They Stay on the Land 

 in Cumberland County 



(Continued from page 32) 



the time he didn't co-operate. Max Young 

 is a perfect example of the way the 

 youngsters of today will be in the future. 

 Max has no abrupt changes to make in 

 his thinking or philosophy when he is a 

 co-operator. That's the way he thinks, 

 that's all there is to it. And Max would 

 laugh in your face if you told him that 

 he had lost his individuality because he 

 co-operates with his farmer neighbors. 



One of the stories he likes to tell is 

 about the prominent man who said, "The 

 I. A. A. is the only group that was be- 

 fore the Assembly in Springfield to lower 

 taxes on farm property." About the future 

 of the Farm Bureau, he .says, "We 

 ought to have a larger organization. I 

 believe the greatest field for the Farm 

 Bureau lies in co-operative marketing 

 and what I mean, is in controlling the 

 farm product further along the line to- 

 ward the consumer." 



"What do I like to do best?". Max 

 Young grinned. "I guess the biggest kick 

 I get is playing ball with these two kids 

 here. Oh, I like to fish and go to ball games 

 too. But I get the most fun out of my 

 two boys." Those two boys have policies 

 in Country Life. Their father has seen to 

 it that they will be assured of an educa- 

 tion and security no matter what might 

 happen to him. 



Young's automobile is insured in the 

 Farm Bureau company. Only Service 

 Company products are used on the farm. 

 The house is painted with Soyoil Paint, 

 the shed part of the bam was painted 4 

 years ago and still looks fine. Both Ellis 

 Bray, who helps with the work, and Max, 

 say this about the use of gasoline in their 

 tractor, "We only use about 12 gallons 

 of gas a day, and that is 4 gallons less 

 than when we use kerosene under the 

 same conditions and same day's work. We 

 use Penn Bond motor oil, and find that 

 in using gasoline the oil holds up bet- 

 ter. There's no dilution with gasoline." 



So we take leave of the Max Youngs. 

 We had a pleasant visit of it. As we 

 drove along the road, back to Toledo, we 

 could imagine those first Youngs coming 

 to Cumberland county to make a place 

 for themselves in the world. We could 

 see the Higgins staking out their land 

 too and facing the future with hope and 

 optimism. That was a long time ago. A 

 hundred or more years. If there is any 

 way for the first Higgins and Youngs to 

 drop around and see how their name- 

 sakes have done with what they started, 

 we'd suggest they do it. If the rule of 

 good farming is to leave the land better 

 than when you got it, the Youngs, and 

 that's the whole family, are doing a good 



Answers to Auto 



Driving Questions 



(See questions on page 13) 



1. The most important factor is the 

 long twilight period and the hazy atmos- 

 pheric conditions that limit visibility. 



2. In the last two years about 64% 

 of the fatal traffic accidents have oc- 

 curred in rural areas, that is, in the open 

 country and in towns of under 10,000 

 population. 



3. Because of limited visibility at twi- 

 light when headlights are not fully effec- 

 tive, the habit of some people to drive 

 without headlights until it is almost 

 dark, and the further fact that fatigue 

 slows down the average driver's reaction 

 to situations on the road.. .. ■, ■ 



4. Yes. . ■:■..■:';: ^■-■■'•■■■ 



5. 350 feet. ' : '*. : 'V > ' 



6. No. ^ - 



7. By the train hitting the car. Almost 

 4 to 1. 



8. Because, when a driver loses con- 

 trol on a curve, it is almost always due 

 to excessive speed and whenever speed is 

 a factor in an accident, it is almost in- 

 variably serious. Accident experience for 

 the past few years shows that the ratio 

 of death per curve accident is 3 times 

 as great as death per accident on straight 

 roads. .•■••. ;■ ^". ;.•;■;■.;■■',■.■ ~;'; ' 



9. Yes. • ■ 



10. Rural accidents. Since 1924, city 

 fatal accidents have increased 27%, 

 while rural fatal accidents have increased 

 44%. 



11. Yes. Illinois law makes it a mis-" 

 demeanor to coast down a hill with the 

 car in neutral or with the clutch pedal 

 depressed. 



12. No. 



SCORE: 10 or more correct answers, 

 excellent; 9 correct answers, good; 8 cor- 

 rect answers, fair; 7 correct answers, 

 poor; 6 or less correct answers, miser- 

 able. 



job of farming. If you live that long, 

 you'll probably see Youngs and Higgins 

 on the same land in Cumberland county 

 another hundred years from now. You 

 see — Cumberlanders stay put. — J. S. T. 



Your Auto Insurance 

 Company 



(Continued from page 28) 



company's history. They wish that 

 policyholders would take greater care 

 when they drive. Somehow or other, 

 they say. you get to feel a kinship for 

 a policyholder and you don't like to 

 see things happen to him. 



Somewhere in the first part of this 

 article there was mention made of 

 A. E. Richardson, manager of Illinois 

 Agricultural Mutual since it was a year 

 and a half old. You can take it as 

 gospel truth that "R-ch" is a manager. 

 If you were around when the company 

 was in its infancy, you could see his 

 touch in all the activities of the com- 

 pany. From an awkward youthfiilness 

 'Rich" has nursed Illinois Agricultural 

 through all of its growing pains into 

 a fine, upstanding young company 

 whose efficiency any and all might 

 envy. We don't suppose there is a sin- 

 gle angle of automobile insurance with 

 which "Rich" is not only conversant 

 but skilled. Economy, speed, service 

 and sound financing are almost a creed 

 with him. There is no sparing of self. 

 But there is a consistent striving for 

 better and better ways and means to 

 furnish Farm Bureau members with 

 more insurance for their dollar than 

 they could get any where else. 



But "Rich" would be the last one 

 to take credit unto himself for the 9 

 years' success of lU-nois Agricultural 

 Mutual. He'll tell you that it's mighty 

 valuable to have the counsel of the 

 "Service Board" in handling some of 

 I he trying problems that arise. You 

 •■hould see the fond look come into 

 his eye when he's talking about one of 

 "his boys." His door is always open. 

 There are no "private" signs around 

 "Rich's" office door. Anyone who wants 

 to talk things over, who wants to see 

 if he or she can't do his job better will 

 always find "Rich" eager and willing 

 to listen and put it into practice all the 

 while singing the other's praises to the 

 skies. "Rich" learned co-operation a 

 long time ago. It's in his blood. It 

 shows in everything he does. You'll be 

 seeing it for a long time to come. 



MAY. 1936 



