The Cairo bulletin., 1914-03-24
Bankers Assoo.Et'oa is Obtaining
Names of ali Farmers in the
District.
AGRICULTURAL PAMPHLETS
TO Re MAILED T0 THEM FREE
Alexander County LIT Has Already
Reen Sent to U. S. hgricul-
taral Department.

The Illinois Bankers Association
is taking much interest in agricul-
tural work. They are doing great
work through a special committee
and urging the bankers OF every
every to-nty OF the state of Illinois
to organize ard cooperate with the
farmers in each county. The Bank
ers Association is obtaining names
Of farmers 50 that Educational
Pamphlets can be mailed to their adj
dress free of cost to the farmer.
These pamphlets will be furnihcd by
the Agricultural Department OF the
United States and the Association
will pay the postage and mailing OK
pcnse, j. S. Aisthorpe, president Of
the First Bank and Trut Company
has sent a list Of farmers in AlcXan-
der county. Mr. Aisthorpc is the
Vice Pres dent of the Illinois Bank.
ers Association and very enthusiasts
about The agricultural work.
Illinois Great State.
In regard to Illinois farmers the
following is Of interest not only to
farmers but to the general public.
Figures do not lie and these figures.
will open the eyes of many people
VINO do not know how important the
state IN which they live is as com
pared to tho other great states OF
tho union,
The name OF Illinois leads all the
states in the size and value Of its
crops. The government has said 50,
officially, in n report issued by the
census bureau. The figures are for
1910 and previous years, but the
percentage in favor Of Illinois is SO
great that 19ll-1912 could not have
shown change Of leadership. The
report says: THE relative rank Q:
the first nine states in regard TO
value OF crops shows that Illinois
led wish total valuation for ali
farm crops OF 100000; Iowa
was second with $315,000,000; Tex
as third with 100000; followed
by Ohio with $2&0 100000; Georgia
$221000,000; Missouri, &221.000,-
600; Kansas, $211fOO,000; New
York, $209, 100000 and Indiana
$204,000,O00.' The state Of Iii
nois ranked first in its production oi
corn and was followed by Iowa ana
Missouri in the order named. llli-
nois was first in the production CT
oats also. This is cne field in whicn
YOU hare to hand it to old illinois.
Why He is So Poor.
The following story now goin@
the rounds is told by Peter RadCord,
the well known lecturer. which is
not only amusing but is food fot
thought:
The average Texas farmer is !
awakened by Connecticut clock !
buttons his Chicago suspendcrs to his
Detroit oVeralls, puts on a pair Of
shoes made in Cleveland, washes in a
Pittsburg basin, use Cincinnati soap,
dries or a cotton towel made in New
Hampshire, sits down to n Grand
Rapids table, cats breakfast food
from Battle Creek, biscuits mace
from Minnesota flour, Kansas City
bacon and Indiana grits, fried in
Omaha Lard, on a 81 Louis stove
buys Irish potatoes grown in Michi- /
gan and canned fruit put up in Cali
fornia, seasoned with Rhode Island
spices; fills his pipe with kentucky
tobacco, puts on his hat, made II
Philadelphia, harnesses his Missouri
mulo :cd on Iowa corn, with New
York harness, and plows his farm,
which is covered with q Massachu.
sets mortgage, with an Indiana
plow. At nisht he crawls under a
New Jersey blanket and is kept
awake by dog, peculiarly a Texas
product, and wonders why he is So
poor