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THE L A. A. RECORD 



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_ I LiIjINOIS 



CCLTVBAL ASSOCIA 



RECORiy 



T« mJoanea (A« imrpoma for mhieh the Farm Bureau warn organlMml, 

 ^ nofne/y to promote, protect and repreaent the huainese, economic, 

 politicai, and educational intereatm of the f arm are of liiinoim and tfia 

 nation, and to develop agriculture. 



Published once a month at 404 North Wesley Ave., Mount Horria, 

 , Illinoia, by the Ulinoia AKricaltaral Association. Entered as eecond- 

 elass matter October 20, 1925, at the post office at Mount Morris, 

 Illinois, under the Act of March 8, 1879. Accepted for mailinK at 

 special rate of postage provided for in Section 412, Act of February 

 28, 1926, authorized October 27, 1925. The individual membership 

 fee of the Illinois Aericultural Association is five dollars a year. The 

 fee includes payment of fifty cents for subscription to the iLUMOis 

 AoRictn,Tuiui. Association Rbcobo. Postmaster: In returning an un- 

 called for or missent copy please indicate key number on addrasa as 

 is required by law. 



OFFICERS 



President, Earl C. Smith 



Vice-President, Frank D. Barton 



• Secretary, Geo. E. Metzger 



Traaaurer, R. A. Cowles 



.J>«tTalt 



.Cornell 



„ Chlrago 



-Bleomlnctoa 



. 1st to 11th.. 



12th 



• 13th 



14th 



ISth.. 



16th.. 



17th.. 



ISth.. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



(By Congressional District) 



.H. C. VIml, Downers Gro»o 



a F. TuUock, Rockford 



. C. E. Bamboroush, Polo 



..M. G. Lambert, Ferris 



19th 



20th 



i.JL N. Skinner, Yates City 



A. R. Wrif ht, Vema 



..Geo. J. Stoll, Chestnut 

 ..R. F. Karr, Iroquois 



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21st.. 

 22nd.. 

 23rd.. 

 24th.. 



2Sth 



C. J. Gross, AtYvood 



..Charles S. Black, Jacksonville 

 ..^.Samuel Sorrolls, Raymond 

 ..Frank Oexner, Waterloo 



W. L. Cope, Salem 



..Charles Marshall, Belknap 

 Fred Dietz, Da Soto 



DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMENTS 



Comptroller 



Dairy Marketing 



Finance 



Fruit and Vegetable Klarketicc, 



Grain Marketing 



Information 



Insurance Service __.. 



Legal Counsel. 



Limestone*Phosphate 



Live Stock Marketing.... 



Office 



Organization 



Produce Marketing 



Taxation and Statistics- 

 Transportation 



.J. H. Kelker 

 ..A. D. Lynch 



JL A. Cowlu 



A. B. Leeper 



Harrison Fabrnkopf 



George Thiem 



.„V. Vaniman 



Donald Kirkpatrick 



J. R. Bent 



Ray E. Miller 



C. E. Johnston 



.G. E. Metzger 



F. A. Gougler 



J. C. Watson 



.„ L. J. Quasey 



SUBSIDIARY ORGANIZATIONS 



Country Life Insurance Co _ L. A. Williams, Mgr. 



Illinois Agricultural Co-operatives Ass'n F. E. Ringham, Mgr. 



Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co,.. A. E. Richardson, Mgr. 



Illinois Farm Supply Co L L. R. Marchant, Mgr. 



Making Master Farmers 



THE influence the Farm Bureau, the University of Illinois, and the 

 farm press are exercising in making better farmers was vividly ex- 

 pressed at the recent banquet for the 1?2!^ Master Farmers given by 

 Prairie Farmer in Chicago. 



Each of the 19 Illinois men so honored this year is a Farm Bureau 

 member. Several are presidents and officers m their County Farm 

 Bureaus. All are active supporters of their organization, and unstinted 

 praise was given the county farm advisers responsible in many cases for 

 the adoption of projects and farm practices which helped bring success. 



The University of Illinois and such men a» Cyril G. Hopkins came in 

 for considerable honorable mention. Ample tribute was paid the power 

 of the press for its influence, particularly the! publication which initiated 

 this worthy project. Deserved recognition to farm women, the help- 

 mate in the home, concluded the remarks of nearly every man who re- 

 ceived a medal. They modestly gave credit to others. 



While all these forces are helpful, the fact. remains that the individual 

 intelligence, initiative, industry, character Jnd progressiveness of the 

 farmer and his wife determine their success as farm operators, good 

 neighbors, and citizens. That the Farm Bureau membership roll includes 

 nearly all farmers of this type, at least in Illinois, is the reason for its 

 high standing and record of accomplishment. If the I. A. A. is a strong 

 state farm organization, it is because Farm Bureau members made it so. 



The organization can develop leadership, demonstrate and teach suc- 

 cessful practices. It cannot change innate qualities that determine 



success. The high average of intelligence on Illinois farms is reflected 

 not alone in the efficiency with which these farms are operated. It is 

 revealed also in the successful organizations and co-operatives they have 

 created here. It is an axiom that democratic government reflects the 

 ability and intelligence of the voting citizens who make it. The same 

 is true of organizations be they agricultural or otherwise. The organiza- 

 tion doesn't nuke the man. The man makes the organization. 



This Issue and Next 



THE insurance services offered the Farm Bureau members of Illinois 

 are presented in a little greater detail in this issue than usual. Each 

 company has attempted to tell itr story. Each has a story to tell and 

 we are proud to say it is a story of achievement. The accomplishments 

 of Country Life, the Illinois Agricultural Mutual, and the Farmers' 

 Mutual Reinsurance Company in making available insurance at cost in 

 farmer owned and controlled companies have been phenomenal. These 

 enterprises are true co-operatives no less than co-operative marketing 

 projects. They differ only in that they relate to buying rather than 

 selling. 



Farm Bureau leadership recognizes that the greatest opportunity for 

 farmer self-help lies in the marketing field. It also realizes that success 

 in co-operative marketing is achieved with greater difficulty and depends 

 largely on farmers' experience and capacity to work together. For this 

 reason progress in marketing, particularly centralized marketing, has 

 been less rapid. VCith renewed federal interest in helping agriculture 

 attack the most difficult phase of the marketing question, namely, sur- 

 plus control, the outlook appears brighter. The best efforts of the I. A. 

 A. next year as in 1929 will be directed toward developing marketing 

 activities. And so we will start the new year with an issue of the 

 Recoro devoted largely to marketing and organization. 



Coming Up 





MEMBERSHIP in the Farm Bureau and Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation is on the upturn as is evidenced by the fact that more 

 than 3 5 counties showed increases this year compared with the previous 

 three-year period. Reports are coming in consuntly that Farm Bureau 

 morale and sentiment the state over was never stronger since the post- 

 war deflation period. Under such conditions, the job of building a 

 larger state organization becomes merely a mechanical one. The sub- 

 stantial increases obtained in some counties like Champaign, ^('illiamson, 

 Vermilion, McLean, and others bears out this point. When membership 

 is given prominence as a year 'round project a steady increase invariably 

 results. Farm Bureau leaders are coming to appreciate this fact, judging 

 from the gains made this year. 



Cause for Optimism. 



THE most inspiring sight we saw during International week was noc 

 the splendid exhibits of blooded livestock out on the tan bark, but 

 an army of Four-H club boys and girls more than 1000 strong gathered 

 from almost every state in the Union. 



A great sea of green and white caps bearing the clover leaf insignia, 

 rosy cheeks and happy faces greeted us as we came upon the annual 

 banquet given the winners from all the states in one of Chicago's loop 

 hotels. 



There was a spectacle that can't be duplicated anywhere in the world 

 except at the annual boys and girls club congress. To hear these young- 

 sters tell their experiences, their accomplishments unafraid1y« enthusias- 

 tically, with well chosen words while facing large audiences is impres- 

 sive. What a fine training for future responsibilities. The hope of agri- 

 culture of the country is that the best of them can be kept on the farm. 



Boys and girls club work is doing more to develop a self-confident, 

 •self-respecting, clear-thinking and right-living farm leadership for the 

 future than any other single force in rural life. The livestock and 

 crops they grow, the prizes they win — these are all secondary. The im- 

 portant things are the lesson taught, the character developed, the life 

 inspired by achievement. The fact that there were 16,000 such boys 

 and girls in Illinois this year is cause for being optimistic over the future 

 of agriculture in the state. 



