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THE HONNAID HOME 

 "The shrubs and border Mrs. Honnald designed herself." 





THE YARD A BEAUTIFUL OUTDOOR ROOM 

 "Roses are the (lowers I like best for the house.' 



nald says. A rabbit hops and nibbles 

 unafraidly in and out from the bushes, 



"But 1 do other things," Mrs. Hon- 

 nald insists. "My hook rugs have been 

 used as demonstrations at the Home Bu- 

 reau meetings. They are my pleasure in 

 the winter time." 



One rug, made of her daughters old 

 dresses, was a flower pattern. The border 

 Mrs. Honnald designed herself. If she 

 isn't designing plans for the flowers she 

 is making designs in rugs! 



Mrs. Honnald does all the edging, dig- 

 |;ing, weeding and planting herself. Mr. 

 Honnald decl.ires she won't even allow 

 him to set a plant lest he put it in the 

 ground up side down. 



l-'or suggestions to a beginner m flower 

 raising, she offers only one. 



"You have to love them. Then your 

 hack won't athe. They will repay all 

 that you give them." 



I carried the fragrance of those flowers 

 eighty miles home, and the memory will 

 remain of a pleasant afternoon .uul .i 

 gracious personality all the rest of my 

 life. No woniler flume Bureau members 

 plan to have their meetings at Mrs Hon- 

 nalds home in the summer time. 



NOIK 1 

 II.I.INOIS AfiKICUI.Il KAI. 

 AS,S(K lATION 

 I I.ICIION OF nKI.HGATH.S 



Noiicf i•^ hereby piviii in (onncciicin 

 \^iih ihf annual niceiin); of the ()j;le 

 County I'arni fUireau, tn be held dnr- 

 inj; the month of June, 19.?8, at the 

 hour and pl.Ke to be determined by 

 the Hoard of Directors of said ('ounty 

 farm Bureau, the members in uood 

 standing of such County Farm Bureau 

 and who are also qualified voiinj; 

 memf>ers of Illinois Afjricultural As- 

 sociation shall elect a delefjate or 

 delegates to represent such mem- 

 bers of Illinois Apritultural Assoei- 

 ation and vote on all matters be- 

 fore the next annual mectinf; or any 

 special meeting of the association, in- 

 cluding the election of officers and 

 directors as provided for in the By- 

 l.aws of the Association. 



(Spd) Paul K. Mathias. 

 Corporate Secretary. 

 Dated May 16, 1938 



JiLme5ionQ and. J^lto5pkatQ J^au tfete 



LD. ARMSTRONG, who farms 325 acres in Warren county, bought a carload of 

 • limestone, the first in that part of the country. 15 years ago. While other folks 

 derided him about graveling his farm and mixing soil and stone to make concrete. Arm- 

 strong went ahead with his soil improvement plan using limestone, rock phosphate and 

 legumes. Idle chatter ceased when his corn yield rose IS to 20 bushels per acre to near 

 the present average of 70 bushels. 



"Every crop acre has been limed and nearly all of my land has been rock phos- 

 phatcd al the rate of 500 to 1000 pounds per acre. For alfalfa and sweet clover I would 

 rather have rock phosphate than limestone," he says. 



Recently he drilled 300 pounds of rock phosphate with alfalfa seed with complete 

 success. The alfalfa made an excellent stand with a nurse crop of oats which yielded 

 60 bushels. Some of Armstrong's land is now receiving the second limestone applica- 

 tion. He spread 180 tons in 1937. 



A substantial part of the crops are marketed through 100 to 150 beef cattle that he 

 feeds each year. They help in the soil building program. 



L. D. ARMSTRONG OF WARREN COUNTY 

 "The beef cattle help in the soil improvement program." 



Members of the Pure Milk Associa- 

 tion, etfectivc May 6, are to receive 

 approximately Sl.7l per 100 lbs. for 

 milk testing \M/f butterfat F.O.B. 

 country plants This compares with 

 S2.0*) for cwt. for milk in April. The 

 new base price is ^ 3c over condensery 

 price. Surplus will be 10c under con- 

 densery. 



Rural "^ outh Day at the Producers' Cream- 

 ery of Champaii;n was held >X'ednesday, 

 May 18. 1938 Piatt County was represented 

 by .1 group of sixteen, Shelby County five. 



The progr.im for the day began with a 

 tour of the creamery. The young people 

 witnessed receiving the cream, testing, pas- 

 teurizing, churning, cooling, refrigeration, 

 and putting up Prairie Farms butter in the 

 print room ready for the consumer. 



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