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put their heads together and with other 

 leading farmers of the county organ- 

 ized the Ullin Mutual Fire Insurance 

 Company. Lingenfelter served as its 

 first president and did such a good job 

 that the policyholders have kept him 

 in office continuously since then. 



The company has about a million 

 and a half dollars of insurance in force 

 and co-operates with the Farmers Mu- 

 tual Reinsurance Company, which Lee 

 served as director and vice-president 

 until last year when he was elected 

 secretary. 



Farming and Farm Bureau work take 

 most of Mr. Lingenfelter's time. But 

 he is also secretary-treasurer of three 

 small national farm loan associations. 

 He is a charter policyholder in the 

 Illinois Agricultural Mutual, Country 

 Life Insurance Company, and patron- 

 izes the Fruit Belt Service Company. 

 With all these interests you might ask 

 when Lingenfelter gets time to do any 

 work on the farm. He laughed, "I 

 couldn't run this farm if I did not have 

 some good help. I've had a colored 

 man, Grafton, and his family for the 

 past ten years. Grafton is honest and 

 dependable." 



A white man and his family are in 

 charge of truck crops and the straw- 

 berries which require as high as 40 to 

 50 pickers in good years. 



Mr. Lingenfelter feels that the Farm 

 Bureau has not only been influential 

 in improving farm practices and farm 

 income in Pulaski and Alexander coun- 

 ties, but also government itself. "My 

 friends ran me for county commis- 

 sioner twice, but I was defeated each 

 time," he confided with a good-natured 

 grin. "At any rate we have had a big 

 improvement in the way affairs are be- 

 ing run now. 



"The Farm Bureau and the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association had a lot to 

 do with getting reductions in property 

 taxes in both counties. Mr. Watson 

 of the Tax Department has checked 

 farm and real estate sales and assess- 



NELL, AGE 16 AND THE BOSS 

 She, raised nine mules. 



ments here. This work has been val- 

 uable in securing needed equalizations 

 and better administration of county 

 affairs." 



Mr. Lingenfelter is convinced that 

 some form of production control is 

 needed to maintain parity prices for 

 farm products. 



"The soil conservation act needs 

 more teeth in it," he said, "something 

 similar to the AAA, but going a step 

 further. I am in favor of legislation 

 that benefits only those who co-operate 

 in the program. The fellow who 

 doesn't work with his neighbors to 

 maintain fair price levels should not 

 benefit." 



Of medium height, stocky and 

 swarthy of complexion, Lee Lingen- 

 felter is representative of the alert, in- 

 telligent, thinking Illinois farmers who 

 are largely responsible for putting Illi- 

 nois at the top in co-operative agricul- 

 tural achievement. He is of Pennsyl- 

 vania Dutch stock. His parents crossed 

 Indiana and the Wabash river from 

 Kentucky settling in Wabash county 

 more than a half century ago. 



Mrs. Lingenfelter, a charming, hos- 

 pitable, silvery-haired woman, has 

 reared two children, both of whom are 

 married and live away from home. 

 Wayne, the son operates a trucking 

 business out of Anna. Genevieve lives 

 with her husband and three children 

 on a farm near Dongola. 



Mrs. Lingenfelter delights in her 

 flower garden. The flock of 300 White 

 Leghorns and White Rocks is one of 

 her chief interests also. Most of the 

 eggs are sold to the hatchery at a 

 premium of seven cents a dozen. The 

 modern and comfortable home has 

 many conveniences such as a home 

 electric plant, iceless refrigerator, water 

 system and motor driven appliances. 

 "The Lingenfelters are members of the 

 Metho3iSt-.4"J£^h of Ullin which re- 

 cently erecte3~ar~5ub9t«ntJal and attrac- 

 tive new brick building. He has been 

 township school treasurer for the past 

 14 years and served earlier as director 

 on the high school board. 



Charles E. Hopkins of Pontiac was 

 re-elected local di- 

 rector of the Fed- 

 eral Land Bank of 

 St. Louis for a three 

 year term beginning 

 January 1, 1937. He 

 has served in this 

 capacity ever since 

 the Federal Land 

 Bank was "organ- 

 ized on March 8, 



C. E. Hopkins 1917. 



Uncle Ab says real prosperity is being 

 rid of dekts. 



A poultry short course will be held 



at the College of Agriculture, Uni- 

 versity of Illinois, January 11-15. 



Thomas J. Penman, vice-president of 



Illinois Farm Supply Company, died 

 Dec. 17, at his home near Yorkville. 



300 WHITE ROCKS AND LEGHORNS 

 Their eggs sell at a premium. 



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NELL, FIVE OF HER NINE CHILDREN, AND GRAFTON 

 We like mules to work. 



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