AFTER 23 YEARS. A HOME 

 As the LaSalle coun+y Farm Bureau moved into the former Ottawa 

 high school. towr>speople were "glad to have a permanent organization 

 in that fine building." 



■WE'RE PROUD OF OUR NEW HOME." 

 President E. E. Stevenson and Adviser C. E. Gates. 



LA SALLE COUNY'S OPEN HOUSE 



y#FTI-R 2^ years of service 



^ '*^T' *° ^'^'- '■t>iJnty s only $100,- 



^^ f OOO.OOO industry, the La- 

 Salle County Farm Bureau moved into 

 its first permanent headquarters last 

 month at 1022 Columbus .street, Ot- 

 tawa. More than 1200 persons at 

 tended the forma! opening of the of- 

 fices on March (■>. 



Last December the Farm Bureau 

 bought the site and the building, form- 

 erly Ottawa township high school, to 

 house the offices of their organization 

 and those of affiliated companies. Space 

 has been rented to branches of state 

 and feder.d agricultural agencies thus 

 bringing most of the local offices which 

 serve farm folks under one roof. 



Located near the business section of 

 the town and yet far enough from the 

 court house si|uare to avoid parking 

 difficulties, tiie Farm Bureau building 

 provides a handy meeting place tor 

 farm families when they come to town. 

 And because of the centralization of 

 farm business offices, it is more than 

 likely that every time a farmer gets to 

 town he will have one or more errands 

 in the Farm Bureau headcjuarters. 



In remodeling the old school house, 

 it was foimd th.it former classrooms 

 made convenient offices. The large rooms 

 have been divided into two or more 

 light, airy oltiies. handsomely panelled 

 with stained oak. Plaster walls have been 

 given a painted linen finish of cream 

 color. 



First floor offices are occupied by C. 

 F.. Gates, farm adviser, Nfrs. NLirjorie 

 NfcCormick, office secretary and Robert 

 Hughes, assi.stant adviser, all of the 

 Farm Bureau. Other rooms serve R. 



R. Barr, general agent for the Farm 

 Bureau insurance companies; T. W. 

 Cooke, secretary and treasurer of the 

 Ottawa Production Credit association ; 

 J. V. Stevenson, chairman of the soil 

 conservation committee and Mervil 

 Comiskey, manager, LaSallc County 

 Farm Supply Company. 



As yet the only offices on the second 

 floor of the building are those of the 

 Ottawa National F'arm Loan associa- 

 tion of which R. W. Cross is secretary. 

 E. G. Fruin, Farm Bureau-Farm NLin- 

 agement Service manager, Ralph Davis, 

 rjairy Herd Improvement association 

 tester, and DeVere Mummert, district 

 i-H club leader also have offices in the 

 building. 



The high school assembly room on 

 the second floor is large enough to ac- 

 commotl.ite several luindred persons 



HE STOOD ON AN OIL CAN 



"Farmers have learned to fight!" 



which makes it useful as an exhibition 

 and meeting hall for the various units 

 of the l-'arm Bureau organization. On 

 the opening day this room was filled 

 with displays and exhibits which held 

 the attention of most visitors. 



One of the most unusual and timely 

 exhibits was one dealing with the in 

 flux of cheap clover and grass seeds 

 into LaSalle county. One hundred 

 pounds of poor seed was represented by 

 a large bag. At the side of this bag 

 were other smaller b.igs which repre- 

 sented the dead seeds, weed seed.s, and 

 inert material that had been removed 

 from an actual lot of cheap seed purchased 

 recently by a farmer in a nearby county. 

 The amount of good seed remaining 

 after the cheap seed had been care- 

 fully hand cleaned and tested was lit- 

 tle more than "iO per cent. This, the 

 exhibit showed, would make top qual- 

 ity seed the better buy even though 

 the price might be more than twice as 

 much as that of doubtful seed. 



In addition, this display showed, the 

 buyer of cheap seed would get an 

 abundance of weed seeds which, if 

 sowed, would leave the land foul for 

 years to come. 



Another exhibit showed nearly a 

 luindred soy bean products in large 

 inverted bottles. These substances 

 ranged from medicines for humans to 

 dog foods and artificial rubber. Some 

 of the other products displayed were: 

 soya flours, chop suey sauce, spaghetti, 

 soy cheese, chocolate beverage, soya 

 milk, and numerous oils for paints and 

 varnishes. 



A miniature plot of a soil conserva- 

 tion test candidly proved the value of 



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