THE 



ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION RECORD 



lu adtanci the fiur/iose for which the I'jrm hiireau uji organized, tumi 

 to firomole, protect and reprncnt the biishuss, economic, social ami cdti 

 tiotial interests of the farmers of Illinois Jnd the Sjtioti. jrtd to devd 

 .liiricultitre. 



THE STATf FARM 

 BUMAU PUBLICATION 



RUNNING WATER IN THE FARM HOME 



Jj>ii j' fv.siiLnl C Itttrii'.s />. S^huntan 



W\L SHl\'ERIiD 1(1 the raw winJ ot jl gray XovunlKr 

 day ds we stood rcvcrcntlv paving our last tribute to a 

 saintly farm grandmotlKr. Standing there, hack ut 

 the little country church, I thought ot the years of loving 

 service that our neighLx)r had so will- 

 ingly given to hundreds ot relatives 

 ,ind friends. My glance fell upon a 

 ;iearl-iy headstone with its dim inscrip- 

 tion, weathered by eighty years ot ex- 

 posure It read, "Hannah, wife ot 



lizra age 38 years". 



Modern medical knowledge has 

 added many years to the life span ot 

 the farm wife to that of all rural 

 people. Modern home ccjuipment 

 and conveniences can make those years happier and 

 easier. Again I thought of our neighbor. For torty- 

 five years she had carried water over the same 100 step 

 route that Hannah had trod nearly a century before. 

 She had daily cleaned, filled, trimmed and sutTered eye- 

 strain from the same kind of kerosene lamps that 

 Hannah knew. Sanitary facilities were built to the same 

 specifications and with the same art work of a centurv 



bctore. 1 he kittlicii r.ingc and twn heating stoves had 

 a little more nukel and ilirome. hut the same \orauous 

 appetite tor fuel as Hannah's new sto\e ot long agij. 

 Perhaps it was some (..ns. .i.ition tor Mother" t.' step out- 

 side the kitchen on a summer iav ani hear the hum ot a 

 inoilern. rubiier-tired traitor m the tidiis 



Sad but true, muderm/atton ot tarm homes has in 

 no w,iy kept p.ue with modern nieih.inization ot tarm 

 work! True, tiierc are viae legitimate rrasoiis and plau- 

 sible excuses, lenancv. stanity ot materials and labor, and 

 low farm incomes !ia\e hindered pr'ii:res~ HoAe\er. let 

 us be honest 



If our desire tor modern. plLasant. drudgery tree 

 homes for ourselves and our lo\ed ones is strong enough, 

 we can surelv find a w av to make these iksires a reality. 

 At present levels oi larm pri< es and tarm iiuome we 

 should ha\e more than the present li' per ■ ent ot our 

 homes completely modernized. 



Isn't It about time for us men to gi\e tnore considera- 

 tion to providing some modern equipment and conven- 

 iences for our womc-n folks.-* I am confident that husbands 

 and landlords working in cooperation can lio much toward 

 making the tarm home a better place in whi<h to live 



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APRIL, 1947 



VOLUME 25, NUMBER 4 



ILUNOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION OFFICERS and BOARD OF DIRECTORS (Br Congressional Oistrictft) 



Pr«aideDt. Charles B. Shuman SulKvan 



Vice-President. Floyd C Morris Buifalo 



Secretary, Paul £. Moihias Hinsdale 



Field Sec. Geo. E. MeUger Chicago 



Treasurer. R. A. Cowles Bloomington 



A»«l. Treas., A. R. Wright _ _ Varna 



Comptroller, C. C. Chapelle Chicago 



General Counsel. Donald Ktrkpatrick . Chicago 



Ut to Uth Earl M. Hughes, Woodstock I9th 



12th C. T. Elliott. Streator 20th 



I3th ..Homer Curtiss. Stockton 21st 



Uth _ Otto Stotioy. Stronghurst 22nd 



15th - Edvrin Guovm, Galesburg 23rd 



16tb Russell V. McKee. Varna 24th. 



17th . E. T. Culnan. Lincoln 25th 



1 8th John T. Evans. Hoopeston 



Milton W. Warr*n Monsheid 



K. T. Smith. Greenbeld 



Dan L. Clarke. New Berlin 



|. King Eaton Cdwaidsv-ille 



Cheater McCord. Nevtrtoo 



Lyman Bunting. Ellery 



Albert Webb Ewing 



Editor, Creston Foster. Ass't. Editor, Jomes C. Thomson. Field Editor, Lewis A. Reisner. 



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