MAGIC ALADDIN TAKES THE AIR 

 This Ford transport spent 2 

 weeks taking up passengers 

 at Peoria this summer. It 

 used gas and oil pur- 

 chased from the Peoria 

 County Service Company. 



FARM BUREAU NEWS 

 In Pictures 



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 ^^ I ural, unusual photos. NO 

 fi^ JL OTHERS ACCEPTED. Action 

 pictures that tell a story preferred. 

 Enclose stamps for return. 



A FARM BUREAU 

 SERVICE 



Clarence Davis' 

 membership led to 

 his marrying Esther 

 Elliott. Vermilion 

 County Farm Bureau 

 office secretary. They 

 are shovrn leaving 

 the church. Prize 

 photo by Misses Len- 

 hart & Crabtree. 



TOP COW ($400) IN ILLINOIS HOLSTEIN SALE 

 Bred in the purple, she milked 526 lbs. butteriat with her first calf, tested 3.88%. 

 Consigned by the University of Illinois (See story on page 23). 



AERIAL VIEW OF STRIP CROPPING IN STEPHENSON COUNTY 

 Curving iields which hug the slope and protect soil from erosion are shown in 

 striking contrast to the old style square &elds in this aerial view taken near Dakota. 

 The strip-cropped field (center) is part of the complete erosion control program ap- 

 plied by D. C. Goeke in cooperation with the Soil Conservation Service. 



CONTEST WINNER 

 Second prize photo in the 

 Sports Festival Prize Picture 

 contest. Taken by Walter 

 Kimble, Edgar county. 



4-MILE PARADE 

 This float, bearing the Farm Bureau's message, 

 was one in Freeport's longest parade, August 27, 



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