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

 WLS every Tuesday night at 6:30 p. m.. 

 Central Standard Time. 



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

 Station WJJD, Mooseheart (264 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 1. A. A. staff 

 members, officials, and leaders in farm thought 

 ai e broadcast daily. 



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N address by R. W. Blackburn, president of 



tlic California Farm Bureau Federation, is 

 sclicduled for the I. A. A. Forum proijr.im fron> 

 WLS (in 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 

 Hagcnstoz of the Illinois Milk Producers' Asso- 

 ciation "at Peoria, and A. D. Lynch ot the L 

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

 play dramati7ed 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 Wl.S at 8:>0 p. ni. the same night. 



Master Farmers All 



Farm Bureau Members 



E\T;IIY one of th« 1929 M.iMer Farmers 

 honored by Prairie Farmer this ye.ir is a 

 Farm Bureau member. Most of them are 

 prominent in Farm Bureau work in their re- 

 spective counties. Frederick ^X'. Boebel of 

 Naperville, one of the 19, is president of the 

 DuPage C<iunty Farm Bureau. 



The men who were honored 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; ^X'. 

 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, Genestoo, Henry; W. H. Lowe, 

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

 Iroquois; Dale Vt'illard, Rossville, Vermilion; 

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

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

 reau; Frank V. >X'ilson, Edgewod, Effingham; 

 Otto Berlage, Galena, JoDaviess; Richard T. 

 Hall, Bradford, Stark; Frederick ■«'. Boebel, 

 Naperville, DuPage; and J. W. Hemingway, 

 Oregon, Ogle County. 



These men were chosen not only because they 

 arc proficient in their profession, but also be- 

 cause they were active in community service. 



"The Producers 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 tho 

 annual college liv^tock 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^FIF, year now closing saw further progress 

 -*- in ctForis by the I. A. A. to bring about 

 needed changes in the revenue system ot Illi- 

 nois. 



1 he department of taxation spent a great 

 deal of time early iri 1929 on tax legislaiitm 

 introduced in the 56th general assembly at 

 Springfield. The state income tax bill w.is the 

 chief revenue measure spi)nsored. 1 he bill 

 passed in the senate and lacked only a few votes 

 of passing, in the Ihmse. 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, 

 Vi'illiamson, St. Clair, Effingham, Flenry, \i ar- 

 rcn, Hardin, Pope, and Scott. An interesting 

 study of land tax valuations was made in La- 

 Sallc county comparing the assessed valuati<)ns 

 on different types of soil with the soil map of 

 the county. This study showed considerable 

 'variation in the assessed valuations on farn^s 

 having the same type of soi_^ 



Director John Watson was called to Iowa and 

 Utah to testify in hearings before state legis- 

 lative and revenue cAnmissions on tax reform 

 legislation in those states. Orders of reassess- 

 ment were made in Mi'illiamson 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. 



to the champions *»t 

 the 1, A. A. in iHc 



Banquet 4-H Champions 



BO"! S' and girls" club vvork i> laying the 

 ' foundation for greater progress in the com- 

 ing generation by the development of an able, 

 clear thinking and right lining farm ciii/enship. 



This was the keynote yoiced by speakers at 

 the annual banquet given 

 the Illinois 4-H clubs by 

 Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, December 4 



"To know that there aie I6,0n0 Illinois boys 

 and girls engaged in th s great enterprise is 

 inspiring," President F.arl t. Smith said in «.<« 

 grjtulating the champims 

 leadership capable of sols 

 I he future is more imp* 

 else. If we do that well 

 .igriculture will not achi 



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"Deseloping 2 

 ing tile problems of 

 riant than ansthing 

 ee need not le.iT that 

 JVC equality .and its 



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rightful place 

 nation." 



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

 Smith of the University (if Illinois eiiiphasi/td 

 the fact that the 4-II club champions have only 

 begun .their work, that t|icir achievements arc 

 not the end but only thii beginning of future 

 efforts t<iward greater things. Prof. Smith is 

 hopeful that club work may be so deveUiped 

 in the state that there \s|ill be as mans boys 

 and girls in 4-H C^lubs 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 f-'.. Miller, director of 

 livestock marketing for tl»e I. A. .\.. I. 1. Pil- 

 ihard and Miss Mary Mcl> ee, state club leaders, 

 presented the inedals. 



The full list of Illini 

 Nancy Grossboll, Menard 

 lion; Mar>* Jeanelte Irw 

 demonstration; Irene Pau't, Madison, clothing 

 judging; Fdna I'berhart, Madison, clothing judg- 

 ill;.:; Inid Beal, 1 lenders* 

 tion; Mary Louise Duk 

 demonstration: I velyn Maitestin, Cirundy, style 

 show; Jean Pyatt, Grundy outfit; Lucille Pifer, 

 Edwards, health; Mona Beillord, Sangamon, first 

 year clothing; Helen Sipp, Peoria, second year 

 eloihing: Belinda I lafenric it 

 clothing; Bessie Courtright, Wayne, meal plan- 

 ning; Joy Hardy. ILuHock, riMim iniprosement ; 

 Freda Stockheeke, Adams, baking; X'eriia Mur- 

 ray, Richland, canning; Lester Eavijs, Pulaski, 

 strawberry; Paul Arefier, Syngjiiifiil. sorii; lew s 

 But/ow, Iroquois, ewe; Homer Ivdwards, Lake, 

 flock management; Kenneth Beaird, I ulton, 

 wether; Lester Biehler, Shelby, dairy heif 

 Thomas Chamberlain, Coji 

 Mast, Adams, gilt; Keitl 



is members follows: 



clothing demonstra- 



n, Menard, chuhing 



foods denionstra- 

 Henderson. f(H»ds 



rs, dairy diw; Car! 

 Hross-n, Knox, baby 

 beef; Bert McKec, Mar. hall-Putnam, littc-r; 

 Ifalfa; Frank Bower, 

 try; Ralph Parlier, 



U'ard Flarris, Randolph, 

 Riciiland, first year pou 

 Macon, dairy calf; Lloyd Inslec, Sangamon, bar 

 row; Chelsea Marx, McLeJn, garden; Ferdinand 

 Basting, McLean, health: .Klbert Kamm. Doug- 

 las, .\lfred Kamm. Dou.Jlas, Robert Ilowey, 

 Do'jglas, livestock judging, team; Virgil Laible, 

 Marshall-Putnam, livestook judging; 1 I»i\d 

 Espel, Bureau, Clvde C'onley. Bureau. I.oren 

 Hoge, Bureau, dairy judgiiig team; Tyron Ros- 

 brook, Lcc, Lloyd Breiseh, Lee, Arthur Schick, 

 Lee, meat judging team; Juiseph Boyle. Marshall- 

 Putnam, demonstration tcatn: and Joseph Bum- 

 garner, Marshall-Putnam, demonstration team. 

 The Jllinots delegation to the National Club 

 Camp. '^X■ashingtl)n. D. C, are as follows: Cas- 

 per Mast. Jr., .\dams: Horticr Mendenhall, San- 

 gamon; Mildred Grossboll, Menard: and I ucilc 

 GiK'hanour, LaSallc. 



