Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 10, Number 30, DeMotte, Jasper County, 13 June 1940 — Farm Reporters to Begin Check of Performance [ARTICLE]

Farm Reporters to Begin Check of Performance

Checking of performance on farms of more] than i,OOO Jasper County fanners who are participating in the 1940 AAA Farm Program is now underway, reports Rollin J. Stewart, chairman of the County AAA Committee. The work is being done by farm reporter«j, all of whom are farmers, who willj inspect farms in their own communities. Victor C. Babcock from Jordan township has been designated as countjy performance suprvisor to supervise the work from the county office. 'Men w|ho are working as farm r< porters ip the county are: . Barklejy Twp., John R. Parkison and Jambs L. Britt, both of Rens selaer. Carpenter Twp., Harvey E. Row land and Harold B. Fox, both of GoodiandL Gil lam Twp., John W. Sedmer of Medaryville and Leslie H. Tillett Francesville. Hanging Grove Twp., Benj. F. Kruger of Rensselaer. Jordan Twp., Sam Conn of Brook and Carl A. Nesius of Rensselaer. Kankakee Twp,, D. Paul Miller of Tefft and McDade Collins of San Pierre. ) Keener Twp., Burden Tyler and Andrew lieHaan, both of DeMotte. Marion Twp., Aloys A. Kohley and Harold G. Kanne, both of Rensselaer. Milroy Twp., Earl Foulks of.Monon Newton Twp., Cecil J. Zacher and Walter E. Kelley both of Rensselaer. Union Twp., Howard Schultz and Ernest P. Rockwell both of Rensse M laer. Walker Twp., Ben F. Miller of San Pierre and Dale M. Jefferson of Wheatfieljl. Wheatfijdd Twp., Lowell Woolever and Henry Misch, both of Wheat field. Farm reporters determine eroi planted on the farms of each farmer who signed a ‘lfarm plan" thi spring, indicating his 'intention o.f participating in the 1940 Triple \ Program Fields in which variou crops are planted will be measured on aeriel photographs in the county office ta djetermine conservation and parit y payments earned 1.. each participating farmer. Acre I photographs have been proved to be the most accurate and least exp»o method of determining cron acreages, Mr. Stewart said. The actual work of checkin" field acreages is dbrie only when F farmer or his authorized repr sentative is present. Usually fin farmer assists tjhe farm reporter with the work.