1949 Ten Thousand Miles with J.C. Hackleman

The following article, “Hackleman To Study Seed And Pasture Improvement Programs,” appeared in the March 2, 1949 edition of the Farmers’ Weekly Review.

J.C. Hackleman, Illinois College of Agriculture extension agronomist, plans to start early in March on a six-month leave of absence. He will tour at least 20 states to study their seed and pasture improvement programs. Hackleman will discuss methods of increasing and distributing new seed varieties with agronomists and cooperating farmers in each state. He will also contact organizations which produce and distribute foundation seed, as well as crop improvement associations.

By observing seed improvement programs in other states and trading ideas, Hackleman expects to bring home some new ways to improve the Illinois system of increasing seed supplies. In the eastern states, he also plans to spend some time studying pasture improvement programs to learn possible ways to improve that work in Illinois.

By September 15 Hackleman will probably have covered at least 10,000 miles in Kentucky, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Hackleman’s special interest in Arizona and Pacific coast states will be clover and legume seed production methods. He is chairman of the clover committee of the International Crop Improvement Association (now known as AOSCA). One of his duties in this group is to gather foundation seed stocks for increase in western states. Producing clover seed under irrigation has made it possible to increase supplies much faster there than elsewhere.

-Farmers’ Weekly Review, March 2, 1949 Archive