They Get A Kick 



Out Of Farming 



Bert and Carl Fletcher 



V I OV don't have to talk very lonp 

 ^sJ# to .1 man on the farm to dis- 



.^-y cover whether or not lie is p,ct- 

 (mg a kick out of farming. In fact you 

 don t have to talk at all. Just take a 

 look at the farm, the livestock, the buiKI 

 mgs. the fence rows, the crops. If you 

 find them in tip top order, nme out of 

 ten times there s a fellow around who 

 likes his job. And usually lies doing 

 well at it. 



If you should ilro]-) m some day on 

 the I-'letther brothers, Ikrt and Carl, 

 down in Auburn Township, S.mcamon 

 county, prepare to enjoy yourself. They 

 are not only tine gentlemen, hospitable 

 to the core, but they'll inspire you with 

 their enthusiasm, their salty philosophy, 

 and their love of thrifty, well bred live- 

 stock and good farming. 



Bert and Carl Fletcher love the land 

 as their father and grandfather did be- 

 fore them. As a young man Bert, who 



IS a b.Khelor. took a job tor a while 

 keeping books and helping run the af- 

 fairs of a man who had more property 

 land, local utilities ,ind what not ih.in 

 he could handle himself 



'My employer offered mo something 

 pretty gooil to stay \Mth him. Mert said, 

 "but I got tired of lile m town. The 

 farm always looked good lo mc vo 1 

 went back and I've never regretted it 

 ^X'ork in the citv is all right it you like 

 it But I like it better on the farm 



Anil because Bert and C arl like farm 

 iiig they have been loyal I'arm Bureau 

 members throughout the ye.irs. I lie\ 

 won the 10 acre corn yield contest ot 

 the Sangamon County Farm Bureau years 

 ago with an average of II6.1 bu. per 

 acre; they have one of the few lierils o! 

 medium type, purebred Poland Chin.is 

 in the state; they are inveterate crop 

 rotaters, alfalfa growers, and producers 

 of market topping cattle; and they al 



v\ays ha\e some good mules around to 

 work anil sell when a buyer shows up. 



.Speaking of mules, Bert said: 'He's 

 the only animal on the farm that s got 

 .1 governor on him He won t over eal. 

 oxer-ilrink, and he seldom gels into 

 trouble. A man s foolish to use a trac 

 tor to plow corn wh<n he tan use mules 

 that eat up the surplus we complain 

 about.' And the I'letdiers ha\e a trac 

 tor, too. 



One ot the sei rets ol high crop yields 

 on the >J() acre I'letcher (arm is plenty 

 ol grass In fact, about one thiril ot 

 this level, black lanvl is kept continuously 

 111 allalla. red cicner, sweet clover, tim 

 Dthy and blue grass tor pasture and hay 

 This year much of the winter wheat went 

 down because of the heavy growth. The 

 corn averages 6S to ~() bushels an acre 

 Wheat made 60 bushels an acre in one 

 ot the war years when it sold for $2.1*5 

 ,1 bushel. 



THE CATTLE FEEDER IS A MANUFACTURER . . . 

 one of the country's most important citizens — the best 

 customer of the corn farmer and the western cattle raiser." 



HE'S THE ONLY ANIMAL ON THE FARM 

 that's got a governor on him. He won't over-eat. over-drink 

 and he seldom gets into trouble." 



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