THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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

 broadcast 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, III. No program on Satur- 

 days and Sundays. 



TO BROADCAST ANNUAL 

 MEETING. 



NEGOTIATIONS are under way as 

 this is written to broadcast cer- 

 tain features of the 13th Annual I. A. 

 A. Meeting at Rock Island on Jan. 18- 

 19-20 over a hookup of 15 stations 

 through the courtesy of the National 

 Broadcasting Co., Chicago. 



If the move to secure nation-wide 

 distribution is successful, powerful sta- 

 tions such as KDKA Pittsburgh, WLW 

 Cincinnati, KYW Chicago, WOC Dav- 

 enport and others as far south as At- 

 lanta and as far west as Omaha will 

 pick up the I. A. A. program from 

 Rock Island. Radio fans from the At- 

 lantic seaboard to the Rockies, and 

 from Canada to the Gulf thus will 

 have an opportunity to hear the prom- 

 inent features of the convention. 



In any event, the facilities of the 

 Davenport station, WOC, will be avail- 

 able and much of the program will be 

 broadcast by this station whether or 

 not the national hook-up is secured. 



While definite hours for broadcast- 

 ing have not been arranged, I. A. A. 

 members who do not attend will be 

 certain to hear the luncheon program 

 on Friday, Jan. 20 by radio. The 

 broadcast should begin by 1:15 or 1:30 

 P. M. and will continue to the end of 

 Gov. McMullen's address. The ban- 

 quet program Thursday night and the 

 speeches Friday morning likewise will 

 undoubtedly be broadcast. 



Former Governor Frank 0. Lowden 

 of Oregon, most prominent member of 

 the I. A. A. has accepted an invitation 

 to be our guest. He is not scheduled 

 as a speaker. Many other distin- 

 guished leaders in other groups are ex- 

 pected at the luncheon in the U. S. 

 Government Arsenal dining-room on 

 Friday. 



OLE GETS LETTERS. 



Following is one of the many let- 

 ters received by Ole Olson, I. A. A. 

 broadcaster who recently announced 

 his "intentions" over the radio. Ole 

 says this one is the best prospect, but 

 to play safe, he is writing for pictures. 



Dear Ole: 



Aye heerd you on the radio five or sax 

 times now ; and the first time Aye heerd your 

 voice Aye know that Aye would love every 

 hair on your head; it was so sveet. 



Mae Fadder he was a farmer and Aye milk 

 most all the cows; my but wouldn't it be such 

 a pleasant yob if they was our cows. Aye 

 would milk twice as many. 



Aye don't dare to come down to Chicago, 

 it was such a bisr place. Aye was afraid Aye 

 might have to go through Cicero; but Aye 

 would be willing to come down half way. 



Cass County Has 



100% Shipping Ass'n. 



A LETTER has just been received 

 from Mr. Geo. A. Aldridge, man- 

 ager of the Cass County Live Stock 

 Shipping Association, Virginia, 111., 

 ^^^ stating that his as- 



SHH sociation has been 

 ^W a hundred per- 

 ^ center from Sep- 

 I tember, 1922, to 

 jfe|>l date, having ship- 

 m P^^ every carload 

 \ m of stock to a Pro- 

 4 ^ ducer Agency. 

 M "When a man- 

 I^H ager can ship all 

 ^H of his livestock to 

 -^^1 one agency for 



Ray E. MUler 



more than five 

 years and still 

 maintain the satisfaction of his mem-" 

 bers it is certainly indisputable evidence 

 that the farmer-controlled sales agen- 

 cies are doing a good job of selling," 

 said Ray E. Miller, director of live- 

 stock marketing. "The example of these 

 managers serves a mighty valuable pur- 

 pose in stimulating the confidence of 

 other managers and individual ship- 

 pers in the Producer Agencies. If 

 Mr. Aldridge can ship all of- his stock 

 to a Producer Agency and retain the 

 satisfaction and support of his mem- 

 bers other livestock shipping associa- 

 tion managers can do the same thing. 

 Every time a local shipping associa- 

 tion or an individual sends a carload 

 of stock to a Producer Agency that 

 shipment increases the ability of the 

 Producer Agency to render still greater 

 service to the livestock growers of the 

 county. Volume is the most effective 

 instrument at the disposal of Pro- 

 ducer Agencies in rendering service." 



MORE ON HONOR LIST 



"In a recent issue of the I. A. A. 

 Record was a list of honor shipping 

 associations," writes J. V. Stevenson, 

 manager of the Kernan Shipping As- 

 sociation, Streator, Lasalle county. 

 "Our association was not included, but 

 we have shipped 100 per cent to the 

 Producers since the second week the 

 Producers did business in Chicago. 

 Will you please add our name to the 

 honor roll." 



"I can testify to the truth of this 

 statement," says P. G. Evans of the 

 Chicago Producers. "You might also 

 add the Farmers' Shipping Association 

 at Rockford, Dwight, and Baileyville." 



Meybe we could meet at Benton Harbor and 

 we could get married then and Aye could go 

 with you back to Cook Coonty or we could 

 come home and stay a while on Pa. He heerd 

 you over the radio too one day and he say 

 "Aye bet you that bane one damb good 

 swede." 



Don't disappoint me, let me hear from you 

 quick. Aye bane sure we was yust meant for 

 each other. Pa he say the same as Aye do 

 Aye bet you get thousands of letters froni 

 other Kirls all round the country; but Aye 

 hope to die if Aye don't love you more as 

 all the rest of them put together. 

 Yours with love 



(Signed) Ola Anderson, 



SWAK. 



Lowden Is Endorsed 



At 13th District Meet 



Strong Delegatione Turn Out From All 

 Counties At Lanark on Dec. IS 



RESOLUTIONS were passed en- 

 dorsing Frank O. Lowden for 

 president, commending the legislators 

 from the district who supported the 

 I. A. A.'s legislative program in the 

 last General Assembly, and endorsing 

 the principles of the McNary Haugen 

 bill when more than 100 Farm Bureau 

 and I. A. A. leaders and members met 

 for the 13th District meeting on Dec. 

 15 at Lanark in Carroll county. * 



C. E. Bamborough, who represents 

 the district on the I. A. A. Executive 

 Committee discussed agricultural leg- 

 islation in the 55th General Assembly 

 and presented the records of the three 

 representatives and senator from that 

 section. Senator Joseph Meyers, it was 

 revealed, had a 100 per cent voting 

 record on the four major proposals in 

 which the Association was most inter- 

 ested. 



100 Per Center* Named 



Representative A. S. Babb was also 

 given a 100 per cent record. Rep. John 

 Acker a 75 per cent record, and Rep. 

 C. D. Franz a 50 per cent. 



"The I. A. A. is 

 committed to the 

 policy of watching 

 the interests of 

 agriculture in the 

 General Assembly 

 and in Congress," 

 said Mr. Bambor- 

 ough. "Taxes will 

 always be an im- 

 portant issue so 

 long as the great 

 bulk of govern- 

 ment revenue is 

 levied against farm 



C. E. Bamborough 



lands and real estate. Farmers as a 

 class pay direct taxes on all their 

 wealth, whereas those owning intan- 

 gible property often escape with pay- 

 ing little or no direct taxes. 



A. N. Abbott Speaks 



Farm Bureau presidents and leaders 

 from Whiteside, Jo Daviess, Carroll, 

 Ogle and other counties in the district 

 contributed to the discussion regard- 

 ing the effectiveness of various types 

 of Farm Bureau work. 



A. N. Abbott of Whiteside county, 

 told of his observations in the corn 

 borer infested regions about Lake 

 Erie and related how the government 

 is working to stamp out the pest and 

 prevent its spread westward. 



H. D. Fink, district orgranization 

 manager for the district with head- 

 quarters &t Dixon presented the pro- 

 gram of the I. A. A. with a series of 

 slides illustrating the Association's ac- 

 tivities. 



Henry A. Wallace, editor of Wal- 

 lace's Farmer, and President Earl C. 

 Smith addressed the annual meeting 

 of the Lasalle County Farm Bureau 

 at Ottawa on Dec. 15. 



