tantly demand, secure and perpetuate the 

 necessary policies of government. 



Looking to 1937, we all recognize that con- 

 ditions are far different today from what they 

 were from 1922 to 1932, when the greatest all- 

 time surplus of American crops was stored 

 in the elevators, warehouses and coolers of the 

 nation. Temporarily at least, farm surpluses 

 are a thing of the past. We should literally 

 carry out the purpose of an adjustment pro- 

 gram. While the public recognize these ad- 

 justments as programs to reduce, we are now 

 at that point when adjustment should be up- 

 ward. 



I most firmly believe that in 1937, a na- 

 tional farm program under federal guidance 

 with farmer direction and control should pro- 

 vide reasonable payments for the maintenance 

 of present acreages of soil conserving crops 

 with a more substantial compensation for 

 those farmers who desire in a small measure 

 to increase their acreage of soil building 

 crops; that the balance of each farm in Amer- 

 ica should be operated according to the wishes 

 of the owner or operator, but with the un- 

 derstanding that should there result a volume 

 of production over and above the demands of 

 markets at reasonable price levels, that upon 

 proclamation of the Secretary of Agriculture, 

 each cooperating farmer would agree to hold 

 in farm warehouse storage under federal seal 

 and with federal loans theron, not to exceed 

 a given percentage of his production of a 

 given crop. Under such procedure, soil fer- 

 tility would be preserved, freedom of farm- 

 ers in planning their operations assured; mar- 

 ket price levels stabilized and surpluses pro- 



vided and held in a manner that would not 

 unduly affect market price levels. 



In addition thereto, the nation would be as- 

 sured of a reservoir of supplies safeguarding 

 against a recurrence of droughts or other 

 disasters. Such a program can be administered 

 in a comparatively simple and practical way 

 and should command the respect of every 

 thinking citizen of the United States. 



The Farm Bureau movement of this nation 

 has pointed the way and will continue to 

 fight that farmers may receive a fair share of 

 the national income, may enjoy a reservoir of 

 credit at interest rates commensurate with 

 those available to other industry, that farmers 

 be called upon to pay only a fair share of 

 the cost of government, that the American mar- 

 ket be preserved for the American farmer, 

 that in exchanging goods with the world it be 

 accomplished on a basis of practical barter 

 rather than through diplomatic understand- 

 ings and agreements, and that our money sys- 

 tem be made the servant of men rather than 

 man the servant of money. Great strides have 

 been made in placing these issues before the 

 public and in varying degrees success has been 

 achieved. Farmers must continue to light in 

 behalf of these great principles and policies of 

 government. I believe that to the extent we 

 are successful will farmers become happy and 

 contented and will the nation prosper. 



I further believe we will be successful in 

 carrying into full and permanent effect these 

 policies just to the extent that thinking farm- 

 ers of the United States rally to the banner 

 of the American Farm Bureau Federation, 

 learn to think and act together and through 

 organization present a united front. 



IRVING STAHL AND ACCORDION 

 "I'll have a novelty band at naxt yaar'i 



Festival." ■ ■ ■.'■,..■ . ■-. 



SPORTS FESTIVAL DRAWS 30.000 



(Continued from page 17) 



HORSE-PULLING CONTEST — (Light 

 Class) Homer Crawford, Potomas, (weight 

 2815) first; H. G. Terry, Sidell, (weight 

 2820) second; Donald Rueger, Farmer City, 

 (weight 1550) third; Clarence Good, Lud- 

 low, (weight 1550) fourth. Winner pulled 

 2850 lbs. 15 feet. (Heavy Class) Elmer 

 Lamb, Benient, (weight 3230) first; Old 

 Orchard Farm, Savoy, (weight 3620) second. 

 Winner pulled 2700 lbs. 27V2 feet. E. T. 

 Robbins, judge. 



MUSIC AND DANCE FESTIVAL — 

 (Novelty or String Band) Livingston Co. 

 No. 2, first; Livingston Co. No. 1, second; 

 Logan County, third; Champaign, fourth. 

 (Square Dance) LaSalle Co. No. 1 Group, 

 first; Champaign Co. No. 2, second; Ver- 

 milion, third ; Macon, fourth. (Folk Dance) 

 Ford County, first; Champaign No. 1, sec- 

 ond; Tazewell, third; Iroquois, fourth. 



TUG O'WAR — (First round) Macoupin 

 outpulled Brown; Livingston beat Iroquois; 

 Kendall, Champaign, DeKalb, Piatt, St. 

 Clair, Marshall-Putnam, McLean, Vermilion, 

 and Edgar drew byes. (Second round) Ken- 

 dall outpulled Livingston; DeKalb out- 

 pulled Piatt; Marshall-Putnam outpulled St. 

 Clair; Macoupin, Champaign, McLean, Ver- 

 milion and Edgar drew byes. (Quarter- 

 final round) Kendall outpulled Macoupin; 

 DeKalb outpulled Champaign; McLean out- 

 pulled Marshall-Putnam; Vermilion out- 

 pulled Edgar. (Semi-final round) Kendall 

 outpulled DeKalb; Vermilion outpulled Mc- 

 Lean; McLean outpulled DeKalb for third 

 place. (FINALS) Vermilion outpulled 

 Kendall for the State Championship. 



CHECKERS — Carson G. Metcalf of 

 Greene County won the State Championship 



by whipping Floyd Jackson of Champaign 

 County in the finals. Ben Bullington, Chris- 

 tian County and Frank Galaway, DeWitt 

 County, were beaten out in the semi-finals. 

 Also rans included Claude Wise, LaSalle 

 County; Ole Oltman, Whiteside County; 

 Wayne Wax, Vermilion County; Lester 

 Lindsey, Iroquois County; Z. A. Robb, Ran- 

 dolph County; R. M. Bean, McHenry Coun- 

 ty; S. L. Harnit, Kankakee County; John 

 L. Steele, Shelby County; William Murphy, 

 Pike County; C. Homer Doane, Piatt Coun- 

 ty, and W. D. Spence, Livingston County. 



HOG-CALLING — R. A Green, Ver- 

 milion, first; Merle Reel, Woodford, sec- 

 ond ; Norman Taylor, Macoupin, third. 



SWEEPSTAKES RESULTS — The 10 

 leading counties for the sweepstakes cup 

 awarded by the I. A. A. to the County 

 Farm Bureau scoring the highest total of 

 points in the various events follow : Cham- 

 paign 1997, Livingston 1890, Vermilion 

 1040, DeKalb 781, Sangamon 669, Peoria 

 656, Monroe 609, Marshall-Putnam 572, 

 Iroquois 552 and LaSalle 536. More than 

 60 County Farm Bureaus took part in the 

 contests. 



SPECIAL FEATURES — (Oldest Farm 

 Bureau Member) Warren Beebe, Greene 

 County, 88 years old. (Family of 4 or more 

 coming the longest distance) Lewis Green, 

 Boone County, 190 miles. (Largest Farm 

 family) Mr. and Mrs. John D. Mappingly. 

 Edgar County, 13 members including Rose 

 Marie, Allen, Janet Faye, Thomas, John 

 Edwin, Betty Jean, Leon Arthur, Phyllis 

 /nn, Loretta, Catherine and Charles Francis. 

 (Winner of Pony) Three way tie to Robert, 



I'm For the Farm Bureau, 

 Says Albert Stahl 



(Continued from page 2i) 



Its the finest thing I ever had on my 



farm." 



The dairy house is fully equipped with 

 milk cooler and hot and cold running 

 water. Stahl says that the entire build- 

 ing, including masonry and carpenter 

 work, was built for $250. 



None but pure-bred Holsteins are al- 

 lowed in Stahl's dairy barn. He says he 

 has been raising them for years. There 

 are 32 head. This year, at the Antioch 

 Fair, his yearling bull took first prize 

 and the grand champion trophy. He'll 

 exhibit more next year. 



Charming people, the Stahls of Lake 

 County. — Howard Hill. 



Frank and Walter Silver of Champaign 

 County. 



Judges for events - — (Music and Dance 

 Festival) Edgar L. Bill. Clare Hull. V. 

 Vaniman, John Lair, and Miss Jane Whelan. 

 (Chicken and husband-calling) Talmage De- 

 Frees and Mrs. R. E. Milligan. (Rolling-pin 

 throwing) Dean H. W. Mumford and Don- 

 ald Kirkpatrick. (Darning) Miss Edna 

 Gray, Mrs. Elsie Mies and Mrs. Virginia 

 White. (Tug o'war) Bert Abney, J. W. 

 Whisenand and Fred Oltman. 



OCTOBER, 1936 



