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Number 11 



NOVEMHKR, 192^ 



\ oiume 7 



Prominent Men On 



A. F. B. F. Program 



Convention at Hotel Sherman, 

 Chicago, Dec. 9-10-11 



^CTIVITI^:S of the Fcdcril Farm Loan Board. 

 ' tlic Icdcral Farm Board, j^ovcrnmcnta! 

 road building policies, farm taxation, child wel- 

 fare and waterways will feature the discussions 

 before the coming annual convention of the 

 American Farm Bureau Federation at the H<ncl 

 Sherman, Chicago, Dec. 9-10-1 I. 



Sam H. Tiionipson and Alexander Legge will 

 be the chief speakers on the opening day. ^'itli 

 the great farm relief battle now history, the 

 organization is expecting Mr. Thompson to look 

 to the future and outline his ideas on how 

 further advances can be made in bringing about 

 equality for agriculture. 



Legge On Monday 



Alexander Legge, the man entrusted by Presi- 

 dent Hoover with responsibility for administer- 

 ing the agricultural marketing act will be the 

 headline speaker Monday atternoon. Mr. Legge 

 will tell the Farm Bureau lu>w farmers can ob- 

 tain the maximum benehts from the new legis- 

 lation. 



H. Paul Bestor of St. Louis, appointed by 

 Tresideni Hoover to make the farm li>an act 

 work for farmers' interests, will speak on the 

 subject "Farm Finances." He is scheduled for 

 the \C'ednesday morning session. 



">X''aterway Development" is the subject Sec- 

 retary of ^'ar lames 

 Vt', G(K>d will discuss. 

 It is taken for granted 

 that he will voice the 

 policies of Mr. Hoover 

 since the secretary of 

 war is charged with the 

 responsibility of feder- 

 al waterway develop- 

 ment. 



Farm Taxation 



Frank O. Lowden of 

 C)regon has been chosen 

 to outline his views on 

 the important subject 

 of farm taxation. He 

 morning, December I U. 



Dr. H. F. Barnard, director ui the Presi- 

 dent's NX'hite Flouse Conference on C hild Health 

 and Protection is lo be the speaker on Mitndav 

 evening, Dec. 9. A "community meeting" witli 

 a forum discussion will follow this address. 



A speaker to be announced later will present 

 the subject of highway development. The 

 Illinois Agricultural Association has taken the 

 lead in calling to the attention of governmental 



S. H. Thompson 



II speak on 1 uesda\ 



Lifficials the need for a better farm to 



ark el 



Alexander Legge 



road system. Now this movement is being 

 carried forward on a national scale by the 

 A, F. B. F. It is estimated tiiat S.OOO.OOO 

 tarmers hnd it impossible to get f r*)m their 

 farms to markets in automobiles several m*>nths 

 each year. It is the Farm Bureau's belief that 

 public funds should be used genenmsly in build- 

 ing rural roads because of their vast importance 

 to agricultural welfare. 



Illinois Delegates 



Representing Illinois at the convention as 

 otiicial voting delegate^ will be President F!arl 

 ( . Smith, Frank D. Barton, (ieo. F". Tullock. 

 .:iid Samuel SorrelK. 



Alternates are H. < . Vial, A. R. >X'right, 

 ( i\ Bamborough. and ( iiarles Black. 



The entire executive ccnnmiitee ot the Illinnis 

 -Vgricultural Ass4>ciation is expected to attend 

 the convention. 



Custom Grinding 



A farmer i»r individual w ho does custom 

 grinding of feed for his neighbors is not re- 

 quired to secure a license according to the feeds 

 division of the State Department i*i Agricul- 

 ture. 



If, however, a customer shi^uIJ purchase grain 

 from the mill operator and ask the latter to 

 mix it accordini; to his, the purchaser's direc- 

 tion, and then grind it, the mill ojvrator would 

 be req u i red to obt .li n a 1 k eitsc. 



State Produce Co-op 



Is Set Up at Decatur 



Bloomington Chosen As Headquar- 

 ters, Organized Under Illinois 

 Act of 1923 





|)\PFRS of incorporation ; 

 ■ ducc Marketing AsstKiat 

 lilt Illinois co-o[serativc act 



plud for on Nov. 9 following a meeting three 

 (Jays earlier at Decatur wh 

 tives from M counties gave 

 to the plan. 



Under the by-laws adopt 

 Assttciation is authori/od t< 

 ship, pr«K.es%. or in any way 



more salable so tarmers ma receive the max- 

 imum net return lor iheii pnKJucts.- Non- 

 members* produce may ht hai died as well as that 



lor members "provided 

 handled lor ntm-memlxTs 

 shall not eXCtxd the total 



tiie Illiiiois Pru- 

 >n, t>rgani/od under 

 of 192*. Mere ap- 



.■re I IM) representa- 

 jnanimous approval 



■d at Decajur. the 

 buy, sell, j handle, 

 make farm produc 



I ut the products 



in an\ hscjil year 



f sinnlar piroducts 



handled lor members durini;! the same ieruHi." 



1 



Farm Board D. K 



1 rank C^uugler, director «»f produce malrketing 

 for the I. A. \. explained tlie state mVifketing 

 plan, discu-<sing the ad\aniag;s *»f big scjale co- 

 operation, and the policv ot the Federal Farm 

 Board in encouraging co-i>|h- atum between the 

 laid Kirki^atrtck. 

 . ipital sI«K.li ^set-up. 

 y marketing, who 

 iiperatije pro- 



smaller t.o-operati\es. D< 

 legal counsel, explained the c 

 .\. D. 1 ynch, direct«)r lA dai 

 a^'istod in organizing the^ tirs 



uiKe a^^o.. lations ,in the stjtL-, told h«>H' Huid 



co-t>perati\'l's and 

 Ce co-ops i could 

 together t4> their 

 n^utual advantage. 



h f Ass<Kiatii»ii is to 

 itrgani/ed \ under 

 Bureau vonfer»»l as 

 »-4>peraiive i with 

 , 1 slock, although 

 immediate site of 

 to raise f ijt^ds is 

 ' nplated. <j apital 

 shall be Jivided 

 \ referred antj c*mi- 

 shall consist of 

 pre- 

 t erred situ, k »>1 \1'< per slui e par \ alui. and 

 M(t,()ui) slurcs to be designaiid as (lass $ prt- 

 Krred stock of hij par value, ind 7i .imo isharcs 

 . t eomnion ^toek' .»! n.. par > aUie. | 



Stock Setu^ I 



(lass .\ preterred sti^k when and if issued, 

 shall be entitled to draw curiulative dividends 



'( nu/nttuJ nfi Jul [* i / 



m<»n. 



Mt.lHHI 



1 he preferred sd^k 

 shares to be designatei I as ( lass .^ 



