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By W. H. Tammeat Farm Bureau Farm Management has been occupying our time here recently. First we * selected and sent letters to seventy farmers we thought should have this service, or would like it if it was explained to them. Of course, we are convinced that it will make anyone money who Sjj^Ms into it. Ojg1 cooperator said last. year he/failed to get a record of four months' feed down in his record and the fieldman caught thiSx when checking the book and totaling the expense columns preparatory to incbme tax filing time. The year before he somehow failed to get down one month's hired man wages, which the fieldman 'caught. AF Either expense emission when ,' caught by the fieldman more than paid the $45 annual fee the service cost him on income tax. ^ F.B.F.M. is as important to him as grease on his axels in farming. We didn't get around to everybody the other day because' we didn't get the help we expected, but we will very shortly now. ^ The1 annual dinner for cooperators and new signers will be held Tuesday night, Dec. 9, at the Methodist church in Woodstock. Harold Beth of the First National bank -of Woodstock will be the main speaker of the evening. Fieldman Norman Specht Vill instruct folks on completing the year's records, discuss new income tax regulations, arid will outline his plan «if completing the 1952 records br income tax filing and comparative analysis. Sure, everybody keeps books and files income tax returns but do they have a chance to compare their records on income per acre, return above feed cosrt, return per dollar input, labor cost per acre, machinery cost per 55TP, yields, fertilizer costs per acre and many other such- items ^Vith from 50 to 100 farms of about equal size and soil rating? Think it ever. We have room for twenty new cooperators and have half of them signed now. Last year sixty-four farmers lw tihe county had this service. The Farm Bureau in Illinois has doubled its membership every ten years since 1923. At that time there were 25,000 members. In 1953, there will be $^00,000 according to the estimate." This cannot happen again because at present there are only 191,500 farms in/the state and the' membership is 191,455. In McHenry county there are 2,425 farmfe according to the U.S. Census Bureau 1950 report and there are 2,448 Farm Bureau members. Of course, some of these are agriculture teachers, preachers, ^yrtployt -3 better better Also, fellow and affiliates and some an landowners or hired men, but the fact remains that there are very few farms where there is not-va Farm Bureau membership todayN in McHenry county. Last week I heard Howard Greene, who operates the Greene Farm Management service of Peoria, say in Chicago that the Association of Farm Managers use a rule of thumb method of figuring cash rent on hay and pasture land. They take the cash value of ten bushels of corn with $250 per acre land and where buildings are on a par with others in the area. Better buildings and bettfer land would cause the price to be graded up and vice versa. He said, "A livestock share lease forces a fanner into £ rotatioik and promotes buildings from the owner] he said, "Make it poss: your tenant to make fairly or he, will have' it unfairly." Then there was the who was afraid he wouldn't be able to learn to drive a gear shift car. He knew how to drive a Model T. When it looked like he was doomed he up and bought five new Atajel Ts. He is now on his n/xt thi the last one at 75 years/ of aae. This is truly a story of th2 American individualist. Dr. Salisbury said about man power when he was here Nov. 19, "until the government understands that agricultural production and research is as important in defense as it is we will not have a sound manpower policy." He had recently been to Washington to call on Col. Her* shey, draft director, in regard to four brilliant young men he had been training to do research and w&o were - being drafted to carry rifles. He said Hershey hasn't the slightest idea these young men have any value what* soever. On Thanksgiving I got my old muzzle loader out--my special turkey knife and fork. When my wife pulled our turkey out of the oven it was on its belly and looked just like a dog that had got caught in a culvert and somehow got singed and roasted. It came from Garden Prairie^ 111., by the way, according to Uie ticket on it. Speaking of research not being accepted when first found out, the man who first produced hybrid corn at Illinois got fired for it and sneaked off to the hills of Connecticut, where he developed it. Now look at Illinois. Speaking of research, a fellow said he went into the store and wanted to buy a virgin wool sweater. All they could show him was a virgin nylon sweater.1 Half of tihe clothes sold now are part or all synthetic fibre. This; is a result of industrial research' (they spent 1 percent of gross sales on research) while the price of wool fell to half itsformer value in two years partly because of this competition. (Agriculture spends .2 percent of the farm bureau of the gToss agricultural sales on research and- asks the government to do it all at that). This cold weather isn't good for me. I got water on the brain. It freezes up Ind everything slips my mir^d. TRAFFIC FATALITIES While 195 persons were killed in traffic accidents on Illinois highways during October, these fatalities were 13 per cent less than in October, 1951, according to Charles P. Casey, director of the state Department of Public Works and Buildings, v Casey's report shows Illinois motor vehicle fatalities for the first ten -months of this year are /l,692, three per cent more tji&n the 1,641 that occurred during the corresponding perio^/in 1961. COAL OipfPUT Illinois coql mines produced 3,788,011 tons during October, compared with 4,445,356 tons in September, according to the monthly report of the state Department of Mines and Minerals. The October putput came from 38 strip mines which turned out 1,658,797 tons and 95 shaft mines which hoisted 2,127,214 tons. CA*D OF THANKS In this manner we wish to thank our friends and neighbors for the many kindnesses extended in our bereavement, including spiritual bouquets, floral offerings, cards of sympathy and donations of cars. Everything was most appreciated. THE HUGH E. MURPHY *30 FAMILY Health Talks • ' H ' H ' - M ' H H " ! ' * ' H f j a n d a d v a n c e m e n t o f " b o t h . T h e young person is more decisive, quicker and vibrant. The old man is more quiet, sedate and calculating. Thus the older person should be willing to listen to the new ideas of the younger individual, but should weigh them more carefully than if these * 1 I I I f M I H l I I'l l n 141 H i Growing Old Gracefully There are very few of the older generation who will not attempt to dictate to the younger person just because they are older, not necessarily because they are more astute or more capable. And it is this contest between old and young which causes most of the friction in established communities whether it is business or social activities, the educational committee of the Illinois State Medical society observes in Health Talk. Younger persons should ac knowledge the value of experience, but, on the other hand, it should be the constant desire of the older man or woman to give due consideration to the theories of the young. Many old people have made the life of a younger person miserable by making lijfht of a well thought-out plan which later proved to be a valuable solution to the problem at hand. This kind of action simply engenders hatred and leads to no valuable conclusions. A young person, when confronted with problems, just because they are quite new to him, will frequently develop new and significant thoughts. In this way he outranks the oldster because of the very fact that his thoughts are new and unencumbered with routine and possibly faulty premises. Youngsters and oldsters must work together for the benefit reserves itiy ELCIN AT STEFFANS * i Give the ONtY Watch with the OhwNM^ DURAPOWER MAINSPRING thm Heart that Never Breaks CELESTE. fa«trion.17j*w«t», W7I MX. 90 Pricct Ind. f*4. T«s A YEAR TO PAY STEFFAN'S JEWELRY and RECOUP SHOP * SM W. Main Street PHONE 123-J McHenry, III. We give and redeem Gold Bond Stamps. same ideas are put forth by one of his contemporaries. Kindliness is the most important attribute of the truly intelligent. Thus a man is not necessarily useless because he is considered old and a young person is not necessarily stupid because he is inexperienced. To grow old gracefully the oldsters should realize < that every young person has a place in the world and should not necessarily be hemmed in. Older people should not criticize nor resent the active desires of the younger person just because he is obviously ambitious arid thus may be inclined to make a nuisance of himself.. Inexperience and lack of complete basic knowledge and understanding are often the only cause of this aggression. On the other hand a controlled ambition is admirable. In manual pursuits, the worker who has done a given task time after time is more skilled than the worker who has performed a similar task only a few timleeL* In intellectual pur- Take It Easy- Take A Cab! When die weather's bad , When you want to reach your destination in a hurry . . When you have or heavy packages with you, it's time to call us for a cab. Remember our number PHONE 723 McHENRY CAB suits this is even more apparent. Certainly the versatility of older men and women in conquering psychologically and intellectually difficult situations la appreciated by all. " Growing old is a natural physiologic process. Wise is the person who accepts this knowledge without opposing nature's forces. vUfe is a process of replacement, no matter what the age. A kindly understanding of the problems of both the old and the young, with each group mutually [ACE STORE! respectjjig th®. other, will do much for a graceful entering Into older years. $ 8eft Velours loll velours are being used In many of the new hats. Choose the shape and "flare" whicn does the most for your face and! hair style, be It a top, side or back flare. Bell Pecans Pecans that are boiled for IS minutes will crack whole. PISEASE INCIDENCE Pneumonia was the lea$nf cause of Illinois deaths from c o m m u n i c a b l e d i s e a s e s d u r i n g the first six months of this year, being responsible for 1,377 fatalities, according to a report by the state, Department of Public Health. Tuberculosis in all forma caused 909 deaths. 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