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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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Auto Insurance — A Farm Bureau Service 



I )K(^ri < I INC. I.inn Ilurc.ui incniUrs 

 ■ losN in ilu-ir travels by .iuit> ami tnn 

 tiiL- liii;li\v.i>N and hy-wavN tit l!!imii% is il 

 ivc rtiuKriJ In ihi; lilituiis A>;riciiltiir.il \|I 

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Iii.uiuui .itv\l only tw i> .nu) (inc-ii.il 1 v ^.i 

 lo prt)\ kIc auto insiiriruc .u fusi tor rue 

 tIms I arm lUtrcau iiwrnd aiul O'TunillcJ 

 parn Iun >;riiwn consistcnity until lojjy it has 

 luarU 2n.in»ii nicm- 

 luTs. I Ills >;r'»« il' 



lIK■all^ S-ltlst'Cll pUlK y 



ImlJcrs ami dcjuoti 

 M rall■^ tlu- vditidciKc 

 nunihc -* Ii.i^ f »n ihcir 

 oruain/ation. 



Tlu- C oinpany iiida\ 

 has assets ot almost 

 SUtUJMHI i II \ I- s t I. J 

 tnusil y in tciKral larul 

 hank n»»iis. I'. S. irc.i^- 

 iir\ imics, trvasiir\ 

 t.».Ttili*.atcs, and l.ib- 

 criv I tiati bonds. "Ilu-sc 

 represent tlie premium 



deposit Awd surplus lield Ifi trust for t!ie \ 

 l.olders. 



The lllmois Ai;rieuhural Service Co. i. the 

 i.irporate nianai;er, A. V.. Ricliardson the ;ietive 

 manager. Aciiuisit ion and tield ser\iee is iinde 

 the supervision of \. Vaniman, director of in- 

 surance service for tite Illinois A^riculiura 

 sociation. M. r.. Rt»l>eris of lldinburi; . ssisis 

 in tield w*)rk in central IIlin»>is. and Ci. R. NX il- 

 lianis ol Salem in S»»uiliern Illinois. 



The lact iliat the company lias UL-arly 

 doubled in assets .md p<»licy holders durin. the 

 past vear has necessitated .\\\ iuv rease in »tti\. 



>;ainst workers char,i;cd with the details of maintain- 

 over in>; prompt, ethcient ser\ice. A short sketch 

 \er\ - supplemented witli a lew pictures w ill help 

 utual ai.juaini each member with the personnel in 



A. E. Richardson 

 Manager 



char>;e of the various divisions 4>t work. 



'Without the I arm Bureau ori;ani/aiion tlie 

 company could not have >:rown ut its present 

 si/c in *)nly two and i>ne half years. riie suc- 

 cess it has achieved is due to farmers* ability 

 tij work together, to di» things fi>r tliemselves. 

 I \ery a*.eomplisliment inspires contidetue .\u>\ 

 prepares the way U>r the more dithcuh tasks 

 ahead. 



The responsibility for Insurance .icquisiiitm 

 tor the llhnois A>;ricullural Mutual now rests 

 largely with the general insurance ai;ents in the 

 counties. "I hat tliejf have been active in the 

 past year is revealed in the steady increase in 

 number of policies since January I. 



More than one-third of the larm Bureau 

 memliers in Illinois have their automobiles and 

 trucks insured in their own company. Thi-* 

 record made in about 

 two and one-half ye«rs 

 is a tribute to the serv- 

 ice j;iven and ample 

 proof of the demand 

 for a Farm Bureau 

 compan\'- 



"I certainly appre- 

 ciate my policy in the 

 larm Bureau company, 

 (very ntember, it seems 

 (o me, i>u,i;lit i<i use his 

 t»rj;ani/.ation and its 

 many kinds of serv- 

 ice," wrote one satis- 

 fled policy holder. "I 

 am lellin.i; my nei>;hbors how much I appre- 

 ci.iie insurance at cost in my own company, 

 tiie Illinois A>;ricultural Mutual." 



Letters of this kind have been numerous, 

 i !iey indicate that members are learning; io use 

 their organization, arc appreciative of the serv- 

 ice available. 



The experience farmers j;ain through collec- 

 tive edort in makin>* such services available to 

 tliemselves at minimum cost, ts cumulative 

 and will fit them lor the more ditficult task of 

 co-operative selling ot farm products. 





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