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Published twice a month by the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association. 60S South Dearborn Street, Chlcaso, Illinois. 

 Edited by News Publicity Department. E. L. Bill. Director. 



Entry as second class matter Oct. 10. 1921. at the post 

 office at Chicago. Illinois, under the act of March 3. 187», 

 Acceptance for mailing at special rates of postage pro- 

 vided for in Section 1103. Act of October I, 1917, author- 

 lied Oct. 31. 1921. 



The Individual membership fee of the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association is Ave dollars a year. This fee IncludM 

 payment of nfty cents for subscription to the XlUnoU Ag- 

 rtcultural Association Record. _^---— --^™^ 



OFFICERS 

 President, S. H. Thompson, Qniney. i 



Vice-President, C. B. Watson, DeKalb. I 



Treasurer, B. A. Cowles, Bloomlngton. 



Secretary, Geo. A. Fox. Sycamore. 



BXECXmVB COMMITTBB 

 Br Congcesslonal Districts 



11th Jacob Olbrlch, Harvard 



12th 1 Q. F. Tullock, Roektord 



Ijth C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



14th - W. H. Moody, Port Byron 



15th H. E. Goembel, Hoopole 



18th A. R. Wright, Varna 



17th 4 F. O. Barton, Cornell 



18th"!!!il .' R- P- •<»"■• Inxjuol* 



19th .....A. L. WhUnand, Charieaton 



20th..' 4 E«ri C. Smith, Detroit 



2Ut H Samuel Sorrelli, Raymond 



22nd Stanley Castle, Alton 



23rd.. J. E. LIngenfelter, Lawrencevllle 



24th Curt Anderson, Xenia 



29th.'.'.'.'.'..'.' Vernon Lessley, Sparta 



Directors of Departments 

 I. A. A. Office 

 General Office and Asslatant to Secretary, J. H. Kelker; 

 Organization, G. E. Metzger; Information, E. L. Bill; 

 Transportation, L. J. Quasey; Statistics, J. C. WaUon; 

 Finance, R. A. Cowies; Fruit and Vegetable Marketing, 

 A. B. Leeper; Live Stock Marketing, C. A. Stewart; 

 Dairy Marketing, A. D. Lynch; Phosphate-Limestone, 

 J. R. Bent; in charge Poultry and Egg Marketing, J. D. 

 Harper. 



ARHUAL MEETING RESOLUTIONS 



The resolutions passed at the annual meeting 

 express the •trend of thought on important ques- 

 tions before us. To an extent they point to the 

 platform or program of work for the year, although 

 they were not adopted with that idea in view. 



Following is a summary of the resolutions: 

 Holding District Conferences 



Recognizing the importance of establishing 8 

 closer relation between the I. A. A. and county 

 farm bureaus, we hereby direct and require that 

 the executive committee shall direct each member 

 of the committee to hold at least three conferences 

 in his district during the year of county executive 

 committeemen and officers, members of the I. A. A. 

 board of delegates and farm advisers. The meet- 

 ing places shall be selected by the I. A. A. dele- 

 gates within the district. Each county shall bear 

 the expenses of its own representatives and all 

 overhead expenses of the meetings shall be pro- 

 rated among the counties in the district. 



To Study School Lotos 



The stability of institutions and the welfare of 

 our people depend largely upon the proper educa- 

 tion of our citizens. The farmer has always been 

 and stiU is in favor of adequate school facilities. 

 The boys and girls of the farm are entitled to as 

 adequate educational facilities as are the children 

 of the cities and towns. Farmers are willing and 

 should bear their just share of the burden. A 

 study of the school laws and their application reveal 

 the facts that many gross inequalities and acts of 

 injustice are possible and have occurred. We there- 

 fore recommend that a thorough and comprehen- 

 sive su^ey and study of the entire .school system 

 and the laws relative thereto be made to the end 

 that we may give intelligent support to a revision 

 of the laws relative to education which will elim- 

 inate as far as possible the injustice which now 

 exists. j I ,'.-.- I I 



Cooperative Marketing 



A resolution endorsing the actions of I. A. A. 

 voting delegates at the American Farm Bureau 

 annual meeting in their stand for a constructive 

 program of cooperative marketing and endorsing 

 the actions of the I. A. A. in upholding the grain 

 ' marketing resolution passed by mid-west farm bu- 

 reau presidents and secretaries last June. The ex- 

 ecutive committee of the I. A. A. was urged to take 



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immediate active steps to create and put in opera- 

 tion a comprehensive cooperative marketing plan. 

 Farm Bureau Relation to Co^ps 



We urge the tying together as effectively as pos- 

 sible the farm bureaus and I. A. A. with coopera- 

 tive commodity associations. 

 Loyalty to Co^ps .• • . ' 



We urge the loyalty of farm bureau members to 

 the various cooperative agencies to the end that 

 a greater volume of business handled by such co- 

 operative agencies may exert every increasing in- 

 fluence upon the stabilization of prices. 



Jtelte/ Legislation 



We urge the consideration aad passage of such 

 laws as are economically sound and that have for 

 their purpose the relief of agriculture and the sta- 

 bilization of prices and the re-establishment of an 

 equitable exchange relation between the products 

 of the farm and other necessaries of life. 



Local Community Clubs ■ '•. , . ' 



We urge the development of commtmity organi- 

 zations in the county farm bureaus for the pur- 

 pose of obtaining a closer relationship with the 

 membership. We urge the I. A. A. executive com- 

 mittee to cooperate with county farm bureaus in 

 establishing community organizations and that it 

 take such steps to carry forward and develop 

 our community life as in their judgment may ap- 

 pear to be feasible. 



Balanced Production 



We recognize the influence of the production 

 of farm commodities to the markets and the prices 

 of said commodities. We therefore urge construc- 

 tive thought on the part of the farm bureaus and 

 the members of the association with reference to a 

 better balancing of their production to the end that 

 .a more stable supply be maintained, thereby ren- 

 dering a greater degree of stability to the prices of 

 farm products. We recommend the increased use 

 of legumes to supplant a portion of the present 

 large acreage devoted to grain production to 'the 

 end that over-production of grain may be elimi- 

 nated and that the soils may be rendered more 

 productive in the future. 



Water Transportation 



We urge the development of the waterways of 

 the nation wherever development is feasible and 

 we endorse and urge the early construction of the 

 lakes to gulf and St. Lawrence river waterway 

 projects, provided that the rights and interests of 

 parties directly affected shall be properly safe- 

 guarded. 



Law Enforcement 



We urge the rigid enforcement of all laws des- 

 tined to suppress vice, intemperance and other evils, 

 and we recommend the adoption of such law en- 

 forcement agencies free from political control as 

 will give the rural communities adequate protection 

 from law violation. 



Pure Seed Protection 



In a resolution warning the membership against 

 the purchase of alfalfa and clover seed imported 

 from foreign countries the delegates recommended 

 the adoption of such measures as will protect the 

 purchaser of seed from fraud. 



To Consider Office Location 



Inasmuch as some difference of opinion may have 

 arisen with reference to the location of the I. A. A. 

 offices, and inasmuch as by our constitution the 

 executive committee is charged with the responsi- 

 bility of securing the best possible location, we 

 recommend that the executive committee give due 

 consideration to all claims with reference to loca- 

 tion and that they act in the matter as may seem 

 to them wise and proper. 



Illinois farm bureaus and the I. A. A. are carry- 

 ing on an intense program to free Illinois herds 

 of bovine tuberculosis. The big purpose of this 

 work is to fulfill the demand of purchasers and to 

 make a market for Illinois cattle. Now comes the 

 idea that milk from tuberculosis-free herds should 

 be merchandised upon a quality basis. 



FARMER RELIEF LEGISLATION 



For a long time farmer relief legislation has 

 been talked of, and now the first measure is before 

 Congress in the form of the McNary-Haugen bilL 

 It is explained on another page in this issue. 



The purpose and intent of the biU has been en- 

 dorsed by the American Farm Bureau executive 

 committee, the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and 

 the Secretary of Agriculture. 



Our annual meeting failed to endorse the Wal- 

 lace plan of an export corporation, which is 

 included in this bill. However, another resolution 

 urged the passage of such laws that are economi- 

 cally sound and have for their purpose the relief 

 of agriculture and the stabilization of prices of the 

 farm products. In no way has the I. A. A. con- 

 tended that there is not room foi; constructive legis- 

 lation to overcome our marketing problem. 



A little study of this particular bill shows that 

 it is more than political campaign medicine. It 

 drives at the heart of our problem, the buying 

 power of the farm dollar. The bill delegates broad 

 powers and would put drastic actions into effect. 

 It has teeth. 

 The I. A. A. is making a study of this bilL 



A FARM BUREAU RECORD 



For four years Henry McGough of Kane county 

 was a member of the I. A. A. Executive Committee 

 and during that time he never missed a meeting, 

 never was late, and on every issue put before the 

 committee he voted yes or no. It is a record to 

 be proud of. 



There are 1600 county and state officers in farm 

 bureau work' in Illinois, and there are several times 

 that number in township and community organiza- 

 tions. All of us cannot be members of the I. A. A. 

 Executive Committee but all have the opportunity 

 and responsibility to do our share in the same 

 faithful way Mr. McGk>ugh has carried out his of- 

 fice. 



Answer the question of how many officers and 

 members are carrying their end of the load and 

 you have the answer to how fast the farm bureau 

 can make progress. 



THAT FARM BUREAU SPIRIT 

 "After all, this farm bureau thing in which 

 we are aU so much interested is not a big concrete 

 structure upon which folks may gaze in wonder- 

 ment but rather it is a thing cherished in the hearts 

 and exhibited in the lives of its members." These 

 are the words of "Farmer" Busk, farm adviser in 

 Macoupin county, and they express what they call 

 down there "That Macoupin County Farm Bureau 

 spirit." 



It was that spirit that brought 1,261 farm bu- 

 reau members and their wives to the Macoupin 

 annual farm bureau meeting in November. How 

 did they get that spirit t It was through "con- 

 scientious, insistent, consistent, continuous com- 

 munity organization work," Mr. Rusk says. They 

 have 36 community organizations in the county and 

 all the way from 150 to 1,000 people gather to- 

 gether regularly to talk over their mutual problems, 

 to see some farm movies, and to enjoy some "eats." 



COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION 



Approximately twenty per cent, or $1.00 out of 

 ' each $5.00 paid into the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association by each member, goes toward the 

 maintainance of state and county membership. 

 Fifty cents of the $5.00 membership fee to the L 

 A. A. goes to the American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion, leaving $3.50 for administrative and other 

 service work of the I. A. A. 



Can the cost of maintaining membership be de- 

 creased so as to leave a larger amount for other 

 services t 



Without exception, the Organization Depart- 

 ment states, the cost of maintaining membership 

 is low in counties in which there are local com- 

 munity organizations. The department recom- 

 mends that conuniyiity organization work ba 

 featured this year. 



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