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A UVELY SPOT AT 4 PM. 

 Armloads oi letters, the product of 155 typewriters in lAA and associated 

 company offices, are brought to the central mailing room each afternoon to be 

 stamped and sealed in an automatic machine. Lelt to right are Eleanor Hart, 

 Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Company, Urban Henderson, Country Life, Gladys 

 Koglin, sorter, and Raymond Morrison, clerk. Mail to County Farm Bureaus is 

 combined and sent to each office in large envelopes. Last year more than 1,200,- 

 000 pieces of mail were handled. 



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De KALB COUNTY'S PRIDE 

 Outstanding 4-H Club workers are, left to right, Morsch Leifheit, 

 Harvey Schweitzer, Ir., Earl Pritchard, Alvin Bastion and Don Mosher. 



LAYING OUT A FIELD FOR STRIP CROPPING 

 More land will be worked on contours in Illinois this year than ever before, soil con- 

 servationists say. This field on the Francis Holmes farm, Stephenson county, was cropped 

 in contour strips last year. 



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A FUN-LOVING SCAMP 

 Although very young and bliss- 

 fully unaware of his place in the 

 world, this Rat Terrier pup is full 

 of pep and mischief. Prize snap- 

 shot by Spencer Folgate, Stephen- 

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