same lamp and straight chair. The music 

 unit was practical and in good taste. 



Next, was a MUST situation! The 

 big chair under the lamp must be left 

 where it is. Mr. Farm Bureau wouldn't 

 feel at home without it. The size is old- 

 fashioned, perhaps, but it is comfortable 

 and the arms are large enough for an 

 ash tray and a nugazine. She didn't 

 move the chair! As soon as possible she 

 would make a new slip cover adding to 

 its appearance without changing its com- 

 fort for the family. She called this the 

 man-of-the-house unit. 



The opened spinnet desk in the corner 

 was a problem and she considered it a 

 long while. A desk is always convenient 

 but, with an accumulation of papers and 

 pens it didn't give a restful appearance. 

 The boy couldn't use it for studying. His 

 own desk in his own room was quieter. 

 Since it wasn't large enough for all her 

 own papers and Home Bureau bulletins, 

 perhaps a better place for them could 

 be found elsewhere. She closed the top, 

 making a table, and, lo the exact place 

 for the dictionary. Someone always was 

 needing it for reference. The little lamp, 

 from atop the book case unnecessary 

 there but with a definite purpose here, 

 and a pencil within reach, was put by 

 the dictionary. A reference group, she 

 exulted. 



This old piano bench, why was it here ? 

 No reason, just happened to be pushed 

 there. She had been wanting a coffee 

 table. All right, taking off the old plush 

 cover, the pieces was moved over in front 

 of the fireplace, where it could be used 

 as a table between the two pull-up chairs. 

 Now, with the two chairs and a table, 

 a visiting group was established. With 

 a fire in the fireplace, the chairs and 

 table easily could be turned and still be 

 very convenient. The bench which had 

 been used as a seat under the desk was 

 pushed up to the blue chair under the 

 lamp, as a convenient place for a maga- 

 zine. The foot stool, belonging with the 

 chair, placed by the radio made it possible 

 to sit down while tuning in, or to listen 

 quietly to a program in which the others 

 in the room were not interested. And, 

 after the pictures were taken, Mrs. Home 

 Bureau took away the not-necessary vase 

 in the corner, relieving the cluttered 

 effect! A reading unit and a radio unit 

 were now in this part of the room. 



The davenport was left as it was. 

 Any one of the family could use this 

 inviting spot for a ten minute nap, and 

 a lamp was near if Mama should want 

 to read the evening paper in a reclining 

 position after the dishes were finished. 

 This, she called a resting unit. 



Now, again, Mrs. Home Bureau looked 

 over the room with an appraising eye. 

 Looking directly around the room, pic- 

 tures 3, 4, and 5 she found a visiting 



unit, a musical 

 unit, a man-of- 

 the-house unit, a 

 reference unit, a 

 radio unit, and 

 a resting unit. 

 Besides this there 

 were three defi- 

 nite reading units 

 where all three 

 members of the 

 family might read 

 in comfort if all 

 happened to be 

 in the living 

 room at the same 

 time. Thus, with- 

 out buying any- 

 thing at the pres- 

 ent, she had re- 

 organized the 

 room adding 

 much to the fami- 

 ly comfort and 

 very much to the 

 appearance of the 

 room. Now it 

 was restful. Now, 

 every thing had 

 a purpose. Now, 

 each piece of fur- 

 niture seemed to 

 take on added 

 importance. Of 

 course, no wom- 

 an ever wants 

 everything so per- 

 fect that she will 

 never be needing 



anything! And, such was not the case 

 in this room. Sometime the stool could 

 be replaced with a lovely end table, 

 the piano bench with an up-to-date coffee 

 table and the old chair with a more 

 modern one. Until then, however, even 

 if the 'king' came, as the expression is, 

 this room was comfortable and restful 

 for those who lived in it and pleasant 

 in appearance for those who came in. 

 Lessons in Home Bureau had accom- 

 plished a very definite thing in this case, 

 of far more actual value than the amount 

 of dues for the year. 



Mrs. Home Bureau likes her room 

 better. Do you.' 



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As a result of Membership Day on Feb- 

 ruary 18, 151 farmers joined the Kankakee 

 County Farm Bureau. "This brings the total 

 membership to 818 farmers. 



Lake County Farm Bureau recently com- 

 pleted its yearly quota by signing 49 new 

 members February 15. Eighty-seven members 

 have been signed since the first of the year. 



Farm Bureau Day February 18 saw 61 mem- 

 bers signed into the Peoria County Farm Bu- 

 reau. This passes Peoria County's yearly 

 quota. 



Top: Good furniture but in uncomfortabU 

 arrangement. 



Lower: Arranged according to use tor reed- 

 ing, pleying or just tittin'. 



Uncle Ab says that idleness drives 



a man more cruelly than does any 

 amount of hard work. 



During March, soil conservation 



meetings were held throughout Illi- 

 nois. Individual soil-depleting bases 

 and corn acreage limits were set and 

 meetings held in each township to help 

 farmers plan their 1937 cropping sys- 

 tems. 



The Farm Bureau Mutual Insuiaace 



Company of Indiana organized a year 

 ago has received more than 10,000 ap- 

 plications for insurance. The next 

 move will be to organize a life insur- 

 ance company. 



Farm Bureau day in Kane County added 

 122 new members to the organized ranks, 

 passing its yearly quota. 



Richland County Farm Bureau added 40 

 new members in January. Only 20 more arc 

 needed to reach the yearly quota. 



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