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Paid for clear, close up, natural photos. No 

 others accepted. Action pictures that tell a 

 story preferred. Enclose stamps for return. 



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ROCK PHOSPHATE MAKES THE 

 DIFFEHENCE 

 L. A. Gerish, Livingston county, show- 

 ing effect of trvo tons per acre of rock 

 phosphate spread ten years ago. Both 

 ports of the field hare been fanned alike. 



NO SUICIDE 

 "Mink usually drown them- 

 selves when caught," writes 

 Paul Hopfinger. St. Clair 

 county. To Trapper Hop- 

 finger, $1 for one of the few 

 photos of a trapped mink. 



FESTIVAL ATHLETES HONORED 

 Rural Youth members served. May 15, when more than 150 turned out to greet 

 DeKalb county's winning participants in the 1938 Illinois Farm Sports Festival. After 

 the banquet, a pep session. DeKalb led all counties in participation with 1925 points 

 and will be strong contenders this year. 



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RECORD BREAKER 

 Irene E. Schoene, 18. Madison county, 

 started going to Evangelical Sundoy 

 School in St. lacob when she was 2, 

 hasn't missed once in 16 years. She 

 hopes soon to teach there. Prize picture. 



MRS. HAROLD BRACKET? 

 Like Young Lochinvar, Manager Brackett 

 of the Producers Creamery of Carbondale 

 came out of the West. But unlike the 

 poetic hero he returned to the West for 

 his bride, Kathryn Dodds of Omaha. They 

 will celebrate their first anniversary 

 Oct. 13. 



THIS IS THE WAY ONION SETS ARE PLANTED IN COOK COUNTY ' 

 Alfred Landmeier, left, of North Cook tries out a new planter. His "horse" is the 

 feed and seed specialist of Lake-Cook Farm Supply Co., "Doc" Nordhausen. 



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