N. H. Anderson 



"Way out West in Kansas" on April 

 12, 1898, was bom a lad who was des- 

 tined to turn up later as the Farm 

 Adviser of Logan County. Nelson 

 Henry Anderson, better known as 

 "Andy," holds forth in the brand, 

 spankin,' new Farm Bureau building 

 right across the street from where 

 A. Lincoln, once a surveyor of some 

 note, split a watermelon with two 

 cohorts and christened the place "Lin- 

 coln" for lack of a better thought at 

 the moment. It is said that A. Lin- 

 coln said the town probably wouldn't 

 amount to much as "anything with the 

 name of Lincoln never had." 



But to get back to Andy. He was 

 bom in Bellville, Kansas on a farm. In 

 1900, the family traveled by covered 

 wagon to Hill City, Kansas and set 

 up a combination cattle and grain 

 farm. In the Fall of 1905. the family 

 moved to another farm near Garden 

 City. Kansas. As Andy puts it. "my 

 father wanted to grow up with the 

 country" and kept pushing West into 

 more unsettled territory. There, he 

 raised sugar beets and alfalfa hay, 

 both crops at that time being con- 

 sidered a bit new." 



All this time. Andy was getting in 

 his education. He went to the Finney 

 County country school and then one 

 year to the high school in Garden 

 City. His father in the meantime had 

 taken over the management of the 

 Finnup Cattle Ranch whose brand was 

 known as the "C BAR." Here, from 

 1909 to 1913, Andy learned the way of 

 cattle on the range and practically 

 grew up in a saddle. In the Spring 

 of 1914, the family moved to Neosha 

 Falls, Kansas, where Andy finished 

 high school. He then spent one win- 



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ter in the Kansas State U short course 

 in Farm Economics. In the Fall of 

 1918 he joined the Army and was as- 

 signed to Kansas State University. Fol- 

 lowing his discharge from the Arm.v. 

 Andy continued on at the University 

 and received his B. S. degree in Ag- 

 ricultural Economics. The Fall of 1922 

 found him teaching science and coach- 

 ing athletics in the Gir&rd, Kansas 

 high school. After two years he came 

 to Lincoln College as an instructor 

 in his subject and in 1929 became 

 Principal and Vocational Agriculture 

 instructor in the New Holland, Logan 

 county high school. On February 1. 

 1934 he began as Farm Advisor of 

 Logan county. 



It would seem that Andy had put 

 in some busy years and not a little 

 traveling getting to Logan county. But 

 that's not the half of it. In 1927. (and 

 he remembers the date, you guys!) on 

 June 18. May Hunter, from near To- 

 peka, Kansas, and Andy were mar- 

 ried. They knew each other in Uni- 

 versity, graduating the same year, 

 both going into school teaching. Mrs. 

 Anderson before her marriage, taught 

 Home Economics in several Kansas 

 high schools. There are two children. 

 Mary Helen, age 5. who is in the sec- 

 ond grade in Lincoln, and Charles 

 Henry. 5. who will probably go into 

 kindergarten next .year The Ander- 

 sons are members of the First Presby- 

 terian church in Lincoln. When Andy 

 came to Logan, there were only four. 

 4-H Boys Clubs. Today, there are 10. 

 That work and co-operative marketing 

 are Andy's two main interests. Regard- 

 ing the latter. Andy says. "I was prac- 

 tically raised on the idea of co-opera- 

 tion. My father was a breeder and 

 feeder of cattle and cooperative mar- 

 keting was one of his main interpsts. If 

 naturally follows that his influence 

 when I was growing up has had its 

 effect on me and made me take a 

 greater interest in marketing problems 

 than I might have." 



For a hobby. Andy has his garden 

 There he can raise whatever enters 

 his mind to try without feeling that 

 his mistakes will follow him around 

 the county. Says he. "I've tried rais- 

 ing more things in that garden than 

 I'd ever recommend to one of our 

 farmers. But you can bet your boots 

 that my vegetables are as good as 

 anybody's." 



COMMISSIONS. 



Around $750,000 in excess commis- 

 sions must be paid back by livest»efc 

 sellers to farmers as a result of the re- 

 cent Supreme Court decision upholding 

 rate reductions ordered by Secretary 

 Henry Wallace early in 1934. Illinois 

 farmers will get about 40 per cent of 

 the refunds held in escrow. The Chicago 

 Producers went along with the order. 



gave patrons immediately the benefit of 

 the lower rates, saving nearly $110,000 

 up to the end of 1935. 



BONUS. 



Many ex-service men will use bonus 

 money as down payments on farms says 

 W. I. Meyers, governor, F. C. A. Some 

 farmers are sending their bonus certi- 

 ficate number to the Washington office. 



News and 

 Views 



WOOL PICKUP. 



Woo] pickup and delivery is a new 

 service offered by Ray Gustafson, wool 

 marketing manager in Knox county. 

 Haulers for the Producers Cream- 

 ery, Galesburg, do it for l/4c per 

 lb. after their daily loads of cream are 

 delivered to the plant. A bonus will be 

 paid if the county makes its 20,000 lb. 

 quota. 



INTERNATIONAL. 



The "1935 Review and Album" of last 

 year's International is ready, reports 

 Manager B. H. Heide. The 350 page book 

 contains beautiful pictures of the breed 

 winners with complete story of placings, 

 etc. Get your copy at $1 each while they 

 last by writing Mr. Heide at U. S. Yards, 

 Chicago. 



COAL. 



The federal government may not fix 

 wages and regulate employment and 

 prices in the coal industry said the Su- 

 preme Court in a 6 to 3 decision last 

 week on the Guffey Coal bill. "The Act 

 is an infringement by the federal goven- 

 ment on the powers of the state." 



KOCH WINS. 1 



By getting 28 new cream patrons in 

 April, Emil Koch, of Brown county, 

 truck driver for Producers Creamery, 

 Mt. Sterling, won first prize — a coupon 

 book in the Service company. Ernest 

 Ransom of Schuyler was second with 27. 

 James Metternich of Hancock hauled in 

 3,.535.4 lbs. butterfat, won first in class. 



EGGS NEXT. 



Producers Creameries are getting into 

 the egg business. Pickups will begin soon 

 in several districts. Frank Gougler is at 

 Olney helping launch the Creamery there 

 in the egg business. Three times-a-week 

 pickups of cream and eggs will begin 

 early in June. 



S7.000 DIVIDEND. 1 



Producers Creamery of Olney made 

 800,000 lbs. of Prairie Farms butter dur- 

 ing its first full year of operation, de- 

 clared a $7,000 preferred and common 

 stock dividend. The producers own their 

 plant and equipment and now generate 

 their light and power with a steam gen- 

 erator recently installed, i .. ■ .. ■ 



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