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Aliolia Pays 



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"I try to get good growthy western 

 Iambs weighing up to 60 or 70 pounds," 

 Mr. Breckenridge said. "I had as high 

 as 500 lambs on the farm at one time. 

 When they arrive I turn the lambs on 

 grass or stubble, or into the com field 

 after the com is picked. We plant soy- 

 beans in our com and also sow rape in 

 the last cultivation. The lambs usually 

 make excellent gains on this roughage 

 after which they are ready for finishing 

 in the dry lot. We keep the lambs as a 

 rule about 100 days, pasturing them 60 

 to 80 days and send them to market 

 weighing around 90 pounds." 

 Do Well on Lambs 



In the dry lot the lambs are started on 

 whole oats and then gradually they are 

 put on shelled corn and linseed meal 

 with alfalfa hay. "We usually do well 

 on our lambs, although one year we lost 

 heavily. We keep in close touch with 

 Emie Beilfus of the Chicago Producers 

 whose advice we find very helpful." 



The Breckenridges keep their farm 

 buildings in top notch condition. One 

 bam was built in 1901, the other added 

 to in 1922. One tile silo was erected 

 in 1913, the other in 1915, and the 

 house was remodeled in 1926. The 

 buildings were painted with SOYOIL 

 paint in the fall of 1935 by the Illinois 

 Painting Company of Rockford. 



Mrs. Breckenridge has one of the 

 finest flower gardens and long row vege- 

 table gardens to be seen in the state. She 

 takes a great deal of pride in her home 

 which is well landscaped with flowers, 

 trees and shrubs. The poultry flock also 

 is one of her interests. 



Training Is Needed 



Mr. Breckenridge who attended Lake 

 Forest College from 1891-'93, is a firm 

 believer in education. He believes, how- 

 ever, that college freouently educates 

 boys and girk away from the farm. 

 "TTiere never was a time when knowl- 

 edge and training were needed more 

 everywhere" he said. One daughter, 

 Annette Jean, is a graduate of Rodkford 

 College; the second one, Ina Maude, is 

 a student at the University of Illinois. 

 The Breckenridges' son Ronald, decided 

 to try city life. He is employed in 

 Rockford. 



Mr. Breckenridge is a charter member 

 of the Winnebago County Farm Bureau 

 and has continued his membership since 

 that time. "While many of the local 

 projects are commendable and have been 

 of great benefit to the farmers who have 

 availed themselves of the services of- 

 fered," he said, "I think the benefits ac- 

 complished through organization in a 

 state and national way have been of most 

 value to the farmers of our state and na- 

 tion. 



OCTOBER. 1937 



"IT WAS ALMOST A TOSS UP" 

 When nine tractors finished on economy 

 test at Wheatland. The winner, above, 

 traveled a few ieet farther than com- 

 petitors. Right: Leslie Lewis, manager of 

 the Will-DuPage Service Comp>any. pro- 

 moted the test ituaished the hiel. 



Wheatland Plowing Match 



Results of the fuel economy test spon- 

 sored by the Will-DuPage Service Com- 

 pany at the Wheatland Plowing Match, 

 September 11, were so close that Engi- 

 neers Shawl and Hay of the University of 

 Illinois carried decimals to four places 

 to correctly determine the standing of the 

 entrants. 



Two gallons of fuel were placed in the 

 empty tanks of each of the nine tractors 

 in the test. After the tanks were sealed 

 with wax the tractors plowed until they 

 ran out of fuel. Shawl and Hay graded 

 the performance of each based on a 

 perfect score of 60% for economy, 30% 

 for depth and uniformity and 10% for 

 quality. 



At the end of the test an Oliver tractor 

 had plowed 1.144 acres, was scored 97.75 

 to place first. Second best was a Graham- 

 Bradley with 1.116 acres, a score of 

 97.28. Third place was given an Allis- 

 Chalmers with 1.108 acres plowed and a 

 score of 97.11. The first two used Magic 

 Aladdin gasoline, the A.C., Distillate 

 "T." 



All tractors in the test used rubber 

 tires. Two pulled three plows. Manufac- 

 turers represented in the test were Allis- 



"Much has been accomplished in the 

 past few years through organization, 

 proving to the country at large that agri- 

 culture is the nation's basic industry and 

 that the nation's prosperity depends to a 

 great extent on the success and prosperity 

 of agriculture. The further dissemination 

 of this point of view is one of the great 

 contributions the Farm Bureau can make 

 for the future benefit of our industry." 



Chalmers, Case, Graham-Bradley, Huber 

 and Oliver-Hart Parr. 



High lights of the 60th annual WTieat- 

 land plowing match were: (1) No horse- 

 drawn plows were used, (2) Orville .• 

 Schroyer, Kane county, retained the • 

 World's championship won last year. (3) 

 Winner in the open class was John 

 Chrisse, 19, who was born in Chicago, 

 raised in Aurora and has never lived on 

 a farm. (4) Winner in the class for 

 boys under 16 was Clarence Shoger, son 

 of Carl Shoger, five times world champ. 

 (5) Attendance 10,000, largest in the 

 history of the match. 



Mid-State Supply 



Company Organized 



Organized by the Peoria County Service 

 Company as a subsidiary, the Mid-State 

 Supply Company will be ready, October 

 1, to distribute Blue Seal feeds, Bethan- 

 ized fence and other supplies handled 

 by the Illinois Farm Supply Company to 

 farmers on a coof)erative basis, announces 

 the Peoria County Farm Bureau. 



A warehouse in which several carloads 

 of supplies can be stored has been leased 

 by the new co-op at 301 Alexander 

 street, Peoria. Farmers in Peoria and sur- 

 rounding counties may buy direct from 

 the Mid-State company or from elevators, 

 members of Illinois Grain Corpwration, 

 that are cooperating in the movement. 



Fred Pollock, manager of Peoria Coun- 

 ty Service Company, will also direct ac- 

 tiviries of the new enterprise. O. B. Rate- 

 kin has been employed as field repre- 

 sentative. 



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