ttuii sirloin sie;tk. The .scarcity will soon 

 be remedied, however. .And by the same 

 Clop adjuslment plan that i^ome politi- 

 cians are denouncing. The danjrer we 

 now face is that expansion will );o too 

 far. Faiiiiers must never forsrct that 

 bumper crops ami low prices invariably 

 j;o hand in hand. The lesson of l'.i."!2 

 must not be lost. City consumers need 

 to be reminded that the year of lowest 

 farm prices was the year of }r>'eatest un- 

 employment and li'n^rest breadlines. 



Farmers who feel some concern about 

 the Canadian trade afrreemi'nt will want 

 to hear what the President has to say 

 about it. They are interested in restoring 

 international trade but not at the ex- 

 pen.se of aKrieulture. They woubl like 

 to see the industrial tariff lowered. 

 Farmers know that prices of much 

 manufactured iroods are still too hijrh. 

 There was a disparity of 18 points on 

 Si'pt. 1.") between the prices farmers re- 

 ceive an<l the prices they pay. Cheapen- 

 iii>j industrial iroods will remove this dis- 

 parity. It will brinjj factory made poods 

 within the reach of more people, increase 

 sales and promote employment. Henry 

 Ford proved this years aK"- It w-ill take 

 preat bravery to stami up ajjainst the 

 oppositicm of industrialists and ot'^aii- 

 i/ed labor to induslria' tariff reduction. 

 Hvit couraire is a <iuality the President 

 does not laek. 



.'secreiarv Henry A. W.ill.irr will ar- 

 fonipjiny the President but he is not 

 ^rheiluled for a formal address. The 

 Convention promises to be one i>f the 

 largest, most interestinp: and important 

 the Federation has held since its orpan- 

 ization. An imposinp list of speakers will 

 appear b'forc the deletrates di,irin<r the 

 three day session. Oen. Robert K. Wood 

 of Chioapo. president of Sears Roebui-k. 

 President O'Neal. Chester C. Davis. AAA 

 tidministrator. Rep. .Mian T. Goldsbor- 

 ouph of Maryland, member of the House 

 Committee <m Banking and Currency, 

 Congressman Clifford Hope of Kansas, 

 member House Agricultural Committee, 

 K. .1. I'oajr. director of sales and mer- 

 chandising for Dodge division, Chrysler 

 Corporation, and others, are on the pro- 

 prani. 



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Kural wiinieii will find much of inter- 

 e.--t 111 tiie piogram of the .As.^ociated 

 \\ Hull n of the .\nierican Farm Bureau 

 Federation which opens on Friday. Dec. 

 t! P'oniiiHiit speakers from far and 

 Ileal will discuss such subjects as rural 

 education, child welfare, training for 

 li aili i>h]p. maiketiiig niaile-at-bonic 

 products, better medical care, interna- 

 lioiial rtlations, ilc. lleadlincrs include 

 <\(io\. .loliii <;. \\ inant of New llamp- 

 .-liiie. chairman So.ial ."Security Board. 

 Hon. .M. I,. Wilson. .A»'t .-^ec'y of Agri- 

 culture. Dr. Cliffoj-d Loos of Los .Angeles. 

 .Miss Klla (lardner. recreation specialist 

 ol y . .S. D. .\.. in a<l(li!ioii to officers 

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



4-H Club Show Will 



Feature International 



.Somewhere in the stati- of Illinois, as 

 this ;s being written, ihe tinishing 

 t( uclies may be being put on llie l'.'.",.") 

 Ill Club champion baby beef, lamb or 

 pig. For the IntiTiialiiinal Livesloil, 

 Kxposition IS ilue to start in a week, and 

 IH Club boys and girls who have been 

 outstamlmg in their respective counties 

 and state are coming again to show what 

 t1uy have done lo desirve their honors 

 and to compete for tlir big national 

 prizes, on opening liay. November .'{(ilh. 



This ynng man or young la<ly has 

 visions of duplicating the feat of a I- 

 year old HIinois boy who last year won 

 the steer grand championship. Or th-\ 

 t.iay have the honor of being on t!ie 

 winning team in the .Junior Livestock 

 .Iu<lgin.g Contest, wh-ch will lie lield on 

 .\oV(>n',lier iJ'.ith. 



niinois will send tin- largest 1 H dele- 

 g;ition. .AH told, tnere will be l.")'J Illinois 

 farm youngsters exhibiting stock with 

 wliich they have won pi'iiu's earlii'r in 

 tho season at Counly Fails and in the 

 4-11 Club contests of the recent HIinois 

 Slate Fair. Tluy wil! ci me from :!'! 

 counties anil their entries will consist of 

 !h7 steers, nine sheep and U! pigs. 



Other delegations will come froiu 

 Indiana, Iowa. Michigan, Minnesota, 

 Missouri. New York, Oklahoma, South 



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Who's Who Among 



the Farnn Advisers 



If vou want to see a Farm Bureau 

 th.it's goinq 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 i-ounty lias h.id a g»>od or- 



gani/ation for many years but it has 



been making hitler than average 



strides since June l!l2fl. when Mr. May 



was hin>d away 



r frfun the Areola 



^^ high scliool as 



t| farm .idviser. 



.^— _ H, Since then the 



'^^ ' county's mcm- 



; bership has lie; n 

 flouliU'd laisiel.v 

 ^' ' Ibrough effec- 

 tive community 

 ^ oruan /ation and 



a brr)ad serv- 

 iii' prog r a m. 

 ji .And (lurinL; this 

 )>ii iorl the F.irm 

 I. -A- MAY Bureau booqht 



and remodeled 

 a nioel. rn office huildinq that houses 

 th.- Farm T?nre;,ii. ass ml)ly room, and 

 offices of SIN associated companies. 

 The Madison County F'arin Bureau 

 li.is done a qood jn'i of sponsorlnt; 

 ilie ii:i|iro\ement of Madison county 

 soils thiimyh the use of limestone 

 ind lecumes Madison county claims 

 the largest alfalfa acreaa; in 111 nois 

 II h.is 2.000 niilk slupprrs. The F.irm 

 Eurcaii has proniolefl daij-y herd im- 

 provcmeni. tlie use of improved va- 

 rieties of wheal farm accounting. 4-H 

 Club work and co-operative market- 

 ing To show bow var ed are Madi- 

 son county's farm products it pro- 

 duces potatoes, horse radish. asi)aia- 

 "iis c.intiiloupes and m.iiiv other 

 fruits and vegetaliles ab'ng with corn, 

 wheat small !;rains. cattle, hogs and 

 poultry. 



"T. W." was born near Windsor in 

 Sbelliy county in IWU. After graduat- 

 ing from the University of Illinois 

 m 1923 he taught agriculture at Tis- 

 kiKva four years anil later at Areola. 

 The Mays have two daughters- 

 Carol 1) and Martha 6. Mr. May is 

 ;i member of the board of St. Johns 

 M. K Church m Edwardsville. and 

 belongs to the Rotary Club. 



Champion state group of ten steers ^rom Illinois ai last year's International. Wendell Mor- 

 9an of Aledo with Reserve CKanr>pion Angus S^eer is second from left. TKe Morgan brothers 

 have mude entries at the show again this year. 



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 ccn- 

 tereii 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 Dec. 4. An evening dinner has 

 been arranged for fi:00 P. M. at th« 

 Great Northern Hotel. 



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