SQUIRE HERMAN L. 



c get lonesome 



fo. 



DOWNEN 



the kids. ■ 



THE DOWNEN DOMICILE 

 This year another coat of Soyoil. 



MARTHA (REEVES! DOWNEN 

 Remembers Herman s yellow-wheeled bugqy. 



v;icciiiatii>n. markctinir. tlic varioiH 

 i-omnn'icial services havr all saved nie 

 mohey and (riven me nioie than I ex- 

 pected. It's funny th'iuirh. hnw si.nie 

 people don'l irel tlie idea. I fruess they're 

 iiist prejudiced." 



F'"or recriatKin. the Ilnwnens like to tro 

 to the movies. Herman aNo likes liase- 

 t>all iram<'s, lishinsr and ridiiijr around in 

 the famil.\ <"ir or in the saddle croinjr 

 for a iroorl trallop across the field on his 

 horse. Mr<. Ilownen has hii jrardon and 

 iiuiltinir. ."she s;iys the o'der daughters 

 \v()iil<l start out all rijrht on a i|U It hut 

 they'd lose interest ijuickly. The younjr- 

 est dautrhter pieced a (|ui't anil finish<'d 

 It last suiumtr. Mrs. Dowiien also does 

 ipiite a hit of caiininir. I,a.-t summer she 

 canneil 10(1 tpiarts of peaches, four doz- 

 en cans of hvans hesides a lot of pri'- 

 serves and pickles. 



What Mrs. Downen thinks would he 

 line is for a hisrhline to come thronyh. 

 They have an electric jilant hut iust 

 use it for the radio jnd li^rhting. '".A 



hiirhline." sin- ~,iid. "ufnild cut down 

 the work of honsekeepmu. (tur home ha- 

 live rcioni^ liiit electr!i-it\ would make 

 thing's much pleasanter. of cour-e it'-; 

 pleasant as it is." and she ~hot a -mde 

 toward Herman nearliy. "Iiut having' an 

 eli'ctric ref rijreralor. a wa>her, and 

 electric iron ami all that woii!il he tini'. 

 Of {-mirse. it all d iv-ml- i<i\ h"w much 

 it wouid cost to tret the line in here." 



Herman is .i charier m< niher nf the 

 ♦ Jallatin County Farm niiiean. The rea- 

 son he joini'd he -ays. wa- to "m.'ike 

 two hiades of irrass yrow uhere •■nly 

 one irrew hefore." The l'm<'stone pro- 

 irram was the hiir ma<rnet. he -^ays. 

 Then, the idea of jrettiny tosrether and 

 uettintr the advantaires of <■ .-oneialive 

 marketing and huyinp. "1 thoin;ht ii 

 was necessary for farmer> to ■;(•! to 

 irether an<l set np <'o-operative ent<-r- 

 prises. If farnu'rs don't help lliem-eKe-; 

 no one els<' will." 



The new .><oil <" •nseivalion l"an i^ 

 okeh. Herman thinks. Hi- likes the pio- 



dnclion control idea plu-^ the fad iha' 

 !.-in<l Is heiMjir huilt up. .A lot of fellow- 

 couldn't <^el in on the .\.\.\. he -ays. hiil 

 .-ill farni'-rs can net in on the new plan. 

 It al-o makes for increaseil co-<)p<-ration 

 .imon-.; f.-iriuers. Mownen is (roinv 1o put 

 ill so\ heaiis or sweet clover. He wants 

 lo save the clover and may clip th(- oat~. 

 I'herc will he no iiKiease in hi- <'i>rii 

 :icr(-.-i'ji . ihoiiiih. He want- to cet -onie 

 iron- limestniii- on his land. He -avs you 

 can (III around and pick out the farms 

 that have huilt up tln-ir soil. '"They irot 

 alonir letter the last f»-w \e.-ir- when 

 the uoinLT was had." 



We were sorry not to have -een-the 

 yi'Unu'er Downen-^. We know Herman 

 ;iiid Mrs. Hownen w..idd havi- liked u- 

 (■■. Hul. with schoid out ni>w. ;i couid- 

 holid;iy- i:i -iirht and lots to do around 

 thi- farm, -.ve've ;rot an id<-a that ihiiiirs 

 .ire pretty much like old times around 

 'lie Ilownen place the kids are home! 

 Herman ami .Martha Downen ask noth 

 iiiv nii.ri- for (-omp'.ele happine->. 



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HOW SCULLY SPADED UP A 

 SMALL EMPIRE 



.■\hout 1K4K or 'l'.'. yountr William 

 .*<cully sold his lands in In-land. took 

 what other money he had anil came 

 to .America. He roile as far as he could 



.-. - :ni. > ;. I i. » 



on thi- railroad. .Altoona. I'a.. then 

 started west on horsehack. Wlx-re he -aw 

 land he miyht like, he'd turn up a few 

 -padefuls with a l-iiich wide -p.-ide 



(Left) The late William Sc-.lly. He accumulated 

 ai estate comprising 225.000 acres in five states. 

 (Above) The little empire b lilding spade in its 

 glass case at the offices of the Scully Estate in 

 Lincoln, Logan County. Illinois. 



What in- liked. I.e hoinjhi In Illinois 

 .■iloiie. he l.ousrht up lii.itoii acre- which 

 called for coiisijlerahle s|iadinir. as .'^cully 

 wouldn't huy laiul he didn't know ahout. 

 Later, he went into Missouri. Nehraska. 

 Kan-<a- and then into Louisiana and did 

 ihe -;ime ihinir. Today, his two sons I-iok 

 .it'li-r an estate of some 22'i.<ll"l acres ui 

 live states. All lands are tenanteil. One- 

 fourth of the tillalde land each year in 

 Illinois must hi- in lesrumes. The e-(ale 

 .1- ui 11 as many Scully tenants are mem 

 l.ii - of the I-'arm Bureau. 



Back to The Farm 



Nearl.N t»«i milliitn ptTson- «in farm* 



.laiiiiary I. H'-''.-'> lived in cities, towns, 

 villau'es. or other nim-farni resiliences 

 live years earlier, aceordinir to the 1'.»^.". 

 l-'--deial rensu> released recently. So 

 e\len-ive was the movement to farm- 

 that one out of every !•> per-ons livin^r 

 on f.irm- at this tiim- had lived in tion- 

 f:iiiii ri->ideiices five \ears earliei. Mo-I 

 of till- migration of familie- ha- l-eeii 

 to -mall farm-. 



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