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IRVING SHAW 

 "Nothing pays better than keeping records." 



ii 1 SUCCl-SSFUL f.irm 



.Xf~ with ctficicnt use ot 

 /^.^^ / labor and machinery.' 

 As simple as that liid farm manage- 

 ment olfitials from the University of 

 Ilhnois designate tlie Shaw farm on the 

 Farm Bureau Farm Manatrement tour 

 in Knox coimty hist vear. 



A. R. Kemp, the farm ad\iser. tells 

 you tliat Irving Shaw \\ ho is 3~, red 

 haired, ruddy complexioned and huskv. 

 is one of tlie county's up and comins: 

 young farm operators. Last year with 

 a valuation of Si 50 an acre tlu Shaw 

 farm, or we should sav farms, smcc 

 tiiere are several totalling ~30 acres 

 this year, made 15 per cent on the in 

 vestment. Fven the best Illinois grain 

 and livestock farms are not in the habit 

 of yielding 15 per cent on the invest- 

 ment. And when you get into the 

 records kept by Irving, you hnd that 

 part of that 15 per cent is due to the 

 increase in inventory values from high- 

 er farm prices. But lookmg around 



"Farm Bureau Taught Us To 



Do A Better Job of Farming'' 



The Shaws, E. R. and Irving of Knox County, Made 

 15% On the Investment Last Year 



the farm you find other reasons, such 

 as (1) soil in high st.itc of fertility. 

 (2) high crop yields. (.S) l.irge acreage 

 in profitable crops, (1) hogs raised 

 the swine sanitation way. (5) careful 

 application and use of Farm Bureau 

 teachings and services, and (d) all- 

 around good management. 



I". R. Shaw, age ~1, is Irving s keen- 

 eyed father who puts a steadying hanil on 

 the reins, occasionally. I-. R. is a char- 

 ter meinlx-r of the Knox ( ounty larin 

 Bureau. He joineil in lyiS. was on 

 the tirst hoard ot directors, has lieen 

 a Farm Bureau member ever siiue. 



'The I'arm Bureau has t.iught a lot 

 of us to do a better job of farming, 

 the senior Shaw said candidlv. 



The better farming services of the 

 Farm Bureau, the ongin.d reason for 

 the organization s existence, are the 

 things that appeal to him. although he 

 will tell you that the fight the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association and the Amer- 

 ican Farm Bureau Federation waged 

 for parity prices, the corn loan, the 

 AAA and gold revaluation did more 

 to pull agriculture out of tlie depres 

 sion and start the wheels of recoverv 



in motion liurmg the past five years 

 tiian anything else 



In t.irming. .is in .my business, tlie 

 man who can see down the road the 

 farthest ofte-n makes the greatest sue 

 cess. Somi. tall tins ability in'tuition 

 ( )ther'. tall it horse sense sound 



judgment. And still olhers term it 

 luck. Take your tiioue Wli.itever it 

 is. !;. R and Irving Shaw displayed 

 some of it when they Ju Id several 

 cro|^^ of (orn (JO. 000 Ini ) through 

 the low pritcil years of sj '3i and '3 I 

 look advantage of the corn loan in 

 which the ]A.\ had a |Mominent part. 

 and tm.illy closed out .some n.fKK) 

 bu. .11 prii.es- ranging from ~0 to 80 

 leiits a Inishcl. There you have the 

 story of part of the Sh.iws' success 



Ability (or luik) in m.irkeling crops 

 and livestock at the higher price periods 

 during tile year or years, some farmers 

 have developed more tlian otiiers. F'arm 

 maii.igement re-cords bring out tliese 

 tilings in the cold ligiit of day. They 

 enable a farm operator to comp.ire his 

 metiiods and results in many branches 

 ot liis business witli others. The torn 

 |\irative reeorils siiow up the weak- 



IRVING, MRS. SHAW AND CHILDREN 



THE SHAW HOMESTEAD 

 "From Knox College in 1837." 



MAY, 1937 



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