

THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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Tune in on the I. A. A. 15 minutes program 

 hroadctist daily at li:SO P. M. from station 

 WJJD, Chicago (S65 meters). The facilities .of 

 station WJJD are loaned the Association 

 through the courtesy of the Loyal Order of 

 Moose, Mooseheart, lU. No program, on Satur- 

 days and Sundays. 



, i "Electrifying The Farm" will be 

 the subject of a radio address by Paul 

 Kuhn, member of the Illinois Com- 

 merce Commission, in the near future. 

 Announcement will be made by radio 

 so members may tune in on this 

 address. J. > ^ > 



t A brief report of the Chicago daily 

 livestock market furnished by the 

 Chicago Producers Commission Asso- 



' elation has been initiated for the bene- 

 fit of those who fail to hear earlier 

 reports. This report is given prompt- 

 ly at 12 :30, Monday to Friday in- 

 clusive. 



I During the week beginning Nov. 21, 

 the farmer's interest in fire and acci- 

 dent prevention will be given promin- 

 ence. O. M. AUyn, farm adviser in 

 Dewitt county will tell about the 

 Dewitt County Plan of Farm Fire Pre- 

 vention. On Tuesday, Nov. 22, W. A. 

 Rutledge of Des Moines, la. will dis- 

 cuss farm crop hail insurance and the 

 growth of this f6rm of protection, on 

 Nov. 23. J. P. Gibson will talk on 

 auto accident prevention on Friday, 

 Nov. 25. 



The program for the week will 'be 



■in charge of V. Vaniman who will de- 

 liver the opening address, Nov. 21 on 

 *'The Farmer's Interest in Insurance." 

 A special program will be broad- 

 cast on Thanksgiving Day. 



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Farm Bureau officials from Stark and Peoria counties go over the proposed 

 high line route between Kewanee and Pekin for the purpose of aiding the 

 utility company in eliminating unnecessary damage to farm lands and in rep- 

 resenting the interests of the landowners involved. 



At the left are O. L. Hatch, president, and E. E. Brown, farm jidviser, for 

 the Stark County Farm Bureau, inspecting a blue print with Engineer White 

 of the Illinois Commerce Commiuion and L. J. Quasey I. A. A* transportation 

 man. 



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International Live 



i Stock Show Coming 



Reduced Rates OfiFered on All Illinois 



Roads, 11,000 Horses, Cattle, Hogs, 



and Sheep Booked 



AN OPEN rate of fare and one-third 

 -^ for the round trip will be in ef- 

 -^ect on railroads from Illinois points 

 to Chicago during the International 

 Live Stock Exposition, on Nov. 26 to 

 Dec. 3. 



I Manager B. H. Heide reports that 

 11,000 beef cattle, horses, swine, and 

 sheep, and 5,000 choice samples of 22 

 different kinds and varieties of grains, 

 seeds and hay will compete for inter- 

 national honors. 



i Walter Biggar of Dalbeattie, Scot- 

 land, will judge the bullocks and se- 

 lect the grand-champion of the fat cat- 

 tle show. Lieut, Arnold Caddy of Aus- 

 tralia will make the official awards in 

 the Red Polled breeding classes. 



Reduced railroad fares will be in ef- 

 fect on every road entering Chicago. 

 More than 40 national organizations 

 will hold their meetings in Chicago 

 during International week. ; !■ 



Indiana After 70,000 



Members In 1928 



THE Indiana Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion has issued a call for 10,000 

 -Tolunteers to go out during the week 

 of Dec. 12 to 17 and sign their neigh- 

 bors in the organization. 



The week will be known as "Volun- 

 teer Victory Week" the object of which 

 is to extend the Farm Bureau into 

 every district and swell the member- 

 ship roll to 70,000 by the end of 1928. 



An effort is being made to interest 

 the rural churches on the Sunday pre- 

 ceding the drive to take cognizance of 

 the Farm Bureau. Information is be- 

 ing forwarded to all ministers in 

 country meeting-houses. 



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PRODUCER HONOR ROLL 



Henry County Man 



Is Champion Husker 



HENRY county carried off the hon- 

 ors in the State Com Husking 

 Contest, sponsored by Prairie Farmer, 

 which was held near Altona in Knox 

 county on Nov. 11. 



Harold Holmes, member of the 

 Henry County Farm Bureau and win- 

 ner of the Henry county contest for 

 two years in succession, is the new 

 champion. He won with a record of 

 1989 lbs. of corn net which figured 

 28.41 bushels feathered in one hour 

 and 20 minutes. 



Houston Franks, 20 years old, of 

 Whiteside county, placed second with 

 a record of 1825.5 lbs. net or 26.08 

 bushels. Tom Murphy of Rock Island 

 county was third with 25.95 bushels, 

 Hartwig Olson of Knox county fourth 

 with 1807.3 bushels, and Ernest Kling 

 of Lasalle county placed fifth. 



Elmer Williams, former state and 

 Mid-West champion, finished in sixth 



FOLLOWING are the names of ship- 

 ping association managers in the or- 

 der of their length of service who have 

 shipped every carload of livestock -to a 

 PRODUCER agency: 



James R. Abbey, Golden Gate Assn.^ 

 Wayne county, 5 years. 



C. C. Johnson, Fairfield Assn., 

 Wayne county, 5 years. 



Henry Kiliian, Jr., A. & R. Assn., 

 Champaign county, 5 years. 



Harold Bradshaw, Albion Assn., Ed- 

 wards county, 5 years. 



Fred. M, StoU, Beason Ass'n., Lo- 

 gan county, 4 years. 



G. C. Clifton, Marion County Ass'n., 

 4 years. 



L. G. Orr, Cisne Ass'n., Wayne 

 county, 3 years. 



Farm advisers, managers and mem- 

 bers are invited to send in names of 

 others who should be on this honor 

 roll. Write Ray E. Miller, director of 

 livestock marketing, Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association, 608 So. Dearborn, 

 Chicago. Give the length of service, 

 total number of cars shipped, name of 

 association, etc^ ■ \ 



place. His arm which has given him 

 much trouble this season, became 

 numb during the contest, and almost 

 forced him out of the running. 



The contest was ably managed by 

 the Knox County Farm Bureau. A 

 crowd estimated at 12,000, said to be 

 the largest that ever witnessed a corn 

 husking content in the Middle West, 

 was out for the day. Rain held off 

 until the husking was completed. It 

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