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"WE'RE GEHING LOTS OF ATTENTION THIS MORNING" 

 Horses and Mules Help Make Ihe Opfer Farm Pay. 



MULES PAPPY," AND THE BOSS 

 "About 200 Mares Each Spring." 



e.iiisc tlicy deliver .1 lic.ivicr tlow of milk. 

 although the test is lower th.in with other 

 breeds." 



The milk goes to Pcvely Dairy at St. 

 Louis .md is sold by S.initary Milk Pro- 

 ilucers. The present price is S-.l i per 

 c"wt. at St. Louis with a hauling charge 

 of -15 cents per 100 pounds. Many of 

 the cows arc excellent producers, thanks 

 to gooil breeding and intelligent feciling 

 with alfalfa and clover hay and a hal- 

 .micd home-mixed grain ration. 



Ihe farm has yielded up to 21 bushels 

 aver.ige on wheat and n to "iO bushels 

 .in acre of corn. Last summers drouth 

 cut crop yields considerably below these 

 figures. 



'Ilie Opicr home has its own elcttriL 

 light plant and other conveniences. 

 \e\ertheless Henry would be pleased to 

 see an extension of the electric high line 

 put through on his road. 



Mr. and Mrs. Opfer have put in the 

 best years of their life on this farm, ion 

 stantly striving to improve it, yel neither 

 has any thought of retiring. 



Thev ha\e reared a family of li\e chil- 

 dren three daughters anil two sons 

 One daughter. Lmma ( laussing, resides 

 on .1 farm near Palatine and is a member 

 of the ( <x)k < ountv I'arm Bureau An 

 nie anil Ldna are also married And li\e 

 on farms in layette county. ( arl lives 

 with his family down the road and is 

 active with his father in the man.igemeni 

 and operation ol the farm. LImer. the 

 youngest, is at home taking a man s j^lace 

 along with his Dail and brother. Like 

 many of their neighbors, the Opfers are 

 active members of the Lutheran ihurch 

 in the community. 



Hack of the house a small Mnev.iri.1 

 arouseil \isions ot a well slcxked wine 

 cellar. And. sure eni)ugh, a moment 

 later at the house a generous j^itiher ol 

 sweet grape wine and glasses were passed 

 arounil in tvpical Cierman custom. 



Mrs. Opter greeted us warmlv as she 

 busied herselt about her l.irge kitchen. A 

 single i.'lani.e maile vou feel that in this 



kiliheii .ind home, in tins wile and moth 

 er lay the reason for half or more ot 

 Henry Opfers success as a farmer. No 

 form of living draws the family together 

 like that on the farm. Caty people seldom 

 have the same opportunity for a happy 

 family life as that in f.irming. And Mrs. 

 Opfers home-maile breail. pies, cookies 

 anel cakes, say nothing of her earlier 

 labors outdoors for the common good 

 have figured liea\ily in the tinal result 

 in this happy and successful family enter- 

 prise. 



'1 he I'arm Hureau is new in I'ayette 

 tounty. but Mr. Opfer is sold on it as a 

 permanent institution for the improve- 

 ment of layette county agriculture. I 

 .im salislied with it all arountl. ' he said. 

 1 appreii.iie the ailvice and help I get 

 in doing a better job of farming. I 

 think the i'arm Bureau will grow. It 

 surely ought to. 



()pl<.r is a stockholder .ind p.itron ot 

 the I'ayette Ser\ice ( ompany. He likes 

 the sa\ings on auto insurance in the lAA 

 company. He is public spirited, too. 

 The i'arm Bureau is benefiting all the 

 farmers. It helps non-members as well 

 as members." he said. 



ROOTS IN THE SOIL 



(Continued from page 17) 



her club w.is chosen one ol the Iirst girls 

 to be sent to the National ( lub camp at 

 W'.ishington from this state. The first 

 demonstration team she trained won the 

 state championship. She also served as 

 coach for the dramatic tournaments. Mrs. 

 P.irks iloes dramatic reading herself and 

 helps along with community progr.ims 

 in that way. The summer round-up for 

 school children has been a special project 

 ot the county in the health work of 

 Home Bureau under her direction, al.so 

 immunization work against diphtheria. 



"How women have changed since 

 Home Bure.iu was first organized. Mrs. 



Parks commented, 'i'heir interests have 

 broadened. They are interested in more 

 than cooking and sewing. They realize 

 as Nfrs. Burns said in her talk at Larm 

 and Home week that "the homemaker 

 to make a successful family life needs an 

 intellectual life more stimulating and 

 challenging than that lurnished by tiuilt 

 patterns or tricky salads." 



I Ixlieve that personality develop- 

 ment in the home will be given more and 

 more attention by Home Bureau in the 

 next few years. Prom successful families 

 we may hope to build successful com- 

 munities. In our county, we find Home 

 Bureau touches all women, those on the 

 farm, those living in villages or towns. 

 The only recjuirement is that they be 

 interested in homemaking. Home Bureau 

 has made it possible for rural women 

 to attain many things including better 

 homes. Now we must add to that by 

 showing what part homemakers can take 

 in other than material thin<»s. 



"When we can help to build success 

 ful families, happier communities, a 

 feeling of stability and pride in our agri 

 cultural and home life, surely the organi- 

 zation of Home Bureau will have helped 

 to build a better nation." 



And th.it, is the Iwpc of Mrs. Will 

 Parks .ind her happy family. 



Livestock Meeting 



To maintain the price of beef during 

 July and August, the contact department 

 ol the National Association secured the 

 cooperation of chain stores throughout 

 the country in conducting a campaign 

 to sell more domestic beef. The result 

 was a sO ]ier cent increase in beef sales 

 during August. 



A similar campaign was carried out 

 to increa.se the volume of lamb sold 

 by chain stores. One store in North 

 ( arolina. which previously had handled 

 practically no lamb, sold .:"S carcasses 

 during the campaign. 



Illinois has a reputation of being a 



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