women planned their own program. 

 The general theme for the year's preli- 

 minary study was Homemaking Objec- 

 tives. Such specific subjects as prepara- 

 tion for homemaking, good physical 

 development of children, development 

 of initiative, how to give a child a true 

 concept of God, and many others were 

 considered. 



One mother related her solution of a 

 problem in discipline. Her youngest of 

 three seemed to find pleasure in throw- 

 ing his spoon on the floor. After pick- 

 ing it up several times and requesting 

 him not to throw it again, which advice 

 he did not heed, she allowed the spoon 

 to remain on the floor. Dessert time 

 came, the older children ate theirs, but 

 the little boy had no spoon. "Isn't that 

 too bad," said Mother, "you have no 

 spoon." In spite of much wailing she 

 did not retrieve the spoon. The child 

 . did not throw any utensils out of his 

 chair or from the table again. 



As Mrs. Kelsey Parker, Nauvoo, com- 

 mented : "The discussion method used 

 in these lessons was of especial benefit 

 to us since other women would discuss 

 their problems and in that way we could 

 make application to our own prob- 

 lems." 



Last year, Hancock county requested 

 further guidance in Parent Education 

 and Family Living. The Executive 

 Board of the Home Bureau included the 

 subject in its program. Meetings were 

 scheduled and the topic chosen was 

 "Some Essentials for Growth in Family 

 Living." After the first meeting, when 

 the subject was talked about at home, 

 several of the men said, "Why can't 

 fathers have the benefit of these discus- 

 sions on family living?" As a result, 

 two new groups were organized and 

 three new discussions were held on 

 Family Living at which both fathers 

 and mothers were present. One father 

 tells of his experience in adopting one 

 of the suggestions. 



"They told us to establish a motive 

 for a child, no matter how young and 

 almost anything could be taught him. 

 While Mother was in the hospital, I 

 decided it would be a good time for 

 Sonny to graduate to more grown-up 

 ways at the table. So, we practiced, to 

 be ready 'when Mother comes home' 

 in using a napkin in place of a bib. It 

 was surprising how gallantly the little 

 fellow responded and how well he suc- 

 ceeded in handling his napkin. It was 

 easy because we had a reason.".- 



To show that the interest in making 

 better homes is carried on from 

 fathers and mothers to children. Miss 

 Walls cites an interesting experience. 

 This year in her class at the University 

 in Child Development, three seniors 



enrolled whose parents had participated 

 in the earlier study groups in their 

 own countries. "There is no doubt," 

 Miss Walls said, "that the influence of 

 fathers and mothers who have studied 

 successful family living affected the 

 interest of the young people in further 

 study along this line. Leaders in Han- 

 cock county, though modest about their 

 accomplishment in successful family liv- 

 ing, at least feel they have made a start 

 in a helpful direction." 



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j Homespun Yani| 



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Adequate light helps to prevent falls 



in homes. 



£gg-yolk is one of the best blood- 

 building foods for babies. 



Every small child needs a low chair, 

 a stool, or a box on which to sit or 

 climb sometime during the day, as, for 

 example, when he dresses, and gets 

 into bed. 



Twenty per cent of the school chil- 

 dren and 40 per cent of the college 

 students in the United States have de- 

 fective eyesight, says the Eyesight Con- 

 servation Council. 



Since sprinkling rayon garments is 



apt to leave water spots which show 

 even after ironing, it is more satisfac- 

 tory to iron these garments when they 

 are still partially wet from washing. 



NOTICE 



Illinois Agricultural Assodcrtion 



Election of Delegates 



Notice is hereby given that in con- 

 nection with the annual meetings of 

 all County Farm Bureaus to be held 

 during the month of November, 1937, 

 at the hour and place to be determined 

 by the Board of Directors of each re- 

 spective County Farm Bureau, the 

 members in good standing of such 

 County Farm Bureau, and who are 

 also qualified voting members of Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association, shall 

 elect a delegate or delegates to repre- 

 sent such members of Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association and vote on all 

 matters before the next annual meet- 

 ing or any special meeting of the as- 

 sociation, including the election of 

 officers and directors as provided for 

 in the By-Laws of the Association. 



During Novetnber, annual meetings 

 will be held in Bond, Brown, Clay, 

 Ford, Gallatin, Jasper, Lawrence, 

 Logan, Macoupin, Madison, Marion, 

 Schuyler, St Clair, Shelby and Wil- 

 liamson Counties. 

 Oct. 15, 1937 



Paul E. Mathias, 

 Corporate Secretary. 



Producers^ 



This noteworthy story was published 

 in the "Marion Evening Post" of Sep- 

 tember 23: 



" 'The Producers Creamery of Carbon- 

 dale is doing a fine piece of work,' com- 

 ments W. E. Gul ledge who lives about 

 five miles south of Marion on route 37. 



"The other day an old line creamery 

 man called at the home of Mr. GuUedge 

 and wanted to buy his cream. 



" 'I'm perfectly satisfied with the mar- 

 ket I have at Carbondale," Gulledge in- 

 sisted. 'They call at my home twice » 

 week, pick up my cream, leave my checic 

 and I don't have to worry a minute about 

 the tests and weights.' 



" 'But I am offering you a better price,' 

 argued the creamery man. 



" 'But,' countered Mr. GuUedge, "your 

 price wouldn't be as high if it was not 

 for our cooperative creamery at Carbon- 

 dale, and how do I know your weight* 

 and tests would be right ? Mr. Williams, 

 manager of the Producers Creamery of 

 Carbondale, gives honest weights an<f 

 tests and pays all the cream is worth. 

 And if there are any profits made on my 

 cream they will come back to me." 



"After this conversation the represent- 

 ative got in his truck and went on down 

 the road." 



Editoralizes the "Post:" 



"How many farmers today have the 

 vision and are looking forward to the 

 future of building a better market for 

 their own products.' If the volume of 

 cream could be increased sufficiently at 

 the Producers Creamery of Carbondale, 

 every farmer could receive a substantiaf 

 dividend each month. Why not give 

 them a chance to serve you?" 



The Producers Creamer)' of Carlinville* 



will be ready for operation about December 

 1st. A modern, fireproof building. 40 by 80" 

 feet was recently purchased. Negotiations are 

 now under way for modern equipment capable 

 of manufacturing a half million pounds of 

 butter annually. 



The Carlinville creamery, the ninth in s 

 chain of Illinois Producers Creameries will 

 serve producers in Macoupin, Madison, 

 Greene, Christian, Montgomery and BonJ 

 counties. More than $20,000 of capital stock 

 has been sold. 



A contraa to build 680 miles of 

 electric power line for the Eastern Illi- 

 nois Power Cooperative was awarded, 

 October 20, to the A. S. Schulman Elec- 

 tric Company of Chicago. According 

 to the agreement, the lines will be 

 completed around May 1, 1938. 



NOVEMBER, 1937 



