believe in it." Ernest, his wife and 

 small boy "Billy" aged 3V4 years, are 

 aU insured in Country Life. Dwight, 

 his wife and two children also have 

 policies in the company. 



The Fulton boys and their wives 

 have plenty of outside activities to 

 keep them from going stale. Ernest's 

 boy, and Dwight's two children, Eleanor, 

 agred 13, and David, aged 2Vi, keep every 

 one busy seeing that they grow up into 

 strong healthy farm boys and girls. Be- 

 dsides holding office in a number of co- 

 operative enterprises, Ernest is also a 

 trustee of the United Presbyterian 

 Church in Sparta. Dwight, on the other 

 hand is active in American Legion af- 

 fairs, is Historian of Edwin Alexander 

 post. No. 396, and a Past Commander. 

 He has also served six years on the 

 Sparta Township High School board of 

 directors. He was overseas with a Naval 

 Aviation outfit and saw North Sea serv- 

 ice during the war. 



But don't think that versatility is en- 

 tirely a male affair around the Fultons. 

 Florence, Mrs. Dwight Fulton to you, is 

 a very successful 4-H Club leader and is 

 also a Sunday School teacher in the Pres- 

 byterian church. A charming woman of 

 the leader type, she also runs her home 

 in a finished manner and it must be 

 bright and cheerful living around there. 

 You'd think so too if you were ever on 

 the receiving end of one of her smiles. 

 Agnes, that's Mrs. Ernest Fulton, has 

 her "Billy" to look after. That would 

 seem to be enough for any woman be- 

 sides seeing to it that the old Fulton 

 home carries on its tradition for homi- 

 ness and comfort. But, she also finds 

 the time to be on the Randolph county 

 4-H Club committee and does more than 

 her share of church work along with her 

 husband. Her attractiveness is no effort 

 at all. She just naturally is. So, you 

 can see, there aren't many idle moments 

 at the Fultons and anyone who wants to 

 find out how to keep from being bored 

 would do well to go out some day and 

 just stand around and watch how things 

 bustle along through the day. 



Ernest, being a mere youth of 32 as 

 against Dwight's hoary 38, is the athlete 

 of the family. His forte is soft ball and 

 from all reports he operates equally as a 

 catcher or an outfielder. His team, one 

 of ten in the Randolph County Farm 

 Bureau soft ball leagnie, finished second 

 this year. We gathered from Ernest 

 that the deciding game should have been 

 won but for the fact that the whole team 

 seemed to have picked the night before 

 to go to some kind of a meeting that 

 kept all hands up late. However, we 

 took no side, preferring to leave that to 

 the Hot Stove League to decide along 

 with the World's Series second guessing, 

 due at any time now. 



ERNEST FULTON, 32, HAS HIS OWN FARM 



BUREAU MEMBERSHIP 



■I'm a Pretty Good Soft Ball Player." 



Ail the Fultons believe in the Farm 

 Bureau and the principle of co-operation. 

 What's more they practice it to the limit 

 of their ability. Said Ernest, "The Farm 

 Bureau is a great thing. It has really 

 made farming mean something. The 

 social side of it is a big thing and the 

 way it develops men is wonderful. I be- 

 lieve in organization as a principle. 

 Farmers have to have it. The Farm 

 Bureau is doing its biggest thing when 

 it develops community interest in young 

 people's groups. Then too, from our 

 standpoint, the Farm Bureau was largely 

 instrumental for organization of the 

 Dairy Herd Improvement Association 

 and I can't impress you with how much 

 that has meant to us." 



In talking to Dwight, he voiced prac- 

 tically the same sentiments. Said he, 

 "I'm proud to be a Farm Bureau mem- 

 ber. I'm glad to be of some service to 

 the Randolph County Farm Bureau, the 

 I. A. A. and the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation. When you belong to an or- 

 ganization like the I. A. A. you feel that 

 you're going places. The Association has 



DWISHT FULTON. 38, HELPING SPARTA 



WITH ITS WATER SUPPLY 



"We Don't Water Our Milk Though." 



made wonderful strides in promoting 

 business enterprises that render a defi- 

 nite service to farmers. In other words, 

 being a member of the I. A. A.-Farm 

 Bureau gives a fellow an incentive that's 

 more than just belonging to an organ- 

 ization." 



Both Fulto'n boys agreed that "the 

 Farm Bureau through the I. A. A. and 

 the A. F. B. F. have helped raise farm 

 income through legislation and market- 

 ing set-ups." As for the AAA and crop 

 control, there was a unanimous opinion 

 of the Fulton family that the "principle 

 of reduction is absolutely sound." Both 

 Ernest and Dwight agreed that if the 

 "Supreme Court kills the AAA some- 

 thing will have to be set up to take its 

 place and run by a big enough farm 

 organization to handle the job — and 

 that's the Farm Bureau." 



"The AAA has raised farm prices," they 

 said. "We're for it until something better 

 turns up to replace it. The farmer either 

 has to have crop control as it is now or 

 else have a definite, profitable market 

 for all the crops he raises. Of course in 

 our case, being dairy farmers largely, 

 we haven't had the advantages that grain 

 and livestock farmers have had from the 

 AAA. But we're for it. Our only sug- 

 gestion is that it could be simplified in 

 some of its operations. But all in all, 

 we have no kick at the way things have 

 been run so far." 



You may wonder why so little men- 

 tion has been made of "A. D." — the 

 father of the two Fulton boys. "A. D." is 

 letting the boys do most of the talking 

 and most of the operating of the farm. 

 To look at him, and see that wise, kindly 

 twinkle in his eye, you have the distinct 

 feeling that here is a philosopher, a 

 mind that is full of the real stuff of 

 living, a mellow nature that is gentle 

 and kind but strong. Character is the 

 word. It sticks out in everything "A. D." 

 does. And it is no disrespect to Mr. 

 Fulton when we call him "A. D." He 

 is the kind of man that people instinc- 

 tively warm up to. And when you warm 

 up to a man you affectionately hang a 

 nickname on him. You don't have to 

 ask him if he has worked hard in his 

 day. He still works hard. You can tell- 

 it in the things he has done on the farm 

 he has built over many years. You can 

 see his whole life in his two fine sons. 

 You know that he is enjoying life. He 

 can look any man in the eye and say 

 "I have been a man, and done a man's 

 work. I am reaping a man's reward. 

 I am happy and content. My boys are 

 carrying on." And how they are "carry- 

 ing on"! — John S. Tracy. 



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