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"You'll Have to Bake Bread 



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That Was J. M. Dry- 

 den's Ultimatum to His 

 Wife Who Wanted Him ^ 

 to Leave Railroading ^ 

 and Be a Farmer. *^ 



NOT so many years ago there was 

 a young man who ran an electric 

 train out on the Aurora & Elgin. 

 He was 4 good motorman. The years 

 passed and while the young man 

 thought of the farm from 'which he 

 had come he was happy bringing peo- 

 ple into Chicago in the morning and 

 back to their suburban homes at night. 

 At home, his wife was happy, too, but 

 she often wished they were back on 

 the farm again. She felt more at home 

 on a farm, she said. 



One day, in a heavy fog, at the height 

 of traffic, this young man was nearing 

 Halsted street in Chicago. Suddenly, 

 ahead of him was the rear end of an 

 elevated. There was no time to stop, 

 completely. Grimly the young man 

 stuck to his post. The trains crashed 

 together. Only the young man and a 

 few passengers were hurt, and they, 

 not seriously. A short time later the 

 Aurora & Elgin said that they thought 

 they could run their trains without 

 him. -The young man felt pretty bad. 

 It was his first and only accident. 



But his wife? She began to talk 

 more often about going back to the 

 farm. She sketched its advantages. She 

 even said she would bake the bread. 

 That was the clincher. The young 

 man liked the bread she baked. So 



THE DRYDEN HOME 



"Electricity, running water and 



happiness." 



MRS. DRYDEN'S PULLETS 

 "They bring a tidy income." 



now they're on the farm — ^in Cumber- 

 land county and it's a real farm too, of 

 250 acres. The young man is J. M. 

 Dryden and he and his wife and two 

 children live in that section known as 

 Woodbury township. The National 

 highway runs past the door and the 

 Pennsy tracks are right behind the 

 barn. 



Most of the tillable land is bottoms 

 with a good share of pasture. But the 

 interesting thing about this farm is that 

 one of these days it will be a dairy 

 farm rather than a stock and grain lay- 

 out. Dryden just recently bought two 

 fine Jersey cows. They will form the 

 nucleus of his herd. From Frank Car- 

 son down the road a few miles he plans 

 to obtain others that will bring his 



J. M. DRYDEN AND JERSEY 



"I'm planning on 9 more just like 



her." 



MRS. DRYDEN AND SMILE 

 "She promised home made bread." 



herd up to 10 milking Jerseys. The 

 reason Dryden has become interested 

 in milk and cream production is be- 

 cause the Producers Creamery of 

 Champaign has been going great and 

 there is a big demand for Grade A 

 cream production in Cumberland coun- 

 ty. Up to now, Dryden has been feed- 

 ing steers but he found it was a bit 

 expensive to swing in a profitable way 

 so he gave it up. He says he wiU con- 

 tinue to feed a few just to keep his 

 hand in but from now on his chief in- 

 terest will be in dairying. 



This year he will also go in heavy for 

 alfalfa. He is preparing to plant a nurse 

 crop with the alfalfa under the new 

 soil conservation plan and will put 

 in 35 acres. Other crops to be planted 

 will be com, broom corn, wheat, soy 

 beans and oats. The corn he had last 

 year was frosted and didn't turn out 

 so well. He cut it and used it for en- 

 silage using a pit silo that proved very 

 satisfactory. 



Dryden is a co-operator from way 

 back. His hogs which he vaccinates with 

 Farm Bureau serum go to the Pro- 

 ducers in either Chicago or Indianapo- 

 lis. His steers go to the same place. 

 His cream will go to the Producers 

 Creamery in Champaign. He has used 

 Soyoil paint and only Service Company 

 petroleum products are used in his 

 equipment. His car is insured in the 

 I. A. A, company and Country Life 

 policies are owned by the family. 



There are two boys. Jim, who is 

 9 years old is in the third grade and 

 will be in a 4-H Club next year. Tom, 

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