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NEWS 



J. D. Bunting, manager of Iroquois Serv- 

 ice Company, Watseka, for seven years, be- 

 came manager of Morgan-Scott Service Com- 

 pany, Jacksonville, Dec. 1. He succeeds 

 Claude Jewsbury who resigned to enter the 

 grain business at Meredosia. 



Adams County Farm Bureau held its 

 annual meeting at Quincy, Oct 25. Adams 

 Service Company held its annual meeting at 

 the same time. Fred Keene of Lima and 

 Thomas Sturn of Quincy succeeded Gerald 

 Finlay and Earl Putman as directors. Pa- 

 tronage dividends of 10 to 15 per cent, 

 total of $11,013.00 were declared. Checks 

 averaging $20.20 were received by 545 

 member patrons. L. A. Rahn, representing 

 Illinois Farm Supply Company spoke at 

 the morning session, and Charles Eiken- 

 hauer, editor of the Quincy Herald Whig, 

 gave the principal address in the afternoon. 



Ed. O'Neal, president of the American 

 Farm Bureau Federation pleaded for national 

 farm unity in his address at the annual meet- 

 ing of the Montgomery County Farm Bu- 

 reau, Hillsboro, October 21st. O'Neal hon- 

 ored 150 twenty-year members who were 

 awarded gold AFBF pins. The Montgom- 

 ery County Farmers' Oil Company distrib- 

 uted $12,881.00 in patronage dividends un- 

 der the direction of Mr. Beaver who pre- 

 sented the management report. Five hun- 

 dred and fifty-six checks averaged $22.71 

 per member patron. All directors were re- 

 elected. 



The distribution of $261,000 in cash 

 patronage dividends in 14 years is the record 

 of Marshall-Putnam Oil 0)mpany. Manager 

 L. B. Cullen announced a patronage dividend 

 for 1939 of $31,007.39, an average of $39.75 

 per Farm Bureau member customer at the an- 

 nual meeting in Henry, October 28th, 



C. H. Becker, of Illinois Farm Supply Com- 

 pany congratulated the directors and members 

 on their year of outstanding business achieve- 

 ment. 



R. V. McKee and A. R. Wright of Varna. 

 and B. G. Hoyle of McNabb were reelected 

 as directors. 



Talraage DeFrees, vice-president of the 

 lAA, delivered the principal address at the 

 21st annual meeting of the Cass County 

 Farm Bureau in the new Farm Bureau 

 building, 'Virginia, Oct. 26. Annual meet- 

 ing of the Cass Farmers' Oil Company was 

 held in conjunction. Manager Hillebrenner 

 reported increases in volume and earnings 

 and passed out 379 patronage dividend 

 checks totaling $5,085, or an average of 

 $13.42 per member patron. Tribute to 

 Fred Ziegler, former manager who passed 

 away in April, was paid by W. B. Peterson, 

 Illinois Farm Supply Company, in an ad- 

 dress. All directors of the oil company were 

 re-elected. 



A 47% gain in net income was reported 



to Farm Bureau members of Clay, Marion, 

 and JeflFerson counties at the annual meet- 

 ing of the Egyptian Service Company, Ben- 

 ton, October 26th. More than $4,000 in 

 patronage dividends were distributed at the 

 close of the meeting. 



Foster McDonald, of Mt. Vernon, and 

 John Sullens, of Clay City, were elected to 

 the Board of Directors. Retiring directors 

 were H. Conaway and Leslie McElyea. W. 

 E. Williams was elected president, I. E. 

 Beall, vice-president, Foster McDonald, sec- 

 retary, and C. E. Persels, treasurer. 



A. G. Lowndes, Economic Dept., Bank of 

 New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Mr. 

 Lowndes requested the calendars after seeing 

 one in the office of Virgil B. Fielder. 

 Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Urbana. 



The Macoupin County Farm Bureau and 



Macoupin Service Company joint annual 

 meeting at Carlinville, November 18, at- 

 tracted 1500 Farm Bureau folks. Farm 

 Adviser Mowery reported outstanding prog- 

 ress in rural electrification and 4-H Club 

 membership and activities. Macoupin Serv- 

 ice Company distributed patronage divi- 

 dends of $26,695.00, reported lowest ac- 

 counts receivable in history of company. 

 The average dividend check returned was 

 about $30 as compared to $20 in 1937 and 

 $25 in 1938. Roy ODell of Piasa and 

 Charles Gibbel of Girard was elected serv- 

 ice company directors. Mr. Ault repre- 

 sented Illinois Farm Supply Company. 

 George Metzger, field secretary of the IAA, 

 was the principal speaker on the Farm 

 Bureau program. 



Parsnips may be harvested after they have 

 been exposed to cold weather and before 

 the ground is frozen solid. 



Familiar animals that hibernate in the 



winter are the bear, jumping mouse, chip- 

 munk, woodchuck, skunk, racoon, and some 

 bats. 



Charley Farm Bureau, with pep and fire, 

 Decided at 55 he'd retire. 

 Bought Himself some Country Life 

 Now He's traveling with his wife. 



lAA-Farm Bureau calendars for 1938, 

 1939 and 1940 were mailed recently to 



An acre of good pasture will produce 



from 150 to 500 pounds of meat a 

 year, giving such pasture a value of 

 $7.50 to $25 a year, even with animals 

 at only $5 a hundredweight, says E. 

 T. Robbins, livestock extension sp)ecial- 

 ist, College of Agriculture, University 

 of Illinois. 



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