we are proud to say, with a determina- 

 tion to see things through." 



"New life and hope" — and how easy 

 it would have been for those who sup- 

 plied the things that brought new deter- 

 mination to have said, "That's not my 

 worry, let the government or someone 

 else take care of flood relief." 



Farm Bureau members in all parts of 

 the state didn't measure the com or hay 

 or oats they gave by dollar valuations. 

 They looked at their grain as feed for 

 their southern neighbors' starving cattle 

 and work stock. The fact that they could 

 not see nor feel the suffering they so 

 generously alliviated, made no difference. 



Farm adviser Thurman Wright of the 

 White County Farm Bureau writes: "The 

 counties that were affected by the flood 

 and which are receiving contributions 

 are extremely happy at the good response 

 to the call from other counties in the 

 state. It is amazing to see the volume 

 of material that is being sent. Be that 

 as it may, the need is tremendous. 



"By Saturday, March 27th, material 

 on hand will have been consumed except 

 a few bushels of seed corn and soy beans, 

 and at that we have not been able to 

 feed the animals of destitute farmers as 

 they should have been fed. 



"The morale, however, is high. I feel 

 that this is due to the faith that has been 

 created because every individual realizes 

 that he is being treated as well as he 

 can under the conditions and he knows 

 that he is being treated like his neigh- 

 bor." 



From Gallatin county which was 80 

 per cent under water at the peak of the 

 flood, farm adviser Ray Roll writes, "We 

 just wish that our neighbor farmers up- 

 state could have been in Ridgway on 

 March 11th to see the line of more than 

 100 wagons and teams from all parts of 



"YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE ON FEED DAYS!" 

 GalUtin county farmers got • week's supply from trucks. 



Gallatin county waiting to load feed 

 which had come in from the riorth." 



The feed committee of the county was 

 able to supply each of 500 farmers with 

 enough feed to fill their needs for the 

 week. Many of them took seed oats in 

 addition to feed back to the farms with 

 them. 



"One of the biggest scenes of co-ojsera- 

 tion that the folks in Gallatin county 

 ever witnessed occurred on Wednesday, 

 March 10," farm adviser Roll writes. 

 "On that day 34 truck loads of hay and 

 grain and 72 farmers arrived in our lit- 

 tle town of Ridgway. That was co- 

 ofjeration to the nth degree." 



A letter received by the Farm Bureau 

 Flood Relief Committee which needs no 

 comment follows: 



"A CONVOY ROLLED IN — 500 FLOOD STRICKEN FARMERS SMILED" 

 Gallatin county was 80% submerged. Feed was badly needed. 



March 14, 19J7 

 Gentlemen : 



Being a flood sufferer in the recent 

 Ohio flood and a member of the 

 Pulaski-Alexander Count)' Farm Bu- 

 reau, I was one of the fortunate ones 

 to receive some feed donated by the 

 Kankakee Farm Bureau members with 

 the freight paid by the lAA. 



This brotherly act was a gift in time 

 of need and I take this means of thank- 

 ing you for your part. I am sure that 

 I am expressing the sentiment of all 

 Farm Bureau flood sufferers in this sec- 

 tion. 



Very truly yours, 

 G. A. Smith 



Communications from the stricken 

 area all carry the feeling that each re- 

 cipient of feed or seed from Farm Bu- 

 reau members would like to personally 

 thank the donors. 



Reports from the stricken area point 

 out that there is still need of feed, seed 

 and other farm supplies among the 

 farmers. A. R. Wright, assistant treas- 

 urer of the lAA and chairman of the 

 Farm Bureau Flood Relief Committee, 

 says that more loads of feed and other 

 goods are on the way to the ten flood 

 suffering counties from eleven northern 

 counties that had not previously con- 

 tributed. 



The following amounts of materials 

 were sent from 16 counties which have 

 reported their work to the committee: 

 Effingham, 11 truckloads; Jackson, eight 

 truckloads; Knox, two truckloads; Piatt, 

 16 truckloads; Champaign, 69 truck- 

 loads; Sangamon, 12 large truckloads; 

 Grundy, eight truckloads; Kendall, six 

 truckloads; Macon, 20 truckloads; Mc- 

 Lean, 1 1 carloads ; Randolph, six truck- 

 loads ; Madison, three carloads and one 

 truckload; E>ouglas, 12 truckloads; La- 

 Salle, three carloads and one large truck- 

 load; Carroll, two truckloads, and Scott, 

 one truckload. 



APRIL, 1937 



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