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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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Page Nine 



Welk and Snyder New Business Services of 



Heads Baseball League I. A. A. Are Discussed 



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 cided that this matter be left to the 

 county directors and district chair- 

 men. It was the general opinion that 

 the time of opening the season be de- 

 ferred to meet the convenience of the 

 majority of the League members. 



Defer Annual Clash 



J. H. Checkley of Logan County 

 suggested that the annual state cham- 

 pionship game be deferred until the 

 latter part of August. This suggest- 

 ion seemed to meet with the approval 

 of the delegates and members present. 



Mr. Husted reported for the nomin- 

 ating committee as follows: For presi- 

 dent of the League in 1928, L. R. 

 Welk, Morton, Tazewell County, and 

 for vice-president, Wayne Snyder, 

 Versailles, Brown County. 



It was moved and seconded that the 

 report of the nominating committee be 

 accepted as read. Carried. 



Southern Illinois Speaks 



Delegates from the Southern Illi- 

 nois Division expressed their interest 

 in dividing the Division in half to 

 eliminate long drives and to make it 

 more convenient for playing off inter- 

 county schedules. This matter was 

 left for the consideration of the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee with the under- 

 standing that something would be 

 done toward meeting the objections 

 to the present arrangement. 



Arthur Kraushaar, Warsaw, Han- 

 cock county, reported that an effort 

 would be made to enter a team from 

 Hancock County in 1928. H. K. Dan- 

 forth, assistant farm adviser, made a 

 similar report for Henry County. E. 

 W. Runkle of Macomb, stated that Mc- 

 Donough County planned to come into 

 the League with a team. C. J. Thomas, 

 farm adviser of Jackson County, and 

 W. H. Lyon, Prophetstown, Whiteside 

 County, both stated that they hoped to 

 bring out teams from these counties 

 in the coming season. 



It was decided to leave the appoint- 

 ment of a league arbitrator or com- 

 missioner to the board of directors. 



The meeting adjourned at 11:30 a. 

 m. 



Respectfully submitted, 

 E. G. THIEM, Sec'y-Treas. 



Bids Asked For 



Serum And Virus 



BIDS for 35,000,000 c. c. or more 

 of anti-hog-cholera serum and 

 virus for the 60 counties holding mem- 

 bership in the Illinois Farm Bureau 

 Serum Association have been request- 

 ed from more than 20 com belt serum 

 companies. 



Last year, the Association pur- 

 chased upwards of 35,000,000 c. c. of 

 serum at an estimated saving of $225,- 

 000 over former prices which ruled 

 before farmers used their collective 

 buying power. 



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 kind of insurance could have been se- 

 cured elsewhere. The basis of settle- 

 ment on fruit and garden truck insur- 

 ance, has been changed to percentage 

 or so-called acre basis. This will be on 

 the same basis as farm crop hail in- 

 surance. 



Farm Bureaus cooperated in observ- 

 ing Fire Prevention Week. Explan- 

 ation was made that DeWitt county in 

 cooperation with the DeWitt County 

 Fire Insurance Company, formulated 

 plans whereby every Farm Bureau 

 member's property was inspected in 

 order to prevent fire. 



Life 



Insurance 



A report with recommendations rel- 

 ative to a life insurance program for 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association 

 from the Executive Committee of the 

 Association was presented to the con- 

 ference. This report and recom- 

 mendation suggested the advisability 

 of the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion organizing a legal reserve life in- 

 surance company that would furnish 

 low net cost insurance to Farm Bureau 

 members, providing the interest of the 

 members in attendance at this annual 

 meeting would justify the entry of the 

 association in this field of activity. 



An explanation of the report and 

 the recommendation of the Executive 

 Committee were presented to the con- 

 ference by a member of the staff of 

 the Association and an extended dis- 

 cussion was had in reference to this 

 matter. The following recommenda- 

 tion was made by the confeernce for 

 your consideration. The recommenda- 

 tion is as follows: 



That the voting delegates in the an- 

 nual meeting assembled suggest to the 

 Executive Committee of the Associa- 

 tion that a detailed argument and 

 brief be prepared by the Executive 

 Committee setting forth the advan- 

 tages and disadvantages that the As- 

 sociation might have in organizing a 

 legal reserve life insurance company, 

 owned and controlled by it, wherein 

 life insurance might be furnished to 

 members of the Illinois Ag^-icultural 

 Association and others with differen- 

 tials to the advantage of Farm Bureau 

 members. 



Argument and brief should be sub- 

 mitted to the Executive Committees 

 of the county Farm Bureaus for their 

 consideration and if there should be 

 favorable consideration of the program 

 by at least 75* per cent of the county 

 Farm Bureaus in the state, endorsing 

 such program, that the Executive Com- 

 mittee proceed to carry out the recom- 

 mendations presented by it to this an- 

 nual meeting. 



Respectfully submitted, 

 GEO. F. TULLOCK, Chairman. 



'(Note: The neteeeary percentage vote to 

 launch a Ufe mauranee program wo* changed 

 from 7( to 10 per cent of the eountie* by t>oe< 

 at the adioumed ineura»ce meeting o« FrUa^i 

 morning.) 



Committees to Meet 



Plan 1928 Program 



MEETING dates for the four I. A. 

 A. advisory committees that plan 

 and counsel with the departmental 

 staffs in carrying on the work of the 

 Association were announced at the last 

 meeting of the Executive Committee 

 as follows: 



Organization and Information, Feb. 

 21. ' 



Marketing, Feb. 22. 1 I 



Public Relations, Feb. 24. 



Financial Business Service, March 7. 



All of the meetings will be held in 

 the offices of the I. A. A. at 608 So. 

 Dearborn St, Chicago. 



Serum Association Plans 



for 1928 Campaign 



(Continued from page 2) 



Lloyd that nominations close and that 

 the secretary cast unanimous ballot 

 for 0. B. Goble. Carried. 



Sam Sorrells nominated by R. A. 

 Norrish as vice-president. Motion by 

 J. H. Lloyd and seconded, that the 

 secretary cast a unanimous ballot for 

 Sam Sorrells as %'ice-president. Car- 

 ried. 



Ray E. Mille* nominated for secre- 

 tary-treasurer. Motion properly made 

 and seconded that unanimous ballot be 

 cast for Ray E. Miller as secretary- 

 treasurer. Carried. 



Motion made and seconded that of- 

 ficers act as executive committee for 

 ensuing year. Carried. 



Arrangements for meeting of the 

 board of directors on February 11th 

 or 13th at the oflSces of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association at 8:30 a. m., 

 or some other satisfactory date. 



Meeting adjourned. 



RAY E. MILLER, Sec'y-Treas. 



Resolutions were adopted at the As- 

 sociation meeting asking the Serum 

 Committee and secretary to invest- 

 igate the use of clear, concentrated 

 Strum, to send out publicity material 

 on vaccination to the counties to pro- 

 mote greater efficiency, and to urge all 

 counties to work in close harmony on 

 the program of the organization. 



Frank 0. Lowden, for president, was 

 endorsed by the legislative committee 

 of the Farm Bureaus in the 19th con- 

 gressional district. When a resolution 

 to this effect was presented to the 

 Republican Central Committee in 

 meeting at Decatur the same day, the 

 Republican organisiation likewise en- 

 dorsed Mr. Lowden. 



Three carloads of limestone will be civen 

 away to patrons of the Farmers' State Bank, 

 Carlock. 111., who show the most improvement 

 in srowins leffumes in 1928. "The McLean 

 CoDDty Farm Bureau will sut>ervige the contest 

 and the selection of judges," writes Senator 

 Simon E. Lants. "I believe the banks of Illi- 

 nois Bhoald set behind such, projects as this," 



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