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IT COULD HAVE BEEN A GULLY 

 Cosgrove never plowed the waterway that runs 

 across his field. It is 40 feet wide, thickly covered 

 with rank orchard grass, permits run-ofi water to 

 escape without eroding. 



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TURKEYS, A DIFFICULT CROP TO RAISE 

 Much oi Gilbert Malach's yearly income comes from 

 500 turkeys. Foul Cholera took the flock in 1935, wire 

 floors and clean range now prevent it. Day-old poults 

 cost 40c and 80% raised is a high average. 



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f oss;ro\t bc-qan to l.irrn it. He s.iw the 

 possibility ot nullyint; .iiij kit tlie clun- 

 ncl in hluc yrass. 



In a lew years C os^ro\e observed that 

 his yr.iss waterway was not wide enough 

 W'.ishiniL; lontiniied alony the sides ilur- 

 ini; heavy rains. He left a wider strip 

 wiienevcr lie loimd it necessary. Now 

 the strip, averatjinp V)^', Icet in width, 

 totaiini; about tour atrcs, has been rein- 

 tort eil with a seeiiing of orchard Lrrass 



' Vi'e aren't worryini; about the lost 

 iniomc from this strip. It s saving soil 

 for this boy and the likes of him, " John 

 pointed out indicating a youthful member 

 of tlie party. "Any way, we're pettint; 

 more corn from our fields than ever 

 before. Limestone, sweet clover and 

 Hybrid seed are responsible for the 

 increase. 



A. (", Hensel, Bureau county, has been 

 even more successful than Cosgrove in 

 building soil fertility. He. too, is more 

 interested in having a good living in the 

 coiintry than in accumulating wealth. It 

 is interesting to note that both men, 

 striving for a higher standard of living, 

 have increased the fertility of their land 

 and thus have increased its value. 



Mr. and Mrs. Hensel live in a neat, 

 well landscaped bungalow, have the ad- 

 vantages of electric power and live more 

 comfortably on the income of their 160 

 than most city folks with similar invest- 

 ments do. There arc no children. 



Hensel's farm shows more than the 

 other two farms visited on the tour the 

 benetits of barnyard manure. The 

 Hensel's income is derived largely from 

 purebred Hampshire hogs and Shorthorn 

 cattle. Many of the 1-H Club calves 

 fed in Bureau. Lee and surrounding 

 counties this summer came from the 

 Hensel herd. These calves made enviable 

 recorils in all the -i-H Club shows this 

 fall. 



Hensel surprised the group when he 

 told them that he works his 160 acres 

 with horses and does not hire help. He 



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stated that his yearly cash outlay tor labor 

 is less than S-^. He trades labor, how- 

 ever, with neighbors. 



Prof, Mosher pointed out that Hmsel s 

 cropping system which includes 29 per 

 cent corn, 22 per cent small grain, and 

 16 per cent alfalfa levels otT labor peaks 

 and makes it possible for Hensel to do 

 his own work. He showed, too. that 

 Hensel is getting the same amount of 

 corn per .icre that other farmers harvest 

 trom two .teres. 



Hensel's crop land has all been limed 

 heavily and grows legumes easily. Practi- 

 cal application of farming methods that 

 were tested JO years ago is paying Mr. 



THIS association must avoid poli- 

 tics and political entanglements 

 as it would avoid the devil if he 

 were actually abroad in the land 

 seeking whom he might devour, the 

 example of the Nonpartisan League 

 to the contrary notwithstanding. We 

 have difficulties, even grievances, to 

 be sure, but they must be adjusted 

 by the ordinary processes of busi- 

 ness or by the orderly procedures 

 of government. We do not need 

 and we must not aspire to get pos- 

 session of the machinery of govern- 

 ment in order to obtain our rights 

 and privileges. In that way too. 

 lies oblivion, for society will com- 

 bine against any class that under- 

 takes either to force its demands 

 irrespective of others' rights, or to 

 get possession of the government. 

 The recent experience of Labor both 

 in England ond in the United States 

 has demonstrated this fact in free 

 government. It has even given rise 

 to a paraphrase on Lincoln's famous 

 words to the effect that no single 

 class is good enough or wise 

 enough to govern society without 

 that society's consent. Public opin- 

 ion is set upon this point, and pub- 

 lic opinion is the one thing in the 

 ivorld that is stronger even than 

 government. It is public opinion 

 that has just taught its lesson to the 

 Labor party in England and to strik- 

 ing labor in this country. — Eugene 

 Davenport Before 5th lAA Annual 

 Convention, Jan. 14, 1920. 



and Mrs. Hensel enormous dividends in 

 better living, Mosher said. 



The first farm visited on the tour is 

 operated by (iilbcrt Malach and owned 

 by his father. His chief sources of in- 

 come are a Holsteiri herd and turkeys. 



L'ntil recently. Malach has been send- 

 ing his milk to the Chicago market. 

 When one of his neighbors sold his herd 

 there was not enough milk in the vicin- 

 ity to p-iy the hauler to travel 50 miles 

 for It. He is now selling his milk to 

 a local cheese factory at a reduced price. 



Malach buys ")()() day old poults each 

 spring. They are raised on wire until 

 they have feathered sutTiciently to sur- 

 vive heavy rains. Then they are put 

 on clean range. With average success, 

 i\Lalach raises 80 per cent of the birds. 



In the fall and winter he dresses and 

 sells the fowls to butchers thus avoiding 

 loss through fluctuations of city produce 

 markets. Hour persons can pick, pin and 

 dress about 40 birds a day, Malach says. 



He buys Narragansett poults because 

 that breed matures early, fattens at 10 

 to 1 "i pounds and are hardier than some 

 of the other breeds. The biggest advan- 

 tage of the breed is early maturity and 

 small size thereby producing fowls that 

 bring premium prices. 



The Malach turkeys are fed "cafeteria 

 style. ' They have access to hoppers of 

 2 I per cent protein mash, corn and oats 

 at all times. In this way they balance 

 their own ration. 



While the corn yields on the 240 acre 

 .Malach farm are better than average, 

 Ciilbert is constantly striving to increase 

 them. He knows that the first step to a 

 greater income is to secure high crop 

 yields. 



Says Mrs. J. V. Stevenson, president 

 of the Illinois Home Bureau Federa- 

 tion, "It is possible that rural electri- 

 fication may cause people to flock from 

 the city to the country through provid- 

 ing modern conveniences in small 

 towns and on farms," 



I. A. A. RECORD 



A FLYI 

 Andrew Nafzige 

 son. Eldon Dea: 

 Mr. and Mrs. Eld 

 uncles, lohn, A 

 Tazewell Count 

 bers. Uncle Ral] 

 of both Farm Bui 

 pony. 



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Ebb Harris, 



committeeman 



chairman Tain 



members. 



where the 2 

 ary 26, 27 c 

 reserved, 

 hotels." say 



