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1 2,370 New Members 

 Goal In June Campaign 



Twelve thousand three hundred and 

 seventy (12,370) new Farm Bureau mem- 

 bers in 1936. 



This is the goal the Organization De- 

 partment, directed by George E. Metzger, 

 is striving to attain. And just to get a 

 head start the statewide membership 

 drive will be launched the first week in 

 June to make the year's quota by June 

 30. 



"Several counties had more than half 

 their yearly quota by the end of the 

 first quarter," Metzger said. "Many will 

 have their full quotas by June 30. Some 

 will exceed it." 



To get facts about the Farm Bureau 

 over to the non-member a radio program 

 was started May 5 featuring five-minute 

 dramas three times a week over WLS. 

 Fine reports of the effectiveness of the 

 broadcasts have been coming in. A num- 

 ber of members have been signed. The 

 noon hour radio skits will continue until 

 the end of June on Tuesday, Thursday 

 and Saturday. Country Life Insurance 

 Company is sponsoring five-minute 

 broadcasts at the same hour on Monday 

 Wednesday and Friday at 12:40 central 

 standard time. 



The radio program is being augmented 

 by a series of advertisements in Prairie 

 Farmer, first of which appeared in the 

 May 23 issue. This three-quarter page 

 ad features a cartoon in which a ruffian 

 labeled "Surplus" is starting after the 

 farmer who has just flattened out the 

 other tramp labeled "Low Prices." 



The captions "Farm Bureau Leads 

 Fight for Higher Farm Prices" — "Crop 

 Surpluses Not Licked Yet" — together 

 with copy, make the point that power- 

 ful organization is the only way to se- 

 cure a permanent solution of the farm 

 price problem. 



A new two-color pamphlet "More 

 Money For You" just off the press pre- 

 sents informally the value of organiza- 

 tion, and the services available in the 

 Farm Bureau and lAA. Other adver- 

 tisements will appear in the June 6 and 

 20 issues of Prairie Farmer. 



Twenty-five hundred roadside sights on 

 paraffined cardboard are being put up all 

 over the state. They read "Join The 

 Farm Bureau It pays to be a Member." 

 Two letters are being mailed by County 

 Farm Bureau presidents to prospects. 



Beginning last week an organization 

 bulletin, "THE BUILDER," was revived 

 and sent to membership solicitors, aver- 

 aging 20 to 30 to the county, who have 

 accepted responsibility for assisting in 



their county campaigns. County meet- 

 ings are now being held preparatory to 

 the membership drives. 



Jefferson county has more than half 

 its quota for the year. Gallatin is plan- 

 ning well for its drive, writes John C. 

 Moore of the Organization Department. 

 They have all but about five for their 

 quota in the second quarter. 



Peoria county added 38 new members, 

 one-third more than its quota last month. 

 Kankakee county has 76 new members. 

 Saline's goal is 300 new members by No- 

 vemebr 30. Will county signed 77 in the 

 first quarter, 214 per cent of its quota. 

 Livingston county led the state with 140 

 new members to April 30. Ford county 

 was first in percentage of quota secured. 



Other new member records for the 

 first three months of the year were Ogle 

 75, McLean 93, Vermilion 71, Stephen- 

 son 60, Maeon .59, Champaign 80. Coles 

 and Cook 62 each, Iroquois 68, Bureau 

 .51. Edgar 52, Henry 53, McDonough 52. 



Working with Mr. Metzger in the 

 state-wide campaign are 0. D. Brissen- 

 den. Burl Hornbeck, and John C. Moore 

 of the organization staff in addition to 

 the county directors. 



With Our County Farm 

 Bureau Presidents 



(Continued from page 8) 

 second grade, is the best fuel for their 

 F-3U tractor. They get smoother op- 

 eration and more power out of the gas- 

 oline than the cheaper tractor fuels. 



When you see things going well on the 

 farm, make up your mind there's a 

 thrifty help-mate and counsellor in the 

 home. Mrs. Ely, a fine, hospitable, 

 motherly woman, saw to the education of 

 her four children, all of whom are mar- 

 ried now. The three daughters taught 

 school. One still teaches the local dis- 

 trict school. 



Mr. and Mrs. Ely grew up on neigh- 

 boring farms. Her old homestead is 

 their present residence, a comfortable 

 house with plenty of shade trees, flow- 

 ers, grass and shrubbery. "Girls were 

 plentiful when I was a young fellow," 

 E'v said with a twinkle in his eyes. 

 "What was the use g^>ing so far from 

 home." 



CARBONDALE. 



A 23 per cent increase in receipts the 

 second week over the first since he's been 

 on the job is the record of Chelsea Wil- 

 liams, new manager of the Producers 

 Creamery here. B. K. Smith. Decatur, 

 Ind., is the new plant man. 



Uncle Ab says you can't 

 neighbor" until you know him. 



"iove thy 



Field crops have made fair to good 

 growth but rains are needed generally 

 to advance small grrains to normal de- 

 velopment for this time of year. Wheat 

 In the southwestern Illinois counties is 

 heading out short. Lack of rain is re- 

 sponsible for some thin uneven stands 

 of oats. 



14 New Memben Out Of 16 Seen 



That's the record made by this team in Kankakee county. Left to right are Fred 

 Bauer, Geo. Grob, Frank Heimburger, H. H. Walker, and Roy G. Wilcox. Kankakee 

 added 53 new members recently. The drive came soon after the first quarter when 

 the county exceeded by four members its first quarterly quota. The 76 new mem- 

 bers in Kankakee is only a good beginning, they say. "Watch Kankakee Grow" is 

 the watchword there. 



JUNE. 1936 



