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

 broadcast daily at 12:30 p. m. from station WJJD. 

 Chicago (36'5 meters). The facilities of station 

 WJJD are loaned the Association through the 

 courtesy of the Loyal Order of Moose, Moose- 

 heart. III. No program on Saturdays and Sun- 

 days. 



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Appeal for More Power 



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A PETITION for a higher power al-' 

 lotment was presented to the Fed- 

 eral Radio Commission by representa- 

 tives of the Loyal Order of Moose, 

 owners of Station WJJD, and the Il- 

 linois Agricultural Association in a 

 hearing at Washington on Nov. 27. 



Station WJJD, the official station of 

 the I. A. A., which operates on a wave 

 length of 365 meters, has a power al- 

 lotment of only 1000 watts which is 

 insufficient to reach out over the coun- 

 try under average weather conditions. 

 This is particularly true in the day- 

 time when static and interference is at 

 its worst. Members of the. I. A. A. 

 in the southern half of the state re- 

 port difficulty in picking up our daily 

 noon farm program. 



Harry C. Butcher, former Director 

 of Information, appeared as a witness 

 in behalf of the I. A. A. and presented 

 important facts regarding the need for 

 more radio service to farmers. The 

 I. A. A. program is being developed to 

 give farmers throughout Illinois, the 

 com belt and beyond, the latest news 

 and valuable information regarding 

 conditions of crops, warnings against 

 crop diseases, insects and pests, ad- 

 vice with reference to harvesting and 

 marketing, and educational matter per- 

 taining to economics, legislation, in- 

 surance, fire and accident prevention 

 and other questions of general inter- 

 est. 



Die Looks for a Wife ' 



OLE OLSON, star broadcaster of 

 the Northwest's native tongue, 

 who recently joined the Cook County 



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Farm Bureau, is 

 going to get mar- 

 ried. That is, if he 

 can find a wife. 

 So he announced 

 last week on the 

 I. A. A. farm pro- 

 gram. O 1 e has 

 been working on a 

 dairy farm but, 

 as he stated to his 

 radio audience, "I 

 ban 36 yahr old 

 and tank I go out 

 for myself pretty 

 /-', soon. I got couple 



tousand dollar put away and maybe 



dot's enuf for a man to start farmin' 



wid if he gets a liddle help." 



Ole -will tell his story on the I. A. 



A. farm radio program Tuesday, Jan. 



3, 1928, 12:30 to 12:45 p. m. 



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FOUR I. A. A. HEAVY WEIGHTS 



Left to right: Frank D. Barton, 210 lbs., Harold C. Vial, 240 lbs., 

 ( Frank Oexner, 220 lbs., and A. R. Wright, 205 lbs., members of the 

 L-' Executive Committee. 



Their combined weight is 875 lbs. When they called at the Photog- 

 "'i rapher's to have this snapshot taken, the freight elevator was used 

 to hoist them to the studio. 



Program For Group 



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Every Phase of I. A.A.'s Activities To 

 . , , Come Up For Discussion 

 By Members 



EVERY activity of the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association will be dis- 

 cussed in the four great sectional 

 meetings to be held Thursday after- 

 noon, Jan. 19, during the I. A. A. 

 meeting at Rock Island. 



In charge of each group will be a 

 member of the Execiitive Committee 

 who will preside and give every mem- 

 ber a chance to speak his mind. The 

 group conferences will start promptly 

 at one o'clock in separate rooms, and 

 will hold over until 4 o'clock or later 

 if necessary. . < 



The Organization and Information 

 discussion gfroup will meet in the Ball- 

 room of the New Harper Hotel and 

 will be in charge of C. E. Bamborough 

 who represents the 13th congressional 

 on the Executive Committee. 



The topics for discussion as out- 

 lined by the advisory committee are 

 as follows: 



' ORGANIZATION 



1. County Farm Bureau Program 

 of Work and Its Effect on Organiza- 

 tion Maintenance. 



2. Who Should Be Farm Bureau 

 Members? :• .t^-'.V':- -..;;■::: ^ *^.;- 



3. Discussion by the Organization 

 Director on the District Plan. 



INFORMATION 



1. Legitimate newspaper publicity 

 (a) Reaching the non-member. 



2. Some Outstanding Publicity 

 Projects. 



3. Discussion by, Director of In- 

 formation. — > :, V VU; ' . -> ' ■ : 



COLLECTIONS ^^ 



The Public Relations conference will 

 be held at the same time at the Elks 

 Club, with Frank D. Barton, chair- 

 man of the Leg^islative Committee pre- 

 siding. 



The following topics will come up 

 for discussion: 



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1. LEGISLATION.^^ r J . : -- 



\ A. Latest developments on Na- 

 *; tional Farm Relief Legislation. 

 r. B. National and State Food Re- 



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C. State Tax Legislation. 

 ": Ten minute summaiy by A.. \^» 

 ;■..:■;■ Everingham. .\.; : l-'y~F;'M^;jr^!j29 ' 



2. TAXATION. 



A. Administration 'of the Gasoline 

 ■/ Tax Fund. 



' B. Service Problems. ^ f-^ ^ t "^li^ 

 :' • • Ten minute summary by Jomi'v^ 

 • ■' Watson. '■■■^ 



3. TRANSPORTATION AND. 

 UTILITY PROBLEMS. . j : Z .. -r, , ,_ 



A. Telephone Rates. 



B. Transportation , ^ates . and 



..';: Claims. \'\ j;-.J/' *■■:'• 



.. C. Power Lines! 



Ten Minute Siunn^ut^yj by Lee J. 

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^ ^ MARKETING ^^ - '^'^ 



The marketing program to be held 

 at the Odd Fellows Hall will be pre- 

 sided over by Samuel Sorrells chair- 

 man of the Marketing Committee. The 

 discussion will revolve around the fol- 

 lowing subjects in the order as given: 



1. Dairy marketing 1:00 to 1:30 

 p. m. 



2. Produce Marketing 1:30 to 2:00 

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3. Fruit and Vegetable Marketing 

 2:00 to 2:30 p. m. 



4. Grain Marketing 2:30 to ^:00 

 p. m. 



5. Live Stock Marketing 3:00 to 3:30 

 p. m. - 



6. General Discussion 3:30 p. m. 



The Financial Business Service- 

 meeting to be held in the Ft Arm- 

 strong Hotel will b^ in charge of Geo.^ 

 F. Tullock, chairman «of the Financial 

 Business Service Committeie of tb» L 

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The program as mklined is as fol- 



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lows: 



1. ACCOUNTING. 



v.:. A. Farm Bureau Accounting. 



B. Auditing, ^ 



C. Budget Control Expense. 



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