Page Two 



THE 1. A. A. RECORD 



Senim Ass'n Plans 



For 1928 Campaign 



O. B. Goble and Sam Sorrella are Re- 

 elected President and Vice-President 



(Not*: FoUovtno are the mmute* of th* 

 third mnnual matting of tht /Uinow Farm Bu- 

 rtau SantiH Attoeiation, k«U /ait. IS at Roek 

 ItUnd.) 



THE meeting was called to order by 

 President O. B. Goble. Remarks 

 relative to the growth of the Associa- 

 tion and the success of last years 

 operations were made by President 

 Goble. 



The minutes of the Third Annual 

 Meeting were read and approved. 



Secretary's report was presented. 



Moved and seconded that the .report 

 be approved. Carried. 



Treasurer's report was presented. 



Moved and seconded that the Treas- 

 urer's report be approved. Carried. 



The following men were appointed 

 ^ on the Credentials Committee: — J. H. 

 Lloyd, Alden Snyder, P. B. Scott. 



The following were appointed on the 

 Resolutions Committee: — R. A. Nor- 

 rish, Enos Wa- 

 ters, 0. L. Welch. 



Dr. Graham 

 Speak* 



Dr. Graham 

 was introduced 

 by President 

 Goble. Dr. Gra- 

 ham gave a high- 

 ly instructive talk 

 on "Studies in 

 Baby, Pig Vacci- 

 nation," followed 

 by a discussion 

 led by Dr. Jas. 

 McDonald, U. S. 



Dep't. of Agriculture, in charge of 

 Hog Cholera Control Work in Illinois. 



Following the general discussion, 

 slides were shown by Dr. Graham per- 

 taining to the subject under discussion. 



Adjournment for lunch. 



Meeting reconvened at 1 :30 p. m. 

 Called to order by President Goble. 



Report of Credentials Committee by 

 Chairman J. H. Lloyd. Motion made, 

 seconded and carried that report be 

 approved. 



District caucuses were next held to 

 enable such districts to select their 

 nominees for directors. Nominees were 

 as follows: — 



District No. 1 — R. A. Norrish. 



District No. 2 — J. H. Lloyd. 



District No. 3 — Adam McWilliam. 



District No. 4 — Sam Sorrells. 



District No. 5 — O. B. Goble. 



District No. 6 — James Gillespie. 



Directors Elected 



Motion made and seconded that the 

 Secretary be instructed to cast unan- 

 imous ballot of the Association for 

 delegates above. Carried. 



Discussion relative to possibility or 

 advisability of having a Farm Bureau 

 label on serum and virus put out by 

 the serum companies. John Spencer, 

 Lawrence County, suggested that virus 

 bottles bear a red label or label of some 

 other strikingr color. No action taken. 



General discussion followed, from 

 which developed the following sugges- 

 tions for the consideration of the Di- 

 rectors. 



Suggestions offered 



1. That bonds for delivery of serum 

 and virus covered in contracts be re- 

 quired from contracting companies. 



2. That something be incorporated 

 in the contracts obligating companies 

 to furnish serum and virus for revacci- 

 nation when serum or virus is at fault. 



3. That bids be obtained on avian 

 bacterins, especially in small bottles. 



4. That all shipments of serum and 

 virus sent to one county be of same 

 serial number as ^nearly as possible. 



Report of Resolutions Committee 

 given by R. A. Norrish, Chairman. 

 Motion made and seconded that the re- 

 port be approved and resolutions be 

 adopted. 



Motion made and seconded that un- 

 animous ballot of organization be cast 

 for Ray E. Miller for Director at Iiarge. 

 Carried. 



ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU SERUM ASSOCIATION DIRECTORS' 

 Left to right: R. A. Norrish, Whiteside County; Adam McWilliam, Stark 

 County; Samuel Sorrells, Montgomery County; O. B. Goble, Coles County. 



Resolutions To All Counties 



Motion made that copy of resolu- 

 tions be sent to all member counties 

 of the Association. Seconded and car- 

 ried. 



Motion that booklet or pamphlet of 

 directions for vaccination be prepared 

 and distributed to member counties of 

 association. Seconded and carried. 



Expression called for from counties 

 as to number selling only to Farm 

 Bureau members. Only five counties 

 responded as selling to non-members — 

 all others represented restrict sale to 

 Farm Bureau members. 



Motion by Scott of Mercer County 

 that buying of 1928 serum and supplies 

 be turned over to the board of direc- 

 tors with full purchasing powers. Sec- 

 onded by C. J. Elliott of LaSalle Coun- 

 ty. Extended discussion followed. 



Motion by L. 0. Wise, seconded by 

 Heath of Piatt County that motion be 

 tabled. Motion carried. 



Meeting adjourned at 4 :30 p. m. 

 RAY E. MILLER, 

 Secretary-Treasurer. 



Directors Meet 



(Note. Fotlovnng are minutes of dirteturt 

 meeting foUovnng Aeeociation Meeting.) 



Motion by Adam McWilliam, second- 

 ed by R. A. Norrish, that 0. B. Goble 

 act as president. Amended by J. H. 

 (Continued on page 9) 



M. G. Lambert 



Lambert Active in , 



Home Community 



Is First Man on Executive Board from 

 Hancock County < i 



MG. LAMBERT, the new repre- 

 • sentative of the 14th Congres- 

 sional District on th,e Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Associa- 

 t i o n Executive 

 Committee, was 

 born in Rock Creek 

 township, Hancock 

 county, in 1881^ 

 He has lived his 

 entire life on a 

 farm within five 

 miles fronj where 

 h i s grandfather 

 settled in 1358. 



He attended the 

 district school a 

 few months each 

 winter until he 

 was 21. Then he entered the Howes 

 Academy, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, where 

 he was a student from 1903 to 1906 

 inclusive. Later he attended the Iowa 

 State College at Ames where he studied 

 agriculture and livestock production 

 from 1906 to 1907. 



Feeds Livestock I' L 



Returning to his home in 1907 he 

 started operating the home farm. He 

 owns the 280 acre live stock farm 

 which he now operates. All of the 

 crops are fed to livestock and marketed 

 on the hoof. Lambert raises three or 

 four carloads of hogs a year and feeds 

 from four to eight loads of cattle. 



In 1912 he married Sadie iLucken- 

 bill. He has a son and two daiighters 

 ranging in age from nine to 14 years. 



He aided in organizing the Hancock 

 County Farm Bureau in 1914, and 

 since that time has been, active as 

 township director, executive commit- 

 teeman, and now as president. He has 

 always taken a prominent part in com- 

 munity activities: namely, as school 

 director, church officer, president of 

 the Adrian Shipping Ass'n, bank 

 director, president of the Western Illi- 

 nois National Farm Loan Ass'n, pres- 

 ident of the Adrian Agricultural Credit 

 Corporation, president of the Adrian 

 Agricultural Short Course, president 

 of the Adrian Community Club, di- 

 rector in the Hancock County Farm 

 Bureau Supply Company, and director 

 in the Illinois Farm supply Cp. 



Sth Member From District 



Mr. Lambert is the 5th member of 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association 

 Executive Committee from the 14th 

 District. The committeemen who pre- 

 ceded him were : I. F. Gilmor of Mercer 

 county, Robert N. Clarke of Hender- 

 son county, M. L. Hunt of McDonough 

 county, and Wm. H. Moody of Rock 

 Island county. Mr. Lambert is the first 

 man from Hancock county to be repre-' 

 aented on the I._A. A. Ezecotive Bo»rd. 



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