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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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holder, and its economical manage 

 ment and acquisition costs. 



It is further patent that anything 

 more than can be offered in life in- 

 surance than Country Life is offering 

 smacks of "selling points" more than 

 protection, and must involve a higher 

 cost. 



And finally, the conservative risk 

 selection and well-g:rouped class of in- 

 sured under its policy assures a mor- 

 tality lower than companies taking 

 mechanics and tradesmen, electrical 

 workers, quarrymen, factory workers, 

 trainmen, and builders, and the like 

 in large numbers. 



We have a spirit in our membership 

 that money can't buy. There never 

 was a more open opportunity for pol- 

 icyholders to directly reduce their in- 

 . I ^< surance costs than Country Life pol- 



icyholders have before them con- 

 stantly. 



Every time you get a new member 

 to take life insurance you are increas- 

 ing volume on- a fixed overhead which 

 means savings and greater dividends. 



Every time you talk Country Life 

 and its poUcies, you help increase the 

 momentum of the greatest movement 

 that the farmers of the state ever 

 started, and the net result of such 

 boosting means a company and a cost 

 always so far beyond competition that 

 the entire world must say, "Well, 

 the farmers did succeed." 



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Utilities 



Spring will soon be here. The birds 

 will be twittering in the tree tops and 

 the livestock headed for green pas- 

 tures. 



Many of you have farms adjoining 

 the railroad right of way. The Legis- 

 lature of the state enacted a law some 

 years ago requiring railroads to build 

 suitable fences adjoining farm lands 

 and to maintain them in good repair. 



Like the rest of us they have their 

 failings and forget or neglect to do 

 what is required of them. The result 

 is that fences break down from age, 

 and livestock gets on the right of way 

 and is killed. 



We need not say how difficult it is 

 to get the top on the market on live- 

 stock through a claim department of 

 the railroad. So the best thing for us 

 to do is to try to prevent these losses, 

 and this takes us back to the old say- 

 ing "An ounce of prevention is worth 

 a pound of cure." 



First of all check over your fences. 

 See that the crossing grates are in good 

 repair, and if not, put it down in writ- 

 ing and send it in to your local agent 

 or to the division superintendent, but 

 do not give it to the section foreman. 



This is the day of specialists. The 

 section foreman has other duties than 

 handling correspondence. About the 

 only file he has is his hip pocket and 

 that is where your communication will 



Annual Luncheon 



(Continued from page 3) 



ative Governor Louis L. Emmerson, 

 who was detained at Springfield. Sen- 

 ator Kessinger's address was replete 

 with stories which were widely ap- 

 plauded. 



During the program President 

 Smith read a congratulatory cable- 

 gram from the Hon. Frank O. Low- 

 den of Oregon sent from Cairo, Egypt, 

 Mr. Lowden expressed his regrets at 

 being unable to attend the meeting of 

 his Association. 



The Pawnee Four sang many a rous- 

 ing song written on the spur of the 

 moment and adapted to the remarks 

 of the speakers. They were applaud- 

 ed frequently for their witticisms and 

 harmony. 



President Sam H. Thompson closed 

 the speaking program with discussion 

 of the aims and ideals of organized 

 agriculture. "Our Sam" was given a 

 rousing cheer before and after his ad- 

 dress. 



A. N. Skinner of Yates City, chair- 

 man of the Resolutions Committee, 

 presented the Committee's report. The 

 resolutions were adopted as read with 

 little discussion. Minor revisions were 

 made in the Constitution and By-Laws 

 following the reading of the resolu- 

 tions. The meeting adjourned about 

 5:00 p. m. 



go, and the chances are that it will 

 stay there, at least until it loses its 

 identity and the contents can no long- 

 er be ascertained. The best thing of 

 all is to tell us your story. We are 

 here to serve you. We can see to it 

 that your problems are presented to 

 the proper railroad ofiicials. 



Remember that an oral notice to 

 the railroad to repair fences is not 

 sufiBcient. For your legal protection, 

 notice must be in writing, giving legal 

 description of your farm by township 

 and section, also the approximate dis- 

 tance from the nearest station so that 

 your place can be readily located. 



Do not send your notice to the gen- 

 eral offices of a railroad unless you 

 know what officer or department your 

 communication should be sent to. We 

 know of a case where a letter was 



addressed like this: " Railroad 



Company, Chicago, Illinois." The man 

 never received a reply. It is safe to 

 speculate that the letter got to Chi- 

 cago all right, but where it went after 

 that is a strain upon the imagination. 

 So unless you know the name of the 

 official to whom you should write, send 

 your troubles to us and do it just as 

 soon as you can. Remember, it is the 

 early bird that catches the worm and 

 the sooner you make your fence needs 

 known the quicker you will be taken 

 care of. 



Grain 



Marketing' 



By Harrison Fahmkopf 

 Fanner Grain Dealers Meet 



DIRECTORS, managers, grain grow- 

 ers, visitors — 600 strong — gath- 

 ered for the 26th annual convention of 

 the Illinois Farmers Grain Dealers As- 

 sociation at Joliet, Feb. 5-7. Only two 

 county farm advisers were there. They 

 were J. H. Checkley, Logan County, 

 who led the singing at the Annual 

 Banquet, and Leonard Braham, in 

 whose county the convention was held. 

 Why not more? If a larger number 

 of farm advisers would attend this 

 annual meeting and more farmer ele- 

 vator managers went to the I. A. A. 

 meeting we would make more rapid 

 progress towards a better understand- 

 ing of each other's problems. Then, 

 if a few of the directors of each or- 

 ganization would attend the annual 

 meeting of the other, so much the bet- 

 ter. 



Officers elected for the coming year 

 are: C. H. Bonnell, Rosemond, presi- 

 dent; T. R. Cain, Jacksonville, first 

 vice-president; E. E. Stevenson, Strea- 

 tor, second vice-president; W. H. Hin- 

 dahl, San Jose, treasurer; Lawrence 

 Farlow, Bloomington, secretary. 



Directors are: Henry Brown, Wood- 

 hull; Chas. Fairfield, Fisher; J. F. Frei- 

 tag. Normal; H. J. Greive, Edinburg; 

 J. A. Henebry, Plainfield; F. W. Mc- 

 Laughlin, Ashland; V. A. Wertsch, 

 Delavan. 



President D. H. Allen retired after 

 many years' faithful service. 



Secretry Farlow stated that during 

 1928 farmers' elevators operated un- 

 der more favorable conditions than in 

 any year since the war — that 93% of 

 all elevators showed a net profit for 

 1928. An excellent record. 



E. V. Maltby, Manager of the Rural 

 Grain Company, pointed out that there 

 were eight co-operative grain commis- 

 sion companies on the various ex- 

 changes and that 525 farmers' ele- 

 vators hold stock in these eight com- 

 panies. Six hundred and twenty- 

 eight elevators which were not share- 

 holders have patronized the terminal 

 co-ops. 



Paul Thielen, Manager of the Farm- 

 ers Elevator Co-operative Supply Com- 

 pany, outlined last year's business ac- 

 tivities and told of the formation of 

 a new national purchasing organiza- 

 tion of which the Illinois unit is a 

 member. 



C. V. Gregory, editor of Prairie 

 Farmer, read an interesting paper on 

 the history of agriculture. 



Mr. Gregory stated that a new na- 

 tion invariably exploits its resources — 



