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SECOND PRIZE ESSAY 

 by Claude R. Mahbury, Morgan County, III. 



/7 AM a Farm Bureau member be- 



(Jl cause I believe in organization. 

 \^_J Other industries are organized 

 so if we farmers expect to accomplish 

 things we must do the same. 



I am a Farm Bureau member because 

 I want my children to grow up in Farm 

 Bureau work. I want my sons and daugh- 

 ters to make good future farmers and 

 farmers' wives. I want them to have the 

 advantages of a 4-H club, and to be- 

 come interested in all that is clean and 

 good. 



I want my whole family to enjoy the 

 social side of a Farm Bureau and its 

 unit and to associate with that class of 

 people whom it represents. 



I want to know that I can have the 

 advice of my farm adviser who is cap- 

 able and willing to help me whenever I 

 need him. I also want the services of 

 the seed and service department so that 

 I may know I am planting good seed. 



I am a Farm Bureau member because 

 I save money by belonging. Last year 

 I saved enough on gas and oil alone to 

 more than pay my dues. 



I want to have the protection of a 

 Country Life insurance policy at its 

 low cost and I want to also enjoy the 

 protection their auto policy gives me. 

 In case of accident I know my family 

 and I will be taken care of and my prop- 

 erty protected. 



In conclusion let me say I am a Farm 

 Bureau member because I believe I 

 should be. I know they are fighting for 

 the farmer by trying to get higher prices 

 for us, so let us all in return fight for 

 them. 



GIRL'S SOFT BALL TEAM AT PEORIA FARM BUREAU PICNIC 

 Left to right (Inealing): Miggy Johnson. Helen Scheeler, Hor- 

 •nee Silles, Norma Fox, Alberta Davis. Back row: Velma Emit, 

 Eloisa Chambers, &eraldine Neal, Louise Smith. 



THIRD PRIZE ESSAY 

 by Charles O. Fischer, Ontarioville, 111. 



y^N ALL lines of human endeavor 

 ifl individuals have found it abso- 

 \^ lutely necessary to become or- 

 ganized in order to gain proper recog- 

 nition from outside sources and to pre- 

 vent dissension and unfriendly competi- 

 tion within their own ranks. 



In order to gain and maintain a re- 

 spectable position for himself in com- 

 parison with other fellow citizens the 

 farmer's need for being organized is 

 just as great. His welfare depends not 

 only upon holding his own against other 

 human beings but also largely ujwn the 

 mercy of the elements. Therefore since 

 the latter is beyond his control the farm- 

 er should certainly be well attended to 

 and that is the primary reaso»i why we 

 are Farm Bureau members. 



Uncle Ab says no wonder women are 



"making great strides nowadays," what 

 with pajamas, shorts, overalls and such. 



The direct benefits which the individ- 

 ual may derive and apply to his daily 

 needs are practically unlimited. 



There is the free soil testing service 

 and definite information in regard to 

 making corrections and improvements. 



Information is always available in re- 

 gard to the control of bugs, worms and 

 other parasites. 



In times of adversity due to drouth, 

 floods, storm or hail, the Farm Bureau 

 is always at your service in planning for 

 emergency crops. 



Then there is the Farm Bureau Supply 

 Co., thru which you can purchase gaso- 

 line, oils, seed, fertilizers, feed and al- 

 most every other thing imaginable at the 

 lowest possible cost. 



There is also a complete insurance ser- 

 vice which is operated strictly on an 

 actual cost basis. 



Its representatives have also proven 

 themselves very effective in preventing 

 oppressive legislation. 



For these and many other reasons we 

 are members of the Farm Bureau, an 

 organization whose service reaches into 

 the heart of every farm home and there- 

 in helps to alleviate the difficulties and 

 suffering and adds to the comfort and 

 happiness of each individual member. 



HERE'S BILLY, THE SHETLAND PONY, 

 you boys and girls. Don't forget to register 

 at the big Sports Festival, Sept. 4-5. 



Pasture cattle iisually outgain dry lot 



steers. More soybean oil meal than is 

 necessary to balance the ration can be 

 fed safely if the meal is cheaper than 

 corn. Dried brewers' grain should not 

 be fed to the extent of 25 percent of 

 the grain ration if satisfactory gains 

 and finish are desired. These are some 

 of the things 1,000 Illinois cattle feed- 

 ers learned recently cattle feeders' 

 day. University of Illinois. 



SEPTEMBER, 1936 



