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EFFICIENT PRODUCTION PLUS 



V^v HE Farm Bureau had its beginning in 



/ the wave of enthusiasm for better 



^^ farming and the practical application 



of scientific discoveries to agriculture which 



swept over the com belt before the war. 



Today, better farming remains the foun- 

 dation of this progressive organization, but 

 the thinking farmers who control it have 

 broadened their concept of what a really 

 representative association should do. 



They soon learned that efficient produc- 

 tion meant not only soil improvement, better 

 seed, insect and disease control, and thrifty 

 livestock but also organized buying of farm 

 supplies, cooperative insurance service and 

 reduction of fixed overhead expenses which 



uncontrolled can soon eat up all the gains 

 made by higher yields. .. i . 



Farmers realized, too, that efficient pro- 

 duction is of small avail without a profitable 

 market. And so the economic ramifications 

 of price, and all the things that affect it, hove 

 necessarily held the spotlight of organized 

 farm interest since the drastic post-war de- 

 flation. ;. , : _;vv-,_;;^.-V\-'; •' ' ' ■, :>■'- r'.^- J ' - : . 



Thinking farmers in Illinois are organ- 

 ized, today, more than 73,000 strong, under 

 the banner of the Farm Bureau and Illinois 

 Agricultural Association. They know that 

 united action guided by clear thinking offers 

 the only opportunity to solve their common 

 problems. j 



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ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION 



Largest State Farm Organization in America 



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