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Number 12 



DECEMBER, 1929 



Volume 7 



Plan Three Busy Days 

 For I. A. A. Annual Meet 



Program Follows General Outline of 

 Previous Years 



PRELIMINARY plans for the I. A. A. annual 

 meeting at Springfield, January 29, 50, 31, 

 are completed. Further details to be arranged 

 will be announced in the January issue. 



The opening day, January 29, 

 will be devoted to the annual 

 meetings of allied organizations, 

 including the Illinois Farm Bu- 

 reau Baseball League, the Serum 

 Association, the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Mutual Insurance Company, 

 Country Life Insurance Company, 

 and the Illinois Agricultural Co- 

 operatives Association. 



In addition to the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, there will be out- 

 standing speakers on the question 

 of farm taxation and transporta- 

 tion. Important pronouncements 

 from Secretary Hyde regarding 

 future agricultural policies of the 

 Hoover administration, are ex- 

 pected. While no definite ar- 

 rangements have yet been made, 

 several members of the Federal 

 Farm Board will probably attend 

 the convention in the state capitol. 



Annual Banquet 



Tbe annual banquet will come 

 on Thursday night, January 30, as 

 in past years, and the annual 

 luncheon where Secretary Hyde 

 will speak, on January 3 1 , the 

 last day of the meeting. The 

 luncheon will be held in the 

 Springfield Armory to provide ac- 

 commodations for 1200 to HOO 

 people. Headquarters will be established at the 

 Abraham Lincoln Hotel. 



There will be a series of five conferences on 

 Thursday afternoon where delegates and mem- 

 bers will have the floor. Free and open discussion 

 of policy matters is the object of these meet- 

 ings. Organization and marketing problems will 

 be given prominence since both loom large in 

 probable activities in 1930. ■■- 



Lowden Coming 



As we go to press, the announcement comes 

 that Frank O. Lowden of Oregon has accepted 

 an invitation to speak at the annual banquet on 

 Thursday night. Complete details will be an- 

 nounced in the January issue of the Record. 



Plan Early. ..;-..;. ... . 



Plan now to attend the comins lii«et- 

 ing at Springfield, Jan. 29-30-31. Make 

 reservations at once with your County 

 Farm Bureau. Accommodations can be 

 provided for all at the banquet and 

 luncheon if the local committee is noti- 

 6ed in advance. 



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Sec'y Hyde Accepts Invitation from Pres. Earl Smith in I. A. A. Offices 



More than J,000 Illinois livestock growers 

 have visited the terminal livestock markets as 

 guests of the various Producer commission as- 

 sociations during the past two years. 



Apply for Reduced Rates 



APPLICATION for reduced rates to Spring- 

 field for the annual I. A. A. convention 

 has been made by the transportation depart- 

 ment on all lines. If a reduction is granted as 

 in former years, don't neglect to take advantage 

 of it. Details of how this may be done will be 

 explained in the January issue of the Rec- 

 ord. 



Springfield is ideally located and is accessible 

 by train or hard road to all points in Illinois. 

 Train service is available on the Chicago and 

 Alton, the Illinois Central, the Wabash, the 

 Burlington and the Baltimore and Ohio rail- 

 ways. Hard roads lead out in all directions 

 and most of these have bus service. Excellent 

 hotel and eating facilities are auured. 



Sec'y Hyde Chief Speaker 

 At Coming I. A. A. Meeting 



Secretary Demonstrates Sincerity As 

 Real Friend of Agriculture 



HON. ARTHUR M. HYDE, former gov- 

 ernor of Missouri, Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture, the orator of the Hoover cabinet who al- 

 ready has demonstrated his sincerity as a real 

 friend of agriculture, will deliver 

 the principal address at the com- 

 ing I. A. A. convention at 

 Springfield. The Secretary accepted 

 the invitatioti tendered by Presi- 

 dent Smith several m o n t h > 

 ago. 



Secretary Hyde, a lawyer by 

 profession, already has done much 

 to win his way into the hearts of 

 farmers. Born and reared in the 

 cum belt, he made a splendid 

 record as governor of his state. 

 Good roads and better country 

 schools were chief interests of his 

 administration. He is an exten- 

 sive land owner in Missouri and 

 so has a direct monetary interest 

 in agriculture. 



Talks Surplus Control 



In his public statements since 

 becoming a member of the Hoover 

 cabinet, Mr. Hyde has stressed the 

 importance of organization and of 

 taking marginal lands out of 

 production and so controlling the 

 farm surplus. What he says in 

 his address at the I. A. A. meet- 

 ing will be of nation-wide inter- 

 est, coming as it will after six 

 months' experience in carrying out 

 the purposes of the Agricultural 

 Marketing Act through the Federal Farm Board. 

 On his recent visit to the I. A. A. offices, 

 the Secretary expressed surprise to find so large 

 and complete a staff serving Illinois farmers. He 

 spoke approvingly of the organization setup with 

 insurance and other service rendered through 

 associated companies. 



Secretary Hyde will probably speak at the 

 luncheon in the Springfield armory on Friday, 

 Jan. 31. A crowd of 1200 to 1500 can be 

 accommodated and barring unfavorable weather 

 a record attendance is probable. 



"A careful syitem of selling IiTe- 

 stock in the National Stock Yards is 

 practiced by the Producers. The or- 

 ganization has handed out about 

 $800,000 in refunds to its members." 

 J. King Eaton, HamttL 



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