two hours one evening and about the same 

 time the next morning on the great Texoma 

 lake my brother-in-law and I had 22 pounds 

 of dressed fish besides what we had eaten. We 

 put the dressed fish in a nearby locker. 



I was also happy to have with me the 

 wonderful camera presented to me by the 

 staff for I got some excellent pictures, in- 

 cluding 19 bass caught early one morning. 

 Frank A. Gougler 

 Champaign County 



TRADITION OF THE RIVER 



The crew oj the BLUE SEAL, Illinois Farm 

 Supply Company towhoat. saved a seaman 

 recently when the NATCHEZ, a steamer, 

 sank with the loss of li lives in the flood 

 waters of the Mississippi. Louis Keeling of 

 the NATCHEZ was rescued after he had 

 been in icy waters almost five hours. Follow- 

 ing is a letter of appreciation written by the 

 owners of the NATCHEZ. 



T WISH to extend to you and the personnel 

 * of your vessel, the BLUE SEAL, the sin- 

 cere appreciation of all the officials and 

 employees of this corporation in the heroic 

 efforts and great assistance extended to us 

 in the recent tragic accident to our steamer, 

 the NATCHEZ. The spirit demonstrated 

 exemplifies the true spirit of camaraderie and 

 tradition of the river. 



A. C. Ingersoll, Jr., President 

 Inland Waterways Corporation 



JUNE IS DAIRY MONTH 



TO THE PRESIDENT 



Mr. Charles B. Shuman, President 

 Illinois Agricultural Association 

 Dear Mr. President: 



The writer was very much embarrassed 

 the other day at a meeting of the executive 

 committee of the Champaign County Farm 

 Bureau when our Farm Adviser reported that 

 you had been bothered by a fly in a diner 

 while passing through Champaign county. 

 It was the first complaint our Fly-Rat Com- 

 mittee had had, and, speaking for the com- 

 mittee, I wish to apologize for the incident 

 because it happened in Champaign county. 

 Still speaking for the committee, however, 

 I wish to deny, first of all, that this fly was 

 ours, and to further substantiate this denial, 

 1 will tell you a short Chicago story. 



The time is mid-March and all insects that 

 normally hibernate are just waking up. It 

 so happened that a fly and a flea met in a 

 flue and the following conversation took 

 place. 



The fly said to the flea, "Let us fly". The 

 flea said to the fly, "Let us flee '. So they fled 

 thru a flaw in the flue. Being still cold, 



they both took a flyer fox Dixie. The fiea 

 took an upper, but the fly, being smarter, 

 took the diner. That, Mr. President, was 

 probably the fly you saw. 



I am still sorry the incident had to happen 

 in Champaign county because, as you have 

 indicated, it reflects on the work of our 

 Committee. 



J. Walker Robbius 

 Champaign county 



FROM THE PRESIDENT 



Mr. J. Walker Robbins, Chairman 

 Fly-Rat Eradication Committee 

 Champaign, Illinois 

 Dear Mr. Robbins: 



I appreciate very much your letter of ex- 

 planation as to the origin of the fly which 

 rode with me on the diner through Cham- 

 paign county. Your conclusions seem to be 

 quite original and I am willing to accept 

 this explanation. I have no first hand 

 knowledge as to the wisdom of the fly to 

 which you refer. 



I certainly do want to commend the Cham- 

 paign County Fly and Rat Eradication Com- 

 mittee for their worthwhile objective. My 

 past experience in Champaign county would 

 indicate that you have plenty of work to 

 do before your goal is attained! 



I have no doubt but that you will be suc- 

 cessful, especially after observing the mem- 

 bership of your committee. Certainly with 

 a committee made up of men of such cap- 

 abilities, no fly, flea or rat will dare re- 

 main in Champaign county!! 



Charles B. Shuman, President 

 Illinois Agricultural Association 



Plan ahead for PROFIT 



See that your pigs feed right, 

 on balanced rations of grain and 

 supplements --turn *eni out to 

 pasture too. 



See that they get clean quarters. 

 See that they get vaccinated at 

 an early age with Farm Bureau 

 Serum. ■• V 



See Your Farm Bureau 



and then 

 See Your Profits Increase! 



JUNE. 1948 



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