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IT COST $250 

 -m Adviser Harry Gllkerson, Mrs. Stahl and the new milk house. 



MR. AND MRS. STAHL 

 "She liked my place beHer." 



'Tm For the Farm Bureau . . . '' 





lUMBERLAND County li.is noth- 

 ing on Lake when it (.omes to 

 staying on the land it the lase of 

 .\lhert |. Stahl. president of Lake ( oiintv 

 1 arm Bureau, is typieaL 



Albert s grandfather first tilled the soil 

 on the Stahl farm many years a^o. He 

 owned 80 acres and rented an additional 

 2M). When the farm was passed on to 

 his son. Albert s father. 22 of the rented 

 _">() were purthased and the rest let ,t;o. 

 This made a total of 102 acres the 

 Stahls owned. This was passed on to 

 Albert. Irving. Stahls son, is now help- 

 ing; his father take care of the farm 

 which is located a few miles southwest 

 of Liberty\ illc, just above the ( ook 

 ( ounty line. 



Although Stahls farm was graded bet- 

 ter tlian 'X) 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 Nfilk Association local m l')J6. 

 lor the last six \cars, he has been presi- 

 dent of the fire department m Libertyville 

 ami reports the purchase of a new tire 

 truck which w ill open the eyes of citizens 

 in that town. He has been a school 

 trustee for the last 1 "i years and a farm 

 .iccount keeper since the project startc-d 

 m Lake C^ounty. 



Stahl claims that he was one of the first 

 larmers 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 jirinci- 

 ples. " 



Albert has been rotating his cro|-'S for 

 the last 20 years, he says, so the soil 

 conservation program isn't anything new 



Says 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 2 i years .igo she came over 

 to live with him. There seemed to be a 

 little domestic dispute as to which house 

 had been built tirst. Mrs. Stahl finally 

 remembered actual dates, stating that the 

 Stahl home had been built ^0 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 cli.uter ii'.cir.hcr of 



BLACKIE 



the Stahl dog. 



Home Bureau and l^ on the Lake ( Ountv 

 Home Bureau Ixjard Commenting on 

 the recent Illinois I'arm Sports Festival 

 .Mrs Stahl declared that the Home Bu 

 reau should do more of that sort of 

 thing. 



Women like to plav as much as men. " 

 \\a\ her comment. 



Three boys and one girl grace the Stahl 

 home: namely, I.oretta, 2s; 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 Dame Festival next 

 vear. I.oretta plavs the piano. 



.Sovoil ]-iaint cmcrs all the Stahl build- 

 ings. Mr St.ilil vi\s he likes it beiause 

 it s e.isv to put on .Moreover it s durable 

 He IS tlic proud owner of a Holland 

 lurn.kc The high line has been on his 

 t.inn lor the List hve vcars. He had 

 home made electric ilv before that. Water 

 on the Stahl jil.ke is pumped bv electric ity 

 to the house .in d barns. The entire 102 

 .ic res have been covered with rock phos 

 jiliaie. .aid .Mr. M.ihl is starling to put 

 on the vecond .ipplu .ition. 



The nevcest building on the t.irm l^ 

 the milk house. Made of brick, it scored 

 almost loo j-'ercent in the ne.itest farm 

 contest. All he says it needs is a metal 

 box for discs. Stahl is proud of his new 

 electric hot w.iter he.iter. 



It costs only Ic per kilowatt to nm.' 

 s.iys Albert, "and works automatically. 



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