Attend Meeting 



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about the Association before the mem- 

 bers. Since that time, I. A. A. dis- 

 trict conferences have been held regu- 

 larly in all the congressional districts 

 of the state. 



Donald Kirkpatrick, legal counsel, 

 opened the session in the morning after 

 introduction by Chairman Tullock, with 

 a clearcut presentation of the proposed 

 life insurance plan. 



His explanation aroused considerable 

 Interest indicating that the plan is be- 

 ing favorably received. 



A motion to the effect that the meet- 

 ing express itself on the bill now before 

 congress seeking to prevent the govern- 

 ment from dealing in stamped envel- 

 opes carrying the return address of the 

 sender, was tabled following a sugges- 

 tion by Pres. Smith that the proposal 

 be referred to the I. A. A. and A. F. B. 

 F. for further investigation. 

 District Picnic OK'd 



The district I. A. A. picnic plan was 

 warmly endorsed. A motion by Mr. 

 Keltner of Winnebago that the chair- 

 man appoint a committee to make plans 

 for a 12th district picnic was carried. 

 Mr. Tullock appointed the presidents 

 of all the County Farm Bureaus in the 

 district on the committee except in 

 Winnebago where Vice-president Fris- 

 bie w^as named. 



The conference then voted to accept 

 Tom Roberts' invitation to hold the 

 June meeting at DeKalb. 



Before adjournment, President Smith 

 carefully explained the policy of the I. 

 A. A. Executive Committee with refer- 

 ence to life insurance. "If we enter 

 the life insurance field," he said, "We 

 have decided how we will do it. But 

 the decision as to whether or not we 

 shall make this service available rests 

 with you. If 60 per cent of the coun- 

 ties want it, life insurance will be 

 added to our program. This insurance 

 will be made available at cost. We 

 hope every Farm Bureau will give 

 careful consideration to the plan not 

 later than the April meeting after 

 which the I. A. A. would like to be in- 

 formed of the action taken." 

 . The meeting adjourned at 3 p. m. 



Illinois Farm Bureaus 



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 is around 20 per cent less than for 

 the blood serum, Illinois Farm Bureau 

 members will make a decided saving 

 on their vaccinating bill. The volume 

 of serum handled, however, may be 

 smaller than last year because of the 

 change. 



Clear concentrated serum is more 

 convenient to handle and administer, is 

 more readily absorbed, and results in 

 fewer abscesses. 



Vermillion county has already an- 

 nounced that it will contract for 750,- 

 000 c. c. of clear concentrated serum. 

 Last year, more than 36,000,000 c. c. of 

 serum and virus were purchased by 

 more than 60 counties engaged in this 

 service. 



A. N. Skinner 



Stop Coal Strip Mining 

 Is Plea of Members at 

 15th Dist. Meet, Canton 



other Issues Receive Attention From 

 Farm Bureau Leaders 



1EGISLATIVE action to stop coal 

 J stripping in Illinois, the $20,000,- 

 000 game refuge bond issue, district I. 

 A. A. picnics, the gas tax question, 

 and county oil companies were dis- 

 cussed at the 15th District meeting of 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association 

 held at Canton, in Fulton county, on 

 Mar. 6. 



A. N. Skinner, Yates City, who rep- 

 resents the district on the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Associa- 

 t i o n Executive 

 Committee, pre- 

 sided. Delegates 

 from Fulton, 

 Schuyler, Knox, 

 and Henry coun- 

 ties attended. 



Leeper of Ful- 

 ton county stated 

 that coal stripping 

 operations in that 

 county are laying 

 waste hundreds of acres of fertile farm 

 lands making them unfit for agricul- 

 tural purposes. The meeting went on 

 record in favor of referririg the situ- 

 ation to the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation Executive Committee for con- 

 sideration. It was reported that most 

 states already have legislation to pre- 

 vent indiscriminate strip mining. 



Direct Buying Considered 



Direct buying of live stock by the 

 packers received some discussion, and 

 a motion that the I. A. A. and National 

 Live Stock Producers' formulate a def- 

 inite policy in regard to direct buying, 

 was carried. 



The meeting, likewise, approved a 

 l)lan of holding a large I. A. A. picnic 

 and county Farm Bureau picnic in that 

 congressional district. A committee of 

 five, composed of Watt, McKinzie, Mc- 

 Kee, Whisenand, and Mummert was 

 appointed by Chairman Skinner to se- 

 lect a time and place for the district 

 picnic. 



It was moved by Turpin and sec- 

 onded by Sullivan of Fulton county, 

 that the meeting go on record in favor 

 of a new gas tax for Illinois similar 

 to the recent tax declared unconstitu- 

 tional. 



Oppose Bond Issue 



Mr. Skinner explained the $20,000,- 

 000 bond issue passed by the last leg- 

 islature to buy a tract of land along 

 the Illinois River and other sections 

 of the state to reforest and be used as 

 a game preserve, the inner portion of 

 such tracts to be used for a game pre- 

 serve, and the outer portion for hunt- 



ing within definite limitations. The 

 bond issue must be submitted to the 

 people in the next general election, for 

 approval. 



After considerable discussion it was 

 moved by Warner of Henry county 

 and seconded by Schleich of Fulton 

 county that the bond issue be opposed 

 by the Farm Bureau. 



Canton or Galesburg 



The picnic committee reported later 

 that the 1928 district picnic be held 

 either at Canton or Galesburg, de- 

 pending upon the location of picnics 

 in other districts. The final decision 

 was left to Chairman A. N. Skinner. 



Whisenand of Henry county outlined 

 the proposed limestone contract. 



J. E. Mummert of Fulton county 

 raised the question of organizing co- 

 operative Farm Bureau oil companies. 

 Considerable interest was shown by the 

 delegates of the various counties, in 

 this service. 



A motion by McKinzie of Schuyler 

 county, and seconded by Nelson of 

 Knox county that the next meeting be 

 held in Henry county, Apr. 24, was 

 carried. The place of the meeting was 

 left to the Henry County Farm Bu- 

 reau. 



Robinson Resigns 



In Shelby County 



CHARLES J. ROBINSON, farm ad- 

 viser, in Shelby county resigned 

 recently to take a position with the Na- 

 tional Bank of Decatur. This bank has 

 recently taken over the management of 

 a group of farms totaling 5,000 acres 

 and expects to enlarge its activities in 

 managing farm lands. 



Robinson has a great many accom- 

 plishments to his credit as a result of 

 his five years service as adviser for the 

 Shelby County Farm Bureau. He suc- 

 ceeded in initiating area testing for 

 tuberculosis in Shelby county. The 

 county is now nearly ready to be ac- 

 credited. In addition he organized 

 three shipping associations, brought 

 the first limestone train into the coun- 

 ty, got 90 per cent of the members to 

 use improved seed corn, more recently 

 persuaded the Walgreeiw Company to 

 locate a condensery at Snelbyville, and 

 did much to improve the general farm 

 practices with reference to soil treat- 

 ment and culture in the county. 



Harold Hixon is selected as one of 



two out of 12,000 club members in Illi- 

 nois to attend the national 4.H club 

 camp at Washington, D. C, in June. 

 This is an outstanding honor for Har- 

 old as well as for 4-H club work in 

 Iroquois county. 



"If 65 per cent of the poultry own- 

 ers in Crawford county will sign up for 

 the work we can get a veterinarian to 

 T. B. test our flocks," says Farm Ad- 

 viser Frazier. The State is starting 

 the plan in six Illinois ciAinties and will 

 pay all expenses. 



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