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Over 10,000 Attend 



Victory Celebrations 



McLean County Banquet Draws 

 Crowd of 1,253 



''pilK (iist Victory banquet fclebrat- 

 ' ing Country Life's unprecedented 

 ■• lu-i-oss was held at Mt. CaJ-mel, in 

 Wabash "County. County A<lvilser Lett 

 and General Apent Glit-k put on a 

 most remarkable program, anid a de- 

 liphtful dinner. This county, ^s a re- 

 sult, will be among the first to make 

 its quota. ' 



Great enthusiasm has prevailed at 

 :;l! of our meetings. Following the 

 .Mt. Carmel Victory dinner, i similar 

 ban(|uets were held in the following 

 counties. The number of ])c|>ple at- 

 tending each banquet is show|n oppo- 

 site the counties listed: 



r.iss 



rhristi.in 



CarroU 



Clinton 



("rawfor-l 



Kd\v;trfN 



KfTinjrham 



Franklin 



Callatin 



Greene 



firundy 



Haneoek 



Henderson .. 



.I.'ickson 



.leffersoii 



.lersey 



Jo Daviess 



.Johnson 



Ijiwreni-e 



t-otran 



MiDonouirh 



1 T.-) 

 110 

 200 

 I.IO 

 12r. 



.s.'in 

 isr. 

 iTr, 



'P 



ISO 

 3(10 

 225 

 2r.r> 

 200 

 2nn 



2(10 

 115 

 210 

 50fl 



no 



Mel. run 



Marion 



Marshall- rut iiam 



Mt-recr 



Morjran 



Peoria 



I'iatt 



Tike 



Kanitolph 



Kichlanil 



Koek Islan.l 



Sc-ott 



Saline 



Stark 



Union 



\X'arrrn 



Wal.ash 



Washintrtoii 



Wavne 



Whitv 



Williamson 



Total 



The victory celebration at 

 ington where 125:i sat dow 



i2r.3 



23.i 



2i.-> 



IflO 

 220 

 4 7.-> 

 220 



1 ir, 



2 2 r» 

 i-jr. 



12:. 



2 10 

 IT.") 



2i,n 

 2. 'SO 



21.'; 

 I ;io 



1 111 



3'i(l 



10.22 3 



Bloom- 

 1 to a 



most <ielightful 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 

 liolicies are made known, business in 

 the form of applications sees an im- 

 niodiate pick-up. The purpose of these 

 celebrations is to make known the 

 fafts regarding life insurance and its 

 relation to the Farm Bureau move- 

 ment. It is our purpose also to make 

 Farm Bureau membership so desirable 

 tiirough all of the projects of the Farm 

 Bureau, that no man can afford not to 

 belong to this great organization. Our 

 gefieral agents are out seeing people 

 every day, as a result of the demand 

 on the part of the membership for 

 more information. 



GoodF 



Crop 



Record Month 



''rilE 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 

 1.2.'?.'], .300 pounds of milk were sold for 

 a gross return of $.31,.548.7S. Farmers 

 received .$2. .50 per 100 pounds net. 

 Fortv-seven per cent of the milk 

 graded "A." 



\\ 'ITH a inuch smaller peach crop in 

 ' ' prospect in (Jeorgia 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 foi- 

 a good harvest in 11>2!>. 



The peach crop is estimated at 

 slightly larger than that of last year 

 and the quality promises to bo un- 

 usually good. Illinois peaches are 

 recognized in all the open markets as 

 among the best and the lUini brand 

 put out by the Illinois Fruit Growers 

 p]xchange 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 August. 

 Prices promise to be reasonable in 

 sjiite of the fact that the crop from 

 (Jeorgia and other southern territory 

 will be short. 



Forty-four cats consume milk 

 valued at $4.'?5.45 annually, or $0.!t0 

 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. 



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 waft 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. 



