farmer. But to the Krause farm it's a 

 cash crop. Back in 1922 Fred remem- 

 bers that most everything was a failure. 

 The summer had been hot and dry. The 

 ground was hard. It looked hopeless for 

 fall vegetables. After the timothy was 

 taken off for seed early in August he 

 decided to take a flyer on turnips. They 

 disked up the ground and sowed four 

 acres to this crop. A good rain came 

 along and cool weather followed — ideal 

 for root crops. No one else had any 

 turnips that fall but the Krauses did. 



They got $1.50 a bushel and took in 

 $850 from the yield off that four acres. 

 That's the way it goes in truck farm- 

 ing. You've got to keep thinking ahead, 

 planning and scheming, taking chances 

 and hoping that the market will be right 

 when your stuff is ready. 



Fred, Art and Bill learned years ago 

 that their customers go for the turnips 

 that are smooth, and purple two-thirds 

 of the way down. When the soil is loose 

 the roots are well covered with dirt, and 

 that part of the turnip under the soil is 

 always white. But when the soil is hard 

 the turnips push up out of the ground 

 and take on a brilliant purple hue. 



When the crop is grown the turnips 

 are stored in trenches a foot and a half 

 deep and the same in width. They are 

 covered first with a layer of four inches 

 of straw, then six inches of dirt. When 

 the dirt freezes it is covered with straw. 

 The turnips are taken out during the 

 winter as they are needed at a rate of 

 70 to 100 bushels a week. 



Art Krause is the market man. He 

 gets up long before daylight and hauls 

 the vegetables and fruits to Peoria's 

 municipal market. He knows the buyers 

 and tries to provide them with what 

 they want. The local grocers and chain 

 stores are good customers. 



Art has learned that the storekeepers 

 will pay a little more for good quality 

 stuff. And the Krauses try to produce a 

 little better quality than average to hold 

 their customers. If there are complaints 

 they try to please the customer and re- 

 place without charge the vegetables that 

 go bad. 



Hyland Farm has grown sweet Spanish 

 onions to yield close to 500 bushels an 

 acre. Everything is washed before it 

 goes to market. 



The year 1929 was the best one the 

 Krauses can remember. Sales that year 

 grossed more than $12,000 and net re- 

 turns were 17% per cent on the invest- 

 ment. That's the year Fred and his two 

 sons each bought a new car and he and 

 Mrs. Krause went to California on the 

 money that was left. Last year net re- 

 turns were approximately 7V4 per cent. 

 They know. They have been keeping 

 records in the Farm Bureau-Farm Man- 

 agement Service. 



Hyland Farm Is a Fam'l/ Business. Brains Mixed with Plenty of Work Male !t Pay. 



Left to right: Mrs. Fred Krause, Arthur, Mrs. Arthur Krause, Fred, Mrs. Bill Krause, and Bill. 

 The latter are parents of tlie little tow-headed lad. The smart bob-haired girl !s daughter of 

 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Krause. 



Alfalfa grown largely for soil im- 

 provement is sold as another cash crop. 

 Enough pigs are kept — their allotment is 

 33 in the corn-hog program — to clean 

 up the corn and part of the refuse. A 

 small apple orchard developed from 

 "whips" planted by Fred 13 years ago 

 is a good yielder. Five horses and one 

 garden tractor furnish the power for 

 working the farm. 



In addition to their own labor, Hyland 

 Farm employs much seasonal help. This 

 past summer the payroll averaged $50 

 to $60 a week. Incidentally their two 

 trucks and three cars are insured in the 

 Illinois Agricultural Mutual. They are 

 .protected against damage suits arising 

 out of injuries to employees by lAA em- 

 ployers' liability insurance. And last 

 year their patronage dividend from the 

 Peoria Service Company was around $73. 



The Krauses don't have much of an 

 orchard, yet they sold more than 800 

 bushels of apples last year and 125 

 bushels up to August 1 this year. In- 

 come frequently runs $300 or more a 

 week. As soon as one crop is off, the 

 ground is made ready for another. 



Fred and the boys don't feel that they 

 know it all about truck farming. In 

 fact, they are learning something new 

 every day. They go to school all win- 

 ter — to truck growers' meetings ar- 

 ranged by the local gardeners' associa- 

 tion. Lee Summers, Kelley and others 

 from the Horticultural Extension Staff 

 come over from Urbana frequently to 

 speak at these meetings. The Krauses 

 follow the recommendations of the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois Extension Service. 

 The seed bill on Hyland Farm will run 

 $600 or more a year; baskets and boxes 

 for marketing the crops about the same. 



Last year during the drouth Fred and 

 the boys decided to dig a new well. Each 

 morning as the workmen baled out the 

 water with buckets to resume digging 

 they hauled it over to a nearby lettuce 

 and tomato patch. No one else had let- 

 tuce but the Krauses did. They sold 

 $200 worth which paid for the well. 



The money-saving services that come 

 to the Krauses through their Farm Bu- 

 reau membership are highly appreciated. 

 They realize that their Farm Bureau 

 membership pays big returns each year 

 in actual cash. But the counsel and as- 

 sistance Fred has received from the 

 Farm Adviser in building up a run-down 

 farm he thinks of first. 



The close co-operation between Fred 

 and his two sons and their families has 

 made possible this thriving enterprise. 

 A lot of things might have happened 

 that didn't happen. The boys might 

 have left home, moved to town or started 

 farming on their own. In either case 

 the business would not be the same. You 

 can't hire help that will take the same 

 interest in the business as a partner. 



How can three families get along on 

 the same farm ? Fred Krause and sons, 

 and their families are demonstrating that 

 it can be done. Each family has its own 

 modern home, flock of chickens and flow- 

 ers. Electricity and all the latest gadgets 

 lighten the house work. The cash in- 

 come from the business is divided equally. 

 Fred and the boys have their arguments. 

 But they always get together. The old 

 man is still chairman of the board, yet 

 he listens to what the boys say. And 

 no doubt all three listen to what their 

 wives say. Everyone works and does 

 his part. That's what makes Hyland 

 Farm a successful business. — Editor. 



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