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Volume 6 



NOVEMBER, 1928 



Number 11 



A. F. B. F. Prepares for 

 10,000 at Convention 

 Chicago, Dec. 10, 11, 12 



I. A. A. Selects Four Voting Delegates 

 to Represent State 



ILLINOIS will be represented by 

 fully 1,000 farmers at the tenth an- 

 nual meeting of the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation at the Hotel Sher- 

 man, Chicago, December 7 to 12, it is 

 indicated by advance requests for res- 

 ervations received at national federa- 

 tion headquarters. Oflficial delegates 

 from the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion will include President Earl Smith, 

 C. E. Bamborough, Polo, A. R. Wright, 

 Varna, and George F. Tullock, Rock- 

 ford. The entire I. A. A. Executive 

 Committee and department heads will 

 also be present, together with officers 

 of County Farm Bureaus and farm 

 advisers. 



LaSalle, Fulton, Tazewell and Han- 

 cock County Farm Bureaus it is re- 

 ported already have organized delega- 

 tions. In other sections of the state 

 neighborhood groups are being en- 

 rolled to avail themselves of the spe- 

 cial reduced railroad rates to the con- 

 vention. Ask the county adviser about 

 these rates and get 

 the necessary cer- 

 tificate from him 

 if you contemplate 

 attending. 



Prepare For 



10,000 

 Many parties 

 are planning mo- 

 tor bus trips to the 

 convention and a 

 few are consider- 

 ing the airplane as 

 their preferred ve- 

 hicle of transportation. Every effort 

 is being made by the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation to have a record- 

 breaking crowd at this great national 

 assembly of farmers and farm women 

 and plans have been perfected to care 

 for 10,000 visitors during the six-day 

 affair. 



A program of general interest has 

 been prepared. It is intended to pre- 

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Sam H. Thompson 



REMEMBER THE DATES 

 The annual convention of the Amer- 

 ican Farm Bureau Federation, Hotel 

 Sherman, Chi<:aso, comes on Dec. 10, 

 II, 12, 1928; the annual meeting of 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association on 

 Jan. 30, 31, 1929, at Danville. Mark 

 these dates on your calendar. The 

 meetings are yours for you to help de- 

 cide the future course of the Farm 

 Bureau. 



International Time 



THE Hay and Grain Show is ex- 

 pected to be an outstanding fea- 

 ture of the International Live Stock 

 Exposition which opens December 1 at 

 Chicago. A large' number of Illinois 

 farmers already have entered seed corn 

 and small grain exhibits in the con- 

 test. 



Eleven hundred and fifty cash prizes, 

 in addition to eight handsome silver 

 trophies, are being awarded to the ex- 

 hibitors in this division. 



The United States Department of 

 Agriculture and the state universities 

 will have their usual exhibits and dem- 

 onstrations. The fact that seed corn 

 from sections of Ohio, Indiana, Michi- 

 gan, and other states infested with the 

 corn borer is barred offers an unusual 

 opportunity for exhibitors from areas 

 not so handicapped. 



Thousands of 4-H Club boys and 

 girls from every corner of the country 

 will be in Chicago on the opening day. 

 The Illinois Agricultural Association 

 will provide a dinner for the Illinois 

 winners in accordance with its usual 

 custom. This dinner will be held on 

 the night of December 5, the place to 

 be announced later. 



President Earl C. Smith, C. E. Bam- 

 borough of Polo, George F. Tullock of 

 Rockford, and A. R. Wright of Varna 

 will represent Illinois as official dele- 

 gates at the annual convention of the 

 American Farm Bureau Federation, 

 Chicago, December 7 to 12. Alternates 

 are as follows : Charles Marshall, Frank 

 Oexner, W. L. Cope, and Samuel Sor- 

 rells. The entire executive committee 

 of the Illinois Agricultural Association 

 was authorized to attend the meeting 



Jan. 30, 31 Are Dates 

 ; Set For 14 th Annual 



Convention of I. A. A. 



County Farm Bureaus Are Asked to Select 

 Official Delegates to State Gathering 



ClOUNTY farm" BUREAUS in lUi- 

 4 nois will select delegates within 

 the j next few weeks for the 14th an- 

 nuajl meeting of the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association to be held at Dan- 

 vill^, January 30-31, 1929. 



T!he program now being arranged 

 will include speakers of wide reputa- 

 tion. Agricultural legislation to be 

 presented before the coming general 

 ass^bly will be considered. Group 

 meejtings will be arranged as hereto- 

 fore for the consideration of specific 

 activities such as legislation, co-opera- 

 tive! marketing, business service, or- 

 ganization and publicity, etc. 

 Easy To Get There 



Hbtel accommodations are being ar- 

 ranged for a large assembly and while 

 it is thought that hotel facilities will 

 be ajmple, all those who plan to attend 

 are ^eing asked to make reservations 

 earl^. Danville is fortunately situated 

 so ais to be readily accessible to all 

 parti of the state. It is on the main 

 line of the C. & E. I. Railroad north 

 and south, and on the Big Four in all 

 four directions. 



Subsidiary organizations of the Illi- 

 nois [Agricultural Association will meet 

 on January 29, the day before the 

 opening of the convention, as has been 

 the custom in the past. The annual 

 meetings of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Mutual Insurance Company, the Illi- 

 nois Agrricultural Co-operatives Asso- 

 ciation, the Illinois Farm Bureau Base- 

 ball League, and the Illinois Farm Bu- 

 reau I Serum Association will come on 

 this day according to present plans. 

 Vermilion I* Host 



The Vermilion County Farm Bu- 

 reau will be hosts to visitors and mem- 

 bers Ifrom the far corners of the state 

 and 'Will co-operate with the local 

 Chamber of Commerce and business 

 men in making local arrangements. 



Thds will be the first annual meeting 

 of the Illinois Agricultural Association 

 held in the extreme part of the state 

 outside Chicago. ii 



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