Pro. Painters Sing 

 '': Praises of Soy Oil 



PLOWED GROUND PROTECTS OATS CROP 

 This thoughtful Edgar County Farm Bureau 

 membar is taking no chances on losing his shocked 

 grain by fire. 



WHEAT CROP DESTROYED 

 A burned over wheat field along paved 

 road near Clinton in DeWitt County. 



Watch Out for Fires 



The fire hazard of greatest moment 

 throughout Illinois is the dried-out con- 

 dition of grasses along our roads. Many 

 grain fields, pastures, and orchards, to 

 say nothing of fence posts and telephone 

 poles, have been completely ruined by 

 fire which got its start from a cigarette 

 or cigar stub carelessly flipped from a 

 passing car. This danger will not have 

 passed when grass has been removed 

 from the fields because in many instances 

 the grain stubble or the pasture extends 

 from the road to the farm buildings. If a 

 grass fire spreads from the highway 

 to the adjoining field, it is quite possible 

 for farm buildings to be destroyed. 



There are two methods by which this 

 danger can be forestalled. One is to fire 

 the r.ght of way under close supervision 

 and with adequate man power to con- 



trol the blaze, making certain that there 

 is little or no wind, and that all embers 

 are extinguished when the work is com- 

 pleted. 



The other method, and the one most 

 frequently used, is to plow several fur- 

 rows just inside the fence in all fields 

 adjacent to roads, although this offers 

 no protection to wooden fence posts. 



This danger exists now and it is very 

 likely that it will continue the balance 

 of the summer. It is therefore urged that 

 every property owner and tenant take 

 the necessary action to protect himself 

 and his holdings at the earliest possible 

 moment. Highways are in use 24 hours 

 a day. There is no way of telling when 

 some smoker's thoughtless action, in con- 

 junction with a favoring wind, will cause 

 a fire which could sweep your fields. 



Parker Wins High 



Award in Oil Sales 



High honors in the 1935-36 annual 

 motor oil contest sponsored by Illinois 

 Farm Supply Company went to John 

 Parker of Champaign County Service 

 Company when he was rated first over 

 .500 other truck salesmen. He was 

 awarded a beautiful white gold 17- jewel 

 Waltham wrist watch by the State Com- 

 pany upon which was engraved his name 

 and record. 



For the period January 1st to June 

 Ist Parker delivered and collected the 

 cash for 9,168 gallons of motor oil or 

 more than three carloads. This is the 

 largest delivery ever made by one man 

 for any similar period in the history of 

 the State Company. Orders for the oil 

 were secured prior to January 1st, the 

 closing date for the booking period. 



The past motor oil contest was con- 

 ducted on the plan of football games, 

 each company representing a team and 

 each salesman a player. Thus there was 

 a highly competitive girdiron spirit de- 

 veloped. For his outstanding record Park- 

 «i was chosen All .\merican Captain of 



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JOHN PARKER— OIL KING 

 He got the business and collected the 

 cash. 



the champion team. His accomplishment 

 is an enviable something for other sales- 

 men to shoot at. 



More than 75 professional painters of 

 Northern Illinois gathered at the Ma- 

 sonic Temple, DeKalb, July 2 to attend 

 the Soyoil Paint banquet sponsored by 

 the DeKalb County Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation at which Thomas H. Roberts, 

 manager, acted as toastmaster. 



A new and interesting sidelight was 

 revealed when N. C. Sampson, painter 

 of Rochelle, spoke on the efficient oper- 

 ation of paint spraying machines. He 

 made the statement that he had applied 

 more than 1,500 gallons of Soyoil with 

 spray machines and was loud in his 

 praise of its ease in spreading and its 

 durability. 



Practically all of the painters present 

 had used Soyoil Paint extensively and 

 they lauded the product enthusiastically. 

 Those who had not used it were given a 

 demonstration on its ease in spreading 

 and its hiding qualities by A. B. Pattou, 

 of the Illinois Farm Supply Company. 

 The painters en masse endorsed the wide 

 popularity now enjoyed by Soyoil. 



W. B. Peterson and G. W. Bunting of 

 Illinois Farm Supply Company gave 

 short talks stressing the potentialities 

 of manufacturing paint and other prod- 

 ucts from home g^rown soybeans. 



New Auto Insurance 

 Insignia Makes Hit 



If your Farm Bureau neighbor has 

 been sporting a brand new red and white 

 lAA reflector emblem attached to the 

 license plates on the back of his car don't 

 get green with envy. You're entitled to 

 one too. And all you have to do is go into 

 the Farm Bureau office and get it — that 

 is, if you are a policyholder in Illinois 

 Agrricultural Mutual, and will abide by 

 the rules of the Safety Club. 



The new insigrnia is a reflector type 

 that glows like a red light when the head- 

 lights of a car approaching from behind 

 hits it. It's the best looking insignia plat* 

 on the road. And here's why you are' 

 entitled to it. 



It has been decided that all policy- 

 holders in Illinois Agricultural Mutual 

 are also members of the I. A. A. Safety 

 Club. But, in order to be a member of 

 the Safety Club you have to agree to 

 some rules. Here they are — 1. Stop on 

 entering a main highway. 2. Do not 

 drive blind, i.e., always drive so you can 

 stop within the distance you can see 

 ahead. 3. Never pass cars on hills, curves 

 or crossings. 4. When passing cars make 

 certain there is ample time and space to 

 get around. 5. Signal for stops and turns 

 — watch the car ahead. 6. Protect the 

 children. 



:. I. a! A. RECORD 



