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Good momin' John! Yer jest too late 

 To Bee Ring put a feller out the gate. 

 He's another one e' them corn-hog 



i\^ spludgin' 'round with a fountain 

 ;''^-:-pen, 



A tryin' to trick 



me into co-op- 



•V eration; 



But IVe heard all 



about their 



baitin/ 



And I'm one bird 

 that they can't 

 fool 



Per I'm as shrewd as an adult mule. 

 I asked *im how he'd got his job, 

 And if he blonged to the graftin' 

 .;■ mob, ^'^'v'^i^^v./^;'.. 



Then I up and told 'im goodin' ruff " 

 I wuz tired uve this here government 

 : stuff; o^-"'.^":-?;^^ ' ^•'^-^^•:-;:.:K-:^ 



;And they wuzent a guverment any- 

 ''? where •■■.■.-•■.:;••:'■•'...•■; ■■-'■'■■■■'■ ■ y---- 



That could tell me as how I didn't 



■.•^•;dare ••.•'":.■•.-:•.. ■^;■; ■•".■.■ ^.-z- :'/ .• ■■..•" .r'- ;.', 



To raise all the pigs that Old Bess 



Er plant the forty in com, by-dad. 

 I guess he thot I ment what I sed v 

 Per he just kindy shuck his head v 

 And sed that hit was awful funny 

 Pellers like me didn't need the munny. 

 But ye see I know'd where he got his 

 And if I didn't sign hit'd hurt his biz, 

 Then I spat and told 'im to his face 

 ;That me and Jake would run this 



place. 



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Now Joe, why don't you think a bit 

 V 'Stead a braggin' and blowin' about 

 ";•-.. yer wit. ... •, ••■.;.•;• v-..':-..- 



: Your ignorance has filled ye full of 



fears •'•/"'■• '•:•; .. . . ^ . 



,. You'v got yer thumbs poked in yer 

 ■.:. ears ■■■■■•■ ' •••■'■' ■'■'•'■ ••••-•'''"■ ^ ■'•■;•■•:..■; 

 So you can't hear the facts at all 

 .When on yer old flat head they fall. 

 If you'd sit up tonight and think ' 

 Tomorrow you'd be a different gink. 

 Where will yer figgerin lead ye to? 

 I'll betcha that never occured to you 

 All yer work don't help yer none, - 

 Why don't ye rest and have some fun ? 

 We'll eat this surplus up, by Joe, 

 Then when we work we'll make some 



dough. 

 Ever hear uve the man with a dozen 

 •/'■ kids '•■•.. 



How he put wisdom 'neath their lids 

 With a bundle uve sticks they failed 

 ^'to break "■-■ ■'-' 



Then up the old man wisely spake. 

 Long as you lads stand hand in hand 

 You need fear no enemy in the land. 

 ^ : ^ ;• — Harry B. Claar 



Knox Counfy Farm Bureau's New Building and Modern 

 : Service Station Dedicated Recently 





THE front office of the building 

 downstairs contains desks and 

 files of stenographers and 

 clerical help. Following down the 

 corridor to the right is the farm ad- 

 viser's office, assistant's office, insur- 

 ance department, auditor, mimeograph 

 and addressograph room and directors' 

 meeting room. v - 



On the north side of the building 

 as one enters is a ladies' rest room. 

 Following down the hall on the left is 

 the Knox County Oil Company's of- 

 fice, a storeroom and a small meeting 

 room being used for the corn and hog 

 program. .v^ 



■'" On the second floor an auditorium 

 seats between 500 and 600, has a stage 

 at the front end of the building and 

 an entrance in the rear of the build- 

 ing. There is a full basement which 

 houses the office and laboratory of 

 the Galesburg Pure Milk Association. 

 The basement also contains the boiler 

 room, seed-corn testing equipment, 

 seed-corn storage room, etc. 



* The building is constructed chiefly 

 of brick, concrete and steel and is sub- 

 stantially fire proof. A large parking 

 space in the rear of the building is 

 available for members. .:.■■■■■.., . 



The total cost of the building, in- 

 cluding heating and plumbing equip- 

 ment, was $15,863.96. The furniture 

 and other equipment brought the total 

 to approximately $17,500. 



The building was made possible 

 through the efforts of the board of 

 directors who started some 12 years 

 ago on a planned budget system set- 

 ting aside small amounts each year 

 to erect such a building. The new 

 structure and its equipment will be 

 entirely paid for out of savings with- 

 out indebtedness on the property, 

 , The present board of directors is as 



follows: James McKee, Harry Gehring, 

 Harold Roberts, H. S. Brown, T. J.; 

 Sullivan, H. B. Behringer, Roy Patty,' 

 Robert Gibbs, Edwin Gumm, S. E. 

 Ecklund, L. E. Olson, A. L. Doubet,;- 



A. J. Ryden, K. V. Lacy, Jesse Arie, 



B. L. Baird, C. M. Hunter, Guy Routh, 

 Ira Moats and Bernard Mathews. 



The building committee that super- 

 vised the building consisted of T. J. 

 Sullivan of Galesburg, Ira Moats of 

 Maquon and Guy Routh of Hermon, • 





Wool Grower Who f>' 

 / ,^, Sells At Any Price - 



Breaks the Market 



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The wool grower who is willing to 

 sell at any price is the culprit who 

 breaks the market, according to the 

 National Wool Marketing Association. 

 If all the wool in the United States 

 were shipped east on consignment in 

 the hands of dealers, and the National 

 prices could be held where they are, 

 there would be a real opportunity to 

 raise them. ; v . 



• "It is not our policy," states the cor- 

 poration, "to come out and tell the 

 wool growers that wool is going to be 

 a good deal higher in order to secure 

 consignments. None of us can defi- 

 nitely predict the future. We do feel 

 that the growers have had sufficient 

 proof that the National can and does 

 market its holdings to return the 

 growers the highest prices, ,, 



"It is folly for a wool grower to try 

 to pick the year he will consign and 

 the year he will sell. As a rule those 

 who attempt it pick just the wrong 

 year. Those who consign every year 

 and support their own organisation 

 are bound to win on the average.'' v 





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