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The niinoU Agricultural Association Record 



February 15, 1923 



DELEGATES FROM 

 EVERY CORNER OF 

 STATE AT MEETING 



Program of I.A.A.Annual Con- 

 vention A Real Message 

 to FarmeFs 



Never was a more representa- 

 tive group of farmers gathered 

 together in Illinois than dur- 

 ing the two days of the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association 

 annual meeting in Chicago last 

 month. Froih. Lake County to 

 Union and from Vermilion to 

 Rock Island, every comer of 

 the State had its interests rep- 

 resented. -"' 



There were all the way from 

 one to 53 farmers present from 

 the various counties which sent 

 delegates and visitors. 



.Address by Mumford" 

 ' The convention opened with the 

 invocation by the Rev. Mr. Kiest, 

 of Anna, a member of the 1922 

 Excutive Committee. The morn- 

 ing session was taken up by the 

 reports of the president, secretary, 

 and treasurer, and the address of 

 Dean H. W. Mumford, of the Col- 

 lege of Agriculture of the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois: "The College 

 of Agriculture in Relation to the 

 Farm Bureau-." 



During Wednesday afternoon ad- 

 dresses were given by C. B> Den- 

 man, chairman of the Board of Di- 

 rectors of the East St. Louis Live 

 Stock Producers Commission As- 

 sociation; Hon. Howard M. Gore, 

 U. S. ■ Department of Agriculture; 

 C. Larsen, Dean of the South Da- 

 kota College of Agriculture, and 

 up to last Jan. 1 Director of Dairy 

 Marketing for the L A. A. 

 Banquet in BvenInK 



The election of officers took up 



Bradfixte Sees . . I 

 Marketing As 

 The Farm Goal 



"The American farmer is the 

 most efficient farmer in the 

 world," said O. E. Bradfute, pres- 

 ident of the American Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation, speaking at the 

 annual meeting, "and the Illi- 

 nois farmer is a leader In that ef- 

 ficient class." 



Mr. Bradfute stressed the Im- 

 portance of an Immediate solu- 

 tion of the problems which cause 

 'such a great difference between 

 the farmer's dollar and the dollar 

 of other manufacturers. 



"We ane over-produced," be 

 said. "We have a surplus." 



Co-operativje marketing, accord- 

 ing to Mr. Bradfute, is the only 

 way out for the farmer, ind the 

 American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion will bend every effort during 

 1923 to make co-operative mar- 

 keting mpre successful than It 

 has ever been in history. 



the rest of the afternoon. There 

 was the banquet in ' the evening, 

 with addresses by Ex-Gov. Frank 



0. Lowden and President O. E. 

 Bradfute, of the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation. 



On Thursday morning the ad- 

 dresses of Hon. W. N. Ferris, U. S. 

 Cunningham, President of the U. 

 S. Grain Growers Sales Company, 

 carried the session well into the 

 noon hour. 



Re|K>r€ on Taxation 



J. C. Watson, I. A. A. Statisti- 

 cian gave a detailed report of the 



1. A. A. tax investigations. Illus- 

 trated with charts, to start the 

 afternoon meeting. Senator H. M. 

 Dunlap, of Savoy, talked on the 

 new state police bill which he 

 is fostering for the coming ses- 

 sion of the legislature. 



Tho convention closed with the 

 reports or "vimtiittees. 



DELEGATES TO I. A. A. ANNUAL MEETING 



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The following is a list of the 

 official, accredited delegates to the 

 annual meeting of the Illinois Ag- 

 ricultural Association: 



ADAMS COUNTY— D. H. Myers. 

 Mendon; Lawrence Randall. Lo- 



BOND' county — W. W. Willltord. 



qreenvllle; J. B. Walt. Greenville. 

 BOONE COUNTY — Elmer Hyde. 



Ciarden Prairie; A. B, Hammond, 



Belvidere. 

 BROWN COUNTY — Charlie Snyder. 



Versailles: Albert Lewis, Mt. 



Sterline. 

 BUREAU COUNTY— D. G. Reder, 



Mendota; Wllber Saverhlll, T)s- 



kilwa: Simon Albrecht. Tiskilwa. 

 CARROLL COUNTY— Albert Getz, 



ML Carroll; Chas W. Moore, Mt. 



Ckrroll. 

 CASS COUNTY— J. H. Taylor, Vir- 

 ginia; F. C. Walbaum, Ashland. 

 CHAMPAIGN COUNTY — Lorln 



Clark, Homer; W. H. Jackson, 



Fiaher; D. J. Holtermann. Sa- 



dorus. 

 CHRISTIAN COUNTY— Wm. Grimes, 



Rosemond; Dwigrht Hart, Edin- 



burg. 

 CLARK COUNTY — T. R. Lovett, 



Marshall; Albert WriKht. West 



Union. 

 CLAY COUNTY — Curt Anderson. 



Xenla; E. L Sunderman. Louis- 

 ville. . 

 CLINTON COUNTY— H. H. Immlng, 



Aviston; Peter Bach, Bartelso. 

 COLES COUNTY — C. S. Hall, Oak- 

 land: P. P. Homan. Mattoon. 

 COOK COUNTY — Herman Schwake, 



Arlington Heights; Frank Diek- 



mann. South HoUand. 

 CRAWFORD COUNTY — N. F. Good- 

 win, Palestine; A. York, Robin- 

 son. 

 CUMBERLAND COUNTY — A. C. 



Gordon. Neoga; A. M. Plngery, 



Slsrel. _, , 



DE KALB COUNTY— B. W. Lyon, 



Waterman: Geo. S. Hyde, Earl- 



vUle. 

 DEWITT COUNTY— C. 'W. Thorp, 



Clinton; Scott Grlirin, Clinton. 

 DOUGLAS COtlNTY — Prank L. 



Reedcr. Tuscola; Chas. McDonald, 



Hindsboro. 

 DUP.VOE COUNTY — C. G. Shoger, 



Napervllle; John K. Rathbun, 



Lombard. 

 EDGAR COUNTY— W. G. Tucker, 



Horace: Zeiss Gumm,. Paris. 

 EDWARDS COUNTY — Harry Per- 

 kins, Albion; Albert LIbkle; West 



Salem. 

 EFFINGHAM COUNTY— F. C. Wa- 



chel, Altmont. 

 FORD COUNTY — F. W. TIeken, 



Piper City: A, C. Thompson, Pi- 

 per City. 

 FRANKLIN COUNTY— Matt House, 



Benton; H, H, Webb, Mulkey- 



town. 

 FULTON COUNTY — J, E, Mum- 



raert, Astoria; E. C. Vlttum, 



Canton, 

 GALLATIN COUNTY — Geo. B. 



Scherrer, Shawneetown; H. H. 



Glasscock. Omaha. 

 GREENE COUNTY — Glenn Smith, 



Greenfield: L R. Lee, Roodhouse. 

 GRUNDY COUNTY— R. W. Carper. 



Coal City: B. 8. Cryder, Morris. 



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HANCOCK COUNTY— I. N. Hosford, 

 Hamilton; w. a. Clark, Carthage: 

 M. G. Lambert, Ferris. 



HB.NDERSON COUNTY — C. W. 

 Cooper, Little York; C, C, Painter, 

 Stronghurst, 



HENRY COU.VTY — Robert Arm- 

 strong, Kewanee; J. A. Boomer, 

 Atkinson; Henry Larson, Cam- 

 bridge. 



IROQUOIS COUNTY — G. C. Honey- 

 well, Mllford; Chas. Holtz, Bock- 

 ley; W. A. Ward, Sheldon. 



JACKSON COUNTY — W I 1 I a r d 

 Graves, Murphysboro; Jess L 

 Klein, Carbondale. 



JERSEY COUNTY — James C. Dow- 

 ney, JerseyvlUe; J, R. Fulkerson, 

 Jerseyville. 



JO DAVIESS COUNTY — John E. 

 Bonnett, East Dubuque; E. F. 

 Hunt, Hanover; Willis VIpond, 

 Scales Mound. 



JOHNSON COUNTY— W. L. Owen, 

 Simpson. 



KANE COUNTY — William I. Lye. 

 Big Rock; D. Craft, Lily Lake. 



KANKAKEE COUNTY — L E. Su- 



Srenant, Bourbonais; Henry M. 

 [cLane, Reddlck. 



KENDALL COUNTY — E. L Matt- 

 lock, Yorkvllle; C. G, Ricketts, 

 Oswego. 



KNOX COUNTY — Perry C. Gehrlng, 

 Altona; C, E. Hartsook. McQuoln; 

 Elmer L Olson, Knoxvllle. 



LAKE COUNTY— H. E. Flood, Our- 

 nee: E. B. Jordan, Deerfleld. 



LA SALLE COUNTY — D. E. Steph- 

 enson, Streator: H. W. Watts, 

 Leiand: H. T. Marshall, Serena. 



LEE COUNTY— M. J. Fielding. Dix- 

 on: Wm. Sandrock, Ashton. 



LIVINGSTON COUNTY — Geo. L. 

 Potter. Pontiac; J. W. Porter, 

 Pontlac; M. C. Fonger, Odell. 



LOGAN COUNTY— J. W. Rupp, Mt 

 Pulaski: Ralph Lanterman, Wll- 

 liamsville • 



Mcdonough county — j, e. 



stickle, Blandinsvllle; I. A. Ix 

 Master, Bushnell. 



Mchenry county — H. C. Gllker- 

 Bon, Marengo: D. L. Thomas, 

 RIngwood. 



McLEAN- COUNTY— S. M. Elklns, 

 Bloomington; Carl Vrooman, 

 Bloomlngton; Walter Tenny, Mc- 

 Lean. 



MACON COUNTY — J. C. Batchel- 

 der, Harrlstown; Henry Shafer, 

 Illiopalis. 



MACOtjPIN COUNTY — H. J. Schnltl, 

 Shipman; J. P. Enslow. Atwater. 



MADISON COUNTY — Stanley Cas- 

 tle. Alton; H. B. Kocller, God- 

 frey. 



MARION COUNTY — G. R. Williams, 

 Salem; E. Kinsey, Centralla. 



MARSHALL - PUTNAM COUNTY — 

 L F. Boyle, Hennlpin; Elmer 

 Hunt, Henry. 



MASON COUNTY— 



MENARD COUNTY — L V. Samp- 

 son, Petersburg; J. H. Behrena, 

 Greenvlew, . 



MERCER COUNTY — Scoville Lee, 

 Aledo; I. F. Ollmore, Aledo, 



MONROE COUNTY— Phillip Blckel- 

 haupt, Renault: Chas. Franklin. 

 Prairie Du Rocher. 



MONTGOMERY COUNTY — John 

 Foster, Raymond; H. G, Lincoln, 

 Witt, 



COPIES OF A.WUAL REPORT 



Copies of the I, A, A. Annual 

 Report, a 96-page booklet illus- 

 trated with photographs, will be 

 sent upon request as long as there 

 Is a supply. This is the report 

 given to delegates and visitors at 

 the annual meeting. 



MORGAN COUNTY .;-C. S. Black 

 Jacksonville; O. A. Rohrer, Wa- 

 verly. 



MOULTRIE COUNTY— J, A. James. 



/-.^i?^"SJ.'..'5*0' Fulk. Benthany. 



OGLE COUNTY --Joseph Holmes. 

 Monroe Center; C. K Bam bor- 

 ough. Polo. * 



PEORIA COUNTY— Z. M. Holmes. 

 MossvlIIe; Chas. R. Ford, Ed- 



PIATT COUNTY— M. E. Wise, Cer- 

 ro Gordo; Hugh Ruddock, Jr., 

 Bement. 



PIKE COUNTY— Chas E. Dunham, 

 Griggsvllle; Geo. Stauffer, Jr.," 

 Baylls, 



POPE COUNTY— Robert Clanahan. 

 Renshaw. .- 



RANDOLPH C0UNTY—J. C. Knott. 

 Chester: J. V. Lessley, Sparta. 



RICHLAND COUNTY— D.H Kink. 

 Olney. 



ROCK ISLAND COUNTY — C. J. 

 Searle, Rock Island; Homer A. 

 Dall.-. Hlllsdalf. 



ST. C'^AIR COUNTY- H. H. Hart. 

 ™?,"„ Freeburg; Cyril Pfelfer, 

 O Pallon. « 



^'SJ'.L''^ ^COUNTY— Henry Fowler. 

 Eldorado: C. E. Burkhardt, Ra- 

 leigh. 



SANGAMON COUNTY— John Stout. 

 Chatam; w. B. HufTaker, New 



_ R?,';''":„C. R. Carpenter, Buffalo. 



SCHUYLER COUNTY — Fred L. 

 Camp, Huntsviile; Clarence 



^JShSS'P^'"'- Frederick. 



SCOTT COUNTY— W. M. Robinson. 

 Bluffs; Vv. H. Price, Bluffs. 



^•if^?^ _ COUNTY— W. H. Boys. 

 ShelbyvlUe; J. w. McCIo.y, Trow- 

 bridge. 



STARK COUNTY— David Tumbull. 



oJ2?A°,W.',l-„*- H. Rennlck, Toulon. 



STEPHENSO.N- COUNTY -^ L M. 

 Swanzey. Preeport: T. F. Ellis, 



^hfSJiXJi;^^ Phillips, Lena. 



TAZEWELL COUNTT-^. B. Wood. 

 Deavan; R. c. NIchela, Green 

 Valley; A. L. Robinson. Pekin. 



UNION COUNTY— E w. Newman. 



.r^JJI'.^v R^?^^J^°'<'>'- Makanda. 

 VERMILION COUNTY-1-R L. Wood 



Bismarck; J. w. P. Crouch. Che- 



neyville. 

 WABASH COUNTY — John Deputy. 



Mt. Carmel, 



WARREN COUNTY— M. S. Smith. 

 Monmouth; Ralph Klrby. Ber- 

 wick. 



^^T'*.^,i^°U=*'"— O- "W^- Talbert. 

 Fairfield. 



WHITESIDE COUNTY— Ira Wlth- 



row. Erie, died; T. H. Adams. 



Fenton. 

 WILL COTJNTT— Arthur States, El- 



wod; G. L. Francis. New Lenox. 

 WILLIAMSON COUNTY — Finis 



Grain. Carterville. 

 WINEBMIO COUNTY— L. A. Frisbe 



Rock/ord; E. M. Brechenridge 



Rockford. 

 WOODPGrD COUNTY— Maj. Dors 



Eureka; C S. Bonar, El Paso. 



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