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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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Page Five 



LA. A. MEMBERSHIP 

 GROWS STEADILY 



Farm Bureau Never Stronger In 

 Morale and Accomplishments 



NEARLY 12 years after its birth, 

 the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion today is stronger in morale, pot- 

 ency, and accomplishment than at any 

 time in its brief history. 



. The trend of membership is on the 

 increase according to figures revealed 

 recently by George E. Metzger, direc- 

 tor of organization. Increases in mem- 

 bership in 38 counties during the past 

 year amounted to a total of 4,105 over 

 the previous three-year period. This 

 is an average increase of 108 to the 

 county. Mr. Metzger allows full credit 

 for this remarkable showing to the 

 members themselves working with their 

 farm advisers to maintain strong, vig- 

 orous county organizations. 



He sees in these results a vindication 

 of the member-sign-member plan ini- 

 tiated some five years ago. A larger 

 membership might have been sig^ned 

 through the paid solicitor plan but it is 

 generally conceded that the training in 

 leadership and improvement in morale 

 resulting from the members bearing 

 the responsibility of organization them- 

 selves, in paramount to all other con- 

 siderations. 



Better Feeling Evident 



The records reveal that 24 counties 

 obtained practically the same number 

 of members as were signed three years 

 ago. A loss was sustained in certain 

 counties in the Chicago and St. Louis 

 milk zones where the Farm Bureaus 

 were blamed for initiating and promot- 

 ing the tuberculin testing of cattle. 

 This situation is regarded only as tem- 

 porary. When such dairymen come 

 to realize the importance of getting 

 rid of tuberculosis for their own wel- 

 fare, a reaction will take place that 

 will eventually strengthen such county 

 farm bureaus. 



Dupage county, where opposition to 

 the T. B. test hurt the last membership 

 campaign, is already showing the ef- 

 fects of a changed sentiment. Here, 

 the membership has grown steadily for 

 the past eight or ten months until 

 again the Dupage County Farm Bu- 

 reau, in spite of extensive subdividing 

 in the eastern section of the county 

 has one of the strongest small county 

 organizations in Illinois. 



McHenry, Boone, Lake and Kane 

 likewise are coming back and the turn 

 of events is expected to result in lar- 

 ger Farm Bureau organizations in all 

 these counties. The progressive think- 

 ing dairymen in this district who are 

 working through the Pure Milk As- 

 sociation will eventually bring about 

 improvements in both production and 

 marketing conditions here that prom- 

 ise to bring untold benefits to the 

 farmers of this section. 



Collections High 



L. 0. Wise, farm adviser in White- 



side county, reports a growing mem- 

 bership. In the past two weeks, 10 

 new members voluntarily came into 

 the Whiteside County Farm Bureau. 

 There are now enough voluntary mem- 

 berships coming in throughout the 

 state, to more than offset the losses 

 from death, moving out of the state, 

 and retirements, according to Mr. 

 Metzger. 



Farm bureau collections of dues are 

 the highest they ever have been. Col- 

 lections have risen from approximate- 

 50 to 60 per cent in 1920-21 to an av- 

 erage of 85 to 90 per cent today. 

 Many counties report collections of 

 95 per cent and up of 1927 dues. 



The counties showing increases in 

 membership and the number in excess 

 of the previous period are as follows: 

 Adams, 167; Bond, 51; Brown, 8; 

 Bureau, 109; Champaign, 125; Craw- 

 ford, 50; DeKalb, 323; DeWitt, 53; 

 Edwards, 60; Franklin, 41; Greene, 

 194; Henry, 140; Jackson, 35; Jo 

 Daviess, 37; Knox, 157; LaSalle, 124; 

 Lee, 78; Macoupin, 12; Madison, 108; 

 Mason, 52; McDonough, 162; McLean, 

 652; Mercer, 3; Monroe, 104; Morgan, 

 157; Moultrie, 24; Massac, 204; Ogle, 

 200; Pulaski, 1; Richland, 3; Rock Is- 

 land, 26; Scott, 91; Stark, 48; Ver- 

 milion, 29; Williamson, 28; Winne- 

 bago, 137; Woodford, 47; and Wash- 

 ington, 305. Washington and Massac 

 counties, each become affiliated with 

 the I. A. A. in the past year. 



APPEL IS NEW 



^ BANKER HEAD 



JM. APPEL, of Highland Park was 

 • elected president of the Illinois 

 Bankers' Association at the close of its 

 thirty-seventh annual convention at 

 Danville, June 24. Mr. Appel is presi- 

 dent of the Highland Park State Bank 

 and the Broadway National Bank of 

 Chicago. 



$75,000,000 A YEAR 

 ALL FROM ICE CREAM 



Ice cream consumption in the United 

 States was nearly 2,000,000 gallons 

 more than in 1925, but the consump- 

 tion per person decreased from 2.80 

 gallons in 1925 to 2.77 gallons in 1926 

 according to the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



Ice cream production has increased 

 remarkably in recent years. Estimated 

 production in 1910 was 95,450,000 gal- 

 lons; in 1920, 260,000,000 gallons, and 

 last year it was 324,665,000 gallons, 

 an increase in 16 years of 240 per cent. 



Although ice cream manufacture is a 

 small branch of the dairy industry, 

 utilizing only about 3.8 per cent of the 

 milk produced in the United States, 

 the industry employs 50,000 persons 

 and pays out in salaries $75,000,000 

 a year. 



COUNTRY LIFE WEEK will be 

 celebrated at the Michigan State Col- 

 lege, East Lansing, July 30 to Aug. 5. 



Illinois farmers, county advisers and 

 extension workers are invited. 



AUTO INSURANCE 



AT HIGH MARK 



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More Counties Gain 20 Per Cent 

 Quotas As Campaign Goes On 



AUTO insurance applications re- 

 ■ ceived at headquarters approached 

 the 5,000 mark shortly before going to 

 press. The total of 4635 applications 

 on July 8 is being added to at the rate 

 of more than 100 per week, and before ' 

 August 1, the 5000 mark will be ex- 

 ceeded according to predictions by Ver- 

 non Vaniman, in charge of the pro- 

 motional work. 



The ten district meetings for spread- 

 ing the gospel of accident prevention 

 and farm bureau insurance are now in 

 full progress. These meetings were 

 scheduled to close with the last at Cen- 

 tralia and Charleston on July 16. Dis- 

 cussion of all phases of auto insurance 

 preparatory to staging an intensive 

 drive during INSURANCE WEEK be- 

 ginning July 25 was scheduled. 

 425 Per Montk ' 



Since the new mutual was launched 

 April 1, policies have come in at the 

 rate of 425 per month. Popularity of 

 the new policy according to Vaniman 

 is due in part to the fact that payment 

 of the actual value of the car is made 

 at time of loss by fire or theft. Knowl- 

 edge that the company is owned and 

 controlled by the Farm Bureau^ with 

 no persons privately interested for 

 profit in the venture is another factor 

 in its general popularity. Protection 

 is extended likewise to anyone the own- 

 er allows to drive the ^ar of legal age 

 or 15 years old. Public liability protec- 

 tion may now be had up to $50,000 at 

 small additional expense. • 



Claims numbering 107 had been re- 

 ceived at the office up to June 30. 



Many new counties have obtained 

 their quotas of 20 per cent of the 

 membership since the last report. Win- 

 nebago still leads with 347 policies 

 signed, while LaSalle county is second 

 with 242. 



Other counties over the 100 per cent 

 mark are Bond, Boone, Clinton, Cook, 

 Dupage, Greene, Grundy, Johnson, 

 Piatt, Stephenson. Other counties ap- 

 proaching the 100 per cent quota mark 

 are Lee, Williamson, Washington, Rock 

 Island, Pike, Morgan, Macon. The 12th 

 congressional district leads with a total 

 of 944 applications signed. 



The 19^7 Spring; pig crop in Illinois is 7.6 

 per cent Itfrger than that of last year says the 

 State and Federal Departments of Asrriculture. 

 Increases m other corn belt states are Iowa 

 1.9 per ceht, Indiana 8.1 per cent, Ohio 12.6 

 per cent, Michigan 18.6 per cent, Wisconsin 

 4.9 per cent, Missouri 5.6 per cent, and Kansas 

 6.4 per cent. Increases in bred sows for fall 

 litters are 13.6 per cent for Illinois and 28 per 

 cent for the corn belt. 



Decreases were reported in three other Mid- 

 West states. The rural mail carriers made 

 the survey, i 



L, J. Quasey. Director, , 



I. A. A. Transportation Dept. ; I 



"We received the railroad's draft coverinsr 

 the seed corn shortage. We appreciate your 

 efforts immensely. I feel that your depart- 

 ment gives the most real service and says the 

 least about it of any." 



B. W. TILLMAN. 

 County Afent. St. Clair County Farm Bureau 



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