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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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Ray E. Miller 



NEW LIVESTOCK DIRECTOR 



KAY E. MILLER of Quincy, 111., 

 farm adviser in Adams County, 

 has been employed as director of live- 

 stock marketing foi' 

 the Illinoi.^ Apfvicul- 

 tural Association, to 

 succeed Wm. E. 

 Hedgcock, who re- 

 cently tendered his 

 resignation. .M r. 

 Miller will also serve 

 as director of field 

 service for the four 

 cooperative 1 i v e- 

 stock producer 

 agencies operating 

 in the Illinois ter- 

 ritory under the 

 terms of an agree- 

 ment entered into between the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association and 

 these Producer Agencies. The organ- 

 izations concerned are the Chicago 

 Producers' Commission Association. 

 Producers* Commission Association. 

 Indianapolis, Peoria Producers' Com- 

 mission Association, and the Produc- 

 ers' Livestock Commission Association. 

 National Stock Yards, 111. 



Mr. Miller will as- 

 sume his new duties 

 about July 1. He is a 

 graduate of the Uni- 

 versity of Missouri 

 and during his four 

 year.s' employment as 

 farm adviser in Adams 

 County established an 

 enviable record of ac- 

 complishment. Adams 

 County has the repu- 

 tation for shipping 

 more livestock co- 

 operatively than any 

 other county in the 

 state. Mr. Miller is 

 president of the Illi- 

 nois Association of 

 Farm Advisers. He 

 will probably establish 

 residence in Chicago. 

 Miller is married and 

 has one daughter. 



SnuUi Speaks ill Ccniralui 



Pre.^^ident Karl C. Smith addressed 

 a joint luncheon of 120 farmers and 

 husiiu'ss men at Centralia on Friday. . 

 June 3. j 



"It was a fine 

 meeting and there- 

 ought to be more 

 like it throughout 

 Illinois." said \V. L. 

 Cope, I. A. A. Ex- 

 ecutive Committee- 

 man from Salem, 

 who introduced jthe 

 speaker. The meet- 

 ing had been ar- 

 ranged by the Cen- 

 tralia Commercial 

 Club with the help 

 of A. B. Leeper. 

 Illinois Kruit Ex- 



next 



W. L. Cope 



manager 

 rhange. 



of the 



The ninth annual meeting of the 

 .\merican Farm Bureau Federation 

 will be held at the Sherman Hotel. 

 Chicago, Dec. .5, 6, and 7, l'J27, ac- 

 cording to a recent announcement of 

 President Sam H. Thompson. j 



INDIANA FARM BU- 

 REAU GETS INTO 

 TAX FIGHT 



''l^HE Indiana Farm 

 ■ Bureau is taking 

 the lead in a state- 

 wide campaign to low- 

 er assessed valuations 

 of farm lands. In a 

 series of meetings con- 

 ducted by the state 

 board of tax commis- 

 sioners throughout the 

 state, the Farm Bur- 

 eau showed that as- 

 sessed valuations on 

 farm lands are higher 

 than their actual sell- 

 ing value. 



The State Board un- 

 der the 1 a w must 

 equalize valuation. 



JUDGING CONTEST WINNERS 



These Jboys from the Chenoa High School placed first in their 

 section in the recent livestock judging contest^ held at the Unjiv^rsity 

 farm. Normal, III. | . 



Top rovr, left to right, are Lowell Gerdes, Arthur Downs, Ken- 

 neth Jordon and J. A. Twardock, coach. 



Bottom row: Kenneth Mears, Edwin Rhoda and James Andes. 



They placed first in dairy, third in fat stock judging, atid first 

 in placing sheep. Mears won first and Andes third in inaiviidual 

 judging. 



Sixteen schools and 200 contestants competed. 



ROCK ISLAND GETS 

 MEETING j 



Rdckl Island will be the scene of the 

 afinual meeting of the I. A. A., 

 accoijdipg to a decision of the Execu- 

 tive Committee in 

 session last week. 



The decision lay 

 between Danville 

 and Rock Island, al- 

 though PeoHa made 

 an effort to bring 

 the convention back 

 to that' cityl through 

 the efforts of .Mike 

 I'inn of thp Peoria 

 Chamber of Com- 

 merce and Wilfred 

 Shaw, farm adviser. 

 W. H. Moody, 

 I ,r member of the com- 



niiltep, mavle an «arnest plea in behalf 

 of Rjoc^ Msland, while R. F. Kan- 

 spoke JFor Danville. The member.- 

 voted, eight to five for the we.stern Illi- 

 nois 4'ty. The convention will be held 

 Jan. Is] 19 and 20, 1928. Rock Island, 

 old sJtahiping ground of Blackhawk. 

 should provide an interesting setting 

 for tlje meeting. , " j I 



I. A. A. PICNIC 

 MAKES PROGRESS 



■'We are getting 

 ready to entertain a 

 crowd of 50,000 peo- 

 ple at Mooseheart on 

 .Aug. 11" is the optim- 

 istic note expressed by 

 Harry P. Kelley, Kam 

 county farm advi.ser, 

 who is chairman of 

 the general committee 

 for the I. A. A. SUt<- 

 Picnic. F^ollowing are 

 the names of the peo- 

 ple who will see that 

 the picnickers' get a 

 royal welcome. 



I. A. A. Picnic Cammitlees. 



G»'Pfral— H. P. K«-lley. 

 i^tuv.-i. chairman : Thwiilor*. 

 '!. Miller. MoosehcHrt. ^pcre- 

 tar>-; .John Essec, Aurora. 

 'ri-Hsurer. 



Finance C. B. : Hairams. 

 'it-nc'va. chairman ; C'. W. 

 T «• n n a n f , Aurora ; Kan 

 St.mffpr. Klpin ; Robert B. 

 Irwin. Aurora; John Geiss. 

 Hatavia: O. G. Olwin. Dc- 

 Kalb: Wm. WeM>. Plain- 

 lit'lf! ; J. F. Betz. Osweiro . 

 I>r. Frod Miller. F.lKin. 



SportK- Glenn W a r n o. 

 Suvar Grove, chairman : 

 Dan G. Davies. Sutrar 

 Grove : Harry Gilkerson. 

 I.;iK-rtyviIIe : Raynftnnd Nel- 

 son. DeKalb : H a r r i .« o n 

 Fahrnkopf, Bloominrton. 



I'rnu:ram — Col. Frauk D. 

 Whipj>. .St. Charlrs. rhair- 

 man : _ Kndney Brandon. 

 Mooseheart ; J. F. Hedsrccvk. 

 .loHct ; .1. A. Young. Aurora. 



Women's Procram — Mihk 

 I.ulu P>iack. Geneva, rhair- 

 mati: Mrs. I. R. ludd. Au- 

 rora: Mr.s. Harv«>- Fraley.. 

 Naperville. 



Grounds — Homer McOiv 

 MrH>seheart. chairman : K 

 A. Carncros.";. Wheaton. 



Publicity— J. W. Lino. 

 Aurora, chairman ; Malcolm 

 Watson, Yorksville: Lewi^< 

 Murkvicka. Aurora; K 

 White, Elsrin. 



Goncessjon.s — M. F. .Mc- 

 Carty. Aurora, chairman. 



