IT COST $250 

 Farm Adviser Harry Gillerson, Mrs. Stahl and the new millc house. 



MR. AND MRS. STAHL 

 "She liked my place better.' 



"I'm For the Farm Bureau . . . " 



\/^ UMBERLAND County has noth- 



("^-t ing on Lake when it comes to 



\l_^ staying on the land if the case of 



Albert J. Stahl, president of Lake County 



Farm Bureau, is typical. 



Albert's grandfather first tilled the soil 

 on the Stahl farm many years ago. He 

 owned 80 acres and rented an additional 

 250. When the farm was passed on to 

 his son, Albert's father, 22 of the rented 

 250 were purchased and the rest let go. 

 This made a total of 102 acres the 

 Stahls owned. This was passed on to 

 Albert. Irving, Stahl's son, is now help- 

 ing his father take care of the farm 

 which is located a few miles southwest 

 of Libertyville, just above the Cook 

 County line. 



Although Stahl's farm was graded bet- 

 ter than 90 percent in the Pure Milk As- 

 sociation's neatest farm contest, Albert's 

 accomplishments don't stop there by any 

 means. He was the first president of 

 his Pure Milk Association local in 1926. 

 For the last six years, he has been presi- 

 dent of the fire department in Libertyville 

 and reports the purchase of a new fire 

 truck which will open the eyes of citizens 

 in that town. He has been a school 

 trustee for the last 1 5 years and a farm 

 account keeper since the project started 

 in Lake County. 



Stahl claims that he was one of the first 

 farmers in Illinois interested in the Farm 

 Bureau. "Heck," he said with a smile, 

 "this farm wouldn't be in the shape it is 

 without the help of the Farm Bureau. I 

 attribute what success I've had to follow- 

 ing Farm Bureau teachings and princi- 

 ples." 



Albert has been rotating his crops for 

 the last 20 years, he says, so the soil 

 conservation program isn't anything new 



Soys Albert Stahl, farmer, fireman, school trustee, 

 dairyman. Farm Bureau president, farm accountant 



to him. This year he has 26 acres each 

 in corn, oats and barley. The rest is in 

 timothy hay and alfalfa. 



Stahl reports that he never really met 

 his wife. He's known her all his life. 

 Her former home is right across the road. 

 He says that 24 years ago she came over 

 to live with him. There seemed to be a 

 little domestic dispute as to which house 

 had been built first. Mrs. Stahl finally 

 remembered actual dates, stating that the 

 Stahl home had been built 30 years ago, 

 while her old home was built three years 

 previous to that. 



"Well," laughed Albert, "she liked my 

 place better anyway. She came across 

 the road to live in it." 



Mrs. Stahl is a charter member of 



. , BLACKIE 



.'^ •> the Stahl doq. 



Home Bureau and is on the Lake County 

 Home Bureau board. Commenting on 

 the recent Illinois Farm Sports Festival 

 Mrs. Stahl declared that the Home Bu- 

 reau should do more of that sort of 

 thing. 



"Women like to play as much as men, " 

 was her comment. 



Three boys and one girl grace the Stahl 

 home: namely, Loretta, 23; Irving, 21; 

 Marvin, 12, and Willard, 9. Irving is 

 planning to organize a novelty band cen- 

 tered around his piano accordion and 

 enter the Music and Dance Festival next 

 year. Loretta plays the piano. 



Soyoil paint covers all the Stahl build- 

 ings. Mr. Stahl says he likes it because 

 it's easy to put on. Moreover it's durable. 

 He is the proud owner of a Holland 

 furnace. The high line has been on his 

 farm for the last five years. He had 

 home-made electricity before that. Water 

 on the Stahl place is pumped by electricity 

 to the house and barns. The entire 102 

 acres have been covered with rock phos- 

 phate, and Mr. Stahl is starting to put 

 on the second application. 



The newest building on the farm is 

 the milk house. Made of brick, it scored 

 almost 100 percent in the neatest farm 

 contest. All he says it needs is a metal 

 box for discs. Stahl is proud of his new 

 electric hot water heater. 



"It costs only Ic per kilowatt to run," 

 says Albert, "and works automatically. 

 (Continued on page 55J 



OCTOBER. 1936 



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