Praises Illinois For 

 State Creamery Setup 



Praising Illinois for having only eight 

 large cooperative creameries and con- 

 trasting this set-up with such states as 

 Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota, where 

 in 1934 there were 866 creameries in 

 Minnesota of which 639 were coopera- 

 tive, Oscar Swank, manager of Producers 

 Dairy of Orleans, Indiana, spoke to the 

 annual meeting of Producers Creamery 

 at Olney, June 23. 



Swank stressed the importance of 

 quality improvement, stating that cream 

 should be cooled quickly after separation, 

 and that cooling in water is the most 

 practical and effective. 



During the year ending March 31, 

 1936, the Olney plant purchased 640,460 

 pounds of butterfat and made 798,478 

 pounds of butter. Seven percent divi- 

 dends were paid on all outstinding stocky 

 and after setting aside a substantial sum 

 for reserves, $45,000 was distributed as 

 patronage dividends, the meeting learned. 



Big Blowout 



A colored man came to the bank to 

 cash a check just as an officer closed the 

 doors officially, turned the key in the 

 door, and posted an official closing notice. 

 He was about to leave when the darky 

 said: "Cain't ah git in de bank?" 



"No sir!" replied the officer. "The bank 

 is closed." 



"Cain't ah git in tomorrow?" he per- 

 sisted. 



"No, not tomorrow, either," said his 

 nibs. 



"Cain't ah never git in no mo?" in- 

 quired the darky. 



"No," said the closing official, "This 

 bank is busted! Busted! Busted! Didn't 

 you ever hear of a bank busting before?" 



"Yassuh!" said the enlightened negro, 

 "yassuh! Ah beared of banks bustin' be- 

 fo, but ah nebbah had one bust right in 

 mah face befo." 



This is just one of the many jokes, 

 old and new, which appear in Larry Wil- 

 liams' new book, "Bombshells of Laugh- 

 ter," recently off the press. Renowned 

 as a narrator of funny stories, Larry has 

 selected his best ones and put them in 

 this little book, for "entertainment and 

 entertainers; for public speakers, organ- 

 izers and salesmen." 



Already more than 3000 of the books 

 have been sold, and the proceeds have 

 been placed in a fund to advertise Coun- 

 try Life Insurance. The books sell for $1, 

 and may be purchased from the Country 

 Life office at 608 S. Dearborn, Chicago. 



On The Farm Management Tour 



Efficient power farming, with a good 

 crop rotation, high corn and small grain 

 yields, and livestock feeding make the 

 farm pay for Lester Davison, a Farm 

 Bureau-Farm Management co-operator. 

 "This work has helped me to correct 

 the weaknesses in my farming opera- 

 tions," said Davison. "I have learned 

 many things from others record-keepers, 



June 20 in Woodford County 



too." He feeds about 100 head of cattle 

 a year and sells them through the Chi- 

 cago Producers. "You can feed for the 

 gain at present feed prices," Davison 

 said. He feeds ground com, soybean oil- 

 meal, molasses, alfalfa hay. Calves 

 bought last September weighing 400 lbs. 

 were sold in May at 760 lbs. for $8.20. 

 Top that day was $8.60. 



Homexnakers 



(Continued from page 12) 



Keeping records of her husband's Jer- 

 sey herd, from which cream is sent to 

 the Producers Creamery at Champaign, 

 and helping her boys prepare the Shire 

 colts for show purposes, are only a part 

 of the way Mrs. Clifton, just home from 

 the conference of Associated Country 

 Women at Washington, expects to spend 

 her summer. She will picnic, tend gar- 

 den, and can vegetables, along with all 

 the other duties of a farm woman. 



Mrs. Clifton, who is vice-president of 

 the Illinois Home Bureau Federation, is 

 a charter member of the Home Bureau in 

 her county. She has served as county 

 chairman, on the executive board, and 

 as local leader in her own unit. She is 

 a firm supporter of the Iroquois County 

 Farm Bureau of which her husband was 

 president for many years. At the time 

 of the corn-hog sign up, some of the 

 leaders declared Mrs. Clifton was one of 

 the best township workers they had. 



Mrs. Clifton is an active example of 

 Home Bureau principles. She has learned 

 to do her routine duties in an efficient 

 manner. She has time to enjoy her fam- 

 ily, time to care for their needs, and yet 

 time to do many other things. 



And, probably, because she went to 

 .school with Miss Fannie Brooks, she 

 early learned the value of a "Healthy 

 Personality." — Nell Flatt Goodman. 



Relief Act 



(Continued from page 18) 



Emergency Relief Commission, has not 

 promoted economy. The I. A. A. spon- 

 sored plan embodies what seems to be 

 the best method for placing administra- 

 t'on of relief on a sound basis. Long 

 distance financing and administration 

 has proved unsucces.sful. The attention 

 of local citizens can be focussed on 

 the problems of relief only by laying a 

 reasonable portion of the cost upon them. 



The special town meetings in July 

 merit the attention of every citizen. Suf- 

 ficient levies should be made to satisfy 

 reasonably the needs of each township. 

 Some townships no doubt will need more 

 than the maximum levy can produce. 

 They should make the maximum levy 

 anyway in order to qualify for allocation 

 of State funds. Even so, the tax rate 

 in such townships will be lower than it 

 was in many townships from 1931 to 

 1934, and also lower than it probably 

 would be under any other plan. 



The logic in the I. A. A. sponsored plan 

 lies" in the fact that with the coopera- 

 tion of responsible citizens local ad- 

 ministrators can withstand pressure for 

 large disbursements to undeserving 

 poor, and make it possible for them to 

 provide for the deserving at reasonable 

 cost. Local people know best of all who 

 merits help and who doesn't and what it 

 takes to live in that community. 



JULY. 1936 



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