FARM BUREAU NEWS 

 In Pictures 



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FARMERS — THE YOUNGEST GENERATION 



1. Joyce Lohmeier, 3, Stephenson county, is an 

 out-door girl. Prize photo. 



2. Dexter Norton, Jr., 2, of Kane county, ready 

 to market the milk. Prize picture. 



3. Ray and Bobbie Pals, aged 6 and 1, have a 

 faithful pal in old Shep. Prize snapshot by the 

 boys' mother, Mrs. Lawrence Pals, lasper county. 



4. Assistant to Farm Adviser Homer Eeamah- 

 gan of loDaviess county is his son, Patrick. 



TOP-FLIGHT CORN HUSKERS 

 Left: Although John Willilord, 34, Champaign 

 county, bos never entered a husking contest, he 

 claims a record. This fall he husked 30 days 

 averaging 118 bushels a day. Prize photo by 

 R. M. Baxter. 



Right: Tall, wiry and straight, 83-year-old T. 

 J. Hite, LaSalle county, rounded out his 75th com 

 harvesting season this fall. His loads averaged 

 35 bushels, says C. C. Tisler who sent in the 

 prize picture. 



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HYBRID TRACTOR 

 John Johnson, Champaign county, built this tractor — half Ford and half 

 International truck — to operate his 120-acre form. He plans to farm 240 acres 

 with it in 1939. The hybrid will travel from one to lilty miles per hour and 

 will do anything but plow com, he says. Prize photo by H. M. Baxter. 



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EXTRAORDINARY KITTENS 

 Norman Wagner, IS, Monroe 

 county, caught four baby 

 skunks and raised them on 

 bread and milk. They are full 

 grown now and as tame as 

 any other kittens, he says. 

 Prize photo. 



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