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It. He rccommcnJcJ that other dairymen 

 include it in their ration. 



Three years a^o, Mr. Howard returned 

 troin a I'arm Bureau meetint; late one 

 iiiulit. "I was tired and went straiglit 

 to bed, ' lie said. No sooner had I 

 loseii my eyes than a hailstone lar^'e 

 .IS a hen s eg^ crashed through the win- 

 dow. 



Hail, the like ot whicii you have 

 never seen and I hope never sec, shattered 

 every unprotected wimlow of the house. 

 tie explained. And win^l. Boy, how it 

 whistled ! Then came tlic tornado. It 

 ripped tiie top otif of every buikling on 

 the place! Ihrew the livestock around! 

 .Shook the house! Rocked the founda- 

 tions! Turned the yard into a junkpile! 

 Then, away it went, just as it came, leav- 

 ing destruction in its path." 



It was later learned that the heart of 

 the tornado had torn its way through 

 the center of the Howard farm. Luckily, 

 everything was insurcil, but the insurance 

 couldn't pay for the terror of the moment 

 and the inconvenience which followed. 

 .Slowly but surely, Mr. Howard, with the 

 help of his charmint; wife and family, 

 built the farm up aCain. New roofs were 

 built where old ones had been torn away. 

 The debris was cleared.- Order and peace 

 were a^ain restored. 



Mr. Howard josiied Mrs. Howard 

 about going to Home Bureau meetings. 

 When she was asked what took place at 

 the sessions, he kidded before she could 

 answer: "Gossip, mostly! When she 

 lOmes liome, the rest of the family learns 

 .ill the news and dirt whicli happened 

 since the previous meeting." 



A firm believer in insurance. Mr. How 

 ard carried life insurance, fire, wind and 

 hail insurance on his buildings, and auto 

 insurance in the lAA Farm Bureau 



companies. He was a loyal member of 

 Pure Milk Association. "It s the only 

 thing for a dairy farmer." he said. 



I cant understand why all farmers 

 i-lon't join the I'arm Bureau, he added. 

 Don't they realize that the I'arm Supply 

 company alone will pay back their dues 

 i( they co-operate.' The more members 

 that )oin, the more influence the organ- 



ization can exert to benefit farmers. 



VX'tien asked what farmers need most. 

 Mr. Howard replied without hesitation. 



parity prices. I he tarmer must have 



.1 fair price for his produts. He can t 

 pay the prices c)thers ask unless tarm 

 prices are on an ecjual basis. 



I asked him what he would do dif- 

 ferently if he iiad the chance to start all 

 over again. 



"I would certainly stick with dairy cat- 

 tle, he answered. It s a sure living it 

 handled right. I would test all mv cows 

 regularly for milk and biitterfat produc- 

 tion. I didn t used to do that. 



Sticking close to his |-iurebred cattle. 

 Mr. Howard didn t seem to think his 

 farming was so important. In an off- 

 hand manner, he told me that this past 

 season he had lO acres of corn (netting 

 t5 bushels to the acre), six acres of bar- 

 ley, 13 of oats. IS of hay and 12 acres 

 of soybeans. The rest of his farm he 

 used as pasture. 



Ihe conversation shitted around to 

 Mrs. Howard, the former Louise Brown. 

 They met in Wisconsin and married J') 

 years ago. They moved to Illinois two 

 years later and to their present home in 

 1927. Satisfied with the simpje things 

 ot lite, these two fine people enjoyed life 

 as few of us do. 



Mr. Howard will be missed in I'arin 

 Bureau work. He was a staunch sup|X)rter 

 of the Kane C ounty organization. 



"Why shouldn t I Ix- for the I'arm 

 Bureau, he told me. I have always 

 gotten what I wanted from it. My di\ 

 idend check from the county supply 

 company was nearly double my dues 

 S^-.OO to be ex.ict All farmers should 

 belong." 



When asked about soil conservation, 

 he frankly stated it didn t make 

 much clitference to him. "Never used 

 all my land anyway!" he remarked. He 

 said he always had rotated his crops in a 

 corn-small grain-clover or alfalfa rota- 

 tion. His entire farm has been limed-. 

 A pile of it is kept handy in the barn 



"(roji control is all right to a certajn 

 extent.' Mr. Howard stated, but crop 

 slor.ige is much more important. If 



crops were stored, there would be no 

 reason to import from other countries in 

 case of drought or crop failure." 



Mr. Howard was a hrm Ix'liever irl co- 

 i)|ieratives. He didn't know so much 

 .ilxjut consumer co-operation, but he said 

 what he had heard sounded good to 

 him. It should bring farmer and con- 

 sumer closer together, he said. 



Trouble with the dairy business is. 

 that a man can t get awav and have any 

 fun out of life, he laughed. Anyone 

 could see he enjoyed everything right 

 where he was. I'd like to have taken 

 young Arthur down to the Sports I'estival 

 .It L'rbana, but we couldn't make it.' 



Arthur Howard enjoyed lite most 

 when he was with other Holstein breed- 

 ers and dairymen. Mrs. Hovwi/d revealed. 

 In a meeting ol any kind, he would get 

 some cattleman otf in a corner to com- 

 pare notes and exchange ideas. I'arm Bu- 

 .reau meetings gave him the best chance 

 for this, she said. 



Proof that the' world will Ikmi a path 

 to the dcxjr of a man making a iKtter 

 mousetrap is .Mr. Howard. Personally. 

 he would have been content to stay on 

 the farm with his family, friends, and 

 purebred cattle and let others hold oflice. 

 He was sought out, hovKevcr, and per- 

 suaded to become a Dundee township 

 school trustee He was also elected a 

 director of the Illinois Holslein-I'riesian 

 Association and vice-president of the Tri- 

 f ouniy Holstein Association. His fine 

 Holsteins have won numerous awards in 

 county, state and national competition. 



.At that afternoon I climbed in my car 

 .md drove away. As I left I knew I 

 would aKsays remember the kind and 

 sincere treatment I received at the home 

 of Arthur Howard 



It you should ever pass by this way 

 again, drop in was his parting invita- 

 tion. A half hour later. I learned the next 

 day. an aged Holstein bull turned on .\Ir. 

 Howard and killed him. 



He will be missed by a host of /riends. 

 His simple, honest lite and wdlingness to 

 help others made all who came in con- 

 tact with htm remember and love him. 



MR. HOWARD AND FAVORITE COW 

 "Her record 560 lbs. buHerfat in one year.' 



LOTS OF BARN HERE 

 'The photographer had to back up.' 



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