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With Our Farm Bureau 

 Presidents 



"Charlie" Smith of Woodford County Is A 100 Per ,C,ent 



Cooperator 



¥T SEEMS only right that when 

 '■ Woodford county set out to find 

 a Farm Bureau president it should 

 look for a native son, a 100 per 

 cent cooperator and a man of char- 

 deter, substance and action. They 

 found him about five miles north- 

 west of Eureka, getting a real 

 "kick" out of farming the land 

 that has been in his family for 60 

 years. 



Charles "Charlie" Smith is a 

 charter member of the Woodford 

 County Farm Bureau and Illinois 

 Agiicultural Association. He has 

 been on the Executive Committee 

 for nine years — president of the 

 Woodford Countv Farm Bureau for 



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live years. Today, under Chai-lie 

 Smith's leadership, Woodford 

 county has 950 active, militant 

 members. As a neighbor and 

 fellow Farm Bureau member put 

 it, "It doe.sn't make any difference 

 how impossible the job may be. 

 Charlie will never admit it can't 

 be done. Then he gets it done." 

 Others readily admit that when 

 Charlie Smith smiles and asks 

 them to do something, they find 

 themselves doing it when they'd 

 made up their minds not to. 



Out on "the 365 aci'e Smith farm 

 you'll not find any particular crop 

 specialty. To the east you'll see a 

 iidck of 65 ewes and 90 lambs. 

 Across the load to the west, 

 'jUiernseys, and 150 head of Poland 

 ' liina hogs are separated from the 

 115 Texas Shorthorns being fed 

 t'lir market. The major ci-ops are 

 <"i>rn, oats, alfalfa, soy beans, peas, 

 >weet corn and pumpkins. Back 

 '>f the nine room farmstead, Mrs. 

 >^mith raises pheasants. White 

 I't'ghorn chickens, ducks and Chow 

 dog.s. Shrubs of every character 

 Krace the lawn giving significance 

 '0 the statement of Misl Smith 

 ^vho said "I like to experiment 

 ^\'ith plants and things. It keeps 



MB. AND MRS SMITH S TREES SHRUBS AND 



FLOWERS ADD INTEREST AND CHARM TO 



THE SMITH FARMSTEAD 



me quite busy but very inter- 

 ested." Mr. Smith is a Farm Man- 

 agement project co-opi'rator. The 

 Smith farm follows the recom- 

 mendations of the I'nivej'sity ver.v 

 closely and is one of the most pro- 

 ductive in the county. Two mar- 

 ried men, living on the farm, helj) 

 Mr. Smith with his varied inter- 

 ests. 



Speaking of the Faim r.iireau. 

 he said, "The Farm Bureau has 

 made the job of farniiMj> more in- 

 teresting. ^It has helped in an in- 

 formative way and made farming 

 more profitable. Our Farm Ad- 

 viser keeps members informed of 

 new developments and that's what 

 a farmer needs." 



Speaking about being loO per 

 cent cooperative he said, "I ship 

 my livestock, milk, grain, buy my 

 seed, serum, petroleum i)roducts. 

 life, auto and hail insurance co- 

 operatively because 1 think it's the 

 thing for us farmers to do and be- 

 cause I never have to question the 

 quality nor worth of anything 1 



buv nor the fairness of the prices 

 I get. 



"In my own e.xperience, being 

 100 per cent cooperatrve has paid 

 me very well in more ways than 

 patronage dividends. Fact is, 1 

 don't consider my $15 annual dues 

 any more than a loan for operating 

 expenses of the Farm Bureau that 

 I'll get back a good many times 

 ■lieforp the .sea.son is over." 



Regarding the future of the 

 Favhi- Bureau, he said. "The Farm 

 Bureau must continue to expand , 

 and continue its fight for parity 

 prices. We've only s t a r t e <i . 

 Tlicre's h lot yel to be done." 



Mr. and Mrs. Smith, both of 

 whom attended Eureka College, 

 were married in 1907. Both have 

 spent practically all thi-ir lives in 

 Woodford county and have farmed 

 thei-e since 1908. They have t^o 

 daughters, both married. 



I. A. A. Committee Reports 

 on School Problems 



(Continued from patte 2.'i) 

 that safe atui lapiii transportation of 

 school chililri-n is not jxt feasible be- 

 causf of the larK*' mileage of ilnim- 

 proved couiitry roads. 



Incrtast'd use of present federal an<) 

 state appropriations for establishing vo- 

 cational apriculiure and other courses 

 of particular interest and benefit to 

 farm boys and pirls in tlie hiph schools; 

 that the I. .A. .A. reiiucst and support in- 

 creased appropriations therefore; that 

 the -■Vssociation provide, by an advisory 

 committee or .>ther\vise. for systematic 

 study and consideration of educational 

 (lue.stioiis since '"farm people should be 

 second to not>e in oaretully cotisideriiie 

 school jiroblems and p(dicies and espe 

 cially in improving the education of their 

 children." were other recommendations.. 

 "Farmers should n(jt oppose chanpes in 

 the school system, including reasonable 

 consolidation whenevii; <hey are feasible 

 and can -eiiuilably l>e made." the com 

 mitlee said. 



The report ua> sijined by K. I;;. 

 Housiitby. DeKalb county, chairman: 

 Harvey .\dair, t'ook county; .-Vlonzo 

 Howyer, Willianson county: \V. V. 

 roolidge, Macoupin county: William A. 

 Dennis, Edgar county: and Ira E. Moats. 

 Knox county. .John C. Watson and Paul 

 E. Mathia.s of the \.\ A. stalT assisted 

 the committee in its studies. 



Harold H. (iordon, farm adviser in 



I'ulaski-.Alexander county for the past 

 several years, has accepted au appoint - 

 m«nt with the land planniti^;- division of 

 the federal government with headt 

 quartei^s at .A.nna 



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'1;NE, 1935 



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