Introducing Ed 

 Stukenber g, Ste- 

 phenson County's 



President, Who 

 Has what it Takes 



PRESIDENT ED STUKENBERG AND PAL 

 The "pooch" was also very hospitable 



ED STUKENBERG has been presi- 

 dent of the Stephenson County 

 Farm Bureau for only a few 

 months but let no one entertain any 

 ideas that he is a Freshman in Farm 



■ Bureau work. In the first place, he has 

 . been a member of the Farm Bureau 



for 10 years. What's more, he has been 

 serving first on one board and then 

 another for a good many years and 

 the lads who figured Ed as the man to 

 kead up the Farm Bureau picked a 

 "Winner. 



He was director in the Stephenson 



■ County Farm Bureau from Florence 

 township for 5 years and vice-presi- 

 •dent of the Farm Bureau for 2 years. 

 He was vice-president and director of 

 the Stephenson County Pure Milk As- 

 sociation. In his own district he is 

 president of the school board. He at- 

 tends the Oak Avenue Evangelical 

 Church in Freeport where he teaches a 

 Sunday school class, is a trustee and 

 on the finance board. During the corn 

 loans, M Stukenberg was Stephenson 

 county corn sealer and says, "Corn 

 loans were one of the good things done 

 for farmers by the government." 



President Stukenberg is fifty years 

 old and doesn't look it. He is tall and 

 spare. That might fool you if you didn't 

 know that those thin long fellows pack 

 a lot of strength and endurance in their 

 frames. His eyes crinkle up when he 

 smiles and he's quiet and you get a 

 feeling of dogged determination with- 

 out bombast. His farm comprises 153 

 acres mostly devoted to raising feed 

 for the beef he feeds, the milk cattle, 

 hogs and chickens. This last year, the 

 land was planted to 43 acres of com, 

 16 of soy beans, some oats, velvet bar- 

 ley and spring wheat. Then there's a 

 lot of sweet clover and alfalfa pasture. 



Each year, Mr. Stukenberg feeds a 

 carload of hogs, usually Chester Whites. 

 He has 13 brood sows. Right now he is 

 feeding a carload of Black Angus 

 heifers for the July market. His dairy 

 herd of 16 Brown Swiss and Holstein 

 cows furnish milk for the Freeport 

 market. All are T. B. tested and during 

 the recent cold weather their produc- 

 tion was kept up through extra feed- 

 ing. One hundred and seventy-five 

 AVhite Leghorn pullets add a sideline 

 to the regular farming operations. Eggs 

 are sold in Freeport and there is a 

 steady demand for his dressed Buff 

 Orpingtons in Freeport. Other dressed 

 poultry including some wild ducks are 

 also sold in town. 



There are 4 children, 2 boys and 2 

 girls. Lester, 23, is married and drives 

 a Service Company truck. Melvin, 17, 

 is in High School and has taken prizes 

 regularly in 4-H calf-feeding work. 

 Alta Mae, 11, is in the sixth grade and 

 Eva Pearl, 8, is in the third grade. 

 These boys and girls make the third 

 generation of Stukenbergs to live in 

 Stephenson county. 



Ed Stukenberg is a 100 per cent co- 

 operator in every way he can. He ships 

 his livestock to the Producers. Only 

 Service Company products are used. 

 Soyoil paint is on all the buildings and 

 the home. His car is insured in the 

 Farm Bureau company. His hogs are 

 vaccinated with Farm Bureau serum. 

 The farm is completely electrified and 

 the power comes from a highline along 

 the highway. 



"The Farm Bureau," says Ed Stu- 

 kenberg, "is one of the greatest eco- 

 nomic, financial and community enter- 

 prises. In fact, it is next to the church. 

 This matter of being president is highly 



educational and it is a type of education 

 I'm enjoying as I've never enjoyed any- 

 thing before. Another thing I'm inter- 

 ested in is my Kiwanis membership in 

 Freeport. I go to the weekly luncheons 

 and what I'm trying to do is get a 

 greater understanding between city 

 and country people. And by the way, 

 I'm due there in about 30 minutes so 

 I'd better get going." 



We'll wager the Kiwanis people are 

 mighty proud to have a fellow like Ed 

 Stukenberg a regular attendant at their 

 luncheons. You can learn things from 

 him about co-operation and commu- 

 nity spirit. 



ED STUKENBERGS HOME 



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