Picnic Edition I. A. A. Record -State Fann Bnrean Picnic, Lincoln. 111., Ang. 26, 1924. 



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SIEB'S HATCHERY 



LINCOLN, ILLINOIS 



-DAY OLD CHICKS IN TEN VARIETIES- 



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White W'yaiidnttes Wiiite Oriiiiii^tous 



Aiiciiiias W'hiti' Iji'sihoriis 



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 your e,i;u;s disjiosiMl of 

 prices. We will ari-aii: 



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flocks and yet in line 1o liave ^ 



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SIEB'S HATCHE 



MRS. 



ily itj ciaployt'd outside. This condi- 

 tion makes ideal lainily life well nigh 

 impossible. On the farm, the hiisIHess 

 is such that wife and children are 

 junior partners, all working together 

 in healthful invitinp: surioundinRs and 

 sharing equ.illy in tlie returns. 

 Make Own Fun. 

 "Roys* and (Jirls* clnh work i.q con- 

 statuly showing the achievements of 



of the grooiii or the cost of tlie wed- 

 ding gown, breakfast or gifts. Instead, 

 they are more likely to ask. 'Is he in- 

 ilnstrious? Is she economical? Is he 

 clean and honest? Is she skilled in 

 housework on the farm?' And so our 

 young people go out to build new 

 homes with little pomp or ceremony 

 or money. 



"They are still willing to begin, not 



"The liigli type standard farm home 

 can only be readied and maintained 

 by a prosperous agriculture, for wa- 

 ter systems, heating and lighting 

 plants, paint, paper, new furnishings 

 can only be purchased with money; 

 our corn, oats, wheat or porkers will 

 nqt be accepted in barter or at an 

 equivalent rate of exchange. Sad mis- 

 understandings have crept in between 



these country lads and lassies in corn, | „. here grandfather and grandmother ' town and country people, because the 

 potatoes, pig. calf. coll. poultry, sew- i^.ti off the day before yesterday, but ! former often do not understand thai 

 iug or liaking clubs. The father must ^.|„,rf. father and mother started thirty | of the exce.ssively high price, they 



years ago. They see a hm-d lime very 'have paid for meal, eggs, fruit, veget- 



needs be industrious, frugal and honest 

 and early at the fireside int-ulcates 

 these prineijiles in his growing chil- 

 ilren. Help in the farm house is well 

 nigh unprocurable so llie mother 

 must be resourceful, a good manager, 

 a producer as well as a c-onsumer: a 

 woman who is hot like the lily, 'toils 

 not, neither does she spin,' but who 

 renders each day an honest day's toil 

 for an honest day's living. 



"After supper all are tired from a 

 long, hard <lay so they gather around 

 the library table well supplied wtih 

 good books, daily papers and current 

 niaj;azines or i»eriiups enjoy a concert 

 via radio or vietrola. They are far 

 from the amusements of the city and 

 must make their own, but in so do- 

 ing, another sirong link is inevitably 

 formed in the chain of character. 



"The farm family liv 

 ture and nature's God. No strikes or 



often, hut in the lean years they grow- 

 closer together, more sympathetic and 

 tol(*rant and it is infinitely more fun 

 to lay plans to buy a second-hand Ford 

 than to riile away on the honeymoon 

 in a Rolls-Royce, the gift of the 

 groom's father. 



"Agriculture today is far from be- 

 ing in a pleasing and profitable con- 

 dition. We are (old that 40 per cent 

 of our land is farmed by tenantry; 41 

 per cent is mortgaged to the limit. 

 .\dded to this, the deflation of the 

 farmer's purchasing dollar makes 



aides or butter, the producer received 

 but a pitifully small amount, -often not 

 the bare cost of pro<luction. The 

 farmer's problem of today is of utmost 

 importance, from the president of the 

 United States down {o the poorest 

 paid employe of contract labor. 



"The farmer has been ridiculed and 

 cartooned as an uneducated, unshaven, 

 grasping, stingy individual, who wants 

 everything his own way. On the con- 

 trary he is quite likely a refined, re- 



tiring, suitably dressed business man. 



condition that renders it almost impos-' ''*''" works long, hard hours and pays 



sible, for a young man to acquire a "''f '"«'' t"''™ "'"' «uPPorts his church 



farm of any considerable acreage un-r"''' community enterprises to the best 



: less he inherits it. This is driving our of '>!« ability, who asks no exorbitant 



cultured educated young people to »"'■'''"'»''''■'">'=»«« ""''s government or 



I towns and cities and rendering a seri-'his fellow men. He is a true Amer 



close to na- ons <leficit in the establi.shing of the '"^"u and he has certain rights. He 



new homes that will furnish the lead- furnishes food and raw materials that 



tht.' cost of production plus a fair 

 profit, as any other manufacturer. He 

 is entitled to a comfortable home with 

 the refinements of Itooks. magazines 

 and music and the luxury of a bath 

 tub. to the actiujring of a competeno' 

 for old a^e, and to give his children, 

 whose efforts are capitalized in the 

 farm business, an education and the 

 advantages they so richly deserve."' 



EVERYBODY GET 



ENOUGH TO EAT? 



Ixits of Farm Ituroau folks neglect- 

 ed (u briag picnic dinnerH of iheir own 

 today. That tncant that thf church 

 ladie» of Lincoln were needed to sup- 

 ply ipore food. . If anyone went hun- 

 gry today, it was his own fault. Mr. 

 ("heckley says, because he warned *eni 

 that Lincoln would be a crowded city 

 today and there wouldn't be much ex- 

 tra food. 



You can depend upon Cheokley to 

 watch out for the food. Ask Mrs. 

 Chockley. 



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fluence and a future stal !sman or 

 captain of finance is in tli e making 

 out there on a corn belt fa I'ni. 



"There is mucli hard work that can't 

 be done on paper and he le; .rns to do 



his despised chores quickly, 

 and efficiently, developing 



industry, patience, punctu Uity and 



above all, the sympathy 

 lowly creatures, that is so 



ing in many of the youth toe ay. There 



are no eight hour days on 

 The cropping season is. in 

 a rush season and he does ni 

 listen for a whistle to begin 



day's toil. No captain of fie ance eTer 



regularly 

 traits of 



or God's 

 ely lack 



the farm. 

 Ihe main, 

 t learn to 

 >r end his 



came from the boy who laid down his 

 tools on the stroke of the houf ' and 

 this fact alone explains ma ly of the 

 S7 per cent. 



"In few cases is there al foreman 

 employed on the average fai m and so 

 each employe is on his owi . thereby 

 rendering highly necessar f self-re- 

 liance and initiative that ave invahi 

 able attributes. 



"In many of the homes of 

 ing people, ev^ry member oi 



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strikers in their record, but in the fall ership of tomorrow, 

 of poor markets, faulty '"■""■""""" 

 and overproduction, each succeeding! 

 spring sees tlie farm family bej^inningl 

 anew, tfieir partner.'ihip with' ^^od in 

 sowing 'an<i planting' in the hope that 

 they may later reap. It is a highly- 

 comforting thought that the Master. 

 .uQilAr«t«o^l the farnjcr's !ife and prob- 

 lems. Recall the parable of the sower , 

 and you will readily see that he un- , 

 derstood the principles of scientific 

 agriculture. Poorly chosen, carelessly 

 sown seeds returned no harvest, but 

 that which was skillfully selected and 

 planted and tended reHirned 'some 

 thirty, some forty and some an hun- 

 dred fold.' 



"As ^ nation we are charged with 

 reckless expenditure, waste and lack 

 of thrift. Where a weekly or semi- 

 monthly pay envelope is available, it 



is harder perhaps to resi.st the tempta- 

 tion to 'buy now. pay later' signs dis- 

 played in cunningly arranged shop win- 

 dows. Indeed, it somehow seems thai 



all forces are in league to separate the 



laborer from his hire. 



"In the country there are generally 



two and not offer more than three 



times a year when there are substan- 

 tial returns, the sale of grain and live 



stocks. The cream check and the sale 



of eggs and poultry generally buy the 



major part of the provision, which 



must be purchased outside the home 



so they learn to buy for cash, buy only 



what they need and how to do withottt 



many things that, while pleasant, are 



after all non-essentials. If we could 



some way teach thrift to the youth 



of America, halt our problems would 



be more easily solved. 



Real Democracy. 

 "Bolshevism does not flourish in a 



community of property owning, tax 



paying, law abiding citizens. We are 



very democratic in the corn belt. When 



our daughters marry, the neighbors 



and i)ress do not comment or inqttire 



are indispensable. He has a right to 



Be$t to Forget Wrong» 



To revenge a wrong is easy, usaal 

 and natural, and, as the world thfnVs, 

 savors of nobleness of mind; but re- 

 ligion teaches tlie contrary, and tell» 

 us it Is better to iie;,'lect tlitn to re- 

 quite it. — J. Beaumont 



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