THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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Tune in on the I. A. A. Forum from Station 

 WLS every Tuesday nicht at etSO p. m.. 

 Central Standard Time. 



Tlie daily farm program of the I. A. A. from 

 Station WJJD, Mooseheart (284 meters) is 

 broadcast between 12:00 and 12:20 p. m., Mon- 

 day to Friday inclusive. Hear the daily Chicago 

 livestock market from the Producers, and each 

 Friday the weekly market review. Outlook 

 reports, reviews, and talks by I. A. A. staff 

 members, officials, and leaders In farm thought 

 eie broadcast daily. 



AN address by R. W. Blackburn, president of 

 ^ the California Farm Bureau Federation, is 

 scheduled for the I. A. A. Forum program from 

 WLS on Tuesday night, Dec. 10. Mr. Black- 

 burn has been invited to discuss some of the 

 activities of his State Farm Bureau together 

 with farm problems facing organized agricul- 

 ture on the Pacific Coast. 



"When Dairymen Work Together" was the 

 subject of an interesting one-act playlet broad- 

 cast by Wilfred Show, Herman Keil, and John 

 Hagenstoz of the Illinois Milk Producers' Asso- 

 ciation at Peoria, and A. D. Lynch of the L 

 A. A. on Tuesday night, November 26. The 

 play dramatized marketing conditions at Peoria 

 before and after this collective bargaining as- 

 sociation was organized. 



"Insurance Needs of the Farmer" was the 

 subject discussed on the I. A. A. Forum pro- 

 gram Tuesday night, Dec. 3. A special Country 

 Life program during which news of the Decem- 

 ber campaign was broadcast, came on the air 

 from WLS at 8:30 p. m. the same night. 



Master Fanners All 



Farm Bureau Members 



EVERY one of the 1929 Master Farmers 

 honored by Prairie Farmer this year is a 

 Farm Bureau member. Most of them are 

 prominent in Farm Bureau work in their re- 

 spective counties. Frederick W. Boebel of 

 Naperville, one of the 19, is president of the 

 DuPage County Farm Bureau. 



The men who were honbred at the annual 

 Master Farmer banquet on the night of Decem- 

 ber 2 at the Stevens Hotel, Chicago, are as 

 follows: Frank R. Hubert, Saybrook, McLean 

 County; Clint Corrington, New Berlin, Sanga- 

 mon; Frank L. Stout, Chatham, Sangamon; W. 

 D. Mobley, Mt. Sterling, Brown; L. D. Arm- 

 strong, Monmouth, Warren; H. D. Lantz, Bush- 

 nell, McDonough; W. C. Harris, Aledo, Mercer; 

 John P. Hanna, Geneseo, Henry; W. H. Lowe, 

 Aroma Park, Kankakee; Carl F. Frey, Gilman, 

 Iroquois; Dale Willard, Rossville, Vermilion; 

 Chester Jackson, Joy, Mercer; F. I. Smucker, 

 Tiskilwa, Bureau; B. W. Rocke, Tiskilwa, Bu- 

 reau; Frank V. Wilson, Edgewod, ££ngham; 

 Otto Berlage, Galena, JoDaviess; Richard T. 

 Hall, Bradford, Stark; Frederick W. Boebel, 

 Naperville, DuPage; and J. W. Hemingway, 

 Oregon, Ogle County. 



These men were chosen not only because they 

 are proficient in their profession, but also be- 

 cause they were active in community service. 



"The Proilucers is the farmer's own 

 company for the marketing of live- 

 stock and it is his duty to support it." 

 John F. Chambers, Godfrey. 



TO CHAMPION JUDGE 

 This beautiful plaque in the form of a 

 shield contributed by the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association will hang in the agricul- 

 tural college at the University of Illinois in 

 honor of the high man from Illinois in the 

 annual college livestock judging contest held 

 during the International Livestock Exposition 

 at Chicago. Ample space is provided for 

 engraving each year the name of the winner. 



Tax Work Important 



In I. A. A. '29 Program 



Reform in Revenue Legislation 

 Sought Early In Year 



T"^HE year now closing saw further progress 

 -•- in efforts by the I. A. A. to bring about 

 needed changes in the revenue system of Illi- 

 nois. 



The department of taxation spent a great 

 deal of time early in 1929 on tax legislation 

 introduced in the 56th general assembly at 

 Springfield. The state income tax bill was the 

 chief revenue measure sponsored. The bill 

 passed in the senate and lacked only a few votes 

 of passing in the House. A complete story of 

 that effort was presented in the special legisla- 

 tive issue last August. It is apparent from news- 

 paper comments that the public is coming to 

 recognize the fact that the general property tax 

 must be revised and supplemented with a tax 

 on incomes. 



Test Valuations 



The department continued its work during 

 the year in checking assessed valuations in a 

 number of downstate counties. Tests of valua- 

 tions were made in such counties as Franklin, 

 Williamson, St. Clair, Effingham, Henry, War- 

 ren, Hardin, Pope, and Scott. An interesting 

 study of land tax valuations was made in La- 

 Salle county comparing the assessed valuations 

 on different types of soil with the soil map of 

 the county. This study showed considerable 

 variation in the assessed valuations on farms 

 having the same type of soil. 



Director John Watson was called to Iowa and 

 Utah to testify in hearings before state legis- 

 lative and revenue commissions on tax reform 

 legislation in those states. Orders of reassess- 

 ment were made in Williamson and Franklin 

 counties by the State Tax Commission follow- 

 ing information presented by the local Farm 

 Bureaus and the I. A. A. showing gross inequali- 

 ties in assessments. 



Banquet 4-H Champions 



T)OYS' and girls' club work is laying the 

 J-' foundation for greater progress in the com- 

 ing generation by the development of an able, 

 clear thinking and right living farm citizenship. 



This was the keynote voiced by speakers at 

 the annual banquet given to the champions of 

 the Ilhnois 4-H clubs by the I. A. A. in the 

 Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, December 4. 



"To know that there are 16,000 Illinois boys 

 and girls engaged in this great enterprise is 

 inspiring," President Earl C. Smith said in con- 

 gratulating the champions. "Developing a 

 leadership capable of solving the problems of 

 the future is more important than anything 

 else. If we do that well we need not fear that 

 agriculture will not achieve equality and its 

 rightful place in the economic life of the 

 nation.'* 



In a few well-chosen remarks Prof. W. H. 

 Smith of the University of Illinois emphasized 

 the fact that the 4-H club champions have only 

 begun their work, that their achievements are 

 not the end but only the beginning of future 

 efforts toward greater things. Prof. Smith is 

 hopeful that club work may be so developed 

 in the state that there will be as many boys 

 and girls in 4-H Clubs as there are Farm Bureau 

 members. 



Nancy Grossboll and Homer Mendenhall 

 spoke most ably for the 4-H club members ex- 

 pressing their appreciation for the honors be- 

 stowed upon them. Ray E. Miller, director of 

 livestock marketing for the I. A. A., E. I. Pil- 

 chard and Miss Mary McKee, state club leaders, 

 presented the medals. 



The full list of Illinois members follows: 

 Nancy Grossboll, Menard, clothing demonstra- 

 tion; Mary Jeanette Irwin, Menard, clothing 

 demonstration; Irene Paust, Madison, clothing 

 judging; Edna Ebcrhart, Madison, clothing judg- 

 ing; Enid Beal, Henderson, foods demonstra- 

 tion; Mary Louise Duke, Henderson, foods 

 demonstration; Evelyn Matteson, Grundy, style 

 show; Jean Pyatt, Grundy, outfit; Lucille Pifer, 

 Edwards, health; Mona Bedford, Sangamon, first 

 year clothing; Helen Sipp, Peoria, second year 

 clothing; Belinda Hafenrichter, Will, third year 

 clothing; Bessie Courtright, Wayne, meal plan- 

 ning; Joy Hardy, Hancock, room improvement; 

 Freda Stockhecke, Adams, baking; Verna Mur- 

 ray, Richland, canning; Lester Eaves, Pulaski, 

 strawberry; Paul Archer, Sangamon, corn; Lewis 

 Butzow, Iroquois, ewe; Homer Edwards, Lake, 

 flock management; Kenneth Bcaird, Fulton, 

 wether; Lester Biehler, Shelby, dairy heifer; 

 Thomas Chamberlain, Coles, dairy cow; Carl 

 Mast, Adams, gilt; Keith Brown, Knox, baby 

 beef; Bert McKee, Marshall-Putnam, litter; 

 Ward Harris, Randolph, alfalfa; Frank Bower, 

 Richland, first year poultry; Ralph Parlier, 

 Macon, dairy calf; Lloyd Inslee, Sangamon, bar- 

 row; Chelsea Marx, McLean, garden; Ferdinand 

 Basting, McLean, health; Albert Kamm, Doug- 

 las, Alfred Kamm, Douglas, Robert Howey, 

 Douglas, livestock judging team; Virgil Laible, 

 Marshall-Putnam, livestock judging; Lloyd 

 Espel, Bureau, Clyde Conley, Bureau, Loren 

 Hoge, Bureau, dairy judgitxg team; Tyron Ro«- 

 brook, Lee, Lloyd Breisch, Lee, Arthur Schick, 

 Lee, meat judging team; Joseph Boyle, Marshall- 

 Putnam, demonstration team; and Joseph Bum- 

 garner, Marshall-Putnam, demonstration team. 



The Illinois delegation to the National Club 

 Camp, Washington, D. C, are as follows: Cas- 

 per Mast, Jr., Adams; Homer Mendenhall, San- 

 gamon; Mildred Grossboll, Menard; and Lucile 

 Gochanour, LaSalle. 



