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planting. Mr. FUNK was progressive even after attaining his 
allotted three score years and ten, and actively participated in 
the management of his farm, flocks and herds. On his broad 
acres he established a twentieth century standard of agricul- 
ture that was widely recognized and popularly emulated. He 
was an early promoter of alfalfa growing, and Funk’s Grove 
was the mecca of those who sought a leaf from Mr. Funk’s 
extensive experience. He early extended his operations to the 
grassy regions west of the Missouri and there bred and nurtured 
cattle under more favorable and economical conditions, to be 
finished in his Illinois feed lots. 
Mr. Funk gave freely to the public of his personal energy 
and experience, uninspired by the instincts that animated the 
ordinary politician. His every act was constructive. As presi- 
dent of the State Fair, he sought the most favorable opportunity 
for each exhibitor and insisted on the highest possible degree 
of efficiency in the management of that institution. He reposes 
in the timberland where his boyhood days were spent, adjacent 
to the scene of nearly a century of useful activity. His death 
occurred September 6, 1919. 
