farnur. Hut to thf Krausc farm it's a 

 cash crop. Back in 1!I22 f'rcd rcnicni- 

 licrs that must evcrythinn was a failure 

 The sunimiT had hoen hot and dry. Tlii' 

 (rmuiid was hard. It lonkcil hopeless f<r 

 fall vcjrctalilcs. .-Xftcr the timntliy was 

 taken off for seed early in .\u>rust he 

 decided to take a Myer on turnips. They 

 disked up the >;i"">"i'l a"*' soweil four 

 acres to this crop. A cimuI rain came 

 alonjr and cool weather followeil -ideal 

 for root crops. .\o one else hail any 

 turnips that fall hut the Krauses did. 



They trot Sl..'><l a hu<hel and took in 

 Sh.'.o fr<im the yield olV that four acres. 



That's the way it jr"<s in truck farni- 

 Hifr. You've jrot to keep thinkinjr ahead, 

 plainiinj: and scheminir. takin^r chances 

 and hoping: that the market will I'e riyht 

 V. hen your •'tulf is ready. 



Fred. Art and Bill learned years a«o 

 •Jiat their customers p" t""r the turnips 

 tliat are smooth, and purple two-thirds 

 o) 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 grround 

 and take on a brilliant puri)le hue. 



When the crop is (rrown the turnips 

 are stored in trenches a f<'(it 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 

 To to lod hu>hels a week. 



.\rt Krau-e is the market man. lie 

 srets up lonjr before dayliuht and hauls 

 the vejretaliles anil fruits to Peoria's 

 municipal market, lie knows the buyers 

 and tries to provide them with what 

 tliey want. The local jrri.cers and chain 

 storis an uood cu>ton>ers. 



.Art has learned that the storekeepers 

 will pay a little more for trood ipiality 

 stulf. .And the Krauses try to produce a 

 little belter iiualilv than axeraire to liold 

 their customers. If there are complaints 

 tluo. try to plea-e the customer and re- 

 place withifUt charge the viiretaldes tluit 

 f.'.. bad. 



ilyland harm ba- i;i..wi! .-wiet .'Jpani.-b 

 otiions to yield clo^,. to .')i»il bushels an 

 acre. Kverythintr is washed before it 

 ■jocs to market. 



The year ]'.i-'.' was the best one the 

 Krauses can remember. Sales that year 

 yr.ssed more than Slli.CliO and net re- 

 turns were IT'l- per cent on the invest - 

 metit. Thai'.- the \ear l-'red and his two 

 >ons <'ach bouj^ht a ik-w car and he and 

 .Mrs. Kraiise went to California on the 

 money that was left. I.a<t year net re- 

 turns were approximately T'j per cent. 

 They kni)W. They have been keepin;^ 

 record.- in the l-'arni Bureau-Kami Man- 

 at;enieiit ."service. 



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Hvland Farm Is a Fam'l^ Business. Brains Mlied with Plenty o^ Work Make it Pay. 



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

 The latter are parents of t'le little tow-headed lad. The smart bob-haired girt is daughter of 

 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Krause. 



.Alfalfa s;rowi; lar>;ely for soil im- 

 provement is sold as another cash crop. 

 Knouirh pitrs are kept- their allotment is 

 :'..'! in the corn-hoir projrram — to clean 

 up the corn and part of the refuse. .A 

 small apple orchard developed from 

 "whips" planted by Fred 'i'4 years aero 

 is a trood yielder. Five horses and one 

 jrarden tractor furnish the power for 

 working the farm, i 



In addition to their own labor. Ilylaiid 

 Farm employs much seasonal help. This 

 past summer the payroll avera>red S.")|| 

 to Stitl a week Incidentally th<'ir two 

 trucks and tliree <-ars are insured in the 

 Illinois .Agricultural Mutual. They are 

 protected ajrainst damatre suits arisintr 

 out of injuries to employees by I.A.A em- 

 ployers' liability insurance. .And last 

 year their palronaire dividend from the 

 I'eoria Service Company was aiouiid .*7-'l. 



The Krauso don't have much of an 

 orchard, yet they sold more than SOO 

 bushels of apples last year and ^^2'> 

 bushil> lip to .Auyu.-t 1 this year. In- 

 1 oiiie ficouently runs .S."ilMl or more a 

 weik. .As -lion as one crop is oiV. the 

 j;roui:il is made ready for another. 



I'red and the boys don't feel that they 

 know it all about truck farmintr. In 

 fact, they are lijnninjr somethint: new 

 every day. They lu'o to school all win- 

 ter- to truck triowers' meetings ar- 

 ramrid by the local ir.irdeiiers' associa- 

 tion. I.ee Summers. Keiley and others 

 from the Horticultural Kxtension Statf 

 come over from Irbana freiiuetitly to 

 speak at the-e meetin^;s. The Krauses 

 follow the recommendations of the Uni- 

 versity of Illmoi- Kxti;nsion Service. 

 The seed bill on Ilyland Farn) will run 

 SiWiil or more a year; baskets and boxes 

 for market iiii; the crops ;ibout the same. 



I.ast year during the drouth Fred and 

 the boys decided to dijr a new well. Kach 

 morning as the workmen baled out the 

 water with buckets to resume diKtrinj; 

 they hauled it over to a nearby lettuce 

 and tomato jiatch. No one else had let- 

 tuce but the Krauses did. They sold 

 Slitio Worth which paid for the well. 



The money-savini; services that come 

 to the Krauses through their F.irm Bu- 

 reau membership are hiyhly appreciated. 

 They realize that their Farm Bureau 

 membership pays bij; returns each year 

 in actual cash. But the counsel and as- 

 sistance Fied has received frotn the 

 Farm .Adviser in buildintr up a rundown 

 farm he thinks of first. 



The do.-e co-operation between Fred 

 and his two sons and their families has 

 made pos.-ible this thriving enterprise. 

 .A lot of t hilars mitrht have happened 

 that didti't happen. The boys nii>rht 

 have left home, moved to touii or started 

 I'arminjr on their own. In eithi'r case 

 the business would not be the -ame. You 

 lan't hire help that will lake the ?ame 

 iiitere-i in the bu.-ines.- a- a partner. 



How (-.■111 three faniiliis jret alonir on 

 the same farm'.' Fred Krause and sons, 

 and their families are demonstratin<r that 

 it can be done. Kach famil.v has its own 

 modern home, (lock of chickens and flow- 

 ers. Kleciricity and all the latest (rad-rets 

 lisrhteii the house work. The cash in- 

 come fiom the business is divided eipially. 

 I'red and the boys have their arjjuments. 

 But they always uet to<relher. 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 

 wi\es say. Kverymie works and docs 

 his part. That's what makes Ilyland 

 Fai ni a successful business. — Kditor. 



I. A. A. KK(()K1> 



