kiid sirloin steak; The scarcity will soon 

 be remedied, however. And by the same 

 crop adjustment plan that some politi- 

 cians are denouncing. The danger we 

 now face is that expansion will go too 

 far. Farmers must never forget that 

 bumper crops and low prices invariably 

 go hand in hand. The lesson of 1932 

 must not be lost. City consumers need 

 to be reminded that the year of lowest 

 farm prices was the year of greatest un- 

 employment and longest breadlines. 



Farmers who feel some concern about 

 the Canadian trade agreement will want 

 to hear what the President has to say 

 about it. They are interested in restoring 

 international trade but not at the ex- 

 pense of agriculture. They would like 

 to see the industrial tariff lowered. 

 Farmers know that prices of much 

 manufactured goods are still too high. 

 There was a disparity of 18 points on 

 Sept. 15 between the prices farmers re- 

 ceive and the prices they pay. Cheapen- 

 ing industrial goods will remove this dis- 

 parity. It will bring factory made goods 

 within the reach of more people, increase 

 Kales and promote employment. Henry 

 Ford proved this years a^o. It will take 

 great bravery to stand up against the 

 opposition of industrialists and organ- 

 ized labor to industrial tariff reduction. 

 But courage is a quality the President 

 does not lack. 



Secretary Henry A. Wallace will ac- 

 company the President but he is not 

 scheduled for a formal address. The 

 convention promises to be one of the 

 largest, most interesting and important 

 the Federation has held since its organ- 

 ization. An imposing list of speakers will 

 appear before the delegates during the 

 three day session. Gen. Robert E. Wood 

 of Chicago, president of Sears Roebuck, 

 President O'Neal, Chester C. Davis, AAA 

 administrator. Rep. Allan T. Goldsbor- 

 ough of Maryland, member of the House 

 Committee on Banking and Currency, 

 Congressman Clifford Hope of Kansas, 

 member House Agricultural Committee, 

 E. J. Poag, director of sales and mer- 

 chandising for Dodge division, Chrysler 

 Corporation, and others, are on t^ pro- 

 gram. 



Rural women will find much of inter- 

 est in the program of the Associated 

 Women of the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation which opens on Friday, Dec. 

 6. Prominent speakers from far and 

 near will discuss such subjects as rural 

 education, child welfare, training for 

 leadership, marketing made-at-home 

 products, better medical care, interna- 

 tional relations, etc. Headliners include 

 ex-Gov. John G. Winant of New Hamp- 

 shire, chairman Social Security Board, 

 Hon. M. L. Wilson, Ass't Sec'y of Agri- 

 culture, Dr. Clifford Loos of Los Angeles, 

 Miss Ella Gardner, recreation specialist 

 of U. S. D. A., in addition to officers 

 and members of the A. F. B. F. staff. 



4-H Club Show Will 



Feature Internafional 



Somewhere in the state of Illinois, as 

 this is being written, the finishing 

 touches may be being put on the 1935 

 4-H Club champion baby beef, lamb or 

 pig. For the International Livestock 

 Exposition is due to start in a week, and 

 4-H Club boys and girls who have been 

 outstanding in their respective counties 

 and state are coming again to show what 

 they have done to deserve their honors 

 and to compete for the big national 

 prizes, on opening day, November 30th. 



This young man or young lady has 

 visions of duplicating the feat of a 12 

 year old Illinois boy who last year won 

 the steer grand championship. Or they 

 may have the honor of being on the 

 winning team in the Junior Livestock 

 Judging Contest, which will be held on 

 November 29th. 



Illinois will send the largest 4-H dele- 

 gation. All told, there will be 159 Illinois 

 farm youngsters exhibiting stock with 

 which they have won prizes earlier in 

 the season at County Fairs and in the 

 4-H Club contests of the recent Illinois 

 State Fair. They will come from 36 

 counties and their entries will consist of 

 187 steers, nine sheep and 16 pigs. 



Other delegations will come from 

 Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, 

 Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, South 



Who's Who Among 



the Farm Advisers 



T. W. 1»AY 



If you want to see a Farm Bureau 

 that's going places and doing things 

 go down to Madison county in south- 

 western Illinois where Truman W. 

 May has been farm adviser for the 

 past six years. 



Madison county has had a good or- 

 ganization for many years but it has 

 been making better than average 

 strides since June. 1929, when Mr. May 

 was hired away 

 from the Areola 

 high school as 

 farm adviser. 



Since then the 

 county's mem- 

 bership has been 

 doubled largely 

 through effec- 

 tive community 

 organ'zation and 

 a broad serv- 

 ice program. 

 And during this 

 period the Farm 

 Bureau bought 

 and remodeled 

 a modern office building that houses 

 the Farm Bureau, assembly room, and 

 offices of six associated companies. 

 The Madison County Farm Bureau 

 has done a good job of sponsoring 

 the improvement of Madison county 

 soils through the use of limestone 

 and legumes. Madison county claims 

 the largest alfalfa acreage in Illnois. 

 It has 2.000 milk shippers. The Farm 

 Bureau has promoted dairy herd im- 

 provement, the use of improved va- 

 rieties of wheat, farm accounting. 4-H 

 Club work and co-operative market- 

 ing. To show how varied are Madi- 

 son county's farm products it pro- 

 duces potatoes, horse radish, aspara- 

 gus, cantaloupes and many other 

 fruits and vegetables along with com, 

 wheat, small grains, cattle, hogs and 

 poultry. 



"T. W." was bom near Windsor in 

 Shelby county in 1901. After graduat- 

 ing from the University of Illinois 

 in 1923 he taught agriculture at Tis- 

 kilwa four years and later at Areola. 

 The Mays have two daughters — 

 Carol 9 and Martha 6. Mr. May is 

 a member of the board of St. Johns 

 M. E. Church in Edwardsville, and 

 belongs to the Rotary Club. 



Champion itat* group of ten staars from Illinois at last year's Intarnational. Wendell Mor- 

 gan of Alado with Raserva Champion Angus Steer is second from left. The Morgan brothers 

 .., . hava made entries at the show again thit-yaar. 



Dakota and Wisconsin with livestock to 

 exhibit. All total, 1,300 4-H Club boys 

 and girls are coming from 44 states to 

 compete in the various activities in 4-H 

 Club work. This is their reward, their 

 big goaL Their expenses are being paid 

 and they have been promised a good 

 time. All of their activities will be cen- 

 tered in the $2,000,000 4-H Club build- 

 ing. 



Illinois 4-H champions at the In- 

 ternational will be entertained by the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association the 

 night of Dee. 4. An eyening dinner hai 

 been arranged for 6:00 P. M. at th« 

 Great Northern Hot«L 



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