Essay Contest 



A Knox county boy. Earl Leng of 

 Williamsfield, was named winner of the 

 state calendar essay contest for 1937. A 

 southern Illinois girl, June Burge of 

 Centralia, Marion county placed second, 

 and a young Logan county lad, John 

 Fitzgibbon, Elkhart, only 8 years old 

 placed third. 



Honorable mention went to a number 

 of high school and grade school students 

 who turned in excellent essays suggested 

 by the 1937 lAA-Farm Bureau calendar. 

 These include Harvey Schweitzer of De- 

 Kalb county who won the state contest 

 last year, Marian Nelson, Bureau county, 

 Wendell Harper, Ford county, Harriet 

 Henne, Kendall county, Kenneth Mont- 

 gomery, Menard county, Wilbur Edge- 

 combe, Macon county, Melvin Rosche, 

 Montgomery county. 



EARL LENG 

 "ProgressiTa ianners no longer belies* 

 in selfish individualism." 



The winning essay is entitled "Organi- 

 zation, the Salvation of the Farmer." 

 "Marching along together farmers have 

 come far in the solution of their prob- 

 lems," begins the winning essay. "This 

 brief sentence quoted from the 1937 

 I. A. A. -Farm Bureau calendar accurately 

 describes the progress made by organized 

 farmers in their fight for national recog- 

 nition and respect. 



"Today, intelligent, progressive farm- 

 ers no longer believe in selfish individual- 

 ism, or in going it alone." They have 

 organized to fight for the interests of 

 American agriculture, which are ultimate- 

 ly the best interests of the American 

 people." 



June Burge, the second prize winner 

 chose for her subject 'Market Co-opera- 

 tively." Little John Fitzgibbon who 

 placed third wrote on the subject "Why 



SEPTEMBER, 1937 



JUNE BURGE 

 "A Marion County Lass, She" 



a Farmer Should Belong to the Farm 

 Bureau." John's essay .begins as follows: 



"Farming is a business. It should be 

 run in a business like way. A farmer 

 should not raise too much of any one 

 crop because it will make prices lower. 

 If too much of any crop is raised there 

 will be no sale for it. The F^arm Bureau 

 helps farmers to know how much to 

 raise so as to get a fair price. The I'.irm 

 Bureau teaches farmers how to farm 

 better. My Daddy belongs to the I'arm 

 Bureau and he says that it has helped 

 him in many ways. If the farmers all 

 join the Farm Bureau they have a belter 

 chance because there are more of them 

 all working for the same thing I think 

 when I am grown I shall belong to the 

 Farm Bureau." 



Several hundred essays were entered 

 in the Contest. Adviser I'rcd Hl.ickburn 

 of Marion county reported ^^ entries, 

 Marshall Putn.im. 26, Knox county, 1-1, 

 and so on. Approximately 2^ counties 

 carried on contests. 



Three state prizes will be awarded as 

 follows: First. IT-jewel wrist watth; 

 second, folding camera; third, fount.iin 

 pen and pencil set. 



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 will protect a $30.00 hog. 



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