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SENATORS MAKE HAY 

 Senator Pat Harrison of Mississipi cuts a swath at a recent meeting of 

 Alfalfa Club on a Maryland farm. Senators Barkley, Kentucky; Bulow, 

 Dakota; lohnson, Colorado, and many other members of both houses 

 Congress belong to the Club. 



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CHARTER MEMBER — 

 of the Rock Island County Farm Bureau is 

 William H. Ashdown. At 82 he is a busy 

 man, does the milking, splits the wood and 

 tends the garden. Prize photo by Dick Crabb. 



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NO PUPPY LOVE. THIS 

 Wilma Russow, Livingston county, deep- 

 ly admires Trixie but the feeling isn't 

 mutual. Prize snapshot by Wilma's 

 grandmother. Mrs. Fred Bayer. 



HOW ARE YA FELLA" 

 Bill and Ted exchange an informal 

 greeting on Mrs. Alice Ettema's farm 

 in Cook county. 



CARROLL COUNTY HUSTLERS 

 M. P. Roske, farm adviser, and Vincent Olson, 

 service company manager, are confident that 

 1937 will be a banner year. 



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"SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH IT" 

 Farm Adviser Jonathan B. Turner presents the deed of a 120- 

 acre Fayette county form to Dean Mumford of the U. of I. col- 

 lege of agriculture. Fayette county, business men and farmers 

 raised the cash to buy the farm. Worked without soil treat- 

 >inent for 100 years, the farm provides an opportunity for ex- 

 tensive experimentation on soil and crop problems facing 

 southern Illinois farmers. 



OLDEST WORKING MULES IN ILUNOIS — 

 is the claim made for Tom, age 35, and lack, aged 

 36, by Dr. lohn H. Oliver of Henry county. They'va 

 worked almost every day on Dr. Oliver's iann ior 

 th* last 30 years. Prize picture by Dick Crabb. 



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