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Boys' and girls' club work is taking 



well in Greene county. "Girls* club 

 work seems to be easier to put over," 

 says Farm Adviser Laible, "because 

 it is not so difficult to secure leaders 

 among the women as it is among the 

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The Farm and. Home Bureau* of 



Champaign county started operating 

 a Farmers' Market on Nov. 5, accord- 

 ing to Farm Adviser C. C, Burns. Space 

 for about twenty booths 6x10 ft. has 

 been provided. These booths may be 

 rented by individuals, by two people 

 in partnership, or by Farm Bureau 

 units. "We think a great deal of the 

 unit idea because it allows every Farm 

 and Home Bureau member to sell what- 

 ever he may have, no matter how small 

 an amount it may be," says Mr. Burns. 

 "It spreads the service to a wider num- 

 ber of members. The market will be 

 held on Saturdays and days before holi- 

 days only for the start. Later it may 

 be held more days of the week." 



The Stark County Farm Bureau fed 

 473 members and their wives at a din- 

 ner served in connection with their an- 

 nual meeting. Fifty-three per cent 

 of the membership of Essex Township 

 was present at the meeting. 



"The 800 Farm Bureau members who 

 participated in the refund are elated 

 over the earnings of their new oil 

 cooperative," says F. E. Fuller, farm 

 adviser of Marshall-Putnam. "Wm. 

 Koch of Varna had the largest divi- 

 dend, which was $69.56. Herman 

 Webber of La Prairie comes second 

 with $47.34; John Johnson leads in 

 Evans Township with $46.47; Griffith 

 Bros., McNabb, follow closely with 

 $46,18." 



The McLean County Marketing As- 

 sociation, the newly formed produce 

 association of the Farm Bureau, open- 

 ed its first Co-op cream station, Fri., 

 Oct. 21. The station is located at 

 Bloomington, and will handle cream 

 for members in that territory. 



"The first solid train-load of lime- 

 stone operated in this county was 

 handled over the Illinois Central Rail- 

 road, Wed., Oct. 19," according to a 

 report from Harrison Fahrnkopf, farm 

 adviser. The McLean County Farm 

 Bureau was instrumental in working 

 up the orders for this train, which con- 

 tained 30 carloads. A number of the 

 cars were dumped near owners' farms 

 on the right-of-way between stations. 



The Henderson County Farm Bur- 

 eau recently held one of its most suc- 

 cessful annual meetings. President 

 Earl C. Smith outlined the policies of 



the Association regrarding state leg^is- 

 lative matters, particularly with refer- 

 ence to the gas tax, and income tax. 

 The farm relief situation was also dis- 

 cussed. 



"A: 2850 pound ton litter produced 

 by Fred Houlette of Greenfield, 111., 

 is a record which will probably not be 

 excelled in Greene county this year 

 by any officially entered in the Farm 

 Bureau Ton Litter Club," states R. J. 

 Laible, farm adviser. The crossbred 

 litter of thirteen pigfs tipped the scale 

 at 2850 pounds when the pigrs were 

 180 days old. 



The litter was farrowed by a Duroc- 

 Jersey sow belonging to Fred Houlette. 

 Jim Phillippo bred the Poland China 

 boar that sired the heavyweights. 



"We are busily engaged in organiz- 

 ing a produce marketing unit at Ma- 

 comb," writes R. C. Doneghue of Mc- 

 Donough 'county. "Our falks are 

 strong for this project when it is ex- 

 plained to them. We held a corn 

 shucking contest on Nov. 3 that 

 brought out 800 people." 



Since July 1 the State Division of 

 Animal Industry reports a total ex- 

 penditure of $115,814.05 in T. B. cat- 

 tle indemnity claims paid and pending, 

 leaving a free balance of appropria- 

 tion of $1,884,186.95. 



Between July 1 and Oct. 1 indemnity 

 claims aggregating $32,826.55 were 

 paid, total expenses incurred amounted 

 to $50,811.50, and claims pending on 

 2145 reactors at $15 per head (state's 

 share) were held at $32,175. 



C. F. Dueringer of North Dix is the 

 newly elected president of the Ford 

 County Farm Bureau, F. W. Tieken of 

 Brenton was elected vice president, and 

 Charles E. Harper of South Dix, sec- 

 retary-treasurer. Mr. Dueringer is a 

 charter member, was on the first board 

 of directors of the organization, and 

 has served continually since its incep- 

 tion. 



Every owner of a quarter section of 

 land m Piatt county will pay $11.20 

 less taxes next spring than he would 

 have paid, as a result of reductions in 

 assessed valuations brought about by 

 the Piatt County Farm Bureau. 



The Farm Bureau secured a reduc- 

 tion of $10.06 per acre in valuations 

 for tax purposes. This reduction for 

 the whole county amounts to approxi- 

 mately $27,750 in direct taxes. Since 

 Piatt county has 253,686 acres of farm 

 lands, the saving on each 160 A. 

 amounts to more than $11. 



Nearly all the landowners of Piatt 

 county are members of Farm Bureau. 



The "Dewitt Clounty Fire Prevention 



Plan" promises to become as famous 

 as the McLean County Swine Sanita- 

 tion System. 



Dewitt county is blazing the trail 

 toward reducing the number of farm 

 fires by stopping them before they 

 start. A man has been appointed as 

 fire inspector in each township whose 

 duty it is to inspect the buildings of 

 every Farm Bureau member, point out 

 fire hazards, and make suggestions to- 

 ward fireproofing buildings, roofs, and 

 places where there is likelihood of dan- 

 ger. 



A card record system is kept on each 

 farm. This card contains information 

 regarding lightning rods, roofs, chim- 

 neys and fiues, use of matches and 

 smoking, gas engines, stoves and fur- 

 naces, storage of gasoline, and recom- 

 mendations of the inspector. 



Statistics tell us that 18 per cent 

 of farm fires are caused by lightning, 

 12 per cent by defective flues, seven 

 per cent by sparks on roofs, six per 

 cent by matches and smoking, and 4.69 

 per cent by spontaneous combustion. 



22nd District Meets At 



:^ ' Edwardsville Dec. 2 



PRESIDENT Earl C. Smith of the 

 I. A. A. will address the 22nd dis- 

 trict conference to be hetd at Ed- 

 wardsville on Dec. 

 2. Representatives 

 from Madison, 

 St Clair, Monroe, 

 Bond and Wash- 

 ington counties 

 will participate in 

 the conference 

 where members of 

 this district will 

 have an opportun- 

 ity to hear about 

 the activities of 

 the Association, 

 and voice their own 

 opinions and recommendations on 

 past and future policy. 



FVank Oexner of Waterloo, repre- 

 sentative from the district on the I. 

 A. A. executive committee, will preside. 

 "We want every member to feel 

 that the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion is his orgfanization," said Mr. 

 Oexner, "and that its policies are sub- 

 ject to his control. The voice of the 

 members is our guide in determining 

 what course to take on all activities." 

 Part of the program will be devoted 

 to a round table discussion when 

 members will have the privilege of 

 airing their opinions on legislative and 

 other policies of the Association. 



Earl C. Smith 



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