ber of the Logan County Farm Bureau 

 in iyi8. He joined his father in 1927 

 in a joint membership. About lOSO he 

 took a Hvely interest in I'arm Bureau af- 

 fairs during some open forum meetings 

 at Lincoln to discuss farm problems. 

 Shortly afterwards lie was elected di- 

 rector of the local cream pooling station 

 sponsored by I'arm Bureau. 



In ly.vi Culnan was elected chairman 

 of his township corn-hog committee and 

 was a member of the county committee 

 a number of years. He also has been 

 ionnec!ed with the Logan County Agri- 

 cidtural C>)tiser\.ition Association. 



Fourteen years ago Culnan was elcit-d 

 to the Logan I'arm Bureau board .uid 

 in lyi.s was named chairman of the 

 business service lommittee. He has been 

 board secretary since I9l>. Since I9iS he- 

 has been president of Logan Producers 

 Supplies, a lO-op dealing in I'arm Bureau 

 serum, seed, and seed inoculation. 



He became a member of his county 

 cold storage locker boaril in 19 sH when 

 It was organized. He resigned in 19 |6 

 and is now a member of the ■■tate lockc- 

 board. He has been townsiiip school 

 treasurer since 1'^.^^ and is treasurer of 

 his community consolidated school dis- 

 trict. 



One of Culnan's proudest .uiiievcmcn's 

 was his move to better the schools of his 

 community and the wide interest it 

 caused. Back in 19i0, he and I". C. 

 Sparks, decided there was need of 

 larger school districts in Logan county. 

 This was some time before the ort^aniza- 



tion of county school survey committees. 

 Seven school boards were called together 

 to discuss the matter. The move caused 

 the Bloomington Daily Pantagraph to 

 editorialize that some men in Logan 

 county had taken the first progressjce 



Shaded area outlines the 1 7th district which 

 is represented on the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association board of directors by E. T. Cul- 

 nan of Lincoln. 



step in the reorganization of their schools 

 and that the move would bear watthuig 

 throughout Illinois. 



Culnan has been chairtiianof the Logan 

 County I'arm Bureau Income Ta.\ Serv- 

 ice ( ommittee tor tile past seven years, 

 which assists tanners in making out their 

 income taxes. He slill averages alxiut 

 IJO returns a year. 



< ulnan is a director ot the Procluccr^ 

 Hybrid Seed (ompany at Pi]-K.r C itv and 

 is a iiic-mbcr ot the Sangamon N'allcv 

 I'arm Bureau I'arm .\Lui,ige-mciit Service. 



>!iKc l'.'-~. as a st)rt <i| hobby, he has 

 kept an account ot his daily .Ktivuic^ 

 He- tan. tor iiist.inee. tell you how many 

 hours his 21 -year-old traitor h.is run in 

 llic- fields and elsewhere and at what lOst. 



The lA.A director w.is marrie.l in 

 January, U)'->S to the former Marie Plu' 

 Ot Lincoln. They have three i hiidreii 

 lane. ''; Anila, ~: and Thomas I'dward. '^ 



In Lincoln. ( ulnan belongs to th- 

 Llks lodge. Knights of C oluiiibus. .m,! 

 St. .M.iry's Citholi, (liurdi. 



I'arin Bureau. " ( ulii.ui says. is .. 

 great thing for f.irmers. Lverything eisi 

 in our economv is organized. .So it is 

 only common sense for farmers to stick 

 together. I'arm Bureau does mudi tha- 

 the average member doesn't hear aboii: 

 but it helps the t.irmer make a better 

 living just the same. My father was 

 100 per cent a I'arm Bureau cooperator 

 I hope I can live up to his principles a^ 

 a t;ood l-'arm Bureau tarmer " 



f 

 .1. 



will be in 



Prairie Farms 

 Manager Resigns 



DAVE HENRY has resigned as sales 

 manager for Prairie Farms Cream- 

 erics to join the H. C. Christians 

 Company of Chicago. He 

 charge of sales in 

 the cheese division. 



As the Ri'CORi> 

 goes to press 

 Henry's successor 

 has not yet been 

 hired. Forrest Fair- 

 child, plant man- 

 ager at Blooming- 

 ton, will stay at the 

 Cdiicago office two 

 days a week until a 

 new manager is 

 named. 



Henry had been sales manager for 

 two years, succeeding ]. B. Countiss 

 who left Prairie Farms Creameries to 

 become sales manager for a large hybrid 

 seed corn producer and distributor. 



Henry joined the lAA staff in 19 lO. 

 Entering the army in 19 tl. he vcas 

 granted a leave of absence by Prairie 

 Farms Creameries where he liacl super- 

 vised the butter laboratory in the 

 Chicago cutting plant and directed lam- 

 paigns to improve butter ejuality. At 

 the time of his discharge Henry held 

 the rank of lieutenaut colonel. 



Henry is a graduate of South Dakota 

 State College and Ohio State University 

 in dairy manufacturing and dairy tech- 

 nology. He has worked in several 

 creameries in South Dakota. 



How Much Does It 

 Cost To Dry Corn? 



How much docs it cost to dry corn •" 

 The U. S. Department ofAgricul- 

 ture has just released results of tests it 

 made last fall and winter on high-mois- 

 ture ear corn. 



Fuel and power costs ranged from 

 21/2 to 7 cents a bushel and raised the 

 value of the corn from 20 to 70 cents 

 a bushel. 



One of the youngest ever to pay a Farm 

 Bureau membership at the Logan County 

 Farm Bureau office wos Edwin LaBow. He 

 is shown as he dashed in to pay a member- 

 ship for his grandmother, Mrs. Gary LoBaw. 

 Clerk is Mrs. Florence Joggi. 



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