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A. RECORD 



Over 10,000 Attend | 



Victory Celebrations 



McLean County Banquet Draws 

 Crowd of 1,253 



'T'HE first Victory banquet celebrat- 

 A ing Country Life's unprecedented 

 success was held at Mt. Carmel, in 

 Wabash County. County Adviser Lett 

 and General Agent Click put on a 

 most remarkable program, and a de- 

 lightful dinner. This county, as a re- 

 sult, will be among the first to make 

 its quota. 



Great enthusiasm has prevailed at 

 all of our meetings. Following the 

 Mt. Carmel Victory dinner, similar 

 banquets were held in the following 

 counties. The number of people at- 

 tending each banquet is showfi oppo- 

 site the counties listed: 



Adams 235 



Bond 175 



Cms 110 



Christian 200 



Carroll 160 



Clinton 426 



Crawford 850 



Edwards 185 



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McLean [ 125S 



Marion 235 



Marshall-Putnam. ..2 15 



Mercer , 190 



Morgan 220 



Peoria 476 



Piatt i 220 



Pike ; 115 



Effingham 176 Randolph 75 



Franklin 70 Richland 225 



Gallatin 180 Rock Island 125 



Greene 300 Scott j 125 



Grundy 226 Saline 240 



Hancock 266 Stark , 176 



Henderson 200 Union L 250 



Jackson 200 Warren 250 



Jefferson 250 Wabash 215 



Jersey 115 Washington 190 



JoDaviess 200 Wayne ^ 76 



Johnson 116 White 110 



Lawrence 210 Williamson ..- 300 



Logan 500 



McDonough 110 Total 10,223 



The victory celebration at Bloom- 

 ington where 1253 sat down to a 



most delightful dinner was the largest 

 held up to date. County Adviser 

 Coultas, General Agent Wm. Hedge- 

 cock, and their active agency force, 

 are entitled to great credit for this 

 remarkable turn-out and great en- 

 thusiasm over the life insurance pro- 

 ject. 



More of these celebrations are to be 

 held in the month of June. And it 

 is noticeable that wherever these cele- 

 brations are held and the full facts 

 concerning Country Life's plans and 

 policies are made known, business in 

 the form of applications sees an im- 

 mediate pick-up. The purpose of these 

 celebrations is to make known the 

 facts regarding life insurance and its 

 relation to the Farm Bureau move- 

 ment. It is our purpose also to make 

 Farm Bureau membership so desirable 

 through all of the projects of the Farm 

 Bureau, that no man can afford not to 

 belong to this great organization. Our 

 general agents are out seeing people 

 every day, as a result of the demand 

 on the part of the membership for 

 more information. 



Record Month 



THE Champaign County Milk Pro- 

 ducers reports the best month's 

 volume of business and gross returns 

 in May since the co-operative opened 

 for business on Jan. 1. A total of 

 1,233,300 pounds of milk were sold for 

 a gross return of $31,548.78. Farmers 

 received $2.50 per 100 pounds net. 

 Forty-seven per cent of the milk 

 graded "A." 



Good Peach Crop - 



WTH a much smaller peach crop in 

 prospect in Georgia and a good 

 crop of high quality fruit indicated 

 from the peach belt of Illinois, fruit 

 growers from the southern part of the 

 state are optimistic over prospects for 

 a good harvest in 1929. 



The peach crop is estimated at 

 slightly larger than that of last year 

 and the quality promises to be un- 

 usually good. Illinois peaches are 

 recognized in all the open markets as 

 among the best and the Illini brand 

 put out by the Illinois Fruit Growers 

 Exchange has the high regard of buy- 

 ers and commission men in all the 

 markets. 



Harvesting the crop will probably 

 begin in the main peach belt around 

 Centralia, the second week in Augrust. 

 Prices promise to be reasonable in 

 spite of the fact that the crop from 

 Georgia and other southern territory 

 will be short. 



Forty-four cats consume milk 

 valued at $435.45' annually, or $9.90 

 worth of milk per cat, according to 

 Tester Paul Church of the Tazewell 

 County Dairy Herd Improvement As- 

 sociation. 



Mr. Church observed the average 

 amount of milk poured out by mem- 

 bers of his association for the cats and 

 projected the amount and cost on an 

 annual basis. There were 44 cats on 

 the 28 dairy farms whose herds were 

 entered in the association. « ■: 



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WHEN "COUNTRY LIFE" POLICY HOLDERS MET IN VICTORY CELEBRATION AT BLOOMINGTON '^ > 



Exactly 1,253 attended the victory celebration and banquet in Consistory Hall, Bloomington. The dinner was sponsored by the McLean 

 County Farm Bureau and the Country Life Insurance Company. Manager L. A. Williams told many interesting details of the drive which led 

 to placing $13,000,000 worth of insurance on the books within two months in his talk "Behind the Scenes in Life Insurance." '*' 



Forty-eight similar luncheons and dinners had been held up to and including June 7, and 22 more were scheduled. 



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