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EXECUTIVE COMMTTTEB 

 (By ConsrcMional Dlstricu.) 



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G. E. BatnboroUKh, Polo 



. . . . W. H. Moody, Port Byron 



B. H. Taylor, Rapatee 



A. R. Wright, Varna 



F. D. Barton, Cornell 



R. F. Karr, Iroquois 



. ,J, L. Whisnand. Charleston 

 ...J.... Earl C. Smith, Detroit 

 ...Samuel Sorretis, Raymond 



Stanly Castle, Alton 



W. L. Cope, Salem 



Curt Anderson, Xenia 



R. K. Lootnia, Makaiula 



OFFICERS 



Prcaldent, S. H. ThomjMon 



Vice-President, H. E. Goembel 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowlea 



Secretary, Geo. A. Foi 



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I li L< I N OIS 



ICIJL.TVBAL, ASSO CIA1 



^RECORD^ 



To advance the purpote for which the Farm Bureau was org^n- 

 ixed^ namely, to promote, protect and represent the busint^s. 

 economic, social and educational interests of the farmer*^ qr 

 Ittinois and the nation, and to develop agriculture. 



DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMENTS 



Co-operative Acoountinfl Geo. R. Wicker 



Dairy Marketing A. D. Lyndi 



Finance R. A. Cowles 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing A. B. Leeper 



General Office J. H. Kelker 



Grain Marketing Chester C. Davis 



[nformatlon Harry C. Butcher 



Legal Counsel Donald Kirkpatrick 



Live Stodc Marketing Wm. E. Hedgcock 



Organization G. B. Metxger 



Phoaphate-Limestone J. R, B^t 



Poultry and Egg Markedng F. A. Gougler 



Taxation and Statistic* J. C. Watson 



Transportatl<m L. J. Quasey 



Published every other Saturday at Mount Morris, lUinoia, by the Illinois Agricultural Association. Edited by Department of Information, Harry C. Butcher. Director, 60S South Dear- 

 bom Street. Chicago, Illinois. Application made for transfer of entry from the Poatoffioe at Chicago, Illinoia, to the post office st Mt. Morria. Illini>ia. The individual membership fee of the Illinois 

 AKricultural .\BBoriatioo is five dollars a year. The foe includes payment of fifty cents for subscription to the Illinois Agricultura) Association Rkoord. Postmaster: In returning an uncalled' 

 for or misfu^nt copy, please indicate key number on address aa is required by law. 



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t Re- a f firm Stand on Elquality for 

 Agriculture 



EIGHT of the middle west state Farm 

 Bureaus, representing the midwest 

 group of the American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion, have pledged themselves to fight with 

 "unremitting and determined effort" toward 

 the enactment of legislation in the next Con- 

 gress tO:. give agriculture equality with in- 

 dustry and labor. These states are Illinois, 

 Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, 

 Missouri and Minnesota. 



Following is the text of the pledge which 

 was passed unanimously at the regular meet- 

 ing of ipid-west Farm Bureau officials at 

 Chicago early in October: 



"The effort of the mid-west states Farm Bureaus to im- 

 prove methods of production and marketing, and to speed 

 adjustment in farming to meet changing conditions, will 

 be pushed! vigorously in the future as in the past, but we 

 insist that in addition to all the savings that can be made 

 thereby. Agriculture is entitled to and must be accorded the 

 full bencflf* of protective tariffs if the American protective 

 system foi* industp' is to be retained. 



"We call attention once more to. the fact that world prices 

 of farm pk*oducts will prevail in Qur domestic markets re- 

 gardless of tariff schedules since the surplus determines the 

 price of the whole crop, whether at home or abroad. 



"We thfrefnTo -'edge our unremitting and determined 



Bureau, and without the Farm Bureau actu- 

 ally getting into business, which is a practice 

 with many pitfalls. During the year a $20,- 

 000 business was done, with an average sav- 

 ing of about 13 per cent to the participants. 



The Farm Adviser tested the soil of 106 of 

 the 254 members' farms. The result is a tre- 

 mendous increase in limestone application. 



What is regarded with more satisfaction 

 than anything else is that this was the first 

 year farmers came into the office and volun- 

 tarily joined up. 



That's a good record, Gallatin, but what 

 good is a record if you can't have some fun 

 breaking it? 



all the insurance needs of the farmer against 

 fire, lightning, wind storm and hail on a 

 mutukl basis, and also protect the local com- 

 panies against excessive assessments. 



In another column are listed the charter 

 members. Not only should they be desig- 

 nated as charter members, but also as 

 pioneer and honor members, for they have 

 made it possible to obtain the charter for a 

 farmers' state-wide reinsurance company, a 

 dream of prominent farm mutual leaders 

 for over a quarter century. 



ajTsuiiX- 



;ctment of legislation to give agriculture 

 IV with .nUu." .y and labor in the American jx'otective 



Small but Active 



One of the smallest Farm Bureaus in 

 Illinois, from the standpoint of number of 

 members, is in Gallatin county, which is lo- 

 cated in "Egypt" at the junction where the 

 moonlight on the Wabash joins the commerce 

 of the Ohio. 



For a Farm Bureau with only 254 mem- 

 bers, the annual report indicates sui-prising 

 activity. During its last fiscal year, which 

 closed this month with an annual meeting 

 at Ridgway, its reserve was boosted from 

 $160 to $1850. 



A service which the members appreciate 

 is that of assembling orders for seed, lime 

 stone spreaders, lime stone, phosphate, etc., 

 thl-ough the Farm Bureau. The combined 

 buying power of the members was used with- 

 out financial risk on the part df the Farm 



Re- insurance Company Reaches 

 First Goal 



OVER the top and then some ! 

 That's the record made by the new re- 

 insurance company organized by the Illinois 

 State Association of Mutual Insurance •Com- 

 panies and the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion. To get a charter from the state it was 

 necessary that at least $500,000 in direct pol- 

 icies from individual farmers be obtained. 

 This has been done in a relatively short time. 

 The total amount secured is over $681,000. 



Everybody co-operated practically 100 per 

 cent to reach this first goal. Local farm 

 mutuals, county Farm Bureaus, Orange 

 Judd Illinois Farmer and Prairie Farmer all 

 gave the project a boost. It deserved their 

 support as it does of every thinking fanner. 



Now that the individuals have made it 

 possible for the company to get its charter, 

 thus completing the first step, it remains for 

 the officers and directors of each mutual 

 company to consider the further service that 

 can be rendered mutual insurance for farm- 

 ers by having blanket reinsurance, specific 

 reinsurance and recession reinsurance. 



The above forms of service rendered by 

 the Farmers' Mutual Reinsurance Company 

 of Illinois will place the local mutual com- 

 panies in a position whereby they can handle 



You Know the Answer 



THE fai-mers come to bat in the world 

 series freight rate case on Oct. 26 when 

 the Interstate Commerce Commission opens 

 hearings in Chicago to receive evidence show- 

 ing why the railroads should not be granted 

 their desired five per cent increase. 



E\adence will be entered by the I. A. A. 

 in co-operation with other farm organizations, 

 to show the actual financial condition of Illi- 

 nois farmers. There is considerable differ- 

 ence between the acttial and that which has 

 been reflected by newspapers. 



President Thompson's speech delivered be- 

 fore the railroad officials and others gathered 

 in the transportation conference held in con- 

 nection with the annual meeting of the 

 Illinois Chamber of Commerce, and which 

 is reprinted in full in this Record, reflects 

 the stand of the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation on this important question. 



It has been estimated that an increase of 

 five per cent in freight rates will add from 

 twenty to thirty dollars a year to the aver- 

 age farmer's expense wherever the 'increase 

 takes effect. At first an 11 per cent increase 

 was asked, but so much opposition developed 

 from- the Farm Bureau and others that the 

 request was lowered to five per cent. 



Fifteen years ago such an increase could 

 have been gained by the railroads with much 

 less effort than now. Why? 



You know the answer to this question. 



JOHN THINKER AND EPIDERMIS FLINT. 



Ep Has a Claim Against the Railroad 



IS THE FARm"^ 



THIS 



Bt^REAU OFFICE , MR. 



PLlNTT — THE CARLOAD 

 OF UII^ESTOnE ^OU 

 OR.DCRED I? ON -WE 

 TRACK 



HOW MUCH IS MY FRE/CrUT 

 BlLl. ON THAT LIMESTONE- ? 



' HUMP '.-that's punny- John 



THiNKtR TOUD ME HE NEVER 

 RonID M0P£ -lHAN*50°-° A CAR. 



For frciq-ht and i tdlo the 

 PARM BUREAU TO GET MINE 

 WHEfiE He CjOT HIS-" SUP^ 

 THERE ain't something- WBOvg 



LATE R. AT FARM BUREA U ] 



WHAT KINO OF BUSINESS IS (JOINS 

 ON HERE" ? I BUY A CAR OF UmE 

 AND G-ET TEN CeMTSATONOFF 

 FOR BELONG-IN TO THE FARM BoRtrtf 

 AND WHEN IT COMK I G€T 57VCK 

 fZS-" MORE THAN JOHN THINKER, 

 pays .-. THERE'S Somet 



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