THEY CAME UP FOR AIR 

 Lawrence-RichUnd counfy radio talkers. Girls, left 

 to right: Mildred Tedtord. Roberta Crews, Mildred 

 Burgener; boys, left to right: Robert Stiff, Robert 

 Schrader, Webster Barthelmy, Lee Shaefer. 



SCRIPT WRITERS IN ACTION 

 Bureau and Henry county young folks overhaul their material, 

 practice reading lines. Six from this group went on the air. 



THEY HAD NO APPETITE — 

 until after the broadcast. Douglas and Champaign 



Rural Youth groups ai the microphone. 



isted in Macon county as far back as 

 1860. They found one man who had 

 been a member of the Farmers' Alliance 

 in 1885. He told them that the AUiance 

 failed because it mingled too deeply in 

 politics. The young folks pointed out 

 that the present farm organizations have 

 learned through the mistakes of their 

 predecessors. 



The six young folks from Jackson and 

 Randolph counties who threshed at the 



BEFORE THE "MIKE" AT WJBC 

 Young folks from DeWitt and Piatt counties. 



problem How does the Illinois property 

 tax affect the future of rural youth.'", 

 brought forth some really dirty linen 

 from the history of Jackson county. It 

 seems that the taxpayers of the county 

 paid for the upkeep of two wells for 2> 

 years after the wells had ceased to exist. 

 Those who believe their taxes too 

 high should go to their town meetings 

 and see to it that taxes are kept within 

 reason, the young folks urged. 



Those who went out to discover the 

 facts about the interdcpendency of farm- 

 ing, business and industry found that 

 with increased farm prices, farmers arc 

 buymg more and so are townspeople. 

 They found too, that much of the busi- 

 ness is now on a cash basis. They re- 

 ported that the "dollar down and a dol- 

 lar when you catch me " attitude has given 

 way to a sounder cash on the line " type 

 ol buying. 



NO "MIKE FRIGHT"' HERE 

 Montgomery and Christian county young people ready 

 to "go on." Left to right: Bill Ostermeler. Corine Daln, 

 John Chausse, Mary 

 Garwood. 



Frkovlch, Bernard Maiti, Harold 



A HEARTY LAUGH BROKE THE TENSION — 

 just before the Morgan-Cass forum went into the studio. 

 In the front row, Guy Husted. left, and Bill Coolidge, 

 second from right are the smiling farm advisers. 



