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W. S. Batson. Shelby county farm adviser, 

 touches the mortgage to the flame, sym- 

 bolizing iinal clearance of debt from the 

 Producers Creamery of Champaign. 



KuNstll McKct, Marshall-Putnam c<>un(\ — 



The wiidlc tlnn>: ririiiinLls inc ot the olJ 

 white house in which we live ^\- tliJn't 

 jcalize when we purchased nui farm ji'st 

 hi)W K""d 'h^' house was until we lore into 

 It to change it a little. lust like our <'r- 

 ttani^atioii, it was not all built at once 

 VC'hoever huilt it certainly haJ a sense of 

 honesty and integrity to huihi it well. . . 

 It has been a*.KIeii to as the neet.ls ot the 

 iiouseliold had demanded. This 8001) new 

 members is the latest addition to our build- 

 ing Back ot that is the responsibility ot 

 leadership and the fact that that leadership 

 has found throu>;h the Farm Bureau the op- 

 portunity and the ur^e to serve its m.nn 

 members. It is the concrete expression ot 

 almost a religious principle ro be of service 

 to our fellove men." 



I.eo Lybarger, Clay lountv — "I like to 



look at this whole thing .is .1 p. itch of h.iv 



Watching the ceremony are F. C. Fair- 

 child, manager; O. P. Hamm. vice-presi- 

 dent; A. Oliver Bovwer. president, and G. 

 A. Lichtenwalter. secretary. 



mcpwed *.]ouri. Lets r.ike it ^i\^ NX'e h.ivt 

 .1 big job to .issimil.itc tiiesc new members 

 The buiMing ot commiinitv org.inizatioii- 

 should help us in this t.isk. 



"\ ou have done a wonderlul job. I see 

 in the power of I'H).t)Ot) farmers working 

 together the possibility of a finer Americ.i 

 and a better opportunity for our children. ' 

 said Otto Stetfey, chairman of the oigan- 

 i/.ition •.ommittee of the lAA board. 



That some day there would be a member- 

 ship of 11)0. UOO li.id long been the intention 

 of leaders. \X'hen the total passed 'K),0(H), 

 during March of 191.^, many began to talk 

 seriously of .in early attempt to reach 100.- 

 000. It was clearly seen that such an 

 achievement would be the best possible 

 .insvver to all those who weie bitteily dc 



nouncing Farm Bureau and its poluies 

 Months befiMe this, howeyer, Toni Drum- 

 mom), yeteran (d.irk County f.OD. hail writ 

 fen the lAA cirg.iiu/jtioii ofiice saying that 

 in tile opini.iii ot C.l.nk county tolks. tin 

 goal should be reached soon, and pledging 

 th.it tiieir county would, in the event ot suih 

 .1 sj.iiewide elf 01 1. sign three times their 

 neve iiKiubcr iiuot.i ( i hey jitually sigm-d 

 i2.~ per cent 'I 



P.iitly Kciusi ot tile suggvstiirn ni.ide 

 by Ttini. .mil p.iitly because of the' .ginera! 

 .tgicenient among leaders in the st.Ue. it was 

 ilecidcd to gii all out duriirg PMi .md 

 .ittempt t'» le.uh the go.il be-tore lAA .innu.il 

 meeting time. A- a preparatory ' buiKlup 

 step, an "On li>vyard lO(l.lliM) Canip.iign" 

 w .is l.iuntheil. in whitli county org.Mii/ation 

 ciirectors were .isked , to in.tke personal ef 

 flirts to It instate and to sign as m.iny new 

 menit^cis .t . j^'tssible. so .is to bring the at 

 taiimunt "I the balance needed witiiin prac- 

 tical limits. The pciiod of Aug 1*1 to *scpt 

 1 1 W.I- set aside for this purpose. 



Timi Drummond. one- of the iiistigaiois 

 of the effort, proved his mettle by t.iking 

 hrst jij.u'e in that event Other winners 

 were \\ liter Specht, Cl.iy lountv : lohii 

 I'yie. .Marion county, trank Rathbun. Mei 

 cer county: I (dint Miller. \X'iniKbago 

 county: I. R lee, Greene county; Verm 

 Campbell, Randolph county: and C.eiald 

 Spencer. Vi'ashington countv . Drummond 

 went on to sign his full new member quota 

 during September and came back with 

 more in the tinal push during tlie week of 

 Nov. .s. 



Thus t!ie ground was cleared for the 

 maioi drive |uly si membership had stood 

 .It 9-i.n'>. Oi'ot.is were set for each countv 

 which wciuld bring a total of slightly over 

 lOO.OOO. if ir.ade. Since this required an 

 mere. ISC of ~lj per cent for the srate as a 

 whide. e.ich county w.is .iskc-d to increase- 

 its membership by that perceiit.ige A 

 ■dream map' published m IHI: HITI Dl R 

 was die means used I't m.iking countv quotas 

 vivid. 



First big thrill of the 100,000 campaign 

 can'e when (ohn I'yles and \Xalter Specht. 

 CODs of Marion and Clay counties, itrspec- 

 lively, presented George Met/ger notice th.ii 

 their quotas were art.iined. during the stale 

 leaders' meeting in Springheld. on .Sept. 10. 

 livery leader present was impressed The 



|ob cm be done: here are the early birds, 

 both ot them from counties which had suf 

 fered devastating floods .tni\ droughts 

 through the year, vet tliev have made theii 

 quotas w ithin a week. ' 



These 100.000-quotas seemed extremely 

 heavy. In some instances, in view of 

 previous net gains made by counties, tlu-y 

 seemed even unfair, but there was little if 

 any quibbling. County leaders saw that 

 there was a job to do. It was tackled in 

 good spirit. Some counties found it im 

 possible to reach their goals but they gave 

 their best. Se-venfy-one counties achieved 

 or surpassed the figure set. District quotas 

 were in all three cases exceeded. 



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This was a happy moment for Gardner 

 Township Farm Bureau members as they 

 dedicated their new conununity building 

 recently. Seated about the table are Irwin 

 Whitcomb. secretary-treasurer of the unit- 

 Tom L. Spratt, unit president, and lohn 

 Bumke. chairman of the building com- 

 mittee. At extreme left are Wilfred Shaw, 

 lAA milk marketing director, and Farm 

 Adviser Edwin Bay. The service flag, 

 presented at the meeting, shows that 41 

 members from the 130 families in the unit 

 are in the armed services. 



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