

THIS CLEAR, LIVELY, HU- 

 MAN-INTEREST PICTURE 

 OF TWO YOUNGSTERS 

 WINS THE JANUARY PIC- 

 TURE - OF - THE - MONTH 

 AWARD. 



Here's proof that Illinois can raise high 



quality apples. James Pike of Madison 



county poses with a bushel of his Paragon 



Winesaps — 48 apples. 



"Now here's the straight dope. Bud," would seem to be the gist of the remarks o( nine- 

 months-old Ernest Hodel (left) to his nine-months-old cousin David Smucker. They 

 are grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smucker of Bureau county. 



Diann Irene Isham of Grundy county 



examines a foot while cooling her tootsies 



in a flooded strip mine last summer. 



FARM BUREAU 



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Billy and Dickie Agee of Macon county 

 get in the tub with their pup Mickey. They 

 are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Junior Agee. 



The four Gilles kids of PeoHa county were determined to have pumpkin 



pie so here they go out to the fields to plant their own pumpkins last 



spring. Left to right are Sally, Teddy, Ronnie and Mary Ellen. 



Thelma Jasper of Washington county snapped this homo 



plate slide at its most dramatic moment during game 



between two small high schools. 



FEBRUARY, 1947 



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