soil initnedi- 

 itely afterward. I'lanting of the inulti- 

 liora rose was made on a listing on the 

 ■ontoiir. The land on the slope above 

 the contour line is to lie left in cultiva- 

 tion and land lielou is to he used as 

 permanent pasture after ahout two 

 vears. liv that time the rose will ha\r 

 urowti to make a fence capable of turn- 

 ing livestock and otlcriiiL' co\cr and 

 mnwav tor wildlile. 



Sjieakers on the field day |program 

 included Arlo V. I>enzman. local soil 

 oiiscrvalion farm plaiuur; ncmiis 

 Manning, chairman of the (Jrundy 

 < ounty Soil (!onservalioii district di- 

 (ectors; Frank I'uniell. c\tcn>ioti soil 

 '■on«ervationist. and Dr. f . (.. liauer. 

 I . of 1. agronomist. Dr. liauer said 

 that maintenance of organic matter. 

 (>roper soil structure, water liolding ca- 

 pacity, aeration and prevention of soil 

 ■ompaction are best attained with le- 

 .lumes in rotation. I se of legumes that 

 -land over more than one year iiid then 

 plowed under was recommended as best. 



Said Farm Adviser Tascher at the 

 conclusion of the week. "We had two 

 objectives in this week. First, we 

 .vanted to reach a large nund>er with 

 the importance of soil conservation. 

 and second, encourage soil conserva- 



tion teaching in the ?chools. We tried 

 to u.se as maii\ organizations and in- 

 di\iduals as pa-^ible to gi\e them a 

 part in ihi' program. I oidv hope some 



NOTICE 

 ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL AS- 

 SOCIATION ELECTION OF 

 DELEGATES 



Notii'c i.- Iitrt-liv iii\i-u llial in ihti- 

 nriticin with tlir aiiniial rncctin^s itl 

 all rtdinly Farm ltiir»-aus to lie li»*M 

 iliiriil;; tin- iiMintli cil \(h<-iiiIiit. ]')\*I. 

 at llic luiiir ami plarr Ici he ilcli-riiiin''il 

 1p> tlic liiiaril of [liriTtoi> of farli 

 t -oiinty Farm Hnr«*au. tlu- iiii'inl»«-rs in 

 ;;oo4l -itaiiclin^: of -inli I ounty Farm 

 Hiiicau and who art- al-o ijiialitied vot- 

 in;r ni('nilit-r« of Illinois Aiirirnltiiral 

 A>»oriation. «hall tli-i t a liclpL-atf or 

 ilclcL'aIrs to ri'pre^etit such meiniifr- 



i>f Illinois \;;ri< ultural \*>oriation ainf 

 \ot<* on all niattrrs ht-lort' tlu' next an- 

 nual nii'ftinL'. or anv >pi'rial int'i'tin^ 

 of thr A>so(iation. im liidin;: lh<" elei- 

 lion of olTirrr-- and directof*. as pro- 

 \idfd for in tin- Hy I aws of the .\s 

 soiiation. 



Dnrini' No\tniljtr. annual tnoctin^s 

 will lit" hi'lil in r?ond. Brown, (jimlirr- 

 land, Franklin, (fallatin. l.awT»-n<'e. 

 Ilaniork. Ma«sai. Mamnpin. Mont- 

 L'omery. S. hnvlrr. Sht-Ihy. ."^t. 'lair. 

 Warren. William-on an<) Rirhland 

 I ountii-v. 



Paul K. \Iathia>. .'si-i r»-tarv 



of the techniipie> we used may !«■ use- 

 ful to other>." 



Honor Illinois Adviser's 

 At Natidlial Meeting 



EDWI^[.1!^^. San<:amon . ountv 

 farm adviser, ha- been named 

 \ ici-prcsidenl of the National Associa- 

 tion of (!ouutv \gricullural Agetils. and 

 three other lllitioi- farm aiKi-er- have 

 been cited for -pe<ial ri'iiignllloii. 



I)i-titiuui-hed -er\ice award> were 

 riTciwil .It the recent Denver convj-n- 

 liciti bv William F. (^oolidge. Fiv inu— 

 ton riiimlv : Hussell F. Apple. Ja>per. 

 and l,lov<i Vt . (Iialcraft. \lenard. These 

 av\ar<i> are given lor Ions; and etlicient 

 -er\ ice. 



Marion Adviser Retires 



ILLINOIS' oblest farm adv i-er on 

 point of service. Fred J. lilacklnirn. 

 rctircil Oil. I after 'il consecutive years 

 as Marion < ounlv larin \dviser. 



r.lackbiirn went to Marion roiintv in 

 IMl.'!. He v\as graduated from the (.i)l- 

 Icue of .Agriculture in I'M I. Me w(trked 

 for the Fniver-itv and farnwd on his 

 outi before becomini: Marion county 

 fartn adviser. IJlackbiirn said he had 

 no plans a- vet for the tiiture. 



( B05$-/V1EETONE OF 



MV BE5»T FRIENDS... 

 ( HE'$ IM THE I NSURANCE 

 \ 6U»IWE5_» 





in buildings, and other 

 property. They insure their 

 growing crops. Smart farmers 

 also protect their iniestment 

 in HOGS, by vaccinating with 



Early vaccination means 



lower cost 



NOVEMBER, 1949 



DO IT NOWl 



ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU 

 SERUM ASSOCIATION 



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