the needs of the Red Cross wherever pos- 

 sible. 



Advertise Rural Youth. It is the opinion 



of the committee that in 1946 more should 

 be done to place Rural Youth before the 

 public, especially the young people of Rural 

 Youth age, than has been done before. 

 This program of advertising Rural Youth 

 might be done through (a) good newspaper 

 publicity of Rural Youth meetings, (b) well 

 written news items for the county Farm Bu- 

 reau newspaper and bulletins, (c) wider 

 use of the Rural Youth emblem on cloth- 

 ing, autos, windshields, pins and letterheads, 

 (d) Rural Youth slides and, if possible, a 

 movie of Rural Youth activities. 



The committee further recommends good 

 educational programs at Rural Youth meet- 

 ings so that newcomers will realize the im- 

 portance of Rural Youth to farm youth and 

 may consequently join the organization. 



The committee recommends that county 



youth leaders invite youth from nearby coun- 

 ties as speakers on topics of vital interest 

 to farm youth and that other intercounty ac- 

 tivities be encouraged. 



The committee also recommends that Ru- 

 ral Youthers lead recreation for local groups 

 or teach games to leaders of local groups 

 and offer any other possible help to the 

 local community which may be needed and 

 which Rural Youth can provide. It is the 

 opinion of the committee that such help 

 will make Rural Youth of vital importance 

 wherever a Rural Youth group exists. 



It is advisable that all Rural Youth of- 

 ficers keep the sponsoring organizations — 

 Farm Bureau and Home Bureau — informed 

 of all activities within the group, as close 

 working relationships will mean better or- 

 ganizations and greater development of the 

 personalities of farm youth. 



COUNTRY CASUALTY 

 BUSINESS IS HEAVY 



The flood of applications for auto- 

 mobile insurance arriving daily in the 

 office of Country Mutual Casualty Com- 

 pany would indicate that Farm Bureau 

 members don't intend to be caught out 

 on a limb if involved in automobile ac- 

 cidents. 



Country Casualty, formerly Illinois 

 Agricultural Mutual Insurance Com- 

 pany, received approximately 8,000 

 applications for auto insurance during 

 the two months of December and Jan- 

 uary according to Manager A. E. Rich- 

 ardson. 



This was the largest amount of new 

 business in the history of the organiza- 

 tion for two consecutive months. Of 

 the 8,000 applications, 3,761 were ac- 

 cepted in December and approximately 

 4,300 were accepted in January. 



Under the new financial responsi- 

 bility law, which took effect Jan. 1 in 

 Illinois, a person involved in an acci- 

 dent may be required to establish his 

 ability to pay or offer security amount- 



Winnen oi 4-H Club county tractor main- 

 tenance project contest are shown as they 

 toured the University oi Illinois where 



they were given a special three-day short 

 course in tractor care at the college of 

 agriculture. 



4-H Winners Tour University 



Eighteen 4-H Club winners of their 

 county tractor maintenance project at- 

 tended a three-day tractor short course 

 Jan. 14-16 at the University of Illinois 

 college of agriculture. 



In addition to attending classes in 

 tractor care and maintenance, the boys 

 visited points of interest on the campus, 

 including the lUini Union, materials test- 

 ing laboratory, natural history museum, 

 university south farm, and the university 

 power plant. They also attended the Il- 

 linois-Northwestern basketball game and 

 concluded their visit with a tour through 



ing to $11,000. Country Casualty's 

 public liability and property damage 

 policy offers $15,000 in protection. 



If you have not yet received your 

 policy, it is because the office force is 

 swamped with work. Manager Rich- 

 ardson asks that you please have pa- 

 tience and promises that you will re- 

 ceive your contract as soon as possible. 



f-^oetr^ Sj^ Claar 



You may be well aware of Harry 

 Claar's knack at lining up new mem- 

 bers for Farm Bureau, but have you 

 heard of the reputation the genial or- 

 ganization director of District 1 has 

 built up for himself in the field of 

 philosophy and poetry.' 



Further exposing Harry's little- 

 known genius for expression, we here- 

 with lift his ode to a match from the 

 columns of Pacemaker, Illinois Farm 

 Supply Company's publication. It is en- 

 titled "A 9it of Philosophy." 



People, like matches, all have heads 

 And each contains some hell! 



As long as they retain it there 

 Everything goes well! 



the studios of WILL, the university radio 

 station. 



Those attending the short course were: 

 Marshall Mollet, Bond; Leonard Bran- 

 denburg, Carroll; Fred Schaefer, Ckrk; 

 William Samford, Edgar; Edgar Plapp. 

 DeKalb; Robert Lawrence, Ford; Ray- 

 mond Johnson, Henry; Ted Carlson, 

 Kane; Robert Temple, La Salle; Luke 

 Oberwise, McHenry. 



Harold Schroeder, McLean ; Evan Wiss- 

 miller, McLean; Ralph Kipp, Randolph; 

 John Hawkins, Richland; Scott Pearson, 

 Shelby; Dick McFarland, Vermilion; 

 Dick Speer, Warren, and Dean Larson, 

 Whiteside. 



Their hell is released by friction; 



In both it works the same. 

 When heat begins to generate 



There's danger of a flame. 



The ever ready type is bad. 



For none can surely tell 

 How little friction may release 



A sudden burst of hell! 



The sulphur type burns slow indeed; 



They take time out to think. 

 But when their hell is once released. 



They raise an awful stink. 



The safety type retain their hell 

 When other heads explode. 



After the hell, all quiets down; 

 They carry on the load. 



Beware of the hell that you possess — 

 Observe the match in flame. 



Your hell released, will sure destroy 

 Your position, your name, and fame! 



The moral of this little rhyme 



You surely will discern. 

 Don't ever let that spark of hell ignite. 



Don't EVER LET IT BURN! 



FEBRUARY. 1946 



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