It*s The Best Investment 

 I Ever Made ' 



That's What Harvey Cobb Says About His Farm Bureau 



Membership 



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IT ISN'T how much you f^rm, it's 

 how you farm that c«unts. And it 

 isn't how much you know, but how 

 much of your knowledge you put into 

 operation, that often makes the differ- 

 ence between success and failure. 



Harvey Cobb of Ustick township, 

 Whiteside county, an active Farm Bu- 

 reau member, is demonstrating how 

 you can farm intensively and succeed 

 onr 80 acres when you practice the best 

 methods advocated by the Farm Bu- 

 reau. 



Like many others, Harvey and Mrs. 

 Cobb started farming in 1919 on high- 

 priced land, paying about twice what 

 the farm would bring today and going 

 heavily in debt. But in spite of that 

 handicap, the Cobbs have improved 

 their farm, kept up their interest pay- 

 ments, whittled the mortgage down 

 half, have two fine children, Corliss 14 

 and Clayton 5, and last year with the 



aid of the AAA program and better 

 prices, turned what might have been 

 defeat into victory. 



And Harvey will smile and tell you 

 that the help he got from the Farm Bu-1 

 reau, plus the united efforts of organ- 

 ized farmers in raising farm prices, re- 

 ducing taxes, and easing the credit 

 problem had a lot to do with his suc- 

 cess. 



Harvey joined the Farm Bureau soon 

 after he began farming on his own. 

 About the first thing he did was to find 

 out why his soil wouldn't grow clover. 

 He took a soil sample to the Farm Bu- 

 reau office and had it tested. It was 

 acid. 



"I hauled my first carload of lime- 

 stone eight miles up the old Carroll 

 road from Morrison in 1919," he said. 

 "ThatJ's before it was paved. Cost me 

 $2.19 a ton. Some of my neighbors 

 thought I was crazy." 



That initial start 15 years ago was 

 followed up until every field today 

 has grown sweet clover and alfalfa. 

 This is the reason why Harvey pro- 

 duced 80 bu. of corn to the acre 

 two years ago and why he can feed 

 an unbelieveable number of farm 

 animals on 80 acres. 

 Hogs, poultry, eggs, milk and cat- 



MRS. COBB FEEDING HER FLOCK OF 1100 

 SPRING FBT8 OUT ON NEW AI^FALFA 

 PASTURE. ■ 1 



HARYET COBB ABOUT TO REPLENISH THE 

 HOG OILER. 



tie are the mortgage lifters on the Cobb 

 farm. These, together with a good 

 young orchard, a productive garden, 

 and occasional sales of hay, feed and 

 soybeans all contribute to making the 

 farm pay. 



The first thing you notice about the 

 spring shoats is that they're out on 

 clean ground in alfalfa pasture, and 

 well grown even for February pigs. 

 "There are 50 here from six sows," 

 Harvey said. "They're Hampshire and 

 Duroc crossbreds. All vaccinated when 

 they were three to four weeks old with 

 Farm Bureau serum. I do the work 

 myself, save my membership dues on 

 this service alone. They'll be ready for 

 market about the middle. of Septem- 

 ber. The Chicago Producers has been 

 selling my hogs for years and getting 

 me a good price. Co-operative market- 

 ing is the only way farmers ever will 

 have anything to say about the price." 



The fall pigs are farrowed about the 

 20th of August to go on the market 

 at from six to seven months of Eige the 

 following March. "JTiere are two mov- 

 able hog houses each of which can be 

 partitioned to make six farrowing pens. 

 (Continued on page 6) 



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