

lAA DIRECTOR INHERITS 

 LOYALTY TO FARM BUREAU 



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duction records. When egg prices were 

 rising near 50 cents per dozen, the 

 Warrens' 265 pullets produced 240 eggs 

 one day. 



His rotation plan is based on the 

 following six-year scheme: corn, soy- 

 beans, corn, soybeans, oats, clover. 

 During the winter he feeds out 40 to 

 50 steers. Warren is a strong believer 

 in soil conservation although he does 

 admit that the flat lands in his area 

 make it less of a problem than in some 

 areas of Illinois. Already he has ap- 

 plied two tons of limestone and half a 

 ton of phosphate per acre to most of 

 his farm. 



Sleeves rolled up and pencil In hand, War- 

 ren gets ready to tackle his farm accounts 

 book. 



The great tragedy in the lives of the 

 Warrens was the loss of their only 

 child, a 17-year-old boy who was killed 

 in 1940 in an automobile accident. 

 The Warrens had great plans for the 

 boy's future and were pleased because 

 of his interest in the farm. They had 

 hoped to turn it over in a few years 

 to their son's supervision. 



But with a commendable record of 

 accomplishment for agriculture in his 

 own community behind him, Warren 

 is pleased with his new opportunity 

 as a member of the lAA board to do 

 everything he can for the good of 

 Illinois agriculture. 



TO MANAGE SERVICE CO. 



The recently organized Clinton 

 County Service Company will be man- 

 aged by John Niebruegge, a veteran of 

 10 years experience with the Monroe 

 County Service Company. Opening 

 date was set at Nov. 1. Before form- 

 ing their own company, Clinton was 

 linked with the St. Clair County Supply 

 Company. • 





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IT'S ONE THING TO KNOW WHAT OUR 

 FAULTS AND DIFFICULTIES ARE — AND, 

 STIU ANOTHER TO DO SOMETHIN' AIOUT 

 •EM. 



Are you sittin' on a powder keg in 

 your own home? Maybe you are and 

 just don't know it. 



Too many Illinois farm homes have 

 all kinds of fire hazards which folks 

 either don't know about or just plain 

 and fancy overlook. 



I recall back in 1940 and 1941, when 

 the Country Mutual Fire Insurance Com- 

 pany sent out several trained fire in- 

 spectors to look over the homes and build- 

 ings of some of their policyholders in 

 order to locate fire hazards and tell the 

 folks what they could do to get rid 

 of 'em. 



These inspectors looked over between 

 7,000 and 8,000 homes in 1941. And, 

 one out of every three they looked at 

 had wood shingles — all weathered and 

 curled up — just ready to catch fire from 

 the first spark that hurdled the chimney 

 top. The chimneys on those houses got 

 spark arrestors put on 'em. That's really 

 "cagin" in" the fire demon for you. 



These fellows found that one house 

 out of every four had hazardous chim- 

 neys above the roof and about the same 

 number were in dangerous condition be- 

 low the roof. 



Every tenth house these fellows vis- 

 ited had an attic they couldn't even get 

 into — not ' countin' the one so chock 

 full of old papers, unused clothes, worn- 

 out toys, and ancient love letters that they 

 couldn't hardly get though 'em. 



Many chimneys had bad flue entrances 

 Just as many homes had over-rated fuses 

 in the electric boxes. Some folks paid 

 no 'tention atall to where they'd store 

 gasoline and kerosene. Many stoves and 

 pipes were in poor condition. And, some 

 houses were just in plain bad shape. 



Now two out of three of these houses 

 didn't pass the first inspection, but after 

 these folks knew what was wrong with 

 their homes, all but 9% were made 

 acceptable. These folks actually did some- 

 thin' to keep their homes from burnin' 

 down. Did you? 



1 hear that the lAA department of 

 safety sent out a simple farm-fire check- 

 list to Farm Bureaus last month to be 

 used as a guide to check fire hazards on 

 individual farms. 



Just a few minutes with this check- 

 list and maybe a coupla hours work will 

 keep you from havin' to sleep in the barn 

 this winter. Is it worth it? .-■ -, v.' 



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