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Readers are invited to contribute to 

 thij column. Address letters to Edi- 

 tor, Room 1200, 608 So. Dearborn 

 Sf., Chicago. 



"I want to congratulate you on the Decem- 

 ber issue of the RECORD. In my opinion its 

 one of the best numbers I've seen. The sub- 

 sidiary ad copy is very fine. Also your picture 

 program seems to hit the spot." 



V. O. Sisson, McLean county, 111. 



We would like 35 reprints of the article 

 "FARMING AGAINST THE SLOPE" 

 which appears in the December issue of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association RECORD. 

 We want to submit them to our regional 

 and Washington ofiFices. This is an excellent 

 article and the kind that helps our program 

 along. 



F. A. Fisher, State Coordinator, 

 Soil Conservation Service, Urbana. 



Just received my copy of the December 

 lAA RECORD and am very much interested 

 in the article "FARMING AGAINST THE 

 SLOPE." Please send me six extra copies. 



Roy Piper, Kankakee County. 



The biography of Mr. Keltner in the De- 

 cember RECORD was Al— O. K. 



C. A. Hughes, Monroe County. 



In the August Record I notice editorial 

 comment on the consumer co-operative move- 

 ment and my husband and I are much inter- 

 ested in this subject. 



Both religions and secular leaders of vision 

 seem to be of the opinion that the "Golden 

 Rule" method may be the best way out of our 

 great difficulties. 



We are Sangamon County Farm Bureau 

 members as well as active members of church 

 and civic movements for community welfare 

 and we want to know how we can best help 

 to promote co-operation in our own commu- 

 nity. 



Grace B. Brown, 



Sangamon county. 111. 



Every member can help by supporting pres- 

 ent farm co-operatives and working through 

 community and County Farm Bureau units 

 in starting new enterprises. Editor. 



I want to commend you for the good article 

 on page 17 of your September issue en- 

 titled, "Cooperation — The Answer," by Dr. 

 Preston Bradley. It is a splendid article on a 

 basic principle which the Ohio Farm Bureau 

 has ventured into — a new field which is 

 growing by leaps and bounds in our state. 



Dr. Bradley is right — the more you study 

 the cooperative movement, producers, distrib- 

 utors, and consumers, the more you will agree 



JANUARY, 1937 . 



OLD STATE CAPITOL 

 "Abe Lincoln jumped out the window." 



Not many people living today know 

 that the capital of the state of Illinois 

 way back in 1819 was in Vandalia. The 

 first State House, a two-story log struc- 

 ture, was destroyed by fire during the 

 third session of the legislature, and 

 another, a two-story brick structure 

 costing |1 5,000, was put up in the 

 summer of 1824. 



In 1836, it was decided that the 

 building should be improved so the 

 structure seen above was built at a cost 

 of $16,000. This building was re- 

 modeled in 1859. Iron supports re- 

 placed the massive brick pillars in 1902. 



Vandalia was the capital for 20 years, 

 from 1819 to 1839. Seven governors 

 administered affairs of State in that 

 city. The first school law was enacted 

 by the Legislature that met in Van- 

 dalia. The Black Hawk war was fought 



while it was in session. The "town of 

 Chicago" was incorporated on this spot, 

 and the first railroad locomotive in 

 Illinois, the Northern Cross Railroad, 

 was running while Vandalia was still 

 the capital. 



Abraham Lincoln served in the Legis- 

 lature, riding horseback from Spring- 

 field. He was instrumental in having 

 the capital moved to Springfield. It 

 took four ballots in the Legislature in 

 1837 before it was decided. It is re- 

 corded that Abraham Lincoln jumped 

 out of the capitol window to defeat a 

 quorum and thus defeated the contin- 

 uance of the capital of Illinois in Van- 

 dalia for another 20 years. 



The old capitol building was ac- 

 quired by the State of Illinois in 1919 

 to be preserved as a memorial and State 

 Park. 



that it is the most democratic form of economy 

 in existence. 



European agriculture has practically restored 

 itself since the World War, while American 

 agriculture has labored strenuously to get off 

 the rocks without much result. 



James R. Moore, Editor 

 Ohio Farm Bureau News. 



Please send me extra copies of the Novem- 

 ber RECORD containing the article on cold 

 storage lockers, also extra copies of the De- 

 cember RECORD containing the picture of 

 the two big fish we caught. 



The best thing I have heard about the fish 

 picture was the other day when I was in the 

 Farm Bureau office. Martin Mennenga, di- 

 rector of the Flatville Unit up in the German 

 Flats came in and started talking about the big 

 fish that I caught. He said, "You know, I 

 kept looking at those fish so long that I had 

 to go downtown and buy some fresh fish to 

 take home." 



I am even beginning to get some fan mail 

 about these fish. Drew Ten Broeck, man- 

 ager of the Chicago Guernsey Farm wrote me 

 his theory on catching fish and also some of 

 the ethical and legal [joints. He seems to be- 

 lieve that it ought to be against the law to 



fish with live bait as I do. Then, he finally 

 says in his letter to me that, after all, you can 

 catch just as many fish on this artificial plug 

 bait as you can on live bait and so on. 



So you see I am involved in a great deal of 

 various kinds of philosophy, biological, legisla- 

 tive, and ethical, but the funny thing about it 

 is that very little is said about the economic. 

 That seems to be the only field that fishing 

 does not toudi. 



C. C. Burns, Manager 



Producers' Creamery of Champaign 



The Farm Bureau Service Medal, 

 awarded annually to men who have 

 given distinguished service to agricul- 

 ture, was presented recently to Senator 

 Norris of Nebraska and Secretary of 

 Agriculture Henry A. Wallace by the 

 American Farm Bureau Federation. 



Co-operative farm supply purchasing 



by Illinois farmers amounted to $15,- 

 220,000 during the 1935-36 marketing 

 season, an increase of 37 percent com- 

 pared with 1934-35. 



