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BILL JONES cased himself 

 down off his corn plow. He 

 pointed to the iron seat, r^^ y • ::v 



> ' 'Tm 50 now. But when Pm 

 65, you*ll not be finding me trying 

 to fit one of those things. I'll be 

 sitting pretty in a nice soft seat in 

 the shade watching some other fel- 

 low wearing a groove in himself 

 and I'll know just how he feels. 

 But I'll have me a pension. A 

 nice, fat, check coming in ever)* 

 month, and I'll be glad to let some- 

 body eke boimce around on a com 

 plow for a change. 



"I've done a good job of farming 



All Bill Jones did to arrange his pen- 

 ision was talk to the insurance man at 

 the County Farm Bureau. Of course 

 there are a lot of so-called ^^pensions/^ 

 But as Bill said, ^1 want something a 

 farmer can handle financially, and en- 

 joy when he gets it." So the Farm Bu- 

 reau insurance man fixed him up. It 

 won't take but a few minutes to get all 

 the details. Be sure and ask about the 

 **farmer's pension.'' 



laid eyes on when I'm 6$. The 

 boys will be working the (am. 

 I'll have plenty for mother and me. 



"But — if I can't do all those 

 things Fm counting on, mother 

 can. I've got that fixed up. And 

 she can do the things for me and 

 play-act like I was along. = 



V "Pshaw!— 65? I'll be spry as 

 a youngster the way I feel now. 

 I'm planning on having me a good 

 time when I'm 63. You kaow, 

 I get to dreaming about it rid- 

 ing around on this cem plow 

 and first thing, this iron seat gets 

 to feeling like a feather pillow and these 





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go there and sec if it's all it's cracked up 

 now I'm planning on doing a good job to be. When mother and me were mar- plugs of mine a couple of fancy trotters 

 of loafing. I've been getting up at the ried we couldn't go to Niagara Falls. But over in England, 

 crack of dawn — ^now I'm looking forward we're going now, and a lot of other places 

 to letting dawn crack itself crazy before besides. 



^^Maybe I'll get me a cottage near a 



I get up. I been watching people go 



North in the Summer and South in the lake and do some fancy fishing. Or go 



Winter — now I'm planning on a lot of visit the kids when I like, and put up at a at the County Farm Bureau. Tell him you 



"Sure you can get a pension. You're 

 no older than I am." - - 



Bill Jones was back on the com plow. 

 "You go see that insurance man €k>wn 



that galavanting myself. 



"I read about a lot of places like Mam- 

 moth Cave, Glacier Park, South America, 

 Mexico, Florida and such — now maybe I'll 



hotel, and not have to be a bother by stay 

 ing with them. 



"Mister! You're going to see the inde- surance Co., 

 pendentest, retiringest farmer you ever Chicago. 



want one of those farmer pensions fike 

 I'm getting. Giddap." Country Life In- 



60S So. Dearborn St., 



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