POtOe Eight 



THE I. 



A. A. RECORD 



Resolutions Adopted 



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borer, and other insect and plant pests 

 and diseases; 



(d) Fundamental research by the 

 United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture, to include research to extend in- 

 dustrial as distinguished from food 

 uses of farm products; 



(e) Continuation of the usual aid 

 for construction of federal highways 

 and bridges; and special aid for high- 

 way and bridge reconstruction in the 

 recently flooded areas; 



(f) United States Tariff Commis- 

 sion in carrying out the flexible pro- 

 vision of the Tariff Act ; 



(g) Enforceiqent of the Milk In- 

 spection bill passed by the 69th Con- 

 gress. 



Earopean Corn Borer 

 Commendable progress in com borer 

 control has been made. We favor an 

 appropriation by this Congress suffici- 

 ent to carry on the work effectively. 

 We commend the cooperation griven by 

 the farmers in the past and realize 

 that wholehearted support by them is 

 essential 



Packer and Stockyard Act 



We ifavor the strengtheaing of the 

 Packer & Stockyard Act, both as to 

 the definite authority vested in the De- 

 partment of Agriculture and its ad- 

 ministration, for the purpose of further 

 safeguarding the interests of the live- 

 stock producer and his cooperative as- 

 sociations. 



We further authorize the Legislative 

 Committee of the A. F. B. F. to work 

 in connection with a like committee 

 from the National Live Stock Pro- 

 ducers Association to ascertain and 

 support the manner or method which 

 will result in the accomplishment of 

 the above purpose. 



. I ' Immigration 



We request our officers to exert 

 every effort in securing a congressional 

 investigration before any additional im- 

 migration restrictions to nationals on 

 the western hemisphere are applied. 



Farm Loan Committee 



We thank the Special Farm Loan 

 Committee for the long, diligent and in- 

 telligent study which it has conducted 

 upon th^ farm loan question, and for 

 the excellent report which has been 

 formulated. We reccommend that the 

 report of said Special Committee be 

 accepted and the officers and Board of 

 Directors be authorized to act in ac- 

 cordance therewith. 



; I -. Omnibus 



We announce our position in sup- 

 port of — 



I (a) Securing electricity on the 

 farm, under rates and conditions which 

 are economically possible for agricul- 

 ture; 



^ (b) Cooperating with other agen- 

 'des in farm fire prevention; 



HONORED AT DINNER 



Geo. A. Fox. 

 A DINNER wa« fiven by the Amo- 

 ^^ ciation to members of the Execu- 

 tive Committee, officers, and staff at 

 the Hotel Eitel, Chicago, on Nov. 10, 

 where former secretary Geo. A. Fox 

 was presented with a beautiful gold 

 wratch and chain by his former asso- 

 ciates. Mr. Fox recently retired to 

 his home at the edge of Sycamore 

 where he now resides. 



(c) Opposing legislation which 

 would establish retail price fixing; 



(d) Securing legislation for the 

 early development of the Colorado 

 River ; 



(e) Securing legislation which will 

 classify live poultry as live stock ; 



(f) Favoring a governmental in- 

 quiry into the growth and methods of 

 capitalization of public utility corpora- 

 tions supplying electrical energy in the 

 form of power and light; 



(g) Developing a more intensive 

 national reforestation progrram, said 

 progrram to be in cooperation with and 

 a correlation of state program, to pre- 

 vent erosion of soils, and to bring 

 present marginal lands eventually back 

 into profitable production, with more 

 adequate fire protection for our great 

 forested areas. 



(h) We favor a federal law re- 

 quiring truth in market reports, and re- 

 ports affecting marketing levels. 



(i) The action taken at the last 

 meeting creating the Home and Com- 

 munity Department has been fully 

 justified as demonstrated by the in- 

 terest manifested during the conven- 

 tion. 



We heartily endorse and commend 

 the fine accomplishments of this de- 

 partment and recommend its continued 

 and generous support. 



(J) We, the women of the A. F. 

 B. F., herein assembled representing 

 seventeen states of our Union, wish 

 to voice our sincere appreciation of the 

 entire convention program. We are 

 mindful of the hard work and cooper- 



ation of all departments that has made 

 this the outstanding convention. 



We are impressed with the fine spirit 

 and purpose manifested throughout the 

 week. We especially wish to endorse 

 the Home and Community Training 

 School and feel deeply indebted to Mrs. 

 Chas. W. Sewell for her able and in- 

 spirational leadership. 



(k) We endorse the effort now be- 

 ing made in Congress to effect a stabil- 

 ized price level and stable purchasing 

 power of money through additional in- 

 structions to the Federal Reserve 

 Board. 



And resolutions of similar nature, all 

 expressing approval of the voting 

 delegates for the efficient way in which 

 the annual meeting had been con- 

 ducted by the various service agencies 

 supplying talent therefor. 



. Respectfully submitted, 



EDW. A. O'NEIL, CHAIRMAN, 



CHAS. E. HEARST, 



GEO. M. PUTNAM, 



M. L.NOON, ._ . 

 rH. G. KING. * 



Group Conferences 



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2. FARM SUPPLIES. : : 



A. Phosphate and Limestone. 



B. Commercial Fertilizer and 

 Supplies. 



C. Farm Bureau Supply Com- 

 panies. 



3. INSURANCE. 



A. Automobile. 



B. Fire, Lightning, and Hail. 



C. Life. 



While the men are attending the 

 group conferences, the women will 

 have a program of their own which 

 will be in charge of the Illinois Home 

 Bureau Federation. 



Opportunity will be given each 

 member to bring up any question or 

 criticism during the sectional confer- 

 ences. These meetingfs belong solely to 

 the membership. The officers, direc- 

 tors, and staff members will make it a 

 point to keep as much in the back- 

 ground as possible. 



Western Illinois City 



Mecca for Yearly Trek 



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 tives of other state-wide organizations 

 will be introduced. The list of guests 

 will include several distinguished peo- 

 ple well known to Illinois farmers. 



Governor Adam McMullen of Ne- 

 braska whose keynote speech at the 

 St. Louis Farm Conference in Novem- 

 ber attracted nation-wide attention is 

 scheduled to deliver the principal mes- 

 sage. Governor McMullen is a typi- 

 cal aggressive westerner who has given 

 much thought and study to the prob- 

 lems of agriculture. 



woe Will Broadcast -: 



The proceedings of the convention 

 will receive wide publicity through the 

 courtesy of radio station WOC of 

 Davenport which has offered to broad- 

 cast the more important features. 



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