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Knowing that It l( handy to have a 

 homiy wife around th« farm, 30- 

 months-old Kay Bradley of McLean 

 county gets early practice driving 

 noils. 



Picture of the Month 



"Christmas Morning" is the title of this prixe winner from Harvey Palmer of Bureau 

 county. It shows his sons William and Kenneth opening their Christmas presents. 



Mrs. Fred Helmicamp, Madison county, 

 is on friendly terms with this neigh- 

 borhood pet she Is shown feeding 

 nuts. The Helmkamps have been Farm 

 Bureau members for a quarter of a 

 century. ■ 



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Merle Myers, 13, Vermilion county, 



puts his trained mare, Dolly, through 



her paces, maicing her sit up then lie 



down to play "dead." 



Farm Adviser Thurman Wright snapped this picture of dead cattle on the Walter L. 

 Clark farm in White county. They were killed instantly by lightning. 



When Webster Gehring, Warren coun- 

 ty, started to paint his house, son 

 Michael, 3, was on hand with brush 

 and paint bucket to give Ood a lift. 



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