Utility Companies Show 



Interest In Serving Farms 



Government interest in rural electri- 

 fication together with widespread bui'd- 

 ing of federal, municipal and Co-opera- 

 tive power plants are waking up the util- 

 ity companies. They are delving into 

 the problem of extending service to farm- 

 ers, with new interest, to determine what 

 concessions if any they can make toward 

 this end. 



The Public Service Company of North- 

 ern Illinois which has shown great inter- 

 est, in extending rural service, effective 

 July 1 issued a new agreement based on 

 an 80-month period. A farm customer in 

 their territory desiring electricity can ob- 

 tain service based on a minimum of one- 

 eightieth of the cost of the line per 

 month. 



For example, two farmers living with- 

 in a mile of the rural line may obtain 

 service under the following conditions. 

 Assuming the mi'.e of new line costs $800 

 the allotment is $400 per custo.ner. The 

 company's minimum charge would be 

 one-eightieth of $400 or $5 per month for 

 80 months. After that each farm goes on 

 the regular city rate and minimum. The 

 more customers per mile of line the less 

 each pays. But in no case would the 

 minimum be less than $3.50 per month. 



This new rate schedule was submitted 

 to the Transportation Departmpnt of the 

 I. A. A., also to the Illinois Commerce 

 Commission for consideration. Under this 

 arrangement most farmers in Public 

 Service Co. territory could obtain elec- 

 tricity for a nominal charge. 



To Brown County 



IV O T I C* F* 



ILLINOIS AGHICULTUKAL \8SO- 



CIATIO.V ELKfTIO.'M OV 



DELEGATES 



Notice Is hereby Kiven that in 

 connection with the annual meet- 

 ings of all County Farm Bureaus to 

 be held durinK the month of October, 

 1935. at the hour and place to be 

 determined by the Board of Direc- 

 tors of each respective County Farm 

 Bureau, the members in Kood stand- 

 insr of such County Farm Bureau 

 and who are also qualified voting 

 members of Illinois AKricultural As- 

 sociation shall elect a delegate or 

 delegates to represent such mem- 

 bers of Illinois Afrricuitural Asso- 

 ciation and vote on all matters be- 

 fore the next annual meeting or 

 any special meetInK of the Associa- 

 tion, including the election of of- 

 ficers and directors as p'-ovded for 

 In the by-laws of the Association. 



During September annual meet- 

 ings v^Ill be held In Macon and 

 Stark counties and during October 

 annual meetings will be held In 

 Pulaski-Alexander. Adams, Cass. 

 Henderson. Marshall-Putnam, Mont- 

 gomery. Pike. Scott. Shelby. Wayne. 

 White. Warren. Ford. JoDavtess. 

 and Menard counties. 



(Signed) Paul E. Mathias. 



Corporate Secretary. 

 August 12. 1935. 



E. H. Garlich, who recently succeeded 

 W. E. Foard as farm adviser in Brown 

 county comes to his new work with a 

 background of 4-H club and dairy ex- 

 perience. During the past four years 

 he has been asso- 

 ciated with 4-H club 

 work as county 

 leader in Washing- 

 ton and Clinton 

 counties and last 

 year as local leader 

 at Nashville where 

 he taught vocational 

 agriculture in the 

 high school. 



Born in Washing- 

 ton county, Garlich 

 attended the Bell- 

 flower Township High School in McLean 

 county and was graduated from the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois College of Agriculture 

 in 1928. As a student, he was president 

 of the Dairy Club, manager of the 



student's dairy judging contest, and was 

 out on the .show circuit with the Illinois 

 dairy herd in 1926 and 1927. He man- 

 aged a grain and dairy farm at Havana 

 one year. 



Mr. and Mrs. Garlich have a daughter 

 nearly three months old who is one of 

 the youngest Country Life policyholders 

 in the state. 



Little America's First Born 



E. H. OASLICH 



(See picture on page 14) 

 "Klondyke Iceberg", a 20 months old 

 purebred Guernsey bull was bom during 

 the Richard S. Byrd south pole expedi- 

 tion at Little America. The picture was 

 taken at the recent Guernsey Field Day 

 near Peoria. Edgar F. Cox, the bull's 

 keeper, was with the famous explorer in 

 the Antarctic, in charge of the three 

 cows taken along to supply fresh milk. 

 The temperature in the tent where "Ice- 

 berg" was born varied from 45 below 

 zero to 30 above, he cows were fed beet 

 pulp, alfalfa hay and mixed feed. 



You can't afford to take 

 unnecessary risks when 

 hogs are bringing a 

 high price. Vaccinate 

 now, while they're 

 young. Save money. 



Vaccinate 

 NOW! 



Get the most protection, with less 

 risk at the least cost. 



.. .USE FRESH, 

 POTENT FARM 

 BUREAU SERUM 



YOUR COUNTY FARM BUREAU 



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