best 



Bunting has a great deal of interest in 

 latest farm developments and keeps up- 

 to-date by reading a wide variety of agri- 

 cultural periodicals. 



during the past 18 years. Fifty acres 

 of the Bunting farm is terraced. 



Since starting farming, he has tried 

 many methods in an effort to get the 

 best return from the land. He has 98 

 head of purebred Shropshire sheep, 35 

 head of purebred Hereford cows and 

 calves and 500 hens. He has had no 

 hogs since he switched to sheep 21 



years ago. The farm lies in a natural 

 bowl. Water, therefore, and its drain- 

 age offers considerable difficulty in the 

 spring. It is not uncommon for water 

 to cover the fields to a depth of two 

 feet. 



Director Bunting is married to the 

 former Delia Rigg of Wayne county. 

 They are the parents of two children, 

 Kemp, 14 and Shirley, 12. 



He served 13 years as president, two 

 years as secretary, and three years as a 

 director of the Edwards County Farm 

 Bureau. He is now in his ninth year 

 as a director of his local school board 

 and is chairman of his county school 

 survey committee. Connected with his 

 county fire insurance company since 

 the early 20's, he is now serving as 

 treasurer of the organization. 



Bunting has been secretary of the 

 Edwards County Shipping Association 

 since 1921 ana is a member of the 

 Albion, Illinois Rotary Club. 



"For a more prosperous agriculture," 

 Bunting says, "we must avoid depleting 



One of Bunting's favorite pastimes is himt- 



ing with his own coon dogs. He is down 



talking to one of his dogs vrhiie relaxing 



in the back yard. 



the soil. That means we must help the 

 poor farmer make a better living. We 

 need a practical soils program to help 

 poor people on poor land. Such a 

 program must be found and advanced 

 by Farm Bureau and the University of 

 Illinois Extension Service working 

 together." 



By 

 EIXSWORTH D. LYON 



HENRY'S progressive hayride party start- 

 ing at Cambridge and consisting of a 

 movie and games at Ray Johnson's, a wiener 

 roast with all the trimmings at a nearby 

 timber, and watermelon at Ray's was topped 

 off by an enthusiastic expression for partici- 

 pation in the Skilled Drivers' Club. 



OGLE'S teceot .ommunity service in 

 teaching and leading an evening of square 

 dancing for the Mt. Morris city grade 

 schools PTA was rewarded by a gift of a 

 square dance record album by the PTA. 

 Representatives returning from the State 

 Camp dramatized their reports covering the 

 various classes which the delegates attended. 

 The Forreston Group of this county deco- 

 rated a float for the Forreston Sauerkraut 

 Day and won first prize to increase the 

 group's treasury. 



Virginia Taylor, retiring President of 

 VERMILION, has recently become Mrs. 

 Virginia Taylor Wallen. The new presi- 

 dent is Stanley Inglesbe. 



DEKALB scheduled a fall banquet, the 

 event being Oct. 25. Fall banquets might 

 be worth, considering as a means of starting 

 the year's program. 



WASHINGTON County Rural Youthers 

 now boast having more than $1,000 in their 

 treasury, $725 of this amount being made at 

 their food stand at the County Fair. They 

 know how to spend their money too. They 

 sponsored a trip on the Admiral this year 

 with 78 members having a gala time. They 

 sent a Softball team to the Sports Festival, 

 two delegates to the Midwest AFBF meet- 

 ing, three delegates to the Rural Youth 

 Camp, a number of delegates to the lAA 

 convention with plans for a delegation for 

 St. Louis, have had the largest delegation 

 for Farm and Home 'Week for the last two 



years, and are now sponsoring a girls bowling 

 team which stands first out of eight teams in 

 the county league. A male quartette is be- 

 coming quite popular with its many appear- 

 ances in public and over the air. This group 

 considers the Talk Fest a most important 

 project and have had representatives at the 

 State Talk Fest. 



MARSHALL-PUTNAM is sponsoring a 

 full evening of entertainment. One act plays 

 and- musical numbers will be the feature of 

 the evening. The purpose of this entertain- 

 ment, according to Don Condit, president, will 

 be not to raise money but to provide an 

 opportunity for the young people to partici- 

 pate in dramatics. 



LOGAN'S square dance orchestra, caller 

 and dancers, are now working to advance 

 from the B rating received this year at the 

 State Sports Festival to the top rating for 

 next year. 



Frank W. TumbuU, PIKE president, re- 

 ports that his helper, Vice-President Alfred 



Long, was married in August to Tilda Com- 

 mire, a member of the group. 



PEORIA'S plans for occasional skating 

 parties and barn dances for fun and money 

 are receiving hearty support through at- 

 tendance, according to a report received 

 from Rus Scheeler, president. 



Erwin L. Duzan writes that EDGAR 

 spearheaded the fall program of activities 

 with the County Talk Fest. Plans are un- 

 der way for a formal dance to be held dur- 

 ing the Christmas holidays. 



MACOUPIN is striving to spread the 

 story of Rural Youth, and to increase mem- 

 bership among farm boys and girls for their 

 1948 program. Evelyn Love is the new 

 president. 



CLARK is giving special consideratton to 

 methods of increasing attendance. 



Jo Ann Wingo gives a good report of the 

 cooperation and friendly spirit in the 

 FRANKLIN group. Congratulations, keep 

 going. 



Pictures show two of the activities at the state Rural Youth camp held in September at 

 East Boy Camp near Bloomtngton. Interpretive dancers (left) ore, I. to t,, Janis Larson, 

 Marjerie Wodsworth, June Frozler, and Gertrude Sievers, all of Rock Island; Janet and 

 Alice Jacobsen, of Bureau; and Dorothy Magerkurth of Rock Island. Right: A volley boil 



gome is in progress. 



NOVEMBER. 1947 



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