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ST BATH 

 and Ruth Pauls- 

 nfy, washed their 

 >y the Producers. 

 /jc per pound. 



:k. fat and wall 

 irrow. 



IH'S 

 Imes. 1917-23: C. 

 1-36; Chas. Holler, 

 bert Clarke, 1913 



Alialfa Pays 



(Conlinned from f>jge !_i) 



"I try to get good growthy western 

 lambs 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 corn field 

 after the com is picked. VC'e plant soy- 

 beans in our corn and also sow rape in 

 the last cultivation. The lambs usually 

 make excellent gains on this rough.ige 

 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 art- 

 put on shelled corn and linseed meal 

 with alfalfa hay. "NX'e usually do well 

 on our lambs, although one year we lost 

 heavily. VC'e keep in close touch with 

 Ernie Beilfus of the Chicago Producers 

 whose advice we find very helpful." 



The Breckenridges keep their farm 

 buildings in top notch condition. One 

 barn 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 gre.it deal of pride in her home 

 which is well landscaped with flowers, 

 trees and shrubs. The poultrj- 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 frequently educates 

 boys and girls away from the farm. 

 "There never was a time when knowl- 

 edge and training were needed more 

 everywhere" he said. One daughter, 

 Annette Jean, is a graduate of Rockford 

 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 Count)- 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 .ic- 

 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 



' Trpctoi 



■IT WAS ALMOST A TOSS UP ■ 

 When nine tractors finished an economy 

 test at Wheatland. The winner, above, 

 traveled a few feet farther than com- 

 petitors. Right: Leslie Lewis, manager oi 

 the Will-DuPage Service Company, pro- 

 moted the test, furnished the fueL 



Wheatland Plowing Match 



Results of the fuel etonoiny test spon 

 sored by the Will-DuPage Service (com- 

 pany at the VC'hcatland Plowing .Match. 

 September 11, were so close that Engi 

 neers Shawl and Hay of the University ol 

 Illinois carried decimals to four pLucs 

 to correctly determine the standing ot tin. 

 entrants. 



Two gallons of fuel were placed in the- 

 empty tanks of e.ich of the nine tractors 

 in the test. After the tanks were scaled 

 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 etonomy, 30'' r 

 for depth and uniformity and ICr for 

 quality. 



At the end of the test an Oliver tractor 

 had plowed I.Hi acres, was scored 9"."^ 

 to place first. Second best was a Cir.iham- 

 Bradley with 1.116 .icres, a -icore ot 

 97.28. Third pLice was given an Allis 

 Chalmers with 1.108 acres plowed and a 

 score of 9".l 1. The first two used Magic 

 Aladdin gasoline, the A.C., Oistillaie 

 "T." 



All tractors in the test used ruWxr 

 tires. Two pulled three plows. ManLitai- 

 turers represented in the test were Allis- 



"Much has been accomplished in the 

 p.ist few years through organization, 

 proving to the country at large that .i^ri 

 culture is the nation's basic industry and 

 that the nation's prosperity depends to .i 

 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. ( asc. Graham Bradley. Hubcr 

 and Olivcr-Hart Parr. 



High lights of (he 60th annual Wheat- 

 land plowing match were: (1 ) Xo horse- 

 drawn plows were used. ( .' ( Orville 

 Siliroyer, Kane county, retained tlie 

 World s ihampionship won last vear. (3) 

 Winner in the open class was lohn 

 (hrissc, 19, who was born in diicigo, 

 raised in .Aurora and has never lived on 

 a farm. ( i) Winner in the ilass for 

 boys under 16 was ( lareme Shoger, son 

 ot Carl Shoger. five times world thamp. 

 (5) Attendance lO.OOO. largest m the 

 liistorv of the inatih. 



Mid-State Supply 



Company Organized 



Organized by the Peoria C ounty Service 

 Company as a subsidiarv. the Mid-State 

 Supply Company vvill be readv. (Vtoher 

 1. to distribute Blue Seal feeds, Beilian- 

 izcd lence and other supplies handled 

 by the Illinois I'arm Supplv ( onip.iiu to 

 farmers on a cooperative basis, announres 

 the Peoria C ountv 1 arm Bureau 



A warehouse in which several larloads 

 ot supplies can be stored has been leased 

 by the new co-op at sOI .Alexander 

 street. Peoria, l-'armers in Peoria and sur- 

 rounding counties m.iv buv direil from 

 the .Mid-State lompany or from elevators, 

 members of Illinois (irain Corporation, 

 that are cooperating in the movement. 



Ired Polloek, manager of Piniria Coun- 

 ty Service Company, will also direct ac- 

 tivities of the new enterprise. ( ). B. Rate- 

 kin has btx-n employed as field repre- 

 sentative. 



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