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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Chas. Marshall 



Vote To Hold Four I. A. A. 

 Conferences Yearly In 24th 



Go On Record In Favor Of Free 

 Discussion Meetings 



MEMBERS of the I. A. A. from 

 the 24th district, whoi met at 

 Albion on March 31. endorsed the life 

 insurance program 

 as outlined by V. 

 Vaninian. director 

 of insurance serv- 

 ice. C has. Mar- 

 .^hall. I. I A. A. 

 C o m m i t t e e- 

 man, presided. 



Representatives 

 from White, Mas- 

 sac. Gallatin. Ed- 

 wards. \V a y n e. 

 Johnson, and Sa- 

 line counties were 

 present. ' 

 The district picnic plan was unani- 

 mously endorsed, and it was decided 

 to join with the 25th district in hold- 

 ing a joint picnic. Mr. Marshall was 

 authorized to appoint a picnic com- 

 mittee of three to act with a similar 

 committee from the 25th district. 



Change Meeting Places 



L. S. Foote of Johnson county 

 moved that four conference.-i be held 

 eacli year in the 24th district. The 

 motion was seconded by Simpson of 

 Callatin county and carried. 



It was decided to hold the next 

 three meetings in successive order in 

 Clay. Gallatin, arid Massac counties. 



L. F. Brissenden, district manager 

 for the I. A. A., gave a brief talk on 

 organization. 



A. J. Libkie of Edwards county, H. 

 H. Glasscock of Gallatin comity, and 

 J. C. Small of Saline county were ap- 

 pointed to serve on the picnic com- 

 mittee. 



The opinion was expressed that more 

 time should have been piovidtd at the 

 Carbondale limestone conference for 

 full discussion of the new contract. 



Scott County Forms a 



Co-op Produce Association 



THE Scott County Produce Associa- 

 tion was organized at a meeting 

 held at Winchester on Thursday night, 

 March 21t, where Frank A. Gougler, 

 director of produce marketing for the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association, out- 

 lined the plan now being followed by 

 produce associations in 16 other coun- 

 ties. 



Nearly everj'one who attended the 

 meeting signed the contract to market 

 his cream, poultiy and eggs co-opera- 

 tively. The following day seven more 

 agreements were signed at the Farm 

 Bureau office. When 125 contracts 

 have been signed the organization will 

 elect a board of directors and start 

 ; operations. 



Business men and merchants aided 

 in promoting the produce association 

 plan because they recognize that co- 

 operatives will bring more money into 

 the community and that they will 

 share in the farmer's prosperity. Local 

 buyers, it has been reported, have 

 been paying such low prices for but- 

 terfat and poultry that many farmers 

 drove 25 miles to Jacksonville to sell 

 their produce on a better market. 



Official From Poland 



Visits I. A. A. Officers 



LOUIS LADOS. a representative of 

 I the Central Co-operative Associa- 

 tion of Warsaw, Poland, and the local 

 consul for the Polish Government, 

 spent considerable time in the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association office recent- 

 ly securing information on farmers' 

 elevators whose books are audited by 

 the I. A. C. A. Mr. Lados already has 

 visited the farmers' elevator at Mor- 

 rison in Whiteside County and the 

 Watseka Farmers' Grain Company in 

 Iroquois County. Following his studies 

 downstate, Mr. Lados will return to 

 Chicago to study operations in the 

 terminal market. 



He comes as a representative of the 

 Ministry of Agriculture in Poland. He 

 is particularly interested in grain mar- 

 keting organizations in the United 

 States. The Polish officials were in- 

 troduced through a letter from Chris 

 L. Christensen. director of co-opera- 

 tive marketing for the U. S. Dept. of 

 .Agriculture, to Geo. R. Urcher. di- 

 lector of business service for the I. 

 A. A. 



Enters Baseball League 



f. F. Burns was appointed chair- 

 man, W. H. Sappington. Earl Gilman, 

 Hardin Young, and George H. Vannier 

 were appointed members of a commit- 

 tee to organize a Farm Bureau base- 

 ball team in Scott county. 



The committee already has applied 

 for admission to the Illinois Farm Bu- 

 reau Baseball League. 



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W. L. Cope 



All Counties Represented 

 At 23rd District Conference, 

 Salem, Called By W. L. Cope 



Endorse Policy and Commend I. A. A. 

 For Publishing Voting Records 



NEARLY 50 representatives from 

 Crawford, Lawrence, Richland. 

 Clinton, Marion, Wabash, Jefferson, 

 and Effingham 

 counties attended 

 the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Associa- 

 tion district con- 

 ference held in 

 the 2.3rd district 

 at Salem on March 

 22. 



John Rogier of 

 Marion county 

 was elected chair- 

 man and John R. 

 Spencer, secretary 

 of the meeting. 



W. L. Cope, executive committee- 

 man representing the 2.3rd district, 

 explained the district picnic plan 

 which was adopted unanimously. 



Baseball Interest 



Lloyd Caldwell of Jefferson county 

 opened a discussion on Farm Bureau 

 baseball. Three of the counties rep- 

 resented signified their intention of 

 bringing out' organized Farm Bureau 

 teams. 



Mr. Cope discussed the legislative 

 situation and presented the I. A. A.'s 

 policy on publishing voting records. 

 The conference endorsed the policy 

 and commended the Association for 

 giving the members of the district 

 complete information on their candi- 

 dates for office. 



William Moorman, manager of the 

 Shelby County Oil Company, led a 

 discussion after lunch on the advisa- 

 bility of organizing Farm Bureau oil 

 companies and the problems involved 

 in their operation. 



Vote For Insurance 



V. Vaniman. director of insurance 

 service for the I. A. A., reviewed 

 briefly the program of the Illinois Ag- 

 ricultural Mutual Insurance Company 

 and asked for expressions as to wheth- 

 er or not they regarded auto insurance 

 as an asset to the Farm Bureau. An 

 overwhelming vote was registered in 

 favor of insurance. He next outlined 

 the proposed life insurance program, 

 describing in detail the three different 

 kinds of policies to be provided under 

 the plan. Briefs were distributed set- 

 ting forth the life insurance plan and 

 illustrating how it would operate. 



The next monthly meeting of the I. 

 A. A. Executive Committee will be 

 held on Friday, May 11. 



The Scott County Farm Bureau decided not 

 io organize its own company in view of the 

 fact that the Morgan Oil Company is serving, 

 or will servo, all sections of Scott county. 



