iber 5. 1925 



to 

 Meeting 



■r 1, enl. -,.) 

 of thr ;innil;il 



10 1>,. hcl.l ill 

 , f 'li;inip:iiEll- 

 !-' Till! lliw 



iiif'i'Iincs will 

 t y I'Vfciil ivi's. , 

 siH'oml title's 



11I.1 RMys II:ir- 

 •«.* Holinirin. 

 l.*lin»^>Kinsliip 



t Banquet -' 



nil ■■( 'i>-(»por-"^ 

 C' I'v V. 

 riiTin <'((Hon 



visti.ck Mrir- 

 :in, pri'siili'iit, 



illUMTs' As>o- 



i:i)ilo Markrt- 

 l:iTi;iKcr, Fi'il- 

 :ihtr (Irowors. 

 '•Till' r';irin ' 

 C"i»-iiIMT:itivo 

 . (1. Muursr, 

 ivision. Iiiati- 



;irn|Ilrt, to 1>I' 

 iiK, tin prin- 

 H* Ki\i'" hy 

 r of K:ins:is 

 on! of* I'trih. 

 Ill' ;tlii) 

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 of rrsolulioll 



iini<"iTs. :iiJop- 

 I'W :tn<l ini- 

 :Mljoiiriiin<-nl . 

 Heavy 



's»T\:ili^>ls to 

 :i' havi* lic'i'll 



I from Illinois' , 



<)flii-i;ils of_ 

 irr.'ni I'l'ilcrn- * 

 :illO si'Mis to 

 \\:is iiH'icnscil 



11 riMpii-st, of 

 Dir. 1 hMil 



from coiinly 

 oM thT' SiMtl'-. 

 s in tlir wholi' 

 mliilgc speaks 

 ;(';ils rrsrrvij*! ' 

 IIoWI'VIT, it 



II Illinois ri'.- " 

 Till- I. A 1 



oprn at. th*' 

 ay anif ^loii- 

 ■i an- ailvisi-d 

 •kcts as soon 

 ,U ly;:i() 



til Hill l.l- 



t <-all<.| for 

 not holilini: 



tablisli.il Ijy 

 incr in till' 



witn'i'ssrs,^ 

 unotlicial 11-' 

 shpil 'around 

 fores in the 

 pi'titor.s. 



1925 AU- 

 rp: 

 V.-E. Rol)i- 

 oiinty Farm 



ion -County 



;oam— ^Tazo* ^ 



■au. 



Illinois' am*^ 



nis, Toulon, 



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team — Wal- 



rt, DtWitt 



the Illinois 



1 to the 



hickcn call- 



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ig cliainp, a 



ivatdi chain 



calling vic- 



hor; ami a 



'r the liorso- 



i. Prairie 



winner of 



t, .«r.O for 



$15 for 



This farm 



Wallaces' 



r and The 



SI 00 ami 



West cham- 



V Have $50 



1 |rlaci' who 

 of Rio, a 

 untv Farm 



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Volume 3 



Issued Every Other Saturday for 63,000 thinking Farmers — December 19, 1925 



No. 25 



"OUR SAM" TAKES A. F. B. F. PRESIDENCY WITH HUMBLENESS 



< 



Sam Thompson 'Xathe 

 Up from the Ranks" 

 Through Farm Bureau 



Has Held Many Offices All the 

 Way From Solicitor of Mem- 

 berships to President of 

 Farmers' Greatest Body. 



Siini H. Thompson, newly-elect t-i! 

 pi^sitk'nt of the Atncrican Farm Bureau 

 l-cderatioiij has "come up from tin- 

 rank*" in the farm bureau organiza- 

 tion.* . f 

 He has been a leader in his home 

 (■'>n»niun:ty in (lilmer township, Ailams 

 i-r-unty; president of the Adams County 

 Farm Hiin-au; exerutive commit Iceman 

 of the Utiiioii* Ajrrieultural A.^sociation; 

 chaiinian of its loRislative antifinanre 

 coniniittees; president of the^TTTTmus 

 Airricultural Association; director of the 

 American Farm Hurcau Federation; 

 memlier of its finance committee and is 

 n,ow pr-'sidvnt of the national orMniza- 

 tinn. 



Lived on Farm 54 Year* 



He \v;i-; Itorn j\jiirust \><, 1X(\'A, on a 

 ■lO-acre f.'irm in Gilmer township, near 

 Quincy. He was the youngest of five 

 children, three ;;irls and two boys. He 

 irrew to manhood on this farm and re- 

 ueived his education in the public 

 IchooN. He joined the Methodist Epis- 

 «ip;il church when lii years -old and al- 

 wViys has been active in t-hurch and 

 Sunday school work. r 



.\t the afre of 20 two important events 

 _lfiiJt_T>lace. He married yUf>s Lemmic 

 Dickhur~imd the same year^^Jie ^lout^ht 

 an SO-acre /arm^ at $7.') an acre.'poinu 

 in debt for the entire amount. On this 

 farm there were born to the Thonip- 

 sfnis seven children, foflr boys and three 

 ^;irls. Five are now married ^^nd livinp 

 on farms in the nriii^!»orhood of their 

 fathcr^^iwH ' irrirmWaiher. Two of the- 

 hib|j>(m live fit home, the youn;;cst hav- 

 irraduated last year at the Atrricul- 

 1 CniWii^of the University uf Ikli- 

 noi;;. ' 



Has 500-Acre Farm 



Mr. Thonips<>ii eiitriired fn grain and 

 live &tock farniin^'T^Tiw. SO-acre farm 

 was pair! for and adjoinin>L_Jaml was 

 acfpiired which enlar;refl the oPT home 

 plnte to .%0Q' acre's. Two of the sons 

 are" now farmfnir it under the eye of 

 Mr. Thompson. 



He w;is tax collector at 22 year< of 

 HKC. Since then he has always taken 

 an active part in the public atfairs of 

 his neighborhood, township and county. 

 He was comniissionor for nine years and 

 supervisor for six yeajs. In liMG he 

 was elected tn the r)Oih (leneral Assem- 

 bly of Illinois. 



It w:ls back in 11M."> that Mr. Thomp- 

 son .^ot .active in Farm Bureau uork. 

 Ile became a strong advocate for flie 

 organization of farmers. He was ju-ji's- 

 ident of the Adams (^ounty Farm Bu- 

 reau and Was a charter member in the 

 organization of the Illinois .^pricultural 

 •Association in I'.HT. Although hv hrul 

 moVed in to Quim-y in liMS and was 

 elected prcsiilent uf the liroadway Bank 

 (»f Quincy, which position he now holds, 

 he gave consi<IeraIiIe time in helping the 

 Illinois .Agricultural Association gel on 

 its feet, Kven though a bank presidiwit, 

 he spent weeks out in the country ;i.-- a 

 vfdii-iter. 



He t^ecame an executive commitiee- 

 M'.an of the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation representing the 22nd con^'s- 

 -ional district, serving for three- years. 

 He was also chairman of the finance jind 

 legislative committees. Mr. Thompson 

 also helped organize the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation and has been, for 

 two vear.-, a member of its executive 

 .'iinimttee. 



Mr. Thompson has had r>4 years of 

 actual farming experience. He has busi- 

 ness experience as president of the 

 Broadway Bank of Quincy. The deposit? 

 of that bank have (foubled since he be- 

 lame president and in the financial de- 

 pression which has hit farming commun- 

 ities so hard, the bank of which Mr. 

 Thompson is president sutfercd no toss 

 of ;inv kind. In public affairs. Mr. 

 Thompson has had wiile experience, lirst, 

 in his township and ot)unly affairs; 

 s.'cond. as a public le|ti>!ator in the 

 C.eneral AsseMii>ly and tl^ird. throagh of- 

 ficial position of the Illihois Agricultural 

 Association and the American Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation, whereNhe has had di- 

 rect experience in statp\^and national 

 agricultural problems. 



President Thompson Pinning 



Medals on Illinois Club Winners 



I ]/. A. A, Leader Elected President of ^ ' 



American Farm Bureau Federation for 

 2- Year Term Which Began immediately 



Hopes He Can Serve Humbly Enouj^h So H 

 I Close to *'the Folks Back On the Farms' 



Will Always Be 

 F. A. O'Neal 



I 



I of Alabama R©-ejlected Vice-President; Thompson Gives 

 His Future Polilcs in Statement in This Ri 



HOPE and trust. I cair >kv\i' liurnl>l\ 



will be close to tlte 

 ly d<>clared "Our Sam 

 s|>ecth as president <if 

 roau Federation be 'o^v the 

 initionai organizalioi 

 in Chicago last week 

 in. a warm contest, tc 

 farm bureau famien 

 **And I want to p 



The University of Illinois, \through Dean H. W. Mumford and £. 1. Pil- 

 chard, state leader of boys* aVtd girls' work, and the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association gave medals to winners in club competitions when the Illinois 

 boys and girls who were attending the International Live Stock Exposi- 

 tion were breakfasted by I. A. A. officials, executive committee and di- 

 rectors. Left to right: Sam H. Thompson; Adeline Spragg, Sanltamon 

 county, Donald Vameron, Peoria county; Dean H. W. Mumford anct I'or- 

 rest Weseman, Kane county. 



Chef Got 'Zie Great Kick ' in Cooking 



Co-op Luncheon for Calvin Coolidge 



'rihJilAS MACLIAXOj a former sub- 

 ^ ject of the Prince of Monoco and 

 who learned his cooking in Monte Carlo, 

 his native land, was the chef who super- 

 vised the cooking of tlw co-operative 

 luncheon ser\-ed to President Coolidge 

 and guests during the American F"arni 

 Bureau convention at Chicago last 

 week. Three assistant chefs helped hira. 



Chef Magiiano took great pride in 

 co<tkii!g for the president. On two 

 previous oc<-asioris he has prepared food 

 f«)r presidents, in both instances for the 

 lati' Theodore Roosevelt, once in Colo- 

 rado in litOl, and the other time in 

 .Arizona in li'll. 



"I got ze big kick out of getting this 

 great meal for ze President." said 

 ■^i-nur M:ii.'liann. who i- chff dt- cai-'ine 

 at the Sherman Hotel, where the con- 

 vention and luncheon was held. "And 

 deed you hear what the President he 

 say? He say hemself it was a great 

 luncheon. It should be -you know the 

 quality of food was tres I'on — excel- 

 Iente--it canie from farmers themselves, 



•'We cooked all of it in a special 

 kitche» apart from all food for ze regu- 

 lar ciistomers of the hotel. We had 

 nothing but new utensils. And ze secret 

 -ervice men! Aha. They stand around 

 looking to see that no poisOn get in. 

 They found none, I assure you. And 

 Dr. Bundesen of the Chicago health 

 department he send inspei-tors! They 

 asked about the milk — it was good milk 

 — I foun<l it came from tjuincy and the 

 farmers' cows are all tested for ze 

 tuberculosis. They say 'fine.' " 



Senor Magiiano has been in the 



Telegrarr\s and Letters ^SgK 



Pile t>n Thompson' s Desk ^H[ ^ 

 Saylng'-We're With You' ^^ 



"We're with you, Sam!" 



That's the sentimen^^ expressed in a 

 Ijig pile of telegrams and letters which 

 tumbled onto President Thompson's desk 

 after his election to the national pres- 

 i'lcncy. One telegram was a resolution 

 of congratulation from the Illinois State 

 Grange which was in session at the 

 time in C'hampaign-Urbana. It pledged 

 full co-operation, as did tjie scores of 

 other letters and telegrams which came 

 from all ovei the country. 



L'nited States 25 rears and ha* beronie 

 a naturalized citizen. 



The Illinois Fruit Crowers Kxchanpe 

 furnished apples'for the co-op luncheon, 

 bu: the Stephenson County Co-operative 

 Cream Producers* Association is exper- 

 iencing such a deman*! for its "Vita* 

 <;old" butter that no cream could be 

 spared. 



lifsides the luncheon to 

 Coolidge, a co-op luncheor 

 served the next <lay. 



folks back hanu' on tin 

 * llionipson in h\> (h 

 the Amei'ican I'artn Ila 

 delftr.tt.s ;tl tin 

 seventh annual meetinji 



rafter he had ix-en elected 

 come "Our Sam" to tht 



6( the nation. 



olni'-e you wh^» rt^'pivsont 



the states which maki- 1 p this irreat f<'derali(^ii," 



he said, **that from 



primarily a national 



American Farm Bui\»t:u Federation I have ha< 



portunity to see aij:r cultural problems in a n; 



n [)w 

 01 e. 



on my viewpoint is 

 As a diiecto!* of the 



1 a .s>l 

 tit>n:ii 

 it is my duty, in co-operation wiHi the new board *»1 . 



to act in the best inli-n 



After His Election 

 SamWas Sad Beckuse 

 Ffe'd Be At Hotni^ Less 



nsman s 

 m<'ric;;!i 



I'pon learning of hi 

 election as president of th- ji 

 Farm Bureau Kederrition, 

 of tie Quincy Herald v 

 ident Thompson f<»r, a 

 folks back home." He rep 

 lows : 

 "To my friends at home: 



"After being eb-cled p 

 the American Farm Bun- 

 lion, |the distressing thousjit 

 me af; I s:i1 jit supp»*r wi 

 of c^ngraLl^ating friend^ 

 new iluties would pull nie 

 more away* from Quinc; 

 -Adanls county folk* wit 

 have lived all the wars ^( 

 The thought made me sad 



"But wiih this saclnes^ 

 'hat 1 must a«<uine this n< 

 ibilitj as a sacred dnt>' ti 

 agriculture and that 

 wider service to the famn rs !;; the 

 future I hope lo continue th- pt.ti 

 iples jwhich have made t le IHi 

 .Xerictjltural Association fu<h 

 vtroni and useful orpaniz 



*'Mt prayerful hope is l h.i r I w:!l 

 iie able tn serve humbly en turh ti 

 alwayK close to the folks of tfir farm 

 ind h*'me. .'^incerelv, 



Sam. H. Th 



i PP- 



a^ f..l- 



K.-d«T.-1- 



ClitVf T" 

 1 i:r'"ari 

 h:.' juv 



rr :\u.\ 



i,i- ;h- 



,\h<'rn I 



life. 



fv-1 



iv"^!! >o I always 

 fiMAt'nt- 



did*'op- 



i\. and 

 ■f.iors, 

 '■ alt the 



ick( 



farmer- in Ann'r 



Tlipcf <-an<tiriat > w 

 till !V le-iH'clixx? 1 

 v«-iMiie«l into 

 t<.<i. Thry wrr*-: 

 \<ni;i, * Hii«i, \vtv> 

 for thrc y«ai.-<; I- 

 min!:li:i:i'>. Alaba 

 tiurinu I'.»2r» an« 

 Alab:'.(' I Farm 

 and < irn H. Th* 

 w'^o !, Incn i»i; 

 noi.- A; cultural 



Eari C Smith 



Ih." maj" 

 -on on til 

 b-illot st. 

 ItraMifut. 



ll; 



ity 



: eijrhtli 

 .►.1: Mr, 



IK-aiMl 



:■ vol,- wirf m 

 Bradfute Pled^ 



inty Qri 

 s Okeffs 



Senor Thomas Magiiano 

 who cooked the co-operativ 

 eon for President Coolidge 



the chef 

 e lunch- 



Another Coui 

 of Mutuals 

 New Reinsurant 



■'We hereby endorse the fl.i 



F.'irmerij' Mutual Reinsur:in<r 



for direct insurance, speciic 



ance. bipmket reinsurance :tBd 



cession {reinsurance an<l »u 



La Sallfl County Reipsuranc* 



to put !on reci»rd our end 



siiid Fntmers' Mataal R«'insu 

 ■ ny." ■ ' 



Thus com<'> irdtn-sciiient fr ni 



.Munty irroup of farsn niutu|.l; 



tew reinsurance cotnpany 



county bas more fire and bg! 



panies thrin any other cna it; 



state— Ui. Representatives i-tii! 



met several times durini: 



years studying rejnsuraiii 



"Thertfore," says Vervirt \ aTiiman. 



field representative, "they :ii ' hi 1 ^at 



a company has been organ izi d fhi' uill 



cover tl^e entirt; state, theri h\ p; 



their cqmpanies in ;i po^itii n wh' 



thipy cah take care of al! th- ir'.>urani-e 



needs of their farmers M;air|st t-rc a'nd 



Iiphtnin(;," 

 ! Many other mutuals in I In ois h. 

 ' endorse^ the' new. companyl Madison 

 I county recently (rave 

 ' dorsement. 



■ t 



i j-liHl by 

 what dp- 



ITW' ru-tx»'l COTI- 



II. i:. Bra.lfutc<if 



■.. •>.<■.. -i-i'.nt 



A. t>'N'al ..f liir- 

 l:i. Virt'-i,r-i ..sitk^l.t 

 ■ •(liidf'r: of t|»« 

 I lau F. ' atitm 



r. t^nn ti!" ''^ .IDOV, 



Mlrnt (if I' ■ V.U- 

 \- -i^iati'ii, It 1 . iiK 



•.•2:r-24-2."i arri :i 

 I i r f (* t o r «.f tii. 

 Vmiri<-;in K a r m 

 {uriiiu Fcvier»tii't! 

 r xhc same pt'- 



M. TlKll! SCTP t 



atlats wc-j-f' ra>1. 



hv ninth being a 



it<! by acclama- 



1i<>n. upon motion 



tv fn-ia. r,t Palm- 



f till 6hio 



' 'arm liurc-au F»-<l- 



rati'ji. w !i i rh 



1 1 a il t' unatlim<lu^ 



i;!iitii ti hv Mr. Thiim^- 



I..II..I. Thl'..>:Mlh 



' 'hnnu'^'in. 24; .Mr. 

 Mr. (iVal I. Pi.'n 



t:iin*ill 1 

 •s Cn-up*ration 



E. A. O'N'iiif kva- tuiti \ 

 \i(M-nr» --i'll nr t" -im-ci'. i i-.;m-«lf 

 Pi'>-.<iditnt Br.idfiit' in a^lrti -^ill!r thi 

 ihlirat' .- lat. r, \vj rmly l>. -[x.lf ihi 

 c-o-oi><-lalion "f .'ill Stat'-.- fort'i'' ni-v 

 •n'<'^"i«l«'nI a"nl pl« 'Ijfi'tl him*"!''.' tKi 

 .,-rv<- t4)'' Kai-m Iti y-vint in ;tny man 

 nor in wl.ich ho r'fuM b» of «»'rvjce. 



P I- o > i .1 <■ n t 

 Thnmp-'»n ai^ - 



^Uml^i the ilulio 



iif hi.- mw i.illcc 

 imnfti'tiiat* ly. 1?hf 

 in xt .lay. Tluit -- 

 tla>% tli^ r-.i \i iy 

 clcdiod hiiai'l ji'l" 

 (lirectfir- n>i t iir- 

 t h t .\miri'tit: 

 Farm Buriau (•; 

 fict > . \v li i ( . 

 F r« n k K-ali-, 

 Kcnpral niaikit- 

 ing C'luii.-el ani'l 

 aclijig -ifrt'tifiA 

 for th. ;ia-t y< iir, 

 was i.-i Icolfd. ,a.- 

 wa.s .A. U. Sirai'-* 

 .-X)n, t iiasurer.: Ttu 

 was M-t Id!- F*|). 1 

 Roprr-cntaiite- 

 -taU's plirtofi tm .- 

 ( ri^ntinm-iT on 



J. 1.. Whj<,n.,tM 



^^i M nn'flinj; 



f thi .Mid-\Vf.st 

 (Irvc on th<' hoard 

 >affe 4 I'ol .% I 



