WITH A UFETIME AHEAD! 



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ORN MARCH, 1927, of Farm Bureau parents, a son. 

 Today, charging the bastions of Metz — Ormoc — or Taclo- 

 ban! So young, so vigorous, so heroic! 



Born March, 1927, of Farm Bureau — 

 an IDEA ... an idea of farmers banding 

 together within counties, and counties 

 (only seven) banding together to estab- 

 lish a central purchasing cooperative to 

 supply high quality petroleum products. 

 Today, 65 Service Companies distrib- 

 uting 124,050 688 gallons of petroleum 

 produas to 105,000 members — an aver- 

 age of 1,180 gallons per member- 

 service that has been vital to the produc- 

 tion of milk, meat, eggs, and grains that 

 have helped to feed those heroes at 

 Metz — Ormoc — or Tacloban! 



Money values alone are poor measures 

 in a world aflame. Yet it is significant 

 that what farm people built to save 

 money on their purchases proved to be 

 the means of protecting their petroleum 

 service of supply during the critical war 

 days. For the year just ended, August 

 31, 1944, Illinois Farm Supply Com- 

 pany is distributing $795,730 to its 

 member companies. These are savings 

 brought about by centralized volume 

 purchasing and manufacturing and 



transportation. This money will find 

 its way into the pockets of Farm Bureau 

 member patrons in the patronage divi- 

 dend checks from their local associa- 

 tions. 



In our 18 years of operation, Illinois 

 Farm Supply Company has returned a 

 grand total of $6,257,788.73. 



... A LIFETIME AHEAD 



In the beginning "gas and oil" was all. 

 Now it's a full line of petroleum prod- 

 uas, paints, tires, insecticides, acces- 

 sories, poultry and livestock feeds, plant 

 foods, inoculants, steel products equip- 

 ment. The products and services are 

 growing. 



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The "Dir« 

 has been sta 

 shortage er: 

 trucks and 

 available. > 

 of manufaai 

 locally to s{ 

 locally prod 

 tive quality 



A plant fo 

 taken new f 

 their organi 

 say on how 

 what lUinoi 

 manufacturii 

 foods. A 

 Bureaus ha' 

 and design: 

 cooperative 



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