the stalk fields. They are liarJicr than 

 native stock and zero weather doesn't 

 seem to affect them. Twenty-five head 

 averaged 555 pounds and 31 others 

 weighed 720 pounds at the stock yards. 



Beef making retjuires plenty of feed 

 and Hucber has paid particular attention 

 to crop improvement in order to have an 

 ample feed supply at all times. Alter 

 his attempt to sell his farm by tlie 

 bushel during the ileprcssion years, Hubcr 

 turned back to a simple corn, corn, oats 

 and red clover rotation. 



lliis year spring wheat, barley, sugar 

 beets, sweet clover, alfalfa, and soy beans 

 were successfully worked into the crop- 

 pmg system, llie wheat, beets, and soy 

 beans were cash crops. The sweet clover 

 made forage; the barley was fed and the 

 alfalla, nursed by the spring wheat, is 

 still in the seeding stage. 



As soon as possible the red clover in 

 ilie major rotation will be replaced by 

 alfalfa. This will be done to increase 

 the soil buililing cjualitics of the system 

 and will, in addition, proiluce more of 

 better quality hay. 



A plot for testing the comparative 

 merits of new hybrid corn varieties was 

 planted on Hueber's farm this year under 

 the supervision of the DcKalb (bounty 

 Agricultural Association. It was estimated 

 at planting time that only one of the 

 J.S4 crosses grown would ilcvelop favor- 

 ably. Two yielded enough to warrant 

 their continuance. The yields varied from 

 ~H to Si bushels on the average, but one 

 outstanding kind proiluccd at the rate 

 ol 1 1 2 bushels per acre. 



Ne.Nt year all of the corn planted will 

 be hybrid. 1 he seed, 31 bushels has 

 already been purchased. Samples of the 

 19.36 crop were compared to show the 

 greater uniformity of the hybrid over the 

 open pollcnated kinds. 



Neither feed nor fertility is' lost in 

 Hueber's feed lots. They are paved and 

 the manure is spread on the fields as 

 fast as it accumulates. There are plenty 



of pigs around ttie cattle to make pork 

 of feed that might otherwise be wasted. 

 These pigs, Du roc-Jerseys, arc produced 

 from the herd of 35 to lO sows. 



Hueber's buildings are compactly ar- 

 ranged in such a way as to reduce labor 

 to a minimum. Water for the livestock 

 is pumped by electric power. The barns 

 and barnyard arc also cicttrically lighted. 



Ciottlieb Hucber was born in 1 870, on 

 a farm which lies less than half a mile 

 north ol his present home. It was on 

 this farm that he grew to manhood and 

 started to farm. He anil his brother began 

 as partners in isy(>. 



five years later Gottlieb married and 

 moved to the 80 where he now lives. 

 The only improvements there then were 

 the well, a windmill, and a tiny house. 

 It by 18 feet. Other buildings were 

 built that year, 1 901. 



Hueber's 80 became a ijuarter section 

 when 80 acres from his father's estate 

 were added. In 1915, another quarter 

 was added to the original land. 'Ilicn, 

 in 1V19, Hucber obtained 150 acres fur- 

 ther north in the county. The following 

 year, he added another 100 acre tract 

 to his home 320. 



The Hucber clan is composed of four 

 sons, three daughters, and eight grand- 

 cliildren. llic twins, Clyde and C!laudc, 

 and lilroy arc farmers. Clyde and T.lroy 

 work the home farm, and Claude lives 

 on the I "iO acres. The other son is an 

 engineer and lives in Virginia. The 

 daughters attended Northern Illinois 

 State Teachers (College in DeKalb and 

 one by one they taught the near-by 

 school. Clara and Gertruilc are now mar- 

 ried. I-lcahor, the youngest, still teaches. 



Mr. Hucber is the man.iger of the 

 larms; his sons work for him. They all 

 have comfortable homes and are proud 

 of their work. The two houses on the 

 home farm are equipped with electricity. 

 The three families liavc all the conven- 

 iences of the city and by the first of 



March, the high line wiM be extended 

 to the north 150. 



Hard maples ime the road in front of 

 the Hucber home. They are almost per- 

 fect specimens. Mr. Huclx-r is justly 

 proud of them. All the trees were planted 

 after the house was built. The landscap- 

 ing shows that it was carefully and judici- 

 ously planncil. 



Hvcry thing on this modern farm re- 

 flects the personality of the owner. It 

 is the material expression of one man's 

 ideas and ideals - - a composition, the 

 completion of which recjuircd iO years 

 of continual thought and effort. 



A continued favorable price ft>r the 



193(' Illinois soybean crop is expected. 

 Short hog production has reduced sup- 

 plies of lard, thereby increasing de- 

 mands for soybean oil which now sells 

 around 8i a lb. One bushel of beans 

 makes 8 lbs. of oil. 



liarl C Smith, president of the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association, and vice 

 president elect of the American l-'arm 

 Hureau federation acted as chairman of 

 the resolutions committee at the recent 

 annual convention of the AI'BI' in 

 Pasailena. Calif. 



Larry Williams, manager of (>)untry 



Life Insurance Company, spoke before 

 se\ en annual meetings of ( ounty Larm 

 Bureaus in Illinois between November 

 1 and December 21. 



Ciross farm income from the produc- 

 tion c)f 1936 will probably reach S9. 

 200. ()()(). 000. as compared with SH.*iOS.- 

 000.000 from production in 1935 and 

 S5. 33', 000.000 in 1932 says the annual 

 report of Secrctarv of Agriculture 

 Henrv A. Wallace. 



More than 7 1 5 miles of terraces, pro- 

 tecting approxirtiately 10,700 acres of 

 sloping land against erosion, have been 

 constructed in 3"' counties during the 

 past two years by Illinois farmers. 



These "heavy" cattle came to the farm a year ago. They're ready for the market. 



Part of the 69 heacj that weighecd 373 pounds each 14 months ago. 



